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What: Candidates forum
Featured races: Burlington City Council and mayor; Graham city council and mayor
When: Tuesday
Time: 6 p.m.
Where: Paramount Theater, Front Street, Burlington
Radio coverage: WPCM radio 920 AM and 95.1 FM in Burlington
Moderator: Byron Tucker, WPCM radio
Schedule: Graham council starts at 6 p.m. followed by Burlington council, Graham mayor and Burlington mayor
Format: The moderator will ask questions of the candidates in varying order. Time will be given for responses when warranted. Each session will last around 30 minutes.
Can the audience participate? Yes, please have questions prepared in advance and give them to a Times-News representative who will be on site. Index cards will also be available for people to write questions on.
Hosts: The Times-News and WPCM
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For Burlington mayor
(Challenger) Ian Baltutis, 28, graduated from Elon University in 2008 with a degree in business administration with a concentration in entrepreneurship. He is founder and CEO of Vibration Solution LLC, a product design and manufacturing company with a facility in Burlington, and recently founded Burlington Beer Works.
(Incumbent) Ronnie K. Wall, 56, is a 1975 graduate of Cummings High School, earned an Industrial Education degree from N.C. State in 1979, and has two masters degrees from A&T State University. He is a retired Alamance-Burlington School System assistant superintendant, and is currently president of the United Way of Alamance County. A former city councilman, he�s served as mayor since 2007. He has two stepchildren with his wife, Susie.
For Burlington City Council
(Challenger) Julie Budd, 50, earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in marketing, from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1985. She spent 20 years in television marketing and is currently a sales and marketing consultant for local businesses. She has two sons.
(Incumbent) Jim Butler, 48, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1991 with a degree in marketing. He spent 20 years with Wescott Automotive Group in Burlington and later Cox Toyota in Burlington. He�s a former vice president of sales marketing for a drapery manufacturing company. He is now GM at Modern Toyota in Winston-Salem. He was elected to Burlington City Council in 2007, and was appointed in March to fill an unexpired term. He and his wife, Kim, have three children.
(Challenger) Charles A. Carter, 75, is a 1962 graduate of Winston-Salem Teachers College, has a masters degree from Indiana University, and an Educational Specialist Degree in Administrative Curriculum Supervision from Indiana State University. He spent almost 40 years in Chicago school systems as first a teacher then administrative roles until retiring in 2001 as Director of Pupil Services for East Chicago Public Schools. He and his wife, Mary, have two daughters and three grandchildren.
(Incumbent) Celo Faucette, 66, is a 1965 graduate of Jordan Sellars High School and graduated from the City of Burlington Government Academy where he attended management courses. He spent 36 years working at LabCorp before retiring in 2005. He was elected to Burlington City Council in 2009. He and his wife, Patsy, have a daughter and three grandsons.
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(Challenger) Tommy Bruton, 59, graduated from Graham High School in 1971. He went to Sand Hills Community College and studied physical education at Elon College. He is retired from the Graham Fire Department and works part time at Auto Zone in Graham. He has one son.
(Incumbent) Jerry Peterman, 64, is a member of the Graham High School class of 1967 and has been married to Jan Peterman for 38 years. He is a retired Graham firefighter, and recently retired from The Challenge Golf Course. He served on the Graham City Council from 2003-2005 and has been Mayor since 2005. He is the father of one son.
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(Challenger) Jeanette Beaudry, 60, is a 1971 graduate of Graham High School and attended Western Carolina University where she got a double major in social work and parks and recreation and a master�s degree in counseling. She has her real estate license. She and her husband, Ken Shuttlesworth, have five children.
(Incumbent) Jimmy G. Linens, 70, is a 1961 graduate of Graham High School and has taken various courses at Alamance Community College. He retired from his own Nationwide Insurance Agency in Burlington and Graham after 30 years and was a purchasing agent with Kayser Roth. Currently Mayor Pro-Tem, he was elected to the Graham City Council in 2007 and 2009. He and his wife, Millicent, have three married daughters and seven grandchildren.
(Incumbent) Brice �Chip� Caldwell Turner II, 61, is a 1970 graduate of Graham High School. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation after 30 years. He was elected to Graham City Council in 2009. He has one daughter and one granddaughter.


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New York, June 9, 2011-- Today's one-year prison sentence against Rachid Nini, executive editor of the Moroccan daily Al-Massae and owner of Al-Massae Media Group, is the latest instance of the Moroccan government settling scores with critical journalists through a judiciary that is subservient to the executive branch, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
"Today's politicized verdict against Rachid Nini is yet another example of how the Moroccan judiciary is utilized to curb press freedom", CPJ Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator Mohamed Abdel Dayem said. "Critical journalism is not a crime. King Mohammed VI must ensure that his March pledge of extensive constitutional and structural reforms extends to journalists."
Nini was detained in late April and charged with "denigrating judicial rulings" as well as "compromising the security and safety of the homeland and citizens." Nini is a frequent critic of government policies and has written about widespread corruption among government officials. On numerous occasions, he has called for the annulment of Morocco's anti-terrorism law and for increased political freedom.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 143 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a software development tools company. We help programmers be more productive and get their jobs done faster.
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The Quincy man accused of impeding the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings told co-workers he knew the alleged bombers and thought they were innocent, his boss said.
BRAINTREE – The Quincy man accused of impeding the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings told co-workers he knew the alleged bombers and thought they were innocent, his boss said.
Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, who is charged with lying to investigators and destroying computer files in the wake of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings last year, worked as a cab driver for Checker Cab in Braintree for the past two to three years, said Nour Rhadbane, owner of the cab company. Matanov leased a cab from the company and mostly worked from the Braintree MBTA station, Rhadbane said.
After Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were identified as the alleged bombers last year, Rhadbane said Matanov told other cab drivers that he knew the brothers.
"It was vague and I didn't play close attention," Rhadbane said. "He said he knew them and they used to play soccer together. He was saying he didn't think they did it (the bombings)."
On Friday, hours after Matanov was arrested at his home at 223 Common St., Apt. 1 in Quincy, Rhadbane and other colleagues described him as a good worker who was well-mannered and respectful to others, though all the drivers who spoke with the media said they only saw Matanov during work hours and didn't know him personally.
"Normal guy," said Steven Hoppy of Braintree, a driver for Best Taxi who also works at the Braintree MBTA station.
"He seemed like a pretty nice guy, very polite," Ed Marquis, a driver for Checker Cab, said. "(He) did his job. He didn't bother anybody."
Marquis of Braintree said he was surprised to hear about Matanov's alleged connection to the Boston Marathon bombings investigation.
The indictment does not accuse Matanov of playing any role in the bombing or knowing about the plot before hand. In the indictment unsealed Friday, prosecutors said that after the FBI released surveillance images of the suspected bombers on April 18 and 19, 2013, Matanov realized investigators would want to talk to him because of his friendship with the Tsarnaevs and their shared "philosophical justification for violence." Prosecutors said Matanov deleted files from his computer to hide his communications and relationship to the suspected bombers and later lied to investigators.
On the day of the bombings, Matanov allegedy told an unidentified witness that "the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or that attack had been done by the Taliban," according to the indictment.
Matanov is a citizen of Kyrgystan, the same home country of the Tsarnaev brothers, who entered the U.S. legally in 2010, according to the federal indictment. Prosecutors said Matanov befriended Tamerlan Tsarnaev and spent time with him talking about religion and hiking in the New Hampshire mountains in order to train like the "mujahideen."
Matanov's co-workers said they knew he was Muslim, but he didn't express any extreme religious viewpoints. Rhadbane said he believes Matanov attended a mosque on Fridays.
Marquis said he sometimes saw Matanov praying at the MBTA station.
"He used to take the (prayer) rug out of the back of his car and pray wherever he could find a secluded spot," Matanov said.
Matanov is charged with one count of destroying altering, and falsifying documents in a federal investigation and three counts of lying in a federal terrorism investigation. If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison for destruction of evidence and eight years for each count of lying to investigators. All four counts also carry up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000.
The charges were brought by U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz. Prosecutors said Braintree and Quincy police also helped in the investigation.


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One of the recent pieces of science news we've been following is the potential launch of five rockets from a NASA site in Virginia. The launch was supposed to happen earlier this week, but has been delayed—you can find out where to check on NASA for details of the next attempt below. Meanwhile, from the rest of the world of science, we considered resurrecting the mammoth, finding islands that existed far from the shores of Pangea, and the strange mystery of exploding hog farms.
Mysterious hog farm explosions stump scientists: A strange new growth has emerged from the manure pits of midwestern hog farms. The results are literally explosive.
Before the Pacific: finding the lost islands of a Pangea-era ocean: Back when Pangaea was the only continent around, a vast ocean covered the rest of the planet. Now, researchers have found the remains of a large arc of islands that once divided this enormous body of water.
Cloning and resurrecting the mammoth? Not so fast: Although some scientists have announced they plan on cloning a mammoth, there are reasons to think their plans won't get very far.
Neutrinos shot through 780 feet of stone, spell out their name: Researchers used a particle accelerator and detector to send a message without wires or satellites.
Why open science failed after the gulf oil spill: Scientists descended on the Gulf of Mexico to study the spread and aftermath of the oil spill there. What they found, however, were competing agendas and a tough media environment.
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Rios' HR helps White Sox end four-game slide
CHICAGO -- When the White Sox took the field against the Indians on Wednesday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field, it marked just the 20th game of the 2013 season for the South Siders.
To talk about must-win games at this juncture borders on ridiculous.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- When the White Sox took the field against the Indians on Wednesday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field, it marked just the 20th game of the 2013 season for the South Siders.
To talk about must-win games at this juncture borders on ridiculous.View Full Game Coverage
But the 3-2 White Sox victory still stood as a most welcome sight, ending the team's four-game losing streak and producing the first win in the fourth of eight games on an abbreviated homestand.
"Every one counts, no matter if it comes in the beginning or the end," said White Sox reliever Nate Jones, who threw two hitless innings in relief. "We really needed it."
"Any time we get a win, it's huge," said White Sox closer Addison Reed, who picked up his sixth save in six tries by pitching a scoreless ninth. "The last few games haven't worked out for us."
Wednesday's winning formula becomes the framework of what the White Sox (8-12) would like to see more often during the remaining 142 games this season. Jose Quintana (2-0) set the tone with five-plus strong innings, with Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain joining Jones and Reed in shutting down the Indians (8-11) over the final four.
About the only thing missing from the equation once again was timely hitting. The White Sox offense entered the contest last in the American League with a .163 average with runners in scoring position and finished 1-for-8 with seven left on base against Zach McAllister (1-3) and four Indians relievers.
"Usually, you're going to see two to three guys probably struggle at any time. But when it's a group and you're not getting it done consistently, it's tough on everybody," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of the offense. "Eventually, it moves on and you just keep playing. I guess that's why we have so many games. You just have to be patient enough to wait for it."
Alex Rios provided the margin of victory with a two-run homer off McAllister in the fifth. Jeff Keppinger, whose first-inning single drove home Alejandro De Aza with the game's first run, started this particular two-out rally with a single to right and Rios connected on homer No. 6 via a 0-2 fastball that tailed high and back over the plate.
It clearly wasn't the precise location McAllister wanted. Then again, it wasn't exactly a hitter's ideal pitch either.
"I wasn't necessarily surprised that he hit it. But I was surprised he hit it that well, that's for sure. He's a good hitter," said McAllister of Rios. "If he pops out or swings and misses, it's a different ballgame."
"That's probably where he wanted it, up there," said Rios, who broke an 0-for-13 slump with his third two-strike homer this season. "I happened to put a good swing on it, got the head out and the result was good."
Quintana's career-high 18 2/3 scoreless-innings streak came to an end, but the southpaw's on-field confidence continues to grow. The left-hander set down the first nine in order and struck out three while allowing two walks and four hits in five-plus innings.
His biggest pitch came in the fourth, with the bases loaded and one out, when Ryan Raburn grounded a first-pitch, two-seam fastball to Alexei Ramirez, who started a routine 6-4-3 double play.
"It's one of those at-bats I wish I could go back and do it over, but I can't," Raburn said. "I just kind of tried to play hero and do more than I should. Sometimes you get them and sometimes you don't. It's part of the game."
"All I'm trying to do is take it inning by inning, hitter by hitter. That's about it," said Quintana through translator and White Sox coach Lino Diaz. "Just doing the little things to control the game."
Ventura pulled Quintana in the sixth with runners on first and third, nobody out and Mark Reynolds at the plate in a 3-1 game. Quintana was just at 92 pitches, but the matchup of Jones against the right-handed-hitting Reynolds and his seven homers seemed to be more favorable.
Reynolds' sacrifice fly to right cut the lead to 3-2, and the Indians actually got the tying run to third with one out when Jason Kipnis swiped second and third base. Kipnis stole third when Jones failed to look back and hold him close to second, but Jones made amends for that small gaffe by striking out Nick Swisher and retiring Raburn on a fly ball to left.
"As soon as he got over to third, I wasn't giving in," said Jones, who fanned Swisher on a 3-2 pitch. "I knew there was a base open and I could get a ground ball for a double play. I wanted to throw that slider again because I assumed he was going to be sitting dead red fastball. It worked out."
Ramirez even threw in a little defense to the victorious mix, taking a hit away from Lonnie Chisenhall with a runner on first in the ninth, using his slick pick up the middle to end the victory.
Not a must-win, of course. But a much-needed one.
"I'm happy about the victory," Quintana said. "We needed to get that win. It's a start. We need to keep it going through the next games."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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Israel is prepared to conduct talks with Egypt about arms control, in which the two countries will present their differing views, the daily Haaretz reported Thursday.
The two countries will try to set an agenda for multilateral talks on arms control and regional security, which have been frozen for the past five years due to Egyptian demands to talk about Israeli nuclear disarmament, and the refusal of Israeli officials to discuss the issue.
During a visit to Cairo on Monday, Foreign Ministry deputy Yoav Biran conveyed Israel's readiness to discuss the nuclear issue to the head of Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa's office, the daily added.
Meanwhile, The United States has been pressuring Israel to start quiet arms talks with Egypt, and an international conference in Moscow last February called for both sides to agree on an agenda for discussions.
Tensions ran high in Israel following a meeting of the signatories to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) this month when the US appeared on the verge of singling out Israel for its refusal to sign the treaty, essentially a commitment to nuclear disarmament, Haaretz said.
Israeli foreign minister David Levy expressed deep concern over the possibility of being singled out in the NPT conference in a letter last week to US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Hoping to defuse the issue, Israel has decided to demonstrate flexibility, allowing arms talks to commence with Egypt while maintaining its traditional guidelines of refusal to consider disarmament before a stable peace is achieved in the Middle East, the daily added - Albawaba.com
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The Kindle Fire HD Videos Library
Viewing video one-on-one on your Kindle Fire HD is a great way to get your entertainment. The Kindle Fire HD Videos library may become your favorite destination for buying, viewing, and organizing your video content.
When you tap Video on your Kindle Fire HD Home screen, the Amazon Videos Store opens.
The Store shows several video categories in rows running down the screen such as Featured Videos, Prime Instant Videos, and Your Watchlist (Watchlist is a way to make note of items you may want to watch in the future; you can add any video to your Watchlist by tapping and holding it in the Store and then tapping Add to Watchlist in the menu that appears).
Tap any video in the various lists to get more details about it.
When you tap the Prime Instant Videos category, on the screen that appears, you can also use the tabs at the top of the screen to display just Movies, Prime, TV, or All Videos.
There are also several tabs for narrowing your search such as Popular Movies, New Releases, Genres, or Editor's Picks. The categories may change over time, but the basic process of locating a selection and displaying its details should stay the same.
When you tap the All button in the Store, you see all items across categories organized by popularity.
Tap the Library button to go to your Videos library. The library sports two tabs — one lists all your videos stored in the Cloud, and one includes videos you've purchased that you have downloaded to the device. The tab that has orange lettering is the active tab.
In addition to the Cloud and Device tabs, there are two tabs for filtering content by Movies or TV programs. You can tap the Search button in the Options bar (on the right side of the screen when the Kindle Fire HD is in landscape orientation) to search for a particular video.
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Tap the Menu button on the Options bar to display two items — Settings and Help & Feedback. In Settings you can view the Device ID and tap HD Download Options to access the Ask When Downloading setting.
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Morocco's claims on the territory rely on the fact that the Western Sahara is part of the Greater Maghreb – territory in Northern Africa that was historically allied with the Moroccan Sultanate and fought as part of the Moroccan Liberation Army against Spain. The Moroccan monarchy claims that historical economic, religious, and military ties between the Moroccan sultan and the Saharawi tribal councils prove that Morocco has always exercised authority over the Western Sahara. The International Court of Justice acknowledged such ties but determined that they were not sufficient to prove Moroccan sovereignty over the territory.
Additionally, there are numerous cultural and historic bonds between the people of southern Morocco and the people of the Western Sahara. These have been emphasized by the Moroccans to strengthen their territorial claims. Given that there are now hundreds of thousands of Moroccans living in the Western Sahara – many of whom have lived there for a generation – and that the Moroccan government has offered autonomy to the region, Morocco is strongly opposed to possible independence for the Saharawis. Morocco's position is that any talk of independence is unacceptable, as this would undermine the territorial integrity of the Moroccan state. Morocco believes that the nationalism of the Saharawi people has been exaggerated, and that the conflict springs more from historic Algerian-Moroccan rivalry and the generous support Algeria has provided the Polisario Front than from any legitimate Saharawi desire for freedom or independence.
Those who associate with the Polisario Front in Morocco are considered traitors, as made clear by King Mohammed VI in a public speech made on October 9, 2009, the anniversary of the 1975 Green March:
"One is either a patriot or a traitor. There is no halfway house…. As for the adversaries of our territorial integrity…they know, better than anyone else, that the Sahara is a crucial issue for the Moroccan people, who unanimously support the Throne, which is the guarantor of the nation's sovereignty, national unity, and territorial integrity…. I think the most fitting tribute we can pay them [Moroccan martyrs] is by remaining true to our pledge not to give up or bargain over as much as a grain of sand from our Sahara."
Because of the primacy given to the Western Sahara by the King and his ministers, for the Moroccan people, the "Moroccaness" of the Western Sahara is unquestioningly accepted. Speech or activities suggesting otherwise are considered crimes against the state, and Moroccans firmly believe that the Western Sahara has always been and should rightfully be a part of their country. In 2007, Morocco submitted its proposed solution to the Western Saharan conflict to the United Nations, calling for a referendum that allowed the residents of the Western Sahara to vote on becoming an autonomous region of the Kingdom. If autonomy were approved – which would be likely under the plan, as it allows Moroccans living in the Western Sahara to vote – Saharawis would be in charge of local administration, education, and health and social programs, while the Moroccans would administer defense and foreign policy for the region. All visible signs of sovereignty – currency, citizenship, and the flag – would be Moroccan. The Moroccan government argues that autonomy is the most realistic solution, based on the control it already exerts over much of the region and its historic claims to Western Sahara.
Moroccan control is well-established over the two-thirds of the Western Sahara it occupies. It has invested in phosphate mines, provided subsidies and tax breaks for Moroccans who move to the territory, it patrols its 1,500-mile long border wall, suppresses any pro-independence activities through the presence of its powerful security and intelligence services, and entices potential Polisario defectors with offers of government positions, houses, and stipends. While no country officially recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara, steadfast political support from France in the UN Security Council, a strong lobby in the U.S., the broad backing by the Arab world, and a lack of involvement of the international community has allowed it to continue its occupation.


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Why r we makin' fun of a team that made us look -- ombandit 03/08/2018 8:52PM
Don't think THEY made us look like idiots -WE did! -- sacramento hokie 03/08/2018 8:58PM
Because eff ND? ** -- HokieinTampa 03/08/2018 8:58PM
Because they're dirty and we have no respect for trash. ** -- jcvt11 03/08/2018 8:53PM
They're not dirty you guys are poor losers. They were playing tonight. -- Hokie535 03/08/2018 8:58PM
No offense but ND is a trash program... -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 9:04PM
Grow up. They are not dirty and they kicked our butt. Accept responsibility -- NativeBurger 03/08/2018 10:11PM
We've accepted a lot of losses this year without whining. -- jcvt11 03/08/2018 11:08PM
I don't need to accept crap... -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 10:39PM
Take a hike -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 10:38PM
You just described everything LeDay and Allen did last year -- JMuff114 03/08/2018 9:15PM
Right. I have a long memory. -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 9:21PM
Unfortunately that grit may be missing this season. -- KCHokie2 03/08/2018 9:20PM
POTW!! ** -- sacramento hokie 03/08/2018 9:08PM
Everything you just mentioned VT players do every game -- Hokie535 03/08/2018 9:07PM
You are delusional if you think they are clearly better. We gave them a W ** -- GlenvarHokie 03/09/2018 09:02AM
LOL! Yeah "I'm" delusional ** -- Hokie535 03/09/2018 09:53AM
We were up 21 in the second half, but they are clearly superior to us. ** -- GlenvarHokie 03/09/2018 10:35AM
Up 21 means absolutely nothing... what was the final? All that matters ** -- Hokie535 03/09/2018 10:44AM
You're obviously a ND nut juggler, so think what you will. ** -- GlenvarHokie 03/09/2018 11:09AM
No I'm a realist who bases my opinion on proven facts ** -- Hokie535 03/09/2018 11:19AM
Yes. You apparently are delusional. ** -- GlenvarHokie 03/09/2018 10:36AM
LOL. "They are clearly a better team than VT." Say that again Sunday night ** -- HolidayInnHokie 03/08/2018 9:18PM
I know few Coaches that would have... -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 9:12PM
Maybe they are... -- VT-ACC 03/08/2018 9:10PM
No they were not and we should have beaten them twice not once** -- sacramento hokie 03/08/2018 9:09PM


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Growing Challenges, Limited Room to Manoeuvre
When King Abdullah succeeded his deceased half-brother Fahd as Saudi Arabian monarch five years ago, many observers of international politics – and apparently many in the US administration too – were sceptical. Abdullah was considered religiously conservative and more pan-Arabic and less pro-American in his outlook than his half-brother, who remained an advocate of his country's very close ties with the US throughout his 23-year reign.
Since the 1990s, Abdullah's critics have been afraid that he might try to replace the alliance with the US with closer ties with neighbouring Arab states like Egypt and Syria.
A number of other scenarios highlighted the fact that Abdullah might pursue a more aggressive policy towards the peace process in the Middle East and a substantial rapprochement with Iran. Proponents of these theories repeatedly pointed to the fact that in August 1990, just after Iraq had occupied Kuwait, Abdullah apparently voiced vehement opposition to King Fahd's decision to call American troops into the country.
Although the worst fears of Washington's strategists were not realised, Saudi Arabia has under Abdullah's rule distanced itself from the US and pursued a much more active regional policy than it has in the past, a fact that has led to ill-will between the Saudi kingdom and the US on a number of occasions.
Ironically, this development seems to have less to do with the King himself and his foreign policy convictions and much more to do with the Saudi disappointment about American policy in the region and the conviction that Saudi Arabia must fill the vacuum left by America's loss of influence following the debacle in Iraq. Riyadh is largely helpless in the face of Iran's rapid rise as a leading power in the region.
Iran's path to supremacy
Abdullah's accession in the late summer of 2005 took place at a difficult time. Since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president in Iran in the summer of 2005 at the latest, Riyadh has woken up to the reality that Saudi Arabia's regional policy is in serious crisis. The Saudi Arabian leadership is afraid that Iran is trying to secure its supremacy in the Gulf region – and in the Near East in particular – with the help of its nuclear programme.
It is a fact that Tehran has been trying for decades to be seen as the dominant power in the Gulf region and always tries to exert as much influence as possible in those areas inhabited by Arab Shiites, i.e. in the Gulf states, Iraq and Lebanon.
Again and again, this pretension to supremacy has led to conflict with its Saudi Arabian neighbours. The combination of Iran's nuclear programme (which the Saudi leadership is convinced is primarily intended for military purposes), Ahmadinejad's aggressive rhetoric, and Iran's increased influence in the region has virtually provoked the government in Riyadh into a more active regional policy.
Distancing itself rhetorically from the US
Yet there was also another reason for Saudi Arabia's concern, namely the US policy in the region, from which the new king has distanced himself – at least rhetorically – on a number of occasions. The cause of this concern was the impression that the US government had failed in the two areas that are of greatest importance to Saudi Arabian foreign policy, namely the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the fight for hegemony in the Gulf.
As far as Abdullah is concerned, the Bush administration should have played a much more active role between the Israelis and the Palestinians in order to stop the escalation of violence after the start of the second intifada at the end of 2000. The other reproach made by the Saudi leadership is that by forcing the regime change in Iraq, Washington unwittingly assisted Tehran in its ambitions and destabilized the region.
Overall, the Iraq War provided an important inducement to Saudi Arabia to adopt a more active policy. Riyadh was extremely worried to see a Shia-dominated government coalition with close ties to Iran assuming power in Baghdad in spring 2005.
The fact that a victory of the Shia militia became increasingly likely in the confessional civil war that subsequently broke out, only made the situation worse from the Saudi point of view. As far as the Saudi Arabian leadership is concerned, Arab Shiites are the natural allies of Shia Iranians. The fact that the US, Saudi Arabia's most important ally, had in Abdullah's view virtually handed Iraq, which had until then been dominated by Sunnis, to the Iranians was greeted with a complete lack of comprehension and resulted in enormous pressure to take action.
Solidarity with Iran's opponents
From 2005 onwards, Saudi Arabia's most important regional policy objective was to curtail Iran's efforts to achieve hegemony not only in the Gulf region, but also in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Syria. Saudi Arabia was now Iran's greatest adversary in the Arab world.
In this dispute, Saudi Arabia primarily sought the solidarity of Iran's opponents (such as Egypt, Jordan and the small Gulf states) and players like the Fatah movement under Palestinian President Abbas and the Lebanese March 14 Alliance. At the same time, Saudi Arabia tried to limit Iran's room to manoeuvre by defusing domestic conflicts in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. The limitations of such a policy became very apparent in the case of the Palestinian territories, where Riyadh helped negotiate the Mecca Agreement in February 2007. The result of this agreement was that Hamas and Fatah formed a joint government of national unity.
However, the Mecca Agreement and Riyadh's attempts to redress the balance between Fatah and Hamas turned out to be a source of conflict with Washington. Although the US government shared Saudi Arabia's anti-Iranian motives, it was rigorously trying to isolate Hamas. This was the exact opposite of what Riyadh was trying to achieve and, as a result, the US government undermined the plans of the Saudi Arabian leadership. At the Arab League summit in March 2007, Abdullah criticized the American boycott of the Palestinian authority.
Just how put out Abdullah was is illustrated by the fact that he spoke about the Americans' "illegal occupation of Iraq". The US stuck to its strategy regardless. In the months that followed, Riyadh was forced to watch helplessly as the US destroyed the fruits of Saudi Arabia's attempts to mediate. First, Washington encouraged Fatah to seize power from Hamas. Then, in June 2007, Hamas went on the offensive and violently seized exclusive control of the Gaza Strip.
The weaknesses of Saudi Arabia's foreign policy
Despite all Saudi Arabia's initiatives since 2005, the kingdom has not been able to halt the rise of Iran. One reason was that Saudi Arabia had no suitable response to Iran's nuclear programme. Although Saudi Arabia wants to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it faces a dilemma.
It is reported that Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, told President Bush in May 2006, "We have two nightmares about our relationship with Iran. One is that Iran will develop a nuclear bomb, and the other is that America will take military action to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb."
It is hard to say which of the two scenarios constitutes the worst nightmare for the Saudi leadership. Although there is growing evidence that Riyadh would prefer a military attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, the Saudi leadership is well aware that the Gulf states would be the first victims of any Iranian reprisals. In this way, Abdullah's policy showed signs of helplessness.
There are a number of reasons for the failure of Saudi Arabia's regional policy under King Abdullah. These reasons have much to do with the fact that because of its military and demographic weakness, Saudi Arabia cannot act as a counterbalance to Iran. It would have needed strong allies, but its old competitor for the leading position in the Arab camp, Egypt, could not assume the role of partner as a result of its own domestic problems.
It ultimately became evident that Saudi Arabia cannot impose its regional policy interests against the will of the US government. This was made all too clear by the matter of the government of national unity for the Palestinian territories.
Elderly ruling elite
This is where King Abdullah comes into play. The king is now 87 years of age. Not only that but the consequences of the fact that the Saudi Arabian leadership is aging with him have been becoming increasingly clear since 2005. Officials from the Gulf region have complained that important politicians in Riyadh cannot be reached for days on end.
The situation is not likely to change much under any of Abdullah's possible successors either. The crown prince and minister of defence, Sultan, is already 85, and the next in line for the throne, minister of the interior, Naif, is 77. Ironically, many Saudis consider the governor of Riyadh, Salman (74), to be their greatest hope.
Given the challenges the country could face in the coming years if Iran does acquire nuclear weapons, this is problematic. Saudi Arabia needs to completely regenerate its ruling class as soon as possible.
Guido Steinberg
© Qantara.de 2010
Guido Steinberg is a doctor of Islamic Studies and a researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. From 2002 to 2005, he was the Federal Chancellery's advisor on international terrorism. His book Im Visier von al-Qaida. Deutschland braucht eine Anti-Terror-Strategie (In al Qaeda's sights. Germany needs an anti-terrorism strategy) was published recently.
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
Edited by Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de
The Saudi Arabian Legal System
Firm Alliance between Rulers and Scholars
When a woman who had been raped was sentenced to imprisonment and strokes of the lash in Saudi Arabia in November, the Saudi leadership found itself confronted with a wave of criticism. But how realistic are demands for reform? The Islam scholar Guido Steinberg examines the Saudi legal system
Saudi Arabia and the Middle East Conflict
Not an Enemy of Israel
On the one hand Saudi Arabia is, together with Israel, the most important US ally in the Middle East; on the other, Saudi Arabia lays claim to a leadership role in the Arab and Muslim world, where radical anti-Israel positions are widespread. By Guido Steinberg
Reform Efforts in Saudi Arabia
Increasing Scope of Discourse
Saudi Arabia is one of the most isolated countries in the world, yet in recent years there have been efforts of cautious reform, initiated from above. In this interview, Ulrike Freitag, Director of the Center for Modern Oriental Studies in Berlin, talks about the political changes occurring within the Saudi monarchy
Saudi Arabia's Shia
An Uprising of the Marginalized
In the eyes of the Saudi political scientist Mai Yamani, the suppression of the Shi'a minority is part of Saudi Arabia's strategy for parrying Iran's claims to regional dominance


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Cisplatin and Radiation Therapy Followed by Paclitaxel and Carboplatin in Treating Patients With Stage IB-IVA Cervical Cancer
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01295502
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : February 14, 2011
Last Update Posted : March 12, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Cervical Adenocarcinoma Cervical Adenosquamous Carcinoma Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Not Otherwise Specified Stage IB Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIA Cervical Cancer AJCC v7 Stage IIB Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIIA Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IIIB Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7 Stage IVA Cervical Cancer AJCC v6 and v7
|Drug: Carboplatin Drug: Cisplatin Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy Radiation: Internal Radiation Therapy Drug: Paclitaxel
|Phase 1
I. To determine the maximum-tolerated dose (MTD) and dose-limiting toxicities (DLT) of adjuvant carboplatin and paclitaxel chemotherapy following concurrent weekly cisplatin chemotherapy and extended field radiation in women with newly diagnosed stage IB-IVA cervical cancer, with positive para-aortic nodes.
II. To determine the feasibility of the treatment regimen over the four cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy once the MTD is estimated.
III. To assess the toxicities of the treatment regimen the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0.
I. To assess the response rate to this treatment regimen in patients with measurable disease.
II. To examine progression-free survival for one year on this treatment regimen.
III. To examine overall survival. IV. To examine the location of recurrence, loco-regional versus distant for one year after completion of therapy.
V. To estimate the frequency of chronic toxicities experienced within one year of study entry.
OUTLINE: This is a dose-escalation study of carboplatin and paclitaxel.
Patients receive cisplatin intravenously (IV) over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36 and undergo extended-field radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for 6 weeks followed by brachytherapy. Beginning 4-6 weeks after completion of chemoradiation, patients receive adjuvant chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
After completion of study therapy, patients are followed up every 3 months for 1 year.
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|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
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|45 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|A Phase I Evaluation of Extended Field Radiation Therapy With Concomitant Cisplatin Chemotherapy Followed by Paclitaxel and Carboplatin Chemotherapy in Women With Cervical Carcinoma Metastatic to the Para-aortic Lymph Nodes
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|April 4, 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|December 2, 2019
Experimental: Treatment (radiation, cisplatin, paclitaxel, carboplatin)
Patients receive cisplatin IV over 1 hour on days 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, and 36 and undergo extended-field radiotherapy daily 5 days a week for 6 weeks followed by brachytherapy. Beginning 4-6 weeks after completion of chemoradiation, patients receive adjuvant chemotherapy comprising paclitaxel IV over 3 hours and carboplatin IV over 30-60 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 4 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Carboplatin
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Drug: Cisplatin
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Radiation: External Beam Radiation Therapy
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Radiation: Internal Radiation Therapy
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Drug: Paclitaxel
Given IV
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- MTD of adjuvant carboplatin and paclitaxel determined based on the dose-limiting toxicities assessed by NCI CTCAE version 4 [ Time Frame: 21 days ]
- Objective tumor response rate in patients enrolled with measurable disease [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]Will be tabulated overall.
- Progression-free survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: Time from study entry to time of progression or death, whichever occurs first, assessed at 1 year ]PFS will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier plots.
- Overall survival [ Time Frame: Time from study entry to time of death or the date of last contact, assessed up to 1 year ]Survival will be summarized using Kaplan-Meier plots.
- Location of recurrence (loco-regional versus distant) defined as newly evident disease for patients who have no evidence of disease at baseline or progressive disease for patients who have strictly non-measurable disease at baseline [ Time Frame: Up to 1 year ]
- Chronic toxicities experienced classified using the CTCAE version 4 [ Time Frame: Within 1 year of study entry ]
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with histologically confirmed cervical cancer (squamous, adenocarcinoma, or adenosquamous): International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) clinical stages IB, IIA, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, IVA, with positive para-aortic lymph nodes confirmed by positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) scan, fine needle biopsy, extraperitoneal biopsy, laparoscopic biopsy or lymphadenectomy
- Patients must have a Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) performance status of 0-2
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) >= 1,500/mcl
- Platelets >= 100,000/mcl
- Creatinine =< institutional upper limit normal (ULN); Note: if creatinine > ULN, creatinine clearance must be > 50 mL/min
- Bilirubin =< 1.5 times ULN
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase [SGOT]) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase [SGPT]) =< 2.5 x ULN
- Alkaline phosphatase =< 2.5 x ULN
- Neuropathy (sensory and motor) =< grade 1
- Patients with ureteral obstruction must undergo stent or nephrostomy tube placement prior to study entry
- Patients must meet the pre-entry requirements
- Patients must have signed an approved informed consent and authorization permitting the release of personal health information
- Patients of child-bearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to study entry (within 72 hours prior to initiation of study treatment) and be practicing an effective form of contraception; women should not breast-feed while on this study
- Patients must not be receiving any other investigational agent
- Patients should have an audiogram at baseline, and patients with pre-existing hearing loss or hearing loss during treatment should be assessed frequently during cisplatin therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients who have received previous pelvic or abdominal radiation, cytotoxic chemotherapy, or previous therapy of any kind for this malignancy
- Patients with active infection
- Patients who have circumstances that will not permit completion of this study or the required follow-up
- Patients with renal abnormalities, such as pelvic kidney, horseshoe kidney, or renal transplantation, that would require modification of radiation fields
- Patients with a history of other invasive malignancies, with the exception of non-melanoma skin cancer, are excluded if there is any evidence of other malignancy being present within the last five years; patients are also excluded if their previous cancer treatment contraindicates this protocol therapy
- Patients who have undergone major surgery, excluding diagnostic biopsy, within 30 days (to allow for full recovery) prior to registration
- Patients who have a significant history of cardiac disease, (i.e., uncontrolled hypertension, unstable angina, congestive heart failure, or uncontrolled arrhythmias) within 6 months of registration
- Patients who have a known sensitivity reactions to products containing Cremophor EL
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01295502
|United States, California
|UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Orange, California, United States, 92868
|United States, Connecticut
|Hartford Hospital
|Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06102
|The Hospital of Central Connecticut
|New Britain, Connecticut, United States, 06050
|United States, Georgia
|Augusta University Medical Center
|Augusta, Georgia, United States, 30912
|United States, Iowa
|University of Iowa/Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
|Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242
|United States, Ohio
|Summa Akron City Hospital/Cooper Cancer Center
|Akron, Ohio, United States, 44304
|Case Western Reserve University
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|MetroHealth Medical Center
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44109
|Cleveland Clinic Foundation
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195
|Riverside Methodist Hospital
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43214
|Hillcrest Hospital Cancer Center
|Mayfield Heights, Ohio, United States, 44124
|United States, Oklahoma
|University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
|United States, Rhode Island
|Women and Infants Hospital
|Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02905
|United States, Virginia
|Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center
|Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
|Principal Investigator:
|Cecelia H Boardman
|NRG Oncology
|Responsible Party:
|Gynecologic Oncology Group
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01295502 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-02665 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
GOG-9926 ( Other Identifier: NRG Oncology )
GOG-9926 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180868 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA027469 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|February 14, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 12, 2019
|Last Verified:
|March 2019
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
Carcinoma, Adenosquamous
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Uterine Neoplasms
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Uterine Cervical Diseases
Uterine Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Antineoplastic Agents
Tubulin Modulators
Antimitotic Agents
Mitosis Modulators
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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Meet Döttling - the safe maker for all!
Carrying high valued pieces from A to Z is Döttling's speciality
On a brisk but beautiful morning in Zurich the office was alive with action as we brought together the whole SEVENFRIDAY collection for a very special photoshoot. We had arranged to meet with Döttling, a luxury company who make bespoke safes for watches, jewellery and other high value items. They had just finished work on arguably their most ambitious project to date, a behemoth of a safe boasting room for 24 different watches, all with winding function.
We assembled the full SEVENFRIDAY collection, taking up 4 whole watch rolls and carefully secured them into the boot of our vehicle for the day and what a vehicle it was! Our SEVENFRIDAY V3/01 was right at home in the stunningly futuristic BMW i8.
We cruised through Zurich in this turbocharged 1.5-litre electric supercar making our way to the autobahns of Germany and on to Döttling's Stuttgart office. Thanks to the i8's sport mode bringing the 0–100km/h down to 4.4 seconds and a top speed of 250km/h, the autobahn quickly disappeared and we arrived at our destination for the day.
Meeting the Döttling team they introduced us to their latest creation, standing around 1.5m tall, with bulletproof frosted glass door operated by a fingerprint scanner, it was hard not to be impressed. This was a safe to be celebrated in the centre of a room rather than hidden behind a fake bookcase.
With the click of a button, the opaque glass instantly became transparent and we could see the 24 different watch slots. After opening the 3 inch thick, bulletproof glass door we were greeted with four drawers below the 24 watch winders and a number of secret panels. The safe can be customised to open with a keypad, combination or via thumb print scanner which is what this particular prototype was fitted with
The journey back was a blast once again as the i8 stealthily snuck out of Stuttgart to tear up the autobahn on the way back to Zürich. Even after driving it aggressively for the whole 400km round trip we didn't have to stop for fuel once! For more information on Döttling and their bespoke safes take a look at their website.


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Insisting that the FDI decision on retail requires vigorous Parliamentary sanction, Trinamool Congress today accused the government of indulging in "hoodwinking" tactics to claim that there was need for it.
Party's chief whip in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien contended that the Centre's decision to allow 51 per cent FDI in multi- brand retail is "not just a change in the norms amenable to placid parliamentary scrutiny but also to vigorous parliamentary sanction".
Referring to the UPA's argument that FDI in multi-brand retail is purely an executive one, he said in his blog posting that the "government, devious to the very end, is seeking to hoodwink Parliament, deprive it of its due right and is attempting to explain away the changes in FDI rules as merely an enabling framework".
Describing the argument as "semantic jugglery", he said "enabling framework or no enabling framework, we are discussing legislation here – and legislation comes under the purview and superintendence of Parliament. No more, no less."
He accused the Ministers and Congress spokespersons of "resorting to untruths and half-baked logic".
Derek alleged the government "cannot be trusted" with the FDI in multi-brand retail issue as it has a "dubious history" on this count and seems determined to allow in foreign chains for some "ulterior motive".
"It has been a week since Parliament convened. We are still waiting for the government to come good on its promise and indeed its Constitutional obligation," he said.


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Though it aired for just a year, Kunitoshi Okajima's Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee (AKA Legendary Ninja Cats, 1990-91) made enough of a splash in Japan to eventually swim across the pond. Retooled as Samurai Pizza Cats for North American audiences, the original series was re-dubbed by Saban Entertainment after the translated scripts were found of be of lesser quality. Kyatto's already-high screwball factor was cranked up even further, characters were renamed, plenty of pop culture and political references were added, and nearly a dozen episodes were banned for objectionable content. So, to summarize: if you watched Samurai Pizza Cats as a kid during the early 1990s, part of your childhood is kind of a lie.
This doesn't make one version objectively more enjoyable than the other, of course, but the fact that the original has been unavailable on Region 1 DVD is both slightly baffling and completely understandable. Until last month, of course, as Discotek Media now offers the original 54 episode collection of Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee in its original, uncut Japanese form (and, as luck would have it, a complete boxed set of Samurai Pizza Cats will be available in late July). Whether you knew about the original, grew up with the Americanized version or are entirely new to anime, those with a soft spot for goofy, lighthearted adventure (and cats) should find Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee a welcome surprise. The series ran for a total of 54 episodes, including two clip shows and a post-finale "victory lap" celebration. Unlike most cartoons around these parts, we even get some closure because Kyatto ends on its own terms. Imagine that!
What both versions have in common is the basic premise: our heroes are three cute li'l kitties who work in a pizza parlor...and whenever trouble is brewing, they get a "special order" for delivery and blast off to save the day. Their episodic adventures stay above water despite falling into familiar anime territory on several occasions (even by 1990 standards). ADHD editing? Check. Goofy but likable hero with inflated self-esteem? Double check. Swords, shurikens and special moves? Check. Occasional mecha brawls? Check. Over-the-top episode names, such as "The Town is Full of Sushi! Panic!"? You better believe it. But for every recycled cliche and predictable plot resolution along the way, Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee still feels fresh and enjoyable more often than not. The sharp writing and colorful animation brings the town of Edoropolis to life, while an endless assortment of Animaloids (robotic animal creatures, which include our three heroes) are on hand to ensure that the mostly formulaic plots still shift gears on occasion.
Though the stakes are never raised very high---this is a show aimed at younger audiences, after all---there's a gradual building of momentum during the bulk of this 54-episode run, while the two-part series finale actually...well, feels like a series finale. Every episode isn't necessarily a slam dunk...but aside from two throwaway clip shows, there's a high level of consistency here. Discotek's compact eight-disc set offers a moderate level of support for this mostly forgotten gem, pairing a passable A/V presentation with only the bare minimum of expected bonus features. Either way, anime fans should eat this one up.
Presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee looks about as you'd expect for a low-budget import that's old enough to drink. There's a certain charm to the slightly faded colors and softer level of image detail...but other problems aren't as forgivable, including moderate interlacing issues and no shortage of compression artifacts. In motion, the series is "busy" enough to draw your eyes away from many imperfections. Bottom line: it's roughly on par with other cartoons from the era (Japanese or domestic), and it's kind of amazing that Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee even got a Region 1 release at all.
The audio tells a similar story; it's a little rough around the edges, but more than acceptable under the circumstances. This Dolby Digital 2.0 mix preserves the original Japanese audio, while removable English subtitles are provided for dialogue translation only. The overall sound quality is a bit muffled and lacks punch, though channel separation is evident and the music and effects don't regularly fight for attention. It's more "serviceable" than anything else, while any minor flaws aren't at all distracting to those familiar with shows from the era. At the risk of repeating myself, this is pretty much what you'd expect.
It's not clearly advertised on the packaging, but the eighth and final disc includes the requisite Clean Opening and Closing Credits (2:00), as well as a vintage TV Promo (:30) advertising the series' February 1st, 1990 debut. Not the most comprehensive list of extras, but it's nice to at least have something.
Kyatto-Ninden Teyandee serves up plenty of good, clean fun and has aged more gracefully than most cartoons from its era (including many of the ones it subtly lampoons). The "anything goes" atmosphere and imaginative characters make it a safe bet for fun-loving anime fans of all ages...and though it's a bit repetitive and slightly overstays its welcome at 54 episodes, this series hits the mark more often than it misses. Discotek Media serves up a no-frills release with a passable A/V presentation and minimal extras, but it's refreshing to get a low priced, all-inclusive collection right out of the gate. This eight-disc set is firmly Recommended for genre fans or those who happened to catch Samurai Pizza Cats stateside.
Randy Miller III is an affable office monkey by day and film reviewer by night. He also does freelance design work, teaches art classes and runs a website or two. In his limited free time, Randy also enjoys slacking off, juggling HD DVDs and writing in third person.


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Bubba Ho-Tep
One of the most magical theatrical experiences I ever had was catching a super advance screening of Bubba Ho-Tep at an event that star Bruce Campbell had attended to intro his most famous feature film, The Evil Dead. Bruce brought it along as the surprise first half of a double bill and, for the unsuspecting audience, we had no idea of the absurd, scary and hilarious ride that we were in for. I often wondered if this experience skewed my love of the film more toward the favorable because of the whole night surrounding it, but I have since revisited the movie numerous times and I still love it just as much as the first time I'd seen it, if not even more!
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Wabash Glee Club Campus Concert Sunday• April 12, 2012 Share:
The Wabash College Glee Club will present its Campus Concert on Sunday, April 15, at 4 p.m. in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
The Glee Club recently returned from its 2012 Concert Tour. The weeklong tour began in Champaign-Urbana, IL, where the group presented concerts to two retirement communities and a program at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School. The group's stay in northwest Indiana included a program for Bishop Noll Institute High School. The tour concluded with concerts at Bethany Retirement Community and Westminster Place in Evanston IL.
The 40-member Glee Club will open Sunday's program with several sacred selections, including a setting of the American hymn tune, Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, and the gospel hymn, Steal Away. Rounding out the first part of the concert will be an energetic setting of the popular spiritual, Dry Bones.
Wabash senior, Donovan Bisbee, will be the featured soloist in The Greenland Whale Fishery, a traditional whaler's song. Two poets from the British Isles are represented in Robert Louis Stevenson's, Bright is the Ring of Words and Carolina Oliphant's Will Ye Not Come Back Again? The audience will be given the opportunity to join their voices with the Glee Club on Wabash College's favorite songs, Old Wabash and the Alma Mater.
The Glee Club is under the direction of Dr. Richard Bowen and is accompanied by Ms. Cheryl Everett.
The concert is free and open to the public.


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Nina Paley Releases Some Data On 'Sita Sings The Blues': The More She Shared, The More She Made
from the funny-how-that-works deptEarlier this year, we wrote about the ridiculous situation that Nina Paley faced in trying to release an amazing film, Sita Sings the Blues. Basically, some copyright holders of the music used in the film put positively insane terms on the use of their music. This made no sense, considering that the music (from the 1920s) was mostly unlistened to these days -- and the only thing the movie would likely do is increase demand for people to get legitimate versions of the music. Eventually, Paley worked out a plan to release the film under a Creative Commons license and put in place a business model like the ones we've talked about for years: give away the infinite, sell the scarce.
And apparently, it's working. Pistol points us to a talk that Nina Paley just gave revealing some of the results. You can see the video here (it's a bit over 20 minutes):
The business model -- and I do want to make money -- I very much want to make money, and I chose this because I felt I'd make more money doing this than with a conventional distribution deal. What I'm doing is that I'm not selling the content. The content is free. The content is Sita Sings The Blues. It's digital. It's made of 0s and 1s and 0s and 1s can be copied freely and easily by lots of people.... Containers are not free. And where the money comes from is the containers. And the containers, for example, are DVDs, merchandise, t-shirts, 35 mm film prints, physical screenings. The film is free, but the container of that film is not free. And that's what we're selling...So, how much money? Well, she details all the different areas of where the money came from, and it comes out as follows:
The more the content flows freely, the more demand there is for those containers. So I want as many people as possible to share Sita Sings the Blues because that drives up the demand for the containers... That was the theory when we started this, and so far it has proven correct. Yes, I love money.
- $21,000 in donations (most at the very beginning)
- $25,100 from the store for merchandise (which cost $8,500). So, net: $16,600
- $3,000 from Channel 13 for broadcasting it (even though they didn't have to pay)
She's done some commercial distribution deals in a variety of different regions (and admits that she'd love it if she didn't have to handle all the distribution). So even though anyone can download the content online, actually distributing a 35mm print of the film (the container) uses a full distribution deal -- and, in fact, they've found that many people who downloaded and watched the film, still go and see it in the theater, because it's a different experience to go see it in the theater. Most of those deals are new, so she didn't have data on sales from that yet.
On top of that, she's done deals with DVD distributors. She offers up a special edition (signed) DVD that she distributes herself for $100. Or there's the regular version (sold via Question Copyright) for $20. This is being done to basically prove that you can sell DVDs of content that can be downloaded. In 2 months, they've sold 700 of them -- with no marketing. Then they signed a professional DVD distributor, who put it on Amazon, Netflix and stores... and they were able to sell way more than Nina or Question Copyright -- as you'd expect (though, the distributor got a bit confused and asked about trying to take the film down from YouTube, and had to be told not to do that -- old habits die hard, perhaps). Once again, this shows that having good partners helps, but also shows that just because something is available free (even from "competitors") it doesn't mean someone with a strong marketing effort can't seriously outsell the others.
Finally, there's another interesting element which is worth discussing. For the goods sold directly from Nina's site, they're using a special Creator-Endorsed Mark, so that buyer's know some money is going back to the creator. This is the sort of thing that always freaks people out when we talk about this stuff. They insist that others will make t-shirts and things and who will want to buy the official versions then? Well, it turns out lots of people. Because they want to support the artist, and having the Creator Endorsed mark does that. As Nina says:
It is entirely legal for others to sell unendorsed products. It is entirely legal to sell Sita Sings the Blues t-shirts or sippy cups or whatever, but they cannot claim that the money goes to me, unless they work out a revenue share with me first, they cannot display the creator endorsed mark. We believe that this mark increases the value of the merchandise, because people want to support the artist.This is really great info, and she notes that within a few months, she'll have a lot more info on the theatrical distribution revenue as well. But, all in all, it looks like she'll easily be able to pay off the $50,000 it cost to officially license the music (no matter how ridiculous it was that she needed to do that), and should be able to earn a nice profit from it. And... I'll bet that her next movie (or whatever she does next) will have a nice built-in audience as well.
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Texas Schools Allow Drilling for Gas: Students Fall Ill
Pro sports teams regularly use signing bonuses to lure the star athletes they want. Now some Texas school districts are taking the bait, too. But the money isn't coming from The Dallas Cowboys; it's being dangled by energy companies drilling for natural gas atop a large swath of North Texas called the Barnett Shale.
Last week (Oct. 24), the Denton Record Chronicle reported that:
In 2008, the Argyle school district signed leases with Hillwood and Williams Production allowing gas exploration on about 110 acres of district-owned property. To date, the district has received $680,681.25 in revenue from the leases, including royalty and bonus payments, according to district records obtained through an open records request.
But along with the substantial amount of money the school district hauled in from its arrangement came some side effects that the students are now feeling. As Lowell Brown and Britney Tabor wrote:
Since gas drilling began near Argyle High School in recent weeks, her (Kelly Gant) daughter has experienced severe symptoms of asthma, a condition she had controlled for years, Gant said. Twice in the last two weeks, Gant said, she had to pull her daughter out of high school marching band practices because of dense fumes on the field.
Her daughter was dizzy, jittery. Her head ached and she couldn't concentrate. "She said, 'Mom, I I just feel like pacing and I don't understand it,'" Gant said.
According to the article, reports of students suffering nose bleeds and complaining about feeling dizzy and disoriented started appearing in early October on a blog set up by the Argyle-Bartonville Communities Alliance - a group of concerned residents who are working to halt further natural gas drilling in the area.
Another new drilling rig near a school
On Sept. 27, the Forth Worth Star-Telegram's Robert Cadwallader reported that Carrizo Oil and Gas - another Texas-based company, had set up a rig near South Davis Elementary in nearby Arlington, Texas. In late September, the school board gave the go-ahead to the company to drill under the school to reach its "lease pool" of natural gas, which is located under another property in the area. The school district and Carrizo recently settled a lawsuit in which the district had argued the company owed it $3 million in bonuses.
It's not clear whether the companies plan to use a controversial natural gas extraction technique called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The school districts ought to do their homework and ask, because according to studies by the Environmental Working Group, the fracking process injects large volumes of several dozen chemicals listed or regulated as hazardous substances under six federal statutes, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Superfund, but are largely exempted from these laws when used in oil and gas drilling.
Benzene at school, anyone?
Last January tests conducted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) found elevated levels of benzene near a number of drilling operations. Benzene is one of the toxic chemicals used in fracking. Chronic exposure to benzene is known to cause leukemia and other blood diseases. People are primarily exposed through breathing urban air, automobile exhaust and cigarette smoke.
Hillwood International Energy appears to be a privately held company. Carizzo is publicly traded, and its 2009 annual report describes the risks of its exploration and drilling operations in disquieting terms:
We are subject to various operating and other casualty risks that could result in liability exposure or the loss of production and revenues.
The natural gas and oil business involves operating hazards such as: well blowouts; mechanical failures; explosions; uncontrollable flows of oil, natural gas or well fluids; fires; geologic formations with abnormal pressures; pipeline ruptures or spills; releases of toxic gases; and other environmental hazards and risks. Any of these hazards and risks can result in the loss of hydrocarbons, environmental pollution, personal injury claims and other damage to our properties and the property of others.
"You can't put a price on keeping our kids healthy," said Susan Knoll, who is a member of the Argyle-Bartonville Communities Alliance fighting the drilling operations.
Agreed. Exposing school children to mix of toxic chemicals, or to the slightest possibility of any of these catastrophic events, seems like the height of irresponsibility.


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