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Im a pr based on derivative asylum, i married a canadian and we are having a baby soon. i have been goin to canada three and two months on different ocassions each year for 2 yrs now to see my wife. its hard coz the validity of the rtd is only a yr. i have to come back to the US to renew it before it expires. Now I worry because the last time i entered US the immigration officer was asking me when im planning to go back to canada. i don't know why he asked me such question. next year, i guess i am eligible to apply for citizenship. am not sure (green card Jan 10, 2010), when can i apply for my citizenship? am worried if the immigration would sum up all my absences to 6 mos. its hard on my part. please help. i need ur advise :( thank u so much.
Yes, the do count every day that you're gone.
I'm a bit confused/concerned. You used the letters: "RTD" which normally means Refugee Travel Document ... but, that isn't possible if you have an actual plastic greencard.
You need to meet with a US licensed immigration attorney to properly sort things out.
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Yes, sir that is correct. I obtained my green card as an asylee so I use a refugee travel document to travel outside of the united states.
If you have an actual plastic greencard, that is the document you should have used to travel with.
Yes, i use my green card to enter the united states and I use my rtd to enter canada. They didnt just ask for my gc at the border. They asked for my passport but since I dont have one I gave them my rtd.
Just FYI and forgive me if you know this already (most private practitioners do not), but the greencard gets him back in the USA, the RTD gets him into Canada (asylees and refugees should not use passports from their home countries or they risk availment and potential problems with their status). Asylees/refugees have the option of applying for a reentry permit (based on residency and is good for two years) or a RTD. When money is an issue, they tend to go with the RTD because it is cheaper.
I should also mention that as a derivative asylee, the availment rules are unlikely to apply to him so he could probably safely use a passport from his home country.
Yes, I know that some people use the RTD ... when they really 'should' use the Re-Entry Permit. I agree with Ms. Roberts ... obtaining a passport shouldn't be a bar. But, when a person with LPR status is not 'really' living in the US it can be a real big problem.
Thanks for the clarification. I did not apply for a Reentry Permit since I do not have plans of staying out of the country too long. As a permanent resident based on derivative asylum, I have never used my passoport in my travels since ive read a lot of scary stories in immigration forums like being interrogated at the border like criminals. Neverthrless I have no plans of setting a foot on my family's country of persecution.
I trust that you will be eligible for naturalization soon and this issue will be a thing of the past. Keep in mind the requirements regarding loss of residence, in addition to the physical presence and residence requirements for naturalization.
Maintain US resident status is not dependent solely on making trips of less than six months. You need to maintain ties to the US such as driver's license, employment, place of abode , bank accounts etc.
For citizenship there are physical presence requirements as well as two different residence requirements.Ask a similar question
i do have a driver's license, a job and a bank account. i just dont know what is the physical requirement for citizenship. thank you sir.
You must be physically present in the US for 1/2 of the statutory period for naturalization plus 1 day.
Thank u. :)
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Thanks for the clarification. I did not apply for a Reentry Permit since I do not have plans of staying out of the country too long. As a permanent resident based on derivative asylum, I have never used my passoport in my travels since ive read a lot of scary stories in immigration forums like being interrogated at the border like criminals. Neverthrless I have no plans of setting a foot on my family's country of persecution.
I agree with my colleagues. Every day that you are out of the country counts, regardless of whether it was in the same year. You would be wise to have an immigration attorney review your travel history, help you calculate the total time you've been out of the U.S. and identify any other possible problems in your case before you apply for citizenship.Ask a similar question
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Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe
I was sad to watch the last Thanksgiving leftovers disappear from our fridge. There's something comforting about a jar of sweet pickles, a bowl of mashed potatoes, and a plate of turkey covered in plastic or foil. But that's where we're at.
"Let's have pancakes in the morning," Martin suggested.
I am not one to say no to pancakes. Ever. They've been a Saturday morning tradition in my family for generations, so I always feel this nostalgic tug for a buttery cake off the griddle. I think that every member of my family has his or her own version. It's part of how we identify ourselves like our family name, each signing it with different flair here and there.
This particular pancake recipe is mine. It's Martin's.
He's come to love pancakes just as much as me. That's a good thing because they are not a German food. This melt-in-your-mouth morning heaven is All American. (North American?)
If you need a signature pancake recipe, you're welcome to share ours. It comes from The Breakfast Book. (This little book is worth its weight in maple syrup. The real kind. In the little glass jug that says "Canada". That you "accidentally" use too much of every single time.)
Part of a fabulous pancake recipe has to be how you prep. We like to use a Lodge griddle and real buttermilk. We also sift our flour for this recipe. Trust me on the sifting, and you'll never dream of ordering pancakes at a restaurant again. I'm sorry for that.
Come Saturday morning, here you go:
2 cups buttermilk
2 eggs, room temperature
6 tbl butter, melted
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp baking soda
*This recipe makes seven large, thick pancakes. I eat two. You can also store the batter in the fridge for a day.
Are you a pancake fan? How do you like them? Who's in charge of making them? Let's swap some memories today.

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Plaza de Armas
Tapia Theatre
Increased Agricultural production – Sugar, coffee & tobacco
Somewhat modernized agriculture – distribution of uncultivated lands, larger states divided
Increased World demand – Sugar industry grows
Few shops & factories for local market
Cattle industry favored by Power Act
Maritime trade limited increase
Treasury collects 8 times more but with no situado and helping Spain fight revolutions….
Little improvement in public services.
Little improvement in public administration: nepotism & corruption
Lack of Banking and credit institutions – usury
Significant population increase: from Haiti, Sto. Domingo, Spain, Canary Island, Venezuela and France ( conservatives except the French)
More luxurious life for the wealthy – rural life primitive & uncomfortable
Puerto Rico by 1814:
Ferdinand VII restored absolute monarchy in Spain – Constitution of 1812 eliminated. Diputación Provincial dissolved by Governor in island.
King gives Cédula as a reward & to promote development
15 years: Free trade with Spain in Spanish ships. Trade with friendly nations permitted, in emergencies free with neighboring islands.
Authorized Shipbuilding industry
Immigration of Catholic foreigners from friendly nations – land
Free import of machineries & license to bring slaves
Division of island into 6 districts: San Juan, San Germán, Humacao, Arecibo, Coamo and Aguada.
The Real Cédula de Gracias - 1815
New System of Direct taxation
Abolish indirect taxes and interior customs. Taxes based on agricultural wealth estimated. Paid by all without exceptions – based on income
New taxes on houses for rent & slaves
Additional taxes to help needy immigrants from Venezuela.
Fiscal Autonomy for Ayuntamientos
Royal Treasury would publish their accounts.
To deal with the crisis of inflation created by the governors introduction of paper currency:
Proposed acceptance of moneda macuquina from Venezuela to fight shortage of metallic currency.
Campaign to restore confidence in paper money in the Diario Económico & pamphlet
Retire paper money gradually - - people could use it to pay taxes & in a Lottery.
By the time he left he had retired it all.
Diario Económico de Puerto Rico - - Second newspaper in the island (La Gaceta Oficial was the first) - restore confidence
Established Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País – Agriculture & Education
Education – courses on geography, commerce & math
Ramírez' Reforms
What he finds:
Unorganized finances, dependency on situado, governor control
Rudimentary economy without controls
What he wants to do:
Balance the budget & secure the necessary funds
Organize the island's finances for future development.
Alejandro Ramírez and the Intendency
Public Services:
More public schools
Improve health conditions
Programs for decreasing delinquency – mechanical arts school
Economic / Administrative
Creation of "clase de jornaleros" – paid laborers.
Distribution of uncultivated lands
Establishment of "gremios" or craft guilds
Democratic election of representative of judicial system
Abolition of "abasto forzozo" Abolition of taxes on rums
Freedom of trade
Instructions of the Cabildos to Power
A predominant conservative administration
Autocratic governor
Exploitation of economy for sole benefit of Spain
Heavy taxes, restrictions on commerce and industrial development
Limited Industrial resources
Protective legislation – prohibits competition
Too much dependence on Situado – bad administration of funds
Poor Public Services: Education, Sanitation, Transportation and Communication
Factors that affected the development of the island:
"Forced Peace"
From 1837 to 1864
Very little participation of Criollos – elite – in island affairs.
Some minor slave uprisings & conspiracy of 1838 - unrest
Critics of government or asking for more Criollo participation was banished. Separatives – persecuted or exiled.
Leyes Especiales never came during this period
1860s - - Spain invited again representatives from the island to report & propose…
Pax Romana
After death of Ferdinand VII:
Regent – Queen Mother – María Cristina – wants to curb liberals – New decree – Estatuto Real – national parliament - -
PR will be represented by 2 procuradores -
Forced to proclaim Constitution of 1812 in 1836
Representatives selected by Cabildo of San Juan & imp. taxpayers
NO Diputación Provincial
New constitution approved 1837
Not extended to PR nor other colonies of Cuba & Philippines
Our representatives – excluded from courts.
Promised Special laws - - Leyes Especiales
PR ruled by an absolute governor – had no voice in Spanish parliament.
The Unfulfilled Promise: Leyes Especiales
De la Torre's repressive policies – Example:
July 10, 1826 – Ponce: 4 slaves confided on master on conspiracy plot.
Slaves arrested, interrogated, put on trial by military tribunal: 11 sentenced to death & shot in the presence of others who were sentences to work for government in Havana shipyards, or work in shackles on master's haciendas.
Incident reported on La Gaceta – moralizing on how the peace and tranquility was owed to the prompt effectiveness of gov.
Informers were given their freedom & 25 pesos.
In 1527 - first major slave rebellion occurred in Puerto Rico as dozen of slaves fought against the colonist in a brief revolt
By 1873 - 20 slave revolts
From 1795 to 1848: 22 slave conspiracies have been identified by historians.
Only 5 took place during governorship of De la Torre
Slave Revolts
Reactions in the island:
Landowners liked it.
Enlightened sectors of Criollos opposed it.
Not good for agricultural development:
Kept labor cheap.
No need to modernize
Labor was not as productive.
They had to show the libretas once a month in the municipaliy.
Prohibited the agregados
Jornaleros had to move to the towns.
Although it increased the number of workers . . . Jornaleros did anything not to work in ingenios.
Libretas . . .
Characteristics of P.R. between 1820 to 1840
Peak of sugar industry and the slave trade.
Dependency on the sugar market of consumers in US
Strong peninsular and foreign immigration.
Vigorous colonization of the mountainous interior
System of Libretas
Problem: Free labor did not want to work in plantations
Why? Plenty of land – easy food & shelter
1831: Governor Miguel López de Baños
Bando de Policía y Buen Gobierno: Orders all unemployed landless peasants to work on local plantations
1849 – Ley de la Libreta – Governor Juan de la Pezuela: all workers had to carry the ledger where the employer would record services & how. Severe penalties on those who did not carry them.
Compulsory Labor: Lasted 24 years: 1849 - 1873
Coffee plantations were centered in the hinderland.
Almost doubled in 12 years
Small to medium in size
Family holdings
The Commercial entrepreneurs (Spaniards) - - lender of capital to the hacendado.
Sold to Europe (40%) and Spain & Cuba (43%)
not US (preferred Brazilian)
Coffee became one of principal crops in 19th century – even surpassing sugar. Why?
Low prices of sugar
No technological advances
Lack of capital
Abolition of slavery
Little investment in public services.
Popularity of coffee in Europe
PR Became a Double Dependency State: Political dependency on Spain, Economic dependency on U.S. Trade
Impact on pattern of Land tenure:
Large haciendas - trend by 1832
Small landholders became agregados when they lost land
1820 only 5.8% of land was cultivated – By 1897 – 14.3%
Land devoted to sugar increased same period 3x
Tonnage of sugar increased
Technological changes – modern mills, centrals, Corporations
Where in the island?
Coastal plains:
North from Loiza to Arecibo
South and West: 54% Guayama, Ponce, Mayaguez
1850s: PR – one of the major producers of sugar cane: second to Cuba in Caribbean. One of the 10 biggest in the world.
Second Great Sugar Cycle – 1825 to 1850 – Sugar industry: melao & rum
Three types of haciendas: de bueyes, de vapor, de viento.
US – most important trading partner: ¾
Why increase:
Commerce with U.S.
New Political views of Spain regarding island - Cédula
Set basis for authoritarian economic and political system
Governor of the island for 15 years. (1822 – 1837)
Dictatorial regime but brought economic growth:
Centralized administration – more efficiency –
Junta de visitas – inspections
Slave population increased
Fostered sugar production & plantation economy
Public works: churches, bridges, roads, Plazas, Municipal Theatre
Improved island defenses & military forces.
Policy of "dance, drink and dice" (baile, botella y baraja), implying that a well entertained population will not think about revolution.
De la Torre's Enlightened Despotism
Legislation presented by our Diputado – José María Quiñones & Cubans proposed more autonomy for the internal affairs of the island.
PR looses all again
Military governor was given civil unlimited control.
1820 in Spain – an army uprising led by Rafael de Riego forced King to re install the constitution of 1812
PR selected a new Diputado a Cortes – Demetrio O'Daly – a liberal.
Constitutional government collapses in Spain in 1823
Second Constitutional Period
Anglo Spanish Treaty- 1820
Great Britain had pressured European nations to end slave trade.
Spain was reluctant to agree: needed more labor forces in Cuba & PR to develop their sugar industry
1820 – Spain agrees to end slave trade in their colonies.
Slave Trade under the Anglo – Spanish Treaty
Slave Trade in the island after this:
Did not end.
Governor Miguel de la Torre gave licenses to bring slaves from neighboring islands.
How much slave trade existed depended more on the economic power of the local hacendados
Value of property: risen 14 times
Agriculture – specialization in 3 crops and plantation system
Sugar & rum industry increased
Immigration continued to increase – foreigners and Spanish
Puerto Rico by 1819
More autonomy in local administration but still the island is controlled by the Cortes, thousands of miles away.
Constitution of 1812
Basic rights for Puerto Ricans: freedoms, voting
Diputado a Cortes – elected indirectly every two years.
Diputación Provincial:
9 members – 7 elected by the 5 electors who chose Diputado
Determine taxes
Check Ayuntamientos books
Regulate use of public funds
Supervise hospitals, education, public works, stimulate ….
Only king and courts could dissolve it
Governor had executive power and was appointed by the King
Ley Power: Power Act:
Objectives: reduce exclusivist mercantilism; reduce power of governor
Separated intendency – naming Alejandro Ramirez
Abolished "abasto forzoso"
Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País.
Free trade in flour / export cattle paying small tax.
Opening of ports – Aguadilla, Cabo Rojo, Ponce, Fajardo
Power at the Cortes de Cadiz
Liberals and Reformists
Majority of professionals
Small farmers, cattlemen
Industrialists & Criollos
Majority of middle &
Lower classes
Want Change & development
Sovereignty of the people
More individual freedom
Political and social matters
are more important
Legalistic approach –
peaceful reforms
Civilian and military government employees
Influential businessmen - Spaniards - trade & local production
Economic matters are what is important
Loyal vassals – true friends of government
Two Political sectors in PR
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi
Joy & Celebrations at the election of Power
Juan Alejo de Arizmendi – first Puerto Rican bishop – ring
Junta Suprema in Spain dissolved – Regency will govern in the name of Ferdinand VII
Power re elected as Diputado a Cortes
Power elected first Vice – President of Cortes.
An Experiment in Constitutional Government
Destroyed the Creole Silence
Pledge allegiance to Ferdinand VII
Representatives of Bonaparte locked
1809 – decree gives equality of colonies to Spanish provinces – rights of representation to junta
"election" of Power to represent us
Effects on Island of Napoleonic intervention in Spain
Towards a Plantation Society
Free Labor
Affected our cultural and social composition.
Economic life of sugar towns was dominated by immigrants & Spaniards.
Sugar plantation system concentrated land in hands of a few in the coastal regions
Population growth brought a movement to the mountains.
Mountainous region began to develop: coffee crops - smaller haciendas.
Foreign immigration to island: North Americans, French, Germans, Italians, French from Corcega, Netherland, British, Scots. From European colonies in Lesser Antilles
Increased immigration from Spain, Criollos from Venezuela, Canarios and Penninsulares.
Immigrants from all social conditions: hacendados, merchants and mostly workers.
Increase in number of slaves imported
1846 peaked at 51,000
Lack of money & stronger attempt at ending the trade reduced it.
From 1823 to 1835: Most slave trade in PR
Slaves at its peak – from 11.5% to 14% of labor force:
Many were domestic slaves but most worked in sugar industry
The Labor Force: Slavery & Free Labor
Work in the Fields of the haciendas was difficult but it was even worst in the Sugar refineries – tiring and dangerous
Alejandro Ramirez's work set the basis for economic development in 19th century to a self sufficient colony
Enlightened members of the Criollo class
By 1850s most renowned leaders of island.
Fight in Spain, joined the Cubans and Spaniards
By 1865 – Abolitionist societies.
Newspaper: El Abolicionista Español
Time was not ripe . . .
Abolitionist Movement
Scarano, Francisco; Puerto Rico,
Una Historia Contemporanea
, Segunda Edicion' McGraw Hill, Mexico 2007
Pico, Fernando;
History of Puerto Rico, A Panorama of its People
; Marcus Wiener Publishers, Princeton, 2006
Morales Carrión; Puerto Rico,
A Political and Cultural History
, New York, 1983
Dietz, James;
Economic History of Puerto Rico, Princeton
, New Jersey 1986
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WASHINGTON, DC /TAMPA, FL (8/23/12) – Coming fresh from pro-life victories during the GOP platform debates, Americans United for Life Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest will be attending the GOP Convention in Tampa, detailing how "Life Counts" in this election season. AULA's involvement in this election cycle was clearly highlighted this week with an historic victory – as a result of AULA's efforts, for the first time, the GOP Platform includes the fact that abortion endangers the health and well-being of women.
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"By a two to one margin, voters choose life when that motivates their vote. Life is a winning issue," said Dr. Yoest. "And a pro-woman, pro-life platform continues to be affirmed in the GOP platform, thanks in part to efforts by AULA. Our team was active in drafting language that affirmed the fact that abortion harms women and in working to ensure that women's health was addressed in the platform. This platform shows a real concern for the dignity of women."
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It's no secret that the economic situation in Gaza is not good, to say the least. Decades of crisis, poverty, and unemployment have only worsened with time. And still, this week even Gaza's old-timers were surprised to discover that the economy had reached new lows.
The problem: There was no money, literally. The banks closed for six days on the orders of the police, who are supposed to operate under the authority of the new government headed by Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah.
But the police shut the banks down on Hamas's orders, and even prevented residents from reaching the ATMs. More than 700,000 people in Gaza (about half the population) depend on salaries they were supposed to receive from these banks.
They couldn't get their salaries because, to put it simply, Hamas decided to collectively punish everyone on the PA payrolls.
For years, Hamas has fired missiles and rockets at Israel while complaining to the international community about the awful siege on the Gaza Strip, and about Israel's collective punishment of Gaza. And here Gaza's rulers were punishing hundreds of thousands of people over a dispute with Fatah concerning the payment of its people's salaries.
As part of the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah — the very same accord Israel has so publicly opposed — it was agreed that a special commission would evaluate the salaries of the 40,000 clerks and security officials of Hamas. This will decide who will continue to be employed by the new government, at which rank they will be paid, by what criteria their salaries will be set (education, training), etc.
But it will take at least a few months until the commission finishes its work. In the meantime, it has not been decided who will continue to pay the salaries: the new unity government, operating under PA President Mahmoud Abbas; or Hamas. In early June, when the time came to receive May's wages, 40,000 Palestinians, almost all of them affiliated with Hamas, found themselves without salaries in the bank.
Hamas is looking for a way to force Abbas to transfer the money. Its solution was to prevent the 50,000 employees of the old PA government from reaching the banks — workers who have been receiving salaries since June 2007 without actually going to work.
And so, 90,000 past and present government workers from the Palestinian governments — Hamas and Fatah — did not get paid in the last few days. Exacerbating the problem: The rest of the Strip's residents, who are neither clerks nor in the security forces, were also kept away from the banks and ATMs.
On the fifth day of the bank closures, Gaza police also confiscated credit-card machines from grocery stores to keep residents from buying goods with them.
Abbas and Fatah, for their part, were in no hurry to blink. While thousands of people gathered at bank entrances (during the first couple of days, after which the gatherings dissipated), Abbas's associates continued to explain that the unity agreement did not include any commitment from Hamdallah's government to pay the salaries of Hamas employees. One of the individuals closest to Abbas, Azzam al-Ahmad, who was Fatah's representative at the unity talks, insisted that Hamas was trying to take advantage of the crisis to squeeze money out of the PA.
On Wednesday, Hamas decided to allow the banks to open. The 50,000 or so PA employees were allowed to receive their salaries. But the core issue wasn't solved: 40,000 Hamas employees were still left without money.
A Gaza City merchant, who doesn't receive any government salary at all, told The Times of Israel by phone that he misses the days of the split between Hamas and Fatah. "At least then the banks were open."
This statement embodies the complexity of life in Gaza in the unity-government era. There are a lot of discussions about unity, even an agreement. But there is no change on the ground. The situation remains as it was. The police in Gaza operate under Hamas's orders, as do the other security services. Even the government offices in Gaza still don't take orders from Ramallah, but receive their instructions from Hamas. Yet, Hamas government ministers — and even prime minister Ismail Haniyeh — did not hold a goodbye ceremony in front of the cameras, but simply left their offices.
How is the payment of Hamas salaries related to Israel's security? In less than a week's time, if the 40,000 salaries aren't paid, Hamas members are planning to embark on a general strike. That includes the security forces. For Israel, this means that the same members of the "Restraining Force" operating on the Israeli border to prevent rocket fire will leave their posts, and on Hamas's orders will head home.
This appears to be another attempt to pressure Abbas to agree to pay the salaries. But it may result in Islamic Jihad members and Salafists being tempted to fire rockets into Israel.
'We will export missiles'
One of the radio programs broadcast this week in Gaza dealt with unemployment. Since the closing of the tunnels and the freezing of the real estate sector, the unemployment level has risen sharply, and stands today at 41%.
This percentage is alarming, considering the alternatives available to Gaza's youth. The interviewer spoke to some young Gazans, and one of them was asked for his opinion on ways to help Gaza's residents deal with the problem. "We'll build factories and give workers jobs," he said. "What kind of factories?" asked the host.
"Missile factories," the young man replied. "And we will export them to the world."
The head of the research division in IDF Military Intelligence, Brig.-Gen. Itai Brun, dealt with this issue in his talk this week at the annual Herzliya Conference, an elite gathering of Israeli politicians, military officials and security experts weighing in on the central issues facing Israel. He said that Hamas (and Islamic Jihad) now have hundreds of rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv and the Gush Dan area (80 km away), thousands of rockets with a range of up to 40 km, and thousands more that can reach 20 km.
"The focus of the force structure of the two organizations is the development of self-made rockets with a range of 80 km and the offensive tunnels we saw," Brun explained.
And yet, in recent months, it has become apparent that the ability of the groups in Gaza to import missiles from abroad, through Sudan or Libya, has been thwarted almost entirely. Much of this comes from Israeli intelligence activities and operations by the Egyptian army in the Sinai.
The sea route, primarily the small boats sailing near the Rafah coast carrying missiles and rockets, has almost dried up. The Egyptian Army even shut down the el-Arish port, declaring it a closed military zone.
These developments did not lead to dwindling rocket supplies in Gaza, but instead caused an intensification of local manufacture. Almost every week, Israeli radar detects rockets flying toward the Mediterranean Sea from Gaza. These are not misfires, but rocket tests that are becoming increasingly common.
The estimate in Israel today is that Hamas and Islamic Jihad have close to 500 rockets that can hit the Tel Aviv area. Then there are the thousands with shorter ranges.
This has dramatic consequences for Israel. In the next round of fighting between Hamas and Israel, Israel will find itself longing for the reality of Operation Pillar of Defense, during which sirens were only occasionally heard in the center of the country.
Haniyeh and the elections
The Hamas employee salary crisis is far from being solved. But assuming it gets resolved in the coming days or weeks, Hamas is already considering its next move. In less than a month, the organization plans to gather all the members of the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in 2006 in order to choose a new speaker. Up till now, Aziz Duwaik, affiliated with Hamas, has held the position. The organization's intention is to hold a vote to select Haniyeh for the job. Since Hamas enjoys a large majority in the parliament, approving the pick should not be a major problem.
This could be consequential for Israel and the future of the PA. If Haniyeh becomes speaker, he would replace the president for 60 days — until new elections — if Abbas quits or cannot continue. This would not be a major tragedy if the elections are, indeed, held after two months. But given the question marks swirling around the idea of elections in the territories with Hamas participation (Israel will oppose it), it is possible that the temporary appointment, like many in the Middle East, could become permanent.
Abbas and Israel are aware of this possibility. But it's not clear that the PA can politically allow itself to act against this process. Hamas, on the other hand, knows that Israel will not stand by quietly and watch the process unfold, and it is possible that we will witness a wave of arrests of Hamas parliamentarians in the coming weeks, in order to prevent them from voting in Haniyeh as Abbas's successor.
Another move Hamas is trying to make is to ride on the wave of anger among the Palestinian public that resulted in hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners. As of Wednesday, more than 250 prisoners were on a hunger strike, with more than 80 of them striking for almost 50 days. Seventy-five detainees have been hospitalized.
This is a powder keg on Israel's doorstep. If a prisoner dies as a result of the strike, one can imagine the "festivities" Hamas has planned.


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Coon Rapids Allina clinic offers kids a prescription to succeed in school
For a little kid, going to the doctor means sitting in a small room with a stranger pressing on your tummy, poking something in your ear, looking down your throat and then sticking a needle in your arm. Not a fun time. Shrieks and cries provide background noise during most well-baby exams.
But thanks to a national program called Reach Out and Read, in addition to the necessary pokes and prods, pediatricians across the country are distributing children's books to their little patients, too. That sobbing background noise has shifted to squeals of laughter and happy giggles.
"They're so happy to get a book. They might be crying from the shot, but then the doctor gives them a book and they get this big smile," said Anna Liashkovich, CMA at Allina Medical Clinic–Coon Rapids where she works in pediatrics. See more in ABC Newspapers by Sue Austreng


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The year is 2012 and women's reproductive choices are still up for debate. There are two sides to every story but if the following if true, it is extremely disturbing.
Catherine Rizzo, 25, says there was no way to misinterpret her supervisor's ultimatum at Cooky's Deli in Bohemia in May.
"The owner's daughter pulled me in the office, and basically told me if I didn't have an abortion, I wasn't going to have a job," Rizzo told The Post in a tearful interview.
"It was very, very clear," she said.
"I have two other kids I have to take care of, and I needed my job," Rizzo added.
Cooky's Deli owner Martin Marsilio, 69, vehemently denied the allegation, calling it "a total lie."
The struggling single mom said she was barely getting by on the $400 to $500 a week she earned at the deli counter — and knew she couldn't afford to lose her job.
"As a direct result of this serious threat, approximately one week later, [I] was forced to terminate [my] pregnancy," Rizzo charged in a lawsuit filed on Dec. 19 in Brooklyn federal court. She seeks unspecified damages.
The unthinkable choice capped months of harassment, Rizzo said.
A co-worker regularly cursed at her, pushed her and told Rizzo she was "a lowlife and a bad mother," the Sayville woman claimed in her lawsuit. (source Note: comments are disturbing)
I originally found this story at Clutch Magazine, where there was significant doubt expressed about the validity of Rizzo's claims. We already know that women are discriminated against in the workplace, if they express any desire to have children, or simply based on fact that they are of reproductive age. We also know that women with children are also penalized for not being able to dedicate the same time as other employees in the form of long hours. Mothers are the ones most likely to take time off when a child is sick. The truth of the matter is that women with children are continually penalized though we claim that children constitute a protected class. This can result in anything from firing, to denial of promotions as well as unequal pay with their male co-workers.
It is quite reasonable to assume that her employer simply informed her that if she took maternity leave with this present child, that she would not have a job waiting for her when she returned. One need not express a demand that an abortion occur to force an abortion to happen. Though this is an illegal demand to make of an employee, many employers will push right pass the law, if they believe that they can get away with it.
We base our lives around our income, and so while 400 dollars per week is certainly not a large salary, this was all that stood between Rizzo and homelessness, and the ability to feed her family. If one is without high education, opportunities are limited. It is further important that we recognize that single motherhood, in many cases, leads to little or no opportunities for advancement, as well as outright impoverishment. There are many already working in jobs they despise, because they have no choice and therefore, why it is so hard to consider that a woman would feel pressured to have an abortion under these circumstances mystifies me.
Many of the comments on this story are fixated are the number of children that Rizzo has. There has been rampant slut shaming, and classism as the following examples show:
Ok so she wasn't smart enough to keep her baby but she's smart enough to get a lawyer? Hmmm, seems fishy.
Keith Henaghan
this woman is a disgusting piece of selfish crap. This is a FREE country. She picked a job over a LIFE. Disgusting woman and now she is in the newspaper trying to do more exploiting for money.The PURRRFESSOR
Now THIS Is Some Mental Health Bootstrapping.
She already HAS two kids she can barely afford,and she's planning a THIRD?
What is it that tells people it's OK to force. OTHER people to pay for YOUR KIDS?
What is it that says it's OK to PLAN YOUR CHILDREN. Around a WELFARE CHECK? Welfare is TEMPORARY, not a LIFESTYLE.
Derek Brown
Can't find the time to acquire the skills to get a better job but she can find the time–with two small children in the house–to lay down and spread her legs.
Now of course, one could reasonably argue that these are just anonymous comments on the internet however, it is this very anonymity that allows people to say their truth. Granted, this truth is a hateful truth, but it is extremely reflective of society's attitude towards single mother's and women's sexuality. The truth of the matter is that not all children are welcome in this world. Poor women who have children are often considered to be reckless whores, even though the western world has fallen behind replacement rates. This is about controlling women's bodies and forcing conformity.
Employers break the law every damn day and get away with it, because employees either are not aware of their rights, or they have an inability to sue. Demanding fair and equal treatment is enough to get one branded a trouble maker and lead to a swift dismissal. The employer/employee relationship, is not one that is based on equality, but outright oppression regardless of the amount of salary paid. Another point worth mentioning is that we are currently in a recession for White people with education, and a downright depression for everyone else. In this day of economic uncertainty, few can afford to risk the loss of a job. McDonald's may always be hiring, but McDonald's doesn't pay the grocery bill, never mind the rent.
There will always be women who choose an abortion because they don't want to parent, and we should support their right to make that decision; however, at the same time we need to recognize that there are women who because of poverty are forced to choose an abortion, when they would have preferred to have the child. The ability to have an abortion is meaningless, if one can be actively coerced by outside forces. The fight for the right to choose, also needs to concern itself with ensuring that a choice is actually available. If poverty is routinely a deciding a factor, then choice has not really occurred.
I am going to follow this story, because I am very interested to see how the court decides on this issue. Given our history of targeting women who are pregnant with children that society does not value, I think much credence should be given to Rizzo's claims. It should have been Rizzo's choice, free of any kind of influence, as to whether or not to carry the child to term. Denying reproductive choice to even one woman is harmful. It will be interesting to see what women's groups seek to investigate and support Rizzo's claims. As a poor women, I highly suspect that she is in this all on her own.


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Reese Witherspoon Goes "Legally Blonde" For 4-Year-Old Cancer Patient
Always looking to use her fame for a good cause, Reese Witherspoon posted a heartfelt message for a very special fan via Instagram on Wednesday (August 27).
The "Sweet Home Alabama" babe dressed up as her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods and snapped a selfie while holding a homemade sign.
Reese captioned the pic, "This is for one of the strongest little four-year-olds I can imagine. Will—I hear that you're fighting so hard and strong against cancer and that in the hospital you've been watching a lot of Legally Blonde and loving it. I hope it makes you laugh!"
"I wanted you to know that I made this sign in your honor—and I'm sending a big big hug and my hope and prayers. Just know—I'm a really big fan of YOURS! PS anyone else—feel free to make your own sign for Will and post it with the hashtag #TeamWill so he can see it....I'm sure he'd love that!"
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In Search of Bargains, Grand or Bland
Robert Kahn, Steven A. Tananbaum Senior Fellow for International Economics
Now that the smoke has cleared, what have we learned from the fiscal standoff in Washington? Here are five takeaways from the shutdown.
Another Short Kick of the Can
October's continuing resolution to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling bought only a few months of breathing space. On the surface, the resolution did nothing to resolve the fundamentally different visions of government separating Democrats and Republicans. Democrats insist on additional revenue in any deal addressing entitlements, while Republicans insist that tax increases are off the table. As both sides have staked out maximalist positions, it is hard to envision a compromise during the short time frame set out for these negotiations.
Without any carrots or sticks to incentivize negotiators, the committee tasked with hashing out a budget deal by December 13 appears poised to fail. The more serious deadline is January 15, 2014, when spending authority will need to be renewed to avoid another shutdown and when sequestration would go into effect if spending is above current caps. The bottom line: Washington continues to govern by crisis. Read more »
China's Leadership Meets
A "go slow" approach to reform and lack of detail from the November 9–12 Central Committee meeting could disappoint markets.
Banking Disunion
Europe will announce more details of its upcoming banking review—if its nations can agree.
Treasury Complains
Last week's U.S. Treasury exchange rate report highlighting dissatisfaction with German and Chinese current account surpluses will be a talking point in November.
Shadow of the Sequester
Robert Kahn
I am skeptical that congressional budget conference would produce any deal, much less a grand bargain. Most likely, Congress would fail to find common grounds, instead opting for a continuing resolution for the remainder of the 2014 fiscal year that locks in the sequester level of spending. Read more »
When Is the Next X Date?
Depending on tax flows, extraordinary measures available, and deficit levels, the United States will again hit the debt limit (X Date) anywhere from March to July. If we assume that 2014 will look broadly like 2013, but with a smaller deficit, it's possible the X Date will be pushed off to April 15 and then until summer. Read more »
Celebrating Failure
The Senate deal which ended the government shutdown is, at its core, a policy failure. It doesn't address any of the underlying causes of the conflict and ensures another fiscal showdown in January. Read more »
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We've been steadily getting insights and feedback from various websites all over the World Wide Web about our latest venture, the Petzval (D)SLR Lens project. If you're curious about more of these press features, we've got a handful more for you to check out!
Los Angeles Times
The Lomography Petzval 85 millimeter lens, made of brass with Russian-made glass optics with a maximum aperture of f/2.2, has an amazing old-school-like look, so you won't be confusing this lens with any other in your camera bag unless you want to go with the special edition black model, priced at $500.
The Next Web
Given that the Petzval lens is now pretty hard to find – it was designed to work with cameras in the 19th century, after all – Lomography's incarnation is a pretty unique chance to experiment with an older and rougher style of portrait photography.
Analog photography experts Lomography have decided to head back to the 19th century to resurrect a popular lens of the era, the Petzval.
SLR Lounge
What do you get when you take one of the very first and greatest lenses of all time and re-engineer it for the 21st Century? A brand new lens that gives the same fantastic look, sharpness, swirly bokeh effect, artful vigettes and narrow depth of field that the original had with whole lot of history behind it. Lomography has done just that and taken the 19th Century lens and reinvented it to be used on modern day SLR camera bodies.
Lomography launched their project as a Kickstarter campaign, and it's been wildly successful so far.
In what seems to be a historic move, Lomography launched a Kickstarter campaign to re-purpose the all-brass Petzval Lens, a camera invented in 1840, making it compatible with select Nikon and Panasonic DSLRs… This innovation promises to bring analog and digital technology closer, as in the case with many of Lomography's initiatives.
In case you missed the previous press posts about the Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens, check out What magazines are saying about the Lomography Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens, What tech websites are saying about the Lomography Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens, and What photography websites are saying about the Lomography Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens!
The new Lomography Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens is a reinvention of the legendary portrait glass lens that first appeared in the 19th century. Our version is a high-quality glass optic that makes it possible for Canon and Nikon analogue and digital SLR mount cameras to yield the famous Petzval look – sharp focus areas with unique bokeh effects, strong color saturation, and artful vignettes. It's a distinct look that goes far beyond using photo editing software and filters.
Fund this project on Kickstarter and help us bring back this extraordinary lens for 21st century photographers and filmmakers!
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- The Petzval Lens: A Breakthrough in Optics
- The Man Behind the Lens: Joseph Petzval
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- Exclusively Available On Kickstarter: The New Petzval (D)SLR Art Lens
- The New Petzval Lens in a Visual Nutshell
- The Lomography Petzval Portrait Lens: An Introduction To Kickstarter Mechanics
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Jeff stood a moment nursing, not his anger, but a clearheaded certainty that something must be done.
He was so strong and so clearheaded, he could be such a wall if he chose.
He was laborious, clearheaded, and profoundly versed in the details of finance.
clearheaded, simple-hearted, she had been always, and she was so still.
The young man, whose fame was yet unattained, showed himself as clearheaded in the cabinet as in the camp.
He wished somebody as clearheaded and as capable were unloading his boat.
Who'd have thought that calm, clearheaded woman would ever have committed such a folly?
Corporal Ralph Gregory had shown coolness and clearheaded courage, equal to the oldest and bravest.
Thus I sat musing, as I venture to think, in a clearheaded way.
Then there was a cold and clearheaded gathering around the big map in the central control room.


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You depend on your portable in-window AC to keep you cool all summer long. That's why it's important to ensure that the unit stays in tip top shape. Take good care of your AC unit, and you'll experience plenty of comfortable days and nights. To ensure that your air conditioner stays in good shape this summer, add the following five maintenance tips to your to-do list.
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Intel over the weekend introduced a new mobile quad-core chip, which Acer started offering Monday in its latest Aspire laptop for multimedia and gaming enthusiasts.
In addition, online retailers started offering pre-orders of Advanced Micro Devices' Phenom II quad-core chip, which AMD plans to introduce next month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The new product is aimed at high-end desktops.
The Acer Aspire 8930G-7665 laptop is powered by Intel's new Core 2 Quad Q9000. On Sunday, Intel released an updated price list that lists the 2.0-GHz Q9000 for $348 in batches of 1,000. Pricing for Intel's other mobile quad cores start at $851, with the highest-price product, the QX9300, listing for $1,038.
Intel also listed four new dual-core processors for laptops, the 2.93-GHz T9800, $530; the 2.66-GHz P9600, $348; the 2.66-GHz T9550, $316; and the 2.53-GHz P8700, $241.
The latest Acer Aspire sports an 18-inch display and includes 4 GB of memory, an Nvidia GeForce 9700M GT graphics card with 512 MB of video memory, and a 500-GB, 7,200-RPM hard disk drive. The system also includes a Blu-ray disc player, built-in Wi-Fi support, a Webcam, and Windows Vista Premium. The manufacturer suggested retail price is $1,800.
AMD's 3.0-GHz Black Edition Phenom II X4 9400 was available for pre-order on Computers4Sure, owned by Office Depot, and A-Power Computer Online. The chip comes with a three-year warranty.


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The liars have made a lot of mistakes in the past but the only way they can uncover the truth is to stick together.
"Pretty Little Liars" have gone through so much in the past few months that the torments from "A" seem like "The New Normal". What happens to one liar when parent-teacher conferences come around and her father sits face to face with the love of her life? What about when another one reaches out to a tarnished innocent, when no one else will?
And what about the liar who is taken by surprise by an unpleasant person? And don't forget about the last liar who is getting way too comfortable with someone she might not want to trust. Whatever it is, "A" is sure to have something to say about it. It's now just another normal day in Rosewood, PA for Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer.
"The New Normal" airs Monday, February 14 as the show's Valentine's Day episode.


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Retail giant Seven & I Holdings Co. aims to post ¥500 billion in sales in fiscal 2015 from its group Internet shopping operations, a fivefold increase from the last fiscal year, sources said.
Although the domestic retail industry is experiencing a sharp downturn, online shopping sales are increasing thanks chiefly to the popularity of smartphones, the sources said Thursday.
Seven & I hopes to benefit from the growing online shopping market by establishing in June a distribution center exclusively for online sales operations, they said.
In fiscal 2012, Seven & I generated sales of some ¥100 billion from online shopping. The company expects to see sales of ¥150 billion in the current fiscal year from April 1, thanks to strong sales from online supermarket operations by its Ito-Yokado unit, "bento" boxed-meal delivery services by Seven-Eleven convenience stores and baby goods retailer Akachan Honpo Co.
The new distribution center will be built in Kuki, Saitama Prefecture, and will be more than three times the size of the largest existing one. By creating the giant base with some 150,000 items for overall group units, including private brand products, Seven & I will consolidate existing distribution centers.
Seven & I will also study services beyond business categories, such as advertising and transport by Seven-Eleven deliverers of goods handled by group department stores.
According to the Japan Direct Marketing Association, mail-order and catalog shopping sales in fiscal 2011 topped ¥5 trillion for the first time, buoyed by online shopping.


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COPPER prices ended slightly higher as investors continued to gauge what impact a Chinese investigation into commodity backed financing will have on supplies of the industrial metal.
Copper for July delivery, the most actively traded contract, rose 0.3 per cent, or 0.95 cent, to $US3.0530 per pound on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, its first gain in six sessions.
Prices for the industrial metal have fallen nearly three per cent this month as Chinese authorities investigate whether companies used the same copper, aluminum and iron-ore stocks held in the port of Qingdao as collateral for obtaining multiple loans.
Chinese trade data released Monday has also weighed on copper prices.
Imports dropped 1.6 per cent in May from April, lower than the six per cent rise forecast by analysts polled by The Wall Street Journal.
Lower imports of iron ore and copper contributed to the fall in overall imports, with imports of unwrought copper down 15 per cent last month.
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" Brand: Gimpet / Type: Cat Litter & Litter Boxes "
We really wanted to have a covered cat litter tray when we got Prince as we did not want to have to look at the cat's toilet every day. I know that you still have to clean it just as regularly as a normal one but I really wanted one with a lid so that when I got up in a morning, his litter tray was not staring me in the face. We bought a covered tray and he went in it a few times but he wouldn't go to the toilet in it. We then discovered that he had decided to make the throw on the chair his toilet and found cat number 2s and it stunk of cat wee. Once we discovered this and put two and two together we realised that he did not like his new toilet so we had to buy another one. We wanted one that was quite high to contain his spraying yet in light of the above; we had to get one with an open roof. On searching the web, I came across this one so I bought it. He loves this one and although I still have to see the litter tray, having the lip on the tray makes sure the kicked litter and sprayed urine always stays inside the tray.
==Price and availability==
The litter tray comes in a variety of colours, some even have glitter! They all cost £13.99 and can be bought from Zooplus or from Petland.
I have a plain grey litter tray which comes in two parts, the base and the lipped frame. If you have a kitten that is very small they may struggle to get out of the tray with the lip on so you may find it easier to keep this off until they get bigger. The tray measures 55 cm x 45 cm and stands 17 cm tall.
==My opinion==
I love how deep it is though as I do not want to have to sweep up cat litter every day after he has thrown it out. The tray is made from really thick plastic and it is shatter proof. I tend to use liners regularly as these protect the lifespan of the tray. Cat urine is potent and will stain and warp some materials so I prefer to use litter liners.
The tray is superb, it is a great size giving him enough room to dig comfortably yet it does not take up too much of my valuable floor space. The lip is the best invention though and really does help keep my kitchen cleaner. I do not want urine sprayed on the wall so the lid helps to control the back splash and keeps it in the tray.
I regularly clean the cat out, I think my boyfriend has done it once. The best way is to remove the lip and then pour the contents straight into a bin bag or if you are using a liner just pull it out. You can then replace the liner, add the litter and pop the lid back on.
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It's a different game for Quark these days. Once, its flagship QuarkXPress was far and away the leading software for professional print publishing; but its market share has eroded in recent years, faced with tough competition from upstart rival Adobe InDesign.
Quark isn't taking the challenge lying down. On Thursday it announced QuarkXPress 8, a new version that adds intriguing new features to the venerable publishing platform. The question that remains is whether this new release will be enough to push Quark back into the limelight, or whether past mistakes have cost it the crown for good.
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What's more, Quark has redoubled its focus on the Web -- arguably the hottest segment of today's publishing industry -- with a number of new tools. In addition to supporting export to HTML and PDF, QuarkXPress 8 now offers native Flash authoring, right from within the program. Designers can publish simultaneously to print, PDF, and the Web, including Flash movies.
But let's face it: A slim feature set was never Quark's problem. Longtime QuarkXPress users who jumped ship to InDesign will remember how long it took Quark to release a version for Mac OS X, not to mention playing catch-up with Adobe. (Even some of the new features in QuarkXPress 8 have been available in some form since early versions of InDesign.) And other long-suffering print designers I've met have expressed an almost pathological hatred of Quark over some of its past business practices, such as charging for tech support.
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Don't do it unless it's very cheap!: Island Escape Cruise Review by palmeyra
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Don't do it unless it's very cheap!
Destination: Canary Islands
Embarkation: Tenerife
GOOD POINTS the staff are excellent, although they need more training and lack finesse.
Entertainment staff are perfectly OK: Quite good dancers, singers and a funny comedian.
TIME IN PORT. On several days the ship leaves port at 11 or even midnight. this is good, and gives plenty of time to explore, and also allows dinner to be eaten with no fear of sea sickness.,
OASIS RESTAURANT. There is a cover charge in this restaurant which is around 34 pounds per couple, including wine, 26 without drinks. they do charge you for water as well. the food is of typical cruise-ship standard, and the desserts are delicious (at least the creme brulee which I tried.) However, we made the mistake of not booking for several nights, and by day two there was no More chance of getting a booking as it was solidly booked for the week. so if you are prepared to pay extra to eat well and be served, do it as soon as you get on the ship.
VERY bad points. Cleanliness. This ship is not clean. Shabby, rusting, broken in parts . .all that is understandable in a converted ferry, but that does not excuse absolute filth on the dining room chairs, broken rubber on the outside steps to deck 11, stained and dirty carpets, and WORST OF ALL smelly, grey sweat sodden bed linen and quilts. this was the biggest problem of all and we had to buy our own pillows and quilt at the first port because it was totally unacceptable.
This ship has several smelly areas. I can't quite be sure what the smell is . .maybe just the accumulation of dirt.
Not brilliant points.
You need not starve on this ship. there is twenty four hour dining, and there is always something edible . .salads, fruit salad, imitation chips. At dinner time there is also a roast and all the usual things available in a buffet restaurant. None of it is wonderful. You will not look forward to meals with that pleasant anticipation usual on cruises, but you will be able to eat. the desserts are quite indifferent. Coffee from the machine is horrible, and from the coffee shop costs extra if you have an all inclusive deal.
there are no little touches to pamper you . . no chocolate on the pillow, no mint after dinner, no Captain's Gala night. However, you do get very nice towel arrangements by your cabin steward-
In all, I would not recommend this cruise to anyone. To experienced cruisers it will be a real disappointment. First-time cruisers will probably never cruise again, judging the industry by this ship.
But if the itinerary interests you, you are prepared for the bad points and get a really cheap price, OK. Oh, forgot to mention that the Norovirus was rampant, and you will be asked to sanitize your hands at least twenty times a day . . That's a good point!
AGADIR which is not in the list of ports to review. If you end up here, either take a cruise ship excursion or prepare to meet thy doom. Agadir is a horrible city, and the local taxi drivers seem to be intent on taking you to a perfume factory, leather shop or anywhere where they get some commission, and you will have to be a strong customer to avoid this. It's really not worth the hassle, as the souk, or market, is really horrible . .like most of this town. We took an excursion to Taroudant. At least you see some of the countryside, the typical market etc. Better choice than the long trip to Marrakesh, which is not worth it in our view. When they finish the motorway in July (optimistic I think . . ) it will only take two and a half hours to get there instead of the more than four now . . . Less
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4580 is the last cabin to the stern on deck four. Although it's an outside cabin, when the sea is rough (and it often is) the steward closes the hatches over your two portholes, so it is the same as being in an inside cabin. it is not easy to open them, believe me. Bed linen filthy, beds quite comfortable, carpet stained and dirty. Quite small, but there are four drawers, adequate wardrobe/closet space. Shower curtain drives you mad. Water alternately freezes and scalds you. Water from the tap is often brown. Toilet refuses to work sometimes. Deck 5 is better, as there are proper windows.
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The Celtics Look Old
Miami's 2-0 series lead over Boston in the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals isn't a fluke.
The Heat look like a well-rested club while the Celtics look – well, just old.
On Tuesday night, Miami defeated Boston, 102-91 to take that 2-0 lead.
Boston tied the game at 80 on a pair of free throws by Pierce with 7:10 left. The Celtics missed their next six shots while the Heat used a late 14-0 run to pull away.
By the time the final buzzer had sounded, three of Boston's "Big Four" were nursing injuries: Rondo with a bad back, Paul Pierce had a strained achilles and Ray Allen suffered a bruised chest.
Those injuries definitely had an effect. Pierce, who got ejected from Game #1, had just 13 points on 5 of 11 shooting while Ray Allen had the worst game of the post-season as he scored just 7 points.
While the Celtics starters were struggling in Game #2, Miami's "Big Three" was lighting it up.
LeBron James scored 24 of his 35 points in the second half. He shot 14 of 25 from the field and played 44 minutes without a turnover. Dwayne Wade had 28 while Chris Bosh added 17.
So Miami's "Big Three" outscored Boston's "Big Four" 80-56. The Heat just look like (and are) the better team right now.
Miami is just clicking! They've got 2 of the best 5 players in the NBA. Add in Bosh and they've got 3 of the top 15 players in the league on the same roster. That's an instant formula for success.
I know Game #2 was close until 7:00 remained (tied at 80). And I know Boston was hanging around in Game #1 until Paul Pierce was ejected, but Boston has looked old and exhausted in this series.
In Game #2, Boston just didn't go cold in the final minutes while Miami's run put them away. There's a reason Boston missed their shots. Because they're age is catching up with them – they're worn out.
When the question of Shaq's return turns into a big headline, you know your team has issues!
The Heat have 4 losses in the past 6 weeks. They've won 21 of their last 25 games during that time. Boston has to now beat them 4 of the next 5 games.
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MONTREAL (Nov. 20, 2000) -- Canadian National Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., which abandoned a merger agreement earlier this year, will implement interline rail services for new carload business.
The companies said their first initiative will link markets in British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan with markets in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and El Paso-Sierra Blanca, Texas.
The marketing agreement gives the two railroads authority to market and price carload traffic originating on one carrier and terminating on the other without first having to negotiate the terms and conditions of the movement.
The agreement provides BNSF the opportunity to "through" price traffic originating on BNSF to points served by CN, and provides CN the opportunity to "through" price traffic originating on CN to points served by BNSF.
The pricing authority contained in the agreement includes short lines where pricing and marketing are performed by either BNSF or CN as connecting carriers -- so-called "handling carrier" short lines.
The companies are contemplating new carload interline services in other corridors.
In July, Canadian National and Burlington Northern called off their proposed merger, citing a possible 2-1/2-year wait for U.S. regulatory approval.


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As with the majority of the personal financial management sites I looked at, Thrive tracks your bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans and mortgages. But the way that Thrive presents this information and the automated advice it generates is all about how to save more, spend less and get out of debt. If you are financially comfortable with no debt and have no financially draining expenses planned for the near future, then many of Thrive's features will probably be of little use to you.
After you sign into Thrive, you land on the Home page. The main section of the page (and the part that is most prominently displayed) is Thrive Advice. Thrive Advice will warn you if you're overspending and offer advice about whether you can benefit by getting a better savings account or a better credit card.
Clicking on Thrive Advice's overspending advice takes you to the Spending Health section; selecting Thrive Advice's savings and credit cards advice takes you to pages that refer you to banks that can potentially supply you with better interest rates on your accounts. Thrive also assigns you a Financial Health score, which is based on how well you are spending, saving and paying off debt.
The Home page also includes Stats, which provides a quick overview of the current month's income, purchases and bills paid, as well as whether your debts, savings and investments are trending up or down. Stats also includes a window that randomly displays one of the Savings Plans you set up, such as what price home you can afford to purchase.
Another feature found on the Home page is the Spending Goals section, which flags any repeating expenses that Thrive's algorithms automatically calculate you might be able to cut back on; clicking on any of these entries also takes you to the Spending Health section. As with the other personal financial management sites, Thrive includes balances for all your accounts on the Home page.
The Spending page displays one of three sets of information, depending on which tab you select in the left column. The first set is a Spending Summary, which shows all of your purchases, bills, income, or exclusions by category for the current or previous two months (exclusions are typically items like transfers or credit card payments). The Spending Summary also displays a bar graph that compares the current month's purchases, bills, or income against the last two months and tells you by how much they have gone up or down.
The second set of information is your Spending Health, which displays your Purchase Rate and Checking Accounts. The Purchase Rate shows you what percentage of your income is going to purchases and what your target spending should be. This also shows the aforementioned advice on where you can possibly reduce your spending. Thrive advised me that I could spend less on day care, parking and cash spending. (I wholeheartedly agree that I should reduce my cash spending, but there's not a whole lot I can do about day care or parking.)
The Spending Health's Checking Account section gives you an assessment of the health of your checking account. This is not to be confused with the third section of the Spending page, Checking Accounts, which give you information about your checking accounts and provides access to your checking accounts' transactions. Thrive does not let you split your transactions across multiple categories.
The Debt page shows you what bills are due in the next 15 days, what bills have been paid in the last 15 days, and if your debt is increasing or decreasing. The Debt Health section tells you your debt-to-income ratio, provides an estimated credit rating, and delivers a verdict on the quality of the interest rates of your current credit cards. The Debt page also gives you access to the transactions for your credit cards, loans and mortgages.
The Saving page is where you set up Savings Plans, which lets you pick from shopping, travel, gifts or project categories.
Unlike most of the other sites, you cannot set up a traditional budget on Thrive. Also, Thrive was OK at guessing the categories for purchases, but I still had to make a lot of manual edits. I also experienced a number of glitches from time to time, where a feature or page I clicked on instead landed me on a page that explained that Thrive was experiencing technical problems.
You can set up to receive weekly summary statement e-mails; account alerts and updates to e-mail will be added soon. I could not find a reference on the site for a mobile Web version.


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The role of implicit wanting in relation to explicit liking and wanting for food : Implications for appetite control
Finlayson, Graham, King, Neil A., & Blundell, John E. (2008) The role of implicit wanting in relation to explicit liking and wanting for food : Implications for appetite control. Appetite, 50(1), pp. 120-127.
Eating is an action open to awareness by the individual; however, it cannot be claimed that processes that control the expression of eating habits are necessarily explicit. This distinction between implicit and explicit processes may enhance understanding of the expression of food reward (particularly the concepts of liking and wanting [Berridge, K. C., & Robinson, T. E. (2003). Parsing reward. Trends in Neurosciences, 26, 507–513] and its importance for human appetite control [Finlayson, G. S., King, N. A., & Blundell, J. E. (2007b). Liking vs. wanting food: Importance for human appetite control and weight regulation. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, in press]. The present study investigated the effect of meal-induced satiation on implicit and explicit processes of liking (L) and wanting (W) by developing a computer-based procedure to measure L and W in hungry and satiated states. Explicit measures were derived from analogue ratings whilst an implicit W measure was derived from reaction time in a forced-choice procedure, which also identified food preferences. Seventy subjects (21.8±0.9 years, BMI: 22.2±0.5 kg/m2) completed the procedure before and immediately following consumption of a savoury test meal. Satiation caused explicit ratings of L and W to decrease in all food categories (p<0.01); but with a more marked decrease for savoury foods compared with sweet foods (p<0.01). Implicit W was increased for sweet categories (p<0.01), but not for savoury. Implicit and explicit measures of L and W independently correlated with preference for sweet foods. This study provides support that implicit and explicit processes of food reward can be simultaneously measured and dissociated using a test meal. Adjustments in hunger were linked to changes in explicit L and W in a manner consistent with sensory specific satiety, while a relationship between hunger and implicit W was absent. We suggest that implicit W is not systematically downregulated by the physiological consequences of food consumption in the same way as hunger and therefore may be largely independent of homoeostatic processes influencing intake.
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NBA Champ Shaquille O'Neal teams up with MACY'S for Menswear Collection
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Retired NBA Champ Shaquille O'Neal has teamed up with Macy's to launch a new menswear collection that is available now in stores and online at Macy's and Macy's.com.
The collection is not exclusively a Big and Tall collection as most people would expect from the 7'1"star. It is an all-inclusive collection from a regular size 40 to a size 60XL. The prices range from $150 for pants to $400 for a jacket.
In a press release about the collection Shaq said: "My interest in developing a menswear collection was based on the lack of fashion choices for Big & Tall customers and the higher prices for larger size suits. He also added: "I also was frustrated that I had to go to a Big & Tall store rather than shop with my friends at the local department or specialty store. I originally wanted to develop a more fashion-forward menswear collection at an affordable price. Once Peerless and I developed the collection, the reaction from Macy's was so positive that we decided to make the collection in all sizes".
Shaq is also going to wear his new collection on TNT's "Inside the NBA" where he is a contributor as well as on any future television appearances.
He already appeared on TV wearing one of his suits, he was on "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon last night in New York promoting the line.
For more information and to purchase the Shaquille O'Neal Menswear Collection go to your local Macy's store or visit their website at www.Macys.com
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