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If you measure your worth in how much Aloha you put out to the world in your lifetime, then Hawaii's Don Ho reached the stratosphere over and over again. The Hawaiian singer/entertainer (and forever one of the islands' favorite sons) passed away from heart failure recently at the age of 76. His memorial celebration was on the beach at Waikiki and his ashes were scattered outside of Queens reef.
Duke Kahanamoku's smiling statue overlooking Don's final resting place—drew thousands of locals, international fans of all age, and surfers from all shores. It felt like the entire world had paddled out for the evening's tribute. Literally, a flotilla of outrigger canoes, surfers on all length boards, along with vessels, and a fire boat (thanks Russell), gathered in the waters of Malama Bay (Waikiki), providing the fitting and classic Hawaiian style send-off for its loved one. Onlookers packed the heart of Waikiki's Kalakaua Avenue, watching in reverence, respect, and tears as Ho's family members paid their last respects to Don amidst the shallow and blue waters of the South Pacific.
"If you measure your worth in how much Aloha you put out to the world in your lifetime, then Hawaii's Don Ho reached the stratosphere over and over again"
Hawaiian music played along the shore, the harbor fireboat cranked its water cannons, throwing up and out a hula-like sway of liquid plumes that seemingly reached the heights of Diamond Head. Then, everyone slowly made their way back to the shore and settled in along the sand and grass at Queens Beach for an evening of Hawaiian song and dance. If you were there, you were an extended member of Don Ho's family, sharing in the spirit of the moment—you sang along to the music, moved to the rhythms, and felt the pulse of the surf only yards away.
Along with so many other great leaders who have left us: the Duke in '68, Eddie Aikau in '78, "Queen" Rell Sunn in '98, and countless beach boys, entertainers, and island guardians—Don Ho will forever be immortalized by his music and the way he entertained the visiting world to Hawaii for the past 50 years. His love and the open-heart attitude he shared with everyone he met as well as the Aloha spirit that he so much stylized for all those who have come to the islands will continue for generations and beyond.


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Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi is delighted that all the expectations are on their opponents ahead of the 2014 World in Brazil.
The Africans will play against old foes USA and Germany as well as Portugal in group G.
The Black Stars have managed two wins over the USA and suffered only a 1-0 defeat to Germany during the last edition of the tournament in South Africa four years ago.
However, the Ghanaians are accustomed to being less favoured and Nyantakyi says it puts them in the right frame of mind to deal with the big occasion.
'We are usually underdogs, so we are better in this position. It seems that we have to be underdogs to put our mind in perfect line and this is one of those times,' he said.
'That kind of adversity is where we are more comfortable. It is like it wakes in the players a lot of mental toughness.
'In 2006 and 2010 not many people gave us any chance but we all saw our performances.
'This year as well, we are not being counted among the favourites and to be honest with you I'm really happy with the underdog tag.'
The Black Stars started preparations in Accra on Tuesday and will fly out to Holland this weekend ahead of their international friendly against the Netherlands on May 31.
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|The Dale Cemetery Association was established and the property acquired in 1851 to address the growth of Ossining, New York. It is significant under Criteria A in the area of social history as a record of persons and events important to the history Ossining and its surrounding communities. Additionally, the cemetery is significant under Criteria C in the areas of landscape architecture and funerary art as an example of a midnineteenth century cemetery laid out and planned in the tradition of the rural cemetery movement, designed by successful architect and landscape designer Howard Daniels, and containing significant funerary art from 1851 to 1963. A significant degree of Danielss plan is intact and changes made to the plan, both within and outside the period of significance, do not distract from the cemeterys park-like setting. The plans survival is evident in its network of winding paths, stone walls and steps, and its large variety of deciduous and evergreen trees. Contributing resources include Danielss plan, stone walls lining the cemetery and entrance, a set of entrance gates, a caretakers cottage, two vaults, and five mausoleums. The markers and burial plots that make up the historic site include fine examples from the period, from simple sandstone headstones, elaborate granite and marble markers and monuments, statuaries and mausoleums for prominent families. Much of the cut stone and marble used to create Dales funerary art was created at the nearby Sing Sing prison. With over twelve hundred interments, Dale Cemetery offers the opportunity to witness the shifting trends in burial practices, which includes the more somber memorial park movement that occurred after the World Wars. A period of significance has been set from 1851, the cemeterys date of incorporation, to 1963, through which time Dale continued to use Howard Danielss original plan.
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On the Scene: Timecrafters
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Timeline of raid on FLDS-owned YFZ Ranch
Bill MaxMay 23, 2008 11:25 a.m.
Thanks for bringing into perspective the complete lie
that the CPS perpetuated against the FLDS.
Many of us who new this was wrong from day one are still a little concerned. The CPS has an appeal right. However small of a chance in hell of it being upheald. The Texas Supreme Court should now be informed of what the PUBLIC you and I feel.
If they are on the side of the just they will uphold the appeal court decsision that the raid was not justified and illegal.
IF not then an complete upheaval of the legal system
is warranted.
To this date the CPS has not shown a single abuse case or negelect. They in fact have proven what we knew all along.
1. The FLDS are peacxe loving and very devoted to there beleifs.
2. They choose to live free from Alcohol, Televison
or public schools.
3. They believe in having multiple wives.
Of course the need to allow them to practice thier
religion is paramount with one excetion, don't allow marriages of girls who are underage or forced.
Very simple, other than that let these people go back to there life.


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WASHINGTON - Most congressional Democrats say the quickest way to save homeowners like Troy Butler of Saginaw, Mich., is to let them declare bankruptcy and allow judges to dictate new mortgage terms.
Easy, except the lenders that would absorb the pain - and lose control of any deals to ease the terms - do not want to get dragged into bankruptcy court by millions of overextended borrowers.
Butler, 40, is a laid-off
A bill to give judges authority to alter loan terms for primary residences may be the quickest way to arrest the housing market's collapse. Most Democrats in the House and Senate support that plan.
President Obama told Democratic leaders Friday he also backs it, according to a Senate aide who was not authorized to be quoted by name.
But 10 groups representing the lending industry and other businesses are fighting back fiercely. Several have engaged portions of their lobbying machines to stop the legislation.
One Democratic backer of the bankruptcy proposal, Representative Maxine Waters of California, said the banking industry "has owned this Congress far too long."
Butler, the GM worker, and an industry lobbyist see things much differently.
"I'm living from day to day, hoping to make it through the day. I worry about my family, where we're going to live, how we'll survive," said, Butler, who has a disabled wife and two children, ages 15 and 11.
The chief lobbyist for the Mortgage Bankers Association, Steve O'Connor, said new homebuyers would end up paying higher interest and bigger down payments if lenders are saddled with the risk that a judge could change mortgage terms.
"We're going to defend the industry" against "bad public policy," O'Connor said.
The association's 23-member government affairs team is trying to persuade lawmakers to kill the bankruptcy legislation.
The lending industry has voluntary programs in place to change mortgage terms. But Butler's lawyer, Peter Bagley, said it was a nightmare trying to contact his client's lender.
First, he was told the application for a loan modification would take at least 30 days to process. Bagley then called someone with authority to stop any sale of the home, but only received voice messages that the mailbox was full. The application never arrived.
The key to passage of the bankruptcy bill is the Senate, where Democrats need 60 votes to stop a possible filibuster.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Medieval Mosh Pit
Last night, while attending a Red concert in downtown Nashville, Juan Pedro learned three things:
1. Light as a feather, stiff as a board makes for some excellent crowd surfing.
2. When the guitarist tosses out bottles of water, the best course of action is to duck. Especially when one is wearing a face plate that interferes significantly with one's peripheral vision.
3. One may enter a mosh pit brandishing a double-edged sword but only if one wants to find oneself tossed out of the concert venue on one's ear.
He did, however, get this awesome t-shirt.
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I had soooo much fun last night with you all!! We have to do that again soon! =)ReplyDelete
I love my friends.
Haha. Thats great. Me and him have the same stance at concerts though.ReplyDelete
No kidding. How do you say "wall" in Spanish?ReplyDelete
- mayberry tuesdayMarch 28, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Wow. Juan Pedro is a hunk. ;)ReplyDelete
Am I the only one who wants to see him wearing Paul's Wonder Woman outfit?
LOL! Juan Pedro - The Caped Wonder!ReplyDelete
It has a certain flair to it...
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Oh yes! I'm going there. Baby vs. Embryo
Here's a test:
I'm holding a baby in one hand and a petri dish holding an embryo in the other.
I'm going to drop one. You chose which.
If you really truly believe an embryo is the same thing as a baby, it should be impossible for you to decide. You should have to flip a coin, that's how impossible the decision should be.
Shot in the dark, you saved the baby.
Because you're aware there's a difference.
Now admit it.
You don't even make any sense. Maybe you were dropped as a baby on your head?
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Oh but wait! They would pick the baby cause the embryo could end up as a miscarriage.
Oh that made me laugh. The head warping justification. That took mental gymnastics worthy of an Olympic gold medal.Quoting NWP:
I think so too
Quoting ReadWriteLuv:
I personally love this post, but the people that this post is being directed towards will ignore it for lack of an answer.
I would react in the same way as if you were dropping two infants. I would dive for both, hopefully catching both of them, then smack you for risking physical harm to defenseless human beings in order to make some kind of political point.
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I'm actually pro-choice myself. But I think abortion is a horrible choice. And I'm sad for anyone who has to make it. 1.2 million abortions are performed in the US every year. There are 7 million infertile couples and countless methods of birth control out there. Plus there are tons of resources for women who want to keep their baby.
It's a life. It totally is. I don't know how anyone can ignore science. I've been pregnant 4 times and lost 4 babys (one set of twins). I had one and adopted one so I've sat through quite a few ultrasounds in my day.
I say everyone deserves the choice to abort. But it is a baby. And if you aborted it you killed it. Now live with yourself. What I don't like is people pretending they aborted a marshmallow or something.
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Quoting 2Gs:
People who post shit like usually are trying to justify having or wanting to have an abortion.
So do you have an answer for her question?
And welcome to the forum!
I can only imagine aborting if my life was in jeopardy.
But I am lucky. I have a lot of support systems that a lot of women don't have.
I am pro-choice because it is no one else's business and should be no one else's decision what someone does reproductively.
I think it is the better, safer option to have abortion be safe and legal in America.
I think everyone knows it's an incipient life, that if left undisturbed will most likely end in a baby.
But at the point most people abort, it's a non-sentient embryo, unable to be aware of anything or feel anything. Equating that with a living, breathing, sentient person is wrong, IMO.
Quoting 2Gs:
People who post shit like usually are trying to justify having or wanting to have an abortion.
Quoting 2Gs:
People who post shit like usually are trying to justify having or wanting to have an abortion.
I'll dive in...I'm scared of the backlash so PLEASE keep it at least a little civilized. I would save the already born baby because it is surviving outside of the mom. That doesn't mean I don't see the value of the embryo however. If you can only save 1 then you should save the one that has already been proven to be able to live outside of the mom. I am pro-life with the stipulation added that a rape vcitim, incest victim, mother who faces death if she carries the baby to term, or baby who will not survive or will have a horrible quality of life should not be impeded if she chooses to have an abortion. Remember...keep it civilized...I took the dare!
The only reason I'm not totally pro-life is that I don't think we could ever logistically legislate it. Of course the liberals (and many conservatives) would insist in a provision for rape victims and everyone probably agrees that abortions are justifiable if the mother's health is in danger but how could we really manage that? And I think a lot of women would cry rape just to get an abortion. Plus I'm not going to tell someone what to do with their body. BUT I'm not going to pretend it's something it is not. If you actually have to get an abortion, then you better be damn sure you can live with yourself when it's done. I'm older than most of the women who post here and I have a lot of friends who aborted and now are in their 40s and they never ended up having children for whatever reason. I"m seeing a lot of people suddenly expeience delayed deep regret. Or the ones who do have babies have been haunted by their abortions. There are too many victims in most abortion scenarios.
I really do hate much of the pro-life rhetoric becuase I think they go about it all wrong. But I do like the Silent No More campaign.
Plus I adopted so, of course, I have a huge heart for that. I know adoption is not something most woman could do, but it's something almost no once considers and it can end up being the most beautiful choice of all.
Quoting punky3175:
Not at all. Pro-life v pro-choice is a hot topic. This is just an attempt to illicit conversation. And by your response I'm guessing you are 'pro-life' and see the validity of her argument. And you don't like that you see and understand it. And would opt to save the baby rather than the embryo.
Quoting 2Gs:
People who post shit like usually are trying to justify having or wanting to have an abortion.


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She makes amazing cakes. I published one a while ago which was a laptop which she made for my oldest son's birthday. The best part is that they are so delicious. Nothing like the overly sweet store bought cakes.
The lady did an exceptional job!!!! Brought a smile all the way down to Georgia :-)))) Thank you Edie. I have throughly enjoyed sharing your Easter delights!!!!!! Kathy :-)
Thanks Dagmar. Take your time, there's no rush.
And with this delicious sight I finish my tour of your Easter. Somehow my Easter got lost on the way. I managed to make an Easter cake this year and some Spanish torrijas, but that was about it. No egg painting - only virtual ones :)) - no little nests, no twigs with hanging eggs. I must be getting old :)).I loved your Easter table and your stuffed animals. It's always nice to have things like this, they surely bring back many memories, like the painted eggs I still keep from the time my kids were small. :)) I never tried painting quail eggs, but perhaps when I have got grandchildren I will get inspired again. There was no custom at my home for baking special Easter cookies but I don't really know what the difference is between a German Easter and a Canadian one. :)) There are no similarities between a Spanish and a German Easter. Spanish children have no idea what a Easter bunny is and what it is supposed to do, except for my nieces and nephews and some other strays that follow old northern tradidions. :))Thanks for an entertaining time tonight but now I must be off to bed, we started daylight saving time this weekend and getting up is horrible. I hate it when they take my well-deserved hour of sleep from me. LOLP.S.: I'll write back to you as soon as I can manage. :))
Almost too cute to cut, but too delicious looking not to!
thank you verry much!
Too late. One piece left and it's for my breakfast. Sorry
save me a piece please!
Isn't that nice, no calories. Yummy in the tummy
This looks good Edie, thanks
No Ardy, those are candy eggs. These cakes are made to order by a lady that works with my daughter's mother in law. Every time we get together she's always the one who has to bring cake. All butter and lots of eggs. It's so delicious.
It's lemon Kathy.
Beautiful and yummy looking. Are those quail eggs hiding in the green grass around the edge? So creative. Must be really satisfying to be able to make something like this to bring so much pleasure. Thanks, Edie, for sharing.
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Raw's and initial thoughts on the Fuji 23mm 1.4 lens..
Landscape, Travel and Panoramic Photography
I'm surprised at your comment regarding sharpness wide open (DSF0033). The sign, which was obviously the focal point, is tack sharp. It's pretty common knowledge that RAF's need a bit of sharpening. In Lightroom, it looks great with +50/.08/25, but in Iridient Developer using the L-R sharpening, you can even make out the fine texture of the little wire cable ties that secure the sign at the top and bottom! And the rusty painted metal sign post has enough micro detail to make my eyes bleed.
The image is overexposed by about 1 stop, which is why there is some "blooming" around the letters and a perception of being slightly soft, but bringing up the highlight recovery and dropping the exposure a bit fixes that, and really brings the image alive.
I'm most blown away by the "3D" quality of the image. Incredible for a wide lens on APS-C. Now if Amazon would just ship the darn thing!
LR 4.4, Auto tone and Sharpen + in VSCO Toolkit; you can see the sign is leaning away and the bottom wire loop is out of focus but the top one is in. The depth looks like a larger format, most interesting.
I took quite a few images wide open and I stick to what I said. Although I have been shooting alot wide open with the RX1 of late so I have been spoilt
Shooting wide open with a fast "standard" lens is half the fun of this type of lens and at that aperture its not the greatest. Each to their own. Glad your happy with it though! I can agree stopped down its a winner.
Landscape, Travel and Panoramic Photography
I'll let people make up their own mind from the images - but my personal take from using the lens for the past month, on image sharpness wide open, is that it's excellent - as good as the 35mm f/1.4
23mm image set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodkin/sets/72157636312068963/
YMMV - depends on your starting point I guess
I'm comparing with Canon L series as my starting point.
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I've got the 35 F1.4. Do you think the 23mm is not much different from the 35mm lens? After all it's only a 12mm difference?
Can anyone justify owning both? - to wife.
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Children's rights and armed conflict
EU guidelines on children and armed conflict
They commit the EU to addressing the short, medium and long-term impacts of armed conflict on children.
They aim to persuade governments and organisations around the world to apply humanitarian law and human rights that protect children from the effects of armed conflict.
They also seek to stop the recruiting of children into armed forces and impunity for crimes against children.
- The Council Working Group on Human Rights (COHOM), along with other relevant parties, determines where help is needed on the basis of reports from EU Heads of Missions, military commanders and EU Special Representatives; reports and recommendations from the United Nations (UN); and information from the European Commission on EU-funded projects aimed at children and armed conflict (and their aftermath).
- To promote and protect children affected by armed conflict, the EU uses tools in its relations with non-EU countries, such as diplomatic initiatives, political dialogue, multilateral cooperation, training in child protection and crisis management.
- The EU's Revised Implementation Strategy on these Guidelines puts them into practice.
- The EU has invested in strengthening its capacity on child protection, such as through the 2014 joint initiative with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the Child Rights Toolkit: Integrating Child Rights in Development Cooperation. The EU also supports and contributes to the Children, Not Soldiers campaign, which was established in 2014 and aims to end the recruitment and use of children in conflict by 2016.
According to UNICEF, 1 in 10 children in the world lives in areas affected by armed conflict, which threatens their survival, development and life opportunities. There has been international legislation to address this problem, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), in which the Optional Protocol aims at countering situations where children are affected by armed conflict.
The EU and its countries aim to take account of and to coordinate their actions with other bodies, such as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, and the UN Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in order to maximise their impact. Other relevant human rights standards and humanitarian law that guide EU action to protect children affected by armed conflicts are listed in the annex to these guidelines.
Update of the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict. General Affairs Council of 16 June 2008
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 is finally showing up online! Took Sega long enough. I mean, it has been almost a year and a half since Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 was released. Still, that could be seen as a good thing since the longer the development time, the better the chances that the game will just blow our minds.
Sega decided to build the excitement with lots of screenshots and a new trailer. The trailer actually shows game footage this time, with lots of cooperation between Sonic and Tails. The screenshots, meanwhile, show new areas and enemies. No sign of Metal Sonic, even though Sega's said this episode is supposed to have Sonic facing him.
The trailer is where you finally get to see a hint at Metal Sonic. He shows up in the initial introduction and very briefly at the end. The rest of the video is dedicated to showing actual gameplay footage.
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 will be out pretty soon. Sega's hoping for a May 2012 release window. It'll once again appear on the PS3, Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7 and Windows, as well as on Android and iOS devices. It won't show up on the Wii Shop Channel though, so Wii owners will have to go to another system to continue the adventure.
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The second novel in The Raj Quartet: the arrest by British police of Mohammed Ali Kasim, who is known to sympathise with the Quit India movement, signifies a further deterioration in Anglo-India relations.
For families such as the Laytons, who have lived and served in India for generations, the immediate social and political realities are both disturbing and tragic. With growing confusion and bewilderment, the British are forced to confront the violent and often brutal years that lie ahead.
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Paul Scott's Raj Quartet series is a timeless classic about the British rule in India and its ignominious end. I enjoyed listening to the first volume so much that I bought the second without listening to a sample. Big mistake.
I have experienced my share of poor narrators on Audible but never ever anything as bad as this. The problem is not the narrator's ability but his voice, and the emotion it conveys. No matter what the narrator is saying, he always sounds snotty, arrogant and condescending. Even the most simple, factual sentences sound like scathing insults. What is even worse for this book is the fact that this narrator's voice is the epitome of everything that Paul Scott criticizes about the British rule in India. It is the voice of the narrow-minded, pig-headed, racist British upper class who despise everything and everyone that does not belong to their tiny elite club. It is the exact opposite of everything for which Paul Scott's wonderful work stands and speaks out. It is like having a production of the Diary of Anne Frank narrated by the voice of a German World War II radio newscaster.
Choosing Richard Brown to narrate this book is probably the most egregiously inappropriate decision in the entire history of audio book publishing. He manages to completely destroy it and its message.
"Enthralling story of the British Raj in India"
While I love all four volumes of The Raj Quartet, the introduction of the Layton's in this second volume adds enormously to the breadth and depth of the saga. Paul Scott's writing is exquisite and Richard Brown brings it to life...I truly feel in the midst of the story as I listen.
In particular I find Sarah Leyton to be one of the most compelling figures of English literature. She is uncomfortable with the aristoratic role of her family and the British ruling class and questions the role of Britain in India, just as the life of the British Raj is winding down. She is ever bit as thoughtful as Daphne Manners in the first volume (The Jewel in the Crown), but elects to be more conventional at times. Yet I admire her inner life and feel her frustrations in dealing with her sister and mother.
I can only say that I have re-listened to this book and the other three in the Raj Quartet too many times to count. I will keep coming back to the narration of this gem of a novel.
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Richard Brown's narration took some getting used to, I have been so taken with Sam Dastor"s rendition of Jewel in the Crown. However, I'm very glad to have persevered because this book gets better and better. It's not just a story, but also an insight into the latter days of the British Raj. This book is well worth listening to. Now onto #3.
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Simon Etheredge, a native of Te Anau, a town in New Zealand's South Island, is a flanker for the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) rugby team that played in the SCC International Rugby 7s tournament at the Padang in November.
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"The flanker, also known as a loose forward, functions as one of the links between the forwards and backs," says Etheredge, 32. He has to make a lot of tackles and be a nuisance to opponents. "They'll kick me, knee me, punch me and throw me to the ground
because I have to disrupt everything they do." Another part of his role is to support the backs when they're on the offensive. "I'm slightly smaller and a little faster. So, when we're attacking, I have to make sure I'm supporting the backs that are faster. I can get to all the different breakdowns and tackles."
Of all the different positions, a flanker runs the most, says Etheredge. "He has to be fast and have the stamina to last an entire 80-minute game." He must have some of everything: power, speed, stamina and agility. "When you're the jack of all trades, the biggest challenge is in striking a balance." For the Kiwi, training is divided into three phases: off-season (which focuses on muscle-building), the start of pre-season (for strength and speed), and the end of pre-season (for power and anaerobic threshold).
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It helps if a flanker is big. "Having mass helps you to absorb the blows better, but it can also slow you down," he says. During the off-season, a six- to eight-week period, Etheredge trains to build muscle. "I'm about 97kg, which is not very heavy. So during the offseason, I do high-pressure sets to put on size."
Etheredge's four-days-a-week bodybuilding split comprises the following: Day 1 for legs, Day 2 for chest and triceps, Day 3 for back and biceps, and Day 4 for core and shoulders. His regime: High sets (5) and high reps (8-12), with a tempo of 3 seconds up and 3 to 4 seconds down, or 2 seconds up and 7 seconds down. "This keeps a lot of tension in the muscle," he says. He also incorporates 2 to 3 runs a week. "Train fast, run fast," he says. "If you run slowly for an hour, you're just going to train your body to run slowly."
2. Start of Pre-Season
Etheredge describes this as the hardest phase. "This is when I run more to train for speed. You're always trying to get further each time. So when you do your run onto the ball, you have to be really explosive – you have to sprint to it and get past that line as far as you can," he says. "This is also when I start training with the team again."
At every weight-training session, he'll still be pumping 5 sets, but the rep count would be reduced to 3 or 5 – or, occasionally, a maximum of 6. "I'll be going for maximum strength. If I'm normally benching 120kg for 8 reps, then I'll be looking to get 5 reps with 140kg. Or if I'm usually squatting 8 reps at 150kg, then I'll work up to 3 reps at 200kg."
Aerobic fitness is also important for rugby, as it contributes to speed and stamina. Etheredge says: "You're working your anaerobic threshold, between 170 and 190 beats a minute, so you're working at a high-intensity load – to get used to the high intensity at which rugby is played."
3. End of Pre-Season
Flankers have to be explosive because their contacts – or hits – are usually done within five seconds. "You hit someone and take them to the ground in a tackle, then you've got to try and get on your feet again – all in five seconds," says Etheredge. "The other thing is, you have to be explosive when you grab the ball. If I were just jogging to the ball and I grab it, and if someone hits me, I'd get nailed and probably lose possession."
Etheredge devotes the second six weeks of pre-season training to power lifts. "I do compound exercises such as Olympic lifts and power cleans 3 times a week," he says, "I'll do 5 sets with 1 to 5 reps per set – using fairly heavy weights – and also throw in core work for stability."
To improve speed and anaerobic threshold, Etheredge incorporates two speed sessions a week. "I do lots of short shuttles, high-intensity repeated sprints and suicide shuttles. Every trainer's got different ideas about doing things. Some have us do 12 reps of 300m repeaters at maximum speed on the track, with 1 to 2 (or 1 to 3) minutes to recover in between reps. So, it's pretty tough."
Nutrition Tips
Simon Etheredge follows these nutrition rules for maintaining body mass and energy levels.
1. Stick to Low GI
"If I'm training three times a day, I don't eat food with lots of sugar, which will see my energy levels shoot up and then drop me back down again. Instead, I'll have a wholemeal sandwich."
2. Keep Up The Protein
"I'll eat chicken and steak throughout the day – any sort of protein – while still keeping my carb intake up. I need to have a steady supply of energy, especially when I train so often."
3. Have A Big One
"I'll have my biggest meal after a tough session. At this point, my body can absorb twice as many calories. That's the best time to get all my major nutrients – carbs, protein and fat."
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First steep tasted amazing with notes of cinnamon, raisins, apple, spices and a deep, smooth black tea body.
Second steep was also nice with a much stronger black tea flavour.
And then like with Hime Hikari, the flavours get much weaker with the subsequent resteeps. The 5th hardly tasted like tea, and the 6th was just water with a hint of spice. Normally when it tastes that weak I begin to recognize the original water flavour, but not so this time. It might be due to the purion teapot, which would be nice since I use a brita filter with hard water and it doesn't always taste great. ;)
I have to say that I wasn't so crazy about this tea the first time I tried it, but the first short steep here was wonderful. When I long steep this one, it reminds me too much of Qimen black tea, which is a tea I'm not always interested in drinking. Anyway, this is quite an interesting tea and I'm happy to have tried it.
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F2 Signs Rebellious Team of Youngsters
Since the competitive season ended, Karin Jaggi (F2 / North), the 2007 Slalom World Champion, has been busy already in her new job scouting-out young talent for the F2 international team.
New on the books are two explosive talents from Gran Canaria – 16-yr old Kyra Koster (F2 / North), her 13-yr old brother Philip Koster (F2 / Severne) who's already had PWA wavesailing competition experience at Pozo, and 14-yr old Hendrix Stone (F2 / Severne).
Karin gave us her thoughts on the plan behind the new deals in a time when all the major brands are signing younger and younger riders in a bid to cement talent for the future. "As the new team manager I have one big goal - to grow and strengthen the F2 family. I personally grew up within this family and I want to give other people the same chance. Therefore it was just natural to add a few young talents to the existing team. We deliberately choose those three kids as we already had a very personal connection with all of them. Our "rebels" should get the best possible and personal support from their family. Kyra is my personal favourite! For some years I've lent her my old equipment, and she's made respectable progress this summer. With her self-confidence and cheeky style she'll without doubt be the leader of our rebel team!"
Patrik Diethelm, F2 Shaper commented on his particular prodigy. "My 'offspring' is Philip. When I first trained at Philip's parents windsurf centre in Vargas (Gran Canaria) for the first time he wasn't even born! Later I spent many summers living in their house on the beach and it was Rolf (Philip's dad) that showed me how to repair boards – so this is kind of where my career started – so it really is like one big windsurfing family! Today Philip is one of the most explosive talents in windsurfing. At just 13 years of age he has already some valuable world cup experience. His style is so effortless and smooth! I'm very proud that he rides my boards!"
Danny Aeberli, F2 tester and owner of Choco Fins spotted his young understudy down-under in Western Oz. "Just a few years ago I saw Hendrix making his first windsurfing attempts at his home spot in Geraldton /Australia – also my favourite windsurfing spot on earth. Every year I return and can't believe how much progress he made! He playfully copies all my hard learned tricks like it would be the easiest thing to do. He's my sparring partner in Australia and there is nobody I have more fun sailing with!"
The big boss at F2 Raoul Werzer, the Windsurf Line Manager seemed happy to part with the cash and a tonne of new gear to his rebels."F2 is fast becoming more professional, more technical and highly focused on great style. The young rebel team is just one way of showing the progress and change F2 is going for. I'm sure that these three kids will be scoring big results and turning heads very soon and so play their part in our philosophy... I'm looking forward to a ground-breaking and innovative future for our brand"
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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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Roundabout cattle drive set to ride its way through Rifle, Colorado roundabouts
Gary Russell is going to drive cattle right down the middle of Rifle's roundabouts at the Interstate 70 interchange and Airport Road. But it won't be the kind of cattle drive you normally see in this neck of the woods. Russell, owner of The Iron Gallery just west of Rifle on U.S. Highway 6&24, was commissioned by the city to create iron sculptures of a cattle drive to adorn the center of the roundabouts. The city was presented with several choices from architects for a landscape design and chose the cattle drive theme because "cattle are a part of the heritage of our community," as Mayor Keith Lambert explained. Using a hand-held flame cutting torch, Russell has been busy working on the statues of two cowboys and one cowgirl, each on horseback, along with some dogs and cattle. He anticipates that some real cowboys will drive through the roundabouts and scrutinize the work, so he's done his homework and asked for advice from some of the ranchers and cowboys he knows to ensure it's realistic. "I'm also going to use some old brands from this area on the cows and calves," he said. "I think it would be really cool if people could drive by and say, 'hey, that's my grandpa's brand'!"...Citizen Telegram
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The Avengers proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood's record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in US and Canadian theatres, kicking off Hollywood's summer movie season with a bang.
The domestic debut for the big-budget, effects-filled movie from Disney's Marvel studios sped past last summer's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows — Part 2, which opened with $169.2 million in its first weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. In March, The Hunger Games opened with $152.5 million, the fourth largest opening in box office history.
The Avengers, which reunites Marvel comic heroes Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Black Widow, has collected $641.8 million since it opened in international markets on April 25.
"We keep thinking we have a sense of what this movie can do, or will do, and every time we get a report it does even better," said Dave Hollis, Disney's executive vice-president of distribution. "This is very satisfying, to say the least."
Disney's aggressive marketing, which included promotions aimed at women that included sending stars to "The View" daytime talk show, resulted in women making up 40 per cent of the audience for the action film, according to Disney's survey. Half the audience was also over 25 years of age, the studio also said.
Winner of the past two weekends, Sony's romantic comedy Think Like a Man, slipped to second place with $8 million at North American (US and Canadian) theatres, according to Hollywood.com.
Hunger Games, from Lions Gate Entertainment, took the number three spot in its seventh week in theatres, with $5.7 million, and has collected $380.7 million in US and Canadian theatres during its run.
Warner Brothers' The Lucky One landed in fourth place with $5.5 million, and the animated film The Pirates! Band of Misfits from Sony finished in fifth place with $5.4 million.
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Attaching patch 1a, which makes sure the transaction is either committed or rolled back. It doens't guarantee that the connection is closed.
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Looks like a useful fix. +1
If you call JDBC.cleanup(conn) or clearConnection(conn) instead, the connection will be closed too. The latter will additionally clear the conn instance variable. But I suppose rollback() would be enough to get the tests going again in most cases.
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Curious children are welcoming creepy-crawly royalty with the addition of a insect home to their nursery - 'Bug-ingham Palace'.
The ingeniously named bug farm has been built for the youngsters at Carleton Childcare to let them learn about all creatures great and small.
The home, made from recycled materials, has already attracted snails, ants, slugs and beetles - and best of all, even little girls, no longer squeamish but keen to learn.
Sarah Loughran, nursery manager, said: "It's to attract all sorts; spiders, beetles, slugs, snails, all sorts.
"The children love it. It makes it so bugs are more accessible and not something to be afraid of.
"The boys always love digging up worms but girls usually not so much."
There's still stuff to entertain even the girliest of girls though.
Tilly-Mae Morrey, four, said: "I'm looking for butterflies."
Ms Loughran added: "I think it'll be next spring that more creatures will move in and it'll come into its own, they've all gone to ground now because of the frost.
"So at the moment the children are learning about why we've got to look after them and life cycles and having plants for them to live or feed on."
It was a trip to Blackpool Zoo that sparked children's imaginations to learn about different species and their habitats.
The 'palace' has been made from upcycled materials donated by children's parents, which nursery staff and children built up to around the same height as the three- and four-year-olds who can peer into its various levels.
Phoebe Beech, three, said: "I helped with the sticks, so the bugs can hide. Erhhh a worm, its got a new home."
Ms Loughran added: "It's quite large so they can look in. We have it in the garden so it's freely accessible."
A research trolley has also been loaded up with magnifying glasses for children to use to peer inside the palace and information cards for children to learn about the creatures they find.
Four-year-old Darcy Lees said: "I can see a little spider, by looking through the magnifying glass. I want to find a caterpillar."
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The Jewish Outreach Institute (www.JOI.org) was originally founded in 1988 as a think tank and research facility devoted to study the phenomenon of interfaith marriage. JOI's services have since grown to include training outreach professionals and sponsoring innovative outreach programs throughout North America--part of its Jewish Connection Partnership program (www.JewishConnectionPartnership.org). JOI's primary mission is to promote inclusiveness in the Jewish community and to "reach out and welcome in" the intermarried and unaffiliated. This column is an opportunity for JOI to share its findings and views with the InterfaithFamily.com readership.
The Bar/Bat Mitzvah has stood the ultimate test of a meaningful ritual: survival. It's just one of those ceremonies that we can't seem to get rid of--nor get enough of! The Reform movement tried to do away with it about a generation or two ago, rightfully arguing that kids at twelve or thirteen years old are really not ready to take on adult responsibilities. But it soon came back with a vengeance, with added meaning as an affirmation of equality for women (and girls).
Originally, the Bar/Bat Mitzvah functioned as a relatively simple marking of time (much like the drinking age in contemporary society functions, whether you act on it or not). In the Middle Ages the lifecycle event developed into a ceremony that more closely resembles what we know today, providing a powerful experience for children and their parents when it is handled correctly (not the familiar "go in your room and practice and don't come out until you're done!"). It didn't become an over-the-top, schmaltzy event until the late 1960s.
Looking beyond today's lavish celebrations--where the "bar" seems to be more important than the "mitzvah"--there is real potential for a spiritual family experience. And while, unfortunately, few synagogues offer our children much in the area of true adult responsibilities after the Bar or Bat Mitzvah (ironically, the children are "taking on the commandments" of adult responsibility that most of their parents have chosen not to model!), it can be an important rite of passage for the children of interfaith parents, particularly as a way to affirm Jewish identity.
Since the interfaith family is usually forced to contend with a variety of ritual and family challenges, they tend to take it more seriously than do other families, and have invested themselves more in modeling for their children and participating in the ceremony--even when they have not been welcomed to do so. Thus, there is an added opportunity for interfaith families to re-invest the Bar/Bat Mitzvah with meaning.
Some parents and/or children choose to use the Bar or Bat Mitzvah as an occasion to convert to Judaism. And children who have converted may use the ceremony as a way to affirm their conversion (something that Jewish law also requires).
While searching for the spiritual, many interfaith families are unfortunately forced to contend with the ritual policies of synagogues: who can participate in what and where. This can be very frustrating, even for those who understand that the intermarriage phenomenon is relatively new to the Jewish community and that many institutions are still feeling their way. For example, in some congregations ritual decisions (particularly regarding the pulpit) are left to the sole discretion of the rabbi. Many of these decisions are more about the culture of the synagogue than they are about Jewish law. There is no law that prohibits non-Jews from standing on the bimah (raised platform in the front of the sanctuary), yet there are congregations that maintain such a policy. Others limit the participation to "pulpit honors" that are neither historical nor include a blessing. Hopefully the interfaith family has found a congregation that helps them to feel comfortable despite policies that may seem exclusionary.
If a large number of non-Jewish relatives are attending the ceremony who may not be familiar with the customs of a particular synagogue community, you may want to include a separate note in the invitation about various "do's and don'ts" in order to prevent any embarrassment on the day of the event. Some families prepare small booklets that guide guests through the prayer liturgy and the ceremony itself, as well as general Sabbath policies at the synagogue. People always feel more comfortable when they know what to expect and what is expected of them. Children spend a great deal of time preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and it is a shame when family issues threaten to eclipse these accomplishments, especially when they could have been avoided.
The most important advice: plan ahead--don't wait until the last minute to work out family details. Remember how powerful the Bar or Bat Mitzvah can be as a spiritual experience in the life of a child and his or her family, and use this critical opportunity to cement bonds with the members of your extended family.


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Tribunal decides detainee no threat / Man held 2 1/2 years after his capture in Afghanistan
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, September 9, 2004
2004-09-09 04:00:00 PDT Washington -- A longtime captive at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be sent home to his native country after a military tribunal there determined that he is not an enemy combatant, Navy Secretary Gordon England announced Wednesday.
The decision ends 2 1/2 years of incarceration for the man, who was picked up on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
England declined to provide details of the detainee's case, including his name and nationality, referring to an agreement with foreign countries not to release such information until a transfer home is completed. Pentagon officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detainee had been captured in January 2002 and held in a detention facility in Afghanistan for a few months before he was transferred to Cuba, where he has been incarcerated ever since.
Human rights advocates sharply criticized the government for the length of the detainee's incarceration.
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"It should not take more than two years for the U.S. military to determine that we were holding someone who is apparently not an enemy combatant," said ACLU executive director Anthony Romero. "While this announcement is welcome, hundreds of so-called enemy combatants still languish in legal limbo at Guantanamo Bay. The government's assertion that it is entitled to lock people up indefinitely without any access to the courts violates our most basic notions of fundamental fairness."
The detainee is one of 55 inmates who have received a complete review under a program begun recently by the military to determine whether detainees should continue to be considered enemy combatants, England said. A Navy admiral who must approve the tribunal decisions has decided 30 cases so far --
ruling that 29 detainees are enemy combatants and that this one is not. More than 200 such tribunal cases are in various stages of the process, England said.
The government has described the tribunals, which the Defense Department began in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that detainees are entitled to contest their incarcerations in federal courts, as a way of providing detainees with a chance to present their cases for release. The detainees are not entitled to attorneys but can call witnesses and offer evidence.
"There is such a thing as better late than never, but I'd imagine that's cold comfort to this person," said Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute of Military Justice. "It's good that this error has been noticed and this determination has been made, but it's one that should have been made literally years ago."
Pentagon officials have worried that releasing detainees without thorough review could prove deadly to U.S. forces in the future, noting that former detainees have been seen back in combat on the battlefield.
About 150 detainees were released prior to the start of the tribunal process, a couple of dozen of whom were determined not to be enemy combatants, England said.
The combatant review system includes the initial combat status review tribunals and annual reviews for those determined to be enemy combatants. Attorneys for some detainees have begun demanding to interview them in order to prepare for hearings in federal court in Washington, D.C.
A small number of detainees have been charged with crimes and face military commissions, which began hearings last month at Guantanamo Bay.
The detainee who is scheduled for release has been moved out of his prison cell into a transitional facility and could be sent home within days. Officials said that after the review, his status fell into a "gray area" that ultimately led to the decision to release him.
"These are very complex issues," England said Wednesday. "The information, many times it's ambiguous, it's conflicting. It's not always black and white."


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@sleepingautumn Aw, I'm sure you'll do fine. I'm not good at drawing either, but I know I'll never get good if I don't work on it. You don't have to show others if you don't feel confident. I usually practice by myself without showing anypony, and then when I feel like I've managed to throw together something good enough to share, I share it. Even though I'm not always happy with it.


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Dixons Retail, Europe's second-biggest electricals goods retailer, has struck a deal to merge its loss-making UniEuro business in Italy with a firm controlled by private equity group Rhone Capital.
The agreement will see Dixons provide the merged business with €25m of cash and invest €10m in it in the form of a loan note.
Dixons said it will own a 15% share of the new company, while Rhone Capital will hold 85%.
The merged business will trade from 173 owned stores as well as through a number of franchise partners.
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If you've been following me for a while you know my eight-year-old son has Celiac Disease and is therefore 100% gluten-free. And that my sweet husband became gluten-free, too, to stand in solidarity with him.
When my son was diagnosed close to three years ago, our house became pretty much totally gluten-free.
Well, I have a confession to make. . .
I love gluten-full bread! I do! I pretend all the time around my son that he's really not missing much, but let me tell you. . . . and please, mum's the word. . . . I think it's better! Much of the time, anyway. 😉
Please don't get me wrong, I create gluten-free recipes all the time, and as you might know, I think some of them are amazing. The thing is, I recently had a super strong craving for "real" bread — made with all-purpose flour. So I made some! This morning!
I made this bread made for a delightful Sunday morning. After it cooled, I toasted a couple of slices under the broiler for a moment or so, added a bit of butter, and smiled.
You know what other brad might just make you smile? Chocolate Bread! So in case you fancy something sweeter, now you have the choice.
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1-1/2 cups buttermilk
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons finely minced garlic
- ⅓ cup finely chopped, mixed, fresh herbs (marjoram, thyme, sage)
- ⅓ cup olive oil
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, and coat an approximately 11-inch loaf pan with a thin layer of butter and flour.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Make a well in the middle and set aside.
- In a medium-sized mixing bowl, gently whisk buttermilk, yogurt, egg, garlic, herbs and olive oil. Pour this in the well in the dry ingredients and mix only until combined.
- Pour the batter into the greased pan, and bake in the preheated oven until the bread becomes solid (it should no longer jiggle if you move the pan), the top is golden brown and slightly cracked, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Let the bread rest in the pan for at least 20 minutes or so. Then use a large plate or baking sheet to invert the bread to remove it from the pan. Wait about an hour before attempting to slice the bread. It should be completely cooled.
This is a pretty full loaf pan when it goes in the oven -- it's a good idea to place it on a baking sheet . . . just in case.
3 hours ahead: Make the batter and bake the bread.
This bread will keep wrapped tightly in the refrigerator for about 4 days, and in the freezer for a couple of weeks.


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He Came to Say Goodbye
President Obama's visit attests to Washington's strategic choice: to neglect the Middle East peace process.
The U.S. president is coming to town at the best possible time for us. It's the eve of Passover, there are amazing sales at the supermarkets, a government whose members are still unfamiliar with their powers or their offices, an extreme right atmosphere with touches of moderate right, Hamas is not firing Qassam rockets, the Palestinian Authority is collapsing. All in all a stable and familiar routine that doesn't invite dramas.
President Barack Obama doesn't have to commit himself to anything, propose anything, pressurize or convince or threaten anyone. The U.S. president will be a guest: He will speak, shake hands and finally chalk up a visit to Israel. He won't have to visit here again during his second term.
This is not an American gesture, but deliberate policy. Slowly but surely the United States is withdrawing into itself. Obama's success does not lie in involvement in processes or in the solution of conflicts, but in fleeing from them. In December 2011 he withdrew U.S. forces from Iraq, and America's involvement in the country it liberated from the rule of the late President Saddam Hussein is gradually disappearing.
The U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan next year, and as happened after its liberation from Soviet occupation in 1989, it will be transferred to the rule of tribes and Islamist movements. After the assassination of Osama bin Laden, Afghanistan is a burden.
In Syria two years have passed since the beginning of the murderous revolt, and Washington is still trying to decide whether to arm the rebels or to make do with a delivery of 200,000 prepared meals for the Free Syrian Army fighters.
Washington is treating Egypt like a homeless person lying at the threshold of the Bank of America: a little emergency aid, a pat on the shoulder and some tongue clicking. "The great hope brought by Obama in his speech on June 4, 2009 at Cairo University has evaporated," asserted an editorial this week in the London-based Asharq al-Awsat.
This interpretation is off the mark. The absence of strategy is the strategy. When a superpower decides to lift anchor and sail away from the centers of conflict, it engages in farewell visits or a show of indifference rather than a strategy of involvement. Obama's visit to Israel is a part of this farewell journey. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a strategic threat like that between North and South Korea, India and Pakistan or Taiwan and China. Solving it will not produce a New Middle East, mainly because the New Middle East is itself trying to find its way, separate from the Palestinians.
Peace between Israel and the Palestinians will not cause a chain reaction that will lead Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar or Algeria to look for a building for their embassies in Jerusalem. The Arab front against Iran, insofar as it exists, does not condition its rivalry with Iran on the solution of the Palestinian problem. Most Arab countries have their own account to settle with Iran.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has become dwarfed over the years, and has evolved into an internal political dispute in Israel and one of the focal points of the political battle between Fatah and Hamas. Right and left are measured by their theoretical willingness to give up territories, rather than by their determination to act to end the occupation. Resistance or concession (or an armed struggle versus collaboration) still distinguish between the two political factions of the Palestinian public. For the United States, this conflict has become the main index of its power and status in the Middle East.
The United States will not be released from this burden as long as it is thought to have a significant influence on Israel's policy. It will be able to shake off this dependency between its status in the region and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only if it solves the conflict or distances itself from it. Paradoxically, it is Obama's visit, at the most unfeasible time for getting a diplomatic process started, which attests to Washington's strategic choice. Obama is not coming to make peace, but to say goodbye.
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Inbox: Is recent slide a sign of things to come?
Beat reporter Jordan Bastian answers Indians fans' questions
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
It was 2009 and the Blue Jays -- the team I covered for MLB.com back then -- roared out to a 27-14 start that had the club in first place in the American League East. Then came a nine-game losing streak. Then, a 16-30 stretch for Toronto had them below .500 by July 9. When the curtains closed, the Blue Jays sat in fourth place with a disappointing 75-87 ledger.
It was a hot start and nothing more.
Many teams share similar tales. Right now, Cleveland is trying to find a way not to fall into that category. It happens to a few teams every year, and the Tribe does not want the recent struggles to be what it is remembered for in 2011.
On May 23, the Indians boasted a 30-15 record and a seven-game lead above the next-best team in the AL Central. As of this writing, Cleveland is mired in a 4-11 stretch that trimmed said lead to just 1 1/2 games over the surging Tigers. Talk about perfect timing for Thursday's off-day.
The good news is that the Indians -- a club that lost a combined 190 games over the past two seasons -- remain in first place. Entering this year, what Tribe fan would have complained about a 34-26 record and a spot atop the standings on June 9?
With more than three months left on the schedule, Cleveland's story is far from complete. That said, there are plenty of questions and concerns arising from the ballclub's latest lull.
Here is this week's Inbox.
How do you feel about the latest struggles by the Tribe? Is the worst-to-first season over already, or is it just a stretch of hot opposing teams with good pitching? I understand you can't win them all and I have a hunch that it's just one of those skids. I hope my hunch is right.
-- Brad T., Toledo, Ohio
Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be Miss Cleo. I can't predict the future. All I can say is that the Tribe showed the ability to be a strong team early on, and that should provide some hope that they can stay in the hunt for a playoff berth. Right now, it's about weathering the storm.
Obviously, a few things need to improve. First and foremost, the Indians need Shin-Soo Choo to get himself right between the ears and swinging with authority again between the chalk lines. Without his presence, Cleveland's lineup takes on a very lackluster look.
Michael Brantley, Asdrubal Cabrera and Grady Sizemore can't hoist two hitters each on their shoulders.
The starting rotation and bullpen both have what it takes to remain solid enough down the stretch. The only thing standing in their way is health. The Tribe does not have the depth or resources to withstand losing any of its key arms. If the staff can avoid the disabled list, it should be able to give Cleveland a chance.
The Indians made it clear from the start this year that they needed three things to happen in order to have success. Cleveland needed its roster to stay healthy, its young pitchers to take a collective step forward in their development and its hitters to play to their full potential.
Each of those areas has absorbed some blows. Losing Sizemore for two stretches hurt, as did seeing Travis Hafner land on the DL. The DH should be back within the next two weeks, if all goes according to plan. The well-documented struggles of Choo and Carlos Santana have hindered the offense as well.
Is the worst-to-first season over? Not by a long shot. In fact, the Indians are still in first place in the AL Central. Are they signs for concern? Certainly, but there are also 102 games left on the schedule.
Time for some rapid-fire answers ...
With the recent call-up of Cord Phelps, what will this mean to Orlando Cabrera's playing time?
-- Fred G., Hanover, Germany
For now, Phelps will get the bulk of the playing time at second base against right-handed pitchers. Veteran Cabrera (.505 OPS vs. RHP/.775 OPS vs. LHP) will start mostly against lefties.
What is the difference between Phelps and Jason Kipnis? It seems to me that everyone overlooks Phelps in favor of Kipnis. Just glancing at their career Minor League numbers, the only difference seems to be that Kipnis hits for a little better power.
-- Ryan J., Cleveland
They're both 24 years old and were both drafted by the Tribe within a year of each other (Phelps in '08 and Kipnis in '09). Numbers-wise, they are very similar, too. As of this writing, Kipnis had a career Minors line of .299 AVG/.377 OBP/.477 SLG and Phelps' looked like .288/.379/.426. Kipnis has a bit more pop, and some room to grow as a defender. Know that the Indians think very highly of Phelps.
The Indians' record against the Red Sox, Rays and Angels is 8-10. If you include the Twins, White Sox and Rangers, that record drops to 10-22. This causes me concern. Should I be concerned? What do you make of this? Conversely, that means the Tribe's record against everyone else is 24-4. That eases my mind.
-- Ryan, Lakewood, Ohio
Shoot, why not include the Royals, A's and Blue Jays in your first grouping, too? Then, in all other games, the Indians have gone undefeated! Let's get something straight -- it's not about who a team beats. It's about how many wins a team has in the end. Worry about records against specific opponents in October.
Who is the Indians' all-time saves leader?
-- Jason, Virginia Beach, Va.
Career: Bob Wickman, 139. Single-season: Jose Mesa, 46 in 1995.
Where is first baseman Nick Johnson? Wasn't he supposed to be back from his right wrist injury by now?
-- Joey, L.A.
Johnson is in Ohio, suiting up for Triple-A Columbus.
Have a question about the Indians?
E-mail your query to MLB.com Indians beat reporter Jordan Bastian for possible inclusion in a future Inbox column. Letters may be edited for brevity, length and/or content.
I read that Johnson has an opt-out clause in his contract in case he isn't on the Indians' 25-man roster by July 1. Does he have any future in Cleveland? I like the idea of Santana, Hafner and Johnson in the lineup on LaPorta's off-days
-- Mike R., Boca Raton, Fla.
The Indians had Johnson in Cleveland earlier this week so they could take a look at him in batting practice and fielding drills. The medical staff had a chance to evaluate him as well. Johnson has been cleared to play games in the Minors for now. Cleveland will monitor his progress and make a decision on him later this month.
How similar is Alex White's right middle finger injury to the injury that has robbed Indians fans of Adam Miller?
-- Dave S., location unknown
Indians head athletic trainer Lonnie Soloff said the only similarity is that both injuries deal with the right middle finger. Miller's was far more serious. White is expected to be back on the mound and potentially available for the Tribe later this season.
What do you think the chances are that the Indians will make a run at David Wright at the Trade Deadline?
-- Rob B., Streetsboro, Ohio
First off, Wright is expected to be out until at least mid-July with a back injury. Second, don't expect the Indians to part with any of their top prospects in order to land a rental player for a possible stretch run. Cleveland will not mortgage its future for a shot at a one playoff berth.
The Blue Jays have been struggling with pitching. Is there any chance that Cleveland could send some of its young pitchers to Toronto in order to get Jose Bautista?
-- Brennan C., Columbus, Ohio
Zach McAllister is pitching unbelievably well for Triple-A Columbus. What is the likelihood that he will see action with the Indians any time soon?
-- Jeremiah F., Waxahachie, Texas
Hold on, Jeremiah. I'm still laughing.
OK... I'm better now.
Yes, McAllister has put himself firmly on the organizational radar. If something goes wrong with the Major League rotation -- see: injuries -- the right-hander is definitely an option for the big league club.
Hey Jordan, I hate it when people ask questions that aren't about the Indians, but I was wondering if you knew whether Progressive Field is having another "Bring Your Dog to the Park" night this summer. My Jack Russell has been on me about how we never do anything fun anymore.
-- Patch R., Columbus, Ohio
Wake Jack from his afternoon nap, toss him a treat on me and tell ol' boy that "Puppypalooza" is set for the Indians' Aug. 23 home game against the Mariners.
In closing...
What's the story with the removal of self-serve onions at Progressive Field?
-- Mike G., Cleveland
I'd blame Ketchup. He's always cheating to get an edge in the Hot Dog race.


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I'm New York bound this weekend for Parsons The New School for Design's symposium on Fashion Curating Now. Jet setting to NYC for the day isn't my scene, but I found airfare that was manageable and the lineup of speakers was just too good. Valerie Steele, Judith Clark, Alexandra Palmer in one room talking about fashion curation — SOLD! Don't mind me as I devolve into a fashion nerd fan girl.
Any tips for a one day trip? My flight out of Chicago is at the very unglamorous time of 6 a.m.!


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I'm sorry I have to share with someone. I'm so excited and proud of myself right now!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm an emotional eater, If i'm upset, sad, stressed, bored whatever, you name it and I eat. well, I got pretty upset about something I saw on fb. LONG STORY. well this is something I would have ate a bunch of crap, but this time I DIDN'T! I thought to myself wait a minute. Instead of going for the food, I hit the treadmill! I only burnt 112 cal. but that's huge for me and I feel SOOOOO much better, much better then I would have if I would have went for the junk. It dawned on me while on the treadmill, when I get upset with someone or something, I'm punishing myself for someone else being a jerk! how does that make any sense? I'm sorry this is all over the place but I'm just really excited and happy. Best part is my Dd (3) is wanting to eat healthy too. so we are haveing a light tuna salad and cucumber slices with just a little ranch dressing :D
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Hain lends support to police chief Orde amid 'love-child' controversy
The Northern Secretary Peter Hain has come out in support of Sir Hugh Orde, after it was revealed that the police chief fathered a secret love child.
The married PSNI Chief Constable has been unmasked as the father of a 16-month-old boy, whose mother is an undercover detective in the Metropolitan Police.
Sir Hugh, who has a 21-year-old son with his wife Kathleen, insists his family was aware of his baby son, and that the situation had not, and would not, affect his ability to do his job.
Peter Hain has been swift to jump to Sir Hugh's defence, saying neither the chief constable nor the Government will be deflected by what is a private matter from continuing to build on what he is achieving with the PSNI.


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MIAMI (CBS4) – As the bill to expand casino gambling in Florida continues its uphill climb in the state Legislature, a new poll shows Miami-Dade voters sharply divided over its merits.
When asked if they support or oppose allowing large scale Las Vegas style casinos to operate in Florida, 44 percent said they support it, 46 percent oppose it, and 10 percent were undecided.
"We actually polled this question last year and found their was actually greater support at that point for casino gambling and having Las Vegas style casinos in Miami Dade County," said Fernan Amandi, a partner with Bendixen and Amandi International which conducted the poll for CBS4 News, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald and Univision 23. The survey of 400 voters has a margin of error of 4.9 percent
Among those who support Las Vegas style casino gambling, an overwhelming majority, 55 percent said they do because they believe it will help create jobs
While those opposed cite the effects it will have on the community, an increase in crime and a general opposition to gambling as the reason.
"What the poll shows is that the more people learn about this the less they like it," offered Dan Gelber, who leads a group called No Casinos. "The more they hear about changing dramatically our economy to resemble an Atlantic City or Las Vegas, the less they feel they want that for them, for their children, for their community."
But supporters of the gambling movement say they just need to do a better job of educating the public.
"As more information comes out of what the bill in the Legislature might actually be and as they get more informed about what can be done with a quality destination resort I think those numbers will change," said Jack Lowell, a casino advocate.
Genting's proposal to build a mega-destination resort casino on the site of the Miami Herald building also sharply divided the community with 47 percent supporting it, 45 percent opposing it and 8 percent undecided.
"In the beginning there was almost unanimous praise for the proposal," notes Amandi. "It was going to bring jobs to Miami. It was going to be a great thing. It was an exciting proposal. This was the largest casino in the world and I think what has happened is the opposition has organized and mobilized, they've gotten the messages out saying the negatives and the consequences this may bring."
One of the interesting findings in the poll is how the gambling issue divides the community. The poll shows Hispanics support casino gambling while Anglos and Blacks oppose it.
And broken down along gender lines, the poll found women oppose casino gambling while men narrowly support it.


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at Sarasota, Fla.
Thursday, Feb. 28 Reds at the plate: Jerry Gil broke a scoreless tie with a three-run home run to right field in the fifth inning off Glen Perkins. Jay Bruce was 1-for-2 with a second-inning single. Jolbert Cabrera hit a two-run double to left-center field in the eighth. Twins at the plate: Minnesota scored its only run in the sixth, aided by three Cincinnati errors while David Weathers was on the mound. All five Minnesota hits were singles.
Reds on the mound: Matt Belisle started and pitched two scoreless innings with three hits allowed. Belisle started the second with back-to-back singles but got out of the jam with an inning-ending double play. Another rotation candidate, Josh Fogg, worked two innings in relief with one hit allowed and two strikeouts. Kent Mercker pitched an inning, surrendering one hit. New closer Francisco Cordero pitched a perfect seventh inning.
Twins on the mound: Starter Scott Baker pitched two scoreless innings, giving up three hits and striking out one without a walk. Reliever Matt Guerrier had one perfect inning. Perkins worked one inning and allowed three earned runs and four hits with one strikeout. Casey Daigle pitched one scoreless inning with one hit allowed and a strikeout.Grapefruit League records: Reds 1-1, Twins 0-1. Up next: The Reds host the Rays on Friday at 1:05 p.m. ET. Homer Bailey will start for Cincinnati against Edwin Jackson. The Twins will host the Red Sox in Fort Myers at 7:05 p.m. CT with Boof Bonser facing Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.