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Ben Sasse (R-NE) on the Iran negotiations: the administration is "explicitly tolerating a renegade nuclear program"
The junior senator from Nebraska nails it in this video. Unlike our administration, he seems to have a clear understanding of both the ramifications of Iran obtaining nuclear weapons and the Obama administration's feckless, delusional approach. Well worth watching:
via Fred Fleitz, who writes:
Obama officials defend their approach to the nuclear talks because they claim a final deal will be subject to robust verification by IAEA inspectors. This argument is hard to take seriously since Iran has never fully cooperated with the IAEA and has specifically refused to cooperated with IAEA inspectors during the talks and cheated on the interim agreement which set up the talks.Moreover, yesterday's revelations (if they are true) by the NCRI, an Iranian dissident group, that Iran has been operating a secret facility where it has been developing advanced uranium centrifuges and may be enriching uranium adds to the suspicion that Tehran cannot be trusted with any dual-use nuclear technology.
It's a shame Senator Sasse isn't leading the negotiations, rather the buffoonish John Kerry.
2 Comments	| Foreign Affairs, Iran, National Security, Nuclear Proliferation, Republicans	| Tagged: Ben Sasse, nuclear weapons	| Permalink
Why Iran's mullahs should never have nuclear weapons
In the words of Bret Stephens below in the Prager University video, we must never allow Iran to get "the bomb," because they are likely to use it:
All of what Stephens says is true, but the key is that the real power in Iran is held by millenarian fanatics who see it as their duty to bring about the Shiite "End Times." To these people, the temptation to use nuclear weapons in fulfillment of what they see as a religious duty might well be irresistible.
What's so very frustrating in this situation is that all too many see only a binary choice: either accept Iran as a nuclear power, or preemptively invade the country at a potentially tremendous cost in blood and treasure. There is a third way, though we've wasted much time.
My friend Michael Ledeen has often written about the brittleness and vulnerability of the Iranian regime, which lives in desperate fear of the people it rules. (If you've read any Iranian history, you'll know why.) Here's an example from a recent column:
The wreckage of the Iranian state is not just the result of corruption and incompetence; it also derives from the intense infighting within the elite. Unconfirmed stories have appeared in the Iranian press reporting phone taps organized by the Revolutionary Guards Corps against members of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's inner circle, as well as against one another within the Guards. There are documented fractures within the ranks of Hezbollah. Assassinations continue apace, as in the case of Mojtaba Ahmadi, the head of the Cyber Army, in October. The Iranian Embassy in Beirut was bombed in November by a terrorist group the Iranians had actually created. And, in a telling blow to the regime's ideology, Christianity is booming, and the regime is resorting to public meetings to warn the people about its dangers.
The regime does not seem to know how to cope with this crisis. On the one hand, it increases repression. The tempo of executions has famously increased since Rouhani's election, and the recent brutality in Evin Prison–discussed by Ben Weinthal–shows that regime leaders are even afraid of prisoners. For good reason: last year many leading political prisoners refused to join the regime's call for easing sanctions, despite torture and isolation.
It's a hollow regime. Its internal opponents hold it in contempt and do not fear it, and it is palpably failing.
Between acquiescence to a nuclear Iran and outright invasion lies the choice of aiding the democratic opposition, which is large and growing. In the 1980s, we undertook a similar program in Poland, aiding the anticommunist resistance both with non-lethal aid (radios, etc.), but also open, loud public support for the rights of the people against the regime they hated. It was part of a broader American-led effort to resist Soviet aggression, and it worked. The fall of Communism in Poland was the crack that eventually lead to the collapse of the whole Soviet Empire.
Something similar could well work in Iran, whose people are desperate for the only genuinely revolutionary nation on the planet to lend its still vast moral authority on behalf of a nation that wants to free themselves from the schemes of the mad mullahs.
We missed a great chance to do this in 2009, when massive street demonstrations brought the regime to the edge of collapse. When the world needed the moral clarity of Ronald Reagan, there was instead the diffidence of Barack Obama.
And now, five years and one farcical agreement later, Iran is that much closer to having a nuclear weapon. We had better hope that they don't achieve it before 2017, when, we again hope, a new and competent administration comes takes over. One that will not fool itself about the dangers of an Iran with a nuclear bomb.
Because, otherwise, they will use it.
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Another Iranian peaceful nuclear facility goes *BOOM!*
Once is an accident. Twice may just be a coincidence. But when bad things happen over and over?
Someone's gunning for you. Someone who plays for keeps:
AN IRANIAN nuclear facility has been hit by a huge explosion, the second such blast in a month, prompting speculation that Tehran's military and atomic sites are under attack.
Satellite imagery seen by The Times confirmed that a blast that rocked the city of Isfahan on Monday struck the uranium enrichment facility there, despite denials by Tehran.
The images clearly showed billowing smoke and destruction, negating Iranian claims yesterday that no such explosion had taken place. Israeli intelligence officials told The Times that there was "no doubt" that the blast struck the nuclear facilities at Isfahan and that it was "no accident".
The explosion at Iran's third-largest city came as satellite images emerged of the damage caused by one at a military base outside Tehran two weeks ago that killed about 30 members of the Revolutionary Guard, including General Hassan Moghaddam, the head of the Iranian missile defence program.
Iran claimed that the Tehran explosion occurred during testing on a new weapons system designed to strike at Israel. But several Israeli officials have confirmed that the blast was intentional and part of an effort to target Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Gee, I wonder how the Israelis would know it was intentional and part of a larger plot? They couldn't have anything to do with it, maybe by helping internal resistance groups, could they? Just because someone's also been whacking Iranian atomic scientists and unleashing targeted computer viruses at the Mullah's pet weapons program, and now has escalated to blowing up their missile bases just when the program chief and his North Korean advisers were visiting? And just because Iran has frequently threatened to rain nuclear fire on Israel? Surely it's a coincidence.
As I like to say, "Oh, those wacky Jews."
Go, Mossad!
PS: a word of caution about the source from Michael Totten.
A source I trust just told me that the journalist who broke this story has a dubious track record. That doesn't necessarily mean the story is wrong, but these kinds of stories are sometimes goofed at the outset even by journalists with good records, so we shouldn't assume we have this all figured out yet.
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Does Barack Obama hate Great Britain?
I mean, selling-out an ally's nuclear secrets isn't something one usually does to an ally one likes, is it?
Here's what happened: According to WikiLeaks, a series of classified cables were sent from the U.S. negotiators to the State Department explaining that the Russians wanted to know the full extent of Great Britain's nuclear capability. This was hardly surprising, as throughout the Cold War they had been trying to get this information. Now they were insisting on it as a price for Russian support for the New START deal. They could gauge this information from examining the "unique identifer" serial numbers on the Trident missiles that the U.S. has sold the UK over the years. The State Department has called these reports "bunk".
Instead of telling Moscow that Britain was an independent power not party to the treaty, and therefore information about her nuclear deterrent was non-negotiable, the leaked cables show that the Obama administration lobbied the British Foreign Office and Ministry of Defense in 2009 for permission to simply tell Moscow this data about the number, age, and performance capabilities of Trident.
Needless to say, the U.K refused, because not letting the Russians know the full extent of its deterrent has long been key to its success. Yet astonishingly—and in my view despicably—the Obama administration seems to have simply rode roughshod over British objections and—according both to WikiLeaks and the Daily Telegraph of London—"The U.S. agreed to hand over the serial numbers of Trident missiles it transfers to Britain."
If this is the way Obama treats one of our closest allies, I'd hate to see how he treats our enemies.
Oh, wait. I have:
Obama with Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez
2 Comments	| Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Great Britain, Military	| Tagged: betrayal, nuclear weapons, sell-out, START treaty, Trident missiles	| Permalink
Stuxnet a joint US-Israel project…
…started by Bush, and accelerated by Obama. Well done to both men, and to our Israeli partners!
I love it when we do cool stuff like this:
The Dimona complex in the Negev desert is famous as the heavily guarded heart of Israel's never-acknowledged nuclear arms program, where neat rows of factories make atomic fuel for the arsenal.
Over the past two years, according to intelligence and military experts familiar with its operations, Dimona has taken on a new, equally secret role — as a critical testing ground in a joint American and Israeli effort to undermine Iran's efforts to make a bomb of its own.
Behind Dimona's barbed wire, the experts say, Israel has spun nuclear centrifuges virtually identical to Iran's at Natanz, where Iranian scientists are struggling to enrich uranium. They say Dimona tested the effectiveness of the Stuxnet computer worm, a destructive program that appears to have wiped out roughly a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges and helped delay, though not destroy, Tehran's ability to make its first nuclear arms.
"To check out the worm, you have to know the machines," said an American expert on nuclear intelligence. "The reason the worm has been effective is that the Israelis tried it out."
Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on at Dimona, the operations there, as well as related efforts in the United States, are among the newest and strongest clues suggesting that the virus was designed as an American-Israeli project to sabotage the Iranian program.
Be sure to read the whole thing; it's a fascinating story. One item straight out of science-fiction: the virus was designed to record what normal operations looked like, then play it back so Iranian scientists would think everything was fine while Stuxnet was quietly wrecking their centrifuges. Genius!
Of course, there's a dark lining to every silver cloud… or something. What we and the Israelis have done to the Iranians could be done to us by a hostile power. (Hello? China?) Let's hope the DoD and the rest of the government are taking computer security seriously. At least, let's not make it so easy for the next Bradley Manning, okay?
That downer aside… Ain't this cool?
RELATED: At Blue Crab Boulevard, Gaius thinks Stuxnet was way overbuilt and wonders what other capabilities it's hiding.
3 Comments	| Espionage, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Proliferation	| Tagged: computer viruses, Dimona, nuclear weapons, sabotage, Stuxnet	| Permalink
Good news! Another wacko state wants to go nuclear!
Now the military junta that rules Burma wants the Bomb:
But there is near-smoking gun evidence to substantiate reports of a Burmese nuke project. A major in the army, Sai Thein Win, has defected to the Democratic Voice of Burma, delivering into its hands hundreds of secret documents and photos. The materials reveal the construction of a huge network of underground facilities dating back to 1996 and costing at least $3.5 billion since 2001. This evidence is enough to convince Robert Kelley, a former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, that Burma's junta is working on uranium enrichment and plutonium reprocessing capabilities with North Korean assistance.
The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of Australia has published a study reaching the same conclusion. The authors interviewed two defectors who independently confirmed the building of a secret nuclear site, nearby the public site constructed with Russian aid. One defector testified to the presence of about 60 North Koreans at a secret site, which the authors describe as similar in design to the Syrian nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel in 2007.
The materials obtained by the Democratic Voice of Burma also show that a series of meetings took place in North Korea from the 22nd to the 29th of November in 2008 — meetings that included the Burmese military chief. One cable released by Wikileaks notes that a Burmese official mentioned the chief's 2008 visit to North Korea in a slip of the tongue.
The organization has put together all the intelligence it has on Burma's secret nuclear weapons program in the form of a documentary available to the public. For now, the junta is able only to mine uranium and produce yellowcake. One defector says that the regime hopes to be nuclear-capable by 2020. But the authors of the Australian study say Burma could go nuclear by 2014 in the absence of major problems. Rudimentary though it may be, the West should not dismiss Burma's role in the nuclear Axis of Evil. The junta is in a position to fill one of the gaps in Iran's nuclear effort. According to one defector, in February 2004 he met with an Iranian intelligence officer and nuclear scientist and received a sample of yellowcake. If this testimony is true, then Iran has already turned to Burma to help relieve its critical shortage of raw uranium.
Moreover, the UN has already confirmed that North Korea is shipping nuclear materials to Burma and using "links with overseas criminal networks to carry out these activities." Next, corrupt Burmese officials might sell nuclear materials to criminals or terrorists. A September 2008 cable describes a Burmese civilian's threat to U.S. diplomats to sell uranium-238 to Thailand, China, or other countries if the Americans themselves declined to buy. Claiming he already had 50 kg of Burmese uranium in a barrel, the civilian boasted that he could sell up to 2,000 kg. Another cable from January 2007 describes a suspected shipment of 112 metric tons of uranium ore to China by the Burmese government.
So, not only is Rangoon playing patty-(yellow)cake with North Korea and Iran, but private parties are getting involved. And, similar to the danger of a nuclear arms race in the Persian Gulf if (when) Iran gets its Big Firecracker, a Burmese nuclear capability would give incentive to Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia to get their own… "just in case."
Not to mention making nuclear-armed India feel surrounded.
And, speaking of rational state-actors, have I mentioned that the rulers of Burma use astrology to make key national decisions?
I think I need a drink.
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Russians make RINO, squish, aisle-crossers look like chumps
Because they ARE chumps. For weeks during this recent lame-duck session of Congress, the White House, Democratic senators, and the liberal media were telling us that the latest START arms-reduction treaty with the Russians had to be approved now, in spite of serious, legitimate concerns. It absolutely could not wait until the new Senate was seated with new members who would actually reflect the will of the voters as expressed in the recent election. Nope, it had to be done now, or the universe would implode… or something.
So they finally found some "bipartisan" Republicans and ratified it.
And now the Russians say that, gosh, they won't be able to get it done on their end until next year:
Russian lawmakers gave preliminary approval on Christmas Eve to the so-called New START treaty with a vote in the lower house of parliament. But Konstantin Kosachev, head of the State Duma's foreign affairs committee, said it would take until next month "at the earliest" for the treaty to receive its three required readings and get a final vote. Lawmakers' vacation lasts until Jan. 11.
The assessment seems to put the brakes on the document President Obama called a top priority as he whipped up the Republican votes needed to pass it before the end of the lame-duck session. Vice Adm. Jerry Miller said the Russians appear to be having some fun at U.S. expense.
So, explain to me again, Senators Lugar, Alexander, Bennett, Brown, Cochran, Collins, Corker, Isakson, Johanns, Murkowski, Snowe, and Voinovich: what was the big rush? Couldn't you have waited for a Senate that had an actual mandate from the people to do more than minimal government business? And do you hear the chuckles coming from Moscow? How does it feel knowing you've been played — again?
LINKS: Power Line calls the Republicans listed above Obama's useful idiots. Jennifer Rubin, who's been critical of the treaty, points out that, inter alia, we did get something to protect missile defense. The Russian press respectfully disagrees. Legal Insurrection wonders if Republicans will ever learn. Ace of Spades thinks Putin "Pwned" Obama, again.
1 Comment	| D'oh!, Foreign Affairs, Republicans, Russia, Senate, Stuck On Stupid	| Tagged: arms control, egg on the face, Konstantin Kosachev, nuclear weapons, RINOs, START treaty	| Permalink
Tehran bombings target nuclear scientists?
Gee, who could be behind this?
Two separate explosions killed a nuclear scientist and injured another in the Iranian capital Monday morning, official news outlets reported.
Both scholars' wives and a driver were also injured in the attacks, according to the news agencies. The slain scientist, Majid Shahriari, was a member of the nuclear engineering team at the Shahid Behesti university in Tehran, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA.
The assassins, riding motorcycles, tossed bombs at — or attached them to — vehicles of the two Shahid Behesti University professors as they drove with their spouses en route to work between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m..
"A Pulsar motorbike drove close to Dr. Shahriari's car and stuck a bomb on his car which after a few seconds exploded," Tehran police chief Hossein Sajednia was quoted as saying by the semi-official Fars news agency.
The article also mentions another Iranian nuclear scientist assassinated last January.
But, who's ordering the hits?
Let's consider: Iran, an aggressive and terroristic nation, is developing nuclear weapons, which no one in their right mind wants them to have. They have repeatedly threatened to drop those weapons on a certain small country nearby, the government of which lives by the motto "Never again" and has been known to deal harshly with enemies who threaten its people.
I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.
Via Instapundit.
LINKS: Gateway Pundit has video. Also Hot Air.
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Things I didn't need to know, nuclear weapons edition
Why do I get the feeling we've come closer to a Bad Thing happening with our nuclear weapons a lot more often than most of us know? Oh, maybe it's the revelation that the men hired to transport them get drunk on the job:
The Energy Department's assistant inspector general, Sandra D. Bruce, said her office reviewed 16 alcohol-related incidents involving agents, candidate-agents and others from the government's Office of Secure Transportation between 2007 through 2009.
The memorandum said the incidents "indicate a potential vulnerability" in what it described as a "critical national security mission."
The findings were detailed in a memorandum dated Nov. 17, which said that when agents had drunk alcohol overnight after checking into local hotels, their trucks were in "safe harbor" status.
The document said the agents take part in a 21-week training course designed to help them prevent "the theft, sabotage or takeover of protected materials by unauthorized persons."
They were also meant to meet the "highest standards of reliability and physical and mental suitability," it added.
However, under a section headed "Alcohol-Related Incidents," the memorandum said "the number of alcohol-related incidents occurring over the last three years suggests that further action may be needed."
"May be needed??"
After reading that, I think I may need a drink…
Via Legal Insurrection.
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In most cases, this would mean war
Based on communications intercepted during the operation itself and the confession of one of the operatives, India has accused Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, of being behind the 2008 Mumbai massacre:
India has accused Pakistan's powerful spy agency of planning and executing the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the strongest and most specific allegation of Islamabad's involvement in the assault from a top official.
The remark comes a day before the foreign ministers of the rival nations are set to meet in Islamabad to attempt to rebuild a fragile peace dialogue that was shattered by the attacks, which killed 166 people. It appeared to be an attempt to ratchet up the pressure on Pakistan to prosecute people whom India says were deeply involved in the assault.
In an interview published Wednesday, Home Secretary G.K. Pillai accused Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence of playing a key role the attacks.
"It was not just a peripheral role. They (the agency) were literally controlling and coordinating it from the beginning till the end," Pillai told the Indian Express newspaper.
Sponsoring a raid on another country's city that results in over 150 deaths would usually earn one a visit from the other guy's military. And I have no doubt that a) India would have every justification to crush Pakistan and b) they could do it within a matter of weeks, if they tried.
But, then, both have nuclear weapons, which no doubt gives India considerable pause. Look at it this way: the point of nuclear weapons is that your enemy can't be sure of what will trigger a massive response, therefore they aren't likely to push you too far. In Pakistan's case, the ISI (which is highly Islamized and only nominally under government control) guesses it can get away with quite a bit without provoking war with India, because India, on its part, cannot be sure that an invasion of Pakistan wouldn't lead to a nuclear strike by a desperate Pakistani military. India also has to be concerned that punitive action against Pakistan, with its weak and unstable governments, might cause a collapse of central authority and the passing of Pakistan's nukes into much more dangerous and unpredictable hands.
Hence New Delhi's relatively mild words (after all, they're still talking) and the apparent determination that an attack against the nation's financial capital and the deaths of several hundred citizens isn't worth war.
The danger lies in a Pakistani miscalculation of India's response after the next incident, and there will be a "next incident," I'm sure. The ISI isn't sorry this happened, only that they got caught. With a large part of the service comprising jihad-minded Muslims, they're bound to continue their terror war against India. The risk is that the Indians decide they've had enough and should "do something" about Pakistan.
At which point things get really scary.
(via DaveedGR)
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We are officially wimps
Under George W. Bush, we were the ones who gave deadlines to others: first the Taliban, then Saddam Hussein. Now, under President Obama, our threats have so little meaning that our enemies set deadlines for us:
Iran warned on Saturday the West has until the end of the month to accept Teheran's counterproposal to a UN-drafted plan on a nuclear exchange, or the country will start producing nuclear fuel on its own.
The warning was a show of defiance and a hardening in Iran's stance over its controversial nuclear program, which the West fears masks an effort to make nuclear weapons. Teheran insists the program is only for peaceful, electricity production purposes and says it has no intention of making a bomb.
"We have given them an ultimatum. There is one month left and that is by the end of January," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, speaking on state television.
Yeah, I know our diplomacy toward Iran grew ever more feckless under Mr. Bush in his second term, but under Obama it's become positively feeble. The Iranians know they can do whatever they want, for the United States is lead by administration even more wedded to soft power appeasement than the Europeans. And it gets better: even the French president is tougher toward those black-robed fascists in Tehran than President Obama.
This Iranian ultimatum is a joke. They know we'll do nothing. They're laughing at us.
There is only one response:
Oh, the shame!
(via Legal Insurrection)
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Taliban near nuclear weapons
This should make us all feel real good:
A Taliban suicide bomber has killed seven people near a nuclear weapons complex in Pakistan's Punjab province.
The suicide bomber detonated outside a security checkpoint near the Kamra Air Weapon Complex in the district of Attock, Geo News reported. Three security personnel and four civilians were killed in the blast, and 12 more were wounded.
The Kamra Air Weapon Complex is one of three military industrial production facilities in the Wah Cantt, according to Global Security. The Pakistani Ordnance Factories, a collection of 14 factories that produce arms and ammunition for the Pakistani armed forces, and Heavy Industries Taxila are also contained within the Wah Cantt. More than 40,000 Pakistanis are employed at the factories.
Kamra is believed to be connected with Pakistan's nuclear weapons program. The Pakistani Ordnance Factories are believed to store nuclear weapons at a "screwdriver level" – meaning the components are stored disassembled and can be assembled within hours of needed use.
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When bullies whine
Forever playing the victim, Iran's UN ambassador complains when Israel threatens to do something about Iran's genocidal threats against Israel:
Iran: Israel's threats inexplicable
Iran's ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, sent a letter of protest to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in which he wrote that "there is no explanation for Israel's continuing threats against Tehran".
He was referring to an interview given by former Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh to the Sunday Times in which he said that if Iran were not further sanctioned by this Christmas Israel would attack the country.
Sneh told the paper that if Israel were forced to attack the Islamic Republic on its own it would do so, remarks the Iranian ambassador deemed "irresponsible".
Poor Iran. It's always being picked on by those Western-Crusader-Imperialist-Zionist Lackey tools of the Jewish Conspiracy(tm). I mean, it's not as if Iranian officials have:
Threatened to wipe Israel off the map.
Sponsored a Holocaust-denial conference.
Speculated publicly about needing only one nuclear bomb to destroy Israel.
Shipped arms to Hamas, which also wants to annihilate the Jewish State.
Conducted a decades long global terrorist campaign against Jews.
You're right, Mr. Ambassador. It's totally unreasonable and unfair for the Israelis to threaten Iran over its pursuit of nuclear weapons aimed at Jews peaceful nuclear power.
via Jihad Watch
(Cross-posted at Sister Toldjah)
1 Comment	| Hypocrisy, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Proliferation	| Tagged: Ban Ki-Moon, Ephraim Sneh, Iran, Israel, Mohammad Khazaee, nuclear weapons, threats, victimhood	| Permalink
This is comforting. If you're a religious psychopath.
Yesterday, Western governments were flatfooted by the sudden, surprise resignation of Ali Larijani, Iran's senior negotiator (read: official charged with playing the West for suckers) for nuclear issues. Pajama Media's Meir Javendafar described it as a case of one extremist getting fed-up with guys who were even more extreme:
Ahmadinejad does not believe in compromises when it comes to the nuclear program. To him, the reformists who have agreed to suspend Iran's nuclear program, are as traitorous as the corrupt Iranian leaders who surrendered Iranian territory to the Russians in the Golestan and Turkemanchai agreements in the early 1800s.
To him, as he once put it, Iran's nuclear program is like "a train with no brakes". In other words, Iran does not need to make compromises for anyone. It is the West, especially the United Sates who has nuclear weapons and has used them, who must compromise, and not Iran.
Larijani on the other hand, urged caution. Now, he did not do this because he is pro-West. In fact, once he openly threatened that if the US attacks his country, Iran would "put Israel in a wheelchair". He has also repeatedly attacked the presence of US troops in Iraq, and the policies of President Bush in the region. Larijani's calls for caution stemmed from the fact that he was far more experienced than Ahmadinejad, both in terms of holding senior government positions and dealing with Westerners.
Today we learned that Mr. Larijani has been replaced by another of the millenarian, messianic end-timers that President Gilligan Ahmadinejad like to hang around with. Saeed Jalili is a close ally of Mojtaba Hashemi Samare, who during his career at the Foreign Ministry, was known for torturing diplomats thought to have become too "Western." In turn, Hashemi Samare is a disciple of the Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, who is adored as a mentor and religious leader by … President Ahmadinejad. To give you an idea of where this crowd sits on the radical scale, Ayatollah Khomeini himself shut down Mesbah Yazdi's organization for being too extreme.
That's like Hitler putting down Ernst Röhm.
Now, however, bit by bit, the most extreme of the clerical fascists running Iran are gaining control over the country's nuclear program, which, as we all know, is for peaceful purposes. (Oh, stop laughing.)
The West didn't stop the Nazis in the 1930s, and over 50,000,000 people died for it. Let's not make a similar catastrophic mistake this time.
(Note: Edited 5/31/2011 to fix a broken link.)
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Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal substance in the U.S. and its use is growing. Marijuana use among all adult age groups, both sexes, and pregnant women is going up. At the same time, the perception of how harmful marijuana use can be is declining. Increasingly, young people today do not consider marijuana use a risky behavior.
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Approximately 1 in 10 people who use marijuana will become addicted. When they start before age 18, the rate of addiction rises to 1 in 6.
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Marijuana use can have negative and long-term effects:
Brain health: Marijuana can cause permanent IQ loss of as much as 8 points when people start using it at a young age. These IQ points do not come back, even after quitting marijuana.
Mental health: Studies link marijuana use to depression, anxiety, suicide planning, and psychotic episodes. It is not known, however, if marijuana use is the cause of these conditions.
Athletic Performance: Research shows that marijuana affects timing, movement, and coordination, which can harm athletic performance.
Driving: People who drive under the influence of marijuana can experience dangerous effects: slower reactions, lane weaving, decreased coordination, and difficulty reacting to signals and sounds on the road.
Baby's health and development: Marijuana use during pregnancy may cause fetal growth restriction, premature birth, stillbirth, and problems with brain development, resulting in hyperactivity and poor cognitive function. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other chemicals from marijuana can also be passed from a mother to her baby through breast milk, further impacting a child's healthy development.
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1-in-6 people who start using the drug before the age of 18 can become addicted.
1-in-10 adults who use the drug can become addicted.
Marijuana and THC remain illegal at the federal level, even though many states have legalized its use. In states where legal, marijuana is a fast-growing industry with sales to individuals over 21 in retail stores, wineries, breweries, coffee shops, dispensaries, online, as well as grown at home.
Over the past few decades, the amount of THC in marijuana has steadily climbed; today's marijuana has three times the concentration of THC compared to 25 years ago. The higher the THC amount, the stronger the effects on the brain—likely contributing to increased rates of marijuana-related emergency room visits. While there is no research yet on how higher potency affects the long-term risks of marijuana use, more THC is likely to lead to higher rates of dependency and addiction.
About Marijuana
Marijuana refers to the dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica plant. Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that contains close to 500 chemicals, including THC, a mind-altering compound that causes harmful health effects.
People smoke marijuana in hand-rolled cigarettes, in pipes or water pipes, in blunts, and by using vaporizers that pull THC from the marijuana. Marijuana can also be mixed in food (edibles), such as brownies, cookies, and candy, or brewed as a tea. People also smoke or eat different forms of marijuana extracts, which deliver a large amount of THC and can be potentially more dangerous.
Rise of Marijuana Use
Today, marijuana use is on the rise among all adult age groups, both sexes, and pregnant women. People ages 18-25 have the highest rate of use.
References and Relevant Resources
Drug Facts: Marijuana | NIDA
National Survey on Drug Use and Health | SAMHSA
Marijuana Use During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: Implications for Neonatal and Childhood Outcomes | American Academy of Pediatrics
What You Need to Know About Marijuana Use and Pregnancy | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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The short-term performance predicted from viscometry and microscopy correlated well with the 1-year field performance of the sealants. In addition, more than three million tires are currently stockpiled throughout the country. If the cracks are more than 2 inches deep, a backer rod should be installed to conserve sealant. The trouble is that these small cracks let water to penetrate the asphalt and seep through to the subgrade. Crack filling uses ordinary materials that do not bond well to the crack; it only fills the void and reduces intrusion of water and debris into the crack and does not move with the pavement as it expands and contracts. The advantage of the hot mixed process is better adherence to the existing asphalt and usually a longer lasting product.
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Q: Limit points of particular sets of real numbers. How to find  limit points of the following sets of real numbers, for irrational $\alpha$  ?
$(1)$ $\{ m+n\alpha:m,n\in\mathbb{Z}\}.$
$(2)$ $\{ m+n\alpha:m\in\mathbb{N},n\in\mathbb{Z}\}.$
$(3)$ $\{ m+n\alpha:m\in\mathbb{Z},n\in\mathbb{N}\}.$
$(4)$ $\{ m+n\alpha:m,n\in\mathbb{N}\}.$
There is a result, which says that every additive subgroup of the group  $(\mathbb{R},+)$ is either discrete or dense in $\mathbb{R}.$ Therefore using this fact we can say that set in  $(1)$ is dense in $\mathbb{R}.$ I think set in $(4)$ has no limit point because of $m,n\in\mathbb{N}.$ But I don't know how to find limit points of there sets. Please explain. Thanks in advance.

A: This one and this one cover $(1)$ and $(2)$. The argument that I gave in the second paragraph of my answer to the second question actually shows that the set in $(3)$ is also dense in $\Bbb R$: in it I found an $m\in\Bbb Z$ and an $n\in\Bbb Z^+$ such that $m+n\alpha\in(a,b)$, where $(a,b)$ was an arbitrary non-empty open interval in $\Bbb R$.
The interesting one is $(4)$. Suppose that $x\in\Bbb R$ is a limit point of $A=\{m+n\alpha:m,n\in\Bbb N\}$; then there are sequences $\langle m_k:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ and $\langle n_k:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ such that the sequence $\langle m_k+n_k\alpha:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ in $A\setminus\{x\}$ converges to $x$.

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*Show that without loss of generality we may assume that $m_k\le m_{k+1}$ and $n_k\le n_{k+1}$ for each $k\in\Bbb N$.

*Conclude that the sequence $\langle x-m_k:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ is non-increasing: $x-m_{k+1}\le x-m_k$ for all $k\in\Bbb N$.

Suppose first that $\alpha>0$; clearly the sequence $\langle n_k\alpha:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ is non-decreasing: $n_k\alpha\le n_{k+1}\alpha$ for each $k\in\Bbb N$. It's also clear that $m+n\alpha\ge 0$ for all $m,n\in\Bbb N$, so we must have $x\ge 0$.

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*Show that there are $k_0,m\in\Bbb N$ such that $m_k=m$ for all $k\ge k_0$, and conclude that $\langle n_k\alpha:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ converges to $x-m$.

*Show that there are a $k_1\ge k_0$ and an $n\in\Bbb N$ such that $n_k=n$ for each $k\ge k_1$, and conclude that $m_k+n_k\alpha=x$ for each $k\ge k_1$, contradicting the hypothesis that $\langle m_k+n_k\alpha:k\in\Bbb N\rangle$ is in $A\setminus\{x\}$.

This shows that $A$ has no limit points if $\alpha>0$.
Matters are very different, though, if $\alpha<0$. The argument in the third paragraph of my answer to the second question linked above actually shows in this case that if $(a,b)$ is any non-empty open interval in $\Bbb R$, there are $n\in\Bbb Z^+$ and $m\in\Bbb N$ such that $m+n\alpha\in(a,b)$, so that in this case $A$ is dense in $\Bbb R$.

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Н. Л. Шустов и сыновья — алкогольная фирма, один из крупнейших в Российской Империи производитель алкогольных напитков. Был удостоен звания Поставщика Двора Его Императорского Величества.

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Основатель фирмы, Николай Леонтьевич Шустов, родился в семье купца 3 гильдии, дьякона церкви Николая Чудотворца в Кошелях. Отец всю жизнь заносил рецепты алкогольных напитков в специальную книгу и сам периодически изготавливал различные водки и наливки. Более 20 лет Шустов служил при винных откупах.

В 1863 году он организовал собственное дело и зарегистрировал Торговый дом «Шустов с сыновьями». Первое производство Шустова представляло собой небольшой водочный завод, располагавшийся на Маросейке. Помещение Шустов арендовал у С. П. Боткина. Завод был укомплектован перегонным кубом, на производстве были заняты трое рабочих. В год завод выпускал 20-25 тысяч вёдер водки.

В 1865 году Н. А. Шустов уже в статусе купца 2 гильдии перевёл завод с Маросейки на Мясницкую улицу. Шустов делал ставку на качество продукции, поэтому производство и сбыт неуклонно росли.

В конце 1870-х Шустов перевёл завод во второй раз. Новое производство находилось на Большой Садовой улице, неподалеку от церкви Святого Ермолая. Завод находился в двух каменных одноэтажных зданиях. В одном из них был размещён паровой котел для перегонки алкоголя. В 1879 году на заводе трудилось 30 человек.

В 1884 году на заводе трудилось 40 человек. За год было произведено 100 тысяч вёдер водки на 420 тысяч рублей.

В 1895 году Шустовым было получено разрешение на строительство двух заводских зданий, одно- и двухэтажного. В 1897 году производство было расширено, а штат предприятия увеличился до 140 человек.

В 1896 году сменилась форма собственности — было образовано «Товарищество коньячного и водочного заводов и складов русских виноградных вин Н. Л. Шустова с сыновьями» с капиталом в 1 миллион рублей. Главой товарищества стал старший сын, Николай Николаевич Шустов. В этот момент фирма владела водочным и ликёрным заводом в Москве и складами на Тверской и Садовой-Кудринской улицах. В год реализовывалось более 100 тысяч вёдер ликёров и наливок и около 400 тысяч вёдер дистиллятов вин.

К 1896 году оборот фирмы составлял 3,5 миллиона рублей в год. Было налажено производство коньяка, объём производство в течение первого года составил 100 тысяч рублей.

В 1896 году Николай Леонтьевич Шустов скончался. Товариществом руководили братья: Николай Николаевич, Сергей Николаевич, Павел Николаевич и Василий Николаевич Шустовы.

Труд на московском заводе Шустовых оплачивался высоко: по данным на 1900 год, директор заводы зарабатывал 550 рублей в месяц, каждый из братьев получал по 250 рублей, мастера отделений получали от 50 до 75 рублей, чернорабочие — 18 рублей.

В результате реформ Витте, производство водки сократилось, и, чтобы не терять доход, Шустовы наладили производство коньяка. Ими был приобретён ереванский коньячный завод, заложенный в Тифлисском банке разорившимся купцом 1 гильдии Николаем Таировым. В 1899 году состоялась сделка по приобретению ереванского завода за 50 тысяч рублей. Также были приобретены винокуренные заводы в Одессе и Кишинёве. Оба они были переоборудованы под производство коньяка. В долине Арарата были открыты отделения по закупке винограда. За счёт этого производство коньяка удешевлялось. Производство коньяка осуществлялось по классической французской технологии.

К началу XX века производительность предприятий Шустовых составляла более 4,5 миллиона рублей в год. На московском ликёрном и водочном заводе трудилось 300 работников. На коньячном заводе в Ереване трудилось 25 рабочих, на кишинёвском — 20. Работали отделения фирмы в Санкт-Петербурге, Одессе, Нижнем Новгороде, Смоленске, Варшаве, Вильно, Самарканде, Париже и Лондоне.

В 1905 году в Одессе была создана научная станция виноградарей и виноделов. Организация выпускала профильную литературу и готовила специалистов в области виноделия.

В 1912 году Н. Шустов удостоился присутствия на императорском приёме по случаю Пасхи. Когда Николай II зашёл в зал, Шустов, в нарушение этикета, подал императору рюмку коньяка. Николай II попросил ломтик лимона, выпил рюмку и похвалил шустовский коньяк. По рассказам современников, с тех времён пошла традиция закусывать коньяк лимоном.

В 1913 году фирма Шустовых принесла доход более чем в 10 миллионов рублей.

К 1914 году Шустовы контролировали 30 % рынка алкоголя Российской Империи. Фирма владела 7 винными заводами в Москве, Ереване, Варшаве, Одессе, Кишинёве, Кюрдамире.

С началом Первой мировой войны и введением сухого закона предприятия Шустовых были переоборудованы под обеспечение нужд Военного ведомства.

После октябрьской революции предприятия Шустовых были национализированы. Владельцы пытались вернуть часть собственности, но переговоры с большевиками ни к чему не привели. Власти независимой Армении также отказали Шустовым.

В 1927 году вышла книга «Виноградные вина, коньяки, водки и минеральные воды», написанная Сергеем Николаевичем Шустовым. В издании была раскрыта часть алкогольных рецептов фирмы.

Ассортимент

Изначально Шустов выпускал только водку. В 1880-е годы ассортимент продукции был расширен за счёт ликёров, настоек и наливок. Были запатентованы такие напитки, как «Запеканка», «Чёрный рижский бальзам», «Спотыкач», «Нектарин», «Зубровка», «Рябина на коньяке». Товарищество Шустовых поставляло на отечественный и зарубежный рынки такие напитки, как «Желудочная горечь», «Кавказский горный травник», «Мандариновая горькая», «Яблочная настойка», «Северная настойка», «Ананасная земляника», «Поляника», «Листовка», «Толкачиха», «Шпанка», «Ликёр русских степных трав», «Ликёр крымский дюшес», «Ликёр белая слива» и другие.

При этом цены на продукцию были невысоки: самый дорогой ликёр стоил 1,5 рубля. К концу XIX века товарищество производило русские виноградные вина, спирт, ликёры, наливки и водки. В 1896 году было налажено производство коньяка. После приобретения ереванского завода ассортимент фирмы был расширен за счёт коньяков «Три звёздочки», «Четыре звезды», «Финьшампань», «Экстра».

В 1890-е годы Товарищество Шустовых продавало вино, выращенное в Карданахи (Грузия) на виноградниках, принадлежавших С. Д. Шереметьеву.

После начала Первой мировой войны фирма начала выпуск холодильных машин, компрессоров, металлических труб, противогазов и распылителей.

Награды и признание
В 1896 году на Всероссийской выставке в Нижнем Новгороде фирма Шустовых получила золотую медаль. Представитель фирмы удостоился преподнести образцы продукции Императору Николаю II, Великому князю Константину Константиновичу и принцессе Ольденбургской.

В 1900 году во время Всемирной выставки в Париже были представлены образцы «Финьшампаня отборного», коньяка, произведенного в Армении. Во время «слепой дегустации» коньяк Шустовых был признан лучшим и получил золотую медаль. Особенной привилегией стало право называть «Финьшампань» коньяком, а не бренди и размещать это название на этикетке.

В 1906 году опытная винодельческая станция Шустовых (Одесса) была удостоена золотой медали.

В 1912 году компания Шустовых получила звание Поставщика Двора Его Императорского Величества.

Реклама

В начале XX века многие города Российской Империи стали пестрить рекламой Шустовых. Именно эта фирма первой запустила слоган «требуйте», применительно к своему коньяку. Впоследствии многие другие популярные фирмы использовали этот приём. Когда в Москве появились первые трамваи, они были украшены рекламой Шустовых. Даже конкурент, В. П. Смирнов, признавал доминацию рекламы Шустовых:
 Не было в империи трамвая или конки, на крышах которых не громоздился бы … щит «Коньяки Шустова!». С граммофонных пластинок орали не своими голосами Бим и Бом: «Дайте нам шустовский коньяк!». Пластинки раздавали совершенно бесплатно в рекламных целях… Но, что удивительно, она сработала! Все брали «Коньяки Шустова», как будто сошли с ума!

Для привлечения внимания к бренду Шустовы стали использовать хитрый приём. Прилично одетые юноши в сопровождении спутницы заходили в дорогой ресторан, делали заказ. Выяснив, что в заведении не подают коньяк Шустовых, молодой человек оплачивал счёт и удалялся. После подобных случаев многие рестораны включали в ассортимент «Финьшампань» и другие коньяки Шустовых.

Годовой рекламный бюджет Шустовых составлял 400—500 тысяч рублей.

Благотворительность
В Ереване на средства Шустовых был приобретён участок, на котором на средства города была возведена больница. Из уважения к благотворителям в больнице была учреждена «шустовская» кровать.

В 1910 году Н. Н. Шустов перечислил 50 тысяч рублей на строительство Пресненского попечительства о бедных. Для строительства был выделен участок на Большой Грузинской улице. Важным условием было то, что строительство будет осуществлять само Попечительство, а неизрасходованные средства будут возвращены на счёт организации.

В 1913 году, во время празднования 50-летия фирмы, в фонд пособий служащих фирмы было выделено 60 тысяч рублей.

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Eckerton Hill makes use of our covered growing space by continuing to cultivate cold hearty crops through the winter season. We offer our weekly harvest to the local community via our Winter CSA.
117 Lobachsville Road, Fleetwood, PA 19522 along with corresponding payment.
A winter harvest-share program known as CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), or a network of people who pledge to support a local farm. CSA members make an upfront payment at the onset of the growing season in exchange for a share of the anticipated harvest. This initial capital helps the farm fund necessary supplies, seed and labor when it needs it the most. Once harvesting begins, members receive weekly shares of the fruits and vegetables.
Eckerton Hill Farm is known for our specialty and heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables, much of which cannot be found in your typical grocery store. Membership has many benefits: to enjoy locally raised foods; expand the variety of foods in your diet; support sustainable farming; and simplify your food sources through add-on shares that include breads, eggs, cheeses, and mushrooms, all from local artisans to be picked up with your weekly CSA share.
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A regular Winter CSA membership costs $200 and consists of 6 items of produce with a value of $25 per week. A large Winter CSA membership costs $280 and consists of 9 items with a value of $35 per week. We ask that members submit their payment up front for the season. If this is a concern for you, please contact us. We are open to establishing a payment scheme that works for you.
Families living in or near Berks County are welcome to join the Winter CSA, which will run as a weekly distribution for eight weeks beginning Wednesday November 4th and ending Wednesday December 23rd. Pick up will be Wednesdays at the below locations and times.
Click here for the registration form. Please fill out the final page of the registration form and mail it to us, along with a check made out to Eckerton Hill Farm for the appropriate amount, at 117 Lobachsville Road, Fleetwood, PA 19522.
Thanks for supporting small farms! We look forward to sharing our winter harvest with you!


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Two rape reports at Reading Festival 2016
James Preston
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03:46PM, Friday 02 September 2016
The number of reports of robberies, assaults, drug offences and rapes increased at this year's Reading Festival, according to police statistics.
Figures released by Thames Valley Police today show that, although overall reports of crime were down when compared to last year, more serious offences including rape and assault with injury were up.
The figures show there were two rape reports at this year's event, compared to none last year, while assaults with injury were up to six from two last year.
There were six robberies of personal property, compared to none in 2015.
The number of recorded drugs supplying incidents went up from eight to 12, while drug possession numbers were up.
Overall, the number of crimes reported went down to 117 from 147 last year. This included big drops in the number of thefts.
Thames Valley Police said it worked in partnership with events organisers Festival Republic, other emergency services and Reading Borough Council over the six days of Reading Festival and a year's planning was needed.
Superintendent Rory Freeman, police commander for Reading Festival, said: "Reading Festival has been a success, with a capacity audience of 90,000 people throughout the weekend which presents a unique challenge.
"This year we introduced new ways of working to reduce crime including a multi-agency problem solving team consisting of police officers, Reading Borough Council staff and festival security. Their role included targeting issues such as fraud and ticket touts.
"Police officers were also embedded with campsite managers with the aim of providing reassurance, targeting hotspots and reducing crime. These new ways of working proved to be successful and we will look to build on these next year."
The numbers are made up of the following, unaudited, public reported crimes (figures in brackets are from 2015):
Theft not classified elsewhere 65 (81)
Theft from the person – theft only 33 (50)
Theft from the person – snatch 5 (0)
Theft from vehicle 1 (1)
Theft by an employee 0 (1)
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Rape 2 (0)
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Assault without injury 3 (3)
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Additional police recorded crimes:
Drug possession – cannabis 9 (4)
Drug possession – excluding cannabis 9 (4)
Drug supplying (including possession with intent to supply) 12 (8)
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The neck-and-neck results of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses didn't change the minds of many New Hampshire Republican voters who were tuned into developments in the Hawkeye State - but Rick Santorum picked up a slight boost, a new poll out early Wednesday shows.
The level of support for Mitt Romney, Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman were all unchanged among New Hampshire Republican primary voters who watched news coverage of the Iowa caucuses, according to the results of a CNN/ORC International poll conducted Tuesday night.
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Q: When navigating between CakePHP plugins I get an error I am consistently getting an error when navigating between CakePHP plugins (that I coded).
I bootstrap them like this:
CakePlugin::loadAll(array(
    'OneTime' => array('bootstrap' => true),
    'Mango' => array('bootstrap' => true),
    'Intercape' => array('bootstrap' => true)
));

I link to them like this:
echo $this->Html->link($image,array('plugin'=>'intercape','controller'=>'tickets','action'=>'StepOne','agent'=>FALSE),array('escape'=>FALSE));

echo $this->Html->link($image,array('plugin'=>'mango','controller'=>'tickets','action'=>'StepOne','agent'=>FALSE),array('escape'=>FALSE));

I can clear my cache and navigate to a plugin, but if I use a link like the following one to go to the home page then the next time I try to click the other link I get a bug.
Clicking this link
echo $this->Html->link($image,array('plugin'=>'','controller'=>'agentusers','action'=>'dashboard','agent'=>TRUE), array('escape'=>FALSE));

gives this bug the next time I click the Intercape link (not the Mango link)
Fatal error: Class 'MangoAppController' not found in /var/www/mtn/app/Plugin/Mango/Controller/TicketsController.php on line 12
I have checked that Intercape does not reference Mango anywhere.  Clearing my cache lets me click Intercape and use the plugin, but then Mango won't work.

A: It turns out that the problem was in using the same controller name in different plugins.
Cake was caching where to look for controller source across plugin requests and so was looking for the wrong code.
Renaming the controller solved the problem, but made the URL's a bit messy :(


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TRABZON, Turkey -- The controversy over cartoons of the prophet Muhammad was at a full roar on the Sunday morning that a bullet pierced the Rev. Andrea Santoro's heart, so the 61-year-old Catholic priest was initially counted as a casualty of a moment, an especially volatile one between two faiths talking loudly past each other.
Two months later, many here are still operating under that assumption. According to witnesses, after shooting the Italian priest in the back, his killer shouted, "Allahu akbar!" or "God is great," a common utterance in Muslim worship that can double as a battle cry.
But among residents of this small city overlooking the Black Sea, another explanation took firm hold in the weeks that followed the Feb. 5 killing near the altar of the only church within a hundred miles. The priest was a missionary, residents whispered to one another, and his death resulted from a dispute over the money Turks have long believed missionaries pay to Muslims they are trying to convert.
"Everybody says he was paying a lot of youngsters -- college students -- 100 euros per month to convert them," said Recep Hickorkmiz, who drives one of the white minivan taxis that crowd the city's steep streets.
"I heard it, too," said a woman on an apartment balcony overlooking the church, where she said she heard Santoro arguing with a group of young men the day before the shooting, but not what they were arguing about. "They say the boy told his friend the priest gave him 100 for registering here, and that if he goes, in he would get the same."
The talk appears to be only that. Mahya Usta, the attorney for the Turkish teenager accused in the murder, said missionary work "has nothing to do with my case." And leaders of Turkey's tiny, embattled Christian community said the ancient rumor of people paying for converts was an especially bad fit for Santoro.
"We have no money," said Bishop Luigi Padovese, vicar apostolic of Anatolia. "I gave Andrea 300 euros a month. If he gave 100 to each person. . . ."
But if the local version of events appears to have scant grounding in fact, it is anchored in a deep-seated mistrust of Christianity in Turkey, a nominally secular republic that U.S. officials frequently cite as a democratic model for the Muslim world.
"Actually, the state might be secular, but it's not making that distinction in its activities," said Isa Karatas, spokesman for Turkey's perhaps 80 evangelical Protestant churches.
Until religious minorities succeeded in changing the law, Turkey required Christians and Jews to study Islam in the religion classes that are compulsory in Turkish schools from the fourth grade. The state has confiscated hundreds of church properties, only recently returning portions under pressure from the European Union, which Turkey is trying to join.
With perhaps 100,000 Christians in a population of 70 million, Turkey officially tolerates and protects faiths other than Islam. Unlike Afghanistan, which last month threatened to execute a Christian convert, the country has no laws barring Muslims from leaving the faith or against attempts to lure them away.
Yet Turkish police charged 293 people with "missionary activity" from 1998 to 2001, a state minister told parliament recently. People who place calls to Christian groups operating inside Turkey are warned against uttering the word "missionary" on an open phone line.


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Vuse makes waves as the first global carbon neutral vape brand
PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire
Jul. 22, 2021, 12:16 PM
- Thames voyage officially marks BAT's Vuse becoming the first global carbon neutral vape brand[1]
- Latest step in BAT's ambitious target to be carbon neutral across its own operations by 2030
- Supports BAT's corporate purpose of building A Better Tomorrow™
LONDON, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BAT's Vuse celebrates its position as the first global carbon neutral vape brand with a carbon neutral summer voyage down the Thames in London, home of BAT's global headquarters.
The event underscores Vuse's commitment to carbon neutrality and its various supporting initiatives. For instance, in utilising substantial sea freight as part of its global supply chain, the aim is to move the majority[2] of Vuse's global shipments by sea freight by the end of next year.
Kingsley Wheaton, Chief Marketing Officer at BAT, said: "I am proud of the way that Vuse is playing its part in delivering A Better Tomorrow by reducing its impact on the environment.
"Vuse is a leading global brand with ever-increasing scale, which allows us to drive global supply chain efficiencies and effectiveness. I am delighted that, in Vuse, we are demonstrating the kind of purposeful behaviour expected from leading brands of the world. This commitment will play a part in our vision of A Better Tomorrow becoming a reality."
Vuse's carbon neutrality was certified by BAT's sustainability partner, Vertis, in May 2021 as a world-first global vape brand achievement and a significant contribution to BAT's ambitious climate targets, including carbon neutrality across its own operations by 2030. The achievement builds on BAT's strong ESG foundations which are deeply embedded in its business, its people and its culture. In 2020 alone, BAT achieved a 30.9% reduction in emissions from its operations, contributing to a 37.4% reduction against a 2017 baseline. In March 2021, BAT announced a further ambition to be carbon neutral across its value chain by 2050, representing around 90% of its total carbon footprint.
Vuse's carbon neutrality status, and ambition to increase sea freight, is part of a bigger ambition to become an environmentally sustainable vape brand with initiatives including:
A global device and pod collection scheme - through BAT's Drop the Pod campaign, approximately 200k pods were collected since the start of the pilot in 2020
Cutting single use plastics from packaging - Cut the Wrap has saved 100 tonnes of plastic, or the equivalent of four million plastic bottles in 2020[3]
BAT has reduced its carbon usage by 30% in the last year[4]. It has been reducing its carbon footprint by:
Improving the energy efficiency of factories by upgrading to more efficient and lower-impact equipment
Increasing the use of renewable energy through renewable energy purchases and on-site energy generation. On-site solar energy is used in factories in eight countries and two new installations are planned this year.
Driving external certification for carbon neutrality - three of BAT's major sites are going through external certification for carbon neutrality.
BAT is committed to its purpose of building A Better Tomorrow™ by reducing the health impact of its business through providing a range of enjoyable and less risky products*.
BAT's sustainability efforts and commitment have received notable independent recognition. These include inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for 19 consecutive years (the only tobacco company to be listed in the prestigious World Index in 2020), a MSCI rating of BBB and CDP A List status for climate change.
Vuse's carbon neutrality is part of BAT's overall carbon reduction ambitions and has been independently validated by Vertis based on product Life Cycle Assessment data provided by an independent third party. Today's voyage down the Thames was carbon neutral.
BAT is a leading, multi-category consumer goods business with a purpose to build A Better Tomorrow by reducing the health impact of its business through offering a greater choice of enjoyable and less risky products for adult consumers. The company continues to be clear that combustible cigarettes pose serious health risks, and the only way to avoid these risks is not to start or to quit. BAT encourages those who would otherwise continue to smoke to switch completely to scientifically-substantiated, reduced-risk alternatives*. In order to deliver this, BAT is transforming into a truly consumer-centric multi-category consumer products business. BAT employs over 53,000 people and operates in over 180 countries, with 11 million points of sale and 45 factories in 43 markets. The company's Strategic Portfolio is made up of its global cigarette brands and a growing range of reduced-risk* New Category tobacco and nicotine products and traditional non-combustible tobacco products. These include vapour, tobacco heating products, modern oral products including tobacco-free nicotine pouches, as well as traditional oral products such as snus and moist snuff. In 2020, we had 13.5 million consumers of our non-combustible products, a rise of 3 million on the year before. The BAT Group generated revenue of £25.8 billion in 2020 and profit from operations of £9.9 billion.
*Based on the weight of evidence and assuming a complete switch from cigarette smoking. These products are not risk free and are addictive.
This release contains certain forward-looking statements, including "forward-looking" statements made within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as "believe," "anticipate," "could," "may," "would," "should," "intend," "plan," "potential," "predict," "will," "expect," "estimate," "project," "positioned," "strategy," "outlook", "target" and similar expressions. These include statements regarding our customer target ambition, New Categories revenue targets and our ESG targets.
All such forward-looking statements involve estimates and assumptions that are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors. It is believed that the expectations reflected in this release are reasonable but they may be affected by a wide range of variables that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. A review of the reasons why actual results and developments may differ materially from the expectations disclosed or implied within forward-looking statements can be found by referring to the information contained under the headings "Forward-looking statements" and "Group Principal Risks " in the 2020 Annual Report and Form 20-F of British American Tobacco p.l.c. (BAT).
Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in BAT's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the Annual Report on Form 20-F and Current Reports on Form 6-K, which may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website, https://www.sec.gov and BAT's Annual Reports, which may be obtained free of charge from the British American Tobacco website www.bat.com.
Past performance is no guide to future performance and persons needing advice should consult an independent financial adviser. The forward-looking statements reflect knowledge and information available at the date of preparation of this release and BAT undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.
[1] Based on ePod, ePen, eTank mini, Alto devices and consumables internal sales forecast (calculated March 2021) for 12 months starting from April 2021
[2] Vuse aims to have 80% of international shipments transported by sea by the end of 2022.
[3] Plastic saving per annum was calculated from 2020 global sales volumes and the plastic bottles comparison was based on a 22.9g bottle weight, representative weight of 500ml commercially available soft drink bottles (May 2020). Results have been verified by an independent body.
[4] BAT_ESG_Report_2020.pdf page 125
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