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Concluding observations of the Human Rights Committee
1. The Committee considered the second periodic report of Estonia (CCPR/C/EST/2002/2) at its 2077th and 2078th meetings, held on 20 and 21 March 2003 (see CCPR/C/SR.2077 and 2078), and adopted the following concluding observations at its 2091st meeting (CCPR/C/SR.2091), held on 31 March 2003.
A. Introduction
2. The Committee welcomes the second periodic report of the State party and expresses its appreciation for the frank and constructive dialogue with the delegation. It welcomes the detailed answers that were provided to its written questions.
3. While the report was submitted with some delay, the Committee notes that it provides important information on all aspects of the implementation of the Covenant in the State party, as well as on concerns specifically addressed by the Committee in its previous concluding observations.
B. Positive aspects
4. The Committee expresses its satisfaction over several new legislative developments in areas related to the implementation of the provisions of the Covenant that have taken place in the State party since the submission of the initial report.
5. The Committee welcomes the measures taken by the State party to create the Office of the Legal Chancellor and the addition of ombudsman functions to its responsibilities.
6. The Committee welcomes the measures and legislation adopted by the State party to improve the status of women in Estonian society and to prevent gender discrimination. It particularly notes article 5 of the Wages Act, which now prohibits the establishment of different wage conditions on the basis of gender, and articles 120 to 122 and article 141 of the new Penal Code, which make domestic violence and marital rape specific criminal offences.
7. The Committee welcomes the delegation's affirmation that the problem of prison overcrowding is being resolved, through the decreasing number of persons detained owing, inter alia, to increasing resort to alternative forms of punishment and the opening of a new spacious prison in Tartu.
C. Principal subjects of concern and recommendations
8. The Committee is concerned that the relatively broad definition of the crime
of terrorism and of membership of a terrorist group under the State party's
Criminal Code may have adverse consequences for the protection of rights under
article 15 of the Covenant, a provision which significantly is non-derogable
under article 4, paragraph 2.
The State party is requested to ensure that counter-terrorism measures, whether taken in connection with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) or otherwise, are in full conformity with the Covenant.
9. While welcoming the additional explanations of the delegation on a case of alleged ill-treatment committed by police officers, the Committee remains concerned that acts of ill-treatment or other forms of violence perpetrated or condoned by law enforcement officials are not prosecuted on the basis of the most appropriate criminal charges but only as minor offences.
The State party should ensure that law enforcement officials are effectively prosecuted for acts that are contrary to article 7 of the Covenant, and that the charges correspond to the seriousness of the acts committed. The Committee also recommends that the State party guarantee the independence from police authorities of the newly created "police control department", which is responsible for carrying out investigations of abuses committed by the police.
10. The Committee takes note of the delegation's acknowledgement that legislation on detention of mental health patients is outdated and that steps have been taken to revise it, including the adoption of a draft Patient Rights Act. In this regard, the Committee is concerned at some aspects of the administrative procedure related to the detention of a person for mental health reasons, in particular the patient's right to request termination of detention, and, in the light of the significant number of detention measures that had been terminated after 14 days, the legitimate character of some of these detentions. The Committee considers that a period of 14 days of detention for mental health reasons without any review by a court is incompatible with article 9 of the Covenant.
The State party should ensure that measures depriving an individual of his or her liberty, including for mental health reasons, comply with article 9 of the Covenant. The Committee recalls the obligation of the State party under article 9, paragraph 4, to enable a person detained for mental health reasons to initiate proceedings in order to review the lawfulness of his/her detention. The State party is invited to furnish additional information on this issue and on the steps taken to bring the relevant legislation into conformity with the Covenant.
11. The Committee is concerned at information that deserters from the armed forces may have been kept in solitary confinement for up to three months.
The State party is under an obligation to ensure that the detention of alleged deserters is in conformity with articles 9 and 10 of the Covenant.
12. In the light of the State party's legislation on the use of firearms, the Committee expresses concern at the possibility of the use of lethal force in circumstances not presenting a risk to the life of others.
The State party is invited to revise its outdated legislation to ensure that the use of firearms is restricted by the principles of necessity and proportionality as reflected in paragraphs 9 and 16 of the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials (articles 7 and 10 of the Covenant).
13. While welcoming the precise information provided by the delegation on the procedure related to the determination of refugee status, the Committee remains concerned that the application of the principle of "safe country of origin" may deny the individual assessment of a refugee claim when the applicant is considered to come from a "safe" country.
The State party is reminded that, in order to afford effective protection under articles 6 and 7 of the Covenant, applications for refugee status should always be assessed on an individual basis and that a decision declaring an application inadmissible should not have restrictive procedural effects such as the denial of suspensive effect of appeal (articles 6, 7 and 13 of the Covenant).
14. Regretting that the concerns of its previous concluding observations (CCPR/C/79/Add.59, para. 12) have not been met, the Committee remains deeply concerned at the high number of stateless persons in Estonia and the comparatively low number of naturalizations. While the State party has adopted a number of measures designed to facilitate naturalization, a large number of stateless persons do not even initiate this procedure. The Committee takes note of the different reasons underlying this phenomenon, but considers that this situation has adverse consequences in terms of the enjoyment of the Covenant rights and that the State party has a positive duty to ensure and protect those rights.
The State party should seek to reduce the number of stateless persons, with priority for children, inter alia by encouraging their parents to apply for Estonian citizenship on their behalf and by promotion campaigns in schools. The State party is invited to reconsider its position as to the access to Estonian citizenship by persons who have taken the citizenship of another country during the period of transition and by stateless persons. The State party is also encouraged to conduct a study on the socio-economic consequences of statelessness in Estonia, including the issue of marginalization and exclusion (articles 24 and 26 of the Covenant).
15. The Committee is concerned that the duration of alternative service for conscientious objectors may be up to twice as long as the duration of regular military service.
The State party is under an obligation to ensure that conscientious objectors can opt for alternative service, the duration of which is without punitive effect (articles 18 and 26 of the Covenant).
16. While welcoming the abolition of the requirement of proficiency in Estonian language for standing as a candidate in elections and the assertion by the delegation that the use or size of advertisements and signs in other languages is not restricted, the Committee is concerned at the
practical implementation of Estonian language proficiency requirements, including in the private sector, and the effect this may have on the availability of employment to the Russian-speaking minority. It is also concerned that, in those areas where a substantial minority speaks primarily Russian, public signs are not posted also in Russian.
The State party is invited to ensure that, pursuant to article 27 of the Covenant, minorities are able in practice to enjoy their own culture and to use their own language. It is also invited to ensure that legislation related to the use of languages does not lead to discrimination contrary to article 26 of the Covenant.
17. Taking into account the considerable number of non-citizens residing in the State party, the Committee is concerned about legislation prohibiting non-citizens from being members of political parties.
The State party should give due consideration to the possibility for non-citizens to become members of political parties (article 22 of the Covenant).
18. The Committee regrets the lack of detailed information about the actual results of the activities of the Legal Chancellor and other bodies, like the Labour Inspectorate, in relation to their competence to receive and deal with individual complaints.
The State party is invited to furnish detailed information on the number, nature and outcome, as well as concrete examples, of individual cases submitted to the Office of the Legal Chancellor and other bodies empowered to deal with individual complaints.
19. The State party should disseminate widely the text of its second periodic report, the replies provided to the Committee's list of issues, and the present concluding observations.
20. In accordance with article 70, paragraph 5, of the Committee's rules of procedure, the State party should provide within one year relevant information on the implementation of the Committee's recommendations in paragraphs 10, 14 and 16 above. The third periodic report should be submitted by 1 April 2007.


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Oil firms Petronas and Aramco are among potential suitors for a controlling stake in Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co, a deal that could fetch around 2 trillion won ($1.78 billion), South Korea`s Maeil Business Newspaper said on Friday.
The 50.75 percent Daewoo E&C stake is being put up for sale by state-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB), which in July said BoA Merrill Lynch and Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities have been appointed as its advisers on the deal. The stake was valued at 1.48 trillion won as of Thursday`s closing price.
Malaysian oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) is considering acquiring the KDB stake, Maeil reported, citing unnamed investment banking sources and a source with knowledge of Petronas.
Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco is also interested in buying the stake, the paper said. An unidentified Chinese construction firm and an unnamed U.S. builder also expressed initial interest, it said, adding that United Arab Emirates' ADIC (Abu Dhabi Investment Council) may also be interested.
Petronas, Aramco and ADIC were not immediately available for comment. Daewoo E&C declined to comment.
A KDB spokesman also declined to comment on the report, but added that the notice to officially kick off the stake sale is expected to come by end-September. KDB said last year it would put up for sale stakes in its non-core units.
Daewoo E&C, South Korea`s No.3 construction firm, posted a 140 percent jump in first-half operating profit to 467 billion won, and KDB has said it is expected to achieve positive earnings this year.
Its shares surged as much as 11 percent on Friday after the news of the potential stake buyers, and were trading up 5 percent at 0540 GMT.
For Petronas, an acquisition of the Daewoo E&C stake would be its biggest deal since 2012 when it bought Canadian firm Progress Energy for $5.87 billion.
Petronas CEO Wan Zulkiflee Wan Ariffin told Reuters last month that the company was looking to diversify its business, even considering investments in renewable energy, amid expectations that the low oil price environment will continue.
The Malaysian state energy firm has slashed spending, cut jobs and divested non-core assets over the last two years due to the decline in the Brent crude price, which is now less than half what it was in mid-2014.
In July, Petronas scrapped a proposed C$36 billion ($29 billion) liquefied natural gas project in western Canada due to weak prices, in a blow to its global ambition.
($1 = 1,121.6000 won)
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Discussion in 'White Hat SEO' started by bizseo, Sep 4, 2010.
Can you see when the crawler visits your site ?
In your log files:
go to statcounter website >> register yourself >> create a script ( choose normal HTML script ) >> place the script just before the <body> tag in your html. If you are using wordpress blog, then open the footer file, you will find <body> tag there. Place the script before this tag.
Then login to stat counter and select "Recent visitor activity", you will see google bots entry there whenever bots arrive. The time there would be 0 seconds.
Hope this helps.
good idea
It's called user agent. Every webbrowser, crawler, etc. has it's own user agent.
Separate names with a comma.


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Debbie Adams
AST. BA. Cert. Ad. Ed.
Debbie Adams is an edupreneur who inspires people to set big goals and believes that if people have the courage, they can do amazing things. A woman with gentle strength, a speaker with soul and heart, she brings her unique combination of humour, personal experience, and energy to serious topics like business, change and money.
Born in tiny Upper Island Cove, Newfoundland, Debbie has lived in 8 provinces. A diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa may have derailed her for a while but it did not stop her. A single mom on a disability pension was not the vision she saw for herself. After a brutal transition, she reinvented herself. No longer a soldier, or a mechanic, she is now the owner of two businesses.
Learning set her free. Debbie may live with a disability but SHE IS NO LONGER DISABLED. A mechanic who has been to law school, she calls herself a knowledge addict. What she learns, she enjoys sharing with others.
Debbie tells people what they need to hear.
Debbie teaches people how to be the best they can be in life and in business. She does not sugarcoat it. She reminds us that no one is going to make life better for you except you. She offers workshops, seminars, keynotes, and professional development, particularly in the areas of entrepreneurship, business development, and the advancement of women in non-traditional jobs. Debbie especially enjoys working with folks who have the drive and passion to step outside their comfort zone.
Debbie lives in Nova Scotia with her daughter Alyssa. When she isn't working, Debbie likes to connect with her redneck roots in the great outdoors.


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During a recent one-on-one interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, the famed Nintendo producer talked briefly about progress on the Wii version of Animal Crossing, Here's what he had to say:
"The Animal Crossing team has been very busy working on a variety of different projects. Actually, the Mii Channel was put together by the director of the most recent Animal Crossing game. His name is Mr. Nogami. Recently he said he really wants to get back to work on Animal Crossing again, so hopefully we'll be able to show something to people before too long."
The title was announced previously and is expected to make full use of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.


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PINEHURST, N.C. – He hit into pine needles, sand, and uncertainty, but Martin Kaymer came up with a few inventive if not miraculous shots, birdied 18, and minimized the damage with a third-round 72 to keep most of his big lead at the 114th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 on Saturday.
Kaymer, who on Friday became the second fastest to reach double digits under par, dropped from 10 under to 8 under and saw his six-shot lead reduced to only five over two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton and Rickie Fowler, each of whom shot 3-under-par 67 to get to three under par.
"I kept it very well together," Kaymer said. Especially, he added, after he bogeyed three of the first six holes, when he began spraying his driver.
The feel-good story of the day was Compton, the Miamian who is on the third heart of his life and who's still searching for his first Tour win.
"I knew something special was happening," said Compton, who at 34 is playing in just the second major of his career. (He shot 77-81 to miss the cut at the 2010 U.S. Open.) "I've had a great year," he said when asked if he was surprised by his play Saturday, which included an eagle and five birdies. "We're playing against the same guys — I just try to hit fairways and greens. It shouldn't feel any different than any other tournament. I've been through a lot in my life — a lot more adrenaline, pressure situations than hitting a tee shot on 18. Putting things in perspective may help me."
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Compton and Fowler were the only two to shoot under par on a course made significantly tougher by the lack of overnight rain and a course set-up that proved too much for some. The field average of 73.821 was a stroke higher than in the second round, and four players shot in the 80s.
"Greens were still receptive, but not as receptive as the first two days," said Fowler, who took 24 putts to lead the field in that category. "And some of the pins were tucked more close to the edges. If you got it two paces in the wrong direction, you were off the green and quite a ways away than the shot actually was intended to be. I'm definitely pleased with how I played today."
Players kicked up a cloud of dust with each swing, even from the fairway. Kaymer had trouble finding the short grass, four times driving into the native grasses off the tee. He almost made a complete mess of the par-4 fourth hole, where his tee shot wound up amid so many pine needles he had to call in an official. That did not go well, although the 29-year-old German was able to laugh about it afterward.
"The struggle was I didn't understand the English the referee was trying to tell me," he said afterward. "So I said to my caddie, 'You need to take over here,' because he speaks better English than me, even though he's Scottish." (Kaymer gave an impish smile as the scribes broke up laughing.)
After taking an unplayable lie, Kaymer got up and down from 160 yards to escape what seemed like a certain double-bogey. He hit his drive into the scrub again at the par-5 fifth hole, which led to his best shot of the day and probably the turning point of a round that was threatening to get away from him: a 7-iron from 205 yards to five feet for eagle.
After a turbulent start, he was back to 10 under. He came up with another amazing shot after missing his drive left at the 12th, another big shot from a marginal lie in the native area that sent his ball onto the green.
"Anything could have happened there," he admitted. He made par.
There was no Saturday charge from some of the bold-faced names in the chase pack. Rory McIlroy, who started the day 1 under par, shot a front-nine 40. His bunker shot at the par-5 fifth hole failed to make it up a hill and rolled back down into the bunker. He made bogey. After trying to drive the green at the par-4 seventh hole, where the tee markers had moved up to make it play just 315 yards, McIlroy hit a great pitch to around seven feet but watched as his birdie try horseshoed around the hole and out.
McIlroy would sign for a 74 to drop to 3 over, and out of contention.
Keegan Bradley, who started the day 2 under par, seemed distracted by his red shoes and shot a dispiriting 76 to fall to 4 over.
LEADERBOARD: Complete scoring from the 2014 U.S. Open
Jordan Spieth never got much going and shot 72 to drop to 1 over.
Others still put up a valiant charge only to stumble late. Henrik Stenson was about to sign for a rare under-par round when he missed a three-foot par try at 18. He signed for a 70 and was at 2 under par, tied with Dustin Johnson (70) six shots behind Kaymer. Brandt Snedeker got to 3 under but bogeyed 11 and 12, then made a string of pars for 72. He was at 1 under. Kevin Na was 1 under on the day and 4 under for the tournament when he double-bogeyed the 14th and 16th holes. He shot 73 and was at even.
In the end Sunday will come down to Kaymer and whether he can stand prosperity — a five-shot lead. He spoke of the dangers of playing too defensively, and the need to just go out and play and add it all up at the end. Asked if he'd ever slept on such a lead, he mentioned the 2008 BMW Open in Germany, where he recalled leading by six going into the last round.
"Obviously there was a lot of support," he said, "and I didn't want to disappoint the people. My lead was gone after 11 holes. So then the support of the people really helped, and I could fight back a little bit. I got into a playoff and birdied the first hole to win the golf tournament."
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Hearing Voices
James Blake's dazzling debut album is somewhere between avant-garde dance music and blue-eyed soul.
James Blake is a singer most comfortable using other people's voices. Across the several EPs and remixes he's released over the past few years, this British musician, 21, has explored the musical and emotive properties of the disembodied human voice, stitching vocal samples—Kelis and Aaliyah here, Lil Wayne there, less recognizable sources everywhere—into his clicking, humming compositions, which can be funny and moving, often at once. Increasingly over time, the other person's voice in James Blake's music has been his own voice, othered: He will sing a melody, sample himself, distort the sample, chop it up, and arrange it into a song.
Blake is a burgeoning star at home. He came in at No. 2 in the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll, and his cover of Feist's "Limit to Your Love" has been added to the Radio One playlist. In America he's much more of an unknown—as burgeoning U.K. stars tend to be—though he will be less unknown next week when James Blake comes out: An eerily pretty, quietly dazzling debut album that takes up residence somewhere between avant-garde dance music and blue-eyed soul. (The album will be available online and in the U.K.; an official U.S. release date hasn't yet been announced.) All 11 of its songs feature Blake's high, delicately choked singing, which at times suggests Antony Hegarty, Arthur Russell, and, particularly in the context of Blake's twitchy, catchy electronic beats, Thom Yorke. On James Blake, Blake's voice shows up sampled, reanimated, and reconfigured—as it was on, say, the arresting "I Only Know (What I Know Now)," from 2010's Klavierwerke EP—but also, for the first time, unadorned, tender, and trembling.
Brian Eno, describing the making of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts once, called the album an attempt to muddle what he referred to as Western pop composition's "pyramidal" value system, where the voice sits above the other elements of a song. Blake's music mounts its own assault on that pyramid. His remix of Lil Wayne's rumbling "A Milli" is a particularly clever case. Whereas the original song pits several voices against each other—the droning, pitched-down "a milli" chant and assorted shouts and shrieks, which provide the song's musical bed, and Wayne's rapid-fire, higher-register rhymes hop-scotching across it—Blake's remix is a mirthful three-way collision between Wayne's voice and itself: At the song's manic climax, Wayne's rhymes run simultaneously at regular speed, fast, and slowed-down, so that the main event becomes its own accompaniment.
The music on James Blake is more melancholic and never that cacophonous, mostly steering clear of climaxes in favor of pensive moods and intricate piecework—when there is a climax, it carries that much more force for the spellbinding hush it rends, as on "I Never Learnt To Share," when a primitive-sounding synthesizer grinds and squeals its way through a sudden stomping, robo-funk breakdown.
Throughout the album, Blake repeats cryptic, often unintelligible lyrics. Perhaps they're riddles, perhaps they're words sampled and strung together in something like the haute-electronic equivalent of refrigerator magnet poetry. On "Lindisfarne I" and "Lindisfarne II," a multi-tracked, robotically pitch-corrected Blake seems to be pleading, "Beacon, don't fly too high," but I'm not sure. There and elsewhere, Blake shows a facility with evocative, pop-simple phrases. "My brother and my sister don't speak to me," he repeats on "I Never Learnt To Share," his voice quivering with what you might call melancholy ecstasy. "But I don't blame them."
Blake has a surefooted, if oblique, sense of song craft, but this is a minimalist, detail-oriented album. Its studio trickery isn't mere ornamental retrofitting but an essential compositional device. On "I Mind" he whips his own looped, wordless keening up and down the scale like a lariat, giving the track its central melody, which is accompanied at points by nothing more than a static haze and stumbling, widely spaced piano chords, at others by crisply percolating programmed drums. On "To Care (Like You)," deflated whoops (which pay seeming homage to those in the desultory beat for Wu-Tang Clan's "Hollow Bones") overlap and cut each other off in a jerky, mournful call-and-response. Like Blake's fellow Brits in The xx (whose quiet, desolate rock he's said he admires), he is largely an architect of negative space, directing our ears toward marginal-seeming details (and their absences), like a nearly sub-sonic bass line that cuts in and out of "Limit to Your Love," or piano notes on "Why Don't You Call Me" that resonate long after the key has been struck.
There's something haunted about the album, suffused as it is with a spirit of loss that has to do with Blake's wounded moaning but which is also a structural fact of the songs themselves, built as they are around sampled voices—disfigured and shorn of context, original copies that gesture toward some earlier state beyond our reach. The samples twitch and ache like phantom limbs.
There is no twitch on "Measurements," the album's elegiac closer, but there is plenty of ache. Blake's voice is distorted and multi-tracked into an effete cyborg army as it traces a hymnal, gospel-tinged melody over warm keyboard tones. The lyrics revolve around a cryptic bummer—"Crease your pride, telling lies, that you're not on your own," Blake sings (or something close to it). The massed, uplifting chorus of Blake's voice both confirms that vision of solitude and tells a different story altogether.
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French Settlement in Montrose, Belleville and French Town WisconsinFrench Colony Near Belleville
Settlement of 400 from Swiss Border in South of County From Haute-Saone District
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin (April 24, 1902)
In the town of Montrose along the Green County line southwest of Madison, one meets two more of the nationalities that comprise the mixed population of Dane County. These are Townships like Christiana, Pleasant Springs and Mount Horeb, where Norwegian emigration has centered. Middleton is a type of the German Township. The Scotch picked Verona as their favorite colony. Irish, English and American are a flavoring in all sections. Here in Montrose the peculiar nationality is French. There are also some Swiss.
A French farmer settlement is something uncommon in this country. It is a familiar thing to most Germans, Irish, Scandinavians, English, or Scotch in any part of the United States. There are few distinct French settlements except along the eastern Canadian line, and these settlements are French- Canadian. The French settlement here is of immigrants direct from France.
The French who have settled here are from the region of Haute-Saone. (Haute means high and Saone is a river). This is a region near the Swiss border about eighty leagues (240 miles) southeast of Paris. The first settler from France who found his way to Dane County was John Roy. He came to America as early as 1835 settling in New York state. John Roy enlisted in the Mexican War in 1848 and after peace was declared he came to Dane County in about 1850. Roy at once wrote back to his neighbors at Haute-Saone telling them of the cheap lands and the opportunities that America offered. Then the French emigration to Dane County began. In all some score of families (over 100 people) came over, all settling in a compact colony to the northeast of the village. Immigration has now ceased. Lands are too high to attract poor people. The colony has grown by natural increase. The French families tend to be large. There are often ten to a dozen children. In all there must be some 400 or 500 in the French district here now.
August Tisserand is among the first who arrived after the letters of John Roy started the movement westward from Haute-Saone. He came with his parents as a boy of 15, in 1853. Born in 1838, he is now near his 64th year. The French emigrants have tended to confine themselves to their native tongue. Of course, the children have learned English, but the parents are not as a rule, adept in the tongue of their adopted country. Many, especially the women, cannot converse, except in French. August Tisserand differs from his countrymen in this. His English is fluent and easily understood. "I can do better than most of the children even after they go to the English school, he asserts." "The people who came over from France were of a poor class," he said in telling of the early settlement. "Most of us came with nothing. My parents landed in New York with but $13. My father died the day after reaching this country. He left my mother and us children to face the world alone." "Over in France our people were used to small farms. A man might have 20 acres, but even that was in small patches, an acre here and acre there. To have 100 or 150 acres of land was new to us. We raised in France about the same crops we do here, barley, oats and such small grain. The fruit sections of France are further to the south that where we came from.
Mr. Tisserand has the French facility for story telling. He has a droll tale of the days of the Civil War. Towards the middle of the conflict his own name together with the names of three other Belleville Frenchmen, Olymp Genin, August Francois, and Xavier Gavoille, were put on the list of those liable to be drafted. None of the four wanted to be forced into the service. They took the train to Janesville, Wisconsin to protest. "I was the only one of the four who could speak English" said Mr. Tisserand in telling the story. "I told the recruiting officer that we were not yet citizens of the United States and could not be drafted. The officer who had come up to see what we wanted at once became very busy and said he had no time to talk with us." One of our car party said, "Tell him we want to enlist and he will have to listen to us, I'll bet." So in a joking spirit I said, "Officer, I was about to tell you that these are friends of mine who cannot talk English and who want to enlist." The officer gave an order. Two men came up and marched Genin, Francois, and Gavoille into a booth quick as a wink; stripped off their clothes; examined them physically, pronounced them in good health; and in less time than it took my friends to realize what was going on they had been enrolled as recruits and hustled into a car and sent to Camp Randall at Madison. They had gone down to Janesville to protest to the possibility of being drafted with the result that they had enlisted. The funniest part of it was that I got $15 a piece ($45 in all) for bringing down the three recruits. The three served over two years in the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. They got the best of Tisserand in the end by the pensions awarded to them. Gavoille now draws $24 a month, Francois draws $12 a month, and Genin $6 a month. Another Belleville Frenchman who served in the Civil War was August Genin, now dead.
August Tisserand last month sold his farm and moved into the village. The man who purchased it will introduce tobacco culture in this section. He will raise five acres this season. If it succeeds, Montrose Township may soon become as much a center for the industry as any other part of the country. At present it raises none.
Montrose Township was first settled in 1840, the pioneer of the township being John Kendrick, a Kentuckian. The township is named after a place in Pennsylvania. Another early settler, also a southerner, was one named McFadden. McFadden served in the Blackhawk War. In the campaign he came through Montrose and his family fastened upon it. After his discharge from the Army, he came here to settle. Some springs to the north are still known as McFadden Springs.
The unfortunate Francois 'Will' case is apt to leave a lasting division of sentiment in the French colony. Delphine Francois is the Frenchman who about a year ago committed suicide after having left a Will leaving his wife the use of his property until her death or until such time as she remarried, ---in which case the property would pass to his blood relatives. The widow contested the will, the contention being that Francois was mentally unbalanced when the Will was drawn. The fact that Francois had lost his children to diphtheria, that he had been a hard drinker for months before his death, and the very fact that his death had been by his own hand, are urged as arguments that he was insane. The case was fought out in Probate Court, Judge Zimmerman holding that the Will was valid. It was carried to the Circuit Court before Judge Siebecker and the decision in that court is pending. Last Saturday there were 40 people from Belleville and vicinity on the train who had been summoned as witnesses. The costs in Probate Court were $1400. In the Circuit Court they will be much heavier. Such attorney's as John M. Olin and Burr W. Jones ask snug fees. Mr. Francois' estate only aggregates about $8000. It is a case where the lawyers and the Court will consume a life's savings.
-- August Roden, Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wisconsin (April 24, 1902)
French Town
-- Belleville Quasquicentennial Book 1851-1976
French Town is located in the Montrose Township, Dane County, northeast of the village of Belleville. The first French native to settle in French Town was Jean Roy in 1850. He was followed within the next few years by 32 additional French families, and by 1912 an estimated 400-500 persons of French descent lived in the French Town area. Most came from France with very little money. There, they had been accustomed to farming small twenty acre farms and were,therefore, glad to own 80 acre farms in this country. Moreover, the crops they produced here, such as barley and oats, were similar to those grown in their native land. They also grew grapes and every farm had barrels of wine in the cellar.
Some early French family names were: Tisserand, Remy, Pillar, DuBay, Genin, Fleury, Pernot, Faivre, Lamboley, Begey, Viney, Carteron, Francois, Menigoz, Frelin, LeClerc, Perin, Durand, Clergey, Germain, Tourdot, Garvoille, Grillot, Petitot, and Henry. Most of the above names appear on the headstones in St. Raphael's all-French Cemetery which was dedicated in 1890. Jule A. Remy, the patriarch of the settlement, died in 1965 at the age of 103, after living in French Town for 100 years.
Dane County's Later French Group near Belleville
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One of the interesting little foreign groups in Southern Wisconsin a generation ago was the so-called French settlement near Belleville, in Dane County. Wisconsin was first settled by the French nearly three centuries ago,and of this early element much has been written and preserved. This earliest stream of settlement came by way of Canada, and many of the first arrivals were Canadians of French descent. The little French settlement in Dane County, however, was formed only a little over three-quarters of a century ago, and was unique not only in its isolation but in the fact that the settlers came directly from France to their destination.
They came from near the Swiss border, about 240 miles southeast of Paris. John Roy, who came to New York in 1835, and served in the Mexican War, finally came to Dane County, probably with a soldier's land warrant. He wrote to hisrelatives, and soon thereafter about twenty families came. The Tisserands were among the first, arriving in 1853. The father died soon after landing in the United States, and the widow and children came on west. They settled in Montrose, northeast of Belleville, and in time the colony numbered 500. Most of the families were poor. In time they prospered. To show their patriotism in the Civil War, four of them, August Tisserand, Olamp Genin, August Francois, and Xavier Gavoille, went to Janesville and enlisted before they could be drafted. (Note: Wisconsin State Journal article details a different version of this story)
Recently, in a paper read before the Oregon Women's Club, Mrs. Louise Short of Belleville described the early settlement. In part, she said:
"One of the first to arrive was a man by the name of August Tourdeau, a man of strong character, as most people are who start life over in a new world. About this time, too, came Felician Pillar, father of the Pillars that we know, and are familiar with. He at once began to work for Captain W.H. Short, father of the man who some 25 years later became my husband. He worked for Captain Short for three years, then went back to France to get the girl he had left behind three years before. They were married and came back and as Captain Short was a well-educated English gentleman and could speak high French fluently, those young people were delighted to find one who could speak their language and interpret for them and both came to the same place and worked again, to learn the new language and American ways. And many were the amusing mistakes they made! At that time these people experienced many hardships in not being able to speak or understand English. Milwaukee was the nearest market for farm produce. It would take several days to make the trip and they would have to put up at a hotel, and not understanding our language or money would in many instances open their purses, trusting to the honor of "man's humanity to man" to not take more than was due.
It was in the year 1875 that I went as a bride to live on the outskirts of what was at that time called 'the French settlement', on the Short Farm and for 25 years I knew many of these French people quite intimately, and learned many of their quaint customs. These early settlers were a sturdy, hard- working class, and trained their children to be saving and industrious. They were a kind neighborly class, always willing to assist a neighbor, or a fellow countryman newly arrived, many times taking in a whole family of five or six children, giving them 'bed and board' until they could make other arrangements. Most all of these new settlers were living in the old-time log houses, 14 or 15 feet square, with an attic room above and it meant a large amount of self-denial and unselfishness to do these big-hearted things. At night straw ticks were laid on the floor, and all slept soundly and in the daytime these beds were hung on a fence to line out of the way, out of doors.
These French people were good farmers, and gardeners, and being frugal and industrious soon accumulated enough to live very comfortably. Having very little education in France, their language was a sort of patios, so experience was their only teacher in many instances. Their religion was Roman Catholic, and they were very true to the teachings of their church. Many of them had very good voices for singing and their notes in French songs were soft, smooth, and sibilant, though somewhat nasal. They brought with them their love for the wine of the fatherland and planted vineyards and the remains of some of them can be seen now and many of the descendants are still on the old homesteads. Their mode of dress was quaint, and they held to it for 25 or 30 years, the wooden shoe or sabot (pronounced sabo) being the last to be given up. These were hewn out of dry poplar during the winter season, were stained black with a homemade dye, and sold for the sum of 25 cents a pair. As the children all went barefooted, one woman told how she wanted a pair of sabots when a young child, but could not get them, but on doing a favor for a stranger he gave her 25 cents and she got the sabots. Their tiny babies were kept swathed in bandages or 'bindings' from head to foot, laid in a crude cradle, perhaps a dry goods box on rockers, and then laced across over the top and they were kept in this until several weeks old. But when we know that these mothers often worked in the fields, it may have been considered the safest way to leave them."
Three Belleville Ancestors at the Time of the Civil War
Olympe Genin -- Belleville Ancestor
Value of Real Estate: $1800
Value of Personal Property: $335
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
1870 U.S. Census -- Dane County, Wisconsin
Additional articles from The Capital Times, 1945 and 1962 will be added when permission received
Information submitted by John Hawley
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- franklyn
- 4 years ago
- Wedding: August 2014
I have 30 days to decide if I want to keep this wedding band. I'm leaning towards yes. I love the width and the detail in the gold. The one thing that bothers me a bit is the fact that it is a slightly more pink toned rose gold. My engagement ring is antique, and is 15k rose gold. The wedding band is 14k rose gold. I've asked my fiance and my mom and neither see a differenceIn the colour.
What do you guys think? Am I crazy?


text: Plug-In North Central Washington has planned a "Fun" Raiser EVent to showcase the North Cascades Highway and north central Washington. All plug-in EV are welcome to attend. Plug-In NCW has commissioned prizes from local artists to recognize the winners of the 142 mile (Yes, haL2 charging is available) Poker Run and its associated contests. Contests? Think, could my navigator coach me through a course while I drive with a blindfold over my eyes! So, be watching your e-mail for a message via Eventbrite.


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May 6, 2010
Seen in DC
Rita Sodt, a student at the University of Washington, won a national competition sponsored annually by the Council on Undergraduate Research. Her winning project was "Fighting Cancer with Math: A Patient-Specific Computational Model of Brain Tumor Growth." She displayed her poster along with other winners from across the country, at a reception in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 14. Rita and her faculty mentor, Russell Rockne, also met with Senator Patty Murray and staffers from several Members of the Washington state delegation.
Also in DC on April 14 was Sabine Mecking, an oceanographer at the Applied Physics Lab at the university. She was invited to DC by the Coalition for National Science Funding. Her presentation was on recent results on direct measurements of ocean acidification in the North Pacific Ocean, a research project by the National Science Foundation.
The week following the reception, April 19-23, brought six more representatives from the university. The primary purpose of their trips was to attend professional or association meetings, but they were all also able to meet with staff of the Washington State Senators and Representatives.
A group of four were here representing Students Advocates for Graduate Education (SAGE): Jake Faleschini (GPSS President); Sarah Reyneveld (GPSS Vice President); Ben Henry (GPSS Senator, Evans School); and Adam Sherman (GPSS Senator, Evans School). The focus of their discussions was on the SAGE policy issues: the need for more financial support for higher education; making scholarships/fellowships tax exempt; and immigration reform for international students.
Tom Ackerman, Director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, attended a Directors meeting of the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies. Also in DC was Penny Dalton, Director of Washington Sea Grant, who participated in the meeting of the US Committee for the Census of Marine Life.


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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer claims he played a role in the Trump administration's plans to recognize Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel.
Speaking to The Weekly Standard, the New York Democrat revealed that he urged President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital.
After weeks of speculation, Trump announced Wednesday the "recognition of reality" that Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish state.
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"Today we finally acknowledge the obvious. That Jerusalem is Israel's capital," Trump stated. "This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality. It is also the right thing to do. It is something that has to be done."
However, White House officials stressed that the recognition will have no impact on any future boundaries that may be negotiated between the Israeli and Palestine states, according to CNN.
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Trump also said the U.S. Embassy in Israel would be moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a promise the Republican made throughout his presidential campaign.
Jerusalem's status lies at the heart of the Israel-Palestine conflict, with both sides claiming authority over the holy city.
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While Israeli leaders are hailing the move, many leaders in the Middle East, such as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Jordan's King Abdullah, are calling it a disaster for the region.
Ben Cardin, a Democrat senator from Maryland, declared his support the Trump administration's move.
"I believe that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, so to me, that's not news," Cardin explained.
The Maryland senator added that the president needed to make the announcement "in a way that advances Israel's security and peace in the region."
Schumer and Cardin are at odds with most Democrats in Congress, who argue that Trump's actions will stir violence in the Middle East and ruin the fragile peace negotiations in the region.
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However, this is not the first time Schumer, who is Jewish-American, has bucked his party when it comes to Middle East issues.
In August 2015, the New York senator drew a major blow to the Obama administration when he declared his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. He was the highest-ranking Democrat to do so.
The Obama administration-brokered nuclear deal, formed between Iran and several countries including the U.S., allowed certain international sanctions against the Islamic Republic to be lifted in exchange for the nation promising to stop trying to obtain nuclear weapons.
The deal was heavily protested by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Jewish leaders, who warned Iran would not live up to its side of the agreement. Trump decertified the deal in October, and has left the door open to nixing the agreement completely.
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5 Cool Hairstyles for Boys
Hairstyle trends can change pretty fast. As a general rule, look at what celebrities are wearing to get a sense of what to work with and make it your own. Put your own spin on it. Whether you have straight, wavy, curly or nappy hair, find a way to use your hair's natural consistency as […]


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New Video: No Malice feat. Jon Bibbs 'Bury That'
No Malice's debut solo album Hear Ye Him has dropped, and with it comes a new video for "Bury That" featuring Jon Bibbs. No Malice takes shots at the American dream and addresses rumors about beef between him and his brother Pusha T. Ab-Liva, Fam-Lay, and Pusha T are all featured on the new LP, now available on iTunes. Check out the new visual above.


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This climate type occurs primarily on the periphery of the true deserts in low-latitude semiarid steppe regions. It is transitional to the tropical wet-dry climate on the equatorward side and to the mediterranean climate on its poleward margin, with a cooler, wetter winter resulting from the higher latitude and mid-latitude frontal cyclone activity. Annual precipitation totals are greater than in tropical and subtropical desert climates. Yearly variations in amount are not as extreme as in the true deserts but are nevertheless large.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "BSk". (Tropical and Subtropical Steppe Climate).
The average temperature for the year in Newkirk is 57.6°F (14.2°C). The warmest month, on average, is July with an average temperature of 78.1°F (25.6°C). The coolest month on average is January, with an average temperature of 37.8°F (3.2°C).
The highest recorded temperature in Newkirk is 108.0°F (42.2°C), which was recorded in June. The lowest recorded temperature in Newkirk is -19.0°F (-28.3°C), which was recorded in December.
The average amount of precipitation for the year in Newkirk is 14.7" (373.4 mm). The month with the most precipitation on average is August with 2.7" (68.6 mm) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is January with an average of 0.4" (10.2 mm). There are an average of 43.0 days of precipitation, with the most precipitation occurring in August with 7.0 days and the least precipitation occurring in January with 2.0 days.
In Newkirk, there's an average of 18.0" of snow (0 cm). The month with the most snow is December, with 4.7" of snow (11.9 cm).


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Bruce Kyle has been really busy recently and has written a 7 part series on how you can secure applications on Windows Azure. Whilst many of you are not developers it is always good to keep up to date on what best practices are floating around especially when it comes to IT security so I thought it would be useful to share the series with you.
The series not only goes into what you should do but also how best to respond to security threats on Windows Azure.
Windows Azure Security Best Practices – 7 Part Series
Pass these tips and tricks onto your development team and ensure that they are looking after your systems.
Remember to share your tips and tricks with us! I'm sure we can all learn from one another's experiences.


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Ezekiel 18:19-23
Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?


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The last year (or two, if we're being honest) have brought a lot of changes, and there haven't been many opportunities for introspection. But that seems like too much to tackle, and so today I write about "Flotsam and Jetsam," running down Nostalgia Lane to revive an old Profanation series.
I've been saying that I need a hobby for awhile, and I think I've found one: I think I'm going to participate in Novel in November this year. No topic, no theme, no characters in mind – but I crave a long slog and big project all for me.
I've been branching out on my reading, and I just finished "The Night Circus," by Erin Morgenstern. It was enchanting, and I immediately began re-reading it. No spoilers, but the book jumps around in time every chapter. I'm getting more out of my second read. Am I the only one who does this? I think more people should re-read books. Or I should slow down when I read. When I'm really engaged in a new book, I basically inhale the words through osmosis, rather than forming each word in my mind, or picturing the scenes, or trying to hear the dialogue in my mind. Without having any way to prove my suspicions, I think I imagine everything at warp speed, too.
I have finally chosen my pre-workout mix of choice. I don't know if I even need it, but for some reason, it makes me look forward to my 0500 alarm. So I'm keeping Cellular C4 (in either Strawberry Margarita or Pink Lemonade) in my line-up.
Also added to my morning line-up: Vital Proteins Marine Collagen Peptides and GNC's CLAs. The first because these law-school-induced stress lines are starting to get deeper as 30 looms closer and closer, the second because, duh, fat-burning. I can't say that my stress lines are being reduced, but my nails and hair are already substantial stronger. I think my Kiehls obsession has more to do with my improved skin tone than the collagen, to be honest.
We (more on the plural later) spent last weekend in the Talladega National Forest. We planned during my lunch hour on Friday, and we launched after a leisurely, nonscheduled Saturday morning. It took us four hours to get there and two hours to get back (why are we so bad at navigating?), but we did get to drive through a lot of historic Alabama as well as the national forest. Just one night outdoors, but we slept under the full moon without the rainfly on – talk about rejuvenating. Sligo was the only thing missing.
^I bought a new Macbook Pro (!!) yesterday, and I even downloaded darktable…but I haven't learned how to edit my photos yet. More to come.


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NWSA 2013 Fat Studies Interest Group Call for Papers
November 7-10, 2013, Cincinnati, OH.
Papers on any topic at the intersection of women's studies/ feminism/ womanism/ gender/ sexuality and fat studies will be considered.
At minimum, your submission should fall under one of the following themes for NWSA 2013:
- The Sacred and the Profane
- Borders and Margins
- Futures of the Feminist Past
- Body Politics
- Practices of Effecting
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- Defining and Refining Fat
- Fatness and Beauty
Ideals/Beauty Privilege
- Women of Color and Body
- Fat Intersections (including
race, nationality, disability, sexuality, appearance/beauty)
- Teaching Fat Studies
(professorial bodies, student bodies, resistance)
- Fat Feminist Research Methods
(including role of the researcher body)
- Fat Feminists Theorizing the
- Fatopias/Fat Utopias
- Transnational Fat Bodies
(immigration, globalization)
- Knowledge-sharing/de-
- Fat Performance/Performing
Fatness/Fat Icons
- Fat Activism &
If you are interested in being a part of the 2013 Fat Studies panels at NWSA, please send the following info by February 13, 2013 to NWSA Fat Studies Interest Group Co-Chairs Michaela A. Nowell and Candice Buss: (email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com). Please make sure one of us confirms receipt of your submission.
Your submission should include your:
*Name, Institutional Affiliation, Snail Mail, Email, Phone.
*NWSA Theme your paper fits under (and fat studies topic area/s if yours fits any of the above).
*Title for your talk, a one-page, double-spaced abstract in which you lay out your topic and its relevance to this session.
*AND a 100 word truncated abstract (NWSA requirement).
Each person will speak for around 15 minutes, and we will leave time for Q&A. In order to present with your name in the program, you must become a member of NWSA in addition to registering for the conference.
If you submit a fat studies related paper or panel, you can tag it with the keyword 'fat feminisms,' and likewise search the program for 'fat feminisms' to find relevant panels. If you submit a paper or panel on your own, we encourage you to use this keyword if your paper or panel fits the bill. We thank NWSA for adding a keyword that helps conference attendees locate fat studies panels.


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This is Part 2 of the annual retrospective on the news in Hood River County and the Mid-Columbia, from the pages of the Hood River News during 2002. Part 1 appeared in the Jan. 1 edition.
July 6
Theft crimes are the biggest challenge facing many Hood River neighborhoods.
But Community Resource Officer Aaron Jubitz believes that residents can lessen their chances of becoming a victim by adopting proactive tactics. He plans to discuss those strategies at a series of community meetings within the next two months.
"Just because Hood River is a rural area doesn't mean that people don't need to take certain precautions," said Jubitz, who has spent the past year researching crime data.
He has compared that information among 10 zones that he mapped out in the city and identified the top law enforcement needs.
July 13
For a second time, Hood River Circuit Court Judge Donald Hull has declined to scrutinize a disputed land trade between the county and Mt. Hood Meadows, Ltd.
On July 10, Hull denied a request by the Hood River Valley Residents Committee and Mike McCarthy, one of its members, that he reverse a prior dismissal of their case.
"This is just one small battle and we'll continue to aggressively pursue protection of the Crystal Springs Drinking Water Protection Area and forest lands in the forest zone," said McCarthy. "We're encouraged by the strong support we are getting from the citizens of Hood River County and across the state."
However, Dave Riley, Meadows general manager, questioned the HRVRC's tactics in light of the two dismissals.
"We are pleased but not surprised with the judge's opinion; the judge's affirmation that the plaintiffs lack standing in this matter indicates that the HRVRC should re-evaluate its strategy of continual litigation and appeals that go nowhere," said Riley.
Aug. 21
To the sound of five bells, the community of Odell dedicated a small space to a large service.
About 300 citizens, including dozens of firefighters, gathered at the fire hall Dec. 18 to dedicate the Fallen Firefighter Memorial, a flag plaza with a four-foot-high black stone listing the names of Odell firefighters who have died.
The event was one day from the anniversary of the death of John Hazlett, who lost his life on Aug. 19, 2001, while driving an Odell tanker truck in a mutual aid call near Cascade Locks. He is the only Odell firefighter to die in the line of duty.
Sept. 11
Hood River will host two "red, white and blue" events today in remembrance of more than 3,000 people who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the East Coast.
But both ceremonies — one in the morning and the other in the evening — are also intended to celebrate the strong American spirit that emerged from the unprecedented devastation.
Local citizens are asked to show their patriotism by wearing the national colors to the 9 a.m. Memorial Ceremony at Overlook Park and the blended performance of the Sweet Adelines and Friends and Neighbors choirs at 7 p.m. in Jackson Park.
"After one year, we are all still coping with the magnitude of these attacks. I am humbled to be asked to help the community pay our respects to those who lost their lives and honor the countless heroes who helped us to recover," said Sen. Rick Metsger, who will be one of two keynote speakers at the morning commemoration.
Sept. 18
A suspicious mail parcel led to a quarantine of the Hood River Post Office for more than three hours on the afternoon of Sept. 13.
Although HAZMAT specialists from Gresham found the package to contain only a dead trout, City Police Chief Tony Dirks said what appeared to have been intended as a private prank ended up costing the public thousands of dollars.
Hood River Postal Supervisor Mike Winder said with the shutdown of business from 2-5 p.m, the post office lost about $2,500 in retail sales alone. He said that since outgoing mail was delayed until Saturday, the effect on other area businesses was unknown.
Sept. 25
The first hearing over Wal-Mart's plans for a supercenter has been postponed until January of 2003.
On Sept. 23, officials from the national chain store were granted more time to address design concerns. The site plans for the proposed 185,000 square foot store were to have been given a first look tonight by the Hood River County Planning Commission.
Wal-Mart asked for a continuation of the hearing following the recommendation by county planners last week that the application be denied because it failed to meet six key areas of concern.
"We requested the delay to the hearing so that we could further address the county provisions and concerns," said Amy Hill, Wal-Mart spokesperson.
Mike Benedict, county planning director, said the hearing will be rescheduled for early January, although no firm date has yet been chosen.
Sept. 25
An interim leadership plan will go into effect at Hood River Valley High School, following principal Ben Kolb's resignation, which he announced Sept. 23.
Kolb, starting his fourth year at HRVHS, took a job as assistant principal at the 1,440-student Redwood High School in Marin County, Calif.
Sept. 28
A $49,000 payment to former athletic director Glenn Elliott has led to the resignation of Superintendent Jerry Sessions of Hood River County School District.
(Sessions resigned Sept. 25 and had planned to finish the school year but found another job, in California, and stepped down Jan. 1, 2003.)
A one-year marriage of sorts began Sept. 26 for Steve Fisk and Martha Capovilla at Hood River Valley High School.
The educators will apply their collegial relationship to an experiment: they are now HRVHS co-principals, following School Board approval Sept. 25. Board member Anne Saxby called it "the Mom and Pop thing."
Oct. 2
It was an out of the ordinary idea. But then, these are not ordinary times. And in the end, it was a perfect melding of tradition and reality, of hope in the face of despair, of youthful optimism to bolster age-ripened dejection. In the end, it made perfect sense.
Under sun drenched skies Saturday, some 50 Hood River students — mostly from Hood River Valley High School — performed highlights of their upcoming production of "Les Miserables" for a captive audience of homeless people in Portland. The group, led by music director Mark Steighner, sang and told the famous story of Jean Valjean, whose theft of a loaf of bread in 18th century France set in motion a chain of tragic and redemptive events, to an audience for whom the epic drama more closely resembles reality than fiction.
The setting was Dignity Village, a homeless camp set up with the city's approval on the grounds of a leaf composting facility in Northeast Portland. The village and its 60 residents — whose motto is "Out of the Doorways" — are a real-life experiment in dealing with the city's homeless. Governed by rules and regulations — including no drugs or alcohol, and no violence — and led by a council made up of founding members, the village provides a place for the homeless to live while they work to return to mainstream society.
Oct. 12
Another roadblock has been erected in Wal-Mart's path to build a supercenter — and speculation has resurfaced that the business may move out of Hood River.
"We were certainly taken back by the Oregon Department of Transportation's comments and are considering all options," said Amy Hill, Wal-Mart spokesperson, after ODOT shot down the proposed location for a traffic signal on Tuesday.
"I didn't get the impression there was much flexibility with ODOT on this issue," said Eric Walker, county senior planner, who was present at the Expo Center meeting requested by Wal-Mart to clarify traffic and infrastructure issues involved with its application.
Oct. 23
The Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration is just around the corner and the Gorge could capitalize on the thousands of visitors retracing that historic route.
To maximize the economic gain from increased tourism, the Columbia Gorge Visitors Association obtained grant funding to hire Kathy Watson as the local coordinator for the "epic" journey.
Although the national celebration begins in 2003, Watson told county officials that the Gorge will be highlighted at the two hundred year mark in the fall of 2005 and the spring of 2006. However, she said the three-year span of the anniversary is expected to draw as many as 25 million people to the Gorge.
Nov. 6
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has opened his office for discussion of a tribal gambling casino in Cascade Locks.
And that news released by Sen. Rick Metsger, D-Welches, on Nov. 4 has Hood River, Cascade Locks and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs officials "hopeful" about reaching a settlement over the controversial project.
"We're prepared to move forward as soon as it can happen and the sooner the better from our perspective," said Cascade Locks City Manager Robert Willoughby.
Nov. 20
A faulty wall heater almost started a fire at a Wasco Street house early morning on Nov. 17 — but the smoke detector alarm saved the day.
According to reports, resident Daryl Slining was awakened by the warning system shortly after 7 a.m. He then discovered that the sheetrock above the older heater in his living room had been scorched and the coils were making "popping" noises.
"This home had working smoke detectors that alerted the occupant and possibly saved a life," said Hood River Fire Marshal Devon Wells.
On Jan. 1, the cost of crossing the Bridge of the Gods will go up — unless drivers go buy the book.
The Port of Cascade Locks Board of Commissioners approved increasing the tolls for single-trips by automobiles, and for commercial vehicles and motor homes, following a staff recommendation at its Nov. 4 meeting.
Rates for commercial trucks and buses will increase from 75 cents per axle to $1 per axle. Motor homes and dual-wheeled pickups will increase from $1.50 to $2 per crossing.
Nov. 23
An elderly Wilsonville woman died of natural causes on Port Marina Beach sometime between the mornings of Nov. 18 and Nov. 19, according to officials. The body of Harriett Arnold Renfroe, 88, was found slumped at the base of a rocky outcropping by a passerby walking her dogs about 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 19.
Nov. 23
Hood River County has been asked to intervene in a stalemate over annexation talks between West Side Fire District and the City of Hood River. The fire district's board of directors has asked the county to take its mediation role under Oregon law and call both parties to the bargaining table. In turn, the county has requested via a letter sent on Nov. 19 that both public agencies submit a schedule for when the groups can meet. At issue is how to provide for a smooth transfer of services that does not harm West Side's financial ability to provide property protection.
Nov. 27
Hood River Lions Club Foundation opened its annual gift bag Nov. 25 and announced $108,000 in grants to 33 recipients in Hood River County. The largest single grant is one for $10,339 to Hood River Fire Department to pay for a thermal imaging camera, which will literally help firefighters see through smoke.
The need is one of dozens addressed through the anonymous $2.1 million donation five years ago. The Foundation is the single-largest charity in the County.
Dec. 4
A revision to Hood River County's inventory of possible destination resort sites is good news for Mt. Hood Meadows, Ltd. But the Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition, opponents of large-scale development in the forest zone, are "very curious" about why the changes were made after Meadows complained — especially when the public was never given the opportunity to first review the map and supporting documents.
Mike Benedict, county planning director, said the public will have ample opportunity to scrutinize and comment on the materials submitted by the Portland consulting firm of Cogan, Owens, Cogan. However, he said the first mistake on the map has underscored the need for his staffers to review the information before it is released to correct any further technical problems. "We're reviewing the map parcel by parcel to ensure its accuracy," said Benedict.
Dec. 7
Although jokes were traded about organizing BINGO games for profit, the mood was grim on Dec. 3 as 23 officials from public agencies met to discuss "bloody" budget cuts.
The possibility that "working poor" families, senior citizens, and children would be left unserved dominated the monthly meeting of the Hood River County Commission on Children and Families.
"We can't sit back and say 'we can't do this, we can't do that,' we have to think about what we can do instead of all the sorrows that have been put upon us," said Donita Huskey-Wilson, director of the county juvenile department.
Huskey-Wilson has lost $25,000 from her annual budget and is being forced to lay off one of her five case workers. But even worse is the financial plight facing the Mid-Columbia Center for Living.
Sharon Guidera, executive director for the Center, said in November state providers of mental health and addiction counseling services were targeted by emergency legislative action for $30 million in budget restrictions. She said that move dropped her agency's current budget for fiscal year 2002-03 by $473,600, eliminating some services to high-risk or disabled individuals altogether.
Dec. 11
Stefanie Lowe and her two sons, Ryan and Matthew, moved out of the motel room they'd been living in for several weeks and into a condominium last week. Thanks to an outpouring of community support for the family, whose rented house burned down in early November, Lowe was able to make the necessary rent and deposit payments for a condominium on Wasco Street in Hood River. Nearly all the money raised came from community donations to a bank account in Lowe's name set up at U.S. Bank by Hood River resident Janet Davis.
Dec. 11
The cost for new developments to hook up to city water and sewer services could take a giant leap this spring.
Under the proposed rates, the Systems Development Charge (SDC) to install a standard residential meter would rise from the current $700 to $1,408, a 101 percent increase. The new fee for the water meter would spike 474 percent, from $450 to $2,584. The SDC has not been raised in more than 10 years and on Dec. 9 the Hood River City Council decided to seek the middle ground in fees levied statewide.
Dec. 14
On Dec. 11 the Hood River County School District Board of Directors appointed Rick Eggers interim superintendent, through June 30, 2003. Eggers, in his fourth year as assistant superintendent of the school district, will lead the district in its period of transition as it searches for a new superintendent during the first quarter of 2003.
Dec. 18
Honking horns, cheers and applause accompanied the first official pedestrian crossing on Dec. 16 at the new traffic stoplight in the Heights. Down Manor resident Jessie Short led the group of state, county and city officials on the walk across 12th Street, also known as Highway 281, at the Eliot and Brookside intersection. She was joined by Dollie Rasmussen and Sharon Wilson, who spearheaded a grassroots fundraising drive toward the $237,000 signal.
Hood River County United Way announced Monday that its campaign would fall $15,000 short this year, unless additional contributions can be secured in the next six weeks. Failure to reach last year's amount — and the current campaign's goal — of $105,000 will force the local United Way to reduce funding to local agencies.
Dec. 21
Mixed reviews have met a recent poll showing that Cascade Locks residents are divided over having a casino in their hometown. This week the poll results were used by the Friends of the Columbia Gorge to support its new campaign against a casino in the Gorge city's industrial park. The Portland-based environmental group has already registered strong opposition toward the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs' alternate proposal to build a gaming center on 40 acres of trust land just east of Hood River.
However, Cascade Locks officials and some of the residents surveyed contend the poll results are "bogus" since the research was paid for by the Grand Ronde tribe so the questions were deliberately misleading.
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Golden Sun Moth (Synemon plana) - An endangered species
The Golden Sun Moth ( Synemon plana ) is a medium-sized moth with the slightly larger male having a wing span of about 34 mm. The upper surfaces of male forewings and hindwings are patterned bronzy brown and grey; the female has dark grey patterned forewings and bright orange hindwings with black submarginal spots. The adults are without functional mouthparts; they have strongly clubbed antennae and the female has a long extensible ovipositor.
The Golden Sun Moth was once relatively widespread in native grasslands of south-eastern Australia but its abundance is now much reduced. Currently, the species is known from 16 sites in the ACT (six of which are small and isolated) 11 sites in NSW and five sites in Victoria.
In the ACT, the moth occurs in natural temperate grasslands dominated by Danthonia carphoides, a wallaby grass, in areas adjacent to and within the city of Canberra.
The most important sites are within the Majura Field Firing Range, the Belconnen Naval Station, "Woden" property in the Jerrabomberra Valley and in the Mulanggary Grassland Reserve in Gungahlin.
The adult Golden Sun Moth is a day-flying species that may be found in the ACT from about mid-November to early January. They do not feed or drink as adults and usually live for only one or two days. Females rarely fly and eggs are laid in the base of wallaby grass tussocks. Larvae feed on the underground tussock parts for about two years before emerging as adults.
Conservation Threats
Loss, fragmentation or degradation of already restricted habitat is the major threat to the Golden Sun Moth. In the ACT, only 5% (1000 ha) of lowland native grassland still exists in moderate to good condition and only a subset of this is of a type dominated by suitable wallaby grass species. Native grassland continues to be in demand for urban development as well as being vulnerable to alteration by changed agricultural practices and degradation through weed invasion.
Conservation Action
The objective is to maintain existing viable populations of the Golden Sun Moth in their natural habitat.
Protection of remnant grassland, research on the moth and its biology and monitoring of the effectiveness of management practices are the main conservation tools.
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Adding something new to the mix this quarter, IPR's favorite go-to spot Honey Lounge played host Thursday night to the fiercest group of beat makers this side of the Mississippi. Crowd-favorite veterans such as DLinz (Derek Linzy), Sir Dré (Andre Steele), and The Coldest (a.k.a. Luke Young) did not disappoint. Newcomers to the battle included John Chavez who suffered an early elimination in the battle. Like the saying goes, only the good die young, and John Chavez is sure to battle back again! First-quarter student Elgin Thrower, who goes by 'They Call Me Bo', represented his hometown of Missouri who went up against Arthur Costa (a.k.a. Cheef) who brought his smooth flowing loops and cruisin' beats winning the crowd over after guest judges Mychal Fisher (Aquatic Son) and Onyx Johnson (King Sandman) left the win in the hands of the audience.
Sir Dré brought a secret weapon with him to the stage in the form of fellow IPR classmate Chris Kielas (a.k.a. Keyless) to battle against the reigning Beat Master DLinz. In the end, Aquatic Son and King Sandman gave it up for DLinz as he advanced to the final round against battle newcomer – Brad Grunst. As a late entry, Grunst delivered hard, bass-thumping beats married with a synthetic vibe that left your head nodding to the beat. You could feel the crowd's excitement grow as the battle waged on. A final round tie-breaker between DLinz and Grunst prompted the judges to rally the crowd for one more elimination round to take the crown for the title of Beat Master. Host Joe (Avey) Sadowski in the end broke out the Applause-O-Meter congratulating Brad Grunst as the victor.
Special guests brought down the house in between battle rounds. Performances included the likes of Prince-Jamal Mack, a crowd favorite who showcased his smooth flowing free-style rap battle skills. It was clear this was not his first time at the rodeo… Another fresh performance for the night with a powerful message about his time served abroad as part of the US military was delivered by AWALL (Andy Springer). His high energy performance and passionate lyrics touched the audience with a standing roar of applause. Sir Dré, took to the stage again pulling double duty as a guest performer – wooing the ladies with his melodic vocals. Guest judge King Sandman took to the mic for the final guest performance of the show. His presence, delivery and beats showcased his raw talent and skills and it was felt by the crowd. Sandman's lyrical skills could be rivaled against the likes of Bone, Thugs and Harmony any day!
Special thanks go out to all the battlers: Luke Young, Elgin Thrower, Andre Steele, Derek Linzy, Brad Grunst, John Chavez, and Arthur Costa. Thank you as well to all the IPR students who came out in support of their classmates for this event, as well as the staff and sound engineers of Honey Lounge. Last but certainly not least, thank you to all the evening's guest performers: Andre Steele, Andy Springer, Prince-Jamal Mack, and Onyx Johnson.
We'll see you at the next Battle of the Beats!
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
By Pranjal Gera
Two New Automobile Hubs to come up in India
The Government of India is planning to set up two new automobile manufacturing hubs. The manufacturing hubs are likely to come up in the eastern and central regions and will spread across 10 thousand acres each.
In addition to the already existing zones in Maharashtra, Haryana and Tamil Nadu, the two new manufacturing hubs will help increasing India's position as the key manufacturing location of low cost vehicles. India's automobile industry at present has an annual turnover of US $ 75 billion and accounts for 6 per cent of the GDP. Praful Patel, Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Entriprises, in talks with the top officials of the auto companies in India said that if India wants to become a top manufacturer of low cost vehicles globally, it would have to emerge as a large-scale manufacturing destination and cost competitive market. He added that India needs to keep its costs down and maintain high level of efficiency in order to maintain its position as the leader in manufacturing of small cars. He further added that the two new hubs should be developed as self sustaining units. In a bid to resolve the issues like high taxation and export incentive schemes like DEPB (Duty Entitlement Passbook) scheme, he announced the formation of an inter-ministerial task force. Indian automobile industry currently has a turn over of US $ 75 Billions and exports of another US $ 11 Billions. With such a large amount coming from the exports, there is a constant demand from the industry for flexible tax laws and labour law reforms to increase competitiveness. The Indian Auto market is currently ranked seventh in the world. SIAM or Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures earlier demanded a right to lay off the excess work force at the times of slowdown.
Pawan Goenka, President of SIAM said that the agenda of labour reforms is high on their list, as currently there is no policy that allows them to lay off workers at the time of slowdown but with proper layoff benefits. He added that the auto companies should be allowed to put in more permanent workers. This kind of model exists in USA, where firms can lay off workers at the time of slowdown. He also pointed towards the safety net features like government funds that the automobile companies in USA enjoy.


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Parent groups to address school safety
School system reviewing incidents at Northwest High
Parents concerned about inconsistent discipline at Northwest High School have begun organizing a group to advocate for stricter rule enforcement and other safety measures at the Germantown school.
The school's PTSA is also forming a safety committee that will look into how to improve the sense of security among staff and students.
A group of about 15 parents met Monday night in Germantown in response to two violent incidents that occurred at Northwest on March 26 — an assault and a fight stemming from an alleged armed robbery — that they say are the result of administrators failing to crack down on students who break the rules. Police have also said that discipline is inconsistently applied at the school.
"You would think there's a war zone at Northwest from some of the parents, and I don't think that's the case. There are some isolated incidents and a systematic problem with enforcement," said Northwest parent Tom Brennan, an organizer of the tentatively named Northwest High School Coalition of Concerned Parents. "If you're not going to enforce the little rules that set the tone at the school, how are you going to enforce the big ones?"
Community Superintendant LaVerne Kimball said Northwest Principal Sylvia Morrison plans to look into the issue.
On March 26, a 17-year-old student allegedly let his 23-year-old brother into the school to confront student David Katembwe, who had allegedly robbed him of $60 with a handgun the previous day, police have said. Police said Katembwe had an unloaded gun. Katembwe is being held on $250,000 bond on several counts, including armed robbery and handgun possession. The 23-year-old was also charged in the incident and has been released.
Later that day, a 16-year-old female student allegedly attacked another girl for allegedly spreading rumors, according to police. She was struck in the head repeatedly and suffered brain swelling, police said. Amina Posley was charged as an adult with first-degree assault and other charges.
Police are investigating whether the school violated an agreement between the school system, county police and county prosecutors by not notifying police about the assault. Morrison has said that police were notified.
Northwest High is planning to have a motivational speaker talk to students about bullying and is working on having a speaker talk to parents and staff, according to Kimball. Morrison will also review the school's discipline policy, she said, and the review will determine whether any changes are required. The kind of actions that could be required would depend on what the review found, she said.
Morrison will send a letter home assuring parents she has heard their concerns, Kimball said.
Morrison did not return calls for comment.
The school system is reviewing both incidents at Northwest, Kimball said, but she said she did not know when the review would be complete, describing it as a "continuous and ongoing process." The review will be done by the office of school performance, she said. The school system does not have set procedures on how serious incidents are reviewed or what serious incidents are reviewed, she said. She would not say whether Montgomery County Public Schools plans to look into the allegations about the school's approach to discipline.
The Montgomery County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's
Youth Leadership Council has offered to host a town hall-style meeting for 80 at-risk students at Northwest to talk about safety and other issues and develop recommendations, according to Henry Pittman, youth advisor for the NAACP's Parent Council and a former Northwest parent. Talking to students in smaller groups is more effective, he said.
The youth council held at similar forum at Albert Einstein High School after a gun was discharged during school in 2008, and students there formed their own leadership council.
"The NAACP youth leadership is very concerned about what's transpired at Northwest," Pittman said of the recent incidences, adding that the school needs to be proactive, such as through an intervention program for at-risk youths. "…The concerns of the parents have been going on several years, and there needs to be a change in philosophy at the school."


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This page documents the practices in place for Mercury Release. These practices were presented during Mercury Release planning at Shenzhen Dec 13-16, 2016.
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- Using Jira ScrumBoard is Mandatory for all Projects
- At M1, PTL must create Backlog (Epic, Story) in Jira. Backlog must be prioritized. Refer to "JIRA how to?" for step by step procedure for managing Jira.
- For each Sprint, Community (team member) must create Tasks in JIRA. Step by step procedure are available.
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- Reach 50% Code Coverage at M2
- CSIT Use Cases documented in wiki at M2
- Show evidence that CSIT is in place (50%) at M3
- CSIT Use Cases all PASS at M4
- Comply with CI rules: Fix the broken built
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- Comply with Commit Process
- NEVER embed jar, war, tar, gz, gzip, zip in Gerrit
Defect Management
- Enforcement of Jira Workflow and Practices. Issue assigned back to reporter
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The Sleep Disorder Institute of Riverside Medical Center can diagnose and treat narcolepsy. Narcolepsy is a chronic, neurological sleep disorder with no known cause. This genetic disorder involves the body's central nervous system, and is caused by a deficiency in the production of a neuropeptide called orexin.
The main characteristic of narcolepsy is excessive and overwhelming daytime sleepiness, even after adequate nighttime sleep. A person with narcolepsy is likely to become drowsy or to fall asleep at inappropriate times and places, and sleep attacks may occur with or without warning.
Attacks can occur repeatedly in a single day, drowsiness may persist for prolonged periods of time, and nighttime sleep may be fragmented with frequent awakenings.
How is narcolepsy diagnosed?
Riverside's Sleep Disorder Institute uses a combination of medical history, physical examination and laboratory tests to confirm a narcolepsy diagnosis. These tests include:
- Overnight polysomnogram (PSG) - A sleep test to monitor various parameters during an entire night of sleep.
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) - Measures sleep onset and how quickly rapid eye movement REM sleep occurs.
- Genetic blood test - To test for a genetic mutation often found in people who have a predisposition to narcolepsy.
How is narcolepsy treated?
The treatment goal of narcolepsy is for the patient to remain as alert as possible during his or her waking hours and to minimize any recurring episodes of cataplexy, while using a minimal amount of medication. Other treatment options include
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Israel expects the Reagan administration, fresh from a landslide victory in Tuesday's presidential elections, to broker an agreement between Syria and Israel that will enable Israel to withdraw from south Lebanon.
That view was expressed Wednesday by Simcha Dinitz, a former Israeli ambassador to the United States, on Israel Radio. Israel is scheduled to begin military talks today with the Lebanese to arrange a pullout.
An agreement with Syria, however informal, would include assurances that Syria will not move from its positions in eastern Lebanon and that Syria will prevent Palestinian guerrillas from infiltrating to attack northern Israel, should Israel pull out of Lebanon.
The Israelis say such a ''gentlemen's understanding'' with Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon, can be arranged only through the good offices of the US. But the Reagan administration was keeping a low profile in the region before Tuesday's elections.
Now the Israelis expect Reagan to reenter more aggressively an arena where his administration suffered perhaps its worst foreign relations disasters. But, analysts agree, there is little likelihood of an overall Mideast peace settlement in the next four years. Israeli officials say privately that the bombings of US facilities in Lebanon and Leba-non's abrogation of the US-arranged accord on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon have strengthened US-Israeli ties.
''The Americans got burned badly by the Arabs in Lebanon,'' says an Israeli official. ''(Secretary of State George) Shultz believes now that Israel is the United States' only reliable ally in the Middle East.''
One possible friction point between a second Reagan administration and Israel is the Reagan initiative, the overall Mideast peace plan introduced in 1982 that has been all but shelved. The plan called for formation of a Palestinian ''entity'' on the West Bank and Gaza Strip in confederation with Jordan.
Reagan told the United Nations in September that his administration stands behind the initiative. The government of Prime Minister Menachem Begin had rejected it. The new government has yet to take an official stand.
Some Arab moderates, such as Jordan's King Hussein, are thought to be hoping that Reagan will now pursue the plan more actively. Hussein and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat had initially rejected it.
A Western diplomat scoffs at the notion that Reagan will pressure Israel to make concessions to the King and trade the occupied West Bank for peace.
''What pressure is the President going to bring?'' the diplomat asks rhetorically. ''What pressure has the US brought to bear against Israel in the last four years?''


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Writing. Writing about writing. I feel belittled by myself. Deprecated. I'm finding it too arduous to summon the words I once would with so much ease. Powerful language flowing out from within me. Words that bled from me. Words I bled into. Red-brown smears across the paper.
I lost the words, somewhere once upon a time. Alongside prams and potty training, ABC songs hurt, and Old McDonald wouldn't have helped me. A most magical moment in time, by anybody's standards, left me bereft of my release. Desperate, paramount release. Betrayed by life, by life and biology. Words, stolen from me on that magic night.
I don't need anyone to read what I've written. But I NEED to be able to write. Imperative to my soul, I beg for the words to return to me. For as long as I can remember, words healed me, writing them stroked my heart. And now they have gone.
Haunted by formidable dreams, a sign of creativity seeping up through any cracks in my spirit. There are so many many cracks. Biomorphic shapes of shadow creatures creep up from within them, taunting me, prickling my spine. They smile, disgusting smiles.
Maybe my heart isn't broken enough anymore? The bleeding, my blood the ink, has dried. Is broken love the only inspiration I can use? Has broken love dried my emotional river? Desperate, grieving, tears come easily over the haughty remains, spiteful remains that dance and jeer where words once were. Ridiculing my failure.