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By Teachers, For Teachers
Keep kids focused on the classroom – not the long weekend – with one of these fun lesson ideas and learning activities to celebrate President's Day!
Presidential Election Review
Use the ongoing Republican primaries and upcoming general election to introduce kids to how our presidents get elected. How does a caucus work? What is the electoral college?
Need a refresher yourself? Check out this FAQ from the National Archives. For the wired classroom, try the "Win the White House" game from iCivics, founded by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
The History of Presidential Term Limits
In honor of Washington's birthday, teach your students about how he set the tradition for how long a president should remain in office, which president broke with that tradition (FDR), and why that can't happen now.
Hold a class debate on the topic of presidential term limits. Are they a good idea? Why or why not?
Comparing State of the Union Speeches
The President's State of the Union speech gives a report to the nation on how our country is doing. Have your students search the public papers of the presidents over the last 20 years.
Instruct students to search for the State of the Union speech for the year they were born. What issues did the country struggle with then? What has changed in the years since then? You may even wish to have them contrast that speech with this year's State of the Union address.
Presidential Qualifications Research & Editorials
Have students research the qualifications necessary to be president. Do these qualifications still make sense in today's world? Why or why not?
Have them write an opinion piece about how the qualifications should or should not change.
Presidential Biographies
It's practically impossible to find a U.S. president that doesn't have a biography written about him, and many recent presidents (Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton) wrote autobiographies before or after their time in office.
Choose a specific topic – like the first time they ran for elected office – and have students read excerpts and compare the different experiences. How are those differences reflected in their ideas and policies once in office?
Presidential Trivia Board Games
Have students use trivia sites like Infoplease Presidential trivia, National Geographic Presidential Trivia, or Maps of the World Presidential Trivia one to create a trivia game about the presidents. They can work in groups to create board games, then take turns playing each other's games.
Designing a board game requires logic, planning skills, and art/design skills, plus they'll learn interesting facts about U.S. history.
The Commander in Chief: Presidents & Military Experience
Throughout U.S. history, many presidents have been veterans and even war heroes. Have students explore the military careers of presidents, including Washington, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Grant, Teddy Roosevelt, and Dwight Eisenhower.
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Family Interviews about Influential Presidents
Have students interview an older family member and ask about the most memorable president in that person's lifetime. Provide students with a list of questions to ask: why was this president so memorable? What was the president's greatest achievement? What did people think about him at the time?
Then have students do some research on the president their family member remembered. How does history look at this president? Students may be surprised to learn that presidents their family members revere, like FDR or JFK, were not as beloved at the time.
Support a Cause with the Bully Pulpit
Presidents have a lot of influence, both in and out of office. Many presidents find causes they want to work on – for example, President Carter's work with Habitat for Humanity once he left office. President Obama has made an effort to encourage science education, including meeting with science fair winners and even appearing on the Mythbusters tv show.
Ask students to imagine they are the president. What issue or topic – not political – would they use the "bully pulpit" to highlight? How would they do it? Lead by example? Give awards to celebrate people working in that field? Why do they think the president's influence would make a difference?
The Presidency - A Family Business?
Sometimes, having a president in the family leads to new career paths for everybody. Have students research First Ladies like Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford, and Hillary Clinton, who went on to do significant work after their husbands' time in office, or presidential children who pursued careers in politics, including the two father-son presidential teams (John Adams and John Quincy Adams; George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush).
Have students do presentations on these family members and how their work relates to the work of their presidential spouse or father.
Vice President Project: The Most Insignificant Office
The first Vice President, John Adams, called his job "the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived."
Students may be fascinated to learn that the Vice Presidency used to be a consolation prize for the person who lost the presidency, to explore how many Vice Presidents have gone on to be president, or to learn that women have repeatedly been nominated as their party's Vice Presidential candidates, even though a major party has never nominated a female presidential candidate.
Have students give presentations on some of the most important or interesting vice presidents or vice presidential candidates.
Investigating the Presidential Campaign Process
Give students an excerpt from an "inside the campaign" book like Primary Colors or Game Change. Once they have read it, lead a class discussion about the realities of a presidential campaign. Does this seem like the best way to elect a president? What changes do they think should be implemented? This is best for teachers willing to manage some political debate in the classroom.
TeachHUB Presidential Printables
Don't forget to check out TeachHUB's free printable lessons and video writing prompts with presidential themes, including:
Presidential Math Problems Printable
Creating a Political Poem Printable
Lincoln's Birthday Penny Equations Printable
Letters to the President Printable
Presidential Video Writing Prompts for K-12
or check out the Top 12 Presidents to Influence Education.
No matter which approach you take, President's Day offers a great opportunity to teach some research skills and integrate a little American history into your classroom in a fun way.
How are you teaching about the presidency in your classroom? Share in the comments section!


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• A daily summary of global reports on security issues.
A rain of drone-fired missiles killed 14 suspected militants Tuesday in northern Pakistan, local officials said, as the US and the Pakistani Army upped the pressure on a group believed to be responsible for the failed Times Square bombing attempt.
North Waziristan, where the attacks were launched, has been a stronghold of Al Qaeda and its ally Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Pakistani wing of the Taliban. American officials claim to have evidence that TTP trained Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square bomber, though a spokesperson for the TTP has denied that.
Counts varied of how many missiles were fired from the drones, with CNN reporting that 18 struck two vehicles and several compounds in succession. This was the third US drone attack on the region since the Times Square bomb attempt on May 1, although The New York Times reports that there is "no indication that the strikes on Tuesday were retaliation for the bombing attempt."
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As is customary, American military officials would not confirm that US drones launched the missiles. The US is the only force known to be operating the unmanned planes in the area, which it has done since 2008, according to the BBC.
A low estimate of militant kills by drones in Pakistan so far this year is 152, according to the New America Foundation. (See the Washington think tank's map of drone strikes in Pakistan here.) The strikes are also believed to have killed hundreds of innocent villagers, stirring public anger that terrorist groups have sought to capitalize on. Pakistan's government has also publicly said the attacks fuel support for militants, though it is believed to tacitly support them.
The TTP founder, warlord Baitullah Mehsud, was killed in a drone strike last August. His young and reportedly ruthless successor, Hakimullah Mehsud, vowed revenge for his death. He was reportedly killed a missile attack himself, but resurfaced in April, threatening to attack US cities, according to AFP:
His cousin and the TTP's so-called master trainer of suicide bombers, Qari Hussain, claimed responsibility for the May 1 bomb plot in New York.
Although the claim was initially dismissed, Washington says it now has evidence that the TTP was behind the attack and that the Pakistani-American who allegedly drove the car bomb, Faisal Shahzad, as working at its behest.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned of "very severe consequences" if an attack against the United States were traced back to Pakistan.
Why Shazhad, an MBA who was raised in Pakistan and has a wife and kids, may have turned to terrorism is unclear. Washington has urged Islamabad to act in rooting out terrorists and ridding itself of environments that produce them, though it faces significant challenges, The Christian Science Monitor reports.
"We still see some soft corner in the heart of the military establishment for other militant groups. So it's at least likely that the Pakistani military at this time – after putting so much pressure against TTP – won't go after other groups and risk losing the ground they have made against the TTP," says [Abdul Basit, researcher at the Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies in Islamabad.]
The US may not let Pakistan continue their narrow focus on TTP, however. Much may hinge on what groups – if any – Shahzad interacted with in Pakistan. If the TTP alone were involved, the push for a full-scale North Waziristan offensive would lessen.
Tuesday's reported strike followed fierce fighting Monday between militants and the Pakistani Army in tribal villages near the Afghanistan border. About 200 Taliban attacked an advancing military unit, the Daily Times newspaper quoted officials as saying. Casualties in the shootout were lopsided, with nine soldiers and 40 TTP dead. The Pakistani military launched an offensive into the northern district of Orazkai Agency in mid-March, after militants retreated there following an Army push up through the south.
- Educated and radical: Why Pakistan produces Faisal Shahzads
- Faisal Shahzad case intensifies scrutiny of links between Pakistan militant groups
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"What is wrong with Haiti?" is provocatively offered as a question, along with apologies to the great essayist, G.K. Chesterton. The answer to what is wrong with Haiti is that the hand wringers, meaning those of goodwill who profess undying love for the tiny island nation never seem to ask what is right. Nor do they attempt to discern the source of wrongdoing. For over two centuries, Haiti has balanced on a fulcrum. Heaven and hell hang in the balance and only God knows the outcome.


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Rumor has it that Bob Ross's hair was hallow. There was a little hatch in the front of it and he used to store his art supplies in there. Before every taping of The Joy Of Painting he'd shake his head violently yelling, "Get out of there!" as the crew watched while brushes and paints came falling out of his fro.
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Waves 4 Water was founded in 2009 by pro surfer, Jon Rose. On his way to Bali to deliver 10 water filters for what would have been the charity's first mission, he felt a shake. When he came to shore, he realized that a 7.6 magnitude earthquake had hit the city of Sumatra, and he made his way through the crumbled buildings to get water filters into the hands of rescue workers to help the country's wounded victims. It was this experience that solidified the need for Waves 4 Water, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean water to impoverished people around the world.
Waves 4 Water teamed up with Hurley International to develop a program called Clean Water Couriers. The concept is both simple and innovative: surfers, in search of waves in third-world countries carry filters with them in their luggage and either connect with local nonprofits in the area or travel to villages to personally set them up. There are two types of filtration systems – a $50 community filter, which will filter up to 200 gallons of water a day for an entire village, and a $25 family use filter system that filters 14 gallons per day. Materials include a plastic bucket (which may be found locally), a ceramic filter, a spigot, and a knife to cut a hole in the bucket. The ceramic filters will remove a variety of contaminants including bacteria, viruses, cysts and microorganisms that cause waterborne illness.
Anyone can get involved, either by making a direct donation through the Waves 4 Water website, or by buying water filters and traveling with them through the Clean Water Couriers program. Though the program was conceived in the surf community, the opportunity to get involved, by donating or by traveling, is open to all.
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Lisbon: Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic can be the match-winner in their World Cup playoff against Portugal if his team mates also rise to the challenge, coach Erik Hamren said on Thursday.
He told a news conference on the eve of the first leg that it was hard to escape talking about Ibrahimovic and Portugal skipper Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of their mouth-watering duel.
"It's a fight between them of course, two world class players, but we need the team to be good," a relaxed Hamren told reporters at the Luz stadium, which is a 65,500 sell-out.
"If we can use Zlatan, we need to be good as a team because he needs that support. But if we are playing well, if we are good as a team, then he can be the match-winner."
Hamren said Portugal are favourites but added that Sweden, who will host the second leg in Solna on Tuesday, would put in the sort of top performance that earned them a playoff spot by finishing second in Group C behind runaway leaders Germany.
"We have been good in those important games towards the end of qualification. They (Portugal) are big favourites but we have belief in what we're doing. I have a good feeling," he said.
Portugal coach Paulo Bento said Ronaldo comes into the match at "a great moment" with the Real Madrid forward, like Paris St Germain's Ibrahimovic, having scored a hat-trick at the weekend.
Ronaldo tops the scoring charts in La Liga with 16 goals in 13 games while Ibrahimovic has eight from 13, one goal behind Ligue 1 top scorers Radamel Falcao and Edinson Cavani.
Bento also said he would be shocked if Ronaldo did not win the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or award for world player of the year.
"(My pick is) Ronaldo," he said. "He has shown extraordinary qualities and performances throughout the whole year. I think he already should have won it in other moments."
Ronaldo was crowned World Player of the Year in 2008 before Barcelona's Argentina forward Lionel Messi won four in a row. "It will be completely unfair if he (Ronaldo) does not win it this year. Regardless of what happens, for me he is the best player in the world right now, no doubt", added Bento.


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RUSTON, LA - The New Mexico State baseball team used an six-run ninth inning to defeat Louisiana Tech 10-4 in Ruston, La., Friday, April 19.
The Aggies improve to 20-18 on the year and 6-7 in Western Athletic Conference play and La. Tech falls to 13-25 and 2-11 in league play. This is the sixth straight year NM State has posted 20 or more wins in a season.
The Aggie offense produced 10 runs on 14 hits including an RBI triple from junior Michael Medina, an RBI single from and a three-run home run from senior Parker Hipp in the top of the ninth. The NM State defense posted three double plays on the evening and just one error while starting pitcher Adam Mott got the win working seven innings and striking out seven batters. Mott is now 5-3 on the year with 64 K's in 68.2 innings of work.
The game was scoreless for the first two innings of play but the NM State offense posted three runs in the top of the third. Junior Quinnton Mack got things started with a lead-off walk and right fielder Michael Medina followed with a bunt single. Rust came up with a two-RBI double down the right field line for the first runs of the game. Senior Bobby Lecount gave the Aggies a 3-0 lead when he marked his seventh sacrifice fly of the year, which is a team-high.
Neither team scored a run in the fourth but the Bulldogs got on the board in the fifth. Senior Kyle Phillips posted an RBI single in the sixth to give the Aggies a 5-1 cushion. It was Phillips' 25 RBI of the year after going 3-of-5 on the night and improving to .312 at the dish.
The Aggies took a comfortable 10-1 after crossing the plate six times on four hits and three walks in the ninth but Louisiana Tech attempted to make a comeback scoring three times in the bottom of the inning.
Five different Aggies posted a multiple-hit night including Lecount who went 3-of-4 and Rust who also went 3-of-4 including the double in the ninth.
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Police say that the man stole five game systems, including Xboxes, from an office on CMC's campus between 9 AM and 10 AM last Saturday. Luckily, there were no patients inside that office at the time. The video game systems were obviously used by the children to get their mind off of their grave situations, to rob them of that isn't just criminal, it's soulless.
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Speed, precision and quick thinking make for an exceptional math major, as well as a karate champion with nine World Titles.
Joshua Kahan '11 has been training in the martial arts for 17 years. He got his start at Victory Martial Arts in Columbia, MD, where he obtained his 2nd and 3rd degree black belts and competed locally for several years. In 2004, he began competing in NASKA competitions all over North America, where he won his world titles. He applied that same dedication and focus to his academic studies, choosing a path that would help him pursue a career in engineering. A mathematics major with minors in physics and computer science, Josh is continuing his education in structural engineering through a master's program at Johns Hopkins University.
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The Gulf between Population and Opposition
Almost 27 years after the Islamic Revolution, the dissatisfaction of the people is snowballing. This dissatisfaction finds its expression in the boycotting of elections, the organisation of student demonstrations and both blue-collar and white-collar strikes, and the outbreak of the occasional urban tumult. The Internet and satellite dishes are thwarting state censorship. The power of fear in the people's minds has been shattered.
Never before have democratisation efforts, an anti-Islamic attitude, disapproval of the government, and the enthusiasm for western culture and America been so great across great swathes of the population. Democratisation movements in Iran are supported at international level. More than 50 radio and television stations that have links to the Iranian opposition in exile broadcast programmes in Farsi. According to unofficial statistics, between 10 and 15 million people in Iran watch and listen to these programmes.
No alternative to the Mullah government so far
The influence of these broadcasting companies has been evident in the organisation of protest movements over the past few years. Despite all this and regardless of the existence of dozens of parties, associations, and amalgamations, as well as individual oppositionists both inside and outside Iran, no alternative to the Iranian government has appeared on the scene. With the exception of student and intellectual circles, large parts of the Iranian population and the Iranian exile community have lost faith in all political associations and amalgamations.
The imprisonment of well-known dissidents, the attacks on protesters perpetrated by thugs faithful to the government, and the debates that are currently being held in some publications and on Farsi websites are proof of the activities of oppositional groups and individuals within Iran. Nevertheless, their influence and notoriety is restricted to intellectual and student circles.
Meanwhile in exile, a deposed president (Abulhassan Banisadre in Paris), a self-appointed head of government and a self-appointed president (Massoud Rajavi and Maryam Asadanlou in Iraq), a king (Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Shah, in America), two republican organisations, and dozens of larger and smaller parties and amalgamations are all dreaming about stepping into the shoes of the Islamic Republic.
Passionate communists and neo-liberal republicans
The broad spectrum of the Iranian opposition in exile ranges from passionate communists, who dream of an October Revolution in Iran, to neo-liberal republicans. There are also lay liberals and social democrats, supporters of President Khatami, royalists, and the People's Mujahidin.
With the exception of the latter, which has over 4,000 armed forces stationed in Iraq, the other associations are wasting their energy on endless, repetitive, abstract discussions and battles amongst themselves that are fought out in publications with small circulation figures, on Farsi websites, and at poorly attended rallies. Not only the people in Iran who are dissatisfied with the political situation, but also the majority of exile Iranians are paying no attention to the opposition.
After two terms of President Khatami and the people's disillusionment that the ruling system will change from within, not only religious reformers, but also liberal clerics like Nehsate Azadi (Freedom Movement) and similar associations have lost their standing.
Anticlerical atmosphere among the people
Ayatollah Mantazeri is very popular with some clerics that reject the current form of government. However, the anticlerical atmosphere among the people is stifling an increase in Montazeri's influence. Activities organised by the part of the inner-Iranian opposition that is working for a separation of Church and state, are being suppressed.
The notoriety and influence of liberal, left-wing, and nationalist groupings are limited to student and intellectual circles. The majority of people, who have nothing to do with any of the opposition associations, want a return to the affluence of the era of the last Shah, while parts of the older generation would like a return to the monarchy.
Monarchical despotism and representative monarchy
The royalists in exile can largely be divided into two groups. Some organisations are working towards a reinstatement of monarchical despotism in Iran; others would prefer a representative monarchy similar to the monarchies in Europe where the king would not get involved in politics. Both groups have large amounts of money at their disposal and an influential lobby in the United States.
Moreover, a significant part of the radio and television stations in exile is under their control. The royalists' hope that the monarchy will be brought back to life in Iran is nourished by two factors: firstly, the popularity of the last Shah among a part of the Iranian population that regret the revolution, and secondly, the possibility of America's military involvement.
Reza Pahlavi, the legitimate heir to the throne, has declared that he is working for democracy and a free referendum in which the people would be allowed to decide on the sort of system they would prefer. However, apart from giving interviews to the media and making announcements, he has taken no practical steps, proposed no concrete strategy, and has not invested a single cent of his family's massive fortune in politics.
The gulf between population and opposition
As the next generation grows up, the memories of the affluence of the era of the last despotic Shah fade. Iran's young generation has no interest in a restoration of the monarchy. A few months ago, Reza Pahlavi called on his supporters to support the holding of a referendum in Iran by taking part in an Internet survey. Many well-known personalities and the majority of the different opposition organisations in exile supported this plan.
In all, approximately 30,000 signatures – both real, forged, and pseudonyms – were collected. Compared with the seven million votes that the fundamentalists always get in Iran, the three million Internet users in the country, approximately two million exiled Iranians, and the thousands who take part in protest demonstrations in Iran, the result was clear evidence of the gulf that has developed between the population and the opposition.
The left-wing groupings, which were forced to flee the country as a result of persecution at the hands of the Iranian government, have over the past thirty years splintered into various smaller groupings while in exile. Grand-sounding designations like "party" or "front" remain even though most of them have no more than 50 to 100 members; very few have between 300 and 500 members.
Left wing co-operation with the Ayatollah government
Blinded by Khomeini's anti-American rhetoric, the largest left-wing grouping in Iran, the People's Fedaiyan, and the communist Tudeh party, defended Islamic fundamentalism against the social democrats and the liberals 27 years ago.
In some cases they even went as far as to co-operate with Khomeini's secret police. Even though another part of the left-wing groupings rejected the Islamic government because it was aiming for a Lenin-style October Revolution, and even though Khomeini exterminated both groups, the left wing's co-operation with the despotic government and their rejection of democracy is firmly engraved on the memory of the Iranian people.
The legacy of their past actions, repeated defeats, ideological conflict, inner divides, and the lack of a political agenda has destroyed the people's hope that the left wing will have any sort of significant influence. Several left-wing groups are still dreaming of a workers' revolution and a Leninist party. Others have moved closer to the social democrats and liberals and have merged to form two republican associations.
The political Left – Reduced to "talking shops"
However, the lack of a political philosophy and a concrete agenda have transformed both associations into talking shops that do not have the smallest grain of influence.
Most members of the larger of the two groupings, which has approximately 800 members, are former supporters of President Khatami who, despite Khatami's failure, still waver between working towards a peaceful change to the system and co-operating with part of the government.
The smaller of the two groupings, which has approximately 300 members, favours an overthrow of the Iranian government. Nevertheless, they waver between a peaceful transition to a parliamentary republic and the violent imposition of an anti-imperialistic, anti-capitalist populist government. The only people who pay attention to their endless debates are the members of their own circle. Moreover, they have lost all sense of the problems that are actually besetting Iran. In addition to these groups, countless other small liberal associations are crippled by internal conflicts.
Uniting large swathes of the population
All oppositional groups in exile are struggling to cope with similar problems. After almost 30 years in exile, their members are ageing. They have lost the majority of their members and are not able to replace them. New Iranian migrants of the younger generation are not interested in co-operating with them. Most hope for a peaceful change to the system in Iran. But the peaceful transition from despotism to democracy – a "velvet revolution" – requires both a political alternative that can unite large swathes of the population and a government that neither uses, nor wants to use, violence as a means of oppression.
But no such political alternative exists for Iran and the Iranian government has to date not shown any readiness for tolerance.
Occasionally, the notoriety of some influential personalities both in Iran and in exile fan the weak flames of hope. Having won the Nobel Peace Prize, Schirin Ebadi could have played an outstanding role among intellectuals and the educated classes. However, her support for President Khatami's faction, her belief in the compatibility of Islam and democracy, and her attacks on America have stifled this hope.
Only 1,500 people came to her reception in Teheran after she received the Nobel Peace Prize. Amir Entezam, who has been in prison for 25 years, is relatively well known among educated young people for his resistance. Some other independent intellectuals enjoy similar notoriety.
The rise and fall of the People's Mujahidin
In the early years following the Islamic Revolution, the People's Mujahidin – the largest religious association to oppose Khomeini – enjoyed the widespread support of the population. The People's Mujahidin, which is lead by a despotic leader and has at its disposal military forces that are lead with Prussian severity, began its armed resistance to Khomeini at the summit of his popularity.
The People's Mujahidin killed over 100 high-ranking members of government. In its next phase, the People's Mujahidin extended its terrorist activities to supporters of the regime among the population. Again, hundreds of people lost their lives. This caused revulsion among the people, who had grown tired of the violence. The government then stepped up its persecution of the People's Mujahidin. Several thousand of its young supporters were executed.
The leadership and the rest of the organisation fled abroad. By stationing the lion's share of its forces in Iraq and co-operating with the army of Saddam Hussein, which was at war with Iran at the time, they committed political suicide: the support for the People's Mujahidin dwindled when it decided to co-operate with the enemy. As the people learned more about its ideology, structure, and methods, the well of support for the People's Mujahidin dried up once and for all.
A direct link to God
The official ideology of the People's Mujahidin is a combination of a populist reading of the Koran, Stalinism, and the strategies of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. The reported aim of the organisation is to create a "Democratic Islamic Republic" in Iran. In this republic, Massoud Rajavi, the leader of the organisation for life, would step into the shoes of the Ayatollah as head of government and assume complete authority. Moreover, there would be a president who would execute all of the leader's commands.
In the Islamic Republic as it stands, the electorate selects the president from a list of candidates that is approved by the Guardian Council. Massoud Rajavi would like to take this decision away from the people and has already nominated his wife Maryam Azadanlou for the post.
He has officially declared himself to have a direct link to God and the imams. This means that the slightest criticism or the smallest sign of disobedience is considered a rebellion against God Himself. After years of effort, the UN and the Red Cross have finally gained access to the prisons of the Mujahidin in Iraq. Numerous supporters of the organisation were tortured in these prisons for criticising Massoud Rajavi or trying to leave the party.
Iran is a multilingual state. The Democratic Party of Kurdistan, which looks back on a long history and enjoys huge influence in the Kurdish population of western Iran, would like to see the establishment of democracy and a federal system. The most recent changes in Iran and American policy have further enhanced the prospects of this party in Iranian Kurdistan.
Faraj Sarkohi
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Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
In 1985, Faraj Sarkuhi founded the literary magazine "Adineh" (Friday), which he edited for 11 years. As one of the chief spokesmen for the initiative "The Declaration of 134 Writers", he was arrested in 1996. A year later, he was sentenced to death after being tried in secret; following international protests, his sentence was commuted. Two years after this, he was allowed to leave Iran for Frankfurt am Main in Germany, where he now lives. In 1998, Sarkuhi was awarded the Kurt Tucholsky Prize for writers subjected to political persecution. He is an honorary member of the German PEN Centre.
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Shirin Ebadi: A Bearer of Hope for Democratic Change
Shirin Ebadi is widely respected as a courageous fighter for the rights of women and political dissidents - such as the Iranian writer Faraj Sarkohi, whom she succeeded in having released after he had spent two years in jail. Here, Sarkohi describes the life and work of his former lawyer, who has just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace – a move that sends strong political signals to Iran.


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My hair still hasn't returned to normal after a epic backcombing session the other day! I also just heard the tragic news that our boiler has broken and I'm going to have to wash it in freezing cold water. I also broke my Macbook charger last night (I think it just gave up!) so had to pay £50 for a new one. Even though I can claim a new one through Apple care, I just need one ASAP. I managed to borrow one from University for the time being though! I was freaking out trying to use a Windows laptop last night, I forgot how hard to use they are! Once you go Mac to never go back! Seriously can life get any better? I dont understand why I've hit such a spell of bad luck this month, Oh well. Lets hope December goes a little better!


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A federal judge sentenced a California man to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered him to pay a $9 million judgment for defrauding the organic industry with synthetic fertilizer that he represented as certified for use in organic operations.
Judge Anthony Ishii ordered Kenneth Nelson, a 59-year-old Bakersfield resident, to begin serving four concurrent 78-month sentences on Jan. 24. Nelson is the former owner of Port Organic Products Ltd. and affiliated businesses, including AgroMar Inc., Sail On Ag Products Inc., Desert Organic Express Inc., Action Fertilizer, and Microbial Assisted Soil Health Inc.
In addition, Nelson owes restitution to victims, which will be determined later by the court. Nelson must serve three years' probation after his release from prison.
Nelson could have faced 20 years and fines up to $250,000 on each of four counts of mail fraud. He was originally charged with 28 counts, but in a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's office in Fresno, Calif., he admitted to four counts.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Kirk Sheriff, who prosecuted the case against Nelson, said it is his understanding that the federal system requires prisoners to serve 85% of their sentence before being eligible for early release.
In the plea agreement, Nelson admitted to making $9 million in profit on $40 million in sales of fertilizers including Agrolizer, Marizyme and Fishilizer from 2003 through 2009. The mail fraud charges stem from documents he sent to the Washington State Department of Agriculture and the Organic Materials Review Institute to have the fertilizers listed as acceptable for use in organic operations.
Nelson told the certifying organizations the fertilizers were made from materials such as fish meal and bird guano after he intentionally altered the formulas to include aqueous ammonia, ammonium sulfate, and urea.


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The ever most difficult decisions we must make in our lives and determines the separation of our partners. While most of us do not want to take this drastic measure, you often cannot avoid it. We must proceed with extreme caution when applying for a divorce or try to adjust because of the separation. If we do not make the right moves, it is likely that we will end up paying more money we have to pay or receive less than we are entitled to.
Even though the experience of going through a divorce is psychologically stressful. We must remember that if we have better representation, we find ourselves struggling with long-term financial commitments. To ensure you do not fall into the financial trap, get yourself a good lawyer or attorney.
The main things you should look for when looking for a divorce lawyer is whether customers delicate mental state or not. When people are undergoing a divorce, it is possible that they will not forget some important details because of stress. It's a good lawyer and make sure all the information is relevant to the case giving. If you do not give a piece of information that can be used against you, you could be in trouble later. The only attorney who are aware of the trauma that generates divorce just to make customers aware of the consequences of legal action to prevent accidents at a later date.
When you are facing an impending divorce, it is important that we try to think clearly about two things – 1) What I want to win this divorce, and 2) Where can I find the right lawyer. Often, the answer to the first question will determine how you go about others because it will color how to ask others for references and personal style of the Attorney endeavor.
Many of the elements in the legal process are a very long time sensitive. For example, when you make a complaint, to initiate a divorce, and the other end in divorce have a certain number of days to respond to the complaint. Replies to court could deliver by the deadline or if there are consequences that affect the accused.
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BATON ROUGE, LA -- A personal trainer at an Anytime Fitness in Louisiana allegedly used a pen camera to record women in the club's shower room.
Baton Rouge, LA, police arrested Terry Wayne Telschow last week on four counts of video voyeurism. Telschow, a 22-year-old student at LSU who is seeking a doctorate degree in kinesiology, recorded at least four women in the shower room of the downtown Baton Rouge club with the pen camera, police say.
A member noticed the pen camera on April 5 and brought it to the attention of an Anytime staff member, who happened to be Telschow himself. Police say Telschow told the woman that he had checked the pen camera and found it did not contain any files. He also told her there was no reason to notify the police, which the woman did anyway.
Baton Rouge police investigators were later able to examine the pen camera and recovered multiple deleted video files showing four women undressing, along with images of Telschow placing the pen camera in the women's shower room.
None of the four women have been identified, but investigators are working with Anytime Fitness to identify them through the club's membership ID photo database as well as door entry key swipe records.
Anytime Fitness spokesperson Mark Daly told The Advocate of Baton Rouge that Telschow, who had worked at Anytime Fitness as an independent contractor for nine months, was fired as soon as the company was notified of the arrest.
"I'm told [Telschow] was very popular with our members," Daly told the newspaper. "We never had any prior complaints about him by members, and members told us they always had good results working with him."
Anytime Fitness has security cameras in all parts of the club except in the bathrooms and showers, Daly said.
"But I'm not sure we could have done anything to prevent this," he said.
Earlier this year, a Georgia man was arrested for using a pen camera to record men and boys in the locker room of a Life Time Fitness club.


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8-10 cups whole, picked over blueberries
4 1/2 cups sugar
1 box liquid pectin (6 oz. should be 2 little packets in the box)
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2-1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
Pour the berries into a bowl. Mash with a potato masher. Measure it out. It should yield about 6 cups of mashed berries. Add the sugar and blueberries to a large pot. Prep jars/lids for canning. Cook the sugar and blueberries to a boil. Boil for about 10-15 minutes. Stir in the pectin. Continue cooking at a low (rolling) boil for 5 minutes. Stir in the vinegar and pepper. Fill the jars. Process in the hot water bath for 10 minutes.
Yield: about 7 8-oz jars
Note: A great source for canning information is the Blue Book guide to preserving. I highly recommend it for learning how to can. Here is a bunch of other canning books and equipment I find useful.


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Kazu Kibuishi's Daisy Kutter
Do you think about alternate universes a lot? Yeah, me too. I especially love post-apocalyptic sci-fi Western worlds. I like space and robots, and I also like cowboys and livin' off the land. Put them together and you've got a perfect world.
So I was delighted to read Kazu Kibuishi's, Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, a Young Adult graphic novel about a tough as heck cowboy lady in the robot-filled old West.
Daisy has retired from a life of crime, and wiles away each day at her general store.
But she's not totally on the up and up either. Her former partner in crime, and ex-BF, is now the town sheriff. He keeps trying to get Daisy to use her gun-toting skills and killer fighting moves on the side of the law with him, but she's having none of it.
When Daisy loses her store to a mysterious opponent in poker game, things start to go awry. She's a approached by two men (well, one human-man and one robot-man), who offer her a job–robbing a train. Daisy refuses, since she's left the life of crime behind. But there's a catch–she's robbing the train at the owner's request, so he can test his supposedly unbeatable security system. Daisy's hurting for money, since she lost all her worldly possessions in the the poker game, so she accepts. But something isn't right and this simple train job turns into a dangerous and terrifying mission.
This is the type of book you'll sit down to read and you won't get up until you're done. The action-filled plot makes you want to turn the pages, but Kibuishi's absolutely stunning art will make you linger and appreciate every image.
Kibuishi is best known for his super popular series of graphic novels, Flight. And people are currently going bonkers for his new children's fantasy graphic novel, Amulet. I haven't read either of those yet, but I'm dying to.
There are rumours of more Daisy Kutter volumes, but no sign of them yet. I'm gonna chant "MORE ROBOT COWBOYS!" everyday until it happens.


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