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In search of more focused and strong presence, the current Indian government is trying to make its presence feel in the organization like this (SAARC). India is trying to emerge as a leader and lead the organization to attain new economic and strategic goals. It's the high time for India to step up and create a balanced and a more stable regional organization that will enhance the national as well as international co-operation. But, is this challenge easy, or not?
We all resonate the news of SAARC Summit in print and electronic media highlighting the issue as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif "exchanged Pleasantries" during an informal retreat of SAARC Leaders in Dhulikel on the concluding day of the two-day summit. The two leaders exchanged pleasantries when they met for the first time after arriving here. Always a query comes in my mind, being a prudent Indian that what our leaders actually do in these summits and conventions. Are we not paying attention to the issues like rampant corruption, uncontrolled population, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, terrorism, communal violence, Naxalism and innumerable problem India is currently facing? Today the common mass generally criticizes that our leaders spend a huge sum of money in making International trips .Are they really wasting the money of tax payers by spending it on International matters? No, not at all and if anyone says so, probably doesn't know about the functioning, contributions and role of such summit. Though the ladder of SAARC has reached the mathematical figure of 18 but we need to know what actually SAARC is? Established in 1985 in Bangladesh, the SAARC is a regional association of South Asian countries, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Afghanistan joined as the group's eighth member state in 2007. Their latest summit in Kathmandu, the 18th ever held, is under the theme "Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity."Heads of state of 8 South Asian Nations are meeting in Nepal to chart a course for the region. It is an economic and geopolitical organization of 8 countries that are primarily located in south Asia. The idea of regional political and economic cooperation in south Asia was first raised by Zia-ur rahman and the first summit was held in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. The SAARC Policies aim to promote the welfare economics, collective self reliance among the countries of south Asia and to accelerate the socio- cultural development in the region. Tracing the history of formation of SAARC from the the idea of co-operation in South Asia was discussed in at least three conferences: the Asian Relations Conference held in New Delhi on April 1947; the Baguio Conference in the Philippines on May 1950; and the Colombo Powers Conference held in Sri Lanka in April 1954. However, after a series of diplomatic consultations between south Asian foreign ministers at the UN Headquarters in New York, it was agreed that Bangladesh would prepare the draft of a working paper for discussing among the foreign secretaries of south Asian countries. In 1983, the International conference held by Indian minister of External affairs P.V Narasimha Rao in New Delhi, the foreign ministers of the inner seven countries adopted the Declaration of SAARC (South Asian Association Regional Cooperation) and formally launched the Integrated Program of action initially in five agreed areas of cooperation namely Agriculture, Rural development, Telecommunications, and health and population activities. The Provisions of SAARC Charter states that the State or Government of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka are desirous for promoting peace, stability, amity and progress in the region through strict adherence to the principles of the United Nations Charter and Non-alignment, particularly respect for the principles of sovereign equality, territorial integrity, national independence, non-use of force and non-interference in the internal affairs of other States and peaceful settlement of all disputes. The Principles of SAARC clearly lay down the areas of cooperation as agriculture and rural, biotechnology, culture, economics and trade, education, energy, environment, finance, funding mechanism, information communication and media, poverty alleviation, science and technology, social development and tourism. It also recognizes that increased cooperation, contacts and exchanges among the countries of the region will contribute to the promotion of friendship and understanding among their people. So far we have discussed the framework of SAARC, the article will not hold water if we failed to talk about the significance of 18th SAARC Summit in Indian politics.
Significance of 18th SAARC summit in Indian Politics:-
The 18th summit of SAARC has concluded in Kathmandu, the capital of federal democratic republic of Nepal during 26-27 November 2014. The theme of the summit was Deeper Integration for peace and prosperity, focused on enhancing connectivity between the members for easier-transit transport across the region. In the list of participating leaders, India was represented by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi and in his speech he said that whenever we speak of SAARC, we usually hear two reactions – cynicism and scepticism. This, sadly, is in a region throbbing with the optimism of our youth. How India played a vital role in the SAARC Summit by raising the relevant and controversial issues between SAARC Nations. In the overall summit, there has the SAARC Leaders, particularly India, Afghanistan and Nepal. Also there were no important decisions on flow of investment and financial arrangements to push the economies towards "deeper regional integration" which was projected as the main theme of the summit. The SAARC's activities have been sluggish and irritatingly slow. In its 30 years of existence, it failed to hold 11 annual summits for political reasons, both at the bilateral and internal levels. India has described the 18th summit as a success, at least for its umbrella agreement on power sharing. However any hard-headed assessment of the summit may not give much satisfaction to Indian policy makers, particularly for the failure to clinch the key connectivity proposals. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made "neighbor first" as the cornerstone of the foreign policy and the invitation to all SAARC leaders to attend his oath taking ceremony in may clearly sent a message that neighbors are more important than others. The policy of neighborhood first was also adopted by President Pranab Mukherjee in parliament The India as a unit in SAARC has high expectations from the summit but unfortunately all hopes were shattered as the representative of India on the topic of terrorism, he only mentioned the anniversary of the November 26 Mumbai attack, but did not get into the disagreements India has with Pakistan over the subject. Neither the issue of acceptance of china as a member of SAARC Nation was resolved as India is not too happy to admit China as a SAARC member or even elevate its observer status in the regional organization and is also resisting pressure from its SAARC neighbors on China under the argument that SAARC has still to achieve internal cohesion and consolidation. India's unexpressed fears are on two counts. As a full member, China will get a Veto in SAARC affairs as SAARC decisions are taken unanimously. China may therefore block projects that may offer strategic and economic advantage to India. Some expectations from the upcoming summits are as follows:
- The major weakness within SAARC has been trust deficit and many countries are still reeling on economic crisis.
- India is facing problem of unemployment since long and the inter-regional trade opportunities between SAARC Nations is less than 4.5% which is much lower in comparison to ASEAN and MERCSOR.
- Whenever we think of Mumbai Catastrophes (2005), Eastern Indian Storm (2010), Maharashtra droughts (2013), Uttarakhand Flash floods(2013) , Our nation gets in the doldrums. Though we have our own functioning apparatus and agencies to cope up with the problem of disaster but still we SAARC should establish its own disaster management corps for prompt action during natural disaster in any part of SAARC region.
- We all know that the cultural and social integration among SAARC Nations exist on paper only. The eastern regions of India lack cultural identity and any sort of cultural Integration with SAARC Nations exist in the speech of politicians and global leaders. The expectation from SAARC is that they should a lay foundation for 'SAARC cultural foundation' in each member country to strengthen regional unity. The foundation may play an important role in disseminating information about other country's history, culture and political systems.
- Last but not the least, the most crucial point is the relationship between India and Paksitan, both the countries has been tight-lipped at SAARC Summit and leader from both the sides have showed no optimism to improve relations. Why the relationship between India and Pakistan soured in such a drastic manner? Probably due to Kashmir issue, Pakistan sponsored terrorism flourishing in India, Militant activities at border or hate speech by chatty leaders. The smiles and handshakes at Modi's inauguration notwithstanding, perhaps a more prescient symbol of the relationship was on display in Herat, where four heavily armed gunmen attacked India's consulate on the eve of the inauguration. All these issues have direct and repercussions for south Asia's security and well-being, and will require concerted and protracted negotiation and cooperation. In the current circumstances, that seems very unlikely. While traditional overtures between India and Pakistan may not help the relationship, discreet and adapt the diplomacy between NGOs and Technocrats on non-securitized issues like energy, humanitarian operations, climate change, and trade could establish patterns of cooperation that steer Indian and Pakistan towards a less antagonistic, more cooperative, strategic equilibrium.
India and SAARC: From Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Government to Narendra Modi's
Tracing the history of the SAARC from the regime of Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee the position of Pakistan at the International level had been weakened by its incursion into India –dominated Kashmir in 1999 and the disruption of democratic process by the Pervez Musharraf, became even more precarious after 9/11 as the Kashmir conflict came to be regarded as terrorist-precipitated conflict of global implication. In contrast, India's economic achievement, as well as its internationally appreciated self-restraint during the 1999 Kargil- Conflict, contributed to improving its International status. During the conflict, USA President Clinton put pressure on Pakistani President Nawaz Sharif to withdraw the Pakistani regular forces and Islamic militants. Clinton also visited India (But not Pakistan) in March 2000 as the first American president to do so since 1978. After 9/11 India made naval yards available to USA Yard ships operating in the Arabian Sea against Taliban forces in Afghanistan. Indian policy makers also shared a deep concern about Chinas military buildup with the Bush administration. Although, China, adopted a relatively conciliatory posture towards India, by not challenging the status quo on the borders. The USA and India announced the so called next steps in strategic partnership in January 2004 and officially agreed in march 2006 that the US would assist India for civilian nuclear energy programmers'(although it could contradict the NPT regime). Deriving a comparative analysis between the era of Vajpayee and NAMO, we can clearly establish that the mutual understanding and bilateral relations at Vajpayee's time were far better. It was possible only due to Atal Bihari Vajpayee that an additional protocol which significantly updates our 1987 convention against terrorism. The independent commission on poverty alleviation has done sterling works in putting together a set of substantive recommendation for a regional approach to poverty alleviation. He also proposed establishment of a task force with the representatives from each countries to carry forward implementation work. Though at present situation the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is highly projected as a global leader having harmonious relations with almost all the SAARC nations, even the supreme power Barak Obama was there in India on the eve of republic day celebration which paves the path of good and healthy relations with USA. The difference between the strategy of Vajpayee and Modi can be explained on the cultural linkage. Modi always pave path for cultural linkage whereas Vajpayee used to develop relations through bilateral talks and schemes.
Security Relations and SAARC:-
I still remember the marvelous interview of Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the issue of SAARC nations, when the reporter of financial times asked him about the security relations with Pakistan, he replied on bold words that People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India. During my own tenure in government over the last 4-1/2 years, I have made a conscious effort to resume and sustain a dialogue with Pakistan in the face of the most discouraging responses from that country and, I must confess, sometimes also in the face of some domestic opposition. No meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy." Vajpayee on Pakistan .It was at our initiative that India and Pakistan developed in 1998 a framework for a comprehensive dialogue on all issues. Again, I took the initiative to travel to Lahore in
February 1999. It is well known that the response we got was the military aggression in Kargil later that year. Yet again, we invited President Musharraf to Agra last year. Among the various area of cooperation, security aspect among SAARC nations is one of the vital area to be discussed. Though the security aspect cover wide range of subjects like drug control, police Matters. Terrorism and cross border tension. With almost all the nation we have India hold peaceful relations in terms of security except Pakistan and now talking about India's terms with Nepal as India's rigid approach to Indo-Nepal bilateral relations is not entirely free from creating such apprehensions, indeed so much so that Prime Minister Koirala himself retracted his oft-repeated statements to review the entire gamut of Indo-Nepal relations during his visit to India, presumably with a view to creating a favorable impact on his visit. Thus, judging such psychological aspects, it can be assumed that any Indian initiative for such a review would alone set a positive tone for better relations in the future. There's a trust deficit between the two countries. India should first build trust. They started using faceless apparatus to deal with Nepal.. While the issue of handling Nepal affairs through a political channel has now been settled, Modi's challenge in Nepal may come from a hard-line Maoist faction, which objects to "Indian expansionism in Nepal"."Firstly, we don't believe that there will be a radical change in the relations between the two countries just because Modi is at the helms. It's only been three months since he came to power and we are yet to see how he delivers "Secondly, Nepal is yet to complete the political process that began in 2006.The security relations among all the SAARC Nation are on the way of improvement as these nations are holding responsibility to the issue of security and integrity which ultimately affects all the nations.
Relevance of SAARC in Indian Politics:-
In the introductory part only we discussed whether the SAARC I actually proving to be a vital part in the overall development of nations but after discussing all the pros and cons of SAARC, we need to draw a conclusion as to why SAARC is of utmost importance to country like India? The answer to above question is quite diplomatic as India occupies 70% of the SAARC region, both geographically and remaining six Nations of the SAARC borders only with India and not with each other. As the biggest and most industrialized trading partner among the SAARC countries, India has to recognize that a special responsibility devolves on her and take a lead I making a regional cooperation. Almost in all the sectors like resource management, trade, commerce, energy, security, crime control in innumerable matter we need assistance if our nations and even India is also very much capable to assist other nations in the same matters. Renowned and eminent authorities have posed a question that what type of cooperation is it where India and Pakistan behave like enemies during the 2000's there were a lot of border killings by the BSF due to the borders being very porous and thus motivating illegal immigrants and the used of these borders by illicit traders from both the sides. The peak of these relations was right after the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971 but worsened later on and easing of visa regime to provide 5 year multiple entry visa to minor below 13 and elderly above 65, proposal of special economic zone in Bangladesh, Provide an additional 100 MW power from Tripura, Increase the frequency of Maitree Express and start buses between Dhaka and Guwahati and Shillong are still pending. The illicit trade of trafficking between Nepal and India is rampant and both the countries are not at all interested in curbing the menace of human trafficking. Problems persist everywhere but the ray of hope is always there, though innumerable attempts were made to pave the path of development but, India has more to gain than lose from building a constellation of stars. Modi's call is not a flight of fancy but an opportunity for us to ensure that even that sky is not the limit for SAARC.
Jinendra Parakh
III Year, Hidaytullah National Law University, Raipur
(The author is the Chief Political Correspondent in online e Journal THE ANALYSIS- http://theanalysis.org/ )


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Eye Care at Avita
Avita's optometry program is focused on improving vision, diagnosing eye disease, and caring for the eyes and related structures.
Avita Health System expanded our surgical capabilities by partnering with Ophthalmologists from The OSU Havener Eye Institute in Columbus, Ohio. These board-certified surgeons are now at Bucyrus Hospital for retina and cornea surgery, which complements the cataract surgeries which are also available.
Taking care of your eyes is very important. In fact, being proactive in maintaining eye health not only helps to prevent vision loss but can also contribute to your overall well-being. Healthy, comfortable eyes and clear eyesight can contribute to a higher quality-of-life at work and at play. For these reasons, partnering with a comprehensive eye care provider is important to maintaining ocular health and maximizing visual performance in many of life's daily activities.
Proactive steps to maintain eye care help prevent vision loss and can lead to a higher quality of life. Our eye care physicians help patients maintain their ocular health and maximize visual performance. Professionally staffed with all the modern instrumentation, eye examinations are both comfortable and complete. Our eye care office utilizes some of the most sophisticated ophthalmic technology including O.C.T. Optic Nerve Analysis and the latest Ocular Biometry IOLMaster for precise measurements prior to cataract surgery.
If you have changes in vision, eye discomfort or pain, diabetes, or a family history of eye disease, then a trip to an optometrist may be wise for you.


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San Diego Foundation announces $47M in grants, names new board members
The San Diego Foundation today announced it granted $47 million to nonprofit organizations in fiscal year 2014. Since its inception, the foundation has granted $880 million to serve and improve the San Diego region.
A celebration of the year's success and the introduction of five new members of the board of governors took place at The San Diego Foundation's 39th annual meeting July 24 at Paradise Point resort. This year, 140 new funds were opened, including 55 endowments, with contributions and partial investment gains of $48.5 million. In July, The Foundation established its 1,000th endowment fund, a significant donor investment in San Diego. Assets total $660 million.
In July 2014, Hal Dunning, Elisabeth Eisner Forbes, Ileana Ovalle Engel, Donna Marie Robinson and Yolanda S. Walther-Meade joined a board of governors composed of 30 volunteers with diverse professional backgrounds who are involved in many community and charitable activities. The board oversees the foundation by establishing policy, setting priorities, and making final decisions to approve awards and grants.
"As we come together for our annual event, we are honored to announce that
these dynamic, community-minded individuals have accepted the call to serve on the board," said Steven R. Smith, chairman of The San Diego Foundation's Board of Governors. "Yolanda, Ileana, Donna Marie, Elisabeth and Hal all care deeply about our community and their distinguished characteristics and years of experience will help further the foundation mission."
Hal Dunning
is the principal, chief operating officer and chief financial officer at Barney & Barney. In addition to overseeing the accounting department, Hal has overall responsibility for human resources, facilities, information technology, corporate communications and legal affairs. In 2009, he was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the San Diego Business Journal's CFO of the Year awards and was previously recognized as a "CFO of the Year." He is a LEAD San Diego graduate and was presented with its Herb Klein Visionary Leadership Award.
Active in the community, he served for 11 years as the president of the Board of Walden Family service, is a member of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, serves on the Board of Directors of the Barney & Barney Foundation, and has volunteered weekly at Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, for the past 19 years.
Elisabeth Eisner Forbes
is a seasoned attorney in private practice with broad corporate, finance and real estate experience. She has developed a strong specialty in federal and state laws applicable to nonprofit organizations. As such, she has represented numerous hospitals, major medical centers, universities, retirement facilities and research facilities.
Forbes' volunteer experience includes serving as the past director of the YMCA Corporate Board of Directors and as a member of the San Diego Women's Foundation, the KPBS Producer's Club, the UCSD Chancellor's Associates and The San Diego Foundation's Finance Committee.
• Ileana Ovalle Engel
is the state director of government affairs for Cox California, leading a dynamic team that builds and maintains positive relations with local, state and federal government officials to cultivate an optimal environment for the third largest cable and telecommunications company in the United States. In addition to government affairs, land use and public policy, Ileana successfully promotes Cox's community involvement and charitable giving.
A native San Diegan and avid volunteer, Engel was named a 2014 Metro Mover by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine and is a recipient of the U-T San Diego's Emerging Leader Award. She served on the board of Junior Achievement San Diego and is the past board chairwoman and current capital campaign chairwoman of Ocean Discovery Institute.
• Donna Marie Robinson
is a retired vice president/client manager for Bank of America, bringing years of experience in managing commercial lending portfolios for diverse industries including utilities, healthcare, finance, insurance and banking.
She was a member of the San Diego Women's Foundation, serves on the board for the Community Resource Center, has belonged to the Encinitas Coastal Rotary Club for nine years, is a LEAD San Diego graduate and is a member of the LEAD San Diego Alumni Association Council.
• Yolanda Selene Walther-Meade
is a media expert specializing in marketing, public relations and community outreach. In her former role as Voice of the Border, she interpreted for presidents, Pulitzer Prize winners and Nobel laureates, including four Mexican presidential administrations, the prime minister of Spain, Carlos Fuentes, and Octavio Paz on every issue under the bilateral agenda pertaining to sustainable development.
A second-generation catalyst of civic engagement and philanthropy, she is a board member or past board member for organizations such as San Diego Museum of Art, Club de Ninos y Ninas de Tijuana, International Community Foundation, LEAD San Diego, San Diego Natural History Museum, and is a member of The San Diego Foundation's Center for Civic Engagement Leadership Council. She has been recognized with the KPBS and Union Bank Heritage Heroes Award as well as with the San Diego Business Journal's Women Who Mean Business Award.


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Through your generous support, the American Lighthouse Foundation is positively impacting the lives of others by bringing these irreplaceable cultural resources to life through:
Empowerment of civic-minded volunteers to make a meaningful difference. ALF volunteers contribute over 25,000 hours of service annually.
Educational programming that is engaging & memorable.
Public access programs that convey a one-of-a-kind learning experience.
Adaptive reuse of historic sites that captures our past & present for the future.
Establishing renewable energy sources to help safeguard the environment.
Inspiring tomorrow's preservationists for mission sustainability.
Cultivating a community preservation ethic for stewardship excellence.
Restoration projects conducted in accordance with the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Preservation to protect the historic fabric of the lights.
Lighthouses are not only historic treasures but they are also a source of inspiration and happiness for so many people," – Bob Trapani, Jr., ALF Executive Director.


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Multiple countries expected to strengthen partnership with Hanwha
As far as the defense technology is concerned, South Korea is one of the most advanced countries in the world as it confronts North Korea, a belligerent Stalinist regime.
A set of companies buttress South Korea's military technology and included in the leaders' list is Hanwha Group whose state-of-the-art technology impressed foreign military officers who visited the Seoul-based conglomerate this week.
On Dec. 12, a group of 84 foreign military officers learning Korean language at the Korea Defense Language Institute (KDLI) visited the head office of Hanwha Group.
The participants are from 28 nations around the globe, such as Saudi Arabia, Mongolia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Ukraine, and Brazil. The KDLI is affiliated with Joint Forces Military University.
Hanwha briefed the business portfolio of its defense units to the participants, who expressed hopes South Korean-built defense products would contribute to the security of their respective home countries in the future.
"This is a good opportunity to learn South Korea and its defense industry," said Lt. Commander Kutuhal Uday from the Indian navy. "Now we are developing partnerships with a lot of countries in the world, and South Korea is one of the most important partners."
Hanwha holds advanced defense companies under its wing such as Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Corporation, Hanwha Systems, and Hanwha Defense.
Moon Sang-kyun, executive vice president of strategy division, expressed gratitude to the foreign military officers' interest in the Republic of Korea, stressing Hanwha's entrepreneurial spirits of "trust" and "loyalty."
"Hanwha truly values the relations with each of you from all the countries of the world," Moon said. "Taking this opportunity, we hope your understanding of Hanwha's entrepreneurial spirits and business activities as well as South Korea's defense industry will be deepen further."
This is not the first time for Hanwha to host foreign military officers. In fact, the group has been dedicated to cultivating friendships with them through a variety of cultural programs.
In April, the officers from the language institute were invited to the annual "Hanwha Classic Concert" to present top-level classical music performances. The officers and their family members were also invited in October to the International Firework Festival held in Yeoido, Seoul.
After a one-year language study, the KDLI officers are to attend either the military academies of the Korean Army, Navy and Air Force, or the National Defense University next year for a one-year course.


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Rain or shine, the weather inside your head is always good when listening to Positive Flow. Bask in warm rays of gratitude, confidence and good vibes as you enjoy lyrics like "If you can dream it, it can be" on the opening track, "Kingdom". The amalgamation of Positive Flow's luscious string quartet with global grooves and uplifting poetry make "Re-Flowed" a perfect follow-up to his last hit album "Flow Lines".
Global beat collaborators include TDR remix contest winners Peejay and Chino Yoshio, Scandinavian boogie king Opolopo, UK deep house don Jonny Miller, V Records junglist Rowpieces, Kyoto Jazz Massive with Mark de Clive-Lowe, Lay-Far, Positive Flow's own house moniker "Moji" and more. Vocal talent includes British soul supremo Omar, Heidi Vogel from Cinematic Orchestra, Colonel Red, Vanessa Freeman, Ruth Koleva, Andre Espeut and others.
Danny Krivit (Nervous Records)
Dan Curtin (Strictly Rhythm, Peacefrog)
TDR's undisputed boogie master from Sweden with four TDR albums and numerous dance 12"s under his belt.
The German A-team of deep broken beat fusion are currently presenting their new TDR album 'Smile' on tour.
True soul poetry and jazz vocals from London. Spiritual soul with influences from both sides of the Atlantic.
UK-based multi-instrumentalist and string quartet leader Jesse Reuben Wilson, now releasing his second TDR album.
Vocalist of The Cinematic Orchestra, Heidi has worked with Isaac Hayes, The Brand New Heavies and more.
British soul supremo and chart stormer, recently appointed "Member of the Order of the British Empire" by the Queen.
Soulful vocalist and lawyer from Atlanta, musically cooperating with Madlib, MF Doom and SoulParlor.
Largely popularised by Gilles Peterson in the '00s, the two Okino brothers are still No.1 for NuJazz in Japan.


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Genode OS Draws Up Plans For 2014
The Genode Operating System Framework has been one of the more interesting and successful open-source OS research projects of recent times. Genode OS is becoming increasingly usable to enthusiasts and is also proving to be an interesting environment for developers. A lot of headway was made for Genode OS in 2013, but there's already a list of TODO items for the community-based operating system in 2014.
We have been covering Genode OS on Phoronix since 2010 and each year seems to get more interesting. Last year the modern OS gained ARM support, new drivers, Qt5 and multi-processor support, and other new features.
After a presentation earlier this month at FOSDEM, we now have an idea for their agenda in 2014. Those interested in Genode OS or hearing about the project for the first time can checkout their 2014 PDF slides that contain a plethora of information outside of their road-map. Extensive information on the project is also found at Genode.org.
When it comes to the Genode Operating System Framework road-map for 2014, the project hopes to see a capability-based user-interface, a custom base hardware kernel platform, third-party source-code package management, an improved block-level infrastructure, and wireless networking support. The new kernel platform is to entail multi-processor support, capability-based security, and virtualization. The block infrastructure work would be revolving around supporting a block cache and block encryption within the operating system.
There's additionally a Genode.org road-map page that lays out the specific action items for their 14.02, 14.05, 14.08, and 14.11 releases. With Genode OS 14.08 they hope to support a desktop environment and TOR on Genode. The wireless plans for the OS is supporting Intel hardware by the end of the year. Hopefully we will see these features materialize in 2014 along with other great work out of this open-source project.


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The big storm blowing in from the California coast gave us desert dwellers a 70% chance of rain on Saturday, so Juggy and I planned a long day hike. Friday evening the weather man was so certain he proclaimed a 99% chance, with snow possibly down to the elevation we planned to hike in. A rare treat for those who live in a climate with an average rainfall of just over 4 inches per year.
I woke up yesterday feeling like crap - a self induced state due to an unhealthy late dinner of Kentucky Fried Chicken, and perhaps 1 or 2 (too many) glasses of red wine. This of course is why I am now in "training mode", fighting to get back in trail condition. I considered for just a minute not going, but got over that idea quickly. It's just walking after all, and I knew I would have a great time if I just got my lazy butt going.
The rainbow colored mountains were socked in with storm clouds, and at the start of the trail it was just sprinkling. An old 4WD road is now the New Oak Creek Canyon trail that runs up and around Wilson's Pimple, the small mountain in the left of the photo that lies in the shadow of Mt. Wilson. To me it looks more like a boobie, so we have aptly renamed it.
Around the backside of the newly renamed hill, the mud gets very sticky as shown by my Foot Pillows and mud-constructed trekking pole basket. This is anything but UltraLight.
It's amazing the muscles you feel when you walk in this gooey mess..."mud muscles" I had forgotten I even had!
Down the hill, across Oak Creek, and up the other side perhaps a half mile further, I spotted some deer off to the left. A rare treat indeed, as in all my Red Rock hiking though the years, I have seen many Bighorn Sheep, Burrows, and smaller furry creatures, but never the native deer. A total of 7 or 8 of them including some young ones were just a hundred yards away from us. We studied each other for a while before Juggy and I continued.
About 4 hours in, maybe a mile beyond the place we are standing in the photo below, we reached our half way point at the base of White Rock Mountain...9 1/2 miles. An optional 6 mile loop around this mountain would make it a 25 mile day, but today we will settle for 19 miles.
Heading back now, we stopped at around 12:30pm for a warm lunch consisting of Moroccan Delight, a dehydrated meal I concocted of Couscous, Hot Italian Sausage, and a tomato base. Yum!
This trail passes many popular (i.e. normally crowded) routes into Oak Creek Canyon, Pine Creek Canyon, and Icebox Canyon, all worthy of a day's exploration on their own. The thing I enjoy about this route is that we get a lot of miles and hardly run into any other hikers except when we pass by these popular trail junctions.
One of my favorite areas is this section that runs through dense desert foliage. When the sun is low, these cacti have a glow about them...one which has thus far escaped my photographic ability.
A short teaser video walking through this area...
Almost back to the parking area, we had a great day filled with beautiful weather and some good trail miles. 19 miles in 8 hours (with full Sierra's backpacking gear), not bad for the beginning of training season. This view back towards Mt Wilson shows just how rocky the trail is, this section being the worst of it. Walking on rocks all day is a great workout!
Back home and all cleaned up, I treat myself to some tasty dehydration...
Falling asleep on the couch by 7:30pm, we were early to bed, a hiker trait. A good nights sleep and we both felt great this morning, a promising sign so early into our training season. This is good news because our 2 weeks in the High Sierras this summer will be the most challenging we've ever tackled.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
It's Just Walking
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I wish I had the time to break out the drone this morning as there really wasn't much in the way of fog until I got close to the office and then I could easily tell that while it was clear here at the office in Foscoe, there was a very thick blanket of fog at Hound Ears and Valle Crucis. If I could have flown the drone and gotten up around 300′ or so above that cloud bank, it would have been something like this:
Here are some other shares from this morning:
So as of this morning, we'll call it 15 for 20 foggy mornings.
Here is the morning by morning report:
|Totals: 15 for 20 (and only sharing the latest dailies)
|Aug 20: Heavy fog bank at Hound Ears and Valle Crucis. Patchy elsewhere.
|Aug 19: Heavy fog at Beech Mountain
|Aug 18: Reports of light fog in the Valle Crucis area, clear in another part of Valle Crucis. Heavy, patchy fog atop Seven Devils.
|Aug 17: Another clear day.
|Aug 16: A gorgeous, blue sky day in the mountains.
|Aug 15: Yet another very foggy morning along Broadstone Road in Valle Crucis.
|Aug 14: Foggiest morning of August thus far. Yep more than Monday.
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Genre: Historical Fiction Publication.Date: June 7th 2016 Pages: 448 My review copy: I received a copy from Harper Collins Publishers in exchange for an honest review
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Presenting a dazzling new historical novel … The Girl From The Savoy is as sparkling as champagne and as thrilling as the era itself.
Sometimes life gives you cotton stockings. Sometimes it gives you a Chanel gown …
Dolly Lane is a dreamer; a downtrodden maid who longs to dance on the London stage, but her life has been fractured by the Great War. Memories of the soldier she loved, of secret shame and profound loss, by turns pull her back and spur her on to make a better life.
When she finds employment as a chambermaid at London's grandest hotel, The Savoy, Dolly takes a step closer to the glittering lives of the Bright Young Things who thrive on champagne, jazz and rebellion. Right now, she must exist on the fringes of power, wealth and glamor—she must remain invisible and unimportant.
But her fortunes take an unexpected turn when she responds to a struggling songwriter's advertisement for a 'muse' and finds herself thrust into London's exhilarating theatre scene and into the lives of celebrated actress, Loretta May, and her brother, Perry. Loretta and Perry may have the life Dolly aspires to, but they too are searching for something.
Now, at the precipice of the life she has and the one she longs for, the girl from The Savoy must make difficult choices: between two men; between two classes, between everything she knows and everything she dreams of. A brighter future is tantalizingly close—but can a girl like Dolly ever truly leave her past behind?
March 1916
In my heart, I always knew he would go; that they would all go, in the end. Now the dreaded day has arrived. Teddy is going to war and there is nothing I can do to prevent it.
Everything is a blur. I don't remember eating breakfast. I don't remember laying the fires or doing any of my usual chores. I don't remember hanging up my apron or putting on my coat and hat. I'm not even sure I closed the door behind me as I set off for the station, but I must have done all these things because somehow I am here, standing on the platform, and he is pressing a bunch of daffodils into my hands. Somehow, he is really leaving.
"I'll be back before you know it," he says, brushing a tear from my cheek. "They won't know what's hit them when we arrive. Look at us. Tough as old boots!" I glance along the platform. The assembled conscripts look like frightened young boys. Not soldiers. Not tough at all. "I'll be back for your birthday and I'll take you to the village dance, just like last year. You'll hardly notice I'm gone before I'm back."
I want to believe him, but we all know the truth. Nobody comes back. The thought breaks my heart and I gasp to catch my breath through my tears.
Mam had warned me not to be getting all maudlin and sobbing on his shoulder. "You're to be strong, Dorothy. Tell him how brave he is and how proud you are. No sniveling and wailing." And here I am, doing everything she told me not to. I can't help it. I don't want to be proud. I don't want to tell him how brave he is. I want to sink to my knees and wrap my arms around his ankles so that he can't go anywhere. Not without me.
"We'll be married in the summer and we'll have little 'uns running around our feet and everything will be back to normal, Dolly. Just you and me and a quiet simple life. Just like we've always wanted."
I nod and press my cheek to the thick fabric of his coat. A quiet simple life. Just like we've always wanted. I try to ignore the voice in my head that whispers to me of more than a quiet simple life, the voice that speaks of rowdy adventures waiting far away from here. "Head full of nonsense." That's what our Sarah says. She's probably right. She usually is.
A loud hiss of steam pierces the subdued quiet of the platform, drowning out the muffled sobs. Doors start to slam as the men step into the carriages. Embraces end. Hands are prized agonizingly apart. It is time to let go.
I reach up onto my tiptoes and our lips meet in a last kiss. It isn't lingering and passionate as I've imagined, but rushed and interrupted by my wretched sobs and the urgency of others telling Teddy to hurry along now. We part too soon and he is walking away from me. I can hardly see his face through the blur of my tears.
The shrill blast of the stationmaster's whistle makes me jump. Mothers and daughters cling to each other. Wives clutch their children to their chests as they bravely wave their daddy good-bye. Great clouds of smoke billow around us and I cover my mouth with my handkerchief as the pistons yawn into life and begin turning on their cranks. The carriages jolt to attention, and he is going.
I start to move, my feet falling in time with the motion of the train, slow at first, and then a brisk walk. All along the platform, women and children reach out, clinging for all they are worth to prolong the very last touch of a coat sleeve, a fingertip, the last flutter of a white handkerchief. And I am jogging and then running, faster and faster, until I can't keep up and he is gone.
He is gone.
He is gone.
I slow to a walk and stand among the suffocating smoke as my heart cracks into a thousand shards of helpless despair. Everything has changed. Everything will be different now.
I put my hands in my coat pockets, my fingers finding the piece of folded paper in each. I glance at the hastily scribbled note from Teddy in my right hand: Darling Little Thing, Don't be sad. When the war is over, I'll come back to you, back to Mawdesley. With you beside me, this is all the world I will ever need. I glance at the page in my left hand, ripped from the morning paper as I lay the fire in Madam's bedroom. SOCIETY DARLING AND BRAVE NURSE VIRGINIA CLEMENTS REVEALED AS WEST END STAR LORETTA MAY! I look at her beautiful face and elegant clothes, the perfect image to accompany the glowing report of Cochran's latest dazzling production and the enchanting new star of his chorus. I stare at the two pieces of paper. The life I know in one hand. The life I dream of in the other.
The church bells chime the hour. Time to go back to the Monday wash and the predictable routines that carve out the hours of a maid-of-all-work like me. Wiping the tears from my eyes, I fold the pages and return them to my pockets. I turn my back on the distant puffs of smoke from Teddy's train and walk along the platform. The surface is icy and I go cautiously, my footing unsure. I slip a little, steady myself, and keep going. Crossing the tracks, I step onto the frosted grass verge that crunches satisfyingly beneath my boots. On firmer ground, my strides lengthen and I walk faster, and all the while the question nags and nags in my mind: Am I walking away from my future, or walking toward it?
I don't have an answer. It is not mine to give.
War holds all the answers now.
The author's prose is refined and subdued, yet perfectly reflects the era in the vocabulary and the dialogues; the period details are stunning in their accuracy and vividness, as if captured by a a photograph. The author displays such an astonishing knowledge of the artistic world at that time, whether it concerns the movies, the music, or the celebrities. The writing really carries the reader through out the story and makes you feel as if you are part of the 20's for at least a little while.
There are also plenty of interesting secondary characters who in their own way influence the course of the story. I loved Dolly's side kick at the Savoy. She had personality and was always up for fun and games. All the scenes with the two of them together were splendid.
There are three different perspectives in the book. Loretta the dancer, Dolly the dreamer and Teddy the boy Dolly was to marry. Each gives a totally different picture of the times they are living in from their points of view. Loretta struggles with her stage presence and the secret the hides. Dolly dreams of being on stage one day and not having to clean other people's room anymore. Teddy, I will leave to the author to describe to you. His story is a special one and any information might give away too much.
Let me just say, this book is a rare and special one. Miss Gaynor is quickly becoming one of my favorite historical fiction writers.


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The commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is quoted by Iranian media as saying on Tuesday, "Thanks God, the conspiracy [in Yemen] was nipped in the bud", without mentioning the killing of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
After days of fierce clashes between Yemen's Huthis and Saleh's forces, the former president was killed on Monday. Days before his death, it appeared that Saleh was changing his position as an ally of Huthis and turning against them.
Huthis who rebelled against Yemen's government in 2014 and occupied the capital, Sanaa have been fighting against a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, which intervened in the country to prevent the spread of Iranian influence through a Huthi victory.
Iran is accused of fomenting strife in Yemen and assisting the rebels. Tehran denies most of the accusation.
Iranian media that have quoted Mohammad Ali Jafari, the commander of IRGC, have not given more details about his remarks on Yemen.
In the meantime, a Saudi owned television channel has quoted Saleh's son as saying that he and his supporters will take the revenge of his father's killing, by defeating and expelling the Huthis from Yemen.
It is not possible to verify this statement from other sources.


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- Notifications on Your Apple Watch Using watchOS 5
- Apple Watch Walkie-Talkie App Not Working? How To Fix
- Read Your Prior and Missed Notifications on Apple Watch
- New watchOS Features
- iMessage Not Working on Apple Watch? How-To Fix
- How to Use the Activity and Workout Features
Check Out Our Video on Apple Watch Notifications
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Here, you'll see some options, including some settings, Apple Watch functions, and apps on your phone.
The first option is the notification indicator. Sliding this on will result in a red dot appearing at the top of your watch face when you have unread notifications.
The second is notification privacy. With this feature, Apple Watch will still use vibrations to tap your wrist for notifications. However, it will only reveal the information if you touch the screen. This way, you could avoid showing personal information in a public setting accidentally.
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Following these options, you'll see a list of watch specific apps that need fine tuning when it comes to notifications.
The first of these is Activity. Within this setting, you could toggle things like stand reminders, progress, updates, and achievements.
The second is Breath, which allows you to set the reminders, mute it for a specific duration, and more.
The clock settings allow you to create a monogram and turn on features like Time Travel, which allows you to fast forward or rewind information on your watch face by turning the digital crown.
Other apps include things like Maps, which allows you to get tapped whenever a turn is coming up.
Manage Notifications on Apple Watch From Third Party Apps
All other apps can be set below this list, each including a toggle. Toggling on an app will send its notifications to the watch when your iPhone is not in use, off will not.
Going through this list is the key to making the Apple Watch valuable.
By only selecting apps that are important to you, you could make sure always to get what you need, while leaving the less important info on the iPhone for later review.
watchOS 5 brings quite a few changes to how it handles third-party notifications–so check out this article for more details about the changes watchOS 5 brings to your Apple Watch today.
Improvements To Apple Watch Notifications
While the Apple Watch does a great job with Notifications, it could improve in the future.
Final Thoughts
One thing I would like to see added is deeper customize third-party apps. Maybe I do want to be notified when someone tags me in a Facebook post, but not when someone comments on my post. By allowing third parties to tag and customize notifications, power users could create a truly great Notification Center.
Another thing I would like to see is better support for responding to notifications from the watch. As it stands, you can't do anything with the watch if the notification's app watch companion isn't on the watch besides get notifications. At the very least, I'd like to see a way for the scribble feature for responding to iMessages brought over to all messaging apps on the Watch.
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Overall, Notifications on Apple Watch is one of my favorite features, and is pretty good as is. If you haven't had the chance to see it in action, I'd highly recommend visiting an Apple Store and trying one on. It's really something special.


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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge: #47 – colors.
And here is my take:
These colors are Valentine to me, but I haven't even made Halloween cards, let alone Christmas – or Valentine's Day!
I'm always in need of birthday cards, so I wanted a design that would work with these colors but be birthday.
I've been wanting to try the Bokeh technique for a while and decided this was the perfect opportunity. There are only the two pinks – but lots of generational stamping, getting lighter as you move out.
Make sure you check out the other design team members:
I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!
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A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week in the month you get the double dose of color & sketch).
Ink/Card Stock: White; Early Espresso, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette (SU);
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A year after we allowed ourselves to be lied into war with Iraq, what have we got to show for it?
Rising casualties, including at least two inflicted by U.S.-trained and subsidized Iraqi police.
As many as 10,000 wounded.
A bill, so far, of over $100 billion, amid rising deficits, with more on the way.
At least two congressional investigations into the phony "intelligence" cited by this administration as proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.
A pair of grand juries looking into possibly illegal actions engaged in by U.S. government officials including exposing an undercover CIA agent and forgery as part of the effort to stampede us into war.
Instead of being greeted as liberators, the U.S.-led "Coalition" forces were resented by much of the populace almost from the beginning, and now they are almost universally hated. Here's why.
Osama bin Laden is still at large, while a man who had nothing to do with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Saddam Hussein, is under lock and key. Not only that, but the Evil One's minions are on the offensive, striking now at Spain, and threatening to hit the US next. Is it just a coincidence that the Madrid bombings took place 911 days after 9/11?
Oh, but what about all our accomplishments, the pro-war whiners complain: what about all the good things we've done in Iraq, that never get reported by the previously quiescent and safely "embedded" conspiracy of antiwar journalists that supposedly now dominates the news media? Well, then, let's look at one of these alleged achievements, the new Iraqi Constitution, recently approved by the U.S.-appointed Interim Governing Council.
In the wake of the complete failure to find Iraqi WMD, and with the definitive debunking of the canard that Saddam and Osama hooked up on Craigslist, the President was in a pickle. When the parents and wives and children of slain soldiers ask "For what did they die?" our Commander-in-chief has to have a ready answer, and none of the above will any longer suffice. So they had a meeting and started emphasizing a new angle. The White House and the neocons quickly switched gears and starting touting the export of American democracy to Iraq as a worthwhile goal in itself, one that justified the war in any case. But if the President thinks he can look those parents in the eye and point to Iraq's new Constitution as evidence that their sons and daughters died for a noble cause, he and his strategists are bound to be sorely disappointed.
There is a confessional aspect that goes into the writing of a Constitution: the genre, by its very nature, is akin to speculative fiction, in that it harbors an inherent utopianism. Authors are free to construct, in its articles and clauses, the structure of an ideal society. While inherently a political document in the sense that it papers over disputes between rival factions, the Iraqi Constitution is a prime example of the genre. Aside from the various devices meant to balance the interests of contentious ethnic and religious groups against each other, the political values and vision of the Iraqi Founders and their American patrons comes out in article 14:
"The individual has the right to security, education, health care, and social security. The Iraqi State and its governmental units, including the federal government, the regions, governorates, municipalities, and local administrations, within the limits of their resources and with due regard to other vital needs, shall strive to provide prosperity and employment opportunities to the people."
Baffled conservatives who are wondering how health care can be a "right" in Iraq, and a product in capitalist America, might consider that we're exporting democratic socialism rather than just democracy to Iraq.
On the other hand, liberals who want to know why health care is a "right" in Iraq, but not in the US, have just been handed a major talking point. Our own maimed soldiers returning from the battlefield apparently don't have this "right," yet they risked life and limb so that the Iraqi people could possess it. Is this idealism, or a monstrous moral inversion? I report. You decide.
The balancing mechanisms that create a system of multicultural "democracy," with each ethnic group entitled to education and services delivered in its own dialect or language, recalls the old Yugoslavia of Tito's day. Such a system requires a strongman at its center, a personage who will anchor the power of the central government and keep the federative system from flying apart. Yugoslavia had Tito, but who fits the bill in Iraq?
Ahmed Chalabi would like to think he does. The old swindler and liar was very prominent at the signing ceremony: he was the first to affix his name to the document, on the very desk once used by King Faisal, which was, according to the Iraqi blogger Zeyad, "specially refurbished for the occasion, after which he shouted 'Long live Iraq!'"
However, Zeyad doesn't specify which King Faisal: Faisal I, the puppet monarch of "Greater Syria" deposed by the French and invited by the British to serve the same function in Iraq, or Faisal II, his ineffectual grandson, who was overthrown in a coup by soldiers opposed to intervening against rebels in "Transjordan" and Lebanon. In either case, the evocation of this ill-fated dynasty is an evil omen on such an auspicious occasion, one that hints at the ultimate ambitions of Chalabi and his American supporters.
The first King Faisal was the son of the King of Hijaz, in the Western region of Saudi Arabia, site of Mecca and Medina, and this is the key to understanding the real goal of the War Party, which is just beginning its campaign to "transform" the Middle East: the break-up of the Saudi kingdom down into its constituent parts, separating out the historically independent Hijaz from the oil-rich Eastern provinces.
The goal, in short, is to reestablish the old Hashemite dynasty, backed up by American firepower, and not only engage in "regime change" but work to eliminate targeted states, such as Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, as a prelude to an offensive against the big prize: Iran.
This is the basic strategic vision enunciated by ex-LaRouchite Rand Corporation "defense intellectual" Laurent Murawiec in his controversial briefing to the Defense Policy Board under Richard Perle's aegis, during which he PowerPointed the following dicta:
- Iraq is the tactical pivot
- Saudi Arabia the strategic pivot
- Egypt the prize
Okay, so maybe there was some disagreement as whether to go East, or West, but Iran's decision to go nuclear seems to have settled that issue for the time being. At any rate, these Napoleonic calculations are not for you and I to decide, but concern only the Great Men of history, the Murawiecs, the Chalabis, the Perles, and their neoconservative comrades fighting in the trenches but only in cyberspace, and in print, never on the battlefield.
I believe that desk probably belonged to King Faisal I, if only because his alliance with the French, and then the British, resembles nothing so much as the fabled opportunism of Chalabi, whose career as a front man for foreign occupiers currently enjoys a six-figure subsidy from the US Treasury.
The effect of the Iraqi Constitution, which is designed to limit the power of the majority Shia by enshrining the idea of "federalism," is to weaken the Iraqi state so that real responsibility and power devolves back to the US and its allies, who will establish permanent bases in the country. This is in line with the larger goal of leveling the entire region, and breaking up any large concentrations of Arab military power.
How this revolutionary program serves American interests is difficult to imagine. Regional tumult can only advance Al Qaeda's cause in the Middle East. The only other beneficiary is Israel. America, however, loses out, as Bin Laden's legions get plenty of reinforcements and become contenders for power in the former Saudi kingdom.
But don't all these "captive nations" of the Middle East have the right to self-determination? Yes, with the emphasis on the word self. If the Kurds yearn to be free, so that they can throw out the Turkmen and Arab minorities, why is this any of our concern? Do we intervene on the side of the Kurds, against the Sunnis and the Shias, if it comes to that? Zeyad reports that jubilant Kurds, on the news that the Constitution was finally ratified, burned Iraqi flags in the streets a tribute to the "federalist" aspects of the document. Or will we take the side of the Turkmen, and Arabs, who have been routed out of their homes in Kirkuk in anticipation of a general ethnic cleansing? An American military proconsul will have to make these decisions, and that is what it means to be stuck in a quagmire.
Yes, it's the dreaded "Q-word," which, a year ago, was disdained by the triumphant War Party as an impossibility. Today, it is a reality. Chaos reigns in Iraq, and the Iraqi state seems to be breaking apart, with the tremors just beginning to be felt in neighboring states. Rational human beings especially those resident in Iraq, including American soldiers will agree that this is a bad situation, but the Great Men at the helm in Washington don't agree because they planned it that way.
With the US and Israel, lurking in the background towering like twin colossi over the pulverized and prostrated Arab states of the Middle East, the goal of the Iraq war will have been largely accomplished. The last act of this drama will be the "reconciliation" at gunpoint of Israel and the Arab remnants, with the former somewhat larger and militarily dominant in the region. The restored Hashemites will absorb the Palestinian refugees and reconstitute them as "Jordanians," in accordance with the latest Israeli propaganda line that defines an entire people out of existence.
We are left, in the end, with the Middle East in smoldering ruins (except for Israel, of course), its people seething with hatred at their conquerors, more than willing to strike out whenever and however they can. More Madrids. 9/11 redux, and an endless "war on terrorism." The dark vision of the neocons becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
That's the future, if they have their way: endless war rationalized by lying propaganda, a nightmare out of George Orwell's imagination at its blackest. In 1984, his pessimistic vision of a future world of perpetual war and permanent tyranny, Orwell speaks through the character of O'Brian, who is interrogating Winston Smith. Winston has rebelled against the Party, and O'Brian, a high official, is trying to convince him that there is no hope for the future. To Winston's fatuous hope that the proles will be a liberating force, his tormentor has a ready answer: if he wants to think of what the future will really be like, says O'Brian, imagine "a boot stamping on a human face, forever."
One year later, the War Party, it can be said, has accomplished the first phase of its long-term strategy. The only problem is that public support for the ongoing war and the decision to invade in the first place is rapidly dropping. Oh, but not to worry: they have it fixed so that both parties are running on essentially the same foreign policy platform, with minor deviations from the script occasioning the partisan "debate" over details. As the British writer John Laughland pointed out in an excellent piece, Senator Kerry's recent utterances accusing Bush of being soft on the Saudis shows that the Democrats are on board as far as phase two of the strategic plan is concerned:
"Kerry's astonishing attacks on Saudi Arabia, stated in both the UCLA and in the CFR speeches, in which he alleges that funding for terrorism and Islamic extremism come from the peninsula, are identical to those propagated by [David] Frum and Perle in their latest writings. In his CFR speech, Kerry even accused the Saudi interior minister of 'hate speech,' and of promoting 'wild anti-Semitic conspiracy theories,' just as Frum and Perle call the kingdom 'an unfriendly power.'"
If Bush shows signs of backing out of his Iraqi commitment, the neocons can always turn to Kerry, especially if Bush dumps Cheney and takes on Giuliani, who is currently looking for work. Will McCain take to the campaign trail with his old friend Kerry, in a grudge match against his former adversary? Stay tuned. The machinations are going to be dizzying, as a cabal of professional backstabbers and political quick-change artists fights desperately to keep its grip on power.


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Texano vs. Ricky Santana
September 30, 1994
Hair vs. Hair
*** 3/4
CMLL stretched its anniversary celebration out over two weeks in 1994. The first week saw Mocho Cota drop his hair to Negro Casas in a match that some people love and others don't. I haven't written a review for that match yet, but my opinion on the match probably falls somewhere in the middle of those two extremes. I thought it was fine but not a great Casas match, well below the Fiera hair match from the year before, and not appreciably better than this run-of-the-mill Casas hair match. The match also didn't draw (reportedly 4,000 fans were in attendance at Arena Mexico). CMLL did a better job (in all facets) the following week as they drew 9,000 on September 30th for a card headlined by a pair of hair matches – Scorpio Jr. vs. Silver King and Texano vs. Ricky Santana.
The latter was the main event of the show and in my opinion, the best of the three 61st Anniversary hair bouts.
The Cota/Casas bout gets praised – it would seem – in part because it checked the boxes on what a lot of folks look for in a good pro wrestling bout (lucha or otherwise). Casas sold really well, Cota's attack was focused, and the match told a straight forward and easily digestible story. I don't necessarily disagree with any of that. My problem was that the match was it was particularly exciting. Total match time was 21:34. That's a long match in general and really long for a single fall. Cota's offense – while focused – wasn't all that engaging and if not for Casas being so over, I am not sure they would have been able to keep the crowd. Straight-forward storytelling and limb work is great, but only if creates an interesting match.
What the shortcomings of Cota/Casas have to do with Texano/Santana is that the latter bout also opted for a straight forward approach. Although CMLL put up a "Primera Caida" graphic after the opening whistle, there is only one fall here. That was probably a smart decision as I can see how running a trio of 3-fall hair matches over an eight day period could be tricky. Unlike the Casas bout there is blood here (Texano's) but not a ton of it. Texano and Santana don't really brawl and there is far less biting in the entire 20-minutes than there is in the first five minutes of a Satanico hair match. One guy gets in the majority of the offense while the other refuses to go down without a fight. The heat is good, but nothing great. The presentation is rather straight forward.
The reason I prefer this straight forward match over Casas & Cota's straight forward match is that Texano & Santana do a much better job in creating a match that stays interesting while working within a relatively mundane structure. There are two reasons for that: (1) the choice to have the rudo (Santana) fight from behind for the win and (2) Texano's excellent offensive performance.
When I write that the match was "straight forward" in its presentation, that comes with the relatively significant caveat that the good guy took much of the match which obviously is not the norm. Texano is ahead most of the match and it is his rudo opponent that gets the occasional comeback before stifled. It is also Santana who staves off defeat time and time again even when it looks to be a formality. Such a brazen flipping of the norms could be an issue, but it wasn't here. There is no denying that Santana is the bad guy. He begs off when he gets in his trouble (he does not valiantly stand up to Texano). The Puerto Rican takes shortcuts when afforded the opportunity, like when he posts Texano on the outside. Equally as important is that Texano is the clear-cut fan favorite. The crowd is behind him. Its Texano that bleeds, not Santana. Santana's quick comebacks led to fired up comebacks from Texano (who hits a pair of topes in the match). The match is an excellent example of a tecnico controlled match that doesn't make the rudo look sympathetic. The match was far more interesting to me simply because the tecnico remained in control than it would have been had Santana worked him over for twenty minutes.
Which leads into the second point – Texano was an offensive machine in this match. It is impossible to imagine that Santana could have brought the same level of high-level, varied offense to the match had he controlled the pace rather than Texano. I have been disappointed by very few Texano performances and this is another notch in his belt. They start the bout with almost a Riki Choshu-inspired start. They go right for the high impact stuff and Texano lands a few nice looking forearms to the face. Throughout the match he goes back to submission holds to try to put Santana away. While I am sure he repeats a couple of them, he has such a wide variety that it never feels repetitive. In addition to the two topes, Texano rolls out a top rope suplex, belly to belly suplexes, sentons, planchas, many pinning combinations and a bunch of other stuff. He's an offensive machine here and really never slows down. The Casas/Cota match suffered in my eyes because the guy better suited to have a long stretch of offense (Casas) played defense the entire match while a guy ill-equipped to fill 20 minutes of offense (Cota) was tasked with doing just that. Texano and Santana got it right. They had to flip the script a bit to get there, but having Texano control the match was absolutely the right decision.
The body of the match set up the finish rather well. Texano can't find that put away move and Santana reverses a move into a cradle of his own for the pin. One of my favorite aspects of traditional lucha is the idea that a well-executed hold can finish a match at any time. Texano might have been in control 90% of the match, but his inability to executed a finishing hold gave Santana a chance. Even though Santana's win was quick, it was still earned because he had to fight off Texano for so long to get to that point. Both guys walk away looking relatively strong. Texano had the stronger performance, but Santana still gets the reward of taking his hair.
Not a classic hair match by any means, but well worth watching. Texano's offensive output is noteworthy and the I think the unique structure will appeal to those who are perhaps a bit apathetic towards the basic hair match structure.


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This article was published on November 22nd, 2017
Rimming isn't just about sticking your face in someone's crack and poking your tongue around. It's about making out and making love with your face to a man's most sensitive of body parts. Believe it or not, there is an art to licking butt: the art of rimming.
Step 1: Spread those cheeks with your hands to totally admire the man taco salad you're about to toss. There's nothing quite like a beautiful butt hole ready for the pillaging.
Step 2: Start slow. When a man is opening up his butt and hole for you to lick, take the time to really appreciate it. A great way to begin is by softly kissing a man's munt ever so delicately.
Step 3: Use your lips and kiss your man's hole and around the outer rim, being as sensual as passionate as you can.
Step 4: Bring out the tongue for some real fun. Start by licking around the edge of your man's booty cavern, effectively rimming the outer rim of his hole. Flick your tongue lightly, darting over the skin of his ass crack with lighting strikes of please with its tip.
Step 5: Go for the gold. Get that tongue in as deep as you can and wiggle it around. The nerves within the inner rectum are extra sensitive and will add that much more enjoyment to the guy receiving the rimming.
Step 6: Listen to your partner. Communicating with your guy and listening to their enjoyment can help you realize the best positions and tongue movements. You want the Sit On My Face 2017 award, you have to pay attention to which action helps get your partner off the most.
Step 7: Enjoy it. Open your eyes to see a man's ass splayed all over your face. There is little hotter in gay sex than seeing a guy wiggle his ass over your face, squirming in ecstasy, with his back arched, really getting into it.
Step 8: Take your time. You'll rarely meet a man who wants you to rush going down on his butt, especially if you're good at it. Rimming is great foreplay for other things like anal sex, but it's also a fun way to get to know your man's body and limits. There's no need to rush the experience for either of you.
What to you love about rimming? Leave your tips, suggestions, and stories about your experience with the art of rimming.


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This is the most recent information about Chaka Khan that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Chaka Khan, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison.
Submitted by: LucidLupin
Also known as: Yvette Marie Stevens. Submitted by: Michael Pacholek
Also known as: Yvette Stevens. Submitted by: Cara Miles
Original Song Name
New Song Name
Submitter Name
|"Brown The Night"
|"Own The Night"
|"Rent The Day"
|"Own The Night"
|Regina Haniger
Submitter Name
|"I'm Every Woman,"
|Nobody can be every woman in the world.
|Lefty Lucy
|"This Is My Night,"
|No one can own the night.
|Yvette Bristle
|"Own The Night,"
|No one can possess the night.
|Yvette Bristle
|"I'm Every Woman,"
|Heather Brockwell
Song & Band Name
Song & Band Name
|"All Or Nothing At All," Frank Sinatra
|"Give Me All," Chaka Khan
|"All Or Nothing," O-Town
|"Give Me All," Chaka Khan
|"All I Know," Art Garfunkel
|"Your Love Is All I Know," Chaka Khan
|"Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl? ," The Barbarians
|"I'm Every Woman," Chaka Khan
|There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available.
Original Song Name
Parody Song Name
Parody Author
|"I Love You, Porgy"
|"I Love You, Porky"
|"What Cha Gonna Do For Me"
|"Why Do They Always Forget My Name"
|Fitu Petaia
|John A. Barry
|"Through the Fire"
|"The Songs All Sound The Same"
|Connie Bryson
Song Name
|What Cha Gonna Do For Me
|Phineas and Ferb promos
|Don N. Ott
First Band/Song Name
Second Band/Song Name
New Song Name
|How Much I Feel
|I Feel For You
Chaka Khan
|How Much I Feel For You
|I Don't Want To Be
Gavin DeGraw
|I'm Every Woman
Chaka Khan
|I Don't Want To Be Every Woman
Sorry hon, but you're the very first woman
|God Is A Woman
|I'm Every Woman
Chaka Khan
|God's Every Woman
In a sense, yes.
|I Am The Walrus
The Beatles
|I'm Every Woman
Chaka Khan
|I'm Every Walrus
Goo goo g'joob!
|Todd Costa Rica
|There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available.
"Eye to Eye"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every word is lost in Spain
Original Lyrics:
Every word is lost in space
"This Is My Night"
Misheard Lyrics:
This mirror's tellin' no line
Original Lyrics:
This mirror's tellin' no lie
"Ain't Nobody"
Misheard Lyrics:
Think about it
Original Lyrics:
Ain't nobody
"I'm Every Woman"
Misheard Lyrics:
Isn't that ama-zing?
Original Lyrics:
Every word from A to Z
|There are additional misheard lyrics available.
"I Feel for You"
Misheard Lyrics:
Every minute when I look at you
Original Lyrics:
Baby baby when I look at you
Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke
It makes it hard to tell at first when she begins singing this line.
|There are additional misheard stories available.
"I Feel For You"
The Repetitive Lyrics:
Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan
Why They're Repetitive:
What a showoff!
Submitted by: John C
"My Funny Valentine"
The Nonsensical Lyrics:
My funny valentine,
Sweet comic valentine,
You make me smile with my heart.
Why They're Nonsensical:
One smiles with one's face, not with one's heart. Smiling, in fact, is a form of non-verbal communication. So even if one's heart COULD smile, with whom or what would it be communicating inside one's body? One's lungs, maybe?
Submitted by: Elsie Greer
"Own The Night"
The Insincere Lyrics:
I own the night.
Why They're Insincere:
Nobody "owns" the night.
Submitted by: Toboyaheme
"I Feel For You"
The Song Lyrics:
I feel for you
I think I love you
Song They Mention:
I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
Submitted by: Jeff Toler


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Have a helping hand with AQA English Literature Paper 2 exam prep using Beyond's "revise" blogs, which tackle each poem on the AQA Power and Conflict module. This blog explores Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes, exploring:
- Bayonet Charge context
- The significance of the poem's title
- The poem's structure
- Ted Hughes Bayonet Charge analysis
If you need even more assistance with Hughes' poem, our Power and Conflict is perfect for you:
Bayonet Charge Context
Bayonet Charge was written and published in 1957 but concentrates on the battles of First World War. Ted Hughes (1930 – 1998) is known as one of the most important English poets of the 20th century. He became Poet Laureate in 1984. Hughes had spent time in the military as a mechanic before going to university but his father had served in and survived the First World War.
Context summary:
- Ted Hughes' Bayonet Charge was written and published in 1957
- The poem focuses on WWI
- Ted Hughes was born in 1930 and died in 1998
- He was Poet Laureate in 1984
- Hughes' father had served in WWI
Bayonet Charge: The Title
The poem is called Bayonet Charge and centres on the feelings of one soldier as he goes 'over the top' to charge towards the enemy trenches. His initial feelings of patriotism are replaced, as he charges, with an overriding sense of fear. The bayonet of the title is the knife commonly fixed to the front of a soldier's rifle as they charged the enemy. The bayonet charges, when soldiers went over the top of their trenches and tried to gain land on the other side, were notorious for the casualties suffered during them.
Being born in 1930, the experiences of the First World War were not first-hand for Ted Hughes. He was fascinated by his father's stories of fighting during the First World War however and so invented this impression of the thoughts and feelings of a regular foot soldier during the conflict. The feelings of patriotism and then fear are not personal but more universal.
Title summary:
- A bayonet is a knife fixed to the front of a rifle
- A "bayonet charge" is an act in which soldiers ran over the top of their trenches with their rifles drawn
The Structure of Ted Hughes' Bayonet Charge
The text is in third person giving a remoteness and reportage quality to the poem. Lines are uneven and there is much use of enjambment and caesura to create an irregular rhythm to reflect the soldier's panic and possibly his struggle through the deep mud of the field.
The poem begins in media res (in the middle of things/action) and so is immediately gripping. It shows us the soldier's thoughts, feelings and actions over a very short period of time. The soldier begins with feelings of pride and patriotism but these are quickly replaced with fear. The first stanza deals with him coming to his senses in the middle of the battle scene; he is 'suddenly' awake and running. The second stanza notes his confusion and pause in 'bewilderment'. Time seems to stop momentarily. In the third and final stanza, he is compared to a startled hare and seems to have lost focus on all the reasons he fought in the first place. The soldier is 'he'; he could be anyone on this, or any other, battlefield.
Structure summary:
- The poem begins in "media-res"
- Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes is written in the 3rd person
- Lines are uneven and sporadic, using enjambement and caesura
- The poem has an irregular rhythm, reflecting panic or struggle
- Initial feelings of pride at the start of the poem soon to turn to fear
- The second stanza details confusion
- The final stanza explores a lack of focus
Ted Hughes Bayonet Charge analysis
Hughes attempts to show the juxtaposition between the events and the surroundings as he mentions the pastoral 'green hedge' and the 'yellow hare'. The pain of the soldier and his youth and inexperience are indicated by words like 'raw' and 'bewilderment'.
The soldier is shown as a frightened and helpless creature in this battle. His lack of control is highlighted straight away with the phrase 'Suddenly he awoke'. It seems as if he only comes to understand where he is and what is happening around him as the poem begins. Phrases reflecting the sounds and sights around him are used to make the scene real to use: his uniform is 'raw-seamed', the fields are 'dazzled with rifle fire' and the bullets are 'smacking the belly out of the air'. Words like 'bewilderment' are used to describe his attitude.
The control of others over his actions is evidenced in his comparison to the second hand on a much bigger 'cold clockwork'. He is at the mercy of the commands of others. When he runs, the soldier is described as 'a man who has jumped up in the dark', like a man just awakened and stunned with sleep.
The final stanza really highlights his terror. All the reasons for the battle: 'King, honour, human dignity, etcetera' are 'dropped like luxuries' as his body fights to get him out of the 'blue crackling air'. The soldier has been dehumanised by his own terror at the end and is more like a weapon: 'his terror's touchy dynamite'.
Analysis summary:
- Pastoral imagery is used, implied in the phrases pastoral 'green hedge' and 'yellow hare'
- A lack of control is immediately introduced to readers in the phrase 'Suddenly he awoke'
- Evocative language is used throughout, such as 'raw-seamed', the fields are 'dazzled with rifle fire' and the bullets are 'smacking the belly out of the air'
- 'Cold clockwork' explores the idea that the soldiers are at the mercy of a feelingless regime
- The soldiers' terror his described as "King, honour, human dignity, etcetera' are 'dropped like luxuries'
Power and Conflict Revision from Beyond
Further blogs featuring poems on the Power and Conflict module can be explored in 'Checking Out Me History', 'The Emigrée or 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The theme of memory can also be explored in 'Poppies' and the theme of the power of nature can be found in 'Ozymandias' and 'Storm on the Island'.
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I love this date. Two of my favorite people in the whole wide world are born on today. I think that means today is good day to have a good day.
- I'm making a list of books to read. Inspiration from here, here, and I'm so unabashedly excited for this.
- Morning routine hacks for a calmer day. The second one is literally life changing for me and I hate when I get out of the habit.
- I'm a builder.
- Murder hornets, UFOs, and coronavirus conspiracy theories (the lack of a link is on purpose). 2020 can suck it.
- So some random things that make me laugh/smile.
- What are you proud of?
- 68 pieces of unsolicited advice.
- I've probably shared this before, but I still like it.
- Just wow. You know I love a pretty picture.
- This is my new alarm song.
- Adele's weight loss is none of your business.
- Ordered this for Violet, but may do it myself.
Happy weekend!!


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- Riccardo Spagni, also known as "Fluffypony," was arrested on July 20, per court documents.
- Authorities allege he committed invoice fraud at a cookie company.
- He's being held without bond pending extradition to his home country of South Africa.
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Former Monero developer Ricardo Spagni was arrested on fraud charges nearly two weeks ago, according to documents filed with a Tennessee district court.
The charges have to do with invoices filed over ten years ago, when Spagni was working as an employee of a South African company called Cape Cookies. Authorities are alleging Spagni created fake invoices from other companies (some of which didn't actually exist), filed them to Cape Cookies' finance department, and made off with the money—nearly $100,000 in total.
Spagni was being tried in South Africa until April, when he fled the country. He was eventually caught in Nashville, and has been in federal custody in the U.S. since July 20, pending extradition.
Spagni, whose Twitter handle is "Fluffypony," is best known for his work on Monero, a kind of cryptocurrency designed to obfuscate transactions on the blockchain. It's a favorite among privacy purists, and also among criminals. Ransomware gangs increasingly tend to favor Monero over Bitcoin. More recently, Spagni has been working on Yat, a platform that lets you buy urls with emojis in them.
Spagni is also a prominent crypto influencer: at one point, he was part of an influencer team called "Magical Crypto Friends," whose other members included Litecoin founder Charlie Lee (a.k.a. "Chikun"), Blockstream CSO Samson Mow (a.k.a. "Excellion"), and a pseudonymous Bitcoin enthusiast known only as "WhalePanda."


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LasteRosse, an original Classic Method from Groppello rediscovered in Trentino
I want to talk about a wine that is born from an authentic love story. It all starts in Val di Non Mountains, in Trentino, that's an enological region of North-East Italy. Soon the dream of Pietro Pancheri and his wife Silvia Tadiello (the LasteRosse owners) becomes reality: they have created a winery that respects territory, land and traditions. In practice, they have chosen to work sustainable agriculture, to preserve the native vines and to work following the rhythms of nature with a careful look to the moon.