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Who's right on unions?: #CesarChavez or @Campbell_Brown and @MichelleRhee
Posted on March 31, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig	6 comments
Who's right on unions?: César Chávez or Campbell Brown and Michelle Rhee? The critics of teachers and their organizations come and go. For a while Michelle Rhee was the darling of the anti-union forces. In Michelle Rhee's greatest hits, she was quoted as saying,
"People often say to me the teachers unions are here to stay, that they are big players, that I have to find a way to get along. I actually disagree with that."
"People tell me the unions are an inevitable part of this [school reform]. My thing is, what has that gotten us so far? All the collaboration and holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya'?"
After creating conflict in DC, Rhee went on to found Students First. Students First's biggest publicity stunt was arguably their State Policy Report Card (SPRC). A look at the 2014 version clearly shows bias in their "methodology" against states that provide teacher input and say in education policy. For example, states were dinged in the report card if teacher evaluation was subject to collective bargaining. Her tenure at Students First was short lived when it was announced Michelle Rhee Will Leave CEO Job At StudentsFirst. My sources here in Sacramento tell me that the organization is having a fire sale on their possessions and space.
So Michelle Rhee is going, going, gone. What's interesting is that Larry Cuban predicted her demise two years ago in the post Kiss Michelle Rhee Goodbye He wrote,
With regret, I blow a kiss goodbye to Michelle Rhee even now as she rides the cresting wave of "America's most famous school reformer."
Now, that is a prognosticator. Prophet points for Larry Cuban (Earlier on Cloaking Inequity, prophets points were deducted for Rod Paige Sec. Paige vs. Sen. Wellstone: Testing, Accountability, and Prophetic Pronouncements and Andrew Rotherham You be the Judge: Are the @DFER_News Wolves in Sheep's Clothing?)
Is the new anti-teacher darling going to be Campbell Brown (or has she gone already)? The New York Observer wrote
Campbell Brown left television to do battle with powerful teachers unions.
Ms. Brown thinks she has history on her side.
"What I'd love to see is for us to reach a tipping point the way we did for marriage equality. Where there was so much focus and attention around an issue that it forced many people to wake up, to really take a moment and think about it and realize that it was a moral issue," she said.
"And I'd love," she adds, "to help create that same kind of moment."
I was actually surprised to find out recently that Campbell Brown follows me on Twitter (@ProfessorJVH). I suspect I might get deleted after this post. So were/are Campbell Brown and Michelle Rhee right on unions?
Speaking of history…Happy Birthday César Chávez! Today and everyday we honor César Chávez and his leadership in the struggle for the rights of people. I drew from the archive of his wisdom on the UFW website to contrast Chávez with Rhee and Brown. The format is commonly asked questions and arguments posed by critics of unions answered by Chávez.
Do unions stand in the way of "reform"?
When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it's religion or politics or unions – things happen.
Should we fear unions?
There is a great fear of our Union – a fear that I do not fully understand, but that I know is present…What is it that causes some men to act so hastily and so cruelly? It cannot be that we are so powerful…
Can unions lead to more social justice?
The road to social justice for the farm worker is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against table grapes and our international boycott are all founded upon our deep conviction that the form of collective self-help, which is unionization, holds far more hope for the farm worker than any other single approach, whether public or private. This conviction is what brings spirit, high hope and optimism to everything we do.
That is the original quote… could it also read?
The road to social justice for [students] is the road of unionization. Our cause, our strike against Rahm Emanuel school closures and our fight against high stakes testing are all founded upon our deep conviction that the form of collective self-help, which is unionization, holds far more hope for students than any other single approach, whether public or private. This conviction is what brings spirit, high hope and optimism to everything we do.
Are unions about lobbying or organizing?
…So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at the welfare office. They are not, like many of their employers, lobbying the halls of Congress with their gold plated tin cups asking to be paid for not growing crops. They are trying to do it in the way that millions of other Americans have shown is the right way-organization, unionism, collective bargaining.
Should unions picket and strike?
Organizing is an educational process. The best educational process in the union is the picket line and the boycott. You learn about life.
Are unions only about money or instead organizing?
The life of the union depends upon more people getting to share the limelight, because with the limelight also comes responsibility and with the responsibility comes a little sharing of the load.
There isn't enough money to organize poor people. There never is enough money to organize anyone. If you put it on the basis of money, you're not going to succeed.
Are unions now obsolete?
Until the chance for political participation is there, we who are poor will continue to attack the soft part of the American system – its economic structure. We will build power through boycotts, strikes, new union – whatever techniques we can develop. These attacks on the status quo will come, not because we hate, but because we know America can construct a humane society for all its citizens – and that if it does not, there will chaos.
Are unions democratic?
Our union represents a breaking away…represents sharing a power, represent questioning, represents a new force…however long it takes, we are geared for a struggle.
Are unions the "fat cats"?
Our struggle is not easy. Those who oppose our cause are rich and powerful and they have many allies in high places. We are poor. Our allies are few. But we have something the rich do not own. We have our bodies and spirits and the justice of our cause as our weapons.
Do I think unions are perfect? I discussed this previously in the post EdWeek Series Beyond Rhetoric: Should Teachers Unions Reform? No. But, I, the grandson of farmworkers, choose César Chávez and his vision for organizing the people and democracy. Who do you choose?
Please also see Happy Birthday!: A Conversation About Education With César E. Chávez and ¡Viva La Causa!: Happy Birthday César Chávez
Your other homework for today, it you haven't already seen it…
You can't oppress someone who is not afraid anymore
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Lois Weiner
April 1, 2015	7:53 am
We shouldn't require unions to be perfect. At the same time, we need to acknowledge the lack of democracy that keeps them from fulfilling their potential. That was true with Chavez and the union he led, as Frank Bardacke explains in his wonderful book and interview in The Nation: http://www.thenation.com/article/165869/looking-back-ufw-union-two-souls
Wanting to reform something, anything, and not include the people who deliver the product or service is not reformation. To embark on an improvement process and not include the people who are skilled, experienced, and have collective expertise is madness.
To blame people for current situations is something quite different from improvement. It a maneuver in power and control and perhaps on the surface it is concerned with advancement. In actuality it is concerned about having the upper hand, making arbitrary decisions and expecting others to accept them. I am not a fan of trampling over people.
César Chávez was a person who made history. Campbell Brown and Michelle Rhee are just making time.
Chávez was a leader who challenged people to know their worth, to stand up for who they are and what they do. Brown and Rhee beat a drum about helping others without knowing those people, and their daily school and home life experiences. Chávez did not advocate taking the rights away from one group in order to achieve rights for Farmworkers. As far as I can ascertain, Brown and Rhee are all about stripping the rights of teachers in the name of better educating children. Justice does not work like that. Hopefully Campbell Brown will learn this important lesson before she joins her contemporary, Michelle Rhee, in the dusty corners of forgotten opportunists in the annals of history.
I had the honor of meeting César Chávez on his birthday. It was at a Labor rally and I was representing my teachers union. The rally was shortly before his last hunger strike and death. After the rally, I was loading my car with a ton of materials to distribute to teachers. I was told that Mr. Chávez wanted to speak to me. I was surprised and excited only to be totally overcome with his quiet intensity. He wanted to thank me for being there that day. He told me it was so important that teachers supported the Farmworkers. It was important to him personally as well.He wanted me to know that if my union ever needed the Farmworkers, just to let him know. I made my first speech at a union meeting and successfully passed a motion that our organization support the Farmworkers with a number of activities, including a grape boycott to protest the spraying of pesticides on people while they worked. When César Chávez died, our union mourned him and wore black arm bands. When we went on strike, the United Farmworkers walked our picket lines. César Chávez had passed away but the Farmworkers were there with us.
Are unions perfect? Would it be logical that unions be perfect in an imperfect world? No. Do we strive for a better world for ourselves and all people? Absolutely. Will people sincerely work with unions in that quest? We certainly hope so.
Julian Vasquez Heilig
April 1, 2015	12:22 am
Incredible. Thank you for sharing.
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Hitler intervened to save Jewish comrade-in-arms, letter reveals
July 7, 2012 - 13:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net -
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler intervened to prevent a Jewish First World War veteran being sent to a death camp, a German Jewish newspaper has reported, according to Belfast Telegraph.
The quarterly Jewish Voice says that a newly discovered letter appears to show Hitler wanted Erich Hess to be spared persecution because the two had served in the same German army unit. Hess died in 1983.
The newspaper says the letter from the SS paramilitary organisation was discovered in official archives containing files the Nazi secret police, or Gestapo, kept on Jewish lawyers and judges.
Historian Susanne Mauss, who found the letter, told the Associated Press its authenticity is corroborated by other documents, including one owned by Hess' daughter Ursula.
Six million Jews were killed in the Holocaust under Hitler's rule.
Magnitude 5.6 quake causes damages in Iran
The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads.
Tbilisi: Georgia-Azerbaijan border case enters court
The Prosecutor's Office has released surveillance footage and said that one of the detainees in the case, Iveri Melashvili.
UNWTO: Tourism back to 1990 levels as arrivals fall by 72%
Destinations welcomed 900m fewer international tourists in January–October when compared with the same period of 2019.
Four killed in Vienna attack: What we know so far
Austrian authorities said at least one gunman remained on the run at 1am Vienna time on November 3.
Compassion is key, no matter what
An Italian photojournalist's journey through the pandemic
Germany halts Turkey weapons sales to make sure they don't go to Baku
Israel launches airstrikes on Lebanon in response to rockets
Azerbaijan's military budget to amount to $1.7 billion in 2022
Azerbaijani soldier dies during field exercises
Overview: World

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


This is in response to Calypso's and Sugar0o's 'Around the World' challenge. The first location is New York City. This first chapter is a bit off, because I really misunderstood the challenge, but I tweaked it… and… well… I promise Chapter 2, wherever and whenever it may be, will be better.
This story will only be updated when a new location for the challenge is released.
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters in the anime/manga InuYasha.
Kagome's finger pressed down on the button once more. The shutter clicked as it captured another memory hostage. It would now be forever in her grasp. She grinned as she looked at the digital screen, checking to make sure the picture was acceptable. It was a bit dark, but flash photography wasn't accepted in this place.
She gasped when she entered the next corridor. This castle, mansion, was amazing. Built in the nineteen thirties by a man who started his very own, national newspaper, who had a love for both history and art, the mansion was decorated with antiques from Greek and Rome mythology all the way to Egyptian tombs. Of course, they were all protected by their individual display cases.
Kagome tried to disguise the sudden jealousy and hate for the man at such a notion. Warm and inviting? I'm sure your slaves and servants didn't feel that way at all, she thought aloud as she snapped another picture. Her eyes wandered to the tiles in the wall though. Sure enough, sparkling, golden nuggets were engrained within it. He must have made his wife really happy, Kagome added to her thoughts.
"Please keep up with the group, Ms. Higurashi," the voice pulled her out of her envious thoughts. She turned around to stare at their guide, her defenses sounding her alarm system. This man was the worse. He was too pushy, obviously he was just as envious as she was, and the way he acted showed it. He wanted the tour to be over as soon as it had begun, so that he wouldn't have to explain how this newspaper CEO had become an overnight million and used his money to build a castle looking over the city like some egotistical jerk.
The man bristled. His shoulders tensed, fingers curling to make tight fists. "Ms. Higurashi, your photographic moments are stalling the rest of the tour!" He argued, pointing to the massive group of bored students. Kagome could have sworn she saw one of them drool.
She rolled her eyes, stepping forward to join the group. The man huffed, obviously pleased that he had won the battle. Not the war, creep. Kagome added in her mind as she began to follow the group into the gardens. Flowers were surrounded a large lake with lily pads decorating the surface. Large, Greek vases were on the corners of each pathways and she grinned when the delectable fragrances began to caress her nose.
"Now, this garden was made in honor of his wife after she succumbed to illness and died in nineteen thirty-four, only three years after this establishment had been built. Their children still live here and take care of the gardens in their parents' memory..." The words slowly went fuzzy in Kagome's mind. Her hand reached out, but she remembered the rules. She couldn't touch anything. Wearing a pout, she brought her hand back to her side and turned to walk back along the group.
I bet Rin and Shippo would have a field day here, Kagome thought sadly as she remembered the two children from the feudal era. She sighed as she looked up at the sky. It had almost been heartbreaking when she had gone through the well two years ago. She had been so excited to return after three years of the modern era. However, she had awoken from that blissfully sweet dream in math class.
Now, she had grownup. She had realized that Inuyasha was her first love- first crush, but she had to move on. She needed to get over the fact that she had completed her duty in the feudal era, and focus her skills on completed her duties in the modern era. She needed to complete college, and find a job. She nodded her head as her motivation pumped through her.
She gasped when that same head was thrown back into reality. A child ran in front of her, and she jumped to the side to avoid the oncoming collision. Her knee came in contact with one of those million dollar vases. "No!" She shouted as they both fell to the ground.
Her head came in contact with the ground, and she watched in slow motion as the vase shattered before her eyes. I just broke a million dollar vase! She screamed in her head. Why couldn't it have been me that shattered?
"Higurashi!" The teacher aid screamed in horror. Kagome winced as she pushed herself off, staring at the bloody mess on her knee. She had worn a fluffy skirt that dropped down below her knees. Why couldn't I have worn pants? She lectured herself.
"S-Sorry," she whispered with a pout. Her heart was beating rapidly though. She realized that she really had just shattered a Greek, antique vase. She slammed a hand against her forehead, groaning at what that meant. "Oh my god, what did I do!?" She shouted.
When she opened her eyes once more, her heart died. She watched in horror as the little girl that had caused the accident walked over, but not alone. This time, she was with someone. Her small hand was tucked neatly into a rather large one. The man stood at a surprisingly tall, six-foot height. The suit he wore made Kagome fear his identity. However, those weren't the things that bothered her the most. No, it was the long, silvery smooth hair pulled back in a low ponytail. A few long bangs framed his face and flowed down the front of his black jacket. Additionally, there were two, glowing ambers staring at her as if she had grown another head.
Kagome soon realized that her out-of-control miko powers were rising to the surface at the demon presence she hadn't felt in so long. Then it all clicked into place. "Y-You're the egotistical jerk that uses gold in their grout, Sesshoumaru!" She shouted angrily, pointing in accusatory finger in his direction. "You really hate us don't you, coming into our world and… and taking it over with your-your beautiful garden and giant castle. It's New York for god's sake! Couldn't you have just stayed in Japan!?" She ranted. She had no idea where the words had come from.
Maybe it was the fact that she had run into someone from the feudal era. Maybe, she was just angry that this mansion was so beautiful and to realize a demon was behind it made it that much worse. She didn't know, but she didn't appreciate the laughter that erupted from the man before her.
A navy blue suburban came into her vision at the bottom of the stairs. She remembered the tour bus stopping there, but it was nowhere in sight now. "Wait, where are we going?" Kagome asked warily.
Kagome gulped when she found that her curiosity was too much for her. "H-How much was it?" She found herself asking as she watched him open the door for her. The little girl climbed in and he buckled her safely into the seat before standing up and staring at her with the piercing orbs.
"T-Three million!? That's how low you could go!? It was only about a foot in diameter!" Kagome shouted angrily.
Groaning loudly, Kagome slid into the back seat of the car, ignoring the grin on the child's face. "You're enjoying this aren't you?" She growled out in annoyance. The girl only giggled with excitement, pointing at her father as she gurgled out a few words. "Shouldn't she be talking at this age?" Kagome asked.
"Demons grow physically faster, but their mental development is still a bit slow. We expect words out of her any day now," he added as he sank into the passenger seat and nodded for his driver to go. Kagome watched as he glimpsed at her in the rear view mirror.
"What is it?" She asked pointedly, not liking the weird glint that was in his eyes. She watched the car descend the wavy roads and arrive at the base of the mountain. The museum was packed with cars during the busy season of summer. All the while, she waited for him to respond.
Kagome could only give a shocked nod as she followed them into an elevator. She watched him pick up his daughter, cradling him against her side while she nuzzled his neck. He swiped a card key against the panel and the elevator began to lower them down to a private floor.
The doors opened, exposing a silent hallway filled with offices, staff rooms, and lockers. The concrete flooring was hard against her right foot, and she realized that she might have sprained it in the fall. Her knee was still bleeding, the droplets rolling down her shins. The adrenaline had begun to fade from her blood and she was beginning to feel the stinging.
A door opened, and she paused to watch Sesshoumaru make his entry. He always knew how to make an entrance, she thought inwardly. He leaned against the doorframe. His hair had been cut into a bob with his bangs longer than the rest of his hair. He wore a black, collared shirt. The long sleeves had been rolled up to his elbows and the top button was undone. The denim jeans seemed to fit his lower half nicely, the only slightly tight, boot-cut pants exposing the socks he was wearing. His ankles were crossed.
One of his silvery eyebrows rose in curiosity. "My vase?" he asked, folding those muscular arms over his chest. Those lips turned into a lazy smile, identical to his son's. "Come into my office," he called out, even as he disappeared inside.
Kagome followed the son and daughter in. She watched in fascination as the daughter jumped up into his lap, watching as a grin spread along his lips as he gave her a hug. "I have a strange idea that you are involved somehow," he thought aloud as he stared at the girl. She only gave a toothy smile and he ruffled her hair.
He then looked up to her, gesturing with a flick of his wrist for her to sit down. "What happened?" He asked, looking to his son. Kagome was somewhat put-off, afraid his son would put the blame all on her.
They merely blinked at her, staring at her as if she'd said something stupid. Sesshoumaru cleared his throat. "You're still as childish as you were back then," he mumbled as he began to look through a drawer.
Kagome narrowed her eyes at her. "Back then to me was five years ago," she returned, almost angry to be called a child. Her fingers tightened as memories came back to haunt her. She had been sent back to cram school, being accused of skipping out on high school for being childish. She hated the rumors, wanting to tell them that she may have saved humanity, but knowing she couldn't.
His son entered the conversation. "I told her that because of your relationship you might be able to work something out," Masataro broke in. Kagome saw the worried look in his eyes, and realized that he may have lied to her.
He knew he was being mean to her. In fact, his son had been right; because of the situation, he would have just let her off the hook. After all, she had defeated the great hanyou Naraku and cleansed the world of the Shikon Jewel. However, she was just too amusing, in his chair with the worried expression and watery eyes.
Sesshoumaru tried to contain himself. To be honest, ever since she left, his life had been boring. There were no more fights with his half-brother, or jewel shards to find. Rin had been his new source of amusement but then it had grown to grief when she had passed away like all humans do. Then, he had forced himself to mate with a demoness. Masataro being born from the bond as well as another son named Genjiro. After that, he had lived for his boys.
When his mate had died after he had built this fortress in the 'free' country, he had almost been relieved. They had never loved each other. They had agreed that they would live for their children and if they found a different partner to sleep with, they would deal with it when the time came. Fortunately, she had been the first one to give in.
Sesshoumaru had almost been relieved when she left his bed for another. He no longer had to put up a fake façade when he was in his private bedroom. He was now alone once more at night. When she had died, his next mission would be to countdown the days until he could see the miko. Without knowing, she had snuck into his life, giving him the only source of amusement and entertainment that he thrived on.
The sudden softness of her skin brought him out of his memories. He bit his tongue when his fingers wrapped around her calf. Her legs were long and enchanting, but the trait he really enjoyed was their muscular aspect. She had definitely gotten muscular from her adventures in his time, and her legs had been proof of that. Remembering what he was supposed to be doing, he grabbed some antiseptic wipe and began to clean the wound.
"A decade?" She asked quietly under her breath. She then groaned in frustration. "First, I go back in time to shatter a jewel, and then I go back into my time to shatter your vase!" She exclaimed, stomping her other foot against the ground. Sesshoumaru couldn't hold back the chuckle at seeing her perspective.
Kagome's flush turned into a magnificent cherry color. Sesshoumaru gave her a small smile before he reached into the box to search for a band-aid. "What about a year?" He asked as he tore through the band-aid wrapped and began to stretch it over her lower knee.
"Yes, you will accompany me on trips, answer my calls, organize my files, send out my messages, all that jazz," he explained. Kagome watched as he entwined his fingers and set his elbows on the top of the desk, leaning over them to look at her over his glasses. "I would speak to your history teacher about it being an internship. He can transfer you into an online class," he added.
"Tish," Sesshoumaru corrected, not missing the amusement in his son's eyes. "You can call me, Mr. Tish." He stood up and began to tuck his folders into a messenger bag, setting his laptop in the front pocket as he added. "I am the most important being in the world of History, isn't that why you're here? To look upon my historically-based foundation is a great history lesson, is it not?" He added. "You won't miss any lectures, I will make sure that wherever we go I explain the history in detail to you," he teased.
Kagome flushed once more, giving a nod and standing up. His eyes widened when she offered her hand and gave him a warm smile. "I will be your business assistant for one year, Mr. Tish," she agreed. Sesshoumaru inwardly groaned. Even his fake last name sounded so good off her lips. "When do we start?" She asked.
He saw the blank expression that came over her face. Inwardly, he let the evil devil inside him do a victory dance. Smiling, he handed her his messenger bag. "Side pocket is the planner. Next to it, the cell phone," he explained. Not giving her a chance to back down, him and his son left the room.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help the smile that surfaced on his face. He watched as two employers pushed open the door and the black helicopter come into sight. "You don't like it? It cost me a fortune," he let out.
Sesshoumaru tried to picture such a thing, but shook his mind free of the thoughts as he boarded the back of the chopper and waited for the pilot to start the motor. Kagome buckled herself in, and he didn't miss the scent of fear in the air. "Have you ever been in one?" He asked. All he got was a shake of her head before she reached into his messenger bag and opened his planner up.
They remained silent for the ride. Sesshoumaru was satisfied with watching her delve into his schedule. Part of him felt guilty for forcing her into it, but another part loved it, secretly enjoying the sudden change in his usually boring life. Of course he had his children and grand children, but it just wasn't the same as having this miko causing trouble.
He thought back to her words. It had only been five years ago to her. He sighed and shook his head. To him, it had been centuries of waiting, and he hated himself for being so lonely because of it. His golden eyes gazed upon her form once more. His eyes starting at the black flip-flips she wore, to the cute and fluffy brown skirt that fell over her knees. The white blouse upped her torso and the sleeves were saggy against her shoulders, almost falling off of them. She looked beautiful in an adorable way.
She looked up when the chopper began to lower itself, swaying as it tried to pinpoint its landing spot. "Where are we?" She asked even as she stared out the window and looked over all the large skyscrapers and complexes. She had just come from his old home, now his son's, which was in the rural hills above this large city. Now, she was overwhelmed with the smells and sights. She covered her eyes as the sun blinded her from its reflection in one of the adjacent building's windows.
"Your job will start here, Kagome," Sesshoumaru stated over the sound of the dying helicopter engine. "In the Big Apple," he added, holding her hand as he pulled her into his building headquarters, located in the dead center of the bustling New York City.


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Iran and Russia in talks to build nuclear plant
Iran and Russia are in talks to build another nuclear plant at Bushehr, with construction set to begin in 2014, media Sunday reported nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as saying.
"With the progress made in the Geneva talks, next year we will see the start of construction on another nuclear power plant in Bushehr," said Salehi of the landmark deal clinched with world powers on Tehran's disputed nuclear drive.
He did not elaborate on the new plant's power capacity, but Iran has planned to build 1,000-megawatt plants.
"We are negotiating with the Russians to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity, and they have expressed their readiness to build," added Salehi, according to the website of state broadcaster IRIB.
He said that in the next phase, Iran sought to produce 5,000 megawatts in electricity output from nuclear power.
Iran's sole Bushehr nuclear power plant, which produces 1,000 megawatts, came into service in 2011 after several delays blamed on technical problems.
In September this year, Iranian engineers took complete control of the Bushehr facility.
Iran has said it aims to produce 20,000 megawatts of electricity from nuclear power, which would necessitate building 20 such reactors.
Western powers and Israel suspect that the Islamic republic's nuclear programme masks a covert weapons drive, a charge Tehran denies, saying it is entirely for peaceful purposes.
Under the interim Geneva agreement, Iran agreed to roll back some parts of its nuclear programme in exchange for partial easing of punitive sanctions choking its economy.
Sarah K. Burris
Fox News settled a lawsuit with Seth Rich's family in the fall that was large enough that they weren't required to apologize publicly for lying about the family's son for years. But one provision that New York Times reporter Ben Smith discovered, was that they asked that the settlement news not be announced until after the November election.
"Why did Fox care about keeping the Rich settlement secret for the final month of the Trump re-election campaign?" Smith asked. "Why was it important to the company, which calls itself a news organization, that one of the biggest lies of the Trump era remains unresolved for that period? Was Fox afraid that admitting it was wrong would incite the president's wrath? Did network executives fear backlash from their increasingly radicalized audience, which has been gravitating to other conservative outlets?"

It proved just how integrated Fox News became with the Trump campaign, he explained.

"The network parroted lies from Trump and his more sinister allies for years, ultimately amplifying the president's enormous deceptions about the election's outcome, further radicalizing many of Mr. Trump's supporters," Smith explained.

It is a problem that Fox had before President Donald Trump's war on the media. The difference is that Fox isn't some random message board with people claiming to be insiders.

"There's only one multibillion-dollar media corporation that deliberately and aggressively propagated these untruths. That's the Fox Corporation, and its chairman, Rupert Murdoch; his feckless son Lachlan, who is nominally C.E.O.; and the chief legal officer Viet Dinh, a kind of regent who mostly runs the company day-to-day," Smith explained.

Now, however, Fox appears to have met its match: Trump himself. The progressive group Media Matters has been the watch-dog of Fox News for nearly two decades. They've managed to get advertisers to flee the network and they've gotten on-air talent suspended. But it was one of Fox's own creations that led to their downfall.

After being the first network to call Arizona on Election Night, the outgoing president set his sights on destroying the network that helped build him. In the weeks that followed, Fox has seen ratings drop so substantial that it now trails CNN and MSNBC.

While Fox News personalities were the ones behind the Seth Rich lies, it was Rupert Murdoch who profited. Aaron Rich, Seth's brother, told Smith that he didn't even know who Murdoch was. He also said that he never understood why Fox didn't simply apologize for the lie.

"It reminds me of a well-known political figure now leaving the stage, one who has been strikingly allergic to apologizing, expressing any empathy or engaging in any soul searching about his role in mobilizing the ugliest of American impulses," Smith wrote."

Read the full report at the New York Times.

The FBI is vetting all 25,000 National Guard troops after a Defense Department insider confessed that they are fearful of an attack coming from inside the military members assigned to protect the inauguration.
The Associated Press reported Sunday that it has been a massive undertaking in wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection that sent law enforcement to looking for hundreds of President Donald Trump's supporters who broke into the Capitol searching for Democrats.

"Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The Associated Press on Sunday that officials are conscious of the potential threat, and he warned commanders to be on the lookout for any problems within their ranks as the inauguration approaches," the report said. "So far, however, he and other leaders say they have seen no evidence of any threats, and officials said the vetting hadn't flagged any issues."

"We're continually going through the process, and taking second, third looks at every one of the individuals assigned to this operation," McCarthy said in an interview after he and other military leaders went through an exhaustive, three-hour security drill in preparation for Wednesday's inauguration. He said Guard members are also getting training on how to identify potential insider threats.

Thus far, only a few active-duty National Guard members and veterans have been arrested for the assault on the Capitol.

"The major security concern is an attack by armed groups of individuals, as well as planted explosives and other devices. McCarthy said intelligence reports suggest that groups are organizing armed rallies leading up to Inauguration Day, and possibly after that," the report said. "The bulk of the Guard members will be armed. And McCarthy said units are going through repeated drills to practice when and how to use force and how to work quickly with law enforcement partners. Law enforcement officers would make any arrests."

While background checks on American soldiers is unsettling, not having them would likely be more disconcerting.

Jan. 10, Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), a veteran Army Ranger, called for a briefing with McCarthy after the insurrection and asked specifically about military members involved.

"Crow asked McCarthy that military members involved in the riot -- some military veterans have already been identified as participants -- receive fast-tracked investigation and courts-martial. He also made an unusual request: that the Army's Criminal Investigation Command review National Guard troops who are deployed for the inauguration "to ensure that deployed members are not sympathetic to domestic terrorists," said Military.com.

Read the full story at NBC Washington.

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President's Office Records, 1903-2002
The President's Office Records reflect the administration of the university and include documentation of policy formulation, publication of statistical information, and review of legal issues. Separate finding aids have been prepared for Subgroup 1 (B.L. Arnold), Subgroup 2 (John D. Letcher), Subgroup 3 (John M. Bloss), Subgroup 4 (H.B. Miller), and Subgroup 5 (Thomas Gatch), Subgroup 6 (General Subject Files), Subgroup 7 (William Jasper Kerr), Subgroup 11 (General Subject and Correspondence Files), and Subgroup 12 (Annual and Biennial Reports).
Access to personnel reviews in Subgroup 13 Series 1 and department reviews in Series 5 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist.
Items from this collection have been digitized and are available in Oregon Digital.
Oregon State University. Office of the President
Ballard, Frank L. (Frank Llewellyn) (1891-1971)
Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931)
Bloss, John M. (John McKnight) (1839-1905)
Byrne, John Vincent (1928-)
Finley, W. A. (William Asa) (1839-1912)
Gatch, Thomas M. (Thomas Milton) (1833-1913)
Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald) (1893-1983)
Jensen, James H.
Kerl, Caroline
Kerr, William Jasper, 1863-1947
Letcher, John D. (John Davidson) (1853-1938)
MacVicar, Robert William (1918-)
Miller, Henry B. (1854-1921)
Oregon State Agricultural College. Office of the President
Oregon State College. Office of the President
Peavy, George Wilcox (1869-1951)
Risser, Paul G.
Strand, A. L. (August Leroy) (1894-)
Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton) (1921-)
ID: RG 013
Extent: 44.4 cubic feet
More Extent Information
180 microfilm reels.
Scope and Content Notes
Subgroups 1-5 exist in both paper and microfilm formats. Most records for subgroups 6-11 are on microfilm; a few are in paper format. Subgroup 11 consists of records of both the university president and the dean of administration. Considerable duplication exists among the 4 additions that comprise this subgroup. Subgroups 13-17 are paper records only.
The President's Office records reflect the centralized nature of the university's administration that existed into the early 1970s (MacVicar administration). Most academic programs, research centers, and administrative and student support offices sent copies of substantive correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, publications, and other items to the President's Office. Consequently, nearly all university activities are documented to some extent by this record group.
President MacVicar began decentralization of the top administration of the university by adding a number of vice-presidents; separate record groups exist for those offices. The records beginning with his administration reflect the functions of the President's Office and the activities of the president, especially policies and procedures implemented and issues addressed by the president.
An addition to the President's Office Records (Accession 2010:054) consists of materials generated and collected by the President's Office that primarily document the NCAA division I athletics certification process. In addition to self-study reports, these records include correspondence, handbooks, meeting minutes, organizational charts, and policy/procedure statements. The minutes reflect meetings of the Athletic Advisory Committee, the Postsecondary Quality Education Commission (State of Oregon) and the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. These records were originally organized into groupings by "operating principle" and this series order has been retained and is reflected in the inventory. Contains confidential information-access subject to review by a Reference Archivist.
A second addition to the President's Office Records (Accession 2011:056) consists of materials documenting OSU staff research and relations with the federal government and is made up of congressional bills, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and press releases. The core of this transfer are Federal Agenda reports issued annually which list proposed projects that would be funded by federal government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Science Foundation, Dept. of Energy, NASA, etc. Included in the correspondence are a number of letters from Presidents Ray, Risser, and other OSU staff to Oregon's senators and congressional delegates regarding specific pieces of legislation and visits by those representatives to campus. Particular projects described in detail in these files include endophyte research, the hosting of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, and the Sun Grant Initiative. There are also records relating to the transfer of Horner Museum collections once administered by OSU to the Benton County Historical Society.
The publications were issued in 1968-1990 and consist of the following items: A New Century Begins, the 1968 report of the Oregon State University president; The MacVicar Years, a tribute to Robert W. MacVicar at the time of his retirement as Oregon State president in 1984; published materials pertaining to the 1985 inauguration of John V. Byrne; and Creating the Future: A Plan for Beginning the '90s, a 1990 publication of strategic goals for Oregon State University.
Biographical / Historical Notes
Since its designation as a land-grant institution of higher learning in 1868, Oregon State University has had 21 presidents, including 6 acting presidents. They have been William A. Finley, 1865-1872 (Finley was appointed president of the university's predecessor institution, Corvallis Academy, in 1865); Joseph Emery, acting, 1872; Benjamin L. Arnold, 1872-1892; John D. Letcher, acting, 1892; John M. Bloss, 1892-1896; H. B. Miller, 1896-1897; Thomas M. Gatch, 1897-1907; William Jasper Kerr, 1907- 1932; George W. Peavy, acting, 1932-1934, president, 1934-1940; Frank L. Ballard, 1940-1941; Francois A. Gilfillan, acting, 1941- 1942; August L. Strand, 1942-1961; James H. Jensen, 1961-1969; Roy A. Young, acting, 1969-1970; Robert W. MacVicar, 1970-1984; John V. Byrne, 1984-1995; and Paul G. Risser, 1996-2002; Timothy P. White, 2002-2003 (acting); Edward John Ray, 2003-2020; F. King Alexander, 2020-2021; Rebecca L. Johnson, 2021-2022 (acting). The search for a replacement to Ray is currently underway with Rebecca L. Johnson acting as interim President.
The president is the chief executive officer of the university. From 1868 to 1929 the president reported to the college's Board of Trustees/Regents. Since the creation of the Oregon University System (formerly the Oregon State System of Higher Education) in 1929, the president has reported to the System's chancellor.
Statement on Access: Access to personnel reviews in Subgroup 13 Series 1 and department reviews in Series 5 are restricted due to the presence of confidential information. All requests for access to this material should be directed to the University Archivist. All other materials in this collection are open for research.
Organized into 17 subgroups, 14 of which are designated by presidential administration. Two subgroups are organized into general subject files and another consists entirely of annual and biennial Reports. Records exist in both paper and microfilm formats.
Preferred Citation: President's Office Records (RG 013), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Languages of Materials
Collection Material Type: PCLD
Arnold, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lea), 1839-1892
Ballard, Frank L. (Frank Llewellyn), 1891-1971.
Bloss, John M. (John McKnight), 1839-1905
Byrne, John Vincent, 1928-
Collective bargaining--College employees--Oregon.
College buildings--Oregon--Corvallis.
College presidents--Oregon--Corvallis.
College presidents--Oregon.
College sports--Law and legislation--Oregon.
Education, Higher--Oregon.
Finley, W. A. (William Asa), 1839-1912
Gatch, Thomas M. (Thomas Milton), 1833-1913
Gilfillan, F. A. (Francois Archibald), 1893-1983
Letcher, John D. (John Davidson), 1853-1938
MacVicar, Robert William, 1918-
Miller, Henry B., 1854-1921.
Oregon Agricultural College
Oregon State Agricultural College
Oregon State College
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Oregon State University--Accreditation.
Oregon State University--Administration.
Oregon State University--Finance.
Oregon State University--Planning.
Oregon State University--Sports.
Oregon State University--Students.
Oregon State University. Foundation
Oregon State University. General Counsel's Office
Oregon State University. President's Cabinet
Oregon University System
Peavy, George Wilcox, 1869-1951
Strand, A. L. (August Leroy), 1894-
Universities and colleges--Accreditation--Oregon--Corvallis.
Universities and colleges--Accreditation.
Universities and colleges--Curricula--Oregon--Corvallis.
Universities and colleges--Law and legislation--Oregon.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Oregon--Corvallis--Finance.
Universities and colleges--Public relations--Oregon--Corvallis.
Young, Roy A. (Roy Alton), 1921-
Forms of Material
Sound recordings.
Photographs of OSU presidents are available in the Presidents of Oregon State University Photographic Collection (P 001) and the President's Office Photographs (P 092) as well as many other photographic groups. Moving images of the presidents are available in the President's Office Motion Picture Film and Videotapes (FV 092). The manuscripts collections include the personal papers of several OSU Presidents; these include the William A. Finley Scrapbook (MSS FinleyWA), John McKnight Bloss Collection (MSS Bloss), F. A. Gilfillan Papers (MSS Gilfillan), George W. Peavy Papers (MSS Peavy), Roy A. Young Papers (MSS YoungRA), the Robert W. MacVicar Papers (MSS MacVicar), and the Paul G. Risser Papers (MSS Risser).
The largest extant group of William Jasper Kerr's papers can be found in the Edwin T. Reed Papers (MSS Reed). Materials pertaining to August L. Strand and James A. Jensen are included in the Fred M. Shideler Papers (MSS Shideler).
President's Office publications (PUB 247) are also available in the Special Collections and Archives Research Center. Various files in the OSU Memorabilia Collection (MSS MC) also contain information on the OSU presidents.
See also: The OSU Presidents Online Exhibit, featuring images and biographical sketches of OSU Presidents from 1865 to hte present.
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After spending long summer days soaking in the sun, your pores may be enlarged from the heat and sweat, and regular sunscreen application. This can lead to clogged pores, which can turn into acne. This fall, get a jump start with a detoxing facial mask to unclog your pores and rejuvenate your skin. Your face will appreciate the gentle cleanse to unclog your pores and you will be glowing as Autumn approaches.
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Fall is an enjoyable season. It's actually one of the best seasons when it comes to your skin. With options to cover up with cozy, cable sweaters and boyfriend jeans, don't be tempted to neglect your beautiful skin. This fall, you can head off dry skin with a quality moisturizer and hydrating sunscreen combination, stay hydrated with regular water consumption and try a cleansing or detoxing mask. Using these simple, yet conservative will ensure perfect Autumn skin.


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Concrete being the most used construction material, its durability and sustainability are important research topics. The Concrete and Environment group of Prof. dr. ir. Nele De Belie studies the interaction between concrete structures and the environment. This includes both the effect of the environment on the concrete material (durability) and the contribution of cementitious materials and concrete structures to environmental impacts (sustainability).
To fully understand how concrete resists chemical and physical environmental actions, a clear understanding of binder reactions, hydration assemblages, microstructure and transport properties in concrete are needed. In view of an improved sustainability, the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is gaining attention. This includes the more traditional SCMs (fly ash, blast furnace slag, silica fume, natural pozzolans, etc.), but also industrial by-products that more recently have come into the picture (municipal solid waste incineration ashes, biomass ashes, non-ferrous metallurgy slags, modified copper slags, etc.). Partial replacement of the Portland clinker by those SCMs will affect hydration products, microstructure and durability. The research of the Concrete and Environment team contributes to an in-depth knowledge of the resistance of concrete with alternative binder systems to a variety of aggressive environments. This includes degradation by organic and inorganic acids, sulphates, chlorides, carbonation, alkali-silica reaction, etc. The combination of various environmental and mechanical actions is hereby also addressed.
The interaction of concrete and natural stone with micro-organisms has since long been a focus point of the Concrete and Environment group as well. This includes biodeterioration (e.g. biogenic sulphuric acid corrosion), biocolonization, but also bioconsolidation by microbial carbonate precipitation and biological cleaning. Furthermore, self-cleaning concrete by use of TiO2 photocatalysis, novel biocides and water repellents has been investigated.
The Concrete and Environment group is furthermore one of the world-wide pioneers in the research on self-healing cementitious materials (under supervision of Prof. dr. ir. Nele De Belie and Prof. dr. ing. Kim Van Tittelboom). From early age onwards, concrete is prone to cracking due to shrinkage phenomena, temperature changes, mechanical loads, etc. Small cracks will not necessarily impair structural stability, but will affect durability and service life of the structure. Self-healing of those cracks by the inherent presence of unhydrated binder particles, or by smart additions, is not a utopia. As for natural materials, self-healing concrete can manage the damage autonomously. Smart additions that have been developed for this purpose include superabsorbent polymers (SAPs), bacterial granules and macro-encapsulated polymers.
The environmental impact of novel binders and concrete types are evaluated by a profound life cycle assessment (LCA). This includes aspects of allocation of impacts to by-products, and functional units taking into account service life and strength. The research is aiming to contribute to a circular economy, hence design for recycling is an important objective. In this view, Completely Recyclable Concrete, that at the end-of-life can be recycled as clinker meal, has been designed.
Prof. Nele De Belie
Prof. Kim Van Tittelboom
Research Projects Concrete And Environment


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import math

# degrees to radians
def deg2rad(degrees):
    return math.pi*degrees/180.0
# radians to degrees
def rad2deg(radians):
    return 180.0*radians/math.pi

# Semi-axes of WGS-84 geoidal reference
WGS84_a = 6378137.0  # Major semiaxis [m]
WGS84_b = 6356752.3  # Minor semiaxis [m]

# Earth radius at a given latitude, according to the WGS-84 ellipsoid [m]
def WGS84EarthRadius(lat):
    # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_radius
    An = WGS84_a*WGS84_a * math.cos(lat)
    Bn = WGS84_b*WGS84_b * math.sin(lat)
    Ad = WGS84_a * math.cos(lat)
    Bd = WGS84_b * math.sin(lat)
    return math.sqrt( (An*An + Bn*Bn)/(Ad*Ad + Bd*Bd) )

# Bounding box surrounding the point at given coordinates,
# assuming local approximation of Earth surface as a sphere
# of radius given by WGS84
def boundingBox(latitudeInDegrees, longitudeInDegrees, halfSideInKm):
    lat = deg2rad(latitudeInDegrees)
    lon = deg2rad(longitudeInDegrees)
    halfSide = 1000*halfSideInKm

    # Radius of Earth at given latitude
    radius = WGS84EarthRadius(lat)
    # Radius of the parallel at given latitude
    pradius = radius*math.cos(lat)

    latMin = lat - halfSide/radius
    latMax = lat + halfSide/radius
    lonMin = lon - halfSide/pradius
    lonMax = lon + halfSide/pradius

    return (rad2deg(latMin), rad2deg(lonMin), rad2deg(latMax), rad2deg(lonMax))

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When you think about it, it's rare to see a true knock-out moment in a political debate, a single statement that just ends a conversation decisively.
In last night's hangout, Juan Cristobal landed one such punch squarely on yours-truly's jaw. We were talking about chavista Get Out The Vote machine for April 14th. Watch me set out a whole long-winded pile of crap only to be totally demolished in 12 words at the end of the clip.
Watching it now – and pardon if I mix my sporting metaphors – I feel sort of like an England fan in 1986 watching Maradona run past their entire midfield and defense to score that famous goal – yes, it's awful that it happened at my expense but man, that was a thing of beauty.


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When I arrived in 2 am. They said no booking from agoda. And hotel name is already change(same address same location. Very bad.
I was traveling from USA and went to stay there for my passport interview at OFC. I would hesitate rating it as 3 star. But it was not bad for the money. I have been in other places as well which gave me better feeling than this. If you are looking for something more like USA style and coming for leisure then go for little more money and book a 5 star one. As a suggestions for hotel owner - Bathrooms need to be refurnished and wall sheet above bed head needs to be changed. As a positive, there was good free breakfast worth $5-6. Staff was polite and place was safe. Thanks.
Good stay. Rooms were nice but the Ac didn't work very good.
Good hotel wrt to a night stay for UK visa appointment. Nice breakfasts. Thank you staff for being nice to my parents.
Clean, security and friendly staff. Location is easily accessible to any part of Delhi as it is in middle of city.
very noisy location and music playing from reception most of the night. bed very hard and poor facilities. very expensive for the state of the hotel. i have stayed at better hotels in delhi for half the price. i would not recommend this hotel.
Stayed for three nights.. found good by its location ... food was ok and breakfast is quite fine and with variety of indian dishes.. Staff were courteous and helpful.. got convenient travel cab when require and loved the experience..
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Home > Destinations > USA > Miami & Florida > The Setai Miami
If you enjoy a city whose people are as sunny as the weather, beaches that epitomise the white sand and blue waters of picture postcards, and a city that truly knows how to party, but at the end of the day you just like to go 'home', pop your slippers on and recharge, then The Setai is the place for you.
Florida & Miami
From its prime location on Miami Beach, The Setai is the playground of the rich and famous. With its social, cultural and architectural heritage combining Far Eastern with Art Deco, it stands comfortably and unperturbed on the coastline of one of America's most vibrant and lavish cities.
Despite the animated city outside, by contrast The Setai Hotel is itself an oasis of tranquillity, with rooms that invite rest and relaxation. Choose from the Art Deco suites or The Ocean Suites, both designed to give you respite from the chaos of the world outside. But when you're ready to get back out there and soak up the excitement, The Setai's doors open directly onto the famous Miami Beach, where you can start all over again.
There are several options for dining at The Setai. There is The Restaurant, overseen by chef Mathias Gervais, which features traditional flavours of Europe's 'Sun Coast', particularly Spain, Italy, the South of France and Provence. The Setai Grill where 'East meets West', combining the modern steak house with Asian-inspired speciality dishes. For a more relaxed atmosphere, The Bar & Courtyard provides al fresco dining where Asian small plates are paired with global wine, champagne and cocktails, there is also live music to enjoy. Or have it all brought to you from The Pool & Beach Bar whilst lounging by one of the 3 temperature-controlled, azure pools.
With a city like Miami on the doorstep there is plenty to keep you entertained. With the blue waters of South Beach shimmering invitingly, there is no excuse not to take a dip or even perhaps try a jet ski, provided exclusively for guests by The Setai Hotel. Fancy something a little more grounded, then wander up and down what has been dubbed America's Riviera, where you will find a mix of world-class boutiques and galleries. Or saunter down Ocean Drive, which has played host to many a film crew. And once you tire of all the excitement that Miami has to offer, The Setai Hotel will help you to wind down in their luxury Spa.
There are no amenities for children.
The Setai is located at 2001 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, and is 15 miles from Miami International Airport.
Located in one of Miami's hotspots, South Beach
A tranquil oasis in a vibrant city
Use of the luxury Themae spa
Choice of 3 infinity azure pools
Only 15 miles from Miami Airport
All year round!
Prices on request


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O Grande Prêmio Ciclista de Gemenc (oficialmente: GP Cycliste de Gemenc) é uma corrida de ciclismo de vários dias que se disputa em Szekszárd (condado de Tolna, Hungria) e seus arredores. Toma seu nome dos bosques de Gemenc.

Começou-se a disputar em 1975 como amador e em 2002 ascendeu à categoria 2.6 (máxima categoria amador) por isso a maioria de seus ganhadores têm sido húngaros. Desde a criação dos Circuitos Continentais da UCI em 2005 ascendeu ao profissionalismo fazendo parte do UCI Europe Tour, dentro da categoria 2.2 (última categoria do profissionalismo). No entanto, desde o 2010 voltou a disputar-se como corrida amador. Depois de celebrar-se tradicionalmente no mês de julho em 2012 mudou as suas datas correndo no final do mês de maio. Em 2017 voltou a fazer parte do UCI Europe Tour dentro da categoria 2.2.

Tradicionalmente sempre se disputou em três etapas (às vezes uma delas prólogo), a maioria delas com início e final em Szekszárd.

Desde o ano 2019 disputam-se duas provas de um dia

Palmarés

Corrida por etapas
Em amarelo: edição amador.

Grande Prêmio de Gemenc I

Grande Prêmio de Gemenc II

Palmarés por países

Referências

Ligações externas
 Site oficial
 Grande Prêmio Ciclista de Gemenc (sitiodeciclismo.net)
 Grande Prêmio Ciclista de Gemenc (cqranking.com)
 Grande Prêmio Ciclista de Gemenc (memoire-du-cyclisme.net)

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Glasgow is regularly named among the top destinations to visit in the UK and it's easy to see why. Scotland's largest city might not be the capital – that's Edinburgh, on the east coast – but it's certainly a capital of culture. Flights to Glasgow will help you understand why the city is renowned for its vibrant creative arts and music scene, as well as some of the best restaurants, lounges, and live music venues in the world.
Glasgow city centre, known as the Merchant City, is home to some the best places to eat, drink and shop in Europe – including the impressive shopping mall, the St Enoch Centre. There are markets, museums and art galleries everywhere, including the beautiful Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, and lots of traditional eateries offering a warming ambience when the weather gets chilly. These cosy nooks are also good spots to try local dishes, such as haggis with 'tatties and neaps' (potatoes and turnips) and 'cock-a-leekie' (chicken and leek) soup.
As one of the finest Victorian cities in Great Britain, the city is rich in history too. You can stroll along the River Clyde and soak up Glasgow's maritime past, before stopping along the waterfront for a coffee. For sports fans, Glasgow is home to not one but two historic football teams – Celtic and Rangers – one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in club football, the Old Firm derby.
This passion extends beyond the sporting arena: the city is proud of its past and its traditions, but is also always looking ahead to the future. And as brilliant as the place is, it's really the people who make Glasgow. Scots are nothing if not convivial, and Glaswegians bring a charm that's as unique as it is appealing.
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What to do in Glasgow
Visit the culture trio
You're spoiled for choice when it comes to culture in Glasgow. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, home to almost 10,000 pieces, is the most visited attraction in the UK outside London, and admission is free. Visit it and the Riverside Museum and the People's Palace and Winter Gardens and you'll have completed the 'Cultural Trio' of Glasgow.
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Argyle Street
G3 8AG
Relax in Pollock Country Park
Just a 10-minute train ride from Glasow's city centre you'll find the award-winning Pollock Country Park, 140 acres of lush lawns and gardens. It regularly hosts community events such as dray rides and organised sunrise walks, and boasts the Pollock House, an 18th century home with an impressive art collection.
2060 Pollokshaws Road
G43 1AT
Visit the Necropolis
Friends of the Necropolis offer free two-hour walking tours around the historic site from which the organisation takes its name. The passionate, very knowledgeable volunteer guides will tell you all about the lives – and often fascinating deaths – of the graveyard's residents. And the views over Glasgow are spectacular.
Glasgow Necropolis
70 Cathedral Square
G4 0UZ
Where to eat in Glasgow
Ubiquitous Chip (Scottish)
Not only is the Ubiquitous Chip the best-named place to eat in Glasgow, it's one of the oldest. This award-winning restaurant has a menu that uses only local Scottish ingredients, and it's been going for almost 50 years. Keep an eye out for special events, like the jazz lunches.
12 Ashton Lane
G12 8SJ
The Squid & Whale (Mexican)
If you're looking for a friendly, cosy spot for a laid-back dinner, the Squid & Whale is a good choice. This relaxed Mexican restaurant in Glasgow also has an impressive selection of craft beverages, which you can use to wash down the lengthy menu of tacos, burritos, antojitos and daily specials.
372-374 Great Western Road
G4 9HT
The Dhabba (Indian)
Dhabbas are roadside diners in northern India, which is where this restaurant's cuisine comes from. The chefs here have cooked for presidents in their homeland, so they know their stuff. Be sure to try the dum pukht – curries slow-cooked and sealed in pots with thin layers of bread.
44 Candleriggs
G1 1LE
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ABode Glasgow
Just like Glasgow itself, ABode Glasgow feels both modern and old world at the same time. This 59-room townhouse is beautifully designed, and the wooden panelling and floor-to-ceiling bookcases will make you feel like you're in a cosy cabin. It's the perfect setting to relax and plan your holiday.
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Blythswood Square
This five-star spa hotel has 100 rooms that get the balance between classic and contemporary just right. You can choose from a range of sizes, from the compact but comfortable Standard Room to the Penthouse Suite. Even if you don't stay the night, it's worth visiting for the popular afternoon tea or hanging out in the lively lounge.
11 Blythswood Square
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Hotel du Vin
Set on a tree-lined Victorian terrace in the fashionable West End, this is one seriously stylish hotel. As well as its fashionable lounge, bistro and bedrooms, Hotel du Vin even has its own cigar room. It's also conveniently located just 30 minutes from beautiful Loch Lomond.
1 Devonshire Gardens
G12 0UX
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Colgate International 1979 — жіночий тенісний турнір, що проходив на відкритих трав'яних кортах Devonshire Park в Істборні (Англія). Належав до турнірів категорії AAA в рамках Colgate Series 1979. Турнір відбувся вп'яте і тривав з 18 червня до 23 червня 1979 року. Друга сіяна Кріс Еверт відіграла шість матч-болів і перемогла у тригодинному фіналі першу сіяну Мартіну Навратілову, заробивши 20 тис. доларів.

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Одиночний розряд
 Кріс Еверт —  Мартіна Навратілова 7–5, 5–7, 13–11
Для Еверт це був 6-й титул в одиночному розряді за сезон і 91-й — за кар'єру.

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Running Out The Clock On The Ticking Time Bomb
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Patrick Fitzgerald's Look Into Forged Niger Documents
United Press International reported on October 23rd, "Fitzgerald's team has been given the full, and as yet unpublished report of the Italian parliamentary inquiry into the affair, which started when an Italian journalist obtained documents that appeared to show officials of the government of Niger helping to supply the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein with Yellowcake uranium."
Justin Raimondo reported on October 19th:
According to a source in the Italian embassy, Patrick J. "Bulldog" Fitzgerald asked for and "has finally been given a full copy of the Italian parliamentary oversight report on the forged Niger uranium document," the former CIA officer tells me:
"Previous versions of the report were redacted and had all the names removed, though it was possible to guess who was involved. This version names Michael Ledeen as the conduit for the report and indicates that former CIA officers Duane Clarridge and Alan Wolf were the principal forgers. All three had business interests with Chalabi."
The week before Scooter Libby was indicted, David Shuster reported on MSNBC's Hardball, "Some sources confirm that Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald requested and received an Italian Government report on forged documents, the Bush administration relied on to help make the case for war with Iraq. The telexes, letters, and contracts reported to show Iraq sought uranium from Niger. They surfaced in October 2002, seven months after the CIA, as a result of Joe Wilson's trip to Niger, had dismissed the claims, but just as the administration was ratcheting up fears Iraq was a nuclear threat and was seeking uranium."
However, most interesting is Fitzgerald's own words in his court filing (page 10). Fitzgerald writes, "On August 12th and August 20th 2004, grand jury subpoenas were issued to reporter Judith Miller and her employer, The New York Times, seeking documents and testimony related to "conversations between Miller and a specified government official occurring between on or about July 26th, 2003 and on or about July 13th, 2003, concerning Valerie Plame Wilson (whether referred to by name or by description) or concerning Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium."
Whether Fitzgerald received testimony and documents from Miller regarding her knowledge of Iraqi efforts to obtain uranium, we simply do not know, but he clearly sees the connection between these false claims, the forged documents and the outing of Valerie Plame. Only time will tell how much Fitzgerald has been able to ferret out about the Bush administration's carefully constructed lies that led us to war in Iraq. Let's hope he takes his time and nails them all to the wall.
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Brian de Ford said...
Even if the conventional explanation about the whole Nigergate/Plamegate affair is true (Wilson was smeared for going public and his wife and the department she worked for suffered accidental collateral damage) this could turn out very bad for the Busheviks.
But what if the conventional explanation is wrong and the genesis of this whole affair were far more deeply sinister and evil? I happen to think that could well be the case.
There are four big anomalies (and one apparent anomaly) with the conventional explanation. Bizarre and odd behavious which simply cannot be explained away.
1) The Busheviks didn't need the Niger documents. Saddam had barrels of yellowcake with UN inspection seals on them but no UN inspectors in the country to tell if he'd opened them. There was no need to bring Niger into it.
2) The forgeries had errors but showed signs of trying to get the details reasonably correct. If they were created by an opportunistic forger who was selling them to a reporter not allowed to inspect them closely before handing over the money then any old garbage would have done (like "High Poo-Bah Michael N'Mouse"). If they were created at the behest of the Bushies who knew they'd be inspected by the CIA and State, they'd have got the details perfect.
3) Cheney never questioned any intelligence that supported going to war. If it had numerous annotations from the CIA about it being highly suspect he'd ignore those annotations. Yet this one time he asked for an investigation.
4) Wilson used his contacts with the administration several times to get them to drop the Niger claims. Finally he talked with Condi, who told him that if he felt that strongly about it he should go public. If they were relying upon these documents she would have tried to persuade him to stay quiet. If she could not persuade him to stay quiet the administration should have gone public with "New intelligence..." and hinted not very subtly that because they admitted it that time they got it wrong then you can trust all their other claims.
It doesn't add up. Unless you assume there was another motive behind it all. In which case the above anomalies cease to be anomalies and become essential parts of the plan. Full details here (it's a long read).
rkelly said...
My favorite joy with all this, in our country and indeed, covering the entirety of the planet, is the incredible genius of so many people.
Yes, there are the folks who are walking on the 'dark side' but there are more who are marching into the bright light of conscious awareness.
This is our hope and it is an investment in the curious, just like Einstein said.
Another thing he said that I feel is totally appropriate and I may have already posted this quote here but it warrants repeating, again and again:
"He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." Albert Einstein


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Germans shocked by Autobahn privatization plan
Conservatives want to involve the private sector in running Germany's beloved highway system. That's angered the opposition, their coalition partners and even some of their own party members.
According to a report in the news magazine Der Spiegel, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble, of the conservative CDU, has proposed giving private investors up to a 49.9-percent share in a company that will be responsible for construction and maintenance of the Autobahn.
In October, federal and local representatives agreed that the national government should form a company to take over responsibility for Germany's highway system, which up until now has rested with Germany's 16 federal states. In a top-secret piece of draft legislation obtained by Spiegel, Schäuble has put forward a change to the German constitution to allow the possibility creating a public-private Autobahn partnership.
According to Spiegel, Schäuble cited the partial privatizations of the national telecommunications company Telekom and the German post office in the 1990s as successful examples for this sort of reform. He also argued that it would save money and provide banks and insurance companies with a much needed investment opportunity at a time of minuscule interest rates.
Schäuble mooted the idea last week to the budget committee of the German parliament, the Bundestag, and it is set to be sent to the governing cabinet for debate on December 8. But its initial prospects don't look good. The Conservatives' coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), don't think much of the idea.
"Mr. Schäuble's plans will never become reality in this form," SPD Parliamentary Vice-Chairman Sören Bartol told Reuters news agency. "It must be written into the constitution that both the highway infrastructure and the management company are 100 percent the property of the state."
There is even resistance to the idea within Schäuble's own party.
"I personally don't see the necessity of involving private companies in the federal government's highway company," CDU Parliamentary Budget Spokesman Eckhardt Rehberg told Spiegel. He added that conservatives had yet to reach any consensus about Schäuble's proposals.
So why is the finance minister advancing such an incendiary idea? The opposition thinks it knows.
Critics say the plan is another way to soak the public
A very expensive present?
The Greens reject the CDU's argument that a public-private partnership would be an efficient way of running Germany's 13,000 kilometers of highways and say that Schäuble's proposal would benefit private companies rather than the public interest.
"Schäuble wants to give banks and insurance companies a billion-euro gift," Green Party budget expert Sven-Christian Kindler told Spiegel.
In a study from 2014, Germany's Federal Audit Office concluded that many public-private projects in the transportation sector were more expensive than traditional highway construction. The Greens agree.
"Privatization of infrastructure only means that costs go up and performance decreases for ordinary citizens," Green Party Parliamentary Chairman Anton Hofreiter told the newspaper Die Welt.
Those are views shared by many ordinary Germans. In user forums of online articles about Schäuble's proposal, reactions ran from incomprehension to outrage.
"The highways were built with taxpayers' money, and now they're being sold off, and we're supposed to pay fees to use them?" wrote one angry reader of the online edition of the newspaper Die Zeit. "People, please consider which party you're not going to vote for any more in the future."
It's not surprising that Schäuble's idea has kicked up a stir. Public anger at the mere thought of partially privatizing Germany's highway system reflects the intense symbolic significance of the Autobahn for many Germans.
Fahren, fahren, fahren auf der Autobahn
Germans love their cars - and their highways
Contrary to popular myth, the National Socialists did not invent the Autobahn, initial planning for which began in 1913. And it wasn't until Germany's economic revival after the Second World War, when large numbers of Germans could afford cars, that the highway system came to be seen as a symbol of personal freedom and enjoyment. West Germany's roads were an expression of the entire society.
The Autobahn was celebrated in countless films and, perhaps most famously, in the song of the same name by the immensely popular band Kraftwerk, which author David Buckley calls "the West German equivalent of a California road song."
"This was a landmark German song, a song which reinstated a sense of pride in being German, without, in any way, denying or forgetting the nation's past," Buckley wrote in his book Kraftwerk: Publikation. "The autobahn now meant freedom, modernity, fun."
Those qualities help explain why Germans, who favor rules and regulations in many other areas of life, have always resisted the imposition of a general speed limit on the world's fourth-largest highway system. Germans drive some 12,000 kilometers every year, and they prefer to do so with a minimum of constraints.
But that mobility and the sense of personal freedom it entails come at a price, a price which may be set to rise.
Tolls may soon be extended to passenger cars
No more free roads
Many Germans suspect that Schäuble's proposal is connected with ongoing plans to introduce tolls for passenger cars on German highways and roads. Transport trucks have been forced to pay to drive through Germany since 2005, but private motorists have always driven for free. That's set to change.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt from the CDU's Bavarian sister party, the CSU, had wanted to introduce the toll this year, but was blocked by a complaint that the change was incompatible with EU law. Dobrindt now says he thinks the toll will be in place after Germany's national elections next September.
Dobrindt has promised that reductions in motor vehicle taxes will offset the toll and that it will therefore not cost German drivers any money. The government hopes that fees from foreign motorists using the Autobahn and other German roads will bring in an additional half a billion euros per year in revenue.
But in a recent poll carried out by German public television, 64 percent of those asked said they thought they would be paying more because of the toll. The golden age of the Autobahn as a free-of-charge symbol and means of personal freedom could be coming to an end.
Author Jefferson Chase
Related Subjects Autobahn
Keywords autobahn, privatization, highway, road toll, anger, Wolfgang Schäuble
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