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Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine Al-Othmani launched the U.S.-Morocco Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Before addressing the first session of this Strategic Dialogue, Secretary Clinton commented on events unfolding in the world. The Secretary said:
"We are closely watching what is happening in Yemen and elsewhere, and we certainly hope and expect that there will be steps taken to avoid violence and prevent the escalation of protests into violence.
"I also want to take a moment to address the video circulating on the internet that has led to these protests in a number of countries. Let me state very clearly -- and I hope it is obvious -- that the United States Government had absolutely nothing to do with this video. We absolutely reject its content and message. America's commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. And as you know, we are home to people of all religions, many of whom came to this country seeking the right to exercise their own religion, including, of course, millions of Muslims. And we have the greatest respect for people of faith.
"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible. It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage. But as I said yesterday, there is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence. We condemn the violence that has resulted in the strongest terms, and we greatly appreciate that many Muslims in the United States and around the world have spoken out on this issue.
"Violence, we believe, has no place in religion and is no way to honor religion. Islam, like other religions, respects the fundamental dignity of human beings, and it is a violation of that fundamental dignity to wage attacks on innocents. As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace. It is especially wrong for violence to be directed against diplomatic missions. These are places whose very purpose is peaceful: to promote better understanding across countries and cultures. All governments have a responsibility to protect those spaces and people, because to attack an embassy is to attack the idea that we can work together to build understanding and a better future."
You can read the Secretary's full remarks here.
Susan C. in Florida writes:
I would just like to thank President Obama and Secretary Clinton for their courage in the face of these terrible events. Thank you for your dignity and deep understanding of the importance of what is happening right now. There is no room for political "statements" at such a sad and critical time. My heart goes out to all the embassy staff around the world. What a frightening time for them all. And President Obama, I want you to know that as an average American citizen, I am with you 100%!
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
The eloquence of Secretary Clinton's remarks and those of the President Obama have been timely, precise and have hopefully helped appease a tragic situation unfolding hourly. The caution and discipline exercised is so necessary in this challenging time. To the families of the fallen heroes know that the gratitude is immense. If there is any solace to be had it would possibly be that the Libyan citizens assisted the personnel under attack.
And yet words fall dull and empty and the ink is dry. A collective pause as the naked dignity of our nation looks us straight in the eye. They gave their lives so that we may speak freely so choose your words ever so carefully. And cowardly hate speech you are too easy to summon but show me the courage of making peace?
But I am no Maya Angelou and could never pretend to be. She will hopefully write.
For me diplomacy is such that there is no end game. The sum of all that we have achieved to date and all that we aspire to be. The goal of peace and the cruel irony within that pursuit. The bravery, tolerance and courage required to dare work towards peaceful relations in the most challenging of times. The endurance to face hatred and reject it wholeheartedly. To work and live with people not necessarily in the same "place†but to strive to achieve this delicate balance. All this simultaneously, in all corners of the world. "The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die†-Ted Kennedy.
Alexando C. in Uruguay writes:
Excelent note. I suport republicans but thas the way. Congratulations.
Joe P. in Washington writes:
Secretary Clinton does not state usa recognition of poverty as a security and humanitarian issue. It is common knowledge that usa has no legal or political ability to respond to rampant Islamic poverty, never the less, we must recognize poverty as an underlying global security issue. The economic facts demand this recognition as well as the facts of the human conditions under rampant poverty. We cannot simply conclude that it was a rouge utube video that has incited an ignorant mob, when in reality, the majority of humanity exists under poverty conditions. We cannot simply dismiss terrorists as a military threat and fail to recognize that terrorism is a desperate expression from traumatized elements of humanity that exist in poverty. To do so, would be to mislead ourselves into a false analysis of human conditions and behavior that present violent threats to our civilization.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Niel Armstrong's passing reminded me that humanity can and will achieve great things so long as it takes the chance to, and there are those still with the gumption to try.
Seeing his first steps for mankind on a black and white TV in '69 convinced me.
Yet belief in absolutes cause folks to look beyond themselves for the answers to our common problems with each other; as a general manifestation of thin-skinned delicate egos who's gotten their panties all in a bunch.
About just about anything at all, let alone religion.
Thinking a gun is going to solve their problems.
Or our's, as a nation.
Not sure which...
Does it even matter?
The violently ireconcilable to a more peaceful existance needn't hold humanity back, but it will take similar collective will as getting to the moon entailed to address their collective hatred..
and the WMD threat to all modern civilization.
Doaalbrahim in Texas writes:
As Moslem and Arab American, I strongly condemn this disgusting act of violence and killing that took place against US in the Arab World. Our prophet is a man of Peace. If he was living among us now he would never approve such acts based on his teachings of love and mercy. The Prophet would never accept that if few people made unspeakable mistake, then Moslems would do the same.
May God bless all Religions, and all Mankind and May God bless the United States of America.
Henry writes:
It has been a unfortunate week for Middle Eastern Policy and International Law,yes it is an "Act of War" overtaking any Dipomatic Representations:Causing damage,promoting murder on first degree of Diplomatic Personnel,fostering and arming terrorrist movements,violating International Treaty s of what relates to Diplomatic Embassies, Rights and Immunity Sections clearly established by, and strongly expressed by Law.Thier has been so many violations on these travesty of justice,that once establish the malice of the mastermind ;use all the tools of International Law to give justice based on horrific evidence seen on CNN and other sources.
Mrs.Secretary Of State,your endless and well established and responsable reaction has been well documented response.Too unertake such complex task,most be overwhelming...
As a Law student,I ponder on future events that may arise.Thier is no excuse,based in these scenarios that should blame the United States, interest for peace in the region.Thier should be a Red Alert for all Diplomatic Representations in theMiddle East.Including allies :Germany,Switzerland,France,United States,United Kingdom,Australia,Holy Vatican.
Nora C. in Oklahoma writes:
I, too, admire the cautious but distinct words of both Secretary Clinton and President Obama. Many in this country apparently equate machismo with power, and blustering with diplomacy. We benefit from the intelligence, discipline and wise understanding of our leaders at a time like this, when many inside and outide of the country are trying to dictate reckless bravado.
I too am proud to be a democrat with Mr. Obama in the White House right now.
Natasa in the Netherlands writes:
I will always have many reservations about the post of US Foreign Secretary, and the US government as a whole, but Hillary Clinton's speech condeming violence in the name of religion and yet standing up for the freedom of speech and human dignity is truly heroic and brilliant.
This represents a tectonic shift in world politics, and I am certain that in time, it will reverberate positively around the planet.
Well done foreign secretary!!!
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Joe P. in Washington
Archive "Food Security and National Security†and you will find extensive discussion on this subject within the blog. You will not be disappointed.
Brad B. in Canada writes:
A large number of Islamic countries engage in the dissemination of hatred against non-Islamic religions at the highest levels. State-run media, sermons and speeches by members of government are all involved and Morsi's demand that the US prosecute the film-maker, is unacceptably hypocritical.
With this background, Clinton's disavowal of the film in question is unnecessary and appears as groveling.
Susan K. in New York writes:
I humbly request that Secretary Clinton delivers a speech about religion. I believe it needs to be made clear that in the general culture of the U.S., it is assumed that "God" does not call for violence if "His" name is desecrated. Whether people believe in something like a heaven or a hell or otherwise, it is not generally thought that a crackpot religious fanatic is worth the lives of bystanders. It should also be acknowledged that many people of the Islamic faith do not believe the violence is appropriate. A heartfelt speech about religion--one that shames the violent reaction in the context of what "God" or any prophet would want--may be one of the few avenues that can reach some of these extremists.
Thank you for reading.
Donald M. in Virginia writes:
Since Osama bin ladens right hand man was born in Egypt, the tape that surfaced was a man from Egypt, corner stone of the violence escalated by one its own people. No us dollars should be sent to a country that burns our US Flag and destroys our American citizens. What doesn't surprise me is how Saudi Arabia continues to make billions on oil sales, while the violence raises. More terrorism, more Saudi Riyals for the royal family. What a thought, since Osama bin laden was a Saudi born natural. Saudi Arabia and Egypt have played the world, along with Pakistan, and how is all those years Osama bin laden stayed in Pakistan, the Prime Minister at the time claimed amnesia. If terrorism increases, oil and gas increase. Decrease in terrorism, decrease in prices on oil and gas. This is not rocketscience. Its ever since OPEC was created for oil tycoons in the middle east to dictate to the world how religion was the focus, but it never was, pure oil and greed.
Larry K. in Nebraska writes:
Interesting Secretary Clinton would find a video so offensive to a religion , when in sept of 1999, she defended an exhibit to be displayed at the Brooklyn museum of art depicting a picture of the Holy Virgin Mary smeared with elephant dung and porno magazine cutouts on it. How soon we forget.
Curtis writes:
Murder of innocent people in the name of protecting your religion is throughout history, a sad statement of humanity.


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The lights are on
Mass Effect was one of the most action-packed space odysseys we've ever experienced, and it has at least two sequels that look to up that ante in nearly every way. Whether you are new to the universe or an experienced explorer, feel free to pull up a chair
Shepard: "If i so much as see you Jaywalk, I will find you"
Asari Councilor: Commander. Is this some kind of game? Are you calling in a report just so you can cut us off again?
Commander Shepard: You know it. [disconnects communication]
Jeff 'Joker' Moreau: That never gets old, does it?
While talking to Garrus about Dr.Heart and his side quest.
Garrus : ...he was selling Krogan testicles ten thousand credits a piece! That's forty thousand for a full set!...
Every time I here that line I think they should have had Wrex yell
Something about it.
"I thought you were dead!"
Shepard: "I got better."
Wrex: Shepard.
Shepard: Wrex.
FemShep: Show me your's tough guy; I bet mine's bigger.
A Classic line that I can't get enough of.
"True knowledge is birth, and also death."
The Holy Trinity of GIO:
GIO Usage Guidelines, Newcomer Cheat Sheet, Site Feedback
Wrex in the new Citadel DlC, after the group does cover fire for Shepard. "That's what I love about you guys, why shoot something once when you can shoot it 47 more times."
Garrus in the Citadel DlC talking about Shepard's dancing, "I know what we should do, record this and broadcast it to the Reapers, there either melt down, run away, or fall in love."

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American Grown
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American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America
- Learn what inspired the White House Kitchen Garden and follow its progress from planting to harvest
- See how gardens can help build stronger communities and encourage healthy lifestyles
- A fact-filled and thought-provoking book with colorful photographs that bring the story to life
In American Grown, First Lady Michelle Obama tells the story of what inspired her to plant the White House Kitchen Garden in the spring of 2009, and then documents the garden's progress though the growing season, from designing and planting to tending and harvesting. The author candidly shares her challenges as a novice gardener, as well as her joy at watching lettuce, tomatoes, collards, sweet potatoes and other crops flourish on the South Lawn.
As the White House Kitchen Garden grew, so did the national conversation about the way we eat and the impact it has on the health and well-being of our children. Throughout the book, the author weaves in stories about gardens all across the country, from a WWII-era Victory Garden in Chicago to urban and school gardens that not only provide nutritious harvests for the gardeners, but also build community, stock food shelves and teach children important lessons about making healthy life choices. The book also includes loads of helpful tips for home gardeners, plus recipes for making the most of the harvest.
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- Hardcover, 272 pages
- 8-3/4" W x 9-1/2" H x 1" thick
- Published by Crown Publishers, New York, 2012


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Miyazaki kamairicha tokujo 2012 by Yuuki-cha
pan fried
varital: yabukita and saemidori
Dry leaf appearance: curled, matte olive green leaf, very uniform in shape and color.
Dry leaf Scent: saline, briny
brewing 1oz/1grm
water: crystal geyser, heated in a tetsubin.
brewed in a tokoname pot by gyoko
steep # 1: 70c/1min
color: golden green, very transparent
aroma: mild, slightly toasty
flavor: smooth, silky, nice upfront umami. feels like leave have not fully "awakened" perhaps a slightly longer first steep would improve things.
steep # 2: 70c/10sec
color: very clear green liquor
aroma: fresh, bright and grassy.
flavor: a sweet attack with a crisp clean finish, very spring like. leaves seem to have fully awakened and opened up more. nice amount of umami for this type of tea, also very buttery and silky with mouthfeel.
steep # 3: 75/1min
color: similar to 2nd infusion
aroma: similar to 2nd
flavor: sweet and buttery, almost no astringency, grassy but also brothy, a nice vegetal flavor as well. slightly thinning out with the mouthfeel.
Overall Impression:
a solid and poignant kamairicha, very smooth and buttery but at the same time fluid and silky, very, very fresh and grassy.


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The Slayers Revolution
SEEK! Who's being Targeted?!
Episode 19 | TV-PG
Zuuma threatens a wealthy man and forces him to hire Lina as a bodyguard! It's obviously a trap - but if Inverse can defeat the assassin and keep her client alive, a substantial reward is hers: the Hellmaster's Jar!
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The IPCop Firewall is a Linux firewall distribution. It is geared towards home and SOHO users. The IPCop web-interface is very user-friendly and makes usage easy.
User Ratings
User Reviews
Thanks for the great software!
Excelente Distro.
It does what it promises. With a basic understanding of how networks are designed, installation is relatively painless. The online documentation is outstanding -- clear and comprehensive. Not every single bell and whistle is incorporated into the project, but there are a few easy to understand reasons for this (potentially less secure, more complicated management, limited resources, etc). In other words, IPCop seems, to an extent, to adhere to the "KISS" principle -- and the resulting product works quite well.
there is no option to return to the previous version 2.0.6, because in the version 2.1.1 the proxy server does not work! consumes all the ram and cpu active when the proxy server, works for a while then when it handles multiple connections and hangs! and no access to any site.
Top notch firewall. I am using an HP thin client computer I picked up on EBay for 25 dollars. Replaced the installed MOD with 6GB unit and replaced the 512MB ram with a 1GB unit. Running Copfilter with anti spam and anti virus. Have not turned on the other Copfilter options yet- I want to run another month or so to make sure I don't have any internet access problems.


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Lonely Planet named Abisko and the Northern Lights the world's most illuminating experience as part of celbrating that 2015 was the UN Year of Light. Abisko is a 77 km² national park in Swedish Lapland famous for its natural beauty, Nordic wildlife and is a hot (cold) spot for winter adventures as well as summer hiking in the midnight sun.
Lapporten in Abisko, Swedish Lapland
Sven Halling/Johnér
Trek through boreal forests. Hike along fjords, canyons and waterfalls. Go caving. Try your hand at fly-fishing. See Trollsjön, the clearest lake in Sweden in the Kärkevagge valley.
Go Alpine, off-piste or Nordic skiing. Try telemark skiing (traditional downhill technique but using cross-country skis). Slap on your snowshoes or dog sled to an ice fishing spot. And for a true local experience, eat reindeer, drink coffee round the fire and camp with the indigenous Sami people.
Situated in the most northern part of Swedish Lapland – 250 km north of the Arctic Circle – Abisko Mountain Station is the STF largest and oldest over-night pit stop; a classic lodge that opened at the turn of the last century.
Aurora Sky Station is one of the best spots in the world for seeing the Northern Lights. Get a chair lift up to the station and learn about how the Aurora Borealis observations are made with the radio receivers and cameras. Gourmet Northern Lights? Yes. You can book a gourmet Nordic cuisine dinner to be eaten under the Northern Lights.
Abisko is the start of Sweden's best known skiing and hiking route – the 440 km long the King's Trail (Kungsleden).
Best time for:The Midnight Sun? 30th May–14th JulyThe Northern Lights? Nov-Mar
Come to Swedish Lapland summertime for one of the earth's most dazzling natural phenomena – the Midnight Sun.
The Northern Lights. Aurora Borealis. Or norrsken in Swedish. The biggest, brightest, unearthly heavenly illuminations happen only in the northern hemisphere. And one of the best places anywhere to see them is in Swedish Lapland.
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I've noticed JB talk about the lack of speed on this team, and I think we are all very well aware of this badly needed aspect of our team.
Mangini had us well on the way to be a perennial 8-8 team that would frequently be engaged in dull, close games decided on a FG. The thing he didn't seem to value was the ability of a guy to take over a game with the ability to make a play.
How we gonna do it? Some thoughts.
1. Showcase Josh Cribbs as a returner.
Give up on the Cribbs is a WR experiment. Get rid of him in the Wildcat. He's not going to be a gamebreaking WR fast enough to justify him using up his energy getting reps there and/or getting hurt.
He's one of the best returners in NFL history, so quit trying to make him into something he's not. Personally I think he could have been a poor man's Chris Johnson, but it's too late for that now too.
Get whatever pieces you need on the KR and PR units to spring this guy.
2. Draft a WR at #6.
I'm not pimping this necessarily, but it's an option. If Green or Jones is a guy you think is tearing it up in this WCO for the next ten years, then I got no problem with it.
3. Use Colt's speed at QB.
Implement designed sprintouts and pass/run options. Maybe even some QB draws as long as he slides wisely. I think the WCO lends itself well to this.
4. Use 2 of the 3 first picks on the DL.
This unit needs an infusion of youth, talent and most importantly speed in the worst way. We need to come away with a DT and a DE with two of these picks. Don't see us taking an OT that high if we take a WR at #6.
1. Draft Peterson if he drops to #6.
Obviously this conflicts with #1-#2, but I think you have to put his returner abilities on hold while he focuses on CB. Down the road, he could even be converted into a Rod Woodson type safety.
2. Draft a speed RB in the middle rounds and develop him.
Need a playmaker at this position. Hillis has little home run ability and it will start to become less soon.
3. Play Carlton Mitchell
I bet we see this happen. He has the tools to be a stud WR and needs to learn on the field.
4. Acquire speed at the LB positions.
Draft or free agency, make it so. Multiple picks. I'd love to see us draft LBs to develop that actually have starter potential.


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Unemployment in U.P. declines
ESCANABA – The unemployment rate in the Upper Peninsula edged down in May, dropping 0.3 of a percentage point to 9.5 percent.
In May, unemployment rates contracted in nine of the Upper Peninsula's 15 counties with monthly reductions ranging from 0.2 of a percentage point (Luce, Dickinson, Delta, Baraga and Iron counties) to 10.7 percentage points (Mackinac County).
In the six-county Western Upper Peninsula region, the jobless rate is a state-high 17.6 percent in Baraga County, 15.3 percent in Ontonagon County, 14.5 percent in Keweenaw County, 11.5 percent in Gogebic County, 10.2 percent in Houghton County and 9.8 percent in Iron County.
Counties with monthly jobless rate increases were primarily in the Western Upper Peninsula, with the largest advances registered by Houghton and Keweenaw counties, both moving up by 1.0 percentage point.
The jobless rate in Mackinac County plunged in May to 6.1 percent, the lowest in the Upper Peninsula. Below average rates also occurred in Menominee and Dickinson counties at 6.6 and 7.7 percent, respectively.
Above average rates were also posted in Ontonagon County (15.3 percent) and Keweenaw County (14.5 percent).
As expected, a seasonal employment advance occurred in the Upper Peninsula during May, with the arrival of the tourism and recreation season.
Seasonal job gains are usually reported in May in sectors such as construction, transportation, recreation, and accommodation and food services.
Over the past year, the Upper Peninsula unemployment rate moved up by 0.6 of a percentage point.
Since May 2012, jobless rates rose in 13 of the 15 regional counties.
The largest over-the-year rate advances were registered in Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties, up by 2.5 and 1.7 percentage points, respectively. Menominee and Mackinac were the only U.P. counties with rate declines since May 2012.
The Upper Peninsula's not seasonally adjusted May 2013 jobless rate of 9.5 percent was more than a full percentage point above the Michigan rate of 8.4 percent, and well above the national rate of 7.3 percent.


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The Creators Project: How did you establish your own label, The Centaur, at such a young age?
Ye Ranji: Well, when I was young, I never really gave much thought to my future. I wasn't extroverted, and I often played alone, using my imagination to pretend I was an animal in some distant country or something. Then, all of a sudden, I did get an urge to do something. I graduated with a degree in fashion design at 27. Since I couldn't just start working without any experience, I ventured into Dongdaemun, a place known for up-and-coming fashion in South Korea. At first, I was very scared of the people working there, including my boss, because they were all so intense. But I gained and learned a lot from the experience and was able to create connections. After I finished that job, I developed depression because the work required me to be constantly focused. In an attempt to soothe myself, I created my first work, a hyper-detailed purple flower print. That somehow became the start of it all.
Was your first fashion show a success?
Well, the result was pretty disappointing compared to the work I'd put into it. Then a co-worker of mine gave me a tip about a store space being available, and I decided to sign the contract right away because I liked it. Currently it's a very rare spot to find yourself in, but at the time it wasn't. Then, through another co-worker of mine, I was introduced to someone who invited me to participate in show called Generation Next. People who went got pretty psyched about my designs. So with the enthusiastic response to the first show, I was able to do a second show, and like that it went onto a third show.
How was your third and most recent show? The video and pictures from it are incredible.
It was hard work. In South Korea, there aren't any producers to create shoulder pads and such, so I made my own. I think I made about 400. The show's theme was based on traditional tightrope walkers in South Korea. A tightrope walker uses a fan to hold her balance to carry herself forward. I tried to incorporate the pleats of those fans into my collection. By incorporating those elements into my clothes, I was able to convey a message that clothes can become a tool that can accompany and help balance out our lives, help keep us from falling over the edge. That part of the show was a success.
Is there one special thing that you want people to see in your clothes?
On the runway, I want people to acknowledge the storyline. When looking at the clothes alone, I want them to recognize that my clothes aren't the regular conventional clothing they're used to seeing, they're something else altogether.
Would you mind telling us the stories behind the runway shows?
In the first show, I wasn't able to tell a great story because I was notified to do it so suddenly. But in my second show, with my Logic of My Private Parts performance, I asked a musical actor who played a snake to be part of it. He is transgendered, and because of his identity, lives in the grey area of sexual identity, which is a big part of fashion. I asked him to dance any way he wanted as long as it was genuine, passionate, and sincere. I opened the show with him dancing, then showed my clothes expressing myself, and finally showed a film for the ending.
Could you talk a bit about the name and concept behind all three of your shows?
For my first collection I used and showed tailoring dealing with Tibetan colors. So matching with the social concept of the title, I started with a drape dress and purple flower dress styled like the robes worn by monks. The second show, Logic of My Private Parts, was my favorite and portrayed mostly my own stories. The idea behind it is that everyone has their own private parts that they want to hide away and keep to themselves, and that fashion is a way for us to chose which small selections of those parts we reveal at different times, and to whom.
The name of your store is the The Centaur could you explain how that came about?
Well, a centaur is neither god nor human. While I was in the process of discovering my own identity as a fashion designer, I realized that I have a lot in common with the centaur.
What advice would you give to young designers today?
In the fashion world, everyone wants to break out of old molds, and of course I support that. Now for my generation, I think a newcomer, a rookie, should and must possess a thrilling sensation. I don't know what the new sensations of the future will be, but I know they must continue to get more and more thrilling.


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Skip to comments.EU: Spain's Catalan separatists win election but punish Mas
Posted on 11/25/2012 11:33:00 PM PST by bruinbirdmanEdited on 11/26/2012 12:33:53 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Separatists in Spain's Catalonia won regional elections on Sunday but failed to get the resounding mandate they need to push convincingly for a referendum on independence.
Catalan President Artur Mas, who has implemented unpopular spending cuts in an economic crisis, had called an early election to test support for his new drive for independence for Catalonia, a wealthy region in northeastern Spain.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
The sign is in English... obviously appearing to the Anglosphere, but seems to me the Anglosphere is more likely to leave Catalonia and Spain alone to their own squabbles, than to meddle. If Catalonia seceded from Spain, would it automatically get to be part of the EU like Spain was?
EU doesn't believe in nation states, only regions.
How many "regions" did EU make out of Yugoslavia?
yes, it would automatically be part of the EU. Catalan is one of the most socialist parts of Spain, if not the most...
Really.. I didn't know this. So, a region that is pro-socialist wants to secede from Spain because their wealth is being redistributed to other parts of Spain? This would fit entirely with my overall view of socialists, which is that they are nearly all hypocrites.
The various countries in Yugoslavia separated pretty much on their own
The reason is quite different from Spain -- the Kingdom of the Southern Slavs was an artificial construct -- these had never been one nation before 1918 and they had had divergent histories for nearly a millenia
the Serbs, Macedonians and Montenegrans are Orthodox, the Bosnians and Kosovar Albanians are Moslems, the Croats and Slovenes are Catholic (more in case of the Croats, less in case of the Slovenes) and there are/were minor Hungarian, Saxon, Turk and Roma gypsy minorities along with Greeks and Jews and Armenians
there is a lot of speculation about Croat and Serb histories -- some say the Croats are Catholic Serbs, others that Serbs are Orthodox Croats and others that say that there were separate groups right from the 8th century - the white Croats (descended from Sarmatians) and white Serbs (who initially lived in the Vistula valley)
In my opinion, both are separate groupings of tribes that coalesced in the 10th century from the various South Slavic peoples (who separated from the West and East Slavs in the 9th century and were definitely cut off from them by the invasions of the Magyar)
Ditto for the Bosnians -- many Serbs and Croats say they are descendents of Turks, but my opinion is that these are primarily Slavs who converted. Perhaps they were Bogumils (a Gnostic Christian sect) or one stuck between Rome and Constantinople which is why they converted, or maybe they just converted under pressure or otherwise. But they are Slavic primarily
The Albanians are not Slavs but a different Indo-European people (lots of arguments here and there)
Anyway, the Croats were firmly part of the West right from the 12th century and in the 13th they joined with Hungary and this union was fixed until 1918.
The Serbs had a divergent path -- initially part of the Bulgar Empire (founded by Bulgars whose elite were Turkic but who became thoroughly slavicized by the 8th century) and then formed their own Tsardom which was then shattered by the Ottoman Turks)
they were heavily influenced by Church Slavonic and Eastern Orthodoxy and by their struggles with the Turks
The Bosnians may have just been converts who were despised by those they left behind (because in the Ottoman system, if you converted to Islam, you became part of the Turkic millet)
As an aside the language these 3 speak is really the same, Serbo-Croat, with dialects for each (and getting increasingly separated with Croats adding Latin words, Bosnians adding Arabic/Turkic and Serbs Church Slavonic) and they are part of the wider South-Slavic spectrum of languages from Bulgarian to Slovenian.
Bulgarian and Slovenian are somewhat mutually intelligible, but Bulgarian and Serbo-Croat is pretty mutually intelligible
The Montenegrans are Serbs in religion and ethnicity, separated only in the 1800s due to political winds (they are "mountain Serbs" who the Turks could never quite conquer) and this was cemented in 1918
The "Macedonians" are closer to Bulgarians than anything with their language being very Bulgarian-like, more than Serb-like.
the Slovenes have many Italic and Allemanic Germanic (through Austria) words -- they were separated from Croatia because they were part of the Austrian half of Austro-Hungaria while the Croats were part of the Hungarian half
All of this separation meant that the different groups wanted to retain their differences -- but the artificial construct of Yugoslavia in 1918 made many fear domination by one or the other
The Croats under the Ustashe committed unspeakable horrors against their brethren the Serbs -- fratricide which I can't understand -- utterly despicable. And that has poisoned Serb-Croat relations since then
Tito, a Croat, managed to bottle these ethnic tensions under "communism for all", crushing all ethnic sentiments
But this only postponed the bloodshed
The sins of the Ustashe and of the Turks had to be paid and the Serbs went on their own set of dominance
I'm not going to side any one side for the croat-serb-bosnian conflict just to say that it wasn't all the serbs fault, and we shouldn't have bombed them.
What else we should have done, I don't know
The Catalans live in never - never land. They have the highest per capita debt load in Spain and have been spending like drunken sailors for decades on foolish projects such as their attempt to impose Catalan as a language and remove Spanish entirely (although all the Catalan politicians send their own kids to boarding school in Madrid so that they can learn to speak proper Spanish and not be restricted in their future careers by knowing only the internationally and academically useless Catalan). They have a radical left that riots on a regular basis, a student class that expects to become perpetual and be carried through life, and a really large Muslim population, not only in Barcelona but in little towns. The Church was so full of Leftwing catalan nationalism that it was completely discredited, aven though BXVI has replaced a number of their bishops. And of course corruption is rampant. Large numbers of their wealthy have already fled and live in Andorra.
The EU will not accept new states, and I doubt that an exception would be made for them. They'll get out there and either become a full-bore anachronistic marxist state like the old albania, or limp along for awhile until their Islamic population takes over.
Common sense obviously intervened with the voters, however.
It is socialist, but wealthy?
The Catalan language is distinct, but closer to Castillian
Historically there has been no centuries old war between the Catalans and the Castlinians (note: I said centuries old)
Catalan was the first "March" set up by Charlemagne to fight back the Moors and it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Aragon
in contrast to the west, the Kingdom of Castile encompassed Galicia and moved south into Extramudura
the Aragon lands had more Moslems than the Castilians and they tended to be more "open" to differences than the Castilians. But note that this was Aragon (which included Catalan)
The ARagon kingdom then expanded to form the Aragon Empire consisting of Sardinia and then the kingdom of the Two Sicilies (the island of Sicily proper and then the boot of Italy) and parts of Greece and Rhodes
They joined with Castile in the grand union of 1487 and then completed the Reconquista, taking over the emirate of Granada
No antagonism so far and this continued until the war of Spanish succession.
The Catalans supported the Hapsburg candidate and they were opposed by the French who wanted to put the Bourbon (same family as the French king) on the throne. The Bourbon's won
But the real antagonism was during the spanish civil war when Catalan was heavily influenced by anti-clerical socialism (well, communism) and fought against Franco
Even today there isn't antagonism, because Spain is a VERY decentralized country -- each state has its own flag, nearly separate government etc. -- more federal than Germany and nothing like France (which is heavily centralized in Paris)
And that's not completely true.
The EU is dominated by France and Germany -- and France would not stand for "regions" -- they are so centralized they even refuse to acknowledge distinct language groups like in Brittany
Germany in contrast even recognizes the Sorbians
the "regions" are more theoretical than actual -- and in one case it has helped -- the Tyrol region: South Tyrol was part of Austria until 1918 when it was handed over to Italy even though the majority of its population was German speaking
This was defused by forming a cross-border region where people could speak both languages in governance and had local government
It would also help in the case of the Basque region
well, the wealth being redistributed is the "trigger" for the current move, but the Catalans always see themselves separate from the Castilians
Spain has a number of distinct regions -- like the Gaelic origin people of Galicia with a language that is more similar to Portuguese than Castilian, to the dominant Castilian (that we call Spanish)
and then of course there are the Basques whose language is a language isolate -- with some conjecturing that it is related to Georgian but no proof for that
London English or rather the upper class English replaced all of that with standardised Oxford English
Or you can take German -- standard German is low German, while the German spoken in Austria and Bavaria and Swabia and northern Switzerland is Allemagnic -- High German. to the west, there were Burgundian dialects which are dead now
yes, not that surprising when you think that the most socialist country in Europe is Sweden.
Great post, thank you.
The Asturians and Galicians are Celtic peoples, but their Celtic languages are long lost (the modern Asturiano and Gallego languages are Romance languages, more similar to Portuguese than to Castillian Spanish as you mentioned. Asturia was the one Spanish region that was never conquered by the Moors, and only a small part of Galicia became part of the Moorish Kingdom; the Reconquista spread out from Asturia and Asturian surnames (with patronyms ending in "ez") became the most common throughout Spain as the Moors were kicked out.
As for the Basques, if scientists discover that they emigrated to northern Iberia from another solar system, it wouldn't surprise anyone.
I think in terms of genetic studies the Basques are the same as their surrounding neighbors
"end in -ez" — hmmm... I didn't know that. But then how come the Portuguese version of such patronyms end in -es? Like Fernandes in Portuguese (which is related to Galician) is FernandeZ in Spanish or HernandeZ?
That's a very good summary of the Balkans. Whenever I try to explain it, I usually get bashed for being Pro-Muslim/Serb/Croat by somebody, maybe I should just link to your post from now on!
I think Yugoslavia is a good example of what Germany could have been if it was more politically fragmented and a looser "German" identity existed. People might ask, "Are Bavarians and Prussians the same people?" You might have the same kind of ethnic nationalism with accusations that "Austrians are Catholic Prussians!"
last year I went to Augsburg and I find that the south of Germany is culturally quite distinct from the north.
you are right about comparing the Prussians and the Bavarians (though the Prussians don't exist any more :-P)
hoewver, in the case of Germany, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania and Romania, World War II eradicated those regional differences because millions were just eliminated and the remainder were forcibly mixed
I argue with my Polish wife that now Poland is one people, one religoin etc. but before WWII it was only 68% polish :)
In Poland's case, the communities of Poles in Lwów and Vilnius were simply pushed west -- in some cases to the opposite end to "reclaimed lands" -- reclaimed from Germany
And the Germans, who dreamed of Leibensraum, got the exact opposite -- Baltic Germans who had been living in the Baltics for 7 centuries, were eradicated as was Prussia and the Sudenten Germans
Germans from Romania, hungary etc. were sent to Germany even though they and their great-grandfathers had never seen that land. The mixing of peoples really created one "Germany"
The patronymic suffix (meaning "the son of" what precedes the suffix) is "es" in Galician and Portuguese (e.g., "Peres," the son of Pedro) and "is" in Catalan ("Peris"), but "ez" in Asturian ("Pérez").
Many languages have patronymic suffixes: "son" in English, "son" or "sen" in Nordic languages, "sz" in Dutch, "vich" in Russian, "ian" in Armenian, etc.
Other languages have patronymic prefixes meaning "son of" what follows: "Mc" or "Mac" in Scottish Gaelic, "Fitz" in Norman French, "ben" in Hebrew, "ibn" in Arabic, etc. Similarlym, the suffix O' in Irish Gaelic means "grandson of."
When I read the headline, I automatically thought of the "Cat Duet" by the "Catalunia Catholic Boy's Choir".
I don't even know if the spelling is different because it's a Monastary, or if it's a whole different place.
It just the first thing that came to my mind.
We, meaning America, should have stayed the hell out of it entirely.
Only in a "we are all human" sort of way. Other then that, according to the Genographic Project, the Basques share unique genetic patterns that are not found in their non-Basques neighbors.
They appear to be a DNA as well as a linguistic isolate.
You have to wonder what the point of "independence" is when you imediately join the EUSSR upon getting it?
apparently not all socialists want to destroy their economies.
I guess an irony... they don't want to be owned by big bad ole Spain. They want to be owned by the whole bloomin' EU.
Apparently some in Scotland think that way too.
You know what's scary?
The number of people who could read (or have it read to them, illiterate morons) "Brave New World" and think it's a really good idea.
can't even grok irony.
You're just a bundle of information. Thank you!
Perhaps it ties in the idea thatsocialism can work in a small group of similar minded people?
well, militarily, yes. But, as the only super-power, we were going to be involved one way or the other. I just don't know what could have been the good way or least bad way
They won't be "owned" by anyone -- and quite frankly as I said above, they are not "owned" by Spain in the sense that Spain has a very decentralized state
Being part of the European community with its common market had advantages -- the EU bureaucracy is another thing.. the EU would do well to stay as just a commercial union allowing free movement of goods and ideas and having the Schengen. The Euro was a mistake to be added so quickly to so many countries - but then that was a French idea to keep the Germans in check (and one of the conditions of Mitterand's ok to allow German reunification)
And the funny thing is that the Euro, which was meant to unite, has succeeded in creating disunity -- yay :)
The "good way" would have been to keep the US out of it entirely. There was zero strategic threat to America and that should be the sole criteria for committing the American military anywhere on Earth.
Awesome history lesson, Cronos, of a historically volatile region and the people that live there.
Thank you for posting it!
I got history-lessened today Cronos. Fascinating reading.
I saved this post with your many great comments to Zotero on Firefox.
That's a compliment. Don't often do that.
Thanks for taking the time to educate.
Like everywhere else in the world, what we see right now has a lot of depth historically behind it
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Continuing my coverage of the 30th annual [Data Center Conference]. Here is a recap of some of the Tuesday afternoon sessions:
- Brocade: Maximizing Your Cloud: How Data Centers Must Evolve
This was a session sponsored by Brocade to promote their concept of the "Ethernet Fabric". The first speaker, John McHugh, was from Brocade, and the second speaker was a client testimonial, Jamie Shepard, EVP for International Computerware, Inc.
John had an interesting take on today's network challenges. He feels that most LANs are organized for "North-South" traffic, referring to upload/downloads between clients and servers. However, the networks of tomorrow will need to focus on "East-West" traffic, referring to servers talking to other servers.
John was also opposed to integrated stacks that combine servers, storage and networking into a single appliance, as this prevents independent scaling of resources.
- The Future of Backup is Not Backup
Primary data is growing at 40 to 60 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR), but backup data is growing faster. Why? Because data that was not backed up before are now being backed up, including test data, development data, and mobile application data.
Backup costs are 19x more expensive than production software costs. There is an enormous gap in data protection because companies fail to factor this into their budgets. It is not uncommon for IT departments to use multiple backup tools, for example one tool for VMs, and another tool for servers, and a third product for desktops.
part of the problem is identifying who "buys" the backup software. The server team might focus on the operating systems supported. The storage team focuses on the disk and tape media supported. The application owners focus on the features and capabilities for backup that minimize impact to their application.
The analyst organized these issues into three "C's" of backup concerns: Cost, Capability and Complexity. Cost is not just the software license fee for the backup software, but the cost of backup media, courier fees, and transmisison bandwidth. Capability refers to the features and functions, and IT folks are tired of having to augment their backup solution with additional tools and scripts to compensate for lack of capability. Complexity refers to the challenges trying to get existing backup software to tackle new sources like Virtual Machines, Mobile apps, and so on.
Has everyone moved to a tape-less backup system? Polling results found that people are shifting back to tape, either in a tape-only environment, or to supplement their disk or disk-based virtual tape library (VTL). Here are the polling results:
The poll also showed the top three backup software vendors were Symantec, IBM and Commvault, which is consistent with marketshare. However, the analyst feels that by 2014, an estimated 30 percent of companies will change their backup softwar vendor out of frustration over cost, capability and/or complexity.
There are a lot new backup software products specific to dealing with Virtual Machines. Some are focused exclusively on VMware. When asked what tool people used to backup their VMs, the polling results showed the following. NOte that 20 percent for Other includes products from major vendors, like IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments, as the analyst was more interested in the uptake of backup software from startups.
Some companies are considering Cloud Computing for backup. This is one area where having the cloud service provider at a distance is an actual advantage for added protection. A poll asking whether some or most data is backed up to the Cloud, either already today, or plans for the near future within the next 12 or 24 months, showed the following:
In addition to backup service providers, there are now several startups that offer file sharing, and some are adding "versioning" to this that can serve as an alternative to backup. These include DropBox, SugarSync, iCloud, SpiderOak and ShareFile.
The final topic was Snapshot and Disk Replication. These tend to be hardware-based, so they may not have options for versioning, scheduling, or application-aware capabilities normally associated with backup software. Space-efficient snapshots, which point unchanged data back to the original source, may not provide full data protection that disparate backup copies would provide. Here were polling results on whether snapshot/replication was used to augment or replace some or most of their backups:
Some of his observations and recommendations:
- Maintenance is more expensive than acquisition cost. Don't focus on the tip of the iceberg. Some backup software is more efficient for bandwidth and media which will save tons of money in the long run.
- Try to optimize what you have. He calls this the "Starbuck's effect". If you just need one coffee, then paying $4.50 for a cup makes sense. But if you need 100 coffees, you might be better off buying the beans.
- Design backups to meet service level agreements (SLAs). In the past, backup was treated as one-size-fits-all, but today you can now focus on a workload by workload basis.
- Be conservative in adopting new technologies until you have your backup procedures in place to handle data protection.
- Backup is for operational recovery, not long-term retention of data. A poll showed two-thirds of the audience kept backup versions for longer than 60 days! Re-evaluate how long you keep backups, and how many versions you keep. If you need long-term retention, use archive process instead.
- Recovery testing is a dying art. Practice recovery procedures so that you can do it safely and correctly when it matters most.
The analyst had a series of awesome pictures of large structures, the pyramids of Giza, the Chrysler building, and so on, and how they would look without their foundations in place. Backup is a foundation and should be treated as such in all IT planning purposes.
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The deficit and budget battles in Washington make clear that the divisions between us are deep, even spiritual. The fight is not over the size of the deficit, nor even about expenditure cuts. It is about taxes as the lifeblood of government.
Why are taxes so important? The playbook is no secret. Grover Norquist, the founder of Americans for Tax Reform and the driving force behind the "no-tax-increase" stance, said it over 20 years ago: "Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bath tub." The way to do that is to cut taxes.
The George W. Bush administration supported this goal. It happily organized the political religious right concerned about social issues: pro-choice, sexual orientation, sex education, and school prayer. Many of the religious right feared that secular values were eroding their fundamentalist reading of the Bible. Their numbers swelled Republican ranks.
Those seeking to limit the size of government surely continue to welcome this faith-based support, but they now have a new moral underpinning: Ayn Rand as their resident philosopher. We do not need to tackle her 800-page novels to get her message. The title of one of her shorter essays says it all: "The Virtue of Selfishness." In it she writes, "Altruism is incompatible with freedom, with capitalism, and with individual rights. One cannot combine the pursuit of happiness with the moral status of a sacrificial animal." For her, the Great Commandment to love your neighbor is tantamount to "moral cannibalism."
Michele Bachmann brings another clear spiritual perspective. She received her legal training at Oral Roberts University School of Law. The curriculum was based on Christian Reconstructionism, which argues that "God granted certain jurisdictional authority to the government, the church, and the family — therefore any government action exceeding its God-granted authority is in violation of God's commands." Under this view, it is not within the government's "authority" to take care of the poor.
Recalling her own family's struggle against poverty as she was growing up, she has said, "We had our faith in God, we depended on our neighbors, we depended on ourselves, and we just did without… And we were just grateful for what we had. We knew that one day things would be better than they were. And God was faithful, and they were better."
Her view of government, perhaps shaped by her law school training, may explain her questioning of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a congressional hearing over federal bailout programs. She asked, "What provision in the Constitution could you point to that would give authority for the extraordinary actions taken by the Treasury since March of '08? What specifically in the Constitution?" In the current Iowa primary she is calling for the abolition of the Departments of Education, Energy, and Commerce: "Wherever we can cut and abolish, we should cut and abolish."
Those who believe government has a role in providing society's safety net think it is essential to give a hand to those whom society counts least. Protestants for the Common Good, for example, supported the recent tax increase in Illinois because we were both saddened and shocked at the cuts in human services. Aid to children, the elderly, the mentally ill, and the disabled has been reduced by $3.1 billion since 2002 and $600 million in the current year alone.
Protestants for the Common Good believe that freedom exists in two forms: we are free from loyalty to anyone or thing other than God; and we are free for the opportunity to serve all whom God loves. We are free to care for, and love, others. That's what our faith calls us to do.
The political religious right may argue that they want the same things we do. But they would say that it is freedom from government that makes it possible for people to flourish. The best way to help others is to get government out of the way.
Those who are for smaller government rarely express concern for people in need, even though almost 20 percent of Illinois children live in poverty, only about half of the people who need treatment for mental illness receive it, and after health care reform, there will be over 700,000 Illinoisans without health coverage.
Those of us who think government is central to establishing community and serving others have been enablers in this debate. We have not insisted that the political religious right, and those who oppose raising the debt ceiling, explain why the current deficit is so high. We have not pressed for a public discussion of how the economy performed under the tax cuts and financial deregulation starting in 2000. How can the views of Ayn Rand be reconciled with Jesus' concern for the poor?
There is no Christian answer to complicated matters of public policy, but there are spiritual values that should inform how we think about such questions. They are expressed as ideology and pursued through politics and the media. But they have an underlying spiritual basis that is as profound and explicit as it was at any time in our national history.
Sarah Posner, "The Perry vs. Bachmann Primary at Liberty University," Religion Dispatches, July 11, 2011.
The Rev. Alexander E. Sharp is the founding executive director of Protestants for the Common Good, a faith-based education and advocacy organization in Illinois. He received his M.Div. from the University of Chicago Divinity School and has a Masters of Public Affairs from Princeton University.
This essay is reprinted with permission of Sightings from the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School.


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National parks protect the ecological integrity of landscapes and wildlife representative of Canada's vastness and diversity. Please tread lightly on the land as you explore the wonders and beauty of Sirmilik National Park of Canada. By respecting the following regulations and conservation practices, you will be helping to ensure the continued protection of the park's natural and cultural heritage for future generations.
Choose routes on durable terrain such as bedrock, bare hard soil, gravel stream bottoms and snow patches. With such short growing seasons and harsh living conditions, the arctic environment is fragile. Avoid vegetated and soft soil areas, particularly grass-sedge meadows, which are critical feeding habitat for wildlife and are easily damaged by foot traffic.
In steep terrain travel on rock outcrops or snow. Avoid soil-covered surfaces. When descending loose scree, move slowly and cautiously, minimizing the movement of scree and reducing the erosion to the area. Spreading out can also reduce damage.
Select campsites in durable locations where signs of your occupation will be minimal, especially for base camps or if you are travelling in a large group. Avoid vegetated areas. Wearing soft shoes around camp is not only a great relief after a day spent in heavy hiking boots but also minimizes the impact around your campsite. Avoid camping near sensitive wildlife areas such as sedge-grass meadows. Do not dig trenches around tents or build rock wind breaks. If you use rocks to secure your tent, return them to their original position and location. Do not remove any rocks from any features that look - even remotely - like an archeological site, for example, tent rings, fox traps and food caches.
Dish and excess cooking water should be poured into a shallow sump hole away from campsite and bodies of water. Filter food scraps and pack them out with other litter.
Litter and food scraps can be minimized with careful planning and preparation. Food can be packaged in plastic bags instead of cans, bottles, or tin foil. Carefully measured meals should minimize leftovers. Avoid smelly foods.
Personal Hygiene
Minimize the use of soaps and, when necessary, use biodegradable soap. Residual soap should not be dumped in lakes or streams. Sponge or "bird" bath using a pot of water well away from water bodies. This procedure allows the biodegradable soap to break down and filter through the soil before reaching any body of water.
Managing Human Waste
Visitors are encouraged to pack their own feces out of the park whenever possible or bury it under rocks away from trails, campsites and fresh water sources. Try to camp near existing outhouses. Packing it out is the best alternative if at all possible. Feces decompose very slowly in the Arctic environment. At the same time, dangerous pathogens present in human feces can survive even Arctic conditions.
If you are travelling with a large group or using a base camp, dig a shallow communal latrine (15 cm) at least 50 metres away from traffic routes, campsites, and bodies of water. Make sure the latrine hole is properly covered after use to hide its presence from those that follow and to discourage animals from digging it up.
If travelling along a body of salt water (i.e. one of the coastal areas of the park) it is acceptable to deposit your feces in a shallow pit below the high water mark.
Minimize the use of toilet paper. Burn it as completely as possible and pack it out. Tampons should be packed out in a zip-lock bag along with other garbage.
Environmentally conscious backpackers and mountaineers now pack out their own waste. We challenge you to do the same. A way of dealing with human waste away from outhouses is to deposit waste in a paper bag, and put the paper bag in a plastic bag. When you get to an outhouse, put the paper bag containing the waste into the outhouse. Pack the plastic bag out.


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"Today's agreement with the South Australian Tourism Commission will achieve valuable returns for both the State and Emirates. South Australia has never had this level of connectivity into Europe, the Middle East and Africa and the early booking profiles demonstrate the power of Emirates' global network in unlocking previously untapped markets, such as Glasgow, Hamburg and our hub, Dubai," said Salem Obaidalla, Emirates' Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Far East & Australasia.
"We're investing in South Australia for the long haul, dedicating a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the flights to Adelaide, fitted with our highest on-board product offering and employing more than 150 South Australians in airline and airport services."
"Subject to regulatory approval, the Emirates and Qantas Global Aviation Partnership will offer travellers an even more seamless Australian and international network – including direct connectivity from Emirates' global network to Port Lincoln and 50 other Australian destinations via Qantas' domestic network," Mr Obaidalla concluded.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the cooperative marketing agreement will help to promote South Australia and the new direct Emirates flights between Adelaide and Dubai.
"Yesterday saw the arrival of Emirates' first direct flight from Dubai to Adelaide, opening an important tourist and business gateway to the Middle East and Europe," Premier Weatherill said.
"Today, we've formalised a $2 million, two-year partnership with Emirates and Tourism Australia to promote South Australia's tourism credentials and attract more visitors to the State. This is the latest in a series of initiatives to market South Australia around the world."
The new marketing campaign will promote South Australia in the UK, Germany, France and Italy.
Emirates' four flights per week between Dubai and Adelaide began on 1 November and will become daily from 1 February 2013.
"South Australia's tourism drawcards will be more accessible than ever. The expected economic impact of daily Emirates flights into Adelaide is substantial, generating an anticipated $40m in direct expenditure and over 200 jobs over the next two years," said Premier Weatherill.
Tourism Australia Managing Director Andrew McEvoy believes the new service will prove particularly popular with European travellers, providing direct access to Adelaide and the state's world class wineries, events and other tourism attractions via the airline's Dubai hub.
"Emirates has a long association with Australia, and is one of our most committed airline partners when it comes to marketing our country overseas, which gives me a lot of confidence that this new service will become a big success as the message starts to get out," Mr McEvoy said.
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Fire authorities are investigating a blaze which damaged a house and destroyed a pickup truck in Medford yesterday morning.
The fire is believed to have started under the hood of a Ford truck that had recently undergone electrical repairs. Flames quickly spread from the pickup through a garage and parts of the roof and interior of the house, on Temple Drive in Medford.
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As time neared last year for our move from Nashville to Shelbyville, I remembered Lisa Douglas when Oliver moved her from New York City to Green Acres USA. (For you youngsters out there, bear with me.) Would I miss city life that much? I already knew that Shelbyville came with a Wal-Mart and a Lowe's, and I don't mean to overlook the dress shops, boutiques, and such. I wasn't accustomed to shopping in Green Hills where they have designer stores, but I do like an occasional trek through Macy's or Dillard's. First, we discovered that we were on the north side of town - toward Murfreesboro. They are large stores there! Since the move I don't go to the department stores as often and discover I'm not spending as much. We used to live within 3 miles of a mall, and I could just whip into the parking lot on the way home from work. There is such a thing as "shopping on-line", but it's just not the same. Like a kid, I enjoy seeing and touching whatever it is that I want. There is something about the pleasure of having my new suit put on a hangar with a plastic bag draped over it; having the lady at the Prescriptives cosmetic counter (Amanda at Hickory Hollow Macy's) make up my brows just so-so; feeling the fabric in the 100% cotton sheets only to realize that a little polyester makes them a tad softer against your body.
Will Shelbyville grow more? I'm surprised by the growth spurt of Tullahoma. However, the size of Shelbyville is part of its charm.
I promise not to act like Lisa Douglas. I'll be nice and continue to grow in my appreciation of this town, county, and the people here. After all, this is my home.
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The thing is, the town has grown tremendously, but many say that city leaders do not want it to...
Which may explain the crowdedness of North Main, that is a traffic nightmare... You've got a county expanding very quickly...some business want to build here, but city officials keep them out. What sense does it make to keep some businesses at bay when expansion is inevitable. I mean, since Wal Mart built the huge Super Center, everything has picked up and moved that way.
People forget that PLENTY of homes and factories still remain on the South side of town...
The only problem with growth in Shelbyville is that every bit of it is taking place on ONE CONGESTED SIDE... why not expand on Madison Street, where a majoriy of it, enjoy a turning lane and enough red lights to accomodate high traffic volumes...
After all the wonderful 'Celebration' is still on the less busy side of town now. Growth is going to happen, what makes it enjoyable is if the leaders are capable of accepting it.
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What's black and white and carried all over town? Not a nun in a parade…Considering how trendy it is, I'm surprised more retailers aren't offering reusable shopping bags for customers. I'm not talking about the high-end grocers that charge you $15 to buy a "sustainable" bag that lets you walk around town advertising for them. I'm talking about the every day sort of store that cares about the amount of plastic they spread around the planet.
Well, here's a BYOB idea every store can fly with: Handmade Expressions (whose motto is "Fair trade = justice + peace + love") has cool grocery bags that measure 12"x16" and are made of several layers of used newspaper and sturdy cardboard. They're inexpensive and customizable. Best of all, they save new paper from being produced by using paper that would otherwise go into a trash bin.
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A personality disorder is a condition related to an individual's personality. Until recently, an altered or unbalanced personality was not considered a mental health issue or considered treatable. However, personality disorders are now recognised as lying within the spectrum of mental health disorders and are amenable to treatment.
Personality disorders may arise due to several factors ranging from genetic traits that dictate certain personality features, through to life experiences that determine attitudes towards life and the way people interact with others. The features of a person's personality that may be altered in the case of a personality disorder include behavioural patterns, social interaction, mood and degree of impulsiveness.
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Cluster A personality disorders generally describe conditions where individuals live in a fantasy world and are out of touch with reality, such as paranoid personality disorder.
Cluster B disorders manifest with extreme mood swings, an inability to control feelings and emotional outbursts. An example would be borderline personality disorder.
Cluster C disorders are typically characterized by fear and anxiety with very withdrawn, introverted behaviour and low self-esteem.
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