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Kim Landrus Inducted Into Iowa State Hall of Fame
Sep 1, 2013
AMES, Iowa - University of Illinois head women's gymnastics coach Kim Landrus can now add the title of hall of famer to her resume after her alma mater Iowa State inducted her and five others into the prestigious club this past Friday night. A total of 148 athletes have been enshrined into the Iowa State Letterwinners Club Athletics Hall of Fame, which was established in 1997.
Kim Landrus helped put the Cyclones gymnastics program on the map during her time there from 1994-97. Landrus scored the first perfect 10 in Iowa State and Big 12 history en route to a conference title on floor. To this day, she still owns the school record in the floor exercise and is just one of three gymnasts in program history to score a 10.0. In addition, she was Iowa State's first-ever NCAA qualifier, a two-time Academic All-American and was named Iowa State's Female Athlete of the Year in 1997.
"I am very honored to be inducted into the Iowa State Hall of Fame class," said Landrus. "My experience as a student athlete was an opportunity that was filled with so many memories. I hope that I will be able to impact the lives of those in the Illini family the way that mine was impacted. This night is something I will always remember."
Kim Landrus will begin her third season as the head coach for the Fighting Illini this year. Last season was one of the best for the Orange and Blue after qualifying for their third NCAA Championships in the past five seasons and tying a program high with a No. 11 final national ranking.


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Landlord to bring back Dalton outdoor market
Last updated at 16:26, Monday, 25 February 2013
A LANDLORD is hoping to resurrect a Furness town's outdoor market by holding it on his pub forecourt.
Richie Lloyd plans to hold a twice-weekly market outside the Wellington Hotel in Dalton.
He said the forecourt could hold 12 stalls and perhaps up to 18 at a push.
Mr Lloyd, who took over the Market Street pub last autumn, hopes to hold the market every Tuesday and Sunday between 10am and 4pm.
But he said it would be more realistic to start by staging it on the first and third Sundays of the month – starting in April.
If the weather was particularly wet provision could be made to stage the market indoors.
Around 15 people have expressed an interest in having a stall, but only a handful have committed to sign up for a 12-week period.
Mr Lloyd said the idea arose after his partner got talking to customers who reminisced about the town's once-thriving outdoor market. He said: "We thought, let's see if we can give it a go.
"We don't want to compete with others (traders) already in the town.
"It's about bringing in someone with a stall or a product not available – I don't want to impinge on any other businesses."
Mr Lloyd is an ex-casino manager who for the past three years has taken on failing pubs to get them making money again.
He said he could not guarantee he would remain long-term at the Wellington, which is owned by pub company Enterprise Inns, but would like to stay if the venture can become viable and win back the support of the community.
Mr Lloyd said: "I feel like, while I can look for other pubs, this one could be my pub.
"It's just about getting it up and running; we're coming from a standing start because it's been shut for several months.
"We're running at about 25 per cent of what we need to be running at to take it on.
"It's not financially viable at the moment, but it's building – and it's building quickly.
"There's no doubt, when a pub shuts, people go off into a new environment and get comfortable.
"I can understand people thinking 'it's shut before, it will shut again'.
"But what we've got to do is get them back."
Mr Lloyd said he was happy to offer the pub's function room out for free to local groups and societies.
Dalton mayor, Councillor Barry Doughty, said there was good potential to dovetail the Wellington market with the town council's idea for an indoor/outdoor market at the Drill Hall courtesy of money allocated under the Mary Portas scheme.
First published at 16:08, Monday, 25 February 2013
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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Good Luck in your venture , this town needs to be brought back to life , it is dieing , when I drive through of a night their is not a soul to be seen , all you see is Junk food shops and empty pubs , such a shame from a few years ago .
Best news ever its about time lets try bring some life back in to dalton you Carnt even buy a pair of socks in dalton nice one

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I am appalled by the release of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic cables by the Wikileaks organization. While Julian Assange's organization may not technically be breaking the law, it does major damage to our ability to prosecute two wars and conduct foreign policy around the world.
The real culprit appears to be Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, a 22-year old intelligence analyst who has no clue what harm he has done. He, of course, has violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice and will be court-martialed.
Manning is currently in custody in Quantico, Virginia, where he is being held in solitary confinement, probably for his own safety. He has initially been charged with "transferring classified data onto his personal computer and adding unauthorized software to a classified computer system" and "communicating, transmitting and delivering national defense information to an unauthorized source." The maximum sentence for those two offenses is 52 years.
I suspect that if the leaks can be tied to the arrest, imprisonment, mistreatment or death of an American information source, Manning will be tried for additional, more serious violations. Personally, I hope he is found guilty of treason in a time of war, a capital offense. At the very least, he should spend the rest of his days bolted into a concrete box. Thankfully, given Attorney General Eric Holder's track record on prosecutions, this will be tried in a military court where the chances of a conviction are good.
That said, the recent tranche of diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks shows the depth of concern among many of our regional allies over Iran. Iran is now regarded as the world's major state sponsor of terrorism and the biggest threat to regional stability in the volatile Persian Gulf.
I'll forgo Israeli concerns over Iran. These concerns have been well-documented already since Israel has made no secret that it regards a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat. Many of the Tel Aviv cables in the released documents again point this out, including requests for GBU-28 5000-pound "bunker buster" bombs. These munitions will be required if Israel plans to attack Iran's hardened nuclear facilities.
Second to Israel, the country that most regards Iran as a major threat is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Many of the released cables deal with Saudi Arabia's concerns over Iran's nuclear program as well as its influence in neighboring Iraq. A cable written in February of this year setting the scene for a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is telling. Some excerpts:
- "King 'Abdullah believes we are not always reliable, consistent, or willing to heed his advice on important issues such as Iraq. Sa'ud Al-Faisal and others have openly been critical of U.S. policies they describe as having shifted the regional balance of power in favor of arch-rival Iran."
- "Saudi Arabia is thinking through how best to take a leaf from the Chinese playbook and use these expanded trade ties to achieve important political goals. In this regard, Saudi Arabia has told the Chinese that it is willing to effectively trade a guaranteed oil supply in return for Chinese pressure on Iran not to develop nuclear weapons."
- "We expect that Saudi Arabia will continue to develop its ties with China, in part to counterbalance relations with the West. While the King's preference is to cooperate with the U.S., he has concluded that he needs to proceed with his own strategy to counter Iranian influence in the region, which includes rebuilding
Riyadh-Cairo-Damascus coordination, supporting Palestinian reconciliation, supporting the Yemeni government, and expanding relations with non-traditional partners such as Russia, China, and India to create diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran that do not directly depend on U.S. help.
- "The King told General Jones that if Iran succeeded in developing nuclear weapons, everyone in the region would do the same, including Saudi Arabia."
- "The King is convinced that current U.S. engagement efforts with Tehran will not succeed; he is likely to feel grimly vindicated in his view by Ahmadinejad's February 11 boast that having successfully enriched uranium to a level of 20 percent, Iran 'is now a nuclear nation.' The King told General Jones that Iranian internal turmoil presented an opportunity to weaken the regime -- which he encouraged -- but he also urged that this be done covertly and stressed that public statements in support of the reformers were counterproductive. The King assesses that sanctions could help weaken the government, but only if they are strong and sustained. The King will want you to elaborate on the President's statement that the time for sanctions has come. He will also want to hear our plans for bolstering Gulf defenses vis a vis Iran."
(Click here to read the entire cable.)
Another secret cable from the U.S. embassy in Riyadh quotes the Saudi ambassador to the United States 'Adil al-Jubayr citing the Saudi king's "frequent exhortations to the US to attack Iran and so put an end to its nuclear weapons program. He told you to cut off the head of the snake.'"
After the cables were made public, Mrs. Clinton remarked, "I think that it should not be a surprise that Iran is a source of great concern, not only in the U.S. The comments reported in the cables prove that Iran poses a serious threat in the eyes of its neighbors, and beyond the region." She missed the point that most of the comments are not supportive of President Obama's lenient engagement policy toward Iran.
In a somewhat surprising and no doubt embarrassing revelation, Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad al-Hariri was quoted in a cable that he supported military strikes on Iran's nuclear program. Of course, things have changed and he denies ever saying it. Egyptian President Husni Mubarak also was quoted disparaging Iran.
President Obama is allegedly a big proponent of "transparency." One of his first executive orders when he took office in 2009 dealt with the classification system and his desire that only things absolutely requiring secrecy be restricted from the public. I wonder what he thinks now that less than one-tenth of one percent of the over 250,000 documents to be released have come to light.
More importantly, these documents clearly show that most of our allies in the region are wary of Iran and are skeptical of the President's attempts (which all have failed) to engage the Iranians diplomatically. As the Saudis point out, he doesn't listen.
November 30, 2010
Wikileaks documents show Iran a major concern
I am appalled by the release of hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. military and diplomatic cables by the Wikileaks organization. While Julian Assange's organization may not technically be breaking the law, it does major damage to our ability to prosecute two wars and conduct foreign policy around the world.
November 22, 2010
Israeli security and American illusions
Much attention is being paid to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's airport security organization, the Transportation Security Administration. It needs to be under tough scrutiny. It is another bloated, ineffective federal bureaucracy inside a larger bloated, ineffective and unnecessary federal department.
No one can point to any successful TSA operations to secure civil aviation in the United States. This is because the agency is hampered by its own self-imposed politically correct restrictions, its refusal to adopt proven screening techniques and probably most important, it's ability to attract only the most inept and incompetent employees. As I have said in the past, "it's the same morons but now with federal benefits." Now they are led by what appears to be an incompetent John Pistole, but an arrogant incompetent John Pistole.
Contrast this farcical theater with the screening conducted by the Israelis for all El Al flights worldwide, and for other airlines' flights departing from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. I have gone through Israeli security many times over the last three decades. It appears to work. You get the sense that the security personnel are actually trying to provide effective screening, as opposed to the feeling that the TSA merely provides the illusion that they are preventing attacks on aviation. Granted, El Al only has a fleet of about 30 aircraft and does not have to deal with the volume of passengers that TSA faces, but TSA has ballooned to over 60,000 federal employees.
Israeli security is multi-layered, thorough and professional. As you approach Ben Gurion, there is a checkpoint before passengers even enter the airport. A police officer looks in the vehicle and determines whether or not the occupants have business at the airport. This usually involves producing a passport and/or ticket, and may involve a cursory check of the trunk for luggage.
As the vehicle approaches the terminal, there are both uniformed and plain-clothes security officers observing as passengers move toward the entrance, watching for suspicious behavior. If any questionable behavior is suspected, the passenger is stopped and questioned before he/she even gets to the door of the terminal.
Once inside the terminal, every passenger is interviewed by a security officer. This initial screening involves a document check and a rudimentary threat assessment. For most travelers, this is done quickly. For those with certain indicators in their documents, there is additional screening. I have experience with both outcomes.
Years ago, while my duties with the government took me to countries like Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, etc., my passport was replete with visas and entry/exit stamps from these countries. An example from my passport:
Once the officer saw these stamps, she called another officer to ask more questions. Why had I traveled to these countries, who did I meet in these countries, what was my reason for being in Israel, who had I met with in Israel, what hotel did I use, etc. Generally I could point to the passport which was clearly marked as an official passport and explain all travels indicated by the visas and stamps were on behalf of the United States government.
On later occasions when I was traveling with a new passport without all the stamps and carrying a letter from whatever American Jewish groups that had sponsored my visit to Israel, I was given only a cursory review.
All baggage is then checked before passengers are allowed to go to the ticket counter. Once there, the agent checks travel documents against the electronic records and issues a boarding pass. Then passengers proceed to immigration where the passports are run through a data base. Only then are the passengers allowed to move to the gate area. Throughout this entire process, observation by trained security officers continues.
The Israelis get it: profile and be safe. The TSA does not: put on a show and create the illusion of security.
For an excellent article on this, read my friend Michael Totten's Forget the 'porn machines' - How Israelis secure airports
November 20, 2010
Saudi succession issue looming
In one of those "under the radar" news reports that most people ignore, there was a reminder of an issue that will confront Saudi Arabia in the near future - the succession to the throne of the oil-rich kingdom. Given the close relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it is in America's national interest that there continues to be smooth transitions of power in Riyadh.
When the kingdom was founded in 1932 by 'Abd al-'Aziz bin 'Abd al-Rahman Al Sa'ud (more commonly called "ibn Sa'ud"), the succession was established as the sons of ibn Sa'ud. Normally the oldest surviving son was the first choice. When a king dies, the surviving sons of ibn Sa'ud gather and select the new king by consensus.
That system has been in place since the death of ibn Sa'ud in 1953. With 37 sons, there did not seem to be any urgency to provide for further succession. However, the youngest of ibn Sa'ud's sons (Muqran bin 'Abd al-'Aziz*) is now 65 years old. At some point, the family will need to address how they select a monarch from the next generation. Given the number of sons and the resulting number of grandsons of ibn Sa'ud, it may cause divisions in the family. There are already rivalries among the various groups based on their different mothers.
The frailty of the current king is apparent. Last week, King 'Abdullah turned over command of the Saudi Arabian National Guard to his son. The 86-year old monarch had been the commander of the SANG since 1962 and was responsible for turning it into an effective fighting force. The 2nd SANG Brigade did well in the Battle of al-Khafji against Iraqi forces in 1991.
The National Guard is composed of 260,000 men, mostly drawn from desert tribes, while the regular Saudi army is made up of men primarily from the urban areas. The SANG was developed as a personal protection force for the king and royal family, and has developed into a credible counterbalance against any internal threats emanating from the Saudi military.
The Al Sa'ud have always been concerned with regime (read: family) protection. When I was in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield and Desert Storm, we spent an inordinate amount of time answering intelligence requests from the Saudis about numerous improbable threats to the king and other members of the royal family.
How the family handles the succession issue may well decide what threats appear to the continued reign of the Al Sa'ud.
* Prince Muqran bin 'Abd al-'Aziz is the third youngest son and the youngest surviving son of ibn Sa'ud. He is currently the Director General of the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate. See my earlier article, Saudi intelligence warnings - seriously?
November 14, 2010
The absurdity of arbitrary withdrawal dates
In what might be the initial acknowledgment that the scheduled withdrawal of American forces from Iraq might be premature, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stated that he was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond the 2011 deadline. If that were to happen, the Iraqi government would have to request it in accordance with an agreement between the United States and Iraq.
Given the recent agreement (after eight months of stalemate) between Iraq's major political parties on the composition of the new government, that request may not be forthcoming. The new government will be under significant influence from Iran, given the fact that incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will retain his office with support from radical Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Both al-Maliki and al-Sadr are favorites of Tehran. The last thing Iran wants is the extended presence of American troops in Iraq, or anywhere in the Middle East for that matter. (See my earlier piece, Iraqi parties agree to new government - finally.)
Part of the 2008 status of forces agreement between Iraq and the United States calls for the withdrawal of all American forces from Iraq by the end of 2011. The United States, in response to a political decision by the Obama Administration, allegedly withdrew all of combat units from Iraq in August of this year. I'll forgo the redesignation of combat brigades to "advisor brigades" as part of this charade, but much of the U.S. Army's combat power was removed from the country.
Almost immediately after the last Stryker brigade left the country, internecine violence escalated in the country. The violence was especially concentrated against Shi'a religious targets, an obvious attempt by the remaining al-Qa'idah in Iraq (AQI, also known as al-Qa'idah in Mesopotamia) elements to re-ignite the sectarian violence that served them well prior to the U.S. surge of late 2007 and early 2008.
Events in Iraq only serve to highlight the folly of specific timetables for withdrawal of combat forces. While such timetables and deadlines make for excellent political soundbites, they do not take into consideration the reality on the ground. When you announce a timetable in military operations, you have basically handed your enemy the information he needs to continue the fight. In counterinsurgency operations, this is deadly.
In Afghanistan, the situation is similar. The much-publicized June 2011 date has emboldened the Taliban and intimidated the government of President Hamid Karzai into talks with the jihadist organization. More importantly, the withdrawal date has put American troops at greater risk as villages in the disputed areas are reluctant to cooperate with American, NATO and Afghan forces. They believe, possibly legitimately, that the troops will not be there in the future; they know full well that the Taliban surely will be. Many have assessed that the United States and NATO do not have the necessary political will to stay the course.
As long as we as a country continue to establish these politically-expedient, militarily-senseless arbitrary timetables, we not only jeopardize the success of our foreign policy objectives, we put American troops at risk.
November 13, 2010
Iraqi parties agree to new government - finally
Eight months after the parliamentary elections in Iraq, the three major parties have agreed to form a new government based on a power sharing arrangement that maintains both the incumbent prime minister and president in their positions. Usamah al-Nujayfi, a member of the party that actually won the most seats in the elections, the al-Iraqiya alliance, is relegated to fill the position of speaker of the national assembly.
The "kingmakers" in this convoluted arrangement are the Kurds. The Kurds, at the behest of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, allied with the party of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to put together a coalition with enough seats to form a new government. Although Iyad 'Alawi's al-Iraqiya party won two more seats than the al-Maliki's State of Law party, 'Alawi was not able to convince the Kurds to join him in forming a government.
The Kurds feel that their interests will be better served through an alliance with the Shi'a-dominated coalition of al-Maliki, and unfortunately, rabid anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The Kurds, who suffered under the Sunni-dominated Ba'th Party rule of Saddam Husayn, are wary of trusting the Sunnis again. The Sunnis were a major part of the al-Iraqiya alliance, although 'Alawi himself is a moderate Shi'a.
The future status of the city of Kirkuk is also an issue - the Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Turkmans are all claiming it as rightfully theirs. The Kurds may have secured support from al-Maliki's party for the Kurdish desire to incorporate Kirkuk into the Kurdish autonomous region. This will be a divisive issue in the country.
While it is obvious that Nuri al-Maliki is a winner under this arrangement, after all he retains the post of prime minister, there are others that gain as well. Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr further legitimizes himself as a key political power in the country and possible successor to al-Maliki. However, the biggest winners in this power-sharing agreement are the Iranians. Both al-Maliki and al-Sadr are heavily influenced by Iran. (See my earlier piece, Iraq - the consequences of another term for al-Maliki.
As a sort of consolation prize for Iyad 'Alawi, a new government body was created, the National Council for Strategic Policies, which will oversee security in the country. It is expected that 'Alawi himself will head up that organization.
All in all, as President Talabani designates Nuri al-Maliki to form a new government, the biggest celebrations are likely to be in Tehran, not Baghdad.
November 4, 2010
More Obama appeasement of Iran?
The sign in this AP photo is not translated accurately. Both the Farsi above the English "Down with America" and the Arabic below it are more correctly translated as "Death to America," which has a slightly different connotation.
In another step in the Obama Administration's policy to "engage" Iran, the U.S. State Department designated the Jundallah ("soldiers of God") group as a terrorist organization. This may or may not be the case - as political scientists are wont to say, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." During the Clinton Administration's attempts to overthrow the regime of Saddam Husayn (an effort in which I was a participant), the United States worked with groups whose tactics were similar to those of the Jundallah. It was acceptable then, but not now?
The Iranian government has demanded that the United States name Jundallah as a terrorist organization. It appears that the American government acquiesced to the Iranian demand, despite the fact that Iran refuses to abide by numerous United Nations resolutions over its nuclear program, despite the fact that Iran is has been holding young American hikers for over a year and intends to try them as spies, despite the fact that Iran continues to threaten American ally Israel with destruction - the list goes on and on.
Just what behavior is the Obama Administration seeking to reward? Perhaps it is Iran's blatant attempts to appear cooperative by suggesting the resumption of negotiations over the Iranian nuclear issue. This is merely another iteration of the tactic of delaying the West from taking any real action while Iran continues to enrich uranium. At some point, Iran will no longer have to delay, they will announce that they are in possession of a nuclear weapon. I wonder how State Department spokesman P.J. "Spinner" Crowley will then characterize yet another foreign policy failure.
Crowley's statement over the Jundallah was interesting. "This move was not made to curry favor with the Iranian government.... This group is engaged in terrorism and it's trying to destabilize a sensitive region of the world."
This "sensitive region of the world" - most of us call it Iran - is the problem. Perhaps we should be supporting these groups to force regime change to Iran, rather than legitimizing an autocratic dictatorship by sitting at a negotiating table with them.
How did the Iranians react to this spineless gesture on the part of the American administration? Thousands of Iranians mounted a mass demonstration with chants of "Death to America" marking the 31st anniversary of the capture of the American embassy in 1979.
So I ask the Administration again, "How's that engagement policy working out?" Please point to one, just one, any, positive outcome that your Iran policies have caused. I know the answer, but do you?


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Contrary to the prevailing ideas on women's lives and roles during the Middle Ages, scholarship over the past few decades has rediscovered numerous female characters who were quite capable of and committed to making their voices heard and who participated in the public discourse, whether in politics, the arts, literature, religion, or music. Christine de Pizan is one of these writers, and could even be identified as a medieval "feminist", considering her outstanding public defense of women against age-old misogyny. Although it would be difficult to find any other female figure in the entire Middle Ages who was as energetic, sophisticated, and outspoken as Christine de Pizan, her case indicates that medieval women had …
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Actor Hrithik Roshan, who has reportedly been approached to play the lead in Shekhar Kapur's ambitious film "Paani", says it has been his dream to be directed by the filmmaker.
Asked if he has signed on the dotted line, Hrithik said: "I would just say that working with Shekhar Kapur is a lifelong dream of mine. 'Paani' is a dream and I hope it happens.
"I am looking forward to working with Mr. Shekhar Kapur and apart from work, just being with that man, in his presence, I feel comforted," the 38-year-old said here Friday at the opening of new Whistling Woods acting academy.
"On a personal equation, Shekhar Kapur is kind of an enlightened soul. So when I am with him, I feel a little enlightened, I feel a little good about myself," he added.
Hrithik was last seen in "Agneepath(2012)" and is currently working on "Krrish 3".
With many Bollywood actors turning directors, does Hrithik plan to wield the megaphone too?
"When I stop getting work as an actor, then I will have to earn my bread and butter somehow and then I will become a director, I guess."
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"Shame on you!" Carlos Santana scolds Georgians and Arizonans for their "cruel" immigration laws.
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Carlos Santana received an award at a baseball game in Atlanta – and then used the stage to scold Georgia and Arizona for their harsh immigration laws.
The Grammy-winning artist, upon receiving the Beacon of Change Award before the Braves faced the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday, spoke out against the states, admonishing them for creating a culture of fear among immigrants.
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"Kia ora" (literally "be healthy") is a standard term of greeting, meaning "hello" or "welcome". It can also mean "thank you", or signify agreement with a speaker at a meeting. Other Māori greetings, "tēnā koe" (to one person), "tēnā kōrua" (to two people) or "tēnā koutou" (to three or more people) are also widely used, as are farewells, such as "haere rā". The Māori phrase "kia kaha", literally "be strong", is also frequently encountered as an indication of moral support for someone starting a stressful undertaking or otherwise in a difficult situation.
Greeting someone on a cold morning is sometimes expressed as "Makariri nē?", (cold isn't it?). This phrase may have spawned the bastard Māori-English word "maka-chilly" which probably started as a joke and is not widely used.
Some hybrid words, part English and part Māori, have developed, the most common of which is probably half-pai (often written half-pie), meaning incomplete or substandard quality (pai being the Māori word for "good"). Similarly, the Māori word ending -tanga, which has a similar meaning to the English ending -ness, is occasionally used in hybrid terms such as kiwitanga (that is, the state of being a New Zealander).
Intriguingly, several Māori words are used in English as lighthearted, or even slang, equivalents of their more common English counterparts. The term puku for stomach, for example, is more likely to be encountered during a friendly chat than in more formal circumstances.
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Well, the four masked felons Blue, Red, Yellow and Green have struck again with their second full-length album—more songs about heartbreak and breaking and entering. There is very little information on these four criminals, only that they are wanted for 13 counts of stalking, mugging and hopeless romanticism, as well as 13 more that were issued this year. These counts are detailed in such titles as "I Fought the Law" and "Crime Spree," which solidify the band's criminal notoriety. However, based on counts like "Don't Run Away" and "Locked Up and Lonely," we can conclude that these convicts direct their frustration from failed romantic endeavors to their unlawful acts. As touching as their backstories may be, these men are armed (with songs) and unloved. If you see them in your city, alert your local authorities, and parents, keep your daughters locked up, because Masked Intruder are at large. –Eric U. Norris


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The majority of the people in the State of Louisiana are served by volunteer fire and EMS workers. Proof exists that the number of volunteers are not sufficient to meet the needs. This puts almost all communities served by volunteers at risk, and shortage of responding volunteers also puts the volunteers themselves at risk.
It is the intent of the LSFA to use the grant funds to benefit all the volunteer and combination departments in the state. Although the LSFA is not seeking to obtain statewide volunteer department compliance with NFPA 1720, some volunteer or combination departments may be able to achieve compliance with additional recruits provided by this program.
The LSFA's goal is to recruit 337 new volunteer firemen and women to its ranks this year and the same amount the following year. The "tuition reimbursement" scholarship incentive will add 100 more recruits who will commit to two years of service and certification. The addition of these men and women to our ranks reduces risk statewide.
The LSFA spends all of its income on member benefits. These benefits are recruitment and retention incentives. The LSFA does not have financial resources to fund any additional programs. The LSFA must have Federal funding, as no other source exists.
The LSFA will ensure that ethnic minority groups and women are encouraged and targeted, by emphasizing participation in all television advertising footage. Priority will be given to minorities and women in the application and qualifying process of the "tuition reimbursement" program. Encouraging minority and women to volunteer will increase minority and female membership in the LSFA.The LSFA believes that the success of volunteer organizations depends on its membership reflecting the diversity of the community it serves.
The main objectives of the Safer Grant program are:
- Increase public awareness of the role and importance of emergency services.
- Educate public as to the importance volunteerism for supporting and maintaining emergency services.
- Encourage volunteerism through aggressively advertising and marketing.
- Increase the ranks of both paid professional and volunteer professional fire and emergency service workers.


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Prairie Science Fair commences SaturdayWORTHINGTON — Shore up the paper-mâché volcanoes. Prairie Elementary will host its first-ever science fair Saturday at the school gymnasium.
By: Laura Grevas, Worthington Daily Globe
WORTHINGTON — Shore up the paper-mâché volcanoes. Prairie Elementary will host its first-ever science fair Saturday at the school gymnasium.
"We just put it together from the ground up," said Prairie teacher Stephanie Fletcher of Principal Paul Besel's idea to organize the event.
"A science fair is a really good opportunity to allow students to work on the scientific method (question, hypothesis, experiment and conclusion) and explore a whole bunch of different areas that science offers," said Besel, who first began his work with science fairs as a judge when he was a college student.
"It's another way for us to use our gifted and talented funding, because it does give an opportunity for kids to show their talent in a different way," he continued.
Parents and other community members will be able to view student projects from 11 a.m. to noon, when the judging has been completed.
"It gives them a challenge outside of school," said Fletcher, who is coordinating the event. The students had two after-school workshops during which they could work on their projects and were supposed to get additional help at home.
A total of 53 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders, most working individually, will participate in the fair. Projects are varied, with some students studying the solar system, or how muscles work or even making ice cream.
Fifth-graders Meredith Moore and Lauren Martin made homemade bath fizzies and timed how long they fizzled in three liquids: water, milk and orange juice.
"I didn't really know what to expect," admitted Moore.
Water spent the least time fizzing, while the orange juice fizzed fast at first then slowed when the fizzy had almost dissolved.
And the milk?
"It smelled really, really bad," reported Martin with a giggle. The girls plan to re-create their experiment at the fair and may even have a few bath fizzy samples on hand for visitors.
A panel of 16 judges — teachers, college students, school board members and other community members — will evaluate the projects based on use of scientific method, scientific knowledge, presentation and creativity, and awards will be presented at noon.
Besel is impressed by the things students have learned in preparation for the fair.
"It's only going to get bigger as the years go on," he said.
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11 Excellent Solutions for Making Your Website Mobile Friendly
It seems that almost everybody has a cell phone these days, and with the growing adoption of smart phones, more and more people are browsing the internet on their mobile device. Even though some phones, like the iPhone, have browsers that make viewing regular webpages suitable, a mobile version of your website can mean several benefits, like faster load times, and ensuring your content can be viewed on a wider range of phones.
Creating a mobile version of WDL has been on my to-do list for a while now, but yet there is still no mobile version of this site. Sensing that I've been putting it off for far too long, I've started to do research on the best mobile solution for Web Design Ledger. I've found that there are a number of solutions out there that make it easy to go mobile with your website, but here are eleven of the best.
WPtouch is a mobile theme for your WordPress website. Modeled after Apple's app store design specs, it loads lightning fast and shows your content beautifully, without interfering with your regular site theme. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into a web-application experience when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, or BlackBerry Storm touch mobile device.
MoFuse is currently being used by over 23,000 blogs for their mobile versions. Some notable "big-name" sites are Mashable and Read Write Web. MoFuse gives you tools to promote your content, build and measure your audience, and even make money.
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Mippin Mobilizer helps you get your site mobilized in just a few quick steps, and give you full control over the branding and logo. It also give you the ability to monetize your mobile site through advertising.
Mobify gives you full control over the layout of your mobile site with CSS, and it supports over 5000 mobile devices. It also gives you tools to manage mobile advertising and analytics.
Wirenode currently hosts nearly 40,000 mobile webpages, and include in those are some popular brands like Reebok and Ford. With Wirenode it takes about 5 minutes to get a mobile version of your site up and running, and it gives you features like mobile widgets, RSS mobilization, and mobile polls and forms.
WPtap delivers mobile themes/plugins that can instantly convert your WordPress site into web-application experience when viewed from iPhone, iPod Touch, touch-based Blackberry, and Android smartphones. WPtap offers comprehensive mobile theme solutions for your WordPress website. It comes complete with all the standard WordPress blog features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos & more. WPtap also offers many customization features through a user-friendly WordPress admin panel.
mobiSiteGalore is a mobile website builder that allows you to easily build, publish & share a full-fledged mobile website that is guaranteed to work fine on any mobile phone. Design templates allow you to completely customize the colors, fonts and layout on the page to create a unique looking mobile version of your website.
WordPress Mobile Pack
The WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog. It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about.
Zinadoo is a web solution that allows you to create a mobile version of your website in just a few minutes. You can also optimize your site for Google Mobile with keywords and tags, and make use of their special mobile widgets.
Winksite was the first standards-compliant mobile Website builder that included RSS-driven content deployment and mobile-tuned community features such as forum, chat, and polls. It also allows you to monetize your mobile site with advertising from leading advertising networks. Your revenue share is 100%. Winksite does not take a share of the revenue that your mobile site generates.
MobilePress is a free WordPress plugin which turns your WordPress blog into a mobile friendly blog when viewed on a cell phone. MobilePress also allows you to create custom mobile themes for different handheld devices and mobile browsers such as the iPhone, Opera Mini and Windows Mobile.
36 Comments
mvhouteMay 12, 2010
I'm missing http://www.osmobi.com/ in this list.
Ravikumar V.May 12, 2010
superb article
twaptMay 12, 2010
Thanks for sharing, yes i like WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog.
twapt.net is tools for mobile form builder.
Rob TMay 12, 2010
Thx for the article. I'm going to look more into WP touch.
NargaMay 12, 2010
I've wrote another solution here
NiubiMay 12, 2010
Thanks so much for this list! Does anyone know which app would work best for DubLi?
MartinMay 12, 2010
i think WPtouch/WPtap will dominate
grevenMay 12, 2010
WP Touch looks awesome. Just tried it on my new project, and it works great! With a little customization, it's ace!
Website DesignMay 12, 2010
I've been doing some research into how to automate mobile site creation…
Thanks – got a few more ideas from your post
StacyMay 12, 2010
Thank you for putting this list together. Very useful information!
Pink ParachutersMay 12, 2010
Great list! So many options, which one will be best?
Chris MowerMay 12, 2010
I was using WPTouch a while back (maybe a year ago) on my cooking site, but it ended up conflicting with another pluging. I'm sure that's resolved by now, so I'll have to look into using a mobile-friendly plugin again.
NigelMay 12, 2010
I'm surprised wapple isn't in the list. Very impressed by their plugin and service plus they appear to work with some major brands.
Greg BabulaMay 12, 2010
WPTouch sounds great
AlanMay 13, 2010
WP Touch seems the way ahead for me, just need to get my blog up and running.
The Longest Way Home – Travel & PhotographyMay 13, 2010
Lot's new plugins here. BUT …
I'd like an article that will tell me if they are compatible with caching plugins!
It's taken months of grind to find out there are faults on many of these. From simply not working, to creating duplicate content!
Tim McLeodMay 13, 2010
Yes! WDL Mobile!
HenryMay 15, 2010
Yes, I know. It's long overdue.
TizianoMay 14, 2010
Good article. Thanks
Look Sharp DesignsMay 14, 2010
Good article. Reading it on a Palm Pre (WebOS) phone. Too bad this site doesn't support a mobile version for it.
JoseMay 25, 2010
Does anyone know of a plug in for blogspot templates? I love how the wordpress sites render on an iphone!
Nedra JacekJune 7, 2010
I am having problem with the first link. It gives a 404 error?
AJJune 14, 2010
I have a flash website and would like to advice on which service is best for making site mobile ready without redesigning the site. Thanks
EddieZJune 17, 2010
I also wanted to ask the same question AJ.
Is there a solution if you have flash type setup?
Or should one just stay away from flash for that reason? Thanks for your time anybody
HelenaJune 29, 2010
I think many companies just don't notice yet how important mobile website is for their business. However, I'm sure that thanks to great services mentioned also the awareness is spread.
I'd also add Moogo (http://www.moogo.com) to the list. Although it doesn't allow you to create a mobile site out of already existing website, it does allow you to create a website from scratch that also looks good with a mobile phone. The best feature is that you can also choose which parts of your website are visible with a mobile phone and which aren't. E.g. I think it's wise to disable heavy photos and videos on mobile site.
If you want to know more about the topic, check out a video blog entry: http://www.moogo.com/blog/2010/06/24/111
Frederick AllenJuly 14, 2010
I don't see Unity Mobile on the list. I've been using Unity Mobile for all my mobile sites. It's like a one stop mobile spot, they offer SMS tools, QR Code image, web site importer… everything. You can even turn your mobile site into an app that works on all phones.
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Jeremy StevensAugust 18, 2011
Smartviso should be on this list… probably first. I've tried a few that you mentioned and this seems to be the better of the bunch. Not perfect, but it makes way better sites and gives more flexibility.
Tony MarshallAugust 27, 2011
Hi Henry,
Nice article. I'd be interested to know which systems people think are "best". Keeping the same url and loading different templates dependent upon the user agent OR redirecting to a different domain.
I guess the former has the advantage of it's all on one domain – but I'm not sure how much of a real advantage that is. Some providers make a big thing that it's better for SEO, but I'm not convinced by that. You want your mobile pages to rank in google's mobile search imdex not the main index and I'm not sure how they achieve that when javascript is involved.
Ultimately I suspect you pays your money and makes your choice – there are pros and cons of both methods and an in-depth critique is probably a topic for separate article.
I think most readers here will be convinced we need to educate and prod website owners to get mobile. We built a small tool to show website owners how their website is currently seen on a mobile phone. It's free for anyone to use I hope it might be of use to you or your readers – http://www.sayuconnect.com/mobile_check.php
VincentDecember 22, 2011
Awesome article.
Thanks Henry!
EthanJanuary 3, 2012
Great. Would love to have an updated list (including mwa.mobi, etc.)? Thanks again!
Chen LevkovichFebruary 24, 2012
Try Zuznow – It will create a great looking mobile site from your desktop one, and will leverage your SEO and social network promotions
MattApril 25, 2012
Great list of mobile publishing vendors and I also like to add one more mobile website creation tool which also offers Free Hosted Mobile Website.
FajarJune 19, 2012
I like it Mippin.great works!!! thanks man
MarkSeptember 19, 2012
Great Post and found it as I am looking at making one or two websites 'Mobile Compliant'- Will need to check out a few of your links and see which one is relevant to what I need.
Thanks for sharing.
Sam Matla (Minimal Blog)December 3, 2012
Thanks for the list, I'll definitely be looking into WPTouch, should probably get it sorted sooner rather than later.


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The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers, Ben H. Yandell, 2002. 486 pages, illustrations, bibliography, $24.95, paperbound. ISBN 1-56881-216-7. AK Peters Ltd., 63 South Avenue, Natick, MA 01760. www.akpeters.com
At the beginning of the twentieth century, David Hilbert (1862-1943) was an elder statesman and leader of the mathematics community. A creative and versatile mathematician, he headed the mathematics program at Göttingen University making the German institution the world center of mathematical activity. In his address at the Second International Congress of Mathematicians held in Paris in 1900, Hilbert presented a list of twenty-three unsolved problems worthy of attention and, in a sense, set a research agenda for the new century. Sixteen of his problems have since been solved; four others really involve broad research programs which are well underway and three problems still remain unsolved. Meeting Hilbert's challenge has brought together some of the greatest mathematical minds of our time. Working alone and in concert, they have greatly advanced mathematical understanding and opened new horizons for further research. Those skilled and talented enough to resolve one of the problems are considered members of the mathematical "Honors Class," thus the title of Yardell's book.
This is an excellent, interesting book; carefully researched and well written. The author discusses each of Hilbert's problems, supplies mathematical and historical background and carefully traces the work of the problem solvers. He provides insights into the lives and personalities of the mathematicians he discusses. From Henri Poincaré to Paul Cohn, to Julia Robinson to Andrei Kolmogorov and many others, the reader is taken through a "Who's Who" of twentieth century mathematicians. Photographs and illustrations visually enrich the presentation.
Many standard texts on the history of mathematics usually limit their examination of mathematical developments to the beginning of the twentieth century. It is felt that beyond this point the level and scope of mathematical activity exceeds the capacity of the usual reader. In such situations, The Honors Class can serve as a ready reading supplement. The book can also supply the basis for a seminar on twentieth century mathematics. I highly recommend its acquisition for personal reading and library reference.
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Sponsor says fate of campus guns bill uncertain
PHOENIX - The sponsor of Arizona legislation to allow guns on college and university campuses says he doesn't know what its fate will be.
Sen. Ron Gould says it's ``approaching the 11th hour,'' for the bill to emerge from the Senate, where it has been stalled, but work is still being done to encourage lawmakers to support it.
The Republican from Lake Havasu City wants to allow gun owners with concealed-carry permits to bring their firearms on campus. Colleges and universities could only ban guns if they provide secure storage lockers.
Gould commented Wednesday as he said he opposes another lawmaker's proposal to allow university and college faculty to carry guns on campus.
Gould says he wants a broader change than just giving faculty the right to carry.
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Rainbow Room Reopens to Public for Brunch This Sunday
The historic Rainbow Room will be reopening to the public for brunch on Sunday after a private opening party on Wednesday. Then on Monday night the Rainbow Room, on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, will be open for dinner.
Owner and operator Tishman Speyer oversaw the renovations which included an updated dining room, two new lounge spaces, one of which will be open to the public, and a 950-foot wraparound terrace. The company declined to indicate the price tag through a spokeswoman. Gabellini Sheppard Architects, the architecture firm which reimagined Rockefeller Center's observation deck, Top of the Rock, designed the Rainbow Room's public spaces. Read More


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An easy pasta salad from James Peterson. "The only somewhat laborious part of this dish is cutting the tomatoes in half, but if you don't, the sauce won't cling to them and they'll burst in your mouth in a way that dilutes the vinaigrette. Be sure to buy olives that have been already pitted. The tuna is used raw, but it is partially cooked by the heat of the pasta. When shopping, be sure to tell your fishmonger that you'll be serving the tuna a little on the raw side."
4 cups baby arugula (optional)
1 pint cherry tomatoes
1 lb. fusilli (spirals)
2/3 cup pitted black olives, not out of a can
1 lb. fresh tuna, cut into 1/2" dice
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
3 tbsp wine vinegar
Step 1: Wash the arugula and spin dry. Chop very coarsely. Halve the cherry tomatoes.
Step 2: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the fusilli and cook according to the package directions, until soft, with the slightest resistance to the tooth. Drain in a colander.
Step 3: Transfer the pasta to a bowl. Add the arugula, tomatoes, olives, tuna, olive oil and vinegar. Toss. Serve hot or cold — let cool at room temperature and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
See more recipes from James Peterson.
Reprinted with permission from James Peterson's Kitchen Simple (2011 Ten Speed Press).
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National Defense
To the Editor:
Eliot A. Cohen's thoughtful analysis of the future of national defense ["What To Do About National Defense," November 1994] left out what may be one of our central concerns. In dealing with potential enemies, Mr. Cohen seems to assume that we would, as it were, have to face them one at a time. But this has not been the case in any of our major conflicts, including and since World War II, and is less likely to be so in the future.
In World War II we faced an alliance of major powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan. In Korea we fought a de-facto alliance of North Korea and China; and in Vietnam we struggled unsuccessfully against the same sort of combination of Communist powers, which of necessity limited the scale of our effort and eventually defeated us.
In the Balkans today a major cause of European (and probably American) reluctance to engage the Serbs with serious force is the obvious but little discussed fact that the Russians stand behind the Serbs and would tolerate no major effort against them without a very dangerous international escalation of the conflict. This gaping abyss tends to be papered over with much show—and praise—of so-called Russian cooperation in trying to bring "peace" to the area.
The necessity of engaging such sub-rosa alliances will present a major challenge to the United States in the next century. Indeed, it is already doing so, with precious little in the way of serious analysis or discussion to help meet that particular challenge. The problem tangles diplomacy and military force in a complex, unpredictable manner, and badly needs the application of intellectual and practical expertise now.
Herb Greer
Manchester, England
To the Editor:
In his article, Eliot A. Cohen writes of "pernicious consequences" when retired officers endorse candidates for public office. But once retired from active duty, having helped defend our country in various far-off locales, haven't they earned the right to express their views? We who remain on active duty are not unduly swayed by them; they are the same fallible human beings in civilian clothes whom we knew and loved when they were in uniform.
James B. Stockdale ran for Vice President on a ticket with Ross Perot; they lost. William Westmoreland ran for governor of South Carolina and lost. Retired officers should be just as entitled to misread the public mood as any of us.
John McCain and John Glenn, both retired officers, serve in the U.S. Senate, which is a better Senate for it.
Robert P. Fairchild
LTC, Army National Guard
Hampton, Virginia
To the Editor:
. . . Among other matters, Eliot A. Cohen urges that the U.S. test and develop nuclear weapons. But this myopic suggestion is inconsistent with his initial premise, that cold-war conceptions must be abandoned.
I submit that the Clinton administration should do nothing that might undermine the politico-military value and effect of missile treaties. Otherwise, Russia might be tempted to unfreeze its nuclear arsenal, produce more warheads, and oppose any further reductions in warheads. . . . Does Washington want to unsettle President Yeltsin's fledgling democracy and create additional hardship for reformers?
Elliott A. Cohen
New York City
To the Editor:
Eliot A. Cohen is quite correct in lamenting the deterioration of the military's respect for the tradition of civilian supremacy in determining and directing policy. The trauma of the Vietnam war, which lowered the American public's respect for the armed forces and corroded their self-confidence, . . . generated self-justifying excuses on the part of the military to explain why the war was lost. And it is these excuses—that the military did not have the support of the public and was denied coherent objectives by civilian policy—which have led to the problems Mr. Cohen's article brings to light.
The new contention is that the armed forces have a right to insist upon public support and clear-cut objectives in future military operations, to decide whether or not military power should be employed, and to participate in the formation of policy. While many leaders of the armed forces claim they are still subordinate to civilian authority and still the executors of civilian policy, they now seek not only what is in effect a veto over that active authority but also a recognized and active military role in making policy. . . .
The most influential and widely-read exposition of this new, untraditional concept can be found in the book, On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War, by Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr. (1982). Summers's . . . conclusions have been enthusiastically received. Using quotations from the most recent English-language translation of On War, by the 19th-century Prussian military writer and analyst, Karl von Clausewitz, Summers concludes that the United States lost the Vietnam war because of "a lack of appreciation of military theory and military strategy, especially the relationship between military strategy and national policy." His solution for preventing further military failures is to insist upon military intrusion into the processes which determine and direct policy. . . .
Summers goes on to claim that it is the military's responsibility "to apply our military judgment to national-security issues," and asserts, "Prior to any future commitment of U.S. military forces, our military leaders must insist that the civilian leadership provide tangible, obtainable political goals." Thus, Summers believes that the military should evaluate and veto civilian policy decisions. . . .
A serious flaw in Summers's book is his frequent taking of Clausewitz's remarks out of context and tailoring them to produce meanings that Clausewitz did not intend. For example, . . . Summers claims that, according to Clausewitz, the subordination of the military to civilian authority rests upon the assumption that, "policy knows the instrument it means to use." . . . If Summers's interpretation is accurate, this would unlock the door for the justification of the military's deciding for itself whether or not to obey civilian policy. . . .
But the text of On War reveals that Summers has taken the quotation out of context. Clausewitz actually states:
Subordinating the political point of view to the military would be absurd, for it is policy that has created war. Policy is the guiding intelligence and war only the instrument, not vice versa. No other possibility exists, then, than to subordinate the military point of view to the political.
Nowhere . . . in On War did Clausewitz contend or imply that the subordination of the military to the political leadership is conditional upon the wisdom of policy or the competence of the political leadership.
And here is the entire passage from Clausewitz (Book VIII, Chapter 6, p. 607), with the words that Summers has quoted out of context emphasized:
It might be thought that policy could make demands on war which war could not fulfill; but that hypothesis would challenge the natural and unavoidable assumption that policy knows the instrument it means to use.
Summers conveniently ignores Clausewitz's further remarks (pp. 606-7):
The question arises whether policy is bound to be given precedence over everything . . . [t]hat it can err, subserve the ambitions, private interests, and vanity of those in power is neither here nor there. In no sense can the art of war ever be regarded as the preceptor of policy.
And although Clausewitz did say that "political decisions" could "influence operations for the worse," he never claimed that such a possibility detracted from the primacy of policy.
Summers begins Chapter 8, "Tactics, Grand Tactics, and Strategy," with another quote from Clausewitz:
The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish . . . the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature. This is the first of all strategic questions and the most comprehensive.
He then declares, "As military professionals, it was our job to judge the true nature of the Vietnam war, communicate those facts to our civilian decision-makers, and to recommend appropriate strategies." And he goes on to discuss guerrilla war, counterinsurgency, revolutionary war, and conventional war as if these were the "kinds" of war Clausewitz had in mind. But a reading of the entire paragraph in context reveals that Clausewitz meant "kind of war" only in terms of how closely the purely military object of the war approached the purely political object. . . .
Thus, in On Strategy, Harry Summers has grossly distorted Clausewitz's intent in order to advance his own agenda of intruding the military into policy formulation.
Joseph Forbes
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Eliot A. Cohen writes:
My article contended that the United States would, for the most part, continue to operate in a coalition in the future, a point which, to some extent, meets Herb Greer's concerns. His argument is, within limits, valid—one can imagine a coalition of powers that combine to thwart the United States on particular issues—but it seems to me highly improbable that we will face the kind of two-front conflict in the next few decades that we had to cope with in World War II. There is no major power that has the resources, will, or discipline to pose anything like the challenge of Germany or Japan in World War II. As for Russia, the sorry episode in Chechnya indicates just how dismal that country's military strength is, and is likely to remain.
Robert P. Fairchild has simply missed my point. Of course retired officers have every right to participate in politics as much as they wish. We have even elected a few to the presidency (with mixed results), and perhaps will do so in the future. What was troubling in the last election, and what continues to be troubling, is the rise of the military as a formally acknowledged corporate group in American politics. For a band of retired generals and admirals to endorse a candidate is unseemly, and a step in the direction of the politicization of our military. When former Secretary of Defense Les Aspin referred to the military as a constituency that the President could win, he betrayed a misguided conception of the officer corps, but one increasingly pervasive.
My namesake's clinging to the arms-control treaties of the cold war is anachronistc: both Russia and the United States have an interest in strategic defenses, and that interest will grow over time. Russia—bankrupt and chaotic as it is—is in no position to resume an arms race even if it had the desire to do so.
I am glad that Joseph Forbes agrees with my basic point, although I think he is a bit harsh on Harry Summers—an honorable and estimable veteran of this country's wars—when he does so. Summers's book made an important contribution to the revival of serious study of Clausewitz in the country's war colleges, and for that alone he deserves a great deal of credit. Ironically enough, moreover, when On Strategy first appeared, it upset many army officers who thought it entirely too critical of the American military.


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Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Other Events, Fi
At the annual meeting of stockholders of Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") held on June 11, 2014 (the "Annual Meeting"), the stockholders voted on the following matters: (i) the election of the six nominated directors, (ii) the ratification of the appointment of BDO USA, LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014, (iii) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, and (iv) the approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes about our executive compensation. As of April 28, 2014, the record date for the annual meeting of stockholders, there were 9,091,665 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.
The full results of the matters voted on at the annual meeting of stockholders are set forth below:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. The following nominees were elected to our Board to serve until the next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders or until his or her successor is elected and qualified: Robert E. Cauley, G. Hunter Haas, IV, W Coleman Bitting, John B. Van Heuvelen, Frank P. Filipps and Ava L. Parker.
Nominees for Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Robert E. Cauley 2,522,454 51,513 56,103 4,904,720 G. Hunter Haas, IV 2,518,868 54,299 56,603 4,904,720 W Coleman Bitting 2,520,593 52,874 56,603 4,904,720 John B. Van Heuvelen 2,518,690 53,427 57,953 4,904,720 Frank P. Filipps 2,523,379 50,488 56,203 4,904,720 Ava L. Parker 2,520,644 52,323 57,103 4,904,720
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. This proposal was ratified upon the following vote.
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 7,436,781 52,481 45,528 *
* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal 2 due to the fact that the matter was considered "routine" under New York Stock Exchange rules.
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation. This advisory vote was approved upon the following vote.
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 2,341,106 185,964 103,000 4,904,720
Proposal 4 - Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Named Executive Officer Compensation. The stockholders recommended, on an advisory basis, that future votes on named executive officer compensation be conducted every three years.
1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain
591,193 104,338 1,785,833 148,706
In view of these voting results and in accordance with the Board of Director's recommendation, the Board of Directors has determined that an advisory vote on named executive officer compensation will be submitted to stockholders every three years until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation.
On June 11, 2014, the Company announced that on June 11, 2014 the Board of Directors of the Company declared a dividend for the month of June 2014 of $0.18 per share to be paid on June 30, 2014 to holders of record on June 25, 2014 with an ex-dividend date of June 23, 2014. In addition, the Company announced certain details of its MBS portfolio as of May 30, 2014 as well as certain other information regarding the Company. A copy of the Company's press release announcing the dividend and the other information regarding the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by this reference.
Caution About Forward-Looking Statements.
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward looking statements are based upon the Company's present expectations, but the Company cannot assure you that actual results will not vary from the expectations contained in the forward-looking statements. Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward looking statements. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible to predict those events or how they may affect the Company. Except as required by law, the Company is not obligated to, and does not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press Release dated June 11, 2014


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Havana Urban Design Charrette
The 2012 International Charrette 19 to 25 February 2012 will build on our work from 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. International architects and planners are invited to join Cuban experts and local communities for a one-week charrette 19 – 25 February 2012 to develop proposals for the regeneration and development of the waterfront area of Centro Havana.
The charrette will fit both educational and professional purposes and will give participants an introduction to the history of Havana's cultural heritage through close contact with its traditions, architecture and urbanism. The charrette seeks the participation of individuals who share a respectful attitude to new interventions in historical contexts, and who value the creation of places humans can live in, work in and enjoy.
Charrette website: http://doityourself.no/intbau/?p=327
The following week, February 26- March 3, 2012, we will arrange a study tour of Havana:
"An introduction to the history of the urbanism and architecture of Havana".
You can register for one of the events, or both.
Charrette Objectives:
· Elaborate ideas for the development of the waterfront sectors of the district of Centro Habana.
· Promote an integrated vision between the natural condition and the built environment.
· Promote and highlight the importance of the Malecon for the new image of Havana and for social and cultural integration.
· Evaluate the benefits of the transformation of the district of Centro Habana for the future of Havana in economical and urban terms.
· Improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of the district of Centro Haban, preserving its Mediterranean image and getting advantage of its privilege site.
· Propose the increase of urban open space, housing and commerce in the area and its impact at city level.
· Turn the current dilapidated image of the district of Centro Habana into a contemporary and joyful one.
· Reshape the urban landscape of an area currently dilapidated and lacking character by increasing the green areas.
· Reinforce the cultural identity of the district of Centro Habana within the city of Havana.
The charrette is designed for architects, planners, art historians, antiquarians, writers, students and anyone with an interest in the history, traditions and culture of Cuba.


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