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Republic of Cyprus
Area: 9,251 sq. km. (3,572 sq. mi.); about the size of Connecticut.
Cities: Capital--Nicosia (pop. 197,800, 2000 fig.). Other cities--Limassol, Larnaca, Famagusta, Paphos, Kyrenia, Morphou.
Terrain: Central plain with mountain ranges to the north and south.
Climate: Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Cypriot(s).
Population (2003 census): 818,200.
Annual growth rate: 2.1%.
Ethnic groups: Greek (77%), Turkish (18%), Armenian and other (4%).
Religions: Greek Orthodox, Muslim, Maronite, Roman Catholic, Armenian Orthodox.
Languages: Greek, Turkish, English.
Education: Years compulsory--6 in elementary; 3 in high school. Attendance--almost 100%. Literacy--about 99%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--9/1,000. Life expectancy--73 yrs. males; 78 yrs. females.
Work force (2003): Government-controlled area, 317,000: agriculture and mining--8.0%; manufacturing and utilities--11.6%; construction--9.4%; trade, hotels, and restaurants--28.5%; transport--7.0%; finance, real estate, and business--10.0%; government, education, and health--17.2%; community and other services--8.2%. Turkish Cypriot-administered area, 95,000: agriculture--14.5%; manufacturing and utilities--9.3%; construction--19.7%; trade, and tourism--11.2%; transport and communication--8.7%; finance--2.5%; business and personal services--15.3%; public services--18.8%
Type: Republic.
Independence: August 16, 1960.
Constitution: August 16, 1960.
Branches: Executive--President elected to 5-yr. term. Legislative--unicameral House of Representatives, members elected to 5-yr. terms. Judicial--Supreme Court; six district courts.
Administrative subdivisions: Six.
Political parties: Greek Cypriot Community--Democratic Rally (right); Democratic Party (center-right); AKEL (communist); KISOS (socialist); United Democrats (center-left). Turkish Cypriot Community--National Unity (right); Democratic party (center-right); Republican Turkish (left); Communal Liberation (center-left); National Revival (center-right); Patriotic Unity Movement (left); National Justice Party (ultra-nationalist).
Suffrage: Universal at age 18.
GDP (2003): $12.7 billion.
Annual real growth rate (2003): 2.0%.
Per capita GDP income (2003): Greek Cypriots--$17,644; Turkish Cypriots--about $5,949.
Agriculture and natural resources (4.6% of GDP): Products--potatoes and other vegetables, citrus fruits, olives, grapes, wheat, carob seeds. Resources--pyrites, copper, asbestos, gypsum, lumber, salt, marble, clay, earth pigment.
Industry and construction (19.7% of GDP): Types--mining, cement, construction, utilities, manufacturing, chemicals, non-electric machinery, textiles, footwear, food, beverages, tobacco.
Services and tourism (75.7% of GDP): Trade, restaurants, and hotels 20.6%; transport 9.7%; finance, real estate, and business 21.4%; government, education, and health 15.4%; and community and other services 8.6%.
Trade (2003): Exports--$923 million: citrus, grapes, wine, potatoes, clothing, footwear. Major markets--EU (especially the U.K. and Greece), Middle East, Russia. Imports--$4.0 billion: consumer goods, raw materials for industry, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed grains. Major suppliers--Greece, Italy, Germany, U.K. (U.S. trade surplus--projected for 2003: $168 million.)
* Section refers to the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus unless otherwise specified.
Greek and Turkish Cypriots share many customs but maintain distinct identities based on religion, language, and close ties with their respective "motherlands." Greek is predominantly spoken in the south, Turkish in the north. English is widely used. Cyprus has a well-developed system of primary and secondary education. The majority of Cypriots earn their higher education at Greek, Turkish, British, and other European or American universities. Both the Turkish and Greek communities have developed private colleges and state-supported universities.
Cypriot culture is among the oldest in the Mediterranean. By 3700 BC, the island was well inhabited, a crossroads between East and West. The island fell successively under Assyrian, Egyptian, Persian, Greek, and Roman domination. For 800 years, beginning in 364 AD, Cyprus was ruled by Byzantium. After brief possession by King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) of England during the Crusades, the island came under Frankish control in the late 12th century. It was ceded to the Venetian Republic in 1489 and conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1571. The Ottomans applied the millet system to Cyprus, which allowed religious authorities to govern their own non-Muslim minorities. This system reinforced the position of the Orthodox Church and the cohesion of the ethnic Greek population. Most of the Turks who settled on the island during the 3 centuries of Ottoman rule remained when control of Cyprus--although not sovereignty--was ceded to Great Britain in 1878. Many left for Turkey during the 1920s, however. The island was annexed formally by the United Kingdom in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I and became a crown colony in 1925.
Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom and established a constitutional republic in 1960, after an anti-British campaign by the Greek Cypriot EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters), a guerrilla group that desired political union, or enosis, with Greece. Archbishop Makarios, a charismatic religious and political leader, was elected president.
Shortly after the founding of the republic, serious differences arose between the two communities about the implementation and interpretation of the constitution. The Greek Cypriots argued that the complex mechanisms introduced to protect Turkish Cypriot interests were obstacles to efficient government. In November 1963, President Makarios advanced a series of constitutional amendments designed to eliminate some of these special provisions. The Turkish Cypriots opposed such changes. The confrontation prompted widespread intercommunal fighting in December 1963, after which Turkish Cypriots ceased to participate in the government. Following the outbreak of intercommunal violence, many Turkish Cypriots (and some Greek Cypriots) living in mixed villages began to move into enclaved villages or elsewhere. UN peacekeepers were deployed on the island in 1964. Following another outbreak of intercommunal violence in 1967-68, a Turkish Cypriot provisional administration was formed.
In July 1974, the military junta in Athens sponsored a coup led by extremist Greek Cypriots against the government of President Makarios, citing his alleged pro-communist leanings and his perceived abandonment of enosis. Turkey, citing the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee, intervened militarily to protect Turkish Cypriots.
In a two-stage offensive, Turkish troops took control of 38% of the island. Almost all Greek Cypriots fled south while almost all Turkish Cypriots fled north. Since the events of 1974, UN peacekeeping forces have maintained a buffer zone between the two sides. Except for occasional demonstrations or infrequent incidents between soldiers in the buffer zone, the island was free of violent conflict from 1974 until August 1996, when violent clashes led to the death of two demonstrators and escalated tension. The situation has been quiet since 1996.
Since 1974, Cyprus has been divided de facto into the government-controlled two-thirds of the island and the Turkish Cypriot one-third. The Government of the Republic of Cyprus has continued as the internationally recognized authority; in practice, its authority extends only to the government-controlled areas.
The 1960 Cypriot Constitution provided for a presidential system of government with independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as a complex system of checks and balances, including a weighted power-sharing ratio designed to protect the interests of the Turkish Cypriots. The executive, for example, was headed by a Greek Cypriot president and a Turkish Cypriot vice president, elected by their respective communities for 5-year terms, and each possessing a right of veto over certain types of legislation and executive decisions.
Following the 1974 hostilities, the Turkish Cypriots in north Cyprus set up their own institutions with an elected president and a prime minister responsible to the National Assembly exercising joint executive powers. In 1983, the Turkish Cypriots declared an independent Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ("TRNC"). Only Turkey recognizes the "TRNC".
In February 2003, Greek Cypriots elected Tassos Papadopoulos, leader of the center right Democratic Party, as president of the Republic of Cyprus. President Papadopoulos was supported by a broad coalition of parties ranging from his own Democratic Party to communist AKEL. None of the Greek Cypriot parties has been able to elect a president by itself or dominate the 56-seat House of Representatives. The 165,000 Greek Cypriot refugees from north Cyprus are a potent political force, along with the independent Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which has some influence in temporal as well as ecclesiastical matters.
"TRNC President" Rauf Denktash won re-election in 2000 to a 5-year term of office. Turkish Cypriot "parliamentary" elections were held on December 14, 2003. Because the question of whether Turkish Cypriots desired a settlement on the basis of UN Secretary-General Annan's peace plan in time to join the EU on May 1, 2004 alongside Greek Cypriots was central to the elections, the elections received considerable international attention. Two pro-solution parties -- Mehmet Ali Talat's Republican Turkish Party (CTP), and Mustafa Akinci's Peace and Democracy Movement (BDH), evenly split the 50 seats in the "TRNC" "assembly", 25-25, with two conservative parties -- the National Unity Party (UBP), and the Democrat Party (DP), led by "Deputy Prime Minister" Serdar Denktash -- which together captured over 45% of the vote. CTP leader Talat formed a coalition "government" with the DP. Talat was named "Prime Minister" while Serdar Denktash became both "Deputy Prime Minister" and "Foreign Minister."
In the spring of 2004, three "MPs" left Talat's coalition, breaking the CTP-DP's parliamentary majority. Unable to form a majority "government" Talat resigned and early elections were held on February 20, 2005. Talat's party consolidated its position in these elections, single-handedly winning over 44% of the vote. With 24 seats in the legislature, CTP renewed its coalition agreement with the 6-seat DP on March 9, 2005. "Prime Minister" Talat simultaneously declared his candidacy for April 17 elections to replace "President" Rauf Denktash, who has announced his retirement. CTP and DP have agreed to reconstitute their "government" under a new CTP "Prime Minister" should Talat succeed in replacing Rauf Denktash.
The first UN-sponsored negotiations to develop institutional arrangements acceptable to both communities began in 1968; several sets of negotiations and other initiatives followed. Turkish Cypriots focus on bizonality, security guarantees, and political equality between the two communities. Greek Cypriots emphasize the rights of movement, property, settlement, and the return of territory. Turkish Cypriots favor a loose grouping of two nearly autonomous societies living side by side with limited contact. Greek Cypriots envision a more integrated structure.
Direct talks began in January 2002 between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot community leaders under the auspices of the UN Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan.
In November 2002, Secretary General Annan released a comprehensive plan for the resolution of the Cyprus issue. This plan was revised in early December. In the lead up to the December 2002 EU Copenhagen Summit, intensive efforts were made to gain both sides' signatures to the document prior to a decision on the island's EU membership. Neither side agreed to sign. The EU invited the Republic of Cyprus to join on December 16.
Following the Copenhagen Summit, the UN continued dialogue with the two sides with the goal of reaching a settlement prior to Cyprus's signature of the EU accession treaty on April 16, 2003. A third version of the Annan plan was put to the parties in February 2003. That same month the Secretary General again visited the island and asked that both leaders agree to put the plan to referendum in their respective communities. Also in February 2003, Tassos Papadopoulos was elected as the fifth president of the Republic of Cyprus. On March 10, 2003, this most recent phase of talks collapsed in The Hague when Mr. Denktash told the Secretary General he would not put the Annan plan to referendum.
On April 23, 2003, Mr. Denktash relaxed many restrictions on individuals crossing between the two communities, including abolishing all crossing fees. Since then, the relaxed crossing procedures have led to relatively unimpeded bicommunal contact for the first time since 1974. Between April 2003 and April 2004, there were over 3,000,000 buffer zone crossings in both directions. Greek Cypriots are currently required to present their passports at the checkpoints along the buffer zone, something many are reluctant to do. Greek Cypriots are permitted to drive their personal vehicles in the Turkish Cypriot community, provided they first obtain a policy from an insurance provider in the north. Turkish Cypriots are permitted to cross into the government-controlled area upon presentation of a Turkish Cypriot ID card. Turkish Cypriots must also obtain car insurance from an insurer in the south to drive their personal vehicles in the government-controlled area. Individuals with Turkish citizenship and all third country nationals are not permitted to enter the government-controlled area from north Cyprus. Third country nationals in the Republic of Cyprus are permitted to cross into north Cyprus upon presentation of their passports at the checkpoints along the buffer zone.
In February 2004, President Papadopoulos and Mr. Denktash accepted the Secretary General's invitation to resume negotiations on a settlement on the basis of the Annan plan. After a meeting with the Secretary General in New York, talks began in Cyprus on February 19. The two community leaders met nearly every day for negotiations facilitated by the Secretary General's Special Representative for Cyprus, Mr. Alvaro De Soto. In addition, numerous technical committees and subcommittees met in parallel in an effort to resolve outstanding issues and complete the legislative framework. Beginning on March 24, the talks moved to Burgenstock, Switzerland with the participation of the Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of Greece and Turkey. Negotiations concluded on March 31, and the Secretary General presented the two sides with a final settlement package.
Most Turkish Cypriot and Turkish leaders supported the agreement, but most Greek Cypriot leaders, including President Papadopoulos, urged the Greek Cypriot public to reject the settlement. On April 24, after a three-week campaign marked by accusations that the government of Cyprus was unfairly manipulating public opinion, Cypriots on both sides of the Green Line went to the polls in parallel and simultaneous referenda. Turkish Cypriots voted by a large majority (65% "yes" to 35% "no") to accept the solution. Greek Cypriots, however, voted by an even larger margin (76% "no" to 24% "yes") to reject it.
Cyprus entered the European Union on May 1, 2004 as a divided island. The Secretary General's Good Offices Mission is suspended.
Principal Government Officials
President of the Republic--Tassos Papadopoulos
Foreign Minister--George Iacovou
Minister of Finance--Iacovos Keravnos
Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Tourism--Yiorgos Lillikas
Minister of Communications and Works--Haris Thrasou
Minister of Justice and Public Order--Doros Theodorou
Ambassador to the United States--Euripides L. Evriviades
Permanent Representative to the United Nations--Andreas Mavroyiannis
Cyprus maintains an embassy in the United States at 2211 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 (tel. 202-462-5772) and a Consulate General in New York City. Cyprus also maintains a trade center at 13 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016 (tel. 212-686-6016). Turkish Cypriots maintain offices in Washington (tel. 202-887-6198) and at the Republic of Turkey's Mission to the United Nations.
Cyprus has an open, free-market, serviced-based economy with some light manufacturing. Cyprus's accession as a full member to the European Union as of May 1, 2004, has been an important milestone in the course of its economic development. The Cypriots are among the most prosperous people in the Mediterranean region. Internationally, Cyprus promotes its geographical location as a "bridge" between West and East, along with its educated English-speaking population, moderate local costs, good airline connections, and telecommunications.
In the past 20 years, the economy has shifted from agriculture to light manufacturing and services. The service sector, including tourism, contributes 75.7% to the GDP and employs 70.7% of the labor force. Industry and construction contribute 19.7% and employ 21.3% of labor. Manufactured goods account for approximately 63.6% of domestic exports. Agriculture and mining is responsible for 4.6% of GDP and 8.0% of the labor force. Potatoes and citrus are the principal export crops.
The average rate of growth in the 1990s was 4.4%, compared with 6.1% in the 1980s. In the last two years (2002 and 2003), annual economic growth dropped to 2.0%, compared with 4.0% in 2001 and 5.1% in 2000. In 2003, unemployment accelerated to 3.5% of GDP, from 3.2% the year before. Inflation also recorded an increase to 4.1% from 2.8% in 2002. As in recent years, the services sectors, and tourism in particular, provided the main impetus for growth. Economic activity in manufacturing and agriculture remained about the same in 2003.
Trade is vital to the Cypriot economy: the island is not self-sufficient in food, and has few natural resources. The trade deficit decreased by 9.2% in 2003 (on account of a considerable reduction in imports), reaching $3.0 billion.
Cyprus must import fuels, most raw materials, heavy machinery, and transportation equipment. More than 50% of its trade is with the European Union, particularly with the United Kingdom.
Growth in 2004 is expected to accelerate to 3.5%, due to a revival in tourism. Unemployment is expected to remain around 3.6% in 2004, while inflation is forecast to drop considerably to 2.5%. The fiscal deficit is forecast to decline to 4.4% of GDP in 2004, compared with 5.4% in 2003, remaining above Maastricht targets.
Investment Climate
As of October 1, 2004, the Government of Cyprus (GOC) has lifted restrictions on foreign direct investment from non-EU countries in order to attract more foreign direct investment and promote Cyprus as an international business center.
The GOC's earlier decision to lift incoming direct investment restrictions for EU residents as of January 2000 boosted foreign investment from the EU, which jumped from $225.2 million in 1999 to $374.7 million in 2000. The inflow of foreign direct investment from all countries reached $1.0 billion in 2003, 58.1% of which came from the EU.
Cyprus has bilateral agreements for the encouragement and reciprocal protection of investments with the following 15 countries: Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, China, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Lebanon, Poland, Romania, and the Seychelles. Another 40 bilateral investment agreements are currently under negotiation. Cyprus does not have a bilateral investment protection agreement with the United States. Cyprus also has entered into bilateral double tax treaties with 40 countries, including one with the United States. The main purpose of these treaties is the avoidance of double taxation of income earned in any of these countries. Under these agreements, a credit is usually provided for tax levied by the country in which the taxpayer resides for taxes levied in the other treaty country. The effect of these arrangements is normally that the taxpayer pays no more than the higher of the two rates.
International Business Center
Cyprus has good business and financial services, modern telecommunications, an educated labor force, good airline connections, a sound legal system, and a low crime rate. Cyprus's geographic location, tax incentives and modern infrastructure also make it a natural hub for companies looking to do business with the Middle East, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and North Africa. As a result, Cyprus has developed into an important regional center for many International Business Companies (IBCs) conducting their offshore affairs from the island.
In July 2002, the House passed tax reform legislation abolishing tax discrimination afforded to offshore companies by the end of 2005, in line with Cyprus's commitments to the EU and OECD. Under the new regime, corporate tax on profits for IBCs has been set at 10.0% -- the same as for local companies. IBCs registered before 2002 were given the option of continuing to pay the preferential rate of 4.25% for a transitional period ending in 2005. They were also given the option of expanding their operations to include Cyprus, as well.
European Union (EU)
Along with the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia, the Republic of Cyprus entered the EU on May 1, 2004. The EU's acquis communautaire is suspended in north Cyprus pending a settlement of the island's division.
Export Opportunities
On January 1, 1996, Cyprus began full implementation of the Uruguay Round agreement. Under this agreement, the Government of Cyprus eliminated quantitative restrictions and other non-tariff barriers to trade, allowing improved access to the Cypriot market. Cyprus is a full member of the World Trade Organization.
Additionally, completion of the EU-Cyprus Customs Union agreement on May 1, 2004 liberalized the island's trade regime further, allowing all goods to be traded between Cyprus and the EU with a zero tariff rate. Under the same agreement, Cyprus has adopted fully the EU's Common Customs Tariff (CCT) for products from third (non-EU) countries.
The best prospects for U.S. firms generally lie in services, high technology sectors, such as computer equipment and data processing services, financial services, environmental protection technology, medical and telecommunications equipment, and tourism development projects. Moreover, alternative energy sources and the energy sector in general are attracting an increasing amount of attention, while the possible existence of natural gas and petroleum reserves off the southern and eastern coast of Cyprus opens up new prospects. Finally, the island's private sector has a growing appetite for U.S.-made office machines, computer software and data processing equipment, while U.S. food franchises and apparel licensors have found fertile ground for expansion in Cyprus in recent years.
Trade Between Cyprus and the United States
The U.S. Embassy in Nicosia sponsors a popular pavilion for American products at the annual Cyprus International State Fair and organizes other events to promote U.S. products throughout the year. Total U.S. exports to Cyprus declined to $185.7 million in 2003, from $202.8 million in 2002. Principal U.S. exports to Cyprus include office machines and data processing equipment, electrical equipment, tobacco and cigarettes, passenger cars, and wheat. Principal U.S. imports from Cyprus consist of Portland cement, clothing, hunting rifle cartridges, canvas, dairy products, and fresh fish.
Turkish Cypriot Economy
The economic disparity between the two communities is pronounced. Although the Turkish Cypriot area operates on a free-market basis, the lack of private and governmental investment, high freight costs, shortages of skilled labor, plus inflation and previous devaluations of the Turkish lira--which the Turkish Cypriots widely use as their currency--continue to plague the economy. Nevertheless, the north has experienced a recent economic boom due to an increase in tourism and construction, the expansion of its universities -- which cater mostly to students from Turkey -- and the employment of several thousand Turkish Cypriots in the south.
Since the April 23, 2003 relaxation of restrictions on travel across the buffer zone, there have been more than 4 million crossings. Greek Cypriot spending in the north provided a short-term boost to the Turkish Cypriot economy. This initial influx has tapered off, however, as both the number of trips per month and the average spending per trip by Greek Cypriots has declined. Travel by Turkish Cypriots to the south continues, and Turkish Cypriot businesses are increasingly concerned that they are losing both skilled labor and sales. Many Turkish Cypriots are choosing to work in the south where wages are significantly higher. Many Turkish Cypriots are also choosing to purchase certain products in the south.
Despite initial expectations, the relaxation of travel restrictions has not yet resulted in measurable commercial trade between the two communities, largely due to trade barriers resulting from the continued division of the island. Trade between the two communities remains very modest, despite the introduction on August 23, 2004 of a new European Commission sponsored "Green Line" regulation permitting the sale of certain items produced in the north in the rest of Cyprus. While this regulation also permits items from the north to be exported to the rest of the EU through ports in the south, no such exports have yet occurred.
Turkey is, by far, the main trading partner of north Cyprus, supplying 62.1% of imports and absorbing 41.6% of exports. In a landmark case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on July 5, 1994 against the British practice of importing produce from north Cyprus based on certificates of origin and phytosanitary certificates granted by "TRNC" authorities. The ECJ decision stated that only goods bearing certificates of origin from the Government of Cyprus could be recognized for trade by EU member countries. The ECJ decision resulted in a considerable decrease of Turkish Cypriot exports to the EU--from $36.4 million (or 66.7% of total Turkish Cypriot exports) in 1993 to $13.8 million in 2003 (or 28% of total exports). Even so, the EU continues to be north Cyprus's second-largest trading partner, with a 25% share of total imports and 28% share of total exports. Additionally, the economic crisis in Turkey has had a negative impact on north Cyprus foreign trade in the last 2 years. Total imports increased to $415.2 million in 2003 (from $309.6 million in 2002), while total exports increased to $49.3 million (from $45.4 million in 2002).
Assistance from Turkey is the mainstay of the Turkish Cypriot economy. Under the latest economic protocol (signed January 2001), Turkey undertakes to provide Turkish Cypriots loans and financial assistance totaling $350 million for the purpose of implementing projects included in the protocol related to public finance, tourism, banking, and privatization. Turkey also has agreed to provide a supplementary amount of $140 million to entrepreneurs in the form of low-interest loans with the purpose of supporting export-oriented industrial production and tourism. Fluctuation in the Turkish lira continues to exert downward pressure on the Turkish Cypriot standard of living.
Turkish Cypriot authorities have instituted a free market in foreign exchange and authorize residents to hold foreign-currency denominated bank accounts. This encourages transfers from Turkish Cypriots living abroad.
* Section refers to the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus unless otherwise specified.
The Government of Cyprus aligns itself with European positions within the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy. Cyprus has long identified with the West in its cultural affinities and trade patterns, and maintains close relations with Greece. Since 1974, the foreign policy of the Government of Cyprus has sought the withdrawal of Turkish forces and the most favorable constitutional and territorial settlement possible. This campaign has been pursued primarily through international forums such as the United Nations. (See Political Conditions.) Turkey does not recognize the Government of Cyprus.
The Government of Cyprus enjoys close relations with Greece. Cyprus is expanding relations with Russia, Israel, Egypt, and Syria, from which it purchases most of its oil. Cyprus is a member of the United Nations and most of its agencies, as well as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Council of Europe and the British Commonwealth. In addition, the country has signed the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Agreement (MIGA).
The United States regards the status quo on Cyprus as unacceptable. Successive administrations have viewed UN-led inter-communal negotiations as the best means to achieve a fair and permanent settlement, but after the failure of the Greek Cypriots to approve the comprehensive settlement plan in April 2004, the path to a settlement is unclear.
The United States is working closely with Cyprus in the war on terrorism. A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, which has been in force since September 18, 2002, facilitates bilateral cooperation.
The United States has channeled $305 million in assistance to the two communities through bi-communal projects, the UN Office of Project Services, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and the Cyprus Red Cross since the mid-1970s. The United States now provides approximately $13.5 million annually to promote bi-communal projects and finance U.S. scholarships for Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--Michael Klosson
Deputy Chief of Mission--Edwin R. Nolan
Consular Officer--Henry Hand
Defense Attach�--Col. Steve G. Boukedes
Economic/Commercial Officer--Michael Dixon
Management Officer--Katherine Munchmeyer
Political Officer--Matthew A. Palmer
Public Affairs Officer--Craig Kuehl
The U.S. Embassy in Cyprus is located at the corner of Metochiou and Ploutarchou Streets in Engomi, Nicosia; mailing address: PO Box 24536, Nicosia, Cyprus. U.S. mailing address: PSC 815, FPO-AE 09836-0001. Tel. [357] 22 39 39 39; telex: 4160 AMEMY CY; fax: [357] 22 78 09 44; Consular fax: [357] 22 77 68 41.
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"If you do the math, they can't fall asleep before 11, they wake up at 8 to get adequate sleep, and if school starts at 7:15, it's not gonna happen."
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Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Born on March 18, 1972 in Cambridge MA, Cook grew up in the Boston suburb of Arlington, attending Arlington High School. One of seven children, the youngster discovered his comedic skill when his father, George, gave him a tape recorder and microphone. As with most comics, he left his family in hysterics, imitating idols Bill Cosby, George Carlin and Johnny Carson. In seventh grade, after watching Martin Short spaz through his famous "Ed Grimley" skits on "S.N.L.," Cook realized his ultimate goal - to earn a spot on the legendary comic launch pad. Instead of the Second City route so often taken by "S.N.L." cast members, Cook began doing stand-up in local Boston clubs in 1990. His manic energ... Continue Bio >>
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Contacts don't work at all. I do not see an error message or anything. It simply does not sync with my zimbra account.
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I disabled all encryption to make sure that the problem still exists.
I also downloaded the latest svn snapshot of the Evolution Connector, however, inside the trunk folder there was no bootstrap.sh file, so I was unable to install that.
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St. Louis, MO (KSDK) - Cured from HIV, doctors say they've cured a toddler from her virus and saved her from a life of daily medication and treatment.
So, what does this mean for the millions that are living with HIV?
Well, this is not a cure for everyone living with the virus, but this does help our future generations.
"It means that we will have zero new children born with HIV," says project manager for the St. Louis Efforts for Aids, Steve Houldsworth.
He says 30 years ago this even seemed close to impossible.
"If you got HIV it was practically a death sentence and its just not that way anymore," says Houldsworth.
He is at an industry conference in Atlanta, where Sunday it was announced that doctors in Mississippi have saved a child who was born with HIV.
By giving the little girl full treatment just 30 hours after being born when the virus hadn't fully taken over the whole body, the doctor created what they call a "functional cure."
"That child now will never have to be on HIV medications and the HIV proteins that exist in their body will have no negative effects on them," he says.
Now at 21/2 years old, doctors say the little girl appears to be virus free, with levels "undetectable."
"For me and for other adults living with HIV it doesn't mean a whole lot," says Aaron Laxton, who was diagnosed June 6th 2011.
He started treatment just four weeks later and explains that while this study proves to help infants born infected, it does nothing for those living with it for in come cases years.
"Most patients are not going to be diagnosed that soon after infection and so it's not practical that we are going to start treatment that soon," says Laxton.
Regardless Laxton says it's exciting news to hear and knows that they are getting closer and closer to a cure.
"If I remain medicated and and I am compliant with the anti-retrovirals that I am on, then I can have a healthy life," says Laxton.
Laxton says this is a great boost to research, but realistically of the nearly 1.2 million infected in the United States only two have been cured.


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Ricki Pamela Lake was born on Sept. 21, 1968 in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Showing an early aptitude for performing, Lake was enrolled at New York's Professional Children's School in her early teens, taking singing and acting classes. After high school, Lake attended Ithaca College for two semesters, but took a leave of absence after her freshman year to pursue acting full time. After struggling for a year as a cabaret singer and bit stage actor, Lake had her big break in 1987 when she won the lead role in the John Waters' musical comedy, "Hairspray" (1988). Lake's winning performance as overweight underdog Tracy Turnblad won over audiences and garnered her critical praise. The most accessible ... Continue Bio >>
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After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered prickly new rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns.
After a day of festivities to mark the 101st birthday of its first leader, North Korea on Tuesday offered prickly new rhetoric against the United States and South Korea, which are watching closely for signs whether it will conduct a medium-range missile test in defiance of international concerns.
State media said the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army issued an ultimatum demanding an apology from South Korea for "hostile acts" and threatening that unspecified retaliatory actions would happen at any time.
The statement, relayed through the KCNA state media agency, came after a day of festivities in North Korea's capital that featured art performances, public dances and crowds thronging to giant bronze statues to pay homage to the late leader Kim Il Sung,
The renewed rhetoric was sparked by a protest by about 250 people in downtown Seoul, where effigies of Kim Il Sung and his late son and successor, Kim Jong Il, were burned. One protester carried a placard saying "Kim Jong Un Out," referring to the third generation of Kim family ruler. Such protests are not unusual in South Korea and this one likely gave the North a pretext to react negatively to calls for joining in dialogue with its neighbors than an actual cause for retaliation.
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The North's statement said it would refuse any offers of talks with the South until it apologized for the "monstrous criminal act." North Korea often denounces such protests, but rarely in the name of the Supreme Command, which is headed by Kim Il Sung's grandson and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un.
"If the puppet authorities truly want dialogue and negotiations, they should apologize for all anti-DPRK hostile acts, big and small, and show the compatriots their will to stop all these acts in practice," the statement said. North Korea's official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK.
Later, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said South Korea was closely monitoring North Korea's moves and was ready for any attack.
The North's threat is "regrettable," Kim told reporters. "We will thoroughly and resolutely punish North Korea if it launches any provocation for whatever reason."
Pyongyang launched a rocket ahead of the last anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth – the centennial – but this year's holiday has been much more low-key, with Pyongyang residents gathering in performance halls and plazas and taking advantage of subsidized treats, like shaved ice and peanuts, despite unseasonably cold weather.
The calm in Pyongyang has been a striking contrast to the steady flow of retaliatory threats North Korea has issued over ongoing military exercises between South Korea and the United States. Though the maneuvers, called Foal Eagle, are held regularly, North Korea was particularly angry over their inclusion this year of nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers and F-22 fighters.
"The ultimatum is just North Korea's way of saying that it's not willing or ready to talk with the South," said Chang Yong-seok at the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University. "North Korea apparently wants to keep the cross-border relations tense for some time to come."
The Tuesday ultimatum comes just after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a tour to coordinate Washington's response with Beijing, North Korea's most important ally, as well as with Seoul and Tokyo. Kerry said a missile test would be provocation that would further isolate the country and its impoverished people. He said Sunday that the U.S. was "prepared to reach out," but that Pyongyang must first bring down tensions and honor previous agreements.
South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin told a parliamentary committee Monday that North Korea still appeared poised to launch a missile from its east coast. North Korea, which conducted a nuclear test in February, has already been slapped with strengthened U.N. sanctions for violating Security Council resolutions barring the regime from nuclear and missile activity.
To further coordinate their response, South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, will meet with President Barack Obama on May 7 at the White House.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Monday the United States is open to dialogue with North Korea but only if Pyongyang proves itself to be trustworthy.
"The burden remains on Pyongyang. They need to take meaningful steps to show that they'll honor their commitments," Ventrell told reporters in Washington. "We need to see them be serious about denuclearization, indicate their seriousness, and start to reduce the threats and stop provocations."
U.S.-South Korean military drills are scheduled to end April 30. On Tuesday, a Marine CH-53E helicopter made a "hard landing" during the exercises, according to a statement from United States Forces Korea. Twenty-one personnel were on board the helicopter, including five crew members, the statement said. All were taken to the hospital, but 15 were quickly released. The remaining six were in stable condition.
North Korea has warned that the situation has grown so tense it cannot guarantee the safety of foreigners in the country and said embassies in Pyongyang should think about their evacuation plans. But British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday that although there is reason for concern over the "frenetic and bellicose" rhetoric, Britain believes there has been "no immediate increased risk or danger" to those living in or travelling to North Korea.
Pyongyang's media gave little indication of how high the tensions are.
The front page of the Rodong Sinmun, the Workers' Party newspaper, on Tuesday featured photos of Kim Jong Un at an orchestral performance the night before, along with his aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, and other top officials. North Korean media also reported that he watched volleyball and basketball games between Kim Il Sung University of Politics and Kim Il Sung Military University.
Associated Press writers Sam Kim and Hyung-jin Kim contributed to this report from Seoul, South Korea.


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Mark Pillow was 24 years old then police say he stabbed his 65-year-old grandmother, Dorothy Pillow, to death and then set her house on fire on May 4 last year.
Johnson later accepted guilty pleas on charges of murder and arson.
District Attorney José Aliseda had accepted a plea bargain with defense attorney Vicki Martino in return for the pleas.
Pillow had already given Beeville Police Department investigators a signed confession.
The plea bargain agreement was for a maximum of 50 years in prison.
Martino argued that her client was not in his right mind at the time of the murder. He had told family members for years that he saw people in the bushes and heard voices.
Johnson set the sentences at 45 years on each of the charges of murder and arson and he allowed the defendant to serve the two sentences concurrently.
He will be eligible for parole after serving a minimum of one-half of that sentence.
The judge told Martino and Pillow that he may appeal the case only with his permission and he gave Pillow 30 days to file an intention of appeal in writing.
Assistant District Attorney James Sales argued that, in spite of Pillow's mental problems, he obviously knew right from wrong at the time of the murder and arson.
Sales said Pillow took the time to get out of his clothes, wash them and then get dressed again before setting the house on fire and leaving.
Sales also pointed out that Pillow hid the knife he had used to stab his grandmother once in the chest and twice in the stomach.
About a dozen family members were in the courtroom Friday and one of the victim's granddaughters read a brief crime victim's statement before court was adjourned.
Pillow sat silently throughout the hearing, either staring straight ahead or down at the table before him.
He showed no emotion during the session.
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Athens, GA (Sports Network) - Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points and hit a clutch 3-pointer in the second half as the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 62-54, in SEC action at Stegeman Coliseum.
Caldwell-Pope was two-boards shy of a double-double for the Bulldogs (13-14, 7-7 SEC). Charles Mann added 14 points and Nemanja Djurisic contributed 11 points. Brandon Morris chipped collected 11 rebounds as Georgia snapped a three-game losing streak.
For the Gamecocks (13-14, 3-11), Bruce Ellington recorded a team-high 11 points. Laimonas Chatkevicius added 10 rebounds as South Carolina lost its seventh game in the last eight tries.
Both teams struggled shooting in the first half as each made only six from the floor including and went 0-of-6 from beyond the arc. South Carolina made 4-of-7 foul shots, while Georgia made 11-of-19 from the free throw line, en route to a 23-16 advantage at the break.
In the second, South Carolina made 12-of-23 from the floor including 6-of-10 beyond the arc as they took a three-point lead with 17 seconds remaining. However, a made 3-pointer by Caldwell-Pope with 10 seconds remaining forced overtime.
South Carolina was held to a 0-of-7 field goals made in overtime. Georgia made 2-of-4 from the floor including 1-of-2 beyond the arc, en route to the 8- point victory.
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Tax Relief Will Grow Economy
February 6, 2013
Taking less money out of Ohioans' pockets while making it easier for small businesses to thrive seems like a clear path to more jobs and a better economy in the Buckeye Stat....
Amen brother Hog!
8 out of 10 Americans AGREE its the SPENDING STUPID, but how did this POS get elected???
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Jimmy tax and spend carter's best gave us Ronald Reagan....Maybe Obummer can do better than carter since he is spending so much more..and with the taxes certain to go sky high, maybe obummer will give us results even better than carter...Man, we could use a Ronald Reagan Again
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Imphat, got any FACTS to refute, a&&hat??
Your toothless mouth is not a well recognized reference except on the decline and fall of the WV populace.
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Wheezerdawg, are you saying your Geriatric ears are atrophied as much as your brain???
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Dawg, I don't care who did the studies. Studies start with a conclusion, then look to find some support.
Look at the revenue to the Treasury. Dollars-in growth, good. Reagan almost doubled personal income tax revenue, while cutting the top rate by about 70%. That doesn't require a Nobel Prize to calculate.
The explosion in social spending was the result of the baseline, a Democrat innovation. It's what's killing us now. Where else but Washington would a 8% increase be a cut.
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dah, do you ever grow tired of talking to yourself??
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Fox News Poll, there's a way to put your finger on the pulse of LOSERS!
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"Moreover, nearly all voters are either extremely (32 percent) or very concerned (52 percent) about spending."
daFACTS, not the tired Liberal Talking point LIES.
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President Barack Obama will be speaking to a gloomy electorate when he delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
Twice as many voters believe the country is weaker, rather than stronger, since Obama took office. In addition, by a 52-40 percent margin voters think the worst is yet to come on the economy. And more than eight in 10 disagree with the president's notion that the government doesn't have a spending problem.
These are some of the findings from the latest Fox News poll released Thursday.
During recent budget negotiations, Obama reportedly said he doesn't believe the government has a spending problem. Most voters -- 83 percent -- disagree. That includes most Republicans (97 percent), independents (87 percent) and Democrats (69 percent).
In addition, out of 13 issues tested, more voters are "extremely" concerned about government spending than any other issue.
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Hilarious that NOBAMA chose NOT to repeal the Bush Tax cuts except for a handful of rich, and even took credit for them as his OWN.
Even more Hilarious trying to BLAME the DISMAL ECONOMIC NEWS on the DEFENSE CUTS because GOP did not agree with him!!!!
SOOOOOO if DEFENSE cuts are GOOD, why is NOBAMA whining about the economy being hurt by TINY cuts in Q4-2012, yet his own proposed idiotic plan MOSTLY cut the defense budget?????
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Wienerdawg, YOU were the one that brought up Reagan liberal talking points in the first place, not the conservatives.
Now get the facts straight, Smallville dumba&&:
Reagan CUT the marginal tax rate from 70 to 28% on personal income tax.
He WISELY, though PLUGGED LOOPHOLES for deductions such as credit card interest, car loans, etc. He RAISED some taxes on corporations. Overall the Net Net NET was he CUT about $350 BILLION in taxes and RAISED about $300 Billion by CHANGES. NET MINIUS $50 billion.
{Bleep} your {bleeping} talking points.
His economic programs TURNED America around and brought about the longest peacetime expansion of the economy in history of the country, lasting through his second term, Bush 1, Clinton, and Bush II.
Show us one example of a tax increase that BOOSTED the economy?????
Liberal babble about Nixon had 70% marginal tax rate but that was not an INCREASE, just status quo from prior administrations.
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Slayer, Wienerdawg's sources are the smoke blowing up from his arse. He constantly cites tired old liberal talking points and pretends they are his brilliant observations from podunk.
Obviously nobody is fooled with his pretentious crap.
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Wheeldog, when your "peak oil" myth got shot down, and then your "global warming" myth got shot down, and then your "Social Security is financially sound" myth got shot down, and then your "a liberal President will cut the deficit in half, fix our unemployment problem, give free health care to everyone, and it won't raise your taxes one dime" myth got shot down, did you ever stop to think, "Maybe I should be using a little common sense instead of listening to all those 'experts' and their 'facts'?" LOL
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"No thanks. I'll stick with common sense. It's served me pretty well so far...," troll.
In other words, don't confuse me with the facts!
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Wheeldog "Quantitative scientific evidence is virtually always more precise and reliable than personal opinions and hearsay."
Especially unspecified "quantitative scientific evidence" you find on an internet blog. Or even more reliable, "quantitative scientific evidence" you eventually learn comes from a left-wing organization funded "think tank" that survives financially on producing leftist "quantitative scientific evidence." LOL
No thanks. I'll stick with common sense. It's served me pretty well so far...
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Troll, you are using anecdotal arguments to support your contention that tax cuts stimulate the economy. In other words, it sounds right and seems logical to you, but that does not make it so. Quantitative scientific evidence is virtually always more precise and reliable than personal opinions and hearsay. Unfortunately, people such as yourself would rather take the word of someone who agrees with you rather than accept the findings of research.
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But I suppose you can find "economists" who have done "studies" that "prove" tax cuts won't stimulate the economy. They're probably the same economists who think raising taxes DOES stimulate the economy...
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Wheeldog "The original question was will reducing taxes stimulate the economy. Based on a number of studies the answer is probably no."
If your tax bill decreases this year, will you be more likely to spend more money this year? If so, you'll be stimulating the economy.
If your tax bill decreases this year, and you don't spend more money this year, are you more likely to invest or save more money this year? If so, you'll be giving businesses more money to grow, and giving banks more money to lend, which will stimulate the economy.
If your tax bill decreases this year, is there ANYTHING you could do with that extra money that WOULDN'T stimulate the economy? Yes. You could burn it in your fireplace, but even that would reduce your heating bill, which would give you more money to spend or invest, thus STIMULATING THE ECONOMY.
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Don't you love how easily it is to rewrite history depending on your point of view? The original question was will reducing taxes stimulate the economy. Based on a number of studies the answer is probably no. Predictably at this point some ultra conservatives brought up Pres. Reagan as the paragon of cutting taxes to stimulate the economy. When it was shown that Pres. Reagan raised taxes at least 11 times, greatly increased the government bureaucracy and oversaw a massive increase in the federal deficit then came the cries of how Reagan saved the world implying that it erased his past sins of doing exactly what the trolls on this forum condemn. Reagan was human and fallible. He was not a saint nor divinely inspired. He did some good things while in office and he made some screw ups.
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But in podunk 26003 Neuterdawg thinks he is a legend in his own mind.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Which is why Neuteredawgs hide in podunk surrounded by hillbillies whose idea of "higher education" is junior high.
Thanks to the Internet, neuterdawgs can crawl out from their caves and get a beat-down daily.
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Weinerdawg forgets that after the Vietnam war, the military spending was decreased dramatically especially under Jimmy Hussein Carter.
Dems ALWAYS like to cut DEFENSE in favor of their welfare programs.
As a result, only one in 3 airplanes in our inventory was left flying due to lack of maintenance and spare parts.
Reagan inherited a second rate military and the Iran hostage situation and initiated MASSIVE spending in Defense.
Unemployment dropped hugely, our military was rebuilt so powerfuly in 8 years that the Soviet Union Collapsed by trying to match the spending spree.
The ANTIMISSILE defenses that being used in Israel and deployed around the world in Europe and America owe trace their heritage back to the Regan administration, whom the left derided as STAR WARS as well as the DRONE R&D.
NOW that is what is saving Obama worthless a&&.
Neutereddawgs are poorly educated LOW TECH friggen IDIOTS whose should be laughed at daily.
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Wheeldog "All idols have feet of clay."
You'd better offer the Obamessiah an exception to that generalization. Because he has drones and he has no qualms about using them.
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President Reagan had a number of accomplishments during his term in office. Unfortunately, his virtual ascent into sainthood by ultra conservatives has warped his legacy to one that is all-too-often more myth than reality. He was a very skillful politician and certainly had a gift of gab. However, he was human and made his share of mistakes. He was also more pragmatic than idealistic when it came to politics. All idols have feet of clay.
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The following is an excerpt from the CBS website article on Ronald Reagan: "... following his party's losses in the 1982 election, Reagan largely backed off his efforts at spending cuts even as he continued to offer the small-government rhetoric that helped get him elected. In fact, he went in the opposite direction: His creation of the department of veterans affairs contributed to an increase in the federal workforce of more than 60,000 people during his presidency.
And while Reagan somewhat slowed the marginal rate of growth in the budget, it continued to increase during his time in office. So did the debt, skyrocketing from $700 billion to $3 trillion. Then there's the fact that after first pushing to cut Social Security benefits - and being stymied by Congress - Reagan in 1983 agreed to a $165 billion bailout of the program. He also massively expanded the Pentagon budget."
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Obama Stimulus versus Bush Tax Cuts for low information Wheel dogs:
When Obama was inaugurated in 2009, he inherited a record budget deficit, due to a substantial drop in revenue from the recession, combined with Bush's massive TARP spending (which Obama voted for in the Senate). Nevertheless in the four years since then, Obama has managed to decrease this whopping deficit by just 6 percent. In contrast, by increasing revenues, the Bush tax cuts over four years slashed the deficit by 60 percent.
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Didn't see this on here.
From the Ames Trib: Rumors are swirling on the Internet that running back Jeremiah Schwartz is no longer on the team. Land and Schwartz are no longer in the ISU online student database.
Go Cyclones - Lattimer gets a place at the table
This looks interesting but before everyone jumps off the deep end I would like to remind them a student can remove their name from the directory for privacy reasons.
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This looks interesting but before everyone jumps off the deep end I would like to remind them a student can remove their name from the directory for privacy reasons.
Schwartz was never in the database, so I think you are correct. I'd heard rumors back when Chizik was fired so I looked for him and could never find it.
He's remaining on the team.
Yeah, the directory isn't a reliable source for the reasons mentioned, although it can be a tempting rumor-starter.
All speculation and rumor at this point. If it WERE true it would suck, all of a sudden there is a lot less depth at RB...Let's pray Shwartz is still on the team come fall.
I thought Schwartz was a fullback. Maybe I shouldn't use NCAA 09 for roster references...
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So has this rumor been put to bed? I sure hope so, losing him would be a pretty major blow to this team.
"Rumors are swirling online??" Even if it were premium info, it doesn't take long to get to this board- we would've been talking about it before the article came out. Sounds to me like someone's just trying to start something...
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It would suck to lose him, but I think we would be fine heading into the season with ARob and Bo.
Best part of the article:
"He always wanted to play at Kansas State, but he felt the coaches wanted him more at Iowa State," Josh Lattimer said. "He felt more of a connection there."
HAHAHA. Suck it Bill Snyder.
No need to worry.
Rumor dead?
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I have query with regards to Open Source edition, Can any one let me know what all from the below is possible in Open Source edition and any limitations if any :-
1) There are 50 executives who wanted the calendar sharing across various multiple domains, is this possible ?
2) In the Zimbra Desktop it is not asking User name & Password. Whether it is possible to do in open source?
3) Briefcase & Calendar sharing.
4) Apple & Blackberry users ... calendar sharing has to work.
5) Address book -- Domain wise listing for the end users.
6) Common calendar sharing using Apple devices.
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CARROLL COUNTY, Md. (WUSA) -- Officials are investigating a fatal fire that involved a homeless woman on Tuesday located on the rear entrance dock of the Westminster Rescue Mission at 30 West Main Street in Westminster.
Firefighters say they extinguished the fire quickly and found the body of a woman who was determined dead at the scene.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Officials say the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the identity of the woman and cause of death.


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(KSDK Sports) - The win Friday night over the Edmonton Oilers, may be remembered after the season as the game that gave the Blues their confidence back.
The Oilers jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period on late tallies from Taylor Hall and Ryan Whitney. St. Louis, however, fought back with second- period goals by Jaden Schwartz and Kevin Shattenkirk.
Vladimir Sobotka and David Backes both scored in the third period as the St. Louis Blues rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Oilers, 4-2, at Scottrade Center.
Jaroslav Halak made 15 saves for the Blues, who have won two of their last three games.
But the more important thing for the up and down Blues was that Friday night's effort was appeared to be a complete 60 minute game. The effort was there from start to finish, in a game and league where giving up a period or even half a period can be the difference maker.|
After the goals by Hall and Whitney, the Blues shutdown the Oilers offense, limiting them to just 10 shots over the final 40 minutes and 17 for the game.
"I thought our second period was excellent," coach Ken Hitchcock told NHL.com, referring to a period in which Kevin Shattenkirk snapped an 0-for-14 streak with a power-play goal. "I thought we did a lot of good things in the second and really started to take the game over."
Now the Blues must carry their new found confidence into Dallas on Sunday when they take on the Stars at American Airlines Center. This is the second of the three games these two teams will play in 2013. The Blue took the first game on the back of David Perron's two goals to lead the Blues to a 4-3 win.
The Blues need to continue to find ways to score, especially since losing an entire line with recent injuries to Alexander Steen (upper body) who was placed on injured reserve Saturday. Andy McDonald (knee) and Vladimir Tarasenko (concussion). Rookie Jaden Schwartz is one Blue to keep an eye on Sunday. Schwartz joined T.J. Oshie and David Backes on the top line Friday night.


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omg those are awesome.
as a huge fan of Firefly, I have to say you really did capture the feel, and the process to come up with the ship, and the class.. that was very well thought out. Feels very authentic. And holycarp that's a goodsized printout!!
yknow, it occured to me.. it's too late now, but you could have had it set up with a sensor array that opens up over the cockpit for extra range/sensitivity .. or a ramscoop type thingy so it looked like it had jackrabbit ears when deployed


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Alabama Forensics Council. Student members of this council participate in the University's forensics program and attend both regional and national intercollegiate forensics competitions in debate and individual events. Twenty scholarships are awarded each year to students active in the program.
Alabama Student Society for Communication Arts (ASSCA). The purposes of this group are to serve as official ambassadors of the College of Communication and Information Sciences, to promote interest in the field of communication arts, and to provide opportunities for members to meet with professional people in the field. Membership is open to all students majoring or minoring in communication.
Alabama Scholastic Press Association. ASPA is an organization of high-school journalism students dedicated to improving the quality of communication education and of secondary-school print and broadcast media. The College of Communication and Information Sciences works closely with officers of this organization to plan a spring convention each year on the University of Alabama campus and to plan regional workshops for high-school journalism students. The College also sponsors a summer workshop for high-school students interested in communication; a workshop for minority students interested in journalism; and an advisors' workshop for high-school communication advisors.
C&IS Academic Honor Council. An appellate and judicial body comprised of student justices who maintain high ethical and academic standards. A minimum 3.25 GPA is required for a seat on the honor council. Justices meet with staff of the C&IS dean's office to provide input regarding academic integrity issues.
C&IS Student Executive Council. The council comprises the leaders of each College of Communication and Information Sciences student organization, C&IS SGA Senators, and selected at-large members from each academic unit. The council meets regularly with staff of the C&IS dean's office to discuss issues and developments of interest to students throughout the College. The council provides a mechanism for communication and student input into administrative processes. The council also plans and organizes student-faculty activities.
The University of Alabama's Ad Team. This is a group of the University's top students from advertising, public relations, telecommunication and film, graphic design, and related disciplines. Each year, the team works to develop a complete integrated marketing communication campaign for submission to district and national competitions sponsored by the American Advertising Federation. Membership is determined via an annual portfolio exam and interview process.
Professional Societies
Capstone Association of Black Journalists. This organization, chartered in 1995 by the National Association of Black Journalists, was founded in 1984 as Minorities in Communication at the Capstone (MCC) and later became Minorities for Careers in Communication. Open to all University students, it promotes diversity in campus media and helps each member develop a national network of professional friends and mentors.
University Advertising Federation. The University of Alabama Advertising Federation brings dedicated students in the advertising program together with each other and with advertising professionals. The Ad Federation has a close relationship with the Greater Tuscaloosa Advertising Club and the Birmingham Ad Club. The University group is affiliated with the academic division of the American Advertising Federation.
Public Relations Council of Alabama. The student affiliate of PRCA was chartered in 1980. Students and public relations practitioners join in projects and activities to maintain familiarity with current public relations practices in Alabama.
Public Relations Student Society of America. The Arlyn S. Powell Chapter at The University of Alabama is one of the pioneer chapters of the nationwide Public Relations Student Society of America. This society is affiliated with the national accrediting organization of the professional society PRSA (Public Relations Society of America). The University chapter brings students and professionals together in activities that reinforce the students' academic preparation.
Radio-Television News Directors Association. The student chapter of RTNDA welcomes all aspiring broadcast journalists. Bimonthly meetings feature speakers from the field of broadcast journalism, as well as officials from organizations frequently covered by reporters. The student chapter is affiliated with the national RTNDA, which provides a weekly magazine and a national job listing service, as well as a yearly national convention.
Society of News Design. This student chapter of the international SND is devoted to fostering excellence in visual design and visual journalism. The chapter sponsors a national high-school journalism design contest.
Society of Professional Journalists. This national organization is made up of some 300 student and professional chapters. The SPJ is the only professional organization that embraces all ranks of journalists, print and electronic. Membership is open to all students who intend to pursue careers in journalism. The organization's principal activities are in the areas of freedom of the press and career advancement.
Honor Societies
Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha. This national honor society is for individuals who have excelled in forensics and who have maintained distinguished academic records.
Kappa Tau Alpha. Kappa Tau Alpha is the national honor society in mass communication. Candidates for membership are journalism, advertising, public relations, and telecommunication majors who rank in the upper 10 percent of the junior, senior, and graduate classes. The Alabama chapter was approved in the fall of 1973 and established in the spring of 1974.
Lambda Pi Eta. Lambda Pi Eta, the national communication studies honor society, established a chapter on the University of Alabama campus on November 15, 1998. Invitations to membership are issued to juniors and seniors in communication studies who have cumulative undergraduate grade point averages of at least 3.0, have completed the equivalent of 12 semester hours in communication courses, and have minimum grade point averages of 3.25 in those courses. The goals of Lambda Pi Eta are to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement and to stimulate interest in the field of communication.
National Broadcasting Society—Alpha Epsilon Rho. The Department of Telecommunication and Film has sponsored, since 1945, a chapter of the national collegiate honor society Alpha Epsilon Rho. The objectives of this chapter include encouraging and rewarding scholarship and promoting meaningful communication between student and professional broadcasters. Students who have completed 12 hours of either mass communication or telecommunication and film courses are eligible for membership, provided they have attained the high scholastic standards set by the chapter. Recently, Alpha Epsilon Rho created the National Broadcasting Society (NBS). Any University student interested in joining an association that deals with the activities of electronic media is welcome to join without grade restrictions. Alpha Epsilon Rho members will also be members of the NBS chapter.
Phi Beta Kappa. The University of Alabama chapter of Phi Beta Kappa national honor society extended membership eligibility to students in the College of Communication and Information Sciences by chapter action on March 4, 1974. In addition to meeting the minimum cumulative academic average used for selection of members from the College of Arts and Sciences, a student in the College of Communication and Information Sciences must have completed a minimum of 96 semester hours in the traditional liberal arts in order to be considered for membership.
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To complement formal classroom instruction, students in the College of Communication and Information Sciences are offered opportunities to put their training to practical use by working on campus with the following student media.
Corolla. The student yearbook, the Corolla, is published each year. It is not directly related to specific University courses, but communication students are employed regularly in its production, and communication faculty members are available as consultants to the staff.
Crimson White. The student newspaper, published four times a week during the school year, draws many of its key staff members from among communication students. The relationship between production of the Crimson White and the activities of advertising and journalism classes in the College of Communication and Information Sciences is a close one.
Communicator. A newspaper/newsletter for alumni and friends of the College, the Communicator draws on students in news reporting, feature writing, and editing classes to assist with production.
Dateline Alabama. This national award-winning news website is produced for the College by the Department of Journalism. It offers all students an opportunity to practice daily Web journalism.
Dateline InPrint. This lifestyle magazine, a companion publication to the website Dateline Alabama, is published at least twice a year by the Department of Journalism. It offers all students an opportunity to practice magazine journalism.
Marr's Field Journal. The University of Alabama's undergraduate literary magazine, Marr's Field Journal is produced entirely by undergraduates. It provides a place for students' fiction and poetry to be published, and an opportunity for students to read fellow students' work.
Southern Historian. This historical review provides an outlet for students interested in history, as well as opportunities to gain production and layout and design experience.
WTCF–Student Video. WTCF–Student Video (Student Cable Television Production) is programmed by advanced students enrolled in TCF 334, TCF 250, and TCF 350. Students produce news, sports, public affairs, and entertainment programming for distribution over the local cable system.
WVUA-FM. WVUA-FM is a student-operated, noncommercial, education station providing news, public affairs, and music programming to the campus and community. WVUA is staffed by Department of Telecommunication and Film and other University students under the supervision of telecommunication and film faculty and the University Media Planning Board.


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SF Street Style: Local Jewelry Designers Spotted in Simple Pieces + Great Shoes at New Berkeley Boutique, Viv&Ingrid at Oxford Hall
Jewelry designers, Vivian Wang and Ingrid Chen, of Viv&Ingrid, were rocking some killer flats at a launch party last week for their new Berkeley gift shop, Viv&Ingrid at Oxford Hall. The darling boutique is full of dreamy, whimsical decor and full of pretty, witty little things -- just as every great gift shop should be.
Now, designer are typically known for dressing very casually and Viv&Ingrid were no exception. They did however, step up their shoe game -- love! I really like the detailing on both pairs of flats -- the rhinestone cut-outs on the Vivian's yellow flats, and the asymmetrical line and d'Orsay cut on Ingrid's black pointies.


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I am running ZCS on a hardware Ubuntu server, and would like to relocate it onto a VMWARE server running FC4. (I'm going to use FC so I don't have to edit the .debs every time I upgrade!)
Does anyone have an idea of how this would work?
Something tells me it's not as easy as moving /opt/zimbra to the new install, then running an upgrade....


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|Fairgrounds expanded 2.93 acres to the northwest
|Written by Darci Tomky
Phillips County extended the fairgrounds a few acres after purchasing a piece of land from James and Julie Krogmeier for $13,185, reported county commissioners at their May 30 meeting.
The 2.93 acres are adjacent to the northwest corner of the fairgrounds. It will accommodate the new extended bike/pedestrian path as it loops around the north side of the fairgrounds.
County crews have already planted eastern red cedar trees on the west side of this property, in addition to a number of other trees they recently planted at the fairgrounds.
Phillips County has been busy preparing for new parking and storage facilities on property to the east of the courthouse in the 200 block of South Campbell Avenue. The former bowling alley structure has been torn down, and the board of commissioners has received proposals from five companies to erect the new parking/storage structure.
Commissioners said they are evaluating the bids and hope to make a decision in the near future.
Last week, county road and bridge crews also helped remove the existing concrete curbing at the Holyoke High School track as the school district anticipates a Great Outdoors Colorado grant award for their track project. The labor was the county's in-kind assistance for the project.
Commissioners reported the county is currently reviewing a draft junk and weed regulation. They said additional discussions will be held with the planning commission and county sheriff before they arrive at a draft to consider for adoption.
Commissioners will soon be attending a board training session in Denver for an explanation of the duties of the Board of Equalization. In the month of July, commissioners serve on this board to hear protests from property valuations set by the county assessor.
They explained the protests must first be filed with the assessor and then would only proceed to the Board of Equalization if the issues cannot be resolved between the property owner and the assessor.
The board approved Star 92.3's request to host the Taste of Home event at Phillips County Event Center on Oct. 29, 2013.
Commissioners noted a number of new Phillips County employees recently hired.
Olga Baeza has been contracted to clean the two primary public bathrooms at the Event Center, replacing Debbie Bennett who did not continue her contract. Jerry Lauer and Baeza were hired for part-time maintenance at the fairgrounds and Event Center.
Mollie Peck, who worked part-time for the county weed spraying program last year, has returned for another summer.
Road District 1 in the Amherst area hired Walter Juarez and Brad Haake to begin duties in June.
Holyoke Enterprise June 6, 2013


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A look at the Hollywood headlines from years past.
1968: David Gilmour replaced Syd Barrett as lead guitarist for Pink Floyd.
1969: Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees married singer Lulu in England. About 3,000 fans showed up.
1972: Neil Young got a gold record for his album, "Harvest," which includes the number one single, "Heart of Gold."
1974: KISS released its self-titled debut album. It only made it to 87 on Billboard's album chart, but it stayed on the chart for 23 weeks.
1992: fans rushed the stage at a New Kids on the Block concert in Seoul, South Korea, crushing people at the front of the crowd. A 17-year-old girl died the next day of injuries suffered in the stampede. The singers were not injured.
Today's Birthdays: Actor George Kennedy is 89. Author Toni Morrison is 83. Movie director Milos Forman is 82. Vocalist Yoko Ono is 81. Singer Herman Santiago of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers is 73. Singer Irma Thomas is 73. Singer Dennis DeYoung (Styx) is 67. Actress Cybill Shepherd is 64. Singer Juice Newton is 62. Singer Randy Crawford is 62. Drummer Robbie Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 61. Keyboardist Larry Rust of Iron Butterfly is 61. Actor John Travolta is 60. Game show hostess Vanna White ("Wheel of Fortune") is 57. Actress Greta Scacchi is 54. Actor Matt Dillon is 50. Rapper Dr. Dre is 49. Actress Molly Ringwald is 46. Actor Ike Barinholtz ("The Mindy Project") is 37. Actor Tyrone Burton ("The Parent 'Hood") is 35. Musician Regina Spektor is 34. Bassist Zac Cockrell of Alabama Shakes is 26.


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Sunrise, FL (Sports Network) - Brian Campbell scored twice as Florida began
defense of its Southeast Division title with a 5-1 thrashing of Carolina on
Jonathan Huberdeau, the third overall pick of the 2011 draft, and Alex Kovalev
each posted a goal and two assists for the Panthers, who won the division
for the first time in team history last season before falling to the New
Jersey Devils in the first round of the playoffs.
Jose Theodore stopped all but one of the 42 shots he faced.
Patrick Dwyer scored the lone goal for the Hurricanes, who placed 12th in the
Eastern Conference last season with 82 points.
Cam Ward had a rough start to the season as he didn't even last the first
period, giving up four goals on 12 shots in less than 15 minutes of play. Dan
Ellis played the rest of the game and gave up just one goal on 13 shots.
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The Spy Who Loved Me
|Release Date: August 03, 1977
|Running Time: 125 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Genre: Action, Adaptation, Spy
Roger Moore
Barbara Bach
Richard Kiel
Caroline Munro
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Summary:When a massive underwater craft abducts U.S. and Russian submarines, global tensions are heightened to the brink of war. In order to find the true culprit, James Bond (Agent 007) joins forces with beautiful Russian agent Anya Amasova. Together they follow a trail that leads to Karl Stromberg, a powerful shipping magnate who is implementing a horrific scheme for world domination. Bond struggles to foil the plot, but Stromberg has provided him with a most lethal adversary: Jaws, a seemingly indestructible steel-toothed giant. Agent 007's adventure takes him to the Egyptian pyramids, under the sea and to a mountaintop ski chase.


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I'm new to these forums, and I'm new to Zimbra, but I just started a job that requires us to have a Blackberry device or an equivalent smart phone to check email on. I have the Android Galaxy S Captivate from ATT. When I try using an app to have my email come to my phone, it works ok, but it doesn't "sync" with the server where when I click on an email, it doesn't change my web client to say "read" but instead just marks read in my phone and doesn't anywhere else. Here are the app options I've tried, but none are working the way the Blackberry handles it.
Standard email app that comes with the phone: Synced account, it grabs emails as fast as I request it to, however when I read the emails, it just stays read in the email and not on the web client.
Gmail app: Synced my gmail and zimbra (with my company) account perfectly. Now I have gmail pushing my emails to my phone from the gmail app preinstalled, and I can even send emails from my work address on my phone through the gmail app, however it still will only sync with the gmail servers to mark a message as "read" but not on the web client still.
Zimbra app: I downloaded and installed it. It sucks. Plain and simple, and I need something with a whole lot more functionality like the options that come with gmail or the email application.
So any ideas on how to make my phone mark a message as "read" and the web client notices it (or zimbra server we have notice it) and marks it on my computer, and when I mark it read on my computer, have my phone notified that I had read it?