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Testimony of John Predergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights 11 December 2012.
Thank you, Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Bass for the opportunity to testify at a crucial moment for the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The crisis in eastern Congo continues to deteriorate, threatening to spiral out of control into an all-out war involving several neighboring countries. Throughout the latest explosion and previous cycles of conflict, the root causes of war are not being and have not been addressed, leaving "peace processes" to focus on flimsy power-sharing arrangements that have undermined the sovereignty of the Congolese state and the professionalism and neutrality of its armed forces.
This in turn has left the civil population of eastern Congo subjected to globally unparalleled violence, predation, and impoverishment. Another unrepresentative agreement between powerful interests with the biggest guns might ease open fighting momentarily, but it lays a deeper foundation for further devastation and state deconstruction. The United States should not be a party to such a short-term and destructive approach, and must alter its policy to help avert an outcome that simply sews the seeds for further war.
Drivers of Congolese War Unaddressed
The lack of a credible, effective, internationally mandated and leveraged peace process addressing the escalating war in Congo is becoming a major reason for that war's continuation. The current negotiation between the government of the Congo and the M23 rebels is already making all of the same mistakes as its predecessor processes, and will likely result in the same kind of short-term deal that keeps the Congolese government in power, reduces international pressure on Rwanda and Uganda for backing the M23, and re-dividing the spoils of war. The root causes of structural violence will remain unaddressed, and any agreement will lack the involvement of political parties, representative civil society elements including women and religious leaders, and local armed groups representing the diverse voices and interests of eastern Congo.
This is the latest chapter of a long story involving competing mafia-like networks controlled by leaders in the capitals of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, all of whom wrap themselves in national security concerns to mask economic and political interests.
Sometimes these competing elites fight and sometimes they cooperate for control of lucrative land, livestock, mineral, and timber resources.
The opportunity that the current rebel withdrawal from Goma opens up should not be squandered by leaving the resolution of the conflict solely to these three governments and the armed rebellion that two of them support, ignoring the root causes and the real representatives of eastern Congo. The time has come, finally, for a real international peace effort, the kind that actually has a chance of ending the deadliest war globally since World War II.The fundamental drivers of conflict are never on the table at the peace talks, and the basic recipe of conflict resolution - coming to agreement based on the parties' underlying interests - has been missing. It is time to place these issues openly on the table and agree on a joint plan to deal with them in a transparent way that leaves room only for peaceful development, not war. Getting the parties to agree to discuss these normally taboo issues - control of the minerals trade, a political framework, etc. - will also require significant outside leverage and the right mediation process.
Two key pieces of the solution are missing.
First, a shared framework for the future must be agreed upon in which the sub-region - Congo first and foremost - can benefit much more from peaceful, legal natural resource development, rather than violent, illegal extraction. Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank bill, a nascent regional certification effort, initiatives by forward-leaning companies, and new OECD guidelines are catalyzing movement in the right direction, but more must be done to change the economic incentives from war to peace, just as cleaning up the blood diamond trade helped incentivize peace in West African countries.
Coupled with strong international investment, these efforts will create the conditions for transparent and effective governing institutions that tax revenues from legitimate economic operations can help build more than foreign aid ever could. Dealing with the economic roots of war not only removes the main driver for the conflict but creates the main engine for state reconstruction.
Second, a political framework for Congo must be agreed upon that restores public confidence and brings back the viability of the Congolese state, while ensuring that further rebellion does not ensue. President Kabila faces a political crisis as a result of the failures of the army and the elections, and talks with M23 alone will only erode his authority and provide further insult and injury to the Congolese people.
It is now time for a wider inter-Congolese dialogue, in which leaders from the government, political parties, and civil society across Congo actively participate and decide on a national consensus on reforms on key issues such as a political framework, decentralization, protection of minorities, and the return of refugees. Security sector reform, which is an inherently political issue, should also be a central part of the equation, and there are ways of beginning it which are low-cost once political agreement and buy-in have been reached.
If he does not construct such a platform, Kabila may not survive politically. Legitimate grievances of M23 negotiators will also be brought in, but should not allow integration of wanted war criminals into state institutions, further eroding the rule of law. The initiative should be buttressed by also allowing civil society and political parties to help set the agenda and put fundamental issues forward for discussion and agreement.
The process should be based on key lessons and shortcomings of the first inter-Congolese dialogue.
By global standards the international effort to construct a credible peace process for Congo is manifestly derelict, condemning that country to further cycles of devastating conflict. When the curtain is pulled back and one looks behind the occasional United Nations Security Council resolution calling simply for an end to violence, the international diplomatic response is revealed to be shockingly ineffective, perhaps even violating the Hippocratic Oath: "First, do no harm." Harm has been done through agreements that integrate groups led by internationally indicted war criminals into the Congolese army, that do not address the exploitative economic arrangements that benefit elites in Kigali, Kampala and Kinshasa, and that ignore the broken political institutions and processes in eastern Congo that leave the politics of the region totally militarized.
How the Congo Peace Process Has Been Fatally Flawed An entire semester's curriculum could be constructed on Congo as a case study for how not to run a peace process. Every item on any conflict resolution 101 checklist has been violated or neglected. Though there are more, seven of the deadliest sins of Congo's peace process follow.
First, a non-transparent peace initiative has been largely left to the three actors who have benefited most from the absence of the rule of law: the leaders of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda. Second, in the past these backroom deals have led to short term security arrangements which address none of the root causes, with that pattern repeating itself in the current effort as the drivers of violence remain untouched. Third, none of the diverse stakeholders from civil society, political parties, or even other armed groups have a role in the negotiations, effectively silencing the voices of grassroots Congolese.
Fourth, there is no credible senior mediator who has the gravitas and international backing to introduce an agenda that would go beyond short-term deals cut by those with the biggest guns. Fifth, there are no expert teams to support what must be protracted negotiations over the tough issues, drawing in best practices from other peacemaking efforts around the world. Sixth, there is no internationally coordinated leverage to compel intransigent parties to consider compromises, and no effective approach to creating real accountability for committing, orchestrating, or funding crimes against humanity. Seventh, there are no senior special envoys of the United Nations and United States, the absence of which helps widen the vacuum of diplomatic leadership and corrode any chance for peace.
There is no excuse for this sorry state of affairs. Rectification does not require huge amounts of money or wrenchingly divisive moves within the UN Security Council. It requires leadership - from the African Union, from the UN Secretary General, and from President Obama, who has a strong history of clarity on Congo going back to his days in the U.S. Senate when he sponsored legislation that - had it been implemented then - would have addressed many of today's deficiencies.
The answers to this diplomatic train wreck lie within the lessons of successful peace processes that have ended previous African wars. A highly respected senior UN envoy should be appointed to work with the African Union envoy in crafting and leading a transparent and inclusive peace process. Beyond the Congolese, Rwandan and Ugandan governments, the initiative should involve armed and unarmed representatives from throughout eastern Congo, in particular civil society and political party officials, to ensure that any agreement might have the buy-in of a wide swathe of stakeholders. Key regional governments such as South Africa and Angola must also be involved to help build leverage for a solution. A senior US Special Envoy should be appointed to support the mediation and better organize international leverage opportunities, including UN sanctions and war crimes accountability.
Time for a Credible Internationally Supported Congo Peace Process A peace process for Congo must be constructed in which - for the first time ever - root causes are addressed and the broad and diverse constituencies and interests of eastern Congo have a voice in the solutions. Creative approaches to incentivizing the peaceful and legal development of Congo's natural resource sector that draw upon best practices from successful cases should be at the basis of any agreement, along with political arrangements that are more inclusive and decentralized than anything that has come before.
A credible international process doesn't guarantee peace. Its absence, however, guarantees further war.
The United States has an opportunity to help break the cycle of violence that has devastated eastern Congo and destabilized the wider Great Lakes region for the last 15 years, but it will require far greater attention from senior policymakers, a step-change in our diplomatic engagement in the region, and concentrated focus on areas of U.S.
leverage, especially efforts to transform the trade in natural resources from a driver of violence into a catalyst for regional peace.
Therefore, I strongly recommend that the United States urgently take the following actions in support of peace in the Congo:
• Appoint a Presidential Envoy: The current U.S. policy structure does not allow the U.S. to exercise fully its latent leverage, creativity and coordinating function with respect to supporting peace in Congo. Appointing a Presidential Envoy would help rectify that. The Envoy should be a high-level individual with experience and relationships in the region who would be responsible for developing a unified policy toward the regional crisis and be able to fully invest in helping to widen and deepen the peace process to address its gaping deficiencies.
Such an Envoy would leverage America's economic, political, and military influence to ensure that all parties fully cooperate with an international political process, and also work closely with the current AU Envoy and a proposed UN Envoy.
• Call for a UN Envoy to the Great Lakes: The current peace initiative sponsored by ICGLR lacks internationally coordinated leverage and strong external voices that can help ensure that the real drivers of conflict are eventually addressed within a political framework. The UN should play a major role in this.
Therefore, the United States should work within the UN Security Council to ensure the appointment of a high-level envoy to work with the ICGLR and the AU to build a credible international political process that addresses the continual cycles of violence and regional interference.
• Support robust UN Sanctions: The international community is leaving a huge reservoir of leverage on the table by not following the recommendations of the UN Group of Experts and others. There must be accountability for those who have restarted Congo's war, and those who are orchestrating or funding war crimes and crimes against humanity. As a responsible supporter of the UN sanctions regime, the United States should push to impose sanctions on all individuals identified in the UN Group of Experts final report and those individuals and entities supporting criminal networks through the trade in natural resources, one of the main but unspoken drivers and motivations of the current round of conflict.
• Suspend certain U.S. assistance to any government supporting conflict and obstructing peace: The United States should cut all military assistance and suspend certain categories of bilateral and multilateral non-humanitarian aid to any government continuing to support conflict in eastern Congo. For example, if the Rwandan and Ugandan governments are found to be continuing their support for M23 and are supporting M23 efforts to obstruct progress at the negotiating table, then corresponding measures should be taken by the U.S., other partner governments, and multilateral organizations to which the U.S. contributes substantial American taxpayer dollars. Such steps are crucial to encouraging all parties to engage constructively in a comprehensive political process.
• Call a high-level summit on responsible investment in the Great Lakes region. As part of any comprehensive peace deal that addresses root causes, the U.S. could be very helpful in ensuring implementation. In that regard, the United States, in partnership with the European Union, could facilitate an international investment conference on "Investment in peace mines in the Great Lakes: an engine for development," in order to help expand the pie in the region for conflict resolution and development. The summit would focus on developing marketbased opportunities for responsible investment in Congo and the region.
Critically, it would involve investors, who have been missing from the discussions on building a responsible minerals trade in Congo.
Removing the Economic Fuel for War There will be no peace in Congo as long as ruthless interests can make immense profits from the extraction of minerals and other natural resources with the connivance of regional governments. Corrupt Congolese officials have no interest in justice or army reform because they reap windfalls from mafia-like smuggling and land grabbing. It will take an effort to change market incentives similar to the one that ended the blood diamonds wars elsewhere in Africa.Rwanda's post-genocide economic miracle has benefited from huge exports of smuggled Congolese tin and tantalum. Influential Ugandans enrich themselves through major illicit Congolese gold exports. This ensures that eastern Congo remains at the mercy of armed groups and their criminal business partners allied with Kinshasa, Kigali or Kampala. As with all mafias, sometimes these competing groups fight, sometimes they cooperate.
After the passage of the Dodd-Frank legislation that requires companies to disclose whether they source minerals from conflict areas, war profits from the 3 T minerals have decreased by 65 percent, as it has become increasingly difficult to sell untraceable minerals on the global marketplace. Several reforms by Congo and industry have also emerged, including the Great Lakes region developing a certification process for minerals and Congo kicking out several Chinese companies that were smuggling minerals. But much of these processes are nascent, and the vested interests in the rotting status quo remain strong.
A new cooperative framework between regional states is not about rewarding aggressors with the spoils of war, as in former French President Nicholas Sarkozy's earlier plan.
Instead, it is about expanding the economic pie through negotiating a framework and a forum for greatly increased investment in Congolese development. Congo's resources would still be Congo's, and Rwanda's would still be Rwanda's, but cross-border cooperation will need to be better defined, and new mine and oil concessions would be opened up under a new, transparent framework for both international and regional investors, and requirements would be put in place to have the resources processed in the region in order to add value for all parties, especially the Congolese.
This way, there would be both regional and private sector buy-in to Great Lakes resources as an engine for peace. Based on lessons from cases such as Nigeria-Sao Tome, each country would benefit much more from a transparent, certified trade that would also build each country's capacity for adding value to minerals and oil through processing. This investment has suddenly become a new possibility because of the vastly increased corporate spotlight on the region following recent regional and international minerals transparency reforms.
In addition to the sanctions and international investment conference outlined above, there is a need to close the smuggling loopholes that allow conflict minerals to filter through, albeit in lower amounts. To that end, the U.S. should strongly urge Congo and Rwanda to finalize an Independent Mineral Chain Auditor to act as an independent monitor on minerals trading and support the Auditor's team.
From the perspective of the Enough Project, reducing violence and enacting political and military reform in Congo is not possible without stamping out the illegal trade in conflict minerals and the environment of impunity for those involved. The United States, as home to the largest end-user companies of conflict minerals and as a powerful diplomatic actor in Africa's Great Lakes region, has a choice whether to exercise leadership and help further efforts to legitimize Congo's mineral sector in the east of that country.
Internationalizing the Peace ProcessIn September 2012, the United Nations held a special high level meeting on the crisis in the Great Lakes on the sidelines of the General Assembly that was chaired by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and attended by both heads of state from Congo and Rwanda. This meeting resulted in the U.N. recommending the exploration of joint U.N and A.U.
initiative to address the conflict in eastern Congo. The African Union has recently appointed a new Special Representative to the Region, former head of the A.U. mission to Somalia, Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra, of Mali.
In light of the spike in international engagement in the region, the current situation presents a new opportunity to bring conflicting parties and stakeholders together to embark on a broader process that seeks to address the roots of conflict in the region.
Given the long history of violence and mistrust among the core states, it is difficult to see a solution reached through only regional mechanisms such as the ICGLR, particularly while Uganda holds the rotating chair. Therefore, regional efforts to resolve this conflict must be coupled with international efforts from a joint U.N. and A.U.
initiative that can draw conflicting parties to the negotiating table in good faith and sustain a process that addresses both the short term and long term issues that perpetuate the cycle of conflict in eastern Congo.
In a region so shaped by the personas of its leaders--some of whom have been in power for decades--finding the right person and process to engage reluctant parties is critical.
One path towards a viable process might be to create a mediating mechanism, spearheaded by both the newly appointed U.N. Envoy and the existing A.U. envoy.
Another idea might be to create a panel similar to the A.U. High Implementation Panel, or AUHIP, on Sudan, currently working to facilitate negotiations relating to South Sudan's independence from Sudan in July 2011 over oil, security, citizenship, assets, and their common border.
However, the first and arguably most important step is to find an individual who has the trust and relationships with the key leaders in the region. This U.N.
Envoy must have the skills and stature to bring these parties to the table and move them toward a durable agreement. He or she should have a deep understanding of the regional history and dynamics in play, and the time and ability to work with the ICGLR and the AU to direct a process that in all likelihood could take years to oversee to completion.
One of the most important factors in creating peace will be the international mediation process mandated with ending the war. How the process is structured and the identity of the mediator who will help lead it will determine whether there is a chance for lasting peace. Significant decisions await the international community. A more active international role will ruffle regional feathers and have no guarantee of success. But without such a robust effort, there can be no chance at achieving a lasting peace.


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On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 02:12:25PM -0700, Tim Riley wrote:
> Matt Roper wrote:
> > With this solution, what keeps people from using something like
> > "../../../etc/shadow" as $arg? You'd probably need to strip out slashes
> > and ..'s to be safe...
> >
> > Matt
> >
> Good thinking Matt and Jeff. How about
> $file2open = ( substr( $arg[ 1 ], 0, 1 ) == "." )
> ? ""
> : $APPLICATION_HOME_DIRECTORY . $arg[ 1 ];
> This checks the first character for a dot by using the substring function
> inside
> the ternary operator. If someone tries to penetrate your system, file2open
> will fail.
That's not enough. What about foo/../../../etc/shadow ?
A real solution, in my mind, is to break up the path using / (or its
HTML-encoded equivalent, %2f) as a divider, to get a list of directories
to traverse. Then, traverse directories one by one down the list, and when
you reach the filename, check to see if you're above
Alternately, if you don't have files in multiple directories, just check
the given filename for slashes. If any are found, give an error; else,
feed them the file.
Yet another way (I'm on a roll tonight) is to have a table in your
function, mapping (say)
1 => "/home/me/cars/mustang.dat"
2 => "/home/me/cars/camaro.dat"
... etc.
Then, just access /path/to/script.php?file=N to get a file displayed, and
look up N in your table, and display the appropriate file or give an
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:20:31PM -0700, Tim Riley wrote:
> > > An easy way around exposing /etc/anything is to do what Apache does with
> > > HTML documents: only reference documents inside a relative directory.
> > >
> > > e.g., $file2open = $APPLICATION_HOME_DIRECTORY . $arg[ 1 ]
> > >
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I have a DMS site thats locked up for about a week now.
I've tried turning off plugins. I have depthCharge on it and think I might have some images in there that are too big.
but if its on or not , the page is locked up in admin mode. none of the DMS options stuff shows.
what should I do?
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here's a fun activity:
i'm a teaching assistant for some classes this summer. the classes all
make extensive use of linux as the platform under which the students
will be working.
another person teaching the class is trying to install and use putty so
he can log into the physics server from home. clearly, he needs to have
some linux experience. we don't allow anything but ssh connections, so
this teacher has installed putty and is trying to connect to
find the major logical flaw:
I could not get PuTTy to Run I already sent that mesage to you. I attempted
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At this point I am frustrated and confused. I hope Bill Gates takes over
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Sunshine Stars' forward, Ajani Ibrahim said he is not bothered at the change of guard at his side for the 2012/2013 league season.
The Akure Gunners during the week announced former assistant coach of the Flying Eagles, Samuel Abimbola as manager in place of departed Gbenga Ogunbote.
Ajani said as professional he is committed to his work irrespective of the coach in-charge.
"I learnt the management has hired a new manager, Samuel Abimbola. We're yet to meet with him. I know he's a nice coach.
"We'll work with him as we did to the former manager, Gbenga Ogunbote.
"The change won't affect my attitude or commitment to the game. It's the normal routine with clubs, it doesn't demand players' opinion, you can only walk away if you felt strongly about the coach in-charge.
"As a player I'll continue to work with whoever that is assigned to the team as coach as long as I'm a Sunshine Stars' player.
"Hopefully when we resume camp for the new season on Monday we'll know more and interact with the new manager," he said to supersport.com.
The petite goal poacher said he is still a bona fide Sunshine Stars' player.
"I'm still a Sunshine Stars' player as we speak and will resume on Monday for the new league season.
"We'll be targeting the league title in the coming season and quick return to the continent.
"We gave the title the best chase but failed to clinch it, we'll want to give it another run and be rest assured we won't miss it again," he said.
The Akure-based side exited in the semifinals of this year's Caf Champions League and did not secure a continental ticket at the out gone 2011/2012 league season.


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Just curious if there has been any update on the recruitment of Jeff Jones, the RB from Minnesota? I know there was talk of him coming down for an official visit, even with his verbal to Minny, but there hasnt been much word on him lately. Know him and Lazard are friends, and goes without saying that he would be a huge get. Maybe he decided Minnesota was the place for him?
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He was down for the UNI game. I hope it didn't leave a bad taste in his mouth about ISU though.
Originally Posted by EYEoftheSTORM
He was down for the UNI game. I hope it didn't leave a bad taste in his mouth about ISU though.
Thankfully, it seems he wants another look at ISU. It's up to you in Hilton tonight guys! below from rivals
Rivals100 running back Jeff Jones from Minneapolis (Minn.) Washburn is officially visiting Iowa State this weekend.
Whoever steps in, we can still do something special.
"If it happens that Fred were to leave and I hope he stays -- we will stick together. We're super-talented, no matter what. We can do something special next year."
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The first name out of his mouth was Steve Prohm, and Fred said the reason was that, 'He runs everything that I run. I've met him, (and) he's a man of character,' "
I am hoping Wimberly will help running back recruits realize the potential for coming here.
Originally Posted by State43
I am hoping Wimberly will help running back recruits realize the potential for coming here.
I'm hoping Wimberly's performance will help all of our RBs realize what you need to do to be a successful RB too.
Doubt if Jerry Kill is back next season after suffering his 5th game day seizure yesterday.
I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.
Visiting tonight!
Get ready for Gopher fans to say we're paying him like they think with Vaughn.
Originally Posted by RedlineSi
Get ready for Gopher fans to say we're paying him like they think with Vaughn.
They can say whatever they want
Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy
Visiting tonight!
Could you imagine if we landed two top 100 recruits in the same class? WOW
Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy
Visiting tonight!
Hope he's coming with his bud, Lazard.
Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy
Visiting tonight!
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Visiting tonight!
Is this for sure? Chris did not have him listed as an official visitor for the weekend.
Really? For the Iowa game?
If you can't get him here for a FB game, great alternative! Sign him up!
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Building named after 1st SEAL killed in Iraq War
Several speakers spoke of Lee in glowing terms, remembering an outgoing individual with a first-rate sense of humor and strong work ethic. Former President George W. Bush sent in a letter that was read at the dedication honoring Lee's sacrifice.
Inside the Marc A. Lee Training Center, there are now numerous items to memorialize the man, including photos, a video, medals, citations, his military uniform and even one of Lee's old soccer uniforms.
"He set the standard of excellence as a SEAL and really more importantly as a person," said Capt. Collin Green, the commanding officer of SEAL Team 3 when Lee was killed.
"As a SEAL, he died basically protecting his teammates. And as a person, I think it was his humility, his compassion and his message. For me, his letter really reflects who he was and what he was feeling at the time. I think it was very profound."
Willink, who was the task unit commander of SEAL Team 3 in Iraq in Ramadi in 2006, said that his inspiration to push for naming the former training detachment building after Lee came from a training center in Imperial Valley. That desert-based facility is named after Billy Machen, the first SEAL killed in Vietnam.
Willink said during his training there, he learned everything about Machen. He wants future SEALs who come through Coronado to learn everything about his friend and teammate.
"In this building that bears his name, warriors will follow his lead," Willink told the crowd. He later added privately, "They're going to know how he lived and how he died and live up to the standard that he set."


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There is no question that the Southeast and Northwest division comprise some of the worst teams in the NHL. Top teams feed on them to pad stats and get the easy points. But which one is worse?
SouthEast: Carolina, TB, Winnipeg, Wash, Florida
Of these teams, only Carolina is in a playoff spot (barely). Most of them have been horrible for several years and Washington and Florida are battling for the #2 and #3 draft positions.
NorthWest: Van, Col, Calgary, Edm, Minny
Youch. Only the Nucks can be considered decent and much of that is due to playing against some bad interdivisional teams. Will Edm get another top 3? Will Calgary finally rebuild? Did the Wild waste a pile of money on Suter and Parise just to continue sucking?


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Tonight watch the 41st NAACP Image Awards. Saturday night Jennifer Lopez hosts Saturday Night Live. Sunday night is the Closing Ceremony of the XXI Winter Olympics.
US television highlights for the weekend of Feb. 26, 2009 to Feb. 28, 2010. Times are ET, shows are new unless noted as repeats. TV This Week will be published Monday. Tagged for your pleasure: tvtw.
*** Friday ***
41st NAACP Image Awards, special, 2 hrs., 8:00pm, Fox.
Actor and Director Tyler Perry is set to receive the Chairman's Award; the night's nominees include Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Sandra Bullock, Lenny Kravitz, Mo'Nique, Vanessa Williams, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Whitney Houston.
Blades of Glory, 2007 movie, 2 hrs., 8:00pm, ABC.
Rival male figure skaters, banned from the sport for life after a vicious fight at an awards ceremony, discover a loophole in the rules and put aside their differences to return to the ice as the first all-male couple in pairs' figure skating. Stars: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, and Jenna Fischer.
Caprica, There is Another Sky. 9:00pm, Syfy.
Joseph Adama reaches out to his son, while his daughter finds a new side of the virtual world.
20/20. 10:00pm, ABC.
A man defies a court order and takes his daughter to get baptized, and his estranged wife talks about her fight against his actions; Nick Watt reports on child sacrifice in Uganda; David Muir provides an update on the Olympic Games.
Real Time with Bill Maher. 10:00pm, HBO.
This week's guests: Richard Haass, Pres. Council on Foreign Relations; Chrystia Freeland, US Managing Editor of Financial Times; Reihan Salam, co-author Grand New Party; Olivia Wilde, actress; Adam Carolla, radio & TV host.
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*** Saturday ***
Barefoot Contessa, Italian Restaurant Food At Home. 1:30pm, Food Network.
Host Ina Garten visits renowned chef Joe Realmuto of Nick and Toni's, who demonstrates how to prepare delicious and authentic Italian dishes, including penne alla vecchia bettola, rum raisin tiramisu and anti pasti platter.
Elmer Gantry, 1960 movie, 2 1/2 hrs., 2:45pm, TCM.
A fast-talking, heavy-drinking salesman with a blemished past finds an opportunity at redemption when he teams up with a beautiful evangelist to sell religion to America, but his past catches up to him in the form of a prostitute who tests his faith. Stars: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Jones, Jean Simmons, Dean Jagger, and Arthur Kennedy.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2004 movie, 3 hrs., 8:00pm, ABC.
Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts, only to learn the Ministry of Magic doesn't believe that the Dark Lord Voldemort is back; with a tyrannical new teacher seizing control of the school, Harry must secretly teach his friends defensive spells. Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, and Michael Ga.
Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, 2010 movie, 2 hrs., 9:00pm, Syfy.
A young woman falls in love with a prince who suffers from a curse that transforms him into a forest beast with a hideous appearance, and they must join forces to combat the efforts of an evil witch and her murderous troll minion.
Saturday Night Live, New!. 11:30pm, NBC.
Actress/Singer Jennifer Lopez hosts and performs.
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*** Sunday***
Jarhead, 2005 movie, 2 1/2 hrs., 1:00pm, FX.
A Marine flounders in boot camp until he is chosen for a sniper squad, which is sent to the Mideast during the first Gulf War; he bonds with his spotter, who enlisted while concealing a criminal record, as they wait for their first combat mission. Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Katherine Randolph, and Chris Cooper.
Big Daddy's House, Belly Busters. 1:30pm, Food Network.
Host Big Daddy whips up a delicious meal that includes fried mini lasagna bites, chicken pot pie, and apple cranberry bread pudding. Repeat.
XXI Winter Olympics, Closing Ceremony. 7:30pm, NBC.
A uniquely Canadian celebration, complete with popular music acts, performances and all the athletes, helps to bring the 2010 Vancouver Games to a close. 3 1/2 hrs.
Amazing Race, Run Like Scalded Dogs! (Argentina). 8:00pm, CBS.
A team is led astray when one Racer overestimates their ability to use a magnetic compass, while another team is forced to head to the emergency room.
Desperate Housewives, The Chase. 9:00pm, ABC.
Gaby is forced to keep her distance when Celia comes down with the chicken pox, so she stays with Tuc and Bob; Lynette and Tom forget Penny's birthday; Bree hires a new employee; Susan cheats on Mrs. McKluskey; Katherine makes a discovery.
Ben-Hur, 1959 movie, 4 hrs., 8:00pm, TCM.
A Jewish merchant living in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus Christ seeks vengeance against a malicious Roman governor who destroyed his family and sold him into slavery because he would not inform on Hebrew dissidents. Stars: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, and Hugh Griffith.
Big Love, Next Ticket Out. 9:00pm, HBO.
Sarah's surprise announcement rocks the family; Nicki renews her commitment to pleasing Bill; Bill suggests to Margene that she married him for the wrong reasons; Barb surprises Nicki with news about Bill's brother; Bill looks for Nicki's ex-husband.
Undercover Boss, White Castle. 9:00pm, CBS.
White Castle owner and executive board member David Rife slips anonymously into the rank and file of his fast-food operation to examine its inner workings and to get a first-hand account of how his decisions have made an impact on his employees.
Cold Case, Two Weddings. 10:00pm, CBS.
While at a colleague's wedding, Jeffries impishly persuades the team to spend their time at the reception casually investigating whether the bride was responsible for killing her former fiance, who died hours after they canceled their nuptials.


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Just 160 atoms have been made to tie themselves into the smallest version of the pentafoil knot ever made. It's also the most complicated knot ever achieved by a single molecule.
The knot, also known as the cinquefoil or Solomon's knot, is a "prime" knot". Its woven star shape contains five crossing points and cannot be built from smaller knots, similar to the way a prime number cannot be the product of smaller numbers. A version of the pentafoil knot features on the flags of Ethiopia and Morocco, giving it cultural as well as mathematical significance.
Chemists have previously created a prime knot called a trefoil, which has three crossing points. David Leigh and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh, UK, wove the pentafoil using "needles" made of positively charged iron ions attached to long, skinny organic-molecule "threads".
When the researchers added negatively charged chloride ions, these ions became hubs, each attracting exactly five needle-and-thread compounds. In the process of arranging themselves around the central hub, the metal ions folded the organic molecules over one another, braiding them into a woven star shape. Finally, chemical bonds formed that connected the strands at the points of the star, turning the whole arrangement into a single molecule.
Some day, the researchers would like to knit a whole surface of knotted molecules. "Perhaps we could make a chain-mail type of material in which, just like a suit of armour, you've got a very strong but very flexible material," says Leigh.
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Tis the bewitching month of October, for anyone having a birthday this month, remember to celebrate the entire month long.
My son-in-law celebrates a b/d on 10/13.....!
Thanks Betty for re-starting this post!!
Best Wishes to your SIL.
My birthday is today, I am 60. Where did all the years go ?? There is a big smorgasbord up in the Amish country that offers a free meal for your birthday. So hubby & I are heading up there soon for my free birthday dinner. YUM - YUM !!!
Happy Birthday to all October folk. And a belated Happy Birthday Mary.
My brother will be 62 on October 29th.
And never mind about the counting, enjoy many more!! :)
How was the Amish Dinner celebration?
was 10/10, Happy Birthday Larry!
Larry wrote in the Gardening Forum: "... and going to the hot spring yesterday to celebrate my birthday a day late, I feel pretty good again!:D "


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Activity trackers, heart rate monitors, smartwatches – they're all obsolete already because they don't analyse sweat. Until now heart rate tracking has been a pretty accurate way of measuring your body's training effort. It let you work on certain goals... >>
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This year we're going to see a lot of smart clothes capable of measuring heart rate and muscle contractions, but the future is even more exciting. Using nanowires future clothing will be able to seal in heat and even generate it. Scientists at Stanford... >>
Wireless Armour wonder-pants want to save you from irradiated nuts29 April 2014
If, until now, you've been carrying your phone in a bag, or cupping your jewels all day to protect them from radiation - rejoice, an alternative solution is here. Wireless Armour plans to protect your precious parts from electromagnetic radiation given... >>
Scottevest and ThinkGeek release tech-focused Tropiformer Jacket capable of holding iPad9 April 2013
Tech enthusiast brands ThinkGeek and Scottevest have paired up for a new tech-focused jacket that seems perfect for any geek who carriers multiple gadgets every day. Scottevest is known for its tech-enabled clothing, with support for a lot of different... >>
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The last time Pocket-lint saw Team GB's cycling team it was to talk about "hot pants" in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games. The leg-warming over-trousers - officially known as Adidas Adipower, to give them their full but ultimately less appealing... >>
Debenhams C.Vox clothing offers handsfree calling and music26 November 2012
Debenhams has launched a new clothing range known as C.Vox (Communiqué Vox) that will allow you to hook-up your phone or MP3 player for calling and music on the move. The range consists of jackets, gilets and hoodies for adults and children and lets... >>
TshirtOS might help with your dance moves, sadly not let you pick up girls2 November 2012
TShirtOS is the high-tech washable T-shirt that has a built-in flexible display and the ability to talk to your phone so you can share Twitter updates, Facebook posts or Instagram pictures. Created by Ballantine's whisky and clothing company CuteCurcuit,... >>
Team GB cycling 'hot pants' hope to power World Records, and Gold2 August 2012
After Mark Cavendish failed to place on the podium at the men's Olympic road race, the UK let out a sigh of disappointment. But there are plenty of other cycling events that Team GB will undertake, away from the road on the velodrome track. And Adidas,... >>
Best umbrellas for April, May, June...any showers whatsoever18 April 2012
A favourite of commuters, trekkers and Rihanna alike, the humble umbrella always causes a storm at this time of year. Do you need one? Isn't a storm shell more practical? We'll pass over the fact that most get left in a taxi/pub/bus and stick our neck... >>
Best skiing and snowboarding gear23 January 2012
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Driving the Baja Sur Loop
Driving around Baja Sur is a great way to become familiar with the real
Baja California.
Beginning in Cabo San Lucas you could do a full day whirlwind tour (we recommend a longer timeframe) of the Cape region, which runs north along the Pacific side to the quaint artsy town of Todos Santos. You then will continue on north and to the east through the dessert to eventually arrive in capitol city of La Paz.
La Paz is the largest, most populous city in the loop. The seat of government for Baja Sur it has a solid industrial backbone, good tourist facilities and is a favorite port of Sea of Cortez cruisers.
Leaving La Paz you will to drive south again but at the "Y" (located about 25 km from La Paz) go east and pass through the mountains and the pueblos of, San Antonio, the old mining town of El Triunfo and the lush canyon town of San Bartolo before once again arriving at the Sea of Cortez and the rapidly growing area of Los Barriles.
Los Barriles was named for the hidden barrels of gold supposedly buried by the pirates of centuries ago. This area has become very popular with windsurfers and kite boarders in the winter and the sport-fishing enthusiast in the hotter summer months.
The Gordo bank and other popular fishing areas are accessed though many sportsman's resorts along East Cape. From the very economical to the posh you can find your sport fishing dream holiday.
Driving south on Highway 1D out of Los Barriles you will continue along the Sea through Buena Vista where the highway re-enters the desert, heading south to the Los Cabos area.
Just after leaving the Sea there will be a turn off to the left to La Ribera and Cabo Pulmo, eventually Los Frailes. This road does continue on to San José del Cabo but it is not paved south of Cabo Pulmo. This is the area where some of the most famous and not so famous summer surfing (south swells) sites are found.
Continuing on the pavement south to San Jose del Cabo you will pass a few other detours to towns like Santiago and Miraflores.
Just north of San Jose del Cabo is the major airport that serves the Los Cabos region. It is definitely one of the nicest towns in all of the Baja from its great restaurants to galleries of crafts and fine art. From here it is about 14 miles back to Cabo through
the area known as the corridor. This area, which only a few years ago was just desert and beaches, is now populated with many exclusive resorts spas, golf courses and hotels. There are also smaller resorts of equal importance are located in clusters long the highway.
This was only a quick description of the" loop" and there are many detours and areas that can take days, weeks, even years to see and do it all! So do yourself a favor, if you only have a day or two to make the trip you are better off enjoying where you are, just plan to comeback for more of the life in the Baja.
Be sure look for other great side trips off the well-beaten path here on the Insider.


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Al Franken was good enough and smart enough on his own, but he made comedy history with Tom Davis.
Davis, an Emmy-winning writer who along with Franklin penned some of Saturday Night Live's most iconic sketches, died Thursday of throat and neck cancer at his home in Hudson, N.Y., according to his wife, Mimi Raleigh. He was 59.
"Today is a sad day for all of us who loved Tom," Franken, still a funny guy but now also a Democratic senator, told Minnesota's WCCO-TV. "I spoke with his mom this afternoon and she recalled fondly all the laughter that would come from the basement when Tom and I first got started in comedy."
MORE: Deep Purple's Jon Lord Dies at 71
The Franken and Davis comedy partnership produced, among others, the "Coneheads" (he also cowrote the 1993 movie); Bill Murray's "Nick the Lounge Singer"; "Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber," starring Steve Martin; and Christopher Walken's "The Continental."
Davis was with SNL from day one—George Carlin hosted the Oct. 11, 1975, premiere—and shared Emmy wins with fellow writers in 1976, 1977 and 1989. He and Franken were also members of the Emmy-winning writing team behind The Paul Simon Special in 1977 (awarded in 1978).
The writing partners left SNL in 1980, but were back a few years later. Davis gave his notice again in 1994, but ultimately kept contributing to the show until 2003.
MORE: Ex-SNL Scribe Joe Bodolai Dead in Apparent Suicide
In addition to putting his personality on the page, the gangly funnyman also played small roles in Trading Places, Coneheads and Blues Brothers 2000—all films featuring SNL-bred talent.
Davis penned the 2009 memoir Thirty-Nine Years of Short-Term Memory Loss: The Early Days of SNL From Someone Who Was There. Franken wrote the forward and chapter titles include "Dan Aykroyd," "Lorne" and "F--k Johnny Carson." There was also a chapter on his longtime pal and partner in hilarity.
"Though he was deathly ill, we did a lot of laughing," Franken told WCCO, noting that he last visited Davis in New York two weeks ago. "He was a great friend, a good man and so funny."
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Vehicle and Asset Finance Specialists WesBank will offer unbelievable special financing deals at the Windhoek Show that starts this Friday. Head of WesBank, Elmarie Cilliers has advised that they have partnered with some of the Namibian representatives of leading vehicle manufacturing brand names to bring potential buyers fantastic financing opportunities.
"This includes for example a grace period by Auas Motors where clients will only start paying for the vehicle in March 2013. Pupkewitz Motors partnered with us and all sales on their Lexus series will be at Prime less 2% while Novel Motor Company only requires payment of a 5% deposit upon purchasing a Ford Figo. These deals are sure to fit the pockets and expectations of potential vehicle buyers," she said.
WesBank is however, not restricting this to the partner motor dealers only. Cilliers said that clients who wish to purchase any other vehicles and assets at a motor dealer of their choice will receive Prime less 1% on all finance deals. This includes tractors, graders, agri equipment, but Cilliers pointed out that, as always, terms and conditions apply.
FNB Namibia has added more specials to the basket and FNB Insurance Brokers offer the first 2 months insurance free of charge as well as the following: In the event of a claim a reduction of the minimum excess by N$1,000 for the first year of insurance and this is applicable from now until 31 December 2012. One lucky client also stands the chance to win one full year free vehicle insurance if the asset was financed through WesBank.


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"Document fraud poses a severe threat to national security and puts the security of our communities at risk because it creates a vulnerability that may enable terrorists, criminals and illegal aliens to gain entry to and remain in the United States," said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore Special Agent in Charge William Winter. "This investigation resulted in the dismantlement of a document fraud criminal organization based out of Maryland and the arrest of its leaders. Homeland Security Investigations will move aggressively to investigate and bring to justice those who potentially compromise the integrity of America's legal immigration system."
Miguel Reyes-Ontiveros, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr., July 19 to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Adrian Badillo-Carrasco, aka "Rana," 36, was also sentenced by Judge Quarles July 17, to 33 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Both defendants are in the United States illegally and face deportation upon completing their sentence.
According to the plea agreements and other court documents, responsibility for manufacturing identity documents – including permanent resident cards and Social Security cards – rotated among various individuals. From June 2008 through May 2010, Ivan Altamirano-Perez, aka "Elmer," 32, and his brother, Roberto Morales-Perez, aka "Piza," 26, received the income from manufacturing the identity documents. Beginning in May 2010 and continuing until their arrests, the Perez brothers shared the territory and income with Miguel Reyes-Ontiveros (collectively, the operators). The location of the manufacturing operation changed frequently to avoid detection.
In addition to manufacturing the documents, the operators sold the documents themselves or helped collect orders from salesmen. The defendants used a group of at least 10 individuals, including Badillo-Carrasco, to sell and distribute the fake identity documents. The documents were offered for sale and distributed in and around the 200 block of South Broadway in Baltimore.
According to their plea agreements, Badillo-Carrasco and the other salesmen solicited individuals in the Broadway territory to purchase the fake identification documents, either in person or by distributing business cards. The salesman would negotiate a price with the buyer, usually between $130 and $160, and obtain a picture and the information which the buyer wanted on the identification card. The salesman would then call in the order to the operator who was working that week. The completed identity document would subsequently be provided to the salesman to be sold to the buyer.
The defendants manufactured and sold thousands of fraudulent identification documents for which they are alleged to have received approximately $1.68 million.
On Feb 15, a defendant in a related case, Victor Lopez Escamilla, was convicted by a jury of manufacturing and trafficking in counterfeit identity documents, Social Security cards, and immigration identity documents, and was sentenced to 97 months in prison.
All of the nine defendants involved in the conspiracy have pleaded guilty in this case, and the remaining seven defendants are awaiting sentencing. Each faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit fraud and a maximum of 10 years in prison for fraud and misuse of immigration documents. In addition, the Perez brothers each face a maximum of five years in prison for Social Security fraud and Altamirano-Perez faces a maximum of 15 years in prison for identification document fraud. The defendants, all of whom are in the U.S. illegally, face deportation upon the completion of their sentences.
Anyone who has information on this type of fraud may contact ICE via its toll-free hotline at 1-866-DHS-2ICE (1-866-347-2423) or by visiting www.ice.gov/tips.
The investigation was conducted by HSI Baltimore and the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General with the assistance of the U.S. State Department Diplomatic Security Service, Washington Field Office; the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration, Investigation and Security Services Division and the Baltimore County Police Department.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tamera L. Fine and Judson T. Mihok.


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Hello. I am new to this forum, I hope you'll excuse any inappropriate
remarks / questions.
I am using a Compaq Armada M700 laptop in a dual boot system which has a
WinModem. I am trying to ftp files to my website. If any of you have other
suggestions for how to do so, please feel free to offer, but here is the
kluge I am trying to make work.
I can't get the Winmodem recognized by Linux (RH 7.0).
I have identified the Windows partition as /dosdisk vfat in /etc/fstab.
I can read and write to /dosdisk from both Linux and Windows.
Unfortunately, when I cp the files to upload them into the correct /dosdisk
subdirectory, all filenames less than 8 characters come out in all CAPS.
I tried mcopy, but the first letter is still Capitolized.
(I can go through and rename each of the files that were modified by the
copy process, but what a pain!)
Anyone know how to maintain filename case (upper vs lower) when writing
from Linux to Windows or where I can review info online?
Anyone have experience making WinModems work with Linux?
-- Larry
Larry Ozeran, MD
President & CEO
Clinical Informatics, Inc.
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