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Gil Troy writes a very strange piece on Hagel and Obama at Open Zion:
The cynic in me cannot wait to watch all the Obamaniacs who pitched the President as Israel's BFF, shoehorning the Hagel appointment into their boosterish worldview.
Troy's post is overflowing with mistaken assumptions. It is impossible to find any evidence from the first term of the Obama administration proving that Obama ever "seemed rooted in the Robert Taft-George McGovern school." Starting off with such a bizarre claim, Troy never recovers. On foreign policy, there is no reason to believe that Obama has an "inner McGovern" that he could ever reveal. Just as Hagel is not a non-interventionist, Obama is not a McGovernite. Both are fairly conventional internationalists inside the bipartisan consensus on foreign policy with all of the baggage that that goes with that. Their main advantage is that they are not as obnoxious and reckless as more hawkish members of their respective parties.
Obama has been a very conventional supporter of Israel both during his time in the Senate and over the last four years as president. As it happens, "Obamaniacs" have been far more likely to oversell Obama's potential as a more "even-handed" president, and they are likely to overstate the significance of Hagel's appointment along the same lines. Troy is making it easier for them to do this by joining in the misleading attacks on Hagel. Troy's response to the report of Hagel's likely nomination is very odd, and it is all the more jarring for being on the same blog as Ali Gharib's debunking of the smear attacks against Hagel.
After a Hagel quote in Aaron David Miller's book was used to try to smear the former senator, Gharib contacted Miller to find out what his response was:
I let Miller know by phone that the passage was seized upon to tar Hagel as an anti-Semite. "Seized upon is an understatement," Miller told me. "It was hijacked." In fact, Miller—a Mideast adviser to six Secretaries of State who no one in their right mind could ever call "anti-Israel"—quotes Hagel approvingly….The line introducing the one cherry-picked by this Senate aide, and reproduced uncritically by Halper, begins with this statement from Miller: "Hagel is a strong supporter of Israel and a believer in shared values." [bold mine-DL] I asked Miller if he still viewed Hagel as "pro-Israel." "I don't think there's a Senator of note in the Senate who is not pro-Israel," he responded. "But there is a difference between a special relationship with Israel and an exclusive relationship with Israel. I believe in the former and Chuck Hagel believes the former." [bold mine-DL]
This is something so obvious that it shouldn't need to be said, but apparently it has to be.
Update: Prof. Troy responds in the comments.


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Agreement enables Fujitsu to offer customers combined ARM physical IP solution for high-performance design implementations
CAMBRIDGE,UK – Dec. 11, 2006 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that the ARM® Velocity™ PHY for PCI-Express Gen-2 and the Advantage™ v2.0 standard cell library, part of its Artisan® physical IP family, has been adopted by Fujitsu Limited on Fujitsu's CS200 HP 65-nanometer (nm) platform. The agreement enables Fujitsu, a member of the ARM Connected Community, to offer foundry customers access to ARM physical IP, which provides an optimal high-performance design solution for advanced LSI development.
More and more, mobile devices are demanding chips that minimize power and area, yet still run at high clock rates and include a high-speed interface. The ARM Velocity PHY combines industry-leading performance with very low-power operation and small size. The ARM Advantage standard cell library is ideal for high-performance implementations. Together, the two product families provide an optimal solution for enhancing the development of advanced chips for a variety of applications.
"Working with ARM, we are able to offer our 65-nm customers, for the first time, access to the silicon-proven ARM Velocity PHY and Advantage standard cell library, which supports our goal of providing 'first shot full operation' silicon to customers" said Tatsuya Yamazaki, general manager of the Foundry and ASIC Marketing Division, Electronic Devices Business Group, Fujitsu Limited. "With the combination of our high-performance 65-nm processes and ARM industry-leading physical IP, we can enable customers to shorten design time, minimize risk and accelerate time-to-market for their devices."
"Fujitsu's continual dedication to offer infinite possibilities for customers' success aligns with ARM's commitment to provide silicon-proven physical IP solutions that offer designers a successful path from design-to-silicon," said Brent Dichter, general manager, Physical IP, ARM. "Implementing the combination of the ARM PHY and standard cell library on Fujitsu's advanced 65-nm high-performance platform offers customers an optimal high-performance solution that can minimize area and reduce costs for LSI development at leading-edge silicon processes."
The ARM Velocity PHY family of products meets the stringent requirements for high-speed serial standards such as PCI Express, Serial ATA and XAUI. The PHY products offer exceptional jitter performance, low-power consumption and extensive testability within a small physical size, thereby enabling error-free data transfers over a wide range of operating conditions and environments.
The ARM Advantage standard cell library provides high-speed and low-power performance for a wide range of applications in the consumer, communications and networking markets. The ARM Advantage product portfolio includes ARM's extensive set of views and models providing integration with many of the industry's leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools. These views provide functional, timing and power information for the Advantage products over a wide range of operating conditions, thus allowing designers to implement complex power-management systems that actively control dynamic and leakage power within their SoC.
ARM Advantage v2.0 standard cell library on Fujitsu's CS200 HP 65-nanometer (nm) platform is immediately available and the ARM Velocity PHY is expected to be available at end of the fourth quarter of 2006. Foundry customers interested in the ARM Fujitsu-based products, please contact Fujitsu Limited via E-mail at: email@example.com or via telephone at: + 81-42-532-1432.
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Josiah Allen, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, heard the news of the Mill River flood in church the next day. That afternoon, his neighbors readied their teams of horse and oxen to drive them to the stricken region where they would be used to pull away flood debris, such as trees, roofs, and boulders, so that men could search for bodies. His son Ed volunteered (like thousands of others) two days later to search and clear wreckage. Since the disaster occurred during planting season, Mr. Allen had to continue his farm chores of planting and weeding. When the Williamsburg reservoir dam broke on May 16, 1874, it flooded a valley lined with factories and farms and killed 139, making it the deadliest dam failure in the U.S. at the time.
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The Republican KennedysPincher Martin -- Wednesday, June 23, 2010 -- 06:18:51 PM
The Bushes: Two presidencies, two governorships, one vice presidency, one senator's seat. All provided with minimal skill and flexible ideology. The GOP family that just won't go away, no matter how badly they mess things up for both party and country. A thread to discuss all things Bush, including whether Jeb will add to the family's resume.This thread is tagged:
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For Jeb Bush, Life Defending the Family Name
Obama's dodging responsibility is childish, but pretending that it's "kind of like a kid coming to school saying, æThe dog ate my homework,Æ" shows to what degree Jeb is trying to build a narrative where he can help his brother dodge responsibility.
After all, the dog didn't really eat the child's homework, but George W. Bush did really leave the nation with huge problems.
One of the oddest things about that NY Times' article is to what degree it reads like an endorsement for Jeb:
Every item I have highlighted in red font is grossly distorted.
Jeb Bush may not be in the public view as much as, say, Sarah Palin, but I have heard more about Jeb in the last few months than I have of Mitt Romney. Jeb certainly isn't shy about giving interviews or dispensing political advice.
And given his name, just how much in the public view does Jeb have to be to remain politically viable? He is the son and brother of two presidents, and he appears to be trying to leverage that name for political purposes by campaigning for the revival of his brother's reputation.
And how can any reporter write with a straight face that Jeb is some unique combination of outsider and establishment candidate? I mean, Jeb Bush is a favorite of the anti-establishment crowd? That's news to me.
And he has an "independent streak" because he opposed drilling in shallow waters and favors increasing legal immigration? Good God.
I presume a rehash of the merits and failures of the Bush administration is not the subject of this new thread.
I would like to read your brief against Jeb Bush, be it your well-known aversion to political dynasties or that and something else.
"exercized" in THE NEW YORK TIMES?
I give up, world. You win.
Sir Edward,
He wants to greatly increase immigration.
He wants to greatly increase federal spending on, and control of, education.
He supports affirmative action.
He has no new ideas on the economy that his brother didn't already implement, much to the detriment of our economy.
In short, a large reason to dislike Jeb is because he shows no evidence he would be any different from his brother. And we saw how that turned out, didn't we?
It certainly can be if a poster wants to discuss it.
If you support Jeb's presidential bid, Sir Edward, you are beyond hopeless.
the dog didn't really eat the child's homework, but George W. Bush did really leave the nation with huge problems.
Even so, Obama should have banned anyone working for him from blaming anything on the previous administration about 8-10 months ago. Comes a point you suck it up and work the problem.
your brief against Jeb Bush
IMO the question isn't whether anything's wrong with Jeb Bush so much as whether anyone would even think twice about him without the last name. I don't think anyone would, which puts him in the same middling category as the rest of the clan.
In college, I knew a guy who liked to find one such error in the New York Times every day. It never took him very long.
I don't support anyone yet (save for Chris Christie). And you may find yourself supportive of a Jeb Bush presidency, given the alternative. Indeed, he may even repent and clean up for you ala' Mitt Romney.
FWIW I thought George HW Bush was a decent president that mainly lost due to an ill-timed recession and his constituency losing its mind on him breaking the "no new taxes" pledge. And he seemingly got no credit for the success of the Gulf War.
The public is unable to grasp that no president can improve the economy or prevent recessions by force of will. Voting out one because the economy took a bad turn is just pointless, no matter how good it feels.
"The public is unable to grasp that no president can improve the economy or prevent recessions by force of will."
I can't decide who the bigger moron is, you or Martin.
No, I won't. You haven't understood a single thing I've told you over the last couple of years if you believe otherwise.
The first Bush was one of the best presidents on diplomacy and foreign policy -- in my opinion, better than Nixon -- but he was a cretin on everything else.
How about by good and bad policies?
Don't sell yourself short. You voted for Bush the second time around and made noises about supporting Romney.
I supported Romney. And that 2004 vote for a Bush was my last.
What's shocking is that with all that has happened since then, you still think it's 2004.
In what way will Jeb Bush's presidency be different from his brother's? What policies will be different?
You supported Romney after your religious conversion. Why?
The name got him the job in the first place, but he was generally regarded as a competent governor of one of the Big Four states who managed to steer the state through significantly difficult times in 2001 and 2004, and he's got a couple of policy accomplishments that look good on many conservative checklists. There are equally areas where he's seen as having significantly screwed up, but any decent spinmeister can bury those until momentum builds.
Unlike Charlie Crist's first couple years, Jeb!'s actions frequently had substance to them, for good or ill.
In what way will Jeb Bush's presidency be different from his brother's? What policies will be different?
You and I have no way of knowing at this point, which is why it is borderline childish for you to discount him. You once wrote wisely about the value of the flip-flop. You also backed Romney, who held positions as noxious to your philosophy as those held by Jeb Bush.
One thing I will say for Jeb! is that he won't keep reading My Pet Goat while the world's falling apart around him.
There was no religious conversion. Romney played to my positions, and I supported him for it.
I have a way of knowing it and it's called LISTENING. I listen to what Jeb says and when he says it. He talks, for example, about increasing immigration and applauds Obama's education policies.
Listening. You might want to try it sometime.
It is beyond childish to not be able to learn from experience. At least a child knows after he touches a burning stove not to touch it again. The eight years of George W. Bush didn't teach you a damn thing.
That's not true. Romney made illegal immigration a major part of his campaign. In fact, it was reported that the Bushes were unhappy with Romney because of his position on immigration.
You want to have it both ways. You want to accuse me of ideological rigidity and then you accuse me of supporting candidates who hold positions noxious to my views. Well, which is it?
The truth is, and has always been, that I'm willing to compromise, but only so far, and the Bushes are a bridge too far.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest teachers union in the United States is telling President Barack Obama not to back down from promises he made in his January inauguration speech as the country prepares to begin a decade of billions of dollars in federal spending cuts.
Obama will give his annual State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, in which he will likely spell out practical steps for accomplishing goals he presented last month.
In a letter sent to Obama on Friday, the president of the National Education Association, Dennis Van Roekel, said the inaugural address laid out a "clear agenda - to support and lift up the hopes, dreams and rights of all Americans.
"In order for the economy to truly work for all Americans, we need to continue to pursue fiscal policies that promote fairness and prosperity, create jobs, make college affordable, and lift children out of poverty," Van Roekel wrote.
Specifically, the union suggested Obama find ways to support early childhood education, keep college affordable and help community colleges train students to meet the demands for certain skills.
But Van Roekel went further, asking Obama to renew his recent calls for stricter gun controls and for immigration reforms. He also voiced concerns that one in five U.S. children lives in poverty, and called for universal voter registration and measures meant to ensure access to the polls.
"Our members still see the impact of the troubled economy as their students continue to come to school hungry, sick or in need of counseling and other services," he wrote.
Most American students attend public schools - 90.1 percent in 2010 according to the National Center for Education Statistics - and Obama's Democratic party has long made education a central part of its platform and enjoyed the support of those who work in public schools.
This summer, both Obama and Vice President Joe Biden addressed the NEA national conference and Education Secretary Arne Duncan is in contact with NEA once a week. With 3.2 million members, it is one of the most powerful organized labor organizations in the country.
Still, many state officials are frustrated with the federal government for failing to renew the massive law known as No Child Left Behind, which expired four years ago. Schools have functioned under a patchwork of extensions and waivers to the law granted by the federal government, and turned more to competitive grants Obama began in 2009.
They are also worried that sequestration, or the automatic spending cuts intended to total $1.2 billion over 10 years, will hurt their budgets. In recent years, states cut funds for local governments while property taxes, the chief source of school revenues, have remained depressed. Federal funds provide about 10 percent of public school budgets.
"Our nation's schools are already being asked to do so much more with so much less," Van Roekel wrote.
Federal funds for disadvantaged students would be eliminated for more than 2,700 schools and the jobs of approximately 10,000 teachers and aides would be at risk under sequestration, the White House said on Friday.
Up to 7,200 special education teachers and aides would no longer receive federal funding and about 70,000 young children would be cut off from the Head Start programs that provide pre-school, nutrition and social services.
For nearly three years, Republican critics such as Rep. Paul Ryan, the recent vice-presidential candidate, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have suggested that teacher unions are responsible for troubles in public schools. Many, such as Sen. Rand Paul of Tennessee, advocate for a radical shift in paying for education, in which the government would give students "vouchers" to attend schools their families choose.
(Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Dan Grebler)


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Kansas slowly digs out from heavy snow, cold
Snowfall totals range from 9 to 12 inches
Kansas slowly digs out from heavy snow, cold
Snowfall totals range from 9 to 12 inches
TOPEKA, Kan. —
Kansas residents began the slow process of digging out from a thick blanket of snow, leaving behind closed schools, slick streets and bitter temperatures.
The snow had stopped falling by early Wednesday as the storm moved toward the New England states. The National Weather Service said snowfall totals included 9 inches in Wichita and more than a foot in Topeka and surrounding cities.
Temperatures for Wednesday were forecast to stay under 10 degrees for much of the state, accompanied by wind chills well below zero.
Gov. Sam Brownback, who took to a snow plow during the storm Tuesday, closed state government for a second day. Most schools and universities also remained closed on Tuesday.


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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson Greear of Mouth of Wilson announced the engagement of their daughter, Megan Leann, to William Calder Kegley.
Kegley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Andrew Kegley Jr., of Wytheville.
Darian Vincent Meachum celebrated his eighth birthday Jan. 12 with a party at home with his family.
He is the son of Amy Slate of Galax and John Meachum of Md. Paternal grandfather is Joe Meachum of Comers Rock. Maternal grandparents are Jim and Lois Slate of Galax.
Amber Michelle Anderson of Fries and James Graham Tate of Max Meadows were united in marriage June 28, 2013, by the Rev. Tony Funk at Fries Baptist Church in Fries.
The bride is the daughter of Jeff Cole and Sharlene Sapp of Fries. She is the granddaughter of Junior and Darlene Anderson and Pauline Cole and the late Bobby Cole. She is the great-granddaughter of Dorothy Vaughan.
She graduated from Grayson County High School. She works at McDonald's.
Isabella "Izzie" Jo Marshall turned five on Jan. 6. Her birthday was celebrated with a princess bowling party. She is the daughter of Joseph and Chrissy Marshall.
She is the big sister to Cassidy and Briley Marshall. Her grandparents are Randy and Kim Bell and Dennis and Opie Marshall. Her great-grandparents are M.C. and Irene Bell, the late Verna Liddle, O'Neal and O'Needa Terry, and the late Virgil and Patty Marshall.
Junior and Darlene Anderson of Fries announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Sharlene Sapp to Jeffrey Lee Cole, son of Pauline Cole of Galax and the late Bobby Cole.
A Jan. 18, 2014, wedding is planned at 1 p.m. at Fries Baptist Church in Fries.
Blake Anderson Blevins celebrated his second birthday Oct. 24, 2013, with a farm animal birthday party with his family.
Hayden Thomas Blevins celebrated his fifth birth Dec. 10, 2013, with an Avengers birthday party with his family and friends at Macado's. They are the children of Jason and Alison Blevins of Galax. Their grandparents are Jim and Brenda Blevins of Ennice, N.C., and Ray and Nonnie Plummer of Troutdale.
The Richardson brothers celebrated birthdays in October. Dawson was seven, Luke was four and Lee was two. They are the sons of Leigh Ann and Paul Richardson of Wytheville.
Their grandparents are David and Cindy Roop of Fries and Vicky Richardson of Galax. Their great-grandparents are Carroll and Peggy Linebery and Bill and Shelby Cox, all of Galax.
Eldon and Iris Gardner of Fancy Gap celebrated their 74th anniversary Dec. 23.
Larry and Elizabeth Myers of Galax announced the engagement of their daughter, Lindsay Erin Myers, to Roger Dale Stone, son of Fred and Linda Stone of Douglasville, Ga.
Myers is a 2000 graduate of Grayson County High School in Independence. She attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tenn., and received her graduate degree from Argosy University n Nashville, Tenn. She lives and works in Knoxville, Tenn.
Stone is a graduate of South Cobb High School in Mableton, Ga., and the University of Georgia in Athens. He lives and works in Knoxville.
LeShanna Corinne Patton and Michael Tyler Hill were united in marriage June 8, 2013, at the home of the bride's parents in the Oldtown area of Galax.
The Rev. Ted Bartlett officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Gary and Kathy Patton of Galax.
She is the granddaughter of Roy Lineberry of Galax and the late Dorothy Poe Lineberry and the late Irving Patton and Pauline Norman Patton.
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A tool for checking properties of term rewrite systems, particularly call-by-need properties. It also comes with a CLIM-based GUI.
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Interface to the remote control facilities of the Beep Media Player. It provides both a low-level UFFI-based interface, and a high-level one.
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Interface to the OpenSSL library, which implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.
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Very simple UFFI wrapper for libc SysV IPC calls.
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A library that implements some of the message-passing multiprocessing abstractions provided by the Erland programming language.
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A small set of Common Lisp utilities for string and symbol operations, CLOS, mapping, flow control, anaphoric macros, and more.
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A ray tracing program that can render to a PPM file or to a window (via the SDL library).
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A client library for the Internet Go Server Protocol over TCP/IP, which can connect to a go server for playing the Go game.
CAD for analog and mixed-signal circuits. The program ``has fairly complete schematic editing functionality (think of a "draw" program with wires), but no support as of yet for netlisting or EDIF I/O'...
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Kenzo is a constructive algebraic topology program.
A set of UFFI-based bindings to the PVM3 (Parallel Virtual Machine) message-passing communication library for parallel computations. Some functions have optimized CMUCL-specific versions.
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A program for generating a permuted index of the LispWorks IDE documentation.
A Common Lisp language extension for adding first-class lexical environments, a.k.a. "lexicons".
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Limp's goal is to provide a compelling alternative to Slime for Vim.
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A Common Lisp port of the Blosxom blogging engine.
A Unix logging library based on the Log4j library.
A collection of reusable user interface widgets for the CAPI portable GUI toolkit of LispWorks. It currently includes a date picker and a time picker.
Wrapper around BLAS and LAPACK linear algebra libraries. Limited to CMUCL and Allegro (CLisp port in progress). Keywords: matrix, vector, eigenvalue.
Advanced computer algebra system that is a descendant of DOE Macsyma, whose origins date back to the late 1960s at MIT. Macsyma was revolutionary in its day, and many later systems, such as Maple and ...
An implementation of the Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) user interface management system. It is distributed under the GNU LGPL license. Although infrequent stable release are available for downl...
A full text search engine. It is a port of the Ferret search engine in Ruby, which is in turn a port of the Lucene Java engine.
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A mathematical library for statistics, derivatives, linear algebra, linear programming, least squares, random numbers, interpolation, Monte Carlo, and more.
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An implicit geometric surface polygonizer. It computes the surface of a function and graphically displays the output.
CLIM front-end for the RT regression testing framework.
A test platform for document restoration research. It features a CLIM GUI and interactive interface modules.
A scriptable multiplayer game engine.
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Grid computing system that "allows computer programs to utilize the unused CPU resources of other computers on a network or the Internet". Programs can be portable tasks, which can be executed on any ...
"A toolkit for experimental low-level networking in Common Lisp". It works by reading and writing Ethernet frames via the operating system interface to "tap" devices under Linux. It currently supports...
Collection of applications and utilities: a digital photo collection manager with a CLIM GUI, an offline Wikipedia client and a simple, experimental CLX digital clock.
An unofficial Debian Linux APT repository of Common Lisp applications. It provides binary packages, currently only for x86 Debian, of free, end-user applications built with SBCL. Besides the binary pa...
A highly configurable, tiling X11 window manager. It does not provide window decorations or GUI widgets, and relies entirely on the keyboard for input.
Common Lisp GUI using AJAX and Comet. Aims to create a GUI framework similar to GTK+ and QT for Common Lisp. It differs in that it uses the browser to render the UI elements.
Lisp file for accessing Terminfo databases.
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A repository of Common Lisp packages for Gentoo Linux, with the goal of providing users with an easy way of contributing to the collection.
An IRC parsing library (WMIRC) and an axtensibe IRC agent library (WMBOT).
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"XI is a hybrid of programming language and metaframe database".
Experimental code for a CLX persistence layer. It adds suspend-resume functionality to X windows and other graphics resources.
A set of ASDF extensions for working with the Gigamonkeys Markup text formatting language.
A collection of miscellaneous utilities for string manipulation, filesystem access, unit testing, array processing, operations on sequences, and more.
A Comic book archive viewer with an Ltk-based GUI.
Interface to the libcurl multiprotocol file transfer library.
Cl-gsl: Common Lisp GNU Scientific Library provides bindings to GSL, a large C library of scientific functions.
cl-migrations is a port of the database migrations feature of Ruby on Rails to Common Lisp. cl-migrations is intended to provide a simple way to version-control your database changes.
"A set of bindings and utilites for accessing the OpenGL, GLU and GLUT APIs using CFFI".
Cl-semantic (A collection of RDF/OWL extraction and relationship parsing macros) is "a collection of macros for extracting and generating relationships between information using ontologies for the Sem...
Interface to the syslog Unix logging facility.
Cl-wdim is "a Common Lisp web framework based on persistent CLOS".
A set of Common Lisp bindings to the GTK+ graphical toolkit, with support for version 2 of GTK+.
A library that implements computed classes. "An instance of computed-class is a class meta object which supports per instance lazy computation of CLOS object slot values".
Defplayer is an audio player that is planned to support the MP3, OGG Vorbis, WAV and FLAC formats.
An UFFI-based generator of Common Lisp FFI bindings to the FFTW (Fastest Fourier Transform in the West) C library.
A set of UFFI-based Common Lisp bindings to the FreeType TrueType font management C library.
An automatic Common Lisp FFI bindings generator from C or C++ source code.
jwacs - Javascript With Advanced Continuation Support
A program transformer for web development that translates code from an extended Javascript syntax to standard Javascript. It supports client-side continuations.
The lisp-cgi-utils is a software package for developing CGI scripts with Common Lisp. It implements a very basic HTTP/CGI interface (sending headers, getting GET/POST and environment variables) and of...
A fork of the Gigamonkeys Markup typesetting language.
A set of utilities for formatting s-expression based text markup source documents.
A set of UFFI-based Common Lisp bindings to the LibTIFF image manipulation C library.
A simple library for performing client HTTP/HTTPS operations (GET and POST) over a socket interface. It is a fork of Trivial-HTTP. Trivial-https has been superseeded by Drakma.
The project wants to provide a portable TCP/IP and UDP socket interface for as many Common Lisp implementations as possible, while keeping the abstraction and portability layer as thin as possible.
wxcl provides Common Lisp bindings for wxWidgets.


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By Andy Sullivan
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama observed a cardinal rule of politics as he returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday: don't interfere when your opponent is committing political suicide.
As Republican rival Mitt Romney scrambled to contain the fallout from his reaction to the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Libya and Egypt, Obama spoke broadly about the tragedy in a manner that emphasized the vast power he commands as commander in chief.
He vowed to track down those who killed four U.S. diplomats and mused on the risks borne by Americans who work to advance U.S. interests abroad.
He praised those who had lost their lives and insisted that the attacks would not deter U.S. efforts to help democracy emerge in the Middle East. And he said he would maintain the strongest military force in the world.
"No act of violence will shake the resolve of the United States of America," he told an enthusiastic crowd of 8,000 at a Las Vegas convention center.
But Obama steered clear of attacks on Romney, who is already facing a barrage of criticism for his campaign's response to the fast-moving foreign policy crisis. In fact, he didn't mention Romney's name at all.
As mobs attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the embassy in Cairo, Romney's campaign in a statement Tuesday night portrayed the administration as apologetic over the incidents. Romney himself repeated the criticism on Wednesday morning after it was apparent that U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three others had been killed in Libya.
Fellow Republicans said the statement could be portrayed as political opportunism, and Obama told CBS News earlier in the day that Romney had a tendency to "shoot first and aim later."
As he campaigned in the battleground state of Nevada, Obama limited his attacks to domestic concerns. He argued that Romney would push through tax cuts that would benefit the wealthy and eviscerate programs that help the middle class, like education and transportation.
"We do not believe that the answer to our challenges is to tell folks, 'You are on your own,'" he said.
Obama has not shied from attacking Romney on foreign policy before. In a high-profile speech at last week's Democratic convention, he said the former Massachusetts governor was stuck in a Cold War mindset and ridiculed him for insulting England over its preparation for the Olympic Games.
But on Wednesday, he sought to emphasize the country's common values, not its partisan spats, as he discussed the Americans who died in the Middle East.
"They were working for the values that we hold dear as Americans, and as Americans we stand united, too, all of us, in gratitude for their service," he said.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in Mexico.
The judge on Monday suggested that Wal-Mart attorneys had taken a "persnickety and narrow" approach to turning over documents requested by attorneys for large pension funds trying to find out what, and when, company directors knew of the payments.
The plaintiffs also want information about an internal investigation conducted by Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart into allegations that bribes were used to speed building permits and gain other favors.
The shareholders have alleged that Wal-Mart officials breached their fiduciary duties by allowing and covering up the alleged payments, which spurred federal bribery investigations in both the U.S. and Mexico.


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NC JUSTICE NEWS: Perdue's Budget Veto + Protecting Child Farmworkers + Consumer Finance Bill
June 14, 2011
BUDGET VETO: Perdue rejects damaging state budget
Gov. Bev Perdue made state history this weekend by becoming the first North Carolina governor to ever veto a state budget. She ended a week of suspense and debate by rejecting the GOP $19.7 billion proposal, telling reporters that she could not lend support to a budget that would turn back the clock in North Carolina and inflict "generational damage" to public education. "I will not put my name on a plan that so blatantly ignores the values of North Carolina's people," Gov. Perdue said.
Republican leaders believe they still have enough support to override the veto, but Gov. Perdue's rejection of the job-killing, school-destroying budget demonstrated her crucial support for North Carolina's most valuable institutions. In her announcement, Gov. Perdue pointed out that some of the budget's most devastating cuts could have been avoided by maintaining the penny sales tax, and that preserving current revenue would have made a huge difference in preserving public structures.
New data released by the Budget and Tax Center shows just how toxic the proposed budget would be – budget cuts would cost the state almost 30,000 jobs and billions of dollars in reduced economic output. The job losses would hurt the middle class particularly badly, with jobs paying an average of $40k per year being affected most.
Such facts need to be considered by lawmakers. Perhaps then they can stand with North Carolinians by sustaining the Governor's veto, and creating a budget that raises revenue to fund vital public investments such as schools and health systems.
- Progressive Pulse : Governor vetoes budget that would cause "generational damage" (video)
- Progressive Pulse : Five Fast Facts on the Legislative Budget
- Progressive Pulse : Brisson's budget vote questioned by Bladen Commissioner (video)
- NC Justice Center : Legislative Budget Would Cost North Carolina 30,000 Jobs, Billions in Economic Output
- NC Justice Center : Together NC Statement on Gov. Perdue's budget veto
- NC Policy Watch : The Devil's in the Details: State Budget Cuts vs. Revenues
- Washington Post : Perdue vetoes $20B budget proposal, becomes 1st NC governor to ever reject spending plan
- Public Policy Polling : Budget very unpopular with NC voters
CHILD LABOR: House committee votes on protecting child workers
Last week's House Agriculture Committee meeting marked what could have been North Carolina's last chance to protect child farm workers from hazardous occupations.
Under current laws, children are allowed to work as paid employees at agricultural operations beginning at age 10. As an industry, Agriculture is exempt from most child labor laws, meaning that children are often subjected to difficult, dangerous conditions in farm and poultry work. Despite comprising a tiny fraction of workers, children account for 20 percent of all deaths on the job in the agricultural work force. House Bill 838 would remove the exemption for agriculture from child labor laws, and ensure that children working in agriculture are offered the same protections as in all other industries.
Passing the bill seems like an obvious, easy choice. Yet pressure from the NC Farm Bureau and Department of Labor prevented this legislation from reaching the floor for an up-or-down vote. Negotiations broke down after the Farm Bureau took issue with protecting 13-year-olds.
It is critical that the Farm Bureau and Department of Labor lets the bill move forward. Not only will this free the state from exploitative child labor, but the up-or-down vote will also expose lawmakers who support dangerous child labor and hold them accountable for their actions. Advocates for the bill now hold out hope that HB 838 could be heard in a special meeting after the crossover deadline. It's not too late to correct this erroneous vote.
- Take Action! End Child Labor
- NC Justice Center : Time running out to protect NC kids from child labor
- Raleigh News & Observer : Protecting farm kids - a tough row to hoe
- NC Policy Watch: Children at work?
- North Carolina Farmworker Advocacy Network : Uprooted Innocence
- Environment 360 : From the Fields to Inner City, Pesticides Affect Children's IQ
HOMEOWNERS AT RISK: Bill gives way to real estate scams
North Carolina is currently facing one of the worst housing markets in recent memory, with nearly 70,000 foreclosure filings in 2010 alone. During this time, real estate scam artists have flourished, offering homeowners false hope that they'll be able to keep their homes only to pull the rug out from under them.
House Bill 654, which passed in the NC House last week, would only make consumers more vulnerable to predatory practices and bad deals that devastate families. The bill – a desecration of the Homeowner and Homebuyer Protection Act – would create dangerous gaps in the law by removing regulation on practices such as foreclosure rescue scams, lease "option" contracts, and contracts for deed. The latter transactions often result in homeowners making a down payment on a property with monthly payments for 30 years, with the promise of a deed to the property that is often never delivered. Thousands of dollars are lost to families that were swindled into faulty, unethical contracts.
Essentially, the new bill would nullify everything that the original Homeowner and Homebuyer Protection Act sought to accomplish. It would make it easier for scammers to create abusive contracts with provisions that could cost families their homes even if they've made all of their payments on time. In addition, the new bill would remove a requirement for sellers to disclose the conditions of their property.
Weakening North Carolina's defenses against foreclosure rescues and other real-estate scams is unethical, irresponsible and reckless during the current economic crisis. Homeowners, renters and buyers need support and protection against predatory practices that could leave them bankrupt or even homeless. House Bill 654, which is now in the Senate Commerce Committee, needs to be stopped before it destroys any more lives.
- NC Justice Center : Bill Will Eliminate Protections Against Real-Estate Scams
- NC Justice Center : Don't Weaken Protection for NC Homeowners, Homebuyers and Renters
- Triangle Business Journal : Group criticizes home buyer bill
DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION: Community college can change lives
Last week, President Barack Obama told a crowd at Northern Virginia Community College that community colleges have never been more important to the future of America's workforce. "Lighting a spark, that's what community colleges can do," Obama said. "We've got to light more sparks all across America."
Yet last week, North Carolina House members passed four local bills that will allow community colleges to refuse to offer low-interest student loans. In their attempt to bypass Gov. Perdue's veto of a bill that would have dropped a requirement for colleges to offer loans, Republicans have cut off a vital life line to thousands of current and future students.
Community colleges provide a key resource for North Carolina workers seeking training and skill improvement to meet the growing demands of modern industry. Unemployed workers have looked to their remediation and developmental education courses to re-train themselves after a long recession that saw many North Carolinians losing work due to their lack of proper training and skill sets. Without access to federal student loans, these students will miss out on coursework that could help ensure their place in a competitive workforce.
The success in gaining a degree through community colleges and their related developmental education courses will be critical to North Carolina workers' ability to earn wages and support North Carolina's economy in the future. Lawmakers must heed the President's words and protect access to the community college system.
"The goal is to make sure your degree helps you to get a promotion, or a raise or a job, and that's especially important right now," Obama told the crowd last week. "We've got to do everything we can, everything in our power, to strengthen and build the middle class."
- Progressive Pulse : Access to federal loans at community colleges threatened again
- NC Justice Center : Developmental Education in North Carolina: Building the Skills to Complete Post-Secondary Training and Succeed at Work
- Winston-Salem Daily Journal : Editorial - Community college, job programs crucial
- Asheville Citizen-Times: Education cuts mean we're 'eating our seed corn'
- Charlotte Business Journal : N.C. workers need to adapt to work-force challenges
CONSUMER FINANCE BILL: Protect consumers from predatory lenders
For months, the debate over House Bill 810 (Consumer Finance Act Amendments) has raged on in the General Assembly, as industry members battle against advocates for military members and working North Carolina families. Yet the battle comes down to a simple truth: these individuals cannot afford a bill that will increase the rates and fees on small loans in a state where loans are already in the 25 to 54 percent APR range.
Last week, the House passed the bill that has been opposed by military commanders, consumer advocacy groups and individuals at levels as high as the Pentagon. Gov. Bev Perdue has also voiced opposition to the bill, arguing that it seemed to only garner support from the very companies that would benefit from the increased rates and fees.
During the approach of the last House vote, House members were flooded by calls from industry and Americans for Prosperity members. We can help counteract these calls by contacting House members such as Senator Richard Stevens, who could be a critical vote on this bill. Call Sen. Stevens at (919) 733-5653 as soon as you can, and tell him to oppose House Bill 810. Sen. Stevens needs to hear from his constituents who believe that rates on small loans are already too high, and that North Carolina families and military members will suffer if the bill passes.
- Take Action! Protect Consumers From High Cost Consumer Finance Loans
- NC Justice News : Don't Endanger Families With High-Interest Consumer Loans
- Progressive Pulse : General adds voice to chorus against raising rates on consumer loans
- Wilmington Star-News : Doug Wilburn - Payday lending bill smells
- Winston-Salem Daily Journal : Editorial - Bill would let high-interest finance companies fleece our troops
- Wilmington Star-News : Editorial - Despite objections from military, Honorables show allegiance to lending industry
- Fayetteville Observer : Pay, play: The big donors still get their way in Raleigh
- Mountain Xpress : Oppose HB 810
HEALTH CARE EVENT: Brunch for older adults and caregivers
Join the NC Justice Center and the AARP NC in Greenville on Thursday, June 23, for a free brunch for older adults and caregivers to address the state's key health care issues.
North Carolina has an urgent need for Better Care. The goals of the Campaign for Better Care are to make improvements in the health care system for vulnerable, older adults, and build a strong and lasting consumer voice for better health care.
Be sure your voice is heard. Come and share your experiences about what you think needs to be changed in North Carolina's health system, and learn from representatives from AARP, the Seniors' Health Insurance Information program (SHIIP), and other experts who will be available to respond to all of your questions and concerns.
The lunch will be held on June 23, 2011 from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the Pitt County Council on Aging/Senior Center at 4551 County Home Road in Greenville. Registration closes Tuesday, June 21, at 5:00 p.m. RSVP to Nicole Dozier to reserve your space now at firstname.lastname@example.com or (919) 856-2146.
- NC Justice News : Greenville - Brunch on health care issues for older adults and caregivers, June 23


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Dramatic developments are taking place in Asian energy markets with critical geopolitical, economic, and environmental implications. Energy demand is rising relentlessly across Asia, leading to increasing dependence on energy imports and a growing sense of energy insecurity among the major Asian powers.
The United States has a major stake in preventing competition over energy and commodities from fueling regional strategic distrust or increasing market volatility.
To address these issues, NBR's Energy Security Program convenes senior policy and industry leaders and Asia energy specialists to engage in high-level discussions of Asia's energy policies and their implications for geopolitics. Experts share insights and recommendations through a number of channels, including an invitation-only spring workshop, NBR's annual Energy Security Report, and a public fall launch.
The 2018 Energy Security Program "The Emerging Russia-Asia Energy Axis" examines how energy industry shifts in Russia are opening new avenues for Russia-Asia energy projects and investment, and assesses the energy security and strategic implications of Russia's increasingly active energy pivot to Asia. The 2018 program will convene a high-level summer workshop and hold a public panel event on Capitol Hill in the fall.
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For a printable overview of NBR's Energy Security Program and past research themes, download the Energy Security Program overview.
On July 17, NBR and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted NBR's fourteenth annual Energy Security Workshop, "The Emerging Russia-Asia Energy Axis." Learn more.
Keun-Wook Paik (Oxford Institute for Energy Studies) discusses the latest developments in Russian-Asian energy cooperation, provides the perspective from South Korea, and assesses the potential for future projects in the region.
Leslie Palti-Guzman (Rapidan Energy Group) discusses the impact of Chinese demand for LNG, the outlook for markets in South Asia, South Korea's proposal to phase out nuclear energy, and challenges to constructing the infrastructure needed to support growing LNG demand.
Jeremy Maxie (Strategika Group Asia Pacific) and Tatsuo Masuda (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business; FairCourt Capital) highlight important initiatives of economic statecraft among the United States, Japan, and South Korea that have the potential to reshape energy security and geoeconomics in the Indo-Pacific region.
On December 5, NBR convened a high-level expert discussion on China's growing energy and geopolitical power under Xi Jinping's "new era" style of rule, with Mikkal Herberg (NBR), Fei Yu (ADB), Erica Downs (CNA Corporation), Fareed Mohamedi (The Rapidan Energy Group), and Roy Kamphausen (NBR). Learn more and listen to event audio.
This NBR Special Report examines the enormous range of China's activities under the Belt and Road Initiative and analyzes the implications for the Eurasian continental and maritime energy environment.
Jeremy Maxie (Strategika Group Asia Pacific) and Tatsuo Masuda (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business; FairCourt Capital) assess the role of U.S oil and LNG exports in strengthening both Japan's and South Korea's energy security and offer proposals for a trilateral energy security partnership.
On June 7, NBR and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted NBR's thirteenth annual Energy Security Workshop, "Asia's Energy Security and China's 'Belt and Road' Initiative." Learn more.
Top experts examine shifts in global oil and LNG market outlooks, the geopolitical implications for the Asia-Pacific, and options for strengthening energy and environmental policy across the region in this new NBR Special Report.
On December 15, 2016, NBR and the Center for Energy Governance and Security of Hanyang University co-convened a high-level roundtable examining the future of natural gas and LNG trade across the Asia-Pacific. Among the issues discussed were energy and environmental policymaking strategies in South Korea. Learn more.
On December 14, NBR convened a high-level expert discussion on factors shaping Asia's energy security outlooks with Mikkal Herberg (NBR), Fei Yu (ADB), Younkyoo Kim (Hanyang University), and additional senior leading specialists. Learn more.
On July 8, NBR and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted NBR's twelfth annual Energy Security Workshop, "'Oil and Gas for Asia' Revisited: Asia's Energy Security amid Global Market Change." Learn more.
Jeremy Maxie (Longview Global Advisors) and David Slayton (Hoover Institution) examine Russia's growing Arctic ambitions and assess China's geopolitical and economic role in shaping Russia's strategic environment.
On September 8, Mikkal Herberg (NBR) testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, on "Asia's Growing Hunger for Energy." Read his prepared remarks.
On December 1, 2015, NBR and the US-ASEAN Business Council cohosted the launch of NBR's 2015 Energy Security Report, "Indonesia: A Regional Energy Leader in Transition." This event featured panel discussions with Alexandra Stuart (US-ASEAN Business Council), Emy Perdanahari (Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Republic of Indonesia), Luluk Sumiarso (The Indonesian Institute for Clean Energy and Climate Change), and other high-level specialists. Learn more.
This new NBR Special Report examines the key energy and environmental security challenges facing Indonesia and explores strategies for promoting greater access to energy while stimulating sustainable investment.
On February 19, NBR and the Center for Energy Governance and Security of Hanyang University co-convened a high-level roundtable on "U.S.-South Korea Energy Cooperation: Getting to a Cleaner Energy Mix" that featured presentations on energy and environmental strategies in the United States and South Korea by senior experts from both countries.
On May 17, NBR and KEEI co-hosted an exclusive discussion on the next phase of U.S.-Republic of Korea cooperation on cleaner energy and the climate. This event featured remarks by Paula Gant (Department of Energy, United States), Joo-Heon Park (KEEI), and other leading experts.
On July 23, NBR and the US-ASEAN Business Council convened senior energy and geopolitical specialists to discuss the key energy and environmental challenges facing Indonesia and explore strategies for promoting greater access to energy while stimulating sustainable sector investment. Learn more.
In the lead-up to Indonesian president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's U.S. visit, NBR prepared a recap of President Jokowi's major economic and energy reforms during his first year in office that provides context for his agenda while in the United States.
China has emerged as the world's single largest energy consumer. In this NBR Special Report, four senior specialists examine major shifts underway in China's energy security strategies and assess how the country is affecting market, geopolitical, and environmental outlooks for the Asia-Pacific more broadly. Read the report.
Michael Kugelman (Wilson Center) unpacks the complexities of Pakistan's energy problems, highlighting how shortcomings in the country's system have led to political protests and riots and offering recommendations for public policy.
Amy Myers Jaffe, Kenneth Medlock III, and Meghan O'Sullivan argue that, despite the rhetoric, Russia's pivot to Asia is unlikely to result in a grand energy-based strategic alliance between China and Russia.
Can one of the Asia-Pacific's strongest alliances also make good on its potential for expanded energy trade? Tom Cutler (Cutler International, LLC) examines the outlook for increased U.S.-Japan trade in coal, oil, and LNG and what role the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) might have in expanding the U.S.-Japan energy relationship.
On November 18, NBR and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation co-hosted a Capitol Hill launch for NBR's 2014 Energy Security Report. This event featured panel discussions with Admiral Dennis C. Blair (Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA; NBR Board of Directors), Chen Weidong (CNOOC Energy Economics Institute), Erica Downs (Eurasia Group), Craig Gannett (Henry M. Jackson Foundation), Mikkal Herberg (NBR), and Li Zhidong (Nagaoka University of Technology). Learn more.
On June 5, NBR and the Wilson Center convened senior energy and geopolitical specialists to detail major shifts underway in China's energy security strategies, as well as how the country will impact market, geopolitical, and environmental outlooks for the Asia-Pacific more broadly. Learn more.
On May 29, 2014, Mikkal E. Herberg testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs's Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific at a hearing on "Energy Needs in Asia: The U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Option." View the webcast or read his prepared remarks.
On November 7, NBR hosted a Capitol Hill release for the 2013 Energy Security Report, "Asia's Uncertain LNG Future," featuring panel discussions with senior energy specialists Mikkal Herberg (NBR), Shoichi Itoh (Institute of Energy Economics, Japan), Jane Nakano (CSIS), Padu S. Padmanaban (formerly with USAID India), James Slutz (Global Energy Strategies LLC), and Nikos Tsafos (PFC Energy/IHS).
On June 21, NBR convened senior energy and geopolitical specialists to explore how and to what extent countries in the Asia-Pacific are integrating liquefied natural gas into their energy security strategies and the key implications for the United States and Asia. Learn more.
"Asia's Uncertain LNG Future" explores how and to what extent countries in the Asia-Pacific are integrating liquefied natural gas into their energy security strategies and discusses key geopolitical and market implications for the United States and Asia.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has advocated for deregulation of the electricity sector as a way to bring in new market players, reduce energy costs, and promote clean and renewable energy innovation. Koichiro Ito (Boston University School of Management) discusses the political challenges of deregulation and what is at stake for Japan's economic and energy future.
Mikkal Herberg (NBR) discusses the state of China's energy policy and the changes China needs to make for its future energy security in a video available from the University of Southern California's U.S.-China Institute website.
"Oil and Gas for Asia: Geopolitical Implications of Asia's Rising Demand" examined how Asia's rising energy demand, coupled with angst over high prices and the reliability of future supplies, is shaping the strategic and economic agendas of the region's major powers.
On October 16, 2012, NBR partnered with the Congressional Study Group on Japan and the U.S.-Japan Council for an off-the-record briefing hosted by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to discuss the Diet of Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission findings with its chairman Kiyoshi Kurokawa and Charles Ferguson (Federation of American Scientists).
An acute ongoing energy crisis poses serious threats to Pakistan's feeble economy and national security environment. Michael Kugelman (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) examines the origins of the country's energy problems, prevailing hurdles to reform, and potential impact of the upcoming general elections.
Audio from the 2012 Energy Security Report launch event "Oil and Gas for Asia: Geopolitical Implications of Asia's Rising Demand" features Under Secretary of State Robert D. Hormats, Congressman Charles W. Boustany Jr., and a panel of experts. The discussion took place on September 20 in Washington, D.C.
Senior demographic and economic experts Nicholas Eberstadt and Richard Katz were joined by leaders of policy, industry, and government for an exclusive informed discussion on Japan's demographic outlook and the implications for its economy, security, and alliance with the United States. Read the roundtable report of the October 10, 2012, discussion.
In March 2012, the United States, European Union, and Japan filed a complaint in the WTO against China's rare earth trade practices. Experts Yufan Hao and Jane Nakano assess the context, possible consequences, and implications of this case—for China, the rare earth industry, and global trade and politics.
Asia is looking toward North America to help diversify energy imports and fill growing demand. James Slutz discusses the implications of North American oil and natural gas exports to Asia on U.S. energy and foreign policy.
Senior energy and economic experts Mikkal Herberg, Edward Lincoln, and Michael Wallace were joined by key industry leaders, policymakers, and government representatives for an intimate and informed discussion on Japan's new energy outlook in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. Read a summary of the January 25 roundtable discussion.
On May 11, NBR and the Woodrow Wilson Center convened senior experts for an in-depth assessment of how Asia's rising demand for oil and gas is affecting strategic and economic agendas in Asia and the United States. Access workshop presentations, photos, and event materials.
On January 26, NBR's Mikkal Herberg testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on how China's increasing demand for oil affects global energy security. His testimony explores the issue of resource nationalism and identifies strategies for enhancing U.S. engagement with China. Access his testimony and the hearing video.
"Asia's Rising Energy and Resource Nationalism" analyzes major risks emanating from Asia's growing insecurity and focuses on connections between energy insecurity and control of major sea lanes, the impact of Asia's national oil companies on the global industry, and the emergence of rare earth elements as an arena for national competition. Read now.
On September 22, NBR and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation hosted a launch for the 2011 Energy Security Report featuring remarks by Senator Lisa Murkowski and Congressman Adam Smith and a panel discussion of developments taking place in Asian energy markets. Access video, photos, the report, and other event materials.
Governments throughout the Asia-Pacific are sponsoring increasingly nationalistic, competitive strategies to secure access to oil, gas, and minerals. On May 4, policymakers, industry leaders, and other stakeholders concerned with the future of Asian energy and resource markets gathered in Washington, D.C., to analyze the nature and implications of these new strategies.
Rare earth elements play a critical role in many cutting-edge technologies, giving China potential political and diplomatic leverage as the primary production market for these natural resources. Yufan Hao and Jane Nakano offer Chinese and Japanese perspectives on this issue and the implications of rare earth elements for Asia's resource nationalism.
The 2010 Energy Security Conference focused on the theme "Pipeline Politics in Asia: The Intersection of Demand, Energy Markets, and Supply Routes" and explored the implications of pipeline developments in Northeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Learn more about the conference and read the 2010 Conference Report.
Representatives from corporations, government, and academia met on May 18-19, 2009 in Washington, D.C. for NBR's fifth annual Energy Security Conference, "The New Energy Silk Road: The Growing Asia-Middle East Energy Nexus." Panelists explored the likely evolution of Asia's involvement in Middle East oil and gas development for the future. Learn more about the conference and read the 2009 Conference Report.
On April 29–30, 2008 representatives from corporations, government, and academia convened in Washington, D.C. for NBR's fourth annual Energy Security Conference, "Opportunities and Constraints: Prospects for Russian Oil and Gas Supply to Asia." Participants examined a range of issues including the role of energy in Russia's strategic vision, regional perspectives on Russia as a reliable energy supplier, and implications for U.S. policy in the region.
NBR, together with the National Defense University, convened top energy and geopolitical experts, government policymakers and analysts, and leaders from international energy companies in Washington, D.C., to examine the strategic and competitive implications of the rise of Asia's national oil companies.
Mikkal Herberg, Research Director on Asian energy security at NBR, testified in front of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission in June 2007 on China's energy consumption and effects of its energy use. Read Mr. Herberg's written testimony.


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For kids too old for Santa, the beginning of racing season often brings about more excitement than a jolly man delivering presents. Winter testing often fills the gap for race fans. A long season of private and series-sponsored tests for World Superbikes get underway beginning next week, stretching until just days before the season opener at Phillip Island on February 27th.
The Kawasaki factory team and and satellite Team Pedercini get the season started off with their test, this coming Monday, January 10th through 14th, at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia, while Liberty Racing Ducati will be riding around at Guadix, Spain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ten Kate will be at Motorland Aragon, which was highly praised at its MotoGP inaugural round last season, two weeks from now on January 20th and 21st.


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Gang, this is it. Cycle season comes to an end right about now. Friday was 618 days off the October 2011 bottom, so we are about to wrap it up by Monday, the latest Tuesday. Let us not forget the last big window in 2007 did not validate until the last day. So it was Friday where tech started turning south. As you can see from the picture, there is no technical damage yet as we are still in the confines of these trend channel lines. However, the way the week was going, the pattern came right up to the line and had an opportunity to break through. It did not. It could have spared us the extra drama. It did not.
What should concern bulls about this other than the obvious, which is it had runners on base and didn't drive them in, is that people suddenly got skittish about holding positions over the weekend.
What did they think was going to happen? Unfortunately, these days there's a lot that can happen. The most important thing that did happen is suddenly Putin is using the Crimean crisis as a leverage point in the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran. Truth be told, Putin has a lot of the same geopolitical interests the other major powers have concerning containing Iran. But it would not surprise me if Putin changed to the other side of the aisle if the United States pushed for more comprehensive sanctions.
That brings us briefly to last Monday, which I told you could have turned out to be a disaster. Well, John Kerry had warned – no "threatened" is a better choice of words – the previous Thursday about what the United States might do if the Crimea was annexed. These threats never came to fruition, so markets took the opportunity to go higher. Let me put it to you this way: The greater likelihood is bears gave up once again when the news wasn't the worst possible outcome. We've discussed in this space for the past three years how skittish bears really have become. They even have the wind at their backs right now, yet somehow keep the blinders on. Still, someone came along and pushed the sell button on Friday.
But not all is rosy. Have you seen the Housing Index? Granted, this trendline only goes back to October, but it's the first real sign of a major sector not holding support.
I can't even tell you the BKX looks like this. But let's just say for a minute the HGX drags down the entire market. Right now it is leading to the downside. For the reason banking is not doing the same thing if this is all we get whatever real correction develops will not achieve its destiny if banking at some point doesn't become a major participant.
We are truly at an inflection point because at the end of the cycle period we are either going to have the NDX complete a flag pattern pullback or this is going to be the origin of something more important. That's what it comes down to, and we should have a better feel for it by Tuesday. Because this is the seasonal change point, day 618 and the Gann master timing window we hardly need an excuse or justification for Friday's action. Markets are supposed to turn this time of year. I'm sure CNBC can come up with a spin as to why the NDX would break down tomorrow if it does.
The higher probability outcome for Housing is a drop to about 182. Given the high at week 261 was 213 that would be a drop of about 14.55%. So if week 260 off the bottom produced a 14+% correction and less elsewhere we get off the hook very light. When we look back at this period we might come to the realization this sequence could be the origin of a stock market bubble. I told you flat out back in February if this time season did not produce a meaningful the correction the implication was the development of a bubble. There are some elements in place. The most important is dysfunction of bears to operate effectively in this environment. Like every correction since 2011 bears have given up too easily and way too early. On the other hand this is the last chance for a meaningful drop.
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Clement Clay Torbert, Jr.
The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1979.
Chief Justice Clement Clay Torbert, Jr., was born in Opelika, Alabama, August 31, 1929, son of Clement C. Torbert and Lynda Meadows Torbert. He attended Opelika public schools and during the 1948-49, the United States Naval Academy. He received his bachelor's degree from Auburn University in 1951, and during 1952 studied law at the University of Maryland. In 1954 he graduated from the University of Alabama Law School.
He practiced law in Opelika from 1954 until 1977, and served as City Judge,1954-1959. An active member of the Lee County, the Alabama, and the American Bar Association, and the American Judicature Society, he has served as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar.
Elected to the Legislature in 1958 as Representative of Lee County he was designated by the Capitol Press Corps as the Most Outstanding Freshman Legislator in 1959. He was elected to the State Senate representing Lee, Chambers and Randolph Counties in 1966, and was re-elected in 1970 and 1974. During the 1969 session he was designated Most Effective Senator by the Capitol Press Corps. During his legislative tenure he served as chairman of the Joint Highway Committee, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Code Revision; and vice-chairman of the Senate Finance and Taxation Committee. He was a member of the Citizens' Conference on Alabama State Courts.
During the Korean conflict he served with the U. S. Air Force, attaining the rank of captain.
He is married to the former Gene Hurt of Alabama, and they have three children: Mary Dixon, Gene Shealy, and Clement Clay, III. He is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Opelika.
On January 17,1977, Clement Clay Torbert, Jr., became the 25th Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme Court.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Seven concerts. Seven cities. Seven days.
Rihanna began her "777" tour in Mexico City Wednesday night with an exclusive party for about 2,000 fans.
Dressed in black shorts, a small black top and a black boxing robe, Rihanna was welcomed on the stage of the El Plaza Condesa concert hall with an ovation despite being two hours late. She thanked fans for their patience.
"This is incredible! Thank you very much for your patience. You really make me feel loved here," said the 24-year-old singer before opening the concert with "Cockiness (Love It)."
The show was a taste of what's to come in her "Diamonds World Tour" scheduled for the first half of 2013.
Rihanna arrived in Mexico City on a Boeing 777, which will take her to Toronto, Stockholm, Paris, Berlin, London and finally New York, where she will complete the grueling tour and present her latest album, "Unapologetic."
She also sang "Fresh Off The Runway" and "Diamonds" from her new album, which features collaborations with Eminem, David Guetta, Future and former boyfriend, Chris Brown.
"We've waited a long time to get back here, Mexico City!" said the singer.