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Iran Lobby Tries Clearing Economic Pathway for Regime
The Iran lobby, led by the National Iranian American Council, has been busy working to clear the economic runway for the Iran regime now that it has its nuclear deal because now that it has the opportunity to operate more freely in the world, the mullahs have opted to significantly increase the regime's military operations in Syria, Yemen and Iraq; all of which requires cash and mountains of it.
As part of that NIAC propaganda push, Tyler Cullis and Amir Handjani, posted an editorial in The Hill arguing that the U.S. should open greater economic ties with the Islamic regime; the reason being that European and Asian nations are already quickly seeking to exploit these new markets.
Cullis and Handjani are correct that there are some companies and nations seeking to rush into this economic void. We know that China has a deep interest in securing contracts for cheap Iranian oil, while Russia has already begun selling weapons to the regime despite the fact that embargos on advanced ballistic missiles and weapons remains in effect.
They note however that the Obama administration has put the brakes on the rush to re-open economic ties with the regime. Part of delay comes from the huge groundswell of negative reaction from American voters to the nuclear deal which has forced many representatives who supported the deal to backtracked and offer up new pieces of legislation to address the perception that the Iran regime received a sweetheart deal and the U.S. got nothing in return; most notably Sen. Ben Cardin's (D-MD) move to introduce to track compliance by the regime.
Most anti-regime critics called the effort too little, too late and still does not address the central and most critical issue surrounding the Iran regime: the delinking of human rights and sponsorship of terror from the deal and thus making no effort to reform or modify the regime's bloodthirsty policies.
There has also been discussions and disagreements over the conflict between the nuclear deal and the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA) which was signed into law in August 2012 by President Obama which closes the foreign subsidiary loophole that the an annex in the nuclear deal makes open.
According to Fox News, "ITRA contains language, in Section 605, requiring that the terms spelled out in Section 218 shall remain in effect until the president of the United States certifies two things to Congress: first, that Iran has been removed from the State Department's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, and second, that Iran has ceased the pursuit, acquisition, and development of weapons of mass destruction.
"Additional executive orders and statutes signed by President Obama, such as the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, have reaffirmed that all prior federal statutes relating to sanctions on Iran shall remain in full effect."
All of which drives a stake through the arguments made by Cullis and Handjani who by using the flawed tactic of supporting "moderates" against "hardliner" mullahs, argue that continued economic isolation of Iran only strengthens the "hardliners" and leaves American companies out in the cold versus their European and Asian competitors.
First of all, it is refreshing Cullis and Handjani are so interested in the economic well-being of American firms, but the reality is they recognize failure to fully open Iran to international trade and commerce will not bring in the cash and investment necessary for the regime to generate the revenue necessary to fund its expansionist policies.
The regime has spent upwards of $15 billion in direct financial aid and military support just to prop up the Assad regime in Syria alone. This doesn't include the billions being spent to arm Houthis in Yemen and outfit Shiite militias in Iraq, not to mention the regime's old terrorist partners in Hezbollah. With slumping oil prices, the mullahs desperately need that foreign investment to help keep them in power as ordinary Iranians have staged protests against the "war economy" top mullah Ali Khamenei has mandated for the past decade.
Oddly, Cullis and Handjani use the analogy of President Nixon opening up relations with China in the early '70s as an example of opening up to a closed society the U.S. was in conflict with, but what they don't mention is the fact that coming out of the Vietnam War, China recognized the need to end its sponsorship of armed conflict and instead turn to embracing capitalism.
The fact that a deeply Communist nation that inflicted the Cultural Revolution on its people in brutal repression, recognized it needed to do a complete policy turnaround and embrace the very thing it denounced as part of its founding represents why the Nixon overtures were even possible in the first place; China's leaders made that opening available by being receptive to change.
Iran's mullahs have exhibited no such inclination. In fact since the nuclear deal was agreed to, Iran has partnered with Russia to step up an air and ground campaign in Syria, was caught smuggling weapons into Yemen and has turned Iraq into a virtual client state.
So while the Iran lobby may be hard at work trying to rewrite history, the Iran regime is busy trying to shape the future to its own perverted vision.
By Laura Carnahan
Filed Under: Blog, Latest from Lobbies & Appeasers, News Tagged With: Amir Handjani, Appeasement policy, Featured, Iran, Iran deal, Iran Economy, Iran Lobby, Iran Nuclear, Iran sanctions, Iran Talks, Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council, NIAC, NIAC Action, Sanctions, Tyler Cullis, Yemen
Iran Regime Has No Intention of Changing
A general view of the parliament during the parliament session on 13 August 2013 in Tehran, Iran. Iranian president Hassan Rowhani proposed his cabinet to the parliament on 12 August 2013. All designated ministers need the majority votes of the 290 deputies before taking office. Rowhani said that his government will take distance from any form of extremism and rather adopt a moderate approach for ending the country?s international isolation. EPA
Trita Parsi, the head of the National Iranian American Council and chief apologist for the Iran regime, has long maintained that the bluster of Iranian lawmakers and other officials in denouncing a proposed nuclear deal was evidence of a schism within Iran between moderates and hardliners and that only agreement on a deal could empower moderate elements to win out.
The NIAC has even gone so far as to claim that heinous and brutal human rights violations are the product of these ideological struggle amongst Iran's ruling mullahs.
It has been a straw man for the Iran lobby and an effort to divert attention from the truth which is in fact while there are divisions within Iran's ruling class on how to share power, but both divisions stands firmly united behind a single goal; the preservation and expansion of their power and corrupted extremist Islamic ideology.
With little more than a week remaining before a self-imposed June 30 deadline for a nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations, Iran's mullahs have expressed little to no interest in completing a deal.
This Sunday, Iran's parliament voted to oppose inspections of government military sites as part of any agreement, in direct opposition to what negotiators from the U.S. and France have called a "must-have" condition for any agreement. The legislative move follows similar statements made by the regime's top mullah, Ali Khamenei, who also declared Iranian regime's military sites off-limits to inspectors.
The mullah's legislation states in part: "The International Atomic Energy Agency, within the framework of the safeguard agreement, is allowed to carry out conventional inspections of nuclear sites."
However, it concludes that "access to military, security and sensitive non-nuclear sites, as well as documents and scientists, is forbidden."
All of this follows a series of concessions already granted by the P5+1 including the exclusion of ballistic missile technology, the retaining of thousands of enriching centrifuges and moves to accommodate Hezbollah and Pakistani nuclear component exporters. Not to mention the failure of the Iran regime to curb its support for three proxy wars, the release of four American hostages and any loosening of brutal human rights repression. This is while over 1800 people have been executed in Iran during Rouhani's tenure.
As the Washington Examiner pointed out this weekend, even though the Obama administration is intently focused on securing a nuclear deal with the Iran regime, it has all but ignored the terrorism that Iran sponsors and facilitates throughout the region as outlined in the State Department's annual report on terrorism released on Friday.
As Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) aptly pointed out: "Now that the administration admits nuclear talks haven't diminished Iran's support for terrorism, to what extent has Iran used the interim nuclear deal's $12 billion in sanctions relief payments to fund terrorists or other terror-supporting regimes?"
"As we move closer to the June 30th deadline for a final nuclear deal that could return as much as $140 billion in frozen funds to Iran, the White House remains silent on this critical question."
And this strikes to the heart of the argument made by Parsi and other regime allies. If there is a battle of moderate and hardline influences within Iran, where is the proof of moderation on the battlefield so to speak? Nowhere has the regime exercised any restraint or moderation as it pursues its extremist policies.
Has Iran regime cut off aid to Hezbollah and Assad in Syria? No, it's committed another 15,000 troops, this time, including drawing mercenary recruits from Afghanistan. Have mullahs released American prisoners as a show of good faith? No, it is moving ahead with a closed trial of Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter on espionage charges for reporting. Has Iranian regime sought to reassure the world it will comply with nuclear inspection? No, it still refuses to answer questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency in 12 areas of concern over the military dimensions of its nuclear program.
It does not take a leap of logic to see that the Iran regime is firmly committed to its course of nuclear weapons development and is merely taking the world along for a joy ride as its seeks its real prize; the release of $140 billion in frozen cash and opening the floodgates of billions more in foreign investment.
Parsi and his cohorts can't even hide this truth with their obfuscations.
By Michael Tomlinson
Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: IAEA, Iran, Iran deal, Iran Lobby, Iran Nuclear, Jason Rezaian, Military Dimensions of Iran Nuclear Program, Trita Parsi
When is a Deadline Not a Deadline?
February 6, 2015 by admin
A curious thing happened to the powerful lobbying machine working tirelessly around the clock to halt the re-imposition of economic sanctions by a bi-partisan coalition of Senate Democrats and Republicans last week who felt after two earlier rounds of talks failed the current third round was going nowhere fast as well.
Iranian regime's sympathizers rejoiced at the agreement by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) to postpone action until March 24th and give the Obama administration two additional months to demonstrate there had been meaningful progress towards a verifiable deal agreeable to Congress. Led by the National Iranian American Council, they boasted of the "win" and what it portended for the future of a nuclear agreement.
But in the span of two weeks, these same Iranian loyalists are now suddenly crying foul over the two month delay, now contending all it did was move the original deadline up for a deal from the June 30th deadline agreed to by the P5+1 group negotiating with Iran to March 24th. In essence, the "win" shaved three months instead of gaining two months.
There is nothing quite like patting yourself on the back as a winner only to realize you were an idiot.
Trita Parsi, the NIAC's head cheerleader, said in comments to Al-Monitor's Laura Rozen, herself a dedicated Iranian regime fan, that "Treating the March 'interim deadline as the final deadline is highly problematic.'"
Parsi's comments are almost comic after the NIAC statement two weeks ago in the wake of the Senate's action which said in part:
"This is a significant victory for those of us who have worked to support a diplomatic agreement, not a war, with Iran. We commend everyone who has worked to stop the diplomacy-killing sanctions bill."
It seems the NIAC is having a case of buyer's remorse.
While it seems the vaunted Iranian lobbying machine may have shot itself in the foot, the truth of the matter is that they have not really lost time. In fact, one could argue Iran has already gained two years since the first round of talks collapsed in failure and were kept on a respirator through another failed round of talks last November.
In fact, American public opinion had swung solidly in favor of action against the unprecedented growth in radical Islamic terror around the world as epitomized by the ISIS video depicting the horrific death of Jordan's pilot by fire, which was simply the straw breaking the camel's back, forcing Senators to act.
This is the essential point Iran's cadre of supporters are frankly scared witless about; the sanctions ship has already sailed in large part because mullahs in Iran have already had three years to make good on any substantial deal.
But in that time, Iran has poured vast resources of arms, fighters and cash into terrorist activities. It has helped Hezbollah as it fought in Syria, Iraq as it took over that country's military, orchestrated the total collapse of Yemen and allowed ISIS to spring forth just on the foreign policy front.
At home, Iran has publicly executed over a 1,200 men and women, cracked down on Internet access, blocked social media, arrested and imprisoned political dissidents, journalists, ethnic and religious minorities and even American citizens.
The fact that a delay to March 24th was granted is quite probably the last shred of hope the Iranian lobby is likely to receive. The fact they are now crying over it is more a testament to their own inadequacies than anything else.
To paraphrase from singer Bryan Adam's 1981 landmark second album, I would say to the Iranian lobby: "You wanted it, you got it. Now live with it."
Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Iran Lobby, Iran Nuclear, Iran Talks, Senate Veto
It's About the Humanity Stupid
During President Bill Clinton's campaign, his manager James Carville coined the now famous phrase "It's the economy stupid" when deciding on the campaign's key themes. It proved to be simple, powerful and ultimately successful.
Today we are faced with a variation of that theme with the fast-moving developments occurring on two fronts: the rapid growth of ISIS and the ongoing talks with Iran on nuclear weapons.
In both cases, the nature of the public debate and discussion about each has moved to almost polar opposites for these two issues. On the one hand, ISIS is generating a visceral, deep emotional horror as the world watches video after video revealing beheadings and now burnings. ISIS is attempting and succeeding in forcing an almost gag-like reflex at the barbarity and cruelty it is displaying. ISIS has few if any supporters outside of the few radicalized state sponsors of terror and rival terror groups.
In contrast, the ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program have begun to take on a more technical, dry and almost boring aura. Discussions over centrifuges, enrichment capability, stockpiles of fuel and their purity are topics sometimes more avidly discussed in college physics courses than on late night talk shows. Iran also employs a vast and well-funded lobbying and PR machine that encompasses public interest groups, public relations firms, high-priced lobbyists, columnists and journalists and the occasional ex-public official.
But in weighing the importance of the two issues, there is no greater threat to the stability and peace on a global stage than mullah's regime in Iran and its quest for a nuclear weapon; which brings me back to Carville's turn of phrase.
The debate and discussion about Iran's nuclear weapons program needs a literary jump start and the lexicon of humanity needs to be re-injected back into the issue. Iran has worked mightily to keep any link to its dismal human rights record or sponsorship of terrorist groups from being attached to ongoing nuclear talks. Iran's mullahs have sought and succeeded to some degree in keeping the discussion as dry as the desert sands.
But these talks do need the context of the impacts Iran is having on the rest of the world in order for the P5+1 group of nations to gain a greater understanding of exactly who sits across the table from them. The difficulty is that after two previous failed rounds of talks and almost three years of unrelenting compromise from the Iranian side, any sane and normal person might be feeling a bit exhausted by this exercise.
The political pressure the Obama administration is under to deliver a foreign policy win of any kind has pushed the talks forward into giving Iran access to over $11 billion in frozen assets for few if any meaningful concessions. The West, in large part, has lost the language battle by no longer including terms such as "human rights," "political dissidents," "public executions" or "terror sponsorship" as part of the discussions.
Secretary of State John Kerry briefly introduced a fig leaf when he brought up the plight of imprisoned Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, but that brought little result and still leaves unmentioned the plight of literally thousands that are imprisoned by Iran, including other American citizens.
What has also been notable is the lack of vocabulary amongst Iran's supporters over the increasing levels of barbarity and violence coming from ISIS. Aside from a statement from the Iranian government, there has been no similar reaction from Iran loyalists such as the National Iranian American Council or their affiliates.
The very absence of any humane commentary illuminates what is missing from any dialogue concerning Iran. It is also the key issue that leaves many Senators on both sides of the political aisle uneasy about any deal negotiated with Iran. Can the U.S. trust a regime whose concepts of human rights and fair and equal treatment of its own people are as foreign to us and ISIS seems to be from the rest of humanity?
Ultimately Congress has marked a red line in the sand in which any deal reached by the P5+1 must be reviewed by Congress and meet with its approval. Senators recognize giving mullahs in Iran a deal providing even the smallest wiggle room to push a nuclear warhead through would forever change the outlook not only for the region, but the rest of the world. Iran is no North Korea. It has proven oil reserves giving it access to all the military technology capability it needs to build and deliver a nuclear weapon.
When negotiators next sit down with their Iranian counterparts, they should be telling themselves "It's about the humanity stupid."
Filed Under: Blog, Current Trend Tagged With: Iran Lobby, Iran Nuclear, Iran Talks, Sanctions
The Irony that is Iran
That ever loyal servant of the Iranian regime, Trita Parsi of the National Iranian American Council, penned an editorial appearing in Reuters where he used a curious turn of phrase saying there were schools of "doubt" in Iran as to who was calling the policy shots in the U.S. He was pointing out a view that held Iran's mullahs either believed President Obama was genuinely interested in a new rapprochement or was simply being captive to the politics of Congress.
Parsi attempts to lay out the idea that Iran is stuck between a rock and a hard place because it wants to do the best deal it can, but has to contend with confusing American politics.
For Parsi's benefit, we should point out it is because this is a democracy. Get it?
Democracies are messy affairs. They involve open and sometimes hostile public debate. They require free and fair elections. They generate substantial discussion on news media and social media. They need checks and balances to ensure the rights of minorities are respected. In short, they do all the things Iran's mullahs are terrified of in their own country.
Parsi also attempts to posit the idea that sanctions against Iran are fast coming undone because of a recent delay proposed by Senate Democrats to give President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry an additional two months to nudge Iran forward. Considering Iran has already had two years to stall, demand and berate negotiators, two months doesn't seem like much.
Democrats, led by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) were also clear in demanding any deal be reviewed by Congress and that they would hold any proposal under close scrutiny in meeting their approval. Not exactly a Rose Garden walk-through for Iran, but then again Parsi will take anything. So desperate is Iran to gain any advantage, it would take even this twig and portray it as an olive tree.
Parsi goes on to portray the complete erosion of Democratic support for new sanctions, but the irony is that the Democratic and Republican proposal is not for the imposition of new sanctions, but simply the re-imposition of existing sanctions that were temporarily suspended after the interim agreement was reached and contingent on Iranian regime making substantial progress forward.
Since then, however Iran's progress has been as quick as a snail and as noticeable as glaciers growing larger. The regime in Iran has consistently refused access to additional nuclear research sites to the International Atomic Energy Agency. It has stepped up a brutal crackdown on human rights against its own citizens. It has engaged in four separate wars in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan now, while still supporting terror groups such as Hezbollah.
At no point has the regime in Iran made any substantial concessions on the core issues of reduction in centrifuge capacity and elimination of missile delivery technology obtained from North Korea, another rogue nuclear state.
With the spread of ISIS and Boko Haram and utter collapse of Yemen, the American people have raised concerns over terror above those of jobs and economy in recent polls. This leads one to wonder why Parsi takes the position that sanctions proponents are now on the margins in this debate.
We might excuse his hyperbole for the simple fact NIAC is a well-greased lackey for the mullahs in Iran, but considering the topic of his editorial, we might be more inclined to think Parsi shares the confusion of the mullahs in simply not understanding how a democratic society truly works.
While Parsi raises his histrionics, the fact remains Congress and a bipartisan coalition of Democrats and Republications numbering at least 62 Senators with an additional 14 patiently waiting two more months before pulling the proverbial trigger on sanctions are more than sufficient to re-impose sanctions and override any presidential veto. We assume Parsi is an intelligent operative for mullahs in Iran and can count votes, which may be why he is throwing everything he can in hopes something sticks before March 24th.
Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Iran deal, Iran Lobby, Iran Nuclear, Iran Talks
Why Human Rights Matter in Iran Nuke Talks
There has been a dirty little secret about the negotiations going on between Iran and the P5+1 group of nations seeking to limit Iran's nuclear capability. It has hung like a cloud over two previous rounds of failed talks over the past years and threatens the third round of talks now underway.
What is it? The unwillingness of the P5+1 group to seriously raise the issue of Iran's dismal human rights record and the need to make steep improvements in order for Iran to secure any kind of agreement.
For years now Iran's ruling mullahs and their lobbying and PR machine in Washington, DC have argued strenuously that human rights issues are domestic ones and have no place at the bargaining table. In fact, the chief public face for Iran in the U.S., the National Iranian American Council has made the inclusion of human rights in talks a de facto red line in the sand, akin to asking mullahs in Iran to give up its military capabilities.
It is an odd position to be in since the U.S. has historically pushed for improved human rights situations as a condition of moving forward with international treaties and agreements with totalitarian regimes for decades. For example:
• The U.S. threatened to hold up China's membership in the World Trade Organization if it did not improve its human rights situation in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre;
• The U.S. threatened to hold back on the North American Free Trade Agreement unless Mexico improved the plight of migrant workers and narco-terror gangs; and
So it is not unusual or inappropriate to broach such topics. In fact, Secretary of State John Kerry just recently raised the issue of the arrest of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian during the most recent round of talks, opening the door to a broader discussion of Iran's human rights violations.
Iran and its lobbying allies have long contended that talks should be strictly centered on the issue of nuclear research and development, but even that position is a canard since Iran routinely seeks to tie other issues to the talks such as the immediate suspension of economic sanctions or the release of frozen assets.
Why are human rights important to these talks?
Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen, the Treasury Department's outgoing point man on Iran sanctions, said in this weekend's Wall Street Journal that Iran was "stuck. They can't fix this economy unless they get sanctions relief." Adding "I think they are coming to the negotiations with their backs to the wall."
A hopeful sign, but also one that reinforces the historic opportunity the West has to seek real and meaningful change in Iran for the Iranian people. In the past year under Hassan Rouhani, there has been a significant rise in a broad crackdown on political dissent, cultural expression, gender restrictions and access to uncensored information and sources.
According to Amnesty International, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran and various human rights groups on the ground such as the National Council of Resistance of Iran, public executions have taken off over the past year and reached over 1,000 men and women. Iranian regime's notorious Evin Prison is now filled to capacity and the mullahs continues to aggressively fund terror groups such as Hezbollah and Houthis and engage in open wars in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Yemen.
More importantly, a nation's view on human rights towards its own people is the most accurate gauge of its views on its neighbors and the world. By not involving human rights in these discussions, we leave out the one element that could truly make the West trust any agreement reached with Iran. Without a marked improvement in human rights, there can be no guarantees or assurances that Iran would ever live up to whatever bargain it brokered out of economic necessity and not from a worldview that it was right or a moral decision.
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CIA ENVOY COULD BE ARAFAT'S LAST CHANCE
By Uri Dan
CIA chief George Tenet's return to shuttling between the Israelis and Palestinians appears to be a last-ditch effort by the United States to halt the bloodshed now in its ninth month.
It is hardly a secret that Israel is ready to destroy Yasser Arafat's major installations in retaliation for the Tel Aviv disco bombing that killed 21 people and left more than 30 still hospitalized.
But despite warnings of new suicide- and car-bombers, Israel is willing to give the PLO chairman another chance to fulfill his pledge to enforce the cease-fire that Tenet has come to cement.
Tenet has been involved in the conflict since October 1998.
He was at the Wye River summit when President Bill Clinton got Arafat and then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sign an agreement that promised further Israeli withdrawals in exchange for Arafat's compliance with Israeli security demands.
Tenet's CIA was officially selected then to monitor the Wye agreement's implementation.
Netanyahu handed Arafat another 2 percent of the West Bank, but halted the territory transfer because Arafat failed to respect the Wye timetable.
His successor, Ehud Barak, thought he could reach an "end of the conflict" agreement and handed over an additional 11 percent.
But Arafat never complied with his commitment to collect thousands of illegal automatics, mines and other weapons and turn them over to the United States for destruction.
Dore Gold, a former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, expressed the prevailing pessimism over Tenet's mission.
"Of course, Tenet is warmly welcomed here. But even the best monitors are not a substitute for effective compliance with signed agreements."
After all, at Clinton's direction, Tenet last year went to Paris, Cairo, Gaza and Sharm el-Sheik – and got from Arafat words but not deeds.
This time, according to a top Israeli official, the CIA chief's message is "words should be accompanied by deeds."
The official said the United States has decided not to let Arafat internationalize the conflict by bringing U.N. or other forces to the region.
The European Union is trying to open a monitoring office of its own in Bethlehem in coordination with Palestinian security.
The EU acts as if Arafat has already complied with the cease-fire, and so top European leaders are scheduled to arrive in the region and shuttle between Arafat and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon beginning this weekend.
And U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrives later in the week.
The Europeans and Annan will only add to the chaos, the Israeli official said.
A stunning example of the way they have sided with Arafat occurred three weeks ago after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed five civilians in a mall in Netanya, north of Tel Aviv.
Israel retaliated by sending F-16s to blast Arafat's security installations in Nablus and the Gaza Strip.
Annan criticized Israel for using "excessive force." He also expressed regret over the mall bombing but did not blame the Palestinian Authority for it.
After Sharon announced Israel's unilateral cease-fire, Annan called him with congratulations.
Sharon told him, "I regard you as the prime minister of all the prime ministers" – but added that he was disappointed with his failure to criticize the authority.
Then Sharon explained that Israel was accepting the Mitchell Committee report on the Mideast because it separates the steps for renewing negotiations – starting with a cease-fire, not tied to the issue of Jewish settlements.
Annan replied that there may be a place for a "package deal" in which Arafat's demands would be added to the Mitchell recommendations.
Sharon said Mitchell should be accepted as it is.
He added: "You should do one thing. Please call Arafat to get a cease-fire. Not a 100 percent effort, but a 100 percent cease-fire."
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.... . -.-- -.-- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---, it's me, Micaroon with another blog full of morse, name puns, and subtle meta references. SO IN GT, we're making geometric portraits, you know, not like the title says it, but still let's look into the portrait part. So portraits everyone knows them, probably, it's a picture of your face, or painting of your face, or someone else's face, but really the way the face shows emotion has to be the most fascinating part of it. Like think about it, seriously think, your face is easily your best asset in communication, and while in some countries some things might have different meanings for most part, a smile means a smile. So yeah, think of all the facial motions you can think of, compare them to a emotion that usually comes with it.
So yeah! so really geometric portraits are really just, lining up shapes where they fit, in our case, triangles. BUT YEAH, basically it went like this. Step 1: Get the portrait, because you know, that's pretty necessary. Step 2: Outline the portrait, good to get an idea of where you should start making your shapes. Step 3: Start outlining the shapes, for the way we're doing it, you add the shapes later, but you do need the outlines first, in the second one we skipped step 2 and just started filling it in however, and then either take a color from inside the area selected, or just go >filter, average.
Well lemme just say this. I think I did a pretty good job on my poly portraits, maybe not flawless but It's nothing too atrocious. But I do notice some differences, Like compared to my first one, my second poly portrait has waaaayyyy better usage of triangles, like, waaaaaaaaaeeeyy better. However in my Poly-1, my eyes looked way better then the other, but to be fair I was rushing to finish, and lastly my poly 1 is obviously way less vibrant, but, I guess that's a kinda neutral point.
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U.S. Army Contemplates 3D-Printed Warheads
Boring logistics first, futuristic explosives next.
By Kelsey D. Atherton | Published Jul 30, 2014 12:46 AM
Additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3-D printing, is inherently creative. Materials are layered together and built up, constructing an object from powder and heat and code. In the future, the U.S. Army wants to turn this innovation to far more destructive ends, by printing new warheads.
The latest issue of Army Technology focuses on 3-D printing. Designing new shapes for warheads is one promising new avenue of research. In "ARDEC investigates how 3-D printed metals could transform Army logistics", U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center materials engineer James Zunino explains to author Timothy Rider what additive manufacturing can bring to the science of blowing stuff up. Rider captures the core of it here:
Directing the explosion of a weapon is a big deal, as it can mean both deadlier military tools and more precise attacks. Last winter missile maker MBDA tested a differently shaped charge on a missile whose narrow explosion is designed to hit a target and nothing else. In the future, 3-D printed warheads could do something similar, giving troops and commanders more options about how and to what extent they should blow something up.
While printed warheads are the shiny tip of the spear, it's almost certain that 3-D printing will make a difference with mundane supply tasks like spare parts first. Multiple stories in the issue focus in on this immediate need. In "Getting to Right Faster," Master Sergeant Adam Asclipiadis of the Army's appropriately named Rapid Equipping Force, describes how they used Statasys Fortus 3-D printers in Afghanistan.
Further articles in the issue examine the military applications of 3-D printing in medicine, food, new materials, at supply depots and in building miniatures to better understand a battlefield. There's also a look at 3-D bioprinting human tissue for treating wounds, especially burn wounds, suffered in the field of battle– perhaps in new patterns left by creatively shaped 3-D printed warheads.
The whole issue is available online here.
Kelsey D. Atherton
Kelsey D. Atherton is a military technology journalist who has contributed to Popular Science since 2013. He covers uncrewed robotics and other drones, communications systems, the nuclear enterprise, and the technologies that go into planning, waging, and mitigating war.


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«I'm Alive» es una canción del grupo británico Electric Light Orchestra, publicada en el álbum de estudio Xanadu (1980). La canción, compuesta por Jeff Lynne, fue también publicada como el primer sencillo de la banda sonora en mayo de 1980.

La canción, también incluida en la película Xanadu, incluyó en el largometraje una introducción instrumental larga, de la cual se puede escuchar un pequeño fragmento en el álbum. La canción fue también incluida en la versión teatral de Xanadu.

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Comesa is een Spaans historisch merk van motorfietsen.

In 1957 verwierf Comesa de licentie om in Spanje de Italiaanse FB Mondial-motorfietsen te produceren. Het werd geen succes, want het bleef bij dit ene jaar.

Spaans historisch motorfietsmerk


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Welcome to this week's Property Jobs Today, our regular look at key moves inside our industry.
Next week there's no PJT as it's a Bank Holiday - but please keep us informed so we can provide a full update the following week. Email us at press@estateagenttoday.co.uk and we'll bring your staffing news to the industry.
We start off this week with news that Countrywide has recruited Gavin Human as regional director for Tucker Gardner, one of Cambridge's best known local estate agents.
With over 30 years' of estate agency experience, most recently with Fine & Country, Gavin's appointment is the latest move by the firm as it re-focuses activity on its core sales and lettings sectors.
"We must be proud of our history and our place in the local high street. I want each office to become an integral part of the local community and a beacon of success in the Countrywide family, offering our clients value for money across all sectors of the property market" explains Gavin.
Paul Creffield, Countrywide's group operations director, adds: "Gavin's appointment reinforces our commitment of ensuring we have Industry experts leading our teams and our businesses."
Meanwhile in Oxford, Countrywide has announced that Paul Rushworth is taking over as managing director at the hugely successful Finders Keepers lettings agency, taking over from the popular Dan Channer.
"Having worked here for over 25 years it is no secret that I live and breathe the company and its culture," says Paul.
"Dan has done an excellent job over the years, he has built and maintained a positive internal culture that delivers award winning customer service. This is a solid foundation I will look to build upon in the future.
Up to Yorkshire now where another experienced property professional has been appointed to manage the Guiseley office of the county's Dacre, Son & Hartley.
Michael Leighton joined the firm in 2014 to manage the Keighley office after spending more than 10 years working for other Yorkshire agents. In 2017 the office won gold at the British Property Awards and voted the best estate agency in the town by All Agents.
Now Michael's new role sees him heading up a five-strong team across sales and lettings.
Patrick McCutcheon, head of residential sales at the 21-office agency, says: "Michael is a well-respected member of our team and enjoyed a successful track-record in our Keighley office, so we're delighted to offer him this opportunity to manage the office at Guiseley. It's a busy branch, at the centre of a thriving market, and there's no doubt Michael will continue building on its success and take it to the next level."
Build To Rent is a burgeoning sector now, and making key hires too.
For example, Allsop has appointed Kelly Smith and Matt Smith to its BTR letting and management team.
Kelly has joined as head of build to rent operations, coming from Pinnacle Places, where she was involved in developing operating platforms for both Pinnacle Places and Greenwich Peninsula. Kelly was also pivotal in delivering schemes in Birmingham and Glasgow.
Matt is now Allsop's head of mobilisation, has joined from liv where he was responsible for both asset management and mobilisation.
Lesley Roberts, executive development director at Allsop, says: "Their appointments build on a string of recent successes and come at a really exciting time for the department and the sector. More than ever, build to rent is playing a crucial role in the provision of quality homes and our continued investment in skills, experience and systems ensures that we are equipped to provide the expertise, support and services our customers need."
Finally this week let's swing over to JLL where Ben Tolhurst joins to become lead director of the firm's UK property and asset management division.
Ben joins JLL from Capita. He has previously held a number of managing director roles, leading complex businesses and implementing major digital transformation and customer engagement programmes across a range of sectors including utilities, retail and telecommunications.
He has also previously worked for Serco and BT as well as undertaking client-side consulting and advisory work for Andersen (now Accenture).
At JLL, Ben will head the team looking after over 3,500 properties and collecting over £4.5 billion for fund managers and other global investors.
Ben sets out his stall for the new post by saying: "There are currently huge opportunities to re-define the property and asset management market through a focus on customer engagement, disruptive technologies and new ways of working and I am delighted to be in a position to lead this business through its next stage of development."
So that's it for now - until next time...
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Set the intent before you go to bed tonight.
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Resolve to do it again. And again. And AGAIN...only bigger.
Every journey towards doing your own thing in your own way starts with the determination to be who you really are and do what you really want. No easy task in a world that is constantly asking you to fit into pre-determined boundaries and do things the way they've always been done. If you want to break past those confines, it going to take practice and patience, intention and tenacity.
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CAH3005 : City of Athens: Power, Society and Culture
Module Leader(s): Dr Don Miller
To provide an opportunity for students to develop their knowledge and understanding of a range of social, political and cultural issues relating to the history and topography of the city of Athens, from its Bronze Age beginnings to the late Classical period, reading widely and critically in the primary and secondary literature associated with it, and to develop the capacity for independent study.
The city of Athens was the political, cultural and economic centre of ancient Greece; consequently its history and heritage have fascinated scholars and tourists alike for centuries. But how did Athens evolve from a small agricultural village to the most powerful city-state in the Greek world? How did its appearance change over time? And what intellectual and architectural legacy have the Athenians bequeathed to the western world?
This module examines the infrastructure of ancient Athens, not only as an administrative, monumental, and religious centre, but also in terms of the social and political life of its diverse inhabitants, thus facilitating a view of Athens as a 'living' city rather than a city of decaying monuments. It introduces the ancient and modern sources for ancient Athens, from the city's earliest history in the Bronze Age through the end of the fourth century BC, adopting both a chronological and thematic approach. Particular emphasis will be placed on the Classical period (479-323 BC).
The topics and issues to be discussed may include: Bronze Age Greece, the rise of the city-state; the growth of Athenian democracy; Athenian society and institutions; sanctuaries and religion; the political topography of the city; domestic and social space, the Periclean building programme, and trade and the Athenian economy, and attitudes towards death and burial practice.
The module will be structured around the integration of several diverse types of evidence and materials, ranging from literary accounts of the city and its territory; major works of epic poetry, philosophy and drama; epigraphic and numismatic evidence; the study of archaeological sites; and key aspects of the development of Greek art and architecture.
• To trace the urban development of Athens from its earliest history in the Bronze Age through the end of the fourth century BC, with particular emphasis on the Classical period (479-323 BC)
• To explore the issues associated with the analysis of political, social and economic history
• To examine the relationship between the city and its countryside (the territory of Attica), and between the city and its neighbours
• To introduce students to a wide range of ancient evidence (literary, epigraphic, and archaeological) and the ways in which they can be used and interpreted in combination to reconstruct the social and cultural life of the city's inhabitants
• To develop intellectual skills, including the ability to engage in independent research, participate in critical discussion and debate, and communicate effectively in oral and written form.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities Lecture 22 1:00 22:00 2 lectures per week
Guided Independent Study Assessment preparation and completion 66 1:00 66:00 For two assessment components (split as needed)
Guided Independent Study Directed research and reading 33 1:00 33:00 3 hours reading per week
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities Small group teaching 9 1:00 9:00 1 seminar per week (except first/last weeks)
Structured Guided Learning Structured research and reading activities 9 2:00 18:00 2 hours preparing tasks per seminar
Guided Independent Study Independent study 50 1:00 50:00 General consolidation activities
Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities Module talk 2 1:00 2:00 Introduction and conclusion to the module
Lectures impart core knowledge and an outline of knowledge that students are expected to acquire and they stimulate development of independent research and note-taking skills. Lectures will provide opportunities for dialogue. In the event that on-campus sessions need to be reduced, there is the capacity to present recorded materials asynchronously and retain timetabled slots for live discussion of these materials.
Seminars will also consolidate the learning progress from lectures, lecture materials, and weekly readings by enabling students to focus on connected issues and material in greater depth. Seminars will be student-led and facilitated by teaching staff, and will hinge upon group discussion and debate about materials circulated in advance (for example, sets of evidence, scholarship, and questions). In the event that on-campus sessions need to be reduced, there is the capacity to hold live seminar discussions online and retain timetabled slots.
CAH3005's Reading List
Digital Examination 120 1 A 60 Inspera digital exam
Essay 1 M 40 1,700 words
Written exercise 1 M 300 words
The essay assignments assess the ability to engage in depth with key primary evidence and modern scholarship and construct a reasoned argument on the basis of these. In addition, they test the students' ability to engage in independent research and communicate effectively in written form.
The formative assessment is required by the university and will provide students with feedback that will help them on the digital exam.
The digital examination tests the students' acquisition of a clear, general overall knowledge of the subject, plus the ability to think and analyse a problem quickly, to select from and to apply both the general knowledge and detailed knowledge of aspects of the subject to new questions, to demonstrate problem-solving skills, adaptability, and the ability to work unaided, and to write clearly and concisely.
All of the assessments for this module will be submitted and marked online.
This module can be made available to Erasmus students only with the agreement of the Head of Subject and of the Module Leader. This option must be discussed in person at the beginning of your exchange period. No restrictions apply to study-abroad, exchange and Loyola students.
CAH3005's Timetable
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Thomas Klein (* 14. April 1948 in Berlin) ist ein DDR-Bürgerrechtler und Historiker.

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Klein absolvierte eine Ausbildung als Elektromechaniker und begann anschließend ein Mathematikstudium an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 1976 wurde er mit einer Arbeit zum Thema Sequentielle nichtdeterministische Lernsysteme promoviert. Ab 1973 war er am Zentralinstitut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR tätig. In den 1970er Jahren schloss sich Klein oppositionellen Zirkeln an. Im September 1979 inhaftierte ihn das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS) in seiner zentralen Untersuchungshaftanstalt in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen. Es folgte eine Verurteilung zu einer Haftstrafe wegen "ungesetzlicher Verbindungsaufnahme" (§ 219 StGB der DDR), die Klein bis Dezember 1980 in der Sonderhaftanstalt Bautzen II des MfS verbüßte. Anschließend erhielt er ein Berufsverbot in der Wissenschaft und die Zuweisung einer Stelle als Preisbearbeiter im VEB Möbelkombinat Berlin.

Politisch-subversives Engagement bis zur Revolution 1989
Im Jahre 1987 gründete Klein mit Gleichgesinnten die Gruppe Gegenstimmen, eine Vereinigung explizit sozialistischer Oppositioneller.

In einem Bericht vom 1. Juni 1989 zählte das MfS Klein zum "harten Kern" seiner Gegner:

Klein gehörte 1989 zu den Gründungsmitgliedern der Vereinigten Linken (VL).

Wirken seit der Einheit Deutschlands
Für die Vereinigte Linke wurde Klein bei der Volkskammerwahl im März 1990 im Rahmen der Listenvereinigung Aktionsbündnis Vereinigte Linke als Spitzenkandidat aufgestellt. Obwohl die Liste nur  0,18 Prozent der Stimmen erhielt, wurde Klein damit in die Volkskammer gewählt und wurde fraktionsloser Abgeordneter. Vom Oktober bis Dezember 1990 vertrat er die Vereinigte Linke im Bundestag.

Nachdem er 1991/92 als Mitarbeiter im Bundestag tätig gewesen war, arbeitete er von 1996 bis 2009 als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung (ZZF) in Potsdam, wo er zur Geschichte der DDR und der DDR-Opposition forschte. Klein ist Mitglied der Historischen Kommission der Partei Die Linke.

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 1991: Keine Opposition. Nirgends? Linke in Deutschland nach dem Sturz des Realsozialismus.  (Zusammen mit Vera Vordenbäumen (Herausgeberin) als Herausgeber), Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86153-027-5.
 1997: Visionen. Repression und Opposition in der SED (1949–1989). (Gemeinsam mit Wilfriede Otto und Peter Grieder), 1997, ISBN 3-930842-05-X.
 2002: "Für die Einheit und Reinheit der Partei". Die innerparteilichen Kontrollorgane der SED in der Ära Ulbricht. Köln/Weimar/Wien, ISBN 3412134015 (Digitalisat auf zeitgeschichte-digital.de.)
 Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Die Politisierung der unabhängigen Friedensbewegung in Ost-Berlin während der 80er Jahre Köln/Weimar/Wien, 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-02506-9 (Digitalisat auf zeitgeschichte-digital.de.)
 2009: "Das Land ist still - noch!" Herrschaftswandel und politische Gegnerschaft in der DDR (1971–1989). (gemeinsam mit Leonore Ansorg, Bernd Gehrke, Danuta Kneipp), Köln, ISBN 978-3-412-14306-0
 2009: SEW – Die Westberliner Einheitssozialisten. Eine "ostdeutsche" Partei als Stachel im Fleische der "Frontstadt"? Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-86153-559-1 (2011: ISBN 978-3-86284-126-4)

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Q: How can i offset UIButton image inside UIBarButtonItem on navBar? Here is the code i am using to insert a custom UIBarButtonItem as the leftButton on my navbar. The issue is that the button is too close to the left edge and i cant figure out how to indent it a little without using another image with padding on the left?
UIButton *btn = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20)];
btn.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 10, 0, 0);
[btn setBackgroundImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"image.png"] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
self.myBtn = btn;
[btn release];

UIBarButtonItem *barBtn = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:self.myBtn];
self.myBarBtn = barBtn;
self.myBarBtn.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 5, 0, 0);
[self.navigationItem setLeftBarButtonItem:self.myBarBtn animated:YES];
[barBtn release];

I've tried adjusting the frame, edgeInsets, all without any luck. The barButtonItem is still too close to the left edge. Is there any way to offset the image for the button?
Thx

A:     UIImage *buttonImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"Close.png"];
    UIButton *button = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
    [button setImage:buttonImage forState:UIControlStateNormal];
    button.imageEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, -40, 0, 0);
    button.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, buttonImage.size.width, buttonImage.size.height);

    [button addTarget:self action:@selector(donePressed:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

    //create a UIBarButtonItem with the button as a custom view
    UIBarButtonItem *customBarItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc] initWithCustomView:button];
    self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = customBarItem;

A: there is the custom left or right button with swift language
let buttonEdit: UIButton = UIButton.buttonWithType(UIButtonType.Custom) as UIButton
buttonEdit.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 40, 40)
buttonEdit.setImage(UIImage(named:"nav-right-Y.png"), forState: UIControlState.Normal)
buttonEdit.addTarget(self, action: "rightNavItemEditClick", forControlEvents: UIControlEvents.TouchUpInside)
var rightBarButtonItemEdit: UIBarButtonItem = UIBarButtonItem(customView: buttonEdit)
self.navigationItem.rightBarButtonItem = rightBarButtonItemEdit

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In whale news this week, a humpback in Cape Cod in the US found badly tangled in fishing rope has been given a fighting chance thanks to a Marine Animal Entanglement Response team from the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS).
Researchers from the CCS spotted the injured whale with rope running through its mouth and wrapped around its flukes. The animal was unable to swim properly and had already been preyed upon by an opportunistic shark that had taken a bite out of the humpback's left flank.
The dramatic rescue took place under the watchful eye of a 15-foot shark that remained in the area, clearly hoping for a blubbery meal. From the safety of the boat, the response team used a hooked knife on the end of a long pole to cut through some of the rope, freeing up the humpback's tail. Once the shark had moved off, an inflatable boat was used to pull up next to whale to remove the remaining rope.


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Q: Move object smaller distances (than the default of about 1pt)? When moving objects ("Edit PDF" > select object > use arrow keys), each time I press e.g. right arrow key, the object moves about 1 pt (I'm guessing).
Is there a way to move it by smaller distances? (E.g. 0.5pt or 0.1pt?)
(If it matters, I'm using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2021.007.20091.)


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Pennington County installs new air purifiers to fight COVID-19
These systems were placed in many HVAC units across Pennington County.(Connor Matteson)
By Connor Matteson
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, also known as HVAC systems, and inside these are more than thirty-five ionization bars.
"They clean the air is what they do. They positively and negatively charge all dust particles, pollen, anything floating in the air," says Assistant Director for Buildings and Grounds Dave Eccleston.
These air purifiers were installed in buildings like the Pennington County Jail, the Public Safety Building, and the courthouse. The purpose? To kill pathogens like COVID-19.
"The ionization bars will deactivate the virus up to 88% in 15 minutes, it will deactivate the virus up to 99.4% in thirty minutes," says Eccleston.
The goal is to help stop the spread of the virus, especially in close quarters.
But there are other positives to the ionization bars.
"In the long run, this will hopefully also save us some energy money because we can reduce some of the outdoor air that we're bringing in to flush the virus out. That's what we initially did so now we're going back and reducing by a little bit the outside air we're bringing in," says Eccleston.
He says by reducing the germs in the air, county employees may use fewer sick days as well.


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Google launches Android One smartphones in India, starting at Rs. 6,299
As expected, Google has officially took the wraps off the Android One lineup of smartphones at an event in India earlier today. Android One is the initiative announced by Google in June at I/O 2014, in an attempt to reach the 'next 5 billion users' who don't currently own a smartphone. The first wave of Android One smartphones include Micromax Canvas A1, Karbonn Sparkle V and Spice Dream UNO with all featuring similar specifications.
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The Spice Dream UNO is priced at Rs 6,299 and is available exclusively via Flipkart, Karbonn Sparkle V costs Rs 6,399 and is sold exclusively via Snapdeal and Micromax Canvas A1 priced at Rs 6,499 is exclusively for sale from Amazon India. We will talk about all these three smartphones in detail later individually.
Running on stock version of Android 4.4.4 KitKat, the Android One smartphones will be among those first devices that will receive the upcoming Android L update. They will be in line with the Nexus devices to receive the future Android updates and will be updated for two years since their launch.
Airtel, leading carrier in India has partnered with Google and the Airtel users can download the Android OTA updates and upto 200MB of applications from the Play Store for free every month for six months, thereby saving their mobile data.
Another enticing feature is that the Android One users will also be able to watch YouTube videos offline. They will also be given a year of free subscription to the Google Play Newsstand content. Furthermore, the exclusive partners will also be pricing more offers such as discounts on accessories, financing options and free microSD card to promote these handsets.
Besides launching the Android One smartphones in India, Google has revealed it plans of launching the Android One lineup to other emerging markets including Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka by the end of the year.
More countries will receive the lineup in the next year. For the same, Google has partnered with manufacturers such as Acer, Alcatel Onetouch, Asus, HTC, Intex, Lava, Lenovo, Panasonic and Xolo to launch more Android One devices and even chip maker Qualcomm.
Android One Budget Google India Newly Launched Rs. 6000 - 8000 Under Rs. 10000
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Score a stunning victory! Start playing right now! OK, enough with the stereotypes already. The goal of this game is to match suitable pictures to words. The Stereotypo game is back! We got rid of pictures and swapped them with photos!
Choose photos that match up to the task and reveal new stereotypes!
Unleash your inner intellectual! Many tasks in the game require you to really get your brain in gear. Don't miss even the slightest detail!
And just remember – if your associations don't correspond to what the writers had in mind, then you're unique!
So it's new tasks you want? In that case, you're in for a treat! Enjoy!


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Will water be the cause of the next World War ?
1. Geological study of water indicates that 71% part of the earth is occupied by water and remaining 29% is land. However, all the available water is not fit for consumption because 97.5% of this water is saline. Of the remaining water, 0.62% is underground as storage. The rest is available to us in the form of rivers, water bodies like tanks, lakes etc. The fact is the quantity of this potable water is decreasing day-by-day. Water availability in the next 30 years will be barely enough to meet 2/3rd requirements of the population.
2. According to 'Global Issue – 1999', the world population of 400 crore (out of 600 crore) dwells in water scarcity areas. Of them, 100 crore are deprived of the basic right of pure, potable water.
3. As per standards set by experts, per capita requirement of water per year is 2000 cubic meters. If it falls below 1700 cubic meters, it will be termed 'unsatisfactory', and for supply below 1000 cubic meters, it will be termed 'shortage'. Therefore, Bharat needs to take urgent action to improve water availability.
4. As per the opinion of experts, water storage will get exhausted by 2025. There will be wars over water in Towns, Talukas, Districts, States and between countries.


Summer is knocking on our front door!
Tomorrow is the 'official' first day of summer.
Guess what that means? A free printable.
Vacation. Beaches. Ice Cream. Sno Cones.
Sail Boats. Amusement Parks. Bike Rides.
Regardless of what you love about summer, there is something to be celebrated! I may not be a huge fan of the heat, but I do love just about everything else. I'm actually putting my popsicle making skills to work this weekend. Oh yeah, baby!
There are so many things to love about summer! So, let's celebrate with a couple of sweet hello summer printables. With fun colors, strawberries and gingham — these printables are incredibly fun and perfectly summer!
Let's enjoy some peace, love — and sandy feet!
Cute summer prints, Kelly! I agree with you, I love everything but the heat. Have fun creating with popsicle sticks. Happy Summer! Hugs.
Thanks so much! I'm definitely going to enjoy making popsicles. 🙂 Enjoy the rest of your week. xo.
Thanks Kerry! Always appreciate your kind words. xo.
Thanks so much Crystal! I appreciate it…and the pin. HUGS.
Thanks Sarah! Appreciate it. Enjoy the rest of your week. HUGS.
Adorable Kelly, love both of them, had to save both. Til I can print them out going to look thru my paper stash see what I have to make couple with letter stencils then cut out letters, put onto backing paper to frame. Fantastic , thanks so much. Appreciate your time and talents making these. These are so happy looking, colors are great.
It's been pretty nice here (western CO, warm/windy but today is sticky feeling and every windy. Don't envy you your humidity. When we lived in KY humidity was as high or higher than temps. We'd moved from a very dry climate in MT so it was difficult to deal with. Only time I like heat is when I'm on boat and in water.
Thank you! 🙂 I always appreciate your kind words. Enjoy the "nice" weather, it's pretty humid here and summer just started. lol. Enjoy the rest of your week. HUGS!
THANK YOU for the awesome printables. I love them both. I appreciate that you make them available for everyone and not just "fans" of social media. The super easy download is wonderful also.
Aw, thanks Jennifer and you are so welcome. 🙂 I'm glad you like them. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. HUGS.
You have the cutest printables! Thanks for linking up on Cook it! Craft it! Share it!
Thanks Ang! Glad I could join in on the link up. 🙂 HUGS.
these printable are so cute!!!
Thanks so much Krystal! xo.
Thanks again for such a fun post! Love these printables! Such a fun and easy way to bring a little sunshine into the home! Happy to share with my followers and to share some Bloglovin love! Best Wishes!


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Occasionally it's time to reboot a recipe. So on Sunday morning I hunkered down with some breakfast, my laptop, a cat at my feet and got to work rebooting my favorite muesli bars recipe.
The reboot isn't earth shattering but it's enough to make a real difference with these bars. They are slightly sweeter, chewier, nuttier, and overall closer to perfect.
Combine all of your dry ground ingredients together first in your stand mixer (almonds, chia, flax). I tried using whole chia seeds that I ground myself this time. Not a huge difference to the pre-ground variety I was using before.
Stir in your mixer to combine.
Next add your chopped walnuts, oats, pumpkin seeds, salt, and baking soda. Mix those to combine.
We recently discovered these amazing dried cherries at Trader Joe's. They are so yummy! Plump, moist, chewy. They kind of taste like raisins but better. They are totally superior to dried cranberries in this recipe.
Give them a rough chop and then combine in your mixer with the dry ingredients to coat completely (helps the bars stick together better that way).
On to the wet team! Mix your orange zest, eggs, honey, agave, and milk all together in a separate bowl before adding to your dry mixture. This will create a more uniformly flavored and chewy muesli bar.
I used orange zest here instead of lemon this time around. It is much subtler but brighter and more compleimentary to the other flavors going on. Lemon has a tendency to outshine other flavors sometimes, you know?
Stream your wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and let them mix together fully (1-2 minutes).
Bake on 350 degrees for 20 minutes, rotating once at the 10 minute mark. When they come out of the oven they need to cool completely! Seriously, leave them alone for 2-3 hours. You'll thank me later when your bars cut up perfectly instead of crumble in your hands.
I was able to get 10 muesli bars out of this batch. Perfect for the work week! Individually wrap in plastic wrap and store in the fridge for 1-2 weeks (if they last that long).
This is how I enjoy my muesli bars every morning: with tea and a glass of cold milk.
these look great and super healthy!
They are SO yummy! We've had them for breakfast for the last 3-4 weeks in a row!!


Jellyfish are in the animal group of Cnidaria and among the most beautiful and unusual creatures of water life. Listed below are the ten most beautiful jellyfish you can find in the worlds oceans.
Also known as the crystal jellyfish, this species is colorless and transparent in appearance and inhabits the west coast of North America. Its tentacles have nematocysts which aid in capture of prey. It has been used in science as it has a protein called GFP, which is responsible for the fluorescent blue green color of jellyfish. This protein has been used in scientific experiments such as creating a rabbit that glows under black lights! GFP has been useful in studying cell processes to give an insight in getting a solution to serious health problems such as Alzheimer's.
This is the most dangerous jellyfish and also goes by the name Sea Wasp. It is cube shaped and frightening in appearance. It moves faster than most jellyfish and is difficult to see because of its transparent appearance. They have a mutant appearance due to multiple eyeballs on their stomachs. It is the most poisonous creature of the seas because of its high concentration of nematocysts and can kill dozens of humans with its poison. And due to their transparent appearance and their not easily detectable sting, they are referred to as "sucker punch" of the sea.
This is a deep-sea jellyfish that inhabits the Arctic. It was first discovered ten years ago and not much is known about it. A lot of attention was focused on it dues to its discovery and because of its striking resemblance to Darth Vader. It has four primary and four secondary tentacles. Every quadrant has three interradial manubrial pouches. It holds out its poisoned tentacles in front as it swims, this being a hunting strategy for its prey. They have few, non-contractile tentacles. They have an unusual axis of development from larvae to adult.
It also goes by the name Stauromedusae, a befitting name due its strange appearance. It is the stalked variety of jellyfish. Their body is trumpet shaped body. They are a unique jellyfish since they do not have an alternation of polyp and medusa life cycle phases and mostly develop directly into the adult form. They are found in the Costa Rica waters, which tend to be quite hot and have a depth of more than 8000 feet below sea level. They are generally different from other jellyfish as they tend to be dark pink in color.
This jellyfish is a rare species and is generally small in size with a width of just about six inches. It is also known as Olindias Formosa and is very striking with shades of purple and orange colours. It has appearance of having a neon pink flower hat on its head. This is because its tentacles, when not in use, coil up and sticks to the rim. It has a painful sting but non-lethal to humans. It mainly feeds on small fish capturing its prey by injecting venom from its stinging cells its tentacles. It inhabits Brazil, Argentina and Japanese waters.
This jellyfish is believed to be twelve-inch long and inhabits frozen waters beneath the West Antarctic ice and shares similar world like the Costa Rican Jellyfish which inhabits very cold waters of about 600 degrees. Its body is soft, squishy and tube shaped. It is brown, reddish brown to orange in color, with distinctive white spots on their foot. It uses its venomous cells in its tentacles to sting to defend itself against possible threats. It can be a difficult pet to care for since it needs a lot of light and a large aquarium to accommodate its size.
It also goes by the names Aurelia Aurita, Saucer Jelly or Common Jelly. It is generally admired for its striking and beautiful features. It is among the most common jellyfish that most are familiar with. It has magically pulsating movements. It has been variously described, one of these descriptions being that is has a translucent medusa of about 25–40 cm in diameter, and has a unique features of four horseshoe-shaped gonads easily observed through the bell top. It mainly feeds on medusae, plankton and mollusks. These jellyfish naturally dies in a few months after reproducing, making their life cycle short.
It also goes by the name Nomuras. It was named after Mr. Kan'ichi Nomura who initiated more study to be done on it. It is mainly found off the Japanese coast. It is of enormous size, many times bigger than man. It may be as huge as hundred feet in length and a diameter of six feet or more and in excess of 450 pounds in weight. Normura's Jellyfish exists in the same size class as the lion's mane jellyfish and can be deadly. There has been an increase in its population, which has led to its promotion as a novelty food.
This jellyfish has an eye-catching name, this is because it is named after a musician called Frank Zappa. This honour is attributed to the discovery of this jellyfish by a scientist who was a fan of the musician. As a result of having given the said musician this honour, the scientist finally did get an opportunity of meeting his musician star face to face. They grow rapidly continue to develop with their tentacles increasing n size and number.
This is an edible kind of jellyfish though it is said that their stings are harmful to man and that is where the paradox lies! It is also known as the 'China type' and are slightly reddish with a smooth umbrella which is 300-600mm in diameter. They are farmed in Japan where they also form part of the Japanese diet. It is one of the most abundant and important water species in China.
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The women also shared that they would only be working in northern Haiti for another week. Over another meal, our team shared common experiences with the women, shared photos of Arielle and struck up new friendships. Meeting these therapists was also by no means an accident.
new friends' facility. Arielle happily received a new prosthetic leg. She even began running and climbing steps. Since then, our loving donors have built Arielle's family a safe new home and provided them with food. Many charities came together to help this precious little girl and her family.


What are you doing on the weekend? Cleaning the house?
Thread: What are you doing on the weekend? Cleaning the house?
Do you often arrange general cleaning in the house? How do you handle it?
I have a slightly different principle. Every day I spend 20 minutes cleaning the house. It helps me a lot. Since at the weekend I practically do not do it. I also use the services of a garbage collection company.


Jaret Choolun (born 1988) is an award-winning Australian composer and choral conductor resident in Berlin, Germany. From 2006-2010 He studied composition with Stephen Leek at the Queensland Conservatorium, simultaneously training his choral skills further by singing with, composing and conducting for The Australian Voices.
In 2012 Choolun relocated to Bremen, Germany to direct a charming new music chamber choir for young singers, Northern Spirit, and in the following six years drove them to win awards at the 2015 Krakow International Choral Competition as well as two gold medals at the European Choir Games in 2017.
Jaret's entry into the VCM Foundation choral composing competition in 2017 was awarded second place and premiered by Voces8, one of Britain's leading vocal ensembles. Early in 2018 Jaret expanded his focus to once again include instrumental writing, premiering his new work for chamber choir, orchestra and solo viola da gamba, Particles of Cosmic Dust. His recent commissioned work includes Sea Fever, a gift to Northern Spirit from a longtime friend of the choir Brendan Wiseman, and Desiderat, a work for choir and organ commissioned for the opening concert of the state of Niedersachsen's celebration of 300 years of the organ builder Arp Schnitger. Since 2019 he lives in Berlin.
Jaret Choolun (born 1988 in Melbourne, Australia), is an award-winning composer and choral conductor resident in Bremen, Germany. His early years were consumed by choral singing and the piano, and from 2006 until 2010 he studied composition with Stephen Leek at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. During this time Choolun discovered the true breadth of modern music for voices and was particularly motivated to pursue this in his writing, producing pieces for solo voice, unaccompanied choral music as well as chamber operas, and was awarded prizes and honourable mentions for his pieces from organisations such as the Australian Society for Music Education and the Barbara Blackman Prize. Concurrently Jaret sang with and composed for renowned ensemble The Australian Voices, led by Stephen Leek and later Gordon Hamilton. This included year-long residencies with the choir as Young Composer as well as Conductor in Training.
In 2012 Jaret relocated to Europe and took over the direction of Northern Spirit, a chamber choir in Bremen, Germany, which had been founded by Gordon Hamilton with the special purpose of championing new Australian choral music away from home. As a choral conductor Jaret has driven Northern Spirit to win multiple awards, including the prize for best foreign choir performing a Polish piece at the 2015 Krakow International Choral Competition, and in 2017 two gold medals in the chamber choir division at the European Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, where among other pieces they performed György Orbàn's Pange Lingua as well as Choolun's arrangement of the Australian folk song Botany Bay. Also in 2017 under Choolun's direction Northern Spirit produced its first CD, featuring his newest piece, Flight, among a collection of folksong arrangements and pieces from the Classical a cappella canon.
In November 2017 Jaret received second place for his entry Lullaby for the Christ Child in the inaugural VCM Foundation choral composing competition and had the honour of attending a performance of his piece by renowned British ensemble, Voces8. Though Choolun's focus is primarily vocal music, his work with instrumentalists has included collaborations with soloists, quartets and orchestras. Early in 2018 Jaret premiered his new work for choir, orchestra and viola da gamba, Particles of Cosmic Dust, a reflection on the late astrophysicist Carl Sagan's novel Kontakt. His most recent contribution to music is Desiderat, a work for choir and organ commissioned for the opening concert of the state of Niedersachsen's celebration of 300 years of the organ builder Arp Schnitger. Following a move to Berlin at the end of 2018, Jaret continues to collaborate with soloists, schools and choirs in Germany for new music projects.


The imaginations of children are wonderful things. They can so easily place themselves in a distant time or event and make it come to life. Every year, the children in the Religious Education program at Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Plymouth imagine themselves as participants in major events in the life of a very special Child: Jesus. On the Feast of the Epiphany, Blessed Kateri's children present a pageant that takes them from Mary and Joseph's trip to Bethlehem to be counted in the census through the Nativity to the arrival of the Magi to worship the newborn King.
The students at Blessed Kateri also used their imaginations recently when the tremendous earthquake struck Haiti. Last year, as part of their mission visit from HCA, they learned about the small island country and the conditions in which children there lived on a daily basis – clean water was scarce, public education was not free, regular meals were not guaranteed. It was not hard for them to imagine how circumstances had gone from bad to worse in an instant; they had been made witnesses to the realities of life for children in Haiti through membership in the Holy Childhood Association.
Your children are invited to use their imagination as members of the Holy Childhood Association as well. They'll travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem …to the ends of the earth.
To view these HCA members in their beautiful Epiphany pageant, click here.


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