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Chicago - GRAPH EXPO 2011 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), who recently signed a marketing agreement with Screen USA to sell all versions of the Screen Truepress Jet520 production inkjet system, has selected Standard Hunkeler unwinding, rewinding, cutting and stacking solutions as their lead offering for high-volume continuous-feed print customers.
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LEWIS Hamilton made it three pole positions in a row for the first time in his career as he confounded himself and his team. In sweltering conditions, as the Hungaroring track temperature hit a very rare 50C, Hamilton also sizzled in his Mercedes.
The 28-year-old Briton dislodged Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel from top spot in a stunning top-ten shoot-out with a flying lap of one minute 19.388secs, leaving the triple world champion 0.034secs adrift.
But it was a disaster for Scotland's Paul Di Resta, who endured another tough Saturday afternoon in the cockpit of his Force India. Seemingly struggling with Pirelli's new tyres, the Scot starts 18th in his Force India.
Mercedes headed into the weekend admitting there was no chance of claiming pole. They were banned from the young driver test at Silverstone last week when Pirelli debuted their new specification of tyres.
Mercedes initially struggled during practice as they gathered the necessary data required to make the correct calls on set up.
But even when Hamilton crossed the line at the death to claim top spot on the grid and was informed of the fact, he replied: "Pole?"
Lotus' Romain Grosjean lines up ahead of Merceces' Nico Rosberg who had been quickest in Q1 and Q2, with Vettel's title rivals Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen for Lotus fifth and sixth. Ferrari's Felipe Massa will start seventh ahead of Daniel Ricciardo for Toro Rosso, with McLaren's Sergio Perez ninth.
Mark Webber failed to set a time in the last ten minutes and will start tenth.
Adrian Sutil was ousted from a place in the top ten right at the death of Q2 by Perez, and will line up 11th in his Force India, followed by German compatriot Nico Hulkenberg for Sauber.
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What is it? It's a business card envelope. At SXSW, it's not death and taxes that's inevitable, it's pockets full of business cards.
Yes, although it's 2011, and we still find the need to hand each other some paper to confirm that we've met. And since it would be rude to day "no thank you" to a card, we take them and put them in our pockets, to be squished with keys and coins.
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WASHINGTON, DC — The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet in Washington, DC, at Postal Service Headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, on May 4-6. The public is welcome to observe the Board's open session, scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on May 6 in the Ben Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:
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5. Committee assignments and committee reports.
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Casey walks tall, but it's down a well-trodden path
Fiction: The Real Liddy James, Anne-Marie Casey, Hodder & Stoughton, pbk, 320 pages, €16.99
Can women have it all? Anne-Marie Casey's second novel has this well-trodden question at its core, and the message is clear: it's time to stop fooling ourselves.
Our heroine is Liddy James (real name Lydia Mary Murphy), a top Manhattan divorce lawyer and mother to two boys, one of whom she shares custody of with her ex-husband and his new partner.
Liddy specialises in high-profile celebrity splits and 'extreme pre-nups', where couples can specify rules such as compulsory face-lifts and monthly threesomes ahead of their wedding. The 44-year-old juggles 18-hour days with a fractious family life, and enjoys a stunning loft apartment, private car with driver, designer wardrobe and twice-weekly blow-dries.
On the surface, the material is promising. All the signifiers of New York City glamour are laid out, juxtaposed with segments of backstory detailing how Liddy worked tirelessly as the only child of Irish immigrant parents to gain a place at an Ivy League college and eventually become the famously ruthless attorney she is today.
These hurried flashbacks, combined with revelations about the circumstances surrounding her marital breakdown, unfold awkwardly, and suffer from clumsy transitions between the past and present day.
Casey's writing is energetic and immensely readable, but the plotting is so haphazard that it starts to feel rambling. The blurb promises a moment of devastating public humiliation, which doesn't arrive until well past the halfway point, when the meandering plot gives way to an ever-increasingly rapid series of events in the build-up to her spectacular breakdown: her ex-husband's partner Rose struggles with a complicated pregnancy, forcing Liddy's teenage son to move back in with her, money becomes tight, and her Colombian nanny Lucia announces she is moving home after years of dutiful, round-the-clock service.
Casey's portrayal of the high-pressure lives of working mothers is entertaining, yet the text regularly promises insights and observations but skips away before delivering.
As she is being interviewed by the New York Times early on in the novel, Liddy reveals: "I accept I can't do everything and I don't try. I won't ever be one of those frazzled women in dirty sweatpants, making brownies at midnight for a bake sale. I like order, because I am a Virgo. And I guess I don't do guilt."
It's not clear whether 'the real Liddy James' would rather be the one wiping cake batter from her brow, as she seems happy letting others take care of such matters - namely, Rose. Casey devotes substantial portions to Rose's perspective, the one who is up at all hours tending to Liddy's children. She works in the same university English department as her partner, but has lived off Liddy's salary for six years without question, and plans to continue doing so as she contemplates leaving her job to spend more time with her children.
It isn't until Liddy finally gets to Ireland that Casey really hits her stride. The Real Liddy James offers an engaging take on the balancing act of the modern woman, but after 200 pages in the hollow yet dazzling world of super high-end New York life, a charming detour to a secluded cottage in Wicklow is more than welcome.
Within the first few pages, we are introduced to Liddy's courtroom rival Sebastian Stackallan, a textbook example of the Irish rogue, complete with a sloping gait, lilting accent and a rakish smile. The pair went on a disastrous date when they first met, which brewed into mutual dislike. And yet, after so many years of conflict, Stackallan goes suddenly soft on our heroine and offers her the use of his family home in Ireland for the summer.
Thrilled with the chance to escape and recuperate, Liddy immediately jets off with her two boys, where she finally gets a chance to be alone with her kids and think about what she really wants in her professional and personal life. It makes you wish Casey had spent more time on this Irish sojourn to show rather than tell readers how the experience affects Liddy. The story is wrapped up so swiftly and crammed with so much character growth that there's little room for anything to breathe, and we are left without any tangible sense of satisfying change.
Liddy is sure to resonate with readers who like no-nonsense, mature heroines with a bit of bite and a good deal of self-deprecating humour, and the lively pace will suit fans of Marian Keyes and Cecelia Ahern. At a brisk 320 pages, it's an enjoyable if insubstantial read you'll tear through in one sitting.
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Stephen Amell and David Ramsey come to SLC
So for me there were a couple really memorable panels at Comic Con; Stephen Amell and David Ramsey, Mark Hamill, and Billy Boyd's panel. I want to share my experience attending the Stephen Amell and David Ramsey panel. The other ones will be coming in later blog posts, don't you worry. 😉
Stephen Amell and David Ramsey
One of the reasons that this panel was so memorable is because of how the celebrities interacted with the fans. I liked how they focused on the person asking the question. Their was one question that was asked of Amell wondering if it would be possible to have hot pink t-shirts for his "F** Cancer" campaign, because hot pink symbolizes all the young women who get breast cancer. He told us that the next time he posts about the t-shirts for the campaign on his Facebook page to comment with "hot pink", then he said something along the lines of "then even someone like me will remember". I was really impressed!
The second reason that this panel was memorable was for the information that I don't think they were supposed to share. "I really miss John (Barrowman)," Stephen Amell. "I really miss him too," David Ramsey. Then once they realize what they said Stephen proceeds to start heading off stage. What happens to John's character?!?!
The third thing that was extremely memorable was when Stephen Amell announced that he's going to do American Ninja Warrior in 2017!!!!!!! An attendee asked a question about when he was planning on doing it. Stephen said that the desire to do the show has only gotten worse, as in it hasn't gone away. Then their was a long drawn out pause, I thought that he was done answering the question. Then he said in 2017! He said that he said he hadn't even talked to his producers and that he was streaming this to his Facebook page so no he has to do it. As you can imagine the audience went NUTS!! Myself included. 🙂
I am so grateful I was able to attend this panel and I'm so grateful to Bryan Brandenburg and Dan Farr for getting these two amazing people to Salt Late!!
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I have been seeing a lot of forum spam lately.
I think it could be *greatly* reduced by only allowing new sign-ups to post under the help section until they've published one hub. After they've published their first hub, then they could post anywhere.
I think this would deter a lot of the people who sign-up just to post spam links in the forums.
Just a thought !
Ya, but then maybe they would make even worse spam...imagine bogus hubs with nothing but gibberish that are created only to get the poster to Step 2 (forum posting).
I dunno...
I think ignoring them is probably best. If they see no results from their post, maybe they will go away..?
Um...people do that already
Best way is to report spam when you see it on the forum.
girly_girl, spammers don't join to write hubs, only to post a link to an outside website in as many threads as possible before HP cancels the account.
Requiring new sign ups to write one hub (or more) will not reduce or eliminate spamming, which is why it's important that the rest of us hit the Report button as soon as the first duplicate "messages" are posted.
Right, since spammers don't join to write hubs, they wouldn't be able to post spam under my proposed method.
In order to use the forums, a new user would first have to write and publish a hub. Spammers aren't going to take the time to write and publish a hub just so they can post spam on the forum.
We have had some hubbers come and ask for advice before publishing a hub. Sometimes they have trouble even getting started.
I agree that reporting it as soon as you see it is probably the best way to handle it (and don't respond to or quote it). Especially (as darkside pointed out) when some new people want to ask questions before they publish. If they're uncertain about what they are doing and have to publish a hub before they can ask a question, they may just get discouraged, give up, and go elsewhere...
All forums get spam, and spam levels will always fluctuate.
How to I get rid of a fan , didnt relise til too late that she was a spammer.
I agree to reporting spamming when you see it. When I first got up and running I had some major issues navigating around but got good advise through the Q&A and forums sections. Still, I need to dig on more to get my hubs looking attractive.
When you see a thread with zero replies and a strange title you instantly know it's a spam. I don't think these people mean any harm. They're just naive... maybe.
Forgot to say, I'd make a different forum section for ads and would not allow links in any other forums.
Links can be very apropriate, depending on the question.
I agree. I don't think there is anything wrong with sharing a link, as long as it is not done for advertising or some sort of personal gain.
I am not so sure that an Ad section is really all that good of an idea either. I don't think it would really add anything to hubpages, other than another avenue for spammers. If you need to place an ad, there is always craigslist, ebay, or AdWords.
I know waht you're trying to say girly girl. Makes sense, not a bad suggestion. Ofcourse then we might just end up with spammers all over the need help sect. or like lisa said--posting an ad as a hub. I don't know if there is much at all *we* can do against spam other than report it. Maybe HP can conjur up some method for detecting them before they get that far. magic spam wand maybe....
Please don't feel sorry for spammers...they are scum, nothing less. They are fully aware of what they are doing.
Not always Just recall some fellow hubbers spamming stumbleupon or MIXX in a fair attempt to "promote"
That's true. When I first signed up for HP, I read the how-to stuff in the Help screen and saw all the "share it" stuff, and it seemed like I was "supposed" to go to MIXX and other places to "SHARE" lol. I realize now that I was doing exactly what I blow people off for now, so, I guess I can cut people slack too. I mean there's chronic spammers, who should all me smeared with jelly and strapped to an ant hill, and then there's ignorant spammers who will take advice and chill.
It's pretty easy when you're totally new to all this stuff to be so hopeful and enthusastic and want people to read your work that you don't realize there's a whole back end to how the system works. Takes awhile to sort through it all, especially when just using the technology is confusing, much less understanding how the larger, social rules work juxtaposed with the advice you get from the "make money online" folks.
Yes, but I'm talking about the ones who join up and posts the same post 5 times or more in a minute. If they don't think that is wrong then they are not smart enough to have an Internet account... And I'm not talking about Hubbers who post their own hub URLs.
Yeah Shades, exactly my point. Not on Hubpages, but been there too
Susan, don't know about you, but I know myself can be a total dumb ass
No body shd be allowed to post anywhere except One Board (help section)
before he/she completes some 3 or 5 Hubs (of c course Non promotional)
This will cut short every shit off rest of forum.
by Carolee Samuda5 years ago
This might be my last forum post because I am tired. I can't be wasting my time beating a dead horse.HP is a business and they need to start treating their business more seriously. They need a task force to sit and...
by Lionrhod3 years ago
There are a lot of us who haven't been feeling safe on the forums. They've felt stalked, harassed and browbeaten.Sadly, some folks go with the letter of the law, but not the spirit of it in their posts.For an excellent...
by Richard Bivins7 years ago
I suggest that HP prevent any registered user from posting a new topic to the forums if they have no hubs. They can comment but not start new threads.Most forums that I use have this restriction in place.
by Tony Lawrence7 years ago
OK, I heard the objections to my idea of no hubs/no forum posts and see the validity.How about a mandatory "Introduce yourself" post that has to survive not being flagged by X number of people in X amount of...
by yoshi978 years ago
all the people I see spamming the forums are signing up long enough to post on the forum but aren't writing any hubs. So ... I was thinking. Why not require three hubs from a person before they can post in the forums?...
by Whitney7 years ago
There are tons of forums and websites that have within their TOS that you must participate in some area for X-amount of times before allowed to post in the forum. Typically, you have to reply to other threads so many...
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Kick start your Sunday at the World Science Festival Brisbane over breakfast with fellow alumni.
Attendees will be joined by UQ Provost and 2017 World Science Festival Brisbane Guest Curator, Professor Aidan Byrne, followed by a private tour of the Hadron Collider exhibit.
Breakfast: 8.00am - 9.15am
Speaker: 8.20am
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Tour 2: 9.15am
Cost: $10 per person. Ticket price includes breakfast and a tour of the Hadron Collider exhibit.
About UQ at World Science Festival Brisbane
The University of Queensland is proud to partner with the Queensland Museum for the inaugural World Science Festival Brisbane from 22-26 March 2017.
For the full program visit www.worldsciencefestival.com.au.
Held annually in New York since 2008 the World Science Festival is now one of the most celebrated science festivals in the world, and this year it's coming back to Brisbane!
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The sleek, modern Taiwanese noodle house Noodle Bull has steadily built its reputation locally for its well-presented food at reasonable prices. The 80-seat 1933 outlet covers 200 square meters. Separate tables for four take up most of the chic industrial space, and a long, continuous low bench in the center is designed for larger groups. The menu is simple and classic and the noodles are authentic in texture and consistency. Among the noodles are the specialty bull noodle (30 yuan) and roasted beef noodle (30 yuan), both of which are recommended to be matched with one or two tapas which include thin-sliced pork (18 yuan), scalded green vegetables (5 yuan), braised sliced seaweed (5 yuan) and marinated tofu (5 yuan). Also recommended is the home-made plum juice (10 yuan per glass or 30 yuan a bottle). The noodle house also offers cocktail drinks which are rarely seen in local eateries. With efficient, friendly service and an informal, chic atmosphere, Noodle Bull is one of the top picks when looking for a casual lunch or dinner with the average cost around 40 yuan per person.
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Don't get me wrong. Sports writers can be amazing writers. I'm just not a big sports fan, and not a big sports news reader. Partly because I don't have the faintest clue about how American football or baseball work. That perfectly coincides with the two most popular sports in the US–naturally most of the sports section is littered with articles about the very two sports I understand the least. Well, I guess golf goes on that list, too. But who cares about golf?
Ironically, I've been an athlete pretty much my whole life. Signed up for just about every sport that was available during elementary and high school, and even played with my town during the summer and winter breaks.
Swimming. Volleyball. Basketball. Soccer. Badminton. Cross-country. Track & Field. Gymnastics. Skiing.
I even did one season of tee-ball. Little kid's version of baseball. It wasn't fun– I got hit in the crotch the first time I played the pitcher's position, and I wasn't wearing my crotch pad. It's awkward for an 8-year-old girl to wear one, especially when she's one of three girls on the team.
I stuck with figure skating from September to April and soccer during the summer months. Quit both in high school. Picked up skating again in college.
Okay, went slightly off track there. But my point is even though I've loved playing sports, I don't love reading about them. There's just something about a live game, and playing in one, that is really really really hard to capture in writing.
So needless to say I found myself very surprised to be on page B13 of the NYTimes today.
I'm a dedicated front page news reader. I mean I make an effort to read every single article that appears on the front page.
Today, I didn't realize I was reading a sports article until I got to the end of the bit that was on the front page telling me to continue reading on page B13.
Even more of a shocker is that the article is about the upcoming Super Bowl.
"Super Sunday, and the Crowd Goes, Um, Silent"
Read it here:
When I finished reading the article–I won't hide it, I was very pleased with it– I flipped back to the front page to see who had written it. I burst into a laugh. Of course!
The author? John Branch.
Who else but a Pulitzer Prize winner could get me to read a sports article, in its entirety?


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"No! Never! We're keeping all of them!" John shouted across Elizabeth's desk at his friend. It wasn't her fault, he shouldn't be yelling at her, but he had no other way to release how upset he was about what they were asking.
"The SGC wants them, John." Elizabeth countered. Elizabeth had a feeling how John would react. She didn't blame him, but the whole reason they were in the Pegasus Galaxy to begin with was to find ways to protect Earth. And the scientists played a major part in their success or failure.
"Look, I understand they could be useful against the Ori, but Atlantis needs them. The Wraith are not going to stop coming. Neither are the Genii, the Asurans or Michael's super-bugs. And with….you know… I can't fight them alone. I have to know that Atlantis and everyone here will be safe and keeping them is the only way to do that." John cradled his head in his hands and just shook, anger replacing all rational thought.
Rodney came shuffling up to the desk from the back of Weir's office where he was standing. "Elizabeth, you can't be seriously thinking of turning them over to the SGC!" Rodney's face was red with anger, right along with John's. The physicist's mind was working overtime trying to offer an alternative solution, but before he could John spoke up again.
"Elizabeth, you just tell them they are not up for grabs. The price was too heavy in getting them in the first place. I've given all that I am willing to give…we're keeping them. Tell them to go out and get their own." John had worked himself into a fury; he couldn't take any more so he whirled around and left the office, heading for the nearest balcony. He needed to cool off before he said or did something he would regret later.
John was right; the price paid was too high.


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At the United Nations, she defended Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the American invasion of Grenada in 1983. She argued for El Salvador's right-wing junta and against Nicaragua's left-wing ruling council, the Sandinistas. In private, she supported American efforts to sustain the contras, the rebel group that tried to overthrow the Sandinistas with help from the C.I.A. She was a key participant in a March 1981 National Security Planning Group meeting that produced a $19 million covert action plan to make the contras a fighting force."
At the White House, President Bush said Kirkpatrick "influenced the thinking of generations of Americans on the importance of American leadership in advancing the cause of freedom and democracy around the globe." What she did in reality was influence the cause of global genocide.
After Kirkpatrick gained entry into the male purview of foreign policy, Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice followed in her footsteps. Among other high-profile national security positions for both, Albright was secretary of state in the Clinton administration and Rice later served in the same post . Rice called Kirkpatrick a role model, "an academic who brought great intellectual power to her work." Now there is Hillary.
March of the Psychopaths
Jeane Jordan, the daughter of an unsuccessful oil prospector, was born in Oklahoma on 19th November, 2006. After obtaining a MA in political science from Columbia University she joined the state department as an intelligence research analyst. She married Evron Kirkpatrick in 1955.
In 1962 Jeane Kirkpatrick became professor of political science at Georgetown University. She contributed to a large number of journals on the theme of communist subversion. Although she was a member of the Democratic Party she continued to hold extreme right-wing views. In response to the campaigns of George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy, Kirkpatrick helped establish the Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM). Kirkpatrick later stated that the purpose of this organization was to "reclaim the party from its anti-war, anti-growth and anti-business activists". The group included Neo-Conservatives such as Midge Decter, Irving Kristol, Max Kampelman and Norman Podhoretz. Members of the CDM went on to form the Project of the New American Century.
Kirkpatrick supported the nomination of Henry M. Jackson as the 1976 Democratic candidate. She was appalled when Jimmy Carter won the nomination. Over the next few years she emerged as one of Carter's main critics. Kirkpatrick argued strongly against the president's foreign policy that placed an emphasis on human rights.
In 1979 Kirkpatrick wrote an article for Commentary, entitled Entitled Dictatorships and Double Standards. The article argued that right-wing "authoritarian" governments, such as those in Argentina, Chile and South Africa, suited American interests better than left-wing regimes. She criticized the emphasis placed on human rights by Jimmy Carter and blamed it for undermining right-wing governments in Nicaragua and Iran. She went onto argue that right-wing dictatorships were reliably pro-American. She therefore proposed that the US government should treat authoritarian regimes much more favourably than other governments. Kirkpatrick added: "liberal idealism need not be identical with masochism and need not be incompatible with the defence of freedom and the national interest".
As Bill Van Auken has pointed out (Social Democrat to Champion of Death Squads): "The policy implications of Kirkpatrick's thesis were unmistakable. Washington should seek to keep in power right-wing dictatorships, so long as they suppressed the threat of revolution and supported "American interests and policies." Moreover, the limits placed by the Carter administration on relations with regimes that had carried out wholesale political killings and torture, as in Chile and Argentina, for example, should be cast aside."
Richard V. Allen, who was working as chief foreign policy adviser to Ronald Reagan, showed him the article. Reagan wrote to Kirkpatrick, where he told her it was the best article he had ever read on the subject. Soon afterwards, Kirkpatrick became one of Reagan's political advisors.
During the 1980 presidential campaign Reagan was informed that Jimmy Carter was attempting to negotiate a deal with Iran to get the American hostages released. This was disastrous news for the Reagan campaign. If Carter got the hostages out before the election, the public perception of the man might change and he might be elected for a second-term. As Michael K. Deaver later told the New York Times: "One of the things we had concluded early on was that a Reagan victory would be nearly impossible if the hostages were released before the election... There is no doubt in my mind that the euphoria of a hostage release would have rolled over the land like a tidal wave. Carter would have been a hero, and many of the complaints against him forgotten. He would have won."
According to Barbara Honegger, a researcher and policy analyst with the 1980 Reagan/Bush campaign, William J. Casey and other representatives of the Reagan presidential campaign made a deal at two sets of meetings in July and August at the Ritz Hotel in Madrid with Iranians to delay the release of Americans held hostage in Iran until after the November 1980 presidential elections. Reagan's aides promised that they would get a better deal if they waited until Carter was defeated.
On 22nd September, 1980, Iraq invaded Iran. The Iranian government was now in desperate need of spare parts and equipment for its armed forces. Jimmy Carter proposed that the US would be willing to hand over supplies in return for the hostages.
Once again, the Central Intelligence Agency leaked this information to Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. This attempted deal was also passed to the media. On 11th October, the Washington Post reported rumors of a "secret deal that would see the hostages released in exchange for the American made military spare parts Iran needs to continue its fight against Iraq".
A couple of days before the election Barry Goldwater was reported as saying that he had information that "two air force C-5 transports were being loaded with spare parts for Iran". This was not true. However, this publicity had made it impossible for Carter to do a deal. Ronald Reagan on the other hand, had promised the Iranian government that he would arrange for them to get all the arms they needed in exchange for the hostages.
In the election Ronald Reagan easily defeated Jimmy Carter by 44 million votes to 35 million. The Republican Party also won control of the Senate for the first time in 26 years. According to Mansur Rafizadeh, the former U.S. station chief of SAVAK, the Iranian secret police, CIA agents had persuaded Khomeini not to release the American hostages until Reagan was sworn in. In fact, they were released twenty minutes after his inaugural address.
Reagan appointed William J. Casey as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In this position he was able to arrange the delivery of arms to Iran. These were delivered via Israel. By the end of 1982 all Reagan's promises to Iran had been made. With the deal completed, Iran was free to resort to acts of terrorism against the United States. In 1983, Iranian-backed terrorists blew up 241 marines in the CIA Middle-East headquarters.
Reagan also appointed Kirkpatrick as the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Within months of taking office, Kirkpatrick accused Costa Rica, the most stable democracy in Central America, of communist subversion. President Carazo Odio responded by accusing Kirkpatrick of spreading lies about his country.
After his election as president, Ronald Reagan, appointed Michael Deaver as Deputy White House Chief of Staff under James Baker III. He took up his post in January 1981. Soon afterwards, Deaver's clients, Guatemala, Taiwan and Argentina, began to receive their payback. On 19th March, 1981, Reagan asked Congress to lift the embargo on arms sales to Argentina. General Roberto Viola, one of the junta members responsible for the death squads, was invited to Washington. In return, the Argentine government agreed to expand its support and training for the Contras. According to John Ranelagh (The Agency: The Rise and Decline of the CIA): "Aid and training were provided to the Contras through the Argentinean defence forces in exchange for other forms of aid from the U.S. to Argentina."
Reagan had more difficulty persuading Congress to provide arms to Guatemala. During a 4th May, 1981, session of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it was announced that the Guatemalan death squads had murdered 76 leaders of the moderate Christian Democratic Party including its leader, Alberto Fuentes Mohr. As Peter Dale Scott pointed out in the Iran-Contra Connection: "When Congress balked at certifying that Guatemala was not violating human rights, the administration acted unilaterally, by simply taking the items Guatemala wanted off the restricted list."
Reagan and Deaver also helped Guatemala in other ways. Alejandro Dabat and Luis Lorenzano (Argentina: The Malvinas and the End of Military Rule) pointed out that the Ronald Reagan administration arranged for "the training of more than 200 Guatemalan officers in interrogation techniques (torture) and repressive methods".
In early 1981, Leopoldo Galtieri visited the United States and was warmly received by members of the Ronald Reagan administration. Richard V. Allen, who Reagan had appointed as his National Security Advisor, described Galtiera as a "majestic general." With the help of the CIA, Galtieri replaced President Roberto Viola in December 1981. Galtieri attempted to improve the economy by cutting public spending and selling off government-owned industries. He also imposed a pay freeze. These policies were unpopular and demonstrations took place demanding a return to democracy.
Despite the support of the Reagan administration, Galtieri, faced the possibility of being ousted from power. He therefore decided to gain public support by appealing to nationalist sentiment. In April, 1982, Galtieri's forces invaded the weakly-defended British Falkland Islands and he declared the "Malvinas" a province of Argentina. The anti-junta demonstrations were replaced by patriotic demonstrations in support of Galtieri.
Margaret Thatcher appealed to Ronald Reagan for help in removing Galtieri from the Falklands. This caused problems for Reagan as Galtieri was seen as a key aspect of the foreign policy advocated by Kirkpatrick and Richard V. Allen. Kirkpatrick argued that America should not jeopardize relations with Latin America by backing Britain. She later explained that "I thought a policy of neutrality in that war made sense from the point of view of US interests".
However, in reality, Kirkpatrick was not arguing for neutrality. According to The Times newspaper: "Only hours after the 1982 invasion of the Falklands she notoriously attended as guest of honour a reception at the Argentine Embassy in Washington. She then went on television to assert that if the islands rightly belonged to Argentina its action could not be considered as "armed aggression".
Reagan's Secretary of State, Alexander Haig, took the side of the British government. He argued that Kirkpatrick was "mentally and emotionally incapable of thinking clearly on this issue because of her close links with the Latins". Reagan forced Haig to resign on 25th June, 1982. He later complaining that his attempts to help Britain in its conflict with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, was being undermined by Kirkpatrick and some above her in the White House. In his book, Gambling With History: Ronald Reagan in the White House (1983), Laurence I. Barrett argued that this person from the White House was Michael K. Deaver: "At an NSC session... Haig had observed Kirkpatrick passing Deaver a note. Concluding that Kirkpatrick was using Deaver to prime Reagan... Haig told Clark that a 'conspiracy' was afoot to outflank him."
Reagan eventually rejected Kirkpatrick's advice and as The Times pointed out: "Had Kirkpatrick prevailed, Britain would have been deprived of American fuel, Sidewinder missiles and other arms, and the vital US satellite intelligence that enabled it to win the war. And Galtieri and his junta would not have been replaced by a freely elected government."
Kirkpatrick, a strong supporter of the Domino Theory, warned that Cuba was the "launch pad for communist subversion of the region". Despite her views, Reagan refused to take military action againstCuba but he did order the invasion of Grenada in October, 1983. She also advocated the multimillion-dollar support for Islamist guerrillas, including Osama bin Laden, in Afghanistan.
As the New York Times pointed out: "At the United Nations, she defended Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the American invasion of Grenada in 1983. She argued for El Salvador's right-wing junta and against Nicaragua's left-wing ruling council, the Sandinistas. In private, she supported American efforts to sustain the contras, the rebel group that tried to overthrow the Sandinistas with help from the C.I.A. She was a key participant in a March 1981 National Security Planning Group meeting that produced a $19 million covert action plan to make the contras a fighting force."
Reagan wanted to appoint Kirkpatrick as his National Security Advisor. However, Reagan's new Secretary of State, George Shultz, threaten to resign if she was appointed. Kirkpatrick lost her post as ambassador to the UN when Reagan reshuffled his cabinet in 1985.
Later that year she agreed to head a campaign organized by the Unification Church (the Moonies) to raise money for the Contras in Nicaragua.
Kirkpatrick gradually became disillusioned with right-wing politics and opposed the invasion of Iraq. She wrote: "We will need to learn to be a power, not a superpower... We should prepare psychologically and economically for reversion to the status of a normal nation."
Jeane Kirkpatrick died on 7th December, 2006, entombed in history. RIP?
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This record might be complete rubbish but, yeah, fuck the Clash. Corporate cock-sucking major label public schoolboy revolution shit with all the political clout of Jonathan King's tribute to Thatcher record.
If this record is complete rubbish,then I'd like to know what you think isn't?
I agree with your spittle fuelled diatribe against The Clash. But you gotta admit the Clash's first LP is a rock'n'roll classic.
I've got this LP but it's been so long since I've heard it [not helped by the dead Rega turntable in the other room] that I don't recall anything about it. This will be a great listen! Many thanks.
I've already got this on various formats, and love it, but just wanted to say you made me grin r.e. The Clash (so did Anonymous [1]). And agreed the first LP IS a classic, in hindsight their best. Soft spot for the Cost Of Living EP too.
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In this review we are looking at our next pick of home rower and this comes in as the HCI Fitness Sprint Outrigger Scull Rowing Machine – so it has one heck of a name but it is a good rower? That is what we are here to find out and first we will look at the features of this rower.
The HCI Fitness Sprint Outrigger Scull Rowing Machine gives you a high quality piston rowing machine with 12 levels of hydraulic resistance, the product is also advertised as having strong commercial grade cylinders and a trait that seems present in all of the rowers that we have reviewed this one folds up into a compact unit for storage.
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With this rower, you could also get an LCD unit that will show you time, stroke and total strokes as well as calories burnt.
The interesting aspect of this rower is that there is no plastic to be seen and the unit is made completely out of metal. It is also easy to put together and the seat is padded and seems firm enough when you sit on it.
One thing you should put in mind that this machine's resistance level is hydraulic, so when you start working out on just level 1 it would a big amount of strength. But if you consider yourself strong and looking to push yourself to the next limit, then this is for you.
The main pros of this rower is that if you are focusing on brute strength or you find that the other rowers do not give you the resistance you need, then this machine just might be the perfect choice. Remember that if you are just starting out this rower may be too heavy duty.


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Anthony Cafiero's upcoming restaurant RaciÓn is popping up again, this time at Boke Bowl. These dinners amount to previews of the food he'll be doing in his new space when he opens "sometime in January," and previous dinners have had high payoff. Tonight's meal is described as, "A reception of a featured cocktail and snacks, followed by a six course dinner with beverage (alcohol) pairings for $75." In Cafiero-speak, that means he'll be serving six or seven courses of plates that would typically cost $10 each, along with about fifty dollars' worth of clever paired drinks. A previous pop-up recap is here.
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- Who is a "volunteer" as used in 36.15(6)?
A volunteer is an unpaid person who holds a coaching authorization or a coaching endorsement and who is acting under the direction of an employed coach and with the knowledge and approval of the school administration.
- Who is a "coach" as used in 36.15(6)?
"Coach" means an individual, with coaching endorsement or authorization as required by Iowa law, employed by a school district under the provisions of an extracurricular athletic contract or employed by a nonpublic school in a position responsible for an extracurricular athletic activity. "Coach" also includes an individual who instructs, diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates, assists, or directs student learning of an interscholastic athletic endeavor on a voluntary basis on behalf of a school or school district.
- What is covered by the term "coaching"?
Can a school's coach have his/her spouse or friend serve as the "declared coach" of a non-school team while the school's coach is providing instruction in the background?
A coach diagnoses, prescribes, evaluates and directs student learning and supervises assistant coaches and volunteers in the performance of coaching objectives. If a coach is "directing" student-athlete learning through another person, "prescribing" who should play, at what position, "evaluating" skills and determining who needs to work on certain skills, then the coach is coaching.
- What does "conflict with sports in season" mean?
If a student-athlete has to make a choice between participating in a practice, game or other team activity for a sport in season or participating in an activity for a sport that is not in-season held at a member or associate member school facility, or supervised or sponsored by an out-of-season school coach, a conflict exists. The sport in season takes precedence. In cases of emergency or rescheduling, the priority is with the sport in season.
- What is "summertime" as defined in 36.15(6)?
Summertime is defined as June 1 until the first day of fall sports practices.
- What is "participating" as defined in 36.15(7)?
If a student is a member of the school team, she is "participating" in that sport. A student is "participating" on a non-school team when the team is involved in a competition. Practice with a non-school team does not constitute participation.
- What is covered by the term "school facility"?
Any facility on campus or off-campus that represents a practice or competition site that is directly affiliated with a school-based activity.
Can a school impose stricter guidelines on its coaches and/or students than those imposed by these rules? Yes. Stricter policies than outlined by these rules are the prerogative of the local district.
Who is covered by these rules? Students in grades 9-12 and personnel under contract to coach or who serve as volunteer coaches of a school team involving students in grades 9-12. Students and coaches in seventh and eighth grade are NOT covered by the provisions of these rules. However, local school districts may choose to extend non-school participation rules to junior high school students.
- Is a team meeting during the school year, outside the season legal?
Each coaching staff is allowed one preseason team meeting during the school year, outside the season.
- If a player works as an instructor at a grade school camp run by their coach during the school year, outside the season, is the coach violating the coaching contact?
During the school year, outside the sport season, each student may work at a one-time, one-day clinic for elementary/middle school students run by their coach without their coach violating the coaching contact rule.
- Can coaches officiate their athletes outside the sport season, during the school year or during the summer?
Yes. Officiating does not constitute coaching contact.
- During the school year, outside the sport season, can a coach practice or compete with or against his/her students in the sport(s) he/she coaches?
No. Practicing or competing with or against students on a coach's team constitutes coaching.
- During the softball season and after May 31, a softball player has enrolled in an off-campus basketball camp in which her basketball coach is a member of the camp staff. Can the softball player still attend the camp?
Yes. The student can participate in any camp, clinic, etc. s/he chooses. However, the student's basketball coach shall not require his/her students to participate in the camp.
- Does transportation during the school year, outside the season count as contact?
No. The act of transporting students to non-school competitions, camps, clinics, etc. is permissible during the school year, outside the season as long as no coaching occurs. If school transportation is used it must be used subject to Iowa Code 285.10 (9) and (10).
- Softball practice is scheduled from 1-3 p.m. A student is attending an on-campus camp that causes her to miss softball practice.
If a potential conflict exists when an on-campus summer camp, clinic, workout, or other team activity is scheduled at the same time as a baseball or softball practice or game, the student athlete shall go to the in-season sport activity, unless released by the in-season coach. The in-season sport has priority. Local school administration shall determine how to avoid conflicts.
- The high school football coach has a film session for a group of football players who also play baseball on a day during the summertime. Baseball practice is also scheduled at this time. Is this a violation?
Coaching activities between June 1 and the first day of fall sports practices shall not conflict with sports in season. If a potential conflict exists, the student athlete shall go to the in-season sport activity. The in-season sport always has priority. Local school administration shall determine guidelines on how to avoid conflicts.
- Can the coach of the high school basketball team coach a club or AAU volleyball team during the school year outside the volleyball season?
Yes, as long as the high school basketball coach is not also serving as a high school volleyball coach (paid or volunteer) for his/her school.
- Can the coach of the high school baseball team coach the high school softball players during the school year? Yes, as long as the high school baseball coach is not also serving as a softball coach (paid or volunteer) for that school.
- Can the coach of a high school basketball team coach an all-star team that includes a player from his own team?
Yes, as long as that player is a senior whose interscholastic athletic season for that sport has concluded.
- Can the coach of a high school girls' or boys' team coach a junior high team or club team in that same sport during the school year, outside the season, if that team does not include any of his/her high school student-athletes?
Yes, the coaching contact rule is specific to 9-12 coaches and their 9-12 student-athletes.
- During the school year, outside the season, can the coach of the high school girls swim team coach the youth girls swim club program practice (all students under the 9th grade) at the same time the high school girls' club program is practicing? The youth program practices in lanes 1-3 and the high school girls are practicing in lanes 4-6.
No. This is a violation of the coaching contact rule and would apply to all sports where the same facility is being used at the same time for students in grades below the 9th grade and 9th grade and above.
- During the summer can an out-of-season high school coach require attendance at any workouts, camps, clinics, or other activities?
No, attendance at any out-of-season activities must be totally voluntary and cannot be required. Coaches cannot punish or reward student-athletes based on attendance at any out-of-season activities.
- May a high school coach of an out-of-season sport require a player to attend an out-of-season camp in that sport during the school year?
No. A high school coach may not require his/her students to attend a camp outside the high school season at any time.
- During the school year outside the season, can a coach of a high school team coach his/her student athletes in a sport in which he/she is under contract (paid or volunteer) with the school district?
No, during the school year outside the sport season, coaching contact is illegal. However, a coach may supervise a workout or open facility with approval of the local school administration. This is for supervision purposes only and no coaching can occur.
- During the school year outside the baseball season, can the baseball coach supervise open facility with baseball players at the batting cage.
Yes, the coach may supervise but may not coach his/her student athletes.
- Can the high school basketball coach open and supervise the weight room for his/her basketball players for strength and conditioning during the school year?
Yes, but the basketball coach shall not coach sport specific drills or techniques.
- During the school year outside the season, can the coach of a high school team coach a non-school team if there are no members of his or her high school team on the non-school team, but they are competing against a non-school team comprised of members of the coach's high school team?
Yes, because the coach is not coaching the student athletes from his/her high school team.
- What procedure must be followed if a student wishes to participate in a non-school event in the same sport during the school team season?
The local school board shall by policy determine whether or not participation in non-school athletic events during the same season is permitted and provide penalties for students who may be in violation of the board's policy.
- May the high school coach of a summer sport give a player permission to miss a practice, contest or team activity:
To attend an out-of-season camp on his/her own in a different sport?
Yes. No violation occurs because permission was given.
b. To attend a camp in an out-of-season sport in which the student's out-of-season sport will have contact?
Yes, the in-season coach may give permission, but does not have to give permission.
- May a high school coach of a sport not in season require a player to attend an out-of-season camp in that sport?
No. A high school coach may not require his/her students to attend a camp outside the high school season.
- When does the school team season begin and end?
The first legal date of practice defines the start of the school team season, and the school season ends on the final day of the state tournament.
- Do the non-school participation rules prohibit any participation in sports that are not currently in season?
No. The only non-school sports prohibited by this rule are those that are concurrent with the school team season.
- I'm a coach and my son or daughter plays basketball for me on the high school team. Is it permissible for me to have contact at any time of the school year or between June 1 and the first day of fall sports practices?
Yes. At no time is contact with a son or daughter a violation of any rule. However, during the school year outside the basketball season, if other members of the high school team are present, this becomes a violation.
- A team's head coach and assistant coach each have a daughter playing for the school's volleyball team. May the head coach and the assistant coach be in the gym giving instruction to their respective daughters at the same time?
Yes. Coaches may work with their family members at any time without being assessed contact. If other members of the team are in the gym, contact occurs.
Scholarship Rule 36.15(2) h prohibits high school students from participating and/or training with or against college athletes who are representing their collegiate institution or as part of an event sanctioned or sponsored by a collegiate institution. Nothing in the rules prohibits a high school student from participating in a one-time tryout with or against members of a college team with permission from the member school's administration and the respective collegiate institution's athletic administration.


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I am trying to completely automate the undeploy/uninstall MSI steps via powershell so that an operator can choose an MSI to install and the script undeploys BizTalk, uninstalls MSI (without knowing where the previous MSI is), then installs the selected MSI,
and runs the BizTalk deploy.
Is there any reason why msiexec.exe /X productId should not work? I have found the only way I can uninstall the MSI is to run msiexec.exe /X
packageName using product code/id always seems to fail.
It seems as per usual I need to ask a question before I work out how to do it myself. It seems the issue was powershell not liking the uninstall string, cmd window worked so tried this command in powershell with much more success.
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For years, the Chicago Bears tried to purchase championships via free agency. How'd that work out? Anyone with half a brain and a knowledge of football past a Madden game knows that's not how the NFL works.
Recently, the Bears' futility on the field has come from those very bad free agency signings. It's a major reason the Bears finished 5-11 in 2014, and byproduct to the transitionary season of 2015.
But, since the arrival of GM Ryan Pace and head coach John Fox, we have seen a very real picture of what culture change looks like.
Brandon Marshall was shipped off to New York because of alleged locker room problems with other players, namely Jay Cutler. Bad contracts and players alike were shipped off to other teams because they didn't fit the new direction of the Bears.
However, eradicating "locker room cancers" and bad players does not make a culture change. Sure, it's one step of the process. Installing a system that clicks on all cylinders, from the top of the front office to the bottom of the coaching staff, does.
It's about building trust and having minds that work cohesively towards a single goal.
And it's about being objective more than anything.
Perhaps nothing was more evident of Pace's vision than the news that running back Matt Forte would not be negotiated with this offseason.
This new era of Chicago Bears football can only be described as putting an emphasis on quantity and depth rather than the quality of talent. It's a recipe that some team up in Foxborough, MA uses and has won a few Lombardi Trophies executing along the way.
The Chicago Bears won't turn into the New England Patriots, but what's different, or what we expect to turn into results that didn't in the past, is the manner in which Ryan Pace is running this organization.
#Bears part of my winners from Wk 1 of FA. 3 very solid moves to patch up that D https://t.co/d5FulUBGuW #PFF
— Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) March 14, 2016
He's fair. And he holds himself, and those around him, accountable.
No more big contracts. Free agency is a period to assess where you are as a team, find affordable talent, and develop it with strong coaching and culture.
To Phil Emery, and even Jerry Angelo, it was a time to flex the muscles and throw cash at anything with a Pro Football Reference page.
With a full offseason in the books and another one that has just begun, Ryan Pace is proving that his reputation precedes him.
He's winning battles against contending teams to sign young, coveted players and doing so without having to open up the vault for them. I believe that was abundantly clear when he signed DT Akiem Hicks to a two-year deal despite the massive lineman drawing interest from more than ten teams.
DL Akiem Hicks reported cap hits: '16- $4.5M & '17- $5.5M. #Bears
— Aaron Leming (@AaronLemingNFL) March 14, 2016
But most importantly, after all of that, Ryan Pace understands that the free agency period isn't the end of the offseason. Free agency is the time to set up your roster for the draft and put yourself in a position that you're drafting NFL-ready players and not hamstringing the organization with four or five raw prospects.
That's why signing guys like Danny Trevethan, Jerrell Freeman, and re-signing the likes of Zach Miller is so important. Bobby Massie was had for a three-year deal, and it allows John Fox to slide his best offensive lineman (Kyle Long) to his natural, more dominant position, without having to take a shot on yet another rookie.
Ryan Pace doesn't flex muscles with anyone because he doesn't have to. In only two years as an NFL GM, he's proved that he has the moxie and savvy of a 25-year veteran.
And while the Chicago Bears may simply be on the cusp of contention in their own division, it's as clear as the driven snow that he has completely changed the dumpster fire of a culture that was the Chicago Bears organization.


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Studies in Multicultural Societies. Different Peoples, One World Hari Srinivas Room: I-312 / 079-565-7406. Course objectives. Objectives: This course focuses on the characteristics and the relative advantages / disadvantages of a "multicultural" society. Course details.
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We met Charley Hajek (a.k.a. Gnarly Charley) at Surf Expo last January. When he stopped by the Turq booth, it was like a frantic wave of kinetic energy and exuberance followed him. I thought, "this guy is either nuts, or the coolest dude I've met in a while". Turns out it was the latter. WhenContinue reading »
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Surf Expo 2015 Recap
by Nicole Graham As a fairly new member of the Turq team, I had no idea what to expect when I left for Orlando, Florida for this year's September Surf Expo Trade Show. After spending weeks of collecting inspiration and shopping online to revamp Turq's booth, the time had come to put it all together. This Surf ExpoContinue reading »
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I am happy to say that I joined a baking group called Sweet and Simple Bakes. See the cute little cupcake picture on my sidebar. I am much more of a cook than a baker so I thought this would be a good opportunity to get better at baking. Our first bake was flapjacks. I have never made these before nor had I even heard of them. I always thought of flapjacks as pancakes. These are very popular in the UK. I would describe them as a bar cookie that tastes like a very rich granola bar.
It was a little tricky measuring ingredients as I didn't have a scale and had to convert everything from European measurements. I did manage to figure everything out even though I think my measurements were off somewhat. The bars came out fine and my six year old son liked them. The best part of the bake was being able to use Lyle's Golden Syrup. I have been wanting to try it. This was the perfect time to do so since that is what the recipe called for. Now I will have to find some other recipes to use up the rest of the syrup.
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Raisin and Chocolate Flapjacks (Makes 12)
Preparation time 10 minutes
Cooking time 35 minutes
250g butter
100g demerara sugar (I substituted turbinado)
200g golden syrup
250g rolled oats
75g plain flour
100g dried raisins ( other dried fruits can also be used, blueberries, apricots, etc)
100g chocolate, chopped(white, dark or milk chocolate can be used)
Preheat the oven to 170C/ Gas 3. Line a 23cm square tin with baking paper (please do not use greaseproof).Melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup in a large pan over a low heat (stirring occasionally), until the butter and sugar have completely melted.Add the rolled oats, flour and cranberries to the pan, and stir together well. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared tin. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool for a few minutes, then mark into 12 squares – but don't cut all the way through. Allow to cool in the tin completely.Melt the white chocolate and drizzle over each bar.(When melting chocolate you use a heatproof bowl over a low simmering saucepan of hot water but making sure the water is not hitting the bottom of the bowl.)


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US troops build Islamic center in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. troops in Afghanistan have
spent 10 weeks converting a building at Kandahar
Airfield into an Islamic center.
The conversion was completed in time for Muslims' holy month of
Ramadan, which started Monday.
At the dedication ceremony, base commander Brig. Gen. Jeffrey
Kendall said, "We celebrate the establishment of this center as a
place for Muslims within our base community to practice their faith
in a solemn and reverent atmosphere."
Others at the ceremony said the project shows that U.S. and
other coalition forces are not trying to change the Afghan people
or their religion.
The Islamic center will offer weekend classes as well as being a
place of worship.
Critics announce alternative to rally called by Gov. Perry
WASHINGTON (AP) - Critics of the day of prayer and fasting
organized by Texas Gov. Rick Perry this Saturday say they'll hold
an alternative rally in Houston Friday evening.
Participants at Friday's event are to include the Rev. William
Lawson, founder of a Houston megachurch, and the Rev. Barry Lynn of
Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Lynn says Perry should not be promoting an explicitly Christian
event like "The Response." He says Friday's event will focus on
constitutional boundaries and "inclusiveness" instead.
But "The Response" spokesman, Eric Bearse (BURS), says
non-Christians are welcome on Saturday, and if critics choose not
to come, "they're excluding themselves."
Federal appeals court rules against Christian groups
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled against
Christian groups who challenged a nondiscrimination policy at
California state universities.
The policy says officially recognized campus groups cannot
discriminate by factors such as religion and sexual orientation. A
Christian fraternity and a sorority at San Diego State University
sued in 2005. The groups, which are restricted to Christian
members, argued the policy violated their religious freedom.
A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed but
said there was concern about whether the policy is evenly applied
to all groups. The case was sent back to a lower court to decide
that issue.
A lawyer for the groups told the San Diego Union-Tribune that
the nondiscrimination policy "clearly treats Christian groups
worse than other groups on campus."
Calif. city settles religious discrimination suit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has settled a
religious discrimination lawsuit against the Southern California
city of Walnut, resolving allegations that it unfairly denied a
permit to a group seeking to build a Buddhist center.
The lawsuit filed last year alleged the city violated federal
law which prohibits religious discrimination in land use and zoning
decisions when it denied the Chung Tai Zen Center a conditional use
permit. It claimed the city treated the Zen Center differently than
other religious facilities by approving a permit for a Catholic
The Justice Department says the city has agreed not to impose
different zoning requirements on religious organizations, but adds
that the settlement must still be approved by a federal judge.
Ala. lab lost key evidence in praying mom's case
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama mother whose 17-year-old son
became sick with flu-like symptoms chose to pray for his recovery
rather than take him to a doctor.
When Kay Burdette's son died in 2008, prosecutors charged her
with manslaughter. She pleaded guilty to lesser charges in June and
avoided prison, in part because authorities lost a tissue sample
that was crucial to proving that her son died of bacterial
pneumonia, which is generally treatable.
Lee County District Attorney Robbie Treese says the case was
difficult from the beginning, and wondered how much more Burdette
could be punished.
Burdette and her son were members of the charismatic Sandhill
Baptist Church near Auburn. Burdette told investigators she trusted
God for physical healing and both she and Jesse prayed for his
Jeffs talks of persecution in trial statement
SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) - Polygamous church leader Warren Jeffs
has delivered a 30-minute statement at the Texas trial where he's
accused of sexually abusing girls as young as 12.
After prosecutors rested their case against him Wednesday, Jeffs
evoked the memory of Mormon leader Joseph Smith Jr. and portrayed
himself as the victim of religious persecution.
Jeffs, who is representing himself, then called one of his
church's members to testify. J.D. Roundy read aloud from the Book
of Mormon and then answered questions about the church's beliefs.
Jeffs is the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, which teaches that polygamy brings exaltation
in heaven. The church's 10,000 members see Jeffs as God's prophet.
If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 119 years to life
in prison.
Michigan Catholic bishops urge immigrant support
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's seven Catholic bishops are
calling for more support for illegal immigrants in a statement
being sent to the state's Catholics and elected officials.
The statement issued Wednesday asks Michigan lawmakers to reject
legislation that would treat illegal immigrants with disrespect or
divide their families through deportation.
The bishops also are urging the state's congressional delegation
to replace what they call "a failed federal policy" with reforms
that would offer illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.
They quote Jesus' exhortation to recognize him in their
treatment of others: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me."
Knights of Columbus to pay $22.7M for papal center
DETROIT (AP) - The Knights of Columbus plan to buy the
financially troubled Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in
Washington, D.C., in a $22.7 million deal involving the Archdiocese
of Detroit.
The agreement was announced Tuesday in Denver at a Knights of
Columbus convention. The Catholic lay organization plans to expand
exhibits about the late pope and hold events at the facility.
The Archdiocese of Detroit expects to get about $20 million from
the Cultural Center's foundation from the sale, and the Catholic
University of America will get the rest. The sale will allow the
Archdiocese of Detroit to recoup some of the $54 million it
invested in the center.
The 130,000-square-foot building has been mostly closed for
years, open by appointment only.
Catholic group: Haitian amputee soccer team to tour US
DENVER (AP) - A Catholic men's group says an amputee soccer team
that includes players injured in Haiti's 2010 earthquake plans to
tour the U.S. and work with soldiers injured in Iraq and
A spokesman for the Knights of Columbus says the fall tour by
Team Zaryen is meant to raise awareness about earthquake amputees
in Haiti and to thank the U.S. military for its help after the
Thousands of Haitians lost limbs so they could be pulled from
the rubble or to stop infections following the quake. The Knights
of Columbus began working with the soccer team through its work
with Project Medishare to provide prosthetic limbs to Haitian
The Knights are holding their 129th international convention in
Malaysia Ramadan TV ads axed after complaints
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A Malaysian television station has
canceled commercials to mark the Muslim month of Ramadan after
angry viewers complained the ads insulted non-Muslim ethnic
Muslims, who make up nearly two-thirds of Malaysia's 28 million
people, refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until sundown
during the month, which started Aug. 1.
One 30-second ad depicted an ethnic Chinese girl eating while
Muslims watch her, another showed her wearing a sleeveless blouse
and in the last one, she's shouting at a stall owner.
The scenes were followed by messages urging viewers to show
respect for Ramadan by not eating in public, wearing revealing
clothing or being loud.
Viewers complained that the ads stereotyped minority Chinese and
imposed Islam on non-Muslims.
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A leading skeptic of climate change is heading President-elect Donald Trump's transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Myron Ebell, director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, is spearheading Trump's transition plans for the EPA.
Ebell has called the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan for greenhouse gases illegal and that Obama's signing of the Paris climate treaty "is clearly an unconstitutional usurpation of the Senate's authority."
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Ebell has fully embraced his role as a climate change skeptic.
"There has been a little bit of warming," Ebell told Vanity Fair in a 2007 interview. "But it's been very modest and well within the range for natural variability, and whether it's caused by human beings or not, it's nothing to worry about."
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Although Ebell will not publicly discuss transition team activities, he did tell National Geographic that Trump is consistent about supporting increased fossil fuel development and opposing the Obama administration's climate policies, such as the Paris accord to lower emissions.
"(Trump) has made several promises, several times over, about energy and climate, and I think they're pretty clear," said Ebell. "It's pretty black and white."
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Ebell has denounced some climate change theories as "crazy."
He claims that the federally funded U.S. National Assessment of Climate Change proved this.
"They had two climate models for the precipitation impact of global warming in the Midwest. One showed the Midwest becoming a desert and the other one showed Kansas becoming as lush as Indiana," he said.
Ebell also proved himself a contrarian when, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, climate change was expected to bring about more and deadlier storms.
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"Everybody involved in this debate who knows anything about storms knows that a warmer world will be a more stable planet with less big storms," he said. "There may be more hurricanes … but most of the big storms that kill a lot of people are in the winter, right? Cold kills a lot more people than warmth."
Ebell has suggested that a little more warm weather is a good thing.
"People prefer warmer climates," Ebell said. "They do better in them. People do better in Phoenix than they do in Buffalo. They feel better, they're happier, they're more productive. They live longer."
He noted that change is not always bad, even if global warming takes place.
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"Northern cities like Saskatoon will be more like Calgary, and Bismarck, N.D., will be more like Kansas City, and Kansas City will be more like Oklahoma City. Now, is this really bad?" he asked.