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Editor's note: Photojournalist Kael Alford spent 10 months covering the invasion of Iraq and its immediate aftermath in 2003-2004. She returned this summer to report this Photoblog series. (This post includes a graphic image)
By Kael Alford
The question Americans ask me most often about Iraq is how have the lives of Iraqis changed due to the war? Have we helped them? Are they enjoying more freedom of expression, more security, more prosperity and a brighter future thanks to the U.S. intervention?
Those are tough questions that defy "yes" or "no" answers. But over the next seven days, I will offer some insight into the status of Iraq and its people through a series of vignettes, profiles and photos that I reported in June and July of this year.
Kael Alford / Panos Pictures
Smoke from burning oil drifts over the Euphrates River as seen from the Highway to Falluja. Shortly after the U.S. invasion, oil pipelines and infrastructure became targets of sabotage by Iraqi insurgents.
There are many ways to quantify the price the U.S. paid for the invasion and occupation of Iraq:
• Nearly 4,500 Americans killed and scores of thousands of veterans' lives forever transformed by lost limbs, traumatic brain injuries and life-changing psychological impacts.
• The financial costs: more than $800 billion and counting for the U.S. war itself, and a huge burden on the veterans' health-care system for many years to come.
But those calculations only begin to tell the story, and they don't take into consideration the flip side of the equation: What about Iraqis?
A conservative estimate is that 100,000 Iraqis have been killed as a result of violence since the invasion and some informed estimates put those numbers much higher. The civil war that followed the invasion has abated though lower levels of sectarian and politically motivated violence continue.
Since the American deposition of Saddam Hussein indicators of Iraqi well-being show some improvements but paint a mixed picture. The future of democracy in Iraq is tenuous and much depends on what happens next. I reported in Iraq this summer seeking a more nuanced perspective from Iraqis themselves.
Courtesy of Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
Photojournalist Kael Alford in Najaf, Iraq, August 2003, during battles between U.S. forces and the Jaish Al-Mehdi.
When I left Iraq in 2004, foreign journalists and aid workers were being targeted by groups ranging from nationalist militias to home grown groups affiliated with al-Qaida.
The violence later expanded to include Iraqi journalists, politicians, doctors, college professors and professors and everyday citizens, who were subjected to kidnappings, sectarian murders and massive bombings.
When I returned this summer, the violence had diminished but was once again climbing. On the morning of my arrival in Baghdad, a loud explosion shook me awake. At first I thought it was a nightmare, but a characteristic second explosion a few minutes later confirmed I wasn't dreaming. The target was a Turkish restaurant across the street from the compound where I was staying. No motive was known, and luckily no one was injured at that early hour. A week later, even the shattered glass of the nearby windows had been replaced and life returned to normal.
There were other incidents during my stay, including the murder of an American professor who was contracted by USAID to cultivate entrepreneurial education at Baghdad University. He was killed when his convoy was struck by a car bomb. And the violence has increased steadily since I left Iraq in July.
Sami, a veteran of the Iran-Iraq war who drove me while I reported, never left his car unattended for fear that an infamous "sticky" bomb might be placed under the carriage. I limited my time in each location and didn't return to the same place often or follow any discernable routines. Taking photos on the street usually brought the attention of Iraqi police, who -- anxious about any form of surveillance -- detained me and pored over my documents.
I rarely walked outdoors in public except in areas we knew well, and could count the number of western journalists in Baghdad on two hands. Other than journalists and one freelance human rights observer I knew, no foreign diplomats or aid workers ventured outdoors without heavily armed escorts. A young American embassy worker I met in the "Green Zone" -- the heavily fortified village of bureaucrats and politicians where the remaining American officials reside and the Iraqi government does its business -- called all of Iraq outside the fortified compound the "Red Zone." I never ran into trouble, but each journey felt like a safari into unknown territory because security in Iraq is always in flux. You're safe, until you're not.
But in the midst of this troubled landscape, I also was met with kindness and hospitality.
I can't count the number of times Iraqis welcomed me into their homes, offices, conferences, shops and restaurants and told me their stories. With only a few exceptions, people were eager to share their experiences with an American journalist and to host a foreign guest. These visits always happened behind closed doors, away from the watchful eyes of the street.
Kael Alford / Panos Pictures
Pilgrims pass through Firdos Square, Baghdad, June 2011, as viewed from the Palestine Hotel. Firdos Square was where U.S. Marines famously toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein with the help of a tank on the day they arrived in central Baghdad on April 9, 2003. The Palestine hotel stands behind blast walls. The hotel housed foreign journalists during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The hotel became a target for terrorist attacks in the years during the U.S. occupation when foreign journalists and contractors stayed at the hotel which was struck by a massive bombing in 2007. The hotel has recently been renovated in the summer of 2011 and is now open for business.
One family I most wanted to find again, I had never spoken to. All I had was a photograph I'd made in March 2003, in the neighborhood of Shoala on the outskirts of Baghdad, during the initial American air campaign. In the picture, three men cried over the body of an 8-year-old girl lying on a slab of marble in the back room of a mosque. She had been killed when an explosion ripped through a market where she was shopping with her family –apparently caused by an American missile gone awry.
I returned to the Shoala market on the last day of my trip and showed the photograph to the first person we saw, who happened to be the doctor who pronounced the girl dead. Hours later I was sitting in the living room of those men in my picture. We looked at each other as if we all might be ghosts. They begged me for copies all the images I had of that day. They wanted to know, did I have any photographs of their mother? She was also killed in the attack, along with a sister-in-law.
Kael Alford / Panos Pictures
Ahmer, Ali and Mohammed Al-Mousewi with the body of their 8-year-old sister Zahra who was killed in a missile strike on an outdoor market in Shoala, Iraq, March 28, 2003. The brothers' mother and sister-in-law were also killed. The attack left more than 50 people dead, according to Iraqi officials. Journalists for the Independent Newspaper in the U.K. have uncovered strong evidence that suggests the bombing was a U.S. missile gone astray during the U.S. air campaign that preceded the American invasion of Iraq.
They brought a 9-year-old into the room, their niece who had survived the blast as an infant, sheltered by the body of her dead mother. The girl's ice blue eyes tore the fabric of time, her young body counting the years that had passed since that day.
One brother asked if I could help find a doctor who might treat his daughter with a speech defect caused by a palate malformation that no doctors in Iraq could repair. "She is a girl, and in Iraq girls with defects do not find husbands," he said. Before I left their house, the men asked Sami if he'd make a photograph of me and the family together, in a gesture that said our lives, however distant, are connected.
In the week ahead I will share other scenes like this, drawn from a tenuous, hospitable and resilient country. As the last American troops leave Iraqi soil, the future of our relationship with Iraq begins a new chapter.
Editor's note: This project was supported by a Knight Luce Fellowship for Reporting on Global Religion.
More from the series:
Introduction: As U.S. withdraws, the people speak
For 'the Sheik,' U.S. pullout is cause for alarm
Patchwork electrical grid a symbol of country's disconnects
A new day for culture and consumer goods
For women, freedoms under fire
Suspicious minds in a squatters' camp
Colonel helped with the 'Surge,' then his past came calling
Related stories:
Koppel: Is the U.S. really leaving Iraq?
Engel: A look at the US bases, Iraqi troops and other legacies of the US presence


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If you're lucky enough to have a sunroom in your home, you're likely thinking of ways that you can utilize it on a regular basis. It can be difficult to relax and unwind in a sunroom that lacks a tranquil interior. If you haven't put the time and effort into choosing window treatments, wall decor and cozy furnishings for the space, it likely doesn't appeal to you as much as it could.
That being said, you don't have to go to extreme lengths to turn this into a sanctuary in your home. With radiant floor heating, accent decorations and the right curtains, you can look forward to using this area on a frequent basis. Here are some tips to help you get started.
1. Install warm floors.
While you might think that the natural light flowing into your sunroom is enough to keep the space warm, it's important to note that the large number of windows may make it more difficult to retain heat. With this in mind, your sunroom could benefit from a flooring system that creates radiant heat - and who can deny the comfort it provides underfoot?
2. Take your time choosing window treatments.
Because there are several windows in your sunroom, you'll want to put a little effort into choosing the window treatments for your space. After all, you'll be looking at them everywhere you turn! For privacy and light control, you might want to consider blinds or shades that can be easily opened or closed. Drapes can be installed to create an elegant, chic look in the room.
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Contact: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary (202-523-5725)
Commissioner Rebecca F. Dye's final report and recommendations for action in the Commission's Fact Finding Investigation No. 26, Vessel Capacity and Equipment Availability in the United States Export and Import Trades, were accepted at the December 8, 2010 Commission meeting. The final report concluded that although capacity conditions in the U.S. trades have stabilized, certain underlying problems revealed during the Commission's investigation should be addressed. The Report also concluded that the most effective long-term solutions to the commercial problems experienced by U.S. exporters and importers this year will be developed by ocean carriers working closely with their customers within a framework organized by the Commission.
Commissioner Dye stated, "I want to personally thank the many U.S. exporters, importers, ocean transportation intermediaries, ocean carriers and other transportation officials who committed their time and resources to this investigation. We look forward to their continued voluntary participation as we build on the collaborative work conducted under the Fact Finding to strengthen the business relationships between ocean carriers and their customers and increase supply chain reliability."
The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 contained confidential contracting provisions that changed the way ocean carriers and their shipper customers conduct business. Currently, 99 percent of the cargo carried in the U.S. transpacific trade is carried under service contracts. Recent tensions between ocean carriers and their customers resulting from vessel capacity and equipment shortages revealed a lack of mutual understanding between the parties regarding their contractual obligations.
The Commission adopted the following recommendations that will build on the relationships established during the Investigation and are designed to engage ocean carriers and their customers in an intense effort to improve the U.S. international ocean shipping system.
Rapid Response Teams: The Commission established Rapid Response Teams ("RRTs") to provide prompt solutions for commercial disputes between shippers and carriers. There are currently 16 carriers committed to participate in this Commission program. Participating lines pledged that they will continue to participate in this program organized by the Commission's Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services, and respond to specific concerns within 24 hours.
Shippers involved in disputes with an ocean carrier or intermediary can contact our Rapid Response Teams through the Commission's website. If the shipper identifies a problem as urgent, the Commission's staff will, as soon as possible, contact the designated carrier representative of the carrier involved. The RRT process is a confidential Commission service and information provided by shippers and carriers is not disclosed to other Commission offices or other third parties.
International Ocean Transportation Working Group: The Commission will form a working group with ocean carriers, shippers, and ocean transportation intermediaries that will focus attention on the most pressing issues revealed during the Investigation. Participation will be voluntary and will be supported by Commission-trained facilitators. Subcommittees will be formed based on the issue to be explored.
The first Working Group subcommittees will be organized to allow participants to develop:
The findings and recommendations were based on more than 170 interviews with a wide variety of companies and organizations involved in international ocean shipping, a series of "best-practices discussion pairs" between shippers and carriers, and internet-based collaborative efforts concerning solutions to container availability.
The Commission strongly encourages shippers, ocean transportation intermediaries, and ocean carriers to contact the Commission's Rapid Response Teams with commercial disputes that need immediate attention. The Commission also encourages the shipping public to contact the Commission's Secretary to participate in the International Ocean Transportation Working Group or the International Container Availability Work Groups.
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is the independent federal agency responsible for regulating the nation's international ocean transportation for the benefit of exporters, importers, and the American consumer. The FMC's mission is to foster a fair, efficient, and reliable international ocean transportation system while protecting the public from unfair and deceptive practices.
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C)WHERETHEREISJURISDICTIONOVERPEOPLE'SBEHAVIOR—("INDIANCOUNTRY"BUTWHERETHEREISNOREMAININGLANDWHEREWATERCOULDBEPUTTOBENEFICIALUSE.)CANTHEAUTHORITYTO"REGULATE"PEOPLE'SBEHAVIORBECONVERTEDINTOAPROPERTYRIGHT?THEPOWERTOTAXORREGULATEOTHERS'PROPERTYISNOTTHESAMEASTHEPOWERTOOWNIT.AND,ITISEVENMORECOMPLICATEDWHEREITISNOTAPRIORAPPROPRIATIONSYSTEM,BUTRATHER,ARIPARIANSYSTEMWHEREEVERYONESHARESSHORTAGES.INTHATCASE,WHATISTHETRIBE'SSHARE?INDIAN WATER RIGHTSGeneral
•Winters–water implied as part of Reservation
•Lands set aside for tribes
–Protect tribes and members from settlement
–Assimilation (agrarian society)
•Western U.S. –appropriation
–Priority in time
–Beneficial use (quantification)
–U.S. deference to state lawINDIAN WATER RIGHTSOklahoma Pre-Statehood
•Removal/patents and other treatiesINDIAN WATER RIGHTSOklahoma Original Tribal AreasINDIAN WATER RIGHTSOklahoma Pre-Statehood 1890 Organic Act -Two Territories
Congress Organic Act –I.T. to follow Arkansas common law = riparian right to reasonable use
1890 O.T. riparian right to natural flow
1897 And 1905 O.T. appropriation lawState Water SystemsAppropriationRiparian
•Water treated as a commodity, severed from land
•Divert water from course
•Apply to "beneficial use"
•Quantified & Dated
•Like mining claims, based on "use it or lose it" and "first in time, first in right"
•Use need not be appurtenant to source
•Scarcity —No Sharing
•Based on land ownership
•Reasonable Use
•Correlative Right
•Not lost through non-use
•May initiate new use at any time
•Not quantifiable
•Scarcity —Equitable sharingWintersRights
Like riparian rights, Winters rights:
(1) arise from land ownership
(2) are not lost through nonuse, and
(3) may be asserted at any time.
Like appropriation rights, but unlike riparian rights, reserved rights:
(1) are quantifiable
(2) are not subject to sharing during shortages
(3) have priority dates for allocation during times of shortage
However, priority dates established at the time of the land reservation, not the date of initial beneficial use.
Further, Wintersrights not based on diversion and beneficial use, but are based on the existence of reserved land in need of water. Five Tribes Water Doctrine
Created by Treaty Conveyance during "peculiar circumstances" of establishment of the Indian Territory
Extraordinary treaty terms used to advance federal policy of removal
Choctaw Nation v. Oklahoma, 397 U.S. 620 (1970)
Compare rule for riverbed ownership
Conveyance by treaty based on contemporaneous understanding and intentions
Established permanent homeland
Promised complete governance
No United States interest in retaining
Promised no state ever to encompass territory
Special title in fee to Nations; not 'ordinary Indian title'
Canons of Construction
Concurrence by Justice Douglas
Broadest Purpose, uses, scope, etc.Reserved Rights: Termination(However Created)
Only Congress may terminate
Congress must explicitly or clearly express its intent to terminate, which will not be lightly inferred
Relevant Federal Statutes Silent as to Water
Dawes Act
Curtis Act
Five Tribes Enabling Act of 1906
Statehood and Equal Footing Doctrine
No effect on supremacy of federal power to determine rights
No effect on rights vested prior to statehood
Oklahoma Enabling Act disclaimed all right to tribal property and reserved federal authority over it
United States v. Grand River Dam Authority(1960) (water rights to non-navigable streams in Cherokee territory did not pass to Oklahoma upon statehood)Reserved Rights: Enforcement and Implementation
Paper Rights certainly exist. How to convert paper rights to wet water?
Negotiation v. Litigation in the context of increased scarcityINDIAN WATER RIGHTS andCOMPREHENSIVE WATER PLAN
–recognized Winters, but stated no reservations in Okla. and Indian population demand considered
•1995 Update -claims, resultant uncertainty
–study forming of permanent committee with inclusive membership to address issues
–develop mutually acceptable negotiation system
–identify projects warranting cooperative actionINDIAN WATER RIGHTS andCOMPREHENSIVE WATER PLAN2012 Update
•Professor Robertson
–Oct. 2008 independent contract
–20 meetings
–Issues and concerns discussed
•Feb 2011 Report -recommendationsINDIAN WATER RIGHTS andCOMPREHENSIVE WATER PLAN
•Alternatives to address uncertainty
–Traditional: stream system adjudication suit
•McCarrenAmendment waiver by U.S. trustee
•Round robin proceedings –costly, time consuming
•IWR settlements –resolves part of adjudication
•Certainty -court and Congress approvals
–Non-traditional: negotiated compact
•No adjudication (not in court) –citizens bound
•Congress approvalINDIAN WATER RIGHTS –NEGOTIATIONS
•Current Oklahoma law –Governor or named designee can negotiate and enter cooperative agreements with federally recognized Tribal Governments (74 O.S. Sec. 1221)
•Effective upon approval of Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations; EXCEPT –
•Cooperative agreements involving surface and/or groundwater resources effective on consent of Oklahoma Legislature authorizing such cooperative agreementINDIAN WATER RIGHTS –NEGOTIATIONS
•Another model for negotiating:
–Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission
–Separate state agency within Montana DNRC
–House, Senate, AG and Governor appointees
–Address both Federal and Indian reserved rights
•Other issues:
–38 Tribes, allottees' claims, non-Indian transferees
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Forum Post: $5 Billion for Fascists, Cuts at Home
Posted 5 years ago on March 10, 2014, 10:55 a.m. EST by flip
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$5 Billion for Fascists, Cuts at Home
By Andy Piascik
March 10, 2014
It's remarkable how the United States spends massive amounts of money on war, supporting terrorism and fomenting coups at the same time politicians and pundits insist there's no money for successful, much-needed domestic programs. Just since 2002, the US has spent trillions of dollars waging war on Iraq and Afghanistan, with absolutely no end in sight to the spending or the misery of those two countries. At the same time, Unemployment Insurance, veterans' benefits and many other programs get shredded and shredded some more because "there's no money."
Meanwhile, tensions flare in the Ukraine and Venezuela largely because of vast sums of money the US has funneled to counterrevolutionaries. Corporate flacks like President Obama, Hilary Clinton and Fox News are united in insisting that US imperialism has the right to interfere in or invade any country it wants whenever it wants without having to answer or be held accountable to anyone. Noble talk of "democracy promotion" is a cover for vehement opposition to democracy and is especially devious regarding Venezuela, where there are democratic structures that greatly exceed anything we have here. As people in the global South know all too well from a long and bloody history, profits of corporations and the destruction of any movement or state that dares challenge Empire are the real objectives of US foreign policy.
Institutions of imperial power such as the CIA, USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy and Non-Governmental Organizations such as CANVAS have given tens of millions of dollars to Venezuelan elites seeking to overthrow the popularly elected government. In 2002, reactionary forces used that aid to briefly depose the late Hugo Chavez until the people rose up to repel the coup plotters. In the 12 years since, the Bolivarian Revolution has grown stronger and those who wish to return to the days when a small oligarchy enjoyed great wealth, while the majority lived in squalor, have been rebuffed again and again, both at the polls and in the streets. Because of Venezuela's oil reserves and the hope that the revolution inspires elsewhere, however, the US fights on, fomenting sabotage and violence in the hopes of succeeding where it failed in 2002.
In the Ukraine, the US invested five billion dollars to overthrow the government after now-deposed President Viktor Yanukovych rejected the European Union and instead established closer ties with Russia (this coming several years after he also refused to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Given the destruction the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the West in general have wrought in Greece, Cyprus and throughout Eastern Europe, with outside investors earning billions in profits, that decision was perfectly reasonable. Needless to say, the West's business class was not pleased so Yanukovych had to go.
The Ukrainian people have many legitimate grievances and it's possible a genuine movement for greater freedom and a fair economy might have kicked out Yanukovych and the Super Rich he represents. That possibility evaporated, however, as fascists and the West glommed onto the protests and hijacked them, and it was to the fascists that the US gave most of that $5 billion dollars.
And make no mistake, those who got most of that money – the people John McCain and Victoria Nuland pal around with, the people Obama and the punditocracy hail as "democrats," the people driving events in the Ukraine even if they aren't numerically a majority – are fascists. The parliamentary party Svoboda and the street thugs of the Right Sector proudly proclaim themselves to be anti-Semitic, Russian-hating, ultra-nationalist supremacists in the tradition of those who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War and helped kill three million Ukrainians. They have nothing but contempt for democracy and for the workers and students they demonstrated alongside in Kiev.
Armed members of the Right Sector have occupied the Central Election Commission, threatening to ensure the elections called for May go the right way. Members of Yanukovych's political party have been shot and those holding office have resigned in fear of their lives and the lives of family members. Those appointed in their place by the new regime come primarily from the same oligarchy, while the Right Sector has been busy burning synagogues and churches.
Much also has been made in the West of Yanukovych's imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, whose release from jail was hailed as a victory for democracy. Rarely if ever mentioned is the fact that she is an even bigger crook than Yanukovych, as she and her cronies made billions by turning public funds into private profits. Since her release, Tymoshenko has worked in tacit alliance with the fascists.
One of the West's goals in the Ukraine is virtually assured, as the new government will undoubtedly surrender to the EU. The other objective is the further encirclement of Russia with military bases, a continuation of a policy of aggression toward that country dating to the US-led invasion of the USSR shortly after the 1917 Revolution. NATO now includes virtually every member of the old Eastern bloc, in violation of agreements made 25 years ago with Mikhail Gorbachev, and is central to the US's determination to isolate and, if possible, destroy Russia, just as it has destroyed Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya and is seeking to destroy Syria and Iran.
Lost amidst venomous jingoism from the likes of Hilary Clinton is the fact that Russia was invaded three times by the West in the 20th century, with a cost of 25 million lives, and the Russian response to the Ukrainian coup must be understood in the context of those invasions and those dead. Furthermore, intelligence leaks indicate the West was most definitely had plans for a coup in and annexation of Crimea, plans that for now have been foiled by the Russian incursion. Vladimir Putin is an autocratic thug but his diplomatic work was key in preventing a US assault on Syria last summer, and he made similar diplomatic proposals regarding the Ukraine that might have prevented the current crisis – proposals Obama rejected. Rather than demonizing Putin and threatening more violence, the US and EU should revisit those proposals.
In the meantime, the next time you hear a babbling fool Senator or MSNBC talking head prattling on about how there's no money for food stamps, remember the trillions spent on weapons of war and that those who run this country prefer to blow up children in Afghanistan than ensure that children at home are adequately fed, then ponder what that says about their priorities and the tasks facing the rest of us.


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We all know that vikings didnt have horned helms, but Ive looked into the origin and found what I think created the horned hysteria. In Denmark, I dont know the time, but once they found an actual intact horned helmet, entirely made from bronze. It was dated back to the bronze-age, but unfortunatly Hollywood and other simplifying business turned them all horned.
However, there has been pictures found of Norse warriors from that time with horned helms, mostly embossed on helms. But all of pictures these has portraited gods, and no known pictures remain of other people's pictures showing norsemen with horned helms. But is there a possibility?
Other viking based questions, such as "Did vikings only use horses as transport?" Can also be discussed.


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rlittledale necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
We are a homeowners' association for a long-established upscale subdivision in west Houston (Texas, USA). We want to rebrand the neighborhood as it has been decades since it was established and many of the common areas and entrance ways are out of date.
Info about the subdivision and Houston that can help you design our name into a logo:
1. Houston is actually very green and lush thank to the proximity to the Gulf of Mexico - so is our neighborhood. No tumbleweeds or desert here. Houston is known for being the center of the global oil and gas industry and is home to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – the largest live stock show and rodeo in the world. Houston is also home to NASA's mission control and Space Center Houston.
2. The subdivision is made up of 540+ homes and it is located next to a hike and bike trail along a bayou. Homeowners include young families, families and retirees. The landscape includes large Oak and Pine trees as well as some tropical palms.
3. Feel free to visit our website for photos of the community or use can use GoogleEarth or GoogleMaps.
Upscale homeowners and future resident of subdivision.
Design specifications:
1. We want the logo to encompass a contemporary design but still maintain a traditional feel.
2. We will need to have a total of 2 text changes to the logos/design. One for "Lakeside Estates" another for "Lakeside Forest" one a third that just says "Lakeside". The branding architecture and font, color, design elements etc must be the same for all 3. We basically just need to have "Estates" and "Forest" plugged into the "Lakeside"
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Time to break up the big banks?
"Too big to fail, too big to jail." For far too long, that's been the government's attitude toward Wall Street banks. Regulators refuse to hold banks accountable both out of fear of Wall Street's political clout and also a misplaced perception that real enforcement might hurt the economy, even though a lack of enforcement recently wrecked it. But things are changing.
Consider that Attorney General Eric Holder said during recent testimony that Wall Street banks are not only still too big to fail, they're too big to prosecute: "If we do bring a criminal charge -- it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy." That's been the prevailing wisdom, such as it is, among many, but not all, regulators.
However, recent scandals like the "London Whale" incident have helped shift the dialogue so that now there's finally serious momentum building around the idea of breaking up the big banks.Two weeks ago the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings based on its well-documented and strongly bi-partisan staff report on JPMorgan Chase's multi-billion dollar "London Whale" betting losses (the pdf report and exhibits are linked at top left of the hearing page).
Then, last Friday, the U.S. Senate voted 99-0 to eliminate billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies to the biggest banks. The vote also followed two other events: first, the release of a Bloomberg News calculation based on an International Monetary Fund paper that the subsidy accruing to the 10 biggest banks amounted to $83 billion/year and that startling admission in testimony from Attorney General Eric Holder that Wall Street banks are not only still too big to fail, they're too big to jail.
Of course, the big banks are pushing back in the media with a lot of bluster, but momentum against them and mobilization toward greater curbs on their size and risky activities is growing. In Thursday's New York Times, MIT Professor Simon Johnson, former IMF chief economist, headlines his regular column this way: "The Debate on Bank Size Is Over." He goes on to say:
"While bank lobbyists and some commentators are suddenly taken with the idea that an active debate is under way about whether to limit bank size in the United States, they are wrong. The debate is over; the decision to cap the size of the largest banks has been made. All that remains is to work out the details."
In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Congress took several PIRG-backed steps to control risk, but did not directly either break up the banks or cap their size.
- The Congress enacted the Volcker rule, intended as a behavioral constraint on risky betting practices. But the rule has not yet been finalized by regulators, due to (guess what?) industry lobbying.
- The Congress established a Financial Stability Oversight Council. Among its other powers, FSOC is defining a set of certain large, complex financial firms as "systemically important financial institutions." SIFIs are subject to additional oversight, including special shutdown (liquidation) authority.
- That authority requires the big firms to prepare "Living Will" procedures to make it easier to shut them down in the event of a collapse, rather than propping them up, as taxpayers were forced to do in 2008.
- The act also mandated a number of other requirements, including increased capital standards to reduce risky leverage and ensure that banks had more of their own "skin in the game."
But these and other reforms haven't yet been fully implemented and face massive pushback from the big banks. Incredibly, the big banks are still getting bigger. However, momentum is growing on both sides of the political aisle. Senator Carl Levin (MI), chair of the Permanent Subcommittee, had John McCain (AZ) alongside him for the JPMorgan Chase hearings. Here is just some of what Senator McCain had to say about Chase's use of depositor funds for casino betting:
"This case represents another shameful demonstration of a bank engaged in wildly risky behavior. The "London Whale" incident matters to the federal government because the traders at JPMorgan were making risky bets using excess deposits, portions of which were federally insured. These excess deposits should have been used to provide loans for main-street businesses. Instead, JPMorgan used the money to bet on catastrophic risk."
Meanwhile, another two Senators working together on reforms, Sherrod Brown (OH) and David Vitter (LA), are also ideologically miles apart on most issues, but not when it comes to bank size. It was their amendment that passed the normally divisive Senate 99-0. Even though it is largely symbolic in effect, its passage adds impetus to the more comprehensive Brown-Vitter push to break up the big banks.
In November, former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig was confirmed as vice-chairman of the FDIC. At a Joint Economic Committee Hearing several years ago, I could hardly separate his views apart from those of the other two witnesses, Simon Johnson and Nobel Laureate Joe Stiglitz. Meanwhile, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher marched into the Conservative Political Action Committee conference this month to reiterate the gist of his previous papers:
"Implicit government policy has made the megabank institutions exempt from the normal processes of bankruptcy and creative destruction," he said. "Without fear of failure, these banks and their counterparties can take excessive risks."
Small banks on Main Street have also ramped up their efforts to roll back the big banks, as Independent Community Bankers Association president Cam Fine explained on his blog this week.
More and more regulators and members of Congress are recognizing the need to reduce the risk posed by big banks. Of course, the big Wall Street banks are doubling their own lobbying, public relations and campaign contribution efforts against implementing Dodd-Frank reforms and against the anticipated Brown-Vitter and similar breakup and reform proposals.
Nevertheless, while Congress is still split on a partisan basis over powers of the CFPB and confirming CFPB director Richard Cordray, there are new opportunities to move forward on protecting taxpayers, depositors and the economy from the risky practices of the biggest banks. They should not be above the law. They should not be too big to fail. They should not be recipients of taxpayer subsidies.
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I had the need for something light and spongy this week. Browsing through my blog to see what delights I had previously created (what can I say? I'm a blog narcissist!) I had a hankering for some English Madeleines but how to make them fresh and new, I pondered. Then it hit me – what about the concept of a Madeleine but as a large sponge rather than a dainty, individual offering? Bingo. My cake needs were sated!
I've used a Victoria sponge recipe for the cake and tweaked the quantities to make one nice, deep 20 cm sponge rather than the shallower sandwich sponges you'd typically make with such a batter. It's a very easy recipe to scale and, other than adjusting the cooking time marginally there's nothing to worry about. The combination of soft sponge with sweet, fruity jam and then crispy coconut is heavenly. Comfort in cake form!
Brushing warm jam over a sponge and then rolling it in coconut is one of those kitchen tasks I could happily perform all day without getting bored. It's so pleasing and looks so – somehow – cute when finished!
I had help with this one – the CCBF (Caked Crusader's Boyfriend) helped with the jam and the coconut rolling. Also, I have an announcement: I will never refer to the CCBF again. Before you start picturing a coconut/jam fuelled tiff I should tell you that it's because he proposed yesterday so I am promoting him to Mr CC from now on! Am I the luckiest girl on the planet? It certainly feels like it!
For the cake:
190g unsalted butter, at room temperature
165g caster sugar
3 eggs
60ml milk
225g self raising flour
Approx 100g Desiccated coconut
½ jar Seedless raspberry jam – you might use more (or less) depending on your jam needs.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
Line the base of a 20cm springform round tin with baking paper.
Start by making the cakes: Beat together the butter, sugar until light and fluffy.
Don't skimp on this stage as this is when you get lots of lovely air into your sponge.
Beat in the eggs gradually, add some of the flour if it looks like it might curdle.
Beat in the milk.
Stir in the flour until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
Spoon into the prepared tin and level the surface.
Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the sponge comes out clean. Another good sign is if the sponge is just pulling away from the edge of the tin. Mine took nearer 40 minutes.
Leave to cool in the tins for about 20 minutes before turning out and leaving to cool completely on a wire rack.
You can make the sponge a day in advance and store in an airtight tin.
Melt some jam in a saucepan over a low heat. Don't let it bubble.
Brush the jam over the sides of the sponge then roll in desiccated coconut.
Brush the remaining jam over the top of the sponge and sprinkle coconut over the top until there is a good even covering.
Decorate with glace cherries if you like but I didn't bother.
Bask in the glory of the wonderful thing you have made.


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Cecile1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 130 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
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An Interdisciplinary modeling of the New England Shelf Break
Weifeng Zhang, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Dennis McGillicuddy, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering
Glen Gawarkiewicz, Physical Oceanography
Funded Project 2010:
The shelf break front is one of the most salient features of the regional oceanography of the Middle Atlantic Bight, both in terms its physics and biology. Associated with the front are strong cross-shelf gradients of temperature and salinity. Cross-frontal exchange between the shelf and the slope sea varies over broad temporal and spatial scales. The exchange has major impact on circulation and biological activity on the shelf and the dispersal of coastal constituents, including contaminants and nutrients, in the open ocean. At times, high concentration of chlorophyll is aligned with the shelf break front, which might impact zooplankton and fish abundance there. Despite many years of study in this region, two key scientific questions remain unanswered: (1) what processes regulate heat, salt, nutrient, and biogenic fluxes across the shelf break? (2) why is phytoplankton concentration high at the shelf break front?
To answer these questions, we propose to use a high-resolution state-of-the-art numerical model to investigate physical and biological processes and exchange across the shelf break. The Regional Ocean Modeling System and an embedded planktonic ecosystem model will be used to simulate the circulation and biological processes on the New England shelf and in the neighboring slope sea. After validating with historical observations in the area, the model results will be diagnosed to quantify the cross-frontal heat, salt and nutrient exchanges, both in terms of their means and spatial and temporal variation. The relationship between cross-frontal exchange and external forcing and internal dynamics of the model will be examined to reveal the driving mechanisms of the cross-front exchange. The relationship between the chlorophyll concentration and physical and biological processes at the shelf break will be investigated. Better understanding of these processes will set the stage for predictions of how the shelf break front system will be perturbed by a changing climate.
The proposed research aligns with the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Pioneer Array at the New England shelf break. Data streams from the Pioneer Array will be used to validate and correct the numerical model to obtain a better understanding of the frontal processes. Model results will provide guidance on more effective deployment of the mobile components (AUV and gliders) of the Pioneer Array. These will form a prototype of an integrated coastal ocean model-observation system, which will be the focus of future proposals to the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research.


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For the second time in six months, leaders of the New York State Republican Party are turning away from Rick Lazio, calling on him to end his campaign for governor now that he has lost a party primary to Carl Paladino, the insurgent Buffalo developer who rode a wave of Tea Party support to victory.
Lazio may continue his candidacy on the Conservative Party line, which he secured after a successful primary run last week.
Republican State Chairman Ed Cox wrote to Lazio that "any such effort would be specifically designed to pull votes away from Republican nominee Carl Paladino. We all know that you appreciate the importance of working together with the Conservative party to maximize our potential for success, as is the case with all our other state-wide candidates."
The letter was also signed by the party's top regional vice chairmen, who mostly opposed Lazio's candidacy in favor of Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, an enrolled Democrat. Only after much rangling did Lazio win the party's nomination at the convention, and he has had a shallow alliance with Cox and many of the chairs since.
Lazio will address the New York Associated Press Association on Wednesday and may announce his next steps then. A spokesman, David James, had no immediate comment on the letter.
Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long has enthusiastically pushed Lazio and insulted Paladino. If his party's gubernatorial nominee gets less than 50,000 votes, he will lose his automatic ballot line.
In the letter, the chairs were careful not to make themselves agents of actions.
"Republican voters and activists have enthusiastically supported you in the past. You were given the honor of being the designee of our party at the convention in no small part to your long standing as a leader in this party," the letter states. "Those voters and activists would expect that as a Republican you would respect their decision, especially in light of such strong interest and record turnout. On their behalf we ask that you officially end your campaign for governor in all respects."
"As you can see from the latest polls, this race is tightening and our chances for success are growing. You have a unique opportunity to ensure our entire ticket is running on the Conservative line and that we all stand united behind our nominees. To best help the Party's candidates win in November, we need you to continue to support all the Party's candidates and help make this a banner year for Republicans. However, the only way for you to do so effectively is to respect the will of the Republican voters of New York and end your campaign for Governor on the Conservative line."
Paladino called on the establishment Republicans — who signed the letter — to fall in behind him or face his wrath. This action represents their first step in supporting his campaign, which has until now been opposed and at times belittled.


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Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh
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Roberta Grossman
2008, 84 minutes, Color, DVD
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At only 22, Hungarian poet Hannah Senesh made the ultimate sacrifice – having already escaped Nazi-occupied Europe for Palestine and freedom, she returned, parachuting in behind enemy lines in a valiant effort to save Hungary's Jews from deportation to Auschwitz and certain death. Captured immediately upon crossing the border into Hungary, Hannah was tortured and taken to a prison in Budapest, yet she refused to reveal the coordinates of her fellow resistance fighters - even when they also arrested her mother, Catherine. Hannah became a symbol of courage for her fellow prisoners, encouraging them to remain in good spirits, never losing faith in her Jewish identity, even as she was led out to be executed by firing squad.
Narrated by Academy Award® Nominee Joan Allen, BLESSED IS THE MATCH is a truly moving memorial that brings to life this Holocaust heroine through interviews with Holocaust historians, eyewitness accounts from those on the rescue operation as well as in the prison, rare family photographs and the writings of Hannah and her mother. The film recreates Hannah's perilous and heartbreaking mission, reconstructs her defiant months in the Gestapo prison and – through Hannah's diary entries and poetry – looks back on the life of a talented and complex girl who came of age in a world descending into madness.
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MTV's "Underemployed" Is Slated to Launch in Fall 2012
From Emmy-nominated producer Craig Wright ("Dirty Sexy Money," "Six Feet Under"), MTV's new scripted dramedy "Underemployed" follows a group a five friends - Sophia, Daphne, Lou, Raviva and Miles - who all believe they're destined for greatness as they graduate from college and enter the real world. But what happens when complete world domination doesn't go according to plan?
"Underemployed" picks up one year after pomp and circumstance, when reality has set in and the group struggles, often comically, to stay optimistic through dead end jobs, terrible bosses, romantic mistakes and major life changes. The series, which is currently in production in Chicago, will feature 12 hour-long episodes and is slated to launch in fall 2012.
Valedictorian of her college class, Sophia is holding on to her dreams to be a writer, as she serves of maple bacon bars at Donut Girl, while Daphne has been an unpaid intern for a year at advertising agency. Lou and Raviva ended their relationship for Lou to pursue his dreams of becoming an environmentalist and Raviva to become a famous singer, but a wrench is thrown in their plans when she shows up on his doorstop nine-months pregnant. Meanwhile, Miles wants to be the face of a major American designer's underwear campaign, but instead is serving up drinks and appetizers in his skivvies.
The series stars Michelle Ang as Sophia; Sarah Habel as Daphne; Jared Kusnitz as Lou; Inbar Lavi as Raviva; and Diego Boneta as Miles.