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Vegetarian Actress Honey Lee Caught Eating Meat on Air! Raises Moral and Ethical Questions
Actress Honey Lee has been under fire for her "lying" on air. Last month, the former Miss Korea made a guest appearance on OnStyle's "Lee Hyori's Golden 12" and revealed that she had been following a pesco-vegetarian diet for past nine years. She stated, "It's been about nine years since I became a vegetarian."
However, keen netizens were able to dig up a clip of Honey Lee eating meat. In 2010, she starred in Olive TV's "She's Olive – My Sweet Canada," where she traveled throughout Canada, meeting people and enjoying the local culture. During the segment, she was captured deliciously eating on various meaty dishes. As such, netizens began criticizing the celebrity, commenting, "Vegetarian? Please. How can she be a meat-eating vegetarian?"
Honey Lee's management agency clarified, "Honey Lee was indeed a vegetarian at the time. She had no idea that the program involved eating meat. She found out once she got to Canada, and she was placed in a tough situation. However, due to issues with sponsors, there was no way she could cancel the show. As such, she put on a show in a way that worked with the program." He continued, "Honey's friend accompanied her on the trip. So, after receiving approval from the producers, her friend tasted the food, evaluated them, and explained to Honey as to what she should say. As for Honey eating the meat, she spit them out as soon as the camera captured the shot it needed. Having stuck to the vegetarian diet for some time, she felt repulsed as she chewed on the meat. However, due to the circumstances, she did what she could. It's very unfortunate that this has belatedly become such an issue."
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After two trips to the 2014 Sochi Olympic bobsled venue over the past two winters, sled pusher Katie Eberling of Palos Hills said she is not worried about returning or having family members travel there because of links between the prime suspects in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings and areas of Russia near Sochi.
"At no point did I not feel safe," Eberling said Friday. "There was a huge security presence. It was ten-fold what we see at the World Cup races and the world championships.
"(Olympic) visitors are going to have to be aware of their surroundings and be smart, but I have full faith we are going to be protected and taken care of."
Reports have said the two Boston suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, are ethnic Chechens who lived for some time in Dagestan. Both are republics of the Russian Federation.
Both Chechnya and Dagestan have been centers of both separatist terror groups, and the possibility such groups may have been involved in the Boston bombings underscores the already heightened security concerns over the 2014 Winter Olympics.
All Olympics since the 1972 Munich Summer Games, when Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes and officials, have dealt with security against terrorism.
But Sochi will be the first to take place in a region with such a recent history of attacks carried out both in the area and elsewhere by groups affiliated with the area.
Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, is about 500 miles from Sochi. Dagestan abuts the eastern border of Chechnya. In May, 2012, according to news reports, Russian authorities foiled a planned terror attack on Sochi and seized weapons and ammunition in the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia, some 150 miles to the southeast of the Olympic host city.
Wednesday, Sochi Olympic Organizing Committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said the security system being put in place is designed to make the Sochi Winter Games "the safest in history."
In an email Friday, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams reiterated the IOC position that security at the Olympics is the responsibility of local authorities.
"We have no doubt that the Russian authorities will be up to the task," Adams wrote.
Eberling, world championships silver medalist this year and a top contender for the 2014 U.S. Olympic team, is among many U.S. athletes and officials who have been to Sochi the past two years for training or test events at the 2014 Winter Games venues.
She said there was a barbed-wire-fence perimeter around the area of the bobsled track in Rzhanaya Polyana, about 40 miles northeast of Sochi. Credentialed athletes, team personnel and officials passed through metal detectors before gaining admission to the area.
"You could tell they were testing the security preparations for the Games," she said.
Olympic champion Alpine skier Ted Ligety of Park City, Utah, has posted pictures on his web site that show metal detectors at the entrance to the gondola to the mountain and security personnel in place on the slopes. He reported being turned back from off-course free skiing by a "ski patrol" member with a machine gun.
"Up on the start yesterday there was military personnel. That's a little unusual - sniper and automatic rifles up there we don't see that every day," Olympic champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway told the Associated Press during the Sochi alpine test event in 2012.
U.S. Figure Skating media relations manager Renee Felton, who accompanied the U.S. team at December's Grand Prix Final in Sochi, said everyone passed through metal detectors before entering the "coastal cluster" Olympic Park, which includes venues for opening and closing ceremonies, figure skating, speed skating, hockey and curling and the Olympic Village
"I was told we were going through security (at the park) similar to the Games," Felton said.
Eberling said U.S. athletes were advised not to travel alone if they were walking in the areas near the hotels where they stayed the past two years. She said there were armed security staff in the lobby of the hotels and police checkpoints at major street intersections.
During the Olympics, skiing and sledding athletes will have two secured Olympic villages in the mountain venues.
At recent Winter Olympics, leading skiers often have stayed at private residences, which can complicate security plans. There likely will be fewer such arrangements in Sochi because of limited private housing in the area.
The USOC always prefers its athletes stay in designated Olympic villages for security reasons. It likely will emphasize that even more for Sochi.
"At any games, no matter the location, security for our team is the highest priority," USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky wrote in an email Friday. "Like past Games ,we will work closely with the local organizing committee, our State Department and law enforcement agencies to ensure the proper security plan is in place."
Ice dance world champion Meryl Davis of West Bloomfield, Mich., who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Games, said the security at the Grand Prix Final in Sochi was far more extensive and detailed than she had seen for any competition other than the Olympics.
"We (she and partner Charlie White) were surprised and pleased at the security level for the Grand Prix Final," she said. "It gave me insight into how dedicated the Russians are to making this a wonderful event for everyone."
Davis said her parents intend to go to the 2014 Olympics.
"Security is on everyone's mind at the Olympics," she said,. "I have a lot of confidence in the Russian government and the way they are approaching these games. I would not say I am more concerned (because of what has happened in Boston.)"


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Jonathan Zittrain gives reason to hope for the future of the Internet.
Jonathan Zittrain, a professor at Harvard Law School, refers to the Internet as a system that relies on kindness, trust, and sharing.
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Issue Description: Creation of a Secondary portchannel "PortChannel 1 and 1A" with LACP channel protocol
Switch#sh etherchannel 1 summary
Flags: D - down P - bundled in port-channel
I - stand-alone s - suspended
H - Hot-standby (LACP only)
R - Layer3 S - Layer2
U - in use N - not in use, no aggregation
f - failed to allocate aggregator
M - not in use, no aggregation due to minimum links not met
m - not in use, port not aggregated due to minimum links not met
u - unsuitable for bundling
d - default port
w - waiting to be aggregated
Number of channel-groups in use: 1
Number of aggregators: 2
Group Port-channel Protocol Ports
1 Po1(SU) LACP Gi2/1(P)
1 Po1A(SU) LACP Gi5/2(P)
Last applied Hash Distribution Algorithm: Fixed
Probable causes which trigger such issues with LACP port channels:
1. Adding a new port to an existing port channel. If any configuration mismatch is seen on the newly added port, it will be added to Secondary port-channel as you can see (Here, Po1A)
2. Configuration mismatch on the ports bundled in the port channel.
3. Configuration mismatch on the interfaces of the far end device can also create inconsistency between the ports bundled in the port channel.
'mls qos channel-consistency' is one of the reason which will put the port in to secondary port-channel.
The first step to resolve this issue is to look for the command "mls qos channel-consistency" in the interface configuration or to recreate the port channel following the best practices mentioned below
The best practices in resolving port channel issues are:
1. Manually shut the bundled interfaces and the port channel interface down on both the end.
2. Then reset the interface configuration to default.
3. Reconfigure the interfaces to be bundled and assign them to the port channel.
4. Verify the configuration of the interfaces.
5. Bring up the interfaces after the configuration has been verified.
This is a known and an expected behavior with LACP. If LACP is not a mandatory requirement, you may recreate the port channel with the channel mode "ON".


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Anyway, these Enchiladas were something A tried out when I was on one of my numerous diets. Ya, its become like that though it is not really! I just like to detox for a week once a month. And that is the week A cooks the most and the tastiest of experiments happen then :| I made him cook these again for me and trust me, I cursed myself for not having eaten it the first time. I love my Mexican food thanks to the bite in them. Nothing, I believe, beats jalapenos. Maybe Green Chillies :P
The recipe is simple and makes for a great weeknight meal. And super nutritious and very filling too. And hey, you don't have to bake these. On the stove-top, done in about 10 mins, just about the perfect meal when you are tired but want some hot, spicy, comfort, gooey, tangy, indulgent food! Trust me on this. Here is what you all hopefully came for ;) - the recipe.
2 big tortillas - You can use flour, corn or whole wheat
16 oz can of black beans - 1 no.
1/3 cup canned navy beans
1/3 cup canned Great Northern beans
1/4 cup low fat or fat free sour cream. We used the fat free one.
1 tsp Ancho chilli powder
1/2 tsp Cayenne pepper
1/3 cup chopped onions
1 tbsp Vegetable oil/Canola oil
For the sauce:
1.5 cans Tomato sauce
2 tbsp Canola/Vegetable oil
1 tsp smoked Chipotle Chilli powder
1 Jalapeno, finely diced - NOT deseeded
Salt to taste
Before anything, you may toast the tortillas if you want, though it should not be crisp. We didn't do anything but used it straight from the packet. Didn't I tell you this was a weeknight meal?
1. Heat oil and once ready, fry the onions.
2. Once the onions are cooked, add the beans and the rest of the seasoning and cook for 5-10 mins to let the flavours soak in.
3. Add sour cream, mix and keep aside. Turn the gas off after adding sour cream
For the sauce
1. Heat the oil to high heat. Throw in the jalapenos carefully and let it sizzle. Stir to avoid burning for 2 mins
2. Add tomato sauce, reduce the heat to medium and add all the other spices/seasoning including salt. Cook for 3-4 mins.
3. Further reduce the heat to medium low.
Meanwhile, spread the tortilla on the kitchen counter. Stuff the tortilla with the bean mixture cooked previously. Place this mixture in the middle and fold the tortilla lengthwise from both sides and make sure one end is sealed by folding, much like the burrito wraps. When you are done stuffing the tortillas, place them in the simmering sauce- seam side down. Make sure to take some sauce from the sides and slather the top too. You don't have to turn the tortillas. In fact, don't. ( I'm sorry we couldn't take step-by-step pics. I know they'd have helped. We were busy counting the minutes to eat this!)
Top the tortillas with cheddar cheese/mozzarella cheese and close the pan. Cook in low heat until cheese melts. Ta- da! Your dinner is ready!
And that sauce, make sure to add it to other stuff. I've tried dipping bread in it and its just what you need after a no-carb diet :) We've tried various beans with this, but black beans or a mixture of beans wins hands down!


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Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2010 - FIVB 2010 Women's Volleyball World Championship - Peru v Algeria press conference
Peru captain Leyla Chihuan: "We are happy to win this game we congratulate Algeria who were a strong team. We will go step by step, as it's a long way through this Championship. This is just the beginning of our participation. We are not favorites, but we will keep working."
"We competed against Japan in the World Grand Prix, and we know many things about Japan and have studied their games very carefully, we will work from today to prepare for this match."
Peru coach Kim Cheol Yong: "This is my first time coaching this team in the World Championships, and I'm very happy to win this first game. It all starts with serve receiving, as long as we do that well we can pull it off and play strong as a team. The first part of our game went well, [regarding our] serve receiving, but not in third set. That's one area that we would like to work on more."
Looking forward to Japan tomorrow: "We think very highly of the Japanese team, they are very quick and fast and they make few errors. They are a very strong team but I believe there are areas where they are weak. I believe we have a good chance against Japan."
Regarding Karla Ortiz: "She has a lot of possibilities and we think very highly of her."
Algeria captain Narimene Madani: "This is the first time for Algeria to participate in the World Championships. It's the first match of the tournament, and it's difficult. We have to congratulate Peru and try to forget the result of first match. We will focus on the next match and go on."
Algeria coach Ikhedji Mouloud: "I have to congratulate team of Peru on their victory. The result is disappointing, as we studied and prepared - I thought well - but couldn't achieve what we'd expected. This is a long tournament and we have to start now with this defeat and create some momentum going forward."


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The Manulife Privacy Policies, outlined here on Repsource, will assist you in being compliant with PIPEDA as you conduct Manulife business.
However, when it comes to any non-Manulife business, you must also put steps in place to manage and protect your clients' personal information.
PIPEDA regulates the collection, use and disclosure of personal information and states that it must be:
- Collected with consent and for a reasonable purpose
- Used and disclosed only for the purpose for which it was collected
- Accurate
- Accessible for inspection and correction
- Safeguarded against unauthorized use or disclosure
This Government of Canada Web site www.privacyforbusiness.ic.gc.ca provides an overview of PIPEDA.
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Manulife Financial – Canadian Division Statement of Privacy Principles and Practices (developed for your clients).
Manulife Financial Privacy Policies (developed to help your business comply with PIPEDA.
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Manulife Privacy Policies are necessary to govern the collection, use and disclosure of personal information in a manner that recognizes:
- your clients' privacy rights with respect to their personal information
- your need to collect, use and disclose personal information for purposes that a reasonable person would consider appropriate under the circumstances.
If appropriate, Manulife will require you to amend your policies and practices. Failure to respect Manulife's Privacy Policies may result in the suspension or termination of your contract with Manulife.
- Review Manulife Privacy Policies.
- Consider how to apply the principles and policies to your situation.
- Identify what changes need to be made.
- Implement changes over the next six months.
- Some can be done immediately.
- Planning is better than a knee jerk reaction.


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Welcome by Rune Linding
The Linding lab is a big data network biology research group. We explore biological systems by developing and deploying algorithms aimed to forecast cell behaviour with an accuracy similar to that of weather or aircraft models. Our focus is on studying cellular signal processing and decision making.
Cell signaling networks are the foundation of cell fate and behaviour and their aberrant activity is a key mechanism underlying the pathological behavior of cells during tumor development. However, signaling networks are highly complex, involving a vast ensemble of dynamic interactions that flux in space and time. Thus, to understand how aberrant cell decisions arise requires a global view of cell signaling networks. We and others have demonstrated that to obtain predictive insight into a biological system a combination of experimental and computational exploration is needed. Thus a major aim of our lab is to continue to develop computational tools (such as KinomeXplorer, NetworKIN and NetPhorest) and to deploy these on mass-spectrometry, genetic and phenotypic data to understand at a systems-level the principles of how spatio and temporal assembly of mammalian interaction networks transmits and process information (molecular logic) in order to alter cell behaviour (cellular logic).
A major activity is the search for signaling networks that drive disease progression. We hypothesise these networks can be powerful therapeutic targets. We are motivated by the opportunity to perform systems based targeting of complex human diseases while simultaneously gaining insight into the fundamental principles behind cellular information processing and decision making.
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How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight as an electrical inspector and second-guess someone else's work from the safety of your living room or office. Joe, who has a knack for finding shoddy electrical work, did the dirty work and found this mess. Now it's your turn to identify the violation.
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This group of photos was sent in to me by Russ LeBlanc, a master electrician and Code instructor in Massachusetts. Here's the background story as relayed to me by LeBlanc. A maintenance manager of an apartment unit called me to check out a problem that was reported to him by one of his tenants. The tenant said they felt a "tingling sensation" whenever they came out of the bathroom (door on the right) after taking a shower and went to get a towel from the linen closet (door on the left).
Behind the left door is the linen closet. Behind the right door is the bathroom. The light switch is for the light in the bathroom. The walls are constructed with metal studs. Although the doors are made of wood, the door frames are constructed of metal.
I initially took some voltage readings with my multimeter, but couldn't come up with a reason why this might be happening. I checked every metal surface I could find in the area, but couldn't pinpoint the problem. Finally, I caught a break. After I closed the bathroom door and turned the light switch on, I suddenly was able to measure 120V from doorknob to doorknob!
Whenever I shut the switch off, the voltage dropped to zero. When I turned the switch back on the door knobs were energized again. I just couldn't believe it. This is when I went to my truck and got a temporary light socket and some wire. After connecting one wire to each doorknob and turning the light switch on, the light lit up as shown in the photo. Now I had to figure out what was causing the problem.
I assumed that during construction the wires for the bathroom light were run from the switch, up the left side of the closet wall, and then through the metal studs in the wall over the top of the closet door, as the ceiling in this location was cement. I decided to cut the wall open above the closet door at the corner where I thought the wires may have gotten damaged. And there it was. Whomever installed the door frames did so with screws that were much too long. These long screws penetrated the insulation of the wire and made contact with the energized conductor of this circuit.
So, what was happening? When the switch was turned on it energized the cable to the bathroom light, which in turn energized the sheetrock screw and the metal door frame. In fact, all of the studs in the entire wall became energized. Whenever the door was closed, this also energized the doorknob. The breaker never tripped because the studs were not bonded to the equipment ground of the circuit, and plastic boxes were used.
Why was there a potential difference between the two doors? This happened because the metal studs in the other wall had grounded metal water pipes routed through them and the studs in that wall never touched the studs in the energized wall.
Section 300.4(B) of the NEC outlines the protection requirements for nonmetallic-sheathed cables and electrical nonmetallic tubing running through metal framing members. More specifically, 300.4(B)(1) states, "In both exposed and concealed locations where nonmetallic-sheathed cables pass through either factory- or field-punched, cut, or drilled slots or holes in metal members, the cable shall be protected by listed bushings or listed grommets covering all metal edges that are securely fastened in the opening prior to installation of the cable."


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VIDEO: New Trailer - SNITCH, Starring Dwayne Johnson
Summit Entertainment has released a second trailer for the upcoming action thriller Snitch, starring Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Bratt and Barry Pepper. Watch it below!
Inspired by true events, the film stars Johnson as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. Attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission- risking everything, including his family and his own life.
The film will be released in theaters on February 22, 2013.


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AT&T already provides telephone, Internet and cable-television services to homes. Now, it wants to secure and automate those homes, too.
Houston is one of the first 15 cities where the telecommunications giant today will make available Digital Life, a customizable home security and automation product that puts it in competition with large, established players in the market.
The service starts with 24-hour security monitoring and then allows customers to layer on numerous high-tech options.
Digital Life lets customers control their home thermostats, remotely lock and unlock doors and monitor their homes by video. Other options include water leak sensors and the ability to shut off the water flowing into a home.
Glenn Hatcher, AT&T's director of sales for the Houston market, said Digital Life is a platform on which other services can later be added.
"This is just the beginning point," Hatcher said. "We believe the market for home automation and the digitization of everyone's life is really at the launching point."
The service starts at two initial price and feature levels: Simple Security, for $29.99 a month, which offers basic security monitoring, and Smart Security, which costs $39.99 per month and adds some home-automation features. The two services also have installation costs of $149.99 and $249.99, respectively.
Smart Security customers can add additional services, for additional fees. For example, the Water Detection Package, which can sense water leaks in specific locations, adds $4.99 a month and a one-time installation charge to customers' bills.
Digital Life lets customers control and customize many of the features via apps for the Web, Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices.
The move puts AT&T in competition with veteran home security companies like ADT, which recently added home automation services. It also pits the company against other communications giants with similar offerings, such as Comcast.
Hatcher said AT&T's offering differs from Comcast in that Digital Life does not require the use of AT&T's Internet access; it works with any Internet provider.
He said Digital Life relies on the same 3G data network used by many smartphones for the monitoring service, while the broadband Internet connection serves as a backup and is used for optional video monitoring.
AT&T is entering a market that's growing but has largely been aimed at wealthy customers or those inclined to piece together their own automation system, said Jonathan Collins, principal analyst with ABI Research.
"In the past, home automation has been an extremely high-end proposition that required a sizable up-front investment," Collins said. "It also has required an educated customer, and one who is fairly technical."
The other cities getting the service include, Atlanta, Austin, Boulder, Colo., Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Riverside, Calif., San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and parts of the New York/New Jersey area.
The company expects to have the service in 50 markets by year's end.


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Did you know that September 18th is the United States Air Force's birthday? For real! And to celebrate the good ole' US Air Force (at 63 years young), I've decided to showcase the following cake in all of its fantastical wrecky goodness.
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These days, the deeper you get into the Cleveland County Amateur Golf Tournament, the less crowded it is near the top of the leaderboard.
That�s the case in the 51st annual event, which concludes today at the Cleveland Country Club layout. Saturday at the Kings Mountain Country Club in the second round of the 54-hole tournament, the slick greens got the best of most of the competitors.
But for defending champion Jody Clary, there wasn�t a problem. All he did was post the low round of the day with a four-under 68. That put him at 140, two shots ahead of Tommy Gales heading into Sunday�s final round which will determine who claims possession of the Richard Shelton Memorial Trophy.
Gales, the runner-up a year ago, had a second-round 74 to stand at two-under 142 through 36 holes. Alex Anderson, who along with Gales shared the first-round lead after 68s at Deer Brook, birdied the first hole but struggled to an 83 and dropped back into a tie for the seventh spot.
The only other player in the field to shoot below par on Saturday was Eric Spicer. His one-under 69 round for the day put him at 146, two-over for the tournament, and alone in third place.
Jeff Janda and Josh Etters stand at 148 (four-over) to round out the top five.
In the seniors division (over 55 years of age), William Mabry leads the way in the fight for the Stan Sherman/Lefty Blanton Memorial Trophy at 80-76 156. Three shots back are Gene Ridings and Don Teague, each with 159s.
The Super Seniors Division (over 65), was settled. Richard Gold won the 36-hole contest with scores of 76-76 152 and takes home the Jake Kiser Memorial Trophy. Homer Lovelace placed second in the division with a 75-81 156 total.
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Brussels, 06 October 2011
Q&A on the legislative package of EU regional, employment and social policy for 2014-2020
Cohesion policy is implemented through programmes which run for the duration of the EU seven-year budget cycle. The current 455 programmes are foreseen until 2013. This is why it is necessary to define the architecture of the policy for the new generation of programmes and allocations for 2014-20. Today's legislative package includes an overarching regulation setting out common rules governing the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). One set of rules instead of 5. Three specific regulations for the ERDF, the ESF and the Cohesion Fund will also be included, as well as two regulations dealing with the European territorial cooperation goal and the European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC). The Commission also adopted proposals for two instruments in the area of employment and social policy, namely the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) and the Programme for Social Change and Innovation (PSCI), as well as a communication on the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF).
Why a new legislative package?
Since the EU has defined new long-term objectives for growth and jobs ("Europe 2020 strategy"), there is a need to align the policy better to these goals for achieving the agreed targets on employment, education, poverty, innovation, research & development (R&D) and climate (renewable energy, energy-efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions). This implies tackling the impact of the global economic crisis, unemployment and poverty, climate change, and other challenges that affect all EU regions. Given their share of the EU budget (more than one-third), cohesion policy instruments are key in boosting Europe's economic competitiveness, fostering social cohesion, and creating more and better jobs.
Which are the new elements in the package as compared to the past?
What categories of regions after 2014?
Regions will continue to receive support within three (3) defined categories:
The second category would cover 51 regions and more than 72 million people, including 20 regions that are forecasted, as of 2014, to move out of the current "convergence" objective (less developed regions), reflecting the success of the policy. The purpose of the new category is to ease the transition of these regions, which have become more competitive in recent years, but still need targeted support. It also ensures fairer treatment for regions with similar levels of economic development.
What will be the co-financing rates after 2014?
For the new category of transition regions the maximum co-financing rate will be 60% from EU side. The other ceilings for co-financing rates remain unchanged, i.e. maximum 50% for the most developed regions, maximum 85 % for the less developed regions and maximum 85 % for the Cohesion Fund.
Why should there be a specific support for "transition regions"?
The objective of the new transition system, covering regions with a GDP per head between 75% and 90%, is to treat regions at a similar stage of economic development uniformly.
As an example, if the current system would be maintained, the Polish region of Mazovia (GDP per head of 86% of the EU average) and the region of Inner London (GDP per head of 338% of the EU average) would be subject to the same rules. The new transition system allows more flexibility and differentiates between these two regions, in terms of the level of funding available, priority areas for investment, applying different co-financing rates etc.
Are there new funds in 2014-20?
Cohesion policy's investment will be channelled through the same three funds: the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Cohesion Fund. Apart from these three funds, the Commission is proposing to maintain and strengthen the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund.
A new facility will be created called the "Connecting Europe Facility" (CEF). It aims to accelerate the development of priority infrastructure that the EU needs in transport, energy and information technologies. €10 billion of the Cohesion Fund will be ring-fenced for this facility which will be managed directly by the Commission.
The Cohesion Fund will continue to support transport infrastructure in Member States with a GNI below 90% of the EU average.
What are the "contracts" signed between the Commission and the Member States?
In 2013, each Member State will be asked to draw up Partnership Contract where they will assess their development needs and define their national priorities supporting their National Reform Programmes and the achievement of their national targets for delivering on the Europe 2020 strategy. The Partnership Contract will contain notably:
The Partnership Contract will constitute a firm agreement between the Commission and the Member States regarding the use of funds and performance. Failure to achieve progress may lead to suspension or cancellation of funding.
Why are rural development and fisheries included if they are not part of cohesion policy?
The objective is to improve the coordination of different EU funds, make them reinforce each other around the same economic goals, cut the red tape and maximise their added value.
Since the Member States are now targeting EU investment on a more limited number of priorities, which sectors will no longer receive support?
To ensure that EU investments are concentrated on those priorities which maximise European added value and contribute to the economic growth, the draft regulations include minimum allocations for a number of areas where the EU has made concrete commitments. For example, in more developed and transition regions, at least 80% of ERDF resources at national level would be allocated to energy efficiency and renewables, innovation and support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This amount is foreseen at 50% in less developed regions, reflecting their broader development needs. In line with the EU's commitment to inclusive growth, at least 20% of the ESF should be allocated to promoting social inclusion and combating poverty.
The proposals also ensure that there is sufficient flexibility for Member States and regions to focus on investments in line with their own development needs and challenges set out in their National Reform Programmes. A number of areas will be excluded from cohesion policy support altogether, such as the decommissioning of nuclear power stations or the tobacco production.
The Commission is proposing the introduction of conditions, which could potentially lead to the suspension of funding. How will this work in practice?
The Commission is proposing:
1) Conditions linked to the direct implementation of the policy:
This would take the form of both 'ex ante' conditions that must be in place before funds are disbursed and 'ex post' conditions that will make the release of additional funds contingent on performance (see next question).
Ex-ante conditions will be defined in the Partnership Contract at the beginning of the programming period. For example, a Member State wanting to use EU funds to invest in water management will be required to transpose the related EU environmental legislation in full.
If these conditions are not fulfilled at the start of the programming period, each Member State and the Commission will agree when they should be fulfilled. If conditions are not fulfilled by the agreed date, the Commission may decide to suspend all or part of programme payments until such time as the necessary actions are carried out.
2) Conditions linked to macro-economic conditions:
The effectiveness of cohesion policy in promoting growth and jobs depends significantly on the economic environment in which it operates. Past experience suggests that the funds in some instances have not delivered expected outcomes due to unsound macroeconomic framework conditions. Establishing a tighter link between cohesion policy and the European semester of economic policy coordination would, therefore, ensure coherence between macroeconomic policies at national level and investments through European programmes. Thus, the Commission is proposing that when a country faces economic difficulties, the Commission can invite the Member State to revise its strategy and programmes. Only if the economic situation becomes so serious to undermine the effectiveness of cohesion investment, continued support from the Cohesion Fund, the ERDF the ESF, the EAFRD and EMFF will become dependent on the fulfilment of certain fiscal or economic conditions. This "conditionality" has already existed for the Cohesion Fund, but the process of the suspension of funding will now be more automatic and extended to all funds.
How will the best-performing programmes be rewarded?
In order to strengthen the focus on results and the achievement of the Europe 2020 objectives and targets, 5% of the cohesion budget will be set aside and allocated, during a mid-term review, to the Member States and regions whose programmes have met the milestones fixed in the contracts.
Simpler management: what are the main proposals in concrete terms?
What is the Joint Action Plan?
The Commission is giving the Member States a new possibility to implement parts of programmes using a result based instrument called a "Joint Action Plan". The Plan will be managed and paid exclusively on the basis of the result and of the milestones necessary to reach this result agreed jointly between the Member State and the Commission. In practice it will make it possible to link payments to outputs or results on a large scale. This innovative possibility will offer a simplified management and control system and will reward performance rather than financial input.
What are the changes for the European Social Fund?
The aim of the European Social Fund is to improve employment opportunities, promote education and life-long learning, enhance social inclusion, contribute to combating poverty and develop institutional capacity of public administration. It is the key EU instrument for investment in people. Around 10 million final beneficiaries are supported by ESF every year, increasing their chances of finding a job. With the new proposal, the role of the ESF will be reinforced:
ESF could also be used as a guarantee for loans taken by Member States' bodies, in order to finance measures within its scope of intervention.
What are the changes for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund?
The Globalisation Adjustment Fund is made more operational and fairer: While maintaining the basic eligibility criteria, the Fund would also be able to assist workers with temporary contracts and those that are made redundant as a consequence of an unexpected and major crisis. Time periods for approving Member States' applications will be shortened by imposing new deadlines and streamlining procedures. The EGF will also be able to assist farmers in adjusting to new conditions resulting from the conclusion of international agreements.
Why do we need the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in the future?
The EGF has a key advantage compared to other instruments. It provides one-off, targeted support specifically to workers who have lost their job because of trade globalisation or, more recently, the financial and economic crisis. It is an emergency intervention instrument that can step in when sudden massive job losses have an unexpected, severe impact on employment and the local economy.
Since the start of its operations in January 2007 up to 30 September 2011, the Commission has received 78 applications for assistance from the EGF, from 19 Member States and for a total amount of €358 million, intended to help nearly 76,000 workers.
By continuing EGF, the EU wants to build on the success of the EGF in helping workers find a new job or become self-employed and thus continue to demonstrate its solidarity with workers made redundant in such exceptional circumstances.
The EGF will remain outside the budget and will be mobilized only when needs arise, on the basis of a Member State's request. The maximum available support from the EGF, over 2014-2020, shall be EUR 3 billion.
How will the EGF work in the future?
The core mechanism of the EGF will be maintained. However, the new Regulation will bring some improvements and include some new elements.
There are four main new elements introduced into the new EGF Regulation:
Why will EGF have specific provisions for farmers?
All workers may be affected by trade liberalisation when it leads to business restructuring. And the EGF will continue to assist these workers when the lay-offs reach the scale that requires EU level solidarity. But farmers do not easily fulfil these conditions. So, to avoid that they are left without support, EGF assistance will be opened to farmers in specific cases and on the basis of specific conditions that are more easily fulfilled.
What has changed for European territorial cooperation?
European territorial cooperation still comprises of three strands: interregional, cross-border and transnational. A separate regulation clarifies and simplifies provisions for territorial cooperation programmes. A common concern among stakeholders has been addressed - the need for simplified rules - particularly important for programmes involving more than one Member State.
What has changed in the policy for urban development?
The proposals highlight the important contribution of cities to Europe's growth and employment. The objective is to focus on sustainable urban development, with the Commission proposing that each Member State earmark a minimum 5% of its ERDF allocation to "integrated actions". These actions would combine investment from different priorities and programmes, and would be delegated to cities for management. An urban development platform, building on the experience of URBACT, will be created to promote capacity building and exchange of experience within the EU.
Finally, the Commission proposes to allocate part of the budget (0.2% of the ERDF allocation) to finance innovative actions in urban areas. Better coordination between fixed and human capital investments in cities will also be promoted.
What is foreseen to overcome the issue of the slow absorption of funds?
Experience in the current period shows that some Member States have difficulties in absorbing large volumes of EU funds over a limited period of time. Delays in the preparation of projects, commitments and spending are responsible for an important backlog of unused appropriations at the end of the present financing period.
At the same time, the fiscal situation in some Member States has made it more difficult to release funds to provide national co-financing. In order to strengthen absorption of funding, the Commission is proposing a number of measures:
In 2007-2013, co-financing rates were increased to take into account the accession of 12 new Member States, many of which faced significant socio-economic challenges. This was always seen as a transitional measure and, given that by 2014 most of these Member States will have been part of the EU for over a decade, the Commission does not consider it necessary to sustain high co-financing rates.
What will be the allocation for cohesion policy for each Member State and each region?
The negotiations on the whole EU budget for 2014-2020 are the subject of ongoing negotiations and discussions. In the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) in June 2011, the Commission proposed to allocate €376 billion to cohesion policy with the following breakdown:
*All figures in constant 2011 prices
What has changed for "European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation" (EGTC)
Since 2006, local and regional partners have been able to set up European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs), legal instruments designed to facilitate and promote cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation. The Commission proposes significant modifications:
What is proposed for the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF)
Unlike the cohesion instruments, the EUSF is not limited in time and will continue to offer financial aid in the event of major disasters. However, its functioning should be improved. Therefore, together with the new legislative package, the Commission publishes today a Communication on the Future of the EUSF with proposals for making the EUSF simpler, clearer, quicker to respond and more visible for the citizens. Following discussion with Member States, the European Parliament and other stakeholders, the Communication could lead to a legislative proposal at a later stage.
What is the EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation?
The EU Programme for Social Change and Innovation (PSCI) is an instrument managed directly by the Commission, in support of employment and social policies across the EU. Together with the European Social Fund and the EGF, it forms the third pillar of the EU Initiative for Employment and Social Inclusion 2014-2020.
The PSCI integrates three existing programmes and extends their coverage: Progress (Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity), EURES (European Employment Services) and the European Progress Microfinance Facility. It will enable the Commission to increase policy coherence and impact of its instruments, which have common objectives, thus contributing to the Europe 2020 Strategy for Jobs and Growth.
The PSCI will support policy coordination, sharing of best practices, capacity-building and testing of innovative policies, with the aim that the most successful measures be up-scaled, with support from the ESF.
What is new for EURES?
EURES provides information and advice to job seekers and to any citizen wishing to benefit from the principle of the free movement of workers. At the end of September 2011, EURES portal hosted around 1 230 000 job vacancies, over 700 000 CVs and around 25 000 registered employers. It receives some 8 million visits per month. Around 100 000 jobseekers per year get a job or a job offer via EURES.
With the new proposal, the overall EURES system will be strengthened beyond 2013:
The overall EURES budget is expected to remain the same, at around 20 million euro per year, but the budget foreseen for Your First EURES Job as from 2014 will be EUR 10 million per year. This would allow for approximately 5,000 placements/recruitments of young people each year.
What is new for the Microfinance facility and Social Entrepreneurship?
The current European Progress Microfinance Facility was launched in 2010 to help people who face difficulties in securing a traditional bank loan, get better access to microcredit and become self-employed or set up their own business. It finances loans of less than EUR 25,000 for unemployed people, people at a risk of losing their jobs or people from disadvantaged groups, for instance young or older people or migrants. The Microfinance facility does not provide direct financing to micro-entrepreneurs or individuals, but it works through microcredit providers at national, regional or local level. So far, transactions have been signed with nine microcredit providers, in 7 Member States: Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Cyprus. Transactions with four further intermediaries are planned to be signed before the end of 2011.
The new programme will:
The total proposed budget for the microfinance and social entrepreneurship axis is around EUR 192 million for the period 2014-2020. Access to microfinance would receive EUR 87 million, that could result in EUR 400 to 450 million of microloans. Institutional capacity building would receive almost EUR 9 million and EUR 95.5 million would be dedicated to support social enterprise development.
What is new for Progress?
Progress supports and disseminates comparative analytical information in the field of employment, facilitates information sharing and dialogue, provides policy makers and implementers with financial support, to test social and labour market policy reforms. It also supports the implementation of the EU legislation in the field of employment, social policy and working conditions.
For the period 2014-2020, Progress will continue its current activities (analysis, mutual learning and grants) and will have a specific budget for social innovation and experimentation, i.e. testing of innovative policies on a small scale, with the aim that the most successful ones can be up-scaled, including with ESF support. Out of the EUR 574 million proposed for Progress, in the 2014-2020 period, EUR 97 million will be allocated to experimental projects.
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It's tempting to make only salads for lunch and dinner during the summer. When the temperatures are so high that the mere thought of turning on the stove makes you break out into a sweat, salads just sound so darn easy. Wash some salad greens, toss in some nuts and olives and cheese, whisk together some vinaigrette, and you're good to go. Add some bread and cold cuts to the side and you've got a complete meal.
Of course, there's that monotony thing. As much as I like routine, it's hard to go months or even weeks eating the same things at home. So that's why I also have a list of quick stir-fry dishes in my summer cooking arsenal too. All these main dishes require minimal prep time and less than 10 minutes in front of the stove.
And what are some of these dishes? Shellfish, which takes mere minutes to cook, is always a winner. One of the easiest and fastest dishes I like to make is Shrimp with Spicy Garlic Sauce, which takes about 5 minutes. If you're not into spicy dishes, there's also Sake-Steamed Clams and Shrimp Lo Mein. In the chicken category there's Kung Pao Chicken, Almond Chicken, and Vinegar-Glazed Chicken.
And I can add this Orange Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry to the list too, which clocks in at about 6 or 7 minutes of cooking time. It's flavorful but light, and the citrus makes it perfect for this kind of weather. It's also rich in iron, something I could always use more of.
You can use flank, skirt, hangar, or flatiron steak, which all have a good amount of marbling and are very tender when cooked quickly. Just slice the beef thinly against the grain; if you have some extra prep time, tossing the meat in the freezer for 20 minutes beforehand makes the meat a lot easier to slice.
Do you have a quick stir-fry dish in your repertoire for hot summer days?
Orange Beef and Broccoli Stir-fry
Serves 4
- 1 pound flank, skirt, hangar, or flatiron steak, cut against the grain into 1/4-inch thick slices
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon Chinese rice wine or dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 1/2 tablespoons peanut or vegetable oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon minced or grated ginger
- 1 shallot, finely chopped
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons grated orange zest
- 1/4 cup orange juice, preferably freshly squeezed
- 1 1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional for more of a kick!)
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- Marinate the beef: In a medium bowl, stir together the soy sauce, rice wine, and cornstarch until the cornstarch is dissolved. Add the beef and toss to coat. Let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- Prepare the sauce: In a small bowl, combine the orange zest, orange juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, sesame oil, optional cayenne pepper, and cornstarch. Stir until the cornstarch is dissolved and set aside.
- Heat a wok or large skillet over high heat until a bead of water sizzles and evaporates on contact. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil and swirl to coat the bottom. Add the beef and spread it around the wok in a single layer. Allow the beef to sear undisturbed for 1 to 2 minutes so it gets a nice browning on the surface. Stir-fry for another 1 to 2 minutes, just until the beef is no longer pink. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Swirl the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil into the wok. Add the garlic, ginger, and shallot to the wok and cook for about 30 seconds, until aromatic. Add the broccoli and stir-fry for another 1 minute. Pour in the sauce mixture. Continue to cook while stirring for another 1 to 2 minutes, until the broccoli is tender-crisp.
- Return the beef to the wok. Stir to coat the beef with the sauce. Season to taste with black pepper. Transfer everything to a large plate and serve.


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Never let it be said that Judith Sudilovsky, Middle East correspondent for Catholic News Service, is asleep at the wheel.
She has been reporting for us for many years and hardly any news of significance escapes her careful watch. So when she learned that robbers invaded the home of Constantine Dabbagh, executive director of the Near East Council of Churches, July 23, she was on the story in a flash. She wondered: Could he have been targeted because he's Christian?
Sudilovsky got to the bottom of the story quickly and accurately. Here's her report:
The robbery in his Gaza home could have happened anywhere, said Near East Council of Churches Gaza executive director Constantine Dabbagh, a day after three masked but unarmed men broke into his home and took money, jewelry and his car, leaving his four-room apartment in an upheaval.
Dabbagh was quick to dispel the notion that the robbery was an anti-Christian attack.
"It's something that happens everywhere and yesterday I was a victim. My name could be Mahmoud or Cohen, it would have been the same thing," said Dabbagh in a July 24 phone conversation with Catholic News Service.
"It had nothing to do with the fact that I was Christian. They were only interested in taking the money and jewelry and car."
A day after the attack Dabbagh could even joke about the incident.
"Their questions were very unpolitical and very unreligious. They just asked where the gold and money was," he said wryly.
The attackers forced their way into his home as he was leaving for work, he said, and handcuffed him and his wife and hit him once as they ransacked the apartment. The police responded quickly after he reported the crime, he said, and indeed found his dismantled car within 24 hours.
Dabbagh has heard of several instances of robberies in Gaza in the past few weeks. Most such robberies are carried out by one person and normally take place when the homeowners are away, he explained.
The fact that there were three robbers who carried out the attack in broad daylight has riled Gazans and the attack is the talk of the street now, Dabbagh said. People are furious, he said.
Still, he added, he can't gauge whether these robberies are an indication of growing lawlessness in Gaza or just the result of "normal" crime as there is in every other society.
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4 Georgia teens hook 13-ft. Great White shark
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. Four high school baseball players visiting Florida on Spring Break have an amazing fish story to tell back home in Georgia: They hooked a 13-foot-long Great White shark while sportfishing.
On Tuesday the four teenagers were part of an excursion on the charter boat Hooked Up out of Fort Lauderdale. Captain Greg McCauley told CBS Station WFOR that the Great White, which he estimated to weigh between 800 and 1,000 pounds, took a bonito off a kite line about 180 feet from the Port Everglades Inlet -- about a mile off shore.
Harry Andros, Josh Shailer, and Logan and Tanner Elliot, who play baseball in Dunwoody, Ga., and the Elliots' dad Jared, fought the shark for two hours before they were able to get it close enough to the boat to see what they had.
That's when they all realized it was a Great White -- a rarity in Florida waters, at least until recently.
The four teens kept trading off tackling the giant fish. "We could only go for just five minutes each, 'cause we'd just get tired, and then we'd switch off," Andros told WFOR.
After they were able to get it close to the boat, the shark was photographed and then released in good shape.
Several beaches have closed over the past month as black tip, lemon and hammerhead sharks have been spotted heading North on their annual migration, CBS Station WFOR reports.
Capt. Taco Perez, whose Taco's Hooked Up Sportfishing owns the charter boat, told WFOR he heard from a fellow charter boat captain in Miami-Dade that a Great White was hooked off Key Biscayne a few days ago, and another was recently spotted off Jacksonville.


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Vatican City, Jan 26, 2014 / 09:46 am ().- In his Angelus message delivered in Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis exhorted the crowds to proclaim their faith throughout the world.
In today's day and age, "we can be frightened and give into the temptation to build fences to be safer, more secure. But Jesus teaches us that the good news is not reserved for a part of humanity, and to communicate it to everyone," said the Pope on Jan. 26.
The Gospel message "is a happy announcement destined for those who await it, but also for the many who perhaps do not await anything more and do not even have the strength to look and to ask."
The Pontiff reflected on Sunday's Gospel reading in which Jesus calls the disciples, beginning his work of ministry in the region of Galilee, which is "a border land, a region of transit where they encountered persons of different races, cultures and religions."
Jesus' mission "did not originate in Jerusalem, that is, from the religious, social, and political center, but from a peripheral area, disdained by the more observant Jews, because of the presence of diverse populations in that region," noted the Pontiff.
"From this point of view, Galilee resembles the world of today: the simultaneous presence of diverse cultures, the need for comparison and for meeting. We too are immersed every day in a 'Galilee of the people,'" he explained.
Jesus' decision to begin from the "periphery" shows that "no one is excluded" from God's desire to save.
Rather, we see that "God prefers to start from the periphery, from the outermost, to reach everyone."
Moreover, noted Pope Francis, Jesus chooses apostles from men "who could be called 'low-profile.'"
"He does not address the school of the scribes and of the doctors of the law, but humble and simple people, who are preparing diligently for the coming of God's Kingdom."
The response of those simple people chosen by Christ acts as an example for all Christians today.
"Jesus goes to call them where they work, on the lakeshore: they are fishermen. He calls them, and they follow him immediately. They leave their nets and go with him. Their lives become an extraordinary and fascinating adventure," emphasized the Pontiff.
"Dear friends, the Lord also calls us today!" he exclaimed. "Each one you must realize that the Lord is watching you: if you hear Him saying follow me, you must have courage and go with Him. The Lord will never disappoint you."
After leading the crowds in the traditional Marian prayer, Pope Francis went on to pray for many tragic situations in the modern day Galilee of the world.
Jan. 26 marks the world day for those sick with leprosy. The Pontiff prayed for those who suffer with this "disease, although in decline, (that) unfortunately still affects many people in conditions of severe poverty."
He also prayed for those in the Ukraine who "have lost their lives in these days and for their families," as the country experiences violence between police and protesters angry over legislation concerning admission to the European Union. The Pope expressed his hope for "constructive dialogue between the institutions and the civil society, avoiding any recourse to violent actions, the spirit of peace and the common good prevailing every heart."
Departing from his prepared remarks, the Pontiff asked for a moment of silence for a small child in southern Italy who was burnt to death by the mafia as revenge for his grandfather's unpaid debt. "Let' s pray for Cocò, who is surely in heaven with Jesus, and for those who have committed this crime: may they repent and convert to the Lord," he said.
Finally, Pope Francis concluded his Angelus by having two children from the Diocese of Rome's Catholic Action join him in the window of the apostolic palace.
The many youth gathered in the square cheered loudly and waved giant yellow foam hands as Pope Francis thanked them for their apostolic work. After reading a message to Pope Francis, the two children released doves as a symbol of peace.
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Brazil coach Jose Guimaraes: "We did well in serves and counterattacks. We have to think about Cuba tomorrow. They are always a tough match for us. Our goal here is to make the final.(On the pressure on being No.1) "I don't think we are No.1, we are in a group of very good teams. We need to change the mentality of our fans who think that second place is the first place of the losers."
Brazil captain Fabiana Claudino: "We played well in defence. We had good serves and effective blocks today."
Thailand coach Kiattipong Radchatagriengkai: "This was a good game for our team. We learned a lot from playing the best team in the world. They are good in preparation and technique. Our goal was to make the second round. We will take it step-by-step now. Next week we also have to play in the Asian Games so I need to take care of my players."
Thailand captain Apinyapong Wilavan: "We tried to play our best and limit our errors. Brazil are a very strong team. We tried to play a fast game to counter their height. They have such tall players and are good at blocking."


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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, a leading strategist in confronting Iran over its nuclear program, said in a surprise announcement on Monday that he would leave political life after the January 22 national election.
Some commentators speculated Barak was trying to duck an anticipated trouncing of his tiny centrist party in the ballot, after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads the front-running, right-wing Likud, might return him to defence and military headquarters as a professional appointee.
But others said the 70-year-old Barak, who has served as prime minister and armed forces chief, may have had enough of campaigning and wanted to focus on resolving the Iranian issue before leaving his post.
"I stand before you to share my decision to resign from political life and not to run in the coming election for the Knesset," Barak told a news conference, adding he would stay on as defence chief until a new administration is sworn in.
Speaking five days after an eight-day Gaza offensive ended in a ceasefire with the enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers, Barak said he wanted to spend more time with his family and that politics "has never been a passion of mine".
Should Barak's resignation prove permanent his successor would likely come from Likud ranks. He might even be replaced by the current foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, the Likud's more hawkish coalition partner.
Few doubt that this would affect the tenor of a ministry that oversees everything from armed conflict to administration of occupied Palestinian territory to liaising with regional power-broker Egypt.
Barak's announcement was followed by word from former foreign minister Tzipi Livni that she would hold a news conference on Tuesday, stirring speculation she would proclaim her candidacy for the election, with polls suggesting she could grab Barak's spot as Israel's ranking centrist leader.
Danny Yatom, an old army comrade who went on to serve as head of the Mossad spy agency, described Barak as a "moderate anchor" for a Netanyahu government whose sabre-rattling on Iran has often raised the hackles of the United States and other Western countries.
Yet Yatom, who served under Netanyahu during his first term as prime minister in the late 1990s, said the Israeli leader appeared to be patching up his testy ties with Barak Obama since the U.S. president's re-election three weeks ago.
"I would think and hope that this relationship will provide the main guide for government policies" on Iran, Yatom said.
Netanyahu and Barak have spearheaded Israel's campaign for stronger international sanctions against Iran to halt what Israeli and Western leaders fear is a covert effort to develop the means to build nuclear weapons, something Tehran denies.
Raising speculation that Israel could defy its main ally, the United States, and attack Iran on its own, Barak has cautioned that Tehran is nearing a "zone of immunity" that would put deeply buried and fortified nuclear facilities out of reach of Israel's military might.
But last month, he told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper that an immediate crisis was avoided when Iran chose to use more than a third of its medium-enriched uranium for civilian purposes earlier this year.
The decision, he said "allows contemplating delaying the moment of truth by eight to ten months".
Dennis Ross, a veteran U.S. envoy and former Obama adviser, called Barak "perhaps the leading advocate for military action against Iran".
"He has had very close relationships with his U.S. counterparts, and while that has had an influence on his readiness to act militarily against Iran, he has been prepared for a unilateral Israeli strike if he thought that would be necessary," Ross told Reuters.
"Whoever would replace him in the next government will be hard-pressed to have the same stature or influence both with the prime minister (Netanyahu) and with us," he said.
Barak is both Israel's most-decorated soldier and a statesman embraced abroad since his breakneck campaigns, ultimately unsuccessful, for peace with the Palestinians when he was prime minister in 1999-2001.
He has lent public credibility to Netanyahu's veiled threats to bomb Iran should diplomacy fail to curb its disputed uranium enrichment campaign.
But after Netanyahu, in a September speech at the United Nations, said Israel's "red line" on Iran now fell in mid-2013, Barak signaled that any war with the Persian power could wait.
Israeli officials say contingency plans for Iran have been in place for months, awaiting a green light from the government.
Such open discourse over a showdown that would stretch Israel's military capabilities to the limit suggested a possible bluff - or at least that Netanyahu and Barak - both former commandos schooled in subterfuge - hoped to achieve some kind of tactical surprise when the time came to pull the trigger.
Some might see a ruse in the show of retiring Barak who, on the eve of Israel's shock 2008-2009 war in Gaza, made an unannounced live appearance on a top-rated Israeli television satire, seemingly to help drop the Palestinians' guard.
With two months remaining until the election and several more weeks for the new coalition government to be formed, Barak said on Monday he would continue to deal with "many challenges" on the national security front, leaving open the possibility he would be part of fresh military actions in the interim.
Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon of the Likud, a former armed forces chief, appears to be a front-runner to replace Barak as defence minister after the election if Netanyahu, as expected, forms the next government.
Yaalon has sabre-rattled about Iran more volubly than Barak and, while the defence minister spoke in favor of Obama before his re-election this month, Yaalon had accused the Democratic administration of being soft on Tehran.
Other candidates to succeed Barak, according to defence officials, include Avi Dichter, a former security chief who is now the Likud minister in charge of preparing the home front for war, and Lieberman, currently foreign minister.
As the only centrist member of the governing coalition of right-wing and pro-settler parties, Barak has frequently visited Washington for talks with top U.S. officials and had criticized Netanyahu for airing differences with the United States.
In a statement, Netanyahu said he "respects Defence Minister Ehud Barak's decision and thanks him for his cooperation in the government and highly appreciates his longstanding contribution to the security of the state".
In Gaza, Hamas saw Barak's decision to quit as proof that this month's Israeli assault on the enclave was a disaster.
"This is evidence of the political and military failure that the government of Netanyahu and his defence minister suffered," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum.
Israel has called its offensive a success, saying it destroyed most of Hamas's long-range rocket arsenal and killed the Islamist group's top militants.
Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Maayan Lubell and Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Crispian Balmer and Mark Heinrich


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