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Le Creuset Stoneware Mini Round Cocotte
This petite covered casserole is perfect for baking individual dishes including soups, pot pies, pastas and desserts and then serving them in style. Le Creuset Stoneware is an extremely durable and versatile choice for one-dish baking, serving and storing.
- Tight-fitting lid seals in moisture so foods emerge tender and juicy.
- High-fired stoneware is exceptionally strong and ensures even heating.
- Safe for oven, broiler, freezer and microwave.
- Durable porcelain enamel-glaze finish is easy to clean and resists chips, scratches and stains.
- Will not absorb odors or flavors.
- Vibrant, colorful exterior for oven-to-table presentation.
- Loop handles offer a steady grip.
- Colors coordinate with Le Creuset enameled cast-iron cookware.
- 4" diam., 2" high; 13.25 oz.
- 8-oz. cap.
- Made in Thailand and China.
Use & Care
- Not for stovetop use or any other direct heat source.
- Oven-safe to 500°F. Use oven mitts for lifting at all times.
- When using under a broiler, allow a gap of no less than 2 1/2" between rim of cocotte and heat source.
- Handles may become hot during prolonged microwave use, especially if the handles are enclosed with plastic wrap. Cover open top of dish, leaving handles exposed.
- Do not place frozen dish in a preheated oven. Place frozen dish in a cold oven and set the temperature, allowing dish and oven to heat together. Before serving, always check that center of food is completely and uniformly hot.
- Use wood, plastic or heat-resistant nylon tools to avoid scratching the enamel surface.
- Enamel can chip or crack if dropped or banged on hard surface.
- Allow to cool before washing.
- Avoid using steel wool, steel scouring pads, harsh detergents or abrasive cleansers.
- Stubborn food residue and stains can be removed with a nylon scrubbing pad or sponge.
More about Le Creuset
The first Le Creuset foundry opened in 1925 in Fresnoy-le-Grand, France, and specialized in cast-iron cookware. The cast-iron pieces are still made at the original factory, using the traditional techniques of hand forging and casting in individual sand molds. The brightly pigmented porcelain-enamel glaze that first set Le Creuset cookware apart from other cast-iron cookware now comes in a wide range of traditional and contemporary colors. In 2013, Le Creuset began producing innovative stainless-steel cookware in Portugal with lids that incorporate the same signature three-ring design as the company's classic cast-iron pieces. This stainless-steel collection was awarded the prestigious 2014 Red Dot Award for product design.
In 2019, Le Creuset has increased the Stoneware warranty from 5 years to 10 years.
This is a reflection of the confidence we have in our product performance and the company's commitment to producing quality stoneware.
The warranty covers faulty workmanship and/or materials when the product is used in normal domestic conditions in accordance with the care and use instructions provided. It does not cover normal wear and tear, commercial use or misuse of the product.
Defective stoneware will be replaced free of charge, or replaced by a similar product or one of equivalent value if the original product is no longer in production. Replacement with the same color cannot be guaranteed.
Damage caused by normal wear and tear, accident, misuse, abuse or commercial use.
Scratches, stains, discoloration, corrosion or damage from overheating to the interior or exterior of the pan.
Consequential damage is expressly excluded from this warranty.
The warranty begins on the date of purchase by the original owner, whether a self-purchase or received as a gift.
To make a warranty claim, consumers should call the Le Creuset helpline at 1-877-CREUSET (273-8738) to obtain a Returns Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number prior to mailing their cookware to us.
Once an authorization number is received, the product should be mailed to the address below. We recommend using a traceable means to return the product as Le Creuset of America, Inc., is not responsible for damages or lost or stolen merchandise. A return address and a brief note explaining the defect should also be included. Turnaround time on returns is typically two to four weeks after receipt of an item.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Josh Satin and the New York Mets were determined not to lose another long game at Citi Field, especially one that had pushed past 5 hours.
No worries. The suddenly smooth-swinging Satin and rookie Andrew Brown took care of it.
Brown hit a two-run single with two outs in the 13th inning and the Mets put together a pair of late rallies to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Monday night, handing the NL West leaders their fourth straight loss.
"Walking a team off at the end -- there's no greater feeling," Satin said after his second three-hit game in a row.
Satin tied it with an RBI single in the ninth off Arizona closer J.J. Putz, his first save opportunity since the ex-Met went on the disabled list May 8. Cody Ross led off the 13th with a homer against David Aardsma (1-0), but the Mets fought back again against the Diamondbacks bullpen.
Satin doubled with one out off Josh Collmenter (4-1) and John Buck was intentionally walked, putting the potential winning run on base. Mets pitcher Matt Harvey pinch hit for Aardsma and sacrificed the runners over.
After Omar Quintanilla was also intentionally walked, Brown lined an 0-2 pitch into left-center and was mobbed by teammates near first base well after midnight.
Collmenter slammed his glove to the ground and then yelled in frustration as he walked off the field.
"Give those guys credit for coming back," Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's a tough loss."
Arizona right fielder Gerardo Parra was injured in the eighth when he hit his face hard on the warning track trying to make a diving catch on Quintanilla's triple. The Diamondbacks said a Mets team doctor ruled out a concussion for Parra, a 2011 Gold Glove winner.
Wearing black armbands on their jerseys to honor the 19 firefighters who died Sunday in a wildfire about 80 miles northwest of Phoenix, the Diamondbacks fell to 2-5 on a 10-game road trip against the NL East.
The Mets won for the fourth time in 12 home games, needing 5 hours, 13 minutes to secure it.
"If you're going to be out there that long you might as well win the game," manager Terry Collins said. "We were out of pitching, I can tell you that."
The Diamondbacks appeared poised to snap a three-game skid and end a long drought of winless starts by their starters at 23 games (0-10), opening an early 3-0 lead behind Paul Goldschmidt's two-run homer, his 20th, and Aaron Hill's RBI single in the second off Shaun Marcum.
"I thought that was going to be the one that sort of got us going as far as getting our starters a win," Ross said.
The bullpen spoiled it.
New York tied it in the ninth against Putz. Marlon Byrd hit a double off the very top of the wall -- a call upheld by replay review -- and Satin drove him in with a single. New York had an opportunity to win it there but Buck was thrown out trying to advance to second base on a wild pitch that moved Satin to third, ending the inning.
Putz said he felt fine, it was just poor execution against Byrd.
"I just didn't finish the pitch," Putz said of the split-fingered fastball that he wanted to bounce in the dirt.
Satin was called up when buddy Ike Davis was sent to Triple-A Las Vegas in a deep funk, and the 28-year-old first baseman with just 64 major league at-bats has been the team's hottest hitter the past week. He's batting .444 (12 for 27) in the last seven games, and earning more playing time.
"Josh deserves some at-bats. He's getting some big hits. It doesn't matter if they're left-handed or right-handed. He's getting big hits for us," Collins said. "I'll tell you what: Every team has somebody that surprises you and saves you. And right now, he's our savior 'cause this guy has come up and filled a big hole for us."
The Mets started their comeback after Wade Miley was lifted following 5 2-3 innings of shutout ball. He was the last Diamondbacks starter to win -- on June 5.
David Wright had an RBI single off Brad Ziegler in the seventh and Eric Young Jr. a run-scoring double off David Hernandez after a 10-minute delay when Parra got hurt.
Parra was able to walk off the field without assistance after being examined by a Diamondbacks trainer and two EMTs right in front of the Arizona bullpen.
Quintanilla scored on Young's two-out double to make it 3-2.
Goldschmidt, who was 1 for 9 during a three-game weekend sweep in Atlanta, gave Miley a quick cushion. He hit a 2-1 pitch from Marcum after Hill was hit by a pitch with one out in the first. Hill added an RBI single in the second before Marcum settled in for six innings.
Then five Mets relievers shut down Arizona, giving up just four hits until Ross' homer.
NOTES: The Mets and Diamondbacks each hung a jersey in their dugouts bearing the name "Yarnell" -- the locale of the fire -- and the No. 19. Those jerseys were shown on the scoreboard at Citi Field during a moment of silence before the national anthem. ... Mets SS Ruben Tejada (strained quadriceps) played his third game for the Gulf Coast League Mets and went 2 for 4 with an RBI while playing all nine innings. Tejada will continue his rehab at Triple-A Las Vegas but will have to earn his way back to the big leagues, Collins said. ... Diamondbacks LHP Patrick Corbin (9-0) faces Mets RHP Jeremy Hefner (2-6) on Tuesday.

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Mike Riddle
As a half-pipe innovator, going massive and putting together creative runs is what sets Mike Riddle apart.
Together with the Canadian Team he successfully rallied to have the sport included in the Olympics and proceeded to claim Silver in Sochi! Taking gold at the SFR Tour in 2015, Mike is no stranger to success and stood on podiums of the Dew Tour, WSI, many Grand Prix events and eight FIS World Cups. Mike's warm personality has impelled unanimous respect and admiration from his fellow competitors as well as fans.
Birthday 17.06.1986
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Vintage Theatre has announced its cast list for the first homegrown Colorado staging of the "adult puppet comedy," "Avenue Q," and it's a doozy.
(You may not have seen Anna High sing yet on local stages. But if not … just you wait.)
Here's the full list:
Vintage Theatre's "Avenue Q"
Nov. 11, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012
Princeton – Keith Rabin
Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut – Carolyn Lohr
Rod – Michael Bouchard
Nicky – Mark Shonsey
Trekkie Monster – Patrick Brownson
Female Puppeteer/Bad Idea Bear – Leslie Randle Chapman
Male Puppeteer/Bad Idea Bear – Paul Jaquith
Christmas Eve – Arlene Rapal
Brian – Eric Fry
Gary Coleman – Anna High
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Music Direction by Marsha Whitaker
Choreography by Kelly Van Oosbree
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Pegvisomant Solution for injection
What is this medicine?
PEGVISOMANT (peg VI soe mant) blocks growth hormone. It is used to treat acromegaly, a condition where the body makes too much growth hormone.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
cancer or tumor
liver disease
an allergic or unusual reaction to pegvisomant, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
How should I use this medicine?
This medicine is for injection under the skin. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Do not shake this medicine. Use solution within 6 hours of mixing. You will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose, use it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, use only that dose. Do not use double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
medicines for diabetes
narcotic medicines for pain
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?
Visit your doctor for regular check ups. You will need important blood work done while you are taking this medicine.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?
Side effects that you should report to your doctor as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
chest pain
dark urine
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general ill feeling or flu-like symptoms
loss of appetite
right upper belly pain
light-colored stools
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Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
bone or muscle pain
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pain, tingling, numbness in the hands or feet
This list may not describe all possible side effects. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Where should I keep my medicine?
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store in a refrigerator between 2 and 8 degrees C (36 and 46 degrees F). Do not freeze. Throw away any solution that is unused 6 hours after mixing. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
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NYPL Author Talks | Recorded live at the New York Public Library, Celeste Auditorium, on September 5, 2018.
An award-winning journalist travels to the inner sanctums of the new gilded age to chronicle the global elites who are setting out to remake the fight for equality and social justice in their own images. Around the planet some of the world's richest and most powerful citizens lead passionate campaigns to solve the manifold social and political problems that divide the haves and the have nots. Anand Giridharadas, journalist and winner of the Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award, asks whether those who have profited from "our highly inequitable status quo" are the best candidates to narrow the divides that have benefited them the most. When are their solutions democratic and universal, and when do they reflect and support the biases that introduced the inequity in the first place?


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The landbound journey of Duluth's Viking longship
Like the park, the ship is called the Leif Erickson. It's on public display, on heavy wooden stands, in a bit of a ravine along Duluth's lakewalk. It's almost fully restored, but not yet assembled. The mast is missing. Its newly carved dragon head and tail have never been installed.
Without ornamentation or details, the Viking ship looks more like a 42-foot row boat. Black roofing rubber covers the top, and a ratty blue tarp flaps from the aft.
This is not what Neill Atkins had in mind when he helped launch the Viking ship's restoration in the 1980s. Now the old boat is an all too easy target.
"You know, it makes us real unhappy," Atkins says. "On the other side there's some areas where a few years ago - a couple of years ago - they went and carved initials in on the keel, and a little swastika there, and somebody's initials. I don't know if it was Hermann Goering's initials or whoever it was."
The Viking ship is a half-sized replica of the kind of ship that may have first landed Europeans in North America. It arrived here in 1927, two years after launching in Norway. It's been in restoration 10 times as long as the journey. Neill Atkins wonders if it ever will be done. The ship's repainted keel is again exposed to the weather, and to the public. It's even been set on fire.
We're looking for some ownership responsibility on behalf of the city
"When people start setting fire to stuff it gets us to the point where we are at right now, wanting to yank the ship out of here, secure it, and then wait for the city to finally come to its end of the bargain," Atkins says.
According to Atkins, Duluth officials promised a roof over the ship as far back as 1928. That's when the city accepted the ship as a gift from a pair of local businessmen. But the depression came and the roof never did.
A roofed cover was designed again in the 1980s, as Atkins and volunteers poured more than $100,000 into a rebuild. But money's been tight, city administration turned over, and the ship still waits.
"The point is, you've got a priceless artifact here, that has become basically an antique," says Atkins. "And we're looking for some ownership responsibility on behalf of the city. Because the city owns it. We don't."
Now, Atkins is hoping for some movement. He's been talking to current Mayor Herb Bergson. Bergson admits the city's neglect borders on disgrace.
"It would just be tragic if that beautiful piece of Duluth heritage were in any way damaged or destroyed permanently for lack of a good shelter," Bergson says. "We're going to find a way next year, come heck or high water. The people that worked so hard to shelter it deserve to have our support, and we're going to to that."
In the process, the ship could be given a high profile perch. Discussions have been underway to put the ship outside the Great Lakes Aquarium, at least while a permanent shelter is built in Leif Erikson Park. It could be a nice fit, according to aquarium board director Pat Schoff.
"I think it would be very good for us to have the viking ship there," Schoff says. "It certainly has a lot of local interest and I'd say regional and statewide interest."
But there would be many details to work out first, like how to keep it secure at no cost to the cash-strapped aquarium. Atkins says the ship would be safer and more visible by the aquarium, but he says eventually, the ship needs to be back home in the park.
"I know in the community there's a big sentimental heart out there to Leif Erickson park and the ship remaining here," says Atkins. "And we really need to find a way to keep it here, secure."
There's plenty of time to consider the possibilities. The next city budget won't be in place for eight months.


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SNIA embraces NAS and FCoE
Ethernet bunk-up
The SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) is bringing NAS (Network-Attached Storage) networking into its mainstream activities by expanding its IP Storage Forum into the Ethernet Storage Forum (ESF).
SNIA forums are marketing bodies set up to provide marketing and educational materials explaining the features, benefits and best practices of the technologies they look after.
The IP Storage Forum (ISF) was, and remains, iSCSI-focussed. That focus is expressed as a Significant Interest Group (SIG) in the ESF. Its aim is to drive the market growth and broad adoption of iSCSI. Member companies include Compellent, Dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, NetApp and Sun.
A second and new SIG is the NFS SIG, which will be focused on NFS-based NAS. It will particularly look at parallel NFS (pNFS). The founding members of this SIG include EMC, NetApp, Panasas and Sun.
The ESF aims to introduce a second new SIG focused on the CIFS and SMB protocols.
David Dale, the chair of the ESF, said: "The Forum was chartered only to promote IP-based SAN technologies - iSCSI, FCIP and iFCP - and we were constantly being asked by IT professionals why we don't cover other Ethernet-based storage, such as NAS. The change in charter is largely in response to those requests, together with increasing market demand for Ethernet-connected storage, and continued vendor support."
The context around this change of direction by the SNIA is that: "Analysts assess that more than 30 per cent of the storage networking market in 2009 will be Ethernet-connected, with a growing number of enterprises implementing "Ethernet-only data centres" with all storage traffic using an Ethernet infrastructure for SAN, NAS, and remote datacentre connectivity. Analysts also project this phenomenon is likely to become increasingly widespread in the coming years as 10 GbitE is more aggressively deployed and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solutions are brought to market."
The greater concentration on Ethernet, helped by FCoE, will probably be regarded as inevitable and timely. More so than the somewhat tardy adoption of NAS, in any case. ®
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President Obama said Thursday that he will send as many as 300 military advisors to help Iraq's beleaguered armed forces "take the fight" to Islamist insurgents, although he insisted that only a political solution can resolve the crisis.
Several special operations teams will initially deploy in and around Baghdad and in northern Iraq to assess the threat from militants while the Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies step up drone surveillance and aerial reconnaissance operations, officials said.
"American forces will not be returning to combat in Iraq, but we will help Iraqis as they take the fight to terrorists who threaten the Iraqi people, the region, and American interests as well," Obama said in the White House briefing room after meeting with his top national security advisors.
Officials said U.S. airstrikes are not imminent, partly because commanders need better intelligence from the front lines of an increasingly sectarian conflict that has seen Sunni militants from an Al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, deal humiliating defeats to the armed forces of Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shiite-dominated government.
But with more U.S. warships and other military assets moving into the region, "we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it," Obama said.
The deepening U.S. involvement, 2 1/2 years after Obama withdrew U.S. troops and ended America's war in Iraq, comes as government forces struggled for a third day to oust insurgents from Baiji, Iraq's largest oil refinery, about 125 miles north of Baghdad.
Loss of the complex would be a strategic and symbolic blow for Maliki's government, and a major victory for the militants. They already have seized oil fields in eastern Syria, as well as Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, and threaten to march on Baghdad.
Obama justified his decision by saying the United States does not want "all-out civil war in Iraq" or creation of a haven that militants could use to plan and target U.S. facilities and allies overseas "and eventually the homeland."
Although Obama said "it's not our job to choose Iraq's leaders," he and his aides made it clear that they are open to alternatives to Maliki, a Shiite who has marginalized minority Sunnis and ethnic Kurds and amassed absolute control over Iraq's security establishment during his eight years in power.
Obama urged the new Iraqi parliament, which was elected in April, to form a unity government as soon as possible that "represents the legitimate interests of all Iraqis."
"There's no military solution inside of Iraq, certainly not one that is led by the United States," he said. "But there is an urgent need for an inclusive political process."
In a sign of Obama's frustration, U.S. envoys in Baghdad have met with senior Iraqi politicians who want to remove Maliki from power and replace him with a leader who would reach out to Sunni Arabs and Kurds.
Administration officials have not called publicly for Maliki to step down, wanting to avoid charges of fomenting another leadership change in Baghdad 11 years after the U.S.-led military invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Maliki has shown no sign of relinquishing power.
"The United States' mood nowadays is toward replacing Maliki, but the decision has to come from Iraqis themselves," said Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Mutlaq, a secular Sunni politician who meets often with U.S. officials.
The State Department denied that it was trying to engineer Maliki's ouster but said the U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, Robert S. Beecroft, and senior State Department official Brett McGurk had urged Iraqi politicians in meetings this week to quickly form an inclusive government.
"They made clear that it is up to the people of Iraq to choose their leaders, but it needs to be done quickly given the crisis that Iraq faces," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
Analysts say the U.S. must tread lightly because Iran, Maliki's most important sponsor, has not signaled that it wants him to leave office.
Tehran reportedly dispatched Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the elite paramilitary Quds Force, to help coordinate Iraq's military response to the insurgents, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed this week to defend Shiite holy sites in Iraq from "killers and terrorists."
"Washington can't oust Maliki without Tehran's consent, and they [Iranians] are unlikely to ditch their man unless his replacement is someone closer to their interests," said Ramzy Mardini, an Iraq expert based in Jordan with the nonpartisan Atlantic Council.
"Removing Maliki without his consent might create a power vacuum in Baghdad," he said. "But as long as he insists in remaining in power, the White House ought to not go down this road. Haven't they learned already? Since when is removing or calling for the removal of a leader created more stability in the Middle East, and not less?"
Obama warned Iran not to send its armed forces into Iraq to bolster the Shiites. "If its view of the region is solely through sectarian frames, they could find themselves fighting in a whole lot of places," he said.
Obama said the U.S. advisors will create joint military operations centers in Baghdad and northern Iraq to share intelligence and coordinate planning against the insurgents.
He said the advisors will "assess how we can best train, advise and support" Iraqi forces, starting "with the perimeter around Baghdad and making sure that it's not overrun."
U.S. officials said the U.S. will initially deploy several special operations teams of about a dozen members each. The teams will be embedded among Iraqi military officers at their headquarters, and at the brigade level, the officials said.
The teams will first set up two joint operations centers and provide advice and recommendations to Iraqi commanders and the Pentagon.
"We're going to start small and then we'll see what we learn from that," said one senior official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military plans.
Another senior administration official said the president won't condition the help on specific actions by Maliki or other Iraqi leaders, but will seek to support "the formation of a broad-based and inclusive Iraqi government."
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said the advisors "will assess the situation on the ground, help evaluate gaps in Iraqi security forces and increase their capacity to counter the threat" from the militant forces.
Republicans on Capitol Hill offered careful praise of Obama's plan, wary of calling for action that would send U.S. troops into another war.
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called the White House strategy "a reasonable step." He said further U.S. involvement should depend on Maliki's government "making concrete changes in the way they're governing the country."
Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey, the Democratic chairman of the committee, said Maliki's government must become more inclusive "or he may no longer be president."
Other lawmakers appeared resigned to bad choices after more than a decade of war.
"In Iraq we're facing a crisis with no good solution," said Rep. Eliot L. Engel of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "We cannot allow ISIS to turn Iraq into a no man's land where terrorist groups could flourish and threaten another 9/11. At the same time, we cannot risk a repeat of the Bush administration's disastrous invasion."
Hennessey and Parsons reported from Washington and Bengali from Baghdad. Times staff writers Lisa Mascaro in Washington and Patrick J. McDonnell in Beirut and special correspondent Nabih Bulos in Irbil, Iraq, contributed to this report.


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A.L. March 28, [1858]. [Roxana Chapin Gerdine] to �Dear Sister Em� [Emily McKinstry Chapin]. Athens, [GA]. 8pp. Note: Part of page 8 continues onto the front of the first page.)
I received a beautiful Hand toilet cushion white wrought with white bugles from Mrs. Jones. give my love to all who inquire & believe me I think of you terribly often & hope some day to have you & Lu teach here or live with me & Nell too. I have a spare chamber for each of you and a place in my heart large enough too.)
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Dear Sister Em"
I had expected upon my arrival in this place to have found a letter awaiting me from you or some of the home folks but was doomed to disappointment: found one however from Sarah North that had been forwarded from Washington and one from Addie Williams. she did not know of my marriage. Mr. [Lankston] said he opened the mail and not think who Mrs. R.E. Gerdine was that was some days before we reached here it sounds funny to myself and can hardly realize it yet. this is the first letter I have written except those notes to Lucy. the umbrella she received of course did she the jewelry also? we had it )


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Wake up to sunrise over the dunes - at the luxurious Wolwedans Dune Lodge in Namibia.
Honeymoons in Africa
A safari honeymoon to Africa can be a magical way to celebrate after that most special of occasions. Spending your honeymoon on safari can be a magical experience, which is as simple or as luxurious as you wish. The good news is that with Expert Africa a safari honeymoon will cost exactly the same as any equivalent African safari: we never charge any premium because it's your honeymoon.
Your biggest problem is where to go on your honeymoon and which trip to choose! Although many of our camps and safari lodges in Africa make very romantic destinations; singling out any one alone is difficult. Most will try very hard to make all of their guests feel special; and if it's a honeymoon safari, then they'll try even harder. Often you'll find surprises during your honeymoon – perhaps a private dinner, a bottle of bubbly on arrival or a bush bouquet for the bride. These aren't usually formulaic add-ons; generally they are simply thoughtful camp managers making exceptional one-off arrangements.
So please tell us if you are booking a honeymoon safari to Africa with us; it will only make a difference to your experience, not the price.
We've tried to single out the most romantic lodges and very best safari camps in each country for an amazing African honeymoon. So browse through those – but then call us for our suggestions of how to put together a great honeymoon for you.
Honeymoons in Botswana
For a stunningly romantic Africa honeymoon, Botswana will spoil you for choice with so many top-notch safari camps. At the exclusive and opulent camps, you can expect luxurious suites, private pools, dinners by candlelight, moonlit baths and sleeping under the stars. With plentiful game, natural beauty and amazing camps, a Botswana honeymoon promises to be very special!Ideas for honeymoons in Botswana
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A honeymoon in Kenya is full of possibility - sleep under the stars on the high plains of Laikipia, share an intimate candlelit dinner in the wilderness of the Mara or sunbathe and swim on the shores of the warm Indian Ocean. With a range of stunning landscapes and luxurious accommodations, Kenya is the perfect setting for a romantic, exclusive and unforgettable honeymoon!Ideas for honeymoons in Kenya
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For a Mozambique honeymoon, the stunning islands of the Quirimbas and Bazaruto archipelagos are the ultimate destinations. Here you'll find dreamy private island retreats, secluded honeymoon suites and deserted beaches. A moonlight walk along white sands or an open-air bath under stars makes your Africa honeymoon as romantic as it can possibly be!Ideas for honeymoons in Mozambique
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A honeymoon in Namibia can be stunning - just imagine sleeping under the sparkling stars, whilst the Namib's red desert dunes and the Naukluft Mountains isolate you from the outside world! Many camps have lovely honeymoon suites, often set in tranquil spots away from the rest of the camp, to ensure maximum privacy. Namibia offers a romantic Africa honeymoon, in picture perfect scenery.Ideas for honeymoons in Namibia
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Small private islands; secluded, palm-fringed beaches; luxurious beach retreats; lavish honeymoon suites; candlelight dinners on the white sands - if this sounds like your idea of a perfect romantic break, consider a Seychelles' honeymoon. The setting is stunningly dreamy, and the tropical islands idyllic, making your honeymoon to the Seychelles unforgettable!Ideas for honeymoons in Seychelles
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For a romantic and luxurious Africa honeymoon, South Africa has something to suit couples of all ages and tastes - from quiet and secluded hideaways in lush surroundings, to romantic hotels with plenty of nearby activities. Enjoy spa treatments; wine tasting, delicious meals, stunning scenery, and make your honeymoon in South Africa a special one!Ideas for honeymoons in South Africa
Honeymoons in Tanzania
To combine a classic safari with a romantic beach break, a Tanzania honeymoon is the perfect choice. Enjoy thrilling wildlife experiences whilst staying at luxurious camps in the heart of the bush; then continue with a few nights at a peaceful and secluded beach retreat. Many places have special 'honeymoon offers', and with personal services and thoughts, they try very hard to make their honeymooners happy!Ideas for honeymoons in Tanzania
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For an 'authentic' Africa safari honeymoon, Zambia is a great choice. Here you'll find beautiful private hideaways; secluded private dinners in the wilderness; and even, if you wish, nights in the wild, sleeping under stars. Then expect the best memories of your Zambia honeymoon to be the people you meet, your close encounters with Africa's wildlife and a real experience that you'll have of some of the continent's wildest areas.Ideas for honeymoons in Zambia
Honeymoons in Zanzibar
A honeymoon to Zanzibar is perfect for a romantic beach break and a relaxing getaway. Most lodges are perfect for celebrating such a special occasion, with luxurious seafront honeymoon suites, private stretches of white sandy beach, and thoughtful staff. To combine some luxury with adventure, why not add a few nights on Zanzibar on to the end of your Africa safari honeymoon.Ideas for honeymoons in Zanzibar
Honeymoons in Zimbabwe
If you want to experience the ultimate in romantic honeymoons including candle-lit dinners and sleeping under the African sky, consider a lovely getaway to Zimbabwe. Our lodges offer a delightful balance between a true safari experience and an exclusive escape – perfect for a remote honeymoon with an authentic feeling.Ideas for honeymoons in Zimbabwe


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Pictured: Freshman Thomas Kolasa and the Crimson prepare to
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The Harvard men's and women's fencing teams return to action as they square off against Air Force and Haverford at the Brandeis/MIT Invitational in Waltham, Mass. The meet is slated for a 9 a.m. start.
Last Time Out:
The Harvard men posted two victories at the St. John's Invitational, downing Ohio State and Columbia. The squad fell to No. 1 Penn State, No. 2 Notre Dame and St. John's. The men's epee corps won three of the five epee matches, claiming 18 victories on the day. Harvard women dropped all five matches at the event and were without one of its best fencers, Noam Mills, who was competing in a world cup in Qatar.
Scouting the Crimson:
The women's fencing team enters the weekend with a 7-5 overall record while the men carry a 6-5 mark.
Sizing Up the Competition:
The Air Force Falcons will be competing in their first dual matches of the season. The Falcons have competed in numerous tournaments this year. Most recently, Peter French captured his second consecutive Division 1 Men's Epee North American Cup. The Falcons are receiving votes in the USFCA national rankings, but are just outside the top 10.
Haverford's men's fencing team sports a 9-6 overall record and the women boast a 7-10 mark. The Fords' roster on the men's side boasts a pair of seniors, six juniors, three sophomores and five rookies. On the women's roster, the team is made up of two seniors, four juniors, three sophomores and four freshmen.
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The Crimson will compete in part one of the Ivy League Championships in Ithaca, N.Y. Harvard will face Cornell, Penn and Yale on day one.


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Because the Earth belongs to all of us, the Red Lodge Clearinghouse strives to advance citizen participation in natural resources decision-making. If you've landed on this page it's because you understand the importance of having your voice heard. Lucky for you, we're making it easy!
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Edited to add another source for the video--thanks, TillyLost.
Digby covers the story pretty well.
BILL NAPOLI: A real-life description to me would be a rape victim, brutally raped, savaged. The girl was a virgin. She was religious. She planned on saving her virginity until she was married. She was brutalized and raped, sodomized as bad as you can possibly make it, and is impregnated. I mean, that girl could be so messed up, physically and psychologically, that carrying that child could very well threaten her life.But, you know, tough shit if you happen to be a woman who is only raped, but not sodomized (and WTF is that about, Napoli? Get a stiffy just thinking about it?)
Or, you know, if you're not a virgin. 'Cause if you wanted it once, it's obvious you want more.
Or, you know, if you're not religious and saving yourself for some nice
There's a deeply disturbing post about how this South Dakota law is not just about abortion, but also about rape, and about women's control over their own bodies at a very fundamental level, by Liza at BlogSheroes:
Digby covers all the major outrage points on the subject of how Napoli is basically signing onto the idea that forced childbirth is the proper punishment for being female and having a sexuality all at once, which is an argument that strikes me as no different in any substantial way than then argument that getting drunk or being 16 or whatever is reason enough to deserve to be raped and spat on. So I won't bother with it, but I will say that what struck me about Napoli's statement here is that he had to squeeze in "sodomized", an act that actually can't get you pregnant. I found it interesting that Napoli requires the sodomy before he'll deem the Christian girl raped so badly that even he can't imagine her deserving to be punished further for whatever the hell it is that women need to be punished for.
It takes a strong stomach, I promise you, to get all the way through the entry--it's primarily about a deeply depressing aquittal in an Illinois rape trial. That's why we all need to read it. And think about it. And talk about it.
From the linked article:
Reporters and other courtroom observers were not allowed to see the tape. Lawyers' descriptions indicate that it shows Missbrenner and codefendant Burim Bezeri having sex with the teen during the party in Missbrenner's home in the upscale suburb. The tape also shows the men and others spitting on the woman and writing on her naked body.If this had happen to her in the great state of South Dakota, this kid would be unable to legally abort a pregnancy resulting from being gang-raped while she was drunk at a party. Yep, that's right--she would be required by South Dakota law to carry to term and raise the child of one of this gang of young men who raped her, spit on her, and scrawled obscenities on her naked body...then left her unconcious, missing her pants.
Defense attorney Patrick Campanelli relentlessly dissected the tape Friday, however, contending the accuser's actions indicated that she had not been coerced.
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That's yer family values in action, there, eh?
A friend of mine observed earlier this week that I sounded angry, discussing this legislation and the issue of whether a woman is entitled to make her own decisions about whether or not to carry a child. That's a fair observation. Yep. I am angry. I'm furious, in fact, that there should even be any question of whether this topic belongs in the arena of public discussion.
This is why the pro-choice among us cannot afford to get tired and stop yelling about it.


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Australia holds parliamentary elections on Saturday 21 August. The election will be the first for Australian Labor Party (ALP) Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who replaced incumbent PM Kevin Rudd in a party room coup in June 2010. It will also be the first for Liberal leader Tony Abbott. It is likely to be the closest election in decades, but has disappointed commentators in the old and new media and from both left and right who have accused the major parties of policy convergence and lowest common denominator politics. In fact significant divergences persist between the government and opposition but aspects of Labor's record in government have disappointed many of its supporters. Labor's travails reveal the difficulty that centre-left parties face in governing after period of conservative ascendancy.
Australia has bicameral national legislature. The 150 members of the House of Representatives are elected from single-members constituencies by instant run-off voting, known in Australia as preferential voting. The Senate has almost equal powers to the House of Representatives and comprises 12 senators from each of the six states together with 2 senators from each territory. Six senators from each state and all of the territory senators are elected at each election. The states differ wildly in size but compared to almost any other federation levels of party support are remarkably uniform. Senators are elected by Single Transferable Vote. The result has been that in recent decades the membership has been more representative of public opinion than the House of Representatives.
Voting is compulsory for enrolled voters although levels of enrolment among the citizen population have declined. During the election campaign unenrolled citizens won court decisions to online enrolment and an extension of time for voters to enrol. Together with a 2007 case on prisoners' voting rights these decisions may foreshadow a greater role for the courts in electoral administration.
The ALP remains a party based on trade union affiliation. Its individual membership has declined sharply in recent decades but was always low by international standards and it like other parties has become more dependent on business donations and public funding. The 1983-96 Labor government presided over major neo-liberal economic policy reforms and trade union membership has dramatically declined in recent decades, however trade union officials remain prominent in the party and well represented among Labor MPs. The last thirty years have been the period of Labor's greatest political success. As Don Aitkin predicted in 1982 the decline of religion, an increasingly culturally diverse population and the increased entry of women into the workforce have all favoured Labor.
Since the 1920s the conservative side of the Australian political spectrum has been occupied by an almost continuous coalition of the Liberal Party and its predecessors together with the agrarian National (formerly Country) Party. The decline in the rural population has seen a steady decline in the National Party but its social conservatism and Greenhouse 'scepticism' has been influential within the Coalition. In recent years the Liberal Party has tacked to the right, particularly under the leadership of John Howard Prime Minister 1996-2007, the first Liberal leader to avow himself a conservative.
The two major Coalition victories of 1996 and 2004 saw the conservatives make notable gains among manual workers and non-Anglo migrants who had traditionally supported Labor. If Americans asked What's the Matter with Kansas? Australian observers asked what's the matter with Lindsay? Here the reference was to a traditionally Labor Sydney electorate held by the Liberals 1996-2007. Few remembered that David Kemp, Harvard PhD graduate, Monash University political scientist and Howard government minister had been the first to argue, as long ago as 1978, that Australian politics would increasingly be dominated not by class issues but by a conflict between a conservative majority and a liberal knowledge elite. An unacknowledged version of Kemp's thesis came however to dominate much qualitative commentary from both left and right on the Howard government. Observers identified John Howard's routine patriotic homilies on national identity as weapons of a master cultural warrior. This interpretation of John Howard's success reached fever pitch after the 2001 election. The Coalition government's draconian policies against the modest trickle of asylum-seekers and its stringent anti-terrorism legislation were strongly supported by voters and received the reluctant acquiescence of the Labor opposition. More quantitatively inclined observers were doubtful about Howard's unique appeal but they did identify a pattern of increased Coalition support among some groups that had traditionally supported Labor. The cultural interpretation of Coalition successes had some influence on Labor whose leaders during their eleven years in opposition downplayed the social liberalism of the 1983-96 Labor government in favour of a focus on 'bread and butter' issues. The return of the Howard government with an increased majority in 2004 and control of the Senate for the first time since 1980 inspired many to identify a new conservative hegemony but the political wheel turned quickly. Labour market reforms proved deeply unpopular, as did the government's refusal to ratify the Kyoto protocol. In December 2006 former diplomat Kevin Rudd took over the Labor leadership, Labor rapidly established a clear poll lead over the Howard government and cruised to victory at the November 2007 election.
Labor's electoral monopoly of the political left has been challenged by the rise of the Greens who brought together local environmental campaigners and leftists disenchanted with the centrism of the 1983-96 Labor governments. The Greens major electoral breakthrough came in 2001 when they attracted significant support from former Labor voters disenchanted with their party's acquiescence in the draconian policies of the Howard government against asylum-seekers.
Another significant development has been growing support for independent candidates, particularly in rural areas from voters disenchanted with the increasing dependence of the National Party on the Liberals. Three formerly safe National party electorates are represented by independents all of whom were once members of the National Party.
Labor's October 2007 victory sparked euphoria comparable to that of Barack Obama on the political left. But like the Democrats Labor found it difficult to deliver on popular expectations. The new government faced a Senate where the Coalition numbers were inflated by those Senators elected in 2004. The Coalition together with the one Senator from the Christian conservative family First party comprised half the membership of the Senate and was able to block any government legislation.
The Labor government believed that the electoral repudiation of Howard's conservatism in 2007 would encourage a chastened opposition to tack the centre. For a time this seemed the case the opposition accepted the reversal of the Howard government's unpopular labour market reforms and backed early stages of the government economic stimulus action to respond to the Global Financial crisis. However Prime Minister Rudd would eventually be brought undo by a confluence of four issues.
The government had won election on a pledge to ratify the Kyoto protocol and to introduce an Emissions Trading Scheme to reduce carbon pollution. The government hoped to win the support of the Coalition for its plans. The question divided the Coalition, in particular the Liberals between moderates such as then party leader Malcolm Turnbull and conservatives who cleaved to right-wing 'scepticism' on the issue of climate change. Eventually in October 2009 Turnbull was overthrown and replaced as Liberal leader by Tony Abbott. Under Abbott's leadership the Coalition rallied against the ETS and defeated it in parliament. The government considered an early election on the issue but in April 2010 announced that it would delay any further action until at least 2013. The back down generated a storm of media criticism but government strategist believed that voter support for action on greenhouse emissions was shallow and would quickly wither in the face of an opposition campaign against the ETS as a 'big new tax'.
Support for the government was also undercut by controversies around the administration of its economic stimulus program. Here perhaps the government was a victim of success, the program was widely credited by economists for contributing to Australia's strong economic performance during the Global Financial Crisis. However an acrimonious controversy developed over two aspects of the stimulus: programs for the construction of new school buildings and to subsidize home insulation installation. Critics pointed to cost overruns and deaths that resulted from an influx of unqualified installers into the home installation business. As the immediate fear of economic collapse passed the Coalition made steady ground on the theme of waste and mismanagement.
Many in the media blamed Labor's declining support on its refusal to stand by the ETS but controversies about immigration were also significant. A marked increase in the number of asylum-seekers who arrived by boat was blamed by the opposition on the government. The opposition claimed that Labor's modest softening of the Howard's government's 'border protection' policies had merely encouraged asylum-seekers. Fuel was added to the fire by the Prime Ministers enthuasiastic support vision of an Australian population of 36 million by 2050. Some observers doubted that immigration would be a significant issue for voters once an election was called but the government did not, during 2010 it scrambled to tighten policy on asylum-seekers.
In May 2010 the government received a major report on taxation reform undertaken by the head of the Treasury Department. The government announced its intention to legislate for a new Resource Super Profits Tax as proposed in the report. The new tax generated a storm of opposition. It was widely blamed for falling voter support for Labor in the resource-rich states of Queensland and Western Australia. The tax saga illustrated the theses of Charles Lindblom on business power and Richard Bensel on economic sectionalism.
The result was a political perfect storm. Labor support in opinion fells steadily during 2010. Panicked Labor MPs rallied behind deputy PM and Education Minister Julia Gillard as an alternative to Rudd. Once cast as a political genius who had lead Labor from the wilderness Kevin Rudd, rather like Barack Obama today, was now judged by many to have feet of clay.
The election campaign has pitted against each other two leaders who share a common pragmatism despite their different background. Julia Gillard's status as an childless unmarried atheist briefly inspired enthusiasm from left-leaning voters but she has demonstrated a Clintonite enthusiasm for triangulation and framing, she felt the pain of voters fearful of asylum-seekers and pledged not to legislate on a carbon tax or revived Emissions trading Scheme without a public consensus. The Resource Super Profits Tax was withdrawn and replaced by a much more modest proposal than won the acquiescence of the larger mining companies. The government announced that it favoured the establishment of an offshore processing center for asylum-seekers rather than that they be permitted to land in Australia. Gillard nominated Thomas Friedman as one of her favourite authors. Tony Abbott's devout Catholicism and aggressive style has enthused the conservative base in Australia and attracted favourable attention overseas, but his pledge not to revive the unpopular labour law reforms of the Howard government disappointed business conservatives and he showed little enthusiasm for any reduction in social welfare expenditure. Lord of the Rings is his favourite book. During the campaign Labor with debatable sincerity sought to steer the debate about asylum-seekers to a broader debate about 'sustainable' population growth, whilst the Coalition trumpeted their plan to 'stop the boats', even although in the past Abbott had drawn on Catholic conservative traditions to defend cultural diversity and the contribution of Muslims to Australian life. Business conservatives accused both parties of turning their backs on decades of successful immigration policy.
However there remained clear points of divergence. The government continued to defend its economic stimulus program even as it competed with the opposition to promise a faster return to budget surplus. Labor trumpeted its commitment to health and education, particularly on the later it offered a New Democratic and New Labour style synthesis of increased funding together with greater accountability. As Education minister Gillard presided over the introduction of a website to enable parents to compare school performance. Critics described Gillard's priorities as more those of a state Premier rather than a national prime Minister. Labor also trumpeted its support for ambitious publically funded National Broadband Network to deliver super-fast internet services which the Coalition rejected as extravagant.
Labor's policies on asylum-seekers and on climate change disappointed many on the left and have encouraged an increase in support for the Greens. The party seems on track to secure increased representation and a likely balance of power in the Senate and to win a House of Representatives electorate for the first time at general election.
Since May 2010 Labor (once the second preferences of Green voters are counted) and the Coalition have been almost equal in public support. The closeness of support for the sides during the campaign encouraged a frenzy of opinion polling, including the widespread use of robocalls for the first time and an avalanche of poll analysis to the exclusion of policy examination. Bloggers such as Pollytics following the example of FiveThirtyEight have been prominent. Much of this discussion has largely failed to consider academic research on electoral behaviour, such as the Australian Election Survey undertaken since 1987, which has consistently found that party identification remains the major driver of electoral choice followed by policy preferences with attitudes towards party leaders much less significant than the media considers. Gillard and Abbott are both viewed positively by voters, Labor may have hoped that Gillard's gender would encourage support from female voters and there is some evidence of this. The Coalition is strongly favoured on immigration and Labor on health and education, but on the issue of economic management Labor has made up ground across the campaign.
Two days out the pattern is unclear with aggregate national polls consistently showing Labor narrowly ahead after the distribution of the preferences of Green voters. Recognition that a narrow majority of support from voters did not necessarily translate into a majority of seats has inspired much marginal seat polling and consideration of divergent swing patterns across the states. Aggregate polling predicts little swing from 2007 but seat level polling predicts an extraordinary range of electoral shifts both towards and against the government. Some predict that the novelty of a female Prime Minister, the divergent political cultures of the states and the varying popularity of state governments, will encourage widely divergent electoral trends across the nation. However as in the United States in 2008 the 2010 Australian election may after all the drama be a case of electoral politics as usual.


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Albania's transition to democracy began with anarchy and soon developed into near state collapse in 1997. Although unlike neighbouring Yugoslavia, the country was not drawn into military conflict, this chaotic transition was a deeply traumatic experience. As veteran journalist Remzi Lani put it, referring to the events of 1997: "There is only one thing worse than dictatorship, and that is anarchy."
The first years of the 1990s saw the disintegration of the communist state and the abandonment of the policies it had championed for over four decades. In April 1990, communist leader Ramiz Alia declared his willingness to establish relations with the United States and the Soviet Union. The government ended its monopoly on international trade. In August 1990 it opened the economy to foreign commerce. In December 1990, the Central Committee of the Albanian Party of Labour (APL) made the groundbreaking decision to authorise a multiparty system.
These changes were carried out against a background of violent protests and the flight of many thousands of refugees. In February 1991, hundreds of students and members of staff at Enver Hoxha University in Tirana went on hunger strike, demanding the dictator's name be removed from the university's official name. However, when Albania's first multiparty elections were held in spring 1991, the APL emerged victorious, winning two thirds of the seats. The new assembly re-elected Alia as President and entrusted a commission with the drafting of a new constitution. Protests continued and the government collapsed soon afterwards as trade unions called for a general strike. New elections in March 1992 led to a victory for the Democratic Party, whose leader Sali Berisha replaced Alia as President.
Under Berisha, Albania implemented sweeping reforms to its economic system. Rapid privatisation transferred most businesses to private ownership. Some 30,000 small firms were privatised by April 1997 (Albanian SAI). The process also extended to collective and state farms. 220,000 state-owned apartments were privatised (Seelegal). Albania was opened up to foreign trade. It was a rough transition; smuggling and corruption increased dramatically. An FTO report described the situation:
"Graft pervaded the customs service. Italian soldiers said customs officers who inspected containers of aid from Italy left the Durres dockyards with food jammed into their clothing. High-ranking government officials resigned after disclosures that they had smuggled to Greece 1,000 tons of Italian cooking oil sent as food aid."
Despite a lack of regulation, the economy grew rapidly in the early years of the transition, although with hindsight many of the official statistics appear suspect. At the end of 1992, unemployment was at 26%, but by 1996 it had supposedly halved to 12 percent (World Bank). Real GDP, which had fallen sharply in 1991, now grew at a rate of 9 percent between 1993 and 1996 (WDI 2003). The World Bank praised Albania's economic reforms and their apparent success in turning around the economy.
Then, in late 1996 and early 1997, the country was rocked by a severe economic and political crisis. Berisha's Democratic Party was re-elected in June 1996 with over 85 percent of parliamentary seats, in the face of an opposition boycott and accusations of electoral fraud. A protest rally was broken up by riot police. Thomas Carothers reported from Tirana for the Washington Post (6 June 1996) that the "parliamentary elections in Albania were the most flawed elections held in Eastern Europe since 1989".
Simultaneously, the country was gripped by a wave of investment scams. Naïve to the workings of a market economy, many Albanians fell for so called 'pyramid schemes', investing their entire savings in the hope of easy returns. These schemes began to collapse in autumn 1996, plunging the country into turmoil.
"The pyramid scheme phenomenon in Albania is important because its scale relative to the size of the economy was unprecedented, and because the political and social consequences of the collapse of the pyramid schemes were profound. At their peak, the nominal value of the pyramid schemes' liabilities amounted to almost half of the country's GDP. Many Albanians—about two-thirds of the population—invested in them. When the schemes collapsed, there was uncontained rioting, the government fell, and the country descended into anarchy and a near civil war in which some 2,000 people were killed."
Most of the anger was directed at the government, whom many blamed for the loss of their savings. Millions of Kalashnikovs and other weapons were looted from police stations and military bases. Chaos reigned as militias took control of many cities. The south, particularly the coastal city of Vlora, was the centre of violent riots. Even in Tirana, state authority collapsed.
President Berisha's first response to the crisis was to extend his own power over the judiciary, secret services and media:
"The government declared a 'General State of Emergency' on 3 March (1997), which was done within the framework of communist-period legislation designed to mobilise the country against foreign military attack. The Emergency Laws gave the government draconian powers to rule by decree, and to use the army against internal opposition. There was to be complete government control of the media…
On 4 March in Tirana, pro-Berisha thugs ransacked and burnt down the office of Koha Jone, in those days the main opposition newspaper, as Parliament, surrounded by scruffy troops with automatic weapons, re-elected President Berisha for another five-year term. SHIK operatives in black leather jackets toured the capital at night, ready to fire on anyone found breaking the curfew."
(Miranda Vickers & James Pettifer The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans 2007)
As the violence continued, Berisha was forced into a power-sharing agreement. The government was dismissed on 1 March 1997, and replaced by a government of national unity with a Socialist Party prime minister.
On March 28 the UN authorised an Italian-led coalition of willing member states codenamed "Alba" (Italian for "dawn")of 7,000 troops to restore stability and support reconstruction. Very slowly, a sense of normality returned. Early elections were called for July 1997. The Democratic Party lost these elections and its leader, Sali Berisha, resigned the Presidency. The chaotic first phase of the Albanian transition had come to an end.
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What are some of the technologies that would be part of tomorrow's hospital?
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Clinical decision support, High tech hospital, Hospital of the future, mhealth, mobile health, Real-time health monitoring, Remote patient monitoring, Systems integration
In October of 2011, Microsoft released a video on YouTube outlining what it envisions technology and productivity will be like in the future. And the message was clear: for individuals on the go, at...


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*Visitors to the Art Institute have a jaywalking problem (Chicago Tribune).
*Getty Research Institute to close Bibliography on the History of Art (BHA, IBA) (via CAA news).
*NEA Survey indicates arts audiences getting older, scarcer (er, more scarce) (CAA News).
* Top ten best Star Wars architecture. The comparisons to real-life buildings are fascinating. (via Culture Monster).
*Shady deal: Orange County Museum of Art sells much of its plein air painting collection to a private collector. Read about it at Culture Monster and Modern Art Notes.
*I like to watch: Robbie Cooper's Immersion: Porn (via boingboing).
*More pr0n: Russian Art Collective Voina (WAR) stages controversial exhibition (via boingboing).
*Even more pr0n!!: Highlights from the World Air Sex Championships (The XX Factor).
*Students design exhibitions that get people to talk to each other (talk! as in, 'in person'!) (via Tomorrow Museum).
*The drawings of Chicago artist Deb Sokolow featured on Beautiful/Decay.
*You are what you Tweet: Twitter Psychology Profiling (via Avant Chicago).
*Writer Dave Eggers tells those bummed about loss of print to buck up.
*Justin Wolfe at songsaboutbuildingsandfood covers Freebird, and it's lovely. (Thanks to Art Fag City for linking to this blog a few weeks back — I've been hooked ever since).
**(Image Credit: Robbie Cooper's Immersion: Porn).
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Production potential of Eucalypt woodlots for bioenergy in the Winelands region of the Western Cape
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What's New at Ivanti?
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With Ivanti, I could see straight away that we were purchasing a very powerful and configurable tool, and the 'out of the box' processes mapped well with our implementation designs.
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ENROTH NAMED TO ALL-ROOKIE TEAMby Staff Writer / Buffalo Sabres
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Jhonas Enroth has become the sixth player in Buffalo Sabres franchise history - and just the second goaltender - to be named to the NHL's All-Rookie Team. The announcement of the 2011-12 team was made tonight in Las Vegas following the NHL Awards.
Enroth joins Phil Housley (82-83), Tom Barrasso (83-84), Calle Johansson (87-88), Ray Sheppard (87-88) and Tyler Myers (09-10) as the five previous Sabres All-Rookies.
Joining Enroth on this year's All-Rookie squad are the three players named as finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the League's top rookie: forwards Adam Henrique of the New Jersey Devils, Gabriel Landeskog of the Colorado Avalanche and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins of the Edmonton Oilers.
Also named to the All-Rookie Team are defensemen Justin Faulk of the Carolina Hurricanes and Jake Gardiner of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Voting was conducted by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association at the end of the regular season. Following is a summary of each NHL All-Rookie Team member's outstanding season:
Jhonas Enroth, Buffalo Sabres
Enroth earned a full-time spot with the Sabres in 2011-12 after spending a majority of the previous three seasons with the Sabres' AHL affiliate in Portland, Maine. The 23-year-old Stockholm native led all NHL rookie goaltenders with 26 appearances, posting an 8-11-4 record, 2.70 goals-against average and .917 save percentage. Enroth provided early-season support for starting goaltender Ryan Miller by posting wins in his first six starts, allowing two goals or fewer each time.
DEFENSEMEN (in alphabetical order)
Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes
Faulk made a successful transition to the NHL from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he captured an NCAA national championship in 2010-11. He made the Hurricanes roster as a 19-year-old and went on to lead all NHL rookie defensemen in average ice time per game (22:50). He also tied for the lead in goals (eight) and ranked first in power-play goals (five). Faulk is the second Hurricanes pick from the 2010 NHL Draft in as many seasons to earn NHL All-Rookie honors, joining 2011 Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner.
Jake Gardiner, Toronto Maple Leafs
Selected in the first round (17th overall) by Anaheim in 2008 and traded to Toronto in February 2011, Gardiner made his NHL debut following three standout seasons at the University of Wisconsin and a brief late-season stint with the AHL's Toronto Marlies in 2010-11. He led NHL rookie defensemen in scoring, tallying 30 points (seven goals, 23 assists) in 75 games. He ranked third among first-year players in average ice time per game (21:35), registering over 20 minutes of ice time in 56 games.
FORWARDS (in alphabetical order)
Adam Henrique, New Jersey Devils
A third-round pick by the Devils in 2008 and winner of back-to-back Memorial Cups with the OHL Windsor Spitfires in 2009 and 2010, Henrique filled a crucial void in the Devils lineup following an Achilles injury to No. 1 center Travis Zajac -- who missed all but 15 games this season. Henrique made the most of his opportunity by tallying 51 points (16 goals, 35 assists) in 74 games. He led all rookies in assists and shorthanded goals (four), ranked third in rookie scoring and posted the NHL's longest point streak among freshmen (seven games, Nov. 25 to Dec. 8).
Gabriel Landeskog, Colorado Avalanche
Selected second overall at the 2011 NHL Draft, Landeskog assumed a leading role on an Avalanche club that improved by 20 points over its 2010-11 total. Landeskog posted 52 points (22 goals, 30 assists) in 82 games, capturing the rookie scoring title in a tie-breaker over Edmonton's Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (18-34--52) on the basis of more goals. Landeskog ranked second among rookies in goals and third in assists, making him the only rookie among the top three in all three categories. He led all rookies and set a Colorado franchise record with 270 shots on goal and was the only rookie to lead his club in goals.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers
A spectacular start to his NHL career quickly ended speculation where Nugent-Hopkins, the first overall pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, would spend the 2011-12 season. He notched the game-tying goal in the season opener against Pittsburgh, tallied a hat trick in his third career game and became the first 18-year-old in League history to tally five assists in one game, against Chicago on Nov. 19. Nugent-Hopkins went on to finish in a tie for first place among rookies in points with 52 (18 goals, 34 assists) despite missing 20 games due to injury. His points-per-game average of .84 was the best among rookies.


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