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Some online resources that have information on how to estimate the cost of painting the exterior of a house are Homeadvisor, Homewyse and Painting Business Pro. Tools on these websites use factors such as ZIP code, type of painting project, number of stories of the house, the type of materials that are to be painted and quality of paint used to estimate the cost of exterior painting.
As of 2016, the average cost of painting the exterior of a home in the United States is $2,581; most homeowners pay between $1,714 and $3,682. For two- and three-story homes, the cost of painting increases, ranging from $2,000 to $6,000.
Another factor that impacts cost is the exterior material being painted. Professional painters charge more to paint concrete, metal, stucco and wood sliding due to the texture of the exterior siding and additional preparations, repairs and finishes required.
The cost of paint is another factor to consider. High-quality paint is more costly, but it has a nice appearance, better coverage and longer durability. The average cost of exterior paints is $25 to $50 per gallon, and premium quality paint ranges from $50 to $100 per gallon.
Experts recommend painting the exterior of a house every five to seven years, but homes with lower quality paint may need to be repainted every four years.


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Hey folks, as you know the new branch of blogging is arising named as event blogging becoming trending in experts. I'm now every pro SEO expert and blogger is moving on event blogging just because of huge money in short time.
It's unbelievable thing that to work hard for several months to just cash few days, I'm creating backlinks for my recent post "Writing Jobs" and suddenly see bulk keywords and get influenced to the check the domain. Actually I create backlinks by spying on other domains, so for the sake of BL I have analysed the site. I have got many backlinks resources from there. But the major thing is that the hard work they is really appreciable.
In my observation the real SEO are the event bloggers because they have to ranked many keywords in short time on any cost and they did it very well. I have tried to contact the owner of that domain but failed to get any informational resource of the owner.
Event Blogging Case Study
By the way I have seen that this domain is very well ranked in Google on high CPC and huge volume traffic keywords. After watching this I'm just greedy to get their strategies. Here is the overview of the domain.
Today is the 18 June the Father's day event and this domain is just created to target today's searches. If you will observed the domain, you will see the major keyword "Fathers Day" is exact match and another keyword is also with some variant "Fathers Day Photos", Did you know when I searched these keyword in Keyword Planner I got the following matrices.
Which means if some one get the first position on these keywords then they can enjoy lot of traffic which we can't imagine, and as much traffic that much $$$ that's why SEO will start moving on the event blogging because it's easy to get ranked on those keywords –
- Which are not yet developed
- Which have traffic in future
- Which are searched on some occasions
Now these are just two keywords, in the below image you can clearly see there are two more keywords on which this domain is ranked as the 1st in Google as the Image spinet.
Now the major point where I want to focus your mind is that one post is ranked for two keywords hence it's proved you can ranked one post for many keywords the truth is above.
Let's understand how these two keywords are ranked for the same post as no 1 in google. I have open the post in the new tab and copy the both keywords and find them on the page one by one and observed.
- Article is of 551 words and keyword is found once.
- 3 times keyword found in related post or in side bar (total 4 times on the page).
After this I have Inspect the source code to understand the ALT text of the images and found he don't used targeted ALT text, on other hand he used meta Keyword as target keywords.
Now it's mean I have to used the meta keywords with the variations to increase the search signals to ranked the post. So up to here we just overview the On PAGE SEO. Now try to understand the Backlink Strategies of the same post which is ranked.
Now here is the real magic behind the ranking, which is strong backlinking. He created 1.72k backlinks from 121 domains. Now let's see all of them are nofollow or dofollow? by the way did you notice there is no social signals and how much traffic he is getting for just one keyword !
OMG ! all of the links are dofollow it's mean lot of power is given to this post to boost it's ranking and google did not penalized it still. You can search the keywords too if you don't believe.
You have to also understand that along with the dofollow link the backlink power is depend on the DR and UR which is alternative of DA and PA. In short all the links are from high authority sites. (By the way he is taking links from his Event Blogging PBN)
If you will google the keyword "happy fathers day images" you will not see this domain because it's ranked as the image. Because Image is upload as the target keyword.
You can check the alt text of the images as your own:
Event Blogging Conclusion:
If you want to rank post you have to do strong on page SEO as I have explained in my video tutorial.
Then you have to create High DA, PA backlinks which I have already explained in below video.
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- You can rank multiple keywords for the same post
- You can create 100% dofollow links instead of some nofollow
- You can rank you images if you have done good off Page SEO
- Get multi times backlink from the same domain
- Create backlink on different keywords to ranked on them
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TNA star Doug Williams recently spoke to WrestleShark.com before appearing at a Scottish Wrestling Alliance show. Here are some of the highlights:
Talent in the UK: "Generally the talent in the UK has improved a lot, I put that down to the major companies (not just America, Japan too) signing a lot more guys from the UK, so people are starting to work on their characters, wrestling ability, their look, just everything has improved over the last three years."
On how he got started with TNA: "They always did the World X Cup, and they wanted a Team International, comprising of guys that weren't part of the countries involved in the other teams. I had known guys from TNA since 2003, so in 2008 they contacted me about doing the World X Cup and also their first UK tour and the events leading up to that. They signed me off the back of that really. I had known them for years though, they had kind of asked me every year to do it, but 2008 was the first year I was able to do it."
Why did he not accept previously? "Just previous commitments, either tied up in Japan or ROH and just not being able to get the dates."
Time in TNA: "[laughs] Well it's been productive! I've won all the belts except the world title. It's slowed down a bit in the last year and a half but I'm sure it will pick up again. They can't keep the same guy going all the time, it's unfair on the other talent; things come in cycles."
Impact going live: "It's a better thing, in terms that people won't know whats happening, the surprise is there for the audience. Whether it will effect ratings I dunno, need to wait and see. I know a lot of the other wrestlers would much rather wrestle live."
Impact going on the road: "If the live ratings increase significantly, I imagine it will then. The problem with it going on the road is it has to generate more income, which thus far it hasn't, so they're not keen to do it. If the live effect has some impact, no pun intended, on the ratings then maybe they'll consider it again. I know everybody wants to do it, because the shows look a lot better, but obviously there is the business side that people need to consider.
Who he would still like to wrestle in TNA: "I would like a longer match with Kurt Angle, we've done like five minutes on TV. I'd like to carry on my program with AJ Styles maybe something with Samoa Joe."
Favorite opponents: "Christopher Daniels or Jerry Lynn have probably been my favorite opponents. In TNA, probably the Machine Gunns, Alex Shelly and Sabin there's so many to choose from."
Williams also discussed being back in the UK, differences between the American and European crowds, the U.K. tour, wrestling Ric Flair in London and more. You can check out the full interview by clicking here.
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COSTA MESA — Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to abandon the sale of the 11 state properties that were placed on the market by the previous administration is a good sign for those who want to keep the Orange County Fairgrounds in public hands, a state lawmaker close to the deal said Wednesday.
"Although Gov. Brown did not include the fairgrounds in his statement today, legislators and community leaders have had positive conversations with the governor and his staff regarding stopping the sale of the fairgrounds," Assemblyman Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) said in a news release.
Brown said during a press conference that he's abandoning the idea of selling the 11 state properties, which has brought forward many legal challenges by opposition groups.


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Israeli Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari tears up the bible before dumping it in the trash.
A member of the Israeli parliament has torn up a copy of the New Testament and thrown it in the trash.
An edition of the Bible had been distributed to all members of the Knesset by Victor Kalish, the head of a Christian publishing society.
According to Israel's NRG news website, Kalish sent the book along with a letter explaining that it was a new edition with thousands of references, "that sheds light on the [Old Testament] Scriptures and helps to understand them and also shows the close connection between the Scriptures and the New Testament and how many of their prophecies are fulfilled in the New Testament."
New Testament belongs in "garbage can of history"
**Ben-Ari, however termed the book a "provocation," tore it up and threw it in the trash, an act that was apparently caught on camera.
"This abominable book [the New Testament] brought about the murder of millions of Jews in the Inquisition and autos da fé," Ben-Ari was quoted as saying, "This is a provocation by church missionaries and there is no doubt that this book and those who sent it belong in the garbage can of history."**
Tzipi Hovotely, a member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing party, sent a request to the speaker of the Knesset urging him to ban the distribution of "missionary" materials, NRG reported.
Destruction of bible comes as Christian Zionists meet in Washington
Ben-Ari's destruction of, and insults toward the Bible, come as Christians United for Israel(CUFI) – what claims to be the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States – meets for its annual conference in Washington.
Alice Bach attended the conference and heard the opening speech by its founder Pastor John Hagee who claims, in order to justify his support for Israel, that the bible is "a Zionist text."
What would the thousands of Christian Zionists attending CUFI say if they saw an Israeli Knesset member destroying the Bible and dumping it in the trash?


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Kim Kardashian Gives the Gift of Botox
December 26, 2014 in Celebrity Plastic Surgery by Ruby Marr | Leave a Comment
By all accounts, reality star Kim Kardashian is no stranger to plastic surgery. From Botox to buttocks augmentation, Mrs. Kanye West is said to have done it all. In fact, coming from a family of plastic surgery lovers, Kim seems to think that everyone is into plastic surgery. According to new reports, the unlikely celebrity gifts her staff with vouchers for Botox injections around the holidays but can't understand why they don't use them.
Kim Kardashian has been rumored to have gotten extensive plastic surgery before she found fame following in former BFF Paris Hilton's footsteps. Her first ex-husband Damon Thomas reportedly told tabloids that he paid for Kim to have plastic surgery, including buttocks augmentation and breast implants and liposuction as well.
He told In Touch in an interview: "She wanted to have that lifestyle. She wanted to be what she ultimately became."
However, Kim turned the tables, saying that Damon gave her money to have liposuction done.
Kim said: "I had to be perfect [for him]."
Plastic surgeons have also supported claims that state Kim has had buttocks injections using fat deposits. Fat injections make an area larger when the person gains weight and Kim has clearly gained weight over the years, especially during her pregnancy. In addition, as a natural tissue, fat injections would not show up on an x-ray. Given Kim's currently lumpy look, injections do seem to be likely.
In fact, the latest theory is that Kim had fat liposuctioned out of another part of her body, like her legs, and then transferred into her butt to achieve her famously oversized rear.
More recently, Kim is thought to have a few minor nose jobs over the past few years, helping to narrow her nose. She is also a big fan of laser treatments, whether she is removing unwanted body hair or getting rid of the stretchmarks she incurred during her humungous pregnancy weight gain.
Although she regularly refutes insinuations that she receives Botox treatments, other than trying it out once on the family reality show, Kim is suspected of getting Botox injections on a regular basis to get the smooth, flawless nearly doll like expression she has in every photo—whether captured by paparazzi or posing in the bathroom mirror.
In an interview, Kim said, "I'm totally not against plastic surgery. I've tried Botox before. That's the one thing that I've done."
Kim is very taken with herself and ensuring that she has a certain look at all times, which may be why she feels that everyone would love free plastic surgery and reportedly gives her staff vouchers for Botox injections.
"Kim's always offered free cosmetic enhancements and, rather than spending an money on her nannies, personal assistants, maids or cooks, Kim's been doling out gift cards to Botox clinics. "Most of the time they say thanks but no thanks. "
"The freebies are worth more than $500 so Kardashian has no idea why her employees don't think of the gesture as more thoughtful."
Kim has famously struggled with her weight, especially since giving birth.none


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Mike, the unwily coyote
Mike is one of Tijuana's newer immigrants from the United States. He moved here during the twenty-first century. He recently found himself involved in what the law broadly refers to "human trafficking". In our local slang, he was a coyote. Or, as he says, "I helped people get into the U.S. without all the red tape."
Mike had been a salesman in southern California who was "transitioned" into a commission-only job. He came to Tijuana because he couldn't afford the place where he used to live. He wound up near the Otay crossing because, as he says, "the rents are low and we're real close to the border". Unfortunately for Mike, sales jobs were still far away.
"I tried a lot of jobs. Another gringo in the Zona Norte hooked me up with a telemarketing gig, a boilerroom in Mira Mesa, but I couldn't meet their sales quotas. I walked the streets of Bonita for a remodeling contractor, telling people they had mold in their homes in order to get them to sign up. I started a website but it isn't making any money. I went to Telvista because they said I only need to speak English, but that wasn't true – I also need to permission to work in Mexico!" Mike hasn't bothered to do any immigration paperwork.
"One day I was walking down Calle Coahuila and a chicano from Sylmar came up to me asking if I wanted a job. All I had to do was drive somebody else's car across the border and they'd pay me a thousand dollars. 'What's the catch?' I asked. The guy said it wasn't anything illegal or dangerous but Juan would be the one to explain."
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Pulis waiting on Dann response
The Potters have put an offer to Birmingham for their highly-rated
centre-half and hope the money on the table will be enough to push
through a deal. Blues have yet to offer their response, though,
with it important to ensure that any agreement will benefit all
concerned. They would prefer not to part with Dann but, following
relegation out of the Premier League and with interest in his
services mounting, they look set to sanction a sale at some stage.
Stoke hope they will be the ones to strike a deal, with Pulis
determined to bolster his defensive options ahead of the new
season. "We have made an offer which we think is a reasonable offer
to Birmingham and it's now up to Birmingham to come back and let us
know whether they will accept it or not," he told Sky Sports News
on the Potters' bid for Dann. "We have interest in other players
and we will do our business the right way if we possibly can."
Stoke are also keen on Birmingham forward Cameron Jerome, but Pulis
insists there are plenty of names on his summer shopping list that
are not currently plying their trade at St Andrew's. "It's not just
them, we have made offers for other players and we are interested
in other players," he added. "We do our business at Stoke the way
we think it should be done and that's with both clubs involved and
we'll tell you after we've done it."


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Have you ever run a marathon or some long distance race of some sort? You put in weeks, even months, of training your body and building the stamina needed to run 26.2 miles. You race. You may not win, but you get past the leg cramps, water stations, even that dreaded mile 20, and you finish. Not many people can honestly put those 26.2 bumper stickers on the back of their cars. Finishing a marathon is quite the accomplishment.
Just like runners show perseverance on the track, Christians often have to show perseverance in their faith. Jesus never promised that following Him would be easy. In fact, He said quite the opposite. "In this world you will have trouble." But in the next breath He encourages His disciple with these words. "But have no fear, I have won the battle over the world."
Jesus won the battle over the world as He persevered through the worst: rejection, violence, heartache, and even death itself—all to rescue us. This is why the author of Hebrews told us to "fix our eyes on Jesus."
In fact, the author of Hebrews has a lot to say to his audience about perseverance. See, life was very difficult for these early Christian as they were persecuted for their faith. They were forced into hiding. They met secretly in fear of violence. By simply continuing to believe that Jesus was the Son of God, the early Christians were seen as outcasts. So, the book of Hebrews was written to remind those Christians to refuse to give up. Even though life had gotten hard, they needed to keep doing what they knew was best for them to do.
This month, we'll spend most of our time in the book of Hebrews where we'll discover more about what the Bible says about perseverance. We define perseverance as refusing to give up when life gets hard. We have the chance to lean in to them and say: "Don't give up. Persevere in your faith. Trust God no matter what."
When it comes down to it, we all have experienced things that we would have never experienced if we didn't push through the difficult times. When you get to the other side, you'll see something that you would have never seen before—if you just believe in what God can do and what God can do in you.
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Adorable Polymer Clay Fairy Homes and Cottages make perfect gifts for enchanting young children or for adults who still believe in magic!
I believe in magic and as a fan of all things Polymer Clay I am beside myself over these wonderful Polymer Clay Fairy Cottages which fellow crafty people have made (see pinterest for more). I've had a go at making fairy doors from polymer clay and this is my next project!! Let's do it together.
I have seen fairy cottage moulds for creating these (see left) but another way of making them is to mould the polymer clay around an oven proof jar. The glass jar holds the shape and creates a great base and perfect round cottage shape. It also lends itself well to being adapted with LED fairy lights (inside) or a tea light. These make great lanterns.
Youtube tutorial re how to make a fairy home using a jar!
If you want a more structured way of crafting your fairy home, you there are many wonderful fairy home craft kits available from Amazon, including DIY fairy garden kits.
Enough talk, let's get started!! I'm going to try out the jar method myself. I do have a fairy door mould which I shall use in conjunction with the jar. I will post pics when I'm done 🙂 I hope you do too via comments below. You can also email them to be via firstname.lastname@example.com.
What do we need?
There are two approaches regarding the Polymer clay colors. You can buy individually colored clays and combine as required or use a single block of white polymer clay for the entire project and then paint it and varnish afterwards to add the color.
Featured below are both options along with Polymer Clay tools which make life a LOT easier. I have all of these things from previous polymer clay projects.
Get yourself a nice storage container (I use a tin garden tools box) to keep everything tidy and accessible.
Super cute ready made minitaure polymer clay beads that you can use to decorate your fairy home. Imagine a fairy home covered in sweets!!
- Mixed Shape Handmade Polymer Clay Beads, Mixed Color, 7~14x7~12x4~6mm, Hole: 1mm
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In a wedding, the bride is supposed to be the center of attention, but let's not forget the importance of maid of honor. She has to remain next to the bride which makes her presence really special. To match the occasion and signify her importance, she must be dressed in a lovely outfit.
The dress of the bride of honor should be similar to other bridesmaids; however, there should be some element of difference. After all, she has to be dressed in a way to reveal to the guests that she is the maid of honor.
In ancient times, the bride and the maid of honor used to be dressed identically. This act was meant to repel any evil spirits from spoiling the wedding. Those were just old time ideas; however, things have changed now. The dress for the maid of honor is no longer similar to the bride. Moreover, the attempt to upstage the bride in any way is considered to be an insult.
According to the norm these days, a maid of honor must dress in such a way that she leaves the center stage for the bride. It's a big day for her so she should enjoy the spotlight. But at the same time, maid of honor has to look the second best. For this, she has to choose a dress after thorough consideration.
The selection can be a bit tough. However, the task can be accomplished in a better way if both, bride and maid of honor try to complete it together. Mainly, the dress should go with the color scheme of the wedding.
While shopping for it, make sure it's as formal as the bridal dress and somewhat matches with the bridesmaids' dresses. There should be something to set the bride of honor apart. Whether it's her dress or the flowers she is carrying, there must be some element to make her prominent from other bridesmaids.
For maid of honor dresses, there is much flexibility in terms of color and style. She can pick almost any color, but a bride should have the freedom to decide how the contrast can match with others. Occasionally, the maid of honor dress can be of the same color and material as the bridesmaids'. However, it can still be made more elaborate by slightly different cuts. The idea here is to make her look more formal. But it all goes down to the choice of the bride and maid of honor.
The difference should be such that they are not much prominent but easy to notice. With these minor differences, you can provide a special position to the maid of honor in the bridal party. Certainly, it's important to glorify the maid of honor, but it's vital that she appears to be a part of the same party. In order to bring that unique look reserved for the maid of honor, you can give her different accessories. While selecting a dress for maid of honor, you come across a variety of styles and designs, but make sure they blend with the occasion.


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It's all here in one package. This very unique 624 acres more/less is currently being utilized as a cattle ranch. It is in mostly native grasses and will support about 150 cow/calf pairs. The hay field is about 100 acres. The fences around the perimeter are good and there is a holding corral. One of the prizes of this ranch is it has lots and...Sold 624 Acres
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Brett R. DeGooyer, D.O.
Dr. Brett DeGooyer grew up in Green River, Wyoming before moving to Colorado, where he graduated magna cum laude from Colorado Mesa University with a bachelor's degree in biology. From there he attended A.T. Still University of Health Sciences-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine where he earned his medical degree. He stayed in Kirksville to complete combined residencies in Family Medicine and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, was selected Chief Resident his last two years of training, and honored with the award of Master Teacher by his peers.
Dr. DeGooyer practiced primary care medicine for five years in Washington where he also served as an associate professor of clinical sciences and a department chair at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences-College of Osteopathic Medicine. He has lectured at many state and national meetings, was given the Rising Star Award by the Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation, and named as a Future Leader by the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians. He completed his fellowship training in Erie, Pennsylvania where he participated as a team physician for NCAA Division-I and Division-II sports (Mercyhurst University), an Ontario Hockey League team (Erie Otters), a PIFL arena football team (Erie Explosion), and an NBA Developmental League team (Erie Bayhawks).
Dr. DeGooyer specializes in non-operative management of musculoskeletal issues, injury prevention, concussion management, diagnostic & interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound – including the Tenex procedure, regenerative medicine – including prolotherapy and PRP, and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatments. He has a deep-rooted commitment to patient care, preventive health, and medical education. He believes that medicine should be a team-approach, centered on open communication, best-practice methods, and personalized treatment plans. He is known for taking this approach with every patient, and treating each as family. He is passionate about crafting his skill in Sports Medicine and in caring for athletes of all ages and abilities.
Dr. DeGooyer loves his family, and is devoted to his wonderful wife and super six children. They enjoy spending time together playing sports, traveling, watching movies, going to water parks, making music, eating out, playing games at home, and visiting with friends and family.


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Press Release: Just Foreign Policy Issues $14,500 Reward for Wikileaks to Publish Trans Pacific Partnership Negotiating Text
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674 days of cholera in Haiti
674 days, 7,584 dead, 598,892 ill since the UN brought cholera to Haiti. Still there has been no apology, no compensation, no implementation of an effective plan to eradicate the disease. Now the UN is considering renewing the mandate for UN troops in Haiti. Shouldn't addressing the cholera crisis caused by the UN be a condition for renewing the mandate for UN troops?
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1) We can infer that Sweden has no legitimate reason to extradite Julian Assange from the fact that it has repeatedly refused offers to question Assange in the UK and repeatedly refused to explain why it has refused to do so, writes Mark Weisbrot in the Guardian. The government of Ecuador agreed with Assange that he had a reasonable fear of a second extradition to the US, and persecution here for his activities as a journalist. The strong evidence for this included an ongoing investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks in the US; evidence that an indictment had already been prepared; statements by important public officials that he should be prosecuted for espionage, which carries a potential death penalty or life imprisonment.
2) Human rights lawyer Baltasar Garzon says says WikiLeaks will seek a ruling from the World Court if the UK refuses to allow Julian Assange safe passage to Ecuador, the Telegraph reports. Garzon said Britain was acting far beyond its authority because Assange was a political refugee accepted for asylum by a sovereign nation and Britain was obligated to honor that. "They have to comply with diplomatic and legal obligations under the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and respect the sovereignty of a country that has granted asylum," The refugee convention defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. It provides for special travel arrangements for refugees granted asylum under the convention.
3) In the State Department daily briefing, spokeswoman Victoria Nuland denied allegations that U.S. pressure was behind the British threat to raid Ecuador's embassy to arrest Julian Assange. But she appeared to acknowledge that there was indeed a U.S. legal case against Assange, before saying that she wasn't "going to wade into it any deeper than I already have, which was too far, all right?"
4) Australian diplomats have no doubt the U.S. is still gunning for Julian Assange, according to Foreign Affairs Department documents obtained by The Saturday Age, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Declassified diplomatic cables show Australia's diplomatic service takes seriously the likelihood that Assange will eventually be extradited to the US on charges arising from WikiLeaks obtaining leaked US military and diplomatic documents. This view is at odds with Australian officials' repeated dismissal of such a prospect, the paper notes.
5) Rep. Dennis Kucinich and 14 other Members of Congress urged President Obama to remove sanctions barriers to US private contributions to relief efforts in Iran after the recent earthquake, including by issuing a general license to US humanitarian organizations to provide such relief. The letter noted that President Bush issued such a license in 2003 following the Bam earthquake and was supported by the House in doing so.
6) The Romney-Ryan version of "shrinking Big Government" is to increase our already outlandish warfare-state budget and risk even more spending by saber-rattling at Iran, writes Reagan's budget director David Stockman in the New York Times.
7) Two and a half years after the earthquake, despite billions of dollars in reconstruction aid, the most obvious, pressing need - safe, stable housing for all displaced people - remains unmet, the New York Times reports. 390,000 Haitians remain in 575 tent camps.
8) Israel's tough talk of military action against Iran has unleashed a strong backlash at home, with a growing number of voices urging the government not to attack without the support of the U.S., AP reports. Opinion polls have shown most Israelis think Israel should not act alone but coordinate any military option with Washington. A recent poll said 61 percent of Israelis believe Iran should not be attacked without U.S. consent.
9) Israeli opposition leader Shaul Mofaz sharply denounced saber-rattling against Iran by Prime Minister Netanyahu, Globes Israel business news reports. "Mr. prime minister, you want a crude, rude, unprecedented, reckless, and risky intervention in the US elections," Mofaz said. "Tell us who you serve and for what? Why are you putting your hand deep into the ballot boxes of the American electorate?"
10) State Department officials are preparing for a possible decision by Secretary of State Clinton to redesignate the Iranian MEK opposition group as a terrorist organization, in part because of the group's resistance to abandoning its camp in Iraq, the New York Times reports. Under a court ruling, Clinton must make a decision on the terrorist listing before Oct. 1. A U.S. official said that the group had long used the facility for paramilitary training. He said a refusal to move would raise questions about whether the group has truly changed its intentions.
11) A court in Bahrain has sentenced a prominent human rights activist to three years in prison for his role in unauthorized protests, VOA reports. A lawyer for Nabeel Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said the sentence was based on convictions in three separate cases. Rajab is already serving a three-month sentence after being convicted in July of posting "insulting" comments on Twitter.
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1) Julian Assange asylum: Ecuador is right to stand up to the US
Julian Assange asylum: Ecuador is right to stand up to the US
The United States would paint itself as a promoter of human rights, but any right to make that claim is long gone
Mark Weisbrot, Guardian, Thursday 16 August 2012 09.03 EDT
Ecuador has now made its decision: to grant political asylum to Julian Assange. This comes in the wake of an incident that should dispel remaining doubts about the motives behind the UK/Swedish attempts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. On Wednesday, the UK government made an unprecedented threat to invade Ecuador's embassy if Assange is not handed over. Such an assault would be so extreme in violating international law and diplomatic conventions that it is difficult to even find an example of a democratic government even making such a threat, let alone carrying it out.
When Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patiño, in an angry and defiant response, released the written threats to the public, the UK government tried to backtrack and say it wasn't a threat to invade the embassy (which is another country's sovereign territory). But what else can we possibly make of this wording from a letter delivered by a British official?
"You need to be aware that there is a legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises of the embassy. We sincerely hope that we do not reach that point, but if you are not capable of resolving this matter of Mr Assange's presence in your premises, this is an open option for us."
Is there anyone in their right mind who believes that the UK government would make such an unprecedented threat if this were just about an ordinary foreign citizen wanted for questioning – not criminal charges or a trial – by a foreign government?
Ecuador's decision to grant political asylum to Assange was both predictable and reasonable. But it is also a ground-breaking case that has considerable historic significance.
First, the merits of the case: Assange clearly has a well-founded fear of persecution if he were to be extradited to Sweden. It is pretty much acknowledged that he would be immediately thrown in jail. Since he is not charged with any crime, and the Swedish government has no legitimate reason to bring him to Sweden, this by itself is a form of persecution.
We can infer that the Swedes have no legitimate reason for the extradition, since they were repeatedly offered the opportunity to question him in the UK, but rejected it, and have also refused to even put forth a reason for this refusal. A few weeks ago the Ecuadorian government offered to allow Assange to be questioned in its London embassy, where Assange has been residing since 19 June, but the Swedish government refused – again without offering a reason. This was an act of bad faith in the negotiating process that has taken place between governments to resolve the situation.
But, most importantly, the government of Ecuador agreed with Assange that he had a reasonable fear of a second extradition to the United States, and persecution here for his activities as a journalist. The evidence for this was strong. Some examples: an ongoing investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks in the US; evidence that an indictment had already been prepared; statements by important public officials such as Democratic senator Diane Feinstein that he should be prosecuted for espionage, which carries a potential death penalty or life imprisonment.
Why is this case so significant? It is probably the first time that a citizen fleeing political persecution by the US has been granted political asylum by a democratic government seeking to uphold international human rights conventions. This is a pretty big deal, because for more than 60 years the US has portrayed itself as a proponent of human rights internationally – especially during the cold war. And many people have sought and received asylum in the US.
It is interesting to watch pro-Washington journalists and their sources look for self-serving reasons that they can attribute to the government of Ecuador for granting asylum. Correa wants to portray himself as a champion of free speech, they say; or he wants to strike a blow to the US, or put himself forward as an international leader. But this is ridiculous.
Correa didn't want this mess and it has been a lose-lose situation for him from the beginning. He has suffered increased tension with three countries that are diplomatically important to Ecuador – the US, UK and Sweden. The US is Ecuador's largest trading partner and has several times threatened to cut off trade preferences that support thousands of Ecuadorian jobs. And since most of the major international media has been hostile to Assange from the beginning, they have used the asylum request to attack Ecuador, accusing the government of a "crackdown" on the media at home. As I have noted elsewhere, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jan/08/ecuador-press-freedom-media]
this is a gross exaggeration and misrepresentation of Ecuador, which has an uncensored media that is mostly opposed to the government. And for most of the world, these misleading news reports are all that they will hear or read about Ecuador for a long time.
Correa made this decision because it was the only ethical thing to do. And any of the independent, democratic governments of South America would have done the same. If only the world's biggest media organisations had the same ethics and commitment to freedom of speech and the press.
Now we will see if the UK government will respect international law and human rights conventions and allow Assange safe passage to Ecuador.
2) WikiLeaks: Julian Assange will take Britain to the 'World Court'
The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will take Britain to the United Nation's International Court of Justice if it refuses to grant him safe passage to Ecuador, his lawyer said.
Richard Alleyne, Telegraph (UK) 11:55AM BST 17 Aug 2012
The threat to appeal to the so-called "World Court" followed William Hague's promise to arrest Mr Assange if he tries to leave the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
Britain had threatened it would use a rarely cited law to revoke the embassy's diplomatic protection, and would barge into the embassy if Ecuador did not hand over Mr Assange.
Ecuador condemned the threat as a "complete intimidation".
The 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations says a host country may not enter the premises of an embassy without the represented country's permission.
Sir Tony Brenton, who served as the United Kingdom's ambassador to Russia between 2004 and 2008, said "arbitrarily" overturning the status of the building where Mr Assange has taken shelter to avoid extradition, would make life "impossible" for British diplomats overseas.
The FCO wrote to the embassy saying "You need to be aware that there is a legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises of the Embassy. "We sincerely hope that we do not reach that point, but if you are not capable of resolving this matter of Mr Assange's presence in your premises, this is an open option for us."
Baltasar Garzon, Mr Assange's lawyer who came to international attention in 1998 when he indicted Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, said Britain was acting far beyond its authority because Mr Assange was a political refugee accepted for asylum by a sovereign nation and Britain was obligated to honour that. "They have to comply with diplomatic and legal obligations under the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and respect the sovereignty of a country that has granted asylum," he told the Spanish newspaper El Pais.
The refugee convention defines who is a refugee, and sets out the rights of individuals granted asylum and the responsibilities of nations that grant asylum. It provides for special travel arrangements for refugees granted asylum under the convention.
He said: "If Britain doesn't comply with its obligations, we will go before International Court of Justice to demand that Britain complies with its obligations because there is a person who runs the risk of being persecuted politically."
Mr Assange has argued, and Ecuador agreed the evidence was strong, that the extradition to Sweden was a pretext for him to be sent to the US, where authorities were incensed by WikiLeaks' 2010 release of 391,832 secret US documents on the Iraqi war and 77,000 classified Pentagon documents on the Afghan conflict.
The whistle-blowing web site also made available about 250,000 confidential diplomatic cables between the U.S. State Department and more than 270 U.S. diplomatic outposts around the world.
Unconfirmed reports cited by The New York Times indicate a secret grand jury hearing in Alexandria, Va., was considering a U.S. Justice Department bid to charge Assange with espionage.
Leaked emails from Strategic Forecasting Inc., a global intelligence company, suggest a sealed indictment is ready to be made public when US officials determine the legal proceedings against Mr Assange in Britain and Sweden have come to a close.
3) State Department Daily Press Briefing
Victoria Nuland, August 16, 2012
[video: http://video.state.gov/en/video/1789609171001]
Q. … And then when you said that you don't have any information to suggest that you have weighed in with the Brits about whether to have Mr. Assange removed from the embassy, does that mean that there hasn't been any, or just that you're not aware of it?
MS. NULAND: My information is that we have not involved ourselves in this. If that is not correct, we'll get back to you.
Q: All right. And then just back to the Assange thing, the reason that the Ecuadorians gave -- have given him asylum is because they say that -- they agree with his claim that he would be -- could face persecution -- government persecution if for any reason he was to come to the United States under whatever circumstances. Do you -- do you find that that's a credible argument? Does anyone face unwarranted or illegal government persecution in the United States?
MS. NULAND: No.
Q: No?
MS. NULAND: No.
Q: And so you think that the grounds that -- in this specific case, the grounds for him receiving asylum from any country -- or any country guaranteeing asylum to anyone on the basis that if they happen to show up in the United States they might be subject to government persecution, you don't view that as --
MS. NULAND: I'm not -- I'm not going to comment on the Ecuadoran thought process here. If you're asking me whether there was any intention to persecute rather than prosecute, the answer is no.
Q: Well -- wait, hold on a second -- so you're saying that he would face prosecution?
MS. NULAND: Again, I'm not -- we were in a situation where he was not headed to the United States. He was headed elsewhere. So I'm not going to get into all of the legal ins and outs about what may or may not have been in his future before he chose to take refuge in the Ecuadoran mission.
But with regard to the charge that the U.S. was intent on persecuting him, I reject that completely.
Q: OK, fair enough. But I mean, unfortunately, this is -- this case does rest entirely on legal niceties. Pretty much all of it is on the legal niceties, maybe not entirely. So are you -- when you said that the intention was to prosecute, not persecute, are you saying that he does face prosecution in the United States?
MS. NULAND: Again, I don't -- that was not the course of action that we were all on. But let me get back to you on -- there was -- I don't think that when he decided to take refuge, that was where he was headed, right? Obviously, we have --
Q: No, I mean, he was headed to Sweden.
MS. NULAND: Right, but obviously, we have our own legal case. I'm going to send you Justice on what the exact status of that was, OK?
Q: OK, there is -- so you're saying that there is a legal case against him.
MS. NULAND: I'm saying that the Justice Department was very much involved with broken U.S. law, et cetera. But I don't have any specifics here on what their intention would have been vis-a-vis him. So I'm not going to wade into it any deeper than I already have, which was too far, all right?
4) US in pursuit of Assange, cables reveal
Philip Dorling, Sydney Morning Herald, August 18, 2012
Australian diplomats have no doubt the United States is still gunning for Julian Assange, according to Foreign Affairs Department documents obtained by The Saturday Age.
The Australian embassy in Washington has been tracking a US espionage investigation targeting the WikiLeaks publisher for more than 18 months.
The declassified diplomatic cables, released under freedom of information laws, show Australia's diplomatic service takes seriously the likelihood that Assange will eventually be extradited to the US on charges arising from WikiLeaks obtaining leaked US military and diplomatic documents.
This view is at odds with Foreign Minister Bob Carr's repeated dismissal of such a prospect.
Australia's ambassador to the US, former Labor leader Kim Beazley, has made high-level representations to the American government, asking for warning of any moves to prosecute Assange. However, briefings for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Senator Carr suggest the Australian Government has no in-principle objection to Assange's extradition.
In May, Senator Carr told a Senate estimates committee hearing: "We have no advice that the US has an intention to extradite Mr Assange … nothing we have been told suggests that the US has such an intention."
However, the Australian embassy in Washington reported in February that "the US investigation into possible criminal conduct by Mr Assange has been ongoing for more than a year".
The embassy noted media reports that a US federal grand jury had been empanelled in Alexandria, Virginia, to pursue the WikiLeaks case and that US government officials "cannot lawfully confirm to us the existence of the grand jury".
Despite this, and apparently on the basis of still classified off-the-record discussions with US officials and private legal experts, the embassy reported the existence of the grand jury as a matter of fact. It identified a wide range of criminal charges the US could bring against Assange, including espionage, conspiracy, unlawful access to classified information and computer fraud.
The cables also show that the Australian government considers the prospect of extradition sufficiently likely that, on direction from Canberra, Mr Beazley sought high-level US advice on "the direction and likely outcome of the investigation" and "reiterated our request for early advice of any decision to indict or seek extradition of Mr Assange".
The question of advance warning of any prosecution or extradition moves was previously raised by Australian diplomats in December 2010.
American responses to the embassy's representations have been withheld from release on the grounds that disclosure could "cause damage to the international relations of the Commonwealth".
Large sections of the cables have been redacted on national security grounds, including parts of reports on the open, pre-court martial proceedings of US Army Private Bradley Manning, who is alleged to have leaked a vast quantity of classified information to WikiLeaks. Australian embassy representatives have attended all of Private Manning's pre-trial hearings.
Australian diplomats have highlighted the prosecution's reference to "several connections between Manning and WikiLeaks which would form the basis of a conspiracy charge" and evidence that the investigation has targeted the "founders, owners, or managers of WikiLeaks" for espionage.
However, the embassy was unable to confirm the claim in a leaked email from an executive with US private intelligence company Stratfor, that "[w]e have a sealed indictment against Assange".
"Commentators have ... suggested that the source may have been referring to a draft indictment used by prosecutors to 'game out' possible charges," the embassy reported in February. "There is no way to confirm the veracity of the information through official sources."
5) Kucinich Leads Fourteen Members of Congress to Ask Obama to Allow Humanitarian Assistance to Reach Earthquake Victims in Iran
Office of Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Aug 16
Washington D.C.– Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) led 14 Members of Congress in requesting that President Obama allow U.S. non-governmental organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of the recent earthquake in Iran which has left more 300 dead and thousands injured. U.S.-based humanitarian organizations are currently prohibited from doing so without a Presidentially issued general license under current U.S. sanctions against Iran. Kucinich has previously called upon the United States to take this opportunity to demonstrate our compassion for the people of Iran.
"We write to express our concern over the possible hindrance of humanitarian assistance to the Iranian people. We urge you to instruct the Department of Treasury to expedite consideration of requests by U.S.-based nonprofits to provide emergency relief, and to issue a general license for these charitable organizations to carry out relief assistance in Iran," wrote Kucinich et al.
Under current U.S. sanctions, relief organizations require a license from the government to provide humanitarian assistance in Iran. In 2003, President Bush issued such a general license in response to the devastating earthquake in Bam, Iran. The House of Representatives strongly supported this response, and unanimously passed a resolution praising President Bush's actions.
"The current standstill in negotiations with the Iranian government should not prevent the United States from helping the Iranian people. Aiding them in their time of need would reaffirm U.S. support for the Iranian people and make clear that our sanctions do not represent an attempt to harm the Iranian people.
"In order to facilitate the timely and lawful delivery of humanitarian assistance to the Iranian people, we urge the administration to immediately clarify what is permitted and prohibited under U.S. law, and to issue a general license to U.S. humanitarian organizations so they can provide critical assistance to Iranians in need," the letter concluded.
The letter was signed by Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Keith Ellison (D-MN), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Donna F. Edwards (D-MD), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Michael M. Honda (D-CA), John L. Mica (R-FL), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), John W. Olver (D-MA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), André Carson (D-IN) and Barbara Lee (D-CA).
6) Paul Ryan's Fairy-Tale Budget Plan
David A. Stockman, New York Times, August 13, 2012
[Stockman was Reagan's director of the Office of Management and Budget from 1981 to 1985.]
Greenwich, Conn - Paul D. Ryan is the most articulate and intellectually imposing Republican of the moment, but that doesn't alter the fact that this earnest congressman from Wisconsin is preaching the same empty conservative sermon.
Thirty years of Republican apostasy - a once grand party's embrace of the welfare state, the warfare state and the Wall Street-coddling bailout state - have crippled the engines of capitalism and buried us in debt. Mr. Ryan's sonorous campaign rhetoric about shrinking Big Government and giving tax cuts to "job creators" (read: the top 2 percent) will do nothing to reverse the nation's economic decline and arrest its fiscal collapse.
Mr. Ryan professes to be a defense hawk, though the true conservatives of modern times - Calvin Coolidge, Herbert C. Hoover, Robert A. Taft, Dwight D. Eisenhower, even Gerald R. Ford - would have had no use for the neoconconservative imperialism that the G.O.P. cobbled from policy salons run by Irving Kristol's ex-Trotskyites three decades ago. These doctrines now saddle our bankrupt nation with a roughly $775 billion "defense" budget in a world where we have no advanced industrial state enemies and have been fired (appropriately) as the global policeman.
Indeed, adjusted for inflation, today's national security budget is nearly double Eisenhower's when he left office in 1961 (about $400 billion in today's dollars) - a level Ike deemed sufficient to contain the very real Soviet nuclear threat in the era just after Sputnik. By contrast, the Romney-Ryan version of shrinking Big Government is to increase our already outlandish warfare-state budget and risk even more spending by saber-rattling at a benighted but irrelevant Iran.
7) Years After Haiti Quake, Safe Housing Is a Dream for Many
Deborah Sontag, New York Times, August 15, 2012
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Since the earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, a scrappy 12-year-old boy named Givenson Fanfan has been sleeping on the rock-hard floor of a tent pitched in a fetid camp dominated by a 50-foot tower of trash. He dreams of a bed.
In a hillside community, Terilien Brice, a 63-year-old grievously injured in the earthquake, lives like a shut-in inside his condemned house, which was marked with a red tag that is supposed to mean "no entry," not no exit. He feels helpless.
Dieu Juste Saint Eloi, 68, in contrast, secured a one-room shelter with plastic sheeting for walls, but his clan of 12 squeezes into it. And it perches on a ledge above the ruins of his spacious home, into which his granddaughter keeps tumbling and breaking bones.
Unexpectedly, though, his 29-year-old son, William Saint Eloi, hit the housing jackpot. Isolated all his life because he is deaf, he now has a new home and community because two can-do Christian charities have taken deaf disaster victims under wing.
Two and a half years after the earthquake, despite billions of dollars in reconstruction aid, the most obvious, pressing need - safe, stable housing for all displaced people - remains unmet.
In what international officials term a protracted humanitarian crisis, hundreds of thousands remain in increasingly wretched tent camps. Tens of thousands inhabit dangerously damaged buildings. And countless others, evicted from camps and yards, have simply disappeared with their raggedy tarps and rusty sheet metal into the hills.
There are many visible signs of activity across the country now - public plazas cleared of lean-tos, state-of-the-art repairs in selected areas and housing developments under construction. Tens of thousands of Haitian families have found enduring solutions to their housing crises - by rebuilding themselves, by getting reconstruction assistance or by securing one of the relatively few new houses.
But to spend a week exploring the disaster zone is to discover striking disparities in living conditions, often glaringly juxtaposed: Givenson's dead-end camp adjacent to a quarter that is a beehive of construction; William Saint Eloi's good fortune next to his family's trials; a devastated community revitalized on one side of a ravine but not the other.
In the absence of an overarching housing policy, Haiti's shelter problem has been tackled unsystematically, in a way that has favored rural over urban victims and homeowners over renters because their needs were more easily met. Many families with the least resources have been neglected unless they happened to belong to a tent camp, neighborhood or vulnerable population targeted by a particular program.
"It's the project syndrome - one neighborhood gets incredible resources, the next is in total limbo, or one camp gets rental subsidies, the next gets nothing," said Maggie Stephenson, a senior technical adviser to U.N.-Habitat in Haiti. "We have to spread the remaining resources more equitably. Equity is essential, and so are durable solutions."
Givenson, his father and his father's girlfriend fled to the dump during the emergency. Two and a half years later they are still there, in the deteriorating camping tent his father purchased then.
They are among the 390,000 Haitians in the 575 remaining camps; this does not include what humanitarian authorities say are the tens of thousands forcibly evicted from camps over the last two months who also remain homeless.
The camps are in abysmal condition, with many, like Givenson's, on sites at risk of landslides or flooding. Tents and tarps - "From the American people," many say - are tattered. There is one shower for every 1,200 people, and one functional latrine for every 77.
8) As talk of Iran strike and fear of war grow in Israel, a jittery public objects, AP, August 16, 2012
Associated Press, August 16
Jerusalem - Israel's tough talk of military action against Iran's nuclear program has unleashed a strong backlash at home, with a growing number of voices urging the government not to attack without the support of the United States.
Israeli leaders, who have long issued veiled threats against Iran, now appear to be preparing the country for war. New gas mask distribution centers have opened, a nationwide missile alert system has been tested and an official this week warned of hundreds of casualties if Israel unilaterally strikes Iran.
The heightened rhetoric has fueled jitters that the zero hour is near. But there are also growing signs of discontent with the government's approach, with critics accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Ehud Barak, of recklessly plunging Israel into an unprecedented missile war.
"I'm very afraid. I want peace, not war. I absolutely don't want Israel to strike Iran," said Pnina Grinbaum, a 55-year-old government clerk in Jerusalem.
Opinion polls have shown that while Israelis agree a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a grave threat, most think Israel should not act alone but coordinate any military option with Washington .
Israel's figurehead president, Shimon Peres, appeared to take a swipe at Barak and Netanyahu on Thursday when he told a popular news program that Israel must trust President Barak Obama's pledges to prevent Iran from getting a bomb.
"It is clear to us now that we cannot do this alone," Peres said. "It is clear to us that we need to work together with America."
Also this week, Israel's chief civil defense official said the government estimated an attack on Iran would trigger a monthlong war, fought on multiple fronts, with Tehran and its proxies in Lebanon and Gaza - and hundreds of Israeli casualties.
"I'm very nervous about the Iranian threat and it's kind of creepy that I'm getting a gas mask right now," 25-year-old Cheryl Lieberman, a recent immigrant from New York, said Thursday as she stood in line for a mask at a Jerusalem mall.
A new poll issued Thursday said 61 percent of Israelis believe Iran should not be attacked without U.S. consent. The Dahaf Institute poll of 516 people had a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points. Other surveys have shown similar reluctance to have Israel act alone.
9) Mofaz slams Netanyahu's Iran saber rattling
Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz: You're creating panic. You're trying to terrify us. And we are scared by your lack of judgment.
Lilach Weissman, Globes online/Israel business news, August 16, 2012
"You are headed for a rash confrontation at an unnecessary cost while abandoning the home front," opposition leader Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz said at the Knesset dais, in response to remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and talk about an attack on Iran. "Over the past few months, Israel has waged an extensive and relentless PR campaign with the sole objective of preparing the ground for a premature military adventure."
Mofaz continued, "This PR campaign has deeply penetrated the 'zone of immunity' of our national security, threatens to weaken our deterrence, and our relations with our best friends. Mr. prime minister, you want a crude, rude, unprecedented, reckless, and risky intervention in the US elections. Tell us who you serve and for what? Why are you putting your hand deep into the ballot boxes of the American electorate?
"It isn't the defense chiefs who are covering their asses for the next investigative commission. You, Mr. prime minister and the decision-maker are covering the backside of the Israeli public. Ass-coverers and wipers. Making threats and sowing the seeds of fear and terror. Mr. prime minister, you are playing a dangerous and irresponsible game with the future of an entire nation.
"Mr. prime minister, you're creating panic. You are trying to frighten us and terrify us. And in truth - we are scared: scared by your lack of judgment, scared that you both lead and don't lead, scare that you are executing a dangerous and irresponsible policy."
10) Iran Group May Remain on U.S. Terror List
Scott Shane, New York Times, August 15, 2012
Washington - State Department officials are preparing for a possible decision by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to redesignate an Iranian opposition group as a terrorist organization, in part because of the group's resistance to abandoning its camp in Iraq, two American officials said Wednesday.
The group, the Mujahedeen Khalq, or People's Mujahedeen, has mounted a costly campaign to be removed from the terrorist list, enlisting an array of prominent American politicians and former military officers to press the case that the group abandoned violence years ago.
The two officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter involves litigation, said Mrs. Clinton had not made a decision yet. But they said the group's refusal to complete a move from Camp Ashraf to the former site of Camp Liberty, near the Baghdad airport, may doom its bid.
Under a court ruling, Mrs. Clinton must make a decision on the terrorist listing before Oct. 1. While the group, also known as M.E.K., carried out bombings in Iran in the 1970s against the shah's government and later against the Islamic government, causing the death of several Americans, by most accounts it has not engaged in terrorism in recent years.
Asked why the M.E.K.'s failure to move from Camp Ashraf was relevant to the terrorist designation, one official said that the group had long used the facility for paramilitary training. Though the group was disarmed after the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, he said, a refusal to move would raise questions about whether the group has truly changed its intentions.
On July 15, a 26-truck cargo convoy delivered air-conditioners, furniture, video games and other supplies from Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty with the permission of the Iraqi authorities, a breakthrough that American officials hoped would persuade the M.E.K. to finish the transfer of the remaining 1,200 residents.
Instead, M.E.K. officials voiced new complaints about the conditions at Camp Liberty, which they described as a "prison," and so far they have refused to resume the move. Dozens of members of Congress have written to Mrs. Clinton to express concern about the state of the camp, but American officials who have visited it report adequate conditions, including ample water and electricity and even a recent shipment of 200,000 cans of soda.
11) Bahrain Sentences Activist for Unauthorized Protests
VOA News, August 16, 2012
A court in Bahrain has sentenced a prominent human rights activist to three years in prison for his role in unauthorized protests.
A lawyer for Nabeel Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said the sentence was based on convictions in three separate cases. The defense plans to appeal the ruling.
Rajab is already serving a three-month sentence after being convicted in July of posting "insulting" comments on the micro-blogging service Twitter.
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For more than 20 years, Nike has paved the way in training with products designed for elite athletic performance. In January 2013, the Nike Free will debut as the brand's most advanced training shoe, fusing minimalism with stability and comfort.
The original Nike Free Australia in 1987, introducing Nike Air technology for responsive heel cushioning and a forefoot strap for a lockdown fit. Debuting on Bo Jackson, a phenom athlete who combined strength, speed and off-the-charts athleticism, the Nike Air Trainer 1 was designed to the exact specifications of multi-sport athletes. Versatility was key.
Today, Nike Free Runs has evolved into a sophisticated blend of advanced footwear and apparel technologies for athletes worldwide to compete at their peak. The focus: zero distractions, lightweight, breathable, and working in harmony with the natural motion of the body.
With fabrications, innovations, and athlete insight, Nike's training footwear has transformed for the future. The Nike Frees for Sale is designed for elite athletes at the forefront of multi-sport training. Weighing in at 9 ounces (men's size 9), the shoe features a Dynamic Fit system that cradles the midfoot, conforming to each athlete's foot while providing superior lockdown during training.
"With advanced materials and articulated design, we're able to dramatically reduce the weight and increase the flexibility of the Nike Free Run without compromising strength," said Laura Parrett, Nike Training footwear designer.
The Nike Free Run Shoes blends innovative materials in the upper with the flexibility and benefits of Nike Free for increased natural motion. The mesh upper is designed with enforced polyurethane support, in the form of strand-like lines that increase and decrease with size over the shoe creating a pattern that is extremely supportive yet keeps the shoe flexible, lightweight, and breathable. The material protects against abrasion yet retains its pliability, providing a second skin-like feel as it moves with the natural biomechanics of the foot.
The midsole is another tangible example of Nike's progression in training footwear. The Phylon midsole provides lightweight, responsive cushioning. This shoe is a 3.0 on the Cheap Nike Free, which means it offers great multidirectional flexibility and a low-to-the-ground fit and feel for a barefoot-like training experience.
The training athlete's demands were chronicled in a recent documentary on Bo Jackson, the forefather of Nike Training. Cheap Nike Free Run will always design and engineer product with the athlete's needs paramount. With the evolution in training methods, drills and skills, Nike has evolved its footwear benefits.
The Cheap Nike Free Run Shoes will be available globally in multiple colors beginning January 1, 2013.
Russell Westbrook Unveils Air Jordan XX8 'Christmas' Colorway
While NBA teams rocked special edition Adidas uniforms on Christmas Day, some players rocked unique sneaker colorways as well. Among the highlights were Russell Westbrook's "Christmas" Air Jordan XX8's.
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The alternative colorway for the AJXX8 featured an articulated print that mirrored the Oklahoma City Thunder's Christmas Day uniforms. The superstar guard rocked the shoes with the shroud flapped down in the first half, before zipping them all the way up in the second half.
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The Air Jordan XX8 is Jordan Brand's lightest ever, featuring the Jordan Flight Plate, a Pebax moderator plate that maximizes the responsiveness of the Nike Zoom units through compression and deflection for optimal performance by essentially unlocking the airbags in the forefoot and heel.
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The Air Jordan XX8 will be available in Houston only on February 15, 2013; and then, nationwide on Saturday, February 16, for $250.
The Air Jordan 1 Retro '97 TXT "Gym Red" Is The Perfect Way To Ring In The New Year
Haaaaaaappy new year! It's finally 2013 and, if you're a sneakerhead, there are a ton of reasons for you to be happy right now. This year, there are a number of different Nike, cheap jordan heels 2013, Reebok, and Adidas sneakers for you to look forward to.
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But, before we start looking ahead, we thought we'd take one final look back at 2012 and put you on to the last sneaker that the Jordan Brand dropped in 2012.
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After putting out several really popular retro sneakers in 2012, they hit us with one more heater before the ball dropped yesterday when they released the Air Jordan 1 Retro '97 TXT "Gym Red" sneaker. And, it's a must-have for anyone who loves the AJ1.
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As you can see, the AJ1 Retro '97 TXT "Gym Red" is an all-red sneaker. It's also comprised mostly of leather and includes a hologram "Air Jordan" logo on the upper. It features black laces, a black and red sole, and Jordan branding on the heel and tongue.
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If you're looking to make a statement with your sneakers, then the AJ1 Retro '97 TXT "Gym Red" sneaker is definitely the way to go.
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Officially, the AJ1 Retro '97 TXT "Gym Red" sneaker was released yesterday at select Nike retailers. But, if you're lucky, you can probably still scoop up a pair of these to help you ring in the new year.
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If nothing else, they'll help you put a nice bow on your sneaker spending for 2012 and get you warmed up and ready to go in 2013.
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So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and grab a pair of these for $130 now and bring the new year in right.
TaylorMade & adidas to Launch New Golf Gear This Year
TaylorMade and adidas have unveiled their new golf gear, which will be available for purchase later this year. (Stay up-to-date with the latest from the adidas brand.) Included in the 2013 lineup is an upgraded version of the RBZ Fairway, a new golf ball, two new adjustable drivers and the new adizero golf shoe.
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The updated RBZ Stage II Fairway Wood has a thinner face and faster flexing ability, which allows it to generate greater ball speed and distance. The product's engineers estimate that golfers will be able to drive the ball ten yards farther with the club. Meanwhile, the two new drivers—R1 and RBZ Stage II—focus on adjustability.
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The R1 is a follow-up to the popular R11S and includes 12 loft options and seven face angle settings. The Stage II is not only more aerodynamic than its predecessor, it also features a larger clubface in order to generate more yardage.
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TaylorMade's new golf ball, dubbed "Lethal," features a 322-dimple pattern to improve performance and consistency on those windy days.
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It is a follow-up to the Penta and uses the same 5-layer concept. "Lethal" has already made its debut on the green, as Justin Rose has used it in several victories, including the Turkish Airlines World Golf Final.
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Rounding out the collection is the adizero golf shoe. Partially based on Lionel Messi's soccer boot, the shoe comes in at 10.6 ounces, making it the lightest golf shoe ever. PGA Tour Champion Sergio Garcia commended it for helping him "stay light" on his feet while remaining comfortable. The shoe is available in three colorways.
Air Jordan XI "Bred" Retro [PHOTOS]
The sneaker game is getting stressful. The latest holy grail to get another Retro treatment is the Air Jordan XI in the black and varsity red aka "Bred" colorway. Getting your hands on a pair, or two, of your own will require equal parts skill, savvy, a nice hook up and some good ol' faith.
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In case you're new to the sneaker cause, the Air Jordan XI features a black upper with the easily recognizable patent leather and mesh combo. The midsole is white and the outsole is a translucent red. Michael Jordan rocked these while winning another championship in the '95/96 season.
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As more hypebeasts continue to sprout, these will probably be harder to get than last year's Concord release. However, with all the hoops you gotta jump through to reserve a pair (Foot Locker gave away tickets this past Sunday in select stores to reserve a pair to dead camp out shenanigans), and better security, there should be less tomfoolery. At least we hope so.
The Air Jordan XI officially hits retailers on December 21st for a none too cheap $185. Check out photos of Air Jordan XI "Bred" in the gallery. You copping a pair?
adidas & MLS Announce World's First Smart Soccer League
Major League Soccer and adidas have announced that MLS will integrate the adidas miCoach Elite System league-wide in 2013, marking the world's first soccer league. The announcement precedes the 2012 MLS All-Star Game, which is set to be the world's first "smart game" integrating the system.
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Next season, each MLS club will use adidas' data-tracking technology to provide coaches, trainers and players with real-time performance metrics.
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By measuring on-field performance, league officials are hopeful that teams will have a better understanding of the physical and physiological impact of the game.
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In-depth analysis will possible prevent overtraining and risk of injury, allowing players to maintain optimum levels of performance throughout the season.
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"We are proud to partner with our long-term partner Major League Soccer to debut our latest innovation the micoach Elite System at the MLS All-Star Game and then across the league in 2013," said adidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer. "As the paths of sports and technology continue to converge, we are pleased to be pioneering in this area and continue to deliver cutting-edge innovations to teams and leagues worldwide."
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The miCoach Elite System includes a small data cell that fits into a player's base layer in a protective pocket on the back between the shoulder blades. A series of electrodes and sensors woven into the fabric of the base layer connect to the cell, which will wirelessly transmit more than 200 data records per second from each player to a central computer. Information will also be displayed on a series of simplified insights and results on the coach's iPad.
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"Our long-standing partnership with adidas and our combined goal to bring innovative and game-changing experiences to the sport of soccer are key reasons behind the success of Major League Soccer," said MLS Commissioner Don Garber. "Working with adidas, we are bringing players, coaches and fans across the league a revolutionary technology to help teams perform at the highest level."
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In the future, MLS fans will be able to experience greater insight from the field of play as live, on-field player data will become an integral part of the game experience, whether watching from home or within the stadium.
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The micoach Elite System is part of the family of micoach electronic training devices, services and technologies that capture, analyze and evaluate personal performance to help athletes get better for their sport.
Man shot over Air Jordan shoes dies days after robbery
The man who was critically wounded Friday for his Air Jordan shoes has died at Houston Northwest Hospital.
Two male suspects began shooting at the 22-year-old victim and his friend around 10:30 a.m. Friday morning in the 1700 block of Plumwood Drive.
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According to investigators, the shooting victims went to Willowbrook Mall earlier that morning to buy several pairs of Air Jordan shoes.
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As they were heading home, a driver pulled up to the front of the car and an armed suspect got out and demanded the shoes.
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The driver took off on foot as the shooter chased and shot at him. As the driver went for help at a neighbor's house, he heard gunshots. According to investigators, the passenger, who never left the car, had been shot in the head by the second suspect.
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The passenger, who was trying to get behind the wheel of the car to escape, drove away wounded, but ended up crashing between two houses and a gas line. He was taken to Houston Northwest Hospital with life threatening injuries and later died. The driver was not hurt.
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Last week, Harris County teen Juan Reyna was also gunned down over the Air Jordans. A suspect has been arrested in the shooting.
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The night before the shooting, shoppers all over the country lined up for the release of the Nike Air Jordan, 11 Bred shoes priced at $185. In some areas of the country, shoppers have rioted over the shoes.
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The only description investigators have at this time is two black male suspects driving a four-door green car. Anyone with information as to their whereabouts should call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
Doggone! Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise leave their new pet pooch at home as they head out for a snack
She was only spotted with her new pet pooch yesterday for the first time.
And while you would think that Suri Cruise would be inseparable from her curly haired companion, the youngster stepped out without the canine today.
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The six-year-old and her mother Katie Holmes went out for a snack in the Big Apple, leaving the dog at home.
Suri was bright and colourful for the outing, wearing a floral pink dress teamed with matching flip-flops.
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She also sported a patterned plaster on her right arm, where it appears that she has suffered from some kind of tiny abrasion.
Meanwhile, her mother Katie was dressed for the summery conditions in a billowing short dress paired with her favourite Isabel Marant boots.
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The actress has worn the tan ankle boots dozens of times, and they are starting to get some major wear and tear.
Both mother and daughter wore their identically-styled hair in a low ponytail.
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Besides obviously her father Tom Cruise, who is currently holidaying in Croatia, Suri was missing one family member during her outing - her new doggie.
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The pair were seen for the first time with the curly ball of canine fur yesterday, during one of their regular outings at the Chelsea Piers.
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The sighting came just weeks after Katie was seen telling Suri she couldn't have a puppy, resulting in the obligatory tears.
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At the time, Katie was urged by animal groups to think about getting a rescue dog... and it seems that she may have heeded this as their new pup looks older.
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Suri burst into floods of tears after her actress mother refused to buy her the adorable pet puppy she wanted.
The mother-daughter duo were seen looking at different pet pooches in Citipup pet store in New York.
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Suri appeared to fall in love with a little white and black Yorkshire Terrier and Maltese mix pup but was left inconsolable when Katie put her foot down.
The little girl was seen performing all the classic children's tactics to try and get her own way.
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First she stuck out her bottom lip, pulled her face into a frown, while gazing up at the dog in question.
Next she tried to ignore her mother who held out her hand keeping her eyes firmly fixed on the floor.
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When this didn't work she stormed out of the shop before bursting into tears in the car on the way home.
Animal rights campaigners urged Katie to adopt a dog instead of buying one from a pet store - should she want to get a dog for Suri.
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Devera Lynn of North Shore Animal League America told Radaronline: 'Unfortunately most pet stores are provided their dogs from commercial breeding organizations otherwise known as puppy mills.'
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Adding: 'We would love to show Katie the animals we have if she is ready to adopt.'
Finger of blame in Wak firing pointed right at Junior
"Three years ago when Ken Griffey Jr. returned to Safeco Field with the Cincinnati Reds, I listened to the pre-game ceremony on the radio and damn near teared up. The lengthy standing ovation was well-deserved for the man who helped save baseball in Seattle.
I loved the guy, but I'm not a Junior fan anymore. In the Go 2 Guy's estimation, Griffey is the biggest reason why Don Wakamatsu was fired as the Mariners manager on Monday.
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To recap some of the dysfunctional developments, Junior struggled and slept in the clubhouse and was ultimately benched and got upset because he thought that Wakamatsu planted the whole Sleep-gate story with Larry LaRue, which is completely preposterous. And then he got even madder when Wakamatsu didn't communicate with him for two weeks after his benching or something like that.
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I understand Griffey's place in the game, but was he so clueless that he needed Wakamatsu to continually explain why he was benched? Wakamatsu gave him more than enough time to produce, and when it didn't happen, what was the manager supposed to do? Keep putting him in the lineup? Wakamatsu, if I'm not mistaken, was trying to win games, and he couldn't do it with a powerless, sub-.200 designated hitter.
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Griffey could have been a reasonably mature adult and hashed out his differences with Wakamatsu and stuck around as a part-time DH and full-time pinch-hitter who still would have wielded considerable clout in the clubhouse.
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But no, Junior had to take his toys and go home. He said he left because he didn't want to be a distraction. Please. He left because he was in a full-on hissy-fit, mistakenly at odds with Wakamatsu.
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It's interesting to note that Wakamatsu, two years ago, had reservations about signing Griffey because he feared that Griffey's moodiness might be a problem in the clubhouse. Last year, when things were going well, Griffey was a clubhouse enhancer who everyone loved. He was also the congenial conduit between Ichiro and the rest of the team.
Then of course, you know what's happened this year -- everything goes to hell and Griffey goes to Orlando, driving off in a huff in one of the biggest chump moves ever."
Griffey rides into sunset - on a cloudy day
"Of all the imagined conclusions to Ken Griffey Jr.'s baseball career, the least satisfying was an abrupt goodbye.
We suspected Griffey would quit after hitting a final home run, perhaps, or playing a symbolic inning in center field one last time. We suspected he'd appear in his Mariners uniform in front of a sold-out Safeco Field crowd, doffing his cap, giving thanks to teammates and fans and the organization before walking down a red-carpet path toward the rest of his life.
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But there was no chance to acknowledge a Hall-of-Fame career with the future Hall-of-Famer on hand. At some point, between the moment he left the clubhouse Tuesday night and the moment he was supposed to show up Wednesday afternoon, Griffey decided his time as a ballplayer had expired.
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The ending turned out to be a 180-degree twist from the storybook scene we envisioned, and yet there was something admirable, even noble, about riding off into the sunset on a day without a sunset. No longer capable of making magic, Griffey renounced a moment in which the magic would've been prearranged, packaged as a can't-miss souvenir item.
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Griffey's gifts as a power-hitting, thrill-seeking center fielder were almost without peer, but he had another gift that made him unique: Spontaneity. The most familiar play on a Griffey highlight video, for instance, was not the result of his smooth swing or his golden glove. The most familiar play was the extra gear he got during his first-to-home sprint that scored the winning run in the 1995 playoff clincher against the Yankees."
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