Anyone get double pushing down on heelys?
Topic: What kind of car does everyone have??
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 9:12 pm Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
Yeah it's pretty big haha usually not a lot of news about old cars. Is the majority of your forum liking or hating this 626?
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Sat May 04, 2013 10:14 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
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Fat and Soapy. Just how I like 'em.
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 5:44 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:45 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
but why do you have to swap the drivetrain?
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:42 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
is the auto drivetrain different from manual?
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:27 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
ain't no one got time to go through that hundred page thread lol!
Fatz will always be better: Easier to walk in. Never have to remove the wheel.
Not on stairs, not on ice, never.
Forum: Off-Topic Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:16 am Subject: What kind of car does everyone have??
Hey did you install the crown vic hood louver yet?!


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1,200 COVID tests later, Music Theatre Wichita stays open thanks to WSU's MDL
Sept. 23, 2021 – The show must go on, and thanks to Wichita State's Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Music Theatre Wichita has been able to keep its doors open to audiences.
Storytime Village, WSU partner to drive educational achievement
Sept. 22, 2021 — What started as one woman's passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the Wichita area — helped along the way by the people and services of Wichita State University.
10 Wichita State women chosen for Widener Global Leadership program
Sept. 17, 2021 — The first cohort of the Widener Global Leaders Program will consist of 10 women from the Barton School of Business, the Elliott School of Communication in Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts.
Art exhibition uses clothing as a catalyst for storytelling
June 29, 2021 -- An opening reception for "From Lima to Wichita: Intercultural Dialogues in Clothing & Paint" will take place from 6–9 p.m. July 2, at ShiftSpace, WSU's student-run gallery, as part of Wichita's First Friday gallery crawl.
Shocker fine arts grad Shaunte' Levine wins Launch Award
June 16, 2021 — Shaunte' Levine is the recipient of the fourth annual Launch Award through Harvester Arts and the Wichita State School of Art, Design and Creative Industries (ADCI).
Wichita State's Karla Burns built a legacy of music and drama around the world
June 8, 2021 - Karla Burns' legacy of music and drama is one of Wichita State University's most prominent contributions to the performing arts. Burns, 66, died June 4 in Wichita. She attended Dunbar Elementary School and graduated from West High School. At Wichita State, she earned bachelor's degrees in music education and in speech/theater, both in 1981.
Acting for Digital Arts now offered at Wichita State
May 13, 2021 — Whether their goal is to be Gollum in "Lord of the Rings" or a character in the next version of "Call of Duty," Wichita State University students now have the option to specialize in motion-capture acting through a new concentration within the School of Digital Arts.
Walk this way: Father-son graduation provides sense of accomplishment
May 13 2021 - On Friday morning, Ken White will receive his diploma from Wichita State University at Charles Koch Arena. Walking nearby will be Micah White, his son, who will receive the degree he completed last fall in the ceremony delayed by COVID-19 restrictions. They will be the first on their side of the family to earn a college degree. Ken White, founder and chief financial officer of Howerton+White marketing agency, earned his Bachelor of Applied Arts in media arts, majoring in audio production. Micah White earned his degree from the School of Music in jazz performance with a guitar emphasis.
Meet a Shocker: Amber Nguyen
May 6, 2021 -- Amber Nguyen came to Wichita State to stay close to home where she was offered scholarships to help cover her tuition. She participated in events and organizations on campus to network and gained experience through her design internship with the Office of Strategic Communications.
Meet a Shocker: Sierra Gladman
May 4, 2021 — Sierra Gladman came to Wichita State to learn graphic design in a beneficial and local environment. She wants to help a company grow using her graphic design skills.
Meet A Shocker: Andrea Grisanti
May 4, 2021 — Andrea Grisanti is graduating with a bachelors of Fine Arts in graphic design
Meet a Shocker: Matthew Ferguson
May 4, 2021 – Matthew Ferguson, a native Wichitan, chose to attend Wichita State to be close to his family and discover his passions. He is one of more than 3,500 students eligible for spring 2021 graduation.

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Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS Opens Tonight at The Arvada Center
The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities will open Irving Berlin's White Christmas directed by Gavin Mayer tonight, November 24 at 7:30 p.m. The musical will run through December 23 in the Main Stage Theatre. Previews are November 20 – 22 at 7:30 p.m. nightly.
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Please note: There will not be a performance on Thursday, November 26 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The performance has been moved to Sunday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. Additional performances have been added December 20 at 7:30 p.m., December 22 and 23 at 1:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Talkbacks will be offered Friday, December 4 after the 7:30 p.m. performance and Wednesday, December 9 after the 1:00 p.m. performance.
Ticket prices start at $53. To purchase tickets and for additional information go to arvadacenter.org/on-stage/irving-berlins-white-christmas-2015 or call 720-898-7200. 50% off tickets for children under 12 are available by calling the box office and are not available online. The Arvada Center is located at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. For general information go to www.arvadacenter.org
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Iron Mountain Enters Croatian Market With Acquisition of Arhiv Trezor
ZAGREB, Croatia, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM)®, the global leader in storage and information management services, today announced it has entered the Croatian market with the acquisition of Arhiv Trezor, a provider of records management, secure destruction and secure transportation. The acquisition of Arhiv Trezor, based in Zagreb, will give Iron Mountain its first facility in country.
"The acquisition of Arhiv Trezor is an important step in our efforts to grow our presence within Southeastern Europe," said Andras Szakonyi, senior vice president, Northern and Eastern Europe and India, Iron Mountain. "The opportunity to enter the market by acquiring a company with such a solid reputation and important customer base made Arhiv Trezor an attractive option for Iron Mountain. And, since Croatia is a member of the European Union, its economic and cultural connections to other Central and Southeastern European markets are very strong, allowing us the opportunity to leverage our global scale to help local, regional and multinational customers with their records and information management needs. We welcome Arhiv Trezor's customers and team members to Iron Mountain, and look forward to building on our reputation as a trusted partner and innovator in our industry."
Founded in 2002, Arhiv Trezor is the recognized country leader in records management and storage, digitization, secure information destruction, and secure transportation. The company is also the first private archive in Croatia to receive the Accreditation of the Croatian State Archives, and achieved ISO 9001: 2015 Certification for records and business documentation archiving in Europe.
"Acquiring a known market leader like Arhiv Trezor fits our strategy of seeking established local providers that share our commitment to service delivery, trust and security in markets with strong growth trends in information management outsourcing," said Ernest Cloutier, executive vice president and general manager, International for Iron Mountain. "With the recent implementation of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) across the European Union, customers increasingly need a partner like Iron Mountain to support them in developing their processes to comply with the regulation's strict requirements for data privacy and protection. This entry into the Croatian market enables us to capitalize on the growing records and information management opportunity and support existing and new customers with our scale and diverse solutions to meet these kinds of increasingly complex information management challenges."
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), founded in 1951, is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 225,000 organizations around the world, and with a real estate network of more than 85 million square feet across more than 1,400 facilities in over 50 countries, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of valued assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and cultural and historical artifacts. Providing solutions that include information management, digital transformation, secure storage, secure destruction, as well as data centers, cloud services and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps customers lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable a more digital way of working. Visit www.ironmountain.com for more information.
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Le Rêve est un tableau réalisé par le peintre français Henri Matisse en . Cette huile sur toile représente une femme nue qui rêve. Elle est conservée au musée national d'Art moderne, à Paris.

Histoire du tableau
C'est un tableau de 1935. C'est en 1935 que Lydia Delectorskaya commence à poser comme modèle de nu, quotidiennement, pour Henri Matisse, et ce tableau la représente dans une de ses poses familières.

L'autre peinture (de 1940) d'Henri Matisse portant ce même titre

Une autre peinture d'Henri Matisse, réalisée quelques années plus tard, en 1940, porte ce même titre, Le Rêve, comme l'a présentée plusieurs expositions, notamment l'exposition de 2012 du musée Pompidou intitulée Matisse : paires et séries, et précédemment, l'exposition à la galerie Maeght du 7 au 29 décembre 1945.
Dans cette autre peinture, la jeune femme qui rêve n'est plus nue mais porte un vêtement dont les motifs rappellent ceux de La Blouse roumaine, tableau peint également en 1940. La tonalité générale est plus triste que dans ce tableau de La Blouse roumaine.

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Tableau d'Henri Matisse
Tableau réalisé en 1935
Nu féminin
Sommeil dans la peinture
Œuvre d'Henri Matisse au musée national d'Art moderne

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OMAHA, NE (Feb. 7, 2019) – As freezing temperatures plague much of the country, electric vehicle owners may experience a decrease in driving range, compounded by the use of the vehicle's interior climate control. New research from AAA reveals that when the mercury dips to 20°F and the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system is used to heat the inside of the vehicle, the average driving range is decreased by 41 percent. This means for every 100 miles of combined urban/highway driving, the range at 20°F would be reduced to 59 miles. When colder temperatures hit, AAA urges electric vehicle owners to be aware of a reduction in range and the need to charge more often to minimize the chance of being stranded by a dead battery.
Cold weather, however, is not the only factor that can influence driving range. AAA's research also found that when outside temperatures heat up to 95°F and air-conditioning is used inside the vehicle, driving range decreases by 17 percent. Extreme temperatures certainly play a role in diminishing driving range, but the use of the heating system when cold weather temperatures prevail has by far the greatest effect.
Additionally, an electric vehicle with a compromised driving range will require charging more often, which increases the cost to operate the vehicle. For instance, AAA's study found that the use of heat when it's 20°F outside adds almost $25 more for every 1,000 miles when compared to the cost of combined urban and highway driving at 75°F.
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Friends, family celebrate Matt Haley's life
Patricia Talorico
Ronnie Burkle, a chef who worked for Matt Haley at his NorthEast Kitchen restaurant in Ocean View, says he learned a great lesson from his late boss that will stay with him forever.
Good was never good enough for Haley. He thought everyone around him should always strive higher.
"He used to say, 'Good is great's worst enemy,'" said Burkle, who appeared on a video shown Sunday afternoon at the service celebrating the life of Haley.
The 53-year-old Delaware restaurant owner died Aug. 20 of injuries he suffered after a motorcycle accident in India.
"He lived life like a rock star," said Haley's friend "Bulldog," a deejay and the host of "The Rude Awakening Show," a Irie Radio morning program on Ocean 98-1 FM.
"And, unfortunately, he died like a rock star."
Still, more laughs than tears punctuated the nearly two-hour memorial service for the Sussex County restaurateur at the Freeman Stage at Bayside near Selbyville.
Speakers, including Gov. Jack Markell, and Haley's girlfriend Michelle Freeman, frequently touched upon Haley's drive, courage, humility and "legacy of love."
After a reckless youth got him kicked out of about a dozen schools, Haley spent about four-years in prison on drug charges and then overcame drug and alcohol abuse and redirected his life in his 30s.
Haley's rise in the restaurant industry was so impressive - as was his global humanitarian work in Nepal - he received the 2014 James Beard Humanitarian of the Year Award. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious honors a chef or restaurateur can receive. He is the only Delaware chef/ restaurateur to receive a Beard medal. Haley's stirring speech at the ceremony held in May 2014 in New York City was played at the start of the service.
"I'm a member of the most compassionate, caring industry in the world. There's no other industry that would have been there for me. Everybody shut their door on me when I got out of prison 20 years ago," Haley had said.
About 2,000 people were expected at Haley's service and it seemed close to capacity on the gorgeous fall afternoon that felt more like mid-summer as temperatures inched toward the 80s.
The crowd, handed programs with Haley's grinning face on the cover and bottles of water as they entered, included many local chefs, business owners like Dewey Beach bar owner Alex Pires, Director of the Delaware Economic Development Alan Levin; and a contingency of politicians including Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.); and Lt. Gov. Matt Denn.
Many stayed and mingled after the service. Food trucks were lined up and Sussex County restaurants and chefs, including Grotto Pizza, Sedona in Bethany Beach and Chef Hari Cameron of Rehoboth's a(MUSE.), served food to the crowd. The atmosphere felt more like food festival than memorial, which many noted was what Haley would have wanted.
Haley's personality was captured through videos of his various speeches, family photographs and heartfelt remembrances from his friends and coworkers.
"Life happens for me, not to me," Haley said during one of his last recorded speeches. In August, while "getting lost on back roads in Tuscany," he talked on video about celebrating 24 years of sobriety and how much it meant to him.
At the front of the stage was a rack featuring "the Haley uniform" - nearly a dozen, identical white shirts and several pairs of blue jeans hung on hangers. As a tribute to Haley, several local musicians, including former Bad Company member Paul Cullen, donned "the Haley uniform," and played his favorite song, "Sympathy for the Devil."
Even though Haley was a Maryland native, he considered Delaware his home. The Rehoboth Beach resident had been a part of the restaurant community for about 15 years.
"He loved the state of Delaware," said Haley's brother Tommy. "He loved this community. This is a beautiful day and my brother is very blessed."
Bulldog, the Ocean City deejay, also talked about Haley's "very diverse life," as well as his love of the state. "He traveled far and wide. He left his mark. But there was one place he came back to and that was Delaware."
Gov. Markell called Haley "a model for what is possible for those who struggle to find their way." The governor said Haley was one of the state's most admired citizens as well as being "a poster child for the global restaurant industry.
Markell presented the Order of the First State, the highest honor for meritorious service granted by the governor, posthumously to Haley. The honor was given to Haley's mother, Georgianna.
Haley's business partner Scott Kammerer shared humorous memories of Haley. He said Haley once told him he had punched about 100 people in his life, didn't like excuses, was always blunt with his opinions, and he liked to use profanity - a lot. "He was no Easter Bunny," Kammerer said. "He was a deep, complex man."
Yet, Haley was by Kammerer's side when addiction took Kammerer's brother's life, and Haley helped Kammerer with his own struggles. "He loved me before I loved myself."
Kammerer said one of Haley's favorite sayings, before asking a favor, was "Are you in or are you out?"
"Rest in peace, Matt Haley. We are all in," Kammerer said.
Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or ptalorico@delawareonline.com. Read her culinary blog Second Helpings at www.delawareonline.com/blog/secondhelpings and follow her on Twitter @pattytalorico


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Three bank robbers who needed to make a getaway hired a car service, along with an unsuspecting driver, who waited outside during the robbery this morning, the authorities said.
The police pulled the hired maroon minivan over on the George Washington Bridge as it was returning to the Bronx, arresting two 23-year-old men and a 16-year-old, the authorities said. The police are also investigating whether they were connected with a robbery at the same bank on Thursday.
The men paid between $60 and $80 to hire the car and driver in the Bronx, and directed him to the Valley National Bank, just off the bridge in Fort Lee, where they robbed the bank of $15,000 to $20,000 in cash, the authorities said. The driver will not be charged.


A doula is trained to make you the most comfortable and knowledgeable you can be during your journey of pregnancy and birth. During labor a doula will stay with you providing support in any and all ways that will assist with an easier birthing experience physically and emotionally. This includes being your advocate in a medical setting, supporting any other birthing partners support you, apply techniques to keep you calm and your most comfortable, and providing information.
The starred items indicate results were better with a doula specifically than with all other types of continuous support.
The review also noted the most beneficial continuous support appeared to be someone outside of the woman's social network, has experience in labor support and has at least a modest amount of training. This would include doulas.
It's great that you mention how a doula has training and knowledge that can help women be comfortable during their pregnancy and labor. This could be important to ensure that nothing goes wrong and your child is born healthy. Since they can provide so much help, you'd probably want to find a doula early on so you have someone to ask questions and to make sure you're prepared for whenever you go into labor.


Bitbns, one of the leading exchanges in India, has integrated Dash into their platform and "customers of Bitbns will now be able to buy and sell Dash instantly using InstantSend on the exchange platform", according to a press release given to Dash Force News.
Bradley Zastrow, Dash Core Global Head of Business Development, highlighted in the press release the advantages that this brings to the Indian cryptocurrency community.
Gaurav Dahake, CEO of Bitbns talked about how revolutionary the integration is for both parties and consumers.
Gaurav added in the press release to DFN that they "are organising a massive competition along with Dash to drive digital payments in a more seamless way for Indian users". Also, according to the announcement, for a limited time users can transact in Dash for no fees. Bitbns' normal fee structure is a 0.25% trade fee regardless of traded volume.
Further highlighting the importance of the integration, Ryan Taylor, CEO of Dash Core Group, spoke on the most recent Three Amigos podcast about how the partnership furthers the adoption goals of Dash by focusing on remittances and InstantSend.
Outside of cryptocurrency trading, there is a need for fast, inexpensive, and secure money in India. India has a population of over 1.35 billion, of which 20% of the population remains unbanked and 48% of the bank accounts have seen no activity in the last year. India recently tried to implement a ban on large denomination bills in an attempt to crack down on crime, but the policy ended up hurting the poor the most. The heavy predominance of cash in India, despite efforts to eliminate it, demonstrates consumers' desire to minimize and avoid the banking industry and areas of government manipulation.
Dash is beginning its expansion into India in areas other than trading as well. Dash India is striving to increase Dash's remittances presence in India to allow individuals to save more of their money when sending money between loved ones. Then different payment apps, like QuikWallet is helping improve the growing ability of Indian consumers to pay with Dash at merchants across the country. This is all in spite of the Indian central bank and government going back and forth between clear and unclear guidance on cryptocurrencies. Dash is ideal to supplement consumers' preference for cash since Dash is Digital Cash and offers the speed and savings of cash, but separate from governmental inflation manipulation.
Dash has been able to coordinate its decentralized growth because of its unique Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) structure. The network of masternodes, whom must stake a significant financial investment of 1000 Dash each, vote on funding various proposals to advance the network. This includes Dash Core Group (DCG) to handle a significant amount of Dash coding and marketing development. Through the DCG and other funded proposals, Dash is able to have community outreach specialists to communicate and talk with exchanges like Bitbns to integrate Dash and initiate special promotions such as limited time commission-free trades.
Additionally, this unique structure allows for Dash Core Group to work with integrating parties to help solve any technical issues when integrating additional features such as InstantSend, which allows users to to get blockchain confirmations in 1-2 seconds for $0.01-$0.02 USD. A limited, but growing number of third party exchanges and wallets are integrating InstantSend into their platforms, which is an integral offering of Dash. Dash's ability to not only technologically innovate, but make sure those innovations are easily available to consumers of all backgrounds other than solely through DCG's wallet will help Dash grow adoption through multiple channels.


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Sober brews: Central Massachusetts breweries try to tap into non-alcoholic beer
Posted by Stuff Made In | Nov 8, 2021 | Products & People
A new trend is brewing in the craft beer world, and it's one without a buzz.
Traditionally castigated to out-of-sight coolers and the bottom of beer lists, craft brewers are stepping into the realm of non-alcoholic brews and experimenting with the wide variety of flavors and styles consumers are accustomed to seeing in their alcohol-containing counterparts. It's a change standing to represent a potentially significant shift in how brewers, and the larger beer industry, conceive of both beer and beer consumers.
"No one focused on flavorful non-alcoholic beer targeted toward the craft beer consumer, so people didn't know it was an option," said Chris Lohring, owner and head brewer of Notch Brewing in Salem, which started brewing non-alcoholic beers just before the coronavirus pandemic.
The reasons a person may choose to drink craft non-alcoholic beer instead of standard craft beer options are as varied as the reasons a person might abstain from alcohol, whether for health, lifestyle, religious, or cultural reasons – some temporary, some permanent.
Non-alcoholic beer market growth
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For Notch, which has long specialized in session beers – beers with lower alcohol content – Lohring said making the leap to brew non-alcoholic options was a logical step. While the larger craft beer industry leans toward higher-alcohol content products, where it's typical to see craft brews coming in at 6%, 7%, 8% alcohol by volume or higher, Lohring opted to specialize in lower ABV beers at Notch because he's always personally drifted toward them.
From his vantage point, the thinking that intensity of beer flavor and high alcohol content have to go hand in hand is a blindspot, a viewpoint he described as very American.
Notch is making small batches of non-alcoholic pilsner and a New England IPA, which will initially be distributed around Massachusetts, with plans to scale up.
Customer response, he said, has been great.
"People are thrilled," Lohring said.
Although the overall market share of low and non-alcoholic beer within the alcohol beverage market is small – coming in at about 3% worldwide, per International Wine and Spirit Research, which tracks these figures, consumption of these products is projected to increase by nearly a third by 2024.
"The sales numbers seem to bear out there is a rise in popularity," said Sam Hendler, president of Mass Brewers Guild and co-founder of Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham.
He pointed to broader cultural health trends, including the ongoing seltzer craze, which appeals to a lot of health-conscious consumers looking for lower-calorie drink options. The prevalence of so-called Dry Januarys and Sober Octobers, wherein people who drink alcohol choose to temporarily abstain, generally as a reset before or after heavier-than-average drinking periods, feeds into these trends as well.
Craft brewers have a chance to step into a new market space if they take advantage of their positioning and work on engaging consumers, he said.
Poll: NA Beer will become more popular
Brewing NA beer
Within his own business, Jack's Abby is in the trial phase for making its own non-alcoholic beer, Hendler said, as the company is focused on process.
"There are a lot of different ways to produce non-alcoholic beer, but all of them come with significant challenges for a craft brewer," Hendler said. "It's a very different process from producing our typical beer."
The safety concerns, while not necessarily more time consuming than producing standard alcoholic brews, he said, are very different. There are differences in stability concerns with non-alcoholic beers, for example, and there are certain spoiling organisms which don't pose an issue in traditional beers.
This has made it challenging for local craft brewers, especially smaller ones, to start brewing non-alcoholic options of their own.
"Most breweries in Massachusetts are on the smaller scale and just being able to commit that tank space to a non-alcoholic beer … to take up a tank space and put NA beer we know will sell, but will probably take longer to move, it doesn't really make sense for a smaller brewery in my opinion," said Melynda Gallagher, co-owner of Lost Shoe Brewing & Roasting Co. in Marlborough.
That doesn't mean these smaller brewers are out of the game, entirely. Lost Shoe retails non-alcoholic beer made by Athletic Brewing Co., headquartered in Stratford, Conn. Athletic is one of the rising stars in the non-alcoholic beer world right now, and selling its products allows Lost Shoe to both cater to consumer demand and sell a beer still made in New England.
Lost Shoe added Athletic brews to its menu about three months ago, she said, after Lost Shoe's bartenders reported an uptick in requests for non-alcoholic options.
"It's been a nice addition to our menu, and I do think people appreciate having that non-alcoholic beer option when they're just not in the mood to drink," Gallagher said.
Non-alcoholic beers are particularly fitting for Lost Shoe because the brewery is also a coffee roastery, meaning it already served non-alcoholic beverages to begin with. Having non-alcoholic beers just adds another attraction to its offerings.
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Lost Shoe Brewing and Roasting Co. has become a notable new offering in downtown Marlborough, with the city looking to market its food and drink scene to a broader audience, including those interested in non-alcoholic beer.
Hendler, from Jack's Abby, said it's hard to say why some consumers are backing away from higher-alcohol products and drifting toward lower or no-alcohol alternatives, but the shift is trending, including in Central Massachusetts. With the pandemic, markets were turned upside down, making it even more difficult to say exactly why the shift is happening.
"It's going to be a really interesting challenge for brewers to get into this space," Hendler said. "It is a very very different process than producing typical beers. It has a very different set of concerns. I'm excited to see what craft brewers can do with it."
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Only three months since his last album, Anderson .Paak has reported Ventura, the fourth and last section in his shoreline themed arrangement.
The follow-up to November's Oxnard is set for discharge April 12 by means of Aftermath Entertainment. Official created by Dr. Dre, the venture—which .Paak calls "the last wave"— was recorded in the meantime as Oxnard.
Ventura marks the follow-up to Oxnard, which appeared at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, and highlighted appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, J. Cole, Q-Tip, and Pusha-T.
Alongside the album declaration comes his "Best Teef in the Game Tour." Produced by Live Nation, the 21-date trek commences May 17 in Nashville, with stops at Madison Square Garden and Red Rocks. He will be joined by Thundercat for the whole run, with Earl Sweatshirt, Noname, Mac DeMarco, and Jessie Reyez on select dates. Tickets go at a bargain starting March 8 at 10 a.m. neighborhood time.
We'll keep you updated with further news.


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S.L.A.A. Preamble
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. The only qualification for S.L.A.A. membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. S.L.A.A. is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it.
To counter the destructive consequences of sex and love addiction, we draw on five major resources:
1. Sobriety
Our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom-line addictive behavior on a daily basis.
2. Sponsorship & Meetings
Our capacity to reach out for the supportive fellowship within S.L.A.A.
3. Steps
Our practice of the Twelve Step program of recovery to achieve sexual and emotional sobriety.
Our giving back to the S.L.A.A. community what we continue to freely receive.
5. Spirituality
Our developing a relationship with a Power greater than ourselves which can guide and sustain us in recovery.
As a fellowship S.L.A.A. has no opinion on outside issues and seeks no controversy. S.L.A.A. is not affiliated with any other organizations, movements, or causes, either religious or secular.
We are, however, united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotional behavior. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We need protect with special care the anonymity of every S.L.A.A. member. Additionally we try to avoid drawing undue attention to S.L.A.A. as a whole from the public media.
© 1985, 2003, 2012 The Augustine Fellowship, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


MLG Signs First Five Next-Level Pro Player Contracts!
The official press release follows, along with a special Q&A that addresses many of the questions our community members will likely have regarding the announcement.
JUNE 21, 2006 – NEW YORK CITY - Major League Gaming (MLG), the world's first professional video game league, today announced that it has signed the nation's leading four-man Halo 2 team, Final Boss, to a $1 million dollar contract, and Tsquared, one of the top individual pros in the world, to a $250,000 deal. These are by far the largest signings ever for professional video gamers, and the multi-year deals provide for these players to commit exclusively to MLG.
MLG also announced today that Red Bull will become the official energy drink for MLG. Red Bull has been a long time supporter of a key member of Final Boss, David "Walshy" Walsh, as well as of the broader MLG community. Red Bull's relationship with both Walshy and MLG are further validation of MLG's strategy of bringing video gaming to the mass market alongside some of the strongest youth brands in the world.
Final Boss is the most dominant team on the MLG Circuit, having swept through the Western, Eastern and Central Conference Championships in 2005, in addition to taking first place at the National Championships in 2004 and 2005, and going undefeated so far in 2006. The team is renowned and feared for its ability to adapt to any style of play, allowing it to beat competitors at their own game.
— The team is lead by its captain, David "Walshy" Walsh, a 21-year old from Michigan. Walshy is one of the most respected gamers in the league, having cut his teeth as a top player during MLG's inaugural season in 2004. He has developed a style of play known as "The Claw," now imitated by Halo 2 players around the world.
— "The Ogre Twins" – Daniel "Ogre1″ Ryan and Thomas "Ogre2″ Ryan – are believed by many to have telepathic powers for their uncanny ability to anticipate one another's moves. Both are students at Ohio University. Their successful balance of school and gaming has helped them become the best duo in the sport today.
— Ryan "Saiyan" Danford has a quiet style that makes him a flawless team player, always unselfishly backing up his teammates. Saiyan is also a swimmer and soccer player.
Tom "Tsquared" Taylor is the brash leader of team Str8 Rippin, the only team to beat Final Boss in the 2005 Pro Circuit and currently sitting strongly in second place. Already MLG's standout media star, Tom has been the subject of an MTV True Life documentary and is featured in Stuff Magazine's "Successful under 30s list" along with other overachievers like LeBron James. He has been featured in worldwide media including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Hollywood Reporter. The drama and intensity of the 2006 Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit is at a fever pitch as Tom and his teammates Fonzi, Foulacy and Defy attempt to knock the seemingly invincible Final Boss off the championship pedestal.
In addition to Tom's pro gaming career, the 19-year-old started his own company, Gaming-Lessons.com, which provides instruction from top gamers. He has given lessons to everyone from middle-aged housewives to doctors to Hip-Hop label execs.
In addition to Team Final Boss and Tsquared, MLG has an additional 30 of the top professional players under management, as well as a 100-member MLG Players Association, and is focused on discovering and signing the world's best players.
The next MLG Pro-Circuit competition kicks off at 7:00pm on Friday, June 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center. The championship rounds will be held on Sunday, June 25. Pre-registration is available, and encouraged, at www.mlgpro.com.
MLG is the first professional video game league. By raising video game competition to the level of professional sport, the company is creating a sports media business that provides players, developers, publishers, media partners, and advertisers a unique connection to the video game lifestyle enjoyed by 168 million Americans. With the support of major sponsors, MLG operates a pro tour that in 2006 will make 7 stops in major cities across the U.S., exclusively featuring the best gamers in the world. We produce a variety of online and broadcast-quality programming that showcases MLG's pros and this exciting new sports entertainment phenomenon. More information can be found at www.mlgpro.com.
A: We've signed Team Final Boss to a $1,000,000, three-year contract and Tsquared to a $250,000, three-year individual contract.
Q: How and why did you pick these players?
A: Walshy, The Ogres, Saiyan, and Tsquared represent the cream of the crop of our MLG talent today. They're amazing competitors, they have great personalities that bring positive attention to our league, and they're generally great guys. From the very beginning, we've been focused on building a world-class professional league that brings what we love to do–play video games competitively–to a mainstream audience. These five professionals embody everything that we want MLG to be and in order to take our league to the next level, we wanted to reward not only these five players, but inspire everyone else out there that wants to play on the MLG stage.
Q: How does this benefit all of the other MLG players?
A: We've created the world's first professional video game league and are investing in a global sports media business. At the heart of that endeavor is finding and promoting the very best professional gamers in the world. These deals prove to everyone in our community and everyone who aspires to do what we do, that you can succeed in a big way with MLG. We will continue to reward great players with serious money and global recognition.
Q: Will you be entering into any other contracts this year?
A: We're not going to make predictions or promises about how many contracts we're going to make. We'll continue to reward the best and the brightest in the MLG community when it's appropriate.
Q: How will those decisions be made?
A: Stars in any sport are pretty easy to pick out. They're the ones that have superior skill and are great ambassadors to the fans and broader community. We have many, many stars that are currently signed to MLG and are always looking to add more to our roster. We'll continue to make announcements with this level of player contract in the coming months.
Q: What are the financial details of these deals?
A: These are three-year deals that comprise both an annual salary and guaranteed sponsorship money for each of the players. The players will be asked to perform various promotional and other activities in support of MLG for their annual salary.


I recently started up an A3Wasteland server on Altis and i wanted CUP on it. i knew i had CUP installed somewhere so i found out on the Arma 3 launcher that it was installed through workshop, so i clicked view file and it was somewhere in the steamapps/workshop/ folder and i copied everything inside of each folder separately and put it on my desktop as @CUP_Weapons, @CUP_Vehicles, @CUP_Units. I also downloaded @CBA_A3 since cup needs it to work apparently.
i then uploaded the files to my server using Filezilla(FTP) and since my internet is so bad it took 30 hours to upload 7GB to my server.
I then put each mod on the commandline "-mod:@CBA_A3;@CUP_Weapons;@CUP_Vehicles;@CUP_Units". but i just didn't know what to do so i asked around and found out that i had to put the .BIKEY files from the keys folder in each individual mod folder into the main servers "Keys" folder, so i did. i added a few vehicles with the right class name into the store config and they come up in the shop but without a little icon and when you try and buy it, it just says "the order for F-35 (AA) has been cancelled".
It has come to my attention that i have done everything right and i know what i'm doing but it is most likely because its from the workshop folders not downloaded from http://cup-arma3.org/download.
It is a pain to upload but i will do it again if i need to.
It would be much appreciated if someone could link me or make a step by step guide or just tell me what i need to do.
P.s. CUP guns and ammo don't show up in the store.
I have exactly the same problem, I will follow this thread too hoping a clever fellow knows what goes wrong.
I´m also using CUP but with Chernarus map and get the same error when buying CUP vehicles i store.
Its only CUP vehicles not spawning. Both weapons and ammo is working fine.
I found the reason why I got this error.
I my case I had mispelled @CUP Vehicles with @CUP_Vehicles causing the server not to load the vehicle mod.
Maybe it could be something simular in your case.


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HELSINKI COMMISSION TO REVIEW NEW WAYS TO FIGHT FOREIGN BRIBERY
THIS HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED. RESCHEDULING INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY.
WASHINGTON—The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, today announced the following hearing:
ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES TO FIGHT EMERGING METHODS OF FOREIGN BRIBERY
Rayburn House Office Building
Live Webcast: www.youtube.com/HelsinkiCommission
The methods of foreign corrupt actors in the global economy have changed dramatically since America assumed the mantle of international anti-corruption champion with the passage of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in 1977. The integration of formerly closed states into the global economy and the development of transformative technologies have led to unprecedented wealth, but also unprecedented corruption. This globalized variant of corruption hollows out rule-of-law institutions and threatens to dismantle the liberal world order that underpins U.S. national security and prosperity.
This hearing will examine new anti-corruption trends and initiatives to determine how the United States can most effectively engage the evolving threat of foreign bribery. Currently, while the United States still leads the world in investigating and prosecuting this crime, the foreign corrupt officials who demand bribes are not liable under U.S. law. The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act (FEPA), developed with the support of the Helsinki Commission, seeks to close this loophole. The hearing also will examine dual-use technologies such as blockchain, which have the potential to help fight foreign bribery, but also to facilitate it.
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify:
Patrick Moulette, Head of the Anti-Corruption Division, OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs
Casey Michel, Journalist
David Lawrence, Founder and Chief Collaborative Officer, RANE
Eric Lorber, Senior Director, Center on Economic and Financial Power, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Additional witnesses may be added.
Stacy Hope
csce[dot]press[at]mail[dot]house[dot]gov
The Countries of Central Asia: Problems in the Transition to Independence and the Implications
This was the first Helsinki Commission hearing held on the Central Asian republics. The Commissioners and witnesses discussed five countries' transitions to independence, which were complicated by the presence of repressive regimes that maintained the old Soviet-style order and economic turmoil. Chairman DeConcini opened the hearing by noting that the presidents of four out of the five new Central Asian countries were former first secretaries of the Communist Party. Dr. Martha Olcott, professor of political science at Colgate University, expressed concern over the rise of extremist ideologies of nationalism and Islam in the region, which were fuelled by economic stagnation. Firuz Kazemzadeh, professor emeritus as Yale University, argued instead that the dominant threat in the region came from the projection of Russian influence. This was corroborated by Micah Naftalin, director of the Union Council for Soviet Jews, who detailed the KGB's role in silencing the press and repressing opposition in Turkmenistan, and the growth and diffusion of anti-semitism from Russia into Central Asia. A final testimony was offered by Adbumannob Pulatov, chairman of the Uzbekistan Society for Human Rights. Pulatov decried the lack of press freedom in Uzbekistan and urged Congress to continue its monetary support of Radio Liberty. In the end, all four witnesses cautioned that human rights concerns often take a back seat to other issues, and that doing so could jeopardize progress in the field.
Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in an Independent Croatia
On August 2, 1992, Croatia held elections for the position of President of the Republic as well as for seats in the House of Representatives, one of two chambers in Croatia's "Sabor," or Assembly. These were the second multi-party elections in Croatia since 1990, when alternative political parties first competed for power. They were, however, the first since Croatia proclaimed itself an independent state in 1991, and achieved international recognition as such in 1992, following the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia. Incumbent Franjo Tudjman easily won a first-round victory among a field of eight presidential candidates. His party, the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), also won just over half of the parliamentary seats allocated in proportion to votes for the lists of 17 parties, and a very large number of the seats designated for particular electoral districts. This result allows the HDZ to form a new government alone rather than in coalition with other parties. A shift to the far right, which many feared, did not materialize. Despite a number of open questions, the election results likely reflect the legitimate choice of Croatia's voting population. At the same time, the elections demonstrated disappointingly little democratic progress in Croatia since 1990. Detracting most from the elections was the lack of serious effort by the authorities to instill confidence in the electoral system, followed by the perceived political motivation in scheduling them in August. The elections also revealed some shortcomings on the part of the opposition, including a lack of coordinated effort to ensure that they were conducted freely and fairly. Croatia has a western-oriented, well educated and sophisticated society which provide a basis for democratic government. Decades of communist rule and a fierce nationalism linked to Croatia's search for independence have, at the same time, unleashed societal trends contrary to democratic development. The context in which these elections took place was also complicated by the conflict in Croatia that began in earnest in July 1991 as militants among the alienated ethnic-Serb population of Croatia, with the encouragement of the Serbian leadership in Belgrade and the help of the Yugoslav military, demonstrated violently their opposition to the republic's independence. After severe human casualties, population displacement and destruction, the conflict generally ended in January 1992 with a U.N. negotiated ceasefire that included the deployment of U.N. protection forces on much of Croatia's territory A new constitution and growing stability argued for holding new elections. Despite opposition complaints that August was not an appropriate time for elections, President Tudjman scheduled them with the likely calculation that his party stood its best chances in a quick election before growing economic hardship and pressure for genuine democratization replaced the joys of independence and renewed peace. During the campaign period, 29 political parties fielded candidates. They faced no major difficulties in organizing rallies and distributing their literature to the public. At the same time, the Croatian media was only moderately free, with television and radio broadcasts much less so than newspapers and journals. Only toward the end of the campaign did the media seem to open up fully The stated objective in organizing the elections was to be fair and impartial to all contending parties. At the same time, the electoral procedures were not as fully satisfactory as they easily could have been, raising suspicions of an intent to manipulate the results. However, opposition political parties considered the process sufficiently fair for them to compete. They also had the opportunity to have observers present at polling stations and election commissions on election day. According to a constitutional law on the matter, Croatia's national minorities enjoy certain rights regarding their representation in governmental bodies. Ethnic Serbs, the only large minority with some 12 percent of the population, were guaranteed a greater number of seats in the new Sabor than all other minorities combined, but, unlike the smaller minorities, no elections were held in which ethnic Serbs alone could chose their representatives. This was viewed as discriminatory treatment of the Serbian minority, despite apparently small Serbian participation in the elections. Balloting on election day was orderly, despite the enormous complications caused by the conflict and questions of citizenship and voter eligibility in a newly independent country. There were few complaints in regard to the way in which the voting and counting were carried out, although several isolated problems were reported and the security of ballots cast by voters abroad was a constant concern. Despite these faults, holding elections might well have been a watershed for Croatia. Problems in that country's democratic development were given closer scrutiny, and public concerns can now shift from the recent past to future prospects. The winners could view their easy win as a mandate for continuing current policies, largely viewed as nationalistic and insufficiently democratic. However, the far right's poor performance could lessen pressure on the HDZ to show its nationalist colors and permit greater democratic development. The behavior of HDZ leaders to date favors the status quo in the short run, but domestic and international pressure could both encourage more significant democratic reform than has been seen thus far.
Report: the Oslo Seminar of Experts on Democratic Institutions
From November 4-15, the CSCE Seminar of Experts on Democratic Institutions met in Oslo, Norway, pursuant to a mandate contained in the 1991 Charter of Paris for a New Europe. Accordingly, experts discussed means and ways for "consolidating and strengthening viable democratic institutions." During the course of the Seminar, participants met in three closed study groups in which they considered constitutional and electoral frameworks, as well as comparative human rights legislation. In this context, numerous experts participated in the Oslo Seminar, contributing expositions on the differences among their various democratic traditions and often describing their national experiences in these areas. In addition, contacts among experts, non*governmental organizations, and government representatives in the margins of the meeting contributed to the overall work of the Seminar.
Geneva Meeting on National Minorities and Moscow Meeting on the Human Dimension
The hearing will focus on two important CSCE meetings, the Geneva Experts Meeting on National Minorities. The Geneva meeting which recently ended was mandated to discuss national minorities, the meeting had three components: exchange of views on practical experience; review of the implementation of relevant CSCE commitments; and consideration of new measures. The distinguished speaker will outline the major points of the Geneva meeting and how the United States can best utilize its success while moving towards the upcoming human dimension meeting in Moscow.
Democratic Developments in Albania
Beginning at the Copenhagen Human Dimension Meeting in June 1990, Albania has been granted observer status at CSCE meetings. Albania would like to move beyond its current observer status and become a full participant in the process. The Commission delegation had stated when it left after its first visit that it needed to see significant improvements in Albania s human rights performance before we could support Albania's membership in the CSCE. There is no question that the situation has remarkably improved as of last year, a fact which we on the Helsinki Commission have welcomed and have even complimented the existing government for moving in what we consider the right direction. A key question now, in addition to that of CSCE membership, is how the United States can best develop these bilateral relations to the benefit of democracy in Albania.
The USSR In Crisis: State of the Union
This hearing centered the economic and political crisis in the Soviet Union. The Commissioners praised the diligent work of Gorbachev by positively changing the human rights dimension in Eastern Europe. From multi-party participation to higher freedoms of speech and assembly, the Soviet Union has pivoted to international standard of human rights. Despite the reforms made towards the advancement of human rights the economic situation has never been so pronounced in recent memory. The economic challenges facing the people of the Soviet Union is affecting the political atmosphere in very concerning way- increased powers to the KGB and arms deals that violate past international treaties. The hearing reviewed whether the economic crisis is causing the Soviet state to use military methods to save the Soviet power.
Soviet Crackdown in the Baltic States
This hearing, which Steny H. Hoyer presided over, came at a time during which the United States' time was occupied elsewhere in the world (i.e. the Middle East). Therefore, the running time of this hearing was expected to be an hour, with a more in-depth hearing to follow later on. In any case, attendees discussed, from the view of the U.S., anyway, that the Baltic States (i.e. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) had all been illegally absorbed into what was then the Soviet Union. Likewise, the Baltic States had raised the issue that enforcement of conscription laws of the Soviet Union in these countries is in and of itself legal within the framework of the Geneva Convention. The consensus of the hearing was that the attempt by Moscow to crush democracy in the Baltic States must be met by the U.S. with the same resolve that the U.S. took in meeting similar attempts in other parts of the world, including collaboration with other countries.
Status Report on Soviet Jewry
This hearing, which Representative Steny H. Hoyer presided over, was a portion of multiple hearings held on March 7, 1990, when attendees looked at the dramatic consequences of the Soviet government's decision to relax its emigration policies, in addition to the impact of Glasnost on Jewish life in what was then the U.S.S.R. This new decision, the emigration policy of which was expected to soon be codified by the Supreme Soviet soon after the hearing took place, had negative and positive implications. While a record number of Jewish individuals were allowed to leave the U.S.S.R., Soviet citizens still needed explicit permission to leave the country. In spite of these reforms, though, there were still at least 100 refusenik cases, not to mention fear of an active anti-Semitic movement in the country.
Revolt Against the Silence - The State of Human Rights in Romania: An Update
Patterns of repression in Romania remain sadly the same year after year. The Romanian regime has kept up pressure on members of religious and national minorities, as well as on all who have sought to express themselves freely. It has harassed and punished would-be emigrants by removing them from jobs and housing. It has exiled writers, philosophers and former leaders. It has jailed those who have sought the means to worship freely, and used psychiatric incarceration to punish free expression. The regime has steadily curtailed the opportunities for members of ethnic minorities to maintain and cultivate their cultural heritage, cutting minority-language instruction and publishing to a minimum. Minority cultural and family ties have also been strictly limited. The regime has used violence and threats of violence to discourage citizens from seeking to exercise their rights. Many Romanian dissidents inside and outside the country have received black-bordered death threats, widely believed to be a favorite calling-card of Romania's notorious Securitate (secret police). Increasingly, the regime's persecution has touched all Romanian citizens, who suffer from severe, state-imposed food shortages and the threat of displacement through the sjstematizare, or systematization, program. Despite the Romanian Government's March announcement, with great fanfare, that it had repaid the country's foreign debt, there is no sign that the regime will reorder its fiscal priorities in favor of consumption. Rationing continues unabated, while construction of new industrial projects seems to be moving forward with redoubled speed.
THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE AND IMPART INFORMATION - PRELUDE TO THE LONDON INFORMATION FORUM
This Commission hearing focused on the implementation of the provisions of the Helsinki Accords in the member countries of Eastern Europe. The hearing reviewed the compliance records of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, with the provisions regarding the free flow of information. The East has had a mixed record in regards to its compliance of the information provisions of the Helsinki Accords. Expert witnesses gave testimony to bring better understanding of the bewildering, and sometimes contradictory signals the East is sending on its information policies.
List of Organizations Involved in Exchange Programs with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
The Commission developed this report to help interested persons and organizations participate in exchange programs with the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe: Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. It lists organizations which conduct exchange programs and other contacts with these countries. The parties to the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe declared their intention to expand cooperation in security, economic, humanitarian, information, culture, and education affairs and to respect and put into practice certain basic principles, including those of human rights. The Final Act was signed in Helsinki on August 1, 1975, by 35 heads of state or government, including the United States, Canada, and every state in Europe except Albania. The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission) was created as an independent government agency in 1976 to monitor compliance with the Final Act and to encourage U.S. governmental and private programs to expand East-West economic and cultural cooperation and exchange of people and ideas. In the Final Act, the signatories express the view that cultural exchanges and development of relations in education and science contribute to the strengthening of peace, better mutual under standing, and enrichment of the human personality. In the Com mission's view, exchange programs with the Soviet bloc countries break down barriers and lessen distrust. They help Americans learn about the views and goals of these societies. Such programs help expose the peoples of these countries to the values and goals of our pluralistic society. Critical to such programs is that Americans are given the opportunity to tell the Soviets and their allies on a personal level about their concern for human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Vienna Follow-Up Meeting of the CSCE
This hearing focused on the Vienna Meeting and narratives in previous meetings in Belgrade and Madrid. These meetings centered on the U.S.S.R.'s persistent publicity about the true nature of the Soviet system, in particular regarding the role it played in the reversal of the Soviet image in Western Europe in the early 1980's. Due to Soviet improper compliance with OSCE rules and statues, such as detaining Helsinki monitors, the Vienna Meeting focused on strengthening the relevance and effectiveness of the Helsinki process to improve efficacy on progress.
THE CRISIS IN POLAND AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HELSINKI PROCESS
This hearing focused on the events in Poland, resulting from martial law, as direct violations of the human rights and other provisions of the Final Act and to determine what can be done to preserve human rights gains in that beleaguered country. It is clear now that the aim of this harsh crackdown was the suppression of the Polish workers' movement, Solidarity, as well as the rollback of the unprecedented political reforms and social renewal which that movement had stimulated during the past 16 months. Also discussed was the strategic importance of Poland to the U.S.S.R. and how these developments may show signs of vulnerabilities among the Soviet states.
Soviet Violation of Helsinki Final Act: Invasion of Afghanistan
Attendees at this hearing, over which Commissioner Dante B. Fascell presided, discussed the December 1979 invasion of Afghanistan by the former Soviet Union, an invasion that ran counter to international law due to Afghanistan's status as sovereign and independent. The set of agreements that the Soviet Union signed on to in 1975 with 34 other countries (i.e. the Helsinki Final Act) incorporated rights inherent in a country's sovereignty, refraining from the threat or use of force, the rights of peoples to self-determination, and acceptance of international conduct principles. In short, the Soviet Union's invasion and attempted occupation of Afghanistan had struck at the very heart of these principles, and its invasion had severely damaged the international climate and greatly damaged East-West relations.
Implementation Of The Helsinki Accords Vol. VIII – U.S. Compliance: Human Rights
Commissioner Claiborne Pell and others in attendance, in this series of hearings, looked at their own country's record on the Helsinki Final Act of 1975. This hearing signified the first time that a state belonging to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), or the "Conference," had looked at its own record in such a manner, taking into account criticism by other signatories and private domestic monitoring groups, no less. This series of hearings' purpose was to ascertain progress accomplished, learn what more needs to be achieved, and proclaim a reaffirmation of the U.S. commitment to the Helsinki Final Act's full implementation.
Podcast: Seeking Justice in Serbia
Twenty years after U.S. citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi were brutally murdered in Serbia in the aftermath of the 1999 conflict in Kosovo, their brother Ilir documents his family's fight for justice in the face of inaction by Serbian authorities. Ilir is joined by family lawyer Praveen Madhiraju and Helsinki Commission senior policy advisor Robert Hand. "Helsinki on the Hill" is series of conversations hosted by the U.S. Helsinki Commission on human rights and comprehensive security in Europe and beyond. The Helsinki Commission, formally known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, promotes human rights, military security, and economic cooperation in 57 countries in Europe, Eurasia, and North America. Transcript | Episode 2: Seeking Justice in Serbia | Helsinki on the Hill