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So hubby and I ventured up for some holiday shopping and lunch. They have tried to keep the waterside ambiance that I think most of their restaurants have, although the little pond in Carmel is a far cry from the San Francisco Bay. But, you can't have it all! The interior is very similar and fairly upscale for a chain. Lots of wood and nice comfy booths.
Their lunch menu looked great and I love the combination they offer where you can get a reduced portion of 2 choices from a list consisting of soups, salads, sandwiches and pastas. It seemed a great way to try lots of things. I was craving a salad with some seafood on it though, so I got the shrimp and Maytag blue cheese salad with diced egg, slivered almonds, big crumbles of blue cheese, bay shrimp and blue cheese dressing. It was exactly what I was in the mood for—the shrimp were nice and fresh tasting and the almonds added a nice crunch. They also have a salmon, crab and shrimp Louie salad which I ate often in California and which I am also very fond of.
Hubby ordered the ahi tuna burger/BLT which was also really good. I had some and he raved about it. It came with a bacon pepper aioli, arugula, and avocado tomato relish all on a toasted bun. The tuna was chopped and formed into a patty and cooked like a burger—it was very tender and very tasty, especially with all the other accoutrements.
They also serve yummy buttery herby focaccia bread with your meal which is warm and quite nice.
It's a chain, and it's in Carmel, but it is a good spot for lunch (and hey, even dinner too). I hear they have a kids' menu, so we will probably schlep the kids up one of these days for lunch too---always nice to find a place we can all eat together that is a bit above the standard fare, but still welcomes kids.
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***1/3/08 Update : Went back for lunch with the kids today and had a great meal. What a great kids menu too--all the usual suspects plus kid's size portions of grilled salmon, fettucine alfredo, and fried cod. My 6 year old loved the salmon. Plus they served little bread with grapes plates as appetizers (how sophisticated) and vanilla pudding or a mini hot fudge sundae with all kid's meals. Quite a nice lunch. The kids loved it and want to go back. I had the Seafood Louie salad and was very happy (well, once I had them add the avocado).
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A magnetic circuit is like an electric current in that magnetic flux flows in closed loops through materials of high permeability (such as iron or ferrite), just as current flows through materials of high conductivity. The terms mmf (magnetomotive force), flux and reluctance in a magnetic circuit correspond respectively to emf (electromotive force), current and resistance in an electrical circuit.
Magnetic circuits are found in almost every electrical motor. Magnetic shunts are often used to adjust the amount of flux in these circuits. The above tutorial illustrates a simple magnetic shunt.
The shunt consists of a laminated Iron Core in the shape of a "W." Around the first and second legs of this core are two separate coils of insulated Copper Wire, both featuring the same number of turns. Positioned across these two legs is a laminated Iron Yoke. The wire wrapped around the first leg is connected to a source of alternating current, making this ring an electromagnet and producing a magnetic field (not visible in the tutorial) around the ring. Because that current is constantly alternating, the magnetic field fluctuates along with it, and induces a current in the second coil via electromagnetic induction. (This is the same process that makes transformers work.) That current is what powers the light bulb that glows to the right of the shunt.
Use the Yoke Position slider to move the yoke to the right so that it bridges across all three legs. Notice that the bulb dims considerably when the yoke makes contact with the third leg, which serves as the magnetic shunt. Moving the yoke farther onto the third leg further dims the bulb until it is effectively turned off.
The bulb dims because an increasing fraction of the magnetic flux (the total of which remains constant) passes through that third leg. Consequently, less flux passes through the second leg. That means less electricity is generated in the circuit connected to the bulb, which dims as a result.
You may also move the yoke position further to the left so that the yoke is in contact only with the first leg. Notice that the bulb extinguishes under this scenario, because the ring has been broken, so there is no longer an electromagnet.
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- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 2 cups warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 6-1/2 to 7 cups all-purpose flour
- In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the sugar, salt, eggs, oil and 3 cups of flour; beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6 to 8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
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LONDON. Global giant Ikea Retail Estate is planning multi-million pound commissions by major contemporary artists, including Piotr Uklanski, Jeppe Hein and Jim Lambie, as part of an "airport-sized" Moscow-based development due to open in 2012.
The works are part of a plan to roll out mixed-use spaces across Ikea sites, beginning with Russia and the former Soviet republics. The first will open at the mammoth 260,000 sq. m Mega Teply Stan retail park in Moscow. "The new building will be totally different to what's there now," said Simon Dance, of Simon Dance Design, who has been working with the Swedish mega-brand since 2007. "The idea is to create a day out, somewhere people want to spend time, especially in Moscow where it takes so long to get anywhere because the traffic is so bad." He said the concept of the developments is to "fuse culture, commerce and leisure—and the works of art are a key part of our vision". Plans for the site include shops, restaurants, an ice-rink, as well as an Ikea flat-pack furniture store.Dance described himself as "a big fan of public art". He said that a visit to an exhibition in 2007 of outdoor sculpture by contemporary artists at Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire, inspired him to include art in the development. "The key thing for us is interaction, and people there were having fun with the works." The Sudeley exhibition, "Reconstruction", was curated by former Gagosian director Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, now co-ordinator of Dasha Zhukova's Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, and Elliot McDonald, curator of the Hiscox Collection. They have been brought in to advise Ikea. "We're thrilled," said McDonald. He expects four or five works to be commissioned, including one piece by a Russian artist. Jeppe Hein is proposing a mirror labyrinth to be placed opposite the new building's façade, which will be a whopping 300m in length and 24m in height. Uklanski is working on a large-scale iron sculpture, which will be viewable from the 16-lane motorway that runs alongside the site, while Lambie intends to make a new version of Secret Affair, 2007, a work that inspired Dance at Sudeley."We want to create a better everyday life for many people," Hakan Pehrsson, the head of commercial development at Ikea Shopping Centres Russia & CIS, told us. "With this project, we feel that we [can] give extra quality to the life of the whole family." Dance added: "It's about creating a series of events. Like a great Hitchcock film, you'll turn a corner and there will be something you don't expect."
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South Texas' elusive nilgai bulls are fun to hunt and yield some of the tastiest meat on the planet. They are also tough to hunt and even tougher to bring down - two qualities that keep the crew from Winchester Ammunition and Browning Firearms coming back to South Texas each year to test their latest wares on these odd-looking Indian imports. I had recently run out of nilgai steaks and was contemplating another trip down south when my friend, Kevin Howard, who always seems to have perfect timing, called to invite me on their annual hunt.
In the course of our conversation, Kevin told me not to bring a rifle. "I have something really cool for you to try out," he said. I didn't give his cryptic comment a second thought as the hunt was near and I had several deadlines looming, but the first word out of my mouth when I first laid my hands on the new A-Bolt Mountain Ti was "cool."
The Mountain Ti Kevin handed me was an attractive rifle that weighed next to nothing yet handled like a dream. On the rickety bench at the ranch rifle range, it shot great. In the field, it was a joy to carry as I walked miles and miles of sandy South Texas ranch roads each day in pursuit of a big blue bull. When I came around a bend in the road to find one feeding by a stock tank, I sent a 180-grain XP3 right into its neck - the only shot the grizzled warrior offered. Although my hunt was a short one, I enjoyed carrying the Mountain Ti and asked Kevin to send me one for testing as soon as possible.
I am not a fan of light rifles. On the surface, they are a great idea. However, the majority of light rifles save weight by using short, pencil-thin barrels. The result is a gun that rarely points or balances like a rifle should and cartridges that do not reach claimed velocity. Such rifles are difficult to shoot from field positions, especially offhand, because there is no weight out front to stabilize the gun, a problem that is exacerbated by a heaving chest. The Mountain Ti was designed from the ground up to avoid this problem.
The Mountain Ti retains classic A-Bolt features like a 60-degree bolt lift, tang safety, adjustable trigger and hinged floorplate with detachable magazine. However, the Mountain Ti benefits from several weight-saving changes. First, its Titanium receiver is considerably lighter than the steel A-Bolt action. A further weight savings is realized by the use of a composite bolt sleeve. The lugs and bolt face are, of course, made of stainless steel, but the rest of the bolt body is not subjected to a great deal of stress, so Browning's engineers were able to make use of composites to save weight. Because Browning was able to shave so much weight from the action instead of the barrel, the Mountain Ti balances like a rifle should despite an empty weight of only 5 pounds, 8 ounces.
The Mountain Ti I tested wears a 23-inch barrel - long enough to get the most of the WSM cartridge family. The barreled action is bedded into a new stock that was designed especially for the Mountain Ti. The camouflage stock has a Dura-Touch armor coating that has a bit of give to it and affords a comfortable, secure grip, even in inclement weather. The Mountain Ti's stock is well-designed and properly proportioned. I hoped that the excellent stock design, cushy coating and Pachmayr Decelerator pad would combine to tame the lightweight .300 WSM's recoil.
I was anxious to shoot the Mountain Ti. Unfortunately, I had to wait a few extra days because the Mountain Ti uses different scope mounts than the rest of the A-Bolt line. The mounts were worth the wait, however, as they were an attractive, lightweight affair made by Talley Manufacturing. I have the utmost confidence in Talley's offerings, and had no doubt they would keep my Kahles 3-9x42 Multizero riflescope in place once I sighted it in.
On the range, the Mountain Ti made a great first impression. The stock was extremely comfortable and recoil wasn't too bad. I would not go so far as to say the recoil was light. In fact, it really got my attention, but it was well below what I expected when I gritted my teeth and touched off the first shot from the bantam-weight beauty. My first few shots with Winchester's excellent 180-grain XP3 load were way high but tightly clustered. After making a few adjustments, I got it dialed dead-on at 100 yards and started shooting for groups.
Over the course of two extended firing sessions, I found that the Mountain Ti was far more accurate than I would have expected from such a light rifle as long as I allowed plenty of time for the barrel to cool between groups. It would string shots vertically if I let the barrel get too hot, but that is to be expected with just about any rifle. As long as I held on to the fore-end a bit, the test rifle produced impressive little groups with all three of the test loads.
In preparation for an upcoming bighorn sheep hunt, I made use of the Multi-zero's different ranging rings to get dialed in for long range. I zeroed the main crosshair at 200 yards then dialed the remaining rings to 300, 400, 500 and 600 yards using Winchester's ballistics tables for the 180-grain XP3. I then tested my preliminary settings by firing at 300 and 400 yards. I had to adjust the scope a bit, but I wasn't off by much. I will verify the 500- and 600-yard settings before my sheep hunt, but the Mountain Ti was accurate enough at 300 and 400 yards that I have no qualms about carrying it on what could be a once in a lifetime hunt.
I really like the latest addition to the A-Bolt family. Its excellent handling qualities alone are enough to earn it "keeper" status, but its light weight and tack-driving accuracy make the Mountain Ti one of the best new factory rifles I have tested in a long time. If you are in the market for a good flyweight rifle that's equally at home in the deer woods or the mountains, take a good, hard look at Browning's new A-Bolt Mountain Ti.
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Sheikh Sultan al-Qassimi, a cousin of the ruler of the northern emirate who also heads an Islamist group whose members have been targeted by security authorities, was taken from his house by armed men on Friday night and has since been held at the ruler's palace
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A senior member of the ruling family in the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah is being held at the ruler's palace, his son said on Tuesday, amid a tightening of restrictions on Islamists in the UAE. Sheikh Sultan al-Qassimi, a cousin of the ruler of the northern emirate who also heads an Islamist group whose members have been targeted by security authorities, was taken from his house by armed men on Friday night and has since been held at the ruler's palace. News of the detention first came from activists who said he had been arrested by security services. His son said he had been taken to the palace of the Ras al-Khaimah ruler.
"My father has been arrested on Friday night. We were surprised when armed men came to the house. They took him to the palace of Sheikh Saud al-Qassimi," Sheikh Abdullah al-Qassimi told Reuters by telephone. "He has been kept alone in a locked room with armed guards," he said after visiting Sheikh Sultan, denying that his father had been detained due to a family spat.
There has been no official comment and it was not immediately clear why Sheikh Sultan was being held. Police officials in Ras al-Khaimah could not be reached for comment. Activists from Ras al-Khaimah said they believed Sheikh Sultan, who is chairman of the Islamist al-Islah(Reform) group, had been targeted because he had signed a petition sent to UAE leaders requesting the country's Federal National Council (FNC), an advisory body, be given more powers.
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The Scout Preview - Gameweek 17
Three of the top five teams in the Barclays Premier League are handed home comforts this weekend as The Scout analyses the Gameweek 17 schedule.
Champions Manchester City seek a sixth successive league win at home to Crystal Palace. West Ham United look to extend their four-match unbeaten run as basement-dwellers Leicester City roll up to Upton Park, whilst Southampton host Everton at St Mary's Stadium.
Elsewhere, in-form Manchester United travel to Aston Villa. League leaders Chelsea make their way to Stoke City, north east duo Newcastle and Sunderland go head-to-head at St James' Park, whilst Liverpool welcome Arsenal to Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Talking tactics
Manchester City are facing a striker crisis for this weekend's visit of Crystal Palace. With Sergio Aguero already sidelined for six weeks, Manuel Pellegrini has conceded that both Stevan Jovetic and Edin Dzeko are unlikely to return before New Year due to hamstring and calf complaints respectively. The Chilean will trial David Silva, Samir Nasri and James Milner as a deep-lying forward in training this week and is likely to field one of the trio as a "false nine" as he restructures his side to cope with the absence of his first-team forwards against the Eagles.
Raheem Sterling has been handed a central role up front in each of Liverpool's last couple of matches as Brendan Rodgers trials a 3-4-3 formation. Sterling was flanked by Philippe Coutinho and Adam Lallana against both Manchester United and Bournemouth and scored twice against the latter in the midweek Capital One Cup win. With Mario Balotelli struggling due to a groin problem once again, Sterling's display on Wednesday suggests Rodgers may keep him in the middle at home to Arsenal.
Wayne Rooney was shifted into a central midfield berth for Manchester United's home clash against Liverpool last weekend. Fielded up front alongside Robin van Persie in the Gameweek 15 win at Southampton, Rooney dropped deeper as James Wilson was handed the role alongside the Dutchman, with Juan Mata tucked in behind the front two. Although the Red Devils skipper still managed to get on the scoresheet for the third time in four appearances, his 19% owners will be somewhat concerned by his new position as Van Gaal continues to shuffle his pack.
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A home goal against Hull maintained Diego Costa's stunning start to life in the Premier League. The Chelsea striker grabbed his twelfth goal in 13 appearances for the league leaders but failed to earn bonus points (BP) for finding the net, frustrating those Fantasy owners who handed him the captain's armband for the Tigers' showdown.
In spite of his goal scoring exploits, Costa has collected just nine BP all season – almost half Sergio Aguero's 17, for example. With this in mind, The Scout casts an eye over the top ten forwards for BP over the opening 16 Gameweek thus far.
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Aguero's loss to Fantasy managers is obvious. The Argentine has earned more BP than any other forward after scoring 14 times in 15 appearances – crucially, he has earned BP in all nine matches he has scored in.
Newcastle's Papiss Cisse is next in line, with 12 BP. The 5.8-priced striker has found the net in four of his ten appearances and has collected maximum bonus on each occasion, scoring seven times to date.
Diafra Sakho has been more consistent than his compatriot Cisse. The West Ham frontman has netted in six of his ten matches and collected BP in all but one of those occasions.
Swansea's Wilfried Bony and QPR's Charlie Austin have both received 9BP thus far. Whilst the pair have both scored in seven of their appearances, Bony has been looked upon more favourably and received BP on six of those occasions compared to Austin's four.
Costa and Robin van Persie have also collected 9 BP, though the Chelsea forward has outscored the Dutchman by 12 goals to seven. Despite mirroring Aguero by scoring in nine of his Premier League outings, Costa has, however, only been awarded BP on just four occasions.
Ones to Watch
Samir Nasri – after a slow start to the season, the Manchester City midfielder has sprung into life in the last few weeks. Nasri has produced an assist in two of the last three Gameweeks and also bagged a goal and assist in his side's recent Champions' League win over Roma. With problems surrounding the champions' strikers, his form in the final third looks key as Crystal Palace roll up to the Etihad Stadium.
Leroy Fer – the Queens Park Rangers midfielder welcomes West Brom in strong home form this weekend. Available for just 5.5, Fer has scored in each of his last two appearances at Loftus Road and is set to pose the Baggies problems aplenty as Harry Redknapp's side look for a third successive win in front of their own fans.
Diafra Sakho – fully recovered from a back problem, the West Ham frontman returned to first-team duties for last weekend's trip to Sunderland. Having scored in five of his six home appearances this term, Sakho will fancy his chances of extending that streak against a Leicester City side with a single clean sheet in the last 12 Gameweeks.
Harry Kane – handed a sixth successive start in Tottenham's trip to Swansea last Sunday, Kane needed just four minutes to get his name on the scoresheet in a 2-1 triumph. The 5.1-priced striker was back in the goals in a 4-0 midweek cup win over Newcastle United and now plays host to a Burnley backline that has conceded in all but one of their road trips to date.
Papiss Cisse – a home derby with fierce rivals Sunderland hands the Newcastle striker the chance to continue his excellent season. Cisse's minutes continue to be managed by Alan Pardew due to an ongoing knee complaint but, as his two-goal salvo off the bench against Chelsea in the Magpies' previous home encounter highlighted, he needs little time to make an impact. Having missed the midweek cup loss at Tottenham due to illness, he's expected to recover in time for Sunday's derby.
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Conservation and Agriculture Investigate Deer Die-Off at Breeding Facility
June 17, 2014
A recent die-off at a licensed deer-breeding facility in north Alabama has killed more than 50 whitetail deer. Preliminary tests conducted by pathologists at the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (ADAI) laboratories have revealed that the contributing cause of the incident is viral in nature, although further testing continues. Since the outbreak began in May, the die-off has been contained to the breeding facility and is thought to pose no threat to humans, pets or livestock outside the facility.
Earlier this year, the facility passed a routine herd inspection, which is conducted twice annually as part of a joint monitoring program between the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) and the ADAI. Breeding facilities are required by law to report any animal deaths.
When the deer began to die, the breeding facility owner reported the deaths to WFF and ADAI as required and has fully cooperated to contain the outbreak. The WFF and ADAI are working closely with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to determine the exact cause of the deaths. ADAI pathologists and veterinarians are still working to determine the origins of the noted pathogens.
"Artificial conditions such as the penning of multiple species together like wild sheep and deer can spread pathogens that are normally restricted to one species," said Kevin Dodd, WFF Chief of Enforcement. "Although the deer in the affected facility were legally acquired in state, this incident demonstrates the potential outcome of introducing new diseases from areas outside the state."
"Incidents such as this demonstrate the importance of the strict biosecurity measures Alabama keeps in place for its native wildlife and farm animals," said Chuck Sykes, WFF Director. "Restricting the import or movement of potentially infected animals is a fundamental measure that was put in place to protect the health and safety of Alabama's wildlife, livestock and citizens."
Licensed game breeders in Alabama supply deer for stocking hunting enclosures across the state. These breeding facilities are subject to routine testing to minimize the introduction and spread of detrimental pathogens. That routine monitoring of herd health led to the notification of the die-off at the north Alabama breeding facility. This resulted in the identification of the pathogens involved and a plan of action for the breeder was implemented.
Individuals with knowledge of illegally imported wildlife in Alabama including any species of deer, wild goats or feral pigs are encouraged to contact WFF via its toll-free GAMEWATCH line, (800) 272-4263. Rewards for information leading to an arrest may be available. If you encounter a sick or dead deer, please report the incident to the nearest WFF district office. To learn more about licensed game breeders and Alabama's GAMEWATCH program, visit outdooralabama.com or call (334) 242-3469.
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama's natural resources through five divisions: Marine Police, Marine Resources, State Lands, State Parks, and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. To learn more about ADCNR, visit www.outdooralabama.com.
The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries promotes agriculture and industries within the State and is required by law to administer and enforce regulatory laws, rules, and regulations. These duties involve the inspection of numerous commodities for the protection of consumers. For more information visit www.agi.alabama.gov.


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Book Review: A Tale Dark and Grimm
By Sandy Amazeen Dec 19, 2010, 3:42 GMT
In this mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales. As readers follow the siblings through a forest brimming with menacing foes, they learn the true story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses, and outwitted witches. Fairy tales have never been more irreverent or subversive as Hansel and Gretel learn to take charge of their ...more
Forget the cloyingly sweet fairy tales you grew up with and prepare to enjoy them more in the spirit of their original authors as Gidwitz adds a delightfully dark, humorous voice to childhood standbys. Hansel and Gretel are the common thread binding nine tales together into a cohesive story filled with plenty of blood and mayhem. Carefully served warnings of whats to come prepares the reader while creating a fun sense of camaraderie with the storyteller while instilling a sense of being grown up enough to handle whatever surprises are coming. These tales are more then simple entertainment as they reinforce the importance of family, particularly good parenting as Hansel and Gretels many adventures and misfortunes come about as the result of their parents. Surrogate parents dont prove to be much better leaving the siblings to depend on their own abilities and cleverness to survive.
This would be a great book to read aloud to younger kids but read through it first just to be sure it wont be too much for very sensitive children. Older kids around eight and up will enjoy reading it for themselves but just for fun, read it aloud with them and share Gidwitzs snarky wit while rediscovering some very old classic stories.
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Visitors to the nature center at Hueston Woods State Park near Oxford can learn about the importance of watersheds, thanks to an interactive exhibit 15 Miami University students helped design.
A family with deep ties to Miami University and its athletic programs is making one of the largest single donations ever received by the athletic department. The gift was announced today (Dec. 16) by David Sayler, Miami's athletic director.
This January, thousands of Miami University students hope to enrich their academic experiences through study abroad, conducting research, completing a workshop or internship, or taking additional online or on-campus courses.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Miami University Humanities Center a $500,000 Challenge Grant.
Miami University will present 1,023 diplomas during its fall commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, in Millett Hall.
The most common meal plan cost will not go up next year at Miami University, and room rates will increase based on the type of room per a vote by university trustees today, Dec. 5.
Phyllis Callahan, currently dean of Miami University's College of Arts and Science, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, effective Feb. 1, 2015.
Current and prospective students can learn more about Miami University's pre-health programs at the new Mallory-Wilson Center for Healthcare Education, which opened in Pearson Hall this fall.
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Art as Part of Healing
Bridgehaven hosted its Art as Part of Healing event on March 6.
The event highlighted the artistic endeavors of Bridgehaven members, and the work they created with guests artists, photographers John Nation and Margaret Fenton.
Guests enjoyed hors d'oeuvres, drinks, a raffle, an art sale and poetry presentations.
Bridgehaven provides community-based psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services for adults with mental illness.
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i copy the command for insert custom error pages .. to see is the problem from my script and it wont work again,
for more clear view i put error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
and still no errors
var_dump of source and target is string(46) "/usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/bss/content" string(34) "/var/www/clients/client6/web10/web"
finaly i have to exec cp -r /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/web/bss/content /var/www/clients/client6/web10/web
when i execute rhis one from shell (as a root) ... its workin ...
when i try to execute trought ispconfig ... no error .. no nothin .. even when im using the same script that puts custom error pages. i have no idea whats happened
apache log:
cp: cannot create directory `/var/www/clients/client6/web10/web/content': Permission denied
chmod: changing permissions of `/var/www/clients/client6/web10/web': Operation not permitted
chmod: cannot read directory `/var/www/clients/client6/web10/web': Permission denied
if i have rights to cp error pages why i dont have rights to cp other?
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Clouds Over Iran
Two chapters in de Bellaigue's book make especially painful reading for Americans. One is called "Gas." It recounts the terrible suffering that many veterans of the Iran–Iraq War, fought between 1980 and 1988 at the cost of more than one million lives, still face as a result of poison gas attacks that Saddam Hussein launched against Iran. Those attacks began in 1982. The next year, President Reagan sent a special envoy, Donald Rumsfeld, to Baghdad. His mission was not to reprimand the Iraqi dictator, but to encourage him. Soon afterward, de Bellaigue writes, "the Reagan administration allowed increased sales of US equipment to Iraq, including sixty helicopters for 'agricultural use.'"
In 1984 a United Nations report made it unmistakably clear that Saddam Hussein was using chemical weapons against Iran. Four years later, he did the same against Kurdish rebels in the Iraqi town of Halabja. There was no serious protest from Washington. Fifteen years later, as the Bush administration prepared to invade Iraq, Hussein's use of these weapons in the 1980s suddenly became an issue. President Bush repeatedly cited it as proof of what a monster Hussein was. His show of indignation would have been more persuasive if the United States had protested the gassing when it took place.
It did not do so because at the time of the Iran–Iraq War, the United States was Saddam Hussein's friend. He was a friend mainly because the United States saw his enemy, Iran, as its own enemy. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the hostage crisis that followed, Americans were eager to hurt Iran any way they could. The long and fervent American embrace of Saddam Hussein was motivated largely by American hostility to Iran. It was another example, not the first or last, of how enmity between Washington and Tehran has had terrible consequences for both countries during the last quarter-century.
In another chapter, de Bellaigue writes of "Parastu." His subject, Parastu Forouhar, is the daughter of two Iranians who devoted their lives to the cause of democracy. In their youth they supported the most formidable Iranian leader of that era, Mohammad Mossadegh, who served as prime minister from 1951 until 1953, when he was overthrown in a coup organized by the CIA. During the long years that followed, they resisted the repressive rule of Mohammad Reza Shah. Darioush Forouhar, Parastu's father, spent sixteen years in jail for opposing the Shah's regime. Like most Iranians, he and his wife welcomed the Islamic Revolution, but later turned against it. Then, on the horrific night of November 22, 1998, agents of that revolution murdered them in their house. A portrait of Mossadegh looked down on them as they were slashed to death:
They killed Darioush Forouhar because he made no secret of his belief that religion should be separate from government…. On 4 January 1999, under pressure from the president, the Intelligence Ministry announced "the involvement in this affair of a handful of irresponsible, evil-thinking, deviant and obstinate figures within the ministry." …Then, in the spring, Niyazi, the military prosecutor who had been put in charge of the case, made this announcement: "In spite of the surveillance under which he was placed, Saeed Emami, one of the pivotal masterminds of the murders, committed suicide during bathing period on Saturday in the detention center, by swallowing hair remover."
These days, Parastu Forouhar makes pilgrimages not to Shiite holy cities like Qom or Mashad but to the village of Ahmadabad, where Mossadegh lived after his overthrow and where he died in 1967 and is buried. Other Iranian democrats do the same. Many more would do so if they did not fear retribution from the Islamic regime, which hates the idea of secular democracy that Mossadegh still represents. The coup against Mossadegh in 1953 was the first the CIA ever carried out. It began a long series of American attempts to bring about "regime change" in countries around the world, many of which had terrible long-term results. This one helped to create today's angry and repressive Iran.
Mossadegh was, in de Bellaigue's words, "an eccentric but brilliant nationalist." He was leading Iran toward democracy, but in the climate of the cold war, powerful Americans took his nationalism as a threat. President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made a tragically short-sighted decision to overthrow him and place the Shah back on the Peacock Throne.
Americans who now wish to intervene in Iran would do well to ponder the results of this last intervention. It imposed a repressive regime against which Iranians finally rebelled. That brought the mullahs to power and propelled Iran and the United States to their present bitter standoff.
This standoff is not an immutable fact of international life. European nations have engaged Iran in a dialogue that has already led it to accept limited inspections of its nuclear facilities. The United States has stood apart from this dialogue. Instead it has sought to isolate Iran, even refusing to endorse Iran's application for entry into the World Trade Organization, while endorsing the applications of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Caught up in its contempt for the idea of negotiated compromise, the Bush administration seems unable to concede that Iran, like every other country, has legitimate concerns about threats to its economic and political security. Its most potent enemy in the world, the United States, and its most potent enemy in the Middle East, Israel, have large nuclear arsenals. It hears periodic threats from powerful Americans, including President Bush and Vice President Cheney, and is the object of harsh economic sanctions imposed by the United States.
Under the current system of sanctions, the Bush administration recently declared that eight Chinese companies could no longer trade with the United States or buy controlled technology from American firms because they have helped Iran develop its ballistic missile program. This decision showed a laudable interest in controlling Iran's military buildup. In a world full of covert arms dealers and profit-hungry proliferators, however, sanctions are unlikely to prevent Iran or any other country from obtaining whatever weapons it wants.
If American sanctions were intended to cut Iran off from world trade, they have failed. European and Japanese companies are deeply invested in Iranian energy projects. Russia and Pakistan are supplying Iran with weapons and nuclear technology. China has begun buying large amounts of its oil. American companies find ways to circumvent the sanctions. Among them is a Halliburton subsidiary, Halliburton Products & Services Ltd., which is registered in the Cayman Islands and has its headquarters in Dubai. It is bidding for a lucrative contract to develop an Iranian gas field called South Pars, said to be the biggest in the world.
There are still some in the United States who hope that Iranians will rise up and overthrow the mullahs. They even imagine that American intervention, in the form of either a full-scale invasion or air strikes against nuclear facilities, might set off such an uprising. That is an illusion. Iranians learned a bitter lesson after they overthrew the Shah: that no matter how bad life may be, a revolution can always make it worse. They will not start another one.
That leaves the options of military intervention or diplomatic engagement. The modern history of nations as different as South Korea, Russia, and South Africa suggests that when the United States engages countries politically and economically, they move toward democracy. Countries that the United States treats as pariahs, like Cuba, do not. By subjecting Iran to constant denunciation and unilateral sanctions, American leaders are making the transition to democracy there more difficult.
One of my Iranian friends, a graduate student in his twenties, recently wrote this to me:
The US government is helping Iran's government with its continuing hostility…. Every time the State Department or White House speaks about human rights conditions in Iran, our government uses this against reformers. It says that reformers are supported by the United States. Many reformers are in jail because of these accusations. Many newspapers have been closed. The United States should be concerned about Iran's problems, but this policy is hurting the reform movement. Non-intervention is the best help the United States can give to Iran's people.
This is no longer a radical or marginal view. Last year a task force sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and chaired by two prominent members of the American foreign policy establishment, former CIA director Robert Gates and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, recommended "a revised strategic approach to Iran." In their report they concluded:
It is in the interests of the United States to engage selectively with Iran to promote regional stability, dissuade Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, preserve reliable energy supplies, reduce the threat of terror, and address the "democracy deficit" that pervades the Middle East…. A basic statement of principles, along the lines of the 1972 Shanghai Communiqué signed by the United States and China, could be developed to outline the parameters for US– Iranian engagement, establish the overarching objectives for dialogue, and reassure relevant domestic political constituencies on both sides.4
There is every possibility that in time, Iran will return to the democratic course from which the United States so violently forced it in 1953. If Americans allow events there to proceed at their own pace, they will finally see the result for which they hope. It is also the result most Iranians want: an Iran that respects the will of its people and helps to stabilize a dangerously unstable region. By lending their support and power to the European negotiating effort, Americans might reach a "grand bargain" with Iran that would address not only the nuclear issue but also concerns about human rights, terrorism, and Middle East security. Without active American participation, these negotiations are unlikely to achieve anything important.
On June 17, Iranians will elect a new president. Various politicians and factions are maneuvering for position in advance of the election. Since the reactionary Council of Guardians will use its power to veto candidates, there will be few if any who will arouse enthusiasm among voters. In fact, the election is likely to deepen the regime's crisis of legitimacy. This crisis may continue for years, but that does not mean it cannot be resolved.
The thirteenth-century poet Jalaluddin Rumi, one of the most brilliant figures in the rich history of Persian literature, had boundless confidence in people's capacity for change. In one of his poems, he wrote:
It's good to leave each day behind,
Like flowing water, free of sadness.
Yesterday is gone and its tale told.
Today new seeds are growing.
Zealots who hold power in Washington and Tehran are not known for their interest in poetry, but they might ponder that verse. For the United States to continue treating Iran as a pariah will produce no positive result. Seeking to destabilize it will intensify its leaders' sense of isolation. Attacking it will turn its remarkably pro-American population into America-haters once again. Military interven-tion could set off a wave of patriotic indignation that will solidify the mullahs' regime rather than weaken it, and would probably set the cause of democracy back a generation. "Regime change" would probably not even turn Iran off its nuclear course, since most Iranians of all persuasions agree that their country has at least as much right to nuclear power as Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea. Treating Iran as a member of the world community with its own set of reasonable hopes and fears, however, might lead it toward responsibility, peace with its neighbors, and perhaps even democracy.
Such an outcome would hardly be a foregone conclusion. Issues that divide the two countries are serious, and ideologues on both sides have invested great amounts of psychic and political energy in the idea of continuing confrontation between Washington and Tehran. But, as de Bellaigue has written, there is no more promising option than serious dialogue.
It is in the urgent interest of the United States to turn Iran away from a course that will endanger many nations, including Iran itself. To do so, it must recognize that Iran has genuine concerns of its own, and address them. This could remove other obstacles that have prevented Iran from joining the world community. If the US acts wisely, it might even turn Iran into the kind of partner it so desperately needs in the Middle East.
—February 23, 2005
See the report, "Iran: Time for a New Approach" (Council on Foreign Relations, 2004), pp. 2 and 5.↩
See the report, "Iran: Time for a New Approach" (Council on Foreign Relations, 2004), pp. 2 and 5.↩


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