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An argument over an estate worth more than £4 million has caused a family rift which looks set to run and run.
The case concerned the assets of a Greek Cypriot woman, who died leaving her and her late husband's estate largely to their daughter. The High Court heard evidence from the woman's son that she was 'under the control' of the daughter. The son applied to the Court for the woman's will, created in the three-month period between her husband's death in 2008 and her own, to be rejected in favour of a will she had made in 1986.
The son claimed that his mother had no knowledge of the contents of the new will.
The claim was rejected by the Court because it found no evidence of 'undue influence'. An appeal is likely, however.
A separate legal battle over the deceased couple's assets in Cyprus is also in progress.
Click here for guidance on undue influence.


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across a startled young fox in the woods; eat until we're as bloated as the greedy, ever-present ducks; soak in our big outdoor hot tub; and watch a bad movie starring Emilio Estevez on our VCR. We don't get the chance to hike the South Rim Trail, take an early-morning bird walk, or gather ingredients for wilderness teas. I also never find the time to read Boldness Be My Friend.
And, as Charlie wistfully reminds me on our last night as we walk to the cabin of a family from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, who have invited us over, we haven't seen a moose. "Next time," I find myself saying, and the answer seems to satisfy him.
Inside the cabin, the children immediately decide they're going to put on a show for the adults. While they plan and rehearse, the adults sit around the living room, with its own touching assortment of books—I catch sight of The Hidden Staircase, a Nancy Drew mystery—eating microwaved popcorn and listening to classical music. I'll probably never see these people again, I think as I drink a glass of the good Chardonnay our hosts have lugged with them in their van. After a while, the adult calm is interrupted by the children, who burst into the room declaring that their show is ready. But then there are arguments about who's going to be the announcer, and eventually it's clear that there won't be a show after all. It's very late, and my family has to get up at dawn, when Harriet will arrive with her van and her silent elderly mother in the back seat. We say our good-nights, and the older kids exchange E-mail addresses.
On the way back to our cabin we stop by the lake. As the kids play one last time on the tire swing, the ducks peck around for stray seeds, and Canada appears as a vague, spread-out shadow in the distance. Under the scatter of stars, I'm reminded again of summer camp, and of missing my family even as I was thrilled by the new surroundings. Though my family is with me now, I get that oddly familiar sentimental feeling. It occurs to me that what I thought of as homesickness all those years ago might have been something else entirely: a sense of awe.
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Strathcona Park Lodge and Outdoor Education Centre Campbell River, British Columbia; 250/286-3122; family of four, $315 a night.
This gorgeous resort on Vancouver Island focuses on both alpine and ocean
adventures. Accommodations are in a 12-room log- and timber-framed chalet or in
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climbing, and hiking.
Island Institute
Orcas Landing, Orcas Island, Wash.; 800/956-6722 or 360/376-6720; 3-night package, $585 per adult, $429 per child.
Guests at the Island Institute, 45 minutes by seaplane from Seattle, study the
marine ecology and wildlife of the San Juan archipelago. Families stay on the
waterfront in the 12-room, turn-of-the-century Orcas Hotel and eat meals on its
wraparound porch. Days are spent watching whales and seals, kayaking, and taking
in the views from Mount Constitution.
Kennolyn Camps
8205 Glen Haven Rd., Soquel, Calif.; 408/479-6714; four-night package, $395 per adult, $235 per child ages
35, $298 ages 612.
A California sleep-away camp, 80 miles south of San
Francisco, Kennolyn opens its doors to families on Labor Day weekend. Parents and
children bunk in log cabins or in more rustic cabins without bathrooms, and take
part in camp recreation: swimming lessons, Western-style trail riding, riflery,
arts and crafts, and fireside sing-alongs.
Great Camp Sagamore
Sagamore Rd., Raquette Lake, N.Y.; 315/354-5311; Family Week package, $525 per adult, $290 per
child; Grands package, $675 per adult, $390 per child.
Former summer retreat of
Alfred Vanderbilt and family, this classic Adirondacks camp is open for tours and
residential programs. Guests stay in cabins and three century-old lodges.
(Warning: Only three rooms have private baths; most accommodations are simple but
pleasingly old-fashioned.) Summer Family Weeks (July 2530 and Aug. 1520) are
devoted to games of capture-the-flag and croquet, arts and crafts, and outings to
Sagamore Lake. Grands (July 1116 and 1823), a similar program, is for
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Tustin may not be Grammy Award winners Amy Winehouse, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, or even Herbie Hancock, but one thing is sure… Tustin Ranch is a winner!
Back in early January, I posted on Tustin Ranch's amazing 81.8% increase in home sales in December 2007 compared to the same time 2006. This was while most of the rest of OC was down 44%. I doubted whether these numbers were really a sign that Tustin Ranch was a rock star or just some fluke.
However, now, we see more good news about Tustin Ranch sales. Jon Lansner reported that Tustin Ranch sales were up over 95% this January compared to 2006! If that's not a true sign of a rock star in this market, I don't know what is.
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Assessing the impact of dam development options on fish migrations and best alternative options in the Mekong Basin
KEY FACTS | Project
Scenario-based Assessment of the Potential Effects of Alternative Dam Construction Schemes on Freshwater Fish Diversity in the Lower Mekong Basin
Project leader
Eric Baran
1 Sep 2009
28 Feb 2012
The most intensive inland fishery in the world
The Mekong River ranks second in freshwater fish species richness among rivers in the world, with more than 780 species identified. More than 100 of these fish species are long-distance migrants, often travelling over hundreds of kilometers. This basin is also home to the most intensive inland fishery in the world, producing 2.1 million tonnes of fish a year (equivalent to more than three times the total annual inland fish production of West Africa).
With a growing demand for a plentiful and regular supply of electricity, hydropower is developing at a fast pace, and up to 88 dams are planned by 2030. What effect these dams will have on fish migrations and fish productivity is highly uncertain given that there are few ecological studies focusing on Mekong fish migrations. Consequently scientists cannot predict so far how migration patterns will be impacted, where the impacts will occur, or what fish species will be most impacted by dam construction. A report from Nature highlights this issue.
The objectives of this project are two-fold: firstly, to provide updated results about the migration patterns of fish species in the Mekong River, and secondly to assess the impact of planned dams on fish species diversity and fisheries production. The goal is to better inform dam development planning, and to help identify sites for hydropower development that would minimize these risks.
Data gathering and analysis
The project consists of three components. WorldFish is working with the Inland Fisheries Research and Development Institute in Cambodia on component one—data compilation and GIS analyses. Existing data on fish species and their migratory patterns are compiled from FishBase and other data sources.
In component two, led by the Japanese National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), analyses of fish catch data and otolith chemistry will help elucidate the migratory patterns of the more commercially important fish species. Otoliths, small calcium carbonate structures in the fish's inner ear, grow throughout the life of the fish, producing rings similar to the growth rings of trees. The chemical composition of each ring provides clues to the environment as the otoliths store trace elements picked up from river water. This forms a 'fingerprint' that can be used to determine when and where the fish travelled through a particular river on its migratory journey.
NIES and Ubon Ratchathani University are working together with WorldFish on component three, using statistical modeling to analyze the implications of various different scenarios. Statistical models will assess the likely loss of species richness and abundance for commercially important migratory fish due to dam development in the Lower Mekong Basin.
Since proposed dam sites can be easily modified within models, associated changes in the predicted loss of species richness can also be simulated. A series of such simulations will be performed to find the best available alternative sites for dam construction where risks to fish diversity, fishery production, and food security would be minimized. This scenario-based approach will enable the team to provide decision makers with a scientifically-based balance of the costs and benefits of hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin.
An atlas of fishes
One result of this work will be a science-based atlas of Mekong fishes that visually illustrates the current distribution of the commercially important migratory fish species, the current status of basin development (especially hydropower), future plans for further dam construction, and the potential influence of planned dams on these fish species.


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Girls Rock Lawrence will show a rockumentary about the first ever girls rock camp in Portland, OR. After the film, there will be brief discussion about the rock camp coming to Lawrence in summer 2015. Volunteer forms will be available.
Popcorn and beverages will be provided.
Wrong Kata Trio / Jorge Arana Trio (KC) / Narkalark
More information at http://www.replaylounge.com/
'Tis the season with the Canadian Brass holiday show, featuring classics from their album Christmas Time is Here, brass standards and numerous original works. For more than 40 years, The five Canadian Brass musicians possess technical skills and musicality, creativity, humor and a genuine love of performing.
Tickets start at: $25 Adult & $14 Student/Youth
A fundraiser for ECM programs and ECM's Alternative Winter Break to Chicago.
Live music by Sharp 9, appetizers, drinks, and a bake sale with some treats.
His debut album "Holy Drivel" was recorded by metal producer Matt Bayles (Minus the Bear, Mastodon, Isis) and is available from Rooftopcomedy.com
Amber Lehman
Chance Dibben
Nate Eubanks
Glenn Reilly
Steve Moser
Joshua Shore
Peter Lyrene
The Philistines are a psychedelic rock band from Kansas City . The Sluts and Scruffy & the Janitors too.
More information at http://www.jackpotmusichall.com/
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Cave Night Club Presents Friday dance party! Guest DJ Alexxander Crown. Elephante will be preforming their new single 'Shake the Earth'
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I think this is a great idea and usage of space! But are there requirements for height? I thought it was standard but DH made the point that it might not be high enough to store certain trays. |
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I did this over my fridge. I have a standard size fridge and slightly less than 8' ceilings. I left some extra space above the fridge before the cabinet started in case I ever get a taller fridge. A filler piece will go in to cover the gap. Inside my cabinet holds 16" tall trays. Works great. |
Sounds great! Do the tray dividers run the length of the cabinet as well? I'm hoping to do this with ours. Wonder where all the telephone books will go now ;). |
Mine is not over the fr;dge but it is in a 20" high space. The dividers themselves are 20" deep in a 25" deep cabinet. No trays extend past the dividers, even my largest pans (probably 18" long). My cubbies over my fr;dge are a little over 18" high and 18" deep, but you can have that space built as deep as you need it. We have inset cab;nets and the guy made the frame pretty large, so you may be able to get as much as 20", depending on the kind of molding you use. Unless you have lots of oversized trays, it sounds like a great way to use the space. The few that don't fit can go elsewhere, especially if you don't use them often. This is assuming that your fr;dge is standard height, not taller than 70". |
This is what we did over the fridge: We measured the height so that it would fit a half sheet pan on its side, which is the longest that we wanted to store in the dividers. The horizontal area on top is for full sheet pans and other large platters, etc. |
Looks great skoo! Did it pull out? Or was it not an issue reaching. |
No, it doesn't pull out. I've packed pretty much all of my baking pans in that space, and that includes things like bundt pans, tube pans, various rounds, etc. I'm only 5'3", but I can reach the items I use most often (half sheet pans, the 13x9 pans), but for the specialty cake pans that are further back, I have to get out the stepstool. It's probably still safer for me to get out the stepstool - that Gordon Biersch magnetic bottle opener that you see at the top of the fridge is there because it's covering a dent I put in the fridge 1 week after we moved back in because I was lifting something heavier than I realized! |
top is for full sheet pans Skoo – Can you fit full sheet pans in your oven? |
Yes, a full sheet pan fits in my BlueStar 36" RNB range. I have to say, though, that I still use the half sheet pans more simply because they're easier to deal with! |
GW Tip...Instead of putting the trays & tray dividers on the floor of the cabinet and a shelf above, put the trays & tray dividers on the shelf and the have the smaller/shorter place for platters, etc. beneath sitting on the cabinet floor. In most cases (especially if your trays are over ovens), you can reach the bottom of things on a shelf a few inches up. For trays, cooking racks, cookie sheets, etc., you only need to get to the lower corner and pull, you don't need to reach the top of the item to remove. This setup allows you to be able to access not only the items in the tray dividers w/o a stool, but also the platters, etc. Like this: |
Wow I wish I had seen these pictures earlier. What great advice! |
- Posted by alabamanicole (My Page) on Fri, Mar 19, 10 at 23:26
I really like buehl's idea but it was a little too high or me to reach, and I'm not short. The roasting pan and a couple of bigger odds and ends can live up there; the Vertical Equalizer is just a step away. |
- Posted by firsthouse_mp (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 2:00
I think no matter if you put the trays over or under the pans, I will be too vertically challenged to get these out!! I will need a stepstool for just about every cab and I will take the advice of a fellow GWer who uses her lower tray area for a stepstool. Seriously, how could someone 5'2" every reach up there? Should have gone with toekick drawers for us who are down here..... Buehl...where did you get the rack dividers?
Yeah, I just tried to see if I could reach up and still reach if we had done the shelf on the bottom. I think I would be able to barely touch (at highest tip toe), but definitely not be able to pull items out. Being short sucks! |
Good to know shorties can't reach the top..hmm. Anyone have the pullout divider? buehl: I also am curious where you got the divider? firsthouse: your kitchen looks nice so far..are those shaker cabinets? Do you have a page of all your choices? |
I got them at Walmart as temporary dividers until I could get nicer ones (like the ones in Skoo's pic). But, they fit and work so well that I've decided not to get the others. I have three of them side-by-side. They cost, IIRC, $6 each. The Rev-A-Shelf ones I was looking at cost $14 for two individual wooden dividers...and I would have needed several sets of two to match what I have now. On the plus side, no holes are drilled in my cabinets/shelves and it's not "permanent", so I can do something different later, if I want (probably not though). |
- Posted by kristine_2009 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 12:45
I think Buehl said in another thread once that she got her dividers at Walmart. I actually just got my dividers there too, but mine are chrome. Surprisingly they are very sturdy. They are 10" wide I believe, so it takes 3 of them. I love mine. I did have to put mine on the bottom shelf though. I tried Buehl's setup but I couldn't reach them when they were on the shelf. I don't think my shelf supports drop down as low as hers. |
- Posted by swspitfire (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 12:49
An additional note: I read somewhere here (cannot find it now) another GW'er had a filler between her fridge and the upper cabinet above. She had them install the filler on a piano hinge so she could also use the small space on her fridge for some slim items. I thought that was a good idea! |
Those are from Walmart--they look like they fit perfectly! I was going to have them custom done for our cabinet..but sounds like it's so easy to just buy them and insert. Probably alot cheaper too. |
You vertically challenged people need to find a way to incorporate a sliding ladder in your kitchens! In case this would help anyone, here is mine over the MW, much more accessible if you're short. (However, something has to go up high... what will it be?) I didn't give specific directions and cab guy just put this in. I now see that I should have simply had him put in 3 shelves -- this tray divider is a little too tall. Don't know what the savings would have been; insignificant compared to the overall cab price. As it is, I will probably put a two-tiered shelf insert on both shelves to maximize the space. |
- Posted by alabamanicole (My Page) on Sat, Mar 20, 10 at 16:37
Hmmm. I usually avoid Wal-Mart but I'll have to look at those. I now have 4 of the Rubbermaid versions, but they have a little taper off to the side. No doubt for stability, and I'll probably keep those in the drawers, but over the fridge if I pack them in I won't need stability and can always screw them down. |
So I'm now reconsidering built ins and going with a separate purchase to install ourselves (assuming it's easy). Would love some specifics on what people used/links. Thanks! |
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0VERLAND PARK, Kan. – Johnson County Community College sophomore guard DaShawn Harden and sophomore forward Kathleen Brisbane were recently named to the 2013 NJCAA Division II All-America team. Harden was selected to the 10-member first-team, and Brisbane garnered third-team honors. Both players were also selected as WBCA All-Americans earlier this year. The pair helped the Lady Cavaliers to a 30-2, a No. 1 final season ranking, and a second straight East Jayhawk Conference championship.
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Selections from the April 6 AU Choral Masterworks concert and the 2007–2008 Chamber Singers tour will be featured on the Carolina Concerts broadcast scheduled for Sept. 22. These selections will air following a performance by the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra (Carmina Burana). The AU selections are scheduled to air on FM 90.1 or FM 94.5 at about 9:10 p.m.
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Make sense to me. |
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Hmm, I've met some "passengers" on spaceship Earth. They are not part of the crew. Perhaps we should all be part of the crew,but it is not happening. |
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It certainly came as a shock to see Zimbabwe win the 2nd test match against Pakistan and level the two match series, given that it was their first win against a top team since they beat India 12 years ago. It wasn't only in the first test that Zimbabwe made the Pakistanis' look below average, they were also on top for most of the 1st test and things could have been different were it not for a second innings batting collapse by the hosts.
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"See, you can see the gangs will come down here and just cross out everybody," Felsoci says. "It's sloppy." With so many possibly rival taggers packed in such tight confines, he wonders how long it will be until someone gets seriously injured or killed in one of the tunnels. "They could die down there, and the only way we'd find them is after the next big rainfall flushed them out," he says.
The purpose of the SCAT unit is to deal with street-level crime as it happens. Because of this, SCAT officers do not take calls. Since first starting on the SCAT team four months ago, Felsoci has learned that catching taggers is as much about them being lazy as it is about good police work.
"This team is all about productivity and making arrests, and I was told that tagging and graffiti arrests was a really big thing," he says. "I'm like 'Oh, my God, how am I going to catch one of these taggers?' And then I got a guy with a marker, and I was all excited. And lately it seems that we're at the right place at the right time. So we should see the activity around this area slow down a little, because we've busted about seven or eight of them.
"I think they're just getting lazy, more lax. So, it's a lot of being in the right place at the right time, sitting and watching the kids and them being a little lazy," he says. "Honestly, it's just a lot of luck."
GATES decides she is feeling blue. She kneels in the dirt and stares into her open bag. It's black with a canvas strap and bigger than it looks. She selects one of six cans of Rustoleum and holds it down low where the warehouse security light is slipping under the freight car. She reads the label: "Aqua." She begins by spraying a long arch and filling in her background. Eventually, she swaps the Aqua for some Royal Blue, careful to keep her pack organized and secure.
As soon as she begins with the outline, GATES hears a sound from the other side of the tracks. She crouches down and signals for her male companions, WALDO and ELAB, to stop work on their pieces. She slowly climbs between the trains and over the hitch. She peeks down the railroad yard but sees nothing. She crawls back to position and drops the signal to resume painting.
As railroad spots go, this one is relatively safe. Directly behind them is a now-quiet recycling facility where huge cubes of mashed up cardboard and magazines are stacked like aging ruins, shielding them from view. More important, the freight cars are not hooked up to an engine.
"I'm really, really cautious about painting trains," says GATES, the only female member of the SWS crew. She's been at it for eight years, since her early twenties in Texas, where an interest in punk-rock activism and wheat-pasting grew into tagging and then a full-blown obsession with train bombing. Like many female writers, she chose a feminine tag name, MEOW, and followed a style that flaunted girl-power themes with softer colors and cartoony letter forms, as if to say girls can vandalize, too, motherfucker. But, instead, she soon felt that the approach predisposed writers of both sexes "to give me extra credit or something just because I'm a girl."
So after moving to Denver in 2002, she went the opposite direction and chose a genderless tag and an equally indistinguishable style. Now, most people who have spotted a GATES piece on a train or a city wall have no idea that the writer behind the name is female, let alone a single mother who works as a stylist in an upscale Denver salon.
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She sets in with the jet-black paint, carving an outline around the G and the A. When she first started, her train pieces were small, "'cause I could get the idea out and do it a lot faster without worrying about it." But these days she knows that if you want to get seen and not get covered, train pieces have got to be big. In order to trace her can to the top of the T, she has to stand on her toes.
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Last year a very good friend of mine named Fred died suddenly. One of the things we enjoyed doing was talking and eating bread. I even got him started in sourdough bread making so when he died I felt it was only fitting to make a special bread and name it after him. It tool me about a year and a half before I cooked up this bread but I think it is worthy of the name. Here is a picture to get you started.
When I did the Whole Wheat Injera I stumbled on to an idea that I had never pursused before and that was the use of high hydration preferments. The Injera has a hydration of 175% and it has flavors that are just wonderful. This got me to thinking about how I could get those flavors into a loaf of bread. I started by making bread with a preferment at 175% and 20% of the weight of the flour. That made a normal bread so I wondered what would happen if all the water for the dough was in the preferment of 175%. That is what is so different about this bread there is no water added to the dough like other breads I have made all the water comes with the preferment. Check out the expansion in the slash from the dough expanding like I have never seen in any other bread I have made.
You can tell it continues to expand as it cooks by the middle being darker and the edges are light in color. You can even see some of the bubbles right there in the slash. I have never picked up a bread that has ever felt like this, my fingers press into the bread like it is soft yet the crust is explosively crisp. I have been making the bread for a few weeks now so I believe it can be repeated. Here is the formula.
The Dough
Ingredient | Weight | US Volume | Bakers Percentage | |
Bread Flour | 432 g | 15.24 oz | 3.39 cups | 100.00% |
Water | 0 g | 0 oz | 0 tbspns | 0.00% (hydration) |
Salt | 13 g | 0.46 oz | 0.96 tbspns | 3.01% |
Preferment 175% Hydration | 755 g | 26.63 oz | 5.92 cups | 174.77% |
Total Weight: 1200 grams / 42.33 ounces Total Flour Weight: 432 grams / 15.24 ounces |
Bakers percentages are relative to flour weight (flour equals 100%) and every other ingredient is a percentage of this. Flour from the Starter is not counted. Note: This recipe was uploaded in grams and has been automatically converted to other measures, let us know [2] of any corrections.
The preferment I made using home ground flour that had the big pieces sifted out. That flour is added to two grams of my storage starter and the water. I started by letting that ferment for 24 hours before using now I'm using it after 36 hours which is the flavor I like the best so far. You can adjust the flavor of the bread by how long you let the preferment sit out before using it. I think I'll try 48 hours some day but suspect it will be to long. The water seperates in the preferment and I have noticed that after a while the flour floats to the top of the of the water. I don't mix the preferemnt up as there are some glutten strands that have developed and I don't want to break them up. Next the Bread flour and preferment are mixed together into a shaggy mass and let sit for 30 mins to an hour then the salt is added. I do one or two streatch folds depending on how I feel. From here on out there is nothing different than what you would do for any other bread that you would bake. Mine was shaped and fermented in an oval basket. I bake it in the oven at 460° for 45 minutes and the first 30 minutes are under a roasting pan to help steam the bread.
The bread tastes great and I love the flavors it has. I think this is going to be my new lunch bread. There are so many directions you can go with this idea this is only just the begining. For those of you who are wondering what the overall hydration is, it is 68%.


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Re: [alpha] S3* - US/AFGHANISTAN - Taliban offer talks if US sets pull out date
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about how an American general approached him in 09 to reach out to the
Talibs but it never went anywhere. Seems like Gareth Porter just heard
about it and ran with it. Ahmadzai is an old Afghan Islamist insurgent who
has over the years accumulated immense wealth. Owns large chunks of real
estate in Kabul's upscale areas. Has a private university right across
from the Iranian and Turkish embassies where we met. A pan-Islamist of
sorts. The guy is known for his open criticism of Karzai and sympathies
for the Talibs. He is plugged into the political landscape of the Talibs
but not necessarily the insurgents. I have his contact info and I am told
for some reason he likes me but am a bit hesitant to reach out to him from
the western hemisphere.
On 7/31/11 12:20 PM, Michael Wilson wrote:
What do you guys think the credibility of this IPS report citing former
Afghan PM Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai
Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date
by Gareth Porter*
KABUL, Jul 28 (IPS) - The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace
with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness
to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former
Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting between a senior
Taliban official and a U.S. general two years ago.
They also have no problem with meeting the oft-repeated U.S. demand that
the Taliban cut ties completely with Al-Qaeda.
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, who was acting prime minister of Afghanistan in
1995-96, told IPS in an interview that a group of Taliban officials
conveyed the organisation's position on starting peace negotiations to
him in a meeting in Kabul a few days ago.
"They said once the Americans say 'we are ready to withdraw', they will
sit with them," said Ahmadzai.
The former prime minister said Taliban officials made it clear that they
were not insisting on any specific date for final withdrawal. "The
timetable is up to the Americans," he said.
Ahmadzai contradicted a favourite theme of media coverage of the issue
of peace negotiations on the war - that Mullah Mohammed Omar, head of
the Taliban leadership council, has not been on board with contacts by
Taliban officials with the administration of Afghan President Hamid
Karzai and the U.S.
He confirmed that Mullah Baradar, then second in command to Mullah Omar,
had indeed had high-level contacts with officials in the Karzai
government in 2009, as claimed by Karzai aides, before being detained by
Pakistani intelligence in early 2010.
And contrary to speculation that Baradar's relationship with Mullah Omar
had been terminated either by those contacts or by his detention,
Ahmadzai said, "Baradar is still the top man," and "Mullah Omar's
position on him hasn't changed."
Ahmadzai, who studied engineering at Colorado State University before
joining the U.S.-sponsored mujahideen fighting the Soviets in
Afghanistan, maintains close ties with Quetta Shura officials but has
also enjoyed personal contacts with the U.S. military. He brokered a
meeting between a senior Taliban leader and Brig. Gen. Edward M. Reeder,
then commander of the Combined Special Forces Special Operations Army
Component Command in Kabul in summer 2009.
The former prime minister's account of that meeting in the interview
with IPS further documents the Taliban leadership's interest in entering
into peace negotiations with the United States prior to the Barack Obama
administration's decision to escalate U.S. military involvement sharply
in 2009.
A senior Taliban leader told Reeder at the meeting that the insurgents
had no problem with severing their ties to Al-Qaeda, but could not agree
to U.S. demands for access to military bases.
Ahmadzai said he negotiated the meeting with the Taliban leadership in
the spring of 2009, at the request of Reeder, who had just arrived in
Kabul a few weeks earlier. The process took four months, he recalled,
because the Taliban leadership had so many questions that had to be
The main question, of course, was what arrangements would be made for
the Taliban representative's safety. In the end, the International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF) command facilitated the Taliban
representative's travel into Kabul, Ahmadzai recalled.
The Taliban official who met with Reeder and Ahmadzai in Kabul was a
member of the Taliban Quetta Shura (leadership council) who called
himself Mullah Min Mohammed for security reasons, according to Ahmadzai.
The Quetta Shura representative complained to Reeder about the failure
of the United States to follow up on a previous contact with a senior
Taliban representative, according to Ahmadzai's account.
"Mullah Mohammed" recalled to Reeder that the Taliban had met two years
earlier in southern Kandahar province with an unnamed U.S. official who
had made two demands as the price for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan:
an end to the Taliban's relations with Al-Qaeda and U.S. long-term
access to three airbases in the country.
"We agreed to one but not to the other," the senior Taliban official was
quoted by Ahmadzai as saying.
The Taliban leader explained that it had no trouble with the demand for
cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, but that it would not agree to the U.S.
retaining any military bases in Afghanistan - "not one metre", according
to Ahmadzai's account.
The Quetta Shura representative then reproached the U.S. for having
failed to make any response to the Taliban offer to cut the
organisation's ties with Al-Qaeda.
"You haven't responded to us," he is said to have told Reeder. "You
never told us yes or no."
The Taliban complaint suggested that the Quetta Shura leadership had
been prepared to move into more substantive talks if the U.S. had
indicated its interest in doing so.
Reeder, who has been commander of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command
at Fort Bragg since July 2010, did not respond to an e-mail from IPS to
the command's Public Affairs Office for comment on Ahmadzai's account of
the meeting.
After the announcement of the major increase in troop deployment in
Afghanistan, the Obama administration adopted a public posture that
suggested the Taliban leadership had no reason to negotiate unless put
under severe military pressure.
In light of the contacts between senior Taliban leaders and U.S.
officials in 2007 and 2009, the Taliban clearly concluded that the
United States would not negotiate with the Taliban except on the basis
of accepting U.S. permanent military presence in Afghanistan.
After the 2009 meeting between Reeder and the Taliban leader, a number
of reports indicated the Taliban leadership was not interested in
negotiations with Washington.
Despite the apparent policy shift against seeking peace talks, the
Taliban continued to signal to Washington that it was willing to exclude
any presence for Al-Qaeda or other groups that might target the United
States from Afghan territory.
Mullah Omar suggested that willingness in an unusual statement on the
occasion of the Islamic holiday Eid in September 2009.
Then in early December, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - the
official title adopted by the Quetta Shura leadership for its
political-military organisation - said in a statement posted on its
website and circulated to Western news agencies that it was prepared to
offer "legal guarantees" against any aggressive actions against other
countries from its soil as part of a settlement with the United States.
*Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist specialising
in U.S. national security policy. The paperback edition of his latest
book, "Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in
Vietnam", was published in 2006.
On 7/30/11 12:19 PM, Hoor Jangda wrote:
Taliban offer talks if US sets pull out date
Islamabad-Conflicting reports are in circulation regarding the US
direct talks with Taliban. On the one hand the US administration has
publicly conceded direct talks with Taliban at Qatar and Berlin
without giving any details about the level of the talks.
On the other, Taliban Afghanistan is dismissing any direct talks with
the US administration. Furthermore, Taliban leadership has indicated
that they were ready to negotiate peace with the United States right
now and cut links with Al-Qaeda if Washington indicated its
willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according
to a former Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting between
a senior Taliban official and a US general two years ago.
Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, who was acting prime minister of Afghanistan in
1995-96 told IPS in an interviews that a group of Taliban officials
conveyed the organization position on starting peace negotiation in a
meeting in Kabul a few days ago .Taliban made it clear that they would
not insist on any specific date for final withdrawal.
Ahmadzai also maintained that Mullah Omar was aware of the contacts
and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar continues to enjoy Mullah Omar's
According to the inquiries carried out by the US Congress, federal
agencies and military, the US taxpayer money had been indirectly
funneled to the Taliban. Taliban got about $2.16 billion
transportation contract that the United States had funded in part to
promote Afghan business. The investigation found credible evidence of
involvement in a criminal enterprise by four of eight prime
Hoor Jangda
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Posted By: JimB(A+)Date: Thursday, 28 December 2000, at 1:43 p.m.
In Response To: I don't think so Edna (steve k (O))
How to treat the food lists when practicing at a T2 (lose weight, treat disease) level of compliance has not been a source of controversy.
How to treat the T2 food list when practicing at a T1 level of compliance is the bone of contention.
Problems start with the fact that the book nowhere says that T1 level compliance allows you to eat food on the T2 list. It says that T1 level compliance allows you to eat from the T1 list and the Neutrals list. This is clearly an oversight and should be corrected in the next printing.
The next controversy stems from the fact that Dr. D'Adamo's posts to this board appear to be saying that persons practicing T1 level compliance with the diet can treat ALL foods on the T2 list as neutrals. Some people on this board say that can't bo so: an avoid must always be an avoid.
Personally, I think that Dr D is saying that for persons practicing at the T1 compliance level, T2 avoids can be treated as Neutrals. Or perhaps a better way of saying this is:
Persons practicing the diet at the T1 level of compliance may treat the T2 list any way they wish.
In other words, T1-compliant people can use the T2 list any way they think will benefit and serve them. If eating avoids on the T2 list makes their life happier and/or allows them to socialize better, then they can do it. If avoiding some avoids on the T2 list makes them feel better, the list guides them how to squeeze more health benefit out of their diet.
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masondc Posts: 4I have a new 2007 Hyundai Elantra with XM radio. I am a loyal XM radio fan but so far have had a frustrating time with the installed XM radios because I cannot figure out how to scroll through program information in the way normal XM radios work.
So far as I can tell, you can only scroll through channels in the installed XM radio. But most XM radios have three levels of detail -- Channel, Program (i.e., what's on this hour), and Detail. For example, if you are watching an MLB baseball game you will see:
Channel: 179 -- MLB Baseball
Program: Braves vs. Nationals
Detail: 2-0, Top 3rd, 1 out
With a normal XM radio you can set the radio to show the "Program" level and scroll through all the baseball games. But on the Elantra you have to scroll through Channel -- which gives you no detail -- and stop at every channel, then hit the info button to see more about the program. A real pain in the butt.
Does anyone know a way to set the XM to scroll through other levels of detail? It is possible I am missing something, but I have tried everything I could think of. -
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doohickie Posts: 949To get to the door speakers, take the door panels off. There are some screws on the rear edge (with plastic covers over them), at the armrest (with plastic covers over them) and near the handle. Once that screw is out, remove the plastic "bowl" it was holding in. Then there are pop fasteners around the bottom and sides; just pop them off by pulling away from the door so the bottom of the door is free and clipped in only at the top, then lift the whole thing up so it disengages at the top by the window. You have to disconnect electrical connectors for the courtesy light at the bottom corner and the power window switches.
To reinstall it, it helps to remove the little piece of triangular trim by the rear view mirror; otherwise it's just the opposite of taking it off.
With the trim off, you should have easy access to the speakers.
To replace rear speakers, click here if you have a sedan or if you have a hatch, fold the seat back down and remove the rear speaker trim by loosening the two bolts visible from the cargo area:
And the bolt and screw in the rear seat area:
Then pull the piece up and toward the middle of the car. There will be a slot to slide the seat belt out.
Speaker size, I think, is 6-3/4" in the doors, 6-3/4" in the rears on the hatch version (6-1/2" can work for 6-3/4"), and 6" x 9" for the rears on the sedan. -
squatter Posts: 1Just purchased a 2007 Elantra SE that doesn't have XM pre-installed. I will be taking it back to the dealer to have it installed (on them! I clearly stated that I wanted it and the car on the lot in the color I wanted did not have XM already, though I was told it did.) Anyway, I'm kind of afraid to have it installed aftermarket because I don't understand what happens to the mast antenna. If it has to be removed (and I would imagine it does) what happens to that spot on the body of the car? I better not be left with a gaping hole!
petervalentine Posts: 1Recently I started getting an error code - Er8 - when I try to switch to use my tape player. This wouldn't normally be an issue but I use a tape adapter to listen to my iPod. A few days ago a girl at my office backup into my car. Could that bump knock the tape deck into a security mode? Any help would be much appreciated.
stever Viva Las CrucesPosts: 42,389This is what I wrote over in Edmunds Answers in case you missed it:
This is a real long shot, but it's free. Many people have had success in getting "stuck" CD players to work by disconnecting the negative battery cable for a few minutes. The theory is that you can reboot or reset the unit this way. May be worth a try for your tape deck as well.
You'll lose your radio security code doing this (if you have one), so make sure you know what the code is. You'll also lose any adaptive settings so your Elantra may feel like it's driving a bit differently for a few miles or so until it relearns how you drive.
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beacon Posts: 2We bought our Elantra GLS last June of 2007 and we like the car. But not yet a year old and the radio/cd/xm are dead. Possibly the fuse has blown. Couple of our friends told us before we looked into the Hyundai's that they have a consistent problem with fuses.
I tried to change the fuse but found it difficult to remove the fuse w/my fat little fingers. Any suggestion on how I can do this myself??? -
fargond Posts: 23I just purchased an 08 Elantra SE with factory XM.
I have programmed stations into the first 2 banks of presets (6 in XM1, 6 in XM2).
I normally leave it on bank 1 and then use the steering wheel preset Up/Down control to switch between the individual stations.
Most of the time, when I use it, it properly moves between the presets.
However, sometimes, when I hit up or down (say I'm on preset 4 and press up), it goes back to preset 1 instead of the right preset (in this example, 5).
I have narrowed it down for sure to doing this IF I have hit the button when the info screen is showing "Category" instead of the station number/song title/artist.
Is this by design? If so it doesn't make sense. Does it do this on anyone elses?
Also, there have been 2 times where I have gotten in the car and it's been back on the first channel, the demo one, that is not in any of my presets on that bank. I haven't figured out why this is occuring either. Is it a loss of signal from XM due to my garage causing it? -
bwaller78 Posts: 23Yes it is possible, however you will need to get a converter that allows rca connections to the stock stereo as they do not come with pre amp rca connections. I have 2 subwoofers and two amps in my 07 elantra, but have after market radio. You can get the converter at any store that sells car audio equipment. It will not void the warranty with the subwoofer, unless they can prove that the subwoofer or any other aftermaket audio installed caused the problem. For example, the electrical system malfunctioning because of improper installation or use.
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kidroach Posts: 9I'm trying to install an iPod on my car but I can't seem to find any aux input on the radio (I'm pretty sure the radio is original from the factory).
Anyone has had this problem and got a solution for it? Right now, the only thing that comes to my mind is change the radio to something else aftermarket. Then again, that would be a hassle to install and I'd throwing away the current radio (I'm not gonna use it and I highly doubt if anyone would buy it?)
So, anyone has a good solution on how to install an iPod on Elantra?
Also, I've read that there's Aux Inputs on the later models of Elantra. Mine is the 2004 GLS model. -
backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,787One easy way is to get one of those little wireless transmitters that sends your iPod or MP3 signal over FM radio. They start around $20. It doesn't work real well in real big cities with crowded FM bands, but my oldest son uses one on an old 626 and I use it to pipe a portable DVD player's sound through the stereo system on our minivan on long trips and it works pretty well.
Or get a new one. The Elantra has a standard slot for the radio, so installing a new unit would not be difficult. I've seen units with aux inputs starting under $100 at BestBuy et. al. -
backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,787I bought a new Kenwood car stereo as a gift for my son (also for me) for my 2004 GT, which my son and I share now, but he'll be taking to college next fall. It has the OEM Kenwood unit in it now. I'm replacing it because of various problems, including balkiness turning on when very cold, very poor AM reception, and frustrating controls. Also the new one has an aux input jack on the front, and CDs can be inserted w/o lowering the faceplate (a really poor design on the OEM unit I thought). I got a great deal on the new unit ($80), including free "basic" installation (parts extra).
Which brings me to my question. I figure this should be a very simple install, since I'm replacing a Kenwood single DIN unit with another Kenwood single DIN unit. The audio shop thought it should be a simple swap, but wasn't sure. I'm taking it in for the install on Monday. Anybody know if this will be as easy as I expect it will be, i.e. no parts needed? -
backy Twin CitiesPosts: 18,787Since the new stereo was installed today, I have my answer: it WAS a simple swap. Took less than 30 minutes for the audio shop to do it, and no parts needed (i.e. a "basic install", so it was free). And the new Kenwood unit looks better than the OEM unit, sounds great (including AM), and looks like it could be a factory piece, with blue and red lighting that matches the GT's dash lighting. And the controls are a breeze to use, contrary to those on the old deck. Best $79.95 + tax I've ever spent (well, in a long time anyway).
So anyone who has the '04 GT with the Kenwood stereo system and is less than pleased with it, you can swap it easily and inexpensively for something much better. FWIW, my new unit is the Kenwood KDC-MP142... at or near the bottom of the line, so if you want more features such as an iPod jack in addition to the aux input, and Bluetooth and satellite radio ready, there's units in the same line with similar controls and styling that will pop right into the '04 GT as my el cheapo unit did.
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eayala Posts: 5Hello. My car radio come with an Aux input, not on the radio but down by next to the [non-permissible content removed] gear. I try pluggin in an IPOD but did not work. Thougt I found it strange that the radio, did not have the option for Aux in.
My question is the following.
What is the Aux for that came on the Car?
If I replace radio,(looking for something more sophisticated, but not expensive) what is the recomendation?
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nybamma Posts: 1I have a 2008 Elantra that I bought used 2 months ago. For the last 2 weeks, I have been getting a "loading" message on the radio display. I can't see the radio station or switch to the CD player or use my iPod. I called the dealership I bought it from and they say it needs to be replaced but the warranty won't cover it. Any easy fix?


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servings8 servings
1 pound sweet, Italian sausage.2-3 carrots, peeled, chopped into chunks, and steamed till fully cooked in a microwave.
1 bag/box of potato gnocche.
12 ounce can of cooked chicken breast.
1 large can of chicken stock.
1 jar of alfredo.
1 medium onion,cleaned, peeled, chopped.
1 teaspoon dry, sweet basil.
1/4 teaspoon Garlic.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Olive Oil.
Bring several cups of water to a boil, and cook two to three cups of frozen potato gnocche (or make your own). When gnocche are all floating, remove from heat and remove gnocche from water. (Retain some water from gnocche in case you want to add water to soup at end. Using a straining ladle is useful for this.)Cook onion in large stew pot in olive oil until tender with crumbled Italian sausage. Add sweet basil and garlic powder (or a couple of chopped cloves of garlic). Add carrots. Add chicken stock. Add alfredo. Add gnocche. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If you prefer to reduce consistency, add some of the pasta water in which the gnocche was cooked.
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To become more intuitive, one of the first steps is to start listening to your body. By focusing on things such as exercise, rest and healthy eating, you can begin to transform your intuition and lifestyle.
Exercise. Being intuitive requires energy and alertness. Because exercise elevates your circulation, strengthens your body and reduces tension, you should do it at least three times a week to heighten your level of intuitive awareness.
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Mr Hollande's election poses several questions for the EU, in particular around France's relationship with the centre-right German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who publicly backed Mr Sarkozy during the election campaign.
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death. The mission in Afghanistan was to defeat al Qaeda, and with his
death, a plausible claim can be made that the mission is complete. Again
speculatively, it will be interesting to see how this affects U.S.
strategy there.
Equally possible is that this will trigger action by al Qaeda in bin
Laden's name. We do not know how viable al Qaeda is or how deeply
compromised it was. It is clear that bin Laden's cover had been
sufficiently penetrated to kill him. If bin Laden's cover was
penetrated, then the question becomes how much of the rest of the
organization's cover was penetrated. It is unlikely, however, that al
Qaeda is so compromised that it cannot take further action.
At this early hour, the only thing possible is speculation on the
consequences of bin Laden's death, and that speculation is inherently
flawed. Still, the importance of his death has its consequences.
Certainly one consequence will be a sense of triumph in the United
States. To others, this will be another false claim by the United
States. For others it will be a call to war. We know little beyond what
we have been told, but we know it matters.
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Reviewed Chicken and Dumplings
Mar 3, 2012 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"I'm giving this two stars because I had a pre-made Turkey Soup that I wanted to add Dumplings to and I thought, HEY Paula Deen knows her stuff so this should be the ticket.
Heated up my own Turkey Soup and made her Dumplings only and added them as suggested.
I'm not sure if there's a specific element from this..."