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"Game Over" for Gaddafi?
June 30, 2011 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Nick Carey and Adam Gray-Block
Stockpiles of ordnance inside a Gaddafi ammunition bunker which is now controlled by rebel fighters are seen approximately 40 kms (25 miles) southeast of Zintan June 29, 2011. REUTERS/Anis Mili |
(Reuters) – Libya's Muammar Gaddafi could fall within two to three months, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Tuesday, as rebels sought to build on a gradual advance toward Tripoli.
The ICQ's Luis Moreno-O campo, who on Monday announced an arrest warrant for Gaddafi on charges of crimes against humanity, is the latest international official to say the Libyan leader would soon capitulate to a NATO-backed revolt.
"It is a matter of time … Gaddafi will face charges," Moreno-O campo told reporters in The Hague, where the warrants were approved for Gaddafi, his son Said al-Islam and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
He added: "I don't think we will have to wait for long…In two or three months it is game over."
The Libyan administration rejects the authority of the ICC and has denied targeting civilians, saying it has acted against armed criminal gangs and al Qaeda militants.
While there is little chance of Gaddafi being arrested if he remains in power, his foes have seized on the warrant to justify the three-month NATO bombing campaign and to try and bolster world opinion in support of the operation.
In Washington, a U.S. Senate panel backed a resolution to formally authorize continued U. s. participation in the NATO-led operation. Senators on the panel rebuked President Barrack Obama for not having sought congressional approval in the first place.
In comments that appeared to make any political settlement even less likely, rebels said after talks in Paris that even indirect contacts with Gaddafi were now excluded — hardening a line that until now acknowledged talks through intermediaries.
"I don't think there is any place for direct or indirect contact with Gaddafi," Mahout Sham, a spokesman for the National Transitional Council (NTSC) said after meetings with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
In its eastern stronghold of Benghazi, the NTSC hosted the foreign minister of Bulgaria, whose country along with Romania brought to at least 22 the number of states which recognize the NTSC as representatives of the Libyan people.
Rebels Closer to Tripoli
The rebellion against Gaddafi has made only slow progress since Western countries began bombing three months ago, but rebels say they are finally advancing closer to Tripoli.
Rebels based in the Western Mountains region southwest of the capital made their biggest breakthrough in weeks on Sunday to reach the town of Birr al-Ghanam, where they are now fighting pro- Gaddafi forces for control, their spokesman said.
The move took them 30 km (18 miles) north of their previous position and closer to Tripoli, Gaddafi's main power base.
A rebel spokesman said there had been further fighting on Monday. "Fighting broke out yesterday evening in Birr Ay and Birr al-Ghanem. The (government) brigades used Grad rockets. The fighting stopped later after strikes by NATO," he said.
A Reuters photographer said rebels tried to salvage weapons from a pro- Gaddafi arms depot some 20 km (13 miles) southeast of the nearby town of Zintan after it had been bombed by NATO, but they were prevented as fire broke out across the entire depot.
Elsewhere, rebels in Misrata said Gaddafi's forces struck at the Mediterranean coastal city some 200 km (125 miles) east of Tripoli overnight. Rebels said they blew up a vehicle laden with arms belonging to Gaddafi's forces in nearby Zlitan on Tuesday but were downbeat on the prospect of any imminent advances.
"Given our limited means, I don't see how we are going to make major gains," a rebel spokesman called Abdelsalam said.
The revolt has turned into the bloodiest of the Arab Spring uprisings against autocratic rulers across the Middle East, becoming a full-blown civil war with control of the country divided between the rebels and Gaddafi's government.
In London, a British minister told reporters a team planning for a post-conflict Libya had recommended Gaddafi's security forces be left largely intact after any rebel victory, avoiding an error made after the Iraq war.
"One of the first things that should happen once Tripoli falls is that someone should get on the phone to the former Tripoli chief of police and tell him he's got a job and he needs to ensure the safety and security of the people of Tripoli," said International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.
The report of the UK-led team is to be presented at the next meeting of an international contact group on Libya on July 15.
"NATO Fig Leaf"
Reporters were taken on Tuesday by Libyan government minders to the town of Bain Wailed, a tribal stronghold about 150 km (90 miles) southeast of Tripoli to attend a pro- Gaddafi rally.
"We are here to show that all Libyan people love Gaddafi," said schoolteacher Halo Aimed, 20, one of 200 mostly female supporters, some of whom fired machine guns in the air, while two carried unloaded rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Bain Wailed is home to the Walhalla, Libya's biggest tribe, which originally announced its opposition to Gaddafi when the uprising began in February. The tribe's revolt was quickly suppressed by forces loyal to Gaddafi.
The launch of a third war in a Muslim country has divided U. s. public opinion while tens of thousands of troops are still deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. U. s. forces took the lead in the air campaign's initial days, but quickly turned command over to NATO, with most bombing carried out by Britain and France.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed a resolution formally authorizing U. s. participation in the operation but banning the introduction of U.S. troops on the ground.
Senators said Obama should have sought approval in Congress earlier. U. s. State Department legal adviser Harold Kohl said no authorization was needed because the U. s. role was too limited to be considered "hostilities" under the War Powers Resolution, which requires presidents to seek approval for military action.
Senator Jim Webb, a Democrat and former U. s. Navy secretary, said any operation that lasts for months and costs billions could be defined as hostilities "even under the NATO fig leaf."
(Additional reporting by Maria Gorgonian in Benghazi, Michael Martian in Beijing, Susan Cornell in Washington, John Irish in Paris, Joseph Nash in Berlin, David Brainstorm in Brussels and Hasid Auld Aimed in Algiers; Writing by Mark John; Editing by Peter Graff)
Obama to Hold Global Summit if Latest Middle East Talks Fail
May 6, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Catrina Stewart in Jerusalem
Barack Obama could call a world summit by the end of the year to pave the way for a Palestinian state should hoped-for peace talks bring no breakthrough in coming months.
The US President is understood to have informed European leaders of his plan to break an Israeli-Palestinian deadlock if negotiations have not borne fruit by September or October, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz cited unidentified Israeli officials as saying.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yesterday told reporters that special envoy George Mitchell would be returning to the Middle East next week, when she said that proximity talks – the first since peace talks stalled in January 2008 – would begin again. The planned return to the negotiating table was delayed last month after a row over Israeli plans to build new homes in East Jerusalem.
If those talks are again knocked off course, a broader summit will become more likely. The four members of the Middle East Quartet negotiating group – the US, the UN, the EU and Russia – would be expected to play a leading role in the summit to present a united front, the paper said. The summit would address core issues, including Jerusalem and final borders.
The bold move reflects Mr Obama's resolve to find a solution to the decades-old conflict that has eluded his predecessors and raises the possibility that Washington might seek to impose its own settlement on the parties, a prospect viewed with hostility by Israeli politicians.
Mr Obama has placed negotiations at the forefront of his political agenda while acknowledging that a continued stalemate threatens the US's own security interests.
After months of intense US diplomacy in the region, the indirect "proximity" talks represent the best chance of a breakthrough in the peace process.
While a final settlement has appeared tantalisingly close in the past, few Palestinians believe that a solution can be reached without outside help, and Israelis repeatedly insist they have no partner for peace.
"Leaving the peacemaking hostage to agreements between both sides is not a good idea," said Ghassan Khatib, a spokesman for the Palestinian Authority. "The international community has to play a larger role."
Earlier this month, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Mr Obama to impose a peace solution, a plea that will have worried Israeli officials, who insist that a negotiated solution between the two parties is the only way out of the impasse.
Mr Obama's efforts to bring both sides to talks have stalled over the critical issue of Jewish settlements in Arab-dominated East Jerusalem, which Israel captured and later annexed after the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestinians covet East Jerusalem as the future capital of an independent Palestinian state.
Mr Abbas backed out of talks in early March after Israel announced plans to build 1,600 Jewish homes in East Jerusalem during a visit by the US Vice-President Joe Biden. The resulting row plunged relations between Israel and the US, its closest ally, to their lowest point in recent memory.
A US State Department official declined to confirm back-up plans for a global summit, saying: "Peace must be made by the parties and cannot be imposed from the outside. Our focus remains on seeing the discussions that are under way lead to formal negotiations that will address all of the complex issues."
Is, or Was, the CIA Engaged Against Pakistan's ISI and Military?
September 17, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Sandra Johnson in Washington DC, Christina Palmer in New Delhi, Jamal Afghani in Kabul, Makhdoom Babar in Islamabad
The American CIA almost killed Musharraf. The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya's Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings here after the execution of his friend Mr. Bhutto. But this is the first time that the CIA is found directly involved in working against Pakistani interests. The U.S. spy organization is sponsoring the multibillion dollar Afghan drug trade, helped by the Indians. CIA's latest trash is a statement by a U.S. congresswoman and a book by a third-rate American journalist both aimed at discrediting the ISI in the eyes of its own people. The million dollar question is this: Why is CIA sponsoring the campaign to tarnish Pakistani image worldwide, from the nuclear scare to the breakup scare to the `terrorist' scare? The answer is astonishing.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Coffee and aspirin, aspirin and coffee. This is what the Chief of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt. General Ehsan-ul-Haque was repeating after he went through the news on the website of a U.S. newspaper in which a news report filed by a U.S. news agency claimed quoting "U.S. intelligence sources" that Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf survived the bomb attack on his motorcade because the President's limousine was equipped with state-of-the-art jamming devices.
The news appeared on Dec. 18, 2003, shortly after former President Musharraf's motorcade was attacked through a remote controlled device connected to a cell phone on a bridge in Rawalpindi.
"What the hell is this, we discussed this jamming device thing with them just a day before and they have leaked it to the media straight away? What are they up to? Are they helping us or al-Qaeda by telling them that President's car cannot be bombed through a remote device? Are they trying to guide these killers so that they go for a suicide attack next time?" Gen. Ehsan asked his aides, sitting there to discuss the issue.
And true to his prediction, after a gap some 15 to 20 days, Musharraf's motorcade was subjected to a high profile suicide attack on the same road a just a few yards away from the previous incident. However the Pakistani President survived again.
This has been the biggest dilemma of Pakistan's ISI ever since Islamabad decided to be an ally in America's global war on terror. Right from day one, Pakistan's Foreign Office and the ISI sleuths have been complaining about the constant leaking in the U.S. media by `U.S. intelligence sources' of intelligence reports and highly classified. The former President of the Islamic Republic, Pervez Musharraf, who was also the head of the country's army, conveyed these reservations about intelligence leakages many times to U.S. officials and made it very clear to the former U.S. President George W. Bush that Pakistan and particularly the ISI were not comfortable at all with such a state of affairs. The U.S. was told in clear terms that this menace of constant leakages of classified material to the U.S. media had become a very big hardship for the continuation of anti-terror operations.
Terrorism in nothing new to Pakistan, neither is its top security agency, the ISI, an alien to the operations of foreign intelligence services against Pakistan. Starting from 1960s, when neighboring India's counterpart of ISI, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), commonly know as RAW, started small- scale sabotage activities in border towns like Sialkot, Shakar Garh and parts of Balochistan, the ISI and other security agencies of Pakistan have been through a lot of encounters to prevent and counter anti-Pakistan sabotage activities by India's R&AW, former Soviet Union's KGB, former communist Afghanistan's Khaad, Iran's former Savak, Israel's Mosaad and even the Libyan MIF that carried out some sabotage operations after the hanging of the former Prime Mini ster of the country, Mr. Z. A. Bhutto, who was a very special friend of Libya's Gaddafi.
In sharp contrast, the ISI or the country's other security agencies never had a problem with the American CIA and in fact developed an amazing level of understanding and professional collaboration during the USSR's invasion of neighboring Afghanistan. It appears that suddenly, after the demise of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and with the growing influence of India's R&AW in Afghanistan, the CIA preferred to become hand in glove with R&AW in Afghanistan. Both R&AW and CIA are banking on the three trillion U.S. Dollars worth of drug money every year that is generated through heroin production and its subsequent sale across the world.
According to The Daily Mail's investigations, certain wings of both the R&AW and CIA generate millions of dollars by providing or arranging safe passages for drug traffickers of Afghanistan and India at many points across the world. They generate these funds to carry out certain unapproved operations. It was the Pakistani Army and ISI that unfolded some proofs of the same in this direction after which the CIA got extremely annoyed and finally opted to launch motivated campaigns against Pakistan's ISI and Pakistani Army with the generous collaboration of India's R&AW.
A former official of the UN office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) says that despite the fact that the cultivation of poppy crop across Afghanistan has risen dramatically after the Taliban era and=2 0dozens of heroin production factories have been established across the country, the CIA never showed any interest in recommending to the U.S. government to launch a crackdown on heroin factories across Afghanistan that feed and finance militants and warlords. The annoyance of CIA with Pakistani ISI and Army, according to some reports, peaked when an Indian defense official posted at the Indian Embassy in Kabul, who was a lynchpin between the Indian and Afghan drug operations, was killed in a suicide attack last year. The said Indian official was killed in an attack carried out, according to our investigations, by Afghan President's brother and the world's biggest heroin producer Izzat Ullah Wasifi after he developed doubts that the Indian officer was betraying him to America's DEA (Drugs Enforcement Agency). And despite leads in this direction, R&AW convinced the CIA that the Indian officer was killed by attackers sent by ISI.
The recent blitzkrieg on Pakistan Army and the ISI are clear gifts of CIA. In the first attack, the Chairperson of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Intelligence Diane Feinstein came up with a very ridiculous and rather childish `disclosure' that U.S. Drones, named Predators, were flying from certain ISI air bases within Pakistan and that the USAF or U.S. Army had nothing to do with this activity. "Even a child knows that these Predators fly from the U.S. base in Bagram in Afghanistan and there are no air bases owned by the ISI as ISI is an intelligence agency that relies on Pakista n Air Force and its bases for any air space or avionic support. Coming out with such a ridiculous statement and that too, publicly, by the head of the U.S. Senate Intelligence committee is very surprising", commented a senior defense analyst when contacted by The Daily Mail. He said this was nothing but a bid to generate feelings of hatred among Pakistanis against their own premier intelligence service, when the ISI is busy protecting the interests of the Pakistanis people.
In a second example, an ordinary U.S. journalist, working for the CIA-blessed U.S. daily The New York Times; named David E. Sanger, has come out with a book that can be described as nothing but a perfect piece of trash and a very mediocre work on intelligence. In the book, titled The Inheritance, Sanger claims, attributing to some highly classified files of the CIA and NSA that former Pakistani President Musharraf was playing a double game and making a double deal, on one side with America and on other side with the Taliban. This is not the start of the great Sanger-CIA trash but he claims a little down the road that the CIA had been bugging or tapping the telephones of top Pakistani Army Generals including the Chief of the Army Staff and head of the top spy agency, the ISI, and that during these tapped calls, it was revealed to the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) that top Generals of Pakistan were protecting the [Afghan] Taliban.
"This Sanger trash is nothing but a double bullshit with a cherry on top. First of all in the Pakistan Army establishment, the Generals and Commanders do not use the ordinary telephone lines or the cellular or satellite phones. The Armed forces have their own, secured and dedicated phone lines and most of the time, dedicated for person to person conversation and no one from the outside can, through any means, tape or bug these highly secured and sophisticated phone lines. Secondly, I must tell you that conversations of such a highly sensitive nature are never made on telephone lines anywhere in the world, a fact that makes this Sanger stuff a complete piece of trash and bullshit," said a former Chief of ISI, adding that in no intelligence set up across the world, such advanced warnings are issued to any ally, the way Sanger has narrated in his book while mentioning an advance warning by some ISI officials to Taliban before launching an attack on a school in tribal areas of the country, where Pakistani Army and the ISI are battling militants.
According to certain Western intelligence observers and media commentators, if for a minute it is assumed that Sanger's book was based on facts, this would raise alarming questions about the state of security and secrecy within CIA and NSA where a journalist like Sanger can lay his hands on information that supposedly cost the two organizations millions of dollars to attain and secure.
"In that case, the ISI's complaints and Islamabad's protests over the constant leakages of classified information to the media by U.S. intelligence authorities are one hundred percent accurate," says David Smith, a senior journalist at a Washington-based news organization. Diplomatic analysts and intelligence observers say that it was surprising to see how that whenever it has something against Pakistan, the first thing the CIA does is to reach out straight away to the journalists of New York Times, Washington Post or CNN. How come the reporters of these media organizations get easy access to highly classified CIA reports in no time?
Taking exceptional note of the Sanger trash, former President Pervez Musharraf, for the first time after he left the Presidency, appeared before the media and brushed aside all the accusations made in the Sanger-CIA trash. He clearly stated that if the Pakistan Army and the ISI were not sincere in the global anti terror war, then it was a big intelligence lapse on part the U.S. spymasters who could not detect this alleged duplicity earlier. He also snubbed Sanger for his baseless accusations but said he would not press charges against the American journalist because the said journalist was that important and such mischief is not unusual. But Musharraf was clear about one thing: That there is a motivated campaign against Pakistan Army and ISI by U.S. quarters. He said the military and the ISI are custodians of Pakistan's security and solidarity. He urged the Pakistani media to expose the hands behind this anti-ISI and anti-Pak Army campaign.
The Daily Mail is based in Islamabad and Beijing. Makhdoom Babar Sultan can be reached at macbaburAThotmail.com
"Healthcare, Yes or No?"
September 3, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Keith Ellison: Do We Want Health Care or Do We Not?
By Rep. Keith Ellison
So, my friends, what were we thinking? Did we really think that extending health care coverage to all Americans would be easy? Did we really believe that those who reap g'zillions of bucks from our 'health' (read: 'sick') care system were going to give it all up without a fight? Of course those who benefit from the status quo are attacking the Public Option. Of course they are falsely claiming that Medicare reimbursement for end-of-life discussions are "death panels". Of course they are disrupting town hall forums — some even carrying firearms. It's not an element of reform they oppose; it's reform itself.
The special interests and protectors of the status quo acted worse when America was on the brink of passing Civil Rights and Voting Rights legislation. They spread lies and fear when America was contemplating women's suffrage too.
Maybe it's us, and not opponents of reform, who have failed to grasp the magnitude of this moment. We are on the verge of bringing about health care reform 60 years in waiting. Yes, we're going to have to fight for it. I worry that a little rough stuff has discouraged some progressives. As Frederick Douglass famously said, "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will." It's easy to figure out who the "Power" is. The 10 largest health insurers took in $13 billion in 2007 with CEOs earning an average $12 million a year, according to Health Care for America Now.
I have been a little concerned about some Democratic leaders who appear to be dancing away from the Public Option. But momentary wavering in leadership has provoked expressions of clarity from the people. Sixty Progressives in Congress have roared back in favor of the Public Option declaring their unwavering support in a letter to the White House. Thousands of people are raising their voices for the Public Option around America. Everyone has someone in their family who has been hurt by not having health care, and now is the time to speak up for every denial for a pre-existing condition, every forgone procedure, and everyone facing bankruptcy due to medical debt.
We are relearning a valuable lesson, aren't we? The ones who want to conserve the status quo, sometimes known as Conservatives, will accept no compromises. Nothing. Jettisoning the public option won't bring forth a bipartisan bill.
I appreciate U.S. Senator Richard Shelby's candor. He recently said that defeating healthcare reform would benefit Republicans politically. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) told reporters on a recent conference call that he stands opposed even to health care co-ops. Rush Limbaugh had this to say: "These co-ops, like we're too stupid to know what that's all about," Limbaugh said. "Co-op? Why don't they just call them communes?" Sen. Jim DeMint famously said defeating healthcare would be Obama's "Waterloo."
So Good. No more wasting time. Now, we need a new message: Can you say "reconciliation"? With a reconciliation vote, you don't need 60 votes to pass a health care bill through the U.S. Senate, but rather a majority vote of 51. Given the intransigence of Conservatives, reformers must begin a drum beat for a reconciliation vote for health care.
We have the power to start that drum beat. Call your representatives every day. Post it on your Face book. Twitter for Healthcare. Bring it up in casual conversations. Talk to the clerk that sells you your groceries. Call your Mom. Call your Broker. Pray for the public option in church, synagogue, or Mosque.


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Women still lack voice and the ability to participate in decisions that impact them, their families, and their societies, and their economic opportunities remain very constrained. Addressing gender inequalities is not only the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, because inequality is costly. Studies show that gender progress benefits everyone, not just women and girls. Economies thrive, women, men, girls, and boys have access to equal opportunities, and communities prosper when women and men are equally empowered. Disparities in gender equality come with economic costs, shortchange the next generation, and lead to suboptimal institutions and policies.
To respond to these challenges, the Bank has structured its investments across these sectors to help countries eliminate persistent gender barriers to women accessing quality social services, entering the job market, and building resilience to shocks. This work builds on findings that have shown that gender equality benefits society as a whole. Gender equality is affected by the household decisions that women and men make in their daily lives, and the status of both women and men is shaped by the rules and norms imposed by a range of limitations. The Bank's strategies for education, health, social protection, and labor explicitly address gender equality.
Hundreds of Bank-supported activities around the globe have contributed to gender equality through investments in human development. There have been significant results across all three sectors at the country and global levels:
Improved education access and quality: In Punjab, Pakistan, home to 60 percent of the country's population, the Bank is helping expand access to quality education and promote better governance and accountability in the education system. Under the government's Bank-supported program, more than 400,000 eligible girls in the lowest literacy districts received targeted monthly stipends tied to school attendance; and the government supports approximately 2,000 low-cost private schools serving nearly a million low-income students. In the Sindh province, the Bank-supported project has helped increase the number of primary school pupils by 600,000 and raise the female-male enrollment ration from 61% to 76%.
Improved nutrition for women and children: Tajikistan faces high stunting rates, the result of under-nutrition, a condition exacerbated by the 2008 food price shock. To mitigate the risk of malnutrition, the Bank-supported community and basic health project provides food packages and micronutrient supplements to approximately 50,000 women, infants and children under age 5. By mid-2011, the project had trained 1,000 primary healthcare workers and 300 community volunteers to deliver education on breastfeeding, good nutrition and care of sick children to 1,000 pregnant woman, and micronutrient supplements and vitamins had been delivered to approximately 44,000 women and children.
Reaching gender parity in primary education: Two-thirds of the Bank's partner countries have now reached gender parity in primary education, and girls significantly outnumber boys in secondary education in more than one-third of those countries. These successes result from a combination of effective policies and sustained national investments in education that have expanded the availability of schools even in rural areas and have lowered the cost of school, especially for the poor.
More and better impact assessments of policies and programs, and more active knowledge exchange among countries regarding gender-related barriers can enrich global debate and strengthen future policy making. To contribute to these goals, the Bank recognizes the importance of working in partnership with the international community to promote innovation and learning on human development and gender equality.
Toward the Future
There is still much work to do. Many critical gender gaps persist at country and global levels, and the Bank will continue to use and improve all of the tools at its disposal to expand and strengthen investments in quality human development programs that address these gender disparities and create equal opportunity.

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Hogle is a junior mathematics major from Marietta, Ga., and he plans to pursue a career in finance.
The Crosby Scholarship was established to honor the memory of Dr. Henry Crosby, a close friend of President Conn and his wife, Darlia. Faculty members nominate a young man entering his junior year for the scholarship. The award recipient is then chosen from the nominations by a scholarship committee.
"I'm very grateful for being given this award," said Hogle. "I definitely did not expect to be chosen, and I'm proud to be able to represent my department."
Hogle was nominated by associate professor of Mathematics Dr. Caroline Maher-Boulis.
"When I first met Seth as my advisee, I was able to immediately recognize that there was more to him than his maturity and seriousness," said Maher-Boulis. "He is a hard-working, deserving student who knows what he wants to do and is determined to do it. I was thrilled to hear that he was chosen for the scholarship."


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The SEED MA-280 Mini-ITX Case
Now we get an unblocked view of the MA-280 chassis. The front bezel is black plastic accented with a wide brushed aluminum piece in the middle. There is a door at the top left to hide your optical drive, the dual USB 2.0 ports and microphone and audio jacks. The leaves us with the three LED's that show reset, access (or HDD activity) and power just to the left of the combination power and reset button.
The lighting was a bit off from how the accent stripe appears normally. This angle shows how much better the blending of colors and materials really is.
Moving around to the side you get a feel for how SEED vents everywhere it can benefit. You see six holes on this side that aren't on the other side, these are there to utilize the "upright" position this chassis can stand in, not unlike a PS2.
The rear of the MA-280 really shows its size. All there is here is room enough for the mITX's rear I/O panel and the 40mm fan to the right. That's it! The two thumb screws, one at the top and the one to the right, once removed allow for the top to easily slide out and off.
Since the door panel doesn't affect the structure of this side as it does the other, SEED adds a lot of venting to allow as much air to get into the chassis. For reference, this is located nearest the CPU once the motherboard is installed.
The bottom of the chassis is plated as well. The main reason is because if you use the stand to put this chassis upright, it then becomes the side. SEED has marked this side with grooves in a V shape. These are marks for the placement of the rubber feet you will see in the hardware section.
That leaves us with this well ventilated top side. Most of the venting is shifted to one side due to how things are installed inside. You will soon see that the CPU and the hard drives are located under here, and this allows for some convection cooling of said parts.


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Community Sustainability Workshop - Rain Gardens
Sat, 03/24/2012 - 9:00am - 1:00pm
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Rain gardens are a simple DIY project for individuals and schools that benefit you and our city in so many ways! Participants will learn how & why rain gardens are a valuable asset to their landscapes. Select DWP residential customers are eligible for a rebate of up to $1000!
The workshop is FREE, but you must register. For questions, please contact Linda Eremita at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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My name is Cami!
Facts about Cami
- Breed: Domestic Shorthair
- Color: Orange Or Red Tabby
- Age: Kitten
- Sex: Female
- Hair: Short
Cami's Info...
I am up to date with shots.
Cami and her litter mates were rescued from a home overwhelmed with kittens. They have been in a foster home playing and being cared for by a loving family. Cami will be available for adoption on Aug. 1, 2013 and a certificate for spaying once she is a bit older will be given to the adopter. If you would like more information about this sweet kitty please call the Humane Society shelter at (309) 944-4868 and a visit can be arranged. Cami can be placed on Hold with a completed adoption application and deposit. DOB 6-3-13. POSTED JULY 23, 2013.
Cami is still in foster care as she is too small for her age and too small for the shelter kitten room but she can still be adopted. Give us a call for a meet and greet. UPDATED AUGUST 20, 2013.
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Why Adoption is a Great Option
Cami, a Geneseo Domestic Shorthair kitten was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Domestic Shorthair for sale in Geneseo, or seeking a Domestic Shorthair kitten from a breeder in Geneseo.
- Rescues and shelter volunteers in Geneseo already know the personality and tendencies of their pets. This means they can match you with the right pet. That will makes it much easier transition to owning a pet for yourself and your new pet.
- On average adoption fees are much less than you'd pay a Geneseo breeder, or pet store. Plus most often rescue pets have already been to the veterinarian for a check-up, had a round of vaccinations, and are spayed or neutered. That is a lot of savings!
- You will become a hero, and give a needy dog or cat a loving home. In fact, there are even Domestic Shorthair breeders who help with Domestic Shorthair rescue. One puppy or kitten adopted in Geneseo paves the way for another one to be saved.


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PTC to decide on fee break for Sany plant
Thursday night the Peachtree City Council will consider offering a 75 percent break on impact fees for a Chinese heavy equipment company that is preparing to build its first U.S. location here.
Sany Corporation is asking for the maximum impact fee exemption of $198,166. The Development Authority of Peachtree City has recommended that the exemption be granted, and even with the exemption, the company will still pay $66,000 in impact fees and another $370,000 in other fees to the city and state, including building inspections, land disturbance permits and the like.
Sany is projecting to immediately employ 150 people at its equipment assembly and research/development operations. It already has a workforce of engineers and sales staff pushing 80 strong in a leased office in Peachtree City.
On hold for more than a year due to the economy, Sany plans to have construction completed by the end of next year, officials said. Plans include an initial 350,000-square-foot assembly building that will include a three-story research and development facility.
The company is projecting to spend more than $1 million on landscaping alone with a total project construction estimate of $62 million. The Sany site is adjacent to Cooper Lighting and Falcon Field; it has already been cleared and graded.
Sany, which already employs 79 people at its leased Peachtree City office, will employ 150 people in the first year the new facility is open, an additional 60 more jobs in the following year and then another 90 by the end of the third year of operation.
Only about 10 percent of the new jobs will be for unskilled labor, with executives being about 5 percent, management at about 15 percent, research/development and engineering at about 40 percent and skilled labor between 30 and 40 percent, according to a Sany representative.
All but about 2 percent of those jobs will be for Americans because the company believes strongly that Americans should handle development and sales to make sure it meets the expectations of U.S. companies, a Sany official said.
Once the buildings are complete and the 10-year phased property tax break expires, the property taxes paid by Sany each year will account for 14 percent of all property taxes paid by all occupants of the city's industrial park, according to calculations made by the Development Authority.
Sany at that point would contribute about $141,000 in property taxes annually compared to about $989,000 for the rest of the entire industrial park currently, according to city projections.
In other business, council is expected to postpone a vote on a rezoning request to build 100 senior apartments on a 5.6-acre site off Newgate Road next to the Kedron Village shopping center. Developer NorSouth has asked for the continuance so the city planning commission can issue its recommendation at its scheduled June 14 meeting.
Council is also expected to discuss approving a resolution opposing a proposed federal law that would allow public safety employees to use federal collective bargaining standards.
It is my understanding that most, if not all of the impact fees being debated have been added since the Sany deal was cut.
That would be like you buying a house and the city coming to you and saying, "Uh sorry. Between the time you signed the contract to move to our lovely city and the time you moved in, we have adopted a new fee structure so you owe us $$$ that you didn't agree to when you bought your house."
Welcome to Peachtree City - here's your bill.
Whatever happened to equal protection / equal access / equal application of existing laws??
If the law tells us there are fees to be paid...
They should be assessed and paid with equal application of the law across the board.
We either need the impact fee / tax moneys.... or we don't. (almost $200k??)
If we don't need it....
Everyone is exempt.... toss the law into the trash bin.
If we need the money-- everyone -- even the corporate citizen --- pays their fair share.
The least desirable turn of events:
Some large (foreign) companies with maximum change to the landscape ( and -extraordinary political connections) get such a huge (75%) exemption --
Yet --
The fees are later and "more evenly" collected on the backs of small to medium (local?) business enterprises trying to grow and prosper.
Tax bite.... or tax bait...??
PTC Council... Make SANY pay up like everyone else.
They can afford it.


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Timetables are like time machines – they let us see into the future and plan our lives accordingly. But like the hero of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, who was never sure what would happen when he threw the lever on his contraption, our lives can go awry when the timetable isn't accurate. So it is with electronic program guides (EPGs), the on-screen timetables for our TVs. Recording 36 programs from the five major networks over a two-week period, CHOICE tested EPGs from:
Using the paper guide provided in the Sydney Morning Herald as our starting point, we chose a variety of programs and times to get as broad a spread as possible. Unfortunately, all EPGs tested missed some of the beginning and/or end of programs recorded, often by exactly the same amount. The free-to-air EPG, however, completely missed information on three programs and was often the last to be updated with information.
Although our sample size is small and limited to only two weeks, it confirms what many would consider common knowledge – that relying on an EPG to record your TV programs is going to end in frustration. According to our test, you will miss about 25% of beginnings, ranging from a minute or two up to seven minutes. Worse still, approximately 33% of our recordings were missing their ends. The worst case had 10 minutes cut off the end, but of the rest half had been cut short by more than six minutes – a lot more footage than just the closing credits.
We also looked at the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) reports on the networks' performance regarding EPGs, and found that while the testing periods and methodologies were different, the results are similar. ACMA is working with the industry on a standard that has the potential to improve the accuracy of some parts of the EPG, but until it's in place we're stuck with the current inaccuracies.
TV networks plan their programs many months in advance. However, they may add or delete some programs quite late, depending on negotiations for broadcast rights. Each network's programmer creates a document that is sent to an aggregator. These documents vary in format and detail, and the aggregator compiles them into a single data set and adds certain details such as parental guidance ratings, series links, cast lists and even program descriptions where necessary. This data is then sent back to the network in a form that's ready for display. The networks or other EPG providers, such as Foxtel and TiVo, decide how often they will update the information that's broadcast. Our observations suggest this is done on a daily basis at least, but one aggregator we contacted suggested it can be done as often as every 15 minutes.
Digital TV is essentially just a stream of data. Each network has its own bandwidth – a range of frequency within which it can broadcast data. All the data for the network's many channels (such as ABC HD, ABC2 and ABC3) is sent to you via this bandwidth in one big clump of data, known as a multiplex. The data for each channel within the multiplex has specific markers that tell your digital video recorder (DVR), set-top box or TV on which channel it should be displayed.
The EPG data is broadcast to your DVR, set-top box or TV as part of the individual network's multiplex, and is specific to that network. Your digital device has to split the EPG data out from the rest, then compile all the programming information for each network and each channel within that network and present the information for all the networks on a single screen. This is why it can sometimes take a while for the EPG to update when you switch to it. Some devices may even require you to switch to the channel you're interested in to get an update.
The quality of the information in the EPG is important, because a DVR relies on this information to determine program names and when they begin and end. Even the slightest change to a series name or other essential piece of information can mean a missed recording.
Freeview is the brand name/marketing term for the free-to-air television stations in Australia. It is working to provide an EPG that has its own data stream and which it claims will be much more accurate. It will make use of a new standard called MHEG5, which among other things will allow devices to recognise when a program has begun and ended. DVRs with a Freeview sticker currently don't support MHEG5, so if you want this new technology you'll have to buy a new DVR that has a Freeview EPG logo on it.
The restrictions that are currently in place with Freeview-labelled DVRs, such as no ad-skipping and limited copying, still apply and may even have things such as "overlay ads" included, which appear if you're fast forwarding through an ad break in a recording and can't be removed until you press 'PLAY'.
At this stage it's unclear whether DVRs without the Freeview EPG sticker will be able to access an improved EPG, but until we can compare the performance of the Freeview EPG with the rest, we suggest steering clear of Freeview-labelled products unless they're competitively priced (see www.choice.com.au/freeview for more).
For now there's no guarantee your EPG's information will be up to date, but most programs remain in each network's schedule once the program manager has selected and scheduled them. • Check any program you want to record on the EPG on the day it's scheduled. This should alert you to major changes (although as we've seen in our test there are no guarantees). • When setting up a recording manually, make sure you begin the recording five minutes prior to the scheduled start time and add 20 minutes to the end time. This should ensure you capture the program in full. • Most DVRs allow you to schedule a recording directly by highlighting the program in the EPG and pressing the record button. In many cases they will also let you set up "buffers", which add a predetermined amount of extra time to the beginning and end of every recording. Use the "add five before – 20 minutes after" rule above in your DVR's auto-setup to minimise losses. • Some EPGs such as Foxtel, TiVo and IceTV allow you to reschedule or set up recordings via the internet or even an iPhone app – look for details on the relevant websites. www.foxtel.com.au www.icetv.com.au www.tivo.com.au
Once we've determined the programs to be recorded, our tester, Scott O'Keefe, programs a digital video recorder (DVR) for each of the EPGs. Each recording is set using only the EPG, without any padding at the beginning or end. A separate DVR is set to record each program with plenty of padding, to make sure we record the entire program and can determine when the program actually begins and ends. All the DVRs have their clocks set to the correct time.
Once the recordings are complete, Scott checks to see if any program or part of a program has been lost and notes by how much time the recording is out. He also copies the descriptions and other data that are displayed, such as the program's classification and whether it has closed captions and/or is a repeat.
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Information about safe product application, respirators and other forms of required PPE, is available on the product's Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the undercoating or rustproofing product. It is a great resource that should always be referenced before allowing employees to apply the product to vehicles. Using this information keeps the employee safe, and it insulates your business from regulatory fines, workers' compensation claims, and lawsuits.
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Congratulations to Terri Wiedre, RNC, program nurse at Palomar Outpatient Behavioral Health in San Marcos. She was recently honored by Point Loma Nazarene University (PLNU) for being an exceptional nurse.
"I was moved to tears," Wiedre said after the Nov. 6 presentation at the San Marcos office. "I am the luckiest nurse in the world. This is not just a job for me. It's a calling."
L'Tanya Gordon, one of Wiedre's many patients, nominated her for the monthly "I Love a Nurse" recognition program, sponsored by PLNU and 98.1 Smooth FM Radio.
Gordon, in her nomination letter, said she was speaking for the dozens of patients in the program whose struggles with mental illness have been made easier with the loving care Wiedre provides to them.
"I have watched her deal with me and others, always giving us our dignity," Gordon wrote. "She dispenses medicine, monitors medicine, counsels, holds hands and speaks to everyone."
"Some have been homeless for a while and have poor hygiene and she helps with that," Gordon wrote. "If someone combs their hair or wears cleaner clothes she makes a big deal out of it making the person feel like a star. I don't know what I'd do without her."
The "I Love a Nurse" program honors nurses that exemplify the best in their profession. Members of PLNU's School of Nursing review nominations and select a monthly winner.
The selection committee sets high standards for the recognition. According to the program's guidelines: "This person encompasses the desired care and connection to their patients that goes above and beyond just being a care provider but a care provider with an emotional investment with each and every patient."
Wiedre was surprised by it all. She arrived to a staff gathering, thinking she was going to be participating in a staff photo. Instead she was met with cheers from her colleagues. "I had no idea," she said.
Gordon read her entry and Wiedre was presented with a gift basket and a certificate by Sara Jaramillo of PLNU. "Patient care is our biggest focus," Jaramillo said.
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Measles is a highly contagious, yet relatively benign, viral disease. The infection causes a rash, and can cause complications within the respiratory system. The development of a vaccine in the 1960s has helped to minimize the impact of the virus. The vaccine is given to children before they are school-aged. There is no cure for measles, but increasing vitamin A has been shown to minimize complications. If measles are contracted, the symptoms will include a high fever, rash and persistent cough. Treat measles with rest and pain relievers, and consult a physician as soon as symptoms occur.
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4Rest. Anyone suffering from measles will require a lot of rest to recover. Allow for plenty of sleep and restrict all physical activities.
5Keep lights dim. People with measles can be sensitive to light. Use heavy curtains on windows and keep overhead lighting off or dim.
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- It is important that children receive MMR. Without a high uptake of the measles component of the vaccination, the possibility of outbreaks of measles increases. Because 1 in 1,000 cases of measles is associated with encephalitis, the risk of this potentially deadly infection in children is also increased.
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- The MMR vaccine has some side effects. For example, about 1 in 6 children develop a fever 7 to 12 days after immunization, and about 1 in 3,000 develop febrile seizures.13 Some parents think that MMR is unsafe because it has some adverse effects, but this is not the case. These side effects, most of which are benign, are acknowledged by members of the medical profession. The benefits of MMR far outweigh the risks of these recognized side effects. The vaccine has an excellent safety record. Hundreds of millions of children have safely received the vaccine worldwide.
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On June 3, voters will go to the polls to vote in an open primary election that will determine which two candidates in each race will face off in November. Since the primary is open, Democratic and Republican candidates will be competing with each other.
Campaign finance reports filed on Thursday show that state Senate candidate, Mike McGuire, a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, holds a commanding lead over his three opponents, and Assemblyman Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, has opened up a similarly large lead over his four challengers.
Between March 3 and May 17, McGuire raised $150,585; he spent $171,796; and he finished the period with $335,149. His two nearest opponents were nowhere close. Derek Knell of Novato, general manager of Strahm Communications in San Rafael, raised $10,510; he spent $7,150 and finished with $3,360. Harry Lehman, a Novato lawyer, raised $8,700 during the period; he spent just over $9,000 and finished the period with $2,787. Lawrence Wiesner of Santa Rosa, a certified public accountant, didn't file a campaign finance reports because he received so few contributions that he wasn't required to do so.
In the Assembly race, Levine raised $102,880 during the period; he spent $375,690; and he ended the period with $221,417. All of Levine's opponents were far behind.
Marin Community College District trustee Diane Conti reported raising $59,392, however, more than $41,000 of that came from a loan Conti made to her own campaign. Conti spent $68,200 during the period and ended up with just $14,025. Santa Rosa Councilwoman Erin Carlstrom raised $39,311; she spent $131,660; and she finished with $22,127. Gregory Allen, a Novato high-tech recruiter and the only Republican in the race, raised $10,500; spent $15,340; and finished with $1,928. Allen loaned his campaign $2,000 and received a $2,500 contribution from the Marin County Republican Central Committee.
David McCuan, a Sonoma State University associate professor of political science, said McGuire's fundraising lead practically guarantees that he will be the district's next state senator.
"He wins this race essentially in June and get coronated in November, and the money flows reflect that," McCuan said.
Brian Sobel, a Petaluma-based political analyst, made the same long-range forecast.
"Other people will get votes, of course," Sobel said, "but Mike McGuire will win."
McCuan and Sobel also say that Levine is the odds-on favorite to win the June primary and march on to re-election in November. McCuan doubts that either of the Democrats challenging Levine in that race will even make it into the November run-off.
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Sobel said, "It's very difficult to imagine a scenario where Levine would be beaten."
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Officer Dwayne Chung, who was hired despite admitting on a polygraph to poaching deer and stealing items from cars, is currently being sued for negligence and false arrest by Hollywood resident Donovan Gordon. On June 16, 2002, Chung, working an off-duty security detail at Ginger Bay Cafe at 1908 Hollywood Blvd., allegedly assaulted and arrested Gordon after an argument between him and the bartender over $10, the lawsuit charges. As a result of the incident, Gordon claims he "has fears of crowds and being in social gatherings."
Narcotics Detective James Callari -- whose mother worked for the Hollywood Police Department and who, though deemed psychologically fit for duty, was hired over more qualified applicants, according to Hansen -- was one of two officers who arrested Hallandale Beach resident Valarie Curry on a charge of trafficking in cocaine in 2000. Last year, Curry's conviction was overturned unanimously by the Fourth District Court of Appeal (see "Entrapped," February 3), which ruled that the cops' tactics "rose to the level of egregious." In December 2004, Curry notified the city of her intent to sue.
Among the reasons that Hollywood remains an unruly police agency is that the Broward Police Benevolent Association, led in part by Lt. Jeffrey Marano, has for more than a decade held a firm grasp on power. Marano was the defendant in a case that is likely to cost city taxpayers $225,000 for the wrongful strip-search and interrogation of 19-year-old Dwight Edman in 1996. Marano's influential police union was partially responsible for ousting Chief Witt and his successor, Rick Stone, after both tried to clean up the force. (Stone has sued the PBA for pushing him out. That case is pending.)
Although police and city officials have long maintained that the hiring scandal was a result of efforts to recruit minority officers (12 of the 30 officers who remain are not minorities), Witt and his attorney alleged to a jury earlier this year that most of the hires were brought in as union loyalists in an attempt to consolidate PBA power within the department. When the scandal hit the headlines ten years ago, the union fought to protect many of the tarnished officers' jobs.
Mayor Giulianti asserts that city staff never told her about the problems uncovered by New Times. "I would always prefer that individuals who are not performing their jobs at an appropriate level would leave our employ," Giulianti says. But she adds that the city needs "grounds to terminate an employee... that would hold up legally." She adds that she and other city officials aren't to blame. Rather, the fault lies with former Chief Witt: "It is because of his lack of oversight and control of the Hollywood Police Department that these things occurred. I have been told that no Hollywood police chief has ever catered to the union leadership as much as he did -- often giving up his authority to make decisions that needed to be his, as their leader. Perhaps we are still paying the price."
The New Times investigation of lawmen hired during the scandal identified three officers whose conduct on and off duty has contributed to that price. Meet three of Hollywood's finest:
At 4:40 a.m. on August 14, 2004, Jackie Elder, a stout, 55-year-old man with thinning white hair, was driving his Publix tractor-trailer north in the center lane of Interstate 95. Just as he passed the Sheridan Street exit, a green 2003 Nissan Altima driven by Hollywood police Detective Christina Rodriguez moved rapidly to the left lane and began to pass.
But the 34-year-old Rodriguez pulled too far to the left. Her car slid onto a rough patch of road near the concrete barrier separating north and southbound traffic. She quickly turned the wheel to the right and overcorrected. The car spun out of control.
"I was just driving down the interstate, my hands up on the big wheel like this," Elder recalls, sitting shirtless on a couch at his modest home near U.S. 441 in Fort Lauderdale. "Then all of a sudden, I see this car smash right into my truck."
The Nissan hit the front of the truck's driver side, pulling the larger vehicle to the left and toward the median. Elder slammed on his brakes. The Nissan -- which had been rented by the city for undercover work -- dislodged, spinning to a halt in the left lane.
The enormous weight of the semi and its haul of groceries prevented Elder from stopping. His truck smashed through the interstate's concrete barrier, spraying debris into oncoming traffic and finally stopping only feet before colliding with southbound cars.
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