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BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb exploded near a market in a predominantly Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 74, police said.
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The three U.S. Marines and a sailor died Tuesday in combat in Diyala province - the site of a major military operation against a Sunni insurgent stronghold, the military said Thursday. It announced earlier that a U.S. soldier was killed Wednesday during a gunbattle in southern Baghdad.
A Marine also died Sunday in a non-combat related incident in Anbar province, west of Baghdad, the military said separately.
At least 64 U.S. troops have died this month, a relatively low number compared with American death tolls of more than 100 for the previous three months, according to an Associated Press tally based on military statements.
Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, the top day-to-day U.S. commander in Iraq, expressed cautious optimism over the lower number, with a week to go before the end of the month.
He said it appeared that casualties had increased as fresh U.S. forces expanded operations into militant strongholds as part of the 5-month-old security operation aimed at clamping off violence in the capital, but were going down as the Americans gained control of the areas.
"We've started to see a slow but gradual reduction in casualties, and it continues in July," he said at a news conference with Iraqi military commander Maj. Gen. Abboud Qanbar. "It's an initial positive sign, but I would argue we need a bit more time to make an assessment whether it's a true trend."
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What We Can't Say
Teaching is often storytelling. I've found, and if you've read anything I've ever written you know this, teaching something through a story is the best way to make it engaging and interesting. I'll find a story, remember a story, or reference a story that somehow relates to the point I'm trying to make. I'll use that as a vehicle to get where I want all of us to go.
We tell stories in our classrooms. We must, after all, justify why that train is leaving the station at 5:46 pm going west at 96 mph while the other train is, for some reason, heading in the opposite direction at 88 kph having left ten minutes later. I'd like to note here that every math teacher reading this just had a small aneurysm.
History is a collection of stories dressed up as facts. Science is the universe told as a story. Adam Savage used to talk about Mythbusters telling the story of science, and when they found the story that was when the show worked best.
Teachers are full of stories. Any one of us, who has spent any time with kids, has a pocketful. Go to a party with at least two teachers. You will find them sequestered in a corner, drinks in hand, exchanging humorous anecdotes worthy of, at least, Reader's Digest (who is considering publishing two of my jokes). If that's not you at a party then you are cooler than I am. Because I, hard as I try, will always revert to, "This kid in my class did this hilarious thing yesterday. I'm going to corner you at this dinner table and force you to hear all about it. But in order for you to understand why it is SO hilarious I'll need to give you background on the lesson I was teaching. Which is pedagogically sound because of these reasons I'll enumerate for you. Oh, I see you thinking about Common Core. Let me explain to you why it's not the evil you might have heard so much about. Where are you going, you didn't hear my story yet."
It's a good thing my students are trapped in a room with me. This is also why teachers look so relaxed at conferences. Finally someone who speaks English- Third period!
The ability to tell stories about our kids is not all that we share. We also share the inability to tell stories about our kids.
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Instead we bear them.
We shake a parent's hand at the end of a meeting, is it too familiar to hug them, walk them to our classroom door, and as they walk away let what we learned wash over us. The privilege and burden of teaching is to know children, to know their secrets. To see a kid in class, and to know that might not be the same kid at home. To hear mom talk about when the kid smiles talking about school and how that makes her feel. The context that gives that statement the weight that made us cry in the meeting is not ours to give. So the story sits unshared.
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*I know we're mandated reporters. Not the point, not the same.ReplyDelete
I usually sit with a HS teacher and share sad/shocking stories. Perhaps there is more to laugh at in elementary school. And I have lots of untold stories. Sometimes stories go untold because people don't want to really hear them because they would force anyone to reconsider what we are doing with our time in school. We also need to give our students more time to tell their stories. Students need adults to listen to their stories. They crave it.ReplyDelete
Sometimes I wish more teachers wouldn't tell stories. I don't like when their teacher from last year tells me all about a kid and/or their parents. Usually my opinion is very different than theirs because we are very different as teachers. Perfect example happened this year. Last year's teacher had nothing good to say about student and especially about mom. Student is fine and mom and I turned out to be close...She was even able to tell me things going on at home (not so happy divorce) I'm guessing she wouldn't have told last year's teacher. And those things helped me in the classroom with her daughter.ReplyDeleteReplies
I completely agree. I don't go to last year's teacher for the low down until long after I've met the kid.Delete
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Ben Patience of Coralville Lake Marina noted that before the recession, the market was saturated with boat builders and dealerships, but many did not survive the downturn. The industry as a whole had needed to be �weeded out,� he said, and is now stronger as a result.
�Things are definitely rebounding for us,� Patience said of the Iowa City dealership where he has worked for 16 years.
�I don�t think we�ll ever see the sales numbers we were seeing pre-recession, or if we do it will not be for a long time. But we�re still selling lots of boats, and it�s still a sustainable business.�
Other parts of Eastern Iowa may be recovering more slowly. Linda Benskin of J&L Marine in Guttenberg said the business she and her husband have owned since 1982 is still struggling.
�2011 was not a good year for us, and so far this year has been worse,� Benskin said. �I don�t think the economy is coming back as much as the media seems to think so.�
One issue may be wetter-than-normal spring weather.
�Weather drives business a lot more than the economy,� Karr said, noting his business is less affected by weather than some others because he deals predominantly in fishing boats. While pleasure boat owners tend to be fair weather boaters, he said, �Fishing boat guys go fishing regardless.�
�With the nice weather we�ve been having now, we�re seeing people excited about boating and ready to have fun on the water,� Coralville Lake Marina�s Patience said.
Pontoons for baby boomers
When people take to the waterways, most are in smaller fiberglass and aluminum boats, including pontoons, less than 27 feet in length. According to the National Marine Manufacturers Association, boats in this category account for 96 percent of all registered boats in the United States.
Of all new powerboats sold in 2012, small outboard boats were about 82 percent of the market.
These findings are consistent with what local boat dealers have seen. R&L Marine�s top sellers are 18- and 19-foot fishing boats, while J&L Marine sells more 16- and 17-footers. Benskin said pontoon boats also are popular.
�They have been coming on real strong in the market for several years,� she said.
Both Benskin and Patience attributed the growing popularity of pontoons in part to baby boomers who want to relax on the water with their children and grandchildren. But Patience noted that the slow-moving �party barges� of old have been transformed in recent years to more versatile boats that can pull tubers or skiers and now appeal to a broader demographic.
�Their luxury has increased, and they have more colors, styling and power than ever before,� he said. �We now have 20-somethings looking at pontoon boats.�
Benskin said maximum horsepower is a priority for her customers, both for resale value and for versatility. Even with the smaller boats, customers want to have enough power to pull their children on a tube.
Fuel efficiency is top of mind for Patience�s customers.
�Nearly every customer asks, �How big is the tank and how long will it last?�� he said, noting that boat engines have become increasingly efficient over the years.
In more good news for the industry, the national association reported 37.8 percent of American adults participated in recreational boating in 2012, up six percent from 2011 and the largest number since the organization began tracking the data in 1990.
The industry has launched a �Discover Boating� campaign to attract even more participants.
Patience is optimistic about the industry�s future.�Regardless of the weather, gas prices and the economy, people will always enjoy boating,� he said. �For families with kids who all have their own activities, boating is one thing they can do together as a family.�
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Marine science has taken a historical turn during the past two decades. Individual studies and global initiatives such as the History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) and the Sea Around Us programmes have led to a large number of research projects in diverse socio-ecological systems, from coastal European marshes to Pacific islands to Atlantic fisheries.
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I am short ES at 1155 targeting yesterdays low
should turn here ... 1min proj. 1134.00 avg. at 1133.75
going long at 1129.00 or as close as i can get.
2 min. to go?
These options trades of yours are awesome...are you mostly using the 30 minute RSI to determine overbought and oversold for your options ?
Originally posted by CharterJoe
As much as I love swing trading the e-mini, options are working a lot better for me. In the ES I cannot stop looking at the P/L tick by tick. Options seem slower and steady i.e. good for my longer term day trades. Still nothing like it for scalping though.
I'm trying to hold out for 1142 ( singles above that)......but I have that high volume zone....I never have enough ammo on winning trades....lol...and I also don't usually get a real buying tail to form when I want it to......perhaps today I'll get lucky
cool Joe..I see how have the window written down.....perhaps we need to rename it the "adaptive window" since this higher volatility make sit more of a challenge...but the 4 point increments work even beyond the plus 16.....cool!!
Is this based on Bruce's PitBull 3 strategy?
best fill so far is 36.25...37 begins that high volume zone...........only two contracts left..
as usual....I really want those single above that 42 but that high volume zone will probably make this consolidate a bit...in other words, I'm not expecting them to slice through it on the upside very fast
as usual....I really want those single above that 42 but that high volume zone will probably make this consolidate a bit...in other words, I'm not expecting them to slice through it on the upside very fast
Fwiw,Bruce avg, now 1144.25, 1 min.proj.1144.75, 5 minproj. is around 1147.50-48... Ill be buying a pull back , tried at 1129.25 but missed by a couple ticks.
theres a good long somewhere near, maybe 3:26/30
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Inno3D's iChill HerculeZ 3000 series of graphics cards is something of a Dark Horse when it comes to the graphics card market. They actually offer up some of the best overclockability and performance of any custom cards yet fail to generate a lot of attention because they don't have the prestige of brands like ASUS and EVGA. This iChill HerculeZ 3000 graphics card uses a Nvidia GTX 760 GPU powered by a 7 phase VRM with an 8 layer PCB. The cooling solution is a triple fan design with what appears to be two 70mm fans and one 80mm fan. It uses five heat pipes and a dense aluminium heatsink all encased in a die-cast metal shroud.
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Employment law can be a complex area to fully understand. There are many issues that have to be dealt with, and the need to have experts to address claims and other proceedings is vital. Employment solicitors specialise in this field of law, and they are the people to go to if a worker is looking to file a claim related to employment. They provide advice and representation to employees on a wide range of rights issues including unfair dismissal, discrimination, redundancy, and other matters.
The law protects any worker in the United Kingdom. Workers are entitled to employment protection rights. Employers, on the other hand, have rights, too. Employment tribunals decide if claims are valid or not. However, not all cases proceed to the tribunal right away. Since disputes with employers can be complicated, solicitors may advise workers on cost-effective and non-contentious resolution on difficulties they may have with their employers. They can explain what is involved in proceedings and give the best advice and support.
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Employment laws in the UK cover a broad area, from employment contracts to dismissal, and everything in between. Many employers find it important to seek employment law services to ensure they are within the law. Complying with employment laws can result to a satisfied and happier workforce, and saves them the cost and trouble of tribunal claims.
A worker who is hired has a contract, whether in writing or not. Employers have the legal responsibility to provide written statements of employment terms and conditions, and changing these without the worker's knowledge could be a breach of contract. Regardless of that written statement, employers are also obliged to comply with minimum statutory requirements in terms of salary, annual leave and hours of work. These will include minimum wage, working time rules covering maximum hours at work, and paid holidays. It may also include statutory sick pay for qualified employees.
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Unlike many other types of claim, you may not enter a court of law if you pursue a case. Employment tribunals are the institutions with the authority to judge or determine claims and other employment disputes in England, Scotland and Wales. Common disputes they hear include dismissals believed to be unfair, discrimination and redundancy payments. They are part of the UK tribunals system, and are administered by the Tribunals Service. The secretary of State issues statutory rules that constitute and operate the tribunals. These rules set out the institution's main objectives, procedures, claims' time limits, and reviews.
A party who wants to make a claim should present and physically deliver a valid prescribed form of Claim Form to an Employment Tribunal office within proper time limit. It can also be presented electronically. If it is late, the tribunal may not be allowed to hear it and the complaint could be dismissed. On the other hand, a party defending the complaint has to present a Response Form to the tribunal handling the claim within 28 days of receiving the Claim Form. If they fail to present the Response Form, it will be forbidden to join proceedings, which could go undefended.
The tribunals can reject a claim or response form if it is not provided on the prescribed form. Some information has to be provided for these forms to be accepted and valid. Rules on time limit are quite complex, but typically, time limit for claims is three months from the date of the act being complained. Extension may be granted if certain conditions are met. A six-month time limit applies to redundancy payments and Equal Pay, which starts from the end of the employment and has no extensions. Tribunals are aimed to be informal and encourage all parties to represent themselves. There are no complex civil procedures set at Country Court. Claimants can consult experienced solicitors to know the steps and learn important employment legislation.
Below Employment Lawyer Laura Milne discusses tribunals and the different fees involved with Sky News.
Constructive Dismissal
Constructive dismissal occurs when an employee resigns because his or her employer's behaviour has become so unfavourable, or intolerable that there is no other choice but to resign. Resignations can be voluntary, but in this case, in effect, it is termination. If an employer makes life very difficult for a member of staff, with an attempt to have him or her resign, instead of outright firing, the employer can be accused of constructive dismissal (CD). This particular case is defined by the Employment Rights Act of 1996 section 95. The notion of CD arises from fundamental breach of trust and confidence implied in employment contracts.
Some examples of an employer's breaches of contract include cutting salaries, fringe benefits and overtime or failure to pay, changing job description, workplace and working hours without the worker's agreement, and arbitrary demotion to a lesser role without reason. If an employer threatens to dismiss a member of staff who does not agree to accept changes to working terms and conditions, and if he makes it impossible for the latter to do his job effectively, CD can also be claimed in these cases.
If an employee decides to make a claim, he or she has three months to do it from the last day of their employment. The claim could be pursued in either the civil court or an employment tribunal. However, for civil courts, the time limit could be as long as six years. A written statement of claims has to be issued. This will include basic information about the worker and his or her former employer, and the allegations of fact supporting the claim of CD. Wrongful dismissal differs from CD. The former is described as a termination that breaches one or more terms of the contract, or a provision in the statutory law. In the UK, it is always associated with lack of notice. Termination of employment should always be based on valid grounds.
Unfair Dismissal
Unfair dismissal is a termination of employment without a valid reason, or contrary to the rules of the Employment Rights Act 1996. It is unfair for an employer to dismiss a worker, regardless of length of stay to the company, for discrimination or becoming pregnant. Employers should thus terminate an employee only for lawful reasons, and they should follow a fair procedure. Fair reasons to dismiss include those that relate to the conduct of employee, or gross misconduct, his or her qualifications and capability for the job, redundancy, employment was prohibited to continue due to statutory duty and other justifiable causes. A tribunal will judge the dismissal claims based on the fairness of the employer's decision to dismiss the employee. A worker with two years of continuous service who is dismissed without a fair reason and treatment can claim that the dismissal is unfair. Dismissal is considered automatically unfair if it is due to whistle blowing, health or safety activities, and illegal discrimination. This rule applies to all employees, regardless of the period of employment.
Claims can be brought before an employment tribunal. Time limits for these claims are short and strict. Typically, it must be brought within three months of the last day of the contract. This is called "three months less a day". Employees may bring claims themselves, but they can be represented by solicitors and other parties regulated by the Ministry of Justice. They can be supported by trade unions, and conciliation proceedings and independent arbitration can be called. Workers can ask for re-employment or compensation for the dismissal. Fair dismissal is one of the many employee rights, and they can consult competent solicitors for help. Contracts are legally binding agreements, and any form of breach of contract should be claimed appropriately. Employees must be aware of their rights to ensure they are not working under in an unfair or illegal environment. As always, if you are unsure about your particular case and circumstances, please speak to a legal professional.
Employment Rights
With many citizens working to survive, employment protection is given by law to ensure fairness and safety to employees. These may stem from contractual rights or those that come from the contract and from statutes called statutory rights. The latter may be particular to individuals. Such as unlawful discrimination, or collective such as union recognition. Every employee is entitled to working rights, while some are entitled to calendar or additional rights.
Employment legislation gives special rights to protect employees in the UK. These are designed to ensure that workers are treated fairly and lawfully. It is important for workers to be aware of these rights. Statutory rights are set by various legislations, including The Employment Rights Act 1996, Employment Relations Act 1999, Employment Act 2002, the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, the Working Time Regulations 1998, The Trade Union and Labour Relations 1992, and the TUPE or Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2006.
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) sets the minimum wage paid to employees, which should be complied by employers. Currently, the NMW is at £6.50 for workers aged 21 and over. The maximum number of working hours of an employee is 48 hours a week. There should be rest breaks and paid annual leave. Employees are also entitled to maternity and paternity leaves. These are the basic rights every employee needs to know.
Additionally, they should be aware that they must receive written statement of employment terms and conditions that they should not suffer unauthorised deduction from their pay and, they have a right against discrimination. In case they have to be dismissed, there should be valid and justifiable causes. Dismissal cases are now on the rise, which only shows that workers are now more proactive in asserting their legal rights. There is also such a thing as redundancy rights, wherein workers are entitled to pay, notice period, employer consultation, and options to move into another job, and time off to look for a new job.


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Posted by Lisa on 23. Dec 2012
A bird! A little ugly poor thing hidded behind the bushes. Only could fly almost one meter height. I was afraid that it would be killed by cats or Beijing's temperature. So I returned home with it. I found a box to be its home and fedded it water and corn. But it is very alert and aggressive.Always wanted to bite my fingers but didn's eat food. I found its name is Spotted-necked dove it's not a adult bird so the wings are not strong enough to fly.And it's noteasy to keep. So who know how to keep it or want to keep it instead of cook it?
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To all my beloved friends, I am really glad that you guys still accept me and help me through even I have so many flaw and bad habits. Imma thank god that I have the chance to meet all of you :)
To Suki, Chiao Lyn, Xiao Han, thanks for making my life in foundation so fun + not so hard for tests and assignments. I definitely cant survive here if without you guys. Finally those heavy loads can throw away yesterday and left our ecs drama. Yea i know, you guys are excited to dress me for my character. @@
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Mayor Bloomberg Charged With a Salt and Moonbattery
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It's good to know that our politicians are busy confronting the real threats:
In a closed-door gathering at Gracie Mansion late last month, health experts and food-industry representatives were told about Mayor Bloomberg's next crusade — an effort to reduce the salt in processed food by 20 percent over the next five years.
City health czar Dr. Thomas Frieden went as far as saying that high blood pressure, which is linked to excessive salt, is "the greatest public-health threat facing the city."
Concerns like those expressed recently from many of our politicians have prompted the NYPD, FBI and Homeland Security to put out a new poster.
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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
After nine days, the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah still holds, though after fresh incidents today, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni described the situation as explosive. During the war politics was muted on both sides of the border. But as soon as the fighting stopped a week ago Monday, disputes, protests and political maneuvers erupted.
Israelis, including some military reservists, demanded to know how Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his top commanders had bungled the conflict. Many Lebanese wondered about the effectiveness of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, while Hezbollah guerillas tried to defuse criticism for starting the conflict by handing out cash.
We begin today with a look at the political fallout of the war in Lebanon and in Israel. Later, an extended Political Junkie segment with Ken Rudin and incumbent governor defeated in the Republican primary yesterday in Alaska. We'll talk with the forgotten candidate in Connecticut, and leave more room for you. So if you have questions about yesterday's results, upcoming primaries, or the fall election, send us an email now. The address is email@example.com.
But we begin with politics in Israel and in Lebanon. If you have questions about how this conflict has changed the relative strength of leaders and factions on both sides, give us a call, 800-989-8255, 800-989-TALK. That e-mail address works for your questions too, firstname.lastname@example.com.
We begin in Jerusalem, where New York Times bureau chief Steven Erlanger joins us.
Nice to have you back on the program, Steve.
Mr. STEVEN ERLANGER (Jerusalem Bureau Chief, The New York Times): Hey, Neal.
CONAN: Criticism of Ehud Olmert has been little short of scathing in Israel. What are the chief complaints?
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, that he wasn't up to the job. That he was indecisive. That he couldn't decide whether to go to war or to seek a diplomatic solution, and he kept saying that one was a pairing to the other. But he stated big goals for this operation and then kept ratcheting them down. So there's essentially two criticisms, one for many people is he didn't let the army win. But the second one is that he went to war too soon and kept it going too long, when he probably could've had a similar diplomatic deal within 72 hours.
CONAN: It's interesting. Just about a month ago, I think, you wrote a piece which said that the capture by Hezbollah of the two Israeli soldiers and the incidents that led up to the conflict in Lebanon, that it almost came as a godsend to a prime minister who was floundering in Gaza. Now he seems to be, at least the criticism is he's floundering and--still floundering in Gaza, and had the same problem in Lebanon.
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, that's true. I mean, basically the Gaza operation wasn't getting done what he wanted which was to free another soldier who had been taken in another cross border raid on June 25, and he was getting a lot of criticism from the rest of the world about disproportionate use of force in Gaza which of course has a very intimate relationship with the Israelis who until last summer had physically occupied it. But the Lebanon operation -because Hezbollah raided across an international border there was an immediate surge of support, and Israel seemed to have a very high moral ground. It was responding to aggression. It wasn't trying to clear up problems in it's own backyard. So that worked fine and support stayed very strong but no one really expected a 34 to 35 day war. And he's not done a very good job, he and his government, in explaining why the resolution is not such a bad deal for Israel. In fact I don't think it's such a bad deal for Israel as he's been very inarticulate about explaining why that is.
CONAN: Um-hum and there seems to be widespread believe in Israel that this is more of a breathing pause rather than a real seize fire.
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, people feel that way a lot of that actually depends on whether the international community follows through on it's promises and gets troops into Southern Lebanon. Until that happens, Israeli troops will not withdraw from positions in Southern Lebanon. And as long as they're there, they are likely to be targets for Hezbollah.
My own assumption right now is that Hezbollah actually wants the cease-fire, wants to keep it. It doesn't want to go through this again. I don't think people of Lebanon want to go through this right now. And I believe, you know, the cease-fire, though shaky, may very well hold. After all, nearly 10 Hezbollah fighters have been killed by Israel since the cease-fire was announced, and Hezbollah has not resumed rocketing.
CONAN: Well, today the Syrians said that if international forces were deployed along their border in Lebanon, they would seal that border off, which would have tremendous economic implications for Lebanon.
Let's bring another voice into the conversation. Joining us from Beirut is -well, we'll bring that voice in as soon as we have that other voice. I apologize for that. He's not on the line yet from Jerusalem.
But, Steve, is from Beirut. But, Steve Erlanger in Jerusalem, as you look at this - the difficulties in enlisting foreign forces and the time it's evidently going to take - I don't think the meeting to again try to assemble an international force is now scheduled to take place before Friday.
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, that's right. And, you know, the Israelis are very skeptical about it. They didn't want an international force of this kind to begin with. They wanted a more robust new force, if there was going to be any force at all. The idea of a force, you know, after all, came from Tony Blair and Kofi Annan to begin with.
CONAN: Mm-hmm.
Mr. ERLANGER: So they're hoping that this will work, and will help restrain Hezbollah and keep it on its side of the border. I don't think too many people in Israel expect Hezbollah to be disarmed, but certainly with the Lebanese army coming down south for the first time in perhaps 20 years, and joined by at least some foreign forces, even 10,000 would be great. It'll be very, very difficult for Hezbollah to move with the same freedom of action in its kingdom of southern Lebanon as it did before. I mean, its ability to move will be curtailed simply by the presence of all these other people.
CONAN: What is going on inside the Israeli military, including criticism that its operations, its tactics were all wrong in this conflict?
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, this is really interesting because I think what happens is that the Israeli military - military people like to imagine themselves theoreticians. And they have this theory that, you know, old tired land wars are passé, and thus, you know, war is now done through surgical strikes and precision weaponry and I believe they let the reserve system and the armored system decline. They didn't spend the money on it and they didn't train people well enough and this is a big criticism.
And there is also a sense that the use of the army in the Palestinian territories where the fighting is very different it's more of a police action and police action and you're in cities - had with it completely different kind of training. And up against Hezbollah - which was trained by the Iranian army and which was very well fortified - it took the Israeli army quite a long time to adjust to the new kind of warfare. And because the government, you know, was half-hearted about letting an expanded offensive take place, there's just the feeling in Israel that, you know, there's something unfinished and, you know, maybe the next round is in five years, but people don't believe Hezbollah is going to go away or that the world is going to disarm them.
CONAN: And they have to be concerned that in fact Israel's ability to deter attack - that enormous military stick which it's held over its neighbors for so long - that that's been eroded considerably.
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, they are concerned about it. It's a two-edged thing. On the one hand, they fought Hezbollah pretty well within their limits. And the air force performed extraordinarily well - not against short-range Katyushas, but it never said that it could do that. I think if you're Bashar al-Assad in Damascus you would be worried about the Israeli air force bombing your capital. After all, states have more assets than, you know, many states within other states like Hezbollah. I mean Hezbollah doesn't have a capital, it has very few buildings. It doesn't have responsibility for the rest of Lebanon. So its assets are kind of harder to bomb.
So that's the Syria thing, but a lot of people in Israel are looking toward Iran. And they do feel that Hezbollah had become very Iranized, that it was Iran's western front. And that all of this investment that Iran had put into southern Lebanon for Hezbollah was designed to be Iran's second front for the day that the West confronted Iran on its - on nuclear issues.
And Iran has argued at least - and it's not a bad argument - not too happy with the way all that investment got used for two Israeli soldiers. That's not why they spent all that money.
CONAN: Well, let's bring that other voice into the conversation now. And joining us on the line from Beirut is Jamil Mroue - editor-in-chief of the English language Lebanese newspaper, the Daily Star. Good of you to take the time to be with us today.
Mr. JAMIL MROUE (Editor In Chief, The Daily Star, Lebanon): Welcome.
CONAN: And while this in-fighting has been going on in Israel, in Lebanon, Hezbollah has been moving quickly to preempt the government in the south of the country in terms of reconstruction.
Mr. MROUE: Preempt is not the word, really. The Hezbollah had promised its constituency that it will deliver on this, and that it's part of cushioning the effect of - of the after-effects of the war. The government moves very slowly. We have really a nascent government that's six months old, as state before that for 15 years. We were under Syrian tutorage with American approval of that. So they did this in order to anticipate the political backlash that might ensue after the war.
CONAN: And this is Iranian money, people assume?
Mr. MROUE: Yes, of course.
CONAN: And they're distributing this - as you said the government is looking quite sluggish. At the same time committees are being formed, discussions are being held, very little is being done.
Mr. MROUE: Yes. They're trying. It's very difficult for a government to move when it's really - the states have been independent for just six, seven months. Yes, it is true that the Syrians have left in - last April 2005, but still we have a year of trouble. It's only from the beginning of the year, but you can really count the government as in the (unintelligible). So yes, it is cumbersome for them, and it is very difficult to move very quickly.
CONAN: We're talking today about the political fallout of the war between Israel and Hezbollah on both sides of the border. And when we come back, we'll take your calls as well - 800-989-8255. If you have questions - 800-989-TALK. E-mail is firstname.lastname@example.com.
And from now until election day, we're going to expand our regular Wednesday: Political Junkie segment to leave more time for your calls and e-mails on those points too. So if you have questions about yesterday's primaries, give us a call 800-989-8255. It's the TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
CONAN: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. The U.N. cease-fire last week ended the heavy fighting in Lebanon and the rocketing of Israel. Then political battles began to erupt immediately on both sides of the border. Israeli leaders face criticism from within of their conduct of the war in Lebanon. Many question the effectiveness of the government especially in light of Hezbollah's influence in the southern part of the country.
Our guest is Steven Erlanger - Jerusalem Bureau chief of The New York Times, and Jamil Mroue - editor-in-chief of the Daily Star, the English language newspaper in Beirut. Of course you're invited to join us 800-989-8255 800-989-TALK, our e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
And Jamil Mroue, let me return to you for a moment. After this conflict has Prime Minister Siniora emerged in better light or are people questioning his abilities?
Mr. ERLANGER: They are questioning the ability of the government. But he has emerged as his own man from the shadow of his friend and mentor, the slain ex-Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. Certainly his performance has shown that he is now his own man and stands tall, really, with an achievement that is very sizeable in terms of the negotiations that he conducted and the maneuvering that he did to accommodate the local demands as well as the international levels, or various levels, European, American and others.
CONAN: But if he has international respect, clearly the hero on the streets at least for many Lebanese is Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah.
Mr. MROUE: Yes, there are heroes and there are supporting actors. He is certainly very high and close to the hero diplomatically in the sense of being the major or the primary supporting actor in this. And his status is no less diminished. It's a different field that they are planning at this stage and Siniora has certainly proven himself to be his own man in his capital.
CONAN: Steve Erlinger, let me ask you, how do people in Israel view the political situation in Lebanon? Surely their goal was not to bring down the government there?
Mr. ERLINGER: No, and they thought things were going very well until they managed to bomb Kana which, I think, changed a lot of the mood, not just in Lebanon but around the Arab world. Israel sees itself with the chance of making a peace with Lebanon but it can only make a peace with a Lebanese government that has authority over its own territory and so one of the better results of this war, at least from the Israeli point of view is, with international help, the Lebanese army will extend its authority to the south. And Israel will then have a government to talk to and not just sort-of a mini-state that doesn't take the responsibilities of a government, like Hezbollah. I mean, we'll see if that works. They're very eager that Mr. Siniora succeed and they're very eager that the West help Mr. Siniora help the Lebanese people recover from this war. I mean, that may seem ironic but that's simply the way they feel.
CONAN: And let me ask you, Jamil Mroue, as people in Beirut look south to Israel and see the criticism leveled against Prime Minister Olmert, how do they view politics in Israel at this point? His is a new government, too.
Mr. MROUE: Well, I don't agree our politics and their politics are as toxic and as venomous as politics can get and the Lebanese understand very well what is going on over there. When a failure - when the cow is down, the butchers with the knives are out. And that would have been the case here in Lebanon if the situation were reversed.
They don't see, however, what Steve has mentioned as the helpful wishes of the Israelis vis-à-vis the Lebanese government because if that was the case, they would have helped Siniora well before this war six, seven months ago when he asked Condoleezza Rice and President Bush for them to tackle Shebaa Farms and the response of the Israelis at the time was well, what's in it for us? And they just dropped it.
We don't see them helping at all, Lebanon, because of this constant bombardment of the infrastructure. What does it have to do with Hezbollah? There are many ways of defeating Hezbollah or challenging Hezbollah on its own turf politically but not in the manner that the Israelis conducted the war. That was criminal.
CONAN: And let me ask Steve Erlinger about the Shebaa Farms situation. That's an area that the U.N. regards as part of Syria and Lebanon regards as part of Lebanon, or at least some in Lebanon regard as part of Lebanon. It's occupied by Israel and it's still a point of contention. Is that on the table here?
Mr. ERLINGER: Well, Israel doesn't want it to be on the table. It is, as Jamil knows, very complicated in the sense that it was considered part of the Golan Heights on a French map, a part of Syria, even though the people in it really have their hearts in Lebanon. And because the U.N. verified the border it's considered part of the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed.
Syria, which doesn't really like recognizing the existence of Lebanon since it used to be a colony, says the Shebaa Farms is Lebanese but has never actually done any formal effort to hand it over. So to some degree Shebaa Farms has been a great pretext for Hezbollah and one that Israel has done nothing to solve, which Jamil said quite rightly. I think partly people in Israel fear that if they solve Shebaa Farms, Hezbollah will find some other reason. There are these famous seven villages in the north of Israel that were also Lebanese that were taken over and mostly destroyed in 1948. They fear that Hezbollah will use those as a pretext, but that Hezbollah will always find some pretext not to recognize the border as the U.N. has drawn it.
CONAN: Let's get some listeners on the line, and this is Chuck. Chuck calling us from San Francisco.
CHUCK (Caller): Hi.
CONAN: Hi.
CHUCK: I'm wondering what your guests think how Mr. Siniora has emerged from this situation? Because on the one hand, it seems like the deal that was reached is based on strengthening the Lebanese state. But on the other hand, Hezbollah seems to have emerged as the winner in the eyes of many in Lebanon and throughout the Middle East. So I'd be interested to hear what you have to say about Mr. Siniora's influence as a result of what happened.
CONAN: Jamil Mroue?
Mr. MROUE: Well as I mentioned earlier, he has emerged as a competent, diplomatic maneuverer. As a competent organizer of a diplomatic and political drive. He certainly was able to, if you like, jump on the stage. Not upstage Hezbollah, of course, but with the surge of Hezbollah caused by the really weird way that the Israelis have dealt with this issue one would have thought that Siniora had no chance. Yet he is there, as I said earlier, as a major player in this drama and he is looked at as a major supporting actor on the Lebanese scene. And so yes, he has emerged as an individual. But the situation has not helped the institutional government. The institutional government needs to be looked into now, reexamined, reformulated, reorganized, redirected. That situation has just started, or that case has just started. But Siniora has emerged from the shadow of Rafiq al-Hariri, his erstwhile friend and mentor into his own man and he is definitely respected and thought of as full fledged prime minister.
CONAN: Chuck, thanks for the call.
CHUCK: Do you see a role for Hezbollah in the new state?
CONAN: Hezbollah has a role in the new state. It's got two cabinet members, at least at the moment as I understand.
CHUCK: A much stronger role?
CONAN: Oh, I see. I didn't hear you, Chuck. Jamil Mroue, what do you think? Is Hezbollah going to get a stronger role?
Mr. MROUE: The Lebanese system is a very unusual system. It is fluid within rigidity. If Hezbollah demands a larger chunk it will be upsetting the apple cart. In upsetting the apple cart, it will be sort of cutting its nose to spite its face. It cannot do that.
CONAN: Let me just explain. There's only a set number of seats for Shiites and if Hezbollah was to take more that would mean fewer for Nabih Berri and his party.
Mr. MROUE: That is within the Shiite. That is fine. But they cannot be stronger by demanding a reduction in the Druze seats or the Orthodox seats or the Maronite Christian seats. They cannot do that. And if they start doing that, as I said, they would be shooting themselves in the foot politically and more than politically, really, because they will get all the countries groups against them.
This is not on the agenda. Hezbollah will not demand more. But the fact that Hezbollah grew and got to the power it did under the Israeli noses, under the Israeli occupation from 1985-2000, the fact that it was able to manage what it managed and because of armament preparation and so on and conduct the military - itself militarily in the manor that it did, bloodying Israel's nose, has brought to Hezbollah a character of professionalism, a level of professionalism which is new to the Lebanese system.
This is the part that - it is not the fact that they are Shia, it is the fact that they are highly professional that is going challenge the nation's Lebanese government and the lackadaisical way that the Lebanese (unintelligible) politics.
CONAN: Chuck, thanks very much.
CHUCK: Thank you.
CONAN: And one last call. This is another caller from San Francisco. This is Roger.
ROGER (Caller): Yes, thank you.
CONAN: Sure.
ROGER: I think one of the biggest hits in this conflict has been the air forces, and not only the air force of Israel but the air force of the United States. We supplied them the best munitions in our inventory. Relying on air force to take out hardened targets, ground targets, is extremely difficult. The one way to do that is by ground forces.
What I'm concerned about now, and I'm hearing it on a lot of talk radio, even so-called moderate or liberal talk radio, is a preemptive attack in Iran using air force - our Air Force or the Israeli air force - to accomplish that mission. This is a grave mistake. And I can't emphasize how much I feel that if we do such a thing, we're just going to enlarge the whole Middle East conflict.
CONAN: Well, certainly an attack on Iran would be an expansion of the Middle East conflict by definition, Roger. But, Steven Erlanger, you were talking earlier and saying the fault of the Israeli Defense Forces in Lebanon were not so much in terms of the hardware or the execution of the Israeli air force but really military doctrine and their decision to go in using air as opposed to ground forces, and the fact that they hadn't trained ground force properly.
Mr. ERLANGER: Well, that's right. I mean, you know, they had planned at least -or they made it up as they went along - but the army had a plan for about two weeks of air attacks followed by a ground attack that would take at least seven days to get up to the Litani.
Now that was, you know, army planning, and the plans never quite work. And Hezbollah fought very, very well, and they were very well equipped and they had very modern weapons and they had very good bunker systems and very sophisticated equipment, and they didn't run away. And they acquitted themselves very, very well.
So, you know, I mean it's - there was a real fight. I think if Israel had wanted to go push ahead at great cost to itself, let alone to the poor Lebanese people, it could've done that. But I think even Israel is better off with a cease-fire that holds than with another 300 Israeli dead and another thousand Lebanese dead. I don't think it would've accomplished very much.
CONAN: Steven Erlanger, thanks very much. Appreciate it.
Mr. ERLANGER: Thanks.
CONAN: Steve Erlanger, Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times. Our thanks as well to Jamil Mroue, editor-in-chief of the English language newspaper The Daily Star. Thanks. Appreciate your time today. And he joined us on the line...
Mr. MROUE: Thank you...
CONAN: …from Beirut. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News.
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Last Large Cargo Ship Turns In Estonian Flag ({{commentsTotal}})
The last genuine cargo ship has been unregistered in Estonia in favor of the Isle of Man, with owners citing the nation's unfriendly tax policy.
All other Baltic Sea nations have tax breaks for sailors, but staff registered on Estonian ships have to pay income and social tax, Postimees reported, adding that in Sweden and Finland, for example, sailors do not pay a social tax and Estonian ships lose their edge over rivals.
According to nautical economic experts, each sailor creates three jobs on land, but the Estonian Ministry of Finance said the nation should not go along with such schemes and focus on sectors which serve society with tax and fare rules.