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Cher Lloyd launches own fragrance
12:28pm Monday 3rd September 2012 in © Press Association 2014
Cher Lloyd is reaching for some new notes - as she showed off her new fragrance.
The chart-topping former X Factor star wore an ivory satin mini-dress and matching heels as she promoted her first perfume in London.
Want U Back singer Cher follows X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos in launching her own fragrance.
The 19-year-old star - whose new product is named simply Cher Lloyd - was involved in creating the scent which is based around her beloved vanilla, plus the smell of Indian sandalwood.
The diamond-shaped bottle was even based on a tattoo which she has on her hand.


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Thank you, Lisa. I'm sure it could be scaled down for a mug rug.
Hi Jennifer. I love your bandana project. AND, I'm blown away by your tractor, and old screen door. Do you live in a great old house? I would like to correspond with you if you have the time.
Yes, we also live in an old house. The tractor has since been sold (we've been through a few of those), but our home is an old farmhouse. It was originally a tobacco farm, and the best I've been able to date it to is somewhere between 1820 and 1850. Thanks so much for your comment. Have a super day!


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Northeast Lauderdale forward Romero Osby took the guesswork out of the recruiting process back in June when he verbally committed to Mississippi State.
Wednesday, he remained true to his word and signed with the Bulldogs.
Osby took advantage of the early signing period to lock in with MSU.
The Trojan standout was one of Mississippi's top prospects after averaging 24 points and just over 11 boards per game during his junior campaign.
He was the Defensive MVP during the 2007 MAC All-Star Game, named to the all-state team and was chosen as a Dandy Dozen for two straight years.


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Tenaga Nasional awarded a RM2.8 billion contract to Alstom earlier this year. — File pic
It is the second French company in as many years to be fined for bribing government officials in Malaysia, after telco firm Alcatel-Lucent paid RM435 million to resolve US criminal and civil probes in December 2010.
The four-year probe centred on payments made by Alstom Network Schweiz AG to middlemen — termed "commercial agents" by the company — in return for securing government contracts to build power stations in 15 countries since the 1990s.
The Financial Times reported today that the Swiss Office of the Attorney-General said it had not found criminal wrongdoing by the French company and a Swiss affiliate, which, "as far as can be ascertained" did not know about the bribes.
"But it accused Alstom of 'failing to meet the standards for an international group employing over 75,000 people', sanctioning the group for 'corporate negligence'," the international business daily said.
The Washington Post also reported Alstom as saying it was satisfied with the outcome of the case as it concluded "the absence of any system or so called slush funds used for bribery of civil servants."
Alstom supplied Malakoff's gas-fired power plant in Lumut. — industcards.com pic
"In two out of these three cases, Alstom itself would appear to be a victim of the actions of some of its employees, who would have benefited from kickbacks. In the third one, Alstom was simply a subcontractor of a consortium," the company said, according to Reuters.
Alstom was awarded a RM2.8 billion contract by Tenaga Nasional earlier this year to provide key power generation equipment to Southeast Asia's first 1,000-megawatt (MW) supercritical coal-fired power plant Manjung, Malaysia.
It also won turnkey contracts in 1994 and 2000 to build four power plants including the 1,300MW Lumut and the 670MW Kuala Langat plants and deals in 2003 and 2004 to install environmental control systems for the Tanjung Bin and Jimah coal-fired power plants.
Alstom was also appointed by Tenaga to supply two 125MW hydro power turbines, a generator and ancillaries for the 250MW Hulu Terengganu hydro power plant in 2010.
Alstom says it is "the largest original equipment manufacturer in Malaysia" having supplied key equipment for nearly 7.5 gigawatt (GW) of the country's installed power generation capacity.
The ruling will have significant repercussions for a concurrent criminal investigation by Britain's Serious Fraud Office. Brazil is also investigating some of the company's contracts.
The Swiss authority also looked at alleged wrongdoing by Alstom in 12 other countries but did not find compelling evidence.
In July, a former Alcatel employee was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court with giving a RM25,000 bribe to a Telekom Malaysia (TM) officer, in a case linked to the French company's admission last year that it had bribed government officials to win a US$ 85 million (RM255 million) contract.
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Female hurricanes deadlier than male hurricanes? JUN 03 2014
According to a new study, hurricanes with female names kill more people because Americans are less fearful of storms named after women:
The stereotypes that underlie these judgments are subtle and not necessarily hostile toward women -- they may involve viewing women as warmer and less aggressive than men.
Then again, maybe this study blows... (If your first name is Hurricane, I don't even care what your last name is.)
Other aspects of the team's analysis didn't make sense to Lazo. For example, they included indirect deaths in their fatality counts, which includes people who, say, are killed by fallen electrical lines in the clean-up after a storm. "How would gender name influence that sort of fatality?" he asks. He also notes that the damage a hurricane inflicts depends on things like how buildings are constructed, and other actions that we take long before a hurricane is named, or even before it forms.
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Postseason Notebook -- November
The second in a seven-part series that looks back on the Caps' '07-08 season
After a surprising 4-1 win in Ottawa on Nov. 8, the Caps dropped five straight while scoring just nine goals. At that point, coach Glen Hanlon was dismissed in favor of Bruce Boudreau. The Caps won their first two games under their new bench boss, but went 0-2-1 to close out the month.
Loss Leaders – From 1980-81 through 2005-06, a span of 26 seasons, the Capitals had just two months in which they accrued double-digit loss totals. One of those instances – a 10-loss month in Jan. 1990 – led to the dismissal of coach Bryan Murray.
When the Caps dropped 10 games in Nov. 2007, it also led to the dismissal of a coach, this time Glen Hanlon. It was also Washington's second month with double-digit losses in its last three months. The Caps were 2-10-3 in Mar. 2007 and 3-10-2 in Nov. of the same year.
Fighting Keystoners – Four of the Caps' first five fighting majors in 2007-08 were incurred in games against the NHL's two Pennsylvania teams. Matt Pettinger went with Pittsburgh's Jordan Staal and Donald Brashear fought the Penguins' Georges Laraque at Verizon Center on Oct. 20.
A Nov. 2 game with the Flyers at Verizon Center featured fights between Philly's Mike Richards and Washington's Brooks Laich and the Flyers' Ben Eager and the Caps' Brian Sutherby. Each of Washington's first five fighting majors in 2007-08 came on Verizon Center ice.
Aw, Shoot -- Some of Washington's early season woes were directly related it its inability to get its shots on goal.
Can't Stand Prosperity – In calendar 2007, the Capitals won 10 games by a margin of three or more goals. Seven of those 10 wins ended losing streaks, but Washington had trouble following big wins with more wins. The Capitals were 3-7 in games immediately following contests they won by a margin of three or more goals in calendar 2007.
A 4-1 win over Ottawa on Nov. 8 was followed by a disappointing 5-2 loss on home ice at the hands of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Nov. 10.
"We're not going to go anywhere if we continue to play like that," said Caps goaltender Olie Kolzig after that loss to the Lightning. "We made a point of it before the game to start putting some points together at home. We're awful at home right now. We can't get it done and the third period was a prime example of that. We've talked about it enough the last couple of weeks.
"It all comes down to individuals knowing what they have to do and that's it. If you need somebody else to tell you to get motivated, you're probably in the wrong league."
Hall Marks – Former Caps defenseman Scott Stevens was inducted into the NHL Hall of Fame on Nov. 12, and the late Dave Fay, longtime Caps beat writer for the Washington Times was honored by the Hall that same day.
Ducking Out – With Alexander Semin coming off injured reserve before the Caps' Nov. 19 game with Florida, Washington needed to make a roster move to get down to 23 players. That move came a few hours before game time when the Caps shipped center Brian Sutherby to Anaheim in exchange for a second-round draft choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.
"It sucks," said Kolzig when asked about Sutherby's departure after the game. "He was a great teammate and a great guy. But it's good for him. It's a fresh start and a new opportunity. I think everybody is going to miss him here. He was a big part of our team and a big part of our dressing room. That's hockey. That's pro sports."
Seven in the Wrong Direction – The Capitals' 4-3 loss to Florida in that Nov. 19 game was Washington's seventh consecutive setback in one-goal games. The Caps were 1-6-1 in one-goal games at that stage of the season.
Home Sick – After a Nov. 21 loss to the Thrashers at Verizon Center, the Caps had scored more than three goals in a home game just once in nine games in 2007-08. They had done so only three times in 21 games overall. In their previous five games on Verizon Center ice – all losses – the Capitals held the lead for just 25:02 combined.
Washington's 2-7 record on home ice at that point was the worst in the NHL and the worst by any Capitals team in the previous quarter century. The 1981-82 Caps went 1-7-1 in their first nine home games before reeling off six straight wins on the old Capital Centre ice to pull back to .500.
At 6-14-1, the 2007-08 Caps were off to the team's poorest start since the 1981-82 club posted a 5-14-2 mark (12 points) after 21 games. The '81-82 team started 1-14-1 before going on a 7-1-1 run.
That game turned out to be Hanlon's last as Washington's coach. In his postgame press conference, he unwittingly foreshadowed what would become the Capitals' postgame locker room soundtrack after Washington wins.
"We have lots of good people here," said Hanlon. "It's not easy. Something's going to have to happen. You never stop believing. That's the real hard part of handling losing, is that you can never stop believing."
Coaching Change – On the morning of Nov. 22 – Thanksgiving Day in the States – Bruce Boudreau replaced Glen Hanlon as Washington's head coach. Boudreau became the 14th coach in Caps history and the 10th of those men to take over in mid-season.
Boudreau also became the third Washington coach to go directly from behind the Hershey Bears bench to the Capitals' bench. The last time the Caps tabbed a Hershey coach as their head man in the District was in Nov. 1981 when Bryan Murray was promoted from the AHL. Murray stayed on the job for more than eight years and still holds the all-time franchise record for games coached (672) and wins (343).
Boudreau coached more than 1,000 games in four different leagues before getting his first taste as an NHL head coach. He won an ECHL championship with Mississippi in 1999 and has had a losing record only twice in his 15 seasons as a pro head coach.
Boudreau fashioned a 103-45-11-16 record in two-plus seasons as the Bears' coach. He led the team to a Calder Cup championship in 2005-06 and an AHL-best 51-17-6-6 record in 2006-07.
Shave Every Day and You'll Always Look Keen – A quick look at Nicklas Backstrom's face will tell you that his cheeks haven't seen much shaving cream during his 20 years on planet Earth. But Backstrom got a face full of Foamy in Philly on Nov. 23.
Minutes after setting up the Swedish rookie for the first overtime game-winning tally of his NHL career, Caps left wing Alex Ovechkin snuck up on Backstrom, who celebrated his 20th birthday in style with the overtime winner. Ovie wound up and caught the kid flush in the face with a shaving cream pie. After enjoying the first multiple-point game of his 22-game NHL career, Backstrom found himself peeling pillows of the stuff off his face, out of his eyes and off his hair.
Ovechkin was on the receiving end of a Jeff Halpern shaving cream pie in Boston late in the 2005-06 season, on the night he reached the 100-point plateau.
"Halpy [got me]," remembers Ovechkin. "That was shocking. So I got [Backstrom], and he was shocked, too."
Four in a Row – Following Ron Wilson, Bruce Cassidy and Glen Hanlon, Boudreau became the fourth straight Caps head coach to win in his first game behind the team's bench. The 14th coach in Caps history, Boudreau's Nov. 23 victory over the Flyers in his debut raised the first-game record of those 14 men to 7-7 overall.
"It feels kinda cool," said Boudreau, of having an NHL win under his belt. "This has been a good 24 hours. I think the mindset of the team today was that they weren't going to give in. That's all credit to them and the leadership in the room, because it would have been very easy when you've got a 3-0 lead and you seem to be controlling the game and they come back to tie it to just say, 'Oh man, here we go again.' But their mindset was pretty good.
"We talked about adversity and it makes you stronger. The good players overcome adversity. It's easy to sit there and feel sorry for yourself when bad things happen to you. But the mentally strong person is usually the person that succeeds. No matter what happens, it was 1-0 after the first and we were still winning by one after the second. So it was a real positive period for the team."
Rare Deuce – When Chris Clark converted a Viktor Kozlov feed early in the second period of that Nov. 23 win over the Flyers, it marked the first time in 323:39 that the Capitals had a two-goal lead in any game.
Up Three – It had been a while since Washington enjoyed 3-0 leads in consecutive games; the Nov. 23 and 24 games marked the first time the Caps had opened up 3-0 leads in consecutive games since before the lockout. Those two contests also marked only the second time in the 2007-08 season that the Caps had scored as many as three goals in consecutive games (Oct. 27-29).
Stopping the Southeast Skid – The Caps' Nov. 24 win over Carolina ended a stretch in which Washington went 0-6-1 in its previous seven games against divisional foes. The Caps started the season by winning their first three games against Southeast Division opponents.
First Cut is the Deepest – Washington's 3-1 loss to the Sabres on Nov. 26 dropped the team's record to 1-11-1 in games when it allowed the first goal of the game. That was the worst record in the league in that situation at that stage of the season.
That's Not Right – Washington's 2-1 shootout loss at the hands of the Florida Panthers on Nov. 28 came against righty-catching netminder Tomas Vokoun. At that stage of the season, there were five right-handed catching netminders in the league who had NHL history against the Capitals: Los Angeles' J-S Aubin, the Islanders' Rick DiPietro, Edmonton's Mathieu Garon, Colorado's Jose Theodore and Florida's Vokoun. Those five goaltenders had combined to go 24-17-3 with six shutouts and a 2.26 goals against Washington during their NHL career.
Those same five goaltenders had a 576-576-24 career record with 76 shutouts and a 2.71 goals against average at that point. It's fair to say that the Capitals have struggled against righty-catching netminders.
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The Colfax boys basketball team left for Madison this afternoon ready to take on Whitefish Bay Dominican in tomorrow night's WIAA division four state semifinals... A major reason for the Vikings first trip to Madtown since 1978 has been the play of junior Austin Huss... SportScene 13's Jenn Chapman has more in tonight's Gordy's Athlete of the Week.
Austin Huss/Colfax Junior: "It was a big change, the kids were different, the style of play was different but I think I adapted to it well and it's been fun!"
The move from Alaska to Western Wisconsin last year for Austin Huss posed minimal challenges as he adjusted quickly to his mother's hometown and western Wisconsin basketball. Now he is the leading scorer on a state bound Colfax team.
Hayden Fehr/Colfax Senior: "When we need him to take over in games he does it for us and he can take the ball to the hole, post up, and shoot the three, do whatever he needs to help us win the game."
Greg Christoffel/Colfax Senior: "Huss always gets us going, even if we're down, he sparks the team, he sparks runs and sparks intensity, out of all of us. The Fall Creek game when we were down early in the game, Huss had those back to back threes and those were big, he got us all going there and from that point on I think we're all feeding of his energy."
Huss has put up big numbers in the post season, dropping 25 points against Elk Mound, 23 against Fall Creek, and 22 against Boyceville but it's his passion for the game that is most evident.
Coach Andrew Meade: You have a player who likes the spotlight, who really plays well in big games. Plays very hard, probably our most emotional player but he does seem to thrive off that emotion
Austin Huss: I get fired up during the game and it's fun and emotional for me and I just love the rush of being able to play in front of big crowds and perform well, and ever since I was little I wanted to play in front of big crowds like this.
Austin's mom was a part of the Colfax girl's team that went to states in 1994, the boys program hasn't been to Madison since 1978, they won the state title that year. The close knit Colfax community is ready for another run.
Coach Andrew Meade: "We have a special situation with a couple of players whose dads were on the 1978 team and it's all a family thing. I've been here a long time, I taught Austin's mother in class. It's a great community, they love their basketball, they love it like no other place. We're just trying to do them proud."
Austin Huss: "This has not happened since 1978 and this whole town…you know it's been such a long time since the guys team has gotten back on track and it's been great for us to finally win games and get on track and to get to state is a wonderful accomplishment for us."
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Bonneval's inclusion is one of three changes Saint-Andre has made to the starting lineup that defeated England 26-24 in a thrilling opening game in Paris last weekend.
The 23-year-old, who usually occupies the fullback position for his club, will win his first cap on the left wing at the expense of Maxime Medard, who was omitted from the 23-man squad.
"It's a logical choice following his performances with Stade Francais and from what he has shown us for three weeks in training," Saint-Andre told reporters on Friday.
"He has the pace, the capacity to win one-on-one encounters and we wanted to see him with us. I watched him in a Heineken Cup game between Stade Francais and London Irish... he was outstanding."
Saint-Andre said he had not dropped Medard for a disappointing display against England but needed to gauge his options out wide as Sofiane Guitoune, who made his debut in the November tests, was injured.
"We need to be able to choose from three high-quality wingers. During the November tests, Maxime played two games, as did Yoann Huget and Sofiane Guitoune," he said.
Another change to the side will see hooker Dimitri Szarzewski start ahead of Benjamin Kayser, who drops to the bench. Kayser was solid in the scrum against England but struggled with his lineout throws.
The final change to the starting lineup puts lock Yoann Maestri alongside captain Pascal Pape in the second row in place of Alexandre Flanquart.
Like Medard and replacement flanker Antoine Burban, Flanquart drops out of the 23-man squad completely as Saint-Andre opted to call up Sebastien Vahaamahina, a lock who can also play as a blindside flanker.
"Once you have five forwards and three backs on the bench, Vahaamahina gets the nod ahead of Flanquart because he is more powerful and versatile. It's also a question of collective balance," Saint-Andre said.
Flyhalf Francois Trinh-Duc, who has 48 caps to his name but has not played for France since last year's Six Nations victory over Scotland, also makes it onto the bench against Italy, who opened with a 23-15 defeat to Wales in Cardiff.
Trinh-Duc will act as a replacement for the 22-year-old Jules Plisson, who played all 80 minutes last week on his France debut.
"Jules Plisson showed some good things... but we put three backs on the bench because we saw that it had been tough for Jules to play the whole match," Saint-Andre added.
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John Oliver's 9 Best Moves on 'Last Week Tonight'
There's no sense trying to explain the premise of John Oliver's weekly HBO series "Last Week Tonight," because he certainly didn't. The most refreshing thing about the "Daily Show" alum's debut on his half-hour weekly news recap was the instant rapport he built with viewers without having to sell us on a wild new format. In fact, Oliver established a lot of great impulses on his Sunday debut. Here were the nine biggest triumphs of the evening.
1. He wasted no time getting to work.
Before you could quake in suspense wondering what comic tone "Last Week Tonight" would strike, Oliver eliminated all pretenses right from the get-go: "Welcome to whatever this is," he intoned from behind the anchor desk, right before springing right into the news. "It turned out to be a rough week for unrepentant racists and recording devices."
We're already used to Oliver's droll reportage, so why should he waste time setting up his new show with an explanatory preamble? He filled every second of his 30-minute debut with comic news, which makes the show an awesome, fulsome anomaly.
2. It was like "The Daily Show"!
Oliver borrowed the standard (and effective) joke format from Jon Stewart's mothership. He often began with a terse opening statement, showed a mockable news clip, and then followed up with a couple of jokes paired with goofy visual aids. It's an expected move, but there's no need to reinvent the one-liner when you've got quips about Donald Sterling like, "Who can stay mad at that racist face? He's like a walking 'before' picture."
3. It wasn't like "The Daily Show"!
"The Daily Show" usually gives us one extended rant an episode. On "Last Week Tonight," Oliver never seemed satisfied concluding a major point on a single string of punchlines. In perhaps the most provocative and unusual part of the show, Oliver damned American news media for not reporting on the Indian national election in which 850 million people will be voting. Showing a clip from Indian news media that very closely resembled the delirious badinage of Fox News shows, he managed to indict both American ignorance and the grisly side of American influence. Frightening!
4. He used a surprising celebrity cameo in a very cynical way.
The most purely enjoyable part of "Last Week Tonight," a show that veers in and out of goofiness with surprising agility, was a cameo from "Stay (I Missed You)" songstress Lisa Loeb, who performed a short ditty mocking CoverOregon.com's unbearably twee ads that don't convey the ineffectiveness of the website. Loeb, the bespectacled darling of the "Reality Bites" soundtrack, used Deschanel-lite vocals to croon downright damning lyrics: "You stupid Oregon idiots / Human Pinterest boards / Your passion for cuteness might kill your whole state / So long, Oregon." You can't hear it (my shock at Lisa Loeb's caustic turn), but I dooooo.
5. Oliver may be more comparable to Rachel Maddow than Jon Stewart.
Oliver's jovially frustrated delivery is in the same school as Rachel Maddow's, as the MSNBC anchor often seems as if she's going to conclude a segment by abandoning diplomacy and pounding her head on her desk in abject exasperation. Take for instance when Oliver announced where viewers could send photos of fake labels they affixed to misleading food items in stores; he snarked about the campaign, "I might be 99.7% responsible [for viewers getting in trouble], but my .3% innocence is my characterizing flavor." That impish conclusion is actually dissimilar to Jon Stewart, who would be likely to end a similar segment with much sillier delivery. This Maddowian composure isn't as versatile as Stewart's delivery, but it is effective and fun.
6. His interstitial jokes were just as funny as his anchor material.
Instead of commercial breaks, Oliver threw to mostly great pre-taped bits. In one instance, he gave us a gag called "John McCain Tells the Same Joke Six Different Times." That winning McCain quip? "Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country." Ho, ho! That McCain and his TMB. (Typical Maverick Behavior.)
7. His interview was both funny and raw.
Oliver's pre-taped interview with former NSA director David Alexander was effective in that uncomfortably-confrontational-yet-funny "Daily Show" way, but the uninterrupted, extended style was a complete departure from, say, the material we're used to getting from Samantha Bee. In the future, Oliver's interviews will probably be the centerpiece of his show. The lengthy repartee was great, and his goofy, yet probing approach was actually beguiling. Alexander almost never knew how to react.
8. He showed a hilarious clip of football players accidentally tackling a cheerleader.
I had never seen that before. It is just shocking.
9. His pope joke killed.
The best single line of the evening? A jab at ol' Benedict, who canonized John Paul II and John XXIII on Sunday. "It cannot be easy to be the fourth most popular pope in a room, especially when two of the other popes are dead," he quipped. Perfect.


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These little items have increased in price through most of the past century by almost 1,000 percent and have become a source for increased taxes, both state and federal. They are a cause of many incurable diseases such as various cancers, heart disease and COPD, to name a few.
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KELSO -- The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs yet again found themselves down, but not out.
Trailing 6-2 heading into the seventh inning against the Scott City Lady Rams on Thursday evening, the Lady Bulldogs poured out four runs to tie the game as well as make the last inning an interesting one at the least.
"It seems like it's the same story every game," Sikeston head coach Tiffany Morgan said. "Our girls have battled back more than any team I've had here at Sikeston. They never quit from the start. If they get down, they don't quit until the last out of the seventh inning."
However, Sikeston's valiant effort towards the end of the game would go unwarranted as Scott City came right back in their half of the seventh to stave off the Lady Bulldogs, 7-6, in the second game of the Notre Dame Softballfest's pool play at Kelso Park.
Two errors by the Lady Rams began Sikeston's comeback in the seventh. A bases loaded walk to Courtney Collins made it 6-4. After Madison Chaney made it a one-point game when she hustled home on a passed ball, Sarah Dixon tied the game with an RBI single to center. Collins ended up being tagged out at home trying to give the Lady Bulldogs the lead and a strikeout ended the inning.
"We got some big hits there," Morgan said. "Sarah Dixon, she came through for us and she played a great game."
Scott City, who had a total of six hits including four for extra bases throughout the game, used their big bats to get the win shortly after.
Stacey Heisserer reached first on an error to leadoff the bottom of the seventh. She quickly advanced to second on a passed ball and then was moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Melanie Lacey. Alexis Spriggs, who went 2-3 with a triple and a home run, ended the game on a sacrifice fly to center field.
"I think we kind of relaxed a little and felt like we had a lead and they didn't believe that they couldn't come back," Scott City head coach Amy Pobst said. "They got a good scare. But, I love the way we played tonight. We hit the ball hard and everybody hit.
"We went up to bat with the mentality that we were going to hit."
Scott City continued their hitting ways in the last game on Thursday against the Chaffee Lady Devils. A combined 18 hits led the Lady Rams to a resounding 19-5 win to secure a No. 1 seed in bracket play on Saturday as they go 2-0.
Scott City lunged out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first and continued to pound the ball throughout.
They scored at least two runs in every inning of the five inning contest as five batters for Scott City had three hits. Lacey hit the Lady Rams' second home run on the day as Macey Hall continued her dominant presence at the plate hitting her third triple of the day. Hall finished her two games going 5-for-6 with two RBI. Spriggs, on top of winning the first game against Sikeston as the pitcher, ended her day with a 5-for-7 performance and seven RBI.
"Those big numbers are nice to put up but it also puts a target on you," Pobst said. "Everybody wants to knock down the team that's hitting and doing well. We just hope to go up there on Saturday and if we play our best, that's all I can ask for."
Although suffering a 14-run loss to Scott City, the Chaffee Lady Devils played their best game of the season in a 3-1 losing effort against the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs in Thursdays first game of the day according to head coach Shawn Powderly.
"I thought that was the best game we've played so far this year," Powderly said. "We had a few mistakes that ended up getting them their runs but, overall we played good. We had our base runners again like we have been but we just couldn't get them across."
Chaffee, who went 0-2 during pool play, will have their first game on Saturday at 9 a.m.
"The main thing I want to see is to come out with a little fight," said Powderly. "After we got down early we didn't have much. I'd like to see us come out and be ready to play like I know we can play."
Sikeston finished Thursday with a 1-1 record but still have high hopes of possibly making it to the championship game.
"Our girls are really focused and they want to be in that championship game on Saturday," said Morgan. "I can't say enough about how well they've prepared themselves and wanting to work to get to that championship game."
Sikeston will play at 3 p.m.
Game 1
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WP -- Sarah Hopson. LP -- Montana Estes. Multiple hitters -- (C) Adrienne Eichhorn 2-3, Hannah Bedwell 2-3; (S) Sarah Hopson 2-4, Sarah Dixon 2-3. 2B -- (S) Dixon. 3B -- (C) Bedwell.
Game 2
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|Scott City
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WP -- Alexis Spriggs. LP -- Sydney Davied. Multiple hitters -- (S) Sarah Dixon 2-4; (SC) Stacey Heisserer 2-4, Spriggs 2-3, Macey Hall 2-3. 2B -- (S) Dixon. 3B -- (SC) Spriggs, Hall 2. HR -- (SC) Spriggs.
Game 3
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WP -- Becky Burger. LP -- Hailey Enderle. Multiple hitters -- (SC) Julie Holder 3-5, Stacey Heisserer 2-4, Melanie Lacey 3-5, Alexis Spriggs 3-4, Macey Hall 3-3, Jenna Cummins 3-5, Becky Burger 2-4, Lindsay Kern 2-4; (C) Kaitlyn Miller 2-3. 2B -- (SC) Lacey. 3B -- (SC) Hall. HR -- (SC) Lacey.


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- Breathtaking panoramas from the top of Mount Emler - 3723m
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This 'Walkers Delight' holiday in Turkey combines a week-long trek through the Taurus mountains, including an ascent of Emler, with 3 days of exploration and walks in the incredible landscape of Cappadocia. The Taurus range of mountains forms a divide between Turkey's Mediterranean coast and the Anatolian Plateau. It is from this range that the great rivers of the Tigris and Euphrates spring. We begin the holiday with a week of trekking in the spectacular Aladaglar range, trekking by way of alpine lakes and remote passes to the Yedigoller Plateau where we make an amazing high camp at 3100 metres. In the high valleys of this rarely-visited range, we will be able to meet and take tea with nomadic Turkish shepherds and learn a little of their centuries-old way of life. The unforgettable highlight of this holiday is an ascent of Mount Emler (3723m), which provides excellent views across the whole of the Aladaglar Massif. At the end of our trek in the Taurus, we will then transfer to colourful Cappadocia. With its fantastic fairy chimneys, wildly eroded landscapes and rock-hewn dwellings and churches, Cappadocia is one of the world's most surreal destinations! During our 3 day stay, we will visit many of its highlights, including the carved frescoes of UNESCO Goreme, the spectacular rock pinnacles of the Ilhara Valley and the fascinating underground city of Derinkuyu, once home to over 20,000 people and the deepest underground city in Turkey. This is a sensational holiday designed for walkers who are looking for something truly dramatic and different. With it's superb and varied mountain walking, amazing camp locations, fantastic food, experienced local leaders and wonderful Turkish hospitality, this is "the only" trekking holiday in 2016 for exploring Turkey's must see walking destinations!
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This holiday combines an 8-day trek in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey with moderate walks in Cappadocia. The maximum altitude attained on the holiday is 3723 metres and we spend 2 nights above 3000 metres on the Yedigoller Plateau. At these relatively moderate altitudes, acclimatisation should not be a problem. For most of the trek we follow well established trails between valleys and villages which are suitable for mules and very straightforward for trekkers. However there are a couple of days with a good deal of ascent and descent and we may encounter snow on the Yedigoller Plateau. At the end of this trek we transfer to Cappadocia for two days of easy walking and sightseeing. You should ensure you are physically prepared for the trek and able to walk for 5 or 6 hours each day and for several days continuously.
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- Meet at the group hotel in Cukurbag. A single timed transfer from Kayseri Airport is provided.
- Trek through the foothills of the Aladaglar Mountains and into the Aladaglar National Park to Emil.
- Through the meadows of Alaca Yayla to the charming grazing area at Alaca Yayla and Emil Valley.
- Trek though the Siyirmalik Valley passing shepherds` camps and nomadic settlements to Sokulupinar.
- Follow mountain streams to the high grazing area of Arpalik Yayla and the beautiful Dipsiz Lake.
- Spectacular trekking to the Karayalak Valley via the superb Celikbuyduran Pass (3450m).
- Ascent of Mount Emler (3723m) and time to explore the beautiful Yedigoller `Seven Lakes)`Plateau.
- Trek across the Teke Kalesi Pass (3517m) to Lake Karagol passing the Yildiz `Star` Lake.
- Morning through the Maden Gorge. Afternoon transfer to the ancient town of Guzelyurt in Cappadocia.
- Trek through Ihlara Valley on the slopes of Mount Hasan (3268m) and explore the rock-cut churches.
- Trek through a world of fairy chimneys and vibrant colours in the beautiful Meskendir and Red Valleys.
- Departure Day. A single timed transfer to Kayseri Airport is provided.
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Meet at the group hotel in Cukurbag. A single timed transfer from Kayseri Airport is provided.
Rendezvous at Kayseri Airport. KE Land Only package services begin with a 2 hour transfer to Cukurbag village in the Aladaglar Range. We have our first night's camp here.
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Trek through the foothills of the Aladaglar Mountains and into the Aladaglar National Park to Emil.
After a traditional Turkish breakfast, we start our trek walking through the foothills of the Aladaglar Mountains. Our trek takes us into the Aladaglar National Park and after approximately 4 hours walk we will reach our camp in the Emli valley.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 300m
Distance 11km
Meals bld
Descent 20m
Time 3 - 4 hrs walking
Through the meadows of Alaca Yayla to the charming grazing area at Alaca Yayla and Emil Valley.
Our trek today takes us through the Mangirci Gorge and onwards, through cedar and juniper woodland to the grazing area at Alaca Yayla. There are superb views of the southern part of the Aladaglar region and we should also meet shepherds in this area, who spend much of the summer season here with their flocks. We will stop for our picnic lunch by a spring, then descend back to the Emli Valley by way of the seasonal shepherds' camp at Oluk Sekisi.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 880m
Distance 10km
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Meals bld
Descent 880m
Time 6 - 7 hrs walking
Trek though the Siyirmalik Valley passing shepherds` camps and nomadic settlements to Sokulupinar.
Leaving the Emli Valley behind, we trek into the Siyirmalik Valley, passing a shepherds' camp at Eznevit, where we should have the chance to meet and take tea with some of these friendly people and learn a little about their semi-nomadic way of life. There are good views across the surrounding mountainous terrain, as we continue our walk to Sakartas. From here, we descend to our camping place at Sokulupinar.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 850m
Distance 16km
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Meals bld
Descent 610m
Time 6 - 7 hrs walking
Follow mountain streams to the high grazing area of Arpalik Yayla and the beautiful Dipsiz Lake.
Leaving our camp set up, we trek alongside a mountain stream to the high grazing area of Arpalik Yayla. Then, we ascend to Tekepinari (Goats' Spring) where we may see ibex grazing on the high plateau. The high point of our walk is at beautiful Dipsiz Lake (2900m) and after taking a picnic lunch here, we descend via the same route to our camp at Sokulupinar. N.B. So that the horses are not carrying unneeded items tomorrow, we will leave anything we don't need for the next three days in the vehicles, which will meet us on Day 8.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 900m
Distance 24km
Meals bld
Descent 900m
Time 8 hrs walking
Spectacular trekking to the Karayalak Valley via the superb Celikbuyduran Pass (3450m).
Today, we trek to our high camp, accompanied by a team of horsemen and their pack-animals. This involves a relatively tough 5-hour hike through the Karayalak Valley to the Celikbuyduran Pass (3450m), stopping off for lunch at a spring just before we reach our high point. Then, it is a straightforward descent to our camping place (3100m) on the Yedigoller (Seven Lakes) Plateau, beside the largest lake in the area.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 1450m
Distance 13km
Meals bld
Descent 350m
Time 6 - 7 hrs walking
Ascent of Mount Emler (3723m) and time to explore the beautiful Yedigoller `Seven Lakes)`Plateau.
Leaving our camp set up at Yedigoller, we will spend the day at this high elevation, with further opportunities to meet the local shepherds and to admire the striking mountain scenery. Particularly prominent are the peaks of Narpuzbasi and Direktas. Our principal objective today will be to make an ascent of Mount Emler (3723m). This involves a straightforward return trek of 4 to 5 hours, taking us back up to the Celikbuyduran Pass and along a ridge from there to the mountain's summit. From this peak, there are great views of the south side of Mount Demirkazik (the highest summit in the range) and of the distant volcanic peaks of Erciyes and Hasan. Descending back to camp, there is time for a bit of relaxation, or maybe even a swim in the lake.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 600m
Distance 9km
Meals bld
Descent 600m
Time 5 - 6 hrs walking
Trek across the Teke Kalesi Pass (3517m) to Lake Karagol passing the Yildiz `Star` Lake.
After loading the horses, we make an early start and begin our trek out of the Taurus Mountains. We pass the second largest of the lakes on the plateau and then climb up to Teke Kalesi Pass (3517m). Here, once again, we can enjoy great mountain views, before starting our descent on a narrow trail. Passing Yildiz (Star) Lake, we reach our camp at Lake Karagol.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 690m
Distance 14km
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Meals bld
Descent 890m
Time 7 - 8 hrs walking
Morning through the Maden Gorge. Afternoon transfer to the ancient town of Guzelyurt in Cappadocia.
Our last morning of trekking in the High Taurus takes us down to the mine road which runs through the Maden Gorge. We then follow this to a lunch stop, at the point where we meet our support vehicles at the end of the valley. The walk takes 4 to 5 hours. After lunch we will drive to Cappadocia, a region with a completely different landscape of weird and wonderful rock formations. We stay overnight in a comfortable hotel in the ancient town of Guzelyurt.
Accommodation Camping
Ascent 20m
Distance 10km
Meals bld
Descent 400m
Time 4 - 5 hrs walking
Trek through Ihlara Valley on the slopes of Mount Hasan (3268m) and explore the rock-cut churches.
Today we we trek through the Ihlara Valley lying on the northern flanks of the volcano, Mount Hasan (3268m). The valley is a 14km long canyon running between the towns of Ihlara and Selime and is an excellent example of the incredible rock formations and underground complexes that exist in Cappadocia. As we trek through the valley we pass literally hundreds of rock-cut houses and churches from the Byzantine period, some of them hidden underground and others above the surface. We complete the walk and our explorations by the late afternoon and then drive north towards the heart of Cappadocia. On the way we stop to visit Derinkuyu, a famous underground city. In this part of Turkey there are around 200 subterranean towns that are believed to have been built as hiding places in time of war by early Christian people. Derinkuyu is very impressive, with 7 floors and a maximum depth of around 85 metres. It could have accommodated thousands of people. There are food stores, kitchens, stalls, churches, ventilation chimneys, wells and a missionary school. After our visit, we continue our drive to Goreme at the heart of Cappadocia where we check into our comfortable hotel surrounded by the weird rock formations that are the icons of this region.
Accommodation Hotel
Ascent 20m
Distance 14km
Meals bld
Descent 150m
Time 4 - 5 hrs walking
Trek through a world of fairy chimneys and vibrant colours in the beautiful Meskendir and Red Valleys.
Today's walk takes us through the Meskendir Valley. We follow a trail through the fairy chimneys and other Cappadocian rock formations, passing ancient cave houses and Byzantine complexes. From the Meskendir Valley we cross over to the Red Valley, considered the most beautiful in Cappadocia with its weird and wonderful formations and colours. At the end of the day as the sun begins to set the valley puts on a display that lives up to its name. After our walk we return to Goreme and spend a second night at the group hotel.
Accommodation Hotel
Ascent 80m
Distance 9km
Meals bld
Descent 140m
Time 4 - 5 hrs walking
Departure Day. A single timed transfer to Kayseri Airport is provided.
After a leisurely breakfast, we board our tour bus and drive for approximately 1 hour to Kayseri Airport, where KE Land Only package services end.
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Holiday Information
Holiday Information
What's included
- A professional English-speaking local guide
- Single timed Kayseri Airport transfers at the beginning and end of the trip
- All accommodation as described in the trip dossier
- All meals
- All land transport throughout the trip
- A full trek service including cook and baggage transfer
- Entrance and camping fees for the Aladaglar National Park
What's not included
- Travel insurance
- Kayseri Airport transfers (other than the single group transfer at the beginning and end of the trip)
- Tips for local staff
- Entrance fees at tourist sites and optional activities
- Miscellaneous expenses - drinks and souvenirs etc.
Turkish cuisine is world renowned for its variety, colour and fresh produce. Breakfast options include cereals, fruits, bread, preserves, eggs, salami, feta, olives, melon, dried fruit and nuts, tea and coffee. After breakfast and whilst on trek, clients will make up their own picnic lunch using bread sticks and a variety of meats, cheeses, tomatoes and cucumber. There will also be plenty of fruit, biscuits and cake. The evening meal is freshly prepared by our cook and served at the camp table. This may be a barbecue of local meats or any of a number of excellent Turkish dishes. Vegetarian food is also available, so please inform us if you require a vegetarian diet. Dinner options in hotels range from simple grilled meats to elaborately baked fish and meat casseroles. There are also plenty of delicious vegetarian options.
Meal plan
Joining Arrangements & Transfers
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Group Leader & Support Staff
Spending Money
Approximately £150 (or equivalent in US dollars, Euros etc) should be allowed for miscellaneous expenses including your bar bills and reasonable tips to the support crew. If you intend to buy expensive souvenirs, you should budget accordingly (credit cards can be useful in this respect). Turkey's unit of currency is the New Turkish Lira. By far the easiest way to obtain your travel cash is from ATM's using a credit card or a debit card linked to the International Plus or Cirrus system - remember you will need your PIN number to do this. ATM's are available only in Goreme. Credit cards can be used to purchase goods and services in some shops, hotels and restaurants in Turkey.
Guidance on Tipping
Tips do not form part of the wages of local staff but they are very much appreciated. It is important to remember that tipping is voluntary and should be dependent on good service. It is best if the tip is given at the end of the trip by the group as a whole. We recommend that each group member contributes around £25 (or equivalent in US dollars, Euros etc) and that tips are then distributed between the guide and support staff as the group feels is appropriate.
Baggage Allowance
Your baggage on trek should weigh no more than 15kg. During the holiday your main bag will be carried in the support vehicle from day 2 to day 5 and by pack animals from day 6 until day 8. Any items you do not require between days 6 and 8 can be left in the tour vehicle and you may wish to bring an extra (fold away) bag for this.
KE Trek Bag
All KE clients will receive a FREE KE trek bag. These have been specially made to stand up to the rigours of adventure travel. Your KE bag will be posted to you when your trip is guaranteed to run or on receipt of your booking if the trip is already guaranteed. If you have travelled with us before and already have a KE trek bag you can select an alternative free gift in the booking process.
This holiday involves going to high altitude. During the course of your trip you will reach altitudes in excess of 3500 metres. This is not something that you should worry about; the human body is quite capable of adapting to a very wide range of altitudes, but it is important that we follow some simple rules in order to acclimatise successfully. Before coming on this holiday you should read the advice on trekking at high altitude. You can also talk to one of our trekking experts if you have any concerns about altitude.
Equipment List
The following checklist should help you with your packing. As a general rule, you should always try to keep the weight of your equipment to a minimum.
You must bring the following items:
Hiking boots
Gaiters (to protect boots from scree/talus and occasionally snow)
Spare laces
Trekking trousers
Waterproof over-trousers
Baselayer shirts (2 short sleeve, 2 long sleeve)
T-shirts or casual shirts
Fleece jacket or warm jumper
Waterproof jacket
Fleece hat
Thermal or fleece gloves
Sleeping bag (comfort rated -5°C)
Daypack 30 litres
Second 'hold-all' type bag*
Headtorch and spare batteries
Sun protection (including total bloc for lips, nose etc.)
Water bottles 1 Litre (x2)
Washbag and toiletries
Small towel
Antibacterial handwash
Selection of dry bags (to keep trek bag contents dry)
Small padlock (to lock your KE kit bag)
Basic First Aid Kit including the following: antiseptic cream; throat lozenges; diarrhoea treatment (Diocalm or Immodium); painkillers; plasters and blister treatment; and re-hydration salts (Dioralite). Glucose sweets and vitamin tablets are a useful addition.
The following items are optional:
Trekking poles (recommended)
Sleeping bag liner
Thermarest (note that foam camping mats are provided)
Trainers or sandals for camp
Thermal baselayer - leggings
Light down jacket or smock
Insect repellent
Travel clothes
Repair kit – (eg. needle, thread, duct tape)
Water purification tablets/solution **
* Second bag: You will need to bring a bag which is large enough to store items not required for the 3-day trek on the Yedigoller Plateau. This bag will stay with the vehicles and does not have to be waterproof or particularly robust. It should be able to fit in your main baggage when not being used.
** Water purification tablets: At all the camps on trek spring water is available and good to drink. However you might wish to treat this water to be extra safe.
Group Size and Holiday Status
For each holiday there is a minimum number of participants required to enable it to go ahead. Once the minimum number is reached, the trip status will change from 'Available' to 'Guaranteed to run'. You can check the trip status for each departure in 'Dates and Prices' table. Other than in exceptional circumstances, we will not cancel a trip once it has achieved this guaranteed to run status and so you are free to proceed with your international flight booking and other travel arrangements.
Passport & Visas
A passport with 6 months remaining validity at the end of your stay is generally required. The information that we provide is for UK passport holders. Please check the relevant embassy or consulate for other nationalities. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct travel documents and visas for your holiday. Visa requirements and charges are subject to change without notice. If you are travelling outside the EU you should have at least 2 blank pages in your passport for each country that you visit.
Visa Turkey
All nationalities require a visa. The visa fee is $20 and you need to apply for this online prior to departure at www.evisa.gov.tr. Please download the detailed information document: Visa PDF Turkey.
Health & Vaccinations
You should contact your doctor or travel clinic to check whether you require any specific vaccinations or other preventive measures. You should be up to date with routine courses and boosters as recommended in the UK e.g. diphtheria-tetanus-polio and measles-mumps-rubella, along with hepatitis A and typhoid. A good online resource is Travel Health Pro.
The unit of currency in Turkey is the Turkish Lira.
Electricity Supply & Plug
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Preparing For Your Trip
It makes a lot of sense to spend some time before coming on an active holiday getting some additional exercise. While regular hiking in hill or back country is the best preparation, running, cycling and swimming are also good for developing better cardiovascular fitness and stamina. Before departure, we suggest that you try to fit in a number of long walks in hilly country.
Know before you go
As a reputable tour operator, KE supports the British Foreign & Commonwealth Offices 'Know before you go' campaign to enable British citizens to prepare for their journeys overseas, and we recommend that all KE travellers take a look at the FCO Travel Advice for their chosen destination on the official FCO website: www.fco.gov.uk. North Americans can also check out the U.S. Department of State website: www.travel.state.gov for essential travel advice and tips.
KE treat the safety and security of all clients as the most important aspect of any trip we organise. We would not run any trip that we did not consider reasonably safe. Should the FCO advise against travel for any reason, we will contact everyone booked to travel to discuss the situation. We receive regular updates direct from the FCO and are in constant touch with our contacts on the ground. If you have any questions about government travel advice, please call our office.
Daytime temperatures in Cappadocia will vary between 22ºC/72ºF and 28ºC/82ºF at the times of year we operate this trip. The weather in early and late summer is generally excellent - with hot days, clear skies and little rain. In the Taurus Mountains, the temperature will, of course, decrease as we climb. Typically, we will be trekking at temperatures around 15°C / 59°F. At night at our highest camp, we can expect the temperature to fall close to freezing point. In common with many mountain areas, cloud can build during the day resulting in late afternoon rain.
Turkey - Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit
The Rough Guide to Turkey
Turkish Odyssey - A Traveller's Guide to Turkey and Turkish Culture - Serif Yenin.
Landscapes in Panoramic Turkey – from Istanbul to Ararat - Gerold Yong.
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As our so-called leaders are focusing on what won't solve the problem, taxes, rather than focusing on what will solve the problem, cutting spending, we are being told calamity awaits us in the form of the "fiscal cliff." What will happen if there is no deal on Capital Hill? The so-called fiscal cliff will trigger automatic tax increases and spending cuts. While I am dead set against tax increases as being ineffectual (if high rates don't bring in more revenue than low rates, why wouldn't you prefer low rates?), if the only way to really cut spending is to allow the tax increases, so be it. So how bad is it?
Spending Cuts
The spending cuts in the sequester are $1.2 trillion. That's good, right. Er, no. That is over nine years, not next year. In 2013 the cuts amount to $109 billion out of total expenditures of $3.8 trillion, which amounts to a reduction of 2.87%. This draconian cliff that will bring about the end of the world means we will still be spending about $3.7 trillion. I have been in private industry where the word came down from the top, that we have to cut spending. Every department head with a budget then had to come up with cuts. The order to cut 10% was not unusual. It wasn't easy, sometimes with payroll being a large component of most budgets, jobs had to be cut, but it was cut expenses or go out of business. We have 535 members of Congress and a President of the United States who are all paid north of $174,000 per year and they can't get the job done.
Since we are using metaphors such as a fiscal "cliff" how about a spending "gulf". The gap between revenues and spending has generated trillion-dollar deficits in every year of the Obama administration. The gap cannot be closed by raising taxes, it has to be done by spending cuts and no one is talking about spending cuts. This is from today's New York Times
Mr. Obama has embraced specific cuts to the federal budget in the past and has committed to an agreement with Congress that will include deep reductions in spending. But it would be easy for those who listen to his public pronouncements lately to miss it. In public statements since his re-election, he has barely discussed how he would pare back federal spending, focusing instead on the aspect of his plan that plays to his liberal base and involves all gain and no pain for 98 percent of taxpayers.
Erskine Bowles, who along with Alan Simpson headed up Obama's Simpson-Bowles Commission to address the fiscal deficit problem which Obama completely ignored, added this:
After meeting with White House officials this week, Mr. Bowles said he believed "they were serious about reducing spending" but added that "we need to talk more about the spending side of the equation."
Republicans have shown flexibility on the revenue side but are increasingly frustrated with the president.
"We have not seen any good-faith effort on the part of this administration to talk about the real problem that we're trying to fix," said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House majority leader. "This has to be a part of this agreement or else we just continue to dig the hole deeper, asking folks to allow us to kick the can down the road further. And that we don't want to do."
This is reckless. The President of United States is presiding over the worst economy since the Great Depression and he has no plan on how to deal with it. "Tax the Rich" is not a plan. "I won" is not a plan. A plan lays out how the federal government is going to get its house in order. Let's raise taxes now and see what happens is a blueprint for becoming Greece. He is completely disengaged and is still in campaign mode even though he has nothing to campaign for, his last election is over. He has to decide what his legacy will be.
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Obama's CIA Pick and His Romance with Islam
One of the first things Barack Obama did after taking the oath of office (which he actually did on Sunday, January 20, as prescribed by the Constitution) was to submit a list of candidates for cabinet-level posts. One of these was Secretary of Defense, and his nominee was Chuck Hagel. I've had a lot to say about Hagel's views about issues related to Israel, all bad.
But this post isn't about Hagel. It is about another cabinet-level appointment, that of John O. Brennan, Obama's counter-terrorism adviser (actually "Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Assistant to the President") as head of the CIA.
What do we know about Brennan? He held several important posts in the CIA, including station chief in Saudi Arabia from 1996-99. His academic background includes the study of Arabic and Arab culture; he received a B.A. in political science from Fordham University, including a year abroad at the American University in Cairo, and an M.A. in Government specializing in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. He speaks Arabic 'fluently.'
Now there is nothing wrong with having this kind of background. After all, insofar as the threat of terrorism is a major concern, and the fact that almost all terrorism today emanates from the Arab and Muslim world, the CIA director can't know too much about it.
But on the other hand, there is the phenomenon of the 'Arabist' — the Westerner who studies Arabic and is so taken by the culture that he adopts the Arab worldview and politics. T. E. Lawrence is probably the most well-known, but contemporary examples abound (for example, the academic Juan Cole).
If you believe that the phenomenon of Islamic terrorism is related to specific grievances held by 'extremists' who are exploiting the essentially peaceful religion of Islam for their purposes, then possibly having a CIA director who is an Arabist is not a problem.
But on the other hand, if you believe that we are experiencing the beginnings of a true civilizational conflict between Islam and the West, then it could be a big problem indeed.
So is Brennan an Arabist in this sense? I'm not sure.
In February 2010, Brennan spoke to Muslim students at NYU in a meeting 'facilitated' by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). His talk can be found in these four video clips: here, here, here, and here.
In the first one, he says that Islam is "a faith of peace and tolerance and great diversity," something which I suspect the Coptic Christians of Egypt would dispute. He can be heard speaking in somewhat rusty Arabic. He describes meeting Muslim students from various countries including "Palestine," and refers to "al-Quds, Jerusalem" — where, he says, the three faiths for whom the city is holy show that they can coexist despite tensions. (But he fails to note that this has only been the case since the city has been under Jewish control!)
Later, he discusses at length the problem of prejudice against Muslims in America and the need to protect their rights, but he does not mention the very real lack of rights experienced by non-male or non-Muslim populations in Muslim-controlled lands.
He praises the Saudi monarchy for the stewardship of the holy cities of Islam and the haj, but does not talk about the brutal, medieval darkness of that kingdom where slavery flourishes and petty thieves have their hands cut off.
He praises ISNA and other Muslim organizations for working to protect the rights of Muslims, but does not mention their involvement in fund-raising for Hamas or other terrorist groups, or their connection to the Muslim Brotherhood. In fact, he criticizes the U.S. government for interfering with the obligation for Muslims to practice zakat — charity.
Brennan is 100 percent on board with the Obama policy that our enemies consist only of "al-Qaeda and its extremist allies," organizations that have distorted the peaceful nature of Islam. In fact, he opposes the use of the word 'jihadists' to refer to Islamic terrorists, because:
They are not jihadists, for jihad is a holy struggle, an effort to purify, for a legitimate purpose. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing holy or pure or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children.
As I argued in response to similar remarks in 2009 — Brennan misunderstands the nature of our enemy:
Doubtless Osama bin Laden believes that his jihad against the U.S. is a "holy struggle for a moral goal." But Brennan's definition leaves out the historical meaning of 'jihad' as an expansionist, offensive struggle against non-Muslims, an aspect which is still very much part of the concept in the minds of many present-day Muslims (for an exhaustive and persuasive analysis of this topic, see Daniel Pipes: "Jihad and the Professors")…
… jihad in this sense was highly important in the past and has been reemphasized by modern Islamist thinkers like al-Banna and Qutb.
Brennan clings to the idea that we can somehow undercut the spread of violent Islamist ideology by employing economic development and education to fight the "ignorance" that allows al-Qaeda to recruit:
I think Brennan underestimates the pull of the militant Islamist ideology itself, especially in Arab cultures. After all, the leadership of radical groups like al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hizballah, etc. are all well-educated, and in the case of bin Laden, quite wealthy. It can be argued that in some cases — like the Palestinian Arabs, who have probably been the recipient of more Western 'development' aid than any other similar group — there are religious/cultural pathologies that work against political stability and economic development, as well as making the culture fertile ground for radical ideologies.
So when Brennan suggests that we need to attack these 'conditions' as well as fight 'extremists', he misses two points:
- The 'extremists' are not just a small group of crazies, but part of a significant faction of fundamentalist Muslims who — while they may not themselves engage in violent jihad — accept the ideology of militant Islamism which promotes it. As long as this is the case, there will always be a supply of ones whoare violent.
- Unless the cultural and religious issues that make it hard for societies to develop in what we Westerners see as a positive direction (democracy, economic development, fair allocation of resources, etc.) can be counteracted, Western attempts to ameliorate poverty, lack of education and political repression will be seen as so much cultural imperialism.
Since 2010, militant Islamism has made great advances in the Middle East, and it is becoming harder and harder for those like Brennan to claim that it is a distortion of the peace and beauty that is "mainstream" Islam. Has he changed his thinking?
We may find out. Unlike the position he holds today, his new job requires Senate confirmation.
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7 Responses to "Obama's CIA Pick and His Romance with Islam"
Brennan is a poster boy for the mainstream denial of what is in the face of the west for anyone who cares to take a dispassionate look. If he was a typical delusional hack this would not be of any consequence. That he is where he is in an administration that is naive at best regarding the existential nature of the threat of orthodox Islam, does not bode well for the future of western civilization.
So basically he needs to get takfired along with hagel!
you misidentify Juan Cole and his views. He is a specialist of Pakistan and Iran, not the Arab world, particularly but at least Cole is not as ignorant of the Arab world as most writing in this newspaper. Moreover, Cole is a Bahai. T.E. Lawrence? Accusing Hagel of being an "Arab-lover" – gosh a fate worse than death.
Jews control the media and so should stop this love affair with this closet Muslim President. Why do your Wesinsteins and Moonveses keep the PR campaign of Hussein Obama?
I don't think anyone believes this.
Very unlikely he is a convert to Islam…he may be sympathetic however.
he is a liberal……secular in mentality…not religious….goes along with anything extreme to the left.
I believe here on remarks on brenen , no one should be in criticism, he spoke the truth about Muslims,(Real Muslims, Momineen).


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Get Ready for Another Round of Jamie Dimon vs Mike Mayo
As if the J.P. Morgan annual meeting needed any more drama, add one dose of Mike Mayo to the agenda.
As WSJ reports today, Mayo, an outspoken banking analyst with CLSA, has managed to get himself signed up as a proxy for an unidentified shareholder so he can appear at the meeting and ask his own questions.
Mayo has had plenty of questions for other banking executives this year, including dominating Morgan Stanley meeting.
J.P. Morgan was kind enough to put on a bright face and tell WSJ it was "pleased" Mayo would be there Tuesday, but the two haven't always been too nice to each other.
Mayo and J.P. Morgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon have sparred publicly in the past.(Though Mayo has never been so offended as to write about his personal issues with J.P. Morgan, as he has done with Citigroup and Bank of America).
Last year, Dimon refuted Mayo's claims that year that the bank was underperforming because it was too large and would be better off split up.
"I guess that's a valid question, we should look at it," Dimon said. "But I can't imagine that the units of this company would perform better if they were parts of a much smaller company."
And Dimon wasn't the only J.P Morgan executive to take issue with Mayo at that meeting. Todd Maclin, then head of retail banking, criticized Mayo's research as Mayo was questioning whether the bank's branch expansion strategy was correct. The bank was planning on building thousands of branches and Mayo said "even my young kids know we have too many branches around here." Maclin called Mayo's facts "distorted."
The verbal jabs between Dimon and Mayo go back far.
In 2004, when J.P. Morgan bought Bank One, and thereby Dimon, the executive took a swing at Mayo. Mayo, who recalled the incident in his book titled "Exile on Wall Street," said Dimon "sucker punched" him when he told to a room that Mayo should title a note "I was wrong" since he'd been negative on J.P. Morgan.
Mayo has not exactly been innocent since the London Whale trading losses. He questioned Dimon the night the losses were revealed about what he should have been watching more closely. ("Newspapers," Dimon retorted.) Mayo has also questioned the risk management since, put the bank in "the penalty box" and cut his rating on the stock to underperform. He's the only analyst with a sell-equivalent rating on the bank. Only seven of 35 analysts don't rate J.P. Morgan a buy, according to FactSet.
Most recently, a comment from Dimon in February caught much attention.
At the bank's analyst day this year, Mayo asked Dimon about the bank's capital ratio. Mayo noted that UBS was aiming to have a higher capital ratio to offset any major losses, and that could make some customers feel safer at UBS than J.P. Morgan.
Dimon shot back incredulously: "So, you would go to UBS and not JPMorgan … That's why I'm richer than you."


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