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Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye, September 28, 2007
Vladimir Dvorkin, George Lewis, Pavel Podvig, Theodore Postol
The U.S. plan to deploy elements of its Ballistic Missile Defense System in Eastern Europe was bound to be controversial. Russia has long been wary of U.S. missile defense plans and skeptical of U.S. claims about the ballistic missile threat from the third countries that missile defense is supposed to counter. The choice of Eastern Europe as the site of the upcoming deployment has made the plan particularly contentious, linking it to the already controversial process of eastward expansion of NATO. As a result, many Russians believe that in reality the missile defense system is directed against Russia.
The controversy over the deployment of a missile defense system in Europe is mainly a political issue that is directly linked to the character of the relationships between the countries, the way they understand each other's intentions, and the level of trust between them. The disagreement that surrounds the missile defense deployment is probably the best evidence that the relationships between Russia and the United States and its Eastern European allies are not in good shape. At the same time, it is usually the process of working together on resolving differences that presents an opportunity to improve relationships. The United States and Russia have made a number of promising steps in that direction recently, but, unfortunately, it is too early to say that they have already found a solution of the problem.
In dealing with issues of missile defense, attempts to find a political solution inevitably have to take into account technical realities, in particular the potential capabilities of missile defenses and their limitations. Unfortunately, neither in Russia nor in the United States are these realities part of the public discussion to the extent it is necessary. This, of course, directly affects the quality of the debate. This article is an attempt to consider the main facts related to the suggested deployment of the missile defense system in Eastern Europe and to present an assessment of the capabilities and limitations of this system. We hope that this analysis will help improve the understanding of the issues the United States and Russia are dealing with and will help in finding a mutually acceptable way out of the current situation.
The planned system and its capabilities
The core of the current U.S. plan is to deploy ten ballistic missile interceptors in Poland and a tracking and discrimination radar in the Czech Republic after 2011. The officially declared goal of the current stage of deployment is "an improved capability to defend the United States against ballistic missile attack from the Middle East" and "to extend defensive coverage to Europe" against some missile attacks from that region.
The interceptors that would be deployed in Poland are two-stage solid-propellant missiles with a launch weight of about 22 tonnes that carry a relatively small kinetic-kill vehicle. Even though the interceptor is smaller than an ICBM (for example, the launch weight of a Minuteman missile is about 36 tonnes and that of a Topol-M is about 47 tonnes), it can accelerate the kill vehicle to very high speed – about 9 km/s, which is higher than the speed achieved by intercontinental missiles.
The radar that is planned to be deployed in the Czech Republic would be moved there from its current location at the missile defense test site at Kwajalein Atoll, where it has been used during various missile defense tests. It is a phased-array radar with a 12 meter diameter antenna that can be rotated. The radar operates in the X-band (wavelength of several centimeters), which allows it to achieve fairly high resolution and accuracy. The hope of the developers of the system is that the radar would be able to find a warhead among simple decoys and then track it. The intercept is supposed to take place during the ballistic phase of the flight, at altitudes well above the atmosphere.
The capability of a missile defense system depends on a number of factors. At the very minimum, the interceptors of the system must have a high enough speed to be able to reach a target after it is detected by the system's radars.
The United States insists that the only targets that the planned system could intercept would be ballistic missiles launched from the Middle East region, from Iran in particular. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) claims that interceptors deployed in Poland will not have even a theoretical capability to reach Russian ballistic missiles on their trajectories. Unfortunately, this claim is incorrect. An analysis of possible trajectories of ICBMs and interceptors shows that with support from the radar in Czech Republic, interceptors deployed in Poland could reach most Russian missiles launched from bases in the European part of Russia. This, of course, does not automatically mean that the interceptors would be able to actually destroy the missiles (more about this later), but it is clear that this kind of misleading claim undermines the credibility of U.S. statements.
Another claim often being made by the U.S. Administration is that the ten interceptors that would be deployed in Poland could not possibly counter the Russian strategic nuclear force. Although it is hard to disagree with this statement, it should be noted that U.S. documents that set the roadmap for missile defense development clearly state that missile defense deployment would not stop after today's systems are deployed. The Presidential National Security Directive 23 (PNSD-23), signed by President Bush in December 2002, states that the United States would begin to deploy missile defenses in 2004 "as a starting point for fielding improved and expanded missile defenses later." The missile defense system is being developed and deployed in a way that would allow the system to expand in the future, as new or additional components become available. So, it is understandable that the references to the limited scale of the current deployment do not look entirely convincing.
There is a clear disconnect between the views held on the possible future capabilities of the system by the United States and Russia. Ideally, these views would eventually be reconciled. But by deliberately downplaying the capability of its system, the United States makes this reconciliation more difficult.
On the other hand, overestimating the capabilities of the system, which is often done in the Russian debate, does not help to resolve the issue either. It should be noted that any missile defense system that is supposed to intercept targets outside of the atmosphere would be extremely vulnerable to simple countermeasures. Even if an interceptor was able to catch up with a target missile and reach it in time, the system would still have to solve the problem of finding the warhead in a cloud of decoys. This task would be complicated by the employment of a range of other penetration aids. Systems that are supposed to counter missile defenses – decoys and other penetration aids – have been an integral part of development of ballistic missile forces, both in the United States and Soviet Union since at least 1960s, and all modern Russian missiles carry them. Given the experience that is available in this area, we can state with certainty that the current or future missile defense system will not be able to counter the ballistic missiles that Russia has in its arsenal today. (It is also likely that the missile defense could not successfully counter a missile threat from Iran, should this threat ever materialize.)
Even if the United States expands the system, say, by increasing the number of interceptors, it would not be able to neutralize the retaliatory capability of the Russian missile force. This, of course, does not mean that Russia should completely ignore the possibility of the system's expansion. But if Russia is concerned about this possibility, it should concentrate on this point and not pretend that the U.S. system in its current configuration could pose any threat.
Similarly, the concerns about the possibility of using the interceptors in Poland for offensive mission are hardly justified. Even though interceptors are ballistic missiles of a sort, neither their payload nor guidance make them suitable for attacking ground targets. Using the interceptors themselves or the infrastructure that is created for them for offensive missions would be absolutely impractical and therefore can be completely ruled out.
Another set of issues is related to the deployment of a radar in Czech Republic. The capabilities of this radar also need to be assessed very carefully. This is a dedicated radar that is suitable for a narrow range of missions and that is quite limited in its ability to be employed for other missions.
First of all, the location of the radar in Czech Republic would not allow it to see missiles launched from any of the Russian test sites used for launches of sea-based or land-based ballistic missiles. The curvature of the Earth completely prevents this. Thus the radar cannot be used to gather intelligence on Russian missiles.
As for its missile defense mission, the main reason the system will employ a centimeter-range (X-band) radar is that it can provide high resolution that could help distinguish a warhead among decoys. At the same time, at these wavelengths a warhead has a fairly small reflective cross-section, which limits the range at which the radar can detect a target. This means that the Czech radar would not be able to track a large number of warheads simultaneously. Its early-warning capability would be limited as well, so it would have to rely on an external support – in the current deployment plan, the search will be done by another radar (known as the forward-based radar), which would be relocatable and could be deployed in the vicinity of the expected ballistic missile launch area.
Theoretically, the X-band radar could be upgraded to boost its power and increase its range and the number of targets it can handle. This modernization would require almost complete rebuilding of the antenna and therefore can be detected far in advance. This capability may be distant, but it certainly needs to be taken into account and could be a reason for concern.
Overall, the European system in the configuration that is proposed by the United States today cannot present a significant direct threat to the Russian strategic force. At the same time, it is not difficult to see how Russia may have questions about the eventual goal of the missile defense buildup and about the circumstances that accompany its deployment. For example, for a system that is claimed to provide a defense of Europe, it does not seem to be well configured for this mission. The claims that interceptors would not be able to reach Russian missiles, despite the evidence to the contrary undermine credibility of other U.S. statements. Overall, the current situation does not help build trust and understanding between Russia and the United States.
Opportunities for cooperation
A truly viable solution to the current problem would mostly likely be possible only if Russia and the United States build a partnership that does not depend on the balance between their strategic forces. The controversy that surrounds the missile defense deployment in Europe clearly demonstrates that this goal has not yet been achieved. Moreover, this controversy prevents such a new relationship from emerging, instead returning us back to a Cold War logic and mentality. Neither Russia nor the United States should be interested in this kind of deterioration of their relationship.
Even though the disagreement seems to be very serious, the current situation presents an opportunity for finding mutually acceptable solutions to the current problem. The most important proposal so far is the Russian one to offer its early-warning radars in Gabala or Armavir for use in the defense. The United States should very seriously consider this proposal. These Russian radars were developed as dedicated early-warning radars and can provide serious surveillance support to the U.S. radar, which is designed primarily for target tracking and discrimination. Even though the Gabala radar is fairly old, it is perfectly adequate for the supporting role that Russia suggested. Integration of Russian and U.S. radars should not be technically difficult. Russia could also consider offering a site on its territory for the deployment of the U.S. forward-based radar. In any of these scenarios, cooperation between Russia and the United Stated on a range of issues related to missile defense, even if limited at first, would greatly help them build mutual trust and understanding that is clearly necessary today.
The Russian proposal is especially important since it would also allow establishing reliable joint monitoring of missile threats in the Middle East region by providing the capability to detect test launches from countries under scrutiny, such as from Iran. This, in turn, would allow developing a better response to this threat, which should not be limited to missile defense only.
Russia, in turn, would have to make a difficult decision regarding its strong opposition to the planned deployment of the radar in the Czech Republic and the interceptors in Poland. It is true that this deployment could present a political problem, but it should be taken into account that the capability of the system is very limited and it could not pose any significant threat to the Russian strategic missile force. Nor could the radar in Czech Republic even be used for intelligence-gathering.
Overall, Russia and the United States could achieve much more progress toward their respective goals by choosing dialog and cooperation over confrontation. Russia has already considerably changed the tone of the discussion on missile defenses by proposing the use of its radars. It is likely that by remaining open to cooperation and discussion and by demonstrating flexibility when necessary, Russia could further change the character of the discussion in the United States and in Europe. It should take into account that although missile defense enjoys wide political support in the United States, there are doubts, in Congress in particular, about the viability of the plan proposed by the current administration. There are also concerns about potential adverse effect that the current proposal may have on the U.S.-Russian relations. Russia's openness to a dialogue could help strengthen those who seek effective and non-confrontational solutions of the problems related to proliferation of ballistic missile technologies. Maintaining a dialogue between Russia and the United States may prove difficult, but such a strategy will eventually prove more productive and will better serve the interests of both countries than the alternative.
The paradox of the situation is that the current disagreements provide unique opportunities for bringing the U.S.-Russian relationship to a new level of strategic partnership and for moving away from the current relationship based on mutual nuclear deterrence to a relationship that would make any serious confrontation impossible.


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With the increasing number of female basketball fanatics and players these past years, and with Maya Moore signing with Jordan Brand as of late, it's only natural to see a full line up of Nike WMNS footwear for the upcoming 2011 season. Previewed here, is the premier line up for the Nike Hyperfuse 2011 in 5 colorways in Women's size runs.
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Certificate in Critical Communication Skills
Effective Communication Strategies: Best Practices
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2019!! I am happy to report this year has been better than the last. But it has been far from easy. Discovering and adjusting to my new norm after the accident has been difficult but a consistent theme in my life. Luckily, one thing that has remained a constant is my love for books! This year I read 26 books and around 8,135 pages.
Although I wish I would have read more, I am satisfied with what I did accomplish.
The shortest book I read in 2018 was Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews at 42 pages in length. The longest book I read was Iced by Karen Morning at 520 pages in length.
The average pages I read per book amounted to be 312
The book I read that has had the most popularity in 2018 is Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella with 354,850 other people reading this book. Unfortunately, I only gave this book 1 star. Probably would not recommend it..
The average rating in book reviews was 3.2 out of 5…. I am glad it wasn't 2 🙂 I think I am in need of some book recommendations. Any suggestions?
A book I HIGHLY recommend and has the highest rating on GoodReads is Wildfire by Ilona Andrews. The average rating is 4.56 and I absolutely love this series!!
Here's a look at the books I have read this year! Click on the titles to jump to my review 🙂
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2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10
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AKA Viper truck! Like new - 32,703 documented miles.
AKA Viper truck! Like new - 32,703 documented miles.
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Ram SRT-10
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- 6 Speed
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- Flame Red
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AKA Viper truck! Like new - 32,703 documented miles.AKA Viper truck. It has the same motor as a Viper, performance upgrades and Viper inspired features. Created by Chrysler's performance vehicle operations. Built in limited numbers from 2004-2006. 32,703 documented miles, it is in exceptional condition. We just acquired it along with 5 other Mopars from a collector. The SRT-10 just about doubled the sticker price!
Recently just had $4,100 service performed! Including synthetic oil change, R&R Fuel pump, tank seal, lock ring, Smoke test through the evap system, mount and balance a new set of tires, two wheel alignment, as well as Both front upper and lower ball joints replaced!
EXTERIOR: These trucks were dressed up with a functional scooped hood, Viper & SRT-10 badges, ground effects, special designed front and rear fascias, fog lamps, 22 inch polished wheels and a hard tonneau cover with functional spoiler. This one still looks practically new. The body is mint with no rust or damage. The jambs are spotless, weatherstrips are mint. The paint is as bright and glossy as ever. I can't find any signs of being repainted. You would have to look real close to find even a minor flaw. It has a brand new set of tires. They are due to be replaced but looking at them tells me it wasn't an abused truck.
INTERIOR: It is decked out inside with leather/suede upholstery on heavily bolstered racing inspired seats with a fold up center console that will seat a 3rd passenger. On the floor is a console with a Hurst 4-speed sticking out of it. It has power adjustable silver pedals. The gauges are specially calibrated and say SRT-10, there is an oil pressure gauge on the pillar. It has Viper inspired red start button. The stereo was upgraded with a modern Kenwood, it has factory subwoofer. It has not been smoked in, the lighter hasn't been used. The manuals are in the glovebox. It looks practically new inside.
ENGINE COMPARTMENT: This is the same engine used in the Viper- 8.3 liter V-10 making 500 hp and 525 lbs of torque. The motor compartment is very clean. It was upgraded with a performance K&N intake system, the original is included.
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Computing the Expected Net Present Value
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Athens Development Corporation is considering a new product that will be sensitive to both economic conditions and competitor response. The product manager has decided to focus on three economic conditions: weak economy, normal economy, and strong economy. Competitors either will or will not respond with a competitive product, and competitor response is unlikely unless economic conditions turn out to be strong. Annual cash flows for each of these conditions appear below. The product has a six-year life and will require an initial cash outlay of $332,000. The cost of capital is 7 percent. Should Athens invest in this product? Explain.
Competitor Weak Normal Strong
Response Economy Economy Economy
Yes $36,500 $52,000 $73,000
No $48,500 71,000 94,000
Please complete the table of net present values below:
Competitor Weak Normal Strong
Response Economy Economy Economy
Yes $ ______ $______ $______
No $ ______ $______ $______
As a follow on to the prior problem, assume that the investment committee determined the probabilities below:
Probability the competitor will response 40%, will not respond 60%
Probability of each economic state over the six year horizon Weak - 10%., Normal - 60% and Strong 30%
Please complete the table of joint probabilities (by multiplying the economy probability by the competitor response probability) below and then calculate the expected net present value.
Competitor Weak Normal Strong
Response Economy Economy Economy
Yes ______% ______% ______%
No ______% ______% ______%
The expected net present value is ________________.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 7, 2022, 6:41 pm ad1c9bdddf
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This solution illustrates how to compute a project's net present value under different economic and competitive conditions, how to create a table of joint probabilities, and how to compute the expected net present value.


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autumn/winter 2015, autumnal colours, colour blocking, London Fashion Week, London Fashion Week- a/w 2015, Roksanda Ilincic, socks and heels
For her autumn/winter 2015 London Fashion Week presentation
designer, Roksanda Ilincic offered a collection which is a visual treat:
mosaic colour blocking
a cornucopia of rich autumnal hues
added whimsical colour clash elements
(note the shoes of blood orange and royal blue colour combo)
textural fabrication
socks and heels (Love this!)
and skirt lengths of Edwardian Era proportions
The demure silhouette conveys a quiet elegance
and combined with the confident colour statement
the collection shouts- winner.
from Roksanda
by designer, Roksanda Ilinic
LFW, a / w 2015
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S. A. Chien, R. W. Hill Jr., A. Govindjee, X. Wang, T. Estlin, M. A. Griesel, R. Lam, K. V. Fayyad
This paper describes a hierarchical scheduling, planning, control, and execution monitoring architecture for automating operations of a worldwide network of communications antennas. We first describe the network automation problem and current mode of operations. We then describe a three layer hierarchical architecture for automating network operations. In particular we explain the notion of plan/schedule generation, execution, and revision at each level. Finally, we describe the current state of deployment for each segment of the automation architecture.
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Edgar Patino Charged with First Degree Murder in the Death of Army Spc. Megan L. Touma
27 year old Edgar Patino has been charged with first degree murder in the death of Army Spc. Megan L. Touma. Fayetteville Police confirmed that Edgar Patino was arrested this evening at his residence on Lairgate Road in Hope Mills, and charged with first-degree murder. Spc. Megan Lynn Touma was seven months pregnant at the time of her murder.
Arrest made in the murder of Army Spc. Megan Lynn Touma
Patino was arrested shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday in the nearby town of Hope Mills. No other details have been released. Police scheduled a news conference Wednesday afternoon.
A press conference is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Fayetteville City Council chambers. Later, Patino will make a first court appearance at 2 p.m. Army Spc. Megan L. Touma is the fourth woman in the military within one year to have gone missing and met with foul play.
Posted July 29, 2008 by Scared Monkeys
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5 Responses to "Edgar Patino Charged with First Degree Murder in the Death of Army Spc. Megan L. Touma"
txchic on
July 29th, 2008 9:51 pm
i'm hoping she wasn't killed by another military person. i can hear cries of post traumatic stress disorder from liberals every where.
da_wench on
July 30th, 2008 12:34 pm
#1 – Not only is he also another military person, but he is the father of the unborn child he murdered.
wazit tooyah on
July 30th, 2008 1:20 pm
Although it appears that she was murdered by someone within the military, I think that the fact that he was the unbrn child's fater will play a bigger role in the case. I do agree though I can hear PTSD being hollered from teh courthouse in this case ad it is just hard for me to buy into that with the implications of how horrific the crime scene was! For the sake of her family, I hope that the killer will be brought to justice and won't begin to use lousy excuses to explain why he did what he did!
da_wench on
July 31st, 2008 1:23 pm
I'd like to see him claim PTSD when he has been serving in Germany, not Iraq.
da_wench on
July 31st, 2008 1:28 pm
Oh pardon me…Patino served in Iraq from Nov. 2005 until Oct. 2006. I still doubt the PTSD will fly…at least I hope not!
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The anniversary of the Buffalo blizzard of 1977 got me thinking about my day job in grade school and high school. I was 17 years old at the time and I don't recall if the Courier missed a day. That being said, we never got a day off, and if you were lucky enough to go on vacation with your family, you usually had to beg someone to take the route, and lay out a map by hand, and overpay to take the route for the week. And how about when you got your license and you didn't have to pull the wagon through the snow. And how about collecting in sub zero temps and the customer saying "You were here last week!! There is no way I owe for two weeks!!!" Your hands were so cold it was hard to make change by the end of collections. And waking up at 5:45 AM to see if they called your name on the radio for a free prize. And having to borrow money from mom to pay your weekly bill if collections fell short, and she gave it to you interest free. And oh, the bonus, the Christmas calendar, and the wad of tips you'd get for being a good business person throughout the year. Anytime I come across job seekers I've helped over the years who quit right before bonus my canned response has always been "That's like giving up the paper route in November."
To this day I remain an early riser and I attribute it to the Courier. That paper installed good business values.
Oh those were good times and there should be some type of Courier Club for all of us.
Might be fun.


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You may have heard the term umbrella insurance before, but what is an umbrella policy and how does it fit into the bigger picture when purchasing insurance?
You may have heard the term umbrella insurance before, but what is an umbrella policy and how does it fit into the bigger picture when purchasing insurance?
Think of it as an extra layer of security. An umbrella policy is extra liability coverage that helps cover claims that are larger than the coverage limit on your home or auto policy. It also covers certain liability claims that your home or auto policies don't, such as libel, slander and false imprisonment. An umbrella policy can also cover attorney fees and other charges associated with a lawsuit.
Who needs umbrella coverage?
Say you are responsible for a multiple-car accident and sued for $700,000 in vehicle damage and medical bills. If your auto insurance has a liability limit of $300,000, an umbrella policy would kick in to cover the additional liability costs beyond the limit of your car insurance, saving you from paying $400,000 out of pocket and covering your lawsuit expenses.
It's unlikely you'll end up responsible for this kind of serious accident. But since it's impossible to predict an auto accident or an accident on your property, anyone can benefit from the extra protection provided by umbrella insurance. Those who are exposed to higher risks, have significant savings or engage in dangerous activities usually consider umbrella insurance since they are more susceptible to higher claims or being sued. These higher risks can include:
- Owning a trampoline or pool
- Owning rental property
- A long commute or frequently driving during rush hour
- Coaching kids' sports
- Owning a dog
- Engaging in sports that could injure others (skiing, hunting, etc.)
Even having lower risk doesn't mean you have no risk. An umbrella policy can offer you that extra peace of mind by providing you coverage beyond your regular policy limits.
How much does it cost?
The price of your umbrella policy depends on the amount of coverage you purchase, the state you live in and the risk you represent to the insurance carrier. In general, the more cars, homes or household members your policy covers, the higher your risk and the more you'll pay for your policy.
Compared to the coverage it provides, umbrella insurance may be an affordable investment. According to the Insurance Information Institute, most $1 million policies cost around $150 to $300 per year. Additional millions in coverage will cost an additional $50-75 per year. Bundling an umbrella policy with your auto or home insurance can sometimes be more affordable, so talk to your independent agent to explore your best options.
What should you consider when purchasing umbrella insurance?
Since an umbrella policy pays out after your underlying coverage is exhausted, most insurers will want you to max out the liability limits on your home and auto policies before they will sell you umbrella insurance. This equals about $250,000 of liability insurance on your auto policy and $300,000 of liability insurance on your homeowners' policy. So, while an umbrella policy may be affordable on its own, you'll need to consider any additional premium on your auto or home insurance you'll owe when maxing out your liability first.
Keep in mind there are certain types of liability umbrella policies won't cover.
For example:
- Liability sustained in business or professional activities. To cover these types of incidents, consider business liability insurance.
- Damage you or a member of your household caused on purpose.
- Damage to your property. Since this is a liability policy, it will only cover you if you're held responsible for damage to someone else's property.
While it's unlikely you'll find yourself on the hook for a large settlement or a serious accident, even when we live with the best intentions, accidents can still happen. Umbrella insurance could be the extra coverage you need to help give you peace of mind and protect you from significant financial loss.
This article is for informational and suggestion purposes only. If insurance policy coverage descriptions in this article conflict with the language in the policy, the language in the policy applies. To learn more about home insurance coverage, speak with The Agent Insurance Services (330) 758-3339, to learn more about umbrella coverage.
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Hand Engraved Cocktail Glass
This Hand Engraved Cocktail Glass sets off any occasion beautifully – and it's hand engraved too!
Hand Engraved Cocktail Glass
Hand Engraved Cocktail Glass
Engraved by hand
Your own choice of messages
Elegant but practical design
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Engraving on Glass
Engraving is done by hand and using traditional techniques, and there is not a laser machine or sandblaster in sight! The lettering is drawn out in our calligraphy font to make sure it will fit nicely, and then copied onto the glass using a non-permanent ink pen, because we found this works best for us. Once that is done and we are ready to start engraving then it's on with the mask and gloves. A large powerful vacuum extractor sucks up all the glass dust and we also use a bright illuminating spotlight.
To engrave, a pendant drill is used (very similar to a dentist's drill) fitted with a diamond coated spherical burr. This whizzes round at super speed and takes off a fine top layer of the glass. Our beautiful calligraphy font takes 2 coats because we use one for the initial lines, and then back again to thicken up all the down strokes, to give it that impressive italic quality.
Once the engraving is finished, the glass is given a good wash to remove any remaining pen marks, and then dried and polished to a high shine.
Our glass gifts are wrapped in navy blue acid free tissue paper, using corrugated card and scrunched up paper to protect the glass where we can, therefore avoiding plastic bubble wrap. This all goes inside a new postal box, gets collected by Royal Mail, and then delivered to you!
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The Israelites were reminded that God was with them when the trumpet sounded. Different trumpet blasts were used to communicate various messages to them.
One of the blasts told them the leaders were supposed to gather. Another told them the whole community was supposed to congregate. A different blast told them to pick up their tents and start moving. Another one was used when they were going into battle. Or, at festival time, the trumpets were blown over their burnt offerings and fellowship offerings.
In all of these situations the trumpet sound reminded them that God was with them.
Sometimes we could really use a trumpet blast today, couldn't we? We'd love a loud reminder that God is with us.
We forget.
We get distracted.
We start focusing on ourselves (again) and we forget that the Holy Spirit lives within us and that God wants to be involved in every part of our lives.
Developing good spiritual habits is the best way for us to be constantly plugged in to God so that we don't wander into 'me' land.
* Regularly reading and studying our Bible, applying his word to our lives.
* talking with God often and then listening, expecting a reply.
* Regularly participating in worship with our spiritual family.
* Regularly meeting with other Christians – encouraging each other and growing together as we walk this path of faith.
Each one of these habits is trumpet blast – reminding us that God is alive within us and he is very busy transforming us to be more like Jesus.
Thank you for our trumpet blasts, Abba Father.


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Towards a more productive, inclusive world
Despite nearly a decade of policy efforts, the global economy remains in the repair shop. The legacies of the crisis are still very much present: weak growth, persistently high unemployment in several countries, faltering trade and investment and a profound loss of public confidence and trust. Any prospect of a strong upturn in advanced or emerging economies has dimmed in the past year. But we may be getting closer to finding solutions by focusing on the roots of the problems.
The lingering crisis has sharpened the focus on two long-term trends that are impeding our economies and tearing at our social fabric: first, a decline in productivity growth, with hourly labour productivity growth in the OECD area sliding from 2% in 1990-2000 to 0.9% in 2007-14; and second, a longer-standing rise of inequalities in wealth, incomes, well-being and opportunities. As the rich have become richer, the middle classes have seen little, if any, improvement in their incomes with their ranks dwindling in many countries, while many low earners have slipped into poverty. At no point in the past 30 years has productivity growth been lower, and at no point over the same period has income inequality been higher.
Policy makers must take action if we are to lay the foundations of sustainable economic growth and build fairer societies. A bold and comprehensive policy approach is needed.
OECD Week 2016, comprising the OECD Forum on 31 May- 1 June, and the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) on 1-2 June, will probe these issues, with a view to improving policy making for more productive, inclusive societies. I agree wholeheartedly with President Michelle Bachelet of Chile, who I am delighted is chairing the MCM, when she writes in the OECD Yearbook that the purpose of enhancing productivity should be to make economies grow smarter and decrease inequalities.
How can policies for inclusiveness and productivity reinforce each other? First of all, we need to get the growth engine functioning again, in particular by boosting investment and bringing down the persistent high levels of unemployment in many countries. Another place to look is innovation. As OECD data show, productivity growth has slowed, but despite what many people might think, the issue is not so much a shortage of innovations, as a failure of those innovations to spread throughout the economy. In particular, innovations are not making their way from advanced firms–knowledge-based "frontier" enterprises where productivity is actually growing– to other firms in industry and services. This gives us hope, because policies can help kick-start the innovation-diffusion engine, for example by enhancing competition in product markets–especially in services, to ensure incumbents are not favoured over entrants–by incentivising firms to adopt better technologies and improve managerial performance, and by creating the conditions for more productive private investment.
However, spreading innovation and improving market access are only part of the answer. As a growing body of analysis at the OECD indicates, both productivity and inequality can also be affected by regulatory issues affecting property and labour markets, debt versus equity questions, capital misallocation, productivity dispersion within firms, or excessive pay in the financial sector.
This requires constant upgrades of our economic frameworks. It means reforming tax-and-transfer systems and making tax systems fairer. It means fixing our regulatory frameworks to foster market access and the spread of innovations. It means getting more women and young people into good jobs, and doing much more to close the unacceptable gender pay gap in our countries. Moreover, it means doing more to address migration and integrating newcomers within our societies so that they can put their skills to full use, for everyone's benefit.
The importance of skills cannot be stressed enough. If productivity means "working smarter," then it holds that higher productivity requires a highly skilled workforce, with everyone on board. This not only requires expanding the supply of skills in the population but also reskilling and improving the way skills are used in the workplace.
As I warned at our Future of Work policy forum in January, skill mismatches in our economies risk growing exponentially unless we urgently put in place policies to improve skills, so strengthening the conditions for inclusive growth. The digital revolution is profoundly disrupting the nature of work, raising demand for high-skilled jobs as well as for some low-skilled ones, and automating and displacing jobs involving routine tasks.
However, skilled people are also vulnerable, as articles in this OECD Yearbook show. Whether we are talking about bus drivers or bus designers, bank tellers or bank managers, or even quintessential middle-class professionals like doctors or lawyers, the production revolution promises to transform everyone's life. Policies to help all people prepare for uncertainties, and to build confidence and competence, are becoming more important than ever.
Productivity, therefore, should no longer be viewed in isolation. Indeed, productivity and inclusiveness have many common roots. The key challenge for policy makers is to identify win-win policies that can deliver both and create a virtuous circle of improved inclusiveness and productivity growth. Social and environmental sustainability are also key in this new equation; any effort to raise productivity cannot ignore the imperative of safeguarding our planet, or our duty to strive towards better functioning, more equitable societies. In fact, sustainability is itself opening up a new frontier that can help boost productivity and inclusiveness.
Major international agreements were struck in 2015–on the Sustainable Development Goals at the UN in New York in September, the Paris Agreement on climate at COP21 in December (and formally signed in April this year), and on multilateral trade at Nairobi in December. The OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) package was also presented, designed to boost global financial transparency and reduce international tax evasion.
Our future welfare relies on honouring these commitments, and 2016 must be the year for beginning implementation and seizing these historic opportunities. We must double our efforts to restore trust and social cohesion, and heal the domestic and global divisions that threaten our future.
This makes international collaboration ever more vital. Inclusiveness is about countries as well as people: no one and no place should be left behind.
Implementing agreements and advancing together towards a stronger, cleaner and safer world: that is what the world's citizens expect and what policy makers can and must deliver. Economic and political headwinds may make the going tough, but together we can overcome any challenge. Together, we must be more productive and inclusive in helping to build better policies for better lives.
Productivity and inclusive growth at the OECD Forum 2016
Innovation and the digital economy at the OECD Forum 2016
International collaboration at the OECD Forum 2016
OECD work on productivity and long-term growth
Angel Gurría
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Did I mention Cammy came too? Look at her and her pal Cayden…are they from WHOVILLE or what?!?!
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123.hp.com/setup 6500
The HP OfficeJet 6500 is a printer aimed at the small office and home users category. It's a multi-functional printer that can perform the functions of printing, scanning and copying with ease. It provides a fairly good output print quality at a reasonable price range with the printing costs as low as 3.3 cents per page for a colour page. You can download the HP Easy Start Utility software from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 or 123.hp.com/oj6500. Some of the features of the OfficeJet 6500 are
- Print speeds (B/W): 16 ppm
- Print speeds (colour): 9 ppm
- Input Paper Tray Capacity: 6500 sheets
- Output Paper Tray Capacity: 75 sheets
- Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) capacity: 35 sheets
- Connectivity: USB, Wireless, Ethernet
123.hp.com/oj6500 Printer Setup
HP Officejet 6500 Printer Unboxing
- First, open the printer box and remove the installation guides, power cords and installation CD. You can also download the drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 or 123.hp.com/oj6500 .
- Also, remove the Paper Input Tray from the printer and lay the printer on the table.
- Next, remove the Styrofoam caps on either sides of the printer and slide it out of the Paper Input Tray very carefully without damaging the printer.
- Now, remove the Paper Output Tray on the top right side of the printer and begin peeling away the tapes and the transparent film on the printer surface.
- Next, remove the sticker covering the display panel of the printer.
- Then, open the scanner glass lid and remove the Styrofoam sheet. Similarly, open the front panel beside the control panel and remove the packaging material.
- Next, turn to the back of the printer. There'll be a duplexer located at the bottom of the printer. Now, press both of its sides and remove it.
- Then, remove the piece of cardboard stuck to it and put the duplexer back into place.
HP Officejet 6500 Attaching the Paper Trays
- First, remove the transparent covering on the Paper Input Tray.
- Attach it to the lower portion of the printer that has the paper-width guides. In case you've not attached the tray properly, you can always use the tab on the extreme right side of the paper width guides to remove and re-insert the tray.
- Now, take the Paper Output tray and remove the transparent covering and other packaging materials, if any.
- To attach it to the printer, simply insert the side of the tray that has two tabs on the reciprocating slot above the Paper Input Tray until it pops into place.
Now you can switch on your printer. It's only a few more steps before you download the software drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500. Keep reading to continue setting up your printer.
HP OfficeJet 6500 Printer Initialization
- Before the printer is initialized, you must switch it on. Remove the twist tie on the power cord and power module of the printer so that you can make the required connections.
- Now, connect one end of the power cord into the power module.
- Next, connect the free end of the power module into the rear of the printer and the other end into a wall outlet.
- Then, press the power button on the control panel to switch on the printer. You can tilt the 2.7-in control panel and use the the tab on the lower backside of the display to adjust the display angle to suit your needs.
- Once the printer is powered on, it begins initializing and asks you to select your language.
- Tap Yes in the next screen to confirm the selection.
- Next, scroll through the list of countries and select the country/regions in which your printer is located. Then, tap Yes to confirm your choice.
- The next screen asks if you'd like a demo or continue with the printer setup. Click Continue to continue with the process.
Once the printer has initialized for setup, it'll ask you to install the ink cartridges. Once you've done that and loaded the printer with paper, you can download and install the software from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 .
HP OfficeJet 6500 Ink cartridge Installation
- First, to install the cartridges, open the front cover of the printer and wait for the ink carriages to reach the center.
- Then, remove the plastic that binds the four cartridges together. Use only the setup cartridges that came along with the printer and not store brought cartridges as they won't work with the initial setup.
- Next, keep aside the little booklet that comes with the cartridge.
- Now, slide each cartridge into the slot according to the colour and numbers on it.
- Then, close the front panel access area.
After you've loaded paper into the Paper Input Tray, you can also download and install the software drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 .
123 HP Officejet 6500 Loading Unused Paper
- Lift up the Paper Output Tray and slide the paper width guides away from each other.
- Align a stack of papers on a hard surface.
- Insert the stack of papers into the printer and adjust the paper width guides.
- To insert paper of a larger size, all that you have to do is slide up and lower the front portion of the Paper Input Tray.
- Next, the printer begins to align and calibrate before it prints out an alignment page.
Now, a printer alignment successful message is displayed on the screen.
You can connect your printer to the network and also download the software drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 or 123.hp.com/oj6500 .
123 HP OfficeJet 6500 Wireless Setup and Software Installation
- Once the alignment successful message is displayed, the printer asks how you'd like to connect your printer.
- Then, choose Wireless from the options given and tap Continue.
- The Wireless Setup Wizard displays a list of networks within the area. Select the name of the network that you'd like to connect to and press Continue.
- You can either enter the password to continue or use the WPS option to connect to your wireless network. You can learn how to use WPS to connect your printer to the network in the next section.
- Once you're connected to the wireless network, switch on your system and make sure that it is connected to the same wireless network as your printer.
- Now, open a browser of your choice and go to 123.hp.com/setup 6500 .
- Then, enter your printer model number into the search bar.
- Next, click the Download button and wait for the required software download to be completed.
- Once the download is finished, simply click on the software in the Downloads bar and click on it to open it.
- HP Easy Start Utility opens and installs the required software.
- Then, follow the instructions on the screen to download and install the software drivers. Agree to the terms and conditions as required and enter the required inputs.
This completes the download and installation of the software drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 . You can also download and install the software drivers from 123.hp.com/oj6500 .
123 HP OfficeJet 6500 Wi-Fi Protected Setup
Push button method
- In the Wireless setup Wizard, touch the WPS option and choose Push button method.
- Then, long press the WPS button on your router for about 3 seconds and wait for the printer to connect to the network.
- If the printer is connected to the network successfully, the Wireless light will stop blinking and stay lit.
Another way of using the WPS method to connect to the network is the Pin method.
Pin method
- When you select WPS as the preferred choice to connect to the network, the printer will ask you to choose between the push button and the pin method.
- The printer control panel is displays the PIN.
- Open the Configuration software or utility for your router and enter the WPS pin.
If the printer is connected to the network successfully, the Wireless light will stop blinking and stay lit.
123.hp.com/oj6500 ePrint service
With HP's ePrint service it's almost as if you're carrying your printer along with you. All you have to do to send print jobs to your printer is to mail the document to your printer's e-mail address. Then, follow the steps given below to set up Web services and ePrint for your printer.
- First, make sure that the printer is connected to the internet. Once the printer is connected to the internet, go to the printer control panel and touch Apps or HP ePrint.
- Then, accept the terms and conditions by touching Accept.
- Next, allow the printer to automatically check for and install updates.
- Once this process is complete, the printer automatically prints out a Web Services information sheet.
The Web Service information sheet will contain the e-mail address of your printer. It will also contain instructions to finish setting up the printer with ePrint. It also tells you how to change the e-mail address of your printer using HP Auto Connect. The ePrint service doesn't require any additional drivers except the ones installed from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 or 123.hp.com/oj6500 .
123 HP OfficeJet 6500 Printer Alignment failure problem
- If the printer fails to align properly, check if you've loaded only white paper into the tray.
- In case you've loaded coloured paper into the tray, repeat the procedure with plain, white paper.
- If the problem persists, try cleaning the printhead or contact technical support for help on the issue.
123 HP OfficeJet 6500 Printer Not Responding
- Check if the printer has any print jobs stuck in print queue.
- Check if you've correctly downloaded and installed the software from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 or 123.hp.com/oj6500.
- If you've connected your printer using a USB or Ethernet cable, check if both ends of the cable are connected perfectly.
123 HP OfficeJet 6500 Paper Jam Issue
To clear the Paper Jam issue and the error message on the printer, follow the steps given below.
- Plug out the power cord and check if there is jammed paper in the following areas.
- Input Tray.
- Output Tray.
- Automatic Document Feeder.
- Ink Cartridge access area.
- Rear of the printer.
- Duplexer.
- If you find any paper stuck in any of the above areas remove it gently.
- Open the ink cartridge access door and make sure that the ink carriages can move freely.
- Next, clean the rollers of the paper feed using a slightly damp tint-free cloth. Use only drinking water or distilled water to clean the rollers.
- Now, reset the printer. First, plug out the power cord while the printer is still on and plug the power card back in after 60 seconds.
- Finally, check if you've downloaded and properly installed the software drivers from 123.hp.com/setup 6500 .
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Latest News – 15 March 2011
Press Release
New, hard evidence emerges, proving EDL and other right wing, anti-Muslim allegiances amongst the organisers
of East End Gay Pride, 2 April 2011
Imaan, Europe's largest support group for LGBTQI Muslims calls for removal of the organisers and for the event to be delivered by Pride London and local communities.
We have been following with careful interest the unfolding issues centred on the appearance, in the East End of London, of posters or stickers carrying de-contextualised quotes from the Qur'an with text and a logo calling for a "Gay Free Zone".
We stand united with Muslim organisations, including the East London Mosque and
the Association of British Muslims and with secular LGBT and non-LGBT community activists who have unanimously and unequivocally condemned the actions of whomever placed these stickers in our communities for the purpose of seeding fear and division.
Imaan understands better than most, the problems of homophobia within Muslim communities and has been working inside our communities since 1998 to address homophobia and its causes. We condemn unreservedly any and all acts of homophobia committed by Muslims or by any other sector of our society.
We join the call for a fully inclusive and community-led demonstration of unity in
the face of these homophobic crimes. An event along the lines of a fully community-inclusive local Gay Pride event would be one such welcome response.
As the leading organisation working for the rights and support of LGBT Muslims, we have worked alongside local LGBT and interfaith organisations to try to engage with the organisers of what has become known as "East End Gay Pride", to try to open dialogue with a view to securing a fully inclusive show of unity.
The organisers have not been willing to address community concerns during the course of several meetings and have declared themselves unconcerned with the views of local organisations who have worked tirelessly for community engagement and unity over many years.
A "Pride" event is nothing if not political: a supreme demonstration of communities coming together to celebrate their diversity and often in the face of negativity from the fringes of those communities. In that regard a "Pride" event must always confront prejudice and show those who hold prejudices that they are at the edges of society, standing increasingly alone. That is why the full participation of the rest of any community is essential. That is why the motivation behind a Pride event is its most essential attribute.
There has been concern that the organisers of this event have associations and sympathies with right wing anti-Muslim extremists, the EDL. That concern is laid out perfectly clearly at:
We have not regarded this as "proof" but rather as grounds for serious concern. We have asked the organisers to explain these details and to condemn, explicitly, the EDL and other right wing extremists and islamophobic philosophies. They have failed to do so.
We have now acquired evidence that Raymond Berry, the principal organiser of the event, faced a call for disciplinary measures (revocation of his membership) by officials of the RMT (Rail and Maritime Trades Union) because he was a public and vocal, leading member of the EDL (English Defence League) and promoted the EDL objectives and extremist politics.
In correspondence, in September 2010, with union officials, Mr. Berry claimed – in his own words – the following:
- That he was a founder member of the English Defence League, but had decided to cease his involvement following disagreements over changes in the EDL leadership.
- That in spite of this, he continued to hold firm beliefs with regard to Sharia law and the Islamification of Britain.
- That he remained an active member "of such organisations as" S.I.O.E. (Stop the Islamification of Europe) and N.S.B. (No Sharia in Britain)
- That he was working, with other disaffected members of the EDL to start new groups with similar objectives.
In October 2010, Mr Berry continued his correspondence with union officials making new assertions, some contradictory to his position in September:
- That he would not voluntarily cancel his RMT membership on the grounds of his EDL membership
- That he saw no reason why he should not hold membership of the RMT and of the EDL, in spite of his disagreement with some aspects of RMT politics – i.e. that he found the RMT to be more controversial than the EDL.
So we now understand that as of October 2010, Mr. Berry – a founder of the EDL – remained connected with the EDL and unrepentant. Indeed, he desires to start other groups with similar right-wing, anti-Muslim objectives as well as retaining active associations with existing right-wing, anti-Muslim groups (such as S.I.O.E.)
In light of all the evidence of Mr. Berry's political involvements, the apparent associations of some of the other organisers and their collective contempt for our communities we can do nothing but conclude that their calling for "East End Gay Pride" is motivated primarily by their political desires to build groups and alliances founded on their anti-Muslim and anti-Islam bigotry and that East End Gay Pride is – in his terms – just a furtherance of Mr. Berry's stated aims to create anti-Muslim political movements.
Imaan continues to believe that a truly inclusive community-led Pride March would be one of the best responses to these homophobic crimes. We call, as a minimum response, for Mr. Berry and the other organisers of the 2 April event to stand aside from East End Gay Pride and to remove themselves from any further publicity before and after the event, thereby freeing the LGBT and other communities from the taint of Mr. Berry's political views and associations.
We call on the board of Pride London to take over the organisation of East End Gay Pride and to deliver a successful, politically safe and community-engaged event on 2 April or another appropriate date, using the tried and tested Gay Pride principals of community cohesion and celebration of our diversity.
If this cannot be achieved, if the integrity of the event cannot be salvaged, we call for all right-minded people to boycott the event; to show Mr. Berry that there is no place within LGBT Society for his brand of prejudice and fear-mongering – however much he might try to dress it in the outward appearance of an authentic community campaign such as Pride.
Tawseef Khan, Chairperson of Imaan said "There is no place in Islam for homophobic acts or crimes, as there is no place within our LGBT communities for intolerance of and prejudice against other groups – including against Muslims as a whole. In uniting as a community against these homophobic attacks, we must be vigilant against those who would seek to co-opt or manipulate our actions for other, less honest and constructive purposes.
The evidence of the political motivations of Raymond Berry, and his colleagues, cast a dark shadow on East End Gay Pride that can only be resolved by their removal from the event and for Pride to be restored to our communities, where it belongs."
Imaan has been given email exchanges between Raymond Berry and RMT officials, in which Mr. Berry makes the statements we have referred to. The source of the emails is firmly on the record and will stand by the correspondence, and its publication, if Mr. Berry should seek to deny the claims.
The emails forms a part of a dossier of evidence of right wing and fascistic associations amongst the organisers, which has been painstakingly collected by Imaan and other concerned community groups and will be part of a complete community publication expected to be ready for release on Thursday March 17.
Stop the Islamisation of Europe is a group, which has as its byline "Racism is the lowest form of stupidity! Islamophobia is the height of common sense!"
And a lead article at its website –
http://sioeengland.wordpress.com/ – titled "The Trinity of Evil: Diversity, Political Correctness, Multiculturalism."
Imaan has not, yet, been able to identify positively a group called "No Sharia in Britain"
Further details on Imaan can be found at www.imaan.org.uk
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It's a time of fasting and religious reflection.
"It's a very beautiful month. Every single dinner, many Mosques will have free dinners for the whole community, everybody is welcome, rich or poor, Muslim or not Muslim, everybody is welcome to come and break fast with us," said Hassan Shibly with CAIR-Florida.
This year, it's also a time of concern. "There has been a dramatic increase in hate crimes and threats against the community. We saw the horrific shooting in New Zealand and we've seen now multiple Jewish Synagogues being targeted, we've seen even some churches targeted. It's a really scary time for people of faith unfortunately," said Shibly.
In Christchurch, New Zealand 51 people were killed in a hate attack.
In February of 2017 in Tampa, a Mosque was attacked by an arsonist who attempted to set the building on fire.
Shibly says all places of worship in the Muslim community will be taking extra security precautions.
"That includes talking to local law enforcement to make sure they are aware of where there's congregations and having extra patrols, hiring off duty sheriff's deputies and having undercover, armed individuals that are professionally trained at those houses of worship," said Shibly.


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What is natural in me, is natural in many other men, I infer, and so I am not afraid to write that I never had loved Steerforth better than when the ties that bound me to him were broken. In the keen distress of the discovery of his unworthiness, I thought more of all that was brilliant in him, I softened more towards all that was good in him, I did more justice to the qualities that might have made him a man of a noble nature and a great name, than ever I had done in the height of my devotion to him. Deeply as I felt my own unconscious part in his pollution of an honest home, I believed that if I had been brought face to face with him, I could not have uttered one reproach. I should have loved him so well still - though he fascinated me no longer - I should have held in so much tenderness the memory of my affection for him, that I think I should have been as weak as a spirit-wounded child, in all but the entertainment of a thought that we could ever be re-united. That thought I never had. I felt, as he had felt, that all was at an end between us. What his remembrances of me were, I have never known - they were light enough, perhaps, and easily dismissed - but mine of him were as the remembrances of a cherished friend, who was dead.
Yes, Steerforth, long removed from the scenes of this poor history! My sorrow may bear involuntary witness against you at the judgement Throne; but my angry thoughts or my reproaches never will, I know!
The news of what had happened soon spread through the town; insomuch that as I passed along the streets next morning, I overheard the people speaking of it at their doors. Many were hard upon her, some few were hard upon him, but towards her second father and her lover there was but one sentiment. Among all kinds of people a respect for them in their distress prevailed, which was full of gentleness and delicacy. The seafaring men kept apart, when those two were seen early, walking with slow steps on the beach; and stood in knots, talking compassionately among themselves.
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Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post has a new rule for filmmakers working on those loosely based-on-historical events flicks like American Gangster, The Queen and I'm Not There: Get it right!
Whether it precedes a biographical film or a historical drama, "based on a true story" has come to convey several, often contradictory, ideas simultaneously to wary filmgoers: The events about to transpire on screen really happened, to the very people you're about to see, at the same time, and to the same end.
Except, of course, when they didn't happen and the people didn't exist and we scrambled the time frame and changed the ending. (Hey, we said "based on.") This is our story, we're sticking to it, and we've left the fact-checking to picky historians, outraged family members, alert critics and Wikipedia.
The stakes wouldn't be so high if movies weren't so effective. Because the cinema — with its outsize scale, sensory immersion and heightened realism — tends to colonize our imaginations so completely, biographical and historical dramas are graded on a higher curve than any other genres.
Speaking of Wikipedia, here's just one link we followed from the American Gangster page's "sources" links.


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Year in review 2013: Early lake effect snow
SOUTH BEND, IN – Early lake effect snow made headlines across Michiana in mid and late November. Up until November 11th-12th the month was running at or above average on temperatures, then the first of a frequent pattern of arctic cold fronts moved through Michiana.
As with all lake effect scenarios, cold air moves over relatively warm waters of Lake Michigan, causing low level convection and produces highly localized bands of snow. This was one of the more highly potent scenarios as lake water temperatures were still in the 40s and air temperature in the 20s.
The first round of lake effect snow in mid November impacted an area only 25 miles wide and 50 miles long through Berrien and LaPorte Counties. Snow totals ranged from 17" in St. Joseph, Michigan to over 8" in LaPorte and just over an inch in South Bend.
The second round came late in the month, but with similar results. Eastern Berrien / western Cass counties in Michigan and St. Joe County in Indiana saw the brunt of this snow squall. Totals ranged between six and 12 inches in the hardest hit spots, with localized higher amounts including 16" in Coloma, Michigan.
In typical lake effect fashion both events were characterized by "The Haves" and " Have Nots." In some areas ten miles could be the difference between a foot or an inch or less of snow.
The early snowfall was a rude and too early start to winter for some, causing many accidents and keeping plow drivers busy. This was also the start of a prevailing weather pattern that kept below normal temperatures and above normal snowfall into December.


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Welcome to Arcadia: Hidden North Bay | Off-the-Beaten Path Restaurants | Oxbow Public Market | Clark Wolf's Napkin Notes | Chef Recipes | Winery Caves of Napa and Sonoma | Our Irreverent Guide to Towns of Sonoma, Marin and Napa | Hidden Recreation in Sonoma, Marin and Napa
Our guide to wineries, caves and pleasures
Compiled by Gretchen Giles and Sophie Linder
Constancy, humidity, chill. Such ideal aging conditions are just some of the reasons that Napa and Sonoma counties boast the largest concentration of wine caves in the world. Many wineries now strive to encompass their entire operations under the stealth of the earth, letting the vines grow above them. But caves are also beautiful, mysterious, scented of angel's share and marvelous places to visit and throw parties. Here are some of the more secret subterranean spots in the North Bay.
Atlas Peak Not open to the public, Atlas Peak is in the Mt. Veeder AVA and is known for its Cabernet. 3700 Soda Canyon Road, Napa. 707.252.7971. www.atlaspeak.com.
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Baldacci Family Vineyards Open to the public daily, from 10am to 4pm. 6236 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.944.9261. www.baldaccivineyards.com.
Beringer Vineyards This historic winery offers some seven daily tours for nominal fees, most of which end gratefully with a glass and take a spin through the underground wine-aging tunnels. Open daily, 10am to 6pm (summer hours). 2000 Main St., Napa. 707.963.7115. www.beringer.com.
Brown Estate Vineyards Brown Estate Vineyards completed the construction of a 6,500-square foot subterranean wine cave in 2005. Visitors are currently limited to wine-club members by appointment only. 3233 Sage Canyon Road, Napa. 707.963.2435. www.brownestate.com.
Chateau Boswell Winery This small, boutique winery is open by appointment only, selling most its wine directly via post to club members. 3468 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.963.5472. www.chateauboswell.com.
Clos Pegase Clos Pegase's 2,800 square foot "cave theater" plays frequent host to parties, dinners, live entertainment and more. Free guided tours of the grounds are offered twice daily at 11am and 2pm. 1060 Dunaweal Lane, Napa. 707.942.4981. www.clospegase.com.
Constant Boutique Specializing in the kind of Cabernet that makes the Wine Spectator drool. The owners' former private residence, a historically protected building, is available to let. One assumes that a $16,000 monthly rent would allow occasional access to the caves. 2121 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. 707.942.0707.www.constantwine.com.
Cuvaison Estate Wines Producing some 65 percent of its product as Chardonnay, Cuvaison has a 22,000 square foot cave, the Carneros Dining Room, that is available for parties. 4550 Silverado Trail North, Napa. 707.942.6266. www.cuvaison.com.
Del Dotto Vineyards Proud to boast some of the first caves in the Napa Valley, Del Dotto's were hand-dug in 1885 and restored in 1997. Del Dotto currently hosts candle-lit tastings, replete with cheese and chocolate, Friday-Sunday. Opera resonates until 4pm; rock rules after 4pm. Sounds like fun! The full cave experience with barrel tasting is $40 per person and reservations are required. A new tasting room is planned for St. Helena, currently held up by CalTrans work. 1055 Atlas Peak Road, Napa. 707.963.2134. www.deldottovineyards.com.
Eagle & Rose Estate Tours of this small winery are led either by the winery owner or the winemaker himself. Eagle & Rose will customize tours to suit, including lunch if desired. Call for details; by appointment only. 3000 St. Helena Highway North, Napa. 707.965.9463. www.eagleandrose.com.
Fantesca Estate & Winery Set on land that was the dowry gift when Charles Krug marred in 1860, this estate winery specializing in Cabernet features a wine-aging cave built right into the side of Spring Mountain. Open to the public by appointment. 2920 Spring Mountain Road, Napa. 707.968.9229. www.fantesca.com.
Far Niente This winery boasts the first modern-built wine caves in North America. Built in 1980, the cave area now totals 40,000 square feet and is part of the active tours that the winery encourages visitors to take. 1350 Acacia Drive, Napa. Open to the public by appointment. 707.944.2861. www.farniente.com.
Flora Springs Winery and Vineyards Open to the public by appointment, this small, family-owned winery takes visitors on a "VIP" tour through its hillside caves for barrel tastings by appointment. $20. 1978 W. Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena. 707.963.5711. Their tasting room, open to the public daily, is at 677 S. St. Helena Hwy., next to Dean & DeLuca on Highway 29 in St. Helena. www.florasprings.com.
Frazier Host to the Wine Country Film Festival July 26-29 this year, Frazier offers two cave experiences for visitors. A sit-down tasting of four releases is $20; a tour and tasting, complete with cheese and chocolate pairing, is $30 per person. They suggest reserving a week in advance. 70 Rapp Lane, Napa. 707.255.3444. www.frazierwinery.com.
Hall With two tasting rooms, things can get confusing. Hall Wines has an outlet in St. Helena but the wine caves are at the tasting room in Rutherford. Winery co-owner Kathryn Hall is the former U. S. ambassador to Austria and the 14,000 square foot caves show her love for her adopted country, lined as they are with handmade antique bricks, some of which are marked with an H, for the Hapsburg family. 56 Auberge Road, Rutherford. 800.688.4255. www.hallwines.com.
Hartwell Vineyards Open to the public generally Monday-Friday, Hartwell hosts tours of its caves and surroundings Wednesday-Saturday at 11am and 2pm. $45 includes a sit-down tasting in the cave with food and reserve wine pairings. 5795 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.255.4269. www.hartwellvineyards.com.
Ladera Vineyards Meaning "hillside" or "slope," Ladera's original buildings date back to the 1880s. The winery hosts tours Monday-Saturday that wind through the estate and include the quarter-mile of underground aging cellar still in use. 150 White Cottage Road S., Napa. 707.965.2445. www.laderavineyards.com.
Long Meadow Ranch One of the only local wineries to combine olive oil production with its vinting practices, LMR is also a full-scale sustainable farm raising its own grass-fed beef and selling its produce. The rammed-earth tasting room was made from the dirt displaced when building the wine caves. Tours can be extra lavish, including a chef meal and library reserve wines. 1775 Whitehall Lane, Napa. 707.963.4555. www.longmeadowranch.com.
Miner Family Vineyards This family winery offers a seated private "Grand Cru" tasting, replete with food and wine pairings, in its caves. 7850 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.944.9500. www.minerwines.com.
Newton Vineyard Newton is open to the public for tours of its property and cave as well as tastings, Thursday-Monday at 11am by appointment only. 2555 Madrona Avenue, Napa. 707.963.9000. www.newtonvineyard.com.
Pine Ridge Winery The "Cabernet Cave" at Pine Ridge is some 130 feet underground and some 300 feet into the hillside. The winery hosts corporate parties in the cave, but for the non-incorporated, a daily barrel-to-bottle Cab tasting is available for $35, including an artisanal cheese pairing. 5901 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.253.7500. www.pineridgewinery.com.
Quintessa Situated the Rutherford Appellation off the Silverado Trail, Quintessa takes visitors on a short hike through the vineyards before leading them into the underground caves for a sit-down tasting. Tours are at 11am, 12:30pm and 2:30pm and are by appointment. $35. Given the curious restraints of Napa's quaint zoning laws, picnicking is strictly verboten. 1601 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.967.1601. www.quintessa.com.
Reverie on Diamond Mountain One of the smallest Napa wineries, Reverie is also one of the mightiest, causing the storied French Laundry to bid mightily on a recent lot of Reverie Malbec at auction. For small groups, the by-appointment tours have no charge; rather than sit-down tastings and tours as touted at other places, Reverie prides itself on its "walk-around" tours, which inevitably end with a surprise of great natural beauty. 1520 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. 707.942.6800. www.reveriewine.com.
Rombauer Vineyards While Rombauer's extensive cave system is mostly a workhorse for aging their wine, staffers will gladly lead a tour of the caves by appointment and at no extra cost. Tasting fee, $10. 3522 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.963.5170. www.rombauervineyards.com.
Rubicon Estate Rubicon aims to educate and to that end offers a two hour "Elevage Experience" in which visitors learn about winemaking from field to cellar. The tour includes a swing through the caves as well as a barrel tasting and Cabernets with cheese. 1pm daily. $50. 1991 St. Helena Highway, Napa. 707.968.1100. www.rubiconestate.com.
Rudd Now encompassing the Dean & DeLuca gourmet food market in his empire, winery owner Leslie Rudd offers a comprehensive two-hour estate tour that ends with a sit-down tasting pairing Rudd wines with treats prepared by the executive chef at D & D. $60. 500 Oakville Cross Road, Napa. 707.944.8577. www.ruddwines.com.
Rutherford Hill Winery Nearly a mile of tunnels comprise the wine-aging caves at Rutherford. Daily tours at 11:30am, 1:3pm and 3:30pm include tasting and are just $15. 200 Rutherford Hill Road, Napa. 707.963.1871. www.rutherfordhill.com.
Sawyer Cellars Proud that all of their wine is estate-grown, Sawyer uses gravity feed to craft its wines, and dug its library and cellars into the ground under and behind an existing barn that the owners have meticulously preserved. Tours and tastings available Monday-Friday by appointment. $10-$15. 8350 St. Helena Hwy., Napa. 707.963.1980. www.sawyercellars.com.
Schramsberg Vineyards This sparkling-wine mecca boasts the oldest caves in the Napa Valley, hand-dug by Chinese laborers in 1880. Again, due to Napa's curious permitting, Schramsberg tours must be couched in education, which is all the better for the visitor. Four general tours a day are available as well as a special food and wine pairing. July hours are different due to construction. $25-$50. 1400 Schramsberg Road at Peterson Drive, Napa. 707.942.6668. www.schramsberg.com.
Shafer Vineyards Up to 10 visitors are welcomed by appointment daily for a sit-down tasting and tour of the cellar and cave. $35. 6154 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.944.2877. www.shafervineyards.com.
Spring Mountain Vineyard This 1885 estate is open by appointment only for tours, tastings and a visit to the cellars. $25. 2805 Spring Mountain Road, Napa. 707.967.4188. www.springmountainvineyard.com.
Staglin Family Vineyard Known for its extensive modern art collection and for providing the setting for the remake of The Parent Trap, Staglin is proud that its entire winery is underground in the vast cave system completed this decade. Tours by appointment only. 1570 Bella Oaks Lane, Napa. 707.944.0477. www.staglinfamily.com.
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars With caves some 100 feet underground designed to host parties, Stag's Leap is open to the public daily and offers private tours by appointment. $40. 5766 Silverado Trail, Napa. 707.944.2020. www.cask23.com.
Storybook Mountain Vineyards Caves dug over a century ago by the founding brothers Grimm are open to those who wish to sip Zinfandel. An open house with the winery family is slated in the caves for Sept. 1. 3835 Highway 128, Napa. 707.942.5310. www.storybookwines.com.
Truchard Vineyards Open to the public by appointment only. 3234 Old Sonoma Road, Napa. 707.253.7153. www.truchardvineyards.com.
Viader Vineyards & Winery Tours are by appointment only; closed Sunday. 1120 Deer Park Road, Napa. 707.963.3816. www.viader.com.
Vineyard 29 Tours by appointment lead through Vineyard 29's vast warren of state-of-the-art caves, replete with sensor-detection lighting and music. $50. 2929 St. Helena Highway North, Napa. 707.963.9292. www.vineyard29.com.
Von Strasser Winery Tours and tastings by appointment. 1510 Diamond Mountain Road, Napa. 707.942.0930. www.vonstrasser.com.
Benziger Family Winery The biodynamic vineyard tram tour (read: a tractor hauls a tram) takes visitors through the vineyards and into the caves. $10. 1883 London Ranch Road, Sonoma. 888.490.2739. www.benziger.com.
Bella Vineyards This tiny family winery welcomes visitors to its extensive new cave system, replete with room for entertaining. 9711 West Dry Creek Road, Sonoma. 866.572.3552. www.bellawinery.com.
Favero Vineyards & Winery Tours of the cave are by appointment only. 3939 Lovall Valley Road, Sonoma. 707.935.3939. www.faverovineyards.com.
Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves Méthode Champenoise revealed; tours daily. 23555 Carneros Hwy. (121), Sonoma. 707.933.1917. www.gloriaferrer.com.
Gundlach Bundschu Winery Boasting the longest wine cave in California, this fun family winery is emphatically open to the public. 2000 Denmark Street, Sonoma. 707.939.3015. www.gunbun.com.
Kunde Estate Winery & Vineyards Guided tours of the caves are available for free without appointment Friday-Sunday. 10155 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma. 707.833.5501. www. kunde.com.
Nicholson Ranch Caves and "great room" for entertaining completed this century. 4200 Napa Road, Sonoma. 707.938.8822. www.nicholsonranch.com.
Robert Young Estate Winery Caves available to host private parties. 4960 Red Winery Road, Sonoma. 707.431.4811. www.ryew.com.
Schug Carneros Estate Winery No fee for tasting. 602 Bonneau Road, Sonoma. 800.966.9365. www.schugwinery.com.
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