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Friday, May 29, 2010. Chaos and violence continue, Newsweek's end seems poetic, Paul Bremer talks to the Iraq Inquiry, and more.
Starting with The Diane Rehm Show and here is how the website notes their second hour and how it was noted in on air promos leading up to the (live) broadcast:
Vice President Biden says U.S. troops will be out of Iraq as scheduled [C.I. note: For the drawdown, this is not a withdrawal, for the August drawdown]. North and South Korea continue to ratchet up their rhetoric. And drug violence in Jamaica leaves dozens dead. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Wow. Iraq the first mentioned. At last, it was going to get some serious attention, right?
Wrong. It was one brief minute badly bungled by the biggest idiot on the show. Diane's guests were Elise Labott (CNN), Michael Hirsh (Newsweek) and David Sanger (New York Times). David Sanger's out of his element as a second hour guest. (The paper's Helene Cooper could handle it though international reporters would actually be better.) Elisa Labott covers the State Dept and has an international background. She would have been the best choice if ONLY ONE guest was going to BRIEFLY speak on Iraq. Of the three, Sanger would be the second choice. Michael Hirsh?
Uh, I believe America's rejected Newseek. I believe that's why it can't find a buyer. The trashy weekly (infamous for falsely printing that Jean Seberg was pregnant with the child of a 'Black activist' -- a willing and knowing cooperation with the US government in an effort to destroy Jean) may get some CIA funding but the publishing industry's done with it because it can't grasp reality: There is no Barack publishing market.
Apparently, the Cult of St. Barack has either stopped drinking the Kool-Aid or they don't read. But as one failed book after another, as one hyped magazine cover after another has failed to move, others in the publishing industry have moved on. Newsweek can't stop dry humping Barack. America has no trust in that rag, American has no interest in it.
So Biden says the drawdown is on track? We addressed that in yesterday's snapshot. Joe says the number of US troops in Iraq will be 50,000 by the end of August. Next week is the start of June. June, July and August. 3 months. The Pentagon states there are 92,000 US troops in Iraq (they fed the press that number this week to trumpet that there were more troops in Afghanistan). 92,000 minus 50,000 is 42,000 troops. The average number of troops in a brigade is 3,500. That's well over ten brigades. Candidate Barack Obama promised one brigade a month would be withdrawn from Iraq over his first sixteen months in office if elected (he broke that promise) and stated that it couldn't be more because more than one brigade a month would put too much stress on the system and put too much at risk. (Those are what as known as "lies.") Over 3 troops must be withdrawn in June, 3 in July and 3 in August for the deadline to be met.
Michael Hirsh couldn't offer any of that. He could stammer like the fool he is uh-uh-uh-uh. He could lick the boots of Barack and pass that off as journalism but he couldn't deal with any of the facts. His babbles summed up Newsweek. A piss poor, piece of s**t, that never cared about the facts and never had anything to offer but opinion.
In partnership with the CIA, they published the lie that Jean Seberg was pregnant with the child of "a Black activist" in an effort to destroy Jean Seberg who was both an actress and a political activist speaking out agains the war in Vietnam and racism. The CIA hooked up with Newsweek's foreign correspondent in France who did an interview with Jean that she described as bland. But Edward Behr had already agreed to write up info the CIA wanted in his report for Newsweek. Kermit Lasner would offer excuses for how he, as editor, allowed the statement into print which would include a tough lunch that gave him 'hard gas' and a spill on scooter. Here's what Newsweek printed in the August 24, 1970 issue: "She and French author Romain Gary, 56, are reportedly about to remarry even though the baby Jean expects in Ocotober is by another man -- a black activist she met in California." The US government wanted to destroy her and just knew that was the way to do it. Publishing the lie, destroyed Jean personally for other reasons. She lost the baby. Romain sued. He sued Newsweek.
But the CIA has so many helpers that a huge disinformation campaign has taken place over the last years and allowed Joyce Harber, a gossip columnist, to be blamed. Joyce ran a blind item in May of 1970. It could have been about Jean, it could have been about Jane Fonda, it could have been about any number of women and it caused no ripple. Jean did not miscarry in May. Jean didn't go into the hopsital in May. That happened in August after Newsweek published their lie. But Joyce Harber has been the target of the disinformation campaign and you will read the lie all over the net -- or hear from FAIR in any of its forms -- that Joyce is responsible and was working with Hoover's FBI. Joyce didn't get the tip from the FBI. CIty editor Bill Thomas passed that rumor on to Joyce. Joyce was always clear about where she got the information and how. Bill? Bill lied a million and one times and constantly changed his story. He got his tip from the FBI. He was doing Hoover's bidding.
But that attack didn't work out. Harber was smart enough to know what she could and what she couldn't print. And she also didn't think the tale (which she assumed true) was worth more than any other bit of gossip regarding who is sleeping with whom.
Edward Behr, fed by the CIA, ran with as a non-blind item months later. Kermit Lasner knew better but printed it because Newsweek was but an organ. And Jean Seberg lost her baby. So as Newsweek falters and falters, good. Justice for Jean Seberg.
As illegal wars continue today in Iraq and Afghanistan, anyone considering themselves part of today's peace movement needs to reject the disinformation campaign that blames a blind item by Joyce Harber (which ran in May) for Jean's August miscarriage. Anyone who considers themselves part of the peace movement needs to grasp that Newsweek actively and knowingly worked with the CIA to destroy Jean because she spoke out against American actions in Vietnamand against racism at home. The government wanted to destroy Jean Seberg and Newsweek was more than willing to enlist in that campaign. It is very easy to (wrongly) blame Harber and taking a stand against a (dead) gossip columnist never required bravery. A lot of people have spent a lot of time over the last decades rewriting history. Romain sued one and only one publication: Newsweek. It's amazing how that falls from the public record as a disinformation campaign takes hold.
Who has been the most mentioned US citizen in the London inquiry chaired by John Chilcot into the Iraq War? If you followed the coverage, the answer's obvious and it's in many snapshots such as the February 3rd one: "Paul Bremer is mentiioned in the Iraq Inquiry more than any other American (that includes Bush, Tommy Franks, Condi Rice, Blot Powell and all the rest)." And as we noted as well, Bremer wasn't pleased about that. Nor should he have been. He wasn't occupying the Oval Office (that was Bush), he wasn't running things (that was Cheney). As demonstrated with Jay Garner's firing, when the White House was displeased with the way their orders were being carried out in Iraq, they dumped the person immediately. (The second most blamed by witnesses testifying before the Inquiry? Condi Rice and usually for a multi-page article published in 2000 that had approximately one paragraph on Iraq in it.) So it never made sense to hear one British witness after another repeatedly lay the blame on Bremer.
But it always made sense that Bremer would want his say and he has. In addition to offering testimony, he's issued a lengthy statement. So lengthy that were this Monday or Tuesday, we'd serialize it with excerpts in each snapshot of this week. It's Friday and I don't care for the New York Times' bitchy way of 'covering' Bremer which is to repeat charges against him and ignore his responses except on letters page where they usually fail to print his response in full. So we're noting all of Bremer's statement in full. Again, it is lengthy:
Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of Commission:
Thank you for the opportunity to address this commission. The purpose of my statement is to convey my understanding of the objectives of the occupying authority in Iraq and to account for the major activities that authority undertook. I take this opportunity to summarize for the commission the points that I consider important to its review. After my statement, I am prepared to answer your questions.
At the outset I would make three general points.
I should remind the commission that prior to assuming my duties in Iraq I had been in the private sector for about fourteen years. In the prewar period, I was neither in the US government nor informed of governmental deliberations except through press reports. Therefore I had, and still have, no firsthand knowledge about those prewar deliberations.
While I recognize the focus of the commission is on British government decisions involving the CPA's time in Iraq, my perspective is on American government actions with which I am familiar.
It is impossible to exaggerate the difficulties created by the chronic under-resourcing of the CPA's efforts. This problem, and the fact that the Coalition was unable to provide adequate security for Iraqi citizens, pervaded virtually everything we did, or tried to do, throughout the fourteen months of the CPA's existence.
Three weeks after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush asked me to become Presidential Envoy to Iraq. I spent the next several weeks in a round of meetings and briefings with the relevant departments of the US government in Washington. I arrived in Baghdad on May 12, 2003 and stayed until June 28, 2004. During this period, I served as Presidential Envoy to Iraq and Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).
I have written an extensive account of my experience in My Year in Iraq; The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope (2006).
My authorities as Presidential Envoy, enumerated in a letter from the President, were modeled on the standard letter every American Chief of Mission receives and were consistent with American law concerning those authorities. As with the standard Chief of Mission letter, mine affirmed my authority for all American government employees within Iraq, except for American military personnel serving there under the command of military authorities. Thus, consistent with American law and long-standing practice, I was not in the military chain of command.
The Secretary of Defense appointed me Administrator. His letter stated that in that position I was to exercise all executive, legislative and judicial authority over the government of Iraq. I was given to understand that these authorities derived from the Coalition's status as an "occupying power" under international law, as recognized in the relevant UN Security Council resolution.
In Iraq the Coalition had three major challenges:
To provide security for the citizens of Iraq.
To help the Iraqis rebuild their economy.
To help the Iraqi people put their country on the path to representative government.
The Coalition military had responsibility for the first task; the CPA for the other two.
It was evident to me from the start that the prewar planning had been inadequate, largely because it was based on incorrect assumptions about the nature of the post-war situation on the ground in Iraq.
Pervasive Lack of Security
Even before I left for Baghdad, I was concerned that the Coalition had insufficient troops to carry out its primary duty of providing security for the Iraqi people. I was struck by the evidence to this effect provided in a draft study from the RAND corporation shown to me before I left for Baghdad.
That study examined a number of post-conflict situations to determine in such situations the appropriate ratio of troops on the ground to the host country population. Applying the lessons of that study, the RAND report concluded that the Coalition military in Iraq should number some 480,000. Yet the day I arrived in Iraq, total strength of Coalition forces was less that half that number. Troop strength declined thereafter.
Restrictive Rules of Engagement (ROEs) under which Coalition forces operated in Iraq compounded this numerical deficit. For example, although there were some 40,000 Coalition troops in Baghdad when I arrived, since the collapse of the Saddam regime looters had pillaged at will for more than three weeks undisturbed by Coalition forces. Coalition troops had no orders to stop the looting and the Iraqi police in all major cities had deserted their posts.
The looting was done out of rage, revenge and for profit. It later became evident that some looting was also part of a prewar plan of Saddam Hussein's intelligence services.
The unchecked violence had three consequences. First was the enormous economic damage, not just in Baghdad but throughout Iraq. The CPA's economic experts later calculated the economic cost of the looting to be $12 billion, an amount equal to half Iraq's prewar GDP.
Secondly, focusing much of their rage on hated Iraqi governmental institutions, the looters destroyed a large part of the physical infrastructure of the government. The Baghdad headquarters of 21 of 25 ministries were entirely or largely destroyed. Throughout the CPA's tenure, the crucial Ministry of Finance had room for only half of its civil servants, who therefore worked in shifts throughout that time. The same was true of the Ministry of Education.
All the country's police stations were ransacked, often burned down. Iraq's military bases and barracks in most cases were entirely disassembled -- windows, doors, furniture, pipes and bathroom fixtures--so that often not a brick stood on another.
But the most pernicious effect of the unchecked looting was to send a message to the Iraqi people, and to enemies of the Coalition, that the Coalition military would not, or could not, provide security for Iraqis, the most basic of government functions.
I would like to set the record straight on the decision about the Iraqi army. The decision was based on the nature and role of Iraq's army during Saddam's three decade rule; the status of the army after the fall of Baghdad; and the practical and political considerations about the structure of any future Iraqi army.
Since the establishment of Iraq after the First World War, the army had played an important, and at least initially, constructive role in Iraq. However, for more than three decades Saddam had used that army as an essential element of his brutal repression and terror against the Iraqi people.
During the 1980s, the Iraqi army had conducted a vicious war, considered by some legal experts to be a war of genocide, against Iraq's Kurds. Hundreds of thousands of Kurds were killed, maimed or tortured. More still were made refugees after the army destroyed their homes. This "anfal" campaign culminated in the use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish town of Halabja on March 18, 1988 in which at least 5,000 innocent men, women and children were killed; thousands more were horribly scarred for life.
After the first Gulf War, Saddam used the army to brutally repress a Shia uprising in the South. Again hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens were killed -- machine gunned and thrown into mass graves; for example, one field discovered near al-Hilla the week I arrived contained more than 30,000 bodies. During the 14 months of the CPA, over 300 mass graves were discovered.
Iraq's prewar army had been composed of some 300,000 enlisted men, all of them drafted into the army and the vast majority of them Shia. The officer corps, which was almost as large, was composed almost entirely of Sunnis. The enlisted men were regularly mistreated, even brutalized, by their officers.
When it became clear that Iraq was losing the war, this army had "self-demobilized", as the US Defense Department put it. Shia draftees by the thousands deserted their posts and went back to their villages, farms and families. Before I arrived in Iraq, the top commander of the Coalition forces, General Abizaid, had reported to the Department of Defense that not a single unit of the old army was in place intact anywhere in Iraq.
Thus, any prewar thought of using the army for peaceful reconstruction projects had become simply irrelevant -- unless the Coalition proposed to recall the old army. While some American officers had discussed the possibility of recalling elements of the former army, such a course ran straight into practical and political objections.
The large corps of enlisted men had gone home and would not voluntarily return to serve under brutal Sunnis officers. So the Coalition military would have had to send Coalition troops, already short-handed, into the Shia villages to force draftees back at gunpoint. This was not a course of action which commended itself to anyone of responsibility in the US government. Moreover, since looting had destroyed Iraq's military infrastructure, there would have been no place to train and house the army.
To these practical problems were added decisive political arguments against recalling the army.
Already before the war, the State Department's extensive study for post war Iraq (The Future of Iraq) had stated that: "The Iraqi Army of the future cannot be an extension of the present army, which has been made into a tool of dictatorship." Kurdish leaders, hearing rumors that some Coalition officers were considering reconstituting Saddam's army, made very clear to me that such a move would trigger Kurdish secession from Iraq. That would have provoked an immediate civil war and a broader and more dangerous regional war.
Moreover, Iraq's Shia population, following the counsel of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, was openly cooperating with the Coalition. But they, too, had powerful historic reasons to resent the idea of recalling the Iraqi army. Together the Kurds and the Shia make up about 80% of Iraq's population.
So the best course open to the Coalition, announced in late May, was to build a new professional Iraqi army. This decision had been under review by senior Defense Department civilian and military leaders since it became evident in early April that the former army was no longer intact.
The CPA's senior advisor, Walter Slocombe conducted these discussions, first in Washington, then in London and Baghdad. American officials recognized that any prewar plan to make use of the old army had been rendered irrelevant by facts on the ground. On his way to Bagdad on May 13 and 14 2003, Slocombe briefed senior British officials in London on the plans. His British interlocutors recognized that demobilization was a fait accompli. None of them expressed the view that the Coalition should instead try to recall the Iraqi army. In fact, Slocombe reported that the British officials agreed with the need for vigorous de-Baathification, especially in the security sector.
The first battalion of the new army went into training in late July 2003. We made clear at the outset that this would be an all-volunteer army and that enlisted men from the old army were welcome to seek reenlistment. The CPA also announced that officers from Saddam's army up to the rank of Colonel could apply for positions in the new army.
Recognizing the impact of not recalling all of Saddam's army, the Coalition decided to pay all enlisted men a separation bonus. And because the planned new Iraqi army would be much smaller than Saddam's, we also paid all but the most senior former officers a monthly pension set at a level higher than they would have received from Saddam's government. Those payments, made from Iraqi government funds, continued throughout the CPA period and were continued after the return of a sovereign Iraqi government. It was a mistake not to announce the payments at the same time we announced the Coalition's intent to create a new army. As soon as we did announce the payments (in mid June 2003), unrest and demonstrations by former officers immediately stopped.
No doubt some members of the former army may have subsequently joined the insurgency. But if they did so, for most of them it was not because they had been denied an opportunity to serve their country again or otherwise to live on their pensions. It was because they wanted to install a Baathist dictatorship.
Today the new Iraqi army, built from the ground up, is the country's most respected institution; a significant contrast to the police which the CPA did recall and which continues to be plagued by human rights and criminal abuses.
Rebuilding a devastated Economy
The second challenge facing the Coalition was to get Iraq's economy back on its feet and to begin restoring essential services to the Iraqi people.
Through a combination of large-scale corruption, spectacular misallocation of Iraq's capital resources and UN-imposed sanctions, Saddam's three decade rule had destroyed one of the region's best economies. A few specifics show magnitude of the CPA's economic challenge.
In 1980, Iraq's per capita income had been greater than Spain's. By 2002 it had fallen below Angola's.
During the 1990s, Saddam cut healthcare spending by 90%. The World Bank estimated that Iraq had shortest life expectancy and highest child mortality in region.
The UN reported that at least half of Iraq's schools needed to be entirely rebuilt.
Iraq's industrial sector was dominated by 192 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), value- destroying entities dependent on politically-mandated loans, often buying goods at politically-fixed prices and making products for non-existent markets.
The World Bank estimated that the country needed between $75 and $100 billion in new investment just to repair the country's dilapidated economic infrastructure
The state budget had been a secret under Saddam, but what was clear is that it was in chronic deficit. Every Friday, the central bank would simply print the amount of new currency Saddam estimated would be needed the following week. As a result of this colossal fiscal indiscipline, Saddam's Ministry of Planning estimated that at the end of 2002 inflation had been running at an annual rate of over 100,000%. The same ministry reported that the prewar unemployment was 50%.
Even before the war, Iraq's electricity production was estimated be fulfill less than half demand. At the fall of Baghdad, the entire country was producing less than 300 MW of electricity, about a tenth of prewar levels; no oil was being exported so the Iraqi government had no revenues. Civil servants, by far the majority of the employed population, had not been paid salaries or pensions for months. Hospitals and schools were closed. The primitive banking system was shuttered. In short, Saddam's Iraq had been the equivalent of a well-armed Potemkin village.
The CPA took aggressive action to deal with the economy. Salaries and pensions were increased three to five fold and paid out within a week of my arrival. Barriers to trade were removed by eliminating import tariffs. Taxes were lowered and exchange rate freed to be determined by the market rather than by bureaucrats. Massive employment projects were set on foot to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. Over the next 14 months, the CPA and Coalition military units completed over 22,000 individual reconstruction projects all over the country.
Within 4 months, the CPA's actions had begun reviving the economy. By October 1, 2003, the Coalition had rebuilt over 2,000 schools. The CPA had increased Iraq's healthcare budget by 1300%. All Iraq's hospitals and clinics had been reopened and distribution of drugs had been increased 700%. Electricity and oil production had returned to prewar levels. All the nation's bank branches were reopened (though they still lacked capacity for electronic transfer of funds so Iraqi government expenses had to be paid in cash).
At the same time, the CPA worked with Iraqis to establish principles and institutions fitting for a modern economy. Iraqi ministries, working with CPA advisors, produced balanced government budgets for 2003 and 2004. The CPA introduced the principles of monetary responsibility by establishing the independence of Iraq's central bank and freed interest rates to be determined by the marketplace, not by bureaucrats as had been done under Saddam. Working with the Iraqis, the CPA repealed Saddam's prohibition against foreign investment, except in the oil industry. Despite a primitive banking system, poor infrastructure and a war, the CPA succeeding in replacing Saddam's near-worthless currency with a New Iraqi Dinar which has since floated freely against all world currencies.
The CPA evaluated the SOEs and found that most of them probably could not survive in a free market. The economic arguments for privatizing those that could survive and closing the rest were powerful. But because these firms employed over 500,000 people, the CPA decided that the consequences of privatizing or closing the SOEs in the midst of a growing insurgency were too risky. So the CPA did not privatize a single SOE and instead continued to pay the salaries of the all SOE employees, even of those "employed" at SOEs that were definitively closed.
The CPA's economic record has largely gone unreported. In June 2004, when the CPA handed over to a sovereign Iraqi government, the economy was well on the way to recovery. Oil production had been running at prewar levels for 10 months. Bank deposits were 90% over May 2003 levels. Electricity production was half again as high as prewar levels, though still far short of meeting demand. Monthly inflation had been cut to only 2%. And according to a massive study by the United Nations Development Programme, unemployment was just 10.5%. A later study by the International Monetary Fund found that the Iraqi economy rebounded by over 46% in 2004.
Helping Iraq's Transition to Representative Government
The major political goal of the Coalition was to help the Iraqis establish responsible representative government. In this goal, the Coalition was pushing on an open door. The remarkable turnout of Iraqis in four elections and one referendum since 2004 is conclusive evidence that Iraqis wanted to replace Saddam's tyranny with democracy.
The first step toward this goal was to deal with the overhang of Baath Party dictatorship. Saddam's party had been the primary political instrument of repression. Dissent and criticism of his rule were answered with summary brutality, torture and death. The party, consciously modeled on Hitler's Nazi party, even recruited children to spy and report on their parents.
The State Department's prewar plan, The Future of Iraq, recognized that "no member of the Baath party has any stature in the country" and urged that if Saddam were overthrown, steps should be taken "to ensure that Baathist ideology in whatever guise does not seep into the public realm" and to "block the appointment or promotion of any figure who has Baathist sympathies or loyalties of who expresses Baathist 'thought'".
Consistent with this plan, on April 16, 2003, General Tommy Franks, commander of Coalition Forces, outlawed the Baath Party and its repugnant ideology. No responsible official that I am aware of, in Washington or any other capital, nor in Iraq itself seriously suggested any other possibility. It was clear that there would be some level of de-Baathification. The questions were: how much and what would happen to Baathists.
Our intelligence estimated that the party had a membership of two and a half million. The Coalition recognized that many Iraqis had joined the party, not out of conviction, but in order to get access to jobs or favors from Saddam's regime.
So the Coalition's deBaathification decree was narrowly drawn in two respects. First, it affected only the top one percent of party members. Moreover, the only restriction placed on them was that they could not hold government jobs. Thus even top party members were free to work in the private sector, to set up businesses or newspapers, to become farmers, etc. Moreover the CPA authorized scores of exceptions even to this lenient policy, permitting many ranking Baathists to remain in high government positions. The myth that deBaathification collapsed the Iraqi government is simply unsupported by the facts.
Although the CPA's policy was intended to target a small portion of party members, it was later abused by Iraqi politicians and became a political tool with large negative consequences. In retrospect, it was a mistake for the CPA to devolve the implementation of the Debaathfication program to Iraqi politicians who then attempted to broaden the decree's effect. It would have been wiser to have set up an Iraqi judicial panel to oversee implementation. The difficulty three successive sovereign Iraqi governments have had wrestling with deBaathification illustrates the strong emotions Iraqis continue to have about the proper role for former Baath party members.
The CPA moved quickly to get a responsible interim Iraqi government in place, working with the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to establish the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) in just two months. This effort benefited greatly from the professional efforts of British members of the CPA under the able leadership of Ambassador Jonathan Sawers. Hundreds of other able British officials including Ambassadors Greenstock, Sinnott and Richmond, participated in CPA activities over the next 14 months.
All CPA employees were volunteers. They came from 25 different nations and worked long hard hours. But the CPA was never adequately staffed. At its best, the CPA had only 56% of its positions filled.
The IGC was afforded responsibility to oversee drafting a modern constitution for Iraq, a step that all Iraqi political leaders we consulted favored. On September 1, 2003, the IGC also appointed Iraqi Ministers to run the Iraqi government. The CPA gave the Iraqi Ministers responsibility for the policies, personnel and budgets of their respective ministries. I do not recall once overruling a decision by an Iraqi Minister.
After considerable internal debate, the IGC deadlocked over the process by which to draft a constitution. The result was an agreement on November 15, 2003 that the Iraqis would draft an Interim Constitution as an essential step to regaining full sovereignty. This document, the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) came into being in March 2004, after months of intense negotiations among Iraqis in which the CPA paid an essential and very active mediating role.
The Interim Constitution was the CPA's most important contribution to Iraq's political future. The law established the principles of democracy, individual rights and federalism on which Iraq's permanent constitution came to be based.
The Interim Constitution laid the foundations for open, representative and legitimate government. The document established the architecture of Iraq's government, based on the separation of powers, and a balance between the executive and legislative branches. It also confirmed an independent judiciary and civilian control over the military. The Interim Constitution established basic rights for all Iraqis, irrespective of gender, sect, religion or ethnicity. It committed Iraq to the rule of law and set out principles such as the right of the accused to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, to confront his accusers and to have legal counsel. Through the document recognized that the majority of Iraqis are Muslim, it confirmed the freedom of religion.
This document gave Iraq the political structure and opportunity to remain a united, free and democratic country. And although Iraq has been through very difficult times since 2004, the Iraqi people have remained committed to that structure.
The Coalition faced three enormous challenges in Iraq: providing security for Iraqi citizens; helping Iraq move toward representative government and helping them modernize their economy.
The Coalition military had responsibility for security. This task was never adequately resourced throughout the CPA time. Lack of security impinged on the CPA's ability to deliver in the other two areas. Constant attacks on Iraq's fragile infrastructure complicated the task of restarting essential services. Two leading members of the Governing Council were assassinated in office; others subjected to shootings, bombings and harassment. The CPA itself lost staff to insurgent attacks and its work environment was far short of ideal.
Despite these handicaps, and chronic understaffing, the historic record of the CPA's accomplishments is clear. When the CPA left, Iraq's economy was rebounding smartly, not just from post war levels, but well beyond the prewar levels. And by helping Iraqis draft a modern, liberal constitution, the CPA gave the Iraqi people the political structure to define a path to representative government, a path they have followed despite severe provocation by insurgents and terrorists.
We've called Bremer out repeatedly over the years and our points of disagreement are a matter of record. Due to that and due to the fact that the witness testimony against him during each day of public hearings at the Inquiry were covered in the snapshot, we'll let him have his say above without comment. The Inquiry also met with Australia's Ambassador to the US Kim Beazley, John Bellinger (advised Bush and the NSC), Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction's Stuart Bowen and Ginger Cruz, Eliot Cohen, US Ambassador to Iraq (2007-2009) Ryan Crocker, Charles Duelfer (Iraq Survey Group), David Kay (Ibid), Gen David McKiernan, NSC's Franklin Miller, USAID's (2001-2005) Andrew Natsios, CPA's Meghan O'Sullivan, William Taft IV (State Dept legal adviser, 2000-2004), Philip Zelikow and French Ambassador to the US Pierre Vimont.
Khalid Farhan, Muhanad Mohammed and Michael Taylor (Reuters) report a Najaf bank was robbed today after at least one insider (a security guard) drugged his c-owrkers tea allowing robbers to make off with the US equivalent of $5.5 million. AP adds, "A policeman who was guarding the bank offered cups of tea laced with sleeping medication to four guards at the bank, knocking them out for the night, according to a local police and a bank official." In other violence, Alsumaria TV reports a Baquba bombing yesterday which left seven people injured. Sahar Issa (McClatchy Newspapers) reports a Thursday Mosul mortar attack which left twelve people wounded, a Baghdad roadside bombing which left three people injured, a Baghdad sticky bombing which left two people injured and, today, Baghdad home bombings "of two Sahwa members and one policeman" which left three bystanders wounded.
In the US, Brian Faler (Bloomberg News) notes, the Senate pushed through the war supplemental bill late last night on a 67 for and 28 against vote. The bill now goes to the House which will debate it sometime after their Memorial Day vacation. At The Huffington Post, US House Rep Jan Schakowsky observes:
As of 10:06 on Sunday, May 30th, we will have spent $1 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A trillion dollars is a baffling amount of money. If you write it out, use twelve zeros. Even after serving in Congress for over a decade, I, like most Americans, still have a hard time wrapping my head around sums like this.
This month, we mark the seventh anniversary of President Bush's declaration of "mission accomplished" in Iraq, yet five American soldiers have been killed there in May alone. Iraqis went to the polls nearly three months ago, but the political system remains so fractured that no party has been able to piece together a coalition. There are some indications that sectarian violence is again on the rise.
The only clear winner of the Iraq war is Iran. Their mortal enemy, Saddam Hussein, was taken out and fellow Shiites are in charge. Iran has been emboldened to the point of threatening the stability of the region and the world with its growing nuclear capability.
And we'll close with this from Military Families Speak Out:
Contact: Nikki Morse, 347-703-0570, nikki@mfso.org
Deborah Forter, 617-983-0710, deborah@mfso.org
May 27, 2010, Nationwide -- This Memorial Day Weekend, Gold Star Families Speak Out members whose loved ones died as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Military Families Speak Out members who have a loved one who has previously served or is currently serving in Afghanistan or Iraq, can speak a truth Americans need to hear.
Celeste Zappala, a member of Gold Star Families Speak Out from Philadelphia, PA, whose son was killed in Iraq and was the first Pennsylvania National Guardsman to die in combat since World War II, said,
"With great sadness my family and I recognize Memorial Day and the 7 years since we last saw my son, Sgt. Sherwood Baker alive. On April 26, 2004 he died in an explosion while looking for the nonexistent weapons of mass destruction. We are but one of the over 5,000 American families who mourn the loss of their loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan; physical and spiritual casualties affect thousands more - and yet the wars that kill our young and drain our treasure do not create peace. It is long past time to bring our troops home, and find real solutions for Peace."
Earlier this month, an ABC News /Washington Post poll found that a majority of Americans are again opposed to the Afghanistan war, with 52% saying it's not worth fighting.
Military Families Speak Out members Larry and Judy Syverson, of Richmond Virginia, said,
"We are the parents of three active duty sons. Our oldest son, Branden, is in Afghanistan with the Second Infantry (our family's sixth deployment in these wars). We are disheartened by Obama's foreign policy. With the 1,000th American soldier killed in Afghanistan this past week and war spending reaching $1 trillion on May 30th, 100,000 troops are in Afghanistan chasing an illusive target that has not made us safer in this country or closer to achieving peace and stability in Afghanistan. In poll after poll, the American people have repeatedly stated they want these wars to end. President Obama should honor the American people's wishes and end both wars and bring our troops home now."
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Q: TQFP-64 to DIL Adapter I was wondering if someone had a link to a board file for a TQFP-64 to DIL-64. Similar to this: http://www.core.st/projects/AVR32_Starter_Kit/TQFP-48_to_DIL-48_adaptor.pdf, but for 64 pins?

A: Yourself should design the adapter but maybe this link:
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The long weekend has allowed for more family time and for some families I'm sure that's a little awkward. Our family is not a family of TV watchers or video gamers... so what do we do with our time together?
We set a time limit on the game and it ended about as you see it. Only one person out... but she wasn't out as fast as she may have wanted to be. One game, three winners, not bad.
We also had a good game of Password and Racko. It was a good evening.
Monopoly! We take that game seriously... play by the rules... no "pot".
Bob "RealMan" Timm - the best time of our life is the time we spend with our family!
I love family times and playing board games and cards together.
Good morning Bob. It has been such long time since we've played Monopoly. I don't think we have the game board around any longer.
The granddaughter challenged me to a game of chess and quit an hour later.
It is fun to still play games with the family.
Years ago I bought board games on eBay that I had played as a youngster including Monopoly and The Game of Life. What fun to have others join in!
Hi Bobby Bob "RealMan" Timm It seems we have ALL the board games up on a shelf somewhere. Some of them never opened. It has been a loing tme since I played any of them. I guess I need to move to somewhere like Minot if I really want to get into game playing.
RealMan - my family used to play board games and cards ... a lot.
There are times when my son and I will play games ... it's great fun and nice to be shut down from technology.
Hi Bob, When our kids were still at home we had game nights. Even when the girls were dating the boyfriends would also play. Those are good memories.
I have some greaat Pictionary memories of days past.....those games are the best !
Sounds like lots of fun Bob, I found time for a nap when the game of Risk came out in our house this year.
I hope that you and your loved ones had a very special weekend!


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The Nostalgia Critic Transcripts, Transcripts, Content, Guides
Cup of Idiocy (Doug's Old Home Movies)
Cup of Idiocy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4R6WfpbvA8
Policeman (vo): The video you're about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the embarrassed.
NC: And that's one of the reasons I'm not reviewing these home movies. Yeah, I know. I know it's one of the main reasons you bought the DVD, but I don't care. I know you wanna see if Mara fucking Wilson was right that these videos were just as embarrassingly stupid as you think they are, but I'm not doing it. You wanna know why? Because you can take away my dignity, but there's one thing you cannot take away from me. My dignity!
Black Willy Wonka: Oh, no. This simply won't do at all. And you. You worked hard to pay for this DVD. You should be rewarded by seeing this asshole get some of his own medicine. Well, through the magical powers I suddenly decided that I have, we're going to alter his memory so he doesn't realize that he's watching himself in these videos. That'll teach him to be a douchemaker. Incidentally, I have nothing against people who make douches. Your work is appreciated.
NC: There's no way that I'm- what the hell? That was weird. Hey, who's that jackass on the TV? I wanna make fun of him.
NC (vo): Yeah, this is a video series made by a group of sixth-graders--no, really, they're actually sixth-graders--known as Cup of Idiocy. I suppose they were trying to do something similar to Monty Python or Saturday Night Live, but it comes out more like a snuff film to comedy. And I know it's mean to pick on a bunch of 12-year olds who were just trying to entertain themselves...
NC: ...but that's how Nazi Germany started...or I just went to a really bad school. But, nevertheless, I am making fun of this. So, let's look at the fruits of obviously very little labor, this is Cup of Idiocy.
NC (vo): The video opens up with a disclaimer.
Young Doug: What you are about to see is not true.
NC: Thanks for that. So they-
(Young Doug starts acting crazy)
NC (vo, as announcer): This bizarre mental breakdown is brought to you by Ritalin. Parents, if you're not sure, just give it to them anyway.
NC (vo): Their first section is called Battle of Stupidity, where a news report seems to be going on.
Reporter: I'd like to turn over the report to our other weatherman-
(Smash cut to a kid who seems to be mumbling)
NC: I'll just assume this is the other weatherman.
Other Weatherman: I think I could have prevented...but they didn't believe me.
NC (vo): Incredible green screen technology, as you can see. I think they went to a whole 16 and a half bits for this.
NC (vo): Obviously they got the cameraman for Hunger Games on this one.
NC (vo): But suddenly, the news report is interrupted by aliens.
Alien: I let out control of your TV set. Are you receiving me? Yes, we are aliens. We plan to destroy all of you.
NC (vo): Boy, am I glad they had that disclaimer, because, by God, I'd be fleeing into the streets right now! I mean, look at that alien dental work. And that alien scotch tape that I'm sure stops their alien eyes from blinking. Oh, and, of course, the little alien pubic beard growing all around that alien acne.
NC: Yet, to their credit, they are more intimidating than the Psychlos from Battlefield Earth.
Alien: Right now, we are destroying your communications system.
NC: Whoa, whoa! I'm sorry, that was a little too real there.
NC (vo): We then get a transmission from their planet, Cookie-blum--hey, something's gotta replace Pluto--where they receive a message from their leader, Voltar.
NC: A curious-looking race.
NC (vo): Now I know it's hard to tell, I was pretty amazed when I heard the news too, but apparently, the exact same kid doing the puppeteering for Voltar is also doing his voice and the voice of the other person talking.
NC: But it's done so flawlessly you would never be able to tell. Watch and marvel.
Alien: No, Voltar, we're not using your expensive cameras to film on an earthly broadcasting system.
Alien: No, we did not switch your TVs...
NC: All one person. Amazing.
Alien: Yes, we did switch the TVs in your room so that you would a blinking...um...blinking TV.
NC: God, it just seems like 2 totally different people.
Alien: It's easier for us to speak into English and for you to speak into English.
NC: Must have taken...two, maybe three minutes of preparation on absolute master.
NC (vo): They convince Voltar to speak English with a slight on-again, off-again lisp so they can have a better idea of understanding their mission.
Voltar: You must contact a human being and teleport him onto the SpaceQuest. Okay? Teleporting...now!
NC: Voltar seems to have blackouts every once in a while too.
Voltar: As soon as I push that green button, a human will teleport.
NC (vo): Move to the right--there you go.
NC (vo): They beam a guy, apparently making love to a body pillow on board, who, apparently, doesn't like being on a spaceship that looks eerily similar to a 90s kid's bedroom.
Voltar: Do you have any objections? Whooooa, you have been a bad boy.
NC: Warning: this scene gets a little graphic.
Voltar: Woo-hoo!
NC: If I had a nickel for every time a disembodied head said, "Woo-hoo", I'd have to question how I got to that scenario.
NC (vo): The aliens watch in horror as their beheaded master slowly fades away.
Voltar: Tell little Timmy...I won't be able to come to Christmas this Summer. And this fall...and Easter...I won't be able to lay too many eggs. I'll be dead!
NC: Oscar ballots are in the mail, folks. Vote wisely.
Voltar: And make sure you get your $54,000 to each and everyone of O.J. Simpson's children.
NC (vo): I know I'm supposed to laugh at that topical joke, but am I the only one just wondering who the fuck Karen is?
Alien: Nooooooooooooo!
NC: Really, you dubbed that line? How the fuck hard is it to say "no"? Unless you're Nicholas Cage offered a movie role! Swish!
Alien: Your pitiful planet is about-
NC (vo): So it's revealed that it's all just a big hoax and...the story ends.
NC: What a twist!
NC (vo): We then get what they call a pointless moment.
NC: Well it definitely delivered what it promised. Can we see that Ritalin ad again? Yeah, yeah, just a healthy reminder, folks.
NC (vo): We then cut to our next long-winded skit called The Unfit Firing Squad. This opens in 1492 where Queen Victoria...clearly played by a young man trying to figure things out, does her daily knighting.
NC: Well, by his constant blinking, the fact that that was a very sharp piece of plastic, I'd say he's definitely dead.
NC (vo): So she decides instead to knight... Chester?!
NC: Chester, is that you?!
Chester: Maybe.
NC: What the hell are you doing in this?
Chester: I told you I had a checkered past as a child actor.
NC: Oh. And then you derailed into a life of drugs?
Chester: No, this is the regular route most child actors take.
NC: Ah.
Chester: Actually, I'm doing better than most.
NC: Wow, he almost came out of the screen and actually ate me there.
NC (vo): Ah, yes, the Royal Gun. I don't know why most hierarchies don't have royal guns by their thrones. But, unfortunately, the knighting has screwed up the order of things, so the queen orders a random person to be executed instead.
NC: Hey, come on, is this Britain or Texas?
NC (vo): We then take a break for yet another pointless moment.
NC: I'm just gonna start on the apology that all of you deserve.
NC (vo): They bring the guy out to be executed where I guess we're introduced to our unfit firing squad. What are they gonna do, lightly dampen his clothes to death?
Young Doug: I am Humpty Dumpty.
NC: Good start.
Young Doug: I like wearing women's clothing. It is fun.
NC: I'm learning so much today. I mean, here I thought Humpty Dumpty was an egg with balancing issues. But, no, it's clearly a prepubescent Austrian who likes to crossdress. Change the story you tell your kids, I think this one'll hold up better.
NC (vo): Okay, there's clearly a Mother Goose motif going on. Let's just see what it's all leading up to.
NC: Humpty Dumpty, Little Bo Peep, Trigger-Happy Mac. You're free to make sense of that all you want, I'm just going to pray for us as a species. Yeah, it's me again. Just saying sorry.
NC (vo): They accidentally end up shooting each other, which is no big shock, I'm surprised they remember to breathe, with the prisoner hopping away. The credits roll, with a special thanks to Voltar, because, clearly, he was the one holding the glue together.
NC: I think they're getting way too much fun out of that thing.
NC (vo): The next sketch begins with a ribbon show, or as the kids like to say...
Kid: RIBBON SHOW!
NC (vo): You know a real ribbon show would've been nice? Half of you wear women's clothing, surely one of you knows how to put one on. We then get a talk show called The Late Late So Late It's Early Show, with a character named Dobie Dickens, which I can't decide if that's a name from Oliver Twist or a porno movie.
NC: Well, I'll give it this: It did predict YouTube very well.
NC (vo): We then cut to a superhero named Johnan, the only hero to incorporate a Marvin the Martian T-shirt on his uniform, and also, maybe the only one to have the Chipmunks sing his theme song.
NC: Is it too late to request a Mental Health Day instead of reviewing this?
NC (vo): Johnan comes across the evil Tint King, who knocks him out.
NC (vo): Okay, they clearly like this high-pitched singing a little too much. It's like speeding up Let It Go, playing it backwards, and then spitting it out the Devil's butt!
NC: What am I talking about? That could be a hit today.
NC (vo): They then have a commercial for something called The Last Man on Earth.
NC: A reference that'll never date.
NC: You know at times, I wanna ask why, but then I ask myself why am I even asking why?
NC (vo): This leads, of course, to the thrilling conclusion of Johnan. I know you're all at the edge of your fucking seats.
NC: Not since Walter White has there ever been a transformation more disturbingly in-depth.
NC (vo): Seriously, Anakin Skywalker had more development than that.
NC (vo): We finally end up with their last sketch, The Last Man on Earth. Well, good. Let's see what they've been building up here.
NC: Could you meet the accommodations for the apocalypse?
NC: Way to go out on a high note, guys. Cup of Idiocy!
NC (vo): I know its just kids messing around with a camera but its still so painful to watch! Couldn't they have had some discipline, some effort, some semblance of logic to entertain who was unfortunate enough to come across this? Obviously not and we're the ones paying for it today!
NC: I mean come on. Even at that age, who would be stupid enough to actually think that was any good?
Black Willy Wonka: Well... you would, Critic.
NC: Black Willy Wonka, what the fuck are you talking about?
NC: Will you stop doing that? Wait a minute. I suddenly remember. I was the idiot who filmed all that!!
Black Willy Wonka: That's right, Critic. Everyone's talent starts from somewhere and your's starts from the most embarrassing of beginnings. Ever!
NC: My God, I had such a different outlook after you altered my mind like that.
Black Willy Wonka: And what outlook is that, Critic?
NC: Well, I guess... if we shadows have offended, think but this and all is mended. That you have but slumbered here while these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream. Gentles do not reprehend. If you pardon, we will me-
Black Willy Wonka: I never really cared for rap lyrics.
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With the Seattle Waterfront slated for a major overhaul, South Jackson Street will be key link between the distinct neighborhoods and this new amenity. South Jackson Street is the sole street that traverses the historic neighborhoods of Chinatown-International District, Little Saigon, Central District, and Pioneer Square. The goal of this project was a community-based understanding of the physical and cultural connections along South Jackson Street, and a prioritized set of actions that will enhance both the neighborhoods and access to the waterfront. Framework teamed with the Wing Luke Museum, SCIDPDA (Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority), and client Historic South Downtown on a community-based process to identify shared priorities, concerns and opportunities to improve the physical and cultural connections along South Jackson Street.
This culminated in the development of a report with a series of community driven recommendations to be used to advocate for strategic implementation of improvements to the public realm. Priority actions included the creation of small "pocket parks" in LIttle Saigon; improvements below Interstate 5; pedestrian improvements at the critical transportation hub including King Street Station and Union Station; and creation of a "story street" along Jackson that highlights the rich cultural history of the corridor.
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Centric Software Releases Centric 8 PLM V6.3
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Centric Software is proud to announce that the latest release of its flagship solution, Centric 8 PLM version 6.3, is now available. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to fashion, retail, footwear, outdoor, luxury and consumer goods companies to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.
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Centric Software's latest Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) release is driven by feedback from Centric's Customer Advisory Board and customer innovation partners. At their request, Centric 8 v6.3 focuses heavily on streamlining the go-to-market of products destined for multiple markets and/or channels; new Product Information Management (PIM) -like features improve the accuracy of global product information while new PLM features improve global orchestration of the supply chain.
"As most brands, retailers and manufacturers today sell and source in multiple markets, there is a big demand to localize content as part of the product development process," explains Ron Watson, VP of Product at Centric Software. "Preparing products for sale in different markets requires tracking local content and labeling regulations in addition to creating localized product descriptions and pricing. The amount of necessary product information multiplies exponentially, and users, managers and executives not only need one source of the truth and specialized tools to track it all, but also the ability to what-if, roll-up and analyze this information in order to make decisions that drive the financial success of the line."
Users can now develop once and sell globally in local currencies, languages and in compliance with local labeling requirements. They can create price lists by region, channel or country and they can also automate information for local product content/composition, care labels and other regulatory requirements. Time to market is greatly streamlined, work eliminated and the risk of error significantly reduced as the tedium of thousands of clicks and tracking via spreadsheets, or even paper, has been eliminated.
Global supply chain orchestration is also a key point in this release with new BOM Extension capabilities. As suppliers sometimes sub-contract all or part of the production of an order, it is extremely difficult for brands and retailers to have complete visibility into exactly how and who are involved in the production of goods. Centric's BOM Extension links the Design BOM to the Manufacturing BOM to a new Factory BOM, which includes details about sub-contractors and local suppliers. Brands and retailers thus gain full visibility and transparency into the exact sources that are being used to produce goods which are necessary to ensure compliance with local regulations and labelling requirements, and also with company-specific business and ethical guidelines.
"Creating innovative,new features and pushing the boundaries of traditional PLM is the cornerstone of Centric's success. We partner with our customers to provide brands, retailers and manufacturers of all sizes the most innovative enterprise solutions specific to their strategic and operational digital transformation goals," says Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software. "Centric focuses on providing powerful and efficient solutions for our customers to give them a competitive advantage in an increasingly global market-place."
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Exquisite Portraits of African Farmers
Author: Doug BierendDoug Bierend
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Ask anyone where the produce in their fridge came from and they'll probably tell you the name of a supermarket. The literal and figurative distance between farmers and the consumers who rely upon them is more than any localvore app or neighborhood co-op can hope to change. It's easy to forget the crucial human link in the supply chain from farm to market.
Jackie Nickerson's Terrain series aims to make that link. Her portraits of farm workers in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, South Africa, and Kenya show the laborers as one with their produce and tools.
"Every photo in the series is actually a part of working life," says the Boston-born, UK-raised photographer, who visited some 100 farms for the project across 20 trips. "The images become quite theatrical and I didn't want to trivialize one of the central themes of the work. Every photo in the series is actually a part of working life. This is not just spectacle, a performance. The guys were helping me make images that are grounded in the everyday."
The series has been a long time coming. Living in Zimbabwe from '96 to '01, Nickerson started photographing workers at the farm where she lived early on. It was a way of addressing the country's post-colonial hangover that she felt created a gulf separating her from the people right next door. That feeling is understandable–farming in Zimbabwe is a divisive and, quite literally, black and white issue–and Nickerson grew interested in the profound interdependencies between farmers, land, produce and power. Though long fascinated by the issue, Nickerson didn't start shooting Terrain until 2012.
"It was important for me to get a personal perspective of the reality of the situation on the ground," she says. "I wanted to try to collapse political borders and concentrate on the wider issue of agricultural labor and the agrarian environment, because it's always these guys that end up paying the price for any political turmoil."
By obscuring the farmers among their produce and tools, Nickerson visually abstracts them into the very things that provide their livelihoods. The initial idea for the style of Terrain struck Nickerson while watching the farmers at work, when a man named Oscar turned in a certain way while carrying his load.
While the results are visually striking and beautiful, it violates standard rules of portraiture. In many cases the subject's face isn't visible, and often the human form itself is difficult to make out. More traditional portraits and landscapes are also included in the series, but Nickerson's real inspiration came from this visual interplay.
"It's about the relationship between people and their working environment and the hybrid that is created by the physical contact with what they work with," she says. "The daily grind where movements must be repeated thousands and thousands of times over. It creates a deep familiarity with the tools and materials they are working with–earth, landscapes, plants, plastics."
In 2000, under president Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe underwent a controversial (and often violent) redistribution campaign to return white-owned farms to black Zimbabweans. For better or worse, it echoed an ongoing continent-wide refutation of colonial apartheid.
Many of the now-resettled farms harvest tobacco, a crop that saw production sharply decline in the past decade. The cigarette industry has invested heavily in revitalizing it, leading to programs that help prop up fledgling farms and create networks between them.
These networks would prove useful Nickerson. She contacted friends of friends, various organizations and farmers unions, travel companies. Some of the farmers she visited were commercial, some were farming for subsistence. In each case, she had to explain her purpose for being there, and spent enough time with them to understand their operation–often, she used her previous photos to illustrate what she was going for.
"I was aware that this had to be a process of re-creation rather than creation," she says, referencing the balance the portraits strike between being documentary and staged.
Nickerson also sees a power dynamic at play in portraiture, one in which she wants to ensure the person being photographed is given the higher ground. That power and responsibility also extends outside of the photographic event, and into the wider world where the photo gets seen.
"When I was in Mozambique in 1997, I saw an amazing looking woman by the roadside and asked her if I could take her picture," Nickerson says. "I usually have a whole conversation but this lady was waiting for a bus so I had to be quick. She said "I don't want you to take my picture because you're just going to show the world how poor we are and we don't feel like that."
Her previous project, called Farm, was also a portraiture series of African farmers, and another series called Ten Miles Round dealt with the connection between people and their land in rural Ireland. Her work is suffused with these themes, and in this series she is addressing directly the cause and effect, the chain of relationships that connect the farmers to their customers.
"I think Africa is bracketed by two exaggerated images: urban squalor and rural wildness. I am trying to disrupt this commonplace assumption," she says, "And make images that might make us think about the value of labor and give an insight into the people who are growing our food."
All photos ©Jackie Nickerson. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, NY
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With the ribbon cutting for The Iris at Park Pointe, the Griffin Housing Authority has completed its multi-phase refurbishment of Sunshine Homes on Meriwether Street.
Griffin Housing Authority Director Bob Dull said the project has exceeded his expectations.
"Even our residents are freaked out. Unfortunately, our program lowers expectations a lot, but this exceeded everyone's expectations. They're happy," he said.
In addition to the quality and design of the homes, Dull said the work has surpassed anything he could have anticipated.
That forward-thinking perspective means the next area of construction – The Terrace at the Park – is well underway, and plans are already moving forward for the next locations.
Dull is driven by a passion and love for Griffin, the only hometown he has ever known.
The Iris at Park Pointe, however, is one residential development people cannot help but notice as they drive through the area.
The senior units are designated for those age 62 and above, which is often the demographic most in need of assistance.
He said there are units remaining on the tax credits, but not on the assisted units.
Seniors in need of housing assistance are urged to contact the Griffin Housing Authority at 770.227.7657.
The Iris at Park Pointe provides not only quality housing, but beautiful homes, as well, with dish washers, microwaves, cherry wood cabinets, simulated granite countertops, simulated hardwood flooring and carpeted bedrooms.
Neighborhood amenities include arts and crafts area, a TV lounge, three decks, a community room with large screen television and dining area, a fitness and wellness center with exercise equipment and blood pressure checks.


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It looks like they changed something with the threshold parameter. Of course the storage pool is full, as you want to leverage the whole disk. But the volumes are all very low utilized. It looks like they are now using the sam threshold parameter for volumes and pools, which doesn't really make sense.
As a work around (as I'm getting those messages all the time) I wanted to disable the threshold and through the GUI it is not possible to disable the threshold (it is greyed out) – I can only change the value from 1 to 100. Is there a way through the CLI to disable this threshold?


With a 91-minute running time, Gravity may be the shortest movie nominated for Best Film of the Year at the 2014 Oscars. Other major films this year are clocking in well over that: 12 Years A Slave (134 minutes) and The Hobbit 2 (est. 160 minutes). While length may not seem like a big deal, it is for this film. Gravity doesn't stall at any point, keeping the story tight and moving along at a brisk pace. The amazing action sequences are kept to a minimum giving you a real time effect unlike the unnecessarily long battles sequences, say, in Man Of Steel.
Within minutes of the film, you become immediately aware that something is not right. You're on edge waiting for that thing to happen to Sandra Bullock and George Clooney's characters. The tension builds, and builds and builds until finally you suddenly have the urge to scream as you watch Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) spin out of control, losing her grip on anything that might prevent her from hurling into space. The film, while not a horror flick by any means, plays on a number of fears. Just pick one that frightens you the most: acrophobia (heights), agoraphobia (open spaces), astrophobia (outer space), claustrophobia (small spaces), etc.
While there are a number of fears that creep through, the film does awe. The IMAX and 3-D are used to maximum effect giving you a sense of scale and beauty while suspending you in space from point of view of Dr. Stone. The action sequences are some of the most visually stunning moments in recent history topping anything that Avatar has done with special effects. You literally spin around with the characters and feel like you're right inside the destruction taking place on screen. Never has a movie been so beautiful and so frightening at the same time. Just don't forget to breathe.
Even though George Clooney shares top billing, the movie really belongs to Bullock. Unlike Tom Hanks' exhausting and emotionally-derived role in Castaway, Gravity keeps Bullock at bay, letting the movie do the work. However, director Alfonso Cuarón does give her the time to shine. The moment when her character fights to live, you fight with her. For anyone who thought her Oscar win for The Blind Side was undeserved will have to rethink their opinion on Bullock by the end of this movie.
Anyone who describes Gravity as 'Castaway in space' is doing a disservice to you and the film. It's far from that. Castaway looked deep into the psyche of one man as he survived on an island over several years. In Gravity, the film goes for the jugular, putting its main characters on the verge of death and forcing them to fight their way back to life. Its length gives it a real time effect, putting you in the action has it happens. There's no time for campfires, luaus or volleyballs.
With all that said… If there's one thing that's could this film's the downfall is all the hype (this post included). Leading up its premiere, the film has steamrolled the competition. All anyone can say is that this is the best film of the year. But they are right. Everything written above should be viewed as reasons why this film should (and will) be nominated for an Oscar, if not multiple ones. Trust us when we say you should see this movie. It's worth every penny.


Health is the most precious thing in the world for an individual. Its loss may cause destruction of one's whole life. So it is recommended to take proper precautions for its sustention. Here are some important health and fitness tips to make the life healthy and fit. If you find them helpful please approve by your comments.
It varies from person to person or conditions but approximately you should drink a gallon of water every day . Maximum activities of human body are dependent on water for their proper functions. There is no one right answer to how much water you need, as it depends on each person and their lifestyle—you may need to modify your fluid intake depending on how active you are, where you live, your health, and if you are pregnant and/or breastfeeding.
Lack of appropriate quantity of water may cause a lot of disorders, so it is recommended to take a proper quantity of water daily.
For a hygienic body daily or interval base exercises are necessary which keep body fit. In exercise walking is the best exercise for heart fitness, overweight, proper digestion, refreshment of mind and proper functions of internal organs. Exercise boosts your metabolism, burns more fat, and takes less time to complete. Exercises depend on situations of person but generally it is recommended to walk two miles daily or as much as possible for an individual. Other exercises like weight lifting, jumping and swimming etc. make the body function work properly.
Food is the basic need for the functions of human body. The human body needs a specific quantity of different ingredients for function so, it is recommended to use such a diet which contains all proper ingredients like protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and iron. Fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, pulses and food containing carbohydrates must be used in a proper quantity. These things contain the most quantity of diet which a human body needed.
A suitable sleeping is the most important thing for a fit body and its absence may cause a lot of disorder and even severe disease if you are adopting all above tips but you are not taking a proper sleep all your body function may disturb. Sleeping time varies from age to age but for child minimum time is 8 hour for a young person minimum 7 and for aged persons 6 hours sleeping is necessary. For pregnant ladies more time is needed for sleeping as compared to normal ladies. Disturbing sleep may also cause physical disorders. Here some more health and fitness tips and tips to sleep better.
All human body organs needed rest for their normal functions human body is like a machine and if this machine is over worked is may lose its balance. Over work both physical and mental may cause loss of health and much disorder. Continuous work and absence of rest is bad for a healthy body. There is no specific time for taking rest but as much rest as your body feels fresh and comfortable is recommended. It is also recommended for ladies and especially for pregnant ladies to take as much rest as possible because they needed it more than a normal person.
For proper work human brain and body need aesthetic activities which make your mind work properly that is control center of whole human body. If you have a sound and proper functional mind you may possess a sound body and human body needs such activities which refresh your mind. For this activity visit of pleasure place, meeting friend, visiting clubs and cinemas is suggested.
In-door and outdoor games are key for a successful life. Games which demand mental exertion and physical energy are important for good health. Especially for ladies, who are less involved in sports activities as compared to men it is recommended to participate in sport activities. Indoor games like chess snooker and cards may increase your mental capability. Outdoor games cover a vast area depending on your interest and physiques are also necessary.
Cleanliness is the part of most civilization's moral values as well as part of world religions. It soothes both your body and mind. Water is the most common agent used for cleanliness which has amazing positive effects on human mind and body. Cleanliness saves you from a lot of epidemic diseases and makes body fresh. Cleanliness not in the matter of hygiene but in food saves you a lot of worries.
In the matter of dressing no specific genre can be suggested but the dressing which makes your body comfortable must be preferred. Sometime very tight dressing may make the body uncomfortable and disturbs health as well as your work.
Thing can only be useful and beneficial if they are performed at their proper time and one' access may not disturb other or they must be given their required time. Food, exercise, sleeping, rest and sport if performed at their proper time they will be effective and beneficial for body otherwise their irregular practice may be futile. So it is suggested to follow a proper schedule.
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Ride With Us Barcelona is a different way of getting to know the city and its surroundings, but if you've run out of places of interest in Barcelona, we suggest that you choose the destination, and let us take care of everything so you only have to take the motorcycle and ride.
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Do you dream of knowing the Costa Brava and its surroundings? Do you prefer to walk the winding roads of the Catalan Pyrenees or a dip on the beaches of the Balearic Islands? And how about rolling through the vineyards of Penedes?
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Jessy Dixon (March 12, 1938 – September 26, 2011) was an American gospel music singer, songwriter, and pianist, with success among audiences across racial lines. He garnered seven Grammy award nominations during his career.

Musicians with whom he worked include Paul Simon, Andrae Crouch, DeGarmo & Key and most recently Bill Gaither in the Homecoming series of concerts. He wrote songs for Amy Grant, Natalie Cole, Cher, and Diana Ross.

Dixon was an ordained minister with Calvary Ministries International of Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Biography
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Dixon sang and played his first song at the age of five. As a youngster he moved to Chicago, where he was discovered by James Cleveland, one of the first artists to sing and record Jessy Dixon's compositions, "God Can Do Anything But Fail," and "My God Can Make A Way." The organizers of the Newport Jazz Festival invited him to perform his new song, "The Wicked Shall Cease Their Troubling," at New York's Radio City Music Hall in 1972. After the performance, Dixon and The Jessy Dixon Singers were requested to do four encores. Paul Simon (of Simon & Garfunkel fame), was in the audience and invited Dixon to share the stage with him as lead vocalist on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live.

Dixon found himself touring with Simon across the U.S., France, Canada, Scandinavia, Israel, and Japan. Dixon's affiliation with Simon lasted eight years, during which time he recorded two albums, Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' (1974) and Still Crazy After All These Years (1975), both of which sold a million copies. A later collaboration with Simon took place for Wartime Prayers, a song that appeared on Paul Simon's 2006 Surprise album.

Bill and Gloria Gaither invited him to sing at a Homecoming video taping. Dixon was a favorite on the series, and has traveled all over the United States and abroad surprising gospel audiences with his stirring performances of "It's A Highway To Heaven," "Operator", "Leaving On My Mind", "Blood Bought Church", "The Wicked Shall Cease Their Troubling", "Lord Prepare Me To Be A Sanctuary", and "I Am Redeemed". Dixon performed in the show, Black Nativity with The Jessy Dixon Theater Group. Spring House Recordings. (2005). The Best of Jessy Dixon [DVD]. Bill Gaither (Director).

Death
Dixon was diagnosed with cancer in 2010, and waged a hard battle against the disease. Dixon died on September 26, 2011, at his home in Chicago, aged 73.

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With the holiday season in full swing, I'm sure you are enjoying plenty of yummy chocolates, cakes, brownies, pies, cookies and candies. It is likely that you are enjoying your fair share of high calorie and high fat foods over the past month because there's always a time for everything and a little of everything is a lot better than a lot of one thing. But I'm sure that you are ready to get back to your normal routine of healthy eating and consistent exercise without the holiday stress.
The New Year can be an exciting time with many life-changing experiences but it can also be a time when many type-a athletes set overambitious weight, training and lifestyle goals and approach those goals with a black or white mentality. On Jan 1st, perhaps you may be one of many who rids your life of every "bad" food in your diet, exercises/trains like a mad-man/women in order to get closer to personal records (although, secretly you want to burn lots of calories in order to get a lean body) and vow to yourself that you will never miss a workout because then you will not reach your personal weight and/or training goals.
However you choose to be active, whether it is training for triathlon/running races or exercising for fitness gains, is a lifestyle choice. Certainly you understand that your weight loss and training journey is going to be slow. But consistency is the key to success.
If you are planning on participating/racing in an upcoming marathon, you are going to build in those miles over a period of many weeks. If you are planning on doing your first IM, you are going to incorporate several long bikes and long runs into a well-balanced training plan, so you don't risk injury and overtraining, as you teach the body to be metabolically efficient. If you are planning on setting personal records at upcoming events, you are going to focus on your weakness's as you build on your strengths.
While you may feel as if life revolves around the way you look, it is important that your life revolves around the way you feel. Remember, no one weighs you at the finish line of a race. How can you tell yourself that you are going to be a faster and more efficient athlete if you weigh x-pounds by x-race? Accepting a heart-healthy diet and balanced training routine, prior to seeing weight goals, will allow you to develop a healthy relationship with food, exercise and your body.
BTW-don't forget that the Iron Girl 2011 Race series registration opens on December 31st and 9am EST!
When it comes to changing dietary habits, the aesthetic desire for a tone, lean body often outweighs the benefits of longevity and a decrease risk for disease. In all seriousness, who really thinks about improved eye health when eating carrots? As much as you would like to change eating habits for improved health, it's likely that New Year resolutions center around a number on the scale or a specific size of clothing.
If you are setting a resolution to lose weight, recognize that you are embarking on a lifestyle change. Heart-healthy living does not require deadlines, rules or restrictions.
Rather than thinking about all the foods that you shouldn't eat, focus on the many foods that you can eat. With 365 days in a year, there is no reason to have an "off-limit" food list.
First and foremost, appreciate the changes that you are making. What's the purpose in making a lifelong change (for the better) if you dread the change before it even starts?
Remember, you only have one body and one life. If you have goals, you are in charge of your destiny.


As December makes way for January of the New Year, more families are going to be looking for innovative ways to make ends meet. Besides the obvious ways of earning more money, such as finding another job, selling unwanted items online or starting a new business, some families are getting a jump on 2014 by searching for lost property.
With the technology we have today it still surprises even me, that we not only have a lost property problem but that it is still on the rise as well. Do you remember the last time your did a property search under you or your families name? Getting into the habit of checking every year is a good one as it takes time for the government to update their systems with this type of information and is not always considered a priority.
If you live in New York or you used to live there some time ago, you can potentially locate unclaimed property in New York. Thanks to a massive database called Cash Unclaimed that is helping people across the country locate and claim lost or missing money, you can find all the unclaimed property in New York that you may have coming to you. It's fast, easy and the initial search won't cost you a thing.
New York has the unenviable reputation of having the fastest rising pile of unclaimed money out of all the states in the country. The unclaimed property list continues to grow at an alarming rate in New York. Almost $25 million inactive bank, business, and government accounts all contribute towards this million dollar unclaimed property amount. While the state treasury is taking all the relevant steps to locate the owners of unclaimed funds, the success rate has still not reached a satisfactory level.
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The Good Food: A Cookbook of Soups, Stews, and Pastas
Halpern, Daniel & Strand, Julie
CKB045000, CKB079000, CKB029000
9780062891341, Related ISBNs: 0062891340, 9780062879691, 9780062891341
An enduringly popular collection of beloved dishes from around the world featuring classic and easy-to-cook recipes
When it was first published in 1985, The Good Food was one of the first cookbooks devoted to the celebration of the best-loved and most satisfying essentials of casual cuisine and, more than thirty years later, it has remained a classic in its genre.
Drawing on the diverse cooking traditions of the Americas, Italy, France, India, Morocco, and the Middle East, Daniel Halpern and Julie Strand bring together almost two hundred recipes, including not only the quintessential examples of each cuisine, but also unusual dishes that provide surprising gastronomic rewards. The book features international staples such as Gazpacho and Jambalaya, as well as unexpected delights—Bobotie; Lamb Stew with Eggplant, Saffron, and Ginger; and Penne with Black Olive Puree and Ricotta.
The Good Food puts the emphasis where it belongs: on the pleasure of preparing—and eating—excellent and timeless dishes.


Decoded Future 2019 will have an underlying theme: sustainability. From moving to a circular economy to the positive impact of tech, we'll reveal precisely what a more sustainable future looks like – and the opportunities that arise from it. One further exciting development: this year's content streams will be split across three cross-industry, consumer-centric themes, rather than individual sectors.
Virtual Changes: Will Technology Save Us?
Sharing Is Caring: Is The Second-hand Economy A Shift In The Shoppers Mindset Or Just A Desire For Discounted Designer Products?
What Makes These Birds Fly?


Collection consists of manuscript style scores composed within the dates 1976 to 1999, and other materials relating to Brunotte. The scores included are oversized and use a wide range of instrumentations.
Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958) is a composer and music philosopher in Germany, predominantly known for his contributions to religious music. Karl Gottfried Brunotte was born in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1958. His music studies consisted of not only an assortment of instruments, but music sociology, music psychology, ancient languages, aesthetics, conducting, composition, and electronic music. In 1987 Brunotte joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in his lifetime has composed nearly three hundred pieces for a wide range of instruments. Brunotte has held lecturer positions at Hochschule für Music und darstellende Kunst and the International Vacation Courses for New Music in Darmstadt. Since 1993 Brunotte has worked at the University of Frankfurt as well as the Fachhochschule Frankfurt für elektronische Music.
The original order of the colleciton has been retained.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the Karl Gottfried Brunotte scores must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Initial citation: MSS 7883; Karl Gottfried Brunotte scores; Music Special Collections; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 7883, LTPSC.
Donated by the Brigham Young University School of Music in 2001.
Donated; Brigham Young University School of Music; 2001.


The switch of position of the parking brake of tolchkovy type, is located under the lever of the parking brake.
Adjustment is carried out by switch moving up or down at completely lowered lever of the parking brake.
Check, whether there is a conductivity between switch plugs at the lifted lever of the parking brake.
Check that there is no conductivity between switch plugs at the lowered lever of the parking brake.
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That was before he called Trump "a narcissist" and "utterly amoral". Oh yeah, and chronically insecure.
Do I repeat myself? Or was I just late in noticing this chillingly honest evaluation of a candidate by an actual politician? In any case, this statement should have given the people a clue as to what they were really voting for. The fact that it didn't strongly suggests that the election was manipulated in some way, by control of or malign influence on the news media or nefarious means.


Hessel Willemsen is a Jungian psychoanalyst, psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a child, family and adult clinical psychologist, based in Finsbury Park (Highbury), London. He trained as a clinical psychologist in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom after which he embarked on a training in Jungian Analysis. He is registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC, Jungian Analyst) and the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC, Clinical Psychologist) and practices under the ethical codes of each of these councils.
Hessel offers psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, assessments and consultations for a wide range of professionals working in business, finance, management, the law and health and care professions. He provides clinical supervision for psychotherapists and analysts working in the private and public sector, and consultation and supervision to professionals who are committed to working with children and their families about whom serious concerns of child protection were raised where the child might be, or was, removed from the care of the parent.
Early trauma and affect – The importance of the body for the development of the capacity to symbolise. Paper presented at the 12th International Conference if the Journal of Analytical Psychology, Berlin, 1st June 2014.
I am based in Finsbury Park, North London, N4 2QH near Finsbury Park Tube Station.
People visit me from all over London including Highbury, Stroud Green, Islington, and Camden but also Chelsea and Fulham, Hammersmith and South London. The consulting room is easily accessible by way of the Victoria and Piccadilly Underground Lines as well as National Rail lines with connections to Kings Cross, Hertfordshire and Cambridge.
The consulting room is stone's throw from Finsbury Park underground Station.