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Low Vision Program
What is Low Vision?
A diagnosis of low vision is given if an individual's vision is 20/60 with correction of eyeglasses, contact lenses, or lens implants. This decrease in vision will affect an individual's activities of daily living such as reading food and medication labels, writing a check, balancing a checkbook, driving a car, operating a computer, preparing a meal, or reading a train schedule.
For a considerable number of older persons, low vision is their primary physical impairment. However, because of the impact of low vision on the performance of activities of daily living, many older adults with low vision find they must enter retirement and residential care facilities or reside with their children.
What Does legal blindness mean?
This is a non-medical term used by the government for income tax purposes. A certain visual acuity, or visual field measurement, is used to determine if a person is qualified for this status. The majority of this population has some remaining vision, and can make effective use of that sight with appropriate low vision devices.
What are low vision devices?
Low vision devices or visual aids can be as simple as a bold line pen or as complex as a closed circuit television which magnifies text. Anything including modifications that helps a person compensate for low vision is considered a low vision device or visual aid.
Will devices cure my vision?
NO! The use of devices will only allow you to use your vision more effectively. With practice and use, the adaptive equipment and techniques may increase your independence in daily activities.
Will using low vision devices hurt my eyes?
NO! Using low vision devices will enhance vision, not harm your eyes. Using your eyes and low vision devices make it possible to perform tasks that otherwise would not be possible.
Do all people who have low vision become blind?
NO! Most people with low vision will continue to have useable sight for the remainder of their lives. It is important to continue routine eye examinations and follow the advice of your physicians. Many eye conditions can be progressive without appropriate treatment.
Are there many people with low vision in America?
YES! Recent reports from the United States Census Bureau indicate that nearly 13 million Americans, over the age of 15, have problems reading newsprint, even with glasses. Although the majority of this population consists of adults, children may also be affected.
Can a low vision evaluation help me?
YES! A low vision evaluation is comprised of many factors. People with a reduction in vision, which affects their daily life, can benefit from a low vision exam. This exam can include: Contrast sensitivity, lighting conditions, glare, optical devices and personal motivation. With the evaluation the physician can determine possible changes that may affect quality of vision.
Will I hurt my eyes by holding the print too close?
NO! Written materials that may require you holding them closer to see may feel awkward but it will not hurt your eyes. Eyes, like feet, get tired with use and may need a rest after a workout.
Will I hurt my eyes by sitting too close to the TV?
NO! Sitting even as close as one foot away from your television will not hurt your eyes. Moving closer to your TV can be an inexpensive and effective way to see it better.
Evidence of Treatment
Guidelines of Occupational Therapy treatment must be medically necessary; meaning that the individual's ability to complete necessary Activities of Daily Living (cooking, driving, cleaning, dressing) has been greatly compromised by the vision loss and there are reasonable expectations that the individual's functional ability will improve with therapy.
The Occupational Therapy Evaluation focuses on assessing the functional limitations experienced by the individual due to the vision loss and determining how the individual is best able to use remaining vision to complete daily activities.
Occupational Therapy treatment emphasizes training the individual to use remaining vision as efficiently and effectively as possible to complete daily activities and includes training in use of optical devices.
Service Provided in a Low Vision Rehabilitation Program
Service is covered through a Physician Referral for Occupational Therapy.


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BSNL is one of the reputed telecom organizations in India which provides world class services and connection to the general people of the country. It provides high speed multi gigabit broadband services to the users which is available on DSL technology that uses copper wires for connectivity of phone services. BSNL broadband high speed internet include video and audio conferencing, Interactive gaming and Video-on-demand services, Video multicasting, IP telephony and many others to the users of India. New users can choose the best prepaid or postpaid broadband connection for their home or business offices as BSNL are providing many high speed tariff services and plans for both existing and new BSNL subscribers. Prepaid and postpaid subscribers can go through the details regarding various plans offered by the BSNL telecom company on BSNL broadband high speed plans.
BSNL is providing its existing and new users with new high speed services and tariff plans. There are plans available for Business users & Home which provide limited usage of services. They are BBG super speed combo 4999 and BBG super speed combo 6999. They provide up to 16 Mbps and 24 Mbps download speed for the two plans respectively and is applicable to all users. Upload or download limit is 125 GB per month for combo 4999 plan and 250GB per month for combo 6999 plan. Other particulars of both the plans are similar to each other. It is the fastest speed plan which is offered by the BSNL broadband high speed plans based on the VDSL technology. BSNL has introduced 3G services in India through wireless EVDO facility for broadband services. It is only at some select cities and offers 2Mbps download speed to the users. In case of absence of EVDO coverage in an area, the EVDO card changes to CDMA 1.0 based internet connectivity which provides a speed of 128 Kbps.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is planning to launch LTE-based broadband services at the urban areas. TD-LTE stands for time division long term evolution which is 4G technology just like WiMax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access). It offers wireless broadband services at very high speeds. Users can get data speed up to 60-100 Mbps when use TD-LTE broadband services. This service is compatible with the 2G and 3G networks whereas Wimax broadband service is not. Details regarding these services are available over the internet in many websites. It is very advisable for the users to select the best BSNL broadband high speed internet usage plan by understanding the features and particulars regarding that plan.

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Title: | Garris Family Genealogy |
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June 2, 1983 (unprocessed), 6 items; Bible records, DAR application, and cemetery records for Garris Family of Pitt County, N. C. Donor: Mr. Ronald Garris.
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Valentine's Day is coming up meaning that everybody are getting into romantic mood. An average person will be glad to recieve a valentine card, a box of chocolates, jewelry or a bottle of favorite perfumes. But if you're a web designer, you'll be no less excited to get something that'll be useful in your work and still posess the spirit of the holiday. That's why we decided to present you a list ofValentine's Day Designer Resources! Here you'll find Valentine's Day brushes, fonts, icons, illustrations and vector graphics, tutorials, wallpapers, and contests - in other words, everything to help you enjoy the holiday to the fullest and give the joy to your loved ones!
Valentine's Day Photoshop Brushes Resources
5 Photoshop Heart Brushes Sets from FBrushes
The collection of 5 Photoshop heart brushes sets from FBrushes contains 92(!) brushes on the whole! Hearts in all possible shapes, styles and clusters ranging from classic to alternative.
Photoshop Heart Brushes Collection from Web Resources Depot
An extensive list if heart brushes resources. Hearts, arrows, swirls, borders, etc. that have been collected for your perusal and use while getting ready for Valentine's Day!
5 Sets of Free Photoshop Brushes for Valentine's Day Designs from Design Bliss
5 great sets of valentine's day photoshop brushes from 2 great designers: ShadyMedusa and Obsidian Dawn. Heart-centered, the brush designs are still unique in their decorations and clusters.
5 More Sets of Free Photoshop Brushes for Valentine's Day Designs from Design Bliss
Another 5 great sets of valentine's day brushes. Exclusive hearts, swirls and kisses will add some taste and feel to your valentine's day design.
This is a set of hand drawn heart doodles - scanned, vectorized in Illustrator, and exported to Photoshop. If you wanna try something original, then this set of heart doodles will work just right for you.
Last Minute Valentine's Day Photoshop Brushes Set
2 sets of 40 grunge brushes total will suit those best who is not a fan of sickly sweet Valentine's Days designs. These brushes will add on some mystery to you Valentine's Day!
Valentine's Day Fonts
This website contains more than 100 different fonts (hearts, kisses etc.) for a Valentine's Day! All fonts are black-and-white. Also you can type a word and customize it in any font. This is an excellent website.
Here we have a website with different fonts (kisses, hearts etc.) for a Valentine's Day. You can find a lot of words, typed in different fonts. Fonts on the website are black-and-white.
This website has a huge amount of black-and-white fonts: hearts, kisses, angels, animals and other for a Valentine's Day! Website is clean and simple.
On this website you can find coloured fonts. There are words typed in red and pink colours. Website is clean and simple.
Here you can find 18 nice fonts for a Valentine's Day. Fonts are shown in different colours.
This website contains one of the greatest collections of nice fonts. Here you will find 140 different fonts for a Valentine's Day. Everything is simple and clean. Fonts are shown excellent.
Here we have a website like previous. There is a page with some more fonts for a Valentine's Day.
This is a website with unusual and nice fonts. There are 17 excellent (shown in black-and-white) fonts.
Here we have 144 different fonts! A great collection, isn't it? Unusual and interesting fonts! I think you will find here, what you are looking for!
Valentine's Day Icon Resources
Valentine's Icons from Clip-art
5 sets of Valentune's Day icons, both for Mac and PC. Hearts, flowers, cuoids and couples are all accurately rendered and free to use to create a romantic mood.
5 Sets of Free Icons for Valentine's Day
Here are some heart-shaped rss icons and generic glossy hearts you could use. Simple, clean and cute - a good resource to help you make you Valentine's design special!
Free Valentine's Day Icons from Eight7teen
If you're a designer, there are a couple of resources that are a bit more creative than chocolates to tell somebody that they are special. These two Valentine's Day Icon sets are not as tasty as chocolates but are still a sign of love and care.
Valentine's Day Icons from IconFactory
Iconic sweets, candy sweets and classic candy heart icons for the sweetie! Happy Valentine's Day! Click the link to see the icons!
TemplateMonster.com Valentine's Bonus Iconset
The St. Valentine's Day iconset from Templatemonster.com contains a collection of 12 premium romantic icons. Using these romantic icons is the best way for you to put some romance and tenderness into your designs. The iconset is available for free to anyone who buys any template from TemplateMonster.com during the month of February 2008.
Heart: My Free Social Icon Set
Well, this is not exactly the Valentine's Day icon set, but the icons are still created in the shape of hearts which to my mind suits our topic well. And the advantage is that you can use them even when the Valentine's Day is long over.
Valentine's Day Illustrations
This website contains 66 different illustrations for a Valentine's Day! Here you can find illustrations of any genre (flowers, children, animals etc.). All images are colourful and nice.
Here we have big pictures for a Valentine's Day (many flowers). Illustrations are excellent.
Myspace Valentine Day Graphics
This website contains 40 animations (animals, hearts, flowers, pleasant words etc.). All animations are coloured and some of them ablaze.
Here we have many coloured images. They are not very big, but interesting. This images are made in a little bit old style. I think you willlike them.
This website contains 12 good images (many angels, and hearts). Images are simple and clean.
Here we have 40 excellent images! Each illustration is stylish and exclusive. I'm sure you'll like it!
This website contains over 100 illustrations for a Valentine's Day! Here you will find pictures on any taste!
This website is one of the best in our list! Here you will find a lot of beautiful illustrations. You will see cupids, flowers, a lot of hearts, people, animals, kisses etc.
Valentine's Day Vector Graphics
Free Valentine's Day vectors collection - Crazy Leaf Design
This is a free eps and png vector and vectorial icons collection.
15 Free Vector Heart Images For Valentine's Day - Web Resources Depot
Just as said in the title - there are 15 free vector heart images in this collection. Whether you are into Valentine's Day or not, these sweet heart vector images will make you look forward to February 14.
Valentine's Day Cupid Vector Clipart - Cool Clips
This collection of royalty-free vector clip art images focuses on Cupid, archery, arrows, bow & arrow, and Cherub. It'll suit any of your Valentine's Day projects pefrectly including business presentations, desktop publishing, web pages, greeting cards, email, posters, promotional items, t-shirts, sign-making, print-making and more!
Vector Clipart: Valentines Day - Vector Images
Vector-Clipart.info offers the exclusive vector clipart CD packages vectorized by professional designers. All the clip arts are available in two main vector formats - CorelDraw 9 (.cdr) and EPS.
Three ultra high quality Valentine's Day text images featuring 'I Love You', 'Happy Valentines' and 'Love'. Deep red, clean, saturated and simply gorgeous images will add on a tru sense of love to your design.
Valentine's Day Vector Graphics - iStockPhoto
These images are not totally free, but unique and there's a great choice! Using these imagine, you don't have to worry you'll find and identical design to yours!
Illustration of Valentine's Day Vector - FeaturePics
Another set of Valentine's Day vector illustrations that is for sale. Yet it's beautiful and original!
Valentine's Day Heart Vector Clipart - Cool Clips
31 pages of all different heart vector clipart! What else should be added?.. Heart vector clipart is available in raster JPG files and scalable, resizeable vector WMF files.
Valentine's Day Tutorial Resources
101 St. Valentine's Day Graphics Tutorials
The multiple tutorials 5 different sections will teach multiple ways to draw Valentine hearts, Cupid, Valentine Candies and Chocolates, Roses, St. Valentine's cards. There are also Miscellaneous St. Valentine's Day Tutorials. All of the selections contain the tutorials for popular graphics editor software packages such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Corel Draw.
Valentine's Day Ideas from Adobe Tutorialz
Enter the keyword 'Valentine' in the search form and you'll get a list of useful valentine's Day tutorials. Various hearts, cards, texts, special effects, calendards and wallpapers created with a proffesional touch and described in detail, so you have no trouble creating the one of your own.
Valentines Day - Photoshop Style
The tutorial will teach you to create the "nebula" effect (that is kind of colorful clouds) behind the 3d text.The final design was planned to be a Valentine's Day present for the author's girlfriend, so it's made with love and style.
A collection of tutorials you can use in web design, e-card creating or any graphic representation of your feelings to charm your beloved, friends and any people you care about. Give them one more reason to smile on St. Valentine's Day.
Valentine's Day Contests
St. Valentine's Wallpapers Contest by Templates.com: LOVE will save the world!
Create your own wallpaper and win $150 in cash prize! You can send as many wallpapers as you like - the main condition is to place Templates.com logo on it. Any types of images are welcomed: 3D art, vectors, photos, and pixmaps. Images must be in JPEG (.jpg) format and four resolutions - 800 x 600, 1024 x 768, 1280 x 1024, 1600 x 1200. Deadline: February 14.
Black Heart Anti-Valentines Day Contest - v 2.0!
The theme is anti-valentines. Something a bit darker/creepier than you average valentine project - or however you interpret "Anti-Valentine". Illustrations or any sort of food or craft project welcome. Tutorials and How-to's are encouraged! Simply create your offering, and either post the link to it as a comment, or email it to the organizator. And show off your stuff on flickr by adding it to the dabbled group pool. http://flickr.com/groups/dabbled/ The coolest stuff will be featured on Dabbled.org, linking back to all your other equally cool stuff if you provide a website. Deadline: 11:oo PM Eastern US time on Feb 12
Valentine's Day Contests from DeviantART:
St. Valentines Day Vector Contest from DeviantART
Create 1 Valentine's Day theme deviation in red ,pink, or white/black colors with vectors, submit it to DaviantART, then vote on the top 3 works (you can vote for youself), and in case your design get to the top-5 - win one of the prizes provided! You can also donate a prize - it can be as simple as a feature! For more details, do to the contest page on DeviantART. Deadline: midnight on February 16th, 2008.
Dark and Luscious Valentine Contest
Things passionate, wild maybe, definitely your dark side! opened to all IFDD members and watchers. 2 entries per person. Deviations may not be switched/rearranged. All entries must be a recognizable fractal program such as Ultra Fractal, Apophysis, Mind Boggling Fractals, Fractal Explorer,etc. Prizes are there for the winners! Deadline: February 14th, midnight, Eastern Standard Time.
Show D.A. just how much you care! Anyone can make their own colorful creations using pallete specified as well as black and white colors, and make something to the theme of love and romance in an 11x11 inches format. The top pieces will be featured on a Valentines Day card. Deadline: February 12.
Valentine's Day Wallpapers
This is an excellent website! You will find here high resolution wallpapers for a Valentine's Day, up to 1920 x 1200 pixels! Some wallpapers are delightful (like this one!)!
This website contains over 120 wallpapers for a Valentine's Day! Wallpapers are excellent and with high resolution. I like this website!
Here we have 3 wallpapers of rather good quality.
This website contains 2 wallpapers for a Valentine's Day! Wallpapers are with high resolution.
Valentine's Day Wallpapers on Flickr
This website is worth visiting! Here you will find over 300 wallpapers for a Valentine's Day! Wallpapers are high quality and with high resolution!
Valentine's Day Designer Resources Round-ups
Over 50 Free Valentine's Day Design Resources - A Design Bliss Mega-List
Excellent collection of free Valentine's Day design resources. Here you'll find vector graphics, photoshop brushes and patterns, icon sets, stock photos and backgrounds fonts and dingbats , and textures! And there's a bonus - an exclusive Design Bliss Download for you - a little vector heart design!
Valentine's Day Tutorials & Resources from Area1
Here's what you'll find: 10 Tutorials, 10 Fonts, 11 Icons (.ico & .png format), and 6 Wordpress Themes. A great gift to for those interested in design on Valentine's Day!
Valentine's Day Collection Photoshop Presets
This round of Valentine's Day design resources includes Photoshop heart custom shapes, photoshop heart brush set, 2 sets of Valentine's Day Patterns, 2 sets of pink layer styles, 2 sets of lavender layer styles, and 2 sets of red layer styles. And just as said in the title, these are presents meaning they are totally FREE!
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Carl Heastie of the Bronx is gaining plenty of momentum in his bid to become the next speaker of the state Assembly.
With the scandal surrounding Sheldon Silver still hanging over Albany, lawmakers have begun their joint budget hearings on the governor's proposed budget. They started with Environmental Conservation, and continued Thursday with Transportation. Nick Reisman has more on the hearing and what's ahead in the budget.
After a photography blog on Utica went viral, and got a huge show of support from residents, the man behind the lens decided to pay it forward. The Rochester based photographer who took the pictures made his way back to Utica for public portrait sessions. Alana LaFlore shares how the keepsakes will give back to the community. 01/31/2015 07:11 PM
It's all about doing what's right -- with what's left. Starting this year, residents can no longer toss old TVs and certain electronics to the curb. Instead, they'll have to be recycled or you will face a $100 fine. Alexa Green explains how Syracuse's Department of Public Works is helping make the recycling process a bit easier. 01/31/2015 06:13 PM
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Renowned Health Care Economist Speaks on Costs and Reform at Free Public Forum
Princeton University's Uwe E. Reinhardt will speak on "A Community Call to Action" on Nov. 19 in the UAlbany Performing Arts Center.
ALBANY, N.Y. (Sept. 26, 2013) – A Google news search of "health care costs" on any given day will net tens of thousands of results. As more and more Americans seek information on this hot topic, CDPHP® and UAlbany's School of Public Health are tackling the issue head on.
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Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading authorities on health care economics, is the keynote speaker for "Health Care in the 21st Century: A Community Call to Action." This free public health care forum will take place at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the UAlbany Performing Arts Center. Pre-registration is required.
Reinhardt is a professor of economics at Princeton University. His speech, "U.S. Health Care Under Siege: Challenges and Opportunities," will lead off a discussion on health care reform and the cost of care locally and nationally. Panelists include Paula Stopera, president and CEO, CAP COM Federal Credit Union; Dennis Whalen, president, Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS); and Dr. John D. Bennett, president and CEO, CDPHP.
This is the second in a series of presentations designed to address the issues of quality, cost, and access to health care in our communities. The first event, held earlier this year, featured Dr. Atul Gawande.
The forum is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required as seating is limited. Registration information will be available on CDPHP.com. Follow along on Twitter at #HealthCareTalk.
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EYE ON: Illinois' Bloomingdale Trail
The whole country is talking about Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail. Here's an excellent feature from the Fall 2013 edition of Rails-to-Trails magazine that dives into how the Bloomingdale blossomed from a great idea into one of America's most exciting rail-trail projects. (Rails-to-Trails Magazine has lots of great stories like this, by the way).
At nearly 20 feet above four northwestern Chicago neighborhoods, the Bloomingdale Trail (a.k.a. The 606) will be a park in the sky. It's a lofty project to be created from an elevated rail line that once was referred to as "an overgrown linear jungle." After the Canadian Pacific Railway ended service here in the 1990s, the corridor became strewn with broken glass and trash. Plans for the rail-trail include a dramatic facelift, featuring art plazas, entertainment venues, flowering trees, winding nature walks off the main trail, an astronomy observatory, and benches where trail users can rest and enjoy the views.
"A colleague calls it a 'cultural superhighway' because it's more than a trail; it's a park system and an art space," says Beth White, director of the Chicago office of The Trust for Public Land, which is heading up the project development effort with the Chicago Park District and other partners.
"It's such a unique trail," says Eric Oberg, manager of trail development at the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) Midwest Regional Office. "It will be an attraction without a doubt. Not a trail in the world is going to look like this."
Championing the project has been a 10-year effort for Friends of the Bloomingdale Trail, an all-volunteer group founded in 2003. "We thought there'd be more opposition than there was," says Ben Helphand, the organization's president. "But people loved the idea."
Since those formative years, RTC has supported the project, providing technical assistance as well as funding for community workshops through its Metropolitan Grants Program sponsored by The Coca-Cola Foundation. Oberg well remembers the swell of positive energy for the trail he encountered at one of those early workshops. "There is a high level of community pride with this trail," he says. "There's been such an engagement throughout the process. To see the ideas [of trail enthusiasts] turned into reality is inspiring."
One can't talk about an elevated rail-trail without New York City's High Line entering the conversation, but there are more differences than similarities between the two projects. For one, the High Line does not permit bicycling, whereas The Bloomingdale Trail is designed to be multipurpose, featuring a concrete path for bicyclists and a parallel soft-surface track for walkers and runners. Another difference is size: Stretching 2.7 miles, the Bloomingdale is almost twice the length of its counterpart in the Big Apple.
"The biggest difference is that The Bloomingdale Trail actually goes through dense urban neighborhoods," says Oberg. "This is where people live and play and work and go to school."
Julia de Burgos Park, the first of the project's three new pocket parks to be completed, already is well used and well loved by the children of Logan Square, says Helphand, a resident of the neighborhood. Five schools are immediately adjacent to the trail, and The Trust for Public Land will be working with them to determine if there are ways the trail could be used as an outdoor classroom. Eight access points along the route will allow people to reach the trail from these parks and other gathering points below.
Construction of the trail began in summer 2013. The Trust for Public Land hopes to have the trail useable end to end by the fall of 2014.
"The Bloomingdale Trail is really going to transform lives," says White. "It's a part of our industrial past that's being turned into an amenity for today and the next hundred years."
For more information on the project, visit the606.org.
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However, there is another icon of Venice well-known to at least college English majors of the '60s, Harry's Bar. Like so many places in northeastern Italy, it appears in Hemingway's fiction " some of his very best, and also worst " for instance, parts of the novel in which he writes about it, "Across the river and into the trees." It is the story of an American army colonel, living on borrowed time with a bad heart, who is in love with a beautiful young Italian countess.
He meets her at Harry's early in the novel:
"Then he was pulling open the door of Harry's bar and was inside and he made it again, and was at home. At the bar a tall, very tall man, with a ravaged face of great breeding, merry blue eyes, and the long, loose-coupled body of a buffalo wolf, said, 'My ancient and depraved colonel.'
'My wicked Andrea.'....
Then she came into the room, shining in her youth and tall striding beauty, and the carelessness the wind had made of her hair."
Reading this, the dream of one day visiting Harry's Bar in Venice was born in many a college sophomore's deepest heart. So when Fran and I decided to take the train down to Venice from Udine, (our companions had already been there once, which was enough, they assured us), she looked up Harry's in the guide book, and discovered that it was located right off the piazza San Marco, practically in the shadow of the enormous Byzantine Cathedral that could almost be mistaken for a mosque. Why not go there (the bar, not the cathedral) and have a beer and one of the famous martinis that figure so prominently in Hemingway's fiction ?
In Venice, the train station leaves off right at the foot of the Grand Canal, where the hordes of tourists are herded down the steps into giant water buses, to be ferried off to their pluckings. It is hard to describe the scene. There is the world famous canal, lined with the medieval palazzi, gondolas plying back and forth; the water is filthy and a villainous greenish color, the boats all look as if they were part of a decayed movie set. It is like a theme park built long ago, now managed from somewhere far away. Above all, it is choked with humanity " hordes of Japanese and German tourists in tightly organized blobs, group after group of school children under the scarcest semblance of control before the summer holiday, totally exasperated Americans from the Midwest, unable to fathom where they are or how to get somewhere else, and us.
But we arrived at Harry's without a hitch, walked through the fabled door, and were greeted by a distinguished looking waiter (although not with a face of any great breeding) who asked us, "Just drinks, or lunch also?"
I said, "Lunch," and we were seated at one of not many tables, the place being rather smaller than I imagined it. The patrons were extremely well-dressed, sophisticates, I gathered. We ordered our drinks and then I looked at the menu. The first thing I looked at was a soup, a clear soup " 30 euros, which is about $40 these days. Yeow! What with the dollar being so cheap vis-Ã -vis the euro, Europe is rarely a bargain, but this was unheard of. I could not think immediately of a graceful way to cut back our order to just drinks " no wonder the waiter had asked " and there appeared an enormous plate of bread, olives, cheese, crackers. Too late now.
The chicly dressed ladies next to us got up and one said, in what sounded like a Kansas accent, "30 euros for a beer, let's get out of here." They walked out in a screech of chairs. At the top and the bottom of the menu was printed, in bold face, "GRATUITY NOT INCLUDED." This is not the usual practice in Europe. After our lunch, our extremely expensive light lunch, the waiter brought us the check and informed us that it did not include any gratuity. When he brought back the credit card slip, he pointed out that there was no printed line for a tip, that we would have to write it in by hand, pointing with his finger.
I wish I could report that I did not meekly add on a tip and skedaddle.


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AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN/INDIA/US - Afghan paper criticizes Karzai over recent remarks on Pakistani TV
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Text of editorial "Karzai and the lost line of friend and foe" by
independent Afghan newspaper Cheragh on 24 October
President Karzai has seriously criticized the West for its war in
Afghanistan over the past a few years, particularly following Barack
Obama's election. He believes that war on terror should be spread to
anywhere there are terrorist roots. He has always emphasized a shift of
the war from Afghanistan to Pakistan to dismantle terrorist havens and
regarded this as a logical solution to this war. The president has
announced several times that terrorists are not in Afghan villages and
towns and that Washington should target main terrorist bases in
Following Usamah Bin-Ladin's death in Pakistan, Kabul's official stance
has underscored that the death of the Al-Qa'idah leader in Pakistan has
proved Afghanistan's rightfulness that terrorist centres and hideouts
are on the other side of the Afghan border. But the president
astonishingly announced in an interview with a Pakistani TV that if
America and Pakistan go to war, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan.
These remarks will presumably have various political and social
consequences, and people will analyse them in different ways. But it is
obvious that it will help Afghanistan's strategic allies to come to the
conclusion that this country is not a definitive ally. These remarks
come at a time when Afghanistan signed a strategic agreement with India,
opening a new chapter of relationship between the two countries. It is
expected that Afghanistan will sign another strategic agreement with the
USA in a few months, and this agreement aims at protecting Afghanis! tan
from its disturbing neighbours and regional countries. Now, his remarks
with the Pakistani TV are totally against these objectives and his
previous emphasis. It is not clear what the president's policy on our
gory neighbour is? However, it is clear that Pakistan's lobbies and the
fifth column of the enemy are pressuring the president, and now he is
confused and lost his direction.
However, perhaps the president meant that Afghanistan would side with
Pakistan when the US attacks Pakistan, but it would not side terrorists
based in Pakistan. But he did not make such clear remarks.
Anyway, such stances by the president will not help the peace process in
Afghanistan at all, and describing the enemy as friend and brother is
the sign of weakness not strength.
Source: Cheragh, Kabul, in Dari 24 Oct 11 p 2
BBC Mon SA1 SAsPol lm/mna
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"Great, fantastic, unbelievable for all the support received" these were the words used by Nigerian football legend, Segun Odegbami at the turnout and general support shown to him at the launch of his book, Me, Football and More – a selection of media writings by 'Mathematical' Segun Odegbami, MON with a foreword by Lagos state Governor, Babatune Fashola(SAN).
One of Nigeria's greatest football commodities, Mr Segun Odegbami(Former Nigerian football team player and Captain) who has for about 34 years written privately and publicly, released a compilation of media writings in a book format on the 6th of September at the Nigeria House in Northhumberland Avenue, London. The 350-paged book follows the sports legend's peregrinations through sports and the arts.
Speaking on the book, he said, "You are all witnesses to my journey through sports, sports administration and the media-my days in Sports Souvenir and Complete Sports, as a television host, producer and presenter, as a historian, documenting events and building a library of information, data and pictures for posterity, as a manufacturer producing balls, kits and even clothes, as a radio analyst and football manager. About a year ago, the idea to put together a compendium of some of these articles was mooted by a few persons that have been following this part of my life. Thus, we planted the seed of a book".
In attendance to support the sports star were Mr Odegbami's daughters one of them being Afrobeats queen Yemisi Odegbami aka May7ven, Funmi Odegbami, as well as Meg Odegbami (his niece who treated the crowd to a beautiful rendition of Whitney Houston's Miracle), DJ Abrantee, Nikki Laoye, DJ Abass, Alexander Amosu of OK! Nigeria, Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tarfida who helped launch the book officially and many other dignitaries, press, government officials as well as family friends and fans.
Many in attendance spoke of their pride and excitement at being able to grace the occasion.
"An inspirational event and day. When I'm not playing music I'm watching football. I now feel inspired to write a book", said DJ and radio presenter Abrantee.
"Today I'm happy to be here, Baba Shegs has been a legend. To put his life into a book is amazing", said artist Nikki Laoye.
Alexander Amosu of OK magazine stated, "Great to be here to be part of the book lunch, a great man who has giving great inspiration."
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The night ended beautifully with Mr Odegbami autographing his book for friends, family and fans.
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Status report on the war with Iran (we're ignorantly drifting into yet another illegal war)
Summary: We're marching towards a war. Like our other wars this past decade, an ill-considered conflict based mostly on lies. Wars being among the most uncertain things in life, this might be larger, more expensive, and more painful than our other wars since 9-11. Take a deep breath while reading this post and consider what we're doing. Only our passivity and implicit support for the hawks driving US foreign policy makes these wars possible. As such we'll fully deserve the consequences, for good or for ill. This is the tenth post in this series. Links at the end go to the previous chapters and to other reliable sources of information and analysis about this war.
A lie will fly around the world while the truth is getting its boots on.
— Attributed to Mark Twain
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
— Attributed to George Orwell
- The latest attack on Iran, in violation of the laws American laid down after WWII
- Again, as we did with Iraq, we've unknowingly taken the critical step towards war
- Can we take out Iran's nuke facilities? The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs answers.
- What are the likely results of our conflict?
- The winners so far: Turkey and Iran
- Other posts in this series
- For more information: articles discussing the current conflict between Iran and US-Israel
- Other posts about attacking Iran
(1) The latest attack on Iran, in violation of the laws American laid down
These assassinations and sabotage are acts of war. Illegal, as the UN Security Council has not authorized actions against Iran. Nor has the International Atomic Energy Agency made definitive charges against Iran (just carefully worded and poorly documented "concerns"). We're pissing on the work of several generations of Americans and our allies in and after WWII. They boldly took the first small steps away from a world of mindless violence — towards one of collective security governed by standards and laws. And now we're turning back.
So far Iran has shown commendable restraint. If they hit back, they will the ones acting in accord with the UN Charter. We will be the criminals. Many Americans will rejoice at that, an indicator of our descent from what we were — into a pit, with no bottom yet visible. Now let's look at the latest attack on Iran.
(a) "Terrorists Kill Commerce Deputy of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment Site", FARS News Agency, 11 January 2012:
An Iranian university professor and deputy director at Natanz enrichment facility was killed in a terrorist bomb blast in a Northern Tehran neighborhood on Wednesday morning. The magnetic bomb which was planted by an unknown motorcyclist under the car of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan Behdast, a professor at Tehran's technical university, also wounded two other Iranian nationals in Seyed Khandan neighborhood in Northern Tehran.
Ahmadi Roshan, 32, was a graduate of oil industry university and a deputy director of Natanz uranium enrichment facility for commercial affairs.
(b) "Second Victim of Today's Terrorist Blast Dies in Hospital", FARS News Agency, 11 January 2012:
The second victim, Reza Qashqayee, who was the driver of the assassinated professor, was severely injured in the blast and died of his wounds in Resalat Hospital a few minutes ago. The magnetic bomb which was planted by an unknown motorcyclist under Ahmadi Roshan's car, also wounded a third person, a passerby, in Seyed Khandan neighborhood in Northern Tehran.
Today's blast took place on the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Iranian university professor and nuclear scientist, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, who was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran on January 11, 2010.
Also, the bombing method used against Ahmadi Roshan Behdast this morning was similar to the 2010 terrorist bomb attacks against the then university professor, Fereidoun Abbassi Davani – who is now the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization – and his colleague Majid Shahriari.
(c) "Israeli Source: Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientist Joint Mossad-MEK Operation", Richard Silverstein, 10 January 2012 — Excerpt:
My own confidential Israeli source confirms today's murder was the work of the Mossad and MEK, as have been a number of previous operations I've reported here.
The US government designates the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (aka People's Mujahedin of Iran, MEK) as a terrorist organization (see the list as of 11 September 2011). Chapter One in this series examines evidence of US support for MEK.
(d) Update: Iran obeys the UN Charter, taking this matter to the Security Council. If their complaint is ignore, they retain the right to self-defense.
From a letter from Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee to the Security Council (from Reuters):
{He asked the Council} to "to condemn, in the strongest terms, these inhumane terrorist acts and to take effective steps towards elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. … Any kind of political and economic pressures or terrorist attacks targeting the Iranian nuclear scientists, could not prevent our nation in exercising this right" to pursue its nuclear program.
(2) Again, as we did with Iraq, we've unknowingly taken the critical step towards war
Perhaps the most insightful article yet about our conflict with Iran: "Obama's Counterproductive New Iran Sanctions", Suzanne Maloney (Brookings Institution), Foreign Affairs, January 2012 — "How Washington is Sliding Toward Regime Change" — Excerpt:
The Obama administration's new sanctions signal the demise of the paradigm that had guided U.S. Iran policymaking since the 1979 revolution: the combination of pressure and persuasion. Moreover, the decision to outlaw contact with Iran's central bank puts the United States' tactics and its long-standing objective — a negotiated end to Iran's nuclear ambitions — fundamentally at odds. Indeed, the United States cannot hope to bargain with a country whose economy it is trying to disrupt and destroy. As severe sanctions devastate Iran's economy, Tehran will surely be encouraged to double down on its quest for the ultimate deterrent. So, the White House's embrace of open-ended pressure means that it has backed itself into a policy of regime change, something Washington has little ability to influence.
… Lest Washington forgets, the Islamic Republic has endured more draconian economic pressures in the past. Despite its phenomenal petroleum resources, rarely in its 32-year history has the Islamic Republic been flush. During the height of its war with Iraq, Iran's annual oil revenues fell under $6 billion — less than ten percent of its 2010 take. Skyrocketing income from oil sales over the last decade has been a welcome anomaly for Iran's revolutionaries, but it is hardly certain that constricting that spigot will doom the regime, much less force it to capitulate on the nuclear issue. Tehran remains confident in its ability to adopt austerity as needed. In fact, blaming an international bogeyman will offer convenient cover for the regime's own economic mismanagement.
… The more Washington corners Tehran, the higher the value of a nuclear deterrent becomes in the eyes of the leadership.
… What needs to be addressed is the disturbing reality that the Obama administration's approach offers no viable endgame for dealing with Iran's current leadership. The impression that the sanctions are permanent — indeed, the new law does not specify any conditions that Tehran might satisfy in order to lift the siege on its central bank — conforms to Iranian hard-liners' darkest delusions about Washington's intentions. By embracing maximalist measures, the White House has come full circle, abandoning, along the way, its earlier optimistic efforts at engagement. In doing so, it has implicitly relinquished the prospect of negotiating with the Islamic regime: given the ayatollahs' innate mistrust of the West, they cannot be nudged into a constructive negotiating process by measures that exacerbate their vulnerability.
More evidence: a Kinsey gaffe (inappropriately stating the truth) by an anonymous government official speaking to the Washington Post (later disappeared from the story):
The goal of U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran's government as it is on engaging with it. The official, speaking this week on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters, said the administration hopes that sanctions "create enough hate and discontent at the street level" that Iranians will turn against their government.
(3) Can we take out Iran's nuke facilities? The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs answers.
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, interviewed by Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation", CBS, 8 January 2012:
BOB SCHIEFFER: General, how hard would it be to take out their nuclear capability, if in fact we decided to do that — this is not just going in there and dropping one bomb on one building.
GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: Well, I'd rather not discuss the degree of difficulty and in any way encourage them to read anything into that. But I will say that our — my — responsibility is to encourage the right degree of planning, to understand the risks associated with any kind of military option — in some cases to position assets, to provide those options on — in a timely fashion. And all those activities are going on.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Could we, if we had to, without using nuclear weapons ourselves, take out their nuclear capability?
GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: Well, I certainly want them to believe that that's the case.
BOB SCHIEFFER: Well, is it?
GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: I absolutely want them to believe that that's the case.
No bold assurances by the General. Nothing here to terrify the Iranian government, or embolden our war-mad hawks. Especially since a minute before on this show SecDef Panetta said
"Are they {Iran} trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. "
(4) What are the likely results of our conflict?
(a) Legality of our attacks on Iran
The US and Israel are waging a low-intensity undeclared war in violation of the UN Charter, which both have signed. For details see About the escalating conflict with Iran (not *yet* open war). This undermines what might be the greatest of our accomplishments from WWII, taking the first steps towards a world governed by law instead of force. From Chapter VII, article 51 (primarily written by the US) states:
The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shall make recommendations, or decide what measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace and security. (article 39)
Covert attacks (even the pretend covert attacks in progress now) and economic warfare (the sanctions bill now in Congress) are clear violations of the charter. However, the Charter gives Iran no recourse but appeal to the Security Council. Our veto makes an effective action there almost impossible. Hence they have, legitimately, responded by threats of future action.
(b) About Iran's options if we attack
If we escalate, attacking Iran with armed force, the Charter allows Iran to respond in full (limited only by the treaties it signed about the laws of war, which the US has often ignored):
Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations … (article 51)
(c) Can Iran defend itself?
Section 7 below provides links to a wide range of excellent articles discussing the relative strengths of US-Israel and Iran. We know the results of one simulation, which suggests that Iran has the ability to challenge the US Navy — something considered impossible by the faux warriors screaming for war. For details see An autopsy of the 2002 Millennium Challenge war games.
(d) Effects of this conflict on the global geopolitical order
Our sequence of attacks (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya) have convinced some large but unknown fraction of the world's Moslems that the US has become an enemy of Islam. This might have massive if incalculable long-term effects.
Two of those were against leaders with whom we had cooperated in the past (eg, Iraq, and Libya) suggesting that we're an unreliable ally, even by the loose standards of nations. Our sudden switch from strong ally to weakly opposing Egypt's regime also supports this belief.
Economic sanctions will have wide effects. If the West does not buy Iran's oil, Iran must cut its price and sell it to Asia. Cheaper oil for China! Also, the sanctions will hurt Iran's trading partners. For example: "Iran sanctions bode ill for Turkey's economy", Hurriyet Daily News, 6 January 2012.
Our use of the world's US-centric banking system as an economic weapon will drive creation of alternative mechanisms. Probably centered on Asia, such as Singapore or (more likely) Hong Kong. This would substantially decrease the hegemonic authority of the US. Similar motives contributed to the development of the eurodollar market, moving much of the world's money traffic from New York to London.
(e) Conclusions
Our conflict with Iran has inflicted serious damage on Iran, but also has costs for the US. As previous chapters have shown, the conflict rests mostly on lies and fears. The hawks (none dare be so politically incorrect to call them warmongers) running US foreign policy have foreclosed all options but war, running an intense and long-term propaganda campaign to build support for a US attack on Iran.
We can only guess at the results. Our expeditions to Afghanistan and Iraq have proven expensive beyond any initial estimate — and produced (at best) zero benefits for America. A war with Iran, in most ways a larger and more formidable power than our other targets, might have costs and effects far more severe.
Our motto for the past decade has been "give war a chance." There are other paths for America, ones far more likely to lead to a better future.
(5) The winners so far: Turkey and Iran
"Turkey and Iran carve up a ruptured Arab world", Jason Pack (doctoral candidate in history, Cambridge) and Martin van Creveld, Christian Science Monitor, 6 January 2012 — "Many analysts say the Middle East is the focus of a geopolitical power struggle between the United States and Iran. That misses the primary thread of events – namely, the ongoing soft partition of the Arab republics between Turkey and Iran, with Turkey the stronger power."
During the last decade many right-wing American and Israeli analysts have described the geostrategic struggles unfolding in the Middle East as a new "cold war" pitting the US against Shiite Iran. They have warned of an Arab "Shiite crescent" – stretching from Lebanon to Iraq – connected to Iran via ties of religion, commerce, and geostrategy.
… What this view of the Middle East overlooks is the fact that both the US and Iran are mired in internal political and economic difficulties. Simultaneously, inside the region, both are being outmaneuvered by an ascendant Turkey.
Moreover, Western observers have missed the primary thread of events – namely, the ongoing asymmetric Turkish-Iranian soft partition of the Arab republics. Concomitantly, the American position as regional hegemon is vanishing. Today, only the Arab monarchies and Israel continue to look to the US as their primary patron.
To investigate how these changing dynamics are seen by actors within the region, Mr. Pack spent his Christmas holidays in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq.
… Throughout 2011, the continued Western obsession with the Iranian nuclear menace prevented policymakers from grasping the most salient dynamics at play in the new Middle East. Those who, like Mohammed Ayoob, have warned that "Beyond the Arab Democratic Wave" lies a "Turko-Persian Future" have been mostly ignored.
The Arab Spring has vastly weakened the Arab states, leaving them open to fragmentation, increased federalism, and outside penetration. With hindsight, 2011 may come to represent as sharp a rupture in the political landscape of the Middle East as 1919 did.
(6) Other posts in this series:
- Is the War on Terror over (because there are no longer two sides)?, 3 September 2008 — Rumors of covert ops by us against Iran, including aid to terrorists
- Iran's getting the bomb, or so we're told. Can they fool us twice?, 16 January 2009
- Iran will have the bomb in 5 years (again), 2 January 2010 — Forecasts of an Iranian bomb really soon, going back to 1984
- About the escalating conflict with Iran (not *yet* open war), 4 January 2012
- Have Iran's leaders vowed to destroy Israel?, 5 January 2012 — No, but it's established as fact by repetition
- What do we know about Iran's nuclear ambitions?, 6 January 2012 — US intelligence officials are clear: not as much as the news media implies
- What does the IAEA know about Iran's nuclear program?, 9 January 2012 — Their reports bear little resemblance to reports in the news media
- What happens when a nation gets nukes? Sixty years of history suggests an answer., 10 January 2012
- What happens if Iran gets nukes? Not what we've been told., 11 January 2012
- Status report on the already-hot conflict with Iran – and the looming war, 12 January 2012
- Continuity and dysfunctionality in US foreign policy (lessons for our conflict with Iran), 13 January 2012 — Insights about today from Cold War strategist Colin Grey
- What the conflict with Iran teaches us about modern State-to-State war, 16 January 2012
- Has Iran won a round vs. the US-Israel?, 17 January 2012
- Is Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists Terrorism?, 19 January 2012
(7) For more information: articles discussing the current conflict between Iran and US-Israel
(a) Shilling for war with Iran!
- "Time to Attack Iran – Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option", Matthew Kroenig, Foreign Affairs, January/February 2012
- Devastating rebuttal: "The worst case for war with Iran", Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy, 21 December 2011
- Building on Walt's rebuttal: "Worst-Casing and Best-Casing Iran", Paul R. Pillar (former National Intelligence Officer), The National Interest, 22 December 2011
- A brilliant analysis explaining why logic is futile in a nation with a broken OODA loop: "Walt Still Doesn't Get It (Iran)", Bernard Finel, 3 January 2012
(b) Articles about the very visible "covert" war with Iran
- Haaretz gives "A timeline of explosions that killed Iranian scientists and blasts that rocked Iranian nuclear facilities from 12 January 2010 to 11 January 2012"
- About one of the many suspicious explosions in Iran: "Was Israel Behind a Deadly Explosion at an Iranian Missile Base?", TIME, 13 November 2011
- "Iran Is Threatening to Block the Strait of Hormuz — Don't Call Its Bluff", Madison Schramm (Council on Foreign Relations), Huffington Post, 30 December 2011
- An example of US "beer goggles": US aggression invisible, Iranian response aggressive — "Iran's Dangerous Bluster over the Strait of Hormuz", Joshua Tucker (Prof Politics, NYU), The Monkey Cage, 5 January 2012
- "Who Is Killing Iran's Nuclear Scientists?", ABC News, 26 July 2011 — "A former senior intelligence official involved in efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear program told ABC News that assassinations of top Iranian scientists were usually assumed to be the work of Israel, but that the Israelis would never confirm or admit responsibility."
- "Mossad Behind Tehran Assassinations, Says {Israeli} Source", Der Spiegel, 2 August 2011
- "Iran's nuclear ambitions have already started a war with west – a covert one", The Guardian, 3 November 2011 — "A secret campaign of surveillance, sabotage, cyberattacks and assassinations has slowed but not stopped Tehran's programme"
- "Iran nuclear scientist's death followed Israeli warning of 'unnatural' events", The Guardian, 11 January 2012 — "Killing of Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan and Israeli military chief's words combine to revive speculation about covert war"
- Recommended: "More murder of Iranian scientists: still terrorism?", Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 11 January 2012.
- Recommended: "Iran and the Terrorism game", Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 12 January 2012
- "What if the Iranians start killing scientists?", op-ed in Haaretz, Avner Cohen (Prof at California's Monterey Institute of International Studies), 16 January 2012 — "The next phase of the assassination war is liable to turn international scientific conferences into arenas of assassination"
(c) Articles about military conflict with Iran
- "Closing Time: Assessing the Iranian Threat to the Strait of Hormuz", Caitlin Talmadge (Asst Prof of Political Science at George Washington U), International Security, Summer 2008
- As Iran Tests Missile Fleet, Experts Map High-Tech Israeli Attack", Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2008
- "Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not.", David Albright, Paul Brannan and Jacqueline Shire, Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), 7 August 2008, 15 pages — Here is the link, 2.2 meg PDF. About the ISIS.
- "Observing the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group", Galrahn at Information Dissemination (a professional navy centric blog), 26 August 2008 — At the end is an analysis of land forces (esp Marines) needed to secure the Straits of Hormuz during a war with Iran. The best I have seen on the subject.
- "Study on a Possible Israeli Strike on Iran's Nuclear Development Facilities", Anthony H. Cordesman and Abdullah Toukan, Center for Strategic & International Studies, 16 March 2009
(d) Articles about the economic and diplomatic dimensions of the conflict with Iran
- There is an alternative to war: "The Iranian Challenge", Trita Parsi, The Nation, 1 November 2007 — "Steps toward a sane relationship between the US and Iran."
- "The Future of Gulf Security in a Region of Dramatic Change – Mutual Equities and Enduring Relationships", RAND, 2011
- Superlative analysis: "Why has the US not bombed Iran? The domestic politics of America's response to Iran's nuclear program", Ido Oren — this is an earlier version of an article in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, December 2011
- "Will his New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency?", Juan Cole (Prof History, U MI), Informed Comment, 3 January 2012
- "U.S. Sanctions One Factor Among Many Behind Iran's Currency Slide", Nader Habibi, World Politics Review, 4 January 2012
- "Screws tighten on Iran as big buyers shun its oil", Reuters, 5 January 2012
- "The Unintended Consequences of an Oil Embargo on Iran", Erik Voeten (Prof Geopolitics, Georgetown U), The Monkey Cage, 6 January 2012
- How Iran's people see the conflict: mirror imaging US and Iranian relations, Carl Herman, George Washington's blog, 9 January 2012
- "Iranian Oil Embargo", James Hamilton, Roubini Global Economics, 15 January 2012 — "As efforts continue to impose sanctions on Iran, I thought it would be helpful to discuss the possible implications of these developments for oil-consuming countries."
(8) Other posts about attacking Iran
For the full list see the FM Reference Page Iran – will the US or Israel attack Iran?
- Leaks about a possible strike at Iran (this is a hot issue), 7 July 2008 — Leaks of concerns about the effectiveness of a strike by Israel, and the consequences.
- ISIS: "Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not.", 8 August 2008
mike j permalink12 January 2012 1:42 am
Even in the best of circumstances, what does the US get out of this "special relationship" with Israel? Whatever that may be, could it ever be worth a war?
Robin permalink12 January 2012 2:42 am
What benefit can be gained by inserting your opinion in a family squabble? Ishmael (Islam) was the ilegitamate son of Abraham (Judaism). The answer is for the world community to insist that religious/ regional arguments be settled in a structural Hague -like setting with Rabbis and Mullahs.
12 January 2012 12:32 pm
In short, i think that the geopolitical benefits which the USA gains out of the "special relations" with Israel are the following: Israel is a kind of gigantic American base in the middle of the Middle East, and a base which
a) not bearing the official US brand, can fight, lose military personnel on the field, kill civilians without electoral consequences, and make dirty work without accountability for US political personnel
b) keeps the surrounding countries' governments – especially the US allies in the region – weak with its mere existence: not being able to destroy Israel, those governments permanently show their peoples that they have not real sovereignty, forcing them to find permanent support in American goodwill to survive (as we all could easily see in the recent "Arab Spring").
c) can get invaluable Humint intelligence, because Jews and Arabs are both semitic peoples, sharing looks, languages, way of living, etc.All those benefits have, of course, their collateral damages for the USA, very well argumented in Professors Walt and Mearsheimer's widely known essay.
Ideologically, the "special relations" with Israel have an unvaluable benefit for the United States of America, the following.
The American Empire legitimates itself and its global ambitions by its victory on Fascism in WWII. In the mainstream media, Fascism (a political and cultural phenomenon which had many different expressions, facets, etc.) has been identified with Nazism, whose most despicable and unacceptable feat has been the Endlosung, the extermination of the Jews.To cut it short, the American Empire says: "We are legitimated to be police, jury and executioner for the whole world because if we refrained from our historical and moral mission, then somewhere else the phantom of Fascism would resurrect, and Jews and/or other minorities (religious, sexual, national, political, etc.) would be exterminated. In so doing, we simply continue to enforce the historical and moral role we took in WWII. You want evidence for all that? Look at our special relatonship with the State founded by the survivors of the Holocaust."
That's what ideologically legitimates American military presence in Europe, too, 65 years after the end of WWII and 20 years after the collapse of USSR, and the morphing of OTAN into a rapid deployment force for the global ambitions of the American Empire. (By the way, the same happened to the Delian League after the second Greek victory on Persian Empire: it became a proxy for the Athenian democratic Empire, a fact which, according to Thucydides, was the main cause of the Peloponnesian War).
What could happen, without American military bases in Europe? The ideological narrative of American Empire says:
a) Europe, coming from Venus, would endlessly talk and wring her hands while the new Hitlers warm their ovens, and wouldn't be able to protect the Jews and/or other minorities from another genocide
b) or else, a new Hitler might reborn in Europe (and especially in its strongest country, Germany). So, Europe could become once more the monster which she was in XX century, and reorganize for another genocide of Jews and/or other minorities, plus another world war, etc.Please note, too, that in many European countries the law forbids to write and say anything about the Jewish genocide which does not completely agree with the official version. Being an impressive violation of a basic liberal and scientific principle, these legal measures show that the matter has great political value for the powers that be. That's why the USA "hitlerizes" its enemies: Milosevic/Hitler, Saddam/Hitler, Ahmadinejad/Hitler, and so on. If USA' enemies are Hitlers, then USA is still the saviour of the civilized, free world. Back to the future!
aguest permalink12 January 2012 2:35 pm
Good remarks with which I generally agree, with one quibble and one ironic point.
"Jews and Arabs are both semitic peoples, sharing looks, languages, way of living, etc."
In what sense do the Falashas from Ethiopia, or the Ashkenazis from Russia or France share "looks, languages and way of living" with those of the Arabs? Your remark may apply to Sephardis from Arabic countries — and even then, one would have to be careful about those with historically important Berber origins.
"a) Europe, coming from Venus, would endlessly talk and wring her hands while the new Hitlers warm their ovens …
b) or else, a new Hitler might reborn in Europe …"Which is contradictory and shows how flimsy that ideological narrative is — as your post already makes clear.
Pluto permalink12 January 2012 9:39 pm
Roberto offers a nice analysis and I'm sure it's partly correct but I have a simpler theory that can also explain our actions.
The state of Israel can leverage the large Jewish population in the US to have an out-sized impact on US policy through the voting process. This can be seen exclusively (but perhaps too simplisticly) as a manuever to gain votes in the US. War may not be the intended goal but may happen anyway.
Marvin permalink12 January 2012 8:18 am
The situation with Iran is a boon to TPTB. To distract us from troubles at home, a foreign war is always welcome. Classic.
North permalink12 January 2012 1:02 pm
The negative synergy from this war is so high that even if the show temporarily suppress economic worries the medium and long term consequences will be terrible, and it will prevent US from implementing important transition.. very important transition. Get rid from the warmongering monkeys, they belong to different epoch.
12 January 2012 12:56 pm
Another sign that the post world war 2 world is ending, the reemergence of the old power struggle between first the eastern roman empire and then the ottoman empire and Persia.
12 January 2012 5:23 pm
Aguest wrote: "In what sense do the Falashas from Ethiopia, or the Ashkenazis from Russia or France share "looks, languages and way of living" with those of the Arabs? Your remark may apply to Sephardis from Arabic countries — and even then, one would have to be careful about those with historically important Berber origins."
Thank you for correcting this hasty statement of mine. Of course you are right. The point had to be better articulated and expressed, for example saying that living in the Middle East and fighting Arabs since the Forties, Israelis should be better intelligence operatives than Americans in that region.
Alex permalink12 January 2012 6:41 pm
There was nothing but joy on Iranian streets and formal disapproval at UN for the last 20 years of killing Israeli civilians as a result of terroristic attacks. I think appropriate reaction for these terroristic killing of Iranians would be formal disapproval at UN.
Whirlwind permalink12 January 2012 6:42 pm
Do we know how the other players in this match China and Russia will react?
12 January 2012 8:03 pm
"China defends Iran oil trade despite U.S. push", Reuters, 11 January 2012 — Excerpt:
China gave no hint on Wednesday of giving ground to U.S. demands to curb Iran's oil revenues, rejecting Washington's sanctions on Tehran as overstepping even as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner lobbied for Beijing's support.
… Iran is also an extremely big oil supplier to China, and we hope that China's oil imports won't be affected, because this is needed for our development," Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told a news conference in answer to a question about whether Beijing could curtail crude from Iran under U.S. pressure.
China is not giving into the sactions. I expect they're going to say maybe, maybe, maybe forever and do nothing. And is Obama going to start sanctioning Chinese companies? I don't think Obama wants to link East Asian issues with the Iran issue. That's just too "world-war-3″-ish.
If the sanctions continue but there's no war, it's possible China manages to get the Iranian oil trade all to themselves, and use it as a competive advantage. So many American companies manufacture in China, anyway, it's likely that the iPhones and iPods will still be manufactured using energy that comes from Iran, even with an embargo.
nikon permalink14 January 2012 5:24 pm
US want arab nations like Egypt to adopt the Turkish government model: a secular democracy with a military junta in the background preventing any islamist from rising to power; However it looks like Arab nations will increasingly adopt the Iranian government model: islamic republic.


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With a two-week break before the Asian Swing of the LPGA and just six tournaments remaining in the season, let's take a look at various statistical categories and who is leading the way as the stretch run comes.
Earnings: Inbee Park leads the money list with $1,669,608, with more than 86 percent of that coming during a hot summer where she is riding a streak of nine consecutive top-nine finishes. That stretch includes a $300,000 paycheck at the CN Canadian Women's Open, where she finished second to amateur Lydia Ko but earned the first-place prize money. Stacy Lewis crept closer to the top spot ($1,598,596) with her victory at the Navistar LPGA Classic last week.
Scoring average: Jiyai Shin (70.14) has a small lead over Stacy Lewis (70.33). Much of that can be attributed to Shin missing nearly two months after wrist surgery. She has played 51 rounds. Lewis has played 75 rounds and is the only player in the top 10 with 70-plus rounds played.
Rolex Player of the Year: Stacy Lewis has built a large lead with her three victories and consistency. She has 184 points to second-place Jiyai Shin's 128.
Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year: So Yeon Ryu has nearly double the points of second-place Lexi Thompson (1,117 to 652).
Greens in Regulation: Karen Sjodin, who holds the marks for longest driving distance seasons (284.5-yard average in 2006 and 275.6 in 2007), tops this category at 75.9 percent.
Putting: There's a reason Inbee Park has been successful this year. She leads the LPGA in Putts per Green in Regulation (1.73) and Putting Average (28.25 per round).
Driving Accuracy: Mika Miyazato won for the first time in her career this year, attributable to her accuracy off the tee. She has hit 85.5 percent (537 fairways hit in 628 attempts). Just behind Miyazato is rookie Mo Martin, who has hit 84.3 percent but has played more often - Martin has hit almost as many fairways (627) as Miyazato has attempted in 744 tries.
Driving Distance: This is an interesting category for two reasons. The current leader, rookie Maude-Aimee Leblanc, is averaging 282 yards but is sidelined for the season with a back injury and won't meet the minimum number of tournament starts to qualify. Additionally, the Driving Distance leader earns the Kia Power Drive award and a new Kia for topping the category. Brittany Lincicome, a two-time Driving Distance leader who has never finished worse than third in this category since turning pro in 2005, has the advantage with a 276-yard average. Rookie Lexi Thompson and Gerina Piller are tied at 271.
Top-10 finishes: This is another category with a Kia awarded to the player as the Kia Drive to the Top champion. This category is calculated as a percentage of top-10 finishes. Stacy Lewis leads with 67 percent (14 of 21) and has three more top-10 finishes than her nearest competitor (11 by So Yeon Ryu).
Rounds under par: Jiyai Shin leads at 74.5 percent (38 of 51 rounds) with Ai Miyazato second at 66.1 percent (39 of 59). Stacy Lewis has the most under-par rounds (46) but ranks seventh at 61.3 percent because she has the most rounds played of anyone in the top 20.
Most wins: Stacy Lewis and Yani Tseng lead the LPGA with three wins each. The last time three wins led the LPGA for the season was 2010 when Jiyai Shin and Lorena Ochoa won three times apiece.
Birdies, Eagles: Stacy Lewis has 20 more birdies than any player (296) and has four more eagles than her nearest competitor (11).
Rounds in the 60s: Once again Stacy Lewis leads by total number (30) and also percentage (40 percent).
Sub-par holes: After dominating the statistics last year, this is the only category that Yani Tseng leads this year. She has played 133 sub-par holes to Lewis' 123.
Aces: Brittany Lincicome, with two, is the only player to make multiple aces this year.
Rounds played: Beatriz Recari has played all 77 rounds on the LPGA that count toward this category this year. The 25-year-old Spaniard also played the 36-hole, unofficial HSBC LPGA Brazil Cup and lost in the second round of the Sybase Match Play Championship, giving her 81 rounds played of a possible 85 on the schedule. Stacy Lewis and Brittany Lang have played all the official medal-play events, but each player missed a cut (Lewis at the LPGA Lotte Championship and Lang at the Ricoh Women's British Open). Lewis finished T5 at the Sybase Match Play (lost in fourth round) and didn't play in Brazil. Lang also played in Brazil and advanced to the second round of the Sybase Match Play. There are 21 players who have played in all 21 official medal-play events.
Lexi Thompson has three career runner-up finishes, twice this season behind Stacy Lewis in Alabama and a T2 at the 2010 Evian Masters, one stroke behind Jiyai Shin. … Stacy Lewis' victory last week at the Navistar LPGA Classic broke a streak of eight consecutive LPGA wins by Asian golfers. American Brittany Lang's win at the June 24 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic was the previous win by a non-Asian golfer. … Speaking of Asian golf, the next four LPGA events are scheduled for Asia - the Oct. 11-14 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia, the Oct. 19-21 LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship in South Korea, the Oct. 25-28 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship and the Nov. 2-4 Mizuno Classic in Japan.
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I've seen folks post (on another board) they play the Nordheim province as "coastal". I know in "real life" (ha!) that area of the map was really two countries, one of which was definitely on the western ocean. On the game board, it seems clear they wanted the "ocean" covered up by the adventure card area, so we have been playing Nordheim is NOT coastal.
The reason I mention this: the "Sea Power" objective card. All other colored areas of the map have at least two non-adjacent coastal areas for purposes of completing this card, and Aquilonia, Stygia, and Turan can complete this objective without bumping into another player. Just wondering why it's different for Hyperborea.
Please note: I do NOT consider this to be a flaw; merely a point of interest. I've also noticed Cybernex posting here, so I'm hoping he (or one of the other designers) can answer.
How are y'all playing it? Is Nordheim "coastal"?
If the designers are reading this, just let me say: This is one GREAT game!


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