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"Atrocity" is how Tehran's Iran News described the slaughter. Some Iranian officials believed that the United States had created al-Qaeda as a tool against the Islamic Republic. Conspiratorial-minded officials remained skeptical that such an operation could be conducted without the American government's knowledge. But the magnitude of the attack as well as the culprits stunned the Iranian government and its populace. "My deep sympathy goes out to the American nation," said President Mohammad Khatami. "Terrorism is condemned and the world public should identify its roots and its dimensions and should take fundamental steps to eliminate it." Mourners held a spontaneous candlelight vigil as thousands of people took to the streets of north Tehran chanting, "Death to terrorists." Iranian soccer fans observed a minute of silence before a match withBahrain. Even Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the attacks: "Mass killing is wrong, whether it's in Hiroshima, Bosnia, New York, or Washington." During Friday prayers at Qom, Ayatollah Ibrahim Amini said that the Iranian people grieved with the relatives of those killed, and the traditional slogan "Death to America" was absent from the crowds' mantras.
Tehran had mixed emotions about the new administration. President Khatami desperately wanted to improve Iran's economy. He needed this for political survival, but also to show detractors within the government the tangible benefits from better relations with the West. Bush's family ties to the oil industry appeared to be a good omen. Rafsanjani believed that pressure from American oil companies might lead to a lifting of the sanctions. Although his father's assignment as CIA director caused some unease within the Iranian government, many within the Iranian business community hoped the Republicans would be more sympathetic to lifting the sanctions in order to make money for American companies.
If the terrorist attack changed the focus of theU.S.government, it portended a change regarding Iran too. The traditional American antagonist suddenly loomed as a potential ally. "The Iranians seemed shocked by the scale of the attack," said Richard Armitage. Iran showed no enthusiasm for al-Qaeda or its Sunni-based objectives.
The perpetrators of 9/ 11 were harbored by a fiercely anti-Shia, anti-Iranian Afghan tribal alliance, the Taliban. Iran supported the main opposition group, the Northern Alliance, with close ties to the legendary Afghan resistance fighter who opposed both the Soviets and the Taliban, Ahmad Massoud. In 1998, Iran threatened to invade Afghanistan following the killing of eight Iranian diplomats by Taliban forces when they stormed the city of Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. As a result, Iran increased its support for the Northern Alliance and the anti-Taliban forces. In the first half of 1999 alone, thirty-three cargo planes with 380 metric tons of small arms, ammo, and fuel arrived from the eastern Iranian air base of Mashhad to Tajikistan for transport to the Northern Alliance.
Since the late 1990s, the United Nations had sponsored meetings in Geneva with Afghanistan's neighbors plus the United States and others with an interest in Central Asia to resolve the myriad problems caused by the Afghan civil war and the Taliban's victory. Iran housed two million Afghan refugees. Afghan opium made its way through Iran's porous border bound for Iranian cities as well as the streets of Europe. The seventh floor of the Department of State paid little attention to these discussions, which fell under the auspices of the department's bureau that handled India and Pakistan rather than the Middle East. But the venue placed American and Iranian diplomats in the same room, and after September 11 the State Department saw this informal venue as a means of reaching out to Iran to leverage its access and cooperation with the Northern Alliance in the forthcoming American attack on the Taliban.
"The Iranians had the contacts to help us in Afghanistan, and appeared to be willing to use their influence in a constructive way," said Flynt Leverett, a CIA officer serving as the director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council.
Secretary Powell dispatched Ryan Crocker to meet with the Iranians in Geneva. As cover, the Italians and Germany were included to avoid the appearance of direct talks. But in fact, it would be the first face-to-face discussions between the two nations since 1986, during the arms-for-hostages debacle of the Reagan administration.
Discreet and experienced, and fluent in both Arabic and Farsi, Crocker served in some of the most demanding posts of the Middle East. In April 1983, he suffered superficial injuries from flying glass when an Iranian surrogate detonated a car packed with explosives in front of the U.S. embassy in Beirut. He headed the State Department's Iraq task force following Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, before returning toLebanonin 1990 as the ambassador. This would be the first of six ambassadorial appointments in the region, including Iraq in 2007 during the height of the violence following the U.S. invasion and Afghanistan during the surge there under President Obama. Crocker knew something about Iran. His first posting as a Foreign Service officer in 1972 was to the American consulate at Khorramshahr in southwestern Iran. A captive of the student protests on American university campuses at the time, Crocker arrived convinced that a leftist revolution would send the shah's reactionary, authoritarian regime to the "dustbin of history." He spent two years traveling the countryside, talking to students and labor organizers trying to prove this thesis. "I could not have identified a politicized mullah if I tripped over one. I had no idea of what Khomeini was writing in Najaf," Crocker recalled, lamenting his own naïveté. With the shah's overthrow, Crocker realized the inherent problem of looking at another society through one's own lens. "I learned the important lesson that you need to check your intellectual baggage at the door when you arrive in someone else's complex society, and Iran is an incredibly complex country."
Not everyone in the U.S. government agreed about the wisdom of talking to Iran. When Paul Wolfowitz heard of the Crocker mission, he wanted it shut down. John Bolton concurred, seeing it as a reward for bad behavior and distrusting anything coming out of the mouth of an Iranian official. One of the most strident opponents was William Luti, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Near Eastern and South Asian affairs. A retired navy captain who rose to prominence as Newt Gingrich's military assistant, he'd earned a doctorate from Tufts University with his dissertation on Operation Earnest Will and the escort of Kuwaiti tankers during the 1980s, in which he'd opposed the joint operation led by CENTCOM. "He is an extremely bright guy and a good friend," said Tony Less, a commander during the tanker war, "but he is very right wing."
Luti was excitable regarding Iran. He openly advocated regime change rather than what he saw as fruitless talks with a duplicitous nation. Luti had Larry Franklin, a civilian staffer who shared his views, draw up a set of counterpoints against engagement with Iran. "Iran is a hostile nation,"Franklin began in an eight-point diatribe against the Islamic Republic. "Iran mouthed words of condemnation for the September 11 attacks, but actions speak otherwise." It violated its international obligations, was duplicitous, and actually worked to undermine the Afghan government and fragment the country. "Iran must cease illegal programs and halt its terrorist ways."
But Powell and Armitage stood firm, and for once Rice herself interjected, concurring that meeting with the Iranians about Afghanistan could be useful. As long as the discussions remained at a low level and did not stray into other areas of U.S.-Iranian relations, the Pentagon acquiesced and raised no strong objections, other than to razz Crocker with a few good-natured jabs for "talking with the enemy" when he departed on a junket with Rumsfeld in Cairo in order to meet with the Iranians.
Crocker supported meeting with the Iranians. "I generally believe in talking to anyone who will talk to you," he said. "Maybe you will persuade them; maybe you'll neutralize them; maybe you can just mess with their mind.
The Iranian delegation consisted of three individuals. In an echo of McFarlane, North, and Cave's talks fifteen years earlier, all the Iranians had strong connections to the Revolutionary Guard commander, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, and to the supreme leader. One was a deputy foreign minister and an experienced hand in international political organizations, another a Revolutionary Guard general who had served as Iran's liaison to the Afghan Northern Alliance. The third man was the most intriguing to the Americans: former Iranian ambassador toAfghanistanand Bosnia-Herzegovina Mohammad Taherian. His career blurred the distinction between diplomat and military officer. During the 1980s, as ambassador inKabul, he had secretly funneled arms to the mujahedeen, when the Reagan administration was engaged in the same activity. A decade later, as ambassador toBosniain the midst of the Balkan civil war, he had funneled Iranian military aid to the Muslims, an operation that included deploying two hundred to three hundred Revolutionary Guardsmen to Central Europe to fight forBosnia. He had also held private meetings with the CIA on opposing the Serbs during his time in Sarajevo, a fact he informed Crocker's delegation of during one of their lengthy chats.
From the outset the discussions showed promise. During the breakout sessions during the first meeting inGeneva, the Iranians made it clear that they wanted to support theUnited States in Afghanistan. "They were in favor of swift and decisive action, military action by the United Statesagainst the Taliban," recalled Crocker. A couple of days before the United States launched its attack on Afghanistan, Crocker was having a theoretical discussion with the Iranians on the makeup of the future Afghan government. One of the Iranians rose to his feet and threw some papers on the floor: "None of this matters if we don't get on with the war!"
A short time later, the Revolutionary Guard general produced a map and pointed out all the Taliban troop locations. "Here's where you need to concentrate your bombings," he advised. Crocker immediately passed this back to Washington.
The Iranians repeatedly stressed that the two countries needed to work together. "We have more in common than differences," they said. They shared the same adversaries—Saddam Hussein and the Taliban—and needed to end thirty years of estrangement and build a new relationship. "The sweep of history and the geopolitics of the Middle East made Iran and the United States natural allies," Crocker recalled one saying. Crocker remained uncertain whether the Iranians believed this or if anyone in Tehran shared the same opinion.
The two parties met roughly once a month, bouncing between Geneva and Paris. The Germans and Italians dropped out, leaving the Americans and Iranians alone for hours, meeting in hotel lobbies, Crocker's suite, and at the United Nations special representative for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi's plush apartment overlooking the Luxemburg Gardens on the Left Bankof the French capital. The discussions were always cordial and professional. Crocker's instructions from the State Department were not specific; as they were informal talks, no one back in Washington paid too close attention. With this freedom, Crocker and his Iranian counterparts held long, freewheeling conversations that meandered into a wide array of contentious issues, from history, Lebanon, and Iraq to terrorism.
The Americans and Iranians quickly came to common agreement on the need to stabilize Afghanistan and for mutual cooperation on the formation of a post-Taliban government. Militarily, Iran offered the use of its airfields and ports to support the campaign in Afghanistan. While this offer was rejected, theUnited States did accept an Iranian offer to provide sanctuary for downed American pilots. U.S. airmen were told that if they had to bail out, they should do it over Iran and the Iranian air force would provide search and rescue units to retrieve them.
As the discussions progressed, the Iranian delegation proposed expanding the talks. The State Department prepared a comprehensive package of carrots and sticks designed to take advantage of a strategic opening with Iran. The goal would be a normalization of relations between the two antagonists. Armitage viewed this as prudent planning, but he remained doubtful that Iran would acquiesce to the U.S.demands: ending support for Hezbollah and terrorism and respecting democratic principles.
In November, President Khatami arrived in New York for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, which had been delayed due to the havoc caused by the collapse of the World Trade Center. The Iranians had two requests. Khatami wanted to go to Ground Zero—the site of theTwinTowers—and light a candle and pay his respects. Second, the Iranians recommended bringing additional Revolutionary Guard officers to expand the security dialogue beyond those in Geneva.
The U.S. government refused both requests. A visit by the president of a terrorist nation would not only insult the memory of those killed, a senior Bush administration official wrote; it threatened to undermine the monolithic nature of the war on terrorism, which lumped Iran, Iraq, and Syria all into the same nefarious category.
Newt Gingrich summed the concern up neatly during lunch with Doug Feith and Peter Rodman less than two weeks after the September 11 attacks. The United States needed to maintain a consistent message that the war on terrorism was a broad campaign and did not distinguish the policy rationale behind each terrorist actor. "We confuse Americans, allies, and our enemies when we speak of Iran joining the coalition against terrorism," the unofficial minister without a portfolio declared.
But the success of Crocker's meetings set the stage for the next major diplomatic leap in Afghanistan: the Bonn conference in December 2001. In late fall, Powell appointed Ambassador James Dobbins as the American representative for the Afghan opposition. Although Dobbins was planning on retiring after three decades as an American diplomat, he had unique experience in nation building in the Balkans. Dobbins was tasked to work with the United Nations–supervised negotiations with Afghanistan's neighbors, including Iran, to structure a new post-Taliban government and constitution.
Few within the government objected to Dobbins's effort. As the United Nations had invited all of Afghanistan's neighbors, including Iran, it made no sense not to attend a forum in which the United States needed to exert influence, just to avoid the Iranians. "That would have been the policy equivalent of cutting off our nose to spite our face," recalled Feith.
Dobbins's discussions remained autonomous from Crocker's meetings in Geneva. While each knew of the other's meetings, the coordination between the two centered back in Washington with Marc Grossman, the number three man at the State Department. Unlike Crocker's limited, secretive meetings, Dobbins wanted a broader-based delegation from within the U.S. government. The White House dispatched Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad to Dobbins's team. Although an administration hawk on Iran, Khalilzad was fluent in Farsi and had a solid grasp of the intricacies of Afghanistan and generally supported Dobbins's goals.
Meeting in a sprawling guesthouse called the Petersberg, a holdover from the days when the small German town served as the West German capital, Dobbins led the American delegation—including Luti, who had been sent along to keep an eye on Dobbins—to the UN-sponsored conference to formulate a new government forAfghanistan. Javad Zarif headed the Iranian delegation. Prematurely gray, Zarif looked older than his forty-one years. Educated at San Francisco State with his doctorate from the University of Denver, he was a sensible, savvy diplomat. Quick-witted and erudite, Zarif deftly navigated the greenrooms of the Western news media, providing a public face of a seemingly rational Iranian government. As a pragmatist, he was distrusted by hard-liners inTehran, and the supreme leader tended to prefer diplomats from the Revolutionary Guard, such as those meeting Crocker. But Zarif had the backing of Khatami and was a powerful player in Iranian diplomacy.
The Iranians remained supportive of the dialogue with the United States. Both the hard-line supreme leader and the reformist president Khatami supported the opening, although for different reasons. Khatami viewed this as an opportunity to revive his reform movement and strengthen his power inIran. Ayatollah Khamenei feared the Islamic Republic was next in America's crosshairs in its war on terrorism. While the United States had two separate tracks with Dobbins and Crocker, Iran tended to shuttle the same individuals between the two Americans. Not surprisingly, the Iranians' talking points were consistent regardless of which American they happened to be having tea with that day. Both Dobbins and Crocker reported back that Iran wanted to cooperate in Afghanistan.
The evening before the conference convened, Dobbins received a call from the Iranians asking to meet at their hotel. Fearing Luti would try to derail the talks, Dobbins deliberately excluded him and took Khalilzad to meet with Zarif. Khalilzad proved a valuable sidekick both for his language abilities and for his sage advice during the talks with the Iranians. Zarif and Dobbins spent an hour together comparing notes. Both sides agreed on the core issues: the Northern Alliance should provide the nucleus of a new government and Hamid Karzai was an acceptable candidate for the new president.
When Dobbins briefed his American team the next morning on what had been discussed, another hard-liner in Luti's party, Harold Rhode, who worked for the Defense Department's Office of Net Assessment and frequently did special tasks for Wolfowitz, "became agitated," as Dobbins put it mildly in describing the scene. Luti and Rhode strenuously objected to the talks, rejecting the very idea of any limited convergence of interests between theUnited States and Iran. To Dobbins's relief, both men left Bonn the following day.
Dobbins and Zarif proceeded to hammer out the framework for a new Afghan government. The two men met every morning at ten o'clock for coffee, with the Italians and Germans coming along to provide the fig leaf of multilateral talks. During one of these meetings over tea and cookies, Zarif brought to Dobbins's attention a major omission in the draft of the final agreement: "The text makes no mention of democratic elections," Zarif said in his flawless English. "Don't you think the new Afghan government should be committed to holding democratic elections?"
Dobbins agreed, somewhat embarrassed that the U.S. delegation had not noticed the absence of this obvious basic tenet of American policy and that the Iranians had.
"Further," Zarif continued, taking obvious pleasure in stealing the customary American themes, "the draft makes no mention of terrorism. Should we not insist that the new Afghan government be committed to cooperating with the international community to combat terrorism?"
The irony of this was not lost on Dobbins. Despite America's castigation of Iran as a totalitarian, fundamentalist, and terrorist regime, the country opposed both al-Qaeda and the Taliban and was more democratic than many of Washington's Arab allies in the Middle East, including the two stalwarts, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. It exposed a major flaw in the Bush administration's evolving war on terrorism: by lumping Iran, Iraq, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda all in the same monolithic camp, the United States lost the opportunity to exploit the natural divisions and open hostility that existed among those grouped under this broad tent of terrorism.
After more than two weeks, the conference concluded. In the final hours, Zarif and the Iranians played a critical role in uniting the disparate Afghan warlords. Zarif's personal intervention overcame a final hurdle to the apportionment of the ministry positions among the ethnic groups, which had threatened to derail the entire accord. Both Iran and the United States coalesced behind the new president, Hamid Karzai, a pro-American Afghan who had arrived in Kabul on the backs of American special operations forces.
The following month, Dobbins met again with the Iranians during a fund drive for Afghanistan held in Tokyo. Accompanied by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, the United States pledged only about 5 percent of the $5 billion total to support reconstruction in Afghanistan, a paltry sum that irritated Dobbins and attested to the Bush administration's disinterest in nation building in Afghanistan. By contrast, Iran offered $540 million, twice as much as Washington. Iran understood what the Bush administration did not: with money went influence over allocation of reconstruction funds and influence in the new government. Over the coming years, Iran followed this up with tens of millions of dollars in additional aid, plus a steady stream of bags of cash given directly to Karzai to ensure Iranian influence over the new government. In January 2002, the Iranians sent technicians to restore radio and television service and provided over a billion dollars in assistance. Tehran established regular commercial airline flights into Kabul, greatly expanded exports of commercial goods into the country, and was a leading supplier of humanitarian aid.
While at the conference, former UN high commissioner for refugees Sadako Ogata passed a note to Secretary O'Neill from the Iranians. They were proposing once again to open a formal dialogue with the United States to discuss all issues dividing the two nations. Dobbins and O'Neill dutifully reported this back to Rice and the State Department. "No one evinced any interest," Dobbins recalled.
Just before the Tokyo summit, the Revolutionary Guard had aided the administration hawks opposed to any dialogue when they tried to smuggle a ship full of weapons to the Palestinians, then in the midst of their second intifada. Some fifty tons of arms were loaded by a lighter from Qeshm Island onto the ship Karine A. Israeli commandos intercepted the ship in the Red Sea. It seems unlikely that hard-liners inTehran were hoping to scuttle the talks with theUnited States; the Revolutionary Guard operation appears to have been more on autopilot, planned well ahead of time.Israel paraded the crates of Iranian-made explosives and rockets before the press. Immediately, during interagency meetings at the White House, both Peter Rodman and Bill Luti touted this as evidence of Iranian support for terrorism and argued that regime change and not accommodation should be administration policy. "It showed once again you could not trustIran and you cannot change a leopard's spots," said one former Bush defense official who urged overthrowing the Iranian regime.
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Despite the apparent harmony on Afghanistan, suspicion about al-Qaeda's presence in Iran reinforced hard-line views inside the U.S.government. As a sidebar to Crocker's talks in Geneva, James Pavitt, the CIA's deputy director for operations, met separately with another Iranian delegation, composed of MOIS agents. Pavitt raised concerns about al-Qaeda fleeing across the Afghan border into Iran. The CIA estimated that some five hundred al-Qaeda suspects and their families were in Iran, including Osama bin Laden's eldest son, Saad, and one of his daughters. The Iranians responded to Pavitt that they did not have enough forces to guard their expansive and lawless border with Afghanistan and that many undesirables crossed into Iran. But they claimed to have arrested many al-Qaeda members and placed others under house arrest. The CIA passed the names of several high-value al-Qaeda members suspected of being in Iran, requesting that they be turned over to the United States. Iran viewed these al-Qaeda captives as important for its own security. They provided valuable insight into the organization that Tehran viewed as a threat to its own security. Holding them also provided insurance against al-Qaeda attacks against Iran. The several hundred al-Qaeda captives and their families were held in varying degrees of confinement, from prison to limited free movements under the supervision of security officials. The Iranians refused to give up anyone from the bin Laden family, but did turn over one highly sought al-Qaeda affiliate to Karzai's government in Kabul. In return, Iran requested information on those Taliban members responsible for the killing of their diplomats in 1998. Unfortunately, Crocker responded, the United Stateshad no specific information on the culprits and none were in American custody.
To placate the Americans, Javad Zarif flew to New York. He carried photocopies of the passports of more than two hundred al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters held by Iranian authorities, as well as a flowchart of who each of them was and how that fit into the larger network. In return, Zarif requested America's help in repatriating some of these captives to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, with whom Washington had better diplomatic relations than did Tehran. One of those in custody was a renegade Afghan who opposed both the Taliban and the United States with equal fervor, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Zarif agreed to keep Hekmatyar, a brutal cutthroat, under arrest, as long as the United States did not then accuse Iran of harboring terrorists.
Despite these overtures, the U.S. government remained suspicious that Iran knew far more about other al-Qaeda members in its country. "The Iranians were trying to give us the limited modified hangout," said Armitage, referring to a quote by Richard Nixon during Watergate. "Give a little ankle and let them think we are showing them everything."
One of those the CIA suspected of being in Iran was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The Jordanian had been bankrolled by Osama bin Laden to form his own militia near Herat in western Afghanistan. A cutthroat, al-Zarqawi later participated in beheading hostages and in organizing suicide bombings against U.S. forces in Iraq, until American special operators dropped a laserguided bomb on him in 2006.
Rumors of al-Zarqawi's presence in Iran persisted in intelligence circles, which nearly led to a secret raid into Iran to kill him in 2002. The U.S. government learned of an upcoming meeting with al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaeda operatives about obtaining chemical or biological weapons. The meeting was to occur near the northern Iranian city of Chalus, in a house only three kilometers from the Caspian Sea. Navy SEALs developed an imaginative plan. A small team would be air-dropped into the water off the coast, and then make its way across the beach to the suspected al-Qaeda meeting house. Once in position, the SEALs would call in an air strike and drop a thousand-pound smart bomb on top of al-Zarqawi.
Joint Chiefs chair Richard Myers briefed President Bush that it would be a " high-risk" operation. Iranian military forces were nearby, and the SEALs had serious intelligence gaps—lacking both photographs of the attendees and an agent on the ground to update them on the actual time of the meeting. Myers cautioned against the mission, unless they obtained some rock-solid intelligence that spelled out when al-Zarqawi would be at the safe house. The daring raid had captivated the president, and the hawkish Dick Cheney liked the idea of striking simultaneously at both Iran and al-Qaeda. But President Bush reluctantly agreed with the chairman's concerns that the risks outweighed the gains. It was a wise decision by Bush. While detractors in the administration used Iran's failure to produce al-Zarqawi as evidence of Tehran's obstinacy, the man in question was never even in Iran, but in a remote, ungoverned area ofIraq.
Despite the setbacks of the Karine A and detractors within the government, the United States and the Islamic Republic had sustained their most important diplomatic contact in two decades. The shock of terrorism on a grand scale allowed the two rivals to find common ground in remaking the political landscape of a troublesome Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the quick rout of the Taliban and its al-Qaeda parasites meant that Iraq came up next in the queue, even if the decider had not yet ruled on the next war. In early December, CENTCOM commander Tommy Franks flew to Bush's ranch in Crawford,Texas. After getting a tour of the large spread, Franks updated the president on the invasion plan for Iraq. While Dobbins had hoped his talks would serve as the catalyst for a permanent thaw with Iran, years of suspicion would not be easily overcome. With the neocon grand design about to come to fruition, Iran would not be a partner; instead, it would be part of the nefarious lineup of the "axis of evil."
Excerpted from The Twilight War: The Secret History of America's Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran by David Crist.
Copyright 2012 by David Crist.
Reprinted with permission from The Penguin Press.


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Gary Shirley Says He's "Completely Through" With Amber Portwood!
Teen Mom's Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley break up and make up more often than Jenelle Evans lands herself in jail, but this time it looks like Gary and his baby mama are officially dunzo.
In a stream of emotional tweets, Gary made his split with Amber public, and apparently he's already on the rebound (today's your lucky day, ladies!):
@itsGaryTime: I'm completely through w amber No more back n fourth shit. I got my precious baby u got your precious anderson men hope your sins r worth it
So, we don't really know what Gary's talking about here, but it's safe to assume he and Amber are over for good. He followed up this breakup tweet with, "I got a date tonight. With a girl in Indy... Where to take her?"
And when a concerned fan pointed out that he was moving on a bit quickly, he responded, "Just dinner lol a date plus I've been over this crap way to long."
Way harsh, Gary Bear! Though he did end up getting drunk tapping into his emo side and tweeting, "Hard to turn u away today, heading u cry was hard but your actions were terrible and this time there was no reason for what u did. No love."
Who knew behind Gary's gruff surface lies the mind of a poetic genius?
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The Tokyo Auto Show wrapped up last weak, but not before the folks at Autoweek could choose their "Best of" honors. And guess what? Honda took home the prize for "Most Fun", since apparently "Best Fun" doesn't make any sense. Taking home the honor for "Most Fun" at this year's Tokyo Auto show is... drum roll anyone? That's right, it's the Honda EV-ster!
Check out Autoweek's press release below to see what their other picks were, and also to read up on why they chose the vehicles they did.
<i>Autoweek Editors Honor the Best of the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show
Vehicles from Mazda, Nissan, Subaru and Honda win Editors' Choice Awards
The Autoweek editorial staff presented Mazda with the 2011 Autoweek Editors' Choice Award for Best in Show at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. The Mazda Takeri previews the evolution of the Mazda 6 sedan and earns points for both style and fuel technology in an increasingly competitive segment.
The biennial Tokyo Motor Show returned to Tokyo proper for the first time in 24 years. This year's theme, "Mobility can change the world," set the tone as Tokyo seeks to be the world's leading technology motor show. Autoweek editors saw green technology and fuel efficiency take center stage on the stands of most automakers at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center, the new venue for 2011. Japanese automakers pulled out all the stops for their home show, sweeping all four categories in this year's awards.
The Autoweek Editors' Choice Award winners for the best of the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show are:
BEST IN SHOW: Mazda Takeri
"The Takeri blends striking style with diesel technology to make a compelling case for the future of Mazda," Autoweek news editor Greg Migliore said. There were other contenders making noise this year, but ultimately the Takeri made itself heard over the din of its competitors. "The curves, the grille, the headlightsthey all speak to us, and auto enthusiasts, in a strong manner."
BEST CONCEPT: Nissan Juke Nismo
The Nismo team added a custom aero kit to the Juke concept and massaged the 1.6-liter turbocharged engine. On the inside, the slick new interiorincluding a distinctive steering wheel, gauges and door trimprovides greater driving involvement. For now, Nissan says that the Nismo is just a concept. "If there's one concept at the Tokyo show we'd like to see in production, this is it," Autoweek editor Wes Raynal said.
MOST SIGNIFICANT: Subaru BRZ
"I argued that the BRZ should be Most Significant, since it represents a return to the inexpensive, fun, front-engine, rear-drive sports car for which I have been clamoring for years," said Autoweek senior editor-West Coast Mark Vaughn. "The rest of the staff agreed, and Subaru's hard work paid off handsomely in this modern speedster."
MOST FUN: Honda EV-ster
"The most fun car is always a topic of heated debate at auto shows, and we came to the conclusion that the Honda EV-ster's open-air cockpit and electric propulsion would make for a very enjoyable experience driving home from the show," Migliore said. According to Honda, the car is meant to deliver both sport and pleasure, and it does just that. "This car is quick, looks sharp and it signals potential for the sports cars of the future."
The Dec. 26 issue of Autoweek magazine will feature a full report from the show in Tokyo. For more information on the Editors' Choice Awards, past winners and for extensive Tokyo motor show coverage, visit autoweek.com/autoshows.
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Women's Track: WVU Headed to Larry Ellis Invite
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Looking to improve times and distances for additional league and regional qualifying marks, the West Virginia track and field team heads to Princeton, NJ, to compete at the Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational on Friday and Saturday, Apr. 20-21.
Friday's events begin with the heptathlon at 1 p.m. and end with the women's 5,000-meter run at 9 p.m. The meet continues Saturday with the 4x100 relay and shot put at noon and ends at approximately 6 p.m. with the 4x400 relay.
"We're looking for continued consistency as this will be the last competition for the majority of the team," says WVU coach Sean Cleary. "We are looking to put ourselves a step closer to being ready for the BIG EAST meet. It will serve as a chance for our coaches to best determine where to place our group. This competition should help create a clearer picture."
Several mid-distance runners are slated to compete Friday night, with Sarah Martinelli and Stephanie Aldea competing in the 1,500-meter run and Hallie Portner and Alison Kimble competing in the 5,000-meter run. Redshirt juniors Aubrey Moskal and Jordan Hamric will compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
Last week at the Jesse Owens Classic, senior Chelsea Carrier-Eades placed second in both the 100- and 400-meter hurdles with season-best times and Martinelli came in fourth in the 1,500-meter with a career-best 4:31.76. Jumper Stormy Nesbit earned a career-best 5.99 meters in the long jump, and freshman discus thrower Karissa Knabenshue earned a 41.61-meter throw, which ranks fourth-best on the WVU all-time best marks list for the event.
A total of 19 athletes have qualified for 13 events at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships from May 4-6 in Tampa, Fla.
"Each week we add a few more names to the roster for the championships," Cleary says. "I expect a few more to make the qualifying marks for both BIG EAST and the NCAAs. The weather forecast looks good. We are looking forward to the competition."
Live stats for the Larry Ellis Memorial Invitational will be provided by tumeytiming.com.
Schedule of Events
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Football: Skyler Howard Preseason
Coach Dana Holgorsen
2015 Bob Huggins Fantasy Camp
Womens Soccer: Ashley Lawrence Goal vs. NL
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Dr. Jen's interests span a broad range of topics in corporate finance, investment, and banking. He has spent much time on management problems in the People's Republic of China, and was instrumental in establishing an Executive Development program and UB's MBA Program there. He also founded the Bank Management Institute in 1977, which is recognized around the world as offering a bench-mark-level program for middle and senior commercial lending officers. Dr. Jen has supervised many dissertations and has published numerous academic papers. He has served as consultant to corporations and financial institutions in the areas of ventures in China, financial planning and control, portfolio management, and money management strategies.
Jen, Frank C. "Some Problems on Commercial Banking in China." Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies, (June 1998).
Jen, Frank C., Dosoung Choi, Seong-hyo Lee, "Some New Evidence on Why Companies use Convertible Bonds." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance (Spring 1997).
Jen, Frank C. "Financial Systems in China." Proceedings of the First Conference on Pacific Basin Business, Economics, and Finance (May 1996).
Jen, Frank C. "Danger: Riskier Loans Ahead." Journal of Commercial Lending (April 1993).
Jen, Frank C. and Dosoung Choi. "The Relation Between Stock Returns and Short-term Interest Rates." Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting (October 1990).
Dr. Jen designed and taught many executive programs in both U.S. and China. He has served as a consultant for various commercial banks, savings banks, and manufacturing firms in the areas of financial planning and control, money management, and investments.
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As a kid, chocolate cake wasn't really my favorite, I was a yellow cake kinda gal. As I've gotten older, chocolate cake has climbed up my list of things I enjoy. My husband and kids love chocolate cake, so when I came across this recipe on Marie's blog, The English Kitchen (one of my favorite food bloggers I might add!) I knew I just had to make it. Marie holds a special endearing quality for me, she' from England, my home land. I love seeing what she is cooking and baking. While I've been in America all my life, I have a special place in my heart for Jolly Ole England. :)
I only have one decent photo of this cake. It just went too fast!
Marie's icing came out considerably creamier than mine. Mine was stiffer, but I'm sure, equally delicious. While Marie was kind enough to give the U.S. standard equivalents, there were a couple of adjustments that I made:
Instead of self rising flour, I used all purpose flour and added baking powder and salt. Those adjustments are reflected in my adaptation below.
I also had to substitute for the golden caster sugar. I'm not even sure if that's available here in the states, it's certainly not something you'll find in my little one horse town. So instead, I ran some turbinado sugar through the food processor to make my own golden caster sugar. :)
The main reason I chose to make this cake was because my husband had accidentally dropped a can of Coke on the floor and dented the can. He won't drink it after that and I hate to let those go to waste! This cake used almost the entire can, so it worked out perfectly.
The result is a deliciously moist and flavorful chocolate that everyone in this house loved. Nothing went to waste, it was all gobbled up! So if you are looking for a tasty chocolate cake, try this, you won't be disappointed.
Chocolate Cola Cake
adapted from The English Kitchen
For the cake:
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups turbinado sugar that has been ground fine in a food processor (measure after grinding)
3 heaping tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
generous pinch of baking soda
200 ml of cola drink (slightly more than 3/4 cup) (your measuring cup probably has ML on it)
1/4 cup milk
2 large eggs, beaten
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the buttercream icing:
4 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups powdered or icing sugar, sifted
2 to 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 tablespoons cola drink
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter two 9 inch round cake pans. Set aside.
Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cocoa powder and baking soda together in a large bowl. In saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter and cola together. Add to the dry ingredients along with the milk, eggs and vanilla. Mix gently but thoroughly. Pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 33-38 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
Beat all the icing ingredients together until smooth and fluffy. Spread over cooled cake.
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Looks fantastic! I am always tempted to try a piece that Cracker Barrel serves, but have not yet. Yours looks waaaay better. YUMMY!!!
Sounds delicious Amanda! I may have to try that as I love chocolate cake.
Oh I'm so trying this. Anything that sounds kind of off the wall is worth a try in my book. I bet it's good. Love your blog.
So glad you enjoyed the cake Amanda! It's a winner for sure! Thanks so much for your kind words. They mean the world to me! Your place is one of my favourite places to visit too!!! xxoo
I've seen recipes for "Coke" cake before but they all include a box of cake mix. This is the first recipe I've seen making it from scratch. Looks delicious!
I've always wanted to try a cake that had pop in it! I've seen 7-up cakes, Dr. Pepper cakes, this cake… But we don't drink much pop in our house, so when I get around to do it, I never have what I need!
How is this cake different than normal chocolate cakes w/out pop? Does it have a dif consistency or taste?
I look at cake like this and since my family doesn't really like cake (WHAAA???), I suppose I can only be happy there's a least one yummy thing I don't have to worry about eating too much of!
Looks de-lish! (I not-so-secretly love cake and especially frosting myself.)
Sounds so interesting with the coke! Looks like a rich and delicious cake!
I've seen cola cakes before and have been wanting to try it. Glad to know you liked it. It does look moist and delicious!
Yum, I've made 7 up cake but never cola, sounds and looks delish.
This looks lovely, I have a Nigella Lawson recipe for coca cola cake but have never tried it – although I have cooked ham in coca cola many times.
what a cool cake are you British?
This looks fabulous! I am not surprised that it disappeared so quickly.
Thanks everyone, it was great!
NikiTheo – I think the biggest different is that because you melt the coke with the butter it creates a caramely mixture that you add to the batter. That just made it taste better, but it's hard to describe. The consistency is the same, just tastes better :) Sorry, not much help am I? LOL
Rebecca – yes I am British :) I was born in Leicestershire and still have family in and around Cornwall and Worcestershire. However, I've been in the states since I was 2 years old.
I think a coca-cola cake is an old recipe. I love chocolate cake, but you have to have a nice ice cold glass of milk with it :)
Delicious! I have seen coke before but never completely from scratch. I really want to try this recipe…yum!
Cola in a cake…interesting! Looks tasty!
I've always been a vanilla gal myself but unlike yourself chocolate cake, ice cream, cookies,and cupcakes are still at the bottom.
What I do like are cakes (& other baked yummies) that call for soda. Something about the soda just makes them extra tender and moist. YUM!
Btw, your cake does look good despite it being chocolate. :)
I am a chocolate cake fiend, so this is right up my alley. Your photo is gorgeous and has me practically drooling over my keyboard. I am off to check out Marie's blog now.
Ok so I made this recipe and OH my Godness my husband said it was the best cake he had ever had. But there was a problem the cake was so crumbly. I couldn't even cut it. It just feel apart. Beyond yummy but what can I do use buttermilk next time would that help? Seriously beyond delious, I just can't give up.
Thanks all! :)
Anonymous – So glad you enjoyed it! :) We loved it here too. As for the crumbly texture, that can be caused from a few different things:
1) using too much flour. this is often caused by not using the scoop and sweep method of measuring flour, but rather by sticking the measuring cup into the flour bag and scooping it out.
2) not enough sugar
3) over beating the batter.
This can also happen if you don't let the cake cool completely. If it's still crumbly after it's cooled completely, you can try putting it in the refrigerator for a while to try and firm it up.
Yummy! I'm going to have to try this soon. In fact, my birthday is just around the corner. Just might be the perfect excuse to bake this.
Ok, I read your response and thanks it could have been two things the sugar and maybe the flour. But I'm really thinking the sugar. I'm going to make this for my husbands birthday on Sat. So I want it to turn out better. Maybe I didn't grind the sugar enough I will try it again. I have never ground sugar before this recipe so wish me luck!!!
It looks nice. I'm going to cook it.


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Process For Admission to The Social Work Major
Students are eligible to apply to the Social Work major when they have completed the following courses: SW 195, SOC 160, CEEP 262 or PSY 240, BIOL 103, HURL 201, HURL 206, STAT 193 and GPA of at least 2.6.
Students apply for admissions the semester they are enrolled in SW 340.
Admissions meetings generally occur during the fourth or fifth week of each semester. Prior to this, students seeking admission have approximately three weeks to organize their materials and prepare for the process. The admission dates will be announced in SW 330 and 340.
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- Social Work Information Form
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- Obtain a copy of your Degree Audit Report.
- Sign up for admissions meeting on grid posted on main office door.
- Obtain two letters of reference. One letter is to be from an employer or someone who has supervised your volunteer work. The other letter is to be from a teacher or professor. Contact your references immediately since the letters must be in your file prior to your admissions meeting with a faculty member.
- Your letter of application should be consistent with the "format for the Letter of Application."
Step Three:
- Complete your file in preparation for the admissions meeting/interview.
- Two Letters of Reference
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- Disclosure Form
- If you need to answer "yes" to any of the questions on the Disclosure Form you will need to discuss this in the admission meeting. In the long term, this could affect your opportunity to be licensed as a social worker in Minnesota; in the short term, it will be taken into account by this department before your application is accepted.
- If you need to answer "yes" to any of the questions on the Disclosure Form you will need to discuss this in the admission meeting. In the long term, this could affect your opportunity to be licensed as a social worker in Minnesota; in the short term, it will be taken into account by this department before your application is accepted.
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Keep the appointment you set up with the faculty member. At this meeting you will be responsible for addressing the issues and questions listed on the Admissions Meeting sheet. The faculty member will ask you follow-up questions.
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- Set up an appointment with your advisor to complete major/minor application form. If you have signed major/minor forms in other departments you will need to bring these. Your advisor will discuss with you a possible minor program and any concerns that you have about the Social Work program.
At this point in the process your major / minor application will be signed by Department Chair and sent to Records and Registration for processing. The University will recognize you officially as a Social Work major.
*Students with a disability whose Grade Point Average (GPA) is between 2.0 and 2.6 will be considered as having met the basic admissions criteria for the GPA by providing a letter of support from the Office of Disability Services. The letter of support should document the student's request that the GPA requirement be waived based on the disability and must be included in their social work program admission materials.
**Students without a learning disability and a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.5 or lower will need to address the following questions in their Letter of Application:
- Why do you feel you should be considered for admittance to the Social Work major with a low GPA?
- Discuss how your GPA has evolved.
- How could you see yourself improving your GPA?
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By Mark Banham, mediaweek.co.uk, Thursday, 15 March 2012 02:53PM
James joined Starcom in October 2010. He is understood to be moving on to another position, likely to be announced next week, which will be outside Starcom's parent group Publicis.
His duties will now be covered by Hal Pearson and Amice Lock, currently managing partners at Starcom, which has already started the hunt for a replacement.
Pearson and Lock will report into Stewart Easterbrook, chief executive of Starcom MediaVest Group.
Easterbrook said: "Matt has done a fantastic job. We thank him for his contribution and wish him the very best for the future.
"Hal and Amice are an incredible asset to us and are evidence of the fantastic team and pool of talent we have built over the past two years. We have a strong, dynamic and incredibly talented team that points to an exciting future."
Prior to Starcom, James was managing director of OMD International and before that was global and EMEA media director for Omnicom Media Group client Nissan. He has also headed communications planning agency Naked Ambition.
Pearson currently heads up a number of clients including Samsung, Honda and Premier Foods and was part of the team that secured the global planning account for Xbox last year, for which he leads the global strategy.
He joined Starcom from MPG where he was the global strategy director on Kia Motors. Prior to this he was European media director on Nissan at OMD and media director at the creative agency start-up MCBD.
Lock joined Starcom MediaVest Group six years ago to work on the P&G business and was subsequently promoted to planning director before becoming managing partner at Starcom.
She heads up a number of client accounts including RIM, Pizza Hut, Bauer, Emirates, Flybe and Premier Foods.
Before joining Starcom, Lock was board account director at Brand Connection, where he worked on the Aviva business.
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It's a milestone in medical progress: a company has finally pushed the cost of sequencing the human genome down to $1000. But don't bother rushing to order your spit test, at least not just yet.
Even if the manufacturer of the newly announced $1000 test, Illumina of San Diego, California, were making the technology available to the public – which it isn't – there would be no point for most of us. Rather than helping healthy individuals assess their risk of disease, the immediate reasons to cheer the breakthrough are that it should help us to decode a bunch of complex diseases, including diabetes and schizophrenia.
At the moment, doctors generally turn to DNA sequencing only to investigate individual genes and only under certain circumstances. With cancer it can guide treatment decisions, for example. It is also used to detect instances of rare inherited single-gene disorders like cystic fibrosis.
Because sequencing a whole genome has been expensive, it is rare. There is only one published case of a patient being given medical treatment thanks to their genome being sequenced: a boy with a mysterious and apparently deadly bowel disorder, who was shown to have a treatable autoimmune condition.
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Researchers, on the other hand, do have grounds to get excited about Illumina's cheaper test. The low-hanging fruits in genetic research have already been picked – mainly identifying conditions caused by mutations in a specific gene such as some types of inherited breast cancer.
Now the harder work begins: we need huge studies with tens of thousands of people to understand the basis of conditions caused by the complex interplay of many genes, like schizophrenia, autism, heart disease, dementia and diabetes.
"The key observation over the last 10 years is that studies need to be very much bigger than we thought," says Rory Collins, an epidemiologist at the University of Oxford.
And big studies need cheap sequencing. The price of reading out a human genome has fallen precipitously from the $3 billion it took to do the first one, back in 2000. Still, for the past couple of years it has hovered stubbornly around the $3000 mark. Illumina's announcement, at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco earlier this week, is seen as a landmark. "One of the main reasons sequencing hasn't been done on a lot of people is the cost," says Collins. "This really does change the game."
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For instance, a UK plan to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people, announced in 2012, relied on this long-awaited price drop materialising. "This was expected but it's still great news," says John Burn, a geneticist at Newcastle University, UK, and adviser to the project.
The next task will be to improve our abilities to analyse the huge amount of information generated by such research. "The ability to deal with the data will probably be outstripped by the ability to generate it," says Collins.
Once we have met those challenges, the time may indeed come when it is worth ordering that spit test. By then it might be even less of a financial stretch. Talk now is of the $100 genome. "If market forces remain present, the price is going to keep going down," says Mick Watson of the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, UK.
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Data Quality Campaign: Progress is Being Made in Schools
The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) Thursday released its annual report, Data For Action 2012, which provides a state-by-state analysis of how schools are progressing in effective data use.
The report follows one major theme: That changing the culture of education data takes systems, policies and people. The DQC found that, while states are making great progress in implementing data systems, they are lagging in:
- Ensuring that the proper stakeholders have access to that data, including parents, educators and decision makers.
- Building capacity to use that data to effect change in schools by developing data literacy practices for educators and programs for data sharing.
DQC reports that effective data use can improve system performance, increase transparency and improve student outcomes. The top performers highlighted in Data For Action 2012 include Kentucky, Delaware, Maine, Indiana and Ohio.
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Time Warner Cable announced Monday it plans to build a $20 million operations center in Appleton, a facility the company said is expected to create up to 300 new jobs over five years.
The 130,000-square-foot building will include a new technical operations center, expanded warehouse, training facility, full-service production studio and meeting and conference rooms.
Time Warner plans to consolidate many of the 500 employees now working at six facilities in the Fox Valley at the new building, which is expected to be completed sometime before the end of 2008.
The new jobs generated by the project will include a variety of positions, said Bev Greenberg, vice president of public affairs.
"There will be front-line customer care positions, there will be supervisory positions, technical positions, director positions and manager positions," she said.
The state-of-the-art studio in the building will be used by the Time Warner sports staff for its northern Wisconsin productions and the company's Wisconsin on Demand channel, which carries programs on topics such as state travel, local arts, community events and schools.
Time Warner, which has about 650,000 customers in the state, sells cable TV, high-speed Internet, digital telephone and wireless phone service. It has about 1,700 employees in Wisconsin.
The facility will be built with the help of more than $1 million in enterprise development zone tax credits from the state Department of Commerce. The company earns the tax credits by hiring the additional employees.
The building will be constructed in at 3520 E. Destination Drive in South Point Commerce Park. The developer of the site is Commercial Horizons Inc.


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Indianapolis—The question still makes Peyton Manning wince, many years and countless times since it first was asked. The comparison to a legend who wore the familiar blue-and-white uniform, with the trademark horseshoe on the helmet, remains an uncomfortable topic for the Indianapolis Colts quarterback.
Yet considering Manning will be coming back to Baltimore again tonight to play the Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium, and given what Manning has accomplished over his near decade in the NFL, the subject begs to be broached once more: Is Manning the modern day John Unitas?
There is a lot more to it than the uniform.
There is the way Manning breaks the huddle, the animated gestures when checking off at the line of scrimmage and the tough love that Manning, like Unitas, often administers to his teammates. Manning sees some similarities in the way his Colts play and the way Unitas' did.
"What we do offensively is probably closer to the offenses of yesterday, as far as the ability for me to call some of my own plays and change some plays and constant communication with your receiver," Manning said. "I spend a lot of time in the offseason working with receivers on timing. Unitas and [Raymond] Berry were kind of the innovators of that. I definitely believe in some of those principles."
Manning started watching old tapes of Unitas after hearing that the Colts quarterback was one of the favorite athletes of his father, Archie, along with Mickey Mantle. One play Unitas made in hooking up with Berry stands out. It came during the classic 1958 NFL championship game against the New York Giants.
"You hear the story about it was something that he and Berry worked on years before. He turned into a slant route, and it was a critical play," Manning said, referring to what turned out to be a 30-yard catch-and-run by Berry, the first of three straight passes to Berry in the 80-yard, game-winning overtime drive.
Berry, who was connected to Unitas the way Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison is tied to Manning, believes there is something almost mystical in the fact that the two quarterbacks have played with the same franchise, albeit four decades and hundreds of miles apart.
"For both of them to be a part of the Colts' history is kind of unusual," Berry said last week from his home in Tennessee. "Another great parallel, John and Peyton both share a common event that happened in their careers. They got at the right place at the right time with the right people. That has everything to do with a quarterback being able to perform at what he's really capable of doing."
As Unitas came to a Colts team in 1956 that was ready to turn the corner from its bleary past, Manning came to a team in 1998 that rarely had been better than mediocre since moving from Baltimore 15 years before. But though the Colts finished 3-13 the season before Manning was drafted, and would do so again his rookie year, he knew it wasn't as bleak as it appeared.
"When [team president] Bill Polian was hired here, my dad told me enough about him that the Colts would be on solid ground," said Manning, who wears No. 18 to honor his father's All-America career at Mississippi. "I've truly been fortunate to have great support around me. I've always had unbelievable targets to throw to, I've always had an outstanding running back, great protection. I've never once not been aware of that."
It took Unitas three seasons to win an NFL championship, and he won a second the next year.
It took Manning until last season, his ninth, to win a Super Bowl - in his first appearance.
Those who knew Unitas and watched him play see similarities in Manning that extend beyond the football field.
Unitas apparently saw them, too.
There was the first time Manning met Unitas. It came after Manning's senior season, when the University of Tennessee star was being honored in Louisville, Ky., as the winner of the Golden Arm Award given in Unitas' honor to the nation's top college quarterback.
"We were walking down the hall, and John said, 'Peyton, I really like the way you play,' " Archie Manning said. "And I really like the way you don't shine your [butt]."
In his day, Unitas grew from a local celebrity to a national icon. He did commercials for Baltimore companies such as Mary Sue Easter Eggs, even singing its jingle, as well as for national companies such as Chevrolet and Royal Crown Cola. He made one famous spot for Maypo cereal with Mantle. He appeared in a Disney movie with Don Knotts and Bob Crane about a talking mule.


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Cambridge, MA (PRWEB) February 21, 2007
Bio Economic Research Associates, or bio-era™ (http://www.bio-era.net), a leading independent research and advisory firm providing analysis on the future of the global bio economy, today released a new independent research report, entitled "Genome Synthesis and Design Futures: Implications for the US Economy". The report analyzes recent and expected impacts of the advance and adoption of new gene sequencing and synthesis technologies and techniques, and looks in depth at their likely significance in three strategically important sectors of the US economy: energy, chemicals, and vaccines. Printed and bound versions of the 180 page report are available through http://www.bio-era.net. Access to a 35 MB download of the report .pdf file is also available through submitting the form at http://www.bio-era.net/research/GenomePurchaseForm.html.
Some of the key bio-era findings:
The full color report (182 pages) examines the development of synthetic genomics under four starkly different scenarios. Each scenario differs with respect to the evolution of government policy and the increase in speed and economic gain delivered from further technological advance.
The Gilded Lab - presents a scenario in which public and private funding supports laboratory research programs, but biological engineering meets challenging technical obstacles; the implications for the US economy are small and investors in the biotech sector are disappointed.
Underworld - is a scenario reminiscent of the era of Prohibition, with strong government restrictions on the use of biotechnologies fostering the emergence of underground black markets, hacker culture, and lots of unregulated production activities outside of the U.S.
Modular Life - where current rates of technological advance continue unabated, and lead to the rapid emergence of modular design and construction capabilities for novel biological systems with a wide range of applications across the economy - but also deliver attendant social and environmental controversy.
Barricades - a scenario where geopolitical tensions and security concerns dominate government policy, and genome engineering research is severely restricted, with limited commercial activity and with government-funded R&D focused on biodefense.
Looking ahead, ongoing improvements in the performance of key enabling technologies for biological research, including DNA sequencing and synthesis, are likely to deliver significant further increases in productivity and reductions in cost over the next decade. Intensifying global competition among companies providing sequencing and synthesis services, coupled with abundant technological innovation, is driving rapid diffusion of new technology. In turn, the overall market for these services is growing rapidly and is likely to continue to expand at rates as high as 10-20% annually, despite rapidly falling unit costs. These trends will have significant direct economic impacts within the biotechnology industry itself and across the economy at large.
Financial support for this project was provided by the Office of Science (BER), U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG02-04ER63894. Additional funding was provided by DuPont Corporation (http://www.dupont.com) and the Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute (http://nanoberkeley.edu).
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Parish of West Arichat, Isle Madame, N.S.
1889 Birth/Baptismal Records
1. Marie Catherine Benoit born December 12, baptized December 13, 1889 child of Jacques Benoit and Marie Catherine Deslauriers, godfather Thomas Deslauriers, godmother Virginie Benoit...Priest Amable Mombourquette
2. Simon Charles Pierre Boudreau born and baptized
December 3, 1889 child of Sigefroi Boudreau and Elizabeth Poirier, godfather Albert Boudreau, godmother Eugenie Boudreau...Priest Amable Mombourquette
3. Sara Josephine Boudreau born and baptized December 19, 1889 child of Jean Boudreau and Angelique Roy, godfather Albert Roy, godmother Eugenie Benoit...Priest Amable Mombourquette
4. John Michael Boyle born September 29, baptized September 30, 1889 child of Dougald R. Boyle and Mary Ann Tyrell, godfather Oscar Theriault, godmother Maria Theriault...Priest Alexander Beaton
5. Emile Cesar Clory born January 11, baptized January 25, 1889 child of Abraham Clory and Eliza Forrest, godfather Emile Forrest, godmother Emilie Jane Forrest...Priest Alexander Beaton
6. Guillaume Albert Clory born September 29, baptized September 30, 1889 child of Desire Clory and Philomene Meunier, godfather Desire Meunier,
godmother Charlotte Meunier...Priest Alexander Beaton
7. Marie Sabine Rose Decoste born June 6, baptized June 7, 1889 child of Marrain Roy and Adeline Decoste, godfather Sigefroi Decoste, godmother Marguerite Anne Decoste...Priest Alexander Beaton
8. Joseph Lorenzo Forest born and baptized November 24, 1889 child of Remi Forest and Marie Boudreau, godfather Emile Forest, godmother Sophie Boudreau...Priest Amable Mombourquette
9. Marie Albertine Forgeron born August 9, baptized August 11, 1889 child of Charles Forgeron and Marie LeBlanc, godfather Ernest Simon Abel, godmother Sabine LeBlanc (Landry)...Priest Alexander Beaton
10. Marie Barbe Louise Forgeron born September 29, baptized September 30, 1889 child of Placide Forgeron and Louise Boudreau, godfather Thomas Boudreau, godmother Marie Barbe Deslauriers...Priest Alexander Beaton
11. Marguerite Anne Forgeron born October 4, baptized
October 5, 1889 child of Felix Forgeron and Virginie Lejeune, godfather Jean Boudreau, godmother Julie Forgeron...Priest Alexander Beaton
12. Marie Alvina Forgeron born November 2, baptized November 3, 1889 child of Jean Forgeron and Gertrude Meunier, godfather Edouard Forgeron, godmothr Josephine Babin...
Priest Amable Mombourquette
13. Marie Louise Forgeron born December 14, baptized December 15, 1889 child of Sigefroi Forgeron and Anne Fougere, godfather Jean Forgeron, godmother Louise Fougere...Priest Amable Mombourquette
14. Marie Bertha Fougere born June 24, baptized June 25, 1889 child of Laurent Fougere and Catherine Robertson, godfather Joseph Fougere, godmother Marguerite Anne Robertson...Priest
Alexander Beaton
15. Andre Clifford Fougere born and baptized December 8, 1889 child of Pierre Fougere and Catherine Meunier, godfather Edouard Forgeron, godmother Marie Meunier...Priest Amable Mombourquette
16. Ida May Fougere born and baptized December 15, 1889 child of Thomas Fougere and Hortance Forgeron, godfather Charles Forgeron, godmother Marie J. Forgeron...Priest Amable Mombourquette
17. Marie Genevieve Gerard born November 27, baptized November 28, 1889 child of Frederic Gerard and Marie Meunier, godfather Ephren Gerard, godmother Victoire Forgeron...Priest Amable Mombourquette
18. Gilbert Rene Gerroir born and baptized May 21, 1889 child of Desire Gerroir and Marie Genevieve Paon, godfather Benjamin Theriault, godmother Marie Malvina Gerroir...
Priest Alexander Beaton
19. Martin Wallace George born February 6, baptized March 15, 1889 child of Emis George and Marie Jeanne Pelham, godfather Guillaume Pelham, godmother Marthe J. Pelham...Priest Alexander Beaton
20. Marie Isabelle Landry born December 10, baptized December 11, 1889 child of Simon Landry and Marie Louis Gerouard, godfather Miller Boudreau, godmother Marie Louise Landry...Priest Amable Mombourquette
21. Marie Elizabeth Alma LeBlanc born and baptized September 25, 1889 child of Emile LeBlanc and Elizabeth Roi, godfather Abraham LeBlanc, godmother Marguerite Roi...Priest Alexander Beaton
22. Marie Eve LeBlanc born November 4, baptized
November 5, 1889 child of Simon LeBlanc and Brigettane Josse? godfather Jeffrey LeBlanc, godmother Marguerite Anne Robinson...Priest Amable Mombourquette
23. Marie Sabine LeBlanc born and baptized December 9, 1889 child of Marin LeBlanc and Bregitte Gerouard, godfather Fred Robinson, godmother S.? LeBlanc...Priest Amable Mombourquette
24. William Roderick McDonald born February 23, baptized February 26, 1889 child of John McDonald and Jane McDonald, godfather James Robinson, godmother Sarah Robinson...
Priest Angus J. Chisholm
25. John Hugh McDonald born April 30, baptized May 2, 1889 child of Angus McDonald and Mary McEachern, godfather James Robinson, godmother Mary McDonald...Priest Alexander Beaton
26. Flora Mary McDonald born April 22, baptized May 2, 1889 child of John McDonald and Marie Fougere, godfather Joseph Fougere, godmother Anne McDonald...Priest Alexander Beaton
27. Marie Bregitte Anne Meunier born December 13, baptized December 14, 1889 child of Joseph Meunier and Charlotte Lejeune, godfather Desire Clory, godmother Louise Meunier... Priest Amable Mombourquette
28. Joseph Cesar Meunier born October 22, baptized
October 23, 1889 child of Jean Meunier and Henriette Deslauriers, godfather Edouard Deslauriers, godmother Sophronie Meunier...Priest James M. Quinan
29. Joseph William Meunier born and baptized September 11, 1889 child of William Meunier and Marie Forgeron, godfather Pierre Forgeron, godmother Eliza Meunier...Priest Alexander Beaton
30. Sigefroi Albert Paon born July 29, baptized July 30, 1889 child of Sigfroi Paon and Elizabeth Beausejour, godfather Jean Beausejour, godmother Celina Paon (Doiron)...Priest Alexander Beaton
31. Arthur Isidore Poirier born March 13, baptized March 14, 1889 child of Isidore Poirier and Virginie Paon, godfather Pierre Poirier, godmother Sara Duion...Priest Alexander Beaton
32. Dominique Cleusy (Joseph) Poirier born November 22, baptized November 23, 1889 child of Pierre Poirier and Seraphine Duillon, godfather Isidore Poirier, godmother Delima Chaisson...Priest Amable Mombourquette
33. Marie Anne Stella Roy born April 19, baptized April 20, 1889 child of Hubert Roy and Virginie LeBlanc, godfather Laurent LeBlanc, godmother Henriette Anne LeBlanc...Priest Alexander Beaton
34. Joseph Remi Samson born November 15, baptized November 16, 1889 child of Laurent Samson and Marie Charlotte Theriault, godfather Willie Bonin, godmother Sophie Samson...Priest Amable Mombourquette
35. Remi Alexandre Samson born and baptized October 7, 1889 child of Benjamin Samson and Marie Roi, godfather Arthur Roi, godmother Seraphine Mury...Priest Alexander Beaton
36. Marie Melvina Theriault born March 14, baptized March 15, 1889 child of Benjamin Theriault and Emilie Forgeron, godfather Guillaume Theriault, godmother Sophie Samson...Priest Alexander Beaton
37. Simon Joseph Alphonse Theriault born August 7, baptized August 9, 1889 child of Pierre Theriault and Marie Sabine Boudreault, godfather Joseph LeBlanc, godmother Marie LeBlanc...Priest Alexander Beaton
38. Marie Alma Theriault born October 18, baptized October 20, 1889 child of Abraham Theriault and Barbe LeBlanc, godfather Amedee Theriault, godmother Alice Theriault...Priest James M. Quinan


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SAG Awards 2014: 'Modern Family' wins Best Comedy Ensemble again, Sofia Vergara thanks her boobsAdd to Favorites | 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
During the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday (Jan. 18), "Modern Family" continued to dominate the Best Ensemble in a Comedy award with its fourth consecutive win.
As the cast took the stage to accept the award, Julie Bowen let Sofia Vergara take the mic to give the speech on behalf of everyone. "We're going to make Sofia talk because America loves her and her boobs," Bowen says.
Vergara then decided to keep the speech focused on her boobs, because why not? We were already thinking about them, anyway.
"Thanks to our writers who make us sound so funny, our whole crew that makes us look so pretty, and to my boobs," Vergara says. "And to SAG, thank you. We're going to go party now."
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Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with some reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.
Running it back:
Jeremy Guthrie allowed two runs in seven innings, but the offense let him down as the Orioles lost to Twins last night. ... Brian Matusz is getting healthier, but he is unsure of his return date. ... Luke Scott stands by his controversial comments about President Barack Obama. ... Road projects tied to the Baltimore Grand Prix have created a traffic nightmare downtown.


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We're not afraid to admit that we have far too many pairs of jeans.
Yes, some may look like another pair, but the fit is different and it would of course be rude not to own as many styles as possible. Some show off our booties while others elongate our legs.
Some can be worn with heels for a night out while others are great teamed up with trainers for a casual day at the park.
However, sometimes we struggle to find that perfect look and that's where celebrities come in handy. We heart Rihanna's take on the boyfriend jeans, while Angelina Jolie shows how to wear the bootcut look and give it a smart edge.
Then there's Jessica Alba and Alexa Chung who rock the coloured jeans, teaming them with a plain top to really accentuate that hue.
See the gallery below for all the celebrity denim inspiration.


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Being quite disapointed of my Windows machine (yeah right, it as been the case for years), and now that I have the skills on linux, i'm planing to migrate my mailenable to a linux server with postfix+dovecot and many more.
So first question :
- Is the maildir format of mailenable similar to the unix style ?
Second :
- How can I export my user/password/domain/path to a readable format ?


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Our molecular biologists run our basic science and laboratory facilities, including molecular biological testing, DNA collection and genetic sequencing.
Dr. Carlquist has been involved in cardiovascular research since 1982. Early investigations examined cellular and immunological factors in idiopathic cardiomyopathy and the rejection of cardiac transplants. Later studies attempted to identify genetic factors that contribute to cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease.
These early studies led to the founding of the Cardiovascular DNA bank, which Dr. Carlquist has directed since its establishment. The bank presently stores DNA and plasma samples from over 27,000 consenting patients.
In his role, Dr. Carlquist has served as principal or co-principal investigator on numerous federally and privately funded projects. He has also received two American Heart Association research awards and 12 internal research grants from the Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation, formerly the Deseret Foundation.
Dr. Carlquist has been a manuscript referee for 25 peer reviewed journals and currently serves on the editorial board for one publication. He also founded the Intermountain Healthcare Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, served as the Laboratory Medical Director for several years and continues to serve as the Technical Director. He holds the academic rank of Professor (research track) in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine.
Dr. Galenko's research is focused on the genetic and cellular factors of cardiovascular disease. More specifically, she is examining the role of microRNAs and their potential use as a diagnostic tools or therapeutic targets in patients with cardiovascular disease. MicroRNAs are critical molecules in our cells that regulate gene expression in response to various physiological and pathological stimuli.


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That no sound on a call bug is annoying. I haven't found a pattern either.
Hi Twrock , been using Styx .29 for over a week now , seems very stable - no FC's so far . Battery life is great , even better than your FTB rom . Only problem I have experienced is the no volume on a call and had to reboot , but that has only happened once . Dunno if this only occurs when you swipe the screen to answer the call , so have been alternating between that and pressing the green button to answer , but as yet the problem has not re-occured . Small price to pay for such a great Rom , keep up the fantastic work .
Since starting to use the .32 version, it hasn't happened. But I've only been using it for 2.5 days, and I keep rebuilding it.
But again, credit where it is due: dr.flo and Pier11 are the real brains behind this rom. I just do the easy stuff.


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