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Perhaps good diplomacy sometimes comes from serendipity. At least that is how it seemed this week when I found myself in Biak, an island in the Indonesian province of Papua, participating in the inauguration of a new hospital wing in honor of my grandmother. My work in Embassy Jakarta's political section requires me to travel to Papua often -- providing me the happy coincidence of both coming to Biak to discuss political issues with the island's leaders and being able to visit the sites my grandmother likely saw during her time in Biak as a World War II army nurse who advanced across the Pacific with each Allied victory.
Perhaps my diplomatic career is destined to be a slow-motion journey along the route of my grandparents courtship. My second posting was in Australia, the same location where my grandparents met 60 years earlier during World War II. (He was a fighter pilot in the Sydney Hospital; she nursed him back to health.) The couple was then separated by the war, with my grandfather getting back into his fighter plane and my grandmother coming to Biak, located in what was called at the time Dutch New Guinea. My grandparents met up again in the Philippines, where they married in the middle of the war and spent the first night of their 62-year marriage in the nurses' tent (which the other nurses graciously vacated for their one-night honeymoon). Since I've lived in the first two countries where my grandparents had WWII postings, perhaps their Philippines wedding predicts a future posting for me in Manila?
That short history lesson brings me back to more recent memory. Before I came to Biak, I met with Yusuf Maryan, the Bupati, or local executive leader. He was moved by the description of my grandmother's posting in Biak and her vivid recollections of its people and beauty, which she had relayed to me prior to her death two months ago. Like many people in the Pacific, Papuans continue to hold WWII history close to their hearts. And just prior to my arrival here, the Bupati proudly told me that the about-to-be-complete wing of the Biak hospital would be dedicated in the name of my grandmother -- as a symbol of the friendship from WWII which remains alive today in the Comprehensive Partnership between the United States and Indonesia.
Thus I represented both the U.S. Government and my own family in the inauguration of the new hospital wing, when ties of friendship between the people of America and Papua were again renewed. So perhaps it's not serendipity but simply good diplomacy that together the people of Biak and I were able to rededicate ourselves to a shared future between Indonesia and the United States, while remembering our past at the Margaret Wheeler Mitchell memorial hospital wing.
Esther W. in Indonesia writes:
Good evening...
First of all, I want to tell you if I'm very glad to know if there's so many Americans people have some wonderful memories and high dedication to help the people of my country especially to the poor people. Thank you very much...may God bless for all the things that you had ever done for us. Greetings and friendship from Indonesia.
Duncan B. in the USA writes:
A really touching story. I've been looking for some materials on positive relationships between the US and Indonesia, and reading about such experiences feels really encouraging.
Nick R. writes:
It sounds like your grandparents were extraordinary people. I enjoyed your story.


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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on "India and the United States: A Vision for the 21st Century," in Chennai, India, on July 20, 2011. Secretary Clinton discussed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship and highlighted India's growing leadership role in the world.
Secretary Clinton said, "...President Obama made a state visit to India last year. I have been here twice in the last two years. And why, one might ask? Why are we coming to India so often and welcoming Indian officials to Washington as well? It's because we understand that much of the history of the 21st century will be written in Asia, and that much of the future of Asia will be shaped by decisions not only of the Indian Government in New Delhi, but of governments across India, and perhaps, most importantly, by the 1.3 billion people who live in this country.
"And we have a great commitment to our government-to-government relations, but we have an even greater commitment to our people-to-people ones. And we view them as absolutely central to the partnership and friendship between our countries. As President Obama told the Indian parliament last year, the relationship between India and the United States will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century. How will we define it? How will we work together to inject content into it? What will we do to build trust and confidence and do more that will bring us together?
"Well, speaking for the United States, I can tell you that we are, in fact, betting on India's future. We are betting that the opening of India's markets to the world will produce a more prosperous India and a more prosperous South Asia. It will also spill over into Central Asia and beyond into the Asia Pacific region. We are betting that advances in science and technology of all kinds will both enrich Indian lives and advance human knowledge everywhere. And we are betting that India's vibrant, pluralistic democracy will produce measurable results and improvements for your citizens and will inspire others to follow a similar path of openness and tolerance."
She continued, "...But I find that there are those who raise questions about the direction of the relationship between us, and I understand that. It is true that we are different countries with different histories and backgrounds. And we will, from time to time, disagree as any two nations or, frankly, any two friends inevitably will do. But we believe that our differences are far outweighed by our deep and abiding bonds. Our nations are built on the same bedrock beliefs about democracy, pluralism, opportunity, and innovation. We share common interests like stopping terrorism and spurring balanced and broad-based economic growth that goes deeply into our societies.
"And that is why our two governments have established a Strategic Dialogue which we announced when I first came as Secretary of State back in 2009 and when Prime Minister Singh visited later that year, and which, of course, we now have held two important sessions of, one in Washington and then this week in New Delhi. I met with a broad array of Indian officials, and I am very pleased to report to you that our work together is producing real results. We have already established a new clean energy research and development center that will be putting out the requests for proposals so we know what it is we can work on together to advance our common goal of clean energy and combat climate change.
"We have worked together for the important task of preventing cyber attacks on our respective infrastructures. We are talking about a new bilateral investment treaty that will build on the 20 percent increase in trade we've seen just this last year. And we have watched as trade is increasingly flowing in both directions. We have new initiatives linking students and businesses and communities, and one of my personal favorites is the Passport to India, a program designed to bring more American students to study in India to match the great numbers of Indian students that come to America to study, because we want to create those bonds between our young people and our future leaders. We also consulted on the work we will be doing in the months ahead, strengthening our joint fight against terrorism, boosting our economic ties, completing our civilian-nuclear partnership, and deepening our defense cooperation. We think this work is very much in the interests of both of our countries and both of our peoples.
"But I came to Chennai today to discuss in more depth, publicly, two issues that we discussed in our official meetings in New Delhi. And it really -- they both are about India's growing leadership role in the world, because today, India is taking its rightful place in the meeting rooms and conference halls where the world's most consequential questions are debated and decided. And President Obama recognized this when he said that the United States looks forward to a reformed United Nations Security Council that includes India as a permanent member.
"So what does -- for India and for the United States and for the world, what does this global leadership mean in practical terms? And what does it mean for the relationship between the two of us? Well, for starters, it means that we can work more productively together on today's most complex global challenges. For example, to advance democratic values, the world's oldest democracy and its largest can both support the democratic transitions taking place in the Middle East and North Africa.
"India's election commission, widely viewed as the global gold standard for running elections is already sharing best practices with counterparts in other countries, including Egypt and Iraq. To help rebalance the global economy after the recession of 2008 and to spur growth, India and the United States are working together through the G-20 which has become the premier forum for international economic cooperation. To promote clean energy and to seek climate change solutions, this partnership that we have launched will accelerate research and deployment of effective technology, but it will also enable us to work together to make the UN Conference on Climate Change coming up in Durban a success.
"India was a very constructive partner to the United States and others at both the conferences in Copenhagen and Cancun, where we're not making enough progress, but we could put some milestones of progress and ongoing processes together to continue our efforts. To curb nuclear proliferation, we are working together with the international community to address shared concerns about provocative actions by countries like Iran. We have called for Iran to meet its international obligations at the IAEA. India has taken steps to ensure that products from your high-tech industry cannot be diverted to that nuclear weapons program. And we work with India, who is currently a nonpermanent member of the Security Council, to persuade Iran's leaders to change course. And to promote sustainable development, the United States is encouraging India to share broadly its expertise in dry field, drought-tolerant agriculture, and to apply other lessons about how to lift millions of people out of extreme poverty.
"So in these and many other areas, from democracy to economics, climate change, nonproliferation, development, our interests align and our values converge. A great deal has already been written about our efforts to collaborate on these cross-cutting global challenges, but today, I want to focus on two aspects of our cooperation, where the choices we make in the immediate term will have profound impacts on our security and prosperity in the years ahead. First, our work together in the Asia Pacific, and second, our shared interests in South and Central Asia, because this is a moment when these regional concerns have profound global resonance. And as I discussed them in depth with officials in Delhi yesterday, I'd like to explore them further with you today.
"And let me start with the Asia Pacific. There is no better place to discuss India's leadership in the region to its east than here in Chennai. In this port city, looking out at the Bay of Bengal and beyond to the nations of East and Southeast Asia, we are easily reminded of India's historic role in the wider region. For thousands of years, Indian traders have sailed those waters of Southeast Asia and beyond. Indian culture has left its mark. The temples of Angkor Wat bear the influence of Tamil architecture. The Hindu god Ganesh still stands guard against homes in Indonesia. And today, the stretch of sea from the Indian Ocean through to the Pacific contain the world's most vibrant trade and energy roots linking economies and driving growth.
"The United States has always been a Pacific power because of our very great blessing of geography. And India straddling the waters from the Indian to the Pacific Ocean is, with us, a steward of these waterways. We are both deeply invested in shaping the future of the region that they connect. And there are big questions for us to consider. Will this region adopt basic rules of the road or rules of the sea to mobilize strategic and economic cooperation and manage disagreements? Will it build the regional architecture of institutions and arrangements to enforce international norms on security, trade, rule of law, human rights, and accountable governance? Through its Look East policy, India is poised to help lead toward the answers to these questions.
"The United States believes that is a very good thing because we believe our vision for the future are very much similar. We both wish we to expand economic ties. The United States is pushing forward on comprehensive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and our free trade agreement with South Korea. We are also stepping up our commercial diplomacy and pursuing a robust economic agenda at APEC. India, for its part, has concluded or will soon conclude new bilateral economic partnerships with Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, and others. The more our countries trade and invest with each other and with other partners, the more central the Asia Pacific region becomes to global commerce and prosperity, and the more interest we both have in maintaining stability and security. As the stakes grow higher, we should use our shared commitment to make sure that we have maritime security and freedom of navigation. We need to combat piracy together. We have immediate tasks that we must get about determining.
"These shared interests give India and the United States is a very strong incentive to make sure that the regional architecture for the Asia Pacific is up to answering the questions and delivering results. President Obama looks forward to joining Prime Minister Singh at the East Asia Summit later in the year this fall in Indonesia. We want to work with India and all of our friends and allies to build the East Asia Summit into the Asia Pacific's premier forum for dealing with political and security issues. We want to use it to help set our priorities and lay out a vision for other regional institutions. At this year's upcoming summit, the United States intends to collaborate with India and others to help advance an East Asia Summit agenda that draws on our two countries' unique capacities. And high on this list should be maritime security, including developing multilateral mechanisms of cooperation. The East Asia Summit should also focus on disaster readiness, response, and relief, and nonproliferation, including working toward a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.
"Now, later this week, Foreign Minister Krishna and I will attend the ASEAN Regional Forum, and we will there be working in conjunction with ASEAN partners and others, and we will soon inaugurate a trilateral U.S.-India-Japan dialogue. America's treaty alliances with Japan has long been a cornerstone of security in East Asia, and as a fellow democracy with us and India, we believe enhanced cooperation will be beneficial. We are also committed to a strong, constructive relationship among India, the United States, and China. Now, we know this will not always be easy. There are important matters on which we all disagree, one with the other. But we do have significant areas of common interest. We could begin by focusing on violent extremism, which threatens people on all -- in all of our countries. Ultimately, if we want to address, manage, or solve some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century, India, China, and the United States will have to coordinate our efforts.
"As India takes on a larger role throughout the Asia Pacific, it does have increasing responsibilities, including the duty to speak out against violations of universal human rights. For example, we recognize that India has important strategic interests in maintaining a peaceful border and strong economic ties with Burma. But the Burmese Government's treatment of its own people continues to be deplorable. So it was a signal moment when Foreign Secretary Rao met with Aung San Suu Kyi last month. And I hope New Delhi will continue to encourage the Burmese Government to engage in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi and also to release other political prisoners.
"In all of these areas, India's leadership will help to shape positively the future of the Asia Pacific. That's why the United States supports India's Look East policy, and we encourage India not just to look east, but to engage East and act East as well, because after all, India, like the United States, where we look to the Atlantic and to the Pacific, India also looks both east and west. And its leadership in South and Central Asia is critically important. For example, India's diverse democratic system in which people of all faiths and backgrounds participate equally can serve as a model for Sri Lanka as it pursues political reconciliation. Here in Chennai, we can see how much a society can achieve when all citizens fully are participating in the political and economic life of their country. Every citizen of Sri Lanka deserves the same hope and opportunity for a better future.
"India also has a great commitment to improving relations with Bangladesh, and that is important because regional solutions will be necessary on energy shortages, water-sharing, and the fight against terrorists. And in Nepal, as the latest deadline for concluding the peace process and promulgating a new constitution approaches, Indian support for that process is critical. And in the Maldives, India is providing important economic assistance and partnerships to improve ports and other infrastructure. Looking north, in Central Asian states like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, India has forged new partnerships on energy, agriculture, cyber security, and other areas, because India and the United States share an interest in helping the people of this entire region build strong democratic societies and market economies, and to resolve long-festering conflicts. And of course, the conflict in Afghanistan continues to be a major challenge for us both.
"I want to be very clear. The United States is committed to Afghanistan and to the region. We will be there. Yes, we are beginning to withdraw combat troops and transfer responsibility for security to the Afghan people, a process that will be completed in 2014, but drawing down our troops is not the same as leaving or disengaging. We and the Afghans are making progress on a new strategic partnership declaration that will define our relationship after 2014. And through that partnership, we will continue to assist the Afghan army and police and the Afghan Government. And we will do everything we can to help the Afghan people rebuild after decades of war.
"At the same time, we are pursuing an active diplomatic effort with all the countries in the region toward two goals: First, a responsible political solution in Afghanistan, and second, stronger economic ties through South and Central Asia so that goods, capital, and people can flow more easily across borders. Representatives from Afghanistan and all their neighbors will have the chance to discuss this vision at a summit hosted by Turkey this November, and they will discuss it again with the rest of the international community at the Bonn conference in December.
"How do we get from where we are to where we and especially the Afghan people need to end up? In February, I gave a speech at the Asia Society in New York explaining our support for Afghan-led efforts to reach a political solution to end the insurgency and to chart a more secure, prosperous, and peaceful future. As we have said many times, there are unambiguous redlines for reconciliation with insurgents. India has pioneered some of this work over years of effort in bringing people into the political system and taking them out of the forest or out of insurgencies.
"Number one, people must renounce violence. Number two, the Taliban must abandon their alliance with al-Qaida. And number three, anyone wishing to reconcile must agree to abide by the laws and constitution of Afghanistan. Now, these are necessary outcomes of any negotiation. And let me say a special word about the last point. Any potential for peace will be subverted if women and ethnic minorities are marginalized or silenced. What we have learned in the 20th century that we must apply in the 21st century is that you cannot deny women and minorities, whether they be religious minorities or ethnic minorities or tribal or any other minority -- you cannot deny your own people the chance to be full citizens in their own country.
"And so when we look at what will happen in Afghanistan, the United States will not abandon our values or support a political process that undoes the progress that has been made in the past decade. Reconciliation, achieving it, and maintaining it, will depend on the participation of all of Afghanistan's neighbors, including both Pakistan and India. We all need to be working together. Whether we live in Kabul or Islamabad, New Delhi, or Washington, we have to be committed to a common vision of a stable, independent, Afghanistan rid of the insurgency and a region free from al-Qaida.
"In Kabul earlier this year, Prime Minister Singh reaffirmed India's commitment to the Afghan-led reconciliation. And the Indian Government reinforced that commitment last month by supporting a United Nations Security Council resolution that cleared the way for lifting sanctions on insurgents who do reconcile. At the same time, India has rightly expressed concerns about outside interference in the reconciliation process, and we agree with those concerns and are consulting closely with India about that.
"We will continue to encourage New Delhi's constructive role. For example, in advocating based on India's own experience that reconciliation, beginning at the very start of the process, must include representatives from a range of political parties and ethnic groups. We also believe Pakistan has an essential role and legitimate interest in this process, and those interests must be respected and addressed. We welcomed Pakistan's decision to participate in a joint peace commission with Afghanistan and in what we call the core group of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States to manage the withdrawal. Achieving lasting peace and security in the region will require a stable, democratic, prosperous Pakistan free from violent extremism. That's in everyone's interest, because Americans, Indians, Pakistanis, and Afghans have all suffered at the hands of violent extremists, and none of us should tolerate a safe haven for terrorists anywhere.
"So we look to the Pakistani Government to press insurgents to join the reconciliation process, to prevent Pakistani territory from being used for attacks that destabilize Afghanistan or India and to deny al-Qaida the space to regroup and plan new violence. And beyond India and Pakistan, all of Afghanistan's other neighbors -- Russia, Iran, China, the Central Asian states should recommit themselves to the goal of a stable and independent Afghanistan. That means they too must support reconciliation and respect Afghanistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity. That is a pledge that all the countries of the region made nearly a decade ago when they signed the Declaration on Good-Neighbourly Relations. The time has come to operationalize that agreement and to create mechanisms that ensure nations will live up to their commitments, and the United States will invest the considerable diplomatic effort needed to help build such support for those outcomes.
"This diplomatic and political effort is the first element of our approach, but it will only succeed if it is paired with a strategy to increase economic ties that connect all the countries of the region. Because while many countries, including India, have given generous assistance to Afghanistan, no country, including my own, can afford to provide aid forever. We have to get an economy going. We have to have trade and investment coming. And the Afghan people themselves do not want receive aid forever. An Afghanistan firmly embedded in the economic life of a thriving South and Central Asia would be able to attract new sources of foreign investment and connect to markets abroad, including hundreds of millions of potential new customers in India. And increasing trade across the region would open up new sources of raw material, energy, and agricultural products, creating more jobs in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
"But we have a long way to go before we could ever realize that in today's world, because today, an Indian entrepreneur in Chennai who wishes to ship her products to a customer in Kazakhstan has to send them either through China or Iran, thousands of miles out of the way. An Indian business must import cement from Southeast Asia instead of from the flourishing cement industry next door in Pakistan. A traveler going between India and Pakistan not only has a difficult time getting a visa; he also often has to be routed through airports a thousand miles away just to get across the border. Now, we have no illusion about how difficult it will be to overcome the longstanding distrust that holds back economic cooperation, but we also are absolutely convinced this is very much in India's interest, Pakistan's interest, Afghanistan's, and other nations as well.
"Historically, the nations of South and Central Asia were connected to each other and the rest of the continent by a sprawling trading network called the Silk Road. Indian merchants used to trade spices, gems, and textiles, along with ideas and culture, everywhere from the Great Wall of China to the banks of the Bosphorus. Let's work together to create a new Silk Road. Not a single thoroughfare like its namesake, but an international web and network of economic and transit connections. That means building more rail lines, highways, energy infrastructure, like the proposed pipeline to run from Turkmenistan, through Afghanistan, through Pakistan into India. It means upgrading the facilities at border crossings, such as India and Pakistan are now doing at Waga. And it certainly means removing the bureaucratic barriers and other impediments to the free flow of goods and people. It means casting aside the outdated trade policies that we all still are living with and adopting new rules for the 21st century.
"I was very encouraged by the reports of the resumption of discussions between India and Pakistan, the meeting between Prime Ministers Singh and Gillani at Mohali, and the forward-looking roadmap produced by the Indian and Pakistani commerce secretaries in April are very important steps. The upcoming meeting of Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers is another chance to make tangible progress. And I was pleased to see Afghanistan and Pakistan commit to implement fully their transit trade agreement. This is an agreement that Afghanistan and Pakistan started negotiating together in 1961. All these years later, they have finally signed it. And we want to see trade begin to move across that border, and then we want to see that trade expanded into Central Asia and India -- two-way trade, multiple paths for trade.
"Because someday, that entrepreneur here in Chennai should be able to put her products on a track -- on a truck or a train that travels unimpeded, quickly, and cheaply through Pakistan, through Afghanistan, to the doorstep of her customer in Kazakhstan. A Pakistani businessman should be able to open a branch in Bangalore. An Afghan farmer should be able to sell pomegranates in Islamabad before he drives on to New Delhi. Or as Prime Minister Singh put it so beautifully, "I dream of a day, while retaining our respective identities, one can have breakfast in Amritsar, lunch in Lahore, and dinner in Kabul. That is how my forefathers lived. That is how I want our grandchildren to live.""I couldn't agree more, and neither could you. Now it is just as important as applauding to support the work that must be done to realize that dream. When I look at the potential of the people in this region, I am absolutely convinced you can out-compete, outgrow, out-prosper anybody in the world. But that's why the barriers must come down. When Indian Americans used to come to the United States, their hard work and their success was such a symbol of what was possible. Today, there's migration back from the United States to India, because the opportunity society has arrived here. Pakistani Americans, Afghan Americans, they still come to the United States seeking opportunity. They too deserve an opportunity society. And in order to that, we have to move beyond the past into a present filled with possibility and then to make a future that delivers.
"In what I've discussed today, India's growing role in the Asia Pacific and in South and Central Asia, I do so because I think this is the only way forward. Yes, it is ambitious agenda, but we can afford to be ambitious, because when we in the United States and particularly in the Obama Administration look at India, we see, as President Obama said, a nation that is not simply emerging, but has emerged, and a nation with whom we share so many bonds, and one that will be a leader globally in shaping the future we will all inherit.
"Now of course, both of our nations being democracies are dealing with challenges that have to be met and require immediate attention. But great nations can do more than one thing at a time. In fact, we can do many things at once by enlisting the powerful participation of our own people -- Indian and American businesses, Indian and American academics, Indian and American entrepreneurs, inventors, students. In a democracy, we are all helping to shape our future. That is what sets us apart from other systems and other nations. I mean, it does look a little messier from time to time, but it is the most sustainable way human beings have found to organize themselves, and that's what we must do.
"For both America and India, the threats, the perils, the problems are discussed endlessly. Turn on the television, pick up the paper, go on the internet. But I see a much brighter picture because I think there isn't anything we cannot do, and I believe in India's future. This is not, therefore, a time when any of us can afford to look inward at the expense of looking outward. This is a time to seize the opportunities of the 21st century, and it is a time to lead. So I come to Chennai as an admirer of what India has accomplished, someone who, in just the course of the last 18 years, has seen the changes firsthand. There are great forces at work, but there is nothing preordained or inevitable about the future of your country or mine.
"Generations before us fought to give us a democracy, fought to build our institutions, fought to overcome the inherent problems of pluralism and diversity, fought to make good the values that we know are essential to the systems that we have built. And now, it is our turn, and it is particularly the turn of the young people who are here today. For each of us to make our contribution, for each of us to work in every way we can not only for our own personal betterment -- although that comes in an open society like yours and mine -- but to work for the common good, to work for our nation, and to work for a world that is worthy of our dreams. So let us commit to do so."
You can read the Secretary's complete remarks here.
Charlie K. in Illinois writes:
Dear Secretary of State
This is my dream. Make this dream a reality.
God Bless America.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
India is,, next time, after visit to there...
Thaksin Shinawatra issues involved, but I just thought, then, this morning, the first person to grow up a trip to Thailand.
In the past, Thailand, the king's power, everything tends to be resolved dramatically's powerful, now weak, why were the credentials of the people - not the fault of the king, his son and his wife to make a mistake,,, -
Before accepting the people of Thailand, the king ignored the existence of, or attempt to weaken the power of the Thai people in and around the country going to make it difficult to expect (in Thailand with powerful countries in the region I think.)
Those who deny the existence of the king how I live with integrity hagoyo wondering ...
My opinion,
Keep basis of Thaksin Shinawatra's Cabinet (the property tax evasion and concealment for the politicians to think big sin: basis of, the opposition will not have to bear a clear immigration, I think they'll struggle, he does not have to retaliate, and his supporting forces In order to expand their powers, even to think of the revenge.)
Yangbundoen to poor peasants and elite support for the convergence of forces, coalition governments have to make believe that you configure. Of course, the coalition government with the King to interview and be recognized legitimacy.
Why Am I gonna have an interest in these issues if questions, problems emerged in Thailand, the whole of Asia and possibly divided into two regions I think. When a problem expanding the external forces should intervene, and how the results were derived, divided into two forces then, like an uncomfortable relationship is thought likely to continue. Just try to think about.
ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Indonesia in the hope that North Korea actively talking, but China, for a moment, the attitude seems to ignore North Korea, if North Korea are likely to participate actively in the conversation I think. Completely ignore, the story of war, but,
Dont, you can afford the economic regions, Asia is divided into two and then, like the possibility of unnecessary competition, a stretch of Korea for the truck driver. ...
August 02, things should be always thinking, but the expectation is that it must be addressed. Rather, I am, after I select is resolved and what policies need to think to worry. I am still, the U.S. Internal reform of the health insurance and medical benefits through the creation of jobs, if you see an interest in, an easy victory in next year's presidential election is likely suspect. Voters are required to satisfy the policy. Also pursued a different policy to continue, but(12+1?)
Corner, South Korea when the situation is very unfavorable, is to use the word, and I is a situation like that?
P.W.D. in India writes:
The issues discussed there are the one that really effects our nations.
W.W. writes:
Negotiation Partnership
Ain't India in a need ?
Really Mrs. Secratary after all it is worthed to send Aid on Mars or Venus aren't they on a need?
It look like the whole Solar System is on a need and on crisis.
Look, The U.S. governament must push on Europeans to start right away a transparent and open policy to their own citizen and toward International community.
As per latest news, if they are true, all the european system is Rotten along with the entire Stock Market.
How can possibly not corrupted american companies may consider to invest on Europe or anywhere else if it is all corrupted;if it is all a rush in robbing more money as possible to new investor.
How can an American company create outlets overseas if business get boycotted if they don't pay black mail to local governamental and pubblic administration.
Come on ...and today we still wonder why planet earth and its population is on a crisis.
That poor President is there trying everyday to jump here and there in order to save as many as he can and yes He can and America still got bounch of Officials and ''Unofficials'' not reporting about the real problems.
Better to help the people of Venus then or try to leave for Mercury.
We do Love Rupert Murdoch , finally we know how a man like Warren Buffet was able to create an Unexisting financial empire.
well I wanna listen too please make me hear and share companies information with my friends so I can Build an Empire .
Holy moly Indain cow today my share is down
Thanks To Mrs. Otero either someone is listening or either I got the same vision at night or something is moving...
Today, the United States and Brazil announced the creation of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) – a global initiative that supports efforts to promote more transparent, effective, and accountable institutions globally. In the spirit of multi-stakeholder collaboration, this initiative is governed by a steering committee that includes governments and civil society groups from around the world.
This effort builds directly on steps President Obama has taken since the first day of his Administration to strengthen democracy and promote a more efficient and effective government through greater openness.
Since the release of the President's Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, Federal agencies have done much to make information about how government works more accessible to the public, to solicit citizens' participation in government decision-making, and to collaborate with all sectors of the economy on new and innovative solutions. We have launched websites such as Recovery.gov, ITDashboard.gov, and USAspending.gov to ensure the effective use of taxpayer dollars; released useful data through the centralized portal, data.gov; and opened new opportunities for the public to engage in solving our most pressing problems through Challenge.gov and online communities focused on health, energy, and the law.
The Open Government Partnership seeks to galvanize international momentum on issues of open government. President Obama spoke about the importance of open government at the UN General Assembly in 2010, and challenged leaders to return with specific commitments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. This is a new vehicle for supporting governments as they take these important steps.
Our action plan for the Open Government Partnership will continue and build upon the Open Government efforts first launched by the President's Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government, and we look forward to your input and ideas as we develop our action plan going forward.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Mrs. Clinton's statement in Chennai is inspiring. Indeed there are an endless number of areas where India and USA can cooperate. The frequency of meetings at leadership level and content of deliberation since the times of President George Bush, which touched new height with visit of President Obama's visit to India, suggest that Indo-US strategic dialogues is on healthy track. But expectations of people who are following developments is high at least in India. But there are internal and forces too which do not want Indo-US relations to flourish. Ideas of cold war era still influence minds and thoughts of articulate voices in India. It is necessary that good results of Indo-US strategic relationship must become visible in areas which concern ordinary citizens more. This aspect of the relationship assumes great significance in the backdrop of general situation in our region from where USA is wanting to withdraw asap. This compounds India's security concerns. USA must not only a principled stand on all issues related to India's threat perceptions, which are largely real too, but express too. India is a democracy. Unless people rally behind what leaders are trying to do, full potential of US India strategic relationship will be hard to realise. This naturally implies if a way is found to get all sections of people around in favour new strategic relationship being envisaged by leaders of two countries by making, let one emphasise, benefits of relationship visible as much in materialistic substance as in words expressed simply and straight.
Zahra in India writes:
The speech is full of incorrect grammar....or is it the 'new normal' for US.
I am shocked!
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Zahra in India,
Re: "new normal"??
(chuckle) I am shocked you are shocked Zahra, so welcome to this blog from a master of the "run-on sentence", complete with typos, bad puctuation and every gramatical error imaginable, and some I haven't come up with yet; Not to shock anyone further than they may be, but you wern't expecting the King's English were you perchance?
Aye well, we colonials did away with that a couple centuries back or more, and we still get grief about driving on the wrong side of the road from our friends across the pond...what up with that?
@ Hon. Sec. of State;
Good grammer Hillary? Great balls of fire! Think I heard the sound of "the perfect chord"!*
(*language of music terminology)
---end dipnote
If you have no other complaint Zahra I guess she's done her job well and got her message across to folks, for there's nary a dissenting voice regarding its meaning and intent embedded in the context.
It's not your fault though. I have a hard time understanding the coloquialisms East of the Mississippi and the closer to Washington DC that one gets, the worse that generally gets, politically speaking..(grin).
'round these here parts of the wild, wild West maa'am, we interpret freedom of speech to mean that a person has every right to hang themselves with their own words, and expect folks to lend them the rope to do it with.
( If they hung a golden rope in both houses of Congress to remind the powers that be of this, we might get stuff done faster for the American people, and people globally too.)
Afghan fellow came to me one day with a big grin on his face after Zahir Shah returned to help bring Afghanistan full circle....,
"The king has returned, and now the king no longer wants to be king, everyone wants to be king!""Well Ali, that's democracy for ya." I said grinning back at him.
Those were days of hope floating on the breeze, like the cool winds of change upon one's face.
And "words were the worst form of communication ever invented", or so sayeth one much wiser than I.
So don't let the idiosyncracies of our lingual "stone soup"-aggregated-melting-pot of this particular "Amercanized" aspect of the human condition get in the way of your understanding, in all of our diversity.
SEO in India writes:
Such great opportunity for both nations, I hope this will result in healthy relation between USA and India...


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Here's an interesting one for 'yas. I put together a compilation of what I think represents some of Paul's finest Beatles songs. Bear in mind that I only had an 80min CD to fit it all on, it came to 78:54. The 28 tracks were as follows (I forget the exact order, it was chronological, but these were the tracks):
I Saw Her Standing There
All My Loving
Can't Buy Me Love
Things We Said Today
I'll Follow The Sun
The Night Before
I've Just Seen A Face
Drive My Car
We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer
Eleanor Rigby
Here There & Everywhere
Got To Get You Into My Life
Penny Lane
When I'm Sixty-Four
Fixing A Hole
The Fool On The Hill
Lady Madonna
Back In The USSR
Hey Jude
Get Back
Oh Darling
The Long & Winding Road
Two Of Us
Let It Be
Whatcha reckon? I'm planning to do a solo one as well - or maybe two, one 70s and one post-Wings.


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September 30, 2004
Milken Dress Code
The Tuesday after Labor Day found many kids returning to school from summer vacation. While those at Beverly High showed up in summer tan-revealing tanks and short shorts, at Milken Community High School, neither tank top, nor short shorts, nor T-shirt could be seen.
Milken has implemented a stricter dress code this year, and just three weeks in, it has demonstrated its intention to enforce it. Call it a throwback to the 1950s, with teachers doing double-duty as fashion police, going as far as putting rulers to girls' skirts to ensure hems aren't too short.
"It can only be three inches above the knee, so teachers are actually taking rulers and making sure they're not higher than three inches," 11th-grader Katie Pepperman said.
Pepperman didn't say it resentfully. Like many -- and perhaps even most -- of the students at Milken, Pepperman actually supports the change.
"I like it. Everyone just looks a lot cleaner, and people don't judge each other as much because of what they're wearing," the 16-year-old said. "None of my friends are really strongly against it."
It's a surprising notion that teenagers would actually be in favor of rules inhibiting their behavior and their freedom of sartorial expression. But maybe that's just considering the alternative.
"A lot of the kids that want their freedoms are just glad that at least we don't have to wear uniforms," Pepperman said.
Many Jewish high schools in Los Angeles have some type of dress code, from the uniforms at religious schools like Yeshiva of Los Angeles (YULA) and Bais Chana and Bais Yaacov to the dress codes at Shalhevet and Milken. Milken has always had a dress code, but this year, it is a stricter dress code -- and it will be more strictly enforced.
T-shirts are no longer allowed at Milken, nor are skirts that fall higher than three inches above the knee. Students may wear collared polo or button-down shirts, sweaters or turtlenecks with fitted khaki-style denim or other dress pants, shorts or appropriate-length skirts.
"The school mission and value statements concerning modesty, tzeniut," is a major reason for the change, Milken principal Roger Fuller said. That, he said, and creating a "learning atmosphere" within the school.
"I don't think that T-shirts indicate that we're engaged in anything very meaningful," Fuller said.
The desire to create a more meaningful learning atmosphere in the classroom has motivated secular schools to adopt stricter dress guidelines, as well.
Beginning with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) in 1994, public schools nationwide have begun adopting a mandatory school uniform policy. According to Children's Business magazine, "many of the schools that aren't adopting a uniform policy are, at the very least, beginning to dictate stricter, more formal dress codes."
Having witnessed the apparent success of LBUSD's new policy, President Bill Clinton advocated replicating the policy nationwide in his 1996 State of the Union Address, saying, "If it means that teenagers will stop killing each other over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require their students to wear uniforms."
In opposition to such a change, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) pointed out that LBUSD hadn't implemented the policy for teenagers. Rather, it had only been applied to elementary and middle schools.
In a March 1996 response to Clinton's address, Loren Siegel, ACLU public education department director, wrote, "While younger children may be amenable to uniforms -- might even like them -- teenagers are different. It's axiomatic that adolescence is a time when young people strive to express their uniqueness and individuality in many different ways, and especially through fashion."
"I grew up not wearing [uniforms], but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't like it," said Jessica Foroozan, a senior at Beverly Hills High School. "It takes away from your freedom and your ability to show your own style, and basically your opinion,"
Public schools like Beverly do have dress codes, but Foroozan pointed out that her high school's code is much more lenient: no bare midriffs or visible undergarments for girls, and no gang-affiliated clothing or hats for boys. Similar dress codes apply at Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools. But Foroozan said that at her school, at least, the code is rarely enforced.
"It's Beverly Hills High School, you know? The teachers aren't very disciplining," she said.
Not everyone at Milken is thrilled about the strict enforcement.
"Ninety percent of students on high school campuses throughout the United States wear T-shirts or sport jerseys to school every day," one Milken parent wrote anonymously to The Journal. "But at Milken that won't be allowed. Milken will have 'Stepford Students.'"
Junior Tammy Kremer said that before school started, she'd had concerns in the vein of the "Stepford Student" letter, but when she got to school, she found, "I didn't look like everyone else, so it didn't bother me."
From different colored collared shirts, to short skirts paired with leggings underneath, to unique belts and jewelry, Kremer said "people find a way of infusing it with their own style, so I think it's good."
Uniformed students walking to Jewish private schools along Fairfax Avenue and Pico Boulevard seem to back up her point. The infusion of style wherever possible is readily apparent on girls in long skirts and long-sleeved blouses to boys in dark pants and dress shirts.
Whether it is one student's brightly colored platform sneakers or another's designer backpack, none are free of a bit of unique flash. Accessories, rather than the clothes, themselves, become the distraction.
Proponents of uniforms in public schools cite higher achievement, a more democratic atmosphere and safety as the positive effects of such a policy. They argue that students dressed for success are truant and absent less often and bring a higher level of professionalism to the classroom.
Further, there is the Clintonian argument that students are, in the first place, less divided, because it's harder to tell who can afford a designer jacket, and in the second place, less likely to therefore kill one another over it.
It is true that within one year of LBUSD's implementation of its uniform policy, it noted higher test scores and decreases in discipline problems and violence. However, opponents, like the ACLU, note that the district's data was self-generated, and that other changes in policy, including an increase in the amount of teachers patrolling hallways during class changes, make it difficult to determine the cause of these positive effects.
"The fact is that there are no empirical studies that show that uniforms consistently produce positive changes in student behavior over the long run," Siegel wrote. "At best, school uniform policies are purely experimental."
As for Milken's experiment, Fuller noted that the decision was made after numerous conversations with parents and students over the past three years, with the number of discussions significantly increasing this last year.
"It was not a decision we made unilaterally in a vacuum," the principal said.
While it's too early to tell what effects the dress code will have on the school, students point out a more professional atmosphere that is more conducive to learning.
"A lot of skin was being shown last year," Pepperman said.
It also appears that students have at least absorbed the lesson behind the school's decision.
"I think that a Jewish environment should be a place where people are modest and can relate to each other on another level," Kremer said. "It teaches us a lesson about how to look at people. Instead of looking at them by what they're wearing, you're looking at them by who they are."
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by jfiling » Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:11 pm
by mattvan1 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:04 pm
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by mattvan1 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:33 pm
aoxo1 wrote:Build a smokehouse and smoke it. Finest chicken you'll ever have.
by jb » Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:27 am
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by aoxo1 » Thu Oct 22, 2009 10:11 pm
mattvan1 wrote:aoxo1 wrote:Build a smokehouse and smoke it. Finest chicken you'll ever have.Or, if that's too complicated, ...........basic beer can chicken.Gas or charcoal grill. Medium fire (around 350)Open a can of full favored beer. Drink 1/4. Pour hot sauce or worchestershire or soy or something in the can for flavor. Wing sauce works well also. Maybe stick a stem of rosemary in the can. Rub the chicken with oil. Season well with salt, pepper, and whatever else you like. Invert the bird and insert the entire can into the cavity, so the carcass is upright and resting on the can. Close the lid on the grill and watch football. Ready to eat in 90 minutes. The contents of the can keep the bird mosit and the charcoal gives a great flavor. Foolproof (almost)
by dmiles » Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:07 am
by mattvan1 » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:39 pm
dmiles wrote:This Beer Can Chicken sounds good. Let me ask I have the typical 3 burner gas grill. Since the heat is indirect do you turn the two side burners on and place the bird in the middle? Or just turn on the middle burner and place the bird over one of the side burners?
by jfiling » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:57 pm
by mattvan1 » Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:58 pm
jfiling wrote:Just to get back on what I've learned...I thaw the whole bird (around 4 pounds) in the microwave. Heat the oven to 350 with a 12" cast-iron skillet inside, then toss the bird breast-side up in the skillet. Cook for 75-90 minutes. Lots of great roasted meat for the two of us.Then, once the remainder of the bird cools down enough to touch it, shred the rest of the meat and refrigerate for chicken salad. Take the remainder of the carcass and simmer with a carrot, stalk of celery, and an onion (all halved). That makes killer chicken stock.Basically, from one fryer/roaster chicken, I can make 4-5 meals easily, and all are yummy delicious.I will try the beer can grilling method, once I have a grill.
by jfiling » Fri Nov 20, 2009 4:44 pm
Also, make sure you remove the plastic bag from the cavity (usually has the gizzards and neck). I avoid at all costs thawing large cuts of raw meat in the mirowave. I would prefer to set it on a plate in the fridge for 2-3 days. If you do want to go the nuke approach, make sure the bird goes straight into a hot oven.
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Lebowski wrote:http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-recipes/chicken-in-milkTry this.Sounds gross, but its damn good. Restaurant quality chicken.
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Michael L Green, MD
Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Research Interests
Clinical Competence; Curriculum; Education, Graduate; Internal Medicine; Learning; Evidence-Based Practice
Research Organizations
Internal Medicine: General Internal Medicine
SBIRT Training in Yale Residency Programs
Research Summary
Dr. Green's research interests include medical education curriculum development, evaluation of clinical competence, evidence-based practice, and lifelong self-directed learning in medicine. In particular, he has investigated strategies to integrate evidence based medicine into internal medicine training through trials of educational interventions; national surveys of residency programs; systematic reviews of curricula and evaluation instruments; a prospective study of the epidemiology of residents' medical information needs; and a qualitative analysis of barriers to answering clinical questions.
As a Kimball Scholar at the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr Green has combined evidence-based practice "technology" and insights from physician learning studies in an internet-based "Point of Care Clinical Question" module. Physicians document the characteristics, context, pursuit, and application of their clinical questions in a fashion that facilitates reflection and evidence-based decision-making. This module will become a practice-based alternative to the current multiple choice Self Evaluation Modules in the Maintenance of Certification process. In addition, Dr. Green is collaborating with ABIM scientists on related research on the psychometric properties of the module, the characteristics of physicians' information needs and information seeking behavior, and the association of self-directed learning behaviors with several self-directed learning "readiness" evaluation instruments.
Working with and ACGME / ABIM task force, Dr. Green is explicating the ACGME competencies through developmental behavioral "milestones," for standardized resident evaluation and program accreditation.
Specialized Terms: Graduate medical education; Curriculum development and evaluation; Evidence-based practice; Life-long learning; Evaluation of clinical competence
Selected Publications
- Green ML, Aagaard EM, Caverzagie KJ, et al. Charting the Road to Competence: Developmental Milestones for Internal Medicine Residency Training. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. 2009;1(1):5-20.
- Green ML, Reddy SG, Holmboe E. Teaching and evaluating point of care learning with an Internet-based clinical-question portfolio. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2009;29(4):209-219.
- Shaneyfelt T, Baum KD, Bell D, Feldstein D, Houston TK, Kaatz S, Whelan C, Green ML. Instruments for Evaluating Education in Evidence-Based Practice: A Systematic Review. JAMA. 2006;296(9):1116-1127.
- Green ML, Ruff TR. Why Do Residents Fail to Answer Their Clinical Questions? A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine. Acad Med. 2005;80(2):176-182.
- Green ML. Identifying, appraising, and implementing medical education curricula: a guide for medical educators. Ann Intern Med. 2001135:889-896.
- Green ML, Ciampi M, Ellis PJ. Residents' medical information needs in clinic: are they being met? Am J Med. 2000109:218-2000.


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Skip to comments.Muslim Patrols Could Become More Prevalent And More Violent, Warns Anti-Extremist
Posted on 02/04/2013 6:37:28 PM PST by Steelfish
Muslim Patrols Could Become More Prevalent And More Violent, Warns Anti-Extremist Muslim patrols stalking British streets could become a lot more dangerous and perhaps even willing to maim or kill, the head of an anti-extremism organisation has warned.
By Rosa Silverman 30 Jan 2013 As British jihadists venture abroad to capitalise on the aftermath of the Arab Spring and then return to the UK, they are likely to bring a greater level of violence back home, Maajid Nawaz, the chairman of the Quilliam Foundation, suggested.
His comments follow incidents in which groups of Muslim vigilantes, dubbing themselves 'Muslim Patrols' have approached Londoners and demanded they behave in an Islamic way by not drinking.
They have also told women to put more clothes on, claiming they are entering 'Muslim areas'.
Their actions could be a sign of things to come and are part of a pattern of extremism spreading across Europe in different forms, be it far right fascism or Islamism, Mr Nawaz said.
Writing in The Times, he said: While this street-level problem festers across Europe, al-Qaeda and its affiliates are busy capitalising on the chaos of the post-Arab Spring world.
Syria, Libya, Mali and Somalia are being ravaged by jihadist outfits, and all of them are attracting European-born Islamists seeking the thrill of real combat
Scores of young European-born Arabs and Somalis are following in the footsteps of British Pakistanis in travelling to lawless conflict zones. What happens when these men, schooled in the use of political violence in far-flung places, return to Britain?
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
It's Britain. They are unarmed, and I don't have any idea what they will do.
But if they start any sh*t here they will be burying a lot of Ayrab Muslims.
Probably more than what are causing the trouble.
SSS Shoot,Shovel, Shut up.
Why do the British tolerate these thugs?
Indeed, counter patrols will start in earnest and be proactive.
what I dont understand is where is the British football thug? I am amazed that there are no clashes between the white thug and the muzzie thug in Britian.
The British Government will probably respond with a crackdown on The British National Party.
They invited them in, they disarmed the people and now if someone complains they are accused of racism and fined! Oh how the mighty have fallen and Obama has the same planned for us!
Fascism isn't far right. It's far left.
Ahh . . . Ya think?
***Why do the British tolerate these thugs?***
They don't want to offend anyone. It is just like in WWII when the British Governor of Singapore refused to prepare defenses against a Japanese attack because he "did not want to alarm the public."
The government is accommodating and the people are unarmed. Big lesson for America!
Because...after WW2, they've been steeped in socialism and polical correctness.
Political. Sorry for the typo.
They say this with a straight face, knowing that Muslims are allied with hard communists against the West for the most part and that fascism is a form of socialism.
LIVs lap it up.
There goes once beautiful Europe. Are there any men left there?
brit govt apparently totally okay with this sh1t going on. time for their revolution over there.
i haven't found an ism that isnt far left, save conservatism.
Boy would it be fun to mess with them.
Feel lucky today you mozlum punk?
\ Yeah....they learned the hard way.....
Last year in I think was in Leeds UK... rival demonstrations between islamics and the right wing foot ball gangs were separated by the Police...
The Police then forced the football members out one at a time to run the gauntlet of beatings by the islamics.
islamics and communists unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand.
The population is unarmed. No meaningful means to resist so they are defenseless and can be bullied.
Last year in I think was in Leeds UK... rival demonstrations between islamics and the right wing foot ball gangs were separated by the Police...
The Police then forced the football members out one at a time to run the gauntlet of beatings by the islamics.
You're joking? Do you have a link?
France should go ahead and annex the place. You can hardly tell the difference between them any more...
France should go ahead and annex the place. You can hardly tell the difference between them any more...
An unarmed society is screwed.
Because to do otherwise would publicly belie Britain's sanctimonious pretense of moral superiority over us American bumpkins, who do not consider willing submission to Islam's cultural imperialism to be a sign of enlightenment.
In simpler terms, the Brits that set the tone for the country have a national death wish, the common subjects be damned.
Never happened.
Sorry mate, someone has been telling you porkie pies.
Such an incident never happened. NO group is more controlled by huge police numbers as a football crowd (and Leeds are notorious for hooliganism btw, which is another reason why this story is bunkum), the British police will be there at the train/bus station or car parks when fans arrive and they will corral them and march them to the stadium, then the same back after the game.
The idea that UK police would allow a football crowd to wander freely is nonsense, and the idea that they would 'deliver' them into a group of Muslims is even more nonsense.
Also, if there is a football game on, NO political march would be allowed in the same city or town, due both to the police numbers needed and the potential for violence.
If you have read this story online, I can assure you its not true. For the reasons given above.
Too polite.
Unarmed Britain is a myth.
I think that was a mangled reporting of a UKIP rally.
The Muzzies counter protested (and, according to what I have heard, were violent throwing bottles and whatnot). But the cops busted up the UKIP (which had the required permits, etc), not the Muzzies.
UKIP is a major political party.
Perhaps you are thinking of the BNP?.
The UK police arrest both sides if necessary.
Sorry, but the idea here that the Brit police leave the Muslims alone is not true.
My memory is probably as mangled as the other guy's. Who is "Tommy Robinson" associated with?
If you say so. I just know what I read.
Britain (mainland) banned assault rifles in 1988, and handguns in 1997. In Northern Ireland, assault rifles are illegal, but handguns are legal as is a form of concealed carry.
Rifles and shotguns are legal all over the UK.
There are 930000 shotgun and rifle permits for 2.3 million guns.
The EDL, he and they are seen by many here (despite UK freepers telling them otherwise) as heroes against the Muslim hordes. When in fact many in the EDL are nothing but extreme rightwing thugs, with links to soccer hooliganism and/or neo-nazis and most of course are ex-BNP, who are a racist and antisemitic party with neo-nazi/holocaust denial fetishes.
Robinson aka Stephen Lennon is nothing but a police-beating thug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Robinson_(English_Defence_League)#Criminal_record
Well, they're better than the Tories (Labor doesn't even get a dishonorable mention) and the current Chancellor of Germany has at least as sordid of a past, so don't count him out yet.
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Richard Michaels serves as the Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.Policy Podcast Video: Remembering Beirut Embassy Tragedy
On a sunny Monday afternoon in 1983, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut was a hive of activity: employees conducted meetings, visa applicants awaited their interviews and other American and Lebanese staff ate their lunch in the cafeteria. At 12:55pm, a truck bomb indelibly changed these people's lives, detonating on the embassy's doorstop, killing 52 innocent embassy employees and other passers-by. As a child growing up in Wisconsin, I remember the bombing, watching the grim footage on the evening news. Life at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut has changed since that tragic April day. The embassy itself moved from a seaside location in the heart of Beirut to a heavily fortified compound to the north of the city. American employees used to live in private residences throughout Beirut, enjoying freedom of movement. Now, my colleagues and I only leave the compound, where we live and work, escorted by bodyguards, even when going to the supermarket. But one thing that remains the same is the devotion of our local staff, especially the eight who survived the bombing, and a subsequent attack in 1984, and still work with us today.
Today's somber event, under a sunny Friday sky, commemorated the 1983 and 1984 embassy bombings in addition to the 1983 attack on the Marine barracks. Chargé d'Affaires Sison opened the ceremony, telling the audience of victims' families, survivors and current embassy employees where she was when she learned of the tragedy: working as a first-tour officer at our embassy in Haiti. Visiting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Welch, then-Lebanon desk officer, recounted the early morning phone call he received informing him of the breaking news, and guest Marine Corps Colonel Valore described the long and painful recuperation his brother endured after being blown out of a window during the Marine barracks explosion.
A local university choir formed a semi-circle around the "They Came in Peace" memorial, listing the names of all American and Lebanese employees killed in Lebanon since 1976, singing emotionally evocative hymns in Arabic and English. We watched the laying of several wreaths and an elderly woman who slowly approached the memorial, overcome by her grief, to touch her daughter's name engraved in the granite wall. My colleagues and I – men and women, American and Lebanese alike – were moved by the sight. I felt immense pride to know that I am following in the footsteps of my Foreign Service predecessors who perished that day. I was reminded how fortunate I am to work side-by-side with Lebanese survivors like my officemate, Maggie. Never did I imagine while watching the news with my family 25 years ago that I would be in attendance at this commemoration ceremony while having the honor to serve my country at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
In service to the memory of those who've given their lives for freedom I post the following to those seeking the holy grail of "behavior change". For to sin in silence is to make cowards of men, and I cannot but ask, how long Iran will be alowed to sing this song of death and destruction?
Iran Unveils Hezbollah Commander Stamp
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran issued a stamp Monday in commemoration of a top Hezbollah commander wanted by the U.S. who was killed in a car bombing in Syria last month, the official news agency IRNA reported.
The stamp, which features a smiling picture of Imad Mughniyeh wearing a military uniform, was unveiled at a ceremony attended by Iran's minister of post and communication, Mohammad Soleimani, and Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, former chief of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards, according to the report.
The Lebanon-based extremist group Hezbollah and Iran, its main backer, blamed Mughniyeh's assassination on Israel, which denied any role.
Mughniyeh was one of the world's most feared terror masterminds, accused of killing hundreds of Americans in suicide bombings in Lebanon the 1980s. He was also blamed for taking Westerners hostage and the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a U.S. Navy diver was killed.
In the 1990s, he went into hiding, and Western and Israeli intelligence accuse him of planning suicide bombings against the Israeli Embassy and a Jewish cultural center in Argentina that killed over 100 people. Over the past 15 years, he is believed to have moved in secret between Lebanon, Iran and Syria.
Mike in Canada writes:
I remember this being covered heavily here in Canada... What a sad day that was. God Bless the victims, their family's and the troops who continue to serve for the greater good.
Jeff in Arizona writes:
Very nice, lilting, and touching anecdote, Mr. Michaels. But why no mention of the perpetrators of said violence?
God go with all of their families.
Ashraf in Lebanon writes:
Well... It was civil war...
What do u expect?
The U.S. embassy wasn't the only embassy targeted :/


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My next experiment for the weekend will be to supplement the AP flour with just enough VWG to simulate King Arthur Bread Flour protein levels, and try the same recipe/workflow posted above.
Since all my mixing is done by hand, I'll most likely whisk in the VWG into the water, followed by slowly mixing in the flour to avoid lumps.
Johnny,In a lot of countries outside the U.S., VWG is called "gluten flour". See, for example, http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/11954/gluten-flour-vs-vital-wheat-gluten So, you may have VWG after all, although I can't recall ever seeing a protein content as low as 40%.Peter
Those pies do look delicious. I practice a similar method when I make Foccacia bread. Your 75% hydration bread looks similar to mine although I normally do not use a cold rise. I let the dough sit out at room temperature for a few hours. I also do not use sugar or milk powder but I might begin to. Here is a document I made that describes the method, adapted from America's Test Kitchen.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z0Aaztfn3u31EicSnUf95ts_MmGPhL1-Y8aQpp-02c0/edit?usp=sharingHere is where I tweak the recipe,https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aj7knJ84DwjAdFpwa0ZDZHpYZUZGaEdKbnVUNl9PRVE&usp=sharing4000 grams is for a sheet pan. I'm curious about what temperature you bake at and the amount of time that you bake for? Also, why do you use low protein flour and then add protein?
Here's a memorable sicilian pie from several months ago:
Johnny,How in God's name did you preserve that pizza for several months? It looks as good as the day it was baked .Peter


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U.S. Women's National Team Journal with Joan Powell
U.S. Women's National Team Journal with Joan Powell
July 1, 2008 * Taipei, Chinese Taipei * FIVB World Grand Prix
The team and staff were up at 3:15 a.m. to catch the bus to the airport. We arrived in plenty of time to depart Wroclaw, Poland, for Chinese Taipei. We said our goodbyes to Angie McGinnis and Coach Li who will go back to Colorado Springs, Gen who will return to Japan and hopefully meet up with us in a week for the World Grand Prix Final Round and Doctor Lori who will return home to Kansas City to her husband, 6 year-old twins and her practice.
The Thailand team was already at the airport as they were flying to Bangkok as they will be playing the next leg in their homeland. The Dominicans were on our flight all the way to Hong Kong where they play their next leg. Kate was gifted by captain Lindsey Berg with a USA jersey, with her name on the back; she was touched. Kate will return to her home and then she will travel to Vienna to work the European championships which is a part of her sport management studies in college. She was an excellent interpreter/guide. She certainly knows our team as this is her third stint with team USA at a Poland Grand Prix.
Security gets old, but Kim Glass provided us with some humor. Emery, our trainer, had been asking Kim for the past couple days to check her bag and belongings for the tape scissors. Kim's bag went through the screening, but security had spotted an unauthorized item. Kim told her that it had to be her toothpaste. Kim reached in the bag and pulled out – Emery's scissors and held them up for everyone to see. Emery was behind Kim in line mimicking the "I don't have them" line and the scissors were confiscated. Our 6:20 flight to Warsaw was uneventful; the layover however was quite lengthy – almost four hours. A couple hours over to Amsterdam and we had to hustle to our next gate for Hong Kong.
It is interesting to watch the experienced team members scurry to gates to talk to agents in an effort to assure a seat with leg room. Naturally they prefer aisles or exit rows; they have been fortunate as some have secured the bulk head rows. A very nice (tall/empathetic) KLM flight attendant moved Tayyiba to first class on our Amsterdam leg and then came back for Kim Glass and Foluke.
Flying into Hong Kong was quite a site. I was amazed at the number of high-rise buildings on such limited space and the green hills all surrounded by the ocean. The team is very self-sufficient; many have frequented these airports before, either on international trips with the national team or with their particular club teams.
We arrived at our gate only to experience a delay. Most scampered off to duty free stores, Starbucks, some to brush their teeth or a combination of a couple stops. Jenny was recognized by some passengers, she posed for a dad with his two little ones.
It was just announced that we have yet another delay to Taipei. So I am sitting next to Kim Willoughby who has agreed to share some of her story with me. Kim is from Louisiana, but was a dual sport athlete at the University of Hawaii. Her first experience with USA volleyball was in the summer of 1996 as an eighth grader. I had a previous conversation with Kim this trip regarding her basketball prowess. She divulged that she is the only female that played professionally in two sports winning both championships in the same year. She went on to say that she has not played basketball professionally for two years as she opted to play volleyball in Italy.
When asked about Olympic basketball, she said that she would love to try out for the team, but right now her sights are on volleyball in Beijing. She said," If the volleyball roster was announced and I was not on it and had the opportunity to try out for basketball I would do it in a heart beat."
Kim's mother is instrumental in convincing her to return to USA volleyball, since her hiatus in 2004. After suffering a couple of strokes due to a severe car accident in 1999, Kim's mom's dream has been to have Kim be a part of the Olympic dream. (Just read NBC's interview with Tayyiba – she also had a cute "Mom story" about a sport bra that her Mom brought Tayyiba from the Atlanta Games as a token of luck for her dream for her daughter.)
It is always nice to get to know the team members on a personal basis. They are after all just women, yes who happen to be representing the United States by playing volleyball at the highest level, but still love to shop, talk about family, guys and music and love to banter with each other.
Tayyiba, who just returned to our campsite of luggage from the famous Gucci store models her new purchase - a "must have" Gucci purple bag with matching wallet!! Tayyiba is so chic. She's come a long way from her sport bra days!!!
We finally boarded for our less than two hour flight to Chinese Taipei – nice KLM flight – great seats and not so crowded. We arrived and stood in customs for awhile, some longer than others. There are some on this team that know how to pick the line, and those that don't!
By the time Diane, Cynthia Barboza and I made it to luggage; all of it had been placed on carts ready for the bus. "All," I say, that is all that had made it. We are missing seven bags. I would be one of the unfortunate. I do carry-on, just for these situations, so I have everything I need for the next couple days. So we made the necessary claims and off we went.
We were greeted by our interpreters/guides, Li Ping and Wei Hsin. The bus ride took us on the eight lane highway with dense trees flanking both sides. Then we entered the city proper – lots of store front and a ton of signage – people hustling and bustling, a great number of scooters on the streets or parked everywhere in an orderly fashion.
We are staying at the Imperial Hotel and it is beautiful. The rooms are really nice. I got settled in as did our delegation. Of course, some of us took less time as we had less luggage! I wonder when it will arrive????
The best thing about this hotel – I have Internet!!! I am so excited – am sure Bill Kauffman is, not to mention my family. Hi Mom!!
Squeezed in a run, pretty humid outside. Showered and met the team on the 12th floor for a fabulous dinner. The pineapple was outstanding as was the selection of entrees. Jenny, Diane and Sue were planning training, etc as they were handed the schedule for this week on the bus from the airport. I was able to snag a case of water from the organizers in the workroom. I told you earlier, it is all about water and towels and of course laundry! And Sue mentioned that it will be one heck of a week of wiping floors due to the humidity. I found that the bath mats are much better than the hotel towels. I will have to make nice with the housecleaning staff. More pins Carla!! Kidding!
After dinner, I bought some postcards and ran into Robyn Ah Mow-Santos and Coach Tom Logan who had just arrived in Taiwan. Okay, I must admit, I then had a surreptitious meeting with Jenny and Diane next door to have our travel aches and pains taken care of by a local massage establishment. Just as we were finishing up a rather deep, but good foot massage, the referees came in – I took a picture of them as they settled into their chairs with masseuses at their feet and told them it was for Tom Blue; they all laughed.
Back to work tomorrow – Round 3 begins with training after breakfast!! Gott a get some sleep for the ball shagging and floor wiping!!
Joan Powell
Team Leader, U.S. Women's National Team at World Grand Prix
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Thinking of a sweet box for your military sweetheart this February? We've got all the best ideas for putting some heart into your Valentine's Day military care packages.
You see, I'm a hopeless romantic. And I really love holidays. And as an incredibly sappy, sentimental, heart-on-my-sleeve fool for love, I love Valentine's Day especially. When my hubby is in the States, I go all out. One year, I plastered our whole apartment with post-it-notes with little love notes penned all over them. Last year, I spend three days copying the Valentine's Day prix fix menu from our favorite restaurant in New York and trying to turn our North Carolina home into its Southern equivalent. (With noted gratitude to the very helpful helpers at the commissary, without whom I would have crumbled and failed in my mission as I tried to find ingredients I couldn't have identified without the assistance of a Cordon Bleu chef or very well-educated produce stockist. Thank you, commissary people. Without you, we would have been eating take-out Chinese food from the restaurant that makes Panda Express look gourmet and authentic.)
But this year poses a special challenge: The hub is deployed, and now I'll have to build a box of Valentine's surprises that's actually up-to-snuff.
So it's no surprise that while civilians were still trimming their tree, I was pinning like crazy and cultivating enough Valentine's ideas to put American Greetings to shame. Hey — we all have to have some goals in life. I knew I wanted his box to be original. I didn't want to just fill it with the same smattering of candy every other box would be filled with. And I wanted it to light up his day when he opened it – just like when I wake him up with raspberry-filled chocolate pancakes with hard syrup on Valentine's Day at home.
To start, I picked up a cutie-patootie (and cheapo) pink and red Valentine's frame from Target. I can't find the same one online, but this is a cute alternative. I filled it with a few pictures — some of our wedding favorites, others from the beach this summer. I even stuck in one of the dogs, because I'm still confident our boxer, Johnny Cash, has his heart -all wrapped up.
I wanted to provide some Valentine pizzazz for his rack (after all, what role does a wife have if not to send care packages full of things that wind up with a certain Marine being mocked by his friends?), so I got this fabulous heart garland from Paper-Source and a vintage postcard from Rifle Paper Co.
Knowing he needed a full-size mug, I scooped this one up at the Target 70% of sale on New Year's Day. I spent less than two dollars on it, which means he can have a good mug for his coffee while deployed and also leave it there. To festive-it-up, I added a single-serving package of Land O'Lakes dark cocoa and a heart-shaped peep to play marshmallow-on-top.
And to attempt something close to a holiday meal, I figured I'd send something special. In this case, the jarred-food winner was the Annie's Homegrown Organic All-Stars, chosen specifically for its pink wrapper and ease for creating a relevant sweet note! That, and they're actually not bad. Not as delicious as the sandwich I'm currently eating, but beggars and those living off MRE's can't be choosers.
But no Valentine's box would be complete without SOME heart-shaped candy, so I tried to get small sizes of things he might actually enjoy and wouldn't just rot for months under layers of Afghan dust and sand until they might be discovered this summer at some inopportune time melted into sticky, red oblivion.
I put little notes on all of them (my favorite being the note about turning into an old cat lady without him — who decided to put a cat on this box of chocolates! Internet memes have taken over the candy aisle! Soon we'll be buying candy hearts that read "all the loves are belonging to me.") and in the process, I only ate one box of the candy actually intended for him. But it's okay, because it was the box of Valentine's Dots. And I'll tell myself those probably don't ship well.
For laughs, I also added a joke-gift into the box. A few years ago, the hubby was in a unit that spent its downtime in training at 29 Palms reading really horrible, awful, hysterically bad steamy romance books out loud to each other. Don't even ask me how it started. I'm pretty sure I don't want to know. But do I remember this ridiculousness when I'm standing in the check-out aisle next to the steamy-dreamy paperbacks while waiting for the people in front of me to hurry up? Why yes, yes, I do.
Do I ever want to read this? No.
Do I want my husband to laugh when he opens his box? Absolutely.
If you're looking for other ideas to include in your Valentine's care package, check out our Pinterest board and let us know what you're doing! Our best ideas always come from our readers, so let us know how you plan to make your honey's heart skip a beat this February.


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Parmesan and Thyme Crackers
- 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 3 ounces grated Parmesan
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
DirectionsWatch how to make this recipe.
Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix until creamy. Add the Parmesan, flour, salt, thyme and pepper and combine.
Dump the dough on a lightly floured board and roll into a 13-inch long log. Wrap the log in plastic wrap and place in the freezer for 30 minutes to harden.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the log crosswise into 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick slices. Place the slices on a sheet pan and bake for 22 minutes.
2006, Ina Garten, All Rights Reserved


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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
UPDATE TO Mrs. Flinger October 16, 2015
Because the Universe has a wicked sense of humor, after this delcaration, my blog threw up all over my last upgrade.
So I'm starting over using Craft. Turning 40 and kid entering Jr High next year, sometimes it's just time for a change. These archives will still exist in the way the last child goes off to college and their room is the same for 20 years, but it's just time to move forward.


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Stunning Retro Waves
This looks is not the easiest hairstyle to achieve but is quite a memorable look especially on any very special occasion such as weddings, formal soirées or even prom nights. Ladies if you do venture out with this gorgeous retro and wavy hairstyle, one thing to keep in mind is not overdoing it with accessories or even makeup. Try wearing maybe one beautiful shiny piece or 2 and leaving your neckline open which really puts the focus on the hairstyle your beautiful facial features.
Picture by Emad Joe


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One more chapter for FE to go. But first another sidequest o3o
One more chapter for FE to go. But first another sidequest o3o
I need to play mm soon
Spoiler:- Credits & FC:
Sworn Metalhead for the banner
Black 2 FC: 2495 3944 9096
White FC: 3826 6575 2087
Finished Fire Emblem Awakening a couple hours ago. Tharja ****ing owns, crits Grima then kills him off with Vengance.
Just a heads up, im leaving the clan for some reasons which I will know mention but everyone should already know by now
(and the reasons also in my banner)
I'll still pop around and battle for bgp's cc team j/s
Bye Bendy! have a good time not here
Spoiler:- Credits & FC:
Sworn Metalhead for the banner
Black 2 FC: 2495 3944 9096
White FC: 3826 6575 2087
So yeah, someone should totally link the tourney thread so I can add it to my list of subscribed threads (WARY)
Latest Shiny: Gible (MMing on Y - After 1637 Eggs!)
Chimpy needs help. He is trying to find a good anime to watch and he likes a tiny bit of shoujo lots of dead people and deaths and fighting. I've seen Tonari no kaibutsu kun/ Ouran High host club/ Blue exorcist/ FLCL/ Ika Musume/ Code Geass/ Vampire Knight/ Mirai nikki/ Kimi ni todoke /Death note/ Madoka.
Pkmn stuff: I heard that there was a Nintendo direct in AUS. And how will Ninfa(i think fighting) eevee evolve?
I don't think I can ever participate in tournaments in drac since I dont battle anymore : (
How is drac now anyway? I've been in yr 7 for like 4 weeks already and im already dying from homework.
~Activity post
Looking through Pokemon Colosseum and XD stuff, makes wish I still had XD.
Might end up buying both again some day o3o
ta stole me from africa now im in a slave ship so bye drac :O
Spoiler:- Credit:
Thanks to Extroph for the awesome banner