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A letter to the Chairman of Washington Post
Article about Mojahedin Khalq, MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult
... We are the former members and officials and commanders of this terrorist-religious cult who have lived for decades in this dangerous cult and we had been witnessing their internal cultic affaires and relations as well as their ominous objectives in living with them for decades and for this reason we have become very reliable sources to identify their real content and essence . After reading the mentioned article in Washington post newspaper which was containing truths and facts concerning this terrorist – religious cult , we decided to write our appreciation letter ...
The Life of Camp Ashraf, Mojahedin-e Khalq Victims of Many Masters
Hassan Piransar, Faryade Azadi, Paris, July 15 2012http://www.faryade-azadi.com/2Haupt/Vashanton%20Post.Hassan.HTM
Honorable the chief executive officer and chairman of the Washington post company , Mr. Donald E. Graham Greetings and with respect to you and your popular and honorable company, Few days ago on 6 of July 2012 , an article written by Miss Julie Jowarrick Tate published in popular and honorable Washington post newspaper regarding the pmoi terrorist organization or Rajavi's cult. We not only support and confirm all the facts mentioned in this article about the pmoi terrorist organization which is a very dangerous cult but also we are urging the media and the press to broadcast and publish like this article to promote the vigilance and intelligence of the people and politicians in United States concerning this religious – terrorist cult . We are the former members and officials and commanders of this terrorist-religious cult who have lived for decades in this dangerous cult and we had been witnessing their internal cultic affaires and relations as well as their ominous objectives in living with them for decades and for this reason we have become very reliable sources to identify their real content and essence . After reading the mentioned article in Washington post newspaper which was containing truths and facts concerning this terrorist – religious cult , we decided to write our appreciation letter to Miss Julie Jowarrick Tate ,the author of this article , and the honorable Washington post company for writing such a documentary article in the Washington post which is the most reliable company in USA in broadcasting and publishing the documentary articles and news for informing the people in US. We believe that we should mention to this fact that according to our experiences and vital information regarding to this notorious cult , we have been beaten up , insulted, and threatened to death in many occasions by the operatives and hoodlums of this cult to close our mouth and become silent but because we are responsible towards our conscience and people to reveal their real terrorist entity for all the people throughout the world , we never stop our revelations about their real essence which is a terrorist content. In this regard we are ready to share our experiences regarding to this notorious cult ,which is the outcome of the decades of living in this cult ,with the media and the press specially with your honorable and distinguished company to promote and increase your awareness and vigilance and knowledge about this terrorist-religious cult whenever and wherever it is appropriate . we try our best to pay our liability to the international society and people by introducing and revealing the true content of this cult. Again , we would like to thank Miss Julie Jowarrick Tate for writing such a documentary article regarding to this terrorist -religious cult and we hope in the near future in a private and face to face meeting with you and other official newspapers and the media , we reveal and expose more facts to promote the general awareness and vigilance concerning this dangerous and notorious cult . We are looking forward to hearing from you. Respectfully Hassan Piransar / the former veteran member of pmoi
High-priced advocacy raises questions
for supporters of Mojahedin Khalq
(aka; MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult)
... Under federal law, advocates for foreign organizations are required to register as lobbyists and provide details about their clients and income. But the MEK supporters have not registered, which would require disclosing the amounts they are paid and the identities of officials with whom they meet. The supporters argue that they are acting legitimately to facilitate U.S. policy decisions, which could make them exempt from registration requirements.But scholars of lobbying regulations say the contacts with administration officials easily meet the definition of lobbying under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, a law that has sometimes led to criminal charges ...
Mojahedin Khalq (MKO, MEK, Rajavi cult)continued terror campain
Washington Post, July 06 2012http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/high-priced-advocacy-raises-questions-for-supporters-of-iranian-exile-group/2012/07/05/gJQABoacQW_story.html
Joby Warrick and Julie Tate, Friday, July 6, 2:45 AM
A well-financed lobbying campaign by prominent U.S. politicians and former officials on behalf of a designated terrorist organization is focusing new attention on the group and its influential advocates. Supporters of the Iranian opposition group Mujaheddin-e Khalq, or MEK, have met with senior Obama administration officials to push for the organization's removal from the State Department's terrorist list and better treatment of its members at a camp in Iraq.
Public appearances on behalf of the MEK by such people as former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, former Pennsylvania governor Edward G. Rendell and former Obama national security adviser James L. Jones had already sparked an investigation by the Treasury Department into whether payments of tens of thousands of dollars to some of them violated anti-terrorism laws.
In recent weeks, new questions have been raised about whether private meetings, conference calls and other contact with officials at the State Department and elsewhere in the administration over the past year require the advocates' registration as lobbyists or agents of a foreign entity.
Under federal law, advocates for foreign organizations are required to register as lobbyists and provide details about their clients and income. But the MEK supporters have not registered, which would require disclosing the amounts they are paid and the identities of officials with whom they meet.
The supporters argue that they are acting legitimately to facilitate U.S. policy decisions, which could make them exempt from registration requirements.
But scholars of lobbying regulations say the contacts with administration officials easily meet the definition of lobbying under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, a law that has sometimes led to criminal charges.
"The law applies to anyone engaged in political or lobbying activity — or even propaganda — on behalf of a foreign 'principal,' a term that is defined broadly," said David Cole, a professor and expert on criminal and constitutional law at Georgetown University Law School. "It's a very low bar."
The new questions are the latest challenge for the MEK, which has been listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization since 1997 and was linked to the deaths of six Americans in the 1970s.
Trying to reshape image
The MEK has been campaigning for years to get off the terrorist list, including buying advertisements in The Washington Post and other publications. A federal appeals court has given Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton until October to make a decision on whether to remove the group.
At the same time, the MEK and its advocates have been clashing with the Iraqi government over efforts to relocate 3,300 MEK members living in exile at a former Iraqi military base since the mid-1980s.
The MEK has enlisted some of the biggest names in U.S. politics and national security. In addition to Giuliani, Rendell and Jones, the group's advocates have included former homeland security secretary Tom Ridge, former Vermont governor Howard Dean, former U.S. attorney general Michael Mukasey, former FBI director Louis Freeh, former Joint Chiefs chairman Hugh Shelton, former U.N. ambassadors John Bolton and Bill Richardson, and Mitchell Reiss, a former State Department official who has been among Republican president candidate Mitt Romney's top foreign policy advisers since 2008.
Rendell, Giuliani and Mukasey were among 16 prominent former U.S. officials who flew to Paris for a pro-MEK rally last month. Also in Paris was Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and Republican presidential candidate. In a video, Gingrich is seen bowing to the MEK's co-founder. Afterward, Gingrich appealed for "decisive action" by the United States on the group's behalf.
The MEK and its umbrella group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, denied asking anyone to lobby for them
The dissidents "have not asked anyone in the United States to advocate for them, nor do they have any agents or lobbyists in that country," said Shahin Gobadi, a spokesman. He said State Department officials had asked U.S. supporters to intervene to prevent a "humanitarian catastrophe" at the MEK's Iraqi camp, and noted that more than 100 U.S. lawmakers have co-sponsored legislation to remove the MEK from the terrorist list.
Still, some of the MEK's prominent surrogates have acknowledged accepting travel expenses from MEK-allied groups as well as speaking fees of $10,000 to $40,000 per engagement. Rendell has acknowledged accepting more than $150,000 in expenses from MEK supporters. Before he began speaking on their behalf, he says, he knew very little about the MEK.
The supporters, some of whom have acknowledged intervening on the MEK's behalf with U.S. officials, say their motives are humanitarian. They say pro-Iranian elements in the Iraqi government have attacked the group's followers since U.S. troops who had protected them left Iraq.
"A number of us are working with the State Department to facilitate the removal of the Iranian dissidents" from the MEK's base in Iraq, Dean said in an e-mail response to a Post query. "Since this is an effort to facilitate U.S. government policy, it does not require any form of registration."
None of the other participants responded to requests for comment.
Federal lobbying law defines a foreign "agent" as someone who acts "at the order, request, or under the direction or control, of a foreign principal, or of a person any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in part by a foreign principal." It covers activities that include acting as a publicity agency or political consultant or representing the interests of the foreign group "before any agency or official of the government of the United States."
"The only defense would be if you can claim that you're doing it on your own, unpaid," said a retired senior U.S. official and expert on lobbying law, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss hypothetical cases covered by the statute. "But if you're getting money from the same group to make speeches, it's pretty hard to make the case."
Although the foreign agents act is often flouted in practice, "the fact that it's a criminal statute shows how the government regards this kind of activity," the former official said.
In addition to meeting with the MEK supporters, State Department officials have acknowledged that they have used them to relay messages directly to the MEK leadership to try to resolve what has become a dangerous standoff over the closing of Camp Ashraf, the former Iraqi army base northeast of Baghdad that has served as the group's home in exile since 1986.
With the Iraq government vowing to close the camp by July 20, U.S. and U.N. officials are seeking to relocate its 3,300 residents to the grounds of what was once Camp Liberty, the former U.S. military base near Baghdad's airport.
The controversy over lobbying is the latest wrinkle in an ongoing dispute over U.S. policy toward the MEK, whose name translates as "People's Holy Warriors of Iran," befitting its self-described status as the leading Iranian opposition group dedicated to overthrowing the country's ruling mullahs.
Founded by Iranian students in the 1960s as a Marxist-Islamist movement, the group is accused of killing six Americans in terrorist attacks in the 1970s during its struggle to topple the U.S.-backed shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Some of its members participated in the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 before the MEK broke with Iran's new Islamic rulers and began attacking the regime with suicide bombings and assassinations. Many of the group's leaders were captured, tried and executed.
MEK officials sought exile abroad, first in France and later in Iraq, where the group found common cause with Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The dictator provided the movement with a sanctuary — later dubbed Camp Ashraf — as well as weapons, tanks and other equipment. MEK troops fought against their countrymen during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.
Connections to Iraq
MEK leaders officially renounced terrorism in 2001, but ties to the Iraqi dictator earned the group the hatred of Iranians and many Iraqis. In 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq left the group without its powerful sponsor and with few appealing prospects, unable to return to Iran and detested by the new Iraqi leadership. No other countries offered refuge to a group that, in addition to the terrorism stigma from the 1970s, had gained a reputation for cultlike behavior — MEK members at Camp Ashraf wear military clothing and adhere to a doctrine that requires mandatory divorce for married members as well as celibacy, enforced separation of the sexes and unquestioned allegiance to the MEK's leadership.
"I see them as a cross between Hezbollah and the Branch Davidians," said Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "It is legitimate to debate whether the MEK meets the Justice Department's legal definition of a terrorist organization. But it is outright false to claim that they are a legitimate, democracy-minded opposition group with a wide base inside Iran."
The group did possess two attributes that would eventually allow it to build a network of allies and friends. One was an extensive cash reserve, some of it donated by wealthy Iranians in the West, and the rest acquired from still-unknown sources, something MEK leaders decline to discuss. The other was a deep antipathy for the Iranian government, a view widely shared by many conservative Republicans as well as more hawkish Democrats.
The MEK's appeal as a potential partner against Iran sharpened in 2002 when the group exposed the existence of a secret uranium-enrichment plant near the Iranian town of Natanz. Slowly, a small band of influential Americans began advocating direct U.S. support for the dissidents as a tool for undermining Iran's theocratic government.
"What's the answer? Regime change," said Ridge, the former homeland security secretary, in a speech on behalf of the MEK in late May. "The heart of this effort, we all believe, is to recognize democratic opposition — it is the MEK."
Rendell and other MEK supporters also have acknowledged that their advocacy has attracted the attention of federal prosecutors. Since the spring, Treasury Department officials have interviewed several of the group's supporters to determine whether they violated U.S. law by providing support to an organization on the U.S. terrorist list. A Treasury spokesman, John Sullivan, said the department does not comment on "potential investigations." Other U.S. officials familiar with the group said the inquiry remains essentially on hold while awaiting a formal decision on the MEK's terrorist status.
"The MEK is a designated terrorist group," Sullivan said. "Therefore, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with or providing services to this group."
State Department view
Depending on events at Camp Ashraf, the MEK could soon lose its terrorist label. Clinton told Congress in May that the State Department would look favorably toward delisting the group if it complies with U.N. efforts to relocate its members in Iraq to new temporary quarters.
More than half the members have completed the move, but transfers of the remaining 1,200 have stalled amid complaints from the MEK about poor conditions and mistreatment by Iraqi officials. MEK leaders are balking at sending additional convoys to Camp Liberty, having apparently calculated that their Washington advocates can secure better terms for them.
In recent days, tensions between Iraqis and MEK officials have escalated, raising fears that the situation could turn violent if the exiles refuse to vacate Camp Ashraf by the July 20 deadline, U.S. officials say.
"The great tragedy is that people who say they want to help the MEK have instead emboldened their sense of entitled status, and that could get them into serious trouble," said a senior State Department official involved in MEK policy discussions. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter.
"If the supporters want to save lives, they could do the MEK a great service by getting them to focus on real issues and not stage extravagant provocations," the official said.
Our Men in Iran?
... Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated since 2007. M.E.K. spokesmen have denied any involvement in the killings, but early last month NBC News quoted two senior Obama Administration officials as confirming that the attacks were carried out by M.E.K. units that were financed and trained by Mossad, the Israeli secret service. NBC further quoted the Administration officials as denying any American involvement in the M.E.K. activities. The former senior intelligence official I spoke with seconded the NBC report that the Israelis were working with the M.E.K., adding ...
(Rajavi cult or MKO aslo known as Saddam's Private Army)
Seymour M. Hersh, The New Yorker, April 6 2012http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/mek.html
From the air, the terrain of the Department of Energy's Nevada National Security Site, with its arid high plains and remote mountain peaks, has the look of northwest Iran. The site, some sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas, was once used for nuclear testing, and now includes a counterintelligence training facility and a private airport capable of handling Boeing 737 aircraft. It's a restricted area, and inhospitable—in certain sections, the curious are warned that the site's security personnel are authorized to use deadly force, if necessary, against intruders. It was here that the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) conducted training, beginning in 2005, for members of the Mujahideen-e-Khalq, a dissident Iranian opposition group known in the West as the M.E.K. The M.E.K. had its beginnings as a Marxist-Islamist student-led group and, in the nineteen-seventies, it was linked to the assassination of six American citizens. It was initially part of the broad-based revolution that led to the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran. But, within a few years, the group was waging a bloody internal war with the ruling clerics, and, in 1997, it was listed as a foreign terrorist organization by the State Department. In 2002, the M.E.K. earned some international credibility by publicly revealing—accurately—that Iran had begun enriching uranium at a secret underground location. Mohamed ElBaradei, who at the time was the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations' nuclear monitoring agency, told me later that he had been informed that the information was supplied by the Mossad. The M.E.K.'s ties with Western intelligence deepened after the fall of the Iraqi regime in 2003, and JSOC began operating inside Iran in an effort to substantiate the Bush Administration's fears that Iran was building the bomb at one or more secret underground locations. Funds were covertly passed to a number of dissident organizations, for intelligence collection and, ultimately, for anti-regime terrorist activities. Directly, or indirectly, the M.E.K. ended up with resources like arms and intelligence. Some American-supported covert operations continue in Iran today, according to past and present intelligence officials and military consultants. Despite the growing ties, and a much-intensified lobbying effort organized by its advocates, M.E.K. has remained on the State Department's list of foreign terrorist organizations—which meant that secrecy was essential in the Nevada training. "We did train them here, and washed them through the Energy Department because the D.O.E. owns all this land in southern Nevada," a former senior American intelligence official told me. "We were deploying them over long distances in the desert and mountains, and building their capacity in communications—coördinating commo is a big deal." (A spokesman for J.S.O.C. said that "U.S. Special Operations Forces were neither aware of nor involved in the training of M.E.K. members.") The training ended sometime before President Obama took office, the former official said. In a separate interview, a retired four-star general, who has advised the Bush and Obama Administrations on national-security issues, said that he had been privately briefed in 2005 about the training of Iranians associated with the M.E.K. in Nevada by an American involved in the program. They got "the standard training," he said, "in commo, crypto [cryptography], small-unit tactics, and weaponry—that went on for six months," the retired general said. "They were kept in little pods." He also was told, he said, that the men doing the training were from JSOC, which, by 2005, had become a major instrument in the Bush Administration's global war on terror. "The JSOC trainers were not front-line guys who had been in the field, but second- and third-tier guys—trainers and the like—and they started going off the reservation. 'If we're going to teach you tactics, let me show you some really sexy stuff…' " It was the ad-hoc training that provoked the worried telephone calls to him, the former general said. "I told one of the guys who called me that they were all in over their heads, and all of them could end up trouble unless they got something in writing. The Iranians are very, very good at counterintelligence, and stuff like this is just too hard to contain." The site in Nevada was being utilized at the same time, he said, for advanced training of élite Iraqi combat units. (The retired general said he only knew of the one M.E.K.-affiliated group that went though the training course; the former senior intelligence official said that he was aware of training that went on through 2007.) Allan Gerson, a Washington attorney for the M.E.K., notes that the M.E.K. has publicly and repeatedly renounced terror. Gerson said he would not comment on the alleged training in Nevada. But such training, if true, he said, would be "especially incongruent with the State Department's decision to continue to maintain the M.E.K. on the terrorist list. How can the U.S. train those on State's foreign terrorist list, when others face criminal penalties for providing a nickel to the same organization?" Robert Baer, a retired C.I.A. agent who is fluent in Arabic and had worked under cover in Kurdistan and throughout the Middle East in his career, initially had told me in early 2004 of being recruited by a private American company—working, so he believed, on behalf of the Bush Administration—to return to Iraq. "They wanted me to help the M.E.K. collect intelligence on Iran's nuclear program," Baer recalled. "They thought I knew Farsi, which I did not. I said I'd get back to them, but never did." Baer, now living in California, recalled that it was made clear to him at the time that the operation was "a long-term thing—not just a one-shot deal." Massoud Khodabandeh, an I.T. expert now living in England who consults for the Iraqi government, was an official with the M.E.K. before defecting in 1996. In a telephone interview, he acknowledged that he is an avowed enemy of the M.E.K., and has advocated against the group. Khodabandeh said that he had been with the group since before the fall of the Shah and, as a computer expert, was deeply involved in intelligence activities as well as providing security for the M.E.K. leadership. For the past decade, he and his English wife have run a support program for other defectors. Khodabandeh told me that he had heard from more recent defectors about the training in Nevada. He was told that the communications training in Nevada involved more than teaching how to keep in contact during attacks—it also involved communication intercepts. The United States, he said, at one point found a way to penetrate some major Iranian communications systems. At the time, he said, the U.S. provided M.E.K. operatives with the ability to intercept telephone calls and text messages inside Iran—which M.E.K. operatives translated and shared with American signals intelligence experts. He does not know whether this activity is ongoing. Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been assassinated since 2007. M.E.K. spokesmen have denied any involvement in the killings, but early last month NBC News quoted two senior Obama Administration officials as confirming that the attacks were carried out by M.E.K. units that were financed and trained by Mossad, the Israeli secret service. NBC further quoted the Administration officials as denying any American involvement in the M.E.K. activities. The former senior intelligence official I spoke with seconded the NBC report that the Israelis were working with the M.E.K., adding that the operations benefitted from American intelligence. He said that the targets were not "Einsteins"; "The goal is to affect Iranian psychology and morale," he said, and to "demoralize the whole system—nuclear delivery vehicles, nuclear enrichment facilities, power plants." Attacks have also been carried out on pipelines. He added that the operations are "primarily being done by M.E.K. through liaison with the Israelis, but the United States is now providing the intelligence." An adviser to the special-operations community told me that the links between the United States and M.E.K. activities inside Iran had been long-standing. "Everything being done inside Iran now is being done with surrogates," he said. The sources I spoke to were unable to say whether the people trained in Nevada were now involved in operations in Iran or elsewhere. But they pointed to the general benefit of American support. "The M.E.K. was a total joke," the senior Pentagon consultant said, "and now it's a real network inside Iran. How did the M.E.K. get so much more efficient?" he asked rhetorically. "Part of it is the training in Nevada. Part of it is logistical support in Kurdistan, and part of it is inside Iran. M.E.K. now has a capacity for efficient operations than it never had before." In mid-January, a few days after an assassination by car bomb of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, at a town-hall meeting of soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, acknowledged that the U.S. government has "some ideas as to who might be involved, but we don't know exactly who was involved." He added, "But I can tell you one thing: the United States was not involved in that kind of effort. That's not what the United States does."
An Iranian mystery: Just who are the MEK?
... Ex-MEK member Eduard Termado is now living in Germany. His face is scarred to the point of being misshapen. His complexion is grey, his skin blotched and waxy, and his forehead constantly covered in dribbling beads of sweat - but then he spent nine years as a prisoner of war in Iraq. He joined the MEK hoping to help Iranian democracy and did not like what he saw. He says that after three years he asked to leave, but was told he couldn't. He stayed for 12 years. He now says joining the MEK was the biggest mistake of his life and he has expressed that feeling in an unusual way. He has married and produced three children. "My family is my protest against the MEK," he says ...
Owen Bennett Jones, BBC, April 15 2012http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17615065
The MEK forced its members to divorce
How do you get a group described by the US government as a cult and an officially designated foreign terrorist organisation to be viewed by many congressmen and parliamentarians as champions of human rights and secular democracy? It would challenge even the most talented PR executive. The starkly differing perceptions of the MEK or People's Mujahideen of Iran could be a case study in the power of image management - of what can be achieved not with guns but by the way information is disseminated. The organisation has a history of ideological and tactical flexibility. Since the 1970s, its rhetoric has changed from Islamist to secular; from socialist to capitalist; from pro-Iranian-revolution to anti-Iranian-revolution; from pro-Saddam to pro-American; from violent to peaceful. And there is another dichotomy - it has admiring supporters and ardent critics.
Take, for example, the US military officers who had to deal with the MEK after they invaded Iraq in 2003. Not only was the MEK heavily armed and designated as terrorist by the US government, it also had some very striking internal social policies. For example, it required its members in Iraq to divorce. Why? Because love was distracting them from their struggle against the mullahs in Iran. And the trouble is that people love their children too. So the MEK leadership asked its members to send their children away to foster families in Europe. Europe would be safer, the group explained. Some parents have not seen their children for 20 years and more. And just to add to the mix, former members consistently describe participating in regular public confessions of their sexual fantasies.
You might think that would set alarm bells ringing - and for some US officers it did. One colonel I spoke to, who had daily contact with the MEK leadership for six months in 2004, said that the organisation was a cult, and that some of the members who wanted to get out had to run away. And yet another officer, who was there at precisely the same time and is now a retired general, has become an active lobbyist on the MEK's behalf. With his open smile and earnest friendly manner, he is a good advocate. "Cult? How about admirably focused group?" he says. "And I never heard of anyone being held against their will." We later emailed him about a former member who claimed to have told the general to his face that people were held against their will. "He's lying," the general replied.
You just have to decide which side to believe. Ex-MEK member Eduard Termado is now living in Germany. His face is scarred to the point of being misshapen. His complexion is grey, his skin blotched and waxy, and his forehead constantly covered in dribbling beads of sweat - but then he spent nine years as a prisoner of war in Iraq. He joined the MEK hoping to help Iranian democracy and did not like what he saw. He says that after three years he asked to leave, but was told he couldn't. He stayed for 12 years. He now says joining the MEK was the biggest mistake of his life and he has expressed that feeling in an unusual way. He has married and produced three children. "My family is my protest against the MEK," he says. There are many other stories. Children who never forgave their parents for abandoning them. Children who did forgive and are now joyously reunited. Divorcees who have got out of the organisation saying they still love their former spouses who are still in. In over 25 years of reporting, I have been lied to often enough but, as successive former MEK members told what they had been through, their tears seemed real enough to me. And yet a significant number of politicians in the US and UK would say I was tricked because the former MEK members who spread these kind of stories are, in fact, Iranian agents.
Again, who to believe?
In the US in particular, an impressive array of public figures have spoken in defence of the MEK.
There are more than 30 big names - people like Rudy Giuliani former mayor of New York, Howard Dean at one time the democratic presidential hopeful, a retired governor, a former head of the FBI.
Many get paid. Of those who have declared their earnings, the going rate for a pro-MEK speech seems to be $20,000 (£12,500) for 10 minutes. But then many other prominent MEK supporters act without payment.
Why do people take such strong positions on the MEK?
After a month talking to people on both sides of the argument, I am left thinking this. Some supporters are paid, others see the MEK through the prism of Iran - they will just support anything that offers hope of change there. Many are well motivated but some are naive.
And the former members?
Some are embittered, others just seem broken.
Which is when it occurred to me - the perception people have of the MEK may say more about them than about the organisation itself.
It is so difficult to pin down you can see your own reflection in it.
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The Strange World of the People's Mujahedin
... Whether they leave voluntarily, or by force, leave they must. The PMOI has a history of killing Americans and mounting attacks within Iran. But it now says it has renounced violence and should be removed from America's list of designated foreign terrorist organisations. Its high profile PR campaign involves paying senior retired US officials who then speak on its behalf. We report on the way in which a former pariah group accused of killing Americans has won over intelligence experts, generals, and congressmen from both sides of the political divide...
Owen Bennett Jones, BBC World Service, April 11 2012http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00q88z2/Your_World_The_Strange_World_of_the_Peoples_Mujahedin/
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The People's Mujahedin of Iran - a group of dissident Iranians who have been fighting to topple the Mullahs since the 1980s - say they fear they are about to be massacred. Over 3,000 PMOI members – designated terrorists by the US and a cult by some former members - live in Iraq at Camp Ashraf, 40 miles north of Baghdad and 70 miles from Iran itself. The camp residents say they are vulnerable because with the US now having left Iraq, they are at the mercy of the pro-Iranian, Iraqi government, which is demanding the camp be closed down. Whether they leave voluntarily, or by force, leave they must. The PMOI has a history of killing Americans and mounting attacks within Iran. But it now says it has renounced violence and should be removed from America's list of designated foreign terrorist organisations. Its high profile PR campaign involves paying senior retired US officials who then speak on its behalf. We report on the way in which a former pariah group accused of killing Americans has won over intelligence experts, generals, and congressmen from both sides of the political divide. As the deadline for the closing of Camp Ashraf draws near we ask just who are the People's Mujahedin of Iran - terrorists or freedom fighters? A cult or a deeply committed army who could be used by the US to fight for change in Iran?


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If you watch a Rangers game on TV for more than about five minutes, you're bound to encounter manager Ron Washington telling you wonderful things about Ace Cash Express. If you can ignore the glare from Washington's shiny pate -- he often appears sans baseball cap, even though he is a man who benefits greatly from having a head covering -- you'll learn that Ace is the place to go when you're down on your luck. The compassionate employees there take care of you and can quickly get you the cash you need to feed your children after you spent your last dime on your ailing grandmother's emergency gall bladder surgery, or something like that.
But that's not really how things play out in the real world. The payday lending industry is built to profit on the backs of the poor and financially naive. A borrower takes out a loan and often, whether because they shouldn't have been given a loan in the first place or because of usurious interest rates, they are unable to pay it back. So they take out a loan from another lender to pay back the first. The vicious cycle has been well-documented.
Why then does Washington, whose salary is somewhere in the $1 million range, tell fans to use a business with such a distasteful business model? Over on his blog, CitySquare's Gerald Britt wonders the same thing. Last week, he wrote a letter to Washington, owner Nolan Ryan, and general manager Jon Daniels questioning the practice.
He recounts one CitySquare client who took out a $300 loan to buy school supplies and, after she couldn't repay the loan in two weeks, wound up owing $900. A city ordinance passed last year aimed to put an end to the industry's most egregious practices, and there is a push for stronger rules on a state level, but that doesn't change the fact that the business is, by its very nature, predatory.
"(T)here are those of us, who cringe every time we see these (Ace) commercials during a game broadcast, who refuse to believe that neither he nor the Texas Ranger organization are aware of their negative impact of these businesses on individuals and whole communities," Britt writes.
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Britt rattles off some stats: there are more payday lenders and auto title loan businesses in Texas than McDonald's and Burger Kings combined. On one two-mile stretch of Camp Wisdom Road, there are more than 20 of those lenders.
"They have, for all intents and purposes choked out economic development in an area that once thrived with commercial diversity."
There are other factors at play in the destruction of commercial diversity, but Britt's request that Washington, and, by extension, the Rangers organization, should stop legitimizing a rotten industry, is a valid one. The team certainly wouldn't condone, say, Josh Hamilton pitching his favorite brand of chewing tobacco. Payday lenders occupy the same moral sphere.
If nothing else, think of the fans who are subjected to Washington's scalp anytime they watch a game. It's just cruel.


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Recipe: How to make 20th Century Cafe's Russian Honey Cake
For a small city, San Francisco has quite a few mythical cakes. There's Zanze's light-as-fluff cheesecake and Blum's ethereal Coffee Crunch Cake. Both originated in the 1940s. The San Francisco cake of this century is from a bakery called 20th Century Cafe.
Michelle Polzine opened the Hayes Valley shop in 2013 and hasn't stopped making her famous honey cake since. Her version of the Russian cake called medovik has 11 individually baked cake layers infused with honey you caramelize to an almost savory depth.
The honey is even more pronounced in the frosting with dulce de leche and whipped cream, spackled on in layers as thick as the cake. Somehow, it all holds together and is never too sweet.
Tara Duggan is The San Francisco Chronicle's assistant food editor. Email: email@example.com. Twitter: @taraduggan
20th Century Cafe's Russian Honey Cake
Makes one 9-inch cake
Chef-owner Michelle Polzine bakes the ultra-thin layers of this cake individually, for no more than 7 minutes each. She also makes her own dulce de leche but you can use prepared dulce de leche, which can be found at many Latin American markets. You'll also need parchment paper for this recipe.
Burned honey
Honey magic
1 (14-ounce) can dulce de leche
½ cup burned honey
1 teaspoon kosher salt
¾ cup plus 1 teaspoon superfine sugar
1 cup wildflower honey
¼ cup burned honey
¾ cup unsalted butter, cold and cut into cubes
5 extra-large eggs
1½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
Honey cream frosting
4½ cups heavy cream
To make the burned honey: In a medium pan over high heat, bring the honey to a boil. When
Carefully swirl the honey in the pan for about 30 seconds, then add 2 tablespoons water into the pot. It will bubble a lot, so be careful not to burn yourself. Once the bubbling subsides, whisk to combine and pour into a heat-safe measuring cup. You should have about ¾ cup of the burned honey. If it's shy of that amount, stir in a bit more hot water to make up the difference. Keep warm.
To make the honey magic: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the dulce de leche, ½ cup burned honey and salt until well combined. Chill until cold.
To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Use a 9-inch cake pan to trace circles onto 11 half-sheets of parchment paper (large enough to fit a baking sheet). Set aside.
Fill a medium saucepan with a couple inches of water and bring to a simmer. Put sugar, honeys and butter in a medium heat-proof bowl and place over the simmering water.
Crack the eggs into a medium bowl. In a separate small bowl, combine the baking soda, salt and cinnamon, making sure there are no lumps.
When the butter begins to melt, whisk the honey mixture to combine. When the mixture is hot — but not so hot it will burn you — whisk in the eggs all at once. Keep stirring until it gets hot to the touch. Whisk in the cinnamon mixture for 30 seconds until combined. The mixture will begin to foam and have a strange smell, but that is normal.
Remove from the heat and whisk in 1 tablespoon cold tap water and let cool until warm. Slowly sift the flour over the batter, whisking as you go to combine.
Place a piece of parchment, traced side down, onto a baking sheet and use an ice cream scoop or measuring cup to spoon a heaping
Bake as many layers at a time as you can until the cakes spring back when lightly pressed, about 6 to 7 minutes. Rotate the pans about halfway through, if needed, for even baking.
Slide the parchments with the baked cakes off the hot baking sheets onto the counter to cool. Repeat with any remaining sheets of batter. (You can reuse the hot sheet pans, just reduce the baking time by a minute or two.)
Reduce oven to 200 degrees. Place your least favorite layer back on a baking sheet and toast until very dry and reddish brown, about 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool and use a food processor to grind to crumbs.
To make the honey cream frosting: While the cake layers are baking, place the bowl of a stand mixer in the refrigerator to chill.
Pour the heavy cream into the chilled bowl and whip to soft peaks at medium speed. With the machine still running, gradually pour the honey magic into the cream and whip until glossy peaks that hold their shape (just shy of stiff) form. Keep cold.
To assemble the cake
Gently sprinkle and press the crumbs onto the sides and top of the cake. Chill overnight, then serve.


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The decision to battle militants in North Waziristan under the banner of Zarb-e-Azb has thrust the country into the beginning of a multifaceted process. While the dominant focus has been on the on-ground offensive, the remaining aspects of the fight such as the ideological prevalence of the extremist mindset and the very real implications of the military decision stand forgotten.
For one, the operation has come bearing an enormous human cost, dehumanized as the Internally Displaced Person (IDP) issue. Over half a million IDPs have been registered so far, with the numbers expected to swell further and exert more pressure on the government's capacity and capability to ease the massive predicament.
Rashida Dohad, programme director at the Omar Asghar Khan Foundation, penned the plight of fleeing IDPs when she said, 'The state's ineffective response can be partly attributed to the proverbial high number of cooks that spoil the broth. Who is in charge? The federal government, the military, the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or the administration in Fata? More often none assume responsibility, with each blaming the other for the suffering caused to the people of NWA, who are not just displaced, but also disowned.'
But while the Pakistani government's response to various emergencies and crises has traditionally been slow, sluggish and therefore, often ineffective, this fresh crisis of displacement has given rise to immense ease and access with which extremist and militant organizations are being allowed to operate as relief groups – which can potentially have grave implications.
This is not the first time this occurrence has surfaced. When the devastating floods of 2010 wrecked the country, displacing millions, the same extremist and militant organizations stepped up to provide aid as the then-Pakistan People's Party government stumbled in the effort.
Published on August 23rd 2010, Corey Flintoff's report on NPR titled 'In Pakistan, Militants Use Aid to Seek Support' described a similar situation:
"The government of Pakistan has clearly lost the war in terms of winning credit for its relief efforts...Even if the reports are exaggerated, the extremists have created the impression that they care about ordinary people."
The same month, the Daily Beast also reported on Jamaat-ud-Dawah's proud claim of providing relief to more than 250,000 flood-affectees.
It is in such instances when the government limps to act that such groups find fertile ground to posit themselves as alternatives in front of the people, especially those in need of help, building popular bases of support and converting their ambitions into influence and power; through which they gain the audacity to later pose a challenge to state and society.
As Zarb-e-Azb rages on, it must be realized that it is not just an operation. It is a war with multiple battles. And while the main front is North Waziristan, it has opened another front within the IDP camps as extremist and militant organizations capitalize on the crisis.
It might be the case that Pakistan is supplanting one kind of extremism with another as the organizations assert themselves through practical measures, presenting themselves as saviours of the IDPs; winning their sympathy, good-will and trust in contrast to their disillusionment with the government; managing to channel the discontent to recruit soldiers and supporters for their perverted causes and twisted ideologies which one day might acquire enough strength to require another Zarb-e-Azb for its eradication.
As Rashida Dohad continues in her piece: 'While the state fidgets or forsakes, dangerous non-state actors are quick to fill the vacuum.'
Moreover, as Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stated there is to be no time-frame for the completion of the operation, it becomes all the more important to recognize the need to stem the tides of extremism from all sides; one of which might be gaining potency by the initiation of the war and its human costs. If the government has taken the decision to go to war, it must stand by it and brave it to adequately manage its consequences. It does not have the luxury to flail or fail now.
The government must leave no stone unturned in establishing itself as the dominant body spearheading efforts for succouring the IDPs – the people of FATA who have already long suffered under the draconian rule of the FCR, a pressing problem that also must not be ignored by this government if it seeks to ensure the welfare of the people of Pakistan - and tighten its grip on them thereby leaving them little space to substitute for the government in relief and aid work; which, if left unchecked, can potentially have grave implications and consequences.
The writer is a student based in Lahore.


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Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Do Ba Ty (centre) chairs the meeting He lauded the Committee on Political Matters' agenda, which he said would contribute to AIPA's vision towards a sustainable peace in the region and the world and prosperity for all. … [Read more...] about AIPA Committee on Political Matters holds online meeting
Vietnam calls for all-level implementation of UNSC's youth, peace, security resolutions
Hanoi (VNA) – The UN Security Council's resolutions on youth, peace and security should be implemented effectively at all levels, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN. Quy made the statement at an arria-formula meeting held via videoconference on September 9 to discuss the implementation of the resolutions. The event was co-organised by the Dominican Republic, France, Indonesia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Africa, Tunisia and the United States. The Council has adopted three resolutions on youth, peace and security: Resolution 2250 on December 9, 2015, Resolution 2419 on June 6, 2018, and Resolution 2535 on July 14, 2020. In his remark, Quy stressed member countries need to take a key responsibility in including the youth, peace and security agenda in their national policy frameworks; boosting relevant social awareness; creating opportunities for learning, employment, and healthcare for youths; and tacking … [Read more...] about Vietnam calls for all-level implementation of UNSC's youth, peace, security resolutions
Vietnam calls for protection of civilians in COVID-hit countries with conflicts
New York (VNA) – Vietnam has called for the protection of civilians in countries with conflicts and COVID-19 pandemic during an online session of the United Nations Security Council on the implementation of Resolution 2532 on the pandemic on September 9. Addressing the session, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese permanent mission to the UN, held that the resolution should be fully implemented through the effective response to the call for ceasefire by the UN Secretary-General and the resolution. It is necessary to focus on protecting people in countries experiencing conflicts and humanitarian crisis, along with the strengthening of solidarity and coordination of efforts at national, regional and global levels as well as relevant parties during the preparation, response and recovery after the pandemic ends. He stressed the need to maintain peacekeeping operations in the "new normal" situation, contributing to the long-term solutions to maintain … [Read more...] about Vietnam calls for protection of civilians in COVID-hit countries with conflicts
Deputy PM stresses importance of women in promoting sustainable peace
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh stressed the indispensable role of women in solving conflicts and promoting sustainable peace when chairing the ASEAN Ministerial Dialogue on Strengthening Women's Role for Sustainable Peace and Security on September 10. The online event was held within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings. Minh reaffirmed support for the ASEAN Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda, while recalling the UN Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security which has served as a foundation for the international community to boost women's engagement in all aspects of peace, prevent conflicts and protect women's rights. He said that despite wide consciousness about the importance role of women in the peace process, women have yet to be extensively present in preventing and mediating conflicts. At the dialogue, participants discussed how to … [Read more...] about Deputy PM stresses importance of women in promoting sustainable peace
Party chief chairs meeting of sub-committee on documents
Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Sub-Committee in charge of documents for the 13th National Party Congress in Hanoi on September 11. Attending the event were Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Speaking at the event, the Party chief, who is also head of the sub-committee, wished that the sub-committee's members would continue giving feedback on draft documents to submit to the upcoming plenum of the Party Central Committee for consideration, before being tabled for discussion at the National Party Congress. As documents for the congress hold strategic significance, he asked the editorial team to raise their sense of responsibility and thoroughly consider each word and sentence. He requested that economic and Party building reports must be based on political report which should be used as a foundation. … [Read more...] about Party chief chairs meeting of sub-committee on documents


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The name, as a result of a random insight had in front of a protein supplement called Beef, Iron & Wine spotted on the shelf of a gas station – dropped the beef part – is the key concept on which Sam Bean has developed his musical work.
Sam is a bearded man, calm and reflective mood, teacher of cinematography but also the creative mind behind the decade-long career of Iron and Wine. This name mirrors his personal way of playing music but it also reflects the lifestyle that characterizes the whole indie folk genre.
Because music, or at least great musicians, has the power to influence trends, to change them, even to create new ones. If you have had the chance to listen to his songs, you would probably have been enchanted by his warm and placid voice, by the way he tells his stories, old stories, stories humble and profound. His music represents a whole world connected to traditions and, at the same time, to a simple and pragmatic style of modern life.
This is the idea behind iron and wine which recalls the strength of the material – iron – and at the same time a gentle and soft touch – wine. After all, wine is firstly a cultural symbol, related to the pleasure of sharing, which has the gift to loosen the tongue and prepare to listening, the best condition to trigger our senses of hearing and taste.


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Erin Wilson, DVM — Chief of Staff
Dr. Erin Wilson, our Chief of Staff, grew up in Nova Scotia, Canada and currently resides in Oregon, Wisconsin. She received an undergraduate degree from Smith College in Massachusetts and received her DVM degree from the University of California - Davis. Prior to joining the Spring Harbor Animal Harbor team, Dr. Wilson practiced at the ASPCA in New York and in Los Angeles. She is residency-trained in small animal surgery and her special interests include dentistry, dermatology, infectious diseases, and issues unique to shelter/rescue animals.
Kevin Frint, DVM
Dr. Kevin Frint grew up in Monroe and currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin. He received an undergraduate degree and earned a DVM degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His special interests include soft tissue surgery, preventive medicine, and dentistry.
In his spare time, Dr. Frint enjoys being outdoors, playing basketball, and being with friends. He also shares his home with one cat, named Button.


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Dave Filoni worked under the mentorship of George Lucas for over 10 years. Filoni was a major part of the STAR WARS television series, "Clone Wars." More recently, Filoni has been the executive producer of the STAR WARS Rebels series.
The most important lesson, Filoni recollects, "Which combines everything" else George taught him was:
George would continually repeat that advice to Filoni while they created things and faced obstacles.
It must have been truly daunting when Filoni was hired as the director of a major multi-billion dollar franchise. As he reported, the sheer weight of responsibly was nauseating. Sometimes it felt impossible to create from the inner parts of his heart.
Heck, it can be paralyzing writing a blog post which may only be read by a handful of people. Let alone creating something with millions of dollars invested which you know will be viewed by millions of devoted fans.
Yet, with all that pressure, the most important and fitting advice remained:
"Being afraid will limit you," George told Filoni. "And most importantly, it will limit your creativity. If you become afraid of what you are trying to do."
You can never be afraid to try things.
To experiment.
To fail.
And most importantly, you can never be afraid to truly, in all the zeal and conviction you can muster, share the truth desperately seeking to come out of you.
It was a common experience for people to tell George Lucas, "That cannot be done." Those words were the very ammunition he needed. To quote Darren Hardy, "Let the haters be your motivators."
When you're trying to do something that has never been done before, you can't be afraid of what people will think. Of course small-minded people will flinch and scoff. Every breakthrough was always considered a crazy idea before it worked.
Logic ALWAYS follows intuition. Not the other way around. To repeat, logic always follows intuition. Hence, Albert Einstein has said, "I use my intuition, not logic, to help make these important decisions."
If you have something you want to do that isn't necessarily traditional, don't let that stop you from doing it. There are no cookie cutter molds to success.
Of course, there are rules you can follow. But at the end of the day, you have to follow your gut. You have to create and live in the way that makes most sense to you. It will only truly work if it's authentic. If people can feel it.
If you force what you're doing -- or force yourself for that matter -- into a box just because that box has been proven to work, you will live a shallow life.
The feeling won't be there. Which is the most important consideration both when assessing a person's work and when assessing the person themselves. Humans are very emotional creatures. We judge people and things based on how they make us feel. We're less rational than we like to think we are.
If the feeling is not there, then the creator wasn't feeling it either. They were forcing it. They were afraid.
They were afraid of failing.
They were afraid of what others might think.
They were afraid of doing what in their heart they felt they should do.
Your life is a product of your standards. If you're willing to tolerate low-living, that's exactly what you'll get. If you're willing to let fear dictate your decision making, you'll never be free from your internal prison. You'll never be able to act on your intuition.
If, however, you hold yourself and your work to a high standard, than the work you produce will be powerful. Who cares how it's received? That's not the point. As Ryan Holiday has said:
"If as a creative person, you have decided that the artiber of whether it was good or not, or whether your time was well-spent or not, is how it is received by other people, you have now taken your sense of self worth and you have deferred it out. You have placed it in other people's control. And they are going to let you down from time-to-time. They are not going to appreciate what you did. They're going to judge it. They're going to be afraid of it."
Hence, Warren Buffett has said, "It's better to live your life by an inner scorecard than an outer scoreboard."
So how do you measure your success? How do you measure you life?
At the end of the day, either you are living a lie or you are being true to yourself.
The chasm every person MUST cross in order to live at a higher and more positive frequency is courage. Until you act courageously, you will always be living in a negative way, whether that be based on fear, pride, jealously, anger, or any other number of negative emotional states.
Courage is the baseline to everything positive. It's the ground. It's the starting point.
Don't hold back what you believe you should do.
Everything you want is on the opposite side of fear.
Every beautiful thing you will ever create must come truly from you. And the only way for you to do that work, and to make those connections, is for you to STOP WORRYING ABOUT YOURSELF.
Get over your own sense of well-being so you can connect to other people and do work that truly resonates and connects. Hence the line from the Bible, you must lose yourself to find yourself.
Don't let other people's standards or results or judgments stop you.
Live powerfully.
Create powerfully.
Connect powerfully.


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A new strawberry varietal has someone seeing red in this "intricate whodunit" featuring the curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and reluctant sleuth (Kirkus Reviews).
Hiroshima survivor Mas Arai first arrived in Watsonville, California in the 1940s. Now a semi-retired gardener living in an LA suburb, he returns for a cousin's funeral only to get entangled in the mystery of a young woman's murder. Was his cousin murdered, too? Mas has to figure out what happened, keep himself safe in the face of considerable peril, and uncover the mystery of a new strawberry varietal so important that someone just might be willing to kill for it.
A skillfully plotted tale of family intrigue, revenge, and gardening that moves seamlessly between the past and the present, Strawberry Yellow is another outstanding chapter in an Edgar Award–winning series marked by "a shrewd sense of character and a formidable narrative engine" (Chicago Tribune).
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How social media can negatively impact teens
If you have a teenager who is a regular social media user, it's important that you keep your eyes wide open and also know the negative impacts it can have.
Peer pressure and depression
Social media has people putting up a better and more exciting version of what their life really is like. Social media is all about flaunting oneself so purchases of expensive gadgets, attending social events, concerts and so on are posted. Looking at social media can make a teen feel that others have a better life and some may even get depressed. The need to compete with peers also puts stress on them. Facebook depression is a term coined to describe depression faced by teens when they are made to feel inferior via social media.
Drop in social skills
Too much time on social media can actually lead to a drop in real life social skills. The skills to read body language and tonality go down if one merely uses social media to communicate with friends.
Cyberbullying is a very real and scary thing for every parent. A teen's reputation can be shredded online in a minute. Friends may reveal secrets, leak intimate photos or spread lies about a teen that can have a very negative impact. It could lead to depression, psychological problems and even suicide.
Sleep deprivation and addiction
Social media and internet can turn out to be an addiction to the point that all other activities are relegated to the background. A drop in performance in academics and other areas of life, mental health issues and so on can result. This can also lead to sleep deprivation.
What can parents do?
It's impossible to completely cut off social media but here are some things that you can do to make things better. Reassure your teen that you are there for him or her, no matter what. Also make your teen understand that nobody's life is perfect and the glossed over picture perfect life on social media is not real. Also let your teen know that it's ok to make mistakes in life, and that one can make amends. Help your child balance various aspects of life, encourage real life interaction with peers, relatives and others.


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Former X Factor judge Tulisa banned from driving for 15 months
The singer crashed her Ferrari in London last September.
Former X Factor judge Tulisa charged with drink driving and dangerous driving
If convicted of drink driving, the singer could be banned for driving for up to a year.
Here's how people reacted to Ray D'Arcy's new show last night
It had Tommy Tiernan. Tulisa and WHEATUS.
What to watch on TV tonight: Tuesday
Here are the shows that'll be on your Twitter timeline later.
Former X Factor judge Tulisa issues statement following drug charges
The singer and TV star was first arrested in June after an investigation by The Sun newspaper.
The Dredge: Here's what happens if you smack Beyoncé's ass
The best of the day's celebrity dirt, with an extra dash of sass.
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The music chain denies being part of an X Factor fix after allowing pre-orders for the winner's single – days before they're crowned.
Janet's X Factor odyssey ends as judges send Tyrone teen home
Just what does an Irish act need to do to win? Janet Devlin is the third Irish entrant to finish fifth in three years.
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
Catch up on the day's biggest stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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The singer faces an investigation over the arm gesture she makes during each programme.
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Michelle Barrett wowed judges with her performance on last night's programme.
Tyrone girl Janet installed as early X Factor favourite
Janet Devlin, 16, from Gortin in Co Tyrone, is the 7/2 favourite to win the series outright after her audition broadcast last night.


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Renovations underway in Veale Center and Adelbert Gymnasium
JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor
December 4, 2015
The Veale Center is getting a much-needed facelift. The Case Western Reserve University Athletics Department will be undertaking an overhaul of the field house area of the Veale Center over winter break along with other maintenance work throughout their facilities. Athletic facilities will see three...
Veale removes towel charge
Julia Bianco, News Editor
November 21, 2014
The $40 towel fee is no more. The policy, which required students to pay $40 per year for a locker rental in order to borrow a towel while working out at the Veale Center, has faced backlash from students since its institution in July. "This is a service for students," said Jacob Ma, vice president...
Towel change
JP. O'Hagan, Sports Editor
October 3, 2014
The soft comfort of drying off after a tough workout or a good swim has become a little bit pricier for the students at Case Western Reserve University. Before this year, the Veale Center lent towels to students free of cost. Now, the Athletics Department has changed its policy, requiring a $40 per...


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Enforcement Manual Appendix A - Temporary Enforcement Guidance
Appendix A contains temporary enforcement guidance, including temporary Enforcement Guidance Memoranda (EGMs). The NRC Enforcement Manual Change Notice Index, in the front of the Manual, contains a complete chronological listing of Change Notices, including the issuance of temporary enforcement guidance.
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|EGM 20-001, "Enforcement Discretion Not to Cite Certain Violations of 10 CFR 73.56 Requirements"
|EGM 19-001, "Clarification of Inspection Documentation Requirements in Section 2.2.3 of the Enforcement Policy"
|EGM-18-002, "Interim Guidance for Dispositioning Violations for Failure to Control and Maintain Constant Surveillance for Portable Gauges"
|EGM 18-001, "Interim Guidance For Dispositioning Apparent Violations of 10 CFR Parts 34, 36, and 39 Requirements Resulting from the Use of Direct Ion Storage Dosimetry During Licensed Activities"
|EGM 15-003, "Enforcement Discretion Not to Cite Certain Violations of Section V of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 for Non-Submittal of Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan Implementing Procedure Changes by Operating Reactor Licensees, While Rulemaking Changes are Being Developed" dated October 23, 2015
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|EGM 15-001 (rev 1), "Documentation of Security-Related Information in Publicly Available Cover Letters Related to Enforcement Documents"
|EGM-14-003, "Enforcement Discretion Not To Cite Violations Involving Bolt And Stud Non-Destructive Examination Qualification Programs, While Rulemaking Changes Are Being Developed"
|EGM-14-002, "Dispositioning Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor Licensee Noncompliance with 10 CFR 50.59, "Changes, Tests, and Experiments," for the Installation of Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) Based Solid State Protection System (SSPS) Cards"
|EGM-14-001, "Interim Guidance for Dispositioning 10 CFR Part 37 Inspection Findings with Respect to Large Components and Robust Structures at Facilities Licensed Under 10 CFR Parts 50 and 52"
|EGM 13-003, "Interim Guidance for Dispositioning Violations Involving 10 CFR 35.60 and 10 CFR 35.63 for the Calibration of Instrumentation to Measure the Activity of Rubidium-82 and the Determination of Rubidium-82 Patient Dosages"
|EGM 13-002, "Enforcement Discretion Not To Cite Violations Involving the Use of the New American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Certification Marks Instead of ASME Code Symbol Stamps, while Rulemaking Changes are Being Developed"
|EGM 11-004, "Interim Guidance for Dispositioning Violations of Security Requirements for Portable Gauges"
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Live like the SATC gang on this bus tour to the show's must-see hotspots. Check out familiar filming sites, visit Carrie's haunts, and learn insider trivia.
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- Join this three and half hour guided bus and walking tour of Sex and the City's most famous filming locations
- Become part of the girl gang as you walk in their footsteps and visit the most memorable spots on the show and film, including the site of Carrie and Big's wedding rehearsal dinner
- Hop into the Pleasure Chest where Charlotte buys her "Rabbit" and make a pitstop at Scout, the bar owned by Steve and Aidan
Reminisce Miranda's embarrassing underwear moment in the Village and
venture into the trendy neighborhood, MePa, where the girls frequent
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Bon Parfumeur Cube Red Fire f
Le cadeau parfait! The perfect gift.
Set of four, 2.5ml bottles of Bon Parfumeur fragrances inside an attractive cube shaped box.
301 – Sandalwood, amber, cardamom
401- Cedar, candied plum, vanilla
402- Vanilla, caramel, sandalwood
501- Praline, liquorice, patchouli
FIRE #seduction
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For an intoxicating selection, four gourmet and oriental minishots.
The 301, a perfume with sensual and rich character. It is built around sandalwood, precious Indian tree.
A spicy perfume with hot and woody notes. The 401 gives candied fruit notes with a balmy base. So sexy.
Sweet and soft notes in the 402 thanks to the vanilla, white flowers and sandalwood. An instantaneous print that is comforting.
Looking for something gourmet and sparkly? The 501 offers a citrus note in the top, then scents of biscuit and red fruits. Its vanilla base allows to associate this perfume with the 402 and 301.
The FIRE cube, perfect perfumes for an African safari, a nap in a hammock or even for a seduction game.


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Vanilla Almond Butter
You know when you bake cookies and your whole house smells like a sweet, sugary delight? That's this - but as a high protein vanilla almond butter spread. By adding egg whites for protein, dates for sweetness and vanilla bean, we made vanilla almond butter better. And shockingly even more irresistible. We wish we were kidding. Good luck fitting all 10 vanilla almond butter packets in your pocket. Includes one box of 10 single-serve vanilla almond butter squeeze packs.
Perfect as a high-protein snack topper, as a high-protein spread, or on its own straight out of the packet.
- 10 packs per box
- 8 ingredients
- 9g protein
- 2g fiber
- Gluten Free
- Paleo and Keto Friendly
- Whole30 compliant within the rules of the program
- Most popular flavor
INGREDIENTS: Almonds, Egg Whites, Dates, Coconut Oil, Sea Salt, Natural Vanilla Flavor, Vanilla Beans, Natural Flavors
ALLERGENS: Almonds & Eggs
Manufactured in a facility that also processes milk, eggs, crustaceans, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy.


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David Jensen is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Knowledge Discovery Laboratory, which he founded in 2000. He also serves as the Associate Director of the Computational Social Science Institute, an interdisciplinary effort at UMass to study social phenomena using computational tools and concepts. His current research focuses on machine learning and data science for analyzing large social, technological, and computational systems. In particular, his work focuses on methods for constructing accurate causal models from observational and experimental data, with applications in explainable AI, social science, fraud detection, security, and systems management.
Kaleigh is a PhD candidate interested in using causal reasoning to develop experimental methodologies over complex distributions. Her recent work has focused on designing interventions for counterfactual explanations and evaluations of deep learning systems and has applications in reinforcement learning, fairness, and computational social science. Outside CICS, she enjoys rock climbing, tabletop games, and scuba diving with weird fish.
Amanda Gentzel is a PhD candidate at the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research has focused on anomaly detection through density estimation, evaluating temporal methods for causal discovery, and empirical evaluation of causal discovery methods. She is particularly interested in testing the common underlying assumptions of both propositional and temporal causal data analysis.
Reilly is a first year MS/PhD student at the College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst. His research interests are in finding ways to understand and explain artificial intelligence, and using causal inference methods to understand complex systems. Outside of academics he enjoys reading, running, and swing and contra dancing.
Kenta is a first year MS/PhD student at CICS at UMass Amherst. His work involves the estimation of causal parameters from non/semi-parametric statistical models. He is interested in applying the theories and methodologies of causal inference to off-policy policy evaluation and adaptive experimental design. Outside of computer science, he is fond of studying photography, international films and typography.
Emma is a PhD candidate in CICS, hoping to defend in the next year. She is currently working on the DARPA XAI projects, building infrastructure to facilitate answering questions pertaining to explainability. Emma's research interests lead to questions about the expressibility and correctness of data science infrastructure problems. Her dissertation work lies at the intersection of programming language design and experimental design. Emma enjoys trail running, the annual St. Patrick's Day Holyoke Road Race, and cycling in all its incarnations.
Andy is a second year MS/PhD student in CICS. His current research involves using causality to create generalizable, transferable, and adaptive models, and is often motivated by approaches in philosophy and philosophy of science. Before joining KDL, he worked in the natural resource industry, leading his team in the construction of mobile, IoT, and computer vision applications; Andy remains peripherally involved in these efforts. Away from work, Andy enjoys travel, vocal performance, the outdoors, and really any kind of game.
Purva is a second-year MS/Ph.D. student in CICS. Her research focuses on explaining the behavior of complex systems using causal inference. Her long-term research goal is to design agents that can do causal reasoning, deal with uncertainty, and can adapt to new situations using prior knowledge. Before joining KDL, Purva spent three years working with Goldman Sachs where she designed statistical models for systematic investment strategies and root-cause analysis of undesirable behavior in trade settlement procedures. Away from work, she enjoys reading books, writing prose-style poetry, cooking, playing piano, and taking long walks appreciating nature.
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How to Activate and Use the Bing Maps Add-in in Excel
James likes to learn about technology and share what he learns through his articles.
A Bing MAP in Excel
Using the Bing Maps Add-in Within Excel
Creating a map with locations and being able to differentiate those locations may take some creative skills that you don't want to learn. One option for creating locations on a map is by using the Bing Maps add-in in Microsoft Excel. This tutorial shows how to activate the add-in, how to display data on a map, and some options that you have at your disposal to tweak the results. This add-in is limited in options and not as dynamic as some people expect it to be, but it can serve as a quick map maker for personal or business use.
Activate the Add-in
First, click on the insert tab, then click on the Bing icon in the add-ins section.
Bing Add-in
Next, click on "Trust this add-in."
Trust Add-in
Add Your Data to the Map
A map appears with your current location based on your IP address. Here you have the opportunity to insert data. Click that X to the right of the map to close out the box that displays "Welcome to Bing Maps," unless you would like to see an example of how you can show pie graphs displaying revenue/expenses for different locations around the world.
Close the Sample
One Data Value
The data that you provide need to be formatted like the table in the example below. The rows must contain the locations, the column(s) contain that value that you would like to compare, and the header for the column is right of above that data.
After the data is complete, select all the data and click on the pin button at the top of the map. Each location should display on the map with its related value. Click on any of the points on the map to bring up specific data about that location.
One Data Value
Multiple Data Values
Using multiple data values in columns yields the same results as the previous example except that each type of value is color coded on a legend and the color of the pin values depend on the highest value.
Multiple Data Values
Filter by Location
To filter data by location, click the filter icon at the top of the map. Uncheck any boxes of locations that you would like to exclude from the map. These locations can be added back by revisiting the filter and clicking their check boxes.
Filter Option
Change Settings
There are four different settings that can reflect changes on the map. Each of those changes are described below:
- Map Type- By default, the Bing road map is used when the map is first created. You do have the option to switch to a bird eye view to show landscapes.
- Multiple Data Point Display- With setting you can toggle between pie graphs and pins for location identifiers when multiple data is used.
- Show Legend- Map legend can be removed or added back.
- Customize Pin- When multiple data are used the color of each value can be changed.
Settings Options
Change Size of MaP
There are two ways to change the size of the map. One way is to increase the area of the map by dragging the corners or sides of the map. Another way is to use zoom in on the map with the -/+ signs in the upper right-hand corner of the map.
Change Size of Map
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.
© 2019 James Smith


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Chevro Earring
- Hand Painted by artists highlighting African art form
- Handcrafted by artisans in Natural wood material accentuated by threaded tassels and beads
- Lightweight and durable
The Chevro is a basically a derivation of Chevron which means 'V'. Crafted and painted in durable steam beach timber, Chevro is a great example of having something tribal and earthy in your jewelry box. Being light weight, it doesn't hurt the earlobes and still gives a great impression
Dimension: 4.5x1 Inches
- Keep away from water. If needed wipe with damp cloth
- Keep it wrapped in the fabric it comes in or in soft cotton
Hand Painting: Handmade and vintage art form has always been done by hand giving it a human dimension to the expression of creativity. Though time consuming our in-house artists and illustrators love to spend hours getting their hands soaked into various colors
African Art: Beads and earthy tones being the dominant concept in the African arts, African jewelry art is the oldest and the most preserved art form in history. Traditionally there would be lots of religious, spiritual, cultural and artistic elements in the art form imbibed with the African heritage
You are buying a handcrafted product. Slight irregularities, design and color variations are the inherent part of every handcrafted product which is the actual beauty and uniqueness of the same


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Don't cancel, reschedule. And when the time is right, we'll be there for you.
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John William Vaughan Jr.
August 10, 1940 ~ November 17, 2017
John William Vaughan Jr. was born in Hollywood, CA, August 10, 1940 to Simon William Horn aka John William Vaughan Sr. and Elizabeth Marie Kaspar. He was struck by a vehicle crossing the road in San Antonio, TX and passed away from his injuries on November 17, 2017.
John, Johnny or Jack resided most of his adult life in Northern Nevada. He helped his father build the Mill House Inn in Carson City in the 1970's. He was a notable character up on the Comstock contributing his carpentry and masonry skills to many projects in the area.
He lived in Tarzana, Waikiki, Woodstock, San Francisco, New York, New Orleans, Wells, and the Carson City area. He was an explorer, a poet, and literary enthusiast. He was passionate about aviation, motorcycles, Jeopardy, and his Border
Collie Rebel. An avid fisherman and hunter, he loved sleeping under Orion's Belt. His legendary story telling and larger than life personality will be missed by friends and family.
He is preceded in death by his father John Vaughan Sr.; mother Elizabeth Vaughan; sister Jacqueline Vaughan; and brother Gary Vaughan.
He is survived by his daughter Amelia Lee Vaughan Handschuh; his sisters Mary Gump, Pat Johnson; and brother Steve Vaughan.
Please contact his daughter Amelia for details regarding his celebration of life.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722074158736087821.post4290441909370279116..comments2019-03-20T01:23:53.686-07:00Comments on UCM12.org - Unite Campus Ministries - College Bible Studies: Are You Still Thirsty For God? By Antoine TaylorUCM12.org http://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-722074158736087821.post-67567971282771494162014-04-16T15:20:38.446-07:002014-04-16T15:20:38.446-07:00WATER BAPTISM, DO INFANTS QUALIFY? Are infants pr...WATER BAPTISM, DO INFANTS QUALIFY?

Are infants proper candidates for baptism? Do babies meet the requirements to be baptized? The short answer is no.

Acts 8:26-40 ....36 As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized? 37 [And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."]

Unlike the Ethiopian eunuch; babies cannot believe with all their heart. Infants cannot make the confession, that Jesus is the Christ and the Son of God. Babies do meet the requirements for water baptism.

DAY OF PENTECOST

Acts 2:22-37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?"

There were no infants baptized on the Day of Pentecost. Why not?

1. They could not believe in Jesus the Nazarene.
2. Infants could not believe in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.
3. Babies could not realize that God made Jesus both Lord and Christ.
4. Infants could not be pierced to the heart, nor could they ask, " Brethren, what shall we do?"

Acts 2:38 Peter said to them,"Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Infants do not need to repent; because they have no sin to repent from. Repentance means to turn from sin and turn toward God. Infants are not candidates for water baptism.

Acts 2:41 So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.

There were no infants added to the church that day. Why not? Because babies could not receive Peter's word. Infants are not capable of understanding the gospel. Infants are not qualified to be baptized in water.

THE JAILER AND HIS HOUSEHOLD SAVED

Acts 16:31-34 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.....33.....and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 ....having believed in God with his whole household.

The jailer and his whole household believed before they were baptized. There were no babies baptized. Infants are not capable of believing. Infants are not qualified to be baptized.

THERE IS NO BIBLICAL RECORD OF ANY CHRISTIAN THAT WAS BAPTIZED BEFORE THEY BELIEVED.

INFANTS CANNOT BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST. THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE IMMERSED IN WATER.

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E3 2017: God of War Shows Us More Fatherly Kratos
'It's no place for a boy. You must be a warrior,' he tells his son.
The new God of War got some prominent play at Sony's E3 press briefing, giving us more story, more combat and more monsters than we had seen before. We also got a release window of early 2018.
The trailer shows us more of the fatherly Kratos, dispensing advice to his son Atreus and teaching him to be a warrior. There were lots of new enemies, including a massive World Serpent that offeres help to Kratos and Atreus. We still see plenty the wicked gameplay we have come to expect, while the trailer adds a bit more background to go with the Norse mythos surroundings.
Check out the trailer below.
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