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This image was created at 9:30 am in Kachemak Bay, AK on Saturday morning with the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II with the 1.4X II TC (handheld at 280mm) and the EOS-1D MIV. ISO 400: 1/2000 sec. at f/5.6 confirmed by histogram check and set manually. Amazingly, it is a full frame vertical original. I was going for broke and got lucky; in the next frame, the wingtips at the top were clipped. For an interesting discussion of phase angle and to see how the folks on BPN helped me to improve this image, click here.
Folks are always asking how I get my images so sharp. In part, it is because I carefully micro-adjust my lenses every month. The day before I left for Homer I micro-adjusted both my 70-200mm and my 800 mm with the Lens Align Mark II. Once you get the hang of tethered-testing it usually takes only five or minutes at most to be confident of the accuracy of your results. To learn more about Lens Align Mark II and view the tutorial, click here.
As I own two 2X TCs I have labeled them as #1 and #2. I use #1 with the 800, #2 with the 70-200. The camera bodies can tell the difference between a 1.4X and a 2X TC but they cannot identify individual 1.4X TCs as different so it is important to always use the same TC with a given lens after that combo has been micro-adjusted.
With camera bodies (or with lens/TC combinations like the 800mm f/5.6L IS/2X) that do not autofocus in Live View the procedure is simple. Set everything up as usual, magnify to 5X, and then focus manually. With telephoto lenses sharp focus will snap into place. The simple proceed as before noting and adjusting for any back- or front-focus issues.
Same place and gear as above, this one at 9:02 am at 255mm. Though this one was created only 28 minutes before the vertical image above, note how much sweeter the light is. This has to do not only with the difference in the time of day but also with where I was pointing the lens in relation to the sun. In this image the light was much more behind me….
You will be glad to know Joe that my last round of micro-adjustments was done with IS turned off. Thanks for the heads up.
This image was created from a drifting, rocking boat at 11:04 am yesterday with the Canon 800mm f/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X II TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering at zero: 1/1250 sec. at f/8. The almost magical 4-stop IS of the 800 surely helped in this situation as did the recent micro-adjustment.
Below is a list of the gear mentioned above. Thanks a stack to all who have used the Shopper's Guide links to purchase their gear as a thank you for all the free information that we bring you on the Blog and in the Bulletins. Before you purchase anything be sure to check out the advice in our Shopper's Guide.
Canon EF 2XIII teleconverter. The new 2X III TC is a bit sharper than the previous version, the EF 2X II TC.
Jay, Your last comment shed some light on the situation for me; well done.
Michael, thanks for stopping by. Have fun at the show.
Thanks Mike: I have talked and read reviews of the both systems and have ordered the Mark 11 – it looks like you researched the development process extremely well and the product is well supported for the user. An example everyone should take note of.
Ken….I think Artie's examples in this post say it all.
All of our system yield the same accuracy and repeatability. We are no longer making the Pro and Pro Plus systems although they might still be available at B&H. The MkII system was designed to replace the Pro system. It is lighter smaller, knocks down for travel, and much less expensive.
I use long lens for shooting wildlife and birds and demand extreme sharpness. Which is your systems would work best for maintaining the greatest of details.
I do not know what "similar" devices you are referring to. The one device that I am aware of is similar in looks only, and lacks the technical sophistication of LensAlign. It is inappropriate for me to comment on a methodology that I do not believe in.
Hi Art: Aren't you glad that you didn't clip the wings on any of the above shots, those are just great shots Art.
For the DOF scale for aligning your lens, are those distances consistant with other similar devices or is it just for the manufactured one that you sell.
You calculator shows 20 inches in front of the focus point and 21 inches behind it. This is a total DOF of 41 inches, which puts 49% in front and 51% behind. or 49/51.
My 64/36 is a typo and should be 36/64. 36% in front and 64% in the rear. Sorry.
On a Canon 1D4, f/4.0, 400mm, at 100ft — my calculator says 98ft 4in to 101ft 9.1in for DOF. What is the relationship between that and your numbers, i.e. – 100 = 48.9/51.1? Or at 1250ft it is 1025ft 6.7in to 1600ft 2.3in versus – 1250 = 64/36?
Thanks Michael. Since I won't be setting my LensAlign tool at infinity from the camera, I will keep trying to put the focus point in the middle. ;-0 Seriously, thanks for all the info.
DOF calculators are available at iTunes for the iPad. Also free for Windows at http://www.gophotog.org/tools/dofcalc/win/whatitdoes.html and http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/technical/depth_of_field_calc.html. One can find more sophisticated versions for a price — search Google.
The 1/3 front/back DOF ratio is true, but only at distances approaching infinity. Most people think that the 1/3, 2/3 rule is for all dustances.
OK, Artie, the questions were for anybody.
Frankly, I very much enjoy this type of discussion, as you can't help but learn something even if you said everything wrong – and I did!
I now understand from Michael's discussion that nothing physical is happening within the camera when MA is applied; it is an electronic adjustment.
I have used and do support the use of the LA!
I have never used the LA to MA with MF in LV; I will definitely give it a go as a result of this discussion.
What I also think I understand NOW is that when you use LA in LV, and your lens is "off", after you focus on the target with either AF or MF, the "off" will be displayed on the ruler and it will be approximately the same regardless of whether you used AF or MF.
And, regardless of whether you used AF or MF, once you have applied MA to zero the lens/body combination, when you use AF in the field that numerical adjustment will be applied and result in a properly focused image.
Manual focus in view finder.
Jay, I cannot understand much of what you wrote or who some of your questions were for….
My only point was that using MF in live view to MA was pointless if you'll be using AF in the field. I believe all I've read confirms that point.
This has no bearing on the LensAlign MkII, as it is a wonderful product. I have one and suggest others do the same.
One last question Michael. Most of us have heard that the DOF is 1/3 in front of and 2/3rds behind the focus point. By using MA, do we not throw tht out the window and have a 50/50 balance in front of and behind the focus point?
The AF system on DSLRs is not as accurate as it needs to be for our demands.
The process of Micro-Adjust is not difficult and one does not have to understand all of the technical stuff I threw out there. I just did that to put out some truth, and dismiss some myths and false information. And to stop some people from over-thinking this and making it too complicated.
It IS very simple. The MA is for AF as we are used to using it. We are making a setting so that the camera focuses best it can with each of our lenses. End of story.
Once again, what MA does is to make the normal AF be tuned to each of your lenses. Just what we need it to do. If you want your pictures to be as sharp as Artie's you have to MA your lenses, just like you have to get the exposure right. Just part of being a photographer in the digital world. When I grew up we had to know how to mix chemicals and do all of that much more complicated stuff. We have it easy in the digital world, but we do have to master our tools, just like in the wet darkroom. No free lunch.
I will be doing some videos after Photoshop World that will show it really simple and with a number of techniques. Hope to see some of you at Photoshop World. Stop by my booth and say hello and I can show you how simple it is.
Whew! It sounds and looks complicated to me with all so many variables! I think I will just shoot and let the manufacuturers worry about the tech stuff. I only have an MEd, I think you need a PhD to understand all of this about MA, MF, AF, LV, VF, non-LV, slow LV, contract Detect.
Now I'm Dizzy ! !
I think I will just take my camera and point and shoot. Sounds simplistic ! That's what I like ! Me and the bush and whatever moves !
Thanks Michael. Seems like there is a lot of misunderstanding about MA. I like to keep it simple. I shoot AF using the viewfinder so I MA shooting AF using the viewfinder.
Whew! Words on paper are so difficult. Let me see if I can help (this time :>).
1 – Using MF in the MA process is just to have a reference. The MF part of the procedure has no affect on the AF system or adjustment process. It is sort of like an A/B comparison. "Let's compare the AF actual performance vs. a human induced LV MF to see the difference and help to correlate the AF to be more precise than it is.
It is possible (and probable) that these 4 will not always agree. THAT is why we are having this discussion. If the 4 methods agreed, then we would not be having this discussion about MA. We would be shooting pictures.
3 – Let me discuss each of those focusing methods and their potential accuracy.
a) MF in VF – This method is potentially not very accurate because there are so many variables.
– The image used to focus is not the captured image. It is a proxy.
– Ground Glass in VF is now made of plastic and FOCUS is NOT it's top priority. It's top priority is to gather as much light as possible to produce as bright an image in the VF as possible. Even the DOF display in the VF is not accurate.
– Placement of the "ground glass" (plastic) may not be correct due to MT (manufacturing tolerances). I am told that the VF is not tested for focus accuracy in final QC of the cameras (this may not be true for all manufacturer, or all models, but I am told from a reliable source that it is true. I do not know for sure).
– Diopter adjustment. This has a huge affect on a human being to focus accurately in the VF. Not all photographers set it with precision or at all.
– Eye hand coordination of the photographer.
– resolution of the lens ring to translate the (maybe bad) hand movement of the photographer to the computer that tells the lens to move.
– The above 2 do not apply to wonderful older lenses that use smooth and continuous (ie, analog) focus mechanism.
b) MF in LV – This is potentially the most accurate focus method because the focus image IS the image that will be captured. it is limited by the 2 lens resolution limitations mentioned above and the ability of the photographer to determine the exact point of focus from the LCD or computer monitor (tethered). Also there is a time delay between the movement of the lens ring and the displayed image which adds to the eye-hand coordination issue. But with diligence this is the most reliable method of focus.
– Well this is the one under discussion in term of the MA.
– but also AF system is an "open loop" system (in terms of hardware and software) which means that the camera never confirms (to itself) that the lens has actually gotten to the exact point of focus.
– and then there is wear and tear, dust and dirt, condition of lubricants, temperature, and on and on.
– We use the MA to tune-out the inaccuracies of the AF system, so that the basic operation of the system compensates for the "constant" errors that cause imprecise AF in daily use. That is to say we are cancelling out the MT of each lens/body combination.
– The MA is stored in the cameras memory, the same as your menu settings, and everything else that is stored.
– That is to say there is no mechanical change to the lens or camera body, and no change of ANY KIND to the lens. The lens has no idea that it has been "micro-adjusted".
– The camera body has now been "instructed" that any time lens A is mounted on the camera and the AF MA system is turned on, tell the AF system that this lens (lens A) tends to back focus on this body, so when you auto-focus, pull the focus point forward by x amount (the value stored in the MA system for this lens) so that the focus plane is set to the proper point.
– The MA system CANNOT compensate for "focus glitches" which happen from time to time and produce AF errors.
d) AF (LV Slow or Contrast Detect) – Theoretically, this should provide perfect focus because the computer focus system (in the camera) is using the image itself to determine the exact point of focus. But in practice that is not always the case. (Subject for another rant).
I hope that this information gets me closer to the question that you are asking :>).
Seriously, while this may not address your specific question it should provide a lot of useful information (or additional confusion). Let me know.
Jay, it is my understanding that MA makes no physical adjustment to the lens and/or camera. It is all an electronic adjustment.
Artie, there is no edit of comments.
I am on my iPad and could not editbeasily what I typed at the beginning.
It should read that your statement regarding MF in LV "may be incorrect depending upon the purpose of and how MA works in the lens.
Now that I think about it further, MA I would guess fixes the lens elements and that is why each lens must be done separately andvthe camera remembers the settings for each lens.
If it fixed AF then it would be the same fix for all lens and you would only have to test one lens to correct AF.
That would suggedt that you can use MF in LV to MA each lens, and ergo your statement is correct.
Sorry I did my analysis in the comments.
Perhaps I will find out in the morning the results.
Artie, I did not initially follow MF issue since my 7D & 5DII AF in LV. I read what David wrote, agreed and restated. Now I have read it more carefully and I believe your opening comment suggesting MF in LV when doing MA is incorrect, IF I understand the purpose of MA.
I think Michael's post agrees.
When you aim the lens at the center of the target, isn't the goal to be able to push the shutter button 1/2 down, activate AF, and have the target in focus?
When you use AF and the target is not in perfect focus, doesn't the ruler show us if the lens mechanically focused too close or too far?
And, if the LV shows focus forward or in back of the intended point, then we use MA to force the lens to AF correctly.
When we use MF, the AF mechanism is not activated, and – this is the big and regarding what MA is adjusting – we are not shown if the auto focus mechanism is front or back focusing.
Is the purpose of MA to manually fix AF, or is the purpose to micro adjust the various lens elements in relation to each other.
If the former, MF would not work.
If the latter so that when you MF the target the actual location of focus is not spot on, then MF will work as you suggested.
That then raises the question for David and others that have to use MF in LV, how do they chevk that after they apply MA using MF, the lens is correct when they use AF through the view finder in the field?
To summarize, does MA fix AF or – crudely stated – fix the allignment of the lens elements?
Hope this made sense. For me it is 11PM and I am off to bed; for you Artie it is 5AM and you are sleeping. Good shooting!
All this said, this is why I feel using MF in live view to MA my MkIII is incorrect.
David, I think what you have said makes a lot of sense. I think you are saying that by definition there is to forward or back focusing error to deal with when you manually focus because you have chosen your POF and you make that tack sharp. With auto focus you choose the point of focus and the camera is supposed to focus tack sharp at that point BUT instead focuses either in front of or behind the chosen point.
If you 100% of the time you manually focus you would not need to do any MA.
Is that what you are saying? I agree.
Are we in left field?
Artie, yes, you and I are on the same page. It seems to reason that if you use MF when performing a MA you would need to use MF in normal shooting conditions to ensure the expected results since I don't see a correlation between the MF adjustment and what AF will subsequently perform. If you think about it a MA performed using MF is pointless as MA works hand-in-hand with the AF system. A lens/body combo could be front/back focusing with AF a ridiculous amount, but if you MF it would not matter.
I hope I'm explaining my point well enough.
Oh yeah, that 2d photo is unbelievable!!!! Just stunning.
Good tip about turning IS of before MAing. I never do that but will from now on. I also found adjusting the new 70-200 with the 2x TC frustrating. Maybe it will be easier with the IS off. For those who have not purchased the LensAlign, do it. Rigging up home made targets is at best a waste of time and could give very bad results. I think a lot of folks mess up well focusing lenses using MA incorrectly. And Art, I remember a few years ago you never MAed your lenses and now you do it monthly!! Old dogs can learn new tricks, can't we?
Michael, Thanks for stopping by. As I read it you have not understood David's concerns or question.
I will try: How can we be sure that our manual focus will match the focus point of our AF system? If the two do not match, then any M-As will be useless….
I may not fully understand your question, but I think you are asking the relationship between MF LV and normal AF shooting. if this is what you are asking this is my response. If not please explain a little further.
There are many methodologies to use LensAlign when adjusting MA for AF. LensAlign is the common element and as such any of the correct methods should yield the same results. When using MF LV in the process, we are using this as a perfect focus reference. But this is one way to do MA. I think it is always good to see how the perfect focus looks on the screen, so we know the results we are looking for when we do a confidence check that the proper AF MA value is set. So in the end, as you suggest, there is NO technical correlation between MF LV and AF shooting. But there is the commonality that the proper focus achieved by MF LV and AF normal shooting will be the same proper focus.
BTW…I have seen LV AF (slow contrast detect) achieve improper focus too many times to trust it. I would always confirm that the AF in LV is actually locking to best focus rather than close focus. Seems to depend on the camera in my experience.
Artie: where do you find a location for the eagles shots – I'm hoping to find some this year. as for the IS – for fast moving objects, sport photos or birds in motions photos, I was having soft images with the IS on. Once I turned it off , my shutter speeds were always above 400 or 500 anyway, the softness went away and the sharpness appeared again. I found you have to press the shutter half way for the IS to kick in, and in something moving fast th IS doesn't always want to kick in properly.
I use a tripod for most of my images now and never use the IS.
I'm envious of your eagle photos – you are very lucky to have access to so many type of birds.
We photograph the eagles on boat trips near Homer, AK. It is not something that you could do on your own. Robert O'Toole will be doing several trips next year. Keep your eyes on the Bulletin. As for never using IS, you are making a very large mistake.
All throughout my career I have found that the harder I work and the nicer I am to people the luckier I get.
The issue of No-IS is a bit unclear. Are you now "always" doing the process with IS off? What modifications to your tutorial should be made, i.e. the pressing of the shutter half way down to activate IS will not be applicable? Did the Canon rep offer an explanation or rationale for this change? Thank you for the tutorial. Between it and the several comments made throughout the blogs offers a lot of information to assimilate.
Mike, I treat my gear roughly and with all the travel that I do it takes a beating vibration-wise so it is a combination of being safe and making sure that there have been no big changes due to damage or vibration.
David, I will try to have Michael Tapes address your concern.
Artie, you state that you micro-adjust your lenses monthly. Do they lose their calibration that quickly or are you just being very careful?
At what focal length are you MAing your 70-200?
Thanks, your Blog Is Da Bomb!!
PS: and so is the full frame eagle; I too like you last RP best.
Artie, wonderful images as always.


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US Preparing for Intervention Most Americans Oppose in Syria
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The U.S. is making plans for a military response if it is confirmed that chemical weapons were used last week in attacks that opposition activists claim killed at least 1,000 people. Last week the Navy strengthened its presence in the eastern Mediterranean. With the USS Mahan staying in the region longer than expected there are now four American ships with cruise missile capability in the region.
United Nations weapons inspectors are examining the sites of the suspected chemical attacks today. One of the U.N.'s vehicles was hit by sniper fire.
On Friday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said that if the use of chemical weapons is confirmed the U.S. would respond in order to prevent another chemical attack.
Last month Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey outlined military options in Syria in a letter to Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. The last of the five options Dempsey outlined was the "Control of Chemical Weapons." Below is a section of Dempsey's thoughts on how the U.S. could prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons in Syria:
We do this by destroying portions of Syria's massive stockpile, interdicting its movement and delivery, or by seizing and securing program components. At a minimum, this option would call for a no-fly zone as well as air and missile strikes involving hundreds of aircraft, ships, submarines, and other enablers. Thousands of special operations forces and other ground forces would be needed to assault and secure critical sites. Costs could also average well over one billion dollars per month.
CBS is reporting that the Pentagon is preparing for cruise missile strikes on targets in Syria. Although Dempsey's letter to Levin was written before the recent suspected chemical weapon attacks it does provide a glimpse at what sort of operations the U.S. military may soon be conducting in Syria in order to prevent the proliferation of chemical weapons if the use of chemical weapons is confirmed. Although Dempsey did mention ground forces being deployed in Syria in order to secure chemical weapons sites in his letter to Levin even Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), two of the leading advocates of intervention, have said that an intervention in Syria would not require having troops on the ground.
While it is looking increasingly like that the U.S. will respond to the confirmed use of chemical weapons in Syria with military force Obama may want to consider that even with the use of chemical weapons taken into account most Americans oppose intervention in Syria.
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August.26.2013 at 11:11 am
"You put your goddamn hand on that scanning screen, or I'll hack it off and put it on for you!"
"The missiles are flying. Hallelujah."
Sheen's most compelling presidential role.
Complete the sequence, Mr. President.
Who's going to cover the IRS-NSA-AP-PPACA-Fast-and-Furious phony scandalocalypse when we're at war with Syria?
And here we have one of the most compelling arguments for a war with Syria. (And you forgot Benghazi.)
Another: a desperate attempt to make Obama look better. Too late! All the world's bad guys know he's an incompetent windbag. Some cruise missiles won't change that.
August.26.2013 at 12:04 pm
I knew when I was typing that out I was forgetting something.
Invisible Finger
This is why Nixon was better than Obama.
Tricky Dick actually got us out of wars while his scandals increased.
BFawlty
The man's got to earn his prize by blowing people to pieces.
Our government no longer cares about what the people think.
We have to get into another war, because people killed with chemicals are more dead than people killed with bullets.
FOE hits it right on target, above.
CatoTheElder
The government could not possibly care less what people think on any really, really important issue because all contingents of the ruling class agree on all really, really important issues. The behavior of elected officials regarding TARP conclusively demonstrates this fact.
The U.S. is making plans for a military response if it is confirmed that chemical weapons were used last week in attacks
When is Congress voting on this?
It's part of a continuing resolution to blow people up, see.
Yeah, I know, someone killed children with chemicals, now we're going to kill children with drones. That makes it all better.
Congress?
What do they have to do with the commander-in-chief going to war?
I suppose they could refuse to pay for it and be face accusations that they don't support the troops, the unpatriotic bastards.
Seriously, where in the Constitution does it say that only Congress gets to declare wars? Art 1 Sec 8 permits Congress to declare war, but it doesn't say that the president can't do it all by himself. And the US has demonstrated over and over again since the '40s that the president can do it all by himself. He orders the war as c-i-c, and the military obeys him. It's a living Constitution, and all those old-fashioned limits on executive power are just dead letters.
Congress is really the problem. If it asserted its prerogatives even once in a while, the executive wouldn't be so out of control. Even now.
If there is one upside to having a fuck you that is why administration, there is little danger of them ever bothering to build any public support for an intervention.
wareagle
and where is the loyal opposition in this? From what I can see, the GOP warboner is strong.
Since when is the GOP supposed to be the anti-war party?
I await the giant anti-war demonstrations.
Oh, wait, that would be racist. Never mind.
To me, the most interesting part of all this is that Our Masters in DC and the DemOp Media-Industrial Complex seem almost entirely concerned with getting the UN to authorize this, rather than Congress.
That is what they did in Libya. I have this strange feeling that God is showing his sense of humor here. Watch us get into a nasty conflict over there and for the WMD reports to turn out to be false or a false flag operation done by the rebels. Because you know lying about WMDs so the country can go to war is a really big deal I am told.
Aresen
At base, I wouldn't change my view on intervention even if Assad went on TV and boasted that he'd done it and was planning to do it again tomorrow.
Simply put, we have no dog in this fight. If the US is going to play globocop, civil wars are the domestic disputes of world policing.
But that is besides the point. The irony of watching liberals defend Obama for going to wary on false reports of WMDs would be quite delicious.
I would not object in the slightest to a drone through Assad's bedroom window, but all that would mean is another member of his coterie taking over.
Because then they can pretend they aren't like Bush because intervention in Syria was a 'humanitarian' intervention.
Of course they won't put anyone on the ground who could do anything to prevent a humanitarian disaster. Instead they will bomb random people with no end state other than to show the world they are doing something.
The Democrat's definition of a humanitarian intervention is one in which we have no national interest. When we have a national interest, they're against it.
A guy who kills for his own profit is at least comprehensible and can be defended against (even if you can't stop him).
A guy who kills for a "higher purpose" cannot be controlled and is terrifying.
I wonder what effect the recent NSA revelations will have on that.
The Late P Brooks
most Americans oppose intervention in Syria.
What the fuck do they know? If they're so smart, why aren't they working for the government?
Don't worry. As soon as Obama starts bombing them, polls will start showing that team blue supports intervention.
You might want to buy stock in Raytheon and whatever other companies are in the cruise missile manufacturing business. Someone will benefit from this, so it may as well be you.
Yes. And Obama doesn't want any casualties to have to explain. So this operation is going to consist of randomly bombing people until the government falls and then declaring victory and leaving the country in complete chaos.
If the US leaves Syria after the intervention. See, e.g., Germany, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
We left Libya didn't we? Maybe Obama is dumb enough to throw a hundred thousand US troops in there. But even I can't believe he is that stupid.
No way. As far as I can tell, at least 75% of the "good guys" hate us, and 100% of the bad guys.
Which side is which?
I havent figured that out yet.
DontShootMe
Well, side 1 is the folks who are afraid they'll get slaughtered if Assad wins. And side 2 is the folks who are afraid they'll get slaughtered if Assad loses.
August.26.2013 at 1:04 pm
There are no good guys on the Assad/Iran/Hezbollah side. The rebels have some Kurds and pro-Western democrats, but they seem to be outnumbered and overshadowed by the Al Qaeda and other Sunni jihadi types.
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said that if the use of chemical weapons is confirmed the U.S. would respond in order to prevent another chemical attack.
And the sad part is, no one even questions the morality of such a statement. It's just a given that the US will militarily strike anyone it pleases if it concerns WMD.
Who the fuck do we think we are. FUCK YOU BUSH!
Neoliberal Kochtopus
Bush? At least Bush got Congress's permission.
I think Frank's point is that GWB set the precedent.
Well then that's still nonsense.
Well, he set the precedent of getting some kind of authorization from Congress, too.
It was more like a waiver, but they signed on to it, all the same.
If the Syrians are in fact gassing their own people, I hardly see how the international community stepping into stop them is immoral. Iladvised perhaps. But immoral? I don't see it.
Whether they're using gas or bullets to kill their own people, it's none of our business.
Anyone who wants to help should be free to do so, but don't enlist me.
When those people start showing up by the 1000s in other countries as refugees, it becomes other people's business. Europe has every right to intervene to stop a refugee crisis.
It would be nice if there could ever be a rational discussion where such things are called bad ideas and not in the country's interests rather than the usual histrionics.
A Frayed Knot
So where is the vaunted Turkish military in all this? I've been told, in these forums in fact, that you the Turks have a badass military. They have refugees and military rounds crossing their border, let them beat down Assad.
I was surprised that those errant artillery shells weren't used as a pretext to invoke Article V of the NATO charter. It's good if someone thought better of it at the time, but that good judgment seems to have gone out the window lately.
Assad plus Iranian Shiites seem like enemies of Turkey, but Al Qaeda Sunnis plus some actual democrats and Kurds aren't exactly friends.
Europe has every right to intervene to stop a refugee crisis.
That would seem to be Turkey and Israel and Lebanon and Jordon and Iraq's problem.
I think I got my geography right, I did it without looking it up.
Anyone who wants to help should be free to do so, but don't enlist me
I'd like to enlist McCain and Graham to get their asses on the front lines, now.
There is always the hope that McCain would be taken prisoner….
Gassing, bombing, shooting, starving.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Were Americans gassed?
It's none of our fucking business! How in the name of fuck are our national interests at stake? Dear fucking god, there are nations in Africa committing genocide and we are going to intervene in Syria simply because some people were killed with chemicals rather than machetes?
Maybe our interests are not at stake. And that makes the war a bad idea. It doesn't make it immoral. Saying it does just makes you look like a histrionic douche.
Killing people where you have no interests isn't immoral?
Just fuck you John. That was about the dumbest statement you've ever made.
Go fuck yourself and clutch your pearls somewhere else. Killing people to end a genocide would certainly moral even if doing so wasn't in your national interest. And since when is killing people in the national interest somehow the height of morality?
You people are so emotional, you can't even make a decent argument when you are right. I think we should stay out of there and you people still embarrass me.
There is more to these issues than your little psychodrama and desire to feel aggrieved and self righteous. Calm down Francis.
My money, John. My money.
I think you are right, John. Whether or not it is in the national interest has little or nothing to do with the morality of the act. War may sometimes be necessary to the national interest, but unless it is self defense, it is rarely particularly moral.
If they use my money without my consent, it is immoral.
The "rules of war" allow only certain kinds of bullets and munitions. And since we are a "rules is rules" county…
I guess we care more about cheap cell phone batteries than the many crimes against humanity regularly committed in places like the Congo.
The only thing that makes it moral is some element of self-defense.
Clearly, we aren't defending our actual, you know, selves, but self-defense can also extend to the defense of others. Hence, I suspect, "responsibility to protect".
Where it starts to break down is that self-defense is more like a privilege than a responsibility. You don't have an obligation to go to the defense of a third party, so "responsibility" to protect is not aligned with self-defense, at least legally.
It also breaks down because self-defense doesn't apply to "collateral damage", which is vanishingly rare in the usual self-defense situation but inevitable in war-fighting.
We'll just kill all of those children with bombs, that way no one can kill them with chemicals. WIN!
fredtyg
No. The sad part is nobody is questioning who really used chemicals, assuming they were used at all. It would make no sense for Assad to use them. It would make perfect sense for the rebels to.
bmp1701
If anyone's curious, here's a handy list of the factions involved in Syria.
Maybe it's just human nature to instinctively believe that wars consist of Manichean conflicts between the Good Guys and the Bad Guys. Meanwhile, Syria is the perfect example of a civil war being a bar-room brawl with artificial political borders.
The only way the US wins here is for the conflict to never end. If the US was going to intervene, it should have done so at the very beginning when we could still put people who didn't hate us in charge. Now, the US loses no matter which side wins.
it should have done so at the very beginning when we could still put people who didn't hate us in charge.
How has that worked out in the past?
Quite well in places like South Korea, Greece, Indonesia, El Salvador, and even Iraq when you compare it to what is happening in Syria and Libya right now.
Amazingly enough Frnasisco, there is more to history than Vietnam.
Dont forget about the Philippines. Oh wait, nevermind.
Chili.
The list goes on and on.
Chile too.
19th Century spelling is valid IMO.
General Sisi should have waited at least another month before removing Morsi from the Egyptian presidency, so that more Muslim Brotherhood volunteers would have volunteered to fight in Syria, as they were being publicly encouraged to do by at least one top cleric.
It seems likely to me that the party flying the swastika is probably Bad Guys.
Sort of like the War of the Three Henrys raised to the fourth power.
Obama should have made it perfectly clear that Assad only gassed all those people because of a Youtube video. Then he could have walked away from his red line.
Yeah, that 'chemical weapons use means America has to get involved directly' excuse is just as flimsy coming from Obama as it was coming from Bush.
Apparently, they've decided to go, and the rest is just marketing.
You know, if the Islamists were really smart, they might have faked all of this, to get US troops on the ground over there, so they can shoot at us, on their own turf. Just sayin. This is stupid, stupid, stupid. There is no reason that we should be involved in this, at all, and no good will come of it. We're going to get a lot of people killed, including our own, and then the Islamists will take over Syria. And then we'll be right back over there again, for some other stupid reason.
Swiss Servator - past LTC(ret)
I think they would want us to remove Assad first, then shoot at us.
Hey, this is 2013. Everybody else multi-tasks, so I'm sure the jihadis can manage.
Those who criticized the Obama Administration for trying to arm the rebels in Syria seem to have missed at least one point: if the Obama Administration has already decided to go, then arming Assad's enemies (however bad they may have been) was the alternative to America's direct involvement.
And wouldn't it be better to be involved in another Nicaragua than another Iraq?
If Obama attacks Assad Hezbollah directly, won't he be opening another front in the War on Terror? And why would Hezbollah just limit themselves to fighting the rebels in Syria after that? I suspect we may quickly come to wish we had just held our noses and armed the rebels–no matter how bad they were.
The rumor has always been that the Iranians had all of this ability to launch terror attacks against us if we ever attacked them. I have never believed it. But we are about to find out. And if one of the results of this is the extermination of Hezbollah, one will never be able to call it all bad.
Nobody's exterminating Hezbollah.
If we want to exterminate Hezbollah? We're gonna have to go harder than Israel has. Think about that: if we want to exterminate Hezbollah, we're gonna have to get more involved with Hezbollah than Israel has–and we're gonna have to go harder than Israel has, too.
That isn't going to happen. If Israel doesn't have the will to do what it takes to exterminate Hezbollah, then what makes you think we have the will to stand up to that?
You want to exterminate Hezbollah? You're gonna have to nuke them from orbit.
1. Israel had the will, it didn't have the international political backing.
2. Hezbollah would not be fighting on its home turf. The only reason they held out against the IDF is because they had years to prep a defense. This won't be true in Syria.
Not that I'm advocating the US getting involved – just pointing out that Hezbollah wouldn't last if should it get in direct conflict with US armed forces.
Both Israel and the United States have wisely decided in the past to bug out rather than do what it took to tangle with Hezbollah (or what coalesced into Hezbollah) and win.
Hezbollah has home field advantage in Syria–certainly more so than Israel or the United States.
Regardless, has Hezbollah presented a threat to American security since elements of what coalesced into Hezbollah attacked our Marines in 1982?
The correct answer is no.
Why open ourselves up to that threat now? Is the war against Al Qaeda going so well that we need a new terrorist adversary? Isn't the threat of terrorism from Al Qaeda enough–without subjecting the American people to even more risk?
Somebody should ask Barack Obama why it's in America's best interests to make America a direct adversary of the United States, when it was only an adversary by proxy before?
Somebody should ask Barack Obama why it's in America's best interests to make [Hezbollah] a direct adversary of the United States, when it was only an adversary by proxy before?
That would be because the US never had a justification to do so and no reason to get the public support for the kind of effort necessary to wage a proper war against them.
If you think Hezbollah with their cold war era weapons, no air force, primitive artillery and no combined arms could win a war against a determined US, you are an idiot or fucking delusional. Seriously, knock off the crack. "Home field" just means you can survive to wage a insurgency after you drop your weapon and run for your life. And should also be noted that there are a ton of people in Lebanon who will gladly volunteer to exterminate the entire Shia minority with US help.
"If you think Hezbollah with their cold war era weapons, no air force, primitive artillery and no combined arms could win a war against a determined US, you are an idiot or fucking delusional."
How are we doing against the Taliban in Afghanistan? They have cold war era weapons, no air force, and no artillery, too.
Does the term "Vietnam War" mean anything to you?
Oh, and what technological advantage over Hezbollah do we have that Israel doesn't have?
"And should also be noted that there are a ton of people in Lebanon who will gladly volunteer to exterminate the entire Shia minority with US help."
I'd love to think the people of Lebanon would rise up against Hezbollah if the United States went up against them, but that sounds a lot like Dick Cheney's wishful thinking regarding what would happen once we invaded Iraq.
Hezbollah wins elections in Lebanon too–let's not forget that they aren't without any popular support. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they enjoyed more popular support among the Lebanese than the United States and Israel.
Holy selective memory!
DEATFBIRSECIA
"Somebody should ask Barack Obama why it's in America's best interests to make America a direct adversary of the United States"
Liked it better in the original.
Israel is under a huge microscope and has never tried to exterminate Hezbollah. They have always done one measured response after another to avoid international outrage. Even when they invaded Southern Lebenon, they left before finishing the job because of international pressue. With Israel it as always been bomb a little more to show them we are serious.
Dealing with the United States would be an entirely different matter. The United States, being a superpower, can do things and fight in ways Israel can only dream of. Not to mention the fact the Sixth Fleet alone can bring more firepower to bear than the entire IDF. If Hezbollah thinks taking on the US is going to be like fighting Israel, they are in for a huge surprise. They might want to call their Islamic brothers in the Taliban to ask them what that is like. Only Hezbollah won't have a friendly Pakistan frontier to run and hide in. They will just have to stand and die.
If the Obama Administration has already decided to go,
And that's the decision at issue, with a side of where the fuck is Congress?
Right. Ken is kind of assuming the argument here.
"Ken is kind of assuming the argument here."
I'm reading the information available. Consider a few points:
1) The flimsy chemical weapons excuse.
As I wrote yesterday:
"The idea that we have to respond to a chemical weapons attack–even if it isn't in our best interests to do so–is such a stupid argument, it should probably be considered a red flag…
The only reason an administration usually makes that argument is when they want to go to war over the American people's objections."
2) There's this quote from yesterday's article, too:
"Damascus, Syria (CNN) — Syria will allow U.N. inspectors full access to any site of a purported chemical weapons attack, Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al Mekdad told CNN on Sunday.
The agreement is effective immediately, he said.
But a senior U.S. official called it too little, too late."
https://reason.com/24-7/2013/08…..o-visit-si
Like I keep saying, I've seen this movie before.
3) Meanwhile there's this in the post above:
"Last week the Navy strengthened its presence in the eastern Mediterranean. With the USS Mahan staying in the region longer than expected there are now four American ships with cruise missile capability in the region."
Nothing's certain until after it happens, but put all that together, and, no, Ken isn't "assuming" anything.
No, Ken, that's not what I am saying. you said:
We didn't miss that point because we're criticizing them for getting involved in the first place.
That's not a terribly helpful strategy.
Put it in another context and imagine if Milton Friedman (who thought we really shouldn't have a Fed), when the president or the Fed Chairman came to him and asked for his advice, said, "Well, the thing is, we really shouldn't have a Fed, so I have no policy prescriptions whatsoever. If you want to know what I think, then you're gonna have to abolish the Fed first–and then I'll give you some advice!"
That's an excellent way to make sure libertarian ideas remain as irrelevant as possible.
Once it becomes clear that nobody is going to do what the libertarians really want, that does not mean our positions are no longer relevant. If they're going to ignore our advice about staying out of these things entirely, then we've still got a lot to say about how things should be done and why.
Another example: regulation is better than socialism, and socialism is better than communism; and being a libertarian doesn't mean I can't favor better rather than worse.
Oh, and incidentally, bringing the Arab Spring to the Persian doorstep might be in America's best interests, even from a purely libertarian perspective, too, but that's another argument.
So you're saying you are indeed *for* the funneling of arms to Syrian rebels? Yes or no?
I think, strategically, within the context of a debate about whether Congress should give the president the authority to arm the rebels (in accordance with the Constitution), then, yes, given that even Iran itself considers the survival of the Assad regime to be crucial to its own security, and given that Iran's nuclear program and long range missile program represent a serious threat to the American people, then, yes, I think we should support Congress giving the president the authority to arm the rebels.
Mickey Rat
How far do you have to be down the gator's throat before you start struggling?
I'm not as worried about slippery slopes anymore, since, you know, they're a fallacy.
It's certainly possible to use a proxy instead of becoming involved directly–without becoming involved directly.
All it takes is for someone like Barack Obama to decide to use a proxy instead of getting involved directly. Certainly, Barack Obama's choices aren't any more inevitable than anything else.
It does make direct intervention more likely, though, when you criticize Obama for arming rebels because they don't respect human rights, etc. I mean, if you don't think arming the rebels is in the best interests of the United States, then argue that point…
But if doing what's in the best interests of American security involves giving arms to some nasty people, then I think we should do what's in the best interests of American security anyway.
Don't you?
Is Rand going to remain silent this time?
Dave Krueger
While it is looking increasingly like that the U.S. will respond to the confirmed use of chemical weapons in Syria…
Oh, so you think that Obama is actually going to wait for confirmation? I think they've already decided to attack and are just waiting for fabrication of evidence that will constitute the excuse.
They need another war badly right now. Because NSA, IRS, etc., etc.. Looks like they've found that war.
I wouldn't even give them that much credit. They are just insane at this point. I honestly don't think they have a plan or any idea what they are doing or why they are doing it.
"I'm just a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just…do things."
John, I'm sure Obama will be clear about it in his MLK speech on Wednesday.
You don't need a plan to shoot cruise missiles at someone. There won't be a "war". There will be airstrikes. Americans only get upset when there are boots on the ground getting shot at. Killing brown people from the skies is just fine.
The only "plan" here is to make the NSA/IRS scandals go away.
As I said above, we are just going to randomly bomb people until Assad falls, declare victory and then leave the country in complete chaos. It is the most idiotic and insane thing I have ever seen a US President do.
But it's not immoral.
At first I read that as "immortal" – and I thought 'great, now we have to send Highlander in…"
Random bombing sucks, but if the goal is to eliminate Assad, that seems like not the most insane strategy ever.
It isnt our responsibility who rules next.
I think in Afghanistan, we should have removed the Taliban from power (check) and then left (uncheck). If they come back, we can too. Eventually, they will see the flaw in returning.
"There won't be a "war". There will be airstrikes. Americans only get upset when there are boots on the ground getting shot at."
I would agree with that, in a lot of cases, but I think you're assuming that Hezbollah is going to take American airstrikes lying down.
This isn't the U.S. bombing Libya in 1986. This is a terrorist organization with a military wing. They go tit for tat with Israel all the time. Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah; Hezbollah retaliates by attacking Israeli civilians…
Why assume that if we launch airstrikes against Hezbollah, that they'll just take that lying down? And if they do manage to hit some of our civilians, why not assume there will be a "war"?
Back when I was a kid, airstrikes were an act of war. We've come a long way since then. Now they are "humanitarian actions".
I'm not complaining though, because I know that "fucking for virginity" must be right around the corner.
The mission should be named:
Operation Shield Me from the Scandals
or more simply,
Operation ScandalShield
Hagel said that if the use of chemical weapons is confirmed the U.S. would respond in order to prevent another chemical attack.
It'll be awkward when someone uses chemicals after the U.S. responds.
a better weapon
If this happens, how likely is it that Putin gets involved? I know he's an ally of Assad, but is his allegiance with him strong enough to go to war with the US over, or has his support of Syria just been more of a superficial "Fuck you" to us and the Europeans and he'll just let Assad sink?
Sadly very likely. And everyone should be terrified by this. Obama is a joke internationally. And Putin and the Russians are paranoid and desperate to maintain international credibility.
I think it is at least possible Putin miscalculates and figures he could intervene and give the US a bloody nose and Obama will run home giving Russia its biggest strategic victory since World War II. Sadly, I don't think even Obama would run home. And any conflict between Russia and the US is likely to escalate into world war.
Hopefully cooler heads will prevail. But there is a danger of this happening. Obama is so weak right now and Putin is just crazy and desperate enough to think he can make a chump of him in a limited war.
It is unlikely to happen. But sometimes the unlikely does happen. And situations like this where one side is incompetent and weak and the other side is desperate and sees the first side as an easy mark is how wars often begin.
I suspect Putin is quite confident that he can get Barack to back down, and thus has every reason to escalate.
Remember the mic slip about "wait until after the election when I'll have more flexibility"? Putin does.
Speaking of chemical weapons.
CIA 'helped Saddam Hussein carry out chemical weapons attack on Iran' in 1988 under Ronald Reagan
U.S. fed intelligence to Iraq about whereabouts of Iranian forces
Iraq deployed mustard gas and sarin in 1988 on the back of the information
U.S. administration supported Iraq during the eight-year conflict
Up to 20,000 Iranian troops were killed by mustard gas and nerve agents from Iraqi forces during the war
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new…..eagan.html
Well, that's not quite fair. I doubt if we said "Here's where to deploy your chemical weapons." We gave Saddam some intelligence because Iran was the greater threat, and we were helping two of our enemies kill each other.
Which is, perhaps, the only rational reason for intervening in Syria: to keep two groups of our enemies killing each other. Not that I am saying it would be a good idea, just that it's a rational reason.
Seems to me the more rational thing would be to let our enemies kill each other.
Indeed, but we also want to keep that going for as long as possible, and want to discourage the use of chemical weapons. Those are two arguments for intervention. (Not that I am buying them, just saying that they exist as arguments.)
'Chemical' weapons were widely used on WW1 battlefields, but rarely in WW2. Hitler! The ignition of gun power is a chemical reaction. Is a bullet a chemical weapon? The best property of ordinance is logistical submission. That is, you want those bouncing betties to injure the enemy in the groin area, not kill him. Gassing people is stupid.
plumbertom
Just one problem with this plan.
It fails to take into consideration Al Quada.
The question must be asked, how does Obama know that if chemical weapons were used that they are not captured or manufactured and used by AlQuada to draw the UN and of course the US into the fight?
We know for a fact that AlQuada has no reservations about killing civilians to further their aims.
LardoSardo
Dude seems to know what time it is man. Wow.
http://www.AnonRights.tk


As always, I'll just say that there were probably better records than these released in 2005, but I don't care. Sorry Kanye! I made my choices based on the records I know I listened to the most, which were as follows….
Here's to a safe happy healthy 2006.


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OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ – During the Township of Ocean Council Meeting on Feb. 21, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon made a special presentation to the Mayor and Council to commemorate the Township's 170th Anniversary. Clerk Hanlon gave the Mayor and Council a digital reproduction of the first recorded map of the Township which was filed in the Office of the Monmouth County Clerk, 170 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1849.
Acting Warden Donald Sutton, Sheriff Shaun Golden, Fraternal Order of Police, Superior Officer's Lodge #30 President Shawn M. Reece, Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Freeholder Deputy Director Lillian G. Burry, Freeholder Director Tom Arnone, and Freeholder Gerry P. Scharfenberger, Ph.D.
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon was honored as the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #30, Monmouth County Superior Officers Association's Person of the Year for 2018 at the union's 11th annual winter gala last weekend at Doolan's in Spring Lake.
Reece told MMM that Hanlon was the unanimous choice of the 11 person screening committee that chose this year's honoree.
Posted: November 6th, 2018 | Author: admin | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon, Monmouth County News, Vote | Comments Off on It's Election Day! Vote!
New Jersey's new Vote by Mail law, signed by Gov. Murphy in August, has the potential to leave voters hanging on Election Night, not just in New Jersey, but across the country. Candidates and voters should be aware that the results on Election Night may be far from final.
With recent polls suggesting that the New Jersey Senate race is tighter than many anticipated, and with several New Jersey congressional races polling within the margin of error, the new law could cause the entire nation to be left wondering which party will control of the U.S. House or Senate come January.
September 30, the last Sunday in September, is Gold Star Mother's Day nationally, and in New Jersey, Parents of Fallen Military Sons and Daughters Day. Every year on Gold Star Mother's Day, we are called upon to express love, sorrow, and reverence towards the families who have lost a child who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
Coinciding with the special day, Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is launching the Gold Star Parent Identification Card program.
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is continuing to get the word out, statewide, about the impact of the new Vote-By-Mail law signed by Governor Murphy last month, which went into effect immediately.
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon today posted a form on her website for voters to use if they want to opt-out of the automatic Vote-By-Mail law recently signed by Governor Phil Murphy.
The new law requires that any voter who voted by mail in 2016, the last presidential election, automatically be sent Vote-By-Mail ballots in all future elections unless they opt-out in writing.
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FREEHOLD, NJ – Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon is reminding voters that a new law signed by Governor Phil Murphy in August dramatically changed the Vote by Mail rules in New Jersey. These changes are effective immediately and will impact the November General Election.
The new law mandates that all voters who voted by mail in the 2016 General Election be sent a Mail-In Ballot for the 2018 General Election, even if they did not request one. If these voters do not want to receive a 2018 General Election Mail-In Ballot, they must notify the County Clerk in writing to opt out.
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If you voted by mail in the 2016 presidential election, you won't be able cast your ballot in the voting booth/machine this year, unless you write your County Clerk to opt out of receiving a vote by mail ballot. Pay attention to your mail. If you voted by mail in 2016, you will receive a Mail-In-Ballot this year too, due to a new law signed by Governor Murphy this month.
Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced changes to the vote by mail procedures in a press release on Friday afternoon.
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Monmouth County Clerk Christine Giordano Hanlon announced today that date of the September Special School Board elections originally scheduled for September 25 has been changed to October 2.


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Abroad COMMENTARY — Erdoğan touts al-Qaeda-linked militant as a role model in Turkey
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan touts al-Qaeda-linked militant as a role model in Turkey
Yasir Abdul Rahim
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Publicizing an otherwise private audience for senior jihadist figures including a prominent al-Qaeda-linked fighter in the presidential palace of Turkey's Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the first week of April shows how emboldened the Turkish president has become in pushing a jihadist ideology in Turkey, neighbouring countries and beyond.
The Turkish leader has apparently shifted his ideology-driven foreign policy into high gear following the takeover of the Afrin region in northern Syria by Turkish military troops and Free Syrian Army (FSA) elements. After he received and listened to in his office a group of intelligence officers accompanied by jihadist elements attached to the FSA, Erdoğan told his party's faithful on April 7 how proud he was of the FSA fighters, who he glorified by stating how committed they are in their belief in God.
In this bizarre speech delivered during a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) convention in the western province Denizli, he specifically singled out one man who was wounded and underwent several surgeries before rushing back to the field to continue fighting. "My dear brothers, I hosted a group from the FSA this week in my office and chatted with them. I was sorry for myself when I saw how committed they are in their beliefs and faith. One of them was among the commanders [of the FSA], a very interesting [man]; his friends introduced him. They said, Mr. President, you know this man does not have a stomach. It turns out his stomach was removed because of bullet wounds. I asked him to lift up his undershirt. He pulled it up and there were stitch marks everywhere. Not only there [his abdomen], he also took bullets in his shoulder, back and all over his body. The PKK [Kurdistan Workers' Party] put a bounty on his head, yet he went back to the front after these surgeries…Thank God, he wears a Turkish flag on his shoulder."
Addressing lawmakers at his party's group meeting in Parliament on April 10, Erdoğan again brought this man to the attention of AKP deputies [and to the Turkish public as well because his speeches are always televised live on more than a dozen national TV networks]. "You know, the FSA top brass in Afrin visited me, we talked, and I listened to their introductions. I gave them presents as I bid them goodbye. And it was very interesting, one of the commanders, a colonel, was described as the most devoted. I asked how so, and they said his stomach was removed in surgery. I said how that could be, I asked them to expose his abdomen to see for myself, and they did. Really, this entire area [Erdoğan points to his belly as he speaks] underwent surgery. Not only that, he also took bullets in the shoulder, back and all over. But, my beloved brothers, he did not stop, and he actually went back to the field again and now he is on the front lines."
This man, identified as Yasir Abdul Rahim, aka Abu Aref, presented as a role model by the Turkish president, was a major figure in the al-Qaeda-linked Jaysh al-Fateh campaign few years back. Nicholas A. Heras wrote a detailed background about this man in a Jamestown Foundation piece that was published on March 30, 2015. As a Syrian military officer who had defected, Abdul Rahim was described as the most prominent commander in Faylaq al-Sham, an Islamist rebel group that has been active in the Aleppo, Idlib and Hama governorates. He has been trying to secure a prominent position among disparate rebel groups, some of which are affiliated with al-Qaeda. Erdoğan's public support may have provided a new boost to his ambitions to become a key military broker in Syria.
He was already embedded by Turkey in the peace talks with Syrian rebel leaders that were launched by Turkey, Russia and Iran in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2017. He caused a scene when he got up and protested Iran during the talks. The video posted on Facebook shows him lashing out at the host, the Kazakh foreign minister, and storming out of the meeting. He later rejected the deal agreed in Astana, saying the opposition did not sign on to anything. He has been interviewed by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency several times, which has provided him a platform for conveying his message to a Turkish audience.
Abdul Rahim was interviewed by the pro-Erdoğan İHA news agency after the Turkish president's tribute, and he told the reporter that he sees Erdoğan as the leader of all Muslims. Posing with his comrades-in-arms in the background in a mobile unit that he commands, Abdul Rahim was saying how he is pursuing jihad and fighting against the crusaders' alliance in Syria with supplies provided by the Turkish army, the second largest military in the NATO alliance in terms of manpower. The interview was broadcast by all pro-government media outlets, and excerpts were published in pro-Erdoğan dailies the next day. This is quite a stunning spectacle in which Erdoğan is clearly pitting his FSA militia, some apparently originating from al-Qaeda factions, against the militia of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), backed by the US and other NATO allies.
We know that Turkish Islamists led by Erdoğan have never seen eye-to-eye with allies and partners when it comes to battling al-Qaeda groups even though al-Qaeda's ideology poses a fundamental security challenge for Turkey, a predominantly Sunni nation of 81 million. The organization has claimed some dozen bloody attacks in Turkey, taking the lives of many people, yet the AKP government has deliberately thwarted any serious crackdown on the group and its Turkish affiliates. In January 2014, when a major al-Qaeda investigation was made public, leading to the detention of many including a former Gitmo detainee, Erdoğan stepped in to hush up the probe, helped free the detainees and punished investigators who exposed the ring after months-long monitoring of al-Qaeda.
When the US and the UN listed Saudi businessman Yasin al-Qadi as a financier of the al-Qaeda terror group, which put him on a sanctions list in Turkey, Erdoğan secretly met with him half a dozen times and facilitated his entry into Turkey despite a ban under Turkish law and UN resolutions. He and his son Bilal aided and abetted al-Qadi's clandestine business dealings to move funds in and out of Turkey. When a corruption investigation was made public on Dec. 25, 2013 that incriminated Bilal, al-Qadi and dozens of others, Erdoğan ordered his police chief to refuse to carry out court detention orders. The prosecutor who looked into these unsavvy characters was immediately reassigned and later dismissed and faced an arrest warrant himself.
In dozens of other cases in which Turkish al-Qaeda suspects were caught by the criminal justice system, Erdoğan and his associates have intervened in prevent their successful prosecution. There is a clear, deliberate and systematic pattern that one can detect from all these separate cases where the Erdoğan government often sides with jihadist figures against Turkish security needs. The public praise of Abdul Rahim as a role model for Turkish Islamists suggests Turkey has unfortunately shifted into a different and new phase where al-Qaeda's basic ideology of confronting non-Muslims with bloody jihadist campaigns has been publicly entertained by people who hold the highest offices in the land. That means Erdoğan has not only turned Turkey into a rogue nation but also a terror-sponsoring state where the armed jihadist ideology is welcomed and encouraged. (turkishminute.com)
Human rights situation in parts of Syria under Turkish control is grim: UN rights chief
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan touts al-Qaeda-linked militant as a role model in Turkey – Stockholm Center for Freedom - Turkey Agenda April 16, 2018 At 12:42 am


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Med Educ. 2011 Nov;45(11):1121-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04055.x.
Improving the recruitment and retention of doctors by training medical students locally.
Landry M1, Schofield A, Bordage R, Bélanger M.
Dieppe Family Medicine Unit, Vitalité Health Network, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. michelh.landry@vitalitenb.ca
The global shortage of doctors is of concern. This is particularly true in French-speaking regions of New Brunswick, Canada, where there is no medical school. Since 1981, francophone medical students from New Brunswick have been able to undertake part of their training in their province through an agreement with medical schools in another province. We studied the effects of frequency and length of exposure to the province of origin during medical training on the likelihood that a doctor will ever or currently practise medicine in that province.
A questionnaire was sent to 390 francophone doctors from New Brunswick to collect information on history of medical training and practice. Multivariate logistic regressions were used to identify whether exposure to New Brunswick during medical training at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels affects the likelihood of ever or currently practising in the province.
A total of 263 doctors participated. Among family doctors, those with exposure to their province of origin in 1, 2, 3 or 4 years of undergraduate training were 2.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.8-7.4), 2.5 (95% CI 0.7-8.6), 9.3 (95% CI 1.5-56.9) and 9.3 (95% CI 1.4-60.1) times more likely, respectively, to currently practise in New Brunswick than doctors who had experienced no exposure to the province during undergraduate training. Among specialty doctors, exposure to New Brunswick during undergraduate training had no effect on location of practice. Family and specialty doctors who had been exposed to New Brunswick during postgraduate residency were 5.9 (95% CI 2.3-14.9) and 3.2 (95% CI 0.9-11.6) times more likely, respectively, to practise in the province than doctors without postgraduate exposure.
Greater exposure to New Brunswick during medical training is associated with significantly better odds that doctors will be recruited to and retained in the province. Some effects are perceived for exposure during both undergraduate (most importantly in the final years) and postgraduate programmes.
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2011.
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GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING CASTING CROWNS
ANNOUNCES 44-CITY SPRING LEG OF
'COME TO THE WELL' TOUR FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS
MATTHEW WEST, ROYAL TAILOR AND LINDSAY MCCAUL
2012 Arena Tour Kicks Off February 9
Follows String of Sell-Outs and More Than 155,000 in Attendance This Fall
NEWS SOURCE: Provident Music Group
(Nashville, Tenn.) Jan. 3, 2012 - Multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY®, AMA and 2010 Dove Award-winning Artist of the Year Casting Crowns will extend its massive "Come To The Well" tour into the spring by adding an additional 44 dates across the U.S., this time featuring special guests, singer/songwriter Matthew West, pop-rockers Royal Tailor (both GRAMMY-nominated) and Christian music newcomer Lindsay McCaul who was also on the 2011 fall tour lineup. Following a hugely successful fall run, which included a string of more than15 sell-out performances, playing before more than 155,000 people, the spring leg of the "Come To The Well" tour kicks off Feb. 9, in Florence, S.C. Among its scheduled 44 shows, the tour will hit arenas in major markets like Grand Rapids, Orlando, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, Oklahoma City, Minneapolis, Houston and many more.
The tour takes its name from the Casting Crowns' newest studio project, Come To The Well, (released October 18, its first new studio album in two years), featuring the hit single "Courageous," which was showcased in the recent Sherwood Pictures film by the same title. The project is filled with songs that both challenge and encourage believers in their walk, including, "Just Another Birthday" which goes for radio adds today. Frontman Mark Hall collaborated on several of the tracks with top songwriters including Steven Curtis Chapman, Matthew West and award-winning country songwriter Tom Douglas.
The week of its release, Come to the Well sold 99,138 copies, making it the highest debut on Billboard's Top 200 at No. 2. The album additionally topped the Billboard Contemporary Christian Overall chart, while also claiming No. 1 on the iTunes Christian Albums chart and No. 3 on its Overall Albums chart. Lead radio single "Courageous" landed at No. 1 on the iTunes Christian Songs chart and peaked at a No. 1 on the Billboard National Christian Audience chart in just 10 weeks. In addition, the band celebrated its second career American Music Award win, from six career AMA nominations, on Nov. 20.
The "Come To The Well" tour is partnering with Christian humanitarian organization World Vision (www.worldvision.org). World Vision provides assistance to approximately 100 million people in nearly 100 countries by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. Casting Crowns has helped to generate a total of 52,000 child sponsorships for World Vision to date.
About Casting Crowns:
All of Casting Crowns' projects are RIAA certified, with a tally of three RIAA Platinum Albums, two RIAA Platinum DVDs, two RIAA Gold Albums, two Gold DVDs and two Gold digital singles, holding position as Billboard's top-selling act in Christian music since 2007. The group also claims two American Music Awards, with six total nominations, three GRAMMY Awards and 14 GMA Dove Awards.
Despite an unprecedented eight-year career with Casting Crowns, the seven band members remain active in student ministry in the Atlanta area and tour part-time around their local church duties. Serving his 18th year in youth ministry, lead singer/songwriter Mark Hall is the student pastor at Eagle's Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta. As a testament to the band's impact, Casting Crowns performed for a second time in North Korea in April 2009, in partnership with Global Resource Services, as the band continues to forge invaluable relationships with the people in the D.P.R.K. For more information on Casting Crowns and Come to the Well, visit: www.castingcrowns.com or follow Mark Hall's Twitter at twitter.com/markhallCC.
About Matthew West
Lauded by The New York Times as "a vivid and compelling songwriter with impressive approaches to the familiar," two-time GRAMMY ® nominee Matthew West's discography includes acclaimed releases Happy (2003), History (2005) and Something to Say (2008). His latest studio album, The Story of Your Life, was inspired by 10,000 stories from every state in the U.S. and 20 countries. The album released on October 5, 2010, and garnered attention from CNN Online, FOX News, Billboard Magazine, Country Weekly, American Songwriter and more. The Story of Your Life gave West the largest street-week debut of his career, selling over 10,000 units the first week, landing at No. 3 on Christian Soundscan, and No. 41 on the Billboard Top 200. In conjunction with Harvest House Publishers, West teamed up with bestselling author Angela Thomas for "The Story of Your Life" book. The Heart of Christmas marks West's first full-length Christmas project which also boasts the top 15 mainstream AC radio hit "The Heart of Christmas." A multiple ASCAP "Song of the Year" winner, West has had four No. 1 radio hits including his latest GRAMMY-nominated tune "Strong Enough." His songwriting credits include Rascal Flatts, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diamond Rio and more. For more information, visit www.MatthewWest.com.
About Royal Tailor
With a contagious blend of pop, R&B, hip hop and rock, Royal Tailor is a high-energy band and music ministry reaching out to a new generation of students suffering from symptoms of a visionless life. The four-member band -- made up of Tauren (lead singer), DJ (guitar), Blake (bass) and Jarrod (drums) -- met while in school in Indianapolis and began to hone its sound while playing for churches and youth groups around the country. In just under two years, Royal Tailor has performed more than 300 shows, most recently playing at the Nashville GRAMMY Chapter's Block Party stage alongside artists including Old Crow Medicine Show and The Civil Wars.
Produced by Aaron Lindsey, Chuck Butler, and Daniel Kinner, Black & White showcases Royal Tailor's distinctive musical blend, highlighting influences that range from Bruno Mars to Maroon 5 to Michael Jackson. The result is 11 high-energy tracks that make audiences want to dance, pray, shout and sing along. Royal Tailor is currently debuting new music from Black & White on the road, having just wrapped up the 20-city "The Overcome Tour," which also featured Fireflight, After Edmund and Hyland. For more information on Royal Tailor, please visit: www.RoyalTailor.com, www.facebook.com/royaltailor or follow the band on Twitter at www.twitter.com/royaltailor.
About Lindsay McCaul
There's a phrase often heard in music industry circles: "It all begins with a song." That motto carries extra weight in Christian music where a great lyric transcends entertainment and becomes a vehicle to share the gospel. Lindsay McCaul is an artist keenly aware of words and their value. From her teen years pouring over the lyrics of her favorite music to her college days majoring in linguistics at Moody Bible Institute, McCaul's gifts manifest themselves in vibrant, insightful songs crafted with thoughtful precision reflecting a compassionate heart and deep intellect. McCaul's 11-track debut If It Leads Me Back, produced by Jason Ingram (Tenth Avenue North, Meredith Andrews), reveals considerable depth and pathos; keen songwriting paired with her shimmering voice only compels the listener deeper into the album's overall experience. If It Leads Me Back is an auspicious beginning from a talented newcomer whose music will leave a lasting impression. Audiences nationwide will experience Lindsay live on both the fall 2011 and spring 2012 legs of the Casting Crowns "Come To The Well" tour.
For more information on Lindsay McCaul, please visit www.lindsaymccaul.com, www.facebook.com/lindsaymccaulmusic
CASTING CROWNS "COME TO THE WELL" SPRING TOUR 2012
*Dates, markets and venues subject to change without notice
2/9 (Thursday) - Florence, S.C. - Florence Civic Center
2/10 (Friday) - Virginia Beach, Va. - Rock Church
2/11 (Saturday) - Woodbridge, Va. - Hylton Memorial Chapel
2/16 (Thursday) - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Van Andel Arena
2/17 (Friday) - Troy, Ohio - Hobart Arena
2/18 (Saturday) - Lynchburg, Va. - Vines Center - Liberty University
2/23 (Thursday) - Coral Gables, Fla. - BankUnited Center
2/24 (Friday) - Orlando, Fla. - UCF Arena
2/25 (Saturday) - Tallahassee, Fla. - Leon County Civic Center
2/26 (Sunday) - Pensacola, Fla. - Pensacola Civic Center
3/1 (Thursday) - Ft. Wayne, Ind. - Memorial Coliseum
3/2 (Friday) - Brookfield, Wis. - Elmbrook Church
3/3 (Saturday) - Toledo, Ohio - Huntington Center
3/8 (Thursday) - Johnson City, Tenn. - Freedom Hall
3/9 (Friday) - Raleigh, N.C. - RBC Center
3/10 (Saturday) - Charlotte, N.C. - Bojangles Coliseum
3/11 (Sunday) - Greenville, S.C. - Bi-Lo Center
3/15 (Thursday) - Lowell, Mass. - Lowell Memorial Auditorium
3/16 (Friday) - Newark, N.J. - Prudential Center
3/17 (Saturday) - Getzville, N.Y. - The Chapel at Crosspoint
3/18 (Sunday) - Baltimore, Md. - 1st Mariner Arena
3/22 (Thursday) - Independence, Mo. - Independence Event Center
3/23 (Friday) - Moline, Ill. - iWireless Center
3/24 (Saturday) - St. Charles, Md. - Family Arena
3/29 (Thursday) - Philadelphia, Pa. - The Liacouras Center
3/30 (Friday) - Hershey, Pa. - Giant Center
3/31 (Saturday) - Pittsburgh, Pa. - Console Energy Center
4/5 (Thursday) - Bowling Green, Ky. - E.A. Diddle Arena
4/6 (Friday) - Chattanooga, Tenn. - UTC MacKenzie Arena
4/7 (Saturday) - Birmingham, Ala. - BJCC Arena
4/12 (Thursday) - Austin, Texas - Shoreline Church
4/13 (Friday) - Odessa, Texas - Ector County Coliseum
4/14 (Saturday) - Oklahoma City, Okla. - State Fair Arena (Private)
4/19 (Thursday) - Cedar Falls, Iowa - McLeod Center
4/20 (Friday) - Sioux Falls, S.D. - Sioux Falls Arena
4/21 (Saturday) - Minneapolis, Minn. - Target Center
4/22 (Sunday) - Fargo, N.D. - Fargo Dome
4/24 (Tuesday) - Springfield, Mo. - JQH Arena
4/26 (Thursday) - Louisville, Ky. - Broadbent Arena
4/27 (Friday) - Woodstock, Ga. - First Baptist Church
4/28 (Saturday) - Charleston, W.V. - Charleston Civic Center
5/3 (Thursday) - Tulsa, Okla. - Spirit Bank Event Center
5/4 (Friday) - Lubbock, Texas - United Spirit Arena
5/5 (Saturday) - The Woodlands, Texas - The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
For more info on Casting Crowns visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on Matthew West visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on Royal Tailor visit the JFH Artists Database.
For more info on Lindsay McCaul visit the JFH Artists Database.


The ABAQUS commercial software was used to simulate by Finite Element Method (FEM) the stress and the strain fields due to the thermal and mechanical loads applied in the tool microstructure throughout hot forging operations. Therefore, the macroscale (loads applied in the tool) was adapted to the microscale (stress and strain developed in the microstructural features). Material analyzed in this study which are prospective to be used as tools, consisted of NbC and tool steel powders, which were mixed, and consolidated by SPS technique (Spark Plasma Sintering) NbC-Steel microstructure was firstly characterized by SEM and, thus it was meshed by OOF2 software (NIST). Subsequently, the microstructure was firstly allowed to undergo evaluation of different aspects and critical stress and strain, which can favored microstructural damage in the tool material.
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Barbie is Eternal - 2012 Convention Doll - Platinum Label Ltd Edition NRFB. This stunning doll is Barbie is Eternal, the exclusive souvenir doll from the 2012 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention. Designed by the incredible Gianni and Mario of Magia 2000, this Barbie was manufactured by Mattel as a limited Platinum Edition and presented to the collectors attending the 2012 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Orange County, California. The theme of the 2012 convention was The Grand Tour and this doll is celebrating high style and glamour in Europe. Designed to evoke classic architecture and columns, this doll wears a beautiful white satin gown with blush pink and silvery accents, plus white strappy high-heeled sandals. Her jewelry is really lux - a floral diamond brooch and pearl drop earrings. No detail is overlooked, including her chic eye make-up and sleek blonde hair pulled up.
Comes with a stand and. Her numbered certificate of authenticity (359 of 999), which are included under her box liner. Barbie is in mint condition and has never been removed from her mint box. She has been in my possession since I received her from the convention and has been stored carefully, away from heat and light in my non-smoking home. If you are looking for special limited edition beauty to add to your collection, this girl is for you!
My objective is for you to be very happy with this doll and with my service -- I want to earn your five star feedback on all dimensions! _gsrx_vers_841 GS 7.0.16 (841).
The item "Barbie is Eternal 2012 Convention Doll Platinum Label Ltd Edition NRFB" is in sale since Tuesday, March 5, 2019. This item is in the category "Dolls & Bears\Dolls\Barbie Contemporary (1973-Now)\Barbie Dolls\Other Contemp. The seller is "nrfbqueen" and is located in Goodyear, Arizona. This item can be shipped worldwide.


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2014 data analysis
CJS Sections
direct adverts
I didn't know you did that
review of jobs
I didn't know you did that!
What sort of jobs do you think Countryside Jobs Service advertises?
Countryside Rangers, of course; Countryside Officers, Rights of Way and arboricultural posts, yes, those too. But what about Volunteers Co-ordinators or Ecologists, did you know you'll find those too? CJS actually advertises a lot more that you first think.
Every year we collate basic details of the adverts we've published; mostly for use in the office and some for inclusion in our information to readers and advertisers. Last year's numbers show that we advertised for more ranger type jobs than anything else, no surprise there! However the next two biggest categories were for jobs in arboriculture and ecology closely followed by trainee / apprenticeships with more than 250 posts in each group and over 200 working in environmental education. In our 2013 subscribers survey you asked for more horticulture jobs and to include outdoor activities instructors and working with animals and wildlife (zoos and similar) so we started including those making these the biggest 'growers' in terms of numbers of vacancies as we started sourcing more of these types of roles. 5.6% of our advertised vacancies were for horticultural jobs, 3.1% for outdoor activities and 2.6% for wildlife work, what's particularly pleasing for us is that you've obviously been applying for these and impressing the employers because now nearly half of the animal work jobs come direct to CJS and over a quarter of the outdoor activities and horticulture roles. Which will please you too because it will mean that we get more of these sorts of adverts.
You can see the range of vacancies and the number of roles advertised in a nice neat table here. And it's probably a greater range than you originally thought.
As it turns out it's more than some of advertisers thought too!.
One of our regular advertisers phoned to ask if we'd consider advertising an Environmental Education officer post and was quite surprise when we said that they account for over 6% of our total adverts. It's the regular advertisers that sometimes lose sight of the width of CJS, we've made a note that we must include more details in our next advertisers information pack and when it's published make sure that every advertiser receives a copy - whether they read it or not is another matter!
This graph shows the number of roles advertised and the proportion of each group sent direct to CJS.
Despite our advertisers slight confusion over 60% of all adverts are sent direct to CJS, the remainder are sourced from national press, specialist publications and from over a 1000 individual company and council websites checked twice weekly, it's a mammoth task.
As you'd expect our best known areas have the higher proportion of direct adverts, 81% of roles for rangers came direct to CJS, 70% of rights of way vacancies and 65% Countryside Officer type posts. What's maybe surprising is that we also have high proportions of direct adverts for ecologists, researchers (mostly field workers), community involvement project work and environmental education officers.
As we continue to analyse the data from last year there will be more reports to follow, on geographical distribution and types of contracts offered.
NB: Data is across the whole of CJS not just online adverts. To gain access to all of these vacancies you need to subscribe to CJS Weekly, more information on that here.
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Dur ing my early teens, my unashamed fandom for Hanson (no sniggering in the back) gave me an obsessive (or as I liked to say, "Dedicated") love for all things American. I memorised all of the states and their capitals, I started watching NBA and I developed an irrational craving for over-sweetened and flavourless snacks like Twinkies and Hershey bars.
When I turned 18, my palate became a bit more refined and I moved on to a love of Spanish food and culture. I can trace this all back to 2 key moments: the first time I travelled to Ibiza and the night I stumbled upon Almodovar's film 'Live Flesh' on Channel 4.
The former had started to cultivate an appreciation for the diversity of Spanish culture – the nuances of the different regions and the intriguing historical and political background of not just Ibiza itself, but Spain in general.
Almodovar, with his flamboyant auteurism introduced me to the camp and comedic side of Spanish culture – something I find additionally interesting as it sits so much at odds with Spain's dark recent past with the civil war, Francoism and the oppression of the population in favour of fervent traditionalism.
In recent years, my interest in Spain and Latin America hasn't dulled, but I do have a new favourite on my radar. As is the wont of the masses at the moment, I'm partial to the exports of Scandinavia.
My current most-thumbed recipe book is 'Scandilicious' by Signe Johansen (I recommend the cinnamon buns & 'Jansson's temptation'), I'm constantly checking Ryanair & Easyjet for cheap flight combinations to achieve my dream of doing a Copenhagen-Gothenburg-Stockholm gig tour and I've got several playlists at work to sate my cravings for Swedish indie-pop and Nordic folk. I've even found myself perusing some overpriced homeware websites for some typically Scandi fabric designs. HELP ME, I'M A SELL OUT.