text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Warning - Shane English School, Suzhou Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Warning - Shane English School, Suzhou Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> China (Job-related Posts Only) View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message michalskiJoined: 04 Nov 2005Posts: 5Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: Warning - Shane English School, Suzhou I applied for a job at Shane English School in Suzhou through the net. A day after posting my letter I was given the job after a 10 minute telephone interview with a Chinese lady (I assume she was a staff memeber - no introduction) who had never even looked at my CV. She told me there was a lot of vacancies going there right now. Sure, this is not unusual in China. What was unusual was the fact that 24 hours after the interview I received an email from Tom Fergusson, the DoS of Shane in Shanghai. He told me that there was no vacancies in Suzhou and that perhaps I could try Shanghai - as if I never had the interview with Shane, or any Shane staff members. None too sure what the deal is here - whether there is a rogue Shane school in Suzhou - whether there is appauling lack of communication and management skills at play - or whatever the case may. No matter what, this is dodgy enough for me to say: Keep Clear of Shane English School, especially the Suzhou branch. Back to top twJoined: 04 Jun 2005Posts: 3898 Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:22 am Post subject: I suspect either the Chinese lady (most likely case) or the man claiming to be Tom Ferguson was a fake. You would show up in Suzhou only to be picked up by another employer. Back to top no_exitJoined: 12 Oct 2004Posts: 565Location: Kunming Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: I wouldn't blame Shane neccessarily, like tw said, it sounds like it could have been an imposter. Or else the two schools might have just gotten their wires crossed -- afterall, I don't think the DOSses of different branches of chains are always in contact with each other over who has been interviewed and what positions have been filled or not filled. It could be anything really, but is it enough to write all Shane schools off the list? Shane has a pretty decent record here so far. They came into Kunming this year and overtook EF as the highest paying employer. They've got pretty tight requirements for hiring, preferring only candidates with from Commonwealth countries. A friend of mine was turned down by them for being American. Another two friends work there and while they say a lot is required of them, the pay is really good, nothing sketchy seems to go on, and overall they haven't got a whole lot of complaints. My landlord told me his daughter goes to Shane school and he's really happy with it. He says they use "Western" methods and the kids really have fun learning English. My landlord is cool, he's read a ton of books on teaching methodology and totally hates the Chinese educational system, so if he's happy with it then maybe they're doing something right. Anyhow, you might follow up with another e-mail and try to get clarification? Back to top poofJoined: 23 May 2005Posts: 161 Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: Typically, new teachers are never interviewed by the local Chinese staff. With Shane, you should always be interviewed by their Western staff, and therefore go through their central recruiting system rather than approaching an individual branch directly. It's likely you got through to a school receptionist who thought she had the rights to hire you. When the DoS found out, he may not have been too happy and reversed the decision. Also, with Shane, there could be competition for popular places. Suzhou is quite popular, I think, so they may give preferences to move teachers who are already working for Shane. They also have 'key' branches which are financially strategic to them and will only place more experienced teachers there. I don't think you should write off Shane because of this incident. Ask Mr Fergusson where exactly they do have vacancies. Back to top englishgibsonJoined: 09 Mar 2005Posts: 4345 Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:27 am Post subject: Warning - Shane English School, Suzhou OP, wouldn't that have been a recruiter that had contacted you the first time? In any case, it's quite a story. I myself have inquired about Shane mill in China before. It's a rather interesting chain of schools around. Apparently, their Head Office is in Shanghai as it is with some other centers/mills around (10-15 in China). So OP, you might wanna search for their contact in Shanghai's Head Office that I think has their own recruiting system too. From what I know they have a bunch of schools around and watch out for their contracts. They are not sooo standardized. Some quote that you might be moved from center to center (city to city) during your contract, if the Shane center doesn't do well. Then, some of their centers (I knew one in Shenzhen) have their own "techniques/procedures" and they "only carry the brand name" on. That means that "your a*s is your employer's a*s" and those private language mills' franchisees in China are extreemly "uptight" Cheers and beers Back to top Tom.FergusonJoined: 06 Aug 2006Posts: 5Location: Shanghai Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:33 am Post subject: As the Tom Ferguson referred to in the OP, I'd like to present a more balanced version of events. I am Director of Studies for Shane English Schools China, and my job does involve the recruitment of new teachers. Mr Zlotkowski applied for a job with Shane through our [email protected] email address. He expressed a wish to teach specifically in Suzhou, and inquired about vacancies there. Some of our schools in China have a native speaking Academic Manager, and they are able to hire their own teachers without the need to go through ourselves at the Head Office in Shanghai. Suzhou is such a school. For those schools with no Academic Manager, then they must go through Head Office to hire teachers, placing orders for the number of teachers they need. I presume that Mr Zlotkowski also applied to other schools in Suzhou and contacted recruitment agents, in a bid to find employment there. I believe that one of the recruiters he contacted passed his information on to Suzhou, where the decision was made to speak to him about a job. I was obviously unaware of this. Therefore, I assumed, [wrongly I now admit], that as Suzhou had not placed any orders, then they had no need for teachers, and asked Mr Zlotkowski if he would consider any other locations in China, namely Shanghai. His reply was much like his OP. What he neglects to mention is the email I sent him apologising for this communication error, and advising that yes, he did have the opportunity of a job if the school there had offered him one. I do not think that this is dodgy enough to issue a Keep Clear warning. I admit that it is up to an individual whether they decide to work for any specific employer, but to then publish their own limited experiences along with a warning, without giving a truthful account of events, is wrong in my opinion. We only offer jobs to suitably qualified teachers, and all of our jobs are genuine, working for Shane schools that follow standard Shane principles. We do not move teachers from city to city, except at a teachers request. We do however consider our teachers welfare a priority, and try to make sure everyone who works with us is happy. Back to top HunanForeignGuyJoined: 05 Jan 2006Posts: 989Location: Shanghai, PRC Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: DOS Re Tom Ferguson's explanation -- couched in polite enough terms. Every single foreign DOS that I have had to deal with China has caused no end of problems for all of the teachers. I hate to be so general but in four years in China I have never met a DOS who would have been in a similar position in the West. The ones I have met (for example the one that would go to teachers' apartments at 23h00 to scream at them) or I have dealt with have been by far-and-large the most self-serving of all of the FTs in China. In another case, the DOS so indundated the FTs with unpaid work and absolutely useless paperwork as to make several FTs flee. I know of one of very reputable school in Harbin for example that can simply not find teachers easily now because for at least two or three years they had an Englishwoman as DOS who so mistreated the teachers that her odor (or is it odour) still lingers around and the name of the school has been nearly ruined. Personally, I would rather deal with the Chinese management anytime, with all of their faults, than with a DOS who is making RMB 20,000 per month while the FTs are making RMB 4,500 per month. Additionally, just a little note to Ferguson. It is NOT considered good manners on this Board to "out" the OP by listing his real name and place of residence. We have handles on this Board for that specific reason. There was another case around here recently where a DOS posted all kinds of personal information about a FT, including the FT's employment history, presumed girlfriend, etc., etc., and then proceded to make personal attacks. All of those postings were quickly removed by the Moderators and I believe that that DOS was warned. So Ferguson, while we appreciate your comments, abide by the rules here. As for the OP, given all of this -- personally, I am buying your version of events. And for the record, I have a really good friend, an FT, in another large city, who was thoroughly f*cked over by Shane and left after only three months -- a qualified, competent teacher with much China experience and very beloved by his students. So let the warning stand. Back to top danielbJoined: 08 Aug 2003Posts: 490 Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: So, it must be okay for the OP to use real names but not for subsequent posters? Back to top cj750Joined: 27 Apr 2004Posts: 3081Location: Beijing Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:57 am Post subject: Quote: As the Tom Ferguson referred to in the OP the revealing of names are paramount with the posting ..if it is good for the goose then it is good for the gander... Quote: I do not think that this is dodgy enough to issue a Keep Clear warning I would have to agree..if this throws the OP for a loop then life in China may be to challenging... Back to top no_exitJoined: 12 Oct 2004Posts: 565Location: Kunming Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: I've actually had better experiences with foreign DOS than I have with Chinese management. My DOSses made nowhere near 20,000 a month mind you, but they were compensated fairly for what is generally a pretty thankless job. Anyhow, there is a lot of bitterness in your post HFG, but like cj said, the OP clearly "outed" Tom Ferguson in the first place (and no one called him out on it), so there is a bit of tit for tat going on here. I don't blame him for coming on here and posting his version of events, which sounds more plausible than fakes or scams, to me anyhow -- like I said in a previous post, simple miscommunication, not enough for a stay clear warning. If there are other reasons to dislike Shane school, then those should be clarified. Back to top Tom.FergusonJoined: 06 Aug 2006Posts: 5Location: Shanghai Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:40 am Post subject: Re HunanForeignGuy, I am sorry to hear of your negative experiences in dealing with foreign management in China. From your examples it would appear as if we are all the same, but even you should be ready to admit that, just as there are good and bad teachers, there are good and bad DoS also. I will agree with you that there are some people doing jobs here that they wouldn't get in their native countries, but that is true of most professions in China. I am also interested in finding out more about your friend who was treated badly. If you could send me details I'd like to look into this. I personally do not like to hear of any teacher who has been dealt with unfairly, and try to ensure that none are. Finally, I'd like to know which DoS jobs pay 20 000RMB per month. Without wishing to get into a discussion about wages, the teachers that work for me earn more per hour than I do. Back to top 7969Joined: 26 Mar 2003Posts: 5782Location: Coastal Guangdong Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:44 am Post subject: sounds like mr ferguson has laid this issue to rest with his explanation of events, and no rebuttal to any poster over the past two weeks by mr zlotkowski, of christchurch, NZ. as a result, i for one, am buying mr fergusons version of events. 7969Last edited by 7969 on Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:46 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top HunanForeignGuyJoined: 05 Jan 2006Posts: 989Location: Shanghai, PRC Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: Conciliatory For the record, I have also found Mr. Ferugson's post tremendously conciliatory and I will PM with additional comments. Back to top woza17Joined: 25 May 2003Posts: 602Location: china Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:07 am Post subject: DOS Hi Tom Interesting post. I don't post on the forum anymore but would like to ask you, why do you do it, the DOS position. I have found working with foreign teachers a bloody nightmare and especially if you have to manage them. I will never do that again. I can make more money just by teaching and going about my own business. Anyway good on you for defending your school's position in a civilized way. Cheers Back to top takahikoJoined: 24 Feb 2006Posts: 8 Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: Saved Was in the process of applying for a job in Shanghai with this company, having gained TEFL & TESOL certificates to support my teaching experience in China. Although I have no personal experience of this company, I was persuaded to discontinue my application after reading too many horror stories about this company on other ESL websites. Still, things could be worse, I could have been applying for Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School ! Ha - ha !!!! 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Senate gun bill passes first test
The Senate on Thursday ended a GOP filibuster on a new gun control bill, clearing the way for debate to begin on a hugely emotional issue that has dominated headlines since the tragic December shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The vote was 68-31.
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It's a big win for Democrats in that 16 Republicans crossed the aisle to even consider the gun legislation, but the vote is only the opening move in what could be a drawn-out floor fight that will center on a deal unveiled Wednesday by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) that would require background checks on all commercial gun sales and end the so-called "gun show loophole."
( PHOTOS: Politicians speak out on gun control)
Two Democrats - Sens. Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Mark Begich of Alaska sided with the Republicans and voted to continue the filibuster.
Sixty votes were needed to end the GOP filibuster and start debate on the gun bill.
Parents and family members of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting watched from the gallery as the roll call vote was held. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with family members after the vote, the White House said.
"The president congratulated the families on this important step forward, noting that the bipartisan progress would not have been be possible without their efforts," said White House press secretary Jay Carney. "He reiterated that much work remains and pledged to continue fighting for the votes they deserved."
( Also on POLITICO: Sandy Hook relative tweets senators)
In the Senate, opening debate is not nearly the same as winning final passage on a bill. Republicans are expected to offer dozens — if not hundreds — of amendments and string out debate over the next few weeks.
Technically, the Senate still must vote on motion to allow formal debate to begin. That vote is set for Friday at this point, but Democrats are hoping that Thursday's big bipartisan vote will show that second vote to be a futile effort for delay. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will offer a consent agreement to begin debate immediately, but any single Republican can object, forcing another temporary delay.
Republicans who backed Reid and the Democrats in ending the filibuster did so for a variety of reasons.
( Also on POLITICO: Harry Reid thanks John McCain for help on gun control bill)
It was also clear that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who backed the filibuster effort led by Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) — did not try to enforce party discipline on the filibuster, leaving his rank-and-file members to go their own way.
Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), one of the few remaining Republican moderates, has her own bipartisan bill with Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) to stiffen penalties for gun trafficking.


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|Another 47 people on the Other Personnel lists, completing the vast majority of Season 2 of TNG.
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|Sorry about no new updates for a week, but I've had a series of computer problems. A review of Hatchery has gone up, and regular updates will now resume.
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We have also modified the character links - previously these links took you to a page with that character along with a whole bunch of others, which was eating bandwidth given the way those pages have ballooned lately. So now the character links take you to that person's biography and image only. This is part of the solution I mentioned earlier, but there is more to come on this front!
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|Another 40-odd TOS entries on the Other People list. The total number of characters in this section is now up to 257, more than five times what it was a few weeks ago. We have now finished pretty much everybody we intend to do for TOS - we're reaching a point where the only ones left are "voice of..." type stuff or people you barely see on screen. I'm probably going to take a break before I start having a bash at TNG.
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Look, there's Flick, the kid whose tongue gets stuck to the icy pole in the movie "A Christmas Story."
There's the Bedford Falls Trust and Savings Bank, where greedy old Mr. Potter bedevils George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life." And isn't that the bridge where Jimmy Stewart as George nearly ends it all in the classic film?
Oh, and there in the Old Town neighborhood is O'Donnell's Pub, a cheery looking place to escape the wintry streets.
Where are we, anyway? It's like a mixed-up scene from a Christmas movie dream. There are no freeways or strip malls. No one carries a cellphone. Illuminated by twinkling lights, the past looks even sweeter than we remember it.
It's "Larryville," a holiday village display that fills a dining room and more at Larry O'Donnell's 1905 home in Everett.
"The thing I really like about it, I'm in total control," joked O'Donnell, 75, a retired Everett School District administrator. "I'm the mayor, the city planner and the police chief."
Larryville has been a dozen years in the making. As his collection of pint-size buildings, cars, trees and characters has grown, the scene has evolved from a small town with nearby farms into a nearly 20-foot-long spectacle.
At one end is a carnival — with a carousel, bumper cars, a midway and a parking lot filled with vintage cars. None of the cars and trucks in Larryville are models newer than the 1950s. There are two trains, one a kiddie ride at the carnival and the larger railroad, the "North Pole Central," serving the city. A sled and ski area is called "Lone Tree Mountain."
O'Donnell's brother, retired teacher and local historian Jack O'Donnell, and other members of the family have special places in Larryville.
"Jack and I are the worst mechanics. So I have Jack's Auto Parts and Jack's service station," O'Donnell said.
Tim's Christmas Tree Farm is named for Jack O'Donnell's son, and Mike's Boathouse is a nod to Larry O'Donnell's son. A restaurant, Katie O'Donnell's Cafe, is named for Larry's granddaughter Caitlyn.
Larryville is an idealized reality — five theaters but no dental office. It looks magical, but creating it takes some doing.
Work begins right after Thanksgiving dinner, when O'Donnell escorts guests to the basement to bring up the boxes that house village pieces.
As a Christmas village collector, O'Donnell is no purist. "The Rolls-Royce of this stuff is made by Department 56. Those pieces are more intricate," he said.
He began with about six pieces on his dining room table. "Then I started buying anything I could find," he said.
That's how he ended up with "It's a Wonderful Life" figures from Walgreen's and "A Christmas Story" pieces from Sears — including Ralphie's house and the Chop Suey Palace where the movie family has their holiday dinner. On a road trip several years ago, Larry and Jack O'Donnell visited A Christmas Story House and Museum in Cleveland, the setting for the 1983 movie.
Larryville now takes up the dining room table, plus an adjoining ping-pong table, a card table, and the kitchen table O'Donnell's parents had when he was a boy. It's roughly 100 square feet of fun. He fashioned a table-to-floor skirt around it all to hide power strips and electrical cords.
"I have about 120 structures. I have no idea the total value," he said. "I have spent as little as $5 and as much as $110."
With rain pouring down Wednesday night, O'Donnell said he started Larryville to avoid the annual chore of climbing up on his roof, often in stormy weather, to put up Christmas lights. Now, the light is inside to enjoy.
Creating the display takes at least a week, and O'Donnell has drawn a map to help set up the Old Town area, the downtown, two schools, the carnival and all the rest. He hosted a neighborhood party recently, and Rotary Club friends. "The fun thing is just sharing it," he said.
Larryville stays right where it is all the way through January.
"Every year, it's hard to part with it," O'Donnell said.
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Not all sounds require the same level of amplification, and sounds in the speech range can be emphasized. Incorrect settings of this limit can diminish the clarity of the hearing aid or, if the setting is too high, your hearing aid may seem painfully loud. Regular monitoring of your hearing aid settings is advised. Q: I understand that automobile air bags can make an extremely loud noise, almost like an explosion. Is there information available as to these effects? A: While safety belts are effective in preventing fatalities, air bags provide further protection from head and chest injury with frontal impact. However, like any protection system, air bag restraints potentially introduce some new risks. Eye, facial, and arm injuries have been associated with airbag deployment. Inflation of the bag occurs rapidly and can produce a noise burst of 170 decibels according to a recent University of Maryland study. That's loud -- louder than just about anything you or I will ever be exposed to, but, fortunately, it's short, lasting less than one-fifth of a second. This has been reported to produce a permanent mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss. Best advice: Drive carefully and keep the bags in their containers. Readers Ask: A Physician Answers Your Questions About Hearing Health Care by John K. Niparko, M.D. (SHHH Journal 1/96) Q: Have there been any advances in research on hair cell regeneration? A: Hair cells are the very specialized structures in the inner ear that jiggle in response to the mechanical vibration of sound, triggering impulses in the nerve of hearing. Damage to these cells is the underlying cause of sensorineural hearing loss in nearly all cases. Damage occurs most commonly from noise, aging, heredity, and medications. Prior to the late 1980s, scientists held the belief that specialized structures like hair cells were "fully committed" cells that had no capacity to replace themselves in response to injury. The startling discovery that some animals, in fact, regenerate hair cells has sparked a new line of scientific study. Hair cell regeneration has been observed in both young and adult chickens and in quails. In these animals, not only do the cells regrow, but they hook up to nerves and appear to work quite well! More recently, researchers reported evidence that suggested this could occur in a mammal (the rat), although this finding has been debated. The relative ease with which hair cell regeneration can be observed in birds compared to mammals indicates differences between the two species in hair cell machinery. These differences are likely rooted in the back-up system that supplies the components needed for regeneration. Where will further progress come from? Probably from gaining greater insight into the factors needed to "switch on" this replacement system in humans. This undoubtedly will require greater understanding of growth promoters and the system of gene expression needed to guide development of these cells. What does this mean for those of us with sensorineural hearing loss? To date, this research has not found clinical expression and has not changed approaches to auditory rehabilitation. However, the pace of this research has quickened. I am hopeful that it will offer a more curative approach to sensorineural hearing loss for the future. Q: Does motrin cause tinnitus? A: Motrin and several other medications comprise a class of anti-inflammatory drugs known as the Nonsteroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS). They are now among the most common medications used. The NSAIDS were developed to produce aspirin- like suppression of inflammation, without producing the frequent side-effects of aspirin. NSAIDS are used most commonly for relief of joint pain and headache, but their ability to effectively reduce inflammation makes them appropriate for use in many other diseases. While NSAIDS avoid or limit many side-effects associated with anti-inflammatory therapy, tinnitus still occurs. Tinnitus is most likely to start with dosages that exceed 1,500 mg per day, but can occur with lesser doses. It almost always reverses when the medication is stopped. One suggestion regarding the use of NSAIDS: Maintain good hydration. Pharmacologists know that athletes who use NSAIDS and become dehydrated in the heat of competition are highly susceptible to kidney damage from these drugs. And because many of the structures of the kidney appear to have patterns of vulnerability that are similar to those of the inner ear, drinking plenty of water while on NSAIDS potentially reduces side effects involving the ear. A more comprehensive review of ear- related side effects of medications may be found in the very excellent review, "What you Should Know About Ototoxic Medications," provided by Dr. Stephen Epstein in the September/October 1995 issue of the SHHH Journal. John K. Niparko, M.D., is associate professor and director of Otology-Neurotology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. He is also a member of the SHHH board of trustees. Dr. Niparko welcomes your questions. Please send them to "Readers Ask," SHHH Journal, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 1200, Bethesda, MD 20814.


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Courtesy of Maldonado family
Gary (left) and Yanira Maldonado were stopped for alleged drug smuggling on their bus ride home to Phoenix from Mexico after they went to Mexico for Yanira's relative's funeral.
An American woman who went to Mexico for a family funeral has been stuck there for nearly a week, accused of smuggling drugs and facing a potential 10-year prison sentence.
But Yanira Maldonado's family says she is a victim of Mexican corruption, and is hopeful a judge may free her in the coming days. A hearing in her case that started on Tuesday concluded for the day without a decision on her freedom.
Six days earlier, Maldonado and her husband, Gary, were on a bus home to Goodyear, Ariz., after going to her aunt's funeral in Mexico. The bus was stopped at a military checkpoint outside Hermosillo, about 170 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, their relatives said.
Yanira Maldonado, a married mother of seven, has been in custody for a week in Mexico after being accused of trying to smuggle marijunana on a bus, allegations she and her family deny. Her daughter and brother-in-law speak out and NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
Soldiers ordered everyone off the bus and interrogated all the passengers, but didn't question the Maldonados — Mormon parents of seven children, according to Gary's brother-in-law, Brandon Klippel, who also lives in the Phoenix area.
"They're very staunch Mormons. They're extremely active in their church, to the most far side that you could possibly be in the faith," Klippel said, adding that Maldonado's detainment has been "devastating."
Yanira Maldonado is accused of drug trafficking and possessing 5.7 kilos of marijuana "that were bungee-corded to the metal post beneath her seat. The minimum sentence is 10 years in federal prison," according to Klippel.
At first, soldiers targeted Gary, and police arrested him first. Hours later, authorities allegedly switched their story, and claimed the drugs were underneath Maldonado's seat.
As Maldonado was taken to jail, a local attorney arrived and allegedly told Gary, "You know how it works in Mexico, right?" and explained money would secure his wife's release.
"The attorney that Gary called was from a list of attorneys who were ranked on a list of how well they spoke English. He talked to the prosecuting attorney before he talked to Gary, and then he came to Gary and said, 'If we give them money, they'll release your wife.'"
Gary offered $3,500. The prosecuting attorney allegedly bargained for $5,000, which Gary frantically got wired to him from family members back home. After he managed to scrounge up the money — at this point a day later — he found out Maldonado had been transferred from Hermosillo to a women's correctional facility in Nogales, on the border.
"His attorney's assistant said in broken English, 'It's not about money anymore, and they want you to leave,'" Klippel said.
The U.S. Consulate in Hermosillo said it could not comment on the matter and referred all questions to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico City, which did not return a phone call seeking comment. The Mexican Consulate in Washington, D.C., said federal officials are in "close communication" with Mexico's government to "guarantee Mrs. Maldonado's right to Consular assistance."
"Mrs. Maldonado's rights to a defense counsel and due process are being observed. As the process is ongoing and a preliminary decision by the judge is due soon, no other comments will be made at this time," Consulate spokeswoman Lydia Antonio said.
'Nightmare that felt surreal'
At 10 a.m. local time Tuesday, Maldonado went before a judge with her Mexican attorney. By late afternoon, Klippel got word that "there will not be any verdict issued today."
The past week has felt like a "nightmare," he said.
"At first, it just seemed surreal. You didn't believe it. You said, 'This is just going to blow over, it's a mistake,'" Klippel said. "The reality is sinking in now that in this country, this thing happens and we don't have a protocol to follow when this happens. What went from being a nightmare that felt surreal is turning into a reality that is overwhelming emotionally."
Maldonado's family has visited her in jail.
"She's not doing well," Klippel said. "Just to get in, you have multiple guards with machine guns with their fingers on the trigger staring you down as you get in there. It smells awful. There's this big mesh window that she sits at, and she just cries, saying, 'I've never done anything illegal in my life.'"
Maldonado is wearing clothes lent to her by another inmate because there are no uniforms, Klippel said, and she's buying food from other inmates because the jail expects family members to provide meals for their relatives behind bars.
"This is the most horrible circumstance," Klippel said. "We want her home soon."
He's hopeful that will happen.
"They have witnesses who saw that they were the last ones to get on the bus," Klippel said. "They saw them put their luggage underneath and get on the bus without anything with them. How they managed to hide big blocks of marijuana and bungee-cord them underneath is overwhelmingly ridiculous."
Four of those witnesses testified on Tuesday, he said.
"It's a challenge though. Some people won't come unless they're financially compensated, and some won't come because it's a Mexican court," he said.
A judge had six days to make a decision concerning Maldonado, another brother-in-law, Brian Neerings, said via a Facebook page he has been updating for the family.
"If she is not released within that 6 day window, they are transporting her to a facility in southern Mexico and she will be there for 3-4 months before an official case can be made from the attorney they retained this evening. We are hoping and praying that something happens before that 6 day window expires," he wrote.
It's unclear if the verdict delay will affect the six-day window. Klippel said military officers from the security checkpoint are expected to testify on Wednesday.
This story was originally published on Tue May 28, 2013 7:23 PM EDT


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Apple's annual back-to-school promotion is back for another year, and the terms are much the same as they were last year: students, teachers, and staff of K-12 or higher education institutions who qualify for educational pricing on Apple's products can get App Store gift cards with their purchases if they buy between now and the end of the promotion on September 6. Buying a Mac will net you a $100 gift card, while buying an iPhone or iPad will get you $50 to spend on apps.
This is the first year that the iPhone has been included in the promotion, but otherwise this is the same deal that back-to-schoolers have gotten since 2011 when Apple stopped giving out free iPod touches with Mac purchases. If you want an iPod touch for yourself now, you'll have to spend at least $229 just like everyone else.
Apple's standard educational pricing is still in play alongside the gift cards: for Macs, this usually means between $50 and $200 off the base price of the computers, and upgrades and AppleCare extended warranties are also about ten percent cheaper for education customers. These discounts don't typically apply to iOS devices, their accessories, or their extended warranties.


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POUGHKEEPSIE, NY—In its 10th year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year's program will celebrate the visual arts, dance, drama, film, prose and poetry, as well as music in a series of events that will take place across the Vassar campus from January 18 through February 4, 2012. Participants in Modfest '12 include Vassar students, faculty, alumnae/i, and guest artists as well as students from the Poughkeepsie area schools. All events are free and open to the public, except as noted.
Vassar students and faculty are joined by guest artists in the various fields of creative accomplishment. Among the many highlights of Modfest this year will be a performance by the exciting young JACK Quartet, which will offer a program of modernist works. Alex Ross writing in the New Yorker has hailed JACK's performance of Iannis Xenakis' complete string quartets as being "exceptional" and "beautifully harsh." In their Modfest concert, the members of JACK—violinists Christopher Otto and Ari Streisfeld, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Kevin McFarland—will perform works by Xenakis, Scelsi, and Ligeti (1/21).
Mezzo-soprano Mary Nessinger will appear with Akiva Cahn-Lipman, cello, and Judith Gordon, piano, in award-winning Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino's avant-garde chamber opera Vanitas (1/29). A member of the music faculty, Nessinger has been praised by the New York Times for her "remarkable fluidity and beauty of tone."
Vassar's prestigious W. K. Rose Fellowship in the Creative Arts will, for the third year, be the focus of an event in which four past winners will be on hand to share and discuss their recent work. Participants will include composer Alexandra Gardner '90, whose works have been featured at festivals and venues throughout the United States and internationally; photographer Serge J-F Levy '95, a member of the faculty at the International Center of Photography, whose photos have been exhibited in galleries and museums in the U.S. and Japan; as well as writers Carol Ann Davis '92, the author of two poetry collections, Atlas Hour and Psalm, and Andrew Porter '94 (1/23), author of the short story collection, The Theory of Light and Matter, which was awarded the 2007 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction.
In addition, Paula Vogel's The Baltimore Waltz will receive a reading (1/30) by drama students under the direction of Shona Tucker, a member of the drama faculty. Another popular event that will be reprised this year is a program devoted to poetry in translation, featuring readings in nine languages followed in each case by newly-created translations by Vassar students (1/25).
New events this year will include a reading of a new play to be presented by Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater (1/21); a cabaret evening devoted to the Great American Songbook that will highlight songs by Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Sondheim, and others (1/27); as well as a program of short films by current students (1/31).
About Modfest
Modfest was the idea of Vassar alumna Adene Wilson '69 who founded it with her husband Richard Wilson in 2003 in order to foster a better coordination among the many artistic activities on the Vassar campus, placing special emphasis on contemporary arts. Adene Wilson continues to serve as Modfest coordinator.
The programming for Modfest is designed each year to showcase various departments of the college and the interrelationships between music, dance, film, prose and poetry, and visual arts in the 20th and 21st centuries.
"Each year we find that Modfest provides a special opportunity for students in each of the disciplines to share their work with one another," noted Adene Wilson.
This year Modfest 2012 is organized by the the Vassar College Department of Music in collaboration with the Departments of Art, Chinese and Japanese, Dance, Drama, English, Film, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies, Russian Studies, and the programs in Africana Studies, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, and the Vassar College Bookstore.
A campus-wide celebration, Modfest events will be held at the Chicago Hall, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Kenyon Hall, Main Building, James W. Palmer III Gallery, Rockefeller Hall, Skinner Hall of Music, and the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. [A detailed schedule is available below.]
People with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact the Office of Campus Activities at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available. Directions to the Vassar campus are available at www.vassar.edu/directions.
Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.
Schedule of Events
January 18 – February 4, 2012
The 10th annual festival of the contemporary arts at Vassar College will celebrate art, dance, drama, film, literature, prose and poetry, and music of the 20th and 21st centuries.
All events are free and open to the public without charge (unless noted). No reservations are necessary, unless otherwise noted. All seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Note that all events are subject to change.
For additional information, call (845) 437-5370 or visit http://arts.vassar.edu.
Thompson Library Exhibition.
Exhibition of Artists' Books from the Women's Studio Workshop. On view through March 9. On February 1, art professor Lisa G. Collins discusses WSW at 5:30pm in the Class of 1951 Reading Room.
Thompson Memorial Library
Music Library Display.
The Vassar College Music Library presents a display highlighting Modfest activities and musicians, curated by Sarah Canino, music librarian. On view through February 4. Open daily.Skinner Hall of Music, 1st floor
5:00pm and 7:00pm
James W. Palmer Gallery Exhibition and Presentation.
Teen Visions '12, Words, Dance, and Sounds. Opening reception of an exhibit of original artwork, followed by performances at 7:00pm of music, dance, and original poetry by high school students from the Mill Street Loft's Art Institute and girls empowerment programs, as well as the Stringendo ensemble, the Cappella Festiva Treble Choir, and dancers from the New York Academy of Ballet (with music by Joseph Bertolozzi '81). The exhibition features a wide variety of paintings, drawings, mixed-media, photography and sculpture by students of The Art Institute of Mill Street Loft and is on view through February 9. Exhibition: James W. Palmer III Gallery Performance: Villard Room, Main Building,
College Center
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Late Night at the Lehman Loeb.
Presentation of work by Vassar W.K. Rose Fellow, photographer Serge J-F.Levy '95. Enjoy extended gallery hours in an enlivened atmosphere, with creative happenings every week. Late Night at the Lehman Loeb is made possible by the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Exhibition Opening Lecture and Reception.
Marco Maggi: Lentissimo is an exhibition of 14 colorful new works made expressly for this occasion. Lecture by Linda Weintraub, educator, author, artist, curator: "Gently Subversive – The Artistry of Marco Maggi." Reception to follow in Art Center Atrium. On view through April 1.
Taylor Hall Room 203 and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Vassar Jazz Combos and the Body Electric Afrofunk Band. The ensembles showcase a colorful variety of sub-genres of jazz and rock music. James Osborn, director for the jazz groups, and Luke Leavitt '12, band leader.Villard Room, Main Building, College Center
Music Workshop.
Basic Instruction in Sibelius Music Notation Software, beginner to low intermediate. Presented by Thomas E. Rudolph, music education technology pioneer. Participants must bring their own laptops but do not need to own Sibelius software. Space is limited. Reservations are required and may be made by contacting email@example.com.
Kenyon Hall, Room 216
Music Workshop.
Basic Instruction in Sibelius Music Notation Software, intermediate to advanced. For description, see 10:00am-1:00pm listing above.
Kenyon Hall, Room 216
Vassar & New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater Reading.
A reading of a new play to help beat the mid-winter blues. Informal reception to follow. For information email email@example.com.
Martel Theater, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
JACK String Quartet. One of the most vibrant young groups on the New York new music scene performs hard-core modernism by Xenakis, Scelsi, and Ligeti.
Skinner Hall of Music
Vassar Faculty Composers. Music of Jonathan Chenette, Peter McCulloch, Harold Meltzer, and Richard Wilson. Performed by music faculty members Thomas Sauer and Peter McCulloch, as well as guest artists Paul Appleby, Moran Katz, Sooyun Kim, and James Austin Smith.
Skinner Hall of Music
Alumnae/i Music, Art, and Writing.
Features the work of W. K. Rose Fellowship winners: composer Alexandra Gardner '90; photographer Serge J-F. Levy '95; and writers Carol Ann Davis '92 and Andrew Porter '94. This combined concert, reading, discussion, and presentation of artwork spotlights past winners of the W.K. Rose Fellowship, awarded annually to a Vassar graduate in the creative arts since 1970.
Villard Room, Main Building
Foreign Film Screening.
Singapore GaGa (2005), Tan Pin Pin, director. This documentary celebrates the vibrant soundscapes of Singapore. Presented with commentary by Sophia Siddique Harvey, assistant professor of film.
Foreign Language Resource Center, Chicago Hall
Readings: Translation As An Art.
Readings of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish poems in their original tongue and of their translations by Vassar students. Translations and performances have been prepared with the help of the language fellows from the participating departments. Includes performance of music by the Mahagonny Choral Ensemble, a student-run contemporary group, Naomi Dubin, '12, conductor. Presented by the departments and programs of foreign language study at Vassar.
Villard Room, Main Building
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Late Night at the Lehman Loeb.
Enjoy extended gallery hours in an enlivened atmosphere with creative happenings every week. Late Night at the Lehman Loeb is made possible by the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.
Chamber music and readings of original fairy tales by Vassar students from classes of Eduardo Navega, lecturer in music and director of the Chamber Music Program, and Nancy Willard, lecturer in English.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
5:00pm, 6:30pm, 8:00pm
Cabaret Night.
A sampling of the Great American Songbook--Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Berlin, Rodgers, Sondheim, and others. Featuring singers from the Vassar College choirs as well as the music department. At the piano is David Alpher, Vassar music department staff accompanist. A fundraiser in support of the Vassar College Choral Ensembles' spring 2012 tour to England and France. Performances will begin at 5:00pm, 6:30pm, and 8:00pm. Tickets may be purchased in advance by emailing email@example.com, or by visiting the College Center North Atrium, Main Building, at lunchtime beginning January 18th. Students: $5 in advance, or $7 at the door; adults: $10 in advance, or $15 at the door. Food and beverages will be provided by the Vassar College choral ensembles.
Aula, Ely Hall
Open Rehearsal.
Mahagonny Ensemble. Alumnus composer Evan James '07 coaches the student-run contemporary group in the preparation of his new work, You're Unreal. Following the rehearsal, there is a lunch with an opportunity to speak with the composer.
Skinner Hall of Music
Orchestral and Chamber Ensembles. The Vassar College Orchestra and Mahagonny Ensembles perform works by Arvo Pärt, Gerald Finzi, and Almeida Prado in addition to You're Unreal by Evan James '07. Conducted by Eduardo Navega, director of the Chamber Music Program, William Healy '12, and Naomi Dubin '12.
Skinner Hall of Music
Mezzo-soprano Mary Nessinger, music faculty member, with Akiva Cahn-Lipman, cello, and Judith Gordon, piano, in a presentation of Salvatore Sciarrino's avant-garde chamber opera Vanitas.
Skinner Hall of Music
Dramatic Reading.
The Baltimore Waltz. This play by Paula Vogel, is "a crazy-quilt patchwork of hyperventilating language, erotic jokes, movie kitsch and medical nightmare…that spins before the audience in Viennese waltz time, replete with a dizzying fall." (New York Times) Presented by the Vassar Drama Department's Experimental Theater, Shona Tucker, assistant professor of drama and adviser to the Experimental Theater. Seating is very limited and reservations are required in advance. Contact the Box Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or (845) 437-5599.
Streep Acting Studio, Room 110, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
Vassar Bookstore Author Series.
Professor Emeritus of English Frank Bergon discusses his recent novel, Jesse's Ghost, and how he turned a true story into a novel.
Vassar College Bookstore, Main Building, College Center
Film Screening.
Original Shorts. Vassar Filmmakers Club and the Film Majors' Committee present a selection of student short films from the Vassar film community. Student filmmakers are present for Q&A afterward. Hosted by Patty Cruz '12, vice-president, Filmmakers Club; Eric Schuman '12, co-president, Filmmakers Club; Tim O'Connor '12, co-president, Filmmakers Club; Cassie Gomes '12, co-chair, Film Major's Committee.
Rockefeller Hall, Room 200
Art, Dance, Music, and Words. Presentation of chamber music, dance, art, and original poetry and prose by students of the music, dance, art, and English departments. Hosted by Jonathan Chenette, dean of the faculty and professor of music.
Villard Room, Main Building
Film Screening.
Russian film Igla/The Needle (1988), Rashid Nugmanov, director. The founding text of the Kazakh New Wave movement, The Needle is an experimental visual kaleidoscope of genres, joining together elements of a stylized mob drama, a sea-side love story, and an anti-drug film set to the soundtrack of late Soviet post-punk. The Needle was one of the highest grossing Soviet blockbusters, winning a special jury prize at the 1988 Golden Duke Film Festival in Odessa as well as first prize at the 1990 Nuremberg Film Festival. Presented with commentary by Rita Safariants, visiting instructor in the Russian Studies Department.
Rockefeller Hall, Room 200
5:00pm – 9:00pm
Late Night at the Lehman Loeb.
Fifth Anniversary of Late Night. Celebrate five years of enjoying extended gallery hours in an enlivened atmosphere with creative happenings every week. Late Night at the Lehman Loeb is made possible by the generous support of the Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Performance. Poetry and Dance.
"Grandmother Talks, Grandmother Dances." A collaborative piece weaving dance and poetry, this performance narrates Indigenous continuance through bloodlines, resistance, and creativity. Molly S. McGlennen, assistant professor of English and Native American Studies, and Kathy Wildberger, senior lecturer in the departments of Dance and Drama.
Aula, Ely Hall
Dance Performance.
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre performs works selected from their current repertoire. This performance is presented under the auspices of the Department of Dance. For Modfest tickets please write to firstname.lastname@example.com; put Modfest in the subject window. For information please call the Dance Office at (845) 437-7470.
Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater, Kenyon Hall
Dramatic reading of a Senior Project. The Inheritance of Nightdreams, a new play by Isabella Batts, '12, is a dramatic comedy about the panic and joy of being completely lost. The story follows the middle-aged parents and young adult children of the Peel family as they navigate love, death, distance, and the secret landscapes of each other's dreams. Seating is very limited and reservations are required in advance. Contact the Box Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or (845) 437-5599.
Streep Acting Studio, Room 110, Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film
Open Rehearsal. Mahagonny Ensemble.
Features new works by student composers Connor Mulhern '14, and Jeremy Bloom '12. William Healy '12, conductor. Following the rehearsal, there is a lunch with an opportunity to speak with the composer.
Thekla Hall, Skinner Hall of Music


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U.S. quietly trying to suppress dangers of Syria's chemical arsenal
The Obama administration has quietly arranged for thousands of chemical protective suits and related items to be sent to Jordan and Turkey and is pressing the military forces there to take principal responsibility for safeguarding Syrian chemical-weapons sites if the country's lethal nerve agents suddenly become vulnerable to theft and misuse, Western and Middle Eastern officials say.
As part of their preparations for such an event, Western governments have started training the Jordanians and Turks to use the chemical gear and related detection equipment, so they're capable of protecting the Syrian nerve-agent depots if needed – at least for a short time, U.S. and other Western officials say.
Washington has decided, moreover, that the best course of action in the aftermath of Syrian President Bashar Assad's possible fall would be to get the nerve agents out of the country as quickly as possible, so it's begun discussions not only with Jordan and Turkey, but also with Iraq and Russia to chart the potential withdrawal of the arsenal and its destruction elsewhere.
The Obama administration regards using allied forces from Syria's periphery as the most likely "first responders" to a weapons-of-mass-destruction emergency as a way to avoid putting U.S. troops in the region if the special Syrian military forces now safeguarding the weapons leave their posts. A Syrian withdrawal otherwise might render the weapons vulnerable to capture and use by Hezbollah or other anti-U.S. or anti-Israeli militant groups, U.S. officials fear.
This article is based on conversations about international planning for the disposition of the Syrian stockpile with a half-dozen U.S. and foreign officials who declined to be named because of the sensitivities surrounding their work. They said the Western planning, while not yet complete, was further along than officials had publicly disclosed.
So far, the Turkish and Jordanian governments haven't promised to take up the full role that Washington has sought to give them, U.S. and foreign officials said.
Jordanian Embassy spokeswoman Dana Zureikat Daoud said the training under way was "not mission-oriented," meaning that Jordan doesn't have a fixed responsibility. But she added that the government is concerned about the possibility of Syrian chemical armaments falling into extremist hands. "Our contingency plans . . . are discussed and elaborated with like-minded, concerned countries," she said.
A spokesman at the Turkish Embassy declined to comment. James F. Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey from 2008 to 2010, said that although Ankara was eager for the United States to play a larger role in resolving the Syrian crisis, the Turks were "usually reluctant to be our foot soldiers." He added: "When Americans come up with a plan to use country X's soldiers, the plan is often self-fulfilling inside the Beltway," but it sometimes runs into trouble when it's broached in foreign capitals.
Worries about the fate of the chemicals – in a stockpile estimated at 350 to 400 metric tons (385 to 440 short tons) – have become so great that Washington and its allies have recently passed messages to some of the Syrian commanders who oversee their security, offering safety and a continued role under a new government if the commanders act responsibly, two knowledgeable officials said.
It's unclear what the results of that effort have been. Similar messages, urging restraint and good behavior in handling the chemicals, also have been passed in recent weeks to rebel forces in the country, according to a Western official.
One of Washington's concerns has been that Assad might order the chemicals used against his own citizens, a fear that spiked late last year when chemicals at one base were seen being loaded into artillery shells and bombs. Western and Russian officials issued stiff warnings, and those concerns abated somewhat, although Foreign Policy magazine reported Tuesday that some evidence exists that Syria used a generally nonlethal incapacitating gas against rebels in Homs last month.
The principal U.S. concern in a post-Assad period, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Jan. 10 at a news briefing, is how to secure the country's chemical and biological weapons sites. "And that is a discussion that we are having, not only with the Israelis, but with other countries in the region," he said.
"We're not working on options that involve (U.S.) boots on the ground," Panetta said.
At one extreme, a senior U.S. official said, the Pentagon might be prepared to dispatch its own special forces to one or more of the nerve agent sites if no other intervention could stop weapons there from falling into the wrong hands. But this would likely last only a few hours, during which the SEALS or other special forces would be tasked with swiftly neutralizing the agent and hostile forces.
The Obama administration's preference, however, is to have other forces undertake such an intervention, so the United States and Britain have been conducting joint planning and training operations with Jordanian and Turkish commandos for more than a year, to prepare for their possible insertion into Syria in an emergency, according to U.S. and foreign officials who are familiar with the plans.
The protective suits, along with detection equipment and decontamination gear, began arriving in the late fall amid intensifying concern that the Syrian government might be considering using its chemical weapons stocks to halt rebel advances, the officials say. Syria's arsenal includes mustard gas, which burns and blisters the skin and lungs, as well as sarin and VX, liquids that interfere with the nervous system and produce swift death by paralysis after minute, drop-size exposures, U.S. officials say.
Jordan and Turkey initially agreed to undertake Western training in dealing with chemical weapons because they might have to cope with panicked refugees and victims if Assad's forces use such arms against the rebels; some risk also exists in that circumstance of clouds of dangerous gas wafting into their own territory from Syrian cities near their border. Even medical workers would be at grave risk in dealing with those who became contaminated, so Western powers are training them now, according to foreign officials.
"Their primary concern is a spillover of these things into their territory," one U.S. official said.
Partly because of worries about the chemical stockpile, Washington and its allies still hope that Assad might be persuaded to leave in exchange for a guarantee of his personal security elsewhere. In such a negotiated transition, Western powers would seek to keep in place the Syrian military units that are responsible for safeguarding the chemical weapons sites, officials said.
"The people in Assad's regime responsible for security at the chemical sites are among the very best soldiers," a U.S. official said. "If one could keep those forces in place . . . that would be the best and probably the cheapest and most efficient outcome."
But Assad, in a defiant address Jan. 6, said he had no intention of stepping aside or negotiating with the rebels who are engaged in a bitter struggle for national control that so far has claimed at least 60,000 lives.
"The options are not good in any scenario," another senior official said, adding that Washington is as worried about the chemicals falling into the hands of rebel forces that may seize power, either locally or nationally, as it is about their misuse by terrorists or rogue Syrian military units and commanders. The United States has designated at least one of the major Syrian rebel groups, the Nusra Front, as a terrorist organization.
Also, U.S. intelligence agencies have warned policymakers that once Assad is gone, the country's turmoil will increase, with rival groups perhaps seeking to brandish possession of the chemical weapons as symbols of their power.
Simply blowing up the chemicals with bombs or other weapons isn't an option, while incinerating the chemicals in Syria would be logistically challenging and would pose high security risks. As a result, U.S. officials said they'd likely seek to transport the chemicals out of Syria as quickly as possible once a new government could be formed.
Under one scenario that's under discussion between Washington and its allies, the chemicals would be moved to secure military bases in Jordan, Turkey or Iraq, where the United States and others would erect incinerators over six to 12 months that could destroy the chemicals in a year or so after that.
Another option, which officials said had tentatively been explored with senior Russian officials, is to truck the chemical agents to the Syrian port of Tartus, where the Russian navy keeps a small presence, so that they could be placed on a ship for transport to Russia, where multiple chemical-weapons destruction plants have been constructed with Western help.


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OAKLAND -- The Oakland A's recalled left-handed pitcher Tommy Milone from Single-A Stockton and right-handed pitcher Evan Scribner from Triple-A Sacramento, the club announced on Tuesday. The A's also selected right-handed pitcher Pat Neshek from Sacramento. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Neshek, the A's designated left-handed pitcher Hideki Okajima for assignment. Luke Montz, who was designated for assignment on Sunday, has been released.
Milone was on the A's Opening Day roster and went 9-9 with a 4.39 ERA in 22 starts before he was optioned to Sacramento August 3. He returned August 18 and went 1-0 with a 2.79 ERA in two starts before he was optioned to Stockton August 28. Milone is 10-9 with a 4.28 ERA in 24 starts overall with the A's. He is also 0-0 with and a 1.74 ERA in two starts with Sacramento.
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