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Canto IV
To sinfull house of Pride, Duessa
guides the faithfull knight,
Where brother's death to wreak Sansjoy
doth chalenge him to fight.
Spenser's admonition (1)
YOUNG knight whatever that dost armes professe,
And through long labours huntest after fame,
Beware of fraud, beware of ficklenesse,
In choice, and change of thy deare loved Dame,
Least thou of her beleeve too lightly blame,
And rash misweening doe thy hart remove:
For unto knight there is no greater shame,
Then lightnesse and inconstancie in love;
That doth this Redcrosse knights ensample plainly prove.
Approaching the House of Pride (2-5)
Who after that he had faire Una lorne,
Through light misdeeming of her loialtie,
And false Duessa in her sted had borne,
Called Fidess', and so supposd to bee;
Long with her traveild, till at last they see
A goodly building, bravely garnished,
The house of mightie Prince it seemd to bee:
And towards it a broad high way that led,
All bare through peoples feet, which thither traveiled.
Great troupes of people traveild thitherward
Both day and night, of each degree and place,
But few returned, having scaped hard,
With balefull beggerie, or foule disgrace;
Which ever after in most wretched case,
Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay.
Thither Duessa bad him bend his pace:
For she is wearie of the toilesome way,
And also nigh consumed is the lingring day.
A stately Pallace built of squared bricke,
Which cunningly was without morter laid,
Whose wals were high, but nothing strong, nor thick,
And golden foile all over them displaid,
That purest skye with brightnesse they dismaid:
High lifted up were many loftie towres,
And goodly galleries farre over laid,
Full of faire windowes and delightful bowres;
And on the top a Diall told the timely howres.
It was a goodly heape for to behould,
And spake the praises of the workmans wit;
But full great pittie, that so faire a mould
Did on so weake foundation ever sit:
For on a sandie hill, that still did flit
And fall away, it mounted was full hie,
That every breath of heaven shaked it:
And all the hinder parts, that few could spie,
Were ruinous and old, but painted cunningly.
Entering the palace (6-7)
Arrived there, they passed in forth right;
For still to all the gates stood open wide:
Yet charge of them was to a Porter hight
Cald Malvenù, who entrance none denide:
Thence to the hall, which was on every side
With rich array and costly arras dight:
Infinite sorts of people did abide
There waiting long, to win the wished sight
Of her that was the Lady of that Pallace bright.
By them they passe, all gazing on them round,
And to the Presence mount; whose glorious vew
Their frayle amazed senses did confound:
In living Princes court none ever knew
Such endlesse richesse, and so sumptuous shew;
Ne Persia selfe, the nourse of pompous pride
Like ever saw. And there a noble crew
Of Lordes and Ladies stood on every side,
Which with their presence faire the place much beautifide.
Lucifera described (8-12)
High above all a cloth of State was spred,
And a rich throne, as bright as sunny day,
On which there sate most brave embellished
With royall robes and gorgeous array,
A mayden Queene, that shone as Titans ray,
In glistring gold, and peerelesse pretious stone:
Yet her bright blazing beautie did assay
To dim the brightnesse of her glorious throne,
As envying her selfe, that too exceeding shone.
Exceeding shone, like Phœbus fairest childe,
That did presume his fathers firie wayne,
And flaming mouthes of steedes unwonted wilde
Through highest heaven with weaker hand to rayne;
Proud of such glory and advancement vaine,
While flashing beames do daze his feeble eyen,
He leaves the welkin way most beaten plaine,
And rapt with whirling wheeles, inflames the skyen,
With fire not made to burne, but fairely for to shyne.
So proud she shyned in her Princely state,
Looking to heaven; for earth she did disdayne:
And sitting high; for lowly she did hate:
Lo underneath her scornefull feete was layne
A dreadfull Dragon with an hideous trayne,
And in her hand she held a mirrhour bright,
Wherein her face she often vewed fayne,
And in her selfe-lov'd semblance tooke delight;
For she was wondrous faire, as any living wight.
Of griesly Pluto she the daughter was,
And sad Proserpina the Queene of hell;
Yet did she thinke her pearlesse worth to pas
That parentage, with pride so did she swell;
And thundring Jove, that high in heaven doth dwell,
And wield the world, she claymed for her syre,
Or if that any else did Jove excell:
For to the highest she did still aspyre,
Or if ought higher were then that, did it desyre.
And proud Lucifera men did her call,
That made her selfe a Queene, and crownd to be,
Yet rightfull kingdome she had none at all,
Ne heritage of native soveraintie,
But did usurpe with wrong and tyrannie
Upon the scepter, which she now did hold:
Ne ruld her Realmes with lawes, but pollicie,
And strong advizement of six wisards old,
That with their counsels bad her kingdome did uphold.
RCK and Duessa's reception (13-15)
Soone as the Elfin knight in presence came,
And false Duessa seeming Lady faire,
A gentle Husher, Vanitie by name
Made rowme, and passage for them did prepaire:
So goodly brought them to the lowest staire
Of her high throne, where they on humble knee
Making obeyssance, did the cause declare,
Why they were come, her royall state to see,
To prove the wide report of her great Majestee.
With loftie eyes, halfe loth to looke so low,
She thanked them in her disdainefull wise;
Ne other grace vouchsafed them to show
Of Princesse worthy, scarse them bad arise.
Her Lordes and Ladies all this while devise
Themselves to setten forth to straungers sight:
Some frounce their curled haire in courtly guise,
Some prancke their ruffes, and others trimly dight
Their gay attire: each others greater pride does spight.
Goodly they all that knight do entertaine,
Right glad with him to have increast their crew:
But to Duess' each one himselfe did paine
All kindnesse and faire courtesie to shew;
For in that court whylome her well they knew:
Yet the stout Faerie mongst the middest crowd
Thought all their glorie vaine in knightly vew,
And that great Princesse too exceeding prowd,
That to strange knight no better countenance allowd.
Lucifera's coach, pulled by deadly sins (16-37) +
Lucifera's coach described (16-17)
Suddein upriseth from her stately place
The royall Dame, and for her coche did call:
All hurtlen forth, and she with Princely pace,
As faire Aurora in her purple pall,
Out of the east the dawning day doth call:
So forth she comes: her brightnesse brode doth blaze;
The heapes of people thronging in the hall,
Do ride each other, upon her to gaze:
Her glorious glitterand light doth all mens eyes amaze.
So forth she comes, and to her coche does clyme,
Adorned all with gold, and girlonds gay,
That seemd as fresh as Flora in her prime,
And strove to match, in royall rich array,
Great Junoes golden chaire, the which they say
The Gods stand gazing on, when she does ride
To Joves high house through heavens bras-paved way
Drawne of faire Pecocks, that excell in pride,
And full of Argus eyes their tailes dispredden wide.
Idlenesse (18-20)
But this was drawne of six unequall beasts,
On which her six sage Counsellours did ryde,
Taught to obay their bestiall beheasts,
With like conditions to their kinds applyde:
Of which the first, that all the rest did guyde,
Was sluggish Idlenesse the nourse of sin;
Upon a slouthful Asse he chose to ryde,
Arayd in habit blacke, and amis thin,
Like to an holy Monck, the service to begin.
And in his hand his Portesse still he bare,
That much was worne, but therein little red,
For of devotion he had little care,
Still drownd in sleepe, and most of his dayes ded;
Scarse could he once uphold his heavie hed,
To looken, whether it were night or day:
May seeme the wayne was very evill led,
When such an one had guiding of the way,
That knew not, whether right he went, or else astray.
From worldly cares himselfe he did esloyne,
And greatly shunned manly exercise,
From every worke he chalenged essoyne,
For contemplation sake: yet otherwise,
His life he led in lawlesse riotise;
By which he grew to grievous malady;
For in his lustlesse limbs through evill guise
A shaking fever raignd continually:
Such one was Idlenesse, first of this company.
Gluttony (21-23)
And by his side rode loathsome Gluttony,
Deformed creature, on a filthie swyne;
His belly was up-blowne with luxury,
And eke with fatnesse swollen were his eyne,
And like a Crane his necke was long and fyne,
With which he swallowed up excessive feast,
For want whereof poore people oft did pyne;
And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
He spued up his gorge, that all did him deteast.
In greene vine leaves he was right fitly clad;
For other clothes he could not weare for heat,
And on his head an yvie girland had,
From under which fast trickled downe the sweat:
Still as he rode, he somewhat still did eat,
And in his hand did beare a bouzing can,
Of which he supt so oft, that on his seat
His dronken corse he scarse upholden can,
In shape and life more like a monster, then a man.
Unfit he was for any worldly thing,
And eke unhable once to stirre or go,
Not meet to be of counsell to a king,
Whose mind in meat and drinke was drowned so,
That from his friend he seldome knew his fo:
Full of diseases was his carcas blew,
And a dry dropsie through his flesh did flow:
Which by misdiet daily greater grew:
Such one was Gluttony, the second of that crew.
Lechery (24-26)
And next to him rode lustfull Lechery,
Upon a bearded Goat, whose rugged haire,
And whally eyes (the signe of gelosy),
Was like the person selfe, whom he did beare:
Who rough, and blacke, and filthy did appeare,
Unseemely man to please faire Ladies eye;
Yet he of Ladies oft was loved deare,
When fairer faces were bid standen by:
O who does know the bent of womens fantasy?
In a greene gowne he clothed was full faire,
Which underneath did hide his filthinesse,
And in his hand a burning hart he bare,
Full of vaine follies, and new fanglenesse,
For he was false, and fraught with ficklenesse;
And learned had to love with secret lookes;
And well could daunce, and sing with ruefulnesse,
And fortunes tell, and read in loving bookes,
And thousand other wayes, to bait his fleshly hookes.
Inconstant man, that loved all he saw,
And lusted after all that he did love;
Ne would his looser life be tide to law,
But joyd weak wemens hearts to tempt and prove,
If from their loyall loves he might them move;
Which lewdnesse fild him with reprochfull paine
Of that fowle evill, which all men reprove,
That rots the marrow and consumes the braine:
Such one was Lecherie, the third of all this traine.
Avarice (27-29)
And greedy Avarice by him did ride,
Upon a Camell loaden all with gold;
Two iron coffers hong on either side,
With precious mettall full as they might hold;
And in his lap an heape of coine he told;
For of his wicked pelfe his God he made,
And unto hell him selfe for money sold;
Accursed usurie was all his trade,
And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide.
His life was nigh unto deaths doore yplast,
And thred-bare cote, and cobled shoes he ware,
Ne scarse good morsell all his life did tast,
But both from backe and belly still did spare,
To fill his bags, and richesse to compare;
Yet chylde ne kinsman living had he none
To leave them to; but thorough daily care
To get, and nightly feare to lose his owne,
He led a wretched life unto him selfe unknowne.
Most wretched wight, whom nothing might suffise,
Whose greedy lust did lacke in greatest store,
Whose need had end, but no end covetise,
Whose wealth was want, whose plenty made him pore,
Who had enough, yet wished ever more;
A vile disease, and eke in foote and hand
A grievous gout tormented him full sore,
That well he could not touch, nor go, nor stand;
Such one was Avarice, the fourth of this faire band.
Envy (30-32)
And next to him malicious Envie rode,
Upon a ravenous wolfe, and still did chaw
Betweene his cankred teeth a venemous tode,
That all the poison ran about his chaw;
But inwardly he chawed his owne maw
At neighbours wealth, that made him ever sad;
For death it was when any good he saw,
And wept, that cause of weeping none he had,
But when he heard of harme, he wexed wondrous glad.
All in a kirtle of discolourd say
He clothed was, ypainted full of eyes;
And in his bosome secretly there lay
An hatefull Snake, the which his taile uptyes
In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.
Still as he rode, he gnasht his teeth, to see
Those heapes of gold with griple Covetyse;
And grudged at the great felicitie
Of proud Lucifera, and his owne companie.
He hated all good workes and vertuous deeds,
And him no lesse, that any like did use,
And who with gracious bread the hungry feeds,
His almes for want of faith he doth accuse;
So every good to bad he doth abuse:
And eke the verse of famous Poets witt
He does backebite, and spightfull poison spues
From leprous mouth on all that ever writt:
Such one vile Envie was, that fifte in row did sitt.
Wrath (33-35)
And him beside rides fierce revenging Wrath,
Upon a Lion, loth for to be led;
And in his hand a burning brond he hath,
The which he brandisheth about his hed;
His eyes did hurle forth sparkles fiery red,
And stared sterne on all that him beheld,
As ashes pale of hew and seeming ded;
And on his dagger still his hand he held,
Trembling through hasty rage, when choler in him sweld.
His ruffin raiment all was staind with blood,
Which he had spilt, and all to rags yrent,
Through unadvized rashnesse woxen wood;
For of his hands he had no governement,
Ne car'd for bloud in his avengement:
But when the furious fit was overpast,
His cruell facts he often would repent;
Yet wilfull man he never would forecast,
How many mischieves should ensue his heedlesse hast.
Full many mischiefes follow cruell Wrath;
Abhorred bloodshed and tumultuous strife,
Unmanly murder, and unthrifty scath,
Bitter despight, with rancours rusty knife,
And fretting griefe the enemy of life;
All these, and many evils moe haunt ire,
The swelling Splene, and Frenzy raging rife,
The shaking Palsey, and Saint Fraunces fire:
Such one was Wrath, the last of this ungodly tire.
Satan, riding the wagon beam (36)
And after all, upon the wagon beame
Rode Sathan, with a smarting whip in hand,
With which he forward lasht the laesie teme,
So oft as Slowth still in the mire did stand.
Hugh routs of people did about them band,
Showting for joy, and still before their way
A foggy mist had covered all the land;
And underneath their feet, all scattered lay
Dead sculs and bones of men, whose life had gone astray.
Marching to flowering fields (37)
So forth they marchen in this goodly sort,
To take the solace of the open aire,
And in fresh flowring fields themselves to sport;
Emongst the rest rode that false Lady faire,
The foule Duessa, next unto the chaire
Of proud Lucifera, as one of the traine:
But that good knight would not so nigh repaire,
Him selfe estraunging from their joyaunce vaine,
Whose fellowship seemd far unfit for warlike swaine.
Sansjoy arrives at the House of Pride (38-51) +
An angry Sansjoy attacks RCK (38-39)
So having solaced themselves a space
With pleasaunce of the breathing fields yfed,
They backe retourned to the Princely Place;
Whereas an errant knight in armes ycled,
And heathnish shield, wherein with letters red
Was writ Sans joy, they new arrived find:
Enflam'd with fury and fiers hardy-hed
He seemd in hart to harbour thoughts unkind,
And nourish bloudy vengeaunce in his bitter mind.
Who when the shamed shield of slaine Sansfoy
He spide with that same Faery champions page,
Bewraying him, that did of late destroy
His eldest brother, burning all with rage
He to him leapt, and that same envious gage
Of victors glory from him snatcht away:
But th' Elfin knight, which ought that warlike wage
Disdaind to loose the meed he wonne in fray,
And him rencountring fierce, reskewd the noble pray.
Lucifera stops the fighting (40)
Therewith they gan to hurtlen greedily,
Redoubted battaile ready to darrayne,
And clash their shields, and shake their swords on hy,
That with their sturre they troubled all the traine;
Till that great Queene upon eternall paine
Of high displeasure that ensewen might,
Commaunded them their fury to refraine,
And if that either to that shield had right,
In equall lists they should the morrow next it fight.
Sansjoy's complaint (41-42)
Ah dearest Dame, (quoth then the Paynim bold,)
Pardon the error of enraged wight,
Whom great griefe made forget the raines to hold
Of reasons rule, to see this recreant knight,
No knight, but treachour full of false despight
And shamefull treason, who through guile hath slayn
The prowest knight that ever field did fight,
Even stout Sansfoy (O who can then refrayn?)
Whose shield he beares renverst, the more to heape disdayn.
And to augment the glorie of his guile,
His dearest love, the faire Fidessa, loe
Is there possessed of the traytour vile,
Who reapes the harvest sowen by his foe,
Sowen in bloudy field, and bought with woe:
That brothers hand shall dearely well requight,
So be, O Queene, you equall favour showe.
Him litle answerd th' angry Elfin knight;
He never meant with words, but swords to plead his right.
Agreement to fight tomorrow (43)
But threw his gauntlet as a sacred pledge,
His cause in combat the next day to try:
So been they parted both, with harts on edge
To be aveng'd each on his enimy.
That night they pas in joy and jollity,
Feasting and courting both in bowre and hall;
For Steward was excessive Gluttonie,
That of his plenty poured forth to all;
Which doen, the Chamberlain Slowth did to rest them call.
Duessa goes to Sansjoy (44-51)
Now whenas darkesome night had all displayed
Her coleblacke curtein over brightest skye,
The warlike youthes on dayntie couches layd,
Did chace away sweet sleepe from sluggish eye,
To muse on meanes of hoped victory.
But whenas Morpheus had with leaden mace
Arrested all that courtly company,
Up-rose Duessa from her resting place,
And to the Paynims lodging comes with silent pace.
Whom broad awake she finds, in troublous fit,
Forecasting, how his foe he might annoy,
And him amoves with speaches seeming fit:
Ah deare Sansjoy, next dearest to Sansfoy,
Cause of my new griefe, cause of my new joy,
Joyous, to see his ymage in mine eye,
And greev'd, to thinke how foe did him destroy,
That was the flowre of grace and chevalrye;
Lo his Fidessa to thy secret faith I flye.
With gentle wordes he can her fairely greet,
And bad say on the secret of her hart.
Then sighing soft, I learne that litle sweet
Oft tempred is (quoth she) with muchell smart:
For since my brest was launcht with lovely dart
Of deare Sans foy, I never joyed howre,
But in eternall woes my weaker hart
Have wasted, loving him with all my powre,
And for his sake have felt full many an heavie stowre.
At last when perils all I weened past,
And hop'd to reape the crop of all my care,
Into new woes unweeting I was cast,
By this false faytor, who unworthy ware
His worthy shield, whom he with guilefull snare
Entrapped slew, and brought to shamefull grave.
Me silly maid away with him he bare,
And ever since hath kept in darksome cave,
For that I would not yeeld, that to Sans foy I gave.
But since faire Sunne hath sperst that lowring clowd,
And to my loathed life now shewes some light,
Under your beames I will me safely shrowd,
From dreaded storme of his disdainfull spight:
To you th' inheritance belongs by right
Of brothers prayse, to you eke longs his love.
Let not his love, let not his restlesse spright,
Be unreveng'd, that calles to you above
From wandring Stygian shores, where it doth endlesse move.
Thereto said he, Faire Dame, be nought dismaid
For sorrowes past; their griefe is with them gone:
Ne yet of present perill be affraid;
For needlesse feare did never vantage none
And helplesse hap it booteth not to mone.
Dead is Sansfoy, his vitall paines are past,
Though greeved ghost for vengeance deepe do grone:
He lives, that shall him pay his dewties last,
And guiltie Elfin blood shall sacrifice in hast.
O but I feare the fickle freakes (quoth shee)
Of fortune false, and oddes of armes in field.
Why Dame (quoth he) what oddes can ever bee,
Where both do fight alike, to win or yield?
Yea but (quoth she) he beares a charmed shield,
And eke enchaunted armes, that none can perce,
Ne none can wound the man that does them wield.
Charmd or enchaunted (answerd he then ferce)
I no whit reck, ne you the like need to reherce.
But faire Fidessa, sithens fortunes guile,
Or enimies powre, hath now captived you,
Returne from whence ye came, and rest a while
Till morrow next, that I the Elfe subdew,
And with Sansfoyes dead dowry you endew.
Ay me, that is a double death (she said)
With proud foes sight my sorrow to renew:
Where ever yet I be, my secret aid
Shall follow you. So passing forth she him obaid.


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Volume XI, No. 6
June 1998
This issue of the Digest of EEO Law features the full text of the EEOC's final regulation on agreements waiving rights and claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 C.F.R §1625.22, which has been added to subpart B, Substantive Regulations, of 29 C.F.R. Part 1625.
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Fun for funds: Live Arts hosts musical fete
If you've ever been to a musical play in Charlottesville, you have probably seen local star Doug Schneider. He has performed on every stage in town. From appearing in Four County Players' community-style productions to his professional gigs at Heritage Repertory at the University, he has proved himself a versatile and committed actor, singer, and comedian. He's well-respected by his theater colleagues and well-loved by audiences for his consistently fine performances.
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Srebrenica: Vengeance
One of the most extraordinary books to come out of the Bosnian war was that by Chuck Sudetic, who worked for the New York Times. His story focused on the tragedy of Srebrenica. What sets Sudetic's book apart from others was the insight he gained thanks to the Čelik family, who were distant relations by marriage and who had ended up in Srebrenica. Patient detective work led him to talk to people across the region and the former frontlines thus giving it the strength of a book, which will endure. In this scene, which takes place just after the fall of Srebrenica in July 1995, thousands of Muslim men trying to trek across Serb-held territory to safety are lured down from the hills by Serbs at the village of Kravica on white UN armoured personnel carriers that they had captured. Kravica had been raided by the Srebrenica Muslims on Orthodox Christmas day in January 1993. Bratunac, close to Srebrenica had been Serb held during the war.
"Surrender," the megaphones blasted. "Your own commanders have betrayed you."
"Surrender. We will dress your wounds."
"We have your women and children here. We will kill them if you do not surrender."
"Surrender and you will be able to go wherever you wish."
Thousands of Muslim men descended the hillside and surrendered. On the roads below, they found Serbs atop the UN vehicles. Serb soldiers immediately shot some of them; others were forced into nearby fields, where their throats were slit. Several hundred prisoners were marched into the new warehouse of the of the farmer's co-op in Kravica; and after some Muslims overpowered and killed one of the Serb police guards and wounded another, the rest of the Serbs outside the warehouse opened up on the unarmed Muslims inside with machine guns and bombs. Other prisoners were marched and trucked to Bratunac, where they were cut down by machine guns. Prisoners were herded into the soccer field in the village of Nova Kasaba, where Paja had seen the man with the skin peeled from his face; their hands were bound behind their backs, and they sat on the grass in the sun. General Ratko Mladić appeared. "Nothing will happen to you," he said. But when he left, the men were marched away in groups, shot in cold blood, and dumped in mass graves.
Euphoria spread through Bratunac after the fall of Srebrenica. Mihailo Erić, the great-great-grandson of the Serb sharecropper who taught himself to read and fought against two empires to become the owner of the land he had worked as a sharecropper, was in town on the day the executions began. A few of Mihailo's friends approached him. They were excited. "Come on," they said. They told Mihailo to grab his gun. They told him to get on down to the soccer field in Bratunac. Military-age men from Kravica, including Mihailo's father, Zoran Erić, had been summoned to Bratunac for "obligatory work details." After two years of waiting, they said, their five minutes had finally come. If they dealt with the Muslims from Srebrenica now, they would never be back. Mihailo, who had gone to war at age seventeen and had his head torn open by a bullet refused to budge. "I don't shoot prisoners," he said. Then he went home.
Blood and Vengeance: One Family's Story of the War in Bosnia. Chuck Sudetic. 1998.
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against Sysco Oklahoma LLC, a major commercial food distributor, for making unlawful inquiries into the existence, nature and severity of an employee's disability, scoliosis, and then firing her because of that disability.
According to the EEOC's suit, Amanda Thompson, who worked for Sysco as a customer relations expert from December 2008, was observed parking in one of the employer's unreserved handicap parking spaces in February 2009. The same day, Sysco demanded Thompson provide Sysco a physician's full medical release, notwithstanding the fact that Thompson had been performing her job satisfactorily at all times. Several days later, before the deadline for providing the medical release had passed, Sysco terminated Thompson's employment.
Such unlawful inquiries and demands for documentation concerning the nature and severity of Thompson's disability, the EEOC said, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the Americans With Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA). The EEOC filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma (EEOC v. Sysco Oklahoma LLC, Case No.: 5:11-cv-00460-HE) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. The EEOC's lawsuit seeks back pay, compensatory and punitive damages and reinstatement or front pay for Thompson and injunctive relief, including training for all Sysco managers on disability discrimination.
"This employer's conduct is precisely that which Congress felt the need to target in recently amending existing laws against disability discrimination," said Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office, whose jurisdiction includes Oklahoma. "The EEOC believes that a disabled employee who is satisfactorily performing her job and who possesses a valid handicap parking placard for her vehicle should not have to suffer the indignity and hardship of being interrogated about her disability and then fired because of it."
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British Go Journal No. 15. Autumn 1971. Page 8.
Black: J. Diamond, 4d
White: S. Miyashita, 5d
The game-file in SGF format.
Comments are by Miyashita Shuzo, 9-dan (Suzue's father). Other comments, in parentheses, are by various people, including John Diamond, John Tilley and the Editor - Andrew Daly . This game was played at Geoffrey Gray's house, and relayed to another room where about 30 people heard Miyashita 9-dan comment on the game in progress.
Figure 1 (1-70)
In an amateur game the fuseki makes little difference. The result hinges on the middle game battle.
Figure 2a (71-100)
BGJ had Fig 2a and 2b as one diagram, Fig 2.
(At the start of this figure the game hinges on the result of the fight which starts with black 71 - E in Figure 1.)
Figure 2b (101-152)
BGJ had Fig 2a and 2b as one diagram, Fig 2.
Diagram 1
Figure 3a (153-200)
BGJ had Fig 3a and 3b as one diagram, Fig 3.
Mr Miyashita's comments end here.
Figure 3b (201-301)
BGJ had Fig 3a and 3b as one diagram, Fig 3.
224 ko at white , 227 ko at 221, 230 ko, 233 ko, 236 ko, 239 ko, 242 ko, 245 ko, 248 ko, 251 ko, 253 at 246, 254 ko, 257 ko, 260 ko, 263 ko, 266 ko, 269 ko.
Black won the ko at 189 and that at 301, which is not shown in full, to take the game by 1 point. This was an excellent result for John as Miss Miyashita is a very strong player, though she was tired by travel and a little unlucky in the game.


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2008 Hummer H2 & H2 SUT - First Drive
Improvements Made Where They Matter
With the demise of the Hummer H1 last year, there was speculation in the industry that the Hummer brand was on its way out. But after a secret meeting with Hummer executives last January, we got the skinny on the future plans for GM's four-wheeling brand, of which we can only begin to talk about now. While we can tell you there are some exciting products in the Hummer pipeline, the first one we can officially show you is the 2008 Hummer H2-now the brand's flagship vehicle.
It is no secret that we are huge fans of the H2, but the first generation generally fell short on quality, especially interior materials, while some of the other complaints focused around power, fuel economy, and rear visibility. While the H2 was improved each year to answer complaints, it isn't until the 2008 model that you really benefit from the biggest change, a gorgeous, all-new cabin. Still based on its own unique and upgraded version of the GMT-800 platform (like the '08 Silverado/Sierra HDs), the H2 retains its heavy-duty coil-sprung, multilink rear axle.
The cabin is anchored by a new luxurious dash that no longer says, "Hey look! I must be macho!" The new design features soft-touch materials everywhere, even on the door panels with hard cheap plastic scarcer than a Michigan highway without orange cones. There is even a splash of metallic trim, as well as copious amounts of soft leather. The switchgear finally feels expensive, with tactile feedback, and the four-wheel-drive engagement switches have been exchanged for a single dominant knob. A fantastic audio system, along with an audio jack, rounds out the cabin experience. As a major bonus, SUV models now have a full third row (spares are mounted on the outside as on the SUT) for true seven-passenger capacity, and we were thrilled that our early production testers exhibited no squeaks or rattles.
As with the previous models, the H2 is a road-trip machine, chewing up miles of pavement effortlessly with a smooth ride and even more comfortable seats. As with earlier versions of the H2, there is some wind noise around the windshield, but it is not objectionable by any means. For fans of entomology, the upright windshield still attracts bug splatter like Vegas attracts weddings.
While we probably would have been satisfied with just an interior upgrade, Hummer also wanted to answer our concerns of power and economy for the H2, so they replaced the previous 325hp 6.0L OHV V-8 with the 6.2L OHV V-8 from the Escalade, backing it up with the same excellent 6L80E six-speed automatic transmission, which nets the Hummer 393 hp and 415 lb-ft of torque, with the bonus of an approximately 10 percent boost in fuel economy. This drivetrain really gets the 6,600-pound H2 moving, as GM estimates 0-60 mph to be about 7.8 seconds, while the tow rating has also been improved considerably, by 1,500 pounds, to 8,000. All of this without the Boeing-like whooshing that accompanied the previous 6.0L's mechanical fan, which has been replaced by electric units on the 2008 models, leaving nothing to spoil the engine note or relatively quiet cabin. Talk about a win-win situation.
Out on the trails near Aztec, New Mexico, we were reintroduced to the big Hummer's four-wheeling skills. Sure, visibility on technical trails is limited at best, requiring heavy reliance on spotters, but that doesn't change the capability of the H2 in the dirt. It has the ability to walk over obstacles you wouldn't think of taking it on, helped by the six-speed's lower First gear (and manual gear selection mode), which nets a crawl ratio of 39:1, a 20 percent improvement. The rearview camera also became handy on trails where the Hummer's Q-ship requires a multipoint turn. While we would appreciate a front locker, we can't fault the way the H2's traction control limits wheelspin and gets the big H2 over obstacles, even when one wheel is hopelessly hanging in the air. It may not be a perfect machine, but it is hands-down the best fullsize out there, especially when it comes to wheeling.
We can't wait to get our hands on an '08 H2 to wheel in our own backyard. Look for a more in-depth review in our upcoming 2008 FWOTY issue.
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Improved drivetrain, improved economy, improved comfort, improved towing.
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Pointless offset steering wheel, some driveline harshness in 4-Lo, armored car visibility.
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The best fullsize-improved in every way we suggested.
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Axle ratio: 3.73
Suspension (f/r): Independent with torsion bars, monotube shocks, stabilizer ar/Five-link variable-rate coil-sprung solid axle (or air), monotube shocks, stabilizer bar
Steering: Variable-rate recirculating ball
Brakes (f/r): 12.8x1.5-inch disc/13.0x1.1-inch disc
Wheels/Tires: LT315/70R17 BFGoodrich All-Terrains on 17x8 cast-aluminum wheels
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Length (in): 203.5
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New Jersey Transit tells The Record that of 27 people struck and killed by its trains in 2013, 21 were confirmed or possible suicides. Between 2008 and last year, that number hovered between 12 and 16.
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Carey goes dark…and sings
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And all of it went down without Justin Timberlake who's in England at the iTunes Festival promoting his new album. Great. So now his ego doesn't have to overshadow everyone else. Like our girlcrush Carey and also… my boyfriend Oscar Isaac.
Since I can't find a clip from the event, here's an old one of Oscar with Marcus last year at Caffe Vivaldi while they were shooting the film. And, of course, Carey singing in Shame. God she is so lovely.
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Knitalong: celebrating the tradition of knitting together
a book by Larissa Brown & Martin John Brown
published by Stewart Tabori & Chang, spring 2008
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At any given moment, tens of thousands of people are involved in knitalongs in places all over the world – many connected only by the silvery threads of the Internet.
Ours is the only book that celebrates this phenomenon, and traces it back through years of tradition, community, and shared purpose.
Read along with us as yesterday's wartime Red Cross sock drives evolve into today's meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and major league ballparks, as well as international online gatherings focused on patterns, yarns, and other themes.
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Pictures From a Private Tasting at JAQK Cellars in San Francisco
JAQK Cellars: A New Label That's Upping the Wine Ante
JAQK Cellars: A New Label That's Upping the Wine Ante
Ever wonder what happens when a winemaker and a pair of graphic designers hit it off with one another? Well, in the case of Napa's Craig MacLean and San Francisco's Katie Jain and Joel Templin, the answer is JAQK Cellars. JAQK — which is pronounced "jack" but stands for the jack, ace, queen, and king of playing cards — has only just come out with its second release, ever.
But after tasting this line of cleverly-branded, poker-themed California wines, I knew Craig, Katie, and Joel weren't bluffing. And taste a group of us certainly did at a private food and wine pairing, in the company's airy, loftlike offices in San Francisco's Jackson Square. To learn more about the artfully designed vintages, which were as easy on the palate as they were on the eyes, keep reading.


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Farmingdale State - 14, Purchase College - 0
Purchase, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team had 14 different players in scoring as they shutout Purchase for a 14-0 win. The Rams improved to 7-1 overall, 1-0 in Skyline play while Purchase fell to 2-1, 0-1.
In the first half, Farmingdale State led 7-0 before sophomore attack Jessica Romero (Brentwood, N.Y.) scored the final goal of the half off a pass from junior attack Emily Wolff (Middle Island, N.Y.) for an 8-0 halftime lead.
The second half saw scores from junior attack Kelly Geheran (Sayville, N.Y.), Wolff, freshman attack Britanny Rosino (North Babylon, N.Y.), senior defender Tatiana Pena (Hicksville, N.Y.), freshman attack Kristen Keller (Westbury, N.Y.) and freshman attack Emilia Moore (Baldwin, N.Y.).
Rosino finished with a game-high four points (1 goal, 3 assists), while Wolff, Keller and Geheran each finished with one goal and one assist.
Freshman goalkeeper Krista Spagnoletta (West Islip, N.Y.) made two saves for her first career shutout.
The Rams will leave for their Spring Break trip to North Carolina on Monday and will be playing Greensboro College on Tuesday, March 25th at 4:00 p.m and Guilford College on Thursday, March 27th at 7:00 p.m.
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What was the role of images in women's experience in the Middle Ages? This course seeks to answer that question through an examination of images made of, for and by women in this dynamic period of history. The course is framed by the legalization of Christianity (in 313) and Luther's declaration of Protestantism (in 1517), thereby focusing on the entire medieval tradition and its exploration of gender and image. The course seeks to understand the construction and subversion of gender roles through images. May count towards Women's Studies.
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Well, I got it, but it took considerable effort on the part of Mom, the Health Department and the staff of Kroger's to get the job done.
The day began at 3:00 a.m. -- not my favorite hour to crawl out of bed. I hit the snooze button at least twice and at 3:30, the phone rang.
It was Mom, calling to make sure I was up and ready to go to Kroger's in Fountain City, Tennessee to get in line for a flu shot. I told her I'd be ready to go by the time she got to my house. She hadn't slept much the day before because, well, she was worrying about one of her kids. At 41, I don't feel much like a kid anymore, but at 71, mom still thinks of me as her "baby."
There was little traffic at 4:00 on Monday morning, but Mom punched the accelerator at every light like a horse starting the Kentucky Derby. She was determined to make good time and beat the crowd, pushing her 16-year-old, four-cylinder Honda Accord to the limit.
As we turned in the parking lot, she sighed, "Just look at all the cars!" I've been legally blind for 8 years, but Mom still forgets that I can't see much -- especially at 4:00 in the morning. That's okay; sometimes I forget that she's been deaf in one ear since birth and is becoming hard of hearing in the other.
I was number 56 in line, according to the number on the chair I took. Mom took number 57. The chairs were lined up facing each other along an aisle where the "feminine products" and Depend undergarments were neatly stacked. Once seated, we engaged in small talk with the folks around us, most of whom qualified for their own numbered chair by virtue of being at least 65 years old.
Soon, the stories began to circulate -- stories of family members and friends, local politics, life in retirement homes, and stories of others going through the ordeal of obtaining, or in some cases, being denied this season's scarce flu shot. I knew how long Mom had waited in line to get her flu shot the previous week, but we didn't want to bring that up for fear that someone would ask her to give up her seat. If that happened, I'd need to depend on the kindness of others to help me navigate the line and fill out the paperwork. I didn't want to ask a stranger to check the box that indicated my need for a flu shot: "weakened immune system." That one always raises an eyebrow.
As the hours passed, I began reflecting on the experience as a classic dilemma in medical ethics. After all, this was an exercise in allocating scarce medical resources, an issue I had written about in grad school.
As a person with AIDS, access to health care is a big issue for me. Before I contracted HIV in the '90s, I remember hearing about activists in the '80s demonstrating for early access to AZT in the streets of New York, Atlanta and San Francisco, so that they and other people with HIV might live a few short months or years longer. I have often thought of those early AIDS activists as soldiers who took the first and worst casualties in the war for access to HIV health care -- and how I likely owed my life to them. Now that I've joined their ranks, I have a better appreciation for their sacrifices and how hard they worked to knock down the social, cultural and economic barriers that stood in their way. I also have a greater appreciation for how much work still needs to be done.
As I sat sipping coffee among these people roughly twice my age, I listened to their own struggles with health and health care.
The man next to me was diabetic. A lady across from me had palsy. Several people down the line had heavy coughs. The man next to mom complained of severe neuropathy down his right side. He was a tall, fit, 75-year-old, who, up until last month, had worked out every day, doing bench presses and arm curls with heavier weights than I ever lifted when I was a young, healthy, weight-lifting, ball-playing jock. He had stopped lifting after his doctor told him that such strenuous workouts could make his neuropathy worse.
I had read a lot about neuropathy, so I talked to him about how the nerve cells are covered in a fatty, insulating sheath, much like electrical wires are coated with plastic or rubber. In neuropathy, when this protective coating is damaged, our nerves "short-circuit" and cause us to feel sensations like bee stings or needle sticks. He'd been suffering from this considerably.
As we talked, I mentioned how this flu shot experience brought up the ethical issues of allocating scarce medical resources that I had studied. I outlined the various systems used to administer rationing, such as the principle of medical necessity, the "lottery method," and "first-come-first-served." Waiting in a series of numbered chairs seemed to fit the latter model. He also figured that anyone who could afford to plunk down $500 would likely have no trouble obtaining a shot. No doubt.
Then he told me about his son -- a disabled Vietnam veteran -- who had recently waited in a long line for a flu shot but was turned down because he wasn't elderly and didn't "fit" any of the other acceptable risk categories -- like having a weakened immune system.
I was speechless for a moment. No longer proud of what I knew about medical ethics or neuropathy, I was shocked to hear that such basic medical care had been denied to a disabled veteran. I said, "That's a crying shame."
His story reminded me of another, often theoretical, criterion for allocating scarce medical resources -- moral worth. While a person's demonstrated moral worth is often discussed as a possible criterion to consider in divvying up limited resources, it's generally thrown out of the mix as ethically problematic: How do we determine a person's moral worth? By how hard they work? By how much they contribute to charity? By how often they attend church? Okay, but if these criteria are used, only those able to work hard, give to charity, or frequent churches would be able to access needed health care, leaving the poor and infirmed and incarcerated out of the running. Where's the justice?
Mom got up to get more coffee and pastry. She returned with two half-filled cups of coffee, and one sweet roll, cut in two. She said they were rationing the refreshments to make sure there was enough to go around.
I was reminded of the '70s, a decade I can remember, when gas was rationed. I was reminded of World War II, a time I never knew, when the whole country was forced to ration coffee, gas, and other staples for the war effort. My grandmother's stories of the Great Depression came to mind. I looked at Mom and asked, "Wasn't World War II the last time we had to ration goods in this country?" She laughed.
After waiting nearly five hours in line, I finally made it to the nurses who were taking forms and deciding who would and wouldn't get their flu shot. One nurse noted my white cane and guided me to the folding chair next to her table. She asked me if I had been blind since birth. I informed her that I had only been blind since 1996. She said, "Okay," and continued examining my form. I realized she didn't have all the information as she needed to make a decision, so I leaned closer to her. In a low voice, I explained that my loss of sight was due to CMV retinitis related to HIV. She immediately put down the form. She asked me if I was feeling okay today. I said "Yes." She asked me if I was allergic to eggs. I said, "No." She asked me if I had ever gotten a flu shot before. I said, "Yes." She swabbed my arm, administered the shot and stuck on a band-aid.
Why did I feel guilty after I got my shot? Maybe it was because I hadn't always worked hard, or contributed to charity, or gone to church, like many of those around me had. Maybe it was because I had never served in the armed forces. Maybe it was because I saw a woman, about my age, with no apparent medical condition putting her into a "high-risk category," get turned away just before I stepped up for my shot.
Today, I heard that 20 million more flu shots are going to be made available. Health Secretary Tommy Thompson is telling senior citizens not to wait in lines anymore, but instead, to ask their doctors for the shot, when it gets here, from Canada, in a month or two, or three.
I wish I knew how many "people years" of experience were in the line yesterday at the Kroger's in Fountain City, and I wish I could take all that wisdom and transplant it into the minds of our leaders so they'd think and act in a more proactive and responsible way.
Nevertheless, I want to thank all the Health Department workers and the folks at Kroger's who have been getting up in the wee hours of the morning to help ensure access to basic health care -- for those who "qualify." I also want to thank all the healthy people who are giving up their shot for not-so-healthy folks, like me, and I offer them my hope for a mild flu season.
And, last, but not least, thanks to Mom, who, by the way, gave her place in line to a lady in a wheelchair.


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Holidays in Terlano/Terlan
The wine village of Terlano, along with the neighbouring frazioni of Vilpiano/Vilpian and Settequerce/Siebeneich, sits in the middle of the Etschtal valley along the South Tyrolean Wine Road and is surrounded by vineyards and orchards. In addition to wine and apples, Terlano is best known for asparagus, which can be sampled on holiday during springtime in the local restaurants and inns. Hiking and strolling paths, for instance the Wine Trail in Terlano and cycling tours along the Etsch river, can be enjoyed year round. The Xsund activity and adventure park, with its high-ropes course and 3D archery trail, is perfect for families.


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The Sixty Years War
November 24, 2010
Weekly Standard
On November 12, North Korean scientists took Stanford professor Siegfried Hecker and two colleagues to the Yongbyon nuclear complex. The North Koreans led the Americans to a building that Hecker, former head of the Los Alamos nuclear laboratories, had visited in February 2008. The structure had been transformed into a "stunning" uranium enrichment facility, Hecker would later write.
That revelation brings to an end the long-running debate inside the U.S. intelligence community over whether the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has an active uranium enrichment program. North Korea acknowledged that it had such an effort back in 2002. But the North Koreans later claimed their admission was a misunderstanding. And in the years since, the intelligence community has had little knowledge of the North Korean nuclear program—it is, after all, the most secretive project of the world's most secretive regime. There was no fresh intelligence to cast doubt on the program's continued existence, because there was little new information about the program at all.
This absence of evidence led to a split in the U.S. intelligence community. The State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), along with analysts at the Department of Energy, voiced strong skepticism about the existence of a North Korean enrichment program. But others, most notably analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency and most of the leadership at the CIA, were convinced that enrichment work was continuing. By 2007, the consensus of the U.S. intelligence community on the existence of an enrichment program was downgraded from "high-confidence" to "mid-confidence," and pro-engagement policymakers were comparing the worrisome intelligence on North Korea to prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Meanwhile, Bush administration policymakers eager for engagement with North Korea—led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and functionary Christopher Hill—downplayed the likelihood of DPRK enrichment efforts and mocked those who worried about them. "Some people imagine there is a building somewhere with a secret door they can open and find a group of scantily clad women enriching uranium," Hill commented.
Well, we don't know about the women. But just two months after Hill's dismissive comments, the evidence of a secret enrichment program continued to build. In June 2008, North Korea presented documents to the United States that were intended to verify the DPRK's claims regarding plutonium production. In an underappreciated irony, analysts found traces of highly enriched uranium on the 18,000 pages of materials. The CIA and DIA argued that the new evidence confirmed their suspicions. INR and DOE found reasons to doubt it.
Stephen Hadley, national security adviser under George W. Bush, mentioned the dispute in a little-noticed speech he delivered two weeks before leaving office. In his remarks, Hadley warned that North Korea would be "an early challenge" for the Obama administration. "This is especially true because some in the intelligence community have increasing concerns that North Korea has an ongoing covert uranium enrichment program." Originally intended for use in a speech by President Bush, this carefully vetted claim, coming from the preternaturally cautious Hadley, raised eyebrows among Korea-watchers. The White House meant it as a marker—something that would provide an official, on-the-record indication of the state of intelligence on North Korea's nuclear program.
It was also an incongruous coda to four years of failed engagement with a rogue regime. During that time, North Korea had tested a crude nuclear weapon and been caught red-handed providing assistance to Syria, a leading state sponsor of terror, in the construction of a nuclear reactor. And yet, after stern denunciations, Bush officials had continued to reward North Korea's occasional, symbolic diplomatic gestures with bilateral meetings and relief from sanctions.
Which brings us to the current impasse. On November 23, 2010, just two days after the DPRK's uranium enrichment program was revealed in the pages of the New York Times, North Korea launched an unprovoked, 50-minute artillery barrage on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong that killed two South Korean marines, two civilians, and injured dozens of others. The Obama administration expressed concern about the nuclear revelations and condemned the attacks. A White House official told ABC's Jake Tapper that the administration would not be "rushing into six-party talks" with North Korea because "we see that as rewarding bad behavior."
Not rewarding bad behavior is good. Punishing bad behavior? That's better.
Yet the nuances of the Obama administration's position have little to do with the severity of punishment and everything to do with the speed of capitulation. Almost as quickly as the Obama administration expressed its determination not to reward "bad behavior," the White House announced its intention to do just that. That same day, Ambassador Stephen Bosworth, special representative for North Korea policy, said the administration would "continue our coordination of moves designed to lead eventually to the resumption of the six-party talks." Perhaps anticipating questions about the wisdom of seeking new agreements on nuclear disarmament with a regime that has violated every other such agreement, Bosworth added: "We are very concerned as to the sincerity of the DPRK's approach to this."
But not concerned enough to change course. On the evening of November 23, with fires still burning on Yeonpyeong, a statement on the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that the United States had agreed to seek an immediate resumption of the six-party talks. Bosworth, addressing reporters in Beijing after meeting his Chinese counterparts, said: "We agreed on the essential need for us to continue coordination and consultation on this issue, the uranium enrichment program, and of course on the subject of how . . . to bring about a resumption of the Six Party process."
And so the cycle begins anew. Kim Jong Il feels neglected. He does something provocative. America and her allies offer statements of concern. Negotiations resume. The U.S. side offers generous concessions while threatening to tighten sanctions. North Korea makes promises it does not intend to keep. American diplomats celebrate their "achievement." And, after a period of relative quiet, Kim Jong Il begins to feel neglected again and does something else provocative.
For much of the foreign policy establishment, the familiarity of this cycle provides comfort. When North Korea declares itself a nuclear power, or tests a crude nuclear weapon, or launches missiles into the Sea of Japan, or blows up a South Korean ship, or reveals to an American scientist a state-of-the-art centrifuge operation—the response is the same. It's just Kim Jong Il being Kim Jong Il, people say.
But this is false comfort. Nineteen out of twenty times, Kim's actions can be explained as diplomatic gamesmanship. But the consequences of being wrong that one time—the consequences of misjudging a belligerent and dying dictator with nukes—are grave.
It is up to the White House to break the cycle of futility. The Obama administration's cool attitude toward North Korea during its first 20 months in office was a welcome change from the Bush administration's overeager engagement. Getting serious about North Korea, however, requires dispensing with two comforting but inaccurate assumptions that have guided the diplomacy of administrations from both political parties for nearly two decades.
The first is the notion that Kim Jong Il can be talked out of pursuing nuclear weapons. The second is that China and the United States share fundamental security interests in disarming North Korea.
For years, U.S. policy on North Korea has been outsourced to China. Successive presidents have asked that Beijing use its muscle to control its combative ally. It hasn't worked, because the Chinese believe that the status quo is preferable to escalation. The Obama administration needs to flip that equation by making the status quo less acceptable. Rather than asking China politely to do our diplomatic spadework, why not use our diplomatic and economic leverage over China to demonstrate that there are consequences for Beijing's recalcitrance?
In the short term, we can reimpose the tough sanctions that were unwisely lifted by President Bush in the summer of 2008, and immediately return North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terror. The administration could also urge South Korea to end its participation in the Kaesong Industrial Complex—a zone of joint economic cooperation with North Korea in which South Korean companies provide capital and North Korea provides labor.
Beyond that, America can aggressively seek to interdict North Korean ships suspected of carrying illicit materials, and increase the number of regular, high-profile joint naval exercises we conduct with South Korea.
No doubt, it will be tempting for President Obama to take the easier path—to pursue meaningless nonproliferation agreements, to offer platitudes about a nuclear-free world, to restart the six-party talks and otherwise seek dialogue about disarmament with regimes committed to nuclear weapons. But as French president Nicolas Sarkozy reminded Obama at the U.N. Security Council last year:
...The people of the entire world are listening to what we're saying, to our promises, our commitments and our speeches. But we live in a real world, not a virtual world. We say: Reductions must be made. And President Obama has even said: 'I dream of a world without [nuclear weapons].' Yet before our very eyes, two countries are doing the exact opposite...
And what have the repeated offers for dialogue produced? Sarkozy answered his own question.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Stephen F. Hayes: Eloquent and Balanced on North Korea's 60 Year Tradition of Intransigeance
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Wild Oregano Oil
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 14, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Wild Oregano Oil
Oregano (Origanum vulgare) is native to the warm climate regions of the Western and Southwestern parts of Europe and Asia and especially the Mediterranean region. It is related to the mint family. The Oregano is a perennial herb that grows up to 20 to 80 cm tall. It has rounded opposite leaves with beautiful purple flowers. It is also called Wild Majoram.
The Wild Oregano Oil is an extract of the Oregano plant which is known to have astringent, antibacterial and other therapeutic properties. The Wild Oregano Oil contains phenols such as carvacrol and thymol that is essential in the therapeutic properties of this herbal remedy. It also has anti fungal agents that can effectively kill fungus on the spot. The Wild Oregano Oil has many other compounds that help to make this herbal remedy one of the most potent broad spectrum antibiotics ever.
History and Origin
The name Oregano comes from the Italian word 'oregano' which is a derivative of the medieval Latin term 'organum'. There are many derivatives of the name Oregano and some experts suggested that it may also have a North African language decent.
The use of Oregano and Wild Oregano Oil for medicinal purposes began shortly after this herb was used for cooking. Its flavorful aroma and bitter taste brings life to many dishes.
Ancient Uses
The use of the Oregano during ancient times were initially for food since this herb brings a delicious flavor and aroma to dishes. It is added to dishes in either dried or fresh form.
In Turkey, the Oregano is used in Turkish cuisine by flavoring meats; Oregano and Wild Oregano Oil enhances the flavor of lamb and mutton which is cooked either as a barbecue or a kebab. The healing powers of the Oregano plant and Wild Oregano Oil were also discovered and were primarily used as an antiseptic and a treatment for minor gastro intestinal illnesses. In Greece it was used as a treatment for sore throat and other respiratory illnesses.
Modern Uses
The Wild Oregano Oil is used in modern times as an antibacterial agent that is able to treat many types of infections in the body. It is a very effective immune system booster that can increase the body's natural immunity to fight diseases and infections.
The Wild Oregano Oil can be applied externally to heal muscular pain and soft tissue pain since it has an anti inflammatory effect. This can definitely benefit people who are suffering from arthritis and rheumatism. The Wild Oregano Oil has anti fungal properties as well and can be used as an anti-parasitic preparation. It also has high amounts of antioxidants that can possibly reverse the aging process and improve the health of cells in the body organs.
Side Effects
Wild Oregano Oil is not advised for pregnant and nursing women. It is also contraindicated for people with known allergies to Oregano preparations or to pure Oregano itself. Seek your doctor's approval regarding the use of Wild Oregano Oil for your illness first to prevent any side effects and adverse drug reactions with the medicines that you are currently taking.
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Following the announcement that learner drivers will be allowed on the motorway in a matter of months, a new study from Co-op insurance reveals almost a fifth of drivers still feel nervous driving on the motorway.
The new study, conducted among Scottish drivers reveals that almost a fifth (17%) feel nervous at the thought of taking on the motorway.
A further 6% said that driving on the motorway made them feel intimidated and 14% said they were bored when driving on the motorway.
It's for this reason, more than four fifths (85%) of drivers have welcomed the change, which will see learner drivers allowed to take lessons on the motorway from 2018.
Of those who support the law change, four fifths (80%) believe that it will give new drivers more confidence on the motorway and a third (34%) said it will help to keep roads safer.
When asked what their biggest concern was when driving on the motorway, two fifths (43%) of Scottish drivers worried about driving in the rain, two fifths (42%) said they worried about being tailgated, and more than a third (36%) worried about other drivers drifting into their lane.
More than a fifth (23%) worried about breaking down on the motorway, more than a third (36%) are concerned about being caught in a high speed collision and more than a quarter (27%) worry about lorry drivers not being able to see other vehicles.
Top 10 biggest motorway fears:
1. 43% - Visibility in the rain
2. 42% - Being tailgated
3. 36% - Other vehicles drifting into another lane
4. 36% - Being caught in a high speed collision
5. 27% - Lorry drivers not being able to see other vehicles
6. 24% - Tire blow-outs
7. 23% - Breaking down
8. 21% - Being able to concentrate
9. 20% - Missing my exit
10. 18% - Road rage
In anticipation of these changes, Co-op Insurance is testing motorist's existing motorway knowledge through an interactive quiz, with a view to increasing people's understanding of motorway driving.
Nick Ansley, Head of Motor Insurance at Co-op Insurance commented: "Almost a third of the young driver accidents that we see happen between one and six months of them passing their driving test. In the main, this is due to lack of experience on the road.
"Therefore, if taking lessons on the motorway early on helps to build confidence in new drivers then it can only be a good thing, for both them and other road users.
"Evidently, the motorway can be an intimidating place and the fact that 17% of drivers in Scotland feel nervous when driving on them is concerning.
"We look forward to welcoming these changes next year and hope to see more drivers building confidence and helping to make and keep our roads safe."
Mike Bristow, spokesperson for Brake, the Road Safety Charity said: "Young drivers are involved in a high proportion of crashes that kill and seriously injure because of inexperience and the tendency of some to take risks.
"Improved training before and after getting a licence is essential to improving road safety. The introduction of motorway driving lessons is a welcomed step, but there needs to be much wider reform to the learning to drive system. This could include a minimum learning period and restrictions for newly-qualified drivers, such as a late night curfew.
"This graduated driver licensing approach has helped dramatically reduce road casualties in countries including Australia, and could save lives here in the UK too."


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The 12-year-old boy who had received an umbilical cord blood transplant earlier this year in an attempt to cure him of his HIV and leukemia died from a severe complication on July 5, his doctors announced.
The boy, Eric Blue, received the transplant in late April at the University of Minnesota. He had reportedly been doing well until June, when he developed graft-versus-host disease, a complication in which the donor's immune cells attack the tissues of the host's body.
"He was incredibly brave and courageous, and understood he was participating in something historic," said Dr. Michael Verneris, a transplant specialist at the university, who treated Blue. [...]
While not yet conclusive, tissue and blood tests obtained through Blue's treatment have shown an absence of HIV, even after his medications were discontinued, Verneris said.
"There was no sign of leukemia either for that matter," he said. "Things were looking quite bright. Of course, that makes it even more bittersweet in some ways ... that he was almost there."
"This patient absolutely needed to have this transplant," Verneris added. "And if he hadn't developed a very common side effect of bone marrow transplant and died from it, we were hopeful this was all going to work well."
Had the boy lived, he would have joined a small-but-growing list of people who have been cured of HIV.
Recently, two HIV-infected men who had received bone marrow transplants to treat their cancer were found to have no signs of HIV in their blood several weeks after stopping treatment.
In addition, a German man who had started treatment within a month of infection was recently revealed to still have an undetectable viral load (below 1 copy/mL) nine years after discontinuing treatment.
Despite Blue's death, his doctors hope to continue to better understand and develop this new approach of using cord blood transplants to treat HIV-infected patients.


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Announcing our 1st Birthday Challenge!
How could the micro:bit help us to celebrate our 1st Birthday?
Join the party!! It's been an amazing year and we've loved sharing it with you. We want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way on this incredible journey and what better way to mark the occasion than with a Birthday Challenge!
We have seen some fabulous micro:bit creations over the last year and we can't wait to see what amazing ideas and devices you can come up with to help us to celebrate our first birthday. Whether you're inventing the micro:bit birthday candle or maybe a micro:bit controlled disco ball...we want to see your ideas!
We will give prizes for the:
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Who can join the party?
Anyone with a great celebration idea can participate.
How to enter?
Please send your entry with any attachments to email@example.com with "Challenge" in the subject line.
What to include?
Entries must arrive to us by 25th November 2017. The winners will be announced by 9th December 2017.
- Describe your idea in a document, scan, video or photo
- Take photos or a video of your device
- Include instructions on how you made your creation, including the script plus the hex file
And the winners...
Sponsored by our friends at Kitronik, the winning entries will receive a goody bag full of micro:bit swag, be published on microbit.org and will be showcased at the micro:bit stand at the BETT Show 2018.
Good luck!
PS We'd love a sneak peek...so when you finish also Tweet about your entry with a description and image plus the tag #microbitchallenge and @microbit_edu in the tweet.


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Usage Ideas
Western, Crime,
Ghost Story
Membership Level
Pro, Lifetime Pro
These three additional designs are also included:
The Dynamite Alley eCover Pack includes:
4 Layered PSD Files – 1 for Each Option Shown Above
• Fully editable using Photoshop Elements, Photoshop, Illustrator, and other software used to manipulate .PSD layers.
4 JPEG Files – 1 for Each Option Shown Above
• Designed for those who don't use the software above, these files will allow you to add the text layers to customize your eCover.
• Learn how HERE.
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Files are delivered in PSD and JPG formats.
All watermarks will be removed prior to delivery.