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[01] ECONOMIST PREDICTS 'FINANCIAL CRISIS' FOR GAZPROM, ROSNEFTVladimir Milov, president of the Institute of Energy Policy, wrote on gazeta.ru on March 11 that the state energy companies Gazprom and Rosneft may be on the verge of default, forcing the government to bail them out from the country's hard-currency reserves. The issue of corporate indebtedness has been worrying economists for some time now (see "RFE/RL Newsline," March 5, 2008, and "Russia: The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Stabilization Fund," rferl.org, January 30, 2008). Milov wrote that as the global credit crisis continues, there is a "considerable chance that, at a minimum, there will be a crisis of liquidity in the banking system and, in the worst case, massive corporate default." According to Milov, Gazprom and Rosneft are the "champions of debt accumulation," with total debts of more than $85 billion as of the third quarter of last year. That accounts for some 20 percent of Russia's total corporate debt. The chairman of Gazprom's board of directors is President-elect Dmitry Medvedev and Rosneft's board chairman is deputy presidential-administration head Igor Sechin. Milov writes that Gazprom's debt-to-earnings ratio has reached 70 percent, while Rosneft's is already 106 percent, which leads him to conclude the two companies "are in a deep financial crisis that has so far been covered up only by high world oil prices." Milov says the most likely outcome will be additional loans to the companies from state banks at the order of the government. Milov concludes that "it is important to understand that the reckless policy of restoring the government's influence in the oil-and-gas sector in recent years has not been free for the country. It has a concrete price and a very high one." RC
[02] AUTHORITIES REPORTEDLY MULL NEED FOR POLITICAL COMPETITIONPresident Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dmitry Medvedev plan to hold talks with leading lawmakers about creating a legal framework for the formation of a constructive political opposition, "Kommersant" reported on March 11. The paper cites leading Unified Russia figures, including Duma Constitutional Law Committee Chairman Vladimir Pligin, as saying in recent weeks that the party needs political competition. Pligin said Russia needs to act more rapidly to develop a genuine party system. "Kommersant" quoted Union of Rightist Forces Political Council member Boris Nadezhdin as saying no new legislation is needed for an opposition to thrive. He said all that is necessary is for the government to observe the current laws on elections, parties, and the mass media. "When we needed a real opposition, when we were holding elections, [the authorities] scattered and discredited it," Nadezhdin said. "But now that they have been elected for four years, now they can discuss how useful it would be to have an opposition." There were reports in the Russian media recently that, following Medvedev's election on March 2, the Federal Registration Service had been ordered to review all of the 14 currently registered parties with the object of reducing the number of parties to seven or eight. The service has denied receiving such an order. RC
[03] NEW LEADERS NAMED IN TWO REGIONS; IS MOSCOW NEXT?President Putin has nominated Unified Russia Duma Deputy Oleg Kovalyov to be the next governor of Ryazan Oblast, Russian media reported on March 11, citing the Kremlin press service. If confirmed by the local legislature as all of Putin's previous nominees have been, Kovalyov will replace Georgy Shpak, whose term expires this month. Kovalyov's appointment was reportedly agreed to by President-elect Medvedev. On March 9, Putin nominated former Yakutsk Mayor Ilya Mikhalchuk, the Unified Russia coordinator for the Far East, to become governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast, "Vremya novostei" reported on March 11. Mikhalchuk unexpectedly resigned as Yakutsk mayor in September 2007, possibly in connection with the fact that several officials in his administration were facing a total of 20 criminal cases on charges of bribe-taking and abuse of office. If confirmed, Mikhalchuk will replace Nikolai Kiselyov, one of the last regional leaders to have been directly elected rather than appointed by Putin after the abolition of gubernatorial elections in 2005. Gazeta.ru reported on March 11 that Medvedev plans to replace long-time Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov. Unnamed sources close to Medvedev told the website that Regional Development Minister Dmitry Kozak and presidential administration head Sergei Sobyanin are among the people being considered to replace Luzhkov. A source within the Moscow city government told the website that "all the bureaucrats...are preparing for major resignations." RC
[04] RUSSIA CRITICIZES U.S. NAVAL PRESENCE OFF LEBANONRussian Ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin on March 10 told the UN Security Council, of which he is chairman this month, that the presence of U.S. warships off Lebanon's coast does not help resolve the political crisis in that country, news agencies reported. Churkin added that "we pointed out the fact that basically all Lebanese political forces expressed their concern about [the U.S. naval presence], including the government of Prime Minister [Fuad] Siniora. We have said that such acts bring up some unwanted historical analogies, so we do not see it as a constructive contribution to the situation in Lebanon." U.S. Ambassador to the UN Zalmay Khalilzad argued that "we had forces in the Mediterranean, in the region for some time. Those forces are there to protect our interests and to be able to deal with any contingency that might develop." In Moscow on March 11, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin announced that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian territories from March 19-21 to promote Russia's long-standing call for a regional summit. Kamynin said Lavrov's initiative is a response to the growing tensions between Israel and the Palestinians (see "RFE/RL Newsline," November 27, 28, and 30, 2007, and January 7, 2008). PM
[05] PUTIN TAKES SWIPE AT NEW EU MEMBER STATESPresident Putin attended a performance of the 19th-century Russian comedy "Woe From Wit" in Moscow on March 9, AP reported. At a reception afterward, he noted that the play remains relevant because some of the characters go to extremes to adopt Western customs. He earned a laugh by adding "this is a particular lesson for the new members of the European Union. I'm joking, I'm joking." PM
[06] NATIONALIST SAYS SERBIA'S FATE MARKS 'AMERICAN ADVANCE ON RUSSIA'Aleksandr Dugin, a leader of the Eurasian Movement who reportedly has close Kremlin ties, wrote in the weekly "Profil" that "Europe is on the brink of another war" over Kosova. He argued that the recent "declaration of independence by Kosovo is the moment of truth for Russia. Either Russia confirms its faithfulness to international standards and practices, or acknowledges its own incapacity." He believes that "the Kosovo situation is a textbook example of NATO's strategy. It orchestrated the break-up of [the former] Yugoslavia and proceeded to carve up the new Yugoslavia consisting of Serbia and Montenegro. Once that was accomplished, it dissected Serbia." Dugin stressed that NATO "is out to demonstrate its might and punish that Christian state in the Balkans for the temerity of trying to retain its social, cultural, and geopolitical identity in defiance of the West." He argued that "this geopolitical demonstration is actually a lesson to the Russian Federation concerning its own geopolitical future. It is a signal to Russia indicating what might earn from the West for its continued efforts to defend its territorial integrity and state sovereignty." Dugin warned that "Russia should be fast, firm, and decisive. Serbia is the last fortress on the route of the American advance on Russia. There is no place to retreat to anymore because Russia itself is the next target." PM
[07] U.S. STUDY SEES RUSSIA AS VULNERABLE STATENewsru.com on March 11 drew attention to a recent report entitled "Index of State Weakness in the Developing World," published by the Washington-based Brookings Institution, which places Russia 65th out of 141 countries in terms of what it defines as weakness. Somalia heads the list, followed by Afghanistan. Bolivia holds place 64, while Iran is number 66. Those two states, Russia, China, India, Venezuela, and several others are classified as vulnerable "states to watch." The report says that Russia's weakness is the result of "low scores in the areas of security and political governance, mainly due to the ongoing civil conflict in Chechnya, human rights abuses, and lacks of political accountability and freedom of expression." PM
[08] INDIA, RUSSIA SIGN MIG UPGRADE CONTRACTAviationweek.com and newsru.com reported on March 10 that India has signed a $964 million contract with the MiG corporation to upgrade at least 64 MiG-29 fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. The deal involves fitting the MiGs with improved weapons as well as new radio equipment and radar, which will extend their expected lives by 15 years. Pakistan's "Daily Times" on March 11 quoted an unnamed Indian Air Force official as saying that India insisted that all but six of the planes be refitted in India as a "precaution" against the delays that India previously encountered when it upgraded its fleet of MiG-21s in Russia (see "RFE/RL Newsline," February 28, 2008). Russia is the traditional supplier of 70 percent of India's arms, but now faces competition from the United States and Europe for a new $10.2 billion contract to supply India with 126 new multi-role fighters. PM
[09] MASS MEETING IN INGUSHETIA AGAIN POSTPONEDThe organizers of the mass anticorruption protest originally scheduled for February 19, then postponed until March 4 and then March 12 (see "RFE/RL Newsline," February 19, 22, and 27, 2008), announced on March 10 that it has been postponed yet again, until an unspecified date in April, the independent website ingushetiya.ru reported. That decision was prompted by the public denial by republican prosecutor's office staffer Gelani Merzhuyev that the organizers had applied to the government for permission to convene the protest. Magomed Khazbiyev, one of the organizers, stressed that they have tried repeatedly to submit such applications but that government officials refuse to accept them. Meanwhile, police are pressuring a second protest organizer, Gilani Imagozhev, to agree to be sentenced to 15 days' detention "for resisting the police," ingushetiya.ru reported. LF
[10] TWO CIVILIANS INJURED IN MILITANT ATTACK IN KABARDINO-BALKARIATwo villagers were injured late on March 9 when militants opened fire from two directions on a police patrol post in the village of Khasanya on the southern outskirts of Nazran, regnum.ru and kavkaz-uzel.ru reported on March 10. It was at least the third such attack on police personnel so far this year; two police officers were shot dead in January and one slightly injured in a shoot-out in Nazran last month. LF
Transcaucasia And Central Asia
[11] MORE OPPOSITIONISTS ARRESTED IN ARMENIAFormer Armenian Foreign Minister Aleksander Arzumanian and Ararat Zurabian, the former chairman of former President Levon Ter-Petrossian's now defunct Armenian Pan-National Movement, were arrested on March 10 and taken to the headquarters of the National Security Service, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported. Their lawyer, Hovik Arsenian, said they are likely to be charged with seeking to seize power in the wake of the disputed February 19 presidential ballot in which Ter-Petrossian claims to have polled 65 percent of the vote; official returns gave him 21.51 percent, compared to 52.8 percent for Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian. Also on March 10, police launched a search for parliamentarians Sasun Mikaelian and Khachatur Sukiasian and for Nikol Pashinian, editor of the pro-Ter-Petrossian paper "Haykakan zhamanak," all of whom are reportedly in hiding. LF
[12] RUSSIA, U.S. CALL FOR DIALOGUE, LIFTING ARMENIAN STATE OF EMERGENCYRussian President Vladimir Putin telephoned Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisian on March 10 to congratulate him on his election as president, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reported quoting Sarkisian's press service. Putin also stressed the need to resolve the postelection standoff between the Armenian authorities and opposition through "dialogue." Also on March 10, U.S. charge d'affaires in Yerevan Joseph Pennington told RFE/RL that while Washington recognizes that there came a point during the standoff between police and Ter-Petrossian supporters on March 1 when "order needed to be restored," the state of emergency outgoing President Robert Kocharian imposed in response should now be lifted, as should restrictions on the media. Pennington also said the United States has warned the Armenian leadership against "political arrests" of persons "who may have expressed views that were bothersome to the authorities." LF
[13] MORE GEORGIANS JOIN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKEOver 40 more people have joined the five Georgian oppositionists who launched a hunger strike outside the parliament building on March 9, Caucasus Press reported on March 10. The hunger strikers demand that repeat presidential elections be held; that the parliamentary election in May be truly free and fair; and that all people detained for their participation in the clashes between police and protesters in Tbilisi in November 2007 be released. Six lawmakers from the opposition New Rightists party began a hunger strike on March 10 outside the office of parliament speaker Nino Burjanadze to protest her refusal to meet with them, civil.ge reported. Burjanadze, for her part, dismissed the hunger strike as "a stage show." She appealed to the opposition to demonstrate solidarity with the Georgian leadership and join in the parliament debate on drafting a formal response to what she termed the "dangerous" Russian decision to withdraw unilaterally from the economic sanctions imposed at a CIS summit in January 1996 on the breakaway republic of Abkhazia, civil.ge reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," March 7, 2008). Konstantine Gabashvili, chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign relations, said on March 11 that the legislature will wait to adopt that resolution until March 14, one day after the Russian State Duma is scheduled to hold a hearing on Abkhazia and the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia, Caucasus Press reported. LF
[14] KYRGYZSTAN RATIONS ELECTRICITYIn response to the energy crisis triggered by record cold weather and low rates of hydroelectric energy production, Kyrgyzstan on March 10 began rationing electricity, AKIpress reported. According to unidentified officials of the Ministry of Industry, Energy, and Fuel Resources, the new rationing regime will reduce the daily supply of electricity to consumers, and cut off all electricity to consumers who have incurred debts for power supplies, as well as to saunas and some other businesses. The rationing is intended to offset a dramatic decrease in the water level of the Toktogul reservoir, which provides 40 percent of Kyrgyzstan's hydroelectric energy. The Toktogul reservoir was classified as being in a critical state after the water level dropped by some 30 meters over the past four months. Meanwhile, the government intends to supplement hydroelectric power with coal and oil to meet domestic energy needs. RG
[15] TREASON TRIAL OPENS IN KYRGYZSTANSeveral senior officers of the Kyrgyz National Security Committee and the Ministry of Defense went on trial for high treason on March 10 at the Bishkek army garrison, according to the 24.kg website. Defendants Valeriy Patsula, Vladimir Berzhnoy, Maksat Mamyrkanov, and Dmitriy Grib face up to 20 years in prison if convicted at the closed trial, presided over by Judge Abdurazak Borombaev. The men are charged with allegedly "passing on confidential information" to an unidentified foreign intelligence service. They were arrested in June 2007 after an internal investigation by the National Security Committee reportedly uncovered evidence of espionage. In another treason trial that ended last month, treason charges against Kyrgyz parliamentary staff member Jypargul Arykova were dismissed for lack of evidence, although she was convicted on a lesser charge (see "RFE/RL Newsline," February 25, 2008). Arykova was arrested in Bishkek in June 2007 along with a Chinese national, allegedly "in the act of passing classified information" (see "RFE/RL Newsline," June 22 and 25, 2007). RG
[16] TURKMEN PRESIDENT ON STATE VISIT TO UZBEKISTANA delegation of Turkmen officials led by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov arrived in Tashkent on March 10 at the start of an official visit to Uzbekistan, Uzbek Television reported. Berdymukhammedov met with Uzbek President Islam Karimov, and said that he is seeking to deepen bilateral relations during his visit, noting the "common roots and historic ties" between the two countries. The two presidents signed a set of bilateral agreements, including new accords on transportation, agriculture, cross-border trade, and water resources. A separate protocol was also signed calling for a political dialogue between the Turkmen and Uzbek ministries of foreign affairs. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Karimov said that they discussed the situation in Afghanistan, and also agreed to implement a bilateral agreement on trade and political relations for 2008-12. RG
Eastern Europe
[17] U.S. PRESIDENT HONORS WIFE OF IMPRISONED BELARUSIAN POLITICIANIn a statement on March 10 marking Women's History Month and International Women's Day, U.S. President George W. Bush honored Iryna Kazulina, the deceased wife of imprisoned Belarusian former presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin, the White House website reported. "America honors women like Iryna Kazulina," Bush said. "Iryna's husband, Alyaksandr Kazulin, is serving a five year prison sentence for protesting Belarus's fraudulent 2006 elections. Iryna worked relentlessly for her husband's freedom. In doing so, she became a leading voice for all political prisoners held captive by [Belarusian President Alyaksandr] Lukashenka's regime," he said. Kazulina died on February 23 after a long fight with breast cancer. "The Lukashenka regime refused to release her husband to be with his wife in her final days. That's the definition of brutality. And the United States calls upon that government to release Alyaksandr Kazulin immediately, just like they ought to release every other political prisoner in Belarus," Bush said. AM
[18] PRESIDENT SAYS BELARUS HAS NEVER DISAPPOINTED EUROPEPresident Lukashenka on March 10 told a group of British legislators and businesspeople that "Belarus has never let Europe down, and we would like to be treated appropriately," Belapan and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported. "Prospects for relations between Belarus and the EU will depend on whether the European Union's foreign policy is independent of the United States," Lukashenka said. He noted that 20 percent of the natural gas and 40 percent of the crude oil Europe receives from Russia are delivered through Belarus. "I believe the European Union has the right idea of Belarus's role in Europe. Unfortunately, the prospects for relations between Belarus and the European Union do not lie exclusively in the Europe-Belarus sphere," Lukashenka said. "I want to assure you that all agreements that we will reach will be kept inviolate.... You will get full support for work in the Belarusian market," he added. AM
[19] BELARUSIAN PHYSICISTS OBJECT TO PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTSeveral prominent Belarusian nuclear physicists have urged the authorities to abandon their plans for the construction of a nuclear power plant, Belapan and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported on March 10. The physicists said at a March 9 meeting that the construction of a nuclear power plant is not an "unavoidable necessity" for Belarus, and that the country does not meet the economic and technical conditions for its construction. Yahor Fyadzyushkin, the head of the Institute of Humanitarian and Environmental Technologies of the Minsk-based International Academy of Information Technology, said that "the idea of building a nuclear power plant in Belarus could bring about a lot of trouble and difficult ordeals, which the authorities seem to be ready to put on the shoulders of the people." "Under no circumstances would we agree that it is feasible to build the plant in Belarus," he said. "Since the dispute about whether or not a nuclear power plant should be built began, nobody has ever offered any distinct data in favor of the nuclear power industry," Fyadzyushkin said. The Belarusian Security Council in mid-January made "an ultimate political decision" regarding the construction of a nuclear power plant. The government intends to put the first unit of the 2,000-megawatt plant into operation in 2016, and launch the second one in 2018. AM
[20] U.S. SUPPORTS UKRAINE'S EURO-ATLANTIC ASPIRATIONSActing U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Kurt Volker on March 10 told RFE/RL that the United States supports the aspirations of Ukraine and Georgia to move closer to NATO. "There's got to be a 'yes' from our side, saying, 'We welcome the aspirations of Georgia and Ukraine.' That is the directional aspect of this," said Volker, who is also the U.S. ambassador-designate to NATO. "Do we offer them a Membership Action Plan? That's a decision that NATO needs to take by consensus. If it's not at [the planned NATO summit in April in] Bucharest, the directional aspect remains the same: they have indicated their desire to come closer and we want to help them," Volker said. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, and parliamentary speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk in mid-January sent a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer asking him to offer Ukraine a NATO Membership Action Plan at the Bucharest summit. However, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 10 said that "a country should become a NATO member not only when its temporary political leadership is in favor but when a significant percentage of the population supports membership," in a reference to Ukraine. According to public opinion surveys, slightly more than half of the Ukrainian population opposes possible membership in NATO. AM
[21] UKRAINIAN PREMIER ATTRACTS EUROPEAN INVESTORSPrime Minister Tymoshenko said on March 10 in Brussels that her government will ensure the transparency of privatization processes in Ukraine, as well as equal conditions for foreign investors' access to the Ukrainian market, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported. "We have pretty good macro-economic indexes [allowing us to] become a trustworthy partner of the European Union," Tymoshenko said. "Within three or four months, we will privatize Ukrtelekom [Ukraine's largest telecommunications company], chemical plants, and power industry enterprises," she said. The government on February 6 approved a detailed plan for the allocation of Ukrtelekom's shares: 25 percent plus one share will remain state property, while 67.79 percent will be sold at auction. AM
Southeastern Europe
[22] EU WARNS SERBIA AGAINST 'ROAD TO NOWHERE'Referring to the general elections in Serbia scheduled for May 11, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said in Brussels on March 10 that "now Serbia has a crucial choice to make," news agencies reported. He added that Serbia "can either turn to the European future or risk isolation. The first option will take Serbia forward toward stability, stronger freedoms, and increasing prosperity along with the other countries of the region. The other option...is a road to nowhere" (see End Note, "RFE/RL Newsline," March 10, 2008, and "RFE/RL Balkan Report," February 13 and 25 and March 5, 2008). Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, argued that "Serbia faces a challenge. It faces a choice of either going toward Europe or staying nationalistic." Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen said that his country remains opposed to signing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with any government in Belgrade that does not fully cooperate with the Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). "EU integration and cooperation are also based on values -- and one of those values is the position where impunity is not accepted," he stressed. Rupel pointed out that it will be necessary for the UN civilian administration in Kosova (UNMIK) to "keep up its work" because there have been organized Serbian attacks on the Serbian-Kosovar border. Verhagen noted that "what we want to avoid is a soft partition" of Kosova. The Belgrade daily "Danas" wrote on March 11 that Serbian President Boris Tadic and his Democratic Party believe that they have few challengers for the pro-European vote in the May 11 elections. The anti-EU nationalist vote will be split among at least four parties, but they could easily form a broad coalition after the elections and form a government, the paper added. Several Serbian participants at a roundtable held by RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service said on March 10 that Serbia could face political and economic instability in the run-up to the elections and possibly for several weeks afterward. PM
[23] TRIAL OF CROATIAN GENERALS OPENS IN THE HAGUECroatian Generals Ante Gotovina, Ivan Cermak, and Mladen Markac on March 11 went on trial at the ICTY in The Hague on charges of war crimes allegedly committed during the Croatian Army's Operation Storm in August 1995, RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service reported. Operation Storm, together with Operation Flash shortly before it, ended a rebellion by members of Croatia's Serbian minority, which was supported by Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, and established the authority of President Franjo Tudjman's government throughout Croatia. Prosecutor Alan Tieger told a three-judge panel at the opening of the trial that the charges arise "from the forcible elimination of Krajina's Serbs from Croatia and the destruction of their community...and the roles and responsibilities of three men, generals in the Croatian Army, in that process." He added that Operation Storm sought not only to retake land but also "to drive out the Serb civilian population and ensure their permanent removal." The charges against the three generals include the murder, expulsion, or persecution of Serbian civilians and the destruction or looting of their property. Many observers expect the trial to shed some light on historical controversies stemming from Operation Storm, such as the possibility of clandestine deals between Tudjman and Milosevic, and how many of tens of thousands of Serbs were driven from their homes by Croatian forces, rather than told to leave by local Serbian authorities. Tudjman and Gojko Susak, who was his defense minister, are mentioned in the indictment as having helped plan Operation Storm. The two died before the ICTY could formally indict them. Some Croatian commentators charge that the trial constitutes an attack on the overall legacy of Operation Storm, a charge that the ICTY denies. PM
Southwestern Asia And The Middle East
[24] UN TO ACCELERATE WORK IN AFGHANISTAN UNDER NEW ENVOYThe United Nations is expected to step up its reconstruction and aid activities in Afghanistan under the leadership of its new special envoy, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide, AFP reported on March 10 from Kabul. Under his leadership, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) will reinforce its assistance mission and support government institutions through cooperation with President Hamid Karzai, according to Christopher Alexander, the UN's deputy special representative for Afghanistan. "We need to accelerate our work, we need to coordinate an effort that is larger than ever and more complex than ever before, and we need to focus on implementation," Alexander told reporters in Kabul. AT
[25] AFGHAN GOVERNMENT OPENS COMPLAINTS BUREAUBBC News on March 10 reported that the Afghan government has opened a new office dedicated to dealing with complaints from the Afghan public. The office, with a staff of 23, will pass the complaints on to the office of President Hamid Karzai. The body is headed by Asadullah Wafa, the former governor of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province. Though the office is currently located in Kabul, other branches are due to be set up in the provinces. Among the problems plaguing Afghanistan is widespread corruption, which stymies the public's influence and ability to seek change. AT
[26] NATO CLASHES IN AFGHANISTAN RISE IN 2008NATO forces in Afghanistan have clashed more often with Taliban insurgents in 2008 than in the same period last year, although fighting has occurred in fewer places, NATO said on March 10, Reuters reported. "ISAF has been more active than we were last year; we are going out to get them...rather than them coming to us," Captain Mike Finney said. Data collected by the Afghanistan NGO Security Office indicate that there has been a 39 percent increase in Taliban attacks in the first two months of this year over the same period in 2007. Although NATO says it is making progress against the Taliban, observers say there is an impasse on the ground that is undermining Western public support for troops deployments there. AT
[27] AFGHAN PEACE EFFORTS SUFFER FROM LACK OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTA new study says peace efforts in Afghanistan are disconnected from one another and lack support from the international community, the Canadian Press reported on March 10. The report by the Canadian Council for International Cooperation is based on 58 interviews carried out in Afghanistan in January and February. It calls on the Canadian government to encourage the international community and Afghan government to help boost existing peace initiatives. In the longer term, it says peace requires a sustained commitment by the international community, including Canada, to work with the Afghan government, civil society, women's groups, and opposition and antigovernment groups. The council interviewed diplomats, non-governmental organizations, Afghan government officials, and community leaders in preparing the report. AT
[28] IRANIAN SECURITY CHIEF MEETS PROMINENT PALESTINIANRamadan Abdullah Shallah, the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, met on March 10 with Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Said Jalili in Tehran to discuss the recent events in Gaza, IRNA reported. Jalili told Shallah that 60 years of Palestinian resistance have shown that "terrorism cannot overcome the will of the people, even in the form of a regime." He said Israel's recent strikes targeting Hamas sites in Gaza "revealed to the world the fake proponents of human rights." He was referring to Western powers, which Iran claims are indifferent to the plight of the Palestinians. Shallah thanked Jalili for Iran's support for "the Islamic resistance" and called for continued assistance. The former head of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), Yahya Rahim-Safavi, said separately in Tehran on March 10 that Israel should take seriously the stance of Hizballah in Lebanon, IRNA reported. He was apparently referring to Hizballah's effective declaration of war on Israel following a car bombing in Damascus in February that killed veteran Hizballah operative Imad Mugniyah. Israel has denied it was involved. Rahim-Safavi, who is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's chief adviser on military affairs, was speaking at an event marking the release of a commemorative stamp for Mugniyah. He said he hopes "certain Arab states" will sever their diplomatic ties with Israel's "fake regime," IRNA reported. VS
[29] QATARI PREMIER SUPPORTS TALKS WITH IRANQatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabr al-Thani told a conference in Doha on March 10 that the best way to avoid a regional conflict is for Arab states of the Persian Gulf to talk to Iran, and called this dialogue "vital" for the region, Radio Farda and agencies reported. He said Persian Gulf states could benefit from Iran's nuclear program if it is peaceful, but that if it has military goals, they must find out if it is directed at them or at states further away. Western states suspect Iran may use its nuclear program to develop weapons, though Iran denies it has anything but a civilian nuclear program. Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has failed to convince the UN body of the peaceful nature of Iran's program. Sheikh Hamad said Iran's recent clarifications to the IAEA were not enough to remove all doubts about its program; he warned, however, that "it is important...that no one shoves the region toward a new crisis and that as [Iran's neighbors] we have an understanding of this issue," Reuters reported. Sheikh Hamad said recent wars in the Middle East have been based on "unsound studies," and that regional states have not benefited in any way. "The most important thing is that we do not enter into an international game in which we will be exploited," Reuters quoted him as saying. VS
[30] IRANIAN REFORMISTS CRITICIZE POLICIES AHEAD OF POLLSIranian reformists' criticisms of government policies have apparently grown stronger in recent days as the March 14 parliamentary polls approach, Radio Farda reported on March 10. The broadcaster quoted former parliament speaker and head of the reformist National Trust Party Mehdi Karrubi as saying on March 9 that provocative public statements by unnamed politicians have harmed Iran's position in the international dispute over its nuclear program. The report indicated he was referring to President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who has frequently denounced Western powers and Israel, a state Iran does not recognize. Karrubi said his party, which is taking part in the coming polls, favors a policy of interaction with foreign powers on the basis of "revolutionary principles," but without provocation. "Our policy is based on detente, and we want interaction with the whole world, except Israel," Karrubi said. He added that there is no reason why Iran should not have ties with the United States, provided Washington "respects our rights and does not seek dominance." "The issue of talks with America will also be pursued" if the party wins enough seats to influence the future parliament's agenda, he said. Mohammad Reza Khatami, a former deputy speaker of parliament and a member of the reformist Participation Front, separately criticized the government's economic policies in a March 9 debate with the current deputy speaker, Mohammad Reza Bahonar, Radio Farda reported. What is the result of the ruling conservatives' "economic slogans," Khatami asked, or their promises to improve the lot of Iranians over the past three or four years? He said the Ahmadinejad government has opened many factories since it took power in 2005 "thanks to the investments of previous years," and asked if "this government has left anything for future governments to inaugurate." VS
[31] CLERIC ACCUSES REFORMISTS OF ABUSESRuhollah Hosseinian, a right-wing cleric and parliamentary candidate for Tehran in the March 14 polls, told students on March 10 that he wrote 70 letters to the authorities when he worked with the Intelligence Ministry in the 1980s to complain of prisoners' mistreatment by officials who later became reformists, the conservative Fars agency reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline," April 26, 2007). Hosseinian was referring to the 1984-89 period when Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi-Reyshahri was intelligence minister and Hosseinian represented the revolutionary prosecutor's office at the ministry. Hosseinian is on the candidate list being fielded by the United Front of Fundamentalists, the leading right-wing coalition in the upcoming polls. He told students at a question-and-answer session at Shahid Beheshti University that he resigned in the 1980s because of the "radicalism of this same faction that later became known as" reformists. Many present-day reformists were zealous revolutionaries in the 1980s; some participated in the 1979 assault on the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, while many failed to distance themselves from -- or even participated in -- the executions of prominent officials after the 1979 revolution. He said separately that the main culprit in the murders of dissidents and writers in the late 1990s -- which have been blamed on rogue intelligence ministry agents -- "was a man called Musavi who was among [reformist] forces at the Intelligence Ministry. That is what we said, though they never answered." Hosseinian has in the past accused reformists of complicity in the murders of a number of state critics and liberals. Those killings led to an apparent purge of ministry staff by the reformist government of then-President Mohammad Khatami in 1998. The intelligence minister at the time, Qorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi, resigned under pressure. VS
[32] CAR BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE HOTEL IN IRAQ'S KURDISH REGIONA suicide car bomber blew himself up outside a popular hotel frequented by foreigners and government officials in Al-Sulaymaniyah on March 10, RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq reported. At least two other people were killed in the blast and more than 30 injured. State-run Al-Iraqiyah television reported that 10 people were killed. Footage of the blast, aired on Al-Sharqiyah television on March 10, showed broken windows, demolished cars, and damage to an outer wall surrounding the Al-Sulaymaniyah Palace Hotel. The hotel is reportedly frequented by officials from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the party of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Al-Sulaymaniyah has been largely free of violence, although two suicide bomb attacks there left 13 dead in 2005. The bombing came on the eve of a meeting of the Arab Parliamentary Union in nearby Irbil. KR
[33] ARAB PARLIAMENTARY UNION CONFERENCE UNDERWAY IN IRBILRepresentatives of 19 Arab and Islamic states are attending the 50th Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) conference in Irbil, Iraqi media reported on March 11. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani is hosting the meeting, along with his deputies Arif Tayfur and Khalid al-Atiyah. The delegates attended a welcoming ceremony at the Kurdistan National Assembly, the Kurdish region's parliament, on March 10. Kurdish regional President Mas'ud Barzani welcomed the delegates, calling their attendance at the Iraqi conference a "historic event." AIPU Secretary-General Nur al-Din Boushkoug told reporters on March 10 that the willingness of Arab states to meet in Iraq sends a signal to the Iraqi government that failing to consult with other Arab countries would be a grave mistake. He called the conference a major turning point in other Arab states' relations with Iraq. States in the region have been hesitant to engage with Iraq since the fall of the Hussein regime. Boushkoug said all but three of the 22 Arab League member states are attending the conference. Representatives from Libya, Somalia, and Comoros could not attend. KR
[34] SUNNI MEDIA SAYS PREMIER APPOINTED MILITANTS TO SECURITY AGENCIESAl-Sharqiyah television on March 10 cited sources in the defense and interior ministries as saying Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has issued a decree appointing 18,000 "militants" to security positions. The sources "revealed that thousands of those included in the decree, a copy of which media outlets have received, come from non-Iraqi origins and do not have the military qualifications that make them eligible to hold the rank of an officer or the position of a commissioner," the news channel alleged. Al-Sharqiyah contended that the appointments were politically motivated "to serve the interests of certain parties and militia leaders." It reported that al-Maliki's decree, issued in October, appointed 5,700 people to the position of lieutenant colonel and 6,000 to the post of commissioners. The report has not been independently verified. KR
[35] IRAQI ARMY FINDS BOOBY-TRAPPED GAS CYLINDERS AT ABANDONED HOMESIraqi soldiers on March 10 found cooking-gas cylinders rigged with explosives at several homes in Wasit Governorate in southern Iraq, Voices of Iraq reported on March 11. The cylinders were left at several homes left empty by families displaced from the governorate. The report did not say how many homes or identify the displaced people. The governorate is predominantly Shi'ite, which would indicate that the displaced were probably Sunni Arabs. An army source told the news agency that the cylinders were found in two neighborhoods north of Sawayrah city, about 100 kilometers north of Wasit, the capital of the governorate. Several houses were also booby-trapped. The troops were apparently checking security in the neighborhoods in anticipation of the return of displaced families, the news agency reported. KR
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Absolute drought 'of no direct concern'
DESPITE the declaration of 'absolute drought' across the Channel Islands, Guernsey Water has confirmed its water reserves are currently at a healthy level.
It stated that the island's water reserves are monitored on a weekly basis, with current capacity at 92.7% full, in line with the 10-year average for the period despite lower rainfall.
Guernsey Water's capital delivery manager Mark Walker said: 'As part of our recently released Water Resources & Drought Management Plan, we monitor water resources closely.
'This allows us to act appropriately in line with our reserves, carrying out internal changes to reduce impact on customers and providing us with a guide to when any wider measures may be required.'
Guernsey Water advised that an absolute drought, defined as 15 consecutive days of no rainfall and which was reached on Wednesday, is not of direct concern despite the fact that much of the water it relies on comes from surface water sources such as streams. Drought measures at Guernsey Water are instead dictated by the island's water resource stocks.
A significant proportion of water not provided by Guernsey Water comes from private wells and boreholes, however, Guernsey Water has advised owners that boreholes can have a tendency to dry up during drought conditions. The yield from ground water sources such as boreholes is comparatively low to the yield drawn from surface water sources, such as streams, and why Guernsey Water uses surface water in the main.
Mr Walker said: 'Although we are not overly concerned at this time, we do remind islanders to always use water wisely, particularly through the summer period when it can be tempting to water lawns.'
. Water saving tips can be found on Guernsey Water's website www.water.gg and on its social media channels. Paper copies are also available by calling 239500.
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Daves Pet Food Naturally Healthy, Liver and Beef 12/22oz
Daves Pet Food Naturally Healthy, Liver and Beef 12/22oz
Dave's Naturally Healthy Canned Dog Food is a holistic formula packed with the finest ingredients nature has to offer. It contains no wheat, no gluten, no soy, and no corn. It's just a simple, all-natural formula that is great for your dog. Flavors available are Chicken & Rice, Beef & Rice, and Liver & Beef.
Made in NJ CHICKEN, WATER SUFFICIENT FOR PROCESSING, LIVER, BEEF, DRIED EGG PRODUCT, GUAR GUM, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, AGAR-AGAR, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, VITAMINS (VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, NIACIN SUPPLEMENT, d-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT, BIOTIN, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, FOLIC ACID), MINERALS (FERROUS SULFATE, ZINC OXIDE, COPPER PROTEINATE, SODIUM SELENITE, MANGANESE SULFATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE), MAGNESIUM SULFATE, SODIUM CARBONATE.
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According to the Henley Passport Index, now is a great time to be a Japanese passport holder because that means Japanese citizens can travel to 190 countries without a visa or get a visa on arrival. Earlier last year, Japan and Singapore shared the top rank but after gaining visa-free access to Myanmar, it overtook Singapore passport. Singapore stands second with 189 countries along with South Korea, which has moved up a rank. These are then followed by Germany and France in third with 188 destinations. With access to 187 destinations, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden are in fourth place whereas Luxembourg and Spain and together placed in the fifth place. The UK, USA, Netherlands, Austria, Norway, Portugal have both dropped to the sixth place now and are tied with Switzerland with access to 185 countries visa-free.
In case you are wondering, visa-free entry means one can enter a country without a visa for a specified period. Visa-on-arrival means one can get the visa after you reach the destination. The Henley Passport Index is a ranking of all the passports of the world and gives a clear picture of the number of countries their holders can visit without a visa. By the way, India stands at 79 now with access to 61 countries in total and visa-free access to 8 countries--Indonesia, Bhutan, Fiji, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Seychelles and Serbia. We were at 81 last year, so this is definitely good news!
Take a look at the passport index for different countries here.
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Feminine, Classy Bedroom
This bedroom pictured below needed a major upgrade! Woodmaster Woodworks was there to help. The owner wanted to do a shiplap accent wall where the bed goes; we LOVE shiplap, so we were definitely on board. The color is a grayish-blue and it truly just gives the entire room the coziest vibe, and makes you want to lay in bed all day and watch Netflix! The whole feel is very serene, and that's exactly what your bedroom should be - it should be a retreat.
Now, this photo gives you a closer look at what we did to the owner's bed side furniture. The night stands were stained to begin with, so we decided to paint them a similar color to the shiplap wall, and give it a distressed look. The end result is just fabulous; they look brand new but homey at the same time. The homeowner's decorations really tied the whole look together. The delicate pinks with the crisp white comforter makes us want to move right in!
Switching sides: this is the view from the bed. Woodmaster Woodworks created this custom built-in unit for the TV, plenty of shelves, and wait for it.... a dog crate space! Yes - a built-in space for the homeowners dog crate. We absolutely love this idea because now the crate is not sticking out like a sore thumb, and you won't trip over it anymore! Custom cabinetry and carpentry is key if you really want the end product to look original to the home. You cannot even tell that this wasn't built-in from day one. Thank you for reading and we hope you enjoyed!


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Metric and American Classes.
1-3 in each class
Overall Show Winner & Peoples Choice
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It's Baaaaack and getting better every year! Come down to 11th and Mulberry for the party you won't want to miss!
****Food / Drinks / Local Makers / Music / Performances / Activities / All Ages / Free Admission! ****
Stay tuned as we announce vendors!
Motorcycles and coffee at our Troost Avenue Location, then a ride to lunch.
Kick stands up at 10:30am.
Blip Roasters Troost Ave
1107 E 30th Street
Does the word "propagation" excite you?
Do you have plant cuttings to share?
Do you want to get started with house plants?
Do you like coffee?
Do you like house plants with your coffee?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this event is perfect for YOU!!
Join the swapping party at Blip Roasters on Troost Avenue. We will have tables available for plant cuttings and swapping is free! If you have nothing to swap, but would like to pick up a cutting, you can do that too! This event is for everyone! Purchase some delicious coffee, make new friends and leave with new foliage!
Ground Rules:
-Bring disease-free plant trimmings
-Trimmings can be in dirt or bare roots
-Label each cutting with plant name, and if you're an overachiever, care information
-Arrive between 9:30-45 in order to set up your available goods
-Bring your friends
Join us for our monthly coffee meetup and get to know the IHKC community. We're exploring Blip Roasters in West Bottoms. Join us!
Join us First Friday at Normal Human off 18th & McGee for a pop-up shop. We will be slinging Blip Blast and plenty of merch.
Friday, Aug. 2nd, 6:00-10:00PM
Normal Human
1815 McGee St, Kansas City, MO 64108
Join us on Troost Avenue every other Saturday morning for bikes, brews, and a ride to lunch. This week's ride is to Barley's Kitchen and Tap located in Shawnee Mission.
16649 Midland Dr, Shawnee, KS 66217
Join us for a night of summer food and fun. We'll have slow races down the alley, door prizes to give away, and a watermelon eating contest for the brave of heart.
Friday, July 26, 2019 at 6 PM – 10 PM
Come by the West Bottoms for our next Sunday meet up for a pre-production demo of the Indian FTR 1200, hosted by RideNow Powersports
Ride to Blip in the West Bottoms for our first official Sunday Meet Up of 2019! Clean your bike off, drink all the coffee and grab a slice of breakfast or lunch pizza from Stag Pizza!
Weather Forecast: Sunshine and Rainbows all day
A quick view of what Sunday looks like at Blip Roasters -- video x @ajaxmediaco
FB Event Page
Come celebrate the opening of our second shop! We will have local makers and businesses and artists popping up.
Featuring, FETCH, Perilin Jewelry, @lugnut.kc, @chicosierra (live painting), @untamed_supply and @ikneadyourlove, with @cranebrewing
Join us at the West Bottoms location for another Paper Cup throwdown, First pour is at 7:30, pouring in 10oz paper cups. $5 buy-in, sign ups start at 6:30. Come hang and show your skills with coffee nerds from all over the country.
**For our friends that don't make coffee, this is a party for you to come and get free lattes!**
For more info on the USCC check out https://www.uscoffeechampionships.org/attend-uscc
Join the family of John Penton of Penton Motorcycles for a discussion and showing of The John Penton Story.
Annual holiday party at the shop! Come enjoy an evening with the moto fam in celebration of another wonderful year in the Bottoms. We'll be doing an end of year sale on helmets, with funds dedicated to James Prideaux's Memorial fund.
Community Blood Center has partnered with us Blipster's to help get blood during their biggest time of need. Join us the Sunday before Xmas for a blood drive and biscuits and gravy.
Art courtesy of @lankyartist
Join us for the premier of our local artist's gallery hosted by Black Magick and Neko (The Crazy Painter.) Every First Saturday we will be featuring local artist's original creations in the newest expansion of our space.
If your are a maker, creator, or artist, get in touch with Tyler or Neko to have your work featured in upcoming months. @theesavageone @nekoz_kustomz
Ever met someone who is 2 stubborn 2 die? That's Tom. Tom was hit by a truck earlier this year on his bike. Replacement metal bones are expensive, so we're throwing a party to help him cover some of those pricy new parts. Please join us at Hickory Union Moto on Sunday November 18th at 4:00pm for this fundraiser to help him recover.
Tickets are $25 in advance or $35 at the door.
A Hickory Union Moto
Food snacks from the lovely:
-The Antler Room
-Natasha's Mulberry & Mott (https://bit.ly/2OWLco1)
-Broadway Butcher Shop
-Stag Pizza (https://bit.ly/2qh3B08)
Donations and Auction Items:
-Blip Roasters- beans and swag
-Heirloom Bakery & Hearth- delicious goodies
-Cafe Racer- motorcycle!
If you're interested in providing any other financial contribution, a funding page has been created for Tom
Blip Roaster's is having their annual fall party, Bliptoberfest™ this Saturday October 20th!
We will have food from The Ship, fresh pizza made onsite, live painting from Sike Style, music, beer, and bikes. Festivites will kick off at noon, with 35 different bikes of all makes, models, and ages on display. There will be trophy's, including a People's Choice Award.
Shirts will be available for purchase at the event.
Moon Rider, American Daughters, and Beer Paws will be hosting pop-ups at the event!
DGR Kansas City 2018 is being hosted at Blip Roasters on Sunday, September 30th. Per usual, coffee, breakfast, and bikes.
If you're wanting to participate in the actual DGR- Register now at gentlemansride.com for the 2018 The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride, a global charity event uniting dapper riders with classic and vintage style motorcycles.
KCCA is throwing an end of season car show! This is a show-up and have some fun kind of show. Just come on down and hang out with everyone before the fall and winter come. Save the date Friday, Sept 21st, 5pm, at Blip Roasters!
Come down to the best Block in the Bottoms! All the neighbors are throwing this epic 'end of summer' party at 11th and Mulberry - with free admission to check out some of KC's best local makers, artists, food and drinks! Activities and vendors will be lined up outside from 4-10, so come by and hang out, shop and support this community of creatives!
Participating Partners and Vendors:
Normal Human
Blip Roasters
Blade & Timber
Noir Arts & Oddities
Firebrand Collective
Neon Palm
Easy as Pie
Wilma's Good Food Truck
Tequila Mockingbird
The Modest Mallow
Whiskey + Bone
Lexa Dazy
J. Andrew
Village Collection
Live Portraits by Rachel Letch
Sunrise Acupuncture
Sacred Psyche
Truth Amplified Palmistry
Henna by Bry
Pie, Lattes, and Pilates hosted by Fit AF https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pie-and-lattes-pilates-tickets-49117366365?aff=efbeventtix
Every Sunday, rain or shine, coffee and motorcycles.
This week: helmet trade in- bring in your old helmet and get 15% off a new helmet purchase.
British Moto GP starting at 9 am
Blip Coffee, motorcycles, and brunch this week thanks to the wonderful Velouté @veloutekc
Weather Forecast: Sunshine and Rainbows all day
10% of all of last seasons helmets starting this Sunday
A quick view of what Sunday looks like at Blip Roasters -- video x @ajaxmediaco
Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2124818034423365/
Introducing "Crush the Rush!" An all-new, head-to-head, team-based barista competition that focuses on fun and speed! Hosted by La Marzocco, the maker of our espresso machines in Italy.
3 Baristas per Team
7 Head-to-Head Battles
$300 Grand Prize
**Registration for teams will open on Friday, August 3 at 6 pm CDT**
Register your team here! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crush-the-rush-kansas-city-tickets-46988109701
About Crush the Rush:
Throughout the night, Teams will race to deliver 8 *perfectly* made drinks to the judges table faster than their opponents in order to move on to the next round. In each round a new surprise will await the competitors to increase the difficulty.
At the end of the night, one team will be awarded the soon to be legendaryCrush the Rush trophy 🏆and $300 💵.
Crush the Rush focuses on bar flow efficiency and technology. Teams will need to optimize their work-flow and responsibilities in order to improve their speed. Teams will be competing on Strada AV with Scales that will need to be programmed in order to maximize efficiency and accuracy.
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To sign up, all you need is—
- A Team of 3
- $30 Team Fee
- An awesome Team Name
Think you have what it takes? Register your team on our Eventbrite Page here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crush-the-rush-kansas-city-tickets-46988109701
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Royal Enfield demos with their latest, the Himalayan. Live music, food, slow drag races.
Join the Janus Motorcycles crew at Blip Roasters in Kansas City for test rides, bike talk, and good times from 6-9pm on Thursday, April 12th! Test Rides from 5:30-7, with a short presentation in the 7 o'clock hour.
Pilates Happy Hour at Blip Roasters is back, and this time it's a special one! April is my birthday month, so we'll be celebrating with cake and champagne (vegan/gluten-free/non-alcoholic will also be available). But first, Pilates!!!! So bring a yoga mat, bring a water bottle, bring a friend...or an enemy, and be prepared for a killer core workout followed by the happiest of hours! Come with friends, or make new ones. Don't miss out...register now to reserve a spot, and save on admission. Tickets are $15 at the door, or RSVP on Eventbrite
First Friday of March 2018 with a 45 minute Pilates mat workout that will warm up your core while lengthening and strengthening your body. Then stick around for a soothing hot toddy. Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided with ticket purchase, while supplies last. Not your cup of tea? Bring your own beverage of choice! And don't forget your yoga mat, if you have one. A few extras will be available just in case. Come with friends, or make new ones. Don't miss out...register now to reserve a spot, and save on admission. Tickets are $15 at the door, or RSVP on Eventbrite.


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Almost a quarter of former sportsmen have battled with health, addiction or financial problems after retiring, according to a British survey published today.
More than 1,200 retired footballers, rugby union and league players, jockeys and cricketers were polled by the Professional Players Federation, an umbrella body of players' unions who interviewed a wide range of former sports professionals aged from 22 to 95.
Simon Taylor, the PPF general secretary, said some female jockeys may have been polled but 99 percent of the respondents were men.
The results showed that while 79 per cent said they were content with their lives, 32 per cent said they did not feel in control in the first two years after leaving sport.
Almost a quarter of them – 24 per cent – said they had suffered from physical and mental health issues or financial and addiction problems as they attempted to embark on second careers once their professional sporting days were over.
Many footballers have publicly struggled with their demons with the late Manchester United and Northern Ireland great George Best the most notable example. Former England midfielder Paul Gascoigne's problems have also been well documented over the last few years. Both fell victim to chronic alcoholism.
Some 16 per cent said they experienced depression or "feelings of despair", 17 per cent had anxiety or stress issues and 16 per cent suffered a loss of self-esteem once they retired.
Brendan Batson, the PPF chairman said in a release accompanying the survey: "This important study emphasizes the challenges professional sports people face in retirement and it is crucial we help them adjust to life out of the spotlight."
Angus Porter, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, which initiated the study, added: "It is important that we continue to provide support, particularly in the crucial two year period after they stop playing."
Former West Indies international cricketer Richard Austin fell prey to cocaine addiction after his playing days were over and roamed the streets of Kingston, Jamaica where he eked out an existence. Former Guyana-born England international Chris Lewis is currently serving prison time for drug smuggling after falling on difficult financial times after his playing days were over.
The most recent example of a former sportsman struggling to cope is Kenny Sansom, the ex-Arsenal defender who played 86 times for England and took part in two World Cups. His alcoholism was so bad he admitted to sleeping on park benches.
"When you come to the end of your career you obviously have more time on your hands and you drink three or four times a week, then it becomes every day, and at one stage I was drinking eight or nine bottles of wine a day," he told Sky Sports News today.
"I was drinking to forget problems and I didn't mind sleeping rough because I'd get miserably drunk and then just fall asleep somewhere on a park bench," he added.
The PPF was organising a one-day conference in Birmingham to help former professionals cope with the trials of life as they embark on a second career.
The research found that almost half retained a link to their sport in some capacity, and the average salary among those surveyed was between 30,000 pounds ($47,400) and 40,000 pounds, above the average national wage of 26,000 pounds. (Reuters/WG)


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http://blogs.adobe.com/open/2008/04/the ... oject.html
This linked to the following page.
Clicking on the link labelled Learn about Open Screen Project for designers and developers leads to the following page.
A paragraph about The SWF file format specification has a link to the following page.
On that page is a link to download the following pdf.
It is 1.9 Megabytes.
On page 11 of that pdf is the following, referring to the design goals of the SWF file format used by Flash.
Chapter 13, which starts on page 181 is entitled Fonts and Text.File independence—The files display without dependence on external resources such
as fonts.
On page 181 is the following.
There is mention of TrueType fonts and their conversion to SWF glyphs.The SWF file format supports two kinds of text: glyph text and device text. Glyph text works by embedding character shapes in the SWF file, while device text uses the text rendering capabilities of the playback platform.
The http://www.adobe.com/openscreenproject/ page has the following text.
It seems to me that a fundamental issue with that aim is that, in order to get the best displays, that fonts are needed to be embedded in swf files that go to televisions, personal computers, mobile devices and consumer electronics devices.The Open Screen Project is dedicated to driving consistent rich Internet experiences across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices, and consumer electronics.
Once again there is the issue that arises with pdfs. That is, the licensing of fonts in relation to embedding. Some commercial font foundries (most? nearly all?) limit embedding of fonts within pdfs to situations of sending the pdf to a printer, not allowing it in relation to embedding in a pdf which is to be published on the web.
So, is the spread of typographic designs with Flash across televisions, personal computers, mobile devices and consumer electronics devices to be greatly limited by issues of font licensing?
What is to be done?
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There are many options out there for people to get health coverage. You may be able to get health insurance from your job, through the state's expanded Medicaid program, the VA if you're a veteran, Medicare, or through the Health Insurance Marketplace, which offers options for people to get health insurance who can't get it through another qualifying source. The Marketplace has a variety of private health insurance policies you can pick from. What you pay depends on your income. Most people will qualify for a new monthly tax credit (Advanced Premium Tax Credit) that will lower your monthly payments right away. In addition, some people will qualify for help paying their co-pays and deductibles as well.
To enroll in coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace visit healthcare.gov or call the Federal Call Center at 1-800-318-2596. ACA Navigator offers free enrollment help! If you have questions or need assistance, contact us today.
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New Belizeans swear the oath at nationalization ceremony
Leading up to the March elections, there was a frenzy at the Immigration Department as over a thousand took the oath to become new Belizeans. The hue and cry was because most of them had not gone through the required rigorous immigration process and were lacking documentation. The outcry was also because many were from Guatemala, a country which is claiming Belizean territory. This afternoon, over a hundred persons became citizens but this time, there were no Guatemalans. News Five's Isani Cayetano reports.
Isani Cayetano, Reporting
The induction of a hundred and seven immigrants into the Belizean citizenry at the George Price Center this afternoon, over ten months removed from the rush to be added to the voters' registration list earlier this year, excluded all Guatemalan refugees. Whether that marginalization was intentional, based on ongoing disputes over recent incursions at the Western Border, the Immigration and Nationality Department swore in dozens of natives from countries both near and far. Elvis David Davis is originally from neighboring Honduras.
Elvis David Davis, Naturalized Belizean
"You know how long I di wait fi this? This feel really great man because I di wait for this long time and I want move from yah dah Belize to places and I can't sake ah this and now I get it. and I could move how I want and hopefully do great; good."
Isani Cayetano
"I've noticed you learnt Creole over the past fourteen years. What is it being able to show your woman and your kids that you are officially Belizeans and can do whatever you want to do legally within the country?"
"I mean this is something big for me and them; especially since I dah from different places. I wah ker my wife, kids to different places and I di wait for this long time and now I could do it. So thank God for that."
Immigration minister Godwin Hulse, who was present at today's ceremony, spoke of the diversity of the Belizean populace. Belize, Hulse reiterated, is a cultural melting pot.
Godwin Hulse, Minister of Immigration
"Today, ladies and gentlemen, you join that mix too so I urge you to join this beautiful blend of people and help top add an additional spice to it. This is a land of people who live in peace and harmony. In order then to understand and appreciate and respect the various cultures which have blended into one, you must possess at least a working knowledge of the common language and the language of the laws of Belize and that is the English language. And I urge you that if you are not yet fully acquainted to try and do so. The citizenship that will be conveyed on you so is not a citizenship of convenience, it si a kin to birthright. Treat it as such."
Isani Cayetano
"This came outside of the voting season so to speak. This was not in January or February when there was a rush to try to naturalize people to be able to participate in the elections. but tell me something; are you prepared now that you are Belizean—like myself and others who were here—to participate in the democratic process of choosing a government in the upcoming elections?"
"Of course that was one of the main things for me to get my papers; so I could participate in the country because there are things that you want to do and you can't so now I can do that. Now I could do that so I am happy fi dat too."
American national Anita Marie Smith, who's been living in Belize since 2006, was also naturalized today. In her retirement she has come to call Belize home.
Anita Marie Smith, Naturalized Belizean
"I feel like I already belong here and this sort of seals the deal; it makes me feel very real and proud."
Isani Cayetano
"What prompted you, other than the fact that your husband is originally from Belize, to become Belizean?"
"Oh, I love Belize the moment I got here. I've been moving towards this for six years. I immediately fell in love and wanted to say. So this is where I live now."
While we tried to probe into the department's decision not to include Guatemalan nationals, the media was informed that Minister Godwin Hulse has addressed the matter in other parts. Reporting for News Five, I am Isani Cayetano.


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like most things in my life, i have this documented. in a minute, i'll explain why i'm so happy i documented this transition. but first, the context behind this post:
i am a proud arab, muslim woman. i love god & god loves me. i am a deeply spiritual person who does not feel comfortable calling herself religious because i have not done my due diligence in reading the quran or hadith or even familiarizing myself on the history of islam. i just know that being muslim has deeply impacted my culture, my value system & my overall identity. & for those reasons alone, i am a proud muslim woman.
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as a young girl, god was a no-nonsense nurturer. he was someone i didn't feel particularly involved with or connected with until we were talking about rights/wrongs or dos/donts. in these moments, god was a judge & a jury. he was fair & consistent.
as a teenager, i put my relationship with god on hold. i insisted that there was a gray area or middle ground between believing in god and being an atheist, & i knew i fell somewhere in the middle. it's not that i doubted god's existence, it's that i didn't want to blindly follow what everyone else was doing. what if "god" was just this idea we all accepted without asking questions. & if there is a god, wouldn't he think i'm disrespectful for passively claiming to "believe" in him without putting some serious thought, time & consideration into his existence? belief was never a passive word for me, so i refused to say i believed in god until i was sure.
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