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Posted by munchies on 12/05/2012
I would usually get the turkey cheese burger deluxe with pork bacon until i tried their grilled chicken. They make sure the chicken is flavored, bacon is cooked but not burnt and same with fries. And i love the fact i get my food give or take 30 minutes from placing my order
Posted by melly on 01/15/2012
Well, I have to tell you.. I'm in love with jimbos, they are the best, when I come to sleep over my boyfriends house, I make sure we order at least once, breakfast, lunch, or dinner, love the burger with fried onions, the crispy chicken is awesome too.. the milkshakes they have no word to describe them, the onion rings, & the coffee, Omgosh, I love it, & all the workers there are so sweet, & when you tip in there lil tip box, and conversate they will take care of you.. awesome. Thank you
Posted by Clarence on 12/17/2011
Delivery was fast. Burgers were one of the best. Top 3 great tasting burgers in NY.
Posted by old timer on 08/09/2011
My family and I have been a patron of Jimbo's for more than 20 yrs. My children would go to Jimbo's during lunch hour. They went to 143 which is a block or so away. My only disappointment is that when I request delivery they would not bring it upstairs. I live on the 3rd fl. of my building. We always tip will. Bring it to my door guys. Overall, Jimbo has the best burger (beef and turkey). Have not tried the Veggie burger yet. Your original spot is very small but you certainly get the job done. The orginal is always the best!
Posted by kianyc on 03/12/2011
I am a very picky eatet snd I love love love there burgers snd onion rings I wish I loved closer so I could get delivery but when ever I'm on 125 I make it my buisness to stop by and pick up a cheeseburger and onion rings
Posted by Anonymous on 08/02/2009
this place seems to be kept busy through out the whole year. i can see why .. the fact its small and express keeps they're clients coming back for more
Posted by HarlemGirl on 11/07/2008
This is the original spot! Their food is sooo good! From the hamburgers to eggs to pancakes. They got it goin on! LOVE THEM!


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Sunday, August 19, 2012
A fishing trip near Moncks Corner turned deadly Sunday as a 19-year-old man lost his life when the boat he was on was swamped by high waves on Lake Moultrie.
Robert Northern Daniels, 19, of Ladson, died; the death has been ruled an accidental drowning by Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury.
According to Salisbury, Sundays drowning, which took place moments before 1 p.m., occurred when a sudden storm produced winds and high waves on Lake Moultrie. Mr. Daniels was one of six people on a boat at the time of the storm.
The boat was anchored when the storm came up, Salisbury said. They couldnt get the anchor up. In the meantime, the motor failed on them.
"They were at the mercy of the wind and the waves.
As the boaters struggled with the anchor, the boat began to fill with water from the waves, and the water washed them all out, Salisbury said. They were about 100 yards away from the (Pinopolis) dam, and they were able to make it over to the dam.
Only when five of the boaters were safe on the dams bank did they see that Mr. Daniels had not made it to safety with them; Mr. Daniels body was discovered on nearby rocks.
He actually was found on the rocks, said Salisbury. The waves were high and he made it to the rocks everything happened so fast.
Salisbury said the other boaters were from the North Charleston, Ladson and Summerville area.
One of the boaters the boats owner is a double amputee, Salisbury said.
He and his wife were able to hold on to a life jacket and swim to the dam, Salisbury said. The double amputee said everything happen so fast, he did not see the boy who drowned at any time until they were up on the bank on the dam.
It was just a case of getting caught in the storm.
A 911 call was placed at 12:55 p.m.
Mr. Daniels would have turned 20 on Tuesday, Salisbury said.
The investigation into the accident continues.
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Throughout his career, Salif Keita was always ahead of the pack. He celebrated his first international cap in 1963, at the tender age of 15. The youngster had already created quite an impression with Real Bamako before he moved to Stade Malien, the country's most famous club. He was as audacious as he was talented, and Saint-Etienne - the biggest team in France at the time - soon came calling. He left Mali under cover of night, landed in Paris and immediately hailed a taxi to take him to Sant Etienne, despite telling no-one at the club that he was on his way, and despite it being a journey of some 500 kilometres.
The taxi fare cost a small fortune and the legendary club in green could well have sent the lad from Mali packing, but they wisely decided to keep him on. Keita scored no fewer than 135 goals in 167 matches for Les Verts, helping them to three league titles and two French Cups and picking up a European golden boot for himself in the process when bagging 42 goals in 1967.
Legendary St Etienne manager Albert Batteux said that he could "do absolutely anything, just like the top Brazilian players can. I've seen him try things that were 'supernatural.'" The love affair between Keita and Saint-Etienne was such that in 1968, the club adopted a black panther as their emblem to honour their star striker, a figure which has been kept on their badge to this day.
Heading southwards
Keita then moved to Marseille where he and Josip Skoblar were the scourge of French defences for one short season before he was tempted further south. Valencia had him for three years, and he spent a similar spell at Sporting Lisbon in Portugal before seeing out the last days of his career in the United States with the now-defunct Boston Tea Men.
He finally returned to Mali in 1986 where he set up the country's first-ever professional football training centre in 1994, and one which bears his name. He was voted in as president of the Mali Football Association in June 2005, but did not win another term when his four years ran out.
Those who saw him on the pitch will forever remember an incredible striker but also a free spirit and one who played a crucial role in helping the best of Africa's talent to establish themselves among the elite of European club football. He is no longer actively involved in the game but his nephew Seydou has kept the Keita name well and truly at the forefront of the sport with outstanding performances both for his country and during his time at Spanish giants Barcelona.
International record
13 games, 11 goals
Participation in the CAF African Cup of Nations with Mali in 1972 (finalist).
1963 - 1964 : Pionniers de Ouolofobougou
1964 - 1966 : Real Bamako
1966 - 1967 : Stade Malien
1967 - 1972 : Saint Etienne
1972 - 1973 : Marseille
1973 - 1976 : Valence
1976 - 1979 : Sporting
1979 - 1980 : New England (USA)
Club Honours
1968, 1969, 1970: France champion
1968, 1970 : French Cup winner
1978, 1979 : Portuguese Cup winner
1967 : Malian Cup winner
1970 : African Player of the Year


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I do want to thank Jay for the absolutely superb job that he has done in laying the foundation for the Iraqi people to begin this process of rebuilding from the rubble of decades of Saddam Hussein's tyranny and to put themselves on a path towards democratic self-government. Our plan, when we first met -- I don't know if it was late last year or early this year -- was to have Jay put together an element that could eventually go forward and have it ready so that when the conflict permitted and it was wound down sufficiently, it could be moved into the country. He did that; he did it exceedingly well and, once again, demonstrated his superb leadership capabilities.
There was no way to know how long or how short the conflict would be with certain knowledge. So, Jay left -- first, organized here, then went to Kuwait. And then, when the situation improved sufficiently, moved his team into the country. His task was to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid and basic services; to coordinate relief and reconstruction efforts among U.S., coalition and nongovernmental agencies and organizations; to begin working with Iraqi leaders to help them start the process of building a free society.
He accomplished these tasks exceedingly well. Within days of his arrival, the power was restored in many areas and work began to initiate the power in the rest of the country. Today, the water system, I'm told, Jay, is operating at about 80 percent of prewar level, with some parts of the country reporting more and better water, cleaner water, than existed prior to the conflict. Within weeks, his team had recalled Iraqi civil servants to work and began paying salaries and pensions from seized Hussein regime funds to some -- I guess it's up to close to 2 million people now, isn't it?
Garner: Yes, sir.
Rumsfeld: In the north and south, electric service is better than it's been in 12 years. Basra has power 24 hours a day, I'm told; Baghdad is now averaging something like 18, 19 or 20 hours a day. Gas lines for cars that mark the first weeks of after-liberation are disappearing, and production and importation of gasoline continues at approximately 14 million liters a day.
There has not been a major health crisis. There is not a humanitarian crisis in the country. All of the nongovernmental experts who have gone in have indicated that that's the case. Doctors and nurses have gone back to work. Twelve public hospitals in Baghdad are functioning and receiving power. Iraqi children are returning to schools. Emergency payments have been made in the Ministry of Education, as well as to some 20,000 teachers in Baghdad alone.
The de-Ba'athification process is underway. And hundreds of individuals have been removed from their positions.
Security throughout the country is indicated here. Green is what's characterized as permissive. That's not to say perfect, but it's permissive. The yellow is semi-permissive and the red area in Baghdad and then in the area north towards Tikrit is considered not permissive or semi-permissive. There are now some 8,000 police officers back at work and 2,000 on patrol. And in those pockets, you'll recall that when President Bush indicated that the major military activities had ended, we said very explicitly that that did not mean that the -- that was the end of kinetics; that there would continue to have to be significant efforts to root out the remnants of the regime. That's been going forward, and it's been going forward in recent days, particularly, in ways that have been quite helpful.
We had a National Security Council meeting today with General Abizaid on a secure video, and Ambassador Bremer on the secure video. And the president and the Security Council received a report. And there's no question but that in those regions where pockets of dead- enders are trying to reconstitute, General Franks and his team are rooting them out.
In short, the coalition is making good progress. It was made possible by the excellent military plan of General Franks and by the terrific leadership of the stabilization effort by Mr. Jay Garner and his team. So I am deeply appreciative to him and to the wonderful group of people that he assembled here -- gosh, it's been what, six months ago now?
Garner: Six months ago, yes, sir.
Rumsfeld: And Jay is going to be -- he's back, and he's going to be going over to meet with the president and give him a final report, and I wanted to bring him down here to say a few words.
Garner: Thank you, sir.
Rumsfeld: Thank you.
Garner: Mr. Secretary, the only thing I'd say is I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the opportunity to work with you again, and for the opportunity to serve the nation, serve the president. Anytime you can do anything to make people free, it's a great feeling, a great thing to do.
To all of you, I'd like to just say one thing. There are problems in Iraq and there will be problems in Iraq for a while. There's always problems when you've been brutalized for 30 years and you take people out of absolute darkness and put them in the sunshine, it takes a while for them to get their feet.
But I left Iraq around 18 days ago, and the night before I left, I went on a joint foot patrol with the Baghdad police and the cavalry regiment, a squadron of the cavalry regiment. And I went through alleys, and I went down streets, and we put up road blocks, and we had a mounted patrol and a dismounted patrol. And we started at 8:00 that night and we ended at 1:30. And everywhere I went, up until curfew at 11:00, everywhere I went, the streets were teaming with people. But if you looked at that, what you recognize is those people were families, and they had their children with them and they were happy, and they talked -- they stopped me and they talked to me. And my impression of that is you don't take your children out on the streets unless you feel somewhat comfortable about the situation you're in.
The second thing I'd tell you is in over 70 meetings I had with Iraqis out in the markets, with clerics, with garbage workers, with health officials, with educators, et cetera, they complained about electricity, they complained about water, they complained about all the things you and I would complain about. But at the end of every one of those meetings, I always got a thumbs up, and it was "thank you," and "thank Mr. Bush for taking Saddam Hussein away and making us free."
So I think there's more goodness, far more goodness than there is badness, and the glass absolutely is half full. So --
Q: Mr. Secretary, is there any sign in this department of any central control over these dead-enders, as you call them, who have now killed -- well, 42 American troops have now died since the president declared major hostilities at an end. Any sign of --
Rumsfeld: The 42 died by hostility, hostile action --
Q: No. Forty-two have died, some of those --
Rumsfeld: Right. Some by hostile action.
Q: -- some of those by -- some of those by hostile action.
Rumsfeld: Okay. I just wanted to make sure that people didn't go away with the wrong impression.
Q: Is there any sign that there's any central control, or growing central control over these people? And what do you think the tolerance of Americans is for these continuing deaths of U.S. troops?
Rumsfeld: Well, no one can read or hear or learn about the death of an American soldier, sailor, Marine, Coast Guardsman, airman without feeling a deep sorrow that a person who volunteered their service to the country and stepped up to serve their country was killed defending what they believed in and defending our freedom. So I'm sure that's what the American people feel.
The -- I think the American people have a very good center of gravity. And I wouldn't sell them short, if I were you. I think you'll find that they -- they're seeing the mass graves that exist in that country, they are getting a good sense of the nature of that regime, and the numbers of -- hundreds and thousands of people that were killed by that regime. And I believe that they feel that this is a worthwhile effort on our part, that it is a -- something that is -- that reflects the American spirit, and they recognize the difficulty of the task.
The -- what happened, basically, was the war was fought in this area, and to some extent up there, but not in this area. And that area collapsed. And those people disappeared. So there were too few of the Ba'athists and the Saddam Hussein enforcers that were captured or killed in that area. And that means that that portion of the conflict continues. And that's understandable. And it will end. We will -- General Franks and his team will root out the remainder of those people to the extent that it can be done. And I think the American people, and certainly the president and I, recognize that that'll take some time, and we think it's important that it be done.
Q: Do you see any sign that this resistance is well or centrally organized, or is it --
Rumsfeld: There's a little debate on that. There's no -- I don't know anyone who is persuaded and has a real strong conviction that there is anything approximating a national or a regional organization that is energizing and motivating these attacks. The -- there's undoubtedly in small elements of 10, 12, 15, 20, some organization among 20 people. But if you're thinking about large military formations or some sort of a network organizing something, I have not seen any intelligence to that effect.
Have you, Jay?
Garner: No, sir. I don't think you see anything that appears in any way like a campaign plan – mostly localized.
Q: Mr. Secretary --
Rumsfeld: Look, you got remember that if Washington D.C. were size of Baghdad, we would be having something like 215 murders a month. And it is -- there's going to be violence in a big city. It's five and a half million people. For the most part, it's in that area I described. That's where the active -- and it tends not to be, at this stage, random killings. It's not the kind of rioting you saw on television last night in Michigan, or that type of thing. What you're seeing instead is what we believe is purposeful attacks against coalition forces as opposed to simply crime and that type of thing.
Q: Mr. Secretary? CENTCOM is now confirming that General Abid Mahmud, Saddam Hussein's presidential secretary, is now in custody. Can you provide any more details about how he was apprehended, and perhaps your perception of how important that is.
Rumsfeld: I could, but I won't. It's not useful.
Q: How about how important it is?
Rumsfeld: It's not useful to respond to either of those questions.
Q: Okay, if I can follow up and try to get one in --
Rumsfeld: Follow-up? What do you mean, you struck out twice. (Laughter.)
Q: Yeah, I know -- (inaudible due to laughter) – a question gets an answer. Can I ask both of you, do you believe at all that you overestimated the amount of support that you'd get from the Iraqi people before the war after they were liberated from Saddam Hussein?
Rumsfeld: Jay?
Garner: I don't think we did. And if -- I'll go back to what I just said previously. I think the overwhelming majority of the Iraqi people are happy to see us there. In fact, if you get out and in masses talk to them, at the end of the discussion, they'll all tell you that. Sure, you've got -- you've still got some problems there, but you take the area we're talking about, which was Ba'athist-centric, and you couple that with the fact that many criminals were released in March, you still have a lot of hangers-on that have to be policed up. And I think that's what they're doing now. And I think by and large they're doing a good job of it.
Q: Mr. Secretary, could I ask you and the general a question? You can both chime in, if you will. There are some members of the British House of Commons who are saying that the United States should plea bargain with some of those 33 of the 55 now in our custody, to perhaps even go so far as to give them a new identity and a new way of life if they would turn over or give any really concrete information as to the whereabouts of Saddam Hussein, his sons and weapons of mass destruction. And a couple of these members of the House of Commons claimed that they're getting stonewalled here in the United States, that the United States is against it.
From your perspective, General, being over there, do you see any possibility of plea bargaining with these people to get them to talk?
Garner: Well, I hadn't thought about that, but I don't -- about being stonewalled, I don't know anything about that. I'm not sure I would want to plea bargain with that type of person. And I would think a long time before I did that, I believe.
Q: Mr. Secretary, do you -- (off mike)?
Rumsfeld: Sure. We've thought about it a good deal. And it is a perfectly reasonable proposal that those individuals are making, and the lawyers have been considering it. And the question is, what do you get for what you give? And any time you enter into that process, with a bargain, you're giving up something in terms of what might be merited, and you're gaining something, or else you wouldn't be engaging in the process. And those judgments are the kinds of things that the Justice department and the Central Intelligence Agency will make with respect to the people. In other words, what do we think we can get by way of information or validation or assistance in exchange for what we'd have to give up? Those are the calculations.
Q: So it's still possible; it's not dead.
Rumsfeld: Oh, and there's -- first of all, there is no stonewalling going on. I don't have any idea who said what you said they said, or even if they said what you said they said, although I'm quite sure you think they said what you said they said. (Laughter.)
Q: (Inaudible.)
Rumsfeld: Yes, I -- (inaudible word). (Laughter.) But they could be mistaken. They could be seeing not stonewalling at all but simply the normal speed of the bureaucracy at work.
Q: Mr. Secretary, how significant --
Q: Mr. Secretary?
Rumsfeld: Yes, Barbara?
Q: I wanted to ask you about a couple of things you've recently said, just to clarify. I think when you were on your trip to Europe you said that -- I think the word you used was "ridiculous," if I remember correctly, that the intelligence about weapons of mass destruction had been overplayed or exaggerated by the administration, that that simply had not happened. I was curious how you have come to that conclusion and how you know that for a certainty. In other words, have you reviewed it, have you asked your senior staff for a review? Have you personally looked into the matter and been totally satisfied?
And the other thing I wanted to ask you to clarify, if I might --
Rumsfeld: Let's do one at a time.
Q: Okay.
Rumsfeld: I don't recall saying that, but I may very well have. The -- I have not reviewed the matter. I do know that the intelligence has been what it has been for a decade and more, and it has gotten richer every year -- fuller, more robust. It is intelligence that the U.S. had, that the U.K. had. It is intelligence that was not disputed in the U.N. If you'll recall, the issue wasn't whether or not the intelligence was correct by the other countries, the only issue was whether it was appropriate to wait a bit longer to allow inspections to work.
What you have to appreciate is that they learned to live in an inspections environment in that country; that is to say to be able to still function and have inspectors there in the country. And they had a very long period to hide, or do whatever it is they wanted to do with those capabilities.
My personal view is that their intelligence has been, I'm sure, imperfect, but good. In other words, I think the intelligence was correct in general, and that you always will find out precisely what it was once you get on the ground and have a chance to talk to people and explore it, and I think that will happen.
Jay, what do you think about this? You've seen what's been going on.
Garner: Well, he used them pretty robustly 20 years ago against the Iranians. He used them very robustly against the Kurds. In fact, when I was in the north last time, a Kurdish child gave me a picture she had painted of Kurds who were dead, having been gassed by Saddam Hussein.
As our troops went forward to Baghdad, I think you found that his army was well provided with chemical and biological equipment, which indicates to me that he had that and probably intended to use it, if he had been able to. He had 12 years to hide it; he was very skillful at doing that.
But to me, that's not the issue. I mean, if you had been with me three weeks ago in the killing fields near Babylon, I stood there with the governor of Babel and watched them unearth bodies. And there were over -- probably nearly 4,000 in that one particular grave. And many of them were no longer than this - children. And thousands of people killed; many of them, buried alive. That, in itself -- just that one thing in itself -- was enough to go in there and remove that dictator. And if you had been with me three weeks ago, you'd believe the same thing today.
Q: Mr. Secretary, could I ask my other clarification?
Rumsfeld: Why don't we move around a little bit and -- yes?
Q: To follow up on your opening comments about this small area of resistance, we've seen reports out of Iraq about non-Iraqis, or at least some evidence --
Rumsfeld: (Off mike) – That's valid. The people we're scooping up, in many cases, are not Iraqis.
Q: Well, can you talk a little bit about that? You know, there's some concern that the longer this lasts, that Iraq could become a recruiting tool for Muslim militants in that part of the world, kind of along the lines, although not as big, as Afghanistan in the eighties. Are you concerned about that? And can you talk a little bit about what you've seen and what you think it means? Where are they coming from? Are they organized?
Rumsfeld: As I say, we've commented on the organization issue. We don't see any large-scale --
Q: The effort to send them to Iraq -- (off mike).
Rumsfeld: Oh! I don't know. We know that there were bus loads coming in with money and recruiting posters during the conflict, and we stopped the buses to the extent we found them. The people that are getting scooped up now, there's some Syrians in the latest net that was cast. And I'm sure there are people -- either they were in there or they're still coming in from neighboring countries. And it is something that's obviously unhelpful.
I think the idea that -- of cause and effect is a stretch. We were attacked on September 11th without any cause. And the attacks that took place in Morocco or the attacks that take place in other places -- to suggest that there's some remote event over here that's causing those things to happen, I think, ignores the history and the reality of what's taking place. There are terrorist networks and they're being supported, in some cases, by terrorist states. And they are bound and determined to kill innocent men, women and children. What will increase or decrease the flow of money or the flow of people, or increase or decrease the retention of those networks -- I'm sure there are multiple factors that affect it. But certainly freeing the Iraqi people isn't one of them.
Q: General Garner --
Q: Mr. Secretary, how big an effect are you hoping will have these series of raids and sweeps that have been going on in the last couple of days, Operation Desert Scorpion, in terms of abating the attacks upon Americans? We've been told that hundreds of individuals have rounded up piles of cash that apparently have been used to pay people -- do you think the effect of the last -- do you think we're going to see an effect from the last couple days?
Rumsfeld: Well -- (chuckles) --
Q: Unless -- (off mike) --
Rumsfeld: You have two choices. If you see puddling or pools of these people gathering through your intel, and then you've got a choice, how do you feel about that? Do you want a collection of terrorist who wish you ill to just sit there and puddle and go about their business, killing neighboring people, or not? And the -- if you -- then you don't do anything.
If you do do something, you go in and find them and capture them or kill them. And that's what's going on.
And it seems to me it's a no-brainer. It's a three-minute decision. The first two are for coffee. (Laughter.)
Q: Well, I'm not asking why you did it. I'm just saying: Are you -- I'm asking if you're having -- do you think it's going to have success? And will that success --
Rumsfeld: Compared to the alternative? Compared to alternative, yes. Letting them just go about their -- willy-nilly go about their task of killing people is less preferable than what we're undertaking.
Q: Do you expect that we'll see fewer attacks in the future because of what you accomplished in the last few days?
Rumsfeld: There are so many factors that are going to determine that. It's going to be the flow from Iran and the flow from Syria of people. It's going to be the pace at which we are able to get an Iraqi face on an interim authority and they begin to see that their future is in that direction. It's going to be a function of how rapidly we're going to be able to continue to increase the police forces. Thanks to Jay and his team, we've got a lot of Iraqis involved in joint patrols today. It'll depend on a whole host of things whether or not the security situation will stay roughly what it is -- about like this -- for a period, or whether it'll start -- continue to get better. And it has been getting better, as Jay described.
Q: And wouldn't you at least concede that the capture of Saddam Hussein's top bodyguard was an important apprehension?
Rumsfeld: Didn't we try that one earlier?
Q: (Chuckles.)
Rumsfeld: Why should I answer yours if Bret's -- Bret asked it better than you did. (Laughter, cross talk.)
Q: Secretary?
Rumsfeld: Yes?
Q: My name is Nayyar Zaidi. I represent the Daily Jang in Pakistan. And if I may deviate a little bit from Iraq, what kind of a defense package or aid would you be discussing when General Musharraf comes here?
Rumsfeld: I am old-fashioned. I'm inclined to let the president talk to the president of Pakistan and --
Q: But you will be -- (off mike) -- president.
Rumsfeld: I will be. I have been.
Q: Yes.
Rumsfeld: I do.
Q: So is there anything in the works?
Rumsfeld: And what he'll do is he'll meet with President Musharraf in an appropriate location in the greater Washington area. And I will, probably in this building -- or maybe not. It's going to be at his location, I think.
Q: But would it be on the agenda – defense? Some kind of a defense, besides economics?
Rumsfeld: They're certainly going to be talking about lots of things. And it's a good relationship and it's one that we feel is important. And my instinct is that it's appropriate to leave those things to -- that belong to the Department of State or the White House to the president or the secretary of State.
Q: General Garner?
Q: Mr. Secretary, the Canadian defense minister has said that he fears that perhaps Taliban or al Qaeda may actually be getting in a position to take over Afghanistan again. How do you feel about the security situation in Afghanistan?
Rumsfeld: Who said that?
Q: It was either the Canadian foreign minister or the defense minister said that recently.
Rumsfeld: Well, there's no question, we know that the al Qaeda and the Taliban would like to. It was a wonderful thing to have a whole country -- lots of training camps, and going out killing people willy-nilly. It's quite a thing for them.
We decided that wasn't a good idea. We stopped it, and we intend to keep it stopped.
Q: But what's your assessment of the situation right now? I mean, do you have the same --
Rumsfeld: It hasn't changed dramatically at all. You have a situation in that country where you have porous borders on the north, the east, the south and the west. You have people in Iran who have influence in the country on the western border. You have people in Pakistan along the Pak-Afghan border that are able to move back and forth across that border like it's not there at all. And these are in tribal areas that are very difficult for the Pakistan government to monitor and control and deal with. They are doing a good job and have been working hard at that. Our folks on the Afghan side have been doing a good job and working on the problem. And I haven't seen any evidence at all that suggests to me that the country's about to fall, if that's what you're suggesting he said. Is that --
Q: Yeah, that's essentially what he said, I mean, it's not verbatim, but it's close.
Rumsfeld: Yeah, I haven't seen evidence to that effect.
Q: Sir, I have a question about the Defense budget that was passed by the House a couple of weeks ago. There's a section in there that critics say somewhat run counter to the Pentagon's attempts to build coalitions and strengthen coalition fighting and peacekeeping in Iraq. It's a "buy America" provision that Chairman Duncan Hunter pushed successfully through the House. It seems to give the Pentagon less flexibility in terms of waiving what they buy from foreign companies versus U.S. companies, and expands the number of U.S. parts that have to be in major programs.
The U.K. Defense procurement minister criticized it yesterday at the Paris Air Show. Can you give your perspective on whether this is a helpful provision, or what are some of the problems with it?
Rumsfeld: I can't. What I can say is that we fashioned a budget, the president's budget, which we believe was a good budget. There were a number of things, a lot of things that were supported very helpfully in the House, a lot of things supported in the Senate. There were some things in both places that we would hope could be adjusted in conference. And we'll be working with the conferees very intensively over the coming period. And I'm sure that those kinds of issues that resulted in changes will be things that will be subject to discussion.
Q: In general, are provisions that strengthen --
Rumsfeld: I have answered -- I have answered as much as I can. Yeah.
Q: Okay, thanks.
Rumsfeld: Yes.
Q: Would you say --
Rumsfeld: You've got Jay Garner here now. If I were you, I would ask him some questions. He's fresh. He's been down in Florida and took a few days off with his grandchildren. He's -- he's ready.
Q: Okay. Sorry, on WMD again, would you say like Robin Cook said yesterday, that in hindsight it was not correct to talk about the immediate threat by Saddam Hussein against the United States? The word being "immediate".
Rumsfeld: I didn't see what Mr. Cook said. And I really do -- am reluctant to comment on things, because then it gets juxtaposed with the words, and it was in a different context, and I don't find that useful.
Q: Would you say that Saddam posed an immediate threat --
Rumsfeld: What I would say is what we've said for a year, and what the president said to the country, what Secretary Powell said, and no more and no less.
Q: I have a question for the general --
Staff: Sir? Your presence across the river is requested a little bit early. So we should take one more question.
Rumsfeld: Ah! Hah! Last question for General Garner.
Q: General Garner, you have been at home for about two weeks now. Given that perspective of time and distance, what about Iraq surprised you?
Garner: Well, I don't think the complexities surprised me, but the magnitude of the complexities surprised me a little bit. And the -- the Iraqis are extremely skillful people. And they're great administrators. But the ability to pull them all together and work across the lines of religions and tribes and that type thing becomes fairly difficult. And I think -- you go back to what the secretary said, I think as we get further down the road and as Mr. Bremer gets further down the road -- and I think all the things he's doing are absolutely the right things -- and we begin to get Iraqi faces on that, I think the complexities of that will begin to be whittled away. But that's about it.
Q: So does the magnitude suggest that we didn't have enough going in and we --
Garner: No, I don't think so.
Q: How about a quickie, just as we leave? General, does it bother you working for Secretary Rumsfeld rather than Tommy Franks?
Garner: I thought I worked for both. And as I remember right, Tommy Franks worked for Secretary Rumsfeld. (Laughter.)
Q: Have a nice afternoon, gentlemen.
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What's up with this whole "final mix" version of kh?
Lets begin with the U.S. and EU versions of the game. Do you remeber fighting Sephirtoh, Kirt Ziza, and the Ice Titan? Well, jap. fans don't. These bosses weren't added to their game, so they got mad. Nomura wanted to make it fair, but didnt want to waste time selling the game again with just the 3 bosses, so he added many other things to "finalze" kingdom hearts(hence the title).
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Here's a list of the extras in breif: new keyblades, bosses, heartless(every single one re-colored), secret video, cutscenes, gumiship missions, abilities.
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All of the abilities in kingdom hearts: fm were the ones that were avaliable in KH:COM. Fans got to have a taste of this power beforehand, along with the two extra keyblades that were avaliable in COM. You also got to fight the superior (in other words the main boss) of kingdom hearts 2!
This game looks awesome, how do i get it?
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SMCC hoops teams wrap up first semester
The Southern Maine Community College men's basketball team probably doesn't want to see the first semester end. The Seawolves closed with victories at the University of Maine-Augusta (81-77) and the University of Maine-Machias (75-70) to improve to 13-3 overall (10-1 in the Yankee Small College Conference). Jose Nouchanthavong had 19 points and Jon Amabile added 12 against UMA. Emmanuel Donalson led the way versus UMM with 20 points, while Amabile had 15. SMCC is back in action Jan. 5 when it hosts John Abbott College at 8 p.m. The women's team lost at UMA, 77-69, in overtime, and 60-47 at UMM, to fall to 9-4 overall and 5-3 in conference. Against UMA, Rogetta Donalson went off for 27 points. Maria Veino added 14. Esther Palmieri had a team-high nine points versus UMM. The Seawolves host John Abbott College Jan. 5 at 6 p.m.
Russo, Wolfgram among new Maine Sports Hall of Fame inductees
Legendary high school football coach John Wolfgram, who led Cheverus to the 2010 and 2011 Class A state titles, and longtime owner of the Portland Boxing Club, Robert Russo, are among nine new members of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame who will be inducted May 5 at a banquet at the Augusta Civic Center. Dr. Douglas W. Brown, a sports medicine specialist, of Portland, will also be inducted, along with NASCAR driver Ricky Craven, Skowhegan field hockey coach Paula Doughty, University of Southern Maine women's basketball coach Gary Fifield, bodybuilding champion John Robinson, storied Cony girls' basketball coach Paul Vachon and former U. Maine star quarterback Manchester Wheeler. Tickets are $40 for members of the Hall of Fame and $45 for non-members. FMI, mshof.com.
RAC hosting pick-up soccer
The Riverside Athletic Club is hosting a year-round adult pick-up soccer league, Mondays from 8 to 10 p.m. The cost is $10 per night. FMI, firstname.lastname@example.com or riversideathleticcenter.com.
MAINEiax holding tournament
The MAINEiax Winter Whiteout high school lacrosse tournament will be held Dec. 29 for girls and Dec. 30 for boys at the Dome at the Portland Sports Complex. Registration includes clinics by NCAA head college coaches for girls and a choice of clinics for boys. Team fee is $400. Free agent fee is $40. FMI, maineiax.com.
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The Portland Elks Lodge No. 188 will hold its annual foul shooting contest Sunday, Jan. 6 at 9:45 a.m., at Catherine McAuley High School. There will be three age groups: boys' and girls' 8-9, boys' and girls' 10-11 and boys' and girls' 12-13. Winners advance to the regional shoot-off Jan. 13 in Wells. FMI, 773-6426.


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Yesterday, Wednesday March 20th, was a day we should have all been celebrating and enjoying the warm weather that the first day of spring is supposed to bring. Instead we were all walking with our heads bent against the harsh Ohio wind and enjoying the feeling of lake effect snow pelting us in the face. Obviously, mother nature didn't get the memo.
When I decided I was going to attend college in Ohio I thought I would be enjoying much warmer weather. I didn't think that I'd be almost as cold as I was in Alaska on the first day of spring! In Alaska, the first day of spring is a joke because everyone knows that the snow isn't going to melt anytime soon. For Alaskans, the real first day of spring is usually around the middle to the end of April. I am hoping that Ohio will not disappoint me and get a little warmer at least before then. Take heart fellow yellow jackets! I have faith that it will get better and so should you :)


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Hahahahahaaaaaa!! When the Democrats can't respond to the truth of a matter,
they always rely on the standard response in their playbook and scream "racism."
Can you afford four more years?
The fact that Democrats are outright racists isn't news;
the fact that it's reported in the eneMedia is.
Obama. Worst. President. Ever.
Lobbyist? I thought that the little leftist weasel retired to oversee his holdings in the rag picking industry; our Markie Mark must be branching out these days.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas? ©
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
To commemorate the successes of the Obama Administration, the federal government has been issuing stamps ... they're called Food Stamps.
Obama -- change you can step in.
Perhaps they'll keep the cell adjacent to Blago's available for his good buddy, the King of Crony Capitalism, who's scheduled to arrive on January 21, 2013.
Obama - Change You Can Step In.
Obama - Cambio Usted En Paso.
you have more hate for the president than anyone I have ever seen
You, obviously, have never met my brother.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?™
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas¿
Romney has outraised Obama on Wall St. 7-1 this cycle so far.
Not true, pal. You should change your s/n from "just-thinking" to "brain-dead."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Democratic President Barack Obama is blowing away his Republican challengers when it comes to soliciting donations on Wall Street, fundraising figures show. The Washington Post reported Wednesday its analysis of contribution data revealsObama has raised more from the financial and banking sector this year than all of the GOP presidential hopefuls combined.
Had enough Obama yet, idiots?©
The struggling economy has continued to take its toll on residents and families as more in Jackson County slip below the poverty line, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
When the moonbats are in the White House
And the Deceiver appointing czars
Then thieves will steal our nation
and socialism will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Nefarious
The age of Nefarious Nefarious! Nefarious!
Disharmony and reparations
Blame shifting and spin abounding
No more transparency or integrity
Golden septic streams of drivel
Mystic liberal machinations
And the mind's true incarceration
Nefarious! Nefarious!
When the moonbats are in the White House
And Deceiver is appointing czars
Then thieves will steal our nation
and socialism will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Nefarious
The age of Nefarious Nefarious! Nefarious!
Let the Thugs slime in.
Let the Thugs slime in.
The Thugs slime in.
(h/t Doug Giles)
Had enough Obama yet, idiots?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Obama is either economically illiterate or lying:
There's one sure way to know if Obama is lying, Dale ... you'll see his lips moving.
Had enough Obama yet, idiots? ©
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Great. You can start right here, pal.
New York, NY, October 17, 2011 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on organizers, participants and supporters of the worldwide "Occupy Wall Street" movement to condemn anti-Semitic signs and comments that have appeared at some of the protest rallies across the country and around the world.
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued the following statement:
We are seeing some individuals holding anti-Semitic signs at the "Occupy Wall Street" rallies, and some videos posted on YouTube from the rallies have shown individuals expressing classic anti-Semitic beliefs such as "Jews control the banks" and "Jews control Wall Street." While we believe that these expressions are not representative of the larger views of the OWS movement, it is still critical for organizers, participants and supporters of these rallies to condemn such bigoted statements clearly and forcefully.
Had enough Obama yet, idiot?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiota?
You're more than welcome; always glad to help another naif take a step down the road to enlightenment.
I think you may have missed Simone's point
No, no ... I took Simone's point perfectly but unlike her I'm not willing to turn a blind eye to the daily reports of rape, riots, drugs, violence, and blatant anti-Semitism going on within the Occutard movement.
However, that said, if you and Simone want believe in Tinkerbell, Hobbits, and the Easter Bunny before you peacefully go the way of the Eloi ... well, that's your choice, isn't it.
As priorities of education and equality have dwindled, so has our hope.
Obviously all that collectivist hopey-changey horse hockey you voted for isn't workin' out for ya, Simone.
Had enough Obama yet?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." ~ Winston Churchill
Had enough Obama yet?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
True that. Personally, I've been hearing that lots of OFA (Obama For America) types have temporarily dropped their Obama 2012 re-election efforts and are moving to the OccupyWhatever locations to do the requisite (community) organizing chores along with all their friends and compadres from the usual unionista suspects, the UAW, the SEIU, and LiUNA, etc. If there isn't more violence, arrests, and disruption coming from these disparate myrmidons soon, it'll be a wonder.
And, of course, and least one MSM JournOlist type has been outed by Breitbart's Big Government page for working to help craft the OccupyWhatever unified media message while, at the same time, purporting to provide objective news reports on same. Some things never change.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?©
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Bank of America announced last month that it will start charging a $5 monthly fee when customers make debit card purchases.
We can thank Democrat Dick Durban's imposition of new bank regulations for that one.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Meanwhile, in other news of note:
"Surge in Costs Start Of Obamacare Disaster -- [A] survey of private and public employers conducted by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation disclosed that the average cost of a family policy climbed 9 percent to $15,073 in 2011, the largest increase since 2005.
"Premiums for single coverage rose 8 percent. The group's findings also showed that health insurance is consuming a bigger share of employer costs, forcing many companies to eliminate pay raises and pass on more medical costs to workers."
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Given that Zach Pohl's mixed up in it, it hardly comes as a
surprise to hear that all those leftist twinkies wimped out.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
Tenido suficiente Obama todavia, idiotas?
Obviously, all of you MLive Obamatrons just don't get it.
Consumers is just going along with last year's edict by Imam Obama to increase American trade with India. In fact, last November, while Presidente Zero and The Mooch were visiting Mumbai, Pharaoh Obama himself said:
"I'm here because I believe that in our interconnected world, increased commerce between the United States and India can be and will be a win-win proposition for both nations ... [and] I realize that for some, this truth may not be readily apparent."
And I'd hazard that he was talking about all you local MLive morons in that last comment of his.
Had enough Obama yet, sukkas?
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Anne Arundel Community College has hired Maryland native Dawn Lindsay, president of Glendale Community College in California, who has an extensive background in local academia, as its next president.
Lindsay, 52, will be the sixth president in the school's 50-year history, replacing Martha A. Smith, who will retire from the position after 18 years on Aug. 1.
AACC officials said that Lindsay has signed a three-year contract worth $234,500 annually, with required annual evaluations. Her benefits package includes a $12,000 vehicle allowance and a $7,000 college contribution to a retirement plan of her choice after one year of employment, based on satisfactory performance.
Lindsay said she grew up in Woodlawn and has also lived in Fallston, Perry Hall and Severna Park. She held adjunct and instructor positions at Howard Community College and the Community College of Baltimore County's Dundalk campus. She also said she worked for the Howard County Police Department, lecturing there.


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Clintonville The AuSable Valley Lady Patriots head into the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class C Final Four on an 11-game win streak, one game longer than the streak of their opponent.
The Patriots will face Bishop Kearney (17-8, winners of their last 10) in the state semifinals at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy Saturday, March 16, at 2:15 p.m. The team enters with a record of 19-2.
The Patriots, who enter the Final Four ranked third in the New York State Sportswriter's Association poll, started the season winning their first seven games against Lake Placid (69-11), Moriah (45-23), Northern Adirondack (60-43), Peru (42-28), Saranac (49-39), Seton Catholic (59-26) and Plattsburgh High (53-46).
The first setback came against Beekmantown, Jan. 15, as the Patriots held a lead late in the fourth quarter but were unable to solve the CVAC's leading scorer, Shannon Ryan (38 points), who scored on two critical post plays for a 52-50 Eagles win.
AuSable Valley then scored a 52-43 win over Northern Adirondack before suffering their only other loss of the season, a 42-31 defeat against Franklin Academy Jan. 21.
The Patriots 11-game streak began with a 46-19 win against Saranac Lake, followed by wins against Moriah (58-36), Ticonderoga (56-21), Lake Placid (64-17), Seton Catholic (52-31), Northeastern Clinton (47-40) and Ticonderoga (48-31).
On Valentine's Day, the Patriots redeemed themselves against Franklin Academy to end the regular season and extend their winning streak to eight. After head coach Roger Long had said his team was, "flat," in their first meeting against the Huskies, Meghan Strong scored 15 points, which included nine of her team's 10 points in a fourth quarter that saw the team erase a one-point deficit to earn a 43-37 win.
The Patriots then opened the Section VII/Class C tournament trailing 15-14 at halftime to the Ticonderoga Sentinels Feb. 21. Strong and Taylor Saltus helped spark a 26-2 third quarter to help lead AVCS over the Sentinels, 51-25.
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Jan. 15, 2010
By Richard Stevens - Senior Writer/GoLobos.com
Lobo track coach Joe Franklin has picked an unusual place to roll a snowball down a mountain: indoors.
But, like most pies Franklin sticks his fingers into, things seem to be working out. The snowball is getting bigger and bigger. "I'm beginning to think it's gotten too big," said Franklin, through a wide grin.
OK, before we mix in too many metaphors, let's explain that indoor snowball thing. That's Franklin's attempt to rebuild Albuquerque as a city passionate about track, whether it's running, jumping and throwing under a New Mexico sky, or inside the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Franklin got the indoor snowball rolling a few seasons back with a gentle push and, frankly, the snowball is about as big as it can get. There will be 13 indoor events in the Convention Center including several huge ones.
In fact, Franklin says: "The best track meet in the world, other than the World Championships, is going to be in Albuquerque this year."
That meet is the 2010 USA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 27-28). It's a qualifier for the 2010 Indoor World Championships and already some of the top athletes in the world are in Albuquerque training for the event.
"That meet decides who goes to the World Championships," said Franklin. "That's huge. It's a live, televised event."
The news that Albuquerque has great meets, a world-class track, and world-class training opportunities isn't a secret to all the great athletes out there. But Franklin isn't so sure the fans in New Mexico are aware of the opportunity they have to see these great competitors run, jump and throw.
"Now, we have to get the word out to the public that these events are here," said Franklin. "A lot of people don't seem to know that these things are going on."
The snowball that Franklin got rolling by bringing in these events also needs to do some rolling in the stands. These events need to be - and deserve to be - supported. This is world-class track and also national-class track when it comes to the collegiate and high school athletes coming in for these meets.
The Lobos will be hosting the Mountain West Conference Indoor Championships. The Convention Center will be the site for the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships on March 12-13.
The Lobos get the ball rolling on their six-meet indoor season on Saturday. It's one of the smaller meets on tap, but it still includes some top athletes, including Galen Rupp, the USA 10,000-meter champion.
"There is so much to do because the snowball is getting bigger and bigger," said Franklin. "We also are hosting bigger meets. The stress level is high for the staff."
The stress is big because this indoor track stuff is big work. The indoor season really begins with hauling the track out of storage and spending four or five days puzzling all the pieces together.
Franklin's ultimate goal here is to revive a city's track passion and to host the NCAA Indoor Championships.
"There is an unbelievable history of indoor track and field in Albuquerque dating back to the Tingley Coliseum," he said. "I feel we owe it to the city to continue the rich history of track here."
The Lobo coach also wants to provide a high-quality - and convenient - track experience for his Lobos. New Mexico already has a world-class outdoors experience in weather and altitude. Now, Lobos have one of the top indoor opportunities in the nation and it's in their backyard.
"Our kids don't have to travel and the best teams and athletes in the nation will be coming to them," said Franklin. "Our kids can sleep in their own beds and don't have to sit on a bus for hours in order to compete."
If you are thinking that things might be easier for Franklin since not all these events are directly linked to UNM --- think again. Hey, this is track. If there are feet moving fast, Franklin will be there, probably holding a stopwatch.
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Vive Le Rock: Adam Ant Looks Back at His Classic Videos
Adam Ant in 1978 [photo: Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic]
Adam Ant in 1978 [photo: Brad Elterman/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic]
On Nov. 3, the artist born Stuart Goddard turns 59. You might know him better as Adam Ant, the dandy highwayman who made a major mark on the music scene in the '80s fronting the Ants, and then went on to solo success, before disappearing from the music scene for years.
He returned early this year with the ambitious Adam Ant Is the BlueBlack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner's Daughter, which referenced elements of his former glory while staking claims toward the future.
To celebrate Adam's birthday, we rang him up at his London office and asked him about some of his best known video clips. For those unfamiliar with Adam's story, he emerged from the British punk scene with tracks like "Car Trouble" and "Plastic Surgery," before eventually mixing Indian and pirate imagery, Burundi-style drum beats, and surf guitars with dramatic effect to bridge the gap between punk, glam, and the then-burgeoning New Romantic scene. Here's a look back and some of Adam's most memorable videos.
"Antmusic," 1980
"That's the one that really broke Adam & the Ants," Adam says. Shot in a London nightclub with an illuminating disco floor, Adam famously encouraged his followers to "unplug the jukebox and do us all a favor." It was illustrated with a giant electrical plug. As always, Adam was over-the-top, perhaps a bit ridiculous, but undeniably entertaining and fun.
"Prince Charming," 1981
"That was the one after 'Stand and Deliver' for the second major album, so it was very important to make an impact. We had a lot riding on the Prince Charming project," Adam says. It also featured a famous leading lady, this time blonde bombshell Diana Dors in one of her final onscreen appearances as the Fairy Godmother in this Cinderella-spoof clip. "She was Britain's Marilyn Monroe," Adam says. "In one scene she was asked to walk up to this black panther and did it with no fear at all." Adam recalls the clip being quite a big production, with a lot of choreography. "It was trying to make it like an Errol Flynn film and all the images I grew up with."
"Stand and Deliver," 1981


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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is trying to put the brakes on a bad idea: a U.S. imposed "no fly zone" over Libya, as called for by the neocon buddy act in the U.S. Senate: Joe Lieberman and John McCain. Let's all hope Gates succeeds.
The bully-boy talk, including on foreign soil, about putting U.S. warplanes in the air over Libya has been troubling, but not so troubling as the news reports that both the American and British governments are actually considering doing it.
Declaring a no-fly zone over any country is no mere bag of words. It's a military action, and a de facto declaration of war, as Bob Gates on Tuesday reminded the neocons, who are always spoiling for war, though most of them, like Lieberman, actively avoided war when they were young enough to fight the one in Vietnam.
Foreign Policy Magazine posted this handy "no fly zone" explainer.
And here are five reasons we should just say no to the neocon's latest bright idea:
1. No-fly zones mean killing people … In this case, Libyan people. The upshot: no-fly zones mean U.S. and British warplanes engaging, possibly shooting down, and possibly being shot down, by the enemy. If the U.S. were to put our planes in the air over Libya, there's a very real chance we'd wind up trying to take out assets on the ground as part of the operation — some of which are in populated areas — which means we could kill civilians. How would that help either the good guys in Libya or us? At the very least, imposing a U.S.-U.K. no-fly zone risks sucking us into a larger conflict that we've bargained for.
2. We'd become the center of the story. Like the Tunisia and Egyptian uprisings, and the organic revolts taking place across the Arab and Muslim world, the Libyan rebellion is entirely the result of internal struggle. The ravings of Muammar Qaddafi that the near-civil war is the result of drug-addled teens, al-Qaida or outside agitators, including the U.S., are absurd. But they wouldn't seem absurd for long after we started filling Libya's airspace with our military hardware, and possibly causing even a handful of civilian deaths. Why would we want to give Qaddafi something to fight, namely us? Why give his ruthless, ugly fight any legitimacy in the eyes of the Arab world?
3. It's the Libyans' revolution, not ours. If we learned one thing (that we should have already known) from Iraq, it's that you cannot impose liberty on a people. People want and deeply need, it turns out, to liberate themselves — to stand up as men and women and fight for their own futures. When "liberation" is imposed, it's infantalizing and demoralizing, and the only way to counteract that is to liberate one's country from the liberators — hence, the fierce Iraqi insurgency … against US. Meanwhile, in Egypt and Tunisia, the people who liberated that country — the young men and women who braved death to take down the dictators they'd known all their lives — could not feel better about themselves and their countries. That's how you build democracy, not by sending in the American military.
4. We can no longer afford to be the world's police. Another lesson from Iraq. Look, China and Russia would veto any military action in Libya, and so the U.S. would be forced to rely on yet another "coalition of the willing," with our usual war buddy Great Britain. Meanwhile, both countries are drowning in debt, and still struggling to extricate ourselves from the two-front war George W. Bush and Tony Blair sank us into. Why open up a third front? How many Muslim countries are we going to fight at once before the neocons just sit down and get a hobby?
5. It might violate international law. According to Oxford international law professor Stefan Talmon:
Any action without express Security Council backing would be of questionable legality under international law. The two no-fly zones over Iraq, which were imposed by the United States, the United Kingdom and France after the second Gulf War in 1991 in order to protect the Shi'a Muslims in the south and Kurds in the north against repressive measures by the Iraqi Government, were based on the doctrines of 'implicit authorization' (United States) and 'humanitarian intervention' (United Kingdom). Neither of those doctrines has gained general, or even widespread, acceptance in international law. Any unilateral action byNATO or another 'coalition of the willing' would thus head for a 1999 Kosovo-style scenario which might at best be described as 'illegal but legitimate' – the ultimate admission of defeat for any international lawyer.
Assuming the Security Council was deadlocked over the question of a no-fly zone over Libya (or parts of it), could States willing to take such action rely on any other legal basis? In particular, could States rely on a provisional measures order of the ICJ indicating a no-fly zone?
And of course, there's the biggest reason to reject this particular idea:
6. Neocons are always wrong. Literally every assumption made by people like Joe Lieberman, John McCain and their think tank pals like Bill Kristol and Charles Krauthammer, let alone the Pentagon "go squad" led by Don Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and company, was utterly, thoroughly wrong. There's no reason to listen to any of these people now. The Obama administration hasn't been flashy, but it has handled the unfolding North African and Mideast turmoil carefully and competently. Listening to the drama-mongers who long to see an American president thumping the table or the neocons who want the U.S. to fire at least one shot in every Muslim country on earth, would only mess that up.
This from CNN:
U.S. officials say all military and diplomatic options are on the table, but Gates and Mullen told the hearing that pursuing a forced grounding of Libyan aircraft is complicated and risky.
One Western diplomat, leaving a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, said that a no-fly zone over Libya would be "extremely difficult to implement — you need airports, hundreds of planes. It is an act of war, and you have to bear the consequences."
Such a move could risk the ire of Libya's Muslim and Arab neighbors and inflame already prickly relations with Security Council members Russia and China, experts say. Worse, such a provocative move could be perceived by Gadhafi's regime as a declaration of war.
"The worst-case scenario may not be horrible, but we have seen that the costs of perceived military unilateralism in the Arab world are high," said Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who specializes in national security and defense issues.
While the U.S. response has been diplomatic so far, a no-fly zone could cause things to escalate in a hurry: After the first Gulf War, the United States, with U.N. support, established a no-fly zone over southern Iraq in 1992 after reports that Saddam Hussein had used violence against Iraqis, specifically Kurds and Shiites. In the following years, Hussein's air forces openly challenged the zone, resulting in skirmishes and an air of brinkmanship that didn't end, fully, until 2003′s Operation Iraqi Freedom.
And without the ground support that coalition forces had in the Gulf War, foreign policy experts are split on how effective a no-fly zone would be.
But one thing they all agree on: A no-fly zone could touch off a wider conflagration.
And this via Steve Clemons, who clips from the Washington Institute on Near East Policy, re the differences between Libya and Saddam Hussein-era Iraq:
First, Saddam's regime had just fought a major war with U.S.-led forces, while rapprochement has been the focus of recent U.S.-Libyan relations. Within the context of antigovernment uprisings, no-fly zones effectively transform the foreign power into a combatant — presenting them as purely humanitarian in nature stretches credibility. Accordingly, such zones are best used as a means of curtailing the sovereignty of a regime with which the United States already has quasi-warlike relations.
Furthermore, U.S. military forces in the south were still occupying approximately one-eighth of Iraqi territory when the northern no-fly zone was established, and the establishment of Kurdish safe havens required further deployment of significant U.S. and coalition ground forces to deter regime incursions. Such ground deployments in Libya are probably not on the table. Most important, the United States could draw on strongly worded UN resolutions to underwrite its actions in 1991, whereas no such body of documents is available for use today.
In addition to being highly context-specific, no-fly and no-drive zones are notoriously difficult to implement. The rules of engagement (ROE) governing the mission must be exceptionally well conceived, and the military commanders must receive strong political support when they act within the rules. Any set of ROE must include a list of offending actions (known as the "ROE trip," short for "tripwire") plus "response options" (a set of pre-agreed retaliatory targets) and a "response ratio" (which establishes how vigorously the offender will be punished for transgressing the zone). U.S. forces needed twelve years of no-fly zone patrolling in Iraq to perfect the system, and even then the zones generated controversy because they often required relatively junior officers to use their initiative in interpreting the ROE.
In general, an aggressive opponent — such as Saddam and, perhaps, the Qadhafi regime — will regularly test the ROE, and the patrolling power may need to retaliate disproportionately to deter proscribed actions, including attacks on civilians and rebel forces. Any ROE, particularly those governing no-drive zones, may be prone to uncontrolled escalation, drawing the patrolling power into more significant military operations than initially intended. Collateral damage among civilian and friendly forces is always a risk, as occurred on April 14, 1994, when two U.S. helicopters were destroyed by other U.S. aircraft in the northern no-fly zone, killing twenty-six coalition and Iraqi personnel.
And as Clemons rightly states:
Military action should remain a last resort when all other options have failed. Increasing pressure on Gadhafi and his subordinates may cause some of his support to fragment, or even turn on the embattled colonel. An ill-conceived intervention can end up being far worse than taking no action at all. Any attempt by the United States to try to resolve the situation in Libya must be driven by a clearly thought-out strategy, not a response to political pressure.
That's not to say that there's no place for any iteration of a no-fly zone over Libya. Perhaps there is one that could work — because it comes from the region. From Al Jazeera:
The Arab League has said it may impose a "no fly" zone on Libya in co-ordination with the African Union if fighting continues in Libya.
Wednesday's Arab League ministers' meeting in Cairo rejected any direct outside military intervention in Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi is trying to put down a revolt threatening his four decades in power. They reiterated their condemnation of his use of force.
The Arab resolution called on the Libyan government to respond to the "legitimate demands of the Libyan people" and to stop bloodshed. The Libyan authorities must lift restrictions on media and mobile networks and allow the delivery of aid.
The Arab League demanded "the preservation of the unity of Libyan lands and civil peace" — similar to the language it used in the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Libya suspension
Their resolution confirmed Libya's suspension from the organisation until it responded to demands such as allowing freedom of expression.
"The situation in Libya is sorrowful and it is not correct that we accept it or live with it," said Amr Moussa, the League's secretary general, speaking at the opening session.
"The Arab League will not stand with its hands tied while the blood of the brotherly Libyan people is spilt," Moussa said.
Nor should they. This is the Arab world's moment. We should fully support them as they seize it, including using every lever at our disposal: diplomatic, financial and humanitarian, to support a free Libya. I'd even agree with Lieberman and McCain about treating the groups controlling Easter Libya as a de facto government — something the Obama administration and other international leaders are already doing. But a Western military intervention, again, into an Arab country strikes me as so wrongheaded, so backwards, and so repetitive of the mistakes we made in the Bush era, I can hardly believe we're seriously discussing it, not a week after Gates said any future defense secretary who advises such a thing should have his head examined.
I'd hate to think that the American neocons want so badly to be involved in a liberation that any entry means will do. But as each revolt unfolds in the Arab world, these folks seem really eager to send in the G.I.s. Thank god none of them has the power to do it — and thank god they no longer have the ear of a United States president.
Meanwhile, Foreign Policy has more on the escalating violence in Libya, as Qaddafi's goons face off against rebels. It seems there is little global appetite to intervene militarily in Libya, but clearly, humanitarian aid to the rebels is moving way up the priority list. U.S. warships remain just offshore.
And Al Jazeera has even more detail on the fierce battles, including calls by one rebel group for "targeted air strikes on African mercenaries" — but no ground invasion, by U.N. forces.
Related: Wired goes inside Qaddafi's secret, underground arsenal


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June 14, 2012
a collection of 22 songs for those sunny days when you just want to let your hair fly in the breeze and travel back to the '60s :)
Stripped by margz01
Alternative songs that are clearly designed to accompany a classy strip tease/lap dance.
sexy, striptease, strip, edgy, alternative
American Horror Soundtrack by margz01
Songs that could have made it onto the soundtrack of Season 2 (Asylum) of American Horror Story.
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You're the one that I want (ooh ooh ooh) by margz01
When you find someone who reminds you of home ♡.
chill, soft, dreamy, acoustic, love
Songs for rainy weekends by margz01
a few acoustic, chilled songs for those cold weekends when all you want to do is lie in bed, watch series and make out.
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Best Place to Jog St. Louis 2004 - Francis Park
Eichelberger St. & Donovan Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63109
The praises of majestic, sprawling Forest Park have often been sung, and rightly so. But when it comes to your daily jog, picturesque Francis Park, located in St. Louis Hills, gives the grand old park a, er, run for its money. It's large enough to provide a thorough workout (60 acres), but it has a decidedly cozy feel and is surrounded by well-kept brick homes and stately churches. The park's unofficial mascot, Francine the Mermaid (inspired by the statues of the People Project), keeps a watchful eye on the Lily Pond. If you overexert yourself, there are two comfort stations to get you back in the swing of things. One of the best things about Francis Park, though, is that there's no need to exhaust yourself in a vain attempt to attain the elusive "runner's high." Those fleeting moments of ecstasy pale in comparison to the sweet pleasures afforded by an ice-cold concrete confection from Ted Drewes Frozen Custard, conveniently located just around the corner on Chippewa Street.


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President Bob Boehmer announces organizational restructuring and senior administrative hiring in several operating units to facilitate EGSC's growth.
Sudie A. Fulford Center to offer yoga classes led by Dr. Vijitha Prasad.
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East Georgia State College in the spotlight at a recent national conference on civic literary and the American Founding
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Robert A. Mullins, professor of political science at EGSC's Augusta campus, will be featured on C-SPAN's Book TV Saturday, August 1.
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Avigdor Lieberman is nobody's pawn. After getting pummeled in the U.S. for his provocative campaign statements against Israel's Arab community, Israel's new foreign minister is showing he can both rile and soothe. After Switzerland hosted both Durban II and Iran's Holocaust-denying president, Lieberman recalled Israel's ambassador to Switzerland. In his first major interview since taking office he spoke — to a Russian newspaper — of the important role Russia could play in the Middle East, and emphasized the danger not just from Iran but from the already-nuclear Pakistan. And yesterday, he mended fences with Egypt, after telling their leader Hosni Mubarak a few months ago to "Go to Hell" for his failure to visit Israel.
Lieberman is not just an ideologue but a shrewd political player, and together with Netanyahu, Israel is taking a foreign-policy stance that is overtly independent of the Obama Administration. This may make things trickier for the State Department in the short run, but down the road it will make it much easier for the Israeli government to strike deals, make concessions, or, alternatively, serve Israel's interests by refusing to make concessions. Israeli voters do not want to feel disenfranchised by American pressure.
One final point on Israel's independence, and that's in economics. Today Netanyahu unveiled his economic recovery program, and it is drastically different from Obama's. Bucking the trend of increasing taxes and government spending, the Netanyahu plan, dubbed "Containment and Momentum," focuses mostly on cutting taxes to spur growth. Although Israel hasn't suffered nearly as much as most Western countries during the downturn, the Netanyahu plan is likely to offer an important control case against America's stimulus experiment.


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2 Parks near Joshua Tree, California
Yucca Valley, California 7.8 miles NW
Twentynine Palms Marine Corps CTR, California 14.37 miles NE
Joshua Tree National Park, California 14.38 miles E
Twentynine Palms, California 14.38 miles E
Desert Hot Springs, California 18.72 miles SW
Joshua Tree, California (map) | (760) 366-1213
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Mar 2015 - $30.00
It's the desert but nice enough if you want to be in the area. It is way off the highway so very quiet. The sites are sand with some bushes in between and a couple of trees here and there. The little fishing lake is cute - we didn't fish. You can occasionally get a cell phone signal (Verizon) and texting worked sporadically. They have a WiFi provider that you have to pay for, but it didn't work very well - very slow and even sporadic. It was through MoJo Hotspot. They must know that it doesn't always work because they are very quick to give you a refund - no questions asked.
Restrooms are good and clean. Showers good and clean and free. Only one dump so if you are leaving when everyone else is - there will be a line. There is a large tent camping area that fills up on the weekends. There didn't seem to be anyone going around to check on things but we didn't have any problems.
We were able to get a good satellite signal - it is the desert after all.
If you are going to be in this area - it is the best private option. We did not check out the RV sites in Joshua Tree National Park - but that would be dry camping.
Some sites have fire rings and some even have a picnic table. - NiMo
Feb 2015 - $25.00
Nice place to stay overnight or longer. They have a private fishing lake with no license needed. Sites are sand with bushes planted between sites. Looks as if was an older RV park but renovated lately. Very nice host. Recommend and will stay in the future. - Smokinghawk49
Jan 2015 - $30.00
This is an OK park. It's the desert so don't expect a "resort". Located 5 miles off the highway it is very quiet here. No cell service but they seem to have a very good wi-fi system. All sites are sandy and not very level so bring lots of leveling blocks. - SKP
Joshua Tree, California (map) | (760) 366-2212
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Apr 2013 - $25.00
This campground is filled mostly with residential campers. The staff was very friendly, but none too efficient. Had to pay in cash as the don't accept credit cards. The bathroom/shower was bare-bones, not very clean, and lacked toilet paper. Water, electricity (30 amp), and sewer connections were all okay. The site was wide, with room for the RV, a concrete patio, and our car side-by-side. - DaveInOhio
Jan 2010 - $22.00
I wish to warn anyone to make sure you speak to someone before you stay here-you may wind up with an unsatisfactory site. I wound up leaving early the next morning and going to the other RV park. I called two times to make a reservation and was not called back. I chose to go anyway due to its close proximity to the entrance to the the Joshua Tree National Monument. I thought if there was nothing available I would go to the other park. I pulled up to the office and asked if a space was available. She asked if I had an adapter as she only had a fifty amp space available at an empty mobile home lot. She told me I would need to unhook my truck as the road to the site was behind me and there was no place to turn around. I unhooked my truck and drove to the site and went back for my motor home. There were two very old trailers (not mobile homes) on either side of me with one having a lot of clutter around it. Turned out the sewer hookup would not fit my RV sewer hose and I was nervous about the electric hookup voltage since it was a mobile home hookup so I dry docked for the night at a bit more than dry dock price. One of the "neighbors" was noisy at night. I did see some nice RV sites at the front of the park; so my advice is to make sure you get a reservation for what you want before you go. On the other hand if you want stunning views and real quiet (this is in January) go to the other park. - nanzhere
Jan 2006 - $25.00
We stayed here over New Year's 2005/2006. During the four nights we were there the bathrooms were not cleaned once. No TP, no soap, no towels. We would not stay here again. - march2397


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Solid Start But Room For Improvement
Posted: 24th January 2012
After a nice Christmas break I flew out to Dubai for some serious practice.
The weather was great and it was nice to get back on to the course. I played 'friendly' round with my coach Graham Walker against Joost Luiten and my caddie Chris Rice. The less said about the result the better.
We then flew from Dubai to South Africa for my first tournament of 2012, The Volvo Golf Champions.
The Links at Fancourt was in fantastic condition and the wind didn't really get up on the first two day. After a 69 and a 72 I was -5 after two rounds which left me in a good position.
The weather really turned on the Saturday which made scoring more difficult and I carded a three over par 76. I pulled it back on the final day with a 72 to finish in tied 16th on -2.
It was a reasonably solid start to the season but I was completely happy with the way I played and there is plenty of room for improvement.
I headed from South Africa to the Abu Dhabi Championship and played a practice round on the Tuesday morning. The wind made for some tough conditions and I still felt I wasn't quite firing on all cylinders. Hopefully it will all come together when the tournament starts.
After Abu Dhabi I'm playing in the Dubai Desert Classic and then the Avantha Masters in India. Hopefully I can get some good results on the board early to kick start my Race to Dubai challenge.
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In Photoshop CS5 Essential Training, author Michael Ninness demonstrates how to produce the highest quality images with fantastic detail in the shortest amount of time, using a combination of Photoshop CS5, Adobe Bridge, and Camera Raw. This course shows the most efficient ways to perform common editing tasks, including noise reduction, shadow and highlight detail recovery, retouching, and combining multiple images. Along the way, Michael shares the secrets of non-destructive editing, utilizing and mastering Adobe Bridge, Camera Raw, layers, adjustment layers, blending modes, layer masks, and much more. Exercise files are included with the course.
Getting rid of a color cast on an image is another common problem and Camera Raw makes that easy as well. You can see this image here has kind of an orange or yellow cast. You might have a blue cast or a red cast or a green cast, depending on the lighting conditions and whether or not you were paying attention to the White Balance setting on your camera. Let's go ahead and fix this problem. It's very easy to do inside Camera Raw. Let's click the Open in Camera Raw button and this opens up the Camera Raw Editor and there's a couple of different ways to go about this. I typically lean towards one way but in the interest of teaching you the complete picture here so to speak, let me show you all three of them.
So if I look over in the Basic tab, you can see that the very first thing that you should do other than doing a crop is setting the White Balance. You can see it came in As Shot. Now I can choose Auto and Camera Raw will do its best to actually correct that color cast for me and you can see it actually does a fantastic job here. So oftentimes that's all you have to do and you're done. Now all it's really doing is looking at the file and figuring out what the Temperature and Tint slider should be. Now I could go ahead and manually adjust these. So if I'm not quite happy with the Auto adjustment and I want to make it a little bit cooler or warmer, I can just go ahead and click on the Temperature slider and drag it left or right to customize this White Balance setting. It's up to you.
Now the other method, the one I use even more than Auto sometimes is using the White Balance tool and clicking on something in the image that I know I want to be neutral gray or not have a color cast on it. So to get back to where I was, I'm going to go back to White Balance and choose As Shot. That get us back to where we were when we first opened up this image. I'm going to press the I key for the Eyedropper. It's also officially called the White Balance tool but since it has an Eyedropper icon, the shortcut there is the letter I. Now I can use the Eyedropper and click where I want to in the image to set the white balance.
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