This Teamster steward brought fairness to her yard

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmv_1RCpSgX9d2PStf-aPDmppcPjd8HMnH1mceve3OlBriATX36TPkpXb6jOHhte7dE4l0K1n6qFjP3ztY4eyf3Fjj0uWizBbVSB4uZnFc4P9hX-H2OYSoehowg5FHwpwivqxnEEx4kbB/s1600/Kim+Hafford+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmv_1RCpSgX9d2PStf-aPDmppcPjd8HMnH1mceve3OlBriATX36TPkpXb6jOHhte7dE4l0K1n6qFjP3ztY4eyf3Fjj0uWizBbVSB4uZnFc4P9hX-H2OYSoehowg5FHwpwivqxnEEx4kbB/s320/Kim+Hafford+pic.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><i>Here's yet another story about a Teamster shop steward who made life better for school bus drivers on the job. Last week we told you about our<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/09/Teamster-steward-righted-wrong.html" rel="nofollow"> Teamster brother Clay Morrison, who brought justice for a driver who'd lost his son at the Baumann Bus Co. on Long Island</a>. This week we bring you Kim Hafford, who fought for fairness at Durham in Jacksonville, Fla., and won. Her story appeared in the Fall 2013 issue of the Drive Up Standards newsletter. To see her story and others, check out the newsletter <a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/091713SchoolBusNewsFall2013.pdf">here</a>.</i><br /><i><br /></i>In 1994 when I became a bus driver, I never knew that an organization such as the Teamsters existed. After 14 years and relocating to Jacksonville, Fla., I began working for a private company called Durham.<br /><br />What a wake-up call I received. There were so many unfair and unsafe practices going on that I almost gave up the job I loved. But once I became active with our Teamsters Local 512 it became apparent that I had a voice, and boy did I use it.<br /><br />Favoritism was running rampant within the dispatch office at Durham and the supervisors would just look the other way.<br /><br />Instead of having a rotating charter wheel in order to give every driver a chance to get a charter, dispatch was allowing their friends and sometimes family members to take all the trips they wanted, usually with the most hours. Drivers at the bottom of the seniority list would never receive a trip at all. When an emergency charter became available it usually went to the same driver, sometimes twice in one day. This incident was a wake-up call to my fellow drivers.<br /><br />I contacted Teamsters Local 512’s business agent, Stewart Cauthan, and he immediately held a stewards election where I became chief steward at our yard. Now under the watchful eye of Teamsters Local 512, charters are being awarded fairly on a weekly basis. No longer are friends of management receiving all the trips. No longer are employees who disagree when they see something unfair or unsafe afraid to speak up.<br /><br />Durham is no longer treating drivers and attendants as if they have no rights. As one we came together to demand what is rightfully ours: a fair wage, a safe workplace and fair and honest treatment of workers. But most important of all, we became “one voice.”<br /><br />The voice of all united Teamsters was heard in Jacksonville and I could not be more proud to have been a part of it.<br /><br />

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My two cents: Government shutdown ... so what has been accomplished?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWMV3h5wQr9ecoDXQ-ZQTfadPD9-hDDRSlUjGX7z735kc6A_xwoH4DrhVEEkvuYgXo56Xv60tovl77RGuyyba7zkzlprQ4WjKRomu65i3oBlmPKvav8ZZugWruN_SbHZxnGYzGfP0y99M/s1600/GOP-Dem+fighting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWMV3h5wQr9ecoDXQ-ZQTfadPD9-hDDRSlUjGX7z735kc6A_xwoH4DrhVEEkvuYgXo56Xv60tovl77RGuyyba7zkzlprQ4WjKRomu65i3oBlmPKvav8ZZugWruN_SbHZxnGYzGfP0y99M/s320/GOP-Dem+fighting.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />So here we are on Day 3 of the Government Shutdown. Nothing has been accomplished and there's no end in sight.<br /><br />There's enough blame to go around on all sides of this debacle but the <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/08/ny-times-on-gop-shutdown-threat.html">show horses of the Republican Right</a>, led by Ted Cruz and encouraged by Rand Paul and Marco Rubio, got their way even though past history predicted a train wreck.<br /><br />If Mr. Cruz had been paying attention, he would have realized the <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/ted-cruz-blasted-by-angry-gop-colleagues-government-shutdown-97753.html?hp=t1_3">backlash was going to be against him</a>. From all accounts, he entered the battle without a survival plan or exit strategy. If this was to help pad his presidential hopes, it certainly didn't show good leadership skills. A poll before the shutdown showed 71 percent of Americans were against it, and a poll released after the shutdown showed 72 percent of Americans were against it. Clearly, it was going to be a suicide mission for Republicans.<br /><br />The problem with these kinds of stunts is the unintended and unexpected consequences that emerge and hit mainstream media and social media. The <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/10/01/the-nine-most-painful-consequences-of-a-government-shutdown/">Washington Post</a></i> today lists ten of the more serious ones.<br /><br />For some, the thought of being furloughed without a paycheck is a scary proposition. Imagine having a mortgage, car payment(s), and daily living expenses only to lose your income or have it delayed. Sure, the investment types talk about having six months' worth of income bankrolled for a rainy day, but how many have truly been able to do that? With the constant financial demands of raising a family, many find themselves living paycheck-to-paycheck.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/10/01/bragg-hagel-obama-shutdown/2903915/">Military families are impacted</a> and <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/shutdown-idle-us-based-military-commissaries-20435412">commissaries</a> were shut down on bases around the country. <br /><br />On Tuesday, a group of <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/heroes-still-ww-ii-vets-push-aside.html">elderly World War II veterans were so ticked off </a>when they saw the World War II memorial closed that they pushed aside barricades set up by the government, and visited anyway. Most were from out of state on probably the only chance they will ever have to see this memorial erected by the American people to honor the service of those who saved not only America but the world. As many noted, these men had scaled the cliffs of Normandy in their youth. A barrier was not about to block them, and the news spread like wildfire through Twitter and Facebook.<br /><br />For those of us who live in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it's ridiculous to have the gates closed to <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/skyline-drive-and-shenandoah-national.html">Shenandoah National Park</a> at the start of leaf season, blocking the scenic Skyline Drive as well as access to lodges and hiking trails utilized by thousands. Is the down-time going to be added to season passes to make up for the lost days? It's a mere inconvenience to us but not for those from overseas or states across the country who had planned October visits to this well-known national park, nor to workers who are now on furlough and out of work.<br /><br />Even though a last-minute decision by the National Park Service kept the <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/09/government-shutdown-skyline-drive-blue.html">Blue Ridge Parkway</a> open, all facilities along this 470-mile ridgetop drive have been shuttered. That leaves tourists helpless as they drive past Mabry Mill, <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/just-reopened-peaks-of-otter-now-victim.html">Peaks of Otter</a>, campgrounds, restaurants, and visitor centers not to mention restrooms. <br /><br />For communities <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_24209569/government-shutdown-closing-national-parks-could-spark-public">bordering national parks throughout the country</a>, the loss of tourist dollars is going to hurt big-time, pushing some who were hanging on by a thread over the brink. <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2013/10/just-reopened-peaks-of-otter-now-victim.html">Peaks of Otter </a>near Bedford had just reopened; will it recover from this unexpected shutdown? On the Outer Banks, the lighthouses are closed as well as NPS-controlled beaches.<br /><br />The <i>News Virginian</i> made good sense in Wednesday's editorial, <a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/opinion/editorials/congress-needs-to-rethink-priorities/article_66ead884-2b00-11e3-a726-0019bb30f31a.html">Congress needs to rethink priorities</a>:<br /><blockquote><span class="paragraph-0">If the government is shutting down, why haven’t they turned off the lights? That was a random thought from our staff Monday night, while following the House and Senate debates. Midnight passed, all of the deadlines expired and members of both parties talked about how the government was shut down now. Yet a government which shut down Shenandoah National Park Tuesday morning due to lack of funds kept the lights going as both parties argued whose fault it was, long into the night.</span></blockquote>They added:<br /><blockquote>Let’s be realistic. Whether you agree with the Affordable Care Act or not, nobody is going to defund it. House members can vote another 40 times and while it looks good on paper, nothing is actually accomplished. The Democrat-controlled Senate is not going to vote to shut down something that President Obama has made a key part of his legacy.</blockquote>While many were against ObamaCare, <a href="http://cmsdev.gdn.newsleader.com/article/20131002/OPINION02/310020026/Poteat-GOP-faction-flirting-disaster?odyssey=nav|head"><i>News Leader</i></a> columnist Matthew Poteat makes a valid point:<br /><blockquote>Take for example the willingness of a small but influential bunch of House Republicans to shut down the Federal government because they oppose implementing the Affordable Care Act. Never mind that the law was passed by due process, signed into law by a duly elected (and reelected) president, and validated by the Supreme Court.</blockquote>It was the reelection of Barack Obama that showed the majority of Americans were in favor of ObamaCare. Republicans fought it for three years and lost. That's the way our system works. If the shoe was on the other foot and Democrats were pulling this stunt, Republicans would be excoriating them for ignoring the will of the people.<br /><br />I'm weary of the hypocrisy from both sides of the political aisle. That includes the hypocrisy of Congressional members who are exempted in what many consider an odious law. What's good for the American people should be good enough for our elected leaders who voted for the Affordable Care Act. <br /><br />No one is going to emerge from this fight unscathed but, sadly, Republicans are going to bear the blunt of the blame which brings to mind that explanation of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

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Tenth Doctor Month: Quote Of The Day #3

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnBQtRBKtme7b7oKFLUngfTLF3XF90xpnwQldKIlN1cke17EnEyF5Su2nMdSoWRPN24OdwI_R1UNtmXhEUDn2E-pW02IAXraZ5nLdTKyRQQnfVD1ibVdUVml3BSct81jwUB8_g1p1bU/s1600/tooth1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPdnBQtRBKtme7b7oKFLUngfTLF3XF90xpnwQldKIlN1cke17EnEyF5Su2nMdSoWRPN24OdwI_R1UNtmXhEUDn2E-pW02IAXraZ5nLdTKyRQQnfVD1ibVdUVml3BSct81jwUB8_g1p1bU/s640/tooth1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>The Doctor</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>:</b> Are we in Scotland?</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><strong style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Captain Reynolds</strong><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">: How can you be ignorant of that?</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>The Doctor</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">: Oh, I'm dazed and confused. I've been chasing this wee naked child over hill and over dale. I'nt that right, ya timorous beastie?</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>Rose</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>: </b>Och! Ay! I've bin oot and aboot.</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>The Doctor</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>:</b> No, don't do that.</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>Rose</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">: Hoots mon.</span><br style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;" /><b>The Doctor</b><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>: </b>No, really don't. Really.</span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">Tooth And Claw (2006)</span></span></span>

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Wall Street's for-profit "cyber schools" rip off kids and taxpayers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/story_image/public/story_images/education_money.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://www.alternet.org/files/styles/story_image/public/story_images/education_money.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The same anti-worker extremists waging war on the middle class and wringing workers dry are also trying to squeeze profits out of our kids -- and swindle taxpayers in the process.<br /><br />A <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/10/12257/junk-bonds-junk-schools-cyber-schools-fleece-taxpayers-phantom-students-and-faili" rel="nofollow">new report from PR Watch</a> has the details on Wall Street's latest scheme using for-profit "cyber schools" to cash in on the public education "market":<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The data is in and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K12_Inc." target="_blank">K12 Inc.'s </a>brand of full-time public "cyber school" is garbage. Not surprising for an educational model kicked off with a $10 million investment from junk-bond king Michael Milken.</blockquote>As the report explains, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken" rel="nofollow">ex-con</a> Milken formed several "education" companies including Knowledge Universe and Knowledge Learning. With $10 million invested in his K12 Inc. scam, Milken let fellow junk bond dealer Ron Packard in on the action. And together they raked in millions:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The duo prepped to exploit the public education sector, and boy, have they. His various educational ventures have made Milken one of the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/michael-milken/">richest men in America</a>, and Packard raked in <a href="http://insiders.morningstar.com/trading/executive-compensation.action?t=LRN&region=USA&culture=en-US" target="_blank">over $16 million</a> in compensation from 2008 to 2012 as <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/K12">CEO of K12 Inc.</a> Almost all of that money came from U.S. taxpayers.  </blockquote>Okay, so they're making a lot of money. At least the kids are getting an education, right? Wrong. Most of the kids don't even exist:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Some full-time charter schools charge state taxpayers big bucks for students who may only spend a few days or a few weeks in front of a computer before they decide that "virtual" education is not for them -- but the schools keep the cash anyway. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Here is the trick. In many states, there is an annual "count date" or dates where heads are counted and state funding is distributed per child. Evidence is mounting that for-profit charters spend a massive amount on advertising to pack in students before the count ("enrollment bursts," one education expert calls it), but once they get the cash, things fall apart. </blockquote>A teacher at one of these virtual schools said three-quarters of the students in one of her classes never logged on, completed any work or responded to phone calls -- yet they remained on her class roster. The "schools" hold on to the taxpayer money allocated based on student head counts even when a majority of those kids decide to transfer back to standard brick-and-mortar schools.<br /><br />And as for the students who stuck with Wall Street's cyber-school scheme, they didn't do too well either:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">With rare exceptions, kids don’t learn sitting in front of a computer all day. </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Using Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) state data, state performance rankings, and graduation rates, the researchers showed that full-time virtual schools lag significantly behind traditional brick-and-mortar schools. In particular, <a href="http://nepc.colorado.edu/files/nepcrbk12miron.pdf">only 27.7 percent of K12 Inc.</a> online schools met AYP in 2010-2011, compared to 52 percent of public schools.</blockquote>K12 Inc. also specifically targets high-risk students in its recruitment efforts. That's because children who lack homeschool parents with time and motivation tend not to take advantage of the virtual schools or demand more from the service. That means lower costs and more profit for K12 Inc.<br /><br />This is exactly why education doesn't belong in the hands of greedy corporations. But the education racket has some powerful backers -- namely <a href="http://alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">ALEC approved a <a href="http://www.alec.org/model-legislation/the-virtual-public-schools-act/">"model" Virtual Public Schools Act</a> in 2005 at a time when both K12 Inc. and Connections Academy (the second largest for-profit) were corporate sponsors and helped craft the measure.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms and hands-on teaching with computers and "distance learning."  </blockquote>The anti-worker fanatics trying to disempower and impoverish workers are going after our kids, too. Nothing is sacred.

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News Virginian LTE: 'Congress needs to adjust its priorities'

<a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/opinion/letters/i-agree-with-wednesday-editorial/article_4e5f0984-2bc8-11e3-a2fa-001a4bcf6878.html">News Virginian Letter to Editor</a><br />October 3, 2013<br /><br />This is disgusting. So the government is shut down. I can’t even take a trip to Shenandoah National Park. But at the same time, members of Congress still get paid. How does that make any sense? Why should a Congressional staffer still collect his $90,000 paycheck when the park ranger making $30,000 just got furloughed? As usual, it’s a case of both parties looking out for their own self interest.<br /><br />I agree with <a href="http://www.dailyprogress.com/newsvirginian/opinion/editorials/congress-needs-to-rethink-priorities/article_66ead884-2b00-11e3-a726-0019bb30f31a.html">Wednesday’s editorial</a>, Congress does need to adjust its priorities. Unfortunately, they won’t. You and I both know it. I’m a Republican, but even I can see the Democrats in the Senate won’t defund Obamacare. So why are we screwing over people to “fight” for something that’s never going to happen? I’ll tell you why. It’s so these Republicans in Congress can come back to all of us and say well, we gave it our best shot. We failed, but at least we tried.<br /><br />No, they didn’t try. If you know the answer to something is going to be no, why ask the question? Instead of shutting down government, why not work toward a compromise? I teach my kids that they may not get everything they want. Sometimes they have to be the bigger person and work things out with someone. It’s time for Congress to do the same.<br /><br />Greg Miller<br />Waynesboro

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More About Zerona Arlington TX Residents Should Know

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Destiny Of The Doctor: Death's Deal Audio Book Released In The UK & USA Today

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp3PepOm_Pmg-p2ty6RNpa3x3pmjyPKjbAD5kRSbZg-M0jtagwLBgaGMo5dOsYHUlrFPWE5XxAc305nh2oGp_lBoORI2F9-aHJxnAbvrfbvXBzz_PgBThdC2n6SrYKtOl5DAJGAHuQ1c/s1600/deathsdeal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTp3PepOm_Pmg-p2ty6RNpa3x3pmjyPKjbAD5kRSbZg-M0jtagwLBgaGMo5dOsYHUlrFPWE5XxAc305nh2oGp_lBoORI2F9-aHJxnAbvrfbvXBzz_PgBThdC2n6SrYKtOl5DAJGAHuQ1c/s1600/deathsdeal.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">The Tenth Doctor's Destiny Of The Doctor audio adventure is officially released on audio CD in the UK and the USA today.</span><br style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><b>Synopsis:</b></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"></span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Responding to multiple maydays, the TARDIS lands on the planet of Death’s Deal, but the distress calls are old, the final echoes of terrified lost souls. This is an exotic world of lethal creatures, nicknamed ‘The Deadliest Planet in the Galaxy’, and only the brave, foolhardy or greedy would ever dare to visit.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finding themselves stranded among a motley bunch of space-tourists, the Doctor and Donna must lead a struggle for survival against the frenzied wildlife, as they slowly realise that other members of the group have very different agendas.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.796875px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And soon the Doctor learns of an even bigger threat hiding on Death’s Deal. Somewhere deep below the surface, is something that must never be unearthed.<br />Time is running out, and only an impossible survivor holds the key…</span></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/trailer/death-s-deal-857" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #660000; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Download the trailer here. </span></a></b></div><div style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Catherine Tate is performing Death's Deal and Duncan Wiseby will guest star.<br /><br />The adventure written by Darren Jones is released in the UK and the USA on 3rd October 2013.<br /><br /><b style="color: #660000; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1471311767?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=1471311767&linkCode=shr&tag=datethsi-20&qid=1376547943&sr=8-2&keywords=deaths+deal" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #660000; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">USA Fans click here to p</a>urchase online</b><br /><b style="color: #660000; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471311767?ie=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21330&creativeASIN=1471311767&linkCode=shr&tag=davidtennantc-21&=books&qid=1376548234&sr=1-1&keywords=deaths+deal" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; color: #660000; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">UK Fans click here to pu</a>rchase online</b><br /><br />Destiny Of The Doctor is an ongoing audio series produced by Big Finish and released by AudioGO.<br /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">The adventures are being released on a monthly basis throughout of 2013 to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary. Each release focuses on a different incarnation of the Doctor and is performed in the third person by an actor associated with the relevant era, a guest actor also provides additional dialogue. </span></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><br /></span></span></span> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">A complete box set of the audio adventures featuring all eleven Doctors in released in the UK and the USA on 7th November.</span></span><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1471337146?ie=UTF8&camp=3194&creative=21330&creativeASIN=1471337146&linkCode=shr&tag=dtennant-21" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">UK Fans pre order here...</a> </span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1471337146?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=1471337146&linkCode=shr&tag=datethsi-20&=books&qid=1378648557&sr=1-8&keywords=DESTINY+OF+THE+DOCTOR" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">USA Fans pre order here...</span></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>

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Today's Teamster News 10.03.13

<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/10/teamsters-in-nyc-campaign-to-improve-waste-jobs.html" rel="nofollow">NYC Teamsters begin campaign to create good commercial waste jobs</a>  TeamsterNation   ...<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">New York City Teamsters and their allies have high hopes for a campaign launched today to increase good jobs, recycling and justice in the commercial waste industry. New Yorkers are paying attention...</span><br /><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20131001/BUSINESS/310010018" rel="nofollow">Teamsters at work after rejecting Wegmans contract</a>  Democrat and Chronicle   ...Truck drivers, warehouse workers and other Wegmans Food Markets employees, who are members of Teamsters Local 118, were at work as scheduled Tuesday following a union vote Monday rejecting a company contract offer...<br /><a href="http://newsitem.com/news/northumberland-county-agrees-to-union-raises-1.1561905" rel="nofollow">Northumberland County agrees to union raises</a>  News-Item   ...Northumberland County commissioners approved Tuesday a collective bargaining agreement with court-appointed, non-professional employees that grants them at least a 3 percent raise next year. The workers are represented by Teamsters Local 764, based in Milton, Pennsylvania...<br /><a href="http://www.bmwe.org/news/2013/FAMES_Q4SafetAlert_1.6.pdf" rel="nofollow">Rail Safety Report Shows Increase in Fatal Incidents in Fourth Quarter</a>  BMWED ...A comparison of roadway worker fatality data over a span of 21 years (1986–1994 and 1997– 2010)<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span>indicates that the highest number of roadway worker incidents occur in the 4th Quarter...<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-government-shutdown-is-the-will-of-a-pathetic-43-of-the-population-2013-10" rel="nofollow">How Less Than 5% Of The US Population Caused The Government To Shut Down</a>  Business Insider   ...it's just stunning that such few people — a group slightly larger than the population of Illinois — can hold that much power...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/10/01/union-calls-for-fed-workers-to-fight-back-against-shutdown/" rel="nofollow">Union calls for fed workers to ‘fight back’ against shutdown</a>  Washington Post   ...A labor leader representing federal employees is exhorting them to “take to the streets” to protest a partial government shutdown that began Tuesday...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/10/01/which-lawmakers-will-refuse-their-pay-during-the-shutdown/?hpid=z2" rel="nofollow">Which lawmakers will refuse their pay during the shutdown?</a>  Washington Post   ...Hundreds of thousands of rank-and-file federal employees were forced out of the office Tuesday morning because of the start of a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/government-shutdown-begins-senate-expected-to-reject-latest-house-proposal/2013/10/01/ef464556-2a88-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?hpid=z1">government shutdown</a> and won't be paid over the course of the impasse. As of noon Wednesday, here is the tally of  lawmakers who have said that they plan to donate or refuse compensation earned over the course of the impasse...<br /><a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/09/30/ceo-pay-4/" rel="nofollow">Fixing exorbitant CEO pay: All is not lost</a>  Fortune   ...Despite what has felt like relentless insanity, the prognosis for positive changes to executive pay looks better than it has for a decade...<br /><a href="http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2013/10/02/not-shocked-five-states-with-the-worst-food-insecurity-are-right-to-work-states/" rel="nofollow">NOT SHOCKED: Five States With the Worst Food Insecurity are “Right-to-Work” States</a>  We Party Patriots   ...A recent USDA report provides details on our growing trend of food (in)security. In 7 million homes, a family member has skipped meals because money was tight. A look at the five states where food insecurity is a problem (North Carolina, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi) are also “Right-to-Work” states...<br /><a href="http://constructioncitizen.com/blog/independent-contractors-keeping-it-real/1309301" rel="nofollow">Independent Contractors – Keeping it Real</a>  Construction Citizen   ...Real independent contractors are easy to identify. They are hired to perform a specific project, bring their own tools, have their own business cards, and send you an invoice when the work is done. If people are hired to perform ongoing work, told when to show up and what to do, those workers are not independent contractors...<br /><a href="http://wallstreetonparade.com/2013/10/the-cost-of-crushing-dissent-in-new-york-city/" rel="nofollow">The Cost of Crushing Dissent in New York City</a>  Wall Street on Parade   ...Today, we have still not restored the Glass-Steagall Act, the largest Wall Street banks of 2008 are even larger and more dangerous today, and unprecedented levels of wealth and income inequality, enforced by the structure of Wall Street, is spreading economic misery to ever greater numbers of Americans...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/02/gops_next_victim_the_postal_service/">GOP’s newest target: The postal service</a>  Salon   ...The government itself wasn't enough. Led by Darrell Issa, they now want to go after your mail delivery...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/02/technology/google-accused-of-wiretapping-in-gmail-scans.html?ref=business" rel="nofollow">Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scans</a>  New York Times   ...Wiretapping is typically the stuff of spy dramas and shady criminal escapades. But now, web company giant Google must defend itself against accusations that it is illegally wiretapping in the course of gathering data about Internet users and showing them related ads...<br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20131002/NEWS06/310020104/american-made-flags-senate-bill-veterans-graves" rel="nofollow">Bill would require Michigan cities to buy American-made flags for veterans' grave sites</a>  Detroit Free Press  ...A bill unanimously passed by the state Senate Wednesday would require Michigan cities to buy American-made flags and flag holders for veterans’ grave sites if those flags are competitively priced with foreign-made products...<br /><a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/new-york-set-to-sue-wells-fargo-over-mortgages/?ref=business" rel="nofollow">New York to Sue Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Settlement</a>  New York Times   ...Fielding complaints from borrowers struggling to save their homes, New York’s top prosecutor is preparing a lawsuit against Wells Fargo, accusing the bank, the nation’s largest home lender, of flouting the terms of a multibillion-dollar settlement aimed at stanching foreclosure abuses...<br /><a href="http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/4807511-74/percent-state-privatization#axzz2ga9VHAeu" rel="nofollow">Poll: Majority in state support fully privatizing wine, spirit sales</a>  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review   ...Millions of dollars in lobbying efforts by groups on all sides of the liquor privatization issue had little impact on the opinions of everyday Pennsylvanians, according to two groups that released a poll Tuesday...<br /><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/overdue-trash-overhaul-article-1.1474501" rel="nofollow">An overdue trash overhaul</a> (opinion)  New York Daily News   ...Cleaning up commercial collection would help Bloomberg burnish his environmental legacy...<br /><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Thruway-Authority-cuts-more-workers-4858184.php" rel="nofollow">NY Thruway Authority cuts more workers</a>  Times Union   ...New York’s <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Thruway+Authority%22">Thruway Authority</a> last week quietly laid off about a half-dozen non-union employees. Saying it was a personnel matter, Thruway spokesman Dan Weiller declined to comment on the precise nature of the job cuts or the reason...<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/01/nc-voting-rights-advocates-federal-lawsuit/2903177/" rel="nofollow">N.C. voting rights advocates applaud federal lawsuit</a>  USA TODAY   ...Voting rights advocates applauded the U.S. Justice Department's move Monday to <a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131001/NEWS/310010012/Voting-rights-advocates-applaud-federal-lawsuit" rel="nofollow">sue North Carolina for racial discrimination</a> over its tough new voting rules while Republicans in the state called the allegation "baseless."...<br /><a href="http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/60410-pennsylvania-house-nudged-on-online-voter-registration" rel="nofollow">Pennsylvania House nudged to implement online voter registration</a>  NewsWorks   ...A bipartisan coalition is urging the state House to pass a proposal allowing online voter registration in Pennsylvania. The measure, which passed unanimously in the Senate earlier this year, is currently before a House committee...<br /><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /> </span></span>

Today's Teamster News 10.03.13

NYC Teamsters begin campaign to create good commercial waste jobs  TeamsterNation   ... New York City Teamsters and their allies have high ...

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Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/03/2013

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.slideshare.net/janehart/top-100-tools-for-learning-2013">Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Jane Hart has her list of 100 Top tools for learning 2013 based upon her 7th survey. This is usually a pretty good indicator and I would agree with it for the most part.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edtech">edtech</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/elearning">elearning</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.edsurge.com/guide/connected-educator-october">Tweeting Down The Classroom Walls | EdSurge</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">The guidebook from Edsurge on how to connect. Share this with educators to help them learn how to connect and use the many online resources for educators.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/edsurge">edsurge</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cem">cem</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cem13">cem13</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/tumblr">tumblr</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-09-30-five-essentials-to-create-connected-students">Five Essentials To Create Connected Students | EdSurge News</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Connected educator month is here! Edsurge has created a lovely guide for educators to share. Here is my small contribution to this piece and there are many great articles to read and share with others. </p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/education">education</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cem13">cem13</a> <a href="https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/cem">cem</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='https://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='https://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 10/03/2013

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2013 Jane Hart has her list of 100 Top tools for learning 2013 based upon...

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Why The Government "Shuts Down"

This is interesting.<br />Somebody was serious when they said Congress has the purse strings.<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/143-year-old-law-has-lawmakers-treading-gingerly-during-shutdown-8C11319714"> <b> 143-year-old law has Washington treading gingerly during shutdown</b></a><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Steve Liesman CNBC<br /><br /> <br /><br />19 hours ago<br /><br />KEVIN LAMARQUE / Reuters<br /><br /><br />Administration officials now live in fear of a 19th-century law that could get them fired, penalized or even imprisoned if they make the wrong choices while the government is shut down.<br /><br />The law is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antideficiency_Act">Antideficiency Act</a>, passed by Congress in 1870 (and amended several times), which prohibits the government from incurring any monetary obligation for which Congress has not appropriated funds.<br /><br />In shutting down the government, most memos cite the law as the reason. The Government Accountability Office says employees who violate the Antideficiency Act may be subject to disciplinary action, suspension and even "fines, imprisonment, or both."<br /><br />CNBC has learned that in several executive branch departments, high-level staff members review individual decisions about what government activities to allow for fear of running afoul of the Antideficiency Act. One White House official said he has advised his employees not to check their email or cellphones. Under the act, even volunteering for government service is expressly prohibited.<br /><br />In a memo to his department employees today, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew cited the law as the reason for reduced staffing.<br /><br />"For the duration of this impasse, as required by the Antideficiency Act and directed by OMB, the Department will be required to operate with only the minimal staffing level necessary to execute only certain legally exempted activities," Lew wrote.<br /><br />The only exemptions to the shutdown concern "emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property," according to government documents. That has meant airports and the Postal Service are open, Social Security checks get paid and federal prisons and courts will operate as normal as do most national security functions including the military and the Central Intelligence Agency. But national parks and museums are closed along with big parts of the departments of Education and Commerce <br /><br /></blockquote><br />There is a bit more at the link.<br /><br />I'll go ya one better.<br />When these jackasses decide to shut down the government for purely political reasons, there should be a law that would immediately freeze their bank accounts.<br /><br />Tell <i>me</i> the bastards wouldn't be just a little more introspective and reluctant to pull this number again.

Why The Government "Shuts Down"

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Richard II - Character Profiles - Bishop Of Carlisle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1AUTuDcwLVy9-6Fh8uXXUMMk7cqwZhXq3YTuWfgLKjIl5jc9FDJCbeUx_-o3FqVHUgm3CPM0I_q7hDHTRKKfyGOvHibvCl1hXYIJA7RpVkEHFzkViLd6fG5m_ULs9VvU8FH30LfB7Zg/s1600/crown.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ1AUTuDcwLVy9-6Fh8uXXUMMk7cqwZhXq3YTuWfgLKjIl5jc9FDJCbeUx_-o3FqVHUgm3CPM0I_q7hDHTRKKfyGOvHibvCl1hXYIJA7RpVkEHFzkViLd6fG5m_ULs9VvU8FH30LfB7Zg/s640/crown.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As we look forward to David Tennant's performance as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the play, we will be taking a look at the play and its characters in a series of articles.<br />We continue with a look at Richard's most loyal supporter...</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thomas Merke, Bishop of Carlisle, is the noblest of Richard's followers, he is totally devoted to his King. He is prepared to defend Richard in the midst of the enemy camp in Act IV and to fight to restore him to his throne. Despite his part in the Abbot of Westminster's plot, Henry, his enemy, grants him his life, but it seems unlikely his unwavering commitment would ever have allowed him, like Aumerle, to change his allegiance and beg for a pardon. Henry nevertheless does pardon him because, as he says, "High sparks of honour in thee I have seen". There is similar evidence of his holiness and dignity earlier in the play when Percy says that there is in Flint Castle with Richard "A clergyman of holy reverence" and from this description Northumberland recognises the Bishop. </span></div><div id="yiv7551940571yui_3_7_2_63_1379923892665_39"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To this Bishop Shakespeare gives the most eloquent defence of Richard's inalienable rights as divinely anointed King, but he also advises Richard to take steps to defend himself. Clearly the Bishop is not ignorant to the ways of the world. He believes that "heaven helps those who help themselves" and he himself acts in the plot against Henry. That it is this high minded clergyman, so unlike Richard's flatterers and the brusque Earl Of Northumberland, who foretells a bloody civil war as the consequence of Richard's deposition, lends the prophecy an awful authority.</span></div><div><br /><br /></div>

David Tennant Richard II Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre Richard II - Character Profiles - Bishop Of Carlisle

As we look forward to David Tennant's performance as Richard II in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the play, we will b...

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BELGIUM: Broadchurch Comes To Vitaya In Belgium Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveQJ0LTEP1QLr48GZ5kcyDzHojrveRUuGAfvm6cGxK-5GdIzlqStWHrmDpUhvaI_xzABfvCPeWJWRhHQ8FFfaoKcLM6WzIKXJCesaYDgtQinbyj9aJYvW0y_vPpNlFzygS6He3azLEjM/s1600/DT+BC+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveQJ0LTEP1QLr48GZ5kcyDzHojrveRUuGAfvm6cGxK-5GdIzlqStWHrmDpUhvaI_xzABfvCPeWJWRhHQ8FFfaoKcLM6WzIKXJCesaYDgtQinbyj9aJYvW0y_vPpNlFzygS6He3azLEjM/s1600/DT+BC+2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gripping crime drama <i>Broadchurch</i> begins on Dutch language channel Vitaya in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Belgium</st1:country-region> tonight. The series stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill and follows the investigation into the murder of a young boy in a small English town.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">EERSTE DUBBELAFLEVERING VANDAAG <st1:place w:st="on">OM</st1:place>21.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aflevering 1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya 21.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspecteur Alex Hardy zet samen met zijn collega Ellie Miller zijn tanden in het onderzoek naar de dood van een 11-jarig jongetje in de kleine gemeenschap Broadchurch. Er staan de familie harde tijden te wachten. Ze hebben het, net zoals alle andere inwoners van Broadchurch, erg moeilijk met de mediastorm die de zaak heeft doen ontstaan.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aflevering 2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya 22.05</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Het mysterie rond de dood van de 11-jarige Danny wordt alsmaar groter. De familie Latimer heeft het ondertussen ontzettend moeilijk met het plotse verlies. Dominee Paul Coates besluit de lokale media toe te spreken over de zaak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FIRST DOUBLE EPISODE TODAY FROM 21.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 1</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya 21.10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspector Alex Hardy together with his colleague Ellie Miller gets his teeth in the investigation into the death of an 11-year-old boy in the small community of Broadchurch. There are hard times ahead for the family. They have, like all other residents of Broadchurch, found it very difficult to deal with with the media storm that the case has created.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 2</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vitaya 22.05</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The mystery surrounding the death of 11-year-old Danny is deepening. The Latimer family is finding it extremely difficult to cope with with their sudden loss. Reverend Paul Coates decides to speak to the local media about the case.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id189.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Broadchurch on our website</span></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></div>

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The gripping crime drama Broadchurch  begins on Dutch language channel Vitaya in Belgium tonight. The series stars David Tennant, Olivia Co...

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Listen To David Tennant Read Luella Miller In A Night With A Vampire Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VdCJEGhzJVjEGL_FFirOSYSDU3wP5viWR-Y_vdTCa5ymxYrLJdzqZnq-dAZy5nAd-33canRIPuRDhsRIFpP-ySVdekPUkaJsLc3l1p9bUOaOffgW12Ix_3fUu6vsac7PEr3oHpYhawk/s1600/David16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VdCJEGhzJVjEGL_FFirOSYSDU3wP5viWR-Y_vdTCa5ymxYrLJdzqZnq-dAZy5nAd-33canRIPuRDhsRIFpP-ySVdekPUkaJsLc3l1p9bUOaOffgW12Ix_3fUu6vsac7PEr3oHpYhawk/s1600/David16.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant reads the fourth in a series of five short Gothic horror stories on BBC Radio 4 Extra this evening. The fifteen minute story  in the repeated series <i>A Night With A Vampire </i>will be broadcast at 6.30pm BST and can be heard again at half past midnight </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thursday 3rd October<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Luella Miller</i> - Mary E Wilkins Freeman</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Luella Miller seems incapable of surviving on her own, so she calls on friends, relatives and lovers to help her. And they all die - one by one - until there is no one left to lift a finger to assist this most demanding of women. An unusual tale set in small town <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The series was originally broadcast in November 2010 and was produced by Clive Brill for Pacificus</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four_extra"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Listen in worldwide via this link</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each episode will be available to play for 7 days after broadcast via BBC iPlayer</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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FINLAND: Watch Episode 5 Of Broadchurch Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaARihChxRM84LgDmjIM6q7bkdt5vdqT4ED6BP-UxHeOGAT3KdUwZUCTJkDef91f-5JHEyK0D-V2kGQlWZAOoH7-mO2kpgDSHYGbjEoLDOjoosuSMX7GPuMX9zdQyx7t36R-11ScLaEuc/s1600/BC-E4+Hardy06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaARihChxRM84LgDmjIM6q7bkdt5vdqT4ED6BP-UxHeOGAT3KdUwZUCTJkDef91f-5JHEyK0D-V2kGQlWZAOoH7-mO2kpgDSHYGbjEoLDOjoosuSMX7GPuMX9zdQyx7t36R-11ScLaEuc/s1600/BC-E4+Hardy06.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 5 of <i>Broadchurch </i>will have its premiere in Finland tonight on MTV3. The drama stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill and looks at the effect on a small seaside town when a schoolboy is murdered.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 5/8</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">03.10.2013 klo 21:00-22:00<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Median rytyyttämä.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Uutisvainuiset toimittajat Karen ja Ollie pistävät eteenpäin artikkelin Jackista, ja lehtijuttu on vain pisara pienessä joessa, joka paisuu mereksi aloittaen median ilotulituksen koskien syytöksistä kärsivän miehen menneisyyttä. Jackilla on oma kertomuksensa tapahtumista, mutta luottaako kukaan entisen vangin sanaan? 15 vuotta yhdessä viettäneet Beth ja Mark käsittelevät petturuutta ja uusia tuulia avioliitossaan. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">03.10.2013 from 21:00-22:00<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Media shake-up</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Newshounds Karen and Ollie sniff out a story on Jack, and the newspaper article is just a drop in a small river, which swells into a stormy, that begins with the media revealing the allegations made against the man in the past. Jack gives his own version of events, but will anyone trust the word of a former prisoner? Beth and Mark deal with betrayal and new trends in their marriage after 15 years together.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch Broadchurch on MTV3 tonight at 21.00</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div>

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Episode 5 of Broadchurch  will have its premiere in Finland tonight on MTV3. The drama stars David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill...

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How Vladimir Putin Can End the Shutdown and Restore America to Her Greatness

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Cheeeeeers Chuckleheads and a Happy Weekend Eve Eve to one and all, especially to you Federal worker types whose weekend started this past Monday when you were furloughed.<br /><br />It’s a sad state of affairs when y’all are sitting idle and without pay while all 535 members of the United States Congress are collecting their paychecks while making a mockery of statesmanship, common sense, and what it means to think beyond their next election.<br /><br />But, and I hate to say this to any and all Americans who are reading this…<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7Iv35nEc7YJwehGoucvdNjWL39QOCehHWz6plBNEZmfVu9IG2CS90VTTULvOFWhA7gN7pYPAfgeRMCuBhuks8nowxDXPYp6YY1zPi7jXDbp7C9-Z8Gq0ZIC15uosY30arn30V2vWQdI/s1600/boehner+reid+assholes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9h7Iv35nEc7YJwehGoucvdNjWL39QOCehHWz6plBNEZmfVu9IG2CS90VTTULvOFWhA7gN7pYPAfgeRMCuBhuks8nowxDXPYp6YY1zPi7jXDbp7C9-Z8Gq0ZIC15uosY30arn30V2vWQdI/s400/boehner+reid+assholes.jpg" width="400" /></a>We are a representative democracy and we elected these people.  So…um, well…we have the government, or the lack thereof, that we deserve, and that is why government workers can’t go to the grocery for awhile.<br /><br />However my friends, I do not pen upon this sacred IWS Radio page today to merely cast aspersions upon America and her people.  Nooooooo…You see?<br /><br />Unlike the United States Congress, I am here to identify the problem with the state of our once great nation, and offer a solution.<br /><br />So…To wit, heretofore, and with a hearty, here’s ya goes…Allow me to identify the problem, and offer my solution.<br /><br />America is a great nation and with amber waves of great people but to be perfectly honest, Americans are also a populous stricken with a collective case of Anti-Attention Deficit Disorder.  It’s true.<br /><br />Americans are all about instant gratification, a solid trusting in a monolithic set of “facts”, and a comfortable life within a bubble that contains a backyard grill, an ice cold Bud, and being left alone during football season.<br /><br />A vast amount of Americans, want to pay attention to one thing, and one thing only…themselves.  And my friends, that is why, to that point, Americans are so duly, and well-represented within the no longer hallowed halls of Congress, but...<br /><br />All is not lost, and there is a way to end this current government shutdown, and restore American greatness.<br /><br />Remember the halcyon days of America from post-World War II 1946 through December of 1991?  I do…well some of it, but anyhoo…<br /><br />There was a common thread of unity that ran red, white, and blue throughout every city, hamlet and burg of this great land.  It was a unifying thread of hate so strong, that even in the midst of racial inequality, gender inequality, and wire tapping skills over equality that upon which Americans could agree.<br /><br />Our hate of Communism, and more specifically for that <i>Great Godless Vodka Drinking Nosferatu of Two Continents</i>, the Soviet Union.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j569hU68nFJgkNcWf01wL-3ihifUZnLjGFLzEoV2OYMTNzzJG9MSk4NFBDN1IfxkVEnsxEnwzCeKmoZGzaoT9mBiu0DnVkIX4m5YnFAOIIOlM1hNnYz27aw-m3LIHjecxo5FQ8fJCVsp/s1600/Miracle+on+Ice+Mike+Eruzione.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j569hU68nFJgkNcWf01wL-3ihifUZnLjGFLzEoV2OYMTNzzJG9MSk4NFBDN1IfxkVEnsxEnwzCeKmoZGzaoT9mBiu0DnVkIX4m5YnFAOIIOlM1hNnYz27aw-m3LIHjecxo5FQ8fJCVsp/s400/Miracle+on+Ice+Mike+Eruzione.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />We <i>HATED</i> the Soviets.<br /><br />The Soviets were wicked and if they had a chance, they would convert your children to Stalinism and then eat them. We had a space race.  We had a nuclear weapons race.  We had a miracle on ice that brought all Americans together.<br /><br />We wanted to beat them and we did, but then?<br /><br />When we won the Cold War on December 26, 1991 when the Soviet Union officially dissolved, sadly, our national bond was dissolved as well.<br /><br />Sure the 1990’s were a post-Cold War honeymoon full of peace dividend rewards, but then on September 11, 2001...The honeymoon was over and the booming U.S. economy was torn down with it.<br /><br />America was perplexed.  You know why?<br /><br />Many Americans can’t focus and agree or disagree with more than one thing at a time.  To hear that we were and continue to be attacked by groups like Al-Qaida, the Taliban, Syrian, Iranian, Left-Wing, and Right-Wing terrorists makes no sense.<br /><br />That’s why many Americans today, Americans who are either rather far-left or far-right, focus on fellow Americans with polar ideologies.<br /><br />Far Left Loonies line-up and blitz Rush, Sean Hannity and Ted Cruz…Simple enough.<br /><br />Far Right Tea Drinkers get into a huddle and hate on Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and President Obama. <br /><br />In order to fix the logjam of hate that is cast upon our own, buy our own, we should build a Mount Rushmore of Soviet leaders with the heads of Stalin, Brezhnev, and Andropov in stone, so we can cast potatoes at them, so we never forget.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GeyAmpFYg6Kzxy-5AmLc0XqivgYowDDGeLQtK1aC02BbBRxseOqDfAEX0p0j6xi82cpXo0nDxCPiCW5RuJ6xz-y1QMGssGk1az32ToNsnx8LC51J665LGtESogZg4V_geUuqi8t33j-/s1600/Putin+Dana+Rohrbacher+Arm+Wrestling+Gay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO4GeyAmpFYg6Kzxy-5AmLc0XqivgYowDDGeLQtK1aC02BbBRxseOqDfAEX0p0j6xi82cpXo0nDxCPiCW5RuJ6xz-y1QMGssGk1az32ToNsnx8LC51J665LGtESogZg4V_geUuqi8t33j-/s400/Putin+Dana+Rohrbacher+Arm+Wrestling+Gay.jpg" width="400" /></a>And then we can ask of, and turn a blind eye to, Vladimir Puitn re-establishing the former Soviet Union, and, if that happens?<br /><br />We will all be OUTRAGED, and Congress will say…<br /><br /><i>“Obamacare?  Sure, why not…have all the fun you want with that.  But in addition, we need to immediately pass a comprehensive budget, and I don’t care what’s in it, as long as it includes funding for nukes.”</i><br /><i><br /></i>Nearly all Americans would rejoice and say...<br /><br /><i>"To Hell with Moscow!!  Fuck the Sputnik!!  Let Them Eat Taters!! Mike Eruzione Lives!!"</i><br /><br />Unity once again!!  IKR!?  I am freaking brilliant!!<br /><br />That my friends, is both my break-down as to what is happening, and my solution, but…I have one last thing to add.<br /><br />Vladimir Putin?  America <i>wants</i> you on that wall.  We <i>need</i> you on that wall…We <i>want</i> you to <b><i>rebuild</i></b> that wall!!<br /><br />And so does Sylvester Stallone, because if you restored the Soviet Union, downloads and subsequent royalties of <i>Rocky IV</i> would go through the roof!!<br /><br /> <i>здоровье!!</i><br /><br />Matt-Man<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

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RUSSIA: Watch The Final Two Episodes Of Broadchurch On 1TV Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mS6c-x-7zSFem5psVOJbWYt5btTY6KM1XMN_1RYKby3Ac2JWF3yG-KQEu0fam-KG_bN3NPN7o07Jbtvw0vm6c5m0FsqqX1lAzNb1UxSRq1U4j_3lgDReZp-ayEcZjTrx6IdWRlkva7I/s1600/AlecEllie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9mS6c-x-7zSFem5psVOJbWYt5btTY6KM1XMN_1RYKby3Ac2JWF3yG-KQEu0fam-KG_bN3NPN7o07Jbtvw0vm6c5m0FsqqX1lAzNb1UxSRq1U4j_3lgDReZp-ayEcZjTrx6IdWRlkva7I/s1600/AlecEllie.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The final episodes of the UK crime series <i>Broadchurch </i>air on 1TV tonight. Time is running out for Detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller (David Tennant and Olivia Colman) to track down young Danny Latimer's killer.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Убийство на пляже</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7-я серия</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 00.40</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Элли чувствует себя в еще большей изоляции, чем раньше. Время, отпущенное на раскрытие убийства, истекает, а количество вопросов у следствия все возрастает. Тем временем Бет и Марк принимают для себя очень важное решение.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8-я серия</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 01.40</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Обстоятельства смерти Дэнни Латимера наконец раскрыты. Шок волной накрывает Бродчeрч, и его жители с трудом осознают страшные новости...</span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 7</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 00.40</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ellie feels even more isolated than before. Time is running out to solve the murder, but the number of questions around the investigation is growing. Meanwhile, Beth and Mark make an extremely important decision.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 8</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1TV 01.40</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The circumstances of Danny Latimer’s death are finally revealed. The shock wave engulfs Broadchurch, as its inhabitants struggle to come to terms with the terrible news ...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Where's Ted Cruz?

Okay. So we have a government shutdown. After being front and center and grabbing the camera for weeks, where is Ted Cruz? He's toned it down considerably ... <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/ted-cruz-blasted-by-angry-gop-colleagues-government-shutdown-97753.html#.UkzOwlCwvJI.twitter">perhaps this is why</a>.<br /><br />End the government shutdown.

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Okay. So we have a government shutdown. After being front and center and grabbing the camera for weeks, where is Ted Cruz? He's toned it...

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Good Morning, Singapore!

I'm in Singapore for the <a href="http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/">World Architecture Festival</a> (WAF). Here is the view of Marina Bay Sands (Moshe Safdie, 2011) from my hotel room across the bay.<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDmYkIiC_bpCTK8rqq2MOS2ig2KbDM987XrSbcgO0JznkqvYywznGZHZm0wQiBGjcsKgtD36cQU40e6Bx-mz-x4-NAYPb3-h1REaFNdECujJnQt8dUinm3x0SLO-Jy3bTYuNhrw63jNnrG/s1600/gmorning-singapore.jpg" />

Good Morning, Singapore!

I'm in Singapore for the World Architecture Festival (WAF). Here is the view of Marina Bay Sands (Moshe Safdie, 2011) from my hotel roo...

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Elliot Barnes-Worrell On David Tennant: "Working With David Tennant Is Like Being In A Whirlwind"

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhklfgf7YgEsDdhMwJ3mDYlmrh1rY9ZmNKGvWuNuVpX28UJem2fdyLZBYkDbdiD7z_c2Bm8s2QRu8GlLiCO6LIUBaVNszq6AEZExeTqYpHuJpIIHZZH4WzQdJ5TIVvNu_sTW-yQ-YfVoAU/s1600/WoS3.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elliot Barnes-Worrell, who plays the Groom in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of <i>Richard II</i> has been blogging his experiences of the rehearsal process for the regular RSC feature Whispers From The Wings. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his latest blog, <i>Running</i> he talks about the inspiration that he is finding in David Tennant. He says:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Working with David Tennant is like being in a whirlwind, his energy is infectious and unrelenting, trying new things, and adapting to change.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">His work ethic is admirable. I often find myself excited to see what he tries next. He tries out a new idea… it doesn't work, he tries something else, it works, he changes it, he changes it again, experimenting, molding, and enjoying playing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a newbie in the RSC watching him, and playing with him gives me courage, the courage to find new things, to get it completely and utterly wrong, acknowledge that and try again. David brings a freedom into the rehearsal room that liberates me and makes me try harder."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production opens in Stratford-upon-Avon in just under two weeks and the nerves are beginning to kick in. Elliot mentions an exchange with David as he bumps into him just before a visit to the local supermarket:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"'You alright?' I say</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Yeah' he says</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Want anything from Sainsbury's'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'Another three weeks.'</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">'I don't know if they stock extra rehearsal time.'"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/explore/blogs/whispers-from-the-wings/running/"><span style="color: blue;">Read Elliot's blog 'Running' here</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The production is directed by Gregory Doran and stars David Tennant as King Richard and Nigel Lindsay as Bolingbroke.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The play will be filmed and streamed live into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> cinemas on Wednesday 13^th November, and then into cinemas in locations worldwide in broadcasts running until February 2014. <a href="http://onscreen.rsc.org.uk/richard-ii/default.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">Find out more on the RSC Onscreen site</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html"><span style="color: blue;">Keep up to date with all the Richard II news on our website</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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JORDAN AND ISRAEL

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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPUAJMFYGb3fRbPUWCu9b6kFZ7zYkxD4UsrmMFm_HpdMUTCrNHV9FJm_TtyHOuR1tlFZpNi8wni7G_F2we4BPeQeMwe68GMcl_csWg9HMvvd-4AFbLjH9oY6W6prvLv1C_qSdEqR7uqgg/s1600/jordanpal.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DOES JORDAN WANT PALESTINIANS IN CONTROL OF THE BORDER?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Khaled Abu Toameh </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The last thing the JORDANIANS want to see is hundreds of thousands of PALESTINIANS move from the West Bank or Gaza Strip into the kingdom. Understandably, the JORDANIAN monarch cannot go public with this stance for fear of being accused by Arabs and Muslims of treason and collaboration with the "Zionist enemy."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">PALESTINIAN Authority Pesident Mahmoud Abbas says that the PALESTINIANS will not accept any ISRAELI presence along the border between a future PALESTINIAN state and JORDAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">PALESTINIAN NEVER-ENDING QUEST FOR MORE LAND</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But the question is whether JORDAN really wants to have PALESTINIANS on its borders. In private off-the-record meetings, top JORDANIAN officials make it crystal clear that they prefer to see ISRAEL sitting along their shared border. Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Jericho, Abbas stated that the borders of the PALESTINIAN state would stretch from the Dead Sea in the south and through the Jordan Valley all the way up to the town of Bet She'an in the north.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"This is a PALESTINIAN - JORDANIAN border and that is how it will remain," Abbas said. "The responsibility for security along the border will be in the hands of the PALESTINIANS." Abbas's remarks came in wake of leaks by PALESTINIAN officials to the effect that at the current US-sponsored secret peace negotiations, ISRAEL is demanding full control over the border with JORDAN in any peace settlement with the PALESTINIANS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PALESTINIAN - JORDANIAN CONFEDERATION</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/israel-jordan-and-palestine.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/israel-jordan-and-palestine.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">TELLING THE UN SIX HOME TRUTHS</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/palestine.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/09/palestine.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">PALESTINE AND PARANOIA - JORDAN, JERUSALEM AND JITTERS</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/palestine-and-paranoia-jordan-jerusalem.html">http://jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.ar/2011/04/palestine-and-paranoia-jordan-jerusalem.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ISRAEL, of course, has its own reasons for refusing to cede control over the strategic JORDAN Valley. ISRAEL'S main concern is that the border with JORDAN will be used by PALESTINIAN terror groups and Islamist fundamentalist organizations to smuggle weapons and terrorists into the West Bank and ISRAEL.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, there's another reason why ISRAEL remains strongly opposed to surrendering control over its border with JORDAN to the PALESTINIAN Authority or a third party. It is no secret that the JORDANIANS have long been worried about the repercussions of the presence of PALESTINIANS on their border.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In a recent closed briefing with a high-ranking JORDANIAN security official, he was asked about the kingdom's position regarding the possibility that PALESTINIANS might one day replace ISRAEL along the border with JORDAN.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"May God forbid!" the official retorted. "We have repeatedly made it clear to the ISRAELI side that we will not agree to the presence of a third party at our border."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The official explained that JORDAN'S stance was not new. "This has been our position since 1967," he said. "The late King Hussein made this clear to all ISRAELI governments and now His majesty, King Abdullah, remains committed to this position."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JORDAN'S opposition to placing the border crossings with the West Bank under PALESTINIAN control is not only based on security concerns. Of course, JORDAN'S security concerns are not unjustified, especially in light of what has been happening over the past few years along the border between the Gaza Strip and EGYPT. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYUgBqggSUjyAEnp7tU9msHh8mRIHyTcLBXYeCaNQEXId_xXquu9RB4CY9NWd3_n5HXJQWzJbdO4APd7CvDsW6gn9rAT94HalVLQCJ_x15vcXEf634g6EFBfEmkO67LUloQ-oTg7bDtBn/s1600/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYUgBqggSUjyAEnp7tU9msHh8mRIHyTcLBXYeCaNQEXId_xXquu9RB4CY9NWd3_n5HXJQWzJbdO4APd7CvDsW6gn9rAT94HalVLQCJ_x15vcXEf634g6EFBfEmkO67LUloQ-oTg7bDtBn/s400/IsraelMapReduction1922-mandate_for_palestine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Furthermore one should not forget the fact that in recent past the PALESTINIANS have already tried to overthrow the JORDANIAN kingdom in order to continue their never-ending quest for land. For it is common knowledge among Arab tribes that PALESTINIANS will always claim more land, not only from ISRAEL but also from fellow Arab countries, if given the option. When talking to Arabs from neighboring countries off the records about PALESTINIANS they all tell the same thing: Since ancient times PALESTINIANS were in quest for land, thus there is a saying: If you give a PALESTINIAN JORDAN he will claim SYRIA, if you give him SYRIA he will claim IRAQ and so forth. Thus one can imagine that once ISRAEL agrees to PALESTINIAN statehood in no time they will claim Haifa and Tel Aviv. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Background Information:</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">…..<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">t</b></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">hat offer to share the large land was so logical, generous and right, it was literally ‘an offer he couldn’t refuse’--but Arafat did in fact refuse that huge geographical land mass for a homeland. Instead he tried to overthrow the King and take over all of Jordan. </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read entire article at: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://specialguests.com/guests/viewnews.cgi?id=EFFkkVkuulgKBngPvH&style=PrintFull&tmpl=fullprint">http://specialguests.com/guests/viewnews.cgi?id=EFFkkVkuulgKBngPvH&style=PrintFull&tmpl=fullprint</a>and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September_in_Jordan</a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><br /> <div style="border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #444444;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Background Information: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What no mains stream media ever reports are the opinion, citizens of other ARAB Nations, and tribes have of the PALESTINIANS. Ask for example SYRIAN, JORDANIAN or LEBANESE citizens,   and they will in most cases comment, that no Sunni ARAB tribe or nation really want PALESTINE Arabs in their country for PALESTINIAS are notorious when it comes to land ownership, for they never are satisfied with what they have. <b>"Thus it’s better to let the ISRAELIS struggle with them instead of us." </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Read entire article at: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/license-to-statehood.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2011/07/license-to-statehood.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/strategic-fallout-from-gaza.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/strategic-fallout-from-gaza.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-padding-alt: 1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/iron-dome-was-only-real-israeli-winner.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2012/11/iron-dome-was-only-real-israeli-winner.html</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">THE EGYPTIAN LESSON – HOTSPOT SINAI</span> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EGYPTIANS are now paying a heavy price for neglecting their shared border with the Gaza Strip over the past few decades. This lapse has seen Sinai emerge as a hotbed for Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups that are now posing a serious threat to EGYPT'S national security. Besides the security concerns, the JORDANIANS are also worried about the demographic implications of PALESTINIAN security and civilian presence over the border.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Their worst nightmare, as a veteran JORDANIAN diplomat once told ISRAELI colleagues during a private encounter, is that once the PALESTINIANS are given control over the border, thousands of them from the future PALESTINIAN state would pour into JORDAN. The JORDANIANS already have a "problem" with the fact that their kingdom's population consists of a Palestinian majority, which some say has reached over 80%. The last thing the JORDANIANS want is to see hundreds of thousands of PALESTINIANS move from the West Bank or Gaza Strip into the kingdom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although the JORDANIANS are not part of the ongoing peace talks between the PALESTINIAN Authority and ISRAEL, they are hoping that ISRAEL will not rush to abandon security control over its long border with the kingdom. Understandably, the JORDANIAN monarch cannot go public with its stance for fear of being accused by Arabs and Muslims of treason and collaboration with the "Zionist enemy."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The EGYPTIANS today know what the JORDANIANS have been aware of for a long time -- that a shared border with Fatah or Hamas or any other PALESTINIAN group is a recipe for instability and anarchy. The EGYPTIANS surely miss the days when the ISRAEL Defense Forces were sitting along the border between EGYPT and the Gaza Strip.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Even if Abbas's forces initially manage to maintain security and order along the border with JORDAN, there is no guarantee as to what would happen in the future. Between 2005 and 2007, Abbas's security forces were in control of the main border crossing between the Gaza Strip and EGYPT -- before they were expelled by Hamas.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is in ISRAEL'S interest to have stability and calm in JORDAN. Undermining JORDAN'S security would create many problems for ISRAEL. To prevent such a scenario, ISRAEL, if and when it reaches a deal with Abbas's PALESTINIAN Authority, needs to take King Abdullah's fears and interests into consideration.</span></div>

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