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15/06/2007 Winner of the 2007 Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance
The winner of the inaugural Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance 2007 was announced at a reception held at the Magic Circle Headquarters in London on 13th June. The winner was:
Anybody Out There? By Marian Keyes (published by Michael Joseph)
The judges were: Comedian Jo Brand, author Joanna Trollope, actress Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson), Head Book Buyer for Tesco Gaynor Allen, and author Sophie Kinsella.
Based on criteria which Melissa drew up herself shortly before she died, the prize is open to writers of any age or gender, who have written a book first published in the UK during the calendar year 2006. This is the first time that a literary award has been established to recognise the genre of comedy romance. Its aim is to reward authors who can draw the two sections comedy and romance together in a way that is both compelling and natural.
The winner received a trophy and a cheque for £5,000.
About Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes
Publishing phenomenon Marian Keyes novel Anybody Out There? is a touching and funny account of Anna Walsh and her journey from her parents "Good Front Room" to the resumption of her life in New York where she was living with her gorgeous husband Aidan and had "The Best Job In The World. Back in Manhattan Aidan seems to have vanished, but Anna seems him everywhere walking down the street and passing by in a bus so why wont he return her calls?
Anybody Out There? tells the story of Dubliner Anna, the fourth of five Walsh sisters, the family readers have come to know and love in Marian Keyes previous books Watermelon, Rachels Holiday and Angels. We are also introduced to the life of the other Walsh sister Helen, whose job as a private investigator sees her hiding in bushes and getting caught up in the Dublin criminal underworld with hilarious consequences! One thing's for sure, when the Walsh women get together there's no telling how things will turn out
The other shortlisted books were: Barefoot in the Dark by Lynne Barrett-Lee (published by Accent Press); The Ex-Boyfriends Handbook by Matt Dunn (published by Pocket Books); The Cinderella Moment by Gemma Fox (published by HarperCollins); Making Your Mind Up by Jill Mansell (published by Headline); and The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy by Polly Williams (published by Little, Brown).
Melissa Nathans novels are both heart-warmingly romantic and very, very funny. Her books The Nanny and The Waitress were also Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers. Melissas second novel, Persuading Annie, will be re-issued by Arrow on August 2nd 2007.
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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />America's love affair with the automobile has become a cliché, often a snide one. But in the early days, there was real passion. "You know, Henry, your car lifted us out of the mud," a farmer's wife living near Rome, Georgia, wrote to Henry Ford in 1918. "It brought joy into our lives. We loved every rattle in its bones."


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Today, there are chapters of Polished Girlz around the country, including in Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore and New York City. To start a chapter, volunteers must have an adult Team Lead. The new volunteers receive a kit from Polished Girlz that includes a Caboodles carrying case, hand sanitizer, a booklet on hand washing, nail polish remover, stickers, glitters and nail polish.
Alanna is happy to finally be able to give. Her mother is often awed by her daughter's composure and compassion.
"We visited a girl in the hospital. The surgeon had been trying to get her to sit up for three days but, when they (the volunteers) came in with polish, she sat up because she wanted to see the colors," said Ragland. "The mom pulled me outside, crying."
Sometimes Alanna gets special requests for private polishing sessions, something Polished Girlz doesn't require other volunteers do. Ragland recalls a little girl named Anna who, at 10, was suffering with congestive heart failure. Ragland explained the situation to Alanna and let her make the decision to go. Alanna insisted.
As it turns out, they polished Anna and her sister.
"Anna came down with oxygen on and didn't feel well. Alanna took an hour drawing designing, polishing and putting on stickers," said Ragland, who polished the sister and also held their mother while she cried in the kitchen.
"She couldn't believe the time Alanna took with her daughter," said Ragland. "When she got finished with Anna, she left her with one of the bracelets she had made. Her sister said she wanted one too. She wanted one just like Anna. We made the bracelet that weekend and left it in the mailbox that Monday. Her mother emailed us less than a week later and said, 'I want you to know shortly after you left, Anna went into the hospital and she passed with her bracelet on and her nails done.'"
"But it really is amazing (Alanna) doesn't have that fear of working with these children," said Ragland. "She seems to have a sense of peace knowing that they are okay and not suffering."
To start Polished Girlz, Ragland used money from her salary as a nurse. Alanna's father, a real estate developer, also works for Polished Girlz along with two other volunteers who handle customer service. Business is growing so fast that Ragland said, laughing, "Alanna is going to have to start paying people."
Polished Girlz also has a board of directors and Alanna's parents make sure she attends meetings and participates in running the organization. Volunteers pay a $55 registration fee and receive a pink Caboodles carrying case, a Polished Girlz T-shirt, nail polish and other supplies.
Right now, Alanna and her volunteers regularly polish the nails of close to 1,000 kids. But after Alanna's latest TV appearance the group picked up 100 new volunteers to add to the 125 it had after and Ragland said, "I don't know how many kids we will end up doing this year."
The pre-teen shows up at walks for autism, visits several Ronald McDonald's Houses around the country, paints nails for the Sickle Cell Foundation and a growing number of other clients. When she's not volunteering, Alanna, who attends a performing arts school, is learning the latest nail polish technique, diving, playing the violin or hanging out with friends or her younger brother Jeffrey, a karate master. She has also started designing jewelry and a custom line of Polished Girlz nail polish.
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FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- The Defense Information School is scheduled to begin the first class for the Public Affairs Course for International Students on Monday.
The course is for international military and civilian personnel selected by governments of U.S. partner nations to perform public relations, media relations and community-relation functions.
"This course was created to accommodate increased requests for public affairs training from our partner nations," said Stefo Lehman, an instructor for the course. "The course is designed to meet DoD priorities by giving U.S. personnel the opportunity to train with our foreign counterparts."
DINFOS, the Department of Defense's center for public affairs and visual information training, is responsible for training members from all branches of the U.S. military, DoD civilians and international military personnel in public affairs, print journalism, photojournalism, photography, television and radio broadcasting, lithography, equipment maintenance and various forms of media.
In addition to being offered solely to international students, the five-week course will also compare and contrast U.S., NATO and U.N. approaches to military public affairs through the use of lectures, performance exercises, case studies, assigned readings, field trips and guest speakers.
The goal is to provide skills that will be transferable to the requirements of individual nations in coalition and peacekeeping operations.
Personnel from 11 countries are scheduled to attend the January course. They are: Nepal, Taiwan, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Croatia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Slovenia and Thailand.
"This new course is a natural step in our continual pursuit of providing high-quality education and serving as DoD's premier center for public affairs and visual information," Lehman said.
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Blackstone MortgageDividend Yield: 6.70% Blackstone Mortgage (NYSE: BXMT) shares currently have a dividend yield of 6.70%. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., a real estate finance company, primarily focuses on originating mortgage loans backed by commercial real estate assets. The company operates through Loan Origination and CT Legacy Portfolio segments. The company has a P/E ratio of 36.30. The average volume for Blackstone Mortgage has been 453,000 shares per day over the past 30 days. Blackstone Mortgage has a market cap of $1.1 billion and is part of the real estate industry. Shares are up 6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. TheStreet Ratings rates Blackstone Mortgage as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, good cash flow from operations and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- BXMT's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 6.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 284.2%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 394.96% to $14.25 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TR INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 10.91%.
- The gross profit margin for BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TR INC is currently very high, coming in at 70.67%. Despite the high profit margin, it has decreased significantly from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, BXMT's net profit margin of 26.37% compares favorably to the industry average.
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 93.3% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $105.19 million to $7.08 million.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TR INC underperformed against that of the industry average and is significantly less than that of the S&P 500.
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Interesting thing I found tonight in Google's (GOOG) correlate tool regarding the iPad. I discovered that the word "ipaf" is the most highly correlated search term in Google, far and above any other search term.
Of course, it doesn't take long to realize what's going on here with the "ipaf" search. Obviously people are meaning to type in the keyword iPad but accidentally hit the "f" key instead of the "d" key.
Easy enough to do since they are right next to each other, especially if they people typing in the term ipad is typing with only one finger – the ipaf typo would be easy enough to generate accidentally. So have you ever typed "ipaf" instead of "ipad" in Google search?
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Who Were Those Masked Men?
And other mysteries of Eyes Wide Shut and the rest of this summer's movies.
Here is a sampling of improbable movie moments from the summer of 1999: A young man takes a sudden notion to hump an apple pie; a gargantuan crocodile inexplicably migrates from its tropical habitat to set up shop in a frigid Maine lake; a trio of doomed documentarians, being stalked in the woods by a furry witch, never stops filming and videotaping themselves even as they are supposedly jumping out of their skins with terror; the search for an Alzheimer's cure leads to the inadvertent creation of oversized mako sharks with brains so enhanced they are able to apply the principles of hydraulic engineering to their deadly advantage, to say nothing of operating commercial kitchen equipment.
All these scenes have earned their place in the annals of inanity, but nothing in American Pie, Lake Placid, The Blair Witch Project, or Deep Blue Sea could rival an early scene in Eyes Wide Shut where a silver-haired Hungarian smoothie dancing with Nicole Kidman purrs into her ear, "I'm delighted to meet you, Alice. Did you ever read the Latin poet Ovid on the art of love?"
The chances of meeting a sophisticated Upper West Side woman in New York who would fall for a line like that are about as remote as encountering a singing possum in your basement, but Kidman's character continues to flirt with this loser during the longest and most excruciating dance scene in movie history. OK, OK, she is drunk, having just chug-a-lugged a glass of champagne off a waiter's tray, but why is she drunk? There is no motivation behind her furious determination to get soused at this party; in fact, Eyes Wide Shut seems to exist in a motivation-free environment all its own.
Even though critics have been chewing on Eyes Wide Shut for weeks, its reality problems are so severe that I have decided to call myself in as a specialist. Let me state at the outset that I am not one to deny a master such as Stanley Kubrick all the logical wiggle room he needs (never once have I complained about the majestic incomprehensibility of 2001: A Space Odyssey), and I am perfectly aware that there is a case to be made that Eyes Wide Shut is a masterpiece of dreamy and purposeful distortion. But after sitting through it twice, I must report that the stronger case is that it's just a really dumb movie.
The longest stretch of Eyes Wide Shut features Dr. Bill Harford (Tom Cruise) on an endless nocturnal prowl, perturbed by his wife's needling confession that she once had a sexual fantasy about a naval officer she saw in a hotel lobby. Walking the lonely streets of not-quite-New York (the movie was filmed in London), Harford is accosted by a gang of yahoos who harass him for being a "faggot." Huh? There's no discernible reason why they should suspect him of, as they put it, "playing for the pink team." Certainly the snugglesome prostitute he encounters on the next block has no such impression when she invites him into her charmingly messy apartment. "Don't worry," she says, "I don't keep track of the time"--a singularly carefree strategy for a volume business.
B ut it's what happens to Harford after he leaves the prostitute's apartment that forms the bewildering centerpiece of Eyes Wide Shut. A former medical school classmate-turned-lounge pianist tips him off to an exclusive orgy, one that requires a password and must be attended in tuxedo, hooded cape, and carnival mask. Harford procures these items from the proprietor of a surreal costume shop and then takes a cab to a wooded estate. Upon uttering the password his friend has revealed to him, he is escorted into a mansion where some sort of high priest dressed in red is swinging incense and rapping a staff on the marble floor as lugubrious choral music drones on in the background. The priest is surrounded by a circle of masked women, who, upon his command, doff their cloaks, kneel reverentially for a while longer in their G-strings, and then are sent off one by one. Their sacred mission: to get it on with the male party-goers, all of whom are still wrapped in their own cloaks and whose faces are hidden under studiously grotesque masks.
"You don't belong here," one of these altar girls says as she takes Harford's arm. How does she know? Later in the movie it will be revealed that this woman has met Harford before, when he treated her for a drug overdose at the same party where his wife was dancing with the Hungarian wolf. But how does she recognize him here? In his mask and hood he's indistinguishable from everyone else in the room.
"You are in great danger," she persists as he escorts her down a hallway. When he asks why she is telling him this, she responds, "It doesn't matter," and when he asks who she is she says, "You don't want to know."
Soon this unknown woman is called away on other business, and Harford wanders alone through the many rooms of the mansion, observing an orgy as elaborate and stylized as the mating dance of the Attwater prairie chicken. Begowned men escort slinky naked women down endless hallways, with weary disinterest they observe isolated tableaux of coupling humans and, when their frenzy reaches a crescendo, they engage in joyless ballroom dancing. Danger, indeed, seems to lurk in every corner.
Then Harford is found to be an interloper. Unmasked at an impromptu tribunal, he is ordered to take off his clothes.


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Transit A to CDec 18, 20140Hi there, I'm travelling in from Toronto landing at terminal A (Air Canada) I am having to transfer to terminal C to fly to Glasgow (United) What is the best way of doing this terminal change - Train or Bus? Do I need to clear security and customs to do this transit? Where does the bus/train leave from? Thanks for your help in advanceR&CThu, Dec 18
time to change planesDec 19, 20142Im traveling from London to Panama in a connecting United flight. just have 85 minutes to do everything: Customs, Passport. change terminal. No bags to pick or recheck What do you think, am I going to make it.gmapinzonFri, Nov 21
Travelling Delhi to OrlandoNov 16, 20141My family is Travelling from Delhi to Orlando with united. I believe their immigration will be at EWR. Wats the transfer process . Do they collect their bags 1st n then do immigration or vice versa. Will they again have to recheck their bags at counter n do security again . How far are the gates of arrival n departure. Would they need to take a tram ? ThanksVasundhrSun, Nov 16At EWR, United uses Terminals B & C (TB, TC) for its international flights - both terminals have their own customs procedures (go through passport check, retrieve checked bags, go through customs clearance and - if transferring to another flight - re-check-in bag). United uses for its departures TC (United Express uses both TA & TC). After baggage re-check-in, she needs to take the AirTrain (follow signs) to TC - but needs to go through security check before proceeding to the connecting C gate.sunov14Sun, Nov 16
Which is the best to take shuttle or air train from terminal c to aOct 6, 20141I'm flying in from Ireland and I'm nervous that I will miss my connecting flight***Mon, Oct 6
Connecting flights within terminal CSep 20, 20143I have booked a flight from Birmingham to Orlando, with a connection through Newark. I am flying on one ticket. The time between flights is 1hr 15 mins will I make it?! My travel advisor in the UK told me that it is sold through United Airlines and is definitely do-able. Help!JayneSat, Sep 20EDIT hi this is the return journey part of my holiday. Orlando international to Newark lands and I have just over an hour to catch my Newark to Birmingham flight.... Is there enough time??JayneSat, Sep 20On the return trip it will be very doable as you do not go through US Customs or immigration when you leave the US - you will just have to go from your arrival gate to your departure gate in EWR.ZAPSat, Sep 20
check inSep 16, 201411) I am arriving from Nashville at 10.15pm and taking a connecting flight the NEXT MORNING for Punta Cana at 9.05am. My question is : can I check my luggage from Nashville to Punta Cana or do I have to pick it upon arrival in EWR? and then check in again? 2) What is the time limit to check in for the flight to Punta Cana? 3) The same question as 1) but will be arriving IAD from Punta Cana in the evening a week later and then flying to Geneva Switzerland the following afternoonICECEAMTue, Sep 16I believe you will have to pick up your baggage in Newark. You should aim to check in for your Punta Cana flight 90 minutes before scheduled departure, so 7:35. On your way back, you will go through US Immigration and Customs when you arrive in IAD. You will have to claim your baggage anyway on that trip in order to go through US Immigration. They won't allow you to re-check your bags almost an entire day before your next flight.ZAPTue, Sep 16
terminalsSep 5, 20141flying in from belfast then on to orlando. do we need to change terminals and if so what is distane and time it takes. thank youjkwFri, Sep 5You may arrive in Terminal B or Terminal C. In either case, in Newark you will go through US Immigration, collect your baggage, go through US Customs, and then re-check your bags with United. Then if you arrived in Terminal B you will have to take the Airtrain to Terminal C. Then you will go through security and to your departure gate to orlando.ZAPFri, Sep 5
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Never flew into EWR before!Aug 19, 20141I am flying into EWR on Sat. 23rd at 4:09 pm (United out of MCO) I will be flying out at 7:00 pm Lufthansa for Dublin. I have never used Newark before, what are the suggested procedures? Bag pick-up? customs? Time? Terminals?GGTue, Aug 19you do not go through Customs when leaving the US nor will you have to do anything with your bags in EWR. Also, Lufhtansa does not fly from Newark to Dublin, so that flight will be on United as well. All you have to do is go from your arrival gate to your departure gate, which will both be in Terminal C. You should have plenty of time.ZAPTue, Aug 19
Terminal A ArrivalsJul 12, 20141I will be arriving at Terminal A on Air Canada with 2 small children and a bunch of luggage (car seats etc). I will have cleared US Immigration in Canada. I was told that I have to pick up all my baggage first and then proceed through a set of doors to meet my car service. Is this true? Can they get into the baggage area and assist me?MMThu, Jul 10Terminal A is a domestic terminal - on arrival at the gates, therefore after deplaning, proceed to the Arrivals /ground level where you should be met by your taxi driver holding up a sign with your name (if you pre-ordered a taxi). Otherwise, look for Skycaps & if you can't see one proceed to the nearby information counter asking for assistance.sajul14Sat, Jul 12
Meet arriving passengers terminal C?Jul 9, 20142My flight arrives at terminal A, my friend arrives at Terminal C... Will I need to pick up my baggage first and can I meet him inside the terminal c?ALEVMWed, Jul 9Yes, you should pick up your baggage first. Yes, you can meet him in the baggage Claim or Terminal C. The AirTrain connects the terminals outside security.ZAPWed, Jul 9
SAS arrival to American Airlines domestic flightJul 7, 20142I will be arriving on SAS and will need to go American Airlines flight to Chicago. I have 3 hrs. and 20 minutes total. what is the best way to procede?hansoincMon, Jul 7You will arrive in Terminal B where you will go through US Immigration, claim your bags, and go through US Customs. If you purchased your tickets together then you can re-check your bags at the re-check desk and then take the AirTrain to Terminal A where you will go through security and to your departure gate. If you purchased tickets separately, bring your bags with you to Terminal A where you will have to check them at the American Airlines counter and pay a checked bag fee. You should have enough time to make your transfer.ZAPMon, Jul 7
Can non-traveller go to upto Delta gate TERMINAL B to assist travelerJun 26, 20143Hi, I would like to know whether a non-traveller can assist a senior person to board the flight and can go along with traveller upto boarding gate and once traveler (senior person) boards the flight then non-traveller can comeout from the airport(ewr). This is for Delta gate TERMINAL B to assist traveler who is more than 65yrs.smkThu, Jun 26You probably can. You will have to go to the Delta check-in counter with this senior person you are accompanying and ask for it.ZAPThu, Jun 26
Immigration and customer clearance ?Jun 22, 20142Hello. My mother in law will be traveling to St. Louis from New Delhi, india. She has a connecting flight (both united) at ewr. Will she be clearing immigration and customs at ewr? What will be the procedure? Will she be claiming her baggage there? If yes, how much time will the whole process take?SkSat, Jun 21At EWR, your party may arrive at either Terminal B or C - both are used by United for international arrivals. While United Express uses domestic terminal A, United Airways uses Terminal C for domestic flights also. For Terminal, International Arrivals procedure, transfer options, I suggest you open www.ifly.com/ewr, then click on 'Terminal Map' under 'QUICK LINKS', and scroll down to the detailed text.sujun14Sun, Jun 22She will arrive in B or C, go through US Immigration, claim her bags, go through US Customs, and then re-check her bags with United. Then she will take the Airtrain to her departure terminal (if she doesn't both arrive and depart from C), she may depart from A or C. Then she will go through security and to her gate. Minimum time allowed between an international and domestic flight at EWR is 90 minutes.ZAPSun, Jun 22


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Wildlife—$16,640,868 Worked toward ensuring wildlife populations are in harmony with habitat and human enjoyment. Managed more than 525,000 acres of public land and implemented programs to maintain and restore natural communities and wildlife diversity across Missouri's landscape.
Outreach and Education—$15,412,405 Sustained and nourished Missourians' connection to the outdoors through more than 1 million visitors to conservation nature centers and shooting-range/outdoor-education centers, nearly 500,000 subscribers to the Missouri Conservationist magazine, web-based information, grants to schools exceeding $202,000, conservation curriculums for schools, outdoor skills programs and hunter education.
Private Land Services—$8,992,253 Helped private landowners to achieve long-term conservation of natural resources and their land-use objectives. Delivered nearly $1.2 million in cost-share funds to private landowners; provided on-site technical assistance to 10,602 private landowners; improved habitat for quail and grassland songbirds on more than 27,000 acres of private land; helped landowners enroll almost 2,415 acres into the Wetland Reserve Program; and assisted 5,025 private landowners in controlling nuisance wildlife.
Protection—$13,879,942 Paid for law enforcement in every county as well as resource management, information, education and public service contact activities conducted by 167 conservation agents who directly contacted more than 675,000 people. Coordinated the Share the Harvest Program where more than 5,500 deer hunters donated more than 260,000 pounds of venison to less fortunate Missourians. Conservation agents, along with 1,788 volunteer instructors, conducted 968 hunter education classes, certifying 25,288 students.
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Regional Public Contact Offices—$3,199,101 Provided regional public contact offices.
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Burkina Faso's Health Minister Pierre Tapsoba said on Wednesday that an agreement had been reached between Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithkline and Merck Sharp and Dome to lower the price of antiretroviral drugs by up to 96 percent. Tapsoba stressed that despite the drop in price, the average person in the country would still not be able to afford the drugs. Burkina Faso follows the Ivory Coast as the West African country most affected by HIV/AIDS with 7.7 percent of the population HIV-positive.
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Tuvalu Calls On SPC For Continued Food Security Aid
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Nov. 15, 2012) – A senior government official from Tuvalu has asked the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to continue providing assistance to enhance the country's food security.
Last year's drought had a severe impact on Tuvalu's ability to grow fruit and vegetables, while some of the atolls are already experiencing saltwater intrusion.
A senior official in the Tuvalu Prime Minister's office, Temate Melitiana, has told the annual meeting of the SPC's governing body in Noumea that Tuvalu values the regional body's help.
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This year plants such as banana, cassava, swamp taro, sweet potato, taro and yam have been sent to 18 Pacific Island countries and territories from the SPC's so called climate ready collection.
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By David A. Kostival
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When you think of a home valued between $1 million and $2 million, you probably picture properties on the Main Line in Philadelphia or homes in the suburbs surrounding New York City.
But million-dollar homes do exist in Berks County; you just have to look for them.
Mike Chaknos, broker and owner of Century 21 Park Road Real Estate, said million-dollar homes are not commonplace in Berks.
They are scattered across the county, but the majority are in Wyomissing and Spring, Cumru and Exeter townships — in that order, Chaknos said.
It seems the old Realtor adage of location, location, location really does come into play when valuing a home at $1 million.
Chaknos said there used to be two ways to value a million-dollar home.
"The first was reproductive cost analysis — that is, what it would cost to rebuild a home in the current market," Chaknos said. "Not many appraisers use that today because there is not a strong record of new construction. That method is all but abandoned."
Chaknos said the only true method is the comparative sales approach: comparing sale prices of similar homes in the area.
Dean Ramich, immediate past president of the Berks County Home Builders Association, said location doesn't come into play so much when you are talking about the new construction of a high-end house.
"The location of the home is never the driving factor in cost," Ramich said. "It is all about design and details. When you are building a high-end home, it may be nothing to spend $100,000 on cabinetry and then maybe $70,000 just on tile. Those line items add up quickly."
But you won't find too many Berks County builders constructing million-dollar homes right now, Ramich said.
"The feeling I get is the same as what the economists are saying on the news: Companies are keeping their money close at hand right now," he said. "The people making the decisions for those companies are the ones in the market for the million-dollar homes, and they are also keeping their money to themselves."
Allen D. Henn, founder and owner of Elite Home Builders, Leesport, agreed.
"The market for high-end homes has certainly gotten to be difficult because houses which were previously over the $1 million mark are today teetering in the $800,000 range," Henn said. "The McMansions have gotten smaller. … Today, the market for high-end homes falls between $450,000 and $800,000."
Nonetheless, Henn's company is working on two homes valued at greater than $1 million.
"We've been fortunate during this tough period," Henn said. "We still have successful professionals moving in from out of town who are looking for us to build them a house."
Even though location doesn't play a big role for new construction, Henn said there is no such thing as a typical million-dollar house.
"It's difficult to say what a million-dollar home looks like because the buyer is basically tailoring the internals of the house to their own needs," he said. "But most are stone and stucco, and on the inside you will find $100,000 kitchens and expensive floor coverings."
Henn said common external features usually include a long driveway and stone retaining walls.
Both Henn and Ramich said any builder constructing a home valued at $1 million is doing so for an existing customer.
"Building a home and then 'spec-ing' it at $1 million would probably be a difficult sell," Henn said.
Chaknos said that's not necessarily the case for existing houses.
"It's a very interesting market because it is unique for our area," Chaknos said. "The values are very attractive and the money is cheap. You can buy a million-dollar home for the same monthly amount that you previously paid for a $750,000 home."
And, he added, "It's not a dead market because there are buyers out there."
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If you buy a $1.25 million home and you put 20 percent, or $250,000, down, a 30-year fixed loan at 5 percent interest on $1 million would equal a monthly mortgage payment of $5,370 plus property taxes.
Also, interest rates on million-dollar loans are higher than the market rates for properties under $417,000. Those loans are known as conforming loans, while loans greater than $417,000 are known as jumbo loans and require higher interest.
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What does $1 million buy?
Here's a sampling of some of the high-end homes on the market now. Some offer lots of land.
Some have a ton of space. All have owners hoping to find a buyer.
Location: Red Corner Road, Douglassville.
What it costs: $1.96 million.
2011 property tax: $27,333.
What it has: 37.39 acres; 6,843 square feet; six bedrooms and six baths.
Location: Washington Street, Birdsboro.
What it costs: $1.9 million.
2011 property tax: $16,394.
What it has: 3 acres; 16,394 square feet; 19 bedrooms and 11 baths.
Location: Grandview Boulevard, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.35 million.
2011 property tax: Records not available.
What it has: 3.14 acres; 11,227 square feet; eight bedrooms and seven baths.
Location: Reading Boulevard, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.3 million.
2011 property tax: $33,919.
What it has: 2.98 acres; 8,397 square feet; seven bedrooms and six baths.
Location: Lauers Lane, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.299 million.
2011 property tax: $28,334.
What it has: 2.64 acres; 6,184 square feet; five bedrooms and four baths.
Location: Museum Road, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.295 million.
2011 property tax: $23,827.
What it has: 1.67 acres; 6,264 square feet; five bedrooms and six baths.
Location: Cross Keys Road, Bern Township.
What it costs: $1.2 million.
2011 property tax: $12,842.
What it has: 18.13 acres; 5,518 square feet; four bedrooms and five baths.
Location: Livingstone Drive, Birdsboro.
What it costs: $1.1 million.
2011 property tax: Records not available.
What it has: 14 acres; 3,500 square feet; four bedrooms and four baths.
Location: Reading Boulevard, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.075 million.
2011 property tax: Records not available.
What you get: 0.53 acres; 6,565 square feet; four bedrooms and five baths.
Location: Reading Boulevard, Wyomissing.
What it costs: $1.05 million.
2011 property tax: $15,769.
What you get: 0.29 acres; 5,658 square feet; five bedrooms and six baths.
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The day has come. My son is 21! I can't believe it. I'm proud of the "man" he has become. He's come a long way since he graduated from high school. He's learned A LOT about life and some of it has been hard, but it's made him a smarter pers... Read more
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My revised weight loss goal - 30 lbs. gone forever by Labor Day.
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I am so thankful. I held my own with dad and it seems to be working. I know it's early, but the last few days have been good. He walked to mom's room last night to visit. He hasn't done that in three months. I had to wheelchair him down bec... Read more
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In a recent article from QSR Magazine, originally written by Blair Chancey, a list was compiled of realistic ways to save thousands of dollars as a food service operator. In part two, we'll explore the second set of five easy ways for you to reduce costs.
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The old (and costly) way to create a schedule was for a manager to sit down with a pen and paper, maybe an Excel spread sheet, and labor for hours developing a plan for the week. Online scheduling programs can put an end to that and save operators about four hours a day in labor costs. Online products like Schedulefly allow employees to submit time-off requests online so that when the manager creates the schedule only available employees are able to be selected. Because the system is completely automated online, employees can access their schedules and time changes through e-mail, text message, and Facebook.
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Keeping a store clean is essential to keeping repeat business. But how operators achieve that cleanliness may be costing them big bucks. Purchasing ready-to-use cleaning supplies like Windex, Mop n Glo, and Clorox is considerably more expensive than using products that can be diluted. For example, Cintas' dilution rate is 1:256, which saves on average $13.55 each time new cleaning supplies have to be purchased. In addition, JohnsonDiversey, a chemical solutions company, found that on average employees use three times the suggested amount of soap and detergent when washing dishes. Using a dosing or dispensing system can cut down on overuse and save operators up to 80 percent in freight costs.
8. Tax Credits
On May 25, 2007, President Bush signed into law the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, which gives tax credits to employers who hire specific groups of people. The quick-serve industry has a 23 percent employee eligibility rate, higher than any other restaurant or retail segment, but operators rarely take advantage of it.
The employees who enable operators to collect tax credits include crew members on federal welfare (or member of a family receiving welfare), those belonging to a tribe, and disabled veterans. Work Opportunity Tax Credits can even be used to offset the Alternative Minimum Tax, contrary to what most companies think. In addition, JobApp CEO Blake Helppie says operators often don't know about tax credits associated with hiring individuals living in counties affected by Hurricane Katrina.
9. Sourcing
Some cost-saving tips save operators time, others save them money. KlickKitchen, however, allows operators to save both. The food sourcing Web site not only streamlines the food-ordering process, it also pits vendors against each other—bidding for operators' business.
The technology works like this: Each online user is given a virtual clipboard that is populated by the available inventory of more than 23,000 items or manual entry. At that point, operators can either send out their food requests and let the bidding begin or instantly contact vendors to get a price quote. And because there is a paper trail on the Web site, confusion and inaccuracies are avoided.
The Web site has a $300 initial setup fee and a $1-a-day membership fee. KlickKitchen CEO Jordan Glaser estimates ROI is about 2–3 weeks.
10. Injuries
It's good for operators to know about ways to reduce workman's comp insurance, but what might be even better is cutting out the claim altogether. When an employee is injured at a restaurant, 40.7 percent of the time he or she can return to work without seeking off-site care, according to Medcor, an outsourced health service.
Medcor provides a 24/7 toll-free injury triage service so the employee can speak one-on-one with a nurse. If the injury is minor, the nurse will guide the employee through first aid steps. If the employee needs additional care, the nurse will provide him or her with employer-specific information about how to receive the appropriate level of care—avoiding unnecessary ER visits or out-of-network treatment. Additional savings include reduced legal fees, improved staff productivity, and discounted fees from preferred clinics.
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People who are looking for easy money might think they'll get it at machines that look like ATMs that recycle cell phones and give you cash in return.
It sounds like a "green" plan that might net you some bucks.
But law enforcement officers say you might not be the only person thinking about getting cash from your phone. A thief might be thinking about your phone that way too.
That's what happened to a Cleveland woman on a recent Friday night. She and her friend were leaving a busy Lee Road restaurant in Cleveland Heights when they were confronted by two men who tried to grab their purses. The women fought them off until one of the men pulled out a gun, and, as the woman described it, "He racked the chamber."
They handed over their bags.
"I was shaking with rage," said the Cleveland woman, who asked that her name not be used. She called Cleveland Heights police, and, within hours, they found the two women's handbags, dumped -- with their wallets intact.
The only thing missing from their purses were their iPhones.
"The police told us there actually is a great market for these phones that is, in fact, encouraged by the electronic kiosks that are in malls where people can just take a phone -- whether it's theirs or somebody else's -- and put the phone into the kiosk and make money. I had no idea this was happening."
North Olmsted Prosecutor Mike Gordillo knows about it -- because there is such a kiosk at the Great Northern Mall.
"My opinion is these things are vending machines for thieves," he says. "It really encourages the criminal here."
The kiosks are owned by the San Diego-based company ecoATM, which bills the machines as an environmentally friendly way for people to recycle their phones -- and unless they are old models, like flip phones, get some money back in the process.
The machines accept not only cell phones, but iPods, iPads and other tablets.
College students Kevin Nass and Matthew Hamman had never seen a phone-for-cash machine until they encountered the one at Great Northern.
"It's probably an easy way to get rid of phones if they were to take one," Nass said of thieves.
And Hamman, a student at Cleveland State University, says he knows that's happening. The university frequently sends out email alerts to students warning them to be careful when they are walking around campus with their phones out. Because iPhones are such desirable targets, Hamman says the practice of thieves grabbing them has become known as "Apple-picking."
He and Nass were not impressed with the money the ecoATM was offering for the models of cell phones they owned. Both said they would do better using a service like Craigslist.
Some shoppers in North Olmsted weren't aware of the cell phone kiosk.
"Now what they're promoting are people to go steal phones, so they can get some cash out of it," said Fidaa Lahoud.
Dustin Hannah noted that the holiday shopping season might also trigger an increase in cell phone thefts.
"I mean, people are kind of desperate, especially at this time of year," he said.
Kissie Hoffman said she didn't know about the mall kiosk but thought it was a bad idea.
"I don't think that's advisable," she said. "I don't think that is something they should have over there."
EcoATM says it works very hard to deter theft and has put a number of security measures in place at the kiosks. People who use them must provide a driver's license and a thumb print -- and they get their photo taken, which would provide a record, should law enforcement authorities need it. The company also recently hired Max Santiago, former deputy commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, as its director of law enforcement relations.
But not everyone believes that ecoATM's measures are sufficient.
As the Cleveland woman who faced down an armed robber said: "Cell phone goes in, money comes out. Incredible. It's an electronic fence."
City councils in at least two cities -- Riverside, Calif., and Baltimore -- have outlawed the cell phone kiosks.


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- "She's commanded men. She's killed men. And she knows who she is."
- ―Balon Greyjoy on his daughter Yara Greyjoy
Princess Yara Greyjoy is a recurring character in the second season. She is played by guest star Gemma Whelan and debuts in "The Night Lands." Yara Greyjoy is ironborn, Theon Greyjoy's elder sister and his only surviving sibling. Yara was raised at the House Greyjoy stronghold of Pyke. She is a fierce warrior and commands her own longship.
Yara is the only daughter of Lord Balon and his wife, Lady Alannys of House Harlaw. Balon is the head of House Greyjoy and the Lord of the Iron Islands. The Iron Islands are one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Greyjoy is one of the Great Houses of the realm. House Greyjoy rules the region from their seat at Pyke and Balon also holds the title Lord Reaper of Pyke.
Yara was born and raised at Pyke. She was Balon and Alannys's third child after Rodrik and Maron. She also has a younger brother, Theon. Eight years before the start of the series, Balon rose in rebellion against the Iron Throne and was defeated in a bloody war. Balon's elder two sons were killed and Theon was taken by Lord Eddard Stark as a hostage for Balon's good behavior and obedience.[1] Yara has remained on the Iron Islands and has become a reaver in her own right, which is unusual for women on the isles. She is a fierce warrior and commands her own longship, to the disquiet of some of the ironborn who hold that women should not fight or command men in battle.[2]
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- Main: Yara Greyjoy Season 2
Theon returns to Pyke as an envoy from King Robb Stark. Yara rides out to greet him, posing as a commoner to get the measure of her brother. He does not recognize her and is relentless in attempting to seduce her. He presents Robb's suggested alliance to their father, Balon Greyjoy. Balon roundly rejects the terms, insisting that he is Ironborn and will seize his crown. He compares Theon unfavourably to Yara, revealing her identity. He says that Yara will lead his assault.[3] Balon details a plan to attack the poorly defended north while Robb is distracted by his war with House Lannister. Yara is assigned thirty ships to seize Deepwood Motte while Theon is given a single ship to raid the Stony Shore. Theon is baptised by a Drowned Priest on the shores of Pyke in a show of loyalty to his blood relatives. Balon and Yara watch as he proclaims his faith in the Drowned God.[4]
Yara assembles her ships at Red Harbor. She rides to Lordsport to reach her fleet and encounters Theon struggling to command his unruly crew. She seizes the opportunity to mock him again.[5] Yara's force takes Deepwood Motte as planned. Theon ignores his orders and captures Winterfell by luring the garrison out to defend Torrhen's Square. He writes to Yara to request reinforcements to hold the castle.[6] She later hears that he has executed Bran Stark and Rickon Stark for attempting to escape captivity. She rides to Winterfell with just 20 men and tries to convince Theon to return home with her. She warns that the entire north wants him dead and appeals to him as her brother not to die so far from the sea but cannot convince him.[7]
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
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|Balon Greyjoy
|Alannys Greyjoy
née Harlaw
|Euron Greyjoy
|Victarion Greyjoy
|Aeron Greyjoy
|Rodrik Greyjoy
|Maron Greyjoy
|Theon Greyjoy
In the books
In the books Yara is called Asha Greyjoy, but her name was changed in the TV series; possibly to prevent confusion with Osha the Wildling. Ironically, as the daughter of a Great House and one of Balon Greyjoy's only two surviving children, Asha Greyjoy is actually a much more prominent character than Osha the Wildling; thus it is curious why they changed Asha's name and not the other way around. It is probably because Osha was already introduced in Season 1, and the similarity with Asha Greyjoy's name wasn't realized until production on Season 2 began.
See also
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Greyjoy - Balon Greyjoy entry
- ↑ HBO viewers guide, season 2 guide to houses, House Greyjoy - Yara Greyjoy entry
- ↑ "The Night Lands"
- ↑ "What is Dead May Never Die"
- ↑ "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
- ↑ "The Old Gods and the New"
- ↑ "The Prince of Winterfell"
|King Balon Greyjoy
|Princess Yara Greyjoy/Prince Theon Greyjoy (disputed)
|Pyke, Pyke
|The Iron Islands
|King of the Iron Islands · Lord Reaper of Pyke · King of Salt and Rock · Son of the Sea Wind · Lord of the Iron Islands
|The Grey King · Vickon Greyjoy
|Current members:
|Aeron Greyjoy · Queen Alannys Greyjoy · Euron Greyjoy · Victarion Greyjoy
|Deceased members:
|Rodrik Greyjoy · Maron Greyjoy
|{Dagmer} · {Lorren} · {Drennan} · {Gelmarr} · {Stygg} · {Aggar} · {Wex} · {Urzen}


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Fantastic game that puts the "strategy" in RTSWinTurkey | June 8, 2013 | Review of Wargame Airland Battle - PC
Nowadays when people think RTS they think Starcraft or Company of Heroes, games which rely heavily on APM (actions per minute) and rote-learning build orders for maximum efficiency. Wargame doesn't do that, it doesn't demand fast reflexes or min-maxing construction, it requires you to understand unit synergy, positioning and cooperation with your team. At the same time this isn't a simulator, concessions have been made to make gameplay more fun. Like the name suggests, Wargame is best described as a virtual miniature war game, giving you the best of tabletop hills and painted tank models without the high price or extremely slow paced. The developers themselves are a dedicated bunch, releasing patches on a near-daily basis and listening to community feedback. The previous game, European Escalation, received several packs of free DLC, I expect the same to be with Airland Battle. The only letdown is the singleplayer component. While the AI is competent enough it cannot rival a human player, the campaign while fun against another person isn't entertaining enough solo. This is a multiplayer game first and foremost, if the idea of fighting 10v10 battles across the sweeping hills of Scandinavia using authentic ColD War weaponry appeals to you then jump right in without hesitation.


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Months ago – it seems like a lifetime ago – I decided that I would only take nine months of maternity leave. A month prior to my son, Ieuan's birth, I left my job as a teacher and I fully expected that eight months later, I would return. I'm an American living in Britain. Here, I can take up to a year of maternity leave, the first six months of it at least partially paid.
Nine months seemed like an eternity to me. Far long enough to bond with my son, establish our routines and then return to a job that I love. At the time, I wrote on Momformation – with a confidence I can only call ridiculous now – "I have the option to change my mind. It just so happens, I don't think I will." I like how I threw that bit in at the end; I didn't say "I won't change my mind," instead, I said the far more wishy-washy "I don't think I will."
My son is six months old. That fateful sentence was written months ago. Today, I am having some serious, bank-emptying, debt-rising, how-can-I-be-without-my-baby-even-for-one-afternoon thoughts about the end of my maternity leave.
The date, once an eon away, looms ever closer. It leers at me and mocks my independence.
Actually, the date is still three months away. For most Americans mamas, three months is their maternity leave, not the tail end of it. Despite having established that I'm already granted six months longer than my American counterparts, I want to squeeze out just a little bit more.*
The other night I gingerly approached my husband. He may be the perfect Papa, but our bank account balance and credit card statements don't trade in "nice guy" currency.
I laid it all out for him. My regret. How precious this time was.
He shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "Knock yourself out," he said, before a mild panic rippled across his face. "When you say, 'a bit longer' what we talking here?"
This time I shrugged, "A couple of months?"
He exhaled a long breath, "Well, as long as it's not a couple of years…"
With his approval, I contacted my school to make the initial inquiries, but I haven't made up my mind 100% yet. If we do this, it will cost a lot of money. I have to consider whether maternity leave regret is worth thousands in debt.
Do you have maternity leave regret?
You can read more from Stacie at Mama Lewis and the Amazing Adventures of the Half-Brained Baby.
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*This is a generalization on my part. Readers below have pointed out that many mamas get even less, or more depending on job and location.


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NotableM, Joyce W. and Sean did a good job of trying to stave off the Fairy Food Post, but somebody, not mentioning any names, was still a teeny bit grumpy. Too bad for the rest of you, but you know who you have to blame.
Now to the fairy food. It's the stuff, as you may remember from childhood fairy tales, that tastes delicious but bad things happen when you eat it, or at best it's so insubstantial that it disappears at inappropriate moments.
What am I thinking about? ...
Nabisco Sugar Wafers.
Our vending machine at work sells a package of them that tempts me every time I walk by. I have no idea why. If I think about a Sugar Wafer while I'm eating it, I realize not only does it have no food value, but it really has no taste other than sweetness.
Not only that, when I finally did succumb (one time only when I had missed lunch), I was amazed to find the package contained 400 calories. I didn't think you could eat a whole box of Sugar Wafers and get 400 calories.
Fairy food No. 2: Cotton candy. I know it's just colored spun sugar and has even less taste and texture than Sugar Wafers, but it's still almost irresistible if it's being made fresh in one of those magical spinning machines at a circus or fair.
Fairy food No. 3: angel food cake. I've never really looked at the nutritional composition of angel food cake, but it's probably better than the first two simply because it contains egg whites.
But that's offset by the fact that you are essentially eating a sponge if you think about it. And you can keep eating and eating and suddenly the whole cake is gone, something like the Turkish delight in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. This, of course, has never happened to me, but I can tell it could happen.
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Rose: Sen. Edwards, first on Iraq, give me your assessment of what Gen. Petraeus said and your opinion of whether he is accurate about the situation on the ground and what this administration is prepared to do next.
Edwards: My view about it is that both the administration and Gen. Petraeus are not focused on what is the only important question, which is, has there been political progress in Iraq? Because unless and until there's some political compromise between Sunni and Shia, there could not be stability in Iraq and the violence will continue. And instead of focusing on one small part of Iraq, Anbar province for example, where the Sunni tribal leadership has actually decided to work with America against al-Qaida, what we should be looking at is, has there been a political progress? Because without political progress, what's the purpose of us being here? I mean, what is the purpose of all the lives being lost? What's the purpose of now $500 billion and counting? And my view about this whole subject is the Congress has a mandate from the American people, and that mandate is not to provide funding to this president unless there's a timetable for withdrawal in the bill. And it's very important for the Congress to stand their ground. No timetable, no funding. That's exactly what the Congress should do. Because I do not believe George Bush will ever change course unless or until he's forced to change course. I mean, he's stubborn. He thinks he's incapable of making a mistake. And I think the Congress has a responsibility. The American people expect them to meet their responsibility. And right now, I think the—the troops in Iraq are stuck between a president who has no plan from my perspective for success. He just wants more of the same. You know? He wants more troops. He wants more time. He wants more money. He wants more war. But there's absolutely no indication that the Sunni and Shia are any closer today than they have been in reaching a political solution. So I think the Congress needs to make him change course. If he vetoes a funding bill with the timetable for withdrawal, I think that they should submit another bill with a timetable for withdrawal and they should continue to do that until he's forced to change course in Iraq.
Rose: Do you think your fellow candidates for the presidency who in the Senate are afraid to do that because they worry about being charged with not providing funds for men and women who are at risk?
Edwards: My view about this is—I can't read their minds. My view about this is this is way beyond politics now. With all the lives that have been lost and the billions of dollars that have been spent, this is literally about life and death now. The American people are behind them. I mean, they're behind the Congress standing its ground against the president. I think it's a historic moment, it's a crucial moment for the Congress. The Congress needs to have the strength to do what's right, to do what's right for our troops and begin to bring them home, and to do what's right for the American people and force Bush to end this war.
Rose: If you become president and there's still 130,000 troops there, how fast would you get them home?
Edwards: Quickly. It's hard to know exactly what the environment would be come January of 2009, Charlie. What I would do if I were president today is I'd take 40,000 to 50,000 out immediately and continue to pull troops out over the next nine months or so until all of our combat troops were out of Iraq.
Rose: What should be our mission today? To get a political reconciliation?
Edwards: Yes. That's the only mission. The mission, the goal is for there to be some sort of political compromise reached between Maliki and the Shia-led government and the Sunni leadership as fragmented as it is. Because—until that happens, there can't be stability there. I mean, that's the whole purpose for everything we've been doing. That's the whole purpose theoretically for the surge, which I think was an abysmal failure. But it's also the reason for us being on the ground right now. We're policing a civil war waiting for the Sunni and the Shia to reach some agreement. I have to say I find it so offensive that we have American men and women putting their lives on the line and some losing their lives while the Iraqi parliament goes on vacation for three or four weeks. This is not acceptable. These people need to feel the pressure in their—to take responsibility for their own country.
Rose: Let me ask you one last question about Iraq, because it's part of the political debate in some quarters. Moveon.org's advertisement, do you think it was the appropriate thing to do?
Edwards: I don't know if I've seen it, Charlie. Tell me what it is.
Rose: Basically they used Petraeus in a play off of betrayal. General Betrayal.
Edwards: I'm sorry. I just haven't seen it. So it's hard for me to comment on it. I do think that what I've heard from Gen. Petraeus is not focused on the fundamental question as I've just talked about. And I think, unless and until there's some political progress, which I have seen none of, the Congress needs to force Bush to change course.
Rose: Do you believe he's simply reflecting what the president wants?
Edwards: You mean, Gen. Petraeus?
Rose: Yes.