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Eyewitness Gaza
Photography of the current conditions & struggles in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestine
by Skip Schiel and Teeksa Photography
About the Book
I began the multi-year photo project that led to this book after I'd grown successively and painfully aware of the conflicts in Palestine/Israel. My first trip with a delegation in 2003 confirmed my decision to photograph with an open heart the situation and struggles for justice, peace, and security in the Levant. Growing up Catholic seeded my desire to travel to the Holy Land and "walk in the footsteps of Jesus." My work in South Africa during the final phase of apartheid illustrated the many parallels between apartheid there and injustice in the Levant. My escalating awareness stirred me to take some sort of action to at least quell my own outrage. And that first trip brought me face to face with the famed Mediterranean light which continues to challenge me as an artist and human being. Also, personal connections with so many Palestinians and Israelis working for justice with peace—risking their lives—encourage me to continue.
The situation is both complex in how we tell the story and parade the justifications and yet simple on the level of injustice, impunity, the violation of international law, and the denial of basic human rights. I hope at the very least to open a few windows and doors for others who may seek comprehension of the situation and action to transform it.
At the moment, in short, the situation is dismal, perhaps the worst in decade—but with strong determination on the part of many Gazans to end the siege, end the occupation, end the entrapment, end the injustice, and breathe free. "Worse than a prison," as my friend Husam stated a few years ago before conditions worsened in Gaza, "now a graveyard."
My experience on the ground—five visits since 2004—inspires me. I have noticed much sumud (steadfastness), better use of media, the rise of the youth movement that is coincident with the Arab Spring, and expanded international awareness. The Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Movement (BDS) confirms my hope for eventual resolution.
The photos in this book were mostly made in 2008-2010 and many appear in the movie by Tom Jackson, Eyewitness Gaza.
Features & Details
- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
120 Pages
- Publish Date Jan 12, 2012
- Tags gaza, photography, palestine, israel, teeksa, schiel
About the Creator
Through photography I love: daughters, friends, the earth. Through photography I am outraged: at injustice, pomposity, violence, deceit, ignorance, greed. Through photography: I am perverse, critical, analytic, emotive, radiant, clumsy, elegant, adventurous, irreverent, romantic. Through photography: I am a person of the world, of the cosmos. And I am a recluse, an isolate, a monk. For all this I am very grateful. I praise my photographic lineage—ancestors who have taught me, contemporaries who cooperate with me, and successors who might benefit from what I've attempted to do. I thank the great mystery, god, the higher power, the ground of being, the still small voice inside, my dearly beloved and indispensable muses, and the pulse of the universe for allowing me—perhaps—to be aligned with this force, rather than opposed to it. Photography is my main form of prayer—I pray outward to the beings, things, forces I photograph. I pray inward to my own center by sensing the light within.
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NFTE's partner in China, Bright China Foundation, is celebrating its national challenge this week. Some of the judges come from NFTE supporters, NYSE Euronext and Ernst & Young.
See additional photos on NFTE's Facebook page.
Amy Rosen, NFTE President & CEO, is also attending. She says the students are "well-schooled in presentation, full of great ideas and many operational businesses."

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Thank you for attending the Sustainability Academy Keynote Address with Annie Leonard!
For nearly thirty years UB has been practicing its three "R's" of Reducing, Reusing and of course Recycling with good success. While we have been a leader in the SUNY system we have also witnessed new innovations beyond our campus in both infrastructure and culture chaining activities. The three R's have been enhanced to a more sustainable "Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle.
The focus on sustainability within the Realizing UB 2020 strategy provides an excellent opportunity for the university to dive a bit deeper into "the Story of our Stuff" and ask tougher questions about how we can move towards zero waste here at UB and throughout the larger community.
Annie Leonard has helped millions of people around the world understand and talk about the Story of Stuff. In December 2007, Ms. Leonard and her friends at Free Range Studios created a 20-minute movie about the way we make, use, and throw away stuff on the internet, unleashing a torrent of pent-up demand for honest conversation about the impacts of our consumer-crazed culture on people and the planet. In the five years since The Story of Stuff was released, Annie's 'cartoon about trash' has been viewed more than 30 million times worldwide.


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All of the food served at Dining Services is either vegetarian or vegan. We believe that by not serving meat we are offering the healthiest food possible to our guests. There are always fresh fruit and vegetables along with the normal hot meal items in order to provide a balanced diet to guests. We strictly follow the MyPlate Program from the USDA for the School Lunch program and hope that guests eating in our other dining areas will try to follow the healthy dietary guidelines they set. You can find their guide for nutrition at MyPlate.gov. For the Terrace Cafe, we allow guests to eat all they care to. By using moderation for food intake and a varied and balanced tray it can be a very nutritious and well-priced meal anytime you eat in the Terrace Cafe.
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ATHENS—The annual Cinco de Mayo celebration at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. May 7.
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The Seattle Public Library invited children, teens and adults to enter a haiku poetry contest in celebration of National Poetry Month in April. One poem is being featured each day in April on the library website's home page (www.spl.org).
One of the winning poems is from Wendy Brabner, who patronizes the Magnolia Library:
My latte: black coats
'neath Spring blossoms swirl Pike's crowds
stir, Seattle, sip
Contest participants were asked to write a haiku that celebrates Seattle. The 30 best haiku were chosen from submitted poems.
To view all of the winning haiku, visit www.spl.org/haiku.


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Manitoba has the second highest rate of advanced kidney disease in the country, while the median wait here for a kidney transplant — 5.1 years — is second longest in the nation.
Those sobering stats are contained in a new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), released this afternoon.
It said only Newfoundland and Labrador has a higher incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) than Manitoba.
Meanwhile, from 2009 to 2011, only British Columbians had a longer median wait for a deceased-donor kidney transplant than did Manitobans — 5.4 years as opposed to 5.1 years. The national average median wait time for such transplants was 3.8 years. Saskatchewan had the lowest wait time at 2.3 years.
In a companion report released this afternoon, CIHI said aboriginal people are three times as likely to seek treatment for kidney failure or end-stage renal disease as other Canadians. And aboriginal patients with ESRD are less likely to receive kidney transplants (27% versus 42%).
However, aboriginal people who do receive a new kidney have survival rates similar to others in Canada (84% at five years), according to the report.
By contrast, aboriginal patients who undergo dialysis have a lower survival rate after five years (40% versus 45%).
In all, more than 40,000 Canadians are living with end-stage renal failure — roughly one out of every 1,000 people.
The condition's higher prevalence among aboriginal people is consistent with the higher rates of diabetes and obesity in these populations, CIHI said.


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Mosque parking raises heat at meeting By Scott Taylor, Staff Writer Published Nov 24, 2010 12:00 am | Last updated Nov 24, 2010 12:00 am LEWISTON — Councilors asked Bartlett Street neighbors to talk to each other, hoping to head off bigger problems smoldering between members of a mosque and nearby property owners. Former City Councilor Denis Theriault, owner of two buildings on the west side of Bartlett Street, just north of Adams Avenue, told councilors he shouldn't have to work so hard defending his property. "This happens all the time. These are a confrontational people," Theriault said. "I'm tired. I don't think I should have to spend my nights playing policeman protecting my property, and neither should my son." He outlined problems he and neighbor Elmer Berry have with the mosque, located across from him at 256 Bartlett St. and used by Lewiston's Somali Bantu residents, over two hours Tuesday night at a City Council workshop. Theriault alleged members of the mosque have regularly parked on his property, taking spaces from his tenants, since the mosque opened last year. When he complained, they escalated. They've used their cars to block his driveways, left trash behind, thrown rocks onto his property and destroyed his first "No Trespassing" sign. He responded by putting up a sturdier sign and taking pictures to document what he saw. They responded, he said, by verbally threatening him. But Theriault, who carries a concealed handgun, said he will not be threatened. "One individual approached me and came onto my property and told me I didn't have the right to take his picture," Theriault said. "When his companion walked around to my side, I unzipped my jacket and put my hand on my weapon." Theriault said the city made a mistake when it approved the mosque for that space last year. "It's almost like the Somalis have been set up to fail," he said. "They don't belong in a building that size for what they want to do. But they're there." The city approved the use of the building at 256 Bartlett St. as a mosque in November 2009, requiring building owner Joseph Jenkins to provide 17 parking spaces nearby and to limit occupancy to 98 people at a time. City officials believed that more spaces were unnecessary since most people attending the mosque would walk or carpool.
Code Enforcement and Planning Director Gil Arsenault said the city recognized the limited parking in the lot. It has space for up to seven vehicles on site, but only if members drive on property belonging to next-door neighbor, Sparta Vending owner Elmer Berry. Theriault said the Somalis do not have that permission. Berry has started putting up traffic cones to block his property from the neighbors. The city required the mosque to rent the rest of their necessary spaces from 199 Bartlett St. That lease ends in February 2011 — and so does the mosque's conditional-use permit. They'll have to find additional parking or find a new place to worship. Mosque member Abdul Ali, speaking for the elders in charge of the mosque, said it rarely draws more than 40 worshipers. The only time larger crowds are expected are during the two Eid holy days. The most recent was Nov. 17. Ali said the members are negotiating to find a larger venue for those special occasions. But he said no single person is in charge of the mosque and urged Theriault to simply tow the cars of people that park in his lot. Theriault said that was his plan. "Beginning tonight, it's an immediate tow order on any car that is not supposed to be parked there," Theriault said. Councilors asked Theriault, Berry and city staffers to meet with the members of the mosque, scheduling a meeting by this Friday. "It's unacceptable that this is happening," Councilor Renee Bernier said. "You can't just go parking on people's property, so we need to get this sorted out before it gets worse."
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The "Black Manifesto" in Twentieth-Century American Religious History
Posted by Trevor Burrows
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The last several months have seen many thoughtful responses to Ta-Nehisi Coates's "A Case for Reparations," published in The Atlantic in late May. Of special interest to readers of RiAH may be a recent roundtable discussion posted at the Society of US Intellectual History blog, as several of the contributions use the famous "Black Manifesto" as a starting point for considering various aspects of the modern reparations debate. I, too, thought of the Black Manifesto as I read and reflected on Coates's piece, but I did so with the Manifesto's place in American religious history in mind. In this brief post, I want to consider how the Manifesto, as an event, is often read and included in narratives of twentieth-century American religious history, and to tentatively - and perhaps a bit vaguely - suggest some alternative questions that might be useful in thinking through those narratives. (Because some of the themes I raise here are relevant to my own current research, I hope to comment further on these suggestions in later posts.)
The events surrounding the Black Manifesto are rather well-known. On May 4, 1969, James Forman disrupted Sunday services at New York City's prestigious Riverside Church, marched to the pulpit, and proceeded to read a long document, the Black Manifesto, to the congregation. Forman ostensibly represented the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC), itself an outgrowth of the ecumenical Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO), which had approved the Manifesto only a few weeks earlier. In vivid, even shocking language, the Manifesto demanded 500,000,000 dollars "from the Christian white churches and the Jewish synagogues" and detailed how it was to be spent on a range of programs and services for the black community. Further, it exhorted African Americans to do as Forman had done, and to disrupt religious services across the country in support of the Manifesto's appeals. And so many did: an interracial group of students occupied the offices of Union Theological Seminary a week later, and several other occupations of various denominational offices followed suit; copies of the Manifesto were distributed to leaders or read to congregations of churches big and small, often by interrupting Sunday services; and the calls for reparations even encouraged other minority groups to appeal to the churches for financial support.
The fervor of the Black Manifesto's rhetoric and the actions it spurred was matched only by the heated discussions within and between religious groups over what the Manifesto was and how to respond to it. For although many leaders and religious organizations dismissed the Manifesto's demands without reservation, many others saw the document and the activism it sparked as speaking to a persistent complicity in the various structures of racism on the part of America's churches and denominations. In this respect, the disruptions associated with the Manifesto intersected with the longer, broader struggles faced by religious groups who sought to engage their institutions and leadership with the key issues of the time. As a result of these conflicts, the controversies that swirled around the Manifesto were hotly debated in religious publications, church and denominational board meetings, and numerous other settings; many of America's largest religious organizations issued statements addressing the Manifesto and its demands.
Religious historians have most frequently interpreted the Manifesto as a symbol of the ongoing fracturing of the religious establishment, especially of the Protestant mainline, in the late '60s and 70s. Divisions over the proper role of churches and larger institutions, such as the National Council of Churches (NCC), in civil rights activism and protests against Vietnam grew increasingly contentious throughout the 1960s. Calls for black power and liberation from both within and from outside of religious institutions pushed religious leaders to reconsider their proper place in debates over race and civil rights, even as anti-war activists challenged the church to clarify or rethink its position on the Vietnam war. The two issues, civil rights and Vietnam, were hardly distinct: some supporters of the Black Manifesto criticized the NCC for giving too much attention to Vietnam.* Nor were they the only issues that the establishment had to address, as the Sixties offered more than its share of challenges to traditions of religious authority, moral conventions, and the general relationship between religion, culture, and politics. The Manifesto, then, often appears as one significant debate amidst an endless series of other, related debates, a symbol of the infighting that ultimately led to the decline of mainline Protestant establishment.
This is a reasonable and useful reading of the Manifesto's place in American religious history, but there may be other possibilities. By approaching the Black Manifesto in this way, scholars have primarily focused on top-level responses to the Manifesto, especially from the leaders of religious institutions, and have largely slighted two other interrelated aspects of the story: first, the nature of the Manifesto itself and its religious (or non-religious) elements; and second, the grassroots efforts of activists across the nation who took up Forman's suggestions to pressure churches and synagogues to act on the Manifesto's demands. Or to phrase the problem in the form of a question, we might stop to ask: why did Forman and the NBEDC choose to target religious institutions, and encourage others to do the same?
These questions are more complicated - and certainly demand more complicated answers - than they might initially appear. Indeed, the origins of the Manifesto are themselves somewhat hazy. Although the Manifesto had its origins in a conference sponsored in part by a prominent ecumenical agency, the IFCO, the passage of the Black Manifesto was achieved by controversial and somewhat dubious means, which involved what Forman called "a seizure of power" of the NBEDC agenda, and a vote on the Manifesto at a time when most of the conference's members were not present.** According to his autobiography, Forman himself was an atheist long before the writing and announcement of the Manifesto. More importantly, however, the document itself bears no obvious marks of "religious" language; it grounded its demands not in theology or scripture, but instead upon the history of racism and oppression in America, and the church's relationship to that history. The Black Manifesto did not call specifically on black religious Americans to join the fight for reparations, but rather on all black Americans. Nor did it present itself as speaking on behalf of specifically religious individuals, despite its vaguely religious origins and the support of some black clergy members. Instead, the Manifesto reads as a demand directed toward religious institutions from an ambiguous point, potentially a point outside of that world.***
The Manifesto, then, is an appeal to the power, wealth, and history of America's white religious organizations. Following this line of thought, we might use the Manifesto as a means of exploring perceptions of power, and particularly perceptions of the power of religious institutions, in the late 1960s and 1970s. If organizations like the NCC and the churches they represented were being torn apart by arguments from within and losing members at an accelerating rate, religious institutions nevertheless continued to occupy a privileged position in the minds of many American, including activists of many stripes. (Privileged, of course, does not necessarily mean a position deemed either absolutely positive or absolutely negative, but rather a position of apparent social or political import.) After all, the Manifesto was not the only example of activists placing demands on America's religious institutions in the late 1960s. Jill Gill, for instance, highlights the multiple groups that showed up to disrupt, demonstrate, or speak at the National Council of Church's 1969 General Assembly (including the NBEDC and James Forman), representing a range of issues from race and reparations, to anti-war and draft resistance efforts, to the concerns of other minority movements. Even the Yippies made an appearance.****
Historians have frequently paid more attention to the effects of such activism, the responses provoked, than the nature of the demands themselves. Recognizing such appeals pushes scholars to deal with a difficult paradox: even as demands for religious institutions to address issues of race or Vietnam provided more fuel for internal fires within institutions, and even as they could be deeply critical of those institutions as nodes of social power and of their histories, they simultaneously recognized, by the very trajectory of their appeal, a certain position or even social role for the very organizations that were being criticized. In other words, the Black Manifesto and other appeals to religious organizations may offer a window into the way that religious institutions were perceived, and perhaps even prospective roles envisioned for religious groups, in an undoubtedly tumultuous time.
There are certainly other related paths to explore, including - following Matthew Cressler's excellent recent posts here and here - the relationship of the Black Manifesto and its black clergy cosignatories to Black Power's religious elements. Working to incorporate religious discussions concerning the Manifesto into the larger historical debate regarding reparations is also a topic worthy of further study. The Black Manifesto has certainly earned its recurring appearances in the dominant narratives of mid-twentieth century American religion, but there are still many approaches and perspectives to be considered by scholars of the period.
* See Jill Gill, Embattled Ecumenism, 248.
** Details concerning the origins of the Black Manifesto vary slightly from source to source, and there was a debate in the wake of the Manifesto concerning the relationship of the Manifesto to the IFCO, and Forman's status as a representative of various organizations. In his autobiography, The Making of Black Revolutionaries, Forman comments that "... we decided that the only way to make this conference relevant was to take it over completely[...]" (Forman, Making of Black Revolutionaries, 545). The "seizure of power" quote is included in Arnold Schuchter's Reparations: The Black Manifesto and Its Challenge to White America, 4.
*** Forman's own reasons for targeting religious institutions, at least as expounded in his autobiography, included the church's historical and present relationship to slavery and racism around the world, his own negative experiences with the church growing up, and the fact that the NBEDC was initially organized "by 'Christians'." More intriguing than Forman's own rationale, however, might be the question of how activist groups that took up the charge of the Black Manifesto at a local level interpreted the targeting of religious institutions.
**** Gill, 266-277.
3 comments:
- Matthew Cressler at: August 6, 2014 at 11:09 AM said...
Thanks for this great post, Trevor! I love the way you situate (and resituate) the Manifesto, particularly in regard to religious institutions and the history of racism. I will be teaching Coates and the Manifesto this fall - I'll have to let you know what my students have to say!
- Matthew Cressler at: August 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM said...
I also love your commentary on the relative "religious-ness" of the document itself. Black atheists are one of the most persistent absences in African American history, most especially in regard to the long civil rights era!
- Trevor Burrows at: August 7, 2014 at 7:41 PM said...
Thanks, Matthew - I appreciate the comments. I was actually quite stunned to learn of Forman's atheism as I returned to the Manifesto a little while back. I had long assumed (for no legitimate reason) that he either considered himself religious or indifferent. It made me read the document in a new light, and definitely sparked some new questions.
In what context are you teaching the Manifesto? Such a provocative document is certain to get students talking.


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I jokingly remarked in a comment a few weeks ago that if Revenge hooked up Nolan and Patrick, every episode would get an A. While I can't follow through on that half-serious promise—I have to at least pretend to be a professional, here—their pairing in this episode (and all the circumstances surrounding it) gave me so much joy I almost want to. After a fairly dismal season two and a shaky season premiere, Revenge is solidly, consistently delightful again, and I couldn't be happier about it.
What's working so much better this season is that although there are still plenty of double-crossing and ulterior motives to go around, the motivation as to why people are keeping secrets and playing games feels far more personal than the abstract mess that was the Initiative. Take Patrick: It's more than obvious he isn't everything he portrays himself to be, but the show has been very judicious at giving us any actual information about him, allowing him to hang out in the background being dapper and mysterious for a while before starting to unravel the mystery. By taking his mystery and having it be something Nolan is tasked to solve—and perhaps solve via a torrid affair—well, that's just fun. At this point, Nolan knows more about Patrick than we do due to his visit with Patrick's ex-wife, and his initial move on him is obviously an angle. The genius of the scene is how it ultimately seems as if it's an angle for Patrick, too, and we the audience are the ones getting played by both of them. Note how Patrick initially pulls back from Nolan's advance, quickly considering the situation before reciprocating. There are far more layers going on here than just two very attractive men making out, and that's what makes it great. (The making out isn't terrible, either.)
Patrick is also intriguing because whatever is really going on with him, the show is doing a great job of showing just how much it will destroy Victoria when she ultimately finds out. His little scheme with Victoria this week to implicate the owner of her favorite art gallery in trafficking stolen paintings in order to take over as owner of the gallery herself just cemented Victoria's dependence on this new child, the one child who hasn't abandoned her or been poisoned by her duplicity yet. As Conrad and her other two children push her further and further away, Victoria clings to Patrick like an emotional life raft. Victoria might not be the warmest soul, but I find myself feeling strangely sorry for her this season.
And then there's Conrad, who is somehow always the luckiest evil bastard in all the land. Not only does he walk away from an accident that killed his passenger, but he also finds out his initial Huntington's diagnosis was a mistake. He announces this news in perfectly dramatic Conrad fashion, dumping his pills—the pills Emily provided, mind you—on the floor and grinding them into powder to put an exclamation point on his freedom from terminal illness. He's really quite something in the whole episode, blaming the accident on Father Paul's driving (when he was actually at the wheel) and then saying this near-death experience gave him the sudden clarity not to confess all his misdeeds, clarity that he originally got because of a terminal illness. It's classic Conrad self-aggrandizing bullshit, and it's awesome.
But Conrad still has problems. It seems he wasn't the one who caused the accident, as the brake line on his car was cut by an unknown assailant. Aiden uses the opportunity to pin in on Jack, which is meant to leave us to wonder if Aiden is going rogue again in order to get Jack out of the way so he won't vie for Emily's affection, or if this is yet another one of Emily's schemes somehow. Aiden isn't necessarily interesting yet but using him as a sort of in-house thorn in Conrad's side is definitely something I could get behind.
Although Aiden gets a bit more of a meaty role here, Jack's insertion into Emily's revenge plot is still not having the impact I think the writers intend it to. He gets a bit more to do here, asking to help Emily to implicate Conrad in the car crash and murder of Father Paul. It almost seems like he might get something interesting to do when he makes a mysterious phone call behind Emily's back, but it turns out to ultimately go nowhere, simply a device to get him in the same place as Emily and get evidence to hold over her head. Jack is not a useless character when used correctly, but as a roadblock in Emily's revenge scheme, this is definitely becoming a case of diminishing, far-too-repetitive returns.
Surprisingly, one of the most interesting aspects in this episode for me was Daniel. Daniel bribing the cops to cover up Conrad's potential fault in the car accident was yawn-worthy when it seemed like he was just being his father's puppet again, but it became much more compelling when he revealed he did it all for selfish reasons, so there wasn't another big Grayson scandal right before the magazine launch. Even more interesting was his conflict with Emily over it, simply because their relationship never quite makes sense on an emotional level. (What do they even talk about? I can't even imagine.) But in those moments that Emily was angry with Daniel for helping Conrad and he was angry at her in turn for her revealing his past drunk driving scandal, they felt like an actual couple with actual emotions and stakes, and it finally felt like something compelling.
Daniel has always been a weird character in that he exists as Emily's ultimate pawn; a way for her to insinuate herself into the Grayson clan so she can ruin them from the inside out. But rarely does Daniel get the chance to actually be a character in this grand scheme, and his fight with Emily—a fight that's still going on, as he stays in a hotel for the time being—feels character-driven in a way he never gets to be. It doesn't hurt that alienating Daniel endangers Emily's entire plan, adding additional stakes to the fight. Now that we know for sure Emily plans on taking down the Graysons at her wedding, Daniel weirdly might be the most important bit of Emily's entire plan—and the one part she's been neglecting. Revenge harder, Emily!
Stray observations:
- So who did cut Conrad's brakes? Theories, please.
- Nolan's temptation scenario with the electronics was highly amusing. The smartest thing this show has done all season is remember Nolan is one of their best characters and given him appropriately great material.
- I don't care if Nolan and Patrick are using each other for ulterior motives. I ship it.
- Jack finally got a haircut. Thanks, Jack!


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Beauty Road Test: Jazz Up Your Nails With State of the Art by Sonia Kashuk
Take your nails from drab to fab this spring with Sonia Kashuk's limited-edition State of the Art nail art kit!
-Lucia Peters
When I was a kid, I had one of those Klutz Nail Art books. The edition I had can still be gotten from Amazon Amazon for $22.97, although according to Klutz's website, its most recent edition can be found here. I was maybe twelve at the time, and my tools then consisted of a couple of pots of Klutz's non-toxic nail polish and a box of toothpicks. My memory may be faulty, because I'm almost positive I created great works of art in miniscule on my nails back then; in any event, my hand was certainly steadier than it is now. That said, though, I marvel at what my twelve-year-old self could have accomplished if I had Sonia Kashuk's State of the Art nail art kit ($14.99, target.com) on hand (pun intended).
Given my fond memories of drawing little smiley faces and pieces of fruit on my nails in years gone by, then, you can imagine how excited I was to see State of the Art when it landed in our mail box last week. Nostalgia with a modern flair? Yes please!
Part of Sonia Kashuk's Moroccan-inspired Spring 2013 collection, the limited-edition State of the Art nail art kit comes with three mini bottles of nail polish in coordinating colors (my kit and two nail art brushes: One that resembles a higher tech version of the toothpicks I used as a kid, and a second that's a little wider and flatter. Even better, the polishes—with 3-free formulas and a chip-resistant, high-shine finish, of course—come in one of my favorite color combinations: Mint green (called "Fairy Princess" here), aqua ("Contessa"), and cobalt ("By the Sea," natch).
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For my first foray into nail art in roughly sixteen years, I kept it small and simple: After giving my nails two coats of the aqua shade, I added one embellishment—a flower with blue petals and a pale green center—to the nail of my left thumb. Then I sealed the whole thing over with a clear top coat (my go-to is Maybelline's Express Finish top coat, but any clear top coat will work). Here's the result:
Not perfect, but not too bad, right? Sure, it's a little rough, but chalk that up to the fact that I'm so desperately out of practice. I'm pretty sure that with a little bit of time and effort, I'll be able to get back in the swing of it with the help of this little kit—and I'm equally sure that anyone picking it up for the first time will be able to learn how to create gorgeous nail art right at home, too (no salon trip necessary).
Sonia Kashuk's Spring 2013 Limited Edition Collection is available exclusively at Target, so if you want to add the State of the Art kit to your beauty arsenal—which I highly recommend—head on over to target.com. Your nails have never had it so good!
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Sandro Botticelli, Italian (Florence), 1444/45-1510
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A vast number of paintings of the Virgin and Child were produced in Florence in the late 1400s to meet a new demand for devotional images on a domestic scale. Early in his career, Botticelli specialized in such works. While this painting possesses much of the calm prettiness expected from these Madonnas, it also contains unexpected elements of allegory. The angel, Virgin, and Christ Child all look down at a bowl of grapes studded with ears of grain. Grapes and wheat produce the wine and bread of the Eucharist, and allude to the blood and body of Christ's sacrifice. The Virgin carefully selects some of the wheat, to signify that she accepts her child's fate. The angled arcade adds further mystery: like a set of isolated doorways, the structure encloses the figures while it simultaneously frames the landscape beyond.
In 1899, Isabella Stewart Gardner discovered that the Prince Chigi in Rome was willing to sell his painting by Botticelli, so she cabled Bernard Berenson to ask if it was worth $30,000. He replied emphatically that it was not, but she was not discouraged. A few months later, the price had risen to $70,000 and Berenson was recommending its purchase! The acquisition stirred great controversy because the press believed that the painting had been illegally exported from Italy; the Prince Chigi was fined, but later cleared of impropriety. Popular interest on both sides of the Atlantic became so great that it was decided to exhibit the painting in London at Colnaghi before it was shipped to Boston.
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My website has over 5000 backlinks yet the page rank is zero while other internal pages with less than 500 backlinks have a page rank of 1. Does the many backlinks affect page rank? I am also wondering how can i improve my page ranks.
It is totally depends upon page rank and quality of link you have gained. 1 Best quality, thematic link is far better than 10 non relevant low quality links.
So what do you suggest if i want my page rank to go up, do i remove these many backlinks?
Rather than focusing on PR, keep focusing on providing fresh and unique content, best UI and latest information about your product to your customers. Keep focusing on generating high quality backlinks and remove those link which are non relevant and having bad quality.
Thanks for that advice though you have created additional problem by asking me to remove those links. Do you know of a better way to remove such many links assuming that some could have been profile links or bookmarks which came from hiring contractors in odesk?Thanks for sharing.Benard
It is totally depending upon you, if you feel that the link are natural and not generated to just improve ranks than keep it as it is. Better you read google webmaster guideline to understand link policy in details
According to me, your Home Page PR has been distributed to inner-page. As well as, like other saying, yes it may happen due to low quality or un-thematic backlink. Please check the backlink thorough webmaster and make sure about the quality of the backlinks. If you find any irrelevant links, remove theme.
Don't bother removing backlinks. Poor backlinks don't really do anything, so you'll be wasting your time worrying about them.
Having 5k backlinks and poor ranking goes to show that low-quality backlinks do nothing for you. Google likes good back links from strong web pages.
Pool quality backlinks may result in penalties from search engine. Here one should not have links from link farm or should not participate in link buying program otherwise he/she will have to face penalties.
Any proof for this?
If this were true then surely I could spam the links of my competitors and get them all penalised.
It can't be true, because it would leave a gaping hole in Google's search algorithm. A web page rarely gets penalised. They almost always just lose any positive ranking associated with a link.
I am agree with your point of building poor quality link for competitors but here we are not talking about 10-20 or 100s links. Here we are talking about 5k poor quality links.
Regarding to proof, refer recent Google penalties which not only hurt website with poor links but also affect website has mass links from targeted "anchor text" (i found many website lost rank has links from good quality websites but they are targeting same anchor text). This is the reason Google has introduced Google's Disavow Links Tool to control your backlinks and bing has already introduced such tool before Google.
Google's Webmaster Guidelines seem to confirm it (my bold):
Google's Webmaster Guidelines seem to confirm it (my bold):
It's going very crucial after panda and penguin updates by google because if you wouldn't have quality in your site's backlinks then it could be penalize by google.
But again, if this is true then what's stopping me from setting up a bunch of Virtual Machines and setting up some SEO spam tools to spam my competitors links around?
It's my belief that there is no negative impact, only a net loss impact, unless it can be explicitly proven that the rules have been broken. For example:
Buying or selling links that pass PageRank. This includes exchanging money for links, or posts that contain links; exchanging goods or services for links; or sending someone a "free" product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link
If it can be proven that money has changed hands then an entire site can be banned, and it's happened before.
Excessive link exchanging ("Link to me and I'll link to you")
Again, it is on the web spam team at Google to prove without reasonable doubt that this has happened. Sites have been banned by Google before when this has been proven.
Linking to web spammers or unrelated sites with the intent to manipulate PageRank
To me, this suggests that you have linked to this from your own site, rather than a site linking to you.
Building partner pages exclusively for the sake of cross-linking
Again, if this can be proven then you could be banned. This one isn't so hard to prove at times.
Using automated programs or services to create links to your site
This one is where I think their guide falls apart.
If, for example, I were a competitor of SitePoint, what is stopping me from spamming SitePoint using various linking tools? How could Google possibly penalise SitePoint for my actions?
The only penalising I can think of is the penalising of any natural links that were built during that time, but then surely this would be fixed at a later date after re-crawling?
As I am sure you are aware of by now, with Search engines it is not all about the number of back links you have arriving in, it is more about the high top quality of those links.So, quality is first thing. Back links coming from high-ranking weblogs will have a higher impact on your own page rank.
I like this discussion so much because i was beginning to think of how i can remove the 5k backlinks pointing to my website home page. My question is that when people talk of quality backlinks, do they mean links from pages with high page rank or backlinks from websites which are difficult to get backlinks from?
This topic is very disturbing but i think I am learning some new things. I was checking my wordpress xhtml errors using validator.w3.org, do you think removing any errors identified by this toll help in ranking?
A quality backlink would be a link from
and so on...
It might be hard to get a backlink from these websites,but if you get one, you are on the safe side.
You should also check the outbound or outgoing backlinks from the page itself. More outgoing backlinks less link juice value you would get.
Pagerank Value = PageRank of page linking out / number of outgoing links on Page
Yes...many irrelevant back links affects on the page ranking as its creates traffic during SEO.
Link popularity plays a major role in your site's page ranking. If you want to increase page rank status of your website, then you should start building links. This is because when search engines find many links that are targeted to your site, your page will be considered to be placed on top of the search results once an Internet user enters keywords that are related to your contents.
With the advent of the Internet technology, creating backlinks is not as complicated as it sounds. All it takes is a bit of your patience and your creativity in order to create quality backlinks that can pave the way to your online business' success.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The fallout from the 2013 federal raid on Pilot Flying J's local headquarters continues to be felt among the employee ranks. Last week, the truck stop operator fired John Freeman, vice president of sales, and Vince Greco, former director of sales for the western region.
Pilot Flying J has been at the center of a fuel rebate controversy for more than a year. According to The Plain Dealer, Freeman figured prominently in secretly recorded meetings where the alleged fraud was discussed. Greco is believed to have been the employee wearing a wire who recorded conversations at sales meetings at Pilot Flying J's headquarters in Knoxville, and at Freeman's lake house near Rockwood, Tenn.
The news outlet could not reach attorneys for Pilot Flying J, CEO Jimmy Haslam or Freeman.
Defense attorneys refer to Greco as "Deuce" because they think he is "confidential human source-2" in the 120-page affidavit the FBI used as the basis for its April 15, 2013, raid on the company's offices. Greco was supervised by Freeman and worked in Bedford, Texas, according to the affidavit.
Freeman and Greco are just the latest employees to either leave or get fired from Pilot Flying J in recent weeks. Most notably, President Mark Hazelwood abruptly left the company on May 19; it is unknown if he resigned or was fired.
In addition, Kevin Hanscomb, Joe Sigurdson, Ron Carter and Scott Wombold left the company. Hanscomb was sales director, and Carter and Sigurdson worked remotely for the company and live in Canada.
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An MP representing communities in Wharfedale is pressing for compulsory labelling of kosher and halal meat, two years after his last attempt was defeated by just three votes in Parliament.
Conservative MP for the Shipley constituency, Philip Davies, has tabled an amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill to ensure compulsory labelling at point of sale, after it emerged millions of consumers are eating the meat unknowingly.
Mr Davies, who represents Burley-in-Wharfedale and Menston, said people had a right to know what they were eating. It recently emerged supermarkets and restaurant chains are selling halal meat to millions of customers without telling them.
Animals slaughtered for halal and kosher are not required by law to be stunned prior to slaughter. The British Veterinary Association (BVA) believes all animals should be stunned before slaughter and the RSPCA says not doing so causes 'unnecessary suffering'.
Speaking in the Commons, Mr Davies said: "Two years ago I introduced a ten minute rule bill for compulsory labelling of halal and kosher meat at the point of sale. It was defeated by three votes, voted down largely by the politically correct brigade on the Labour benches.
"As usual I was ahead of my time as Government will appreciate there is now widespread concern about the use of halal and kosher meat that is not labelled among retailers."
Mr Davies demanded the Environment Secretary, Owen Paterson, make a statement to MPs on what Government is doing "to make sure consumers can make an informed choice when they are making their purchases."
It is claimed slaughtering animals in line with Islamic rituals saves money, as the product can be eaten by both Muslims and non-Muslims.
Commons Leader, Andrew Lansley urged Mr Davies to raise the issue in the forthcoming Consumer Rights Bill debate.
Mr Lansley added: "It is very much about something we all believe in, which is giving consumers not only rights but also information on which they can base their purchasing decisions."
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I've had some computer problems, so I haven't been online since last Thursday. When I last posted, I was on my way to Steven's Book-signing in Atlanta. When I got back home my computer was down so I couldn't report back yet.
Anyway, I had a blast. Steven's a cool guy. He brought his grills (Weber Ranch Kettle and a Weber Summit Gold). So he actually did more grilling than book signing. So not only did I get to meet Steven, I also got to try his cooking firsthand.
He did brautwursts indirect on the Ranch Kettle over lump charcoal and Hickory chips. They had a crisp skin and a good pink smoke ring. He did grilled Onions. I'll look up which recipe specifically later. I think it was from How To Grill. Those were done on the Summit Gold. They were very good. The showstopper was the grilled bananas with "Vitamin B3" sauce. Also done on the Summit Gold. I can't describe how good they were. Everyone you have to try them!
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Police were called to the parking lot of an AutoZone in the 2000 block of Norwich Street about 10 p.m. Dec. 31.
They said the victim was robbed at gunpoint.
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At the southern tip of the Sinai, Sharm El Sheikh is known as one of the best snorkeling and diving sites in the world. The area is also popular for fishing, its desert climate and as a place simply relax. The sulfur springs in Sharm El Sheikh are considered cures for rheumatism and skin ailments.
St. Catherine is one of the most famous monasteries in the world, a Greek Orthodox holy place connected with the prophet Moses and the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The existing basilica dates from the 6th century A.D. The monastery is known for its huge library of ancient theological manuscripts and collection of icons and access is limited to professional researchers and theologians.
Ras Mohammed is a designated system of parks and nature reserves protected by strict laws. The park is located in the southern Sinai, 40 miles from the town of Eitor. Ras Mohammed is best known for its crystal clear waters, exquisite coral reefs and a wealth of marine life, including sharks, schools of tuna and dolphins. Many believe Ras Mohammed has the most exquisite coral reefs in the world.
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Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North hopes to have the first family move in to their new Courtenay home very soon.
"We're hoping to put our first family in at the end of February," said Deb Roth, Habitat for Humanity Vancouver Island North executive director.
The three-duplex project at 1580 Piercy Ave. is designed to give six local working families a hand up to own their own home. Families who receive a home must demonstrate need, have children and spend 500 hours giving 'sweat equity' to build their home. In return they own a home with no down payment, and a no-interest mortgage through Habitat for Humanity.
The project is Habitat's biggest ever in the Comox Valley.
Roth notes crews are still working on the second duplex but finishing the first one is their real priority at the moment.
"For the unit that we're finishing, we finally got our hydro on and they're doing the finishing touches before they get the inspector to come in," she said, adding the second unit, which is part of the first duplex, is nearing completion as well.
"And then, after that's done, then they'll focus on the second one (duplex), doing the interior so it's the drywall, everything else has to start going on the inside of the second duplex, the middle duplex."
The third duplex, closest to the road, will be completed last.
Roth noted work has been a bit slower at the build site lately with three-day-per-week schedules. But "we're going to pick up and do full schedules when it comes to, probably the end of March," she added.
Meanwhile, Roth says fundraising has been quite steady, noting the Women Build teams in particular have been outstanding.
"The Winged Women Warriors from the base, they just, you know, they keep showing up at the build site and they keep on bringing more money," says Roth as she gives an example of the hard work put in by teams. "So they're just doing a phenomenal job — and that kind of support is what sustains us and encourages us too.
"And then we have some other teams that are going to come into play when we start doing that last duplex and finishing the middle one — we have some teams that were set up through the JetFM, under their umbrella."
Local musician Joey Clarkson and Habitat have also been encouraging Comox Valley students to join in on The House the Kids Built project, where Valley youth plan to raise enough money to complete one of the half-duplex units, which costs about $100,000.
The team will pair up with the Comox Valley RCMP, according to Roth.
"Hopefully it'll help develop stronger relationships between the RCMP and the youth in the community," she added, noting students seem enthusiastic about the project.
Habitat is still looking for help with fundraising and volunteers to help physically build the homes.
Roth noted local businesses have done team builds for past Habitat projects, and she hopes some more businesses will join the project in the spring.
"They have groups to come in and do a team build and that helps with fundraising, but it also helps with volunteer and exposure," she said. "We've had quite a few in the past who have been involved, so we're looking to reconnect with them and for more businesses to come in and do team building days."
For more information on the project, visit www.habitatnorthisland.com.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. - Saint Leo sophomore GK Manuel Schoenhuber (Bavaria, Germany) recorded back-to-back shutouts over West Florida and Delta State to begin the 2013 season. Over the weekend, Schoenuber faced 20 shots and made eight saves, including six against Delta State to keep a clean sheet. The sophomore now has eight career shutouts.
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I've had this beautiful Rachel Pally skirt sitting in my closet for a while now, trying to figure out how or what to wear it with. And this is what I came up with on Easter Sunday. The minute I saw this print I knew I had to have it. You all know her sizes are a little generous, this is a size large in her straight size collection. The skirt is compliments of Rachel Pally herself. I met her at her last sample sale and introduced myself. She was so so nice and gracious!
Excuse my face in these photos. The sun was in my eyes and my hubby was not in a photographer kind of mood. So, I made sure he took them really quick. Ahhhh…married life. LOL!
Anyways, I felt very tribal in this look. This skirt is amazingly comfy. I tried to find it on her site, but it's no longer available. You might be able to find it at her sample sale this weekend, for you L.A. people. I paired it with this tank top from Target and my new Naya Palomi sandals. The earrings are from Forever 21 and I'm wearing assorted bracelets. It was a very "barbecue on a warm sunny day" friendly outfit. I love living in L.A.!


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A study from Princeton University has found that monkeys who become fathers may get enhanced brains. Enhancements included an increase in the number of connections between neurons, and an increased sensitivity to the hormone vasopressin, which is implicated in memory formation. These changes are located in the prefrontal cortex, which is an area of the brain that is important for memory and decision making.
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Tight end makes pledge to Gators
Published: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:03 p.m.
Florida filled a big need in its 2014 recruiting class late Thursday night.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Northridge tight end Cyontai Lewis, who was offered by the Gators on Tuesday, pledged to UF coach Will Muschamp over the phone.
"I want to be part of a winning program and I feel like Florida is the perfect place for me. I'm really excited about it," said the 6-foot-6, 211-pound Lewis, who chose UF over Mississippi State.
The Gators now have eight verbal commitments for 2014.
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Lauren Conrad's Top Travel Style Tips
Travel in comfort and style with Lauren Conrad's top fashion tips for the jetsetting life!
-Lucia Peters
Like many of us, Lauren Conrad has a love/hate relationship when it comes to air travel. On the plus side: Hoorah for going to exotic locations and having amazing adventures! On the downside: Going through the rigmarole of airport security and sitting for hours on end in an air born metal tube. After traveling so much, though, the former star of The Hills has jetsetting fashion choices down to a science—and lucky for us, she's willing to share! Lauren recently dished on her top travel style tips to FabSugar. Check 'em out!
1. Keep it simple.
Comfort is key, so try to avoid anything that might itch, scratch, tighten, and so on; also, try to keep your shoes of the easy-on, easy-off variety. Finally, notes Lauren, "I like to wear mostly black when I travel. Sometimes I throw in one complementary color, such as burgundy or beige." There's nothing quite as effortlessly easy and stylish as classic black!
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2. Minimize the jewelry.
Because nothing is more annoying than loading up on your favorite pieces of bling, only to have to strip all of them off when you get to security.
3. Layer up.
The temperature on planes can be unpredictable: Sometimes, it'll be boiling hot; others, freezing cold. Having a bunch of layers on hand ensures that you'll be prepared for any climate, whether it's desert-like or resembles a tundra.
Pro tip: Says Lauren, "I usually like to keep my jacket and scarf packed in my carry-on to cut down on the time I spend getting ready to go through security. If I already have these layers off, then I don't need to worry about taking them on and off during the security screening. Once I'm through security, I usually pile these items on to prepare for the arctic temps to come on the plane.
For more of Lauren's travel style tips, head on over to FabSugar.
Tell us: What do you like to wear when you travel?
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I am a Storage Admin [EMC Storage mostly]. As it helps to know more than one scripting language, I am attempting to learn Python. Hoping it would be as fun as Perl to learn it.
Will be extremely thankful if someone could answer a few questions I have. My apologies in advance if a few (or all) questions appear dumb.
1) Most of my work involves slicing, dicing and extracting portions from command line outputs and either e-mailing the results, or putting the results in excel etc. Can I do that in Python ?
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3) Fabric/Paramiko is still not ported to Python 3, so I will be using Python 2.7, but is there anyone here who is using python 2.7 in their production environment to do automation/report extraction etc etc?
4) Will it be better to use 32 bit or 64 bit python?
5) Which is a better option? Activestate Python or MSI Installer from Python.org?
6) Any Storage/System Admins here who are using python to automate stuff in their environment?
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2,834 former workers of General Motors Belgium to get help worth €9.6 million from EU Globalisation Fund to find new jobs
The European Commission has approved an application from Belgium for assistance from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). The € 9 593 931 requested by the Belgian authorities is to help 2,834 workers made redundant by General Motors Belgium - and four of its suppliers and downstream producers - back into employment. The application will now be sent to the European Parliament and the Council (the EU's Budgetary Authority) for approval.
Commissioner Šemeta encourages customs cooperation at the Eastern border of the EU (Hungary)
Commissioner Šemeta, in charge of Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud opened this morning a High-Level Seminar hosted by the Hungarian Presidency of the EU in Budapest, under the Customs 2013 Programme. The event gathers the Directors-General and other representatives of customs administrations from EU Member States and the European Commission, Candidate countries and the Eastern neighbours of the EU (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine) as well as Serbia. The aim of the Seminar is to enhance and further develop customs cooperation at the Eastern Border of the EU through consensus on a coherent and comprehensive framework. Three strategic priorities have been defined for the Seminar: (i) ensuring smooth and safe trade lanes, (ii) developing more effective risk management and fight against fraud and (iii) investing in customs modernisation. In this context, Commissioner Šemeta will highlight the specific challenge of tobacco smuggling, encouraging experts to share experiences on how best to curb worrying trends. It is estimated that the EU and Member States lose up to € 10 billion in unpaid taxes every year from illicit trade. In addition, it is acknowledged that tobacco smuggling undermines public health initiatives aimed at curbing smoking. Participants will also discuss practical ways to improve customs cooperation in the region and could envisage several actions, ranging from the approximation of legislations and procedures, the facilitation and simplification of controls at borders to options for EU financial support for external border projects. Commissioner Šemeta will use the opportunity of his visit to exchange views on current and forthcoming initiatives with senior officials of national authorities in charge of tax, customs, anti-fraud and audit, as well as with key Members of the Hungarian Parliament.
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): Commission consults on future strategy
Brussels, 14 April - The European Commission today launches a public consultation on the future strategy of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) following the success of its initial phase. The consultation will feed into a 'strategic innovation agenda' for the EIT which the Commission is due to propose by the end of this year. The agenda will outline the Institute's main priorities until 2020, focusing on the Institute's mission and objectives, funding and future themes. The European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Androulla Vassiliou, who is responsible for the EIT, will announce the consultation at a conference in Budapest.
Cultural statistics in the spotlight
Culture plays a significant role in the daily life of European citizens, and statistics can help to illustrate cultural behaviour in the EU as well as cross-cultural contacts. How many students in the EU study arts? How many writers and artists are there in the EU? Has the price of cultural goods and services increased more than the average over recent years? What percentage of the population in the EU read a book or a newspaper in a foreign language? Answers to these questions on culture and to many more can be found in the publication Cultural statistics, released by Eurostat. The publication includes chapters on cultural employment, enterprises and external trade, cultural expenditure and participation as well as a chapter on cultural sites and museums.
Commission clears acquisition of joint control of two solar parks by Good Energies and NIBC European Infrastructure
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of joint control by Good Energies and NIBC European Infrastructure Fund of FIWA II, FIWA III and FIWA II + III Umspannwerk of Germany. FIWA II, FIWA III and Umspannwerk hold and operate two solar parks located at Finsterwalde, Germany. Good Energies is controlled by Avenia, a company registered in Switzerland, active in retail, real estate, financial services and private equity investments. NIBC European Infrastructure Fund of The Netherlands is a provider of financial services and is ultimately controlled by NEW NIB Limited (USA). The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
Commission clears joint-venture by Samsung LED and Sumitomo Chemical
The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the creation of a joint-venture by Samsung LED Co., Ltd., of Korea, and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., of Japan which will produce, initially, sapphire substrates and, eventually, a variety of advanced chemicals and materials for LED (Light Emitting Diode) applications in Korea. Samsung LED is active in the development and manufacture of LED technologies. Sumitomo Chemical is a company active mainly in the chemical sectors. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
Commission authorises Lithuania and Slovakia to extend transitional periods for the acquisition of agricultural land
The European Commission, in response to formal requests from both member states, has decided today to grant Lithuania and Slovakia a three-year extension of their transitional period for the acquisition of agricultural land by EU citizens other than Lithuanian and Slovak citizens respectively and legal entities not registered in the respective countries. On the basis of the 2003 Act of Accession both countries were originally granted a seven-year transitional period as an exception to EU law that provides for the free movement of capital. Today's extensions were granted after a careful analysis of the information and data submitted, which justified the threat of serious disturbances to the agricultural land markets in the event of lifting the restrictions. However, the Commission calls on Lithuania and Slovakia to speed up their efforts to complete their ongoing agricultural structural reforms and to progressively loosen the restrictions on foreign ownership during the remaining transitional period, in order to better prepare their markets for full liberalisation. Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia have requested an extension of their transitional periods for another three-year period. Following the Decision of 20 December 2010 granting an extension of the transitional period to Hungary, the European Commission adopted a decision granting similar extensions to Latvia on 7 April 2011. More information: MEMO/11/244 http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/capital/reports/index_en.htm
La Commission se félicite du feu vert du Conseil à la Stratégie de l'Union européenne pour la région Danube
Réunis à Luxembourg, les ministres des vingt-sept États membres de l'Union européenne ont approuvé aujourd'hui la Stratégie de l'Union pour la région Danube, stratégie adoptée par la Commission européenne en décembre dernier ( IP/10/1687) et dont les préparatifs d'application sont déjà en cours. Quelque deux cents actions prioritaires contribueront à l'exploitation de l'énorme potentiel économique de la région et à l'amélioration de son environnement.
Le commissaire européen au commerce, Karel De Gucht, se félicite d'une avancée décisive dans la finalisation de l'accord commercial avec la Colombie et le Pérou
Avec le ministre colombien du commerce et le vice-ministre péruvien du commerce extérieur, le commissaire européen au commerce, Karel De Gucht, s'est félicité ce jour du paraphe de l'accord commercial entre l'UE, la Colombie et le Pérou. Cet accord ambitieux qui, selon les estimations, permettra d'économiser des droits de douane d'un montant total d'un demi-milliard d'euros, ouvrira les marchés de chacune des régions et renforcera la stabilité et la prévisibilité de l'environnement commercial.
European Union opens up its market to Palestinian exports
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton today on behalf of the European Union signed an Agreement with Prime Minister Fayyad that gives all agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products originating in the West Bank and Gaza Strip immediate duty free access to the EU market. The only exception from full liberalisation is the specific duty for imports of fruit and vegetables under the entry price system. This duty will remain applicable if these entry prices are not respected.
Autre matériel diffusé :
• Antitrust: Commission welcomes Court judgment on Visa's appeal against decision in Morgan Stanley case
• Frequently asked questions: Extension of transitional periods for the acquisition of agricultural land
• Discours du Commissaire Barnier "Gestion des Crises"
• Statement by President Barroso at the press conference on the Single Market Act
• Highlights of the Trade Agreement between Colombia, Peru and the European Union-rediffusion
• Speech by Commissioner Šemeta "Revising the Energy Taxation Directive for a more efficient, greener and competitive EU economy"-rediffusion
• Remarks by HR/VP Catherine Ashton after the donor coordination group for the Palestine Territories, the Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC)
• Speech by President Barroso "Western Balkans – towards a more integrated Europe"-rediffusion
• Speech by Commissioner Šemeta "Customs cooperation - The path towards an ambitious strategy in Europe"
• Speech by Commissioner Almunia "Cartels: the priority in competition enforcement"
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Congressman Jared Huffman joined President Obama today at The White House for a ceremony welcoming the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands to the California National Monument.
This designation permanently protects more than sixteen hundred acres of beach, bluffs and other natural habitats including the Garcia River Estuary which are home to: coho salmon, steelhead, mountain beaver Behrens's Silverspot Butterfly and other endangered species.
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I thought our guys at the office had it bad for Bioshock when it came out, but I think the frenzy over the Orange Box might have eclipsed it. It's not too surprising, it's got Half-Life 2 and the episodic content, Team Fortress 2 for frenzied multiplayer, and that's without mentioning the ingenious madness of Portal.
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Joel "Dixie" Burgess, LD: Wrapping up Halo 3 campaign, TF2, Portal, Portal (flash!), Brain Age 2, Fallout 3
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Jonah Lobe, Character Artist: Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2: Episode 2, Red Orchestra
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Nate Purkeypile, Expert Broken Stuff Creator: The Orange Box, UT3 Beta, Project Gotham 4 and eating cake with my companion cube.
Jay Woodward, AI Programmer: HL2 Episode 2, Oblivion, Metroid Prime 3, Portal extras.
Alan Nanes, Designer: Bioshock (Xbox 360), Carcassonne (Xbox Live Arcade), Folklore (PS3), Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn), and numerous boardgames!
Matt Weil, QA: Team Fortress 2, Portal, Counter-Strike Source, Fallout 2.
Grant Struthers, Artist: All things orange and box shaped.
Kurt Kuhlmann, Designer: COH:Opposing Forces, Halo 3, Bioshock
Michael Lattanzia, QA: Monster Hunter Freedom 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal, Hellgate: London Beta, and going to Rennfest!
Mike Dulany, Programmer: Halo3, Bioshock, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Matt Grandstaff, Community Manager: Everyday Shooter, Halo 3, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, maybe Heavenly Sword, maybe I'll pick up the Orange Box.
Jared Angus, QA Tester: Dota and Diablo II
Josh Andersen, Programmer: PGR4, Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Halo 3, possibly Orange Box…
Ryan Lea, QA: WoW (Oh man, not again), Dragon Blade, and hopefully Phantom Hourglass
Fred Zeleny, Truth Enhancer: Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Jagged Alliance 2, Half-Life 2 and its assorted episodes, replaying Portal with developer commentary
Ryan Ashford, QA: TF2, Episode 2, Portal, Perhaps finish Ico?
Jonathan Bilodeau, Graphics Programmer: Eternal Sonata, Halo 3, Phantom Hourglass
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