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And I have come to a conclusion.
You have written, through 3 of your 5 novels, and through 3 of your many characters, a variation of a recipe for the girl living my life thus far.
Although I know there are probably 30,000 teenagers who are saying the same thing that I am right now, I feel like I'm on a different plane.
I'm sure they do as well.
But my being is different. My story is different. And though I have always been an avid reader of many books, what you posses and command in your writing, while it is yours to do so (i.e. before it reaches the hands of it's readers) is the ability to write people. Not characters, but human beings.
I am, in a manner of speaking, what one would get if one stuck Pudge (Looking for Alaska), Hazel (TFiOS) and Margo (Paper Towns) into a blender, pausing only to remove small, unimportant details like, say: testes, cancer, an 1/8 of the melodrama.
With friends who change our lives by ending theirs, by committing me to a humiliating (yet nostalgically comical)1. 3 years of failing a drivers test, by tossing me in with one boy who broke my heart but opened my eyes, and another still who will tell me his life story by writing it in dry erase marker on a lazy Susan of a whiteboard in the center of a circular table in the library of a college neither of us attended....I sufficiently feel that my whole story is adequate enough to be the plot to one of your books.
The only thing I'm missing: the epiphany that each being comes to in your novels. What makes them see what we don't.
What makes them...novel.
So I appeal to you, John.
Write me an epiphany?
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Some delicate traverses and down climbs but nothing too extreme. Low difficult scrambling.
Named in 1966. The names Og, Gog, and Magog are all individuals mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible. Both English and Celtic mythology also tells of Gog and Magog who were giants. Official name. (info from peakfinder.com)
[The rest of the group makes their way across the soggy Assiniboine Flats on the Og Pass trail. Og Mountain's four distinctive summits on the right.]
[Hiking towards Og Mountain from Og Pass. This is where the turn off to Cave Mountain is - OOS to the right.]
[Windy Ridge is straight ahead. The lookout is at the col.]
[Yolande and Jon hike up the trail to Windy Point Ridge - Lake Magog and Assiniboine in the bg]
[Windy Point Peak is obvious to the left - it's much warmer than it appears since we're in short sleeves here!]
[Dramatic views looking back towards Lake Magog and Assiniboine.]
[Hanneke and Vern pose on the Windy Ridge lookout.]
[Looking east from Windy Ridge - part of Nasswald on the left. ++]
Scrambling up loose rocks and snow up to our knees in drifts, we made it up to the first summit pretty quickly. There was a large cairn here and I assume that of the very few people who ascend this mountain, 99% of them probably pull out the map, look at the remaining 3 summits and promptly stop here. We pretty much tore apart the cairn looking for an official (or any) register (it was cold and I would have gladly stopped at this cairn if we found something semi-official) but all we found was a wooden mallet with someone's name carved on it. We left Rod to rebuild the cairn while Jon and I pressed on. I was absolutely determined to get to the actual summit of this mountain because I knew the odds of me coming all the way back here were slim.
[Jon at the first and lowest summit of Og Mountain - the next three summits are clearly much higher. Most folks are content to stop here.]
The first summit was descended easily before heading back up to the second. We had to lose a bit of height after the first so we tried skirting around the second instead of going all the way over it. It wasn't worth the effort - just go right over it. After the second summit there was some moderate scrambling to get down to the 2nd/3rd col. Once we got to the 3rd summit of Og we found ourselves staring down at some loose, steep, exposed terrain. Uh oh.
[Jon descends from the first summit]
[Looking back at Rod on the first summit from the second summit. As you can see, it's not much higher.]
[Jon approaches the 3rd summit]
[Jon downclimbing the first part of the third summit to fourth summit traverse. He bailed soon after this and waiting while I finished the traverse.]
We decided to poke around at the descent but after about 3 minutes, Jon decided that he'd had enough and would wait for me. I descended on very loose, sometimes exposed terrain - determined to make that fourth summit! It was the low end of difficult scrambling, but with the snow and the weather closing in it felt worse than that. Don't forget that you can easily access this 4th peak from the Og Valley to the south (if it's not closed for bear activity that is) but it was very cool to traverse all the distinctive summits. After the crux it was a 10 minute plod to the top where there was a small cairn buried in snow. I half-heartedly looked for a register but didn't find anything substantial (only a few bits of disintegrating paper) so I'm not sure what happened to the register that Rick Collier placed - I would've looked a bit harder if I knew at the time that he placed one, I didn't find that out till after the trip.
[Jon on the third summit. You can see that it's a wee bit exposed on this side, and part of the downclimb looks right over this precipice.]
[Jon stands on the third summit in this shot from near the fourth.]
After snapping some photos of the interesting terrain surrounding Og Mountain I rejoined Jon and we headed down to Og pass to hook up with Rod and the girls again. Not many people get up Og Mountain or do the traverse that we did, and this is reason enough to highly recommend it. The views are also steller and this should just convince you even more.
[Looking back at Jon on the third summit from the fourth. ++]
[Looking north at Nasswald Peak and Golden Mountain. ++]
[The Allenby Pass area with Mount Allenby on the right. ++]
[Jon on the third summit of Og on our way back]
[Hiking back towards Cave Mountain before ascending it via right hand slopes, rising left.]
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My name is Vern Dewit. I moved to Calgary, Alberta (Canada) in 1999 and since then I've fallen in love with the spectacular scenery and grand vistas that open up as you scramble up above treeline on a beautiful fall morning, or make your first cast on some back country stream as the sun throws its golden warmth on surrounding peaks.
I hope that my trip reports and pictures will inspire you to push your own physical limits whatever those may be. You may be inspired to try scrambling - a sport where you climb mountains via non-technical ascent routes - or you may simply realize what's in your own backyard and go for a short hike somewhere.
Read the trip reports carefully and don't simply follow them blindly. Make sure you're within your abilities and if you have any questions don't hesitate to send me an email.


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FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN HOST: This is GPS, the GLOBAL PUBLIC SQUARE. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Fareed Zakaria. This week, we take a close look at the situation in Afghanistan and what are the options for the United States and NATO forces there. First, my own thoughts. Look, I think the international community cannot and should not abandon Afghanistan because things have suddenly gotten tough over the last few months. It's worth noting that, even now, violence in Afghanistan is not even a tenth as bad as it was in Iraq in 2006. And the notion that Afghans view American troops as occupation forces is belied by repeated polls in which they keep saying that they support the American presence by large margins. Notice that all four presidential candidates in this election publicly endorse the American presence. And, finally, a withdrawal from Afghanistan - a precipitous running away because things are getting tough would almost certainly strengthen al Qaeda forces, the hardline Taliban forces. We now know that al Qaeda is becoming active in the north as well as the south. A withdrawal would also take the pressure off the Pakistani military, which would figure that with America gone, now its only leverage against its Afghan neighbor would be to renew its alliance with the Taliban and with militias. But the Obama administration also needs to get real about Afghanistan. The mission there seems to have expanded from counter insurgency to full-blown nation building, with everyone involved - civilians and soldiers - asking for more resources and more troops. Now, there's nothing wrong with helping Afghans develop their country and building schools, but if the goal becomes to give Afghanistan a strong functioning central government with a solid economy, this is a goal that cannot be met within any reasonable timeframe. Afghanistan is one of the ten poorest countries in the world. It has a centuries-long tradition of weak central government. Illiteracy rates are somewhere around 70 percent. The focus has to shift from nation building to deal making - deal making with all kinds of tribal leaders - and, yes, even the Taliban - to buy stability. A few years from now, Afghanistan will likely be poor, corrupt, and dysfunctional. But if we can make the right deals with the right people, it will be reasonably stable and inhospitable to al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. That would be success. Anyway, let's get started. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: CNN's Correspondent Michael Ware has just spent a week in the dangerous Afghan city of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban. He grew a beard, wore Afghan dress, spent time with local warlords, went on night patrols with the Afghan police, all in an effort to get a real sense of how strong the Taliban is and how successful the military mission over there. Michael, let's start with the heart of this - your assessment. How is it going? MICHAEL WARE, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Very, very badly, Fareed. This is a mission by - politically and militarily in crisis. Politically, this nation is in limbo. They don't even have finalized results to the outcome of last month's presidential election because the result counting has been bogged down in a storm of substantive corruption allegations. That alone, no matter who is the winner, is going to strip the next administration of the legitimacy the American mission here was so desperately hoping the election would deliver. Militarily, the entire war plan is up in the air and under review, and for good reason. On the ground, there's simply not enough US or coalition, NATO troops, Afghan troops, Afghan police to put a significant dent in the Taliban war machine. Even what we dub as "Obama's War," this massive offensive in Helmand, is doing very little to the Taliban infrastructure. The Americans and the British there combined moving into Helmand are simply taking a small bite of what is really a very big apple down there in the south, and in no way is it affecting the Taliban's command and control system or its border (ph) bases or supply systems. So this really is a mission in crisis - Fareed. ZAKARIA: Michael, you were in Iraq around the time of the surge. Make some comparisons, what - what is the Afghan army strike you like compared with the Iraqi army in 2006, 2007? WARE: Well, there's absolutely no comparison. As floored or as challenged as the Iraqi army might be, it is light years ahead of the Afghan National Army. The Afghan National Army is many, many, many years away from being able to stand up on its own two feet, even if America stayed in the country to underride it is we're seeing in Iraq. That's simply not going to happen any time soon. However, we may soon see America drawing upon its lessons from Iraq. What we have here now in Afghanistan is a situation where we may look at the development of US-backed tribal militias who will go and fight the Taliban in the areas where America cannot fight. Now, militarily, these militias act as a force multiplier. They add to the - to the projection of power of the American forces, simply by weight of numbers. In terms of local knowledge, they are unparalleled and can do far more than any foreign troops, though also not only have much greater ability at attacking that Taliban war machine and starting to put some kind of a crimp in it, it will also be a form of confrontation between the United States and the Pakistani Intelligence Agency that allows the Afghan Taliban to take sanctuary in Pakistan - Fareed. ZAKARIA: Michael, I agree with you. I think that is the key here, which is to replicate that element of the surge which was to draw - to divide the enemy, to draw some of these people into - in - to start fighting for the Americans. Why hasn't it happened? It is something I've asked senior officials and I get a variety of answers. Some of them blame the Afghans, they blame Karzai. They say he didn't want this (ph) started by going to Mullah Omar, which is a non-starter. Some blame the Americans. They say they're sitting there waiting for a strategic advantage. On the ground, what does it look like to you? Why aren't we making deals with locals? WARE: That has been a spectacular failure here in Afghanistan, Fareed. I mean, over the past eight years America has proved particularly inept at addressing even just the tribal issue. Harnessing the power of the tribes or at least engaging in a significant way with them - yes, America has had its favorites in the beginning, either warlords or particular tribes who were attractive to it at the time of 9/11. However, the situation pre-9/11, pre-Afghan invasion has changed dramatically - without surprise - in these eight years, and America has been very slow to react to that situation. I was at ISAF Headquarters just the other day, sitting down with some of the men addressing this issue, and I have to say there has been an awakening, and I think you'll find that some kind of tribal militia solution that may include some of the old warlords in the Soviet era who defeated the Russia - the Soviet army here in the '80s may become a part of the solution that General McChrystal offers to President Obama. Certainly, we have a senior Afghan government official, an official at cabinet level, who's confirmed to us that the program has already began with pilot programs already underway with tribes in the south - Fareed. ZAKARIA: Is there - is there a danger here that - that these tribes will use us for their own purposes? What's the downside of this strategy? WARE: What? You mean the tribes haven't been using the Americans since day one to settle old scores, to mark rival as - rivals as enemies, or to have those who are not in, you know, the chosen five's (ph) favor left out and ignored by the American attention? That's not a new thing. Of course, that's inherent in this solution. If that was - were to emerge. But that's inherent anyway. What I think is the greater problem is that, tactically, in the short term, significant engagement of the tribes and the old veterans of the Soviet war, if they can be turned against the Taliban would be stunningly successful. However, there will be a high price to pay going forward in the second and third tier effects (ph), and that's what needs to be addressed. How do you manage these guys so they don't get out of control? How do you accept responsibility? How is there any kind of accountability? How do you sell it to the Afghan people, to the international community? And eventually ordinary Afghans themselves, let alone the - the foreigners here, want to see a new state emerge, and how would the reestablishment of tribal forces or warlord forces affect that in the long term? So it's certainly not an easy fit, but it may be the only one or an important part of the only solution that may present itself to President Obama, Fareed. ZAKARIA: You were talking about the - the Afghan army and the Iraqi army. I just want to ask you one supplementary on that, which is American commanders do tell me... WARE: I'll take the supplementary. ZAKARIA: American commanders do tell me that while the afghan army is much less disciplined than the Iraqi army, they're real fighters, that they are courageous and - and they will - they will charge up the hill in the way that a lot of the Iraqi forces would not. Is that your experience? WARE: Well, I - I mean, I'll caveat by my answer before I go on by saying I had seen incredible bravery from Iraqi soldiers, but by and large you could argue that, yes, that's true. I mean, these Afghans, when they decide to fight, they fight. And it's on their home turf. That's an important thing, too. So these Afghans can be fierce. I mean, it's renowned as the - the famed graveyard of empires, this nation. And the current generations are, you know, are proving that to be true, be they on the Taliban side or on the government side. It's about harnessing that - that energy, that fervor, that fanaticism, that nationalism. And that's what America has failed to do. Well, America's rivals in the region - particularly Iran and Pakistan - are old hands and so adept at playing the tribal game here or at playing within the Afghan culture and extracting sometimes the best and sometimes the worst of it. America has failed to even be in the game, Fareed. ZAKARIA: Michael, I know you had a near-miss with an IED, with an improvised explosive device. First of all, did you have any - are there any lasting effects? You can obviously hear me, but what does it feel like? WARE: It wasn't my first IED, but it - it did - it did distinguish itself. I mean, I was particularly exposed in this case. I was in the back of an Afghan police gun truck rather than encased in the armor of an American humvee or - even better - a - an American Bradley fighting vehicle. So it was a very raw experience and - and watching the tape, again, of that incident had - what struck me is how quickly it all happened. I mean, this is such a cliche from someone who comes out of an event like this, but in my recollection everything transpired much more slowly. And, yes, that sort of thing does rattle you in body and does leave a - a mark upon you in spirit. But we're all fine, thank goodness, both the cameraman, Samad Gusiri (ph) who was with me and the Afghan police who were in that truck. Unfortunately, precisely a week later, just a couple of days ago, we received a call one evening here in Kabul from the same police unit, and one week later, on the same road, same patrol, they were hit again. Unfortunately, this time it shredded the legs of two of the Afghan police and blinded one of the injured men. ZAKARIA: Do you feel that going around on these patrols you are - you feel more insecure in Afghanistan than you did in Iraq? WARE: Not - not necessarily so, no, because you choose who you go with. Now, the particular police commander whose men we're with on that patrol, I've known him for eight years, and that man has been a police commander in the birthplace of the Taliban, killing Talibs since December 2001. He's survived and outlasted successive police chiefs and governors, and he's on the frontline and he's still standing. And there's a reason for that. So you choose who you go with very, very carefully. But, you know, there - there's risk inherent with all of this. I mean, there was risk when I'm imbedded with US Forces, be it the battle of Fallujah, be it the invasion of Iraq, be it the battle of Tal Afar, be it the battle of Samarra. There's inherent risk when I'm with Afghan forces over here or coalition troops. I mean, there's inherent risk when you're operating independently, as we do. Unfortunately, just part of the business, Fareed. ZAKARIA: Well, keep choosing wisely, Michael, and stay safe. And thank you very much. WARE: Insha'Allah, as they say, mate. Insha'Allah. ZAKARIA: Thank you, Michael. Appreciate it. (END VIDEO TAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ABDULLAH ABDULLAH, AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: It's because of the failures of Mr. Karzai's leadership that we are in this situation, but more troops would not be a substitute for the failure of a national leadership. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO TAPE) ZAKARIA: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah is the former foreign minister of Afghanistan and of course came in second in the presidential elections. He joins me now from Kabul. Welcome, Dr. Abdullah. May I ask you, do you believe that the election results were fair enough, that it is clear that Hamid Karzai got a majority of votes? In other words, even if there was fraud, the margin of victory is such that in all likelihood Karzai did, in fact, come in first? ABDULLAH: I tried, and the people supported my efforts to bring change in this country, and finally the results have been stolen by Mr. Karzai and his team. So this is not acceptable. In the outcome - provisional outcome which has been announced so far, hundreds of thousands of fraudulent vote has been included, so that shows - that being counted, it shows that President Karzai is in the lead for about 50 percent. Those fraudulent vote taken out, which should be taken out, he will have quite a different number, much below 50 percent, and it - there will be a runoff (ph). ZAKARIA: Do you believe that Karzai has the legitimacy to be president, given the - the nature of this election? Whatever the outcome, do you think his credibility is now fatally compromised? ABDULLAH: I think absolutely. He has done a great disservice to the people of Afghanistan by ruining this opportunity. Today, we are hoping that the United States' engagement and support will redouble in order to stabilize Afghanistan so one day the United States, their forces can go back and - and - But, at the same time, we are faced with this dilemma. They say that the elections was an opportunity. It was stolen. So, what is it that they are supporting here? He's ruining that opportunity for Afghanistan, for the peace in this region and for the world peace. ZAKARIA: You know, Dr. Abdullah, there is a debate going on in the United States because it appears that General McChrystal is likely to ask for more troops. Do you believe that General McChrystal should be given more troops in order to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan or are there already too many foreign troops in Afghanistan? ABDULLAH: No, I would say that, yes, more troops are needed, and I hope that he gets that, General McChrystal. But, at the same time, my point is that eight years down the road, we should have been in a situation - or we could have been in a situation that we would have needed lesser troops, and one day no troops at all. And it's because of the failures of Mr. Karzai's leadership that we are at this situation, but more troops will not be a substitute for the failure of a national leadership, which is - which is currently the case. Hopefully elections in - the process will help us to get out of this dilemma. ZAKARIA: So you don't worry about the - the fear that some people have that it will look like an American occupation? You were campaigning around the country - you did not find that the average Afghan saw American troops as an occupation force? Would that be accurate? ABDULLAH: The only thing that we are - the people of Afghanistan witnessed is more troops, more troops and no improvement in the situation. Of course that will look like - like an occupation with no end in sight. That's not the situation that the people of Afghanistan will accept. But my wish, my hope is that with this opportunity of more troops and more resources and - and - and a stronger commitment by the current administration in the United States, coupled with a legitimate government which deals with the issues of corruption, issues of governance, injustices and security and political situation as a whole and rule of law, we will have an opportunity which - which Afghanistan stands on its own feet day by day rather than getting deeper into chaos, which is the current situation. ZAKARIA: President Karzai has - has proposed that he would even talk to Mullah Omar as a way of bringing some Taliban factions into the fold. Would you go as far? You - you talk about trying to reach out to the people, the - the pashtuns. Would you go so far as to negotiate with Mullah Omar? ABDULLAH: I think let him talk to Mullah Omar. Let them be in one room and see what happens. But my point is that... ZAKARIA: Wait, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by that? ABDULLAH: ... this is just like daydreaming. ZAKARIA: What - what do you mean by that? It's a - it's - it's a fantasy? ABDULLAH: I - I mean - I mean - I mean that it's - it's - it's like a fantasy, and both of them have done more or less equal damage to the process and to the opportunity for Afghanistan, and they could be partners. But as far as the people of Afghanistan is concerned, reaching out to the people, what is the problem today? The main problem today in Afghanistan is that there is a growing gap between the people and the government and, as a result of that, Mullah Omar is getting stronger, insurgency is getting stronger and the people are disenfranchised. So, to reach out to the people, to deliver, to bring hope to the people is something that will isolate those forces which want to fight up to the end. And there are thousands of people under the name of Taliban which have joined the ranks of Taliban not because they are ideologically the same - the same brand or they want to destroy Afghanistan, to reverse the process, but because of corruption, because of injustices, because of no future. ZAKARIA: Dr. Abdullah, you've been very kind to spend some time with us. Thank you very much. ABDULLAH: You're welcome. Thank you. (END VIDEO TAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: We'll get back to Afghanistan in just a moment. But now our "What in the World" segment, and here's what got my attention this week: a report, a dry report on global competitiveness that's put out by the World Economic Forum. They're the ones who gather world leaders and CEOs, most famously in Davos, Switzerland every winter to try to solve the world's problems. But this is an exhaustive of study put together by academics and businesspeople under the auspices of the web (ph). And this year's report says the US can no longer claim to be the world's most competitive economy. That honor now goes to Switzerland. To reach this conclusion, the forum looked at more than 100 factors related to the economies of more than 130 nations. Everything from tax rates to how many consumers are connected to the internet to quality of education. The two key factors that the United States scored worst on were government deficit and government debt. Of the 133 countries in the survey, the United States ranked 122 on deficit and 114 on debt. The countries that did worst were economies like Burundi, Guyana and Sri Lanka. Already you can see that the world is having some jitters about America's long-term fiscal health. This week, the dollar fell to yearly lows against many major currencies. Also this week, a UN panel endorsed proposals to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency, something that would have a very significant negative effect for Americans. Now, let's not exaggerate the dangers. The United States is still the second most competitive economy in the world. These lists are not hard and fast, and the dollar still towers above alternatives like the euro and the yen. But it's worth remembering that the vitality of America's economy is the fundamental basis of its power. Ultimately, America's world role depends less on what the Taliban do in the mountains of Afghanistan and more on what these researchers find when preparing next year's global competitiveness report. Now, what can Americans do about all of this? Most of us of course have no control over the nation's debt or deficit, but the World Economic Forum report also gave bad marks on something you viewers in the United States can change. It said the American public doesn't save enough. So if you want to do your part to help America regain that top spot, go make a deposit. We'll be right back. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ANDREW BACEVICH, AUTHOR, THE LIMITS OF POWER: I question the assumption that the fate of Afghanistan constitutes a vital national security interest of the United States. I would insist that our interests there are actually quite limited, and so long as we deny al Qaeda the ability to establish a substantial presence there, we don't much of care what happens in Afghanistan. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN CENTER: Hello, I'm Fredricka Whitfield at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Here are the top stories today. White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs is defending the president's plan to overhaul the health care system. This morning on "STATE OF THE UNION," Gibbs said the reform plan will not affect people who already have insurance, and he said a government-run public option is one way to achieve reform, not the only way. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: As the president said, he prefer of prefers the public option. However he said what's most important is choice and competition. (END VIDEO CLIP) WHITFIELD: A deadly weekend for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Four soldiers were killed in two separate roadside bombing attacks. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to approve sending thousands of additional forces to Afghanistan to deal with the growing threat of roadside bombs. And the family of an Iraqi journalist jailed for throwing his shoes at former President George Bush is celebrating today ahead of his expected release. Muntadar Al Zeidi is scheduled to be released from prison tomorrow after serving a nine-month sentence for assault. Al Zeidi threw his shoes, as you remember right there, at Bush as an act of protest over the Iraq war. And tennis star Serena Williams is out of the U.S. open after a chair umpire called her for unsportsmanlike conduct. The pivotal call came on match point against unseated Kim Clisters after Williams screamed profanities at a line judge. Earlier in the semifinals Williams smashed a tennis racket after losing the first set. And those are the headlines. Fareed Zakaria GPS will return after this. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN ANCHOR: There is a furious ongoing debate about Afghanistan that is taking place in think tanks in Washington and on op-ed pages everywhere I think it's an important debate. I hope a similar debate is taking place within the government. But what we have done is try to bring you the leading participants of the debate here in the United States. Rory Stewart recently told the financial times this -- "You feel in Afghanistan that every part of you is being tested." His understanding of the country is deep. He has, after all, walked across most of it. His many bona fides, his is currently director for the Core Center for human rights at Harvard. One of Andrew's Bacevich's books, his most recent, is called "the limits of power the end of American exceptionalism." It's become an influential work read widely in political and scholarly circles. He retired from the U.S. army as a colonel and is now a professor of international relations at Boston University. Masood Aziz is a former diplomat. He served as senior advisor of the Afghan embassy in Washington. He writes analysis on his native country, most recently on foreignpolicy.com. And Bret Stevens is the foreign affairs columnists and deputy editorial editor of the "Wall Street Journal," he is also a frequent guest on this program. Welcome, gentlemen. Bret, if you read the counterinsurgency manual that General Petraeus kind of rewrote, there is an awful lot about governance development, and it does strike me that there are -- to make too close a link between economic development and good governance and peace and stability and the lack of counterinsurgency seems to be historically fallacious, that there are a lot of poor, undeveloped countries in the world that don't have insurgencies, that are not on the brink of civil war. And if you set yourself up and say until Afghanistan is a solidly developing country we're not going to have an end to the insurgency, we may be waiting a long while. BRET STEVENS, "WALL STREET JOURNAL: That's exactly the point. And Rory made a point in an article saying some of the counterinsurgency manual reads like a World Bank document. You can go too far in emphasizing the development, and you don't need to achieve of maximum objectives in terms of good governance, in terms of development, in order to deal with the kind of insurgency we have in Afghanistan. So clearly there is a need, in my rue view, for more troops so that you can occupy more ground, provide more security not only in villages but major population areas, particularly like Kandahar. But you also need to rethink counterinsurgency as it was practiced there. And you have an example of that in the surge in Iraq. I'm not the saying they're perfectly analogous. I'm simply saying that the military is capable of rethinking the way it deals with an insurgency situation. But to say this is hopeless or to look to the 1860s and say the Brits failed, the Soviets failed, therefore it's the lesson of history that NATO will fail as well, I think is really kind of a counsel of despair. Andy Bacevich, counsel of despair. ANDREW BACEVICH, AUTHOR, "THE LIMITS OF POWER": I agree with that. ZAKARIA: You've been arguing for disengagement for a while. BACEVICH: Well, I mean, you are presiding over a very interesting debate about what we are able to accomplish in Afghanistan. That's an important to make. But it seems to me there's another question, and the question is what do we need to accomplish in Afghanistan? I question the assumption that the fate of Afghanistan constitutes a vital national security interest of the United States. I would insist that our interests there are actually quite limited, and so long as we deny Al Qaeda the ability to establish a substantial presence there, we don't much care what happens in Afghanistan. And I would argue strongly that after eight years of a large-scale military presence, simply expanding on this project for another five or ten years with the hope that somehow Afghanistan is going to become a peaceful and democratic place is folly. We can't afford it. And, again, to emphasize, we don't need to undertake this project. ZAKARIA: Let me ask you, Andy. Most people would agree that there is some Al Qaeda presence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the fact that they can roam freely between those two countries is a danger, that they do have the ambition to plan terrorist activities. And most military commanders tell me that the presence in Afghanistan is vital to the intelligence that they have been receiving, which has allowed them to keep Al Qaeda on the defense to eliminate certain high-value targets, 14 of the top 20 Al Qaeda chieftains that they have identified have now been assassinated over the last few years. If you were to withdraw and simply do all of this off the decks of carriers in the Persian Gulf, don't you lose that ability? Is there really an over the horizon option that would keep Al Qaeda on the run, that would keep the terrorist camps from not reconstituting? BACEVICH: I think the option that deserves to be examined seriously is, yes, an over the horizon option, but an over the horizon option that is combined with the outsourcing option, that we both provide incentives to chieftains and warlords to keep Al Qaeda out while at the same time we maintain intensive surveillance over Afghanistan and, as needed, use punitive strikes to keep them on the run. I can't sit here and guarantee that's an absolute failsafe strategy for success, but none of the advocates of counterinsurgency can guarantee success. None of the advocates of counterinsurgency, it seems to me, are willing to acknowledge that the course of action they propose is probably a five to ten year commitment that will end up costing several hundred billion dollars that we, frankly, don't have. So it seems to me that it makes all the sense in the world to seriously consider more cost-effective approaches. ZAKARIA: Bret? STEVENS: I disagree with Andy on a number of fronts, but I think the most important point to make against him is this idea that Afghanistan simply doesn't matter to our national security interests. We've invested a great -- BACEVICH: I didn't say that. I didn't say that. STEVENS: All right. Well, that it isn't vital. I don't want to put words in your mouth. But let me just express my view. Afghanistan is vital to our national security interest. Staying there is vital. Not leaving in defeat is important. We've invested a great deal of prestige there, but it's important also to think of Afghanistan the way jihadists and Mujahideen see it. In 1979 the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. In 1980, ten years later, they left in defeat. And two years later the Soviets collapsed. In the minds of the Mujahideen, they were instruments for the destruction of one of the two hated super powers. This kind of -- you consider this a fantasy, and in fact in many respects it was. But Al Qaeda feeds on fantasy ideology which encourages it to undertake highly ambitious projects. One such ambitious project was 9/11, the idea that you can strike blows at a seeming giant like the United States and come away victorious. And if we were to leave, you can be certain that this would provide a kind of ideological impetus to the movement that it largely lost after its de facto defeat in Iraq. It would hugely inflate their sense of self-importance and even if their ideas are insane, it's those insane ideas that lead people to get in planes and throw themselves at buildings. ZAKARIA: Andy Bacevich? BACEVICH: This really is, I think, a fundamental point of disagreement. I agree emphatically that the aspirations of Al Qaeda are informed by a fantastic and unrealistic understanding of the course of modern history and of their own capacity. I question whether or not their fantasies should somehow shape our understanding of our interests and our approach to national security. It seems to me that that causes us to play their game. Now, Bret and I may have a different view of things like Iraq and whether or not that war was necessary, whether or not we can consider that war in any way to have been a success, but it just seems to me that their fantasies should not determine our policies. ZAKARIA: We'll be back right after this. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RORY STEWART, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: If people were actually responsible and actually concerned about the interests of Afghans, I believe they would have been trying to articulate a more moderate, lighter presence in that country which could serve our national security interests in terms of counterterrorism and our humanitarian objectives for that country. These attempts to oscillate between 100,000 troops on the one hand and zero on the other are going to do no good for us or the Afghans. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: And we are back with our star-studded panel on Afghanistan. Rory, let me start with you. You wrote a piece in the "London Review of Books" in which you made all kinds of analogies to 19th century Britain and things like that. And I guess my question is, couldn't you have made a similar case about Iraq? There is a certain kind of world-weary pessimism that affects, I should say, your work. And yet, you know, there have been many places that have historically been conflict ridden, that have historically had tribal structures, where you see peace, stability, progress. I can think of the Balkans where everybody said these people will always kill each other and have killed each other for centuries. I think of Iraq, where many said you'll never be able to get any stability. So why is Afghanistan different? STEWART: It's all about specificity, Fareed. The Bosnian example is a very good one, and we shouldn't get into a situation where we believe there's nothing that the international community can do anywhere in the world. But Afghanistan is the limit case. It's the country of nearly 30 million people. It's the size of Texas. It's a very rural population. People are scattered in perhaps 20,000 villages across the country. So the analogies from Iraq or Bosnia simply don't work. What happened in Iraq was a relatively credible government with a mass political base behind it working largely clearing Sunni groups out of Baghdad, found itself able to cut a deal which the United States was able to help largely because it's a quite limited area. But Afghanistan has none of those political ingredients. It's far too spread out for the American Military to be able to do a clear-hold- build strategy. So, what we need to get away from is an idea that there is some sort of general lessons from Germany or Japan or Bosnia or Iraq and just look at the details of Afghanistan. And I think the strongest argument against the current policy in Afghanistan is based on that, it's based on an understanding of that country. ZAKARIA: Masood, you have an understanding of Afghanistan. Do you think that it is too large, too decentralized to imagine any Iraq- style surge or stabilization working? MASOOD AZIZ, FORMER AFGHAN DIPLOMAT: I respectfully disagree with that view. I think Afghanistan is a text book case of an under- resourced engagement that has been repeated at every turn, important critical turn in history, recently and remotely. Afghanistan has been under-resourced and this is exactly why we are where we are is because of that. In 1989 when the Red Army withdrew out of Afghanistan the U.S. stopped their support and it created an environment where the Taliban rose to power, took over the country, and then 9/11 ensued and we had to go back. Resource it again and we did in 2001 and 2002. ZAKARIA: But Masood, what is the -- what is the specific response to the argument that this is a very decentralized country, never had a strong central state, always had tribal structures, very poor, large levels of illiteracy. This is all true, right? AZIZ: It is true, but the question, you know, I don't quite understand. If you ask the Afghans, they know that this country had a government, had a central government; there was a governance that did exist. It wasn't -- the government never was strong, was not able to service all of this population but it's a fallacy to understand -- to believe that this country didn't have a strong government. ZAKARIA: Let me ask you, Rory, you are very involved in Afghanistan, you run a charitable foundation there. Don't you worry that the kind of counsel you're providing will cause a disengagement with Afghanistan? There are many people on the ground there, Sarah Chayes (ph) who writes for -- who works for NPR, National Public Radio says, "Look, I'm around these people, they all hate the Taliban, they hate the prospect of the Taliban coming to power. If you leave -- if the international community leaves, they will be stuck with a miserable repressive tyrannical regime that they did not want and did not vote for." STEWART: Fareed, one of the problems here that you can hear from this Sarah Chayes quote and from this whole studio debate is the number of different arguments that are being put forward. We've had arguments about development and state building. We now have people talking in the studio about the interests of China. We have people talking about American credibility. We have Sarah Chayes talking about Afghan views on the Taliban. We need to be quite clear about why we're there. And this is important in order to have any kind of sustainable engagement. What worries me about this kind of debate -- this kind of black and white debate where on the one hand you have people saying we cannot afford to lose. Defeat is not an option, we just have to keep pumping in the money and resources indefinitely for some fear that somehow our credibility is affected or the region is affected on the one hand. Or on the other hand, Andrew proposing that we withdraw over the horizon is that the actual answer, which is much more difficult to articulate is that what we need is a long enduring sustainable presence in that country, which would necessarily have to be a much lighter footprint. The problem with this whole black and white debate is we're going to lurch, from engagement to isolation, from troop increases to withdrawal. Brett Stevens (ph) is going to support the idea of us increasing the troops and pretty soon come the midterm elections there's going to be a push in the other direction, we're all going to run out the door again, leaving us in the problem we've been in repeatedly. If people were actually responsible and actually concerned about the interests of Afghans, I believe they would have been trying to articulate a more moderate, lighter presence in that country, which could serve our national security interests in terms of counterterrorism and our humanitarian objectives for that country. These attempts to oscillate between 100 troops and zero on the other are going to do no good for us and no good for the Afghans. ZAKARIA: We have to end on that note. Rory Stewart, Andrew Bacevich (ph), Brett Stevens and Masood thank you so much. We'll be right back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: Now our question of the week: we took a break from asking questions for a few weeks but here is this week's. I told you at the top of the show I don't think U.S. and NATO forces should withdraw from Afghanistan. Do you agree with me? Should we stay or should we go? Tell me the reasons behind your answer. As always, I'd like to recommend things I've been reading. This week it's actually two magazine articles, not books. The first is from "Foreign Affairs," the magazine I used to be the managing editor of. It's by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was of course Jimmy Carter's national security adviser, a frequent guest on this program. It's entitled "An Agenda for NATO." But it is not as boring as the title suggests. Actually Brzezinski very intelligently lays out how NATO should continue its evolution from a 20th century organization whose primary purpose was to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War, into something quite different that has relevance against the threats and struggles of the 21st century; really very intelligent. The second article is from "The Atlantic." It's a piece written by a business executive David Goldhill (ph) who went on an obsessive quest for over a year to figure out what is ailing the American health care system. It's titled "How American Health Care Killed My Father" and as the title suggests Goldhill began his quest after his father was killed suddenly and senselessly by an infection he picked up at a hospital. It's a great guide to everything that's wrong with health care today, who is to blame and who is not. It's the best article I have read on American health care. If you go to our Web site, cnn.com/gps you'll find links to both articles. While you're there please try our weekly quiz, "THE FAREED CHALLENGE." It's a fun test of how closely you've been paying attention to the world. Thanks to you for being part of this program. I'll see you all next week.


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Here is a wonderful way to get your child reading and writing. I've used this with my own children and had a lot of fun together. We created a diary 'A Day In The Life Of….' This is how we did it.
1. Pick a day when you know that you will have a lot of time together. Get your camera (digital is better) and your notepad ready. Have some activities planned for that day.
2. As soon as your child wakes up start taking photographs! You can take some at that special, quiet time before they wake up. I'm assuming you will be awake before your child – not often the case with young children who are wide awake as soon as the sun shines.
3. Take photos all day long. Let your child take pictures too. Make notes of what you have done throughout the day. Ask your child to make notes too. I know this seems obvious but by the time you've got to the end of the day you may have forgotten exactly what your child had for lunch.
4. Have special activities such as baking, dressing up, painting etc. Try to fit some exciting events into your day. Also, include the more mundane ones like brushing teeth etc. Don't forget to take one of that special, quiet time when your child goes to sleep.
5. The day after, or whenever you have time, print the photos out. Let your child stick them onto plain pieces of paper. They can have fun working out the order in which they go – this is when your notes come in handy. Underneath each photo ask your child to describe what's happening and to write it down. Depending on their age, they might need help with writing.
6. Make a book out of these pages. Give it a proper feel by providing a book cover and title. You can even put a blurb on the back page.
When I did this with my eldest daughter we created a book that became a treasured item. She showed it to everyone who came to the house. She even took it to school for show and tell. Even though she's nearly 16 she still loves this book. Of course, it makes me go teary eyed with emotion every time I see it.
I hope you enjoy this activity. It could become a regular occurrence in your child's life. The older they get the more complex their photo diaries can become.


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A financial funfest planned for Sunday at Sporting Park should become a daily event in the Kansas City area to help children and adults better manage their money.
Smart Money Month of Greater Kansas City launches a month of educational programs in the Kansas City area to help people with money management, The Kansas City Star reports. It is the seventh year of the event sponsored by 20 organizations and companies, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, El Centro, the United Way and the Missouri Council on Economic Education.
Ensuring that more families can better manage their financial resources will help build up the financial health of the community and keep more residents from depending on high-interest payday loan joints. Churches and schools throughout the area should offer daily classes to help spread the wealth in financial education.


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Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Spoonful Chronicles
March 15, 2017
Thaniya Rasid grew up in the Middle East dreaming of becoming a surgeon. Now living an ordinary life as a mother, wife and a hospital lab tech in Vancouver, Canada, she garners unexpected fame as youTube's Queen of Hummus when her video demonstrating the recipe goes viral. How could blending chickpeas in a food processor generate so much excitement? And how could her life have ended up so far away from all her expectations?
To make sense of the unlikely events that have brought her to this place, Thaniya turns to food, curating memorable eating experiences of her life, searching for clues. Between her childhood aversion to cucumbers, her search for an authentic Iraqi kubeh in the city of Jerusalem, her 10-year tomato wars with her husband Samih, a mood altering encounter with a blood pudding in Edinburgh, and a Kafkaesque nightmare involving a cauliflower, Thaniya unravels repeated patterns occurring in her life. The secrets of love, friendship and destiny hidden in her cauldron of mishmashed cultures begin to reveal themselves.
Between lust and disgust there is a thin line. Spoonful Chronicles is the beguiling story of one woman taking hold of her fate by uncovering the clandestine geography of this divide in her heart.
If you enjoyed reading Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, Chocolat by Joanne Harris, The Hundred-Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais or Heartburn by Nora Ephron then this foodie fiction is for you.
My review :- poignant,witty,unique and captivating. This book hooked me up from page one. The characters were deep with a moving plot and a flowing prose. I loved it and would recommend it to everyone.
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Immersive Field Course: Africa; Building Cities
Course Number 6087
Senior Lecturer John Macomber
Five on-campus sessions: Tuesday late afternoons at 5:45 and ending by 7:30 pm: September 12, October 31, November 14, December 5, February 6, 2018
Dates: Arrival on Sunday, January 7; departure on Saturday, January 20, 2018
Program fee & travel costs: see Course Credit and Fees
Credits: 3.0
Enrollment: 40
Career Focus
This course will be of interest to students who would like to investigate business solutions to three of the major problems of our time: rapid and massive urbanization; increasing scarcity of clean water, clean air, clean power, and effective transport; and the apparent inability of federal governments to fully address these problems with their own capabilities and financial resources.
Cities are often the right political unit to tackle the impact of these trends, and private investment in public infrastructure is a major tool to address the issues. Students in this course will test these solutions in the real world with companies, investors, and city leaders. Students will emerge with significant understanding of urban development, the competitive advantage of regions, and the private finance of public infrastructure.
Educational Objectives
Rapidly growing cities in Africa and around the world are constrained by the funding and delivery of basic infrastructure including water, transit, power, and communications. New technologies, new business models, public-private partnerships, and increasing interest from financial investors should be able to mitigate some of these constraints, help individuals to improve their lives, and provide attractive business and investing opportunities. In theory, well-matched finance, appropriate design, and capable execution in addressing these components of cities can help urban areas to be more competitive with other cities, more environmentally friendly, and more able to provide opportunity for residents.
Students will gain extensive understanding of two major East African cities (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania); rich awareness of the basics of infrastructure design, finance, and delivery; and an advanced sense of what private investors and businesses need in terms of revenue opportunities, regulatory and contractual environments, and technical skill to succeed in these areas.
The work is informed by and closely aligned with current faculty research in building sustainable cities and infrastructure. The investigation builds on past Building Cities immersive courses in Latin America and in Africa, and the output is put into use at once.
Course Content and Organization
Overview and Introduction: The course will meet for four class sessions in the fall to discuss the basics of infrastructure development and finance across each asset class, and to learn fundamental background on the history, legal systems, and prior development efforts in each urban area.
Schedule: In January, the course will visit both Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam, spending five to seven days in each. Teams of students will focus their inquiries in three major categories: 1) infrastructure (power, transit, water, ICT); 2) real estate (both investing and developing); and 3) the entrepreneurial ecosystem (both funding and operating). Each week includes selected full group plenary sessions with companies, the investment community, and city government as well as extensive independent work at the team level.
Projects: Participants will work on a research project in one of eight teams comprising 4-6 students. Following plenary kick-off sessions, each team will start its own work by meeting with pre-identified "content experts" who will help them to connect with other resources to help explore their research questions. In this manner, each group is exposed to many different organizations. Teams will conclude their work with individual reports to their content experts, and in a group presentation to economic development officials in each city.
Deliverable: Students will present their initial findings and recommendations at capstone events in each city. Each team will also submit a final written report shortly after returning to campus, synthesizing learnings from both cities. Ultimately, findings of the Immersive Field Course can be disseminated as case studies, journal articles, HBS Working Papers, and technical notes.
The Immersive Field Course ModelImmersive Field Courses are designed to offer second-year students an off-campus, experiential learning opportunity during the January term. A cornerstone of these courses is the expertise of faculty, who develop course content focused on teaching objectives that are met primarily through student-centered active learning opportunities including project work, site visits and participating in discussions with key contacts. As such, these courses provide students with an opportunity to apply first-hand the knowledge and skills gained from their on-campus MBA coursework in an off-campus setting.
Due to the nature of Immersive Field Courses students may be required to sign legal agreements requested by project partner organizations. Additional requirements and documentation may also be requested of students by organizations.
Course Credit and Fees
Students who successfully complete this course (including participation in all on-campus sessions during the Fall and Spring terms) will earn 3.0 course credits.
HBS will provide in-country logistics for IFCs (including accommodations, select meals, and local travel) but students will need to contribute a fee of $3,200 towards defraying a part of these costs. In addition, students are responsible for their round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation and immunizations. Students who have applied for financial aid may apply for additional financial support to participate in this course. Please see the Financial Aid website (login required) for more information on financial support for Immersive Field Courses.
For detailed information about what the course program fee includes and excludes, as well as information about student accommodations, please visit the GEO website.


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Mar 27, 2012
...longer days...
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I join you in being a child of the light my dear Rosemary. I feel so much more alive when the days are long and warm. If only the school district would recognize this early spring phenomenon and let me have my kiddos back now rather than in 8 weeks... :-( Spring break is making me long for them 24/7 right now!ReplyDelete
Hugs to you my friend,
Wonderful to hear from You again!ReplyDelete
Yes, I love theese longer days too! The light, the sun. Best wishes for You, Rosemary!
XO, Julia
I am an autumn/winter baby at heart... Cool mornings & evenings & a chance to snuggle up under a blanket! I especially love the winter sunshine shining through our windows. PS I also love the sea!ReplyDelete
x Kerry
I love the sunshine and a little dose of vitamen D, but I am afraid I am be part vampire or something--because I love the calmness of the night! I am quite the night owl.ReplyDelete
I am so glad you are back. I had thought you were quitting blogging! AND I TOO cannot get enough sunlight in my home. I too have a love for the sea and I was hoping that this June we would return to our honeymoon spot from 30 years ago:
CARMEL BY THE SEA. But I resigned from my job on Monday and so.....ehem.....no trip!
I can dream, can't I?
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU! Anita
Hey sweetie, good to see you!ReplyDelete
oh yes....i am your kindred spirit...sister of the light indeed! (and the same goes for the sea too!) I am so happy to see you back and blogging! I've missed you SO! :)ReplyDelete
So glad to hear and see from you again.ReplyDelete
Missed your lovely posts......
Oh yes I am so happy with the longer days and the sun and this lovely fresh light.....
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Lovely!!!! Hugs from PetraReplyDelete
I awake every morning when the sunlight reaches my bedroom windows and calls me out to play - especially with the fresh spring season at hand and summer calling my name, Rosemary! I don't enjoy evenings at all. Give me the sunshine and sparkling ocean water and I'm a happy camper. ♥ Are you all settled in now? Will you be showing us your new home?ReplyDelete
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Dear Rosemary, welcome back, it is lovely to see your beautiful blog allive again.ReplyDelete
I hope you are happy in your new spot,and beautifully settled.
Hugs and love,Dorthe
Hi dear Rosemary. I am a child of the light as well and relish in it! I love this beautiful post!ReplyDelete
I love being able to enjoy the longer days in the garden now with the flowers coming up everywhere. It makes me happy to read your beautiful words again. Love having you back.ReplyDelete
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Global Freshwater Conservation Gains Momentum Among UN Countries
- Date: May 21, 2014
Thirty-five member countries of the United Nations have now officially agreed to common guidelines for sharing and managing freshwater resources that cross international borders. With Vietnam's ratification, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses (UNWC) will go into effect in August, transforming the way governments share fresh water and settle water-related disputes.
The agreement comes at a crucial moment. Climate change is influencing water quality and quantities, and people and wildlife are experiencing more volatile periods of droughts and floods. Growing populations and incomes are changing how people live, increasing and diversifying the demands placed on fresh water. Developing countries especially are using their waters in new ways, particularly for industry and energy.
But what one country does with its water impacts all others who share the same freshwater system. The UNWC will help countries manage local water concerns in a way that protects freshwater resources and ecosystems throughout the entire basin.
Vietnam also represents the first Asian country to ratify the UNWC and does so from a particularly important region: The Greater Mekong. The Mekong River passes through six different countries and fuels the 'rice bowl' of Asia.
This agreement is good for both people and nature. Habitats and wildlife are not bound by national borders, and some of the most important conservation areas are linked to international rivers and lakes. Species of fish, turtles, dolphins and porpoises—along with animals that look to freshwater resources for food and drink—depend on properly managed trans-boundary rivers and lakes. We have found that our conservation efforts are not as impactful in regions without good trans-boundary water governance; UNWC will play a crucial role in addressing this gap.
WWF has been working with countries and partners around the world to raise awareness of the UNWC and sow the seeds of cooperation. We look forward to supporting the rollout of the guidelines and continuing to encourage nations to ratify the UNWC in support of better water management.
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Verisimilitude In VegasLeaving Las Vegas eschews the trite old tale of how a drunk got so screwed up, and instead simply takes a long, hard look at the fact that he is.
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Magazine Fab: Rihanna Covers the August 2012 Issue of Harper's Bazaar
Dressed in a white Calvin Klein Collection gown and a gold Neil Lane bracelet Rihanna looks angelic on the cover of the August issue of Harper's Bazaar. The Barbadian beauty posed for a seven page editorial spread where she was styled in pieces from Tom Ford, Alexander Wang, Balmain, and Emporio Armani. This is the first time in a while we've seen Rihanna in such a soft look. This shoot really captured Rihanna's natural beauty. We can thank stylist Mel Ottenberg, photographer Camilla Akrans, and make-up artist Mylam Morales for this masterpiece. Take a look at Rihanna's entire fashion spread.
In this issue Rihanna opens up about love, her career, her personal style, and more. The August issue is set to hit newsstands on July 17th. Will you grab a copy?


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U. BUFFALO (US) — Obese adolescent boys have up to 50 percent less total testosterone than do normal-weight boys of the same age, significantly increasing the risk for impotency as adults.
"We were surprised to observe a 50 percent reduction in testosterone in this pediatric study because these obese males were young and were not diabetic," says Paresh Dandona, professor of medicine and chief of the division of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at the University at Buffalo.
"The implications of our findings are, frankly, horrendous because these boys are potentially impotent and infertile. The message is a grim one with massive epidemiological implications."
Published online in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, the small study included boys between the ages of 14 and 20—25 boys who were obese and 25 who were lean—and was controlled for age and level of sexual maturity. Concentrations of total and free testosterone and estradiol, an estrogen hormone, were measured in morning fasting blood samples.
The researchers say the results now need to be confirmed with a larger number of subjects.
"These findings demonstrate that the effect of obesity is powerful, even in the young, and that lifestyle and nutritional intake starting in childhood have major repercussions throughout all stages of life," Dandona says.
In addition to the reproductive consequences, the absence or low levels of testosterone that were found also will increase the tendency toward abdominal fat and reduced muscle, Dandona says, leading to insulin resistance, which contributes to diabetes.
"The good news is that we know that testosterone levels do return to normal in obese adult males who undergo gastric bypass surgery," says Dandona. "It's possible that levels also will return to normal through weight loss as a result of lifestyle change, although this needs to be confirmed by larger studies."
The same authors reported in 2004 the presence of low testosterone levels, known as hypogonadism, in obese, type 2 diabetic adult males and confirmed it in 2010 in more than 2,000 obese men, both diabetic and nondiabetic. They now intend to study whether or not weight loss accomplished either through lifestyle changes or through pharmacological intervention will restore testosterone levels in obese teen males.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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Baltimore Ravens sixth-round draft pick Keenan Reynolds, the former Navy quarterback who is being converted to wide receiver, joined Glenn Clark Radio May 2. After seeing video of him working with former NFL returner Brian Mitchell recently, I asked him if he thought he could step in and return punts right away.
"Well, I don't know about day one, but I'm going to step in and do what I need to do", Reynolds said. "And I'm going to keep working, you know, throughout the summer, getting ready for training camp to be completely ready to go."
It reads like a generic, canned answer. The type of thing you've heard a million times from an athlete who wants to present a public persona that makes himself a more desirable pitchman for a major corporation. An answer that sounds more like what an athlete thinks you want to hear them say and less like how they actually feel. A response so static you're not certain it actually means anything at all but instead could be just a combination of words phrased together simply to push the conversation along without any actual purpose.
To put it another way, it reads like what Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt would say if he were in the same position.
But when the athlete giving the answer is Keenan Reynolds, I suddenly feel like I'm somehow experiencing a football paradox. The answer comes off so fake, but when you consider the source, you somehow believe it to be even more valuable. Let me attempt to explain.
"He was an SID's dream," Navy senior associate athletic director Scott Strasemeier said. "I take zero credit for that -- it was all his mom and dad, the way he was raised. He's probably done about 500 interviews in his time at Navy, and not only did he never say the wrong thing, he always said the absolute best thing."
Sure, but there are plenty of athletes who can answer questions well. Why is that while others make us roll our eyes, Reynolds makes us pay attention?
"That's the way he is, there's not a fake bone in his body," Strasemeier said. "He's very genuine. He's not a boisterous guy; he's not a cocky guy at all. He's pretty much just down to business."
Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo added: "He always put team first, and that was when the cameras were on or when the cameras were off. He comes from an unbelievable family, and they raised him right. I mean, he does the right thing 100 percent of the time. Not 99 percent of the time, 100 percent of the time. That's on the field and off the field. That's just who he is."
He's … authentic. A term used so infrequently in sports these days that I struggled to come up with it while looking to explain my fascination with the top-five Heisman Trophy vote finisher.
Your humble columnist has made his affinity for the new Raven very clear through the years. I've welcomed Reynolds as a guest of my various shows on multiple occasions since I first witnessed him author a goosebump inducing fourth-quarter drive in December 2012 to rally the Midshipmen to a win against Army in Philadelphia. He was a freshman at the time. I was enthralled.
Admittedly, much of my fascination with the athlete is based on the military component. There's something especially humbling about watching a truly great athlete electrify a sold-out NFL stadium, speak to him afterward and realize that guy is willing to die for you. You know, the dopey talk show host who is going to go home and sheepishly ask his wife if she can help get the cheese sauce stain off his jacket from the disturbingly unhealthy cheesesteak dinner he wolfed down during his Philly trip.
The guy who would go on to score the most touchdowns in major football history -- that guy is willing to die for you. Describing the realization as "awe-inspiring" wouldn't remotely do it justice.
I'm not surprised the Ravens' brass found themselves in tears as they told Reynolds they were selecting him. I have no dog in the fight, and yet it was awfully dusty in my living room when a text from a friend informed me they had made the choice.
Separating Glenn Clark the football fan from Glenn Clark the football (so-called) analyst, it's the greatest selection the Baltimore Ravens have ever made. As an analyst, it's the best moment they've had (outside of finally winning a playoff game in Pittsburgh) since winning Super Bowl XLVII.
Keenan Reynolds deserved the opportunity to try to make it in the National Football League. Baltimore Ravens fans deserved an opportunity to continue to root for and support one of the most decorated college athletes in the history of our area -- who just also happens to be about the most incredible human being by all accounts from those who have most closely surrounded him.
After his answer to my punt return question, I wanted to dig deeper with Reynolds. His authenticity as a human being made me believe his deference regarding his abilities was genuine. But there had to be something, be it ping-pong, be it video games, some sort of area where he's willing to allow his ego to take flight. His response?
"Just because I don't say it, it doesn't mean I don't think it," Reynolds said.
Or, in other words, he's human. Which is good to know, because I was starting to wonder if a guy who is prepared to continue serving his country while also playing professional football was secretly Captain America.


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New awards
Fotovisura 2012: Honorable Mention
For work on the meat industry in the United States.
For five pieces; "Call Centre", "Where Meat Means Money", "The Knackers Yard", "The Recycling of Souls", "Wika"
For "A Thousand More", shot with Kristina Budelis and Jeff Rhode, produced by MediaStorm.
As a toddler, Philly Mayer was healthy and happy. A chubby baby, he was quick to laugh and eager to get up on his own feet.
And then, before his first birthday, Philly suddenly stopped walking. His motor skills began to deteriorate.
After a slew of tests and endless emotional upheaval, doctors diagnosed Philly with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disease that occurs in an estimated 1 out of every 6,000 births and leaves the spine underdeveloped. His parents were told that he would not live past seven.
For "Call Center", multimedia descripting the ups and downs of young people in Polish call centres