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Sunday, September 30, 2012
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The Fog of War in Benghazi and Washington
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First I heard the distant explosion of bombs. Then the night sky over Tripoli lit up with a fiery criss-crossing of bullets and rockets from attacking American warplanes and Libyan anti-aircraft batteries. I stood in awe on my hotel balcony, trying to decipher the action, until the better part of valor told me to crawl under my bed. It was 1986, and to this day, I cannot tell you who fired what when.
I am reminded of this experience?and many others I have had serving in and covering wars?as I follow the criticisms of NPR's coverage of what happened in the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi September 11.
Some of the criticisms have had to do with the accuracy of the early reports, but more have focused on the later question of whether the attack was pre-planned by terrorists or was part of the protests taking place at the same time at American diplomatic installations in the Muslim world in reaction to a now-infamous video. These later reproaches of NPR have been mixed with objections about the Obama administration's reports of just what happened.
As Barbara McClain of Summerland, Calif., wrote, "after all the time that it took the administration to admit to the facts, it appears that NPR is still lagging behind or positioning a biased report."
The criticisms were mostly of the introductions to stories made by the hosts on NPR flagship radio shows.
?Audie Cornish, for example, on September 19 led into a story on All Things Considered :
France announced today that it will close 20 embassies across the Muslim world on Friday, the Muslim holy day. The reason: security. A French satirical newspaper today published cartoons mocking the Prophet Muhammad?this after a massive protest over a derogatory video about Muhammad produced in the U.S. Those demonstrations have been linked to the deaths of at least 30 people in seven countries including the American ambassador to Libya. NPR's Elenor Beardsley is in the Tunisian capital of Tunis and sent this report.
Or Steve Inskeep, who began a September 25 interview segment on Morning Edition this way:
President Obama is in New York City today, addressing the United Nations General Assembly. Now, foreign policy has lately become a major focus of the presidential campaign, which had been centered almost exclusively on the economy. That changed recently when a film produced in the United States prompted protests across the Muslim world, including the killing of a U.S. ambassador, one of the things we are expecting the president to talk about shortly. NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson is covering the story. She's in New York. Hi, Mara.
Attached below is a timeline assembled by intern Laura Schwartz with relevant excerpts from all NPR's coverage on the flagship shows since the beginning. I offer it so that you can draw your own conclusions. Mine, based on personal experience and a close review of the transcripts, is that NPR acquitted itself, not perfectly, but about as well as can be expected in its coverage of both the administration and the incident itself. Many of the stories shone with intelligence and insight.
There is some validity to the criticisms of the hosts, but only if you take their introductions out of the context of the larger reports that followed ? reports that indeed did go into the confusion and mixed claims over what happened. The introductions are of necessity short and don't themselves go into the nuances. As it is, the conflation by the hosts of what happened in Benghazi with what happened elsewhere is not incorrect. The attack in Benghazi took place against a larger backdrop of the video protests, which to the best of our knowledge, even today, played some role in Benghazi, however pre-planned a terrorist attack might have been. Certainly, it is hard to find journalistic ignorance or political bias in the above lead-ins unless you just want to believe it.
Inskeep, the author of a recently released book on Pakistan and an experienced veteran of the tension in the Muslim world and opaqueness of violent events, said it long and well himself in response to a query from me. He began as follows with an excerpt from an interview he did with Mideast expert Robin Wright the day after the attack in Benghazi:
INSKEEP: Really important point here, Robin Wright, that I want to make sure that I'm clear on. You said at the beginning there we don't know precisely what happened in Libya. Based on the information that you're trying to sift, as everyone else is, is it not clear to you what the motivation might really have been in Libya?
WRIGHT: In Libya, you have the additional problem of an al-Qaida affiliate, some extremists who have been very active, or increasingly active, as well - very small. But, you know, there are multiple types of players in Libya, and we need to be very careful in this sensitive period, understanding who are perpetrators and the fact that they probably do not represent the majority of people, whether it's in Libya or in Egypt.
Inskeep explained,
In the days that followed I was guided by the best information available from reporters on the ground and our correspondents in Washington. When they had something we reported it and when they warned us off we did not. My conversations with them yielded two useful points. First, the nearest eyewitness descriptions we received of this incident came from a Reuters correspondent, whom I know personally, who is very well acquainted with Libya, who speaks Arabic, who was in Benghazi shortly after the attack, and who interviewed actual protesters as well as Libyan authorities. Those who say there was no protest should probably talk with the protesters who acknowledged protesting. Her reporting also indicated some evidence of planning or sophistication in another part of the attack; and her description matched that of our correspondents in the US who heard that there may have been a mix of events. From my interview with her on September 13:
HADEEL AL-SHALCHI: There was definitely a protest planned around the consulate to mimic what happened in Egypt. Security even told me that, you know, people who were sympathetic with the cause from the security may have even allowed, you know, people to riot very close to the consulate.
What protesters tell me happened is that there was an exchange of fire. Who shot the first shot either from inside of the embassy or from outside is still murky. What we know is that when the shooting started or the clash started between the two sides, all hell broke loose. People went back home, brought all their weapons. Brigades that are not involved with the government or not recognized by the government brought in their heavy weapons. RPGs were shot in the air. And that's when it became very chaotic. And that's when also security forces were outnumbered and out-weaponed, and the storming was allowed to happen.
This part of the story seems like something that was a chaotic mob riot. What may make people speculate that it was a planned attack was the commander of an operations team that was involved in trying to safeguard the movements of 37 Americans staffers from a safe house to the airport in order for them to be Benghazi said that the safe house came under a sustained, accurate attack from six mortars - six rounds of mortars, and he said that it was impossible for any militant or for any regular former revolutionary or rebel to have that kind of accuracy when they were hitting what was supposed to be a secret location. So it looks like it must have been a combination.
People imagine that EITHER it was a completely spontaneous protest over the video, OR it was a carefully planned terrorist attack that had been in the works for months.
Inskeep concluded,
Hadeel's reporting points to the second valuable lesson. It seems to me that people have tended to divide this story into two completely separate possibilities. People imagine that EITHER it was a completely spontaneous protest over the video, OR it was a carefully planned terrorist attack that had been in the works for months. And so if we referred to a protest on the air, some people would complain that we were ignoring the evidence of terrorism.
I think our reporting has reflected that this may not have been an either-or question. It may have been a protest and a terrorist attack. It may have been a quickly planned terrorist attack. It may have been several things at once. It may have involved several groups doing different things. To say it was one thing is not to say it was not another thing. And to say we have downplayed one possibility or another doesn't seem factual to me, though I am certain you can find instances where someone's brief mention in an intro or interview has not dealt with all the complexities.
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My own sense is that the criticisms of NPR have become conflated with the criticisms of the Obama administration. It is not my place to judge the administration's actions; you will have your own opinion. But there is nothing that I have seen in those actions to justify a running framing of the Benghazi coverage as a cover-up, as some critics of NPR seem to want to do. This is not to say that reporters should not investigate the possibility of cover-up, but journalistic fairness so far seems to me to require a framing of the government's statements as consistent with the standard confusion of information in the fog of war.
The Reagan administration's statements on the 1986 bombing, for example, were filled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, as I was to find reporting on the ground in Tripoli and Benghazi. But I didn't expect otherwise, especially in statements from distant Washington. As the Reagan administration was then, the Obama administration and the non-political, professional arms of the CIA, FBI and State Department Foreign Service are today at a similar disadvantage of limited information and distance, with little ability even to send investigative teams to Benghazi.
But this is a presidential election season, and many of the criticisms themselves seem to originate in political motivation or in shallow cynicism about everything the media does. What we want from NPR is calm, fair and independent reporting and analysis. So far, we are getting it.
Intern Laura Schwartz contributed to this report.
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Sudan tells UN that debts must be canceled as it struggles to recover from losing oil revenue to South Sudan - @Reuters
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that its debts must be canceled and its economy supported as it struggles to recover from losing three-quarters of its critical oil revenue to South Sudan when it seceded a year ago.
The International Monetary Fund this week urged Sudan to meet donors to discuss debt relief and some IMF board members called for "exceptional efforts" from the IMF and the global community to help Sudan reduce its debt of about $40 billion.
"Sudan requires assistance to go through this very sensitive stage towards better horizons. For that we believe that debts must be canceled and its economy supported," Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti said.
South Sudan seceded in July 2011. Leaders from both states finally reached a border security deal on Wednesday to restart badly needed oil exports, but failed to solve the other key conflicts left over from when they split.
The pair failed to settle the fate of at least five disputed oil-producing regions along the border. Tensions over the unmarked 1,200-mile (1930-km) common border spilled over into fighting in April, when South Sudan's army briefly occupied the Heglig oilfield, vital to Sudan's economy.
They were also unable to reach a solution for the border region of Abyei, which has symbolic significance to both and is rich in grazing lands. Plans for a referendum have failed over the question of who should participate.
"We have been determined to tackle the reasons for war and strife despite the strong economic and political pressures being brought to bear against my country and unfair sanctions imposed by the United States," Karti said.
Washington still maintains its 1997 embargo on the country over Sudan's role in hosting prominent Islamist militants. The sanctions restrict U.S. trade and investment with Sudan and block the assets of the Sudanese government.
The United States and other powers criticize Sudan for human rights violations and a harsh crackdown on rebels. Western powers also shun Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who was indicted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes in Darfur, the site of a nearly decade-old insurgency. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Sandra Maler)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/29/us-un-assembly-sudan-idUSBRE88S0FR20120929
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Video: New Revolution: Great Ideas Needed
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7th Annual ABA GPSolo National Solo & Small Firm Conference ...
The National Law Review is pleased to bring you information about the upcoming?7th Annual ABA GPSolo National Solo & Small Firm Conference:
When
October 11 ? 13, 2012
Where
- Westin Seattle
- 1900 5th Av
- Seattle, WA, 98101
- United States of America
The Seventh Annual ABA?GPSolo National Solo & Small Firm Conference is an educational and professional forum that will discuss legal developments in the law that impact solo, general practitioners, and small firms.? The conference is designed to engage and inform attorneys at all levels of practice.? Attendees will gain practical knowledge from an expert faculty comprised of well-known nationally acclaimed speakers.
This conference will cover a wide spectrum of topics including Practice Empowerment, Technology, and Basic Skills.
Practice Empowerment topics include:
- Law firm and client development
- Unbundling of legal services
- Mastering the courtroom
- Ethics 20/20 update
- Estate planning for same sex couples
- Persuasive legal writing
Technology programs will explore:
- Using an iPad in litigation
- The best apps and technology for your practice
- Virtual offices and cloud computing
- The ethics of legal technology
- Building your practice through technology and advertising
The Basic Skills?programs are a must for law students, new practitioners, and those looking to change or expand practice areas. Topics include:
- Immigration
- Criminal Law
- Federal Estate Tax
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Bankruptcy
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Business Law
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Friday, September 28, 2012
It Takes 275 Water Molecules To Make Ice
By tracking the light absorption properties of clusters of water molecules, researchers determined that the change to ice occurs at 275 H20s. Gretchen Cuda Kroen reports.
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Have you ever wondered how many water molecules it takes to form the crystal beginnings of every ice cube and snowflake? Until recently researchers weren?t quite sure.? But we now know the answer: 275.?
But how did they get such a precise number? Water absorbs light at one frequency, ice crystals at another.? By using a few tricks to control the number of molecules, the scientists examined the response of tiny clusters of water molecules to infrared light at sub-freezing temperatures?and slowly increased the number of molecules until they saw a change.? When the number of molecules reached 275 ? bingo ? the clusters began absorbing light like ice crystals. At 475 molecules the crystal is completely formed. The study is in the journal Science. [Christoph C. Pradzynski et al, A Fully Size-Resolved Perspective on the Crystallization of Water Clusters]
The research creates the first-ever picture of how ice crystals are gradually formed from water.? Researchers say their method can be adapted for use with many other types of molecules and may potentially be used to look at a variety of chemical reactions between the interfaces of liquids, gases or solids?at the individual molecular level.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Christopher Saint Booth & Philip Booth
Christopher Saint Booth & Philip Booth - Filmmakers: Artist/Producer/Director Films, TV and Documentaries SyFy, Chiller, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures and Spooked TV. Supernatural Entertainment Content Creator. Credits include Death Tunnel (Sony Pictures), The Possessed, Spooked, Children Of The Grave, The Haunted Boy (SyFy Channel/NBC Universal), DarkPlace and more. Producer and Director of films and documentaries for SyFy Channel, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, Spooked Productions, At&t, Apple and more worldwide. CEO of Spooked Television and Twintalk Entertainment. Artist, musician, composer, editor and production designer.Internationally renown for their provocative style, Independent films soon broadened the horizon. Financing a million-dollar HD digital domain in Los Angeles California, this is where they would design and build their ultimate dreams. As well as endorsed by an array of electronic arts manufacturers, no boundaries would be left untouched. For every new technical toy that the eyes and ears could ever dream of soon became vivid. As an Apple licensed developer and 3rd party designer for SoftImage, AMP, APDA and Microsoft, the Booths continue to design the future of entertainment and media for all platforms. New concepts with slick designs go hand in hand with the latest web technology. With over 50 features behind them built all from scratch with the insight of what's happening tomorrow for the people today. A panoramic view of freedom with the fresh scent of change inspires these twins to create a brave new world for your eyes and ears. For info & booking info contact info@spookedproductions.com
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Scale Down Challenge promotes health and wellness for KU faculty ...
KU Recreation Services began its Scale Down Challenge, a 10 week challenge with weekly weigh-ins, training and community support, on Sept. 12. Scale Down Challenge, a program dedicated to health and wellness, is now used by the University to increase the use of the campus fitness center in addition to promoting healthy lifestyles. Faculty members and students entered the weight-loss challenge for $25, and winners receive cash prizes.
?We wouldn?t be able to run a weight-loss challenge without Scale Down Challenge,? said Amber Long, assistant director of fitness at Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. The main goal of the Scale Down Challenge is to promote weight loss in a healthy and safe manner.
Participants using unhealthy weight loss practices or who lose a total of 9 percent or more body weight during a three-week period will be disqualified. Also, if a participants? body mass index, or BMI, drops below 18.5, which is considered underweight, the participant will be automatically disqualified from the challenge.
?We do want [the weight loss] to be healthy,? said Jill Urkoski, associate director of fitness and staff development. ?The prize is just an incentive to us; it?s not about the money.?
Participants are selected based on their need to lose weight and become healthy.? For instance, if a person?s initial BMI is below 20.5, they will not be allowed to participate.
Participants may only miss a total of three weigh-ins, and their progress is also monitored online as well as their comparison to other participants. This helps provide participants motivation and incentive to continue with the program.
?I think that fact that participants can see where everybody else is can be helpful for comparison?s sake, but for those folks who are really competitive, I think that?s key.? Long said.
Currently 93 students and 60 faculty members are participating in the challenge, showing an increase in participation from previous challenges hosted by the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center.
Urkoski said another goal of the Scale Down Challenge is to attract individuals who may not have felt comfortable exercising at the Rec Center before, emphasizing that the student recreation center is not just a place for people who are fit or athletic.? Urkoaski said it?s about seeing people like yourself working out and being active.
?It?s another way for us to identify with people who were wanting to come in to our facility but just didn?t feel comfortable; and maybe we can make them feel comfortable by participating in programs and the possibilities of being active,? Urkoski said.
According to Urkoski, health affects students? academics and performance, as well as faculty and staff?s ability to engage with students.? The Scale Down Challenge is a way to promote healthy living for everyone at the University and for students to continue to be healthy while attending college.
?As a member of the faculty and staff, we?re here to assist KU students in getting through college,? Urkoski said. ?If we?re not healthy, then maybe we?re not as good of instructors or not as good at trying to mentor.?
The challenge is currently in its second week, with faculty and staff members having lost 225 pounds total and students losing 260 pounds total.? Weigh-ins for the Scale Down Challenge are Wednesdays at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center from 7:30-9 a.m. for faculty and staff, and 4:30-6 p.m. for students.
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Group: Abbas says Palestinians expect 'compromise'
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
THE RACE: Politics infuse Obama, Romney speeches
President Barack Obama had an audience and megaphone that Republican challenger Mitt Romney could only envy: addressing an array of global leaders as the head of the world's largest economic and military power.
It doesn't get much more presidential-appearing than that.
Most U.S. chief executives come to enjoy their time upon the world stage, despite the ever-present laundry list of intractable problems.
They mostly don't have to worry about a contentious Congress and they can ignore, at least for a time, the roar from domestic critics? and turn instead to issues affecting all humankind.
On the other hand, the immediate audience is a group of foreign leaders who can't vote for you and have little influence over the course of American electoral politics.
But as Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the U.S. election six weeks ahead loomed close ? both physically and thematically.
Romney, joking that "a few words from Bill Clinton can do a man a lot of good," spoke at a global forum also in New York sponsored by the former president, an active Obama supporter.
Obama dealt with foreign-policy issues that have cropped up in a U.S. campaign otherwise focused on the economy.
He denounced attacks on U.S. missions in Libya and elsewhere, but also the anti-Muslim video triggering them, calling it "cruel and disgusting" ? but constitutionally protected.
Obama said time for diplomacy to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions was running short and boasted of toughest-ever sanctions now in place, indirectly addressing Romney's charge he'd been lax on Iran.
He also denounced "those who turn their backs on the prospect of peace" between Israelis and Palestinians, a dig at Romney's expressions to donors doubting the Palestinian commitment to peace.
Obama later spoke to Clinton's forum while Romney headed to Ohio to join running mate Paul Ryan on a bus tour.
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Santa Monica SIGNARAMA Joins Habitat to Provide Housing for ...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.???September 25, 2012?- SIGNARAMA business owner Kevin Higa and his Santa Monica/ West L.A. team at 2209 Federal Avenue became the first franchise location to join in on the company?s recently announced national partnership with Habitat for Humanity. With a Frontier van donated by Nissan, Higa and his employees did what they do best ? gave the van an eye-catching vehicle wrap that will help build awareness for Habitat for Humanity as it travels throughout the Greater Los?Angeles area.
SIGNARAMA recently announced a $250,000 partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help build and?rehabilitate affordable homes across the United States and around the world. Through financial support,?hands-on building projects, and in-kind donations such as this vehicle wrap, SIGNARAMA will help?advance Habitat for Humanity?s mission to build homes, communities and hope.
?Serving our local communities is a long-standing tradition at SIGNARAMA, and my store team could?not wait to jump onboard this partnership with Habitat for Humanity and help local Los Angeles families?in need,? said SIGNARAMA franchisee Kevin Higa. ?In our business, we have the privilege of helping?our customers create compelling advertising and marketing materials every day. It is an honor to donate?these services to help raise awareness for such an important cause.?
SIGNARAMA is part of a successful system of business-to-business franchise brands and development?services under the United Franchise Group. Growth continues to be a focus for SIGNARAMA, both?domestically and internationally. Currently the company boasts nearly 900 locations in more than 50?countries including Albania, Colombia and Australia.
Each and every SIGNARAMA store features trained specialists that understand the unique advertising?and marketing needs of today?s constantly evolving market and can offer impactful solutions from digital?signage to vehicle wraps, banners, and monument, neon, LED and pylon signs.
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SIGNARAMA is part of a successful system of business-to-business franchise brands and development?services under the United Franchise Group. As part of the $30-billion-plus worldwide sign market,?SIGNARAMA has been at the forefront of the sign industry for more than two decades providing cost?effective advertising and branding solutions for companies to increase recognition. Approaching 900?locations in more than 50 countries, SIGNARAMA uses cutting-edge industry software programs to?provide a full range of comprehensive sign and graphic services to both the private and commercial?segments of the business community. For franchising information, please call (800) 465-0362 or visit www.signarama.com.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Engadget HD Podcast 317 - 09.25.2012
The fall TV season is upon us and we have responded accordingly with a plus-size episode of the EHD podcast. We've got a good mix of old and new, with news about DirecTV's DVRs, TiVo settling a patent lawsuit and our review of the Vizio Co-Star Google TV box. The NFL Network is finally on Time Warner Cable, but we pause the celebration to remember NFL Films pioneer Steve Sabol. There's Apple TV, Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Showtime Social updates to go around as well, press play to find out what's new.
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00:14:36 - TiVo settles patent lawsuit with Verizon for at least $250 million, is 'exploring' Redbox Instant support
00:18:30 - Roku Streaming Stick launches in October for $99, Vudu comes to the Roku platform today
00:20:29 - Oppo continues its legacy with two new top end Blu-ray players
00:26:05 - Roku's official iOS and Android remote apps add 'Play on Roku' to stream music and pics
00:27:25 - Apple TV update 5.1 brings shared photo streams and iTunes account swapping, available now
00:29:18 - Vizio Co-Star review
00:34:22 - Vizio's CinemaWide 21:9 HDTVs hit physical store shelves, price slides below $2k
00:35:34 - Netflix for iPhone update adds 'continue watching' bar, more titles to home screen
00:36:02 - Netflix extends new user interface experience to Android phones
00:36:51 - Showtime's second screen iPad app hits 2.0, goes from Social to Sync
00:00:00 - Redbox app for Android updated with a new UI and better filtering, no Instant streaming yet
00:00:00 - Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Max Go apps for Android updated with support for closed captions
00:46:26 - DirecTV Everywhere VOD and live TV streaming finally arrives on the iPhone
00:48:00 - DirecTV HR34 DVR 'Genie' recommendations and autorecording get previewed ahead of fall launch
00:54:00 - NFL Network and RedZone Channel coming to Time Warner Cable
01:01:43 - Microsoft hires former CBS executive to produce original video content for Xbox
01:03:30 - Fox kicks off its Digital HD initiative by joining Google Play and YouTube, offering movies early
01:06:11 - The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray trailer appears, confirms December 3rd release date
01:07:30 - Tarantino XX Blu-ray set brings 20 years of Quentin, eight movies and ten discs home November 20th
01:09:18 - Must See HDTV (September 24th - 30th)
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ulkarmiad: Arts and Entertainment: Birthstone Origins: Stranger than ...
In the Old Testament, the book of Exodus tells the story of the Breastplate of Aaron, used in religious ceremonies. (Aaronjust in case you were absent from Sunday school that daywas the Biblical figure who performed, at Moses' direction, the miracles that confounded Pharaoh and his magicians.)
Aaron's breastplate was adorned with four rows of Gemstones, three Gemstones in each row, in the following pattern: Sardius, Topaz, carbuncle; Emerald, sapphire, Diamond; ligure, agate, amethyst; beryl, onyx, jasper. These twelve Gemstones represented the twelve tribes of Israel. The twelve positions were later co-opted by astologers who linked them to the twelve months of the calendar year and the twelve signs of the zodiac.
The Traditional Birthstone List contains these older Birthstones and represents Birthstone traditions heralding back to the 15th century. The Modern Birthstone List was created by the National Association of Jewelers in 1912 in Kansas City, Missouri. Gemstone purists complained that the NAJ list was devised solely for commercial purposes (they probably didn't believe in Santa Claus either!). As a result, astrologers who prescribed Gems often substituted alternate or secondary stones. The Mystical Birthstone list below originated in from Tibet over a thousand years ago. The Ayurvedic Birthstone list is derived from age-old Ayurvedic Indian Medicine, a practice of native people for more than a century.
Month Modern Traditional MysticalAyurverdic
January Garnet Garnet EmeraldGarnet
February Amethyst Amethyst AmethystBloodstone
March Aquamarine Bloodstone Jade Bloodstone
April Diamond Diamond Opal Quartz
May Emerald Emerald SapphireAgate
June Pearl Alexandrite MoonstonePearl
July Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby
August Peridot Sardonyx DiamondSapphire
Sept. Sapphire Sapphire Agate Lapis Lazuli
October Opal Tourmaline TourmalineJasper
November Yellow Topaz CitrineCitrinePearl
December Turquoise Lapis Lazuli Onyx Ruby
Astrolog ically speaking, your place on the Zodiac is more meaningful than your birth month for tapping into your power, which has led to the creation of the following list of Star Stones related to the star under which you were born, rather than the day.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Ruby, Agate, Garnet
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) - Garnet, Moss Agate, Opal, Amethyst,
Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20) - Rock Crystal, Sapphire, Amethyst, Bloodstone
Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19) - Bloodstone, Diamond
Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20) - Sapphire, Turquoise, Amber, Blood Coral, Emerald
Gemini (May 21-Jun. 20) - Agate, Chrysoprase, Pearl
Cancer (Jun. 21-Jul. 22) - Emerald, Moonstone, Pearl, Ruby
Leo (Jul. 23-Aug. 22) - Tourmaline, Sardonyx, Onyx
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) - Jasper, Carnelian, Jade, Sa pphire
Libra (Sep. 23-Oct. 22) - Opal, Lapis Lazuli, Peridot
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Aquamarine, Topaz
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Sapphire, Amethyst, Turquoise, Topaz
So whether you choose an Emerald from the Breastplate of Aaron, a moonstone from Tibet's mystical Birthstone list, an Opal for its ayurvedic Birthstone properties, or your very own star sign representativemay the force (of the Birthstone) be with you!
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Life University rolls over the Glendale Raptors 42-20
Life University is a graduate school for sport health science, and a national rugby powerhouse. ?Saturday, it beat the Glendale Raptors, who were last year?s national champions in men?s rugby.
The game started well for the defending champs, as James Paterson struck first with a penalty conversion to put the Raptors up 3-0.
But Life U countered with 20-consecutive points before halftime to go up 20-3.
The Raptors? offense was more successful in the second half, but the gap did not close. The final score was Life University 42-20.
Raptors? fans?should take comfort in the fact that this was only a friendly, and the Raptors are currently 3-0 in league play.
But if?that reality?is not enough to console them, hopefully the postgame fireworks did.
?That?s exactly how I foresaw that playing out.? ? Brent W. New | @BrentWilsonNew
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Vector Poll: Ontarians less comfortable with placing a family member ...
Ontarians are less comfortable with the prospect of a family member in a nursing home than residents of other provinces according to an August Vector Poll.
Only 20 per cent said they would feel ?very comfortable? with the idea compared to 28 per cent in Quebec and 30 per cent in the Maritimes.
Ontario has the highest percentage of for-profit nursing home beds in Canada.
Across Canada about one in three said they were either ?not too comfortable? or ?not at all comfortable with the idea.?
Not surprisingly, wealthy households were less likely to be concerned than families with yearly incomes below $40,000, reminding us that we already have two-tier health care when it comes to the quality of nursing home care.
Earlier this year we raised the alarm about too few nursing home inspectors for Ontario?s 630 public nursing homes. Most nursing homes in Ontario have not received a detailed inspector since 2009.
About three out of four Ontarians told Vector that inspections should be made stricter. Across Canada, even 71 per cent of Conservative voters told the pollsters they saw a need for more stepped up inspection despite their party?s preference for fewer government services.
Given concerns about the quality of nursing home care, Ontarians?were evenly split on whether the government should invest more money in long-term care beds or increase tax breaks to renovate homes to care for a relative.
The Vector poll was taken August 8-20 nationally with 1,102 adults participating. The Ontario segment is a sample of 500 ? sample error would be 4.4 percentage points up or down. The Vector Poll is commissioned by a coalition of labour organizations including OPSEU.
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Mitt Romney?s Lame New Housing Policy
A "for sale" sign on a foreclosed house in Glendale, Calif.Photograph by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images.
Mitt Romney?s presidential campaign made the odd decision to release a new policy document about housing issues last Friday in the late afternoon. The Friday afternoon ?news dump? is when you put things out that you think will reflect poorly on you, knowing that reporters will give them scant attention. The housing paper was doubly-obscured, first by the weekend and second by release of Romney?s tax documents the same day.
Burying housing policy was a strange choice for the Romney campaign, because housing policy (foreclosures, mortgage disasters, etc.) has been a giant failure for the Obama administration, and one where Romney could easily score substantive points.
Having spent my weekend perusing the Romney position paper, I?m prepared to offer an explanation for why they buried it: It sucks.
Faced with the opportunity to take a nice big swing at the pi?ata of Obama-era foreclosures, Romney whiffed, offering a ?plan? chock of platitudes, bromides, and non sequiturs. Why the campaign preferred dumping it out when they thought nobody would notice to simply not releasing it is a mystery. But perhaps the greater mystery is why they couldn?t stir themselves to write a policy that made sense.
The context here is the epic failure of the Obama administration to do anything of sufficient scale to address the foreclosures roiling the nation. Foreclosures aren?t just unpleasant to the families that experience them, but also have significant knock-on consequences for the rest of the community and consequently constitute secondary shocks to a country already devastated by a severe recession.
In 2009, when the administration was at the peak of its powers?Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nationalized by the federal government, banks desperately in need of federal money, the president popular and backed by large congressional majorities?President Obama didn?t think addressing the issue was important. His primary premise was the not-unreasonable one that the best solution to housing pain was overall economic recovery. A secondary, less-reasonable premise was that restoring the ?confidence? of the banking sector was a key element of broad economic recovery. So at the margin the administration wasn?t interest in diverting federal time and money to housing problem, and discouraged solutions that would help indebted homeowners at the cost of hurting the very banks that TARP was supposed to prop up.
Later programs such as HAMP and HARP were hamstrung by extreme political paranoia about delivering aid to ?unworthy? borrowers. So while the programs (especially HARP) have done some good, the policy has been to specifically not target the most severe needs. Bigger plans released this year would do more, but are being blocked by a holdover Fannie/Freddie regulator whom the administration didn?t replace when it had the chance.
To all this, Team Romney has essentially nothing to say. One of their five bullet points is that we need to improve the job market. Another is to sell government-owned foreclosed property to private investors, which is already happening. A third is to encourage short-sales as an alternative to foreclosure, which the administration has been doing for years now through various initiatives that seem to be bearing some fruit.
In terms of something the parties actually disagree about, Romney proposes to replace the Dodd-Frank Act with ?sensible regulation.? If we repeal Dodd-Frank and its tools for orderly liquidation, what would we do instead? Well, the last plank of the Romney plan argues that ?the Romney-Ryan plan will completely end ?too-big-to-fail? by reforming the GSEs,? i.e. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
This is a real head-scratcher. Not only does Romney not say how he would reform Fannie and Freddie, he doesn?t even begin to try to explain how this would end the ?too-big-to-fail? dilemma?presumably because it wouldn?t. Fannie and Freddie may have exacerbated the extent of the housing bubble, but this has literally no bearing on the question of whether or not the economy can survive the liquidation of a diversified mega-bank. If a bank goes bust under Romney?s plan?what happens? Nobody knows. Presumably something ?sensible,? but Fannie and Freddie have nothing to do with it. Conservatives have long been rightly critical of Fannie and Freddie, and accurately warned that the free lunch they seemed to create for homeownership might someday prove quite costly to the taxpayer. But retreading a timeless conservative argument about the risks of federal loan guarantees, no matter how valid, isn?t a credible response to too-big-to-fail private banks or problems in today?s mortgage lending.
Romney?s housing plan is depressing. Faced with a clear policy area in which Obama has not succeeded, his opponent came out with a seven-page white paper so embarrassing the campaign dropped it on a Friday night.
This housing issue is the entire 2012 economic debate in miniature. There?s stuff to like in the Obama administration?s record, but there?s simply no denying that overall economic performance has been bad and the president deserves his share of the blame. But rather than giving us a pragmatic turnaround guy, the Republicans are offering a copy-and-paste agenda that could have been rolled out any time in the past 20 years and has nothing to do with today?s specific problems.
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