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Oct 17, 2001 - Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evy, 75, of Ramat Hasharon, was assassinated by two shots to the head outside his room at the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
Rechavam Ze'evy was born in Jerusalem in 1926. A fifth generation sabra, he was a veteran of the Palmah's Yiftah Brigade, and was one of its legendary scouts, known for a remarkable knowledge of every corner of the country.
After graduating from the Command and General Staff College of the US Army, Ze'evy served as a career officer in the IDF, reaching the rank of Major-General. He won recognition as one of the main developers of anti-infiltration tactics in the Jordan Valley - tactics largely responsible for having turned Israel's border with Jordan into the quietest frontier. After the Six-Day War, while fighting Arab terror in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Ze'evy sought to ensure calm in the territories by granting the local government more authority. He also frequently visited the Beduin villages whose sons served with the IDF and sought to improve their conditions.
After retiring from army service, Rechavam Ze'evy served as Advisor to Prime Minister Rabin on Anti-Terror Matters and Intelligence from 1974-1977, and as Chairman of the Board of the Eretz-Israel Museum in Tel Aviv from 1981-1991.
He published many articles in the local press, and was the editor of 65 books published by the Ministry of Defense and the Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.
Ze'evy was elected to the Knesset in 1988 as Chairman of the Moledet faction, advocating the voluntary transfer of the Palestinian population in the territories, to be implemented after agreement was reached with the Arab states. He served as a member of the Knesset House, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Education and Culture, and State Control Committees.
From February 1991 until Janaury 1992, he served as Minister without Portfolio.
In May 1999, Rechavam Ze'evy was elected to the Knesset as Chairman of the National Union - Yisrael Beiteinu Party. He was appointed Minister of Tourism in March 2001. On October 15, 2001, he submitted his resignation, which was to enter into effect on October 17, after 48 hours, at 1:30 P.M.
Early that morning, on returning in the morning to his room at the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel, Rechavam Ze'evy was murdered by Palestinian terrorists who shot him in the head. He was pronounced dead at Hadassah Hospital three hours later.
Rechavam Ze'evy was laid to rest in a state funeral with full military honors at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl Military Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Yael and five children, Yiftah-Palmah, Binyamin, Masada, Tzahala and Arava, as well as 20 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.


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TC TO RALPH WALDO EMERSON; 8 December 1837; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18371208-TC-RWE-01; CL 9:359-362.
Chelsea, London, 8th December, 1837—
My dear Emerson,
How long it is since you last heard of me I do not very accurately know; but it is too long.1 A very long, ugly, inert and unproductive chapter of my own history seems to have past since then. Whenever I delay writing, be sure matters go not well with me; and do you in that case write to me were it again and over again,—unweariable in pity.2
I did go to Scotland, for almost three months; leaving my Wife here with her Mother. The poor Wife had fallen so weak that she gave me real terror in the spring time, and made the Doctor look very grave indeed: she continued too weak for travelling: I was worn out as I had never in my life been. So on the longest day of June, I got back to my Mother's cottage; threw myself down, I may say, into what we may call the "frightfullest magnetic sleep,"3 and lay there avoiding the intercourse of men. Most wearisome had their gabble become; almost unearthly. But indeed all was unearthly in that humour. The gushing of my native brooks, the sough of the old solitary woods, the great roar of old native Solway (billowing fresh out of your Atlantic, drawn by the Moon): all this was a kind of unearthly music to me; I cannot tell you how unearthly.4 It did not bring me to rest; yet towards rest I do think: at all events, the time had come when I behoved to quit again. I have been here since September: evidently another little "chapter" or paragraph, not altogether inert, is getting forward. But I must not speak of these things. How can I speak of them on a miserable scrap of blue paper?5 Looking into your kind eyes with my eyes, I could speak: not here. Pity me, my friend, my brother; yet hope well of me: if I can (in all senses) rightly hold my peace, I think much will yet be well with me. SILENCE is the great thing I worship at present; almost the sole tenant of my Pantheon. Let a man know rightly how to hold his peace. I have to repeat to myself, "Silence is of Eternity."6— Ah me, I think how I could rejoice to quit these jawing discords and jargonings of Babel; and go far, far away! I do believe if I had the smallest competence of money to get "food and warmth" with, I would shake the mud of London from my feet, and go and bury myself in some green place, and never print any syllable more. Perhaps it is better as it is.
But quitting this, we will actually speak (under favour of "Silence") one very small thing; a pleasant piece of news. There is a man here called John Sterling (Reverend John of the Church of England too), whom I love better than anybody I have met with, since a certain sky-messenger alighted to me at Craigenputtoch, and vanished in the Blue again.7. This Sterling has written; but what is far better he has lived, he is alive. Across several unsuitable wrappages, of Church-of-Englandism and others, my heart loves the man. He is one, and the best of a small class extant here, who nigh drowning in a black wreck of Infidelity (lighted up by some glare of Radicalism only, now growing dim too) and about to perish, saved themselves into a Coleridgian Shovel hattedness,—or determination to preach, to preach peace; were it only the spent echo of a peace once preached. He is still only about thirty; young; and I think will shed the shovel-hat yet perhaps. Do you ever read Blackwood? This John Sterling is the "New Contributor" whom Wilson makes such a rout about, in the November and prior month: "Crystals from a Cavern" &c,—which it is well worth your while to see.8 Well, and what then, cry you?— Why then, this John Sterling has fallen overhead in love with a certain Waldo Emerson; that is all. He saw the little book Nature9 lying here; and, across a whole silva silvarum [dense forest] of prejudices, discerned what was in it; took it to his heart,—and indeed into his pocket, and has carried it off to Madeira with him; whither unhappily (tho' now with good hope and expectation) the Doctors have ordered him. This is the small piece of pleasant news, that two sky-messengers (such they were both of them to me) have met and recognised each other; and by God's blessing there shall one day be a trio of us: call you that nothing?
And so now by a direct transition I am got to the "Oration."10 My friend! you know not what you have done for me there. It was long decades of years that I had heard nothing but the infinite jangling and jabbering and inarticulate twittering and screeching, and my soul had sunk down sorrowful, and said there is no articulate speaking then any more, and those art solitary among stranger-creatures! and lo, out of the West, comes a clear utterance, clearly recognisable as a m[an's] voice, and I have a kinsman and brother: God be thanked for it! I could [have] wept to read that speech; the clear high melody of it went tingling thro' my heart; I said to my wife "There, woman!" She read; and returned, and charges me to return for answer, "that there had been nothing met with like it since Schiller went silent." My brave Emerson! And all this has been lying silent, quite tranquil in him, these seven years, and the "vociferous platitude"11 dinning his ears on all sides, and he quietly answering no word; and a whole world of Thought has silently built itself in these calm depths, and the day being come, says quite softly, as if it were a common thing, "Yes, I am here too."12— Miss Martineau tells me, "some say it is inspired, some say it is mad." Exactly so; no say could be suitabler. But for you, my dear friend, I say and pray heartily: May God grant you strength, for you have a fearful work to do! Fearful I call it; and yet it is great, and the greatest. O for God's sake keep yourself still quiet. Do not hasten to write; you cannot be too slow about it. Give no ear to any man's praise or censure; know that that is not it: on the one side is as Heaven if you have strength to keep silent, and climb unseen; yet on the other side, yawning always at one's right-hand and one's left, is the frightfullest Abyss and Pandimonium! See Fenimore Cooper,—poor Cooper, he is down in it; and had a climbing faculty too.13 Be steady, be quiet, be in no haste; and God speed you well! My space is done.
And so adieu, for this time. You must write soon again. My copy of the Oration has never come: how is this?14 I could dispose of a dozen well.—— They say I am to lecture again in Spring, Ay de mi! The "Book" is babbled about sufficiently in several dialects. Fraser wants to print my scattered Reviews and Articles; a pregnant sign. Teufelsdröckh to precede. The man "screamed" once at the name of it in a very musical manner. He shall not print a line, unless he give me money for it more or less. I have had enough of printing for one while,—thrown into "magnetic sleep" by it!Farewell my brother.— T. Carlyle.
O. Rich,15 it seems, is in Spain. His representative assured me, some weeks since, that the Account was now sent.— There is an Article on Sir W. Scott: shocking; invitissimâ Minervâ [without inspiration]!
Miss Martineau charges me to send kind remembrances to you and your lady: her words were kinder than I have room for here.— Can you not, in defect or delay of Letter, send me a Massachusetts Newspaper? I think it costs little or almost nothing now; and I shall know your hand.

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A box contains 3 red balls, 4 blue balls, and 6 green balls. Balls are drawn one-by-one without replacement until all the red balls are drawn. Let $D$ be the number of draws made.
a)$P(D\le 9)$
For part a) I know the answer should be $\binom{10}{6}/\binom{13}{9}$ but not sure how to get this.
And I am wondering the relationship between (a) and (b). And how to calculate hypergeometric distribution in general.
For part c) I could use the basic definition to get the answer but I am sure there is an easier way to do this.


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I would hate to have to fire someone. I've never been in that position. But NFL coaches are forced to reduce their work staff every year about this time. The NFL rosters must be trimmed to 53 for the start of the regular season. About 20 players lose their jobs all in one day.
The Colts made their moves Saturday. Some guys had to know the ax was coming. Others were caught off guard I'm sure when asked to turn in their playbooks. Survivors celebrate an NFL dream come true. In years past, guys like Gary Brackett, Melvin Bullitt and Jacob Lacey have become starters after first beating the odds just to make the team.
First, congratulations to Indianapolis native Devin Moore from Ritter High School, who clearly won the battle to return kickoffs and punts for the Colts with Brandon James, Ray Fisher and Sam Giguere all let go. Moore is one of those feel good stories on a day that is filled with professional heartbreak for so many others.
One surprise for me is that tight end Gijon Robinson survived. Robinson has played a significant role in the Colts two tight end plays in the past. But I thought the strong preseason of Brody Eldridge might have made Robinson expendable. And when Robinson was still playing late in the final preseason game, I thought he was doomed. Anyone playing at the end of that game is usually playing in their last game. The Colts are keeping 4 tight ends for now. Dallas Clark, Eldridge, Jacob Tamme and Robinson.
I also thought John Chick might stick with the club. The Canadian Football League defensive player of the year made several plays in the preseason, many more than rookie Jerry Hughes. But the Colts are loaded at defensive end.
NFL rosters change almost daily based on injuries and needs. So guys at the bottom of the roster are always uneasy. But this was the day when the football unemployment line gets much deeper.
Rich Nye, WTHR Sports Reporter
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The Village Inn of Woodstock
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Welcome to the Village Inn of Woodstock
Our 1899 Woodstock VT bed and breakfast is conveniently located in the heart of Woodstock village - just a short walk from numerous art galleries, wonderful shopping and dining, and all that a romantic vacation in Woodstock Vermont has to offer.
With convenient access to nearby Quechee, Barnard, Hanover, Killington, Bridgewater, and White River Junction, our Woodstock VT inn is close to many central Vermont attractions and activities.
Our luxurious Woodstock Vermont lodging accommodations include a two-room suite and eight pampering guestrooms. Lodging amenities include a three-course gourmet breakfast, some rooms with spa tubs and fireplaces, all with luxurious linens and gorgeous decor. Relax and enjoy our guest tavern, gorgeous seasonal gardens and front parlor and porch.
Our breakfasts are made from scratch and feature ingredients from local Vermont farms and purveyors within an hours drive from Woodstock, VT and our inn. As the only village of Woodstock B&B with an outdoor terrace, we pride ourselves in the lovely spring and summer Woodstock Vermont vacation environment we have created for our guests.
Lovingly treasured over the years, our beautiful Woodstock Vermont bed and breakfast features exquisite attention to detail that whisks you back to a more elegant time. Original oak wainscoting and moldings, ornate tin ceilings, and cranberry glass lamps mix with stunning chandeliers, custom heavy draperies and hand-printed Bradbury and Bradbury wallpaper added by owners/innkeepers David and Evelyn Brey.
Yet this Woodstock Vermont painted lady is anything but stuffy! You'll notice David's whimsical art pieces hanging alongside the more traditional paintings of his mother -Susan Brey. And, chances are our furry innkeepers, Spanky and Alfalfa, will scamper between your legs sometime during your stay.
Working with Simon Pearce and other notable Woodstock, Vermont attractions and destinations, we've created special Woodstock VT getaway packages and Vermont vacation specials.
Breakfast at the Inn
Breakfast at our Woodstock Vermont bed and breakfast is sure to be one of the most memorable parts of your Vermont vacation. Dine at your convenience between 8 and 9:30 a.m. Enjoy freshly brewed Cafe Du Monde coffee and a selection of teas. Start with freshly squeezed orange juice and seasonal fruit, then enjoy a homemade pastry. For your main entrée, savor the choices – the entrée of the day, eggs cooked to your liking, and our Inn-made granola, all accompanied by bacon and toast from one of innkeeper Evelyn's three homemade breads – Irish Farmhouse Wheat, Oatmeal or Challah.
Breakfast is included in your bed and breakfast room rate. If you would like to make your morning even more special, we are pleased to offer for sale Champagne by the glass and Mimosas. Whatever you choose, you won't get a better breakfast in Woodstock, Vermont!
We use local, seasonal Vermont ingredients from these fantastic Vermont farms and artisan food purveyors:
Eggs: Rocky Ridge Farm in Hartland, Vermont. Eggs are organic from free-range chickens.
Flour: King Arthur Flour
Butter, sour cream & cheddar cheese: Cabot
Goat cheese: Vermont Butter and Cheese Creamery
Maple flavored goat cheese and goat's milk caramel: Fat Toad Farm
Raw cow's milk cheese: Plymouth Artisan Cheese
Pork: Green Mountain Smokehouse, Windsor Vermont. All things pig come from them – bacon, maple breakfast sausage and ham – we rotate, bacon one day, sausage the next. Ham is used in quiches and omelettes. They also make Bratwurst for both Long Trail Brewing Co. and Harpoon Brewery.
Milk & cream: Thomas Dairy
Maple syrup: Kedron Sugar Makers
Garden Terrace
As the only village of Woodstock B&B with an outdoor terrace, we pride ourselves in the lovely, contemplative atmosphere we've created for guests to our Woodstock Vermont inn. Purchase a glass of wine in our Tavern and stroll out to a shaded table or sunny spot for a serene place to sip. Curl up on a cushioned bench with a book, or simply gaze at the trickling fountain and colorful flowers. From late Spring through Fall, our terrace is a great place to hang out after a day of discovering the many active and relaxed activities of central Vermont.
Area Information
Natural beauty, historic homes, covered bridges and elegant shops lure visitors to Woodstock, Vermont year after year. Combine these attributes with nearby central Vermont attractions such as alpine skiing, cross country ski touring, romantic sleigh rides, biking, hiking, horseback riding, canoeing, golf, tennis, and basking in the sun at one of the many lakes in the region and you've got a year-round destination!
Here are our top picks broken out by category:
Outdoor Fun
- Enjoy a day on the water. Take a self-guided canoe, kayak or raft trip on a pristine section of the Connecticut River in Windsor Vermont. Rentals are available through Great River Outfitters, and North Star Canoe Rentals and Wilderness Trail.
- Fly fishing guide services are available through Green Mountain Troutfitters and Wilderness Trails.
- Green Mountain Horse Association is the nation's oldest continuously operating horse association. It offers competitive, recreational and educational equine activities in five disciplines - combined training, dressage, driving, hunters/jumpers, and trail.
- Play golf at nearby Woodstock Country Club, home of an 18-hole Robert Trent Jones, Sr. course.
- Hike the local trails - we have an extensive trail system here in the village. From the top of Mt. Tom, right here in the village, take in dramatic views of the village and the surrounding mountains.
- Alpine skiing abounds in Vermont. Suicide Six is located 3 miles from the center of Woodstock. Killington is 18 miles, Mt. Ascutney is 17, and Okemo is 25 miles. Check Ski Conditions here.
- Cross country skiing, snow shoeing, fishing, canoeing/kayaking and bike rental are all available at Wilderness Trails in Quechee.
- Visit nearby Quechee Gorge, "Vermont's Little Grand Canyon."
- Picnic, swim, and canoe at nearby Silver Lake State Park - this is a great place for families. There is a beautiful beach with a diving pier, a large playground, concession stand, clean bathrooms and a large covered space, which can be reserved for group outings.
- Enjoy an old-fashioned horse-drawn sleigh or carriage ride. Carriage Rides leave right from our front door. You can arrange your ride directly with Peter or Beth Mantello of Three Brothers Farm, (802) 457-4934.
Shopping & Relaxing
- Enjoy the terrific shops in the Village, including numerous antique shops, specialty food, craft, clothing and gift shops, new and used book stores, and much more.
- The Vermont Cheese Trail offers you the opportunity to visit the producers of the many superb cheeses that are made in Vermont. Note: The cheese makers are mostly small producers, and not always open, so advance planning is a most fabulous idea!
- Visit Simon Pearce and marvel in the works of the renown glass master. Purchase handmade glass pottery and flatware.
- Visit King Arthur Flour's headquarters in Norwich.
- Tour the factory of renown furniture maker Charles Shackleton, and potter Miranda Thomas in nearby Bridgewater
- Enjoy the spa services available at The Strong House Spa in nearby Quechee. Choose from a large number of skin care treatments, body treatments and therapeutic massage.
- Visit F. H. Gillingham & Sons, Vermont's oldest general store, located right in the village.
- Visit Long Trail Brewery in Bridgewater Corners and Harpoon Brewery in Windsor.
- Sugarbush Farm is the perfect place to learn how maple syrup is made, taste the four grades, and learn why each tastes different. You can also taste many Vermont made products here, including fourteen varieties of cheese.
Cultural Highlights
- Visit Billings Farm and Museum, a modern working dairy farm and a museum of Vermont farm life in the 1890s.
- Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Historic Park, Vermont's only National Park, focuses on the history and evolution of conservation stewardship in America.
- The Vermont Institute of Natural Science and Raptor Center is New England's leading Raptor Care and Educational facility, and offers the opportunity to see over 20 species of birds of prey including owls, hawks, falcons and eagles
- See our four covered bridges – one in the center of town, one 4 miles east at Taftsville, the third 3 miles west, and the fourth in Queechee – each spanning the Ottauquechee River.
- Take a guided walking tour of the beautiful homes and buildings here in the village.
- The Woodstock Historical Society , located right in the village in the 1807 Dana House, has changing exhibits that include paintings, decorative arts pieces, textiles, costumes, antique toys, dolls, doll houses, tools and other local items. Guided tours are available. Pentangle Council on the Arts, a non-profit arts council, presents music, theater, dance and family events in the Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, a 400-seat historic theater.
- Visit President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, the birthplace and boyhood home of Calvin Coolidge, in nearby Plymouth Notch.
- The Lebanon Opera House and The Claremont Opera House offer live performances.
How To Find Us
From Boston: I-93 North to I-89. Follow to Exit 1 (Woodstock/Rutland). Turn left off the exit onto US Route 4 West. Woodstock is 10 miles. The Inn is on the left hand side of the street as you come into town.
From Eastern New York & Connecticut: I-95 North or Merritt Parkway to I-91 North. Follow to Exit 10 in Vermont, onto I-89 North. Follow to Exit 1 (Woodstock/Rutland). Turn left off the exit onto US Route 4 West. Woodstock is 10 miles. The Inn is on the left hand side of the street as you come into town.
From Upstate & Western New York: I-87 North to Exit 24 (Adirondack Northway). Take Northway to Exit 20 (Fort Anne/Whitehall). Follow NY Route 149 to US Route 4 to Fort Anne. Turn left onto US Route 4 East and follow to Woodstock. The Inn is located 3/10 of a mile east of the Village Green, and is on the right hand side of the street.


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Transgender man sues fertility clinic for not helping him to get pregnant
January 13, 2014 - Andrea Johnson
Andy Inkster, a transgender man, is suing Baystate Reproductive Medicine in Springhurst, Mass., because it refused to help Inkster get pregnant using donor sperm and in vitro fertilization a few years back.
According to an op ed piece in The New York Times, which can be found at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/opinion/the-next-frontier-in-fertility-treatment.html?—r=0, Inkster objected to being asked to provide a statement from a therapist that Inkster was psychologically stable and ready to become a parent. Baystate apparently did not require the same thing of other patients. The state's civil rights agency found probable cause that Baystate had discriminated against Inkster. Now the two sides are moving into a "conciliation conference.
Inkster, who began taking testosterone and had breast removal surgery done at age 18, had always wanted to be a parent and still has ovaries and a uterus. Eventually, Inkster found a clinic willing to do the treatment. Inkster conceived a daughter using anonymous donor sperm and gave birth. The Times suggested that it might be disconcerting for people to see a seemingly pregnant man, though Inkster, who just contacted me, said no one was ever disconcerted.
The Times reports that, under Obamacare, it will no longer be legal to discriminate against people who are transgender when it comes to medical care. But will that also include fertility treatments?
The Times piece quotes a study done last year in Belgium that said that a little more than half of transgender men in Belgium wanted to become parents and 38 percent of them would have frozen their eggs if the technology had been available to them. However, there have been many stories in recent years about transgender children, some as young as toddlers, whose parents have allowed them to live as the opposite sex and have arranged for them to receive hormone therapy at very young ages so they never go through puberty. The treatment is supposed to make it easier for them to pass physically as the gender they identify with and make a sex change operation less complicated when they reach 18. But the treatment also destroys their fertility and any chance they have of becoming biological parents.
Inkster is still a biological female and gave birth and is actually the girl's biological mother. Her biological father is a sperm donor. While I don't necessarily object to psychologically healthy trangender, gay or straight people becoming parents in unconventional ways, I also don't know that I want taxpayers to foot the bill. And, given the huge number of transgender people who want to become biological parents, I think that parents and doctors should rethink practices that expose pre-pubescent children to hormonal treatments that will sterilize them before they are mature enough to fully understand what has been done to their bodies. That sort of treatment comes dangerously close to medical child abuse.
What do you think of Inkster's lawsuit?
Inkster has emailed me with some concerns about this piece and I have made some corrections accordingly. Inkster points out that Baystate Reproductive Medicine is located in Springfield, Mass., not Amherst.
Inkster also says it is inappropriate to speculate on what the child calls him and, on second thought, I agree that this was an unfair comment. The Times opinion column did note in general that a male transgender who has a child and had breasts removed as Inkster did might be unable to nurse and that some people might find it disconcerting to see a seemingly pregnant male. There was nothing said about how people reacted during Inkster's particular pregnancy.
Inkster also said in his email to me that toddlers are never given hormone therapy. This is true and the original comment in the blog may have been misleading. I was referring to stories about toddlers who identify as transgender and whose parents are allowing them to live as the opposite gender. In such cases, hormonal therapy generally begins before puberty.
My general opinion on this situation remains the same.
Update Two
Inkster further states in an e-mail that he is not aware of any provision under Obamacare that would require that fertility treatment be covered. His particular case didn't have anything to do with requiring insurance companies to pay for such fertility treatment, nor did I say it did. The New York Times op-ed did mention the general difficulties that transgender men and women have had getting medical treatment because of their unique circumstances and the options they might have for becoming parents.
I think the main argument against requiring insurance to cover fertility treatment is that it will drive up health care costs and that it is an optional, rather than a necessary, medical procedure. But I do think there's a real possibility that at some point in the future the law might require that such treatments be covered.
Article Comments(34)
Jan-14-14 8:03 AM
seems Andrea says a lot of things to raise the readers ire.....but if we raise your ire, Andrea, why so quick with the delete button? Try to have a little open-mindedness for others as you have for yourself?
Jan-14-14 8:00 AM
I see Andrea deleted the letter....why? Credit was given to the Williston Herald...
A quote from Andrea..."Eventually, Inkster found a clinic willing to do the treatment. Inkster conceived a daughter ..."
'to do the treatment'. Some would say that doing a 'treatment' is trying to fix a 'sick' condition....and many might agree...many. Some others would say AI-ing a person with a mental condition really is not a 'treatment'...
Jan-14-14 7:31 AM
WEIRD: Because Normal Isn't Working
Jan-14-14 7:21 AM
To say the least I'm sure a pregnant man would get some looks.
Jan-13-14 7:23 PM
There's a letter to the editor in the Williston paper....I c/p it to Andrea's 'legalization of gay marriage in ND" blog ....very interesting and funny...
Jan-13-14 5:56 PM
i hope nobody actualy wastes time on this case
Jan-13-14 4:22 PM
Actually, I referred to Inkster throughout and used "he" in the headline. Gender identity is complex and people like this usually do feel that something went awry and they are in the wrong gendered body. I imagine Inkster, born female, believes his/her brain is actually male. It may have something to do with exposure to hormones in the womb. If it's a birth defect like any other, providing treatment is appropriate. It may even be appropriate to help these people have children as Inkster did, since there is no real alternative if they want biological children. But I do question whether the taxpayer should be required to pay for it.
Jan-13-14 3:55 PM
And this is exactly what comes out of relationships that are termed legal by the liberal left..
You see Andrea you reap what you sow..
Thats what happens when people start to act like *****s, gays and idiots.. You get cross bred dignbats who will go on the Government dole for life..
More*******people are showing up everyday in this country..
Jan-13-14 1:28 PM
Why do you keep referring to Andy as "he"? Anyone who believes that they are the opposite sex is just a nutjob, no more sane than anyone who thinks they are Napoleon.
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Since we didn't find out the sex of the baby while I was pregnant, I had a gender neutral baby shower, and I didn't get to decorate and go all out pink the way I wanted to, so I knew her first birthday would have to be pink and amazing! At first I had decided on owls, but I was having a hard time finding owl decorations that I liked, so I decided on going with little birdies. I did some research on color palettes, and I decided that the colors would be 3-4 shades of pink ranging from light to dark, light green, ivory/cream, and white. Once I had the theme and colors picked out, the decoration making madness began! I handamde every single decoartion. I painted all of the birds and woodhouses, I spray painted all of the lids for the baby food jars, I glued 3 different pieces of ribbon to each baby food jar, I made the banner with my Cricut, and I typed out all of the signs, and labels, and I made all of the paper rosettes, as well as pre-assembling the scrapbook for the scrapbook station for guests to write in. I started making the decorations when she was 8 months old, and I finished the last of the decorations 2 days before her party!
Now on to the good stuff...the dessert table! I baked each and every item on the dessert table. A list of all the goods on the dessert table are as follows:
white chocoalte dipped marshmallows
vanilla cupcakes
chocolate cake pops
sugar cookies
butterscotch bird's nests
strawberry cake
brownie bites
key lime flavored chocolate dipped oreo pops
white choclate dipped pretzel sticks
Bringing the dessert table together was the hardest part, but it all worked out prefectly. All of the serving trays were silver serving trays, or oven burners from the dollar store that I spray painted to match the theme. I glued candlesticks to the bottoms of the trays to add height. I used a dollar store tablecloth, and I also used dollar store tablecloths for the backdrop.
I bought A LOT of the things from the dollar store such as tablecloths, napkins, utensils, servingware, cups, streamers, large construction paper for the dessert table centerpiece, and more!
I bought all of the frames for $1.50 from Daiso. I upcycled some jam and spaghetti jars to use as utensil holders, marker holders, and vases. I just added some ribbon, and a tag to them.
For the party favors, I bought a 4 pack of notebooks for $1 from the dollar store, and I glued different pieces of construction paper to the front to match the personality of the child that it was for. I used a hot glue gun, and I glued elastic to the back and stuck 4 crayons in it, so it would serve as a notebook/coloring pad. I put a big sticker on the front and wrapped each notebook in cellophane and tied a gift tag go it that had the child's name on it.
The baby food jars filled with candy on the table served as party favors for the adults to take home.
We served sandwiches, relish trays, fruit, chips, cheese and crackers along with lemonade, soda, apple juice, beer or wine.
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The young full-back settled well and made an excellent start following his arrival from Wrexham.
Having been linked with a number of top-flight clubs, thankfully, the Wales youth international decided that his future lay with Fulham. With a lovely left foot, great turn of pace and relentless engine, Evans proved to be a real asset for the Academy.
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On Wednesday, February 5, Savannah's Brian Reese told Southeast Georgia's WSAV-TV that he intends to run for the Democratic nomination of the First Congressional District.
"I believe this district is very much in play for the Democratic Party. I believe that we can bring change, a different perspective, we can collaborate. We can reach across the aisles. We can do things differently to move the first district forward and Georgia forward," Reese said.
A confident Reese is running to replace one of the Congress' most conservative Republican members and one of its chief obstructionists --the outgoing Jack Kingston.
Reese's announcement came after the 2012 Democratic nominee Lesli Messinger decided to withdraw her name from the race, but Messinger wholeheartedly supports and endorses Reese and his efforts to claim the seat.
" I wanted to make sure that there was someone running in this race that could win and that would share the same values and needs," Messinger said.
However, Republicans have been able to hold onto southeastern Georgia's congressional seat for two decades and thus far five Republicans-- State Sen. Buddy Carter, Darwin Carter, State Sen. Jeff Chapman, Bob Johnson, and John McCallum--have announced their intentions to capture the Republican nomination and open seat left by Kingston.
If Democrats are going to entertain the prospect of winning the House of Representatives in an effort to move forward with President Barack Obama's domestic agenda, Democrats must be able to win the increasingly diverse First Congressional District.
The largest population center of the First Congressional District is Chatham County and Georgia's fourth largest city, Savannah.
For most of Jack Kingston's two decade tenure, the conservative Republican benefited via redistricting with a divided Chatham, but things have changed since the last Census and now all of Chatham County rests in the First Congressional District.
One of Reese's biggest challenges is to turn Chatham and Liberty counties more 'blue'. In past years, lower turnout in predominately Democratic precincts in Chatham had provided conservatives an easier avenue to win in congressional elections.
In 2012, President Barack Obama won Chatham with nearly 57 percent of the vote, However, among the eighty Chatham precincts, the lowest participation rates had come from majority Democratic, majority black precincts.
Republicans are hoping to see the trend of lower turnout manifest itself in 2014, but Reese and his campaign can do something in the coming months to reverse this and encourage people to come out and vote in this mid-term election.
The average voter participation rate in Georgia for November 2012 was 72 percent. The following are just a few of the precincts--according to the Secretary of State-- that had among the lowest participation in Savannah.
62% Blackshear Comm Ctr
59% W. W. Law Center
54% Williams Court Apts
64% Rose of Sharon
58% Senior Citizens Cent
61% Elks Lodge
52% Bull Street Baptist
Reese, 42, is a managing partner with UPS and has also been a minister for 20 years—currently serving at Family Nation Church in Savannah. Reese graduated from H.V. Jenkins High School and Savannah State University with a major in Political Science.
Every vote counts, but a renewed focus on registration will be needed as we head into 2014.
Majority-minority cities such as Folkston, Brunswick, Darien, Waycross and other coastal cities such as Kingsland and St. Marys will play an important role in whether a Democrat will be representing southeast Georgia for the first time in decades.
Reese has begun to travel across the First Congressional District in an effort to meet people and discuss issues. Recently, Reese had visited Brunswick, St. Marys and Waycross.
The Democratic primary is scheduled for Tuesday, May 20.


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Let $M$ be a submanifold of $\mathbb R^n$, then is there an open set $\Omega$ in $\mathbb R^n$ such that function $d(x,M)$ (distance function) is smooth on $\Omega$?
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Yes. If you choose $\Omega$ to be a small enough normal neighborhood of $M$, then the distance function will be smooth. For a small normal neighborhood, if $x \in \Omega$, then there is a unique vector normal to $M$ that connects $M$ to $x$ and $d(x,M)$ is the length of this vector. Based on this you can show that something called the normal exponential map is a diffeomorphism onto $\Omega$ and this implies that $d$ is smooth in $\Omega$. A complete proof of this fact is proved in many riemannian geometry books (I would check out Bishop and Crittenden's book "Geometry of Manifolds") in the case where $M$ is a hypersurface, and the case where $M$ is not a hypersurface should be similar.


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Remember cassettes? I bought my last one, I think, in 1992. But I still have about 100 cassettes and a working cassette player that I keep in the basement. As you can imagine, almost all of the cassettes are from the 1980s; but there are a few from the late 1970s that are, amazingly, still playable and with a good enough sound quality to accompany a late night snail dissection.
Cassettes had a propensity to malfunction (the surviving ones still do). Sometimes they could be repaired by removing a bad section and reattaching the loose ends with tape. But I don't waste my time with such things anymore; at the slightest sign of trouble I toss them in the trash.
This morning I pulled out the cassette from the player to find out that a lengthy section of the tape had come out.
It turned out to be Phil Collins' No Jacket Required. And look at this fine mess he got me into.
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Official Name:
Republic of Venezuela
Area: 912,050 sq. km. (352,143 sq. mi.); slightly more than twice the size of California.
Capital--Caracas (metro. area pop. est. 2.8 million, 1990 census). Other major cities--Maracaibo, Valencia, Barquisimeto.
Terrain: Andes Mountains and Maracaibo Lowlands in northwest; central plains; Guiana Highlands in southeast.
Climate: Varies from tropical to temperate, depending on elevation.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Venezuelan(s).
Population (2000 est.): 23.5 million.
Annual growth rate (2000 est.): 1.6%.
Ethnic groups: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people.
Religions: Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%.
Languages: Spanish (official), numerous indigenous dialects.
Education: Years compulsory--9. Literacy--91.1%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--26.17 deaths/1,000 live births. Life expectancy--73.07 yrs.
Work force (9.9 million in 1999): Services--64%. Manufacturing--23%. Agriculture--13%.
Type: Federal Republic.
Independence: July 5, 1811.
Constitution: December 30, 1999.
Branches: Executive--president (head of government and chief of state; 6-year term); Council of Ministers (cabinet, appointed by president). Legislative--unicameral congress (5-year term). Judicial--18-member Supreme Court (elected by Congress; 12-year term).
Subdivisions: 23 states, one federal district (Caracas), and one federal dependency (72 islands).
Major political parties: Fifth Republic Movement or Movimiento V Republica (MVR), Democratic Action or Accion Democratica (AD), Social Christian or Comite Organizador Politico por Elecciones Independientes (COPEI), Homeland for All or Patria Para Todos (PPT), Movement to Socialism or Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS), Radical Cause or La Causa R, Justice First or Primero Justicia, and the National Convergence or Convergencia.
Economy (2000)
GDP: $106 billion.
Growth rate: +3.2%
GDP per capita: $4,500.
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, gold, diamonds, bauxite, other minerals, hydroelectric power.
Agriculture (5% of GDP): Products--corn, sorghum, rice, bananas, vegetables, coffee, beef, pork, milk, eggs, fish.
Petroleum industry (28% of GDP): Oil refining, petrochemicals.
Manufacturing (20% of GDP): Types--iron and steel, paper products, aluminum, textiles, transport equipment, consumer products, and petroleum refining.
Trade: Exports (f.o.b. 2000)--$34.0 billion; petroleum $28.7 billion, aluminum, steel, chemical products, iron ore, cigarettes, plastics, fish, cement, and paper products. Major markets--U.S. and Puerto Rico 37%, Colombia 16%, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Netherlands, Italy. Imports (f.o.b 2000)--$16.1 billion; machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, construction materials. Major suppliers--U.S. 53%, Colombia, Brazil, Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, France.
Exchange rate (March 2001): 707 bolivars=U.S.$1.
The Venezuelan people comprise a combination of European, indigenous, and African heritages. About 85% of the population live in urban areas in the northern portion of the country. While almost half of Venezuela's land area lies south of the Orinoco River, this region contains only 5% of the population.
At the time of the Spanish discovery, the indigenous people were mainly agriculturists and hunters living in groups along the coast, the Andean mountain range, and along the Orinoco River. The first permanent Spanish settlement in South America--Nuevo Toledo--was established in Venezuela in 1522. Venezuela was a relatively neglected colony in the 1500s and 1600s as the Spaniards focused on extracting gold from other areas of their empire in the Americas.
The Venezuelans began to grow restive under colonial control toward the end of the 18th century. After several unsuccessful uprisings, the country achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of its most famous son, Simon Bolivar. Venezuela, along with what are now Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador, was part of the Republic of Gran Colombia until 1830, when Venezuela separated and became a sovereign country.
Much of Venezuela's 19th century history was characterized by periods of political instability, dictatorial rule, and revolutionary turbulence. The first half of the 20th century was marked by periods of authoritarianism--including dictatorships from 1908-35 and from 1950-58. The Venezuelan economy shifted after the first World War from a primarily agricultural orientation to an economy centered on petroleum production and export.
Since the overthrow of Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez in 1958 and the military's withdrawal from direct involvement in national politics, Venezuela has enjoyed an unbroken tradition of civilian democratic rule. Until the 1998 elections, the Democratic Action (AD) and the Christian Democratic (COPEI) parties dominated the political environment at both the state and federal level.
Hugo Chavez was elected President in December 1998 on a platform that called for the creation of a National Constituent Assembly to write a new constitution for Venezuela. Chavez's argument that the existing political system had become isolated from the people won broad acceptance, particularly among Venezuela's poorest classes, who had seen a significant real decline in their living standards over the previous decade and a half. The National Constituent Assembly (ANC), consisting of 131 elected individuals, convened in August 1999 to begin rewriting the Constitution In free elections, voters gave all but six seats to persons associated with Chavez's movement. Venezuelans approved the ANC's draft in a referendum on December 15, 1999. The political system described below is that defined by the 1999 Constitution.
The President is elected by a plurality vote with direct and universal suffrage. The term of office is 6 years, and a president may be re-elected to a single consecutive term. The President appoints the Vice President. He decides the size and composition of the cabinet and makes appointments to it with the involvement of the National Assembly. Legislation can be initiated by the executive branch, the legislative branch (either a committee of the National Assembly or three members of the latter), the judicial branch, the citizen branch (ombudsman, public prosecutor, and controller general) or a public petition signed by no fewer than 0.1% of registered voters. The President can ask the National Assembly to reconsider portions of laws he finds objectionable, but a simple majority of the Assembly can override these objections.
The National Assembly is unicameral, consisting solely of the Chamber of Deputies. Deputies serve 5-year terms, and may be re-elected for a maximum of two additional terms. These legislative agents are elected by a combination of party list and single member constituencies. When the Congress is not in session, its delegated committee acts on matters relating to the executive and in oversight functions.
The Constitution designates three additional branches of the Federal government--the judicial, citizen, and electoral branches.
The judicial branch is headed by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, which may meet either in specialized chambers (of which there are six) or in plenary session. The justices are appointed by the National Assembly and serve 12-year terms. The judicial branch also consists of lower courts, including district courts, municipal courts, and courts of first instance.
The citizens branch consists of three components--the prosecutor general ("fiscal general"), the "defender of the people" or ombudsman, and the comptroller general. The holders of these offices, in addition to fulfilling their specific functions, also act collectively as the "Republican Moral Council" to challenge before the Supreme Tribunal actions they believe are illegal, particularly those which violate the Constitution. The holders of the "citizen power" offices are selected for terms of 7 years by the National Assembly.
The "Electoral Power," otherwise known as the National Electoral Council, is responsible for organizing elections at all levels. Its members are also elected to 7-year terms by the National Assembly.
In 2000, the Armed Forces enlisted 87,500 individuals in four service branches--the Army, Navy (including the Marine Corps), Air Force, and the Armed Forces of Cooperation (FAC), commonly known as the National Guard. In 2001, a civilian was appointed Minister of Defense for the first time in many decades. His role is largely policy-oriented, and operational command remains with a uniformed services commander.
Principal Government Officials
President--Hugo Chavez
Foreign Minister--Luis Alfonso Davila
Ambassador to the United States--Ignacio Arcaya
Ambassador to the United Nations--Milos Alcaly
Ambassador to the OAS--Jorge Valero
The Venezuelan embassy in the United States is located at 1099 30th St. NW, Washington, DC 20007 (tel. (202) 342-2214). Venezuela maintains consulates in Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and Puerto Rico.
Venezuela's history of free and open elections since 1958 and its prohibition of military involvement in national politics earned it a reputation as one of the more stable democracies in Latin America.
In 1989, the prevailing political calm was shattered when Venezuela experienced rioting in which more than 200 people were killed--the so-called Caracazo, in response to an economic austerity program launched by then-President Carlos Andres Perez. Subsequently in February 1992, a group of army lieutenant colonels led by future President Hugo Chavez mounted an unsuccessful coup attempt, claiming that the events of 1989 showed that the political system no longer served the interests of the people. A second, equally unsuccessful,coup attempt by other officers followed in November in 1992. A year later, Congress impeached Perez on corruption charges. Deep popular dissatisfaction with the traditional political parties, income disparities, and economic difficulties were some of the major frustrations expressed by Venezuelans following Perez's impeachment. Hugo Chavez Frias won the presidency in December 1998, after campaigning for far-reaching reform, constitutional change, and a crackdown on corruption. His programs have alienated much of the upper and upper-middle class while retaining the enthusiastic support of poorer Venezuelans. There has been no social violence, however, and Venezuela remains a democracy.
As 2001 proceeds, the Venezuelan economy is at a crossroads. By virtue of an extraordinary rise in oil revenue in 2000, the government was able to significantly expand its budget in an aggressive attempt to re-energize an economy that was emerging from a deep recession in 1998-99, in which the GDP contracted by 7.2%. Led by a 42% increase in government spending, the economy grew by 3.2% in 2000. The most serious challenge faced by Venezuela's government is the lack of sustained private investment outside of a few select sectors, specifically telecommunications, electrical generation, and oil.
By the close of 2000, the economy displayed numerous favorable macroeconomic indicators; falling inflation (14%), lower unemployment (15.8%), a strong foreign reserve position (almost $20 billion), and a positive current account balance due to the rise in global oil prices. Also, Venezuela's external debt had decreased from $21.1 billion in 1999 to $20.2 billion in 2000. At the beginning of the year, government and private sector economists had predicted real GDP growth of 4-5% for 2001, but these estimates have been slightly lowered in view of weakening oil prices. Oil exports account for nearly 80% of Venezuela's hard-currency earnings.
Venezuela now faces the challenge of maintaining economic growth through the up and down cycles of the global oil market. Officials must overcome problems associated with stagnant private investment and inefficiencies in resource allocation due to excessive government intervention. The government is hopeful that the economic reforms established in the new constitution would help stimulate the economy in 2001. The government is drafting new legislation concerning the conduct of the Central Bank, social security, land distribution, social security, and pensions. These laws are designed to meet the high level of expectations of the Venezuelan people who have faced declining real income for much of the last two decades. Although most Venezuelans still have a higher standard of living than their Andean neighbors, there is considerable income inequality. By Venezuelan standards ($700/month for a family of five), almost 80% of the population lives below the poverty line. The government faces a difficult task in meeting these expectations in a reasonable amount of time.
Petroleum And Other Resources
Economic prospects remain highly dependent on oil prices and the exportation of petroleum. A founding member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Venezuela has reasserted its leadership within the organization during its year as OPEC's president, hosting the organization's Second Leadership Conference in 40 years, as well as having its former Minister of Energy, Ali Rodriguez, appointed as Secretary General. The collapse of oil prices in 1997-98 prompted the Chavez administration to expand OPEC-inspired production cuts in an effort to raise world oil prices. In 2000, this sector accounted for roughly a third of GDP, 80% of export earnings, and more than half of central government's operating revenues. Venezuela is the fourth-leading supplier of imported crude and refined petroleum products to the U.S.
The Government of Venezuela has opened up much of the hydrocarbon sector to foreign investment, promoting multi-billion dollar investment in heavy oil production, reactivation of old fields, and investment in several petrochemical joint ventures. Almost 60 foreign companies representing 14 different countries participate in one or more aspects of Venezuela's oil sector. The Venezuelan national oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and foreign oil companies have signed 33 operating contracts for marginal fields in three bidding rounds. New legislation dealing with natural gas and petrochemicals is further opening the sector. A new domestic retail competition law, however, disappointed investors who had been promised market-determined prices.
A range of other natural resources, including iron ore, coal, bauxite, gold, nickel, and diamonds are in various stages of development and production. In 1996, CVG, the state-owned mining firm, announced its first joint venture with a foreign company to develop the Las Cristinas gold mine. President Chavez personally inaugurated mine operations in May 1999, but low gold prices have forced the joint venture to put the project on hold. In April 2000, Venezuela's president decreed a new mining law, and regulations were adopted to encourage greater private sector participation in mineral extraction.
Venezuela utilizes vast hydropower resources to supply power to the nation's industries. The recently enacted national electricity law is designed to provide a legal framework and to encourage competition and new investment in the sector. After a 2-year delay, the government is proceeding with plans to privatize the various state-owned electricity systems under a different scheme than previously envisioned.
Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Trade
Manufacturing contributed 20% of GDP in 2000. Manufacturing output increased 3.6% in 2000. The manufacturing sector continues to grow slowly, but remains hindered by a marked lack of private investment. Venezuela manufactures and exports steel, aluminum, textiles, apparel, beverages, and foodstuffs. It produces cement, tires, paper, fertilizer, and assembles cars both for domestic and export markets.
Agriculture accounts for approximately 5% of GDP, 10% of the labor force, and at least one-fourth of Venezuela's land area. Venezuela exports rice, cigarettes, fish, tropical fruits, coffee, cocoa, and manufactured products. The country is not self-sufficient in most areas of agriculture. Venezuela imports about two-thirds of its food needs. In 2000, U.S. firms exported $488 million worth of agricultural products, including wheat, corn, soybeans, soybean meal, cotton, animal fats, vegetable oils, and other items to make Venezuela one of the top three U.S. markets in South America. The U.S. supplies more than one-third of Venezuela's food imports.
Thanks to petroleum exports, Venezuela usually posts a trade surplus. In recent years, non-traditional (i.e., non-petroleum) exports have been growing rapidly, but still constitute only about one-fifth of total exports. The United States is Venezuela's leading trade partner. During 2000, the United States exported $5.6 billion in goods and services to Venezuela, making it the 25th-largest market for the U.S. Including petroleum products, Venezuela exported $18.6 billion in goods and services to the U.S., making it our 13th-largest source of goods. The Venezuelan Government is also attempting to revitalize the G-3 economic cooperation agreement between itself, Mexico, and Colombia. In hemispheric trade matters, Venezuela has taken a very cautious approach toward the proposed Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.
Labor And Infrastructure
Venezuela's labor force of about 10.45 million is growing faster than total employment. At the end of 2000, official unemployment was 15.2%, but unofficial estimates hover around 20%. The public sector employs 16% of the work force, while less than 1% work in the capital-intensive oil industry. About 18% of the labor force is unionized, and unions are particularly strong in the petroleum and public sectors. The "informal" sector is believed to account for some 50.5% of the work force or 4.39 million people.
In December 2000, international labor authorities declared that the Chavez administration violated freedom of association by using a public referendum to decide internal labor leadership issues. Since then, however, the government has consulted regularly with the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its ongoing effort to reform and reorganize the country's labor structure, including a multi-union dialogue and the preparation of a new labor law. Thus, 2001 will be a crucial year for determining the future direction of Venezuelan organized labor.
Venezuela has an extensive road system. With the exception of air service, transportation failed to keep pace with the country's needs. Much of the infrastructure suffers from inadequate maintenance. Caracas has a modern subway but only one functioning rail line serves the rest of the country. In late 2000, Venezuela launched a bold opening of its communications sector, holding open auctions in the WLL, LMDS, and 3G service areas. Over the next decade, the communications sector is expected to attract about $1 billion in investment per year, making it one of the most dynamic sectors of the Venezuelan economy.
Venezuela's priorities in the international arena are:
- Respect for human rights;
- The right of all people to self-determination;
- Nonintervention in the internal affairs of other nations;
- Peaceful settlement of disputes between nations, including border disputes;
- The right of all people to peace and security; and
- Support for democracy.
Hemispheric cooperation and integration are two pillars of President Chavez's foreign policy. Venezuela worked closely with its neighbors following the 1997 Summit of the Americas in many areas--particularly energy integration--and championed the OAS decision to adopt an Anti-Corruption Convention. Venezuela also participates in the UN Friends groups for Haiti. It is pursuing efforts to join the MERCOSUR trade bloc to expand the hemisphere's trade integration prospects. The Venezuelan Government advocates an end to Cuba's isolation and a "multi-polar" world based on ties among third-world countries.
Venezuela has long-standing border disputes with Colombia and Guyana but seeks to resolve them peacefully. Bilateral commissions have been established by Venezuela and Colombia to address a range of pending issues, including resolution of the maritime boundary in the Gulf of Venezuela. Relations with Guyana are complicated by Venezuela's claim to roughly three-quarters of Guyana's territory. Since 1987, the two countries have held exchanges on the boundary under the "good offices" of the United Nations.
Major U.S. interests in Venezuela include promotion of U.S. exports and protection of U.S. investment, continuation of the economic reform program, preservation of Venezuela's constitutional democracy, closer counternarcotics cooperation, and continued access to a leading source of petroleum. Underscoring the importance of this bilateral relationship, Former President Clinton's October 1997 visit launched a "Partnership for the 21st Century" to promote common solutions for energy development, trade and investment, and protection of the environment, as well as a strategic alliance against crime and drug trafficking.
U.S.-Venezuelan commercial ties are close. The United States is Venezuela's most important trading partner, representing about half of both imports and exports. In turn, Venezuela is our third-largest export market in Latin America, purchasing U.S. machinery, transportation equipment, agricultural commodities, and auto parts. Venezuela's opening of its petroleum sector to foreign investment in 1996 created extensive trade and investment opportunities for U.S. companies. As a result, Venezuela is one of the top three suppliers of foreign oil to the United States. New legislation is expected to open up investment opportunities in natural gas and mining. The Department of State is committed to promoting the interests of U.S. companies in overseas markets. For contact information and a list of government publications, please refer to the last page of this document.
Venezuela is a minor source country for opium poppy and coca but a major transit country for cocaine and heroin. Money laundering and judicial corruption are major concerns. The United States is working with Venezuela to combat drug trafficking. In FY 2001, the United States is planning up to $4.7 million for counternarcotics assistance and about $400,000 for Venezuelan participants in the International Military Education and Training program. There is no USAID or Peace Corps mission in Venezuela.
Approximately 23,000 U.S. citizens living in Venezuela have registered with the U.S. embassy, an estimated three-quarters of them residing in the Caracas area. An estimated 12,000 U.S. tourists visit Venezuela annually. About 500 U.S. companies are represented in the country.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Charles Shapiro
Deputy Chief of Mission--Frederick Cook
Political Counselor--Thomas Ochiltree
Economic Counselor--Gary Maybarduk
Commercial Counselor--Luis Santamaria
Consul General--Sandra Salmon
Administrative Counselor--Anita Schroeder
Regional Security Officer--John Davis
Public Affairs Counselor--Philip Parkerson
The U.S. Embassy is on Calle F and Calle Suapure, Colinas de Valle Arriba, Caracas (tel. 58-212-975-6411). Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Other Government Contacts
Department of State
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Venezuela Desk 202-647-1715
Overseas Citizens Services 202-647-5225
Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Venezuela Desk: 202-482-0475
Venezuela-American Chamber of Commerce
Torre Credival, Piso 10
2nda Avenida de Campo Alegre
Campo Alegre, Apartado 5181
Caracas 1010A, Venezuela
Tel: 58-212-263-0833, Fax: 58-212-263-1829/0586
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
U.S. Government Publications
Consular Information Sheet 202-647-3000 (by fax)
Economic Trends Report 202-736-7760 (fax on demand)
Country Commercial Guide 202-736-7760 (fax on demand)
These publications are available through the State Department's World Wide Web page www.state.gov.
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Many women report having a case of the baby blues, while others have PPD. It's important to know that there is a difference between the two.
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College Hockey:UMass' Marcou Among Walter Brown Award Candidates for Third Time
National scoring co-leader James Marcou of Massachusetts, Massachusetts-Lowell senior Kory Falite and Yale senior Sean Backman are among the nominees for the Walter Brown Award for the second straight year.
The award is presented to the best American-born college hockey player in New England.
Sixteen players are on the list released by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston on Monday.
Marcou, a junior who has 40 points in 26 games, is a nominee for the third time.
Eleven of the candidates are from Hockey East, with three from ECAC Hockey and two from Atlantic Hockey. The list is made up of 11 forwards, four defensemen and one goaltender.
Five teams — Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Yale — each have two nominees.
Besides Marcou, Falite and Backman, the candidates are:
• Nick Bonino, jr., F, Boston University
• Bobby Butler, sr., F, New Hampshire
• Mark Fayne, sr., D, Providence
• Brian Gibbons, jr., F, Boston College
• Nick Johnson, sr., F, Sacred Heart
• Blake Kessel, so., D, New Hampshire
• Eric Lampe, sr., F, Quinnipiac
• Broc Little, jr., F, Yale
• Rob Madore, so., G, Vermont
• Marc Menzione, sr., F, Bentley
• Carl Sneep, sr., D, Boston College
• David Warsofsky, so., D, Boston University
• Casey Wellman, so., F, Massachusetts
The Gridiron Club will announce the finalists and winner of the 58th Walter Brown Award in March, following league playoffs and before the start of the NCAA tournament play.
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Starting early, the team pressed through an extremely intense practice, narrowly beating a heavy storm rolling in from the south. Though the coaches are seeing progress in the team since the opening of camp, Head Coach Brian Jenkins is looking forward to the final product.
"We're still just trying to pull it all together," Jenkins said. "There are a lot of holes, a lot of question marks, and we're just trying to be detailed and continue to stress and work on the fundamentals. We're just trying to find a way to do it all together, that's the main thing."
Working in full gear for the second straight day, bystanders might say that the team is quickly getting more comfortable in taking the next step, with faster plays and harder hits, but Jenkins notes that is not the focus at this stage of the game.
"We look at more the assignment stuff and execution," said Jenkins. "We plan for them to fly around, but the expectation is for them to know what we're doing and steadily progress. Seeing a little bit of that today just lets us know that we're on the right track."
To this point, no individual has distinguished themselves for recognition, and neither the offense nor defense have gained a notable advantage, as the Wildcats continue to build into a team in the early days of camp.
"We got into team [drill] and saw both sides do some good things, but you have both sides that still have a lot of work to do," Jenkins said. "Team was something that gave our coaches a chance to see the work that we still have to do."
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Promoter calls to mark 20th anniversary of Tasty raid
Former Tasty promoter Gavin Campbell has called for patrons present at the infamous Tasty raid in 1994 to come together to mark the 20th anniversary of the night 400+ gay clubbers were strip-searched and detained.
Often referred to as the Australian 'Stonewall', the incident, took place on August 7 1994, and saw 463 clubbers detained for seven hours by the police. All patrons were stripped searched and full nudity was enforced. Searches took place in the presence of other patrons.
The event sparked protests and an enormous public backlash against the Victorian Police and Kennett government as well as a class action suit which saw an eventual payout of 15 million dollars to the affected patrons.
Taking to Facebook to comment, Gavin Campbell said: "We come together, 20 years on, to commemorate this watershed moment in Australian LGBT history.
"Many raid victims couldn't find a voice, too traumatised, too closeted, too much to lose. These silent victims of the Tasty raid, qualify as an inspiration in our fight for rights, they epitomise the injustices…"
If you or anyone else you know was at the raid Campbell would like you to join the Tasty Raid 20th anniversary Facebook page to keep updated with the event.
The Tasty Raid 20th anniversary commemoration will take place at Poof Doof, in South Yarra, on August 9, with DJ Jon Pleased Wimmin and former Tasty stars Campbell and Peter McNamara.
Image: This image was taken by a club patron atthe tine of eth raid and was originally published in The Age with the caption 'Hands Against the Wall'
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BA launches Executive Club Lifetime Tier Points
Published: 10/09/2013 - Filed under: News »
British Airways is launching Lifetime Tier Points for its Executive Club members, it was announced today.
The new scheme will see the airline add Tier Points earned in the past to a new lifetime balance.
This means that in addition to annual Tier Points, members will be rewarded for the points they have built up over their entire membership.
Likewise, all Tier Points earned in the future will be added to the Lifetime Tier Points total, which will continue to accumulate year-on-year.
Members will be able to view a balance of their Lifetime Tier Points whenever they log into their Executive Club account.
And, once members have built up 35,000 Lifetime Tier Points they will receive a Gold membership for as long as they are a member of the Executive Club.
BA said the system will give members "the chance to accumulate enough Lifetime Tier Points to achieve the new rewards we'll be introducing in the future – starting with the launch of Gold membership for life".
As before, only individual members can earn Tier Points and households are unable to pool their points together.
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MarkCymru - 10/09/2013 17:37
The problem is, we've been here before and BA defaulted. They used to give lifetime Silver to people who had kept Gold for a certain number of years. Then they just took away the cards from those who had earned them and said that it had become too expensive. Why should we believe them this time?
Expat_in_Brazil - 10/09/2013 19:20
Clever BA! Next time I fly from my hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil to Rio (a 1h flight within Brazil), I will make sure to fly via London! :) :)
Swissdiver - 11/09/2013 03:50
Great scheme that is recognising loyalty through the years! Now of course the threshold is high...
KirRoyale - 12/09/2013 08:35
I have been a member of BAEC since the late eighties and an extensive flyer in that time. By my reckoning it will take me at least two more years to get to 35,000 tier points. I welcome this initiative but wonder how many people it will actually affect.
SangFung - 12/09/2013 08:49
To get 35000 Tier Points will indeed take a 'LIFE TIME'! What's the use of a gold card if one can't even travel because of advanced age? At my rate of earning points, I will be 100!!! And if I can earn 35000 points, the amount I would have spent would mean I have had enough money to fly Club / Biz in any airline for 30 years! A gold card would therefore be superfluous.
TrolleyDolley - 12/09/2013 09:20
What a shame that BA did not prove big enough or generous enough to offer this facility (at the time or indeed now) to those, who had accumulated life-time gold membership status with BMI - which took years of cumulative tier points. Maybe they should prove that loyalty really does pay off by extending this facility to these customers!! Aegean managed to give it to BMI without a single quibble - now that's creating loyalty.
Shamsh1 - 12/09/2013 14:28
A generous and reasonable move would have been to offer liftime Gold for members with 10 consecutive years of Gold. 35000 points are not an incentive, than rather a hurdle and make many EC-members shop around for tickets instead of collecting BA-points. And yes, there are some CEOs flying FIRST only, but they are definately not collecting points for a BAEC lifetime Gold status.
So, what's the catch?
GudFella - 13/09/2013 03:31
Totally useless. will indeed take me a lifetime to collect 35k TP!!!
A_Million_Miles - 14/09/2013 11:26
OK, so I'm one of the fortunate ones, earning the 30k in the last 12 years, although some years only just scraping the 1500. I'd fedback the 10 year reward a couple of times ago, but in the end it comes to a matter of how many members BA want to reward; a matter of balance. Let's see what these so-called future rewards are.
With 46,325 Lifetime Tier Points, it's rather ironic that I have been elevated to Lifetime Gold when I had just decided, for the first time, that I would not bother attempting the 1,500 Tier Points for my next renewal, given the fact that I no longer see the benefit of Gold over Silver which requires only 40% of the effort. Sadly, Budget Aiways have slashed costs / benefits to such an extent, that almost every other airline's FF scheme is far more attractive. You would think that BA would take this opportunity of adding benefits to Lifetime Gold to induce effort to get there, but it hasn't., so what's the point?
gsantchurn8 - 22/09/2013 18:22
i have 55000 points. how does BA reward these very loyal customers? Guest list???
gghrayeb - 30/09/2013 06:28
I think it is a ridiculous scheme in although I travel at least around 15000 miles a year I will be 150 years old before I earn 35000 points. a better scheme would be to give rewards according to the number of points earned
Stendec - 06/11/2013 15:13
How about silver life membership for 20000 points
richard-travels - 14/05/2016 06:19
I don't think it sounds like a bad plan at all - seeing how many people use premium cabins and RTW to do their jobs, lifetime status may not be easy, but isn't an end-of-career scenario for a lot of people - 18 months to go at my current rate, and quite a few more before I clock off the frequent traveller treadmill (I hope)!


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Instead of a mainstream pediatrician, I would suggest going to a Naturopath that also sees children. The Walnut Creek Naturopath group is one such example. I recently took my 10 year old son to see Dr. Anya. She laid out a treatment plan for him which involves elimination of gluten and dairy and also prescribed probiotics etc to heal and strengthen his immune system. His regular pediatrician consistently dismissed food as possible culprit for his issues. I myself go to a different Naturopath in San Francisco and prefer them over regular MDs. I believe there is a Naturopathic group in Berkely as well that sees children. Good luck! Believer
Looking for a naturopathic/holistic doc or anyone to help me with my hypothyroidism and ongoing bouts with postpartum depression. Preferably in the Walnut Creek area, but willing to drive if I can find someone helpful! Also, does anyone know of a support group for PPD in the area? anon
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If you want a physician who is committed to health and preventative care - rather than just treating symptoms - consider Dr. Elizabeth Korza, a Naturopathic Physician. You can phone her at 510-845-8600 to get a sense of her approach to medicine ... or visit her website here: http://www.berkeleynaturopathic.com/Dr._Elizabeth_Korza__N.html Dr. Korza has really helped my own daughter, and I can give her an enthusiastic recommendation. David
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I could have written your post five years ago. I tried my MD, useless, and chose a naturopathic doctor. Basically, I told her that everything I eat makes me fart.
My ND got me started on hydrochloric acid and more complex digestive enzymes. That helped but then I needed to find out about food allergies, that's where the ND beats a nutritionist as an ND is a doctor who can order food allergy panels that were covered by my insurance. (And don't get me started about nutritionists who tow the line on the RDA aka Recommended Death Allowance). Once I identified my allergies I really noticed results and also benefited from clearer skin.
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Hi, Can anyone recommend a naturopathic doctor, preferably not too far from the Oakland/Berkeley area? I'm looking for someone who has decent experience, and preferably went to school at Bastyr. Experience with adrenal fatigue is a plus. Most importantly, I'd like an ND who cares more about helping to heal their patients than being a businessman/woman. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. shelly
My family and I, two adults and two young children, have been going through one illness after another since last October. We have had little time inbetween illnesses which range from colds and flu bugs to staph and strep infections. We cannot seem to break out of it and we are exhausted. The doctors at Kaiser give us conflicting advice IE: Everyone take antibiotics at once, stop all antibiotics, give only the person who is sick antibiotics etc. And round and round we go. It is very frustrating and I pretty much never want to go to Kaiser again. We need to try something else and I don't know what I am looking for. Homeopath? Naturopath? Whatever it is I need to be able to comprehend it with a foggy brain. I don't have time to read a book. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions for alternative treatments or physicians who can help get us get out of this cycle. sick of being sick
Does anyone recommend a Naturopathic doctor that is located in Berkeley or Oakland. I have a recommnedation for one in Sf - Elspeth Seddig, but less travel would be better as naturopathy is a time/money commitment. I foudn a listing of about 7 NDs in the East Bay. I have been diagnosed with parasites and then I have some other ailments that could be related and my fmaily practioner is ready to presribed Flagyll but I took that 10 years ago and not sure I can do it whiel watchign 2 toddlers. long story. thanks for any advice/recommendations karen
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