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The Crack of the Bat… The Roar of the Crowd…
Baseball is back today. Thank God. Maybe the flurry of swinging bats will beat back the cold fronts that have been sticking to us like duct tape. I felt warmer by the mere act of turning a ballgame on the radio as I drove home from school this afternoon.
I don't have many blockbuster predictions for the season. My predictions never tend to be of the blockbuster type anyhow. But what I'm thinking is the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers will be facing off at the end of October. Here's why: The Dodgers have pretty much become the West Coast Yankees. They've shelled out a lot of money to buy a solid team that should go a long ways into the playoffs. They have the pitching and the bats to get it done. But the also have a heated rivalry with Arizona, their all-time rival San Francisco isn't going anywhere, and San Diego is hungry. That should make for a contentious division, perhaps enough so to rival the American League East. As for the Tigers, they're going to do it with powerhouse pitching. Their new manager will install his on-base game instead of relying on the power hitting that failed them the last two seasons. But they will have timely power hitting. Defense will back this all up. It won't be easy come October, but they can do it. I like that Miguel Cabrera is back at first base and Victor Martinez is the designated pinch hitter in the fourth spot in the lineup. In fact, he's already hit a home run this season. What's more, the new skipper is working on a third base pick-off move. I have to give him credit for inventiveness. It reminds me of another well-known manager.
But who knows what is going to happen? Nobody. That's why they play the game. The only prediction I can make with any certainty is that I will watch a lot of Tiger, Brewer, and Oriole games, keep some good scorecards, and find a way to get to more than my share of games this summer. And speaking of the other teams I follow, I'd be darn happy to see Milwaukee and Baltimore make it to the post-season. Realistically, they'll be wild-card teams.
Ah, baseball. Has it really been five months?
Three Poems About Winter (#3)
Here's the final installation in this mini serial. I've been wanting to write an imagist poem for some time now, because I envy what William Carlos Williams does and want to do it myself. A colleague dropped an imagist poem on my desk a few weeks back–something she literally scratched out on the way to work based on something she saw during her drive. That got me thinking about this all the more. Truthfully, I was jealous. I know there are images in my daily life that are ripe with deeper meanings if only I take the time to sit down with pen and paper and mine them. Finally, this came to me two weeks ago when we were let out of school early because of… of course… the horrible winter weather. I spent some quality time that night crafting this, and am pleased with the results. I think I'll try to do more of these. If nothing else, they are an excellent exercise in concision.
And I borrowed that semi-colon from Ezra Pound.
Faculty Lot, January by Jeff Burd
Wipers pulled away from windshields,
the blades tilting and tottering in the wind;
a chorus of arms waving us away,
warning us: Danger. Go home.
Three Poems About Winter (#2)
Since running outside has been pretty much impossible given the horrible conditions we've had for two months, I've been making time on my bike on the trainer. An hour-long ride each week has been enough to keep up my stamina, and watching some Netflix while I do it makes it at least tolerable. The poet in me wants to find the deeper meanings in this and other mundane activities. Writing this poem helped me to that exact thing.
This was another fun one to write as I labored to figure out what the activity really meant, and what the poem was going to say. I picked up something from studying Kay Ryan and made use of it starting in the middle of the first stanza, and I borrowed from myself with "Frost crackles and creeps up the window glass." The closing lines aren't quite doing what I want them to yet, but here they are nonetheless.
When The Old Man Heaves Snow At Us by Jeff Burd
I jack my bike up on the trainer
and take long rides to nowhere
right there in the living room.
I hunch over the handlebars and
pedal. Sweat rivers down my chest.
I pedal.
My legs are young again.
I sit up and ride hands-free
because why not?
My tires hum on the asphalt
as I fly past golden wheat
waving in the wind beside
the long, shallow-sloping
roads of last summer. The sweet
smell of ryegrass hangs like perfume
over fields striped with windrows.
Cows raise their heads in time
to see a blur of a smile.
The thermometer outside is
a vacant tube.
Frost crackles and creeps
up the window glass.
I can't outride it.
I can only ride through it.


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One for the pond boys really .
We all see the clips American trucks Conventional big long bonnet been there seen it sat in it for a week.
This got me thinking having seen a fair few clips recently of accidents.
Do you think that having the bonnet trucks are more prone to having front end collisions than a cab over ??
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In eleven years of driving in North America; I have never seen a Cabover tractor unit involved in any sort of accident whatsoever.
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I'm coming up to 11yrs here and never seen an accident with a cabover involved either but there are a massively disproportionate number of conventional's compared to cabover's
I maybe see 2or3 cabover's a week compared to hundreds of conventional's.
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Good punctuation and grammar, makes the difference between helping your uncle Jack, off a horse & helping your uncle, jack off a horse.
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You might want to change that last line.
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I wish I had a cab over, more maneuverable and better.
Pat Hasler (Plasticbag)
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used to see a GMC Astro cabover every week up north,a local company uses freightliner argosy? for hauling homes plus a number of older freghtliners on for farm companies,,met a KW looking like BJ and the bear hauling a fridge earlier this week. ..Saw a number o iveco turbostars when in and around Seattle on seacans years back.
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Was wondering on the back of this would accident rates overall drop if cabovers became the norm
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"dementia galore" as per traditions of trucknet in this topic......
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Watched an episode of highways thru hell last night and one of the drivers was saying that he didn't feel safe in his new truck .
Every one else had a long bonnet but he had an ex fire truck with a flat front .
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A few years ago I drove for a company who had one freightliner argosy cabover pulling a set of A train fuel tanks. It had a little short gear lever like an ancient Bedford TK ...it was an odd driving position very high up the strange think about it was when the drivers door opened a set of steps would electronically open ....cyclists beware .Cabovers seem to be used only on specialist applications theres not many around anymore .
wayne Robinson
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Many years ago in Saudi the truck of choice was a mercedes with the engine stuck out in front.In fact my company used to handle 40ft.containers that contained 4(?)complete tractor units disassembled for re assembly at a factory near Jedda(?).
However,I digress.These trucks were not too popular because in collisions with camels at night if you struck the animal right(i.e.one pair of legs each side of the bonnet)the rest of the beast would come through the windscreen and...........well use your imagination.What a way to go,drowning in camel offal!
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what n offal way to go,
though id imagine that with the lack of available minge in saudi then id think a piece of vital equipment for occasions like that would be to keep a massive chesty morgan tyoe bra hidden in the cab so you could whack it onto the humps and let your imagination carry you away while the things still warm and wriggly?
with my luck id hit a dromedary
sweet words butter no parsnips
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Back years ago there was an overall length, from trailer bumper to tractor bumper, for artics. Trucking companies wanted to pull the longest trailer they could, usually 45' so they had to use a cabover to stay under the limit. Now the length of the trailer is more the limiting factor so you can have a hood pulling it and companies started buying them in order to attract drivers. I don't think it makes much difference which one you drive with regards to accidents but driving a cabover does make you more inclined not to run into something as your right up front.
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my unit % for my unit and our assessment are much higher than 2 other units that are exactly the same size as us. What can we do ?
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A starting point would be your declaration. Perhaps there is a difference that is not readily noticeable, or maybe it is a simple clerical error. If you cannot find a resolution, a real estate attorney would be able to review the relevant documents and advise you.
According to the Condo Act, % of ownership is supposed to be based on "value". So sf area is not necessarily the basis. Very often I've seen it based on the initial sale prices of units from the opening of sales. Other times I've seen it based on other factors. So I agree with Mr. Moens someone will have to look at the original declaration and potentially the sale prices that were initially set, as well as sf area, to begin to even understand how the developer assigned %%.
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Growing up there was a song, "Almost," that started with the singer bellowing, "The saddest words I ever heard were almost…not quite, but almost." The lyrics illustrated various scenarios of almost achieving victory. But, the one I remember the most was the guy who likes this girl but he is too shy to let her know how he feels. Once he gathers the nerve to tell her, she is dating another guy. I often think about these lyrics and realize that so many people live them out every single day.
Almost is never good enough. This sad word haunts many about all the missed opportunities that slipped away. You were almost there, but you never quite hit the mark. So it is with many of our dreams, visions and our goals.
We have them and we ponder over them year-after-year. We dwell in the land of "fit tin' to" and we never quite can get to the land of accomplishing it.
When I was a young girl I remember a pastor telling us about his dreams. One dream was that he was going to have a great affair at Cobo Arena in Detroit, with renowned guests and singers. The place would be packed out.
Well, it never happened when I was young; but it did happen when I was an adult. Just like that guy who finally got up enough nerve to approach the girl but it was too late, so it was with him. Sure, he had the event, but by that time the dream had fizzled to about 200 people in a place that could seat 12,000. He almost realized his dream, but he was too late for its complete manifestation.
Timing is critical when you are in pursuit of your dreams. There is an allotted time for everything and when the iron is hot, you just have to strike it hard with everything you got.
These are haunting words when you were so close to success but for whatever reason you didn't quite succeed. More often than not your inability to succeed is steeped in fear, just like the guy who was too shy to pursue the girl.
In a conversation with the pastor, he indicated that listening to others prevented him from pursuing his dream. You have to be so careful of those "others" who claim to support your dream when in actuality they are there to stop your dream. Everybody who says they are with you is not really with you. Especially when you share your dream and they find myriad reasons why you shouldn't pursue them.
Later for haters! Who need them? For sure, not me and not you!
You do need to have faith and passion in your dreams. You do need to have the courage to step out and to do them. You do need to be relentless in your pursuit. You definitely need to move away from the saddest words I've ever heard, "not quite, but almost."
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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters this week that 160 million Americans will have their taxes increased if the payroll tax cut extension does not pass.
160,000,000 working Americans?
That's more Americans than there are in the entire work American workforce.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are only 140.5 million Americans employed today.
Thanks to Pelosi and Barack Obama the work force is at its lowest rate in years.
By the way… 3,000 mainstream media outlets ran with this bogus number.


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Verizon's digital TV presence is about to get a lot bigger. According to Variety and others, The communications giant has reportedly paid in the vicinity of $200 million to acquire Intel Media, the division of Intel responsible for developing the OnCue Cloud TV platform.
Intel has been developing OnCue for the better part of a year, but the leading chip manufacturer apparently hit a snag when it faced the massive fees it would need to pay in order to acquire enough content to compete with other web-to-TV pay services. Therefore, Intel decided to sell, with most of the 350-person Intel Media team keeping their jobs underneath the Verizon umbrella.
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People who pay for digital TV services, however, are looking for more than just an extension of their TV subscriptions, and, as noted in an article from GigaOM, Verizon could use Redbox as its online streaming hub. Verizon and the DVD distribution service teamed up to launch Redbox Instant in 2012, and the Intel deal could help build Redbox into Verizon's own personal Netflix.
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The Shelton Orange eighth-grade team improved its record to 6-0 with a 33-0 victory over the Oxford Wolverines on Sunday at Finn Stadium.
Offensively, the Hawks were led by JJ Lever— who notched his first touchdown of the year from a Tim Schiffer halfback pass, Joe Zoppi who scored on a five-yard slant pass from David Wells, and David Berritto, who scored on a 45-yard punt return.
Matt Keklick, Lever and Schiffer also contributed with extra points. Defensively, the 'Hawks were led by Keklick — who picked up a Oxford fumble and returned it 25 yards into the end zone, and Berritto, who recovered a fumble in the end zone from his cornerback slot.
Dan Barone, Porter McKinnon, Robert Valeri, Lever, Matt Liscio, Jake Camerino and Jon Sobotka combined for 19 tackles, as the Seahawk defense held Oxford to one first down overall.
Joe Zoppi chipped in with two interceptions and Joe Ciliberti, Nate Miller and Tre Genova also contributed with fumble recoveries.
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The seventh-grade Shelton Seahawks were defeated 42-26 by the Danbury Hatters.
The Seahawks jumped out to an early 6-0 lead, when Matt Rice threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to fullback Matt Bean.
With Shelton trailing 22-6, Tyler Nolan recovered a fumbled punt at the Hatter 40-yard line.
Shelton then marched 40 yards in 11 plays to score, as Rice plunged in from one yard out to cut the deficit to 22-12.
In the fourth quarter, Rice found Connor Murphy on a 52-yard scoring strike to pull Shelton within 29-20.
With two minutes left in the game, Robert Wood, who led the team in rushing with 94 yards, bulled his way for a highlight-reel 19-yard touchdown to cut the Danbury lead to 36-26.
The Seahawk defense was led by the tackling of Wood, Michael Lombard, Jerry Sorensen, Eddie Radzion, Nathan Oakes and Ryan Rodko.


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By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct assistant professor in Georgetown University's security studies program. He is the author or volume editor of fifteen books and monographs, most recently China's Post-2014 Role in Afghanistan.
The decision by freshly minted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to make his first overseas trip to China is symbolic. Ghani arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, in a visit that underscores both the extent to which Beijing has the resources to be one of Afghanistan's critical post-2014 players, and also China's desire to bring stability to its neighbor. But it's a relationship that the United States should keep a close eye on moving forward.
Afghanistan's geopolitical landscape is, of course, being shaped by the U.S. drawdown of combat troops, a move that will place a heavy burden on Afghanistan's already stretched national security forces. After all, these forces have already faced numerous operational difficulties, and the withdrawal of most U.S. troops is widely seen as opening a door to a resurgent Taliban.
Pakistan, whose meddling has done more to damage Afghanistan than any other single factor, is well positioned to remain the most influential player in Afghanistan. But with China likely to end up as Afghanistan's second most consequential neighbor, it is worth pausing to think about what is shaping Beijing's calculations. FULL POST
By Ahmad Majidyar, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Ahmad Majidyar is a senior research associate at the American Enterprise Institute. He also teaches senior U.S. military officers on security and politics in Afghanistan. The views expressed are his own.
Late last month, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was inaugurated as president of Afghanistan after signing a power-sharing pact with his electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah, ending a protracted political standoff that threatened to thrust the country into another civil war and complicate the U.S. exit strategy. To the relief of its foreign allies, the new government also concluded long-delayed security deals that will allow 12,000 American and NATO troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond 2014.
But while the peaceful and democratic transfer of power marks a milestone in Afghanistan's tumultuous history, the country faces mounting security and governance challenges as international support is diminishing. To ensure long-term stability, the following five priorities should top the new government's agenda. FULL POST
Fareed speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the situation in Afghanistan, and asks for his take on the role Pakistan might play there.
When you look at what is going on in Afghanistan – the United States is going to draw down its forces. Historically, Pakistan has always played a role in Afghanistan, usually by supporting the Taliban, historically at least. Do you worry that that may happen again, that as the United States draws down, Pakistan will try to increase its involvement, and that will have negative consequences for India?
America will have learned from its experience in Iraq. I don't believe that it will do the same thing with Afghanistan and that it will be on its own. My guess is that the United States will have a different policy in Afghanistan from what it had in Iraq.
The other issue is that we want Afghanistan to become happy, prosperous and peaceful. It should live in harmony with its neighborhood and progress. We have a special attachment with Afghanistan. From childhood, every person in India has an impression in their hearts that a person from Afghanistan is very honest, good at heart…Our connection with Afghanistan is not with reference to Pakistan. We have our own cultural heritage, with deep relations. We want to see them happy, and in this process we want everyone to be together. We invite Pakistan to come and join us all together, for the happiness of Afghanistan.
By Scott Smith, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Scott Smith is director of Afghanistan and Central Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace. The views expressed are his own.
This week's attack at an Afghan military academy, which claimed the life of a U.S. general and more than a dozen troops, brought back like a recurring nightmare a problem that seemed for a while to have been solved – so-called green on blue attacks on U.S. and allied forces by disgruntled Afghan soldiers or Taliban infiltrators.
The assailant had reportedly served at the academy for over two years. But regardless of his individual circumstances, it is difficult not to connect this killing with other signs of growing insecurity – a United Nations report citing a 24 percent increase in civilian casualties, a rise in Taliban attacks, and a number of recent political assassinations – to the political wrangling over the presidential election. After all, the election was supposed to produce the first democratic transfer of power in the country's history, but has instead turned into a quagmire. This unending dispute is fraying the fragile political coalition that has held Afghanistan together since 2001, while emboldening the enemy and testing the patience of the international community.
Since the U.S. toppled the Taliban in 2001, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent to rebuild Afghanistan. A political collapse would eviscerate that investment, hurt the emerging generation of modern Afghans, and raise the question of whether Afghanistan can ever be saved from its political demons. The damage to U.S. prestige would be incalculable. FULL POST
By Stephen J. Hadley and Kristin M. Lord, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Stephen J. Hadley is chairman of the board of the United States Institute of Peace and a former White House National Security Adviser. Kristin Lord is acting president of the United States Institute of Peace. The views expressed are their own.
As the United States draws down its forces in Afghanistan and shifts from direct combat to the narrower mission of countering terrorism and training Afghan forces, some might think this is the time to declare "job done" and focus U.S. attention elsewhere. That would be a mistake. As the current violence in Iraq illustrates, the gains won by our military are fragile. Peace, once won, must be sustained.
Afghanistan is now in the delicate process of laying the foundation for a democratic political transition – the first since President Hamid Karzai assumed the presidency. As many as 7 million Afghans, or around 60 percent of eligible voters, have twice defied the Taliban and cast ballots to select the country's next president, first in the general election and again in this month's runoff.
"To contain a growing, increasingly confident insurgency as NATO troops withdraw, Afghanistan needs continued international support, including military, and the new government in Kabul will need to reinvigorate the state's commitment to the rule of law," the International Crisis Group noted in a report last month.
But how likely is it that Afghanistan will receive the support it needs? And what can we expect next? Graeme Smith, the author of the report and a senior analyst with ICG, answers readers' questions.
How much success did NATO forces actually have? Was it more a case of displacing insurgents from one area to another, or was there genuine progress?
NATO can take credit for many successes in Afghanistan. Unfortunately there was also a clear failure to bring security, which threatens every other aspect of the mission. NATO assumed leadership of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in 2003, and by every measure the country is now more dangerous as we approach the expiry of the ISAF mandate on December 31, 2014. That's not just my personal view after years of living in Afghanistan. It's a conclusion that cannot be avoided when looking at the number of insurgent attacks, the access of government officials to rural districts, and other security data. Now, security is only a single aspect of a complicated international effort in this country. But the fact remains that security was an eponymous part of the ISAF mission, which remains unfinished. The redeeming factor might be that NATO has helped with the formation of large Afghan security forces, and these local forces still have a fighting chance if they get enough support from donors. FULL POST
Fareed speaks with Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah about corruption, ties with Pakistan, and whether his government would talk with the Taliban if he was elected president. Watch the video for the full exchange, or watch the first part of the interview here.
The question many people have about Afghanistan is about the corruption. There's a sense that it is sort of out of control. We're talking about bagfuls of cash – millions and tens of millions of dollars – all this international aid that has been provided. Do you have any specific idea about how to deal with this, how to tackle it?
The first thing which is necessary is the recognition of the threat which corruption is posing to the stability in the country and to the wellbeing of the Afghan people.
It's a serious challenge. It will be a serious challenge. And the first thing which is required is the political will. The political will will be there to deal with it, zero tolerance of corruption [at] the highest level. That is something that the people should feel, the people should sense, the people should see it from the first day of our government. And then, of course, there are certain other issues. There are legislative issues in that regard. There is the issue of law enforcement, rule of law.
As a whole, we think that it's a priority, and it will be a priority for the future government of Afghanistan and it has to be dealt with in outright manner. Corruption is not just the issue of international assistances. Within the system, nepotism and certain other aspects of this, part of it is due to the problem of drugs, narcotics, in the country. Part of it is the absence of rule of law.
Fareed speaks with Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah about U.S. troop levels and whether he would sign the bilateral security agreement. Watch the video for the full exchange, or watch the second part of the interview here.
Let me ask you first the question that I think many Americans are wondering about, which is will you sign the agreement that will have American troops stay on in Afghanistan in some number, for training and such? As you know, President Karzai has been unwilling to sign the agreement that would allow American troops to stay.
Of course. My position in regards to the bilateral security agreement with the United States has been that we need continued support, in military and security terms, from the United States and the international community. And that's the framework – a bilateral security agreement, or BSA, is the framework for that, for the continuation of military security cooperation in assessing the Afghan security forces and training of the Afghan security forces, as well as dealing with the threats which are around.
So my position in regards to the BSA has been positive. And it has to be signed. And it will be one of the priorities of the future government of Afghanistan.
Do you have a view as to how many American troops should remain? As you know, there's a big debate within the United States. Some people want it to be as low as 5,000 or even lower. Some say, no, you need about 20,000. Do you have a number?
I don't have a number. That's a technical, military question. But at the same time, the aim or the mission as [it's] defined, it requires a few thousand...the presence of a few thousand American troops, not as a minimum such as 3,000 to 5,000 American troops, but certainly more than that. But I am not in any position to give you a number.
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As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan, Afghans are preparing to usher in their own new era. Soon, the nation could witness its first ever democratic handover of power. So, what if we told you that Afghanistan seems poised to effectively navigate this transition? In other words, what if we told you that Afghanistan could actually work out?
Almost two months ago, Afghans headed to the polls in record numbers. The election went remarkably well. Afghan security forces performed better than anyone expected. There were few reports of ballot stuffing or corruption that had marred the 2009 election of Hamid Karzai.
Since no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote, there will be a run-off in June. And two front-runners have emerged. Guess what? They're both great – highly qualified, modern, reformist and articulate.
Compare them to the hardline Shiite thugs running Iraq and you will see a world of difference. Abdullah Abdullah, a former leader in the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance and a trained ophthalmologist, secured 45 percent of the vote. Ashraf Ghani, a former World Bank economist, garnered nearly 32 percent of the vote. Honestly, either would mark a significant improvement for the future of Afghanistan and for Afghan-U.S. relations.
"To contain a growing, increasingly confident insurgency as NATO troops withdraw, Afghanistan needs continued international support, including military, and the new government in Kabul will need to reinvigorate the state's commitment to the rule of law," the International Crisis Group writes in a report released this week.
But how likely is it that Afghanistan will receive the support it needs? And what are the next government's chances of success? Graeme Smith, the author of the report and a senior analyst with ICG, will be answering readers' questions on the future of Afghanistan.
Please leave your questions in the comments section below.
By Frederic Grare, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Frederic Grare is a senior associate and director of the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The views expressed are the writer's own.
Pakistan's military is set to launch a major military operation in North Waziristan, AP reported this week, after weeks of hesitation over its strategy of negotiating with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Yet although the expected operation follows the killing of 23 Pakistani soldiers last month by a Taliban faction, it seems likely to have been motivated by something more than a desire to retaliate and coerce the TTP into talks.
Whatever the motivation, it will have a significant impact on the country's relationship with its weaker neighbor: Afghanistan.
In early 2012, Pakistan's Foreign Office publicly declared a "strategic shift" in its thinking on Afghanistan, and began promoting its own version of an inclusive reconciliation process, as well as actively reaching out to elements of the Northern Alliance. Islamabad adopted this new policy after concluding that its strategy of supporting the Taliban alone was unlikely to produce a "friendly" Afghanistan (in other words, one under close Pakistani influence) because the Taliban is, for now at least, simply not capable of taking the reins of power on its own.
By Javid Ahmad and Ahmad K. Majidyar, Special to CNN
Editor's note: Javid Ahmad is a program coordinator for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Ahmad K. Majidyar is a senior research associate at the American Enterprise Institute. The views expressed are their own.
Twenty five years ago this month, the last Soviet soldier marched out of Afghanistan, bringing an end to a nine year occupation that cost the lives of 15,000 Soviet troops and more than a million Afghans. With the close of the Cold War, the West lost interest in the region and Afghanistan became a proxy battlefield for subversive regional power play. Infighting between competing Afghan mujahedeen factions brought anarchy, paving the way for the Taliban and al Qaeda. And now, as the drawdown of international forces approaches, there's growing fear that history might repeat itself.
It doesn't have to work out the same way.
For a start, while the political system in Afghanistan is far from perfect, it enjoys far greater support and legitimacy among the Afghan people than the communist regime did in the 1980s. While Afghan presidents back then were effectively appointed by the Kremlin, Afghans today have elected their own leader – and will head to the polls in April to pick a successor to Hamid Karzai. And despite growing pessimism in the West about Afghanistan, Afghans generally remain optimistic about their future: an Asia Foundation survey last year found that a majority of Afghans (57 percent) believed their country was moving in the right direction.


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We greatly appreciate these house training tips provided by CAWL dog trainer, Carly Shivers, owner of High Drive Dog Company in Longmont, CO.
Q: Need some suggestions, Jasper who is about 5 months old now has been completely house trained for at least 2 months now. He hasn't had any accidents since, forever now. All of the sudden he had started peeing on the carpet upstairs. I just don't get it. He even peed right in front of my husband last night on the carpet. We ruled out any medical issue at the vet yesterday. Do we go back to square one with house training? Which for us was a treat at the door, then following him outside and giving a treat after he does his business.
A: Yes it is a process and even though you've made good progress there are a few steps backward often, especially when we're dealing with a young puppy. In a nutshell to housetrain a dog, you want to minimize the times the puppy goes where you don't want him to (in the house) and have high value (meaty, moist) treats for when he goes where you want him to (and only use those awesome treats for going to the bathroom outside).
To minimize the accidents in the home, keep him close where you can watch him and for those times when you can't (like you are going to jump in the shower and no one else is home), crate him. A crate is the number one tool for housetraining – just big enough to stand up, turn around, and lie down – not big enough to have a toilet in the corner. For the other times when you might be distracted – phone calls, cooking – or for a particularly wily pup who seems to always slip away just for that split second and you then find an accident, put them on leash and tether it to your belt loop if you'll be moving around or tether to the kitchen table. It is also helpful to set alarms for yourself so you remember to take him out every half hour or whatever the pup needs. It never hurts to lay too good a foundation for learning!
Get some Nature's Miracle or the like and always clean the spots where he goes with it to break down the chemical compounds or that spot will become the toilet! Remember the puppy doesn't come out of the womb understanding we humans have housing and civilization, but with clear and consistent reinforcement they will get the hang of it. Except in some extreme cases of neglect and enclosure in small spaces for long periods of time, all dogs will get it!
For rooms you'd like him to stay out of, block them with baby gates or boards. You can block whole floors of the house this way. Might be too much space for a small puppy at this age – they figure hey if we have a whole house, why can't that room be the bathroom? And be careful getting too frustrated with mistakes – getting upset can make it worse, make the puppy hide it from you even more – in those cases the puppy doesn't understand why you're mad (because he is peeing *in the house*) but knows you get mad when he pees so he tries to hide it from you. That makes is harder to train this behavior. I know it's hard but if a dog isn't getting something, 99% of the time it's because the human isn't being clear and consistent. Remember also, whether we are rewarding or correcting a dog, it must come with 1-2 seconds of the behavior or they have no idea either is connected to the things you'd like to see more of/less of. Good luck and let me know if I can help further!


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Youth Work and Outdoor Education
WoW! I can't get over how varied my job can be. Had lots of different discussions and developments today but I will just blog ones I'm pondering.
One of my responsibilities is Outdoor Education. In West Sussex there are 3 Outdoor Activity Centres and a Camp Site. At the moment we are looking to develop work with the outdoor centres, schools, and the youth wings to support the transition for vulnerable children moving up from year 6 to year 7.
This will hopefully start after the summer half term and will broadly be in three phases. Phase one will be about working across all services to develop the group and start some activities with them, phase two will be some form of outdoor experiences over the summer (a bit like a Junior Activity Club), and then phase three is when they start the autumn term and will involve sessions in the Youth Wing, and hopefully some form of peer mentoring. Although this is not necessarily targetting our 13-19 age range there are a number of spin offs.
Firstly there is the major need for integrated working with a range of different partners and services. Then there will be the involvement of young volunteers in running the outdoor activities. At Cobnor Activities Centre a really good volunteer training scheme has been set up to encourage young people to gain outdoor qualifications and then work with children on the summr camps. This has been very successful and developed some of our youth work with the older age range.
I'm also hoping that another spin off is to start encouraging staff and other services in working out how we are going to identify the 'vulnerable' young people which can also inform some of the Targeted Youth Support work I will be involved in. So all in all I think that this will be an interesting piece of work with lots of potential.
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- Wrote, directed, and performed in Pixar's theatrically released Toy Story Toon
- Directed 2 international crews: Pixar Canada (Vancouver) & Pixar (Emeryville)
- Musical collaboration with EDM artist, BT
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- Collaboration with director Eugene Chung on animation and story.
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- Partnered closely with director Brad Bird to achieve his vision.
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- Creatively Lead animation for for 3 years from pre-production through finish.
- Mentored over 50 animators, managed training, quality, and production quota.
- Partnered closely with directors Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich to achieve their vision.
- Established visual performance for Dory, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres. Created expression library to maintain consistency across scenes.
- Animated key scenes in the film
CHARACTER DEVELOPER, Monsters Inc (2001) IMDB
- Collaborated with Art and Technical departments to establish rig, movement, and characterization for characters of Mike, Randall, and Boo.
STORY ARTIST, The Good Dinosaur (2016) IMDB, Cars 3 (2017) IMDB, PartySaurus Rex (2012) Toy Story 2 (1999) IMDB
- Developed and boarded multiple sequences in collaboration with Writer, Director, and Story team.
ANIMATOR, A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters Inc (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), Presto (2008), Up (2009). Luxo 3d logo (2008), Luxo Animatronic (2009)
- Worked under Pixar directors John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Doctor, & Brad Bird
MASTERCLASS TEACHER, SFsiggraph, Anima Mundi, CalArts, Animex UK, Disney Animation, UC Berkeley, Taiwan Animation Fest, Athens Film Fest, Cinekid, View, Efteling, Red Stick, Pixar Animation Internship
STORYBOARD TRAINING, Pixar (Joe Ranft, 1998)
STORYBOARD TRAINING, Dreamworks (Lorna Cook, 1996)
CHARACTER DESIGN, Film Roman (The Critic, 1998)
ANIMATION INTERN, Dream Quest Images (Hook, Hot Shots, Grand Canyon, 1992)
- California Institute of the Arts - BFA, Character Animation (1993-1997)
- CSSSA - Animation (1992)
Story & character development - Creative Culture Building - Team leadership - Managing international co-productions - Partnering with software developers - Directing actors - Software Proficiency: Adobe Photoshop, CineSync, Adobe After Effects Pro, Pixar internal software.
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On Saturday morning, June 21, the catechesis was given by Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Archbishop of Douala, Cameroon, with the theme: "Being witnesses to the Eucharist in the heart of the world." Here are some excerpts:
"The Eucharist does have a social dimension… that brings about practical commitments in society. Several recent declarations of the Magisterium of the Church remind us of this necessary linkage between the Eucharist and social ethics. This quotation from the Message of the eleventh Synod of Bishops that was held in Rome on October 2005 is echoing this concern.
"'Before the Lord of history and the future of the world, the poor of every generation and today, the ever-increasing number of victims of injustice, and all the forgotten of this world, challenge us. These sufferings cannot remain extraneous to the celebration of the Eucharistic Mystery which summons all of us to work for justice and the transformation of the world in an active and conscious fashion, on the basis of the social doctrine of the Church that promotes the centrality and the dignity of the human person.'
"One cannot transform the world if we are not ourselves transformed. Recently, in the Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, our Holy Father Benedict XVI wrote (n. 89):
"'The union with Christ brought about by the Eucharist also brings a newness to our social relations: this sacramental 'mysticism' is social in character. Indeed, union with Christ is also union with all those to whom he gives himself. I cannot possess Christ just for myself; I can belong to him only in union with all those who have become, or who will become, his own. The relationship between the eucharistic mystery and social commitment must be made explicit.'
"The Eucharist is a sacrament of communion. The fact that we receive the body of Christ makes us communion, thinking about the other. We truly become brothers and sisters. The Pope continues in his Exhortation: 'The Eucharist is the sacrament of communion between brothers and sisters who allow themselves to be reconciled in Christ, who made of Jews and pagans one people, tearing down the wall of hostility which divided them (cf. Eph 2:14). Only this constant impulse towards reconciliation enables us to partake worthily of the Body and Blood of Christ (cf. Mt 5:23-24).' If you are excluding the others from your love, you cannot receive Holy Communion in a valid way.
"The Exhortation continues: 'In the memorial of his sacrifice, the Lord strengthens our fraternal communion and, in a particular way, urges those in conflict to hasten their reconciliation by opening themselves to dialogue and a commitment to justice. Certainly, the restoration of justice, reconciliation and forgiveness are the conditions for building true peace. The recognition of this fact leads to a determination to transform unjust structures and to restore respect for the dignity of all men and women, created in God's image and likeness. Through the concrete fulfilment of this responsibility, the Eucharist becomes in life what it signifies in its celebration. As I have had occasion to say, it is not the proper task of the Church to engage in the political work of bringing about the most just society possible; nonetheless she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the struggle for justice. The Church "has to play her part through rational argument and she has to reawaken the spiritual energy without which justice, which always demands sacrifice, cannot prevail and prosper.'
"What the world needs is what I would call a global spirituality. Without the spiritual dimension, the world cannot do anything. Without God, the world cannot do anything. The exhortation goes on: 'In discussing the social responsibility of all Christians, the Synod Fathers noted that the sacrifice of Christ is a mystery of liberation that constantly and insistently challenges us. I therefore urge all the faithful to be true promoters of peace and justice: All who partake of the Eucharist must commit themselves to peacemaking in our world scarred by violence and war, and today in particular, by terrorism, economic corruption and sexual exploitation.' (...)
"The Eucharist can only be understood as passion for man, and a passion for God written in the soul of each person. The Eucharist, by making us partake of the Body of the Risen One, by giving us His Life, and burning us with the fire of the Holy Spirit, can do nothing but to communicate to us the same feelings that Christ has for man and for God: it can only make us have a passion for man, and allow me to put it that way, it can only make us God's fools, people who are crazy bout God.
"The scandal would be for the Eucharist to make us wretches or atrophied people. Its truth, in today's world, is to make us passionate with love, full of love... What is love, from a specific Catholic viewpoint? It is to love those who don't love you. As a Christian, I must love the other person in order to be in the image of our Master, who loved even those who killed Him. In a noble sense, the person who loves becomes dangerous, because this person could love to the end, as Jesus who said, 'Love one another as I loved you', who loved us to the point of giving up His life for us.
"In that respect, the Eucharistic person is a dangerous person, burning from the fire of the Spirit, and whose only purpose is to extend that fire and to become fire for others. This person is a person of daring, of confrontation, of radicalism, and of the absolute.
"What is lacking in the world today is love. If love becomes humanity's soul, there would be no wars, no terrorism in Afghanistan, no war in Iraq, no political leaders who want to remain in power at all cost. A person of the Eucharist who loves disturbs everybody, might even give them the feeling of a bad conscience. That is our vocation as witness to the Gospel, so that the other person knows how to distinguish evil from good.
"We must be Christian on a daily basis. We cannot be witnesses to the Eucharist in the heart of the world without carrying within us an anguish for the poor, for those who are not well loved, without being open to all of love, thinking of each human being as Christ is in each person and each person is in Christ. Thank you."


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A Sense of Place
In his essay 'So:ba', given at the International Haiku Conference (SUNY Plattsburgh, NY, 2008) and published serially in Frogpond, Jim Kacian discusses the concept of ba:
"If you look up ba in any Japanese-English Dictionary you'll find it means "place" or "site" or "occasion". And these are all true in the most general sense—ba is a pointer to a kind of awareness that something of importance is happening in time and space."
So here we are…
In the following weeks we will get back to haiku basics and explore specific locations with an emphasis on the senses, and with the intention of improving our own haiku practice. Ideally, participants will select an actual location that they can visit, or a location from memory that they have visited in the past. Failing that, we always have our imaginations – and you're invited to join in the fun! Submit an original unpublished poem (or poems) via our Contact Form by Sunday midnight on the theme of the week, including your name as you would like it to appear, and place of residence. I will select from these for the column, and add commentary.
next week's theme: MEADOW/FIELD – taste
We remain in meadows and fields – if possible, the same one as last week – but now we explore the sense of taste…
I look forward to reading your submissions.
A Sense of Place: MEADOW/FIELD – smell
One of the (many) things that I have learned while working on this column, is something that loyal readers may have also noticed – that is, many haiku, especially those written to a prompt, are very similar – poets believe they are being original, (and in a basic sense, they are), but the poems that take a truly unique approach, when compared to the others, jump out at the reader… in 2019, it is these truly exceptional poems that will be among those selected…
floral cleaning products
my home
a meadow
Greer Woodward
Waimea, HI
Well, that's what the marketing team wants the consumer to think, anyway… for me, nothing beats the real thing!
pasture romp
the dog
needs a bath
Margaret Walker
Four separate shampoos were required for my friend's dog recently… we are still debating what it was – the latest suggestion: otter scat… the scent described as ranging from freshly mown hay to putrefied fish… you can guess where on this scale the dog's odour belonged…
sneeze after sneeze spring fields
Rachel Sutcliffe
In this poem, the poet explores the theme effectively without mentioning it at all… and an allergic reader (like me) might begin to react just reading it…
field of lavender
my grandmother's
Sari Grandstaff
Saugerties, NY, USA
Here the poet shows us another way to bring fields and meadows into our homes – these may be embroidered pillowcases, but the theme suggests a sachet of potpourri, or some other way to enjoy this natural scent…
Here are the rest of my selections for this week:
sweet grass –
I can smell
Aalix Roake
New Zealand
the scent of the meadow
bundled in barns
Adjei Agyei-Baah
Kumasi, Ghana
cow's tail curved…
the splattering sound
of smell
Adrian Bouter
a buzzard waits
on the gatepost…
death's scent
Al Gallia
Lafayette, Louisiana USA
the universe pops
from a jam jar
(Viburnum opulus (kalyna): common name guelder-rose
According to a legend kalyna was associated with the birth of the Universe, the so-called Fire Trinity: the Sun, the Moon, and the Star.)
Alan Summers
Wiltshire, England
Olive tree fields –
the bread smells of oil and family festival
Alessandra Delle Fratte
Rome, Italy
hay meadow
caught in her hair
the scent of wild thyme
Andy McLellan
mature vineyards –
in the evening the strong aroma
of cooked must*
(* in my part it is used to boil the first pressing of the grapes and then make a polenta like pudding that is eaten in the spoon)
Angela Giordano
aster –
scent of sun
in the dry meadow
Angiola Inglese
grammy's drawer –
letters smell of Provencal fields
Anna Maria Domburg-Sancristoforo
sunlit fields –
a passing train fills with
mustard scent
arvinder kaur
Chandigarh, India
meadow edge
a white tailed deer sniffs
the fog
Barbara Kaufmann
after a rain
along the path the scent
of honeysuckle
Barbara Tate
Winchester, TN
burnt field
I await
the scent of greenness
Blessed Ayeyame
Ughelli, Nigeria
fresh harvest
my nose follows
the aroma of sweet corn
Bona M. Santos
Los Angeles, CA
withered grass
the scent of earth
through rain
Carol Jones
center field –
scent of the pitcher's gum
before the windup
Carol Raisfeld
sunflower field…
the scent
of sunlight
Carole MacRury
Point Roberts, WA
late night fields
pull down the moon
and smell green cheese
Charles Harmon
Los Angeles, California, USA
silenced fields
the haunting smell of tsunami retreat
(After the 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Sulawesi Island, Friday 28th September 2018, water smashed into Palu Bay)
Christina Chin
Kuching, Sarawak
finding us
in lush meadow
our blind dog
Christina Sng
the smell
of wet grass
summer cold
Christine Eales
harvest moon
the grassy scent
of hay bales
Claire Vogel Camargo
last wildflowers
in the shady meadow
vanishing scents
Claudia Messelodi
warm breeze…
from somewhere the scent
of meadowsweet
Corine Timmer
Faro, Portugal
storm downed trees
the clearing's edge – receding
flood water fish smell
Craig Kittner
Wilmington, NC
a purple field
the scent of lavender
in my skin
Danijela Grbelja
Sibenik, Croatia
a vast field –
following the trail
of mother's perfume
Debbi Antebi
London, UK
endless dry grass
and yet the petrichor
Deborah P Kolodji
Temple City, California
autumnal rites
smoke from brush fires coiling
over the fields
Devin Harrison
autumn memories
scent of leaves burning
beside the meadow
dianne moritz
in the field after
the flood smells only
sludge and carrion
Dubravka Šcukanec
Zagreb, Croatia
grazing cows…
dew smell follows me
inside the house
Elisa Allo
Zug, Switzerland
meadow picnic
smell of fresh food
ants join in
Erick Harmon (age 10)
Whittier, California, USA
autumn field
the smell of quinces
in the air
Eufemia Griffo
in the field
sunflower blooms turn –
smell of summer rain
Gary Evans
bouquet of fallen grapes
fermenting in
the autumn sun
Giedra Kregzdys
Woodhaven, NY
smell of the fields
empty war graves
and some flowers
Guliz Mutlu
with each fresh gust of green heaven
I forgive the groundskeeper's mower
Helen Buckingham
harvest day
a farm dog sniffs
for the invaders
Hifsa Ashraf
beech trees frame the meadow
damp sweet smell
of leaves decomposing
Ingrid Baluchi
Ohrid, Macedonia
rows of lavender
the rough linen she has
neatly stacked
Joanne van Helvoort
bringing the sheep home
through swathes of wild garlic
we dawdle in shade
John Hawkhead
tilled field
earth's fragrance
early spring
Judith Hishikawa
West Burke, Vermont
our first campfire
in the meadow
burnt marshmallows
Kath Abela Wilson
Pasadena, California
Memories flood
With the smell of rain
While tall grass sways
Kim Spring
Lakewood, OH
fenced meadow
the scent of lavender
Kimberly Esser
Los Angeles, CA
early mist
burning off –
pine incense
Laurie Greer
Washington, DC
queen annes lace
meadows sweet
scent of carrots
Linda L Ludwig
Inverness FL USA
nose to the ground
spaniel traces the scent of
yesterday's rabbit
Lisa Cherrett
Wiltshire, UK
Sheep Meadow
walking by the scent
of grass
(Sheep Meadow is a 15-acre expanse of green in Central Park often used as an alternative to the beach in the summer; sheep used to graze there.)
Lori Zajkowski
New York City
blowing across
the sunflower fields
scent of a storm
Lucy Whitehead
Essex, UK
damp earth
through the tall grass
eucalyptus breeze
Madhuri Pillai
open field
one scent
Malintha Perera
ancient scent
of turned earth
Margherita Petriccione
sunrise walk
through the meadow
the scent of a storm
Margo Williams
Stayton, OR
curls of smoke
with a hint of gumleaf
outback savannah
Marietta McGregor
golden flows of wheat
a whiff of warm beer
on the wind
Mark Gilbert
Spring breezes carry
the scent of purple lilacs
and small white lilies.
Mark Rosenholz
scent of summer
the horse's fresh
straw bed
Martha Magenta
England, UK
field flowers –
pungent chamomile
crushed underfoot
MaryEllen Gambutti
Sarasota, FL
above the field –
smell of rain coming
michael ceraolo
South Euclid, Ohio
buffalo grass
straining for a whiff
of the herd
Michael Henry Lee
meadow picnic –
ants pick up the scent
of muenster
Michael H. Lester
Los Angeles CA USA
incense rises
at the roadside chapel
sunflower field
Michael Smeer
Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands
wild oats…
sinking into the fragrance
of meadow weeds
Michele L. Harvey
gambler's delight
greyhounds follow
a fake scent
Mike Gallagher
Kerry, Ireland
Autumn rain –
rosemary bushes
dripping with perfume
Monica Federico
in the field
new-mown hay
Nancy Brady
Huron, Ohio
harvested fields…
scent of decay mingles
with memories
Natalia Kuznetsova
fresh manure
on the meadow –
wild lilies
Nazarena Rampini
alpine meadow –
the scent of a journey
in each blossom
Nicholas Klacsanzky
bucolic meadow…
from somewhere
manure wafts
Olivier Schopfer
Geneva, Switzerland
wild strawberries
the scent of sweetness
still on my hands
Pat Davis
Pembroke, NH USA
semi rural living my neighbor rants rich smell of cow
Paul Geiger
paddocks after the rain
lemon-scented gum trees
and wet wool
Pauline O'Carolan
morning news
the dog's nose probes
the lawn
Polona Oblak
Ljubljana, Slovenia
tilling the fall soil
the thick scent of cow dung
shrouds the scuppernongs
(in the Carolinas, scuppernongs ripen just as the fields are being prepared for next year's harvest)
Pris Campbell
sheep gathering – all
by smell of the same
Radhamani sarma
Chennai, India
the scent
of freshly mowed lawn
mom's embrace
Radostina Dragostinova
wheat planted
across the road
the smell of oil wells
Randy Brooks
rain over desert field
air floods with the scent
of creosote
Rehn Kovacic
poppy field –
in her rippling laughter
a whiff of sunshine
Réka Nyitrai
plantation fields –
the smell of rain showers
robyn brooks
nature center
acrid smoke from
a controlled burn
(The Cincinnati Nature Center is in Milford, OH, USA)
Ronald K. Craig
Batavia, OH USA
summer fields –
the intense smell
of fresh-cut hay
Rosa Maria Di Salvatore
abandoned pasture
noon heat fills the air
with memories
Sandi Pray
way home
from the fields
the smell of hay
Serhiy Shpychenko
Kyiv, UA
an acrid miasma
from the flock foraged neep
burns night
walking the meadows –
the sudden smell of hot
railroad tracks
Slobodan Pupovac
Zagreb, Croatia
farmhouse party
by a jasmine garden
the smell of wine
Srinivasa Rao Sambangi
Hyderabad, India
meadow breeze
the smell of tranquility
Stephen A. Peters
single dandelion
cozied in
sweet grasses
Susan Lee Roberts
Sacramento, CA, USA
graduation morning
the scent of roses
overwhelming the field
Susan Rogers
Los Angeles, CA, USA
morning meadow
breathing in
breathing out
Tia Haynes
Lakewood, Ohio
gently southerly breeze
above the sweet grass
hog farm
Tim Heaney
Atlanta, Ga.
hawaiian nights –
in my eye pillow
Tsanka Shishkova
pumpkin patch –
soon the scent
of fresh-baked pie
Valentina Ranaldi-Adams
Fairlawn, Ohio USA
in a meadow
the heavy odor
of a cigar
Victor Ortiz
Bellingham, WA
meadow grazing –
scent of grass in
cow's fresh milk
Vishnu Kapoor
Katherine Munro lives in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and publishes under the name kjmunro. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada and an Associate Member of the League of Canadian Poets. She recently co-edited an anthology of crime-themed haiku called Body of Evidence: a collection of killer 'ku.


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When the Massachusetts high court ruled last week that gay couples must be granted full marriage rights, it lobbed a grenade into John Kerry's lap. Here he is, struggling to define himself as a hog-riding, puck-slamming populist, when the patrician tradition of New England liberalism bites him in the butt.
As a senator, in 1996, Kerry stood against the tide by voting no on the Defense of Marriage Act. But now he's doing the presidential-candidate dance, slippin' and slidin' to position himself between the right wing and his own progressive record. Kerry supports "equal rights" for same-sex couples but not marriage. In fact, he just might back an amendment to the Massachusetts constitution that would overturn the court's ruling. "It depends entirely on what the language is," Kerry says. Sounds like Bill Clinton's famous disclaimer, "It depends on what is is."
There's a twisted reasoning behind Kerry's contortion. He's hoping the amendment in question will void the court's decision but leave room for a civil-union statute. Something like that has happened in California, where voters passed a referendum outlawing gay marriage while the legislature enacted the nation's most sweeping domestic-partner package. But Massachusetts is not Cali. Its history includes a certain tolerance for gay unions, dating back to the 19th century. There's a reason why women living together in those days could be referred to as partners in a "Boston marriage." This genteel tradition is about to collide with blue-collar values, and no one knows which force will prevail. Right now, polls show an even split.
For the present, Kerry is content to claim, "I have the same position that Dick Cheney has," alluding to the vice president's 2000 statement that marriage is a matter for the states to define. Of course, Cheney has now joined the crusade to amend the U.S. Constitution so that states won't have this right. According to his campaign, Kerry opposes that drastic step. So let's get this straight, as it were: Kerry is open to a state marriage amendment but not a federal one. This is a contradiction the Republicans won't let stand. Given their control of Congress, odds are that Kerry will face a moment of truth on this issue. Once again gay people find themselves at the hot center of American politics.
For Kerry, the best thing would be a series of events that puts this question in suspension until the election. The state legislature is scrambling to provide that breathing room. There's a move to petition the high court for more time to comply with its ruling. (The justices set a May deadline, but maybe they'd be willing to wait until, say, December.) Meanwhile the Boston archdiocese is pushing for a quick vote on the amendment, and it could come this week. Whatever happens, the court's decision will stand until at least 2006, the earliest that voters can weigh in. So it looks like gay couples will be waving their marriage licenses as the gavel falls on the Democratic convention in Boston. This is not the best year to be the Bay State's favorite son.
Considering how little would change if people of the same sex could marry, you have to wonder why this issue has such power. It's got nothing to do with wages or war. It's not about the deficit or the distribution of wealth. It doesn't involve the question of when life begins. In short, there's no material reason why gay marriage should be such a megillah. But like so much else in American politics today, this is not a matter of substance. It's the symbolism, stupid.
Stigma is a social hormone. It stimulates the creation of order. Without stigma, hierarchy would be impossible to maintain. No one would accept an assigned place in society, and it would be hard to discriminate among moral values.
This chaotic situation is pretty much the state of American society. The history of this country is an ongoing battle between stigmatized groups and their oppressors, and every gain has produced a ferocious backlash. The abolition of slavery was just the start. The modern civil rights movement sparked major political changes, from white flight to the rise of the New Right. Feminism has had a similar, if subtler impact. The Republicans wouldn't hold the commanding position they do if it weren't for the migration of pissed-off white guys to the GOP.
Gay liberation should cause far less disruption than other social movements because it doesn't threaten paychecks or require a revision of power relations between men and women. But sexual stigma has a lot to do with how groups are organized—especially male groups. Everything from sports teams to the bastions of patriarchy must be renegotiated when the status of faggots rises. This is much trickier than it might seem. When you talk about patriarchal structures you're dealing with things like religion and the military. That's why issues like gay marriage and the rights of homosexual soldiers are much thornier than discrimination and hate crimes.
Add to this mix the changing nature of marriage. These days, it often follows a long period of cohabitation, and divorce is common. Our ancestors would be stunned to learn that at the age of 30, a third of all American women are single. In their affectional patterns, straights are becoming more like gays once were, and vice versa. Same-sex marriage epitomizes this shift; indeed, it symbolizes everything elastic about status and structure in American life. That's why this issue lies at the heart of the culture wars. It doesn't just involve shared assets and visitation rights. It has to do with the patriarchal order—that is to say, the social order, and if you're a fundamentalist, the word of God.
Behind the sacramental scrim lies the truth about gay marriage. It's a civic issue, not a symbolic one. That's how the social democracies of Western Europe and Canada perceive this problem. They see it as a matter of granting full citizenship to a formerly outcast group. These nations don't have to freight gay marriage with immaterial meaning. But America is a far less cohesive society, and our politics reflect this instability. Elections hinge on the manipulation of metaphors, most of them related to status anxiety. The more the media blur the distinction between candidates and entertainers, the more these symbolic issues run the show.
It's often said that the Democrats are bereft of symbols. They can't play the Republican game of bashing the other, since they are the party of otherness. But that speaks to a hidden strength. Barred from the magic kingdom, the Democrats have no choice but to represent the alternative: tangibility. They can remind people that politics are about the allocation of resources, not the meaning of marriage.
Are we still living in a material world? God only knows. But one thing is clear: The most significant issue of this presidential campaign is whether Americans will be led by symbols or reality. Which side is John Kerry on?


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Nandamuri Bala Krishna always stands first to encourage new talent and also giving support to young actors. Now young hero Abhijith of Life Is Beautiful fame is going to join Balayya list. Bala Krishna is going to launch the audio of Mirchi Laanti Kurradu which has Abhijith and Pragya Jaiswal in the lead roles.
Mirchi Laanti Kurradu audio release function is scheduled on 13th of Nov, 2014 in Hyderabad. J.B has scored the music and Bhaskarabhatla is single card lyricist for this film. Jaya Nag is the director of Mirchi Laanti Kurradu and Rudrapati Ramanarao producing the film under S.L.V.Cinema banner. The release date of the film will be announced shortly.


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The historic mining town of Kennicott, now a National Historic Landmark, was purchased by the National Park Service in 1998. The city is one of the finest surviving examples of an early-20th-century copper-mining community. The high-grade copper found in the area resulted in a self-contained company town complete with a hospital, general store, schoolhouse, ball field, skating rink, tennis courts, recreation hall, and dairy. If early-century ghost towns are your thing, you should also check out Chisana.
Copper mining may have inspired some of the early prospectors to travel to Wrangell, but it was the discovery of gold in Chisana that began the last great gold rush in Alaska. Visit "the largest log cabin town in the world," where thousands of stampeders made the treacherous journey through rugged country by whatever means possible to reach the new found mining district. This short boom, only lasting a few years, was an important part of the town's history.
Kayak along the coastline of Wrangell-St. Elias which stretches 150 miles from Icy Bay, approximately 40 miles north of Yakutat. Most of this coastline is wild and exposed to the open waters of the Gulf of Alaska or Yakutat Bay. Once you arrive at Icy Bay, relax and enjoy the scenic wildlife as you paddle through the relatively calm waters.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve contains approximately 13.2 million acres of public land in south central Alaska. Guests can enjoy a day of sport hunting in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve. Even as subsistence hunting by local rural residents is authorized in both the park and preserve, all hunting must be conducted in accordance with state law.
Accessing remote lakes in the Park or Preserve by float plane can be a unique wilderness experience in itself. Guests will travel to popular fly-in fishing destinations such as the Tebay, Summit, Rock, Ptarmigan, Copper and Tanada lakes.
Explore the coastline of the park, all 12 miles of sandy beach between Sudden Stream and Point Manby. For unparalleled views of mountains, test your limits and try the trail-less two-week hike through the Chugach Mountains to Goodlata Peak.
Superb mountaineering experiences found nowhere else in the world exist here. Wrangell-St. Elias was set aside to preserve the foothills, glaciers and peaks of the Wrangell, Chugach and St. Elias mountain ranges. The coastal mountains in the range, topped by 18,008' Mt. St. Elias, are among the least visited mountains of their elevation and include many of the highest mountains and largest ice fields in North America.
Wrangell-St. Elias contains one of the largest concentrations of Dall sheep in North America; look for them along rocky ridges and mountainsides. In the fall, bears and other animals may be sighted near salmon spawning streams. Other species of large mammals include mountain goats, caribou, moose, brown, grizzly and black bear and two herds of transplanted bison.
Catch a glimpse of marine mammals along the coastal areas of the park. You can also spot small mammals such as lynx, and wolverines and different breeds of salmon and wild fish in the park spawning waters.
Despite the vast amount of wildlife in Wrangell-St. Elias, dense brush and forest along the roads obstruct natural views. Therefore, the best setting for viewing wildlife is from alpine areas above tree lines.
Home to the Ahtna Athabaskan natives, they traveled the river corridors, foothills, and passes of the Wrangell Mountains for several hundred years prior to European arrival in the area. Copper, found near the present-day town of McCarthy, was used for tools and for trade with other native groups. Rumors of the copper deposits, as well as the lure of fur animals, attracted Russians into the Copper River Basin for an extended period from the 1760s to 1867.
These journeys eventually led to mineral development of the Wrangell Mountains. The first gold discovery in the northern Wrangell Mountains was on Jacksina Creek near the headwaters of the Nabesna River in 1899. A year later, prospectors traced chalcocite to deposits on Bonanza Ridge, which eventually became the incredibly rich Bonanza Mine, one of five mines that supplied copper and silver ore to the now-historic Kennicott Mill.
The Kennicott mines did not go into full production until 1911, when the completion of a 196-mile-long railroad from Cordova, near the mouth of the Copper River, to the Kennicott mining town allowed transport of the rich copper concentrate. In 27 years of operation, over a billion pounds of ore valued at $100 to 300 million was hauled on the railroad.
The mine and the railroad were abandoned in 1938, when the rich ore was exhausted. The railroad bed now provides the base for most of the Chitina-McCarthy Road along the south flank of the Wrangell Mountains in the heart of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
After the Kennicott mines closed, several efforts were made to revive mining interest in the area. Ernest Gruening, Director of U.S. Territories and later Alaska's governor and a U.S. Senator, was the first to recommend the area as a national park or monument.
Passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971 authorized the Federal government to withdraw and study Federal lands in Alaska for future uses. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter declared the area a National Monument because of its scientific and cultural significance. When Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, the Wrangell Mountains became part of the 13.2 million acre Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest U.S. National Park.
Visit this website for information on Wrangell's events, tourist attractions, wildlife and more.