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Roman Polanski broke a months-long silence Sunday to direct his own case for why he should not be deported to the United States.
The Oscar-winning director of "Rosemary's Baby," ''Chinatown" and "The Pianist" wrote in an online magazine that U.S. authorities are demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case solely to serve him on "on a platter to the media of the world."
"I have had my share of dramas and joys, as we all have, and I am not going to try to ask you to pity my lot in life," Polanski wrote on La Regle du Jeu, an online magazine run by French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, a staunch supporter of the director. "I ask only to be treated fairly like anyone else."
Polanski suggests the case against him is unjust and riddled with problems. Each argument begins with the phrase: "I can remain silent no longer."
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One of Polanski's complaints is that Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, "who is handling this case and has requested (the) extradition, is himself campaigning for election and needs media publicity!" Cooley is running for California attorney general.
The district attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons told The Associated Press the office "will withhold comment until the Swiss make a decision on his fugitive status."
Swiss authorities are trying to decide whether to extradite Polanski to Los Angeles for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
Polanski was arrested seven months ago as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival. He was put behind bars for more than two months before being transferred on $4.5 million bail to house arrest in the luxury resort of Gstaad.
Polanski wrote that he had mortgaged his apartment to pay the bail.
Three decades ago, Polanski was accused of plying his victim with champagne and part of a Quaalude during a modeling shoot and raping her. He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy. He later pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse.
What happened after that is a subject of dispute. The defense says the now deceased judge, Laurence J. Rittenband, had agreed in meetings with attorneys to sentence Polanski to a 90-day diagnostic study and nothing more.
But the judge later changed his mind and summoned Polanski for further sentencing — at which time he fled to his native France, attorneys said.
Polanski claimed the judge "betrayed" him and wanted "to gain himself some publicity at my expense." He said the request for his extradition is "founded on a lie."
Polanski said retired Deputy District Attorney Roger Gunson, who worked on the case three decades ago, has confirmed his take on events under oath. The director's lawyers have argued that unsealing transcripts of Gunson's secret testimony would show the extradition request is based on false and incomplete statements by the Los Angeles district attorney's office.
Polanski added: "I can no longer remain silent because the United States continues to demand my extradition more to serve me on a platter to the media of the world than to pronounce a judgment concerning which an agreement was reached 33 years ago."
The filmmaker has kept largely silent under house arrest. In December, he released a message thanking his supporters for their letters.


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Cleanup was underway Friday as people started to dig through the damage left behind after Monday's tornado.
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I don't necessarily think that things shouldn't change, but I'm a little surprised no one has called out Tango on this (there are no comments on his post as of this writing). The Tangettes are slaves to Tango's will, sure, but aren't they also slaves to disagreeing with public opinion?
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After climbing to seventh in the American Junior Golf Association Rankings, Guthrie tumbled down the list last summer. By the time he entered Illinois, Guthrie ranked No. 89.
"My swing was in bad shape when I got here,'' Guthrie said. "It was a long summer season. I wasn't the greatest. I worked hard in the fall, and it's paying off in the spring.''
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"When everybody in the country is recruiting Luke before his senior year, everybody knew he's going to be great,'' said Illinois coach Mike Small. "He came to school not playing well. He didn't play in our first two events and had trouble getting into the lineup. He buckled down and learned a lot of things. He's been a big asset this spring.
"His fundamentals were off. His attack angle and ball flights weren't what we wanted from a player of his stature. He's improved his short game. He's got 'it.' He's a good player, and coaches look for the 'it.' He's got it. The talent is there.''
Guthrie chose Illinois over powerhouses Oklahoma State and Texas.
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With sophomores Scott Langley (third in the Big Ten in Golfweek/Sagarin, 24th nationally) and Chris DeForest (eighth in the Big Ten), the Illini have depth. Junior Zach Barlow won the Illinois state amateur title last summer. Freshman Mason Jacobs, from Metropolis Massac County, became the only Illinois three-time prep state champ but couldn't crack the five-man lineup used for the conference meet.
Illinois won only one Big Ten title since 1941, but the lofty ranking earlier this season hinted that the Illini program was beginning to mature under Small.
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Brisbane, March 1 AAP - A former New Zealand jockey caught using a *** aid to deceive stewards in a drug test has admitted a moment of panic led to his indiscretion.
Jason Warrington was one of 19 track riders and jockeys nabbed in a drug raid at Toowoomba's Clifford Park racecourse in Queensland on Tuesday.
Warrington had left the track when he was asked by Queensland Racing stewards to come back to provide a urine sample for precautionary drug testing.
Acting chief steward John Hackett became suspicious of Warrington's actions while he attempted to give a urine sample and caught him squeezing urine from a dildo concealed inside his pants.
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Warrington admitted his mistake was unprofessional and it was the first time in his 16-year riding career he had been in trouble with stewards over a drug test.
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Warrington said after he returned home following trackwork he got a call from a steward asking him to return to the course to provide a urine sample.
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Warrington has been stood down from riding pending further investigations by stewards into the matter.
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A bundle of birthday balloons floating through the sky are festive enough for a party. They bring a message of birthday greetings for him as you wish him all the best for the coming year. Your message in this birthday card wishes him a birthday as nice as he is and every new day to bring something exciting and new.
Sleek gold, white and black balloons are joined by hanging stars, ready to make him feel special on his birthday. This stylish card sets a festive tone to let a great guy know that he's the star of the show today. So whether you're partying together with him, or sending wishes from miles away, he'll appreciate knowing you remembered him and that you're celebrating him in a big way.
This funny card is perfect for any guy who will never admit it, but loves being the center of attention on his birthday! A huge bunch of silver, white and blue balloons are completely covering the dude on this greeting's face, which is a reminder that it's ok to get a little carried away, no matter how many candles are on the cake this year. It's the perfect greeting for someone who doesn't take himself too seriously.
For a sophisticated gentleman's birthday, you will need an equally sophisticated card won't you old chap? Send the New Year, Old Chap Happy Birthday Card to the fanciest man you know. This guy is one-of-a-kind, an inspiration, and you can't wait to see what he does with this next year of his life! Bright text and colorful balloons really send the cheerful message home.
One glimpse of this gorgeous b-day card and anyone is bound to swoon. The balloon bouquet reinforces the excitement of an upcoming birthday, while the gold, glitter letters add a fun element to this b-day card. Whether you're searching for the perfect b-day card for your best friend or hoping to find something to send a colleague, this b-day card is a classic, great for any birthday celebration!
This fun-filled and festive card has all the elements of a great birthday greeting: balloons, confetti, streamers, and most importantly, your best wishes for "a wonderful man" as he celebrates another year of life! The thoughtful message will remind him of how special he is to all the people around him...especially you!
This festive birthday card for a "fantastic man" features a solid black background with bright, colorful balloons floating above. The words below will remind him to enjoy his day to the fullest. Whether that's relaxing at home or celebrating at a big party in his honor, you can be sure he'll enjoy seeing this greeting and knowing you took the time to remember him!
Fill the air with celebration and cheer! Send a wish for the happiest of birthdays with this balloon-filled birthday card! These large, colorful balloons will decorate the screen and show your friends and family that you are excited for their special day! Give a birthday celebration that will last longer than a day and say, "Enjoy your special day!"
Isn't this a stylish card? If you are looking for a nice birthday card for him, this is it. This card is designed for men who prefer a cool design. It is important to send a birthday card but it is even better to send a card that fits a person's style.
Festive balloons, colorful confetti, and a party hat send good wishes for a great year! Need a simple birthday card to send? Then, look no further. This is a perfect birthday card for men or women, and young or old.


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Roark's Onix
|Roark's Onix
Japanese Name
|Rock Head
|DP015: Shapes of Things to Come!
|Current location:
|Not yet evolved
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Roark's Onix was Roark's second most used Pokemon.
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Roark's Onix was first used to battle Paul's Elekid and Chimchar in Shapes of Things to Come. It gained the advantage over Elekid due to its large size and immunity to Elekid's electric attacks. Elekid managed to paralyze Onix with Static but the Rock Snake Pokemon used Stealth Rock and finally Paul recalled Elekid and replaced it with Chimchar. The Fire Monkey Pokemon avoided Onix's attacks by using Dig and defeated the massive Pokemon.
Onix appeared again when Roark battled Ash, easily defeated his Turtwig with a single Double-Edge. It then battled Pikachu and won by unleashing a Screech technique that was so powerful that it blew Pikachu back into a rock defeating it.
Onix battled Pikachu a second time during Ash and Roark's rematch. During the battle Pikachu used a Thunderbolt that was powerful enough to actually hurt Onix, despite it being a Ground type. Stunned by Pikachu's incredible electrical power, Roark's reacted to slowly to form an effective counterstrike and Pikachu lunged forwards and smashed Onix with Iron Tail, knocking it out.
Known moves[edit | edit source]
|+ indicates this Pokémon used this move recently.*
- indicates this Pokémon normally can't use this move.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Roark's Onix is the second member of its species to be affected by Ash's Pikachu's Thunderbolt, despite the fact that it should be completely immune to it. The first was Brock's Onix.
- In the games, Screech is used to lower the opponents defensive power but does not actually do any damage. However Roark's Onix' Screech is so powerful that it can actually hurt its opponents.


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American swimmer Ryan Lochte failed to win a medal Monday, a major disappointment for the man who entered the London Olympics as heir apparent to Michael Phelps.
His teammates fared much better, winning two gold medals and two silvers.
Lochte headed into Monday's 200m freeestyle after having already won one gold medal in London, in the 400m individual medley on Saturday. Winning gold in the 200m free would have helped establish him as the world's best swimmer, the title long held by Phelps.
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Instead, Lochte came in fourth, outshined by the same Frenchman who beat him in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday. The winner, Annick Agnel, finished the 200m free in 1:43:14, nearly two seconds ahead of Lochte.
Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea and Sun Yang of China finished second and third, respectively.
"I did my best," Lochte told the Associated Press. "I guess sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. I gave it 110 percent. There's probably some things I messed up on, but you live and learn."
Lochte's loss came a day after he blew the lead for the American team in the mens' 4x100m freestyle relay. The team's anchorman, he was beaten down the stretch by Agnel. The Americans took silver to the French's gold, and Agnel has become an sudden star.
Also in the Aquatic Centre, first-time Olympian Missy Franklin won her first gold in the women's 100m backstroke, just 10 minutes after barely qualifying for Tuesday's final in the women's 200m freestyle.
As expected, American Matt Grevers won gold in the men's 100m backstroke, blowing away the field and setting a new Olympic record at 52:16. Teammate Nick Thoman took silver.
Another international star was born in the women's 100m breaststroke, as 15-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte edged American Rebecca Soni, considered the best breaststroker in the world, by a touch. Meilutyte, a virtual unknown before the Olympics, became the youngest female to win the event, finishing in 1:05:47, eight one-hundredths of a second ahead of Soni.
Phelps, meanwhile, set himself up for his 18th career Olympic medal by qualifying for the men's 200m butterfly final, to be held Tuesday. If Phelps wins any color medal in that event, he will tie the all-time record, held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. He has a chance to break the record before leaving London and retiring.
In other Olympic action Monday:
- The men's gymnastics team failed to medal, falling to China, Japan and Great Britain. They had turned in a stellar performance in the qualifying rounds. John Orozco, the U.S. champion, fell from the horse and blew his landing on the vault, ending up on his backside instead of his feet.
- The American men's synchronized 10m platform diving team of David Boudia and Nick McCrory won bronze. China took gold, as expected, and Mexico claimed silver.
- Venus and Serena Williams, the reigning gold medalists in women's doubles tennis, beat Romanians Sorana Cirstea and Simona Halep in first-round action. Each sister also won singles matches earlier in the day, a scheduling crunch caused by Sunday's rain delays.
- U.S. women's basketball team blew out Angola 90-38 Monday night in their march to an expected fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
- Defending beach volleyball gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings took defated Czech duo Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova Monday night.


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This is continuation to my earlier post on Process Groups & Processes Mind Maps. Here is Closing Process Groups Processes Inputs, Tools & Techniques and Outputs Mind Map. Knowledge area for the process is mentioned in the stem of main branch.
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Time changes us all. And not only us, but our rooms. Otaku are no exception!
This image show an otaku room circa-1985. Notice the Nintendo Famicom console on the floor as well as the VCR, record player and a robot figure. Hair is down.
Fast forward to 1995. Not much has changed. More game consoles (SEGA!), laser discs and a fancy computer. The amount of cute in the room has increased. Hair is up!
Present day. I see fancy new tech, but...where are my robots? Lots of posters and figures of female characters. There is a hug pillow. Hair is...bed head.
The reason for the drastic change is of course due to the wide-spread proliferation of moé during the late 1990s and during this past decade.
The images are from a while back (the 300th anniversary issue of Japan's New Type magazine). Here is a rather normal looking room for an "otome" (princess), who might be interested in dating games or anime, but certainly isn't hardcore. Which brings us to...
Fujoshi ("rotten girl") are the female equivalent of male otaku. Here is a fujoshi room.
Graphical Depiction of Otaku [Maskawaih via カラパイア via Sankaku Complex via Alafista]


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Indians world's laziest, Is it true?July 14, 2017 07:29
A 46-country study has shown that India is among the laziest countries in the world. India is ranked at 39, with people averaging just 4,297 steps a day.
Stanford University researchers used step-counters installed in most smartphones to track the walking activity of about 700,000 people in 46 countries around the world. The most active, according to the study published in the journal "Nature", are the Chinese, particularly those in Hong Kong, where people averaged 6,880 a steps a day.
The worst nation was Indonesia, where people walked nearly half as much, averaging 3,513 steps a day. The worldwide average is 4,961 steps, with Americans walking an average 4,774 steps. The top half of the chart includes Hong Kong, China, Ukraine and Japan, with people walking over 6,000 steps daily, while the countries at the bottom are Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
Indian women walk barely 3,684 steps, men have logged 4,606. The study found that for both males and females, a larger number of steps recorded is associated with lower obesity, but for females, the prevalence of obesity increases more rapidly as step volume decreases. The study found that in Indian women, obesity increases more rapidly as the number of steps they take decreases (232% obesity increase for females versus 67% increase for males; comparing lowest versus highest activity).
Delhi-based dietician Ritika Samaddar suggests at least 10,000 steps a day to remain fit, "People feel that if they have walked for an hour in the morning, they have got their share of physical exercise. But you need to be active throughout the day."
Stanford researchers say in countries with less obesity, people walked a similar amount every day. In nations with higher rates of obesity, there were larger gaps between those who walked a lot and those who walked very little.
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Morning Five: 12.02.10 EditionPosted by rtmsf on December 2nd, 2010
- In an odd story involving Michael Jordan and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame located in Raleigh, the GOAT will be inducted into his home state's hall at a public ceremony in Charlotte during halftime of the Bobcats-Raptors game on December 14. So… why did it take so long? After all, the 47-year old superstar has been off the court since 2003 and was elected to the big-boy Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. Apparently the problem is that the NC Hall requires its selections to actually be present when they're inducted, and for a number of reasons, neither MJ or the institution have been able to work out an appropriate time over the last seventeen years. Yeah, since 1993. Something tells us that Jordan didn't really have his local HOF high on the priority list, but if the North Carolina Sports HOF was willing to come to wherever he is — remember, he's majority owner of the Bobcats now — why wasn't this done before now?
- Mike DeCourcy doesn't come out and say it, but… the NCAA Board of Directors is run by college presidents, and the college presidents also control the BCS. The BCS folks don't like nor want johnny-come-latelies such as TCU knocking on the door of their national championship football showcase, so does Auburn quarterback Cam Newton's eligibility finding really surprise anyone? After all, without Newton in the lineup at the SEC Championship this coming weekend, Auburn might lose; and if Auburn loses, we'd be left with a probable Oregon-TCU matchup that nobody would watch. Enes Kanter's eligibility may not feel insignificant in Lexington, but he's small potatoes compared to the masters of the sporting universe interested in (and possibly involved) in Newton's eligibility (that said, we actually think Kanter will be able to play this season on appeal).
- With UCLA visiting Kansas tonight at Allen Fieldhouse and Kentucky visiting North Carolina on Saturday, four of the top six college basketball programs of all-time will be playing each other in the next few days. No disrespect to Tom Crean's Indiana Hoosiers, but we'd rather have seen Duke play Michigan State anyway in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge last night. Here's a look at how the Kansas players are feeling in anticipating their contest with the Bruins — even though UCLA has been down a bit, the tradition and names on the front of these jerseys always inspires excitement in these kinds of games: even when down, they're never down for long (although IU is making us worry). Also, seeing the top-ranked UCLA class of 2008 written out and discussed as it is in that piece inspires another query: worst top-ranked recruiting class of all-time?
- Horrible news for Bradley as the team has decided to sit preseason all-MVC guard Sam Maniscalco for the rest of the season. He had surgery over the summer to remove bone spurs in his ankle, but he's been playing with continued pain in the joint and his effectiveness has been limited over the first six games of the season (10/4 on 33% shooting compared to 13/3 on 47%). The senior will apply for a medical redshirt and we hope he gets it. Bradley is currently 4-2 on the year, but they've already lost two starters to injury and the MVC looks like a one-bid league again — not a good scenario.
- Here's an interesting story from the New York Post about the decline in the Big Apple's long-standing status as a hotbed for elite hoops talent. The article probes a number of possible reasons, most interesting of which is the concept of democratizing the "New York game" worldwide. The point that really hits home, though, is that the best current born-and-bred New Yorker playing in the NBA is probably Sebastian Telfair, a player whose talent and skill set never came close to matching his ridiculous hype. Telfair is currently a backup point guard for the horrendous Minnesota Timberwolves, averaging a pedestrian 8.4 PPG and 4.3 APG in just under 25 minutes per game. Another interesting factoid: there was only one New Yorker among the 27 players receiving votes for the 2010-11 AP All-America team — Mr. 105, Villanova's Corey Fisher, who grew up in the Bronx.


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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Art Department recently held a sculpture workshop led by internationally renowned sculptor, Basil Watson.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Art Department recently held a sculpture workshop led by internationally renowned sculptor, Basil Watson.
Several art students and local artists participated in the two-day workshop to learn the techniques of sculpting busts in clay from a live model. The sculpture students were very engaged in the process and observed Watson complete two full busts. Watson demonstrated his mastery of clay by sculpting a bust of Stephanie Weathers, an art student, and Henri Linton, chairman of the art department.
On the second day, while Watson put the finishing touches on his work, the students were involved in making their own busts from the model.
During the workshop, he stressed the importance of drawing and how drawing is the beginning stage in learning how to see form.
"I want to capture the mood of the figure and what he or she brings to the table," Watson said. "It is very important to capture the emotion and spirit of the image."
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Watson studied under the tutelage of his mentors, Alexander Cooper and Christopher Gonzalez. His father, Barry Watson is also an international acclaimed artist and first introduced him to drawing and to the works of French sculptor, Auguste Rodin, who completed the work, "The Thinker" in 1902. Watson has explored the figure and found sculpting to be a fascinating way to capture the human form. He uses a variety of media and techniques that include welding metals, carving wood and stone, modeling clay and drawing with charcoal.


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VANCOUVER, BC - Vancouver Whitecaps FC announced today that the club has recalled centre back Carlyle Mitchell indefinitely from his loan at North American Soccer League (NASL) club FC Edmonton. Mitchell will be eligible for this Saturday's Major League Soccer (MLS) home match against New England Revolution at BC Place.
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Whitecaps FC currently have three centre backs out injured, including captain Jay DeMerit (ruptured Achilles tendon), Andy O'Brien (hamstring), and Brad Rusin (calf strain).
Mitchell, 25, was last recalled to Vancouver on May 16, 2013 when centre back Johnny Leveron was suspended for the 'Caps home match against Portland Timbers on May 18. The Trinidad and Tobago international had played every minute for FC Edmonton during their NASL season before suffering a sprained ankle against Fort Lauderdale Strikers on May 26. In total, Mitchell has started seven matches for FC Edmonton while playing 559 minutes.
The 6-foot-2 defender joined Whitecaps FC on September 14, 2011, after starting his professional career in his home country with Joe Public FC in the Trinidad and Tobago Professional Football League. In two seasons in Vancouver, Mitchell has started five MLS regular season matches.
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A roly-poly is a traditional British dessert similar to an American jelly roll. In this version, the scone-like pastry is spread with tangysweet raspberry and rhubarb jam, then baked.
- Yield
- Makes 6 to 8 servings
- Filling:
- 1/2 pound fresh rhubarb, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices (about 2 cups)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- Dough:
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) frozen unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup (or more) ice water
- 1 tablespoon whipping cream beaten with 1 tablespoon sugar (for glaze)
- For filling:
- Combine rhubarb, sugar, and 1 tablespoon water in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Cover; cook until rhubarb softens to thick pulp, stirring often, about 8 minutes. Mix in jam; cool. do ahead Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; chill.
- For dough:
- Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into large bowl. Using large holes on box grater, grate frozen butter into bowl; stir to blend. Cover and freeze at least 15 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep frozen.
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line large rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper. Add 2/3 cup ice water to flour mixture, tossing until soft dough forms, adding more ice water by tablespoonfuls if dough is stiff. Transfer to lightly floured surface; knead gently 5 or 6 turns (butter should remain in firm pieces). Roll out dough to 12x9-inch rectangle. Spread 6 tablespoons filling over dough, leaving 1-inch plain border on all sides. Starting at 1 long side, roll up jelly-roll style; seal seam. Place seam side down on prepared sheet. Seal ends. Brush glaze over pastry.
- Bake pastry until golden (jam may leak out), about 30 minutes. Cool pastry briefly.
- Cut roly-poly crosswise into 6 to 8 rounds. Serve warm with Vanilla Custard Sauce and remaining filling.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories442
- Carbohydrates63 g(21%)
- Fat19 g(29%)
- Protein7 g(15%)
- Saturated Fat11 g(55%)
- Sodium291 mg(12%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber2 g(6%)
- Monounsaturated Fat5 g
- Cholesterol99 mg(33%)


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I'm always on the lookout for books, movies, and other fun fictional stuff featuring genealogists. Hollywood and fiction writers love to place genealogists in a lot of the same stereotypes – namely obsessed research-driven people who glorify the deceased and whilst bumbling around the present with limited social skills. Occasionally, I do meet these Hollywood envisioned people, but for the most part, I see the 'driven' quality in most of the folks I meet. Persistence is a trait of genealogists, the way patience is a skill for therapists.
The same could said in my capacity as a librarian as well. My friends think my life is like the TNT Librarian movies with Noah Wyle. Or I get the 'Conan The Librarian' joke. Which is still funny.
Last year I asked you all for movies and books featuring genealogists in both fictional and real-world accounts, and the suggestions were fantastic! Now I want to introduce you to a new batch of awesome genealogy read-and-watch-alikes!
I've had a few suggestions to read the Suzie Fewings Genealogical Mystery series by Fay Sampson. There are currently four books in the series: In The Blood, A Malignant House, Those in Peril and Father Unknown. Suzie Fewings, avid genealogist and devoted mother, is busy lifting the veil off her family history. Larger mystery lurks behind the genealogical research, and the end result of each book is surprising. I enjoyed the first book in the series very much, and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good British mystery.
Related series: Natasha Blake Ancestor Detective Series by Fiona Mountain; Family Tree Mysteries by Patricia Sprinkle.
A few years ago, I read Erik Larson's Thunderstruck, and I pushed it on every patron I knew. Thunderstruck chronicles the flight of murder suspect Dr. Hawley Crippen on a ship that is carrying a Marconi wireless communications system. Crippen thought he was traveling incognito, but the ship's crew were able to send daily reports of his activities to authorities in New York and London with their wireless system. Crippen was arrested, found guilty, and executed in London. Erik Larson, who would later publish Devil In The White City, was able to create a gripping narrative of Dr. Crippen's Atlantic crossing and Marconi's passionate drive to prove his device was a technological advantage. Where does the genealogy come into play you ask? Then you need to watch Secrets of the Dead: Executed in Error. You can watch it online at PBS for free! During the course of a new forensic investigation into the case, a genealogist submitted evidence that Dr. Crippen may not have been guilty of the crime in which he was accused. It's a pleasing and thought provoking idea that a genealogist can provide assistance on a case that's over a century old!
On the non-fiction front, I've pre-ordered a copy of Napoleonic Lives: Researching the British Soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars by Carole Divall. I cannot wait to read it! I've been tossing around the idea of jumping into this aspect of my research, and when I have a better understanding of how these records work, I'll be on my way. Napoleonic Lives will be released in June, so while I don't have it in my hands yet, it still qualifies as a great spring read!
So get out your notebooks genealogists! Can you suggest a title, movie, or television show? Post your suggestions in the comment box on this page!
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The American Civil Liberties Union objected to the cross and filed a suit on behalf of Frank Bruno, a Catholic and former Park Service employee. The suit noted that the government had denied a request to have a Buddhist shrine erected near the cross.So the 9th Circuit opinion can easily be wiped away with a standing decision, or the Court can reach the merits. If it does, I predict confidently that the Court will find the cross constitutional, based upon the principle old things carved in stone should be left alone.
Two years ago, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the ACLU and declared the cross an "impermissible governmental endorsement of religion."
Congress has intervened to try to save the cross by transferring a small parcel of land with the cross on it to a private group. However, the 9th circuit judges were unswayed. This "would leave a little donut hole of land with a cross in the midst of a vast federal preserve," the appeals court said.
Bush administration lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court last fall and said the "seriously misguided decision" will require the government "to tear down a cross that has stood without incident for 70 years as a memorial to fallen service members." The government also questioned whether Bruno should have standing to challenge the cross, since he lives in Oregon and suffers no obvious harm because of the Mojave cross.
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Humility, gratitude and sacrifice. From his first words, Barack Obama let us know that even on a day so bright, he was not blinded. Not by the cloud of witnesses in front of him. Not by the lights of cameras sending his words across the planet. That he was willing to sound so somber on his day of celebration tells us many things at once. At a time of scarcity, do not waste opportunities. When the world is watching and willing to follow, tell them where you want to take them. And above all, tell the truth. (See pictures of the Inauguration of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.)
"That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood," he said, and yet he reminded us how deep it was, not only with war and loss and economic decline, but with doubt and dread and a "nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable and that the next generation must lower its sights."
And yet it was by confronting so clearly all that frightens and threatens us that Obama could issue his challenge. "In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given," he said. "It must be earned." To do that, he said, America must dismiss the cynical, resist the easy but futile fix, "reform bad habits and do our business in the light of day because only then can we restore the vital trust between a people and their government." (See pictures of celebrities at the Inauguration.)
He offered to the world a similar prospect: "Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and that we are ready to lead once more."
And then he brought it all together, the challenge and the duty and the promise: "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task." (See pictures of Sasha and Malia Obama at the inauguration.)
This was the day's catechism and call to arms. The Obamas began the morning with prayer at St. John's Episcopal Church, where Dallas pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes offered a warning as well as a blessing: "You cannot change what you will not confront," he said. "This is a moment of confrontation in this country ... The problems are mighty and the solutions are not simple, and everywhere you turn there will be a critic waiting to attack every decision that you make. But you are all fired up, sir, and you are ready to go. And this nation goes with you. God goes with you." (See pictures of how Barack Obama prepared his speech.)
The entire nation, it seemed, had shown up this morning, wrapped against the cold, turning the Mall into a vast red sea. You could almost pity the pundits as they groped for extravagant new ways to say what didn't need to be said in the first place. Historic? The monuments themselves seemed to lean in for a better view. There were the Tuskegee Airmen and the mighty of Motown, the past Presidents (like a live-action Mount Rushmore) and the whole of America in miniature, as though the continent folded in on itself and poured 300 million people into one space, one time, to stop and listen and then start over together.
What brought them to Washington, on flights that turned into airborne pep rallies, on buses that left at midnight, on foot from the four corners of a city on lockdown? "The cataclysm of joy," said the bohemian from Brooklyn, N.Y. A chance to throw a shoe at President Bush, said the disenchanted Republican. To celebrate the fact that anything is possible, said the Apache from Arizona. Some people brought with them mementos of those who could not come. Jenny Allen, a 38-year-old fundraiser from West Virginia, wore a laminated picture of her great-aunt, an elegant lady in a double strand of pearls who fought for civil rights years ago. "Peggy Ewing Waxter, 1904-2007," Allen said. "She would have loved this day." (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time.)
And so they could all say they were there, to stand together and glimpse a man in the very far distance accept the full weight of their hopes. That, in the end, is the source of Obama's power. What are we willing to let him do with his office, with a power greater than the one he had when he began this day? At his national-security briefing in the morning, Obama was instructed in the use of the nuclear codes, should he ever have to launch a strike. Once he was sworn in, once the 21 guns had saluted, the military aide in charge of the nuclear football quietly crossed the platform to stand beside his new Commander in Chief.
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Devils aim for 2nd straight win vs. Senators
(SportsNetwork.com) - The New Jersey Devils will try to win consecutive games for the first time this month as they continue their homestand against the Ottawa Senators.
The Devils closed out November with back-to-back victories over Carolina and Buffalo, but have gone just 2-4-1 this month. They were able to snap a two- game slide on Monday with a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning that featured Martin Brodeur's third shutout of the season.
Dainius Zubrus scored a pair of third-period goals and Damien Brunner also lit the lamp, while Jaromir Jagr notched two assists in the opener of a three-game residency.
Brodeur, meanwhile, came up with a number of big saves in his first start since allowing five goals in a loss to Columbus last Tuesday. The effort on Saturday extended his NHL record with 124 career shutouts.
"It's what you play hockey for, to be able to finish and nobody scores on you. That's the job of a goalie, so when you get them (shutouts) it's always nice," said Brodeur.
While the Devils look to come out of a mini-break with a victory, the Senators try to keep the momentum going from a 3-2 overtime win over the St. Louis Blues on Monday.
Defenseman Cody Ceci scored his first career goal in his third NHL game, beating former Sens goaltender Brian Elliott with a shot from the right point 3:59 into overtime.
The 15th overall pick of the 2012 draft, the goal was Ceci's first NHL point and came less than a week before his 20th birthday this Saturday.
"It's a special moment. It couldn't have happened at a better time," Ceci said.
Bobby Ryan and Jean-Gabriel Pageau also lit the lamp for the Senators, 3-1-2 in their last six games, and Robin Lehner stopped 30-of-32 shots.
Lehner is expected to make his second straight start since relieving Craig Anderson in last Saturday's setback to the Los Angeles Kings. Anderson yielded two goals on four shots faced before getting pulled.
Lehner has faced the Devils just once before and that came back on Feb. 1, 2011 in New Jersey. He took a 2-1 loss despite 31 saves.
Anderson made 40 saves in a 5-2 home win over the Devils on Oct. 17 in the first meeting of the season between the clubs. The win was Ottawa's fourth straight over New Jersey and seventh in the past 10 meetings.
The Sens have won two straight on the road in this series, but have still lost eight of the previous 11 in New Jersey.
Brodeur gave up four goals on 22 shots in the earlier loss, falling to 36-24-3 with four ties, six shutouts and a 2.20 goals against average in his career against the Senators.


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It was the apple monster's 19th birthday and this is what he requested - the same chocolate cake I made about two years ago for his father. Although I have to reduce *a lot* of the sugars since my lasting memory of it was tooth-achingly sweet. He loved the icing which was buttercream-based so that stayed in. The caramel filling has to go because it packs in too much of the sweetness and we really don't want it too sweet. I adapted this from the Great American Food cookbook by Lesley Allin. Well, actually in the book it was titled - Chocolate Fudge Turtle Cake. I couldn't for the life of me make turtle-looking mounds with the icing and you have to put in pecans as their 'feet'. My kids don't like nuts in cakes so I didn't have to do it - yay! The cake itself was very moist and the icing really lovely especially if you chill the cake first in the fridge. Very nice. I hope you like it, too.
Chocolate Date Fudge Cake
80 g [1/2 cup] chopped pitted dates
1/2 cup boiling water
3/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
170 g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa content) - broken into pieces
65 g [1/3 cup] caster sugar
4 large eggs - separated
125 g [1/2 cup] unsalted butter - room temperature
220 g [1 cup firmly packed] brown sugar
240 g plain self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp fine salt
1/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla extract
- Put the chopped dates in a heat-proof bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Add 1/4 tsp of the bicarbonate of soda and stir to combine. Let stand for at least 30 minutes.
- Puree the mixture in a food processor or with a stick blender. If you don't have a blender, mash it with a fork. Set aside.
- Combine the dark chocolate, date puree, caster sugar, and 1 egg yolk in a saucepan. Cook over low-medium heat while stirring constantly until all of the chocolate is melted and the mixture well combined. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat and cool.
- In a bowl, sift and combine together the flour, baking powder, remaining bicarbonate of soda, and the salt. Set aside.
- Mix the sour cream, cold water, and vanilla in another container. Set aside.
- Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/350°F.
- In a big bowl, beat the butter with the brown sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Add the remaining 3 egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Mix in the flour and sour cream mixtures alternately in 3 parts ending with the dry ingredients. Make sure to beat well after each addition.
- Add in the cooled chocolate mixture until evenly combined.
- In a separate clean bowl, whisk the 4 egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Using a metal spoon, fold the egg whites into the cake batter gently but thoroughly.
- Pour the batter equally between the two prepared cake pans and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer poked in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then turn out on a rack and cool completely.
* To assemble:
- Level the top of one of the cake layers by slicing off the excess. Spread about 1/2 cup of the chocolate frosting on it.
- Put the other cake layer on top and spread the rest of the frosting generously over the top and sides of the cake. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes before serving.
Chocolate Frosting
130 g [2/3 cup] granulated sugar
375 ml [1 1/2 cup] double or whipping cream
170 g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa content) - broken into pieces
pinch of salt
125 g [1/2 cup] unsalted butter
1/4 - 1/2 tsp instant espresso or ordinary coffee granules
1 tsp vanilla extract
- Mix the sugar, cream in a heavy saucepan and bring to a gentle boil over low-medium heat.
- Reduce to heat to low and simmer while stirring occasionally until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove from the heat, add in the chocolate and coffee granules. Stir until chocolate has melted.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until butter has melted.
- Cool the mixture and put in the fridge for about 30 minutes-1 hour.
- By this time the mixture should be thicker. Beat the frosting with an electric mixer until the colour changes slightly and it has a spreading consistency.


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FBI's dramatic takedown of Ore. terrorism suspect attempting to detonate bomb airs in court
PORTLAND, Ore. – At a darkened train station, the teenager and the purported jihadi pulled into a quiet lot where months of planning were to culminate in this: a plot to kill thousands at a Portland Christmas tree-lighting ceremony.
"You know what to do," the man said to the teenager, breathing heavily. "O Lord, O Lord, O Lord."
"Ready," the teenager said. "Alhamdulillah." Praise be to God.
They were 14 blocks northeast of this city's busy tree-lighting ceremony two years ago on Nov. 26, 2010. On Friday, they found themselves across a federal courtroom from each other where the man — who Mohamed Mohamud would learn was an undercover FBI agent — testified against the now 21-year-old and a jury listened to a recording of the moments leading up to his arrest.
The recording crackles as the FBI agent reads out numbers and the teenager punches them into his black disposable Nokia cellphone. He then apparently encounters an error.
"Dial it again," the man said, words that were in fact the cue for his fellow agents. Mohamud dialed again and waited for the explosion.
Instead: "FBI, FBI, FBI! Get down!"
The agent, whose cover name was "Hussein," had told Mohamud the number he dialed was connected to a cell phone that would set off six 55-gallon drums filled with diesel fuel in a van parked next to the tree-lighting. The explosion, "Hussein" told him, would destroy two blocks in any direction.
Mohamud's defense team doesn't dispute the sequence of events, nor that their client intended to kill thousands of people at the tree-lighting ceremony.
But the path by which he reached that point is the substance of the defense's claim that Mohamud was entrapped. The entrapment defense has been launched, unsuccessfully, in several post-9/11 terrorism sting operations like the one that targeted Mohamud.
He came to the FBI's attention, agents testified, when he kept up email contact with a Saudi Arabian man suspected by Interpol of terrorism.
Without the bureau's intervention, prosecutors say, the already-radicalized Mohamud would almost certainly have found a way to reach al-Qaida or one of its affiliates and commit an act of terror in the U.S.
Nonsense, Mohamud's attorneys said in opening statements and cross-examinations of prosecution witnesses. He was a 17-year-old when his emails were identified by the FBI, a teenager with grand but muddled ambitions of achieving some sort of fame in the Islamic world.
If anyone radicalized him, his attorneys attest, it was the undercover FBI agents who convinced him they were members of al-Qaida that had chosen him as a promising recruit.
Jurors had by Friday heard the details of the undercover sting operation and testimony from the men who led it. "Youssef," another undercover agent testifying under a pseudonym, said he encountered an angry young man at the outset of the sting on July 30, 2010.
But "Youssef" said he didn't believe Mohamud was truly capable of violence. Not yet. It wasn't until an August 2010 meeting in which Mohamud picked the tree-lighting ceremony as a target that "Youssef" became concerned that he was dealing with a potentially dangerous person.
After that meeting on Aug. 19, 2010, at least one agent or handler left his or her recorder running. The agents were heard saying it was "fantastic" that Mohamud had identified a "sexy" terrorist target, according to transcripts of the meeting quoted by Mohamud's defense team.
That plays in direct contrast to the FBI agents' assertions that they kept hoping Mohamud would turn his back to violence and instead choose a different option offered by the agents: Pray five times daily, get an engineering degree, fundraise for al-Qaida.
Instead, they say, he insisted on becoming "operational," at first even asking to be a martyr before the agents talked him out of it. It was a theme that they said continued throughout the sting: Agents offered peaceful options, Mohamud repeatedly chose violence.
Even in the final minute of the final hour of the final day, parked in the train station lot, "Hussein" said Mohamud could have walked away.
"Was there any hesitation on his part?" asked prosecutor Pam Holsinger on Friday.
"None," Hussein said.
Holsinger paused.
"If he saw (the bomb) and said he didn't want to..." Holsinger said.
"If he did not dial the number," the agent said, "the directive was for us to drive him home."
Reach reporter Nigel Duara on Facebook at http://bit.ly/RSmBei


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NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson has quietly recalled some of its popular personal lubricants in order to avert potentially expensive new regulatory reviews.
The health products giant's McNeil unit removed three types of K-Y Jelly from pharmacy and grocery store shelves, and recalled packages from wholesalers, at the end of January. The recalled brands are K-Y Tingling Jelly, K-Y Sensitive Jelly and K-Y Silk-E Vaginal Moisturizer and Personal Lubricant.
McNeil says all three are safe and there are no "product performance issues," so consumers can keep using any they have left.
But McNeil doesn't plan to return them to the market after the company determined that each might require a detailed review by regulators. McNeil had considered them similar enough to existing products to not require such a review.
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Holy, Glorious Apostle Thomas - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 2
You were a disciple of Christ, / and a member of the divine college of Apostles. / Having been weak in faith you doubted the Resurrection of Christ, / but by feeling the wounds you believed in His all-pure Passion: / pray now to Him, O all-praised Thomas, to grant us peace and great mercy.
Kontakion — Tone 4
Thomas, the faithful servant and disciple of Christ, / filled with divine grace, cried out from the depth of his love: / "You are my Lord and my God!"


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I-595 to close this weekend
Construction workers to lift onramps
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – It is the most intricate and complicated portion of the $1.2 billion Interstate 595 Express Lane construction project: raising an entire flyover bridge 18 inches into the air using hydraulic jacks.
"It is one of the key elements in providing the express lanes on the 595 corridor," said I-595 construction project manager Paul Lampley. "We have to raise the bridge to provide the vertical clearance in order to get trucks and other heavy vehicles under the bridge."
Flier: University Dr. interchange closure
Crews will demolish the top of a middle tower and rebuild it, so they had to build a temporary tower to carry the weight of the bridge.
The massive move happens this weekend. A crew of 50 workers will place 24 hydraulic jacks on the top of the towers, and then they will simultaneously and slowly lift the curved bridge.
"They can lift about an inch. Once we lift it an inch each hour, then we will shim up the jacks, shim up the bridge, make sure it's stabilized and then move the jacks up and lift the bridge up another inch the next hour," Lampley said.
A hydraulic manifold is going to control all of the jacks simultaneously so they do not damage the bridge, which weighs 5,202,000 pounds.
If it goes according to plan, the entire lift will take 18 hours, so of course, there will be plenty of lane closures.
The following closures will be in effect from 11:30 p.m. Saturday to 11:30 p.m. Sunday.
- The ramp from southbound University Drive to eastbound I-595.
- Northbound and southbound University Drive at I-595.
- Westbound State Road 84 from U.S. 441 to Pine Island Road. (There will be no access to Florida's Turnpike.)
- Westbound I-595 from University Drive to Pine Island Road.
- Eastbound I-595 onramps from Weston Road to University Drive.
- Florida's Turnpike to westbound I-595 and westbound State Road 84.
- U.S. 441 to westbound I-595 and westbound State Road 84.
During the weekend closure, eastbound I-595 will be detoured to eastbound State Road 84 west of University Drive.
The flyover ramp from southbound University Drive to eastbound I-595 will be closed for 120 days, officials said.
The project will be done in 2014.
Many people do not realize the express lanes are already in place.
"The eastbound lanes that you see here today, those are going to be the reversible express lanes. The new 595 eastbound lanes will be built on this new pier," Lampley said.
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Jordan Times: One of the reasons for the war
On Tuesday an audit board established by the UN Security Council in March 2003 to monitor oil sales in Iraq under US occupation reported that there had been widespread mismanagement, financial irregularities, smuggling and the use of no-bid contracts.
The panel, the International Advisory and Monitoring Board of the Development Fund for Iraq, found that the occupation regime, headed by L. Paul Bremer III, had failed to install metering to measure how much Iraqi oil was being extracted from the country's fields, awarded contracts to the Texas-based Halliburton Company, formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, and permitted overbilling, rising costs and waste. Kellogg, Brown and Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, is estimated to have charged "unsupported" and "overstated" costs, valued at $812 million, for projects funded by Iraqi oil revenue.
The occupation regime, which handed things over to the interim Iraqi government at the end of June, spent $20 billion from the Development Fund for Iraq but only a tiny fraction of the $18.5 billion of the appropriation for urgent reconstruction voted by the US Congress in November 2003. Congressional oversight procedures would not have permitted the sort of abuses accepted by Bremer and his team.
The UN investigation was issued ahead of US congressional reports on corruption of the UN's oil-for-food programme, which enabled the regime of former president Saddam Hussein to reap payments of more than $10 billion from oil smuggling and kickbacks from companies seeking contracts for oil sales and purchases of food and medical supplies. Conservative US politicians are trying to lay the blame for the well-known manipulation by Iraq of the oil-for-food scheme on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, in order to deflect international and domestic attention from massive profiteering in Iraq by US companies associated with the Bush administration.
This week's report touches upon a few abuses only. Pratap Chatterjee, managing editor of CorpWatch, a US-based monitoring group, describes the massive ripping off of Iraq and the US taxpayer in his book, "Iraq, Inc. A Profitable Occupation", published by Seven Stories Press in November 2004.
Chatterjee points out that the Iraqi gold rush began well before the administration launched its war to topple Saddam. For example, in February 2003, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a California "stealth" firm, formed the Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council (IRDC), a "shadow government in exile of Iraqi Americans who would plan the running of the country" and, once it was occupied, take up jobs in ministries and governorates to ensure that Washington's schemes and projects were implemented.
Favoured firms have received tens of billions of US tax and Iraqi oil dollars for providing services to the US armed forces, protecting Iraqi facilities and personalities, reconstructing Iraq's devastated infrastructure and building democracy. But privatisation has meant profiteering rather than the successful provision of goods and services. The US military still suffers from shortages of essential equipment and supplies, soldiers-of-fortune contracted to assume some tasks which should be carried out by soldiers fail to provide security, Iraq's power, water and sewage installations have not been repaired and no grassroots democratic institutions have been established.
Basing himself on media and official reports and research in Washington, DC and in Iraq itself, Chatterjee shows that US contractors not only operate on a no-bid basis but also in a "costs plus" system. He writes that Halliburton, the main Pentagon contractor, "does not care how much it spends, because under its contracts, the military pays Halliburton for costs plus a small profit margin of one per cent".
This means Halliburton must earn its take from "costs", rather than from the severely limited margin of profit. Halliburton has even been caught billing for services not provided. Chatterjee cites a July 2003 case when Halliburton charged for serving 42,042 meals to US troops while actually providing only 14,053.
Halliburton was also caught overcharging the US military by $100 million for petrol.
Another favourite, Bechtel, hired to rebuild Iraq's electricity plants and network, has failed to deliver money, spare parts and machinery, so 20 months into the occupation, some Baghdadis receive electricity on a two-hour-on-four-hours-off basis and others, notably the inhabitants of the largely Sunni district of Adamiya, have none. Contracted also to repair schools, Bechtel handed out the actual task to unsupervised local subcontractors who did the minimum. Although Iraqis suffered power shortages and poor schools, the company's earnings rose from a low of $11.5 billion in 2003 to $16.3 billion in 2004.
The US argues that private security firms can provide certain services more efficiently than soldiers, but Chatterjee shows that this is untrue. Contractors deployed an estimated 40,000 hired guns, some of whom earning as much as $1,000 a day, others take home pay-packets higher than those of regular soldiers. The real problem is that Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld decided to occupy Iraq with too few troops to impose security and failed to rebuild the Iraqi army and police. As a result, the US has had to rely on expensive contractors to do jobs troops should have done.
The author also describes how an unknown North Carolina company, Research Triangle Institute International (RTI), was hired to develop democratic institutions in Iraq's towns and cities. He writes: "A Mormon preacher from Utah, a city manager from Houston and a professor of anthropology from New York City were dispatched to Iraq for the grand experiment". Grassroots Iraqi town councils, set up after the war, were replaced by RTI councils comprising "moderates" and "nonrejectionists" who had no credibility with Iraqis.
During the first year of operations, RTI submitted bills totalling $156 million, but only $15 million, less than 10 per cent, was spent on the ground in Iraq. The company was awarded a second equally lucrative contract.
On Dec. 9, Chatterjee's CorpWatch carried an article by David Phinney on the scandal involving the provision of inadequate, rotten and rancid food to Iraqi prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib facility. This food was largely to blame for riots in November 2003 during which four Iraqi detainees were shot.
While the UN report and Chatterjee's illuminating and important book cover Bremer's reign, which formally ended on June 28 of this year, Halliburton, Bechtel and other administration corporate cronies continue to dominate the post-war commercial scene in Iraq, making it obvious that lucrative contracts were one of the reasons for the war.
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Should elected officials in Illinois continue to be allowed to hold more than one public office at the same time?
Your opinion matters, but it's not legally binding.
McHenry County voters Nov. 6 will weigh in through an advisory referendum. It is one of three countywide ballot questions that will be put to county voters.
A complicated mix of laws and legal precedents govern which Illinois elected offices can be held simultaneously, and which ones cannot. The following is a guide to those rules, and how they factor into why you're being asked this question.
How did this get on the ballot?
Wonder Lake resident Bob Anderson, a local tax fighter and longtime advocate for abolishing township government, asked the McHenry County Board to put the advisory question on the ballot. Anderson got the idea from DuPage County, which is asking the same question.
The McHenry County Board voted last month, 11-9, to approve putting the question before voters. It will read, "Should Illinois law permit an individual to hold two or more public elected offices simultaneously?"
In short, a "yes" vote means you favor keeping the status quo; a "no" vote means you favor limiting people to holding only one elected office at a time.
Why is this advisory?
Residents in Illinois do not have the power to propose or change state laws at the ballot box, such as voters in California and some other states do. Some politicians, such as local state Rep. Jack Franks and Gov. Pat Quinn, support amending the Illinois Constitution to give voters that ability.
Why is DuPage County asking this?
The mayors of Elmhurst and Burr Ridge, who are running for DuPage County Board, had indicated they wanted to stay on as mayors if elected to the board. The board put the referendum on the ballot at the behest of Chairman Dan Cronin, who said a board seat requires "undivided focus and commitment."
Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni has since said he will resign his municipal office if elected to the county board, but Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso still intends to hold both offices.
Why is this issue important?
Cronin brings up the point that holding multiple offices can diminish elected officials' responsibilities to fully represent the voters and taxpayers who elected them.
To opponents such as Anderson, holding multiple offices is a way for elected officials to double-dip at the public trough of government salaries, benefits and pensions, issues on the minds of voters as state and local governments face significant budget shortfalls.
How many offices can people hold at the same time?
There is no statutory limit, but in 2011 the courts ruled a Harvey man who held four elected offices – alderman, park board, library board and school board – held three too many. To date, he still serves on all but the school board.
What are the limits on holding dual offices?
A number of state laws, court cases and attorneys general opinions dictate which offices cannot be simultaneously held.
Generally, offices are deemed incompatible when the holder of one cannot fully and faithfully perform all of the duties required of the other. Many of these scenarios include conflict of duty and conflict of interest – for example, if one of the responsibilities of Office A is setting the budget of Office B. Also, the law deems offices incompatible if the governments have any sort of contractual relationship.
As another general rule, the number of legal restrictions on holding multiple offices decreases with a county's population, the logic being it is harder to find enough civic-minded people to fill them.
What happens to officials who get elected to incompatible offices?
That depends. Under the law, an elected official who gets elected to a second incompatible seat automatically must resign the first, and it is the duty of the original board to declare a vacancy and find a replacement.
But there is no mechanism by which to automatically boot the official from the first office. Either the state or an individual with legal standing can sue to have the person removed.


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The Motocross Files (MXF) is the critically acclaimed television series from Pipeline Digital Media (PDM) that chronicles the lives and careers of the greatest motocross riders that ever swung a leg over a bike. Names like "Bad Brad" Lackey, Roger "The Man" DeCoster, Ricky "Bad Boy" Johnson and Bob "Hurricane" Hannah. Each 30-minute episode follows these heroes from their earliest days and interest in racing, through their pro careers of triumph and tragedy, heroic wins and heartbreaking losses, all leading up to their retirement and what they are doing today. Beside the subjects and their families, interviews include mechanics, competitors and other industry insiders who know the real stories many of which, have never been told before. All of these are woven with archival footage, photographs, personal scrapbooks that add the authentic "historical fabric" to each story.
Developed and originally aired in the fall of 2005, MXF broke new ground with sports documentary story telling with high production values utilizing theatrical music score and pioneering the use in sports productions of "3D animated photographs" seen in so many shows and commercials. Over (21) episodes have been produced for the series to date and Producer/Director, Todd Huffman feels there are even more great motocross stories out there to tell.
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Syrian Arab Republic
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (6)
Cultural (6)
- Ancient City of Aleppo (1986)
- Ancient City of Bosra (1980)
- Ancient City of Damascus (1979)
- Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (2011)
- Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din (2006)
- Site of Palmyra (1980)
Sites on the Tentative List (12)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- Noréas de Hama (1999)
- Ugrarit (Tell Shamra) (1999)
- Ebla (Tell Mardikh) (1999)
- Mari (Tell Hariri) (1999)
- Dura Europos (1999)
- Apamée (Afamia) (1999)
- Un Château du désert : Qasr al-Hayr ach-Charqi (1999)
- Maaloula (1999)
- Tartus : la cité-citadelle des Croisés (1999)
- Raqqa-Ràfiqa : la cité abbasside (1999)
Activities (6)
- Preparatory assistance for the inscription of the Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, Syrian Arab Republic
- Workshop on urban development, sustainable development and tourism investment in the North district of Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
- Support research into ancient mosaics of the Ma'arat an-Noman Museum, Syrian Arab Republic
- Satellite-Based Damage Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites 2015 Summary Report of Iraq, Nepal, Syria & Yemen
- Emergency Safeguarding of the Portico of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra
News (50)
- UNESCO and UNITAR-UNOSAT publication details damage to cultural heritage in Syria's Ancient City of Aleppo Monday, 17 December 2018
- Conservation completed on Lion of Al-lāt statue from ancient city of Palmyra, damaged by ISIL Thursday, 5 October 2017
- UNESCO hosts First International Coordination Meeting for the recovery of Aleppo's heritage Thursday, 9 March 2017
- After the recapture of Palmyra, Director-General calls for renewed efforts to protect Syrian heritage Friday, 3 March 2017
- UNESCO Director-General condemns destruction of the Tetrapylon and severe damage to the Theatre in Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site Friday, 20 January 2017
Events (3)
- Technical Assistance Workshop to World Heritage Sites in Syria 13-Dec-2016-15-Dec-2016
- Second thematic meeting of experts on the agro-pastoral cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean 12-Nov-2009-14-Nov-2009
- Bikeabout To Launch Circum-Mediterranean Tour Of World Heritage Sites 24-Sep-1997-30-Jun-1998
Syrian Arab Republic
Acceptance of the Convention:
Wednesday, 13 August 1975
Source: Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
Syrian Arab Republic
UNESCO Country page
Permanent Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to UNESCO
Commission nationale syrienne pour l'UNESCO
Syrian Arab Republic
UNESCO Country page
Permanent Delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to UNESCO
H.E. Ms Lamia Chakkour
Ambassador, Permanent Delegate
Commission nationale syrienne pour l'UNESCO
www.syrianeducation.org.sy (arabic)
World Heritage
- UNESCO Worldwide (UNESCO/ERI)
- Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
- Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
- Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
- Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
- Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)
- Multimedia Archives (UNESCO/MSS/BKI/ISS)
- UNESCO transparency Portal