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Moscow, November 6, 1942
Information Bulletin, Embassy of the U.S.S.R., November 12, 1942.
Comrades, we are today celebrating the 25th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Revolution in our country. Twenty-five years have elapsed since the Soviet system was established in our country. We are now on the threshold of the 26th year of the existence of the Soviet system. At meetings in celebration of the anniversaries of the October Soviet Revolution, it is customary to pass in review the results of the work of the Government and party organs for the past year. It is on these results for the past year-from November of last year to November of the current year-that I have been authorized to make a report to you.
The activities of our Government and party organs during the past period proceeded in two directions: In the direction of peaceful construction and organization of a strong rear for our front, on the one hand, and in the direction of carrying out defensive and offensive operations of the Red Army, on the other.
(1) Organizational work in the rear. The peaceful constructive work of our directing organs in this period consisted in shifting the base of our industry, both war and civilian, to the eastern regions of our country, in the evacuation and establishment in their new places of the industrial workers and equipment of plants, in extending the crop areas and increasing the winter crop area in the east, and lastly, in the radical improvement of the work of our industries producing for the front and in the strengthening of labor discipline in the rear, both in factories and on collective and State farms.
It should be said that this was a most difficult and complex work of organization on a large scale on the part of all our economic and administrative People's Commissariats, including our railways. However, we managed to overcome the difficulties. And now our factories, collective farms and State farms are indisputably, in spite of all the difficulties of wartime, working satisfactorily. Our munition factories and allied enterprises are conscientiously and punctually supplying the Red Army with guns, trench mortars, aircraft, tanks, machine guns, rifles and ammunition. Our collective and State farms are likewise conscientiously and punctually supplying the population and the Red Army with food-stuffs, and our industry with raw materials.
It must be admitted that never before has our country had such a strong and well-organized rear. As a result of all this complex organizational and constructive effort, not only our country, but also the people themselves in the rear, have been transformed. They have become more efficient, less slipshod, more disciplined; they have learned to work in wartime fashion and have come to realize their duty to the motherland and to her defenders at the front-to the Red Army. Bunglers and slackers with no sense of civil duty are growing fewer and fewer in the rear. Organized and disciplined people, imbued with a sense of civil duty, are becoming more and more numerous.
But, as I have said, the past year was not only one of peaceful construction. It was at the same time a year of Patriotic War against the German invaders, who vilely and treacherously attacked our peaceable country.
(2) Hostilities on the Soviet-German front. As regards the military activities of our directing organs in the past year, they consisted in providing for offensive and defensive operations of the Red Army against the German-fascist troops. Hostilities on the Soviet-German front in the past year may be divided into two periods:
The first period was chiefly a winter period when the Red Army, having beaten off the German attack on Moscow, took the initiative into its own hands, passed to the offensive, drove back the German troops and in the space of four months advanced in places over 400 kilometers. The second period was the summer period when the German-fascist troops, taking advantage of the absence of a second front in Europe, mustered all their available reserves, pierced our front in the southwestern direction, and taking the initiative into their own hands, in the space of five months advanced in places as much as 500 kilometers.
The hostilities in the first period, especially the successful operations of the Red Army in the Rostov, Tula and Kaluga areas, at Moscow and at Tikhvin and Leningrad, disclosed two significant facts. They showed, firstly, that the Red Army and its combatant cadres have grown to be an effective force capable not only of withstanding the onslaught of the German-fascist troops, but also of defeating them in open battle and driving them back. They showed, secondly, that for all their staunchness, the German-fascist troops have serious organic defects which, given certain favorable conditions for the Red Army, may lead to the defeat of the German troops.
It cannot be regarded as mere chance that the German troops, having marched in triumph through all Europe and having smashed at one blow the French troops which had been considered first-class troops, met with effective military rebuff only in our country, and not only met with rebuff, but were compelled under the blows of the Red Army to retreat for more than 400 kilometers from the positions they had occupied, abandoning on their road of retreat an immense quantity of guns, machines and ammunition. This fact cannot be explained by winter conditions of warfare alone.
The second period of hostilities on the Soviet-German front was marked by a turn in favor of the Germans, by the passing of the initiative into the hands of the Germans, by the piercing of our front in the southwestern direction, by the advance of the German troops and their reaching the areas of Voronezh, Stalingrad, Novorossisk, Pyatigorsk and Mozdok.
Taking advantage of the absence of a second front in Europe, the Germans and their allies hurled all their available reserves to the front, and massing them in one direction, the southwestern, created a big superiority of forces and achieved a substantial tactical success. Apparently the Germans are already not strong enough to conduct an offensive simultaneously in all three directions, in the south, north and center, as was the case in the early months of the German offensive in the summer of last year, but they are still strong enough to organize a serious offensive in some one direction.
What was the principal objective pursued by the German-fascist strategists when they started their summer offensive on our front? To judge by the comments of the foreign press, including the German, one might think that the principal objective of the offensive was to capture the oil districts of Grozny and Baku. But the facts decidedly refute this assumption. The facts show that the German advance toward the oil districts of the USSR is not the principal objective, but an auxiliary one. What, then, was the principal objective of the German offensive? It was to outflank Moscow from the east, to cut it off from the Volga and the Urals rear, and then to strike at Moscow. The advance of the Germans southward, toward the oil districts, had an auxiliary purpose which was not only and not so much to capture the oil districts as to divert our main reserves to the south and to weaken the Moscow front, so as to make it easier to achieve success when striking at Moscow. That, in fact, explains why the main group of German troops is now to be found not in the south, but in the Orel and Stalingrad areas.
Recently a German officer of the German General Staff fell into the hands of our men. A map was found on this officer showing the plan and schedule of advance of the German troops. From this document it transpires that the Germans intended to be in Borisoglebsk on July 10 of this year, in Stalingrad on July 25, in Saratov on August 10, in Kuibyshev on August 15, in Arzamas on September 10, and in Baku on September 25. This document completely confirms our information to the effect that the principal aim of the Germans' summer offensive was to outflank Moscow from the east and to strike at Moscow, while the purpose of the advance to the south was, apart from everything else, to divert our reserves as far as possible from Moscow and to weaken the Moscow front, so as to make it easier to strike at Moscow. In short, the principal objective of the Germans' summer offensive was to surround Moscow and to end the war this year.
In November of last year, the Germans reckoned on capturing Moscow by striking a frontal blow at Moscow, compelling the Red Army to capitulate, and thus achieving the termination of the war in the East. They fed their soldiers with these illusions.
But these calculations of the Germans, as we know, miscarried. Having burned their fingers last year in attempting a frontal blow at Moscow, the Germans conceived the intention of capturing Moscow this year, this time by an outflanking movement, and thus ending the war in the East. It is with these illusions that they are now feeding their duped soldiers. As we know, these calculations of the Germans also miscarried. As a result of hunting after two hares-after oil and after the encirclement of Moscow-the German-fascist strategists landed in a difficult situation. Thus, the tactical successes of the German summer offensive were not consummated, owing to the obvious unfeasibility of their strategical plans.
(3) The question of the second front in Europe. How are we to explain the fact that the Germans this year were still able to take the initiative of operations into their hands and achieve substantial tactical successes on our front? It is to be explained by the fact that the Germans and their allies succeeded in mustering all their available reserves, hurling them onto the Eastern Front and creating a big superiority of forces in one of the directions. There can be no doubt that but for these measures the Germans could not have achieved any success on our front.
But why were they able to muster all their reserves and hurl them onto the Eastern Front? Because the absence of a second front in Europe enabled them to carry out this operation without any risk to themselves. Hence the chief reason for the tactical successes of the Germans on our front this year is that the absence of a second front in Europe enabled them to hurl onto our front all their available reserves and to create a big superiority of forces in the southwestern direction.
Let us assume that the second front existed in Europe as it existed in the first World War, and that the second front diverted, let us say, 60 German divisions and 20 divisions of Germany's allies. What would have been the position of the German troops on our front then? It is not difficult to guess that their position would be deplorable. More, it would have been the beginning of the end of the German-fascist troops, for in that case the Red Army would not be where it is now, but somewhere near Pskov, Minsk, Zhitomir and Odessa. That means that already in the summer of this year the German-fascist army would have been on the verge of disaster and if that has not occurred, it is because the Germans were saved by the absence of a second front in Europe.
Let us examine the question of a second front in Europe in its historical aspect. In the first World War, Germany had to fight on two fronts, in the west chiefly against Great Britain and France, and in the east against the Russian troops. Thus, in the first World War there existed a second front against Germany. Of the 220 divisions which Germany then had, not more than 85 German divisions were stationed on the Russian front. If to this we add the troops of Germany's allies then facing the Russian front, namely, 37 Austro-Hungarian divisions, two Bulgarian divisions and three Turkish divisions, we get a total of 127 divisions facing the Russian troops. The rest of the divisions of Germany and her allies chiefly held the front against the Anglo-French troops, while a part of them performed garrison service in the occupied territories of Europe. Such was the position in the first World War.
What is the position now, in the second World War-in September of this year, let us say? According to authenticated information which is beyond all doubt, of 256 divisions which Germany now has, not less than 179 German divisions are on our front. If to this we add the 22 Rumanian divisions, 14 Finnish divisions, ten Italian divisions, 13 Hungarian divisions, one Slovak division and one Spanish division, we get a total of 240 divisions which are now fighting on our front. The remaining divisions of Germany and her allies are performing garrison service in the occupied countries-France, Belgium, Norway, Holland, Yugoslavia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, etc.-while part of them are fighting in Libya or Egypt against Great Britain, the Libyan front diverting in all four German divisions and 11 Italian divisions.
Hence, instead of 127 divisions as in the first World War, we are now facing on our front not less than 240 divisions, and instead of 85 German divisions we now have 179 German divisions fighting the Red Army. There you have the chief reason and foundation for the tactical successes of the German-fascist troops on our front in the summer of this year.
The German invasion of our country is often compared to Napoleon's invasion of Russia. But this comparison will not bear criticism. Of the 600,000 troops which began the campaign against Russia, Napoleon scarcely brought 130,000 or 140,000 troops as far as Borodino. That was all he had at his disposal at Moscow. Well, we now have over 3,000,000 troops facing the front of the Red Army and armed with all the implements of modern warfare. What comparison can there be here?
The German invasion of our country is also sometimes compared to the German invasion of Russia at the time of the first World War. But neither will this comparison bear criticism. Firstly, in the first World War there was a second front in Europe, which rendered the German position very difficult, whereas in this war there is no second front in Europe. Secondly, in this war twice as many troops are facing our front as in the first World War. Obviously the comparison is not appropriate.
You can now conceive how serious and extraordinary are the difficulties confronting the Red Army and how great is the heroism displayed by the Red Army in its war of liberation against the German-fascist invaders. I think that no other country and no other army could have withstood such an onslaught of the bestial bands of German-fascist brigands and their allies. Only our Soviet country and only our Red Army are capable of withstanding such an onslaught. And not only withstanding it, but also overpowering it.
It is often asked: But will there be a second front in Europe after all? Yes, there will be, sooner or later. There will be one. And it will be not only because we need it, but and above all because our Allies need it no less than we do. Our Allies cannot fail to realize that since France has been put out of action, the absence of a second front against fascist Germany may end badly for all freedom-loving countries, including the Allies themselves.
(4) The fighting alliance of the USSR, Great Britain and the United States of America against Hitlerite Germany and her allies in Europe. It may now be considered indisputable that in the course of the war imposed upon nations by Hitlerite Germany, a radical demarcation of forces and formation of two opposite camps has taken place-the camp of the Italo-German coalition and the camp of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition. It is equally indisputable that these two opposite coalitions are guided by two different and opposite programs of action. The program of action of the Italo-German coalition may be described by the following points:
Racial hatred; domination of "chosen" nations; subjugation of other nations and seizure of their territories; economic enslavement of subjugated nations and spoliation of their national wealth; destruction of democratic liberties; institution of the Hitlerite regime everywhere.
The program of action of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition is:
Abolition of racial exclusiveness; equality of nations and integrity of their territories; liberation of enslaved nations and the restoration of their sovereign rights; the right of every nation to arrange its affairs as it wishes; economic aid to nations that have suffered and assistance to them in attaining their material welfare; restoration of democratic liberties; destruction of the Hitlerite regime.
The effect of the program of action of the Italo-German coalition has been that all occupied countries of Europe-Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece and occupied regions of the USSR-are burning with hatred of the Italo-German tyrants, are causing all the damage they can to the Germans and their allies and are waiting for a favorable opportunity to take revenge on their conquerors for the humiliations and violence they are suffering.
In this connection, one of the characteristic features of the present moment is the progressively growing isolation of the Italo-German coalition and the depletion of its moral and political reserves in Europe, its growing weakness and disintegration. The effect of the program of action of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition has been that all occupied countries in Europe are full of sympathy for the members of this coalition and are prepared to render them all the help of which they are capable.
In this connection, another characteristic feature of the present moment is that the moral and political reserves of this coalition are growing from day to day in Europe-and not only in Europe-and that that coalition is progressively winning millions of sympathizers, ready to join it in fighting against Hitler's tyranny. If the relative strength of these two coalitions is examined from the standpoint of human and material resources, one cannot help reaching the conclusion that the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition has an indisputable advantage.
But the question is: Is this advantage alone sufficient for victory? There are occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified. Obviously, what is needed in addition to resources is the capacity to mobilize these resources and the ability to expend them properly. Is there any reason for doubting the existence of such ability and such capacity on the part of the men of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition? There are people who doubt-this. But what grounds have they for their doubts?
There was a time when the men of this coalition displayed their ability and capacity to mobilize the resources of their countries and to expend them properly for the purposes of economic, cultural and political development. One asks: What grounds are there for doubting that men who have displayed capacity and ability in mobilizing and distributing resources for economic, cultural and political purposes will prove incapable of doing the same thing for the purposes of war? I think there are no such doubts.
It is said that the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition has every chance of winning and would certainly win if it did not have one organic defect which is capable of weakening and disintegrating it. This defect, in the opinion of these people, is that this coalition consists of heterogeneous elements with different ideologies and that this circumstance will prevent their organizing joint action against the common enemy.
I think that this assertion is wrong. It would be ridiculous to deny the difference in ideologies and social systems of the countries composing the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition. But does this preclude the possibility and expediency of joint action on the part of the members of this coalition against the common enemy who holds out the threat of enslavement for them? It certainly does not preclude it. More, the existence of this threat imperatively imposes the necessity of joint action upon the members of this coalition, in order to save mankind from reversion to savagery and mediaeval brutality. Is not the program of action of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition a sufficient basis for the organization of a joint struggle against Hitlerite tyranny and for the achievement of victory over it? I think that it is quite sufficient.
The assumption of these people is also wrong because of the fact that it is completely refuted by the events of the past year. And indeed, if these people were right, we should be observing the progressive mutual alienation of the members of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition. Yet far from observing this, we have facts and events pointing to progressive rapprochement between members of the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition and their uniting into a single fighting alliance.
Events of the past year supply direct proof of this. In July, 1941, several weeks after Germany attacked the USSR, Great Britain concluded with us an agreement "on joint action in the war against Germany." At that time we had not yet any agreement with the United States of America on this subject. Ten months later, on May 26, 1942, during Comrade Molotov's visit to Great Britain, the latter concluded with us a "treaty of alliance in the war against Hitlerite Germany and her associates in Europe, and on collaboration and mutual aid thereafter." This treaty was concluded for a period of 20 years. It marks a historic turning point in the relations between our country and Great Britain.
In June, 1942 during Comrade Molotov's visit to the United States, the United States of America concluded with us an "agreement on principles applicable to mutual aid in the conduct of the war against aggression," an agreement representing a substantial advance in relations between the USSR and the United States.
Lastly, one should mention so important a fact as the visit to Moscow of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, which established complete mutual understanding between the leaders of the two countries.
There can be no doubt that all these facts point to progressive rapprochement between the USSR, Great Britain and the United States of America and their uniting in a fighting alliance against the Italo-German coalition.
It follows that the logic of things is stronger than any other logic. There can be only one conclusion, namely, that the Anglo-Soviet-American coalition has every chance of vanquishing the Italo-German coalition and certainly will vanquish it.
(5) Our tasks. The war has torn off all veils and laid bare all relationships. The situation has become so clear that nothing is easier than to define our tasks in this war. In an interview with the Turkish General Erkilet, published in the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriet, that cannibal Hitler said: "We shall destroy Russia so that she will never be able to rise again." That would appear clear although rather silly. It is not our aim to destroy Germany, for it is impossible to destroy Germany, just as it is impossible to destroy Russia. But the Hitlerite state can and should be destroyed. And our first task in fact is to destroy the Hitlerite state and its inspirers.
In the same interview with the same general, that cannibal Hitler went on to say: "We shall continue the war until Russia ceases to have an organized military force." That would appear clear although illiterate. It is not our aim to destroy all organized military force in Germany, for every literate person will understand that that is not only impossible in regard to Germany, as it is in regard to Russia, but also inadvisable from the point of view of the victor. But Hitler's army can and should be destroyed.
Our second task, in fact, is to destroy Hitler's army and its leaders. The Hitlerite scoundrels have made it a rule to torture Soviet war prisoners, to slay them by the hundreds and to condemn thousands of them to death by starvation. They outrage and slaughter the civilian population of occupied territories of our country, men and women, children and old folk, our brothers and sisters. They have made it their aim to enslave or exterminate the population of the Ukraine, Byelorussia, the Baltic Republics, Moldavia, the Crimea and the Caucasus. Only villains and scoundrels bereft of all honor and fallen to the state of beasts can permit themselves such outrages toward innocent, unarmed people.
But that is not all. They have covered Europe with gallows and concentration camps, have introduced a vile "system of hostages." They shoot and hang absolutely innocent citizens taken as "hostages," because some German beast was prevented from violating women or robbing citizens. They have converted Europe into a prison of nations. And this they call "the new order in Europe."
We know who are the men guilty of these outrages, the builders of "the new order in Europe," all those newly baked governor generals or just ordinary governors, commandants and sub-commandants. Their names are known to tens of thousands of tormented people. Let these butchers know that they will not escape the responsibility for their crimes or elude the avenging hand of the tormented nations.
Our third task is to destroy the hated "new order in Europe," and to punish its builders.
Such are our tasks.
Comrades, we are waging a great war of liberation. We are no waging it alone, but in conjunction with our Allies. It will end in our victory over the vile foes of mankind, over the German fascist imperialists. On its standard is inscribed: "Hail the victor of the Anglo-Soviet-American fighting alliance! Hail the liberation of the nations of Europe from Hitler's tyranny! Hail the liberty and independence of our glorious Soviet motherland! Execration and death to the German-fascist invaders, to their state, their army, their 'new order in Europe'!"
Glory to our Red Army!
Glory to our Navy!
Glory to our men and women guerrillas!


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A film showing the work of children's museum Eureka! will be broadcast to millions of ITV viewers from today.
The Halifax museum was chosen from thousands of National Lottery funded projects to tell its story on prime-time television, ahead of popular shows including Coronation Street, ITV News and This Morning.
Throughout August, those tuning into the channel will see what the museum has achieved with the funding, as part of a new National Lottery ad campaign.
It will show the innovative and hands-on exhibits the money has enabled the museum to create, as well as how it has transformed the former Halifax railway yard into somewhere children can learn through play.
Leigh-Anne Stradeski, Eureka! chief executive said: "This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to share our story with millions of people and thank them for their part in making Eureka! a reality.
"Children and their grown ups come alive as they explore our museum – it's time out from everyday life. There are not many places where you can climb inside a nose or explore a child-sized town square.
"I hope people will enjoy seeing the difference play makes and will be inspired to come here for a play-date soon."
Jackie O'Sullivan from The National Lottery said: "Every week National Lottery players raise £34 million for charities and projects across the UK.
"These films are a great way of highlighting the hard work and dedication of staff and volunteers at Lottery-funded projects like Eureka! that make such a difference to people's lives."
Since 1994 National Lottery players have raised more than £33 billion for more than 450,000 arts, education, environment, health, heritage, sport and voluntary projects across the UK.
It is hoped the film will further boost visitors to the attraction.

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Korean Air Lines (003490.KS) plans to inspect engines used in its entire Boeing 737 fleet by November, a company official said on Wednesday.
This comes on the heels of an engine failure at U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines Co (LUV.N) that involved a fan blade separating from a Boeing 737 engine on Tuesday.
Korean Air said about 20-30 percent of its Boeing 737s use the same type of fan blade as the one on the Southwest jet, and that Korean Air voluntarily plans to run checks on the fan blades on all its 737s by November.
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Calling Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) "Mean Jean" and a "pathological liar," a Republican former rival said yesterday she would almost certainly face a serious primary challenge next year.
"I don't know who it will be," state Rep. Tom Brinkman said in an interview with The Hill. "It could be me. It could be Bob McEwen. I think it's important that she have one challenger to beat her. You don't want two or three or four because it splits up the vote. I think she's in serious political trouble."
Schmidt beat Brinkman and McEwen, a former congressman, in a special, 11-candidate GOP primary in July for the seat vacated by former Rep. Rob PortmanRobert (Rob) Jones PortmanThe Hill's Morning Report - White House, Congress: Urgency of now around budget WANTED: A Republican with courage Companies warn Trump trade war is about to hit consumers MORE (R) and squeaked out a general-election victory against Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett (D).
Brinkman's comments follow remarks made by Schmidt on the House floor attacking Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for calling on the United States to withdraw troops from Iraq. Schmidt also said at the time that she had spoken with a former Marine colonel who, she said, called Murtha a coward for backing a pullout. The former Marine colonel, state Rep. Danny Bubp (R), later denied mentioning Murtha, a former Marine himself, by name and said he would never call a fellow Marine a coward.
Referring to the Bubp incident, Brinkman said: "That's typical Jean Schmidt. … It was a total lie. She will say anything that sounds good. That's just her. People refer to it back here as 'Schmidt stories.'"
Schmidt's chief of staff, Barry Bennett, called Brinkman "the king of outrageous comments" and "a fringe player in politics in Cincinnati." As for a possible primary challenge from Brinkman, Bennett said, "Bring it on."
Brinkman said the GOP House primary returns from this past summer would likely determine Schmidt's challenger in the May 2 primary. The filing deadline is Feb. 16.
"There's a pecking order. I didn't come in second," Brinkman said. Referring to McEwen, he added: "I'll have to defer to the guy who came in second."
Pat DeWine, a Hamilton County official and the son of Sen. Mike DeWine (R), had been the early favorite in the GOP House primary, but he came in fourth after spending a fortune attacking McEwen.
McEwen declined to discuss his plans in a brief interview this week, saying only that he was weighing his options.
Brinkman said McEwen has been all but officially campaigning for the seat, in the state's 2nd District, stretching from the Cincinnati suburbs to the rural areas east of the city.
That effort includes, Brinkman said, shoring up McEwen's support among elected officials and pastors who backed him last time.
Bennett, Schmidt's chief of staff, said McEwen had signaled he might run for senator, governor or secretary of state. He added that McEwen no longer lives in the district.
While the 2nd remains solidly Republican — President Bush won there in 2004 with 64 percent of the vote — Hackett's showing has unnerved many Republicans in Ohio and Washington.
"We'd be naive not to be concerned," said Maggie Nafziger, the political director for the Hamilton County Republican Party. Hamilton County is the largest population hub in the 2nd District.
Republican officials have said several circumstantial factors led to the close election, in which Schmidt beat Hackett by 52-48 percent: An unpopular Republican governor, mounting uneasiness with the war and a charismatic, if unschooled, Democratic challenger perceived to speak honestly about a conflict he knows intimately.
Hackett is now running against Rep. Sherrod BrownSherrod Campbell BrownOn The Money: Judge upholds House subpoena for Trump financial records | Trump vows to appeal ruling by 'Obama-appointed judge' | Canada, Mexico lift retaliatory tariffs on US | IRS audit rate falls Lawmakers grapple with the future of America's workforce The Hill's Morning Report - Presented by Pass USMCA Coalition - Restrictive state abortion laws ignite fiery 2020 debate MORE (D-Ohio) for the Democratic nomination to take on Sen. DeWine in 2006.
A Democratic source in Washington said Democratic officials want Hackett to run for the House seat again. Other possible Democratic contenders include David Pepper, a former Cincinnati mayoral candidate. Adrienne Elrod, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said Schmidt's comments on the House floor had embarrassed the congresswoman and distracted the Congress from the debate over the Iraq war.
Turning to the Senate race, Brinkman said DeWine, too, could face an insurmountable challenge. "I think either of them would beat him," Brinkman said of Hackett and Brown. He added that the senator's opposition to some gun rights had hurt him, giving Hackett, a strong backer of Second Amendment rights, a better shot in the general election.
DeWine's role in the bipartisan judicial-nominees pact over the summer had alienated many conservatives, Brinkman said.
And the senator's aggressive "shakedown" of business leaders in Cincinnati for his son's House campaign had upset many GOP fundraisers, Brinkman said. "They said that Mike DeWine should be ashamed of himself," he said. "He was virtually threatening people if they didn't contribute."
A spokesman for the senator's campaign did not return a phone message.


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Ever climbed a tree? Climbed a rope? Climbed on some rocks? You were doing a basic pullup! Here is a little video with some awesome pullups:
Pullups work a number of different muscles groups. These muscles include the back, shoulders, forearms, and upper arms all at the same time. Doing pullups can build strength in your grip and your pulling muscles. Pullups are a great movement to incorporate into your every week weight training regimen.Workouts:
- 100 pullups for time
- (5 pullups, 10 pushups, 15 squats) as many times as you can in 15 mins
- 100 pullups, 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats for time
- 3 rounds: 10 pullups, 10 handstand pushups, run 400 meters
- 5-4-3-2-1 weighted pullups with the last pullup being the heaviest you can do
- 30 muscle ups (pullup into a dip) for time
- Make sure to fully lock out your elbow at the bottom
- Get your chin over the bar
- Pull with your back too
- Keep your neck and spine from over extending at the top position
- Keep your core tight


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I volunteered to a write blog for The Word Guild site on the 22nd of each month, and February's theme "love" was idling in the back of my mind, but I was having trouble moving forward with the piece. Then I remembered our writers' group had written a devotional specifically for this purpose. How could I have forgotten this source? Do you sometimes forget to apply the very ideas you have put in writing to inspire others?
I leafed through our book As the Ink Flows: Devotions to Inspire Writers & Speakers and found the devotion entitled "Writing with Love," written by Glenda Dekkema. Here was the prompt I needed. Glenda had written out 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 and replaced the word "love" with the word "writing".
"Writing is patient, writing is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Writing does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
"Writing is patient, writing is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Writing does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
At the end of this devotion, Glenda asks the reader to reflect on the words of Mother Teresa, "I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world."
She also prompted the reader to write a love letter to the world, the army, a victim, or my nemesis.
This gave me an idea for today's blog. I chose to write a letter to a victim.
Dear victim of war,
Nightly, when I view the news, I see the violent and shocking ways your life is being destroyed and abused in the turmoil of war. My heart aches for the misery and sadness I see in your eyes, especially in the eyes of your children. I watch your desperate flight from enemy fire, the bleeding injuries to your loved ones as they lay in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, the mud and snow you have to trample through to carry out your daily chores, and the temporary shelters that make up your home. I cannot comprehend the depth of anguish and pain you must be feeling, but I want you to know, that with every meal I eat, or when I crawl into a warm bed, or observe wet and cold weather from my dry and comfortable home, I'm acutely aware of the contrasts and of God's blessings in my own life. I feel guilty. I ask God, "Why am I safe and sound when so many others are suffering in the world?"
I feel helpless to right these injustices being inflicted on you, and, although I pray, give money to missions and look for opportunities to help those in my own community, it never seems to be enough.
I wanted to write this letter to tell you that you are not forgotten and that God loves you, and he knows all about your trials. He really cares and so do I. The following scripture might be of some comfort to you. These words are from The Holy Bible, words believed by followers of Christ around the world. "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39 New International Versions (NIV)
As I close this letter, be assured that many of us continue to pray for peace and restoration in your country.
In Christian Love, Carol
Carol Ford is a co-author of As the Ink Flows: Devotions to Inspire Christian Writers & Speakers and has a short story in Hot Apple Cider with Cinnamon. She is a career coach and speaker.


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Bravo brings the heat to South Beach with the series premiere of "Miami Social," airing Tuesday, July 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Heading to the country's hottest city to show you what life is like in the energetic social scene of South Beach, Bravo explores the lives of a group of hot, young professionals corporate types by day and party animals by night as they navigate the sometimes murky waters of Miami's hottest locales.
In the premiere episode, George's new girlfriend Lina gets caught lying about an impromptu trip to St. Barth's. Furious, he turns to his ex-wife Sorah for comfort. After coming on board at the last minute, Ariel delivers on a high profile fashion event that Hardy is promoting. Meanwhile, the group is shocked when they discover some heartbreaking news about Katrina's marriage to Ben.
Bravo is a program service of NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Bravo has been an NBC Universal cable network since December 2002 and was the first television service dedicated to film and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BravoPR.


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1,Writing and not blogging. And 2, Artist's Waying and artist swaying and recovering yet on another level.
Ad 1, Since the end of May I have been rewriting the #becometheartistyouare challenge manual, aka THE BOOK. It is going well. Procrastination galore. I nearly managed to paint the whole flat too. Oh, and wash the windows. That kind of well.
But today I have given myself a last internal (bleeding) deadline. End of this week. Can be done. Already logged another five hundred words just so, in half an hour. It "just" needs to be written…and perhaps that is what I resist. I think I know the outcome…but also know the process shall guide me. Just need to do it.
Slow and steady. Well that sounds a bit like Strong and Stable…my arse. I choose the Speedy Gonzales approach. To get the rest of the (second) first draft out of the way.
If you want to get updates on the book and goodies in the process, subscribe >>>>>to my list (poppy window or menu on the right)
Ad 2, On a more personal note, I am co-running the Artist's Way group again. This time at The Hillstation Cafe, SE14, I believe. Every Wednesday at 9:30 for two hours. Pop in. We are just doing Week Five. You can jump on the wagon with Recovering the sense of Possibilities. We have been three so far…and magic has been happening. If you need more info about the process, check out my older blog post here.
I really really am looking forward to meeting you in my list (with the Arting Newsletter) and/or in person at the HS. Sooner or later.
Wait…Where are the other eight ways to not procrastinate on your book?
3, jot it. Have a notebook and write longhand in small bits of time you have on your hands during the day away from your computer.
4, log it in your calendar, commit to say an hour a day for writing/typing up. Calculate how this is going to take based on your typing speed.
5, keep track of how much you write daily and give yourself golden or even better, rainbowy, stars
6, after each writing session, reward yourself with a cup of lovely green jasmine tea, or a shot of tequila, the choice is yours, and possibilities are endless (Have I mentioned I was Week 5)
7, revisit your vision for your book, and yourself after you have written it. If you have not created one. Create it now. Visually and stick it on your bathroom mirror.
8, this should have been number 0, but here you go: reflect on what is actually stopping your from writing and address that. Self-coaching. Yes, you do know the answers.
9, Smile at your computer screen. It will smile back. honest.
10. Close all the other apps, emails and distraction, wrote destruction, yes I did, shit. You know which ones. You do. Do it NOW.
Ok, so, there. There were ten. After all.
I am going to report back at the end of the week the latest, ok? Accountability check. Or reality one.


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The Carlsberg Brewery was established in 1847 by J.C. Jacobsen. The visitor's center showcases the history of Danish beer and has dioramas to illustrate various processes involved with brewing.
After a self-guided tour in the museum you walk through a garden and stables with Jutland dray horses. In the courtyard there is a smaller replica of the Little Mermaid Statue that Carl Jacobsen commissioned for Copenhagen. You can enjoy an authentic glass of beer in the brewery, as well as some traditional Danish food. There's also a giftshop for souvenirs with Carlsberg insignia for beer connoisseurs.


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Tomas and Lynda Prado, founders of Spanglish, and veterans of culinary incubator Workshop are popping up Wednesday, November 21st and Friday, November 30th from 6pm - 10pm. Miami born and bred, and well known for their Cuban food, the menu will also incorporate creative pan-Latin flavors, with dishes including:
Duck & Foie Gras Empanadas
Spiced Mango Compote
Creamy Ham Croquettes
Edwards Country Ham, Smoked Paprika Aioli
Local Fish Ceviche
Ají Amarillo, Lime, Chili
Octopus a la Plancha
Papas Canarias, Mojo Rojo
Skirt Steak
Charred Greens, Smashed Sweet Potato, Chimichurri
Charred Local Squash
Mojo Verde, Pepitas
Roasted Mushrooms
PX Sherry, Idiazabal
Food & beverage are available a la carte, first come first served.
Sunday, December 30, 2018
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New Delhi: A Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) has awarded over Rs 58 lakh compensation to the family members of a 37-year-old man who died in a road accident due to "negligent driving" by a truck driver.
The tribunal directed the United India Insurance Company, insurer of the offending truck, to pay a compensation of Rs 58,12,600 to the wife and two minor kids of Ajay Kumar for his "untimely" death when the tempo he was travelling in collided with a speeding truck in Haridwar in October 2011.
"In view of totality of facts and circumstances of the case and on the basis of material as placed on record it is shown that respondent no. 1 (truck driver) had caused the present accident by driving the offending vehicle in a rash/ negligent manner and in the said accident Ajay Kumar succumbed to the injuries.
"Postmortem examination of the deceased was also conducted and the report is nowhere disputed that Ajay had expired due to injuries sustained in the said accident," MACT Presiding Officer Barkha Gupta said.
An eyewitness told the tribunal that on the early morning of October 11, 2011, there was a head-on collision between the tempo in which Ajay was travelling and a speeding truck after which the victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
Ajay`s wife submitted before the tribunal that there was no divider on the road and the accident took place due to the rashly driven truck.
Ajay, an MBA, was working as an Assistant Manager in an auto company in Haridwar on a salary of Rs 35,000 while his family members were living in Delhi, his 30-year-old wife Kamlesh told the tribunal.
The driver and the owner of the offending vehicle pleaded that they were falsely implicated in the case and there was no negligence on their part. The insurance company alleged that the truck driver was driving without a valid licence, but the allegation could not be proved by it.
The tribunal rejected the contentions of the truck owner and driver.
A criminal case has also been registered against Rajinder Singh, the truck driver.
The petition was filed by Ajay`s wife, two children and his parents seeking a compensation of Rs 1.5 crore for his untimely death.


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Projectile points, sometimes just called "points," are sharp tools, such as the spearhead in this photograph. Most ancient projectile points were made of stone or bone. The large spearhead above was crafted from obsidian, a type of volcanic glass.
Archaeologists and anthropologists sometimes classify a site or an entire culture by the shape of the projectile points found in the area. The presence of a particular style or type of point helps identify the time period in which it was made, and by what tradition or culture. Anthropologists have classified more than a hundred distinct points in North America.
This spear point, for instance, has a stemmed shape, owing to the rounded stem at the bottom. Points are further identified by the size and shape of their stems and shoulders. (The shoulders of a projectile point are at its non-pointed end.) These and other clues help place this point in the Adena or Hopewell tradition of the Ohio River Valley.
Points like this one were attached to long, powerful spears usually made of wood. Spears were used for hunting and warfare.
Spearheads are one of the largest types of projectile points. What are other uses for projectile points?
The most familiar uses for projectile points are probably arrowheads and blades (knives).
Stone Age societies made projectile points out of stone (such as obsidian) and bone. What materials eventually replaced stone for making projectile points and other tools?
Metals, such as copper, iron, and bronze, were harder and longer-lasting than stone tools.
This spear point was found in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. It probably dates from around 200 BCE-500 CE. What animals do you think prehistoric people hunted with this type of spear?
Ancient Native Americans probably hunted a wide variety of game: deer, bison, bear, beaver, and elk are just some of the large animals abundant in the area. This spear was probably far too large and unwieldy to hunt smaller mammals, birds, or fish, although these animals were also important food sources.
Thousands of years earlier, prehistoric North Americans used similar stone points to hunt prey such as mammoths and mastodons.
Term Part of Speech Definition Encyclopedic Entry ancient Adjective
very old.
anthropologist Noun
person who studies cultures and characteristics of communities and civilizations.
archaeologist Noun
person who studies artifacts and lifestyles of ancient cultures.
bone adjective, noun
structure composing the skeleton of vertebrate animals.
classify Verb
to identify or arrange by specific type or characteristic.
culture Noun
learned behavior of people, including their languages, belief systems, social structures, institutions, and material goods.
Hopewell Noun
(500 BCE-200 CE) people and cultures of a trading network in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys of North America.
hunt Verb
to pursue and kill an animal, usually for food.
obsidian Noun
black glass formed as lava cools above ground.
projectile point Noun
archaeological term used to describe a sharp stone tool that could be thrown (projected), such as an arrowhead, spearhead, dart, or blade.
spear Noun
weapon made of a long metal or wooden shaft with a sharp, pointed end.
stone Noun
piece of rock.
volcanic glass Noun
hard, brittle substance produced by lava cooling very quickly.
warfare Noun
armed conflict between two or more groups of people, usually representing different nations or other political organizations.


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Craig Sports Briefs for Dec. 6, 2013: Changes to girls swim meet Saturday
The Moffat County girls swimming team's home meet this weekend has had slight changes with the teams who will be attending.
Originally, Steamboat Springs, Grand Junction and Delta were going to come to the meet. Delta is still planning on coming to Craig, but Steamboat's girls swim season has been canceled due to lack of numbers on the team, and Grand Junction's plans changed.
In their place, the Central-Palisade team, a combined team of swimmers from Central High School in Grand Junction and Palisade High School, will be in Craig.
The meet is still set for 10 a.m. warm-ups and an 11 a.m. start for events Saturday. It is the first home sporting event of the winter sports season for MCHS.
No open gym basketball at CMS over holidays
Craig Parks and Recreation hosts open gym basketball over the winter at Craig Middle School.
Pick-up games and shoot-arounds are from 7 to 9 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. They run through Feb. 13, 2014. Anyone 15 years and older is welcome to attend. Those interested can purchase a punch pass, or can pay a gym fee of $2.50 to supervisors each night they attend.
There will not be open gyms during the school district holidays. Open gyms are set to continue as scheduled until winter break begins.
For more information, contact Parks and Rec at 970-826-2004.
Lifeguard training coming up over winter break
Teens or adults looking to be lifeguards over the summer at the pool, or during water events during the school year, can get certified this winter break through Craig Parks and Recreation.
Those interested must be at least 15 years old, and must pass a swim test before the course. The swim test will be Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m., and the lifeguard classes will begin over the school district's winter break.
Registration will close Tuesday, once the swim test date passes. The fee is $125. For more information, contact Parks and Rec at 970-826-2017.
Craig BCA resumes play this weekend
After no play this week due to the Thanksgiving holiday, standings in the Craig Billiards Congress of America (BCA) pool league have not changed.
The league, which plays on Mondays at 6 p.m. at Popular Bar, 24 W. Victory Way, still host a Bring a Friend Tournament Saturday, in which current BCA members can invite non-members to take part in a competitive tournament.
In past years the league has held a Sunday league as well as the current Monday league, but play on Sundays was canceled for the fall start due to a lack of interest. BCA is hoping to restart at 5 p.m. this Sunday, if there is enough interest.
Craig BCA plays Mondays at 6 p.m., at Popular Bar, 24 W. Victory Way.
For more information, call Jolene Walls at 970-620-0056 or email the league at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Winter water aerobics underway
Registration for water aerobics during the winter is now open through Craig Parks and Recreation.
Water aerobics offer a low-resistance method of exercise and can improve fitness and flexibility. The classes, held at Moffat County High School will be Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m.
Classes run through Jan. 15 and will not occur the week of Thanksgiving or winter break. Those who didn't sign up for the full session can still attend individual classes for $4. For more information, contact Craig Parks and Recreation at 970-826-2017.
Craig police investigate multiple theft calls: On the Record — May 20
10:05 a.m. On the 2000 block of West Victory Way, police in Craig responded to a road rage call. Craig police said a caller reported a driver with a child in the backseat was driving erratically. When


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Authors, Publishers, Publishing Industry
Please check out a few of my favorite websites…
Derek Anderson – www.derekanderson.net
Laurie B. Arnold – http://lauriearnoldbooks.com/
Tom Batiuk – https://www.funkywinkerbean.com/
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Tel: 812.877.9488
Tanglewood is a small, independent-minded book publisher that publishes books kids and teens will want to read. Our award-winning authors include Audrey Penn, Mike Mullin, and more. We have put a lot of extras on our website, from fun activities to study guides to downloadable covers and posters.
Mariko Conner • Marketing & Publicity Manager
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Heyday is an independent, nonprofit publisher and unique cultural institution. We promote widespread awareness and celebration of California's many cultures, landscapes, and boundary-breaking ideas. Through our well-crafted books, public events, and innovative outreach programs we are building a vibrant community of readers, writers, and thinkers.
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Köehler Books combines award-winning creative strength with national and global distribution through Ingram. Our goal is to publish books that our authors are proud of and readers crave. We believe in collaborating with authors to create great works of art that sell.
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Publishing Industry:
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Check out these recent helpful postings by authors:
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A new book by Dr. Justin Frank, director of psychiatry at George Washington University, raises many questions about the Presidents mental stability.
"George W. Bush is a case study in contradiction," Dr. Frank writes in Bush On The Couch: Inside the Mind of the President. "Bush is an untreated ex-alcoholic with paranoid and megalomaniac tendencies."
In addition, a new film by documentary filmmaker, and frequent Bush critic, Michael Moore shows the President indecisive and clearly befuddled when he learned about the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
While conservative critics who have not yet seen Fahrenheit 9/11 dismiss the work as an anti-Bush screed, Roger Friedman of the normally pro-Bush Fox News Network has seen the film and calls it a tribute to patriotism, to the American sense of duty and at the same time a indictment of stupidity and avarice.
Friedman also says the films most indelible moment comes when Bush, speaking to a group of school kids in Florida, is first informed of the 9/11 attacks.
Instead of jumping up and leaving, he instead sat in front of the class, with an unfortunate look of confusion, for nearly 11 minutes, Friedman says. Moore obtained the footage from a teacher at the school who videotaped the morning program. There Bush sits, with no access to his advisers, while New York is being viciously attacked. I guarantee you that no one who sees this film forgets this episode.
Dr. Frank says the episode is typical of how Bush deals with death and tragedy. He notes that Bush avoids funerals.
President Bush has not attended a single funeral - other than that of President Reagan. In my book I explore some possible reasons for that, whether or not it is "presidential". I am less interested in judging his behavior on political grounds than I am in thinking about its meaning both to him and to the rest of us, Dr. Frank says. He has spent a lifetime of avoiding grief, starting with the death of his sister when he was 7 years old. His parents didn't help him with what must have been confusing and frightening feelings. He also has a history of evading responsibility and perhaps his not attending funerals has to do with not wanting to see the damage his policies have wrought.
In his book, Dr. Frank also suggests Bush resents those in the military.
Bush's behavior strongly suggests an unconscious resentment toward our own servicemen, whose bravery puts his own (nonexistent) wartime service record to shame, he wrote.
Supporters of President Bush dismiss Franks book as the work of a Democrat who once headed the Washington Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility, but his work has been praised by other prominent psychiatrists, including Dr. James Grotstein, Professor at UCLA Medical Center, and Dr. Irvin Yalom, MD, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University Medical School.
Dr. Carolyn Williams, a psychoanalyst who specializes in paranoid personalities, is a registered Republican and agrees with most of Dr. Franks conclusions.
I find the bulk of his analysis credible, she said in an interview. President Bush grew up dealing with an absent but demanding father, a tough mother and an overachieving brother. All left indelible impressions on him along with a desire to prove himself at all cost because he feels surrounded by disapproval. He behavior suggests a classic paranoid personality. Additionally, his stated belief that certain actions are 'God's Will' are symptomatic of delusional behavior.
Ryan Reynolds, a childhood friend of Bush, concurs.
George wanted to please his father but never felt he measured up, especially when compared to Jeb, Reynolds said.
Dr. Williams wonders if the Iraq war was not Bushs way of proving he could finish something his father could not by deposing Saddam Hussein.
But Bush's desire to please his father may have backfired. Former President George H.W. Bush has remained silent publicly about the war, saying he will only discuss it with his son "in private." Close aides say that is because he disapproves of his son's actions against Iraq.
"Former President Bush does not support the war against Iraq," says former aide John Ruskin. "It is as simple at that."
While current White House aides and officials would not allow their names to be used when commenting about Bushs erratic behavior, others like former Treasury Secretary Paul ONeill confirm concerns about Bushs mood swings.
ONeill says Bush was moody in cabinet meetings and would wander off on tangents, mostly about Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Bush, ONeill says, seemed more focused on Iraq than on finding Osama bin Laden and would lash out at anyone who disagreed with him.
Harleigh says it is not unusual for White House staffers to refuse to go public with their concerns about the Presidents behavior.
We saw the same thing in the Nixon years, he says. What is unusual is that the White House has not been able to trot out even one staffer who is willing to go public and say positive things about the Presidents mental condition. That says more than anything else.
Dr. Frank, the Democrat, says the only diagnosis he can offer for the Presidents condition is removal from office.
Dr. Williams, the Republican, says she must reluctantly agree.
We have too many unanswered questions about the Presidents behavior, she says. You cannot have those kinds of unanswered questions when you are talking about the leader of the free world.© Copyright 2005 by Capitol Hill Blue


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As is usual in cases when teams are scrambling to find out information, the first step is to acknowledge the information they're scrambling to gather.
Thus, the 49ers have responded to the report that quarterback Colin Kaepernick is being investigated for a possible sexual assault.
"The 49ers organization is aware of the recent media report regarding Colin Kaepernick and is in the process of gathering the pertinent facts," the team said in a statement, via CSNBayArea.com.
TMZ reported that the investigation was in its "beginning stages," so it's entirely possible we don't hear much from the 49ers until more facts are gathered.


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During 13-14 centuries there is two major power in Islamic world. Mongols that captured Iran, Iraq, central Asia and removed Abbasid caliphate and Mamluks that Captured Egypt, Syria and accepted the refugee Abbasid caliphate and turned Cairo to new Capital of Islamic world. They are enemies for more than sixty years and after three wars and long period of hostility, Finally, their peace treaty in 1322 was the beginning of trade between two countries. Mongols after their primary terrible invasion, during their reign had been influenced by Persian and Islamic culture, and tried to rebuild Persian textile production as main Ilkhanid dynasty economic thought. we can see major changes in Persian textile design during Ilkhanid period that roots from cultural change during Mongol invasion and their taste for Chinese art like limited, pale colors and complex motifs due to Immigration of many Chinese artists to Iran and Persian artist efforts to mix these new style with Iranian and Islamic motifs to create a specific Ilkhanid style in textiles. Mongols relationship with Yuan dynasty had an impact on changing Persian tradition of textile design in both motifs and repeated patterns. In other side Mamluks turned textile, especially Silk, as an important economic and political commodity. They had major textile traders of textile in Islamic and Europe Countries for more than three centuries. In many historical books, especially Muslim historians, emphasized on transferring Persian silk production techniques to Egypt and Syria after Persian weavers' immigration in result of the Mongol invasion and restarting textile trades between countries, but there is no scientific paper that shows their empirical evidence of these influences. At a glance, we can see many evidence of Mamluk textiles that shows a composition of Chinese and Islamic or Iranian motifs or composition that show Ilkhanid textiles must be attend as a source of Mamluk textile design.
This paper tries to investigate the impact of Ilkhanid textile design, during these period, on Mamluk sultanate textile design to show how artists immigration, Diplomatic tributes and trade effects on transferring Persian Ilkhanid textile motifs and their repeated patterns on their contemporaneous Egyptian textiles. A mix method of Chronological, Descriptive- analytical and comparative research method used to show the correlation between historical evidences and changes in textile motifs and patterns. Textile samples are collected through textile museum websites.
Result shows that Mamluk textiles influenced by Ilkhanid textiles and some ornamental motifs like harpies and sphinx, two animal and tree of life, inscriptions, various arabesques patterns with Persian origins, Chinese lotus, peony, phoenix and cloud pattern and especially Persian textile compositions like Medallions as an original Sassanid pattern, repeated ogival frames surrounded main motifs and Surrounded stripes of small florals or geometric motifs and inscriptions that changed Egyptian traditional textile designs of Coptic and Fatimid period based on linear Composition of Inscription and medallions into a complex repeated patterns of Arabesques frames composed by inscriptions and ogival medallions with main pomegranate flower that known as an Ilkhanid important innovation in textile design style.


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Haven't updated in a while. Because I am on vacation.
In Dublin, reading Dubliners.
In literary tourism news, I beheld The Book of the Kells, an ancient & illustrated rendition of the New Testament, which was positively stunning. Modern day has lost the synthesis between content and the shape of text and its accompanying imagery. And it's a shame. It makes me happy I just picked up the latest Mark Danielski novel.


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Priscilla Faia of Rookie Blue Says "Our Season Finale Is Epic"
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Priscilla Faia is the latest cast member to join ABC's hit show Rookie Blue. Faia plays Chloe Price, a lovable, funny, overbearing, and sometimes emotional character that fans instantly took a liking to. Faia said she loves Chloe so much and can't believe she gets to play her on a daily basis.
Q: What is it like to walk onto a set after three seasons with pretty much all the same cast members. Is it intimidating, scary, nerve-wracking?
Faia: It's everything. It's so many different feelings altogether. It's one of those situations where it's like the first day of school. You have your backpack and you are excited, but you are nervous because you are not really sure how it's going to be. You hope you are going to get along with everyone and you are going to be welcomed and I was, I really was. Everyone is like a big family, some of the crew has been working together for like 15 years. It's wonderful, but it was scary.
Q: I have interviewed almost all the cast and I must admit, you are all a little crazy.
Faia: 1001%. It's probably my favorite thing about the cast. Everyone is so strange but in the most wonderful way. Everyone is so individual and I wouldn't have it any other way. Everyone has their own world and it's just awesome.
Q: Do you all hang out?
Faia: Yeah. The first three weeks I was on set, in the summer, everyone would get together and play soccer as a way to get back in it as a crew and get together.
Q: How did you get the role of Chloe?
Faia: It was a process. I put my audition on tape a month before I heard anything. So, by the time I got a call that they wanted to see me again I was confused as to what role it was because it had been so long…I was thrilled so I did this strange callback, it's the new wave of the future. It was over Skype because they were in Toronto and I was in Vancouver. It was so odd. It was a ball in the middle of the room. I was speaking to it and they could see me, but I couldn't see them. It was very futuristic and weird.
Q: What is it about Chloe that you love?
Faia: When I first read her, I was like this girl is crazy. Then I thought about it and said is she really crazy or is she one of those people that is not afraid to be herself and that's where I found her quality that I could tap into. As a woman, not being afraid to express who you are is something that has taken me, as a human being, something to be comfortable with. So I really found that as her most admirable quality.
Q: I find her very refreshing. She is so super excited, heartwarming, funny. How do you do it?
Faia: Thank you, that's so kind. We have an amazing writing team and it really blows my mind. We have 13 regular cast members and they have to write so many storylines. It's like you feel like they are writing you…it's cool how I am a new rookie on the show and in life. I got to grow with Chloe. She loves her job and she loves Dov. So it was really exciting for me to build these relationships with the cast members as Chloe and as myself. I am really happy it has come across as heartwarming.
Q: You come out, instantly part of the cast and then in two seconds you are naked in the bathroom having sex with Dov. What!!??
Faia: [laughs]. Yeah. It was, honestly, when its stuff like that I don't think oh my god how am I going to do that. I am more like, oh my god, Chloe would totally do that. It's not me, I never thought twice about that. It made sense to me so it didn't even cross my mind. Greg [Smith] is so kind and is amazing to work with. ..it was really funny because in that scene they had to switch our camera lenses and we were sitting there without shirts. So we ended up having a thumb war to make it less awkward. So, it was awesome.
Q: How has Chloe grown from the day we meet her to the season finale?
Faia: She really morphs. She comes in and says 'this is me, this is whats happening' and she throws everyone off. I think she starts to kind of get grounded. Even though she is still crazy, she keeps surprising people. She is growing into someone more solid.
Q: Can you give away anything for the finale?
Faia: That's the great thing about going forward you never know what's going to happen and our season finale is epic. I think there is going to be a lot of questions about everyone's character because you don't know where things are going to go.
Q: Oh no that sounds horrible for all of us fans…
Faia: [laughs] But that's the thing, the writers do such a good job of keeping everyone on their toes. It's so much better to sit down and watch what happens. All I could say is I think you are going to be blown away from by the writers and the crew on what they have done this season.
Q: Time for the Q&A about your castmates…
-Funniest? Matt Gordon
-Most serious? Lyriq Bent
– Who will prank you? Missy Peregrym
– First on set? Me
– First to laugh during a scene? Greg Smith
– On Set the longest? Matt Gordon
– Most Talkative? Missy Peregrym
-First to break out in dance? Charlotte Sullivan
– First to make fun of Peter Mooney's name? Matt Gordon
Watch Priscilla Faia on the finale of Rookie Blue this Thursday at 10pm EST on ABC.
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Camp Totem and the Fancher Campus
A little juggling session at Camp Totem in the 1950s.
In the expansion after WWII the college developed its first academic specialty - Health and Physical Education. Part of this program involved the teaching of various outdoor activities and access to a camp was desired. At first the college had access to a camp north of Toronto, but then in 1952 Dr. Tower was able to announce that, with help from the Gannett Foundation and the Susan Lee estate, the college had purchased a private camp in the western Adirondacks. Located on the Oswegatchie River, the camp was about 100 acres and included ample housing. Operated as a camp, on the same "learn by doing" theory as the campus school, the camp accepted children 10 to 16 for two to eight week sessions. The campers were taught by students from the college taking PE 211, camping and administration, under the guidance of Martin Rogers, director, and other Brockport faculty. Although a great success, the camp was a long drive from Brockport, and in the early 1960s Totem was sold and a new facility purchased.
On the lawn at the Fancher Campus circa 1967.
In 1963 the college purchased what came to be known as the Fancher Campus, located not unsurprisingly enough in the town of Fancher in Orleans County, just 9 miles west of the college. James Gillette was the director of the site, which at purchase was some 500 acres, including a 10 acre pond, and a farmhouse and barn. A 65'x100' rustic lodge was built, a ski tow set up, floating dock put in, and a beach laid in. Much of the land itself was left as field and woodlot, and was extensively used by members of the then large botany program at Brockport. In addition to supporting curricular needs the campus was used for a wide variety of extra-curricular recreational activities, and the lodge was the setting for a number of weddings!
Michael Brlean, masters candidate in zoology, 1970.At the Fancher Campus pond known as McCargo Lake, the Biological Sciences Department sponsored a wide range of activity, including a major grant funded water research study, partly by the use of the pontoon houseboat shown above.
Changing curricular needs, and the retrenchments of the early 1980s, eliminated the need for the Fancher campus. The Facuty Student Association, which owned the campus, tried to operate it as a banquet and conference center but failed to break even and in 1983 the campus was sold.


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Julia Tcharfas, Curatorial Assistant for the upcoming Cosmonauts exhibition, celebrates Alexei Leonov's 80th birthday.
In the ghostly black and white footage of the first ever spacewalk, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov floats in and out of frame. It is a haunting sight, especially when you learn Leonov did not think he would be able to climb back inside the spaceship.
Leonov, who celebrates his 80th birthday today (May 30), is a former fighter pilot, artist and one of the first Soviet cosmonauts (along with Yuri Gagarin). Leonov flew on two historic missions in the Russian space programme: the first spacewalk in 1965 and the first joint flight between the USSR and US in 1975.
It was a momentous day on 18 March 1965 when Leonov performed the world's first spacewalk. However, Leonov struggled to fit back through the airlock as his spacesuit ballooned due to excess pressure during the walk. In the end, he opened a valve in the suit to let some of the high-pressure oxygen out, the suit deflated and Leonov squeezed through the airlock head first.
In that instance, Leonov's brave decisions helped him escape unharmed, but the crew also had trouble with the spacecraft's brakes upon descent. Leonov and the pilot of the craft, Nikolai Belyaev, made their final landing off course, in the depth of the Taiga forest.
Minutes earlier, the cosmonauts had orbited the Earth, becoming part of the new space age. Back on Earth they had to fight to survive in a different kind of wilderness. After two nights in sub-zero conditions, the two cosmonauts made it out of the woods on skis, chaperoned by a rescue crew.
The stories of these first men and women to venture into the wilderness of outer space will be told in a new exhibition, Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, which opens at the Science Museum in November 2014. Natalia Sidlina, curator of Russian Space at the Science Museum, recently met Alexei Leonov to hear his story.
Leonov's achievement was momentous – one of many historic milestones for the Russian space programme – beating the US Project Gemini spacewalk by three months. But it was not the heated competition between the USSR and US space programmes that launched the next phase of space travel. Rather, it was their collaboration.
Beginning in the 1970s, an unprecedented partnership began between these two space superpowers. It was this spirit of cooperation that launched the first joint USSR and US flight: the 1975 Soyuz-Apollo mission, with Alexei Leonov as the commander of the Russian crew.
The mission began with Russia's Soyuz launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 15, 1975, followed by Apollo launch seven hours later from the Kennedy Space Centre. Differences in language, technology, and politics were set aside. The mission brought together the engineers from both nations, who collaboratively designed a petal-shaped universal docking system – the first of its kind.
The rendezvous of the two spacecrafts, the Soyuz under command of Leonov and Apollo under command of Thomas Stafford went smoothly. The two crews – two cosmonauts and three astronauts – exchanged flags and gifts, participated in collaborative scientific research, and shared dinner together. They also explored each other's crafts, describing the technologies to the eager audiences back home.
Leonov is not just a cosmonaut; he is also a talented artist who has reflected on his own exploration of space through numerous paintings and drawings, images of which will feature in the upcoming Cosmonauts exhibition. He has taken his coloured pencils on missions and drew portraits of his international crewmates as well as 'landscapes' of the Earth from above.
Also sharing a birthday with Leonov is another space pioneer. Helen Sharman, the first Briton in space and first woman to travel to the Mir space station was born on 30 May 1963. Helen's spacesuit from voyage to the Mir space station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft will also be on display in the Cosmonauts exhibition.
From the early days of the space programme, when every mission seemed to belong to the realm of science fiction, through Cold War rivalry to the era of the International Space Station, these stories are proof that once hostile nations are capable of cooperation towards a shared goal.
Discover more of Leonov's story and the beginnings of the space age in the Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition opening soon.
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As a student at Easter 1966 I made my first trip to Hungary. Our group was entertained by Communist youth groups whose leaders organised VIP tickets for us at the Liberation Day 'celebrations' in Heroes' Square (none of my Hungarian friends ever wished to attend). Amid the pomp & ceremony a man in Russian military uniform was cheered as he joined the top brass. I took a small square photo on my Kodak Instamatic. I had captured for posterity my near meeting with Alexei Leonov!
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