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Hundreds of residents have been relocated and dozens of homes cleared from Baltimore's Middle East neighborhood in recent years. Now the area just north of Johns Hopkins Hospital may be losing something more: its name.
As an ambitious redevelopment project with biotech research labs, corporate offices and homes reshapes the neighborhood, the area is being marketed around the yet-to-be-built Eager Park — a strategy that upsets some longtime residents.
"They want it to sound like there's no history here until they got here," said Donald Gresham, a leader of the now-defunct Save Middle East Action Committee, created more than a decade ago to oppose the displacement of residents. "Eager Park is just another slap in the face. Nobody cares about what this community represented. It's all about the glamour."
East Baltimore Development Inc., the nonprofit behind the sprawling revitalization, says the Eager Park name will attract more new residents and businesses than Middle East, a label with "unhelpful associations." Already, Eager Park has been highlighted in brochures, a website and colorful flags surrounding the area.
The battle over changing a name that has been used for more than three decades is the latest example of the continuing tensions surrounding the 88-acre redevelopment — which EBDI describes as the largest in Baltimore history — and similar projects around the Hopkins medical campus.
It also illustrates a conflict that has played out nationwide as older cities such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington revitalize. Experts say market-driven name changes are likely to become more common in Baltimore as neighborhoods get more savvy about luring residents and developers gain influence over large city tracts.
Neighborhood names and borders are constantly shifting, said Christopher Leinberger, professor and director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis at George Washington University. "It happens all of the time, and it's happening with increasing velocity. … This is just the beginning in Baltimore."
The name Middle East calls to mind a conflict-ridden region of the globe, said Scott Levitan, development director for Forest City-New East Baltimore Partnership, the company contracted to renew the neighborhood. That isn't marketable, he said.
Chris Shea, president of EBDI, added, "Developers want … interesting but noncontroversial names for things."
Genesis of a name
The official names of some Baltimore neighborhoods, like Ridgely's Delight and Fells Point, go back centuries. Middle East is not one of those.
The name was applied in 1978, as residents of the decaying blocks — then a largely black, lower-income community — joined to ask the city for money to repair deteriorating properties.
At the time, there were 200 vacant homes in the neighborhood, according to a contemporary news report. The city allocated $800,000 in federal grant funding over a three-year period, but even then, the housing department estimated that it would take $120,000 to improve just three homes.
Community organizers set neighborhood boundaries across a large swath north and west of the Hopkins complex. (The western portion started its own community group in 2004 and is now called C.A.R.E. — Cleaning, Active, Restoring, Efforts.) They also created a group to oversee the money: the Middle East Community Organization.
In 1982, Lucille Gorham, then director of the organization, described the community's naming to The Baltimore Sun. The "51-year-old widowed mother of eight" instructed a young man who was headed to the city's grant hearing: "We have the Northeast Community Organization on one side and the Southeast on the other. So tell them you're from the Middle East Community Organization, because you're right in the middle of everything.'"
"There was no long, drawn-out [naming] process. It was real simple," said the Rev. Rick Mosley, 61, the "young man" who started the organization with Gorham. He was a 26-year-old Vietnam veteran and not yet a minister. He threw himself into community organizing to stay occupied, he said.
Mosley recalls that there was discomfort with the name from the start, because it was declared months after the Camp David accords, the framework for a treaty to end warfare between Israel and Egypt.
Middle East was a handy identifier for use in city politics, a way for residents to demarcate their area. But the name never quite caught on. When residents introduced themselves to someone from West Baltimore, they used nearby landmarks, mainly the hospital, to describe where they lived.
"What do we call the neighborhood? To my knowledge, nothing," said Maxine Clark, who has lived on East Chase Street for decades. William Evans, who has been on East Chase for 20 years, tells people he lives in Collington Square, after the park a few blocks away.
Of course, there are not many people left in Middle East who would remember it by that name.


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CHEVELLE Releases 'STRAY ARROWS -A Collection of Favorites' Today
It's been quite the year for the Platinum-selling alternative hard rock trio CHEVELLE, after sold-out tours and the release of their sixth full-length album Hats Off To The Bull; which scored the group one of the biggest hits of their career with the explosive single "Face to The Floor." With eleven "Top 10" rock and alternative singles and over 4 million albums sold in the U.S. alone, the group will release its first-ever collection of hits titled STRAY ARROWS-A Collection of Favorites today, December 4 via Epic Records. The collection will feature all eleven hits and a brand new song titled "Fizgig."
The Chicago trio CHEVELLE--PETE LOEFFLER (Guitars, Vocals), SAM LOEFFLER (Drums) and DEAN BERNARDINI (Bass, Vocals)--have long characterized the spirit of the underdog since their independent debut album Point #1. The group joinedEpic Records and delivered their major label breakthrough in 2002 with Wonder What's Next. The platinum-release spawned the chart-topping hits "Send The Pain Below" and "The Red," and led to high profile tours like OZZfest. Their follow-up This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In (2004) exceeded gold status and its follow-up Vena Sara bolstered their national prominence even further. The band scored its highest entryon the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart when Sci-Fi Crimes (2009) debuted at #6 on the chart. Their latest release Hats Off To The Bull (2011) scored them two radio hits"Face To The Floor"--which dominated the #1 spot on the Active Rock Chart for over 13 weeks--and the title track "Hats Off To The Bull."
With the band's most-loved tracks along with a brand new track, STRAY ARROWS-A Collection of Favorites is a must-have for any rock-loving music fan. Following is the tracklisting for STRAY ARROWS-A Collection of Favorites:
1. Jars
2. Same Old Trip
3. Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)
4. The Red
5. I Get It
6. Face To The Floor
7. Send The Pain Below
8. Sleep Apnea
9. The Clincher
10. Hats Off To The Bull
11. The Meddler
12. Fizgig
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Saturday, 16 June 2012
Late concert ticket chance as Leeds gets set to welcome Olympic Torch
Caption: The iconic Olympic Torch reaches Leeds on Tuesday (image courtesy of LOCOG)
Anyone wishing to attend the once-in-a-lifetime Olympic Torch Relay special city celebration at Temple Newsam in Leeds next weekend has been given a late chance as an extra batch of tickets has been made available.
The free event which takes place at Temple Newsam Estate from 12:30pm on Sunday 25 June is part of Leeds' celebrations for the visit of the iconic flame through the city on its way to the London 2012 Olympic Games next month.
Organised by Coca-Cola, Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), the event will feature live performances by Friendly Fires, Little Comets and Tribes as well as dance troupe Diversity. As part of the show the Olympic Flame itself will arrive and will light a special cauldron on stage.
Tickets had already been issued to those who had registered interest in attending, but a limited number of additional tickets have now been made available. They will be issued on a strictly first-come first-served basis and anyone wishing to secure them can visit www.ticketmaster.co.uk/leedscitycelebrations and print a ticket themselves or tickets can also be picked up while stocks last from the City Centre Box Office at The Carriageworks off Millennium Square along with Morley, Headingley, Otley, Armley, Compton Road, Crossgates, Halton, Garforth, Horsforth, Moor Allerton, Pudsey, Wetherby and Rothwell libraries.
The special city celebration event will also showcase Leeds talent, with local dancers and volunteers leading a special mass-participation dance while there will also be performances by Leeds Young Authors and a mass sing led by international singer, jazz pianist and choir master Pete Churchill along with over 200 members of local community choirs.
The Olympic Torch Relay will be in Leeds over three days next week – Tuesday 19 June, Sunday 24 June and Monday 25 June, being carried by 55 torchbearers for a total of approximately 17 miles across the city.
On Tuesday it arrives at 11am and travels through Boston Spa, Wetherby and Harewood and then will be celebrated at a lunchtime event at Harewood House before leaving the city just after 1pm.
It then return to Leeds shortly after 5pm on Sunday 24 June travelling through Headingley, Potternewton, Harehills and Richmond Hill as it makes its way to Temple Newsam arriving at the concert, one of only four such major celebration events to be happening in the country, at approximately 7:30pm.
Early the next morning (Monday 25 June) the flame's journey resumes shortly after 7am from Leeds Town Hall, and travels through the city centre taking in The Headrow, Millennium Square, Briggate and County Arcade before heading to the Royal Armouries and then through Hunslet via the John Charles Centre for Sport and to Beeston past Elland Road before heading through Morley and out of Leeds by approximately 9:30am.
Full details of the timings and maps of the route through Leeds can be seen at www.leedsgold.co.uk, along with information about the community celebrations being held along the route as the flame passes by.
Leeds City Council executive member for leisure Councillor Adam Ogilvie said:
"The waiting it almost over for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see one of the world's most iconic symbols in Leeds. I would encourage everyone in the city to make the most of this chance by attending the celebration event at Temple Newsam, attending one of the community events along the route or standing on the roadside and giving the torch a wonderful reception as it comes past.
"Across the country the reaction to the torch has looked great with big crowds greeting it on its journey, so it would be perfect for everyone in Leeds to come out and make it a really memorable week of celebration."
To find out how to volunteer and get instructions for the mass dance element of the Temple Newsam event go to www.leedstakespart.co.uk. For information on how Leeds is getting involved in the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games visit www.leedsgold.co.uk
Notes to editors:
The Temple Newsam Estate special city celebration is presented by Coca-Cola, and will celebrate inspirational Future Flames chosen to carry the Olympic Flame, while encouraging everyone to Move to the Beat of London 2012 through the fusion of music and sport.
The Olympic Torch Relay is being produced by The London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) along with Presenting Partners Coca-Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung.
The Olympic Torch Relay is a 70-day tour of the UK, travelling 8,000 miles 12 hours a day with 66 overnight stops around the country en route to London on July 27 2012, where it will light the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium to officially declare the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. In total the Olympic Flame will be carried across the UK by 8,000 inspirational torchbearers each of whom will have a story of personal achievement and/or contribution to the local community.
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The Series 8xx Terminator refers to a succession of Terminator series mass-produced by Skynet.
There are three dominant lines of the Series 8xx: the Series 800, the Series 850, and the Series 888 Terminator.
All three series are machine-based cybernetic organisms —living tissue over a hyperalloy endoskeleton. The T-800 is Skynet's first successful Infiltrator unit, capable of infiltrating the Resistance. The T-850 is an upgraded version, hardened against plasma attacks and with more powerful features. The T-888 is another upgraded version which is more advanced.
Relative to the Series 1000 and Series X Terminators, Series 8xx Terminators have been considered to be obsolete.[1]
Known variants
Series 800
- Main article: Series 800
The Series 800 Terminator uses an iridium nuclear-energy cell as the power source. In the original timeline, the T-800 was activated in 2026,[2] but in an alternate timeline, the Series 800 Terminator has been mass produced prior to 2015.[3]. In yet another timeline, a prototype T-800 was activated in 2018.[4]
Series 850
- Main article: Series 850
In at least one timeline, Skynet decided to harden the Series 800 Terminator against plasma attacks and add new features to aid in the destruction of mankind. The Series 850 Terminator was created after 2029.[5]
The Series 850 Terminator is powered by two hydrogen fuel cells.
Series 888
- Main article: Series 888
The Series 888 Terminator is an alternate successor to the Series 800 Terminator. It was made to be faster, stronger, and more resistant to damage. When knocked offline, it could reboot in two minutes. The Series 888 Terminator also possesses a flexible endoskeleton and is capable of activating even if the head is separated from the torso.
In its accelerated timeline, the T-888 was active before 2027.[6]
Other variants
- T-801 - Heavy Combat
- T-803 - Light Assault Infiltrator
- T-804 - Tactical Infiltrator
- T-806 - Recon Infiltrator
- T-808 - Medium Assault Infiltrator[7]
- T-810 - Advanced Stealth Infiltrator
- T-831 - Heavy Combat Chassis Unit
- T-835 - Mobile Assault Unit
- T-882 - Tactical Command Unit
- The phrase 8xx has never actually been used in the Terminator franchise. It is a coined word meant to encapsulate the Series 800, 850, and 888 lines of Terminators. This is similar to the phrase "x86", coined to encapsulate Intel 286, 386, 486 and Pentium line of compatible chips into a single phrase.
- The Series 850 and Series 888 Terminators have appeared in different timelines, and have yet to be shown to co-exist in the same timeline.
- Despite being redundant by comparison to the Series 1000 and Series X Terminators, the Series 8xx Terminators are shown to be remarkably adaptable and persistent, traits that have allowed them to defeat their superiors despite the odds.
- In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the T-800 assigned to protect John Connor was able to hold its own against a T-1000 in hand-to-hand combat, but due to its mechanical nature, it suffered several instances of structural damage. Regardless, the T-800 restarted itself by using its alternative power cell, which in turn allowed it the chance to launch a surprise grenade attack on the T-1000, subsequently causing its demise.
- In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, a T-850 that was likewise reprogrammed to protect John Connor proved to be a moderate threat to the T-X. It held its own in hand-to-hand combat, dominating the fight at first, though this was relative as the T-X was never in any real danger of being disabled by the T-850. That said; once the T-X escalated its aggression, the T-850 was swiftly defeated. However, like the T-800 before it, the T-850 was able to overcome its first defeat and use its unstable hydrogen fuel cell to obliterate the T-X (and itself along with it).
- However, a T-1001 terminated a T-888 with ease.
- ↑ The T-850 is stated to be an obsolete model, and was fielded by Skynet only because of the known emotional attachment John Connor had for the its living tissue model applied to the unit. This allowed it to be successful in its termination mission targeting John in the future. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
- ↑ Mentioned by Kyle Reese in the film The Terminator.
- ↑ Terminator: Revolution
- ↑ Terminator Salvation film
- ↑ Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines film
- ↑ Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- ↑ The first usage of the "808" was in the comic Terminator: The Burning Earth to depict the specialty Infiltrator called Aurora.
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The APNIC Whois Database is a repository that contains information regarding Internet Resources in the Asia Pacific. Users querying the APNIC Whois Database can determine who is responsible for an IP address range or an Autonomous System number etc.
This eLearning course focuses on registering and managing information in the APNIC Whois Database.
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This course is designed for network engineers, systems administrators, and anyone who is involved in managing Internet resources.
Basic understanding of Internet networking and related Internet fundamentals.
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- What is the APNIC Database?
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Cuba's weapons shipment to North Korea violates UN sanctions
Yes, the Cuban dictatorship that was just caught shipping military explosives, munitions, missiles, weapons, and fighter jets to the rogue North Korean regime hidden under tons of sugar and blatantly violating UN sanctions is the same Cuban dictatorship that "Cuba Experts" tell us is not a State Sponsor of Terrorism and not a threat to the U.S.
I know, it doesn't make any sense, but we're not "Cuba Experts" now, are we?
Panama: Cuban Weapons Shipment Violates U.N. Sanctions
At the U.N. General Assembly today, Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli addressed his country's interdiction of a North Korean vessel smuggling Cuban weaponry.
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"After the ship was seized, an enormous amount of war materiel that, by definition and destination clearly violates Security Council Sanctions Committee mandates, were discovered hidden under 200 tons of raw sugar," Martinelli said.
A U.N. panel of experts monitoring sanctions against North Korea visited Panama in mid-August to investigate the arms seizure. But its report has yet to be made public.
The Panamanian Security Ministry said a preliminary report by the panel determined "without a doubt" that the Cuban weapons violated sanctions restricting weapons trading with North Korea.
"This is an unprecedented and perhaps once-in-a-lifetime situation, at least in our continent," Martinelli said. "Panama complied with its duty as a member state, even in the face of possible risks," and high costs, he added.
Panama wants "recognition that our conduct was based upon our unequivocal wish to comply with what has been established by this organization," the president said.


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THE oldest known set of footprints left by modern humans will remain where they were found despite warnings that they could rapidly be eroded away.
The prints, which are 117 000 years old and thought to be those of a woman and possibly a child, are preserved in soft sandstone on the shore of Langebaan Lagoon in South Africa's West Coast National Park. Archaeologists are worried that the sea and wind will erode the prints and have been pushing the government to move them to a museum.
David Roberts of the government's Council for Geoscience in Cape Town, who discovered the site in 1995, warns that the wind and waves that cracked open the sandstone and uncovered them three years ago will soon destroy them. "I saw visible erosion of the prints themselves in six weeks," he says. "Besides, the whole cliff face is being undercut by waves." Roberts, who ...
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If you are unable to open a checking account because you are reported to chexsystems? You may be at a loss on what you are going to do to pay your bills? There are many alternatives other then getting removed from the chexsystems datebase and restoring your banking to paying your bills. Many people take for granted the benefits and advantages that a checking account affords them. It is easy to write checks and pay your bills online with automatic draft. If you find that you are unable to open a checking account you do have a few options available to you.
Here's How:
1.First you can look around at other banks and credit unions in your area. You may not qualify for the best account at the bank, but many banks may work with you by having you pay higher fees. You may be required to open a CD as collateral for your account. You should find a bank that will allow you to open a savings account. This will help you to build a relationship with the bank, which may open the door in a few years.
2.If you find that you cannot find a bank or credit union that will work with you, you will need to address the way that you pay your bills and mortgage. You may need to switch to money orders for some of your major bills. You should never send cash through the mail. You can purchase money orders through your bank, the post office or many other locations. When you pay this way be sure to include your account number on each money order. You should also keep a ledger at home that states the money order number and place that it was purchased and what bill it went towards in case it becomes lost in the mail.
3.This is an excellent time to switch to the envelope budgeting system. You should not resort to using credit cards. By switching to cash only you can begin to discipline yourself for when you are able to open an account again. The biggest advantage is that once your money is gone it is gone and there is no way to keep spending it. This does mean that you need to budget carefully.
4.Additionally, you may consider getting a prepaid credit card to make online purchases or to rent a car. These cards will not allow you to spend over the amount that you deposit on the card. You will pay a fee every time that you deposit money, but the convenience may outweigh the cost when you are in this type of financial situation.
5. Although these are some great options to getting around without having a bank account they are also somewhat costly and not always convenient. The best alternative is to be fully removed from the chexsystems database so you can restore your banking accounts and have access to a wide range of features.


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Visit car rental Hameln in Germany for your holiday rental car where you will find that it is easy and efficient to reserve a car with Sixt, either by phone or online. You will find a warm welcome and excellent customer service at rent a car Hameln. If you fancy driving a sports car, convertible or 4x4 on your holiday for a little taste of luxury, you will find that car rental Hameln can provide one to fit your budget. The fleet of cars at rent a car Hameln are all well known brands and less than six months old. You have the option to add additional drivers to your rental policy and your car will come with unlimited mileage. Sixt car rental Hameln are able to rent cars to drivers under 25. They have satnavs, safety vests and bike racks as well as other extras for your rental car. You can be sure that your vehicle from rent a car Hameln is comprehensively insured and LDW can be added if needed. You know that you are getting the best deal when you use Sixt car hire.
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About the Blog:
GeriTech is a blog by and for clinicians interested in how technology can be used to provide better geriatrics care.
By geriatrics, I mean health care that is suitably modified to better fit the needs of aging adults.
Our patients are medically complex and require a lot of communication with family, caregivers, and other health providers. Unfortunately, aging adults and their families routinely suffer from sub-optimal care from the medical system -- it's not only plagued by a shortage of providers trained to address their special needs, but is also poorly designed to meet the needs of the complex patients who need the most help.
We must develop better ways to provide the effective compassionate health care our older adults deserve, at a financial cost that the nation can sustain.
This is a job for a lot of people, but in particular, this is a job for technological innovations that improve the care of patients with geriatric needs.
This blog is about those technological innovations: commentary and conversation on what there is now, what we geriatric providers need from technology, what we wish someone would develop, reviews on technological tools we try and like (or don't), and a forum to ask for suggestions from clinicians facing similar problems to solve.
There is so much geriatrics need out there, but not nearly enough of us available to help. We need technologies that allow us to do our work better: more efficiently, more effectively, more comprehensively. This will allow us to help more older adults and families, and also hopefully free us up to concentrate on the part of the job that I like the most: providing guidance and support to elders and families facing the health challenges of late-life.
To date, my experience has been that most healthcare technology has not been designed with the geriatric patient in mind. Perhaps eventually this blog can contribute to this changing.
All are welcome – healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, technology experts – but blog posts will mainly be written by geriatricians and other clinicians providing care to older Americans.
Guest Posts Welcome!
Got something to share about geriatrics and technology? Interested in posting an entry on GeriTech? Drop me a line: info AT geritech DOT org.
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Hi Dr. Kernisan. I am so glad I ran into your blog by chance. I am pharmacy student and have always been interested in geriatrics and medication adherence. I am currently going a pre-doctorate research on what the barriers are, interventions, and collaborations for elderly in underserved zip codes. I just wanted to thank you for your blogs and your passion in helping the elderly who are usually left behind. I will continue to read your blogs religiously. Thank you.ReplyDelete
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On June 10, 2014, Prudential Financial, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), issued a news release announcing that the Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0 billion of its outstanding Common Stock during the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. The news release is attached as Exhibit 99.0.
The timing and amount of any share repurchases under the Company's share repurchase authorization will be determined by management based on market conditions and other considerations, and such repurchases may be effected in the open market, through derivative, accelerated repurchase and other negotiated transactions and through plans designed to comply with Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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/r/animemusic - For all your anime music needs!
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This subreddit is for lovers of Japanese music and any music from anime.
Feel free to post openings, endings, vocal covers, instrumental covers, band covers, OST music, character songs, AMVs (with anime music). It can be an extremely popular song or a hidden gem in an anime. Whatever it is, we'd love to hear it!
If you are requesting suggestions for songs because you don't know where to start, you should post in the sticky thread. Self posts are for discussions and song identification.
Songs of the Week (November 10 - November 17)
Tank - Cowboy Bebop - Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts If you're here, you probably know this song. An extremely catchy jazz song, Tank single-handedly revolutionized anime music in Japan and remains in everyone's music players for not only the catchiness, but also the nostalgia. Bang.
Fallen - Psycho Pass 2 - EGOIST. EGOIST returns after a year hiatus, performing another hypefilled, electricizing song perfect for the dark setting of Psycho Pass.
My Soul, Your Beats - Angel Beats - LIA. A new classic in anime music, it's extremely difficult to find an anime watcher who doesn't get chills with this song. The consistent use of piano, a steady bass drum, and the importance of the song to Angel Beats makes it difficult not to experience frisson.
Be sure to nominate songs (message the moderators. really) if you want your favorite song featured here next week! (They could be old songs, they could be new songs. Repeats are allowed too)
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The September Best Anime Song Nomination Thread A list of people's favorite songs, all with a description as to why it's our favorite!
Gendou's Anime Music. A huge database of individual anime songs sorted by rating.
RealityLapse. Includes download links to full OSTs of popular anime.
AnimeOSTS Large collection of downloadable anime music.
Anime-MP3/JP-Music Almost every anime related soundtrack up for download, including discographies of just about every anime-related artist
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Chill in the water
Chill in the water
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Just returned from a swim - it was cold!
I just returned from a short swim in the sea close to where I live. It was cold! And that is good - not for swimming, but for fishing.


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Judge Emery house, Paris
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Photograph of house on Hannibal Hamlin Drive, Paris Hill where Judge Stephen Emery lived with his family. Hannibal Hamlin married Sarah Jane Emery in 1833 in the parlor of this house. In 1856, he married Sarah's younger half-sister Ellen Vesta in the same parlor.
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- Creation Date: 2007
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- Local Name: Paris Hill
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- County: Oxford
- State: ME
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- Dimensions (cm): 10.2 x 15.2
- Collection: Paris Hill buildings
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COMMENTARY | On Jan. 16, the Baltimore Orioles extended the contracts of manager Buck Showalter and Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Dan Duquette through 2018. Showalter and Duquette helped the Orioles reach the playoffs last season for the first time in 15 years, engineering a remarkable turnaround. The Orioles won 93 games in 2012 -- 24 more than the previous season -- and earned one of the wild-card slots in the American League. They saw their season end at the hands of the rival New York Yankees in an epic, riveting American League Division Series that lasted five games. In my eyes, the contract extensions of Showalter and Duquette represent a watershed moment for the Baltimore franchise. The Orioles have been a model of instability for the last decade and half as they have had general managers, executives and personnel enter and exit the organization at an astonishing rate. Now with Showalter and Duquette signed for six more years, the Orioles have stability at the top of the organization for the first time in years. Buck Showalter arrived in Baltimore after a stint with ESPN, and he previously had managerial jobs with the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers. He took all three of those teams who were struggling on the field at the time and made them into winners within a few seasons of his arrival; however, Showalter also developed a reputation as a task master who wanted to control every aspect of a franchise. His overbearing manner got him dismissed from all three organizations. However, with the Orioles, he now has finally earned some measure of job security. >>> Read More
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Nakuru based Onkar Singh Rai clocked 1hour 48 minutes and 9 seconds to win the GA Insurance Coast Championship Rally following in Mombasa.
Onkar led his Kabras Sugar Racing teammate Anish Chouhan to a 1-2 finish as Mombasa based Sudesh Hirani sealed the podium dash in 1h57m09s.
"It was a tough rally. We had a few offs which led to a puncture on the 64km stage, so we lost a lot of time. But was fun trying to get that time back," Onkar said.
Khalid Yusuf in fourth overall position won the 2WD class followed by Nadeem Kana in eighth. Ravi Soni sounded enthusiastic on his first outing with Anish.
"I stood in for Kailesh (Chouhan) at Anish's request. Anish is my new Team Manager for 2013 as I sit with Boldy (Baldev Chager) next season, so it was a good way for me to go have fun and also acclimatise with my new team. I am glad that in my first rally with Kabras Team, we came number first and second," said Soni.
Naushad Kara navigated by Adnan Din were among the first casualties after the engine of their Subaru Impreza N12 ceased in CS2. Naushad was leading the rally by a 40seconds margin from Onkar by the time he exited the rally. Manmeet Singh "Vicky" also retired in service and didn't start CS4.
"So we had to retire with a broken rear left shock. Vicky was driving very well, we were lying 3rd overall going into service," navigator Shameer Yusuf said.
Spectators attending the event were treated to some exhilarating displays with a Sunday afternoon Spectator Special at Nguu Tatu. Rally cars then proceed to prize giving at Lighthouse Mama Ngina Drive Mombasa.
The event cover 150Km of competitive distance starting at 06.30am from Likoni and encircling Mombasa via OopMariakani, Mazeras and Nguu Tatu. Hapz Sagoo finished 6th and Jitendra Davda "Jitu" 7th.
"We had a good start. The first four sections went okay- with no major problems. But coming into CS5, CS6 and CS7 we slowed down completely as at the start of CS5 we started were already experiencing gear shift problems, hence I slowed down so we could finish the rally. The weather was extremely hot, but it was a good run, thanks to our sponsors, Sadolin Paints and Miwa Designs for having confidence in Sagoo Rally Team," said Hapz.


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The Japanese government will team up with several Japanese companies to develop key-technologies for producing large-size OLED panels. The aim is to cut the development cost for the Japanese companies, to be better able to compete against Samsung and LG, and the Japanese government will pitch in around 32$M.
The project will also try to make the displays more efficient and have longer lifetime.
One report says the project will run till 2013, another that it will run until 2015, and the aim is to produce 40" OLED TVs by then. We'll have to wait and see...
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The United Nations Stabilisation mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) recently announced that it had rescued two Europeans who had been abducted by members of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia.
Though MONUSCO was short on details of the operation despite its success, it is a welcome one to the victims and their families. But the question that remains: If the FDLR captors gave up their captives "without putting up any resistance", what became of them?
The FDLR has been meting out violence at will under the very nose of the peacekeepers. So, this "rescue" operation should have been followed by the arrest of the abductors. In doing so, it would have sent a message to all armed groups that they no longer have a place among the Congolese population.
But if the assailants were let off scot-free with their loot ($4,000 and other equipment), what tells MONUSCO the rebels will not duplicate their actions and kidnap more westerners? To them, the abductions are lucrative and safe from repercussions.
Hence, they should have either apprehended the abductors and handed them over to the DRC government because the crime was committed on its territory, or to Rwanda where they originate.
Impunity has been the mainstay of the FDLR, and the Congolese people have borne the blunt of the violence under the watch of MONUSCO's 20,000 peacekeepers. It is time the UN extended to the Congolese civilian population the same service it offered the two Europeans. If not so, its mission will become irrelevant.


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While most printing today is accomplished via a four-color process, there is a wide range of practical and creative options available when you add an additional color or varnish. This course teaches how these additional colors are made and shows some examples of finished projects that use these colors. Author Claudia McCue also dives directly into Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and other creative apps and shows how to build documents correctly for printing.
I have some simple shapes here, but I'd like to make them look a little bit more interesting so I'm thinking about using Blending modes. But, let me give you a little caution. When you're using Blending modes in Illustrator and they're involving spot colors, Illustrator doesn't always tell you the truth about what's going to happen. First of all, let's find out what's going on in the file. If I go up to Window in Separations preview, and then turn on Overprint Preview, then I can see what colors are used in the file. Now, I know there's no cyan image on yellow. There's black, and then a spot green, Pantone 339, and a yellow, and an orange.
So, it looks kind of dull, so let's see what happens if I start using some Blending modes. I'm going to turn Overprint Oreview back off. And then, I'm going to select this orange flower and see what might be interesting. How about if I use Color Dodge? Oh, that's kind of cute. And then maybe my yellow flower, I could use Soft Light. Yeah, that's sort of nice. I still see the shape, but it sort of interacts with what's in the background. But I had some bad news for you. This is actually not how this would image. If I go up to View, and it's near the top so it's easy to miss.
Over Print Preview will tell me the truth. And that's the heart breaking truth. All of those cute little intersections that we you saw where we had different colors, it can't render that. It cannot make that out of those spot colors. It would be neat if Illustrator gave you a warning, but it just doesn't. So, I'm going to recommend that you make this part of your toolbox. Make this part of your, little forensic tour through a file before you submit it for print. If you're using spot colors and you're using Blending modes, always check this with Overprint Preview. Now, is there something else I could try? Well, let me go back and change this to Normal.
And change this to Normal. And let's see if maybe we could accomplish some of that same look, or at least something similar to it, by using opacity instead. So, I'm going to select the flower, and instead of using a Blending mode, I'm going to try Opacity. Well, let's see what happens with that. Back to Overprint Preview. At least this will image. So, it's telling me that I'm essentially going to get a tint of that orange here. And then, I'm going to get a combination of the green and the orange here. So, it's not as cute as what I had in mind. But at least, it means that I get to have that sort of interaction of shapes.
So, what you might do when you're thinking about experimenting using Blending modes or Opacity with spot colors. There are some Blending modes with certain spot colors that will actually work, but I picked two that I know always misbehave. But you probably pretty safe if you use Opacity. So here, if I select my little yellow flower and I back off of the Opacity. Still, I get to see that interaction of shapes, but this overprint preview that I see confirms that this will actually image at least the way I expect it to. So, remember this. When you're using spot colors and you're thinking about using Blending modes and Opacity, always double-check by turning on Overprint Preview. And then, you'll know ahead of time how this is really going to image and how it's going to print.
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Jimmy Buffett Earns Songwriters Hall Of Fame Bid
Jimmy Buffett has been nominated for induction into the 2012 class of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame. The Hall plans to make an official announcement about this year's inductees on October 16, but has released the complete list of nominees ahead of time.
Jimmy will join an elite cast of fellow songwriters at this year's induction including B.B. King, Ray Davies, Elvis Costello, Vince Gill, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Linda Perry, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood and Bobby Womack.
The chief songwriters behind Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie), Foreigner (Mick Jones and Lou Gramm) and Aerosmith (Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry) have also gotten nods.
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'Jersey Shore' Season 6 auditions: Jesse Eisenberg, John Lithgow and Jack McBrayer
The future of MTV's "Jersey Shore" is never certain. Season 4 of the series, filmed in Italy, is currently airing to record-ratings while a fifth season, back in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, is already taping -- but what about after that?
There's once again speculation that the original cast will soon depart the series, making way for a whole new troupe of slightly Italian, tri-state area residents.
Though Conan O'Brien might have a better idea. During Monday's (Aug. 15) "Conan," the host introduced an audition reel featuring a motley crew we'd be glad to see cohabit.
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, John Lithgow and Jack McBrayer all give their best renditions of "Shore" dialogue, and they're even joined by "Road Trip" star DJ Qualls. Is there a new "Situation" or "Snooki" among them? Probably not.
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The Armenian Genocide is widely acknowledged outside Turkey to have been one of the first modern, systematic genocides, as many Western sources point to the sheer scale of the death toll as evidence for a systematic, organized plan to eliminate the Armenians.
The Republic of Turkey does not accept that the Ottoman authorities attempted to exterminate the Armenian people. Turkey acknowledges that during World War I many Armenians died, but counters that Turks died as well, and that massacres were committed on both sides as a result of inter-ethnic violence and the wider conflict of World War I. The denial of an Armenian Genocide is often criticized by genocide scholars and historians, in particular as a crucial symbolic and ideological process which follows every genocide after it has taken place which is intended to desensitize and to make possible the emergence of new forms of genocidal violence to peoples in the future.
Turkey uses exclusively the definition established by United Nations. Turkey adhered to the Genocide Convention in 1950, after two years United Nations General Assembly voted in 1948. Turkish sources state: "the measures adopted regarding the Armenians in Eastern Anatolia was merely a replacement in another region within the Empire for security reasons". Turkish sources using Ottoman historical documents "on the other hand, the Party of Union and Progress came to power embracing the Armenians, and never developed an anti-Armenian doctrine even if Union and Progress turned to Turkism in time." It is also historically evident that the Union and Progress was responsive to the needs, and desires of the Armenians citizens and they passed Armenian reform package. They also say, there is great amount of historical data exits to support "within the conditions of the day Ottoman parliament adopted the "Tehcir Law" (27 May 1915), the reasons for the taking of this decision, which was contemplated as provisional were: The Armenians living at regions near the war zones hinder the movements of the Turkish armed forces; harden the logistical support to the soldiers; share the same goals and collaborate with the enemy; attack the troops and innocent civilians within the country's boundaries; and show the fortified regions to the enemy forces.". The Turkish sources claim "intent of the process" (deportation or relocation) was written in the law. They also claim there was vast amounts of evidence which supports Ottoman Empire acted according to what the written law stated and legislated according to conditions. In support, Ottoman Archives are open to public and Turkish historians published five volumes of Ottoman Security dispatches between 1914-1918 related to Ottoman Armenian insurgent activities, as "Arşiv Belgeleriyle Ermeni Faaliyetleri 1914-1918" Vol I Vol II Vol III Vol IV Vol V .
The convention includes two qualifications for a genocide to have taken place. For the crime of genocide to have taken place there must the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, [a protected group]". The qualifications are important under international law and have been clarified by the judgements of the ICTY and the International Court of Justice. Under the convention the courts have adopted the common law principle that both actus reus (guilty act) and mens rea (guilty mind) must be present for genocide to have been committed. This was highlighted by Alphons Orie in hist summary judgement of the ICTY Momcilo Krajisnik case. The summary judgement explains that:
The Krajisnik case made it clear that as the Genocide Convention specifically includes "intent to destroy", in whole or in part, a protected group, the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the suspect intended (or was part of a criminal conspiracy that intended) to destroy the group, and that this is different from crimes against humanity where there does not have to be intent to destroy a group, just an action that kills many people. This is why Krajisnik was found guilty of multiple instances of participation in crimes against humanity across Bosnia but not participating in a general Bosnian genocide. When other alleged genocides are debated, it is not enough to show that crimes against humanity were committed, because there must be intent to destroy a a substantial part of the targeted group. It can be very difficult years or even decades after the event to prove the intent mens rea (intent) component of genocide even if there is ample evidence that crimes against humanity were committed that fulfil the actus reus (the destruction of the group requirement). This may be because the decision to commit genocide was not well documented at the time, or that given the odium attached to genocide that the perpetrators of a genocide, or their descendants, have destroyed any paper trail that could prove genocide. This means that determining if a genocide took place in the past is often a matter of judgement based on incomplete information about the intent of the perpetrators and whether they intended to commit genocide.
Agreement among scholars on whether a genocide took place is further complicated because not all scholars use the the Genocide Convention as a definition of what constitutes genocide (see genocide definitions), which was a point raised by Rosalyn Higgins the President of Bosnian Genocide Case at the International Court of Justice at a post trial press interview. She noted that while there was substantial evidence of events in Bosnia may have amounted to war crimes or crimes against humanity, the ICJ had no jurisdiction to make findings in that regard, because the case dealt "exclusively with genocide in a limited legal sense and not in the broader sense sometimes given to this term.
Turkish historians have conceptual problems with a "Broad Genocide of Armenians" which is presented as; "(a)The Turks invaded Armenia and seized its land. (b)They applied a systematic massacre against Armenians since the 1877-1878 war. (c)They resorted to a plan against Armenians from 1915 onward [extending 1922] Regarding this definition of "Armenian Genocide" Turkish sources claim that "...[the sources who use this definition] has never hesitated to go to such extremes as ... [removed the middle section which included claims not linked to issue] to make the claims of genocide against Armenians heard and their demands known [but impossible to respond]..." The roots of "broader sense" form of genocide definition lies in the unresolved conflict paradigm, this definition of genocide "remain in the clash of interest in the past and the present". If the Armenian Genocide begins with the events after 1877-1878 war, these events are more comprehensible if one looks with the concept of rise of nationalism under the Ottoman Empire.
From the "Ottoman perspective", the term "denial of realities" applies to "conclusions" that are blind-sighted in the interpretation process, such as considering only one side of the casualties (Christian: Armenian, Greek, etc) while ignoring the other side (Muslim: Kurds, Azeris, etc). An example of this ignorance can be seen in the use of chethes (irregular units) being the origin of trouble for the Armenian population (long history of Kurdish-Armenian relations). The assumption that the Kurdish chetes were under Ottoman control was presented as a "denial of realities." In truth, they say, a civil war (waged by irregulars on both sides) took place, rather than a planned annihilation. There are "recent studies", which used to fall into the "denial" category, that present lack of monolithic political system or non unity between Three pashas. The assumption is questioned that during this time the Committee of Union and Progress was a monolithic political system or united political front performing empire level activities. The unity or power of the Three pashas, which were presented as organizers of the annihiltion of 1.5 million Armenians, is also questioned. The same arguments, presented in the rest of the article, extend to many other positions, such as covert operations of Russo-British intelligence services, the use of the Memoirs of Naim Bey, etc. It is claimed that the "late response", "lack of communication" between the sides, the important part of the Armenian Archives, Ottoman Archives, even the third parties archives being classified were the source of problematic use of the word "denial."
From the "Armenian perspective" use proffers an alternative account of the events, the inevitable norm of education in Turkey is a defense of this account. Thus, by virtue of merely being educated in Turkey, an unawareness of any tenable alternative viewpoint may cause a Turkish national to be accused of "denying" something she or he has never had an opportunity to know in the first place. Turkish state revisionism is further helped by the fact that, as a result of the alphabet reform of 1928 (which changed the Turkish script from an Arabic alphabet to a Latin-based alphabet) the vast majority of Turks are unable to read Ottoman-period newspapers, letters, or diaries.
Only in the 1980s did the controversy become public through the work of Kamuran Gürün. Other Turkish institutions followed Gürün. The basic thesis of genocide was only then tested by gathering and organizing the decades-old records and data on the conflict and its casualties. Also at this time, political and military analysis of the crisis began. Since the initial exposure, academic analysis has proceeded to find the underlying conditions of the Empire and the Armenians, with the aim of understanding history to prepare for the future, rather than preserving national pride.
In April 1915, shortly after the Van resistance, an Armenian government was proclaimed in Van, the Administration for Western Armenia. Following these events, April 25 was the onset of the Allied campaign to drive towards the Ottoman capitol (see Battle of Gallipoli). The day before Battle of Gallipoli, Talat Pasha took a decision on April 24 1915 with the internal codes given by the archive code BOA. DH. ŞFR, nr.52/96,97,98. Talat Pasha ordered the governors of the Ottoman Empire to (a) arrest the members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Hentchak and other groups involved with the Armenian national liberation movement, (b) collect documents from party houses and (c) destroy all arms seized in the process. Beginning April 24, there were Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915. The Ottoman Empire wanted to destroy the Armenian resistance and the Turkish authorities today hold the position that the deaths incurred by Armenians as a whole were the result of the turmoil of World War I and that the Ottoman Empire was fighting against Russia, Armenian volunteer units, and the Armenian militia. The Turkish authorities further assert that claims of massacre which ignore the actions of the Armenian resistance movements, are not established historical fact, and therefore grounds for denial that an Armenian Genocide ever took place.
Furthermore, they contend that there was a political movement towards creating a "Republic of Armenia". The dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Balkanization process were in the same period, and may obfuscate the actual events.
They note that in 1915 there was only one railway that connects west-east and that the path of what it considers relocation was not a conspiracy to exterminate Armenians. Turkish authorities strongly reject claims that the locations of the camps which are mentioned in some sources are a result of a conspiracy to bury Armenians in deserts. Deir ez-Zor is a district along the Euphrates and one of the unique places far away from any military activity; thus, Deir ez-Zor's selection as a burying site in a deserted location is rejected. They attribute the graves in these areas to difficulties of traveling under very hard conditions. The conditions of these camps reflected the condition of the Ottoman Empire. The Empire was facing the Gallipoli landings in the west, and the Caucasus Campaign in the east.
Regarding the "process of relocation" under the Tehcir Law, arguments disputing the similarities to the ethnic cleansing (Holocaust) are as follows: (a) there is no record of (neither from origination archives nor from destination archives in Syria) an effort to develop a systematic process and efficient means of killing, (b) there are no lists or other methods for tracing the Armenian population to assemble and kill as many people as possible, (c) there was no resource allocation to exterminate Armenians (biological, chemical warfare allocations), and the use of morphine as a mass extermination agent is not accepted; in fact, there was a constant increase in food and support expenses and these efforts continued after the end of deportations, (d) there is no record of Armenians in forced deportations being treated as prisoners, (e) the claims regarding prisoners apply only to the leaders of the Armenian militia, but did not extend to ethnic profiling; the size of the security force needed to develop these claims was beyond the power of the Ottoman Empire during 1915, (f) there is no record of prisons designed or built to match the claims of a Holocaust, (g) there were no public speeches organized by the central government targeting Armenians.
The Turkish authorities present two positions regarding on this issue:
The Turkish authorities maintain the position that the Ottoman Empire did not exercise the degree of control which the opposing parties claim. Turkey accepts that there were Armenian deaths as a result of Ottoman decisions, but states that the responsible Ottoman bureaucrats and military personnel were tried. Bernard Lewis believes that what he names the "tremendous massacres" were not "a deliberate preconceived decision of the Ottoman government. The Dutch historian Erik Zürcher believes that the reported killings during the application of Tehcir law were ordered not by the Ottoman government itself, but only a small circle. He supported his claims, in particular, with the trials held by court martial involving several hundred soldiers guilty of massacres, as early as 1916. Zürcher believes that the killings are properly likened to the Srebrenica massacres rather than the Holocaust.
Based on studies of the Ottoman census by Justin McCarthy and on contemporary estimates, it is said that far fewer than 1.5 million Armenians lived in the relevant areas before the war. Estimates of deaths are thus lowered, ranging from 600,000 to 200,000 between 1914 and the Armistice of Mudros. In addition, it is said that these deaths are not all related to the deportations, nor should they all be attributed to the Ottoman authorities.
Yusuf Halacoglu, president the Turkish Historical Society (TTK), presented even lower figures of Armenian casualties. He estimates that with the deportations (excluding inter-ethnic violence) total of 56,000 Armenians perished during the period due to war conditions, and less than 10,000 were actually killed. This study is still absent from Turkish foreign affairs publications.
The plight of Ottoman Muslims throughout the 19th and 20th centuries is also mentioned. According to the historian Mark Mazower, Turkey resents the fact that the West is ignorant of the fate of millions of Muslims expelled from the Balkans and Russia, and would consider any apology towards Armenians as a confirmation of the anti-Turkish sentiment held by Western powers for centuries. Mazower recognizes a genocide of the Armenians, but he notes "Even today, no connection is made between the genocide of the Armenians and Muslim civilian losses: the millions of Muslims expelled from the Balkans and the Russian Empire through the long 19th century remain part of Europe's own forgotten past. Indeed, the official Turkish response is invariably to remind critics of this fact — an unconvincing justification for genocide, to be sure, but an expression of underlying resentment".
Regarding the famine and starvation arguments; Turkish authorities acknowledges that many Armenians died, but says Muslim millet (Turks) of the Empire died too. The most horrible cases, which happened to occur around the region that is currently Syria (part of Ottoman Empire until end of war), was covered in a detailed article (the whole of Greater Syria, and thus including Akkar) by Linda Schatkowski Schilcher. This study lists what she views as eight basic factors, contributing to as many as 500,000 deaths of the Syrians in the 1915-1918 period: (a) The Entente powers' total blockage of the Syrian coast; (b) the inadequacy of the Ottoman supply strategy; deficient harvest and inclement weather; (c) diversion of supplies from Syria as a consequence of the Arab revolt; (d) the speculative frenzy of a number of unscrupulous local grain merchants; the callousness of German military official in Syria, and systematic hoarding by the population at large.
In general, beginning with World War I every situation of the Empire got worse every year, as most of the able man being in the front lines. Signing of the Armistice of Mudros by the Ottoman Empire was related with the breakdown of the public support under very bad conditions.
In 2005 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited Turkish, Armenian and international historians to form a commission to reevaluate the events of 1915 by using archives in Turkey, Armenia and other countries. Armenian president Robert Kocharian responded, "It is the responsibility of governments to develop bilateral relations and we do not have the right to delegate that responsibility to historians. That is why we have proposed and propose again that, without pre-conditions, we establish normal relations between our two countries."
As a scholarly study area, the field is highly divided, as the camps on both sides of this issue approach it very strongly.
Every original document of the Tehcir Law is open. The Ottoman Archives were taken over by the Governmental Archives Directorate of the Prime Ministry. The Ottoman Archives have been researched by many historians. Besides the research made by thousands of historians, these documents were translated into English and published in order to enlighten the public.
Turkish authorities point out that without doing a triangulation, even if the facts were reported correctly, the conclusions drawn can be false. It is also possible to look at secondary sources in the Ottoman Archives of the period such as budget, allocations, decisions/reasons of requests. There are also personal records such as Mehmed Talat Pasha's personal notes. They also point out the general attitude (Sick man of Europe) of the time and how it deforms perceptions. They state that the conclusions reached toward genocide are highly biased.
Some very "central" (most cited) sources are actively questioned on the basis that they do not include a single reference from the Ottoman Archives, mainly occupying forces' sources of the period (British, French) on the basis of their Intelligence (information gathering) issues. There are concerns that these sources may promote propaganda.
Enver Zia Karal (Ankara University), Salahi R. Sonyel (British historian and public activist), Ismail Binark (Director of Ottoman archives, Ankara), Sinasi Orel (director of a much publicized project on declassifying documents on Ottoman Armenians), Kamuran Gurun (former diplomat), Mim Kemal Oke, Justin McCarthy, and others have told that the "Blue Book" (The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916) by James Bryce and Arnold J. Toynbee lacks credibility.
Reverse engineering of activities aimed to provide evidence without covering opposing reasoning, such as "Map of Genocide", contain factual problems according to these historians. In this map, the methodology developed, related to "Centers of Massacre and Deportation" and adding data from three different sources (the data in these sources are also aggregate data), is questionable. This map is used as a source of validation among Western scholars.
They argue that there was a secret arrangement which can be traced through mismatches on orders and distributions of the forced deportations. There are many periphery-to-center transmissions on how to deal with emerging issues, such as allocating more than 10% of the destination population and its consequences to the local economy.
Colin Tatz, Professor of Macquarie University, considers the nature of Turkish denial industry as "pernicious, outrageous and continued": "Here is a modern state, totally dedicated, at home and abroad, to extraordinary actions to have every hint or mention of an Armenian genocide removed, contradicted, explained, countered, justified, mitigated, rationalised, trivialised and relativised. In their book Criminological Perspectives, E. McLaughlin, J. Muncie and G. Hughes conclude: "If the Turkish government can deny that the Armenian genocide happened; if revisionist historians and neo-Nazis deny that Holocaust took place; if powerful states all around the world today can systematically deny the systematic violations of human rights they are carrying out - then we know that we're in bad shape".
In 1990, psychologist Robert Jay Lifton received a letter from the Turkish Ambassador to the United States, questioning his inclusion of references to the Armenian Genocide in one of his books. The ambassador inadvertently included a draft of a letter, presented by scholar Heath Lowry, advising the ambassador on how to prevent mention of the Armenian Genocide in scholarly works. Lowry was later named to a chair at Princeton University, which had been endowed with a $750,000 grant from the Republic of Turkey. The incident has been the subject of numerous reports as to ethics in scholarship.
Another source marks: "In order to institutionalize this campaign of denial and try to invest it with an aura of legitimacy, a "think-tank" was established in Ankara in April 2001. Operating under the name "Institute for Armenian Research" as a subsidiary of The Center For Eurasian Studies, with a staff of nine, this new outfit is now proactively engaged in contesting all claims of genocide by organizing a series of conferences, lectures, and interviews, and above all, through the medium of publications, including a quarterly".
Open University of Israel scholar Yair Auron has addressed the various means employed by the Turkish government to obscure the reality of the Armenian Genocide:
Since the 1980s, the Turkish government has supported the establishment of "institutes" affiliated with respected universities, whose apparent purpose is to further research on Turkish history and culture, but which also tend to act in ways that further denial.
University of California, Los Angeles scholar Leo Kuper in a review on Ervin Staub's "The Roots of Evil: The Origins of Genocide and Other Group Violence" research, marks:
The Armenian genocide is a contemporary current issue, given the persistent aggressive denial of the crime by the Turkish government-not withstanding its own judgment in courts martial after the first World War, that its leading ministers had deliberately planned and carried out the annihilation of Armenians, with the participation of many regional administrators.
According to American scolars Roger W. Smith, Eric Markusen and Robert Jay Lifton,
The government of Turkey has channeled funds into a supposedly objective research institute in the United States, which in turn paid the salary of a historian who served that government in its campaign to discredit scholarship on the Armenian genocide.
In an open letter by the "Danish Department for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the denial and relativization of the Armenian genocide", historians Torben Jorgensen and Matthias Bjornlund wrote:
When it comes to the historical reality of the Armenian genocide, there is no "Armenian" or "Turkish" side of the "question," any more than there is a "Jewish" or a "German" side of the historical reality of the Holocaust: There is a scientific side, and an unscientific side acknowledgment or denial. In the case of the denial of the Armenian genocide, it is even founded on a massive effort of falsification, distortion, cleansing of archives, and direct threats initiated or supported by the Turkish state, making any "dialogue" with Turkish deniers highly problematic.
Philip L. Kohl and Clare Fawcett write that the "Armenian cultural remains in neighboring Turkey are frequently dismissed or referred to as "Ottoman period" monuments", and that the continued denial of the state-sponsored genocide is "related to these practices".
According to Taner Akcam, Turkey "tried to erase the traces of a recent past that had become undesirable" through a series of reforms, so the collective memory "was replaced by an official history written by a few authorised academics, which became the sole recognised reference. Events prior to 1928 and the writings of past generations became a closed book.
In November 1993 American historian Bernard Lewis said in an interview that "the reality of the Armenian genocide results from nothing more than the imagination of the Armenian people." In 1995 the French court interpreted his remarks as a denial of the Armenian Genocide and fined him one franc, and the publication of court verdict at Lewis' cost in Le Monde. The court ruled that while Lewis has the right to his views, they did damage to a third party and that "it is only by hiding elements which go against his thesis that the defendant was able to state that there was no 'serious proof' of the Armenian Genocide; consequently, he failed in his duties of objectivity and prudence by expressing himself without qualification on such a sensitive subject."
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A graduation is scheduled from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday at the Inland Empire Job Corps Center, 3173 Kerry St., San Bernardino. Fifty-five graduates will be recognized for completing training in their respective trades, from culinary arts to landscaping to office assistant work. Keynote speaker will be Wes Kriesel, CEO and president of Trusted Coaching. Information: 909-887-7154; 909-887-7126.
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AutoTrader.com, LANG form automotive classified partnership
The Los Angeles Newspaper Group has formed a new partnership with AutoTrader.com to power online automotive classified listings. The new agreement allows users on LANG's nine daily newspaper Web sites, including dailybulletin.com and sbsun.com, to have instant access to the Internet's largest automotive marketplace where they can search for new and used cars and local dealer information.
Site users can also research and compare vehicles, view videos and read consumer reviews. In addition, the partnership will allow local AutoTrader.com dealers to showcase their inventory on LANG's Web sites and reach up to four million potential car shoppers in Southern California each month. This is incremental traffic over and above what is already generated on AutoTrader.com.
LANG President and Chief Executive Officer Fred Hamilton said, "We're extremely pleased to offer this new service to our loyal readers and online users, who represent millions of local customers for automotive products and services. Adding AutoTrader.com will help us drive even more traffic to our sites and make them even more content-rich and useful."
Commenting on his company's rationale, AutoTrader.com President and CEO Chip Perry said, "We find that these local media properties have very loyal readers — both in print and online. By partnering with local media like LANG, we can expose our auto listings to even more people than we already attract in local markets by tapping into that loyalty. Local automotive dealers win because there are even more people looking at their listings, and visitors to the local media's site benefit by getting expanded local and national auto listings from AutoTrader.com."
LANG's new AutoTrader.com partnership is being launched simultaneously with the redesign of its "AUTOS" online channel, which now offers a new look, easier navigation and more robust content. According to LANG's vice president of interactive, Dan Vigil, "The partnership exemplifies our vision to be the community's hometown home page."
"The content of AutoTrader.com will make LANG Web sites the place to go not only for starting your day, catching breaking news while it happens or finding out what to do, but also for the largest selection of vehicle inventory from dealers and private sellers," Vigil said.
According to Hamilton, the Auto Trader partnership enhances the unique local content offered on LANG Web sites. "As the ultimate hometown home page, our goal is to be the source for virtually anything our readers need, from late-breaking news and information, to autos, jobs, real estate and more," Hamilton said.
Rancho Cucamonga forum to feature local businesswomen
BeautiControl and Necessary Nutrition LLC will host the Chain of Confidence Women's Forum from 6-9 p.m. Feb. 25 at the Four Points Sheridan in Rancho Cucamonga. The event aims to unite "local women and community leaders to inspire and support one another while benefiting the community," according to a news release. The event will feature a panel of confident women including inspirational speaker and author Ursula Mentjes; Linda Smith, the founder of 4D College in Colton; Gwen Thibeaux, entrepreneur and author; Robin De-Ivy, certified nutrition specialist; and beauty expert Elise Rainey. The event will be moderated by Fran Boytos, national director for BeautiControl. Information: 951-259-5198; www.iechainofconfidence.com
DataQuick releases home sales, median prices for January
Southern California home sales eked out a modest gain in January compared with a year earlier but fell sharply — as they normally do — from December. The median price paid rose above the year-ago level for the second consecutive month, but fell 6 percent from December as foreclosures and lower-cost inland markets claimed a higher share of sales, a real estate information service reported.
A total of 15,361 new and resale homes closed escrow last month in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties. That was down 31.2 percent from December's 22,328, but up 0.9 percent from 15,227 in January 2009, according to MDA DataQuick of San Diego. A decline in sales between December and January is normal for the season. On average, sales have fallen 28.4 percent between those two months since 1988, when DataQuick's statistics begin.
Last month the sales pattern shifted a bit, with a greater portion of transactions involving distressed properties and lower-cost inland homes. Meanwhile, sales in many pricier areas lost some of the steam they had built in recent months, though high-end sales still outpaced the year-ago level. The median paid for all Southland houses and condos sold in January was $271,500, down 6.1 percent from $289,000 in December but up 8.6 percent from $250,000 a year earlier. It was the median's second consecutive year-over-year increase. On a month-to-month basis, the median had increased or held steady for eight consecutive months before dropping 6 percent in January compared with December, according to the report.
Part of the January median's drop from December can be explained by the shift toward a higher portion of Southland sales occurring inland: The percentage of sales that were in the Inland Empire rose to 35.2 percent, up from 32.3 percent in December and the highest since it was 36.3 percent in May 2009.
Absentee buyers — mostly investors and some second-home purchasers — bought 22.3 percent of the homes sold in January. It was the highest for any month since at least 2000. San Bernardino County saw the highest percentage — 30.2 percent — sold to absentee buyers last month.
In San Bernardino County, a total of 2,252 homes sold in the month of January, down 11.1 percent from the previous January. The county's median home price dropped slightly from December's value of $154,000 to land at $150,000. That was 7.4 percent lower than the median price in January 2009.
In Riverside County, 3,162 houses were sold in the month, down 4.8 percent from January 2009. The median home price was unchanged at $195,000.
In Los Angeles County, the median home price rose slightly to $325,000. Home sales saw a 15.4 percent uptick, coming in at 5,228.
Rancho Cucamonga chamber to host panel discussion March 3
The Rancho Cucamonga Chamber of Commerce will hold a panel discussion regarding the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act, scheduled for the November ballot. According to a news release, the measure prohibits the state from taking or borrowing local taxpayer funds dedicated to public safety, emergency response, transportation and other vital local services. The event is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. March 3 at Antonino's Ristaurante Italiano, 8045 Vineyard Ave., Rancho Cucamonga. Information: 909-987-1012.
Riverside County appoints new chief financial officer
Rancho Cucamonga wine franchise expands into Yorba Linda
The Winery at Main Street in Yorba Linda will open this spring as a franchise of WNI West in Rancho Cucamonga. This is the fourth franchise to open in the area and the eighth in the United States, according to a news release. It will be located in historic downtown Yorba Linda, approximately one half-mile from the Richard M. Nixon Library. In a news release, company President Ken Lineberger said "We are enthusiastic about the expansion of our winery franchise system. Wine is a growth industry in any economic environment. We are proudly introducing winemaking to urban areas across America." Other locations are The Wine Tailor in Rancho Cucamonga, Wine Down in Chino Hills and The Canyon Crest Winery in Riverside. Information: 909-921-5431.
IRS slates Saturday hours Feb. 20 to help struggling taxpayers
Seven Southland Internal Revenue Service offices will be among 200 nationwide that will open for business from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 20, including the office at 290 N. D St., San Bernardino. "IRS employees will answer questions for taxpayers on the full range of tax law provisions, such as the new allowance for $2,400 of tax-free unemployment compensation benefits," according to an agency news release. "Free tax preparation and electronic filing for those who earn $49,000 or less will be available." Other Southern California locations are in Los Angeles, San Diego, El Centro, Santa Ana, El Monte and Bakersfield. Information: 800-906-9887; www.211.org
Controller urges fix to state's chronic budget shortfalls
State Controller John Chiang recently released his monthly report covering the state's January cash balance, receipts and disbursements. The month's receipts rose above the governor's 2010-11 budget estimates by $1.28 billion, or 18.6 percent. "The positive receipts are welcome news, but the state cannot be lulled into a false sense of security," Chiang said in a news release. "Our chronic budget shortfalls require credible and sustainable fixes in order to protect taxpayers, local governments and state funded programs." The state now is projected to dip below its minimum $2.5 billion cash cushion March 30, and will not return to safe levels until April 16. Year-to-date receipts are ahead of budget estimates by $459 million, or 1 percent, but state payments also went out faster than expected. Disbursements through Jan. 31 were $586 million ahead of projections. January's financial statement and the summary analysis can be found on the controller's Web site at www.sco.ca.gov
Upland chef named 'Chef Educator of the Year' for western U.S.
Jeffrey Brown of Upland, a certified executive chef and certified culinary educator, received the 2010 American Culinary Federation Inc. Western Region Chef Educator of the Year Award earlier this month. Brown is an associate professor at the Collins College of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona. "The 2010 ACF Western Region Chef Educator of the Year Award pays tribute to an active culinary educator whose knowledge, skills and expertise have given culinary students leadership and guidance for the future," according to a news release. Brown will vie for the national title against three other candidates in August at the 2010 ACF National Convention in Anaheim.