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Die Nimzowitsch-Indische Verteidigung (auch Nimzo-Indische Verteidigung) ist ein Eröffnungssystem des Schachspiels. Sie zählt zu den Geschlossenen Spielen und ist in den ECO-Codes unter den Schlüsseln  klassifiziert.

Die Nimzowitsch-Indische Verteidigung beginnt mit den Zügen:

1. d2–d4 Sg8–f6
2. c2–c4 e7–e6
3. Sb1–c3 Lf8–b4

Geschichte

Dieses Eröffnungssystem ist eines der wichtigsten Vermächtnisse des großen Theoretikers und Strategen Aaron Nimzowitsch an die Schachwelt. Ihr Debüt hatte die Nimzowitsch-Indische Verteidigung 1914. In den Turnieren der 1920er Jahre reifte sie allmählich zu dem weitverzweigten heutigen Eröffnungssystem.

Strategische Grundidee

Ihrer Grundidee nach ist die schwarze Verteidigungsidee ein typisches Kind des 20. Jahrhunderts: Statt das Zentrum direkt mit Bauern zu besetzen, hemmt und blockiert Schwarz es mit anderen Mitteln, von den Flügeln her. Der Läufer auf b4 fesselt und neutralisiert den weißen Springer, der sonst einen Bauernvormarsch im Zentrum unterstützen könnte. Der Bauer auf e6 und der Springer auf f6 hemmen den weiteren Vormarsch des weißen Damenbauern, ferner hemmt der Springer auf f6 die weitere Besetzung des Zentrums durch e2–e4.

Schwarz sucht die Asymmetrie, das aktive, eigenständige Gegenspiel. Im späteren Verlauf des Spiels wird Schwarz versuchen, je nach Spielsituation das gehemmte weiße Zentrum direkt anzugreifen oder einen Angriff und Durchbruch an einem der beiden Flügel zu erzielen.

Eine häufige vorkommende asymmetrische Wendung ist der Abtausch des Läufers b4 gegen den Springer c3, um dort einen weißen Doppelbauern entstehen zu lassen. Weiß hat anschließend den Vorteil des Läuferpaars, aber den Nachteil, dass seine Bauernstellung an Elastizität verloren hat.

Nimzowitsch selbst nannte die Eröffnung Ideelles Damengambit. Damit wollte er wohl zum Ausdruck bringen, dass das weiße Zentrum so wirksam gehemmt wird, als ob der schwarze Damenbauer im Zentrum stünde, jedoch ohne die Nachteile, die Schwarz als Nachziehender in der symmetrischen Bauernformation des Damengambits naturgemäß hat.

Systeme innerhalb der Nimzowitsch-Indischen Verteidigung

Klassisches System

Im klassischen System, das von José Raúl Capablanca gern angewandt wurde und in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren populär war, spielt Weiß zunächst auf Sicherheit. Es ist gekennzeichnet durch den Zug 4. Dd1–c2, mit dem Weiß zunächst die Entstehung eines Doppelbauern verhindert.

Lange Jahre galt dieses System als langweilig und remisträchtig, doch neue Ideen, unter anderem von Ex-Weltmeister Garri Kasparow, verbunden mit scharfen Angriffen unter Opfern, belebten es und machten es wieder zu einer der beliebtesten Optionen für Weiß.

Rubinstein-System

Akiba Rubinsteins Zug 4. e2–e3 befestigt das Zentrum. Verbunden mit 5. Sg1–e2 verhindert er das Zustandekommen eines weißen Doppelbauern auf c3 und sichert langfristig die weiße Entwicklung vom Königsflügel her. Der Nachteil dabei ist, dass Schwarz nicht von vornherein unter Druck gesetzt wird und so Gelegenheit bekommt, in Ruhe das eigene Spiel aufzubauen.

Mögliche Varianten im Rubinstein-System sind beispielsweise:
 4. e2–e3 0–0
 die sogenannte moderne Variante 5. Sg1–f3 d7–d5 6. Lf1–d3 c7–c5 7. 0–0 Sb8–c6 (d5xc4 8. Ld3xc4) 8. a2–a3
 5. Sg1–e2 d7–d5 6. a2–a3 Lb4–e7 7. c4xd5 e6xd5 8. Se2–f4 a5 9. Lf1–d3 c7–c6 10. 0–0 Sb8–a6 11. f2–f3 Sa6–c7 oder 8. g2–g3 nebst Lf1–g2, 0–0, f2–f3, e3–e4

Auf 4. … d7–d5 geschieht 5. a2–a3 wie in der berühmten Partie Botwinnik – Capablanca, Rotterdam 1938.

Das Rubinstein-System genießt seit den 1920er Jahren eine konstant gute Reputation. Es ist eine sehr gute Option für Spieler, die mit Weiß lieber den langfristigen positionellen Vorteil statt eines scharfen Angriffsspiels suchen. Es ist beispielsweise eine beliebte Waffe von Ex-Weltmeister Anatoli Karpow.

Hübner-System

In den 1970er Jahren entwickelte Robert Hübner als Gegenmittel gegen das Rubinstein-System ein Blockade-System auf den schwarzen Feldern, das nach dem schwarzen Gegenzug 4. … c7–c5 nur durch die Züge 5. Lf1–d3 Sb8–c6 6. Sg1–f3 Lb4xc3+ 7. b2xc3 d7–d6 eingeleitet wird. Mit 8. e3–e4 e6–e5 9. d4–d5 Sc6–e7 wäre das Zentrum verbaut. Für den wünschenswerten Hebel f2–f4 muss Weiß nun zuvor den eben dorthin entwickelten Sf3 wegziehen und verliert dadurch Tempi. Das legitimiert das freiwillige Lb4xc3+. Im Sämisch-System hat Weiß das Mehrtempo a2–a3 verbraucht, kann dafür aber bei solch einem Blockade-Aufbau sofortiges f2–f4 ziehen.

Sämisch-System

Friedrich Sämischs Zug 4. a2–a3 fordert den Läufer auf b4 unmittelbar heraus. Schwarz tauscht mit 4. … Lb4xc3+ 5. b2xc3 den weißen Springer gegen den Läufer. Weiß bekommt ein kompaktes Zentrum und das Läuferpaar, was er im entstehenden Kampf für ein scharfes Angriffsspiel zu nutzen versucht. Hier Partiebeispiele von Friedrich Sämisch und Andor Lilienthal.
Weiß hat den Nachteil des Doppelbauern auf c3. Schwarz versucht sich dies zu Nutze zu machen, indem er in der Folge rasch seine Figuren entwickelt und das weiße Zentrum mit Zügen wie c7–c5 und d7–d5 weiter hemmt und aktiv angreift. Nach 5. … c7–c5 6. d4xc5 erhält Weiß einen Tripelbauern, der mit 6. … Dd8–a5 leicht anzugreifen ist. Es droht Da5xc3+ und Da5xc5. Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern zurück und Weiß hat immer noch Probleme mit dem isolierten Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.

Leningrader System

Im Leningrader System beantwortet Weiß die Fesselung seines Springers mit der Gegenfesselung 4. Lc1–g5. Es ist eine interessante Möglichkeit, Schwarz aus dem Konzept zu bringen, weil sich das Spiel ganz anders entwickelt als in den anderen Systemen der Nimzowitsch-Indischen Verteidigung. Eine Chance von Schwarz besteht darin, mit 4. … h7–h6 5. Lg5–h4 den weißen Läufer abzudrängen, und dann am Damenflügel den Angriff zu suchen.
Auf c7–c5 antwortet Weiß meist mit d4–d5.

In der Partie Spasski – Tal (Tallinn 1973) antwortete Tal nach 4. … h7–h6 5. Lg5–h4 c7–c5 6. d4–d5 im Geiste des Blumenfeld-Gambits mit 6. … b7–b5.

Den Namen erhielt diese Variante, weil sie oft von aus Leningrad (heute Sankt Petersburg) stammenden Meistern angewandt wurde, etwa Sak, Spasski, Kortschnoi und Tolusch.

Andere Systeme

Unter anderem bieten sich noch folgende Alternativen an:

 Das mit 4. Sg1–f3 eingeleitete "Drei-Springer-System" () wurde wieder populär, nachdem es 1985 von Ex-Weltmeister Kasparow im WM-Kampf gegen Karpow mehrfach erfolgreich angewandt wurde. Nach sofortigem d7–d5 geht die Eröffnung in die Ragosin-Variante des Damengambits über.
 Das von Oleh Romanyschyn eingeführte "Fianchetto"-System 4. g2–g3 ist aus der Mode gekommen und harrt der Wiederbelebung durch neue Ideen. Nach 4. … c7–c5 5. Sg1–f3 c5xd4 6. Sf3xd4 führt es zur Englischen Symmetrievariante.
 Rudolf Spielmann war ein risikofreudiger Angriffsspieler. Sein Zug 4. Dd1–b3 ist eine interessante Möglichkeit für Spieler, die in seinem Geiste spielen wollen. Es besteht eine Verwandtschaft zu 4. Dd1–c2, mit dem scheinbaren Vorteil gegenüber letzterer, dass der Lb4 unter direktem Angriff steht. Ein Zug wie 4. … Lb4xc3+ wäre schlecht. Weiß hätte gegenüber der Klassischen Variante a2–a3 eingespart. 4. … Sb8–c6 5. Sg1–f3 führt zur Ragosin-Variante des Damengambits. Die beste Antwort 4. … c7–c5 veranlasst Weiß zu 5. d4xc5. Nun ist Sb8–c6 ungefährdet möglich. Der schwarzfeldrige Läufer hat das zentrale Rückzugsfeld c5. Außerdem würde nach 6. a2–a3 die Dame von der Deckung des Sc3 mittels Sc6–d4 wegen 7. Db3xb4 Sd4–c2+ abgelenkt werden. Es wird hier also nach 6. a2–a3 Sc6–d4 anschließendes Lb4xc3+ nebst bxc3 und einem isolierten Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie die Folge sein. Die Abwehr von Sc6–d4 hätte Sf6–e4 mit Druck auf c3 und c5 zur Folge. 4. Dd1–c2 überdeckt eben auch das Zentralfeld e4 und ist deshalb wichtiger als 4. Dd1–b3.

 4. f2–f3 führt oft nach 5. a2–a3 zum Sämisch-System 4. a2–a3. Zum Beispiel in der 9. Partie der Schachweltmeisterschaft 2013.
 4. Dd1–d3 ist die Mikenas-Variante.
 4. e2–e4 ist das seltene Dilworth-Gambit. Nach 4. … Sf6xe4 5. Dd1–g4 Se4xc3 6. a2–a3 Lb4–e7 7. b2xc3 0–0 hofft Weiß auf seinen Rochadeangriff.

Literatur
 Nick de Firmian: Batsford's Modern Chess Openings. 14th edition, completely revised. B. T. Batsford, London 2000, ISBN 0-7134-8656-2, S. 511 ff.
 Aaron Nimzowitsch: Mein System. 3. Auflage. Schachzentrale Rattmann – Das Schacharchiv, Ginsheim-Gustavsburg 2002, ISBN 3-88086-073-4.
 Chris Ward: Offbeat Nimzo-Indian (= Everyman Chess.). Gloucester Publishers, London u. a. 2005, ISBN 1-85744-369-1.

Weblinks
Youtube-Video von Jan Gustafsson (54 min)
Youtube-Playlist von "Hanging Pawns" (englisch)
Youtube-Playlist von "Jozarov's chess channel" (englisch)

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"Planting trees around rivers could reduce the height of flooding in towns by up to 20%, new research suggests.
A study for the Environment Agency concludes that trees round a feeder stream can slow the rush of rainwater and save properties from flooding.
But it warns that natural flood prevention methods do not always work.
And it urges a strategic approach because foresting a whole catchment would be counter-productive.
The report – from the universities of Birmingham and Southampton – says that with increased building on flood plains and climate change increasing the risk of heavy rain, many places can't be completely protected by walls of concrete.
There has been a rush of interest in natural methods – planting trees and creating leaky dams which attempt to delay the flow of water by creating mini-floods upstream.
But the report's authors suggest that most successful natural methods are likely to be on a much larger scale than currently in operation.
They advise a strategic approach – taking a tributary stream to a main river then foresting the area round it, allowing the stream to make its own meanders, and letting dead wood from the forest to block the stream where it will.
A drop of up to 20% in flood maximum can be achieved by doing this over 25-40% of the main catchment, they say.
That is because the forested area will release its water to the main stream later than water running off pastureland.
Proponents of "re-wilding" suggest turning a whole catchment to forests. But the authors say this would not work because all the water would be released at the same time.
They say the strategic approach will be challenging because of the numbers of landowners involved in tackling the catchment of a whole tributary stream.
New incentives may need to be found for farmers, who currently get EU grants for keeping land as pasture and clearing scrub and trees.
He said that foresting even 10-15% of a catchment could prevent some flooding.
Ben Lukey, a flood risk manager for the Environment Agency, said there were insufficient funds to attempt the scale of works proposed in this report, althoughrecent changes in grants might help.
"What's identified is opportunity for bigger impact with more strategic catchment but we have to be mindful of the possibility that if it's not done well it could make matters worse.
The environment select committee will produce a report on flood management soon.
Thank you to you and your team for today. The trees look great and thank you too for clearing everything away without leaving any mess. That's the first time since we've been here that we've not had to get the broom out after someone has been to do work at the bungalow. The logs will be dried out and made into houses next summer.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senators will convene a previously undisclosed hearing to focus on the status of Takata air bag inflator recalls, the largest, most complex recall process in auto history that some lawmakers say is too slow. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Takata Corp is seen on its display at a showroom for vehicles in Tokyo, Japan, February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File PhotoMarch 20 is the tentative hearing date for the U.S. Senate Commerce subcommittee that oversees the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), committee officials said. Takata said in June that it has recalled, or expected to recall, about 125 million vehicles worldwide by 2019, including more than 60 million in the United States in vehicles built by 19 automakers. At least 22 deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide are linked to the Takata inflators that can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks. The defect led Takata to file for bankruptcy protection in June. Under the bankruptcy plan, Takata is selling its non-air bag inflator businesses to Key Safety Systems, a unit of China's Ningo Joyson Electric Corp. The office of Senator Jerry Moran, the Republican who chairs the subcommittee, said that the hearing would examine the "current manufacturer recall completion rates, the Takata bankruptcy and transition to new ownership under Key Safety Systems, and what all stakeholders including NHTSA are doing to ensure this process continues to move forward." A spokesman for Takata did not immediately comment on Wednesday. Senator Bill Nelson, the top Democrat on the Commerce Committee, said in a statement he hopes "we'll finally get a real plan to improve the still woeful recall completion rates." Nelson said "NHTSA, the independent monitor, and the automakers should all be asked to participate so we can get the numbers moving in the right direction." Nelson asked 19 automakers in a letter on Feb. 27 to disclose details on the pace of fixing vehicles. NHTSA says just over half of the 40 million inflators recalled to date have been replaced. Takata pleaded guilty in 2017 single felony count of wire fraud to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation and agreed to a $1 billion settlement. The company is under the oversight of an independent monitor for three years. Last month, Ford Motor Co warned an additional 33,000 owners of older pickup trucks to stop driving them until Takata inflators can be replaced after a second death in a 2006 Ford Ranger caused by a defective Takata inflator was reported. The other 20 deaths have occurred in Honda Motor Co vehicles. Reporting by David Shepardson; editing by Grant McCoolOur Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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I tried salt therapy after a bout with sniffles. It's way better than a Neti Pot.
Friday, February 10, 2017 by Becky Lang in Arts & Leisure
Soothing pink salt glows while you breathe.
I've long been intrigued by the Salt Cave Minnesota, which sits a few blocks from my house in south Minneapolis.
Technically, a salt cave should appeal to everyone, because a) caves are inherently intriguing b) all humans desire to eat/breathe/roll around in salt. It's just biology. Not only is this man-made cave beautiful, it is not filled with carbon monoxide and/or predators. Not every cave can say that.
This year, I became intrigued by the benefits of salt therapy, and decided it was time to give it a shot. The website says that salt therapy, also known as halotherapy, "has been used for centuries to alleviate symptoms of asthma, allergies, respiratory problems, anxiety, and other ailments."
As a human that spent my formative years assailing my immune system with sugar and antibacterial gel, I experience some of the above-mentioned ailments. I was curious about what sitting in a glowing pink room full of salt could do for me.
The Salt Cave's owner, Scott Wertkin, has a few disclaimers for people who roll into Salt Cave expecting an instant miracle. He noted that the salt cave is not an alternative to conventional medicine needed to treat illness or chronic conditions. "It's a compliment to a lot of things," he says.
A skeptic himself, he is careful when it comes to discussing the benefits of salt therapy. He sees it as a type of intentional relaxation, and adds that "it's only as therapeutic as you allow it to be."
He believes the salt cave gives people a chance to practice their ability to focus, and to get in touch with their breath.
Naturally, making salt therapy a regular habit will to lead to more benefits than trying it once. One customer I talked to had already been there several times, and said he planned to return the next week.
If you're thinking of heading to the salt cave in the midst of a nasty cold or infection, you may want to think again. Wertkin discourages people from coming in when they could be contagious. Instead, he discussed salt therapy as more of a proactive measure.
The establishment's newer cave, where my session took place, was nestled in the basement. The room feels like a hypnotic beach setting, with a set of zero-gravity lounge chairs lined up in a row. Debuted in 2014, this cave has a different look than its sister cave's NeverEnding Story vibe. It's intimate, modern, and geometric, with a ceiling covered in ropes. (Do not touch!)
You can taste the salt the second you enter the room, and feel it as you breathe. You also generate a salty layer on your skin that I was sure my dog would like when I got home. (She surprised me by not caring.)
My salt companions and I all sat together, facing the salt wall. It was like being on vacation with strangers, although everyone else was there in pairs. Although we had chatted casually before going in, we respected the vibe of the cave by quieting down and following Wertkin's breathing cues.
The glowing pink wall was making my eyes feel wonky, so I closed them. Wertkin dimmed the lights and left, turning on the halogenerator, which the website says, "infuses the air with a dry aerosol containing tiny particles of pharmaceutical grade salt."
The 45 minutes went by quickly, possibly because I spent it right in that place between asleep and awake that I usually only achieve listening to podcasts on a road trip. Is that meditation? That will have to be a topic for another column.
It was a very relaxing experience, and I felt like I had snuck in a nap on my way home from work. I left eager to return for a yoga class, which is another service it offers, along with massages, guided meditations, and story time for kids. For those who want to enjoy a salt cave on their own turf, Wertkin and his wife also offer cave design services.
While my visit to the Salt Cave Minnesota didn't magically cure my winter sniffles, it did provide a spa-like experience that left me feeling calm. Plus, it was a lot more pleasant than that time I tried a Neti Pot.
Those looking to get some halotherapy outside of Minneapolis can also check out the The Salt Room in Woodbury.
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It's been fifty years since the Civil Rights Movement reached its critical turning point with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Pop culture, the media and people everywhere are reflecting on that historic August day in 1963 when hundreds of thousands of Americans rallied in what would become the largest human rights demonstration in U.S. history.
Dr. King fought for racial harmony and social and economic justice for millions of black Americans during a time of segregation and discrimination deeply rooted in racist attitudes within the spirit of "separate but equal" rhetoric. Looking back with the luxury of hindsight, these sentiments were an embarrassing period in American history, one that Dr. King fought to amend. As many other commentators before me have stated, we should always remember MLK's calls for nonviolent change that advances all people, and how his leadership extended to millions with courage, poise and dignity.
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We have come to the point on this blog, I feel, where Syria needs no introduction. Things have been escalating for months, even years now, and the death toll has surpassed 100,000 faster than many similar conflicts in the past. Vicky wrote last Wednesday about the newest development in the never-ending Syrian tragedy: the alleged use of chemical weapons. As Vicky mentioned, these are as of now allegations; the UN is investigating them as I write this article, and, as Vicky also mentioned, any UN results from the investigation will not include whether it was Asad's troops or rebel soldiers that actually used the chemical weapons.
The videos are heart-wrenching to watch: a young boy, screaming and crying with other children in the street while bodies lie around them. A young man convulses uncontrollably, while others are sprawled in the halls of what appears to be an overwhelmed medical clinic; some still shake and show signs of life, others are clearly dead. In what has become a hallmark of videos of massacres in Syria, makeshift morgues lined with scores of corpses leave no doubt that a massive attack has taken place. The surviving victims display many of the hallmark symptoms of sarin gas exposure: convulsions, foaming at the mouth, and dilated pupils, and the scale of the casualties only add weight to this conjecture.
Videos of the attack today in the Ghouta region east of Damascus killing hundreds of civilians will test the United States' ability to stay out of the two-year-old civil war in Syria. Opposition leaders have already pointed their fingers at beleaguered president and war criminal Bashar al-Asad. US Pres. Barack Obama has previously listed chemical attacks as a "red line" that, if crossed, would automatically trigger American intervention. Yet despite confirming that it had "conclusive evidence" of such an attack in June, the government has yet to deliver the promised military aid to rebel groups. The amount of footage from today's alleged attack makes it difficult to dispute that something horrific has taken place in Ghouta, yet there is little reason to believe a Western response will go much further than rhetoric and promises of aid.
The Asad regime denies that such an attack took place – and if it did, the government insists that it was at the hands of the opposition. There is, for once, good reason to be suspicious of the attack: it took place just a few miles from where the United Nations chemical weapons inspection team is staying in Damascus, after having arrived in Syria on Sunday. It seems counterintuitive that Asad would order an attack on a location that can be so easily and immediately accessed by UN inspectors, especially so soon after their arrival. The Asad regime has also been winning important battles using conventional methods, and there seems to be no good strategic reason that it would shift tactics now. In the chemical weapons attacks earlier this summer, evidence pointed not only to the regime's use of sarin, but also to likely rebel use against government forces. Both groups claim the other is trying to frame them, and both may be right. If this is the case in Ghouta, then rebel groups murdered hundreds of their own supporters in order to gain Western support in the seemingly never-ending war against Asad, an unthinkable action.
A man lays an infant to rest among scores of victims. Courtesy AP.
Then again, the Asad regime could be growing increasingly confident that even if the UN team confirms the use of sarin, Western governments will still stay out of the Syrian civil war. Asad is many things, but an idiot isn't one of them; he can sense as well as anyone else American and European reluctance to get involved in what would be a messy intervention, at a cost of billions of dollars to their already unbalanced budgets, not to mention on the side of rebels who may or may not end up supporting Western interests if they were to gain power. After all, the "conclusive evidence" of the sarin attacks earlier this summer cited by the American government has failed to provoke even the delivery of military aid, let alone boots on the ground.
The UN teams must answer questions of who is culpable for the attacks swiftly if there is to be hope of outside intervention. The conflict has already caused human suffering at a pace and scale that is unprecedented in regional history: over 100,000 have died in the civil war, and more than half of Syria's population has been displaced both internally and abroad. The addition of chemical weapons will devastate an already shattered country, and lessen the likelihood of a peaceful transition when the dust clears. In the worst case scenario, chemical weapons alongside conventional warfare will render the country Syria a barren failed state, with stronghold controlled by warlords where massacres and human rights violations regularly take place. In the best, a timely intervention by outside forces to establish No-Fly Zones and safe havens for civilians while assisting the rebels to win militarily or force the regime to the negotiating table would at least leave Syria intact as a country. At this point in the conflict, that's the best we can hope for, and that is nearly as depressing as the West's lack of intervention for the last two years.
In the digital age of growing government and corporate surveillance all across the world, the Internet remains a crucial medium of everyday life. E-mail, social networks, digital media and seemingly unlimited data allow us to connect with the people and things we love whenever we want. Through the internet we can all be publishers and the world can be our audience, and our personal information has never been more valuable.
At the same time, our privacy and anonymity are increasingly coming under attack. Our personal data and information have never been more sought after by both states and corporations, and human rights groups are often the primary targets (as was recognised in this recent landmark UN report).
Finally, after two weeks, most U.S. diplomatic posts throughout the Middle East and northern parts of Africa that were closed amidst nebulous terrorist threats will reopen this week. After U.S. intelligence picked up phone conversations between two high-ranking members of al Qaeda (conveniently so, as now we have specific justification for why NSA and other U.S. intel groups do the things they do), these diplomatic posts were promptly shuttered - in some instances, such as in Yemen, U.S. diplomats were flown out of the country and into safer territory. It has been remarkable to see how quickly the State Department reacted to these threats, and how seriously they took them. And therefore, perhaps, what we've seen over the past two weeks is simply how effective terrorism still is and how relevant it will continue to be going forward.
The West African country Mali may find hope at last in moving forward from its most recent conflict. Early last year an ethnic-based group, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) rebelled against the government and joined with various Islamist groups to create a separate state for the Tuareg people in the north Mali region. By March 2012 factions of the military, dissatisfied with the government's response to the rebellion, ousted President Amadou Toumani Touré in a coup d'état. Shortly thereafter, the MNLA claimed the conquered territories of North Mali as an independent state, while the Islamist groups began to travel southward, hoping to establish shari'a law throughout the country. Even though the international community pledged to respond in October 2012, it wasn't until France decided to lead the intervention in January 2013 that the country began to recover lost ground. Now, 18 months since the last president was overthrown, the country is able to improve its conditions with new leadership to guide development and recovery.
In Yemen, the custom of early marriage just met a vocal challenger.
Going viral last week was a video of 11-year-old Nada al-Ahdal ranting about her parents' decision to forcibly marry her off to a much older man. "What have the children done wrong? Why do you marry them off like that?" she asks the camera rhetorically. Her powerful, candid words touch a delicate nerve amongst Yemenis, some of whom still continue this custom. Just how many? According to a 2006 joint report by the Ministry of Public Health and Population, the Pan-Arab Project for Family Health and UNICEF, early marriage is widely practiced: 52% of Yemeni women and girls are married by the time they turn 18.


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New screenshots for Mass Effect 3 have been released this morning. Recently announced, Mass Effect 3 will feature a cooperative multiplayer feature in the upcoming RPG. Bioware who detailed the new features in the "Galaxies at War" mode.
Players will be able to impact the "Galactic Readiness Level" which will have some impact on the single player experience in Mass Effect 3.
The game which recently saw a delay to incorporate multiple features, is scheduled for release in March of 2012 on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.


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Tree sit halts logging at Toolangi
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Central Highlands Action Group
More than 30 protesters are today halting logging operations at a large coupe on Yellowdindi rd in Toolangi state forest.
"The clear-felling of native forest in this area has been an ongoing source of dismay for local residents and today's protest is yet another cry out to be heard by the many who believe that this special area should be granted permanent protection" said spokesperson Emma-Jayne Heather.
"These forests give us protection against climate change and provide habitat for native fauna which is such a feature of this area" said one concerned Toolangi local.
"Residents are also concerned that following the Black Saturday fires in 2009 that clear-fell logging in the area will increase the risk of mega-fires due to the large amount of wood waste which is left behind in coupes. The resulting mono-species regeneration after logging operations is far more combustible than the mature age forests which are being removed. This is a recipe for further fire disasters".
"There is much evidence to support these fears, with recent publications by eminent ecological scientists such as Dr David Lindenmayer clearly indicating that clear-felling practices in the Central highlands area notably increases fire risk and thus threatens the whole region" said Ms Heather.
"Toolangi state forest has recently gained the nickname 'the green hole in the black donut'. It is a comparatively small area of bush land which escaped the 2009 bush fires, making it a last sanctuary for many critically endangered endemic birds and mammals whose numbers further plummeted during the blaze".
"Many of these creatures such as the Leadbeater's possum and the Sooty and Powerful owls require hollows in trees in which to live. The ideal sorts of hollows are found mostly in trees which are 120+ years old. Such trees are increasingly rare in Victoria and logging is the main cause for the shocking decline in numbers of these species that we are seeing".
"It is absolutely critical that what is left of the mature native bush in the Central Highlands be protected. Many nature reserves were destroyed in the Black Saturday bush fires and it makes sense that they be replaced with neighboring habitat which remains intact. The future of Victorian native plants and mammals depends on it" said one of the activists at Yellowdindi today.
The coupe in question contains predominantly Mountain grey-gum and Mountain Ash, both of which are ideal for forming hollows and are well known for Leadbeater's sightings.
The Yellowdindi coupe is one 8 adjoining coupes, potentially adding up to 250 hectares of denuded land between now and the end of the current 5-year logging schedule.
The protesters hope to hold off the destruction until the government intervenes and commits to providing national park status to the area.
Logging operations are being stalled via an intricate network of ropes woven around two log harvesters and then attached to two 30 metre tree sits from which two activists are suspended.
Another logging machine is being held by two demonstrators who are locked into the tracks, therefore rendering the machine unsafe to operate.
"We have such little mature forest left in this area" said one of the activists "we will regret it forever if we let our heritage slip away. We call on the Environment Minister to visit the coupe and see this destruction for himself. The state government must act to protect these forests".


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AUSTRIA, Salzburg. 1964. Julie ANDREWS poses with a guitar case for "The Sound of Music."
AUSTRIA. Salzburg. The British actress Julie ANDREWS as Maria Trapp in "The Sound of Music" directed by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. American director Robert WISE on the set of his film "The Sound of Music". 1964.
AUSTRIA. Young actors on the set of "The Sound of Music" directed by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. The British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS on the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. Christopher Plummer on the set of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. On the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. Salzburg. British actress Julie ANDREWS on the set of "The Sound of Music" directed by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. Julie ANDREWS and Christopher PLUMMER on the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. The British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS (center) on the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. 1964. The British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS (left) on the shooting of his film "The Sound of Music". Christopher PLUMMER (right).
AUSTRIA. 1964. Christopher Plummer during the filming of "The Sound of Music".
AUSTRIA. 1964. The British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS (left) and American director Robert WISE (right) on the shooting of his film "The Sound of Music".
AUSTRIA. 1964. American director Robert WISE on the shooting of his film "The Sound of Music".
AUSTRIA. Salzburg. Christopher Plummer on the set of "The Sound of Music" directed by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. The British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS on the set of "The Sound of Music" directed by Robert WISE. 1964.
AUSTRIA. On the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964. In the background British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS, Christopher PLUMMER on the right
AUSTRIA. On the shoot of "The Sound of Music" by Robert WISE. 1964. In the background British actress and singer Julie ANDREWS.
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4 men charged in Panama Papers investigation
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities announced a raft of conspiracy and tax fraud charges Tuesday against four men in the first U.S. prosecution related to the so-called Panama Papers. The 11-count indictment unsealed in Manhattan stems from what prosecutors described as an "intercontinental money...
This undated photo provided by Moore County Sheriff's Office in Dumas, Texas, shows Timothy Dean. Authorities say two Texas law enforcement officers are now charged in connection with a double homicide in upstate New York. The sheriff's office in Wayne County, New York, says Bron Bohlar was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, on a warrant for conspiracy at his Texas home. Deputies say Bohlar is an officer in the Texas Panhandle city Sunray. Former Sunray police chief Timothy Dean was previously charged in the case with first- and second-degree murder and conspiracy. (Moore County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Texas police charged in double homicide in stricken NY town
SODUS, N.Y. (AP) — Two Texas law enforcement officers and one of their wives are at the center of an investigation into a double homicide that has further rattled an upstate New York town already reeling from recent calamities. Joshua Niles, 28, and Amber Washburn, 24, were fatally shot outside...
William Hoehn testifies Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, in District Court, in Fargo, N.D.,, during his trial for conspiracy to commit murder of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old who's baby was cut from her womb. (Michael Vosburg /The Forum via AP, Pool)
North Dakota man denies helping kill pregnant woman
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man on trial in the death of a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb denied any role in her death, testifying Thursday that when he walked into his apartment and heard a baby cry, he thought his girlfriend had given birth. William Hoehn, 33, disputed testimony...
FILE - This combination of file photos provided by the Cass County Sheriff's Office in Fargo, N.D., shows William Hoehn, and his girlfriend Brooke Crews, the two people charged in connection with the murder of Savanna Greywind in North Dakota in August 2017. Greywind was eight months pregnant. Crews, ultimately admitted killing Greywind and cutting her baby from her womb. Hoehn, goes on trial Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, for conspiracy to commit murder. He has admitted helping cover up Greywind's murder. (Cass County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
Latest: Girlfriend says she was pressured to produce baby
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on the trial of William Hoehn, who is charged in the killing of a pregnant woman whose baby was cut from her womb (all times local): 10:55 a.m. A North Dakota woman convicted of killing her pregnant neighbor by cutting the baby from her womb says her then-boyfriend...
Chinese scientist pleads guilty in plot to steal GSK secrets
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Chinese scientist has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal biopharmaceutical trade secrets from GlaxoSmithKline in what prosecutors said was a scheme to set up companies in China to market them. Tao Li pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a single conspiracy count. The...
State Farm reaches preliminary deal in conspiracy lawsuit
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm on Tuesday reached a $250 million preliminary settlement in a federal class-action lawsuit claiming the company funneled money to the campaign of an Illinois Supreme Court candidate. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis...
FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, Jany Leveille, from left, with her attorney Kelly Golightley, and Siraj Ibn Wahhaj with attorney Tom Clark listen to the prosecutor during a hearing on a motion to dismiss in the Taos County Courthouse. Federal prosecutors say the FBI has arrested five former residents, including Leveille and Wahhaj, of a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said Friday, Aug. 31, his office will now seek grand jury indictments involving the death. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool, File)
FBI arrests 5 from New Mexico compound on firearms charges
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested five former residents of a ramshackle compound in New Mexico on firearms and conspiracy charges as local prosecutors dropped charges in the death of a 3-year-old boy at the property. Taos County District Attorney Donald Gallegos said his office will...
This March 12, 2018 photo released by the Cobb County Police shows Dr. Joseph L. Burton in Marietta, Ga. Burton has been indicted along with seven other individuals by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal distribution of opioid painkillers and other drugs in Atlanta. Burton is to be sentenced Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (Cobb County Police via AP)
Ex-medical examiner gets 8 years in opioids-for-sex case
ATLANTA (AP) — A highly regarded former Georgia medical examiner has been sentenced to serve eight years in prison for trading opioid prescriptions for sex in what former colleagues say is a sad and shocking turn for a man they knew as an ethical and dedicated public servant. A forensic pathologist...
FILE - This April 6, 2018, file photo shows a screen shot of Backpage.com on the day that federal authorities seized the classified site as part of a criminal case. Dan Hyer, sales and marketing director for Backpage.com, pleaded guilty Friday, Aug. 17, 2018, in Arizona to conspiring to facilitate prostitution in a scheme to give free ads to prostitutes in a bid to draw them away from competitors. Six others affiliated with Backpage.com face charges in the case. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
Sales director for Backpage.com pleads guilty to conspiracy
PHOENIX (AP) — The sales and marketing director of Backpage.com pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to facilitate prostitution, acknowledging that he participated in a scheme to give free ads to prostitutes in a bid to draw them away from competitors and win over their future business. Dan Hyer is...
Indonesian Siti Aisyah, center, is escorted by police as she leaves her court hearing at the Shah Alam High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. The Malaysian court has ordered the two women, Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong to enter their defense over the murder of North Korean leader's half-brother in a brazen assassination that has gripped the world. (AP Photo/Yam G-Jun)
Judge finds conspiracy to kill Kim with VX, women to testify
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — Two women accused in the brazen assassination of the North Korean leader's half brother were told Thursday to make their defense after a Malaysian judge found evidence they participated in a "well-planned conspiracy" to kill, extending their murder trial until next year...


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I've checked the documentation and it' doesn't show a way just to display a specific field.

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Hello and welcome back to the Quingo scooter users blog. In this blog post the Quingo team share some useful information about mobility scooter insurance and why it is so vital.
It is important that you enjoy yourself when out and about and that you benefit from using your mobility scooter as much as you can without worry.
Scooter Insurance offers you the peace of mind to do just that every time you go out. Whilst the law states that you are not obliged to have insurance, it is strongly recommended – both by the Quingo team and the Department for Transport that you do.
Your Quingo can be a vital lifeline during the cold winter months but you do need to take a few precautions when using any vehicle at this time of year.
Following the end of British Summer Time and the clocks going back, the team here wanted to share some advice about keeping safe now the evenings are darker when out and about on your scooter.
One of the major considerations when out and about in the winter is low visibility. When the sun goes down at 3:30pm there's precious little daylight, but there are a number of simple precautions you can take to make sure that you are safe and sound.
Hello and welcome back to the Quingo scooter users blog. In this blogpost the Quingo team want to share some safety information about seat belts and mobility scooters. We'll also discuss the law surrounding seat belts and we'll look at when's best to use your seat belt while on your Quingo scooter.
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Distribución geográfica
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Tedder, Tipler make NFCA Region team
Published 3:37 pm Tuesday, July 5, 2016
By Baker Ellis
Spain Park's Kynadi Tipler was named to the NFCA South Region First Team along with teammate Mary Katherine Tedder. (File)
By BAKER ELLIS / Sports Editor
Spain Park's Mary Katherine Tedder and Kynadi Tipler have been selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association South Region First Team. Tedder and Tipler, who were both instrumental in Spain Park's 2016 run to the 7A state title game, have been raking in awards this offseason, and this recognition is the latest in a long line of postseason accolades.
Per the NFCA website, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association is the professional growth organization for fast pitch softball coaches from all competitive levels of play. The All-Region squads are nominated and selected by NFCA member coaches in each of the five high school regions. Each region, the North, South, South Central, East and West, had a First Team and a Second Team, and each team was made up of 16 players.
Spain Park's Mary Katherine Tedder was named to the NFCA South Region First Team along with teammate Kynadi Tipler. (File)
Tipler and Tedder were the only girls from Shelby County named to any NFCA team, but were not the only girls from Alabama. Gatorade Player of the Year Ashlee Swindle, along with Sparkman's Mackenzie Nutt were also named to the First Team, while McKenna Ray from Bob Jones, Victoria Ortiz and Mary-Hannah Smith from Baker, Bailey Murphy and Tate Moseley from Hewitt-Trussville, Jamie Gregg from Hoover and Shelby Booker from James Clemens were each named to the Second Team from the South Region, giving Alabama 11 total players on both rosters, the most of any state in the region.
Tipler, who has graduated from Spain Park and will play her college softball at Delaware State University, had 70 hits to go along with 45 RBI and 10 home runs in her senior season. She posted a batting average of .419 in 58 games and was one of the top leadoff hitters in the state. She also finished with a .854 fielding percentage from third base on 151 chances.
Tedder as well was one of the best players in state this past season, as the junior shortstop did not miss one of Spain Park's 59 games and finished the year with 74 hits and 74 RBI, as well as a .457 batting average and 20 home runs as well. The University of Texas commit was also walked 31 times, and finished the year with an on-base percentage of .496, as well as a fielding percentage of .917, and was Spain Park's driving offensive force.
Both girls were also named to the All-County First Team.
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Breaking: Rachel will keep her trap shut tonight!
Susan Rice can go hang in the yard: The thing we've found most offensive in this is the way they're willing to waste Susan Rice.
The way they're willing to take her out with their insultingly stupid "logic" and their cherry-picked quotes.
We don't know Rice, but she has always seemed smart and decent to us. Now she's being taken out, as was done to so many others back in the Clinton-Gore years.
And how strange! Rachel, upset by the war on women, is hiding beneath her big desk! They keep pounding away at Rice—and Rachel keeps very silent.
Open letter to Maddow:
Get off your ass, you big piece of slick! Stand up on the air tonight and call out these tribunes to power!
Name their names! (Their names are many.) Stop clowning around with your endless stores of bullshit.
Fantasy over! Rubes, get real:
Rachel will keep her trap shut tonight! Darlings! Among the multimillionaire crowd, things like that simply aren't done!
Go ahead—watch her program tonight. The silence will be very loud—and the White House may hang in the balance.
Also silent about this war on a smart decent woman: Joy-Ann and Alex and Krystal and Ana. Have we heard a peep out of Harris-Perry?
Dearest darlings, come to your senses! Pelley and Crawford are Major Guild Power! Why, Crawford used to be on the NewsHour!
Critiques of such people aren't done!
Posted by bob somerby on Friday, October 19, 2012
"Open letter..."
Yeah, that'll get her attention.
Do you doubt Maddow's staff are aware of this site?
It would be more becoming for you to simply come out and say that, like Maddow, you couldn't care less about Rice being hung out to dry.
Aware of this site? Maybe. Give even a tinker's damn about it? Doubtful.
" ...you could care less about Rice being hung out to dry."
Nice non sequitur.
So 3:33, are you saying that Rice will get hung out to dry unless Maddow rides to the rescue?
It is not a given that Maddow confronting this would be sufficient.
But given her (Maddow's) pretensions to thoroughness and honesty it should be necessary for her to confront it.
Why shouldn't she?
Because she's only got five hours a week to devote to her show? Less if there is a debate on that week?
And what are you saying? That if Rachel Maddow would have devoted an entire segment, hour or even a week explaining Susan Rice's comments, that the right-wing echo machine would have been stopped in its tracks and wouldn't have dared spin the lies they are spinning now?
Are you really that naive?
Your reading comprehension circuits have failed, but your Maddow-apology functions are in perfect order, sir.
"It is not a given that Maddow confronting this would be sufficient."
You might give comprehending that sentence another try -- Perhaps your failure mode is only intermittent.
And once again, it's not just "the right-wing echo machine" where these lies are being spun at this point.
You know, when all a guy can say over and over is "reading comprehension" it's like the loser in a debate complaining about the moderator or the other guy being mean. It means you lose.
And by the way, the right-wing echo machine does certainly originate and spin the lies. They are given oxygen when so-called mainstream "fact-checkers" like PolitiFact breathes life into them.
Which is exactly what Maddow said. And Somerby. Only they can't be saying the same thing because Somerby says she's wrong for saying it. And Somerby's cattle have more sweet hay to low on.
"I have seen that report, and the story is absolutely wrong. We were not aware of any actionable intelligence indicating that an attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi was planned or imminent. That report is false."
— Carney, news briefing, Sept. 14
"Based on the best information we have to date ... it began spontaneously in Benghazi as a reaction to what had transpired some hours earlier in Cairo, where, of course, as you know, there was a violent protest outside of our embassy sparked by this hateful video. But soon after that spontaneous protest began outside of our consulate in Benghazi, we believe that it looks like extremist elements, individuals, joined in that effort with heavy weapons of the sort that are, unfortunately, readily now available in Libya post-revolution. And that it spun from there into something much, much more violent.... We do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned."
— Susan E. Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on CBS's "Face the Nation," Sept. 16
QUESTION: "Simply on the basis of what Ambassador Rice has publicly disclosed, does the United States Government regard what happened in Benghazi as an act of terror?"
SPOKESWOMAN VICTORIA NULAND: "Again, I'm not going to put labels on this until we have a complete investigation, okay?"
QUESTION: "You don't — so you don't regard it as an act of terrorism?"
NULAND: "I don't think we know enough. I don't think we know enough. And we're going to continue to assess. She gave our preliminary assessment. We're going to have a full investigation now, and then we'll be in a better position to put labels on things, okay?"
— exchange at State Department briefing, Sept. 17
"Well, you're conveniently conflating two things, which is the anniversary of 9/11 and the incidents that took place, which are under investigation and the cause and motivation behind them will be decided by that investigation."
QUESTION: "We have reports that the White House said today that the attacks in Libya were a terrorist attack. Do you have information indicating that it was Iran, or al-Qaeda was behind organizing the protests?"
OBAMA: "Well, we're still doing an investigation, and there are going to be different circumstances in different countries. And so I don't want to speak to something until we have all the information. What we do know is that the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm U.S. interests."
— President Obama, Univision Town Hall, Sept. 20
QUESTION: "I heard Hillary Clinton say it was an act of terrorism. Is it? What do you say?"
OBAMA: "We are still doing an investigation. There is no doubt that the kind of weapons that were used, the ongoing assault, that it wasn't just a mob action. Now, we don't have all the information yet so we are still gathering."
— Obama, on ABC's "The View," Sept. 25.
QUESTION: "Is there any reason why the President did not — he was asked point-blank in The View interview, is this a terrorist attack, yes or no? Is there any reason why he didn't say yes?"
CARNEY: "He answered the question that he was asked, and there's no reason that he chose the words he did beyond trying to provide a full explanation of his views and his assessment that we need to await further information that the investigation will uncover. But it is certainly the case that it is our view as an administration, the President's view, that it was a terrorist attack."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/from-video-to-terrorist-attack-a-definitive-timeline-of-administration-statements-on-the-libya-attack/2012/09/26/86105782-0826-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html
MaxFrost October 19, 2012 at 5:26 PM
I think it's an excellent challenge. Rachel's perch isn't so high and mighty that she looks down on the rest of us. She just doesn't have what it takes.
Volt61 October 19, 2012 at 5:34 PM
It's ugly and sickeningly ironic how so many are up in arms over this particular incident, yet are able to completely overlook the vastly more damning evidence of gross incompetence/collusion in the events/signs leading up to 9/11.
5:15, the only thing your string of quotes demonstrates to me is an administration being very cautious about what it says while the investigation is underway.
Now you might construe that denying it was an "act of terror" despite all the statements that said it was, which you conveniently ignore since it doesn't fit the spin you want to put on it.
But I really see it as keeping your yap shut until you know what you are talking about.
What a concept, and certainly foreign to the Romney campaign and its band of merry followers.
And his timeline also conveniently omits every reference to the incident as an act of terror.
Susan Rice has not seemed decent to "us", not when "we" first saw that she had led the charge to keep the UN from investigating war crimes by Israel in Gaza. Of course people in her position are paid to take disgusting stances.
Susan Rice is a wild-eyed war-monger who is a critical part of a disastrous, aggressive American foreign policy.
Yeah, too bad we still don't have the level headed John Bolton at the U.N. (sarcasm).
I'm the anonymous of October 19 6:09, the one who mentioned Gaza.
Anyway, yeah, the Republicans are worse. I hope Obama wins. I also think parts of his foreign policy are disgusting.
We have a horrid foreign policy, complete with illegal and un-Constitutional act and destructive and self-destructive as can be. Susan Rice defends all this. I have no respect for her at all.
Oh, for the good old days when waterboarding, renditions and warrantless wiretaps were part of our foreign policy.
Anon 6:52 & 6:42
You are attacking her from the opposite side than Romney & Republicans. Their manufactured outrage is based on the claim that she's too soft, too liberal/leftist.
A/C in Ma
Now it's just most of those things, not all.
Or so we are told.
And some apparently believe it. Huh!
jkw October 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM
I don't understand why it is so important that average Americans are informed of the exact nature of a attack on our embassy in Libya. It seems to me the important issue is that our intelligence people were pretty quick in getting to the bottom of things and hopefully reacting properly. Whats wrong with waiting till the facts are fully understood before making public comments? I think this whole issue about when the attacks were called terrorist instead of part of a mob action is silly. All I want to know is that the people that attacked and killed our Ambassador and other Americans have been killed or captured.
This controversy is simply an example of the Karl Rove manufactured type of issue that the press seems to have mindlessly played right into.
AC / MA
mch October 19, 2012 at 7:48 PM
I'm not sure why Maddow should be held to such strong account for not coming to the defense of Susan Rice. Susan Rice and the Obama administration seem to me to want Rice to remain under the radar in the this election-year manufactured controversy. Not sure of all their reasons (smart election-year politics of their own? internal power struggles: should Obama win, when Hillary resigns, who will be named new Sec. of State?), but this "conspiracy of silence" seems pretty big.
Possibly Rice is being hung out to dry. Don't know. It is interesting, though, this silence from her and about her by the administration.
The Post should use the real word: "Fraud!"
Ignatius sets himself right on Benghazi!
RACE TO THE FINISH: Men in Orange!
Drumming Brooks: Here's the bad news!
Some Standard Group Stories are accepted by all!
RACE TO THE FINISH: "Polarization" then and now!
Schieffer allows McCain to dissemble again!
Why we voters don't know a whole lot!
RACE TO THE FINISH: A thrill up the leg!
Lawrence serves the comfort food!
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: An extreme...
The Times pretends to do campaign reporting!
McCain keeps shooting off his mouth!
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: Tears of r...
We'll always have Benghazi!
The Times pretends to discuss that plan!
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: Perestroika!
Is David Sirota on Romney's payroll?
What do big journalists worry about!
Obama doubled the price of gas!
How did Bob Schieffer do Monday night!
WHO LOST TRACK OF THE MAINSTREAM PRESS: Two journa...
GOOD-BYE, BOCA: Looking back!
GOOD-BYE, BOCA: Looking ahead!
GOOD-BYE, BOCA: Nocera's dream!
GOOD-BYE, BOCA: Bruni's laments!
FINAL DEBATE: A note about the moderator!
FINAL BUNGLES ON BENGHAZI: The Washington Post exp...
FINAL BUNGLES ON BENGHAZI: John King deceives the ...
FINAL BUNGLES ON BENGHAZI: Eric Schmitt deceives t...
BENGHAZI BULLROAR: With friends like Chris Hayes!
BENGHAZI BULLROAR: What actually happened!
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KILLING THE PIG: David Ignatius stands and speaks!
KILLING THE PIG: The AP bungles some new information!
KILLING THE PIG: Begala throws Susan Rice under th...
Jan Crawford slanders Ambassador Rice!
Who the Joe Hill is Becky Bowers!
Becky Bowers is completely unskilled!
WHO LOST AMERICA: "Challenge to democracy!"
Body language hits the front page!
Maddow explains how Romney got conned!
WHO LOST AMERICA: Sirota and Lawrence, Dionne and ...
Candidate Romney gets conned by a con!
In debate, a bungle by Candidate Romney!
The Times reports new facts on Benghazi!
WHO LOST AMERICA: What, the New York Times worry?
The Post goes after Ambassador Rice!
The wages of the press corps' games!
Joy-Ann Reid and the loaf of bread!
WHO LOST AMERICA: Flight from the truth!
Kid Pareene keeps getting it right!
Ezra is losing Medicare too!
It's all substance under the bridge!
WHO LOST AMERICA: Death by culture!
The soul of a rapidly dying culture!
Is there some way to deport Katty Kay?
Candidate Ryan restores specificity!
The tyranny of the split-screen presentation strik...
It's time for Jeff Zeleny to go!
LEHRER'S RERUN: Jim Lehrer, before and after!
Dee Dee Myers gets it right!
Are you still sure Mitt Romney can't win!
The hopeless decline of the liberal world!
LEHRER'S RERUN: Jim Lehrer's autumn of 96!
In this instance, Kevin Drum's wrong!
What the Sam Hill has Mitt Romney proposed: Doyle ...
What has Candidate Romney proposed?
LEHRER'S RERUN: Terrible, horrible, ungodly conduct!
The nature of bloated health care spending!
Tax talk: The New York Times' broken culture!
LEHRER'S RERUN: Last week wasn't Lehrer's first run!
Does our discourse run on information at all?
How do you like your blue-eyed boy now!
LEHRER'S RERUN: In Gethsemane, victim of smears!
Paul Glastris gets modern history right!
Blitzer, Burnett and the undecideds!
What Mitt Romney did on his Labor Day weekend!
E.J. Dionne and the change in the times!
Krugman outlines a major misstatement!
JIM LEHRER'S RERUN: On MSNBC, the confusion was ge...
Breaking! Romney made accurate statement!
As if last night's debacle wasn't enough!
Kristof v. Collins: The public face of don't care!
JIM LEHRER'S RERUN: Potted plant!
Smells like press spirit!
Gwen Ifill attempts to compile a list!
DISAGGREGATION NATION: A very old regional tale!
David Gregory inquired on the basis of race!
Debate watch: Cooper blames the voters!
DISAGGREGATION NATION: As found in Collins' appendix!
More greatest tales of past White House debates!
DISAGGREGATION NATION: Collins in Illinois!


I've got a hankering to play something trek related and I heard you guys were playing some STO.
Some might remember me, I've gone by Ender prior to SFC1 in games.
To clarify, I think there was an Ender in this fleet back in SFC3 days, that one isn't me. I was one of the founders of S31.
However......I MIGHT have been in 9th fleet many years ago under a different name in SFC1 days but honestly can no longer remember.
Anyway, I did my password reset to regain my account here and figured I'd come say hi!
Is there a vent or teamspeak everyone still uses?
Re: 'ello guys! Long time no see!
sadly, most of the STO players don't seem to stop by here very often.
STO Character: Science officer. Fleet Admiral- Roberts@ddbrown - Forums "ddbrown"
I tried to play last night and to my surprise NinthFleet chat channel seems to be defunct. If the two people on the fed side neither answered me on fleet channel so I did not stay long.
You should of had an email about the chat channel change.