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A short report: "Journée des chantiers ouverts" 2014
For the second time, two PAMAflex projects took part in the "Journée des chantiers ouverts", organized by the Confederation of construction. This event took place on Sunday, May 11, 2014 from 10 am to 6 pm.
We have offered you the opportunity to visit two passive constructions build by PAMAflex.
The two accessible sites opened were:
Passive -House on 2 levels in LU-9142 Burden (Erpeldange).
Address: Street Reservoir at LU-9142 Burden
This project was also visited on Friday, May 9 from 2 pm to 8 pm
Business partner: HP Linden sprl.
In addition to these two dates, the company HP Linden offered an information evening themed "The massive passive-house built by PAMAflex".
Passive -House on 2 levels in BE-7021 Havre.
Adress: Rue Saint Symphorien in 7021 Havre (Mons)
Business partner: HP Linden sprl.
Our onsite team listened to your questions.
For more information, please contact Christof Linden (+32 (0) 490/44 90 39 or + 352/661 209 279).


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Episode 5: Maple Syrup
If the weather weren't so warm, the maple syrup might be flowing now – if you missed it, watch this episode to see how to turn tree water into syrup.
7 responses to "Episode 5: Maple Syrup"
Where do I buy that sugar stuff? Can I buy it from him? How do i make a reservation at one of your mysterious meals for that matter?
This is amazing. Sometimes we take for granted how things get on our table. It is wonderful to take a moment and explore the things that are in our own back yard. Thanks for answering the questions that we often forget to ask.
What kind of trees can be tapped for syrup?
Hey Brittany, Sugar Maples are the best, but box elders and any other maple works too, you can even do birch I hear, you'll just get a funk tasting syrup.
Living out west in the prairies, I'm envious of the east's inclusion of maple syrup as a local food product. I wish!!
That's pretty neat. It's nice to see other people around the country with so much passion for the food they produce.
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FROM THE STREETS OF YOUR NATIONS CAPITOL. Copyright © 2006 Mad Zebra Inc. All rights reserved.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The first six month was frustrating for me, when you attend the taxi school they don't teach you the business side of the coin. Here in DC they teach you the fucken zones and how to give the correct change back to the passenger and you graduate with flying colors and you don't even have to speak the English language either, I am not kidding. I used to do 12 hours of hard driving and take home pathetic $100 after expenses. When I met and told Pastor Joe that I was averaging that kind of bread, I think he threw up with disgust, and that's when he took me under his wings and got me enrolled in the "Pastor Joe's Advanced Studies for Urban Shady Hacking Techniques" Program.
When you're a cabbie at night you have to be very resourceful to your passengers with out crossing the thin lining of breaking any law, and that's where the art of hacking, my education under the master guru Pastor Joe and my experience comes in handy. A good cabbie can help you find any shit you couldn't locate on Google. I remember couple years ago some dude got in to may cab and asked me where he can find a very strong hashish called "The Flying Dutchman" and to make the long story short the last I heard that motherfucker is still stoned in his basement. You see requests like these could cost a hefty finder's fee, that mickey mouse DC zone fare shit is not going to cut it.
My dear readers by all means if you need anything at all, I mean ANYTHING, please don't hesitate to call uncle Mad. Did you find that trophy young chic and that old wife of yours is in the way? You want the old bag to disappear? I hear of some Latvian brothers do some great CSI proof work. Just let me know if you want it slow and painful or quick and painless.
The only thing I couldn't solve is the homeless crises in our city and it's getting cold out there people, so get involved and always please don't forget the homeless.
Mad Cabbie
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Mad that's some funny material bro!
Can you hook me up with those Latvian brothers? and I want it slow and painful!
Tom in Fairfax.
- Kyt Dotson said...
It is worthwhile to know that taxi drivers aren't just transportation through the visible arteries of the city (the streets) they also represent a connexion to everywhere those arteries lead.
This means that taxi drivers are given broader access to all things, from knowing where the best of the black market is, to being able to turn a fare onto the most delicious bowl of clam chowder can be had.
Part chauffeur, part tour guide, part city's-dark-underbelly middleman -- all hack.
Amen, my DC hack brother! I piloted a cab here in Boston for three years. I've spent much time since explaining to all who will listen that if you need something - anything - ask a cabbie. A smart hack can and will do just about anything for money. Man, when we hosted the Democratic National Convention up here, I was rolling in Rupert Murdoch's dough, hooking up Fox News crews with after-hours booze, the best smoke Boston had to offer, and whatever else they needed. High-end clients were encouraged to call my cell, and anything could be delivered in 20 minutes or less. Hell, if you need to collect a debt, I can put you in touch with a guy who'll break fingers for a c-note per. Buy four fingers, get the thumb for free!
- june in florida said...
Back in the day,one of our Hyannis drivers picked up a hail in Provincetown(not sposed to do that,and later wished he hadn't).The guy wanted to go to Boston, loaded some big garbage bags in the trunk and off they went. Got to the address in Boston and dropped him off, got fare, no problem.Read in the paper next day about this same passenger who had been arrested for murdering several people in Provincetown and disposing of their body parts in Boston,yep same guy and those garbage bags in the trunk....
- Eryn said...
Uncle Mad,
I would like one overstuffed gyro from Zorba the Greek's with a side of baklava please. Christmas Eve delivery preferable. Much love.
- Xtreme English said...
too funny, Uncle Mad, and i'll remember to call if i can't find it myself....
peggy's mom
- Mad Cabbie said...
I think the Latvian brothers got deported Mr Anonymous!
Kyt, I agree... Cabbies are the ambassadors for the city they live in!
Reverend Jim, I have to look you up when I am in Boston. I have an ex girlfriend who lives in Boston and I want it slow and painful!
June, that's some funny shit! I keep telling you need to start writing about your experiences and others and make me a fan!
Eryn, that's very easy! I pass by that joint probably 10 times a night...try something harder.
Peggy's mom, I don't think I can find something that you can't! Aren't you the notorious gang leader of "The Q street crew!" in Georgetown?
- Peggy said...
Mad - Why can't you hook me up with some STORIES FROM YOUR TRIP TO ETHIOPIA. I think you will agree that I've been more than patient.


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Every other week I've been tutoring kids up in Bentonville, a smart group of Indian-American kids whose immigrant parents want them to assimilate and succeed. They are ahead of their grade levels already and like reading if not, necessarily, writing, which comes less naturally than reading, or speaking, and which requires more learning and more patience.
One of the kids — let's call her A — is just seven years old now, eight this fall, like my granddaughter Ruby. She's the youngest kid I tutor and the silliest, which I appreciate.
When I came to the door the other night, A hid behind it, on the inside, and opened the door so I couldn't see her. "Oh, my goodness!" I proclaimed. "An automatic door opener!" A's mother and I smiled.
Sometimes A is quite attentive and focused; other times, she's full of exhaustible and combustible energies. She curls in a ball on her chair, beside mine, and tries out various feline positions. She hums and jabbers and is intent on telling me stories of the day or jokes. Sometimes she runs around the room.
It's at junctures like these that I think the two of us should step outside, into the backyard, and find a tree to climb. Go way up to the crown and have a look-see at the neighborhood. Scramble out on the branches and grab some nuts. Sit there together, crack the nuts in our steel jaws, and pick out the meats with our claws.
Then and only then return to the educational business at hand.
Wouldn't such a climb be what is called "active learning"? In truth, I might try to accommodate my tutees with some such squirrely exercises. (I remember teaching college way back when, when the simple expedient of throwing a rubber ball around the room to all who wanted to ask or answer a question produced astonishingly results!)


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text: Dr Elke Roediger Lecturer/ Physics Programme Director Faculty of Science and Engineering firstname.lastname@example.com 01482 465246 Dr Elke Roediger leads the galaxy cluster group in the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics. Her research combines numerical simulations with observations in international collaborations. Elke joined the University of Hull in September 2015. She studied physics and astrophysics at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and the University of Glasgow. In 2005, she was awarded a PhD in astrophysics by the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. Since then Elke has held positions as a postdoctoral researcher at the Jacobs University Bremen and the Hamburg University Observatory, and as Visiting Scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Research Research Interests Astrophysics Galaxy clusters Astrophysical plasma physics Galaxy evolution Numerical astrophysics X-ray astronomy Research groups Elke is a member of the E.A. Milne Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Hull. Her research combines numerical simulations with observations in local and international collaborations with researchers from institutions including Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge, University of Prague, INAF - IASF-Milano Publications Y. Su, R. P. Kraft, P.E.J. Nulsen, E. Roediger, W.R. Forman, E. Churazov, S. Randall, C. Jones, M.E. Machacek, 'Capturing the 3D Motion of an Infalling Galaxy via Fluid Dynamics', Astrophysical Journal, 2017, 835, 19. E. Roediger, R. Kraft, P. E. J. Nulsen, W. R. Forman, M. E. Machacek, S. Randall, C. Jones, E. Churazov, R. Kokotanekova , 'Stripped Elliptical Galaxies as Probes of ICM Physics: II. Stirred, but Mixed? Viscous and Inviscid Gas Stripping of the Virgo Elliptical', M89. Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 806, 104. E. Roediger, R. Kraft, P. E. J. Nulsen, W. R. Forman, M. E. Machacek, S. Randall, C. Jones, E. Churazov, R. Kokotanekova, 'Stripped Elliptical Galaxies as Probes of ICM Physics: I. Tails, Wakes, and Flow Patterns in and around Stripped Ellipticals', Astrophysical Journal, 2015, 808, 103. E. Roediger, M. Bruggen, M. S. Owers, H. Ebeling, M. Sun, 'Star Formation in Shocked Cluster Spirals and their Tails, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014, 443, L114-L118 E. Roediger, R. P. Kraft, W. R. Forman, P. E. J. Nulsen, E. Churazov, 'Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities at the Sloshing Cold Fronts in the Virgo Cluster as a Measure for the ICM Viscosity, 2013, Astrophysical Journal, 764, 60. For a complete list of Elke's publications, click on this link. Teaching Programmes taught on (2019) BSc (Hons) Physics Degree Course Modules list Foundation Physics Experimental Physics and Mathematics Waves and Computation Final Year projects for BSc and MPhys Library project (MPhys level 6) Research PhDs Mergers of galaxy clusters ICM plasma physics Star formation Current PhD supervisions ICM Plasma Physics and Cluster Mergers, Alexander Sheardown Star Formation in Cluster Galaxies, Matthew Hunt Teaching awards and accolades Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Professional highlights Academic qualifications 2001 MSc in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Glasgow 2002 Diplom Physikerin, Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany 2005 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany Awards and accolades 2012 Award of Smithsonian Institution Research Associate status in the High Energy Astrophysics for 2 years 2006 Faculty Prize for Best Dissertation in 2005 by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University Kiel


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This posting is to clear up any confusion over where to send your Fellow Feathers/Fort Funston membership and sticker applications. Please remember that "Clubhouse Member" applications are for pilots who want to keep their glider in the clubhouse. All other pilots are "Non-Clubhouse" members!
What to include:
-Completed membership application. Clubhouse applications must also include a signed Clubhouse Waiver.
-Annual dues and/or donation (thank you!).
-A copy of your USHPA card.
-A self addressed stamped envelope.
Mail Clubhouse applications to:
Rob Johnson
PO Box 1176
Mountain View, CA 94042
Mail Non-Clubhouse applications to:
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Note: New H-3's and H-4's who have never flown at Fort Funston must have a site intro before getting their sticker and are not eligible for sticker-by-mail.
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As young master Brad A. Greenberg noted the other day, Archbishop Jose Gomez has arrived on the West Coast where he will soon become the shepherd of the giant and influential Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. This means he will almost certainly be given a brand new red hat, sooner rather than later, making this very traditional Catholic one of America's most prominent Latino leaders -- period. You may recall that Greenberg had some fun with the whole hat thing, seeing as how the Los Angeles Times seemed to think that liturgical headgear is an unusual thing in Catholic worship (and they broke out the incense, too). So, how did that lede go?
Los Angeles officially welcomed its next Roman Catholic archbishop ... with a celebratory Mass that included a bit of just about everything: tears, drama, majesty, song, hats, incense, a cast of thousands, prayer and even a little slapstick humor.
If you have been paying attention to GetReligion lately, even a little bit, you know that this Gomez guy is going to be a mover and a shaker.
Thus, I thought the GetReligion crowd might enjoy reading the following Q&A interview with the archbishop, care of the Catholic News Agency. Scribes on the Godbeat may want to file it for future reference.
No, it does not mention Opus Dei.
The interview does, however, range over some interesting political, cultural and theological terrain. Note, in the following exchange, that Gomez brings up one of the most obvious dark clouds on the horizon of Latino Catholic life, before he is even asked. The following includes pieces of his answers to several related questions:
CNA: As the next Archbishop of Los Angeles, you will be the most prominent Hispanic prelate in the Catholic Church in the United States. What is your view of the state of Catholicism among U.S. Hispanics?
Gomez: The number of Hispanics self-identifying as Catholics has declined from nearly 100 percent in just two decades, while the number who describe themselves as Protestant has nearly doubled, and the number saying they have "no religion" has also doubled. I'm not a big believer in polls about religious beliefs and practice. But in this case the polls reflect pastoral experience on the ground. ...
As Hispanics become more and more successful, more and more assimilated into the American mainstream, will they keep the faith? ... Will they live by the Church's teachings and promote and defend these teachings in the public square? Or will their Catholicism simply become a kind of "cultural" background, a personality trait, a part of their upbringing that shapes their perspective on the world but compels no allegiance or devotion to the Church? ...
"Practical atheism" has become the de facto state religion in America. The price of participation in our economic, political, and social life is that we essentially have to agree to conduct ourselves as if God does not exist. Religion in the U.S. is something we do on Sundays or in our families, but is not allowed to have any influence on what we do the rest of the week.
This is all very strange for a country that was founded by Christians -- in fact by Hispanic Catholics.
Later on, the archbishop waved away attempts to label key social trends as "conservative issues," noting that the church must be concerned that Hispanics have some of the highest rates of teen pregnancy, abortion and out-of-wedlock births, while rising numbers of young Latinos are dropping out of school and being raised in single-parent homes. Gomez insists that "these are serious 'justice' issues."
Ditto for issues linked to immigration. The archbishop argues that it's impossible to be Catholic, in every sense of the word, and not care about justice for migrants. But he also makes this point:
CNA: But how would you respond to those angered by illegal immigration? Shouldn't those in the country illegally face punishment?
Gomez: As we stress the Church's moral principles, we need to be more sensitive to people's fears. The opponents of immigration are also people of faith. They are afraid. And their fears are legitimate.
The fact is that millions of immigrants are here in blatant violation of U.S. law. This makes law-abiding Americans angry. And it should. We have to make sure that our laws are fair and understandable. At the same time, we have to insist that our laws be respected and enforced. Those who violate our laws have to be punished.
The question is how? What punishments are proper and just?
Could a traditional Catholic, one with gravitas among cultural conservatives, serve as a bridge personality on that issue? Stay tuned.
By all means, read it all.
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I shove him away from me but he forces himself into my space once again. There is a wholeness I feel with him but it makes me feel like I'm insane. I don't want this. I feel as if this love is too slick. This love is too good. This love can't last.
I lower my eyes and whisper that I want him gone and he screams back at me to make him. He's enraged and it's completely childish. My mind is colliding with my heart and I begin laughing into the dark room. I can't set limits with this man. I can't seem to care about setting limits with him anymore.
I try to walk away, I'm at wits end but he pushes me back against a cool wall. He leans into my face, his words sound distant but I know he wants to continue this fight with me. He knows I abhor this kind of behavior. I don't know why I continually allow him to do it. I don't tolerate this sort of thing from anyone else and I never have. His argument settles and is no longer childish He turns intellectual and introspective.
I fall down utterly exhausted but he grabs my arms and pulls me to my feet. He stares into my eyes. He expects me to answer him but I can't even recall him ever asking me a question.
I succumb to the anxiety creeping in and just say no. He screams yes across my cheeks. His voice is hard with an edge that makes my heart race and my fingers numb. It gives me chills and my blood dances up my neck turning everything red. My body responds to him, to his anger. I try to focus on him, on what he's saying to me and one thing becomes clear in that moment.
This man provokes love in me and I'm beginning to crave it. I'm overcome with embarrassment. This is too close to manipulation. I need to leave him behind and move on. I cannot allow him to continue provoking love in me any longer.


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This is my first post to this blog, and as such, I would like to dedicate this spcieal post to a subject I have become quite passionate about—the Arabic language;-) This first post is directed toward both Arabic learners and those teaching the subject….but especially the latter.
It is clear that university level Modern Standard Arabic courses are geared toward preparing students to acquire language proficiency such that they may "read the newspaper" and consume other news media resources. Thus the standand text (Al-Kitaab by Karen Brustad) strongly emphasizes such content as reading examples. Reading an Arabic newspaper is an arduous task (probably even for 3rd year Arabic students) however it is precisely doing this on a daily basis that allows a student to maintain his/her active recall of vocabulary and further his/her understanding of common grammatical structures.
Due to the difficulty of just "picking up an Arabic newspaper" both online or offline, many students are unable to partake in this vital part of language learning (routine exposure to the language in its native form).
Please read this to the end or stop here, because the key to this idea isn't unlocked unti….."happily ever after."
Use Google Translate. This is NOT to say that Google Translate can be considered a reliable translation tool by any means. On the contrary, all "Machine Translation" is highly unreliable and often riddled with error. However, mostly what a student needs when reading something like a newspaper is just a rough idea of what is going on (i.e. a reference vocabulary). This will allow the student to start "soaking up" the grammar, content, and novel vocabulary words right away, without the need for constantly referring to a clumsy hardcopy dictionary ten times in a row for an overkill definition.
Thus, if a student goes to this page and adds the——> Arabic to English <——just drag browser button link [yes, the one the arrows are pointing at] to his/her browser favorites toolbar then s/he can press this button while at any online news source (i say news because there is no point in reading non-MSA for our purposes here), and the page will be automatically machine translated.
Al-Jazeera on Training Wheels
Here is the key! After translating a page (such as http://www.bbcarabic.com) with the "Browser Translate Button" the following happens:
Not only is the page Machine Translated but Google also provides a very unique and useful FEATURE: when a the mouse cursor hover's over any block of translated text such as a short paragraph or a link…..Google automatically hilights the block of text in light blue AND THEN A LITTLE WINDOW POPS UP (Web 2.0/java/ajax that sort of thing) and VOILA!!! sitting right there before the students eyes is THE ORIGINAL ARABIC (pre-translation) THAT GOES WITH THE CORRESPONDING HILIGHTED PARAGRAPH!!!
This allows the student to use the Machine Translated garbled English as a REFERENCE POINT/psuedo-vocabulary list etc. while reading the paper.
I have tried it and it is amazing!!!


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Popcorn Farmer
From the Farmer's Tractor
December 30, 2007
Popcorn Farmer
K. Scott Arvin, 56, is popcorn farmer in Remington, Indiana – a town about 100 miles south of Chicago in the heart of popcorn country. His farm, Tri County Farms, Inc., grows corn specifically for Vogel Popcorn under the Con Agra umbrella, and previously for Orville Redenbacher (Vogel Popcorn is responsible for about 52% of the total annual popcorn production in the U.S.). Arvin and his wife of 37 years, Linda, have four children and five grandchildren.
How did you get into popcorn farming?
I am a fourth generation farmer, having raised corn, soybeans, seed corn, a little wheat and, of course, popcorn. I have been farming for nearly 30 years but I got into popcorn about 15 years ago as a better profit opportunity.
How will popcorn farming evolve in the next five years?
Unless we get the opportunity to raise popcorn with some GMO traits, I don't see the industry changing a great deal as far as actual production goes. However, there will be increasing amounts of regulations and paperwork that convey to the end user all the practices that were employed in the production of this food item, like the types of herbicides used and the dates of application. We have to be able to trace the product completely back to its point of origin.
What is your greatest challenge as a popcorn farmer?
Not having access to these GMO traits such as corn borer resistance or rootworm resistance is an issue. Another issue is the standability of the crop in the fall. It has improved a great deal through the years, but it has more of a tendency to go down than commercial corn.
We are also very concerned with the cleanliness of the popcorn coming out of the field. We want it to be free from any foreign matter that could eventually end up on someone's table. The company that I contract with, Vogel Popcorn, has strict policies on combine cleanliness. We are even required to attend a daylong classroom session that emphasizes and instructs us on these issues.
How does a farmer know what a retailer will want a year from now?
That is difficult for a contract grower to know. Obviously, Vogel indicates this information to us by either expanding or reducing acres for the following year.
What steps are you taking toward conservation on the farm?
We're doing more "no till" now than a few years ago. Luckily, popcorn adapts itself very well to that practice. With no tillage, you can just go to the field and start planting.
What kinds of reactions do you get from consumers when they meet you in person?
Most people are interested in the process of how the popcorn goes from a plant in the field to ending up in a glass jar or a plastic bag that they find on their local grocery shelf. When I mention how many kernels of popcorn can be raised from a single acre of land, they are amazed.
How many kernels of popcorn can be raised from a single acre of land?
A single of acre of land can hold around 20 million kernels, and that expands about 1000%, covering the ground to look like up to three to four inches of snow. It's just incredible.


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As the popularity of those vintage bulbs grows, some people are literally being left in the dark. Will a 60 watt vintage bulb give out the same amount of light as regular 60 watt incandescent bulb? Probably not. To understand this better we rally need to talk about lumens. Lumens is the measurement of light output. So regular 60 watt incandescent bulb gives out around 800 lumens. Now, the average 60 watt vintage bulb gives out only 400 lumen. Exactly half the light output. So why are those bulbs so popular? Well, those bulbs produce a nostalgic ambiance! They are not supposed to light up light up a room. The whole beauty of those bulbs is the filament and the fact that you can actually look at it. If the bulb is too bright it will look like a regular incandescent bulb.
How much light do these Vintage Edison bulbs really give out?


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The Road to Convention Season!
Champions Online will be at the Gencon in August. You don't want to miss out on a chance to show off your skillz do you? Stop by the booth and show them what champions are made of.
If you're headed to Indianapolis for Gencon on Aug. 14-17, be sure to make time to play Champions!
First, stop by the Cryptic Studios booth and meet some of the Cryptic team, play Champions Online, show off your trivia skills and get some super swag! You might even win a spot in the beta!
Then head over to the gaming area where you can journey back in time, battle supervillains at the mall, defeat monsters created by super science and more! Experienced game masters will be running events throughout the con.
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PORTSMOUTH — A court order barring a jogger from coming to Portsmouth is unconstitutional and a charge alleging the jogger breached that order should be dismissed, attorney Anthony Naro said Tuesday.
PORTSMOUTH — A court order barring a jogger from coming to Portsmouth is unconstitutional and a charge alleging the jogger breached that order should be dismissed, attorney Anthony Naro said Tuesday.
Naro represented jogger Craig O'Brien, 48, of 27 Marshwood Rd, Eliot, Maine, in Portsmouth District Court March 16, when he said his client has the "constitutional right to travel." He asked the court to dismiss a charge alleging O'Brien breach bail conditions "by jogging through Portsmouth."
"This was a course of conduct," objected prosecutor Rena DiLando. "He went to the police department every single day for a week and said, 'I don't care what the judge says, I'm going to do this anyway.' He was balking at the court order."
O'Brien is facing multiple criminal charges alleging he yelled at citizens and police officers while jogging shirtless in the city. While the charges are pending, Judge Sawako Gardner barred him from the city with the exception of legal appointments and travel on I-95.
During Tuesday's hearing, O'Brien's attorney cited case law deciding that certain freedoms can not be taken away from citizens, just because criminal activity could arise from them.
"We have a bail condition that's not geographically specific. This is an entire city," Naro told the court. "It's unconstitutional, it's not narrowly tailored and it must be dismissed."
DiLando said the judge's order was issued to ensure the safety of the community and noted, "Mr. O'Brien does not live here."
"When he runs, he commits crimes," said DiLando. "The judge was trying to prevent him from committing further crimes."
Following testimony from both sides, Judge Stephen Morrison said he would take the matter under advisement and issue a ruling at a later date.
Police allege that on May 15, 2009, O'Brien yelled at someone driving on Junkins Avenue — the road leading to City Hall and the police station — and was issued a violation-level summons.
Another pending summons alleges O'Brien was disorderly on South Street by yelling profanities and continuing to do so after being asked to stop by Officer Andre Wassouf on May 23, 2009. On the same day, O'Brien is also alleged to have used "derisive or offensive words which were likely to provoke a violent reaction on the part of an ordinary person, to which he called (the alleged victim) a sissy."
On August 21, 2009 he was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct alleging he was running in State Street and again yelling profanities.


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Oatmeal Pancakes II (Original)
Ingredients (4 servings)
- 1/2 cup oat flour (am thinking that a nut flour would be better)
- 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup vanilla coconut milk (again thinking that vanilla oat or almond milk would be tasty)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons olive/safflower/peanut oil
- 1 egg
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President Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States of America from 1977 to 1981, during a time of high inflation and energy costs. Following his presidency, he has worked for international peace and human rights across the globe, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize.
James Earl Carter, Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, on October 1, 1924. His childhood included an upbringing in the Baptist faith. Carter attended the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and afterwards married Rosalynn Smith. The couple went on to have three sons and a daughter, whose names were John William, James Earl III, Donnel Jeffrey and Amy Lynn.
After spending several years in the Navy, Carter became Governor of Georgia in 1962. Carter first announced that he would run for President in 1974, and upon receiving the Democratic nomination, he chose Walter F. Mondale as his running mate. Carter's presidency included the creation of the Department of Education, civil reform and the Iranian hostage crisis.
After losing in his bid for re-election as President in 1980, Carter turned his focus to humanitarian efforts. He created the Carter Center in 1982 as an organization established to advance human rights. Carter has also been instrumental in popularizing the organization Habitat for Humanity.
President Carter's favorite foods include sirloin steak, corn bread, frozen yogurt and salad with Roquefort dressing.


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You don't have to be born in Cardiff to love it. In this series we talk to three very successful entrepreneurs whose original home is far away.
Raj you first came to the capital to study pharmacy at Cardiff University, so why did you decide to stay?
I really enjoyed my time between 1969 and 1972 at Cardiff University's School of Pharmacy, which has a world class reputation and is ranked number one in the Guardian's University Guide 2014.
I was very, very happy here and saw no reason to leave. There is no other city in the UK I would rather live. It was a tremendously exciting time for me after leaving university and embarking on a career with Boots.
I started as a relief manager in Boots' stores in Cardiff before taking on senior management duties. Cardiff in the early 70s was a very friendly, very compact and a great place to live.
My career with Boots took me away from Cardiff to London to work for several years, but I always saw the Welsh capital as my home. It was destiny when an opportunity arose to return to Cardiff where I have remained ever since.
You have numerous business interests from pharmacy to property. So how good is the city's workforce?
One word describes the Cardiff workforce: brilliant. They are very loyal, dedicated and adaptable. We're very fortunate to be able to draw on such a vast pool of international talent from our universities, and all Welsh people know the meaning of hard work.
Recruitment is easy and, perhaps more importantly, so is retention. When people start working or living in Cardiff, they never want to leave. No other city in UK can beat it for its friendliness, family life and the wonderful range of sporting, shopping and cultural facilities.
As Indian honorary Consul for Wales, how can the commercial ties between Wales, and in particular its capital, and India be deepened?
By maintaining and growing the positive relationships we already enjoy. Trade missions are important – we need to go to India and stress the advantages of Wales and Cardiff in particular.
We need to show how other firms who have moved to Cardiff have thrived. We also need to stress the quality of life people enjoy here, the amazing workforce and the practical benefits of moving to Cardiff such as its enterprise zone for financial and professional services which makes it such an attractive economic destination.
Cardiff Council does a fantastic job with these incentives, making it as easy as possible for firms from India and all over the world to start trading in Cardiff. The First Minister, and his team have done a wonderful job in promoting Wales internationally, particularly in India. Previous trade missions there have been a huge success and created a real aura right across India with a clear message: Wales is open for business.
Indians are also quick to pick up on Cardiff's cricket connections and millions in India enjoyed the recent ICC Cricket Champions Trophy which saw games played at the SWALEC Stadium.
How important are the city's universities to driving its economic competitiveness?
The universities are the backbone of our economic development. We have three world recognised teaching and research universities: Cardiff University, Cardiff Metropolitan University and South Wales University.
That's an enormous pool of international talent – I would estimate around 80,000 students. Over 15% of those will be international students. Put simply, Cardiff is a wonderful hub of intelligent young people eager to start out on their careers and bring more economic benefits to the city and stronger international relationships. Higher education certainly enhances the huge Cardiff brand.
Cardiff has a long tradition of welcoming many nationalities from around the world.
What do you think this says about the city?
I remember well the warm welcome I received when I came here in 1969, and that friendliness is still evident today. It's why I'm proud to call Cardiff my home. Cardiff is truly an international city where anyone can thrive and prosper.
The same welcome I received was extended to my family. My son Rakesh loves Cardiff, too, and also studied at the university, leaving with a distinction. He embarked on his own successful business career here. His children are growing up in the city too and are very proud of their Welsh roots.
Read about the other entrepreneurs in part two and part three of this series.


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Tough legislation to combat counterfeiting and piracy could become law next summer after a private member's bill passed its second reading in the House of Commons at the end of last week.
The Cable's Copyright etc and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) bill, named after its creator MP Vincent Cable, demands that penalties for copyright offences be increased from two to 10 years in a bid to quell the number of counterfeit goods produced every year.
"Cheap imitations [of] CDs, videos and games may look like good Christmas bargains, but they are often poor quality," said Cable. "There is also increasing evidence that the money spent on buying many fake goods is going directly to organised crime."
Many groups have pledged their support for the Bill including the BSA (Business Software Alliance), The British Brands Group and Fast (Federation Against Software Theft).
"The Cable bill is an important step forward in intellectual property enforcement," said Paul Brennan, general counsel for Fast. "Software piracy puts consumers at risk and cost UK industry billions every year, but currently the penalties are not a big enough deterrent to stop this criminal activity."
A recent BSA survey revealed pirated software amounts for over a quarter (26 percent) of all software sold.
"Piracy is moving to the internet," said Fast's Brennan. He told PC Advisor that recent problems included flyers guiding people to websites that sold illegal software.
The bill also aims to improve police powers by cutting down the formalities needed to obtain a search warrant.
Brennan said consumers should check before they purchase software that it is supplied with an original licence. He also said that consumers should look to buy boxed software rather than a lone disc as it is more likely to be authentic.
A full copy of the bill can be found on the House of Commons website.


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U STREET: Looking Back at a Scarred Strip's Evolving Sense of Time and Place
AS THE HEARSE carrying my great uncle's casket made its way east on U Street NW, I couldn't help but laugh when it bounced up and down on the rough pavement.
I was in middle school at the time and meant no disrespect to my late great uncle, a Foggy Bottom native who had died at the age of 97 during that hot, humid summer of 1991. Still, the scene was sort of amusing. My great aunt couldn't technically blame the rough road on one of "Marion Barry's potholes," at least in the stretch between 10th and 13th streets. Although U Street's Metrorail station had gone into service that May, D.C.'s famous but faded Black Broadway was still a mess of construction -- wooden planks held up uneven metal plates, which gave Uncle Bill a wild ride to his final resting place at the family burial plot in Prospect Hill Cemetery off North Capitol Street.
The memory of the bumpy funeral procession along down-and-out U Street faded quickly, but when I resettled in the District of Columbia after college, the recollections resurfaced. U Street, I was told, was "coming back." Indeed, when I explored the area, there were signs of new life. But memories of the corridor's scars from my great uncle's funeral procession were quickly resurrected. As U Street evolved in the past quarter century, Uncle Bill's wild final ride, to me, was one of the many scenes of life, death and rebirth on a street that very much symbolizes everything good and bad associated with the District's recent renaissance.
A month ago, I left the District — a place where my family has roots dating back to the 1860s — and during my transition to my new environs in Brooklyn, I've been thinking back to U Street. I never lived in the neighborhood but like many who have resided in D.C. during the past decade, I've seen the place change slowly and then much more quickly in recent years as the real estate boom went into overdrive in a time when credit was dirt cheap, developers had big plans and dreams of a better city were ever expansive.
My favorite personal refuge has always been The Saloon, tucked into the streetscape slightly below sidewalk level just a stone's throw from Ben's Chili Bowl, which is very much the lasting symbol of U Street. A one-time roommate had discovered the place in 2003 and introduced it to me. Our group of friends gravitated there. I met there with writers and brainstormed ideas for DCist; I would sometimes hold office hours there with my freelancers for The Washington Post's Express newspaper. The staff is friendly, the specialized beer list is superb. A few years ago, the place was never terribly crowded. You could nearly always find a seat and on the off chance there wasn't one, they'd somehow make room. The Saloon has a no-standing rule and an odd regulation where you can't order beer and food at the same time. The place's peculiarities weren't meant to exclude, just create a civil, stable and comfortable environment for those who considered the bar a friendly, hidden gem where the stresses of professional life were temporarily left outside, unless of course you want to vent while snacking on pistachios.
But during this decade, construction cranes followed the U Street crowds as they looked eastward toward lower-numbered streets for new, cool places. The Ellington condo building opened at the corner of 13th and U streets NW in 2004 to much fanfare and more or less cemented gentrification into the streetscape. It's not that the street wasn't changing before the Ellington's arrival — from the Civil War to the Jazz Age to the 1968 riots to the construction of the Green Line, U Street's always been a place in transition — it's just that the massive building symbolized something very different. It aimed to institute a totally new environment almost immediately, like a Loudoun County neo-Colonial townhouse development, except with Art Deco-accents, ornamental brick and a neon sign. The Ellington had a catchy and annoying marketing slogan ("B U on U!"), a tanning salon and franchise restaurant imports from Ward 3 and beyond (Alero and Sala Thai) ... places very different from The Saloon and the other businesses that had helped rebuild U Street's sense of space and place — elements necessary for condo developers to take interest, bloggers to roost and provide an environment to complain (and later apologize for statements) about how "barbaric" it is that "young, computer savvy white people" in nearby Mount Pleasant don't have any cool coffee shops to hang out in.
A DCist commenter once wrote the following, reacting to the annoying background music on the Ellington's website:
The theme music for that building will have to be the sound of crass gentrification crushing a neighborhood's soul. Or possibly Beyonce, who is about as far from The Duke as you can get.Back in 2004, the owner of The Saloon, Commy Jahanbein, told The Washington Post:
We didn't expect all these changes around us. But I don't worry about it. I'm happy with what I've got here. We cannot pretend to be something we are not.The gentrification debate has played out time and time again on U Street and has shifted to new frontiers up 14th Street, Georgia Avenue and elsewhere. But this post isn't about praising or decrying gentrification, but about one's conception of place and time.
In the past year or so, finding a seat at The Saloon hasn't been as easy as it once was. It's grown more popular, a testament to U Street's new commercial vitality. I hadn't stopped by The Saloon as much as I used to for a variety of reasons. My old roommate Artie, who had introduced me to the place and its lovely Köstritzer Schwarzbier Lager, had his going away party there March of last year. If you knew how much he loved the place, you know it was the best place for his send-off. Artie, a campaign operative who was featured in the documentary "Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?," was headed to New York City for a new job working as Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's press secretary. About a month later, Artie took his own life. After that, The Saloon I knew, the U Street I knew, was suddenly and forever changed.
A bunch of our friends pooled our money to get Artie's name painted on one of Saloon's exterior bricks as part of the bar's charitable Bricks for Schools fundraising efforts. It would cement his legacy on the building and on U Street, a memorial to his life and times and to me at least, the U Street as we knew it from our limited experience in recent years (including that unfortunate time at the now-defunct and burned-out Kingpin where a mutual friend consumed a bottle of nasty beer that we were told had been on the shelf for at least five years or so, a feat that got us free drinks for the rest of the evening.
When I co-founded DCist back in 2004, one of the prime directives from the folks at Gothamist in New York was to keep DCist's outlook on the city it covers upbeat and positive. It's done that more or less and to great success. But in the District, there's much to be bitter about. There are many problems. Skeptics and cynics abound, the product of the often awkward relationship between the District and federal government and the residents caught in the middle. But in the midst of all that, there are also many good reasons to be hopeful about Washington's future, too.
During one of my final weekends as a D.C. resident, I walked into The Saloon. It was jam-packed and didn't appear that there were any seats available. But the staff made room, once again. It was the same friendly, warm, engaging place, I've known for years, a gem in the midst of constant change on U Street, where the lives of so many have intersected. Let's hope things stay that way.
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Grace Coddington, legendary fashion editor and global traveller, has spent the last twenty two years honing her travel techniques as the Creative Director of American Vogue. In an interview shot at her Hamptons home by travel companion and long-term collaborator Arthur Elgort, Grace shares an insight into her packing habits, the well-known faces she turns to for travel recommendations, and the Smythson products she has relied on for decades.
Interview by Hayley Phelan | Photography by Arthur Elgort
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In our overly sensationalised world, it's easy to give in to hyperbole. But when legendary flame-haired editor Grace Coddington says she's been everywhere, it's no exaggeration. Coddington has crisscrossed the globe many times over, first as a model, then in her variety of roles for Vogue, where she has worked as an editor for nearly 50 years.
In 2016, she exchanged her role as Creative Director of American Vogue for the role of Creative Director at Large so she could pursue more projects – because she certainly doesn't plan on retiring any time soon. In fact, aged 76, she's embarking on a new period of productivity and freedom, one that includes launching a namesake fragrance, writing several books, and continuing to creatively direct photo shoots for Vogue. "It's nice because I haven't lost them altogether as a family," she says of the magazine, whilst sketching out one of her signature cat drawings, at her home in the Hamptons. "But I can also do other things that I could never do when I was full-time. I've tried to broaden what I do so it's not just clothes. It can be anything."
And though it's true she's been almost everywhere, there's one thing Coddington hasn't had much of a chance to do when it comes to travel: go somewhere just for the fun of it. Now, with a more liberal schedule, she can now work on remedying that.
"Hopefully now I'll be travelling for reasons other than work," she says. "Hopefully I'll be going to London to visit Smythson, if they invite me." Needless to say, Coddington's certainly prepared for the task at hand: despite an abiding fear of flying, she's managed to hone her travel routine to a fine craft. Here, her hard-won wisdom.
"I think that the art of travelling is to be well-informed before you go. Before I go somewhere, I will ask everyone I know who's been there for their personal experience and take their advice. I think it's more important to have someone's personal point of view than to read a book, because a book tells you what it wants to tell you rather than the truth. Who I ask depends on where I'm going, so I have the whole world to choose from. If I'm going to South America, I'll probably ask Mario Testino. If I'm going on safari, I might ask Arthur Elgort because he's been on a lot of safaris. Asia… I don't know, I might ask my ex-husband.
In order to stay sane while travelling, a good bit of advice would be to always leave yourself plenty of time to get there. If you get ready at the last minute, you get more stressed. I am a stressy kind of traveller, because I don't like flying. It does scare me, particularly if it's bumpy.
"Who I ask, depends on where I'm going. If I'm going to South America, I'll probably ask Mario Testino. If I'm going on safari, I might ask Arthur Elgort because he's been on a lot of safaris. Asia…I don't know; I might ask my ex-husband."
Another thing that's difficult for me about travelling is that I don't like leaving my cats. I've set up a series of failsafe things for people coming to take care of them – as in, if a person doesn't turn up one day, then there's always got to be a backup. As you can probably tell, I like to be very prepared in all senses.
When it comes to pre-travel beauty routines, the only thing that I do is to make sure that my hair colour is as up to date as possible beforehand. I go to Louis Lacari, who has been keeping me red for a very long time, otherwise nobody would recognise me. Actually, maybe that would be a good thing. I often think I should just let it go grey, but I haven't had the courage yet."
"The moment I book I panic at the thought of having to pack. I usually pack the night before. I take everything out of my closet and lie it down the bed, and then I realise I've got a mound this high [puts a hand above her head] and that's not very practical. So I sort of leave it there for awhile, and then I come back and edit it down. What I like to do is edit it enough so that it all fits into a small carry-on bag – I really love the Smythson holdall. It's the perfect carry-on. The leather is super soft and its surprisingly light.
If I'm going on a much longer trip and need to check my luggage, I always make sure to put a Smythson luggage tag on my suitcase. I find the whole luggage pickup process really tedious and thus, I want to minimise my time standing by the carousel trying to find my suitcase. I'll make sure that at least my jewellery, iPad and iPhone – and all those things that we can't live without these days – fit in a small bag like the Burlington backpack. I also like to take a hanging bag that has coat hangers in it with everything already hung up. Then when I get to the hotel I take everything out and hang the whole lot in the closet, so it's very minimal unpacking.
"I always make sure to put a Smythson luggage tag on my suitcase. I find the whole luggage pickup process really tedious and thus, I want to minimise my time standing by the carousel trying to find my suitcase."
"I pack everything in my Smythson washbags which are so great for make up and skin creams but are so elegant and well-made that I also use them for storing other things too."
I have a uniform, so I pack a little bit like a man: I have six folded shirts, six trousers, underwear, et cetera. I don't have a huge extensive wardrobe so the most I have to do is question, shall I take this extra sweater or not, or do I need two coats? Probably not, I'm probably not going to wear it because I will probably go everywhere by car. And depending on where I'm going, I'll have the necessary essentials such as mosquito stuff, suntan lotion, or big heavy boots if I'm going to the countryside, or Wales or somewhere. A fold-up raincoat if I'm going to England – no, that's mean. But a fold-up umbrella is always a good idea. I did a trip to the Seychelles once and we took a taxidermy tiger because we were trying to recreate a Henri Rousseau painting with animals coming out of the forest and there are no animals in the Seychelles. So we had to bring them with us to create the picture. He was very expensive. We had to look after him quite carefully. We carried him on the plane, and carried him off, wrapped in plastic.
If I'm going to the collections, I pack a uniform of things. It's very repetitive in order to make it easy. And it makes unpacking when you come home easy, too. I always take my Smythson notebooks, and pens. As I travel so much, I always want to make it easy and a routine helps with that.
"One thing that always stays at home is my address book. The one I have now is probably 15 years old. I've always had these Smythson address books; I like them. The paper is very thin, and you can get a lot in them."
I use eye drops a lot. I have a problem with my eyes, they get very dry in the air conditioning of a plane. And I use moisturiser from my dermatologist, Orentreich. They have really, really good skin products. I pack everything in my Smythson washbags which are so great for make up and skin creams but are so elegant and well-made that I also use them for storing other things too. I have my own perfume, Grace by Grace Coddington, and yes I take that with me because I like it a lot and I want everyone to smell it. It's basically roses; I made a perfume that I really wanted to wear otherwise it would have been pointless for me, I'm not really in the big perfume business. I also take a hairbrush, that helps, and I pray that each hotel has a hairdryer. If I just drip dry it takes forever, though it's better because it's more curly if drip dried. I also always take my own Philip Kingsley shampoo and conditioner.
One thing that always stays at home is my address book. I'm scared to lose it, although I have it backed up on my phone, nevertheless. I've had a series of them over the years. The one I have now is probably 15 years old. I've always had these Smythson address books; I like them. The paper is very thin, and you can get a lot in them."
Getting there…
"I think I pretty much travel in the same thing whether it's summer or winter. I have a shirt or a sweater, and a pair of trousers. Sneakers. I keep it simple. I think layers are important. I have a coat that's kind of like a blanket, which is my favourite coat because I can use it as a blanket. Having said that, I also always travel with my own blanket because I don't really like aeroplane blankets. I don't mind the beds if you're in First Class and you have the puffy quilts and things, but I like to have my own cashmere blanket. I've had it for, god, I don't know how many years. I got it while I still lived in London, so that's thirty or something years ago. I think it was a present from Donna Karan. My feet are always cold on the plane, so I take very, very thick, woolly socks when I'm flying, rather than using the aeroplane stretchy socks. I like to be completely ready before the car comes and I like to get to the airport early. I'm not one of those people that leaves it to the last minute and runs straight to the gate, even if I go First Class. People will say to me, well you got a First Class ticket so you can go half an hour later. I'm like, no, I want be there. Once I'm there, then I will relax.
"Even if I go, First Class, people will say to me, well you got a first-class ticket this time you can go half an hour later. I'm like no, I wanna be there. Once you're there, you can relax."
I hate airports, so I can't say that I have a favourite, but I definitely have a favourite airport lounge: the Air France lounge in Paris. It's amazing; you can get a massage in most airports nowadays but, with Air France, it's right there in the lounge. I like to have a stiff drink before getting on the plane. A Bloody Mary. I don't usually eat before I board, because when you get on the plane having a meal gives you something to do. You can have a meal then you doze off to sleep. Eating and sleeping is what I do on the plane. I very often start reading a magazine but I always doze off when I do that. I never take heavy sleeping pills or anything; I would be scared that I'd end up in Australia, which wouldn't be bad but maybe not where I intended on going. But I do take something called Rescue Remedy, which is kind of like a herbal sleeping pill. They have these little things called melts, they're so small that you can't imagine they would help you to sleep, but they do."
Settling in…
"The first thing I do when I get to a hotel is check in, and then I very quickly unpack. Because usually when we go on a trip, we say okay meet you in ten minutes downstairs, so I like to just let everything breathe and hang out, and then I go downstairs and have lunch or whatever time of day it is, that meal, and check on what the program is going to be for the next few days. There's always a meeting the moment you get off the plane. It can be brutal. It's not like I lounge around in a bath for a few hours. And I don't usually go early. I mean I go early to look for locations but not to hang around and have massages.
"The first thing I do when I get to a hotel is check in, and then I very quickly unpack. Because usually when we go on a trip, we say okay meet you in ten minutes downstairs, so I like to just let everything breathe and hang out."
"In the good old days, I used to stay at The Ritz a lot, and I bought all their bath towels. So all the bath towels and mats I have in my New York apartment are The Ritz."
The signs of a good hotel are that that they recognise you; that they make sure you have the room you prefer; that you can always find someone if you need to ask them to do something. The laundry service is really important to me because I tend to send stuff every day and it's essential they don't lose it. And it's nice if they have a nice bar so that you can meet your friends. In the good old days, I used to stay at The Ritz a lot, and I bought all their bath towels, so all of the bath towels and mats I have in my New York apartment are The Ritz. I did steal a few cups and things from the Crillon, because I like to collect restaurant plates. Once, I bought a whole set of plates from Brasserie Balzar, and carried them back on the plane.
I'm not someone who goes to the gym in every hotel. I keep wishing I would go to the swimming pool because I like swimming, but somehow there's never quite enough time to dry your hair. I'm not a very athletic kind of a person. I don't go to the gym. I should, but I don't.
I think the main thing I do at a hotel to feel at home is just giving myself time to relax in a warm bath. It makes you feel refreshed, obviously, and I think it's good to start your day with a relaxing thing, rather than just to rush into it. Every morning I like to have quite a long bath.
When it comes to in-room dining, the one thing I love to order from room service is the spaghetti bolognese. Somehow it's always good."
Finally, on the art of travelling…
"I give a lot of credit to the photographer Norman Parkinson for opening up the world to me. He is the one who taught me about travelling. He would say 'always keep your eyes open' and 'don't get blasé.' He himself loved to travel and was great at embracing each country he visited. He first introduced me to the Caribbean, which I just love. Paul Bowles has been a big inspiration for my many trips to Morocco. I've been there over the years to shoot with Bruce Weber, Ellen von Unwerth and Patrick Demarchelier.
"I give a lot of credit to the photographer Norman Parkinson for opening up the world to me. He is the one who taught me about travelling. He would say 'always keep your eyes open' and 'don't get blasé.'"
I'd define the art of travelling as keeping an open mind. Don't get stuck in your comfort zone and don't be stuck on everything being luxurious. You have to make do with what a place has to offer if you want to get to know it."
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Goods to Services: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, since 1955, the percentage of U.S. consumption has shifted from 43% on services and 57% on goods, to now 68% on services and only 32% of goods. This has immense consequences for the state's ability to have a broad base and low rates, and the sufficient revenue to make strategic investments.
Impacts on Collections: Based on analysis from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, from 2009 to 2016, the state's economy has grown at 29.1%, with the state's income tax collections growing at nearly the equal rate (28.8%). However, our state's sales tax revenues have only grown by 13.8%, showing a significant disparity between how fast the economy is growing and what the sales tax is able to capture.


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Immigration Minister James Brokenshire hosted an event for NGOs and local authorities yesterday (11 February) to discuss support for unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) impacted by the ongoing migrant situation.
A range of local authorities and NGOs, including the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF and Save the Children, were in attendance to share expertise and discuss how continued support can be provided to unaccompanied refugee children in and around the Syrian region; in transit in Europe and those in the UK.
Discussion centred on how best to provide support to unaccompanied children, as well as how to prevent children from making dangerous journeys and putting themselves at risk of exploitation and child traffickers.
Richard Harrington, the Minister for Syrian Refugees, who is leading the Government's Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement programme, and Kevin Hyland, the Anti-Slavery Commissioner, were also present at the meeting.
Speaking at the roundtable event, the Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said:
We are dedicated to doing more to support vulnerable children but we must be guided by the best interests of the child. We have to determine those whose needs are best met in the region and those who would benefit most from resettlement to the UK.
"We will consider the advice from NGOs and local authorities as well as feedback from UNHCR who are currently providing us with advice on when it is in the best interests of a child to be resettled in the UK."
In a statement delivered to the House of Commons last month, James Brokenshire announced that the UK Government will work with the UNHCR to resettle unaccompanied refugee children from around the Syrian region.
This will complement the existing substantial UK aid and resettlement programmes which are already helping many thousands of children at risk around the region.
As part of the same statement the Minister announced that the Department for International Development has created a new £10 million fund which will include targeted support for unaccompanied minors in Europe.
The support will offer safe places to children at risk, counselling and legal advice, and help with tracing children to their families.


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HOW I LOST YOU by Janet Gurtler
There are a few things Grace Anderson knows for sure. One is that nothing will ever come between her and her best friend, Kyla Kessler. They have a pact. Buds Before Studs. Sisters Before Misters. But in the summer before senior year, life throws out challenges they never expected and suddenly the person who's always been there starts to need the favor returned. Grace and Kya are about to find out how much a best friend can forgive. And the answer is not what they expected.
Order or pick up HOW I LOST YOU at your favorite book store!!!
So you may have noticed that I'm blogging about best friends all month long...and I thought I'd take a moment on my release day to write about another teen best friend of mine.
I blogged about a middle school friend break-up that kind of inspired HOW I LOST YOU... Read about it here
Luckily in Grades Ten and Eleven I had a new best friend. (I moved again in Grade 12) Her name was Rosalyn and she had red hair and a fabulous laugh. We got into trouble and talked and laughed and listened to 80's music that still makes me happy!
|Me and Rosalyn at a beach party!
We had crushes on unattainable boys and stayed out way later than we should have and somehow made it through those years without harming ourselves or anyone else!
Rosalyn and I worked together at Ponderosa until I moved away. I had a rough year after I moved and after high school she eventually moved to a new city and we lost touch. Funny enough, I moved to the same city years later and we ran into each other at the grocery store! She was pregnant with her third baby and I was getting married. (I was a late bloomer) We went for coffee a few times and chatted about the old days.
Later when my son was about four we went to a new dentist and Rosalyn was the hygienist there. She even came to my first book signing (when I wrote under my maiden name) and laughed because the cover of that book looked like the boy I'd been crazy about in high school.
We're not in touch anymore but Rosalyn will always have a special place in my heart. She was a great girl to hang out with and she turned out really well. We both grew up!


text: The Universal Periodic Review is an opportunity for legal services attorneys and community-based advocates to translate clients' needs and experiences into concrete policy recommendations. Assessing clients' experiences within the human rights framework in light, for example, of the right to dignity through work, advocates can avail of the periodic review to help advance human rights. Advocates should collectively identify the barriers to the realization of rights spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and propose solutions where domestic litigation strategies have proven insufficient.Download this article


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Traditional air purifiers will help to clean the air in the room they are placed, but that's about it; however, the Mi High Performance Air Purifier will allow you to purify the air in your entire space in just 12-minutes.
Characterized by an innovative design that takes in dirty air in a 360-degree radius, the Mi High Performance Air Purifier connects to your smartphone, so you can quickly see when it's time to change the filter or to check on the air quality of your home. The Mi High Performance Air Purifier is a smart device that'll even give you tips for optimal usage; if it senses that the air is stale and needs to be freshened, it'll let you know to open a window.
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DEVELOPERS are thinking of scaling down their ambitious plans to build a massive £8m hotel and leisure complex at a Cheshire golf club.
The future of the proposed 155-bedroom hotel at the Portal Golf and Country Club in Tarporley was thrown into doubt yesterday when it was revealed that developers may submit new plans.
The twist follows a conversation between Vale Royal Borough Council planning chief Richard Ellison and David Aldridge of the Liverpool-based architects' firm KKA.
Mr Ellison says developers are looking to review the huge development and press ahead with a similar project on a smaller scale.
He has advised KKA that the current planning application, which was last month criticised by Cheshire County Council, should be withdrawn.
The planning bid was due to be considered by Vale Royal's planning committee in a few months.
The news will be welcomed by Tarporley residents who are against the massive development, which was debated at a public meeting earlier this year.
The plans have been submitted to Vale Royal Borough Council by Macdonald Hotels, of West Lothian, which wants to build a hotel and leisure complex that will create 135 jobs.
But it is believed part of the huge car park will be shelved, as well as a hospitality area.
News of a new planning application was mentioned during the April meeting of Tarporley Parish Council on Monday.
Yesterday, chairman Helen Watson said: 'It's fair to say that most people will welcome this news.
'People are opposed to the scale of the proposed development and a smaller one would be more appropriate. The parish council will watch with interest.'
Cheshire County Council was opposed to the development because of its size.
Portal bosses want to build a hotel to cater for guests and to host special functions.
They say many Tarporley residents support their plans and added that any scaling-down was being done to please locals and planners.
Executives at KKA were unable to comment yesterday.


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Netflix is a popular provider of on-demand Internet streaming media available for viewers in North America, South America, Canada, Australia, etc.
Netflix may not for you if prefer to watch movies and TV shows trough Cable network. If you already have a Netflix account and would like to cancel your account, its easy.
Here is how you can cancel your Netflix account.
1. Go to Netflix.com in your Web Browser
2. Sign in to your Account
3. Click the drop-down menu next to your user name and click on Your Account
4. Click on Cancel Membership to cancel your Netflix account
You can still use Netflix account that automatically closes at the end of your current billing period. If you changed your mind in future just restart your Netflix account from the Your Account page.


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Workers' Compensation Basics
What is workers' compensation?
Workers' compensation is a type of insurance that most businesses are required to have. When you are covered by workers' comp and you have an injury or illness related to your job, the insurance company will pay for your authorized medical expenses and a portion of your lost wages.
What types of injuries are covered by workers' comp insurance?
Generally, if you are injured or become ill as a direct result of your job, treatment of that injury or illness is covered by workers' comp. Most of the time it's fairly easy to determine if an injury is work-related, but sometimes it can be more complicated.
For example, a person with a preexisting back problem may reinjure their back at work, but the new injury may be related to the original back problem, not the job itself. Only a qualified doctor can decide how much your job contributed to your injury.
Also, there are rules related to injuries that happen because someone violated company safety procedures, was horsing around on the job, or was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the injury. In each of these cases, a Summit claims adjustor will review the situation carefully and determine what expenses will be paid according to state law.
Who is Summit?
Summit is one of the largest providers of workers' comp insurance services in the Southeast. If you're injured on the job and your employer has workers' comp coverage through any of the insurance companies listed below, Summit's Claims Center will manage your claim.


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- M6702 dress: 1.5 yards (wadder)
- NL6150 top: 1 yard
- Kimono tee: 1 yard
- Burda 06-2014 top: 1 yard (didn't finish the black one)
- Burda 06-2014 kids top: 1/2 yard
- Burda 06-2014 kids shorts: 1/3 yard
- S2153 jacket for DD: 2 yards
- S2594 top: 1.5 yards
- M6654 skirt: 2/3 yard
- S2243 jacket: 1 3/4 yard
- S2255 top: 1.5 yard
- S1373 shorts: 1 yard
Favorite make of the month: Yep. The nautical print top! :-D
This month I bought oogads of fabric.
- FabricMart: 26 yards (mmmm. striped ponte!)
- destash: 8 yards (think 4 yards might be unusable. REALLY bad crease lines in this coated cotton)
- Hancock: 3.5 yards
Of newer me-mades; a little "where are they now"
Things I wear all.the.time
- Denim S1430 shorts
- Both S2061 pants. ALL THE TIME!!! in fact I contemplated cutting another pair out on Sunday!!
- Denim Burda skirt. :(
- Black S1430 shorts (I have NO clue why!)
- B5678 shirt. Yep. The contest winning shirt. :-O It fits very well...but very well fitted doesn't suit the work life. I think the day I wore it to work I had to do so much bending and lifting that I actually ended up taking it off and putting on a tshirt I had in my gym bag...and wearing my labcoat.
July sewing plans:
- 5 piece mini-wardrobe (knit blazer, 2 tops, 1 shorts, 1 cropped pant)
- My first swimsuit
- collared vest
- a couple of knit dresses (so committal...I know! LOL!)
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A Rule Follower
I feel like a lot of time when people talk about Christianity, they talk about a set of rules. Non-Christians may talk about how they see Christianity at least in part as a set of rules they have to follow to make it to Heaven or just to "be good." Christians spend a lot of time talking about how non-Christians view Christianity as a set of rules they need to follow. The Christians then go on to talk about how there's really so much more and it's not about a set of rules and, really, the rules that are there are for our best interest, anyway.
I'm not at all the type of person that tries to hide from others what I think. I'd actually even go as far as to describe myself as both outspoken and opinionated. When it comes to my faith, I'm definitely not one of those people who stands on the sidewalk downtown screaming at everybody to repent or spend forever in Hell, but I'd definitely be willing to offer others my perspective if I happened to be a part of some theological discussion.
A common example of a "rule based" discussion is when non-Christian and Christian talk about their views on sex before marriage. I've had this talk with plenty of people and have heard all sorts of different views. I've been told you can't really know if you want to spend the rest of your life with someone unless you know that person is good at sex. Or maybe that it's really up to you whether or not you feel like having sex before marriage, but that it's stupid to just not have sex if you want to simply because God says no. I of course do the "Christian thing" by replying with the fact that there is really so much more to it than that. I'll talk about how two become one and how much more special sex is when you wait. I'll also talk about all the different consequences that can come from not waiting like feeling used or dirty. Or even if you don't feel used or dirty at the time because you're at least dating the person, how much more emotional and intimate the relationship instantly becomes and how awful it can end up being if the two people were to break up.
Another example is the idea of drinking under aged. I feel like there's this unending debate about why 21 is the "magic age" where people all of the sudden are old enough to drink responsibly. I have plenty of friends who would explain to me that they drink because if you're old enough to vote, die for your country, etc, you should be old enough to drink. Other people talk about how in other countries, where drinking is a bigger part of the culture at a younger age, there is less irresponsible drinking going on. I was actually talking to one of my close Christian friends the other day about the idea of underage drinking. I said that I don't think I'll necessarily drink any more responsibly at 21 than I would now or than I would have when I was 18. (Honestly, the idea of getting drunk just isn't appealing at all to me.) Basically, the main reason I am looking forward to being old enough to drink is just the fact that my friends who are already old enough to drink (and also chose not to drink before they turned 21) don't feel awkward have a beer when we're all hanging out, even though I can't. I also went in to explaining that while I think I could very well drink just as responsibly now, I don't because God calls me to follow the law, and the law says I have to be 21. I explain that if I were at a party and drank, even if I "drank responsibly," it would just be very hard for me to witness to others. How could I possibly explain to someone that I found a Love worth giving everything in the world up for just so I could follow Him, when I'm not even willing to give up a few extra months of drinking?
This post, however, is not about sex before marriage, and it's not about drinking before being legal to drink. It's about the fact that I feel, as Christians, a lot of us tend to follow the "rules" for the wrong reason. In both of the above scenarios, my opinions stand. However, I challenge us as Christians to look a little deeper into why we do and don't do the things we do and don't do for Jesus. You know those times when you say or do something and don't even realize what your real subconscious motivation is? For me, I think this is one of those things.
How often do I do the "right" thing, the "Christian" thing, for all the wrong reasons? I mean, yes, my opinions and beliefs behind the way I live my life as I do still stand. BUT I would be lying to say that the idea of sex before marriage doesn't at least in some small subconscious way terrify me because one of the consequences could very well be people's opinion of me changing. Same with drinking before I'm 21. Because as a person who isn't at all afraid to talk about my faith openly, I don't want to be looked at as a hypocrite.
Here's the issue: Is it really even any better to do the "right thing" if you're doing it for the wrong reasons. I mean yes, I obviously want so much to set an example for Christ and for people to see Him through the way I live my life. But I cannot honestly say I've never at some point been motivated to not drink by the idea that Christians and non-Christians alike may take notice in the fact that I am making some sort of a sacrifice for something I believe…the focus being on my sacrifice over why I'm doing it. I cannot honestly say I've never at some point been motivated to take part in some sort of deep or controversial discussion simply because I think my opinion on the particular topic at hand is at least one of the best being offered in the conversation, and I want people to see how full of wisdom and maturity I really am (because you know I basically don't have anything else to learn about life at my old age of 20).
I mean how terrible is that?! And here's the thing, I know that as much as I may go on and on about God's grace and not judging others, I am completely terrified at the idea of being "found out." I think a lot of Christians are. We don't want others to know how we've messed up in the past, regardless of God's grace that we're trying so hard to convey. Well, why? Aren't the stories that we try so to hard to hide from others often the stories that offer the best picture of God's grace and mercy and forgiveness and love? So what, I'm willing to tell others that it's ok and that God forgives them for messing up, but I'm not willing to tell how much He's really forgiven me? Sure, I'll say that He's forgiven me, but to be honest about how not perfect I really am would just be tragic.
It's not ok because it limits God. As much as people may talk about living a certain way just to bring glory to God, I would challenge that if they are as terrified as I am at times of being "found out," then maybe part of the motivation is in fact simply to bring glory to themselves. Maybe, as I have found is the case with me at times, the actual motivation is simply to be viewed as a strong Christian, which honestly means it's still all about that person, and not our Saviour.
I'm not perfect, and that's what's so great about grace. It's like the things I've done in the past never even existed. So rather than be worried that people may look upon as a "not as good Christian" because of my mistakes, it's time to stop worrying about how others view me. It's not about me. It's not about the rules I follow. It's about Jesus Christ, and if He alone is not the sole motivation for everything I choose to do and not do, then it all means nothing.
So…this is definitely kind of scatter brained because it's been weighing on my heart and I just needed to get the thoughts out. Still I challenge you, if you are a Christian, to think about what motivates you every day. Is it really always Jesus? Or is it sometimes your want to be viewed as a Christ follower rather than just your heart to follow Him?


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TNI BioTech, Inc. Acquires the Exclusive Rights to Low Dose Naltrexone and Other Opioid Antagonists for the Treatment of Inflammatory and Ulcerative Diseases of the Bowel
TNI BioTech, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TNIB) announced that it has signed an agreement for the acquisition of patent rights and orphan drug designation by the FDA to a novel late-stage drug, trademarked "LDN," for the treatment of Pediatric Crohn's Disease.
TNI BioTech has signed a licensing agreement to acquire the exclusive patent rights for the intellectual property of Dr. Jill Smith and LDN Research LLC, whose members are Dr. Ian S. Zagon, Dr. Patricia J. McLaughlin and Moshe Rogosnitzky. The patent covers methods and formulations for treatment of the inflammatory and ulcerative diseases of the bowel, using naltrexone in low dose as an opioid antagonist. Endogenous opioids and opioid antagonists have been shown to play a role in stimulating and rebalancing the immune system and the healing and repair of tissues.
As part of the Agreement, TNI BioTech has the right to apply to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the transfer of the orphan drug status, the investigational new drug applications (INDs), and the right to acquire the relevant clinical data set from Dr. Smith. The FDA has designated orphan drug status for the use of low dose naltrexone in the treatment of pediatric patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
The agreement calls for the formation of a Development Committee to monitor the clinical progress of the Licensed Products and will consist of independent scientific and technical leaders who are highly regarded by the scientific community in the Field of Use of each Licensed Product. The development committee will consist of at least one representative from the Licensor Parties and one representative from the Company in addition to outside experts in the field. The inventors input will be highly valued due to their history and expertise with the therapies.
"TNI BioTech is extremely pleased to acquire the exclusive rights to low dose naltrexone and other opioid antagonists for the treatment of inflammatory and ulcerative diseases of the bowel," stated Noreen Griffin, CEO of TNI BioTech. "We believe that low dose naltrexone has the potential to provide significant relief to those who suffer from Crohn's disease or other auto-immune disorders of the bowel." Low dose naltrexone has already been evaluated in two randomized placebo-controlled phase II trials, one for adult patients with Crohn's disease and the other for children with Crohn's disease by Dr. Jill Smith. Naltrexone in low dose has been well tolerated in almost all patients, and it showed significantly greater treatment efficacy than the control group in both trials. TNI BioTech is now planning to meet soon with the FDA to design and implement pivotal phase III trial(s) for treatment for patients with Crohn's disease using naltrexone in low dose. A platform immunomodulatory technology, naltrexone in low dose also is expected to be clinically tested for treatment of other immune-mediated or immune-deficient diseases, for which the company has previously acquired additional patents.
About TNI BioTech, Inc.
TNI BioTech, Inc. is a biotech company working to combat chronic, life-threatening diseases through the activation and modulation the body's immune system using our patented immunotherapy. Our products and immunotherapy technologies are designed to harness the power of the immune system to improve the treatment of cancer, chronic inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases, such as HIV/AIDS.
Our proprietary technology, therapies and patents include the treatment of a wide range of cancers. Our most advanced clinical program involves immunotherapy with Methionine Enkephalin (MENK) also termed Opioid Growth Factor (OGF), which has been shown to stimulate the immune system even in patients with advanced cancer. Management considers any condition that results in altered-immune response as a target for investigation, and the Company will most likely pursue additional investigations for low dose naltrexone and/or MENK as valuable candidates in the treatment of the following:
•Autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis
•As an adjunct in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiation treatments or surgery
•As an adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of a variety of infectious diseases
•Patients with HIV/AIDS, in combination with retroviral drug therapy
Over on the big Low Dose Naltrexone forum, folks voiced concerns about a price increase because of this news. I was wondering about the cost issue too with this TNI Biotec deal. But according to what is on the Low Dose Naltrexone site, Dr. Gluck posted this:
When our Latest News for October went online, it understandably led to a number of vocal concerns about the possibility that, following any successful Phase III trial and subsequent FDA approval, the price for LDN would skyrocket.
Since then, we were delighted to receive a statement from the CEO of TNI BioTech, Noreen Griffin, that her company is committed to charging no more than $1.00 a day for LDN, because it does not want to undermine LDN's use as an affordable treatment. Kudos to TNIB!
Fears of a potential increase in LDN's price are unwarranted. The FDA and any pharmaceutical company making an application for new drug approval are quite limited under the law. A clinical trial, by its very nature, can focus on only one disease. Such trials are very expensive—often at the level of tens of millions of dollars. Therefore, in the event that TNIB does receive FDA approval and patent rights for LDN treatment of Disease XYZ with a brand-named product, the pharmaceutical company is strictly limited to advertising and marketing that new brand as only for patients with Disease XYZ. Doubtless, there will be many people with XYZ who, with good reason, will insist on purchasing that new brand-name drug for their personal care.
However, totally unaffected will be the right of every physician to continue prescribing appropriate off-label uses of the FDA-approved generic medication naltrexone (in the form of LDN) for all of its many medical uses (other than Disease XYZ). Also unaffected will be the right of compounding pharmacies to fill such prescriptions requesting LDN and to do so at the accustomed price.
Most importantly, should the research efforts of TNI BioTech prove successful, FDA-approval of any one of LDN's special uses could open up a whole world of recognition for LDN and, for the first time, considerable understanding and acceptance by both the media and the medical community. With that, the ability for anyone to receive an Rx of LDN (either as the brand or as a compounded off-label generic) for any of the great numbers of medical problems for which it is beneficial should then become a matter of course.
As a result, I dream of a subsequent decline, in the US alone, in both the annual rates of general morbidity/mortality and of health care costs of a whopping 15% to 20%. And beyond that, perhaps we will eventually live to see LDN sold over-the-counter at pharmacies around the world.


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Someone get Mitt Romney on the phone. The Former Governor of Massachusetts was mocked and ridiculed by the media and Obama administration for his comments on the threat of Russia.
Romney stated, "This is without question our No. 1 geopolitical foe. They fight for every cause for the world's worst actors. The idea that he has more flexibility in mind for Russia is very, very troubling indeed."
It is well past time for the Obama administration to listen to what Romney has to say.
Fox News is reporting
Cuban military operatives reportedly have been spotted in Syria, where sources believe they are advising President Bashar al-Assad's soldiers and may be preparing to man Russian-made tanks to aid Damascus in fighting rebel forces backed by the U.S.
Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias, head of Cuba's Armed Forces, recently visited Syria to lead a group of Cuban military personnel joining forces with Russia in their support of Assad, according to information received by the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.
On Wednesday, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News that Cuban paramilitary and special forces units are on the ground in Syria, citing evidence from intelligence reports. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Cuban troops may have been training in Russia and may have arrived in Syria on Russian planes.
An Arab military officer at the Damascus airport reportedly witnessed two Russian planes arrive there with Cuban military personnel on board. When the officer questioned the Cubans, they told him they were there to assist Assad because they are experts at operating Russian tanks, according to Jaime Suchlicki, the institute's executive director.
"It doesn't surprise me," Suchlicki told FoxNews.com, noting Russia's long history of supplying military equipment to Cuba as well as Cuba's assistance in Soviet-led operations in Africa the 1970's.
"They have a very close relationship," Suchlicki said. "The Russians have been training the Cubans for years and supplying them with all sorts of military equipment."