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Nicaragua Population: 5,966,79810,141 VISITORS FROM HERE!
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|The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the first half of the 19th century, but gradually ceded control of the region in subsequent decades. Violent opposition to governmental manipulation and corruption spread to all classes by 1978 and resulted in a short-lived civil war that brought the Marxist Sandinista guerrillas to power in 1979. Nicaraguan aid to leftist rebels in El Salvador prompted the US to sponsor anti-Sandinista contra guerrillas through much of the 1980s. After losing free and fair elections in 1990, 1996, and 2001, former Sandinista President Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra was elected president in 2006 and reelected in 2011. The 2008 municipal elections, 2010 regional elections, 2011 presidential election, 2012 municipal elections, and 2013 regional elections were marred by widespread irregularities. Nicaragua's infrastructure and economy - hard hit by the earlier civil war and by Hurricane Mitch in 1998 - are slowly being rebuilt, but democratic institutions have been weakened under the ORTEGA administration.
Largest country in Central America; contains the largest freshwater body in Central America, Lago de Nicaragua
|Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 130,370 sq km
land: 119,990 sq km
water: 10,380 sq km
Size comparison: slightly larger than Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than New York state
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 1,253 km border countries (2): Costa Rica 313 km, Honduras 940 km
|910 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: natural prolongation
|tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
|extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|gold, silver, copper, tungsten, lead, zinc, timber, fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 42.2% arable land 12.5%; permanent crops 2.5%; permanent pasture 27.2% forest: 25.3%
other: 32.5% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|1,990 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|destructive earthquakes; volcanoes; landslides; extremely susceptible to hurricanes volcanism: significant volcanic activity; Cerro Negro (elev. 728 m), which last erupted in 1999, is one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes; its lava flows and ash have been known to cause significant damage to farmland and buildings; other historically active volcanoes include Concepcion, Cosiguina, Las Pilas, Masaya, Momotombo, San Cristobal, and Telica
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Nicaraguan(s)
adjective: Nicaraguan
|Ethnic groups:
|mestizo (mixed Amerindian and white) 69%, white 17%, black 9%, Amerindian 5%
|Spanish (official) 95.3%, Miskito 2.2%, Mestizo of the Caribbean coast 2%, other 0.5% note: English and indigenous languages found on the Caribbean coast (2005 est.)
|Roman Catholic 58.5%, Protestant 23.2% (Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%), Jehovah's Witnesses 0.9%, other 1.6%, none 15.7% (2005 est.)
|5,966,798 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 27.88% (male 848,537/female 815,032)
15-24 years: 21.78% (male 653,113/female 646,497)
25-54 years: 39.42% (male 1,113,772/female 1,238,550)
55-64 years: 5.79% (male 160,165/female 185,385)
65 years and over: 5.12% (male 136,661/female 169,086) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 54.1%
youth dependency ratio: 46.3%
elderly dependency ratio: 7.8%
potential support ratio: 12.8% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 25.2 years
male: 24.3 years
female: 26 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|0.99% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|17.9 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|5.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 58.8% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 1.96% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|MANAGUA (capital) 956,000 (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|19.2 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|150 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 19 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 73.2 years male: 71.1 years
female: 75.5 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|1.92 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|80.4% (2011/12)
|Health expenditures:
|9% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.9 physicians/1,000 population (2014)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.9 beds/1,000 population (2012)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 99.3% of population
rural: 69.4% of population
total: 87% of population
urban: 0.7% of population
rural: 30.6% of population
total: 13% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 76.5% of population
rural: 55.7% of population
total: 67.9% of population
urban: 23.5% of population
rural: 44.3% of population
total: 32.1% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|0.27% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|9,900 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|300 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|15.5% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|5.7% (2007)
|Education expenditures:
|4.5% of GDP (2010)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 82.8%
male: 82.4%
female: 83.2% (2015 est.)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 11.9% male: 9.8%
female: 15.6% (2010 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Nicaragua
conventional short form: Nicaragua
local long form: Republica de Nicaragua
local short form: Nicaragua
etymology: Nicarao was the name of the largest indigenous settlement at the time of Spanish arrival; conquistador Gil GONZALEZ Davila, who explored the area (1622-23), combined the name of the community with the Spanish word "agua" (water), referring to the two large lakes in the west of the country (Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua)
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: Managua
geographic coordinates: 12 08 N, 86 15 W
time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonoma); Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Costa Caribe Norte*, Costa Caribe Sur*, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
|15 September 1821 (from Spain)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
|several previous; latest adopted 19 November 1986, effective 9 January 1987; amended several times, last in 2014 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system; Supreme Court may review administrative acts
|16 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (since 10 January 2007); Vice President Moises Omar HALLESLEVENS Acevedo (since 10 January 2012); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (since 10 January 2007); Vice President Moises Omar HALLESLEVENS Acevedo (since 10 January 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by simple majority popular vote for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 6 November 2011 (next to be held by November 2016)
election results: Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra reelected president; percent of vote - Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra (FSLN) 62.5%, Fabio GADEA Mantilla (PLI) 31%, Arnoldo ALEMAN (PLC) 5.9%, other 0.6%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral National Assembly or Asamblea Nacional (92 seats; 70 members in multi-seat constituencies and 20 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by proportional representation vote; 2 seats reserved for the previous president and the runner-up candidate in the previous presidential election; members serve 5-year terms;)
elections: last held on 6 November 2011 (next to be held by November 2016)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FSLN 62, PLI/MRS 26, PLC 2
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 16 judges organized into administrative, civil, criminal, and constitutional chambers) judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges elected by the National Assembly to serve 5-year staggered terms
subordinate courts: Appeals Court; first instance civil, criminal, and military courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Alliance for the Republic or APRE [Carlos CANALES] Conservative Party or PC [Alejandro BOLANOS Davis] Independent Liberal Party or PLI [Indalecio RODRIGUEZ] Liberal Constitutionalist Party or PLC [Maria Haydee OSUNA] Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance or ALN [Alejandro MEJIA Ferreti] Sandinista National Liberation Front or FSLN [Jose Daniel ORTEGA Saavedra] Sandinista Renovation Movement or MRS [Ana Margarita VIJIL]
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|National Workers Front or FNT (a Sandinista umbrella group of eight labor unions including: Farm Workers Association or ATC, Health Workers Federation or FETASALUD, Heroes and Martyrs Confederation of Professional Associations or CONAPRO, National Association of Educators of Nicaragua or ANDEN, National Union of Employees or UNE, National Union of Farmers and Ranchers or UNAG, Sandinista Workers Central or CST, and Union of Journalists of Nicaragua or UPN) Nicaraguan Workers' Central or CTN (an independent labor union) Permanent Congress of Workers or CPT (an umbrella group of four non-Sandinista labor unions including: Autonomous Nicaraguan Workers Central or CTN-A, Confederation of Labor Unification or CUS, Independent General Confederation of Labor or CGT-I, and Labor Action and Unity Central or CAUS) Superior Council of Private Enterprise or COSEP (a confederation of business groups)
|International organization participation:
|BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|turquoise-browed motmot (bird); national colors: blue, white
|National anthem:
| name: "Salve a ti, Nicaragua" (Hail to Thee, Nicaragua)
lyrics/music: Salomon Ibarra MAYORGA/traditional, arranged by Luis Abraham DELGADILLO
note: although only officially adopted in 1971, the music was approved in 1918 and the lyrics in 1939; the tune, originally from Spain, was used as an anthem for Nicaragua from the 1830s until 1876
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| hief of mission: Ambassador Francisco Obadiah CAMPBELL Hooker (since 23 June 2010)
chancery: 1627 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 939-6570, 6573
consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Phyllis M. POWERS (since 24 April 2012)
embassy: Kilometer 5.5 Carretera Sur, Managua
mailing address: American Embassy Managua, APO AA 34021
telephone: [505] 2252-7100, 2252-7888; 2252-7634 (after hours)
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Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America and the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere, has widespread underemployment and poverty. Textiles and agriculture combined account for nearly 50% of Nicaragua's exports. The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has been in effect since April 2006 and has expanded export opportunities for many Nicaraguan agricultural and manufactured goods. In 2013, the government granted a 50-year concession to a newly formed Chinese-run company to finance and build an inter-oceanic canal and related projects, at an estimated cost of $50 billion. The canal construction has not started.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $33.49 billion (2016 est.) $32.04 billion (2015 est.) $30.54 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $13.41 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|4.5% (2016 est.) 4.9% (2015 est.) 4.6% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,300 (2016 est.) $5,100 (2015 est.) $4,900 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|22.8% of GDP (2016 est.) 23.6% of GDP (2015 est.) 19.7% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 79.4%
government consumption: 7.2%
investment in fixed capital: 32.1%
investment in inventories: 1.6%
exports of goods and services: 36.2%
imports of goods and services: -54.9% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 79.4%
government consumption: 7.2%
investment in fixed capital: 32.1%
investment in inventories: 1.6%
exports of goods and services: 36.2%
imports of goods and services: -54.9% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|coffee, bananas, sugarcane, rice, corn, tobacco, cotton, sesame, soya, beans; beef, veal, pork, poultry, dairy products; shrimp, lobsters
|food processing, chemicals, machinery and metal products, knit and woven apparel, petroleum refining and distribution, beverages, footwear, wood, electric wire harness manufacturing, mining
|Industrial production growth rate:
|5% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|3.013 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 31%
industry: 18%
services: 50% (2011 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|6% (2016 est.) 6.1% (2015 est.) note: underemployment was 46.5% in 2008
|Population below poverty line:
|29.6% (2015 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 1.4%
highest 10%: 41.8% (2005)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|40.5 (2010) 60.3 (1998)
| revenues: $3.454 billion
expenditures: $3.738 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|25.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
| 46.2% of GDP (2016 est.) 45.7% of GDP (2015 est.)
note: official data; data cover general Government Debt, and includes debt instruments issued (or owned) by Government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmen
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.1% (2016 est.) 4% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$1.077 billion (2016 est.) -$1.045 billion (2015 est.)
|$3.108 billion (2016 est.) $3.341 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|coffee, beef, gold, sugar, peanuts, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, cigars, automobile wiring harnesses, textiles, apparel, cotton
|Exports - partners:
|US 56.5%, Mexico 10.7%, Venezuela 5.4%, El Salvador 4.3% (2015)
|$6.039 billion (2016 est.) $6.083 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|consumer goods, machinery and equipment, raw materials, petroleum products
|Imports - partners:
|US 19.9%, Mexico 14.9%, China 10.6%, Venezuela 7%, Costa Rica 7%, El Salvador 5.7%, Guatemala 5.6%, Netherlands Antilles 5.5% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$2.442 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $2.492 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$11.1 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $10.64 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 28.68 (2016 est.) 27.257 (2015 est.) 27.257 (2014 est.) 26.01 (2013 est.) 23.55 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|4.438 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|4.412 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|48.98 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|22 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.331 million kW (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|54.4% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|10.2% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|35.4% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|13,440 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|14,260 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|30,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|396 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|16,500 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2016 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2016 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2016 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2016 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2015 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|5.2 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 7.264 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 123 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: system being upgraded by foreign investment; nearly all installed telecommunications capacity now uses digital technology, owing to investments since privatization of the formerly state-owned telecommunications company
domestic: since privatization, access to fixed-line and mobile-cellular services has improved; fixed-line teledensity roughly 6 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular telephone subscribership has increased to over 120 per 100 persons
international: country code - 505; the Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) fiber-optic submarine cable provides connectivity to South and Central America, parts of the Caribbean, and the US; satellite earth stations - 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region) a (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|multiple terrestrial TV stations, supplemented by cable TV in most urban areas; nearly all are government-owned or affiliated; more than 300 radio stations, both government-affiliated and privately owned (2016)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 1.164 million percent of population: 19.7% (July 2015 est.)
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|147 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 12
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 135
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 15
under 914 m: 119 (2013)
|oil 54 km (2013)
| total 23,897 km
paved: 3,346 km
unpaved: 20,551 km (2014)
|2,220 km (navigable waterways as well as the use of the large Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua; rivers serve only the sparsely populated eastern part of the country) (2011)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Bluefields, Corinto
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|Military branches:
|National Army of Nicaragua (Ejercito Nacional de Nicaragua, ENN; includes Navy, Air Force) (2013)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18-30 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; tour of duty 18-36 months; requires Nicaraguan nationality and 6th-grade education (2012)
|Military expenditures:
|0.63% of GDP (2012) 0.53% of GDP (2011) 0.63% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|the 1992 ICJ ruling for El Salvador and Honduras advised a tripartite resolution to establish a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca, which considers Honduran access to the Pacific; Nicaragua and Costa Rica regularly file border dispute cases over the delimitations of the San Juan River and the northern tip of Calero Island to the ICJ; in 2009, the ICJ ruled that Costa Rican vessels carrying out police activities could not use the river, but official Costa Rican vessels providing essential services to riverside inhabitants and Costa Rican tourists could travel freely on the river; in 2011, the ICJ provisionally ruled that both countries must remove personnel from the disputed area; in 2013, the ICJ rejected Nicaragua's 2012 suit to halt Costa Rica's construction of a highway paralleling the river on the grounds of irreparable environmental damage; in 2013, the ICJ, regarding the disputed territory, ordered that Nicaragua should refrain from dredging or canal construction and refill and repair damage caused by trenches connecting the river to the Caribbean and upheld its 2010 ruling that Nicaragua must remove all personnel; in early 2014, Costa Rica brought Nicaragua to the ICJ over offshore oil concessions in the disputed region
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
stateless persons: 1 (2015)
|Illicit drugs:
|transshipment point for cocaine destined for the US and transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing
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text: William Christianson William "Bill" Christianson, of Baraboo, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the VA Hospice in Madison. Arrangements are pending with the Redlin Funeral Home. A full obituary will appear in a later edition. William 'Bill' Christianson William "Bill" Christianson, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the VA Hospice in Madison at the age of 62 with his loving wife by his side after a long battle with Agent Orange-related cancer. Bill, the son of the late William George and Arlene (Horstman) Christianson-Giebel, was born on June 17, 1950 in Reedsburg. On Sept. 1, 1985, he was united in marriage to Jo Barker in Baraboo. Bill had been employed by the University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/Sauk County campus until he became disabled. Bill was a member of several veterans organizations, belonging to Disabled American Veterans Chapter 8, the North Freedom American Legion Post 172, and a life member at large of the Vietnam Veterans of America. He was most active with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7694 in Prairie du Sac, where he served as commander for a number of … Continue reading


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Sam Harris Logs 18 Points, 11 Boards In Annual Blue-White Game
By ODU Athletics
Oct. 28, 2007
NORFOLK, Va. -- Senior Sam Harris (Newnham, Tasmania, Australia) notched a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead all Monarchs in the annual Blue-White Game Sunday afternoon at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
The squad of seniors Harris and Abdi Lidonde (Sutton, Mass.), rookies Ben Finney (Portsmouth, Va.), Darius James (Va. Beach, Va.), Keyon Carter (Riviera Beach, Fla.) and sophomore Marsharee Neely (Greensboro, N.C.) posted a 34-25 victory of their teammates in the first half of action, while Finney, James, Harris, sophomore Gerald Lee(Uusikaupunki, Finland), senior Brian Henderson (Richmond, Va.), and freshman Kent Bazemore (Windsor, N.C.) outscored their teammates, 44-19, in the second half.
Lidonde combined for 13 points playing for both teams. The senior guard went a total of 4-of-8 from three-point range, including a 3-of-4 effort in the first half.
Sophomore Gerald Lee (Uusikaupunki, Finland) combined for 14 points, while Henderson contributed 12 on the afternoon, and Finney made his Monarch debut adding in 11 points.
Another Monarch newcomer, James, along with veteran Henderson dished out six assists apiece.
The Old Dominion men's basketball team returns to action on Wednesday, October 31st against Mount Olive at 6:00 p.m. in exhibition action.


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BEIRUT - Syrian rebels captured most of an eastern oil field and stormed a military base in the south, anti-regime activists said Thursday, further chipping away at President Bashar Assad's hold on the country's hinterlands.
Although Assad's regime does not appear on the brink of collapse, rebels seeking his ouster have scored a string of strategic victories over the past week, also seizing a large dam and the defenses around a major airport. These and other blows have shrunk the portion of the country that Assad effectively governs and could deprive his regime of resources necessary for its survival.
On Thursday, rebels took control of the town of Shadadah along the Euphrates River in eastern Syria, and had seized most of the nearby Jbeysa oil field, one of country's largest, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The conquests came after three days of battles.
Videos posted online in the last three days showed dozens of bearded rebels looting a large red building and making off with boots and green munitions boxes. The bodies of few dead government soldiers lay in the dirt nearby.
"These are Assad's dogs," one fighter said.
Also Thursday, rebels stormed a small military base near the town of al-Sahwa in the southern province of Daraa, near Jordan. The Observatory said at least four fighters were killed in clashes at the base, which rebels had surrounded and shelled for days before launching their raids.
Videos posted online showed rebels chanting in victory as what they said were destroyed tanks burned and sent up columns of smoke in the distance.
All videos appeared to be genuine and were consistent with other Associated Press reporting.
Rebels clashed again with government soldiers over control of the main airport in the northern city of Aleppo and on the east and south sides of the capital, Damascus, activists said.
On Wednesday, rebels stormed an army base near the Aleppo airport and the adjacent Nerab military airport. The fighting has prevented traffic to the airports for weeks.
And earlier this week, rebels captured the nation's largest dam, a main source of electricity and irrigation for nearby provinces.
Syria's civil war has posed a dilemma for the international community. While the U.S. and many Arab and European countries have called on Assad to step down, Russia and China have protected his regime from sanction by the U.N. Security Council. Iran also continues to back Assad.
International efforts to push for a negotiated solution have gone nowhere, mostly because both sides still want a military victory.
As the situation inside Syria has worsened, many rebel groups have embraced radical Islamic ideologies and Sunni Muslim foreign fighters have entered the battle, seeing it as a holy war, or jihad, against a regime dominated by Alawites - an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
Fighters from the most radical Syrian rebel group, Jabhat al-Nusra, have been at the forefront of most recent rebel victories.
The U.S. has designated Jabhat al-Nusra a terrorist group, saying it is linked to al-Qaida in Iraq.
On Thursday, U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague called Syria "the number one destination for jihadists anywhere in the world today."
He said the phenomenon will get worse if the violence continues, adding that foreign jihadists could endanger other countries if they return home radicalized from Syria.
"A negotiated agreement leading to a new government formed of the opposition and elements of the regime, on the basis of mutual consent, is the best way to chart a way out of Syria's divisions," he said. "We want Russia and China to join us in achieving this transition, backed by the United Nations Security Council."
Also Thursday, a leading Sunni Muslim politician in neighboring Lebanon, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, said Assad's eventual fall would change the region.
"Bashar Assad's regime will inevitably fall, and its fall will resound in Syria, the Arab world and the world," he said, speaking by video link to a Beirut crowd on the eighth anniversary of the assassination of his father, then-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. He called on the Lebanese not to allow strife in Syria to cause trouble in Lebanon.
The United Nations says nearly 70,000 people have been killed since Syria's crisis started in March, 2011.


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When the Afghanistan veteran Mark Sedwill takes over as permanent secretary at the Home Office next month, his experience opposing the Taliban may help him deal with a scandal that must surely be at the top of his in-tray. The Home Office crackdown on immigration, laudable in itself, is being run in a way reminiscent of the Stasi when it comes to foreign students.
Tales are growing of the UK Border Agency's bullying and its use of bureaucracy as a weapon against foreign students and our universities. Overseas students coming to this country are worth an estimated £8 billion a year to our economy, but academics say the agency's hostile attitude is drying up the numbers – the total from India alone was down by nearly a quarter last year. Restrictions and regulations worthy of Kafka are damaging Britain's reputation abroad and crippling private sector colleges.
The Foreign Office and the Business Department are privately dismayed at the Home Office's insistence on cutting immigrant numbers, regardless of the cost to Britain in economic or reputational terms. So welcome to Whitehall, Mr Sedwill – Whitehall at its worst.
It is the crudeness of the agency's tactics that is shocking. PhD students coming back here to do a viva – a short oral examination vital for their doctorates – are being told they have the wrong kind of visa and must go home to reapply. Universities that protest have been threatened unofficially with having their licences to admit foreign students withdrawn.
Prof James Dunkerley, director of graduate studies at Queen Mary, University of London – one of the elite Russell Group – says: "We are all being treated as if we were running some kind of scam with no room for officials to use any discretion. There is no point the Prime Minister going to places abroad to boost exports when this is happening at home to education, which is a major export business."
Other students are made to wait months for a visa, given "credibility" interviews where they can be turned down for the most minor things, or without any explanation. They are then charged an extra £500 if they reapply. There are also major restrictions on overseas students taking jobs here to help meet their costs and to gain valuable experience.
As Sir Christopher Meyer, our former ambassador to the US, said to me: "This is so typical of a government machine where everyone is desperate to avoid any blame, so they kick out at everyone and innocent people suffer."
Sir Christopher, who teaches a politics course at the University of North Carolina, warns: "The danger is that students from countries like India and China will go elsewhere – notably to Canada, Australia and the US, which all have excellent universities and where there are also existing Chinese and Indian communities. David Cameron is always telling us we are in a global race for business, but it is as if other countries are forging ahead while Britain is in a sack race."
It is true that the system for admitting foreign students has been abused, with bogus colleges setting themselves up in one room over a chip shop. Most of those have now been closed. Worse, London Metropolitan University clearly flouted the rules on overseas students and had to be stripped of its licence. What is more, the Government's pledge to cut immigration has widespread public support.
It is also true that the official figures suggest the number of foreign students overall is stagnant rather than falling. But more detailed analysis shows a decline in the numbers coming from key countries – such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. And they are expected to fall further. As with so many policies, it is how it is done that is crucial. The Government wants to cut immigration to 100,000 a year. This is fine in theory, but not at the risk of damaging Britain's reputation for scholarship as well as seriously hampering our push for growth. There is also something deeply unpleasant and un-British about the bureaucratic thuggery of the UK Border Agency – academics have asked me not to name them or their colleges "or UKBA will target us".
Those in the academic community believe the agency is working to unofficial targets to get down to the magic 100,000 – a number that seems to have been plucked out of the air by politicians to sound good on the election hustings.
Mark Sedwill is a career diplomat, which makes his appointment at the Home Office highly unusual. His only real experience of the domestic scene was in the UK Border Agency under Labour, in the days when ministers were keen for immigration numbers to let rip. A clampdown was long overdue but it is going badly wrong.
By all accounts Mr Sedwill is personable, highly focused and an action man in every sense – he loves scuba diving, hill walking, squash and windsurfing. When he was in Afghanistan he won high praise from both the military and civilian colleagues, not least as our ambassador to Nato. One of his major achievements was to make its various members end their squabbling and agree what the mission in Afghanistan should be.
It is also said that the reason he applied to the Home Office was concern that the Government has pushed Afghanistan well down its list of priorities. Mr Sedwill was keen to find new challenges. He will certainly find those at the Home Office and, given his career so far, he could be just the man to sort out what looks like a gathering crisis.


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When Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the Taxi of Tomorrow project in 2007, New Yorkers rejoiced at its the potential to create a custom-built fleet of taxis designed specifically for their city and their needs. In 2010 when the finalists were unveiled, the realization of a mode of transportation designed to accommodate all New Yorkers seemed even closer. But now, four months into 2011, the vehicle overwhelmingly supported by New York residents has been rejected, leaving the city with a feeling that the project may not have focused on their needs at all.
Yesterday, Bloomberg announced the city had selected the Nissan NV200 as the winner, choosing a car that some have described as "bulky and ugly." Apparently, according to the New York Times, an analysis commissioned by the city decided that Karsan's model proved to be the riskiest of the three finalists, because the Turkish company is "a new manufacturer, with a new manufacturing paradigm, not familiar with the U.S. regulatory framework, with no current sales, service or support infrastructure."
Therefore, eliminating the car from the competition was not based on the merits of the design or its concurrence with the project guidelines, but because of its lack of pedigree.
According to Jan Nuham, the executive director of Karsan, the company had never been informed of the analysis or of the city's specific. In fact, the city's analysis failed to mention that Karsan that has been manufacturing cars in Turkey for over 40 years and has built cars for Hyundai, Peugeot and Renault, all respected foreign models. In the past few years, a number of automakers -- Hyundai, for one -- that had been unknown names in the U.S. have become a reliable commodity -- something that the report seems to ignore.
(My father works for Karsan but the views here are entirely my own.)
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What it comes down to is that the decision from City Hall shows a decidedly business emphasis and complete lack of regard for public opinion. From the outset of the project, information on the taxi competition was hard for the average New York resident to come by. In fact, when the finalists were announced in November, many people did not even know that there was a competition.
When the public was finally asked for its input, one model seemed to stand out among the rest. In a poll on the Taxi of Tomorrow website , about two-third of those responding preferred the Karsan taxi. The Daily News ran its own survey that showed dominant support for the Karsan model and in yet another poll, this one commissioned by the Taxi and Limousine Company, 66 percent of New Yorkers either liked or loved the Karsan model, supporting the 61 inches of leg room (the most of any finalist), four seat designed and clear sky roof for optimal viewing of the cities famous skyscrapers.
"The people of New York City have spoken, and they've found the taxi designs from both Ford and Nissan lacking," Zach Bowman of Autoblog wrote in February. "Around 66 percent of respondents either liked or loved the design of the Karsan V1, and that was enough to seal the vehicle's fate as the people's choice for the Taxi of Tomorrow."
Furthermore, as Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz laid out in a press conference Sunday boosting Karsan's bid, the Karsan model brought the promise of new jobs for the city. If it was awarded the contract, Karsan had pledged to manufacture its vehicles at the Brooklyn South Marine Terminal in Sunset Park, creating up to 800 new jobs for residents. Contrarily, the Nissan model will reportedly be built in Mexico, while the Ford model would be built miles from the Karsan plant in Turkey.
Markowitz as well as representatives of labor unions and additional city officials from throughout Brooklyn, lauded Karsan's proposal to manufacture in Brooklyn as being an important step toward creating well-paying, middle-class jobs for New York residents. As recently as November, Brooklyn had the second highest unemployment rate in the state of New York, just behind the Bronx, at 10.8 percent . The plant would begin to alleviate some of that pressure and start the process of rebuilding Brooklyn's economy.
Also appearing at the press conference on Sunday were members of the disabled community, which has steadfastly supported the Karsan model. Currently, fewer than 300 of the city's 13,000 taxis can accommodate a passenger using a wheelchair. The Taxi of Tomorrow Project was supposed to require 100 percent accessibility, but when the finalists were unveiled in November, only the Karsan model fully complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It featured retractable ramps on either side of the vehicle, making curbside loading and unloading possible for all passengers in wheelchairs without the assistance of a cab driver. Once inside the vehicle, there were lock-ins to keep wheelchairs in place and 47 inches of headroom to comfortably fit even the largest model wheelchairs. The Karsan vehicle would have made it possible for a passenger in a wheelchair to hail any of the 13,000 cabs in the city and enjoy the benefits of public transportation, just like every other New York City resident.
Yet, somehow, despite vast public support, the promise of jobs for New Yorkers and the commitment to make Taxis accessible to every New Yorker, whether they use a walker, wheelchair or push a stroller, City Hall turned a deaf ear. In its announcement the administration did not address either jobs or handicap access, though it did say the Nissan "received high scores" in the categories selected as high priorities by 26,000 people surveyed.
It did not take long for some other city leaders to express their displeasure. Brooklynites Markowitz and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio have written to City Comptroller John Liu asking that he look into a possible conflict of interest that may have tipped the competition against Karsan. They charge that the consultant the city hired to analyze the Taxi of Tomorrow finalists had prior relationships with both Nissan and Ford.
For now, though, Nissan has the city's endorsement. In rejecting Karsan, the Bloomberg administration squandered an opportunity for New York to be a beacon of individuality and accessibility, as well as the chance to create momentum for an economy that has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state. But New York's loss may be some other city's gain. In a statement issued shortly after Bloomberg announced New York's decision, Karsan's Executive Director Jan Nahum said, "We fervently believe that there is a strong market and an acute need for a true Taxi of Tomorrow, and we look forward to working with other forward-looking cities around the globe to make the Karsan vision a reality." So you may see that slightly futuristic car with the curved glass top soon -- just not in New York City.
Eric Samulski is a writer/filmmaker and life-long New York City resident. He is the son of Karsan USA's project manager, but the statements expressed above are his own.


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BEVERLY HILLS -- In a moving tribute that honored both the evening's recipient and the late Coach John Wooden, UCLA Anderson School of Management presented the John Wooden Global Leadership Award to Peter V. Ueberroth, the visionary leader who transformed the modern Olympic movement, served as commissioner of Major League Baseball and as managing partner of The Contrarian Group led a group of investors in the purchase of the famed Pebble Beach golf course and resort.
Ueberroth is the fourth annual honoree of the John Wooden Global Leadership Award, joining Howard Schultz (Starbucks' chairman, president and CEO); Kenneth Chenault (American Express' chairman and CEO); and Frederick W. Smith, FedEx chairman and CEO as recipients of the leadership award.
The John Wooden Global Leadership Award, "honors a corporate leader who personifies the extraordinary standard of achievement, leadership and character," associated with Coach Wooden. The award recipient is said to serve as "a contemporary role model exemplifying business leadership skills, and a willingness to share this knowledge with the community, nation and the world" all while maintaining the standards associated with "Coach."
Ueberroth was selected as this year's recipient for global achievements that continue to produce positive impacts and were conducted in the same high standards of performance, integrity and ethical virtues set by legendary Coach Wooden.
Highlights of the evening included moving tributes to Coach John Wooden from UCLA gymnastics head coach Valerie Kondos-Field who was a close confidant of Coach Wooden; 1960 Olympic decathlon champion Rafer Johnson, who while a UCLA student played basketball for Coach Wooden and later lit the Olympic torch at the start of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games; and Keith Erickson, a member of two of Coach Wooden's ten national championship teams. Dean Judy Olian delivered an inspiring talk about how Coach Wooden's values are part of the Anderson curriculum and Tyler Trapani, John Wooden's great-grandson, spoke about the final game played in "old" Pauley Pavilion, where he scored the last basket ever by a UCLA Bruin player.
Following the tributes from Kondos-Field, Johnson and Erickson, Ueberroth joined NBC sportscaster Al Michaels for a lively conversation that reflected on the Ueberroth's storied career and relationship with Coach Wooden.
Proceeds from the event will fund John Wooden Global Leadership Student Fellowships. This year's recipients - who were recognized at the event - are Russell Altenburg, MBA class of 2012 and Valerie Sun, FEMBA class of 2013.
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Neanderthal Genome Project: Key to human brain?
A two-year project by a group of German and American scientists hopes to sequence the genes from 40 000-year-old Neanderthal DNA samples, in an effort to learn more about how the human brain evolved.
There are no firm answers yet about how humans picked up key traits such as walking upright and developing complex language. Neanderthals are believed to have been relatively sophisticated, but lacking in humans' higher reasoning functions.
But how do we know that?
With Neanderthals, we are looking at possible ancient history. Unless we are materialists who believe that consciousness and free will are always illusions arising from random operations of the brain, we cannot assume that Neanderthals lacked higher reasoning functions, and there is evidence to the contrary. Thus, it becomes much more difficult to say what one of them might or might not have thought, said, or done.
The article goes on to say that the Max Planck Institute "backed the theory" that the Neanderthals were an "evolutionary dead end." That's an interesting expression.
It's generally accepted that Neanderthals died out without leaving descendant species. Indeed, some claim that modern humans drove them to extinction, though no one really knows.
Now, either the expression "evolutionary dead end" is just a way of saying that Neanderthal man is extinct, in which case there is no need for the Institute to back a theory about it. Or they trying to disassociate themselves from the Clan of the Cave Bear hypothesis, which sees Neanderthals as part of our modern human ancestry. Well, no matter. This should be fun.
They seem to hope that the sequences of DNA that differentiate modern humans from Neanderthals are the ones that hold the secrets of the human brain. I suspect it will turn out to be much more complex than that, but they do no harm by researching the question.
Now here's an interesting admission:
The chimp genome "led to literally too many questions, there were 35 million differences between us and chimpanzees _ that's too much to figure out," Jonathan Rothberg, 454's chairman, said in a telephone interview.
"By having Neanderthal, we'll really be able to home in on the small percentage of differences that gave us higher cognitive abilities," he said. "Neanderthal is going to open the box. It's not going to answer the question, but it's going to tell where to look to understand all of those higher cognitive functions."
The gen we've been hearing is that there are few differences between humans and chimps - not that any reasonable person would have been fooled, of course (but if you are, then I have a prospective roommate for you ... ).


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Digital reference services are coming of age. Sloan (2006) has reported that e-mail reference has been going strong for 20 years and live chat-based reference for 10 years. Scholarly evaluation of these services has been growing, although several researchers have called for more evaluation (e.g., see Lankes, 2004; Nilsen, 2004; Pomerantz, 2005; Radford, 2006). This panel presents three exceedingly different approaches, methods of analysis, and methods of data collection in evaluation of digital reference formats including live chat and e-mail formats. This panel will culminate in a response from Joseph Janes, a well-known scholar in digital reference evaluation and service, and an interactive discussion with a substantial audience question and answer component. It is hoped that the audience for this session will consist of researchers and library practitioners in virtual environments, as well as those interested in general information service evaluation and user studies. The discussion will be led by the moderator.
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Imagine the state of your average college dorm room: lights left on, electronics left charging, garbage and recycling thrown together in the same bin. A dorm can seem like the last place a person would find any sort of concern for the environment. But, as it turns out, sustainability is now spreading to college campuses across the country! Programs such as The Sustainable Campus and others are working with universities to help them reduce their carbon footprint and provide eco-friendly housing to students. All over the country, schools are adjusting how they manage waste, protect indoor air quality, and save energy.
From instituting programs that encourage students to change their behavior (turning off lights, unplugging electronics, and sorting waste) to adopting responsible building practices, colleges and universities are making great strides towards sustainability while improving their bottom line. In 2009 The New York Times reported that more than 600 U.S colleges and universities had already made a pledge to become carbon neutral; and more than 90 dorms across the country were LEED certified. For example, they cite the EcoDorm at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina that consumes two thirds less electricity than a conventional building of the same size. Another example of a green dorm is a LEED Certified student residence building at Harvard University that features renewable bamboo flooring, low VOC finishes, and regionally sourced siding with recycled content.
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[August 20, 2014]
LINCOLN - The Chamber of Commerce, in
conjunction with the Elk's Veterans Committee, will host a bags
tournament on August 23, 2014, at the Logan County Airport, next to
the beer tent during the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival.
Registration and practice begin at 12 p.m. with the tournament
starting promptly at 12:30 p.m. Registration fee is $20 per team.
Registration includes a free drink, and free entry to win a hot air
balloon ride that night during the festival. Participants must be
present to win. Drawing will be held at 4:00pm. Individuals can
enter drawing without being in the tournament as well.
If teams pre-register by Wednesday, August 20, 2014 each member of
the team will receive a free pass to get into the festival all
weekend. The tournament is open to players of all ages and limited
to the first 100 teams to register. No single registrations will be
accepted for this tournament. As an incentive for those bag teams,
the beer garden will be offering a beer bucket special! And don't
forget about our delicious food vendors:
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Contact Andi Hake at the Chamber217-735-2385or George
Lacefield at the Elks for more details.
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NSW privacy exemption shares personal data with private sector
Upside - it'll help at-risk kids; Downside - New Zealand did it first
The New South Wales (NSW) Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has issued a direction to privacy officers across the state that they are to share some personal data with the private sector.
The data will come from the Department of Attorney General & Justice's files on young people who have committed an offence, which is stored in the COPS database. That data will be handed off to non-government service providers selected as suppliers under the Youth On Track program, a scheme "designed to prevent young people from becoming entrenched in criminal behaviour."
Youth On Track does so, in part, through data sharing: the point of sending files from COPS to private providers is to give them the data they need to plan timely interventions that keep young people who look like they're headed for jail into education or work. Some of the shared data will of necessity be personal.
The program may sound familiar to Reg readers who recall a similar program in New Zealand. That program was implemented to save money: it costs much less to work with someone and steer them towards a productive life than it does to treat them as a lifelong "client" of the criminal justice system.
New Zealand argues a little loss of privacy and the risk that comes with data sharing is a good investment. New South Wales seems to have come to the same conclusion.
The data-sharing exemption is rare: the last was made in June 2012. This one expires in December 2014. ®


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In an article McCain wrote for USA Today, McCain outlines that various reasons for why the United States should intervene in Syria, most notably humanitarian. He writes, "President Obama has stated that preventing mass atrocities is a vital part of our national security policy."
But according to the United States Constitution, it is the role of the federal government to protect its citizens against invasion, not to invade other nations, particularly when it is not in the direct interest of America's national defense. Article Four, Section Four states that the "United States shall guarantee to every State a republican form of government and shall protect each of them against invasion."
United States security policy is intended to defend the national security interests of the United States, not to cause Americans to serve under a foreign flag or foreign command.
Unfortunately, the United States has already engaged itself in the affairs of other nations, through sanctions and propping up foreign regimes that often times have to later be taken down (i.e. Egypt), and it is from that foundation that McCain has found justification to take action in Syria. He explains:
Senior U.S. military and intelligence officials testified recently to Congress that President Bashar Assad's forces are gaining momentum, and that Assad could remain in power for the foreseeable future. The current policy of diplomacy backed by sanctions has been overtaken by events. The situation in Syria has become an unfair and uneven conflict, with Iran and Russia fueling Assad's slaughter.
McCain goes on to discuss the atrocities committed by Assad and his forces, and attempts to call U.S. military intervention a humanitarian effort: "Though Assad tries to portray the opposition as terrorists, this is false. They are ordinary Syrians who want a better life. They share many of our values and interests, and they want our help. We should offer them military and humanitarian assistance."
But as noted by The American Spectator, the consequences of humanitarian interventions are almost never good, "like Bosnia, Haiti, Kosovo, and Somalia, which left ethnic cleansing, violence, instability, and terrorism in their wake."
Ironically, McCain compared American military intervention in Syria to that of Bosnia and Kosovo under President Clinton. "There are still times," he quoted the former president as stating, "when America and America alone can and should make the difference for peace."
McCain also attempted to reconfigure his fierce advocacy of American military intervention in Syria by asserting that it should not be a unilateral effort, but instead should include the help of such organizations as the Arab League, European Union, and NATO.
Of course, any NATO endeavor in any nation is virtually an American endeavor, since the United States is a major financial contributor to NATO and has provided most of its military forces. Last year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made that very point when remarking on U.S. efforts in Libya. Gates asserted that the United States' funding in NATO operations is "disproportionate."
Furthermore, observed The New American's Warren Mass in a June 11, 2010 article for TNA online:
A largely unknown fact about NATO is that it is a subsidiary of the United Nations. The NATO Charter, signed by its 12 original member nations, notes that the pact derives its legitimacy from the UN. Article I of the NATO Charter states:
The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations."
It's worth noting that American military efforts in Syria have already garnered the support of some members of the Council on Foreign Relations. CFR's Steven A. Cook endorsed military action in Syria to avoid leaving "Syrians to their fate."
Secretary Gates (who is also a CFR member) also said that America's allies were all too "willing and eager for American taxpayers to assume the growing security burden left by reductions in European defense budgets."
Meanwhile, the notion that the United States is not already engaged in the warfare in Syria is more than likely a fallacy anyway.
According to recently leaked Wikileak documents, an insidious war on Syria may have already begun, as the Pentagon is planning to direct terrorist attacks and assassinations inside of Syria in order to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.
A leaked email, written by Reva Bhalla, Stratfor's Director of Analysis, reveals details of a December 6 Pentagon meeting wherein members of the USAF strategic studies group, as well as military officers.
Bhalla learned that despite official assertions made by the United States government, there were already NATO powers on the ground in Syria.
"After a couple hours of talking, they said without saying that SOF teams (presumably from US, UK, France, Jordan, Turkey) are already on the ground focused on recce [reconnaissance] missions and training opposition forces," states the email.
The email continues by indicating that the purpose of the mission is to hypothetically "commit guerrilla attacks, assassination campaigns, try to break the back of the Alawite forces, elicit collapse from within."
It is that type of covert intervention that has provoked the ire of Middle Eastern nations against the United States. The U.S. does not, noninterventionists have pointed out, have a great track record when it comes to choosing sides.
For example, the United States gave its support to the rebel forces in Libya, which were said to be fighting against Gaddafi's torturous regime. However, video footage appeared on YouTube that showed Libyan rebels torturing a group of sub-Saharan African detainees by locked them in a zoo cage and force-feeding them flags.
As noted by the Daily Mail, "Accusations of the mistreatment and disappearances of suspected Gaddafi loyalists are embarrassing for Libya's ruling National Transitional Council, which has vowed to make a break with practices under Gaddafi and respect human rights. It is also awkward for the Western powers which backed the anti-Gaddafi rebellion and helped install Libya's new leaders."
In Egypt, the United States propped up President Hosni Mubarak for decades before deciding it had made a mistake and then assisted the rebels in helping to take Mubarak down. GOP presidential contender Ron Paul remarked that the U.S. should not be using money and force to gain influence in foreign nations, and that American foreign policy has failed to make the U.S. any safer while simultaneously devaluing the dollar and US credibility.
The American Spectator observes, "Last year's homegrown Egyptian revolution has turned ugly. The military authorities look little different than the Mubarak apparatchiks they replaced, Islamists captured the vast majority of parliamentary seats in recent elections, Coptic Christians have come under increasingly violent attack, and Israel is less secure."
Likewise, American intervention in Iraq proved to be a failure. It destroyed that nation, setting off a conflict that killed perhaps hundreds of thousands of people, wounding and otherwise traumatizing far more, forcing as many as half of Iraq's Christians from their homes, many to Syria, and empowering Iran.
Furthermore, the American Spectator notes, "Intervention in Libya prolonged the civil war, killing thousands of Libyans, and so far has resulted in human rights violations, occasional armed conflict, enhanced Islamist influence, and an international market in stolen weapons, with liberal democracy still but a faint hope for the future."
Intervention in Syria should not be expected to go very differently, as the Assad regime has real support. Even with some defections, the military and security forces remain largely united. And a number of Syrians (including many Syrian Christians) still support Assad as the lesser of two evils.
Meanwhile, more than half of Americans stand opposed to U.S. intervention in Syria. Sixty-two percent of Americans surveyed by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press are opposed to bombing the Syrian military, with sixty-three percent opposed to sending weapons to the rebels in Syria.
It seems the American people have grown wise to the pitfalls of America's foreign policy. Why haven't our lawmakers?


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In a studio setting, students will build upon the processes and ideas learned in ARTM2220 by participating in interactive experiences, examining case studies, and then design their own interactions. Through lectures, demonstrations, field trips and studio problems, students will focus on the art, technology, and design methods for effectively creating experiences for others. Students will explore interactions on screen, with products and within architecture. Then, students will be introduced to a variety of emerging technologies to prototype and create interesting and engaging interactions.
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March 30, 2011
The Schedule
Wednesday March 30, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara at Loyola Marymount (15-10)
at LMU's George C. Page Stadium (1,200)
Overall record vs. the Lions - 67-59-1
Last series win - 2009 (3/6 - 3/8 @ UCSB; 4-0)
Last series loss - 2006 (3/3 - 3/5 @ LMU; 1-2)
Last time out vs. the Lions - L, 12-4 @ UCSB, 4/6/10
Streak - Lost 1
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Friday April 1, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
Saturday April 2, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday April 3, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. San Jose State (15-7)
at UCSB's Caesar Uyesaka Stadium (1,000)
Overall record vs. the Spartans - 8-10-1
Last series win - 2005 (2/11 - 2/13 @ SJSU; 2-1)
Last series loss - 2010 (2/27 - 2/28 @ UCSB; 1-2)
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A majority of UCSB baseball games will be broadcast live this season online by clicking here. Once Big West Conference play begins on April 8, Gerry Fall, the voice of men's soccer and men's basketball, will have the play-by-play on AM 1290 and also online at the link above.
Gauchos Go Back-to-Back
Following Sean Williams' honor as Big West Player of the Week, Mark Haddow received the same honor after driving in six runs and going 6-for-16 last week. They are the first Gaucho duo to repeat as the conference's Player of the Week since Mike Kolbach and Chad Peshke went back-to-back in April, 2001. Haddow, a senior, has a six-game hitting streak and is batting 8-for-23 (.348) in that stretch.
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Sat RHP Matt Vedo 3-3, 3.82 ERA 1.1 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (L)
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Arrest warrant sought for 3 Jamaat leaders
[Bangla Daily Star] Three top
The Islamic Society
, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer
. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leaders for the second time yesterday did not appear before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 citing "unavoidable circumstances" to explain a contempt of court rule issued against them.
Claiming their absence as "disobedience to the court's order", the prosecution sought issuance of arrest warrant to ensure their presence.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan "for the last time" extended time until March 3 saying "necessary order" would be passed if the Jamaat leaders failed to appear before it next time.
Earlier on February 7, the tribunal asked the three to explain why contempt of court proceeding would not be initiated against them for making provocative and derogatory remarks about the tribunal.
Jamaat acting secretary general Rafiqul Islam Khan, Central Executive Council member Hamidur Rahman Azad, MP, and Dhaka city unit Assistant Secretary General Selim Uddin were asked to appear before the court on February 20.
The tribunal issued the notice on the basis of reports published in The Daily Star and the Prothom Alo on February 5 on a Jamaat rally held in the city the previous day.
The Prothom Alo quoted Selim Uddin as saying, "There is no scope for the controversial tribunal to deliver any verdict if the country is to be saved from a civil war." The daily quoted Azad as saying at the same programme, "This tribunal cannot exist anymore."
The Daily Star in a report headlined "Jamaat warns of civil war" quoted Rafiqul Islam as saying, "Don't push the country into a civil war by delivering one-sided verdicts against our leaders. If anything happens to Quader Mollah, every house will be on fire."
On February 20, Shahadat Hossain, lawyer of the Jamaat leaders, told the tribunal his clients could not appear before the court due to "unavoidable situations" and sought time.
The tribunal extended time until yesterday and asked the Jamaat trio to appear before the court "without further failure".
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
Golam Mohammad Chowdhury Alal, another lawyer of the Jamaat leaders, yesterday said their clients could not appear before the court due to "unavoidable situation" and sought at least seven days' time.
Alal did not elaborate on the "unavoidable situation".
Asked, Shahadat Hossain told The Daily Star their clients did not explain the "situation".
Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta said the Jamaat leaders' lawyers could not show any reasonable grounds for their absence and sought arrest warrant to ensure their appearance.
The tribunal gave them a "last chance" and extended the time saying, "If they don't appear before the court [next day], necessary order would be passed."
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By John Piper 'We have heard the story of Job. His riches destroyed, his family taken, and his own body afflicted. We can only imagine the depth of his loss and pain. Yet as we ponder Job's misery, do we see the threads of God's mercy in it? We will all face suffering at some point in our lives, it is inescapable. But what makes calamity endurable is not that God shares our shock, but that through every flame of pain and flood of fear, His sovereign goodness sustains us. Author John Piper's interpretive poem together with photographer Ric Ergenbright's stunning visuals, remind you of the unshakable fact that God governs all things for His good purposes. Allow your eyes to see life — to see God — in new and powerful ways. And let your spirit rest, knowing that the Lord is not only sovereign, but sweet.'


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By Nick Morgan
Mail Tribune.com | Ashland Daily Tidings
A better brunch at Smithfields
If I had to pick a favorite mealtime, brunch would be my first non-answer answer.
So on a Saturday morning, I grabbed a friend and his 2-year-old daughter, and off we went to Smithfields in Ashland.
Outside, the meat-centric restaurant makes an edgy first impression with its distressed metal sign and the restaurant's "Cheap Trick" style logo carved into it.
Furthering that hip impression inside is a chalkboard accent wall filled with meat diagrams, cheeky phrases, and a list of the restaurant's local suppliers.
The restaurant was well prepared to accommodate a child. Crayon cups, printed paper placemats were all at the ready. I was impressed by the waitstaff's knowledge of the kids' menu. Without having to wait and see, my friend asked simple allergy questions.
The brunch menu's farm-to-table fare were well positioned to suit a wide range of palates and diets. Lemon crepes for those looking for something sweet, steel-cut oats or greens in a vinaigrette for vegetarians abstaining from bacon. For gourmets seeking culinary adventure, the brunch menu offers entrees with duck proscuitto among other foods unconventional.
I chose the Flat Iron Steak Benedict ($14), which layered slices of tender, medium-rare steak, two poached eggs and arugula on rice flour muffins.
The peppery arugula balanced the heaviness of the bearnaise sauce and savory steak. I was impressed with the buttery muffins keeping everything together. They were more substantial than I expected, but they had a delicate consistency compared with traditional English muffins. Considering the meatier properties of the dish, the muffins gave great mouth feel without letting things get too chewy.
My friend chose the Roasted Pork Belly on a Rosemary Buttermilk Pancake ($12). The way he raved about it, I was surprised he gave me a bite.
The dish started with a warm, fluffy pancake, and topped it with a savory, substantial and juicy pork filet roasted to perfection, a poached egg, fresh watercress and freshly prepared bacon pieces.
I found it eye-opening the way the yolk, maple syrup, savory pancake and watercress worked together. My friend simply called it the best meal he'd had in Southern Oregon.
Punctuating our brunch with one of those "only in Ashland" moments: dog-walkers passing by asked us how our meal was. My friend started raving.
I'm inclined to agree. With chef-prepared meals, great service and minimal waits during our late Saturday morning visit, Smithfields simply earned my fullest recommendation for diners, both local and visiting.
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Smithfields Restaurant and Bar is located at 36 S. 2nd Street, Ashland, Oregon. Call 541-488-9948.