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LAKE SUPERIOR, Minn. (WCCO) – This weekend's snowstorm made for some good waves on Lake Superior.
It was enough for one Minnesotan to drive all the way from Nisswa to Duluth for some of that action.
Stand up paddle boarder Evan Lawrence sent WCCO some photos.
Lawrence says he saw four other surfers at a spot near Two Harbors. And he says the heavy snow made for "magical moments."
Lawrence owns the Minnesota Surf Company in Nisswa and surfs all around the world.


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Azeroth is the fantasy realm that is home to the Warcraft series.
Chardok is the stronghold of the sarnak.
Crystal Caverns was the original home of the Coldain dwarves of Velious.
Dragon Necropolis is an ancient burial ground built by the first dragons of Norrath, the Claws of Veeshan.
The Great Divide is a mountainous region of central Velious.
Guk is a deep, underground stronghold originally built by trolls but was eventually taken by the frogloks.
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Kael Drakkel is home to the storm giants and frost giants of Velious.
Lavastorm Mountains is a volcanic region found in northeastern Antonica.
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A not-so-simple road in Final Fantasy X and later the home to the Youth League Headquarters.
Norrath is the world at the center of the EverQuest franchise.
Northrend is one of three continents in Azeroth. It first appeared in Warcraft III and is the main location of World of Warcraft's second expansion - Wrath of The Lich King. The continent consists of 9 zones with content for players who are level 68-80.
Outland is a continent in the Warcraft universe and is the main zone in World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade. It consists of 7 zones with content for players between level 58-70. It is a fragment of the planet formerly known as Draenor.
The Rathe Mountains stretch across southern Antonica between Lake Rathetear to the marshlands of The Feerrott.
Skyshrine is the stronghold of the dragons of Velious, the Claws of Veeshan.
The Ocean of Tears is the ocean that separates Antonica and Faydwer. Its name comes from when the elves were forced to flee their homeland and settle in Faydwer.
The Wakening Land is a lush forest teeming with wildlife amid the desolate snow and ice of Velious.
Velious is an icy continent in the world of Norrath.
Warsliks Wood is a forest along the northern coast of Kunark.
The Western Wastes of Velious are the domain of the Claws of Veeshan. Dozens of powerful dragons roam the tundra here, including three of the First Brood.
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Bus companies won't educate drivers on cyclists, MP claims
'Roads too dangerous', Leech told
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A Manchester MP campaigning to send bus drivers on cycle training courses claims local bus companies are refusing to do so - because of the dangers on the road.
John Leech, Lib Dem member for Manchester Withington, says that his request to First Bus to send their drivers on the proficiency courses "so that they can appreciate the position of cyclists and recognise the dangers they face" was turned down flat. Mr Leech's suggestion followed a near miss between a bus and one of his constituents.
He posted on his blog: "First responded was that there were 'a host of potential health, fitness, safety and industrial relations issues' that prevents them from implementing such a scheme.
"We're just going round in circles - if even the bus companies think that the roads are too dangerous for their own drivers to cycle around, how are standards going to improve?"
The news comes as Greater Manchester awaits the result of a £29 million bid to become the country's first 'sustainable travel city'.
The bid includes proposals for an innovative network of five flagship cycle centres in the regional centre, offering cycle parking facilities, showers and changing facilities, short-term bike hire, information and workshop and training facilities. The cycle centres would also function as centres for sustainable travel and smarter driving advice.
There will also be plans to introduce a cycle repair, maintenance, recycling and training scheme, which could remove 5,000 bicycles each year from the waste stream and provide safe, low-cost bicycles for students, return-to-work schemes and deprived areas.
Oh lord, John Leech is my MP.
Right, I shall be having a word in his shell-like to see what I can do to assist. FWIW - and I have no doubt Manchester is not special in this regard - he is right in the implication of what he is saying: bus drivers round here are extraordinarily cavalier with the lives of all other road users and their own passengers.
posted by ourmaninthenorth [93 posts]
8th January 2010 - 17:11
Intersting, I've noticed a decline in the driving capabilities of London's bus drivers. Speeding, red light running and aggressive driving seem commonplace now. I don't know how they're being trained nowadays but they're notably worse than they were 10 years ago.
posted by OldRidgeback [2308 posts]
8th January 2010 - 17:25
They're not so great in these parts either http://road.cc/content/forum/10283-mad-bus-driver-a38-south-glous
posted by Tony Farrelly [4160 posts]
8th January 2010 - 17:26
Princess Street / Portland Street in Manchester lays host to the "Red Light Jumping" olypmics by bus drivers.
I've contacted said bus companies with video footage, but they aren't interested!
I think they need to start to learn to drive before they are let out on a bike in their straight jackets
posted by jobysp [145 posts]
8th January 2010 - 19:22
Dont know how they have the gall to go for 'sustainable travel city' when the roads are so dangerous. Not sure a shower and somewhere to park my bike quite removes the 'not sure whats going on behind me' feeling.
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Led by artist Doug Fishbone\, Master Class is a free week-long intensive workshop for emerging artists\, with leading contemporary artists as invited tutors. Participating artists are nominated by artist-run spaces from around the UK. Visiting tutors for 2015 include Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price and Turner Prize nominees Marvin Gaye Chetwynd and Mark Titchner\, who will each present a public art ist talk.DTEND:20150204 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150128 GEO:51.5457751;-0.1544284 LOCATION:Zabludowicz Collection\,176 Prince of Wales Road \nLondon \, NW5 3 PT SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Testing Ground: Master Class UID:367970 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
For the first time\, Testing G round will include an exhibition produced in collaboration with an artist-r un space. Founded in 2007 as an online platform by artists Isaac Brest and Alex Perweiler\, The Still House Group is a multi-faceted collective for em erging artists and has established itself as an innovative and self-support ing artist-led organisation. Alongside a snap shot of the Group&rsquo\;s re cent work its key members will produce new commissions for the exhibition.< /p> DTEND:20150405 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150301 GEO:51.5457751;-0.1544284 LOCATION:Zabludowicz Collection\,176 Prince of Wales Road \nLondon \, NW5 3 PT SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Testing Ground: The Still House Group UID:367969 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
Athena Papadopoulos&rsquo\;s m ultidisciplinary practice encompasses a range of processes\, including pain ting\, collage\, drawing and stitching\, and unusual materials such as must ard\, red wine\, Pepto-Bismol and shoe polish. Combining family photographs with hand-drawn figures\, magazine cuttings and found objects she creates perversely humorous 2D and 3D forms. Existing as layered wall-hung canvases \, oversized propped cushions or delicately amended pieces of clothing\, Pa padopoulos&rsquo\;s objects suggest riotous narratives where fact and ficti on are uncertain\, and where protagonists remain mysterious and motives unc lear.\n
Papadopoulos (b.1988\, Toronto\ , Canada) completed a MFA in Fine Art Practice at Goldsmiths\, University o f London in 2013\, and a BFA in Contemporary Art Theory and Visual Art at t he University of British Columbia in 2011. Recent solo shows include\,  \;Honeymoon in Pickle Paradise\, Room 322\, The Landmark Hotel\, L ondon\, curated by Emalin (Leopold Thun and Jasmine Picot-Chapman)\, 2014\;  \;Out Cold\, OTHER Projects\, Berlin\, 2014. Group shows incl ude \;Bloomberg New Contemporaries\, World Museum\, Liverpool and ICA\, London\, 2014/15\;AWAY\, Sunset Terrace\, Vancouver\, 20 14\; \;Push and Paint\, Touch and Display\, Vitrine Gallery\, London 2013/14DTEND:20150308 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150129 GEO:51.5457751;-0.1544284 LOCATION:Zabludowicz Collection\,176 Prince of Wales Road \nLondon \, NW5 3 PT SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Zabludowicz Collection Invites: Athena Papadopoulos\, Athena Papado poulos UID:367968 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
*Continuing into its seventh y ear\, the annual Testing Ground for art and education programme is centred on an exhibition curated by students of MFA Curating programmes from London Metropolitan University and Goldsmiths College.\n
Produced collaboratively over a period of three months\, the ex
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and new commissions from artists proposed by the emerging curators.
T he concept and artists will be announced in January 2015.
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The shift in staging is pr oposed to help students better to understand and articulate the point at wh ich artworks become public\, encouraging the idea that the artwork is in so me way public even before it is made and remains in production long after i t is exhibited. The open house setting will challenges preconceptions about how an artwork might go out into and circulate in the outside world. \ ;
Visitors to the Work-in-progress Sh ows will have the opportunity to see the students&rsquo\; work at a range o f stages of development\, and to gain a better understanding of the process es our students employ and the spaces in which they make.DTEND:20150118 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150117 GEO:51.4797412;-0.1699271 LOCATION:Royal College of Art - Battersea\, Dyson Building\,1 Hester Road \ nLondon\, SW11 4AN SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:School of Fine Art Work-in-Progress Show: Open House UID:367747 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
Stephen Friedman Gallery is de lighted to present the first UK solo exhibition of work by Venezuelan born artist Juan Araujo. Araujo creates work associated with the history of pain ting\, photography\, publications\, catalogues\, magazines\, postcards and posters. Influenced by architecture and the domestic environment\, Araujo i nvestigates these modes of pictorial representation and how they relate to spaces and the surrounding environment which they emanate.\n
The exhibition runs from 6 February until 7 March 201 5.DTEND:20150307 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150206 GEO:51.51069;-0.1411156 LOCATION:Stephen Friedman Gallery\,11/25-28 Old Burlington Street \nLondon\ , W1S 3AN SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition\, Juan Araujo UID:367745 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:200000 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:180000 GEO:51.51069;-0.1411156 LOCATION:Stephen Friedman Gallery\,11/25-28 Old Burlington Street \nLondon\ , W1S 3AN SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition\, Juan Araujo UID:367746 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
Park Chan-kyong &\; Lina Selander\n
14 Ja nuary &ndash\; 21 March 2015\, Iniva\n
First UK solo presentations of their work\, curated by Binna C hoi and Lisa Rosendahl\n
P review: 13 January 2015\, 6.30pm\n
Panel discussion on Practice International: 13 Januar y\, 4pm\n
Walking tour with the artists: 13 January\, 6pm\n
I niva\, Rivington Place. Free admission\n
Iniva is delighted to present two solo exhibitions of se lected work by Swedish artist Lina Selander and Ko rean artist and film-maker Park Chan-kyong\, juxtaposed for the fi rst time\, from 14 January to 21 March 2015\, at R ivington Place. \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; &nb sp\;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \ ;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; & nbsp\;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; &nbs p\;  \;  \;  \;\n
The exhib ition is curated by Binna Choi and Lisa Rosendahl< /strong>\, initiators along with Grant Watson of P ractice International\, an EU-Culture-funded rese arch project exploring what internationalism might be\, based on practices of trans-national ethics and politics and the legacy of various colonial pe riods in the context of contemporary art. The exhibition is the second publ ic showing of work presented by Iniva as part of this project.\n
Park Chan-kyong and Lina Selander will show work through two solo present ations alongside each other\, bringing together synergies within the artist s&rsquo\; practices. Both artists move between documentary forms and the st ructure of the visual essay as a way to investigate the construction of col lective imaginations. In recent works they have explored different manifest ations of the utopian aspirations of modernity\, political trauma and the r ole that image-making and the media of film and photography have played in the development of modern society through presentation\, depictions\, visua l control and surveillance.\n
Park Chan -kyong Pa-Gyong - Last Sutra Recitation \;curated by Binna Choi\n
This first solo pr esentation of works by South Korean artist Park Chan-kyong present s a series of his latest film and documentary works that offers a new persp ective on folk religious practices such as shamanism and utopian religious communities\, from the period of colonisation and the cold war to the prese nt time.\n
 \;Lina Selander Open System &ndash\; \; &lsquo\;Silphium and Othe r Works&rsquo\; \;curated by Lisa Rosendahl\n
&ldquo\;I am never sure wheth er I invent or dream. Rebuilding\, excavating the inaccessible chamber from which the desired images will appear\, but different.&rdquo\; Extract from Silphium\, Lina Selander\, 2014.\n
This exhibition comprises three recent films by Selander together with a selection of materials from the artist&rsquo\;s working ar chive. Characteristic of Selander&rsquo\;s work is the use of film to build dense layers of images and meaning\, through which contemporary society is connected with history and the pre-historic. At the core of her enquiry li es a continuous questioning of the concept and materiality of the image. Se lander&rsquo\;s work repeatedly asks us to reconsider the status of the ima ge &ndash\; as representation\, memory\, object\, imprint or surface &ndash \; and our relationship to it.  \;  \;  \;  \;  \; &nbs p\;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;\n
Silphium (made with Oscar Mangione\, 2014) begins by telling the story of the ancient plant Silphium and the connection between the fate of the now extinct plant and the Greek colony Cyrene. The story se rves as an entry point into an open-ended visual journey. In the film\, met hods of power and their symbolic representation are put into question throu gh moments of vulnerability and the loss of visual control.\n
Model of Continuation (201 3) is based on the invisible core of the visible inscription\; the image as an interior object and its relationship to seeing and reproduction technol ogies. A camera is disassembled in a studio in front of another camera whos e images are then projected in the same studio\, and re-filmed. The film st ages a circular encounter between experience and technology\, which interfe res with that which the camera does not contain: the images.\n
Anteroom of the Real (201 1) takes its starting point in the deserted town of Pripyat\, located withi n the zone of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A pair of hands flip slowly t hrough a pile of photographs comprising: images of a model of reactor 4\, b uildings in Pripyat\, books in deserted offices\, trashed interiors\, pictu res of a TV monitor showing a documentary about Chernobyl. As the timelines of the still and moving images intersect\, the film raises questions about what an editing room is and can be\, and about narrativity\, time and imag es.\n
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Timothy Taylor Gallery is proud to be introducing 2015 with a solo presentation of Serge Poliakoff&rsquo\;s paintings &ndash\; the firs t of it&rsquo\;s kind in the UK since his 1963 retrospective at the Whitech apel Gallery.\n
Important late works are juxtaposed with a small sele ction of works from 1950 and 1951\, in order to illustrate the circular nat ure of Poliakoff&rsquo\;s practice. By pairing certain works together what becomes apparent is a distinct return to form. Poliakoff made a decisive de parture into pure abstraction following a period of study in London in the mid-1930s. From 1950\, his paintings explored simple forms\, floating in ha rmonious compositions and made from pure colour\, which the artist returned to and explored further at the very end of his career. These latter painti ngs\, often referred to as &lsquo\;silent paintings&rsquo\;\, exemplify a l anguage of abstraction in which colour is paramount. Speaking of these work s\, Poliakoff stated: &ldquo\;It is not necessary to explain these painting s\, nor to write about them &ndash\; it is right to remain silent\, your wo rks should speak for themselves&rdquo\;.\n
Serge Poliakoff is conside red one of the most important members of the School of Paris. Having fled t he Russian Revolution in 1917\, Poliakoff first travelled to Constantinople before arriving in Paris in 1923\, where he spent most of his life. He beg an studying painting while earning a living as a musician\, enrolling at th e Acadé\;mie Forchot and Acadé\;mie de la Grande Chaumiè\ ;re in Paris 1929. Poliakoff studied at the Slade School of Art after reloc ating to London in 1935\, and it was here that the artist discovered abstra ct painting\, as well as the importance of layering colour.\n
The exh ibition is accompanied by a new fully illustrated catalogue\, including a t ext by the artist&rsquo\;s granddaughter\, Marie Victoire Poliakoff.\n< p>Poliakoff exhibited extensively throughout his life\, and has continued t o do so posthumously. His work is included in numerous important public col lections internationally. In 2013 the Musee d&rsquo\;art Moderne in Paris o rganised a large-scale survey of the artist&rsquo\;s work\, in recognition of the artist&rsquo\;s importance within the school of Post-War European Ab straction\, as well as to acknowledge his lasting influence.\n
Serge Poliakoff was born in Moscow in 1903. He died in Paris in 1969.DTEND:20150221 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150114 GEO:51.5104943;-0.1500068 LOCATION:Timothy Taylor Gallery\,15 Carlos Place \nLondon\, W1K 2EX SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Serege Poliakoff: Silent Paintings\, Serge Polikoff UID:367634 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:200000 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:180000 GEO:51.5104943;-0.1500068 LOCATION:Timothy Taylor Gallery\,15 Carlos Place \nLondon\, W1K 2EX SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Serege Poliakoff: Silent Paintings\, Serge Polikoff UID:367635 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
&ldquo\;Gen ius lands where genius will\, and I&rsquo\;m pretty sure some alighted on B ill Lynch&rdquo\;\n
- Roberta Smith\, The New York Times\, 2014\n
The Approach is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by the late Ameri can painter Bill Lynch organised in collaboration with Verne Dawson and Whi te Columns\, New York. Following on from a successful introduction to a wid er audience in New York in 2014\, this will be the first time these paintin gs are shown outside of America.\n
Pain ting primarily onto salvaged plywood sheets\, leaving areas raw and exposed \, Lynch depicted landscapes and wildlife\, cultural artefacts and mythical symbols with instinctive and direct brushstrokes and a psychological conne ction to his subject matter. Lynch&rsquo\;s vested interest in Chinese pain ting is apparent in his confident gestures\, combining a dry lambent brush and thick pasty paint. Making use of irregularities such as the knots and g rain in the wooden support\, Lynch merged the material of the surfaces with images  \;creating an ambiguity between the physicality of the ground and his luscious pictorial visions. \;\n
Bill Lynch\, 1960-2013\, was born in New Mexico and grew up in New Je rsey. He studied art at Cooper Union together with his friend Verne Dawson\ , who also organized the posthumous exhibition of his work at White Columns \, New York in the autumn of 2014. Lynch lived in New York\, California and North Carolina. He suffered from schizophrenia for many years but died of cancer at the age of 53. Lynch made work over three decades\, but was not p resented in a formal solo exhibition during his lifetime. The exhibition at White Columns was reviewed in Artforum\, The New Yorker and by Roberta Smi th in The New York Times.DTEND:20150214 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:20150115 GEO:51.531381;-0.0516313 LOCATION:The Approach\,47 Approach Road Bethnal Green\nLondon\, E2 9LY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition\, Bill Lynch UID:367630 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:200000 DTSTAMP:20141221T200957 DTSTART:180000 GEO:51.531381;-0.0516313 LOCATION:The Approach\,47 Approach Road Bethnal Green\nLondon\, E2 9LY SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Solo Exhibition\, Bill Lynch UID:367631 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:
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Archive for Wednesday, March 27, 2013
ZIP changes may come to Basehor
March 27, 2013
After submitting its request to realign Basehor's ZIP codes, City Council members have received confirmation that the United States Postal Service has approved the proposal.
The realignment would ensure that all Basehor residences and businesses have a mailing address in Basehor, 66007. The request would potentially change all property in the 66012 ZIP code (Bonner Springs) into the 66007 ZIP code (Basehor). Most Basehor residences and businesses south of U.S. Highway 24-40 have the Bonner Springs ZIP code.
The issues created by the two ZIP codes include:
• Basehor residents in 66012 potentially pay higher Wyandotte County insurance rates.
• Basehor residents in the 66012 ZIP code have to drive to the Bonner Springs Post Office to pick up packages and signature-required mail.
• Possible miscount of residents during the most recent census.
• Delivery companies have difficulty locating homes mistakenly looking in Bonner Springs.
• Possible delayed service from first responders.
• Inability of GPS to identify residences.
• Difficulty registering to vote.
• Contractors have difficulty determining which city to purchase permits and licenses from.
• Loss of sales tax and compensating use tax for Basehor.
A resident survey will be sent out to those affected within a few weeks.
A majority of the survey responses must approve the realignment, or the change will not go into effect, and another request cannot be made for 10 years.
If approved, the change would go into effect July 1, 2014.
For more information, call City Clerk Corey Swisher at 913-724-1370.
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This is great news! Another great example of how our Mayor, Council and staff finally have the city moving forward. Please remember to vote on Tuesday.....Moving Forward.
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that would be the ASD relay. and if no-one has messed with your wireing- it is located on the drivers side inner fender. theres about four main relays there- very close to the hood hinge- i believe its the second from front.
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- Journal of clinical virology: the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 01/2014; · 3.12 Impact Factor
Article: Treatment outcomes of HIV-infected adolescents attending public-sector HIV clinics across Gauteng and Mpumalanga, South Africa.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Background: There is little evidence comparing treatment outcomes between adolescents and other age groups particularly in resource limited settings. Methods: Retrospective analysis of data from 7 HIV clinics across urban Gauteng (n=5) and rural Mpumalanga (n=2), South Africa. The analysis compared HIV-positive ART-naive young adolescents (10-14years), older adolescents (15-19) and young adults (20-24years) to adults (≥24years) initiated onto standard first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) between April 2004-August 2010. Log-binomial regression was used to estimate relative risk (RR) of failure to suppress viral load (≥400copies/ml) or failure to achieve an adequate CD4 response at 6 or 12months. The effect of age group on virological failure, mortality and loss to follow-up (LTFU;≥90d since scheduled visit date) was estimated using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Of 42,427 patients initiating ART, 310(0.7%) were young adolescents, 342(0.8%) were older adolescents and 1599(3.8%) were young adults. Adolescents were similar to adults in terms of proportion male, baseline CD4 count, hemoglobin and TB. Compared to adults, both older adolescents (6months RR 1.75 95% CI 1.25-2.47) and young adults (6months RR 1.33 95% CI 1.10-1.60 and 12months RR 1.64 95% CI 1.23-2.19) were more likely to have an unsuppressed viral load and were more likely to fail virologically (HR 2.90 95% CI 1.74-4.86; HR 2.94 95% CI 1.63-5.31). There was no difference in risk of mortality by age category, compared to adults. Young adolescents were less likely to be LTFU at any time period after ART initiation (HR 0.43 95% CI 0.26-0.69) whereas older adolescents and young adults were more likely to be LTFU after ART initiation (HR 1.38 95% CI 1.07-1.78; HR 1.52 95% CI 1.34-1.72) compared to adults. Conclusion: HIV-infected adolescents and young adults between 15-24years have poorer ART treatment outcomes. Interventions are needed to help improve outcomes and retention in care in this unique population.AIDS research and human retroviruses 02/2013; · 2.18 Impact Factor
Article: Incident Pregnancy and Time to Death or AIDS among HIV-Positive Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Little is known about the impact of pregnancy on response to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in sub-Saharan Africa. We examined the effect of incident pregnancy after HAART initiation on clinical response to HAART. We evaluated a prospective clinical cohort of adult women initiating HAART in Johannesburg, South Africa between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2011, and followed up until an event, transfer, drop-out, or administrative end of follow-up on 30 September 2011. Women over age 45 and women who were pregnant at HAART initiation were excluded from the study. Main exposure was having experienced pregnancy after HAART initiation; main outcome was death and (separately) death or new AIDS event. We calculated adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence limits (CL) using marginal structural Cox proportional hazards models. The study included 7,534 women, and 20,813 person-years of follow-up; 918 women had at least one recognized pregnancy during follow-up. For death alone, the weighted (adjusted) HR was 0.84 (95% CL 0.44, 1.60). Sensitivity analyses confirmed main results, and results were similar for analysis of death or new AIDS event. Incident pregnancy was associated with a substantially reduced hazard of drop-out (HR = 0.62, 95% CL 0.51, 0.75). Recognized incident pregnancy after HAART initiation was not associated with increases in hazard of clinical events, but was associated with a decreased hazard of drop-out. High rates of pregnancy after initiation of HAART may point to a need to better integrate family planning services into clinical care for HIV-infected women.PLoS ONE 01/2013; 8(3):e58117. · 3.53 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:: Recent studies have raised concerns about a change in rates of pregnancy among HIV-negative women exposed to tenofovir.Here, our objective was todetermine among HIV-positive women whether use of tenofovir at HAART initiation or thereafter is associated with subsequent changes in incidence of pregnancy. DESIGN:: Analysis of prospectively collected clinical data. METHODS:: We used Cox proportional hazards models and logistic regression to estimate hazard ratios and odds-ratios for the association of baseline tenofovir use and time to first incident pregnancy. We used marginal structural Cox models to estimate hazard ratios for the association of current tenofovir use and time to first incident pregnancy. RESULTS:: We studied 7,275 women, of whom 1,199 were initiated on tenofovir-based HAART regimens, and who experienced a total of 894 pregnancies in 17,200 person-years of follow-up. Analyses showed slight reductions in hazards of pregnancy among women who used tenofovir, but without sufficient precision to draw strong conclusions. Sensitivity analyses confirmed main results. CONCLUSIONS:: Tenofovir may be associated with a lower hazard or rate of pregnancy in women receiving HAART. However, conclusions are limited by low precision, the observational nature of the data, and possible uncontrolled confounding by temporal trends in contraception use and other factors.AIDS (London, England) 08/2012; · 4.91 Impact Factor
Article: Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in antiretroviral therapy naïve HIV-positive patients and the impact on treatment outcomes--a retrospective study from a large urban cohort in Johannesburg, South Africa.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is associated with advanced HIV disease and may be a complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) or anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs, specifically isoniazid (INH). The effect of non-ART-drug-related PN on treatment outcomes is yet to be determined. We analysed prospectively collected cohort data for HIV-infected ART-naive adults initiating ART at the Themba Lethu Clinic, Johannesburg, South Africa from June 2004 to June 2009. Patients who presented with signs and symptoms of numbness or dysesthesia prior to initiation of ART were defined as having PN. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the effect of PN alone (HIV-related PN) or PN with a history of INH use (TB-related PN) on mortality, lost to follow-up (LTFU), persistent and recurrent PN by 12 months of follow-up. Of the 9,399 patients initiating ART, 3.9 % had HIV-related PN while a further 1.8 % had TB-related PN. Patients with PN did not have a significantly higher risk of mortality compared to those without PN (hazard ratio (HR) 1.17 95 % CI 0.92-1.49). Patients with TB-related PN were less likely to be LTFU by 12 months (HR 0.65 95 % CI 0.44-0.97) compared to those without PN. Patients with HIV-related PN were at increased risk of persistent PN at 3 months post-ART initiation. Patients with HIV-related PN had a similar risk of recurrent PN compared to those with TB-related PN (HR 1.28 95 % CI 0.72-2.27). We demonstrate that patients with PN at initiation of ART present with advanced HIV disease. Completion of TB treatment may reduce the risk of persistent PN in patients with TB-related PN. Use of HIV drugs, even neurotoxic ones, may overall limit neuropathy.Journal of NeuroVirology 04/2012; 18(3):162-71. · 2.85 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Pregnancy is a common indication for initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Our objective was to evaluate how pregnancy at treatment initiation predicts virologic response to HAART. We evaluated an open cohort of 9173 patients who initiated HAART between April 2004 and September 2009 in the Themba Lethu Clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa. Risk ratios were estimated using log-binomial regression; hazard ratios were estimated using Cox proportional hazards models; time ratios were estimated using accelerated failure time models. We controlled for calendar date, age, ethnicity, employment status, history of smoking, tuberculosis, WHO stage, weight, body mass index, hemoglobin, CD4 count and CD4 percent, and whether clinical care was free. Extensive sensitivity and secondary analyses were performed. During follow-up, 822 nonpregnant women and 70 pregnant women experienced virologic failure. In adjusted analyses, pregnancy at baseline was associated with reduced risk of virologic failure by 6 months [risk ratio 0.66, 95% confidence limits (CL): 0.35 to 1.22] and with reduced hazard of virologic failure over follow-up (hazard ratio: 0.69, 95% CL: 0.50 to 0.95). The adjusted time ratio for failure was 1.44 (95% CL: 1.13 to 1.84), indicating 44% longer time to event among women pregnant at baseline. Sensitivity analyses generally confirmed main findings. Pregnancy at HAART initiation is not associated with increased risk of virologic failure at 6 months or during longer follow-up.JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 04/2012; 60(5):489-94. · 4.65 Impact Factor
Article: Prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection in HBV serologically-negative South African HIV patients and retrospective evaluation of the clinical course of mono- and co-infection.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with undetectable hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) has been reported in HIV patients, but the clinical significance is unknown. This study presents the prevalence of HBV DNA in HIV-positive patients negative for all HBV serological markers and a retrospective evaluation of the clinical course of mono- and co-infection. Of 502 HIV-positive patients, 222 tested negative for HBsAg, antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs), and antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc). An in-house real-time PCR targeting the HBV S-region was used to quantify HBV DNA. HBV isolates were genotyped. Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of HBV DNA-positive and HBV DNA-negative patients were described. Treatment outcomes of patients at 6, 12, and 24 months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) were summarized. HBV DNA was detected in 5.4% (12/222) of serologically negative patients. Mean HBV viral load was 5359.2 IU/ml (standard deviation (SD) ±12 768.27). Eleven HBV isolates belonged to genotype A and one to genotype C. There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics or clinical course between the HBV DNA-positive and HBV DNA-negative groups. We found 5.4% of the HBV serologically-negative HIV-positive patients had low levels of HBV DNA. There were no significant differences in clinical outcome between the mono- and co-infected groups.International journal of infectious diseases: IJID: official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases 02/2012; 16(4):e268-72. · 2.17 Impact Factor
Article: Seroprevalence of HPV vaccine types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in HIV-infected women from South Africa, Brazil and Botswana.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Many resource limited settings (RLS) suffer from high rates of both cervical cancer and HIV. Limited HPV serology data are available from RLS; such data could help describe local patterns of HPV infection and predict vaccine efficacy. To determine seropositivity to HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in HIV-infected women from South Africa (SA), Botswana and Brazil. HPV serotyping for high-risk types 6, 11, 16 and 18 was performed on samples collected from HIV-infected women from 2003-2010 using competitive Luminex Immuno Assay (HPV-4cLIA). We examined the association between seropositivity to these HPV types and country of enrollment, CD4, HIV-1 RNA level, and Pap smear. HPV serology results were available for 487 HIV-infected women (157, 170 and 160 from SA, Botswana and Brazil respectively). Approximately 65% of women had serum antibodies to one of the 4 HPV types and less than 3% of women had antibodies all 4 serotypes. Approximately 30% women demonstrated antibodies to type 16 HPV. Rates of seropositivity to HPV 11, and HPV 16+18 varied significantly between countries. Statistical difference was also shown in women in different age categories in the different countries. There was no difference in serology results compared by CD4 count, HIV viral load or Pap smear results. These data suggest that the quadrivalent vaccine may be effective in preventing HPV infection in these countries.Journal of clinical virology: the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology 09/2011; 52(3):265-8. · 3.12 Impact Factor
Article: A multinational study of neurological performance in antiretroviral therapy-naïve HIV-1-infected persons in diverse resource-constrained settings.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Little is known about how the prevalence and incidence of neurological disease in HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings. We present an analysis of neurological and neurocognitive function in antiretroviral naïve individuals in multinational resource-limited settings. This prospective multinational cohort study, a substudy of a large international randomized antiretroviral treatment trial, was conducted in seven low- and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and Asia. Subjects were HIV-infected and met regional criteria to initiate antiretroviral therapy. Standardized neurological examination and a brief motor-based neuropsychological examination were administered. A total of 860 subjects were studied. Overall 249 (29%) had one or more abnormalities on neurological examinations, but there was a low prevalence of HIV-associated dementia (HAD) and minor neurocognitive disorder (MND). Twenty percent of subjects had evidence of peripheral neuropathy. There were significant differences across countries (p < 0.001) in neuropsychological test performance. In this first multinational study of neurological function in antiretroviral naïve individuals in resource-limited settings, there was a substantial prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and low prevalence of dementia and other CNS diseases. There was significant variation in neurocognitive test performance and neurological examination findings across countries. These may reflect cultural differences, differences in HIV-related and unrelated diseases, and variations in test administration across sites. Longitudinal follow-up after antiretroviral treatment initiation may help to define more broadly the role of HIV in these differences as well as the impact of treatment on performance.Journal of NeuroVirology 07/2011; 17(5):438-47. · 2.85 Impact Factor
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RFK children speak about assassination in DallasSubmitted by zforce on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 04:10
RFK children speak about assassination in Dallas
He said his father thought the Warren Commission, which concluded Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing the president, was a "shoddy piece of craftsmanship." He said that he, too, questioned the report.
"The evidence at this point I think is very, very convincing that it was not a lone gunman," he said, but he didn't say what he believed may have happened.
Rose asked if he believed his father, the U.S. attorney general at the time of his brother's death, felt "some sense of guilt because he thought there might have been a link between his very aggressive efforts against organized crime."
Kennedy replied: "I think that's true. He talked about that. He publicly supported the Warren Commission report but privately he was dismissive of it."
He said his father had investigators do research into the assassination and found that phone records of Oswald and nightclub owner Jack Ruby, who killed Oswald two days after the president's assassination, "were like an inventory" of mafia leaders the government had been investigating.
He said his father, later elected U.S. senator in New York, was "fairly convinced" that others were involved.
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Most Kennedy family members play it "safe" when it comes to revealing what they know about the assassinations of JFK, Robert, & John Jr. They know what happened, and anyone who wants to do the research and read, will know what happened. Most of the facts are available as to what went down. JFK was "executed" for his policies and strides for "Peace" in the world. It was a coup d'etat that changed the course of this country and the world. My latest read about JFK is by Jim Douglas, author of JFK and The Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters. It is a very enlighting tell all of everything that Kennedy was doing and those who he was making enemys with. Many things are brought to light about Kennedy's moves I was unaware of. It is a Great Read! Here is a link to an overview of the book, which is worth reading if you don't get the book. http://ratical.org/ratville/JFK/Unspeakable/COPA2009.html
the 'government' and the 'government'; the 'government' against the 'government'--
the government destroying itself?
Who is the government?
Until a majority of Americans acknowledge a 'shadow government' no sense will be made of any of this--
it's hard to be awake; it's easier to dream--
When all said and done, the Shadow Gov, will destroy this republic and attempt to usher in a world gov wherein again, it will be in the Shadow.
I agree. "The government" does NOTHING. People do.
Lets get specific.
Love or fear? Choose again with every breath.
RFK was more than "fairly convinced."
Although for obvious reasons he wouldn't discuss it publicly. After his murder, at various points conversations were revealed in which he expressed his opinion. In fact, Bobby Baker was in prison and RFK went to see him, figuring he probably knew some of the people involved. RFK knew it was a plot as soon as it happened. "One of your guys did this," he said to one of the CIA'ers.
Fifty years later, and still no justice. You can murder a President and get away with it.
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- Joseph Goebbels
I think I even heard once
I think I even heard once that RFK asked Lyndon B. Johnson " why did you kill my brothe?". How disgusting is that? I would of knocked him out right there!
juan maldonado
Me too. Or worse!
Me too. Or worse!
"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- Joseph Goebbels
Right!? Poor Robbie.
Right!? Poor Robbie.
juan maldonado
Even the government says it was a conspiracy.
The House Select Committe on Assassinations said the Warren Commission was wrong, that there were at least 4 shots, one of which probably came from the area of the grassy knoll, and that it was probably a conspiracy.
This is the government's OFFICIAL position -- today!
And yet ... we NEVER hear any of this in the media. It's ALWAYS the Warren Commission bulls**t.
Ya gotta ask yerself ... WHY?
Hmmmm..... Do I taste "biscuit?"
OK, there is a LOT of fuss about Obama right now. Besides the petitions to secede, the threats of 1776 and Sandy Hook not seeming to play out as smoothly as they expected... (Oh - and Orly Taitz gets a hearing on his records!)
If YOU were in Obama's shoes, what would YOU do? Create a bigger enemy.
Hang on to your tin foil hats, gang. The media is about to expose a CONSPIRACY! One that involved a bunch of people who are dead, so it is too bad we can't charge any of the criminals involved...
I don't know, I am glad to see truth whenever it manages to peek through the window of Medialand, but I smell a rat.
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Mr. Arnold Evans,
I am writing to thank you a lot for your professional and true comment and reply to : BilboBilbo .
also, Mr. Ray Gordon, have done well.
I have a BSc in Economics and the political Science was my minor. Also, I have studied the foreign policy or the US and the history of the Middle East.
I like and respect the truth even if it was against me.
Best Regards to the professional and honest commentators
As Iran is not a client state, it generally goes against the consensus in OPEC by demanding to raise crude price. However being a small economy, it still could not escape the clutches of the Hegemon who is sowing inflationary pressure round the world with its Massiver printing.
Being an Iranian, my heart quenches every time I see Ahmadinejad is called Iran's president. Please. He is not. Please use other phrases like proclaimed president.
The regime didn't even bother to count the votes, brought the militia to streets on the night of elections, in the days that followed killed more than 80 Iranians on the streets and in jails, tortured and raped young men and women in jail. Still tons of journalists are in jail, other older politicians in and out of jail... students threatened, their active one in jail, lawyers arrested and sentenced for defending their clients....If Iran was a small little country, the media would call this a coup...but Iran, I don't know why not.
And kudos to you for your always informative articles in Iran. There are few in media who don't get sidetracked with details and see that Khamenei is the one ultimately running the show, not Ahmadinejad. Although Khamenei is in shortage of shrewd seemingly loyal replacements for him, leaving Ahmadinejad with a little bargaining power and maneuver space.
I'm sure it's all a vast conspiracy to have classified discussions based on the findings of the intelligence community in the hopes that one day it will get leaked. Another dastardly plot from the Great Satan.
Also...for those living in a fantasy land in which Iran doesn't support terrorism, here's and excellent report about activities in Iraq: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/12/irans_ramazan_corps.php
and some from the same source for Afghanistan (scroll down mid page):http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/12/exclusive_isaf_captu.php
Also, here's a long list of support which Hezbollah has received from Iran, all of course part of the giant Zionist-Great Satan plot to make glorious Iran look bad: http://www.irantracker.org/military-activities/iran-lebanese-hezbollah-r...
Iran's non-compliance is a symptom than the actual cause.
Iran's bombs and weapons are made in China. Since we can not sanction China, we sanction the little guys like Iran just as we do for North Korea.
If we punish Iran, they will be more dependent on China. So we gain nothing unless we tell China to stop supporting the despicable regimes.
Rest of the things are just a sideshow.
and what about Iran's network among Africans countries? I ran should be forced into revising their attitude and stop messsing with other nations
"As based on all available evidence, their nuclear program is purely civilian." And, in another post, "Iran is not building a nuclear device... The Iranians have never threatened the Arabs."
You keep claiming that Iran is not building a bomb. What is your evidence? What are your sources? While I do not see any conclusive evidence that Iran is building a bomb, I see many hints and many actions that could lead in that direction. Yet you state definitively that they are not building a bomb. Where is your evidence?
You also claim that the Iranians never threatened the Arabs. That may be, but the Arabs still feel threatened (if Wikileaks can be believed). And the arms race will be based on how threatened the Arabs feel, not on how many threats Iran has objectively stated.
You have mentioned the possibility of the Arabs in the Middle East engaging in an arms race should Iran make a nuclear bomb. This has been raised by many analysts and a few journalists and many politicians. In the face of it the scenario you have presented seems reasonable. However there are a number of problems with it.
1. Iran is not building a nuclear device.
2. The Arabs did not initiate a nuclear arms race when Israel, India and Pakistan got their bombs so it is doubtful that they will initiate a nuclear arms race in response to an imagined Iranian threat. Especially as the Iranian revolution resulted in Iran switching sides from one of the most ardent supporters of Israel to one of the most ardent supporters of the Arab cause (against the Iranian national interests!).
3. The Iranians have never threatened the Arabs. The Arabs have invaded Iran (Sadam's invasion). The Iranians have no territorial claims on any country. Not so for the Arabs.
4. All anti Iranian Arab governments are pro western and rely on the west for their very existence. These governments are very unpopular and cannot afford to start a nuclear arms race without western permission.
5. A conventional arms race amongst the Arab states is already in progress, much to the delight of western arms manufacturers! The Iranians on the other hand have one of the lowest military expenditures per GNP in the Persian Gulf region and the Middle East in general.
6. The Arab governments are using the Iranian threat to divert attention away from their own failings and to get western help. The west encourages this as it results in the sales of billions of dollars worth of arms and pressure on Iran. It also keeps the extreme right in Israel happy as they can point to the peaceniks as traitors in the face of growing threats. The Iranian extreme right benefits also as they can point to the same threats and justify all sorts of things.
So the only losers are the ordinary people in the region and in the west.
This is not a conspiracy theory.
It is not a lie.
It is not people being evil or good.
It is simply business taken to its extreme form!
Iran, Israel and the US. That's what these stories are always all about and sadly the crucial point is missed. It's about the remaining Arab world. It is not unreasonable to expect that the combination of economic sanctions and muttered threat of military preemption amount to naught as they always have.
The horrible threat to the world is the rest of the Arab World engaging in the rarely mentioned Arab Arms Race. What alternative do they have to adopting the MAD policy that apparently worked for the US. The economic cost of the AAR will be born by the oil importing countries. The apocalyptic danger of an unstable region armed this way will be born by the entire world. If preventing Iran from building nuclear arms doesn't work, what can possibly forestall the AAR?
In the current framework of thinking, there is no solution. Perhaps we could bust out of the current framework by Israel declaring solidarity will all Jewish People everywhere. If even a single Jewish person is killed by an Iranian nuclear device, Israel will retaliate against Iran with total war. They already have that policy in place if that person resides in Israel, and frankly I think everyone, Arabs included, believe it.
Some statements have been made about Iran and the late Shah that are simply not true.
"He was a secular monarch. Despite his shortcoming, he tried to pull Iran away from the Islamic fundamentalism, the backward clergies, and move it toward western progress - much like Atta Turk did for modern Turkey."
That is not entirely true. When the Shah's father "Reza Shah" came to power in a coup in the 1920s, Iran was already a secular state with a democratic constitution and a freely elected parliament. He was similar to Ata Turk in many ways but he differed from him in four major points:
1. Unlike Ata Turk (Mostafa Kamal Pasha), he gained power by fighting internal enemies and with the backing of the British against mainly nationalist forces (Ata Turk gained power by fighting the British and was against the Ottoman Sultans in favour of a republic).
2. Unlike Ata Turk which secularized Turkey at the expense of glorifying the military, Reza Khan decided to civilianize his rule as rapidly as he could. He still wore his uniform but he ruled as a Monarch and not as a head of a militarized government.
3. Reza Khan did not overthrow a despotic autocrat; he put down nationalist and liberal forces.
4. Despite what most believe, he did not tackle the Ayatollahs straight away; while Ayatollah Broujerdi was alive he left the clergy alone. Only when that Ayatollah died, did he began to have problem with some clergy.
His son the Shah ran into difficulty with the clergy because of his land reform (imposed by the US) which took away most of the land owned by the clergy.
Both Reza Shah and his son Mohammad Reza Shah were modernizers, but their social and industrial, economical and scientific modernization, came at the cost of political repression and cultural subjugation.
When the Pahlavis were overthrown in 1979, the industrial and scientific modernization continued and many Iranians felt more independent of foreign interference.
Also Iran's opposition to Israel has nothing to do with religion. They also opposed the Apartheid regime in South Africa and the Chilean regime under Pinochet. Basically they opposed regimes they saw as threats to them and as having been friends of the Shah.
The present Iranian regime is opposed to AQ.
As for their reliance on oil, well since 1979 this reliance has been reducing and Iran's reliance on foreign exports has also been reducing.
One step forward, three steps back.
With Iran's new isolation, it feels it can sustain itself in the world market solely reliant on its oil supply. However, oil is not a renewable resource, so how long will Iran be able to survive and prosper? However, removing the subsidies on oil will allow the government to make more money and give more power to the market. However, Iran managed to increase government involvement. The government took control of private universities and the entertainment industry is even being dominated by the government. As the government makes more changes, the people become more restless. Ahmadinejad will have a difficult time upholding the legitimacy he now enjoys.
Ahmadinejad will have more than rocky times ahead of him if he continue to isolate Iran and harm its citizens. He is been able to get away with his bad policies because he has the suppport of the Supreme Leader and control of the media. Having religious justification from Khamenei and the media is much more powerful than the few opposition papers/websites he has not silenced. However, as the amount of poor and disgruntled people, especially the well-educated yet unemployed youth increases, more people will demand more from their government. The traditional legitimacy that Ahmadinejad has relied on will no longer be enough.
ArnoldEvans wrote:
"I'll answer Levy's question, not for Levy but for anyone else uninformed enough that the answer is not obvious."
Yes sir, you did, except you failed to mention these:
1. THE SHAH: He was a secular monarch. Despite his shortcoming, he tried to pull Iran away from the Islamic fundamentalism, the backward clergies, and move it toward western progress - much like Atta Turk did for modern Turkey.
2. JUSTICE: To whom?
The Baha'i in Iran?
The Christians, in Iran, Iraq? Bethlehem under PLO?. the Coptic in Egypt, Lebanon?. Or the ones in Darfur and S. Sudan?. What about the Kurds (who are also Muslims) in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq?, how much justice - Islamic style are they getting?. Andd off course the Jews
3. AL QAI'IDA: It has been killing other Muslims in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and elsewhere throughout Islamic countries, ONLY because of US support of Israel.
4. SHI'ITE SUNNI RELATIONSHIP: These two communities have been butchering each other since the dawn of Islam.
Off course, pundits would reason?, It is the "Zionist" who is making them do it - who else?
5. HAMAS: Just read their own 1988 "Charter Of Allah". Where they spell their true intention and objectives for the Jews, in their own language.
Source: http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/www.thejerusalemfund.org/carryover/docum...
I'll answer Levy's question, not for Levy but for anyone else uninformed enough that the answer is not obvious.
"Why is it, only since 1979, when Iran was subjugated under these backward religious zealots, Its leaders became Israel's mortal enemy?. Religion, that why."
Before 1979 Iran was ruled by a pro-US dictator, the way Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE are today.
Any of these countries, if their leadership was to become accountable to their people, would oppose Israel which their people, I'd say rightly, believe is an injustice.
The US supports colonial dictatorships over more than 100 million people in the Middle East because democracy for them would pose a severe strategic threat to the ability of about 5 million Jewish people in Palestine to have a Jewish majority state.
This US support for colonial dictatorships on Israel's behalf directly contributed to Al-Qaeda's designation of the United States as its far enemy (as opposed to Israel, its near enemy) and led to the 9/11 attacks.
So to the question, why Iran did not become hostile to Israel until it overthrew its pro-US colonial dictator, the Shah, the answer is that the Shah was accountable to the US and to Israel and not to the people he ruled. No state in Israel's greater region will cooperate with Israel except under that condition.
And to the question of why the people of Iran, which does not directly border Israel are concerned with Palestine, I'd answer that they consider the ethnicity-based state of Israel, formed by dispossessing hundreds of thousands of people because they were Muslims or not Jews to be an injustice. So helping to bring justice is the right thing to do.
The United States is far further from Israel than Iran is. If the United States minded its own business Israel would not be viable, but US travelers would not have to be x-rayed in the nude to go from Atlanta to Dallas.
To me, Iran is digging itself into a very deep hole. Iran's isolation and sanctions are nothing new and continue to prove that Iran is internally unstable. Now, with major countries no longer on Iran's side, Iran must be self sufficient. But it would be difficult to see Iran be self sufficient when their people are not receiving the most honest services of the government. "We can do it because we have oil" Iranians tell visitors. How far can all of this oil take Iran? Is this statement just a coverup? In my opinion, as much as it is a benefit to have oil, Iran does not seem to carefully spend what they take in, such as their gas and electricity. As many sanctions the United States wants to impose on Iran, the country is very stubborn. It would best to remove these sanctions and allow the country to politically, economically and socially stabilize without the pressures of outside influences.
what surprises me about dictatorships like Iran (and Cuba) is that a relatively small number of people benefit greatly at the expense of the majority who are not only deprived economically but oppressed by these people as well. and it is always the fault of USA (and of course, Israel). Iran (and Cuba) could buy just about anything, anywhere and in any amount, if they spent less on keeping their people in line. (Iran pretends to be a theocracy and Cuba pretends to be Communist and both pretend to be democratic.) of course, any problems they now have would be solved by the elimination of Israel! the oppressed will only take so much for so long. changes are in the wind! Tunisia may be a start.
"The regime tightens its belt and its fist"
Iran's fist has always been tight. The *only* reason why Tunisia's citizens have been able to pull off their street revolution is because the Tunisian army, while it did try and control the crowds, would not go about freely shooting citizens. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case for the poor Iranian protesters.
Mr. Ahmadinejad could curb his country's financial hemorrhaging by cutting back on the hundreds of millions of Dollars he's shoving into the hungry hands of warmongering Hamas and Hizbullah each year.
Israel is a very important question on issues involving the greater Middle East, especially Iran. Maybe nobody's opinion will change, but on the other hand, why write anything? Everything anyone writes is in the hope that someone's opinion may change somewhere. Israel is not the singular subject on which no opinion changes anywhere.
Ray's statement:
"All of the hostility in the U.S. towards Iran comes from Israel and its powerful, wealthy pro-Israel lobby."
is absolute and probably too strong. But I'd say accurate if he replaced "all" with "almost all".
Bilbo's deliberate mischaracterization of Ray's statement:
"Oh those horrible Jews meddling and controlling the world."
Is an attempt to intimidate Ray and anyone who would call attention to the facts that, 1) yes US Jews are the one of if not its wealthiest ethnic group, 2) US Jews are, in aggregate, intensely loyal to the idea that there must be a Jewish state in Palestine 3) are, in aggregate, vastly disproportionately influential over the US foreign policy process, especially regarding the Middle East
These are facts and it is impossible to understand US Middle East policy in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Egypt, in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and yes, in Iran without taking these facts into account.
To be clear, the US does not have a fundamental dispute with Iran other than the legitimacy of Israel. Most Iranians, according to polls and consistent with most Egyptians, Lebanese, Jordanians, Saudis and essentially all other non-Jewish people in Israel's region do not believe there must be a Jewish state even at the expense of Palestinian rights.
The Jews of the United States vehemently disagree with the most of the people of Israel's region about the legitimacy of Israel. Non-Jewish Americans also disagree with the people of the Middle East, but on average, much less intensely, and because they are less wealthy, less effectively per capita.
Absent this dispute over the legitimacy of Israel, there would not have been a US invasion of Iraq. There would not have been an Al-Qaeda attack on the US mainland on 9/11. There would not be US support for dictators over Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE and there would not be sanctions against Iran.
Read the sanctions laws themselves and the record of the process by which they were brought about and the fact that the sanctions are an expression of US support for Israel should be uncontroversial.
Bilbo's attempt at intimidation was pretty beautifully deflected by Ray:
"Sorry, Bilbo, but attacking anyone who critizes Israel or U.S. pro-Israel policy as an anti-semite in order to silence them just doesn't work anymore."
Bilbo's later question:
"Why did the US decide to do what it does, and how can we change that"
Is a little puzzling. Obama and Clinton couldn't be much more open about the fact that they consider Iran a threat to Israel and are set to punish it on that basis. They've staked a claim that Iran must be denied technology that not only is allowed by the NPT but that many countries, including Brazil, Japan, Canada, South Korea and other have explicitly because Iran having the capability to make a weapon that the named countries have would threaten Israel.
The question of how can we change US policy in the Middle East really is the question of how can the US' extremely costly commitment to Israel be evaluated objectively.
Thank you for referring to them as "regime". They do not represent Iranians. Iranians themselves are not a threat. These monsters have abused us and used our resources for their own dogma.
The oppressive Iranian regime will continue to be ruthless towards its own people until the army refuses to kill their compatriots. Just as Tunisia overthrew a corrupt regime today, Iranians some day will succeed in getting rid of their oppressive government. Hopefully soon.
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