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Thursday, March 25, 2010
F**k Cancer
Did you miss me? I sure as hell missed you, and I hope to be back on my game here, posting with alarming frequency. I was able to visit with my brother recently, and while I still spend a good portion of each day crying hysterically, I have also learned a great deal about taking life by the horns and not letting go. Thus abandoning my beloved blog is simply not going to happen. Never give up the things you love, and never let go of the people you love. You feel me?
NOW THEN. My sister works in a quilt shop in Goodlettsville, just north of Nashville, and so while I was there I got to spend oodles of time in the shop after hours. Oh, let me tell you, there is nothing, NOTHING, as cool as having a quilt shop all to yourself. No one in my way, stepping on my feet, leaving gaseous odors right in the areas where I need to browse (this happens ALL THE TIME), or grabbing the last batik fat quarter in just the shade of purple I need to complete my project. I do so hate having to smack those people around.
Being in the shop was particularly cool, because for the first time, I got to see so many of the quilts that my sister makes for display. And not just because it was the first time in many, many years I had been to Tennessee, but also because my sister - whom I love dearly - cannot pick up a camera, take some shots, upload them to her computer, and email them to a beloved relative. The woman is still holding onto shots from last June IN HER CAMERA. If she wants to show you her motorcycle trip to the southwest, she has to hand you the camera. GOD, I adore her.
So now, Kelly, if you ever want to show someone your quilts, you can direct them here. Oh, wait, you don't know how to do that either. OOOOH, YOU ARE JUST SO CUTE.
DO YOU SEE WHAT I HAVE TO LIVE UP TO, PEOPLE? The only thing that soothes my ego when I look at these pictures is that I know how to access the voicemail on my cellphone AND SHE DOESN'T. You can't be better than me at everything, Kelly.
The one thing I regret not photographing while I was there was her fabric stash. Holy mother of bias tape, you have never seen such stacks. Well, okay, maybe you have, but I haven't. AND I got to sleep in the same room as all that fabric, underneath even more of her gorgeous quilts. By the time I got home I was so hot to get to my sewing machine, I barely remembered to say hello to the children.
I'm pretty sure I have exceeded the limit for the reasonable number of photos in one blog post, so I'll save the pictures of what I purchased for next time. Sadly, there will not be as many pictures, but probably just as many all caps, IF NOT MORE.
24 comments:
- Unknown said...
I've missed your sass. :-D
- March 25, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Nancy said...
welcome back...
DANG! That sis is one prolific quilter!!
- March 25, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Andrea R said...
Yeah, I know. I rarely comment & I'm some random stranger, but a nice one who is a regualr reader. :D
Also? I was just at my friend's house last night who uses her camera like your sister does. Oy.
So far I've seen two quilts up there I'd LOVE to make, plus I am in admiration of your sister's patience. Holy mother of triangles!
(just so we can make the stalking mutual, here's my flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_r/ )
p.s. - hope your brother gets back on his feet soon. We did some cancer ass-kicking here too.
- March 25, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- Linda said...
OMG What a quilter to live up to! My word verification is ovizer--as in overachiever? What stunning quilts. However, you quilt AND blog beautifully. I've missed ya--even following It's a cherry pie.
Lurking Linda
- March 25, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Jane said...
Good to have you back! And you sound all geared up and ready to sew!!!!! :) Your sister does make some beauties! Working at a quilt shop...ahhhhhhhhhhhh....
- March 25, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- SandyQuilts said...
oh my gosh. What pattern is that piggy one?
- March 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Barbara Sindlinger said...
Your title drew me in since we just found out my mom has what they call "smoldering" myeloma, which is actually good because they caught it early, it's treatable but not curable, so we have some good time with her left.
But really made me laugh was your comment about gaseous odors. My friends think I'm crazy because it seems that every quilt show I attend, I get behind the people who feel it's okay to let it loose in a big crowd. YUK! I always think the people behind me think it's me.
Welcome back and you're sisters quilts are awesome - but you should never compare youself.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:03 PM
- Barbara Sindlinger said...
Your title drew me in since we just found out my mom has what they call "smoldering" myeloma, which is actually good because they caught it early, it's treatable but not curable, so we have some good time with her left.
But really made me laugh was your comment about gaseous odors. My friends think I'm crazy because it seems that every quilt show I attend, I get behind the people who feel it's okay to let it loose in a big crowd. YUK! I always think the people behind me think it's me.
Welcome back and you're sisters quilts are awesome - but you should never compare youself.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM
- Marge Gordon said...
LOVE the post title and can't agree more. Missed your quilting posts and WOW what a quilter your sister is. Seems to me she is too busy quilting to do any of those things you said she can't do. Welcome "home"
- March 25, 2010 at 12:45 PM
- Kelly said...
Missed you. Now, woman, can you please provide the name of the pattern with the dog and cat? A good blogger would have a direct link so we, gentle readers, could immediately purchase said cuteness! And I make quilts for a local humane society to raffle and that one would be perfect!
Your sister's work is AWESOME!
PS: My Dad has surgery for a brain tumor in a month, so I am with you on the title of this post.
- March 25, 2010 at 12:57 PM
- Anne-Lise at Rag, Tag, Bobtail said...
How nice you're back! Your sister's quilts are amazing - I love the piggy one.
- March 25, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Peggi said...
Hey Megan, so glad to see you're back! Thanks for the link to your sister's shop. She has some gorgeous pictures of her bolts and bolts of fabrics. She doesn't seem to have an online store (bummer!), but I've contacted her for names and prices of some of those gorgeous quilts!
I'm glad you were able to have some really good quality time with your brother.
- March 25, 2010 at 2:11 PM
YAY!!!! You're back!
- March 25, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Janet said...
Oh, wow your sister rocks! That is quite alot to live up to, but what fun to try. I'm so sorry about your brother. It is a year ago I lost my big brother. He was only 63 years old. He had a lung disease that destroyed his lungs. He had a double lung transplant and after a year died from complications of everything. It was a struggle. I miss him alot. I'll be thinking of you and your family. Be back to check on you. Stay strong! Take care.
- March 25, 2010 at 3:27 PM
- Shay said...
Welcome back. I missed your posts.
Your sister is pretty much a quilting goddess. You're not too bad yourself!
And you can up load photos and use a cell phone. You win.
- March 25, 2010 at 4:00 PM
- Joy said...
LOVE the title ... and I, like so many others ... couldn't agree more!! Welcome back!!!
Your sister's quilts are simply outstanding!!! Does she design these herself too??? They really are a feast for the eyes!!! Thanks so much for posting the pics, I thoroughly enjoyed drooling over each and every one :o). Gotta say though ... those pigs are SO cute :oD!!
Joy :o)
- March 25, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Julie said...
Totally agree with your post title.
Man!!!! Your sister needs a blog and some camera lessons, what beautiful quilts, thank for showing them off to the rest of the world.
Very wary about letting quilter sleep in my sewing room..... did she check your bags before you left?
- March 25, 2010 at 5:39 PM
- firstname.lastname@example.com said...
Welcome back, you were sorely missed. With all that quilt talent in the family, you should be a natural. Glad you came back revved up and raring to stitch. How did your daughter's surgery go? Hope she is back to normal. Michele
- March 25, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- Brenda said...
Sooo great to have you back!
- March 25, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- bernie said...
Wow - missed you bitchy stitcher - but glad to see you are back with a vengeance - signed another silent follower
- March 25, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Sequana said...
Oh, Oh, Oh.....I found the pattern for Pickled Pigs Fleet at www.javahousequilts.com
*S*......amazing what happens when you bring up the size of a pic that has a label on it.
Oh....and welcome back, from a new reader of your blog.
- March 26, 2010 at 1:18 PM
You go girl! Grab that life!
I love the quilts, I think I would have to move in with my sister if she had a quilt store and was that talented. She is about 2 hours from me, I may have to make that trip to see the quilts in person.
- March 26, 2010 at 4:05 PM
- Lynne Brotman said...
Heh Megan,
I read your article "A Brief History of Quilting" in Quilter's Home mag. Terrific and made me laugh when I really needed a good laugh. Soooo... I checked out your blog, and found out you are one bitchin' sister -just like me. I am an "artsy fartsy wall-hanging" quilter (there's got to be a better name than wall hanging, sounds like the Inquisition) like those who make "SHOCKING QUILTS" (shocking is Darfur!). My new blog is called Quilting from the Gut: Quilter's as Activists. The article about these quilts and the reactions from readers and newspaper's really pissed me off, and now I am searching for other non-traditional quilters with a political, social, spiritual, or personal message. No more Ms's nice girl ! I'm on a mission. My blog is new so I haven't loaded all my quilts, but will be on board soon.
- March 28, 2010 at 11:39 AM
- Debby, crowefan0517 said...
Welcome back!! So glad you decided to return to your blog. OMG your sister's quilts are AWESOME! I loved the one with the pigs. That one is just beyond all cuteness!
-debby, Chester NY
- March 30, 2010 at 5:01 PM


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Fireworks are big business throughout the year, but especially around Independence Day. Fireworks big and small can be viewed at parks, homes and virtually anywhere that people congregate.
Fireworks are undoubtedly beautiful, stunning, and bring excitement to an event. However, there is always the issue of safety for everyone involved, especially children.
Because fireworks involve high heat and explosives, there are no safe fireworks, and there is always the possibility that fireworks may cause injury or even death.
Fireworks Injury Statistics
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the body parts most often affected by fireworks are hands, eyes and head (including face and ears).
More than half of the injuries reported by the CDC were burns, mostly to every body part except the eyes and head areas, where contusions, lacerations and foreign bodies in the eye occurred more frequently.
Every year, nearly 4,000 children age 14 and under are treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries; children age 10-14 account for the majority of those incidents. Males, especially those 10-14, are at the highest risk of fireworks-related injuries, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign.
Some parents feel that fireworks, such as sparklers, are safe for children. However, caution should still be used when lighting them. Sparklers can reach temperatures exceeding 1,000 degrees and can cause severe burns and ignite clothing, according to the National Safe Kids Campaign. Children age 4 and under are at the highest risk for sparkler-related injuries.
Safe Alternatives to Fireworks
There are safe alternatives to celebrate the Fourth of July and other festivities that traditionally offer fireworks. To add color to the festivities, guests can hang colorful streamers, paper, glitter and a multitude of other vibrant supplies that craft stores offer.
Instead of sparklers, glow sticks can be used, or kids can make Fourth of July crafts out of tinsel that resembles a sparkler.
If noise is a necessity to make the festivities complete, noisemakers such as balloons, paper lunch bags and pots and pans can all be provided.
Fireworks Safety Tips For Families
To ensure safe festivities for your family, follow the tips listed below: Fireworks should only be used outside
They should not be altered or combined
If fireworks are not legal in the area, they should not be used
There should be a designated shooter of the fireworks who is not drinking alcohol
Homemade fireworks should never be used

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Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel denied parole in teenage neighbor's killing
Updated at 1:59 p.m. ET
SUFFIELD, Conn. Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel was denied a bid for freedom Wednesday at his first parole hearing since he was convicted a decade ago of killing his neighbor in 1975.
Skakel, who proclaimed his innocence at the hearing, nodded and patted his attorney on the back after the three-person state parole board read the unanimous decision. He will next be eligible for parole in 2017.
Skakel is serving 20 years to life for fatally beating Martha Moxley with a golf club in Greenwich when they were 15. Skakel is a nephew of Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy.
At the hearing at McDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield, Skakel spoke slowly and softly, saying: "I did not commit this crime."
"I know the best chance of me getting parole is admitting guilt in this crime," CBS Hartford affiliate WFSB-TV reports Skakel said. "Ten-and-a-half years later I cannot do that."
In attendance was Dorthy Moxley, the victim's mother, who said losing a child is the worst thing in the world and Skakel should serve at least 20 years in prison.
"Martha, my baby, will never have a life," she said, her voice breaking.
Skakel told the parole board he prays every day that whoever committed the crime is brought to justice, but he is the wrong man.
"If I could ease Mrs. Moxley's pain in any way, shape or form I would take responsibility all day long for this crime," Skakel said. But, he added, "I cannot bear false witness against myself."
The heavyset, 52-year-old Skakel with gray, thinning hair wore a tan prison jumpsuit to the hearing. To support his claims of innocence, he told of how he became sober.
"I pose to you: How can a guilty man stay sober for 30 years with that kind of guilt on his mind?" he said.
Skakel also talked about his mother's death at an early age, his learning disability and a childhood in which he attended numerous schools. He said his ex-wife was recently diagnosed with cancer, and he is concerned about his 13-year-old son.
"I'm at your mercy. The only power I have is prayer," he said.
The chair of the parole board, Erika Tindill, showed some skepticism as she pressed Skakel with questions. She said it was an odd situation for him to ask for early release while proclaiming innocence of the crime.
Ultimately, she said, the board concluded that the time he has served is not punishment enough for the crime.
The victim's brother, John Moxley, said during the hearing that he believes Skakel should serve a life sentence.
"There's no upside in this. So what? He's got another five years in prison. What does that do for Martha? It's a hollow victory," he said after the hearing.
Skakel's attorney, Hope Seeley, said the board's decision is disappointing because Skakel is not a danger to society.
"To incarcerate Michael Skakel for at least another five years compounds the miscarriage of justice that has already occurred in this case," she said.
Skakel, convicted in 2002, was eligible for parole consideration because of laws in place at the time of the crime including good behavior credits.
In letters to the parole board, Skakel's supporters, including his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say Skakel has helped alcoholics recover. They also portray him as religious and devoted to his son.
Many letters cite Skakel's art work in prison, saying he has made uplifting paintings that show his true nature, give joy to others and encourage family values. Letters objecting to his parole cite the brutal nature of the crime and say releasing him early would be devastating to the victim's family.
Skakel will have another chance to try to get out of prison next April, when one of his appeals goes to trial. Skakel filed the appeal in 2010, seeking a new trial on allegations that his trial attorney, Michael Sherman, was incompetent. Skakel claims Sherman had financial problems and didn't devote enough money to prepare the case, among other allegations.
Sherman insists he did all he could to keep Skakel from being convicted.
The appeal trial is set to begin April 15 before a Rockville Superior Court judge.


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1. Icon Status Assured
Most importantly, Cahill walks away from the club with his status as an icon very much intact. Granted, he had considerable limitations to his game in comparison to other icons in the club's history- particularly with the ball at his feet – but he was able to consistently bridge this technique deficit with a ferocious competitive edge. He had sublime agility and aerobic fitness as he showed notably at Bolton and Chelsea with scissor kicks of the highest order. His spring and movement in the box is what he will be most remembered for and he consistently 'showed up' in the big away games – something few have done in the Moyes era – regularly scoring at the grounds of all the top sides and becoming the 4th highest goalscorer from midfield – and the top scorer with his head – since the inception of the premier league.
It's the competitive edge fans loved most about the talismanic Cahill, reminiscent as it was of the man who schooled him in what it means to play for efc, Duncan Ferguson. Like his predecessor, even during times of dire displays and struggle, you always felt we had a chance with Cahill in the side. Opponents feared him also and with the exception of Drogba, the likes of Vidic and Kompany never looked more uncomfortable as when they were up against the Aussie and his repertoire of elbow's and general snide behaviour.
Whilst the transfer fee of around £1m doesn't leave us flush it does shift around £7m in wages/add ons off the wage bill over the next 2 years. Whether we will see any of this cash remains to be seen but given Moyes end of season talk about being able to trade it would appear he will be allowed to redistribute some of the cash towards new players or in tying younger players to longer deals.
The removal of this £8m from the clubs balance sheet must surely precipitate some kind of re-investment in the squad in areas it is most required. With the Yobo deal nearly done there should be enough breathing space to bring in Pienaar and one more. For me, it has to be someone who can offer what we most lack; speed, the ability to dribble, create chances and – given the age composition of our squad – someone ideally between the age of 22-25. Hoilett at Blackburn would spring to mind as an ideal buy however his wages are a major issue.
3. Fellaini off the leash
Cahill struggled this season as the stats above show and he had the look of a player who had given everything he had to the cause and had little left in the tank. Tellingly, for the second season running our win % was greater with Cahill not in the side than it was when he was present. The limitations of his game on the ball meant dropping back into a deeper midfield slot was never going to work given that he is neither a deep lying midfield playmaker or is particularly strong in the tackle to play the role of destroyer.
When Fellaini has started in Cahill's midfield – forward pivot role last season we scored 2.3 goals per game with the Belgian scoring or assisting 5 goals in the process in these games alone. The team's goals per game ratio drops to just 1.1 goals when Fellaini hasn't played there. Cahill has played this role with significantly less end product ( just 2 goals and 2 assists for the season in the league).
4. Style of Play
Cahill moving on gives us the chance to develop our playing style. With Cahill, we are often stuck in a rigid 4-4-1-1 given the fairly specific role he played. With this no longer a factor there is more scope to develop a blend between 4-4-1-1 and 4-2-3-1 with attacking midfielders such as Pienaar, Osman, Naismith and long term Barkley – all interchangeable and capable of playing left, right or centre. With Cahill in the side the option was always there to play more direct and his limitations in terms of vision in the advanced midfield role meant we struggled to create chances against sides who come to Goodison looking for a point. Whilst his spring was superb he lost more headers than he won so the tactic was often to play for second balls or win free kicks – which is quite a reactive strategy. We now have the opportunity to play a more fluid, proactive game feeding Jelavic on the ground.
5. More time for the pups?
Cahill was one of the veterans of the squad along with Neville and Distin and as we discussed on EB towards the end of the season, of the older players in the group the Aussie probably provided the least in terms of output. The age composition of the squad is lob sided – bags of in experienced youth and a lot of older heads – and given the finances we can't simply go out and spend £20m on replacing this trio so it has to be done incrementally. Cahill's departure means the likes of Barkley and Junior can expect more game time this season which has to be seen as a positive. Cahill was a massive presence off the field at the club and has talked in the past about how he has educated younger players about the clubs history and traditions in the same way Ferguson and Stubbs did for him when he arrived back in 2004. This should give the opportunity for players in the mid age group such as Fellaini, Baines and Hetinga the chance to take on more responsibility.
EB Verdict
The deal is beneficial for both the club and player and gives us over a month to enhance the squad prior to the transfer deadline. On a sentimental note, it's sad as Cahill was one of our own and a great servant who understood what it means to pull on the blue shirt, however sentimentality won't get you 10 goals this season. After 68 goals and nearly 300 appearances for the club, Cahill leaves with his head held high with his position in the clubs history secure. I've no doubt he will take the MLS goalscoring and 'most fouls' charts by storm in equal measure.


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Frank Maloney has decided to retire from all professional boxing after more than 30 years in the sport as a manager and promoter.
Maloney became a household name in the 1990's when he managed Britain's first ever world heavyweight champion - Lennox Lewis and was famously christened 'The Mental Midget' by Don King.
Maloney has been contemplating his future since July when British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion David Price was beaten for the second time in five months by Tony Thompson.
Frank and his advisors met with Price in London earlier this month and shook hands on a provisional agreement.
Maloney had second thoughts this week and decided to make a clean break from the sport.
He said: "For the last year I have gradually fallen out of love with boxing and my passion has been missing.
"I did much soul searching over the summer and my heart is no longer in the sport that I loved so much.
"If I continued as his promoter it would be unfair as I cannot give the commitment and love for the sport that is needed to get his career back on track.
"When I saw him in the gym last week it was my first visit to one for months and I no longer got the buzz I used to get.
"The sport has changed so much over the last few years. So many boxers listen to the last person they meet and trainers who give time but invest no money into the sport are afforded too much power.
"It has also been a tough time for me personally and I feel a lot more at ease with myself by reaching this decision.
"David understands my decision as do the other fighters I look after, including British cruiserweight champion Jon Lewis Dickinson.
"I wish them all the best and will follow their careers. If they do ever want to call me for a chat they can.
"I would like to thank everybody in boxing who has given me so much support in the sport over the years.
"I learnt the trade from some great people, but a special mention must go to the late American fight promoter Dan Duva."
Maloney has produced several world champions during his career besides Lewis. Scott Harrison and Paul Ingle were handled by Maloney, who also promoted David Haye when he became world cruiserweight champion.
The South Londoner also managed and promoted dozens of British, Commonwealth, European and International champions.
He added: "Although I loved the Lennox years, the heavyweights I loved being around were characters like Julius Francis and the late James Oyebola.
"I treated all my boxers equal in business but there were some I had a bond with, like Julius and James.
"Men like Graham Earl, Rendall Munroe, Ian Napa, Martin Power, Patrick Mullings, PJ Gallagher, Danny Hunt and Kevin Lear gave me some of my favourite nights and were fellas I bonded with.
"When I reflect back I honestly believe I started falling out of love with boxing when Paul Ingle suffered his accident in 2000.
"Throughout my career in boxing I have had a love-hate relationship with Frank Warren but I have nothing but respect for him and I leave this sport as a friend. I wish Frank and BoxNation every success.
"Without BoxNation the sport could be in serious trouble."
Maloney will split his time between Kent, where his three daughters live, and Portugal.


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One could be forgiven for thinking that there's little left to reveal about Hillary Rodham Clinton. Since she first moved into the White House and onto the world stage nearly twenty years ago, her every public utterance and action (and supposedly many private ones), along with details of her life ranging from the excruciatingly intimate to the numbingly mundane, have been recorded, disseminated, dissected, debated, fictionalized, and dramatized on celluloid. But even after living under the klieg-light scorch of media scrutiny as First Lady (eight years), senator (eight years), and now the sixty-seventh secretary of state (three years and counting), there's one very intimate detail that most people still don't know about Hillary Clinton, and which I shall divulge: She does not sweat. Literally. She does not even glow. No matter how high the heat, not a drop nor a drip nor a bead nor so much as the faintest glisten can be detected anywhere about her person.
It's an improbable physical anomaly that was cited more than once (along with superhuman stamina, uncommon thoughtfulness, and a steel-trap mind) by longtime aides and members of the press corps whom I joined this spring on a nine-day, nineteen-thousand-mile breakneck trip following Clinton—the most traveled secretary of state in history—to China, Bangladesh, and India. It is also a trait that translates directly to metaphor, and which serves her powerfully in her duties as America's chief diplomat. This was abundantly clear to anyone who witnessed the trademark sangfroid she displayed in Beijing this past May, as she met with leading Chinese officials during one of the tensest diplomatic crises between the United States and China in memory.
Our trip began on the last day of April, and by the time our five-van convoy of reporters and State Department staff arrived at Andrews Air Force Base to board the blue-and-white Boeing 757 that would carry us to China and beyond, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng had already escaped house arrest and was holed up in the U.S. embassy in Beijing. Just before we took off, minutes shy of midnight, Secretary Clinton appeared in the back of the plane, having arrived from a day of back-to-back events that included a press conference with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, a Fortune magazine reception celebrating powerful women, and a dinner for the Japanese prime minister at the National Geographic Society. "Welcome," she said, in a gracious but subdued tone. It was late and she looked spent. "I see some new faces and some old faces, and I'm saying hello now because once I close my door I will not emerge." A reporter shouted a question about the Chen situation, which Clinton deflected without missing a beat. "You know," she said, smiling, "this is such a long flight, maybe they'll have the problem all worked out by the time we land." Widening her eyes, she continued, "Maybe all the problems everywhere will be worked out by the time we land." With that, she disappeared into her quarters near the front of the plane, not to be seen until some seventeen hours later, when we refueled at Yokota Air Base, just west of Tokyo. There, shrouded in the gray morning mist, she walked the tarmac, wearing sunglasses and surrounded by staffers. She kept well away from the scrum of reporters snacking in the base's waiting room: China had just demanded that the United States apologize for spiriting Chen into its embassy, and everyone wanted to know if the fourth annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue—arguably the most important leg of this journey—would take place as scheduled, and how Clinton would respond to the dissident debacle. It seemed surreal, then, when we finally landed in Beijing, that the big Hillary Clinton story of the day, according to my Google Alerts, was that she had turned down actor Jason Segel's request to co-star with him in a movie.
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Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the site of this year's talks, is a complex of red-lacquered pagodas and traditional-style villas built under Chairman Mao in the late 1950s, on a site once favored by emperors for their holiday palaces. It is barely five miles from the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, and just off traffic-choked Chang'an Avenue, but Diaoyutai is filled with birdsong, flowering crab apple trees, carefully tended gardens, and elegant willows that weep into a limpid lake. Within its walls, the manic thrum of modern Beijing is kept at bay. So, too, judging by all appearances on the sunny day that the Strategic and Economic Dialogue began, was the Chen drama, which was unfolding in a hospital across town, where the dissident had been moved for medical treatment.
The news from home that morning was that Chen now feared for his life and for the life of his wife and child, and that he felt abandoned by the United States. The story went virtually unreported in China, where the government had banned Internet searches for words and phrases including blind man, Pearl (the name of the woman who drove Chen to safety), and even The Shawshank Redemption, a film about a prison break. On the television in my hotel room, a CNN anchor described the situation as a "pressure cooker that is going to blow," while a column buried on page five of the English-language China Daily accused Chen of holding the diplomatic talks hostage, and said that he had selfishly "blown a minor complaint completely out of proportion."
But the only thing that was blowing during the two days of talks at Diaoyutai was the wind. As the governments broached such nettlesome issues as intellectual property, tariffs, and maritime security, balmy breezes buffed the usually acrid Beijing air to a rare sparkle and filled the sky with poplar fluff that drifted onto the manicured lawns of Diaoyutai like snow. From the CEO breakfast that Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held with Chinese and U.S. CEOs, to Clinton's meeting with President Hu in the mammoth, Sino-Stalinist-style Great Hall of the People, all looked like business as usual. (A well-placed source later described the behind-the-scenes machinations as something of a "French farce," with officials from both sides sneaking into and out of back doors to meet their counterparts).
Most observers agree that it's a testament to improved diplomatic relations that the Chinese didn't cancel or scale back the meetings, given the international furor the Chen case generated and the fact that the United States had whisked the dissident into its embassy past a phalanx of Chinese security. All say it's nothing short of miraculous that the United States was able to get China to agree to Chen's wish to remain there under terms of protection set forth by the U.S. government. (Chen's second request—and the ultimate outcome—that he be permitted to study in the United States, was a much easier appeal for the Chinese to grant, China watchers say.)
According to Clinton, the swift resolution of the Chen debacle was the direct result of the intensive relationship-building that the United States and China have been engaged in during her nearly four years as secretary of state. "We were coming as people who had already experienced many hours of dialogue in many different settings and who were invested in a peaceful, cooperative relationship, so we had a personal trust," she says. "Those conversations are not just about things—they're about people, and how we listen to one another and interact with one another. Even if we saw things differently, we were not coming as strangers . . . and I think that really helped facilitate how we were able to move forward."
It also helped that Clinton is so deft with the human touch: Sources familiar with the situation say that China agreed to Chen's wishes after Clinton had an extended private conversation with Chinese state councilor Dai Bingguo, with whom she has cultivated close ties. "Their relationship is a great example of what she has been doing for the past three and a half years," says deputy assistant secretary Philippe Reines. "If Chen had been taken into the embassy on January 21, 2009, this would not have had a happy ending. She didn't yet have the personal relationships that she leaned on in this case."
It's precisely this sort of relationship-building that has compelled Clinton to travel more than 800,000 miles (she will have clocked over a million by the time she steps down, early next year) to more than one hundred countries during her time as secretary. She notes the irony that even though we live in an era of easy and instant communication, face-to-face meetings have never been more valued. "I could sit in my office and do videoconferences nearly anywhere in the world, but because that is so easy, people actually expect you to show up more, to make the effort and demonstrate the respect, to sit across the table and look eye to eye. It reflects a commitment to the relationship that you cannot get from sending an e-mail or doing a videoconference."
Traveling with Clinton is like chasing after a woman shot out of a cannon with rocket boosters strapped to her pantsuit: The world rushes past in a blur and you're catapulted into an alternate reality, one in which days are relentlessly scheduled and life seems an endless progression from one meeting, interview, press conference, or statement to another, with flights covering thousands of miles in between. "Punishing," "grueling," "exhausting," and, to a lesser degree, "fun" are the words most commonly used by her staff to describe the experience of traveling with her. Those close to her say that she benefits from the ability to sleep on command—and to draw on reserves of energy lacking in most mortals. "She's nonstop on the road, and she wears out the staff and the traveling press," says Andrew Shapiro, who worked for Clinton in the Senate and is now assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs. "She's just incredibly high-energy."
Clinton's quarters on the plane are spartan: Her private cabin has a forty-two-inch monitor on one wall, a full-length mirror on another, a bathroom, and a foldout couch that doubles as her bed. Staffers, security agents, and a few lucky reporters (not this one) who draw well in a seat lottery enjoy business class–style seats. The rest of the press fly in standard coach seats but upholstered in leather and with generous legroom and a bit more recline than on a commercial flight (there are only about forty passengers on the plane, which, when configured for commercial service, can carry more than two hundred). Everyone stays warm under thick, scratchy Air Force–issue blue wool blankets (made in the U.S.A., of course). The best thing about flying with the secretary of state is the food, which Clinton has a direct role in choosing and which included a cheeseburger with the works, tandoori chicken, and a killer coconut cream pie (beer is not on the menu, but at least a bottle or two of imported suds were served to the press corps by the nimble crew of Air Force flight attendants). The worst thing was the movies, which, perhaps to encourage staffers to keep working, included such Razzie-worthy fare as Jack and Jill, Joyful Noise, and New Year's Eve.
**What's a travel experience that has shaped you? **
"Starting in the nineties, I became acquainted with a group called the Self Employed Women's Association in India. I visited their headquarters in Gujarat and met hundreds of poor Indian women who were so beautiful. They wore saris of pinks and reds and greens and oranges and I was profoundly moved by their empowerment through this self-help organization, which enabled them to borrow a little bit of money to buy a new vegetable cart or another goat. It was all microcredit. They were crowded under a tent, and they were asking me questions about my life—where did I live? At that time, I lived in a big white house in Washington. At the end, they all stood up and sang, 'We Shall Overcome' in their language. It was one of the most moving experiences, and I saw these women not as victims but as heroines of their own lives."
Being on the road with the secretary was my first encounter with the paradoxical pleasure of masochism, my first real taste of thrilling to pain: My body was stiff in some places and sore in others from the countless hours of flying, I was exhausted from traveling through a dozen time zones, and feverish with a bug that worked its way through the back of the plane. Yet there was an undeniable thrill to speeding for miles in motorcades, along highways that had been emptied of all traffic and through the streets of Dhaka, Delhi, and Kolkata, which were lined with throngs of excited onlookers; there was something electric about having entrée to seats of government and to being within arm's reach of world leaders, and, perhaps most of all, to seeing Clinton in her less-guarded moments.
It's a tradition on these trips for the press corps to invite Clinton and her staff for an off-the-record round of drinks, giving the reporters an opportunity to put down their notepads and the secretary a chance to let down her hair. In Kolkata, she, a few of her advisers, and new U.S. ambassador to India Nancy Powell joined a handful of us in the darkly paneled club lounge of the Taj hotel, where, over a selection of Indian hors d'oeuvres served by a white-gloved waiter, she shared her views on a range of topics, from Syria to Chen. Though news outlets earlier this year used a photograph of Clinton on the dance floor of a Colombian nightclub to portray her as a party animal, she was a cheap date that evening, ordering just one of the hotel's signature cumin-infused non-alcoholic cocktails.
Much has been written about Clinton's sense of humor, but apart from her good-natured embrace of this spring's "Texts from Hillary" spoof and a June video of her donning purple cat's-eye glasses and Mardi Gras beads to swear in an assistant secretary, evidence of her lighter side is in short supply. She has a tendency to batten down the hatches of her personality when she is on the record—or on the spot. But freed of any concern about how her words might be used, Clinton reveals a finely honed sense of irony and sharp comic instinct that are a delightful deviation from the carefully controlled persona she most often shows the world. She can be slightly naughty, but not in a ribald sense, and has a knack for doing impressions to hilarious effect. Perhaps most surprising, for someone who has said more than once that she learned to keep her own counsel from an early age, she is refreshingly open in the way she makes fun of some of the personal challenges she has faced, and lets all of us in on the joke. During a town hall gathering in Kolkata, for instance, in which the moderator warned her that Indians are argumentative, Clinton remarked that she and her husband have a great affection for India, "maybe because we're a little argumentative ourselves from time to time."
If it were graphed, Clinton's trajectory over the past two decades could serve as the blueprint for an epic amusement park ride, with heights that thrill and hurtling descents that strike terror. She has gone from being a polarizing figure who was vilified during her husband's presidency (for, among other things, her failed campaign to provide universal health care) to being named the woman most admired in the world by Americans ten years in a row, according to Gallup polls. Some attribute her popularity to the fact that, in her nonpartisan role as secretary, she has removed herself from politics. "She's not criticizing Congress anymore, so people have warmed up to her," says one journalist who follows her regularly, adding, "I like her. She's the kind of person you'd want to invite to your house for a beer." Others say her appeal stems from her sheer doggedness in advancing U.S. interests throughout the world and the apparent pleasure she takes in getting into the fray. But whatever the alchemy behind it, her popularity is undeniable and extends well beyond our borders. In Bangladesh, which Clinton visited with her daughter, Chelsea, in 1995, well-wishers lined the dusty roadway from the airport to our hotel in chaotic central Dhaka, and large signs had been posted with greetings such as "Heartiest Welcome to Our Genuine and Lifelong Friend." There were a couple of photos of students burning a smiling Clinton in effigy in the morning paper, but the majority of local coverage on this three-country trip was overwhelmingly positive—no small feat for a woman who comes to this corner of the world proclaiming a gospel of democracy, human rights, and independence from Iranian oil.
The food is great but the creature comforts relatively few (a sleeper sofa—and no shower—for the secretary of state?).
"Even the Pakistanis love her," said a wire reporter who has covered four secretaries of state. "The people and the government. And they hate the United States. You could argue whether or not her popularity advances diplomatic objectives, but you can't argue that foreign governments are much more willing to receive a message from her, even if that message is, 'Fuck you, you're not doing what we want you to do.' " We were in the press room of Kolkata's imposing Writers' Building, the seat of the West Bengal government and former staff quarters for the British East India Company, waiting for Clinton to finish her meeting with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, whose recent election ended thirty years of Communist rule in this state of ninety-one million. "I mean look at this!" the reporter said, gesturing to the televisions around the room, each tuned to a different channel. "She's all over the TV. With other secretaries, it was never like this."
Clinton guesses that her popularity stems from a combination of factors. For one, she represents the United States, which, "despite all of the criticism and other issues, people still admire." Another reason is that she went to work for the man against whom she battled fiercely for the presidency and who dealt her a stunning defeat. "They find that just amazing. Why would he ask me and why would I say yes? Because we both love our country and democracy, and in a time of great challenge, people need to commit to their country and to their fellow human beings. I think that resonates with some people," she says.
Clinton uses the spotlight that follows her to draw attention to the causes she champions. She worked on child-welfare issues early in her legal career but has consistently sought to bring the plight of women to the fore, ever since she gave an impassioned speech as First Lady at a 1995 United Nations women's conference in Beijing. In it, she railed against rape, murder, torture, and other forms of violence against women, declaring forcefully—and famously—that "human rights are women's rights . . . and women's rights are human rights, once and for all."
The chief reason for Clinton's stop in Kolkata—the first visit by any U.S. secretary of state—was to meet with Banerjee. But before she did, Clinton spent more than an hour at an event that showcased groups working to combat sex trafficking and to rehabilitate women who have been sold into slavery (some fifty girls a day in West Bengal alone). As soon as we entered the lobby of Kolkata's strikingly modern Indian Council for Cultural Relations, a group of seven former sex workers taking part in a program to heal their trauma through movement performed a slow, affecting dance while singing a haunting song in Hindi. Clinton stood rapt as the women's clarion voices filled the soaring space. When the women had finished, she approached them, her hands clasped tightly before her. "That was wonderful," she told them quietly, smiling broadly and slowly taking each one of them in, as if she had all the time in the world. "It was just gorgeous. I'm very proud of you."
It was a revelation to see the impact Clinton's presence had on all the women at the event. "We are very empowered now. You come, so we are very, very happy," a wide-eyed woman from one of the anti-trafficking groups told Clinton haltingly, trembling with excitement. "You are a very big gift!" There was no doubt that Clinton's presence brought visibility to their work, but as a witness she also brought a powerful validation to their cause, and—for women who were sold into sex slavery when they were as young as nine years old—perhaps to their very lives. "This issue has no place in a modern India," she told the NGO workers soberly before leaving. "The entire society should be committed to ridding the country of this scourge. So keep it up! Do not grow weary, because you have lots of allies and supporters and cheerleaders from afar who care deeply about your mission."
Clinton grew up in suburban Chicago, and during her youth, her travels were limited mostly to summer trips to the lakeside cottage her grandfather had built in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains, where she remembers taking bucket baths outdoors and her father teaching her to shoot. "I never traveled much as a child," Clinton said, her vowels as flat as the American plains. "My travels started when I was a young adult. Travel teaches you a lot about yourself. You learn how flexible you need to be, how adaptable you are—or not. Something always goes wrong. You can't get your panic button pushed. You've got to just go with the flow and enjoy the experience. That has been a gift to me."
She made her first trip to Europe fresh out of law school in 1973, on a vacation to England with then-boyfriend Bill Clinton, who wanted to share with her the places he'd discovered during his time as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. Though she still recalls the beauty of England's Lake District almost forty years later, it wasn't enough to get her to accept her future husband's hand the first time he asked for it, on the shores of Ennerdale lake (the couple would marry in two years).
She may have begun her travels later than some, but Clinton made up for lost time during her eight years as First Lady, keeping her schedulers busy on visits to more than eighty countries, meeting with world leaders including Benazir Bhutto, Václav Havel, Hosni Mubarak, and Robert Mugabe (whose incessant giggling she found deeply troubling). Along the way, she even learned from her Secret Service minders to pinch her arms and dig her nails into her palms to combat the effects of jet lag, so she could get through official engagements with her eyes open.
Of course, for most of her life, Clinton's travels have been not so much about seeing the world as they have been working to help shape it, and she has long found herself in the bizarre position of traveling to some of its most remote and interesting corners and staying in the nicest room in town (her suite at the Taj hotel in Delhi had thirteen rooms, including a gym and a study) but never having the time to enjoy any of it. Over the nine days of our trip, a visit to Kolkata's imposing Victoria Memorial Hall to see an exhibit by Bengali painter Gaganendranath Tagore was the single cultural stop. The time allotted by her schedulers to view more than one hundred works on display in the sprawling monument and museum: twenty minutes.
It was a lesson in speed sightseeing, as Clinton powered through the collection of dreamscape watercolors and political cartoons, asking the curator alternately about the art ("Do you have good archival storage?"), the artist ("Is this how he made his living?"), and the monument ("How many people did it take to build this?"); and never pausing before any of the works for more than a few moments. The only hint during the trip that the pace had taken a toll on her came as she went to sign the guest book at the end of the tour. "I have no idea what day it is," she said, her pen poised above the page. "I've lost track of time."
An exclusive look at Kevin Doyle's 19,000-mile trip with the most traveled secretary of state in history.
After seeing firsthand that Clinton's life is one of perpetual motion, it came as no surprise when she told me that she never has time to slow down and savor a destination. "This job is so intense. I have to fight to go to a place like the Victoria Memorial Hall because I could fill all of my time with official meetings and I would miss the chance to see anything of the culture or anything that would give me a broader feel." Fortunately, she says, there are occasional exceptions. One of her favorites was on a recent trip to Mexico's Los Cabos, for an informal brainstorming session of G20 foreign ministers. "My friend the foreign minister of Mexico asked if we wanted to go whale watching, and we all said yes, so she flew us an hour and fifteen minutes north, where we went out in little boats to a lagoon where the Eastern Pacific gray whales mate and are calved. It was so much fun and a great bonding experience. I was in the boat with the ministers from the United Arab Emirates and Turkey and Canada and Germany and Mexico. I mean, you can't plan that—you have to be together—and it was great."
But when asked to share some of the memorable places she's been privy to as First Lady or as the top U.S. diplomat, she is, well, diplomatic. "Wow, I'll have to get back to you on that one—I'm kind of blanking. I've been to so many places."
I try to jog her memory: "Remember the Bangladeshi opposition leader's house—the one that was decorated entirely in white, so that it looked like the inside of an igloo?"
"Remember that mammoth chandelier that looked like melting wax antlers? Like Austin Powers at the North Pole on an acid trip?"
"Yes, I do remember that!" she said, with a smile wide enough to contain the State Department. But she did not take the bait.
Then, in the next breath, she had an answer: "I'll tell you a place! I've visited the emperor and empress of Japan several times. They are two of the loveliest people you will ever meet, and I am very fond of them. Each time, they have taken me into their private quarters for tea. It's so calm. You sit in this minimalist Japanese room, looking out at the gardens—it's so peaceful and restorative. I spend most of my time with the empress, who is one of my favorite people in the world. I'm always grateful after I've had the chance to be with them."
Meetings with regular folks are a hallmark of Clinton's tenure, and she often holds a town-hall style interview ("townterviews," her staff have dubbed them) in the countries she visits. Any question is fair game, and these gatherings can be attended by hundreds of people drawn from a cross section of the society, including students and nongovernmental groups.
On this trip, Clinton held town halls in both Bangladesh and India. She was the picture of cool during these events, and her voluble replies revealed a jaw-dropping breadth of knowledge as she spoke extemporaneously on issues ranging from the recent murder of a Bangladeshi labor activist (weaving the history of American organized labor into her response) to terrorism in Pakistan, and answered charges that America does nothing to curb Israel's human rights abuses.
Clinton announced in January that she would be leaving her post at the beginning of next year, even if President Obama is reelected, saying that she was ready to step down from the "high wire of American politics." The Washington rumor mill promptly began speculating on everything from a Biden-Clinton switcheroo to Clinton challenging Obama in the primaries. But she has consistently denied any presidential ambitions and says that she's looking forward to returning to private life. Although when asked in Kolkata how long the world will have to wait for a female U.S. president, she replied, "I hope it's not a long, long way to go. I really want to see that in my lifetime."
Spend enough time with Clinton and you might conclude that she has a handy and sometimes well-worn answer for almost any query that comes her way. Which is why her reaction to a question at the town hall event in Bangladesh was memorable. When a young man in the audience asked Clinton whether it's true that the United States is anti-Muslim, her smile evaporated and her hand covered her heart. She looked literally pained. "Oh, that hurts me," she said. "That hurts me so much. Honestly." Her discomfort was palpable, her sincerity striking. The sudden display of feeling was so outside the realm of what people expect from her that it actually evoked a few nervous laughs from people seated in the auditorium.
How does the world differ today from when you were your daughter's age?
"I came of age in what was still a bipolar world. It was the Soviet Union and communism versus the United States and freedom. So the mind-set was very clear as to whose side we were on and what we needed to do. You were either with us or you were against us. If you said you were with us, we would do all kinds of things for you. Now we form partnerships with China on piracy, we work with Russia on Afghanistan. We still have disagreements with countries, we are still engaged in competition—economically and politically—for influence, but we live in this interdependent world where we have to work hard every day to create those opportunities for cooperation. We have to do what I said was our goal in China, which all the Chinese leaders quoted back to me: We have to do what is unprecedented in world history, where a predominant power and a rising power figure out a way to work together."
Clinton went on to tell the largely Muslim audience that, human nature being what it is, prejudice can be found throughout the world, and then eloquently made the case that the United States does more than any other nation to protect the rights of all people to practice their faith. It was just the sort of thoughtful, multi-layered reply that one would expect from a highly skilled lawyer, two-term senator, and seasoned secretary of state. But there was more to her answer than just the answer: There was Hillary Clinton the woman who helped form the NATO and Arab States coalition that toppled the Gaddafi regime, the woman who did not tell even her husband about the plan to assassinate Osama bin Laden until after the terrorist was dead; there she was in her glasses, without a lick of makeup, her much-maligned hair looking like the afterthought of an afterthought, patiently taking whatever question the audience tossed her way. It certainly appeared in that moment that this is what keeps her going—that dialogue between the United States and other nations is a big part of her job, but that an exchange between her, as a representative of the United States, and the citizens of other nations matters every bit as much to her as high-flying statecraft.
"She obviously does traditional diplomacy, but she also has a profound understanding that world events are moved just as powerfully now from the bottom up," says State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. "She can connect on a human level, and when she does it in a televised setting, the people in their living rooms have a better understanding of what it is we share, what it is we want. She's got a powerful sense of what showing up produces in terms of American interests, and it's not just showing up to talk to governments."
"I think where there has been more travel, there is greater understanding," says Clinton. "There may not be agreement—we may still believe that the political system of another country is wrong or the way women are treated is not acceptable—but we get closer to seeing the world through somebody else's eyes, and I really believe that's an essential step not only for diplomats and other government officials but for business people and for American citizens, because it helps us get perspective. It's also reinforcing that, despite the differences, there are fundamental human similarities. We cry over tragedies, we yearn for freedom, we want our dignity respected. So I think travel is both broadening and opening."
She was most recently struck by the similarities we share, she said, on a trip to Libya last October, after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. "I went to the university, and it was so heartening because there were these hip, young, good-looking women and men who wanted the same things that I hear from young people everywhere, including in our country: to get an education, to make a living, to express themselves, to connect on social media. It was one of those moments of recognition that I may be in Tripoli, but I could be in Jakarta or Brasília or New York. It was both the uniqueness of the situation and the universality of the human experience that travel can often reinforce. I'm reminded of that everywhere I go."
Doyle clocked 18,832 miles on his trip, but that's nothing compared to the mileage of the most- traveled secretary of state in U.S. history. At press time, here's how far she's gone in her three-and- a-half-year tenure.
Miles: More than 800,000 (more than 33 times the circumference of the earth).
Average number of countries visited annually: 50.
Total travel time: Over 1,800 hours (about 76 days).
From Clinton's perspective, travel is far more than a diversion or even a way to broaden our horizons. To the secretary of state, it is nothing less than diplomacy. "I think every time Americans go abroad, they are representing their country, whether they choose to or not. And it matters," she said. "I remember growing up in the time of the 'ugly American,' and I think we've outgrown that. It's terrible to generalize, but people do, so if you're an American traveling and you are rude or ridiculously demanding or abusive, it's not just you—person. It's you—American. We are in a competition for the future. A competition for future customers: Are people going to buy our planes, our tractors, our widgets—or somebody else's? We're in a competition for influence: Are they going to listen to our values or somebody else's? We are all in a competition and we're all on the same team. We're on the American team."
On the last day of the trip, I met Clinton for the magazine's photo shoot at New Delhi's tomb of the sixteenth-century emperor Humayun, a masterpiece of Mogul architecture that was a precursor (by nearly a hundred years) to the Taj Mahal. Surrounded by gardens, the tomb is constructed of red sandstone that glowed in the early light and is capped with an enormous white marble dome that towers above it all. Madam Secretary showed up in the steamy morning air metamorphosed from a no-nonsense diplomat into an honest-to-goodness cover girl, clad in linen and silk.
There was no talk of oil or sanctions or Iran that morning, just the photographer giving directions and Clinton laughing and joking as much as she was posing. "What can you do with an airbrush?" she asked the photographer. "Can you take off ten years? On second thought, you don't need to take off ten years. Just take off three years—and ten pounds!" Someone was blasting her with a leaf blower, someone else was dashing into the frame to paint her lips or powder her nose. Through it all, Clinton was the consummate good sport, and through it all, the mercury was inching up. She went wherever she was directed, up a perilously steep flight of steps in her heels, striding across a vast stone courtyard as the sun climbed higher. "Just one more here, and now how about over here, and now over there," the photographer chanted.
By the end of the shoot, it was not yet ten and Clinton had six more appointments—including a working breakfast, a visit with embassy staff, and a meeting with India's foreign minister—before our flight back to Washington at two.
On her way out of the tomb complex to her waiting car, she signed the guest book, thanked the custodians, and, while still in motion, glanced toward me. "I'll see you later," she said with a wink as she breezed by. It was ninety-five degrees. Her staff, the photo crew, and I were wilting in the heat. But as she headed to the next meeting on her schedule, Hillary Clinton looked every bit as cool as that white marble dome.


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Weather Blog: Strong storms, heavy downpours possible
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! Warm and humid weather will come to an end over the next 24 hours, but not before showers and thunderstorms rumble ahead of a cold front. In today's blog we discuss severe weather chances, storm impacts, and when cooler and less humid weather returns.
Let's start with an overview of the severe weather risk for southeast Wisconsin on Tuesday-Tuesday night. The Storm Prediction Center's(SPC) convective outlook is shown below. All of Wisconsin is included in a 'slight risk' for seeing severe storms. The threat looks highest from midday through Tuesday evening.
The highest impact from thunderstorms will be heavy downpours and locally heavy rain. Any thunderstorm that occurs will have the potential to drop 0.50"+ rain in a very short period of time. We will need to watch this closely because any storms that linger over an area for 30 minutes or more could easily drop 1"+ of rain. Locations that get hit by multiple thunderstorms may also finish with rain totals over 1".
The showers and thunderstorms will likely occur in two rounds. The first should arrive closer to midday or early afternoon. The second would line up near a cold front this evening. The GFS computer model forecast is shown below. The map is valid at 10pm Tuesday evening. The green and blue colors represent rainfall in a 3 hour window. This forecast map is advertising totals of 0.25"-1" in southern Wisconsin.
The development of round 2 shown below will hinge on the atmosphere recovering after showers/storms move through early Tuesday afternoon. Right now, there is some question on the intensity and overall coverage of thunderstorms this evening.
After the showers and thunderstorms clear the area Tuesday evening/night, a cooler and less humid stretch of weather will take hold. The WPC surface forecast map below shows high pressure building into the upper Midwest by late Wednesday. This will push daytime highs back to the 70s on Thursday and Friday with lots of sunshine. Nearly perfect summer weather is ahead!
Until we get to that nice stretch of weather keep an eye out for storms today and this evening. If you take a weather photo we would love to see it! Please email it to email@example.com and the picture will automatically post to WISN.com! You can also post your weather photos to the Wisconsin Weather Updates Facebook page.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
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As Jewish holiday after-parties go, the one the Rolling Stones threw post-Shavuot has to rank right up there (though Mimouna probably still tops it). Ha'avanim Hamitgalgalot, as Mick Jagger dubbed his band, brought much-needed levity to 50,000 in Tel Aviv, and in a greater sense to all of Israel. And they inspired me to compile a playlist of my favourite songs by Jewish artists:
• Sweet Jane, Lou Reed: In my mind, there are two kinds of Velvet Underground songs: the subversive tracks that require listeners to be in a very specific mood to "get," and Sweet Jane, which is always just right.
• Ophelia, Robbie Robertson: My father has probably bought fewer than 10 albums for himself since I was a kid. But one of them was The Band's Greatest Hits (a double-tape). People say all kinds of things about Robertson as a band mate, but no one denies his musicianship. To understand why, just watch him rock this song in The Last Waltz.
• (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman, Carole King: Aretha Franklin made it a hit, but I prefer the songwriter's stripped-down, piano-only version. King's voice adds an entirely new layer of vulnerability to Aretha's interpretation.
• Started From the Bottom, Drake: I'm not ashamed to admit I think this is a cool track. I am, however, a little ashamed to note it took me a while to realize I was listening to the edited-for-radio version.
• A Long December, Adam Duritz: One Friday afternoon in 1997, a pre-Shabbat entertainer cancelled his scheduled appearance at Baycrest hospital in Toronto, and a group of students from Or Chaim high school was thrust into emergency duty. This is what we sang.
• Stay (I Missed You), Lisa Loeb: It's the song my daughter falls sleep to every night. Enough said.
• Last Nite, The Strokes: Guitarist Nick Valensi sets the tone with the opening double-C riff (and he's Jewish). The Strokes' debut album saved the world from bubblegum-pop overload in the fall of 2001.
• The Ballad of El Goodo, Alex Chilton: The eponymous protagonist affirms life gets tough sometimes, but ultimately it's what you make of it – and that God will help you out. By the end of the song, you can't help but feel at least a little bit better.
• "You Know I'm No Good," Amy Winehouse. The British singer-songwriter was a phenomenal talent and never shy about her personal demons. This song is a case in point: A catchy, neo-soul number with the chorus "I cheated myself, like I knew I would. I told you I was trouble, you know I'm no good."
• I am Trying to Break Your Heart, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco's lead singer and songwriter, told The A.V. Club in 2009, "I wish I was Jewish," so I'll allow this one. When Wilco streamed this track and the album it opens online for free in 2001, it signalled a coming change to the way we consume music.
So there you have it, my 10 favourite songs by or featuring Jewish (and "Je-wishing") musicians. Obviously, I left out a lot of great talent – Bob Dylan, Joey Ramone, The Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Steven Page, Miami Boys Choir and so many more. Share your list at [email protected]


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This board includes a TI MSP430F149 microcontroller running an open TCP/IP stack and simple webserver developed by Andreas Dannenberg. The original SLAA137 Application Note and Source Code describing the implementation can be downloaded from the Texas Instruments web site.
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Every week, John Salley, onetime Bad Boy and currently the arachnoid half of the Spider and the Henchman podcast, will regale us with an amusing and occasionally salacious story from his playing days. Today: Kevin Loughery, basketball's Brad Childress.
I'm playing for the Miami Heat. Kevin Loughery and I are not seeing eye to eye. I don't like his coaching skills. I don't think he's a good coach. I don't respect him. Any time I see him now, it's cordial. But I'm just being honest. He wasn't my type of dude. I liked Chuck Daly. Days I didn't feel like playing, he'd go, "Don't let me down," and so I didn't let him down. He told me, "John, you can lose your whole career, and play 20 years, and they'd go, Man, you had a great career. When I retire, they'll judge me only on L's and W's." I busted my ass for him. But if you don't like the motherfucker ... ?
So they finally fire Kevin Loughery, and it's weird. They promote Alvin Gentry, who's his assistant, and it's crazy because the only person who's gone is the head coach. Everybody else is there, and you're constantly looking around the corner for the old coach to come out, because that's who you know as your head coach.
Alvin had to be cool with everybody because he was the buffer with the head coach. Now your buffer is the head coach, but you still talk to him like he's the assistant. It's just a weird feeling. Plus, as soon as the head coach is fired, it really hits you that there's no job security.
So now think about this: Kevin Loughery is gone. That's the only difference. Alvin has not changed the fucking plays — the same plays that were shitty when Loughery was around. The players are the same. And, somehow, we're playing better [Ed. note: The team was 17-29 under Loughery and 15-21 under Gentry]. What is it? It has to be something. Maybe it's that knowing the owner is ready to chop heads, motherfuckers start playing better.
The above is adapted from the "Spider Stories" segment on the Spider and the Henchman podcast. Follow John and his podcast on Twitter: @thejohnsalley and @spiderandhench. Subscribe on iTunes.


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Chainz was reportedly sentenced to an 18-month drug diversion program. A felony drug possession charge was reportedly dropped. The misdemeanor charge is reportedly set to be dropped if the rapper completes the 18-month program.
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In February 2013, 2 Chainz was arrested in Maryland for possession of marijuana. The rapper was acquitted in April.
Earlier today, 2 Chainz released Freebase, the rapper's most recent project.
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Sorry: link as per here:http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,118440.0.html
From the page:Hello, this is a tweaked Arduino IDE, hope you enjoy it! If it works for you please leave a comment.Download (2012-12-13):setup_Arduino_ERW_1.0.3_20121213.zip (exe, no-java)Less than 40 mb, for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7/8 (x86/x64), Requires .Net Framework 4.0 and nothing else required at all, no other app, package, drivers, just your arduino and brain. Want to keep me interested on improving our arduino experience?, so buy me a coffee/pepsi
Well that is a 'tweaked IDE by a 3rd party, not an official arduino IDE release that one downloads from the Arduino site.
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