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The former Deputy Chief of Mission to the US Embassy in Baghdad, Joseph Wilson, reflecting on the ramifications and consequences of the Gulf War as it comes to an end (see February 28, 1991), will later write: "The war… established the blueprint for the post-Cold War New World Order. For the first time since the Korean War, the world had engaged in a conflict sanctioned by international law. In the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, America's foreign policy establishment understood that the next generation's war would not be of the World War II variety, with huge mobilizations of national assets and a fight for survival among the major powers; it would instead consist of small, bloody conflicts that would best be dealt with by a coalition of the willing operating under the mandate of the United Nations. Our challenge would be to ensure that the United States did not become the world's policeman, a costly and enervating task, but rather used our power to mobilize coalitions and share costs and responsibilities. In my mind, Desert Shield and Storm were case studies of how to manage both the diplomacy and the military aspects of an international crisis. We were successful in obtaining international financing to cover most of the costs of the war, we were successful in putting together a coalition force with troops from more than twenty nations, and we were successful in obtaining an international legal mandate to conduct the war. It was, in every way, an international effort driven by American political will and diplomatic leadership." Wilson agrees with President Bush and others that the US had been right not to drive into Baghdad and depose Saddam Hussein (see February 1991-1992, August 1992, and September 1998). The US-led coalition had no international mandate to perform such a drastic action, Wilson will note. To go farther than the agreed-upon mandate would alienate allies and erode trust, especially among Arab nations fearful that the US would overthrow their governments and seize their oilfields, or those of their neighbors. Wilson will observe, "The credibility that we later enjoyed—which permitted us to make subsequent progress on Middle East peace at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, and through the Oslo process (see September 13, 1993)… was directly related to our having honored our promises and not exceeded the mandate from the international community." [Wilson, 2004, pp. 178-179]
Entity Tags: United Nations, George Herbert Walker Bush, Saddam Hussein, Joseph C. Wilson
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion
Israel's ambassador to the US, Itamar Rabinovich, tells the influential US lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) that Israel is prepared to make territorial concessions to the Palestinians as part of the soon-to-be-signed Oslo Accords (see September 13, 1993). The AIPAC members are stonily silent; soon after, AIPAC president Harvey Friedman calls Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Yossi Beilin "a little slimeball" for helping make the land-for-peace deal. Though Friedman is asked to resign from AIPAC over his remarks, his message is clear: AIPAC is not so much pro-Israel as it is pro-Likud and in favor of that party's hardline policies. Both the Israeli and US governments support trading land for peace, but US neoconservatives, and many members of Israel's Likud Party, despise the policy. One of the most prominent US neoconservatives, Douglas Feith, currently a member of Rabinovich's staff, is asked to leave his position because of his vocal opposition to the peace process. [Unger, 2007, pp. 121]
Entity Tags: Douglas Feith, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Itamar Rabinovich, Harvey Friedman, Yossi Beilin
Timeline Tags: US International Relations
The famous handshake between Rabin and Arafat, with Clinton symbolically bringing the two together. [Source: Reuters]President Bill Clinton presides over the historic signing of the Oslo Accords, an overarching peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian people. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has agreed to give up large swaths of Palestinian territory Israel has occupied since 1967 in return for a Palestinian commitment to peace. Rabin is loathe to actually shake hands with his Palestinian counterpart, Yasser Arafat, in part because he knows the gesture would inflame extremists on both sides of the issue. But Clinton insists, and the two sign the accords and, symbolically embraced by Clinton, indeed shake hands. Clinton will later write, "All the world was cheering [the handshake], except the diehard protesters in the Middle East who were inciting violence, and demonstrators in front of the White House claiming we were endangering Israel's security." Those demonstrators include Christian fundamentalists, neoconservative ideologues, and Orthodox Jews. "Every grain of sand between the Dead Sea, the Jordan River, and the Mediterranean Sea belongs to the Jews," says US evangelist and Moral Majority co-founder Ed McAteer. "This includes the West Bank and Gaza." [Unger, 2007, pp. 121-122]
Entity Tags: Ed McAteer, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton
Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset. [Source: Neuhaus Nadav / Corbis Sygma]During the first Knesset debate on the Oslo peace accords (see September 13, 1993), Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, a close ally of US neoconservatives and Christian fundamentalists, compares the accords to British attempts to appease Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler before World War II. Referring to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, he shouts at Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, "You are worse than Chamberlain." Netanyahu is so aggressive in part because he has the public and private support of influential US neoconservatives and Christian fundamentalists. "I was ambassador [to the US] for four years of the peace process, and the Christian fundamentalists were vehemently opposed to the peace process," Israeli ambassador Itamar Rabinovich will recall (see July 1993). "They believed that the land belonged to Israel as a matter of divine right. So they immediately became part of a campaign by the Israeli right to undermine the peace process." Netanyahu's outburst on the floor of the Knesset is a deliberate part of this strategy. [Knesset Homepage, 2003; Unger, 2007, pp. 136]
Entity Tags: Itamar Rabinovich, Shimon Peres, Benjamin Netanyahu
Yitzhak Fhantich, the head of the Jewish Department of Israel's intelligence service Shin Bet, opens a file on Yigal Amir (see September 13, 1993), an Israeli law student so outraged by the Oslo peace agreement (see September 13, 1993) that he has talked of "taking down" Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Amir "was a typical religious type," Fhantich later recalls. "He served in a combat tour, and then went to study law. We knew about him." Amir was raised in the tenets of haredi Judaism, the most theologically conservative branch of Orthodox Judaism. Amir was stunned by Rabin's embrace of moderation and peace with the Palestinians—Rabin was once a commander of elite troops in Haganah, the Israeli paramilitary force, and during the 1967 Six-Day War, he led the assault force that retook the Temple Mount. Amir, who according to Fhantich is "fanatically against any compromise whatsoever with the Arabs," believes that Rabin's actions are both treasonous and heretical. Haredi Jews believe that Jewish religious law supersedes secular, governmental law, and to Amir and other strict Jewish fundamentalists, Rabin's actions violate halachic laws forbidding giving Jewish properties to gentiles. [Unger, 2007, pp. 134-136]
Entity Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Shin Bet, Yitzhak Fhantich, Yigal Amir
Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli-American physician and protege of the extremist right-winger Rabbi Meir Kahane (see November 5, 1990), has been in a deep depression since Kahane's assassination in 1990. After the signing of the Oslo Accords (see September 13, 1993), Goldstein decided that only an act of Kiddush ha-Shem—ritual self-sacrifice for the sanctification of God—can change history and return the world to what he sees as the pre-ordained path of Israeli domination of its traditional lands in the Middle East. Goldstein enters the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Israel, a sacred site for both Jews and Muslims. He is wearing his army uniform and carrying an assault rifle; worshipers assume he is a reserve officer on active duty coming to pray. Instead, Goldstein opens fire on a group of Palestinians praying there, killing 29 and wounding 150 more. Survivors eventually overcome Goldstein and beat him to death. The reaction among many right-wing Israelis, particularly in the outlying settlements, is ambivalent. Many deplore the violence but express sympathy for Goldstein's desperation and theological anguish. The spokesman for the settlers' rabbis committee says he sees no reason to condemn the murders. [Unger, 2007, pp. 136-137]
Entity Tags: Meir Kahane, Baruch Goldstein
Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat goes to Gaza as outlined by the Oslo peace agreement (see September 13, 1993). The next day, as many as 100,000 right-wing protesters vent their spleen at Arafat, the peace process, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem's Zion Square, chanting, "Rabin is a homo!" and "Rabin is the son of a whore!" Near a huge banner reading "Death to Arafat," Israeli Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu attacks the "blindness" of the Rabin administration for precipitating "the destruction of the Jewish state." Netanyahu tells the crowd: "Arafat, who is personally responsible for the murder of thousands of Jews and non-Jews, this war criminal, is being hoisted aloft by the government of Israel.… What Arafat truly wants is not an Arab state beside Israel, but an Arab state in place of Israel." [Unger, 2007, pp. 137]
Entity Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin, Palestinian Liberation Organization
Forty militant Orthodox rabbis in Israel's West Bank settlements, including Rabbi Eliezar Melamed, the secretary of the Rabbinical Council of the Land of Israel, begin deliberations to decide whether Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his "evil government" are in violation of that most fundamentalist of Jewish religious precepts, halachic law (see September 13, 1993). They discuss whether Rabin's actions call into play two halachic edicts, a din rodef, the duty to kill a Jew who imperils the life or property of another Jew, and the din moser, the duty to eliminate a Jew who intends to turn another Jew over to non-Jewish authorities. A din moser is sometimes considered the Jewish equivalent of an Islamic fatwa. Most of these discussions take place in private, with no paper trail to provide evidence of the deliberations. [Unger, 2007, pp. 138]
Entity Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Eliezar Melamed, Rabbinical Council of the Land of Israel
Some of the most dire threats against Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (see Early 1995) come from Orthodox Jews in the US. Rabbi Abraham Hecht, a leader in New York City's rabbinacal community, says that Jewish law permits the assassination off Rabin (see January 1995) for ceding land to the Palestinians (see September 13, 1993). [Unger, 2007, pp. 139]
Entity Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Abraham Hecht
Most Israeli lawmakers and politicians distance themselves from the Jewish extremists calling for the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin over the Oslo peace accords (see September 13, 1993). However, Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu actively curries their favor (see July 1-2, 1994). On the floor of the Knesset, he often attacks Rabin (see September 21, 1993) for giving away "parts of our homeland." After one particularly fiery speech, thousands of right-wing protesters gather in Jerusalem's Zion Square, where they put of posters of Rabin wearing a Nazi SS uniform, display banners calling Rabin "Arafat's Dog," and chant, "Death to Rabin! Nazis! Judenrat!"—a particularly odious epithet referring to the "Jewish councils" that were forced by the Nazis to expedite the transfer of Jews to concentration camps. Housing Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer is horrified by the frenzy of the mob, and tells Netanyahu, who is orchestrating the demonstration, "You'd better restrain your people. Otherwise it will end in murder. They tried to kill me just now.… Your people are mad. If someone is murdered, the blood will be on your hands.… The settlers have gone crazy, and someone will be murdered here, if not today, then in another week or another month!" Netanyahu ignores the warning, and, basking in the chants of "Bibi! Bibi! Bibi!," takes the podium, where he is optimistically introduced as the next prime minister of Israel. [Unger, 2007, pp. 139-140]
Entity Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel's Knesset approves Oslo II (see September 13, 1993), a complex set of agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) on the future of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For Israeli law student Yigal Amir (see September 13, 1993), this is the last straw. He has already made three half-hearted attempts to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, but as of now he commits himself to carrying the deed through. For his part, Rabin continues to ignore warnings (see Early 1995) from Israeli intelligence and media reporters alike trying to alert him to the danger he is in from radical fundamentalists. [Unger, 2007, pp. 140]
Entity Tags: Yitzhak Rabin, Knesset, Yigal Amir, Palestinian Liberation Organization
The sheet with the lyrics to the 'Song of Peace,' stained with Rabin's blood. [Source: Knesset]Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a rally in Tel Aviv. Over 100,000 people have gathered in Kings of Israel Square to support Rabin and the Oslo peace process (see September 13, 1993 and October 6, 1995). The rally is designed to be light-hearted, in contrast with the angry, combative rallies staged by radical conservatives to oppose the peace agreements (see October 1995). Rabin gives a short radio interview before leaving the stage at the rally, and tells listeners, "People have their personal security but they do not have doubts that the path of peace should be pursued." Rabin's wife Leah is asked if her husband is wearing a bulletproof vest. "Have you gone crazy?" she replies. "What are we, in Africa?… I don't understand the ideas you journalists have." Meanwhile, law student Yigal Amir (see September 13, 1993 and October 6, 1995) is sitting on a concrete flower planter in the parking lot. A guard notices Amir and whispers into his microphone, "For God's sake. What's that dark guy doing down there? Is he one of us?" When Rabin walks by Amir to go to his car, Amir pulls out a gun and fires three shots. Two hollow-point bullets strike Rabin in the chest, severing major arteries and destroying his spinal cord. The third strikes Rabin's bodyguard in the arm. "It's nothing!" Amir shouts. "It's just a joke! Blanks, blanks!" Police seize Amir; the wounded bodyguard rushes Rabin to the hospital, where he is pronounced dead 90 minutes later. When the police inform Amir that Rabin has died, he tells them, "Do your work. I've done mine." Turning to an officer, he adds, "Get some wine and cakes. Let's have a toast." Someone later goes through Rabin's pockets and finds a bloodied piece of paper with the lyrics to a popular tune, "The Song of Peace," copied on it. Rabin had joined in singing the song at the rally. Author Craig Unger later writes that aside from the personal tragedy of the assassination, "In part because of his legacy as a great Israeli military commander, no one in Israel was, or ever could be, a more forceful figure than Rabin in promoting the peace process. As a result, his murder was a devastating blow to the Oslo principle, the principle of land for peace." [Unger, 2007, pp. 141-143; Knesset Homepage, 2008]
Entity Tags: Craig Unger, Yigal Amir, Yitzhak Rabin, Leah Rabin
The Oslo peace accords between Israel and Palestine (see September 13, 1993) break down, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat accusing one another of noncompliance. Netanyahu has not implemented the first scheduled withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the West Bank, and the second is well overdue. The New York Times's Anthony Lewis lays the blame squarely on Netanyahu: "There is and always has been only one way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: land for peace. And the Netanyahu government has now made it clear that it has no intention of withdrawing from enough of the land Israel occupies in the West Bank to make a deal imaginable." When the White House pressures Netanyahu to restart the peace process, he turns for support to America's Christian Right (see January 19-23, 1998). [Unger, 2007, pp. 156]
Entity Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Anthony Lewis, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Clinton administration, Yasser Arafat
The governments of Israel and the United States are in almost-perfect accord on most issues, according to a Washington Post analysis. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has talked repeatedly of the "special closeness" he has to the Bush administration, and of the "deep understanding" that President Bush and his officials have for Israel's security and foreign policy needs. He has thanked Bush for providing what he calls "the required leeway in our ongoing war on terrorism" and lauded the Bush administration's efforts to promote a peaceful settlement between Israel and the Palestinian people. Thomas Neumann, who heads the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), agrees. "This is the best administration for Israel since Harry Truman," says Neumann, equating Bush with the first American president to recognize the independent state of Israel. A senior official in the first Bush administration says that Sharon used the 9/11 attacks to cement the bond between his government and the Bush administration. One senior administration official says: "Sharon played the president like a violin: 'I'm fighting your war, terrorism is terrorism,' and so on. Sharon did a masterful job." Accord with Likud - But the US is not just in accord with Israel; it is in accord with Likud, the hardline conservative political party currently in charge of the Israeli government. The Post writes: "For the first time, a US administration and a Likud government in Israel are pursuing nearly identical policies. Earlier US administrations, from Jimmy Carter's through Bill Clinton's, held Likud and Sharon at arm's length, distancing the United States from Likud's traditionally tough approach to the Palestinians. But today, as Neumann noted, Israel and the United States share a common view on terrorism, peace with the Palestinians, war with Iraq and more. Neumann and others said this change was made possible by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and their aftermath." Bush supporters, particularly evangelical Christians, are "delight[ed]" with the administration's overt support of Likud policies. Abandoning Peace Talks between Israel and Palestinians - The downside, the Post notes, is that diplomacy with Israel's Arab neighbors has come to a virtual standstill, and the Middle East "peace process" praised by Sharon is considered by many past and current US officials as a failure. Clinton administration National Security Adviser Sandy Berger says: "Every president since at least Nixon has seen the Arab-Israeli conflict as the central strategic issue in the Middle East. But this administration sees Iraq as the central challenge, and… has disengaged from any serious effort to confront the Arab-Israeli problem." Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, the administration's special envoy to the region, calls the peace process "quiescent," and adds, "I've kind of gone dormant." 'Likudniks Really in Charge Now' - Bush has appointed neoconservative Elliott Abrams, a vociferous critic of any peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, the head of Mideast affairs for the National Security Council, signaling his administration's near-total alignment with Israel in the process. Abrams's hardline views are supported by, among others, Vice President Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle, Abrams's mentor, who in 1996 recommended to Israel's then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he abandon the Oslo peace accords and refuse to accede to Palestinian demands of "land for peace" (see September 13, 1993). A senior administration official says wryly, "The Likudniks are really in charge now," using a Yiddish term for supporters of Sharon's political party. "It's a strong lineup," says Neumann. Fellow neoconservative Meyrav Wurmser of the Hudson Institute says of Abrams: "Elliott's appointment is a signal that the hard-liners in the administration are playing a more central role in shaping policy.… [T]he hard-liners are a very unique group. The hawks in the administration are in fact people who are the biggest advocates of democracy and freedom in the Middle East." The Post explains that in Abrams's and Wurmser's view, promoting democracy in the Middle East is the best way to assure Israel's security. Like other neoconservatives, they see the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of a "democratic Palestine" as necessary for peace in the region. Others who disagree with the neoconservatives call them a "cabal." The Post writes, "Members of the group do not hide their friendships and connections, or their loyalty to strong positions in support of Israel and Likud." [Washington Post, 2/9/2003]
Entity Tags: Elliott Abrams, Donald Rumsfeld, Bush administration (43), Benjamin Netanyahu, Ariel Sharon, Anthony Zinni, Thomas Neumann, Sandy Berger, Likud, Richard ("Dick") Cheney, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, Harry S. Truman, George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Richard Perle, Meyrav Wurmser, National Security Council
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Redskins' RG3 practices, feeling 'really good'
Three days after spraining his knee, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was just a little gimpy on the practice field and very cagey behind the microphone
He likes his chances of playing Sunday, but he and coach Mike Shanahan want to keep the Cleveland Browns guessing as long as possible.
Wearing his No. 10 jersey and a black knee brace underneath his sweatpants on a chilly day, Griffin high-stepped and moved laterally with barely a hitch as he stretched, then favored his right leg during throwing drills as the Redskins began on-field preparations for this week's game.
"Sunday night, I thought there was probably no chance that I could play the next week," Griffin said. "And then Monday morning, I felt better about it. Yesterday, I felt better about it. And today I feel really good about it, so it just depends on if I continue to progress the way I am."
So, to cut to the case, Griffin was asked if he expects to play Sunday.
"I can't tell you all that," he answered. "First, I don't want to give the Cleveland Browns a competitive advantage. And I don't want to let anybody down, so I don't want to say that I'll be playing and end up not playing."
Griffin has a mild sprain of the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee, a favorable diagnosis considering the scary hit to his leg from defensive tackle Haloti Ngata at the end of a scramble late in regulation in Washington's 31-28 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens.
"I was the happiest guy in the world on Monday to be blessed with the injury that I did have," Griffin said, "after looking at it so many times."
Still, the Redskins (7-6), who have won four straight to move within a game of the first-place New York Giants in the NFC East, are trying their best to keep Griffin's status shrouded in mystery. They closed practice to the media after 20 minutes, in compliance with NFL rules. And even Griffin - who at one point waved to reporters watching his every move - admitted that there was a public relations aspect to his participation.
"Coming out here and doing what I did in practice, it's kind of a showcase for you guys to see me move around, and that I'm not on crutches or limping or anything like that," Griffin said. "But it's also for (my teammates) to see that I'm OK, and if I do step out there between those lines that they don't have to worry about me."
Griffin was officially listed as "limited" in practice, and neither he nor backup Kirk Cousins would say who took most of the work with the starting offense.
"I was advised not to comment on the rep distribution," Cousins said. "So I'm sorry, but I'm not going to say anything along those lines, just to protect my team and give us the best chance to win on Sunday."
Shanahan was also naturally vague about his No. 2 overall draft pick.
"I was impressed with how he worked and what he did," the coach said. "We'll see at the end of the week if he's full-speed and ready to go. And if he is, he'll play."
Shanahan was asked if he plans to string out the announcement as long as possible, even if he already knows who will start.
"Probably," he said with a smile. "Why did you ask that silly question?"
Griffin did offer some insight into the factors that will help determine whether he will play. He said he wants to be able to make "instinctive moves without thinking about it" and that he was able to accomplish that to some extent Wednesday.
Griffin also said planting and throwing is "not a problem" and that it has become much easier to walk up and down steps as the leg loosens up and the swelling goes down.
"If I can give the team the best chance to win, then I'll play," Griffin said. "And if I can ensure my safety out there and my health and my career, then I'll go out there and play. And if not, then I won't."
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Every dream, every goal … they were all overshadowed by trying to heal. Today, that changes. Ethan dreams again.
Six F/A-18 Hornet fighters wait on the runway threshold. The blades of their turbines spin leisurely at idle. Buckled into the cockpits are the pilots of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron … the Blue Angels.
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Cyber attack? What cyber attack?
Those cyber attacks against the United States, the Pentagon, in particular?
Not us, says China's Minister of National Defense Gen. Chang Wanquan.
"The Chinese military has never supported any sort of hacker activities," Chang said Monday at a joint news conference at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
That's not the way the Pentagon sees it. In May, David Helvey, deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia, said that in 2012 "numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the United States government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to [Chinese] government and military organizations."
Hagel didn't challenge Chang. Perhaps he was trying to be a nice host.
The Pentagon's own report to Congress was more blunt:
"In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the U.S. government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese government and military."
The report goes on to say that China is intent on stealing military and other government secrets for not-so-nice reasons.
"The information targeted could potentially be used to benefit China's defense industry, high technology industries, policymaker interest in US leadership thinking on key China issues, and military planners building a picture of U.S. network defense networks, logistics, and related military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis."
No, China, Chang maintained, is the victim of cyber attacks. Not the perp.
"China is one of the primary victims of hacker attacks in the world."


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Farmers tied to listeria outbreak plead guilty
DENVER >> Two Colorado farmers whose cantaloupes were tied to a 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges under a deal with federal prosecutors.
Eric and Ryan Jensen pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Denver to six counts of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.
A sentencing hearing has been set for Jan. 28. The deal didn't address the brothers' possible punishment.
Officials say people in 28 states ate the contaminated fruit and 147 were hospitalized.
A statement from the Jensens' attorneys says the brothers were shocked and saddened by the deaths, but the guilty pleas do not imply any intentional wrongdoing or knowledge that the cantaloupes were contaminated.
The brothers have sued the safety auditor who gave their farm a superior rating just before the outbreak.


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Our favorite Latina celebs know how to rock just about any hairstyle — and always look hot doing it. Take a peek at who we think makes the cut.
1. The Fashion Bob: Jessica Alba
The gorgeous Mexican-American actress debuted a new chic cut on January 28, courtesy of hairstylist Jen Atkin. "Just Chopped! @jessicaalba serving us a fresh 'Fashion-Bob' #TexturedEnds #LongFront," Atkin wrote on Instagram.
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The gorgeous Brazilian actress chopped off her lucscious, chocolate brown locks for a cut that's perfect for the summer.
3. The Pixie: Elsa Pataky
The Spanish beauty went from long-haired vixen to chic and sexy. Her long side-swept bangs give her a romantic feel.
4. The Tousled Bob: Morena Baccarin
The Homeland actress embraces her natural wavy texture to give her cropped cut fun movement.
5. The Short and Sleek: Tatyana Ali
Shiny and modern, a straight-haired bob with a center part is all-flattering.
6. The Curly Crop: Susie Castillo
The former beauty queen proves that there's no such thing as too short. Her curly locks call attention to her gorgeous smile.
7. The Faux Snip: Kat DeLuna
It's easy to recreate this blonde bombshell look. Make a low ponytail, then tuck your hair under and secure with U-shaped bobby pins.
8. The Sultry Bob: Danica Ramirez
The Dominican-American actress pulls off short in the sexiest way. The angular cut shows off her bold red pout.
9. The Platinum 'Do: Christina Aguilera
Her signature blonde locks look super chic with a blunt cut and deep side part.
10. The Versatile Chop: Cameron Diaz
The Cuban-American actress always knows the best way to pull off a short-haired updo. And no matter what style she picks, she always looks gorgeous!


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Galileo to spearhead extension of worldwide search and rescue service
The global reach of Europe's Galileo navigation system is being harnessed to pinpoint distress calls for rapid search and rescue. A major expansion of the humanitarian system will be tested over the next two years to make it even more effective.
After rowing the Atlantic for 27 days, the six-man Atlantic Odyssey Sara G team suddenly capsized. The morning of 30 January saw them 800 km from land, clinging to their lifeboat in rough seas – but their distress call was detected from orbit. Rescue came within 14 hours.
The international Cospas–Sarsat satellite relay system has been making air and sea travel safer for 30 years, saving 24 000 lives along the way.
Cospas is a Russian acronym for 'Space System for the Search of Vessels in Distress', with Sarsat standing for 'Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking'.
Satellites locate the source of distress calls from radio beacons on ships and aircraft, then local authorities are alerted.
"The service's slogan is 'taking the search out of search and rescue'," explained ESA engineer Igor Stojkovic.
He participated in a week-long Cospas–Sarsat task group meeting from 27 February hosted at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, with representatives from 21 nations, plus the European Commission and ESA for Galileo.
"We've finalised plans for a worldwide test campaign as we extend existing Cospas–Sarsat capabilities to international navigation satellites," added Igor.
"Search and rescue packages are also being carried by US GPS and Russian Glonass satellites, though with most of Europe's Galileo constellation being deployed within the next few years, Galileo is leading the way."
Founded by Canada, France, Russia and the US, Cospas–Sarsat began with 'transponders' on low-orbit satellites.
"Their rapid orbital motion means that Doppler ranging can be performed to pinpoint the location of distress calls," said Igor.
"However, only a small area of Earth is covered at a time, and it may take valuable time to line up with a ground station to relay a message – and it takes two satellite passes to pinpoint the distress call."
In the 1990s Cospas–Sarsat introduced coverage from geostationary orbit, looking down from almost 36 000 km.
With these satellites remaining in a fixed point in the sky, distress calls are detected and relayed immediately, although their relative lack of motion means Doppler-based ranging is not possible.
"Now Cospas–Sarsat is moving to using navigation satellites in medium orbits," added Igor.
"Navigation satellite constellations have been carefully designed for worldwide coverage, and can perform a combination of time- and frequency-based ranging for single-burst distress call positioning."
The first medium-orbit transponder was launched on a Glonass satellite last year, with two more flying aboard Galileo satellites due for launch at the end of summer.
"These satellites will be the focus of our demonstration and evaluation phase, the results of which will set working standards for the operational system to follow from 2015," said Igor.
Galileo engineers have introduced another innovation: for the first time those in distress will receive a reply, letting them know their signal was picked up and help is on the way.


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(A) The state board of pharmacy shall issue a certificate of registration to provide home medical equipment services to each applicant who submits a complete application under section 4752.11 of the Revised Code. For purposes of this division, an application is complete only if the board finds that the applicant holds accreditation from the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations or another national accrediting body recognized by the board, as specified in rules adopted under section 4752.17 of the Revised Code.
(B) A certificate of registration issued under this section expires at the end of the registration period for which it is issued and may be renewed in accordance with section 4752.13 of the Revised Code. For purposes of renewing certificates of registration, the board shall use a biennial registration period that begins on the first day of July of each even-numbered year and ends on the thirtieth day of June of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
(C) A certificate of registration issued under this section is valid only for the facility named in the application.
Amended by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §130.11, eff. 1/21/2018.
Effective Date: 09-16-2004; 2008 HB562 09-22-2008 .


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Dan Lin and Kevin McCormick are two of the producer on Gangster Squad, and both saw the film as a chance to take a period story and make it fresh for modern audiences. The films that kept coming up were Sherlock Holmes (which Lin was a producer on) and The Untouchables. They spoke at length about the origin of the film, its director and cast, and the vibe they were going for with the movie. Our on-set interview with Lin and McCormick follows after the jump.
Is it true this isn't based on a book, but that they're writing a book at the same time?
Dan Lin: Yes it's based on Paul Lieberman's seven part series that he wrote for the LA Times.
The real people…
Lin: Very much so, some of the real people have come to visit, they are two squad members who are still alive… Bert Phelps has come to visit us, and he's 86, and family members of O'mara's – who's played by Josh Brolin – his kids has come to visit, Wooters, Ryan Gosling's character – his kids have come to visit. It's exciting for them.
Kevin McCormick: And in some cases the kids hadn't been told the real story. With the younger kids, either the father had left the force or it was a chapter earlier on before they had grown up. So for them it's exciting because they get to see a part of their history and watch a movie get made.
Lin: What was interesting for us is that we had creative license to make it a movie. And the family member would tell us "it's more realistic than you think." So, for instance, the Wooters family told us he slept with brass knuckles next to his bed.
McCormick: In terms of electronic surveillance, which is something we take for granted now, was something that wasn't done much or was coming in to common usage, and one of the things in our story is that they actually bug Mickey Cohen's house, and one of the guys, one of the survivors, was telling us that there was a mob gathering and they were sent to surveil them, and they bugged a television set, which in an uncanny way, is what we do to Mickey Cohen in the course of this movie.
What trepidations if any did you have about taking on a period movie given the fact that there are more Public Enemies that don't do as well as there are movies like L.A. Confidential, was there any commercial consideration or concern, and how does that effect the size of the production or how the story was told?
Lin: Honestly, when we first got a hold of the story we took it to Kevin, who's head of production at Warner Brothers and he asked me the question you're asking now "Dan is this L.A. Confidential, is it Bugsy?" I said neither, it's Untouchables, but we haven't seen this before it's set in L.A. And secondly, I read these articles when I was producing Sherlock Holmes, and it's a very similar approach, we're taking a period story and making it contemporary. You've seen today so it's some of the look, and the actors, and Ruben Fleischer, the director, is an unusual choice we've made, but because he's taking a contemporary approach to the story being told. So the movie's you're referencing, Public Enemies, L.A. Confidential, our movie shouldn't feel like that, it's more distinct, but it should have a modern feel to it.
McCormick: Dan had a real gut reaction to the material, which I had read, just as a newspaper junkie, and one of the movies Dan had worked on as an executive was The Departed, which had a fantastic outcome. It became a bigger movie in the way that it was cast, in its director, etc. I'm not saying these movies are in parallel, but Dan's instinct could be something special, and the second part is that though it is a period movie, and period movies are quite difficult to get made, Warners as you may or may not know, the gangster movie was a staple of theirs and really kept the lights on for the studio in the 30's, and they really invented a generation of leading men and bad guys who populated movies for the next twenty years. So this plugs into something they do really well, although other studios did gangster movies, Warners did films ripped from today's headlines, and though these are stories that played out years ago, when Dan was talking about it being produced like Sherlock Holmes, we looked for a new way to interpret the action and violence in the movie, and the cast that was attracted to the material really elevated the picture. It's always a crap shoot to do a period picture but it brings something contemporary in its attitude and cast of characters.
Lin: I'm excited for you guys to be here today, you didn't get to see what this street looks like normally, but this town – Bellflower – isn't doing very well economically, 90% of the street has been shut down, it's gone bankrupt, but it's very much a De Palma shot tracking through the city and then the club, so you can see the homage to predecessors like The Untouchables which is the touchstone we use.
And real locations for a lot of it?
Lin: A lot of real locations.
McCormick: Bellflower not so much, but certainly a lot of the other places that are coming up, Grauman's Chinese plays a significant part in it, we're at the Park Plaza Hotel, which is a prominent hotel in the time period we're playing in, which is adjacent to MacArthur Park.
Lin: We spent some time at Griffith Park, at the observatory, so we've been shooting at some real locations.
McCormick: And even the bungalows are locations that the cops families would have lived in in that period. And the creative people, Mary Zophres, who's done the clothes for the picture, who was just nominated for True Grit last year, and has done a number of period movies with the Coen brothers, so it's not just the men's clothes that are fantastic, but also the women's clothes. (Emma) Stone's clothes, are just beautifully designed and built. For a costume designer it's an incredible gift to do a movie like this, it's not like you go to a store to do your shopping, you actually get to build the costumes. Our production designer, Maher (Ahmad), this is every production designers dream to build a location like that, it doesn't come across that often.
You mentioned The Untouchables, which I think is one of the most watchable movies ever made, did you have any non-Gangster movie references when it came to this movie?
Lin: Ruben was diligent and every single week he showed us a different movie, or homage. Often they were Coen brother movies, who is a big influence on him, Heat is a movie we've been talking about a lot, yesterday we were talking about Munich for the scene we're shooting tomorrow.
I know in the old Warner Brothers films there were restraints on the clear cut nature of the good guys and the bad guys, and the bad guys had to meet their maker in the end, did you explore more grey areas?
McCormick: I think that's one of the essences of what this movie is, there's a fine line between the good guys and the bad guys, and it's certainly part of the exploration of where our main characters go.
So you see it as something of a film noir?
McCormick: Yes, but Film Noir, L.A. Confidential is more film noir. This is influenced by that but more action oriented.
Lin: Even the coloring, it's warmer, brighter than a film noir. Dion Beebe, our academy award nominated cinematographer, he's made it brighter, it's not a dark movie, when you see the film it will be so warm that it pops.
After he made two smaller somewhat irreverent comedies, what made Ruben the right choice for you guys?
McCormick: We met a lot of people and Ruben made the first movie because it was something he was passionate about and when the second movie came his way, the second movie had an irreverence about it, and from a career standpoint it was the last time he'd want to do a movie like that. This was a movie that he felt that it was important to make. We met with a lot of people, but I felt, and Dan felt after that meeting that he was genuinely excited about it, and what he could bring to it. And from our experience he's immersed himself and has an incredible work ethic.
Lin: I first met Ruben, when my company did a thing called "creative salons" where we invite filmmakers to speak about their film, and we had him there for Zombieland, and at those things you learn more about the people, and Ruben said he aspired to do more than comedies but it was his way in. He was a history major at Wesleyan, certainly this is something he wanted to dig into, and lastly he's obviously – and as we said before – he's obviously a very contemporary guy and so we knew we wouldn't get a dusty old fashioned picture with him. It was going to feel modern and the action was going to be kinetic, and frankly, there is some humor in the movie. Kevin and I were talking about it, the way Sean Penn plays Mickey Cohen, there is some humor. In real life he was an over the top character who tried to attract a lot of attention, he wanted to attract more attention as a gangster than the police did, and I think Ruben pulls that out of him.
McCormick: He's an autodidact in that, he watches a movie every day, not steal but for inspiration, and I think one of the things that our writer Will Beall, and I don't know if Dan told you this or not yet, but Will is a former PD homicide detective who became a writer and author, and he really created distinctive roles for the characters so that in Sean and in Josh and in Ryan they are three extremely distinctive performances and I think we think so far they're blending together in an exciting way.
Lin: It's worth talking about Will because when he first came in with the story, it was from hearing it from other cops. He was LAPD homicide detective for many years, and he said the reason why he wanted to do this movie was because he said "on a bad day one of the senior officer would take us to a bar and talk about the good old days, talk about how it used to be" talk about shades of grey, he said "to get the gangsters you would have to act more like a gangster." Whereas now it's much more black and white, and if you do anything in between, you're thrown in a federal penitentiary. Back then you could act more like the gangsters to take them down. So that's been a theme of our movie, how far do you have to go and still retain your self before it's too late.
How much does the gravitas and cast keep you guys from contemporizing it and turning it into a big pop movie? They made Mobsters, which was clearly meant to be a modern poppy version of a Gangster film, and having done Sherlock Holmes, do you see the potential going in that it could lean that way?
McCormick: It isn't Young Guns, which is fantastic, but it has a very specific agenda, there's a real subtext for each of these characters, people with stories that start before the movie begins, and stories that continue after the movie ends. Mickey, this is Sean's first week and he's brought a level of complexity and execution to his performance that I think is dazzling. But Josh has been incredibly moving and solid, and Ryan…so this isn't a carbon copy of anything, it's become its own thing. The underlining material that Dan spotted that Will scripted, that Ruben directed, the neighborhood they're hanging out in with each other, it's not just the three leads you have Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, we just have a roll call of excellent actors in the prime of their… even Robert Patrick. And it's not The Magnificent Seven but they each have their own thing going on.
How much mixing and matching was done in casting?
Lin: We cast the three leads first, it was always anchored by Ryan, Josh and Sean. And then – it was always fun we put up photos on the board and did some mixing and matching, we had different ethnicities, different ages, obvious we wanted to find the right wife for Josh and the right love interest for Ryan. Once we anchor the main three roles, we had a lot of fun.
McCormick: I'd like to say Ruben was so rigorous and passionate about it. And the luck of once Sean came on board we had Josh, we had Ryan, every other part became so much easier to cast, they're each excellent in their own way. They have a high standard for their work.
Was there any contact with Whitey Combs or his family?
McCormick: We haven't. I think Gangster Squad is interesting because Mickey became a cartoon character towards the end of his life, the Life magazine layouts, the autobiography, his essence changed from being a tough guy to a sideshow.
Lin: Would have had his own reality show now.
You talked about having the families come in and talk to you guys, was there any internal pressure about portraying real people in a semi-fictionalized way?
Lin: You should talk to the actors, but Kevin and I talked about always being respectful, these guys are heroes. The reason why Paul wrote this is because many of the original members were passing away and there's only two members of the squad still alive, so it's really an homage to them, and these guys were heroes. If they did their jobs right no one would hear about them, it was a secret squad. And so we've always maintained that we needed to portray them in a heroic way.
McCormick: And I think whenever you deal with non-fiction material, you want to honor the essence of the story, but you have to tell a story. And so sometimes things are changed and rearranged and sometimes characters are created to get you from the beginning to the end, and in this case, some of those things have happened.
McCormick: I'd say a large portion of it is real.
We're told you're about halfway through the shoot. What have you been happiest with so far, or what's exceeded expectations?
Lin: I think the chemistry between the guys exceeded expectations. A lot of the actors hadn't worked together before and you'll see the bonding that comes between the actors, and it happens on screen.
McCormick: I think they each set a very high standard, and when Sean started this week, everyone ratcheted their game up. There's no divas, no prima-donnas, everyone shows up ready to play, and that's an exciting and heady environment for anyone to want to work in.
What about the female side of the cast?
Lin: well, the main female character is Emma Stone's Grace, who is Mickey Cohen's etiquette tutor, and then she falls in love with Ryan Gosling's characters. And we've been impressed with her, it's a much more serious role than she usually plays. She looks gorgeous, and very much of the time period.
McCormick: I think one of the things that has made Emma so successful is that she feels relatable for older and younger people. The challenge is playing Mickey's girlfriend and the question is how they look together. Her dreams have broken a little bit because you don't come off the bus from Ohio thinking "I want to be a gangster's girlfriend" I think you have your own dream and you have to settle for something. She's looked at a lot of Lauren Bacall movies, and Mary has dressed her beautifully and she's incredibly sophisticated, and she and Cohen fit together in an uneasy way, but you see why she and Ryan Gosling's characters do fit together. So she pulls it off. The second part for us, considering there are only two significant roles for women in the movie, if you go back and look at something like Untouchables, the wife is just a story point, and we wanted to have women who were flesh and blood characters to make this a universe where women could feel some identification with what goes on, so Josh Brolin's wife Connie (Mireille Enos) she's someone you could totally see as the rock behind the man, who doesn't take any shenanigans, and sees through the tough guy outside, but she's also a truth teller, and when he starts to go over to the other side, she's the one who wants to save her family. I think there's some balance to it, and women will think there's something there to watch.
Lin: They both play tough female characters, but they're both great. Mireille Enos, Connie, helps put together the squad, she wants to protect him, she doesn't want him to die trying to get Cohen, at the same time, she's his moral compass, and when he does enter shades of grey, she's the one pulling him back. And then, obviously, Emma Stone's character is dealing with two tough guys. In Cohen a dangerous guy, and Wooters, who's reckless as well.
Is Emma Stone's character based on anyone?
McCormick: It's a conglomerate of a number of people.
But Connie is Connie?
Lin: Correct.
McCormick: When the Wooters family came to set they said that there was always a picture of a redhead, but their mother didn't look like that. And the O'Mara family said Mireille Enos looked exactly like their mother, so there was something kind of great about both those recognitions.
Do you see this evolving into a franchise?
Dan: We're focusing on this movie. I don't know if you know but the gangster squad started in the 40's and went all the way into the 60's, it started as the gangster Squad, but they changed their name officially into the intelligence squad, but the squad itself called themselves the gangster squad. There's always possibilities to tell more stories, but right now we're focused on this one.
Gangster Squad Opens January 11.
For more on our Gangster Squad Set Visit:
- 15 Things to Know from Our GANGSTER SQUAD Set Visit
- Josh Brolin Talks GANGSTER SQUAD, Fascination with Gangster Culture, His Character, Working with the Incredible Cast and More During Our Set Visit
- Director Ruben Fleischer Talks GANGSTER SQUAD, Classic Gangster Movies, the Incredible Cast and the Level of Action During Our Set Visit
- Giovanni Ribisi Talks Gangster Fascination, 1940s Technology, and His Character Moustache on the Set of GANGSTER SQUAD
- Anthony Mackie Talks the Appeal of the Gangster Genre, African-Americans in Film Noir, and More on the Set of GANGSTER SQUAD
- Robert Patrick Talks Gun Tricks, Ensemble Chemistry, and Losing 30 Pounds on the Set of GANGSTER SQUAD


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LMR Ranch House Red is an "E-Z" drinking wine perfect for a gathering of family and friends.
The label features one of our first Appaloosa horses, "E-Z", who also worked as Ted's personal horse. We felt that his (the horse's) relaxed, good-natured temperament perfectly captured the spirit of this "easy" drinking red wine.
The $35 per bottle price also makes Ranch House Red a perfect selection for any informal gathering. Stock up now for the summer grilling season!
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Mozilla::PublicSuffix - Get a domain name's public suffix via the Mozilla Public Suffix List
use feature qw(say);
use Mozilla::PublicSuffix qw(public_suffix);
say public_suffix('org'); # 'org'
say public_suffix('perl.org'); # 'org'
say public_suffix('perl.orc'); # undef
say public_suffix('ga.gov.au'); # 'gov.au'
say public_suffix('ga.goo.au'); # undef
This module provides a single function that returns the public suffix of a domain name by referencing a parsed copy of Mozilla's Public Suffix List. From the official website at http://publicsuffix.org/:
A "public suffix" is one under which Internet users can directly register names. Some examples of public suffixes are com, co.uk and pvt.k12.wy.us. The Public Suffix List is a list of all known public suffixes.
A copy of the official list is bundled with the distribution. As the official list continues to be updated, the bundled copy will inevitably fall out of date. Aside from new releases always including the latest version of the list, this distribution's installer provides the option (defaults to "No") to check for a new version of the list and download/use it if one is found.
- public_suffix($domain)
Exported on request. Simply returns the public suffix of the passed domain name, or
undefif either the domain name is not well-formed or the public suffix is not found.
- Domain::PublicSuffix
Similar to this module, with an object-oriented interface and somewhat alternative interpretation of the rules Mozilla stipulates for determining a public suffix.
Richard Simões
<rsimoes AT cpan DOT org>
Copyright © 2013 Richard Simões. This module is released under the terms of the MIT License and may be modified and/or redistributed under the same or any compatible license.


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Of course the little infidel is lost again. Just a week after being shoved out a boat and forced to swim all the way back to Antartica, Happy Feet the penguin's gone off the reservation, and his satellite tracker's dead.
The transmitter stopped sending signals on Friday, and there are only really two possibilities here: Either the device fell off or the little Lilliputian interloper found his way into the belly of a sea predator.
While experts think it's unlikely that he'd run into an orca or a leopard seal, they'd also be surprised if the device fell off since it was attached to his feathers with... wait, super glue? Apparently it's commonly used in tracking penguins, and it shouldn't have fallen off until he molted in a few months, but it's been known to happen.
Look, I'm with you: I love when adorable, globally-beloved animals get eaten by large creatures of the sea. But super glue won't even keep my bedroom shelves together, and they wanted it to hold this transmitter in place on a swim to Antartica? Nothing to see here, folks; the little jerk's probably sipping frozen herring cocktails in the Bahamas by now. [Stuff via Daily What]


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Green Herb and Kidney Bean Stew (Ghormeh Sabzi) from 'The New Persian Kitchen'
Herb stew sounds like one of those "recipes" I'd come up with as a kid poking around in the garden for kitchen experiments. After all, in Western cuisine, fresh herbs are usually added at the end of cooking for a burst of greenery and bright flavor. But according to Lousia Shafia, author of The New Persian Kitchen, herb-filled stews are some of the most famous in Iran. Her version is a lighter, vegetarian take on the green stew, filled with cubes of turmeric-laced tofu and fat red kidney beans. But the bulk of the stew is, indeed, chopped parsley, cilantro, and scallions (bulked up with a bit of spinach), and the mixture is surprisingly delicious. The grassy greens cook down and mellow, turning into a fragrant, earthy melange excellent atop fluffy rice or stuffed into a pita.
Why I picked this recipe: Shafia calls this dish one of the most famous in Persian cuisine, so how could I say no?
What worked: It may not be your first inclination to cook down a huge bowl of herbs, but the gentle heat works magic on the greenery--the flavors of the herbs are somehow mellowed and enhanced, transforming these supporting players into stars in their own right.
What didn't: Nothing.
Suggested tweaks: While the recipe lists frozen, thawed, and roasted tofu as the main protein, this stew traditionally includes chicken. If you're not looking to make a vegetarian meal, you can substitute salted and seared boneless chicken meat for the tofu. If you can't find dried limes, you can add several strips of lime zest to the stew.
- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:24 hours (including tofu freezing time)
- Rated:
- 1 (14-ounce) package firm tofu
- 5 tablespoons grapeseed oil
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups cooked kidney beans (one 15-ounce can), rinsed and drained
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken stock, boiling
- 1/2 pound spinach, coarsely chopped
- 1 cup tightly packed, coarsely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 cup tightly packed, coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 cup thinly sliced scallions
- 2 dried limes, soaked in hot water to cover for 15 minutes
- 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for finishing
Drain the tofu and cut it into 1-inch-thick slabs. Freeze until solid, about 6 hours, then defrost in the refrigerator overnight. Squeeze the tofu slices to remove excess water.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with a nonstick baking mat.
In a medium bowl, whisk together 2 tablespoons of the grapeseed oil, 1 teaspoon salt, a few grinds of pepper, and the turmeric. Add the tofu and toss to coat it in the seasoning. Spread the tofu on the baking sheet and bake for 50 minutes, flipping the slabs once halfway through. The tofu should be golden and springy. Let cool and dice.
While the tofu bakes, caramelize the onion. Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat and add the remaining 3 tablespoons grapeseed oil, followed by the onion. Brown the onion for 10 minutes, until it starts to darken, then cook slowly over low heat for about 30 minutes, until it is dark brown and about half its original volume. Add the garlic, beans, tofu, and stock and bring to a boil; then turn down the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
Add the spinach in large handfuls, adding more as each batch wilts, then stir in the herbs and scallions. Pierce the limes and add them to the stew along with their soaking water. Simmer for 20 minutes. The herbs should be tender but still bright green. Stir in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Turn off the heat and let the stew rest for 15 minutes. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and serve.
Variation: Heat a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil to the pan. Lightly salt 2 pounds skinless chicken breasts and legs. Add the chicken to the skillet and sear for 6 to 7 minutes per side, until well browned, then transfer to a plate. Add the chicken to the stew along with the beans
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The foundation for New Lenox Safe Communities America started in November 2008 when New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann and the Village Board decided to seek designation as a "Safe Community" through the National Safety Council and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion. The Safe Communities America designation is awarded to communities that demonstrate leadership in promoting safety, reducing injuries, and preparing their citizens for natural and man-made disasters.
The New Lenox Village Board passed a Resolution which signified its commitment to utilizing a collaborative approach to promoting safety within the community and its commitment to joining the International Safe Communities Network. The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition was established and became the organization responsible for identifying injury prevention priorities, safety promotion, preparedness activities and assessment of these efforts within the community.
The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition worked throughout 2009 and into 2010 to satisfy the various "Indicators" outlined in the Safe Communities America Application for Accreditation. Following a successful On-Site Assessment, the Village of New Lenox was accredited as a "Safe Community" by the National Safety Council and the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion on April 27, 2010. New Lenox was the 9th community in the United States to receive this prestigious designation. The Village of New Lenox was re-accredited as a Safe Community on June 1, 2016.
The New Lenox Safe Communities America Coalition typically meets the last Wednesday of the month at 10:30am in the Community Room at the Village Hall. For additional information, contact Daniel Martin, Safe Community Coordinator, Village of New Lenox (815) 462-6493 or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com. Be sure to visit the New Lenox Safe Communities America Facebook Page too!


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4G LTE-Advanced Technology Overview
4G LTE refers to the evolved version of LTE that is being developed by 3GPP to meet or exceed the requirements of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for a true fourth generation radio-communication standard known as IMT-Advanced. 4G LTE, whose project name is LTE-Advanced, is being specified initially in Release 10 of the 3GPP standard, with a functional freeze targeted for March 2011. The 4G LTE standard will continue to be developed in subsequent releases. In October 2009, the 3GPP Partners formally submitted LTE-Advanced to the ITU as a candidate for 4G IMT-Advanced1. The certified technology specifications for IMT-Advanced are expected to be published in early 20112.
Key ITU requirements for IMT-Advanced that 4G LTE will support include the following3:
- A high degree of common functionality worldwide while retaining the flexibility to support a wide range of local services and applications in a cost-efficient manner
- Compatibility of services within IMT and with fixed networks
- Capability for interworking with other radio systems
- High quality mobile services
- User equipment suitable for worldwide use
- User-friendly applications, services, and equipment
- Worldwide roaming capability
- Enhanced peak data rates to support advanced mobile services and applications (100 Mbps for high mobility and 1 Gbps for low mobility)
3GPP cites an additional reason to align 4G LTE with IMT-Advanced: IMT-conformant systems will be candidates for any new spectrum bands identified by the WRC-07 (World Radiocommunication Conference). 4
3GPP Considerations
3GPP Technical Report (TR) 36.913, "Requirements for Further Advancements for E-UTRA (LTE-Advanced)," describes the requirements for further advancement of the LTE E-UTRA (air interface) and E-UTRAN (air interface network).5 These requirements are based on those of the ITU for IMT-Advanced as well as on 3GPP operators' own requirements for advancing LTE. Major technical considerations for 4G LTE development include:
- Continual improvement to the LTE radio technology and architecture
- Scenarios and performance requirements for interworking with legacy radio access technologies
- Backward compatibility of LTE-Advanced with LTE. An LTE terminal should be able to work in an LTE-Advanced network and vice versa. Any exceptions will be considered by 3GPP.
- Account taken of recent WRC-07 decisions for new IMT spectrum as well as existing frequency bands to ensure that LTE-Advanced geographically accommodates available spectrum for channel allocations above 20 MHz. Also, requirements must recognize those parts of the world in which wideband channels are not available.
System performance requirements
The system performance requirements for 4G-LTE will in most cases exceed those of IMT-Advanced. The 1 Gbps peak data rate required by the ITU will be achieved in 4G LTE using 4x4 MIMO and transmission bandwidth wider than approximately 70 MHz. In terms of spectral efficiency, today's LTE (Release 8) satisfies the IMT-Advanced requirement for the downlink, but the bps/Hz must be doubled in LTE-Advanced to meet the 4G requirement.
Table 1 compares the spectral efficiency targets for LTE, LTE-Advanced, and IMT-Advanced. Note that the peak rates for LTE-Advanced are substantially higher than the IMT-Advanced requirements, which highlights a desire to drive up peak performance in 4G LTE, although targets for average performance are closer to ITU requirements. However, TR 36.913 states that targets for average spectral efficiency and for cell-edge user throughput efficiency should be given higher priority than targets for peak spectral efficiency and other features such as VoIP capacity.5 Thus 4G LTE work will be focused on the challenges of raising average and cell-edge performance.
Table 1. Performance targets for LTE, Advanced-LTE, and IMT-Advanced6
The flexibility of spectrum is another important consideration. Actual available spectra differ by region and country. 3GPP is studying the feasibility of various deployment scenarios for spectrum allocation.
3GPP solution proposals
Proposed solutions for achieving LTE-Advanced performance targets are defined in 3GPP TR 36.814, "Further Advancements for E-UTRA Physical Layer Aspects."7 The following features are supported in LTE-Advanced proposals:
- Carrier and spectrum aggregation--The lack of contiguous spectrum for wider transmission bandwidths (to 100 MHz) forces the use of carrier aggregation to meet peak data rate and spectrum flexibility requirements. Aggregation of contiguous and non-contiguous component carriers is allowed.
- Enhanced uplink multiple access--The addition of N-times DFT-spread OFDM (also known as "clustered SC-FDMA") will satisfy increased data rate requirements while maintaining backward-compatibility with LTE.
- Higher order MIMO transmission--Up to 8x8 MIMO in the downlink and 4x4 MIMO in the uplink is used to reach peak data rates. Beamforming with spatial multiplexing is being considered to increase data rates, coverage, and capacity.
- Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and reception--This MIMO variant is intended to improve performance for high data rates, cell‐edge throughput, and system throughput. Is being studied for Release 11.
- Relaying--In-channel relays receive, amplify, and retransmit downlink and uplink signals to improve coverage. More advanced relaying enables the use of some subframes in a channel to carry backhaul traffic. The main use cases for relays are to improve urban or indoor throughput, to add dead zone coverage, or to extend coverage in rural areas.
Other proposals related to 4G LTE address the support needs of an increasingly heterogeneous network that combines macro-, micro-, pico-, and femtocells, along with repeaters and relay nodes. Work is ongoing to develop advanced methods of radio resource management including new self-optimizing network (SON) features. The 4G LTE specifications also continue to focus on the use of femtocells and home base stations (eNBs) as a means of improving network efficiencies and reducing infrastructure costs.
Industry-supported field trials are already demonstrating the viability of many of the technical concepts in LTE-Advanced, and 3GPP's submission to the ITU included a self-evaluation of its proposals concluding that LTE-Advanced meets all IMT-Advanced requirements for being officially certified as 4G. Nevertheless, the timing of 4G LTE deployment is difficult to predict and will likely be dependent on industry demand and the success of today's Release 8 and 9 LTE rollouts.
Design and test challenges
As an evolution of LTE, LTE-Advanced will pose similar challenges to design and test engineers. The LTE standard is new and quite complex, with multiple channel bandwidths, different transmission schemes for the downlink and uplink, both frequency and time domain duplexing (FDD and TDD) transmission modes, and use of MIMO antenna techniques. LTE and LTE-Advanced will likely have to co-exist with 2G and 3G cellular systems for some time, so interworking necessities and potential interference remain important issues. In a difficult radio environment, LTE sets the bar for performance targets very high, and LTE-Advanced raises it even higher.
Some new challenges are anticipated with the solutions proposals for LTE-Advanced. For example, carrier aggregation will undoubtedly pose major difficulties for the UE, which must handle multiple simultaneous transmit and receive chains. The addition of simultaneous non-contiguous transmitters create a highly challenging radio environment in terms of spur management and self-blocking. Simultaneous transmit or receive with mandatory MIMO support will add significantly to the challenge of antenna design.
The introduction of clustered SC-FDMA in the uplink allows frequency selective scheduling within a component carrier for better link performance, and the PUCCH and PUSCH can be scheduled together to reduce latency. However, clustered SC-FDMA increases peak to average power ratio (PAR) by several dB, adding to transmitter linearity issues. Simultaneous PUCCH and PUSCH also increase PAR. Both features create multi-carrier signals within the channel bandwidth and increase the opportunity for in-channel and adjacent channel spur generation. Test tools will need to be enhanced with capability for signal generation and analysis of multicarrier signals in 4G power amplifiers.
Higher order MIMO will increase the need for simultaneous transceivers in a manner similar to carrier aggregation. However, MIMO has an additional challenge in that the number of antennas will multiply, and the MIMO antennas will have to be de-correlated. It will be especially difficult to design multiband, MIMO antennas with good de-correlation to operate in the small space of a 4G UE. Conducted testing of higher order MIMO terminals will no longer be usable for predicting actual radiated performance in an operational network. A study item in Release 9 of the 3GPP standard is looking at MIMO over the air testing as an alternative.
From the UE perspective, relaying is completely transparent. In this case the challenge is all on the network side. For the system to work, the link budget from the relay node to the macro eNB must be good, which implies line of site positioning. The main operational challenge in getting relaying to work will be in the management of the UE. The UE must be instructed to hand over to a relay node that is within range and release the relay node when the UE goes out of range. If this process is not well managed, the performance of the cell could actually go down, not up as intended.
These are just a few of the challenges that 4G LTE will present wireless design and test engineers. As the 4G specifications are published and the certification process moves ahead, so too will test vendors have to increase the capability of their products and invent ingenious new ways to verify the performance of the evolving 4G systems.
1 Press release, "3GPP Partners propose IMT-Advanced radio," Geneva, October 8, 2009.
2 3GPP Americas, "Mobile Broadband Innovation Path to 4G: Release 9, Release 10 and Beyond," www.3Gamericas.org
3 ITU-R M [IMT-TECH], "Requirements related to technical performance for IMT-Advanced radio interface(s)," August 2008.
4 3GPP web site, 3GPP - LTE-Advanced. 3GPP - LTE-Advanced
5 3GPP TR 36.913 V9.0.0 (2009-12), www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/36_series/36.913
6 Rumney, Moray. LTE and the Evolution to 4G Wireless: Design and Measurement Challenges, p.416. 2009, Keysight Technologies Publication.
7 3GPP TR 36.814, www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/archive/36_series/36.814/


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Wolfram Research has released Mathematica Home Edition which delivers the functionality of the recently released Mathematica 7 but at a fraction of the cost.
The program is designed to support parallel computation, image processing, and rich data on astronomy, geography, life sciences, and the like. More than 4500 freely available examples of concepts in life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, creative arts, and many other areas have been published as part of the Wolfram Demonstrations Project. In addition, over 100,000 examples of Mathematica functions and capabilities are provided in the Wolfram Mathematica Documentation Center.
"Mathematica is the perfect tool for a broader group -- from amateur scientists, to parents interested in introducing their children to concepts in math, science, finance, and other areas, to anyone who wants to make fully interactive models and simulations, analyze real-time data on stocks, weather, or stars, transform and enhance images, or explore infinitely more activities," says Peter Overmann, Director of Software Technology at Wolfram Research.
Mathematica Home Edition is a 32-bit program available in the United States and Canada for Windows (2000/XP/Vista), Mac OS X (Intel), and Linux for a retail price of $295. Mathematica Home Edition is not licensed for commercial, nonprofit, academic, or government use. For more details, see www.wolfram.com/homeedition.


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See Inside Steven Madden's $9 Million Dollar NYC Home:
Inside the Six-Story Townhouse Steve Madden Is Selling For $9 Million
Inside the Six-Story Townhouse Steve Madden Is Selling For $9 Million
Footwear king Steve Madden and his wife have been buying up units of the historic Blacksmith House on New York City's Upper East Side since 2006. Now that they own it all, they're ready to sell. The home, which was listed just this week for $8,995,000 USD, was originally built in 1860 and was subsequently cut up into separate apartments. Located on East 73rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, the house is spread over 6,000 square feet. Current floor plans feature seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, and the master suite opens onto a private garden. There are also three terraces — one on the parlor floor and another two on the top level of the house. A look at the house and all that comes with it, here in the gallery.


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CASTINE, Maine – Maine-Presque Isle was unable to overcome the size and rebounding strength of the Maine Maritime Mariners, as they endured a hard-fought loss 68-57 Tuesday evening.
Maine Maritime, who won their sixth-straight improved to 10-6, while Maine Presque Isle dropped to 12-5. Maine Maritime is currently in second place in the North Atlantic Conference with a 7-2 record.
For the Owls it was the same old story, as they were once again outrebounded 46-33 by the taller Mariners. More importantly, the Mariners enjoyed a 28-10 point advantage in the paint, using the brawn of 6'3 post Bekah Campbell, who had a team-high 15 points and 9 rebounds with 4 on the offensive end that added to the Mariners 22 offensive rebounds for the game.
"It is so deflating to work so incredibly hard defensively as we do and then just give the opponent offensive rebound, after offensive rebound, point blank shot after shot," head coach Doug Carter said after the game. "We go into these games against really good teams, undermanned in terms of size and strength, we must, as a team, accept that we are just not working hard enough to rebound and win games, it has to be something our group takes to heart and overcomes."
Olivia McNalley led the Owls with a game-high 16 points and Rebecca Campbell added 13 points and nine rebounds.
Ashley Shine chipped in with 12 points for the Mariners, while Mariners leading scorer Leah Jackson was held to just 2 points. Jackson is the reigning North Atlantic Player of the Week.
The first half featured five ties and 10 lead changes, with neither team leading by more than three. The Mariners lead by three after a Campbell free throw gave them a 10-7 advantage with 13:15 left. Shine's trey at 11:11 gave Maine Maritime a 13-10 lead with two minutes later. The Owls used a 5-0 run to lead 15-13 before Alex Winchester's layup evened the game for the third time, 15-15, with 8:36 left in the opener.
After a Perron free throw tied the game for the fifth time, 24-24, with 1:33 left, the Mariners finished the half with a 5-2 run -- with three by Cheyenne Malloy and two from Jackson, to lead 29-26 at the break.
After Amanda Hotham's free throws evened the game for a sixth and final time, Maine Maritime exploded with a 13-0 run to lead 46-33 with 9:35 left. Maine Maritime would hold onto the advantage that run provided and take the victory from a game Owl squad.
The Owls will next travel to Eastern Maine Community College Thursday for a return engagement of a recent 68-52 home win for the Blue & Gold.


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Oh man. I have a new addiction. Or guilty pleasure. Or whatever you call it when you watch shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians because you love how the family sticks together. It's called Geek Love and it's amazing. An online reality TV show, the series focuses on geeks who are looking for, well, love.
Originally supposed to air on TLC, I guess the show thought it had a better chance of succeeding on YouTube. The series shows the geeks, both guys and girls, participating in Sci-Fi Speed Dating, a speed dating service held during Sci-Fi and Comic conventions.
Geek Love is three episodes in its season with new episodes airing on Thursdays. I hope everybody finds somebody! [Geek Love via Laughing Squid]


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New Zealand's inbound net migration rose to a 10-year high in February, as fewer kiwis jumped the ditch to Australia and China became the biggest source of net migrants for the first time in a decade.
The country gained a seasonally adjusted 3,500 net new migrants in February, the most since April 2003, and up from 3,100 in January, according to Statistics New Zealand. Seasonally adjusted there was a net outflow of 600 people to Australia in February, down from 850 in January.
On an annual basis, New Zealand net migration rose 13 per cent to 96,900 people for the year ended February, while departures fell 20 per cent to 67,800. China became the biggest source of net migration for the first time in a decade, with a net gain of 6,100 people, followed by India with more than 5,800, and pipping the UK which had previously provided the biggest net migrant gain.
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Chinese long-term arrivals rose 8.7 per cent to 8,556 in the year ended February 28, and are up 14 per cent over the past two years. At the same time, UK arrivals, slipped 0.6 per cent to 13,929, and are down 3.1 per cent over the past two years.
Last week the Reserve Bank said net migration has rapidly increased over the past 18 months, boosting demand for housing and consumer spending, and is seen as an inflationary pressure that prompted the bank to lift the official cash rate a quarter-point to 2.75 per cent.
"This monthly result suggests migration flows may be starting to run a little ahead of our forecasts, although it is difficult to judge whether that will be sustained," ASB economist Dan Smith said in a note. "Strong inwards migration will continue to add to domestic demand and housing market pressures, and is one of the reasons why interest rates will rise over the next couple of years."
Auckland attracted most of the nation's new migrants with a net gain of 13,700 in the year. Canterbury followed with a net gain of 5,100 migrations, while Otago recorded a net increase of 600 migrants and Wellington attracted 400 new net migrants.
Today's figures also showed short-term visitor arrivals rose to a record for a February month, led by an increase in Australian visitors. Total visitor arrivals rose 7 per cent to 301,200 people from the same month the previous year. More than 105,500 Australians visited New Zealand in February, offsetting declines in Chinese and Hong Kong visitors due to an earlier Lunar New Year.
On an annual basis visitor arrivals rose 7 per cent to 2.77 million in the year ended February. Australians made up the bulk of the arrivals, with a 6 per cent gain to 1.23 million. German visitors were the fastest growing group, up 16 per cent to 73,760, while Chinese arrivals grew 14 per cent to 237,200 visitors.


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150/5220-25 - Airport Avian Radar Systems
- Date Issued
- November 23, 2010
- Responsible Office
- AAS-100, Office of Airport Safety & Standards - Airport Engineering Division
- Description
Provides guidance on the use of avian radar systems to supplement an airport's Wildlife Hazard Management Plan (WHMP) and reduce the potential avian threats to aircraft.
See also:
- Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Guidance Letter 12-04: Avian Radars (3/5/2012) Discusses the eligibility of Avian Radar Systems and the justification required to use AIP grant funds to acquire and install them.
- Notice to Manufacturers of Airport Avian Radar Systems about AIP Buy American Requirement (10/28/2011). The FAA is requesting information to determine if waivers to this requirement are needed.


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Senator Corker, main man against the automaker bailout plan, and his security detail, are not amused as we nearly careen into them with our Mobile Command Center at the Detroit Auto Show.
The UAW could be heard heaving a sigh of disappointment as we're stopped by mini-Shaft just before we would've mowed down Senator Bob "Nissan" Corker. Oh well, maybe next time.


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Eight years ago, Josh Dueck broke his back during a skiing accident that left him paraplegic.
Four days ago, Dueck fulfilled his dream to do a back flip on snow again thanks to a "sit-ski" (on which he won the silver medal in the slalom at the 2010 Winter Paralympics) and a whole lot of heart.
If you're in a hurry, start at the 1:45 mark. But don't. Whole story's compelling. (H/T BroBible)


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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
|Wagner: DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG
On January 4, 1886, during the second German season at the Metropolitan Opera, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg received its American premiere. In 1894, under the Grau management, it became I Maestri Cantori di Norimbergo, sung in Italian with Jean Lassalle as Sachs, Jean De Reszke as Walther von Stolzing, Emma Eames as Eva, and Luigi Mancinelli conducting, and it remained in Italian until the season before Mapleson began recording Met performances. However, as these cylinders show, the chorus continued to sing in Italian even after the principals had reverted to the original.
The dating of Mapleson's two cylinders from Meistersinger is conjectural, as there is no relevant diplomatic evidence. The opera received three performances in 1900-01, one in 1901-02, and two in 1902-03. The sound quality is good enough to suggest 1903; as the March 21 performance is later than any other definitely dated Mapleson recording of an operatic performance, the February 20 date may be more likely. (The recording speeds are not the same, and the two excerpts need not be from the same performance.) Should the cylinders predate 1903, the conductor would be Walter Damrosch rather than Hertz.
Act III, Scene 2: Chorale: "[Wach'] auf!" ... "Heil!"
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra--
Alfred Hertz (?)
February 20 or March 21, 1903 (?)
After the Mastersingers arrive at the Festwiese, the populace sings a chorale in honor of Hans Sachs; the (German) words were written by the historical Hans Sachs. (Near the end, there is an obstructed, untrackable groove.)
[Or]sů! Giŕ l'alba appare in ciel!
Vicin a me su un arboscel
soave canta un uscignuol
ai fiori che allietan il nostro suol.
La notte omai si dileguň,
e l'oriente gia biancheggiň.
Il sol ben presto sfavillerŕ
e l'ombre tutte dissiperŕ.
Evivva Sachs! Onor, onor
di Norimbergo al gran cantor! ecc.
Awake! Already dawn appears in the sky!
Near me, on a tree,
a nightingale sings sweetly
to the flowers that grace our land.
At last the night fades away,
and the east already brightens.
Very soon the sun will shine
and drive away all the shadows.
Hail Sachs! Honor, honor
to the great singer of Nuremberg! etc.
Act III, Scene 2: Final Chorus: "[Ehrt eure deutsch]en Meister"
Metropolitan Opera Chorus & Orchestra--
Alfred Hertz (?)
February 20 or March 21, 1903 (?)
[Slip, undated;, Glackens 64, undated.]
At the opera's end, the populace and principals take up Sach's exhortation to honor German artists, and then turn once again to hail Sachs himself. (In these pages, Wagner asks the soloists to sing along with the chorus, so the soprano heard ascending to the optional high C may well be Johanna Gadski, who sang Eva in all six relevant performances.)
[L'arte Tedesca o]nora
e sia sovrana ognora!
Fin ch'essa č cara al nostra cor,
quand' anche lo splendor
cessasse del Roman,
eterna vivrŕ l'arte del German! ecc.
Gloria! Gloria!
Gloria ad Hans Sachs!
Honor German art--
may it rule forever!
As long as it is dear to our hearts,
though even the splendor
of Rome should crumble,
German art will live forever! etc.
Hail! Hail!
Hail! to Hans Sachs!


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Moderator: Spider
Blood Legion Spec Ops is an extension of Blood Legion, created to assist BL in its push for higher ranking and provide a structured and enjoyable environment for the Illidan community to be involved with Blood Legion.
The guild's main purpose is to assist in fulfilling BL's consumable needs during progression and also aid in the development and exposure of BL/Illidan recruitment. The heart of Blood Legion Spec Ops is comprised of 10 Blood Legion alts (zero mains) who enjoy raiding 10man content during farm/downtime. This is a project that BL has pursued for several tiers now, but is just now something we decided to make official.
Since BL has tight restrictions on who is able to join, we decided to create the Spec Ops guild in order to promote better communication with the Illidan community, as well as to provide our supporters with a means of helping us out directly during progression. Many different sorts of players currently call Spec Ops home. The guild is open to anyone who wants help provide raiding consumables (fish/herbs/gems/etc), players who just want to be a part of the BL community, and/or friends and family of BL members. The guild actively participates in many facets of the game, including 5-man dungeons, Battlegrounds, Arenas, 10-man raids, and levelling.
Finally, Blood Legion will also draw from Spec Ops to help fill empty slots in alt raids at our own discretion. If we need a spot filled, we will first look to BLSO rather than trying our luck in Trade as we formerly have done. Please do not ask to join; we will ask you should the need arise. If you find yourself in this position, do your best and try to impress us with your skills and talent! We're always looking for exceptional players to add to our main roster.
If you have any questions or would like an invite, please send a tell in-game to any of the following characters:
Riggnaros, Zonker, or Ataxus (or some obvious variant of the names)
Thank you for your interest in Blood Legion Spec Ops!
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Shinafae wrote:We don't. I blame Turbin. I'm going to laugh when BLSO gets that achieve before BL.
juveynile wrote:Sounds great thanks for the help squibs. It actually helps alot and gl getting top 3, its fairly competitive usually
Shinafae wrote:We don't. I blame Turbin. I'm going to laugh when BLSO gets that achieve before BL.
Lucmarceau wrote:Shinafae wrote:We don't. I blame Turbin. I'm going to laugh when BLSO gets that achieve before BL.
Challenge accepted.
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