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Tactics , concepts and other secrets of successful negotiation.
Today, there are so many books on negotiation . Most of them – a sort of guide, how to behave . From my own experience, I can say that to cover all scenarios that arise in the course of negotiations , it is simply impossible . So I chose the 5 books that will have the greatest benefit – they collected a variety of concepts of negotiation. They are easy to apply to any culture in the world.
William Ury , Roger Fisher, Bruce Patton . " How to achieve a YES or negotiations without defeat"
Probably one of the most popular in the world of books on negotiation , which was written a professor at Harvard University. Following the publication in 1981, it changed the idea of the process of negotiations , turning them from the quantitative and mathematical skills with real science . The authors cited three most important method of negotiation :
1. Divide the people and the problem : treat the problem itself or move it to the people. This will allow you to negotiate without going on an emotional level .
2 . Assume benefits , not positions. According to the people themselves , their positions are not what they really want. Their needs and benefits point to the reasons why they want this or that . Typically, the position may be in conflict with each other, and the benefits – not always.
Imagine that two people want an orange, on which depends the life of a loved one . Of course , each of them will have to prove how much he needs it orange. That is their position. If you start to figure out the interests , it would appear that one of them needed zest , and the other – the juice . They can meet their needs without sharing this orange.
3 . Be objective . A professional negotiator not only takes into account the wishes of the opponent, but also look for external criteria , standards , references (market price , law, general practice , etc.), which may be cited as persuasive argument. These criteria can be used as a shield by which to reject the option that does not meet these criteria , and as a sword to convince his opponent.
For 30 years, this book has not lost its relevance. And if you want to get acquainted with the culture of negotiation , you should first read this book .
Leigh Thompson. The Heart and Mind of the Negotiator.
Coming soon, the 4th edition of the book , which is one of the most comprehensive sources of knowledge about the art of negotiation, which debunks many common myths (eg, the author debunks the myth that a good negotiator can only be born when he is advised not to rely on intuition and not to take risks ) .
The book provides a lot of tactics based on long-term studies . Are you familiar with the tactics of hostile or distribution of negotiations , it is not possible to come to a mutual agreement , as well as the techniques of conducting joint negotiations , where both sides can come to a mutual agreement. An entire chapter is allocated under concepts such as power, trust and ethics . Also in the book are techniques that should be applied to multilateral negotiations in the modeling process or communicating via email.
This is not just a guide – the book contains a lot of techniques and methods in the art of negotiation.
George Kolrizer . "Do not be held hostage . Save poise and convincing the other "
This book by Professor Kolrizera unique – he has considerable experience in high-risk negotiations. You should definitely buy this book because the author describes the process of negotiations in the context of modern problems of decision-making , leadership , and , most importantly, the psychological dynamics that controls the negotiations .
In his book Kolrizer leads terminology zalozhnicheskih situations and concrete concepts , he argues that to break out of the trap and start looking beyond their own convictions – one of the most difficult challenges for a negotiator . To emphasize the importance of personal communication opponent, necessary for the successful conclusion of the transaction , the author cites many examples from their own experience. Also included is a variety of ways to overcome the lack of understanding between the opponents . The book will help you realize how important it is to build trust and learn to work with the "norm of reciprocity " – a social phenomenon , which guides people even when they can not make concessions.
David Lax , James Sebenius . "Negotiations in three dimensions "
The authors of this book are professors at Harvard University, and it is based on their research. These are people with whom I was fortunate enough recently to cooperate , too accomplished a revolution in the art of negotiating. In contrast to the above mentioned books , where the authors focused on the negotiators and to search for agreement between them , the authors of this book have taken into account the entire scene – not just the process that takes place at the negotiating table , but also how organized this table .
According to the book , to gain success in the negotiations necessary to build an efficient process for the table (the first measurement ) , be familiar with the methods of brainstorming methods of movement from positional bargaining to agreement (second dimension ) , it does not forget about the third dimension in which actions are leading to the desired agreement.
Most negotiators to focus only on what is happening at the table. But the true professional should create a scene so that the price was a considerable understatement . Due to this and several other moves that leave your opponent with inferior alternatives , a professional negotiator can achieve high efficiency of the process and improve your results.
This book is an important addition to the first books on negotiation .
Malcolm Gladwell . " The tipping point : how small changes lead to global change"
Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite thinkers. He has not yet written a book about the negotiations , but if a mandatory part of your job is the constant interaction with people , the book " The Tipping Point " should appear in your library. And , each time being at Heathrow airport , I buy a new copy of the book , what to give it to a friend or colleague .
In order to make your idea become a social phenomenon is very important to observe three conditions . First, you need to ensure that your idea has been "sticky" . It must be something new, forming a positive emotional attachment , that is, to engage in dialogue with people , their relationships and concepts. It should show them a better future .
Secondly , your idea must correspond to the "law of several ." That is what extend this idea , you have to be such persons who will distribute it to thousands of people , and who believe that trust .
Thirdly , it is important to keep in mind because the context. Even the most " sticky " idea , common among the thousands of people who will not be social without having proper social, economic and political context.
In fact, there are many more books on the art of negotiating. Here are 5 books that serve as an introduction to the science of negotiation . And what books are negotiating offer you ?


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Class Size and Sorting in Market Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence
Miguel Urquiola, Eric Verhoogen
NBER Working Paper No. 13303
This paper examines how schools choose class size and how households sort in response to those choices. Focusing on the highly liberalized Chilean education market, we develop a model in which schools are heterogeneous in an underlying productivity parameter, class size is a component of school quality, households are heterogeneous in income and hence willingness to pay for school quality, and schools are subject to a class-size cap. The model offers an explanation for two distinct empirical patterns observed among private schools that accept government vouchers: (i) There is an inverted-U relationship between class size and household income in equilibrium, which will tend to bias cross-sectional estimates of the effect of class size on student performance. (ii) Some schools at the class size cap adjust prices (or enrollments) to avoid adding another classroom, which produces stacking at enrollments that are multiples of the class size cap. This generates discontinuities in the relationship between enrollment and household characteristics at those points, violating the assumptions underlying regression-discontinuity (RD) research designs. This result suggests that caution is warranted in applying the RD approach in settings in which parents have substantial school choice and schools are free to set prices and influence their enrollments.
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Simple Steps To Help You Master The Art Of Video Marketing
Do not be afraid of video marketing. All you need is a tripod and camera quality to make their own videos. You can use the recording time to show you the manufacturing process to the audience or sit there and showed a particular product or service.
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Tell audience to take a specific action on your video. Use the "call to action" technique at the end of each video. When writing the description for the video clip, including a link that will allow viewers to subscribe to an email newsletter or mailing list. It easier for people to sign up, the sooner you will be sending mail grow.
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On this occasion the foam was caused by the natural action of the waves creating bubbles. Any organic or inorganic particles then stick to the outer side of the bubble creating foam. I'm told that it's a technique used in marine aquariums to keep the water clean - foam fractionation or protein skimming.
It can cause some irritation in large qualities or when mixed with other toxins but a visual check of the beach confirmed no other pollution today.
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CREATED EQUAL is a National Endowment for the Humanities project that brings together award-winning documentary films related to the Civil Rights Movement. It would be a great addition to your Black History Month library activities.
The films include The Abolitionists, Slavery By Another Name, Freedom Riders, The Loving Story, and Freedom Summer. For each film, users can stream the full video, read an overview, and explore background information. In addition, links to classroom materials, essays, and other information is provided.
The website also includes lessons for teachers. Topics include equality under the law, the power of the individual, and the strategy of nonviolence. These lessons are connected to Common Core Standards and include questions for discussions and resources. Guides are also provided for essays related to each film. Additional resources include links to lots of quality websites.
The community programs section provides a programming guide and ideas for how your school and community can participate in events. Events will be held around the US through 2016 including film viewings and a traveling exhibition. An online version of the exhibit is available at http://goo.gl/zyYZK1.
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Oblomievskii, Dmitrii
Oblomievskii, Dmitrii Dmitrievich
Born Sept. 14 (27), 1907, in Orel; died May 21, 1971, in Moscow. Soviet Russian literary critic. Member of the CPSU from 1943.
Oblomievskii graduated from Leningrad State University in 1930. From 1943 to 1945 he was editor in chief of the French edition of the journal Internatsional'naia literatura (International Literature), and from 1946 to 1948, of the French edition of the journal Sovetskaia literatura (Soviet Literature). He was the author of the critical works French Romanticism (1947), Balzac: Stages of the Creative Path (1961), Literature of the French Revolution of 1789–1794: Essays (1964), and French Classicism (1968).
WORKSFrantsuzskii simvolizm. [Introductory article by F. S. Narkir'er.] Moscow, 1973.
REFERENCESBerkovskii, N. "Novaia sovetskaia kniga o Bal'zake." Novyi mir, 1962, no. 5.
Daniline, Y. "Dmitri Oblomievski: L'évolution créatrice de Balzac." Oeuvres et opinions, 1964, no. 12.


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These make a great breakfast and the recipe can easily be divided in half or quartersSubmitted by BILLA847
When I was eight years old, my parents got American Girl dolls for me. Along with the doll, I also got the Felicity cookbook and this recipe soon became one of my favorites. For those of you with a gluten allergy, you can substitute the regular flour with rice flour.
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I tweaked this muffin recipe to make it a little bit more healthy than the original, although you could easily reduce the fat by subsituting unsweetened applesauce for some of the butter.
The recipe also doubles easily and the muffins freeze well.Submitted by MOMINMN
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Guilt-free delicious chocolate chip muffins, with fibre!! Your kids will love them too!Submitted by QUEENYEESH
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I got the original version of this recipe from HAVASUROSE. It is so much fun to cut the oranges into 8 wedges and blenderize them WITH THE PEEL STILL ON THEM! :-) Ultra high fiber, moist if you make them a day ahead and store in an airtight container, and very good for you.
The original recipe is here: www.recipezaar.com/Whole-Orange-Cranberry-Flax-Bran-Muffins-285827
To increase the protein to calorie ratio I halved the sugar and oil, took out the nuts, swapped carbalose flour for standard flour, egg whites for whole eggs, and added a cup of defatted peanut flour. And they still taste good!
You can order carbalose flour from netrition.com and defatted (12% fat) peanut flour from byrdmill.com
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This is a great alternative to oatmeal in the morning. Make a batch and have breakfast for a week.Submitted by KMC9515
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Orchid Soleil by Tom Ford is an oriental and floral fragrance for women. This is a refined summer edition of the celebrated luxury fragrance Black Orchid, housed in an elegant rosé gold bottle.
The sensual scent is warm, bold and vital. Pink Pepper, Cypress and Bitter Orange in the top notes give the aroma a spicy edge. The vivid heart consists of Tuberose and Red Lily. The warmth in the base comes from Chestnut, Orchid, Vanilla, Patchouli and indulgent whipped cream. Orchid Soleil is the perfect example that summer fragrances don't always have to be light; Tom Ford mastered the art of making seductive and strong feminine fragrances, which can also be annoyed in warm weather! Orchid Soleil was launched by Tom Ford in the summer of 2016. Fragrance Family: Oriental, Floral


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WJC ANALYSIS – Syria: The search for alternatives to Assad
27 February 2012
By Pinhas Inbari – www.worldjewishcongress.org
Russia and China have extended unshakable support to Assad's regime and did not participate in the conference. The two countries' motivation was clear. US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton expressed confidence in the main Syrian opposition body, the Syrian National Council (SNC), which is based in Turkey and has already successfully mobilized enough legitimacy and support. The United States would like to see the SNC become the alternative legitimate government of Syria after the deposal of the Assad. Russia and China, however, would rather find a solution to the Syrian problem within the framework of the current regime.
While there exists a large international consensus – with the exception of Russia and China – that President Assad should step down, there is no consensus about the role of the SNC. Most Arab governments are suspicious of the nature of SNC and are hesitant to trigger the downfall of Assad's regime as long as the SNC is the leading alternative.
The uneasiness about the SNC felt by regional players like Saudi Arabia was apparent in a recent speech by the Saudi King Abdullah (pictured) who said that "whatever happens in the Arab world is targeting Islam and the Arabs". With the Muslim Brotherhood on the rise in Egypt and elsewhere in the region, it is curious that the conservative king would worry about Islam becoming a target. His speech was in fact an answer to the Salafist government in Saudi Arabia, which does not see the Muslim Brothers as true Muslims but rather as a threat to Islam.
Abdullah's mention of the targeting of Arabs referred to the growing influence of non-Arab regional players like Turkey and Iran. The combination of the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood and that of Turkey and Iran, as seen in Syria, is an unacceptable development for Saudi Arabia.
The reasons for the Arabs' mistrust of the SNC became apparent at last month's Manama security conference. Dubai's chief of security, Dhahi Khalfan, who became famous by 'exposing' the Mossad operation allegedly responsible for the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhuh, said that "the USA has no friends here" and that "the Muslim Brotherhood is no less dangerous than Iran."
The SNC is received financial backing from the government in Ankara. As such, it is directly influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood. The Arab governments are not interested in replacing Assad's criminal regime by that of the Muslim Brotherhood, which would expand Turkey's influence in the heart of Arabian lands.
Another indication of the real Saudi priorities can be found in the behavior of the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblat, who, upon returning from a visit to Riyadh, immediately launched his first anti-Assad demonstration.
Saudi Arabia, who emerged as the leading power in the Arab world following the upheaval in Egypt, seeks to regulate the role of minorities in the Levant instead of unifying the Arab world under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood. Consequently, the Saudis, supported by the Gulf States, find themselves confronting the United States, who would prefer to see a unified Syria under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and the influence of Turkey.


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"I am the resurrection and the life," Jesus says to us, giving us comfort and hope in time of sorrow. In Our Lord Jesus Christ we have found one who has conquered death itself. The funeral liturgy of the church is the privileged place of encounter with the Lord. The Mass is offered on behalf of our loved one and we are filled with strength and hope for we know that the Lord's love is total.
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My professional career started in education progressing to senior academic management positions. This included teaching, research, third stream and consultancy work involving collaborative and international programme development. I have been a Project Management and Education Consultant since 2011 alongside work on event management and social enterprise activities.
I studied at the University of Plymouth and gained a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computing & Informatics and completed a Ph.D. on 'Reinforcement Learning in Intelligent Control: A Biologically-Inspired Approach to the Relearning Problem'. I am a Chartered IT Professional (CITP) and Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) and a Chartered Engineer (CEng), a Registered Project Professional (RPP) and a Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
I held senior academic leadership positions at the University of Northampton and the University of East London before becoming Head of Department: Business & Computing at the University of Wales, Newport now the University of South Wales (USW).
I now focus on being the Creative Director and 'Omnipreneur' for DBT Enterprises Ltd undertaking primarily consultancy work, and occasional Visiting Lecturer work when required. I am a Trustee at a charity - Trinity Childcare and Family Centre - based in Aberfan.
I have been actively involved in the development of the project management profession working with the Association for Project Management (APM). I am currently a Registered Project Professional (RPP 2nd Edition) Assessor, and was Lead/Verifier and Assessor (RPP 1st Edition) from July 2011 to July 2017 working with other verifiers and assessors to assure and enhance the quality of the RPP designation. I am a former Chair of the APM Education Network Advisory Group (ENAG) that is now the APM Education Network, and I continue to work on educational initiatives.
From 2007-2013, I was on the committee of the BCS Project Management Specialist Group (PROMS-G) including as Regional Coordinator for Wales and Event Development Manager. I also helped establish and coordinated the PROMS-G social media channels e.g. the LinkedIn group and the 'Project Eye' blog.
I am politically active in the South Wales area, for more details please see my 'Political and Community Activities' page.
My other interests include football (including as a coach at Treharris Athletic Western FC), tennis, travel and tourism, creative industries and film, darts, wine production and tourism, and the delivery of large-scale sporting mega-events.
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Map Reference SN90SE
Grid Reference SN99530351
Unitary (Local) Authority Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Old County Glamorgan
Community Abercynon
Type of Site CHAPEL
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Post Medieval
Site Description Hen Dy Cwrdd Unitarian Chapel was built in 1751 as a cottage-like meeting house and was originally known as Ty Cwrdd Godre Hirwaun. Described as the Mother Church of Unitarianism in the Cynon Valley, it was the first place of worship in the valley, originating from Dissenter meeting houses at Cwmyglo and Blaencaniad Farm. However it is unclear at what date the chapel became Unitarian, theories suggesting that the original chapel was a Calvinistic split due to theological differences to Cwmyglo, and became Unitarian only in 1813 when the Unitarians finally split from the Established church.
The chapel was built in a field belonging to the old farm of Gadlys Uchaf, the lease granted on the 5th March 1751 by Theophilus Richards and revised by his son Richard Richards on 12th December 1796. The original building was small and simple, described as having a porch etrance with outside stone steps and a tiled roof. Accommodating 50-100 people, in 1782 there were 43 members, by 1853 it was 60. The chapel was rebuilt in 1862 at a cost of £753-15s-4d to the design of architect Evan Griffiths of Aberdare, designed to be "simple and strong, reflecting Unitarian beliefs in liberty, tolerance and forbearance".
The symmetrical cement rendered front is built in the Italianate style with a gable-entry plan. The bottom half of the facade is channelled, with a round arched doorway to the centre which has stone steps up to panelled double doors. Above is the inscribed stone plaque, while to either side are square-headed sash windows. At gallery level is a pair of round-headed windows over which arches the moulded stringcourse, and to either side are two further sash windows, those to the centre narrower than the outer openings. In the pediment is a round attic window.
The square interior has a pulpit at the rear wall, accessed to either side by steps from the Sedd Fawr and with an arched recess behind. A gallery runs round three sides, supported by cast iron columns and with an unusually deep gallery front. th ceiling has a simple cornice, a central rose and octagonal ventilation panels.
Hen Dy Cwrdd is now Grade II Listed and is in the ownership of the Welsh Religious Buildings Trust.
Hen dy Cwrdd also ran the Trecynon Seminary, once famous for its education.
RCAHMW, April 2010
Dr Jacob Dafis (ed), Crefydd a Gweriniaeth yn hanes Yr Hen-dy-Cwrdd, Aberdare l75l-l951, (Gomer Press, Llandyssul, 1951).
The Unitarian Heritage, 1986, p 11
R Jenkins Jones 'The Origin and History of the old meeting House, Hen-dy-Cwrdd
Aberdare' Transactions of the Unitarian History Society, Vol 1 pt 2 (1918) p 155-176.
Alan Vernon Jones, Chapels of the Cynon Valley (Cynon Valley History Society, 2004)


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81 | How to Search for a Job (and Meaning) - Mega-tactical with Luke
November, 2018
If the data can be trusted, we'll all find ourselves job searching, more than once, in our 20s (and 30s too). In this episode, we brought in Luke from a long-term undercover assignment job-searching to get a tactical download. Like, what job-searching sites are statistically reliable? How do you beat candidate-filtering algorithms? What's a decent application/interview ratio? It's all pretty darn helpful. Not jobless? Doesn't matter. We dig in to keeping the heart alive in off seasons, the meaning of work, and how work relates to a vocation over time.
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Two weeks ago, my fiancé and I stayed at Lazy Leopard Forest Retreat in Knysna, and we had the privilege of staying in their Forest Moon chalet. I wanted to share our holiday with you, because this romantic and secluded forest retreat was so beautiful, that I couldn't possibly keep the experience to myself.
That being said, I have a confession to make – I hardly took any photos. Between rushing from a blogging event in PE, to a proposal on the deck overlooking the surrounding forest, I didn't have much time to capture our accommodation and the setting. In this blog, I'll be using my words to create a picture in your mind of our magical experience, and I hope that you'll be able to imagine the enchanting character of Lazy Leopard's romantic Forest Moon chalet.
Set on the Rheenendal Ramble, Lazy Leopard Forest Retreat is a hidden gem of the Knysna forest. From the moment we arrived, I felt like I had been transported to a magical forest in a fairy tale story. The chalets are nestled in the forest, with breathtaking views of the surrounding trees and the Outeniqua Mountains. Our chalet for the night was a charming log cabin that can only be described as warm, cosy and inviting on the inside. The self-catering cabin has accommodation for two, and features a small kitchen, a fireplace, and an indoor shower with the most amazing view of the forest through a floor to ceiling window.
We started off our stay with sundowners (read: a bottle of Brutal Fruit – bless my fiancé for trying his best to pass this off as a sundowner – I mean that in the nicest way possible!). While sipping on our drink, we watched as the sun set, and thankfully I managed to take a photograph of the view!
We swopped our Brutal Fruit for red wine, and soon Arnold served us supper. We spent the rest of the evening on the deck, lit with tea light candles, drinking sparkling wine, looking up at the clear starry sky, and just taking it all in. The sounds of the forest when there are no city sounds within earshot are unbelievable, and Lazy Leopard's setting is a reminder of why it's important to get out of the city every once in a while. And with the Garden Route just a stone's throw away, there truly is no reason not to escape to the forest for a moment of rest and relaxation.
Our moment on the deck was short-lived, as it started to rain after 9 o'clock. But that just gave us a reason to go inside and light a warm fire. The sound of the crackling fire and the pitter patter of rain on the roof lulled us to sleep quite quickly!
There is something magical about Western Cape mornings – maybe it's just me, but the winter morning air is so crisp; it just isn't the same as a typical morning in Port Elizabeth. We surveyed out surroundings, said goodbye to our beautiful little cabin, and travelled to the Knysna Waterfront for breakfast.
Thank you Lazy Leopard Forest Retreat for your hospitality and for creating such a beautiful space for holidaymakers in the Western Cape!


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World Cocoa Foundation Announces Selection of Seven International Scientists for Cocoa Research Fellowship in United States
November 19, 2012
World Cocoa Foundation Announces Selection of Seven International Scientists for Cocoa Research Fellowship in United States
ABIDJAN (November 19, 2012) – The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) has announced the selection of seven cocoa research scientists from five countries for fellowships through the WCF/U.S. Department of Agriculture's Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program Global Cocoa Initiative. The scientists, representing research institutions in Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, the Philippines and Vietnam, will complete a 2-3 month fellowship in the United States beginning in early 2013. The presence of a Vietnamese cocoa research scientist is unprecedented in the five-year history of the program.
In making the announcement in the commercial capital of the world's leading cocoa producing country, WCF President Bill Guyton said, "The Cocoa Borlaug Fellowship Program helps ensure a new generation of cocoa scientists is well trained and connected with their peers in research institutions around the world. The efforts of these scientists will help address a range of challenges in the cocoa sector, improve cocoa production, and in turn, support increased incomes for farmers and their communities."
"WCF has been an invaluable private-sector partner in USDA's efforts to foster sustainable farming practices and strengthen communities in cocoa-producing countries around the world," said Patricia Sheikh, deputy administrator, Office of Capacity Building and Development at USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service. "We are pleased to welcome this new class of cocoa research fellows, and with WCF's continued support we will broaden our impact by offering training and mentoring opportunities to leading members of the scientific community in cocoa-producing countries."
Research to be conducted during the fellowships will focus on factors known to affect cocoa production, including swollen shoot virus; black pod; shade management/intercropping; insect pests; and the effects of farming practices on pollinators. During the program, scientists acquire skills and knowledge that can be shared broadly upon their return home. In turn, mentors, identified by the program and who work with the individual scientists during their stays in the United States, travel to the scientists' home countries to broaden the program's impact.


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It took me some time to listen to the voice in my head to start buying from Farmers Markets and not supermarkets (much fresher, cheaper - organic, supporting small passionate companies rather than conglomerates) and I am pleased to say that for a year now it has become my ritual to go to Swiss cottage on a Wednesday, Pimlico on a Saturday or Marylebone on a Sunday. It's a truly beautiful exchange.
Yesterday after Cerys, ( what better way is there to start your day than with Radio 6 on a Sunday?) I battled through the rain to buy my weekly shop from Marylebone and today I made the most delicious Green salad. Flat leaf parsley, tatsoi, spinach and Tuscan kale with half a green chilli, quinoa, sunflower seeds and rye bread, draped in an apple cider vinegar, olive oil, lemon and garlic dressing. Full of flavour and colour , vitamins and minerals and served with two freshly cut English Roses still holding the rain from a recent shower, that a neighbour cut for me from his garden as I walked past.
Recently I picked up Sarah Dobbyn's most amazing book: 'The Fertility Diet, How to maximize your chances of having a baby at any age.' Basically: how to keep young and healthy. It was one of the most interesting and well researched books I have read. Full of the most brilliant nutritional facts and now I try to eat the very best food providing the ultimate nutrition. If you are interested in health, I can't recommend it highly enough.Here are just a few facts from the salad.
Parsley: 'I cup of raw parsley has outstanding amounts of mineral and vitamin levels.
Quinoa: All the essential amino acids, minerals, vitamins and folic acid
Sunflower Seeds: One cup gives you 46% of daily vitamins and 62% of minerals
Beetroot: beta carotene, vitamins B and C, Calcium, phosophorus and manganese
Leafy greens: Loaded with folic acid, vitamin K and iron. Calcium, magnesium and manganese.
I forage where I can. In Spring I walked through the most wonderful banks of Wild Garlic.
Summer Days on the boat have involved plenty of foraging. Seasonal treasure including some pickings from places you can't reach unless you are on water. ( the plums still need a little more time...)
My photography books are starting to feel overshadowed by the bestsellers of the literary moment that I have stolen off my neice: 'Honestly Healthy. Eat with your body in mind, the alkaline way by Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson', ' Eat, Nourish, Glow by Amelia Freer' and Ella Woodward's' Deliciously Ella'. But one book in particular I want to mention, that came out way before the sweeping trend is 'Real Fresh Food, Healthy Meals for Busy People' by Anna and Roger Wilde. I have found it very inspiring. The recipes are simple but the knowledge runs deep.
I could continue for days but we all have other places we should be.. I take my leave to watch a film and eat some of Ella Woodwards raw brownies I made this afternoon. I leave you with a link to a recent episode of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs , where one of the true founders of Seasonal foods, Ruth Rogers, talks passionately about her life. Enjoy.


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Kathleen Hall
Kathleen was born and raised in the Bay Area and currently lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children. She holds a MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and is a real estate agent at Zephyr Real Estate. Her artistic background has helped her develop a keen eye and appreciation for the city's distinctive properties and architectural buildings. She is a retired Bay Area Derby Girl and skated with the Richmond Wrecking Belles for 5 years. In her spare time, Kathleen keeps her mind clear and refreshed by roller skating and working on her art.
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So, just a couple of weeks ago, it was announced that my novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year in the romantic comedy category. And it feels amazing!
As an author you wish for lots of things. That you don't lose inspiration. That you can make it to 100,000 words without hating your story and all your characters. That your publisher will keep signing you up for more books. That readers will enjoy your stories. And that last one is the most important one for me.
The best thing about being a writer is having readers contact you telling you how much they enjoyed your book, how it made them laugh or cry, how they could relate to a character inside the pages. And that is why an award like this is really special.
To make it onto the shortlist you have to obviously enter your book and then it gets read… by real readers. Booklovers give up their time to read the entries and each book has to be read by at least three readers and scored on different aspects. The highest scoring books are then given a fourth read by selected RNA members who have no vested interested in the book or the category. This fourth score is added to the other scores, making a final total that determines the shortlist (of up to six books) and the overall category winner. The winner of each category then goes forward to battle for the title of Romantic Novel of the Year. Are you keeping up?
To know One Wish in Manhattan has scored so highly to make the shortlist is a real thrill. There has been so much love for this book ever since it came out last October. I've had the best reviews, the most messages, and the most chat about this book than any of my others. Hayley, Angel and Oliver's story really touched people and I'm glad readers enjoyed the deeper themes woven around a feel-good Christmas romantic comedy.
So what's next? The big night of course! I will be donning red sequins to travel up to Whitehall Place in London for the awards ceremony on 7 March with Mr Big. Sometimes Mr Big thinks I spend all day just chatting to people on Facebook and eating pork scratchings, so it will be nice for him to see what I've done and meet my writer friends (the ones I chat to on Facebook when eating pork scratchings).
And then we will find out who the winners are! I'd like nothing more than to bring that crystal star back to Wiltshire. But making this shortlist is a dream in itself. I don't want the icing on the cake… said nobody ever!
Giveaway to win a signed copy of One Wish in Manhattan (Open Internationally)
About Mandy Baggot
Mandy Baggot is an award-winning writer of romantic comedies, chick-lit and contemporary romance. She is represented by Kate Nash of The Kate Nash Literary Agency.
In February 2016 her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year award.
Previously she won the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK's Festival of Romance and has scooped Top Ten Reads/Book of the Year places from a number of UK book bloggers.
Traditionally published by US publisher Sapphire Star, Harper Collins' digital first romance imprint, Harper Impulse, and most recently, digital fiction specialists, Bookouture, a great story is never far from her fingertips!
A contributor to writing blogs and short story anthologies, Mandy is also a regular speaker at literary festivals, events and women's networking groups.
Mandy loves mashed potato, white wine, country music, World's Strongest Man, travel and handbags. She has appeared on ITV1's Who Dares Sings and auditioned for The X-Factor.
Mandy is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband, two daughters and cats, Kravitz and Springsteen.
Visit Mandy's website at http://www.mandybaggot.com/
Latest release: One Wish in Manhattan http://smarturl.it/onewishinmanhattan
Amazon UK: http://ow.ly/sjq4v
Amazon US: http://ow.ly/sjqbM
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mandybaggot
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mandybaggotauthor
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2968625.Mandy_Baggot
Thanks so much to Mandy for this fabulous post and for the giveaway. Good luck with awards.
Congratulations to Mandy Baggot on her nomination for the RoNA Romantic Comedy Novel award. Which of these books did you love? Which do you think should win the award?


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Martin Kramer on the Middle East
Posts Tagged Arthur Hertzberg
The New York Times stands by its error
Posted by Martin Kramer in Sandbox on August 6, 2018
Max Fisher of the New York Times has taken to Twitter to defend his claim that David Ben-Gurion "emerged from retirement in July 1967 to warn Israelis they had sown the seeds of self-destruction." According to Fisher (in an article that ran on the front page of the Times on July 23),
Ben-Gurion insisted that Israel give up the territories it had conquered. If it did not, he said, occupation would distort the young state, which had been founded to protect not just the Jewish people but their ideals of democracy and pluralism.
Fisher sourced this story (via a link in the online edition of the Times) to a recollection by the late Arthur Hertzberg, a noted Conservative rabbi. Hertzberg, writing in the New York Review of Books in 1987, claimed to have heard the grim prophecy during an encounter between Ben-Gurion and American Conservative rabbis at Beit Berl (near Kfar Saba) in July 1967.
As it happened, a few months ago I'd grown suspicious of this story, and so I tracked down the transcript of Ben-Gurion's remarks in his archives. I found no evidence of his having said anything of the sort. I published my findings back in April, so imagine my surprise when Fisher ran with a lede repeating a fable I'd just debunked. My blog doesn't have quite the circulation of the New York Times, but it's where I pointed to the problem, and that brought it to the attention of Fisher and his newspaper.
Fisher now tweets to me that "we've looked into this very carefully and, after speaking with the Ben-Gurion Archives and reviewing the historical record, stand by the story." I'm pleased that Fisher took my challenge seriously, and didn't just blow it off. But I'm afraid he's fallen well short of meeting it.
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Fisher's first line of defense is that perhaps I'm not working from the correct transcript. He reports that he's reached out to the Ben-Gurion Archives, "and the archivist said that the transcript you refer to could be from a different speech. It does not match the reported location, Beit Berl, and is only partial. They may simply not have the correct transcript on file."
Sorry, Max, it's not from a different speech. I've uploaded the transcript here. It's dated July 12, 1967, the date of the meeting, and while it doesn't specify any location, it records Ben-Gurion saying the following (at the start of the second paragraph): "I don't have much to add to the remarks of Dr. Hertzberg." Ben-Gurion even told an apt story: he'd once asked an Orthodox rabbi to explain how Conservative Jews differed from Orthodox ones. The Orthodox rabbi, "an honest man, answered that a Conservative Jew rides to the synagogue on the Sabbath because he doesn't know it's forbidden, while an Orthodox Jew also rides, [even though] he knows it's forbidden." So there's no doubt whatsoever: I have the correct transcript. This is Ben-Gurion in the room with Hertzberg, bantering with the Conservative rabbis from America. Fact-check fail at the Times.
The twelve pages of the transcript don't include even a hint that Ben-Gurion made the dramatic renunciation of territorial acquisition that Fisher, relying on Hertzberg, claims he made. Ben-Gurion alluded only once to a possible withdrawal: "If Nasser wants to take back the Sinai or a large part of it, let him make peace with us." The transcript may be incomplete, a possibility I noted in my article. Still, while it is pointless to speculate on what else Ben-Gurion might have said, it would be bizarre if something as earth-shaking as a warning of Israel's possible "self-destruction" didn't make it into the transcript.
Or into Ben-Gurion's diary, which I can now add as additional source. In his diary entry of July 12, Ben-Gurion summarized his own remarks. (This, after complaining that he had to sit through a long-winded speech by Hertzberg, who also introduced Ben-Gurion "with several inaccuracies about my life.") Ben-Gurion's own summary tracks the transcript, and includes nothing whatsoever on territorial concessions. I've uploaded it here.
Nor is there any corroboration in the Mapai party newspaper Davar of July 14. It summarized Ben-Gurion's remarks to the Conservative rabbis (Ben-Gurion, it noted, "was preceded by a lecture by Prof. Hertzberg"). Here, too, as in the transcript, there is no attribution to Ben-Gurion of any territorial position, except this quote about Jerusalem: "We will not return Jerusalem—and no force in the world can take it from us."
So we have three contemporary sources for this event, and not even one corroborates Hertzberg's belated account of it.
But "we don't have to go off Hertzberg's account," Fisher suddenly announces, because "in any case, multiple historical accounts have independently reported that Ben-Gurion made a statement like this immediately after the war." These "historical accounts" turn out to be a few screen shots of secondary works comprised of unsourced or fragmentary quotes about Ben-Gurion's territorial desiderata. None has Ben-Gurion warning against "occupation" as a threat to Israel's "democracy and pluralism." And none qualifies as "immediately after the war." Remember, the point of Fisher's lede isn't that Ben-Gurion was willing to trade territory for peace under certain conditions. It's that Ben-Gurion supposedly warned that Israel would destroy itself if it didn't retreat, and that he made such a prophecy as early as July 1967. Fisher brings no new evidence for either.
In fact, we already have a precise and authoritative statement of Ben-Gurion's position "immediately after the war": his personal press release that appeared in almost all the Hebrew newspapers on June 19. He issued it in order to banish any misunderstanding of his views, and I've uploaded a reproduction of the version published in Davar with the same purpose. I've also made a translation of its programmatic bullet points. Here we go:
• We are now in possession of the Sinai peninsula, the West Bank of the Land of Israel, the Syrian heights east of the Jordan river, Gaza, and the Old City of Jerusalem and its environs.
• We must be prepared to discuss peace with all our neighbors who fought us: Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. However, I am not sure the other side is prepared for that.
• If Egypt agrees to conclude a peace treaty with Israel—and commits to our freedom of navigation, not just in the straits of Eilat, but also in the Suez Canal—we will be ready to evacuate the Sinai desert immediately after the signing of the treaty.
• We will not discuss the Old City of Jerusalem and its environs with anyone. It was the capital of Israel at the time of King David, and so it will remain forever. The State of Israel will safeguard the holy places of the Christians and Muslims not less than [past] Muslim rule, or the rule of the Crusaders.
• We will propose to the inhabitants of the West Bank to choose representatives with whom we will conduct negotiations on a West Bank autonomy (excluding Jerusalem and its environs), which will be tied to Israel in an economic alliance, and which will have its outlet to the sea via Haifa or Ashdod or Gaza.
• A Jewish army will be stationed on the western bank of the Jordan river to protect the independence of the autonomous West Bank.
• The Gaza Strip will remain in Israel, and efforts will be made to resettle its refugees in the autonomous West Bank, or in other Arab territory, with the assent of the refugees and the assistance of Israel.
• If Syria agrees to sign a peace treaty, and commits to preventing attacks on Israeli settlements by Syria's inhabitants and from within its territory, we will evacuate the Syrian [Golan] heights now in our hands.
• All the Jews who lived in Hebron and its surroundings will be allowed to return to their former homes, even after the West Bank is granted internal autonomy.
• We will propose a peace treaty to King Hussein between Israel and the East Bank of the Jordan, and will agree to give it an outlet to the Mediterranean, like that given to the West Bank.
In short: all of Jerusalem and Gaza to Israel, autonomy for the West Bank, the Israeli army on the Jordan river, and the return of territory to Egypt and Syria, but only in exchange for peace treaties. (Soon amended: he took the Golan off the table at the end of August.) In an interview published only three days before the Beit Berl meeting, Ben-Gurion elaborated: the West Bank should be a "protectorate" of Israel, and Israel should run its foreign affairs and defense. Any objective reader must agree that nothing in this program even faintly resembles "giv[ing] up the territories" to avoid "self-destruction."
There's also no doubt that Ben-Gurion, "immediately after the war," thought that Israel should sit tight if the Arab states refused to negotiate for peace on Israel's terms. Only five days after the Beit Berl meeting, Ben-Gurion wrote this in a personal letter: "I myself doubt whether Egypt or Syria is capable of sitting with us to discuss peace. May the government of Israel have the strength and the will to hold on to the conquered territories, when our neighbors refuse to discuss peace with us." You read it right: that's only five days after the alleged remarks at Beit Berl.
For the next few years, he remained fairly steady. In September 1969, Eliezer Livneh, a founder of Mapai who'd joined the "Greater Israel" movement, wrote to Ben-Gurion to ask for further clarification. His reply of September 30:
I said more than once to journalists that if there were a chance for "true peace" [shlom emet] (and by true peace I mean stability and common action in economics, politics, and education), I would be for the return of territories (except for the Old City of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Gaza). But unfortunately I don't see any proximate chance for true peace, and thus no room to speak about return of territories. Instead, we must take care to (1) promote increased immigration (without which the territories cannot be settled), (2) increase Jewish fertility (without which the Arabs will become a majority), and (3) be an exemplary people.
This perfectly summed up Ben-Gurion's position until about 1970. In his own defense, Fisher brings a few quotes from the 1970s (coinciding with the War of Attrition with Egypt), in which Ben-Gurion seems more eager for compromise, at least with Egypt. In this phase, while he always insisted that Israel keep Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, he stopped mentioning Gaza, and sometimes even dropped his insistence on full, cooperative peace with Egypt. But towards the very end (he died in 1973), he drifted in the other direction, into open support of the settlements in the Sinai.
And while he favored autonomy over annexation of the West Bank, Hebron may have been another matter. In January 1970, he contributed a preface to a book on the Jewish presence there. "We will make a great and awful mistake," he wrote, "if we fail to settle Hebron, neighbor and predecessor of Jerusalem, with a large Jewish settlement, constantly growing and expanding, very soon." In 1972, he surprised many when he announced that the Jewish settlement in Hebron "should be able, in the fullness of time, to become a part of the state of Israel."
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In sum, there's no evidence that Ben-Gurion warned Israelis that their victory "had sown the seeds of self-destruction," either in July 1967 or later.
Now I don't expect working journalists to know all aspects of history, do original historical research, or read sources in foreign languages. History is an exacting profession, certainly no less than journalism. I do expect journalists to take notice when faced with the consensus of historians. Fisher writes that "we feel" that the lede of his article "constitutes accepted, established history and stand by the story." To the contrary: I don't believe a single competent Israeli historian or Ben-Gurion biographer would validate the story as it appears on page A1 of the New York Times. And although Hertzberg's tale has been in print for over thirty years, you won't find it repeated in any scholarly history or biography.
So the article in the Times simply recycles a myth. And it's not the first time. Here is the late Anthony Lewis, in an opinion column in the Times, June 9, 1987: "Mr. Hertzberg heard a prophetic warning from David Ben-Gurion in July 1967, a month after the war. Ben-Gurion said it was urgent to return the captured territories at once, for holding on to them would distort and might ultimately destroy Israel." The story seems irresistible, and the New York Times has a tradition of serving it up to readers, without ever fact-checking it.
I'm not paid to uphold the credibility of the Times, but let me offer a constructive suggestion to those who are. I knew Arthur Hertzberg, a man larger than life. It seems to me that Fisher has deprived him of his rightful place on the front page. Standing by the story really does mean standing by Hertzberg, so why not explicitly cite him as the source? (As Anthony Lewis did.) Put his name somewhere in the online version ("according to Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg"), so everyone will know that this account isn't attested by any historical source. It's an uncorroborated story told twenty years after the fact by an activist American rabbi with an agenda.
And no more than that.
Debunked, but still fit to print on page one
Posted by Martin Kramer in Sandbox on July 27, 2018
Nothing gives a historian greater satisfaction than correcting a persistent error. And nothing is more frustrating than the resurrection of that error even after it's been corrected. Especially if it suddenly surfaces on the front page of the New York Times.
In Monday's edition, on page A1, an article by Max Fisher appeared under the headline "Israel, Riding Nationalist Tide, Puts Identity First. It Isn't Alone." This is the lead:
Amid a moment of national euphoria, Israel's founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, emerged from retirement in July 1967 to warn Israelis they had sown the seeds of self-destruction.
Israel had just won a stunning military victory against its neighbors, elating Israelis with a sense that the grand experiment of a Jewish state might really work.
But Ben-Gurion insisted that Israel give up the territories it had conquered. If it did not, he said, occupation would distort the young state, which had been founded to protect not just the Jewish people but their ideals of democracy and pluralism.
In the print edition, this claim about Ben-Gurion wasn't sourced, but the online version provided a link. Where did it lead? To an article by the late Arthur Hertzberg, once a prominent American rabbi, in the New York Review of Books back in 1987. There Hertzberg claimed to have heard Ben-Gurion, right after the 1967 victory, "insist that all of the territories that had been captured had to be given back, very quickly, for holding on to them would distort, and might ultimately destroy, the Jewish state."
This week, Hertzberg's report hit the front page of the New York Times, via Max Fisher. That's too bad, because only three months ago I thoroughly debunked it at Mosaic Magazine. Although the Hertzberg story is often quoted, it struck me as dubious, knowing what I know about Ben-Gurion's stated, public position in 1967. So I went to the trouble of asking the Ben-Gurion Archives in Sde Boker to help locate the transcript of the talk that Hertzberg attended. They did, and there's no evidence whatsoever that Ben-Gurion said what Hertzberg claimed he heard.
Moreover, there's ample evidence that Ben-Gurion wanted to keep lots of territory. In June 1967, he proposed to annex Jerusalem and Gaza, and make the West Bank an autonomous zone dependent on Israel. He did propose to return the Golan and Sinai to Syria and Egypt, but only in return for "true peace" by treaty. By summer's end, he'd taken the Golan off the table, and a few years later, he was arguing against returning Israeli settlements in the Sinai and for including Hebron in Israel.
Since the New York Times isn't going to correct the error, I'm excerpting the part of my article that unravels the Hertzberg claim, supported by verifiable Ben-Gurion quotes, in the hope that you'll share it. I've only got a few thousand subscribers, which is nothing compared to the more than half a million who saw the story on the front page of America's newspaper of record, and the 2.6 million digital subscribers who might have seen it. But who knows? Maybe the next journalist will do some research before he or she recycles this myth, and will somehow stumble on the truth. The more places it can be found, the more likely that is.
Below is the excerpt, reproduced by permission of Mosaic Magazine. Read the whole article here.
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This brings us to Ben-Gurion's position after the 1967 war. Two decades after that conflict, in a 1987 article in the New York Review of Books titled "Israel: The Tragedy of Victory," the gadfly American rabbi Arthur Hertzberg would recall hearing a speech by Ben-Gurion in July 1967 at the Labor training institute Beit Berl outside Tel Aviv. Hertzberg's summary:
Ben-Gurion insisted that all of the territories that had been captured [in the June Six-Day War] had to be given back, very quickly, for holding on to them would distort, and might ultimately destroy, the Jewish state. He made only one exception of consequence: the Israelis should not relinquish control of the whole of Jerusalem. Ben-Gurion's most striking assertion that night was that he did not expect immediate peace with the Arabs; for its own inner health, he said, Israel needed only to give back the territories very soon in return for a workable set of armistice arrangements.
That July speech, Hertzberg insisted, had "become my most vivid memory of Israel in 1967."
In 2003, Hertzberg repeated this story in the introduction to a manifesto entitled The Fate of Zionism. In that "unforgettable encounter," he now wrote, Ben-Gurion had demanded that Israel "give back, immediately, all the territory that it had captured" except Jerusalem; otherwise, "it would be heading for historic disaster." With his "wrathful cry that the most glorious of Israel's victories could turn out to be even more poisonous than defeat," Ben-Gurion, according to Hertzberg, "was the true Zionist prophet" who "planted in me a recurring discomfort." Thus, when Hertzberg himself later called for a Palestinian state, he claimed he was simply "follow[ing] after David Ben-Gurion, who dissented, at the end of his life, from the platform of the very Labor party he had helped to fashion."
The problem with this story is that Ben-Gurion never uttered the words Hertzberg attributed to him. The transcript of his speech, delivered to a visiting group of Conservative American rabbis on July 12, 1967, is preserved, and while it may not be complete, it bears not the faintest resemblance to Hertzberg's account of it. There is no mention of the West Bank or its inhabitants, no mention of urgent withdrawal, no victor's remorse. When Ben-Gurion wasn't lauding Israel's astounding victory, or reminiscing about his own past, he was haranguing the rabbis over Israel's desperate need for Jewish immigration from America so that it could rapidly settle 100,000 Jews in unified Jerusalem. "Ben-Gurion Calls for Mass Immigration in Conservative Rabbinic Seminar," ran the headline in the Israeli daily Davar two days later. If Ben-Gurion had said anything remotely resembling what Hertzberg claimed he said, that headline would have been radically different.
Nor does Hertzberg's account bear the slightest resemblance to Ben-Gurion's own precise statement of what he thought should be done with the occupied territories, laid out in a public letter composed with all the force of his considerable personal authority. Sent to the editors of the Hebrew press, the letter was published in nearly all of the major dailies on June 19, nine days after the war's end. "If Egypt agrees to conclude a peace treaty with Israel," he wrote,
and commits to our freedom of navigation, not just in the straits of Eilat but also in the Suez Canal, we will be ready to evacuate the Sinai desert immediately after the signing of the treaty. . . . If Syria agrees to sign a peace treaty, and commits itself to preventing attacks on Israeli settlements by Syria's inhabitants and from within its territory, we will evacuate the Syrian [Golan] Heights now in our hands.
Armistice agreements, as in 1949? Hardly: Ben-Gurion was willing to return territory only in return for full peace treaties. "I am not sure the other side is prepared for that," he added.
In fact, there was no difference between this position and the Israeli cabinet decision of June 19: Egypt and Syria would be offered full withdrawal for full peace. But for Ben-Gurion it didn't take long for Syria's Golan Heights to be removed from the table: after a visit there in August, he concluded that Israel should settle and annex them.
As for Jordan, Ben-Gurion would return nothing. The Old City of Jerusalem and its surroundings would remain entirely in Israeli hands (it had been Israel's "eternal capital" since the time of King David). When it came to the rest of the West Bank,
We will propose to the inhabitants . . . to choose representatives with whom we will conduct negotiations on a West Bank autonomy (excluding Jerusalem and its surroundings), which will be tied to Israel in an economic alliance, and which will have its outlet to the sea via Haifa or Ashdod or Gaza. A Jewish army will be stationed on the western bank of the Jordan River to protect the independence of the autonomous West Bank. . . . All the Jews who [once] lived in Hebron and its surroundings will be allowed to return to their former homes, even after the West Bank is granted internal autonomy.
He was even more specific in an address to an Israel Bonds delegation in August. In his view, the West Bank should be an "autonomous though not independent province." This scheme for the Palestinians hardly constituted "dissent" à la Hertzberg. It basically tracked Ben-Gurion's proposals of 1956 and 1958, and also the earliest form of the plan for the West Bank drawn up after the Six-Day War by then-Minister of Labor Yigal Allon.
And once again there was another newly occupied territory, in addition to eastern Jerusalem, that Ben-Gurion proposed to annex outright:
The Gaza Strip will remain in Israel, and efforts will be made to settle its refugees in the autonomous West Bank, or in other Arab territory, with the assent of the refugees and the assistance of Israel.
Picking up here on his earlier ideas about Gaza, he still thought it crucial to extend Israel's coast all the way down to the Egyptian border, even if that meant assuming responsibility for (the dispersal of?) Gaza's 350,000 Arabs.
In sum, in Ben-Gurion's plan, no part of the Land of Israel west of the Jordan would be "given back" to anyone. Israel would patrol its entire eastern frontier, the West Bank would become a subordinate "province" of Israel, and the Gaza portion, evacuated of some of its Arabs, would be annexed outright.
In the following months, Ben-Gurion didn't deviate from this plan. On August 1 (that is, after his Beit Berl remarks), he participated in a Q&A session with students of the Hebrew University. Repeating every one of his points, he added: "In my opinion, the Sinai, the West Bank, the [Golan] Heights, and the Gaza Strip can wait; we have time. But we have to work immediately to build Jerusalem." So much for acting to return territory "very quickly," "very soon," or "immediately." Indeed, as a recent study demonstrates, Ben-Gurion invested his greatest energies after the war in plans for absorbing all of united Jerusalem into Israel—including such far-out proposals as demolishing the walls of the Old City. More than two years later, in 1969, his position still hadn't changed:
If there were a chance for "true peace" (and by true peace I mean stability and common action in economics, politics, and education), I would be for the return of territories (except for the Old City of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Gaza). But unfortunately I don't see any proximate chance for true peace, and thus no room to speak about return of territories.
By 1971, his view hadn't much altered. He had stopped mentioning Gaza alongside Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as territory Israel had to keep. But his concept of "true peace" remained absolute. Asked by an American senator what it meant, he answered: "Nu, it's fairly simple. Peace such as that which exists between Belgium and Holland."
But this wasn't his final stop. As time wore on, and the wait for "true peace" lengthened, Ben-Gurion envisioned still more revisions to the pre-1967 status quo. In 1972, he was asked whether he'd changed his views during the five years since the war. Ben-Gurion replied that in 1967 he'd been willing to return all of the Sinai, but Egypt had still refused to make peace.
In the meantime, we are settled in the Sinai, and important things are being done there. There is a big difference between returning barren desert and returning settled areas. I would not order the dismantlement of the settlements in the Sinai and the return of territories to Egypt. Something changed in Sinai since the Six-Day War, and things continue to change. It's one thing to return desert, another to return territory settled by Jews.
When asked whether his revised view included the West Bank, and particularly Hebron, he added: "Provision should be made for a large and growing Jewish settlement in Hebron that should be able, in the fullness of time, to become a part of the state of Israel." This repositioning didn't pass without notice outside Israel: "Ben-Gurion Switches on Annexation," announced a headline in the New York Post. It was the last major statement by Ben-Gurion on borders; he died the following year.
So Hertzberg's Ben-Gurion—advocate of an immediate, unilateral, and almost total Israeli withdrawal—was a figment of the rabbi's imagination. But Hertzberg didn't consciously fabricate him. (I allow myself to say this as someone who briefly had Hertzberg as a teacher.) He simply did what many do when they want to validate their own political notions: they trace them back to a (mis)quotable "founding father." No doubt, Hertzberg's encounter with Ben-Gurion—the "George Washington of Israel"—was as "unforgettable" and "vivid" as he claimed. But two decades after the fact, he remembered only those fragments of Ben-Gurion's remarks that he could distort and cram into his own by-then alienated verdict on 1967: "It would have been better had the Six-Day War ended in a draw and not in a series of stunning victories."


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The China Times (via KMT media organ translation) reports that the KMT will not change the Party List Rulz [WARNING: MAY CONTAIN RULES-LIKE SUBSTANCE] to keep current Speaker Wang Jin-pyng on the list of legislators who get seats if the KMT does well in the election...
The KMT is starting its nomination process for its at-large legislators on the party list. Some are wondering whether the KMT would revise its party rules to accommodate Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平), who has been elected on the KMT's party list as an at-large legislator for three consecutive terms in 2004, 2008, and 2012 but cannot be re-nominated again for a fourth term according to existing party rules. According to an informed source, the KMT party central was inclined to maintain rather than amend its current party rules. However, the same source stated that if any member of the Central Standing Committee (CSC) had a different opinion and introduced a motion to amend the party rules, the CSC would handle the motion according to the rules of procedure and KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) would announce the final outcome of the deliberations....since Wang's power base is in Kaohsiung, a DPP stronghold, and he hasn't announced a run there, it seems unlikely he will enter the race at this late date and probably wouldn't win if he did. But if doesn't get on the Party List he's finished, unless KMT Presidential Candidate Hung Hsiu-chu makes him her Veep candidate, that's highly unlikely. Recall that the Taiwanese factional wing of the KMT looks to Wang for leadership. What will he do when he's out in the cold? Wang is a lifelong broker, not a leader, and my suspicion is that he will make a few mild remarks and then do nothing. But all the Taiwanese who've been slogging in the trenches for a political party whose leaders despise them may revise their opinions accordingly. UPDATE: Solidarity catches piece on Wang warning his downfall will only hurt KMT.
Note that in local institutional culture, when something is handled "according to the rules of procedure" it is code meaning someone is getting screwed. In this case, that will be Wang. Remember President Ma Ying-jeou is running the show, and he hates Wang.
Since President Ma is running the KMT, and much of the day to day affairs are in the hands of another mainlander princeling, Hau Lung-bin, son of bitter-ender Hau Pei-tsun, I suspect the party list is going to be full of ideologues like Ma and Hung. It wouldn't surprise me if they propose a full slate of mainlander princelings and the like, with perhaps a token Taiwanese.
Chu is out as presidential candidate, gravely wounded by Ma in the struggle within the KMT for the Party's soul. He doesn't want to be President. Wang will be finished. Hung is a loser. PFP leader and KMT turncoat James Soong is basically a fish wrapped in a newspaper: won't be hearing from him again. Who does this leave for 2020? I am thinking that Ma is clearing the way for Hau Lung-bin to lead and maintain elite mainlander ascendancy over the KMT.
Another issue: If Wang is out, that could have grave implications for legislative cooperation with the DPP's Tsai Ing-wen, currently the likely next President. Wang was wont to work with the DPP, one of the reasons that Ma went after him so obsessively two years ago. With the diehards in ascendancy in the KMT and with no Wang to smooth things over, the KMT could become (hard to imagine this) even more uncooperative and obstructionist. This is yet another reason why Tsai MUST have a legislative majority. But a new threat is emerging...
The President, Vice President, Candidate Hung, and KMT Chairman Eric Chu displayed some remarkable solidarity this week in showing up at the opening of a club for Taiwan businessmen (Taishang) in China. Wang was a no-show. Solidarity translated a piece showing how important the Taishang are for the KMT and how they are not donating to Hung, instead sending their money directly to legislative candidates:
Given the KMT's poor prospects this year, however, Taishang election enthusiasm has waned, and donation patterns have changed. In past elections, at least 70% of Taishang political donations went to presidential candidates, with the rest trickling to legislative candidates. But this year many consider the presidential race a lost cause and have decided not to throw good money after bad, instead directing their funding to legislative races.I pointed out a couple of months ago that the election followed soon after by New Year will force the Taiwanese in China to make difficult choices:
During their discussions about mobilization, some Taishang have recommended that taking reference from their nine-in-one election strategy, Taishang associations should assign the responsibility for certain districts to specified associations and leaders, rather than donating money to the KMT and letting the party distribute it. This will further deprive the KMT presidential campaign of funds.
Still worse for the Hung campaign has been the constant rumors the KMT will change its presidential candidate. On top of that, Taishang have been in a holding pattern as they've waited for Beijing to tell them what to do with respect to this election, and by telling Taishang to support whom they please Beijing has communicated that it will not offer aid to the Hung campaign via the Taishang.
As for the Taishang, the businessmen in China, some 200,000 would like to come home to vote, according to an association head. Yet, the Taishang are a typical expat population in many ways, spending their time in the new country, educating their kids there, and generally cutting ties with home. As time passes, these propensities grow. As Hung's prospects sink, the Taishang who are supposed to be super-KMT may well rethink spending the time, money, and hassle to come home to vote. Recall that the election is scheduled for Jan 16th, but the Lunar New Year is Feb 8. This means that many businessmen will face the unpalatable choice of coming home and then flying back immediately to be with their businesses during the critical lead up to New Year, then returning a couple of weeks later to do New Year, or staying away from the business for almost a month. And all that to vote for a candidate who likely isn't going to win.TT appended today:
Yet, they might come, to help save the legislature. As I've noted several times, Hung isn't going to help the KMT anywhere outside of the north. She could cost them the legislature.
In related news, Chinese Cross-Strait Taiwan Businesses Suggestion and Research president Chang Han-wen (張漢文) said that while projections of the number of Taiwanese businesspeople who plan to return home from China for the Jan. 16 elections are small, "it could improve to about 300,000 if the plane ticket problem is solved."Good news: the number wanting to return home to vote is "small". Money they will send, but they won't come themselves to vote. Good news...
"The Lunar New Year is 24 days after January 16. Since many people might find it difficult to purchase [two tickets in such a short period of time], we are now negotiating with airline companies [to offer discounts]," he said.
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Nokia 6500 slide was announced together with its slim sibling Nokia 6500 classic, but is far more than just an attempt to diversify the supply beyond the traditional bar form factor. Both handsets drive on solid style, but the stainless steel slider takes media another step further with video call support, FM radio and TV out. Nokia 6500 slide is among the handful of Finnish feature phones to offer a 3.2 megapixel camera, while Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and the dual LED flash do make it a class in its own.
Nokia 6500 slide official photos
Key features
- 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics and flash
- Great 2.2″ 16M-color QVGA display
- Snappy user interface
- FM radio with RDS
- 3G network support
- Rich preloaded content
- Bluetooth with A2DP support
- Stainless steel case
- TV out
- microSD card slot with hot swap
- Comfortable keys
- Fingerprint resistant
- Quality loudspeaker
Main disadvantages
- Sliding mechanism no masterpiece
- VGA video at 15fps recorded in 3gp format
- Camera lens unprotected
- The card slot is under the battery cover
- charger and USB connectors on top
It's more than logical to expect that both 6500 devices share a lot in terms of interface and basic functionality. And then, quite obviously, the slim 6500 classic just can't afford to accommodate as many goodies as its slider sibling. Much like the 3G-enabled Nokia 6500 classic, the quad-band Nokia 6500 slide also benefits from some of the latest communication technologies. Stay with us after the jump for more about what Nokia 6500 slide adds to the solid elegance that inspires the 6500 twosome.
Nokia 6500 slide