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Old Ursuline Convent keeping the French Quarter French
Posted 8:34 PM, January 15, 2018, by Mark Deane, Updated at 08:35PM, January 15, 2018
NEW ORLEANS -- The Ursuline Sisters have been as much a part of New Orleans' 300-year history as anyone else. And, the Old Ursuline Convent has been around for almost as long.
"The convent was completed in 1752, roughly. And it is the oldest structure in the Mississippi Valley," says Dr. Emilie Gagnet Leumas, Director of Archives and Records with the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
The Ursuline Sisters came to New Orleans in 1727. "They came here with two missions," says Leumas. "One, to work at the Royal Hospital. And the other, which became, really, their legacy and what they still are known for today, is for educating young women."
The sisters needed a place to live. They got one in 1734 near the site of the present building. But, that first building didn't last long.
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"They put the walls up before they put the roof on, and, the building quickly deteriorated," says Leumas.
The next version of the building is the one we see today.
"It has this great French aura to it," explains Leumas. "You look on the outside and you think, 'Oh, those are great big French stones that are holding up this building.' No. It is brick between post. It is the typical French way they would build. And, then, because they didn't have stones, they would--on the outside--they would use a plaster and make it look like stone."
The Old Ursuline Convent was built to last. But, that's not the only reason it has made it this long. In fact, after surviving a major fire in 1788, you may say that it is a miracle the convent didn't burn.
"When the fire starts, the cathedral burns to the ground. Eighty percent of the city burns to the ground," says Leumas. "The sisters put a statue in the window, which is Our Lady of Prompt Succor. And, the winds changed."
When the city was rebuilt after the 1788 fire, it was the Spanish doing the rebuilding. That's why the French Quarter isn't really that French when it comes to its architecture.
But, the Old Ursuline Convent remains a clear example of the French origins of New Orleans. And anyone can see it. The Old Ursuline Convent Museum is open Monday through Saturday for self-guided tours. It is located at 1100 Chartres Street. General admission is $8.00 with discounts for seniors, student, and military.
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By Juliana Britto Schwartz • @JulianaBrittoS • 6 years ago
Private detention corporations are profiting off of detaining migrant survivors of sexual violence
This week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officially announced its plans to open a new family detention center in Dilley, Texas, to house mostly women and children. This will be the fourth "residential center" in the country after facilities in Artesia, New Mexico and Karnes City, Texas were opened in response to the recent influx of unaccompanied child migrants, joining a long-standing family facility in Leesport, Pennsylvania . If the existing facilities teach us anything about the way women migrants and asylum seekers are treated in this country, Dilley will be a money-making machine for the private prison industry and a hot bed of human rights violations.
In response to the treatment they have witnessed in Artesia and Karnes, 126 women's and human rights organizations have signed a letter calling on the Obama administration to stop detaining survivors of violence and bring an end to family detention. The women and children being detained in these centers come from Central American countries with some of the highest rates of gendered violence in the world. The signees note that "in 2011, El Salvador had the highest rate of gender-motivated killing of women in the world, followed by Guatemala (third highest) and Honduras (sixth highest)." Most of these migrants are survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and other crimes and should be eligible for asylum, according to a new ruling from the US immigration court. However, instead of facilitating their application for asylum status and offering physical and mental health services to help them heal, ICE is keeping survivors in jail-like facilities where their past trauma is only exacerbated.
The US immigration system asks women to recount some of the most intimate details of the violence they have experienced for legal purposes, often in front of their children or other detainees, yet provides no comprehensive or meaningful mental health support while they are detained. Visitors to the Karnes and Artesia detention centers have found that the mental health services are inappropriate at best, non-existent at worst. In one center, the majority of the on-site mental health professionals are men, at another the only services available are through video teleconference. Let me repeat that: Women who have left behind their families and home to make a life-threatening journey only to sit in a detention center where every minute of their lives is controlled by mostly men can only process these experiences by talking to some dude through a computer. Maybe. Anne Chandler of the Tahirih Justice Center noted that one woman she works with was apprehended six weeks ago and still has not even received the post-rape gynecological care she requested upon entering the facility.
Perhaps worse than the treatment women receive within the detention centers is the sad fact that very few will be granted the asylum status they are waiting for. The complex nature of the application process means that it is virtually impossible for someone to receive asylum status without the help of a lawyer. Yet all of these detention centers are geographically isolated, making it difficult for volunteer lawyers to access their clients. Migrants are being consistently denied their right to due process as ICE makes every effort to expedite the application process. As I wrote about a few weeks ago women are not given adequate time, privacy, or emotional safety to actually detail the trauma that makes them eligible for asylum in the first place. Accounts from volunteer lawyers and detainees indicate that it is very likely that ICE is deporting survivors of violence back to persecution.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates under the logic that criminalizing and incarcerating migrants will deter people from entering the country without documents. But when asked to choose between detention and more violence and very possible death, the choice is clear: for many of these women, anything is better than staying at home.
There is no independent evidence that detention is deterring people from trying to cross, but there are many cheaper and more humane alternatives to detention centers. So why build another facility? Because there is money to be made. Private prison corporations profit off of the incarceration of black and brown bodies, and hold so much power that there is a minimum quota for the number of people being detained in the US at any given time. The new facilitiy will be run by the Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in the world. A few years ago, CCA and other for-profit prison companies identified immigration enforcement as "their next big market," and that's apparently coming to fruition.
The migrant "crisis" the US is facing is largely of its own doing – just read up a bit on the history of US involvement in Central America. And now that the people we've hurt the most with our foreign policy have shown up on our steps, we are continuing to exploit and abuse bodies of color for profit.
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Juliana is a digital storyteller for social change. As a writer at Feministing since 2013, her work has focused on women's movements throughout the Americas for environmental justice, immigrant rights, and reproductive justice. In addition to her writing, Juliana is a Senior Campaigner at Change.org, where she works to close the gap between the powerful and everyone else by supporting people from across the country to launch, escalate and win their campaigns for justice.
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That's right: on July 16, the world witnessed a half-priced online commerce holiday, as Amazon slashed rates so online shoppers could know, in concrete terms, how little the company values/pays its workers. While some of the world was shopping, many were resisting, as Amazon warehouse workers went on strike against low pay and bad working conditions. Supporters across the world followed suit, boycotting Amazon's big sale.
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I've been working on this blanket for a few weeks now, with 8 colour changes the blocks don't work up particularly quickly. The pattern is the circle square from "100 Bright and colourful Granny Squares" by Leonie Morgan – I've just added an extra DC border.
I also made a rhubarb chutney in the slow cooker.
I just finished up Elizabeth Gilbert's "Committed" – it reads as meditation on western marriage compared with other culture's, whether it's important, why we feel it validates us and our relationships, what value it adds to society, all in relation to the fact her second marriage is very much forced so her brazilian australian partner can reside with her in the U.S. I began this a couple of weeks after I learnt that they have very recently filed for divorce.
This article about Haruki Murakami's work on running which I wrote about here.
I don't think I've watched anything on TV all week. It's the first week of the summer holidays! I'm running around all day and collapsing in the evening! I did watch the BFG today in 3D at the cinema, it was everything I'd want out of a family film in that the children laughed and stayed captivated throughout but though the special effects were spectacular it fell very short in the delivery for me. I never felt particularly connected to the character of Sophie, I never felt overwhelmed with delight at their curious and poignant friendship. It lacked overall chemistry. The portrayal of the BFG I couldn't fault but I could have missed seeing it on the big screen in all honesty.
Settling into the holidays. Today was the second time this week they've been in the sea. The temperature just doesn't bother them, they could sit there for hours.
Spotting butterflies on my walks with Rocco. I've lucked out taking pictures of butterflies this season. I'm holding out to spot a peacock, my absolute favourite. If you're in Sussex too, I found this great site which has plenty of pictures and sightings if you t00 start to feel a bit nerdy about butterflies like me.
I'm pretty happy I managed to run 21 miles this week despite the holidays and now we've settled into more of a rhythm I'm starting to feel a little more organised so I'm sure I'll be able to work in a few more miles next week. I set myself the challenge in January to run 1000km and I'm at 634 as of this weeks end.


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Telstra: G9 is 'expensive, dangerous, dysfunctional'
Telstra has published a response to the G9 consortium's fibre-to-the-node proposal, calling it an expensive and dangerous proposal that "imposes a tortured, dysfunctional ownership and management structure"
By Jo Best | August 28, 2007 -- 06:17 GMT (23:17 PDT) | Topic: Telcos
Telstra has published a response to the G9 consortium's fibre-to-the-node proposal, calling it an expensive and dangerous proposal that "imposes a tortured, dysfunctional ownership and management structure".
Both Telstra and the Optus-led G9 group are competing to build a high speed broadband network for Australia's urban areas, as part of the government's plan to overhaul Australia's connectivity. Guidelines on the scheme were published earlier this month.
While no particular network technology has been mandated by the Coalition, both parties are likely to propose fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) offerings, with the winning tender to be chosen by an expert taskforce.
In its submission to the taskforce, Telstra said the G9 consortium's plan will lead to higher prices and lower speeds, suggesting G9's choice of ADSL2+ technology will only deliver 1.5Mbps. "ADSL2+ is barely today's technology, let alone tomorrow's ... G9's promise of a best efforts [sic] 1.5Mbps minimum speed service is so modest that it would not even require an FTTN architecture," the submission said.
Optus could not immediately be reached for comment.
Telstra said its plan will favour a competing broadband technology, VDSL. Discussions between the telco and the government over the FTTN scheme have been fractious to date, with Telstra repeatedly threatening to pull out of the tender process and, earlier this month, refusing to commit to submitting its own bid to build a network.
Both Telstra and operators within the G9 consortium have accused each other's FTTN plans of menacing the competitive landscape.
"G9's proposal goes far beyond what any competition policy rationale could ever justify and what the access regime legally authorises ... Inherent in this concept is the protection of an access provider's own use requirements, a principle widely recognised in competition law, and by the Australian Constitution," Telstra's submission said.
Speaking last week at the Australian Financial Review Broadband Australia conference, Warren Hardy, MD of Optus's consumer division, said: "Telstra says we urgently need a fibre-to-the-node network ... but in return for building the network to half the population, Telstra wants to change the rules and lock out competition and charge whatever it likes."
David Tudehope, CEO of Macquarie Telecom -- another G9 member -- added: "If Telstra were to be successful, it would be back to the future -- it would mean turning back the clock 15 years and it would be a very sad day for Australia."
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Melania experienced a homophobic and sexist attack while travelling on public transport.
Melania was on a date with another woman while travelling on a bus when they were attacked by a group of young men. They faced homophobic and sexist abuse and were physically assaulted. The attack affected Melania's job, her friendships, mental health and ultimately meant she moved out of the UK as she no longer felt safe. The incident was widely reported in the media, causing further problems for Melania as the incident became public knowledge.
Following the attack, we gave Melania support, explored her options and helped her talk to the police. We supported her through the entire criminal justice process, including attending court with her. Ultimately, all of the perpetrators were found guilty of the homophobic assault and she was able to gain closure as a positive step toward moving on from the attack.


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Buhari Appoints Technocrat, Habiba Lawal Special Adviser On Policy, Coordination
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday appointed a former Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office, Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser to the President, Policy and Coordination.
Her appointment is contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
Lawal is a technocrat in management, planning and project execution and has distinguished herself in various assignments in various areas in the public sector.
Before her retirement as Permanent Secretary in the Ecological Office, she had successfully supervised a team that ensured the management, identification, planning and execution of projects that mitigated serious ecological challenges across the country.
The successful implementation of these projects yielded commendable results for the country.
She attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1982 to 1986 for B.Sc. Chemistry where she won the Nigerian Tobacco Company Prize for the Best Year II Student 1984/1985.
She also won the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Chemistry (Second Class Upper) and the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Project 1985/1986.
In 1991, Habiba obtained a Master's Degree in Inorganic Chemistry from ABU, Zaria and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi (1997).
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She also holds Certificate in Professional and Personal Competence in Women's Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Britain.
The statement reads, "President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO), Dr. Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser to the President, Policy and Coordination.
"Before retirement, Dr Lawal had successfully supervised a team that ensured management, identification, planning and execution of projects to mitigate serious ecological challenges across the country, with commendable results.
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"She attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria from 1982 to 1986 for B.Sc. Chemistry; there, she won the Nigerian Tobacco Company Prize for the Best Year II Student 1984/1985, the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Chemistry (Second Class Upper) and the Imperial Chemical Industries Prize for the Best Graduating Project 1985/1986.
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"In 1991, Dr. Habiba obtained a Master's Degree in Inorganic Chemistry from ABU, Zaria and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi (1997). She also holds Certificate in Professional and Personal Competence in Women's Development from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, Britain.
"Dr Lawal, who served as Acting Secretary to the Government of the Federation, 19th April 2017 to 30th October, 2017, has resumed in her new office."
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India's main opposition party stages protest against new law
Posted: Dec 23, 2019 / 08:35 AM EST / Updated: Dec 23, 2019 / 08:35 AM EST
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) president J. P. Nadda, center, waves during rally supporting the implementation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizenship (NRC), in Kolkata, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2019. The rally was organized in the wake of continuing protests against a contentious new citizenship law, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended the legislation at a rally in New Delhi and accused the opposition of pushing the country into a "fear psychosis." (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's main opposition party staged a silent protest in the capital on Monday against a contentious new citizenship law, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi defended the legislation and accused the opposition of pushing the country into a "fear psychosis."
About 2,000 people joined the protest at the Raj Ghat, a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, where the Congress party demanded "protection for the constitution and the rights of people enshrined in it."
Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to India's streets to call for the revocation of the law, which critics say is the latest effort by Modi's government to marginalize the country's 200 million Muslims.
The law allows Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities who are in India illegally to become citizens if they can show they were persecuted because of their religion in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It does not apply to Muslims.
Monday's protest was led by opposition Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi along with other senior leaders, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The leaders read out the preamble to the constitution at the protest site.
The party's former president, Rahul Gandhi, had urged young people in New Delhi to join the protest.
"It's not good enough just to feel Indian. At times like these it's critical to show that you're Indian & won't allow to be destroyed by hatred," Gandhi tweeted on Monday.
Other protests were held across the country on Monday, including in the southern cities of Bengalore and Kochi, where thousands came out on the streets against the law.
Twenty-three people have been killed nationwide since the citizenship law was passed in Parliament earlier this month in protests that represent the first major roadblock for Modi's Hindu nationalist agenda since his party's landslide reelection earlier this year.
Most of the deaths have occurred in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where 20% of the state's 200 million people are Muslim. The state government is controlled by Modi's governing Bharatiya Janata Party.
Police also seized some shops in the town of Muzaffarnagar in the state. The crackdown, which began Sunday, came after the state's chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, vowed Friday to "take revenge" against people who damaged public property during the protests by seizing their assets.
The Uttar Pradesh government's spokesman, Shalabh Mani Tripathi, said authorities were "working as per directives of the Supreme Court, which has asked that the damages to public property should be compensated by rioters."
He did not say how the owners of the shops were identified as offenders.
Authorities across India have taken a hard-line approach to quell the protests. They've evoked a British colonial-era law banning public gatherings, and internet access has been blocked at times in some states. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has asked broadcasters across the country to refrain from using content that could inflame further violence.
The communication shutdown has mostly affected New Delhi, the eastern state of West Bengal, the northern city of Aligarh and the entire northeastern state of Assam.
Undeterred, protesters have continued to rally throughout the country.
Protests against the law come amid an ongoing crackdown in Muslim-majority Kashmir, the restive Himalayan region stripped of its semi-autonomous status and demoted from a state into a federal territory in August.
The demonstrations also follow a contentious process in Assam meant to weed out foreigners living in the country illegally. Nearly 2 million people, about half Hindu and half Muslim, were excluded from an official list of citizens — called the National Register of Citizens, or NRC — and have been asked to prove their citizenship or else be considered foreign.
India is building a detention center for some of the tens of thousands of people who the courts are expected to ultimately determine have entered illegally. Modi's interior minister, Amit Shah, has pledged to roll out the process nationwide.
On Sunday, Modi denied the existence of a detention center, accusing the Congress party of spreading fear that Indian Muslims would be jailed there. He also contradicted Shah, saying that there had been no discussion yet of whether to execute a nationwide citizens registry.
The protests against the law began in Assam, the center of a decades-old movement against migrants, before spreading to predominantly Muslim universities and then nationwide. ___
Associated Press writer Biswajeet Banerjee in Lucknow, India, contributed to this report.
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Although she has no conscious memories stretching so far back, her early childhood in the Nazi death camp was to cast a dark shadow over her entire life.
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NEW DELHI (AP) — India's top court on Wednesday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nationwide protests and a security crackdown that led to more than 20 deaths.
The Supreme Court would not grant a stay before hearing from the government, which has argued the law is a humanitarian gesture allowing citizenship for people fleeing religious persecution in Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
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Bank Gaborone celebrates 16 years in Botswana
Bank Gaborone is celebrating 16 years of existence in the Botswana market on 18 September 2022. This milestone comes at a time when the Bank says it is aggressively positioning itself as a locally relevant and caring bank that is focused on connecting its stakeholders to positive change.
Sybrand Coetzee, Bank Gaborone Managing Director
The Bank started from humble beginnings as a Green Field operation in 2006, and has steadily developed into an establish player within the Botswana market with a full bouquet of financial services solutions to fulfil our customer needs.
Bank Gaborone Managing Director, Sybrand Coetzee said, " We have a holistic approach to banking that begins with us understanding our customers' needs before we make any recommendations. Our key differentiator is the service excellence and convenience we offer our customers whose patronage is highly appreciated throughout this journey. To this end, our primary function is to provide Batswana with relevant, affordable and easy-access to products and services."
In regards to the Banks milestones, the Bank has recently signed a 3 year, P3 million football sponsorship deal with Gaborone United Sporting Club. The sponsorship is expected to keep the club running effectively and continue on a winning streak. The deal will also help raise awareness for the Bank Gaborone brand. Bank Gaborone also introduced to the market a First in Botswana instant money Visa Card-2-Card payment, demonstrating the capability and expertise of the local teams.
Other meaningful activities that demonstrate the Bank's commitment to local communities include the more than P300 million Citizen Economic Empowerment Projects that were launched in conjunction with Debswana and Morupule Coal Mine. This is in an effort to spearheaded private and public partnerships (PPP) in order to assist the government of Botswana's agenda to create employment and build sustainable businesses.
Coetzee stated that it is the dedication and hard work of the red and vibrant team that has made the Banks achievements possible, with some of them being firsts in the market. A few of the milestones include:
2010 – Ipeele Savings Account. A First in the Botswana market, savings account that is embedded with funeral cover, initially at P5000 and increased to P10,000.
2011- Tobetsa mobile banking: First cellphone banking solution to onboard customers remotely.
2018- New Head office in CBD is the the first of its kind in Botswana, having received an A grade green star
2022- Card-2-Card: A first in Botswana Visa Card-2-Card instant payment solution
Other milestones include:
2014 – Launched a partnership with Diabetes Association of Botswana, in which Bank Gaborone and its partners have successfully raised BWP500,000.00 to date
2017- Implementation of ''Branch of the future'' which is more customer friendly; CBD Branch, Palapye Branch, Francistown, Kasane and Maun Branch.
2021/2022 – Participation in the Citizen Economic Empowerment Programme (CEEP) with Debswana and Morupule Coal Mine worth P200 million and P100 million respectively, aimed at funding citizen owned companies to assist government with job creation and building sustainable businesses
2022 – A multi-year P3 million sponsorship of Gaborone United Sporting Club which runs from 2022 to 2025
In addition to these milestones the Bank is committed to diversity and inclusion with over 70 percent of its staff being women and over 50 percent holding leadership positions.
"As we look to the future of the Bank, we appreciate that technology is constantly evolving, and that Botswana's market is highly competitive. Bank Gaborone has ambitious growth plans that include digital transformation in our infrastructure to give clients convenience and next level banking. We are on a growth trajectory with a proven capability to launch new products and services significant to customer needs. Our strategy and focus is on operational excellence, which will continue creating value for our stakeholders and contributing to positive change." concluded Coetzee.
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Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Dec. 20, 2018 12:17PM EST
US begins troop withdrawal from Syria but vows to kill ISIS
(U.S. Army photo by 2nd Lt. Jamie Douglas)
The United States has started bringing home troops from Syria as it moves to a new phase in the campaign against the Islamic State (IS) extremist group, the White House says.
The militant's "territorial caliphate" had been defeated, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement on Dec. 19, 2018, amid media reports saying that the United States was preparing to withdraw all its troops from Syria.
"These victories over [the IS group] in Syria do not signal the end of the Global Coalition or its campaign. We have started returning United States troops home as we transition to the next phase of this campaign," Sanders said.
Earlier, President Donald Trump tweeted the IS group had been defeated in Syria and that was his "only reason for being there."
We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
There are currently around 2,000 American troops in Syria, many of them special operations forces working with an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias battling the IS group.
Most U.S. soldiers are based in northeastern Syria, where they had been helping to rid the area of IS fighters, but pockets of militants still remain.
CNN quoted a defense official as saying on Dec. 19, 2018, that the planning was for a "full" and "rapid" pullout.
And CBS said it was told that the White House ordered the Pentagon to "begin planning for an immediate withdrawal."
The coalition has "liberated" the IS-held territory, but the campaign against the group "is not over," Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said.
"For force protection and operational security reasons we will not provide further details. We will continue working with our partners and allies to defeat ISIS wherever it operates," White said in a statement, using an acronym for Islamic State.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria creates prospects for a political settlement of the conflict there, according to the TASS news agency.
Marines fire an 81mm mortar during training in support of Operation Inherent Resolve in Hajin, Syria, Aug. 4, 2018. The training is a portion of the building partner capacity mission, which aims to enhance the capabilities of Coalition partner forces fighting ISIS in northeast Syria.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook)
Russia has repeatedly asserted that U.S. forces have no right to be in Syria because Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has not approved their presence.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said a decision by Trump to withdraw troops from Syria at this time would be "a mistake" and a "big win" for the IS group, Assad, and its allies — Russia and Iran.
Both Moscow and Tehran have given Assad crucial support throughout the Syrian conflict, which began with a government crackdown on protesters in March 2011 and has left more than 400,000 people dead, displaced millions, and devastated many historical sites across the country.
In 2014, IS fighters seized large swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory in a lightning offensive and proclaimed a so-called Islamic "caliphate."
IS militants have lost virtually all the territory they once controlled in Iraq, but still carry out sporadic attacks.
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Sabic to open technology centres in Asia and the Middle East
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation is investing US$0.5 billion in four new technology and innovation facilities in 2013, two in Saudi Arabia and one each in India and China, bringing the total number of its research facilities around the world to 18.
The two centres in Saudi Arabia are the Corporate Research & Innovation Center (CRI) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, near Jeddah, and the other, the Sabic Plastic Applications Development Center (SPADC) in Riyadh Techno Valley at King Saud University (KSU) in Riyadh. The CRI, scheduled for an April opening, "will seek to exchange experience and knowledge between the researchers at Sabic and KAUST, opening access to new technical competencies, blending academia with industry, tapping into new inventions made by academia, sourcing top talent and fresh ideas, and developing a community of excellence in upstream research," said the firm.
The SPADC, which is set to open in the second quarter of the year, aims to develop new applications and products that support Sabic's business growth. Located adjacent to the Saudi Arabia's largest university, King Saud University, it will enable Sabic to build closer links between academia and the industrial research community.
The SPADC will focus on the automotive, packaging, consumer, construction, signage, and compounding sectors. It will work closely with Sabic's other Technology and Innovation centres to achieve set targets, including training customers and employees. The centre will enable Saudi Arabia to enter advanced industrial fields, and support the National Industrial Clusters Development Program to develop industries such as packaging, automotive and machinery. It will help develop new plastics applications and extend technical support to local and international customers in various fields, including polymers, elastomers and speciality products.
Meanwhile, the Bangalore research centre is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2013. It will deal with application development, strategic business research and corporate research and will focus primarily on diverse areas of research in chemistry, material science, process engineering, analytical and application technology
The centre in Shanghai will open in the third quarter of 2013. It will deal with application development, strategic business research and corporate research. Both the Bangalore and Shanghai centres will house 500 employees.


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American Idol is where a lot of superstars are born but its where the fashion is too!
When American Idol first debuted, I was 13 years old. That was over 10 years ago! I remember watching the first season with my family, seeing Ryan Seacrest, the host, and Brian Dunkleman, Seacrest's then co-host, introduce a range of artists, some who would move on to become semifinalists and finalists and others that were… well… just not very good.
At the time of the first season the three judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, made history with their honest and witty criticism. It was the first time that Americans had seen this type of competition and at the time, there was nothing else like it on Television. It was new and exciting! From the beginning of the auditions to tuning-in and watching the different challenges each week, you would become invested in the competition and its talent.
Like many, I would connect with one of the contestants and root for them each week as if I knew them personally. It's the same feeling when you're passionate about a sports team. Each week you tune-in to cheer them on and when they win at the end, go team Kelly Clarkson, you feel like you win too! I think I enjoyed American Idol not just because of the entertainment, although their voices were captivating, and not just because of their journey to success, but in all honesty, the fashionista that I am, it was their sense of fashion that brought me back each week.
I mean, have you watched Idol lately? How amazing does Jennifer Lopez look?! Over the years both the judges and contestants became style icons providing some serious style inspiration for all of us. Here are three of our favorite style icons and tips on how you can dress like an idol.
We love Kelly's rocker sense of style. From day one she blew us away with her bone-chilling vocals. It's only necessary that she have an eye-catching style to match.
Style Tip: Try adding and mixing textures such as lace, leather and feathers to your outfit. **Pictured above: black leather dress is Free People.
Style Tip: Less is always more. Wear a simple mini with embellishments paired with a solid clutch and effortless hair is the perfect outfit combination. **Pictured above: Mini embellished dress is ASOS and clutch is anthropologie.
Not only is she our favorite judge of all time, but JLO gives Idol fashion a whole new meaning. Each week I can't wait to see what she is wearing. Not only is she 45 years old and looking fabulous, but her style is always on point.
Style Tip: Embrace color and layer. Have fun embracing bright colors. This is especially in this winter and will continue throughout spring. Also, layering a few of your favorite necklaces really can dress up any look. **Pictured above: romper is LuLu's and layered necklaces are Neiman Marcus.
Thinking back now over all 13 season, yes, 13 seasons! (The 14th season just premiered earlier this month, on January 7th), American Idol is where a lot of superstars were born. Idol helped launch careers from Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Jordin Sparks, Jennifer Hudson, Phil Phillips, and Chris Daughtry, to name a few. Truly a bona fide cultural phenomenon! Idol's alumni have sold more than 60 million albums, have garnered more 250 million downloads and have been certified with 20 Platinum and 13 Gold records; and more than 70 Idol contestants have been on the Billboard charts with 440 songs attaining No.1 Billboard hit status. Idol contestants have conquered Broadway, television and film, and have won numerous awards and accolades, including American Country Music Awards, Country Music Awards, Grammy Awards and an Academy Award. If that's not superstardom, then I don't know what is!
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Scotty is my all time favorite and I am looking forward to seeing the fashion this season.
My all time favorite American Idol is of course Carrie Underwood. I am looking forward to hearing unique songs.
I admire Jennifer Hudson for all she's accomplished. My favorite season of American Idol was Season 7, though. I was a big Jason Castro fan at the time.
My favorite was Kelly Clarkson; i am not sure if I am going to watch the new season.
My favorite all time American Idol has to be Carrie Underwood. She is so good! I am looking forward to seeing my favorites get into the top 10 this year!
I'm still a Kelly Clarkson fan.
My favorite idol of all time is Carries Underwood, love her! One of the best!
My all time favorite is Ruben Studdard. I only watched one episode of this season, and I liked Hollywood Anderson. Not sure if he is still in the running.
Adam Lambert is my all-time favorite American Idol. This season I'm looking forward to the judges' comments. I really like J.Lo. and Harry.
Kelly Clarkson is my favorite. I look forward to see more talented contestants this season.
I liked Carrie Underwood! i've been watching this season on hulu.
i like both Kelly Clarkson & Carrie Underwood – looking forward to this season!
My favorite idol of all time is Carrie Underwood. I haven't been watching the show this season.
Kelly Clarkston is my all-time favorite American Idol and I also love Jennifer Hudson even though she didn't make it to the finale.
LOve Kelly Clarkson and as always looking forward to seeing Jennifer Lopez.
My favorite past contestant was Jennifer Hudson. I'm looking forward to hearing what the judges have to say this season.
Carrie Underwood is my favorite American Idol winner.
Carrie Underwood is my favorite.
I have many favorites. Probably a tie between Kris Allen and Jason Castro.
My favorite is Jennifer Hudson.
Carrie Underwood is my favorite. We are enjoying watching Idol!
Carrie Underwood has been my all time favorite idol since the beginning!
I decided not to watch this year – we are just too busy, but Kelly Clarkson is my favorite past American Idol singer. She's had a successful career but seems to have stayed a real person.
My all time favorite American Idol is Jordin Sparks.
Carrie Underwood is my all time favorite.
I will try to watch this season. My favorite is Katherine McPhee even though she didnt win.
Kelly Clarkson is my favorite. I'm not watching this season.
My favorite of all time (who was a runner up) was Bo Bice. And what I look forward to is the interaction amongst the judges.
Adam Lambert is my all time favorite. I missed a couple of nights this year but I'm looking forward to seeing who makes it to the final 12 and beyond this year.
Kelly Clarkson is my all time favorite American Idol. I'm not currently watching this season. Thank you!
I'm a big fan of Carrie Underwood.
My very favorite is Kelly Clarkson.
And I'm excited to see the new competition.
My all time favorite is Carrie Underwood, but I'm not watching it much anymore.
When she was on, Carrie Underwood was my fave! But in terms of the music they have made since leaving the show, I like Kelly Clarkson best.
I've never watched American Idol.
Ruben Studdard is the only season that I watched all the way through so I'd stick with him.
Mr. Adam Lambert was my favorite; I most want to see J. Lo's beauty!
Carrie Underwood all the way, she's still my fave! 🙂 We have it DVR'd with this current season but haven't had much time to watch it yet with a new little one.
My favorite is Jennifer Hudson. She has such an amazing voice. I'm looking forward to seeing more excitement from the judges.
Carrie Underwood is my favorite. Looking for a country guy to win this year.
Kelly is my all time fav! I am always looking forward to hearing all the talented people and wonderful performances.
I loved Jennifer Hudson, such a powerful voice and I am looking forward to good singers!
My favorite is Carrie Underwood. Thanks!
I really liked Adam Lambert. I look forward to this seasons runners and judges.
Chris Daughtry is my all time favorite AI. I have gotten to meet him about 7 times. My next favorite is Adam Lambert. And I did meet him twice. He is a real sweetheart through and through. I am looking forward to all the new talent.
My favorite performer is Carrie Underwood. I'm not getting the opportunity to watch this year due to my work schedule and no DVR!
My favorite is Carrie Underwood. Looking forward to some new talent.
My favorite was David Cook. I'm looking forward to watching and maybe seeing a brand new superstar.
Carrie Underwood is my favorite from past seasons. I am looking forward to seeing the new future stars this season.
Carrie Underwood is definitely my favorite!
I liked Clay Aiken .
Kelly Clarkson, looking forward to seeing what the judges have to say.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JUDGES COMMENTS- ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY! AND MY ALL TIME FAV WAS CANDICE GLOVER, A PREVIOUS WINNER ON AMERICAN IDOL. LOVE HER!
David Cook was my favorite. I'm not watching AI this season.
I love Kelly Clarkson. No favorite this year.
I've always loved Carrie Underwood!
I think my all-time favorite idol has to be Phillip Phillips. He is adorable, charming, and I LOVE the grit.
This season, like last season, I am most interested in watching Harry Connick Jr. He is beautiful, sparkly, and probably the most accurate of the judges. I want to hug him.
Daughtry was my favorite – look forward to the new talent!
My favorite is Bo Bice. Thank you for the giveaway!
Wow Carrie Underwood looks fab with that dress!
Have never seen the show.
There are a lot of good ones, but my favorite is Carrie Underwood. I was pretty sure she'd win when I heard her very first audition!
Carrie Underwood was my favorite contestant. I am looking forward to the new contestants.
I've always liked Katharine McPhee. I just enjoy the entertainment of it all, hearing the great voices!
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Police Promote Efforts to Increase Seatbelt Use
Monday, May 23rd, 2011, 8:52am
One in five Virginians fail to wear their safety belt regularly when driving or riding in a motor vehicle. That is why Fairfax County is joining with DRIVE SMART Virginia, the Virginia Highway Safety Office, and fellow law enforcement agencies to reinforce the importance of buckling up on every ride, every time. Preliminary data from Virginia Highway Safety Office indicates there were a total of 821 fatalities on Virginia roadways for 2008. Of those, 631 of the fatalities occurred in vehicles equipped with seatbelts and 342 or 54% were not wearing those seatbelts.
Research shows that seat belts reduce severity of injury and when worn correctly, they reduce the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by half. Excessive speed is not always a factor; most crashes causing death or injury occur at speeds below 40 miles per hour.
Fairfax County Rides on Bike to Work Day 2011 is Tomorrow
Thursday, May 19th, 2011, 10:02am
May is National Bike Month and Friday, May 20 is Bike to Work Day. The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG), the Washington Area Bicyclists Association (WABA), and local governments including Fairfax County will host one of the nation's largest Bike to Work Day events. The annual event is held every spring to increase awareness and expose people to the benefits of bicycling to work, and to the market, the library, the café, the book store, the bike shop…basically everywhere!
This year, there are 49 pits stops around the region. Nine pit stops will be set up throughout Fairfax County:
Reston Town Center (at the intersection of Discovery Street and Market Street)
Vienna (at the Vienna Town Green on the W&OD)
Fairfax City at Van Dyck Park
Fairfax Corner (in the plaza opposite Coastal Flats)
Tysons Corner (at Booz Allen Hamilton, 8283 Greensboro Drive)
Loudoun County Transit Celebrates One Million Rides Milestone
Submitted by Leigh Macdonald, News Where You Live Ambassador, NoVA, D.C., Maryland
Sunday, May 15th, 2011, 12:24pm
Loudoun County Transit (LC Transit) has reached the milestone of one million rides. On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at about 7:30 a.m., a passenger crossed the threshold by boarding a Loudoun County commuter bus, putting the service over one million rides for Fiscal Year 2011.
LC Transit provides commuter bus service weekdays from twelve park and ride lots throughout Loudoun to destinations within the Washington metropolitan region, including Tysons Corner, West Falls Church, Rosslyn, Crystal City, and the Pentagon. Buses also make stops in the District of Columbia along major business corridors and near federal buildings and tourist locations.
In FY 2001, total passenger trips were just over 180,000. By June 2011 and the end of FY 2011, LC Transit will have logged just over 1.2 million passenger trips. In 10 years the annual passenger trips have increased more than six fold.
Ways to Save at the Pump
Monday, April 25th, 2011, 12:35pm
The rising cost of gas can really put an extra strain on your budget. The Fairfax County Department of Vehicle Services encourages residents to try some of these fuel saving strategies to help offset the high price at the pump.
1. Slow down on highways
Most vehicles reach peak fuel efficiency at speeds between 45 and 55 miles per hour. According to U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) figures, you lose 7 to 23 percent of fuel efficiency for every five miles per hour in excess of 60 MPH. Some drivers might save a gallon of gas a week this way.
2. Keep calm and close the windows
Spend It Like It's Your Own
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011, 9:48am
You may have heard that tempers are flaring over the planned metro station at Dulles. According to news reports, the board at Dulles International Airport stands behind its decision to build an underground station because it would be more 1) convenient for travelers, and 2) attractive than an above ground station.
So, it behooves us to ask about the degree of perceived inconvenience. How would using an above ground metro station compare with:
Fairfax City to Hold Work Session Tonight Regarding Red Light Camera Plan
Tonight at 7 p.m. during the Fairfax City Council regular meeting, there will be a work session regarding the re-establishment of the red-light camera program which was dismantled in 2005. "It was a temporary pilot program established by the state," said Chris Cohen of the City of Fairfax. Tonight the City Council cannot take action on the item, because it falls under a work session, but it will certainly be up for discussion. In particular, the Council will be discussing camera locations. How do you feel about Fairfax City potentially adding these red light cameras back?
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I-66 Pavement Rehab Begins April 4
Thursday, March 31st, 2011, 12:29pm
In April, the Virginia Department of Transportation begins a $48 million project to repair and resurface six and a half miles of badly deteriorated pavement on Interstate 66 between the Capital Beltway and Route 50 in Fairfax County. To minimize impacts to motorists, all lane closures will take place at night—between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., Sunday through Thursday nights. The project will be complete in the fall of 2012.
Beginning April 4, two of three lanes on eastbound I-66 will be closed weeknights from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. between the Beltway and Route 50.
Beginning Monday, April 18, the same closures will begin 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. weeknights on westbound I-66 between the Beltway and Route 50. Crews will limit the work zones to about two miles at a time. The closures in both directions will continue Sunday through Thursday nights through November 2012, weather permitting.


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The Pros Of The Paleo Diet
A paleo diet is one of the oldest diets known to mankind and has a number of health benefits for people opting for this diet. Unlike most human diets, a paleo diet is a nutritional based and consists of meal and seafood that come under the category that most primitive men would hunt. This diet also consists of nut, vegetables and fruits, which fall under category that such men would gather. Genetically, most human beings can easily adapt to this diet and it has a number of health benefits especially at a time when obesity, chronic heart diseases and diabetes are affecting millions of people around the world.
The inherent health benefits of a paleo diet as per popular health specialist Geoffrey Morell in the USA are as follows:
Most people would find it easier to manage the body weight by reducing carbohydrate and sugar levels in their diet, which is possible by opting to go on a paleo diet. This is a logical course as the sugar and grains are the main culprits behind excess blood sugar level that cause diabetes. When a person substitutes such foods with plants and animals in his/her diet, it reduces the carbohydrate and insulin levels in the body. This enables a person to manage his/her weight more efficiently and effectively.
Enhanced lipid Profile
Blood lipid levels indicate where or not a person may suffer from a heart disease. Paleo diets increase HDL cholesterol levels in the human body while lowering triglycerides and making small changes in LDL cholesterol levels. This helps in combating heart diseases and reduces the chances that a person will suffer from such ailments.
Enhances a person's mental condition
People who opt for a paleo diet are in a better position to combat anxiety and depression. Moreover, such people have a less acne complaints than people who opt for traditional western diets.
Paleo diets encourage people to eat natural whole food that contain plenty of fiber. The increase consumption of fiber reduces the risk of constipation, lows cholesterol levels along with reducing the risk from cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Fiber also helps in maintaining a person's body weight.
Better Digestion
Paleo diets improve the digestive system of the people who opt for this diet in spite of the fact that it may not contain as much fiber as most nutritionists would recommend. People who consume a paleo diet regularly are less likely to suffer from heartburn and other similar aliments.
High in healthy fats
Paleo diets are rich in healthy fats like omega-3, which most seafood products like fish contain. Omega-3 is useful in fighting the signs of aging and enhances brain functioning.
Its Filling
Unlike other diets that make people feel hungry even after a meal, a paleo diet is rich in fiber that makes the body feel less hungry for a longer period.
The above are just some of the inherent health benefits that people can enjoy by opting for a paleo diet says Geoffrey Morell. However, it is important to note that in spite of opting paleo diet to improve his/her general health, a person still has to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln
More than a million people have enjoyed Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the can't-stop-listening work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy-and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.
The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will profoundly move the listener. This may well be the most talked about book of the year.
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Alan P.
Enjoyed Bill's narration. But, with all his connections, he should have presented both sides of the "conspiratorial" debate. The hard-sell Oswald was alone sounds like Bill is on the cover-up sids. Hardly a "no-spin" way of addressing such an important historical debate.
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Brett H
Great book, had to take a break before the assassination took place, due to becoming attached to the characters... Enjoyed the Bill O'Reilly twist towards the end as well, did not see the coming, more mindblown than JFK!!! Maybe that's distasteful, but funny none the less...
Bill C
Love your books Bill, struggling with loosing you on the FOX network this week. Felt you were the best, most balanced NO SPIN commentator on the station. YOU\'LL BE MISSED. Hoping to see you bounce back and show them, in your calm demeanor, you are not phased. Regarding Killing Kennedy, I LOVED IT!! Especially with you narrating it. I grew up in Massachusetts a Kennedy supporter, before the Democratic Party Died A Fate Worse Than Kennedy Itself. I actually shook Robert Kennedy\'s hand in his last Boston St. Patrick\'s Day Parade and equally mourned his and John Jr.\'s death. I enjoyed your detailed account of JFK\'s life, while reliving all the chapters I could remember from my childhood. Surprised to hear your account of yourself knocking on the door of the FBI connected Oswald supporter as he took a shotgun to his head to die with the secretes we may never know the truth to. I HIGHLY recommend Killing Kennedy to anyone interested in hearing about all the details of this great Presidents historic life and Lincolnesque final chapter.
Elliotte F
I learned some more facts about JFK, Camelot, and the assassination. Nice Job!
Eric Oliver
Wonderful book!!!
Justin Rice
A fantastic read for a Boston native with interests in one of its many legendary native sons.
One of O'Reilly's best. Highly recommended reading!!
CRAIG LEONARD
I look forward to my walks listening to all of O\'Reilly\'s Killing Series books. All of them have been done magnificently.
Richard Ryman
This is the first book that I have enjoyed using audiobooks. I look forward to the next book, the killing of Lincoln.
We listened to this book in its entirety on our way home from vacation. We learned so much, was entertained and the trip went quickly!! Ready for our next trip!
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14 tracks: Gude Claret / Wee Hieland Laddie * Prince Charlie's March / Joy Gae Wi' My Love / Ho Ho Chaileagan * Braes o' Gleniffer * MacGregor of Ruara / The King's House * Bogie's Bonnie Belle * The Back of The Change House / Miss Girdle / The Bristly Beard / Barney's Balmoral * Woo'd and Married and A' * Loch Etive Side / South Uist Golf Glub / The Country Girl and The Hungarian Fiddler / Mrs Willie Wassle * Dusty Miller / Wee Willie Gray * Duncan McNeill's Farewell to Melfort * Boc Liath Nan Gobhar (The Grey Duck) / The Rock And The Wee Pickle Tow * Johnny Sangster * The Unreel / Les Trois Grande Luthiers * Donal Don / Piper's Cave.
The reputation of Jack Tamson's Bairns is so well established in Scotland and beyond that comment is almost superfluous! The band is made up of two outstanding singers in Rod Paterson (also guitar, trump) and John Croall (also bodhran, bones, whistles) along with Ian Hardie (fiddle, vocals), Derek Hoy (fiddles) and Norman Chalmers (concertinas, melodeon, moothie and whistles).
The Bairns have a very strong Scottish identity and perform mainly Scottish traditional songs and tunes, all with character and enjoyment - a few more recent compositions are also included. Highly regarded by all Scottish traditional musicians.


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EU To Decide Food Aid Program's Future
By editor • Oct 18, 2011
Originally published on October 18, 2011 8:20 am
RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:
In Europe the economic downturn has led more people there to turn to a food aid program for help, a program the EU may decide to cut this week. Hunger isn't a big problem in Europe, but tough times have meant some of its poorer citizens can't always pay for enough to eat. Eleanor Beardsley begins her story at a food bank in Paris.
ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: About 70 families show up every week to this food distribution center in the west of Paris. They receive staples like pasta, milk, meat and canned goods. Fatima Belassi, who emigrated to France from Morocco 20 years ago, comes here once a month. Because of rising energy bills and a divorce, she says she can no longer feed her three children on a cleaning woman's salary.
FATIMA BELASSI: (Through translator) But we get even more than food here. They help you mentally. They help with paper work. They give you a lot of support.
BEARDSLEY: As Belassi's three-year-old daughter Mona picks out a book from the center's library, the line outside the front door grows longer. Volunteers hand out canned goods and others foodstuffs. On the shelves are boxes marked European Community. French food charities get about a third of their supplies from the EU. The percentage is as high as 90 percent in other countries like Poland.
MAURICE LONY: Every year in European agriculture there are a certain amount of surplus, so the European Union decided to give it to the charity organizations.
BEARDSLEY: That's Maurice Lony, president the French Food Bank Association, explaining how the program got started 25 years ago. But Lony says EU farming is more efficient today and there are no more huge surpluses. Increasingly, the EU has been purchasing food to keep the $650 million a year program running, and some countries like Germany say that doesn't make sense.
But proponents say only the program's legal status has to be changed to keep the food banks open. The 27 EU agriculture ministers will meet this week to decide on the program's fate, but it isn't looking good. Julien Laupretre is with the Secours Populaire Francais, one of Europe's biggest aide groups.
JULIEN LAUPRETRE: (Through translator) If the decision is made to discontinue this program, people may not starve, but there will be millions threatened by malnutrition. Thirteen million people across the continent depend on this aid and cancelling it would be a disaster.
BEARDSLEY: Laupretre says the financial crisis is also forcing more people to ask for help. Food banks like this one have long served single mothers and immigrants, but now the elderly and working poor are joining their ranks. Twenty-four-year-old Marc Antoine Vadelorge is one of the new faces brought in by the crisis.
MARC ANTOINE VADELORGE: My name is Marc Antoine Vadelorge. I come from Normandy. I'm a fisherman. And it's so hard now. All the price of the fish is down, the gas oil is up. I've make 10 days at 16 hours a day for 27 euro, you know. It's so hard.
BEARDSLEY: Vadelorge left his family's fish business to come to Paris to look for work in restaurants. He says he never imagined he would end up having to use a food bank.
For NPR news, I'm Eleanor Beardsley in Paris. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Chronicles of Love & Resentment by Eric Gans
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The Erotic
No. 128: Saturday, February 28th, 1998
In last week's column, I touched on the question of the erotic content of the practice of body piercing. This week I would like to reexamine the question of the erotic from the standpoint of originary thinking. I say "reexamine" because my latest book, Signs of Paradox, contains a chapter on "two psychoanalytic concepts," the erotic and the unconscious. From a strictly generative standpoint, this chapter strays in the direction of empiricism; but such "straying" is the very modus operandi of the erotic and cannot be avoided in the discussion of the subject. The minimalism of originary thinking encounters the erotic as a "temptation" that it cannot encompass but only refer to obliquely. The erotic is recalcitrant to originary theory, for the very reason that the purpose of cultural deferral is to permit it.
We can construct a simple model of originary "triangular" or mimetic desire, but we cannot use it to predict the worldly operations of desire. My desire is mediated, in the general case, by the expressions of desire I encounter; I desire what others desire. But there is an additional component in desire, one that becomes dominant in sexual relationships, in which the desire-object itself serves as mediator. We call this component the "erotic." Its role is clearest when this "object" is a human being, but even inert objects carry an erotic charge insofar as they may be said to figure the human Other's self-mediation. It is the existence of this erotic component, with respect to which the search for an "originary" mediator is futile, that makes the construction of a predictive model of triangular desire impossible.
In this conception, it is not quite accurate to say that the erotic is to the sexual as culture is to nature. If we take sexual appetite as given, what transforms this appetite into desire is the mediation of our appetite through representation. But the object of my sexual desire, however her desirability may be enhanced for me by the desires of others (to simplify matters, I will assume the until-now culturally dominant "he/I" desires "her"), does not become an erotic object until she herself reflects this desire, that is, when she shows me that she finds herself desirable, that she desires her own desirability. Erotic desire is desire for an Other whom we conceive as sharing, indeed, inaugurating, our own desire.
Les filles au miroir
Lesbos, terre des nuits chaudes et langoureuses,
Qui font qu'à leurs miroirs, stérile volupté!
Les filles aux yeux creux, de leur corps amoureuses,
Caressent les fruits mûrs de leur nubilité…
Charles Baudelaire – "Lesbos," Les fleurs du mal, 1857 (one of the six condemned poems)
[Lesbos, land of hot and languorous nights
That incite, sterile sensuality! before their mirrors
The hollow-eyed girls, in love with their bodies
To caress the ripe fruits of their nubility…]
The original title of Charles Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal, arguably the most significant volume of lyric poetry of modern times, was Les lesbiennes. The first modern poet was he who dared connect the eroticism of the male spectator of female homosexuality with the Sapphic origin of lyric poetry. The condemnation of the two "lesbian" poems of the original 1857 edition illustrates the danger of an eroticism potent enough to transcend the specifics of sexual roles. In the second half of the nineteenth century, lyric poetry constitutes itself as a radical anthropological discovery principle through an act of faith in Sappho's originary lyric consciousness. Only at the turn of the century, after Baudelaire's doubling of this consciousness and its internal absence from without as itself an object of desire could Renée Vivien translate Baudelaire's "Sapphic" vision into straightforward lesbian love-poetry.
Baudelaire teaches us that man is attracted to female "narcissism," not as emptiness is to fullness, but as the desirer of the different is to the desirer of the same. The girls caressing their "fruits mûrs" before their mirror are exemplary erotic figures in the very plurality that attests to their individual lack of Being. The space between the woman and her mirror image is the same abyss of desire as in male (auto)eroticism, but it lies between her and her own image.
Because the erotic Other is her own mediator, she appears at first glance to inhabit a utopia of self-absorption. Freud's theory of narcissism is based on this illusory self-sufficiency, which Girard (Des choses cachées… p. 391ff) denounces as a myth. Yet this myth of psychoanalysis is not faithful to eroticism itself. The "narcissistic" erotic object does not appear to the subject as self-sufficiently enclosed within herself; on the contrary, she is still more alienated in her desire for herself than I am in desiring her. I can at least hope to approach the object of my desire, whereas she has already approached hers to the maximum–to the closest point at which she can make out her image in the mirror. The mirror is a locus of jouissance because it is in the first place one of anxiety–that of the old queen awaiting with horror the wrinkle that will end her tenure as "the fairest one of all."
The myth of Narcissus who, far from inhabiting a utopia of desire, suffers until his metamorphosis a nightmarish fate comparable to that of Tantalus, reveals that the "narcissistic" self is not whole but divided. Its desire for its own reflection / representation can never be satisfied. What arouses erotic desire in the subject is not the other's wholeness, but its relocation of desiring alienation to the abyss between itself and its own image.
This discussion might seem to imply that Girard's mimetic critique of the psychoanalytic model of desire attacks only a secondary component–the internal mechanism of "narcissism"–while leaving intact the Other's self-sufficiency, not, to be sure, in the sense that she is satisfied in her desire, but in the sense that, at least, she is the sole source of the image that is her object of desire. But the image in the mirror, like all such "supplementary" doublings, reveals the flaw in this perfect complementarity. The woman loves in her image the desires, potential and real, that it attracts from without. Her self-love is not self-determined, but an appeal to public mediation–why else need she look in the mirror? The autoerotic island of the erotic mediator floats on the sea of diffuse mediations through which the world attributes to each object its value for desire. Although Freud's remarks about the attractive woman's "narcissism" do not constitute a wholly satisfactory theoretical model, they are not altogether without foundation. The attractive woman does "narcissistically" contemplate her own image; what draws her back to her mirror is her astonishment at being "herself" this figure of beauty to which numberless admirers have given value.
Hence, just as the young woman caressing her fruits mûrs in the mirror is the exemplary object of erotic desire, an ugly woman admiring herself in the mirror is an object of fear and loathing or, at best, of comedy. To the very extent that her "unjustified" desire produces nevertheless a mimetic effect, we turn away in horror, just as the "homophobe" turns from the expression of male homosexual desire. This turning-away pays homage to the mimetic temptation of desire, but by the same token it thematizes our resistance to it. The degree of this resistance is a measure of our "sanity" in sharing the desires of the community. But because the erotic figure is herself our mediator, our need for the Being she incarnates may lead us to follow her beyond the values of common desire. Erotic "perversion" becomes a tribute paid by the sexual to the originary operation of desire: the generation of sacred significance.
As Bernini's famous statue of Saint Theresa reminds us, religious ecstasy and erotic ecstasy can take much the same form. How then shall we distinguish between eroticism and religion, eros and agapé? Erotic desire, as we have seen, is based on the reduction of the triangle of mediated desire to a relationship between desiring Self and desired Other in which the latter serves as both object and mediator. God as the originary mediator of all desire is surely the mediator of my desire for his Being.
The Other of erotic desire loves herself as representation, as the imaginarily timeless image in the mirror. In the religious case, we attribute to God himself the timelessness of representation; the separation between God and "himself" into which the erotic imagination can insert itself is figured by the sacrificial figure, who is the originary designatum of the sign but not the bearer of its Being. God's internal self-separation is realized theologically in the Trinity, which includes the Incarnation within the godhead itself.
Christianity does not want our love for the Son to be erotic; the figure of appetite is conjured homeopathically through the communion wafer. But once it becomes possible to see Jesus as exemplifying the despairing desire for his own immortal essence that Lamartine extended to all mankind in his line "L'homme est un dieu tombé qui se souvient des cieux" [Man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens], it becomes conceivable that his mediation might mobilize the energy of sexual desire as well. The "sublimation" of eros into agapé occurs at the point where the object of the mediating Other's own (self-)desire is understood not as a physical image of the desirable but an immortal "soul."
From the converse, spiritual, perspective, the erotic appears as a strategic short-circuiting of self-relationship: to love significance in one's body rather than one's soul. It is no accident that in Baudelaire's poem, as in eroticism generally, this short-circuiting is in the first place the act of the mediating Other. Were the male subject's sexual appetite sufficient unto itself, it would not require erotic supplementation. The whole demonology of female sexual desire finds its place here, from medieval "misogyny" to the vampiric fatal woman of the Decadence.
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How long have you been attending Bombshell Bootcamp?
Why did you decide to try the camp?
Lindsey MADE me!! Just kidding Lindsey knew someone that loved the camp and wanted to try it out so we all went and I'm glad we did it!
What is your favorite workout we do at bootcamp?
Hard to pick because we keep changing it up.
Is there an exercise we do at bootcamp that you have a love/hate relationship with?
Cardio will be the death of me! Four-corners/mile runs are awful but I feel so accomplished when I get it done/over with.
Have you lost weight, gotten faster or stronger and if so – can you tell us about it?
All of the above and more! At my first Bombshell bootcamp, I barely finished my mile run. I've cut my timed-mile by almost 3 minutes. I've gotten faster, leaner, and definitely stronger. I've lost 15 lbs and inches all over. I can't fit into any of my old clothes so thanks for the shopping excuse.
What advice do you have for new girls starting camp?
You have to start somewhere and this is the best place to do it. I agree with the others, the hardest part is getting there. Once you're at base camp, you can turn your brain off and let Cari/Carrie take over.
Having the other bombshells/Ben there doing the workouts with me. Everyone works so hard which pushes me to do my best. The results are pretty motivating too. I'm in the best shape of my life.
Would you recommend Bombshell Bootcamp to a friend? How would you describe the camp to them?
Yes and I have. I have tried everything from TRX sessions to going to cookie-cutter gyms. Leave your boot camp impressions at the door. Every work-out is different and my body feels challenged in a love/hate kind of way. Doing everything outdoors brings it to a whole new level, especially in this lovely Houston humidity.
How would you describe the trainers: Cari & Carrie?
Rockstars!! Nicest/toughest trainers I know. Cari & Carrie are so committed to their bombshells and they are experts in living a healthy and fit life. We've asked them everything from how to train for a marathon to what food should we be eating.
Tell us something fun or interesting about yourself that others at the camp may not know.
I hate birds but mostly because I am terrified of their feathers. Yuck!


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Strangers on a Train
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My Man Godfrey
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Marî Machida
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Stockholm, Swed
Nina Petri
Diane Fisher
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Kristen Bell wants 'Veronica Mars' sequel
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"Lincoln's like my television. I love being a mom and I love watching her explore the world and talk to me about things. It's mostly babbles, but she signs, and so we can communicate. I've never been so interested in anything in my entire life."


When the final result of the US elections was announced and Donald Trump won, markets around the world went into a tailspin where commodities and stock markets fell precipitously.
But the market meltdown soon fizzled out and prices recovered to near previous levels regardless of the election result. Brent crude prices fell to $43 (Dh158) a barrel on November 9, but recovered to $45.5 a barrel the next day as the focus shifted from Trump's victory to expectations from Opec.
Here we have to remember that oil prices have been under pressure for some time now, with Brent prices close to $54 a barrel around mid-October but falling to $44.68 a barrel as I write. At the same time, Opec's basket of crude oil prices fell from $49.06 a barrel on October 19 to $42.67 on November 10.
After the initial knee-jerk reaction, analysts realised that Trump's energy policy promises are unlikely to affect the markets in the short term as many of them may take years to materialise if ever implemented. Others may be implemented soon as he takes office in just over a couple of months' time, but their impact will take much longer to become noticeable.
And let no one forget that Trump's election campaign is like any other politician's in exuding showmanship rather than being well-thought out policies. So it remains to be seen if he can make the US free from Opec or if he will occupy Iraq and take its oil as the cost of its liberation or make Gulf countries pay for their protection.
Even if US imports from Opec turn to zero, Opec's policy would still affect oil prices internationally and the US can never be isolated from the international market. The promise to make the US energy independent has been almost the promise of every president since 1973. Trump is no different and it remains to be seen if he will succeed and whether this independence is actually in favour of the US economy, which is a major player in the energy markets by way of its imports and exports.
Cancelling NAFTA is off the table now as Trump's demands for renegotiation is likely to be positively met by Canada and Mexico. The agreement has stood the test of time for decades and is unlikely to be folded up easily, especially as it has a large energy element and many arteries through oil and gas pipelines.
Unlike Obama, Trump has promised to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which will open the route for more Canadian crude oil to refining centres in Texas and then exports.
On Iran, Trump's promise to throw out the nuclear agreement is unlikely to come to fruition because that was an international agreement approved and guaranteed by the UN Security Council. However, Trump can certainly make a lot of trouble throughout the implementation. Oil companies who were considering deals with Iran are probably having second thoughts.
This may make Iran more cooperative with other Opec members in the upcoming meeting at the end of this month.
This will invigorate the shale oil and gas production, especially if oil prices appreciate. It will also breathe life into a declining coal industry as regulation on clean coal is relaxed.
How this would affect the US climate change policy and its international agreements remains to be seen. Trump promised to "cancel" the Paris Climate Accord. While he can't actually do that, he can simply not adhere to US commitments.
This may make other countries follow suit and bring more uncertainties about the whole climate change outlook.
But there is fear of an economic downturn and some analysts have already reduced their forecasts for economic growth fearing a Trump trade war with major economic powers. This would pressure oil demand and prices and dent an already fragile market.
There is no doubt then that the next few months and beyond would be an interesting time in the oil market and we better hold on to our seats and watch the show.


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Man working overboard. Abseiler hanging on cable tray at the edge of oil and gas platform in the middle of sea.
Man working overboard. Abseiler complete with personal protective equipment (PPE) climbing the edge of oil and gas rig platform in the middle of sea.
Man working overboard. Man working at height. Abseilers climbing and hanging at the edge of oil and gas platform in the middle of sea.
Man working overboard. Abseiler complete with personal protective equipment (PPE) climbing and hanging at the edge of oil and gas rig platform in the middle of sea.
Working at height equipment. Fall arrestor device for worker with double lanyard and hooks at galvanized tube for safety body harness on selective focus.
Working at height equipment. Fall arrestor device for worker with double hooks for safety body harness on selective focus. Worker as a background.
A small businessman hiding under an umbrella from crude oil leaking of a large black barrel. Oil and gas industry. Counting costs and losses. Safety and protection.
On a rainy day in the summer, a small happy girl hides from the rain under a large burdock leaf.
Russia and sanctions concept. Politics and business relations.
Strong protection business concept with a strong blue umbrella supporting and shielding a giant rock or boulder from falling down as an inegrity symbol of security trust and strength on a white background.
Oil dropping fuel and gas price falling concept as liquid black crude petroleum spilling down sgaped as a downward arrow in a symbol for declining prices in fossil energy due to market oversupply and overproduction.
Oil collapse industry concept as a barrel full of holes of crude petroleum with liquid spilled on the floor as a business metaphor for energy price drop.
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Bad diet protection food concept with a group of greasy fatty fast food falling down like rain and a green umbrella stopping the unhealthy food as a metaphor for poor nutrition and changing eating habits.
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Corporate insurance and business protection concept as a businessman with a blue parachute being saved while others falling with 3D illustration elements.
Wildlife danger and animal conservation concept as a young family of canada geese on a lake polluted from a toxic oil spill shaped as a death skull symbol as a metaphor for environmental damage to nature and the protection of natural habitat.
Holding a leaf as a symbol of growth and development with the hand of a child lifting a green maple leaf as a metaphor for learning discovery and imagination isolated on a white background.