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The appointment of the electoral commissioner, Ed Killesteyn, for a fresh, five-year term commencing on January 4, 2014, sends odious signals about the possible behaviour of the Gillard Labor government in retreat in the few months before the general election of September 14 this year.
Apologists for the government have been quick to point out that, as the House of Representatives has not been dissolved, the government is, in a literal sense, free to do as it chooses (as it is doing). This defence not only gilds the lily; it mocks it.
The caretaker guidance published by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet does not cover appointments of this nature because it (entirely reasonably) does not contemplate that decisions will be made well-nigh eight months in advance, to take effect more than three months after the election. (There are limits to the number of hypothetical situations which can be embraced in a single, shortish public service document.)
The government's Pharisaical action is totally contrary to the spirit of caretaker practice. As the present Parliament is reminiscent of that of 1969-72, when the Gorton and McMahon governments had a failing grip on power, so the conduct of the Gillard government evokes similar sentiments to those pervasive as the old Coalition, after a generation in office, neared its Götterdämerung.
But even in those days of decay and death, the visiting British political scientist from Nuffield College, Oxford, (now Sir) David Butler, was ''struck by the horror with which ministers and civil servants alike reacted to the suggestion that an outgoing government might make some lame duck appointments''. Of course, a fresh five-year term in a statutory post is hardly ''lame duck''.
Sir Paul Hasluck who, like PM&C, hardly contemplated forward-looking appointment action of the sort effected by the Gillard government, explained the rationale about not making appointments of this sort in terms of the need to avoid situations in which ''an expiring government'' may do something which an incoming government may ''immediately try to cancel''.
The electoral commissioner is not the only significant public officer to be touched by the government's lack of statecraft as it prepares to face the people. But the importance of this office may be clearly discerned in Justice Michael Kirby's observation, from the bench of the High Court, that the electoral commissioner is ''a neutral officer and, indeed, one of the most important, if not the most important, in the executive''.
Another comparably important office is that of the governor of the Reserve Bank, Glenn Stevens. His seven-year term is scheduled to conclude on September 17. He has been appointed for another three years, meaning that if the Parliament elected in September runs its full course, the post will next fall vacant as another election looms. Apparently, this decision was made unilaterally without any consultation with the opposition, and in particular the opposition's treasury spokesman, Joe Hockey. Once more, the defence is that we are not in a caretaker situation!
The government itself shows no sensitivity about these decisions. According to the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus: ''Look, we're not that close to the election. The business of government has to go on. There needs to be continuity and stability in Australian government. The Australian government makes thousands and thousands of appointments each year to a whole range of courts and tribunals and statutory boards, as well as very important positions like the governor-general, and there's a long lead time for some of these appointments.''
In a memorable punch-line, Dreyfus declaimed: ''I've got no intention of ceasing making appointments because Tony Abbott wants to destabilise the government of our country. We'll go on making appointments in the ordinary course up to the beginning of the caretaker period, when the writs are given for the elections.'' He rounded up with a boast that the government had made ''appointments that I'm very proud of, on merit''.
Dreyfus's problem is that it is not simply a case of merit; it is also a case of propriety. And it is upon that rock that the government, in its impatience, has stumbled. The Attorney-General lacks the self-awareness to appreciate that, to the extent his argument has weight, inappropriate appointments cast a perceptible shadow over those which are defensible.
The growing debate on these questions neglects some important aspects. It is not that we know the date of the election which renders these appointments sensitive; they would have been sensitive anyway because there had to be a general election before the end of the year no matter what.
Michael Kirby observed that the electoral commissioner is 'a neutral officer and, indeed, one of the most important, if not the most important, in the executive'.
The sensitivity is, however, reinforced because the appointments take effect after the announced date for issue of the writs for the general election. Sophistry around the caretaker practices, as they are more accurately described, is just that - sophistry, a distraction from the real issues.
It is unlikely that this course of events has been watched with equanimity in the upper echelons of the public service. But today's occupants are less well-placed than their predecessors of the McMahon period to provide firm guidance on proper practice to the ministry. As we are occasionally reminded, the era of the imperial public service is over.
(One of the great qualities of an imperial public service is that it provides an essential protection for government when the masters and mistresses develop Caligula's disease, as their fortunes fail and the polls fall.)
Back in 1972, it was, indeed, the public service which activated the Menzies' principles concerning practice once the House of Representatives had been dissolved. Sir Robert Menzies' half-page letter on the matter, first issued to ministers in 1951, was given very wide circulation in the middle of 1972 and was not especially welcomed by the then prime minister, Gough Whitlam.
Before Dreyfus and his colleagues set about making the thousands of appointments to which he referred when interviewed, Prime Minister Julia Gillard would be wise to counsel her colleagues to bring some judgment to any likely vacancies. A series of questionable appointments taking effect after the election - in fact, after dissolution of the House and issue of the writs - will only further tarnish the retreating ministry's doubtful reputation.
- Friday, August 9, should be the cut-off date for any appointments taking effect after the issue of the writs on August 12.
- No government appointments should be made to any post where the date of commencement falls after the date set by the Prime Minister for the issue of writs.
- If, in a particular case, it is necessary to make an appointment, and some acting arrangement cannot be devised, the responsible minister should proceed only with the concurrence of the Opposition Leader.
It is just a case of adapting section 3 of PMC's guidance with proper regard for the purposes lying behind the stipulated caretaker practices. But there should be no ambiguity or equivocation in doing so.
And if Gillard regards this as foreign territory, she should not hesitate to consult Labor senator John Faulkner, who has, over more than 1½ decades, had something of a fastidious interest in caretaker practice. Dreyfus would clearly profit from conversation on such matters with Faulkner.
The year 1972 witnessed another twist in Westminster practice, again largely attributable to Sir David Butler. This was the concept of pre-election consultations between the opposition and the public service. According to Butler, ''in Britain in 1964 and to a lesser extent in 1969-70, civil servants did have fairly extensive contact with the shadow cabinet''.
The contacts, virtually all made with the knowledge and approval of existing ministers, covered the structure and working of departments and ''the problems of personnel and administration''. The officials, for their part, ''listened to the policy plans they might soon be asked to implement''.
''Discussion with a number of those involved on both sides of these conversations suggests that they did not cause any practical problems or arouse any political anxieties,'' Butler said. ''It is clear that such encounters did a lot to educate both sides about each other and that they served the interests of the nation by smoothing over the dislocations that must come not only to a department but also to many of its clients when there is a change of government.''
In Butler's view, it was ''not clear [in July 1972] how far such contacts are going on in Canberra today, either with or, much worse, without approval of ministers. It seems that the number is much smaller than has been the custom in London. If there is a change of government Australia as a whole will be the loser for this lack of informed preparation.''
A major reason why Butler may have thought that there was much less consultation in Canberra than London is simply that there was none except on a totally informal basis.
Butler's speech gave rise to active consideration of the advantages that might arise if there was some contact. The incumbent prime minister, William McMahon, however, placed a ban on any such activity on the basis that it might be regarded as implying an expectation that the government might be defeated.
The public service was not totally left to prepare for a possible changeover by close reading of Hansard, newspapers and speeches by leading figures in the opposition. One department head, the Defence Department secretary, Sir Arthur Tange, with the agreement of his minister, David Fairbairn, ignored the prime minister's ruling and lunched with the shadow defence minister, deputy Labor leader Lance Barnard, in the dining room of Old Parliament House.
At the end of the Whitlam government's first year in office, Whitlam announced that, in future, such discussions between the opposition leadership and senior administrators would be permissible. A few months later, with a double-dissolution election imminent, the opposition leader, Billy Snedden, raised the question of some meetings but insisted on an assurance of complete confidentiality. While the government said it would not be inquiring about the content of any opposition-public service discussions, this did not satisfy Snedden and nothing happened.
Thereafter, while there have been a variety of contacts between shadow ministers and senior officials, formal and informal, both sides of politics, in preparing for the possibility of taking office, have not in any extensive or systematic way made much use of opportunities for pre-election consultations.
Where the other great Westminster jurisdictions (Westminster itself and Ottawa) also differ in an obvious sense from Canberra is in the absence in the latter of fairly formal discussions about a possible transition. In a number of recent cases in both Whitehall and Ottawa, a senior member of the opposition leader's staff has been an authoritative conduit between the aspirants to power and the cabinet secretary (in the case of Canberra, it would be the PM&C secretary). If there is any comparable channel of communication between oppositions in Canberra and the head of PM&C, it is marked by a discretion so profound that even its existence is discreet.
In the present instance, this ought to be a matter of some anxiety. Apart from the usual speculations about the likely fate of senior officials should the reins of government change hands in September, an incoming administration will be confronted with a need for a fairly substantial restructure of the departmental machinery of government, given how disorganised it has become in recent years.
J. R. Nethercote is an adjunct professor with the Public Policy Institute at the Australian Catholic University.


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"Great White Pyramid" of "Xian,China" is the "Worlds Largest Pyramid". It is reported to be about 300 meters high.
It is found in Tibet - located in the Qin Ling Shan mountains, about100 km southwest of the city of Xi'an, in the People's Republic of China.
Life Magazine had a picture of this Tibetan Pyramid taken in 1957. The first picture to be seen here was taken from a C-54 in world war II by a pilot who flew supplies through the Himalaya Mountain terrain as a volunteer helping the Chinese.
Hartwig Hausdorf, a researcher in Germany, sent over photographs from his collection, taken during his 1994 trip to the Forbidden Zone in The Shensi Province in China.
Estimates for an age are 4,500 years old. Hausdorf mentions the diaries of two Australian traders who, in 1912, met an old Buddhist monk who told them these pyramids are mentioned in the 5,000 year old records of his monastery as being "very old."
Hausdorf reports: There are over 100 pyramids, made of clay, that have become nearly stone hard over the centuries. Many are damaged by erosion or farming. One pyramid is as large as the Pyramid of the Sun of Teotihuacan in Mexico (which is as large as the Great Pyramid of Giza). Most are flat topped, some have small temples on top. There is a stone pyramid in Shandong, about 50 feet tall. Some incorporate the golden proportion.
A three-story pyramid dating 5000 years back has been discovered in north
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The pyramid, which looks like a trapezoidal hill from afar, is located on a hill one kilometer north of Sijiazi Town, Aohan County. The pyramid is about 30 meters long and 15 meters wide at its base.
This is considered the best-preserved pyramid built during the Hongshan Culture period that has been found so far, said Guo Dasun, an archaeologist in charge of the excavation.
Seven tombs and one altar were also found on the top of the pyramid. Archaeologists also discovered a number of pottery pieces with the asterisk character inscribed on the inner wall. The asterisk character is believed to be related to the understanding of ancient people on astrology.
Among the culture relics excavated from one of the seven tombs are a bone flute and a stone ring and a full- sized stone statue of Goddess unearthed from another tomb.
What astonished the archeologists is a one palm-sized stone genital found on the inner wall of a tomb with a small stone statue of Goddess below.
Guo Dasun said that most of these relics are found for the first time and will shed light on studying the origin of Chinese civilization.
The Burma Tibetian Pyramid is called 'The Pyramid of Gathering'.
It is a bright white pyramid that is well preserved in the Buhtan Province.
The limestone is still preserved beyond imagination. It supposedly glows under light.
This pyramid was spotted by U.S. pilots in China in WWll flying over the hump in Burma.
It is mentioned much by an Irish author Mona Rolf.
This step pyramid, 31.58 by 31.58 meters square and 12.4 meters high, is located at Ziban, now in China. It fronts on the KukNae castle (Ziban) to the westsouth, and 12 stone plates, the largest one of them measures 2.7m long and 4.5m high, leaned against the first step. There was four guardian stones, looks like a dolmen on the step, but survived just one which you can see below. It is called 'Paechong', means guardian tomb in korean. What a strange post looks like a sphinx in Egypt.
It was guessed having constructed in Kokuryo period, maybe before A.D. 500, but nobody know whose tomb. It was once known a stone tomb of the great Kwangkaeto, but now a destroyed stone pyramid, nearby the stone monument of the great Kwangkaeto, should be of the great, and so this pyramid might be a tomb of king Zangsu. 'Zangkunchong' means a tomb of general in korean.
By the last discovery, new fact that the head part of stone coffins in the inner chamber put towards Chonzi (crator lake) on Paektusan (Mt. PaekTu), to the northeast, is unearthed.


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President Obama is summoning the community organizer inside of himself to try to rally the public to support his proposals to avert sending the economy over the "fiscal cliff" in January. Obama is traveling to Philadelphia on Friday to try to rally support for letting tax cuts on wealthy Americans expire while preserving them for the middle class, or more specifically, families making $250,000 a year or less.
The White House said in a statement released on Tuesday that the President plans to hold talks with small business owners and middle class families in the run up to his road trip. The President is hoping that voters in conservative districts will get behind his plans and put pressure on their elected representatives to support his initiatives.
The President's main argument is that Republicans and Democrats agree that taxes on the middle class should stay right where they are. He wants to pass a proposal to keep those tax rates stable right away while the harder debates about millionaire tax rates for later. The President is actually holding most of the cards in that debate because if he gets what he wants all he has to do is have the Senate vote against a tax cut extension and the rates will automatically go up. the Republicans likewise can allow cuts to social security, medicare and defense raise by stalling a vote.
Republicans want to increase revenue by closing tax loopholes and limiting deductions instead of raising tax rates. The President has dug in his heels saying he would not sign legislation that extends tax rates for the mega wealthy.
Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican said that he is staunchly opposed to the President's proposals.
"The president seems absolutely determined to inflict a tax increase on the American people."
Toomey says he wants Democrats to come to the table with cuts to entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.
Following the election, Obama aides asked supporters to record YouTube videos discussing the need to have the wealthiest Americans pay more in taxes. Some of the people who shared their stories on YouTube planned to join Obama at the White House on Wednesday.
Obama has asked supporters to make YouTube videos and send him the links with messages asking their representatives to please vote to raise taxes on the wealthy.
Republicans have accused the President of waging Class Warfare on the wealthy.
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Ricotta, Mascarpone, Goat Cheese & Honey Spread
You know what's awesome about living in Northern California?
No…it's not all of the great hiking. Nope…it's not the perfect weather. Nooo…not the endless amount of things to see and do.
It's the FOOD! At least, for me it is.
Okay, I know a lot of places in the world have incredible food and I'm not denying that.
But when you're a vegetarian who loves finding new and tasty ways to eat healthy while enjoying a nice tall glass of vino, California is pretty much a perfect match.
Almost every time we eat out, I am inspired by something on the menu. Like this ricotta spread for example. We had an appetizer similar to it when we went wine tasting at Wente Vineyards and I just couldn't get enough.
The light and creamy texture flavored with a touch of honey and fragrant, toasted pine nuts smeared on top of soft, warm and fluffy bread.
Oh, so good.
Actually, I tell Brandon it is absolutely necessary for us to eat out on a regular basis so that I can continue to gain inspiration for the blog. Hehe…
It's nice to take a break from the kitchen sometimes too, right?
Believe or not, as decadent and satisfying as this spread is, you won't be spending much time in the kitchen to make it. I'm talkin' ten minutes, people. That's it.
Ten minutes yields you a deliciously fancy appetizer with just the right touch of sweetness and still leaves you plenty of time to consume that bottle glass of wine.
Ricotta, Mascarpone, Goat Cheese & Honey Spread
Makes 14 ounces spread
- 8 ounces Part-Skim Ricotta Cheese
- 4 ounces Mascarpone Cheese
- 2 ounces Goat Cheese (could also use 4 ounces for more goat cheese flavor)
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted
Start by preheating the oven or toaster oven to 350°F. Then line a cookie sheet with foil and spread the pine nuts on top.
Place the pine nuts in the oven for about 7 minutes, until light golden brown and deliciously fragrant.
While the pine nuts are baking, combine all three cheeses in a bowl or food processor (processing gives it a fluffier texture) along with one teaspoon honey. Stir or process until well combined and then scoop into a serving bowl. Mix in about half of the pine nuts with the cheese, then sprinkle the remaining nuts on top.
Drizzle with the rest of the honey and then serve along side warm, pillowy focaccia.
If you are trying to avoid bread, it would also be great with fresh veggies or crispy crackers. Or maybe even some fresh fruit like sliced nectarines or peaches…sweet Jesus.
This spread is the perfect treat for a relaxing evening at home with your favorite person and your favorite wine, but it also fancy enough to take to a dinner party and impress a few of your friends, if you wish.
Really, you can serve it however or whenever you please just don't forget the wine!
Where do you draw your inspiration in the kitchen from?
What's your favorite appetizer?


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All That You Wanted To Know About Israel-Palestine...
Many people assume the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is particularly difficult to understand, perhaps even convoluted beyond a solution, and for a long time I would have agreed. Even when I started educating myself about U.S. foreign policy in the late 1980s — topics like Central America, Iraq and Iran, and corporate-led globalization — I avoided what I assumed was the dizzyingly complicated topic of Israel/Palestine. But I was wrong.
Maybe it's a combination of factors that create this perception: the region's religious history and the passions that arise from that, the existential threat faced by European Jews that culminated in the Holocaust, and the (mis)perception that this roughly 60-year-old conflict has gone on for centuries. Whatever the causes, one result is that many in the United States dismiss the topic as both impossible to understand and impossible to resolve.
Below is a short list of recommended resources and a brief discussion of the current crisis. One must read widely and critically to grasp a topic, and this is no exception. The information below is intended to serve as a good foundation from which to explore.
Middle East Research and Information Project— long one of the most valuable sources of information about Asia and the Middle East— maintains an updated primer on Israel and Palestine, covering everything from Ottoman rule to the recent Palestinian bid for membership in the United Nations. This is THE place to start.
Regardless of their limitations, mainstream news outlets like the New York Times and BBC are important. And as with any topic, one should read widely and critically from a variety of sources. Two excellent supplements are:
+972 Magazine is a source of reporting and opinion from both Palestinians and Israelis. This digital magazine takes its name from the international dialing code shared by Israel and Palestine: 972.
Democracy Now is a daily one hour news broadcast. When Israel and Palestine are in the headlines Democracy Now tends to devote a decent portion of their program to the topic and becomes a great source of first-hand reporting and debate.
Is this a result of the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers?
One story has it that the current intensification began on June 12 when three teenage boys who lived in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank were kidnapped. In the weeks that followed Israeli forces arrested hundreds of Palestinians, many of whom can now expect to be held indefinitely without charge; ransacked and destroyed Palestinian homes; and imposed a curfew in the city of Hebron. Six Palestinian civilians died during the raids.
This was all done on the pretext of finding the three teenagers and bringing their kidnappers (who Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted were part of Hamas) to justice. But as Max Blumenthal reported on July 8, it's now evident that during the entire West Bank raids and arrests Israeli officials were aware that the three boys had been killed on the day of the kidnapping and that the murderers were not part of Hamas. The boys' parents were lied to by Israeli officials and a media gag order was imposed in order to maintain the fiction that the three teenagers were still alive and a search for them and their kidnappers was necessary.
Does this relate to the unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah?
Many analysts argue that the crackdown in the West Bank and attack on Gaza were actually motivated by discomfort with a recent unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah, the two prominent Palestinian political factions. Nathan Thrall made that argument in a NY Times op/ed on July 17.
Are Palestinian aspirations and those of Hamas the same?
Most Palestinians do not see themselves as partisans in the Hamas— Fatah split. "I hate both Hamas and Fatah" is a phrase I heard more than once when I got to visit Jerusalem and the West Bank in 2012. Nonetheless, these are the two political power centers in occupied Palestine and, as such, many Palestinians see them as imperfect advocates for their basic rights, addressing concerns like the economic siege on Gaza, the building of settlements in the West Bank, and the Israeli control of travel and trade in both territories.
After the current escalation began, terms of a ten year truce were offered by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. A simple appeal for basic rights, it's worth reading in full.
In a July 23 NY Times op/ed Mohammed Omer writes from Gaza City that "The terms outlined by Hamas for a cease-fire are the same as those the United Nations has called for repeatedly: open the border crossings; let people work, study and build the economy. A population capable of taking care of its own would enhance Israel's security. One that cannot leads to desperation."
And on the Israeli side of the border, Noam Sheizaf, an Israeli journalist and former IDF soldier, elaborates in +972 Magazine on his observation that: "I know of many Palestinians who do not like Hamas. Yet for them, the Gaza war is about the siege— part of their own war of independence. Israelis refuse to get that."
Finally, a particularly good bit of reporting by Anne Barnard in the NY Times supports the view that many Gazans are supportive of the goals of a resistance and at the same time don't identify as supporters of Hamas.
Why should we in the U.S. care more about what happens in Israel/Palestine than conflicts, some larger, in other parts of the world?
One could make a very strong argument that the United States could bring the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza to an end simply by terminating support of it. This support comes in two forms:
First, Israel is the largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid, receiving $3.1 billion each year, a quarter of their military budget, directly from the United States. About a quarter of the funds are spent on Israeli military production and the rest returns to the U.S. in orders for American-made weapons, such as those being used on Gaza right now. The Federation of American Scientists has adetailed report on the topic.
Perhaps more important is the diplomatic cover the United States provides to Israel in the United Nations. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council the United States has frequently used its veto power to block resolutions more than any other member since 1972. The majority of these vetoes have been used to quash resolutions critical of Israel, most recently a February 2011 resolution reaffirming the illegality of Israeli settlements being built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. It's interesting to scroll through the comprehensive list of all vetoes cast by the permanent five members of the UN Security Council, and note the topics.
The moral argument is that the central role of the United States in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict obliges Americans to understand it, if only for the fact that we are in a stronger position to change U.S. policy than those in other parts of the world that fall victim to it. To this end there are a number of organizations in the U.S. that work on this issue, such as:
- U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is a coalition of groups working to change U.S. policy toward Israel/Palestine.
- Jewish Voice for Peace is an organization of Jewish Americans critical of the occupation and organizing for a change in U.S. policy.
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>> Has Hamas acknowledged Israel's right to exist?
They will when Israel recognises the right of Palestine to exist. Don't be so taken in by Israeli propaganda.
Jul 25, 2014 01:52 PM Anwaar, Dallas, United States
" You, as per your habit, are swallowing the Israeli line whole! "
Maybe I am. That is beside the point.
Has Hamas acknowledged Israel's right to exist?Jul 25, 2014 01:45 PM D.L.Narayan, Visakhapatnam, India
>> "Israel will never accept a pact unless all the parties accept Israel's right to exist and reject violence."
This is rubbish. You, as per your habit, are swallowing the Israeli line whole! It is Israel which has done everything in its power to prevent the emerging of Palestinian state as laid down in UN resolution of 1948 and wants to sit on all the land it occupied in wars and usurpations since then, but Israel does not set down this policy in any charter!Jul 25, 2014 01:08 PM Anwaar, Dallas, United States
"The planning for the massive Israeli attack probably started in April when Hamas and Fatah reached their unity agreement. Israel will never stomach such an agreement."
1. Israel will never accept a pact unless all the parties accept Israel's right to exist and reject violence. Hamas has not done that.
2. Hamas entered into a pact with Fatah after years of opposing them violently, killing hundreds of Arabs belonging to Al Fatah. What caused the about turn? The downfall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Iranian lifeline throttled due to civil war in Syria. Hamas did not undergo a change of heart; it was just lying low.
3. Why did Hamas stockpile thousands of Iranian rockets if it was serious about peace? How can Israel trust an accotd when Hamas was sitting on such a huge cache of missiles?
4. Will India "stomach" an accord between the National Conference and JKLF if JKLF insists that Kashmir is a part of Pakistan, rejects the Indian Constitution and has not renounced terrorism?
5. Finally, let's assume Israel planned the attack om Gaza. Who provided them with the pretext by launching missiles and kidnapping and killing Jewish teenagers?Jul 25, 2014 12:10 PM D.L.Narayan, Visakhapatnam, India
> "Many analysts argue that the crackdown in the West Bank and attack on Gaza were actually motivated by discomfort with a recent unity agreement between Hamas and Fatah, the two prominent Palestinian political factions."
The planning for the massive Israeli attack probably started in April when Hamas and Fatah reached their unity agreement. Israel will never stomach such an agreement.Jul 25, 2014 11:46 AM Anwaar, Dallas, United States
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Climate Bill: Where to from Here?
Manik Roy, vice president for federal government outreach, co-wrote this post.
By all indications, the climate bill is done for the year. A casualty of … well, you've been hearing the blamefest.
So what's next?
Unfortunately, none of the problems we sought to fix with the climate bill have been solved by ignoring them.
Power companies and businesses still need to know what carbon emission requirements lie ahead of them before investing millions of dollars in new equipment – especially for carbon capture and sequestration, nuclear power, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other low-carbon alternatives.
China and other countries are still investing heavily in clean energy and leaving us behind in the global race to dominate the clean energy market.
The United States is still dependent on oil from countries that do not have our best interests at heart.
And, oh yes, climate change is still real, still happening now, still largely caused by human action, and still presenting our children and grandchildren grave economic and environmental risks if we do not reduce our carbon emissions now.
Those urgent problems have only become more urgent, and therefore only tougher to solve. On top of that we'll have a new Congress next year with many new Members who will likely be less eager to make tough choices on this issue than those they replace. So what comes next?
The primary question is the choice of policy approach. Should we continue to pursue a flexible market-based approach to reducing emissions, now that an outrageous, and yet outrageously-effective, PR campaign has convinced much of the American public that emissions trading – a policy approach warmly embraced and successfully used by both the Reagan and first Bush administrations – is the spawn of the devil and the equivalent of taxation? Or has the cap-and-trade brand been fatally damaged?
If so, maybe we should just go to a straight carbon tax, since a public that has been taught to hate "cap-and-tax" will surely embrace a tax.
Just kidding about that one.
Another option is subsidies for low-carbon technologies, whether in the form of grants, loans, loan guarantees, or tax cuts. (Note that tax cuts are essentially subsidies funded by all the other taxpayers.)
Two problems here. First, an adequate level of government subsidy will be hard, if not impossible, to generate when we have a huge government deficit. Second, and more subtle, is that government subsidies involve government employees, whether in Congress or the executive branch, choosing between technologies. Sometimes they choose wisely. But sometimes they don't. And when they don't, they are not especially good about identifying or rectifying their mistakes.
The option we're left with, unless we can breathe real life into one of the above, is EPA regulation under the Clean Air Act. To develop a performance standard, for example, EPA would identify the technologies that pollute the least for a given industry sector and require all companies in that sector to pollute no more than if they used those best demonstrated technologies. Though performance standards do an adequate job of setting the floor, they tend not to reward efforts to perform above the floor, and hence tend not to advance technology. They also tend to be much more expensive than market-based approaches like cap-and-trade.
It sure seems like back to the future, but if they're all we've got, we've got to use them or the hole we're in will keep getting deeper.
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|University of Alaska Southeast Faculty and Staff Newsletter
|January 17, 1997
UAS Chancellor Marshall Lind issued the following outlook for the new year:
"We're looking forward this year to approval by the Board of Regents for a new baccalaureate degree in the environmental science area.
"We are hopeful that we'll see increased involvement in the Juneau Icefield Research Program through the new degree, new faculty, and new relationship with the foundation that oversees the icefield research program.
"In the visitor industry we're hoping to do new things in outdoor recreation management. "We'll emphasize student internships and academic exchanges through a new office we've opened on campus.
"We'll continue to develop our niche in the distance education movement that is effecting higher education across this country as we go into the second semester of offering the Bachelor of Business Administration degree to rural sites across the state. And we anticipate approval by the Board of Regents of a new certificate and associate degree in Environmental Technology.
"Our new administrative reorganization has gone into effect. That means one dean instead of three and a new faculty organization.
"And I'm very pleased to say that our alumni organization is becoming increasingly active in providing scholarships and promoting the university.
"With all of these pluses we're also facing some significant challenges in the coming year. "Obviously with the declining budget we'll be required to come up with creative solutions to meet increasing demands that are placed on the university.
"We still need a new classroom facility. We desperately need a basic physical education and recreation facility on the Juneau campus, and we'll keep seeking funding sources to make that facility a reality.
"All in all, we're positioning UAS as a university that meets the needs of full-time students by offering programs relevant to the future. At the same time we continue to offer a variety of classes for part-time students wanting to improve job skills, learn new ones, work on a degree, find personal growth or follow a dream. "
Alaska Civil Rights day is celebrated on Jan. 20 and no classes will be held on University of Alaska campuses. All offices will be open however and all university services will be available.
The number of full-time students has been increasing for several years. "That increase has been real encouraging," Director of Student Services Bruce Gifford said. "That's something the university has been working on."
Initial enrollment for part-time students is down somewhat from last spring semester at the same time. Gifford said one reason is that a couple of classes with large enrollments started in January last spring and those students were included in the early registration counts. "This year those same classes will begin in February," Gifford said. "Although our initial headcounts are lower, we're confident once those classes begin, our part-time enrollment will probably come up to where it was last year if not exceed it."
The next Staff Alliance meeting will include updates on the status of Job Evaluations, Blue Cross, university legislative priorities and more. "The topics we'll discuss regard the future of UAS," Staff Alliance president Rita Bowen says of the group's Jan. 23 meeting that begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Business and Public Administration conference room.
Participants will include Chancellor Marshall Lind and UA Human Resources director Patty Kastelic by phone. The Sitka and Ketchikan campuses will be linked by audio conference. The Staff Alliance meetings are open to the everyone.
The UAS Alumni Association sold 500 tickets in their fall raffle to raise funds to support UAS scholarships and other alumni activities. Romer Derr won the grand prize, an unrestricted Alaska Airline ticket plus $1,000 cash. Second prize, two tickets for a Tracy Arm Cruise donated by Goldbelt, Inc. was won by Pauline Petrovich, and third prize, $50 dinner donated by Giorgio at the Pier, was won by Michael Cheung.
Alumni president Chris Phillips said, "We thank all those people who supported the UAS Alumni Association during the fall raffle; the local business who donated prizes for the raffle, Alaska Airlines, Goldbelt Inc., and Giorgio at the Pier; and a special thank you to Sandy Beason at the Nugget Mall."
Griffin says the committee will determine a theme, select sites for the art, advertise for commissioned work, set a time frame for submission, select the winning proposal and commission it. "It's an incredibly fun process," Griffin said.
Faculty members who need new or replacement gowns for graduation should place their orders with the bookstore as soon as possible.
The chair and vice-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation will speak on the Juneau campus at noon Friday (Jan. 17) in the Mourant Cafe Lake Room. Grace Schaible and Eric Wholforth will talk about the Fund's 20th anniversary performance and what is ahead. The meeting is open to everyone.
An article from the Juneau campus student newspaper has been reprinted in The Raven, the newsletter of the Juneau Audubon Society. The article by Chris Eckelberger described the trip by 30 UAS students to attend the Bald Eagle Festival in Haines.
Judy Andree, assistant professor of English on the Juneau campus, was featured in an interview in the Jan. 1-7 edition of the Capital City Weekly. Andree was asked about parenting, modern life, and literature. She told the interviewer, "We don't read enough. There's a kind of therapy in a book. If you look, fiction is written about practically every subject."
UAS is co-sponsoring the Juneau public meeting of an expert in light rail transportation. Roger Millar, of OTAK Consultants in Portland, will speak and show slides at Centennial Hall at 7 p.m. Jan. 27.
Millar, who will be in Juneau Jan. 27 and 28, will meet with various professional, elected officials and the public. Bill Leighty is organizing the visit. As he talks about cities designed around cars, Leighty says, "There's still time to rescue Juneau from the fate of all other American cities."
Eric and Melissa Karolak's baby arrived on Dec. 30. They report Katarina Yolanda weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz, was 21" long and perfectly healthy in every way.
Leave share donations had been requested for the Ketchikan campus couple after Melissa was ordered home for bed rest in her 23rd week of pregnancy. The Karolak's said, "Thank you very much for your help through this whole ordeal; it has been worth it. Please pass our thank-yous on to those in Juneau who were kind enough to help us out with leave share!"
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The Return of the 60s Suit, by Way of The Playboy Club
So The Playboy Club is premiering on NBC, which is your next opportunity to see some 60s-inspired sack suits, you know, just in case you're on Mad Men withdrawal or missed that X-men movie earlier this summer, or just really hate the tuxes men had on last night at the Emmys. Looks like this show's costume designer is going for a really severe point of differentiation this time around. Instead of putting successful, powerful men (aka the main characters) in the Official Television Suit of this Era — one that's charcoal — this show is going the more outré root: Check out those navy and (maybe) brown suits. Total game-changers.
Maybe we'll be wrong. But it appears the best men's clothes from the show won't be on any men. Leave it to Amber Heard for pulling a Risky Business in the stills released above — she looks fantastic in that white men's shirt. Also: no awkward 60s undergarments for women. Everyone wins.


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EXCITEMENT may be mounting in Edinburgh over the potential pregnancy of giant panda Tian Tian, but Chester Zoo are already celebrating the arrival of two red pandas, seen here getting the 'once over' by zookeepers.
The twins, a boy and a girl, were born a to first-time mum Nima and dad Jung and keepers say they were alerted to their arrival after hearing "little squeaks" from a nest box.
The cubs were born a few weeks ago but keepers have only now been able to get a good look at them for the first time.
Keeper Maxine Bradley said: "Our two cubs are in very good shape. They're big and strong with very thick fur - our male weighed in at just under 1kg and our female 842g.
"We're really pleased with how well they're doing and, as soon as we had given them a health check, we popped them back into their nest. It'll be several weeks until they start to emerge and explore."
Red pandas, whose scientific name Ailurus fulgens means 'brilliant cat', are native to the steep forested slopes of the Himalayas.
They are a one-of-a-kind in the animal kingdom as they have no close living relatives. Conservation experts have listed them as endangered in the wild, as they are threatened by poaching and shrinking habitat.
About red pandas and Chester Zoo
• Not only has Chester Zoo been successful at breeding red pandas but the zoo also play an important role in helping safeguard the future of this rare species in its Chinese homeland
• The zoo supports the Sichuan Forest Biodiversity Project in the Sichuan Mountains of China, which is where red pandas are found in the wild. They also live in China's Yunnan province, the Himalayas and Nepal
• The future survival of the species is increasingly vulnerable as developers are taking over the bamboo forests which they depend on to live. Bamboo is the main food in their daily diet. They're also hunted for their prized red fur which in parts of the world is used to make hats for newlyweds. They believe it symbolises a happy marriage
• Chester Zoo's red panda family also provides a vital input to a carefully managed international zoos breeding programme
• Chester Zoo is a registered conservation charity that supports projects around the world and in the UK. Welcoming 1.4 million visitors a year, it is the largest zoo in the UK; home to 11,000 animals, over 400 different species, many of which are endangered
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This is a nice snack you often see being cooked by the side of the road. It is called khanom buang.It looks a bit like Mexican tacos but the taste is of course very different. The pictures here were taken near Paknam market.
It looks simple but I assure you that it is harder than it looks. First he spread a batter mix onto the hot plate. When this was just starting to set, he then spread on top a generous helping of coconut cream.
He then placed on top of this a variety of different toppings. One version has shredded coconut and golden threads. This is made from strips of egg yolk. It is the lighter orange mixture. Another version has shredded coconut and either coriander or chopped spring onions. In the photos you can see a darker orange mixture which is in fact shredded coconut with a colouring agent.
Try some the next time you are next in Thailand. They are very tasty.
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we have an '08 X3 & it had a trucky ride from the start, especially noticeable for rear seat passengers - we had a used Audi A6 for awhile and the ride was very cushy in comparison - but most of the roads that we travel are fairly smooth and the relatively stiffer ride is a small con compared to the many pluses of the X3 - I realize we're talking X1 but I'm assuming the suspensions of all X models are of similar design & components.
sounds to me like (1) the suspension of the X1 is a dramatic change from what you were driving before (2) you were essentially "off road" driving or (3) the shocks & struts need replacing .
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A STRIKE involving council workers and teachers will see schools close and bins go uncollected on Thursday.
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Bolton Unison branch secretary Bernadette Gall-agher said members want Bolton Council to apply pressure nationally to get pay improved.
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ST. JOHN'S, NL — John Albert turned in a two-goal performance – including one on a shorthanded penalty shot – to propel the St. John's IceCaps to a 5-2 victory over the Worcester Sharks Saturday night at Mile One Centre.
Kael Mouillierat, Jerome Samson, and Adam Lowry also scored for St. John's, which beat Worcester for the first time in regulation this season in six tries. Jason Jaffray picked up two assists on goals 16 seconds apart in the opening period, and Michael Hutchinson stopped 31-of-33 to earn the victory.
Konrad Abeltshauser and Rylan Schwartz had the tallies for the Sharks, while Harri Sateri made 22 stops to take the loss.
The Sharks jumped out to a quick lead just 35 seconds into the contest, when Abeltshauser notched his third of the season. After an IceCaps scoring opportunity transitioned the other way, Abeltshauser sent a point shot through a screen that beat Hutchinson to make it 1-0.
Mouillierat evened the score at 14:07, however, on a heads-up setup from Jaffray. Breaking into the Sharks' zone on the rush, Jaffray found Mouillierat streaking in on the opposite wing with a cross-ice feed that landed right on the tape. Mouillierat made no mistake in wiring it over the pad of Sateri.
Just 16 seconds later, Jaffray – assisting on his second straight tally – connected with Albert for the go-ahead goal. With Jaffray fighting for the puck along the boards, the disc squirted out from the corner to Albert in front of the net, who was Johnny-on-the-spot in pulling it back and squeaking it through the legs of Sateri to make it 2-1.
In the second period, Samson extended the IceCaps' lead to two at 5:54. After Andrew Gordon walked out in front with the puck, he slipped the cross-crease pass to Samson who one-timed it stick side past Sateri.
Worcester cut the deficit to one at 12:12, however, when Schwartz waltzed in on goal after a turnover in the neutral zone and wristed it top corner to the glove side.
Albert put the IceCaps up by two once again in the third, when he buried a shorthanded penalty-shot opportunity just over two minutes in. Storming in on Sateri, Albert fired a shot top shelf, over the blocker, to make it 4-2.
St. John's struck again at 8:20 to stretch the score to 5-2, this time from Lowry. After Sateri made the initial save on Blair Riley, Lowry – out-battling the Sharks' defensemen in front of the net – scooped up the loose biscuit and sent it stick side past Sateri to seal the deal.
The IceCaps look to complete the series sweep against the Sharks, when the two clubs battle it out again Sunday afternoon (4:30 PM NT) at Mile One Centre. Catch all the action with broadcaster Brian Rogers on Rogers TV or listen live at www.stjohnsicecaps.com. Fans can also listen at 930 AM or watch online at www.ahllive.com. Pre-game show gets underway a half-hour before.
Notes: Not dressed for St. John's: Kris Fredheim, Ryan Schnell, Josh Lunden, Eddie Pasquale… Lowry extended his goal-scoring streak to five games… Samson has five goals in six games against Worcester this season… Saturday night's game against the Sharks marked the IceCaps 100th consecutive regular season sell-out at Mile One Centre… The IceCaps signed goaltender Tyler Beskorowany to a professional tryout contract… St. John's went 0-for-3 on the power play and 2-for-2 on the penalty kill… Molson Canadian Three Stars: 1. John Albert 2. Adam Lowry 3. Dan DaSilva… Mary Brown's Hardest Working Player of the Game: Kyle MacKinnon.


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Brandon High wrestling standout Travis Berridge, a four-time state qualifier and two-time state placer, has signed with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, a Division I program halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Berridge, who earned prep all-American honors from a number of organizations, narrowed his choices to Princeton, Maryland and Cal Poly, his father said. He's projected to wrestle at the 174- to 184-pound range in college.
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