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It's been a while since I've contributed regularly around here, and I've changed jobs in the last few months so it's probably best I give a quick update. I'm the online editor at The Weekly Standard where I write online and on dead tree pulp about everything from unions to mercenaries to graveyards. So that's where I'm coming from, these days. In any event, I want to talk about a story that's over a year old and how the story and reaction to it tell us something about the way the media frames issues surrounding Islamism.
Let me explain. Last January, Harper's ran an expose "The Guantánamo 'Suicides': A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle," by Scott Horton. Judging from the scare quotes, you can probably gather that the story was insinuating that something much more sinister was going on. The article marshals a great many details to insinuate that three Muslim Gitmo detainees were murdered at a secret CIA facility near the famous Cuban terrorism detainee camp.
Given the serious nature of the accusations, many of you are undoubtedly wondering why you haven't heard much about this story before. In fact, Jack Shafer, Slate's inestimable media critic, noted at the time "the major press has largely snubbed the Harper's scoop."
Well, Shafer closely examined the story and concluded that there were many, many good reasons why Harper's expose hadn't garnered any media attention. Shafer's takedown of the piece is thorough and convincing, so read the whole thing. But suffice to say, it's got more holes than golf course made of Swiss cheese:
Although Horton has no proof that the building nestled into the Guantánamo hills houses a CIA operation, he proceeds on the basis of a rumor and a cute nickname to write as if the place is a CIA installation called Camp No. The nine additional references the piece makes to Camp No (not counting its placement on a map) are designed to lull gullible readers into thinking that 1) Camp No exists and 2) that one of its uses is to torture prisoners. Camp No has already become "real" enough to deserve a Wikipedia entry.
For the sake of argument, let's say that the CIA or some other agency did run a secret site at Guantánamo known colloquially to some as Camp No, and that three prisoners were killed there on June 9, 2006, as Horton surmises. But if you were going to torture prisoners to the point of death in interrogations, would you really draw three prisoners from the same cell block, inside the same hour, for that punishment? It would make more sense to torture one to death, cover up that murder, and after a decent interval proceed with the gained information to torture the second prisoner to death. Or, if your aim was to execute them and cover up the murders, why bring the bodies back to a medical clinic where scores of people would examine them and an investigation would be started. Killing three prisoners on one night and then attempting to cover it up is a mission that not even the combined powers of Jack Bauer, James Bond, and Jack Ryan could pull off.
Note that Joe Carter at First Things also took the piece to the woodshed. The fact that the story was a lot of thinly sourced and dubious conjecture likely explains why no one really picked up on the story.
Well, until now. Incredibly, the "Guantanamo 'Suicides'" piece just won a National Magazine Award for "Best Reporting." A number of critics are baffled by the honor. I'll just come out and say what I think -- it's one thing that Harper's has tilted left of left in recent years, but it says quite a lot that the worst examples of the magazine's excessive politicization is chosen for such a high honor ("Guantanamo Suicides" edged out another egregiously politicized piece for the award -- Jane Mayer's now-infamous profile of the Koch Brothers.) Conversely, there are lots of talented journalists that will never win a National Magazine Award, no matter how incredibly deserving they are, simply because they work at publications with a right-of-center editorial slant.
There are many good damning and critical stories to be written about injustices to Muslims as a result of the war on terror. There's no need to resort to bad journalism. It's reaching a point where the pervasive politicization of stories about Muslims is probably doing more harm than good. Last weekend, the Washington Post ran pieces on "four lives shattered and transformed by Osama bin Laden" and two were by Muslims. One was by former Guantanamo detainee Mozzam Begg:
In January 2002, I was taken into custody in Islamabad in front of my wife and children by CIA and Pakistani intelligence agents. I was soon handed over to the U.S. military in Kandahar, where, after being punched, kicked, spat upon, stripped naked and shackled by U.S. troops, I was taken to my first interrogation.
While I was shivering from cold and fear, a man in an FBI baseball cap asked me, "When was the last time you saw Osama bin Laden?"
I replied that I'd never seen him — except on television.
Sounds harrowing. The problem is that the evidence is pretty darn clear that Begg is an Al Qaeda supporter and a jihadist, despite the fact that Post lets him go ahead and write a credulous whitewash job. The other Post piece was about a Muslim-American mistakenly put on the no-fly list. Personally, I think TSA is just about the worst example of ineffective bureaucracy in human history and I'm sure Muslim-Americans are suffering is a result. But it's not like the media hasn't covered this story before.
What I want to know is why is the media willfully ignoring an obvious narrative? When the media thinks about "lives shattered and transformed by Osama bin Laden" why do they think, "Hey, let's get the guy who makes video games about shooting American soldiers and posts Anwar al Awlaki's propaganda on his website to write something!"
Feel free to dispute this in the comments, but my sense is that when covering Islamic terror the media's bias makes them gravitate toward stories that also indict the U.S. and Western governments to some degree. For instance, how hard would it have been for the Post to find an Afghan, Iraqi, Moroccan, Pakistani, Somali, Briton, or Spaniard, who was maimed in an Al-Qaeda attack? Or who lost family to al-Qaeda? There are probably a lot of tragic and illuminating stories to be told here. If done right, they might even be worthy of an award.
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For Virginia Broyles, farming was more than a way of life.
The 102-year-old spent many years working her farm in Brownsboro, before spending the last nine years at Friendship Health and Rehab in Pewee Valley.
But thanks to a partnership between Friendship and Opal's Dream, Broyles was once again transported back to the farm on Saturday morning with the help of the Oldham County Historical Society's Antique Iron Club.
For one La Grange family, a nearly three-year dream to visit Mickey Mouse is coming true.
Hayli Nobles, 4, is one of many children granted Make-a-Wish dreams every year. Since being diagnosed with actute myleoid leukemia in 2010, her dream has been to see the princesses at Disney World.
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Fifteen years ago God sent me on an amazing journey to China to adopt my youngest daughter, Danielle. I knew as I looked into the eyes of the bewildered little girl (she was two and a half years old when we adopted her), that the amazing journey was just beginning. I have to admit I had an element of self-pride when I thought about how we would change this little orphan's life by bringing her to the U.S. Was I in for a great surprise when I found out God had plans to use my daughter to teach me many important Bible lessons about life.
The mother asks her son what he learned in Sunday School and he tells her a story about how Moses and his people had the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptian chariots behind them. So Moses calls the Army Corps of Engineers up, they build a floating bridge in short order, the people race across the bridge and then cut it loose just as the chariots arrive and they escape certain death.
The mother looks on in horror, and exclaims, "That is not really what they taught you in Sunday School is it?"
Students from all of Oldham County Middle and High Schools will be joining thousands of other youth on athletic fields all across the nation on Wednesday, Oct. 8, to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the ninth annual national Fields of Faith event. This rapidly-growing, interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 450 locations throughout the nation on this same date.
I think one of the best definitions of sin is anything we do that separates us from God. When we talk about sin we find that humans make very little of sin and God makes so much of it. People joke about it, even brag about their sins. Much of our entertainment glorifies sinful life choices.
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In addition a drawing for tea at Le royal Monceau.
Bonjour, Carol!
Beautiful spring-y impression of Paris,
Blue sky and spring in the air here in Vienna,
albeit a bit nippy still this early in the morning.
The pug on the chair is priceless! And I so badly want those shoes .... So envious of you being in Paris, though it looks every bit as chilly as London right now. Hope you've managed to catch up on sleep!ReplyDelete
Oh I want the shoes Pink and orange ballerines! Tres chic. Gimmy gimmyReplyDelete
Still winter there, eh? Well, it's still Paris, anyway! I wouldn't mind winter in Paris. It all looks great, Carol. Love that light over your roses in that image, and I love the red/white striped towel! Vermeer light. Have fun!!ReplyDelete
So glad you got there ok and its off and running around Paris no matter what the weather. :) What a cute black dog on the street.. am wondering what kind it is.. Looks unusal but its adorable.ReplyDelete
I'm sick!!! How flippin civilized is that?????Macaroon day??????God for them!!!! Abd all for a good cause..... Oh checnk ou my blog I told you I was fixing... Let me know what you think, you won't have your reading issues anymore I don't think......Maryanne xoReplyDelete
THE SHOES are at Sevre-Babylon almost next to the new Hermes.
I would get them now that you point them out, but 150 EUROS!
OUCH non?
Perfect for a wedding in Texas?
Maybe I'll trade in the ticket for the ballerinas...Hmmmm
I can imagine the chilly weather in Paris at this time of the year. About a decade ago, I took a trip to Paris at the end of April and I still froze my behind off! The only thing that kept my mother and I from certain doom was the use of warm scarves. It's still amazing to me how much warmer you can feel even with a light jacket if you are protecting your neck. I still loved the trip and I've been looking forward to returning in the next year or so. I read your blog nearly every day and dream about my return trip.ReplyDelete
We are coming to Paris, March 30-April 1. Then we go on to Provence. It will be our 3rd time in Paris and we love it. We have always come in September before so I am a little afraid it is going to be cold. I have been watching your pictures and people do seem to have on coats. I am waiting for the ten day forecast to decide if I need to bring my leather coat. I hate being cold. Are Parisians still wearing boots, mostly dark colors coats and scarfs? I know I will stick out like a tourist anyway I dress but the coat thing is bothering me. We will be walking at night too so I was afraid 50's and 40's sound like coat weather to me. As I type from my back porch in Alabama I am wearing short sleeves, crop pants and flip flops.
It is 84 degrees and a beautiful spring day and my garden is delicious with beautiful shades of azaleas opening and dogwood trees blooming.
I know that you are gallivanting about Paris these days, but I am not sure that you knew about Macaron Day in NYC (March 20). Here is the link, if you get this in time! Have a wonderful trip! I especially love your posts from France.
Blue sky and spring in the air here in Vienna,albeit a bit nippy still this early in the morning.ReplyDelete
Paris and the dogs!!I love Paris, I love dogs and...oh Lord...macarons day...Enjoy !! Beijo!!ReplyDelete
Happy Spring to you over there in Paris!
When do you go to Venice?
What's with that awful strawberry with the white shoulders?
Here is the link, if you get this in time! Have a wonderful trip! I especially love your posts from France.ReplyDelete


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ALAMEDA — The Raiders cut ties with two former first-round picks on Tuesday by releasing starting receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey and defensive back Michael Huff.
The Raiders also cut defensive end Dave Tollefson and re-signed cornerback Phillip Adams to a one-year deal before the start of the league year.
The moves to get rid of Heyward-Bey and Huff leave just three of Oakland's former first-round picks on the roster with linebacker Rolando McClain also expected to be released this offseason.
The lack of production from high draft picks is a major reason why the Raiders have lost the second-most games in the NFL over the past 10 seasons with 111. Oakland has failed to post a winning record or make the playoffs during that stint.
Late owner Al Davis' death in October 2011 led to drastic changes in the organization with Reggie McKenzie taking over as general manager and hiring Dennis Allen as coach. The team went 4-12 under the new regime last season as McKenzie began a major roster overhaul that is still ongoing.
While Heyward-Bey has been mostly a disappointment in his career, the move to get rid of Huff comes as some surprise since he was the team's most consistent defensive back last season.
"The Raiders would like to thank Michael Huff and Darrius Heyward-Bey for their contributions to our organization, both on the field and especially in our community, over the last several years," the team said in a statement. "We sincerely wish them well in their future endeavors."
Heyward-Bey was one of Davis' most controversial draft picks in 2009 when he was selected seventh overall based on his blazing speed ahead of more productive college receivers like Michael Crabtree, Percy Harvin and Jeremy Maclin.
After having just nine catches as a rookie and 26 in his second year, Heyward-Bey showed signs of emerging in 2011 when he caught 64 passes for 975 yards and four touchdowns. But he regressed a bit last season when he had 41 catches for 606 yards and five scores.
Heyward-Bey had a base salary of about $7.7 million for 2013 and the Raiders determined his production was not worth that lofty salary.
The move leaves the Raiders with little experience at receiver with two-year pro Denarius Moore the most seasoned on the roster. Former starter Jacoby Ford, who missed last year with a foot injury, is also expected to be back next season.
Huff was drafted seventh overall in 2006 and struggled initially at safety. But his play improved in recent years and he signed a four-year, $32 million deal to stay in Oakland in 2011.
Huff played mostly at cornerback for the Raiders last season because of injuries but was being expected to return to safety this year. Oakland is negotiating with free agent safety Mike Mitchell to keep him on the team.
Huff has 11 career interceptions in 108 career games.
Tollefson, a two-time Super Bowl winner with the New York Giants, signed a two-year deal to return to the Raiders last offseason but was a disappointment in his second stint with the team.
Besides McClain, the other first-round picks still in Oakland are kicker Sebastian Janikowski and running back Darren McFadden. Oakland has the third pick this year, its first first-rounder since 2010.
Adams was one of the new players added last season when he was claimed off waivers from Seattle before the start of the season. Oakland signed him to a $630,000 deal before he became a restricted free agent.
Adams played sparingly early last season on defense before getting his chance because of injuries. He intercepted two passes, including one against Denver's Peyton Manning, and is currently the most experienced cornerback on the roster.
According to STATS LLC, Adams was targeted just 13 times in coverage last season, allowing seven catches for 109 yards and one touchdown.
Adams also returned punts last season, averaging 5.6 yards on 25 returns with two lost fumbles. But Oakland is hoping Ford will be healthy next season and will take over that role.
Adams was originally drafted in the seventh round by San Francisco in 2010 out of South Carolina State. He played 22 games as a reserve his first two seasons with the 49ers, New England and Seattle.
Also, Cleveland outside linebacker Kaluka Maiava is scheduled to visit the Raiders this week. Maiava started 13 games last season with 30 solo tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and three passes defensed.
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Dell is definitely taking a page from Apple with the imminent launch of its Adamo ultra-portable laptop. Not only does the PC giant have the anticipated mobile pinned as a Macbook Air killer, Dell has been as tight-lipped on details as the Cupertino-based cult.
Dell's been seriously milking the Adamo intrigue business for months now. It calls the slim laptop its new "luxury franchise," without so much as a speck of its specs or pricing info. Dell even teased journos at CES in Las Vegas by bringing the Adamo out briefly on stage - and then walking it out without details of what's inside.
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(Business 2.0 Magazine) -- You don't often meet startup CEOs who introduce their new company's focus with the self-effacing phrase "It's an area that isn't very sexy." Instead they tell you, whether it's true or not, that they're about to change the world.
But Nick Grouf isn't a guy who's full of the standard startup braggadocio - though he ought to be. With two previous startups, Grouf and his partner, David Waxman, were pioneers of the Web 1.0 generation and made millions along the way. Now the two of them are at it again, this time attempting to revolutionize the television advertising business.
Maybe that doesn't get some folks all hot and bothered, but it sounds pretty sexy to me.
Grouf and Waxman's new outfit is called Spot Runner. Based in Los Angeles, the company uses the Web as a self-service platform to buy, place, and distribute local cable-TV ads. If that seems like a marriage of Google's AdWords to the world of video, it's because that's precisely what it is.
"Our mission is to be the ad agency of record for the little guy," Grouf says over drinks in New York, where he's come to schmooze the poobahs of Madison Avenue and the media business - many of whom are mighty impressed with Spot Runner. Last fall the firm secured $40 million in financing from Lachlan Murdoch (son of Rupert), CBS (Charts), and two of the world's biggest advertising conglomerates, WPP (Charts) and Interpublic Group (Charts).
While such marquee backers don't ensure success, and Spot Runner is racing into a realm that's going to be brutally competitive, it has a head start and distinct advantages that make it hard to beat.
What attracted Grouf and Waxman to local TV advertising isn't immediately obvious, for their first two startups were straight-ahead technology plays. First there was Firefly, a trailblazer in personalization on the Web that was sold to Microsoft (Charts) for a reported $40 million. Then came PeoplePC, which sold computers bundled with Internet service for a bargain price and was bought by EarthLink (Charts) for $10 million.
"What's common to all our companies is a commitment to democratizing access," Grouf says. "With Spot Runner, we want to give any business access to a medium that historically has been the province of only the largest and most powerful brands."
The Spot Runner team started three years ago by talking to small businesses about TV advertising. What they learned, Grouf says, is that these companies considered TV "the grail" but far beyond their means. Then Grouf's people told them the truth: "You can buy 30 seconds of prime time on a premium network in almost any local market in the country for less than $200. Outside the top 10 to 15 markets, it's less than $100. Outside prime time, it's less than $50."
The small-business owners were wowed, but said it didn't matter - they could never afford to create the ads.
So Spot Runner set about doing it for them. The company began by breaking down the 15 million U.S. companies into more than 4,000 categories. Then it produced multiple generic TV spots to cover each of them. Today, Spot Runner boasts a library containing "thousands and thousands of ads," Grouf says. "We probably make more ads in a week than most large agencies do in a year."
This video vault is what clients find when they arrive at the Spot Runner site. After choosing an ad, the client customizes it with its name, logo, and store- front picture - and then Grouf's people take over. They buy the airtime, place the ad, and report when it runs.
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And also cheap. To produce an ad, a traditional agency would charge thousands of bucks; Spot Runner's ads cost $500. (Spot Runner also takes a commission on the media spend.) Meanwhile, because the ads run only in the precise micromarkets the merchant cares about, "it's hugely efficient because there's no wastage," Grouf adds.
You might expect ad agencies to object out of pure self-interest, for Spot Runner seems to be trespassing wantonly on their turf. But Grouf says the agencies rarely squawk.
"It's hard for them to make money doing hyperlocal stuff," he says. "It's easy to call CBS and drop $2 million in 10 minutes - but to spend $2 million locally could take a couple of weeks and 10 or 12 people to get it done."
Why are the monster agencies backing Spot Runner if they don't care about local? Because their clients increasingly do. Consider the Warner Independent arm of Warner Bros., which hired Spot Runner to help roll out the movie The Painted Veil in 18 markets by running the spots only in areas where it screened and on channels consistent with the film's target demographic. Grouf and the folks at Spot Runner are proud of that deal and others like it.
But isn't the bigger disruptive opportunity exploding the old TV paradigm, Ó la YouTube, rather than innovating within it?
Grouf allows that this is true but argues that Spot Runner is poised to play a role in that explosion too, that it's readying itself for an incursion into online video, video-on-demand, and Internet television. "Ultimately, Spot Runner is absolutely agnostic as to medium," he says. "Today it's local TV; tomorrow it may be a [radio frequency]-triggered ad that pops up on your handheld when you pass the corner florist. Anywhere that advertisers believe they can get a return on their video ad dollars, that's where we're going to be."
For the moment, Spot Runner has the field all to itself, but Grouf is aware that this is a temporary condition. In particular, Google (Charts) is expanding its ad network into radio and newspapers; video can't be far behind.
But Grouf points out that Spot Runner has not only its vast library of ads but also a deep knowledge of the byzantine structure of television advertising around the country. "In the first boom cycle, a lot of people thought it was better to be lucky than smart," he says. "We're betting that, this time around, it's better to be smart."
And, he might add, early.
As Grouf gets up to leave, I sit there wondering if his outfit is as impressive as it seems. So I shoot an e-mail to my pal Fred Wilson, the brainy venture capitalist. "Do you have an opinion of Spot Runner?" I ask. "Yes," Fred replies, confirming my assessment. "That we should not have passed on that deal."
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With Enlightment 0.17 released, it's no surprise the Linux distribution that uses E17 for its desktop is rushing to release a new version that uses it. Look for Bodhi 2.2.0 in January, featuring the stable E17 desktop. If you've never experienced it, Bodhi is a Ubuntu derivative, and it offers more configurabality than you can imagine. Have you been complaining about Unity and Gnome3 taking away your options? Bodhi and E17 bring them back - and many more, too.


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- Cray Inc., Ohio Supercomputer Center Collaborate To Assess Technologies For Cray SV2 Supercomputer - November 13, 2001
- Doug Johnson and Troy Baer to Offer SC2001 Cluster Tutorial - September 12, 2001
- OSC And SGI Team Up to Offer First Itanium Processor-Based Cluster - August 8, 2001
- OSC Awards Cluster Ohio Processors to Select Ohio Faculty - June 22, 2001
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Ossip Zadkine was born in Vitebsk, Belarus (Smolensk-Russia) on 14 July 1890. In 1905 his parents sent him to his mother's northern English homeland. He called himself Joe Zadkine until 1914. After attending the polytechnic and the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, the young artist went to Paris in 1909. There, he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts which he quits again soon after in order to work as freelance artist. In 1911 he took part in the Salon des Indépendants' for the first time and one year later joined the cubists. World war I left its traces in his person and his work. He found initial fame in Belgium and Holland, later in France, England, and America. Already during the 1920s retrospective exhibitions of his work took place. In 1942 he fled to the United States. He worked in New York, Arizona and North Carolina. He only returned to the liberated Paris in 1945, and worked as lecturer at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière from 1946 to 1958. In 1950 he was awarded the first prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale and in 1960 the Grand Prix de la Sculpture' of the city of Paris. In the 1960s he reached the peak of his fame. His works travelled around the w ...(PLease Login to see the complete biography.)
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The Tigers' game Saturday, Sept. 7, against Duke at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium isn't just the season's first for the University of Memphis. It's also a relevant measuring stick because the fourth game last season was played at Duke and the Tigers were on the short end of a 38-14 score.
"Statistically, Duke dominated us last year," second-year Tigers coach Justin Fuente said. "They outgained us in every aspect of the game. We're looking forward to seeing how far we've come."
Although the Tigers only trailed 17-14 at the half, Fuente is right about the stats: Duke had 500 total yards on 84 plays and Memphis had 152 total yards on just 50 plays.
The Tigers won their last three games in 2012 and finished 4-8 while Duke played in the Belk Bowl and finished 6-7. The Blue Devils, coached by former Ole Miss coach David Cutcliffe, opened last week by crushing North Carolina Central 45-0.
Duke used two quarterbacks in week one. Anthony Boone started and completed 16-of-20 passes for 176 yards and also rushed for 24 yards on six carries with a touchdown. Brandon Connette also played and was 5-of-8 for 55 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He rushed five times for 22 yards and a touchdown.
University of Memphis fans will see the debut of redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch when the Tigers open their season Saturday, Sept. 7, against Duke at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.
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Memphis fans are eager to see the debut of redshirt freshman quarterback Paxton Lynch, who unseated last year's starter Jacob Karam. Lynch is 6-6 and earns props for a big arm. Or as running back Brandon Hayes said: "The ball gets on you quickly. If your hands aren't ready, it'll go through your hands."
Fuente said they would not simplify things for Lynch's first start.
"He is a pretty laid-back kind of guy," Fuente said. "So I don't anticipate him being a wreck out there. We will call the game and let him go."
Fuente himself was a college quarterback, first at Oklahoma and then at Murray State. Asked if he remembered his early game action in college, Fuente recalled throwing an interception against San Diego State that was run back for a touchdown.
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Goldman's income falls 11 percent, but still beats
NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs' earnings fell in the first quarter as bond trading slumped, but the results still came in ahead of what investors expected as other parts of the bank performed well.
EARNINGS AND REVENUE: The bank earned $1.95 billion in the quarter, down 11 percent from $2.19 billion in the same period a year earlier. The earnings were equivalent to $4.02 a share, compared with $4.29 in the first quarter of 2013.
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EXPECTATIONS EXCEEDED: Goldman's earnings easily beat the $3.49 a share that analysts surveyed by FactSet predicted. First-quarter revenue also beat analysts' expectations of $8.7 billion.
BOND TRADING SLUMP: Revenue from the bank's bond trading business fell 11 percent to $2.85 billion. Goldman, like other big Wall Street banks including JPMorgan and Citigroup, has seen bonding trading slump in the first quarter. The business is "operating in a challenging environment and levels of activity generally remained low," Goldman said in its earnings release.
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Should Taxpayers Finance ESOPS?
Lansing once spent taxpayer dollars subsidizing employee stock ownership plans, a program that was of dubious value at best. … more
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Michigan Says No to High Tech
A tax on computer software would drive a number of businesses out of Michigan. … more
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It's Time to Abolish HUD's Block Grant Program
Scandals rocking HUD programs in Oakland County point out the need for abolition of block grant handouts. … more
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It's Time to Deregulate Michigan Trucking
Counterproductive regulations are raising intrastate shipping costs and making the Michigan trucking industry uncompetitive with firms in neighboring states. … more
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When Lou Schimmel was made court-appointed receiver of this small Downriver Detroit community of 12,180 residents, he straightened out its finances through budget cuts and widespread privatization. … more
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Regional Economic Development: Downriver as a Case Study
The seventeen communities of the Downriver Detroit area have traditionally been economically vibrant. Their decline in recent years is due in great measure to excessive tax burdens and the politicization of community services. The authors explain how this area can revive by rolling back property taxes, privatizing a number of municipal functions, avoiding government-directed economic development schemes, and making certain improvements to the transportation infrastructure. The many lessons from the Downriver experience are applicable to communities all across Michigan. 32 pages. … more
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On April 22nd, Earth Day will be celebrated by more than 192 countries worldwide, inspiring individuals and organizations to make a lasting and positive impact on the environment. In honor of Earth Day, Dell invites people to join them in taking action for the planet by pledging to make one small change to their daily routines that will save energy, reduce waste, and cut carbon emissions.
How will you take action for the planet? You've probably already taken some steps to be environmentally conscious. Is there something new you could do? Maybe unplugging "vampire appliances" that suck energy even when not on; saying no to the bag next time you buy something; or finally recycling those old ink or toner cartridges? These are just three ideas – we're sure you can come up with even more creative ways to make your pledge your own.
To do its part, Dell is making products and facilities more energy efficient,using sustainable and renewable materials like bamboo for packaging, and ensuring it's easy for you to recycle your old electronics at the end of their life. From design to recycling and everything in between, Dell considers the environment at every step of their products' lifecycle.Tree planting is a great way to extend the benefits of environmental actions. For every person who takes the Earth Day pledge to reduce their own footprint, Dell will plant a tree. These trees provide habitat for endangered animals and buffer against downstream flooding, as well as absorbing greenhouse gases as they grow. So, whatever way you choose to go green this Earth Day, know that all of our pledges are growing a healthier planet.


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That was Awsome thank you very much.
Really beautiful. But still prefer the studio version to any piano/live version cause it's got more intensity and anger.
It was simply beautiful! Her voice was so perfect in combination with his. That video and song, even after all this time, give me chills. Great job!
They re recorded it with her which means hopefully we should get an ep or b-sides album. Maybe a new dvd. I really hope so
Im not a trendy Asshole
The palladium show would have made the sickest live dvd
Does anyone can download this video?
Here's the video: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/67285920/Th...one%20Away.avi
And here's the MP3 file: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/67285920/Th...one%20Away.mp3
Enjoy it.
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Check the video uploaded by The Offspring instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_rxzwZuTQ0
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I used to be an active member of this group as the owner of Harvey (Ruby - 6yrs in January) and Bella (Black & tan) cavaliers. Since then a lot happened. Bella passed away because of heart problems, and I became a mummy to 2 boys (2.5yr & 5 months). We live in The Netherlands but I am from the UK. We have taken the decision to leave The Netherlands in February and go travelling round Australia with the children with the view to finding work if possible. Because of all of the uncertainty we thought long and hard about what to do for the best for our fur baby Harvey and came to the very difficult decision to find him a new home. We had a home lined up for Harvey to go to, but unfortunately this has fallen through and we no longer have any options that we are happy with. For this reason I am doing this post.
About Harvey: (photo is in my profile but I can send more if needed).
Castrated male,
Slightly larger than pure cavs
6yrs old, in perfect health
Very loving of course & great with children.
Loves attention & playing but loves sleeping even more.
Not good with cats and is very much the under dog around other dogs. (for this reason, we think pet free would be best as he's used to being alone).
Our ideal home would be:
Able to take him at the end of January (we will bring him to the UK as required).
pet free home (I know that everyone here probably has dogs already, but maybe you know someone in your network?)
Older person / couple who are looking for a companion.
Willing to keep in touch with me to send updates or photos every so often.
In the UK or The Netherlands (purely because of logistical reasons).
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After his death in 1975 at the age of 70, Lionel Trilling underwent something of an eclipse. This coincided with the propagation of schools of thought mainly from the French–Barthes, Foucault, Derrida–that spend much energy teaching people to think by means of empty categories. (American academia today is larded with jargon-driven essays that have devolved from the work of those men, decipherable and paramount to an audience numbering among them only the initiated.) But Trilling–whose teachings helped students to think clearly and write well instead–seems to be undergoing a revival of late. Is this a portent of better, more lucid times?
Last year, John Rodden edited Lionel Trilling & the Critics: Opposing Selves (Nebraska), a provocative volume of discussion of Trilling's oeuvre, focusing on his legacy as a critic and a Jew, with contributions by Morris Dickstein, Leslie Fiedler, F.R. Leavis, Jacques Barzun and John Bayley, among others. Organized chronologically, it reprints archival material, mainly reviews and essays, on Trilling's books as they were published, from his study of Matthew Arnold to Literary Criticism: An Introductory Reader, and beyond. Rodden included some weak pieces–for example, one by Cornel West published in New Politics in 1986 that portrayed Trilling as "an intellectual dead end." And a few of the entries read like impromptu reactions. But the majority, regardless of their particular ideological shtick, were enlightening. Dickstein, in his foreword, summed up the book's message: "[Trilling] was a reactive critic, attuned to each occasion, whose work cohered around shifting polarities rather than a single point of view."
Now Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic, has made the effort more elastic by selecting a collection of Trilling's essays for reissue. A generous portion of these comes from The Liberal Imagination (1950), the book that established Trilling as a household name among public intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic. A rather unfortunate, pedantic title has been chosen for this new volume, one that casts the content in poorer light than it deserves. It comes from one of Trilling's teachers at Columbia College, John Erskine. Wieseltier argues in the introduction to The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent that the phrase, invoked in a 1971 talk Trilling delivered at Purdue University, encapsulates Trilling's need–apparent especially in his youth–to count himself among people "with a quick eye for behavior and motive and a feeling heart." But that was when Trilling dreamed of becoming a novelist, early on in his career, when to his way of thinking, intelligence was a prominent feature of the novelist's moral nature.
Eventually he chose the path of criticism, though, and for it he became famous. Wieseltier is right when he says that what makes Trilling endure is his commitment to the intellect. But it also has to do, to a large degree, with one of the pulpits from which he chose to spread his message: the classroom. From his other pulpit, the critic's desk, much survives as well, in the form of engaging essays; but so do the passionate memories of his students, who adored him for an education in the humanities that was as insightful and panoramic as it was rigorous. Perhaps this collection can help serve as a referendum on the uneasy marriage between literature and the university.


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Lauzen sets tone as Kane County Board chairman
Kane County Board members sworn in
As the new Kane County Board finished taking its oath of office, a video montage of athletes training, succeeding and boasting cued up on the projection screen. The audio of various halftime speeches played over the images. Muhammad Ali's trash talking to George Foreman looped throughout the spot, "I'll show you how great I am."
And that's how state Sen. Chris Lauzen began his term as the new Kane County Board chairman Monday. Lauzen played the video for the new county board as part of his oath of office. It was a challenge to the board to work as a team under a set of guidelines Lauzen laid out.
"First, just do a good job," Lauzen said. "Second, our proper conduct is moderation and balance, not competition and political ambition. Our goal is no partisan, gender or racial division."
Lauzen's campaign staff members and supporters indicated that will manifest in committee chairman appointments and staffing that is bipartisan, with both men and women in leadership roles. Lauzen said he will announce his appointments early next week.
He already announced Dawn Barsanti will be his executive assistant. She is the wife of judge and former Kane County State's Attorney John Barsanti.
Lauzen also pledged several principles that will guide his conduct as chairman.
"I will treat you respectfully," Lauzen said to the new board. "I ask the same in return. I will never press you to vote for something that you don't believe in. I know what that feels like, and it doesn't feel good. However, if you're relatively neutral or indifferent on a subject that's important to me, I'll ask you to give me the benefit of the doubt and vote with me. We will work hard, stay honest and use common sense."
Lauzen said the new county board will also mean a new day for county employees and taxpayers. Lauzen said his own gauge of morale among county employees is that it is "so low that there is an atmosphere of resentment and fear that needs to be corrected." He renewed his campaign pledges to end "any perception of pay-to-play cronyism" and freeze property taxes.
"Kane County government can be known for saving its citizens money," Lauzen said. "We'll do this by coming together as a team. We are all reformers now."
Lauzen and the new county board are not expected to take any actions until Dec. 11 when the full board will meet for the first time. Lauzen will wear two hats between now and then. He will continue to serve as a state senator during the veto session in Springfield this week.


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Changes in rig counts point to changes in the supply of oil & gas. The higher the rig count, the greater the upward pressure is on oil & gas supply and in turn the greater the downward pressure is on oil & gas prices. The reverse applies when rig counts turn lower, as they did during the oil price collapse of 2014-15 when lower counts contributed to a subsequent decline in domestic oil inventories. Data on the Gulf of Mexico offer indications on production disruptions during the hurricane season (June 1st to November 30th).


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SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A former Savannah resident was arrested Friday morning by the FBI in New York on charges of extortion.
Thomas George Paculis, 62, of Newfield, NY, who used to live in Savannah and Augusta, was arrested without incident by FBI agents and deputies from the Tompkins County Sheriff' Office, according to the FBI Atlanta office.
Federal charges were filed on June 24 in the Southern District of Georgia. It was filed the same day the details of Deen's video deposition in the harassment and discrimination lawsuit made headlines.
Paculis sent an email and phone call to Deen's attorney asking for $250,000 in exchange for not disclosing "true and damning" statements that Deen made, according to an FBI news release.
Paculis is accused of indicating that the information he released "would bring hardship and financial ruin to Deen," according to the FBI.
He was taken to the Onondaga County Jail in New York. He is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Savannah at 9 a.m. July 16.
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Application developers create an object-based decomposition of the problem of interest, and the runtime system manages issues of communication, mapping, load balancing, fault tolerance, and more. Sequential code implementing the methods of these parallel objects is written in C++. Calls to libraries in C++, C, and Fortran are common and straightforward.
Charm++ is portable across individual workstations, clusters, accelerators (Cell SPEs, GPUs), and supercomputers such as those sold by IBM (Blue Gene, POWER) and Cray (XT3/4/5/6 and XE6). Applications based on Charm++ are used on at least 5 of the 20 most powerful computers in the world.
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As employees playfully tossed strands of shredded lettuce on management and fellow workers in celebration, Wawa opened its fifth Monroe County location Friday at 5121 Milford Road (Route 209) in Middle Smithfield Township with a toast of free coffee to customers throughout the day.
As employees playfully tossed strands of shredded lettuce on management and fellow workers in celebration, Wawa opened its fifth Monroe County location Friday at 5121 Milford Road (Route 209) in Middle Smithfield Township with a toast of free coffee to customers throughout the day.
Open 24 hours, it is the 623rd store in the national chain, 219th in its home state of Pennsylvania. The 4,000-square-foot store, brightened by large show windows in the front and light colors inside, is designed in the latest prototype of stores opened last July at its newest market area in Orlando. It includes in that design an open kitchen area for sandwiches in more than 30 varieties and lunch meals to be freshly cooked.
"The kitchen is the focal point," Wawa spokesperson Christine McCarthy said. "It's the most important part of the new concept design, offering fresh cooked food for people on the go."
"It's more like a restaurant than a convenience store," said Wawa board of directors Vice Chairman Howard Stoeckel.
"We want it to be like 'Cheers,' where everybody knows your name," McCarthy said.
There also are packaged goods and bakery items for customers on the run. Vacationers and travelers were seen stopping at the store over last weekend and early this week.
The store also in includes six gas pumps, which became part of the Wawa brand for most stores opened over the last 10 years.
It opens just three days after Price Chopper christened its 131st store a little more than a mile south. It also is open 24 hours, which management feels would be amenable to commuters and tourists traveling through the area during early morning or late night hours.
"I thought it's be a lot longer before I see a 24-hour store here and now we have two of them," said Annette Atkinson, chairman of the township's Board of Supervisors. She pointed out that the name is a Native American word for goose, spoken centuries ago around the Delaware River valley.
"Welcome to the neighborhood," she said. "This week has been extremely exciting. We always welcome community-minded people and these businesses complement the others here."
The business, which first began in 1803, eventually went into retail in 1964 as a stopover for travelers. It covers Pennsylvania, with locations in Monroe in Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, Brodheadsville and Blakeslee, as well as in New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida.
The opening, originally scheduled for May 17, was delayed when large rocks had to be removed under ground for installation for tanks for the gas pumps. "There was no blasting needed like they had to do for the (Marshalls Creek) bypass," said John Cogan, whose Summit Realty Advisors in Ambler worked with Wawa's own construction team.
Store Manager Tim Bowers, a Northampton resident, said 32 of the 37 employees are from Middle Smithfield and neighboring Smithfield and Lehman townships and another from Stroudsburg. He said the training of staff and setup went "without a lot of hiccups."
The project originally launched in 2002 but was suspended "for business reasons," said attorney Erich J. Schock of Center Valley law firm Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba. Township officials said it was because of the economic climate leading to the recession. It was resumed in 2010 as Shock said the proposal was revised and "went smoothly" through township planning and zoning channels.
"It's one of the most vibrant grand openings I've seen," said state Rep. Rosemary Brown, R-189, of the festive atmosphere. "We should be excited about bringing in businesses in the area. As a competitive setting, it will make businesses here stronger and bring more in."
"It's the local employment they provide and, of course, we appreciate them adding to the tax base now that they have a developed site," Atkinson said. "Most of all, it's a franchise that represents good service to visitors and residents alike."
Wawa is privately held and Stoeckel in his remarks to the gathering called it an "upside-down organization," explaining that it offers employees share options. He said the 10,000 employees hold 40 percent of the share, unique to that type of business and making them feel more like a vested, involved partner.
"Stock prices have gone up and down and really dipped the last few days but we're not affected. Ours change only once a year," Stoeckel said.
Wawa presented $1,000 donations to Bushkill Emergency Corp and Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department. Both participated in a hoagie-building contest as Bushkill Emergency Corps won the large trophy.
Stoeckel said serving the community is a major mission of the company.


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1. Re: DQ57TM -- 3 questionstjg79 Apr 14, 2012 2:36 PM (in response to building17)
You may be able to do it. Check the Intel support downloads to see what drivers you'll need to install in the new system. Then, before you move the hardware. remove the drivers from the old system that will be replaced by the Intel drivers.
Backup all your data just in case. Worst case is that you will have to reload the os. If the system boots with the system drive installed on the populated new mobo, then install your Intel drivers and check to see if everything works.
Check the system requirements for your graphics card. If the expansion slot on the new board is compatible with the graphic card then it should work.
3. Re: DQ57TM -- 3 questionsbuilding17 Apr 19, 2012 1:21 PM (in response to building17)
It worked. Here's what I did:
Transplanted processor, memory and hard drives into new case with new power supply and new intel motherboard.
Sucessfully booted into windows.
Installed chipset and graphics drivers.
Then I got a message saying, "Your copy of windows might be conterfeit."
So, I called Microsoft.
Asked for a supervisor.
He asked for the COA from the sticker on the case of my old, now gutted, system.
He activated my OEM windows for the new Mobo.
So far, so good.


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August 7th brought Gibson Acoustic Day to Music Villa in Bozeman, Montana. With the annual Sweet Pea Music and Arts festival taking place just up the street, many people, both old customers and festival attendees, had the chance to stop by and visit with factory representatives and try out the many Gibson Acoustics that the store has in stock.
Along with the wonderful guitars displayed, Gibson owners were treated to re-stringing and set ups. Serious customers and just the curious were able to ask questions, play guitars, and get in on the giveaways that were drawn for throughout the day. Adding to the festivities were performances by local and touring musicians, much to the delight of the crowds. Gibson's own Sarah Moranville and Levi Main kicked off the day.
They were followed by local singer/songwriter Ashley Holland.
Headlining the event was independent recording artist Stephanie Quayle, with Los Angeles based guitar player and producer Asaf Rodeh. A Bozeman local, Stephanie is currently working on her fall tour, and her music can be found at www.stephaniequayle.com.
Other activities rounded out the weekend, including the Music Villa Performance Academy's own band "The Fire Marshalls" (featuring Gibson girl Caroline Janssen) performing at a fundraiser for the Bozeman Public Library.
Gibson Montana would like to thank the staff at Music Villa, the performers, and all of the wonderful folks in attendance that helped make Gibson Acoustic Guitar Day a success.


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As everybody already expected, Apple "unveiled" the new iPhone tonight. It's called the iPhone 4, and brings the iPhone up to par with what's already available on other smartphone platforms, hardware wise, while raising the bar on a few specific points (the display, mostly). The company also announced a name change for its mobile operating system - it's now called iOS. What we didn't get during this year's WWDC keynote? News about the Mac, Mac OS X, or the Apple TV. Make no mistake: the iPhone and iPad is where it's at.
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Shug McGaughey is as Kentucky as blue grass. Every spring when the new crop of 2-year-olds comes into his barn, the veteran trainer said, he looks them over and wonders if one of them will be the one to fulfill his lifelong dream to win the Kentucky Derby.
He might have found that horse in Orb, who galloped to an easy 2 3/4-length triumph in the $1 million Florida Derby Saturday at Gulfstream to establish himself as one of the favorites for the Run for the Roses on May 4.
Orb didn't look like a potential Derby horse when he came to Gulfstream this season. He had only a maiden win in four starts as a 2-year-old. But after making the Florida Derby his third straight win at Gulfstream and fourth overall, he looks like the real deal.
It isn't only Orb's dominance Saturday, with "something left in the tank," according to jockey John Velazquez. It was the way Orb allowed Velazquez to dictate tactics in the mile-and-an-eighth centerpiece of the Florida winter season.
When he won the Fountain of Youth last month, Orb dropped well back before launching his rally. In the Florida Derby, Velazquez wanted to keep him closer. "I didn't want to leave him too much to do."
Tractability is a valuable asset in the 20-horse rodeo that is the Kentucky Derby.
Orb allowed Velazquez to put him exactly where he wanted, fifth down the backstretch, but within four lengths of longshot pace-setters Merit Man and Narvaez. Itsmyluckyday, the 8-5 favorite, and Eclipse juvenile champion Shanghai Bobby raced between the leaders and Orb.
Itsmyluckyday, who had won the Gulfstream Derby and Holy Bull, made the first move going to the far turn. By the top of the stretch he had eased past the early speed, as Shanghai Bobby started to drop back. Velazquez asked Orb to move right behind Itsmyluckyday. Within a few strides of Itsmyluckyday taking over, Orb was breathing down his neck. Itsmyluckyday offered only token resistance as Orb flashed by.
All Velazquez had to do was keep Orb's mind on his business. "As soon as he passed the other horse, he started waiting." Except for that, Velazquez said, his winning margin could have been greater.
Itsmyluckyday easily held the place over Merit Man, who hung in a well beaten third.
The only slight negative on Orb's performance was his winning time, 1:50.87, which was almost two seconds slower than Dreaming of Julia took to win the filly counterpart, the Gulfstream Oaks.
Finishing at least second was important to Itsmyluckyday. The 40 points he earned under the new Kentucky Derby qualifying system assures him one of the 20 slots in the Derby starting gate. The 100 Orb took home was overkill. His spot was clinched by his score in the Fountain of Youth.
Shanghai Bobby, whose fifth-place finish added nothing to his 24 points, is probably out. It was one of the few disappointments Saturday for his trainer, Todd Pletcher, who won three stakes at Gulfstream and three more at the Fair Grounds, including the Louisiana Derby with Revolutionary.
When Orb, owned by Stuart Janney III, goes to the Derby, it might be without Velazquez. He also rides the unbeaten Verrazano, who will make his final pre-Derby start in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct next Saturday. If Verrazano makes it to Kentucky, Velazquez is committed to ride him.
McGaughey said he knew this when he put Velazquez aboard for the Fountain of Youth. "Obviously, we'd love to have Johnny but I'm absolutely not going to put any pressure on him."
Velazquez doesn't feel he will be leaving McGaughey high and dry. "After today, they'll be jumping out of the woods to get on this colt."


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PARIS (AP) — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats met Monday to try to accelerate frustratingly slow peace efforts in Syria, where the signs point only to a worsening conflict.
Capping off an eight-day trip to the Middle East and Africa, Secretary of State John Kerry flew into the French capital to see Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and exchange updates on their respective diplomatic efforts.
The United States and its Arab allies are attempting to secure the participation of Syria's fractured opposition at an international peace conference in Geneva, planned for next month. Russia is pledging to deliver Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime to the talks.
But despite claims of progress by both powers, there is little evidence to suggest either side in Syria is ready to halt more than two years of violence that has killed more than 70,000 people. President Barack Obama has demanded that Assad leave power; Russia has stood by its closest ally in the Arab world.
Kerry said the U.S. and Russia each are committed to starting a political transition that "would allow the people of Syria to decide the future of Syria."
"We are committed to this," Kerry told reporters upon conclusion of the meeting. "We both want to make this conference happen, if possible, together with many other countries that will join up."
"It is our hope that we will come out of here with greater clarity about some of the issues that need to be worked on in the days ahead," he added.
Lavrov suggested much work remains if any peace conference is going to make headway, calling it a "very tall order." He also signaled continued disagreement between Washington and Moscow on the participants at the conference, saying it should include more interested parties than previous diplomatic gatherings. It was an apparent reference to Iran, which the United States and the Syrian opposition don't want to see involved in any negotiation.
The one-on-one Paris meeting between Kerry and Lavrov, to be immediately followed by a dinner that includes French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, occurred as Sen. John McCain slipped into Syria Monday to meet with rebels, and at an increasingly dangerous time for the country.
For the past week, regime troops and allies from Lebanon's Hezbollah — and even some Iranian fighters — have waged an offensive in Qusair, gaining ground against the rebels behind intense bombardments of the strategic western Syria town.
Hezbollah's enhanced role poses an assortment of concerns for the Obama administration, with the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, vowing over the weekend that his militants would back Assad to victory.
Beyond providing powerful reinforcements to Assad's regime, Hezbollah's involvement increases the risk of spillover into Lebanon, a country as ethnically divided and fragile as Syria. Two rockets struck a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut on Sunday, raising fears that the country could be plunged back into civil war.
And any conflict with Hezbollah threatens to drag in Israel, which has proven with airstrikes it won't tolerate large-scale and advanced weapons transfers to its northern border. Lebanon's state-run news agency reported one missile fired from that area toward the Jewish state on Sunday night.
For Kerry and other would-be peacemakers, the confluence of developments only reaffirms the need for a serious peace process to begin.
The Americans have stressed that any talks be carried out in good faith and lead to the full transfer of power to an interim government. Logic, they say, compels that this government not include Assad or other members of his government culpable in widespread abuses.
Getting to the talks hasn't been easy. Kerry is waiting for Syria's Sunni-led opposition coalition to unearth itself from a mountain of internal divisions, from adding new representatives to determining how Islamist or how secular to define their movement.
Opposition leaders met among themselves Monday in Istanbul for the fifth straight day. And while they've grappled for unity, they haven't given a firm yes to the peace strategy outlined by Kerry and Lavrov earlier this month.
McCain spokeswoman Rachel Dean confirmed the Arizona Republican met with rebels in Syria. She declined further comment. McCain has been a leading proponent of arming the rebels and other aggressive military steps against the Assad regime.
Russia has achieved, rhetorically at least, greater success. The Syrian government said Sunday it agreed "in principle" to send delegates to Geneva, strengthening Moscow's hand ahead of any direct — and potentially proxy — U.S.-Russian diplomatic negotiations.
With Syria's opposition scrambling politically and militarily, the European Union apparently is moving to bolster the opposition effort.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday the EU has decided to lift the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition while maintaining all other sanctions against Bashar Assad's regime after June 1.
The Obama administration has been mulling a similar step for months. Despite Assad's military advances and evidence that his forces used chemical weapons against the rebels, the Obama administration remains wary about getting too involved.


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Amherst schools to be featured in documentaryBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
January 08. 2014 8:32PM
AMHERST — A filming crew will be making its way into the local schools next week as part of an initiative by the New Hampshire Department of Education to chronicle exemplary schools throughout the state.
According to a letter sent to local parents, the state agency requested that SAU 39 participate in the project, which will record innovative schools and commendable practices that could serve as models for educational facilities throughout New Hampshire.
Nicole Heimarck, director of curriculum and professional development at SAU 39, has described the production as "an exciting opportunity to showcase the great work of our students and teachers."
Previously, the state Department of Education contracted with 2Revolutions — a self-described education design lab that creates future learning models — to initiate the project. This newest video project is an extension of the New Hampshire Network Strategy that launched in the fall of 2012 to provide a virtual place for educators to collaborate and learn.
"Within the national educational landscape, educators are often left out of the discussions on strategic innovative change. New Hampshire, however, is well-positioned to pioneer a model for seeding and growing innovative learning environments and shifting from a compliance to a support orientation," says a posting on the 2Revolutions website.
The company, according to its website, is serving as a design partner for the state Department of Education to develop a growth model for innovation networks that are devoted to the exploration and implementation of future ideas such as competency-based learning.
"This is a remarkable opportunity and great honor for our schools," Heimarck said on Wednesday.
According to Heimarck, the local school district was selected for two primary reasons, including Souhegan High School's involvement in performance-based learning models, and the district's work with the New Hampshire College and Career Readiness Standards, more often referred to as Common Core.
Souhegan High School is also an ideal location for filming because it has a video production studio readily available for use, she added.
About 35 schools throughout New Hampshire will be included in the video project, said Heimarck, explaining the film crew is expected to record a first-grade math lesson at an SAU 39 elementary school on Monday. The crew will also record students and teachers in a more formal interview setting on Monday at the high school, she said, adding about 25 hours of footage will be collected.
The final video product will include a montage of video stories highlighting teaching and learning from throughout the state, and will be used in different venues throughout the nation once completed, according to Heimarck.
"The state of New Hampshire, along with 2Revolutions, wishes to tell the story of New Hampshire public education by showcasing teacher and student work in the following areas: high standards for all children, engaged and empowered students, highly effective and empowered educators, and rich and authentic student tasks," she said in the letter explaining the initiative to parents, describing this as an exciting time for the district.
Any parent who does not wish to have their child recorded is asked to inform a school administrator.


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Tuesday marks the celebration of National Cat Day, as cat lovers everywhere are encouraged to show some support and unconditional love for their feline friends.
National Cat Day was founded in 2005 by pet lifestyle expert and animal welfare advocate Colleen Page, according to the National Cat Day website. It's intended to be not only a day of extra TLC for purring friends but also a day to bring awareness to the many cats in shelters nationwide who need adopting.
Four million cats enter shelters every year, with one to two million eventually euthanized, according to the website. The goal of the day's designation, in partnership with the Animal Miracle Foundation, is to facilitate 10,000 shelter cat adoptions by day's end.
National Cat Day also encourages kitty enthusiasts to buy Cat Day tees from its online store. If you aren't already scanning it for your "Certifiably Frisky" T-shirt or becoming the "Queen of Cats," here are some fun facts for all you fluff fiends, courtesy of Animal Planet:
- Cats can sleep up to 16 hours every day.
- Cats spend one third of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
- In North America, cats are actually a more popular pet than dogs. There are nearly 73 million cats, compared with 63 million dogs, kept as household pets.


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Spring Cleaning has come to my house. I am purging and cleaning and organizing. I decided to add my pantry into one of the things that I need to tackle. It's a long process but I'm finding things that I haven't used yet and it's just sitting around. Like potatoes. So I came up with two potato recipes that are easy to make but still oh so good. You can make both simultaneously because the second recipe uses some leftovers of the first. I was so proud of myself when I thought of this, and well it's getting rid of more things in the kitchen. Hurray for that! I'm going to have to check out Kraft Recipes so I can get rid of more things I have in my pantry and make delicious meals out of it!
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STOCKTON - Justin Maylan came into his rookie season hoping he could do something special.
STOCKTON - Justin Maylan came into his rookie season hoping he could do something special.
Consider the goal achieved: The Thunder forward is an All-Star.
Maylan will represent Stockton at the ECHL All-Star festivities at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colo. The skills competition will be held at 6:05 p.m. today and the All-Star Game will face off at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday.
Maylan, 22, was chosen to replace Thunder forward Toni Rajala, who has been called up to Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League. Stockton defense-man Nathan Deck was named a starter but also is with the Barons and will not participate.
"It's going to be a really cool experience," Maylan said. "I'm very honored because they could have picked a lot of other guys that could have gone. It's something that I've never done before."
Maylan is tied with Gwinnett's Doug Jones for the lead in ECHL rookie points (34), is second in shots (121), fifth in rookie goals (15), third in power play assists (nine), and fourth in power play points (12). He likely would have made the All-Star team earlier under its old format, where the American and National conferences played each other. But now one All-Star squad plays the host team, which this season is the Colorado Eagles.
But now that Maylan is in the game, Thunder coach Matt Thomas said he should enjoy himself and remember that there are plenty of NHL scouts at these events.
"He's deserving, obviously, and he's got to go in and work hard and have fun," Thomas said. "It's a prospects game as much as an All-Star game.
"It's one of those opportunities to show how good he is compared to the other top players in the league."
Maylan was an elite scorer in juniors, earning 89 points (26 goals, 63 assists) in 89 games with Prince Albert in 2011-12. He had to adjust to the professional game, and after playing the first weekend of the season, Thomas sat him out the second weekend and told him he needed to lift his game to the next level.
"I issued him some challenges," Thomas said "And I'll tell you, when you issue a player a challenge and they can make the changes in their game immediately, you know you have a special player."
Maylan said he's learned a lot and is looking forward to representing the Thunder. And his teammates are rooting for him.
"The team is proud of him, and we're happy to see him go there," forward Matt Bergland said. "He's played well and had a great season, and he is deserving of the honor."
Contact reporter Scott Linesburgh at (209) 546-8281 or firstname.lastname@example.com.