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I reviewed the Niederegger Lubeck Marzipan Classic bar last month and really enjoyed it, so I needed little in the way of encouragement to try this 'loaf' variant that I found in my local Tesco. The wrapper didn't actually proclaim the level of marzipan, however it did state that the bar was 45% almonds, which was the most heavilly portioned ingredient. This bar was simply a big loaf of marzipan with an outer dark chocolate layer - given the quality of the marzipan in the Classic bar format I was eagerly anticipating trying this.
This loaf came in a 75.0g serving that did me well for three servings. The presentation was top class - really up there with the best of them. The bar was first cellophane wrapped, then wrapped in a paper/foil type layer. The outer packaging looked both classy and authentic, but what really struck me was the bar itself. It was beautifully preserved in the wrapper with no signs of any cracking or blemishes on the surface. When cross-sectioned it truly revealed the wealth of the marzipan, it looked absolutely fantastic. Aesthetically it looked brilliant, though the smell wasn't quite as spectacular. The bar offered a minor cocoa scent, though to be honest I was expecting more in the way of a nut centric almond smell.
This is a funny way of putting it, but this bar did all the good things that the Classic bar did, but even better. Conversely it did all the bad things of the Classic bar, and did them even worse. Lets get the bad things out the way - the dark chocolate was simply just not a factor in the overall taste. What with the loaf format, I guess this was to be expected, but the 50% dark chocolate was thinly portioned, and failed to generate much of a flavour base even where most present. Enough of the bad stuff though, because this was simply a fantastic product. The marzipan was simply luxurious - I was expecting with such a thick block that its flavours would be overly sweet - but this just simply wasn't the case. The texture was delightfully moist yet crumbly, and it had a delicious buttery, almond taste. The aftertaste of the marzipan could be well and truly savoured, with the flavours leaving a long lasting impression in the mouth. Although the taste was incredibly moreish, the density of the bar made it very fulfilling.
Overall this is a product I simply cannot recommend enough. Its definitely not perfect - much like I found with the Classic bar the dark chocolate needs a bit of work. On the other hand the quality of the marzipan was simply out of this world. As I said in my review of the Classic bar, I am no real proponent of marzipan, but this was divine. The buttery, almond taste was wonderfully delivered through the thick crumbly centre - it was both moreish and satisfying what more can you ask for!? Christmas may be gone, but even if you aren't a fan of marzipan I urge you to give this a try.
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The reports of Tiger Woods' demise have been greatly exaggerated. Mark it down, you heard it hear first and I'm actually willing to put my money where my mouth is on this one.
After going 0-for-3 in the Majors this year and then compounding his winless 2010 campaign with a 78th-place finish at last week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, (an event he had won seven times) many in the media have left him for dead.
And it's not just the sportscasters and the scribes either, the oddmakers also agree. For the first time since Regis first started asking if people if they wanted to phone a friend, Tiger isn't the favorite coming into a Major. His stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking is also in serious jeopardy for the first time in years and people are jumping off the Tiger bandwagon quicker than The Titantic.
But has Tiger's ship sprung a leak or is it taking on water at such a rate that it can't be saved? Well considering the incredible fall from grace his off-course escapades have brought upon him and the drastic changes in his life that followed, I think it could be argued that Tiger is as good as ever. Consider that after his life-changing "transgressions" came to light, he's played in eight tournaments and has finished in the top 25 in four of them. He's played in all three Majors and finished fourth in two of them. For guys like Rory Sabbatini and Woody Austin, two top-10s and three cuts made in three majors is a career year.
I fully understand we've all been conditioned to expect more for Tiger and his greatness has justified that. But considering that golf unlike some other other sports, is probably close to 70 percent mental and 30 percent physical, it has to be tough to focus on what's going on between his ears when his personal life is crumbling around him. I can't imagine anybody being able to fully block out the chaos that his life has become. Imagine your world turned totally upside down and having to alter everything that was once considered your norm. How quickly could you commit to the new lifestyle, make the necessary changes and find peace both within yourself and alter the perception of those around you? I'm guessing for most it would be a constant struggle and one that would definitely take more than nine months to complete.
I make no apologies for Tiger Woods and I don't condone anything he did. But I won't jump on the new bandwagon of Tiger haters either. Those people who have been so jealous of his amazing talents that they now find joy in his struggles. Tiger may never dominate the PGA Tour like he did for most of the last decade but to count him out of any Major is about as silly as some of the choices he's made.
For the last 15 years or so, me and a friend have a "friendly" wager on each of golf's four majors. We'll be making our picks later tonight and with the tournament only an hour and a half away from my house, I'll also be attending Sunday's final round. My friend has the first and fourth picks while I'll be making my selections out of the No. 2 and 3 holes. I'm not sure who my other selection will be but if Tiger is still on the board he won't make it back to No. 4.
If the PGA Championship is the home of the underdogs and a major that anybody can win who's to say it can't happen again this year. If long shots like Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem and Y.E. Yang can shock the world and take down the world-class field assembled at the year's final Major, who's to say a now written-off Woods can't do the same?


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Another Gambia piece with cut paper…
I can see this getting addicting, and since it is only mildly dangerous – so what?
Dangerous only because I am slightly reckless with knives. I did, once, in a job interview, saw off part of my thumb with a knife while cutting lettuce. Strangely enough they offered the job anyway. Beginning of the boom in alberta where they just needed people I suppose. I was a cook for a long time though and I do still have all my fingers!
So, aside from that disgusting diversion, here is the latest piece in my quest for clothing of cut paper. The faces are done in gouache, background in acrylic and clothing in cut paper.
Sticking and Painting
This is so much fun – and SO very different for me.. but here we are. This is after a couple of hours of painting and experimenting. These are photos, not scans, so in actuality the images are a bit brighter, but hey – this shows what I am doing. This paper is so gorgeous, I am thrilled to be able to use it. This is the first time ever I've been excited to show a work in progress.


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Interview with Invisible Britain Co-Director Paul Sng
08 December 2015
We caught up with Paul Sng co-director of Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain, to find out more about how the film was made and what really happens on a Sleaford Mods tour.
The film is as much about Sleaford Mods as it is about Britain today, and at times the band feel like the soundtrack to another film, which I feel is a massively humble and brilliant approach. What came first for you - wanting to document the band or Britain's current social story?
The band were the initial inspiration for the documentary. The concept of Invisible Britain came about when the band mentioned that their next tour would visit neglected areas of the country. I thought it would be an interesting thing to document on film - a band who have given a voice to the disenfranchised, touring areas of the UK that have been forgotten and marginalised. The idea to meet with individuals and communities who are fighting to resist austerity and other unjust government policies came out of that.
How did you get started on the film?
We had six week to do our pre-production, which included getting the finance together via crowdfunding. Nathan (Hannawin, co-director) and I had a few planning sessions where we thrashed out the concept and then I started to contact people to ask if they would be willing to appear in the film.
Do you think someone who doesn't like (or doesn't know much about) the band could see your film and enjoy it, or at least have better appreciation for what Sleaford Mods are doing right now?
That's actually happened in a few instances. Most people are drawn to the film because of the band, but there have been a few who have come to see it without knowing anything about Sleaford Mods and then got into the band from there.
It's quite refreshing that most of the people you interview aren't your standard music documentary talking heads, they're regular people or fans of the band. Why was there a large focus on them?
Partly because the fans crowdfunded the film and we though it was only right that they were a big part of it onscreen. And also because we wanted to show that the band's audience is intelligent and more diverse than they are given credit for in the press. That whole thing about how the audience is white, male and middle-aged isn't accurate. A portion of the fans fit that stereotype, but it's not as significant as is made out in certain sections of the media.
Mods fans get mad and passionate at gigs, as one of the interviewees says "You couldn't argue that seeing a Sleaford Mods gig is a passive experience". What was your favourite gig of the tour? No pressure to say Liverpool... Any tour stories that didn't make it onto camera?
It's difficult to pick one gig. My top three were Barnsley, Scunthorpe and Southampton. As for stories, you know the rule: what happens on tour stays on tour...
Later on in the film the owner of Cafe INDIEpendent speaks about how his business is run and mentions his staff are all volunteers. I understood he was giving them opportunities, but felt unnerved that they were volunteering for him, is that not the kind of business that the film is against?
It's not just volunteering - they're given training on a specific area of the business that they're interested in, and I'm told that most of them move on to a paid job somewhere else within a short amount of time. It's still a new project, and my sense is that they're still establishing the venue and ensuring that there's long-term security in it.
Do you think after this year that Sleaford Mods will be able to keep playing the intimate venues, or do you think they'll meet the demand and start playing in the big ones?
They've already moved up to bigger venues. The last tour was 2,000 + capacity venues, so I think it might be a while before they play the type of intimate venues we went to on the tour.
Have you got any other projects in the pipeline?
A documentary on the causes of veteran homelessness in the UK with a filmmaker and friend of mine, Lee Skelly. In this country something like 1 in 9 people who are homeless are ex-military, which is a shocking statistic. We're in the planning stages at the moment and hope to begin filming in March 2016.
Don't miss Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain this Sunday at FACT. See what else is on as part of Doc 'n Roll Fest here. FACT also does a lot of great work with military veterans - find out about our diverse outreach projects here.
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"If you win this auction I will mail you a piece of paper revealing the true identity of "Banksy": This according to Ebay seller daigroandujo, who leaves us public folk only six more days to elbow our way to the prize of an English man's privacy. Perhaps the morning trudge from bed to bathroom will make a detour to the medicine cabinet for a healthy dose of skepticism?
Ebay users claiming to know the true identity of the Bristol-born(?) graffiti artist put his name up for sale Tuesday morning. Thirty-eight bids and over $1 million later, Ebay removed the auction, supposedly because the "product" was an "intangible" good. A second seller has again put Banksy's identity on the market, but is the anonymous artist just having a laugh?
Blackbook reported that Ebay seller Jaybuysthings posted an auction, item 260720844294, at 7:22AM PDT Tuesday.
"I have uncovered [Banksy's] identity by matching up the prices of his sold pieces to corresponding tax records. I will reveal no more details… I give you 100% assurance that it is most certainly the full name of the street artist known as 'Banksy,'" the seller wrote, according to Mashable.
That auction has since been removed, but daigroandujo wasted little time in getting another up later in the day, with much the same information, or lack thereof, as the first. Two other copycat auctions are also on the site.
Let's look at the facts, shall we?
– Banksy's work is sold by galleries secondhand, and not from the artist himself (or herself). His website states "Banksy neither produces or profits from the sale of greeting cards, mugs or photo canvases of his work. He is not represented by any of the commercial galleries that sell his paintings second hand."
– The location of the item in Jaybuysthings' first auction was Brooklyn, NY.
– The seller would have needed copies of the real Banksy's tax records to compare to the public prices of his paintings. Barring a stunning betrayal by the artist's financial adviser, or someone who knows him well, this seems unlikely.
– A joke like this would not be out of form for Banksy, whose film Exit Through the Gift Shop was described as "hilarious exposé on the gullibility of the masses who embrace manufactured creative personas."
Whether this item is legit or not, what is clear is that Banksy is still very good at getting people to care about what he does, especially when his work is to douse our cultural wildfires.


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This series is an abstract presentation of psychological transformation for one who suffers from mental disability representing as if trapped in a cage. The mental process goes through struggling, breaking the mental cage, overcoming obstacles in life and finally transforming into a new status quo.
Albert Chen is a Houston-based photographer and an award recipient of previous IPA, SWPA, Px3, MPA, FAPA, NDPA, TIFA, and IPOTY contests. He loves photographing, tells stories through his work, and can't live without it. Being a photographer wasn't his original career plan, his photographing started from a hobby and then transformed it into a passion. And now, it becomes his daily life.


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WI temple shooter white supremacist
Wade Page identified as Sikh temple shooter
OAK CREEK, Wis. | August 6, 2012
The alleged shooter in a deadly attack at a Milwaukee-area Sikh temple was an Army veteran and a white supremacist, officials said Monday.
Wade Michael Page, 40, was identified as the person who fatally shot six people before being shot and killed by police officers at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Sunday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a group that has studied hate crimes for decades, said Monday there was "no question" Page, a former member of the U.S. military, was a white supremacist and that her group had been tracking him since 2000.
"He was involved in the scene," said Heidi Beirich, director of the center's intelligence project, adding that Page was the leader of a racist white-power band called End Apathy.
Beirich said her group began tracking Page after he tried to buy goods from the National Alliance, a well-known hate group.
However, federal law enforcement officials told NBC News the unidentified suspect had no obvious connection to domestic terror or white-supremacist groups and apparently was not on any list of suspected terrorists.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards earlier said he believed the shooting was domestic terrorism -- a designation that implies a political or social agenda.
The Los Angeles Times reported tattoos on the dead suspect and certain biographical details contributed to a possible domestic-terrorism scenario.
"My focus is not on what category it is but what happened and the loss of life," U.S. Attorney James Santelle, who is personally reviewing Sunday morning's shooting in Oak Creek, 13 miles south of Milwaukee, told the Journal Sentinel.
The Journal Sentinel and WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, reported the shooter was a white male in his 40s. The newspaper said he had been discharged from the Army. WTMJ said he had an arrest record for minor offenses.
The Journal Sentinel cited a source who said one firearm was recovered as well as multiple magazines, or ammunition storage and feeding devices. WTMJ said police recovered at least two semiautomatic handguns.
The FBI, which is leading the investigation, investigated a home in Cudahy, Wis., 7 miles northeast of Oak Creek and 2 miles from the Milwaukee border, in relation to the shooting.
Kurt Weins said he rented the property to a man he believed to be from Chicago, the Journal Sentinel reported.
Weins said police told him not to disclose the name of his tenant. He said he didn't find the man's behavior to be suspicious, though he was a bit of a loner.
"I had him checked out and he definitely checked out," Weins said.
Witnesses said the gunman stalked through the 17,000-square-foot temple about 10:30 a.m. Congregants ran for shelter and barricaded themselves in bathrooms, prayer halls and closets, where they made desperate cellphone calls and sent anguished text messages pleading for help.
Those who hid included 20 to 25 women cooking lunch in the basement with five to 10 children, Darshan Dhaliwal, who identified himself as a leader at the temple, told the Journal Sentinel.
The gunman's rampage ended when one of the first police officers to arrive shot and killed him. Another police officer who tried to aid a victim was ambushed by the gunman and shot multiple times, police said.
The wounded officer, a 20-year veteran of the department, was in critical condition but was expected to survive, authorities said.
Edwards said police "stopped a tragedy that could have been a lot worse."
Four bodies were found inside the temple and three outside, including that of the gunman, officials said.
Of the possible motive for the shooting, Ri told the Journal Sentinel, "We have no idea."
The suspect was "not an insider," he said.
Dhaliwal told the newspaper the temple had not been the subject of any recent threats or graffiti.
"This is insanity," he said.
In the United States, where there are an estimated 314,000 Sikhs, Sikhs are sometimes mistaken for Muslims, especially since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Sikhs believe in the equality of humankind, universal human brotherhood and one supreme God.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Cooking With Cricut Challenge #62. Candles, Wreaths and Pine Cones!
Posted by jennyplace2 at 8:00 AM
8 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
Such a beautiful card! I love the candle :)
- November 30, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Michelle said...
Jenny, Such a pretty card! I, too, need to get a handle on my Christmas cards!! LOL I LOVE the paper!!!
Thank you for leaving that sweet comment on my blog.
- November 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- Beckie said...
Very pretty. That embossing looks great on the candle and sent.
Be Blessed, Beckie
- November 30, 2011 at 9:11 AM
- Jennie Garcia said...
Wow!! That card is gorgeous!! That gold is amazing!! Love it!!
Thanks for Playing with us @ FCCB!!
TFS!! Take Care!!
Jennie @ http://earthyscrap.blogspot.com/
- November 30, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Suzanne cricutcraftingrammyblogspot.com said...
So love how you embossed the candle, love the gold on the holder and the background paper is so pretty. Thanks for joining us for the FCCB challenge this week.
- November 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM
- Debbie said...
So pretty!! Love the papers and embossing! I need to go dig out that cart now, too, that candle is great!!
- December 1, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- OmaGloria said...
Very sweet. I love the embossing!!
- December 2, 2011 at 4:28 PM
- Judy said...
Beautiful card. I love the paper.
- December 6, 2011 at 2:49 PM


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What comes first, form or function? Trumpeted as the future of biological science, evolutionary developmental biology (or "evo-devo") answers this fundamental question by showing how evolution controls the development of organisms. In Forms of Becoming, Alessandro Minelli, a leading international figure in the field, takes an in-depth and comprehensive look at the history and key issues of evo-devo. Spirited and insightful, this book focuses on the innovative ways animal organisms evolve through competition and cooperation.
Minelli provides a complete overview of conceptual developments--from the fierce nineteenth-century debates between the French biologists Geoffroy and Cuvier, who fought over questions of form versus function--to modern theories of how genes dictate body formation. The book's wide-ranging topics include expression patterns of genes, developmental bias, the role of developmental genes, and genetic determinism. Drawing from diverse examples, such as the anatomy of butterflies, giraffes, Siamese twins, and corals, Minelli extends and reformulates important concepts from development, evolution, and the interplay between the two.
Presenting the accessible and cutting-edge ideas of evolutionary developmental biology, Forms of Becoming is fascinating reading for anyone interested in genetics and the animal form.
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This is an old proverb; I've never used it nor heard it. In essence, it means that hunger will go a good way toward enjoying one's meal -- one is less picky, and enjoys his food when he's hungry.
A lot of the proverbs on http://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverbes_fran%C3%A7ais for instance are hardly ever used, and many are plain new to me. Try a few out w/ some native speakers, and you'll see what I mean
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Class 8903 Type S multipole lighting contactors are available as electrically held or mechanically held devices and can be ordered as open or installed in numerous types of NEMA rated enclosures with a long list of Factory Order Modification (Form) options. Additionally, they can be ordered as a combination lighting contactor with disconnect switches (fused or non-fused) or PowerPact™ circuit breakers for short circuit protection and the disconnection operated by a rugged flange mounted handle.


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In the world of video games, modding communities can do great and magical things with their code-hacking powers. But adding new characters to Super Smash Bros Brawl? That's about as boss as you get.
It also helps that the new challenger approaching is none other than Conan O'Brien. Yes, he's built off of Solid Snake, and has all of his moves, but he also does the string dance damnit.
Which character, regardless of brand affiliation, would you like to see in the promised upcoming WiiU Smash Bros. game?


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Blocked out, resist. Cuts like a broken angels kiss
And now your flying higher than telescopes can see.
Then all the trees shook, cyclone spirit rattled windows.
I have to crouch down, cut ties still hang above my head. I can't forget.
Let's break them all down, start breathing oxygen once more.
Rescue me. Look how I'm hanging from the ceiling.
Can you spare a little thought for me? Because all I want is standing with me.
I have no purpose no, for days I have been without.
Here's a new thought- you gotta humour me.
Thinking that I've been dying, I've been looking to the sky and I don't care about nobody else.
You're gonna look back and find out the world keeps on changing around for someone else.
You've gotta stand tall and strike. It's not right to be running around, let someone else.
You can't just sit back the time is right for change.
The boy did great, look at the state of me.
Don't want it, don't need it, not sure if I believe in why.
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An improved numerical method to compute neutron/gamma deexcitation cascades starting from a high spin state
Numerous nuclear processes involve the deexcitation of a compound nucleus through the emission of several neutrons, gamma-rays and/or conversion electrons. The characteristics of such a deexcitation are commonly derived from a total statistical framework often called "Hauser–Feshbach" method. In this work, we highlight a numerical limitation of this kind of method in the case of the deexcitation of a high spin initial state. To circumvent this issue, an improved technique called the Fluctuating Structure Properties (FSP) method is presented. Two FSP algorithms are derived and benchmarked on the calculation of the total radiative width for a thermal neutron capture on 238U. We compare the standard method with these FSP algorithms for the prediction of particle multiplicities in the deexcitation of a high spin level of 143Ba. The gamma multiplicity turns out to be very sensitive to the numerical method. The bias between the two techniques can reach 1.5 γγ/cascade. Lastly, the uncertainty of these calculations coming from the lack of knowledge on nuclear structure is estimated via the FSP method.
- Authors:
- CEA, DEN, DER, SPRC, Saint Paul lez Durance (France); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- CEA, DEN, DER, SPRC, Saint Paul lez Durance (France)
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Journal ID: ISSN 0010-4655
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- Accepted Manuscript
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- Computer Physics Communications
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- Journal Volume: 201; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0010-4655
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- Elsevier
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
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- United States
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- English
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- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; Hauser–Feshbach; statistical model; deexcitation; cascade; FIFRELIN
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So we spent 2 hours at Taman Cabaran for rock climbing.
Everyone was tired and sweaty after the activity and it was lunch time!
We took the bus again and this time we headed to Pullman Lakeside Hotel! Heard it's damn grand.. like 10 stars kinda thing.
This part is just 10% of the whole hotel. Its damnnnnnnnn big!
Found a bench and we quickly camho-d lol
Ahhhhh air cond!!!! … and super nice restaurant!
Everyone got their seats and tables and rushed here to get food…
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December 1942. A young worker at the Chicago & North Western 40th Street shops. View full size. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano.
A wonderful photo from a time when someone who learned a trade got some respect. Even though this young man was dirty, I am sure he was proud to be a locomotive mechanic. Today most people who get dirty are looked down upon even though the rest of society depends on them to keep everything going.


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Every Bottle Tells a Story...
I would love to tell your story on canvas. Whether it's a wine bottle or perfume bottle, we all have our favorite's. Over the years, I have painted many "special" wine and perfume bottles. Let me create a custom portrait from your collection. Also, a one of a kind personal painting makes a very special gift for almost any occasion!
JLow 'Twas the morning before Christmas and all thru the house, not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse. Then, lo and behold there arose such a clatter, but no one awoke to see what was the matter. As I crossed the hall to my studio steps, my eyes opened wide to the sight of a wreck. My shelf of collectables had crashed to the ground, cd's and goodies scattered around. After picking through, sweeping up, and packing away, I realized that lots of this stuff did not need to stay. So, the car was loaded with a donation haul, and I was off to Goodwill instead of the mall.
Now to stop rhyming and tell you the truth, here's what I did with the shelf; and you could too...
Ribbon ShelfHere's the shelf that crashed to the ground repurposed as a ribbon organizer.
Here's Wishing you a "Refreshed" 2016!
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Sushi Blue "Sushi Blue" 18X24 oil on canvas $750 Read and Blue "Read and Blue" 18X24 oil on canvas $750
Window Blooms "Window Blooms" 11X14 oil on canvas $400 Cherry Blossom "Cherry Blossom" 18X24 oil on canvas $750
I am currently listening to "The Truth According to Us" by Annie Barrows
This novel is set in the 1930's in the fictional town of Macedonia, West Virginia. Ms. Barrows peppers the landscape of her story with many familiar landmarks to those of us from West Virginia. I am absorbed in the characters and the plot and find it utterly delightful. Highly recommended!
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stay ahead of your academic goals. be sure you know what classes you need to take and when they are offered if you want to graduate on time and if you want to participate in the study abroad options that are available to all students. also, be sure to do a lot of research on other scholarships and grants if you don't get the amount you were hoping for but still want to attend the school as the financial aid department is less than helpful.Read More
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a wonderful campus. I will admit that the campus is not as extravagant as some other campuses; however, it truly makes up for this lack of appearance. The students at FDU come from all over the world so it is a great place to learn more about different cultures. As with any university you attend, you get what you give so as long as you are willing to put in the effort to enjoy your time, you will truly enjoy FDU. If you're looking to study abroad, FDU is the place for you. FDU has connections with many different schools in many different countries around the world. If you have a specific country in mind in which you want to study and FDU does not have connections with that country, FDU will make connections with a university in that country to allow you to take a semester abroad, wherever you may choose. If you're aiming to become a science major, I highly recommend the Metropolitan campus when choosing between the two. As for any other major, both campuses are sufficient in their educational values.Read More
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Visit this campus more than once. I visited in the winter and was not too intrigued. However, my visit from summer offered a different view. The school is much prettier in the warmer months.Read More


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(GUELPH, ON) – The Clippers may have gotten their wake-up call a little late, but not too late to lose the game. After falling behind 6-0 in the first period, the Clippers chipped away at the gritty Guelph Regals to finally clinch the series with a 16-12 road win.
Brett Hickey and Brendon Anger scored three goals each to pace the Clippers attack. Trevor Learn, Alex Seguin and Jeff Rivait each added a pair of goals and singles went to John Nowicki, Ken Greer, Steve Weingarden and Corey Burchell. Brendan Stevenson started in goal for the Clippers, but was relieved by Kyle May after giving up five first period goals. May recorded the win.
The prize for beating the Guelph Regals is a date with the Six Nations Rebels (22-1) The Clippers will travel to Six Nations to open the series this Friday, July 8th at the ILA at 8:00 pm. Game two of the series will be played at Forest Glade Arena on Tuesday, July 12th at 8:00 pm. Game 3 is back at the ILA on Saturday, July 16th at 7:00 pm. If game four is necessary it will be played at Forest Glade Arena on Sunday, July 17th at 7:00 pm. If a fifth game is required it will be played at the ILA on Tuesday, July 19th at 8:00 pm


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We're getting ready to prepare a fairly large inlay for the body of a guitar. The outside ring is mother of pearl and we're going to engrave and black fill the lettering. Setting the type on an ellipse is really frustrating, there are so many compromises.
The pdf shows the inlay we're working on. Here's a picture of a similar inlay (without the lettering) to give some idea of context:
The MA in MARIE is really irritating, but I just don't see any way around it without grossly large letterspacing. I would be open to other font suggestions, but there's limitations with our hand engraving, and no lower-case with the baseline on this one.
In all likelihood the materials in the inlay will make the efforts of typesetting go unnoticed, but that's OK - the main thing I want to avoid is the type glaring out or overpowering the design in any way.


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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- No. 13 UNLV shot an opening-round 9-under-par 279 and sits in first place after the first round of play on Saturday at the Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate, which is being hosted by Wyoming and played at the Classic Club (par 72, 7,305 yards). Play was suspended during the second round Saturday evening because of darkness.
The Rebels finished the first round one shot ahead of Auburn. The Tigers shot a first-round 8-under 280. Kent State was third at 6-under, followed by Saint Mary's at 4-under and Texas-Arlington at 3-under.
Auburn's Niclas Carlsson was the first-round individual leader at 6-under 66 and led the field by one shot. UNLV junior Kevin Penner was in a three-way tie for second place at 5-under 67.
Other Rebels in contention include Derek Ernst who is tied for sixth at 2-under 70, Carl Jonson and Kurt Kitayama who are both tied for 12th at 1-under 71 and Blake Biddle was tied for 23rd at even-par 72. All Rebel players were at par or better during the first round.
The 54-hole tournament was originally scheduled for 36 holes on Saturday and 18 on Sunday. There are 24 teams and 120 individuals. The second round will resume Sunday morning beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET, with the third and final round to follow immediately afterward.


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I first experienced ACORN in post-Katrina New Orleans. I was part of a relief organization, Common Ground Relief, which had been delivering much needed aid to the 9th Ward, an area that had been hit especially hard by the flood waters and by neglect. Rumors immediately began surfacing, questioning our motives and intentions. I was very confused by these rumors. Who was behind them? How could anyone question the vital work we were doing in the community? We lived and worked in the 9th Ward. We suspended our regular lives and, in many cases, left our families to travel to New Orleans to help those affected by Katrina and poverty. We slept on dirty plywood floors and shared everything we had with the residents. Most of us were white. Was our skin color the issue? I knew from personal experience that the majority of the Black 9th ward residents didn't care what color our skin was. It took me awhile to get over the hurt I felt at such allegations and to find out where they were coming from.
In the following weeks, I was made aware of the fact that ACORN had reopened its New Orleans office (several months after the storm). Various groups from around the city informed me that Acorn was upset with us because we were in "their" community and had not sought approval from ACORN to operate there. I was told that ACORN said that we were "privileged white people who had come to a Black community as saviors and we refused to work with local Black leadership."
The more I pondered the matter, the more I realized what was happening. As usual in marginalized and impoverished communities, a small group of radical self-proclaimed leaders was insisting that all local aid and relief came through them–even if they were AWOL for several months. Though the majority of residents either hadn't heard of ACORN or simply disagreed with their politics- ACORN insisted that they were THE Black leaders. This was upsetting to me. Sure, the local pastor we worked most closely with was Black; but that didn't matter to ACORN. It was as if Pastor Johnson didn't count because he didn't evoke the name of Elijah Mohammed or Malcolm X. It was as if Pastor Johnson didn't count because he didn't submit to ACORN's mandate that ACORN was the sole leadership of Black New Orleanians.
As then director of Common Ground Relief's 9th Ward project, I was warned by many that ACORN would ruin me politically if I didn't submit to their leadership. I believed in what I was doing and how I was doing it. I refused to submit. The political fallout was almost unbearable. I just kept my eyes on meeting the needs of the community. When confronted by adherents to ACORN's brand of race analysis, I pointed out that ACORN was not there immediately after the storm, so I could not have sought their leadership even if I had wanted to.
Over the following years, that particular style of political attack was prominent in New Orleans. Anytime that ACORN was displeased, the other party was deemed a racist. If the other party disagreed with the label or with ACORN's agenda- they were met with "of course you feel that way. You are a racist." Though it is clearly woefully inaccurate and unethical to use such an accusation as a political attack and as a means of shutting down philosophical debate and discourse, some at ACORN didn't let that stop them. I refused to submit to it. I believed in listening to the majority of the community, who were desperate for our help, and not only to the self-proclaimed leaders. I paid a dear price for it.
I returned to Texas after a couple of years adminst the political quagmire of post-Katrina New Orleans. My experience there with various groups was educational and life-changing, though some of these groups concerned me. Eventually I began to see some of them as dangerous and deceitful about their missions. This, along with a growing appreciation of my country helped lead me to work with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force.
I was as proud of this new era in my life as I was of my time in New Orleans. I had the privilege of participating in efforts where lives were saved; both in the United States and in Israel. While working undercover with the FBI at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, I helped to uncover a bomb plot. Two men had made firebombs with a homemade napalm mixture of gasoline and oil. Their initial targets were Republican delegates. These bomb-makers (domestic terrorists) later decided to attack a staging area for the Secret Service and other law-enforcement agencies. Fortunately, they were stopped and arrested.
I was asked, and agreed, to testify against them. As was expected, the more radical elements of the media began to attack both me as an individual and the FBI as a whole. One of the men accused plead guilty; the other hired an expensive defense attorney and concocted a story about the FBI building these bombs to "set up left-wing activists" and stop dissent. But once the facts became clear, the defense changed their story and instead tried to blame the FBI for "influencing" the terrorists. Thankfully, after one hung jury and many months of intense media attacks against me, the other bomb-maker (domestic terrorist) decided to come clean and admitted to the judge that he had invented the whole story.
What does any of this have to do with ACORN? I wondered the same thing on January 31st of 2009 when I was reading an ACORN blog that is run by Wade Rathke (the man who claims credit for founding ACORN). He devoted an entire page to my work with the FBI. How did he describe the FBI's effort and success in preventing innocent Americans, local police and federal agents from being burned, maimed and/or possibly killed by firebombs? He wrote that it's "one thing to disagree, but it's a whole different thing to rat on folks." That is what ACORN's founder had to say about my role in stopping a bomb plot.
I was even more shocked as I continued reading the article. ACORN's "founder" went on to mention that another self-proclaimed "radical" activist who had worked closely with him was also involved in my story. Her name is Lisa Fithian. I first encountered Ms. Fithian in New Orleans. She came to town after Common Ground Relief had started operations. She assumed a position of prominence and continuously challenged my work and leadership. During the RNC bombing trial, she cooperated with the defense of the bomb plotters and led media attacks on me and the FBI.
Ms. Fithian has been quoted in various mainstream news articles as saying, "Nonviolence is a strategy. Civil disobedience is a tactic," and "Direct action is a strategy. Throwing rocks is a tactic." She is also quoted as stating that "When people ask me, 'What do you do?' I say, 'I create crisis', because crisis is that edge where change is possible."
ACORN receives tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers to promote their agenda. Free speech is sacred, of course. However, it is clear that ACORN has made a practice of blurring the lines between free speech and tax-payer-funded activism. Fortunately, our federal government is adept at investigating and identifying the misuse of federal funds. It will be interesting in the near future to see how Mr. Rathke and his ACORN associates stand up to the same scrutiny they have focused on our military, the FBI and other governmental groups and agencies.


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We invite you to visit and worship with us on a Sunday. We offer two services during the school year (September-May) and One service in the summer (june and august) and childcare is offered during ALL SERVICES.
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The Last Lap of the Peace Negotiations with Egypt
|Prime Minister Begin, President Jimmy Carter and Israeli President Yitzhak Navon, March 10, 1979. Photograph Government Press Office
In February 1979, Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Khalil met again at Camp David, but it was clear that Dayan did not have the authority to break the impasse. Carter asked Begin to come to Camp David but he refused. Instead he flew to Washington for talks with Carter himself. After some progress, Carter decided to take the plunge and go to the Middle East himself. He planned to meet with Sadat, to present the latest proposals agreed with Begin and to finalize the details of the treaty, so that it could be signed during his visit.
In Israel, many wondered if Carter's visit was not too big a gamble, in view of the gap between the sides. However, Dayan told senior staff at the Foreign Ministry that Carter's decision was not a gamble but a political necessity, in view of the latest developments in the Middle East and the fall of the pro-American regime in Iran. (See Document 1)
Carter stayed in Egypt for three days and met with Sadat, but the Egyptian president rejected the proposals. On March 10, Carter came to Jerusalem to meet with the Israeli leaders and to give them the message that it was "now or never." Carter's visit was marked by tense and dramatic meetings between the president, accompanied by his top advisers--Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Defense Secretary Harold Brown--and the Israeli delegation. The Israelis strongly opposed Egypt's latest demands and at the height of the argument, Begin said bluntly to Carter: "Mr President, we shall sign only what we agree to and we shall not sign anything to which we do not agree" (See Document 5). At the last minute, when it seemed that Carter would return to Washington empty-handed, a breakthrough was achieved which enabled him to return to Cairo and to obtain Sadat's agreement to the treaty. "That is the best news of my life, wonderful news," said Carter when Begin called to tell him that the Israeli government too had approved the latest proposals and the way was clear for the signing ceremony (See Document 9).
These documents mark three stages in the dramatic story of the last lap of the peace negotiations, when the president of the United States took the unprecedented step of holding direct talks with the entire government of Israel. They are part of a collection of eleven documents presented by the Israel State Archives in honor of President Barack Obama's visit to Israel and to mark the 34th anniversary of President Carter's visit. The documents were chosen from the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry collections and form part of an ongoing project on the peace negotiations with Egypt, in which the US played a vital role. (See also the ISA's publication on President Sadat's visit to Israel in November 1977.)
A. Introduction: What was the argument about?
In mid-October, talks on an American draft of the peace treaty began in Washington. After the initial euphoria of Camp David, the differences between the parties again began to emerge. The angry reaction of the Arab world forced Sadat to prove that he was still committed to the Palestinians and to an overall peace treaty. Begin, under attack by his friends and supporters for abandoning all of the Sinai, was determined to make no more concessions. Although agreement was quickly reached on most of the treaty, several issues remained in dispute:
· Diplomatic relations: Israel feared that Egypt might get all or most of its territory back before the exchange of ambassadors, while Egypt wanted to link the exchange to the elections for a self-governing Palestinian authority. Israel wanted to make it clear that there was no "linkage" between the peace treaty and the agreements on autonomy, by means of Article VI (2) of the treaty, which says that the parties will carry out their obligations without reference to any other agreement.
· The timetable for autonomy: The Egyptians were afraid that Israel would not carry out the autonomy plan, in view of Begin's refusal to freeze settlement activity in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and Gaza "during the negotiations". Carter was sure that he had agreed to a freeze until the end of the negotiations on autonomy, but Begin insisted that he had agreed to three months only. Israel accepted an Egyptian proposal that Begin and Sadat should sign a joint letter to accompany the treaty, committing them to hold negotiations on autonomy in the West Bank and Gaza. However it did not want to set a target date for the establishment of autonomy.
· Autonomy in Gaza first: After it became clear that King Hussein of Jordan would not co-operate, Egypt proposed to implement autonomy first in Gaza, where it had more influence, and to allow it a special role there. Israel was opposed.
· Priority of obligations: Another problematic article was Article VI (5) which deals with a possible clash between the peace treaty and other treaty obligations. Egypt did not want to say in public that the peace treaty counted for more than its obligations to other Arab states.
· Oil supply: Israel was concerned about its oil supply after withdrawal from the oilfields in Sinai and wanted a long term Egyptian commitment to sell oil to Israel. Egypt saw special treatment for Israel as an infringement of its sovereignty in Sinai.
During the talks in Washington, Defense Minister Ezer Weizman offered to speed up the first stage of withdrawal and to hand over El Arish within two months. Carter pressed the Egyptians to agree to an exchange of ambassadors one month later. But Begin rejected earlier withdrawal and refused to accept a target date for the autonomy talks, in view of the danger of Jordanian non-cooperation or PLO disruption. He also demanded agreement with the US on financial aid to cover the costs of the evacuation.
On November 21, the Israeli government approved the final US version of the treaty, but rejected a target date. After Jordan and Saudi Arabia attacked him at the Baghdad Arab summit, Sadat demanded revision of Articles VI and IV (on security arrangements in Sinai) and refused to send an ambassador to Israel as agreed. A compromise arranged by Vance was rejected by Israel. Confrontation between Israel and the US seemed imminent. But the fall of the Shah's regime in Iran in January 1979 led Carter to seek a foreign policy success. Egypt's role as a moderate force in the region became even more important and Israel needed a substitute for Iranian oil. Carter decided on a final effort to wrap up the talks.
B. "A new mission in the service of the oldest of human dreams – the dream of peace": Carter's visit to Egypt
Before leaving for Egypt Carter made a statement saying: "I leave today on a new mission in the service of the oldest of human dreams – the dream of peace. Nowhere is the hope of peace more fervent, more alive, than in the Middle East. Nowhere is the path to the realization more difficult, nowhere might the price of failure be more terrible…" He was convinced that President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin, and the peoples of Egypt and Israel, shared his determination to see these negotiations bear fruit.
On March 7, Dayan gave an assessment of the factors which had prompted Carter's visit to senior staff of the Foreign Ministry (Document 1). Yeshayahu Anug asked if Carter's move was a "gamble" or if his success was virtually assured. Dayan answered "I think that for Carter this is a political necessity. The United States has a major need to stabilize the situation in the Middle East after Iran … It is not a "gamble" either way, even if nothing comes out of it." Even if an agreement was not reached, the US would need Egypt, but it would be much easier to obtain assistance from Congress if there was peace with Israel. Dayan said that his talks with Khalil at Camp David were inconclusive because Begin and Sadat were not there. He did not know why Sadat had not come, and the president himself was being forced to "shuttle" between Cairo and Jerusalem (as Secretary of State Kissinger had done after the Yom Kippur War).
On the same day, a report from Cairo (Document 2) suggested that the Egyptian reaction to the new proposals was generally positive, although the signing of the treaty was not yet ensured. Later, the Israelis learned from Carter that Sadat had demanded changes in the text of Article VI which Begin and Carter had agreed in Washington and additions to the joint letter. Sadat proposed that if the details were settled he would come to Jerusalem to sign and afterwards Begin would come to sign in Cairo.
C. Now or never: Carter in Jerusalem
Carter arrived in Israel on Saturday night, March 10, 1979, and met with the prime minister. Begin said that the treaty could not be signed during the president's visit, since Begin was committed to hold a government meeting on the autonomy plan first, as well as to present the treaty to the Knesset. This news surprised and angered the president. In his diary he wrote: "I couldn't believe it. I stood up and asked him if it was actually necessary for me to stay any longer." Carter asked Begin if he really wanted peace. The prime minister insisted that he did, but Carter was convinced that he was trying to block a treaty. His only hope was to appeal above Begin's head to the government, the Knesset and the Israeli public.
|Aliza and Menachem Begin at dinner with Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter at the Prime Minister's Residence, March 10 1979. Photograph: Government Press Office
After a visit by Carter to the president of Israel, Yitzhak Navon, to the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, and to Mt. Herzl, the talks began. The Israeli delegation consisted of Begin and a group of ministers, together with Attorney-General Yitzhak Zamir and other top aides. Begin insisted that Carter should chair the meeting, since a president outranked a prime minister. Carter described his talks with Sadat and the "outpouring of sentiment" in Egypt for peace. He presented the situation as "now or never": if the treaty was not concluded during his visit, it would be very difficult to do so later. He mentioned the Egyptian request to change the word "derogate" in Article VI. Begin emphasized that this article was vital to prevent Egypt joining in a war between Israel and Syria. Nevertheless, he agreed to try to find another word. To prove that Egypt had not abandoned its hostility to Israel, Begin quoted from slanderous attacks on Israel and the Jews in the Egyptian official press.
Sadat's proposal for an addition to the joint letter--to send Egyptian liaison officers to Gaza--aroused bitter opposition in Israel. Carter said that Egypt had only made the suggestion on "Gaza first", which did not appear in the Camp David Accords, in order to be helpful, after Jordan and the Palestinians had refused to take part. Much suspicion was felt in the Arab world, which he shared, that Israel wanted to delay implementation of the autonomy plan, especially in view of Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon's plans to settle a million Jews in Judea and Samaria. Begin and Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Yadin insisted that autonomy was an Israeli initiative and the government stood behind it (Record of the meeting, Document 4).
Summing up the talks that afternoon, Carter said that he could not devote any more time to the Middle East. He would like the treaty "not to be just a piece of paper that both sides have signed reluctantly … with remnants of animosity and distrust" but to revive the atmosphere of genuine friendship and mutual trust of Sadat's visit to Jerusalem and the Camp David summit. He believed that the problems of oil supply and the exchange of ambassadors could be solved, especially if Israel would reconsider a commitment for early withdrawal in Sinai. He asked the government to be "forthcoming and generous".
A late night government meeting was called to approve new formulations. Before this Vance met with Dayan to tell him what the Egyptians might accept. Dayan argued that the subject of liaison officers should be postponed to the autonomy talks. It would be much easier to persuade the government without it. The government meeting, which lasted till 5 a.m., approved the new formulations on Article VI and agreed that Israel would reconsider early withdrawal from Sinai. But it remained adamant in opposition to an Egyptian presence in Gaza and demanded a permanent Egyptian guarantee to sell a fixed amount of oil to Israel. The Israeli side did not realize that, in effect, Carter had full authority from Sadat to negotiate as he saw fit. They expected Vance to go to Cairo to receive a reply.
D. "We shall not sign anything to which we do not agree": Crisis in the talks
At 10:30 the following morning, after receiving the government's decisions, Carter again met with Begin, this time with the entire government present (Document 5). He admitted that they had indeed "been forthcoming, in some instances very generous" but asked for more concessions. He argued that the request to omit all reference to Gaza in the joint letter undermined the US commitment, as a signatory to the Camp David accords, to ensure that autonomy was implemented. He asked for details of the stages of the withdrawal and insisted that the US guarantee of Israel's oil supply was sufficient. Begin demanded that the phrase on liaison officers be removed. After normalization there would be free access to Gaza for the Egyptians. Carter was insistent: "To me it is a very crucial issue and your response has not been adequate". This was the first time in all the negotiations that the US had taken a position that it considered important to its own integrity. "[And] unless there is some assurance that the [Egyptian] negotiating team can have access to the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, I do not feel that I can carry out my commitment to the American people nor to you nor to the Palestinian Arabs nor to Egypt. It is a crucial issue to us and I think it is something you will have to decide."
Begin replied: "Mr. President, we shall sign only what we agree to and we shall not sign anything to which we do not agree." Israel would carry out every word of the Camp David agreement but it could not be forced to accept an addition to it. He agreed to call another government meeting. After Vance said that he had tried and failed to persuade Egypt to give Israel a guaranteed supply of oil, Justice Minister Shmuel Tamir argued that Egypt was perpetuating the Arab boycott. Israel had made great sacrifices for peace, but Egypt refused to give this assurance of good faith. (Record of the meeting, Document 5)
The meeting was cut short as it was time for Carter and Begin to speak in the Knesset. In Carter's speech he said pointedly: "The people of the two nations are ready now for peace. The leaders have not yet proven that we are also ready for peace enough to take a chance." Begin's speech was interrupted repeatedly by members of the right and the Communist party, and MK Geula Cohen was removed from the chamber.
Carter believed that Begin took pleasure in showing him the strength of Israeli democracy. However, in the government meeting which followed Begin was angry and upset, and complained that the Americans too did not appreciate Israel's sacrifices, which had led his opponents to call him "Petain" (the French collaborationist president In World War II). Begin had now realized that Carter was negotiating on behalf of the Egyptians, and would not discuss any proposals which he thought they would not accept. Begin regarded the demand for details about the stages of the withdrawal as Egyptian effrontery, backed by the Americans. The ministers voiced suspicions that Egypt wanted a foothold in Gaza in order to restore Egyptian rule or to encourage the establishment of a Palestinian state. Most of them called for a determined stand against further concessions.
However several ministers, among them Health Minister Eliezer Shostak, Housing Minister Gideon Patt and Finance Minister Simha Ehrlich, felt that some of Israel's demands were unreasonable. Shostak said they should not insist on specific quantities of oil and long term arrangements. On Gaza and Carter's suspicions of Israel's intentions over autonomy: "they have a right to suspect us and it is a very sensitive point". Like Dayan, he wanted to postpone the discussion to the autonomy talks. He did not reject the possibility of liaison officers, to which Sharon objected: "That means a Palestinian state within the month." Ehrlich was also willing to compromise on oil, although he said no more concessions should be made that day. He rejected suggestions for another meeting with Carter, which would only end in offending the president.
The meeting took place in an atmosphere of confusion and despondency. Patt complained that no one was listening and Religious Affairs Minister Aharon Abuhatssira said that it was impossible for a group of thirty people to conduct negotiations. According to the schedule, Carter was supposed to leave, and roads and Israeli air space had been closed in preparation for his departure. Eventually, the government decided not to change its decisions and to ask Carter to transmit them to the Egyptians (Record of the meeting, Document 6).
At 4:45pm, the delegation met with Vance and went over the same ground. At the end of the meeting Vance proposed an idea: "You have got two issues that were not rooted in Camp David … one of them is the Gaza issue. One is the question of oil. Suppose one drops both of those issues, and inasmuch as oil is a more weighty kind of issue, that could be taken care of, that we are prepared to give our guarantee". Yadin replied that the suggestion reminded him of the old joke about the rabbi and the goat (the rabbi solved the problem of a crowded house by putting in a goat as well. When he took it out there was much more room). However, he did not see how Israel could drop the demand for oil which was part of normalization. Begin concurred: Israel would accept 50% of Vance's proposal and drop Gaza (Record of the meeting, Document 7).
After the meeting, exhausted from lack of sleep and feeling ill, Begin went home to rest. Vance went back to his hotel. Carter had agreed to stay till the following day, but his press secretary was already briefing the press on the breakdown of the talks and the failure of the president's mission.
E. Last minute solution
The government was determined not to allow further erosion of their stand, but the prospect that the president of Israel's most important ally would leave empty-handed was a grim one. According to his memoirs, Weizman accused his colleagues of missing the chance for peace and hinted at resignation. A group of ministers remained, apparently asked by Yadin to try to find a way out--Dayan, Shostak, Patt, Burg, Sharon, Abuhatssira, Tamir and Yadin himself. It was this group, several of them little known to history, which brought about the breakthrough. The meeting was not recorded, but it seems that they proposed another formula on the oil question, which Dayan thought the Americans might accept. Dayan telephoned Begin, who authorized him to discuss it with Vance. The two met again and Vance agreed to propose to the Egyptians not to mention Gaza in the treaty, if the oil issue was settled. (Egyptian access to Gaza was already promised in the normalization agreement.) Dayan said that Israel would accept a general commitment by Egypt to sell oil to Israel in the peace treaty and a long term American guarantee. He asked for twenty years, and they eventually agreed on fifteen. After calling the president, Vance and his staff drafted another clause in the peace treaty, which was added to Annex III on trade relations. Carter invited Begin to breakfast at Dayan's suggestion.
|Working breakfast at the King David Hotel to settle the final details of the agreement, March 13. 1979. Photograph: Government Press Office
Carter telephoned Begin from Cairo to tell him that Sadat had agreed to the new proposals. That same day, Carter sent Begin a letter summing up their agreements (Document 8, see also Document 11 in Hebrew). If Israel reinstated its proposal on phased withdrawal, Sadat would renew his agreement to the exchange of ambassadors. Sadat had agreed to the addition on oil to Annex III and even offered to construct a pipeline from the oil wells to Eilat. Carter added that he looked forward to seeing him and Sadat in Washington, where the treaty would be signed.
Begin read out the letter at another government meeting on March 14 and presented the understandings. The new formulations were approved and Begin called Carter to tell him of the government's decision (Record of the conversation, Document 9). Carter responded "That is the best news of my life, wonderful news." Begin congratulated Carter on the speech he had made on his return in which he said "risk of failure should never deter us from a worthy end. No goal is higher than that of genuine peace"
We can see Carter's own view of the talks in a briefing to leaders of Congress on March 14. According to a report by Zvi Rafiah of the Israeli embassy (See Document 10), he praised Sadat, Begin and Dayan, but noted that it was much easier to deal with Sadat, who could settle the knottiest problems in half an hour and left the details to his foreign minister. Begin was a "semanticist" who wanted to check everything. (Senator Daniel Moynihan tried to explain that Begin was a lawyer, and when he wrote something he really meant it.) In Jerusalem, Carter had learned with horror about the delays Begin wanted, because Sadat could not wait any longer for an agreement. Carter was also worried about Arab opposition. Sadat said that he would deal with the Arabs if Carter would take care of Israel. Carter added with a smile "I don't know who got the better deal". Egypt needed massive economic and military aid; Israel too would receive large sums.
After a stormy debate which lasted 28 hours, the Knesset approved the peace treaty on March 21. Begin flew to Washington for the signing ceremony which took place on March 26, 1979. In Begin's speech he paid tribute to the efforts of President Carter who had never accepted defeat. Begin also joked at his own expense about Carter's impatience at his fondness for legal details and his "intransigence": "Our friend, President Sadat, said that you are the 'unknown soldier' of the peace-making effort. I agree, but, as usual, with an amendment. A soldier in the service of peace you are; you are, Mr. President, even, mirabile dictu, an intransigent fighter for peace. But Jimmy Carter, the President of the United States, is not completely unknown. And so is his effort, which will be remembered for generations to come."
|Prime Minister Begin and President Carter applaud the speech by President Anwar Sadat during the peace signing ceremony in Washington. Photograph: Government Press Office
Historical editing: Louise Fischer, Hagai Tsoref
English translation and editing: Louise Fischer
Internet content editing: Oranit Levi
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Stunning weather. Shouldn't you be out doing something? Or nothing? Perhaps enjoying a literary festival...?
How about the Linton Children's Book Festival?
I'll be there most of the afternoon, and speaking at 3.45pm. Come along and check it out. There's going to be a spy mission round the whole town, apparently, so it'll be perfect for the sunshine.
While I'm on the subject, I reckon sunshine is the best way to enjoy a book. I'm off to Malta in a few days, so I've been enjoying stacking up a few books that I might take with me. I'll have my notebook on me as well, of course - I'll be doing a little planning of Jimmy Coates: 7 while I'm on the beach.
Don't be surprised if Jimmy suddenly decides he has to build a massive sandcastle. Yes... that will surely be the only way to escape NJ7...
Joe Craig, author, screenwriter, musician and creator of the 'Jimmy Coates' series, gives you his news and thoughts. All incredibly important.
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Yes, come up to Linton in Cambridgeshire where we have lots going on and all for free! In addition to Joe we will be hearing from Val Bloom and Stuart Hill. There may even be workshop tickets still available. Check out our website and see you tommorow Joe.
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Remember yesterday when we told you how to easily install third-party apps, even if your carrier doesn't let you? Apparently, somebody at AT&T reads Android and Me. Because soon after that, AT&T revealed they'll start to open up a bit and allow us to install apps from non-Market sources. That's great news for anybody using an Android phone on AT&T — or T-Mobile for that matter.
AT&T explained the reason why they didn't initially allow their Android phones to install apps from unknown sources. One of the reasons was fear of "bad apps" harming phones and the network. That's code for "apps that let people tether for free". AT&T's Senior Vice President of mobile devices, Jeff Bradley, explained their initial decision, saying:
I think we'll go more open. First and foremost we were genuinely concerned from a network bandwidth standpoint and a customer experience standpoint for not having any mechanism to take down a bad app. And the only way we could do it at the time was relying on Google to leverage what [security] they had in [the] Android Marketplace. We took a lot of negative publicity for doing it, but it was 100 percent driven by a desire to be able to have the ability to support our network and be able to help our customers. It really was.Jeff Bradley
It's OK AT&T, we forgive you. The first AT&T phone to launch with the ability to install non-Market apps is the Samsung Infuse 4G. Hopefully, the carrier will roll out an update in the future for currently available Android devices.


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Arm The Spirit
Arm The Spirit was an autonomist/anti-imperialist journal published in Toronto, Canada between 1990 and 2000.
Over the course of 10+ years, we amassed quite a collection of material. We'll be posting highlights, somewhat randomly, here.
If you prefer Scribd, we are also working to put everything here on Scribd as well: http://www.scribd.com/ArmTheSpirit
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One of the "mistakes" I made when I originally designed the database was to use primary keys with the int data type (along with setting the primary key column as an identity column) for all of the tables. I have nothing against int's or identity columns and, in fact, that simple, tried-and-true configuration has worked well for this application... except for one, unfortunately very painful side-effect. When it comes time for me to push a major update from development to production, sorting out duplicate columns between both development and production database can be a real pain in the undercarriage.
The reason for this is often times in development I'm added new rows to tables that exist in both development and production to test and/or enable a new feature. If the primary key for that table is an int that is auto-generated by the database (since its an identity column) then there's a VERY good chance that same ID has been duplicated in a row in the production database. Things get even more complicated when that primary key ID is referenced by other columns in other tables via foreign key relationships. I tried a few production push sessions where I pretty much took the production database offline (which meant I pretty much took the website offline), pulled down the entire production database, integrated the development data into production by hand (I use RedGate products), and finally pushed the whole thing back up to production. Not pretty, but it worked... until recently. Within the last few months, for various reasons the production database has nearly tripled in size, making the whole pulling of the entire production database, and, worse yet, the pushing of it back up, ridiculously impractical. My last push took over 12 hours! Now, granted, I'm restricted by the limits of a cable Internet connection, but I came to the realization that I needed another solution.
Well, the solution is simple: switch to GUID primary keys. They never duplicate (in theory) so I can create rows in development that will never interfere with new rows in production. Unfortunately the road to this solution is not so simple. However, I was able to finally get there, so I thought I would share how I did it.
How to do the conversion
The main issue with a conversion of primary key columns from int/identity to GUID is the fact that you can't simply do a TABLE ALTER to remove the identity status of a column. You actually have to drop the column and re-add it!
Following are the steps I took. In this example, we'll call the starting database db and the final database db_new-schema.
- Create db_new-schema as an empty database with new schema (i.e. everything the same as the old schema except the primary and foreign key columns are all of type UNIQUEIDENTIFIER).
- Create another empty database called db_load whose schema is identical to db's except all the primary and foreign key columns are of type NVARCHAR(36) and contains only tables (views, stored procedures, functions are unnecessary). Also, there should be no foreign key constraints between tables.
- Use an ETL tool (like DTS or SSIS) to copy the raw table data from db to db_load.
- Create a SQL script that uses a cursor to enumerate the rows of a given table in db_load, updating each row's primary key with a new GUID value (using the NEWID function), and updates the rows in all foreign key tables with the same GUID value (selecting them using the old INT id). This script needed to modified and run for each table in the database until all of them were updated. In the end, all INT values were converted to new GUID's (although all primary and foreign key columns were still typed as VARCHAR).
- Convert all primary and foreign key columns from VARCHAR to UNIQUEIDENTIFIER.
- Use an ETL tool (or RedGate Data Compare) to load the db_new-schema database with all the data in db_load.
Good luck!