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He is now so much a part of the nation's social fabric that it's hard to comprehend a time when Muhammad Ali was more reviled than revered.
Barely past the opening credits of a new documentary about Ali, though, we get a glimpse of how many Americans felt about him during a tumultuous time in the country's history.
"I find nothing amusing or interesting or tolerable about this man," television host David Susskind said, nearly spitting his words out in a 1968 broadcast as Ali looked on. "He's a disgrace to his country, his race, and what he laughably describes as his profession."
The scene in "The Trials of Muhammad Ali" — now playing in selected theaters — is then juxtaposed with one of President George W. Bush giving Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005. From draft-dodging pariah to hero, Ali's long and sometimes painful journey was finally complete.
For those who didn't live in the time and are only faintly aware of the tale, it is a remarkable one. For those who grew up in the era and know well Ali's impact on a country just beginning to come to terms with race relations, it's a refresher course, complete with clips of Ali at his bombastic — and to some, scary — best.
"I don't have to be what you want me to be," Ali is shown telling reporters the morning after his first fight with Sonny Liston in 1964, when he announced to the world he was a follower of the Nation of Islam.
Boxing fans were already wary of his involvement with the Black Muslim movement, but he became a pariah to even more when he refused induction to the Army at the height of the Vietnam War as a conscientious objector, famously saying, "I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong."
Banned from boxing and facing five years in prison, he spent three prime fighting years on the sideline while the courts debated what to do with him. Once the heavyweight champion of the world, he became a speaker on college campuses to make a living and keep his cause before the public.
"You're talking about a man being hit with the war situation and taking a stand along with his involvement with the Nation of Islam. It was new turf," said Khalilah Camacho-Ali, his wife at the time, who is interviewed in the film. "He was comfortable making his decisions, but the thing that was hard to bear was whether he would fight again. It didn't look like a hopeful battle."
Ali would eventually win the battle, and go on to not only regain the heavyweight title but become the most famous athlete of his time. The U.S. Supreme Court finally took up his case and reversed his conviction on a technicality in 1971 in a decision that surprised some considering the tenor of the times.
The decision itself is also the subject of a drama that airs Saturday night on HBO. "Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" uses actors including Christopher Plummer, Ed Begley, Jr. and Peter Gerety to play Supreme Court justices, but Ali himself is taken from the clips of the era at his oratorical best.
"Why tell his story when he tells it himself?" said Shawn Slovo, the movie's writer.
But tell a story the HBO movie does, though some liberties are taken for entertainment's sake. Among them are the justices being shown at one point gathering in the basement of the Supreme Court building to watch sex movies for a case before them on pornography, and a clerk smoking marijuana in a court bathroom.
It's surprisingly engrossing, though, for a movie that revolves almost entirely around the legal process. At the center of it is a clerk for Justice John Harlan II, who convinces him to switch his vote so that Ali's conviction would be overturned on a technicality and he would not have to go to prison.
The movie and the documentary aren't related except that they both feature Ali. They do, however, share funny clips from when Ali — complete with big Afro and beard — is shown singing in the 1969 Broadway musical "Buck White." A man had to make a living, but Ali's days as an actor were numbered when the play closed after seven performances.
Camacho-Ali, who was married to Ali from 1967-77, said she never gave up hope during her husband's dark period that he would be allowed to fight again, though Ali himself had his doubts.
"My frame of mind was more positive than his was and it helped keep him afloat," she said. "The best thing for Ali at the time was to keep him focused on his family life. That's all we had to work with."
Camacho-Ali hasn't seen her former husband — now married to his fourth wife, Lonnie — since they both attended Joe Frazier's funeral in 2011. But she still feels protective of Ali, with whom she had four children, and believes the documentary is a way of educating people to the times they lived in and what they went through.
"I'm tired of people giving the wrong information," she said. "You're talking about one of the most famous people in recent history. The facts should be correct."


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In a previous post I described the family of Michael Hurley and Bridget Cahalane of Coolnagarrane, outside of
Skibbereen. Their oldest son, John, was my gg-grandfather. Michael and Bridget married in Kilmacabea parish, near
Leap, from which came numerous Cahalanes, and so I wonder how did Michael and Bridget meet. Is it possible the
Hurleys were also from there and moved to Coolnagarrane before 1815?
Both the Hurleys and the Cahalanes are rather mysterious to me. The information that follows is rather speculative since Skibbereen baptism and marriage records are so scarce. I believe Michael Hurley had at least three siblings - Mary, Daniel, and Ellen - the latter one showing up in Skibbereen church records baptized 22-Jan -1815 in Coolnagarrane, parents John Hurley and Jane McCarthy. There may have been a fourth sibling Johanna.
Michael and Bridget married 25-May-1838 in Leap, Kilmacabea and lived in Coolnagarrane. Their known children, all baptized in Skibbereen:
John (my gg-grandfather) 23-Feb-1839, godfather Daniel Hurley, godmother Catherine Cahalane
Patrick 2-Mar-1841, godfather John Hurley, godmother Mary Cahalane
Daniel 31-Mar-1843, godfather Dan Hurley, godmother Johanna Hurley
Ellen 21-Sep-1845, godfather Michael Cahalane
Michael 15-Jan-1849, godfather Dan Hurley, godmother Mary Hurley
Mary married Jeremiah Driscoll some time before 1839. (There are records of a same-named couple in Drimoleague around the same time, which is a point of confusion.) Their known family, all baptized in Skibbereen:
John Driscoll 28-Jun-1839
Jeremiah Driscoll 19-Dec-1841
Mary Driscoll 3-Mar-1844, godfather John Hurley, possibly her grandfather, and godmother Bridget Cahalane
Ellen Driscoll 10-Oct-1847, godfather Michael Hurley
Nancy Driscoll bap 10-Jun-1852, godfather Daniel Hurley
Ellen married John Sweeney in 22-Feb-1846 in Skibbereen. Their family, all baptized in Skibbereen:
Eugene Sweeney 1-Mar-1847, godfather Daniel Hurley
Michael Sweeney 29-Apr-1849, godfather Michael Hurley
John Sweeney 12-Aug-1851
Daniel Sweeney 13-Aug-1854, godfather Daniel Hurley
Ellen Sweeney 18-Mar-1858, godparents Michael Hurley and Mary Hurley
Patrick Sweeney 16-Apr-1862, godfather Patrick Hurley
Daniel married Honora McCarthy of Driminidy 12-Feb-1850 and they lived in Coolnagarrane. Michael Hurley was a witness. Their family, all baptized in Skibbereen:
Mary Hurley 5-Jan-1851
Ellen Hurley 17-Dec-1852, godfather John Hurley. She went on to marry William Young of North Street 1875.
Catherine Hurley 29-Apr-1855 She went on to marry Michael Herlihy 7-Mar-1886. Witnesses William Young and Ellen Sweeney
Honora Hurley 13-Sep-1857, godfather Jerry Driscoll
Daniel Hurley 3-Jun-1860. He went on to marry Julia McCarthy (a distant cousin) 22-Apr-1894. Witness John Hurley.
John Hurley 6-Mar-1864, godfather Patrick Hurley
Now back to the Cahalanes. The only ones in these records are Catherine, godmother to John (1839); Mary, godmother to Patrick (1841); and Michael, godfather to Ellen (1845).
Searching the records for additional appearances of Michael Hurley and Bridget Cahalane, I came across the marriage record of James Young and Ellen Cahalane, 28-Feb-1843, in Kilmacabea. A Cornelius Cahalane was a witness. Their known children, all baptized in Drimoleague:
William Young 28-Jul- 1845, godparents Michael Hurley and Bridget Cahalane
John Young 26-Jun-1848, godmother Barbara Cahalane
With further searching, I found a Cornelius Cahalane m. Anne Kingston 28-Feb-1843 in Kilmacabea. James Young was a witness. The family moved around. Their known children, all baptized in Kilmacabea:
James Cahalane 29-May- 1844
Bridget Cahalane 9-Nov- 1845
Tom Cahalane 24-May-1850
Michael Cahalane 25-Oct- 1860, godparents Michael Cahalane and Catherine Cahalane
In addition, I found a couple Tim Cahalane and Mary Cleary in Kilmacabea. The family lived in Ballyriree. Their known children:
Mary 2-Jun-1838
Ellen 2-Mar-1843, godmother Barbara Cahalane
Finally, I found John Hurley m. Julia Regan, possibly 19-Oct-1829 in Caheragh. They lived in Ballyriree. Known children, all baptized in Kilmacabea:
Michael Hurley 8-Sep- 1834, godmother Barbara Cahalane
William Hurley 15-Oct- 1839
Mary Hurley 18-Jan-1844 James Hurley 8-Apr-1846
The Michael Cahalane who was godfather to Ellen Hurley (1845) may have been the one who married Honora Donovan 22-Feb- 1851 in Kilmacabea. I have corresponded with some of the descendants of this family. Their known children, all baptized in Kilmacabea:
Denis Cahalane 28-Mar- 1852
John Cahalane 30-Jun-1853
Mary Cahalane 18-Apr- 1855, godfather James Cahalane
Cornelius Cahalane 15-Mar- 1857
Bridget Cahalane 8-Mar- 1859, godmother Catherine Cahalane
Michael Cahalane 8-Apr- 1861, godfather John Hurley
Catherine Cahalane 28-Sep- 1863
Thomas Cahalane 11-Feb- 1868
I have not been able to pin down the baptism godmothers Catherine Cahalane or Mary Cahalane yet. Anyway, here are the Cahalanes I have found, who could be closely related:
Bridget Cahalane m. Michael Hurley
Ellen Cahalane m. James Young
Cornelius Cahalane m. Anne Kingston
Tim Cahalane m. Mary Cleary
Michael Cahalane m. Honora Donovan
In addition, Barbara Cahalane, Mary Cahalane, and Catherine Cahalane
Could John Hurley m. Julia Regan of Ballyriree have been a relative of the Hurleys in Coolnagarrane? And can anybody shed any light on these Cahalanes?
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Hurleys and Cahalanes, Part 2
In a previous post I described the family of Michael Hurley and Bridget Cahalane of Coolnagarrane, outside of
Skibbereen. Their oldest son, John, was my gg-grandfather. Michael and Bridget married in Kilmacabea parish, near
Leap, from which came numerous Cahalanes, and so I wonder how did Michael and Bridget meet. Is it possible the
Hurleys were also from there and moved to Coolnagarrane before 1815?
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Fanny Collins and Denis Crowley of Castlehaven
I think I have found another daughter of Larr Collins (1783-1867) of Adrigole, though I have substantially less confidence in this child than I have in the others. The records of Fanny Collins (1829-a. 1901) aren't tightly coupled to her siblings like the records of her siblings are to each other.
"Fanny" is an old variant of Francesca no longer in use. Fanny Collins married Denis Crowley 5-Feb-1854 in Skibbereen R.C. parish; there were neither Collins nor Crowley witnesses recorded as present.
Daughter Mary was baptized 8-Feb-1855 and recorded in Adrigole; the godfather was one Daniel Collins. Whether this is the girl's uncle is not clear as my gg-grandfather Daniel Collins had relocated to Colomane East a few years prior.
Jane Crowley (8-Feb-1857) was recorded in Adrigole and had one Ellen Collins as a godmother. Jane's mother is recorded as Ann.
A second reason why I thought Fanny may have been Larr's daughter was because the Crowleys resided for a time in Adrigole. But the main reason why I thought Fanny was Larr's daughter was because Larr was the godfather of Patrick, baptized 27-Feb-1859. These are the only two pieces of evidence I have implying such a relationship.
John Crowley (9-May-1861), baptized in Castlehaven & Myross R.C. parish, is recorded in Rineen. The baptism of Kate (6-Mar-1865), also baptized in C&M parish, is recorded with mother named Johanna, which I think is an error. Michael (15-Jul-1869), C&M parish, is recorded in Gortbrack. The mother's name was mistakenly written in as William Brown, then crossed out and not rewritten.
Now comes more confusion. Jerry (11-Aug-1875) is recorded in Gortbrack. However, Ireland Births and Baptisms shows a Cornelius Crowley born about that same time to the same parents. In addition, that same data source lists a "Coomeshall Crowly" born 17-Jun-1872. I suspect that Dennis and Fanny had a child born in Coornishal, who perhaps didn't live long enough to be baptized. I will know when I see that civil registration record.
Clearly I need to trawl civil registration and perhaps the revision books to bring some clarity to this family. The 1901 Ireland census shows Fanny Crowley as a widow, age 72, living with her son John, in Farrandau. Though their son John is there, Fanny is not listed in 1911, and civil registration does not provide clues to her death.
A third reason why I thought Fanny, or Francesca, could be Larr's daughter is because the man's name Francis pops up as a middle name in this extended family, especially with "Denis." The discovery of Fanny has compelled me to revisit the 20-Jul-1856 Caheragh R.C. parish record of a child of Daniel Collins and Mary Mahony that is unreadable. It has been transcribed as Johanna and as Jeremiah but I think it is neither. Could it be Fannia - another form of Fanny?
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Rancho Cordova, CA
Joseph (Joe) Saculla
Oct. 15, 1928 - Feb. 6, 2013
Joseph (Joe) Saculla passed away February 6, 2013 at his home in Rancho Cordova at the age of 84.
Joe was born in Sacramento on October 15, 1928 to Italian immigrants Michael and Rose Saculla. His early years were spent in Roseville, until the death of his mother in 1943 when he moved to Stockton to be with his older
brother and sisters. After
graduating from Stockton High School, he joined the Air Force and served as a Communications/ Radar Officer during the Korean War. After his military service Joe returned to Stockton, studied
mechanical engineering at the University of the Pacific, then began his career in refrigeration/air conditioning/heating. His knowledge and talent landed him job
opportunities in Alaska and on the island of Sumatra. In 1978 he
became an instructor with the
Sacramento Regional Occupational Program where he fell in love with teaching and thrived with his new-found career until his retirement in 1993.
His childhood dream was to
become a pilot and he was proud to have attained his private pilot's license along with commercial,
instrument and flight instructor
ratings. He was active in the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Air Patrol for many years.
While Joe was teaching for the ROP program he met his wife
Annie, and a 25 year love story began. He was an incredibly loving and devoted husband, friend and life-partner.
Upon his passing, Joe has joined his parents; his brothers, Anthony and Frank; and his sisters, Vince and Nancy. He will be lovingly missed by his wife Annie, his son Michael (Pat) Saculla of Stockton, son Rocky (Diana) Saculla of
Anchorage, daughter Karen (Bob) Niebert of Anchorage, grandsons Jim and Rich Saculla, granddaughter Alaina Saculla, great-granddaughter Samantha, great-grandsons Johnny and Michael, grandchildren-in-heart Kerrie,
Emily and Kiel Sonne, and numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. Joe sincerely loved his
family, his friends, his country and his Lord. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Lutheran Church, 2201 Benita Drive in
Rancho Cordova on Saturday, February 23 at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation in Joe's honor to the Alzheimer's Association or Grace Lutheran Church.


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Flank and Broccoli
Makes about 7 cups
Both the flank steak and the broccoli seem to come alive with flavor thanks to the herb and spice blend and the special taste of buckwheat mixed with coconut milk.
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons Chef Paul Prudhomme's Meat Magic®
1½ teaspoons hot dry mustard
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground fenugreek
1½ pounds flank steak, scalloped (see below)
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped bell peppers
2 tablespoons tamari
2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup medium-diced carrots
1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
2 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
3 tablespoons buckwheat flour, preferred, or all-purpose flour
2 cups beef stock
2 (13½ ounce) cans unsweetened coconut milk
4 cups broccoli florets
how to prepare
Combine the first 5 ingredients to make the Seasoning Mix, sprinkle the scalloped steak evenly with 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons of this mixture, and rub it in well.
Heat the oil in a 4-quart pot over high heat just until the oil begins to smoke, about 4 minutes. Add the seasoned steak and cook, stirring frequently, for 4 minutes. Add the onions and bell peppers and cook, stirring frequently, for 12 minutes. Add the tamari, mushrooms, carrots, garlic, ginger, and remaining seasoning mix. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 12 minutes, then stir in the flour. Stir constantly until the flour is absorbed, then add the stock. Scrape all the brown bits from the pot bottom and stir in the coconut milk. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the broccoli florets, return to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 5 minutes more. Remove from the heat and serve.
To scallop meat: start with the meat in front of you on a firm surface, with the grain running from left to right. With a sharp, heavy knife held almost parallel to the surface, slide the knife through the meat about ¼ inch below the surface, at about a 30° angle to the grain, and cut off a piece that measures about 2 by 3 inches. Make the second cut right next to the first one, also about 30° from the grain, but in the opposite direction. Continue removing thin ovals down the length of the meat, then through the thickness. Don't hurry, and try to keep the scallops as nearly the same size as possible, so they'll cook in about the same amount of time.
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The twenty one day Wilder Moving Average has recently been seen below the fifty day Simple Moving Average on shares of Solaredge Tech (SEDG). Traders following these numbers may be watching for a possible shift in the short-term momentum.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 25th Aug 2012 19:40 UTC
"Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday on Aug. 5. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of 'one giant leap for mankind'. He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin." Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Such a great man. The world lost a true legendary hero today. This man will be an inspiration for generations to come.
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While iAd looks pretty darn nice for an ad network (which is like saying something looks nice for a dead gutted animal, but still), many people were wondering how Apple would handle third-party ad networks like Google's popular AdMob. Well, as it turns out, while Apple won't ban them outright, it does look like the company wants to pretty much kill them off through section 3.3.9 of the new developer agreement.
While this still allows ad networks and application developers to embed non-iAd advertisements into their applications, taking away ad networks' and analytics company's ability to use targeted advertising pretty much makes it impossible for them to compete against Apple's own iAd - which can employ targeted advertising. "Ads don't exist without analytics," a mobile ad executive told All Things Digital, "Can't measure it, can't bill for it."
Not everyone is entirely sure what the implications of this new rule are. Peter Farago from Flurry says his company is in talks with Apple to figure it all out. "It's too early to tell. No one's freaking out," he says, "There's more to understand about it, and we're dialoguing with Apple about it, but it looks we may have to modify the way we collect and distribute information."
Well, I guess it's Apple platform. If they can kill the competition by simply adding a line to the secret developer agreement, why not do it? Storage-space consuming but cool ads coming to your free applications - whether you like it or not.


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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
~ 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV)
The more you travel, the more you realize that God is at work changing lives all over the globe. Whether people have committed crimes against God (rebellion, blasphemy, hatred etc.) or crimes against society (murder, violence, theft etc.) or crimes against themselves (shame, guilt, despair etc.), He is able to bring about a complete transformation of their lives and fill them with His Holy Spirit.
Standing Strong Through the Storm (SSTS) teaching partner, Jim Cunningham, was sharing in a SSTS seminar with rural pastors in Colombia, South America. After the final session, Rauel (not his real name) approached Jim, almost shyly. With a warm smile and moist eyes, he extended his hand for what Jim thought was a handshake, but instead he gently offered a small piece of paper with some writing.
"For you, Santiago."
They hugged each other. Between Rauel's "No English" and Jim's "No Spanish" there was an unspoken bond of Christian love. They said their "good-byes" pointing heavenward as if to say, "See you again my brother!"
Jim's interpreter later translated the note. It read:
May the Lord bless your life and enrich your ministry. And may the angel of the Lord always encamp around you and all your family and nation. Take with you my remembrances and those of Colombia to the people of Canada."Do you know who Brother Rauel is?" the interpreter asked. Jim shook his head "No." "He used to be a guerrilla leader against the government forces," said his interpreter. "He came to faith as a follower of Jesus Christ a while back and this is his first time gathering with our pastors and leadership team. We earnestly prayed and had to have God's peace before inviting him here."
Jim concluded, "What an amazing story of God's grace. God is changing hearts—one at a time. Keep praying for peace in Colombia!"
RESPONSE: Today I will praise God for His ministry in my life—and others—making changes and renewing my heart.
PRAYER: Lord, we continue to pray for peace in countries like Colombia and in the hearts of those who struggle with injustice and inequality. And make me a totally new creation, I pray.


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4 Easy Holiday Ornaments to Make with Kids
Even more than helping set up the tree, kids love making ornaments to help decorate it! Here are four that require some help and supervision, but use basic materials and require no expertise.
1. Pipe Cleaner Ornaments on Make and Takes: These classic ornaments are molded and shaped with pipe cleaners and beads into any holiday shape your kids want. A great activity for developing fine motor skills too.
2. Felt Ornaments on Beijing Kids: Chances are we've all made countless ornaments out of felt growing up. Felt is about the easiest medium to work with which makes it perfect for kids crafts. Simple stitches along the side can done by an older kid or an adult.
3. Pom Pom Ornaments on Better Homes and Gardens: Little fingers will love this craft. All you need are yarn, something to wrap it around, and a cute kid to help. Fun for little hands to make and play with afterwards.
4. Origami Paper Chain on Mini Eco: The classic preschool craft - paper chains - gets a gorgeous makeover using pretty origami paper. Can decorate everything from railings and doorways to a sparkly Christmas trees.
(Images: 1. Make and Takes 2. Beijing Kids 3. Better Homes and Gardens 4. Mini Eco)


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BRUSSELS (AP) — Greece's international creditors failed to agree Monday on how to get the country's bailout program back on track and put off again the release of the next batch loans that Athens is using to pay its day-to-day bills.
However, European finance ministers meeting in Brussels did decide to give Greece two more years until 2016 to reform its economy — one of the conditions of its bailout package. But they could not agree on how to pay for the extension or when the country's debts would reach a manageable level.
"Today a huge step has been made in order to secure the program on Greece, in order to enhance the confidence on the eurozone, in order to find a strong and definite solution for this question, which has lasted for more than two years now," said French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici, as he left the meeting of finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro. "We couldn't do more today."
The European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission, which is the EU's executive arm, have twice agreed to bail out Greece, pledging a total of €240 billion in rescue loans. The country has received about €150 billion of those loans so far, in exchange for making tough budget cuts and sweeping reforms to its labor market and bureaucracy.
The main aim of the bailout program is to right Greece's economy and get it to a point where it no longer relies on international aid and can independently raise money on the debt markets. The bailout program was supposed to steadily reduce Greece's debt until, in 2020, it reached 120 percent of its annual gross domestic product— a level generally considered sustainable. But it's been clear for months now that the country is way off track from achieving that goal — although how far off track is a point of contention among its lenders.
As IMF chief Christine Lagarde left the meeting, she insisted that Greece should still be aiming to bring its debts to the 120 percent level by the original target of 2020. But Jean-Claude Juncker, who chairs the meetings of the eurozone finance ministers said that the deadline would likely be changed to 2022.
"What matters at the end of the day is the sustainability of the Greek debt, so that country can be back on its feet and re-access the private market in due course," Lagarde said.
The question of debt sustainability is as important as it is divisive: If Greece's debts can't be reduced to a level where the country can pay them down, then the billions of euros in bailout loans given to Greece will have been wasted.
It's taken on even more importance in recent weeks because Germany has insisted that until the question is resolved, Greece can't receive its next €31.5 billion ($40 billion) batch of its bailout loans. The country has a bond payment coming due this week, but EU Finance Commissioner Olli Rehn said Athens would be able to roll it over and didn't need the loan installment.
The issue appears to have ultimately derailed Monday's meeting, and so the ministers will meet again Nov. 20 in order to release the next batch of bailout loans.
Still, politicians sought to spin the meeting as having made some progress, especially after Greece pushed two tough bills through its parliament in recent days — one with a raft of reforms, the other with a stringent 2013 budget.
"Words have been backed by deeds," Rehn said after the meeting, as he also sought to underscore how many sacrifices Greece has made.
"As regards structural reforms, it is time to debunk the perception that no progress has been made. This perception is damaging, it is unfair, and it is simply wrong," he said.
But Greece has struggled to keep up with the demanding pace of reforms set out in its rescue package and has asked its creditors for more time— hoping that a slower pace will release the stranglehold the cuts have on the economy. The country is heading into the sixth year of a deep recession, with more than a quarter of Greeks unemployed.
The ministers agreed to relax the pace, extending the timeline from 2014 to 2016, although they declined to answer the more important question of how that extra time will be paid for. The extension still needs formal approval.
Ahead of Monday's meeting of the 17 eurozone finance ministers in Brussels, Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan said the extension would mean €31 billion to €32 billion ($39 billion-$41 billion) in extra financing. A draft report from Greece's creditors that was obtained by The Associated Press is short on such details.
"Since you are excluded from markets, the extension means more financing, so somebody has to pay, so you cannot ask for unlimited time period," said Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras. "I mean, it would be obviously better to be four-year extension, or a six-year extension even better, but it's not realistic."
Even if next week's eurogroup meeting makes a decision on giving Greece the €31.5 billion loan, it will likely still need to be approved by some eurozone parliaments.
Associated Press writers Raf Casert in Brussels and Juergen Baetz and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed. Melvin can be reached at http://twitter.com/Don_Melvin . DiLorenzo can be reached at http://twitter.com/sdilorenzo


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Want a bit of style but don't want to pay through the nose? The Citroen-derived DS brand thinks it has the solution with this improved DS3 in pokey diesel BlueHDi 120 guise - and it makes a pretty persuasive argument. With the DS3's trademark sassy lines combined with 78.5mpg economy and 94g/km emissions, it's cheap to run. It's not quick but it'll still generate grins when you throw it at a corner or two.
As motorists we tend to want the best of all worlds and most of the time the compromises we're forced to make aren't all that appealing. Want a car that's fast and reliable? Well it's probably not going to be cheap. Fancy something stylish that's good to drive? That'll probably run up a big bill too. The people at DS Automobiles have created a contender in the DS3 BlueHDi 120 that manages to neatly jink around many of the impediments to getting the small car you wanted. How about a model that's affordable to buy, fun to drive, offers decent reliability, looks great and costs next to nothing to run? If you'd given up on ever finding such a vehicle, it's time to get excited all over again.
Driving Experience
With 120PS on tap, the DS3 BlueHDi isn't going to be the quickest car we've ever laid our hands on, but the sprint to 62mph is not so much demolished but gamely negotiated in 9.4 seconds en route to a top speed of 118mph. In actual fact, the DS3 feels a bit quicker than the bald figure state, due to the fact that it has 285Nm of torque at its elbow and that allows you to feel a smooth surge of acceleration from around 2,000rpm. The ride is fairly firm, but front end grip is excellent and body control is more than good enough to entertain on a British B-road. The steering could use a little more heft and refinement can suffer if you choose bigger alloy wheels but the front seats offer plenty of lateral support. There's a slight offset to the pedal box and the steering wheel could use a bit more adjustment range but these are small quibbles. All in, the DS3 BlueHDi 120 delivers a very sharp driving experience for what is ostensibly an eco special.
Design and Build
To the uninitiated, the DS3 is still quite a sight. The basic shape of the car is traditional supermini with gentle curves marking its extremities and the wheels pushed out to the corners producing a squat, purposeful stance. The key change with this facelifted DS3 is the introduction of the DS brand's corporate front end, with the so-called 'DS Wings' sculpted around a vertically-orientated chromed front grille that wears the DS emblem and is flanked by smarter LED headlamps. There are now more personalisation possibilities too, including options for the roof, the bodywork and the mirror housings. The real drama, however, remains in the detail. From that 'shark fin' B-pillar to the contrasting roof panel, the DS3 is ferociously unconventional. It has the look of a concept car but the French brand has built it and you can buy it. For a modern supermini, this car is relatively compact. It's 3950mm long and 1710mm wide, which is similar to the Ford Fiesta, but the designers have worked hard to maintain plenty of interior space. The cabin is much as before, but benefits from the addition of a freshly-added 7-inch colour infotainment screen that incorporates the latest smartphone-compatible technology. There are smarter trim choices too and the option of classic DS 'watchstrap leather' seating and laser engraving on the dashboard trim and the door mirrors. The DS designers claim there's room for five adults, with legroom in the rear enhanced by the slender backs of the driver and front passenger seats. In the tail, the boot of the hard-top version is 285-litres which is large for the supermini class and 60:40 split rear seats give options for extending that capacity.
Market and Model
The BlueHDi 120 variant is available in 'Elegance', 'Prestige' and 'Ultra Prestige' trim levels. Prices start at just over £17,500 for this BlueHDi 120 vaiant, but you'll need nearly £22,000 if you want this engine with the Cabrio bodystyle. Still, at least all DS3 models are better equipped than they used to be. All variants now get front and rear parking sensors, a reversing camera with visual indicator guide lines on the 7-inch centre dash infotainment screen. That display is a fresh addition to the car and gives owners access to the latest smartphone-compatible 'MirrorLink' and 'Apple CarPlay' connectivity systems. The options list includes LED headlight technology and items such as cruise control with a speed limiter, a classy MP3-compatible stereo system with a sub woofer in the boot and the MyWay satellite navigation system. Safety equipment includes an 'Active City Brake' system that can autonomously brake the car if an accident hazard is detected at urban speeds. ESP stability control is of course standard along with an advanced ABS braking system and six airbags. Personalisation is a term that is cropping up with increasing regularity when we talk about trendy small cars and this revised DS3 further embraces it with things like a laser-etched dashboard strip and a screen-printed rear window. There are wider colour and wheel options too. As before, the roof, the mirrors, the dashboard, the rubbing strips and the wheels all come in various colours and whichever bodywork colour you choose, you get a matching key fob.
Cost of Ownership
The DS3 BlueHDi 120 turns in the sort of cost of ownership figures that are more readily associated with a tiny citycar, not something with a torquey turbodiesel engine. You won't need to pay road tax due to its 94g/km emissions - and being able to squeeze 78.5 miles from a gallon of diesel certainly isn't bad going. The DS3 is also equipped with a gearshift indicator that prompts drivers to change gear at the opportune moment for greater efficiency. Residual values aren't too bad but certainly not as healthy as the MINI Cooper D. The DS3 is also a bit more expensive but when you start specifying the MINI up to the level of the DS with gear like Pepper Packs, navigation and such like, the MINI loses both its initial price advantage and its overwhelming superiority on residuals.
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Exit Strategy or Victory Strategy?
por William Kristol y Robert Kagan, 17 de noviembre de 2003
(Published in The Weekly Standard, November 17, 2003 issue)
THE FRONT PAGE of the November 7 Washington Post says it all. The first headline, in large type: 'Bush Urges Commitment to Transform Mideast.' Below, in slightly smaller type: 'Pentagon to Shrink Iraq Force.' And below that: 'Iraqi Security Crews Getting Less Training.' It's a jarring juxtaposition. The president eloquently makes the case for a necessarily and admirably ambitious foreign policy. Yet his own administration's deeds threaten the achievement of his goals.
In his fine speech to the National Endowment for Democracy last Thursday, the president made the case for 'a forward strategy of freedom' in the Middle East. He put the Iraq conflict in its proper context: 'the establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event,' but 'the failure of Iraqi democracy would embolden terrorists around the world, increase dangers to the American people, and extinguish the hopes of millions in the region.' Or, as the president said earlier in the week: 'The enemy in Iraq believes America will run. That's why they're willing to kill innocent civilians, relief workers, coalition troops. America will never run. America will do what is necessary . . .'
Except, apparently, increase American troop strength or take the time properly to train Iraqi security forces. On the Sunday talk shows at the beginning of last week, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld didn't exactly say that we were going to run, but he certainly sounded as if he were eyeing the exits. He emphasized that 'you've got to get the security responsibility transferred to the Iraqi people. . . . It's their country. . . . We're not going to provide security in their country over a sustained period of time.' And then on the same day as the president's speech, the Defense Department announced plans to reduce U.S. forces by about 20 percent in the next few months. The secretary of defense claimed that the rapid growth of Iraqi security forces made this drawdown possible--even though that growth has come at the cost of levels of training previously thought necessary to enable them to do their job.
In other words: The president wants to win, and the Pentagon wants to get out. It's of course possible we can do both at once. And it's also true that on the political side, there's a strong case for a faster transfer of power to the Iraqis. But the fact remains that over the short term we have a policy in contradiction with itself. Is it to be a victory strategy or an exit strategy? The president has, since 9/11, prevailed (on key matters) over the status quo foreign policy favored by his State Department. Will he now prevail over his Defense Department as well? After all, speeches are good; troops are better.
Now it's true that the pressures to draw down American forces are real. The Congressional Budget Office warns that the Army does not have sufficient active component forces to 'maintain the occupation at its current size, limit deployments to one year, and sustain all of its other commitments' around the world. The CBO is right. But we must also face the reality that we are a nation at war, and normal troop deployment schedules can no longer hold in every instance.
Moreover, almost three years into the Bush administration, the serious deficit in the overall size of American forces can no longer be blamed exclusively on the Clinton administration. When Vice President Dick Cheney was secretary of defense a dozen years ago, he recommended that the Army should have at least 12 divisions to meet American global responsibilities in the post-Cold War world. Today there are 10 divisions. Recently, more than 50 members of the House Armed Services Committee, including committee chairman Duncan Hunter, wrote to Rumsfeld asking him to increase overall troop strength by two divisions. But Rumsfeld remains dogmatically committed to a smaller force, despite the overwhelming evidence that the force is already dangerously inadequate to meet the president's stated strategic requirements.
The immediate danger is that the American mission in Iraq may be the first and most dire casualty of this administration's parsimony. In these pages a few weeks ago, Lewis Lehrman felicitously observed, 'prudence counsels that to desire the Bush Doctrine is to desire the indispensable means to make it effective.' So far, the Pentagon has shown little interest in developing and deploying the indispensable means to make the Bush Doctrine effective. The stunning victory in the war to remove Saddam has been followed by an almost equally stunning lack of seriousness about winning the peace, despite the vital importance of creating a stable, secure, and democratic Iraq. That is what the Bush Doctrine of 'regime change' means, or should mean: Not blowing out the bad regime and then leaving others to pick up the pieces, but staying long enough to ensure that a good regime can take its place.
But for that to happen, we need to defeat the increasingly dangerous Baathist and international terrorist groups operating in Iraq. There aren't enough American troops there today to conduct the kind of counterterrorist and counterinsurgency strategy that is needed. In an effort to compensate, the administration has pursued one illusory quick fix after another. First there was the illusion--now dispelled--that international troops would come in and substitute for American forces. With U.S. troops scheduled to rotate out of Iraq in March, Pentagon planners counted on the introduction of two new international divisions. This expectation was fanciful, as we pointed out two months ago. It was unlikely that many foreign forces were ever going to participate in the aftermath of a war their governments did not favor.
The second, more current and more dangerous illusion is that Iraqi forces can substitute for American forces during the dangerous and critical months ahead. Under the guise of transferring sovereignty to the Iraqi people, a necessary goal in political terms, the Pentagon is looking to reduce significantly the military burden on the United States and shift it onto the Iraqis, and the sooner the better. 'It's their country,' Rumsfeld says, as if the United States had only fleeting responsibilities in Iraq after invading it. But of course the reason Rumsfeld wants to pass the responsibility to Iraqis has nothing to do with whether they are ready or able to take on that responsibility. It is simply that he wants to bring the level of U.S. forces down.
Two months ago, when signs of deteriorating security in key parts of Iraq became unmistakable, the administration accelerated the enlistment of Iraqis into various security forces. We expressed concern at the time that the too hasty enlistment of Iraqis, some of whom served in Saddam Hussein's murderous security structure, risked alienating average Iraqis and, more significantly, risked putting unreliable people in positions to do great harm. We also questioned whether Iraqi forces could or should take on the task of fighting international terrorists and well-armed Baathist remnants. Two months and a few bombings later, a desperate Pentagon is accelerating the acceleration.
Consider this: In early September, Rumsfeld declared there were 55,000 Iraqis in security forces with another 50,000 planned for 2004. Now suddenly the numbers have doubled. 100,000 Iraqis are allegedly available today, with another 100,000 coming by next summer.
And what do these numbers mean? The Pentagon has been hammering the American provisional government in Baghdad to reduce training requirements for the Iraqi security forces so as to be able to point to rapidly increasing numbers of them, almost regardless (sources in Baghdad tell us) of the actual quality and utility of the training they are getting. It turns out that in order to get this many Iraqis ready for action, training schedules have been absurdly shortened--a 12-week police training program now miraculously takes only 2 weeks. It turns out the Americans don't even have enough weapons and uniforms for all the Iraqis they train. And it will almost certainly turn out to be the case that, as we hurriedly stand up these new Iraqi security forces, more Saddam loyalists will make it into their ranks.
Never mind the message it sends to the Iraqi people to put their old tormenters back on the streets to watch over them. How will we know whether the Iraqi recruits can be trusted not to carry out sabotage? Can American authorities possibly do background checks on so many Iraqis so quickly? Rumsfeld has an admirably frank answer to that question: No, they can't. He seems to believe it's a tolerable risk. It isn't. A few weeks ago, a car bomb was detonated next to an Iraqi police station. The car in which the bomb was rigged was itself a police car. How did a suicide bomber get hold of a police car? Probably, someone recruited by the United States was playing a double game. It takes only a couple of mistakes in background checks to have a disaster, and that assumes you're really conducting background checks. But such incidents will multiply as the hastily assembled and inadequately vetted Iraqi forces take the field.
The Pentagon's consistent denial that we need more troops in Iraq has become absurd. Occasionally, commanders slip and speak the truth. A few weeks ago, General Ricardo Sanchez noted that he had decided to step up operations against the guerrilla-terrorists in the Sunni triangle. To do so, he did the obvious: He increased the number of American troops deployed there. More recently, an American battalion commander noted that intelligence on terrorist actions had improved in August and September. Why? Because the Iraqis in his sector 'started to realize they could give us information and we would protect them.' How? With lots of American troops visible and readily available to do the protecting. Will Iraqis feel the same confidence if our troops retreat to their garrisons and hastily trained and poorly equipped Iraqi forces take their place?
The president has publicly dedicated his administration to keeping U.S. forces in place as long as necessary to build a democratic Iraq. It would be helpful if the Pentagon implemented a strategy consistent with the president's stated goals. Or we can cross our fingers and just hope it all works out. But that's an irresponsible risk to take. Failing in Iraq would be a strategic calamity worse than America's retreat from Vietnam 30 years ago. As Senator John McCain put it this week, the only acceptable exit strategy is victory. The president calls our effort in Iraq 'a massive and difficult undertaking.' It is that, and it is also a necessary and admirable one. The question is whether Bush will see to it that his Pentagon does what it takes to make that undertaking succeed.


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In October 2011 Ericsson announced its intention to sell the partners to Sony its 50% of the company and the deal is expected to close in a few weeks.
The Sony-Ericsson accounts, are very negative for 2011, there was a deficit of 247 million euros for the manufacturer of mobile phones against a profit of 90 million for the previous year (2010).
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Golden Globes Red Carpet: The Best and Worst Dressed
We love the Golden Globes, because it's the perfect platform for actresses to get all gussied up yet still take fashion risks. (Sorry, Oscars!) Some of our favorite ladies
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NEW YORK (AP) — A former campaign intern who was heavily criticized by embattled mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner's chief spokeswoman in an expletive-laced tirade has accepted her apology.
The ex-intern, Olivia Nuzzi, tweeted her acceptance of the apology by spokeswoman Barbara Morgan on Wednesday.
Morgan had ranted about Nuzzi in an interview with the political news website Talking Points Memo. She later apologized for using vulgar language to describe Nuzzi and said she believed her interview was off the record.
Talking Points said it contacted Morgan on Tuesday for an unrelated story when she launched into her attack on Nuzzi for writing an unflattering first-person article for the Daily News about her experience working on Weiner's campaign.
In the Tuesday cover story, Nuzzi wrote that Weiner often called interns Monica, a reference to former White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and that many people worked on the campaign only to get close to Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, an ex-aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Nuzzi also said many of the campaign staffers, including Morgan, had "short resumes," noting that the communications director "last worked as the press secretary for the New Jersey state education commissioner."
Morgan said Nuzzi was bad at her job and threatened to sue her.
"She was clearly there because she wanted to be seen. ... she would just not show up for work," Morgan said, adding that she tried to fire Nuzzi but "gave her a second chance" when Nuzzi begged to come back.
Nuzzi stopped interning for the campaign about four weeks ago, Morgan said.
Later, she issued an apology.
"In a moment of frustration, I used inappropriate language in what I thought was an off the record conversation," she said. "It was wrong and I am very sorry, which is what I said tonight when I called and emailed Olivia to apologize."
Nuzzi, a college student and writer, tweeted that she "of course" accepted Morgan's apology.
Morgan tweeted a photo of a swear jar stuffed with $100 bills and said, "Not my best day yesterday. Should've known better, been better. Gotta pay up."
Last week, Weiner, a married Democrat, acknowledged exchanging sexually explicit messages with women online after similar behavior spurred his resignation from Congress in 2011. He released a new campaign video Tuesday evening saying he won't quit the mayor's race despite pressure from politicians and newspaper editors.
A poll released Monday found Weiner's support fell from 26 percent last week to 16 percent.


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Pet hospice: Bridging the last stages of terminal illness and euthanasia
Pet hospice is an emerging concept in veterinary medicine. It is being adapted for pets by pioneering veterinarians who are called to fill the void between an animal's terminal illness and eventual euthanasia.
By 2009, fueled by Medicare-funding, there were approximately 5,000 hospice programs in the United States and an estimated one-third of dying people were enrolled in hospice care.Pet hospice, on the other hand, is currently a little known and little understood option, even within the veterinary profession. This month, four veterinarians tell their stories. All are determined to find ways to deliver this last option to pet owners who are looking for ways to extend the quality and length of their pets' lives before the final good-bye.
Cody, a yellow Labrador Retriever treated by Dr. Alice Villalobos, offers a good example of when and how a pet can benefit from hospice. Cody's crippling arthritis had finally progressed to the point that there was little more that could be done. Too often in situations like Cody's, pet owners are urged to consider euthanasia to spare their pets pain and suffering. Villalobos' oncology training and cancer-care background helped her see another option. Instead of euthanasia, she felt confident offering Cody's owners "pawspice care" (a name she uses to describe hospice care for pets).
"Cody had this wonderful spirit," she explains. "He loved his walks and the red wagon. Excellent pain management provided a way for him to enjoy them with his family, despite his crippled condition. He was a perfect candidate for pawspice."
In addition to working closely with Cody's family to adjust his medications as his condition changed, Villalobos asked them to assess Cody's quality of life through a scale she developed for the Veterinary Clinics of North America (Table 10.1 in the chapter titled "Palliative Care: End of Life 'Pawspice' Care"). The scale, she says, was created to help a pet owner monitor his or her pet and decide the right time to make the difficult decision of euthanasia. She hopes it will give veterinarians a tool to talk about end-of-life options with their clients.
Villalobos, a 1972 DVM graduate of the University of California-Davis, is considered a pioneer in the field of animal oncology and hospice care for pets. She currently conducts two-day clinics, one in Hermosa Beach and one in Woodland Hills for pets in Southern California. She also provides consultations out of her home office to offer cancer and hospice services to veterinarians and clients around the United States. Caring for her pet cancer patients through their last days helped her see the need for end-of-life care, especially when all medical options were exhausted. From her perspective, the issue is very simple: Veterinarians have an ethical obligation to communicate honestly with clients who have pets with terminal illnesses, and they should offer palliative, hospice care when they run out of other treatment options.
Veterinarians can do this work themselves, or they can refer cases, like Cody, if they cannot make the time commitment that pawspice requires. Keep in mind that pet owners and their pets require time and attention to help make the necessary psychological and physical accommodations necessary. This can require a lot of hand holding and medical adjustments as a pet's condition changes, she says.
However, Villalobos is one of a growing number of veterinarians across the country who offer pawspice as a referral service to veterinary practices and directly to clients who want pet hospice care. Villalobos says she was blessed early on to find a highly trained, registered veterinary technician (RVT), Carreen Lynch to work with in her practice. Lynch was just as passionate as she was about wanting to help patients and clients battle pet cancer. And she wanted to find ways to help clients during the highly emotional journey that follows the end of life. Together Villalobos, Lynch and veterinary team members built and refined the pawspice service she offers today. The members of her pawspice staff are compassionate with the patients and family members, and they provide home-care visits as needed and they honor the human-animal bond at the end of life.


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In the early 2000's, there were walls and ceilings of venues throughout the world with Oliver Hart written backstage; usually with comments like, "this statement is a lie." The name Oliver Hart actually spawns from Eyedea's earlier writings of novels and poetry. In 2000, Eyedea submitted some of his material for a contest to the International Library of Poetry and won. The work was published under the name Oliver Hart.
"So, Oliver Hart became an entity that at least somebody knew of and I thought it would be cool to make a record with that name." - Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen (2002)
One half of the group Eyedea & Abilities, Micheal Larsen created the Oliver Hart project, following the critically acclaimed album, First Born, after winning first place in three separate MC Battles (Scribble Jam 1999, Rocksteady MC Battle and HBO Blaze Battle in 2000).
The Many Faces of Oliver Hart, originally released on July 1, 2002, was produced, recorded, engineered and written by Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen when he was only 20 years old.
Containing such classics as, Weird Side, How Much Do You Pay? and How Eye One The Write Too Think, The Many Faces of Oliver Hart is finally available on vinyl for the first time ever, twelve years after its original release on Rhymesayers Entertainment. This triple red color vinyl with custom etching will be available at record stores nationwide to celebrate Record Store Day on April 19, 2014.
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Assemblyman John Ceretto, R-C-I-Lewiston, is putting pressure on the Assembly to, as he calls it, "stop protecting their own corrupt members and allow two government reform bills to come to the floor for a vote." The first bill, numbered A1571, would limit the amount of time a legislator can serve as a leader to no more than four consecutive two-year terms. The second bill, numbered A4935, would strip pension benefits for lawmakers who are convicted in corruption scandals.
Both bills are being held in committee instead of being allowed to the floor for a vote.
"There is no good reason not to allow a vote on these common-sense bills that will bring integrity back to Albany. These are good-government reforms that the people of New York demand and deserve," Ceretto said. "These proposals will limit the influence of career politicians and hold the corrupt ones accountable. It is unfortunate that legislation that would restore the public's trust in government is being held up."
The State Assembly, which recently had one of its members involved in a bribery scandal, is holding both of these bills in committee and is not allowing them to come to the floor for a vote. Ceretto said the reason these good-government reform bills are being held up is because the Assembly is trying to protect its own "corrupt" members. Ceretto said this is a disturbing example of how good reform bills with significant public support can be stopped and how the "cesspool of corruption in Albany continues to operate at the expense of taxpayers."


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Advisers pressured Kesha to lose weight: Mother
Los Angeles, Jan 10 (IANS) Singer Kesha recently entered a rehabilitation centre for an eating disorder, and her mother said that the singer was pressurised by her advisers to lose weight.
According to Pebe Sebert, her daughter was under enormous amount of pressure from people in her camp, including her producer Luke, to lose weight.
"Luke had been telling her how she had to get in shape and lose weight and all this stuff. She was exercising and dieting and ultimately doing everything she could, but not getting thin fast enough," people.com quoted Pebe as saying.
"And that's when she first became bulimic. Luke told a friend of ours he thought she looked like a refrigerator on her latest video, and could she please try to control her weight.
"After she went on a 14-day juice cleanse, he said, 'Thank god, you finally got rid of the weight! We've all been talking about it!' So she felt like she couldn't trust anyone," the 26-year-old's mother added.
She said that just before the holidays, Kesha had a breakdown and confessed what was going on. Pebe said that Kehsa "called me from the gas station after she'd thrown up everything, and admitted how much she'd been doing it."
However, a representative for Luke said: "These statements and allegations concerning Dr. Luke are completely false."
"It is unfortunate that at a time Kesha is suffering immensely and trying to heal at a treatment center, her mother is taking this approach with the media. I give Kesha my utmost support and well wishes for a quick return to health," the representative added.
Kesha is reportedly at Timberline Knolls rehab centre near Chicago.


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PEEKSKILL, N.Y. -- Allison Pataki found there's more to the Benedict Arnold story than meets the eye.
Pataki, a former Peekskill resident and daughter of former New York Gov. George Pataki, is the author of "The Traitor's Wife," a historical novel that looks at famed Revolutionary War traitor Benedict Arnold and his wife Peggy Shippen Arnold.
"A lot of the action in this book went down in and around Peekskill," Pataki said. "People know the name Benedict Arnold, but they don't know he had this fascinating, intelligent and beautiful wife."
Pataki said she was walking dogs with her mother, Libby, in the Hudson Valley, when she saw a marker about Arnold, British spy John Andre and Shippen Arnold.
"There's very dramatic backstory I didn't know about this fascinating young woman," Pataki said.
Pataki said her father would give history lessons around the table and she grew up a history buff as a result.
"George Washington was often in our area," Pataki said. "Arnold and Andre conspired on a plot to end the war and America's hope for freedom right here. There's nothing I like more than reading and researching history. It was great learning more about my hometown,"
Pataki said she did a lot of research in the Hudson Valley and made up a fictional character to give the reader an eyewitness to dramatic events. She hopes her novel will inspire people to read more about the Revolutionary War.
"Whenever I read historical fiction, I want to Google everything about that time period," Pataki said. "What a wild scheme it was for America to want found a free country. How difficult it was to win liberties and freedom. It was a life and death struggle."
Pataki, who previously wrote for ABC News and Fox News before transitioning to fiction, said she has many fond memories of Peekskill and working on the Pataki farm in the city.
" 'The Traitor's Wife' has so many close ties to Peekskill," Pataki said. "It was a critical force during the war. It's the most geographically beautiful place. It's so rich with history and culture. I felt like I had home court advantage writing and setting the book here."
For more information on Pataki and upcoming events, visit www.allisonpataki.com .
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If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. That may be the philosophy behind the proposed takeover of much of Taiwan's free press by a mainland Chinese company that is conspicuous for its loyalty to the Communist Party:
Americans everywhere should at least be aware of the disaster that's about to happen to democratic Taiwan's media market.
Taiwan's most popular and independent media organization, Next Media, is about to be sold to China-based tycoon Tsai Eng-Meng, in a deal which would give him and his company (Want Want China Times Group) control of 50% of Taiwan's entire print news industry. Considering the fact that Want Want already controls many cable and television systems on the island, Eng-Meng is buying his way to being the top-dog in Taiwan's media market.
The $600 million takeover is not so much a business deal as it is a proxy invasion of Taiwan's independent press by the Chinese Communist Party. Eng-Meng, who is Taiwanese himself and holds large financial stakes in China, has been a vocal supporter of unification between communist China and democratic Taiwan. He is also an ally of Beijing's communist government. These positions put Eng-Meng deeply at odds with the vast majority of the Taiwanese people.
Maybe we can help them to understand what it is like to have a press that is "deeply at odds with the vast majority of the people."
The Taiwanese people are afraid of the deal and what it might mean for their free press, and have taken to the streets to protest. Last weekend, as many as ten thousand Taiwanese protested in the capital. Persuading regulators to stop the media deal from taking place was among their demands.
Taiwan has made significant contributions to the prosperity of the free world. It would be interesting to know what our new Secretary of State, John Kerry, thinks about Chinese Communist propaganda, now that he has gotten out of the habit of retailing it himself.


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