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Teachers strike heads to Day Two; Board chief tells union 'we should resolve this' Tuesday
BY FRAN SPIELMAN, KARA SPAK, KIM JANSSEN AND Lauren fitzpatrick Staff Reporters September 10, 2012 6:13AM
Chicago Teachers Union Contract Talks by the Numbers
1987 = last CTU strike, 19 days.
350,000 = students affected (50,000 others in charter schools not impacted).
30,000 = CTU teachers & educational personnel planning to walk out.
144 = CPS strike-contingency schools offering food & activities (8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.).
11,000 = CPS athletes whose fall sports could be impacted.
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel cancels fund-raiser due to strike
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Updated: October 12, 2012 6:08AM
Chicago braced for Day Two of a teacher strike Tuesday, with teachers buoyed by a boisterous first day of picketing and contract talks side-stepping what Mayor Rahm Emanuel identified as the two major sticking points.
School Board President David Vitale left the first post-strike talks Monday at 6:40 p.m., saying CPS officials had told the union "We should resolve this tomorrow. We are close enough.''
However, Vitale conceded negotiators did not even attack what the mayor contended are the two biggest issues in the nine-month dispute: job security and teacher evaluations.
"The union said they were not ready for discussion on those particular issues,'' said Vitale, leaving behind other Chicago Public School negotiators to continue talks late into the night on "technical issues.''
Vitale said both sides made proposals, and that they would be analyzed overnight.
"We're working at this, but this is hard work," Vitale said. "We want to get this resolved. We want our kids back in school."
However, when talks concluded three hours later, Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the two big issues were not discussed because "they didn't have anything different to offer us."
Sea of red
Hours earlier, thousands of striking Chicago teachers flooded the Loop, rallying for a new contract on Day One of the first Chicago teachers strike in 25 years. Police estimated the crowd at 5,000 to 7,000.
A river of red-shirted teachers, waving banners and chanting, clogged South Clark Street during their march from Chicago Public Schools headquarters to City Hall. A frequent chant: "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Rahm Emanuel has got to go!"
One of many who expressed delight at the turnout was Susan Kang, a teacher at Sumner Elementary.
"It's really amazing,'' said Kang. "This is what we were hoping for — that we'd come out strong and send a message to the [Chicago School] Board and Rahm Emanuel that they can't just bully us around.''
The intersection of Clark and Monroe turned into a knot of solid red, clogged with so many people it was hard to move. The constant beat of drums and muffled chants gave the scene almost a carnival atmosphere. And more people kept pouring into the area.
Gisele Anderson, 10, held up a sign that read: "Treat my dad with respect." Gisele's father is a teacher at Owen Scholastic Academy.
"We don't want to strike," said Gisele's father, Eric Anderson. "My daughters are both CPS students. As a teacher and a parent, it's tough for us as well. We have to figure out child care just like everybody else. So we'd like to see this resolved."
Drawing attention
The strike that stilled the classrooms of the nation's third-largest school system also drew national attention Monday.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he was "disappointed" in the union for turning its back on negotiations, and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) urged both sides back to the negotiating table.
On the education front, the National Center for Fair & Open Testing took up the CTU's cause.
FairTest policy analyst Lisa Guisbond called Chicago's strike "the tip of the iceberg of teacher frustration with so-called 'reform' policies, which place the blame on educators for problems largely caused by the impoverished settings in which their students must live."
Sunday night, Emanuel blasted the walkout as "a strike of choice.''
On Monday, he urged both sides to "stay at the table and finish it for our children." In particular, he defended the board's offer on what to do with laid-off teachers, insisting that principals needed the power to pick their own school teams.
"If we're gonna hold our local principals in the school accountable for getting the results we need, they need to pick the best qualified [teachers]," the mayor said.
However, CTU officials said the board was not being fair to teachers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. And they feared that number will be on a constant increase, amid CPS plans to close more schools and create more charters that do not hire CTU teachers.
And on teacher evaluations, late Monday CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said "there's been a truthfulness issue on the question of evaluation," because the mayor was claiming it was a non-strikeable issue and the union insists it's strikeable.
Monday morning, teachers showed up in force on picket lines as parents dropped their children off at 144 contingency schools, as well as at parks, libraries and YMCAs.
Many parents expressed frustrations with CPS and Emanuel, while aldermen were virtually unanimous in blaming the union.
Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) brought his son to work Monday as he headed to a third-floor meeting room at City Hall to get briefed on the strike.
Maldonado blamed the union as he walked into the briefing room with his 7-year-old son, Roberto II, carrying a backpack. "This is the effect of the union right now," said Maldonado, whose wife had the couple's two other children Monday.
"We're lucky enough that is not that much of a hardship on us, but it's a hardship on the kids."
"The reason that they decided to go on strike is a stretch," he continued. "If there are no challenges in terms of the financial aspects of the negotiations and the only hang-up is the thing about imposing upon principals to hire laid-off teachers. . . . I need to give [the principal] the flexibility to hire who they perceive to be the best teachers. That's just logical."
At Lane Tech High School on the Northwest Side, more than 200 teachers marched along Addison and Western, chanting and prompting numerous motorists to honk their car horns in support. A CTA bus joined the loud chorus of horns, and a Chicago Police car turned on its lights as it went past.
Steve Parsons, the lead picket who teaches AP psychology at the high school, said Monday: "It's all up to Mayor Emanuel. We all want to go back to the classrooms. The mayor is not valuing our opinions as educators."
Honking horns of support also greeted the dozens of pickets at Curie High School on the Southwest Side.
Curie's union delegate, Adam Heenan, who was up until 2 a.m. preparing for the strike, was outside Curie at 6:30 a.m. Monday. He said teachers were "prepared to strike again tomorrow and prepared to go back to the classrooms tomorrow — that's what we do, we prepare. This is new for everybody."
About 30 students walked past their picketing teachers to show up at Hefferan on the West Side. That was down from a typical attendance of 260, Principal Jacqueline Hearns said.
At Mount Greenwood Elementary on the Southwest Side, the Ohse family — including Keira, 6, Katie, 4, and Connor, 1 — arrived wearing red T-shirts in support of the striking teachers. "We have two kids here at Mt. Greenwood," said Barb Ohse, standing with her husband, Rory, "and we're both union with the fire department, and we're firm believers in the rights of the students and teachers.
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As a Detroit fan I respectfully disagree with you. Glover Quin is a solid player, but plays way too slow to be an ideal FS. I know he came into the league as a CB, but the way he runs now he's a better fit at SS. Ihedigbo is pretty much just a 1 year rental as a starter at SS, who ideally will just be able to provide depth in year two of his contract. I'm not saying that I'd take Clinton-Dix at the #10 spot, but it's perfectly logical, and a big upgrade if they select him with the expectation to take over the FS spot at some point this year. And from what I hear, the Lions pick won't be obvious, it will actually surprise a lot of people.
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At least for the first time people can come home from the cricket and go to the beach/shops.
Hahaha, he was bowling on the nets, you could see a glimpse of him on ch 9 cricket show.
I actually think Johnson should always played ahead of Starc in Hobart. Watching the whole test in Hobart also confirmed my view that Starc should have been dropped, and when I heard he was being 'rested' that sounded like coud cowardness from the selectors because he got a 5 for.
Yes he picked up a few wickets but not good enough imo, Australia are only perservering with him because he is so young and no doubt has potential. Not fair to drop Johnson though (in Hobart) and I'm sorry Starceh you shouldn't play in Sydney. I'm sure he will though...politics
Time: "Despite its gentlemanly manner, the sport generates tremendous passion in Britain and its former colonies."
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., addresses the delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, in Boston. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
June 10, 2012: U.S Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. takes medical leave, although his office does not disclose it until two weeks later. His office issues at least 16 news releases in the interim, many quoting the congressman. In August, his wife tells Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed her husband collapsed at their Washington home.
June 25: Jackson's office first discloses that he has been on medical leave for the previous two weeks. In a three-sentence statement, his office reports he is on medical leave for "exhaustion."
July 5: Jackson's office says he has checked himself in for treatment of long-term "physical and emotional ailments." His exact ailment, expected return to work and whereabouts are not disclosed, but more than a month later, the family confirms he was at Sierra Tucson Treatment Center in Arizona, which specializes in mental health.
July 11: Another brief release states Jackson is being treated for a "mood disorder."
July 13: The congressman's mother, Jacqueline Jackson, tells a Rainbow/PUSH conference that her son has suffered years of "enormous disappointment" over his failure to become a senator or mayor of Chicago.
July 25: Jackson is quietly transported to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Two days later, his spokesman is still saying, "He is still in Arizona."
July 27: Jackson first discloses that he is at the Mayo Clinic, after Sneed reports it. The clinic releases a statement on Jackson's behalf saying he is there "for extensive inpatient evaluation for depression and gastrointestinal issues."
Aug. 3: Ald. Sandi Jackson tells Sneed her husband has been "completely debilitated by depression."
Aug. 8: Ald . Jackson tells columnist Lynn Sweet her husband could be home as early as Sept. 1 and will campaign "vigorously" for re-election.
Aug. 13: The Mayo Clinic reports that Rep. Jackson has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is "responding well to the treatment and regaining his strength." It also notes that the disorder is "most likely caused by a complex set of genetic and environmental factors" and says that the "gastric bypass surgery" he underwent "can change how the body absorbs food, liquids, vitamins, nutrients and medications."
Sept. 7: Aides announce Rep. Jackson has been released from Mayo and is back with his kids in Washington, D.C. "Yes, he's home in Washington," spokesman Rick Bryant said. "Yes, he may be back to work on Monday" when Congress reconvenes.
Sept. 10: Congress returns — but Rep. Jackson doesn't.
Oct. 3: Sandi Jackson says there will be "no last-minute switcheroos" with her husband on the November ballot — but also raised the possibility he may not return to work before the election.
Oct. 12: The Sun-Times reveals federal investigators in Washington, D.C. are probing the congressman's finances, including "suspicious activity."
Nov. 6: Rep. Jackson, despite doing no campaigning and sending out just one robocall to constituents, is reelected in a landslide.
Nov. 7: Sneed, citing sources, reports Rep. Jackson is in the midst of plea discussions with the feds in Washington D.C. probing his alleged misuse of campaign funds.
Nov. 13: The Mayo Clinic says Rep. Jackson no longer is patient at the clinic.
Nov. 22: Sources say Rep. Jackson will resign from Congress.


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News and Highlights from the Weinberg Center:
Weinberg Center announces a new Advisory Board Chair and new Advisory Board members
The Weinberg Center announces that Myron Steele, a Partner at Potter Anderson & Corroon LP and former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, will be the new Chair of the Center's Advisory Board, replacing William Chandler, a Partner at Wilson & Sonsini and former Chancellor of the Delaware Chancery Court, who will be stepping down as Chair, effective September 30, 2014. In addition, seven new members will be joining the Advisory Board. They are: Chancellor Andre Bouchard, Chancellor, Delaware Court of Chancery; Stephen Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals; Laban Jackson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Clear Creek Properties, Inc. and an independent director at JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jack B. Jacobs, Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin, LLP (effective October 1, 2014) and former Justice, Delaware Supreme Court; Justin Klein, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Howard Meyers, Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP; and Rodman Ward III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corporation Service Company. For a copy of the announcement, click here. For a complete list of Advisory Board members click here.
Weinberg Center's October 2013 John L. Weinberg Distinguished Speaker featuring William Lauder, Executive Chairman of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., is the subject of the cover story in Directors & Boards magazine (Annual Report 2014). To read the article, click here.
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Papelbon to the Phillies was announced officially today.
(Do I use those eyes too much? Well, of course I do. But then again, I am so bemused most the time that they are the only way to express my emotions. A picture speaks a thousand words and all that.)
It's a boatload of money and a boatload of years. You want specifics? Fine, more specifically, it's four years, 60 million. For Papelbon. Yeah. That makes sense, right? I don't meant to question the wonderfulness of Rubén Amaro Jr. or anything like that, but I personally would pay that kind of money to send Papelbon elsewhere- anywhere else than my team. Still, if he was going to leave, him and dem Phils were probably a match made in heaven. Okay, yes, I kinda really don't dig Jonathan. That much is clear.
But does he like cheesesteaks, I wonder?
(Sorry, terribly, necessary joke.)
Anyhow, my whole thing from last year about being willing to get stuffed into someone's suitcase to go the General Manger meetings still stands true.
I mean, don't endless talks about labor plans and the 'Stros moving leagues- will they? Won't they? Will they? Won't they?- sound absolutely riveting?
(Not, that is.)
Then again, I would dearly love to be there when Jon Daniels is named Executive of the Year.
Because he will.
He most definitely will.
Or else… there will be consequences. Dire ones.
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[OS] Remarks by National Security Advisor Tom Donilon at the Brookings Institution -- As Prepared for Delivery
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Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
National Security Advisor Tom Donilon
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery:
Good afternoon. Thank you, Strobe, for your very kind introduction. And
thank you for your leadership-here at Brookings and during your decades of
distinguished public service.
To Steven Pifer and everyone at Brookings, thank you for the opportunity
to be part of this important discussion. It's good to see so many friends
and colleagues-individuals who have devoted your lives to our national
security. I want to express my personal appreciation for the work you
do. Brookings, and institutions like it, provide so much of the
intellectual capital that allows our nation to formulate effective,
pragmatic policies to address security challenges that are exceedingly
Today's discussion could not be more timely. In recent weeks, there has
been no shortage of reminders of the seriousness of the threat posed by
Iran's nuclear program - notably the recent report of the International
Atomic Energy Agency -- and how the choices made by the Iranian regime
have resulted in Iran's deep global isolation.
Today, therefore, is an opportunity to step back and put recent
developments in their proper context. Specifically, I want to discuss how
the policies of the United States and the international community have
succeeded in increasing the pressure on Iran for its failure to meet its
international obligations. More broadly, I want to address how profoundly
the Iranian regime has been weakened and isolated-at home, in the region,
and in the international community.
To begin, I think it's important to remember the reality that we faced in
January 2009. Tehran believed, and many in the region believed, that Iran
was ascendant. Internally, the Iranian regime faced no significant
challenge to its legitimacy. Regionally, Iran's reach seemed to have
expanded like never before, with Iran and its proxies, such as Hezbollah,
actively threatening others across the region.
In contrast, the international community was divided on how to deal with
Iran's nuclear program. Multilateral diplomacy had stalled and direct
American diplomacy with Tehran had seemingly been taken off the table.
During that time, Iran went from having some 100 centrifuges for enriching
uranium in 2003 to more than 5,000 centrifuges when President Obama took
office. Most troubling was the fact that many in the world had even begun
to give Iran the benefit of the doubt, and instead blamed the United
States for tensions over Iran's nuclear program, thereby allowing Iran to
escape accountability for its intransigence. This was the dangerous
dynamic that President Obama was determined to reverse.
President Obama has always been clear about the danger of Iran's nuclear
program-it is a grave threat to the security of the United States and to
the world. A nuclear-armed Iran would likely mean a nuclear arms race in
the Middle East - a region already characterized by volatility, conflict,
and miscalculation. A nuclear-armed Iran could further embolden Tehran's
support for terrorism and would constitute a threat to countries across
the region, including our closest ally in the Middle East-the State of
Israel. A nuclear-armed Iran would pose a significant threat to the vital
shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf and the strategic Straits of Hormuz.
An Iran armed with nuclear weapons, with the long-range missiles to
deliver them, would also pose a serious threat to nations outside the
region, including our NATO allies in Europe. And a nuclear-armed Iran
would pose an unprecedented challenge to the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty-the cornerstone of the global nonproliferation regime. This would
raise fundamental questions about the ability of the international
community to stop the spread of the world's most deadly weapons, and
likely lead to a spiral of additional proliferation.
For all these reasons, President Obama has been unequivocal with regard to
our policy. I quote: "There should be no doubt-the United States and the
international community are determined to prevent Iran from acquiring
nuclear weapons." End quote. Those are the President's words. That is
the policy of the United States.
Shortly after taking office, we presented Tehran with an unprecedented and
genuine opportunity for dialogue. The United States and our P5+1 partners
presented Tehran with a clear choice-fulfill your international
obligations, which will allow you to deepen your economic and political
integration with the world, achieve greater security and prosperity for
Iran and its people, and allow Iran to return to its rightful place in the
community of nations and pursue a future worthy of Iran's proud and
ancient past. Or, Tehran can continue to flout its responsibilities and
face even greater pressure and isolation.
The purpose of our offer was two-fold. First, as a sincere offer of
dialogue-with the prospect of tangible benefits for Iran-it was an attempt
to deal with this situation in a diplomatic fashion. Second, we knew that
if our offer was rejected, Iran's failure to meet its international
obligations would be exposed to the entire world. The international
community would see that it was Iran-not the United States-that is
responsible for the current impasse. That, in turn, would increase our
ability to mobilize international support for holding Tehran accountable
for its reckless behavior. And over the past three years, that is exactly
what has happened.
As we all know, the Iranian government has repeatedly rejected the
opportunity for credible dialogue-and it also rejected substantial
economic, political, and scientific incentives. It has forged ahead with
its nuclear program. It has ignored its commitments. It has continued to
defy United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Moreover, Tehran has continued a record of deceit and deception that has
spanned 30 years-most recently with the secret enrichment facility near
the city of Qom, which the United States, the United Kingdom and France
exposed in 2009. Indeed, Iran is the only member of the NPT that has not
been able to convince the UN Security Council and the international
community that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
The United States has therefore done exactly what we said we would do.
With the broad support of the international community, we have steadily
increased the pressure on the Iranian regime and raised the cost of their
intransigence. Our approach has been multi-dimensional and has included
five distinct yet mutually reinforcing lines of action.
First, we have led the way in organizing an unprecedented array of
sanctions that have imposed a significant price for Iran's behavior, and
succeeded in delaying the Iranian nuclear program.
Second, we have led a concerted effort to isolate Iran diplomatically as
never before, regionally and globally.
Third, we have worked with partners to counter Iran's efforts to
destabilize the region, especially during the Arab Spring.
Fourth, we have steadily and substantially invested in and deepened our
defense partnerships in the region, building a robust regional security
architecture that blunts Iran's ability to threaten and coerce its
neighbors, especially our Gulf Cooperation Council partners. We have
our significant and enduring U.S. force presence in the region. In
addition, we have worked to develop a network of air and missile defenses,
shared early warning, improved maritime security, closer counterterrorism
cooperation, expanded programs to build partner capacity, and increased
efforts to harden and protect our partners' critical infrastructure.
These efforts have reassured our partners in the region. They demonstrate
unmistakably to Tehran that any attempt to dominate the region will be
futile. And they show that the United States is prepared for any
I would add that our new missile defense program with our European
allies-our Phased Adaptive Approach-is more effectively geared to
protecting our NATO allies from the growing Iranian missile threat that we
face over the next decade.
And the fifth and final element of our approach-even as we keep the door
to diplomacy open-President Obama has said repeatedly, as recently as last
week: we are not taking any options off the table in pursuit of our basic
Taken together, our multi-dimensional approach has put us in a position
where we can employ any option-or the full range of options-and continue
to ratchet up the pressure and price for Iran's intransigence.
With regard to the first element-increasing pressure through sanctions-we
have succeeded in imposing the strongest sanctions to date on the Iranian
Here in the United States, we worked with Congress to write-and the
President signed-the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and
Divestment Act. Combined with past measures, we have now subjected Iran
to the toughest U.S. sanctions ever. We have since used the various
authorities provided by this Act to get international firms out of Iran's
oil fields and banks out of its financial sector.
Internationally, we have succeeded in building a broad and deep
international coalition to hold Iran accountable. President Obama
personally and repeatedly engaged with his foreign counterparts on this
issue, including the leaders of Russia and China. This paved the way for
passage of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1929, which helped create the
most comprehensive international sanctions regime on Iran to date.
We have worked with allies and partners to build on U.N. sanctions. The
European Union has imposed strong measures against Iran's financial,
banking, insurance, transportation, and energy sectors, as well as Iran's
Revolutionary Guards. South Korea and Japan, two of Iran's major trading
partners, have taken action to limit commercial activity and financial
links with Iran. Other nations, including Canada, the United Arab
Emirates and Australia have imposed additional measures. And in a very
significant step, following the adoption of Resolution 1929, Russia
cancelled the sale of the S-300, a sophisticated and long-range air
defense missile system, to Iran.
The effect of these sanctions has been clear. Coupled with mistakes and
difficulties in Iran, they have slowed Iran's nuclear efforts. Sanctions
and export control efforts have made it more difficult and costly for Iran
to acquire key materials and equipment for its enrichment program,
including items that Iran cannot produce itself. Indeed, the May 2011
report of the UN Panel of Experts on Iran concluded that sanctions are
slowing Iran's nuclear program.
In 2007, the then head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization boasted that
Iran would have 50,000 centrifuges installed within four years. We are
now nearing the end of 2011 and the IAEA reports that Iran has installed
8,000 centrifuges, with perhaps 6,000 operating.
Importantly, not only is it harder for Iran to proceed, it is more
expensive. As many studies have demonstrated, it would be far more
economical and efficient for Iran to purchase nuclear fuel on the
international market than to develop an indigenous enrichment and fuel
production capability. Remarkably though, Iran continues to make huge
investments in this program-most of them unpublished-even as it cuts back
on support and investment in Iran's economy and its people.
This is the larger context for the recent IAEA report. And I want to be
very clear about this. We were not surprised by the report because it
confirmed everything we have known since the day the President took
office. This report is entirely consistent with the facts and analysis
that have shaped our entire approach.
For example, we already knew that Iran had an active and structured effort
to develop nuclear weapon technologies until 2003 and that, in the words
of the IAEA report, "activities relevant to the development of a nuclear
explosive device may still be ongoing." The facts are undeniable.
Despite decades of Iranian denial and deceit, and notwithstanding the
setbacks I've described, it should be clear for all the world to see-under
the guise of a purely civil nuclear program, the government of Iran is
seeking to develop a nuclear weapons capability.
Put simply, the Iranian regime has not yet fundamentally altered its
behavior, but we have succeeded in slowing its nuclear program. The
international community has the time, space and means to affect the
calculus of Iran's leaders, who must know that they cannot evade or avoid
the choice we have laid before them.
Going forward, we will therefore continue to use every tool at our
disposal, as I described earlier, to continue increasing the pressure on
the regime and sharpening the choice they must make.
First and foremost, we will continue to be vigilant. We will work
aggressively to detect any new nuclear-related efforts by Iran. We will
expose them and force Iran to place them under international inspections,
just as we did when we exposed the Qom enrichment facility, thus denying
Iran the option of using the facility to secretly produce enriched
uranium. With IAEA inspectors still on the ground in Natanz and Qom, any
Iranian effort to divert safeguarded nuclear material would likely be
quickly detected before Iran could use that material to produce a
significant quantity of highly enriched uranium.
Meanwhile, we will continue to increase the pressure, including by
intensifying sanctions, as Secretary Clinton and Geithner announced just
yesterday. For the first time, we are targeting Iran's petrochemical
sector, prohibiting the provision of goods, services, and technology to
this sector and authorizing penalties against any person or entity that
engages in such activity. We are expanding energy sanctions, making it
more difficult for Iran to operate, maintain, and modernize its oil and
gas sector.
For the first time, we designated the entire Iranian banking sector as a
jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern, detailing extensive
deceptive and illicit financial practices across the Iranian financial
sector-including by the Central Bank of Iran-and making clear that the
grave risk faced by governments or financial institutions that continue to
do business with Iranian banks. And we are certainly not ruling out
additional steps against Iran's banking sector, including the Central
Again, as we do all this, we are not taking any options off the table. No
one should doubt that.
This leads to the larger point I want to make today-and something I've
wanted to discuss for some time-the extraordinary isolation in which Iran
now finds itself. Even as Tehran continues to engage in dangerous and
destabilizing behavior, Iran today is fundamentally weaker, more isolated,
more vulnerable and badly discredited than ever. On the contrary,
compared to when President Obama took office, Iran is greatly
diminished-at home, in the region, and around the world.
At home, Iran is feeling tremendous pressure. It is harder for banks that
support Iran's nuclear programs and terrorism to engage in international
finance. Just recently, President Ahmadinejad called sanctions "the
heaviest economic onslaught" in the country's history. "Every day our
banking and trade activities and our agreements are being monitored and
blocked," he said. "Our banks cannot make international transactions
We've made it harder for the Iranian government to purchase refined
petroleum and the goods, services and materials to further develop Iran's
oil and natural gas sector. According to the Iranian oil minister, the
country is facing a shortage of $100 billion in investment and deals for
the oil and gas sector-a shortage that will increasingly affect production
and future revenues.
Other sectors are clearly being affected as well. The international
business community is shunning Iran. Major companies like Shell, Toyota,
Kia, Repsol, Deutsche Bank, UBS, and Credit Suisse have ended or
drastically reduced business with Iran.
The impact of our sanctions is compounded by rampant corruption and
patronage. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps continues to expand its
involvement in the Iranian economy. At a time when the Iranian people and
businesses are being squeezed by a shrinking economy, the coffers of the
IRGC are being filled, and these funds are passed on to violent movements
in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon or Yemen. This only adds to Iran's economic woes,
and with it, to the frustrations of the Iranian people.
As a result, Iran's economy is increasingly vulnerable. Inflation is
around 20 percent. Iran's unemployment is persistently high. Despite
high oil prices, Iran will likely have negligible growth this year. These
are the heavy costs that the Iranian regime has chosen to impose on its
people, by flouting its international obligations.
These economic difficulties are one more challenge to a regime that has
already seen its legitimacy suffer. The brutal response to the Green
Movement two years ago revealed the hollowness of a government that
claimed to draw its legitimacy from populist and Islamic principles. This
is a regime that offers nothing to its young burgeoning population, and
which employs intimidation and violence to remain in power-the same recipe
for unrest that has fueled the Arab Spring.
Atop its isolation from the Iranian people, the regime in increasingly
divided within and under great stress. The Supreme Leader and President
Ahmadinejad seem increasingly headed toward a confrontation over the
direction of the country. The Supreme Leader has even talked about
consolidating his power further by abolishing the Office of Presidency. We
see fissures developing among the ruling class. The regime is focused on
silencing dissent and preserving its reign at all costs.
Just as the regime is increasingly isolated and losing its legitimacy at
home, Iran is increasingly isolated in the region. The regional balance
of power is tipping against Iran.
Next door, Iran has failed in its effort to shape Iraq into a client state
in its own image. In fact, Iraqis are moving in the opposite
direction-building a sovereign, democratic state with a strong aversion to
illicit outside interference. Iraq and Iran have very different visions
of their future. One recent poll found that just 14 percent of Iraqis
have a favorable opinion of Iran. Even the supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr,
who has been strongly supported by Tehran, have an unfavorable opinion of
Iran by a margin of 3 to 1. Even as we finish removing U.S. forces from
Iraq, we remain steadfastly committed to a long-term strategic partnership
with Iraq, including robust security cooperation, which will help ensure
that Iraq remains a strong and independent player in the region.
Iran has failed in its efforts to intimidate the Gulf states into yielding
to Iranian dominance. Reassured by the regional defense and security
architecture I described earlier, the Gulf Cooperation Council states are
more united than ever and more willing to challenge Tehran.
Iran has failed in its cynical attempts to take advantage of the Arab
Spring, which, to put it mildly, has been unkind to Iran. This season of
change clearly caught Iranian leaders flat-footed and unprepared. The
events from Tunis to Damascus have made a lie of Tehran's claims that
change can only come through violent resistance. Meanwhile, the Iranian
regime's hypocrisy has been exposed as they purport to celebrate uprisings
abroad while continuing to crush dissent at home.
Just like al Qaeda, Iran's model of extremism, violence, and the denial of
basic human rights is being repudiated by a generation that is now
demanding their universal rights by taking to the streets across the
Middle East and North Africa. Indeed, young people in Tunisia or Egypt,
Libya or Syria are not protesting in order to be more like Iran.
Not surprisingly, data and polling of public opinion consistently show
that Iran's image in the region has plummeted. Whereas in 2006 Iran's
favorability in Arab countries stood at nearly 80 percent, today it is
down to an average of under 30 percent. Why? The most common reasons
given-Iran's crushing of dissent at home, its meddling in the region, its
threats to peace and stability of the region, and its dangerous nuclear
Rather than looking to Iran, people in these Arab countries are looking in
the opposite direction-towards universal rights, towards democracy. As
they do, President Obama has placed the United States firmly on the right
side of history-making it clear that it is the policy of the United States
to promote reform across the region, and to support transitions to
Today-in the face of a region increasingly united against Tehran-Iran is
basically down to just two principal remaining allies-the Assad clique in
Syria and Hezbollah. And, like Iran, they too are fundamentally at odds
with the democratic forces now sweeping the region.
The Assad regime-Tehran's most important ally-is thoroughly isolated and
universally condemned. The Arab League, appalled by the regime's
brutality, has shown remarkable leadership and taken the extraordinary
step of suspending Syria's membership. In Turkey, the Erdogan
government-which spent a decade deepening ties with Syria-says it will no
longer be fooled by Assad's promises, and today, Prime Minister Erdogan
has joined the international chorus calling on Assad to step down.
The handwriting is on the wall. Change is inevitable. As President Obama
has stated, "Through his own actions, Bashar al-Assad is ensuring that he
and his regime will be left in the past, and that the courageous Syrian
people who have demonstrated in the streets will determine its future."
The end of the Assad regime would constitute Iran's greatest setback in
the region yet-a strategic blow that will further shift the balance of
power in the region against Iran. Tehran will have lost its closest ally
in the region. Having actively funded the regime's brutality and the
killing of its own people, Iran will be discredited in the eyes of the
Syrian people and any future government. Iran's isolation from the Arab
world will have deepened. And Tehran's ability to project violence and
instability in the Levant through its violent proxies-Hezbollah and
Hamas-will be vastly diminished.
Finally, Iran is increasingly isolated from the international community.
More nations than ever before are imposing and enforcing additional
sanctions and measures. As Iran looks around the world, it finds fewer
friends, fewer protectors, and fewer business partners. Its leaders have
taken a great nation and an ancient civilization and turned it into a
pariah that is unable to integrate or engage with the world. That is a
tragedy. Three recent events in particular illustrate just how isolated
Tehran has become.
First, in the wake of the IAEA report, the IAEA Board of Governors voted
overwhelmingly to demand that Iran take steps to address the concerns
raised in the report. Thirty-two nations voted to demand that Iran
fulfill its obligations. Only two countries sided with Iran-Cuba and
Second, Iran has been further isolated by the plot to assassinate the
Saudi ambassador. I have to confess, I was initially struck by the
reaction in some quarters-those who looked at the plot and asked "Is this
really how Iran operates?" As those of you in this room know so well,
this is exactly how Iran operates. This plot was nothing new. It's the
latest example of Tehran's support for terrorism, from the bombings of our
barracks in Beirut to the attacks against the Israeli Embassy and
Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association in Argentina.
Nor was this plot the work of some low-level figure. Our information
confirms that the Iranian officials overseeing the plot are high-ranking
officials within the IRGC-Qods Force, the terrorist arm of Iran headed by
Major General, Qasem Soleimani, who has armed, trained and funded
terrorists in Iraq to strike the Iraqi government and American personnel.
Faced with these facts, the international community is taking action to
hold Iran accountable. The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions
against Soleimani and four of the main culprits in this conspiracy. Our
Canadian and European allies have joined us. The Arab League and the Gulf
Cooperation Council have condemned the plot.
And last week, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to deplore
Iran's behavior: 106 nations voting against Iran; just eight countries
voting with Iran. Most significantly, not a single Muslim or Arab nation
voted with Iran. Not one. For an Islamic Republic that once imagined
itself as leader of Muslim-majority nations, the repudiation and isolation
could not be more complete.
And third, at the United Nations yesterday, member states voted
overwhelmingly to condemn Iran's human rights record. Indeed, Iran's
human rights are now subject to UN monitoring, shattering its claims that
the West and a few dissidents are unfairly singling out Iran's abysmal
human rights record.
Weakened at home, diminished in the region, and isolated in the world-this
is the dramatic shift in Iran's fortunes that has occurred over the past
three years. In this sense, we have succeeded in changing the dynamic
that was at work when President Obama took office.
Three years ago, the Iranian leadership was largely united. Today, Tehran
is wracked with division. Three years ago, the international community
was divided on how to proceed. Today, we have forged an unprecedented
degree of unity with allies and partners that Iran must be held
accountable. Three years ago, it was uncertain whether additional
pressure could be brought to bear on Tehran. Today, the regime is subject
to the broadest and strongest sanctions it has ever faced, contributing to
the Iran's fundamental political and economic weaknesses.
Iran's leaders, and Iran's leaders alone, are responsible for the
predicament in which Tehran now finds itself. And Iran's leaders, and
Iran's leaders alone, have the power to choose a different course. The
onus is on Iran.
Tehran can choose a different direction. It has to seize the diplomatic
opportunities before it. It must cooperate fully with IAEA
investigators. It must comply with UN Security Council Resolutions, which
require Iran to suspend all enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water
related activities.
If Tehran does not change course, the pressure will continue to grow.
Working with allies and partners, we will continue to increase sanctions.
With our Gulf Cooperation Council partners, we will continue to build a
regional defense architecture that prevents Iran from threatening its
neighbors. We will continue to deepen Iran's isolation, regionally and
globally. And, again-even as the door to diplomacy remains open-we will
take no option off the table. For our focus and purpose are clear.
Pressure is a means not an end, and our policy is firm. We are determined
to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, as President Obama has said, we stand with the Iranian people
as they seek their universal rights. Iranians deserve a government that
puts their daily ambitions ahead of its nuclear ambitions. They deserve a
normal relationship with the rest of the world-including the United
States-where the Iranian people benefit from the trade and ties that come
from being integrated into the global economy.
Put simply, the Iranian people deserve a future worthy of their past as a
great civilization. And that day will come sooner when the regime in
Tehran abandons its reckless pursuit of a nuclear program that does
nothing for is people but which endangers the security of the world.
Thank you very much.
The White House . 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW . Washington DC 20500 .


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Yes, please do
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Eating frosted cookies sounds good to me too, lol.
Got my pic and papers.
Hi Amanda - Great to see you here. We have missed you around here.
Thanks so much, Cathy! I have been crazy busy. My husband and I are the new music ministers at a wonderful church in Fairview Heights, IL and the transition period has been a whirlwind. Christmas for a church musician is like tax season for an accountant.
I'm caught up - pics and papers!
Step 3.
use a few of your selected papers to create some layered mats beneath the photo.
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I can only imagine how crazy busy it is this time a year for a church musician.
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milwaukee brewers October 27th, 2010
What's the time? Rumor time. What's the time? Rumor time.
Despite not being known as a candidate by Tom Haudricourt until yesterday (and even then it's only because Ken Rosenthal told him) it is now rumored that Bobby Valentine will be the next manager of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Bobby Valentine, currently an ESPN analyst, has been managing since the 1980s, but is most famous for managing the Mets and his stint in Japan (they even made a movie about it). Bobby Valentine has never won his division in Major League Baseball, but he has managed to take two Wild Cards, lose a World Series and win a championship in Japan. So he's not completely incompetent. Still, his resume is far from impressive (his Mets teams predictably had large payrolls) but this has never stopped him from being the most popular managerial candidate for any managerial opening that comes up in any given season. Name a team and Bobby Valentine has been connected to it's managerial position.
At this point it's only a rumor. This time offered up by Bill Scott of the Wisconsin Radio Network (what is with these radio guys and unsubstantiated rumors?) who says that Bobby Valentine would be looking for a three year $10 million dollar contract. When reached for comment Jeff Suppan said "And I thought I was a ripoff." Seriously. THAT. IS. INSANE.
I'm on record as saying that I don't think managers make a big difference as far as game to game goes. It's important for them to manage the personalities in the clubhouse, but as far as game to game goes I don't think they do much of anything. Spending $10 million dollars on someone, money that could be better spent in the draft (where the Brewers pulled a Montgomery Burns last year) or on the team (where they need to find suitable replacements in always important underwhelming starter and past his prime closer positions), is ludicrous and I hope that they don't do it. I hope this rumor turns out to be just as false as the Bob Brenly one. Then we can write off Milwaukee radio as being just as stupid as Milwaukee newspaper. That'd be fun.
As for Valentine himself, he's probably a good manager. He'd probably do a good job. Just like anyone else he has his good qualities and his bad. Let's look at some.
- He claims to have invented the wrap sandwich, choosing to ignore thousands of years of Mexican eating habits.
- He once came back to the dugout wearing a fake mustache after being ejected. Fake mustaches, much like exposed cleavage, is always okay in my book.
- He actually thought this out loud on TV despite it making zero sense:
After a very well executed sacrifice bunt by Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster, Valentine spews out a pseudo-statistic, commenting that a pitcher who bunts well can improve his record by four games -- "changing a 8-8 record into 12-6".
Uhh, yeah. - Along with Tom Selleck, Brad Pitt and David Letterman; Valentine is a Sigma Chi.
- And then there is that whole Whartongate thing.
I don't think Bobby Valentine is the right guy for this team. He wants too much money, he loves media attention too much and he's shown a history to not get along with either his players or his management. Also, he wants ten million dollars.


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Routers and Switchers
Oct 11, 2012 2:03 PM, By Bennett Liles
The biggest challenge facing switchers and routers is the wide variety of digital and analog video formats being used. Manufacturers have noted that this trend will continue and have responded with switching systems that can be easily customized. Asymmetrical input/output capacity, automatic signal format recognition, and integral EDID management represent a few of the capabilities that today's routers include. The systems listed here are typical of the hardware brought to the task.
Altinex has provided a number of control options for the MX430-101 HDCP-compliant 8x8 HDMI matrix switcher including RS-232, optical or wired IR, and the front-panel buttons that can store and recall up to six snap-shot configurations. The unit regenerates and re-clocks output signals and can handle EDID automatically from the first recognized display, or allow the user to select a resolution from an internally stored table. The switcher supports HDMI V1.3 with deep color and audio formats including Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS HD Master Audio.
The latest switcher from AMX, the Enova DGX 32 Enclosure, can be fitted with any combination of input and output boards and features an integrated NetLinx controller, embedded Ethernet switch, and redundant power supplies. Paired with DXLink transmitters and receivers, the system can send analog and digital video, including HDMI/HDCP, on twisted-pair cables up to 100 meters long. The system uses SmartScale Technology to set the resolution to optimum for each connected display rather than the best one common to all. The DGX 32 Enclosure will pass Ethernet and stream IP video, and it fits in a 6RU chassis.
Format versatility is the hallmark of the Analog Way SMX200 Smart MatriX 12x2 scaled matrix switcher. The unit includes analog video inputs on 15-pin Sub-D, DVI, SD/HD-SDI, and computer formats up to 2K, while the outputs include computer 2K, DVI, and RGBHV. The switcher features quad scalers, and it can produce live transition effects for presentations and up to two PIPs on a still background on each output. It can also be set up with eight presets per output and a variety of remote control options.
The AT-HDDVI1616-AM 16x16 DVI and audio matrix switcher from Atlona is HDCP compliant and it has three remote control options including RS-232, IR, and LAN in addition to the front-panel buttons and LCD. It has nine programmable presets with independent audio and video routing capability, and non-volatile memory can save the EDID configuration seen on each input port. Switching is as fast as half a second, and there is support for resolutions up to 1920x1200 or 2Kx1K. The 4RU frame has a redundant power supply that can take over if the primary fails.
The card frame of the DXM3232 digital media card cage matrix system from Aurora Multimedia can be fitted with any combination of input and output cards including HDMI, DVI, HDSDI, VGA, Cat, and fiber. The 6RU chassis may be locally operated on the front-panel buttons and LCD screen or remote controlled via RS-232. It can fit a redundant power supply option for mission-critical applications. Nine preset routing configurations may be stored and recalled. Up to eight input and output cards may be selected, and each of these has four connection ports.
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Domata Gluten-Free Flour + Pizza Mix
- Overview
Gluten-free made easy. Domata founders David and Julie Madison created their all-natural line of flour substitutes to take the stress out of gluten-free cooking. Made in an entirely gluten-free facility in Minneapolis, the Recipe Ready Flour offers easy cup-for-cup measurement exchange while the Pizza Crust Mix needs just water and a bit of kneading.
- 20 oz.
- Gluten-free flour and pizza crust substitutes.
- Cup-for-cup measurement exchange lets you easily substitute Domata Recipe Ready Flour in any recipe.
- All natural. See Dimensions + Care for detailed ingredients.
- Manufactured in a gluten- and nut-free facility.
- Celiac Sprue Association Seal certified.
- Made in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Details + Dimensions
Overall product size: 20 oz.INGREDIENTS
- Recipe Ready Flour: rice flour, corn starch, tapioca dextrin, xanthan gum and rice extract.
- Pizza Crust Mix: rice flour, corn starch, tapioca dextrim, nonfat dry milk, whole egg, sugar, salt, xanthan gum, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch made from non-genetically modified corn and monocalcium phosphate), soybean oil and rice extract.
- Shipping + Return Info
Most purchases are shipped from our Distribution Center by UPS, to arrive in your home within 5-7 business days of order receipt.
Shipping Rates
The shipping rate varies depending on your order total and shipping options. View Shipping Rates and Options
Next Day Delivery
For an extra charge of $17.50 per address, we can arrange for rush delivery to most destinations.
Return Policy
We take great pride in the quality of our merchandise. If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase, you may return the item(s) within 30 days of receiving the order for a full refund of the merchandise cost. After 30 days, we will replace or refund your purchase against manufacturer's defects ONLY. Please note that we cannot accept returns on monogrammed/personalized items, special order upholstery items and special order rugs, one-of-a-kind rugs, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items, which are identified by a price ending in .99 or .97. Delivery fees are non-refundable. Returns of mattresses are subject to a $200 return shipping fee.
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Moderna Oxford_BK
Style H103727
Modern and tailored, this oxford style dress shoe has a stylish agenda that's sure to work with any wardrobe. Quality leather uppers with a hip and narrowed toe combine with breathable upper linings, sturdy cement construction and HPO2Flex™ cushioning technology. The durable rubber outsole keeps you moving.