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(Joint Press Conference with Swedish Minister of Defense Björn von Sydow at the Haga Palace in Stockholm, Sweden)
Minister von Sydow: Ladies and gentlemen, you are very welcome. Secretary Cohen and I have met for some days, first in Brussels at the EAPC (Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council) meeting on Friday, and then in Vilnius at the Nordic-Baltic-U.S. Ministerial, and now in Stockholm in a bilateral discussion. On the agenda has been a discussion, more of an informational nature, with the secretary on ABM. We have also discussed the development in the relations between all countries in the EAPC context. The EAPC includes all countries except the Former Republic of Yugoslavia as members, and the Russians are back, as we found out, for instance, last Friday. We have discussed whether we can give more substance to this important cooperation.
We have also discussed bilateral relations, and we hope to be able to increase our cooperation relating to peace support and peacekeeping operations. We are doing pretty well in Kosovo and in Bosnia, but more can be attained. We have also discussed the industrial and procurement bilateral relationship and from the Swedish side, we are very positive to the U.S. initiative, the so-called Declaration of Principles. The U.S. outlines an open intention to increase the already high level of military procurement from Sweden. We have also been invited by the Americans to participate in, and to take part more fully, in the discussions regarding the so-called revolution in military affairs. We hopefully can cooperate more in that endeavor.
Finally, we have been discussing, in Vilnius, and now also in Stockholm, the possibilities of finding ways to increase the cooperation between all countries in the EAPC with military capabilities in and around the Baltic Sea area. That involves, of course, the Nordic countries, the Baltic States, Russia, the U.S., the UK, Germany, Poland and others. We agree that we should start a process, within the framework of the EAPC, to increase this cooperation, and the secretary, speaking in Vilnius, was very clear about that. His words stated how necessary and how important it is to involve Russia in this process of making all parts of Europe more secure and stable, thereby, of course, giving all these countries the right to form their own respective security policies. From the Swedish side, we continue to pay great attention to and to devote great effort to starting this process. It was welcomed by the others in Vilnius and now we have been discussing the details. We will start a process to increase the cooperation between these countries, countries in our part of the world, and hopefully it can lead to a ministerial some time ahead. It will not take place this year, but perhaps, hopefully, it can take place next year. The importance here is, of course, the real cooperation, the real openness between all these countries which share the common interest of having this part of the world, as well as other parts of the world, enjoy a stable and secure environment. In such an environment, democracy will be the common way of stabilizing international relations as well.
With these words, I give the floor to the secretary.
Secretary Cohen: Thank you very much Minister von Sydow. I want to thank Minister von Sydow for hosting this visit, especially on a holiday, and to have key members of your staff and policy advisors, military advisors, here this morning. It is a great privilege. Thank you for arranging the magnificent weather over the weekend. (Laughter)
Let me say that the bonds between the United States and Sweden are extremely strong. There are many Swedes, including the family of my military assistant, Admiral Johnson, whose ancestors settled in the United States during the 19th century. The forefathers of our Ambassador Olson also came from Sweden.
My own state of Maine contains towns named Stockholm and New Sweden. The population of New Sweden is eight hundred. (Laughter) They are truly a hardy group of people. Today, Sweden is an active participant in the Partnership for Peace, working with the U.S. and more than forty other countries -- NATO and non-NATO members alike -- to create security and stability in Europe.
Sweden's participation in 14 United Nations peacekeeping and peace monitoring operations shows its commitment to helping resolve conflicts and to promoting stability throughout the world. Sweden's commitment of troops, police and military observers in the Balkans, particularly in Kosovo, is an important contribution to European stability.
Sweden, as the minister has just pointed out, is also committed to working with Russia to improve European security, and we discussed outreach to Russia, since, following my meetings here, I am leaving shortly for Moscow.
Björn has briefed me on Sweden's ambitious program to restructure and to reduce Swedish armed forces. While the plan reflects a substantial peace dividend from the end of the Cold War -- an achievement made possible by NATO's deterrence and the success of democratic and free market forces -- it also prepares Sweden for continued participation in peacekeeping and crisis management activities.
I am impressed by the quality of Sweden's forces and by the planned emphasis on building the capability to deploy quickly and operate smoothly with NATO and non-NATO forces. However, as I have said to NATO partners, when restructuring and modernizing forces, it is important to also maintain adequate defense budgets so that forces are always prepared to meet future contingencies.
The end of the Cold War has produced progress toward a new Europe that is more integrated, stable and prosperous. But even the new Europe contains serious security challenges, particularly those in the Balkans.
The U.S. is pleased to be working with Sweden through the Partnership for Peace program to ensure that the new Europe is also a free and peaceful Europe. With that, the two of us will take your questions.
Q: Can you tell us what your view is about the U.S. proposal on national missile defense, versus the Russian proposal on missile defense?
Von Sydow: We have listened to the arguments surrounding the program and our comment has been that it is very important that this program is made in an international regime. All capabilities relating to nuclear, to biological, chemical warfare, these capabilities which are deterrent capabilities, they, in our view, should be regulated in international regimes. Otherwise, it may be so that we can foresee a development of more instability which countries do not have a joint context for the development and the doctrines surrounding these systems.
Q: Sir, by that do you mean only do NMD within the context of the ABM treaty, an amended ABM treaty?
Von Sydow: We are not a participant in that treaty. But we won't argue for treaties or international regimes in general relating to all these kind of systems but we have stressed no detail in or how this international regime should be attained.
Q: Mr. Minister, are you at all concerned that, if the United States proceeds with NMD, that it could have a destabilizing effect on relations with Russia, particularly in this part of the world?
Von Sydow: I think the experience during all the Cold War is that these kind of systems -- deterrent uses, nuclear warheads and the biological, chemical -- they are best handled within international obligations and transparencies between not just those involved but also the other world in general. So, definitely, we will strongly urge all countries to also, when technology is changing and the security of our world is changing, always to pay attention to adding or using the international regimes for the new developments.
Cohen: Could I add this footnote to the comment? That is precisely the reason why President Clinton has advocated that we seek to negotiate modifications to the ABM Treaty to take into account recent changes in technology and capabilities being acquired by the other countries that have been identified. And it's important that we try to, as best we can, negotiate these kinds of changes in a constructive fashion. Minister von Sydow also mentioned the need for transparency and we have yet to hear any transparent proposals coming from the Russians in terms of what exactly they would have in mind now that it recognized that new threats have emerged and what they would propose in order to counter them. The United States has spent the past year meeting with our Russian counterparts to outline the kinds of changes that we believe are necessary to defend U.S. and allied interests against emerging threats and we would hope, in the coming days, that the Russians would spell out with great detail and transparency exactly what they have in mind or the kind of threat they now recognize.
Q: You know, sir, you mentioned in your presentations that you saw a lot of increased cooperation in the Baltic region. Could you spell out a bit more specifically what exactly you have in mind and whether you see a special agenda for the Swedes in the future?
Cohen: Well the Swedes do have a very ambitious agenda. Sweden has been cooperating with the United States in establishing a consortium of defense universities. Sweden has been taking the lead in establishing a simulation network whereby Allied, partner and other voices can actually have training sessions over the Internet and save time and travel expense and yet learn how to cooperate in terms of planning and preparation, and other types of activities so Sweden has a very active role participating with the United States, with the Baltic states, with NATO members. As I have stated before, it is non-aligned but it is not disengaged. It is very actively engaged in trying to promote greater stability and security in the Baltics. We were together a day or so ago at a meeting in Vilnius with your minister advocating that a number of changes take place on the part of the Baltic defense establishments to modernize their capability but also advocating that they actively engage their Russian counterparts. Sweden is playing a very active and constructive role with more and more engagement on the part of EU members, non-EU members, NATO and non-NATO, and it is very helpful.
Q: President Putin made some pretty strong comments in an interview recently against the U.S. missile plan and actually said Russia would consider pulling out of arms control treaties because of it. Will your talks in Russia focus more on convincing Russia of the merits of the U.S. plans or are you going to talk about their plans?
Cohen: I think that we'll do both. The first thing that we want to do is to explain to the Russians, as directly as we can, that the system that the United States is now conducting research and development on can and will not pose any threat to Russia's strategic systems. It is limited in nature and limited in capability. The Russians can overwhelm any defensive system very easily. So this is not directed towards Russia. What it is directed to do is to provide protection to the American people against a few dozen missiles that might be in the hands of the so-called rogue nations and that's what we have been in the process of outlining to them for the past year. Frankly, the Russian proposal is very vague. It has no concrete dimension to it at this point. Now, if the Russians have a way to cooperate with the United States and with NATO members to defeat and defend against intercontinental ballistic missiles, then we certainly are interested in learning more about it. Because of the vagueness of the proposal, the fact that it was not even raised during the summit but only in a press statement or interview with a journalist, leaves much to be desired in the way of definitiveness. I will also point out that there has been some reference to a quote, "demarcation agreement or treaty," and according to that treaty, the system that the Russians presumably have in mind will be designed to deal with short-range and medium-range missiles but not long-range missiles. So the system that they have proposed will not even provide protection to most of the European members of NATO and no protection at all to the United States. There is much to be determined by the Russians in the coming days and I will be eager to hear from them and also rearticulate the nature of our system and why it will not pose any kind of a threat to the Russian strategic systems.
Q: I understand that some of the neutral countries or non-aligned countries are interested in having a formal right in the decision-making process within NATO. What is your view on that?
Cohen: I think you can have a decision-making role in NATO if you are a NATO member. If you are not a NATO member, then certainly your views can be taken into account through an informal process but one of the legal aspects of being a NATO member is you get to decide. If you are not a NATO member, then you don't. But we have a PJC [Permanent Joint Council] that is important to the Russians. We have a NATO-Russia Founding Act in which there is a presidential commission or council and there, the Russians have an opportunity to raise their concerns. We have said on so many occasions they have a voice but not a veto over the internal deliberations of NATO itself. So, in order to have an effective decision-making role in NATO's interests and its agenda, you must be a member of NATO.
Q: Mr. Minister, I have a question about Sweden's non-aligned status. As an EU member, how do you reconcile non-alignment with participation in the European Security Defense Policy? Isn't that a forum? Doesn't it bring you into a type of military alliance with the other European countries?
Von Sydow: I think we definitely have a role in the complexities in today's Europe. Sweden has no deficit in security. I think that is the basic assumption for our non-alignment but active role in EU and also as a partner with NATO. We think we can play an important role from that position and the secretary has been kind to outline that taking part, for instance, in Kosovo and in Bosnia. But also here in this part of the world, we are trying from our position to give an opportunity for all countries here around to take what can be a shield in more cooperation. So, for us, it's a good mixture.
Q: Sir, can you get a little more specific about how Sweden would cooperate in the revolution in military affairs?
Von Sydow: I think from a technological point of view, we have good pre-conditions. We have an industrial base which can give examples and also actual capabilities for medium-sized economies and countries to also develop these high technological capabilities. They cannot, surely not, be on the global, grand strategy level but they can be on a lower level, operational level or tactical level. They can then no doubt be of a technological and personal capability level that is competitive toward U.S., can perform with their economy, technology but also with their wider responsibilities. That is a part of our present restructuring and we are very pleased by the U.S. now to be invited to take on a more vocal collaboration on technology but also in doctrine. How do we use these new technologies in today's world and tomorrow's world?
Q: There's a news report this morning that the U.S. is seeking protection for U.S. troops in peacekeeping and foreign operations from being bound by human rights violations in the U.N. and I know that Sweden is a powerful voice in the U.N. Could you both give your perspective views -- maybe why the U.S. deserves such protection and where Sweden falls on this subject?
Cohen: Yes, this is about the International Criminal Court. We have not supported participating in supporting the creation of an International Criminal Court. But due to the fact that it is completely independent, we have seen how independence can be translated into something that is without restraint, certainly in our own experience. What we wish to do is to say that those parties who are signatories to it certainly are bound by it, but the notion that a non-signatory would be bound by an independent court that is not accountable to the United Nations or to anyone but itself, we think could pose a threat to U.S. troops. We have the largest amount of troops in the world that are forward deployed. We have a hundred thousand troops forward deployed in the Asian theater. We have a hundred thousand throughout Europe. We have forces deployed in the Gulf and the notion that any one of those troops could be hauled before the international court on charges, when in fact we have a judicial system for dealing with allegations of abuse, human rights abuse, would seem to put our forces certainly in jeopardy from our perspective. So, unless there can be some measure of either U.N. authorization, some sort of filter, in terms of the absolute power of a totally independent court, then we cannot support that.
Q: A couple of months ago, there was quite a big story in Sweden where former Secretary of Defense, Mr. Casper Weinberger, said there had been submarines in Swedish water during the Cold War, NATO submarines. Have you been discussing this during the meeting? Could you share your views on this, please?
Cohen: We did not discuss this during the meeting but I can only tell you that, based on all the information that I have, there were no U.S. ships in Swedish waters.
Q: Then why did Mr. Weinberger say that?
Cohen: You'll have to ask him.
Q: He specifically said it was NATO submarines, not U.S. submarines. And the U.S. Government has answered the question from Sweden. You were very clear in pointing out exactly what you said. But that was never the issue. The issue was not U.S. submarines; the issue was NATO submarines. It was NATO's responsibility, Mr. Weinberger said. Would you be willing to try to help us clear up this?
Von Sydow: I can just inform you that has not been discussed here and that we have gotten a message also from the United Kingdom and the message is the same. There has been no U.K. submarine intrusion into Swedish waters in the said way as Mr. Weinberger has said.
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Amidst the hype over school drug testing, school violence and negative perceptions of teens, an interesting, yet often overlooked, breed of young go-getters is rising above the stereotyping and charging headlong into the future.
Over the next five weeks, five high school juniors will create a web site for a popular non-profit organization, five will create a product based on market research for REDA Sports, and five will go to Just Born to design a national consumer promotion for confection favorites, Mike and Ike. These are just a few examples of the experiences offered to a group of highly motivated 15 to 17-year-olds through Lehigh University's Governor's School for Global Entrepreneurship.
Lehigh, through the Iacocca Institute, is one of eight Pennsylvania colleges to participate in the Governor's Schools of Excellence. Each institution offers a different specialized area of study, including the arts, health care, international studies, general sciences, information technology, and teaching. The function of the Global Entrepreneurship program is to expose students interested in pursuing advanced study in business and entrepreneurship to various industry practices and set them on their career path. With over 300 applications, Lehigh's Global Entrepreneurship was the most popular as well as the most competitive among the seven academic programs offered in Pennsylvania this year.
The purpose of these five-week summer programs is to give artistically and academically talented high school juniors an opportunity to fully explore their major field of interest prior to entering into college. The residential programs are often funded by the state and feature college level courses, internships, guest lecturers and artists, and educational field trips.
The program runs from Sunday, June 30 until Saturday, August 3 and will involve 43 Pennsylvania students, and 11 international students. All participants have met the rigorous admissions requirements and were approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Governor's School and Lehigh. During their stay, the students will take part in intensive internships with participating members of the Bethlehem business community.
The entrepreneurial partners for this year are the City of Bethlehem, DBSi, Dream Kids, The Dubbs Company, FASTNET Corp., Good Schools Pennsylvania, Just Born Inc., Pennsylvania Youth Theatre, REDA Sports Inc., St. Luke's Hospital, and United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley.
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This year's program will also feature lectures given by local entrepreneurial leaders. These lectures will give the students an opportunity to talk openly to accomplished members of the Lehigh Valley business community about their visions, goals and concerns about pursuing a career in business. Among the experts are Kal Shastri, Entrepreneurial Consultant; Bill Bachenburg, DBSi; R. Chadwick Paul, Ben Franklin Technology Center; Mike Gausling, Orasure; Fred Beste, Mid-Atlantic Venture Fund; Dave Lobach, Embassy Bank; Sam Torrance, Just Born; Steve Hurley, FASTNET; and Lehigh President, Gregory Farrington.
Governor's Schools of Excellence have a strong national reputation for helping young adults actualize their dreams and set attainable goals for their futures. Currently, 22 states participate in the programs, which are hosted by globally recognized colleges and universities. Through several of these programs, the students work alongside local and national businesses as well as profit and non-profit organizations.
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I recently switched Macbooks with a family member and are both experiencing similar problems due to deleting the original administrator on the computer. I am having difficulty installing new software, error messages pop up. And she is having problems opening up applications such as iTunes and iPhoto (saying to make sure the application is compatible with that version of Mac OSX, there is no reason it wouldn't be it worked right before deleting the original administrator). This leads me to believe there is an issue with deleting that original administrator does anyone have any solutions or ideas on how to remedy this issue? I'd really appreciate it.
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Yes, Midtown is good but I agree that Kirkwood has been rapidly gaining. From Citizen Kane & Cafe Provencal to the Custard Station & Spencer's Grill; there are many choices for all sorts of customers including families. And you can even catch a train to go to Kansas City or Washington MO, where there are a whole bunch of terrific restaurants.
Best Restaurant Neighborhood St. Louis 2009 - Midtown
Midtown? A dining destination? Tell that to most lifelong St. Louisans and they'll laugh in your face. But a funny thing has happened over the past few years: An area where your dining choices were once limited to one Italian restaurant and the Saint Louis University student union is now booming. In one building alone you can enjoy barbecue at Pappy's Smokehouse, a cold one at the Buffalo Brewing Co., and sandwiches, burgers and chili-cheese fries at the U. Across Olive Street, the Good Pie turns out Neapolitan-style pizza, and a block to the north the Fountain on Locust serves up sandwiches, soups and ice-cream sundaes. Add in Triumph Grill, and now the problem in midtown isn't finding a place to eat — it's choosing which.
Great choice! What an awesome neighborhood and I love that Pappy's. I hope that area continues to develop it has HUGE potential!
Um, is Kirkwood St. Louis ... ?
Yes, those restaurants in Kirkwood are indeed close to each other, but... they all suck (except for deweys). Try again.
Kirkwood outshines any neighborhood with its plentiful and diverse restaurants in it's downtown area. Deweys Pizza, Bar Louie, Citizen Cains Steak House, Mike Duffys, Massas, Spencers Grill, PJs, Ice&Fuel and the new Amigo's Mexican restuarant to name a few. All within in a couple blocks of each other.


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California State University Northridge has extended its Higher One product offering by adding CASHNet eMarket online storefront to its campus website. By partnering with Higher One, a technology and payment services company focused on higher education, Cal State Northridge is expanding its electronic campus payment solutions.
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• "President Bush sought to assure Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas" Thursday "that a peace agreement with Israel remains possible, as he began to accelerate his personal diplomacy in advance of his second trip to the Middle East this year," the Washington Post reports. "Bush met with Abbas at the White House amid pessimism in the region about the prospects for forging a deal to resolve the core issues that have divided the Israelis and Palestinians, including the borders of a Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem."
• "From the right and the left," Bush "faces criticism over his approach toward North Korea after the White House belatedly disclosed U.S. intelligence findings that the communist regime was helping build a Syrian nuclear reactor -- at the same time it was promising to fully disclose its own nuclear activities," AP reports. "Both sides said the newly released intelligence raised the bar for making sure that any deal the U.S. and its partners make with North Korea's Kim Jong Il comes with a tough anti-cheating warranty."
• "The government's plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year and legal workers billions in lost wages, a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says," AP reports. "Those costs are enough to trigger a federal law that would require the Homeland Security Department to analyze more thoroughly the effect of its proposal, said Richard Belzer, a consultant hired by the chamber to do the study."
• "A project heralded as the dawning of an innovative, low-cost era in Navy shipbuilding has turned into a case study of how not to build a combat ship. The bill for the ship, being built by Lockheed Martin, has soared to $531 million, more than double the original, and by some calculations could be $100 million more. With an alternate General Dynamics prototype similarly struggling at an Alabama shipyard, the Navy last year temporarily suspended the entire program," the New York Times reports. "The program's tribulations speak to what military experts say are profound shortcomings in the Pentagon's acquisitions system."
• A "public-private face-off at West Point illustrates just what Bush envisioned when he proposed the 'competitive sourcing' initiative in 2001 as part of his management agenda. It turned on a simple idea: Force federal employees to compete for their jobs against private contractors and costs will decrease, even if the work ultimately stays in-house," the Washington Post reports. "But as Bush's presidency winds down, the program's critics say it has had disappointing results and shaken morale among the federal government's 1.8 million civil servants."
• "A decade after Lasik eye surgery hit the market, patients left with fuzzy instead of clear vision are airing their grievances before federal health officials," AP reports. "So with a public hearing" today, "the FDA is beginning a new effort to determine if warnings about Lasik's risks are appropriate. The agency also is pairing with eye surgeons for a major study expected to enroll hundreds of Lasik patients to better understand who has bad outcomes and exactly what their complaints are."
• "The Bush administration regularly dismisses the idea of stepping in to prop up the housing market. Behind the scenes, a government agency is doing just that," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports. "Last year, the Federal Housing Administration's insurance fund paid $158.6 million in incentives to keep lenders from foreclosing on mortgages backed by the government."
Congress: WH 'Strongly Opposes' Dem Housing Plan
• "As they race toward clearing a housing stimulus measure, top Democrats are attempting to create the same environment that led to passage of the economic stimulus package," CongressDailyAM reports. "Spurred by a downturn in the housing market, Democrats are bidding high with hopes that, by placing some long-sought Bush administration priorities into the final mix, political momentum will surmount any opposition, especially from Senate Banking ranking member Richard Shelby [R-Ala.]."
• "A top housing official said Thursday that the Bush administration 'strongly opposes' Democrats' housing rescue package, calling it a bailout that would expose taxpayers to excessive risk," AP reports. "Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Roy A. Bernardi also indicated that" Bush "would veto a bill sending $15 billion to states for the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed properties."
• "Lawmakers cranked up pressure Thursday on the Bush administration to stop filling the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid growing election-year anxiety on Capitol Hill about high gasoline prices," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports. "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) called on President Bush to suspend filling the reserve, a move she said would directly lower the price of gasoline at the pump. She estimated it could take 5 cents to 24 cents off the price of a gallon of gas."
• "A proposed Delta-Northwest merger that would result in the world's largest airline came under the congressional lens Thursday as skeptical lawmakers questioned the benefits of the $3.7 billion deal," The Hill reports. "Members in both chambers grilled the airlines' CEOs one week after the two carriers announced they intended to join forces and one day after both posted losses totaling $10.5 billion for the first quarter of the year."
• "The United States is 'lurching toward a period of uncertainty and increased risk' in this election year and during the upcoming presidential transition, according to a new Congressional Research Service study that suggests counterterrorism responses that Congress, the Bush administration and its potential successors could take," the Washington Post reports.
• "The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Sen. Pete Domenici (N.M.) Thursday for contacting a U.S. attorney in his home state during a wide-ranging corruption probe, closing an investigation that clouded the Republican's six-term Senate career," The Hill reports. "The light punishment came after the committee found 'no substantial evidence' that Domenici tried to influence attorney David Iglesias when he contacted him to inquire about the status of a 2006 investigation into corruption charges on a state Democratic official."
• "Sixty-three years after the end of World War II, an aging and dwindling group of Filipino veterans who fought alongside American forces against the Japanese is nearing victory in its long legislative battle for military benefits," the Los Angeles Times reports. "The Senate approved a measure Thursday that would expand benefits to those veterans, many of whom live in California. The House is expected to take up a similar measure before the end of the year."
• "Two senators have asked the Pentagon to reopen the investigation into Air Force officials' efforts to influence the award of a $50 million contract, urging investigators to focus on the actions of key service leaders, The Associated Press has learned. The chairman and the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee have asked the Defense Department's inspector general to determine if there were any criminal or ethical violations or failures of leadership, particularly by senior Air Force officials."
• House Minority Leader John Boehner (Ohio) "said Thursday the Colombia Free Trade Agreement would be approved if" Pelosi "allowed a vote on the pact," CongressDailyAM reports. "'I believe there is a majority of the House of Representatives that are in favor of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement,' Boehner said at a news conference with Commerce Secretary" Carlos Gutierrez, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., "and other top Republicans. 'There is no reason the most democratic institution in the history of the world shouldn't be allowed to have a vote.'"
Iraq: U.S. Discovers Iranian Weapons Caches
• "The U.S. military says it has found caches of newly made Iranian weapons in Iraq, leading senior officials to conclude Tehran is continuing to funnel armaments into Iraq despite its pledges to the contrary," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Officials in Washington and Baghdad said the purported Iranian mortars, rockets and explosives had date stamps indicating they were manufactured in the past two months."
• "Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday that the return of a Sunni political bloc that walked away from the government last year is imminent," the Washington Post reports. "The announcement followed a military campaign against Shiite militias that has buoyed Sunni politicians."
• "Iraq's government has kept thousands of dead, injured or absent policemen and soldiers on the payroll as a way to compensate or care for their families, an audit found," AP reports. "The practice is just one example of why there are no reliable numbers on how many Iraqi forces are on the job at any given time, says the report being made public" today "by Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction."
• "Iraq's former Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, and other senior officials are to be tried over the deaths of a group of merchants, officials say," BBC News reports. "The men, who served under Saddam Hussein, will appear in court on 29 April, the officials say. They include Saddam Hussein's half-brother, Watban Ibrahim al-Hassan."
Nation: FAA Reports Air Traffic Control Cover-up
• "Dallas air-traffic controllers hid dozens of safety errors that allowed planes to fly too close together, federal officials said Thursday," USA Today reports. "Air-traffic officials blamed pilots for the errors when air traffic managers were actually to blame, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said."
• "Federal officials on Thursday opened a path to temporary legal status for illegal immigrants whose spouses or parents died on 9/11, a step the families' supporters called a breakthrough in the effort to allow them to remain permanently in the United States," the New York Times reports. "Lawyers for the immigrants said a concession by Homeland Security officials would help to bring the family members out of the shadows."
• "Scores of Atlanta's law enforcement, transit and business leaders joined Mayor Shirley Franklin [D] on Thursday to urge Gov. Sonny Perdue [R] to veto a bill that would allow Georgians to carry concealed handguns onto trains and buses and into restaurants that serve alcohol," the Los Angeles Times reports.
• "Mothers from a polygamous sect described an emotional, rushed scene when they were forced from the shelter where they had been staying with their young children since the state removed them from their homes," AP reports. "Dozens of mothers were bused away from their children at the San Angelo Coliseum on Thursday after their legal efforts to stay united were rejected. Texas officials were preparing to move the last of the more than 400 children taken from the sect's ranch to group homes, shelters and residences, some hundreds of miles away, over the next few days."
• "The continued failure of Congress to approve a final version of the 2007 farm bill could adversely affect low-income families who rely on food stamps and other federal nutrition assistance as food prices continue their dramatic rise, according to food assistance and nutrition experts," the Chicago Tribune reports.
• "Spurred by visions of their cities frying in a warmer world, mayors around the nation have grasped a green solution: trees!" the Washington Post reports. "Like Johnny Appleseed, they have vowed to sow their seeds in great profusion, promising millions of new trees in the coming years. Arbor Day, that old fusty holiday, is getting a makeover."
Economy: High Energy Costs May Lead To Shut-Offs
• "Financial markets are starting to function more normally, banks are raising billions of dollars in capital, and the latest economic figures, while weak, aren't much weaker than had been expected," the Washington Post reports. "Taken together, these signs of stability make for the calmest economic period the nation has experienced in months. Now economists are grappling with whether the crisis will continue to ease, or whether this is merely the eye of the hurricane, with more big problems coming soon."
• "After struggling with soaring heating costs through the winter, millions of Americans are behind on electric and gas bills, and a record number of families could face energy shut-offs over the next two months, according to state energy officials and utilities around the country," the New York Times reports. "The escalating costs of heating oil, propane and kerosene, most commonly used in the Northeast, have posed the greatest burdens, officials say, but natural gas and electricity prices have also climbed at a time when low-end incomes are stagnant and prices have also jumped for food and gasoline."
• "A proposed $7 billion downtown Seattle project has become the latest major urban development to be scotched or delayed because of the credit crisis and a faltering economy," the Wall Street Journal reports. "Seattle's Clise family is pulling a 13-acre property for sale for at least $600 million off the market, at least temporarily. The property was intended to be the catalyst for a project that would have totaled the square footage of as many as five Empire State Buildings, putting it on the scale of London's Canary Wharf or the former World Trade Center in New York."
• Greenwich, Conn., "this wooded town of roughly 60,000 on Long Island Sound -- home to dozens of hedge funds, many millionaires and more than a few billionaires -- is one of the wealthiest enclaves in the country. But even Greenwich is not immune to the wave of home foreclosures sweeping the nation," the New York Times reports, looking at how the foreclosure crisis is hitting affluent Americans.
• "Microsoft Corp., whose Windows software dominates the personal-computer market, dropped as much as 5.7 percent in late trading after sales slumped, casting doubt on whether PC demand can hold up in a slowing economy," Bloomberg News reports. "The world's largest software maker reported a 24 percent drop in sales of Windows last quarter and forecast earnings that may miss analysts' estimates, breaking a streak of positive reports from Intel Corp. and Google Inc."
World: U.S. & Syria Spar Over Reactor
• "The Bush administration released detailed photographic images on Thursday to support its assertion that the building in Syria that Israel destroyed in an airstrike last year was a nuclear reactor constructed with years of help from North Korea," the New York Times reports. "The administration said it withheld the pictures for seven months out of fear that Syria could retaliate against Israel and start a broader war in the Middle East."
• "Syria accused the United States" today "of involvement in last year's Israeli attack on Syria that Washington said struck a suspected nuclear reactor built with North Korea's help," Reuters reports. "A Syrian statement said: 'The U.S. administration was apparently party to the execution' of the September raid by Israeli warplanes on eastern Syria. The statement did not give details. A U.S. official said on Thursday that Washington did not give Israel any 'green light' to strike the area."
• "Despite months of tension, Israel and Syria appeared Thursday to be engaged in indirect talks on the outlines of a peace accord that would include an Israeli pullout from the Golan Heights," the Los Angeles Times reports. "Direct, U.S.-brokered talks over the territory, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War, collapsed in 2000. There have been periodic peace overtures since, but the current effort is viewed as more serious because it is being mediated by Turkey, which has close relations with both countries."
• "The top American envoy to Africa declared Thursday that Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was the 'clear victor' over President Robert Mugabe in the nation's disputed election and called on other countries -- including the United States -- to help solve the deepening political and humanitarian crisis there," the New York Times reports. "The diplomat, Jendayi Frazer, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said the election results, based on projections by independent monitors, removed the rationale for any negotiated settlement that left Mr. Mugabe in charge."
• "A top Taliban leader in Pakistan with links to al-Qaeda has ordered his followers to stop attacking Pakistani forces in the country's troubled northwest region as he negotiates a deal with the new government to end months of political violence, according to Taliban and Pakistani officials," the Washington Post reports. "Baitullah Mehsud, who has been accused of masterminding the December assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, ordered the cease-fire as part of an agreement that calls for prisoner exchanges and a withdrawal of Pakistani military forces from areas near the Afghan border."
• "Acknowledging mistakes of both substance and image, President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday still vowed to accelerate his controversial program of systemic reform, arguing that France would sink in power and influence unless it changes its ways," the New York Times reports. "After a difficult and much-criticized year in power, Mr. Sarkozy answered questions on live television for an hour and 45 minutes, saying that he had been elected 'to rehabilitate work' in a country where 'salaries are too low and taxes are too high,' and 55 percent of the state budget goes to civil servants and pensions."
• "China, in an abrupt shift, announced that it will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader Beijing had accused of masterminding deadly antigovernment protests in Tibet," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports.
• "Sometime next week, a team of Chinese climbers now working its way up the Tibetan side of Mt. Everest will attempt to carry the Olympic torch to the peak's famed summit, one of the most anticipated stops on its round-the-world relay to Beijing," the Chicago Tribune reports. "Chinese authorities, intent on thwarting the kind of pro-Tibetan protests that have marred the torch's passage through cities like London, Paris and San Francisco, have closed the northern Tibetan side of the mountain to all climbing attempts this spring except their own."
• "The World Food Program appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to cope with rising food prices that have sparked protests and food riots and led to bans on food exports in dozens of countries," AP reports. "Josette Sheeran, the WFP's executive director, said the U.N. agency is facing a 40 percent increase in the cost of food and requests for food aid from countries unable to cope with the rising prices."
Campaigns: Tar Heel Equation
Hillary Rodham Clinton isn't conceding North Carolina to Barack Obama, even though he has a 3-to-1 fundraising edge over her in the state. Earlybird's Campaign News section has details.
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In Earlybird's Pundits & Editorials section, one "talented and accomplished" presidential candidate gets compared to "a homicidal cyborg from the future."


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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had an intimate evening with Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota on Sunday, inviting the tea party favorite to the mansion for dinner and an overnight stay.
Although she has yet to endorse a candidate in the rapidly heating up GOP presidential primary, Haley's backing would give any of the Republicans vying for the nomination a boost in the South Carolina primary, which comes early in the election season and has provided critical momentum for presidential hopefuls in the past.
Haley also has had positive things to say about Gov. Rick Perry, who met with her prior to announcing his run for the White House. And an excited Herman Cain, a GOP businessman in the contest, tweeted a photo of his first meeting with the governor.
Haley certainly has reason to feel the love for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose endorsement helped vault Haley from the back of the pack in the GOP gubernatorial primary last year to become the nominee. Palin has flirted with a run for president but is not officially in the race. Haley may feel pressure to hold her endorsement until Palin finalizes her decision about getting in.
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I have to say if there is any athlete I want my kid to aspire to its Federer.
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Re: I have to say if there is any athlete I want my kid to aspire to its Federer.
I love fed and I love him a lot, I think he is the Goat but to name my kid on his? No way
I would like his to make his own choice but I know he will be a fed fan or else he is moving out!!!
Jokes aside, I think all of them have a lot of good things that we can take, fed is class act on court, nole and delpo are great in defeat, Murray never give up no matter how much he got slap on the face, ferrer is a hard working men and win titles when it's clear that its more work then talent.
I will take from each of them the good parts.
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Does sound like Jennings will at the very least think of Miami among his first choices when/if he becomes a free agent.
But if Jeff Ireland low balls him, it's over.
Hopefully he respects Philbin's desire as to whether or not he wants him in his system. I would assume he does so low balling him shouldn't be an issue. Even Ireland has got to realize next season is most likely his last opportunity to put talent around Tannehill.
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Updated: 04/06/2013 1:07 PM KSTP.com By: Maricella Miranda
A missing teenager, who has autism, has been found safe in Minneapolis.
The Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension issued a crime alert after White Bear Lake police reported 18-year-old Kyle Christopher Konkler missing. The BCA cancelled the alert late Friday night.
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New Guy needs help
Hi All
Non gamer with problem.
MSI pcfx5200-vt128 updated drivers & now no post
AMI post error 8 beeps (display memory error).
Guess my card just died.
Need recommendation for a new card wth same or better functionallity.
4x/8x agp w/dual vga, tv tuner, nView and Personal Cinema.
Current system:
MSI box w/KT6 delta-LSR MS 6590 v2.0 ATX
ADM athlon XP K7 Barton 2500, 1.10 Ghz socket-a
Xerox 1Gb PC2700, 2x166 ub
AMI bios, VIA cs, Samsung SP1604N IDE 150Gb, 7200rpm
Fortron FSP400-60PNU ps - 3 fans
4xdvd,52cr cdrw
MS XP Pro, SP2
Any advice?
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i would say 6600gt too, or maybe even a 6200 if your tight on cash
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Good choices but what about the TV tuner?
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i dont know much about tv tuners so cant help you there sorry
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A standalone TV tuner card with hardware encoding would be your best bet. The Personal Cinema doesn't support it. The Hauppauge (sp?) WinTV PVR-250 from the little research I've done seems to be the card of choice among most people.
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Something Wicked This Way Comes 1983
In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk...
- Release Date:
- April 29, 1983
- Duration:
- 95 min
- Director:
- Jack Clayton
- Cast:
- Jonathan Pryce, Jason Robards, Phil Fondacaro, Diane Ladd, Royal Dano, Jack Dodson, Ellen Geer, Richard Davalos, Jake Dengel, Angelo Rossitto, Pam Grier, Arthur Hill, Jerry Maren, Peter Risch, Mary Grace Canfield, Bruce M. Fischer, Jill Carroll, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson, Brendan Klinger, James Stacy, Tim T. Clark, Tony Christopher, Sharan Lea, Scott De Roy, Sharon Ashe ...
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I was thinking and searching for this great movie, I remembered from when I was a kid. Couldn't find it... until now. Solar your the best!
A little darker magic from Disneys backpockets here folks. Not the kind of movie you want to share with children on a sundays afternoon, unless you want them to stop bothering you about going a a caroussel,; "watch that last part kids!.. You see?! Yeah Disney wouldn't lie now would he?!"
Cheers, Reall worth the watch.
This is an old movie about a carousel that changes age. I haven't watched it for a while, except I recall the following scene, where a magician is speaking with an old man, trying to offer him youth in exchange for his grandchiledren. Ooh, suspenseful!
Magician: 28, a great year. You're plenty young, and the women will like you.
Magician: No? GONE! GONE!
Magician: 30, a good year, you still have plenty of your youth. GONE!
Old Man: No!
Magician: 40. You're getting up there, but you're still retaining one last thread of your youth.
Old Man: My life....
Magician: 50! YOU ARE OLD! YOU'RE A WASTE!!! Now you will die!
:eek: Sort of weird if you ask me!
really bad.......
Here's some film ratings.
What to say about Manderlay? Writer/director Lars von Trier follows up his 2003 film, Dogville, with a continuation of the story. Sort of. Grace leaves Dogville with her gangster father, and they travel until they come upon a plantation where slavery is still in effect, even though it is now the 1930s. This time, however, Grace is played by Bryce Dallas Howard ("Spider-Man 3") instead of Nicole Kidman ("The Golden Compass"), and James Caan ("Elf") has become Willem Dafoe ("Anamorph"). Maybe I got too caught up in the compare and contrast. Maybe it had been too long since I had seen Dogville, which I enjoyed, but I just did not feel this movie. Howard's naivete drove me crazy, and I couldn't remember Kidman being so oblivious in the first film. The first hour and a half had me shaking my fist trying to figure out why everyone was behaving the way they were. But the second hour and a half were a bit more interesting examination of social, race and class structures. Like Dogville, Manderlay has minimal sets and is told in a series of chapters complete with narrator. I can't really recommend it. But if you liked Dogville, there will be something here to enjoy.
I think I am more in love with the title, the book upon which it is based, and the idea behind Something Wicked This Way Comes, than I am the movie. I read the Ray Bradbury novel last year and it was amazing. I had seen parts of this film when I was young and remembered it to be spooky, so I wanted to check it out. I was somewhat disappointed. I know that movies rarely capture the splendor of the book, but I still want it to be so. The travelling carnival that comes to town and captures the residents souls did not live up to the horror of the book. The friendship between the two main boys did not feel as tight, nor did the father/son relationship really develop. It's like a PG "Needful Things." I still enjoyed it. I was just let down.
Eyes of Laura Mars sounded really cool. A photographer, Faye Dunaway ("The Gene Generation"), suddenly begins to see through the eyes of a killer when she looks through her camera lens. Tommy Lee Jones ("No Country for Old Men") stars as the detective investigating the case. Sadly, the movie didn't live up to the description. Though it's supposed to be very tense, most of the time it isn't. The music is so cheesy, it made me laugh. And even when she's young, Dunaway seems like an old person is trapped inside her face. I did enjoy the photo shoot scenes and some of the killer's POVs were interesting. On a side note, young Tommy Lee Jones looks quite a bit like Josh Hartnett. He's even got the unibrow. Weird.
When two boys become involved in the evil plans of Mr. Dark, a magical carnival owner (Jonathan Pryce), they find themselves in danger and responsible for the survival of their entire town
(I'm starting 2008's "31 Nights of Halloween" with perhaps the most intelligent, most lyrical, most well-crafted film I'll be reviewing all month. Yes, my friends... I predict a steady slide toward horrorible madness from here on in....)
When a magical carnival arrives in an idyllic small town, two boys (Peterson and Carson) are the only ones who can save the adults from falling victim to their unfulfilled desires as turned on them by ringmaster Mr. Dark (Pryce).
Mr Halloway (Jason Robards) senses something unnatural in the air in the
adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is one of the few books I've reread every couple of years for at least the last 20 years. It was one of my favorite books as a kid and my love for it has only grown as I've gotten older. Every time I read the book, I find something new to marvel at, and Ray Bradbury's beautiful language never gets old.
You can keep your J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. "Something Wicked This Way Comes" is the only epic literary allegory for what's important in life that I need.
With a script by Ray Bradbury himself, the film adaptation of the novel captures its spirit perfectly, with Jason Robards and Jonathan Pryce being the perfect embodiments of the two key adult figures in the book--Robards as the aging father of Will Halloway who must rediscover his youthful optimism if he is to save himself and his son, and Pryce as the sinister tatooed carvival master who is set on destroying everyone in the town with their own dreams--and they manage to deliver Bradbury's poetically crafted dialogue in a way that makes it sound completely natural. The child actors playing life-long friends Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade (Vidal Peterson and Shawn Carson) who are on the cusp of entering puberty and whose friendship is feeling the strain because of it, have a harder time making the elaborate lines sound natural, but they are above average in the acting talent department so they still pull off their parts nicely.
The cinematography, set design, special effects and music soundtrack also help to bring the sensations felt when reading the novel to vibrant life on the screen. Like the book, this movie invokes alternatively a sense of nostalgia, a sense of magic, a sese of lurking dread, and feelings of stark terror as it unfolds, sometimes moving back and forth between the emotions in a fairly short space. What's more, the film does it without needing to resort to overt sexual content and gory violence. There are a number of intense scenes, but there's nothing here that you can't watch with kids older than ten or eleven. (There might be a nightmare or two on the part of particularly sensitive kids, because the film, like the book, taps directly into childhood fears, but I still think that this lyrical dark fantasy film is an experience a family can and should enjoy together.)
"Something Wicked This Way Comes" is available from Amazon.com. If you haven't seen it, you should. And you should watch it with your kids. (On a similar note, if you or your kids haven't read the book, you have missed out on a great piece of dark fantasy literature. Get your copy today by clicking here (or heading down the local library).
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Starring: Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson, Royal Dano, Pam Grier and Bruce M. Fischer
Director: Jack Clayton


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Cornwall Falmouth Surf School Accommodation
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We are a small family accommodation business running alongside our mobile surf school. We offer Cornish Cottage style accom in central Falmouth, without sharing. The town is just a short walk away (5mins) and has a number of interesting harbourside pubs. Also within walking distance of Falmouth's family freindly beaches.
FSS apartment with facilities, lounge and its own entrance, is the perfect place for surfers and beach goers looking for a weekend getaway or holiday, home away from home.
'Surf and stay' deals available.
Suitable for a couple or group of 2/4 family/friends sharing.
Bedding included.
We also offer free transport across to Porthtowan every day where we run our surf lessons. Guests receive a discount on both tuition and board/wetsuit hire.
FSS apartment has one bedroom for 4 and a sofa bed/single bed option in the lounge area, full catering facilities, lounge and its own entrance.
Suitable for couples or 2/4 family/friends sharing, the room has full size bunk beds and a double bed. Bedding and extra blankets included .Great for a short break in Falmouth, also chance to learn to surf.
Private parking can also be provided if pre-arranged.
Train - station
5 mins walking -'Falmouth Town Station'
Bus/Coach Station
Centre of Falmouth,' - The Moor'. Taxi £5, 15mins walking.
Pick-up can be pre-arranged.
Newquay Airport -25 miles away average cost of taxi £60
Pick-up can be pre- arranged by Surf bus with discount.
Follow directions for Truro, A30
A39 Falmouth Road, continue to follow A39 go thru 2 roundabouts.
At the roundabout, take 1st exit onto Woodlane Cresent.
Turn right at Woodlane close.
1 Woodlane close is the white cottage on the corner with Blue shutters.
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Season 4: DeAnna Pappas chose Jesse Csincsak and were set to wed on May 9, 2009, but the couple announced their break-up in November 2008.
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Ai Motoda came from Japan to study at Willamette University. She ended up becoming a community service superstar.
Motoda has just completed 10 months of study through Tokyo International University of America (TIUA), a partnership between Willamette University and Tokyo International University that brings Japanese students to Salem. Here, they study English and gain insights into American culture. This year, TIUA and Willamette celebrate 40 years of this unique partnership.
Motoda, a senior majoring in international relations from Saitama, Japan, came to TIUA and Willamette to improve her English skills and learn more about America. "I couldn't speak English very well before I came here," she says as she sips a cup of green tea. "In Japan, I studied English beginning in junior high school, but we never spoke it. I could write some English, but I couldn't speak it."
TIUA students like Motoda take intensive English language courses as well as other elective courses, all taught in English by TIUA and Willamette faculty. They may live in Kaneko, the TIUA site located just across the street from the main Willamette campus, or in other student housing. Being with fellow Japanese-speaking students makes the study abroad experience more comfortable for Japanese students. Being exposed to Willamette students gives them knowledge of American society and familiarity with local customs, valuable assets in an increasingly international marketplace.
Motoda says several things about American culture have surprised her. "The roads are huge here," she says with a laugh. "The food is very different too. I have gained weight. I sent my picture to my parents and they were surprised."
She has been pleasantly surprised by the open, friendly attitude of Willamette students. "In Japan, if I meet someone I don't know, I couldn't just say hello or how are you doing. In America, everyone says hi or hello. They are more friendly. I like that very much."
Motodata says she'd like to take that openness back with her when she returns to Japan. "I'm going to try it, but the culture is so different. People will be surprised."
Another thing she'll take back is a strong commitment to helping others. During her 10 months in Salem, Motoda became a veritable community service superstar, logging more than 125 volunteer hours. She's cared for abused horses at Cougar Creek Ranch, helped clean up Oregon beaches and streams, and taught school-aged children. Her involvement in community service has enabled her to share her Japanese heritage. She's tutored children in Japanese language and taught the art of origami, Japanese paper folding. Most recently, she sold onigiri, Japanese rice balls, to raise money for Hurricane Katrina relief.
"Ai always goes above and beyond when it comes to volunteering her time to help those in need," says Tori Gustaveson, International Program Assistant at TIUA.
Motoda says her study-abroad experience has been challenging, but it has dramatically increased her self-confidence. "In Japan, I didn't think positively. When I had homework, I didn't think I could do it. Now, I believe I can. If I had trouble, I'd ask my American friends or my professor for help. Being here has helped me think more positively."
She's so taken with American culture, she wants to eventually live and teach here permanently. "When I go back to Japan, I will keep studying the Japanese language. I want to be a Japanese teacher in America. I can see a different side of myself here. I like that. I see myself living in America."


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