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Wow! Just before I moved from Blogger to here I recieved one spam comment. I left it up for novelty sake and took measures to not get anymore. Recently, over the last few days I've gotten 12 of these comments, which look like regular comments but they say things like "I wonder if you're right." "You're so right." "Great read, thanks." The funny thing is they are on a Thursday Thirteen titled "Thirteen things I like". Of course I'm right, it's a list of stuff that I like, not a philosophical statement. The spam part of them is that the authors link to porn sites. I don't want my readers to link to porn through here! Leave me alone!
Heh, as if they are listening. This post will probably attract more spam. Oh well, I have comment moderation on now so you get approved once and then you're legit from then on.


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Jason Derulo: I switch my style
Jason Derulo always makes an effort when he goes out.
The slick singer is always rocking cool looks on the red carpet and favours matching suits. He's been single since splitting from Jordin Sparks last year, so it's no wonder he dresses to impress when he hits the dance floor.
"I like to change my vibe for going out, so maybe a nice stylish jacket with a buttoned-up shirt," he told British magazine Very.
"I like to go a bit smarter and make an effort if I'm going out."
The 25-year-old is often touring with his music, especially as he's so busy promoting new album Everything Is 4. To keep a taste of home at hand, the star takes his laptop loaded up with all his favorite movies and box sets with him.
But that's not all the luggage he has - there's also his famous sneaker suitcase.
"Yeah, and it's an extra-large suitcase," he grinned.
"I normally get about 20 pairs of them in and if I see anymore that I like when I'm travelling, then I normally have to get another suitcase to take them back in. It sounds like a lot, but I do a lot of dancing, so my shoes don't last very long."
Jason estimates that he has about 300 pairs in total and unsurprisingly dons high-tops when he's travelling, too.
"I like the sweat suit look if I'm just chilling or if I'm travelling," he explained.
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Running test Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software on Windows Computer
Surely you have lost or deleted photos, audios and videos on your storage device. Moreover, it is a recordings your wonderful moments with friends and family. But it is not an issue at this time. There are many recovery programs dedicated to recovering photos and other multimedia files from hard drives and other storage devices detachable, Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software is one of them.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software, an easy tool to recover deleted, lost or formatted photos, videos, and other multimedia files from the hard drive of the computer and other detachable storage devices, such as digital cameras, external hard disks, memory cards and USB drives. The software supports all major and popularly used photos, audio and video file formats.
Running test Stellar Photo Recovery Software on my Windows computer
I have done a test run using the software to recover deleted photo files on my flash drive. Maybe this could be a guide for you or as a consideration before you try to use it.
- In this experiment, in the first stage I would delete all the photos on my flash drive. look at picture below.
- Open and Run Stellar Photo Recovery Software.
- Click on "Recover Photo, Audio & Video".
- And then click on "View complete drive list" link.
- Select a storage device to scan for photos, audio and video files > click Advance scan.
- Select file types you want to recover in the "File List" tab. It's advisable to select only file types that you want to recover. This will enhance scanning speed.
- And you can select specific region of hard drive in the "Select Range" tab. Set the starting and ending sector, it will enhance scanning speed too.
- Then scanning in progress, wait a few minutes. Scanning duration depends on the number of files and the region range you specify.
- Now Scan is completed.
- You can select any file to be recovered. Select files / folders from the list and click Recover button.
- Wait a few minutes until complete recovery.
- And see, the photo at the beginning before I delete it, it's been recovered.
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Version: 5.0
Version launch: September, 2012
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That does it! No Valentine toffee going to legislators this Feb. 14
Enstrom Candies does not want Colorado's speaker of the house to be its valentine.
Derogatory comments from Rep. Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, are prompting Rick Enstrom, head of Enstrom Candies stores on the Front Range, to donate 200 pounds of the company's hallmark toffee to a Denver nonprofit agency instead of giving the toffee to state legislators.
The company has given the candy to legislators each Valentine's Day for years but is skipping that tradition this year after Ferrandino reportedly called the toffee "the fruitcake of the confectionery world."
Enstrom said Ferrandino made the comment several times, including once about six months ago to Colorado Mesa University President Tim Foster and former CMU Trustee Lena Elliott last summer and again recently to Denver Post reporter Lynn Bartels, as reported in her blog.
"It's not a socially graceful thing to say," Enstrom said. "I'm just saying, the message was received loud and clear."
Enstrom, who ran unsuccessfully for his own seat in the legislature in 2012, said Ferrandino turning his nose up at the Grand Junction-based company's toffee is "a tempest in a teapot" but is part of what he sees as an ongoing derision at the state level for rural Colorado.
He said he looks forward to donating the toffee instead to the Rose Andom Center, which provides services to victims of domestic violence and their families.
"They'll be tickled," Enstrom said.


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Q When I travel northbound on the Morrissey Boulevard overpass, curve around next to Highway 1, and spill out onto Rooney Street, I'm always surprised that there are no stop or yield signs at that intersection. Can you explain why such a busy crossing remains safe with no traffic controls?
Curt Coleman, Santa Cruz
A "The primary concern with making this a stop controlled intersection would be a likely increase in rear-end collisions with those accessing the intersection from the highway side," said Chris Schneiter, assistant director of the Santa Cruz Public Works Department.
"It works now as there are stop controlled intersections at the intersections at Rooney and Elk and Pacheco and Morrissey, which meters the traffic and the speed of traffic through the intersection. The biggest complaints we get are related to congestion during the school drop-off times."
In the future, the intersection likely will disappear. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission is undertaking "a detailed environmental impact analysis for the eight-mile stretch of the Highway 1 corridor from Santa Cruz to Aptos, including high occupancy vehicle lanes," said Karena Pushnik, RTC spokeswoman.
To be released in spring 2014, the document identifies a series of separate projects to be built "as the community can afford them on a pay-as-you-go basis," she said.
The proposed Morrissey interchange reconstruction project would cost $38 million to $40 million and would occur based on its priority, Pushnik said.
"It's likely that projects that improve the flow of traffic along the corridor -- e.g. auxiliary lanes -- would move forward sooner," Pushnik said. "It should also be noted that as long as our community depends only on state and federal transportation funding sources, the pace of projects will be slower. Developing our own local funding mechanisms and becoming a self-help county, like the other 85 percent of California's population, would enable the community to move forward with transportation projects faster, leverage greater amounts of state and federal dollars, and have more local control."
Q On West Cliff path, when does the city plan to re-stencil the "Keep to the right" signs on the walkway? My wife and I walk or bike the path almost every day. We found that when the signs were visible, they helped to mitigate traffic confusion. Now that they are no longer there, or worn beyond recognition, folks seem to have forgotten the rules of the right of way.
Steve Howells, via email
A "We have 'keep right' stencils on the pavement that we will redo as we repave the path," Schneiter said.
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Many of us have experienced the pain and heartbreak of seeing a loved one suffer from cancer. Within my close-knit family, cancer is something we have faced one too many times. Hearing the words "You have cancer" come from a doctor's lips is life-changing. Having to hear it more than once is heartbreaking. My family has heard "You have lung cancer", "You have prostate cancer", "You have testicular cancer", "You have esophageal cancer", "You have breast cancer", "You have thyroid cancer" and finally "You have Leukemia". When my family members were diagnosed with these cancers, I witnessed the trying hardships, but I also discovered an extraordinary sense of hope and resilience.
Inspired by all my cancer-fighting family members and their remarkable courage, strength and resolve, I decided to embark on a journey and became a staunch supporter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), an organization that is leading the forefront of cancer research. In the last decade, almost half of the new cancer-fighting drugs approved by the FDA were initially brought to market to treat blood cancers. Many of these therapies that were developed through LLS-funded research are now being tested for patients with many other cancers, including breast, prostate, ovarian and lung cancers. LLS is making sure that my family members win their battles with all types of cancer, and I truly believe that LLS will be the organization that ultimately finds a cure for this terrible disease.
Because of my past support of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, I have been nominated to participate in their 2014 "Man & Woman of the Year"(MWOY) fundraising campaign. MWOY consists of candidates from cities across America raising money in an intense, 10-week period that begins on March 22nd and ends on May 31st.
I've created Team "Never Give Up", which is my family's motto, and I am writing today to invite you to join my team by making a donation to fund critical blood cancer research, provide meaningful patient services and bring us one step closer to a cure. Our team's goal is to raise at least $100,000 for LLS within that 10-week period.
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Teacher's turn of fortune will help pupils
Most people, upon being told they had just won $10,000, would start thinking cars, trips, trinkets or at least new carpeting.
But when Grand Junction school teacher Alice McCary got a phone call last week telling her that very thing, she "quickly felt pretty sure that I would give it all away."
McCary, 41, a third-grade teacher at Tope Elementary School, entered a sweepstakes at Mesa Mall earlier this summer, and her name was picked from tens of thousands of entrants across the country.
"I was shocked and surprised when the mall called and told me I won," McCary said. "But I started to think that, sure, it would be nice to have the money, but there are so many people and charities with big needs that I realized pretty quickly that I don't really need this money."
Much of McCary's inspiration for giving the money away comes from her classroom teachings.
"We spend a lot of time talking about what it means to be a caring community," she said. "One of the driving forces behind giving the money away is that not every kid has the opportunity to participate in service learning. This gives them the chance to see an example of this and to be involved in 'paying it forward.'"
McCary told her students Thursday morning she was the big winner.
"When I let them in on it," she explained, "They were so excited. The first thing they asked was:
'Are you going to take us to Bananas Fun Park?' "
Her third-graders had several ideas about how to give away the money. They suggested making signs telling people they could receive some of the money, or that they could give it away to people holding signs asking for money.
McCary has a more involved plan in place. She would like to establish a program that will challenge youth to think about ways to meet community needs and offer grants through an application process to eligible applicants. The grants would be approved by youth groups from schools, churches and community youth organizations such as 4-H Club, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. McCary said she has outlined four guiding principles for her program, all of which focus on educating and encouraging youth to become young philanthropists.
McCary is no stranger to working on behalf of others. She grew up involved with 4-H and focused on service activities. She volunteers as a coach with Girls on the Run, and before she started her teaching job she was a classroom volunteer for the PTA.
What did her family think about her big win?
"My husband just couldn't believe it. My son is a freshman in college, and he just said, 'Oh, that's cool.' My ninth-grade daughter gave me a big hug and said, 'You're my new best friend!' "
"People can also make additional donations if they want," she said.
McCary said she is working out the logistics of setting up the fund through Western Colorado Community Foundation and hopes to have a final plan in place within the next few weeks.


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Marival Vacation Club
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
Marival Vacation Club
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
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Enjoy Marival Vacation Club's beautiful beach and the best water sports program and activities throughout the day. Come and stop by one of our bars and try an exotic tropical drink. At night, dance and have fun in Cesar's Club, our exciting disco adjacent to the hotel. Welcome to Marival Nuevo Vallarta All Inclusive Resort, where you will find a million things to remember us by; our magnificent facilities are the ideal setting for an unforgettable vacation.
Mandatory all inclusive program includes:
All meals buffet style or gourmet specialties breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner, early morning coffee, afternoon and late night snacks. All drinks (house wine, domestic beer and International brands)
Nightly entertainment and stage shows with audience participation
4-lighted tennis courts
Tennis clinics
Pilates, Spinning and Yoga Classes
Italian bocce
Beach and pool volleyball
Table games
Fully equipped gym
Boogie boards
Snorkeling equipment
Introductory diving lesson
Water basketball
Water polo
Spanish lessons
Non motorized aquatic sports
Multipurpose court
Kid's Club with supervised program including:
new playground area
mini golf
kids movie area
camping nights
new activities program for children aged 4 to 12, open daily 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
New Teens Club including
Rock climbing
Soccer field
Games room with pool tables
Ping pong
X Box video games
Camping nights, for young adults aged 13 to 17
. . . and much more.
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We stayed at the Marival 4/13/07-4/20/07.
RESORT- For the money this resort was fabulous! The rooms on the hotel side are nothing special- just your average hotel room, but we had a lovely pool/ocean view. We did have a look at the timeshare condo and they were much nicer-they showed us ocean front- I did notice that quite a few of the timeshare condos don't have ocean views.
The 4 pools are very nice. The kids pool has water slides and play grounds, the 2 larger pools have swim-up bars, the adults only pool was a disappointment- no shade and no bar, however the bar is just a short walk away.
STAFF- The staff was wonderful!- accommodating, responsive and very helpful. The room service staff went out of their way to go to one of the other on site restaurants to get us an entree' that wasn't on the room service menu and then delivered it faster than we would have expected to be served if we were sitting in the restaurant-we gave them a generous, well deserved tip which they really appreciated.
FOOD- The food was better than average for an all inclusive resort- we've stayed at some much more expensive, higher end resorts in the Caribbean and the food isn't up to those standards- but it was better than most Mexican all inclusive resorts. The a la carte restaurants had really good food so be sure to make reservations for those when you arrive.
BEACH- The beach was beautiful!!! Nuevo Vallata has the nicest sandy beach in PV and the Marival has really capitalized on that feature. They have plenty of palapas on the beach- so that you can enjoy the ocean and beach while getting out of the sun and sitting back to read a good book. Or you can enjoy the sea and and activities they offer. It's pretty quite in front of the pool where thay have roped of the swimming area. The beach is kept clean and the sand and beach go on for miles.
This is the Pacific so don't expect the warm clear waters you find on the east coast (Caribbean side) of Mexico- but you'll never see a sunset that compares on the east coast.
COMPLAINTS- No major complaints- The resort does not have a wait staff around the pool or on the beach to bring drinks. I may be spoiled but this definitely affects their rating as a beach resort. They do have bussers that come around to pick up empties which keeps the beach and pool area nice and clean. Timeshare staff- They promise not to be pushy if you attend the presentation- but as we expected- that changes when they get you in a meeting. The 90 min presentation stretched into 3 hours. They were pretty nice but avoid the American TS manager; he is pushy and rude to the people that work for him. The TS prices are really high for this class of resort and I quickly determined that to add in the additional expense to be all inclusive the TS would easily cost me more per year than I spent for this vacation.
OVERALL- A wonderful vacation at a very nice resort. For the price it was amazing.
- All-Inclusive
- Car Rental
- Children's Pool
- Game Room
- Handicap Accessible Units
- Health Club
- Laundry Room
- Live Entertainment
- Medical Facilities
- Ocean
- Outdoor Pool
- Playground Area
- Restaurant
- Sauna
- Scuba Diving
- Shopping Area
- Snack Bar
- Spa Services
- Whirlpool/Hot Tub
- Wind Surfing
- Fishing (9 miles)
- Golf
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Google's Misrepresentations To Government About Cloud Computing Service Warrant House Oversight Committee Investigation, Consumer Watchdog Tells Congressman Issa
WASHINGTON, DC — Consumer Watchdog today asked the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee to investigate Google's misrepresentations about its "cloud computing" services as the Internet giant has tried to sell them to the federal government, as well as state and municipal governments.
In a letter to Darrell Issa, (R-CA), Jamie Court, president of the nonpartisan, nonprofit public interest group, and John M. Simpson, director or its Privacy Project wrote:
"Making misrepresentations to government agencies, particularly involving security clearance, again shows the arrogance of Google engineers, who give little respect to civil society and its accepted rules of conduct. We again urge your committee to hold hearings."
Recently unsealed federal court filings and Los Angeles City documents have shown that the company has been misrepresenting its so-called "cloud computing" services as it has tried to sell them to federal, state, and local governments. Google claimed its Government Cloud service had Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) certification, when it did not. The U.S. Justice Department pointed out the discrepancy in a brief unsealed last Friday ( http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/doj_brief.pdf ).
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, in a project Google has tried to portray as a marquee for its government services, the company has failed to deliver on promises to provide the security necessary to put the city police department's email on the Google system. The failure prompted a notice of deficiency from the city that was revealed this week (http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/googdeficiency.pdf ). The notice to CSC, which is installing the system, and Google said:
"These failures are wholly unacceptable to the City of Los Angeles. CSC and Google have repeatedly committed to meet particular deliverables on specific dates, only to reveal, at the last minute, that the set deliverables/dates will not be met. CSC and Google's behavior goes beyond a mere failure to communicate in a timely manner, and instead, on several occasions, has risen to the level of misrepresentation."
Read Consumer Watchdog's letter to Issa here: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/ltrissa041411.pdf
Consumer Watchdog first wrote Issa in January seeking a hearing into how Google inappropriately, benefited from its close ties to the Obama Administration, including how NASA's Moffett Airfield, near Google's world headquarters, has been turned into a taxpayer-subsidized private airport for Google executives used for corporate junkets.
Read the report, "Lost in the Cloud: Google and the US Government" here: http://insidegoogle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GOOGGovfinal012411.pdf
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Engage Bible notes have been written to help young people understand and apply God's Word. They also seek to address relevant issues in teenagers' lives and provide a Bible reading resource that is engaging and long-lasting. Engage students 14 - 18 in a dynamic way to live for God.
This edition of Engage studies Genesis, John, Haggai, 1 Timothy, Psalms and Habakkuk. It also examines questions including, "How do we know God exists?", "What's the point?' and contains articles on God as dad and cash values.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are rested and eager to begin a critical stretch that will be crucial to their chances of winning the NFC South.
The team reconvened following their bye week Tuesday to begin preparation for a key matchup against New Orleans (5-3), which leads the division by a half game over the Bucs (4-3) and Atlanta Falcons.
It will be Tampa Bay's second meeting in three games against the Saints, who gave the NFL's youngest club some unexpected help in the race by losing to previously winless St. Louis last week. A victory not only would lift the Bucs into first place but give them a sweep of the season series and a tiebreaker advantage against the Saints.
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Three students from Kingsville high school will soon be $500 richer after they placed second in a national contest to raise awareness about distracted driving.
Three students from Kingsville high school will soon be $500 richer after they placed second in a national contest to raise awareness about distracted driving.
Jordan Ladell, 17, Zack Valeri, 18, and David Martens, 17, learned about the Just Drive Canada contest, sponsored by insurer Allstate Canada, last November through school.
They were being assigned an audio project at school, so they decided to make their project an entry to the contest.
"It's basically kind of like a PSA (public service announcement) about texting and driving," said Ladell.
The trio finished second to four students from Ecole Marie-Esther in Shippagan, N.B.
They will receive $500 for their efforts, while the school will receive $250.
The entry featured the sound of somebody receiving a text message and responding. Then a male voice speaks: "By the time he looks up and sees the car ahead of him, it's been five seconds. It will take two-fifths of a second before his brain registers what's going on. By the time he reaches the brakes, it's too late."
Then follows the sound of screeching tires and the impact of smashing metal and shattering glass.
I different male voice says "I only looked down for a second."
The original voice then returns, and says "It only takes one second. Save a life. Keep your eyes on the road."
Among the judges in the contest was MuchMusic VJ Phoebe Dykstra.
Ladell is the only one of the three who drives, and says he is always conscious about distracted driving.
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Click to see video »Top road trip vehicles: Cadillac Escalade HybridSUVCadillac Escalade HybridMSRP:$74,085Mileage:20 city/21 highwaySafety:Five-star rating in front and side impact tests in the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's New Car Assessment Program (The SUV is not rated by the IIHS).Why it's trip-worthy:
Luggage space abounds in this vehicle, which can transport up to eight, but also has more reasonable fuel economy in the hybrid version. Trunk capacity starts at 16.9 cubic feet, growing to 108.9 cubic feet with second row seats stowed and third seat removed. Features include heated and cooled front seats, rearview cameras and towing capabilities, as well as satellite TV and DVD players, "all the conveniences to keep your kids occupied when you're finding your way down the road," says Jack Nerad with Kelley Blue Book and kbb.com. "It's a great car for a family."
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SUV: Cadillac Escalade Hybrid
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text: The OG Evo. I am having issues with it just randomly rebooting. Even while it sits on my desk it will reboot. I rooted the phone and put ICS on it, and it still reboots randomly, although less frequently than before. Its time for a new phone, and I have been eligible for a upgrade for a while now, but I don't want the current Evo or GS3 when all the rumored quad core phones are right around the corner. Maybe Sprint will get an Evo branded One X+


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Hi everyone
If anyone wants to have a play, I'm working on a new branch of my Lucene search engine plugin:
This branch uses the official Apache Lucene java code. It indexes around 50x faster than the current Zend PHP port, and I have it running searches in about 60us on a test database of 200,000 items. Sorry, no setup instructions as yet, but basically just have Java installed and run it on a linux box with port 8080 open and you should be fine.
Any code advice/criticism appreciated, in particular I'm not so sure how to go about letting devs acquire an instance of the Lucene class. At the moment I'm stuck with having a single default config set as a static, and using a static singleton method to get the singleton instance. I'd love to allow devs to use several instances with different configurations, probably via a registry / factory, unless anyone knows better.


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Nurturing the youth so they find their mission in life
Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Family this year on Dec. 30 bears added significance for us Filipinos. Today we also commemorate the 116th anniversary of the martyrdom of Dr. Jose P. Rizal who said the prophetic words, "The youth is the hope of our country."
From this Sunday's Gospel, "The Finding in the Temple" in Luke, and the feast, there are two lessons to reflect on.
First is the value of the family.
Second is the "task" of the family to nurture its members, especially the younger ones, to discover their mission in life and to equip them with the values and character to live this out.
In her book, "Big, Questions, Worthy Dreams," Dr. Sharon Daloz Parks, writer, researcher and professor, points out that despite "a crisis in the meaning of family" it remains as the "primary network of belonging," where a person fulfills his/her basic need for "connection and confirmation."
In our teacher formation program, every time we ask our participants to write about their most important blessing in life, around 90 percent write about their family. Yet when we come to the part where we ask the teachers to cite 10 descriptors of the world of the Filipino youth, one consistent answer is the importance of the family and how in the lives of their students this could be a problematic situation.
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No one doubts the important role the family plays in one's life. The family shapes a person—either makes or breaks him—in his early years.
I have observed in my work in education and formation the past three decades or so and from talking and working with psychologists, how it is in the early years that the core of a person's identity is formed and his basic disposition is developed.
Without being negative, I agree with Parker Palmer, educator, author and lecturer, in his description of our early years: "We arrive in this world with birth right gifts and then spend the first half of our lives abandoning them or letting others disabuse us of them. We are surrounded by expectations and slots to fill. There are sometimes events or abuses that create distortions of our true selves. So how do we get back?"
Whenever we encountered problems involving a student in my work in the high school and grade school of Ateneo de Manila, I would always ask the teacher and guidance counselor to describe the family situation of the student concerned. More often than not and without resorting to stereotype, we could say that a problematic student lived in a problematic family situation.
The early childhood experiences form him. It is either a very healthy and positive experience that forms a secure, happy and integrated person, or a traumatizing and negative experience that forms—or deforms—an insecure and problematic person.
In the movie "The Passion of the Christ," there is a beautiful and powerful collage of Christ coming to the final moments of his human life. They juxtaposed scenes of his passion with those of his earlier life. One childhood scene from his childhood is of Mary consoling him after a fall.
Stress and crisis
There is no iota of doubt that the family's role in shaping a person is of paramount importance. We also cannot deny the stress and crisis the institution of the family is undergoing.
There is a growing pattern of families with single-parent or no-parent situations. This pattern is related to the rise in the number of broken families and the OFW (overseas Filipino workers) phenomenon. Unless there is an alternative support structure or community that could provide some of the needs of children, the country and our society will experience the negative backlash of this when the youth of the past two decades become adults and take over the leadership and the management of our society and country.
The need for an alternative support structure and community brings me to our second point for reflection—the "task" of the family to nurture its members, especially the younger ones, to discover their mission in life and to equip them with the values and character to live this out.
This has always been the special "task" of the family and the other social institutions—schools, churches, neighborhoods and even government—to provide support. In my work as school administrator, I had insisted on a home-school partnership in the education and formation of the students.
Opportunity in crisis
In her speech in the Davos conference years ago, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton quoted an African proverb: "It takes a tribe to raise a child." We often say in our teacher formation programs, paraphrasing this African proverb, it takes a community to educate and form its youth.
As in all moments of crisis, there is opportunity. The Chinese say crisis is both danger and opportunity.
We live in a privileged moment in our nation's story. We can make a difference by helping our society, our people to look at new paradigms in the different spheres of society.
Let us end where we started, the Gospel for this Sunday and Rizal. In the summer of 1980, when we held out first immersion program in Ateneo de Manila High School, a program started by then high school teachers Joel Lopa and Joey Cuyegkeng, the legendary Dr. Onofre Pagsanghan ("Pagsi"), gave a talk to parents of the incoming seniors who joined in the program.
Pagsi used today's Gospel as springboard for reflection. He said that in us parents and teachers there comes a point when our children/students "leave" us, paraphrasing Christ, to be in their Father's house, to do God's will and mission for them. There comes a point when we need to let them go and allow them to do what they have to do.
But before letting go, families, communities must be fertile ground to allow their members, especially the younger members, to discover their dreams.
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David Carr inched up on Mark Brunell's record of 22 completions in a row and actually tied it with a couple of short passes for a loss and no gain. Then, he threw his worst pass of the game to Andre Johnson, and he failed to break the record. So he shares it with Brunell.
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Men's Basketball, Women's Hockey participate in 5th annual diabetes walk
POTSDAM, N.Y.?For the third straight year, the SUNY Potsdam men's basketball and women's hockey team participated in "Walkin' for Willz" 5k run/walk. The event, which was organized to raise funds for to help cure juvenile diabetes, took place last Saturday, September 15.
The Bears, other organizations and hundreds of other participants followed the route from Ives Park, through Clarkson University's campus and back to Ives. All funs funds raised by the walkers went to support the Juveniles Diabetes
The Walkin' for Wilz event is named in honor of Billy "Wilz" Howlett, who in 2008 lost his battle against diabetes at the age of 20. In it's five years, the run/walk has raised nearly $120,000 for the Central New York chapter of the JDRF.Research Fund (JDRF).
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Hatchell diagnosed with leukemia, taking temporary leave from coaching
North Carolina women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell is stepping away from her on-the-court coaching duties after being diagnosed with leukemia.
A statement released Monday afternoon by the University said Hatchell's diagnosis is recent, and she will be undergoing a treatment plan established by a team of doctors from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center led by oncologist Dr. Pete Voorhees.
"I will remain very much involved with my team and day-to-day operations here at UNC and expect to return to my sideline responsibilities as soon as possible," Hatchell said in a statement. "My veteran staff and team will be well prepared and meet any challenges until my return. Don't forget I am a Tar Heel woman!"
Associate head coach Andrew Calder will lead the coaching staff in Hatchell's absence. Like Hatchell, Calder is entering his 28th season with the Tar Heels this year.
Hatchell was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September, and she is one of only three head coaches in women's basketball to reach 900 wins. She's also second in all-time wins with 908.
"Sylvia is a fighter and her enduring spirit will aid her greatly," said Athletics Director Bubba Cunningham in a statement. "Her staff and players, family and members of the athletics and University community will do what we can to bolster those efforts. Sylvia has been a long-time supporter of the Lineberger Center and is in the best hands possible."
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TRS MLC Karne Prabhakar, speaking in TRS Bhavan on Revanth Reddy's rally, said that Revanth has gone to jail in cash for votes scam and faulted TDP and its leaders for organising a rally for welcoming Revanth as if he is a freedom fighter. Karne Prabhakar said that anyone who goes to jail for committing a crime will be reformed and regret but said that Revanth has transformed himself like other criminals in the jail . . . .. .


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A Test series at home in winter does make you feel good, knowing fully well that the conditions will be tailormade for the hosts. And with the Board of Control for Cricket in India selectors going back to the tried and tested players, it should come as no surprise if they rely on old ways of winning.
The way the Indians were bounced out in two successive away Test series by England and Australia, everyone had lost faith in MS Dhoni's team.
But this being a home series and the Englishmen already whining about everything under the sun, one can again expect things to go India's way.
At a time when people still debate the exit of seniors like Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, the team needs to look at consolidation. The problem with the Indian batting starts right at the top and the focus will be on the openers, who have had a bad run in all formats of the game.
- Sehwag eager to deliver
- Testing times for Gautam Gambhir
- Pujara ready for England bouncers
- Rahane upbeat going into the England series
Not so long back, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir looked good in every format, but the lean patch has continued for long. Now that the two gentlemen have got in some practice at home in the Ranji season opener, with Sehwag cracking a ton against Uttar Pradesh, how the two fare will be watched with interest.
While everyone understands Sehwag is an opener who can destroy the rival attack on his day but has always been unpredictable, it is Gambhir's lack of runs and consistency which is worrying.
After the highs of the Indian Premier League success, the Kolkata Knight Riders skipper desperately needs to dig in his heels and provide a sound start at the top.
To be sure, this time around, the entire Indian batting will come under the scanner. Sachin Tendulkar has also not been in good form, and his century in the Ranji opener against Railways doesn't merit too much reading into.
However, these are home tracks and, with the first Test starting in Ahmedabad next week, you can surely expect flat ones.
The talking point in India's batting has been Virat Kohli, who has grown from strength to strength.
The Indian team now looks up to him as a pillar of strength, since he has proven himself so well.
But as regards the man who has made the most news, Yuvraj Singh being picked by the new selection committee ahead of Suresh Raina means he is getting weightage for his recent performances. For a man who battled cancer and then made a comeback, there is a huge emotional tag whenever people discuss his selection. Yet, Yuvraj doesn't seem to have the full confidence of his captain, and it will be interesting to see if he is utilised in the middle order or Ajinkya Rahane gets the nod.
Had it been a case of the Sandeep Patil-headed committee including both Yuvraj and Raina in the squad, Dhoni could have made his choice.
But the situation is a bit different and we'll have to wait and see how much faith Dhoni places in Yuvraj, who came good with the ball too in the warm-up game against the Englishmen.
There has been criticism regarding the recall of Harbhajan Singh since R Ashwin is the man in form.
However, I am convinced that if the selectors have brought back Harbhajan, that's only to give out the message – expect turn.
There is every reason to believe that if Dhoni goes in with three spinners, the variety which Pragyan Ojha will lend with his left-arm spin can bamboozle the English batting.
Where there is an element of suspense is in the fitness of pace spearhead Zaheer Khan.
The star medium-pacer has been battling injuries regularly and unless he is 100 per cent fit, there is no point playing him.
In case Dhoni does decide to go in with two seamers and two spinners, you cannot afford a situation in which Zaheer breaks down. So where does that leave Ishant Sharma and exciting talent Umesh Yadav? Ishant has been around for a while now and the advantage Umesh has is his speed and ability to move the ball. Even in pitch conditions which will be essentially flat, Umesh's pace and rediscovery of swing should settle things in his favour. He now has to grab the chance to emerge as India's pace spearhead, since Zaheer is certainly playing in the last phase of his career.
Quite often, there is a debate about conditions abroad and at home. It is well known that when India play on fast wickets, the batsmen struggle.
Then again, I see nothing wrong in playing on wickets which will suit the home bowlers.
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Lillington, N.C. — A Harnett County firefighter died Monday after responding to a fire, authorities said.
Donald "Donnie" Suggs, 55, was assistant chief of the Summerville Fire Department in Lillington. He had been with the department for more than a decade.
He collapsed at home shortly after the fire, authorities said. It wasn't clear whether the fire played a role in Suggs' death.
A visitation is planned for Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at O'Quinn Peebles Funeral Home in Lillington. A funeral is set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Lillington Baptist Church. Burial will follow at West View Memorial Gardens.


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Disney Channel is giving conservative parents one more reason to change the dial.
The network will debut a new cartoon bloc Monday which marks a major departure from its current brand. Playhouse Disney has long been a place for pre-schoolers to learn their ABCs and other simple education. The new format, Disney Junior, will instead emphasize "social ethics" through creative storytelling.
What sort of ethics will be preached? No one is entirely sure, not even Disney executives. The LA Times provides the not-so-helpful answer: "the goal of the show is not to moralize, but to prompt discussion between children and caretakers."
Isn't this great? Kids will be given moral lessons that don't actually teach anything, and parents – er, caretakers – can look forward to discussions about what the heck "social ethics" is supposed to mean anyway.
While the network strives to keep the message as vague as possible, those familiar with Disney "ethics" know exactly where this train is headed.
For a taste of what parents should anticipate, look no further than the values already being pushed on Disney's more prominent shows. Observe this gem from a 2010 episode in which a 15-year old endorses Keynesian economics to win a beauty pageant (relevant portion begins at 3:45):
Among other things, that show "prompts discussion" by portraying global warming fear mongers who routinely break the rules if that's what it takes to save the planet – and no one is around to "discuss" the possibility that global warming might be a myth.
Disney's teen-oriented programming has a long history of portraying liberal characters, from the paranormal detectives in So Weird to the witchcraft-wielding spoiled brats in Wizards of Waverly Place. A live action show which debuted last November includes a character whom everyone over the age of 12 can figure out is gay.
Looking for a conservative child who reads the Bible and attends Tea parties on weekends? Disney has, for some mysterious reason, never found a place for a character like that.
For years, parents had consoled themselves in the knowledge that at least the cartoons were free from "socially ethical" characters. Monday marks the end of that.


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Riverside City College linebacker Ryan Hofmeister has signed a letter of intent with UCLA and will enroll in the Spring.
Hofmeister, 6-2, 220, will have three years of eligibility remaining.
"Ryan is a versatile athlete who can help us in several areas," said Bruin head coach Rick Neuheisel. "He can play linebacker but can also play safety, giving us flexibility for different alignments. In addition, he is an outstanding special teams performer."
Hofmeister earned all conference honors this past season after posting 127 tackles, 10 for loss this past season.
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On the surface, Boston looks like a city that has fully recovered from the tragedy and fear surrounding last year's marathon bombing. Nearly 9,000 additional runners are participating in today's race, bringing the number of participants up to over 35,755. And officials are expecting one million spectators, double last year's turnout.
But for many of the victims, the journey towards recovery is only beginning. That is very much the case for Jessica Kensky and her husband Patrick Downes, two of the 16 people who lost limbs in last year's bombing [3]. Their injuries were so severe that they were among the last marathon victims to leave the hospital.
Both Jessica and Patrick had their left legs amputated, but Jessica was at risk for losing both legs. She ultimately chose to keep her right leg, but it has made learning to walk extremely difficult and painful. Her service dog, Rescue, has been by her side to steady Jessica when she walks on crutches or with her prosthetic. The Black Labrador also helps her with a variety of tasks most people take for granted, like picking up the telephone and pressing buttons in the elevator.
Rescue is from NEADS, a Massachusetts based nonprofit that trains assistance dogs for people with disabilities. NEADS has offered a free service dog to any marathon bombing victim with a permanent physical disability and Jessica is the first to accept the offer.
Jessica sees Rescue as much more than an assistance dog. Rescue keeps Jessica and her husband physically active, a challenge for amputees.
"Here's this big animal who needs to be taken out, he needs exercise, he needs to go to the bathroom, he needs to be fed," Jessica told NPR. "On the day you just don't want to get off the couch, you don't want to get in your wheelchair, you don't want to put your prosthetic on, he looks at you with those eyes and you've got to take him out."
Rescue also provides emotional support, cuddling, giving kisses, and making Jessica and her husband laugh. It's been hard for the couple to rest, they would often wake up at 3 a.m. with feelings of depression and anxiety. After Rescue joined the family, Jessica finally started sleeping through the night for the first time.
The bombing has changed the course of Jessica and Patrick's lives. Jessica hasn't been able to return to her job as an oncology nurse and Patrick had to abandon his plan to do a pre-doctoral program in San Francisco, where they had been planning to relocate.
But for now, they can only take life one step at a time. It's going to be a long road, but Jessica and Patrick are immensely grateful for Rescue and the joy he's managed to bring to their lives.
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Public speaking: 10 tips to handle your nerves
We all get nervous about public speaking. As the moment approaches, our stomach bubbles and fills us with dread. Terrifying thoughts flit through our mind "What if I forget everything?"; some of us will tremble, and stars will dance at the edges of our vision – as if we might at any moment pass out.
You will be pleased to hear that there are some simple and effective strategies which can help you handle your nerves, and the more comfortable you are, the more often you'll do it, and the better you'll get. You don't need to eradicate the nerves (speakers who don't get at least a little bit nervous aren't that much fun to listen to), but to harness them. Part of that is consciously re-interpreting your racing pulse as excitement, rather than nervousness. The more in control you are of your mental state, the better your talk will be, and the easier your life will get.
Here are some other deviously effective tips:
Get there early
Turn up long before you have to speak. You won't be rushing and worrying about being late, still high on adrenaline when it's time to talk. Just as arriving at a party early will make us feel more comfortable, getting to the room or hall early will make you feel like it's part of your territory. Get there early, set up, check your slides (if you have any – please, not too many!) and greet your listeners as they arrive. Knowing them will make you feel more comfortable, as if you're talking to a room full of friends; and it'll endear them towards you too. They'll want you to succeed.
Breathe in a way that calms you down. Not deep breaths, but slow breaths. Breathe out slower than you breathe in, through your nose, into your belly (feel your belly push out when you inhale – it can take some practice, perhaps start now!). Breathing in this way will kick-start your parasympathetic nervous system. It will wash away the adrenaline, slow your heart rate, and calm you down. You'll feel more relaxed, and when you speak from your gut, you'll sound calm and authoritative, too.
Know your subject
This sounds obvious – but instead of just knowing everything about what you're going to say, try to learn more. If there are any bits in your talk that you've wondered about, research them. Call someone, and ask them questions. The fuller your understanding, the more relaxed you'll feel; and you'll be better at going 'off script' and answering unexpected questions. Learn everything you can about what you're saying, and then chat through it with a friend or workmate. Encourage them to ask questions and challenge you (which will help probe areas you might not have thought about).
Be funny, fast
Laughter really is the shortest distance between two people (thanks Victor Borge). When you make people laugh, they'll relax and feel happy in one another's company, and they'll like you more. Hearing their laughter will also help you relax. Laughter has a similar of nurturing familiarity, like greeting people when they arrive – it'll make them want you to win.
Don't try to be funny, let yourself be funny. If you're going to try anything, try as hard as you can to challenge that awful assumption that humour and professionalism are somehow mutually exclusive (perhaps just notice how keen CEO's and senior execs are to crack a joke). Crack jokes, just avoid dodgy topics. When you're getting to know your subject, you may notice some funny quirks about it; and inconsistency, or a peculiar similarity to something we have all experienced. Notice these, and share them in your talk.
Stay open to making more jokes that might occur to you as you talk (as is often the way, we're funnier in company), and during question and answer time (if there is one – and it's highly advisable). This is really the art of humour – of responding to situations within the moment, so please, avoid old jokes that everyone has already heard.
Have a clear objective
Know why you're speaking. Let your audience know why they're listening. Your talk should have a clear purpose, something that you're asking people to do. Start your talk with that "I'm going to ask you to…". It will give people a point of reference, so they can see the relevance to every other thing that you say. Your objective should be active, and immediately do-able. Asking people to 'consider' is weak, you can't tell if they've done it, and it's not very persuasive.
If you can, make your objective something active, and something that you'll know if people have done, like 'give me your email address' or 'call me'. It's also an effective tool for persuasion to get people to take a small step towards a larger goal. It might seem pushy, people actually really enjoy getting told what to do. Having a clear objective will also make you feel more relaxed because you'll know why you're speaking, and you'll know whether your speech had the desired effect.
Practice, practice, practice
As soon as you know that you're going to give a talk, start practicing. Put a structure together, and when you're in the car or the shower or at home, practice giving your talk. When the big day comes, you'll be totally comfortable with your material, and you'll feel excited at the prospect of delivering it well.
Do it differently
Practice is important, but so is variety. While you're practice, practice, practicing, make sure you're playing with different ways of describing things. Change the structure around, and do it in different styles (you can even put on voices). This will keep the talk 'alive' in your mind, and the more different ways you do it, the more comfortable you'll feel when it comes time to deliver it. Doing it this way will also make you much more capable of handling interruptions and unexpected questions – because you've already practiced disturbing your own flow.
Focus on what you want (and what you did well)
When leading up to a big presentation, thoughts about what might happen will be swimming through your head. You can't stop them, but you can guide them. Rather than letting yourself focus on what might go wrong, focus on what might go right. If you catch yourself wondering "What if I open my mouth and no words come out?" (a fear which does affect some people so badly it comes true), ask yourself "What is the best way I could possibly say this?" or "What is the best possible result from this talk?" and let yourself daydream, as vividly as possible, about a wide-eyed audience nodding in approval, of being patted on the back, of being showered with praise and promotions and job offers in beautiful parts of the world. These thoughts will be much kinder to your emotional state, and as a result, you'll probably give a much better talk, making those hopeful daydreams all the more likely to happen.
Once you've done your talk, don't dwell on that bit where you fumbled, or what you forgot to say. Focus on what you did well. That is more than 'well, I did it', really pick back over it for the things you said well, the times you made people laugh, and the result you had. With a clear, 'actionable' objective, you'll also be able to tell how effective you were. Focus on the people that you did convince, that did call you up or leave their number or sign that petition. As you are first recalling your talk, you are writing memories of how it went. If you focus on the things that went wrong, you'll write memories in your mind of being a 'bad' public speaker. Focus on what you did well, on what worked, and you'll remember being a good public speaker (perhaps with one or two 'points for improvement').
Find your passion
Even if your talk is about something mundane, find a higher purpose for yourself. For me, it's about helping people become more confident by growing more skilled at sharing their ideas. The world is huge and confusing, and I believe that people feel the need for certainty when they lack confidence. Giving them confidence and letting them share their ideas will let them bask in uncertainty; using their reason to weigh new ideas, and discard old ones which may be unhelpful. To me, my passion is about driving the progress of humanity – and all life on Earth. As you can see, that's pretty huge (perhaps even megalomaniacal); but it is exactly the magnitude of that task which pushes me to speak. In the shadow of that enormous task, nerves about making a fool of oneself become petty and fade from your mind.
Find your own passion, make it bigger and bigger and bigger. Find (or create) a relevance to what you're discussing now – so that even a presentation about 'our budget for the next quarter' can be intrinsically linked to your desire to share understanding, to be a good person, or create a happier planet. When you've found that passion, speak from that place. It's impossible to feel nervous if you're passionate about what you're saying.
Be careful what you say
There can be a temptation to pre-empt a talk with an explanation about how you aren't fully prepared, or 'it's just an idea', or offer some other excuse why this might not be everything you expected it to be. Don't. The words you speak go two ways, out into the universe, and back, into your mind. Each time you hear yourself admit to being 'really nervous' or having 'stuffed up that bit', you'll remember it. With those words, you form a sort of social contract with others, which you will subconsciously seek to live up to.
If you're going to talk about yourself, say nice things. If you can't manage that, ask questions. Ask people "Was this bit clear?" and "What would you have liked me to do differently?" and "Which was your favourite part?". People prefer talking about themselves anyway – so rather than indulging the desire yourself, let them indulge theirs. Ask them what they think. And the last, but perhaps most important point for handling your nerves with public speaking is this:
Do it.
The more you avoid speaking in public, the bigger your fear will become. You'll seek to justify each decision to avoid it, becoming more and more scared of it, and you'll miss out on opportunities; job offers, promotions, partners and worst of all: You'll miss out on opportunities to touch peoples hearts and change their minds.
The more often you speak, the faster your stress levels will normalise (just as the first time you did anything scary, you quickly become experienced and much less afraid). As your body gets used to it, taking the stage will become familiar; and perhaps even enjoyable. You'll find that you're more comfortable meeting new people, and you'll be better at telling stories when you're just sitting around with friends. With more practice, you'll also become better at it, and with that developing skill, you'll become eager to get even better.
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The inquest has been held into the death of popular surfer Jacob Cockle, who drowned after swimming at a place locally famous for its whirlpools last May.
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The 28-year-old was found floating face after being sucked down and dragged through a 12 metre sluce tunnel at Carnsew Pool at Hayle on May 28.
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Via the Free Beacon comes this exchange between the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland and a reporter:
Q: Can I—(inaudible)—press reports that arguing Turkey is blocking Israel's participation to next NATO summit? And the U.S. side is not happy with that. It's not going to the — trying to convince Turks not to block Israel to NATO. Do you have any comment on that, on these reports?
MS. NULAND: Well, I think you know for quite some time now we have been continuing to talk to both our ally Turkey and our ally Israel about the relationship that they have with each other to encourage them to continue to get back to a place where they can have conversation with each other, where they can work well together. We think it's important to both of them, and it's certainly important to the region. With regard to arrangements for the NATO summit and partnership events, as you know, Israel is one of NATO's partners in the Mediterranean dialogue. I don't have anything particular to announce on partnership planning at the moment. That — those discussions are continuing as we head towards the May summit in Chicago.
Q: Israel may participate in the summit?
MS. NULAND: Again, we're still working on what the partnership arrangements are going to look like for the summit. So I'm not going to comment on them from here as those conversations continue. There are many aspects of how the partners may or may not participate in the — in the NATO summit that are still being worked on.
Q: Well, are you comfortable with the Turkish position?
MS. NULAND: Again, I'm not going to comment on internal deliberations going on at NATO about arrangements for the summit from this —
Q: NATO operates by consensus, is not — correct — as you well know.
MS. NULAND: Correct.
Q: So if one NATO member objected to Israel or any other country's participation in a partnership dialogue, you wouldn't be allowed to — that country wouldn't be allowed to participate, correct?
MS. NULAND: We need consensus at NATO. And again, Israel is one of NATO's partners, has participated over the years in many, many, many NATO activities, consultations, exercises, et cetera. So we're going to keep working on the arrangements for partnership at Chicago, but I don't have anything particular to announce today.
Q: Well, would you be — would the United [States] — would the administration be comfortable if Israel did not participate?
MS. NULAND: Again, we — there are many, many ways that these partnership activities may go forward. They've been done in different ways at different summits. So I'm not going to get into what we're talking about, how it might work, who's going to come. We're still working on all of that.
Q: You — the administration won't come out and say that it wants Israel to be at the — to participate at the — at the — at the summit in Chicago?
MS. NULAND: We haven't made any announcements about who —
Q: I know.
MS. NULAND: — among NATO's 25, 30 partners around the world we expect to invite to Chicago. So I'm not going to comment on individual partners and whether they're coming to Chicago.
Q: Well, you're being asked about one specifically.
MS. NULAND: Yeah.
Q: Is it important to the United States for the — for Israel to participate?
MS. NULAND: It's important that we come to a consensus agreement at NATO about a strong partnership aspect of this summit. . . . So we're still working on that.
Q: (Off mic.)
MS. NULAND: So we're still working on that.
Q: So you're — so you're saying that that could happen without Israel's participation?
MS. NULAND: I'm saying that there are 25, 30 global partners of NATO. It is still under discussion at NATO what events there will be in the context of the summit that will highlight the partnership and which partners will be invited. No decisions have been made.
Q: So you're saying that some partners may not be invited?
MS. NULAND: I'm saying that there have been NATO summits where no partners were invited —
Q: Tori, I'm trying to help you out here, because you're going to get —
MS. NULAND: I understand.
Q: — absolutely slammed.
MS. NULAND: Matt, there is no —
Q: You are. If you can't come out and say that the United States wants Israel to participate, its main ally in the Middle East, and you won't come out and say that the administration wants them to participate in whatever event is going on in Chicago, that's — that is going to be seized on. . . .
MS. NULAND: So every summit is done on a case-by-case basis, and we haven't made a decision about who's going to be invited yet. . . .
Q: . . . But the Turks wouldn't be objecting to Israel's participation, if someone hadn't proposed that Israel participate. And if you have proposed that they participate —
MS. NULAND: Again —
Q: — and you're not willing to stick up for it, I don't understand why —
MS. NULAND: I'm not going to get into, here, what we have proposed and where we are in the internal dialogue at NATO until the issues are settled by consensus. That's not the way NATO works, OK?
Not so fast. You'll recall that Monday morning Obama was recounting his valiant support of Israel. ("When international fora single out Israel with unfair resolutions, we vote against them. When attempts are made to delegitimize the state of Israel, we oppose them. When faced with a regime that threatens global security and denies the Holocaust and threatens to destroy Israel, the United States will do everything in our power to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.") But stand up to Turkey? Oh, no.
Josh Block, former AIPAC spokesman and a long-time Democratic pro-Israel activist, had this reaction when I asked him to comment on the Sate Department fencing: "I am surprised to see the State Department fail to indicate that the United States is obviously in favor of Israel's participation in any summit that involves issues that affect them, or something similar. I hope it was just a flub." He continued:
"And certainly, in this specific instance, if it is the case that Turkey — which is run by the person President Obama describes as his best fellow-President friend in the whole world — were acting to block Israel from participating in the NATO Summit in Chicago, that he would intervene privately, and do so publicly as well, making sure people know we are against excluding Israel, and that the administration's posture and policy reflects that view." Hmm. We'll see.
But it is worth noting that in no other administration in recent memory (maybe ever) would there be the slightest doubt about U.S. policy and about U.S. insistence on defending its own invitation to our democratic ally.


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