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Martin, Missler, Ryan, Roepke Get Attica Wins; Mintz, Missler, Dussel, Keegan Earn Track TitlesBy Brian Liskai (Attica, OH) Brandon Martin dominated the 410 sprint feature at Attica Raceway Park on Kistler Racing Products Presents the Mark Keegan Classic Season Championship Night Saturday. The Attica native led all 30 laps to claim his third career feature at " Ohio 's Finest Racing" speed plant. Cole Duncan and Brandon Martin would bring the field to the green in the 30-lap 410 sprint feature, with Martin grabbing the lead over Phil Gressman, Mintz, Byron Reed and Duncan. After a lap was complete, Rob Chaney would bring out the caution. On the restart, Martin would pull away from Gressman who had his hands full with Mintz and Reed with Mike Linder, Duncan , Brian Smith and Jared Ridge in tow. Just as Martin was about ready to hit lapped traffic, the caution flew on lap six for a Stuart Brubaker spin. Again Martin would pull away when the green came out, with Gressman and Mintz battling for second. Mintz would take the runner-up spot on lap 10 just as the caution flew for Duane Zablocki spinning in turn two. Again with a clear track, Martin would pull away from Mintz as Gressman and Reed battled for third with Smith, Linder, Christopher Bell and Chris Andrews in tow. Reed would take third on lap 14 as the caution soon flew for Bell who spun off turn three. The cautions kept Martin out of lapped traffic, but on the ensuing restart, Mintz tried a slide job in turns one and two to get around Martin who drove back into the lead exiting turn two. Martin would catch lapped traffic by the 22nd lap, but Mintz could not close as he had his hands full with Reed while Gressman, Linder, Andrews, Smith, Chaney and Travis Philo were in pursuit. Martin would pull away the remaining eight laps for the win over Mintz, Reed, Gressman and Linder. Missler and Bores would bring the field to the green in the 25 lap late model feature, but before a lap could be completed Justin Chance brought out the caution. On the second try at the start, Missler would grab the point with Bores racing to his inside with Troy Cattarene, Ky Harper, John Mayes Jr. and Cody Scott in tow. Bores would drive into the lead on lap two as he and Missler would then race side-by-side with Harper right on their bumper. Missler would retake the lead on lap 11 with Bores racing to his inside while Harper, Garrett Krummert, Cattarene, Mayes and Scott gave pursuit. The caution would fly on lap 13 when Chester Fitch and Jeff McCoy got together. During the yellow, Bores would go pit side with mechanical woes. A lap and another caution, this one involving McCoy and Ken Hahn. On the restart, Krummert would blast around Harper for second. But, it seemed like no one could hold onto the runner-up spot, as Krummert spun on lap 17, moving Harper back to second with Cattarene, Mayes, Larry Kingseed and Scott in tow. The caution would fly for debris on the restart, and then after another lap was completed, the caution flew again. Then after lap 19 went in the books, Harper would bring out the caution, moving Kingseed into second. On the ensuing restart, the caution would fly again for debris, setting up a six lap dash to the finish. Missler would pull away from Kingseed who had his hands full with Cattarene with Scott and Krummert in pursuit. Missler would drive to the checkers over Kingseed, Cattarene, Scott and Krummert. In the 25-lap 305 sprint feature, Steve Rando and Ross Moore would bring the field to the green, but before a lap could be completed, Moore would spin in turn two. On the ensuing complete restart, Junior Felver would spin in turn one, collecting Seth Schneider, D.J. Foos and Dustin Stroup, with Foos going pit side with damage. The third time was the charm as Rando bolted into the lead with Nate Dussel, Tyler Gunn, Jess Stiger, Jordan Ryan and Jamie Miller in tow. After two laps were recorded, Stiger would spin, collecting Dan Hammond. On the restart, Dussel would drive under Rando to battle for the lead while Ryan had worked his way into third after a heated battle with Miller. Rando would drive the outer rim of the track to maintain the lead as Dussel continued to apply pressure as Miller moved into third on lap five. Ryan would regain third on lap seven with the caution flying for a Nate Reeser spin on lap eight. On the restart, Ryan would drive under Dussel for second and immediately applied pressure to Rando. Moore would spin on lap 12 to bring out the final caution of the event with the running order Rando, Ryan, Dussel, Miller, Dustin Dinan, Jimmy Colvin, Gunn and Paul Weaver. When the green came back out, Rando pulled away slightly from Ryan as Dussel ran comfortably in third. As the race went on, the fans could see Ryan's car come to life as he closed in on Rando lap after lap. With five to go, Ryan was running under Rando as they raced side-by-side for the lead with Dussel, Dinan, Weaver and Stroup in tow. As they raced into lapped traffic with just two laps to go, Ryan was able to take the lead. Ryan could not shake Rando though, and after taking the white flag, made hard contact with the infield tractor tire. Ryan was able to gather it back up and held the lead. The youngster would drive to his first career win over Rando, Dussel, Dinan and Weaver. Keith Sorg and Roepke would pace the field to the green in the 15-lap dirt truck feature, with Roepke taking command over Andy Keegan, Sorg , Kent Brewer, Dustin Keegan and Chuck Roelle. Brewer would take third on the second circuit when the caution flew for a John Ivy spin. After another lap was complete, the caution would fly for Brandon Stuckey. Roepke would pull away on the restart with Keegan comfortably in second while Roelle moved into third with Brewer, Art Ball, Dustin Keegan and Willie Keegan in pursuit. Josh Kiser would spin on lap six and after another lap was completed, Kiser would again spin. On each restart, Roepke was able to drive away from Keegan who now had his hands full with a challenge by Roelle. Roelle would take the runner-up spot on lap 11 as the final caution flew for a stalled Cory Ward. Roepke pulled away on the restart and drove to the win as Keegan rebounded to take second with Ball third and Roelle and Willie Keegan rounding out the top five. Attica Raceway Park will wrap up its 2012 season with the Attica Ambush Presented by the Baumann Auto Group on Saturday, Sept. 1 featuring the University of Northwestern Ohio All Star Circuit of Champions. For more information go to www.atticaracewaypark.com Attica Raceway Park - 8/25/2012 Kistler Racing Products Night O'Reilly Auto Parts 410 Sprints (29 Cars) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 12-Jarred Ridge[2] ; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[4] ; 3. 9X-Brandon Martin[6] ; 4. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[3] ; 5. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 6. 69-Scott Curren[7] ; 7. 73-Joe Armbruster[5] ; 8. 3F-Dean Kester[8] Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 29-Rob Chaney[1] ; 2. O-Chris Bell[2] ; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[4] ; 4. 16-Chris Andrews[7] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson [3] ; 6. 11N-Ed Neumeister[5] ; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[6] Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 2+-Brian Smith[1] ; 2. 22-Cole Duncan [3] ; 3. 14H-Todd Heller[2] ; 4. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[5] ; 5. W20-Greg Wilson [6] ; 6. 60-Jody Keegan[4] ; 7. 35-Stuart Brubaker[7] Heat 4 - Bell Racing Products (8 Laps - Top 4 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[1] ; 2. 53-Phil Gressman[3] ; 3. 3-Mike Linder[4] ; 4. 55-Brad Bowman[2] ; 5. 45L-Brian Lay[5] ; 6. 51-Roger Campbell [6] ; 7. 98-Robert Robenalt[7] B-Main - Computer Man Inc. (10 Laps - Top 6 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. W20-Greg Wilson [3] ; 2. 45L-Brian Lay[4] ; 3. 60-Jody Keegan[7] ; 4. 5T-Travis Philo[10] ; 5. 14-Chad Wilson [2] ; 6. 35-Stuart Brubaker[11] ; 7. 15H-Mitch Harble[1] ; 8. 11N-Ed Neumeister[6] ; 9. 51-Roger Campbell [8] ; 10. 73-Joe Armbruster[9] ; 11. 98-Robert Robenalt[12] ; 12. 69-Scott Curren[5] ; 13. 3F-Dean Kester[13] A-Main - (30 Laps) 1. 9X-Brandon Martin[2]; 2. O9-Craig Mintz[4]; 3. 5R-Byron Reed[6]; 4. 53-Phil Gressman[3]; 5. 3-Mike Linder[8]; 6. 16-Chris Andrews[14]; 7. 29-Rob Chaney[9]; 8. 2+-Brian Smith[7]; 9. 24H-Bryan Sebetto[12]; 10. 5T-Travis Philo[20]; 11. W20-Greg Wilson [17]; 12. 45L-Brian Lay[18]; 13. 60-Jody Keegan[19]; 14. 93-Sheldon Haudenschild[15]; 15. 35-Stuart Brubaker[22]; 16. 55-Brad Bowman[16]; 17. 14H-Todd Heller[11]; 18. 14-Chad Wilson [21]; 19. 22-Cole Duncan [1]; 20. 12-Jarred Ridge[5]; 21. O-Chris Bell[10]; 22. 9Z-Duane Zablocki[13] Hard Charger: 5T-Travis Philo[+10] Summit Racing Equipment Late Models (23 Cars) Fremont Fence 305 Sprints (26 Cars) Bob's Machine Shop Dirt Trucks (20 Trucks) [#]-Starting Position Heat 1 - Nitro Black Performance by Engine Pro (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. O1-Art Ball[5] ; 2. 3R-Chuck Roelle[6] ; 3. 33-Brian Arnold [2] ; 4. 8KB-Kent Brewer[7] ; 5. 99X-Gene Potridge[1] ; 6. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[4] Heat 2 - Summit Racing Equipment (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. D1-Dustin Keegan[1] ; 2. P51-Willie Keegan[2] ; 3. 33C-Kyle Cline[3] ; 4. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[6] ; 5. 4X-Brian Sorg[5] ; 6. 39-Dwight Waltermeier[7] ; 7. 9-Curt Inks[4] Heat 3 - Ultra Shield Race Products (8 Laps - Top 10 finishers transfer to the A-feature) 1. O-Andy Keegan[3] ; 2. 94-John Ivy[4] ; 3. 95-Keith Sorg[1] ; 4. 22J-Josh Kiser[2] A-Main - (15 Laps) 1. 88-Dan Roepke Jr.[2]; 2. O-Andy Keegan[4]; 3. O1-Art Ball[9]; 4. 3R-Chuck Roelle[5]; 5. P51-Willie Keegan[10]; 6. 8KB-Kent Brewer[6]; 7. 94-John Ivy[12]; 8. D1-Dustin Keegan[3]; 9. 33-Brian Arnold [8]; 10. 39-Dwight Waltermeier[16]; 11. 33C-Kyle Cline[11]; 12. 4X-Brian Sorg[14]; 13. 9-Curt Inks[17]; 14. 99X-Gene Potridge[13]; 15. 18W-Cory Ward[19]; 16. 95-Keith Sorg[1]; 17. 22J-Josh Kiser[7]; 18. 85S-Brandon Stuckey[15] Hard Charger: O1-Art Ball[+6] |
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This is off topic, but does anyone know why there are no logos in the banner info for certain channels? Destination America(286) and Sportsnet NY(639) are two examples. There are no logos int the banner, it just displays DES....and SNY......Glad to see TCMHD is coming. Waiting for HLN, H2, and DIY in HD also.
Most likely because the channels have not supplied the logo, or have not released the legal usage of said logo. The logo's are not owned by DirecTV, and DirecTV has to ask permission to use them. I would think most channels would give this permission, as it gives them a better recognition in the guide, but some might not have given this permission, or simply don't have a logo available in the format that DirecTV needs it in.

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02 October 2011
The collaborative Ginger Porter brewed by head brewer Stewart Main with RealAleGuide Simon & MrsRealAleGuide Mel is now available. As well as sending a polypin of the ale to Simon & Mel we also have it available at a few of our pubs:
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29 September 2011
A popular London pub has received an extensive makeover, courtesy of Shepherd Neame, Britain's oldest brewer.The Rugby Tavern has benefited from a £120,000 external and internal refurbishment, reinforcing the traditional appeal of this lively Clerkenwell pub.
22 September 2011
A Shepherd Neame pub is putting itself literally at the heart of the community by taking delivery of a potentially life-saving piece of equipment.The Highwayman in Horsmonden, near Tonbridge, now has a defibrillator, a machine to treat emergency heart conditions such as cardiac arrest, courtesy of South East Coast Ambulance Service (SEACamb).
21 September 2011
On Saturday I spent the evening at the Wye Hops Beer Festival, this is a new event run by Wye Heritage to commemorate hop development at Wye College. I was there to give a talk and tutored tasting as part of the day, which is always a great opportunity to discuss beers and peoples likes and dislikes as well as giving a taster of future developments.
19 September 2011
Last week we had Simon and Mel come to the brewery to tour, review beer and brew a Ginger Porter in the pilot brewery. Simon has been reviewing beers on YouTube for the last year and his wife Mel has recently joined in they are known as RealAleGuide and MrsRealAleGuide. Here you can see all the stages of brewing the ginger porter. Part 1: Arriving at the brewery


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Franchesca Cavallini, left, Jacque Hollander, center, and Rick Hawthorne, right. The Carson & Barnes Circus is scheduled to visit Palos Hills next week. | Photo courtesy Robbie Gunn
Updated: September 12, 2013 6:47AM
A traveling circus is scheduled to visit Palos Hills next week, but officials in the city, which is sponsoring the event, say a major misunderstanding is accompanying the peanuts and elephants.
City officials say that unbeknownst to them, the Carson & Barnes Circus has been billing the sixth annual event as a benefit for sexual abuse victims — complete with an informational booth from a major statewide support network for sexual assault victims and a display of T-shirts created by victims.
The benefit was the idea of an Illinois-based circus performer who once claimed in a federal lawsuit that soul music legend James Brown sexually assaulted her.
But the city isn't on board with the charity aspect of the performances, which are set for 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 and 20 at Sunny Creek Drive and Roberts Road.
"When I go with my grandkids to this, I want to leave all the troubles behind me and go and have fun for a couple of hours and see the magic of the circus," said Mary Jo Vincent, Palos Hills' resource and recreation department commissioner. "I support rape victims, and it's not right and it's a horrible thing to happen to anybody. But there is always a time and place for everything. All I booked was a circus."
Vincent said she was unaware that the Hugo, Okla.-based circus planned to turn the shows into charity events until she read about it in a newspaper ad. She said the city pays a few hundred dollars to sponsor the circus and is responsible for selling tickets — and the charity benefit was not part of the deal.
"If we were doing something where we sponsored military families under the stars, that would be fine, but I don't want you to take out an ad explaining the whole war," Vincent said. "People don't want to read about that. They want to read about the fun they will have at the circus."
As part of the circus' performances throughout Illinois, it will donate to the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Messages to that group, seeking comment, were not returned Friday.
The circus also will allow the coalition's local chapters to set up information booths outside the football-field-sized tent during its stops throughout the state. The chapters also will be allowed to display a line of T-shirts created by sexual assault victims, who often are encouraged to make T-shirts to express what enabled them to survive their ordeals.
"It's their story and it's their banner," Jacque Hollander, who tours with the circus, said. "The T-shirt line is one of the most moving and beautiful things people can see."
Hollander said it was her idea to use the circus to shed light on sexual abuse. She sued Brown for $106 million in federal court in Chicago in 2005, claiming he raped her at gunpoint in South Carolina in 1988. The case was dismissed, and she now is suing Brown's estate in South Carolina, claiming that she's a partner of his multimillion-dollar trust, the I Feel Good Trust.
Hollander started touring this year with the 77-year-old circus as a songwriter and music producer.
A newspaper ad for the Palos Hills event promises a vigil at the 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 show to honor all survivors and families who have experienced rape, missing loved ones or murder.
The performances, titled "Survivors Under the Stars," are scheduled in several Illinois towns in August and September, Hollander said, starting Wednesday and Thursday at Rockford Speedway.
Greg McKarns, the speedway's general manager, said he didn't know about the charity aspect of the circus performances either.
"As far as I know, there will be a circus with a tent and camel rides for the kids — that kind of thing," McKarns said.
Hollander said she spoke with Vincent on Thursday and was upset by their conversation. But Vincent said she just told Hollander that "everybody here would support her as an individual, but we can't support her as a city."
Palos Hills Mayor Gerald Bennett agreed, saying there's a time and place for everything.
"We don't let everybody and their brother in with their booths to try to solicit stuff," Bennett said. "It's a family festival, and people go there with their families and not to be solicited by whatever causes are out there."
Carson & Barnes Circus office manager Kristin Parra said the whole situation had been "blown out of proportion." She said she planned to call the city Monday to clear up the charity angle.
"It's my fault because I didn't communicate what I should have with our hosts," said Parra, whose family runs the circus. "I want to stress that our main goal and the goal of the Palos Hills Resources and Recreation Department is to bring families out for good old-fashioned entertainment under the big top."


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With a sexy twisted detail, nautical-chic stripe paneling and soft billowing fabric, this bebe maxi dress a hot summer must-own. Try yours with a pair of wedge sandals and an oversized tote.
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^ it's like that picture back in post #541
^ it's like that picture back in post #541
It's like stoking a fire
It's like adding spice to a recipe
It's like jerking off your sleeping boyfriend
We know all about baiting, don't we Pat?
This sounds about right.baiting
present participle of bait (Verb)
Deliberately annoy or taunt (someone): "the boys reveled in baiting him about his love of literature".
Torment (a trapped or restrained animal), esp. by allowing dogs to attack it.
Oh I see. When I first see that word I thought of fishing immediately, then I remembered this is a forum lol
Then I was like maybe it's somehow in a sexual context? Silly me
It can also be fishing, or sexual.
Anytime you throw out something enticing to try an catch something, it's "baiting".
It goes well with:
Cause (someone) to become hostile.
(of a substance) Act as an antagonist of (a substance or its action).
This is also a good one.taunting
present participle of taunt (Verb)
Provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks: "students began taunting her about her weight".
Reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way: "she had taunted him with going to another man".
I only played one Zelda game when I was 5 I think. Haven't' played any since. But if using video games for example, I can imagine it being used on Sqauresoft's Chocobo's dungeon where you ran out of a shop not paying for the items when you know the Doom/ Shopkeeper will chase after you. Right?
Actually, I do understand it. I was addressing his need to come here and 'share'. It wreaked of that usual cry-for-attention-I'm-not wanting-to-be -on-this-site -anymore-someone-tell-me-why-I-should-stay-passive-aggressive attitude that we've all seen many times from several members before him. Tomba had expressed the same sentiments in a roundabout way before. I just told him how I felt, and the comments he made before leaving didn't change that. I love him to death, and he's definitely great to have on this site...but I'm not rolling along with that.
When I get tired of JUB...you all will know. One day someone will think: hmmm...haven't seen Huntneo is ages! I don't feel the need to broadcast it.
In one of those rare moments where I'm being blunt and actually confessing something that may damage my reputation, I agree with you. I have said it before, probably too far back when I was a noob and most people didn't really interact with me, that I never understood the theatrics that accompany leaving JUB. I've been a member of many forum communities. When people are tired of them, they peter off without a word usually. Their accounts are still there, but you see they haven't logged in since x. This whole culture we have here of people coming to the foreground and talking about how the drama of JUB or whatever else is getting to them and they're thinking of self deleting, to me, always seemed melodramatic, like the digital version of a crying for help threat to commit suicide vicariously through avatar or something. If someone's unhappy here for whatever reason I totally understand them wanting to leave. I just never understood the whole publicity stunt of proclamations of thoughts of self-deletion leading up to doing or not-doing-it. When or if I get tired of JUB I'll likely just stop logging into it, or do it less and less over time and eventually disappear. Like 99% of people do at 99% of forums.
I'll confess that I'm pretty sure there's a new sockpuppet active on the forums, but I'm not sure I care enough to do anything but add him/her/it to my ignore list.
Hmmm, ok, I get where you're coming from there and can't really find fault with it.
At the same time, I like that he said it. The fact of the matter is that this place does have sort of an oppressively bleak feel to it, and the more people who point it out the better, IMO.
I confess I'm wondering what new username tomba is going to use.
There's bleakness anywhere if you're looking for it. Is there a lot of crap that goes on? Sure...but there are a lot of interesting people and subjects that are chattered about and a sense of community still even after all these years. I don't have to agree with or love everyone here to appreciate there still is a lot more worth coming back for than not.
unofficial official mini meet Friday- Saturday April 11-12, 2014
I saw Tombastep as a gentle soul. His love for animals especially impressed me. Did you all know that he worked with rescue animals?
I hope he comes back.
this is one of the few sites that i've been to that offers members the option to self delete. that is a privilege. that is unheard of for a site to give members the option to self delete. it's funny to see how much criticisms folks can come up about this site and this site is nowhere near as bad as folks are making it out to be. it's ridiculous. they should take the self delete option away because i think it's bullshit. this site is totally kick ass and all but this site is NOT that serious where that option needs to be around. if someone is tired of posting, all they simply have to do is not post, log off or to turn off the computer. it's NOT hard.
you know, sometimes, i think folks really don't need to self delete. this site is REALLY not that serious or for that matter, requires such an option to begin with. i think some of the members in here need to get a grip, get some discipline going on where they're like "i want to quit jub" as if it's a fucking part time job or something, come back down to earth and enjoy the place that jub is.
man, i don't care how annoyed, angry, upset and etc you get with this site. it says a whole lot if someone has to self delete. look @ jayden and jaysun. they didn't self delete. they just stopped coming. i give them props for doing that. you damn sure don't need to delete your screenname in order to stop coming. i refuse to believe that someone is that weak where they need to self delete because they let a message board really get to them like that. i would rather see someone have a meltdown like wanker, enchanted and just get banned instead. no offense to all you folks that self deleted but self deleting is some coward shit. it really is.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
Someone in this room has unintentionally given away his real name. I don't exactly know how to approach this, without further breaching his privacy.
^That approach would seem too confrontational to the individual in question.
I suppose I could speak in riddles.
The individual in question had a flash of intuition, and dropped me a comment. I gave him the information.
Case closed.
It's actually really common on Facebook. There, you're less likely to see " think I'm going to delete my account" (although you do see it from time to time) than you are to see "I have too many friends - I'm going to be whittling my friend list down in the next day or two."
Dear GOD, do I hate that.
First off, was there ever a more "first world problem" than "I have too many friends on Facebook"? And even if this were really some sort of issue, how hard is it to tick off some boxes to either hide posts in your feed, or just remove some friends? But no - it always turns into some sort of bad reality show. As if to say "I'm going to be shortening my friend list. Will you make the cut? Are you a good enough friend to me to remain on my list of friends?" And the kicker is - some people fall for this. After the axe falls, they say "Whew - I made it!" or "I'm glad we're still friends."
I always figure this is a person I don't want to be friends with in any event. So whenever somebody on Facebook says something along these lines, I post "Let me give you a head start" and defriend them. And here's the thing - they invariably send me a friend request within the next 24 hours, with a note saying "No, silly, not YOU!"
Oh man Lex, you should have been in my network during the last election. All anyone was talking about was their culling process. And not just me or people who are ordinarily super-political, but a lot of normal people who started updates with "I ordinarily never get into political stuff but.."
It was rather glorious, everyone removing bigots left and right.
they even do it on facebook too? facebook is evil. myspace too. all these social networks are fucking evil. smart phones are evil too. technology is fucking evil.
i'm not saying this to be funny or be silly BUT i swear technology is worse than money. it really brings out the worst in people.
one thing about the closet/you don't have to hurry/it will be bad tomorrow/so brother, don't you worry
Facebook isn't evil. It's a tool. Like a hammer or screwdriver. You can use a hammer to bash someone's skull in, or a screwdriver to stab someone in the eye. That just means you're not using the tool correctly.
Oddly, I didn't see much political bullshit during the election - it seems most of my conservative friends didn't think much of Romney. But now it's not truly a day unless I get at least three anti-gun-control posts, photos and memes.
Facebook is like Apple fanatics in reverse. All you ever hear from are the people who haaaaattteee it. Like you can never get mac people to stop talking about how wonderful Apple products are. It's not really that bad. I've said it before in some rant somewhere... but Facebook gives you SO MUCH control over who adds you, who sees you, who even KNOWS you're on facebook at all, who can read anything you post, etc., that when people say things like "omg I hate facebook it's so invasive", they are using it wrong, or lazily. You can even set it so that some friends or family can't see anything your other friends or family post or say on your facebook, ever.
To me it's a great way to keep tabs on people as they move around, change phone numbers or e-mail addresses and yet still be able to contact them without doing the old fashioned thing of having to try to call their mom or whatever and get their c urrent number. And a way to instantly send a message to one person or a lot of friends without having to dig through e-mail address books and hope they're all current.
There are people who get too invested with it or get into too much drama on it but that's 100% controllable and self-created.
I never found Tomba particularly annoying or fractious but certainly respect his choice to take a break if he isn't happy here on JUB.
The wise Borg suggested I google to find this 'bait' and 'jerk'
Facebook does have one central, devastating flaw, however.
A person with a good memory can remember names of one's friends, so if that person should ever turn on you, he could find your friends and do a lot of damage, even if you yourself have unfriended and blocked him.
I deleted my Facebook profile for this reason.
Apropos the Mac fans--I guess I could call myself atypical in that fashion. I loved the Mac products circa 2003, but I have developed a certain level of disillusionment with them.
I still think Macs provide the most integrated platform by far, but it no longer has complete immunity to virus-protection as it did. (MacDefender, etc.) Besides, I see it as becoming the same kind of behemoth that Windows was in the 1990s.
I use Linux nowadays for most of my computing.
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Confession: I believe I have found the perfect fried-chicken recipe.
It took years of experimenting.
I'm actually literally terrified to deep fry foods.
I'm convinced that I'm going to set my kitchen on fire and burn the house down.
But since you have complete control over who you add, the decision to add people you don't trust or don't know in real life and let them mingle with people you do is entirely up to you.
98% of everyone on my facebook are people I went to school with, worked with, or are related to. I don't know what kind of trouble any of them would start by trying to go behind my back and talk to my other friends, I don't add people like that.
I'm sorry Johann but I find that viewpoint a little paranoid. By the same logic we could say any of your real life friends, knowing who else you associate with, could backstab you.
Here is letting my emotions and JUB get the best of me once more. I have never been on here to seek attention, I never did anything on here overly outrageous to get people to focus on me. I never faked who I was, I never lied to get people to like me. I never drug anyone through an emotional roller coaster for my own amusement. So it is weird to me that people would see this as some sort of attention tactic when I could have very well made a thread to do that, but I didn't.
I made a post in a confessions thread because that is what you're supposed to do here make a confession that would have a repercussion on your "reputation." What this thread has turned into sometimes is people using the confession to judge others.
I thought I made my problem clear, when I stated that the problem lies with me as well not just JUB. But let me make it even clearer as to why I have a huge problem when it comes to taking breaks or finally deciding not to return to this site. It is literally the only Gay Community I have ever had. I met my boyfriend of 8 years on here and I figure if I can meet a guy like him on here this place has worth when there are other individuals on here who I respect. I have made friends on here and I have met people, talked to them on the phone, etc. These people helped me out a lot as much as they might not think it or know it, these are great friends.
People on here criticize people for making an "announcement" or "spectacle" of leaving when I hardly did that. I could have very well just made a thread but I did not. There are people on here who care about other members and when they just randomly self delete or are just gone they're wondering where said person is, there is a thread dedicated to people leaving. I figured that maybe a little bit of an explanation on here would suffice for the people who actually found worth in me or what I said, but apparently it does not look like that.
Take this for what it is or what you will. An explanation, attention seeking, or a means to criticize me when I'm not around to defend myself. I really don't care and wanted to get this off my chest for the people who actually give a shit about the things I've said on here.
Tombastep I always liked you but making antoher name to come back and rebut things said since you guested your original name hardly jives with "I really don't care."
That's not an attack on you, but it's an observation that you do care more than your post is claiming.
You have let your guard down a little bit too much.
I could abuse Facebook myself. I had a man at work who made fun of me to my face, you know--the wrist-flipping, etc. Let's call him Richard Roe.
Later on, I befriended an openly gay man. Let's call him James Doe.
James Doe confided in me that he and Richard Roe had had an affair. So our Richard Roe, who'd given me such a hard time about my own sexuality, was swallowing sperm at the local bathhouse. Hah!
I found Richard Roe's profile on Facebook--through James Doe's profile. Richard Roe's profile says that he's straight, Christian, and involved with a woman.
Do you have any idea how vicious I could have become? I could have dropped a nasty little note to his girlfriend,"Do you realize that your boyfriend's bisexual, and swallows cum at the local gay bathhouse?"
I could have done significant damage to his life.
At the end, however, I chose the high road, and have kept my mouth shut.But I could have destroyed him.
True story.
funny thing I found out recently... it seems like if you get a Facebook message from someone who's not your friend, it usually gets flagged as spam and dropped into a folder that most people don't even know exists.
I actually HAVE had somebody do this. They hit up my friends on Facebook (and back in the day, Myspace) and told them that I was bad news. That the only people who get anywhere professionally have to take a tumble on my "casting couch", if you will. (The story changes between "You have to suck Lex's cock to get anywhere with him" and "You have to let Lex suck your cock to get anywhere with him.") And that I've threatened to personally destroy anybody who not just tries to work against that, but who goes to anybody else for help.
My stock response was "I really wish the first part was true, because then roughly 300 people would owe me blowjobs. And I'm unclear how I'd be able to 'destroy' anybody, although you might find that me withholding said blowjobs would be pretty devastating." Everybody laughed, nobody took those comments seriously, and life went on.
I get that these things do happen, but in short my thoughts are:
a) You don't have to let anyone on Facebook mingle with anyone else you know on facebook. You can put friends in different categories so they don't even see each other's existence or posts on your profile.
b) This could just as easily happen in real life with anyone you know who knows other people you work with/interact with.
I guess what I'm saying is... facebook for most people is a collection of people they do know in real life. In fact for many users that's all they have on their facebook, and even then a whole lot of people won't add just anyone. You can set your entire friends list to be invisible. You can set your entire existence on facebook to be invisible and require a link from the owner to even find it.
Of course there's risk but there is, imho, no risk on there you're not aware of at the time you decide to add someone, and plenty of security options to limit the damage anyone you don't know or trust very well can do.
No, that's just it. I'm aware that it happens - as I said, it DID happen to me. But it could've happened just as easy in real life - Facebook just made it easier for them to find all sorts of people I interact with. But I don't think that's much of a reason not to use it. I handled this horrible issue with a two sentence paragraph, which took me about 60 seconds to draft and type. No big deal.
I've only done something to that extent once. This woman in a college study session was making fun of me for being gay and fucking one of her friends. I said right back in her face in front of the class: "how's the genital herpes X gave you?" She stormed out crying.
Some people just need to be knocked down a few pegs [or the entire ladder] to realize that they are not better than everyone else.
Yup. Really the way I feel about it is-- you can use it any way you want. I don't know why people feel like you "have to" let all sorts of people from every avenue of your life interact, or even let them all see your friends list. You don't. A lot of people don't add coworkers-- or don't add old school friends, or don't add family members, depending on how they use facebook and how they feel about privacy. And even if you add all three you can put them in separate categories so that none of them can interact or see each other.
I didn't mean to rant at such length about it, except that I think the paranoia about what it can be used for is predicated mostly on not fully understanding all the options that exist to be very very private-- to ridiculous degrees, if one wishes. But ultimately you can "not add" anyone you don't want to, and that alone should solve 90% of it.


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The Philistines consult how to send back the ark. (1-9) They bring it to Bethshemesh. (10-18) The people smitten for looking into the ark. (19-21)
Verses 1-9 Seven months the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; so long it was a plague to them, because they would not send it home sooner. Sinners lengthen out their own miseries by refusing to part with their sins. The Israelites made no effort to recover the ark. Alas! where shall we find concern for religion prevail above all other matters? In times of public calamity we fear for ourselves, for our families, and for our country; but who cares for the ark of God? We are favoured with the gospel, but it is treated with neglect or contempt. We need not wonder if it should be taken from us; to many persons this, though the heavies of calamities, would occasion no grief. There are multitudes whom any profession would please as well as that of Christianity. But there are those who value the house, the word, and the ministry of God above their richest possessions, who dread the loss of these blessings more than death. How willing bad men are to shift off their convictions, and when they are in trouble, to believe it is a chance that happens; and that the rod has no voice which they should hear or heed!
Verses 10-18 These two kine knew their owner, their great Owner, whom Hophin and Phinehas knew not. God's providence takes notice even of brute creatures, and serves its own purposes by them. When the reapers saw the ark, they rejoiced; their joy for that was greater than the joy of harvest. The return of the ark, and the revival of holy ordinances, after days of restraint and trouble, are matters of great joy.
Verses 19-21 It is a great affront to God, for vain men to pry into, and meddle with the secret things which belong not to them, De. 29:29 ; Col. 2:18 . Man was ruined by desiring forbidden knowledge. God will not suffer his ark to be profaned. Be not deceived, God is not mocked. Those that will not fear his goodness, and reverently use the tokens of his grace, shall be made to feel his justice. The number smitten is expressed in an unusual manner in the original, and it is probable that it means 1170. They desire to be rid of the ark. Foolish men run from one extreme to the other. They should rather have asked, How may we have peace with God, and recover his favor? ( micah 6:6 micah 6:7 ) . Thus, when the word of God works with terror on sinners' consciences, they, instead of taking the blame and shame to themselves, quarrel with the word, and put that from them. Many stifle their convictions, and put salvation away from them.
1 Samuel 6:1-9 . THE PHILISTINES COUNSEL HOW TO SEND BACK THE ARK.
1. the ark . . . was in the country of the Philistines seven months--Notwithstanding the calamities which its presence had brought on the country and the people, the Philistine lords were unwilling to relinquish such a prize, and tried every means to retain it with peace and safety, but in vain.
2, 3. the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners--The designed restoration of the ark was not, it seems, universally approved of, and many doubts were expressed whether the prevailing pestilence was really a judgment of Heaven. The priests and diviners united all parties by recommending a course which would enable them easily to discriminate the true character of the calamities, and at the same time to propitiate the incensed Deity for any acts of disrespect which might have been shown to His ark.
4. Five golden emerods--Votive or thank offerings were commonly made by the heathen in prayer for, or gratitude after, deliverance from lingering or dangerous disorders, in the form of metallic (generally silver) models or images of the diseased parts of the body. This is common still in Roman Catholic countries, as well as in the temples of the Hindus and other modern heathen.
five golden mice--This animal is supposed by some to be the jerboa or jumping mouse of Syria and Egypt [BOCHART]; by others, to be the short-tailed field mouse, which often swarms in prodigious numbers and commits great ravages in the cultivated fields of Palestine.
5. give glory unto the God of Israel--By these propitiatory presents, the Philistines would acknowledge His power and make reparation for the injury done to His ark.
lighten his hand . . . from off your gods--Elohim for god.
6. Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts?--The memory of the appalling judgments that had been inflicted on Egypt was not yet obliterated. Whether preserved in written records, or in floating tradition, they were still fresh in the minds of men, and being extensively spread, were doubtless the means of diffusing the knowledge and fear of the true God.
7. make a new cart--Their object in making a new one for the purpose seems to have been not only for cleanliness and neatness, but from an impression that there would have been an impropriety in using one that had been applied to meaner or more common services. It appears to have been a covered wagon
two milch kine--Such untrained heifers, wanton and vagrant, would pursue no certain and regular path, like those accustomed to the yoke, and therefore were most unlikely of their own spontaneous motion to prosecute the direct road to the land of Israel.
bring their calves home from them--The strong natural affection of the dams might be supposed to stimulate their return homewards, rather than direct their steps in a foreign country.
8. take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart--This mode of carrying the sacred symbol was forbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignity excusable
put the jewels . . . in a coffer by the side thereof--The way of securing treasure in the East is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solid part of the furniture.
9-12. Beth-shemesh--that is, "house of the sun," now Ain Shems [ROBINSON], a city of priests in Judah, in the southeast border of Dan, lying in a beautiful and extensive valley. JOSEPHUS says they were set a-going near a place where the road divided into two--the one leading back to Ekron, where were their calves, and the other to Beth-shemesh. Their frequent lowings attested their ardent longing for their young, and at the same time the supernatural influence that controlled their movements in a contrary direction.
12. the lords of the Philistines went after them--to give their tribute of homage, to prevent imposture, and to obtain the most reliable evidence of the truth. The result of this journey tended to their own deeper humiliation, and the greater illustration of God's glory.
14. and they clave--that is, the Beth-shemites, in an irrepressible outburst of joy.
offered the kine--Though contrary to the requirements of the law ( Leviticus 1:3 , 22:19 ), these animals might properly be offered, as consecrated by God Himself; and though not beside the tabernacle, there were many instances of sacrifices offered by prophets and holy men on extraordinary occasions in other places.
17, 18. And these are the golden emerods . . . and the mice--There were five representative images of the emerods, corresponding to the five principal cities of the Philistines. But the number of the golden mice must have been greater, for they were sent from the walled towns as well as the country villages.
18. unto the great stone of Abel--Abel, or Aben, means "stone," so that without resorting to italics, the reading should be, "the great stone."
19. he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark--In the ecstasy of delight at seeing the return of the ark, the Beth-shemesh reapers pried into it beneath the wagon cover; and instead of covering it up again, as a sacred utensil, they let it remain exposed to common inspection, wishing it to be seen, in order that all might enjoy the triumph of seeing the votive offerings presented to it, and gratify curiosity with the sight of the sacred shrine. This was the offense of those Israelites (Levites, as well as common people), who had treated the ark with less reverence than the Philistines themselves.
he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men--Beth-shemesh being only a village, this translation must be erroneous, and should be, "he smote fifty out of a thousand," being only fourteen hundred in all who indulged this curiosity. God, instead of decimating, according to an ancient usage, slew only a twentieth part; that is, according to JOSEPHUS, seventy out of fourteen hundred (see Numbers 4:18-22 ).
21. Kirjath-jearim--"the city of woods," also called Kirjath-baal ( Joshua 15:60 , 18:14 , 1 Chronicles 13:6 1 Chronicles 13:7 ). This was the nearest town to Beth-shemesh; and being a place of strength, it was a more fitting place for the residence of the ark. Beth-shemesh being in a low plain, and Kirjath-jearim on a hill, explains the message, "Come ye down, and fetch it up to you."


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Oh, those things are fine too. . .tho, frankly, they're only "yapping". Put your money where your mouth is, and they will notice. I think you're wrong that they won't be watching all the available financial metrics --including NHL CI cancellations-- quite closely. I do certainly intend to write Bettman as well when/if the league announces the lockout, telling him what I did (which will give more credibility to what I say I will do, about not re-upping if regular season games are cancelled) if the lockout goes into effect.


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April 29, 2014 -The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit opinion vacating CSAPR. EPA is reviewing the opinion.
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January 14, 2012 - A new Bulletins page has been added to the CSAPR site for updates on CSAPR and the continuing implementation of CAIR.
January 10, 2012 - EPA restored 2012 CAIR allowances to accounts. Additional allocations of 2012 allowances will be done as soon as the allocation files are submitted to EPA by the states
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See also:
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- Notice of Data Availability (NODA) -- 2010 CAIR FIP Ozone Season New Unit Set-aside
- Table of Ozone Season NOx Emissions, Heat Input: 2008 vs. 2009 (Excel, 72 KB)
- Notice of Data Availability (NODA) -- CAIR FIP CSP Allocations
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- Reports and Analyses
- Additional Resources
- Notice of Data Availability (NODA) -- NOx CAIR FIP Allocations
- Part 75 Certification Administrative Processes for CAIR NOx Units (PDF 6 pp. 146 KB)
- Questions and Answers Concerning Non-EGUs Transitioning from the NOx Budget Trading Program to the CAIR NOx Program (PDF 3 pp. 18 KB)
- Monitor Certification Procedures for CAIR NOx Units (PDF 12 pp. 165 KB)
- EPA Rulemaking Actions on State's CAIR SIP Submissions
- CAIR Applicability Determinations
CAIR Background Information
States Covered by CAIR
Where to find more information:
Where You Live - Descriptions of the health and environmental benefits of the Clean Air Interstate Rule in each of the 27 states in the Eastern US and the District of Columbia.
Basic Information - Summary of the Clean Air Interstate Rule as well as a summary of the design of the program and the benefits it would provide.
Regulatory Actions - Links to proposed and final rules, fact sheets, and other rulemaking documents.
Charts and Tables - A collection of printable charts, tables, and graphics demonstrating the health and environmental benefits of the Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Technical Information - Technical support information and links to related information.
Older Announcements:
- December 23, 2008 - The D.C. Circuit remanded without vacature EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule. Read the court decision (PDF 4pp, 22k)
- December 23, 2008 - No public hearing was requested and none will be held for EPA's Rulemaking To Reaffirm the Promulgation of Revisions of the Acid Rain Program Rules.
- November 17, 2008 - The United States filed a reply in support of its petition for rehearing in the Clean Air Interstate Rule case. Read the Reply (PDF 10pp, 390k) | Attachment 1 (PDF 23pp, 137k) | Attachment 2 (PDF 12pp, 165k)
- September 24, 2008 - The United States filed a petition for rehearing in the Clean Air Interstate Rule case. Read the Petition (PDF 23pp, 1058k) | Declarations by Brian McLean and William Harnett (PDF 11pp, 454k)
- August 23, 2008 - Analysis of Potential Quick Fix Legislative Changes to Address Court Decision (PPT 12pp, 985k)
- July 29, 2008 - Brian Mclean's Testimony for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: EPA's preliminary assessment of the potential affect of the recent DC Circuit Court Decision on CAIR and EPA's programs (PDF, 15 pp. 57 KB) | Supplemental Attachments (PDF, 5 pp. 877 KB)
- July 11, 2008 - The D.C. Circuit vacated EPA's Clean Air Interstate Rule. EPA is reviewing the Court's decisions and evaluating its impacts. Read the Court's Opinion (PDF) (60pp, 221k)


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Brewers fan of the day: No ticket = nap time
Fans May 7th, 2009
This was posted on our facebook page by a fan and we thought we'd share it here today.
photo taken from inside the stadium of a MPD that never made it into the game. Stayed just like that for innings 1-7. I guess everyone appreciates the 7th inning stretch.
A friend of the poster said that they actually stayed that way until the 9th. Awesome.
I think we all know how we feel about this sort of thing around here: save your blacking out for after the game. That being said: hilarious.


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Palestinian leadership reviewing all agreements with Israel - official
Excerpt of report by London-based independent newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi
website on 4 November
[Report from Ramallah by Walid Awad: "Wasil Abu-Yusuf tells Al-Quds
al-Arabi we have agreed to review all the contractual agreements to which
the PNA is committed pertaining to the situation with the occupation
Wasil Abu-Yusuf, member of the PLO Executive Committee and of the
political committee discussing the Palestinian moves in the United
Nations, has told Al-Quds al-Arabi that the Palestinian leadership is
reviewing all the agreements signed with Israel in view of the fact that
Israel has reneged on all these agreements, continues its settlement
construction activities, and denies Palestinian rights.
Abu-Yusuf added: "President Mahmud Abbas is talking about building a fresh
Palestinian strategy based on dissociation from the unfair agreements that
shackle the [Palestinian] National Authority [PNA]."
He went on to say that the Palestinians are now working on "seeking Arab,
Muslim, and world support to dissociate themselves from these unfair
agreements and to strengthen the PNA's role to liberate the Palestinian
people rather than only rendering services".
During a meeting of the Fatah Revolutionary Council last week, Palestinian
President Mahmud Abbas announced that he will make a firm decision if
Israel continues its settlement construction activities on the ground and
if the Quartet cannot pressure Israel to return to the negotiating table
based on the points of reference agreed upon and based on the
establishment of a Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 borders. It is
worth noting that on Tuesday, Israel endorsed a number of decisions that
it described as "punitive" against the PNA. These measures include
building more than 2,000 settlement units, freezing the transfer of tax
funds owed to the PNA, and revoking the "VIP" identity cards held by
senior PNA officials.
Abu-Yusuf told Al-Quds al-Arabi that the Palestinians are debating the
necessity of reviewing the agreements signed with Israel that seek to keep
the PNA as a self-rule authority with limited powers. He added this is a
situation that the Palestinian side rejects and is seeking to strengthen
the PNA's role to transfer the Palestinian people from occupation to
liberation rather than just offering services. Abu-Yusuf went on to say:
"It is high time to discuss this basic and principal topic; namely, the
PNA and how it can upgrade its functions to consolidate Palestinian
steadfastness in order to confront the challenges and dangers posed by the
occupation. The Palestinians are primarily debating the unfair economic or
security agreements that shackle the PNA".
Abu-Yusuf pointed out that the Israeli government's recent decision to
stop the transfer of Palestinian financial revenues owed to the PNA means
Israel's disregard of the economic Paris agreement signed by Israel and
the PNA. He emphasized that if one side reneges on the articles of an
agreement, such an agreement should be reviewed fully.
He said: "We should review and reconsider all the agreements that are
unjust to the Palestinian people and that had been concluded with Israel
that has not abided by these agreements".
In a reference to the Oslo agreement and all the agreements stemming from
it, Abu-Yusuf added: "We agreed to review all the contractual agreements
to which the PNA is committed regarding the situation with the occupation
government". He went on to say that the voices calling for the civic
rights of the Palestinians in a dual-nationality state in historic
Palestine are individual voices in light of the Palestinian consensus
calling for a Palestinian state on the borders of the territories occupied
in 1967 and in light of the fact that the international community is
convinced of this demand. [Passage omitted]
Abu-Yusuf said that it is unlikely for the PLA headed by Abbas to dissolve
the PNA. He added: "Not a single Palestinian official has so far mentioned
the dissolution of the PNA because it is the fruit of the Palestinian
people's struggle and one of the arms of the PLO. We are talking about how
the PNA will perform its role and upgrade it from confronting the dangers
posed by the occupation, especially the Netanyahu government, protecting
the Palestinian citizen on the ground, and how it can upgrade its actions
to establish the Palestinian state. This talk among Palestinian circles
about dissolving the PNA is unlikely".
Abu-Yusuf pointed out that the Palestinians are taking actions on the
international level to confront Israel and the US Administration by going
to all the international organizations, like UNESCO, and seeking full
Palestinian membership. Abu-Yusuf added: "Efforts are being exerted now to
go to all the 16 United Nations organizations and agencies. We will start
with WHO where consultations are under way requesting Palestinian
membership" in light of the US pressures opposed to these Palestinian
moves and Washington's threat to veto the request for full membership for
the state of Palestine in the United Nations that is being reviewed in the
Security Council.
Abu-Yusuf went on to tell Al-Quds al-Arabi that the Palestinian leadership
does not have a specific scenario for the step that the Palestinians may
take after submitting the request for full membership to the Security
Council. He pointed out that the political horizon is closed regarding
negotiations with Israel. Abu-TYusuf emphasized that the application for
full membership for the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders and the
submission of this application to the UN Security Council is a major
crossroads for the Palestinians in light of the failure of the
negotiations with Israel.
Abu-Yusuf added: "The Palestinian leadership insists on going to all the
components and mechanisms of the international community that ensure
Palestinian successes in all the international organizations. The fact is
that so far, we have not set alternate scenarios to what happens after the
Security Council and a potential American veto. We are now clinging to the
Security Council. The Palestinian leadership will meet after the UNSC vote
on membership to discuss the next Palestinian step. No one is now setting
any alternate scenarios to the Security Council. The principal mission now
is the Security Council". He said that the UNSC member states are asked to
give their final stands on the Palestinian request by 11 November.
Abu-Yusuf said that the Americans are trying to postpone the voting on the
Palestinian request for the beginning of next year when there will be
other non-permanent member states in the Security Council that would help
Washington to reject the Palestinian application without having to resort
to the veto. Abu-Yusuf said that as the Palestinian leadership is studying
the possible dissociation from the unjust agreements that were signed with
Israel, it is pushing for domestic reconciliation to confront the Israeli
and American threats that are obstructing the Palestinian path to
liberation from the occupation. He pointed out that agreement has been
reached to hold a meeting in the near future between Abbas and Khalid
Mish'al, the chief of the Hamas Political Bureau. However, he added, a
final date has not yet been set. This meeting will most likely take place
after the blessed Id al-Adha, he said.
Source: Al-Quds al-Arabi website, London, in Arabic 4 Nov 11
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Subject: G3* - PNA/ISRAEL - 11/5 - Palestinian official says PNA to review
own functions, relations with Israel
think about reports of new intifadah and dissolving PA
Palestinian official says PNA to review own functions, relations with
Text of report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat
website on 5 November
[Unattributed report: "Ashtayyih: New Palestinian strategy to break fait
accompli imposted by Israel at both the field and negotiations levels,
after 11 November 2011"]
At the instructions of President Mahmud Abbas (Abu-Mazin), the
Palestinian [National] Authority [PNA] is drawing up a new strategy for
the post-11 November stage, which is the date when the experts committee
presents its report to the UN Security Council on Palestine's permanent
membership of the United Nations.
Despite the fact that the details of this strategy are not yet revealed,
Palestinian officials say that it aims at breaking the fait accompli
imposed by Israel on the Palestinians at both the field and political
levels. This will have grave consequences, as Palestinian Presidency
Spokesman Nabil Abu-Rudaynah, contrary to his habits, threatened that it
will lead to grave and destructive results for the region as a whole.
Despite the fact that the details of this new strategy have not been
revealed, it is said that it will take into consideration all the
domestic, regional, and international variables, and that it will be
based on the probability of the collapse of the PNA (which is a large
probability), (and not on dissolving the PNA as some people say).
This, as a Palestinian official has said to Al-Sharq al-Awsat, is in
itself sufficient to have unprecedented consequences. At the domestic
and regional levels, for instance the collapse of the Oslo Accord, might
lead in its turn to the collapse of peace treaties with other Arab
countries, and arouse a state of chaos, not only on the Palestinian
territories, but also in the entire Arab region in the light of the Arab
spring, which still is active.
As for Muhammad Ashtayyih, member of Fatah Central Committee and one of
the people close to President Abu-Mazin, after stressing that the PNA
will not dissolve itself, he says that one of the most important pillar
of this strategy is that the PNA will reformulate its duties, or rather
its duty, after the Israeli occupation has emptied it of its contents.
Ashtayyih explains by saying: "Rather than the PNA being an interim
stage that ends up with an independent Palestinian State, it has become
a mere large municipality in the West Bank that provides services, from
electricity, to water, and other services."
The PNA, according to Ashtayyih, will re-establish its relations with
Israel in a number of fields.
The second pillar of this strategy is the reconciliation with Hamas
movement. According to Ashtayyih, this reconciliation is a principal
constituent of the new strategy. On the basis of this, President
Abu-Mazin will meet during the next few days Khalid Mish'al, head of
Hamas Political Bureau, in order to reach a political understanding.
Ashtayyih explains to Al-Sharq al-Awsat the conviction reached by the
Palestinian side through nearly 20 years of negotiations; he says: "The
Israeli side all along this period has tricked us in the sense that we
have gone into a negotiations political course, a course that
undoubtedly has produced the PNA as an interim authority. This authority
was supposed to transfer us from an interim authority into an
independent state on 4 May 1999. Since that date the negotiations
practically have been marking time."
Ashtayyih adds: "Under the umbrella of the negotiations, the number of
settlers has increased from 92,000 at the time of Madrid peace
conference in 1991 to 600,000 in 2011. On another track, the leadership
of the PLO, which is responsible for the negotiations and the political
dossier, has tried relentlessly to put an end to this occupation through
the negotiations course, but Israel has reached the conviction that
whatever it does we will "sulk" a bit, and halt the negotiations, but
then we will go back to the negotiations. Therefore, Israel has worked
in two directions; the first is an intensive settlement programme whose
principal function is to destroy any scope of establishing a viable
independent Palestinian state in the West Bank; this settlement
programme also includes Jerusalem."
Ashtayyih continues: "In the light of our understanding of this reality,
we have taken into consideration the interim Arab situation that will
continue for the next four or five years, be it in Tunisia, Egypt,
Libya, or Syria. I mean that the stability in the region needs between
four and five years. This is in addition to the economic crisis in
Europe, which will have major political reflection, and hence will bring
in societies with right-wing leaderships more than rational centrist
leaderships that view Palestine from the angle of decolonization and
justice, but that view it from an ideological angle, some of it is
biblical, and some of it a right-wing political. These two cases are
coupled with the erosion of the ability of US President Barack Obama to
influence the course of events in the region as a result of his
preoccupation with his domestic economic crisis, his attempt to be
re-elected, and his arm being twisted by Israel through the US Congress.
"All the above has instigated us to break the fait accompli on the
negotiations table by going to the UN Security Council in pursuit of
full membership for the State of Palestine, and hence become liberated
from the crisis at the negotiations table. The negotiations table has
not been able to do anything to end the occupation as a result of the
inability of the third party, be it the International Quartet, the
United States, Europe, or even the Arabs; the most that this table can
bring in is more settlement activities."
As for the second track, Ashtayyih says, it is related to the fait
accompli on the ground. "After we have broken the fait accompli at the
negotiations table, the fait accompli on the ground is that Israel
militarily and administratively completely controls 62 per cent of the
West Bank, which is called Zone C. Second, the number of Palestinians in
this zone does not exceed 5 per cent, while the number of the settlers
is three times the number of Palestinians [sentence as published.]
Third, Israel has closed completely the city of Jerusalem, and has an
intensive settlement programme for Judaizing it completely. Fourth,
Israel has isolated Gaza Strip completely from the West Bank. Fifth,
Israel has divided the city of Hebron into H1 and H2, and there is no
Palestinian sovereignty whatsoever on H2 Zone. Add to this that Israel
has closed the region of Jordan Rift Valley [Ghur al-Urdun], which
represented 18 per cent of the area of the West Bank; in this region
7,0! 00 settlers reside, and they produce some 4 million dollars of
goods and services, while the region is closed against any Palestinian
investment. On the other hand, the PNA is under siege in Zone A, which
represents only 18 per cent of the West Bank. In its siege, Israel has
turned the PNA from a bridge into the independent state into a big
municipality that offers day-to-day services, such as electricity,
water, roads, and other services."
Ashtayyih considers that these measures, and what has resulted from them
has emptied the PNA from its content, and turned it into an
administrative and service authority for the population (old Israeli
plan presented by former Israeli Foreign Minister Yig'al Allon,
1974-1977, which was Palestinian autonomy for the population, but not
over the land), while at the same time stripping off its natural
resources, removing its borders, stripping it of any sovereignty over
Zone A, not to mention Zones B and C. The West Bank according to the
Oslo Accord has been divided into three zones: Zone A, which is under
the security and administrative authority of the PNA; Zone B, which is
administratively under the PNA, but in security is under Israel; and
Zone C, which is security and administratively under Israel."
Ashtayyih adds: "The relationship between the PNA and Israel is
represented by four principal pivots. The first is the political pivot,
which is blocked at the negotiations table. The second is the security
pivot, which is related to the security aspects, and which is proceeding
perfectly. Here, we are working in security in order to protect the
security of our people, and consequently Israel benefits. Thus, we are
paying in the security dossier, but we do not receive anything in
exchange in the political dossier."
"The third pivot is the economic one. This is a one-way road, as Israel
exports to us goods worth 4 billion dollars, while the value of what we
export to it does not exceed 300-350 million dollars." "The fourth pivot
is the services. Israel provide us with some 95 per cent of our
electricity, steals our groundwater and sells it to us, and does not
allow us to consume more than 70 cubic meters of water per person per
annum, while every settler is allowed 450 cubic meters."
According to Ashtayyih, "The situation under which we live motivates the
Palestinian leadership to review the function of the PNA and its
relationship with Israel in the various aforementioned aspects. This
means that Israel has killed the possibility of developing the function
of the PNA, as we wanted it to be a vehicle for the national project for
independence, and transformed it into a services municipality. All this
talk comes within the context of the fact that the Israeli occupation is
not costly from the following angles: First, Israel does not receive the
remains of soldiers in body bags, because we have adopted a negotiating
political course and peaceful popular resistance. Second, there are no
demonstrations in Tel Aviv and the other Israeli cities demanding an end
of the occupation, which means that the Israeli people do not feel the
pains and suffering of the Palestinian people. Third, there is no
international pressure on Israel to end the occupat! ion, be it from the
United States, Europe, or even the Arabs.
Not only this, but also the Israeli occupation achieves profits at the
economic, financial, and political levels. For instance, Israel takes
our land free of charge. Israel steals our history and falsifies it in
Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, and Nablus, and sells it as part of the
Jewish biblical history. Israel brings four million tourists to the Holy
Land, and sells them a falsified history. Israel uses the Palestinian
territories as a waste dumping ground, including the solid and
industrial waste. Israel steals 600 million square meters of the West
Bank and Gaza water, out of a total of 800 million square meters of the
water balance of the Palestinian territories. Fifth, Israel confiscates
our land free of charge, and gives it to private investment companies to
build houses for the settlers."
Ashtayyih concludes by saying that the Palestinian leadership, at the
instructions of Abu-Mazin, is studying "where do we go after 11 November
2011, the date on which the experts committee will present its report to
the UN Security Council." Ashtayyih continues: "Now, we are at a new
strategic turning point, whose aim is to break the fait accompli imposed
on us by Israel at the field and at the political levels."
Source: Al-Sharq al-Awsat website, London, in Arabic 5 Nov 11
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