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|The Gilbert Islands became a British protectorate in 1892 and a colony in 1915; they were captured by the Japanese in the Pacific War in 1941. The islands of Makin and Tarawa were the sites of major US amphibious victories over entrenched Japanese garrisons in 1943. The Gilbert Islands were granted self-rule by the UK in 1971 and complete independence in 1979 under the new name of Kiribati. The US relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and Line Island groups in a 1979 treaty of friendship with Kiribati.
21 of the 33 islands are inhabited; Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati is one of the three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean - the others are Makatea in French Polynesia, and Nauru; Kiribati is the only country in the world to fall into all four hemispheres (northern, southern, eastern, and western)
|Oceania, group of 33 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, straddling the Equator; the capital Tarawa is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 811 sq km
land: 811 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes three island groups - Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, and Phoenix Islands - dispersed over about 3.5 million sq km (1.35 million sq mi)
Size comparison: four times the size of Washington, DC
|Land Boundaries:
|0 km
|1,143 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
|tropical; marine, hot and humid, moderated by trade winds
|mostly low-lying coral atolls surrounded by extensive reefs
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|phosphate (production discontinued in 1979), coconuts (copra), fish
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 42% arable land 2.5%; permanent crops 39.5%; permanent pasture 0% forest: 15%
other: 43% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|0 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|typhoons can occur any time, but usually November to March; occasional tornadoes; low level of some of the islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level
|Current Environment Issues:
|heavy pollution in lagoon of south Tarawa atoll due to heavy migration mixed with traditional practices such as lagoon latrines and open-pit dumping; ground water at risk
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: I-Kiribati (singular and plural)
adjective: I-Kiribati
|Ethnic groups:
|I-Kiribati 89.5%, I-Kiribati/mixed 9.7%, Tuvaluan 0.1%, other 0.8% (2010 est.)
|I-Kiribati, English (official)
|Roman Catholic 55.8%, Kempsville Presbyterian Church 33.5%, Mormon 4.7%, Baha'i 2.3%, Seventh Day Adventist 2%, other 1.5%, none 0.2%, unspecified 0.05% (2010 est.)
|106,925 (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 30.16% (male 16,438/female 15,814)
15-24 years: 21.26% (male 11,285/female 11,447)
25-54 years: 38.59% (male 19,863/female 21,397)
55-64 years: 5.86% (male 2,827/female 3,436)
65 years and over: 4.13% (male 1,741/female 2,677) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 63%
youth dependency ratio: 57%
elderly dependency ratio: 6%
potential support ratio: 16.6% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 24.3 years
male: 23.4 years
female: 25.1 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.14% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|21.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 44.3% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 1.78% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|TARAWA (capital) 46,000 (2014)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.82 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|23.1 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|90 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 33.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 66.2 years male: 63.7 years
female: 68.8 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|2.43 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|22.3% (2009)
|Health expenditures:
|10.2% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.38 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.3 beds/1,000 population (2011)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 87.3% of population
rural: 50.6% of population
total: 66.9% of population
urban: 12.7% of population
rural: 49.4% of population
total: 33.1% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 51.2% of population
rural: 30.6% of population
total: 39.7% of population
urban: 48.8% of population
rural: 69.4% of population
total: 60.3% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|40.1% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|14.9% (2009)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 12 years male: 11 years
female: 12 years (2008)
|Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
| total: 54% male: 47.6%
female: 61.8% (2010 est.)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Kiribati
conventional short form: Kiribati
local long form: Republic of Kiribati
local short form: Kiribati note: pronounced keer-ree-bahss
former: Gilbert Islands
etymology: the name is the local pronounciation of "Gilberts," the former designation of the islands; originally named after explorer Thomas GILBERT, who mapped many of the islands in 1788
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: Tarawa
geographic coordinates: 1 21 N, 173 02 E
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
note: on 1 January 1995, Kiribati proclaimed that all of its territory was in the same time zone as its Gilbert Islands group (UTC +12) even though the Phoenix Islands and the Line Islands under its jurisdiction were on the other side of the International Date Line
|Administrative divisions:
|3 geographical units: Gilbert Islands, Line Islands, Phoenix Islands; note - there are no first-order administrative divisions but there are 6 districts (Banaba, Central Gilberts, Line Islands, Northern Gilberts, Southern Gilberts, Tarawa) and 21 island councils - one for each of the inhabited islands (Abaiang, Abemama, Aranuka, Arorae, Banaba, Beru, Butaritari, Kanton, Kiritimati, Kuria, Maiana, Makin, Marakei, Nikunau, Nonouti, Onotoa, Tabiteuea, Tabuaeran, Tamana, Tarawa, Teraina)
|12 July 1979 (from the UK)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 12 July (1979)
|The Gilbert and Ellice Islands Order in Council 1915, The Gilbert Islands Order in Council 1975 (preindependence); latest promulgated 12 July 1979 (at independence); amended 1995, 2013 (2016)
|Legal system:
|English common law supplemented by customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Taneti MAAMAU (since 11 March 2016); Vice President Kourabi NENEM (since 17 March 2016)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president from among House of Assembly members elections/appointments: president directly elected by simple majority popular vote following nomination of candidates from among House of Assembly members; term is 4 years (eligible for 2 additional terms); election last held on 13 January 2012 (next to be held in 2015); vice president appointed by the president
election results: Taneti MAAMAU elected president; percent of vote - Taneti MAAMAU 60%, Rimeta BENIAMINA (BTK) 38.5%, Taneti IOANE (BTK) 1.5%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral House of Assembly or Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (46 seats; 44 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in two-rounds, 1 member appointed by the Rabi Council of Leaders - representing Banaba Island, and 1 ex officio member - the attorney general; members serve 4-year terms)
elections: legislative elections were held in two rounds - the first on 21 October 2011 and the second on 28 October 2011 (next to be held in 2015)
election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA, other 2 (includes attorney general)
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): High Court (consists of a chief justice and other judges as prescribed by the president); note - the High Court has jurisdiction on constitutional issues judge selection and term of office: chief justice appointed by the president on the advice of the cabinet in consultation with the Public Service Commission (PSC); other judges appointed by the president on the advice of the chief justice along with the PSC
subordinate courts: Court of Appeal; magistrates' courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Anote TONG] Kamaeuraoan Te I-Kiribati Party or KTK [Tetaua TAITAI] Maurin Kiribati Pati or MKP [Rimeta BENIAMINA] note: there is no tradition of formally organized political parties in Kiribati; they more closely resemble factions or interest groups because they have no party headquarters, formal platforms, or party structures
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|International organization participation:
|ABEDA, ACP, ADB, AOSIS, C, FAO, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IOC, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO
|National symbol(s):
|frigatebird; national colors: red, white, blue, yellow
|National anthem:
| name: "Teirake kaini Kiribati" (Stand Up, Kiribati)
lyrics/music: Urium Tamuera IOTEBA
note: adopted 1979
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| none; the Kiribati Permanent Mission to the UN serves as the Embassy; it is headed by Makurita BAARO (since 21 May 2014); address: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400A, New York, NY 10017;
telephone: [1](212)867-3310;
FAX: [1](212)867-3320 note: there is an honorary consulate in Honolulu
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
|the US does not have an embassy in Kiribati; the US Ambassador to Fiji is accredited to Kiribati
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A remote country of 33 scattered coral atolls, Kiribati has few natural resources and is one of the least developed Pacific Island countries. Commercially viable phosphate deposits were exhausted by the time of independence from the United Kingdom in 1979. Earnings from fishing licenses and seafarer remittances are important sources of income, however, remittances and the number of seafarers employed have declined since the global crisis. In 2013, fishing license revenues contributed close to half of government's total revenue and total remittances from seafarers were equivalent to 6% of GDP. Economic development is constrained by a shortage of skilled workers, weak infrastructure, and remoteness from international markets. The public sector dominates economic activity, with ongoing capital projects in infrastructure including the road rehabilitation, water and sanitation projects, and renovations to the international airport, spurring some growth. Kiribati is dependent on foreign aid, which was estimated to have contributed over 43% in 2013 to the government's finances. The country's sovereign fund, the Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF), which is held offshore, had an estimated balance of $668 million in 2013, equivalent to 381% of GDP. The RERF seeks to avoid exchange rate risk by holding investments in more than 20 currencies, including the Australian dollar, United States dollar, the Japanese yen, and the Euro. Drawdowns from the RERF helped finance the government's annual budget
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $211 million (2016 est.) $204.7 million (2015 est.) $197.8 million (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $166 million (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|3.1% (2016 est.) 3.5% (2015 est.) 2.4% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $1,800 (2016 est.) $1,800 (2015 est.) $1,800 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Agriculture - products:
|copra, breadfruit, fish
|fishing, handicrafts
|Industrial production growth rate:
|1.1% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|39,000 note: economically active, not including subsistence farmers (2010 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 15%
industry: 10%
services: 75% (2010)
|Unemployment rate:
|30.6% (2010 est.) 6.1% (2005)
|Population below poverty line:
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
| revenues: $197.9 million
expenditures: $179.9 million (2013 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|119.2% of GDP (2013 est.)
|Public debt:
|8.6% of GDP (2013 est.) 8% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.5% (2016 est.) 0.6% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$12 million (2016 est.) $72 million (2015 est.)
|$84.75 million (2013 est.) $62.31 million (2012 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|fish, coconut products
|$182.2 million (2013 est.) $172.5 million (2012 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|food, machinery and equipment, miscellaneous manufactured goods, fuel
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$8.37 million (31 December 2010 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$13.6 million (2013 est.) $14.1 million (2012 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.352 (2016 est.) 1.3291 (2015 est.) 1.3291 (2014 est.) 0.9695 (2013 est.) 0.9695 (2012 est.) note:: the Australian dollar circulates as legal tender
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|Electricity - production:
|30 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|27.9 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|0 kWh (2013 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|7,000 kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|100% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|0 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|0 bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|400 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|509.6 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|0 cu m (1 January 2014 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|58,450 Mt (2012 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 41,000 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 39 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: generally good quality national and international service
domestic: wireline service available on Tarawa and Kiritimati (Christmas Island); connections to outer islands by HF/VHF radiotelephone; wireless service available in Tarawa since 1999
international: country code - 686; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2015)
|Broadcast media:
|1 TV broadcast station that provides about 1 hour of local programming Monday-Friday; multi-channel TV packages provide access to Australian and US stations; 1 government-operated radio station broadcasts on AM, FM, and shortwave (2009)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 14,000 percent of population: 13% (July 2015 est.)
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|19 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 4
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 15
914 to 1,523 m: 10
under 914 m: 5 (2013)
| total 670 km
|5 km (small network of canals in Line Islands) (2012)
|Merchant marine:
| total 77
by type: bulk carrier 7, cargo 35, chemical tanker 6, passenger 1, passenger/cargo 1, petroleum tanker 12, refrigerated cargo 15
foreign-owned: 43 (China 26, Hong Kong 2, Russia 1, Singapore 9, South Korea 1, Taiwan 2, Vietnam 2) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Betio (Tarawa Atoll), Canton Island, English Harbor
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|Kiribati does not have military forces; defense assistance is provided by Australia and NZ
|Military branches:
|no regular military forces (establishment prevented by the constitution); Police Force (2011)
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|Disputes - International:
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Representation of time: A stylistic analysis of real and surreal elements in Joseph Heller's "Catch 22". (2009)Surrealism is a movement that derives from psychology and embraces widely disparate genres such as art and literature. It has been defined as pure psychic automatism, by which one proposes to express either verbally, in ...

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1. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesMaurizio Zaccaria Apr 6, 2012 3:15 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
if you need this into CMDB you can modify the sync mapping files
2. Re: ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesAnders Lauri Apr 6, 2012 9:21 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
As "mzaccari" said, you can either modify the sync. mapping files for this or you can perform a batch job within the CMDB/ARS that does this. I believe here the second option would be more suitable since you get the overhead of requiring modification of the sync. mapping files each time you upgrade the monthly TKU.
3. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesNikola Vukovljak Apr 10, 2012 5:26 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
If you are not seeing this with other servers that you are scanning then this also suggests that they are configured differently to others. ADDM platform scripts are fully visible via the Administration tab and you can see exactly what ADDM is running to obtain the various information about the hosts.
4. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesRaju Mangali Apr 13, 2012 2:26 PM (in response to Anders Lauri)
HI Maurizio, Anders,
Where can i modify the CMDB sync files, could you please let me know?
Raju M.
5. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesRaju Mangali Apr 13, 2012 2:34 PM (in response to Nikola Vukovljak)
HI Nikola,
Thanks for the update.
Yes, as you said I am seeing the FQDN for one of the CI in CMDB but for other CI's I ddi not see FQDN.(All those CI's are Linux Servers after running the Disocvery Job we can see them in CMDB).
And I found the following scirpt in the ADDM Plot from.
echo ---START device_info
ihn=`hostname 2>/dev/null`
if ["$ihn" = "localhost" ]; then
echo 'hostname:' $ihn
echo'fqdn:' `hostname --fqdn 2>/dev/null`
dns_domain=`hostname -d 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/(none)//'`
if ["$dns_domain" = "" -a -f /etc/resolv.conf ]; then
dns_domain=`awk '/^(domain|search)/{sub(/\\\\000$/, "", $2); print $2; exit }' /etc/resolv.conf2>/dev/null`
echo'dns_domain: ' $dns_domain
echo'domain:' `hostname -y 2>/dev/null | sed -e's/(none)//'`
When i search for the results for the above command, i see the following results
[root@abcd ~]# hostname
[root@abcd ~]# hostname --fqdn
[root@abcd ~]# hostname -d
[root@abcd ~]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 220.127.116.11.1
nameserver 188.8.131.52
nameserver 22.214.171.124
search google.com gsg.google.prod
[root@abcd ~]#
I just changed the server names to abcd.
Raju M.
6. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesRaju Mangali Apr 16, 2012 5:46 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
Anybody is there on this?
7. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesAnders Lauri Apr 16, 2012 6:24 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
Dont modify the core discovery scripts, extend the CMDB synchronization instead with a pattern. There is a great example within the header "Pattern Templates" under "Pattern Management", use that example, but use "Name" as the variable for computer system, instead of HostName.
Best Regards,
Anders L.
8. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesRaju Mangali Apr 16, 2012 6:34 AM (in response to Anders Lauri)
Can you please let me know where do i find the "Pattern Management" and also please brief out the how do i achive my issue to resolve it.
Raju M.
9. ADDM DNS and FQDN issuesRaju Mangali Apr 21, 2012 9:40 AM (in response to Raju Mangali)
Any one is there on this?
Raju M.


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Syria sends UN pledge to give up chemical weapons as U.S., Russia begin tense talks
Syrian President Bashar Assad formally agreed Thursday to surrender his chemical weapons arsenal, marking the first concrete step in a diplomatic process aimed at heading off a potential U.S. military strike against his regime.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's office welcomed Assad's decision to sign onto an international convention against chemical weapons as U.S. and Russian officials gathered in Geneva to discuss the complex logistics of seizing and destroying Syria's stockpiles in the midst of a ferocious civil war.
Despite the potentially historic nature of Syria's submission – Syria was one of only seven U.N. members that had not signed the chemical weapons ban – the Obama administration received the news warily, noting the deep trust deficit that would have to be overcome before all parties can agree to a deal.
It's clear the administration expects Moscow to follow up on Assad's end of a deal. At the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said Russia President Vladimir Putin bore the primary responsibility for making sure Syria adheres to its obligations under the chemical weapons convention to declare its weapons stores and allow for their destruction.
"It is clear that President Putin has invested his credibility in transferring Assad's chemical weapons to international control and ultimately destroying them," Carney said. "This is significant. Russia is Assad's patron and protector. And the world will note whether Russia can follow through on the commitments that it's made."
But if the logistics behind the destruction of Assad's chemical arsenal are complex – chemical weapons experts cautioned that destroying a stockpile in the midst of a war has never been tried before – the diplomatic track is also fraught with difficulties.
As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Geneva – a city synonymous with peace accords – their differences quickly became as clear as the waters of nearby Lake Geneva and the Alpine peaks reflected in it.
In a joint appearance, they disagreed on which side of the Syrian conflict has deployed chemical weapons and they clashed on how or if Assad should be punished should he fail to comply with international demands. And those were just two of the many contentious issues that must be resolved to assure Syria's full chemical disarmament and to end threats of a U.S. missile strike.
Kerry rejected Assad's notion, floated on Russian television, that Syria could win a 30-day grace period before inspections work begins by signing onto the convention. Kerry also dismissed Assad's demand that the U.S. stop supporting Syrian rebels in order for any proposal to be credible.
Kerry said the Obama administration refused to take the threat of U.S. military action off the table.
"It has to be real. It has to be comprehensive. It has to be verifiable. It has to be credible," Kerry said of any deal that would come from the Geneva talks. "It has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. And finally, there ought to be consequences if it doesn't take place."
For his part, Lavrov said Russia believed that heading off a U.S. military strike was the goal of the talks. "We proceed from the fact that the solution of this problem will make unnecessary any strike on the Syrian Arab Republic," he said.
The atmosphere of the talks couldn't seem bleaker. Just a week ago, Putin had called Kerry a liar. On Thursday, he wrote a column published in The New York Times in which he warned that a U.S. strike would kill innocent Syrians, widen the conflict, undermine diplomacy on Middle East peace and Iran's nuclear program, and "unleash a new wave of terrorism."
For their part, U.S. officials have called Russia "obstructionist" and said that Moscow is siding with child killers. Administration officials also have begun repeating a Reagan-era slogan when it comes to Russia: "Trust, but verify."
Meanwhile, on Russian television, Assad – accused of war crimes by U.S. officials – flatly said that he doesn't trust the United States.
Such public discord, coupled with the complex maneuvering it would take to dismantle an arsenal said to contain chemical agents sarin, mustard gas and VX in the midst of a civil war, doesn't portend a breakthrough in Geneva.
Still, Thursday was the first concrete step Syria has taken to acknowledge that it possesses chemical weapons, and while no side expressed a willingness to trust one another, all sides had a common goal – avoiding a strike that polls show is unpopular among Americans.
Assad, too, is determined to avoid a strike. On Thursday, his envoy to the U.N. presented the Syrian leader's signature on the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction.
"The time has come for Syrians to join the OPCW," said Bashar Jaafari, referring to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the international body that monitors the world's chemical weapons ban.
Allam reported from Washington, Schofield from Geneva. Anita Kumar in Washington and McClatchy special correspondent Aaron Morrison at the United Nations in New York contributed to this report.


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Tim Tebow, the telegenic former QB, will almost certainly be a college football TV analyst next year, either for ESPN's SEC Network, CBS Sports, or Fox Sports, multiple sources tell The Big Lead.
Tebow, who was released by the Patriots in August, is finally beginning to realize his NFL career is over. Despite a glut of bad backup quarterbacks in the NFL, Tebow's phone was not ringing this season, and he's ready to tackle television, sources say. ESPN, CBS and Fox have all expressed interest in the magnetic Tebow, and one network – ESPN – already has a show set in place for him, a source says. It is anticipated that the Tebow jockeying will intensify in January, after his agent, Jimmy Sexton, is done riding the college football coaching carousel this month.
ESPN's SEC Network, which debuts on August 21, 2014, is planning its own version of 'College Gameday' and has settled on three names: Rece Davis (an Alabama grad) would be the host, the voice of the South Paul Finebaum would play the role of Lee Corso, and Tebow would be the show's Kirk Herbstreit. A source says ESPN is currently searching for another former SEC athlete to fill the final spot.
[UPDATE: The SEC Network just announced the show – it will be called SEC Nation – and said that Joe Tessitore will be the host.]
One potential bonus of Tebow? An industry source said the SEC Network is running into pickup problems from cable providers the same way Fox Sports 1 did before its launch in August. There's a thought that having Tebow – one of the most popular athletes in the country – as the face of the network might alleviate some of those issues.
But ESPN will face heavy competition from CBS Sports, which airs the best SEC games each week. This season, ratings have been absurd. How much does CBS want Tebow? I'm told CBS Sports is willing to blow up its pregame show and make major changes if it lands Tebow.
Fox figures to be in the mix as well, with a potentially intriguing NFL/college football role for Tebow. Sure, he makes the most sense talking college football, but while I don't have much interest in what former NFL players have to say – not Ray Lewis or Boomer Esiason and certainly not Rodney Harrison – sure, I'd listen to Tebow. If FS1 is looking for a spark – Tim Tebow certainly qualifies as one.


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Bollywood stands by Sanjay Dutt
As the Supreme Court ordered a five-year jail sentence for Sanjay Dutt, Twitter went abuzz with the news. While a lot of tweeple hailed the decision, the Bollywood fraternity was clearly saddened.tabloid Updated: Mar 22, 2013 08:11 IST
Bollywood's A-listers Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra and Arjun Rampal were really upset by the news and tweeted their support to Dutt and his family.
Priyanka Chopra wrote, "My heart goes out to Sanju sir and his family..the nicest gentlest person..I pray for some respite for him through our judiciary.. (sic)".
A disturbed Hrithik Roshan posted on his Twitter wall, "I cannot comprehend. I know d law is d LAW. But I can bet my Life 2 say that Sanju sir doesn't deserve this! D most loved man!i stand for Sanjay dutt. (sic)" Both these actors starred with Dutt in the film Agneepath.
Yesteryear actress and MP Jaya Prada came to Dutt's defence, even calling him an 'innocent person'. She said, "It is very unfortunate. Knowingly or unknowingly, it has been written in his (Dutt's) fate that he has to struggle like this. Particularly for Sanjay Dutt, if you see the background of his family and all. His father Sunil Dutt served a lot for the country, and even in politics he had a very good name. And knowing his nature and character as a great father, and his son, he also innocently may be has done something."
Filmmaker Pritish Nandy wrote about the 'dichotomy' of the situation. He tweeted, "The strange dichotomies of life. A fine Supreme Court judgement on the Bombay blasts. But yes, Sanjay Dutt is my friend. I am sad for him. I will be very sad to see Sanjay Dutt go back to jail... where I used to meet him years ago. A second term will destroy the man. Sad for Sanjay Dutt. He is paying for what was an act of folly. He is no traitor. He made a mistake. He is paying for it. Hugely."
Singer and composer Vishal Dadlani seemed deeply disturbed by the decision as he wrote, "I am not contesting/denying the law, but it breaks my heart that @duttsanjay's to face this. He has done so much, so selflessly for so many! (sic)"
Director Mahesh Bhatt and photographer Daboo Ratnani too, expressed their grief. "Bhatt wrote, "Man lives in hope and dies in hope! I am hopeful that the apex courts verdict will finally bring enduring peace in Sanjay Dutt's life." Ratnani tweeted, "Shattered to Hear about @duttsanjay ...Love Him...He is Like My Elder Brother & has a Pure Heart of Gold. God give Him Strength (sic)"
Kamaal R Khan and Kunal Kohli however, didn't seem as sympathetic. Kohli wrote on his wall, "The '93 blast case should NOT be made about Sanjay Dutt.The Real planners are sitting safely in Pakistan like Osama Bin Laden was." KRK quipped about the situation, writing, "Technically tday is last day of acting career of Sanjay Dutt. He will be around 60yrs when he will be released so then he will be politician (sic)."
Interestingly, Dutt had last interacted with his Twitter followers yesterday, when he posted about the upcoming shoot of his next film.He wrote, "It's late in the night. Have an early morning shoot for policegiri. Good night and big Jaadu ki jhappi to all my lovely fans. (sic)" Bet he wasn't talking about this kind of 'policegiri'!
Other tweets
Bipasha Basu: Saddenned n shocked with the news about Sanjay Dutt's Jail sentence.Strength to him n his family.
Arjun Rampal: My heart goes out to Sanju and his family. Just numbed by the news.
Ameesha Patel: Feeling an awful pit in my stomach at sanjus judgement..he is a sweetheart..hope a miracle happens n saves him
Sophie Choudhry: Devastated. @duttsanjay is like family to me,has the biggest heart & always goes out of his way to help ppl. This verdict is heart-breaking. @duttsanjay has served time & paid the price mentally for 20yrs. We respect the law but for those who knw & luv him this is shattering.
First Published: Mar 21, 2013 14:40 IST
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The Greek financial crisis is neither Greek nor financial any more. It is a political crisis of the whole Europe. Its solution is no longer financial, but political. It is no longer a matter just for Athens, but for Brussels. Indeed, it is now a Franco-German problem above all, since their banks are most exposed.
Greece will never repay its debts. The numerous aid plans for Greece, even if they have so far succeeded in avoiding default, failed to clear the long-term liabilities. One must face the facts, which have been known for a long time: No common currency area can last without a dominant country or without some form of federalism (as in the US).
The current crisis cannot be resolved by Greece exiting the eurozone, as some have suggested. This would undermine the European banking system within days and increase the public debt of other European countries. And we cannot expect a miracle from Greece, as if it could undo the results of 30 years of lax policies in a few months.
The mistakes that got us here
Now that the consequences are manifest, it would be easy to dwell on the mistakes that got us to this point. We should not have let Greece enter the Economic and Monetary Union with falsified figures. We should not have let the debt grow so large given the country's weak economic fundamentals. We should have forced the Greeks to establish effective fiscal and economic institutions long ago.
During the more than 10 years we have had a single currency, we could have set up a finance minister for the Union to effectively control the economic policy of each member state. European governments could have done more to ensure that the European banks shared the burden. The level of remuneration currently paid to their traders and executives surely shows they could afford it. Since innovation and growth are the pathway out of economic crisis, Europe could have developed a program to support massive investments in European industry and launch a new "Airbus" of the rail, of telecommunications, of electric cars, or of genomics. We should have kept on making brave European decisions.
For all this, alas, it is too late. If we let Greece go bankrupt, the euro will disappear. The very principle of the European Union will be challenged. Unemployment will rise again, including in Germany, which has up to now benefited from an undervalued euro. If we let Greece go bankrupt, what lies ahead is an economic and political crisis worse than that of 2008. It is therefore necessary to change our perspective. We must stop thinking of the Greek problem, and start thinking of the problem of the European Union. Solutions exist.
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2. Launching a "European Brady plan" (named after the American treasury secretary who negotiated Latin American's debt restructuring in the 1980s) that would involve issuing European treasury bonds that would stretch out the debt payments of Greece, Portugal, and Ireland for 20 years and finance European investments;
3. Assessing a broad-based European Value Added Tax at a modest rate (1 percent) that would raise the necessary funds to repay the debt.
Though collectively the world's largest economy, Europe cannot compete in a world dominated by America and China unless it proactively resolves the present crisis and acts as a unified political entity. In short, the solution to Europe's economic challenge is political.
Jacques Attali was founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Tracy Abrams scored 12 points, leading Illinois to a 53-46 win over No. 18 Michigan State on Saturday.
The Fighting Illini (17-12, 6-10 Big Ten) have three straight victories for the first time since winning four in a row from Dec. 21 to Jan. 4. That successful stretch included a win over then-No. 23 Missouri.
The Spartans (22-7, 11-5) have dropped two straight and six of their last 10 games. They were full strength for the first time in nearly two months, but simply weren't good enough to beat a streaking team that seemed more inspired.
Branden Dawson returned from a broken hand and played for the first time since Jan. 21, when he helped Michigan State beat Indiana to improve to 18-1 overall and 7-0 in conference.
Michigan State's Gary Harris had 19 points, and didn't get much help from his teammates.
The Spartans scored a season-low 46 points — five fewer than they had two weeks ago in a nine-point loss to Nebraska. They made 39 percent of their shots and had only one player with more than seven points.
Adreian Payne, who averages 16-plus points, had just four points. Freshman forward Gavin Schilling matched his career high with seven points.
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Date: March 26, 2003
Senate Passes S. 153, the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act
On March 19, 2003 by unanimous consent, the Senate passed S. 153, the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act. This bill would amend Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft. The bill includes the following provisions that would:
- Add section 1028A, "Aggravated Identity Theft", to Chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code.
- Prescribe sentences of two years' imprisonment for knowingly transferring, possessing, or using, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person during and in relation to specified felony violations (including felonies relating to theft from employee benefit plans and various fraud and immigration offenses), and five years' imprisonment for knowingly taking such action during and in relation to specified felony violations pertaining to terrorist acts, in addition to the punishments provided for such felonies.
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Teachers' Panel warns strike 'inevitable' unless pay offer improved
A proposal to increase salaries by 3% has been branded 'derisory', with the EIS aiming for a 10% rise.
A teachers' group has warned strike action will be "inevitable" if an "acceptable" pay deal is not put forward before the end of the month.
The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT), which brings together teaching organisations, the Scottish Government and council umbrella body Cosla to negotiate pay, issued the warning following a meeting.
An offer of a 3% pay rise has been branded "derisory" and teachers want a "substantially improved" offer, with the EIS union campaigning for a 10% rise.
EIS salaries convener and teachers' side chairman Des Morris said: "The Teachers' Panel today expressed their anger that Cosla and the Scottish Government had failed to bring any new proposal to the negotiating table this week.
"Teachers' side negotiators have been very clear on the timetable for negotiating on this year's pay deal, which was due to be paid to teachers in April.
"Following many months of protracted negotiations, and with the year itself almost over, we have reiterated to both Cosla and the Scottish Government that a substantially improved offer must be made in December.
"Should no acceptable offer be made, a move to industrial action ballots by teachers' unions will become inevitable."
Education Secretary John Swinney has said the deal is the best available and that restructuring of the main pay grade scale and annual progression means most teachers would receive a rise of between 5% and 11%, while Cosla warned any increase above 3% across the board would lead to cuts in jobs and services.
Teaching unions the EIS and SSTA voted by 98% and 97% respectively to reject the offer in recent consultative ballots.
Mr Morris added: "The recent national demonstration and overwhelming ballot results have shown that Scotland's teachers are absolutely steadfast and completely united.
"They will not be fooled by continued stalling or by a blame game between local and national government.
"It is time for Cosla and the Scottish Government to deliver, or force Scotland's teachers into ballots on industrial action in pursuit of a fair pay settlement."
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "We are engaging positively with the unions and with Cosla to agree a pay deal and will meet again later this month.
"Industrial action in any of our schools would not be in the interest of teachers, pupils or parents."
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Secret donors back Obamacare push
Several former White House staffers have found a new way to promote Obamacare: They're spending millions of dollars in secret corporate and union cash, and they're harnessing grass-roots tactics to some of the biggest names in the health care industry.
Organizing for Action, the successor to President Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and Enroll America, a group led by two former Obama staffers that features several insurance company bigwigs on its board, are planning to unleash the same grass-roots mobilization and sophisticated micro-targeting tactics seen in the 2012 campaign.
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Instead of getting people to vote, they're trying to get people to buy insurance.
If the coalition is successful, 30 million uninsured Americans will get health coverage and the now-unpopular law that Obama's team pushed through Congress and defended at the Supreme Court could go down in history alongside lauded national institutions such as Medicare and Social Security.
But if large numbers of younger and healthier Americans don't sign up for coverage this fall alongside the older and sicker ones, the whole thing won't work.
The challenge is real: The White House has not been able to penetrate the confusion and skepticism about the law in the nearly three years since its passage. Numerous polls have shown that people still don't know what's in the law, or how it could benefit them.
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So it is both fitting and ironic that — for perhaps the most significant battle in the war over Obamacare — the president's allies are completely setting aside their qualms about the unlimited cash they once railed against. They plan to use it to unleash the 20 million-address strong email list of Organizing for Action, to hire up to 100 people at Enroll America and to flood television, radio and social media with ads this fall. They even hope to go door to door, walking people through the sign-up process.
"This is going to be run like a political campaign," said Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack, who helped conceive and fund Enroll America in 2010 and is chairman of the board.
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It's clear Enroll America is a priority for Team Obama. The group received a blessing from Organizing for Action at a private gathering of Democratic donors during Inauguration weekend. Its new president, Anne Filipic, just resigned as the deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, where she had worked under Organizing for Action's director Jon Carson. Its new managing director, Chris Wyant, led the ground game in Ohio for Obama's reelection campaign.
The private effort is relying on many of the tools, donors and operatives that were pivotal to Obama's reelection, but also streams of cash — including secret and corporate money — that Obama once eschewed.


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Still basking in the afterglow of their first sold-out show, officials at Macomb Music Theatre in downtown Mount Clemens are ready to host the iconic comedy duo Cheech and Chong on Sunday evening and are lining up more acts.
The classic rock pairing of Mitch Ryder and Rare Earth on May 18 are the newest additions to the lineup for Macomb Music Theatre, a one-time vaudeville hall that first opened in 1921.
Owners Wally Mona and Marc Beginin said they were pleased with the rave reviews the theater received at the April 13 opening that featured a triple bill of Grammy award-winning jazz artists Gerald Albright, Alex Bugnon, and Norman Brown. They said all 1,400 seats were sold, with some fans coming from as far away as Toledo and Lansing.
'We heard a lot of people talk about the acoustics of the building and how beautiful the theater looked,' Beginin said.
Among those in attendance were Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Mount Clemens Mayor Barb Dempsey.
'What they've done with the restoration, to bring the building back to is natural beauty is absolutely incredible,' Hackel said. 'Without question, they've brought a 'wow' factor to the place.'
The new owners have been working on a $2 million restoration project since they acquired the former Emerald Theatre last fall. The overhaul is ongoing and won't be totally done until late summer, when a grand opening celebration will be held.
In the next few months, they plan to further spruce up the venue with a large chandelier that will hang above the theater's main floor and can be lowered for wedding receptions, and a LED-screen marquee for the exterior.
Ticket information is expected to be announced for the Mitch Ryder show soon. In addition to the shows, the theater is busy accepting a number of private rentals, Beginin said.
There are still some tickets left for Sunday's Cheech & Chong show, which starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $49-$59 and available at ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. Macomb Music Theatre is located at 31 N. Walnut, north of Cass Avenue in Mount Clemens.
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Sprouted winter wheat and quinoa sourdough with japanese black sesame seeds
sprouting again, organic winter wheat and three color quinoa..
it was a good bake..
crusty crust
sprouting again, organic winter wheat and three color quinoa..
it was a good bake..
crusty crust
No wonder you were so happy with this bread. it looks terrific and it should taste just as good.
Nice baking Evon
bread and either put them or a whole grain berry scald in just about every bread we make. Just love the chew they provide to the crumb. Since we were using yogurt whey for the dough liquid today, we went with the scald - can't have enzymes running around in the dough willy nilly now can we :-)
Happy Sprouting
Spectacular bake again Evon!!
Beauties again Evon. I'm really diggin the quinoa in bread. Looks great, tastes great, and has to add some nutrional value as its a "supergrain'. Still need to delve into the sprouted grains. I've used commercial sprouted flours a few times but never made my own.
Happy Baking
Another Beauty Evon. Love that nice open and moist crumb and nice crispy crust. have to try sprouting myself soon.
Wow, those are beauties!
Very beautiful bread Evon,
Hi Evon. These look great!...Love the dark crust. Scoring is very nice as well. Very hearty looking breads, which are my kinda breads!
Evon, any chance you can post the formula? I would love to try this one out.
Quinoa seems to contribute much color to the crust, i think. Your loaves are bold and delicious.
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On occasion, the sky is exquisitely clear. Daytime's rich turquoise sky often heralds a transparent window into the universe over backyards across the region.
Ever see the constellation of the Groundhog? Neither have I because there isn't one. If there was, the holiday would be "Groundhog Night" but then he'd never see his shadow unless it was nearly a full moon. Then we would rarely get the joy (?!) of six more weeks of winter.
Winter nights are cold in this part of the world, but so worth bundling up and putting a couple of those hand warmer pouches in your gloves. What splendor awaits!
On occasion, the sky is exquisitely clear. Daytime's rich turquoise sky often heralds a transparent window into the universe over backyards across the region.
On a night like this, it can be so clear that light pollution does not stand as much of a chance to spoil. There is less dust and vapor to reflect and diffuse the bombardment of light from our streetlights, security lights, signs and parking lot lamps. The constellations become filled with sprinkling of faint stars, salted generously. Even the winter Milky Way stood out more plainly than it usually does.
This is tougher to appreciate if you live in or near a city, but your best view is likely straight overhead, in the "zenith." At this time of year, the constellation Auriga, the chariot driver (if you want, you can call him Louie the Taxicab Driver), passes overhead in the evening.
The Milky Way passes right through Auriga, and it is rich in star clusters easily spotted in binoculars. Marking Auriga's "eye" is the bright yellow star Capella.
Winter evening's portion of the Milky Way Band is not as easy to see as the summer section. The Milky Way Band completely encircles the sky, though we never see all of it at once. The sun is one of the 100 billion or so stars making up the Milky Way galaxy and is situated within the broad stellar arms that curve from the wider central hub of our wonderful galaxy.
When you see the Milky Way Band, you are looking at the neighboring spiral arms, which overlap one another from our viewpoint within. The summer Milky Way is wider and brighter because we are looking towards the central hub of the galaxy.
Scanning across the Milky Way Band with a telescope is like a portal view from some future starship. Even a small telescope reveals thousands of stars, bright and dim and everything between, filling the field of view with endless and curious arrangements.
With the random sprinkling of stars, it is no surprise they will group into geometric shapes, creating for our imagination all sorts of custom constellations technically called "asterisms." Stars were seen in wonderful lines and arc, making corners of imaginary boxes and other shapes. It is easy to picture objects, not unlike we may have done as a child gazing at puffy fair-weather clouds.
Oh, to be so carefree again! We can be, if even for a few minutes to spare, to let your heart be filled. We are not robots limited to a cold intellect.
Orion's Great Nebula (M42), visible as a fuzzy star to the unaided eyes just below the left side of the "Belt" stars, became a vivid, complex assembly of space dust, illuminated by stars, in the telescope eyepiece.
With 100 billion stars and vast cosmic clouds called nebulae filling much of the galaxy, one might think space is far from empty. You're right. Although we speak of the vacuum of outer space and how very empty it is compared with our world, it is well populated with atoms of every element imaginable and energy of every frequency making waves as it passes by.
Atoms are so sparse beyond Earth or any planetary or stellar body that space can effectively be considered a "perfect vacuum." Where space begins is also a relative question; the Earth's atmosphere gradually thins as altitude increases. Even satellites in low Earth orbit will eventually fall because of friction with the atoms of the outer atmosphere. The United States sets the definition of an astronaut as one who travels 50 miles up and greater.
Astronomers, and particularly those who study the universe at large, who are called cosmologists, ponder an annoying missing component that has been termed "dark matter." Pending a satisfied description, this hypothetical "stuff" is used to account for what seems to be missing mass needed to give galaxies and matter in general the gravity and physical forces they are observed to contain.
Clearly, there are enough questions to keep us going!
The most wonderful part of all this is you don't even need to know all this to simply enjoy the beauty of the night sky, cherished ever since mankind looked up on the first clear night.
New moon is on Feb. 2, giving us dark nights this week. Watch for the crescent moon in the west during evening twilight later in the week. Keep looking up!
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has appointed Robert Baron, director of the folk arts program at the New York State Council on the Arts, to a yearlong position as the agency's folklore consultant. Mr. Baron will provide an assessment of NEH's past funding of folklore projects and make recommendations on how to build on that foundation.
"Folklore is a little-recognized field of the humanities yet it lies at the heart of our self-understanding as human beings," said NEH Chairman William R. Ferris. "Folklore is about the art of storytelling, the nature of legend, the creativity of ordinary citizens and the representation of character. Its subject matter ranges from Aesop's fables to complex theories of performance and repertoire. Its forms include genres as diverse as ballads, beliefs, contemporary jokes and classic fairytales. Given NEH's mission of broadening every citizen's understanding of culture and national identity, the Endowment seeks new ways to foster research and public understanding about the complex mix of folk traditions that underlie creativity in diverse national cultures. I am pleased to welcome Robert Baron as NEH's folklore consultant. His long experience in the folk arts and in public programming will provide a critical perspective on where NEH should be headed in the area of folklore studies."
Robert Baron has held a variety of positions at the New York Council on the Arts. Since 1985 he has directed the council's folk arts program, which supports the documentation, presentation and interpretation of folklife programs at museums, historical societies and community-based cultural groups. From 1996 to June 2000, he directed the council's museum program, which provides support for exhibitions, exhibition planning, museum education and interpretation, collections management, field services and operations. He was a senior research specialist at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from 1977 to 1979.
Mr. Baron has been a leader in the folklife field for years, holding a number of advisory positions with organizations including the American Folklore Society, the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association, the National Council for the Traditional Arts, and the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago.


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Topic: Should i change my Avatar?
I have noticed a lot of people recently have been changing their avatars.
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A collection of personal thoughts and experiences - mostly centered around running.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Day 22
We're at the Trittipoe residence tonight and looking forward to a good day tomorrow .
I tried to post comments to Sophie and Keith, but Blogger seemed to have other ideas -- looking forward to running with you guys. Bring friends! . . . warning. . .these miles are SLOW!
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Adam---will you be running Three Ridges to Afton/Wayneboro on Monday? That is what the schedule you sent me says, but it seems from your posts that you are a day ahead? Please confirm as we have folks who want to come see you!ReplyDelete
If you are a day ahead, that means you will be running the first section in the SNP to Loft Mountain on Monday. We could start out with you---just let me know what time you plan to start.
Happy Trails!
Keep it rolling, bro!!! And make sure to let Sophie know what's up with your schedule so she can rally the troops. BTW, I am one of those troops! Really hoping to get to put some miles in with you!
Loved having your guys here. Just wish I could have been out there with you. This work just gets in the way!ReplyDelete
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3rd Season at GSU
Former Heisman Trophy runner-up Joe Hamilton enters his second season as running backs coach on the Georgia State football staff.
Hamilton originally joined the GSU program in July 2010 and served as a recruiting intern during the Panthers' inaugural season before being elevated to a coaching position in June 2011.
A consensus first-team all-American at Georgia Tech in 1999, Hamilton won the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's top quarterback while finishing second to Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne in the Heisman balloting. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's Player of the Year and Athlete of the Year for all sports.
The native of Alvin, S.C., started four years at quarterback at Tech, played in four bowl games and led the Yellow Jackets to 30 victories and a share of the 1998 ACC Championship. He was named MVP of the 1997 Carquest Bowl and co-MVP of the 1999 Gator Bowl, both of which Tech won. He is still Tech's all-time leader in passing yards, touchdown passes and total offense and holds numerous other records.
Hamilton was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1999, and in 2011 he appeared on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time.
He earned his degree from Georgia Tech in 2008.
A seventh-round NFL draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2000, Hamilton played four seasons in the NFL with Tampa Bay and Indianapolis and also played in NFL Europe and the Arena Football League.
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Today, I would like to share a post with you that I wrote just about a year ago today. Melissa as Such Simple Pleasures invites bloggers to re-post an old story from their archives on Saturdays. Here's my post from one year ago yesterday:
Valentine's applications are still rolling in!
Today is the day one of my 157th* period. That number should be a lot higher, but I got to take of a lot of months off due to some fantastically awesome birth control, and a lot more months due to some fantastically failed birth control. Nursing took a chunk out of that number. So, in almost 19 years, I have pulled off only having to do this shit 157 times.Good to know that not much has changed in a year, huh?
And after 19 long years of reproductivity, of mature womanhood, I have but one thing to say:
This shit still motherfucking sucks. I have a goddamn inner-tube of pain. Grrrr.
But, being National Compliment Day, I will be cheery and nice while I eat a whole carton of Bon Bons and chase it with a bag of the saltiest chips money can buy.
Wow, you are totally awesome. You are so funny and witty and nice. Did I mention cute? Dude, you are way smoking. The pants make you ass look fantastic! Did you do something different with your hair? New pomade? Are those highlights going on in there? Whatever it is, keep doing it for sure. You don't look a day over 28, seriously! And that thing you said the other day? Sheer poetry. You simply blow my mind. How did I ever get so lucky as to have you for a friend?
*Yes, I actually busted out a calculator for this post. Sad, isn't it? Any hobby suggestions?
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ROCHESTER — The 18th annual St. Elizabeth Seton Rockathon was held in the school's gymnasium last Friday, with the aim of raising $16,000, and Principal Suzanne Boutin was fairly confident the goal would be reached, when the pledges all come in.
If the $16,000 is realized, the students will have, as a reward, a day at the Common in June, with a barbecue, games and a lot of fun.
"That's what they voted for and it's good with me they didn't do the Mohawk," laughed Boutin. In a previous year, when the students achieved the fundraising goal, she succumbed to one of those striking haircuts, and on another occasion, she narrowly missed having to don an inflatable sumo wrestling contest and do battle with the janitor.
Last week's Rockathon got under way at 9 a.m. with the whole school taking part.
"Kindergarten only has to go until noon and Grade 1 goes until 3 p.m.," said Boutin. "Then Grade 2 to 5 go until 9 p.m., and the junior high, six seven and eight, go all night until 9 a.m. (on Saturday)."
To say that Boutin is a veteran rockathoner is to understate the case. As a first grade teacher at Sacred Heart School in Hampton she started a Rockathon back in 1983, and did it every year until she was appointed principal at S.E.S., over 18 years ago.
In tough economic times, such as Rochester is experiencing, fundraisers are all the more important for privately funded schools. Ten years or so ago, S.E.S. had a student population of around 300, but currently it consists of 115 students, K through 8.
"We are building back up with sponsors in the community now helping to sponsor a child," said Boutin. "A lot of families had to withdraw their children. If two parents are working and one loses their job or has to go part-time, it is tough. Now, with financial aid (from sponsors) it allows kids to stay who would otherwise leave. There has been a good response to the sponsorship program and I hope it continues to grow."
For the Rockathon, everything is planned hour by hour.
"Kids do skits on stage throughout the day, and the staff skit is at 2 p.m.," said Boutin.
Lunch and dinner is laid on and special guest Father Sinabaldi of St. Mary Parish, who generally raises around $2,000, says Mass at 7 p.m., Boutin added.
She said that raising $16,000 was "very good" considering the size of the group.
"It is hard to sit in chairs for all that time, so people like to give to the kids," said Boutin.
A Christian band joined Sinabaldi in the Mass, and afterwards gave a concert.
After 9 p.m., with just the 40 or so junior high students remaining in the gym in their rocking chairs, a new wave of fun began. Helium-inflated beach balls were passed around, Domino's Pizza was on the menu for midnight, at 3 a.m. there was a movie (allowing some kids to nap), and at 6 a.m., there was a chaperoned walk to get everyone alert again and ready for breakfast at 7 a.m. Two hours after that, parents picked up their students.
"I thank the community for their support and prayers," said Boutin, noting that the S.E.S. students are committed to doing community service in the neighborhood. They work with Rochester Main Street on projects and will be active next month on Earth Day.
Through the month of April the students will be gathering in their pledges, and if any members of the community would like make donations, their help will be greatly appreciated, Boutin said. For more information in this regard, people may call the school at 332-4803, or visit S.E.S. at 16 Bridge St.
The awards assembly from the Rockathon is slated for May 2.
"The coveted prize is to be Principal for the Day," smiled Boutin.


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26th May 2012, 10:39 PM
Sorry dont know what happened so i had to take my lot to the vets for their MOT and out of the 5cavs and 1 xcav only 2 have bad hearts which i am really pleased with as most came off the puppy farms and are mostly aged. Emily who is 15yrs at least and Misty who us at least 13yrs and have just been put on pills but i think it was mainly because it was so hot and they were really panting. The otheres are a bit younger Havoc is 6yrs Jazz is 12yrs Folly is at least 13yrs as well Monty the x breed is 5yrs. I know it wasnt a cardiac specalist but i am really pleased and i have not seen any signs of SM/CM so i am doubly lucky