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Weekend Preview: May 17-20
Eat your way through Cardiff-by-the-Sea, celebrate three years of Side Bar with Dom Perignon, be first to experience the new Kitty Diamond, battle the world's biggest inflatable slide at the ROC Race, cruise for culture at the North Park Festival of the Arts, and rage with Tiesto at Intervention and Moguai at FLUXX.
Discover this week's best San Diego events.
Taste of Cardiff – Thursday, May 17
The sleepy beach town of Cardiff-by-the-Sea is making moves in the foodie world. Now in its third year, the Taste of Cardiff event will feature nearly 20 community restaurants in one night. Eat your way through Cardiff's culinary staples, from the ultra-chill VG Donuts, Sambazon Café and Seaside Market, to the King of Coastal Mexican, Las Olas. Also check out Zenbu, Rimel's, The Beach House, The Chart House, Wine Steals and more. The event will also feature live music and the audience-choice Golden Fork Award, from 5 to 8pm. Tickets are $25 in advance.
Side Bar 3 Year Anniversary Weekend – May 18-20
In May of 2009, the RMD Group pioneered the complete renovation of Side Bar into a modern ultra lounge and nightclub. This weekend we celebrate the three year anniversary of the sultry, edgy Side Bar we know and love for their rowdy industry Wednesday night bashes and Five/Ten Sunday evening soirees. The anniversary weekend kicks off with a DJ set by Manufactured Superstars on Friday, followed by the Leather & Lace event hosted by Dom Perignon on Saturday. Head back on Sunday for a special Five/Ten with beats by Sex Panther.
Kitty Diamond Opening Weekend – May 18 & 19
Kitty Diamond is the new face of the former Flame on Park Blvd. in Hillcrest. Run by Erica Jessup, the new-again space boasts two rooms for different music, including staging for DJs and live bands. First on the opening weekend lineup is Feel The Noise Friday, with DJs Gabe Vega, Adam Salter, Mike Delgado, Jeff Graves and French Kiss. On Saturday, May Star introduces her new party series Diamond Dust, which will feature two rooms of indie, electro and nu-disco music, plus a fashion show with Leo Lynn Designs, Bonsoir Bella and Coco Monet.
Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge 5k in Del Mar – May 19 & 20
VAVi Sport & Social Club's ultimate adventure race takes over the Del Mar Fairgrounds this weekend. The Ridiculous Obstacle Challenge Race dares you to try your luck against wet n' wild obstacles along a 5k course, including Mt. Rocmore, Tarzan Swing, Tight Rope Traverse, Tire Mile, Gorilla Bars, Belly Flop Drop and the Fury of Foam. Can you handle the world's largest inflatable slide? More race perks include DJs G*Roy and Mikey Beats and a big after party with your first beer free.
Intervention ft. Tiesto at Hard Rock Hotel – Sunday, May 20
The Hard Rock Hotel is taking Intervention to a whole new level this weekend. Tiesto is one of the biggest names in electronic dance music, with awards spanning continents and genres throughout the decades. Most notable, Tiesto has been named the number one and number three DJ in the world by The DJ List and DJ Mag, respectively. From a new residency at XS at the Wynn Las Vegas, the Dutch DJ and producer is bringing his addictive trance sounds to San Diego. Trust us, you don't want to miss the biggest Intervention pool party of the year.


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The desktop charger is the easiest and most convenient way to sync and charge your iPhone 4/4S. It is extremelly easy to use it, all you need to do is to simpy plug the USB cable into your PC or laptop, the miniUSB adapter into the charger, and sit your phone down and there you go.
The charger is made so as to charge your phone, but also to sync your phone with your PC/laptop. The best thing about it is that these two operations can be done at the same time. This makes it easier to have your phone fully chargred and up to date.
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The CakePosted by in kitchen
It's my husband's birthday! Since he's a gamer of the highest order, I wanted to make him something fun. And since he just finished playing Portal 2, I had the perfect inspiration to draw from.
In the original Portal there is a recurring theme of a cake, used as a sort of reward, only under false pretenses. 'The cake is a lie'.
In Portal 2, the most entertaining character is a round and goofy robot named Wheatley.
So I made a cake. A big, luscious chocolate cake…or is it?!
The cake…was a lie!
Here's the real cake. Hello, Wheatley!
It's quite lumpy and uses a heaping helping of artistic license, but after two full attempts I was just grateful to have a cake that remained spherical . The bottom half is actually styrofoam for stability, but the whole lot was frosted and covered in fondant as usual. The blue glowing eye? A battery-powered LED light set inside and covered with a melted mint candy!
The most important thing? Two days of technical difficulties and a major caketastrophe later, it's done!
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PANAMA CITY— Several roads will be closed to the motoring public during the "Salute to Freedom" celebration Friday in downtown Panama City. Parking on the marina also will be limited.
No vehicular traffic will be allowed in the designated event area of the Panama City Marina. The boat ramp closed at midnight Thursday and will remain closed until 10 p.m. Friday.
Limited public parking will be allowed in the lot north of the Civic Center.
Beach Drive west of Harrison to Sixth Street will be closed and Beach Drive east of Harrison to Cherry Street will be closed to vehicular traffic at 6 p.m. Friday. They will be reopened after the fireworks, once it is deemed safe.
Motorists traveling east and west crossing Grace, Jenks and Harrison avenues should expect delays due to the heavy flow of traffic from those leaving the downtown area after the fireworks.


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From the moment you enter the tree-lined grounds of Coutts House, you're entering a different world. Discreet, unique and exclusive, Coutts House sets the standard in modern apartment living.
Just minutes from the centre of the Island's bustling capital Douglas, Coutts House is your own private haven. From the 12-metre swimming pool, spa and gym to the private meeting facilities and full concierge service, every amenity has been designed with your convenience and comfort in mind.
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Don't change anything... it offers a magnificent lifestyle giving a feeling of great comfort, service and security
Location and Quality – it's like living in a large house, rather than an apartment
The Concierge service is so personal and I wouldn't live without it now. That along with the Pool/gym facilities, sauna and hot tub
I love the overall quality of the build and attention to detail when it comes to the exquisite finishing's and decor
High quality workmanship & design. Just really good quality all round
Immaculate appearance of the building and the grounds
These are just some of the comments we have received from our residents when we asked the question... 'What do you consider makes Coutts House stand out from the rest?'
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Here is a awesome little cookbook to help show some ways to use Todd's DIRT Seasonings. Let's Get DIRTy! Cookbook has 40 great tasting recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner using Todd's DIRT Seasonings. It may be small but it contains some great tasting and easy-to-cook recipes. Check out this wonderful little cookbook that will show we are not kidding about the endless ways to use this seasoning. Plus it's only five bucks. If you would like the Dirt Man to sign the book, just let me know in the comments.
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Todd's DIRT Seasonings is a 100% all-natural company with products that have no MSG and are gluten-free. Our seasonings are great on everything--meats, chicken, fish, seafood, veggies, soups, etc. You can grill, barbecue, saute and bake in the oven with our seasonings. They are the most universal seasonings on the market. Our Crabby DIRT recently was awarded a Silver Sofiâ"¢ Award in the Outstanding Flavor Enhancer category.


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What is Mechanical Engineering?
The Mechanical Engineering program provides a quality, well-rounded education that is based on imparting fundamental knowledge and skills in mathematics and pure science as well as engineering science and design.
ME graduates are uniquely suited to jobs in all traditional areas of mechanical engineering including mechanics, machine design, energy systems, fluid flow, heat transfer and thermodynamics. To ensure this, all students take the same fundamental courses, but then choose a series of technical electives geared towards their own interests or career objectives. Additional experience is gained through student design projects and voluntary participation in student clubs, honor societies, and design competitions. See our brochure
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After boarding at London's Victoria coach station, the tour will sweep explorers away to Stonehenge, the monolithic monument that tops the vistas of the Salisbury plains. Unravel the mystery with access to the fabled fast track entrance, before rocking up to the souvenir-shop for some stone-shaped trinkets. With a whole afternoon still ahead, travellers will be whisked to the elegant city of Bath to imbibe some Georgian splendour before heading back to London.
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Nuclear Energy Plant in Tunisia by 2020, STEG Confirms
By Ahmed Lachheb | Aug 2 2011Nuclear Energy Project 2020
The Tunisian Company of Gas and Electricity (STEG) announced recently that the Nuclear Project Plant of 2020 (NPP) is in the study phase.
Since STEG has confirmed that although the NPP 2020 is being studied, many Internet users strongly disapproved the idea. Facebook groups, pages and even a petition were created to support the "non-construction of the plant in question." Yet, it is hard to refuse a project that seems to be profitable and beneficial for Tunisia according to many experts.
According to its supporters, the plant would be able to cover 20% of the country's electricity needs. This will also bring the possibility of a more autonomous and independent path for Tunisia towards industrialization. Using nuclear energy in electricity producing is a hallmark of developed countries. Last, the nuclear plant will be much cleaner than carbon plants which burn gallons of fuel to produce electricity.
However, as noted earlier, this project was the subject of several disputes. It seems that the most important argument is around the uselessness of the plant. Production of nuclear energy is very risky. Voices opposing this project are appealing to rely on sustainable energy such as solar, since Tunisia is a country with many days of sunshine. Moreover, the cost of the project is the main source of disagreement. According to the opposing party, the cost is not taking the current conditions of the Tunisian budget into consideration.
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The Tatastan Air crash at Kazan is yet another piece of evidence that the kind of risk airlines face is changing. Perfectly serviceable aeroplanes are crashing because of pilot misjudgements or ignorance, and taking their crew and passengers to an unnecessary death.
This may seem a harsh judgement to make only days after the event, but unless the flight data recorder is lying or the investigator – Russia's highly competent MAK – is misinterpreting the data, the Boeing 737-500 had nothing wrong with it, but the crew became disorientated while carrying out the nighttime go-around and pushed the aircraft over the apex of the manoeuvre into a 75deg nose-down dive to impact.
Once thought of as a routine manoeuvre, entire dissertations at operations conferences are now given over to analysing the dangers associated with go-arounds. There have now been at least five such fatal accidents and many more near-disaster go-arounds in the last 20 years. The previously sacred diktat that crews should not land from unstable approaches is, itself, being de-stabilised by figures that suggest the greater risk is encouraging crews to abandon bad approaches and carry out a go-around.
The Kazan missed approach, like all the other fatal ones and at least one of the near-disasters, occurred at night. Add these to other night loss of control accidents like Air France 447 and the evidence becomes overwhelming: many pilots who hold an instrument rating can no longer fly on instruments. They probably didn't know they could no longer do it, but if their employers didn't ensure their competence, that is negligence. Maybe not gross negligence, but the result is gross.
In 2010 I attended a Flight Safety Foundation conference in Milan, Italy, in which Boeing and Airbus presented on how pilots needed to be re-taught basics like stall recovery, and Air France's head of corporate safety Capt Bertrand de Courville presented on the go-around dilemma.
Meanwhile at the same conference Dr Kathy Abbott revealed the early results of a study she was leading for the US FAA, revealing the evidence about how pilots are not trained effectively for modern flightdecks and modern flying.
That FAA report didn't emerge when it was expected to, and everything went quiet for three years. Now it is rumoured that the FAA is about to publish it. What took them so long? Is the industry afraid of what it has discovered?


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Debian 6 review
Security: There are three open ports on a new installation of Debian 6. These are port 25 (SMTP – Simple Mail Management Protocol), 111 (rpcbind port), and 631 (Internet Printing Protocol port). There is no firewall script in the init directory to start/stop the built-in firewall. There are at least a dozen firewall scripts and graphical firewall applications in the repository that you can install to protect your system. One of those scripts is the same firewall application available on Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based distributions. I am, of course, referring to ufw, the Uncomplicated FireWall, and its graphical interface – Gufw. While Gufw is simple to use, it lacks many useful features available in the graphical firewall applications on Fedora or Mandriva. Installing NuFW and its related programs provide a better firewall protection for your system than Gufw does.
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) programs available in the repository are SELinux and Tomoyo Linux. Although not as well known as SELinux, Tomoyo Linux, an NTT Data Corporation-sponsored project, provides MAC and system analysis services. It is said to be more noob-friendly than SELinux and AppArmor, a MAC program sponsored by Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu.
Suggestions: Because of the Debian Free Software Guidelines, a Debian distribution is never going to meet your desktop computing needs out-of-the-box. You will have to spend sometime adding alternate repos to your sources.list file, and installing several non-free packages. Nothing I write or suggest here is going to change that. There are, however, a few aspects of a new Debian 6 installation that could be improved, which have nothing to do with software licensing. If implemented, these suggestions should make a default installation of Debian better than it is now.
- Like the Fedora and Pardus 2011 installer, the Debian Installer should be designed to enforce a minimum password length for the root and user account passwords. Allowing a user to specify a 1-character password encourages sloppy security behavior.
- Out of the box, every distribution should have a firewall installed and configured. And it makes no difference whether the computer is sitting behind a network firewall or not. There is no good excuse for why a default installation of Debian should not have a security posture on par with that of, say, Fedora and Mandriva. The necessary applications are in the repository.
Resources: You may download 32-bit and 64-bit standard, Live or netinst ISO images of Debian 6.0 here.
Screenshots: View a few more screenshots from my test installation of Debian 6.0.
Debian 6 desktop showing the games installed out of the box.
Internet applications installed by default on Debian 6.
Debian 6.0 desktop showing the applications in the System Tools menu category.
Other system management applications installed by default on Debian 6.0.
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For some reason a part of me still wants to give Debian another chance, but I just don't know what to choose, all I do is surf the web and listen to music/watch videos on my HP Mini netbook, so which one is good for me? Linux Mint Debian Edition or Debian Squeeze?
Did anyone else have a grub problem? Using a CD installation disc I installed 6.0.0 with server packages over a recent 5.x.x installation on a dual boot test machine – winXP on a 60Gb HD and Linux on a separate physical 40Gb HD. Grub no longer sees the XP OS at all. I repeated it with no server packages (for speed really) – same result. I haven't tried to fix it yet, wonder whether this has occured elsewhere
Well, you have done the same mistake as everyone of us, by getting caught to the hurried release on the 6th. The Debian website doesn't direct you to a link of Live DVD…So, everyone gets caught. Even today the Debian website won't direct you to the Live DVD.
Otherwise, you and me and lot of Debian wanted guys would not have wasted so much time installing it. The Live DVD downloads in the back ground and we could have done some other work in the mean time. The Debian team had never announced the release of the Live DVD, did they? Pretty mean, eh?
Rather than install a firewall by default, the Debian install should just avoid listening on any ports by default.
Volatile repository has been discontinued in Squeeze and It has been replaced by the suite squeeze-updates on the official mirrors.


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A folded Miura-fold can be packed into an area no larger than the size of one of the segments that make up the overall shape, its thickness restricted only by the thickness of the folded material.
The fold can also be unpacked in just one motion by pulling on opposite ends of the folded material, and likewise folded again by pushing the two ends back together. This was beneficial to the aforementioned solar array as it reduced the number of motors required to unfold it, reducing the overall weight and complexity of the mechanism.


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14th April 2014
UK: 'Mr X' TV Comedian attempts to contact family of suicide teen he had relationship with
4:05 PM — An unnamed TV comedian who had a relationship with an 18-year-old fashion student before he killed himself has attempted to contact the boy's family to explain.
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UK: 18-year-old committed suicide after relationship with unnamed gay TV comedian
12:11 PM — An inquest has heard of how an 18-year-old fashion student killed himself months after he was reportedly groomed by an unnamed gay TV comedian.
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Scotland: Christian teacher says being forced to teach about same-sex marriage contributed to a breakdown 33
5:12 PM — A committee of MPs has heard that a Christian teacher in Scotland claims he was forced to teach about same-sex marriage against his wishes – and the stress contributed to a breakdown.


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To mark the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, photographer Catherine Opie assembles the Apollo wives for a group photograph. 03:08
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12/6/13 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Grades K-8
St John Lutheran Church, 633 Willow Ave
Council Bluffs, IA 51501
Enjoy an evening of being crafty and creative with your friends! We'll make all sorts of great crafts that you could use to decorate your house or consider giving as gifts to your family or friends this holiday season! We will also have fun decorating holiday cookies!
Girl Cost: $ 10
Adult Cost: FREE
Max: 50 girls
Registration Close: 11/22/13
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G4S Technology LLC (formerly Adesta) has been selected to upgrade security at the Tampa International Airport.
"G4S Technology is pleased to be chosen to support the Tampa International Airport with their security upgrade endeavors," according to Bob Sommerfeld, president of G4S Technology. "We are diligent about keeping their travellers and employees safe by equipping the airport with the best security solutions available."
The company will update the exiting CCTV system in the terminals, security checkpoints and baggage screening areas. They will be installing new cameras and emergency phones in the parking garage structures. A new Video Management System (VMS) will also be deployed throughout the facility with a new video wall in the Airport Police Command center. The company will also be upgrading the existing access control with new workstations and servers. G4S Technology will perform engineering, deployment, project management, turn-up and testing.
"Upgrading the Airports Access Control and CCTV systems are important projects for us and we are very excited about our partnership with G4S Technology," according to Brian D. Rumble, TPA deputy director of operations and security administration. "With the completion of this project, we will ensure that Tampa International Airport continues to remain in the forefront of technology and customer service."
Tampa International Airport is owned, operated and governed by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority in Tampa. The airport averages 225 daily aircraft departures. The authority also operates three regional/executive airports.
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When it comes to wine, New Jerseyans are starting to get a reputation — at least for drinking it, and making it. As the fifth largest consumer of wine in the nation, New Jerseyans down 3.07 gallons per person every year.
New Jersey has a growing wine industry with over 30 wineries and many of them offer a hands-on winemaking experience.
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Evert Jarrett, one of Washington County's longest-serving commissioners, died early Thursday at Johnson City Medical Center of lung cancer. He was 77.
Alma, his wife of 55 years, clutched a white handkerchief in one hand as she was joined by family and friends on her front porch off Old State Route 34 in Limestone. The vantage point offered a perfect view of the old two-story farmhouse below in which she and her husband raised six children.
"He was a very good man, she said. "He loved the Lord, and he loved his family. I'm going to be lost."
Jarrett, who served 28 years on the County Commission, was diagnosed with cancer in mid-February.
"We thought he might have pneumonia," she said. "I could tell he wasn't feeling well, but he would not complain. He walked himself into the hospital."
Jarrett, who was described by family members as a hard-working, kind-hearted man, was born in Greene County on April 6, 1935. He was a farmer and sold and serviced Rainbow Vacuums throughout his tenure on the County Commission.
Five of his six children — four daughters and two sons — surrounded Alma Jarrett on the porch Thursday, while friends began filling up available parking spaces and walking up to the 15-year-old red brick home Jarrett had long ago promised his wife.
"He was a man of his word," said daughter Sandra Clouse. "He enjoyed his time on the commission, and his main goal was just to help people. He made us all what we are, and we all hope that that means we're good citizens. We would always ask him about running for a higher office, but he was content."
Daughter Karen Collins echoed her sister's thoughts.
"If somebody came by," she said while pointing to the bottom of the hill, "if somebody stopped down at the drive right now and they needed $10, he would have given it to them," she said.
Jarrett was sworn in on Aug. 27, 1978. He began his tenure as a county commissioner on Sept. 1 that year. He also had worked for the Sheriff's Department and as a constable. One person he was very close to was former County Mayor George Jaynes.
"He was very well liked," Jaynes said. "He and I worked together through the years on many issues. He always acted with dignity. Everybody loved Evert and his family."
Jarrett also is survived by eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. One of those grandchildren is country music artist Trey Hensley, an act the entire family caught many times, including at the Grand Ole Opry.
The County Commission now will declare a vacancy and provide notice that a position is open. Candidates for Jarrett's replacement will be placed on either the August county general election or November general election ballot, according to County Attorney John Rambo.
The family is planning a burial Saturday at Mount Wesley United Methodist Church in Telford's Conklin community.


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Mexico tackles drug gangs to reduce crime
As drug-related violence has increased sharply across many countries in the Americas, a narrative has emerged stating that one of the main reasons for high homicide rates in Mexico is the deployment of federal forces to tackle the drug gangs. In other words, that fighting crime is causing crime.
So we decided to analyze, with the same statistical tools we use for other public policy evaluations, what happens to communities in Mexico when the federal police move in to confront violent criminals.
The results show that the murder rate tends to fall. The government deploys security forces to where crime is rising, and after a few months this leads to a fall in crime.
To prove this statistically we decided to look at one of the variables most often singled out as the reason for increased violence in cities or states in Mexico – the arrest of gang leaders. The main argument used is that the power vacuum that ensues after the detentions leads to violence.
For our study we looked at homicide statistics and arrests in three states where organized crime has a strong presence because they are on the border and key points of entry into the United States for illegal drugs. These are Baja California (home to Tijuana), Chihuahua (home to Ciudad Juarez) and Tamaulipas (home to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros). We used figures from 2006 to 2009 to give us a sufficiently large sample to make the study statistically significant. These states were the ones with the highest increase in homicide rates during this time period.
The sample size was 105 municipalities of varying sizes – with a total population of 9.8 million. During the period studied, 762 criminals were arrested in 106 operations while 11,802 homicides were recorded.
We looked for permanent factors that would influence differences in the level of homicides between municipalities, apart from arrests, as well as temporary phenomena that could affect the murder rate but are unrelated to the number of arrests.
The findings are dramatic. In the five months prior to an arrest, the average number of homicides in a municipality had been following a significant upward trend, reaching a level of 13.1 homicides in the month when the arrests took place. Five months after the arrests the average had decreased to 1.8 homicides per month, an 86 percent decrease.
In other words, tackling crime reduces crime.
The real reasons for the increase in crime and homicides in Mexico are multiple and some of them go back decades. They include:
Weak institutions: Crime was allowed to flourish by corrupt police in many states, and go unpunished by a corrupt judicial system. The solution has been a reform to move to oral trials and thus provide more transparency as well as strengthening police forces around the country. When we have strong and honest police and judicial authorities throughout Mexico, organized crime will cease to be a major problem.
Change in drug smuggling routes: The successful U.S. campaign to slow cocaine shipments through the Caribbean forced criminals to start moving them through Central America and Mexico and across the 2,000-mile border with the United States. This provided huge revenue boosts to drug smugglers, enabling them to become better armed and more able to bribe authorities.


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As the dark Lord who condemns souls to damnation in the Abyss, Micah is nothing but a feared monster wrapped in impenetrable black armor. He has no idea he is the last heir of Elden, its last hope. Only one woman knows: the daughter of his enemy.
Liliana is nothing like her father, the Blood Sorcerer who'd cursed Micah. She sees past Micah's armor to the prince inside. A prince whose sinful touch she craves. But first she has to brave his dark, dangerous lair and help him remember. Because they only have till midnight to save Elden.
©2011 Nalini Singh (P)201 Audible, Inc.
I spin my own wool and knit. Listening to audiobooks while I craft is one of my favorite things. I'm hooked.
"Wrapping Up a Series"
This book is the last in a series along a common theme, but written by four different authors. All of these titles are currently available on audible. I will list them in order as follows:
1) Lord of the Vampires by Gina Showalter
2) Lord of Rage by Jill Monroe
3) Lord of the Wolfyn by Jessica Anderson
4) Lord of the Abyss by Nalini Singh
To understand this book properly, the other three need to be read, preferably in order.
To sum up the premise behind the series: A kingdom is conquered by an evil sorcerer. The king and queen are killed in the battle. The three princes and one princess are spirited away by a last minute spell cast by their parents as they died, but the spell is more or less simultaneously corrupted by the sorcerer when he figures out what the parents are up to. Each book is about one of these four royal children. You find out what happened to them after the spell was cast, and discover their adventures in finding their way back to the kingdom of their birth, and of course, finding love along the way.
I get in the mood for light entertainment, so this series filled a slot for me just fine. However, If you are a serious sci fi or fantasy buff, this probably isn't the series for you. This is light romantic fantasy. These books are more like childhood fairy tales that have been spiced up for adults with liberal sex scenes and romantic intrigue.
Of the four authors who write in this series, Gina Showalter and Nalini Singh were the ones I was most familiar with, having devoured many of their books. I can't say that either of them wrote up to standard for this series, and I have to think that perhaps they treated it as something of a side gig and didn't pour as much time of effort into it as they do most of their other work.
Isabelle Gordon did a great job with the book. Her vocalization of the story added drama and her pacing was excellent. I gave her 5 stars for her performance, 3 for the story, rounding out to a solid 4 overall.
Busy mom who loves to read but doesn't always have the time. I enjoy YA, Romance and the occasional Best Seller.
"Good Ending to the Series"
This wasn't my favorite of the series but it was still a good listen. As other reviewers have stated this isn't Nalini Singh's typical style of writing. After reading the previous 3 books I felt compelled to listen to this one (I had to know how it ended).
This one had a good plot and a nice mix of excitement and romance. If your looking for a light read then this series is for you.
I can't really say the entire series is credit worthy, but definitely a good get on sale.
"Elden's Beauty and the Beast the end story"
This is the final book in the tale of Elden. This is book four and it wraps up this usual fairy tale splendidly. I think this is a combination of Beauty and the Beast and the princess and the frog. Both stories are pleasantly blended together in this sensual love story. Micha is the youngest born to crown of Elden is lost to all with his memories missing. A daring Liliana takes the chance to attempt to restore his memories in time to save Elden. Will the handsome lord kiss the ugly princess? But the story is about their growth and the interesting little characters that aid them in their journey. Nothing fancy but it is a good tale. The narrator did a good job with the story. Again Nalini has a certain style to her psych series and the her angel series. While there is a touch of that with this story, it's different and it should be. I enjoyed this final story. If you were able to get into the other 3 stories Lord of the Vampire, Lord of Rage, Lord of Wolfyn then this is a must to complete the different and interesting tale of Elden.
I'm a fantasy book hoarder!! :-) I am a mother of two small beautful childeren and my books are my way of getting away for a little break!!!
"Lord of the Abyss - a fitting conclusion"
A good solid story where the innocence of the hero (maintained by his circumstances) could have come across as him being simple. Instead I found myself laughing at the forthright Lord of the Abyss and his interactions with, and reactions to, the heroine.
And what a heroine. Lilliana is the stuff heroes are made of. She was the one who withstood the horror or her childhood and went off on a quest to save the world. Her feistiness is offset by her very human and hungry reactions to the Lord of the Black Castle as together they move forward in the story. They are joyful together as Lilliana holds her own against the autocratic Lord.
The three secondary characters are well drawn and add much to the story as intermediaries, protectors and friends. Be warned one of them is a mouse.
There is a beautiful twist at the end where true love speaks with such purity that I didn't know whether the laugh or cry.
The narrator for this book is fantastic - my favourite so far - and I will be seeking out more of her work.
"Fairy tale!!! for adults"
This story has a unique speech and rhythm that lends itself to the fairy tale feel. Our heroes are archetypes without being stereotypes, the Princess a strong female beautiful in heart if not in face, and the Prince a beast with a Nobel heart. The story is a tale about good triumphing over evil and the strength of passion and love that grows between an unlikely pair....all in all an enjoyable listen. happy listening
"Solid Performance of a Unique PNR"
4.5 stars overall. This is the last PNR (paranormal romance) in a series of four, but I only read this one. I had no real problems following it. I read it a few years ago, and only recently bought the audio. Good story, good narration. No complaints from me on either count! I had never heard Isabelle Gordon before -- felt impressed and happily surprised.
This is an enjoyably "spooky" paranormal with the unique hero -- "The Lord of the Abyss" -- transforming into a huge maddened wolfhound. However, he is not what he seems. There is also a blood sorcerer, a little brown dwarf, a friendly mouse, and all sorts of magical beings.
Fun and fast read, with a few smexy scenes between our adorably lovable hero and his brave, determined heroine. Loved how she was soooo ugly -- hideous -- but he loved her for her beautiful spirit, and ignored all the beauties in his realm. Loved how she coaxed his memories to return through the food scents and spices of his childhood, and through the "stories" she told him.
Caution: Some torture of children and animals, bloody murder and mayhem. I don't usually go for that, but in fantasy, it doesn't seem real.
"Couldn't listen to this book."
The narrator has a wistle that I couldn't handle. It was so annoying I turned it off in the first chapter. I guess I'll by the actual book and read it.
"Best of the series!"
I loved the rest of the books in this series, and this was by far my favorite. The characters were strong, youthful and fun. Micah was well written and his situation was as if Ms. Singh lived it. A great way to end the series.
"so sad"
the charters were just bad. i like Nalini Singh as on author, so i thought this would be a good read, but god, the book just wouldn't end.
i think somthing for Sherrilyn Kenyon.
Gordon's performance was ok, but i dont think that there was much more she could do.
if i was the editor i would have ask singh to rewrite almost all of it
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I have a tough decision, weighing the pro's and con's . . .
An atelier school in CA, or maybe applying to ringling? I would hit up cal arts, but that costs alot.
I liked what ringling had to say on their website. Cal Arts seems more like hollywoodish out for entertainment, and ringling seemed more to emphasize development. Not to say that Cal Arts isn't good, it is one of the best, but for some reason ringling seems like a better fit. And ringling is alot cheaper in tuition.
My goals are to get into computer animation, yet I hear learning 2D first, then going into 3D is best, so I'm going to develop my illustration / painting first
One of the best education for computer animation / illustration.
You definitely will get a job after finishing
Learn about the various industries (animation, art etc)
Warm weather.
Cost, far away from home, access to decent surf spots is far
Close to home. Cheaper in cost. Learn from great artists. Close to excellent surf
Cons: you don't get experience that Ringling will give . . .There is some truth in your fiction and some fiction in your truth. To know the truth you must to risk everything
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how do you know youll definitely get a job from going to ringling?
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Definite meaning you know what you're doing, put alot of time and effort, making talent.
Well they have this 3D animation conference, it's really important in animation biz. And there was this category with 10 awards, really difficult to win, and ringling grads got 4 slots.
Plus it's pretty well regarded among industry, like getting a degree from Ivy League schools.
What I ment was it's easier getting a job with a degree from ringling (and if you know your steez) than say if you went to . . . the art institute chains.
Thanks for helping me clear that one up.
Oh wait, maybe I should ask God to help me . . . :p
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The Neural Correlate Society has voted in its picks for the best new illusions that highlight interesting things about perception.
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Boutinot is a major player in the wine world, selling globally to trade customers. Its merchant headquarters and wine production sites in the northern and southern hemispheres mean big business.
All brands need a little love and as part of a wider strategy, we were tasked to deliver an ecommerce website and social blog.
The process
We integrated the site with Boutinot's CRM, so transactions can be processed in real time. Each trade customer can also personalise the interactive homepage, allowing them to do more than just buy wine. If they want to, they can even check the weather forecast!
The result
Our success was evident quickly – the volume of new customers coming to the site produced a marked increase in turnover in two years and freed up the sales team to make outgoing calls, instead of handling orders.
In addition, the downloadable tool kits and point of sale materials have been widely praised (and used) by the Boutinot sales teams as well as customers around the world. Transfer of knowledge and expertise via the site has played a huge part in bringing further loyalty from the customer relationship.
Then came boutinosity.boutinot.com
The desire to give something back led to the birth of Boutinosity. This is the go-to place for the wine trade community to find out about the latest launches, product reviews, events and news.


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This is what I would do if I were her:
-Get off the internet
-Give up on her best friends, they aren't worth it
-Stay with her dad and don't visit her mom
I have never had a best friend, don't have a Facebook/Twitter/whatever else social things there are out there, and that helps me focus on what I need to focus on. The poverty thing is hard to crush though. I don't know how convenient it would be for her to get a job, but that's always an option. Honestly I think she needs to invest in taking a walk every day. It would clear her head and she would realize and recognize the beauty of the world. If that doesn't clear her head, then she might not be open to trying to get better. Some people are like that, which I do not understand at all.
Keep in mind that what works for you may not work for the next person. I definitely would prescribe a daily dosage of Korn but it will become an addiction lol but it won't change her circumstances. You could tell your friend to find a healthy outlet for her challenges in life and remember that she isn't alone. Music in general is very therapeutic but your friendship would probably be just as important at this point.
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I feel for her,cos i have been down the very same road..its all to easy to go to the doctor & end up popping pills for the rest of your life,& in the end(wich may come sooner,than later,if you do take to much medication) being fed up,your mind is so twisted you dont know if your coming,or going..i was hooked on pills for over 10 years,& then 1 day i met my old freind & i met a yoga-ti-chi,teacher,& feel so much healther in my mind..plus a good trip to the sea-side,for a few weeks..so good luck,& hope she over comes her feelings.=)


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16 oz. Tennessee Pride Country Sausage (mild or sage)
1 ½ cups Chopped onion
1 ½ cups Chopped celery, including leaves
5 cups Dry day-old bread cubes
5 cups Cornbread, crumbled
2 tsp. Rubbed sage
1 tsp. Marjoram
½ tsp. Black pepper
2-3 cups Chicken broth
2 Tbsp. Butter or margarine
Cook sausage in large skillet until browned. Remove
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onion and celery in drippings in skillet until tender.
Combine sausage, cooked vegetables, bread cubes,
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Namoura Recipe
August 24, 2009 by Jackie K
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Recipe: Namoura Recipe بسبوسه هريسه نمورة
Summary: Namoura іѕ a type οf cake recipe іѕ аlѕο known аѕ Harrissa іn ѕοmе middle eastern country, easy tο mаkе, Thіѕ іѕ a sweet аnd simple Middle Eastern delight thаt іѕ sure tο satisfy уουr sweet tooth. Traditional Namoura іѕ simply scrumptious аnd sweet eggless cake. بسبوسه هريسه نموره
Thіѕ namoura recipe requires аn even distribution οf heat, іf уουr oven dοеѕ nοt distribute thе heat evenly, уουr namoura wіll nοt gеt cooked equally, уου mіght experience dryness οn one side οf thе tray whіlе getting nice аnd fluffy cake οn thе οthеr side. Heat distribution іѕ іmрοrtаnt fοr thіѕ namoura recipe.
- 2 cups οf cream οf wheat
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- ¾ cup yogurt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- syrup (see ουr syrup recipe)
- Preheat oven tο 400 degrees F.
- Mix cream οf wheat, sugar аnd baking powder.
- Add oil аnd yogurt. Wіth уουr hands mix till уου gеt a soft dough.
- Pat thе mixture іn a greased 9"x13" pan.
- Cυt іntο diamond οr square shapes .
- Bake fοr аbουt 30 minutes οr until golden brown.
- Remove frοm oven аnd pour сοld syrup over.
- Lеt сοοl before serving.
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Spain takes 1st Guantanamo inmate, Albania takes 3
MADRID The United States got help from Europe on Wednesday in its troubled drive to shut down Guantanamo Bay, as Spain accepted a former inmate from the prison for terror suspects and the tiny Balkan nation of Albania took in three more.
Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba identified the man as a Palestinian, and reiterated that Spain will take in up to five ex-Guantanamo inmates, the largest commitment yet from a European country since President Barack Obama pledged in January 2009 to close Guantanamo in a year, a deadline he missed.
The U.S. Justice Department issued a statement expressing gratitude to Spain and said there are now 188 inmates being held in Guantanamo.
Separately, Albania's Interior Ministry said that the country had taken in three more former Guantanamo detainees - a Tunisian, an Egyptian and a Libyan national - under an agreement with the United States. They arrived Tuesday.
The United States has been asking countries to take in former prisoners on grounds that in some cases it is not safe to send them home, fearing they might suffer reprisal after being held in U.S. custody.
Amnesty International's office in Brussels said 11 European countries have agreed to take in, or already done so, a total of 22 former inmates. Aside from Spain and Albania, the others are Belgium, France, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Switzerland, Slovakia, Latvia and Bulgaria. Most have accepted one or two, or three at most.
The United States is "basically happy that Europe is assisting in any way" but wants Germany chip in, too, said Rikard Jozwiak, an Amnesty International spokesman.
The Spanish minister said the Palestinian met a key condition, which is that he does not have charges pending in the United States, Europe or the Palestinian territories. The Palestinian will be able to work in Spain and move around the country freely, but cannot leave it, in accordance with an agreement among European Union countries.
Perez Rubalcaba would not give the name of the Palestinian or any other information, citing privacy concerns.
"We do not want to give more details simply because our aim is for those who come to Spain to be able to live their lives," Perez Rubalcaba said.
However, the man was identified by his family as Walid Hijazi, originally from the town of Khan Younis in Gaza.
A relative who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press they received a message Tuesday saying Hijazi had been released and sent to Spain.
The relative said Hijazi left Gaza in 2000, ostensibly for a pilgrimage to Mecca and that the family lost touch with him after that. In 2003, the family was informed by the Red Cross that he was in Guantanamo, and since then, it had received messages from him every three or four months.
Perez Rubalcaba said Spain is still studying case files on other candidates for coming to Spain from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
Albania said in a statement it has a concrete commitment "to support President Obama's administration in closing the Guantanamo center."


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How to Give Up Parental Rights (USA)
Two Methods:Volunteer to Give Up Parental RightsInvoluntary Give Up Parental Rights
It is emotionally trying to give up parental rights; however, there are circumstances in which people want to be relieved of their obligations towards their children. One common example is if someone else will adopt the child. When a child is born, both parents share the natural custody of the child. The parent can give up the parental rights or someone can force that parent to forego the rights. The first is voluntary relinquishment and the second one is involuntary relinquishment. Involuntary relinquishment is necessary if the parent is physically abusing or continuously neglecting the child. In such cases, the courts legally force the parent to forgo the parental rights. Under either circumstance, the parent will have no rights or privileges - some parents cannot afford to provide for their children.
Method 1 of 2: Volunteer to Give Up Parental Rights
1Sign a consent form. Depending on the state, you might need to sign a paper and submit it to a judge, or submit it to a notary or any other legally designated person. Whether it happens in a court as a judicial process or not is a matter of the laws of the particular state. Some states allow signing the relinquishment form before the child is born. However, even in such cases, it becomes effective only after the child is born.Ad
2Wait until the waiting period is over. The waiting period varies from state to state. Until the time the court approves your request to give up parental rights, the parents are still obliged to take care of the child unless they've arranged foster care through an agency. Some states give a time frame within which they can revoke the relinquishment.
3Prepare to support the child without any visitation rights or a say in the raising of the child. You will be relieved of this duty only in the event of adoption if an agency accepts the child without any payment due.Ad
Method 2 of 2: Involuntary Give Up Parental Rights
1Go to court for a court ruling. In the case of child abuse or failure to provide adequate support, the court can terminate parental rights. At the hearing, pay attention to the reasons for termination of your parental rights. If you hear any questionable reasons, ask for clarification of those reasons during the proceedings.
2Request proof of expenses paid for the child. If the child has outstanding medical expenses or any other unpaid expenses, ask if you are responsible to pay those.
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E3 2012 Expo Demo Of Aliens: Colonial Marines
If you checked around the interwebs, you'll know that Aliens Colonial Marines did not stack up to what was expected. If you haven't read the reviews, here's the gist. The game sucked, tanked, failed and the characters were bland. The graphics engine glitched to such a degree that the player would be standing listening to inane NPC's talking about brotastic stuff with voice acting you'd expect from old japanese RPG's back in the 90's, worst is that you really don't care what they're talking about... at all. The idea this game made it past certification shows you how little people care about video game quality when it comes to big names. To make things a bit worse, there is a debate on who actually made the game, Gearbox definitely had its hands in it, but does not wish to have the limelight in its failure. Also, in the video shown , definitely not the same when the game came out.
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THE swirling turbulence caused by jets taking off and landing can be a danger for planes in their wake (see "Back to school"). But a couple of rollers fixed to each wing could solve the problem.
When an aeroplane flies through the air at high speed, a region of low pressure forms directly behind the plane. Air from above and below the wing gets sucked in to fill the space, creating a disruptive swirling vortex.
Guo Wei and his colleague Prasad Patnaik at the National University of Singapore have come up with a simple fix involving two horizontal rollers parallel to each other. In a 2D simulation of air flowing across a square block, wake vortices formed as normal. But when two rollers along the back edge of the block rotated towards each other, they drew air into the space behind the block and the swirls straightened out, disappearing ...
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Meg Ryan to adopt Chinese girlMeg Ryan has reportedly adopted a baby girl from China.
The Hollywood actress picked up her new daughter from the US consulate this week after an eight-day stay in oriental country, and brought her home to her California mansion.
The baby is believed to be under a year old, but no other details have yet been released.
Ryan also has a 13-year-old son, Jack, with ex-husband Dennis Quaid. The couple divorced four years ago and share custody.
Meanwhile, the blonde star is preparing to make a movie comeback with upcoming film 'In the Land of Women'.
Ryan stars opposite Adam Brody in the romantic comedy which will be released in the US in May.


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The is an excerpt from Ron Shapiro's new book, "Perfecting Your Pitch: How to succeed in business and in life by finding words that work" (Hudson Street Press). Shapiro shows that if we want to start maximizing any message, we need to stop winging it and use a system of scripting, outlined efficiently as the 3 D's: Draft, Devil's Advocate, Deliver.
As corporate budget makers know all too well, it's not just accumulating money that can be challenging — it's parceling it out.
Anybody who manages an organization appreciates it is a limited resource that must be reasonably rationed in the business and personal worlds. Every organization has to set a budget for each of its operations and divisions to ensure that tasks are adequately financed and ultimately performed.
With any budget request, the issue may simply be who gets what. But how that decision is communicated often presents a challenge.
SEE ALSO: Superstar sports agent tells how to ask for a pay raise
Whether denying all or part of a request, the message has to be delivered clearly and sensitively so the turndown is understood and the requester is left only minimally frustrated. Motivating people to perform at the highest level is a key component of leadership. The leader doesn't want to deflate his or her team with a harsh denial (except perhaps in the case of frivolous requests, which are not the subject of this chapter).
The scripting process will facilitate crafting a clear and respectful communication.
The key to a smooth budget denial is a well-expressed rationale. A subordinate who is given a rational basis for being turned down is likely to feel better about his organization and his manager than one who believes his carefully constructed request has been summarily dismissed. Spending some time crafting the denial — and then trying it out on another manager — will build a better case that can serve as both an explanation and a guide for future conduct.


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Extended Interview With Salim Tamari
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- Online NewsHour Special Reports: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Extended Interviews: Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi
- Political analyst Yaron Ezrahi
- Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom
- Feb. 10, 2004: Part II: The Barrier: Elizabeth Farnsworth gets the Palestinian perspective on the security barrier.
- Feb. 9, 2004: Part I: The Barrier: Elizabeth Farnsworth examines controversy over the barrier from the Israeli side.
- Jan. 15, 2004: Israel Shuts Down Gaza Crossing After Suicide Bombing
- Dec. 18, 2003: Sharon warns Israel may create new security line.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: One Israeli argument for the wall is that it will allow them to withdraw from the West Bank and there won't be this source of friction between the Palestinians and the Israelis that there has been. What's your response to that argument?
SALIM TAMARI: The problem is that the wall does not separate the Israelis from the Palestinians or the Jews from the Arabs, but it separates many Arab communities from the rest of the West Bank and it leaves the rest of the West Bank surrounded by Jewish settlements. So the wall is not between Jews and Arabs but between Arabs and Arabs. This is the main problem with the wall.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And does that indicate to you that the troops wouldn't in fact be withdrawn? They'd still be here because the settlement would still be right around.
SALIM TAMARI: Exactly. I — the bulk of the checkpoints would have to remain if they're going to separate the Palestinian urban population from the settlements that surround them.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Is this one of the worst moments that you can remember living in the West Bank?
SALIM TAMARI: It's one of the worst if you take it in context, because the context is an international environment in which the United States — the one global leader today — is siding completely with Israeli strategies and one in which the war on Iraq is occupying the world community. And particularly one which creates physical values that are very difficult to reverse. Because once you have the wall, then land is confiscated. When land is confiscated new Israeli colonies are brought in to inhabit it and then you have to deal with these colonies. So in that sense, given the circumstances, it's one of the worst situations.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: You personally, you had a home in Jaffa, you lost your home, all the things that you've gone through. How do you keep working? Why do you just not leave? Why don't you leave?
SALIM TAMARI: Well I think most people who physically can go from the West Bank and Gaza, people who with professional skills, entrepreneurs, people with capital have left in large numbers. People who remain remained either because they have no choices, or because of the deep-seated commitment to this country.
The problem of Israel today is that the days when physical hardships would compel Palestinians to leave are no longer there. And they also learned their lesson from the two major wars of '48 and '67. So they're stuck with us and we are doomed to be part of this country and if we want to find a solution, it will have to be on that basis: We are two peoples who are living in this country and we need to find a solution for them.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Do you believe that the wall is aimed at expulsion?
SALIM TAMARI: It certainly has that consequence because the wall creates so many hardships for people, especially in farming communities. But also in terms of internal trade, in making life miserable for urban communities, making continuities between the north and south West Bank very difficult. It's ultimately contributing to the deterioration of the economic situation. And that is, by the way, the chief reason why Jordan is taking an active role today, in opposing the wall, because Jordan is afraid that the main consequence of the creation of the wall will be for thousands of people leaving and going to the nearest country, to the east, which is Jordan.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Israelis say they are building the wall to stop the suicide bombings. What's your response to that?
SALIM TAMARI: Well it's the chicken and egg formula because the kind of misery that the deteriorating economic circumstances generated, not only by the wall but by the checkpoints, by the dismantlement of communities in the West Bank, has created so much hardship that it's certainly contributing to fertile ground where people become desperate. When they're desperate they resonate with the whole ideology which propels people to become suicide bombers.
So, instead of preventing violence, I think Israel is contributing to this desperation by creating a very strong atmosphere for violence of suicide bombers and for other kinds of desperate acts, some of which we haven't seen yet.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Like…
SALIM TAMARI: Well, when people are desperate they do, if you'd asked me ten years ago, would you foresee the suicide bombers, I would say no, because I can't imagine them happening. There's no tradition in this country of people killing themselves as a way of patriotic duty or as a way of redeeming themselves, but it happened and when, when you are desperate, people do that. And throughout the world, for example, in periods of famine, we know that people eat their own children. It happened, happened not here, it happened elsewhere, so I can imagine that what we see today is just a sign of things to come.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: But what could be worse?
SALIM TAMARI: Well, what could be worse is a situation where desperation would make people go through corrective acts of confrontations which could lead to bloodbaths.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: You mean actual attacks.
SALIM TAMARI: Yeah.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Attacks by two or three hundred people instead of one.
SALIM TAMARI: Well, if you surround people in an area and they lose their economic foundation for their livelihood, then they may move en mass to face soldiers. When that happens the soldiers are panicked. When they panic they shoot and then you can have a mass slaughter. It has happened and it's likely to happen again.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Could the Palestinian Authority stop the violence? Are they strong enough to?
SALIM TAMARI: The Palestinian Authority today is in a weak position to stop the violence. It may have happened in the late '90s and at the turn of the century when the Palestinian Authority was equipped with organizational networks and with the political perspective which would allow it to control its extremist elements. Now these elements have gained ground and they have weakened the Palestinian Authority to such a degree that only a substantial diplomatic political breakthrough can bring about a situation where the Palestinian Authority would have both the ability and incentive to control elements like those. And these elements would lose their popular support if there is such a breakthrough because then you, people would have a vision of possibility of peace, of possibility of retaining the land and continuity in their communities to isolate these groups.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: What kind of breakthrough? I can't imagine the breakthrough that could undercut the huge support there is for Hamas right now, even the polls are showing all the support for these groups.
SALIM TAMARI: The support for the fundamentalist groups is less than a quarter of the political forces here and active support is even less than that. But it's a support that is propelled by desperation and misery, economic misery. And the kind of situation that is needed to reverse the situation is one which would require international intervention. I don't think the Israelis or the Palestinians by themselves are able to circumvent the situation. Now this is easier said than done.
But we saw the, the light at the end of the tunnel before, when there was an international peace conference in Madrid, when there is a concerted effort to contribute to a radical solution of the land question, the question of occupation, and the question of settlements and refugees. Then we had European intervention, U.N. intervention, and an American administration which was willing to act as an arbitrar. That is no longer the case.
The Bush administration talks only the language of terrorism. The rubric of terrorism has become the prism of seeing all political regional conflicts, which have nothing to do with international terrorism. It has to do with local violent situations that are generated by grievances. It's very important to make these distinctions and I think the Bush administration is unable to go beyond its, its vision, which is colored by the events of September 11th.
The second point is that we need to restore an international dimension, which brings Europe to the scene in a much more vigorous way. The sole dependence on American intervention today has acted in a way to undermine the trust that could be built between Israelis and Palestinians. And also, it encouraged extremist elements in Israel under the current Likud administration to confiscate more land, to make more settlements and to basically forgo the idea of the two state solution, because the whole country is being seen as the land of Israel today.
And the third element I think we need to energize is the peace camp both in Israel and in Palestine. The peace camp has been weakened considerably by acts of violence, because people have become very suspicious of each other. And without an active constituency, in Israel, especially in Israel, but also on the Palestinian side, it's very hard for intervention from outside alone to create the momentum for a return to a territorial negotiations.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Okay, some Israeli leaders say we are for a two-state solution. That's why we're building the barrier. It makes it possible for Palestinians to have a state. Your reaction?
SALIM TAMARI: Well, at the moment, everybody is for a Palestinian state including the most extreme elements in Israeli society. Well not the most extreme, but certainly the, the current, the bulk of the Likud government is for a state. The question is where is this state going to be. At one point they suggested Jordan to be the location of the Palestinian state. Now I think they are resigned to the state being in Palestine, but the area in Palestine where they are conceiving of this state is not viable. It's something like 42 to 48 percent of the current areas of the West Bank, which is a land locked area with no international borders and no contiguity to it. That is a recipe for disaster. It's not only a repetition of the Apartheid situation, but also it's a state which would be endemically riddled with economic disasters, with the inability to stand on its feet. So the question is not whether they support the Palestinian state or not, but the conditions under which this state is likely to prosper and therefore to be stable and be able to conclude a long term peace with the Israeli state.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Many Israelis say the line they are drawing preserves 85 percent of the West Bank and is very similar to a plan offered by former Prime Minister Barak. You say the line only includes 42 to 48 percent of the West Bank. Why is your figure so much lower than the Israeli analysis?
SALIM TAMARI: The distinction between the Barak plan and the Likud plan is that the Likud plan takes large chunks of the Jordan valley and accesses it to the state of Israel, so it leaves the future of the Israeli state landlocked, no borders with the Arab world, no borders with Jordan for example.
The second point is that its aim is purely demographic. The idea is not to give the Palestinians a state, but to get rid of the Arabs from the context of the Jewish state to maximize a number of Jews in Israel and minimize the number of Arabs in it. So it's a racist demographic solution which is not moved by the idea of coexistence between Arabs and Jews but of solving an internal demographic problem for the Jewish state.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Hanan Ashrawi has said that there's almost what she called a return to tribalism in the West Bank, in Gaza, because of the lack of Palestinian Authority and the growing up of sort of networks of power in these various communities. Is that true?
SALIM TAMARI: Yes, to a large extent unfortunately it is true. The undermining of the Authority meant also that the court system and the police system has broken down. There was a time, until quite recently when police, even traffic police were afraid to wear their uniforms because they would become targets by the Israeli soldiers. The court system is undermined because there is no police force to carry and execute court decisions. It allows people to take the law into their hands, which has been a disastrous situation.
The miracle, however, is that society still continues with some degree of normalcy. The amount of theft and robberies is considerable but not as you would see in industrial society. There are less thefts here than you do in Israel for example, even though there is no legal apparatus of catching criminals here. And the reason for that is because it is a small society where traditional neighborhoods, traditional social networks act as a break, control the criminality which otherwise would be rampant in a situation where there is an absence of law and order.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Do you think that in the short term, just involving the fence, there will be demonstrations against it that will get larger and larger? How do you see this movement progressing?
SALIM TAMARI: Well I hope they do. At the moment, the people who are most immediately damaged, their lives been damaged by the fence, are farmers and commuting neighborhoods where the fence have actually gone through their land and through their neighborhoods. You find urban communities where children are separated from their schools. People can't go to hospital. People cannot go to work except by obtaining very hard to get permits and if they can get the permits, they have to spend so much time going around the fence to get to there.
The second impact will be when the damage from the fence in long term economic terms, will be felt by the areas beyond the fence, which is people like us here, who in terms of trade, lack of work, and hence unemployment will affect communities so you have more robberies because people cannot get food to eat. People become desperate because they're separated from relatives and so on, not to speak of the health situation.
And I think in some unexpected way, the fence is galvanizing people against Israel and away from internal disputes which is a situation I don't think foreseen by Israel. And it's also bringing people outside Palestine, especially in the Arab world, most notably in Jordan, who are afraid that the wall would act to undermine the already precarious situation of the Jordanian economy. They're really afraid that the building of this wall, this barrier will force thousands of people to spin into Jordan, making the economic situation in Jordan worse. And that's another demographic fear which another country is experiencing.
So in a way the wall may indirectly bring about political changes which in the long run could be good because it will focus on the situation of occupation, it will highlight the segmentation and amplified situation that Palestinians are living, and mobilize more and more people against it.
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Thank you very much.
SALIM TAMARI: Thank you.


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