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By Bryan Hoopaugh
Williston Varsity baseball went1-1 on the road with a close 3-2 loss vs. Trinity Catholic and a 7-0 blowout over Vanguard High.
By Bryan Hoopaugh
Red Devils Varsity Baseball went two out of three last week putting an end to their home field winning streak.
After a convincing win and shutout against Bradford on Tuesday and another big 8-4 win over Dixie County on Thursday night, Ft. White put an end to the Devils' winning streak with a nail biting 3-0 victory over the mighty Red Devils.
By Bryan Hoopaugh
Williston Varsity Baseball moves to 4-1 with another impressive week ending in a 6-1 rout over visiting Interlachen High School last Friday and holds on to a perfect record at home.
The Red Devils took the field last Friday night against Interlachen for a quickly played six and a half innings that displayed a dominating performance by Williston.
Williston's Red Devils started off the diamond season right last Friday by edging out visiting Santa Fe in a close fought battle 3-2.
Williston scored first in the bottom of the third with an RBI single by Justin Forsythe which scored Cameron Coffey who reached on an error by Santa Fe's third first baseman Nate Pelham.
By Steve Jarboe
Contributing Writer
David Heinkel and Damien Strange signed their college scholarships on National Signing Day last week before a large crowd of well wishers at the Williston Gym.
Heinkel will be attending Missouri Southern State University and Strange will be attending Jacksonville University.
Both young men thanked their parents, coaches, and teachers for all their support which helped lead to their scholarship offers.
With two non-district games left on the Red Devil varsity boys' schedule, the team ended its regular season district play Saturday night at Santa Fe.
Red Devil Junior Earl Brown helped lead the Williston Red Devils over district leader Fort White on Jan. 23, as the improving junior poured in a season high 32 points.
In a non-district game played on Jan. 25, the Red Devils made the short trip to Chiefland to take on an improving Indian varsity basketball team.
It was all Lady Indians for the first three quarters of play during last Friday's game when the Red Devils traveled to Chiefland.
It was a bad night for the Dixie County Bears, starting with the JV Bears being a no show, as a quick call to the Bears JV coach, found he couldn't follow his schedule of the scheduled game against the Red Devil JV team.
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Alistair_T needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
We require a logo for "AnnualLeave.com" a website which allows companies to manage their employees annual leave online.
Hi, we've created a SaaS product which will allow companies to track employee's annual leave, sick leave, maternity leave etc.
Our website is http://www.AnnualLeave.com and we need a logo.
We're going for a full web 2.0 website experience.
The brand needs to project a modern, easy to use, professional, friendly, trustworthy image.
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HM2E2 - 2 Bedroom Suite / 2.5 Bath, Sleeps 4
Bedding: 2-3 Beds (K, Q or BB)
BEDDING GUIDE: K = King, SK - Split King, Q - Queen, T - Twin, QSS - Queen Sleeper Sofa, BB - Bunk Beds, F - Full, FSS - Full Sleeper Sofa, TR - Trundle
Facing the Zirkel wilderness area, this two bedroom suite is a cozy 1,500 square foot residence. You can enjoy the sun rising over the ski area in the morning with a locally brewed cup of coffee and then after the day's activities, relax to the gorgeous sunsets off to the west on the private deck. This unique to Highmark, beautifully decorated space offers a main living area with a large flat screen TV and surround sound, flat screen TV's in each bedroom, a gas fireplace, gourmet kitchen as well as a washer and dryer. An iPod docking station feeds your personal music into the central audio system which can also be streamed into the bedrooms. With double-ovens and a large oval dining table that will seat up to 8, its ideal for home cooked family style or catered meals. The master bedroom suite offers the comfort of a king bed with luxury linens, plush bedding and private access to the balcony. The master bath features a Jacuzzi tub and walk-in shower. As a lock-off of Highmark HM2E, guests may choose between a queen bedroom with a private bath or a bedroom with a set of twin over full bunk beds with private access to a shared hallway bathroom. This residence has recently been updated with new floors, carpet in the bedrooms, ceiling fans in each room, "Nest" technology thermostats, paint throughout and has been decorated meticulously by the owner himself. The residence enjoys Central Air-Conditioning, with one main thermostat controlling the A/C for the entire residence, located in the living room.
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And Now, a Word From Your Thanksgiving Turkey Cakes
Well, it's officially Turkey Day. A day of food and fun for us, sure, but you know who gets the short end of the stick? Ok, well, mostly the turkeys - but turkey cakes, now, they're also bidding us a fond farewell today. Their time in the sun, as it were, is over. Here to comment are some Turkey Cakes. Guys, your thoughts?
"Turkey cakes? Turkey cakes?!? Dude, I'm the frickin' NBC mascot; don't you recognize a peacock when you see one?"
"Uh, I'm pretty sure I'm just an anthropomorphized version of the Statue of Liberty's crown, not a turkey. Sorry."
"Don't look at me! I'm just a cuter version of this guy:"
"Hey ho! Over here!"
"I'm a turkey cookie, does that count? Anyway, I'd just like to know why I have all these cranberries stuffed in my mouth. See y'all next year! Turkeys rule!! Woo-hoo!"
"Well I for one have a bone to pick with my decorator. Jen, would you kindly post some pictures of a turkey and a chicken here?
"Thank you. Ok, now, decorators: look at the heads of those birds. Which of them do I look like to you? Yeah, that's right: a CHICKEN. Is this any way to treat a self-respecting turkey cake? Is it?!?"
"Oh, quit your griping. At least you're not crammed into last year's Valentine cake tin."
"Yeah, or torn limb from limb. Are those my wings behind me? 'Cuz I think they're on fire."
"Well, bye everyone! [sniffle] See you next year!"
Stephani N., Lee G., Blaze B., Jessica H., Colette S., Stacey M., Katje S., & Adrian K., "gobble gobble". (That's turkey for "So long, and thanks for all the Wrecks".)


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I've got a COPS marathon on the tube, rum and coke in my glass and a cat on each side of me and we're all naked!!
Please, refrain from the jealousy.
I've got a COPS marathon on the tube, rum and coke in my glass and a cat on each side of me and we're all naked!!
Please, refrain from the jealousy.
I wear my pajama pants and I lay in a small pile of cats while I watch show after show on my DVR. What's wrong with this picture? Not a damn thing!
Ugh. Food poisoning. Ever had it? I don't recommend it. In lieu of cards and flowers, please send gals in nurse outfits (with those big thigh highs). Actually nursing ability completely not important. Actually the nurse outfit isn't either.
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What's up, SGland??? I haven't been on in 2-3 years.. in fact, the last time I was here I had no ink and now I have almost 28 hours worth. Better late than never, right? I'm getting more done tomorrow, even. Whoop Whoop!!
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It's fucking cold!! Colder than a witch titty, as my friend Jeff used to say. I'm not sure if he ever touched a witch titty, but that would explain the wart on his finger.
I was so good at navigating the old site.. on this one I just keep finding naked pictures of me! Oh.. I'm in my "special folder" again. Oops!
I don't rake until the last leaf falls. This will be approximately in March as that ONE leaf always hangs on until Spring. Sorry, neighbors.
I said Candy Corn. Didn't I? Shit. I really wanted candy corn. I'll watch this anyway.
If twerking was really on your mind, you would get a concussion.


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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Federal Agency Says Tire Manufacturer Violated ADA by Firing Woman Because of Bleeding Disorder
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company violated federal law by firing a qualified employee at its facility in Fayetteville, N.C., because of her bleeding disorder, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.
According to the EEOC's suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Civil Action No. 5:11-cv-00468), in October 2007, Alisha D. Adams applied for the position of tire builder at Goodyear's Fayetteville facility and was deemed qualified for the job. Adams received a conditional offer of employment. During Goodyear's post-offer medical examination, Adams disclosed that she had menorrhagia, a bleeding disorder associated with her menstrual cycle. As a result of this disclosure, Goodyear required Adams to obtain medical clearances from two physicians. Adams was medically cleared to work by two separate physicians, including a specialist, and began to work for Goodyear on or about Jan. 31, 2008.
Around Feb. 22, 2008, after Adams had been medically cleared and had begun her employment, Adams disclosed to her supervisor that she had been diagnosed with menorrhagia. Thereafter, according to the complaint, Adams was terminated by Goodyear because of its unfounded belief that Adams was substantially limited in remaining conscious and working.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified people with disabilities in hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement out of court. The suit seeks back pay, compensatory damages and punitive damages for Adams, as well as injunctive and other non-monetary relief.
"It's unfortunate that 20 years after the enactment of the ADA, some employers still react to applicants and employees with medical impairments based on myths, fears and stereotypes about those impairments," said EEOC Regional Attorney Lynette A. Barnes of the agency's Charlotte District, which includes litigation in several jurisdictions, including throughout North Carolina.
According to company information, Goodyear is the largest tire manufacturer in North America and Latin America and the second largest in Europe. Goodyear is headquartered in Akron, Ohio, and employs over 69,000 people around the world.
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting discrimination in employment. Further information about the agency is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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The best and the brightest young people don�t end up in the big city necessarily.
Their stories aren�t typical � some, in fact, are extraordinary � but they are more typical than you might think.
Natives of Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties grow up here, get a good education here, go away to college and perhaps, after graduation, go farther away to try their wings, but � and here�s the part too often overlooked � they come back to this area to begin an adult life and carve out a career. The talents of this group are augmented by others their age who arrive here from somewhere else, settle down and become important additions to their business circle and their community.
In other words, the best and the brightest young people don�t end up in the big city necessarily. They live and work here among us and already make significant contributions in virtually all areas that community-minded people deem important. Those contributions, too, can be overlooked.
For the past five years, The Free Press has put the spotlight on young, up-and-coming leaders with the 20 Under 40 awards, singling out 20 young residents of Lenoir, Greene and Jones counties annually with the help of nominations from readers and a winnowing process conducted by a panel of judges. This year�s honorees, the 20 Under 40 Class of 2012, are profiled in a special section in today�s paper.
These are special people, though � as we have said � not as special as you might think. With this year�s group, The Free Press has honored 100 individuals under 40 years old. When we began, we wondered how long we could sustain this award process, how deep was the pool of prospective nominees. It turns out, we shouldn�t have worried. This year, we received more nominations than ever and this group of judges had very difficult time selecting the winners. Many worthy young people didn�t make the cut, and those who did should be considered extremely worthy.
Reading the section, you will understand that they are. The 20 Under 40 award recognizes high achievement in professional and personal endeavors. Not only are they accomplished individuals who have in a relatively short time distinguished themselves in business, in education and in public service; but they also display a deep commitment to community, as volunteers, as organizers and as leaders.
In short, they get things done. They see a need and they fill it. A place can�t have too many residents like that, regardless of age.
Small towns and rural areas have to be concerned about brain drain, about the lure of the bright lights of the big city, the promise of greater opportunity and a more exciting life. Population growth does center on urban areas and the attraction of young people accounts for much of that growth. That trend has taken a toll on our communities.
It has not, however, created a crisis. Of this year�s 20 Under 40 honorees, 75 percent now live in the towns where they were born and grew up. That�s not an unusually high number for 20 Under 40 classes, but it�s worth noting because it shows that, even with the drain, our area can retain. There are many more than 20 young people making a difference where we live this year. Appreciating that fact is the best way to honor, and assure, their presence.


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Lessons and Signs of Hope Amidst the Carnage in Libya
The civil insurrection in Libya has been far more violent, and forces loyal to the dictator far more violent still, than the recent successful unarmed revolutions against the dictatorships in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt. Still, there are signs of hope and important lessons to be learned in the ongoing struggle against the 42-year regime of Muammar Gaddafi, whose days appear to be numbered.
Gaddafi's leadership style has always been repressive, impulsive, and unpredictable. Yet his nationalism, anti-imperialism, and professed socialism led many educated Libyans who formed the backbone of the government to stay loyal despite their misgivings, in large part in reaction to what was seen as punitive and hypocritical sanctions imposed by Western nations and the constant threat of renewed U.S. air and missile strikes against the country, as took place back in the 1980s. It was only when the sanctions and the threats of war subsided back in 2004 that there began to be a dramatic increase in resignations and defections by prominent Libyans who had been members and supporters of the government. In short, the U.S.-led efforts to isolate, punish, and threaten the regime likely contributed to Gaddafi's longevity as dictator. Once relations were normalized and the isolation and threats subsided, Gaddafi was seen less as a strong leader defending his nation against Western imperialism and more as the mercurial and brutal tyrant that he is.
As of this writing, virtually all of the cities in the eastern half of the country and a number of cities elsewhere have been liberated by pro-democracy forces, which launched their rebellion just a few weeks ago and are now clashing with security forces in Tripoli, Libya's capital. In these liberated cities, popular democratic committees have been set up to serve as interim local governments. For example, Benghazi—a city of over a million people—is now being run by a improvised organizing committee of judges, lawyers, and other professionals who have been largely successful at restoring order to the country's second largest city, dispatching young people to coordinate traffic at intersections and assist in other basic services.
There have been resignations of cabinet members and other important aides of Gaddafi, Libyan ambassadors in foreign capitals, and top military officers, many of whom have actively joined the opposition. Pilots have deliberately crashed their planes, flown into exile, or otherwise refused orders to bomb and strafe protesters. Thousands of soldiers have defected or refused to fire on crowds, despite threats of execution. This has forced Gaddafi to rely on African mercenaries, which has only further angered the population against a dictator willing to bring in foreigners to murder his own citizens.
Libya and Beyond: What's Next for Democracy?
Phyllis Bennis on why Libya differs from other pro-democracy uprisings in the region.
These serious challenges to Gaddafi's power comes despite the fact that, compared with the recent successful civil insurrections against dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, the challenges faced by the pro-democracy forces in Libya have been far greater. Under the recently-overthrown dictators, the Egyptian and Tunisian regimes routinely rigged elections and marginalized opposition parties, but at least there were elections and opposition parties. Not in Libya, however. Similarly, Egypt and Tunisia had trade unions, popular organizations, and active civil society groups whose activities were severely restricted and at times brutally suppressed, but at least they existed. Again, not in Libya.
Despite all this, pro-democracy forces are on the offensive, demonstrating that if enough people are willing to risk everything for their freedom, the regime has few options left but brute force—exactly what Gaddafi has been turning to. However, the use of such extraordinary violence usually ends up backfiring in favor of the opposition, which is exactly what appears to be happening in Libya.
Gaddafi joined the Libyan armed forces as a young man, not because of an interest in a military career per se, but because he wanted to become the country's ruler. In the Middle East in those days, if you weren't part of a royal family, the key to political power was through the military. What Tunisia and Egypt have demonstrated, however—along with other successful nonviolent civil insurrections from the Philippines to Poland and from Chile to Serbia—is that political power ultimately comes from the acquiescence of the people. And if a people no longer recognize the leader's authority and refuse to obey the leader's orders, he will no longer be the leader. This is the kind of power the United States and other Western nations must recognize: for democracy to come to the Middle East, it must come from the people themselves.
- of the pro-democracy uprisings in the Middle East and Africa.
Egypt lies on the fault lines of the convergence of global ecological, energy, and economic crises—and thus, on the frontlines of deepening global system failure.
An American organizer on Egypt's lessons in people power.
From Cairo, a first-person account of the way Egyptians supported and protected one another during the historic protests that led to the departure of President Hosni Mubarak.


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How far will one superhero go for justice? That's the question that Arrow will toy with now that Oliver Queen has returned to Starling City.
Arrow Photos: China White, Deadshot and Felicity Smoak all coming to town!
In the new CW series, the wealthy playboy (Stephen Amell) returned to his hometown with his secret alter ego Arrow in tow, the vigilante identity he took on after a boating accident left him stranded on a deserted island for five years where he honed his archery skills to survive. Now Oliver will have to determine how far he'll go in his quest for vengeance, which will become even more difficult once someone learns his secret. (Yup, it's happening soon!) To get the scoop on that and more, TVGuide.com turned to Amell and co-star Katie Cassidy, along with executive producers Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim and Greg Berlanti. Find out what's in store for the emerald archer:
Oliver's revenge list: Berlanti insists that the list of names Oliver has vowed to get vengeance on will not become the show's version of Smallville's episodic freak-of-the-week. "We twist and turn that device a lot," he says. "There's a lot of questions about the list. We don't know where it comes from or why it exists. We don't know if everyone on it is bad. We know he's hunting the people on it right now, but there's a lot we don't know."
Oliver's collateral damage: That list if the least of Ollie's worries considering his quest for justice will create a path of destruction in his wake. "If everything were as simple as the list his father left him, then his life would be pretty simple, but there's all this peripheral damage that he's causing by being so obsessive with this target and with this idea that he has that it's destroying the relationships with his family," Amell says. "Eventually he's going to have to decide."
Which DC Comics characters are coming to CW's Arrow?
Oliver's big secret: Oliver is not the only one hiding secrets, which he'll learn the hard way now that he's back in Starling City. "It never occurs to him that there are people around him with secrets," Guggenheim says. "That process of discovery will be tremulous for him and very difficult. Moira [Susanna Thompson] being revealed as having a secret agenda is not our first and last surprise. We have many more coming, so they'll be hitting Oliver pretty hard as he starts to adjust his mission to, in part, react to the secrets that he's learning, but he's going to learn that there are elements to his mission and his plan that are going off not quite the way he planned them."
Ollie's mommy is... bad? At the end of the series premiere, we learned that Moira was behind Oliver's kidnapping in an attempt to learn what his father had divulged before his death. So is she the ultimate villain? "Some of our favorite shows are Homeland and 24, and we're big fans for the jaw-dropping moment at the end of an episode," Kreisberg says coyly. "I would just say to the fans out there: Are you sure you saw what you thought you saw?"
Oliver's reveal: Soon, Ollie will share his secret with someone, which will be the catalyst for him to take a look at how far he will go to get justice. "That becomes part of the debate of what is he doing, what tactics is he using and is he crossing the line?" Berlanti says. "We're not afraid to deal with the dark side of justice and vengeance." Adds Guggenheim: "Episode 3 deals very much with the question of: Can he do this alone? And who can he trust? The first person he chooses to trust is really surprising. It's probably the last person you would expect."
Meet Arrow's Stephen Amell, The CW's hot new superhero
Oliver's love interests: Though Ollie's heart belongs to Laurel (Cassidy) — "She's never far away from his thoughts," Kreisberg says — he will tango with other ladies very soon. "He was alone for five years. Who would begrudge him dating two women at once?" Among the other ladies in his life are The Huntress (Jessica De Gouw), who will "be a match for him both in skill and in matters of the heart," Kreisberg says, and Felicity Smoak (Emily Rickards), a Queen Consolidated IT gal who will become part of his Scooby Gang — even if she doesn't quite realize it.
Oliver's true love: Despite Oliver partly being at fault for her sister's death, Laurel can't stay away from him, with Cassidy likening their relationship to a drug addiction. "She sees how good he can be, and she wants him to be that person, but he's not — or so she thinks," Cassidy says. "I think she will continuously try to let him in and hopefully at some point, he will stop hurting her and she can feel like she can trust him."
Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW.


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1956 Oldsmobile Holiday 324 from North America
Daily driver for a 1956 Holiday
Did not start.
Did not stop.
Barn kept.
One wire broke.
Leaks oil.
General Comments:
Picked up car from barn.
Drained all fluid, changed plugs, and called the old neighbors mechanic to tell me why the car would not start. One wire had been reversed. $300. Three week shot.
All brake lines replaced. $200.
Cleaned up. Then drove it. No cost.
Car stopped at Piggly Wiggly, would not start. Fixed a loose wire.
Oil leak is a PAIN. Next project is a rear main seal. The car is old.
Will need to fix the body some day.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 11th February, 2009


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
I'm Breaking Up With You
When I started this blog a year ago, it was for the purpose of sharing recipes. It has since become a clutter of topics, and I've been having a bit of writers block since I'm not really sure of it's direction.
So I've decided to split my two loves...home decor/crafts and recipes/mom stuff. I've started a new blog, that I can devote to my home; a place where I can share my journey as I am learning to find my style and create a home that we love. The majority of the blogs that interest me are about just that, and really, that's where I'm at in my life.
I will still be posting here at Betty Crocker Wannabe, but will most likely limit posts to recipes and parenting antidotes. Don't worry, I'll still keep the printables coming!
Thank you for being such loyal followers of Betty Crocker Wannabe, and I hope you will come visit me at A Simply Klassic Home, where I will share my journey as a home owner, the trials and triumphs, remodels and redecorating, organization and crafting, and the attempts to create a simply beautiful home that we love!
11 comments:
- Grannys Attic said...
Can't wait to see what you do with them RED appliance! Good luck on the remolding! Vicky
- January 30, 2011 at 4:25 AM
- Jennifer said...
I just recently discovered your blog and have been enjoying reading through your posts. I look forward to seeing your new blog too :)
I,too, have been struggling with an identity crisis. I started my blog to share my coupon and deal info but have totally transitioned over the recipes and home stuff. I've lost some readers along the way because of it but have gained new ones in their place.
Do what you love!
- January 30, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Christy said...
Was it something I said? J/K...I hear ya...sometimes blogging is finding out what you love best, spend your time there! I still love your recipes, and look forward to the future recipes, AND trying out some of the oldies, but goodies (just bought all your snicker supplies!).
- January 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Sue H @ Astrachic Studio said...
Good news Kristin,
I have a few wonderful Australian
blogs that I follow and enjoy
that feature a lot of Home decorating topics.
Nice to have a change for the
New Year. I like this blog
because it is naturally you,
you are unique and not trying
to be other than the special
person you are.
Have a great Sunday.
Best Wishes, Sue
- January 30, 2011 at 2:43 PM
- Sue H @ Astrachic Studio said...
PS- Today I did a posting on
my blog you may be interested
Love Sue
- January 30, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- Penelope said...
I'm so hurt! Haha! Pioneer Woman has somehow kept one site that has recipes, photography, and homeschooling. How does she do that?
- January 31, 2011 at 9:29 AM
- Rachel said...
I am checking out your new blog right now!! I also added a new blog over the weekend (for book and movie reviews).
Hope you have a great week!
- January 31, 2011 at 1:53 PM
- Gwen @ Gwenny Penny said...
Interesting development... Lots o' changes going on in your life right now:) I am heading over there to check it out.
- January 31, 2011 at 6:42 PM
- Chef Bee said...
Congrats and good luck with your new blog. I'm considering the same thing. Sometimes we have too many ideas to share.
Plan B
- February 4, 2011 at 6:05 PM
- Kelli said...
OOOOOh, you x 2....my dreams have come true ;) Looking forward to following you at both places =)
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The Zeynebiye mosque in Istanbul is not graced by domes or cupolas; only a stubby minaret marks the flat-roofed utilitarian building in the Halkali neighborhood as a place of worship. On a recent Friday, thousands of protesters gathered outside it after noon prayers to vent their frustration with Ankara's support for Syrian rebels, its standoff with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and its support for NATO's missile shield.
"Shia and Sunni are brothers; those dividing them are traitors," the crowd of Shiite worshippers chanted.
As the Middle East is shaken up along sectarian fault lines, cracks are opening within Turkey, where an increasingly restive Shiite minority is feeling sidelined and beleaguered by their country's perceived alignment with Sunni powers in the region.
"The government is aligning Turkey with a regional Sunni front," Ali Özgündüz, a Shiite member of Turkey's parliament, charged in an interview with Al-Monitor in Istanbul. "It is also trying to create an internal front between Sunni and Shia within this society."
Özgündüz is a member of the Caferi community, which hails originally from the eastern regions of Turkey and numbers around three million believers. The Caferi have long complained of discrimination in this predominantly Sunni country, where the state builds Sunni mosques and trains salaried Sunni clerics at taxpayers' expense and to the exclusion of other faiths. It is a complaint shared by other Shia communities under the umbrella identity of the Alevi, in which the Caferi count themselves and whose total number is estimated at up to 20 million out of 70 million Turks.
"Our constitution says we are a secular state, but unfortunately it is not so," Özgündüz said, pointing to the annual three-billion-dollar budget allocated to the religious-affairs department. "This is a Sunni state, whose state-run religious-affairs department serves only Sunni Islam, and only the Hanafi school at that."
Unlike the Sunni majority, Shiite communities must raise the money to buy their land, build their mosques and pay their clerics themselves.
"We do not complain about that, because we believe religion should be separate from the state," Hasan Kanaatli, president of the Shiite Scholar's Association, or Ehlader, told Al-Monitor in an interview at the association's Istanbul headquarters. "But we do demand that we should be given a fair share of the taxes that we pay."
Even more acutely felt is the Turkish state's monopoly on religious education, which effectively amounts to a ban on clerical training for non-Sunni faiths.
"Thanks to the 1923 Lausanne peace treaty, Christians and Jews at least have a legal right to their own seminaries in Turkey, even if that is currently problematic," Özgündüz said. "But we Caferi and Alevi have no such rights here, and we have not had them for 500 years."
By necessity, the Caferi send their clergy to Najaf in Iraq and to Qom in Iran for training.
"I myself traveled illegally to study in Iraq and Iran at the age of 13," Kanaatli, now 55 years old, recounted. "I was expelled first by Saddam Hussein and then by Imam Khomeini, and I was away from home for nine years — can you imagine what that was like?" The need to train abroad also lays the Caferi open to suspicions and charges of acting as spies or as a fifth column for Iran or Iraq, occasionally surfacing in the Turkish press.
Nevertheless, the Caferi have always been dedicated defenders of the Turkish Republic, which they see as all that stands between them and annihilation. Portraits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the republic, hang alongside that of the Imam Ali in Caferi mosques and Alevi houses of worship. Conversations with Caferi leaders inevitably turn to Sultan Selim I, who massacred tens of thousands of Shiites in the 16th century, and the persecution of Shia in the Ottoman Empire.
"It is only thanks to the republic that we can practice our faith at all, that we are not persecuted and massacred like in Ottoman times," Özgündüz said. "In spite of all the injustice and discrimination we suffer at the hands of the state, we are devoted to it and do not rise up against it."
It is with growing alarm, and against this backdrop, that Turkish Shia have been following recent shifts in Turkey's foreign policy along a perceived Sunni-Shia divide in the Middle East, as Turkey sides with Sunni forces in Syria and Iraq and distances itself from Iran while maintaining alliances with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
"We cannot understand what has come over them," Kanaatli said about the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). "In its first two terms of office, the AKP did a great job. We Caferi were very happy with them. But now this business of remaking the Middle East has begun, and we are worried."
In sermons and speeches, Caferi leaders have been asking why Turkey supports Sunni rebels in Syria but not Shiite protesters in Bahrain, and why Syria is condemned as a dictatorship while Saudi Arabia remains an ally.
"It shows that this is a sectarian front," Özgündüz said. It is a concern shared by the more cautiously spoken spiritual leader of the Caferi, Selahattin Özgündüz, a cousin of the member of parliament. "Recent developments in Syria and Iraq have created an impression in some places that Turkey is taking a sectarian approach," the imam told Al-Monitor in an interview in Istanbul.
The tipping point came when the Turkish government granted refuge to Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi from murder charges in Iraq last year.
"Until then, we had taken the news from Syria with caution, but with the Hashemi affair, the government gave itself away," Zeynelabdin Solhan, a Caferi imam and board member of Ehlader, told the Shia website Shafaqna in remarks confirmed to Al-Monitor by the association. "By speaking of the 'Shiite Prime Minister al-Maliki' and the persecuted Sunni al-Hashemi, it instilled a sectarian approach in us all."
This kind of speech, widespread in the Turkish media, has alarmed and infuriated Turkey's Shia. "In no other country do we mention the sectarian affiliation of the prime minister, but here it is all about the Shiite al-Maliki and the Alawite regime in Syria," said Özgündüz, the politician.
Solhan called it a "very dangerous" practice. "Tomorrow, the Iraqi press will speak of the 'Sunni Prime Minister Erdogan'," he warned.
Caferi leaders fear that sectarian politics will not remain limited to foreign policy. "If politicians start scratching the sectarian itch, this will reverberate in society," Özgündüz warned. Solhan spoke of a "terrifying campaign" underway against the Shia in the country's conservative media. "Turkey's attitude is radicalizing not only surrounding countries, but also people within this country," the imam said.
Kanaatli, the Shiite scholar, fears that the country may be reverting back to older ways. "Atatürk changed everything that was left over from the Ottoman Empire — the alphabet, the clothing, the laws — but there was one inheritance he did not change, and that is the sectarian bigotry," Kanaatli said. "Even Atatürk could not stamp it out — or perhaps he did not want to."
Susanne Güsten is a foreign correspondent reporting from Turkey. Based in Istanbul since the 1990s, she travels extensively through the country, reporting for American, French, German and Swiss media. Before coming to Turkey, she lived in Nigeria, Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Germany and the US. On Twitter: @SusanneIstanbul
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MIT Crew Competes at Eastern SprintsMay 13, 2012WORCESTER, Mass. – MIT's heavy and lightweight crew teams both had multiple entries at the 2012 Eastern Sprints Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester. Boding well for the future of both programs, the Engineer freshman teams had the best finishes at the regatta, with the freshman lightweight team taking second in the petite final of its division.
Heavyweight Crew Third In WisconsinApril 28, 2012BARABOO, Wis. – It was a light weekend of racing for the MIT heavyweight crew team. The squad fielded just a freshman eight boat against crews from Dartmouth College and host University of Wisconsin in a race that was moved to Devils Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wisconsin due to weather.
Heavyweight Crew Downs UMassApril 21, 2012CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's heavyweight crew team picked up its first head-to-head win of the season this morning as the Engineers rowed past a crew from UMass.
MIT Heavyweight Crew Falls To Harvard, PrincetonApril 14, 2012CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's heavyweight crew team took on a pair of nationally ranked teams on the Charles River on Saturday, rowing against second-ranked Harvard University and fourth-ranked Princeton University in a battle for the Compton Cup. The Harvard crew came out on top in the Varsity 8 race, with Princeton second and MIT third.
Heavyweight Crew Takes On BC, Bates and TrinityApril 07, 2012CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT returned to its home venue of the Charles River for the first time during the spring racing season. Taking on Boston College, Bates College and Trinity College, the Engineers fielded crews in the varsity 8, freshman 8 and freshman 4 races this morning.
Columbia Rows Past MIT to Take Alumni CupMarch 31, 2012BRONX, N.Y. – MIT and No. 13 Columbia squared off with their heavyweight rowing teams for the rights to the Alumni Cup in the first outing of the spring for the Engineers. On a cold and blustery day it was Columbia that came out on top to win the cup in a race that also had crews from No. 17 Dartmouth and Holy Cross on the 2,000-meter course.
America Rows Feature: Sunday School At MITMarch 27, 2012MIT Crew works with inner city youth to introduce them to the sport of rowing.
MIT Crew Completes Florida Training TripJanuary 23, 2012CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On Wednesday, January 11, MIT Crew departed Cocoa Beach, Fla. after an intensive, ten-day training trip. All four MIT Crew squads: open and lightweight women and heavyweight and lightweight men, met in Florida just after the New Year to row on the Banana River and Sykes Creek, gaining considerable improvements in technique and fitness. Practicing twice daily on the water, all four MIT Crew squads logged valuable miles with an eye on successful spring racing.
Men's Crew Closes Fall Season at Foot of the CharlesNovember 19, 2011CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – MIT's crew program closed out the fall portion of its seasons today with the Engineers having a number of crews entered in the Foot of the Charles competition. MIT had four entries in the Varsity 4+ field while also fielding four crews in the Freshman of 8+ competition.
MIT Crew Competes at DartmouthNovember 05, 2011HANOVER, N.H. – It was back on the road for the MIT crew teams this weekend as both the lightweight and heavyweight squads entered novice crews at the Dartmouth Green Monster on the Connecticut River in Hanover.
Heavyweight Crew Has Solid Outing at Princeton ChaseOctober 30, 2011PRINCETON, N.J. – MIT's heavyweight crew team made its second outing of the season at the Princeton Chase. The Engineers fielded a pair of eight crews at the event and came away with solid results while picking up some valuable experience for the coming season.
Men's Crew Opens Season at Head of the CharlesOctober 24, 2011CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It was the official start of the crew season for MIT's heavyweight and lightweight crew teams this weekend as both had entries in the prestigious Head of the Charles competition held on the Charles River. A pair of eights from each team plied the waters of the Charles in the world-famous event.
Tech Crews Prep for Head of the Charles RegattaOctober 18, 2011CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – This coming weekend the MIT varsity crews will kick off the fall portion of their season with one of the biggest competitions of the year, the historic Head of the Charles regatta. With more than 8,000 athletes from around the world competing in 55 different events, the Head of the Charles is the world's largest, two-day rowing event. It attracts up to 300,000 spectators to Boston and Cambridge.
MIT Crew Dedicates New Racing Shell to Director of Athletics, SorieroOctober 02, 2011CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Following a spirited, early morning alumni race, coaches, alumni and friends of MIT crew gathered at the Pierce Boathouse to dedicate the newest racing shell in the Tech fleet in honor of Director of Athletics and DAPER Department Head, Julie Soriero, on Saturday morning.
MIT Crew Summer Rowing RecapAugust 24, 2011CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Over the summer current rowers and alumnae of MIT Crew represented various rowing clubs in club racing both nationally and internationally.


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Silver Stallion Cocktail.
1/2 Vanilla Ice Cream. (1 Ciao Bella Tahitian Vanilla gelato)
1/2 Gin. (1 oz Beefeater Gin)
Fill with Silver Fizz, q.v. p. 200. (Bubble Up)
What? Pour a Silver Fizz on top of more Gin and ice cream? That's crazy talk!
Looking at what we suspect is the source for this recipe, Judge Jr's Here's How, I discovered that the Savoy editors may have misunderstood what he meant. The Savoy editors recommend filling the drink with another drink, the Silver Fizz. Judge Jr's recipe for the Silver Stallion Cocktail is: "1/2 vanilla ice cream; ½ Gin; fill with Silver King Fizz." "Silver King Fizz" was a bottled lemon-lime mixer made by the Waukesha Mineral Water Company in Waukesha, Wisconsin in the early part of the 20th Century. To quote, "Silver King Fizz. A refreshing drink and the best mixer." Bottles are still available on eBay dated from the 1920s. The same company also appears to have made a Silver King Lime Rickey.
So, a vanilla ice cream soda with gin? To be honest, I was really dreading this cocktail, but it isn't all that bad. Kind of gross, I suppose, but on the other hand, kind of good, as my friend Anita described it, in a "19 year old in an ice cream store kind of way."
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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The Story of the River of Gold
In the early twentieth century, stories about children playing marbles with gold beads began to circulate in the Coclé province of central Panama. The beads were found along the banks of the Río Grande de Coclé. Over the next few decades, pieces of goldwork were discovered when the river repeatedly flooded its banks and changed course, exposing and washing away objects.
In shifting its course, the Río Grande had exposed a thousand-year-old cemetery with no external features to mark its location. The earliest graves date to ca. 450–700 ce, but most belong to the later period, ca. 700–900 ce.
The Conte family, former owners of the property on which the site is located, attempted to excavate and recover objects as they became exposed by the floods. With the agreement of the family, the first excavations were carried out by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, in the early 1930s. Later, in 1940, the family invited a team of archaeologists from the University Museum (today, the Penn Museum), led by Curator J. Alden Mason, to continue excavations, designed to be "scientific, well-organized and beneficial for culture." The excavations were undertaken with a permit from the Panamanian government.
Image: Cast-gold composite human effigy pendant. Sitio Conte, ca. 700–900 ce. 2.3 x 1.3 x .91 in. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA (40-13-28).
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At Arlington National Cemetery today, President Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns, calling upon the nation to keep in mind those fighting in Afghanistan and elsewhere, especially as nearly 12 years of war winds down.
"Regardless of reason, this truth cannot be ignored that today most Americans are not directly touched by war," Mr. Obama told a crowd of dignitaries and military families gathered to mark Memorial Day. "As a consequence, not all Americans may always see or fully grasp the depths of sacrifice, the profound costs that are made in our name, right now, as we speak, everyday."
"Made in our name" may be the most relevant phrase here – especially as the percentage of Americans serving in uniform declines in the decades following the end of the Vietnam War and an end to military conscription.
"Fewer Americans are making the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan and that's progress for which we are profoundly grateful," Obama said. "This time next year, we will mark the final Memorial Day of our war in Afghanistan."
Still, he noted, more than 60,000 GI's still serve far from home in Afghanistan.
"They're still going out on patrol, still living in spartan forward operating bases, still risking their lives to carry out their mission," he said. "And when they give their lives, they are still being laid to rest in cemeteries in the quiet corners across our country."
For better or for worse, "their mission" is really "our mission," at least in terms of national policy crafted and carried out in a democracy with elected leaders. This was Obama's implied message, not only on Memorial Day but in his commencement speech Friday at the US Naval Academy and a day earlier in his comprehensive address at the National Defense University outlining continuing (and new) efforts in fighting terrorism.
In a piece headlined "Veterans need to share the moral burden of war" in the Washington Post last Friday, war correspondent, author, and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger argues that the entire nation shares that burden.
"Soldiers face myriad challenges when they return home, but one of the most destructive is the sense that their country doesn't quite realize that it – and not just the soldiers – went to war," Mr. Junger writes. "The country approved, financed and justified war – and sent the soldiers to fight it."
"This is important because it returns the moral burden of war to its rightful place: with the entire nation," he goes on. "If a soldier inadvertently kills a civilian in Baghdad, we all helped kill that civilian. If a soldier loses his arm in Afghanistan, we all lost something."
"When soldiers come home spiritually polluted by the killing that they committed, or even just witnessed, many hope that their country will share the moral responsibility of such a grave event," Junger writes.
"Their country doesn't. Liberals often say that it's not their problem because they opposed the war. Conservatives tend to call soldiers 'heroes' and pat them on the back. Neither response is honest or helpful."
That may be a harsh judgment on the vast majority of Americans who never served in Iraq or Afghanistan – or in the armed forces at all, for that matter.
But it's essentially the same point made this weekend in the New York Times by retired Army lieutenant general Karl Eikenberry, US commander in Afghanistan from 2005 to 2007 and the ambassador there from 2009 to 2011, and Stanford University historian David Kennedy.
"The greatest challenge to our military is not from a foreign enemy – it's the widening gap between the American people and their armed forces," they write. Less than 0.5 percent of Americans serve in the military today, and "even fewer of the privileged and powerful shoulder arms."
In addition, Eikenberry and Kennedy write, "technology has helped insulate civilians from the military," and "the military's role has expanded far beyond the traditional battlefield."
"Together, these developments present a disturbingly novel spectacle: a maximally powerful force operating with a minimum of citizen engagement and comprehension," they warn.
The decorated general and the Pulitzer Prize-winning professor make several controversial recommendations:
• Instituting a draft lottery, "activated when volunteer recruitments fell short, and weighted to select the best-educated and most highly skilled Americans, providing an incentive for the most privileged among us to pay greater heed to military matters."
• Mandating that Congress take a greater role in war-making, including a requirement that the president consult with lawmakers before going to war (and not afterwards, as is the case under the 1973 War Powers Act).
• "Congress should also insist that wars be paid for in real time," they write. "Levying special taxes, rather than borrowing, to finance 'special appropriations' would compel the body politic to bear the fiscal burden – and encourage citizens to consider war-making a political choice they were involved in, not a fait accompli they must accept."
• Eikenberry and Kennedy would also reduce reliance on civilian contractors "so that the true size of the force would be more transparent," integrate military and civilian hospitals and other facilities, and reduce isolated military base housing "so that more service members could pray, play, and educate their children alongside their fellow Americans."
As the US prepares to disengage from Afghanistan, this may be too much to ask of a war-weary body politic. But it's an argument certainly worth making.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A bracelet-like device with magnetic beads can control the chronic digestive disorder gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a study published online Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The device encircles the valve at the junction of the esophagus and stomach and helps it stay closed when a person is not eating or drinking. It eased symptoms in 92 of 100 patients with chronic acid reflux and allowed 87 percent of patients to stop using acid-suppressing drugs, third-year results from the five-year study showed. Ninety four percent of patients were satisfied with the treatment.
The advance is significant, says study co-author C. Daniel Smith, M.D., chair of the surgery department at Mayo Clinic in Florida and a specialist in treating reflux disease. Mayo Clinic is the only medical center in Florida and one of two in the Southeast to help study the device.
Roughly one in three people in the United States have the chronic condition, the American Gastroenterological Association estimates. It can lead to serious health problems.
Acid reflux stems from a deficient or incompetent sphincter valve located at the bottom of the esophagus and the top of the stomach. The sphincter, a ring of muscle, normally stays constricted when a person is not eating; that prevents acid and other digestive juice from leaving the stomach and entering the esophagus.
If the muscle is too weak or relaxes inappropriately, stomach acid can work its way into the lining of the esophagus causing pain and burning — commonly known as heartburn — and regurgitation. These episodes can happen at any time, and in people of all ages.
Excessive acid can damage the esophagus and lead to a precancerous condition known as Barrett's esophagus and to esophageal cancer, which is rising rapidly in the U.S., Dr. Smith says. The epidemic of chronic acid reflux may explain the increase in cancer, he says. Dr. Smith has been offering the device to patients who qualify since March 2012, when the Food and Drug Administration approved it for use. He performs about 200 acid reflux-related surgeries a year.
Patients who may be helped by the device are those whose acid reflux is chronic with symptoms incompletely controlled by acid-suppressing drugs, Dr. Smith says.
Not all patients in the study fared well with the device. Serious adverse events occurred in six patients, and the device was removed in 4 patients without any significant long-term consequences. Dysphagia — difficulty swallowing — occurred in 68 percent of patients following installation of the device, but this side effect tapered off over time.
For more information on the LINX system to control chronic acid reflux, visit mayoclinic.org or call the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville at 904-953-2272.
The study was supported by Torax Medical, which developed the LINX Reflux Management System. Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists helped Torax Medical develop the device, and Mayo Clinic licensed related technology to the company in exchange for equity. Dr. Smith and Ken DeVault, M.D., chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Florida, who also participated in this study, are paid consultants to Torax Medical.
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Insults fly in U.S.-Israel showdown
One way to measure just how tense U.S.-Israeli relations have become: Look at how prominent proxies for both sides are duking it out in public.
By that standard, the friendship is cratering, with supporters and opponents of a White House-backed nuclear deal with Iran rhetorically at one another's throats.
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A well-regarded Obama foreign policy surrogate with close White House ties, Colin Kahl, and the best-known media voice for pro-Israel forces in Washington, Josh Block, got into a nasty Twitter tangle over the weekend that laid bare how caustic the Iran debate has become between the two staunch allies.
"As usual, U don't know what UR talking about & R advocating max alt[ernative] that'll lead 2 war," wrote Kahl, a top Pentagon official during Obama's first term and the co-chairman of the president's foreign policy board during his 2012 reelection campaign.
( POLITICO Magazine: 34 Years of Getting to No with Iran)
"There you go again - typical vile smear," replied Block, a former spokesman for the influential American Israel Public Affairs Committee. "Hateful notion fm WH that supporters of talks 4 better terms R 'warmongers' & urge media,allies 2 smear critics as not acting 4 US interests."
"Thanks Mr. Pot. Sincerely, Mr. Kettle," Kahl countered later.
The bitter showdown occurred just outside the veil of officialdom, where diplomatic conventions and the desire to keep intact the broad bipartisan coalition supportive of Israel dictate that formal spokespeople for the White House, the Israeli government and the largest pro-Israel groups carefully measure their on-the-record comments.
( Also on POLITICO: Barack Obama asks lawmakers for Iran sanctions delay)
The cause for the current fight: the Obama administration's drive to strike an interim deal intended to halt and/or roll back Iran's nuclear program in exchange for a limited easing of sanctions on Tehran. Despite intense Israeli objections, such a pact was almost agreed to at international talks with the Iranians a couple of weeks ago — negotiations that are set to resume on Wednesday in Geneva.
The new conflict comes in the wake of a series of pointed disagreements between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent years over issues like the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the U.S. response to the Arab Spring movement.
"It's the worst I've ever seen," said Leslie Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. "The government officials on both sides aren't going to say they're enraged, but they are, and their supporters will tell you that. People on the fringes in Israel are saying it, supporters here are certainly saying it and Obama supporters are saying it, but not with a swipe at Israel."
"Both sides are fighting viciously here," said the Brookings Institution's Ken Pollack, a National Security Council staffer under President Bill Clinton. "That same polarization that we've seen with health care, immigration and gun control, we're seeing it now with Iran."
( WATCH: Lindsey Graham slams easing Iran sanctions)
Netanyahu and top U.S. officials have tried to maintain the polite diplomatic facade, but those efforts haven't been able to mask the divide.
"This is a big issue, and people of good faith can have different opinions," Netanyahu said Sunday on CNN. "Friends, and the best of friends, can have different opinions. We agree on a lot of things. There are some things we disagree on."
"We always listen to the concerns of our Israeli friends, particularly on issues related to the Iranian nuclear program," U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told Israel's Channel 2 television. "There are some tactical differences. … Our view is even when we have some differences that are aired publicly that the fundamental goals remain the same."
Despite the talk of agreement on broad goals, it's evident that there's now a wide U.S.-Israel gulf over potentially crucial strategy toward Iran.
( POLITICO Magazine: John Kerry vs. the 'Babble')
Netanyahu's denunciation of the proposed interim agreement with Iran as the "deal of the century" for that country and a "grievous historic error" effectively painted Obama in an unflattering light, as either a rube too naive to understand Iran's intentions or insufficiently committed to Israel's security.
That rhetoric angered White House officials, who believe the Israeli leader was distorting the provisions of the proposed agreement.
"We have been very firm with the Iranians on what we expect," Obama said Tuesday at a Wall Street Journal conference in Washington. "Let's look. Let's test the proposition that over the next six months we can resolve this in a diplomatic fashion while maintaining the essential sanctions architecture. … I think that is a test that is worth conducting."
For its part, the White House has incensed advocates for Israel by portraying war as the likely, certain — or perhaps, for some, desired — alternative to the Geneva talks.
( POLITICO Magazine: Obama's Fight With Israel: This Time It's Serious)
"The American people do not want a march to war," White House press secretary Jay Carney said last week. "And it is important to understand that if pursuing a resolution diplomatically is disallowed or ruled out, what options then do we and our allies have to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon?"
Kahl's tweet, suggesting that rejection of an interim deal will lead inexorably to war, clearly touched the same nerve.
"There is something deeply disturbing about the charges being leveled by officials and journalists that people critical of the administration's approach or terms of the Iran negotiations is a warmonger, anti-diplomacy or isn't acting because they believe it to be in America's interest, but because they have some ulterior motive," said Block, now CEO of the Israel Project.
"A deal with Iran that reserves financial relief in return for a halt to enrichment and a dismantling of its nuclear infrastructure is the kind of deal American diplomats should be seeking precisely because it is smart diplomacy, and because it is is the surest way to peaceably stop Iran from being able to build a nuclear weapon," he added.
Kahl, senior fellow at the Center for New American Security, declined an interview request.


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Anyone remotely connected to political reality should have known that there is no way newly appointed Ohio House representative Christina Hagan (Republican - Marlboro - the 50th) was going to buck Ohio Speaker of the House Billy Batchelder and vote no on a bill of the importance of Senate Bill 5 which severely curtailed the collective bargaining rights of Ohio's public workers.
Though he is not a new representative - hardly - ditto for Kirk Schuring (Republican - Jackson - the 51st).
And even when there is no party factor present, Schuring often feigns doing this thing or that thing knowing full well it is an exercise in futility. A prime example is his offering of a constitutional amendment to cure the school funding problem as he was gearing up to run against John Boccieri for Congress. It was all a political sham. He knew the bill was going nowhere, but he cruelly raised the hope of Stark Countians that he may actually be going to show leadership in getting something "substantive" done legislatively. Something he has failed to do over his many years in the Ohio General Assembly.
By playing a modified musical chairs game with fellow Republican Scott Oelslager (Republican - 29th Senate District - for the second time; notwithstanding term limits) in which they each get a seat, just a different seat, Schuring and Oelslager have been in the Ohio General Assembly upwards of 50 years with very little to show for it. If readers haven't checked lately, Ohio and Stark County are continuing their slide downward.
The SCPR is not convinced that Scott Oelslger would have bucked his partisan leadership had his vote been the one to sink SB 5. Because of the district he represents, the Republican leadership appears to have arranged for a "pass" to Oelslager on this particular piece of legislation. At the very least though, Oelslager deserves credit for mulling the matter over.
Obviously, Democrats Mark Okey (Ohio House - 61st), Steven Slesnick (52nd) and Senator Joe Schiavoni (33rd Senate District) in voting no were also following party marching orders and there was virtually no chance they would vote yes on the bill. However, in their pre-vote pronouncements they made no bones about what their votes would be.
For Hagan and Schuring to suggest (reference: With final vote looming, four Stark lawmakers oppose SB 5, 03/29/2011, Robert Wang) that they were having a difficult time determining how they were going to vote on SB 5 was disingenuous at the very least or, outright deceitful; if one wants to think the worse of them.
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Campbellsville University will host its sixth annual Derby Rose Gala on Monday, April 14, with live TV and radio production as well as live streaming through www.campbellsville.edu.
"The gala is an important scholarship fundraising event, generating close to $106,000 for scholarships in the past five years," Benji Kelly, vice president for development, said.
The gala is a black-tie optional event with a guest speaker, gourmet meal and silent auction.
Taylor County Bank will host its annual American Heart Association Heart Walk on Wednesday, April 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Miller Park walking track.
The first 50 participants will receive a free goody bag. There will be various booths to visit and door prizes will be given to participants.
All donations will go to the American Heart Association.
For more information, contact Katie Stamps at (270) 465-4196.
The award winning Campbellsville University Cheerleaders will host a two-day cheer and mascot tryout on Friday, April 25, and Saturday, April 26 in Powell Athletic Center.
Coach Vanessa Adkins said a cheerleading clinic will be Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.
CU cheerleaders have won four Mid-South Conference championships - three out of the last five - and have qualified for the NAIA championships for the past three years.
Children in the Taylor County community who want to act are in luck.
Starting this month, Kentucky Classic Theatre will revive children's theatre under the name Campbellsville Youth Theatre.
The first performance of the new theatre group will be Disney's "Sleeping Beauty Kids" at the end of the summer.
The show will be conducted as a weekly performance class where students will learn elements of acting, singing and movement.
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Buckets of love from Campbellsville University will soon be raining down on Africa.
CU is participating in a campus-wide event known as The Bucket Project. The Bucket Project is an initiative to aid Southern Baptist missionaries in Africa in helping persons with HIV/AIDS, cancer, malaria, and other devastating diseases who are in the last stages of their illness.
Winter weather has taken its toll on the American Red Cross blood supply. Nearly 70 blood drives have been canceled in the River Valley region since the first winter storm on Dec. 6.
Lindsay English, communications manager for the Red Cross, said the canceled drives equate to nearly 1,800 units of blood lost.
"This has been one of the harder winters that we have experienced recently," English said. "When schools and businesses close, we have to shut down as well."
Kentucky Cancer Program officials are encouraging everyone to Dress in Blue, the color of colon cancer awareness, and come to Walmart in Campbellsville on Friday, March 14, to tour the "Incredible Colon."
The display, at 20 feet long and 10 feet wide, is so large that visitors can walk through it and see educational displays inside.
The special event is as part of the fifth annual nationwide campaign to promote lifesaving colon cancer screening and March as National Colon Cancer Awareness Month.
A Taylor County Red Cross team has formed and training will soon be offered to certify those who have volunteered as members.
According to Michael K. Humphress, a Campbellsville resident involved with forming the team, there have been about 20 people who have expressed interest in forming a Red Cross group in Taylor County.
A training session has been scheduled for Saturday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Campbellsville Civic Center.
Campbellsville's Fourth of July celebration will once again feature an amateur photo contest sponsored by Orthodyne Physical Therapy.
Organizers encourage amateur and professional photographers who wish to participate to pick up their cameras now and start taking photos.
In just a few weeks, Campbellsville's fundraising effort designed to help pediatric cancer research will begin with the second annual Color to Conquer 5k road race on Saturday, March 15, at Miller Park. That event will be followed on Saturday, March 22, when this year's St. Baldrick's Shaving for a Cure will wrap up its seventh year, having raised nearly $280,000.
This year's effort has already received a $3,410 boost from a Dance Maroon fundraiser sponsored by Campbellsville University's swim team.
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I appreciate the opportunity of briefly addressing this Meeting of the OECD Council at Ministerial Level on the topic of climate change and development co-operation.
It is now well understood that climate change poses a serious challenge to social and economic development. Developing countries are particularly vulnerable, especially because, compared with richer countries, their economies are generally more dependent on climate sensitive natural resources -- and because they are more limited in their ability to cope with the impacts of climate change.
Climate change adaptation is thus not just an environmental agenda, but a development agenda, which must be integrated into "normal" development planning. Clearly, donors want to be sure that the future investments they support, notably in long-lived infrastructure facilities and networks, are resilient to the impacts of climate change. They certainly wish to avoid wrong-headed development choices that can actually increase vulnerabilities, an impact that we refer to as "maladaptation". Regardless of the financing source, developing countries' long-term national and sectoral development plans and national poverty reduction strategies must take account of projected, future climate conditions in order to minimize negative impacts of climate change and, wherever possible, to take advantage of any positive impacts.
At their High Level Meeting here at the OECD on the 21st May, Ministers and Heads of Development Co-operation Agencies underlined the central role of development co-operation in adaptation to climate change and vulnerability. They adopted a Statement of Progress on Integrating Climate Change into Development Co-operation, which you will take note of. And they asked me specifically to convey to you the key messages from their discussions.
First, two OECD Committees, the Environment Policy Committee and the Development Assistance Committee are jointly developing ground breaking Guidance on the integration of climate change adaptation into development co-operation. This work responds to the joint Ministerial mandate from 2006 and to the needs of policy makers and practitioners, working in various fields, in both donor and partner countries. The High Level Meeting appreciated the work accomplished so far and the fact that the Guidance is fully in line with the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. This means that developing country ownership is paramount and donors are in a supporting role. Helping to provide sustainable capacity development must be an essential part of our support to partners. The High Level Meeting asked us to keep up the momentum in preparing the Guidance so that it can be made available as the climate negotiations progress. They asked us to support -- but not interfere in -- these negotiations. They also emphasised the need for greater policy coherence between OECD country development co-operation and environment policies.
Second, Ministers discussed financing issues. They recognized the importance of ODA in financing climate change adaptation and mitigation, especially in the short term. However, the overall funding requirements are so great – as great as ODA volumes -- that new and innovative financing sources have to be found, including funds to be mobilised through the private sector. They warned, however, against creating and multiplying vertical funds because of the enormous burden on partner countries of managing such funds -- and because of the fragmented and inconsistent effects that such uncoordinated funds may create. This is another aspect of coherence in the aid system that we need to be careful about.
Third, the Ministers emphasized that climate change adaptation and mitigation are linked and both should be supported by aid. Once again, donor support must always be based on developing country national and sectoral plans in accordance with donor and partner collective commitments under the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
Madame Chair, the High Level Meeting also asked us to hold open the possibility of a second joint Environment and Development Ministerial Meeting in 2009, depending on developments over the coming months on this critical agenda. I wish you fruitful deliberations today on the economic aspects of climate change and hope that you will bear in mind, during your discussions, the inextricable links between climate change and development co-operation.
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Georgia Woman Arrested For Removing Illegal Roadside Sign
While two cities in Florida are using robocalls to go after the people who litter their roadsides with illegal "snipe" or "bandit" signs advertising everything from home-flippers to roofers to tax assistance, their neighbors to the north arrested a woman who took the law into her own hands.
The 64-year-old retired clerk tells Macon's Telegraph newspaper that she's snatched up around 1,950 such signs since she began her one-person campaign in June.
"I had researched the codes and regulations very carefully. I wanted to make sure I was OK. I wanted to do the right thing," she explains. "I call it community service work."
But last month, she was arrested after an advertiser complained that the woman had picked up an A-frame sign for some sort of gold-buying operation that had been placed at the entrance to an out-of-business Food Lion store.
The assistant solicitor-general in the case chose to drop the charges, partly because he couldn't reach anyone involved with the Food Lion to see if the advertiser had gotten permission, and partly because the way police described the sign's location means it would have been illegally placed in a right-of-way.
"I don't think that the taking of a sign from a public area constituted a theft by taking," he tells the paper.
While the woman no longer faces charges, the arrest has changed the way in which county officials view her crusade.
Previously, she had taken the collected signs to the county for disposal, but now refuses to do so, on advice of the county attorney. Instead, the woman and others have been directed not to collect the signs, but to notify the county's Engineering Dept or Sheriff and "the County will make every effort to have the signs removed."
But her lawyer writes that this only means that the signs will remain untouched: "The innumerable signs presently in the right-of-ways of the streets and roads… stand as clear evidence of the Board of Commissioners' tolerance — if not encouragement — of this illegal advertising practice."
However, the woman's County Commissioner can only sing her praises.
"This lady is a hero to me, picking up all this trash at her age, had to go hire a lawyer to make sure she didn't have to go to jail," he says. "I'm disappointed in that, because she basically did what I told her to do."
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