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HEBRON, WEST BANK: Israeli troops clashed with dozens of stone-throwing protesters in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at crowds who had approached a military checkpoint protecting Jewish settlers.
It was the most serious violence in a series of demonstrations carried out in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Friday meant to mark the 13th anniversary of the second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.
Hebron is a frequent site of clashes. Several hundred hard-line Jewish settlers live in heavily fortified enclaves in the biblical city, home to some 170,000 Palestinians. Tensions there were further heightened this week when an Israeli soldier was killed by a Palestinian sniper who remains at large.
The clashes erupted when a group of youths, some of their faces covered with ski masks or Palestinian headdresses, began pelting a military checkpoint that protects a Jewish settler enclave. Protesters lit piles of garbage on fire and threw the stones behind walls of smoke.
The military said there were roughly 250 protesters, and that security forces used �riot dispersal means� to quell the violence. Israeli security forces fired stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas, sending crowds of Palestinians running for cover. At one point, a man could be seen running frantically with a small child in his hands. At least four Palestinians were slightly injured by rubber bullets and were seen receiving medical treatment.
Palestinian security forces also attempted to prevent stone throwing in Palestinian-controlled areas of the city.
Demonstrations also occurred in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. In a security move meant to calm tensions, Israel restricted entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for weekly Friday prayers to men over the age of 50.
In Gaza, the military said it fired tear gas to disperse a crowd of about 300 Palestinians who had marched to the border. Israel considers the immediate border area off-limits.
Israel, which withdrew from Gaza in 2005, has branded the Hamas-run territory to be a hostile entity. It has carried out two large military operations there in response to militant rocket attacks in recent years. The border has been largely quiet since a weeklong Israeli military offensive last November.
The Palestinians claim the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza � areas captured by Israel in 1967 � for a future state.
Israel has annexed East Jerusalem as part of its capital in a move that is not internationally recognized. The Palestinians have limited self-rule in the West Bank, which is also home to more than 300,000 Israeli settlers.


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A National Psoriasis Foundation grant helped Dr. Nicole Ward at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine determine that psoriasis can cause cardiovascular disease (CVD). Scientists are aware of the connection between psoriasis and CVD, but it was unknown how the two diseases were linked. The study also revealed patients may reduce their risk of developing cardiovascular disease by aggressively treating their psoriasis.
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Machin's Cottages in the Pines is in a very unique location. The cottages are in a secluded area within Rocky Mountain National Park, while it is only a 10 minute drive to the center of the town of Estes Park. Most of the land around our property is undeveloped National Park land. The cottages are in a very beautiful setting with a varying terrain with interesting rock formations, and wooded areas. Very often wild life can be seen at our place.
The cottages are located where the road ends and is half mile from highway noise. The area is very peaceful. A National Park trail starts at the edge of our property. This easy trail goes 1 1/4 miles to the beautiful valley called Moraine Park, where other National Park trails begin.
There are varying sizes of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom cottages. With the exception of two cottages, all have different floor plans, and have a different décor. There are cottages that have a motif of Early American, Western, Indian, Mexican, Gay Nineties, Ocean-Seashore and Middle Eastern. In the cottages there are works of art, antiques, and items from all over the world, that were obtained during travels of the Machin family.
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The Sacramento Kings, New Orleans Pelicans and Portland Trail Blazers have a verbal agreement on a deal that will send restricted free agent Tyreke Evans to the Pelicans, point guard Greivis Vasquez to the Kings and center Robin Lopez and guard Terrel Harris to the Portland Trail Blazers, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
The Kings also get two second-round picks from Portland in the trade, one coming in 2014 and the second either the New York Knicks' pick in 2016 or the Blazers' in 2018. The people spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the trade can't be formalized until July 10.
Evans gave the New Orleans Pelicans a verbal agreement on Wednesday that he would sign their four-year, $44 million offer sheet, but the 2009-10 Rookie of the Year was in waiting while his soon-to-be former team deliberated on how to avoid losing him for nothing in return rather than matching the offer.
The Pelicans also receive Blazers second-round draft pick Jeff Withey, a center out of Kansas, in the deal.
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Because the Pelicans recently traded for All-Star point guard Jrue Holiday from the Philadelphia 76ers in a deal that can't be formalized until July 10, Vasquez – who was a Most Improved Player candidate last season – is far more expendable than before.
Yet the Kings didn't decide to finalize this deal until they missed out on free agent point guard Jose Calderon, who declined an offer to play for them mid-day Thursday.
"They showed him a great vision, made a great offer, but the timing wasn't right," Calderon's agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports, told USA TODAY Sports.
This trade likely indicates that New Orleans shooting guard Eric Gordon is staying put as well, as it frees up the logjam of guards that the Pelicans have had on their roster. The Pelicans have been open to trading Gordon, but were unable to find deals that they deemed worthy of his value.
Gordon made it widely known last summer that he did not want to be in New Orleans at that time, signing an offer sheet from the Phoenix Suns for a maximum salary contract when he was a restricted free agent only to have the then-Hornets match it against his wishes. But with the Pelicans putting together a far more competitive core and Gordon expected to be fully healthy after playing just 42 games last season because of knee problems, both sides have reason for optimism about the partnership.
With the Kings under new ownership and with a new general manager in former Denver Nuggets executive Pete D'Alessandro, Evans had been hopeful that the new management team would show more of a desire to keep him in town.
But they instead pursued free agent small forward Andre Iguodala in what led to a bizarre and brief courting. Iguodala was given a four-year offer for $52 million by the Kings, but the offer was rescinded late Tuesday night when he didn't give an answer quickly enough for their liking. While there have been no known discussions between the Kings and Iguodala since, it remains possible that the talks could be revived and the offer re-submitted if Iguodala is unable to find a better deal elsewhere and the Kings have yet to make a move that would preclude it.
The Kings went 28-54 last season, with Evans averaging 15.2 points per game, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while the uncertainty about how he would be used continued. It was all part of a decline that has certainly worn on Evans, who was dynamic in his debut campaign as a point guard but later played shooting guard and small forward.
Yet the Pelicans see him as a versatile threat who would take their young core to the next level. New Orleans, which was 27-55 last season, has Gordon as a major threat at shooting guard and 2012 No. 1 pick Anthony Davis down low with stretch forward Ryan Anderson.
The Blazers, meanwhile, landed a capable big man in Lopez who is owed a combined $14.4 million for the next two seasons. The Pelicans would have had to waive him if he wasn't traded, as they needed the salary cap space for the Holiday trade and Lopez's contract is only protected for $500,000 if he gets waived by Friday.
Portland had been on the lookout for a veteran center since offering Indiana Pacers big man Roy Hibbert a maximum salary contract a year ago (the Pacers matched the offer and retained him), and Lopez will fit nicely with forward LaMarcus Aldridge and young center Meyers Leonard. The Blazers, with reigning Rookie of the Year Damian Lillard at the helm, were 33-49 last season.
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HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) Murphy Burnatowski scored a career-high 35 points, including a game-winning 3-pointer with 17 seconds left in overtime, as Colgate defeated Patriot League-foe Army 93-90 Wednesday night.
Colgate (7-13, 1-3) trailed 88-83 in overtime, but charged back with seven straight points, capped by Brandon James' 3-pointer with 1:50 left. Ella Ellis responded with two free throws for Army, setting up Burnatowski's tie-breaking 3-pointer to cap the scoring.
Ellis and Kyle Wilson each missed 3-pointers for the Black Knights (8-11, 1-3) in the waning seconds.
Ellis netted just five points on 1-of-10 shooting, but moved into ninth place on Army's all-time scoring list with 1,357 points.
Wilson led Army with 23 points.
Dylan Cox put Army ahead 81-75 with 51 seconds left in regulation, but Colgate's Mitch Rolls hit 3-pointers with 25 and 9 seconds left to tie the game and force overtime.
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If you step into this Whataburger in Kilgore, Texas, you automatically agree to the burger joint's mandatory arbitration clause. At least that's what the sign on the door says. According to Mother Jones:
Sorey says when he went in, he told a befuddled cashier that he didn't think that the arbitration notice was enforceable, that anyway he wasn't agreeing to it, and, "I need a taquito and a coffee." He says he sat down, watched some traffic, and ate his taquito. "I didn't choke, I didn't burn myself, and I didn't sue 'em," he reports.
That's one burger that's hard to swallow. Might choke on your after you read this sign. That's one raw burger. Etc.
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A tactical decision by Senate majority leader Harry Reid to exclude a ban on assault weapons from gun-control legislation has sparked reaction among politicians and media outlets.
The exclusion of the hotly debated measure could improve the likelihood of passing the gun-control package, which includes stronger background checks, harsher punishments for gun trafficking, and funding for school safety enhancements.
"I think the worst of all worlds would be to bring something to the floor and it dies there," Senator Reid told reporters Tuesday. "People are deserving of votes on their issues they feel so strongly about."
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) of California did not hide her disappointment in the decision.
"This is very important to me. And I'm not going to lay down and play dead," she told CNN Tuesday. "It's aimed to protect children, to protect schools and malls.... Not to give me a vote on this would be a major betrayal of trust, as I would see it."
Senator Feinstein's bill would ban more than 150 specific assault-style weapons, and last week it passed the Senate Judiciary Committee with a 10-to-8, party line vote. Reid said that the bill does not have enough support in the Senate, with fewer than 40 votes.
Feinstein cites broad public support for the measure: Sixty percent of Americans would vote for a law that would "reinstate and strengthen the ban on assault weapons that was in place from 1994 to 2004," according to a January Gallup poll. And 55 percent of Americans favor a ban on assault-style weapons, a Pew Research Center poll from the same month showed.
"America has to stand up," she told the Los Angeles Times. "I can't fight the NRA. The NRA spends unlimited sums, backed by the gun manufacturers, who are craven in my view."
The exclusion of the assault-weapons ban was inevitable because of the influence of the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers in Washington, D.C., says editorial board of New Jersey's Star-Ledger newspaper.
"Somewhere, Wayne LaPierre of the NRA is smiling," the editorial board wrote.
In Forbes, Abram Brown points to the increase in gun sales in the aftermath of the Connecticut shooting as a sign of the gun lobby's strength.
"The gun legislation that the Senate will consider next month represents a victory for the firearm industry," he writes for Forbes. "It will lack an assault weapons ban, which would limit hundreds of thousands of firearms sold each year, leaving gun-makers free to profit from the tremendous increase in demand brought by the fear of harsh anti-gun laws."
Mike Fifer, CEO of gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., acknowledged this on a conference call with analysts, Mr. Brown reports. "We have been basically selling every single thing we make," Mr. Fifer said on the call.
But gun control is still one of Feinstein's highest priorities. She authored the 1994 assault-weapons ban, which expired in 2004 because Congress did not reauthorize it.
One question being asked is how effective a ban on assault weapons would be in curbing gun violence.
"Whether or not the assault weapons ban would make any difference is an open question," political commentator David Horsey writes in the Los Angeles Times. "Even if it were law, it would not affect the 3.5 to 4 million military-type rifles that are already in private hands. Still, Feinstein and numerous military leaders and police chiefs argue it is patently crazy that such powerful weapons are so easily available."
The political reality, Mr. Horsey said, is that gun-control legislation will not pass Congress without the support of the NRA – or at least greater bipartisan support.
"The assault weapons ban was always an uphill battle this session," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) of Connecticut said in a statement. "As we have known all along, we face a marathon effort and not a sprint."


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Saturday morning June the 21st 1862
Ever dearest Sallie, I will still write to you although I can get no answer. This is the 4th letter since I left Corinth and have reed' only one - yours of the 25th of May containing that request to Capt. Robinson. I have written one or two since that. I wrote one last Monday and finished it Wednesday and sent it off with an old man going from here to Allyville, the 1st station on the railroad above Oxford - but he didn't expect to reach home before yesterday (Friday) evening, and as I have heard since that the Yankees are all through that country from Holly Springs to Tallahatchie River and even to Oxford. I fear that the cars are not running up that far and perhaps you will not get that letter. As John McEwen came into our camp yesterday evening and expects to start back to Oxford this evening, I thought I would send one by him thinking you will certainly get it. I am looking every day for a letter from you - would give 5 dollars for one now if that would get it. Ed Spears reed, one from Ben yesterday evening, stating that Jim Spears and Dan Karr had got home and were improving, that you were all well the last account etc, but that is not like getting one from you. He stated that Billy Grey and Calv. Carleton would leave home for this place in a few days- that Phip was hardly able to come. He wrote something about the militia, that Jno. A Cooper and M. N. McCord were drafted together with several others, that Maj. Prophit and Charley Hope were exempted; he said nothing about Dow, Joyner, McCarter or brothers, James, Wm, or Jno. Robison, or any up in that neighborhood. I am anxious to hear from them.


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Time for the Body Shop
This was the first trip out since I added a new transmission, new transfer case, front suspension, and a Dana 60. I ended up losing my grille, headlight, and mirror, and left no body panel untouched. That's what I get for letting my girlfriend drive!
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I love Ani DiFranco and it was such a dream to collaborate on this song with her. We wanted to write a light and happy love song, and I really think Captain Cameltoe is just that. She played everything, and sang backup, encouraging the captain onward. I sang/spoke the lead, and we did it all in her home studio last spring, surrounded by vintage instruments and modern recording equipment. Afterwards we ate alligator cheesecake and played the song loud – its bumping beat is so addictive and powerful. Now when I hear the song, it makes me feel like I am flying.
This video is the perfect way to capture what the song is – thanks Robert!! I love being this superhero! It's awesome. And I need a tattoo of the logo. Hooray Captain Cameltoe!
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Behaviorism at 100
Ledoux, Stephen F., American Scientist
Over its second 50 years, the study of behavior evolved to become a discipline, behaviorology, independent of psychology
Behaviorism as a philosophy of science began with an article by John B. Watson in 1913, and its several varieties inform different behavior-related disciplines. During the past 100 years, disciplinary developments have led to a clarified version of behaviorism informing a basic, separate natural science of behavior. This recently emerged independent discipline not only complements other natural sciences, but also shares in solving local and global problems by showing how to discover and effectively control the variables that unlock solutions to the common behavior-related components of these problems.
In 1963, B. F. Skinner published "Behaviorism at 50," reviewing the varieties of behaviorism and the directions of natural behavior science. (The 1957 article reproduced nearby covers many of those topics.) By the 1960s common wisdom held that the experimentally discovered laws of behavior were largely irrelevant to normal human beings; instead, they were thought applicable mostly to treating psychotic individuals and to training animals. Skinner challenged that notion on scientific as well as philosophical grounds, and data accumulating over the next 50 years have validated his position that the natural laws governing behavior are relevant to all behavior of human beings and other animals. The 1960s were also a time when natural scientists of behavior were continuing their attempts to change psychology, the discipline in which many worked, into a natural science. Over the next 50 years, as recognition increased that resistance to those efforts was adamant, natural scientists of behavior gradually took their discipline outside psychology, founding a separate and independent natural science that some recognized formally in 1987 using the name behaviorology. That name is synonymous with "the natural science of behavior" and is conveniently shorter.
With behaviorism turning 100 in 2013, a review of those developments, and their implications for other natural sciences and today's world, seems appropriate. The natural science of behavior can elevate the status of the natural sciences, lead to solving more human problems, reduce susceptibility to superstition and mysticism (both theological and secular), and improve human intellectuality, rationality and emotionality.
Naturalism, the general philosophy of science, can enable those outcomes. Natural scientists maintain a mutual respect for the natural functional history of events. This enables their analyses to be more complete and to track well across disdplinary lines. In contrast, ignoring that natural functional history often leads to unnecessary compromises between some natural sciences and nonscientific disciplines that make claims of mystical origination of events. For example, by respecting the natural history of events, physiology can provide additional details about how an energy transfer evokes a behavior (such as how light striking the retina from a close moving object evokes ducking the object). At the same time, chemistry can provide more details about that physiology, and physics can provide still further details about that chemistry. But if natural scientists instead allow claims that ducking is, or results from, the spontaneous, willful act of some putative inner agent, then an untraceable, untestable mystical account replaces the links in that natural history. When such compromises give undeserved status to mystical accounts, natural science loses ground, reducing its benefits. Maintaining respect for the natural functional history of events thus enables a more complete and consistent account of any phenomenon, including behavior.
Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary ttaining. …


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Restoring a Linux Hosting Account
Hosting History is a feature in Linux shared hosting that lets you restore files or directories to their previous state from up to 30 days ago using the FTP File Manager.
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- Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Manage.
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A few of My Co-DJs have brought me into Ark and the first thing I did was starve to death while watching giant lizards staring at me. lol
All in all it's a fun survival game but I have this complex about being bald and nearly naked when you first join the game. lol
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Ha...I was also convinced to download ARK on my Steam acct, and felt the same way. I was walking along a beach? I think it was anyway...stark naked, and wondering wth I was supposed to be doing as dinosaurs just stood and stared. I did however, find a water bottle, and my character threw it before I could drink it. I'm sure its a fun game, it just takes a little patience, and a friend who plays the game to show you the ropes. LOL.
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I have Moved on to Age of Conan, seems easier to survive and no Lizards making me feel insecure about my pixels. Oddly enough the game allows you to make a choice on if you want some cloths on or be completely all natural... LMAO I have so far managed to fend for myself , beat up people that have weapons with my fists and build a shelter. I am near a constant water source and grubs are the in food for my survival! lol So far I have only come across one person that was not NPC and they invaded my space ... it was weird I couldn't spear them which told me they were not an NPC. (we are not supposed to kill our neighbors invading our space apparently)lol!
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Garage door extension springs run along your door's horizontal track which is attached to the garage ceiling. If your extension spring breaks you may not notice it until you try to open your door. Your door will either not go all the way up, or possibly not move at all. If this happens to you, just give us a call at the number above. We'll be happy to help diagnose your problem over the phone and if we need to make a service call we'll be prompt and well within your budget.
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In addition to the more high profile city elections in New Bern and Havelock, Election Day will see the seating or re-seating of municipal leaders in other Craven County towns, including Trent Woods, River Bend, Dover and Bridgeton.
In addition to the more high profile city elections in New Bern and Havelock, Election Day will see the seating or re-seating of municipal leaders in other Craven County towns, including Trent Woods, River Bend, Dover and Bridgeton.
Vanceboro and Cove City do not have elections this year. All of the races are nonpartisan.
The gavels appear safe in the hands of four presently seated mayors: River Bend Mayor John Kirkman is not up for re-election this year, and Trent Woods Mayor Charles F. �Chuck� Tyson Jr., Bridgeton Mayor Rodman L. Williamsand Dover Mayor John Percy Wetherington Jr. do not face ballot challenges. Short of a write-in candidate � and none are rumored � they will hold their titles for another term.
But the governing boards of all four towns do have the possibility of changes in members.
The Trent Woods Board of Commissioners definitely will have at least one new member because incumbent Commissioner Chip Hughes did not run for another term so he can be free to file for a run for Craven County sheriff next year.
Two incumbents, longest serving Commissioner Shane Turney and Commissioner Bill Joiner, both filed for another term on the board.
Turney, a fiscal conservative who takes pride in reducing taxes twice during his time on the board and doing community projects without borrowing money, wants to continue representing Trent Woods citizens.
Joiner, an active Shriner and the local Santa Claus, said his record is clear. �I am a Christian, I love children and I love Trent Woods,� he said.
The three open seats have two newcomers looking for a place at the table.
Daniel �Dan� Murphy has an online and sign presence in his bid for a seat that asks for residents to let him do �my part to keep the Town of Trent Woods as one of the most desirable to live!�
Richard Paul Leissner Jr., a local lawyer, husband and father, has an active campaign underway in person and online with a similar campaign promise to �strive to keep Trent Woods a quaint, thriving community.�
In River Bend, five candidates, including one incumbent, Mayor Pro Tem Irving J. �Bud� Van Slyke Jr., are vying for the three open seats on the River Bend Town Council.
Van Slyke feels his professional experience in accounting and staff development have been particularly beneficial.
An active campaign with debate and candidate profiles have shown that some of those stepping up want less retirement-oriented town control and activities and others do not.
Andrea Olivia said she wants �to be a voice for the current citizens as well as help prepare for future families making River Bend their home.�
A theater and arts oriented individual, Taylor Morris �Buddy� Sheffield, retired here in 2009 and said he will be happy to work faithfully to help keep it like it is.
But there does not appear to be a disgruntled divide; just candidates with commitment and expertise that make them think they can best serve, including Karen Douglas McVicker and Luciclair S. �Luci� Avery.
The six-candidate field to fill the four seats on the Bridgeton Board of Commissioners includes four incumbents: present Commissioner and Mayor Pro-Tem John R. Chittick, Commissioner Charles Freeman, Commissioner Elizabeth �Boots� Parker and longest serving Commissioner Keith Lee Tyndall.
Challengers on the ballot include Alan Welch and Robert Toler.
Vying for five seats on the Dover Board of Aldermen are incumbent aldermen Gary Whitley, Margaret H. Creel and Bobby Pollard.
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Victorian Valentines: Restaurants across the Bay Area are pulling out all the romantic stops for Valentine's Day with Cupid-centric prix fixe menus and such, but this may be the most intriguing possibility. Port Costa's terrific new Bull Valley Roadhouse is hosting a special Valentine dinner Feb. 14, and the historic Burlington Hotel next door, which is managed by the same team, is hosting a Victorian Valentine soiree from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Think torch songs, live music, flowery tisanes, pastries — and 78s spinning on the old Victrola. The soiree is free, with tea and pastries available for sale.
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Wine bar redo: Remember Cioccolata di Vino in Berkeley? The wine bar paired vino with, well, cioccolata and a few savory dishes as well. Now the chef, owner and possessor of quite possibly the best name ever for someone with a wine bar — Rebecca Bernstein Redwine — has given her 4-year-old establishment a do-over. The new Oggi Restaurant and Wine Bar, which opened Jan. 24, focuses on seasonal savory small plates, pasta, pizza and hearty rustic dishes, such as a roasted pork chop with soft polenta. The idea, Bernstein-Redwine says, is "to offer something for everyone, whether you want to eat heavy or light." Details: 1801 Shattuck Ave., Suite C; www.oggiberkeley.com.
Bay Area launchpad: The Westin Hotels & Resorts are rolling out a new restaurant concept for North America, with the food-centric Bay Area chosen for the first location. Grill & Vine at the Westin San Francisco Airport in Millbrae features a tavern-style menu developed with the help of executive chef Werner Fankhauser. Look for pulled pork on brioche, deviled eggs, sweet potato bisque, plus a number of ultra-healthy options such as steel-cut Irish oats and a Caesar made with kale. And you can't beat those hotel restaurant hours (for us diners, anyway): Grill & Vine will serve continuously from 6:30 a.m. to 1 a.m. — perfect for those early-morning or late-night drives on Highway 101. Details: www.westin.com.
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You can use referrals to tell client applications which server to contact if the information is not available locally. Referrals are pointers to a remote suffix or entry that Directory Server returns to the client, in place of a result. The client must then perform the operation again on the remote server named in the referral.
Redirection occurs in three cases:
When a client application requests an entry that does not exist on the local server, and the server has been configured to return the default referral.
When an entire suffix has been disabled for maintenance or security reasons.
The server will return the referrals defined by that suffix. The suffix-level referrals are described in Setting Referrals and Making a Suffix Read-Only. Read-only replicas of a suffix also return referrals to the master servers when a client requests a write operation.
When a client specifically accesses a smart referral.
A smart referral is an entry that you create. The server will return the referral that the smart referral defines.
In all cases, a referral is an LDAP URL that contains the host name, port number, and optionally a DN on another server. For example, ldap://east.example.com:389.
For conceptual information about how you can use referrals in your directory deployment, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Deployment Planning Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
The following sections describe the procedures for setting your directory's default referrals and for creating and defining smart referrals.
Default referrals are returned to client applications that submit operations on a DN that is not contained on a suffix maintained by your Directory Server. The server will return all referrals that are defined, but the order in which they are returned is not defined.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Use the dsconf command-line utility to set one or more default referrals.
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port suffix-DN referral-url:referral-URL
For example:
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host1 -p 1389 dc=example,dc=com \ referral-url:ldap://east.example.com:1389
Smart referrals allow you to map a directory entry or a directory tree to a specific LDAP URL. Using smart referrals, you can refer client applications to a specific server or to a specific entry on a specific server.
Often, a smart referral points to an actual entry with the same DN on another server. However, you may define the smart referral to any entry on the same server or on a different server. For example, you can define the entry with the following DN to be a smart referral:
The smart referral points to another entry on the server east.example.com:
cn=Babs Jensen,ou=Sales,o=east,dc=example,dc=com
The way the directory uses smart referrals conforms to the standard specified in section 4.1.10 of RFC 4511 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4511.txt).
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
To create a smart referral, create an entry with referral and extensibleObject object classes.
The referral object class allows the ref attribute that is expected to contain an LDAP URL. The extensibleObject object class allows you to use any schema attribute as the naming attribute, in order to match the target entry.
For example, to define the following entry to return a smart referral instead of the entry uid=bjensen, use this command:
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ISBN: 978-1-118-68164-0 May 2013 Wiley-Blackwell 720 Pages
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Heterocyclic chemistry comprises at least half of all organic chemistry research worldwide. In particular, the vast majority of organic work done in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries is heterocyclic chemistry.
The fifth edition of Heterocyclic Chemistry maintains the principal objective of earlier editions – to teach the fundamentals of heterocyclic reactivity and synthesis in a way that is understandable to second- and third-year undergraduate chemistry students. The inclusion of more advanced and current material also makes the book a valuable reference text for postgraduate taught courses, postgraduate researchers, and chemists at all levels working with heterocyclic compounds in industry.
Fully updated and expanded to reflect important 21st century advances, the fifth edition of this classic text includes the following innovations:
- Extensive use of colour to highlight changes in structure and bonding during reactions
- Entirely new chapters on organometallic heterocyclic chemistry, heterocyclic natural products, especially in biochemical processes, and heterocycles in medicine
- New sections focusing on heterocyclic fluorine compounds, isotopically labeled heterocycles, and solid-phase chemistry, microwave heating and flow reactors in the heterocyclic context
Essential teaching material in the early chapters is followed by short chapters throughout the text which capture the essence of heterocyclic reactivity in concise resumés suitable as introductions or summaries, for example for examination preparation. Detailed, systematic discussions cover the reactivity and synthesis of all the important heterocyclic systems. Original references and references to reviews are given throughout the text, vital for postgraduate teaching and for research scientists. Problems, divided into straightforward revision exercises, and more challenging questions (with solutions available online), help the reader to understand and apply the principles of heterocyclic reactivity and synthesis.
Table of contents
Definitions of abbreviations
1. Heterocyclic nomenclature
2. Structures and spectroscopic properties of aromatic heterocycles
3. Substitutions of aromatic heterocycles
4. Organometallic heterocyclic chemistry
5. Methods in heterocyclic chemistry
6. Ring synthesis of aromatic heterocycles
7. Typical reactivity of pyridines, quinolines and isoquinolines
8. Pyridines: reactions and synthesis
9. Quinolines and isoquinolines: reactions and synthesis
10. Typical reactivity of pyrylium and benzopyrylium ions, pyrones and benzopyrones
11. Pyryliums, 2- and 4-pyrones: reactions and synthesis
12. Benzopyryliums, benzopyrones: reactions and synthesis
13. Typical reactivity of the diazines: pyridazine, pyrimidine and pyrazine
14. The diazines: pyridazine, pyrimidine, and pyrazine: reactions and synthesis
15. Typical reactivity of pyrroles, thiophenes, and furans
16. Pyrroles: reactions and synthesis
17. Thiophenes: reactions and synthesis
18. Furans: reactions and synthesis
19. Typical reactivity of indoles, benzo[b]thiophenes, benzo[b]furans, isoindoles, benzo[c]thiophenes and isobenzofurans
20. Indoles: reactions and synthesis
21. Benzo[b]thiophenes and benzo[b]furans: reactions and synthesis
22. Isoindoles, benzo[c]thiophenes and isobenzofurans: reactions and synthesis
23. Typical reactivity of 1,3- and 1,2-azoles and benzo-1,3- and -1,2-azoles
24. 1,3-Azoles: imidazoles, thiazoles, and oxazoles: reactions and synthesis
25. 1,2-Azoles: pyrazoles, isothiazoles, isoxazoles: reactions and synthesis
26. Benzanellated azoles: reactions and synthesis
27. Purines: reactions and synthesis
28. Heterocycles containing a ring-junction nitrogen (bridgehead compounds)
29. Heterocycles containing more than two heteroatoms
30. Saturated and partially unsaturated heterocyclic compounds: reactions and synthesis
31. Special topics
32. Heterocycles in biochemistry; heterocyclic natural products
33. Heterocycles in medicine
New To This Edition
- The authors have thoroughly reviewed the material included in the earlier Editions, to make amendments in the light of new knowledge, and to include many important 21st Century advances
- Entirely, new sections include 'Organometallic heterocyclic chemistry', 'Heterocycles in medicine', reflecting the large part that heterocyclic chemistry plays in the pharmaceutical industry, and 'Heterocycles in biochemistry; heterocyclic natural products'.
- Also included are new sections dealing explicitly with a number of topics important in the heterocyclic context: (i) heterocyclic fluorine compounds, (ii) isotopically labeled heterocycles, and (iii) the modern techniques of solid-phase chemistry, microwave heating and flow reactors.
- Two colour diagrams indicate where a change in structure or bonding has taken place, facilitating comprehension and understanding of the chemical changes that are occurring.
"Overall, this book is recommended as a text for undergraduate and more advanced students on this pervasive, important, and underappreciated topic in chemistry." (Journal of Chemical Education, 1 October 2012)
"This excellent book is well written, heavily referenced, and thoroughly indexed. Accordingly, it serves as both an instructional heterocyclic chemistry textbook and a portal to the primary synthetic chemistry literature." (Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2011)
"My favourite chapter is the organometallic chemistry that presents an up-to-date treatment of the topic and helps confirms a colleague's observation that 'With today's techniques one can be convinced that a modern organic chemist can make any small molecule he or she desires.' I particularly like the treatment of the concatenation of five-membered ring systems, an increasingly important area in medicinal chemistry. This chapter proves a real 'coup de grace'." (Reviews, December 2010)
"In summary, Heterocyclic Chemistry by Joule and Mills is in a class of its own and can be thoroughly recommended as supplementary reading for undergraduate courses and as a first port of call for researchers seeking a quick entry to the extensive heterocyclic literature." (Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2010)
"My recommendation is, even if you already have the 4th edition, to buy the latest version. At only £39.95 for the paperback version this is outstanding value for money." (Organic Process Research & Development Journal, 2010)
The use of colour in the schemes clearly highlights those parts of products (or intermediates) where a change in structure or bonding has taken place, facilitating comprehension and understanding of the chemical changes that are occurring.
Essential teaching material in the early chapters aims to capture the essence of heterocyclic reactivity in concise resumes suitable either as introductions, or as revisions/summaries for examination preparation.
Problems, divided into straightforward revision exercises and more challenging questions (with solutions as an Appendix), help the reader to understand and apply the principles of heterocyclic reactivity and synthesis.
All of the most significant heterocyclic chemistry of the 20th Century and many important 21st Century advances are covered.


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In Johnson City, efforts to save that city's former African-American school building, Langston High School, were unsuccessful, and part of that building will now be torn down. Recently at a school reunion, several Langston alumni stopped by the landmark building to bid farewell.
"It's just sad to see the building go," alumnus Bobbie McAdams Douglas said softly. "It should not have been allowed to deteriorate this badly."
Douglas reminisced with other school alumni as they walked around the doomed building at the corner of East Myrtle Avenue and Elm Street in Johnson City.
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"I remember Langston as being a family-type school with loving, caring teachers," said fellow alum Veral Jean Neal of Johnson City, who left the school in 1959. "They cared about us not just as students, but as people. If we got into trouble at school, we were in trouble at home. That word beat us back home, and your parents knew about it the minute you walked in the door."
About 25 Langston alumni spent part of their bi-annual summer reunion remembering the building, whose future is now set in stone. Or rather, set in materials that are hazardous to your health.
In a matter of days, the historic building will be torn down, its auditorium, classrooms, hallways and administrative offices all condemned by lead paint, asbestos in the walls and ceiling, and mold and mildew from leaks in the roof — problems that forced its last inhabitants, maintenance workers from the Johnson City city school system, to move out. Only the gymnasium will remain.
"I'm angry at the city. I'm angry at the maintenance people," said alumnus Bill Coleman, "but I'm also angry at myself. I should have said something. We as alumni all should have said something. We've all been inside the building. … We saw things that could have been corrected early on, but we did nothing. We didn't call it to someone's attention."
Many Langston alumni say the workers did not report problems they saw and the city may have known of problems and done nothing. But alumni agree, they could have stepped up, too.
"There is enough blame to go around," Neal said. "We did not ask enough questions about what we saw — the leaky roof, the mold and mildew. We just assumed they were taking care of our building."
"The fact that we didn't take action meant the city didn't take action," said Coleman. "When it was announced back in November last year that the building would have to be condemned, it was too late to do anything to stop it.
"Unfortunately, it was a fatal mistake."
Langston was built in 1892, just a few blocks north of downtown Johnson City. A gymnasium and workshop constructed with historic Rosenwald funds given to communities to enhance the education of black students were added in 1925. Significant building enhancements around 1954 improved the school building to its present appearance. When desegregation closed Langston in 1965, the maintenance department for the Johnson City city school system was headquartered there. The building was renamed the Langston-Biddle Maintenance Center, after longtime city schools system maintenance supervisor George Biddle.
It is fitting that the gymnasium will stay. Coleman says at least saving the historic gym is significant. All schools utilizing Rosenwald funds came with a sense of the African-American community within their walls.
"We are presenting ideas to the city right now for the future of the gymnasium," he says. "We would like to turn the gym into a multi-functional community center, perhaps a small museum for archives, meeting rooms, and a theater for small productions and neighborhood gatherings. It would serve the community, but also preserve the history of the building. We're also hoping to salvage some of the bricks to engrave the names of alumni, their families and teachers on, and even preserve the 1925 keystone and archway on Elm Street that faces I-26."
But those are long-term plans.
In the short term, demolition looms for the main school building, a structure that Langston alumni are not allowed inside anymore, even to say goodbye. It's boarded and sealed up for required asbestos removal, a painstaking process, and immediately afterwards the structure will be knocked down.
That made the former students' final visit very poignant. Knowing that the ghosts of the building will be stirred to rise up from the rubble moved some of them to tears.
"It's heartbreaking to know the Langston home will be gone," Neal said. "The last time I was inside, I could still remember the teachers we would see every day, who are long gone. To see the quiet, empty hallways and classrooms with no life, no activity was devastating. Even though the outside seems grim, every time I pass by and see the building, I always smile and say, 'There's my school.' When family would visit from out of town, I would point and say, 'There's where I went to school. … Look there, at my room right over there.' "
Of the African-American high schools that made up the original Tri-State Athletic Conference in upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia from the 1940s into the 1960s, all but one school building remains. The original Swift High School in Rogersville grew from the campus of Swift Memorial College, but the high school building itself was torn down many years ago at the end of segregation. Former African-American high school buildings in Bristol, TN/VA, Kingsport, Elizabethton, Big Stone Gap, Greeneville, Morristown, Newport, Jefferson City and Knoxville all still stand, serving their communities as renovated neighborhood activity centers, civic centers, educational facilities or apartments.
But apparently having slipped under the radar, one former African-American high school building in the region will soon join Swift among the ranks of the dearly departed.
As they await the wrecking ball, Langston High alumni like Veral Jean Neal say, they will never forget their school building.
"It's going to be heartbreaking when the bricks fall, and we drive by and don't see the building," she says. "The tears will surely come again."


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I was beginning to see why she didn't have any return customers, that was for sure!
Once I was done with my FREE haircut, I gathered my belongings as quickly as possible, snuck out the door, and never went back. I was another non-return customer on her list. I was too scared to come back!!!
Now, the point is this; I don't really recall if the haircut was actually any good or not. All I remember, and this was over 20 years ago, was that this woman was upset, angry, showed poor customer service and didn't really give me any reason to feel good about returning to her shop for another haircut.
I actually drove a half-mile further down the road to receive haircuts from a shop owner that I liked after that!
The coupon book offering freebies did not work out for that angry shop owner because she gave me a very poor first impression of her shop. Her shop was probably fine otherwise, but because of this woman's attitude, I never had a chance to see what else she would be able to offer me.
On the other hand, I used another coupon from that same book and took a chance on using it for lunch one day at a restaurant I had never been to before. It was a fairly new restaurant so I was curious about going inside. The coupon gave me the perfect opportunity to check it out. I believe it was a coupon offering FREE dessert with lunch or dinner order. Now, I didn't really need a dessert, but I love getting freebies, so it was enough to entice me.
The restaurant had a nice, cozy, 1930s feel to it. The waiters were friendly, helpful, smiled a lot and prompt. The food was good. Basic meal type stuff, nothing overly fancy, but with a few extra touches. It ultimately became my favorite place to eat because I had a good first impression and good service.
Thinking back on that coupon book, I wondered if that angry hair salon woman would've felt different if she had put a different type of offer in her coupon such as 50% off, or FREE shampoo with each haircut, or FREE styling product like mousse or gel with haircut...something like that. That way, she would have at least gotten something out of her customers without feeling used and abused, perhaps.
Being a shop owner myself, I work very hard at deciding what type of enticements to offer to bring customers to my site. I want to feel good about the offer and I want my customers to feel good about it too. Most of all, I want return customers who will want to come back because they like my product, my service and my attitude.
The moral of this story? Well, in this economy (or any economy), freebies are good because they can entice customers to stop by and get something that they will like. A shop owner that manages the freebies and specials well, will feel good about offering them. It is the shop owner's responsibility to "give it all you got" in customer service and attitude once your freebie customer enters your shop, otherwise you may be defeating the purpose of your special.
So, whatever it takes, shop folks, just SMILE, be happy, go the extra mile for your shop special shoppers. You may stand out in the crowd because of it and make all the difference whether you succeed or fail in this economy.


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Six Students Named Christopherson Scholars
Six Augustana students who exemplify scholarship and campus/community service have been awarded Fred C. and J. Marie Christopherson Scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Dr. Murray Haar Named Interim VP for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College
Dr. Murray Haar has been named interim vice president for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. Dr. Haar succeeds Dr. Mark Braun, who was recently named Provost and Dean of the College for Gustavus Adolphus College.
In The News: 'Augustana Celebrates 150 Years'
On Saturday, alumni, students, faculty and staff and community members honored 15 decades of history at The Spark, the gala event to celebrate Augustana at 150. The event featured historic photo galleries, an awards ceremony, the premiere of 'Skol! Augustana at 150,' a documentary film, live music and dancing.
Five Honored With Spirit of Augustana Awards
Before a crowd of more than 1,200 people, Augustana College honored five area individuals for their efforts to advance humanitarianism, ministry, innovation, leadership and creativity last night at The Spark, the gala event to celebrate the College's 150th anniversary.
Augustana PRSSA Honored for Social Media Campaign
The Augustana Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) took home a Student Classics Award at the annual Minnesota Public Relations Society of America (MPRSA) Classics Awards Ceremony. The win came in the New Media/Technology category for the group's social media campaign.
Editorial: 'Augie is Key Part of City'
In an editorial, the Argus Leader, the state's largest newspaper, calls Augustana a "dominant part of Sioux Falls' makeup" and calls the College's reputation "integral to the city's high quality of living and ... one of Sioux Falls' key selling points."
Greenfest to Feature Panel Discussion on Environmentalism
Greenfest, an event organized by Augie Green, will feature lawn games on the Campus Green, bike rides, an environmentally-friendly meal in Morrison Commons and a panel discussion on "How Then Shall We Live: A Well-Rounded Approach to Environmental Living."
Five Days, Eight Augustana Events
Music, poetry, a book sale, a film premiere, numerical strategy and a gala event – it's an exciting week at Augustana College! Join the campus community at the following events this week.
In The News: Schmidt Shares Experiences from Rwanda
Monique Schmidt, class of 1998, emphasized the power of service at the Augustana Thought Leader Forum on Friday, April 8. Her presentation, "Reciprocal Transformations: A Discovery of Soul Through Service from Augustana to Africa," discussed her experiences in Kigali, Rwanda.
Augustana to Offer Online Master's Degree in Education
The 19-month, non-thesis program is designed for those who hold a bachelor's degree with an emphasis in education and are eligible for licensure. Applications are due by Friday, May 20. Classes will begin on Monday, June 6.


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• iPhone 4S Teardown – iFixit rips into an iPhone 4S the day before it goes on sale. And yes, there's only 512 MB of RAM in there. Also Apple's New IPhone Sells Out at U.S. Carriers and Apple: We're Gonna Need a Bigger iPhone Order
• iPad and iPhone Users Get 50 GB FREE Starting Tonight #Box50GB – Starting after midnight, you'll be able to sign up for this account with an iPhone or iPad and get 50 GB free cloud storage for life. The site is hammered right now, as you'd expect.
• Dell World: Dell gearing up to launch Windows 8 devices as Android disappoints – Not happy with Android on tablets, Dell shifts to an old ally.
• 40% of Tablet and Smartphone Owners Use Them While Watching TV – According to a Nielsen survey.
• Phony Netflix Android app steals account data – It's a fake Android app that looks like the real thing, but it's not available in the Android Market.
• Deal With Time Warner Brings the CW to Netflix
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• RIM starts restoring BlackBerry service after nearly 4 days – Many customers are still having issues, but RIM says it has largely restored service, but customers are still reporting issues. Also BlackBerry Picked the Wrong Day to Die
• Updating To iOS 5 Has Been A Massive Headache – It has not been a smooth experience. Also see my iOS 5 post from Wednesday.
• Apple prepping movie cloud service – Apple has been meeting with studio heads, says the LATimes.
• Siri says some weird things – Particularly if what you say to Siri is peculiar itself. A great collection of screenshots from This Is My Next.
• Scott Forstall, the Sorcerer's Apprentice at Apple – A profile of the iOS chief at Apple. Is he the keeper of Jobs' flame?
• Windows Phone, a year on – The company doesn't appear to have made good on promises to market its new mobile OS effectively, and its market share shows that.
• Google Engineer: "Google+ is a Prime Example of Our Complete Failure to Understand Platforms" – A Google engineer mistakenly makes public a long rant intended only for an internal audience. In it, he rips into Google+. Also "We Are Absolutely in a Feature Race," Says Bradley Horowitz of Google+ and Eric Schmidt Finally Appears On Google+
• Google holds steady with 65 percent of U.S. search queries
• Web Start-Ups Hit Cash Crunch – The Wall Street Journal says there are so many Web-based startups that venture capital is being stretched thin. Not everyone in SiliValley agrees.
• U.S. cell phones, tablets outnumber Americans – There are 327.6 million such devices, and "only" 312.4 million people in the U.S. Also Mobile Devices Account for a Growing Portion of Web Traffic
• 'Thinking' Robot Teaches Itself a Task – The Singularity edges closer.
• Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011: Computer scientist, Unix co-creator, C programming language designer – He was 70, and reportedly died after a long illness.


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The brilliant guitarist Keith Richards is also renowned for writing lyrics. He is the author of a large part of the repertoire of the Rolling Stones, a group which exposed him to the limelight. His meeting with Mick Jagger goes back to nursery school but it wasn?t until 1963, after bumping into each other by chance on their home town station platform, that they had the idea of a musical collaboration. Their first hit As Tears Go By resulted from enforced imprisonment in a kitchen by the manager of the group. Keith Richards wrote ?Satisfaction,? the first great success of the Stones, alone one evening in his hotel bedroom in 1965. In spite of his numerous drug problems and the concussion he suffered in 2006 by falling from a coconut palm tree, Keith Richards continued to tour. ?I will retire when I kick the bucket,? he confided to Life magazine in 2010.Read more Read less
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Originally from Liverpool, Peter had always immersed himself in rock culture. Lacking a musical ear, he had an eye for photography from an early age. Whilst the whole of Liverpool was listening to the Beatles on the radio, Peter had already proudly turned his attention to the American music scene. In 1969 at barely 18 years old, contrary to the wishes of his parents he decided to go to London to become a photographer. Peter knew that institutional training would not suit his strong personality. He therefore chose to train himself. Up against rebuffs but inspired by the criticism and advice handed out to him, Peter learnt to become a good technician and ended up a talented photographer. In July 1972 when Peter was only just 23 years old he went to Montreal to photograph the Rolling Stones in concert. His career as a photographer had taken off. He worked either by commission or by offering his shots to major newspapers. His skill allowed him to disengage from technical contingencies achieving artistic candid photos. He was not content to photograph music legends like Marley, Keith Richards, James Brown and Miles Davis. He mixed with them. It was his knowledge of the milieu and his huge respect for the musicians which allowed him to grasp on-stage reality. Now aged 63, Peter has chosen to live in Cornwall in the village of Polperro. He continues to work as a photographer and exhibits regularly


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Trudy Rubin: Putin's dictators
To understand why President Barack Obama's Syria policy has failed so badly, look no further than the brutal regime crackdown on political protesters in Ukraine.
The link is Vladimir Putin.
U.S. officials foolishly banked on the Russian leader to squeeze Syria's dictator into a political compromise at Geneva peace talks. But Putin — who prides himself on displays of bare-chested machismo — disdains political compromise. He prefers strongmen, whether in Syria, Ukraine or elsewhere, and will back Bashar Assad, no matter his war crimes.
Similarly, Putin encouraged Ukraine's president, Viktor Yanukovych, to unleash carnage on civilian protesters this week. By so doing, he has sent a message the Obama administration can't ignore as it tries to find a new strategy for Syria: Putin plays hardball. He will only temper his support for dictatorial allies if he's made to believe the cost is too high.
Putin's modus operandi is clear in Ukraine. The current crisis began when the Ukrainian government seemed poised to sign an association agreement with the European Union in November. The accord appealed to citizens who hoped tighter ties to Europe would put brakes on a corrupt, nearly bankrupt government that was rushing toward dictatorial rule.
Putin, however, has dreams of creating a Eurasian Union, a vast political and economic bloc that relinks former Soviet states — including Ukraine. He offered Yanukovych a $15 billion bailout and cheap gas in return for spurning the EU offer. That sparked peaceful protests in Kiev calling for Yanukovych's resignation and early elections.
The Ukrainian leader promised not to use force against demonstrators, but shifted gears after meeting with Putin in Sochi. On Monday, Russia gave Ukraine a $2 billion down payment, and Putin conversed by phone with Yanukovych. The next day came the crackdown.
Yanukovych appears to be going for "the full Assad" says the Brookings Institution's Fiona Hill, co-author of "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin." "The idea is to have no compromise, even though there could have been a way out with the demonstrators." A team of Russian "crowd control" experts is said to be aiding the Ukrainian Interior Ministry.
Russian government spokesmen are demonizing the Ukrainian opposition with the same language they applied to once-peaceful Syrian demonstrators, calling them "extremists" and "terrorists." They also insist that the protesters are tools of the West.
But Ukraine is not Syria: Despite Putin's blessings, Yanukovych can't drop barrel bombs on Kiev. If no truce is accepted by both sides, he risks driving Ukraine toward civil war, as protesters from the pro-Europe west and center of the country resist efforts to draw it back into Moscow's grasp.
Indeed, says Adrian Karatnycky, a Ukraine expert and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, there are still ways to pressure Putin into recognizing the risks of backing Yanukovych. Prime among them: If the EU (with strong U.S. support) finally approves targeted sanctions against Ukrainian officials and its so-called oligarchs, super-rich businessmen who still support the regime. Deprived of assets abroad, and visas to Europe and America, these key players might turn against their president.
Fear of offending Putin has previously inhibited EU officials from imposing such sanctions, which might have prevented the current tragedy in Kiev. But the Russian leader's open disdain for Europe may finally have goaded them to act.
Meantime, says Karatnycky, harsher crackdowns will only accelerate protests around the country; the safety of pipelines carrying Russian gas to Europe could be at risk. Ukraine could soon become a drain on Russian resources. Putin's dream of economic integration with Ukraine could "go by the boards, if Kiev becomes a quasi-Beirut." As the costs of his neo-imperialism rise, Putin might consider an alternative candidate to lead Ukraine.
Forcing Putin to consider a compromise in Syria will be much harder after the administration's feckless policy of the past three years.
When he was Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman, John Kerry understood what was needed. "Assad won't (change) unless the on-the-ground calculations change," he said in May 2012. In other words: Neither Assad nor his Russian backers will bargain at the negotiating table unless they fear he might lose on the battlefield.
But the White House has refused for two years to provide military aid to vetted and moderate rebels, even as Islamist groups flourished with aid from private Arab sources. Meantime Putin (and Iran) shoveled funds, guns, and manpower to Assad, who is winning on the ground.
As Obama reconsiders whether to help vetted Syrian rebels, he should recognize the lesson from Kiev:
The only way to dissuade Putin from backing dictators, whether in Syria or Ukraine, is to make the cost higher than he is willing to bear.
Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial board member for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Readers may write to her at Philadelphia Inquirer, P.O. Box 8263, Philadelphia, PA 19101, or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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England's second city, Birmingham is packed full of exciting attractions, from a state-of-the-art library to a world-class shopping centre and even Cadbury World - a real-life chocolate factory.
Canal side near Gas Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, England © VisitEngland/Diana Jarvis
- Visit Birmingham and indulge your inner kid at Cadbury World, the famous chocolate factory where you can order a liquid pot of choc with your choice of sweet treat added, from marshmallows to moreish candies.
- Home to many architectural gems, the futuristic Library of Birmingham and gleaming Selfridges Bullring shopping centre are two modern triumphs not to be missed.
- The city is renowned for its dining scene, which ranges from the flavourful family-run eateries of Balti Triangle to its Michelin-star restaurants.
- For something a little different, explore the city by canal boat – Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice and there's plenty of beautiful scenery to take in. While you're at it, why not visit the National Sea Life Centre and be wowed by the marine life on display?
- Did you know? Around 40 per cent of British jewellery is made in Birmingham's famous Jewellery Quarter. The historic district is the perfect place to pick up pieces direct from makers' workshops.
- You might like to stay here a night or 2 on your way to the home of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon, which is 1 hour south by train.
- VisitBirmingham offers a wealth of useful information to help plan your trip.
- Birmingham is a convenient 1 hour 25 minutes by train from London. It also has an international airport.
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Bakers, are you running low on flotsam? Is your curling ribbon on back order? Are you fresh out of teddy bears?
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Or, for those extra special occasions,