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Recent changes patrol or RC patrol refers to the process whereby Administrators (also called Sysops) check the recent changes to various articles for harmful or non-constructive edits. The RC Patrol is entirely voluntary and carries no obligation. At its heart, it is really just a way to try to ensure that every edited article gets checked in a timely manner.
Regular RC patrollers may wish to put the RC patrol userbox on their user page by adding {{User RC Patrol}} to their user pages.
What to do
RC Patrolling primarily consists of a four step process:
- Identify "bad" or "needy" edits
- RC patrollers efficiently identify problematic edits. A bad edit is an edit that for one reason or another may need to be entirely removed. A needy edit requires maintenance or improvement in some manner.
- Remove or improve the edit
- Needy edits should be tagged according to their need (e.g. {{wikify}}), or boldly changed immediately. Bad edits should likewise be tagged or deleted. Because Wikipedians do not like their edits to be deleted, it is important to leave concise but clear justifications on the talk page or in the edit summary. When adding tags, please consider placing them on the article's talk page rather than in the article itself.
- Warn the editor
- In the cases of deliberate vandalism or an evident lack of knowledge on Wikipedia procedure, offending editors should be warned on their talk pages. While this is an optional step, it should be a regular part of a patroller's duties, as it minimizes conflict, educates new editors and alerts administrators of repeat offenders. For efficiency and consistency, standard warning templates can be found here. However do feel free to simply write a warning if the available templates are not appropriate.
- Check the user's other contributions
- You will often find more edits with similar problems. Fix those as well.
Being nice
Throughout the entire process of RC patrol, it is important to remember not to bite the newbies. Far from being a monolithic horde of vandals, trolls, and spammers, the available evidence seems to indicate that newcomers write most of Wikipedia's content.[1]
If you see a new user or IP address contributing, welcome them if you're so inclined, and include a pointer or two of feedback about how they can make their contributions even better. Most will gladly welcome the support.
It is also important to assume good faith as much as possible, or, minimally to assume incompetence instead of malice. For example, remember not everyone is as computer literate as you; some people will accidentally blank or damage pages when attempting to cut and paste material from Wikipedia. Others may not understand that, yes, their changes really are visible to the entire world.
Recent Changes Patrollers must maintain a level of respect for fellow editors.
Patrolling edits to existing pages
In general, one thing to keep in mind is not to focus only on patrolling articles in the main namespace. Image pages, for example, are frequently victims of nonsensical edits and vandalism. Such uncaught edits may be harmful due to malicious modification or collateral removal of copyright tags.
Newbie tests
Look for newbie tests (odd edits which are not vandalism), but do not bite the newcomers. Revert their experiments and leave one of the following messages on their user talk page. Be sure to sign and timestamp (~~~~) the warning.
- {{subst:uw-test1}} ~~~~
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Further non-constructive edits sometimes can be viewed as vandalism, and dealt with as below.
- Look for spam. If it comes in the form of articles, nominate them for deletion with {{db-spam}}, place a Proposed Deletion tag on them with {{subst:prod|Your Reasons Here}}, or nominate them at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. If a user is posting multiple links to a particular website in several articles, revert the edits. In either case, again notify the user.
Copyright violations
- Look for copyright violations and revert them. As per the instructions at Wikipedia:Copyright problems, just revert pages to remove copyright violations. However, take care to indicate in the edit summary that this is what you are doing. If an entire article is a copyvio see the section on copyvios in the new pages section below.
Look out for vandalism, and revert it. It is often worthwhile to check the page history after reverting to make sure you have removed all the vandalism. Also, check the user contributions of the vandal - you will often find more malicious edits.
Additionally, leave warning messages on the vandal's talk pages using the following system.
Warning templates
Note that these templates need not be used sequentially. If the edit is clearly vandalism, use the template {{uw-vandalism1}} instead. For continuing severe vandalism, {{uw-vandalism2}} may be skipped and {{uw-vandalism3}} given straight after the first warning. If, however, you are not sure that the edit is vandalism, always start with {{uw-test1}}. If a user made such an edit and reverted it himself, use a {{selftest}}. For extreme or extensive cases of vandalism committed by users who have received no prior warnings, {{uw-vandalism4im}} may be used. The ~~~~ in the templates below cause the time and your signature to be added to the warning.
- {{subst:selftest}} ~~~~ (use if an edit appears to be a reversion of a newbie test)
- Template:Selftest
- {{subst:uw-test1}} ~~~~ (use if an edit appears to have possibly not been an intentional act of vandalism)
- Template:Uw-test1
- {{subst:uw-vandalism1}} ~~~~ (use if an edit is clearly vandalism)
- Template:Uw-vandalism1
- {{subst:uw-test2}} ~~~~
- Template:Uw-test2
- {{subst:uw-delete2}} ~~~~ (a variant suitable for vandalism that consists of blanking text)
- Template:Uw-delete2
- {{subst:uw-test3}} ~~~~
- Template:Uw-test3
- {{subst:uw-vandalism4}} ~~~~ (not suitable as a first warning)
- Template:Uw-vandalism4
- {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}} ~~~~ (used as a first warning for extreme cases of vandalism)
- Template:Uw-vandalism4im
Alternatively, you can use:
- {{selftest-n|}} ~~~~
- {{subst:uw-test#|}} ~~~~
- {{subst:uw-vandalism#|}} ~~~~
- {{subst:uw-delete#|}} ~~~~
- {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|}} ~~~~
to explicitly state which articles were vandalized. Where appropriate, replace the "#" with the warning level number (1 to 4). Insert the title of the article being referenced. For example:
- {{subst:uw-test1|France}}
- Template:Uw-test1
The "subst" causes the template text to be pasted into the talk page as if you had typed it out, instead of leaving {{subst:uw-test1}} visible when editing the page. This makes the messages more personal to the user, and thus, more friendly. Also, if someone vandalizes the template, then the vandalism will not affect every page that uses the text from the template.
If the vandal will not stop, list them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Ensure that the user has been warned thoroughly before posting a notice on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and has had time (three or four minutes) to read the warnings and still ignore them. If a user has not been sufficiently warned, or has only vandalised a couple of times an administrator may simply remove the notice without action.
The blocking administrator will usually leave this on the vandal's talk page:
- {{subst:uw-block1}} ~~~~
- Template:Uw-block1. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified you may contest this block by replying here on your talk page by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} .
Remember to sign and timestamp your warnings by leaving four tildes (like this: ~~~~).
Template:Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools
See also
- Wikipedia:The Motivation of a Vandal
- Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism -- for quick action in clear cases
- Wikipedia:Abuse reports -- for reporting abusive IP addresses to ISPs
- Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace -- a grid of templates that may be used on user talk pages
- Wikipedia:Edit war
- Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism


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Pair of Candelabra Examples of distinctive Tula craftsmanship join only two other such pieces held in U.S. museums
A rare pair of Russian candelabra made by the 18th-century craftsmen of Tula, a Byzantine icon attributed to the Cretan painter Angelos Akotantos, a 19th-century watercolor by William Turner of Oxford, a vibrant abstract painting by American artist Jack Whitten and a woodcut by contemporary Chinese artist Xu Bing are among the latest works acquired by the
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Pair of Candelabra Examples of distinctive Tula craftsmanship join only two other such pieces held in U.S. museums
The Pair of Candelabra ( Russia , Tula ; Neo-classical; cut and polished steel with gold and silvered decoration; c. 1790-95) are striking examples of the unique decorative wares created by the craftsmen of Tula during the 1780s and 90s. Works from Tula are rare on the art market, as most remain in the former Imperial collections of Russia . In the United States , only New York s Metropolitan Museum of Art and San Francisco s Legion of Honor own single examples.
The most recognizable characteristics of Tula works are their multifaceted beads of steel, which replicate the look of faceted diamonds and crystals. The candelabra acquired by Cleveland showcase this distinct style, with inlaid and applied decoration of classical trophées; incorporation of iconic swags and geometric forms; and patinated surfaces of mixed metal. No significant elements of these works have been replaced, and the original patina exists over the majority of their surface.
In 1705, Peter the Great founded an armory at Tula , a small town southwest of Moscow , which grew to become one of the centers of Russian metalworking. Later, Catherine the Great took a keen interest in work produced there, sending several of the most proficient craftsmen to England to study the decorative application of steel. Tula craftsmen became known for the precision of their decorative wares, leading Catherine to commission diplomatic and royal gifts in the Tula style of cut steel, gilt bronze, silver and gold.
The pair of candelabra also enhances the museums distinguished collection of Neo-classical decorative arts by expanding it to include masterworks from Russia , a center for production and commission during that time.
Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa) Rare example of a Byzantine icon attributed to a known painter
The acquisition of the Icon of the Mother of God and Infant Christ (Virgin Eleousa) (c. 1425-50; Crete (Byzantine period); tempera and gold on wood (cypress) panel, 96 x 70 cm.) fulfills a long-standing collecting priority within the museums medieval art department. Although painted icons are among the most characteristic examples of Byzantine art, this distinctive tradition has not been represented in the collection until now. This particular acquisition is also rare in that it can be attributed to a specific icon painter, Angelos Akotantos (died c. 1450), who signed as many as 30 icons and to whom an additional 20 are reliably attributed (including this work). Icons of this importance rarely appear on the market, and this painting stands out as one of the most significant icons to enter an American museum collection in recent years.
Akotantos had a workshop in Candia, the capital of Crete, from which he supplied icons to Greek churches and monasteries on Crete, Patmos, Rhodes and elsewhere. The large size of this icon may suggest its original placement on a templon in an Orthodox church. The icon represents a type known as the Virgin Eleousa, or Virgin of Tenderness, and is characterized by the touching cheeks of mother and child, a composition that combines spiritual majesty with human sympathy. The icon signifies the Christian doctrine of the incarnation: Christ born of human flesh and destined to die for the sake of humankind. The gaze of Mary, who cradles the Christ child, is filled with a sense of pathos, born of the knowledge of Christs future sacrifice.
In addition to enhancing the Byzantine and eastern Christian collections, the icon also complements other works within the museum. It features an important sacred figure in Byzantine art, explores a subject the human bond between mother and child that is accessible to the museums audience and serves as a point of reference for the museums collection of Italian gold-ground paintings, demonstrating the distinctive blend of Italian Renaissance and Byzantine painting techniques developed by Cretan painters of the 15th century.
A View from Moel Cynwch: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris Vibrant print highlights talent of overlooked British watercolorist
British watercolorist William Turner of Oxford (1789-1862) never achieved the fame of his similarly named contemporary, J. M. W. Turner. Yet works such as A View from Moel Cynwch: Looking Over the Vale of Afon Mawddach and Toward Cader Idris (c. 1850; watercolor with scratching out, heightened with white on wove paper; 48.9 x 70.3 cm.) demonstrate the refined and delicate style for which he is now admired.
A View from Moel Cynwch describes the dramatic mountain scenery of north Wales . The view in the drawing is seen from the steep slopes of Moel Cynwch, along what is now known as the Precipice Walk, overlooking the River Mawddach. The Cader Idris, a famous mountain in Snowdonia, and Barmouth Bay can be seen in the far distance. The close-up view of the hillside and sheep in the left foreground (with its details of ferns and foliage) juxtaposed with the sweeping vista of the background invites a comparison of the minute with the infinite.
In the 1851 edition of Modern Painters, the critic John Ruskin defended Turner against those who felt the artist had failed to fulfill his early promise by living out most of his career away from the artistic center of London: I am sorry not to have before noticed the quiet and simple earnestness, and the tender feeling, of the mountain drawings of William Turner of Oxford It is not without indignation that I see the drawings of this patient and unassuming master deliberately insulted every year by the Old Water-Color Society, and placed in consistent degradation at the top of the room, while the commonest affectations and trickeries of vulgar draftsmanship are constantly hung on the line There are generally none in the room which deserve so honorable a place as those of William Turner.
The acquisition holds its own among Cleveland s most prized British watercolors, and it complements other works in the museums collection by artists including John Robert Cozens, John Martin, J. M. W. Turner and Samuel Palmer.
Rho I Abstract painting by American artist enhances CMAs contemporary art collection
American Jack Whitten (b. 1939) adds to the legacy of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol as an artist who devised methods of painting that pushed the medium to new expressive power and conceptual results. Rho I (acrylic on canvas, 1977) is part of his Greek Alphabet Series, consisting primarily of black-and-white paintings that brought about a consideration of how structural elements such as the stretcher, brush and even paint itself affect a viewers experience of a painted image.
Born in Bessemer , Ala. , Whitten participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Louisiana . In 1960, he continued his art studies in New York and, upon graduating in 1964, began painting socially pressing themes in an expressionist and surrealist form. In the late 1960s, he devised a very personal way to apply paint, with a solution that, in his own words, would expand the gesture while taking my hand out of it.
For Rho I, the canvas was stapled to a platform on the floor and painted white. Thin objects, such as cotton strings, were thrown on and adhered to the canvas. Then, a layer of acrylic dark gray paint was poured over the surface. Finally, Whitten ran a long metal rod, regularly notched at 1/8-inch intervals, across the canvas to expose the underlying white paint. This intricate process gives an unusual vibrancy to the painting, where the dense, linear pattern plays with the randomness of the traces embedded under the gray layer.
The addition of Rho I to CMAs collection strengthens the museums representation of abstract painting, and especially abstract works by American artists of African descent. The painting provides a connection between holdings of works by Franz Kline (Accent Grave) and minimalist painter Robert Mangold (Curved Plane/Figure VII (Study)), while hinting at influences that transformed painting in the 1980s, as seen at the Cleveland Museum of Art through examples by Jennifer Bartlett (Sunset and Concrete Dock) and Chuck Close (Paul III).
Five Series of Repetition: Moving Cloud (Yi-yun) Chinese woodcut expands contemporary prints in museums renowned Asian art collection
Chinese artist Xu Bings (b. 1955) imaginative and original work is distinct for its successful use of traditional materials and techniques to express contemporary ideas. The museum has only one other print by a contemporary Chinese artist. This acquisition not only enhances this collection, but also complements the museums renowned historic collection of Asian art, helping to expand this strength into the 21st century.
Five Series of Repetition: Moving Cloud (Yi-yun) (1985, woodcut on Chinese paper, lower margin in graphite, A/P Chinese characters, artists proof, 51.9 x 71.6 cm.) is a characteristic example of the artists work, part of a set produced between 1983 and 1986 when Bing was sent to Soulianggou, a village of the Huapen Commune in the hills north of Beijing, for re-education during the Cultural Revolution. The woodcut depicts a large cloud floating across a landscape, with the viewer looking down into the scene, which is described by a variety of patterns.
Xu Bing studied printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing and received an MFA in 1987. In 1990, he moved to New York City . He has exhibited widely in Europe, Asia and the Americas gaining international recognition. He was awarded a five-year fellowship by the Macarthur Foundation in 1999 in appreciation of his originality, creativity, self-direction and capacity to contribute importantly to society, particularly in printmaking and calligraphy.
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Most seem to believe the concept of justice is simple. It�s the law that�s complicated.
Most seem to believe the concept of justice is simple. It�s the law that�s complicated.
Many armchair analysts have offered this bit of insight following the verdict late Saturday night in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, a Hispanic former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager walking to the home of his father�s fianc�e on a February night in 2012. The 17-year-old was now famously returning from a convenience store toting just a bottle of iced tea and a package of Skittles while wearing a hooded sweatshirt. In a case that sparked national uproar from the start, Zimmerman, 29, was found not guilty by a jury of six women in Sanford, Fla.
By any reckoning, this matter was a nightmare involving race relations, equal justice and public safety. The situation was complicated even more by Florida�s �Stand Your Ground Law� and the machinations of today�s media. It took Florida law enforcement 44 days to charge Zimmerman with a crime, and only after pressure mounted for something to be done. After all, a 17-year-old was dead under circumstances that were murky at best. Someone was responsible. Zimmerman never denied being the shooter.
Now, after a three-week trial that riveted and divided the nation, a teenager is still dead. There was no apparent reason for it to happen, outside of a poor decision by Zimmerman to take matters into his own hands and approach a teenager who was otherwise minding his own business rather than take the advice via telephone from Florida police not to do so. His action set off a chain of events that led to fight between Zimmerman and Martin, with the latter shot to death.
Today, almost nothing has changed since the incident occurred more than 17 months ago. Martin�s death remains at the center of what has become a national outcry for elusive justice. Indeed protests following the verdict were touched off in major cities across the country, including Raleigh. Meanwhile, Zimmerman�s legion of supporters take vindication in the decision to the point of a macabre cheerleading. Frankly, there is nothing to celebrate in an outcome in which all lost so much and one paid with his life.
Because if nothing else comes of the ongoing conflict over the death of Trayvon Martin and the exoneration of George Zimmerman it�s this: The case is more about all of us than about them.
From the start, the incident was a microcosm of the problems in America today. Sides were almost immediately drawn largely along political lines. Fueled by non-stop punditry via cable news, anger raged on both sides over allegations of racial profiling, hatred and a rush to judgment. It was all exacerbated by a racial canyon in our nation that can�t be denied and seems to grow deeper and wider each year after decades of improvement.
The facts of the case were the source of cable news minutiae and social media speculation after the killing, during the investigation, prior to trial and throughout the televised proceedings. What scream belonged to whom on the 911 calls? Who was on top during the eventual fight? What was Zimmerman�s intent when he halted Martin�s walk through his neighborhood?
But what it seemingly boils down to is a lack of trust that seems too common in today�s America. Zimmerman didn�t trust a black teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt to be in his neighborhood. Martin had no faith his apparently white questioner was conducting the legitimate business of a neighborhood watch volunteer with no policing authority. Both overreacted, with tragic consequences.
If we as a nation don�t learn from this incident, that will be a greater tragedy. If anything is clear, we have to get back to talking to each other rather than shouting at each other.
After three weeks of testimony, 38 witnesses and 15-plus hours of deliberation, six jurors followed legal instructions and found George Zimmerman not guilty. The law is a complicated proposition. So, too, is justice.
Ultimately, a teenager is still dead, and shouldn�t be.
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Some may say that 2 years old is too young for a first memory. That there is no way a child that young could accurately retain an event and many years later correctly recall it, but I would beg to differ. I can recall this day just like it was yesterday. It seemed as if it was just another cool afternoon in Olympia but it turned out to be anything but. In my mind I was just going on another lovely tricycle ride around my backyard, but it turned out to be the most unforgettable experience of my life. I had an extremely traumatic experience with man's so called best friend or as I would call them, foe.
When I was two I lived in Olympia Washington with my mom and dad. Being an only child I knew how to keep myself entertained. My parents had surprised me with the coolest thing I had ever seen in my two short years of life, a tricycle! I wanted nothing more than to take my cool new toy out for a spin. My parents allowed me to take it out as long as I stayed in the back yard, I was set! It was a beautiful day out, the grass was green and the skies were blue and I got to cruise around the back yard on my new ride, I couldn't ask for a better day. It was going great and I was having the time of my life until I saw it. It was a big dark colored dog and I could tell just by looking at him that he wasn't friendly. I immediately stopped pedaling and froze. It seemed as if minutes passed, I was just sitting on my tricycle and this dog was standing about thirty to forty feet away from me just staring right back. All of a sudden he made a move towards me. I jumped off of my sweet new ride and booked it as fast as my little legs would take me. Just if I could make it back to our back door I would be safe. This big mean dog was gaining on me and by this time I was in tears crying hysterically and my back door didn't seem as if it were getting any closer, unlike this dog. I somehow managed to get back to our patio before the dog got to me. To this day we still don't know how I was able to get our sliding glass door open being as small as I was but my guess would be adrenaline and fear. After my terrifying encounter with my neighbor's dog I was afraid to go back outside by myself and play so my parents went back out and got my tricycle and brought it inside for me. Then they made an exception. From then on I was allowed to ride my tricycle in the house where I would be safe.
I managed to avoid dogs for a good eight years or so. My mom and I ended up relocating to southwest Indiana where she was originally from and where a lot of our family still lived. I didn't mind this because I now lived by my cousins so I always had someone to play with. One afternoon when I was about ten years old I went over to my cousin Jordyn's. We decided that we were going to go on an adventure in the woods that sat behind her house. We were having a great time and we didn't encounter anything scary while we were in the woods. We were on our way back to her house and just as we were reaching the tree line I spotted a rather large dog standing by her pond. I immediately had a flash back to when I was two and when that dog that tried to have me for a snack. I froze behind Jordyn's and pointed out the dog, she assured me that it was her neighbors golden retriever and it would be okay but I could hear the fear in her voice as she said it. I then proceeded to do something I am ashamed of but I believe I did it just because of my past traumatic experience. Within a split moment I had shoved my little cousin Jordyn's towards the dog offering her up as bait instead of me and was sprinting back towards her house. This act didn't go as planned though, instead of going for Jordyn's the dog started chasing me. I was relieving my most traumatic experience all over again. The pond that sits beside my cousin's house isn't exactly the smallest thing. I was sprinting as fast as I could around this pond yelling for my cousin to make it stop chasing me. Her advice which didn't sound appealing to me at all was to just stop running. I refused; luckily I was a rather active kid so I was able to keep this pace going. After about five or six laps around the pond my aunt Holly finally emerged out of the house and for some reason she was yelling the same advice to me as Jordyn, for me to stop running. By this time I had ran around the pond at least 8 times and I wanted nothing more than to stop but I was afraid for my life. I thought that if I were to stop running the dog would attack me and then I would be history. I didn't know why my aunt and my cousin didn't understand this fact. After about ten laps around the pond as I was nearing collapse I ran up the hill to my aunt and hid behind her. All I knew is I couldn't run for one more second and that she had the best chance at protecting me from this seemingly deadly animal which she did.
Looking back at these encounters I've had in the past I am able to laugh along with my family about them. I do feel as if these experiences have played a major role in my life though. I still to this day am afraid of large dogs but I have learned not to run from them and to stay relatively calm. Growing up I always wanted to have a pet and two years ago I finally got my wish and got a dog. These traumatic experiences I had with dogs didn't divert me from wanting one but it definitely had an effect when it came to choosing what kind of dog I wanted. I ended up picking a little Yorkie that I named Scooter. He is a friendly little guy who only weighs about six pounds. I believe that the negative experiences I had with larger dogs earlier in life led me to pick the type of breed that I did. I hope that as I continue to get older my fear of larger dogs will start to go away because it has always been one of my wishes to one day have a golden retriever or a type of lab. I have realized that my fear of large dogs isn't geared towards all of them it is just aimed towards unfamiliar ones whose owners I don't know or trust or just dogs that generally look unfriendly. Having a guard up towards these types of dogs in reality isn't a bad thing because not all dogs are nice and they can attack so it's good to be somewhat cautious.


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If clients stick to this meal plan, chances are they will start to see the results they are after. This type of diet also allows for clients to have two to three "cheat" meals during the weekends. Cheat meals include a break from the normal diet and allow clients to have some of their favorite foods such as pizza.
There are some diet plans that stipulate an entire cheat day during the week, but I believe this is a recipe for disaster. If a client has a cheat day to eat any and everything they want, this could sabotage the clean diet that they had all week. An all-day free pass could easily lead to 5,000-7,000 calories that the body would then have to burn off. Also, there could be alarming amounts of saturated fats as well as sugars in these cheat meals.
The best situation would be to have a cheat meal on both Saturday and Sunday. The clients should eat their normal foods at three-hour intervals throughout the day but then be allowed to have a cheat meal for dinner as well as some dessert on both days. This way the client is shocking their metabolism to burn excess calories but not so much as to spike blood sugar levels. One rule of thumb: if a client is going to eat about 35 meals during a seven-day period, make sure that at least 31 of those meals are from sources of nutritious foods.
This is a lifetime commitment, so clients need to be consistent with their diets. They cannot follow this plan for a week and then go back to bad eating habits the next week—it simply won't work.
There is a little bit of an adjustment as well because it is very difficult to drop all bad food habits at a moment's notice. Have clients take baby steps initially until their diets are fully locked in. They may eat 25 good meals and 10 bad meals during the week when they first start. Eventually, they will find themselves not craving the junk foods that they are accustomed to eating. Once they have their cheat meals on the weekends, they will start to crave a healthier choice of foods rather than an unhealthy choice. Above all, tell clients to have fun and take it day by day.


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Dr. Echevarria became the Editor of the U.S. Army War College Quarterly Parameters in February 2013. Prior to that, he was the Director of Research for the U.S. Army War College. Dr. Echevarria is the author of Military Strategy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2017); Reconsidering the American Way of War (Georgetown, 2014); Clausewitz and Contemporary War (Oxford 2007); Imagining Future War (Praeger Securities International, 2007); and After Clausewitz (University Press of Kansas, 2001). He has also published extensively in scholarly and professional journals on topics related to military history and theory and strategic thinking. Dr. Echevarria is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the U.S. Army War College, and was a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford University. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from Princeton University, and is currently working on a book on the American way of thinking about war for Cambridge University Press.
SSI books and monographs by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II
Operating in the Gray Zone: An Alternative Paradigm for U.S. Military Strategy
April 04, 2016
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
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The idea of gray zone wars is not new, but why does the West think it is and why has it struggled to deal with it? How can the West adjust its way of thinking about strategy and war to operate better in the gray zone?
2012-13 Key Strategic Issues List
August 01, 2012
Edited by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The purpose of the Key Strategic Issues List is to provide military and civilian researchers a ready reference for issues of special interest to the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense.
Preparing for One War and Getting Another?
September 23, 2010
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The idea that war or strategy is driven by a paradoxical logic is attractive, but a number of questions remain unanswered. If war has its own logic, rather than its own grammar, where does the logic of policy fit in? If the logic of strategy is paradoxical, how can it be taught? What are paradoxes, and can they be useful in guiding our strategic choices?
Key Strategic Issues List, July 2008
July 16, 2008
Edited by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The Key Strategic Issues List gives researchers, whether military professionals or civilian scholars, a ready reference of those issues of particular interest to the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense. Its focus is strategic, rather than operational or tactical. Every year, the KSIL helps guide research efforts to the mutual benefit of the defense community and individual researchers.
Wars of Ideas and the War of Ideas
June 12, 2008
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The author discusses several types of wars of ideas so as to achieve a better understanding of what wars of ideas are.
Challenging Transformation's Clichés
January 10, 2007
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
Critical thinkers analyze and refine ideas underpinning the foundation of American defense policy and military strategy today so the defense community can apply them in strategy and force development. This is an ongoing process: new ideas emerge, are tested, and adopted, revised, or discarded.
2006 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
July 17, 2006
Edited by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
In today's dynamic strategic environment, political changes can become challenges very quickly. Any list of key strategic issues must, therefore, include the broadest array of regional and functional concerns. This is a catalogue of significant issues, arranged as potential research topics, of concern to U.S. policymakers. As such, the KSIL is a ready source of topics that members of the defense community and academia can use to focus their research efforts.
Fourth-Generation War and Other Myths
November 01, 2005
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
Dr Antulio J. Echevarria II critiques the theory of fourth-generation warfare, examining its problematic assumptions and logical flaws. He argues that this theory is hopelessly flawed and that its proponents undermine their credibility by subscribing to it.
2005 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
July 01, 2005
Edited by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The U.S. Army must maintain a strategic perspective—that it take advantage of the collective insights of scholars and senior-level students both within the defense community and beyond. The Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL), developed at the U.S. Army War College by SSI, helps the Army identify and bring together those insights.
Toward an American Way of War
March 01, 2004
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
This monograph addresses trends in American strategic thinking to the war in Iraq. It argues that the American way of war is really a way of battle and offers some recommendations for change.
From "Defending Forward" to a "Global Defense-In-Depth": Globalization and Homeland Security
October 01, 2003
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II, Prof. Bert B. Tussing.
The authors have examined the scope and substance of our National Security Strategy for Homeland Security (NSHS). Disturbingly, they find that the NSHS fails to address the challenges that globalization poses for the security of the American homeland.
Globalization and the Nature of War
March 01, 2003
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
Globalization—the spread of information and information technologies, along with greater public participation in economic and political processes—is transforming every aspect of human affairs. What is not yet clear, however, are the impacts of these trends, especially how they might affect the nature of war. This monograph argues that the Clausewitzian trinity—hostility, chance, purpose—is still a valid way of looking at the nature of war in the 21st century.
Clausewitz's Center of Gravity: Changing Our Warfighting Doctrine--Again!
September 01, 2002
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The center of gravity concept has long been hailed by the U.S. military as the cornerstone of the operational art; yet, the term has many different meanings. In going back to the original concept, the author reveals that Clausewitz intended the center of gravity to function much as its counterpart in the mechanical sciences, that is, as a focal point—as the one element within a combatant's entire structure or system that has the necessary centripetal force to hold that structure together.
Rapid Decisive Operations: An Assumptions-Based Critique
November 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The author argues that, while those who developed the concept of rapid decisive operations (RDO) deserve high praise for attempting to link two relative properties—speed and decisiveness—the definition of RDO is at present incoherent and based on several deeply flawed assumptions. He goes on to recommend a method—which he calls Assumption-based Concept Development—for identifying and addressing an operational concept's critical assumptions.
Toward a Strategy of Positive Ends
September 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II, Brigadier General (Ret.) Huba Wass de Czege.
Brigadier General (Retired) Huba Wass de Czege and Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II make a case for a strategy aimed at achieving positive, rather than neutral or negative, ends. They first discuss the dynamic conditions of the new strategic environment, then explore the options the United States has available for dealing with those conditions. The options include (1) preventive defense, (2) neo-isolationism, and (3) a strategy that pursues positive ends.
The Army and Homeland Security: A Strategic Perspective
March 01, 2001
Authored by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II.
The topic of homeland security includes a broad array of missions and mission areas ranging from national missile defense to military assistance to civil authorities. The topic has recently attracted a great deal of attention due to the public's heightened awareness of the variety and nature of emerging threats and of the United States vulnerabilities to them. The Army Staff was assigned to investigate the Army's role in homeland security from a strategic, rather than a legal or procedural perspective.
SSI articles, editorial, and briefs by Dr. Antulio J. Echevarria, II
Op-Ed: Is Strategy Really A Lost Art?
September 13, 2013
Key Strategic Issues List Update No. 2
September 25, 2012
Op-Ed: Rethinking the American Way of War and the Role of Landpower
September 10, 2012
2012-13 KSIL Update No. 01
August 30, 2012
2011-2012 U.S. Army War College Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
September 19, 2011
Anticipating Contemporary War: How Well Did We Do?
September 12, 2011
Candidly, One Friend to Another
September 02, 2010
2010 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
July 13, 2010
War's Second Grammar
October 02, 2009
2009 Key Strategic Issues List
June 25, 2009
Strategic Implications of Emerging Technologies
June 18, 2009
Dueling Natures
October 01, 2008
2007 Key Strategic Issues List (KSIL)
July 18, 2007
Transformation's Uncontested Truths
November 03, 2006
The Problem with Fourth-Generation War
February 01, 2005
Strategic Deception in Modern Democracies: Ethical, Legal, and Policy Challenges
January 26, 2004
An American Way of War or a Way of Battle?
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I can make it to the Norwood courts between 5:45 and 6:00 this Wed. I think I am a 3.5-4.0 player.
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- Some of the escapees are al Qaeda on death row
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Iraqi security forces were hunting down dozens of escaped prisoners, including several al Qaeda members on death row, authorities said Saturday.
The prisoners broke out of a jail in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit on Thursday night.
An Interior Ministry official 110 prisoners remain at large. More than half of them are either accused or convicted in terrorism cases and for their affiliation with al Qaeda. At least 33 of them are on death row, he said.
Mohammed Ibrahim, an adviser to the governor of Salahedeen province, gave different figures. He said 76 have escaped, and 16 of them are al Qaeda fighters awaiting the death penalty.
Ibrahim said security forces captured two escapees
The jailbreak occurred when armed men detonated two car bombs at the gates of Tasfirat jail. The explosions triggered clashes with security forces.
Ten security forces and five prisoners died. Twenty security forces and 20 prisoners were wounded.
The assailants wore police uniforms and used cars similar to those driven by police, a police source told the National Iraqi News Agency.
The attackers took over the jail after setting off the car bombs and clashing with authorities, the official said. Afterward, security forces surrounded the jail and engaged in a battle to regain control from the armed men inside, he said.
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As mentioned in a previous post, a SEP client can have a broken SMC service and you may very well never know that there is anything wrong (unless you use the script found in that post 🙂 ). This is the Powershell script that will allow you to remotely repair most of those broken clients. Again, as with the audit script, you must have admin rights to the computer that you are running this script on. Since it uses WMI to run a remote process, WMI must also be working properly on the remote computer.
The script will repair one client at a time using the "-compname" parameter. However, you can modify the script to read a text file by adding another "ForEach" and a "Get-Content" to the script.
################################################################# # # #- Antivirus SMC service repair for clients with corrupt # # security policies. # #- Requires a commandline parm of -compname # # - Parms can be changed to accept a list for multiple PCs # # # #- Written by Jim Melton # # # ################################################################# ## Accept computer name from the commandline with -compname param ([string]$CompName = $(throw "Text Input is Required")) Write-Host $CompName ## Load the System.ServiceProcess .net class, set the Error Action to ## Sliently Continue, and initialize some variables. [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('system.serviceprocess') $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue" $SEPreg = "SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\AV" $SEPhome = "Home Directory" $SEPinstall = "" $DefPaths = "SOFTWARE\Symantec\SharedDefs" $SMCkey = "SOFTWARE\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection\SMC" $SMCsvc = "Symantec Management Client" $SEPnetwork = "" ## Create a new Pint object to test to see if the remote computer ## is online so the script doesn't bomb, assign -compname to a ## variable and ping the computer. $ping = New-Object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping $computer = $CompName $reply = $ping.send($computer) ## If the computer replies, open a remote process on the broken computer, ## open the registry (HKLM in this case), and count the SEP registry entries ## to make sure SEP is actually installed. If ($reply.status -eq 'Success'){ $remoteProcess = [WmiClass]"\\$computer\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_Process" $OpenRegistry = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$computer) $DefsKey = $OpenRegistry.OpenSubKey($DefPaths,$true) [int]$ValueCount = $DefsKey.ValueCount ## If SEP is installed and has valid registry entries to get paths from, ## find the SEP install path, write it to the screen, rename the existing ## serdef.dat, copy a new serdef.dat, and restart the SMC service using ## our remote WMI process. If ([int]$ValueCount -gt 0){ If ($DefsKey.GetValueNames() -ne $null){ $SEPpath = $OpenRegistry.OpenSubKey($SEPreg,$true) $SEPinstall = $SEPpath.GetValue("$SEPhome") $SEPtemp = $SEPinstall.length [int]$SEPtemp = [int]$SEPtemp - 3 $SEPinstall = $SEPinstall.substring($SEPinstall.length - [int]$SEPtemp) Write-Host "Symantec Endpoint Protection is installed at $SEPinstall." Copy-Item "\\$computer\c$\$SEPinstall\serdef.dat" "\\$computer\c$\$SEPinstall\serdef.old" -Recurse $remoteProcess.Create("c:\$SEPinstall\smc.exe -start") Write-Host "Starting SMC service." Write-Host "Finished" } Else{ Write-Host "SEP Install Not Found" } } Else{ Write-Host "Not installed" } } Else{ Write-Host "Computer is not responding to a ping" # } }


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Hana, Maui… as Authentic as Hawaii Gets
In Hana, Hawaiian culture is as important as breathing. Timeless local customs such as throw-net fishing and lei making are still a fundamental part of this community's fabric. At Travaasa, we're proud to be a member of such an extraordinary and tightly knit community.
Geographically, Hana is bookended by spectacular tropical wilderness. To the north and west lies the serpentine Hana Highway (also known as the Road to Hana), where each bend of the journey reveals ravines draped in waterfalls and lush rainforest. To the south and west, the road continues and delivers travelers to the outskirts of Haleakala National Park, where Ohe'o Gulch tumbles to the ocean in a series of magnificent cascades and swimmable pools.
Here at the eastern edge of Maui, you are completely removed from the ordinary, and yet completely involved in the moment. The magic of Heavenly Hana simply has to be experienced to be believed.
Ho'okipa (hospitality).
It's a Hawaiian way of life.
We are 'OHana. Family.
The minute you arrive at Travaasa Hana, you sense that you have been invited into someone's home. You receive a warm, casual, heartfelt greeting at our outdoor reception area.
You'll be given a cool towel scented with lemon water to refresh you after your journey, and a traditional glass of Pog (guava, passionfruit and orange juice). This is genuine Hawaiian hospitality. A graciousness of times gone by. It's not scripted; it's natural. There is no training for this kind of hospitality. It is something every one of our team members, our 'OHana (family), grew up with.
Our hospitality comes from living the Hawaiian lifestyle. And it shows. In fact, some of our repeat guests are charmed when they get invited to a family event at one our team member's homes. Our hospitality extends to everyday life. It doesn't stop after an eight-hour shift.
This is the kind of genuine hospitality that can only come out of a place where there's no stoplight, no stop sign, no road rage and everyone waves to each other on the road with a truly natural smile. "Why be in a rush?" we ask. You are not rushed off to your room. You are not rushed off anywhere. There's no pressure here (so much so that you'll notice we don't have any clocks, TVs or radios in your room). We want you to stop and pass the time away in the Hawaiian tradition.
It's something every single one of our team members grew up with.
For Travaasa Hana, it's a tradition of hospitality, spanning more than 60 years.
Your reception at the Travaasa Hana begins with a spectacular 49-mile drive along the coast, and ends with a Ti leaf lei in our lobby. Between point A and point B is one of the world's most amazing journeys.
It's called the Hana Highway (or commonly known as the Road to Hana), and it is often referred to as one of the most scenic drives in America (visit R2H to learn more).
The road's serpentine course follows Maui's northeastern coast, skirting forested ravines and countless waterfalls. The drive takes anywhere from two to four hours, but we recommend you make it a half day. That's right. We invite you to not hurry to the Travaasa Hana. Take your time, savor the scenery, and embrace the journey. You'll be glad you did.
The Hana Highway is a popular day trip for many visitors of Maui, but one of the biggest perks of being a Travaasa Hana guest is that you can truly savor the drive with no pressure to return to the other side of the isle by nightfall. In fact, many guests choose to drive here in the afternoon, when many drivers are heading in the opposite direction.
Our vision at Travaasa has always been to uncover the magic of travel — the story of the journey. The road to the Travaasa Hana will give you stories to last a lifetime, even before your stay at our hotel.
News Coverage of Flight Service to Hana
Hana Town
Just across the street from the resort you'll find the charming shopping center Hana Town, which is home to our casual dining restaurant along with other shops and services.
STORE LISTINGHana Ranch Restaurant
Hana Ranch Store
United States Post Office
Bank of Hawaii
I ♥ Hana
Ohana Lei & Flowers
Ask a reservations team member for details. Call ahead from your room to order take-out from Hana Ranch Restaurant.
What started out as a "retirement project" evolved into the world-class destination that only a privileged few ever get to experience. But what really helped put Hana on the map (besides its unparalleled beauty) was a baseball team.
The story begins just after the Second World War with Paul Fagan, an entrepreneur from San Francisco. He had investments in the area and wanted to retire here. However, jobs were scarce for the residents and the town's survival was seriously in doubt. Paul believed Hana held tremendous potential as a tourist destination. Together with his wife Helene, they designed a hotel for first-class travelers. This was an age when there was no such thing as a cut-rate tour, so upscale travel was the order of the day.
In October 1946, the Ka''uiki Inn opened. Hawaiian press accounts hailed it as "the glamorous new resort on the Hana Coast." Paul knew he had to get the word out to the mainland. Being a majority owner of the Pacific Coast League''s San Francisco Seals, he knew the team needed a location for Spring Training in 1947. Since his team had just won the PCL Championship and set an attendance record, he "awarded" them with a trip to Hana. The team also brought along a cadre of sportswriters who wrote glowing reports about the inn and the area. One writer even coined the nickname still used today "Heavenly Hana."
Their stories helped put Hana and the inn on the map. The inn eventually evolved into the Hotel Hana-Maui. Small and quietly isolated, Hana quickly became a world-class destination for travelers and celebrities looking to get away from it all. And while the hotel has expanded and changed hands several times over the decades, one principle will always guide us at Travaasa Hana. To keep "Heavenly Hana" Maui''s truly last Hawaiian place.
Enjoy this selection of audio vignettes we've compiled to give you a glimpse into the richness of Hana.
Throw Net Fishing
Glider Adventure
Haleakala National Park (Seven Pools)
Haleakala National Park (Bamboo Forest)
Explore available off-property excursions and on-site activities available at Travaasa Hana, Maui.
Car Rental at Travaasa Hana
Travaasa Hana, Maui is proud to offer car rentals locally in partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car®.
$90 daily / $450 per week
$150 daily / $750 per week
One-way rentals available from:
• Kahului Airport (OGG) to Travaasa Hana, Maui
• Travaasa Hana, Maui to Kahului Airport (OGG)
Ask a reservations team member for full pricing and availability. Prices are seasonal and subject to change.
Two Daily Roundtrip Flights from Kahului to Hana Airport
Getting to Hana has never been easier. In partnership with Mokulele Airlines, Travaasa offers the ability connect from Kahului (OGG), with two-way shuttle service from the resort to Hana Airport (HNM). We'll even include roundtrip airfare from Kahului to Hana Airport when you book three or more consecutive nights on a Total Travaasa Package.
Ask a reservations team member for details.


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The Central Connecticut men's golf team is currently in a ninth place tie after a second round score of 313. The Blue Devils are tied with St. Peter's and host Towson.
Central dropped to ninth after being in seventh place on Sunday, shooting a 308 in the first round. They currently lead Northeast Conference rivals Mount St. Mary's (19th) and Robert Morris (22nd).
Senior Matthew DeJohn penciled in a 74 on Monday to climb the individual leader board to a 14th place tie. Teammate and Senior Captain Dan Fanion is also tied with DeJohn for 14th place after writing in a 77 in the second round.
Sophomore Kevin Jud is tied for 50th after his best round of the tournament so far, a 78 on Monday. Sophomore Monte Mullen and freshman Jack Ayers are both tied for 91st place after shooting an 84 and 86 respectively.
William & Mary leads the team leader board again on Monday. They are seven strokes over par after two rounds shooting a 291 on Sunday and a 290 today.
The third and final round of the tournament will be under-way tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2nd.


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STATHAM – Benson Martin, 67, died Tuesday, December 14, 2010.
Born in Jackson County, he was the son of the late T.K. and Mary Knott Martin. He was a self-employed truck driver. Mr. Martin was preceded in death by a son, Benny Ray Martin.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Martin, Statham; a son and daughter-in-law, Tony Benson and Marquitta Martin, Auburn; daughters, Beverly Shelnutt, Statham, and Tammy Martin, Monroe; nine grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Sarah Ann Dean, Statham, and Willie King, Commerce; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 16, at 11 a.m., from Smith Memory Chapel with the Rev. Larry Youngblood officiating. Burial will be in Barrow Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, December 15, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.
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Georgia (Country)
Facts & Figures
President: Giorgi Margvelashvili (2013)
Prime Minister: Irakli Garibashvili (2013)
Total area: 26,911 sq mi (69,700 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 4,935,880 (growth rate: –.11%); birth rate: 12.93/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.68/1000; life expectancy: 75.72
Capital and largest city (2014 est.): Tbilisi, 1.15 million
Other large cities: Kutaisi, 268,800; Batoumi, 145,400; and Sokhumi, 110,300
Monetary unit: Lari
- Georgia Main Page
- Georgia Gains Independence from USSR
- U.S. Supports Georgia
- Georgia and Russia Are Antagonists in Fight Over Breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia
- Georgia and Russia Reach Trade Agreement
- Georgia's President and Prime Minister Engage in Prolonged Power Struggle
- Georgia Holds Presidential Elections in October 2013
- Unrest in Abkhazia as Parliament Calls for Early Elections
Georgia is bordered by the Black Sea in the west, by Turkey and Armenia in the south, by Azerbaijan in the east, and Russia in the north. The republic also includes the Abkhazia and Ajara autonomous republics and South Ossetia.
Georgia became a kingdom about 4 B.C. and Christianity was introduced in A.D. 337. During the reign of Queen Tamara (1184–1213), its territory included the whole of Transcaucasia. During the 13th century, Tamerlane and the Mongols decimated its population. From the 16th century on, the country was the scene of a struggle between Persia and Turkey. In the 18th century, it became a vassal to Russia in exchange for protection from the Turks and Persians.
Georgia joined Azerbaijan and Armenia in 1917 to establish the anti-Bolshevik Transcaucasian Federation, and upon its dissolution in 1918, Georgia proclaimed its independence. In 1922, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan were annexed by the USSR and formed the Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1936, Georgia became a separate Soviet republic. Under Soviet rule, the country was transformed from an agrarian to a largely industrial, urban society.
Georgia Gains Independence from USSR
Georgia proclaimed its independence from the USSR on April 6, 1991. In Jan. 1992, its leader, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, was sacked and later accused of dictatorial policies, the jailing of opposition leaders, human rights abuses, and clamping down on the media. A ruling military council was established by the opposition until a civilian authority could be restored. In 1992, Eduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet Union's foreign minister under Gorbachev, became president.
During 1992–1993, the government engaged in armed conflict with separatists in the breakaway province of Abkhazia. In 1994, Russia and Georgia signed a cooperation treaty that authorized Russia to keep three military bases in Georgia and allowed Russians to train and equip the Georgian army. In 1996, Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia agreed to a cessation of hostilities in their six-year conflict. With little progress in resolving the Abkhazia situation, however, Parliament in April 1997 voted overwhelmingly to threaten Russia with loss of its military bases, should it fail to extend Russian military control over the separatist region. In 1998, the U.S. and Britain began an operation to remove nuclear material from Georgia, dangerous remains from its Soviet years. A darling of the West since his days as the Soviet Union's foreign minister, Shevardnadze was viewed far less favorably by his own people, who were frustrated by unemployment, poverty, cronyism, and rampant corruption. In the 2000 presidential elections, Shevardnadze was reelected with 80% of the vote, though international observers determined the election was marred by irregularities.
U.S. Supports Georgia
In 2002, U.S. troops trained Georgia's military in antiterrorism measures in the hopes that Georgian troops would subdue Muslim rebels fighting in the country. Tensions between Georgia and Russia were strained over the Pankisi Gorge, a lawless region of Georgia that Russia said had become a haven for Islamic militants and Chechen rebels.
In May 2003, work began on the Georgian section of the enormously ambitious Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan through Georgia to Turkey. The pipeline opened in July 2006.
Massive demonstrations began after the preliminary results of the Nov. 2003 parliamentary elections. The opposition party (and international monitors) claimed that the elections were rigged in favor of Shevardnadze and the political parties who supported him. After more than three weeks of massive protests, Shevardnadze resigned on Nov. 30. Georgians compared the turn of events to Czechoslovakia's "velvet revolution." In Jan. 2004 presidential elections, Mikhail Saakashvili, the key opposition leader, won in a landslide. The 36-year-old lawyer built his reputation as a reformer committed to ending corruption, and in his first three years as president, Saakashvili made significant progress in rooting out the country's endemic corruption and establishing a series of reforms. Saakashvili's ongoing difficulty has been reining in Georgia's two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, both of which are strongly supported by neighboring Russia.
Saakashvili's popularity took a hit in November 2007 when some 50,000 demonstrators gathered outside Parliament in Tbilisi and demanded early elections and his resignation. The opposition accused Saakashvili of abusing power and stifling dissent. After three days of protest, Saakashvili deployed riot police, who used tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the demonstrations, and delcared a state of emergency. Parliament voted 149 to 0 to approve the state of emergency. The opposition in the 235-seat Parliament boycotted the vote, however. Saakashvili later announced that a presidential election would be held in January 2008, and he resigned to run in the race. Saakashvili won the election, taking 52.8% of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff. Voters also voted in a referendum in favor of joining NATO.
Georgia and Russia Are Antagonists in Fight Over Breakaway South Ossetia and Abkhazia
In August 2008, fighting between Georgia and its two breakaway regions, South Ossetia and Abkhazia, broke out. Russia sent hundreds of troops to support the enclaves, launched airstrikes, moved to occupy areas of Georgia. Observers speculated that Russia's aggressive tactics marked an attempt to gain control of Georgia's oil and gas export routes.
At the end of August, after a cease-fire agreement between Russia and Georgia was signed, Russian president Dmitri Medvedev severed diplomatic ties with Georgia, officially recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent regions and pledged military assistance from Russia, heightening tensions between Russia and the West.
Both Russia and Georgia have painted each other as the aggressor responsible for the war—Georgia said it launched an attack in South Ossetia because a Russian invasion was under way, and Russia claimed it sent troops to the breakaway region to protect civilians from Georgia's offensive attack. In November 2008, Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a former Georgian diplomat to Moscow, testified that the Georgian government was responsible for starting the conflict with Russia. Kitsmarishvili stated that Georgian officials told him in April that they planned to start a war in the breakaway regions and were supported by the U.S. government.
The South Ossetian Parliament approved Aslanbek Bulatsev as prime minister on Oct. 22, 2008.
On Oct. 27, 2008, Mikheil Saaksahvili replaced Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze with Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgia's ambassador to Turkey. On Nov. 1, 2008, parliament confirmed Mgaloblishvili as prime minister in a 98 to 11 vote. After only three months in office, Mgaloblishvili resigned from office on health grounds. Nika Gilauri became prime minister in February 2009.
In April 2009, tens of thousands of protesters marched through Tbilisi, demanding Saaksahvili's resignation. However, one year later in May 2010, Saaksahvili's ruling party easily won municipal elections. As part of a series of reforms to placate the opposition, Saaksahvili moved up the elections by six months and allowed voters to elect the mayor of Tbilisi for the first time ever. Giorgi "Gigi" Ugulava, the incumbent mayor and an ally of Saaksahvili, won the election by an overwhelming amount of votes.
Georgia and Russia Reach Trade Agreement
In Nov. 2011, Georgia and Russia agreed to a Swiss-mediated proposal that allowed for the monitoring of trade flow between the two countries. The agreement would allow Russia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) by December. Membership to the WTO is based on a consensus; therefore, Russia needed to gain the consent of Georgia. Hostilities between the two countries, including a war in 2008, have kept them from an agreement before now. In return for its consent, Georgia asked for direct trading on its border with Russia.
Georgia's President and Prime Minister Engage in Prolonged Power Struggle
Gearing up for parliamentary elections in Oct. 2012, opponents of Saaksahvili's ruling party, United National Movement, held a huge rally in Tbilisi in May. President Saaksahvili's answer to rising opposition was the appointment of ally Vano Merabishvili as new prime minister on June 30.
In a stunning defeat, Saaksahvili's party lost October's parliamentary election to an opposition coalition called Georgian Dream, which is led by reclusive billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. Georgian Dream won 54.9% of the vote (85 of 150 seats) and the United National Movement 40.4% (65) with voter turnout at 59.8%. During his nine years as president, Saaksahvili courted the West, moving toward membership in NATO and EU. He was praised for cracking down on crime. However, he was also accused of abusing power and stifling dissent. Saaksahvili was widely expected to breeze to re-election until late September, when a television station broadcast a video showing prison guards torturing inmates. Protests erupted, and the president promised to reform the country's prison system.
Because of constitutional change that will shift the government from a presidential to a parliamentary republic, Saaksahvili will remain in power for a year, and Ivanishvili will become prime minister. At the end of Saaksahvili's term the role of the presidency will be diminished and the prime minister will assume many of the president's powers. In the meantime, the two will have to share power, which could be a complicated situation given their divergent interests: Ivanishvili made much of his fortune in Russian interests, while Saaksahvili, who almost went to war with Russia, has clearly intended to move out from under Russia's shadow.
In May 2013, the uneasy power-sharing situation between President Mikheil Saakashvili and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili took a hit when former prime minister Vano Merabishvili was ordered to jail to await trial on charges of corruption. Both he and former labor minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, allies of Saakashvili, have been charged with embezzlement and abuse of office for allegedly putting more than 22,000 party activists on the labor ministry's payroll. Saakashvili claimed the charges were politically driven; EU leaders have called on Georgian officials to make sure the judicial process is fair.
Georgia Holds Presidential Elections in October 2013
On October 27, 2013, Georgia held presidential elections. Giorgi Margvelashvili won, taking 62 percent of the vote. Margvelashvili was a member of Bidzina Ivanishvili's cabinet as the Minister of Education and Science. Despite no political party affiliation, Margvelashvili was chosen by the Ivanishvili-led Georgian Dream coalition as their presidential candidate for 2013. After Margvelashvili was elected, Catherine Ashton, the European Union Representative for Foreign Affairs, and Stefan Fule, the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, released a joint statement congratulating "the Georgian people on this demonstration of their country's strong democratic credentials." The statement also said that they "look forward to continued close cooperation with Georgia on our ambitious mutual agenda of political association and economic integration."
On November 17, 2013, Margvelashvili took office as president. At his presidential inauguration, Margvelashvili said that he hoped Georgia would join the European Union and NATO. Irakli Garibashvili succeeded Ivanishvili as prime minister. Garibashvili, a former business executive, served as Minister of Internal Affairs in Ivanishvili's cabinet.
Unrest in Abkhazia as Parliament Calls for Early Elections
In late May 2014, demonstrators broke into Abkhazia's presidential headquarters and opposition leaders seized control, forming a Provisional National Council in what became known as the May Revolution. Abkhazia's parliament then voted to oust Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaya and hold early president elections in August. Parliament also asked for President Alexander Ankvab's resignation. Ankvab refused, but fled the capital and resigned three days later. Valery Bganba, the parliament's speaker, acted as Abkhazia's president until Raul Khajimba was elected in August 2014. Khajimba took office the following month.
The territory of Abkhazia remains disputed. Georgia's government and a majority of the international community consider Abkhazia part of Georgia. However, Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, the Republic of Abkhazia, which is recognized by Russia and a handful of other nations.
Further political unrest came in November 2014, when Georgia's Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze resigned along with four other ministers. Their resignations came after Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili fired pro-Western Defense Minister Irakli Alasania over a spending dispute. The firing and resignations also led to one of the six ruling coalition parties, the Free Democrats, defecting. Therefore, the Georgian Dream party and its coalition lost its majority in parliament. After resigning, Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze expressed concern that Georgia was veering away from Europe and moving closer to Russia. However, in a press conference following the resignations, Prime Minister Garibashvili said he remained committed to working on closer ties with Western nations.
See also Encyclopedia: Georgia
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Georgia
State Department for Statistics www.statistics.ge/ .


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I Want One of Those!
Boof Buster
Boofing, a whitewater kayaking maneuver for descending waterfalls, often leads to broken ankles as kayakers smash against their craft's bulkhead — or their kayak hits rock. So ENGS 21 students Diede van Lamoen '05, Bennet Meyers '08, Justin Sanford '08, David Strauss '08, and Alfred Umbhau '08, four of whom are kayakers, designed a bulkhead shock absorber that uses springs to safely suspend the kayaker at the moment of impact. Kayak manufacturer LiquidLogic has expressed interest in the product. Erik Dambach '04, Th'05 was the team's teaching assistant.
FlexTech Roller Ski
FlexTech improves on currently available roller skis by accurately simulating the dynamic weight shifts involved in the classic cross-country skiing stride. Monica Martin de Bustamante '08, Ben Koons '08, Ashley Heist '08, and Patrick Biggs '06 won the Phillip R. Jackson Award for outstanding overall performance in ENGS 21 (Introduction to Engineering) last spring. They hope to bring their product to market. Their teaching assistant was Gail Sweeney '03, Th'05.
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