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Posted on 12/05/2005 12:25:15 PM PST by 1066AD
AK-47: Iconic weapon All this week, BBC World Service's The World Today programme is looking at the stories behind one of the world's most iconic weapons, the AK-47, and talking to the people who trade in it, the people who carry it, and the people whose lives have been destroyed by it. The global trade in small arms is big business - it involves almost 1,250 companies operating in at least 92 countries producing weapons, parts or ammunition.
The most popular, and perhaps the most iconic, of all these weapons is the AK-47 assault rifle. Its distinctive shape and widespread use made it an icon of violence in the 20th Century.
In the film Jackie Brown, gunrunner Ordell Robbie calls the the AK-47 "the very best there is... accept no substitutes".
But away from the glamour of the big screen, NGOs lament the deadly toll exacted by small arms. The Small Arms Survey 2005 suggested small arms - meaning personal weapons also including pistols, machine guns, grenades, portable anti-tank systems and mortars - were responsible for some 60-90% of direct war deaths, estimated at 100,000 for 2003.
And estimates suggest small arms are implicated in more than 1,000 deaths every day.
"Small arms cause big losses," Louise Frechette, the UN deputy director-general, has said.
Illicit exports
The AK-47 assault rifle is durable, simple to use, and, with only nine parts, easy to dismantle and maintain. It can fire 600 rounds a minute, with each bullet still potentially lethal at distances of more than a kilometre (2/3 mile).
THE AK-47 Stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 Designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov while wounded in hospital - though he has said he wished he invented the lawnmower instead Produced in greater numbers than any other 20th-Century assault rifle Fires 600 rounds a minute Estimated 70-100m in the world The AK47 has spawned many derivatives, such as the Chinese-manufactured Type 56
It is estimated that 70-100 million Kalashnikov rifles - comprising the AK-47 and AK-74 - have been made worldwide, dwarfing the US-made M-16 at seven million.
The US, UK, France, Russia, and China are responsible for 88% of reported conventional arms exports. In the US alone, the small arms trade accounts for a huge $14bn (£8bn) of exports. The figure in the UK is $4.6bn.
But this trade often ends up being illegally exploited.
These lethal weapons are relatively cheap, highly portable, and easily concealable - characteristics that make small arms particularly susceptible to illicit trafficking. They are often sold illegally in exchange for hard currency or goods such as diamonds, drugs, or other contraband.
In all, estimates of the black market trade in small arms range from $2bn to $10bn a year. The charity Oxfam estimates that between 80% and 90% of all illegal small arms start in the sanctioned trade.
In 2001 the UN launched a Programme of Action to combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms. The programme sets out a series of measures that governments should take internationally, nationally and regionally to control small arms, but it is not legally binding.
In a World Today discussion, defence export consultant Elizabeth Carter commented that there was a lack of awareness about the new measures, and that even weapons manufacturers are confused about the new export controls.
Meanwhile, Paul Eavin, director of the arms-control NGO Saferworld, said one of the biggest sources for the illicit arms trade was theft from state and police armeries.
Developed nations also need to recognise their central role in the trade, he said.
"We would certainly argue that from countries like Britain, there are still too many exports to countries like Colombia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia - and those exports shouldn't be taking place."
AK-47 is broadcast on BBC World Service's World Today programme every day until 8 December at 2300 GMT.
Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/4380348.stm
AK-47 is broadcast on BBC World Service's World Today programme every day from 4 to 8 December, 2005, at 0205 GMT.
And then there's Mozambique's flag:
"The best there is" would be the Finnish Valmet copy. AK is a paint sprayer, and the Finns somehow managed to tighten it up without sacrificing reliability.
"...and, with only nine parts, easy to dismantle..."
NINE parts? Who proofreads this stuff for the BBC?
Speaking of AK-47s, this was on local news today...
Local Man Robbed at Gunpoint with AK-47
In the film Jackie Brown, gunrunner Ordell Robbie calls the the AK-47 "the very best there is... accept no substitutes".
"The best there is" would be the Finnish Valmet copy. AK is a paint sprayer, and the Finns somehow managed to tighten it up without sacrificing reliability.
i'd prefer an HK PSG1 or a 91/G3.
I was unaware that the BBC had a necromancy desk.
The AK-47... The third worlds answer to the condom. Retroactive population control.
Amazing to hear constantly, but the average numb-skull reporter who would not know a rifle from a shotgun knows "AK-47" by rote - even without knowing what the initials and number stand for.
Iconic, isn't it?
What's so strange about that? The DNC has one.
"Iconic, isn't it?"
You meant "Ironic", didn't you?
Got one of those. It is a work of art. Rosewood stock and the reciever is machined from a billet and not stamped out. I is the semi-auto in 5.56 and is one of my "life keepers" in the gun safe. My daughters fight over which one gets it when I dead.
De gustibus... And $$$, too. IIRC, PSG was about 10K.
It is a peasant's weapon with poor accuracy good only for close in fighting. Ask the AK-47 armed Iraqis who charged the soldier of the 507th who died after killing numerous Iraqis at 200 yards.
actually, they started about $5,000... before they got banned. there were very few of them, and there really wasn't much difference between them and the 91. bolt close assist, adjustable cheek piece and hand grip, a $1,500 scope, and a much nicer trigger group.
what's "De gustibus"?
"De gustibus non disputandum est" - Latin proverb = "There is no arguing about one's tastes [or preferences]"
What does the "AR" in AR-15 stand for? Are those made by Colt here in the States?
SIG 550-series, boys ;)
"It is a peasant's weapon with poor accuracy good only for close in fighting" which is what it was designed for as first the Germans then everyone else realised that 200yd+ accuracy was of less importance in a mobile war like that at the end of WW2. It's a great example of the "KISS" principle as well.
Arnold Arms [now out of business] used to make beautiful precision bolt rifles. Expensive, too - 6-7K.
Yeah ... the definitive authority on military hardware is a fictitious character concocted by a movie director noted primarily for his profuse use of profanity and sadism.
Can't remember exactly = Assault Rifle or Automatic Rifle.
Armalite (a division of Fairchild industries, maker of the wonderful A-10 Warthog) had the design from Stoner and later sold it to Colt.
Colt originally made the weapon for the US military, as did divisions of GM (my first M-16 was a Hydramatic). But, patents run out.
Now, the design is a "pattern gun" made by nearly everybody.
But, the top three are ABC:
Bushmaster (highest civilian sales)
Many others (Rock River Arms, Wilson, Knights, et al) are also making the same rifle, but with much lower sales. Knights makes the high-end, specialized versions costing big $$$. Parts are very standardized and interchangeable.
FN currently makes the M-16 (M-16A2 and M-16A4) series under contract.
Colt makes the M-4 under contract, because they exclusively own the TDP (Technical Data Package) for the M-4.
AR stands for Armalite - the original firm that designed the AR-15. Armalite sold the manufacturing rights to Colt.
The "AR" stands for Armalite, the company that invented the AR-15. The inventor was the late Eugene Stoner, a man who was simply a genius.
How do you get one of those Valmets?
And as the Iraqis found out, when the enemy can see you from 2 miles away, accuracy IS important.
That's right, how could I forget - ARmalite.
Oh my god, 1,000 a day! That's horrible! That's a 0.006% mortality rate per year worldwide, and probably includes wars. That's nowhere near the deaths from, say, heart disease.
"The best there is" would be the Finnish Valmet copy. AK is a paint sprayer, and the Finns somehow managed to tighten it up without sacrificing reliability.
I agree, I love my select-fire Valmet M-76 in 5.56 NATO.
Select-fire? Meaning, you can go auto?
My cousin, a Marine, "took care of his business" on one of Saddamned's toilets. He said it was pretty cool.
Man, this article is full of tripe... Only 9 parts in an AK-47? Let's see... we have the receiver, barrel, barrel trunnion, rear trunnion, hammer, trigger, disconnector, disconnector spring, auto sear, appropriate pins for all (total 3), bolt carrier and gas piston assembly, bolt, firing pin, extractor, retention pin and spring... then we have the front sight, with the two pins holding it, the muzzle brake, the accessory retention pin and spring, the gas tube and upper handguard, the lower handguard and the rear sight. Let's also not forget the stock and stock components as well as the trigger guard, the magazine catch and the pistol grip. I think we've established the BBC's credibility if they claim the AK-47 has 9 parts.
Also, Kalishnakov never felt bad about the design. He was honored to have been able to assist his homeland in such a great way.
I think I'll skip the obviously misleading and unresearched program on the BBC...
Actually, he said, "When you positively, absolutely, have to kill every [expletive deleted] in the room. The very best there is...accept no [expletive deleted] substitutes."
Of the manufacturers of AR 15, how do they rank in quality?
They probably counted field strip, not detail strip. Bolt cover, bolt, piston, recoil spring, gas cylinder, forend, magazine, cleaning rod, and then the rest of it counted as one piece.
"My cousin, a Marine, "took care of his business" on one of Saddamned's toilets. He said it was pretty cool."
One of the perks of being an marine.
The Finns definitely get top marks for fit and finish. The various Valmets I owned could hold 1.5 MOA all day with decent ammo and a competent shooter. Probably the nicest AK actions made.
However, some of the more obscure Bulgarian variants get top billing for raw precision, around 1.0 MOA if the ammo is up to the task. It probably has something to do with the fact that much of the Bulgarian AK47 tooling, notably for making barrels, were originally Steyr. Still, if I had to choose between a fine Bulgarian and a fine Finnish AK, I'd go with the Finnish product for the superior attention to detail and slightly improved design.
The AK-47 varies in quality depending on the model that is used. I would prefer a high quality U.S.A. or Russian made 7.62 x 39 AK-103 over a 5.56 x 45 M-4. 7.62 x 39 from a 16 inch barrel is very deadly out to 250 meters in the hands of a good rifleman.
A bullet from a 5.56 x 45 AR-15 with a sixteen inch barrel loses much of its velocity by 150 meters. Getting hit by 5.56 millimeter round from 150 meters or beyond would be like being stabbed with an ice pick. The M-16 with a 20 inch barrel adds about 50 more meters of really effective range.
Army should upgrade our M-16 to fire the 6.8 x 43 round that way any of our soldiers could give really effective fire out to 300 meters despite having a 14 1/2 inch barrel.
If a new round isn't adopted the Unites States Army should at least adopt the new Mk262 Mod 1 77 grain round over our current 62 grain round. A heavier bullet means that a round will retain a high velocity out to a longer range.
ABC: ArmaLite, Bushmaster and Colt.
Very comparable among these three, but everybody likes their own brand. Armalite is not the same Armalite that originally created the AR-15 (they just use the name) but they're not bad. Some people like Colt, some like Bushmaster.
Colt will not sell post-post-ban Law Enforcement weapons to non-LE. You need a department letterhead to get one from Colt, so Bushmaster sells over 2x the civilian sales as Colt. All "civilians" can get from Colt is the Match Target variants (like the M-16A2 and A4) but not the carbines.
Knights Armament is offering their SR-15, which is a much refined version of the AR-series. You pay big bucks for Knights rifles, but they come with everything. Quality is very high and the price is equally high.
After these, there are lesser brands like Rock River (not bad, but I've seen some troublesome rifles) and others. Nearly everybody is offering an AR these days.
I would recommend Bushmaster because they offer the quality, the models that Colt won't offer and you can actually get their rifles.
There are select-fire Valmets floating around that a person can buy (assuming your State laws permit it). And if you are going to bother buying an AK action in the first place, the Valmet is the variant you want. It is one of the few that looks like it was manufactured on a modern assembly line with the kind of quality control Americans prefer in their firearms.
I agree, I love my select-fire Valmet M-76 in 5.56 NATO.
Select-fire? Meaning, you can go auto?
You'd better believe it Pyro. Also got extra Arsenal 5.56 mags adapted for the Valmet. I'm a happy camper.
Look for a Valmet M71/S in .233 caliber.
Resale only. Thank Hillary for no more imports. They run about $1500 now.
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"Healthy trees make healthy communities," said Carrie Gallagher, Executive Director of Alliance for Community Trees. "Planting Community Groves℠ of fruit and nut trees will provide fresh food for communities, educate residents about nutrition and agriculture, bring neighbors together, and revitalize vacant or derelict urban lands."
Support for Community Groves℠ grants is provided in part by the US Forest Service's Urban and Community Forestry Program. "Planting fruit and nut trees is an effective urban practice for creating greener and healthier communities," said Janette Davis, Assistant Director for Urban and Community Forestry at the USDA Forest Service. "Community Groves℠ is a powerful national program that connects urban forestry and community agriculture."
Community Groves℠ grants will help fund local organizations to plant urban orchards in 12 cities:
- Asheboro, NC – Trees NC
- Baltimore, MD – Hiding Place
- Dallas, TX – Texas Trees Foundation
- Henderson, NV – Nevada Shade Tree Council
- Fitchburg, WI – City of Fitchburg
- Goleta, CA – Goleta Valley Beautiful
- Indianapolis, IN – Keep Indianapolis Beautiful
- Louisville, KY – Louisville Grows
- Manchester, NH – Rooting for Families Collaborative
- New Orleans, LA – Parkway Partners
- Pittsburgh, PA – Tree Pittsburgh
- Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Tree Foundation
"A Community Groves℠ grant will help us engage students at Skiles Test Elementary to honor the history of their campus, which previously held an apple orchard," said David Forsell, President of Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. "Students will plant 33 new fruit and nut trees at their school. In a few years, these will provide healthy food options for them and for the entire community."
Community Groves℠ was launched in 2013 after a successful pilot initiative, which brought 2,000 new trees and shrubs to community gardens in 30 cities across the U.S. in partnership with the USDA People's Garden initiative. The Community Groves℠ Guidebook, available online, offers tools to help nonprofits, community leaders, and residents plan, establish, and maintain their own urban orchards.
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Light and breezy aren't adjectives usually associated with an Auburn-LSU football game. Dark and stormy is more like it, and the time of day has nothing to do with it.
It's still more than two hours to kickoff, but the weather here in Jordan Hare Stadium today, with bright skies and sometimes-brisk winds, makes it look like kicking and throwing the ball this afternoon could be an adventure.
In this series, that's more like it.
The flags around the rim of the stadium are getting a workout. The flags atop the goalposts aren't standing still, either. Even the giant American flag in the corner opposite the press box is doing a light wave.
How many times has a big game in this series been decided with the ball in the air?
There was the Earthquake Game in 1988 when a late LSU touchdown pass won it. The Pick Six Game in 1994 when LSU kept throwing it with the lead and Auburn kept intercepting it and returning it for touchdowns. The Extra Point Game in 2004 when Auburn threw a late TD pass to tie and, thanks to a do-over on the extra point, won by a point.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Auburn and LSU lived in a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad world of their own long before Les Miles arrived in Baton Rouge. With Cam Newton working his magic against that darn strong John Chavis defense, today should be no different.
The only upset will be if the game isn't good to the last stop. Or drop. Or score that moves the earth.
Call it Auburn by one last mad dash from Newton.


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Tennis Discussions > Pro Player Forum
Time to detach this subject from the running Tennis Discussions and make a separate topic.
John Newcombe was interviewed on Australian Television today and had this to say, which I thought was of general interest.
LEIGH SALES: I wanted to ask you about somebody who is enjoying some success in tennis, which is of course Bernard Tomic. Do you think that Tomic is now on top of his attitude and behaviour or does he still have a way to go?
JOHN NEWCOMBE: We've got to see how Bernie goes over the next 12 months. I think what he realised a cup of months ago that he is probably only about 55, 60 per cent fit and he's gone out and he's got himself maybe up to about 75 per cent fitness.
We saw the other night against Roger his potential and his ability to play the game at a very high level. But to be truthful, and I asked Bernie this and he agreed with me, that at the end of the second set against Roger he was really feeling it physically out there.
So he realises he's got a lot more work to do physically to get up to the level of a Djokovic or a Murray or a Federer and if he doesn't achieve that physical fitness there's no way that he's going to achieve his full potential. So we've got to wait and see over this year if he continues doing that hard physical training.
Tomic is on side Pat Rafter
Australian Financial Review Jan 22 2013
John Stensholt
Australian Davis Cup captain Pat Rafter says he has spoken to Bernard Tomic and expects the young Australian to make himself available for team selection should Australia win next weeks first round tie against Chinese Taipei.
Mr Rafter banned Tomic from selection after the pair fell out following Tomics disappointing performance in a losing tie against Germany late last year, during which he exchanged harsh words with coach Tony Roche.
The controversy was further stoked earlier this month when Tomic said he would not talk to Rafter until September, but the Davis Cup captain confirmed he has had recent discussions with Tomic.
I spoke to him recently and told him I expected he would make himself available for selection for April, but we have to win next weeks tie first, Rafter said.
He told me that was OK, so I will expect him to be there.
As well as Tomic, who at 20 is the highest-ranked player in the world for his age, Rafter said there were several promising junior men emerging.
Its the best crop I have seen in a long time. Yes, we probably do have to be patient but I understand why the public is getting a bit antsy.
I would like there to be more players performing now.
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Sources from within Main Events have confirmed that Joel "Lovechild" Julio, 36-4 (31 KO's), will battle Anges Adjaho Friday, May 20 at the Prudential Center in Newark.
Julio, a hard hitting Miami based Colombian, was slated to face Antwone Smith, but Smith withdrew due to an injury. It was next reported that prospect Willie Nelson agreed to step in however, Nelson's promoter cited he was still recovering from injuries suffered in a bout last month.
With two opponents down and a limited amount of time remaining until fight night, Adjaho, 25-5 (14 KO's), turned out to be the best available option. Born in Benin and based in Buffalo, NY, Adjaho's lost four bouts in a row, including decision defeats against Shawn Porter, Brad Solomon and Mark Jason Melligen along with a TKO at the hands of Antonio Demarco.
The bout will take place in the main event of ESPN 2's Friday Night Fights.
A number of locals are also slated to fight on the undercard including East Hanover's Vinny O'Brien, Newark native Angel Concepcion, Jersey City resident Jose Peralta and Middletown's Tyrone Luckey, who battles Plesantville based Siddell Blocker.


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When: Tuesday, 9 a.m.
Where: Commissioners Chambers, second floor, Ward County Courthouse.
Agenda: Topics on the agenda for this special meeting include an update on adjacent lots for a new building, MDU substation structure, cost estimates and financing information.
How to make your opinion known: Commission meetings are open to the public. Commissioners are Carroll Erickson, John Fjeldahl, Jerome Gruenberg, Bruce Christianson and Jack Nybakken.


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The Charlottetown Rural Raiders opened the second half on a 15-2 run to pull away from the Colonel Gray Colonels Tuesday and claim a provincial boys basketball title.
The Raiders defeated their rivals 63-38 in front of a boisterous crowd of about 1,000 fans to repeat as Prince Edward Island School Athletic Association Domino's senior AAA boys' champions.
"It's the best feeling in the world," said Grade 11 forward Logan MacDonald. "It's just as good as the first time."
The Raiders opened the game hot, scoring the first 11 points. The Colonels lost Grade 11 player Max Ramsay four minutes in to the game to an ankle injury, but went on a 9-2 run — led by seven from Jeremy Thompson — to close the quarter down 13-9.
Rural's Jack MacAulay and Stephen Seviour got into foul trouble in the second quarter, but the team was able to go into the half leading 22-15.
"Logan MacDonald hit some big shots to bring us into half," Seviour said.
In deed he did. MacDonald scored all nine of the Raiders points in the second quarter, including a pair of treys late.
"He was huge," said assistant coach Ryan Keliher. "He just stepped up when we needed him and he hit the shots."
Keliher had a key message for the boys during the break.
"We weathered that storm at half," Keliher told The Guardian. "I said we need to come out in the second half just like we did to start the game and hopefully sustain that a little bit longer and I think we were able to do that in the third quarter."
The Raiders were the top-ranked team entering the playoffs, but they were taking nothing for granted.
"We knew it would be a dogfight," MacDonald said. "That's a good team right there."
Seviour, who was named the tournament's most valuable player, said the Raiders' depth was key to victory.
"We have 11 players we can rotate in and out," he said. "When we got into foul trouble . . . a key part of that was putting in other guards that got the job done."
MacDonald led the Raiders with 18, followed by Seviour's 16 and Noah Giddings' eight. Brayden White had seven points, but was key on the glass with 11 boards and in the paint with five blocks.
Thompson led Gray with 17 points while Brett Butler and Mark Smith each added seven.
Sarah Peters hit a three-pointer with 3:40 left in the first quarter to give the Colonel Gray Colonels a
15-14 lead they would not relinquish.
The Colonels went on to claim the senior AAA girls' title with a 77-50 victory over the Three Oaks Axewomen.
"It was big," Kendra Craswell said of Peters' shot. "We needed that momentum."
Peters knocking down a key shot is nothing new for coach Chris Annett.
"Sarah has been one of, if not, our best player through the playoffs," he said after the game.
Three Oaks were the two-time defending champs and have won the banner three of the past four seasons. The Colonels had won the title six of the previous nine years, but this was their first since 2010-11.
"We lost to them last year and it was tough, so we wanted to beat them this year," Craswell admitted.
The Colonels held quarter leads of 24-19, 47-26 and 67-40.
Axewomen guard Jessica Gillis picked up her third foul late in the first quarter.
"That really hurt us," coach James Voye said. "She's our best ball handler, a senior, Grade 12 captain and I think she left it on the floor tonight."
The win capped off a season that saw the Colonels defeat the New Brunswick champions and Nova Scotia's silver medallists.
"We worked hard all season and it's really paid off," said Grade 10 guard Jenna Mae Ellsworth.
Voye was proud of how his team played.
"The girls worked really hard all game," he said. "We have 11 girls on our team that there's just no quit and I think they showed that tonight.
"Gray is an excellent team and we did as good as we could to stick with them as long as we did."
Ellsworth led the Colonels with 19 points while Victoria Barbour and Jada Yeo each had 15 and Peters 14.
Ashley Simmons led Three Oaks with 19 points while Gillis had 13 and Charlotte Thompson 10.
Bronze Medal Games
The Bluefield Bobcats and Three Oaks Axemen won the bronze medals at the P.E.I. School Athletic Association senior AAA basketball championships Tuesday in Charlottetown.
The Bobcats defeated the Charlottetown Rural Raiders 69-52 in the girls' bronze-medal game.
The Bobcats jumped out to a 23-13 first-quarter lead, but Rural cut the deficit to 39-33 at halftime.
Haley Wilting led the Bobcats with 31 points and 18 rebounds. Maria Walsh had 18 points and Jordan Havenga added 14 points and seven boards.
Abby Hurley (19), Sarah Steele (15) and Kassie Little (8) were Rural's leading point-getters. Little also collected 11 rebounds.
The Axemen defeated the Westisle Wolverines 66-44 for the boys' bronze medal.
The Wolverines led 16-15 after a slow first quarter, but the Axemen took a 32-21 lead into halftime. Three Oaks stretched the lead to 50-30 after three quarters.
Ty Wright and Tanner Mendoza each poured in 22 points to lead the Axemen, while James Meek added 10.
Kenan Wilkie led Westisle with 17 points. Andrew Gough had 10 points, 13 rebounds and 10 blocks.
The following are the P.E.I. School Athletic Association Dominio's senior AAA basketball championship tournament all-star teams and MVPs:
Tanner Mendoza, Three Oaks.
Logan MacDonald, Charlottetown Rural.
Brayden White, Charlottetown Rural.
Brett Butler, Colonel Gray.
Jeremy Thompson, Colonel Gray.
MVP – Stephen Seviour, Charlottetown Rural.
Haley Wilting, Bluefield.
Jessica Gillis, Three Oaks.
Ashley Simmons, Three Oaks.
Kendra Craswell, Colonel Gray.
Jada Yeo, Colonel Gray.
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Visiting Washington back in November of 2013, I conveyed the message I heard from legislators, pro-Israel advocates and even government officials: the campaign to add more sanctions on Iran is on halt, but not for very long. Israel, surely, was quite confident at the time that there are enough votes out there to make a statement by passing another sanctions bill – possibly one that will not go into effect immediately, but, still, one which will be registered in the minds of Iranians and Obama administration officials. In fact, Jerusalem was led to believe that the new sanctions bill is not a question of 'if', but rather one of 'when' and 'what exactly'. Congress is going to pass a bill, Israeli officials told me, based on what they heard from American friends, including congressmen and senators. But, like what happened to Jerusalem officials with other Iran-related matters, they soon discovered that the American position is more elusive than they previously thought. It is not just the Obama administration that is disappointing the Israeli government in not taking a tough stance on Iran – it is also the American Congress.
There are two ways of looking at the current map of expectations and calculations regarding a new Iran sanctions bill: one is mathematical, the other one focuses on trends rather than numbers.
Looking at the numbers makes sense, as the vote is ultimately about numbers. Can the bill pass? Can it withstand a Presidential veto? These are the important questions. To answer them, using the approach taken by Greg Sargent and Ron Kampeas can be helpful. According to their counts "19 members of the Senate Democratic caucus opposed to a vote, versus 15 who might be assumed to support one, with 21 not accounted for". This teaches us that "although 58 senators have co-sponsored the proposed legislation that would tighten the restrictions on doing business with the tyrannical Islamist regime", as Jonathan Tobin writes, "the Obama administration seems to have acquired the upper hand in the battle". There will not be enough votes to overcome a veto. And if the count keeps coming down as it has in recent days, there might not be enough votes to pass a bill in the Senate (the House is another story).
Looking only at the numbers is a mistake, though, as the more troubling picture arises when one looks at the trends behind those numbers.
Legislators seem very reluctant to challenge the Obama administration on matters of national security and foreign affairs. This can't be good for an Israeli government that finds a much more sympathetic ear on the Hill than in the white House.
Democratic legislators are becoming unreliable when it comes to supporting what they deem hawkish Israel-related positions. In other words: if a couple of years ago the Democratic-Republican gap in views related to Israel was very common and easily detectible among the voters, but much narrower among legislators, it is possible that Democratic legislators are gradually catching up with their constituents and becoming reluctant to champion the positions advocated by the Israeli government.
The pro-Israel lobby looks weaker than it was in the past, as competing groups pertain to speak for the same cause (Israel's safety) while advocating opposite policies. Of course, the demise of the "lobby" was predicted many times in the past, with great exaggeration and more fanfare than substance, yet disturbing reports such as this one are becoming more common – "The truth is that it is now easier to vote against Iran sanctions than it has been in years past, and to oppose one of the strongest, most influential lobbying groups in the country: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee" – and with them the perception that it is becoming easier to present a vote against Israel as a vote for Israel.
Not that those American legislators should consider Israel as the main reason to bolster sanctions on Iran – their concern should be the interest of America. And here, again, the trend speaks louder than the numbers: most American voters seem to be tired of foreign news and foreign entanglements; they seem to be in favor of the solution with Iran that seems the least confrontational- namely, the agreement that the administration is selling them.
And it isn't just American voters that seem reluctant to adopt a tough approach to Iran, it is also the Jewish American community that is getting much softer on this issue, as I showed a couple of months ago. True, the leaders of many Jewish organizations are fiercely advocating sanctions and are on the watch to make sure that the American position on Iran doesn't wane. But this seems like a top-down effort and not one that genuinely reflects the worries of the majority of American Jews, who say in every poll we have at hand, quite simply, that they support Obama on Iran.
For Israel all this is far from disastrous. The ultimate issue isn't the round of (delayed) sanctions - it is the agreement in Geneva. And on this agreement the jury is still out. Of course, Israeli leaders are worried and – for good reason – find it hard to be confident that the Obama administration will hold the line and not sign a deal that is detrimental to the region (the Saudis are even less confident than Israel). Naturally, the fact that Congress hasn't been sending a clear message of steadfastness to the administration gives Obama and Kerry even more room for maneuver on this issue. Yet the specific issue of the possible failure to pass a specific sanctions' bill is much less worrisome than the trends that such a failure portends (the debate about whether such a bill is good or bad for the ultimate goal of stopping Iran's race to becoming a military nuclear power is a worthy one, but not the topic of this article).
In other words: by opting not to send the administration a message with a strong sanctions' bill – if that's how this ends – Congress is sending Israel a very strong message. It is a you-can't-count-on-us message. It is a this-is-where-American-leadership-in-the-world-is-going message. It is a you-are-still-at-a-loss-when-it-comes-to-courting-Democrats message. It is an American-Jews-might-still-love-you-but-aren't-so-sure-about-your-policies message (or, possibly: might still love you, but not enough to support policies that aren't compatible with the political beliefs of their political camp).
For Israel, navigating the American waters has always been a matter of finding a road that makes it seem the two countries have compatible interests and beliefs. It is becoming trickier now, not because there's been a huge change in Israel's approach and policies, but rather because America is changing in ways that Israel will have to learn to live with. And thinking about the long term, this is much more important than this or that bill.
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Sports Roundup -- Girls win, clinch playoff game/Boys easily defeat Lakeside
Girls win, clinch playoff game
This time, there were no last minute shots by Brittany Gray to decide a winner between Bainbridge and Lakeside.
Caitlyn Salo was the difference, as her scoring and her defense helped the girls basketball team pull away from the Lions in a 67-59 victory.
Going into their place, and with the end of finals week, I thought it was a good test for us, and we answered the call, head coach Penny Gienger said.
Gienger had positive words for Salo and Megan Burris.
She (Salo) got some steals and really got us going and kept our tempo up, she said. Megans defense on the block was awesome. She really came through and made it tough. Her defense was the best shes played all year.
Salo felt their team defense came up big as well.
We were tough the entire game, she said. We didnt give up anything (easy,) and that was really key for us.
Lakeside was up by two after the first quarter, but Bainbridge fought back to go up by one at the half.
In the second half, the Spartans did their part to keep Lion forward Alex Moore-Porter and three-point shooter Mary Padden from breaking out.
Moore-Porter had 17 in the second half, but it was Katrina Carlsen, who scored 17 and hit five three-pointers, that made things difficult for the team.
Salo and Bailey helped the Spartans score 27 in the fourth quarter to put the game away.
With finals week behind them, the Spartans wrap up their season with games against Holy Names tonight and Bishop Blanchet tomorrow.
They also clinch the top spot in the Mountain Division and will host a playoff game next Tuesday.
Tonights game against the Cougars is at 7:30 p.m.
Boys easily defeat Lakeside
The Bainbridge boys basketball team traveled to Lakeside on Friday and defeated the Lions 75-42 for their second straight game scoring 70 or more points.
Head coach Scott Orness said his teams effort, especially on offense, was the key to victory.
I felt we played our best game offensively all year, he said. We played unselfishly and when we had to run our (offensive) sets, we executed.
Lakeside gave them a run in the first quarter, but Bainbridge went on a 16-0 run in the second to go ahead and stay ahead, thanks to their team defense.
They held Lakeside to just 27 percent shooting from the field.
They run a Princeton-style offense that they try to get you on backdoor cuts, and they didnt get many against us, Orness said. They got a couple early, but we learned quickly.
Steven Gray finished with 18 points, nine assists and five steals. Theo Miller scored 13 points while Coby Gibler registered a triple double with 11 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks.
Austin Wood scored 10 points.
Bainbridge played ODea yesterday. They wrap up the regular season at Bishop Blanchet tomorrow.
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|Gemma Arterton as Tamara Drewe... in Tamara Drewe
"Writers are liars."
And with an introductory sentence like that, you could just ignore the rest of what is here to be read really, but would you be missing out? True, the job entails linking together strings of pretty witty words to entertain and dazzle. But is it the pretty that people read for or the truth behind the façade?
Tamara Drewe is a comic book adaption by Stephen Frears of a Posy Simmonds' Guardian strip. Much as she had done previously with taking Gemma Bovary from the pages of Flaubert, this tale takes Hardy's Far From The Maddening Crowd as its inspiration and loose structure. So no capes and long-johns or gunfights here – but plenty of twists and turns ahead.
Glen (Bill Camp) is an American writer. Underpaid, overstressed and over here, at a sleepy Dorset countryside farm writing retreat so that he can finish his Thomas Hardy book. When local girl-done-good columnist Tamara (Gemma Arterton) returns from the city, all short-shorts and 'plastic fantastic', Glen is whipped up in a whirlwind of unexpected change that ruffles more than chicken feathers and uncovers past misdemeanours, new affairs and the locals and writers of Ewedown soon have more inspirational material on their hands than they may need...
|Tamsin Grieg (centre) in Tamara Drewe
British as all out, the BBC production in this film shows. From the 'sneaky xylophone of deceit' soundtrack to the set dressing and colour palettes, the film has a slickness that belies its rustic setting, but never brings one out of the moment. The farm itself looks plucked straight from the pages of the graphic novel. Also, it benefits from some great casting – Roger Allam greasily shines as Nicolas Hardiment, in a fantastically smug and smarmy tour-de-force of charming unlikeableness. Tamsin Greig is hardly the tubby matron Beth appears as in print, but on screen gives an amazingly realised portrayal of naivety and weathered sadness that whilst tugging at the heart strings still produces wry smiles. Finally, Jody's fourteen year old pin-up and Smash Hits stickers 'wacky wall' to Ben from Swipe seemed almost as crazed and concentratedly intense as her performance. Jessica Barden hits the unrequited 'he-WILL-be mine' lovestruck schoolgirl note on full power chord, and her bored teen bravado and stares certainly steal the latter half of the film. With so many star turns and intrigues, there's a lot packed into this one.
At the end of it all, Nicolas may be right. Writers may well be liars (well, some of 'em anyway), but the truth is – Tamara Drewe's a good film.
Tamara Drewe will be showing at Broadway from Friday 10 September with a special preview screening with a Q&A with Posy Simmonds and Stephen Frears.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team completed its third day of action at the Gopher Invitational hosted by Minnesota, with the doubles pairing of Marc Shideler and Pablo Mora picking up a win against Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon. The Broncos will conclude their stay at the tournament on Sunday morning.
Mora and Shideler picked up the sole win for the Broncos in doubles play on Saturday, defeating the Big Green's Erik Nordahl and Sam Todd in a relatively quick affair.
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Nicolas Ortega: Mysterious run across the highway leads to hit-and-run tragedy
From the beginning, authorities were unclear why Nicolas Ortega, 22, ran across Interstate 225 on Sunday evening -- a dash that resulted in his hit-and-run death and the subsequent arrest of the alleged driver, Tashima Littleton.
Days later, his family is still searching for answers even as they grapple with their grief.
Get details about this still-mysterious incident below, along with photos and video.
A high school athlete who excelled at wrestling, Ortega was in a relationship and getting serious, his father told 7News in a report on view below. His best friend describes him as "the most loving person you could ever meet."
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His promising life was cut short at about 8:35 p.m. on February 2. According to the Aurora Police Department, a man subsequently identified as Ortega was crossing the southbound lanes of I-225 in the vicinity of the 2200 block when he was struck by a vehicle.
Ortega was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The vehicle's driver, a woman, didn't stop. But a witness managed to eyeball her license plate number. Before long, investigators traced the ride to an address near 6th Avenue and Moline occupied by Tashima Littleton, age thirty.
The scene of the crash, from 7News coverage.
The APD notes that "intoxication is suspected," which may explain why Littleton kept going. However, she's not thought to have been speeding, and neither is she believed to have caused the accident, since Ortega was in a middle highway lane at night. As such, she was released following her arrest, and charges are said to be pending.
Meanwhile, Ortega's loved ones remain baffled about what happened immediately preceding the incident. They say he was riding with his girlfriend when she dropped him off on the side of the highway "for some reason." Afterward, his attempt to cross the interstate was cut short in a terrible way.
Look below to see Littleton's booking photo, followed by the aforementioned 7News report.
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One story that stands out to me is that of Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, who overcame some of the worst kinds of addiction demons after being drafted first overall in 1999 and later became one of baseball's deadliest power hitters as well as the 2010 American League MVP. He still fights his past today, but no longer lets it get in the way of his job on the field.
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Ejecta within young supernova remnants (SNRs) have been widely studied both through the X-ray emission from highly ionized plasma heated by fast shocks and through the optical emission from isolated dense filaments excited by secondary shocks. A full inventory of the ejecta, however, must also include cold, unshocked material within the SNR shell, which can be studied through UV absorption spectroscopy if suitable background ``UV lightbulbs'' can be identified. So far, this technique has been applied only in the remnant of SN 1006, where IUE and HST spectra of the Schweizer-Middleditch (S-M) star have probed a single sight line 3 arcmin from the projected center of the 15 arcmin radius shell (Hamilton et al. 1997, ApJ 481, 838 and references therein).
We have identified at least two more background UV sources that enable us to probe additional core samples through the SN 1006 shell, corresponding to the sight lines to each of these sources, using spectra from HST-STIS. A QSO with V = 18.3 and z = 0.337, located 9 arcmin NE of the projected center, shows evidence of broad but asymmetric (primarily red-shifted) absorption in Si II and Si IV lines. There is only marginal evidence for absorption from Fe II at 2382 and 2599 Å\ with near zero velocity. Only a near-UV spectrum was obtained for a fainter (V = 19.5) QSO at z = 1.026, located within 2 arcmin of the SNR center. This shows strong evidence for broad Fe II absorption with a sharp blue edge at ~ -3000 km/s and a more gradual red edge extending to > 8000 km/s. These profiles appear similar to those for the S-M star. Two ~A0 stars are probably more distant than SN 1006 but are located far from the center, within 3 arcmin of the shell rim. Neither appears to show evidence for absorption along the line of sight. These multiple cores through the SNR shell enable us to better map the distribution of ejecta.
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Had 3 children between the age of 22 and 26, massive weight gain
Fluctuated between 135 (my target weight) and 200 ever since.
At 39, I decided I needed to do a triathlon before 40. Did one, with Team in Training, but immediately ceased most of the exercise when I completed it. Again bounced around from 140 to 160.
Three months ago, with weight again creeping way up (175!) I started to go to acupuncture, to treat depression, anxiety, fatigue and weight gain. So far acupuncture has been AMAZING (and so have the chinese herbs I'm taking in conjunction) but when it came to weight loss, their approach didn't seem workable. It was a severely limited calorie diet with two rice-protein based meal-replacement "shakes" each day, but no restrictions on the type of other calories I was choosing.
The rice protein didn't agree with my system much, so I was yo-yoing between doing it or not - the first week I lost 5 lbs, then the next 10 days I put 2 back on. Disheartened because I was hungry all the time, and the protein was making me sick, I nonetheless went back to the strict diet for another week - then I discovered this book. Bottom line is I like FOOD, not the same boring shake twice a day.
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Incidentally, I have uber-high cholesterol. 283 at age eight, tracked at 462 last year. My doctor (of course) wants me to take statins, but I've always had a gut-feel reaction that it wasn't good. Luckily I have great triglycerides, good blood pressure, etc. - in other words no other risk factors. Am interested to see if the "genetically high" cholesterol I've had my whole life is affected by this diet. I would love to surprise my doctor with that little tidbit.
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Turmoil as Chirac plots to disregard 'non' vote
Times of London | May 26, 2005
By Philip Webster and Charles Bremner
PRESIDENT CHIRAC of France is preparing to throw Europe into confusion and put Britain on the spot by backing moves to keep the European constitution alive if it is rejected in Sunday's referendum.
French diplomats say that M Chirac is expected to urge other countries to proceed with ratification because France does not want to be seen to be blocking the European project.
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Any attempt to persuade other countries to go ahead will dash the hopes of those in the British Government who believed that a French rejection would make a British referendum unnecessary.
British ministers argue that it will be impossible to hold a referendum next year because the final shape of the treaty on which the British would be voting will be unknown.
President Chirac was still insisting last night that renegotiation was out of the question if the French vote "no". British ministers believe that the only way that the French could get eventual approval would be to amend the constitution in a way that would make it unacceptable in Britain.
"We do not know if there is going to be a 'yes' or 'no' but a 'no' would create massive uncertainty about what we are supposed to be voting on," a ministerial source said. M Chirac went on French television last night to deliver a dramatic last-ditch appeal for a 'yes' vote. He urged the French people not to punish his Government.
"The decision before us goes far beyond traditional political divisions," he said. The choice was "about your future and that of your children, of the future of France and the future of Europe. On Sunday, everyone will have a share of the destiny of France in its hands."
He argued that the constitution would strengthen France's influence in Europe and reinforce the French social model. Rejecting it would create "divisions and doubts" in Europe when "we need a political Europe capable of bringing about a genuine European power".
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From October the BKA plans to work with banks to identify more flexible and rapid ways to exchange information and to develop common defence strategies, BKA head Jörg Ziercke told the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on Thursday.
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It was while I was sitting in the dentist's chair yesterday afternoon, having emergency treatment for an infected nerve, heavily sedated but still sufficiently compos mentis to feel the miniature pneumatic drill laying waste to my periodontal ligament, that I realised it's nice, at times of crisis, to have a woman around. Any woman. Unfortunately, there were only two ladies in the dentist's operating chamber (that's not the technical term, by the way, it just sounds appropriately brutal and unpleasant), and they were the dentist herself, plus her female assistant - three if you count the big girl's blouse in the chair. As the pain increased - no, intensified, because it sounds more serious - and visions of Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man appeared in my fevered brain, I had just one inclination: to hold somebody's hand (two, actually, the other being to shout, "Yes, it's safe!" really loud at various points of the procedure). And because my mummy was busy doing Jewish-mother things at the time, like making kneidlach and kvelling over my latest column in the JC in a town far, far away (St Albans), there was only one thing for it: I had to grab hold of the dental assistant's hand. Really hard. How hard? Put it this way: I squeezed it white, until it looked like one of those gloves that posh ladies, or butlers, used to wear. Meanwhile the dentist began treating the inside of my mouth like an amusement park. Is this weird? Have you ever squeezed a dental assistant's hand? Anyone's hand? I wonder if it's illegal. Certainly if you approached a total stranger in a park and began squidging parts of their body, they'd have good reason to get you locked up. Hmmm. Hope she doesn't sue. If you're reading this, miss, I sincerely apologise, and by way of consolation, feel absolutely free to squeeze my hand anytime, although probably best not to do it while I'm driving.


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More than 300 association members and guests attended 3 TSCRA ranch gatherings held this week in Canadian, Fort Chadbourne and Roaring Springs. The weather may have been hot, but the attendees enjoyed beef dinners, catching up with old friends, making new friends and listening to interesting speakers. From these meetings, TSCRA gained 37 new memberships.
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- Valet parking fee: USD 28 per day
Hotel Name
- Hilton Hotel Providence
- Hilton Providence
- Providence Hilton
- Hilton Providence Hotel Providence
- Providence Hilton Hotel
- Hilton Providence Hotel
Park & Internet
Book a stay in the "Park & Internet" rate plan and receive the following:
- Self-parking and high-speed Internet access for US $5 per night, a US$ 25 discount per night