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Eastern & Central Community Trust (ECCT) makes funding donations to community organisations in Gisborne District, Hawke's Bay, Tararua, Wairarapa, Manawatu & Horowhenua.
Wairoa a money winner
Wairoa has been a big winner this month with the Eastern and Central Community Trust, which has provided significant funding for two projects getting underway in the town. The determination and drive of Hinemihi Marae trustees and whanau is paying off, with the Community Trust announcing a $44,000 donation towards the marae kitchen and dining room building project. "We nearly cried when we learned that we were being given the donation because, along with the money that we've fundraised, we now have enough to apply to the Lotteries Board for the remainder," says trustee and secretary Michelle McIlroy. That funding application will be filed shortly and hopefully building approval will be given by the end of the year. It is a $450,000 project to provide a kitchen and 60-seater dining room, with association facilities.
Hinemihi Marae, at the end of Ruataniwha Road, was established around 1900 but struggled to survive as older custodians died and families left the Wairoa district. There has been no kitchen and dining facilities for 60 years, with marquees and tents being hired for tangi and other major functions, which Michelle McIlroy says do not meet expected hospitality standards. "We've got a lot of committed people and have been fundraising for many years. We have at least 200 names on our hapu register but that doesn't include other extended family. There are probably around 1,000 descendants affiliated to Hinemihi," she says. An ablution block and sewerage system are already in place, a children's playground is being developed following the donation of equipment and the trustees have long-term plans for kaumatua flats. The Community Trust money will primarily be used for the kitchen fit-out once the building is completed.
A $35,000 from the Community Trust has been made to the Wairoa RSA towards its Salute Wairoa project to research and record stories about Wairoa pioneers who went to World War 1. It is a joint project between the RSA, Clydebank Hisotrical Trust and the Wairoa District Heritage Museum Trust. The Community Trust donation will help pay for the multi-media touch table, which is latest technology resembling a giant iPad about the size of a table tennis table. Photographs and other visual material, films, letters, telegrams, cards and momentoes, along personal war stories will be incorporated into the digital display.
Ross Shield planning intensifies
It is likely to cost more than $50,000 to run this year's Ross Shield rugby tournament in Wairoa, with serious fundraising already in full swing. A $4,000 donation from the Eastern and Central Community Trust has been received by the Wairoa Ross Shield team in charge of organising the tournament for Hawke's Bay intermediate school boys from 30 September to 4 October. The prestigious tournament attracts teams representing Wairoa, Dannevirke, Central Hawke's Bay, Hastings East, Hastings West and Napier. It is held in Wairoa every six years. Organisers are confident that the tournament will help showcase Wairoa in a positive light and is working hard to meet its fundraising target.
Another sports organisation, Wairoa's Tapuae Multi-Sport, has received Community Trust money that enables it to install a security and fire alarm system. Without the equipment, Tapuae cannot get insurance cover and its members say that it is a struggle to fundraise enough to meet operational and maintenance costs each year, let alone additional equipment like a monitored alarm.


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text: Exposed: The Self-Inflicted Hamas 'Massacre' Blamed By the Media on Israel Print article Send a Tip by James Delingpole 1 Aug 2014 post a comment An enterprising blogger's diligent spadework has revealed the truth behind an Israeli 'massacre' that never was. (H/T Jonathan Foreman) According to the Hamas version of events - widely promulgated in the media by ITN, the Telegraph and the Belfast Telegraph - an Israeli airstrike on a crowded market place during a partial ceasefire in the Shijaiyah neighbourhood of Gaza City on July 30th, 2014 was responsible for the deaths of 17 people, including blue-helmeted photojournalist Rani Rayan. However as Thomas Wictor has incontrovertibly demonstrated using close analysis of film footage of the incident, the deaths were not caused by Israeli shrapnel but by secondary explosions from a vast cache of Hamas rockets. Oh, and the market wasn't 'crowded' either: it had been closed for the day. And this particular area wasn't included in the ceasefire zone, either, because Hamas was continuing to fire rockets from it. Here is how it continues to be reported at the Telegraph website. "Israeli strike on a market in the eastern Gaza Strip kills 17 Palestinians on Wednesday, the local health ministry says". Here is the Belfast Telegraph's version. The second airstrike struck an area about 500 meters away, according to witnesses, immediately killing at least 16 people, among them local Palestinian photographer Rami Rayan, who was wearing a press vest at the time. "People were in the street and in the market, mostly women and kids. Suddenly more than 10 shells landed in the area, the market, in the Turkman area, and next to the gas station," said Salim Qadoum, 26, who witnessed the strike. "The area now is like a blood bath, everyone is wounded or killed. People lost their limbs and were screaming for help. It's a massacre. I vomited when I saw what happened." This report implies that it was the ten Israeli shells which killed the 17 Palestinians. It was not. As Wictor demonstrates, it was a "Pallywood" propaganda stunt which went badly wrong: That burning warehouse was full of Hamas rockets. The series of concussions you hear are secondary explosions, not the primary explosions of aerial munitions. When you bomb a warehouse full of fueled rockets, each rocket will explode separately. What happened was the empty marketplace next to the burning warehouse became the set for a Pallywood production, but then the rockets started exploding, killing and maiming the people who tried to exploit this situation. I know they're secondary explosions because they're causing no destruction. No fountains of earth or clouds of dust appear with each loud BOOM! And the Palestinians also sent out a photo of a damaged rocket cone, calling it an "unexploded Israeli missile."


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Satisfy your cheesecake craving with these bite-sized treats. Dipped in chocolate, these sweet, creamy delights are party favorites. But be warned...you won't be able to eat just one! —Esther Neustaefer, La Crete, Alberta
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1 cup graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup butter, melted
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Lunch on the water in Boston?
We have out-of-town friends visiting in a few weeks, and they want to have lunch in Boston at a place with a water view. If it serves lobster, so much the better.
They suggested Anthony's, but I've read the awful reviews of that place.
Any ideas?
re: CocoDan
Sam's all the way! I've been there three times now. Food is always excellent, cocktails are delicious and the view is the best I've experienced on the Boston waterfront. Service lags at times but the staff is very sweet and accommodating.
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I just had the same dilemma and was darned to try and find something on the water to bring out-of-towners. I've just recently went to Dante in the Sonesta on the Charles....that was ok..., But a simpler choice that's perfect for lunch was theZephyr at the Hyatt on the Charles. Burger, Sandwiches, lobster roll, salads and excellent thin crust pizza. Simple lunch fare, very reasonable prices, one of the prettiest views and.....(drumroll please) four hours free parking in their garage. We sat outside for four hours this weekend and it couldn't have been nicer. A stroll on the Charles after lunch is a great option, then take a ride down to the Moakely Courthouse for a walk, hit up the bakery at Sportello or Flour. Grab some coffe and sweets and head down to the pier at the No Name behind Legals' banquet building. The best views of the harbor, airport, boats, planes. Its simple...but great..
348 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02110
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re: Buddernut
i recommend going to alive and kicking on putname street in cambridge and buy a lobster sandwich and head to the charles river.
I've had a couple good lunches at Sail Loft. Standard fried seafood as well as sandwiches and pub food, and they do a pretty good steamed lobster. Clam chowder and lobster bisque were also good. Anyway, much better than Anthony's (although that's not saying much).
Boston Sail Loft Restaurant
80 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02110
re: erwocky
As a general rule of thumb in Boston the closer you are to the water the worse the food will be. Head up to the North Shore or Maine if you want scenic views and good food. A picnic along the water here wouldn't be a bad idea.
I've had some nice lunches at the outdoor terrace of Oceana at the Long Wharf Marriot. Great views, not generally crowded and decent sandwiches. They do have a lobster roll.
re: eLizard
Yankee doesn't have a view of the water.
For simple food including lobster, Joe's on the Waterfront has a nice patio with a waterview.
I know a lot of people here don't like Joe's but I find the food to be OK and I'm sure they can steam a lobster and the location is great.
No, no, no to Anthony's. Dear god, no. The deck is great, the food decrepit, so if you must go, stick with their wine list (rather decent the last time I checked circa Sail Boston 2000.)
There's no great food on the water, so I'd recommend going to Tavern on the Water for the view (stick with a chicken sandwich or something equally simple) - the view is killer.
Rowe's Wharf Sea Grille is OK view but better than average hotel food. I've heard OK things about the aforementioned Sam's at Louis. The Intercontiental's patio at Miel is another option, but you don't see much water over there.
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I had 1 a few weeks ago and good as ever. I don't know if the crab rolls are new or not but that was also very good.
My only complaint about Hook's is that the roll isn't toasted but it is what it is so I usually skip the roll.
Good as ever; lost on a coin flip for lunch today to Silk's BBQ..:)
re: 9lives
Went to Hook yesterday for our first time (long time goers to Belle Isle). For $12, it's a very good lobster roll, but WHY MUST THEY PUT CELERY IN THERE??? It's only a very little bit, but the taste gets right into the lobster.
A bit too much mayo, and they don't toast the roll, but it's really about the lobster, and there were some nice tail chunks in there. Not up to Belle Isle standards, but I was very happy with my lunch.
Pack a really nice picnic, pick up some lobster rolls at J. Hook to top it off and take a ferry to one of the Harbor Islands. http://www.bostonislands.org/ferry-sc...
re: GretchenS
second this rec. we just did the abridged version with a blanket under a tree on the greenway and delicious lobster rolls. couldn't find a better way to spend a summer day in the city.
This is going to sound random, but all of my friends swear by the lobster roll at Dog n Claw, on the plaza in front of the Aquarium (Central Wharf) -- I like the big dawg myself (can't eat shellfish myself), and you can sit on the steps right there and check out the harbor goings-ons...
I would second the suggestion to go to Joe's on the Waterfront. Great location and the food is ok. Getting one of the ferries to one of the harbor islands would be terrific with a yummy boxed lunch - but it extends into a bit more time than just lunch. Jasper White's Summer Shack has a snack bar on Spectacle Island (and maybe George's Island as well), and they offer grilled items (via a gas grill outside), chowder and drinks, so that is also an option.


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In my opinion you've planted in the readership's mind a cloud of suspicion not only in the story but in the veracity of any story to appear in New Times. Ironic that it is, that would be a terrible shame. A mistake.
Editors Note: Let's let the readers decide. The American Heritage Dictionary defines mistake as: an error or a fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness.
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Peter Leven says Oxford United have signed an 'unbelievable talent'
PETER Leven believes John Campbell will handle the step up from Northern League to Football League after seeing his talent first-hand.
PETER Leven believes John Campbell will handle the step up from Northern League to Football League after seeing his talent first-hand.
JOHN Campbell expects it will be a struggle to sleep tonight as he deals with excitement levels beyond anything he experienced playing in two Wembley finals.
New Cheltenham Town boss Paul Buckle started work a day early this week to improve the chances of getting a result against Oxford United tomorrow.
OXFORD United worked right the way up to yesterday's loan deadline as they completed four deals.
OXFORD United have sealed their second signing of the day after agreeing a deal with Bristol City for Wes Burns.
A HECTIC day is expected today as Oxford United bid to secure loan deals in and out of the club before the 5pm deadline.
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Michael Appleton is keen to loan out a couple of senior Oxford United players before the window closes on Thursday.
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MICHAEL Appleton refused to be too downbeat and instead praised the way Oxford United stuck to the game plan as they drew a blank against AFC Wimbledon.
PROLIFIC non-league striker John Campbell is edging closer to a move to Oxford United.
OXFORD United's winning run against AFC Wimbledon came to an end as they played out a goalless draw at the Kassam Stadium.
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OXFORD United will not have to worry about Sean Rigg returning to haunt them tomorrow after the AFC Wimbledon winger was hit by a ban.
GEORGE Long is no longer training with Oxford United, but negotiations continue with Sheffield United over ending the loan early.
OXFORD United set up a glamour trip to Manchester City in the FA Youth Cup as they saw off rivals Swindon Town 3-2 at the Kassam Stadium.
JORDAN Graham scored twice but Oxford United had to survive a late scare on the way to knocking rivals Swindon Town out of the FA Youth Cup at the Kassam Stadium.
Tom Newey has been ruled out for up to a month after damaging ankle ligaments playing for Northampton Town on Friday night.
Oxford United appear to be closing in on the first of "three or four" players boss Michael Appleton is keen to sign before the loan window closes next week.
CHEY Dunkley is in talks about joining Oxford United, according to his club Kidderminster Harriers.
James Roberts was the man again as the U's won at York on Saturday. Watch the highlights here
GEORGE Long's loan at Oxford United looks set to be cut short after the goalkeeper was told he will not be selected in the squad from now on, writes DAVID PRITCHARD.
JAMES Roberts was again the hero as the teenager struck the only goal to give Oxford United a gritty victory at York City.


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Hundreds of state employees who work in a Frankfort office tower got an unexpected day off work Tuesday.
The Capital Plaza Tower, and the Fountain Plaza shops across the street, are closed today because of a power failure, caused by a blown transformer, overnight.
A scheduled Kentucky Board of Education meeting was also postponed because of the outage.
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The Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet, Educational Workforce Development Cabinet, Energy and Environment Cabinet, and the Public Protection Agency are among the agencies who have offices in the Capital Plaza Tower.
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The parliamentary group of the Red-Green Alliance (RGA – Enhedslisten) voted together with all out parties for sending a Hercules airplane to Iraq at the request of the Iraqi government. The plane will transport weapons and ammunition to the Kurdish militias fighting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS)."
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Another French Left Group (Ensemble) Backs Arming Kurds.
Ensemble Backs Kurdish Fighters Against Islamic State.
Enjeux d'une lutte autonome des forces progressistes contre « l'Etat islamique »
(Signed – Suren, but it seems clear that the main points have general agreement in Ensemble, as with most of the French left)
Ensemble ('movement for a left/green solidarity, is the 'Third' largest component of the Front de gauche, launched in November 2013, it is made up of Les Alternatifs (Originally from the PSU/FGA, historic self-management tendency), Convergences et alternative (Ex-Nouveau parti anticapitaliste, NPA) , the FASE (democratic Communists, left socialists, Greens, associated with the magazine Politis) , la Gauche anticapitaliste (ex-NPA), and activists of the Gauche unitaire (ex-LCR, the first Trotskyist group to join the FdG but who have split from the 'Picquet Tendency' ) and people from no organised left party or faction.
What is at Stake in the autonomous Struggle of progressive Forces against the Islamic State. (Extracts – Adapted)
The announcement of an "international coalition" to fight the "Islamic state" is the latest act in a string of disasters caused by Western imperialist interventions in the Middle East. This – a reminder – is not part of any genuine anti imperialism, but allows us to understand the dynamics at work, which have been reshaped since the US intervention in 2003, in the current situation. As with 2003, Western imperialism produce disasters, then intervenes to "fix" the consequences of these catastrophes, and then creates further disasters of an even greater magnitude – a succession of links in an endless chain.
Thus, we cannot admit that there are "humanitarian" motives at work inside the US administration or support the coalition that they seek to put in place in order to maintain their hold. Nevertheless, it is impossible to denounce, simply, American imperialism, and remain indifferent to the devastation caused by the Islamic State, IS (mass killings, persecution of religious minorities, Sunni disagreements, the tens of thousands of Yazidis left to die in the Sinjar). This would equally be to ignore the actions of the reactionary and authoritarian and regional powers. We need not simply to react to the massacres and repression perpetrated by the IS but also to stem the wave of disasters engulfing the region. Indeed, imperialism finds its strongest basis in these religious confessional and national divisions..
Faced with these obstacles, it is necessary to defend movements of local self-defence rather than increasing the stranglehold of imperialism. This implies, therefore support (including weapons) for progressive forces in the region to combat the Islamic State. That is, for the Popular Committees in Syria who have been abandoned to their fate, and for the broad movement around the Kurdish PKK.
(There follows an analysis which lays the blame for ISIS's rise in Syria on Assad's willingness to foment divisions in his opposition, and on Turkey, which is charged with "complaisance" towards the rise of the Islamists.)
Kurdish forces and issues
The main armed resistance opposed to the Islamic State is represented by various Syrian opposition movements and the PKK, the main Kurdish political-military organization of Turkish forces.
The PKK was born in the social and political ferment of the 70s Turkey, created by Kurdish leftist students. Its historic leader, Abdullah Ocalan, is held in prison in Turkey but still leads the PKK and the movement that revolves around it.Following a tradition that can be termed "Stalinist" the PKK has managed to supplant other Kurdish organizations in Turkey and has a mass base in the bulk of Turkish Kurdistan. The PKK "mouvance" (broad movement) can often have a very opportunist line – but retains a military capacity, is the political representative of the large Kurdish minority in Turkey. Note also that the whole movement around the PKK is highly feminised (both in recruitment and in access to positions of fighting and political-military leadership).
..an essential part of fighting is taking place in Syria where this movement already existed. However, it is true that the PKK stepped onto Iraqi territory in the mountains of Sinjar to fight IS and to rescue tens of thousands of Yezidi (a Zoroastrian religious minority from Kurdish-speaking areas). In keeping with its normal practice, the PKK has sought to create a local sister organization, with the Yezidi, the Resistance Units Kirkuk-Mexmour. In northern Syria, the PYD unilaterally declared independence in the territories it controls (the Rojava, that is to say, the Western Kurdistan). It has been criticised by other Kurdish organizations in Syria gathered in the Kurdish National Council. This tension between the PYD and CNK is only a reflection of the broader opposition among the Kurds between the PKK and the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) of Massoud Barzani, the "feudal" political leader who heads the autonomous Kurdish regional government Kurdish in northern Iraq (and which is bound by the CNK in Syria).
Briefly, the PKK reproach, rightly, to Barzani and the Kurdish autonomous regional government in northern Iraq with having links with the Turkish government, leaving the Islamic State free to continue their progress progress in northern Iraq, and, as a result of this alliance, to be so directly responsible for the progress of EI and the fall of Mosul. Conversely, Barzani accused the PKK-PYD of having links with the Assad regime. …
(There follows detailed analysis of these ties, claims and counterclaims.)
The important points of the Ensemble analysis are these: they back "active local defence ", that they regard this as a "medium-term challenge " to " imperialist logic" and believe that will contribute towards the "healing" (assainissement) of the Kurdish national question" which is one of "the elements of division between the most important people of the region."
The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) warns against US-led intervention in Iraq and Syria.
It has yet to offer any comment on demands for "support (including weapons) for progressive forces in the region."
By contrast Socialist Worker said in August, Arming the Kurds won't stop Iraq's brutal civil war.
More recently (September 16th) they found nothing to say on the Kurdish struggle against the Islamist genociders.
Instead they warned US missiles will worsen Iraq crisis.
Apparently one of the main dangers is that, "This will be a green light for targeting Muslims and increasing Islamophobia as all Muslims are portrayed as a terrorist threat."
Danish Leftists Back Military Aid to Iraq.
Danish Revolutionary Socialists Says: Arm Kurdish Freedom Fighters!
Danish socialists voting for a parliamentary decision to send a military plane to Iraq under US command is not usual. Even more unusual is the fact that I – considering myself a revolutionary Marxist – voted to support that decision. Nevertheless, that is what happened a few weeks ago.
Reports Michael Voss (of the Danish Red-Green Alliance, Enhedslisten – De Rød-Grønne), known as Enhl, and SAP (Socialistisk Arbejderparti) in International Viewpoint (journal of the Fourth International).
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Why Danish leftists supported military aid to Iraq Monday 15 September 2014
Comrade Voss made the honest point that,
In that way there is a temporary coincidence of interests between imperialism and socialists on the simple issue of fighting IS. We want to supply the Kurds with weapons, and US imperialism want to supply the Kurds with weapons – for the time being. Not supporting it, only because of the US command, would be as if Lenin had refused to travel in the sealed train supplied by German imperialism through imperialist Germany to Russia in the middle of the Russian revolution, as another NL-member said.
And that,
I don't think that much argument is needed to back the fact that revolutionary socialists also want to fight and stop IS, a murderous, sectarian and deeply reactionary force. A victory for IS will set back any social, democratic, pro-women or anti-imperialist development that may have taken place in parts of Syria and Iraq.
But that their MPs made sure that,
- that the Danish Hercules plane cannot be used for any other purpose than delivering arms to the forces fighting IS
- that this decision does not allow any other Danish military activity in the region;
- that whatever happens, a new parliament decision is necessary if the government wants to prolong the activity of the airplane after 1 January 2015
As a follow up to the decision the RGA have taken other initiatives to stop military and financial supply for IS, to popularise the fight for the Kurdish peoples' right to self-determination and to have the PKK removed from the US and the EU list of so-called terror organisations. A special Danish aspect is the fact that the TV-station of Kurds for all Europe was based in Denmark until it was recently banned, and 10 people from the Kurdish community face trial for collecting money for organisations that – according to the police – transfer the money to PKK.
When the first shipment of weapons to the PKK/YPG by a Danish airplane under US command has taken place, it will be hard for the authorities to explain that they are supporting a terror organisation.
This decision took place in mid-August (reported in International Viewpoint on the 15th of Septmeber.
Danish arms to support Kurds in Iraq
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The Red-Green Party's central committee has agreed that its parliamentary group may vote yes to send Danish arms to support Kurds fighting in Iraq.
However, final approval by parliament on Wednesday is needed before a Hercules transport aircraft containing a consignment of light weapons can be sent as Denmark's contribution to the USA's action in Northern Iraq, where Kurdish fighters are being hard-pressed by the militant Islamic State (IS).
"I'm pleased that the central committee has approved the parliamentary group's proposal for Denmark to support the campaign by sending a transport aircraft with weapons and ammunition to the hard-pressed Kurdish fighters in Northern Iraq," said Nikolaj Villumsen, spokesman on defence for the Red-Green Alliance.
Proposal today
The government received the final support of all parliamentary parties on Sunday after the remaining parties had acknowledged their approval at a meeting of the Foreign Policy Committee on Thursday.
Today, the government will present its proposal to send the aircraft to Iraq as soon as possible with a consignment of weapons and solders to protect the aircraft.
"The Islamic State is one of the most perfidious movements the world has seen for many years and must be forced back before it commits new crimes against humanity.
"It must be emphasised, however, that our support for this limited action will not entail any Danish military intervention in Iraq and is purely intended as support for the Kurds to help them defend themselves against the Islamic State. We are not entering into a new war in Iraq," said Villumsen.
Put in their place in 2011
In March 2011, the Red-Green parliamentary group was quickly put in its place by the party when it wished to support the use of Danish F-16 fighter aircraft to support the Libyan Army.
At the party's AGM, a procedure was established for how the parliamentary group could support Danish military action, when it was made contingent on approval by the central committee.
The authorities are indeed concerned,
Some Danish politicians, however, are sceptical that the Danish involvement could inadvertently support the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which the European Union (EU) labels a terrorist organization.
Since IS captured about a third of Iraq in June, the PKK, which is based in Iraqi Kurdistan, has become part of the war. The PKK's affiliate, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, are fighting IS alongside the KRG's Peshmerga troops. Rudaw.
The Red-Greens are noted for their support for a foreign policy based on human rights.
Enhl initially backed plans for UN-led intervention in Libya but pulled back, after party protests, once the campaign got underway.
The Red-Green Alliance currently has 12 seats in the Danish Parliament (Folketinget) with 6,7 % of the vote.
Wider Backing for Military Action Against Islamic State/Daʿesh
Support for the Kurdish and other democratic fighters against Islamic state is widespread on the European left, a stand that contrasts with the isolationist Stop the War Coalition in Britain.
As the Guardian prints Richard Seymour's hipster take on ISIS the StWC has just published the weighty reflections of Russell Brand: Will Obama's bombs stop the ISIS beheadings?
By contrast over the weekend one of the Editors of the French Communist Party daily l'Humanité, and MEP, Patrick Le Hyaric, said of the Islamic State, Da'esh, , "il faut briser les reins à ces égorgeurs." – we must break the backs of these murderers.
He continued, "Nous avons, à cet instant, une pensée particulière pour nos frères et pour nos sœurs kurdes qui combattent en première ligne contre la cruauté sauvage de l'Etat islamique, en Irak comme en Syrie.." We have a special place in our thoughts for our brother and sister Kurds who are fighting in the front line against the savage cruelty of the Islamic State,in Iraq as in Syria.
Le Hyaric emphasised however that military action should be decided by Parliament and endorsed by the United Nations, and not take place through the channels of NATO.
The French Nouveau parti anticapitaliste, NPA, (the largest group associated with the Fourth International) has yet to publicly take a position on their Danish comrades' decision.
Other articles in International Viewpoint, such as one by David Finkel published on the same day as the above contribution, repeat the well-known refrain that, "the global terror of imperialism generates its ugly local and regional counterparts from Taliban to the "Islamic State." The terrorist forces arising in shattered societies can't be eradicated without uprooting the global system that inevitably breeds them."
The British FI group, Socialist Resistance has shown deep sympathy for the Kurdish struggle and the fight against ISiS.
25,000 Demonstrate Peacefully for Gaza in Paris.
Picture from L'Humanité.
Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of Paris once more on Wednesday to march against Israel's military assault on the Gaza Strip, the first authorised demonstration since a July 13 rally ended in clashes.
There had been fears of further violence ahead of the march, particularly after ugly scenes at two banned demonstrations over the weekend that saw protesters hurl rocks at police, who responded with volleys of teargas.
More than 1,000 undercover and uniformed officers were deployed along the march route, carrying riot gear and teargas in case trouble broke out.
But the march passed largely without incident, as the protesters made their way from southern Paris towards Invalides in the centre of the capital.
Police said around 14,500 people attended the rally, while organisers put the figure at 25,000.
There were hundreds of CGT stewards ('service d'ordre') present to prevent trouble and any expression of anti-Semitic views. The stewarding on the day was carried out by activists from the CGT, NPA, Parti de gauche and the PCF (up-date from PD – Paris).
Libération reported this comment,
A l'avant du cortège, des jeunes crient «Israël assassin, Hollande complice». Un membre de l'Association France-Palestine solidarité (AFPS), appelle à la mesure :«Nous sommes tous des enfants de Gaza. On ne doit pas instrumentaliser la cause palestinienne pour propager l'antisémitisme. On se bat contre une politique agressive. Pas contre un peuple tout entier.»
At the head of the march youths shouted, "Israel – Murderer, Hollande – Henchman". A member of the Association for France-Palestinian Solidarity called for moderation, "we are the children of Gaza. We must not use the Palestinian cause to spread anti-Semitism. We are fighting against aggressive policies. Not against a whole people."
The march was organised by the " Collectif National pour une Paix Juste et Durable entre Israéliens et Palestiniens."
This group demands:
Pour l'arrêt immédiat des bombardements sur Gaza – an Immediate end to the bombardment of Gaza.
Pour l'arrêt de l'agression israélienne en Cisjordanie et à Jérusalem For an end to the Israel aggression in the West Bank and in Jerusalem
Pour la levée du blocus, illégal et criminel, de Gaza Lifting the illegal and criminal blockade of Gaza.
Pour des sanctions immédiates contre Israël jusqu'au respect du droit international For immediate sanctions against Israel until it respects international law.
Pour le soutien au peuple palestinien et au gouvernement d'entente nationale. Back the Palestinian people and for a national unity government.
La cause palestinienne n'a rien à voir avec l'extrême droite et n'accepte aucun soutien de leur part – the Palestinian cause has nothing to do with the far-right, and (we) will accept no support from that quarter.
Left groups, le NPA, le PCF, le Front de gauche, the Ligue des droits de l'homme, and the 'altermondialiste' Attac, backed the march. (1)
A decision whether to permit a planned demonstration on Saturday – organised by the same people who led the Barbès march marked by violent incidents the previous weekend – has yet to be reached (Libération).
(1) Full List: Agir Contre le Colonialisme Aujourd'hui (ACCA) – Alliance for Freedom and Dignity (AFD) – Alternative Libertaire (AL) – Américains contre la guerre (AAW) – Association des Travailleurs Maghrébins de France (ATMF) – Association des Tunisiens en France (ATF) – Association France Palestine Solidarité (AFPS) – Association Nationale des Elus Communistes et Républicains (ANECR) – Association pour la Taxation des Transactions financières et pour l'Action Citoyenne (ATTAC) – Association pour les Jumelages entre les camps de réfugiés Palestiniens et les villes Françaises (AJPF) – Association Républicaine des Anciens Combattants (ARAC) – Association Universitaire pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine (AURDIP) – Campagne Civile Internationale pour la Protection du Peuple Palestinien (CCIPPP) – Cedetim / IPAM – Collectif des Musulmans de France (CMF) – Collectif Faty Koumba – Collectif interuniversitaire pour la coopération avec les Universités Palestiniennes (CICUP) – Collectif Judéo-Arabe et Citoyen pour la Palestine (CJACP) – Comité de Vigilance pour une Paix Réelle au Proche-Orient (CVPR PO) – Comité Justice et Paix en Palestine et au Proche-Orient du 5e arrt (CJPP5) Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) – Confédération paysanne – Droit-Solidarité – Ensemble – Europe Ecologie les Verts (EELV) – Fédération des Tunisiens pour une Citoyenneté des deux Rives (FTCR) – Fédération Syndicale Unitaire (FSU) – Gauche Unitaire (GU) – Génération Palestine – La Courneuve-Palestine – le Mouvement de la Paix – les Alternatifs – les Femmes en noir – Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (LDH) – Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberté, section française de la Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (LIFPL) – Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP) – Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France (MJCF) – Organisation de Femmes Egalité – Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA)) – Parti Communiste Français (PCF) – Parti de Gauche (PG) – Participation et Spiritualité Musulmanes (PSM) – Une Autre Voix Juive (UAVJ) – Union des Travailleurs Immigrés Tunisiens (UTIT) – Union Générale des Etudiants de Palestine (GUPS-France) – Union Nationale des Etudiants de France (UNEF) – Union syndicale Solidaires
France: Pro-Palestinian Protests and anti-Semitism at Sarcelles, Defending the Right to Demonstrate.
Defying the Ban on pro-Palestinian marches in France, on Saturday,
About 6,000 mostly peaceful protesters assembled in the Barbès area of northern Paris in defiance of a government ban. When the march was blocked by police lines after only 500 metres, a minority of young protesters started to hurl stones, bottles and sticks at the riot police.
There is a range of accounts of the responsibility for the incidents that took place, see L'Humanité, and Libération and an important direct reportage in the same paper, here.
A leader of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) said, "«La solidarité avec les Palestiniens doit pouvoir s'exprimer à Paris», a expliqué samedi à l'AFP Sandra Demarcq, membre de la direction du NPA, qui juge l'interdiction «illégitime et scandaleuse». We should be able to express solidarity with the Palestinians, explained to AFP Sandra Demarq, part of the leadership of the NPA, who judged the ban "illegitimate and scandalous". According to the reporter at around 15.40,
Soudain, des groupes extrêmement équipés et organisés ont commencé à fendre la foule pour monter au contact des CRS. Ils avançaient en ligne, le visage couvert. A l'évidence, ils n'avaient rien de militants venus défendre la cause palestinienne. Certains arboraient des tee-shirts du virage Auteuil, une tribune du Parc des Princes.
Suddenly, extremely well organised and kitted out groups pushed their way through the crowd towards the front row of the CRS (riot police).
They advanced en bloc, faces covered. From what could be gleaned they had nothing of the look of activists who'd come to defend the Palestinian cause. Some of them were wearing the colours of Auteuil, a supporters' group named after a football stand at the Parc des Princes.
In Sarcelles on Sunday however events took a clearly and illegitimate anti-Semitic turn,
France's interior minister on Monday slammed "intolerable" acts of anti-Semitism after a rally against Israel's Gaza offensive descended into violence pitting an angry pro-Palestinian crowd against local Jewish businesses.
Sunday's demonstration in the north Paris suburb of Sarcelles was the third to deteriorate in a week, as shops were looted and riot police lobbed tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd.
The rally had been banned amid concern the Jewish community would be targeted after protesters last weekend tried to storm two synagogues in Paris.
"When you head for the synagogue, when you burn a corner shop because it is Jewish-owned, you are committing an anti-Semitic act,"Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters outside the Sarcelles synagogue.
In the Paris suburb sometimes nicknamed "little Jerusalem" for its large community of Sephardic Jews, the rally descended into chaos when dozens of youth – some masked – set fire to bins and lit firecrackers and smoke bombs.
Eighteen people were arrested after looters wrecked shops, including a kosher foodstore and a funeral home as protesters shouted: "Fuck Israel!".
The Independent says,
Riot police held back a mob of youths who tried to attacks two synagogues in the town of Sarcelles in the northern Paris suburbs.
A pro-Gaza demonstration in a town with a large Jewish population began peacefully but degenerated into attacks on Jewish and Chaldean businesses and four hours of running battles between youths and police. Several cars were burned. Three shops, including a Kosher grocery (1), were burned and pillaged. A railway station was severely damaged.
The interior minister, Bernard Cazeneve said today: "When you menace synagogues and when you burn a grocery because it is Jewish-owned, you are committing anti-semitic acts… That is intolerable. Protest against Israel is legitimate. Nothing can justify such violence."
Roger Cuikerman, head of the French umbrella groups of Jewish organisations, CRIF, said there was a growing anxiety amongst French jews.
Protest against Israeli government actions was one thing, he said. Attacks on Jews for being Jews were "deeply disturbing". "They are not screaming 'death to the Israelis' on the streets of Paris," he said. "They are screaming 'death to the Jews'. They are attacking synagogues which are places of prayer."
Bernard Cazeneuve, speaking at Sarcelles this morning, said (Le Monde),
Devant la presse, il a estimé qu'il était « légitime » de pouvoir exprimer une position sur les événements de Gaza, où au moins 502 Palestiniens ont été tuésdepuis le 8 juillet. En revanche, il a jugé « intolérable que l'on s'en prenne à des synagogues ou à des commerces parce qu'ils sont tenus par des juifs. Rien ne peut justifier de telles violence ». Dix-huit personnes ont été interpellées après les heurts, selon la police.
In front of the press he considered that it was "legitimate" to be able to express a position on the events in Gaza, where at least 502 Palestinians have been killed since the 8th of July. By contrast he judged that it is "intolerable that people attack synagogues and businesses because they are run by Jews. Nothing can justify such violence." According to the police 18 people have been asserted after the incidents.
(1) The shop had been already the subject of a grenade attack in September 2013 (see here).
In an important Editorial today Le Monde says that the government's ban on demonstrations is an admission of its impotence, "Manifestations interdites : l'aveu d'impuissance du gouvernement."
The statement notes that President Hollande is right to be concerned about the "importation" of the Israel-Palestinian conflict into France.
But they note that the right to demonstrate, within reasonable limits, is part of the foundations of the Republic.
They cite the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man, " nul ne doit être inquiété pour ses opinions, même religieuses, pourvu que leur manifestation ne trouble pas l'ordre public établi par la loi ».
Article 10, "No one shall be disquieted on account of his opinions, including his religious views, provided their manifestation does not disturb the public order established by law."
Le Monde then accuses the government, through its ban on demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinians, of playing, "aux pompiers pyromanes." (firefighting arsonists, figurative, "fig., personne qui provoque volontairement les maux qu'elle est censée combattre.", somebody who creates the very problem they claim to be solving).
"Toute manifestation doit être déclarée à la Préfecture de police, en indiquant, au moins trois jours avant, sa date, son heure et son parcours. En d'autres termes, le droit de manifester fait partie des libertés publiques, mais il est légitimement encadré."
Every demonstration, its timings, and its route, must be notified to the Police authorities, at least 3 days in advance. In other respects the right to demonstrate, within defined limits, is part of our public freedoms.
Le Monde is absolutely right.
Positions of left parties:
Parti de Gauche "L'interdiction de la manifestation de soutien à la population de Gaza contre l'agression décidée par le gouvernement israélien était bien une provocation et une manipulation." NPA, "La solidarité avec les Palestiniens est légitime et n'a rien à voir avec de l'antisémitisme !" Front de Gauche, ""Amplifier la solidarité avec le peuple palestinien, défendre le droit de manifester".
Update: Declaration today (Monday 12st July) against ban on demonstrations by the Ligue des Droits de l'Homme, GAZA CROULE SOUS LES BOMBES, ISRAËL S'ENFERRE DANS LA RÉPRESSION, LES INTERDICTIONS DE MANIFESTER DU GOUVERNEMENT FRANÇAIS ATTISENT LES TENSIONS
Demonstration on Wednesday now authorised, Le Monde.


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While Hamas has been firing rockets, a number of them headed for civilian targets are being stopped en route. This is thanks to a new surface-to-air missile system called Iron Dome (IDF Photo, right).
Nearly 2100 Slaughtered Since New Year's Day
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The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram's attacks have killed over two thousand people, according to a report by a non-profit group. The slaughter has come in the course of 95 attacks.
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Faced with a growing arsenal of T-72 main battle tanks in the Sudanese arsenal, South Sudan is buying missiles to counter them. However, these are older missiles.
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Ukrainian forces are nearing Donetsk, a city of 900,000 people held by pro-Russian insurgents in the eastern portion of the former Soviet Republic. The advance has not been without cost as the death toll in the ongoing crisis between Ukraine and Russia continued to climb.
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Roughly six months after testing the Wu-14 hypersonic missile, there are now reports that the ChiComs have been trying to develop a second hypersonic weapon. This system, though, will be more familiar to Americans, as it is a knockoff of an American system tested about ten years ago.
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Dozens free, a couple hundred left to go. That is the situation in Nigeria after a number of women and girls who were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram made a successful break for freedom.
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The Ukrainian government has launched a new offensive, ending a ten-day cease fire. The operation is targeting pro-Russian insurgents who have seized control of cities and towns in Eastern Ukraine.
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A string of bombing and attacks over the last 48 hours, stretching from Nigeria to Yemen, left at least 22 people dead and a number of others wounded. The attacks were carried out by various Islamist groups.
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19 comments:
- Julie said...
Such a gorgeous home Erin, and obviously a longed-for dream! I love the continuity throughout, in your colours and patterns - so I think your new kitchen rugs are just perfect! xx
- January 28, 2014 at 12:05 AM
- Hanna Lei said...
I love what you've done so far and can't wait to see the rest! -Hanna Lei
- January 28, 2014 at 4:18 AM
- Ashley said...
Absolutely love it! I will be in San Diego for a work conference in early April. I would love to stop by for a real tour...maybe, just maybe???
- January 28, 2014 at 6:10 AM
- Lizzie Simantz said...
Your house is GORGEOUS!! Love all of the detail, and your taste is amazing! Congrats to you!
- January 28, 2014 at 6:15 AM
You did a great job - it's beautiful! Can't wait to see how you decorate it. Also, I love the Target rugs you purchased for your kitchen. ~ Darlene
- January 28, 2014 at 6:29 AM
- Rosa Mia Nissenbaum said...
This is a teaser! :) Can't wait to see more!
- January 28, 2014 at 7:43 AM
- Erin said...
Thank you so much everyone!
Ashley - you are welcome anytime! :)
- January 29, 2014 at 10:36 PM
- Аленушка said...
I like your house. You 've made a great work! What had happened to with your wonderful white bar-chairs? They became black? Why? They looked so cute(
Aljonushka from faraway Belarus
- January 31, 2014 at 2:40 AM
- Erin said...
These pics were taken before the new barstools. :)
- January 31, 2014 at 9:06 AM
- Koni Hunter said...
Hey Erin!
I am loving these house pictures. I can't wait to see it in person!
- February 7, 2014 at 9:15 PM
- Rosa Mia Nissenbaum said...
I LOVE your new home. LOVE is an understatement. Do you like having the two islands in your kitchen? I'm trying to convince my husband to do something similar. We have two islands, but they aren't parallel to each other like that. Would you set it up again the same way?
- April 1, 2014 at 2:10 PM
- Erin said...
Hi Rosa!
Thank you so much! LOVE the two islands. I would absolutely do it this way again. In a heartbeat. It's so convenient to do all of the food prep on one and have my kids eating at the other. They can also spread out homework on one island and it is away from the food. Hope that helps!
- April 1, 2014 at 2:13 PM
- Miss Jess said...
I am absolutely OBSESSED with your new house! It's my style to a tee! Love it! :)
- April 11, 2014 at 8:11 AM
Love the gray colour...may I ask the paint colour and brand?
- April 11, 2014 at 12:13 PM
- Erin said...
Thanks Jess!
Anonymous - do you mean the grey on the family room walls? I have a lot of different greys going on. :) That grey is Seattle by Frazee.
- April 16, 2014 at 4:45 PM
- valerie said...
Hi Erin, Your home is so beautiful! We just did a kitchen remodel, but have yet to decide on hardware for cabinets. Can you tell me what you put on your cabinets? Brand/model/finish. They look like some we have looked at, but I really like how they look in your kitchen! And is that marble backsplash? Great taste! Thanks for sharing!--Valerie
- May 22, 2014 at 11:36 AM
- Nilda Billig said...
Your house is a dream!! Everything is beautiful, love the gray/white combo... Please tell me: How can you keep it so clean?? XOXO
- July 7, 2014 at 4:24 PM
- Kerry said...
What is the gray you use in the girls' bathroom? It looks a bit lighter than the rest of the house.
- August 28, 2014 at 5:39 PM
- Erin said...
Thanks everyone!
Valerie - the cabinets are custom and unfortunately I don't have the color! It was one I selected from a few samples. Sorry I'm not more help!
Nilda - Thank you! I don't! Ha! It's a mess a lot of the time. :) I do have some help - cleaners that come to do the deep cleaning - and then I just pick up and clean myself every minute I have during the day. It's never ending! Kids make it tricky to keep anything clean for long. :)
Kerry - it's the same grey we used in the main rooms. The lighting in the girls' bathroom makes it look lighter. Seattle by Frazee. :)
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Brandon Wells got the new iPad last Friday, started wirelessly streaming March Madness games the next day and by Saturday night was out of gas.
Two hours of college basketball—which he viewed mounted to his car dashboard and live at tournament games—had burned through his monthly wireless data allotment of two gigabytes.
Excited users of the new iPad are finding there's a drawback to the blazing fast 4G connection offered by their new device: They burn through their data limits in as little as a day, Anton Troianovski reports on the News Hub. Photo: AP.
Now, to keep surfing the Web or watch more NCAA hoops over Verizon Wireless's 4G network, Mr. Wells will have to pay an extra $10 for every gigabyte above his current $30 subscription.
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"It's kind of a Catch-22," says Mr. Wells, a 31-year-old Web developer who decided to pony up for another gigabyte. "It streams really fast video, but by streaming really fast video you tend to watch more video, and that's not always best."
Brandon Wells of Albuquerque, N.M., holding a portrait of himself on his iPad, is reconsidering how much mobile video to watch on the device. Steven St. John for The Wall Street Journal
The iPad's new high-resolution screen and fast connection are specifically designed to spur greater use of online video—a long-stated goal for phone companies as well as technology purveyors such as Apple and Google Inc. GOOG -0.13% Google Inc. Cl C U.S.: Nasdaq $540.37 -0.71 -0.13% Nov. 26, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1.47M AFTER HOURS $540.37 0.00 % Nov. 26, 2014 6:10 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 45,325 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap $369.81 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee $1,355,410 11/19/14 Yahoo to Become U.S. Default S... 11/19/14 Apple, Silicon Valley Draw a L... 11/12/14 5 Things to Read Today: Rosett... More quote details and news » Telecom companies in particular are banking on mobile video to drum up demand for their new, fourth-generation networks and create new revenue streams as they adjust to the smartphone age.
That means something has to give: Either consumers will have to get used to paying more or wireless carriers will come under pressure to change their pricing models.
Verizon declined to comment on its pricing strategy, but said customers can pick higher-use plans or they can go easier on their data allotments by shifting to Wi-Fi networks when they are available.
Those alternatives don't always line up well with what consumers want.
Albert Park, a 24-year-old working at a start-up in Austin, Texas, tapped into the Wi-Fi network at a local café on Sunday to watch some YouTube videos on his iPad. The network turned out to be too slow for an uninterrupted stream, so Mr. Park switched to the high-speed mobile network operated by his service provider, AT&T Inc. T +0.89% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE $35.13 +0.31 +0.89% Nov. 26, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 13.79M AFTER HOURS $35.15 +0.02 +0.06% Nov. 26, 2014 6:23 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 355,139 P/E Ratio 10.74 Market Cap $180.61 Billion Dividend Yield 5.24% Rev. per Employee $539,798 11/26/14 AT&T Backtracks on Threat to H... 11/25/14 Sony to Issue Refunds to Settl... 11/24/14 Spectrum Auction Serves Up Dis... More quote details and news »
For the next hour, Mr. Park watched concert videos and other clips and browsed social-media sites. On Tuesday, five days after getting the new iPad, he found he was already two-thirds of the way through his monthly allotment of 3 gigabytes of wireless data.
"I'll probably avoid watching videos outside my home," Mr. Park concluded.
Such decisions set up a quandary for wireless carriers, which are rolling out multibillion-dollar high-speed networks that use a technology called LTE. The technology promises to boost mobile download speeds by 10 times compared with third-generation networks, making it almost purpose-built for mobile video.
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The carriers, suffering from a decline in voice-calling revenues, hope that LTE boosts monthly bills for wireless service, and they charge by the amount of data consumed. Thirty dollars a month buys 2 gigabytes of data at Verizon and 3 gigabytes at AT&T.
Mr. Park and Mr. Wells both say they're thinking about upgrading to $50-a-month plans, which buy 5 gigabytes of data at both AT&T and Verizon. But both say they're also reconsidering how much mobile video they watch on their device.
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"With LTE, the quality and the streaming is fantastic," Mr. Wells said. "But man, you're really limited in terms of the amount of content you can consume."
Mr. Wells's father, Steve Wells, also hit his data limit on Saturday. While he was at the basketball game with his son, his wife was using his iPad as a video baby monitor for his granddaughter while she napped in another room. By the time the two were back from the game, the app had burned through his two gigabyte plan.
"All the advantages of the iPad device are completely neutralized by the two gigabyte data limit," said Steve Wells, 56.
What many consumers may not realize is the new iPad's faster LTE connection means they will use more data even if they don't change their 3G surfing habits. Take regular video: Verizon estimates that streaming it over an LTE connection runs through 650 megabytes an hour. That's double the amount of data used streaming the same video over a 3G link, because the fatter pipe lets more data through.
On top of that, the new iPad's sharper screen will encourage some users to view videos in high-definition, which uses 2 gigabytes an hour on a 4G connection, according to Verizon.
Mr. Wells shows his new iPad to his daughter, Kaylie. Steven St. John for The Wall Street Journal
With users skittish about paying more, wireless carriers are likely to experiment with new pricing schemes as they try to squeeze more profits out of their new networks.
AT&T, for example, is studying a plan to give app developers and content providers the option to pay for the mobile data their products use, thereby keeping those apps and videos from counting against a user's allotment of data, kind of like an 800-number for apps.
That could help win more business from people like Cindy Bryant, a new iPad owner in Clyde, N.C. Ms. Bryant, a 45-year-old appliance saleswoman, got an email from Verizon Wireless on Monday alerting her that she had used up 90% of her mobile data allowance.
Ms. Bryant, who doesn't have landline Internet access at home, figures she's approaching her limit because she downloaded lots of apps. She'd like to experiment with watching videos on her iPad, but says she won't before the next billing cycle comes around.
"I'm going to put myself on a diet," Ms. Bryant says.
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Camp Swift, near Bastrop, TX. Camp Swift is on Highway 95, midway between Elgin, TX and Bastrop, TX, east of Austin, TX.
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Cadet Commander - C/Capt Alexander Lewis
Cadet Deputy Commander - C/Capt Kellin Tompkins
Cadet Executive Officer - C/Maj Jean Furter
Director of Training - C/Lt Col Graham Andre
Safety Officer - C/2d Lt Hudson Jaynes
Admin OIC - C/2d Lt Madison Comstock
Admin - C/SMSgt Analisa Rojas
Admin - C/MSgt Shaun Furter
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Comm OIC - C/Capt Kara McRorey
Comm - C/2d Lt Caleb Carpenter
Comm - C/Brian Sirois
CQ OIC - C/2d Lt Alex Huff
CQ - C/CMSgt Carlos Palacio
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Firearms - C/CMSgt Brandon McVean
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Logistics NCOIC - C/CMSgt Phillip Priebe
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Mess - C/SSgt Nicholas Smith
PAO NCOIC - C/Rebecca Nolen
PAO - C/2d Lt Noah Ritter
PAO - C/SMSgt James Andrews
PAO - C/SSgt Willow Lanchester
SET OIC - C/2d Lt Jessica Bearden
SET - C/2d Lt Morgan Fletcher
SET - C/2d Lt Truitt Ladolce
SET - C/2d Lt Daniel Parlin
SET - C/2d Lt Laura Turpen
85th Squadron Commander - C/Capt Zachary Breton
85th Squadron First Sergeant - C/CMSgt Savannah Smith
Alpha Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Jacob Branum
Alpha Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Michael Parks
Bravo Flight Commander - C/2d Lt John Massey
Bravo Flight Sergeant - C/SMSgt John Brewer
Charlie Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Victoria Bearden
Charlie Flight Sergeant - C/SMSgt Margaret Flood
86th Squadron Commander - C/Maj Henry Malinoski
86th Squadron First Sergeant - C/CMSgt Johnathon Lindstrom
Delta Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Samuel Rogers
Delta Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Krill Golokhov
Echo Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Samantha Branum
Echo Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Alissa Dominguez
Foxtrot Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Emily Tutton
Foxtrot Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Kyler Hearn
87th Squadron Commander - C/Capt Bryson Mcloughlin
87th Squadron First Sergeant - C/CMSgt Trevor Williams
Golf Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Racheal Barkley
Golf Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Benjamin Turner
Hotel Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Catie Flood
Hotel Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Seth Grimes
India Flight Commander - C/2d Lt Joseph Regalado
India Flight Sergeant - C/CMSgt Michael Dondoyano
The Texas Wing will fully incorporate the new CAPP 52-24 CAP Encampment Guide. The staff positions listed above reflect some of the changes contained in this document.
Cadets attending the encampment will need to complete the Cadet Behavior Contract, CAPF 31, 160, 161, and 163. Send a copy to the Admin Officer at firstname.lastname@example.com. Seniors will need to complete a CAPF 31, 160, and 161. Seniors will send a copy of their forms to firstname.lastname@example.com. All members will bring the original forms with them to in-processing. DO NOT send these forms to Lt Col James D. Peace.
Questions? Please contact Lt Col James D. Peace, Texas Wing Director of Cadet Programs, at firstname.lastname@example.com .
One Wing, One Team, One PROVEN Standard of Excellence!
James D. Peace, Lt Col, CAP
Texas Wing Director of Cadet Programs