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'White Collar' 2.11 'Forging Bonds' Recap And Review

Brittany Frederick Brittany Frederick
1/25/2011 10:00pm EST

A lot of answers get revealed in this week's White Collar - and in the tradition of the best mysteries, giving those secrets away only makes us more interested in asking further questions.

After getting his name from Julian Larsson last week, Peter is doing some research on Vincent Adler, and it's not pretty; there are plenty of newspaper clippings on how Adler disappeared seven years ago following an elaborate Ponzi scheme. He's surprised when, among all the copy, he finds a picture of Adler with Neal in the background - surprised enough that he decides to pay Neal a late-night visit, wanting to know how the two know each other. Neal replies that he just connected the dots himself, and says for the second time in two episodes that Adler is "the man who made me who I am today." This piques Peter's curiosity, and he wants to know more, but Neal balks and Peter knows why. Telling him the truth would mean copping to crimes he doesn't know about. Once he gets Neal's assurance that he hasn't killed anyone, Peter puts his badge on the table and tells Neal that he'll give him full immunity regarding anything he says until sunrise.

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Deal made, Neal produces the fractal that Mozzie was able to construct from the equation he figured out from the music box. He tells Peter that he's seen one before in Adler's office, and that to get from him to Adler, they have to start with Mozzie. "Why am I not surprised?" Peter asks, settling in for a long story.

Eight years earlier, Neal is just arriving in New York, and comes across a guy running a game of three-card monte. He's easily able to outsmart the guy at his own con, which draws the attention of none other than Mozzie, with a bad toupee and goatee to boot. After sending a local kid (played by Willie Garson's son Nathan) to follow him, Moz tracks Neal down at his tiny apartment. When Neal asks warily where his partner is, Moz replies, "I left him. I need an upgrade." Thus, a beautiful partnership begins.

("Mozzie had a goatee?" Peter says, laughing. "Only to distract from his toupee," Neal replies.)

Mozzie is impressed by Neal's "exquisite" bond forgeries, and has dreams of grandeur for the two of them. He proposes a long con which he refers to as "the Everest of swindles." The mark? Vincent Adler.

Peter tells Neal that those same fake bonds were the first time that Neal popped up on his radar. We find Peter working at a tiny desk in the FBI office bullpen (with that same ridiculous moustache, even), as another agent drops the file on a stack of them piling up there. "Stop hoarding all the new cases, Burke," his partner chastizes him, but doesn't want the case when Peter offers to give it to him, even though Peter points out these particular bonds have never before been forged. His loss. Reviewing the work, Peter says to himself, "I think this guy has a future."

"What was my nickname?" Neal wants to know, almost giddily. "Every case has a nickname." He gets Peter to admit it was "James Bonds," sending both of them into a simultaneous impression of Sean Connery. Gloating, Neal adds that while his file may have been just one in a stack of cases, it was the one on top.

We flash back to Peter and Elizabeth just having moved into their house - or rather, Elizabeth is doing the moving while Peter is still paging Neal's file. Even she's impressed by Neal's handiwork, but advises her husband to lose the facial hair.

Detour aside, Peter steers Neal back to the story of how he went after Adler. Watching him on the street, Neal tells Mozzie that he's the CEO of Adler Financial Management, running a top hedge fund. Mozzie adds that Adler made a hundred and fifty million dollars the previous year, and tells Neal to "know thine enemy." When Neal asks him what the con is, Mozzie reveals that Adler puts a percentage of his profits into a tax-free account in the Cayman Islands, and that they're going to reroute his next wire transfer once they obtain his account number and password. However, to get such sensitive information from such a powerful guy, they're going to need to get very close to him over the next five months. That's where Neal comes in.

Step one is making contact at a very expensive charity dinner. To afford a plate, Neal has to cash in a few more of his forged bonds - and doing so gives Peter his first visual on his future partner. Neal leaves a bank in Midtown with the five thousand dollars, and a lollipop from the bank teller. Yet literally feet away, Peter is briefing the bank manager about the forgeries. To defuse the situation, Neal brazenly walks up and interrupts their conversation, playing the part of a concerned customer. Peter is none the wiser, not even when Neal gives him the lollipop as a parting gift.

Mozzie isn't thrilled, but Neal tells him that now they know who's after them and what for. He's unbothered, thinking up his first alias off a piece of junk mail - Nicholas Halden. Armed with cheap wine in an expensive bottle and a suit swiped from Mozzie's dry cleaners (although he admits "I don't know if I'm a suit guy"), he arrives at the charity dinner and comes face-to-face with Vincent Adler for the first time.

Vincent Adler is played by Andrew McCarthy, which makes me a very happy girl indeed. I first took notice of him when he appeared in a direct-to-video B-movie called Perfect Assassins alongside Robert Patrick, and I've been a fan of his ever since; in fact, I owe him for inspiring me and curing one of my worst cases of writers block a decade ago. He's even had a great novel written about his mass appeal. I am always glad to see him in something, as I really think he should be around a lot more often. It's certainly a different experience to see him working his charm as a man that we know will do some pretty horrible things.

Neal doesn't know any of that yet, however, and persistently tries to charm Adler, even though the man brushes him off twice. It's in practically stalking him that he meets Kate Moreau - who's working as Adler's personal assistant. He's immediately taken by her, and the two strike up a conversation over art and their attempts at making it. She correctly pegs him as there to cozy up to her boss, tipping him off that his first challenge is rearranging the seating chart, and wishing him good luck. Neal switches seats with Adler's date, which doesn't make him happy, but is able to persuade the boss to take a chance on him.

Some time later, now working for Adler, Neal's assignment is to find out who's been snooping into the man's recent art purchases. He tries to ask Kate out but she reveals that she has a boyfriend who's asked her to move to Chicago with him, and she's leaving the next month. Shot down, he later meets with his boss in Adler's office - where he sees the fractal for the first time. He tells Adler that he's identified the culprit and that she believes she's arriving for a job interview. Who's the suspicious party? None other than Alex Hunter (Gloria Votsis). Adler doesn't waste any time cutting through her facade, showing his ruthless side as he gets right in her face and terrifies her while a shocked Neal looks on. He finally dismisses her, then gives Neal an impressive bonus, which Neal decides to turn around and invest in Adler's hedge fund.

"You didn't know it was a scam," Peter interrupts.

"No," Neal admits. "My goal at the time was to prove my loyalty to Adler. The job became my life."

"What happened to Alex?" Peter asks.

Neal sees Alex with her boyfriend as he leaves Adler's building. He's in mid-longing gaze when Alex interrupts. "Buy me a drink and we'll talk," she tells him, and becomes his rebound girl. Yes, they've slept together, unfortunately. What's more important is that she tells him that she knows he's a grifter, and furthermore, tells him about the music box. Neal tells Peter that she'd been chasing it for years, and would leave him a paper flower if she ever needed his help. Alex disappears after that, and Kate turns up on Neal's doorstep, having changed her mind about which man she wants to be with.

He should be happy, but he's not. The next morning, Mozzie tells him that the FBI now has a sketch of him circulating. "It's time to finish this job and move on," he informs a perturbed Neal.

Neal goes into the office, where Adler has him fit for his first tailored suit on a whim. Their resulting conversation shows us that it's Adler who gave Neal his predilection for the high life. He also notices that Neal and Kate have gotten close. The reminder of Kate only makes it harder for Neal to turn on the charm, tell Adler there's an irregularity in his offshore account, and ask for the information he needs to complete the con (while scrambling to hide a newspaper on his boss's desk which happens to be turned to said sketch). "I trust you," Adler says, giving him the password - "ANCIENTLYRE" - and telling him to go to the bank before it closes that day. This scene also introduces Neal to the idea of wearing a hat for the first time.

Later that day, Neal and Kate go for a walk in the park, and he decides he'd rather stay with her than go to the bank. Mozzie is understandably upset, and blames Kate, but Neal says she's not going to break his heart. Neal and Kate continue their relationship in earnest, but are rocked when they see on the news that Adler has disappeared with all of his money - and theirs. "There was only a dollar left in" his account, Neal tells Peter. "The password was an anagram for 'Nice try, Neal.'" He was figured out a long time ago.

The news report also draws the attention of a now clean-shaven Peter, who runs into newbie Clinton Jones in the bullpen. Jones wants to join his newly forming white collar crime task force. Jones notices that Peter still has the lollipop that Neal gave him the year before. "Unfinished business," he says. "I get it." With that, Peter begins to think Jones might be the right fit for his team after all.

Kate is flipping out at being broke and unemployed, but Neal promises her that they'll get it all back. In order to do that, he has to tell her who he really is, and what he really does. She becomes his second partner in crime, assisting him and Mozzie with their cons in order to survive. Just as they're reasonably back on their feet, Alex leaves a flower and a tip leading to Copenhagen, so Neal tries to convince Kate to take a vacation with him there. She doesn't want anything to do with the music box, however, and he goes to Copenhagen without her. The music box was there, he says, but "it was a three-person job. Without Kate, it fell apart. Alex ended up in a French hospital and I barely escaped."

"But everyone thought you had the box," Peter notes.

"I didn't correct them," Neal replies, saying that when he returned to New York, Kate was gone and he began to pull off larger cons in order to get her attention. This, of course, only helped him get more attention from the FBI.

By now, the task force is up and running, including the newly-arrived Diana Barrigan, who advises Peter to put pressure on Kate. They know where she is, even if Neal doesn't. Peter realizes from Kate's movements that she's hiding from Neal, and plans to use that to their advantage. Cue Mozzie arriving at Neal's apartment to tell him that one of his contacts knows where Kate is. "This smells like a trap," he warns, but Neal doesn't care, letting his heart lead instead of his brain.

True to Mozzie's warning, when Neal arrives at the storage facility, he finds Kate - but barely has time to reconcile with her before Peter and his agents come storming in to arrest him. With his quest for his true love finally resolved, however, Neal tells her "it's okay," and surrenders peacefully. Much to Peter's bewilderment, he offers a hand to the FBI agent, thanking him for that last stolen moment. "I never would have found her without you," he says, and Peter shakes his hand before Neal is led away in handcuffs, bringing us back around to the pilot.

"You know the rest," Neal tells Peter, "so what do we do next?"

"We know what he wants most," Peter replies.

"The fractal."

"It must mean something. It must point somewhere," Peter insists. He also spots another piece of origami, telling him that Alex has been there that same day. Neal tells Peter that Alex believes the fractal is in fact, an antenna, with a shape that corresponds to a specific frequency for an emergency beacon.

"You're telling me that if we build a real one of these and hook it up to a radio, it's going to lead us to something worth all of this?" Peter replies, still in disbelief. "Then I guess we have to find it first."

"Forging Bonds" has the unenviable task of condensing years worth of history into three-quarters of an hour on screen, but series creator Jeff Eastin and his co-writer Alexandra McNally manage to do just that. All of the major characters we've come to see in the last season and a half make an appearance here, even if it's just a minor one. Although the narrative has to take some inevitable skips forward for time's sake, by episode's end, we're right back where White Collar started from, so we can easily connect what we've just seen to the pilot and feel as if we've come full circle. That's a masterful writing job, and I commend them for it.

It also gives us another reminder, in the simple flashbacks, that the show's greatest strength is the chemistry between Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay. Even in those small scenes, which could easily just be throwaway filler between flashbacks, we get a sense of how their relationship has evolved. They've come to the point where they can sit down one night over drinks and talk...even if they're talking about crimes and conspiracies, but they're talking. We've seen them grow to become friends over the last season and a half, and it's a pleasant reminder of how far they've come.

If there's one thing that doesn't work here, though, it's that the women in Neal Caffrey's life continue to be the most weakly drawn in the series. It's nice to see Alex return, but I found it somewhat predictable and disappointing that she ended up in bed with Neal. There's nothing in that scene she couldn't have said with her clothes on, so what's the point of having her sleep with him? Certainly there's a woman in Neal's life (June excepted) that doesn't want to get into bed with him, regardless of how charming and handsome Matt Bomer is.

The flashbacks for Alex seem like they come too late for me. I never really bought her as the love of Neal's life, because we never got the chance to see things like this in season one; we didn't get the chance to buy into that relationship beyond what Neal said about her. It was mostly told, not shown. What I saw was Kate playing Neal as much as she was being played, and that made me dislike her. Seeing her honestly in love with him now doesn't have much effect on me because I can't forget what she's going to do to him later. It's the same way with Adler; Neal may not know the monster his boss is, but we all do. That works for Adler, as we're not supposed to like him, but with Kate, it works against her.

That one element aside, however, this episode really does answer most if not all of the burning questions White Collar fans have had about how our characters got to this point - and by episode's end, we're ready to find out what the next step is in pursuing Adler. The episode reveals the big picture to the audience and makes us smarter for it right at the time when we know we're going to need that information for whatever comes next. Its perfect timing and tight, yet informative writing make this episode a particular stroke of brilliance.

For more White Collar, check out the show category at my blog,

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'Margot At The Wedding' Stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh

11/17/2007 8:24am EST
Margot At The WeddingWritten and directed by Noah Baumbach, Margot At The Wedding is a follow-up to his Academy Award nominated “The Squid and the Whale,” and is a daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration of the tender, absurd and sometimes excruciating relationship between siblings and the fallout for those in their wake: children, husbands, lovers.

Margot Zeller (Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman), a savagely bright, razor-tongued short-story writer who creates chaos wherever she goes, sets off on a surprise journey to the wedding of her estranged and free-spirited, unassuming sister Pauline (Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Margot, with her all-too-rapidly maturing son Claude (newcomer Zane Pais) in tow, arrives with the gale force of a hurricane. From the minute she meets Pauline's fiancé – the unemployed artist Malcolm (Jack Black) – Margot starts to plant seeds of doubt about the union.

As the wedding approaches, one complication crashes into the next: vengeful neighbors, a beloved tree in the backyard and Margot's own marital turmoil. The two sisters, find themselves at the precipice of an unexpected transformation ultimately revealing that even when your family is about to implode . . . the one thing you can cling to for solace and comfort is your imploding family.

Baumbach in his wry, unique vision lays bare an aspect of human comedy in all its confounding sustaining essence.

Paramount Vantage will release the film on November 16th in NY, November 21st in LA and nationally in December.

The film is rated R, with an approximate running time of 1-hour and 33 minutes.

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The Wild's hole is getting deeper -- five points out of a playoff spot now -- as it faces the Ducks tonight.

Remember, 6:30 p.m. start because it's on the NBC Sports Network.

Josh Harding returns to goal tonight. He hasn't played since allowing four goals in the third period, three in the final 3:21 and the last with 20.8 seconds left in a 5-4 loss to Nashville on Jan. 31.

"I know Hards has the ability to be a starting goalie in the NHL. He's proven it this year. But in order for that to happen, these are the type of things you have to deal with. So, let's give him a chance to go out there and see how he responds to that," coach Mike Yeo said.

Matt Cullen will move to wing with Kyle Brodziak and Nick Johnson. Yeo feels Cullen has played well despite the fact he hasn't scored in 12 games. He wants Cullen to be surrounded by good players, and that line was going well with Dany Heatley there before Mikko Koivu's return.

Erik Christensen will center Kris Foucault in his NHL debut and Carson McMillan, while Warren Peters will center Darroll Powe and Matt Kassian.

Marco Scandella is back. Justin Falk and Mike Lundin are scratched.

Lots of talk in the locker room about Justin Fontaine's Twitter faux pas. A lot of the former Aeros feel for Fontaine: "It's a tough lesson for a great kid," said Peters.

Cullen said this is why he'd never join Twitter. Too easy to make a mistake, although Fontaine just needed common sense not to make this one.

"I stick to postcards and letters," he said.

Actually, I think he still etches his writings on stone. I can say that. I've known him for 12 or 13 years.


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Representatives of the city's largest taxi companies say an updated city proposal to regulate Lyft and UberX still does not sufficiently control what those companies charge riders.

Unlike taxis, which are limited to charging the meter rate, Lyft and UberX increase rates based on demand. At 2:30 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning, for example, UberX was charging a $20 minimum and three times their normal rate under "surge pricing."

The ordinance requires that the companies inform riders about rates before the ride, however, and receive their consent.

Noah Rouen, a spokesman for a coalition of taxi companies, said the public expects the city to ensure transportation pricing is "fair and affordable." The coalition includes a nubmer of the biggest players, such as Blue and White Taxi, Rainbow Taxi and Airport Taxi.

The ordinance, Rouen observed, does not give the city the means to review, approve or otherwise regulate the Lyft and UberX fares.

He also expects that drivers will chase the highest fares when informed of areas where surge pricing is in effect.

"These practices, and the complete absence of the City's knowledge about or oversight on TNC fares, raise serious concerns that the TNC model is quite simply one where technology is used to sell rides to the highest bidders, and to de facto refuse rides to lower-fare passengers," Rouen wrote in an e-mail.

The industry's criticisms come as city regulators are simultaneously mulling relaxed regulations on taxicabs.

“We’ve made some serious concessions on the side of the cab industry to really allow equity here," said council member Jacob Frey, who is spearheading the Lyft and UberX regulations. "I’ll tell you one thing that’s clear: I am for equity, but I am not for preventing an innovative business from coming into Minneapolis."

Frey said that Lyft and UberX (referred to as "transportation network companies" or TNCs) use a different business model from taxicabs, since drivers and riders receive much more information about each other prior to the ride. Taxis are allowed to take street hails, while Lyft and UberX may only accept rides prearranged through a smartphone app.

"One is public facing, one is private facing," Frey said. "Taxicabs are public facing vehicles. When you get in them, the driver doesn’t know the rider. The rider doesn’t know the driver. You have no idea what route they’re going to take, what kind of service they’re going to provide. You don’t know anything. And that necessitates some regulation to ensure that people don’t get gouged."

He added: "However on the TNC side of things, you sign up ahead of time, you provide your information ahead of time, you know who your driver is ahead of time, the driver knows who the rider is ahead of time. You also know the price tag.”

The package of taxicab and TNC ordinances are expected to be debated by the City Council's regulatory committee next week.

Below is a comparison of two versions of the Lyft and UberX ordinances, one from April and the other more recent:


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The dystopian thriller “Oblivion” is a breathtaking collage of welcome originality and references to a huge common cultural bank of fantasy images and themes. It’s grandiose in scope and scale, attentive to important details like character and tone, and unafraid to tackle mature themes like love and loss, personal identity and redemption. If there’s a better science-fiction blockbuster this year, I’ll count us lucky.

The film stars an intensely focused Tom Cruise as Jack Harper, a futuristic repairman tending to weaponized drones that guard the giant rigs mining Earth’s final reserves of energy. The year is 2077, 60 years after an invasion by alien hordes devastated the planet. The remaining human population has relocated to one of Saturn’s moons. Only violent alien marauders remain on the surface, sabotaging the equipment that is extracting the planet’s last resources. Yet Jack, five years after his mandatory memory wipe, can’t shake the feeling that this eerie brave new world is still his home. Who is that woman (Olga Kurylenko) who reappears so insistently in his dreams?

The film’s look is mesmerizing, combining hypnotically sleek industrial design, workaday grubbiness and immense landscapes so stunningly barren that they elicit tangible unease.

Director Joseph Kosinski (“Tron: Legacy”) and cinematographer Claudio Miranda (who shot “Tron” and won an Oscar for last year’s “Life of Pi”) make the impossible impressively realistic. Jack and his communications officer, Victoria (Andrea Riseborough), live in a pristine, glass-walled loft that floats thousands of feet above stunning cloud formations. Their solicitous superior, Susan (Melissa Leo), checks in regularly via video screen to check their status as “an effective team.”

Jack makes his service calls to the surface in a whizzy vehicle that looks like an Apple-designed commuter jet. “Only two more weeks, Jack, and we can finally leave and join the others,” Victoria cautions. “Please, don’t take any chances.” It’s as if someone is catering to his superficial needs in an effort to keep him from growing restless and inquisitive.

While “Tron” was a dramatically inert bite of eye candy and Cruise can emit a soulless vibe, here the star and director create gratifying emotional depth. A haunting loneliness pervades the story. When Jack visits a swath of desert terrain pierced by the spire of the Empire State Building, or rappels through the blasted roof of the New York Public Library, the effect is genuine pathos. Even shots of flowers stubbornly struggling to evolve in this decimated environment pack a punch.

Jack, a former Marine, has a generous supply of action-hero skills (this is a Tom Cruise movie, after all) but he is at heart a high-tech grease monkey. He looks suitably worried, awed and surprised when he encounters the plot’s several bombshells. Cruise is fully engaged in his scenes with Riseborough, whose cool composure erodes as their caretaker assignment grows more perilous. She infuses her jargon-heavy “Copy that” dialogue with a rich subtext of vulnerability and longing. Even Leo, seen only as a smiling broadcast visage, imbues her honeyed tones with a hint of steely command, at once cloying and creepy.

Happily, “Oblivion” is not a remake, sequel, reboot or the foundation for a projected franchise. It tells a self-contained mystery story that, for all its explosive action passages, feels like an epic episode of “The Twilight Zone.” The film is rife with elements from its finest predecessors — Kubrick, Lucas, the Wachowskis and Pixar could be listed as creative consultants — but it has the spirit of a love letter to classic sci-fi, not an opportunistic mash-up.

Just as Lucas reached back to “Flash Gordon” serials for inspiration, Kosinski borrows wisely and well. “Oblivion” will not fade from memory for quite a while.


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Paraguay president-elect apologizes for gay slurs

  • Associated Press
  • April 22, 2013 - 5:24 PM

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguay's millionaire president-elect says he'll urge the South American country's Congress to approve Venezuela's entry into the Mercosur trade bloc, and he apologized for making anti-gay comments during the campaign.

Horacio Cartes also says he transferred his interests in his dozens of companies to avoid conflicts of interests after he takes office Aug. 15.

Cartes says his sister Sarah now runs the family's businesses, which range from soy to tobacco to ranching to soft drinks, as well as Paraguay's Banco Amambay and the nation's championship football team Libertad.

Cartes said Monday that he transferred all his shares before his campaign began because his government will be devoted entirely to the public interest.

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Rated 4 out of 5 by Great location & helpful staff Staff was very helpful during our stay! March 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Location, Location, Location The hotel's location was perfect for our stay in Washington, DC. We were also very impressed with the friendly service provided by all hotel employees. The room and hotel facilities were lovely, the roof top restaurant a great place to view the city, and we enjoyed a delicious breakfast in the JG Steakhouse Restaurant. We would recommend the W as a great hotel in which to stay in Washington, DC. We would be happy to stay again when planning an over night in DC. March 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Great experience! The best part of the experience...among the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in! Everything else was just as good. Staff was attentive, charming, helpful. Room was somewhat small, but well-appointed. To be fair, the website tells you the square footage of each type of room. Very hip, cool decorating...as you would expect of The W. March 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by This hotel has excellent service Thank you for the excellent service. When we checked in, we were greeted warmly by the manager on duty, Kyle. We were a bit nervous about how we were going to get back to Dulles airport the following day. Kyle quickly assured us that there was a city bus that would be easy and inexpensive to take! Not only did he print out bus schedules for us, but he personally delivered them to our room. Wow! Thank you so much for easing our concern! March 6, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by shady hotel Heating didn't work and it took 4 calls/visits to the front desk until I finally got another room. Where the light didn't work. My bill was wrong too. The room I got was tiny. March 3, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by A very pleasant stay I'm a platinum member with starwood, so I'm not sure if I got special treatment or not because of my status. But nonetheless, it was a great experience. Things I'd like to note about the people: There's a really popular rooftop bar at the W Washington DC, so the higher level floors can get a lot of noise during the weekend (noted from a previous stay 2 years ago). When I made the reservation, I asked them to put a note saying we wanted a quiet room. When we checked in, I liked how the lovely front desk lady, Jenny, reiterated that to me - cause to me, that means all ends did their job to meet my needs. Upon arrival, we were in a bit of a rush to get to the Cannon House to pick up our passes for the White House tour the next day. I was feeling lazy and cheap, so I didn't want to take the metro nor a taxi (haha). Jenny was so kind to take us to the Acura desk to see if there was any availability. They guy there, Theo, was so kind to squeeze us in on such short notice. I thought both were very professional. It's one thing to just take us to the desk and leave, but Jenny stayed with us to make sure our problem was resolved. Theo was thorough in checking his schedule to squeeze us in to make sure everything worked out. He also walked us out to the car - again, one thing to just squeeze us in, but when they walk you out, it's the next level. The following-through really makes a difference. Another aspect of Jenny that took my experience to the next level was the fact that she remembered my name and would always make sure we had everything we needed. They were a full house that weekend, so it really took me by surprise when someone would make an effort to remember us and ask us about things like the White House tour. Jenny was just so friendly it made the experience so much better. Thanks, Jenny! The venue: Like with all Ws, the decor is very hip and modern. The lobby/living room area was very clean and spacious. I must admit, we didn't spend much time there. I also remember the downstairs bathroom being quite clean as well. Lots of seating and even a bar downstairs. We had breakfast at the restaurant in the hotel, J&G Steakhouse. Breakfast was good, but it was expensive for what it was (as expected). Would probably eat at a more popular restaurant in the DC area - there are tons. The rooftop bar is called POV for Point of View. And on a clear night, the view of the Washington monument is beyond AMAZING. There's an outdoor area and an indoor dance area. Three bars (from what I can remember) on the roof. Because we went in February, the outdoor part was closed off, but I'm so glad there were those space heaters! The room was good too. Not going to lie, the bed is actually really comfortable. I usually dislike hotel beds, but the W beds are always comfy. The room was clean. Can never go wrong with the Bliss products. I think we got an upgrade; the rooms are usually pretty small. One thing I liked about the room was that there was a DVD player even though we didn't use it. It was nice to know that it was there. LOTS of drinks and snacks, but be careful, they all cost money! They're like little money traps! The only thing that was complimentary was the Nestle bottled water. There's Fiji water that's $5, and boy was I tempted! Not sure if this is in all the Ws, but this one has these "peek-a-boo" showers where it's a fogged glass making up the walls of the shower. So everyone in the room can basically see what you're doing in the shower. It's not see-through, just fogged. The iPod dock was for the old Apple products - not sure who I should be mad at, Apple for changing their chargers or the W for not being up to date. (Kidding of course. Wasn't a big deal). Plenty of outlets which is so nice these days. The location is AMAZING too! Right by the white House and a lot of the monuments are within walking distance! So convenient! Depending on how you see it, I thought it was a perk being next to the White House because lots of protests happen in front of it. And I find protests very interesting...or maybe just entertaining. Overall, a very pleasant stay. :) February 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Classy, professional staff Something as simple as needing a phone charger for my iPhone was handled friendly and professionally within minutes. I felt everyone, from the gentlemen calling our cabs to Mike the Engineer assisting me with my phone, was top-notch. Made all the difference during my hectic business trip. Room was quiet and spotless clean. ---Was a relief to see the W after long work days and nights... February 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by W Washington Great location. Great Food. Great service. February 27, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Tight Quarters to Share the Room This is a lovely hotel - modern, very hip decor. Very comfy bed. However, it's tough to share the room. Shower wall IS the separation wall - if you turn on the light in the bathroom, you wake up your roommate. Same with using the sink - it's in the room, not the bathroom. TINY closet. February 26, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by The W Hotel is chic & fun Great location steps from the White House. Excellent service, award winning J&G steakhouse, chic remodel throughout. Best roof top view of DC with cool bar lounge for night time fun. New securiity, Hotel key card waved over sensor pad in elevator to activate & outside room to open door. February 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Nice to feel wanted... The staff here are well trained in customer service! The couldn't be nicer or m ore accomidating. Will absolutely return! February 12, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Beware of Saturday nights We have stayed at this W hotel on many occasions. What I have come to find is that it is impossible to get a good nights rest on a Saturday night. The walls are too thin to mask partying in the next room at 3:00 am as well as the club on the roof. We were on the 7th floor and twice had to call the front desk to have security quiet down our very loud, obnoxious neighbors. They were in and out of their room, slamming the door, screaming, laughing. I get that the W has the club on the roof and that Saturday is it's big night but it shouldn't be at the expense of all the other guests in the hotel. The hotel should warn people booking on the weekend that many of the guests will be in and out of their room, partying at all hours of the night. This is our third time having noise issues at the hotel. February 11, 2013
Rated 1 out of 5 by Disappointed I have been a loyal starwood member who have stayed frequently at the W brand hotels. This stay was incredibly disappointing as my room was not clean upon checking in at 11pm. The night manager was incredibly helpful in changing the sheets himself but when I awoke the next morning, I discovered tiny blood specks on the bottom of the sheets. I immediately informed the management and checked out early. No one expressed any concern. February 11, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by First impressions First impressions are important, this was the case during my stay at the W in DC. I checked out from another hotel around the corned because I was looking forward to staying at the W. When I pulled up, 3 hotel staff members stood by the door and didn't move. I waited for someone to approche me, I calmly got out if my vehicle got my 3 pieces if luggage and my briefcase, handed the keys to one of the men as i walked past them. It was at that point that one of them wanted to help me but I was already past the door. February 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by This hotel was very accomodating We were very happy with our room and the service the staff provided. EVERYONE could not have been more helpful and. The room was very comfortable. We wouldn't hesitate to stay at the W again. Thank you. February 4, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Excellent customer service During my recent stay I received excellent customer service. The staff was very accommodating and polite. A special call out to the manager, Lorenz, for his exceptional assistance during my travel planning. January 31, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by My stay during Inauguration I had a nice stay and I was happier in this hotel than I have been in a hotel in a long time. The room was clean, the lobby was clean. My room service wsa great. The sink was a bit awkward, not easy to wash face without getting water everywhere. It is rather shallow. Still, I did enjoy my stay. And the staff was very friendly. I would stay here again during my next trip. OH! the one concern, this is my 3rd time at a W where the tv monitors on the machines in the gym did not work. W should work on that. January 28, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Not the usual Starwood experience I really like Starwood, and while W is never my first choice I've stayed in enough of them to know they're usually clean and comfortable. I get that I'm not their target demographic, but the trendy design, music, lighting is a bit much for anyone over age 32 and any business traveler. My stay at the W in DC will be remembered mostly for the club noise that pounds through to the 10th floor rooms all night. I booked a special non-refundable rate for a business trip, so I understand there's a limited room choice. On my arrival the manager told me all about the features of the room but neglected to mention the non stop club noise. I could have complained - but it was late, I was tired, and eventually got to sleep thanks to my earplugs and a white noise machine. On checkout, when the W staff member asked how my stay was, I mentioned the noise. She answered me with a shrug and "Oh, I'm sorry." Not the slightest effort to make it better next time. In the future I'll be sure to ask about room noise every time I book at a Starwood hotel, and if there's any special consideration at all for their SPG Gold members. January 26, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by Beat down The title says it all. The W hotel in DC is beat down. I stayed in a Marvelous suite and the room itself was worn out. Several stains on the couch (white stains) flower in bathroom was wilted and basically dead. Carpets were stained and dirty. Bed was mushy and mattress felt very old. The location is great! The view from my windows was beautiful! Room service was quick however the food was cold. January 25, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by Just ok... Hotel realtive to other SPG properties is just ok. The rooms are very small and need a deep cleaning. The strange George Washington light can be frightening to wake up to (the shadow of his head projects on the wall). The concierge was less than helpful when asked for restaurant reservations, he didn't offer much at first and finally directed us down the street which seemed like a giant Cheesecake Factory rather than a unique DC experience we had asked for. The rooftop bar has great views and cocktails. Also, the onsite restaurant for lunch was delicious. The valet/door service was super friendly and brightened my day at every interaction. January 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Exceeded expectations across the board This was my first stay at the Washington W and my expectations were exceeded across the board. Great location, which afforded me the ability to walk to most of my sightseeing destinations. Despite a very lively social scene when I checked in Saturday night, I requested a room in a quiet location and was accommodated very well, and dinner at J&G Steakhouse was excellent. The staff was the biggest positive, from a few requests to the staff being handled very promptly, to getting a nice note from the Room Director (Sophie) to ensure all was well. It was a nice touch and those little nice touches add up to a very positive experience. Very happy with my stay. January 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Great service! We were coming up to DC for just one night and wanted a hotel that was located near the White House, with easy access to great food and museums. We checked in a bit early, and were pleasantly surprised both rooms were ready. The check in process was seamless and quick. We were greated by a hotel Ambassador who escorted us to our rooms, and explained the features in them. He gave us a detailed overview of dining options both within the hotel and nearby. I wish I had memorized his name - because his brief tour and welcome was one of the best parts of our stay. The rooms were wonderful. High ceilings make them seem more spacious than they are, and the attention to detail made them comfortable and warm. W decor and styling is more modern than most, but that the historic grandeur of this particular property was incorporated nicely. The Lincoln nightlight was a nice touch ! Our kids got a kick out of the various lighting options, and the multiple movie options as well. We had a great view of the South Lawn and National Christmas Tree from both rooms. The beds were exceptionally comfortable and well dressed. We spent most of our time away from the hotel, as we had limited time on this visit. We were very impressed by the service we received from the staff at each encounter, and hope to return in the near future to try the restaurant and spa. A+ January 15, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Nothing short of excellent! From the welcome glasses of champagne to the suite upgrade to the complimentary birthday chocolate cake to the signed birthday card, the staff at the W pulled out all the stops to make sure our birthday weekend was an unforgettable experience. Dinner at the steakhouse was fabulous and the folks at POV ushered us into VIP without the usual associated bottle service. Our only regret was that we didn't get to stay longer. Many thanks to the staff at the W for making our birthday weekend totally fabulous! January 7, 2013
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Re: st: error while doing IV

From   Rafal Raciborski <>
Subject   Re: st: error while doing IV
Date   Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:26:26 -0500

Christopher Baum <> asked:

> Are you saying that -ivregress- will be fixed so that
> ivregress 2sls mpg weight foreign, cluster(manufacturer)
> works properly (identifying 23 clusters) when applied to manual dataset auto7?

All Stata commands that accept -cluster(clustvar)- or -vce(cluster clustvar)-
should handle numeric and string 'clustvar'.  For the time being the workaround
for -ivregress- with a string 'clustvar' is to generate a numeric counterpart
via -egen ..., group()- or -encode-.

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Re: st: Not Quite Quadratic Regression

From   David Hoaglin <>
Subject   Re: st: Not Quite Quadratic Regression
Date   Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:11:21 -0400

The Box-Cox approach is likely to be more appropriate for y than for x
here, though it would be interesting to see what transformation
emerges for x.

The data on y (or x) must be positive, and -boxcox- assumes that the
errors have a normal distribution.

The estimated power for the transformation should be used as a
starting point in choosing a power that is familiar and likely to be
interpretable.  For example, 0.28 would lead me to consider the square
root and the logarithm (the limiting case as the exponent goes to 0).

David Hoaglin

> Sounds like a job for Box & Cox... help boxcox
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st: interpretation of sureg with no significant results

From   Mirko Moro <>
Subject   st: interpretation of sureg with no significant results
Date   Sat, 3 Nov 2012 23:50:27 +0000

Dear Statalisters,

A referee suggested to run the following type of SUR

sureg (y1 x1 x2) (x1 x2)

because he feels that x2 might have both a direct impact on y1, as
well as an indirect one via x2.

The results for the first equation shows that the coefficients on x1
and x2 are statistically significant and are virtually identical to a
simple regression such as:

reg y1 x1 x2

In the second regression the coefficient on x2 is *not* statistically

Is it correct to affirm that these results suggest that the effect of
x2 on y1 is direct and it is not mediated by x1?

Hope somebody can shed some light on this.

Best wishes,

Mirko Moro
Lecturer in Economics
Economics Division
University of Stirling
Scotland (UK)
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Opening Statement: Afghanistan-Pakistan-U.S. Core Group Press Availability

Marc Grossman
Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
March 25, 2012

Special Representative Ambassador Marc Grossman: Thank you very much.

Let me first of all thank you all for coming, and I also want to take the opportunity, as we all have done now, to thank you, Deputy Foreign Minister [Ludin], for hosting this meeting, the fifth meeting of the Afghan-Pakistan-United States’ Core Group in this beautiful new embassy. Thank you very much for that.

We began, as you all know, this trilateral conversation last May, and as both of my colleagues have said, we are very pleased that we’ve restarted this important discussion on how an Afghan reconciliation – how an Afghan peace process can be supported by Pakistan and the United States of America, and I would join both of my friends in saying that I think we had a very good and constructive and productive session today. I’d also like to welcome our friend Foreign Secretary Jilani to the Core Group and to his other responsibilities, and we thank you, sir, and look forward to working with you.

Might I also join both of my colleagues in condemning the attack today in Dushanbe. As they both said, this act, if it is of terrorism, is a reminder that terror stalks all of our countries and all of our people, and that’s why it’s so important to work together to try to stop it.

As both of my colleagues said, despite the long pause between Core Group meetings, it’s worth recalling, as the Deputy Foreign Minister did, that there had been a number of very positive developments in the past few months on this way to supporting an Afghan peace process.

The Loyal Jirga in Kabul supported an Afghan peace process. President Karzai made a very successful visit to Islamabad. Prime Minister Gilani’s statement calling on the Taliban to participate in an inter-Afghan dialogue for reconciliation and peace was very important. We spent a considerable amount of time in our meeting today talking about that statement, what we could do to follow-up, and so we find ourselves here in the happy position of building on the momentum of all of those events and how to create a credible and I would also very much emphasize an inclusive Afghan peace process, that will allow Afghans to decide the future of Afghanistan.

For the Unites States, we remain absolutely committed to support that Afghan peace process. Our only goal in any work that we are doing is to open the door for Afghans to sit down with other Afghans to talk about the future of their country. As Secretary Clinton said last week after her session with Foreign Minister Rassoul in Washington, we read the statement that the Taliban have suspended their talks. They now have a decision to make, but as she said, we are ready to begin those conversations again when it’s possible.

We spoke today also about the very important role that principles play in any outcome, principles that require the Taliban, if they are interested in reconciling, to break with al-Qaeda, to renounce violence, and to abide by the Afghan constitution, including its protections for the rights of women and minority groups.

And again I return to the very important statement that Prime Minister Gilani made calling on the Taliban to support an Afghan peace process, and that’s reflective, I’d say, Foreign Secretary, of the important role Pakistan will play if there is ever to be peace. And so the job of Pakistan, if you’d allow me – certainly the same job for the United States and of other countries with an interest in creating and supporting a secure, stable, and prosperous Afghanistan inside of a secure, stable, and prosperous region – is to support an Afghan peace process in accordance with the principles that we have agreed and the commitments that were made in Istanbul and Bonn.

The Core Group represents an important venue for addressing these kinds of issues, and again I thank you for hosting and having us here, and I look forward to having this dialogue, really a tri-dialogue, on a regular basis. So thank you again for your hospitality, and we look forward to your questions.

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Remarks With Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal After Their Meeting

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Treaty Room
Washington, DC
April 21, 2011

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SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good morning, and I want to welcome Foreign Minister Rosenthal to the State Department. It is certainly the case that the Netherlands has been and is a valued ally and trusted friend to the United States. We talked about our 400 years of history together, and our nations are part of a transatlantic community that is united by shared values and a firm commitment to work together for peace, progress and prosperity. We discussed a wide range of issues from the crisis in Libya to our shared mission in Afghanistan to our global efforts to support sustainable development and empower women and girls.

First on Libya, we agreed that carrying out the mandate of the United Nations Security Council to protect Libyan civilians remains critically important under Resolution 1973. Colonel Qadhafi’s troops continue their vicious attacks, including the siege of Misrata. There are even reports that Qadhafi forces may have used cluster bombs against their own people. In the face of this inhumanity, the international community remains united in our resolve. We deeply regret the loss of all life, and we are particularly saddened today by the loss of two journalists, and we extend our condolences to their families.

We also call for the immediate release of Americans who are being unjustly detained by Libyan authorities, including at least two reporters. I say “at least” because we do not have any accurate information coming from Libyan authorities about other inquiries that we have made regarding their continuing harassment and detention of journalists including Americans.

I also expressed appreciation for Dutch contributions to the NATO-led no-fly zone and to the international Contact Group that met most recently in Doha and will meet again soon in Rome. We agreed that Qadhafi must step aside and a democratic transition must begin that reflects the will and aspirations of all Libyans.

I want to thank the government and people of the Netherlands for their commitment to our mission in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats, and development experts continue to work side by side and stand with the Afghan people. I greatly appreciate the commitment of a new police training mission to deploy this summer to bolster the Afghan Government’s ability to provide security. We are committed to the NATO transition as agreed at the Lisbon Summit to be completed in 2014, and we have a lot of work ahead of us to help facilitate greater security, political reconciliation, and a clear unambiguous stand against al-Qaida and other extremists.

Now, we also are discussing the great commitment to sustainable global development that the Netherlands has demonstrated over so many years. And there’s a new challenge. Nearly two million people, mostly women and children, die each year from breathing the toxic smoke from dirty stoves and open fires that are used overwhelmingly for the cooking of the daily meals. This is more than twice the number of people who die from malaria. So it’s a very serious health hazard. It’s also an environmental hazard. It contributes to black carbon which contributes to global warming. And the United States has joined the United Nations Foundation and a wide range of partners to form the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves with the goal of 100 million homes adopting clean stoves and fuels by 2020. The Government of Netherlands, the Shell Foundation, SNV, Philips have long been leaders in this effort, and we greatly appreciate the historic generosity of the Dutch people.

In that same spirit, I’m pleased to announce that the United States and the Netherlands have agreed to deepen our cooperation aimed at empowering women and girls around the world, especially in emerging democracies. Both our nations recognize that when women and girls are accorded their rights and afforded opportunities, they drive political, economic, and social progress. And we’re so pleased to be working with the Netherlands to create greater political and economic opportunities for women, particularly in the democratic transitions underway in the Middle East and North Africa.

Minister, we have so much that we work on together. We have so much in common. Our histories and our cultures are entwined. We are your friend, we are your partner, and I appreciate your efforts.

FOREIGN MINISTER ROSENTHAL: Thank you. Thank you, Madam Secretary, for your kind words and for receiving me today here in Washington. We have met before, but not yet here. And I also believe we had a very productive discussion today. Indeed, we share our history for centuries, 400 years, and we share also strong economic ties. Over 700,000 American jobs are the result of our Dutch investment and trade relationship. We share important values – freedom, tolerance, democracy, human rights, protection of religious minorities throughout the world. And we are working closely with the U.S. at promoting these values in the Arab region and also elsewhere in the world.

Madam Secretary, let me, talking about the Arab region and Libya, first offer my condolences to the families and friends of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. They were two formidable journalists, who gave their lives doing their jobs. It’s just part of the human tragedy, humanitarian tragedy in Libya, a tragedy which is simply unacceptable. And that is why we are an active partner in the NATO campaign Unified Protector and why we also provide humanitarian aid whenever we can. And we are, with you, particularly concerned at the moment about the situation in Misrata.

We condemn, on our part, Colonel Qadhafi’s actions in the strongest of terms. Colonel Qadhafi and his regime have indeed lost all legitimacy, and he must step down, the sooner the better. We rigorously enforce the sanctions against him and his cronies, and we strongly support the aspirations of the Libyan people to reform democracy and, last but not least, rule of law.

We also discussed today the situation in Syria, and together with the U.S., we strongly condemn the violence of the regime against its own population. We believe that this was put urgently on the agenda of the Human Rights Council. And for the Dutch Government, it’s unthinkable that Syria would become part of that same Human Rights Council.

With you, Madam Secretary, we agree on the important role of women in societies in transition, especially in the Middle East and North Africa. Our joint statement today will lead to complete joint actions for women in the region.

And then there is Afghanistan. The Netherlands has been actively engaged in Afghanistan since 2002. Today, we are investing in the training of the police force in Kunduz Province in the north of the country. I believe it’s crucial because it helps Afghan people to take responsibility for their own security and to strengthen the rule of law also in that country. And we definitely need to work on reconciliation, accepting the red lines, but with the Afghans themselves taking the lead.

Finally, Madam Secretary, we indeed discussed your initiative for clean cookstoves. I’m encouraged to see that an alliance of public and private players is taking this issue very seriously, including, as you said already, some important Dutch companies like Philips and Shell International. And we do embrace this initiative.

Madam Secretary, to conclude, it was a great pleasure to discuss these important issues with you today here at the State Department. I thank you for that.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you so much, Uri.

MR. TONER: And the first question goes to Jill Dougherty from CNN. (Laughter.)

QUESTION: Surprise. (Laughter.) As – Secretary Clinton, thank you. Libya, again, here we are. The word really on everybody’s lips right now is “stalemate.” Where is this going? You have the casualties that you referred to, the journalists, certainly many more Libyans. The foreign minister was talking about an unacceptable situation right now. Some of the experts who look at this – and when they look at Misrata, they say the problem really now is that in places like that, it’s a ground game; you can’t use air power to do it as it was in the beginning of the operation. So what can the U.S., what can the allies together, do to really turn this around? Because some people are saying this could go on for a year.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, Jill, first, I think it is always a temptation in any conflict to expect there to be a resolution quickly. I am not a military historian or an expert by any means, but the fact is that we’ve been at this a relatively short period of time. I know in our extraordinarily fast-paced world of information overload, every minute seems to be expanded to an extent unknown in the past because there’s so much going on and we’re all trying to keep up with it all.

I would remind you that the United States and other partners bombed targets in Serbia for 78 days. And it looked at the end of that as though there had been a success in terms of protecting the Kosovars, but that Milosevic remained in power. But there had been a dynamic put into motion that eventually led to his being in The Hague.

I have publicly and privately counseled some degree of patience, as difficult as that may be to do in today’s world. We have adopted a mission that the United States, as you know, fully supports, to carry out an arms embargo, to run a no-fly zone, and to protect civilians. We have done all of that, and we have destroyed a significant percentage of Qadhafi’s air defense system and other assets that he had been using, from tanks to his warehouses of materiel, to terrorize his own people. The opposition that rose up spontaneously was not a trained militia. It wasn’t a military force. By our best assessment, the vast majority of the young men who are using weapons against the Qadhafi troops and mercenaries had never participated in any such activity before.

You’re right; Misrata is a very brutal, urban battle that is going on right now, where the Qadhafi regime is engaging in activities that are deplorable and which target directly civilians – men, women, adults, children – causing an enormous amount of death and suffering. But the opposition fighters are holding their own against that onslaught, and in large measure because we’ve taken Qadhafi’s planes out of the air, we target every large vehicle that we think is theirs to be used against the opposition and civilians who are trying to stand against him.

So I think that it’s too soon to tell what’s going to happen, and one of the reasons why I announced $25 million in nonlethal aid yesterday, why many of our partners both in NATO and in the broader Contact Group are providing assistance to the opposition – is to enable them to defend themselves and to repulse the attacks by Qadhafi forces.

So I know it’s not a particularly satisfying answer, and I am not in a position at least now to be a pundit who can make all kinds of conclusory statements. I look at what we see happening. And the work that the United Nations authorized and that the UN and the Security Council stood behind and that NATO and other partners are executing is exactly what we said we would do. And we’re going to stay with it and see how the opposition is able to take advantage of the opportunities that they’re being provided.

MODERATOR: From the Dutch side, Erik Mouthaan from RTL News.

QUESTION: Madam Secretary, you say stay with it, but we see other countries, of course, sending in military observers. Is this something you will say will never happen on the U.S. side? And when you’re talking to partners like the Netherlands, I know you’re constantly saying Europe should step up and do more. Now the Dutch are flying over Libya, but they’re not bombarding and they say, “We won’t fire.” So did you discuss options today for further involvement of the Dutch and other European countries?

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, first, as to your characterization of the United States’ role, we’ve been very clear about what we would do, and we have done it. We’re still flying about 25 percent of the sorties. We’re doing practically all of the support work for the no-fly zone for the fighters engaged in the ground attack. We do the refueling. We do the intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance. So we believe we’re providing the capabilities that we are uniquely positioned to do so. We’re also very active in supporting the arms embargo, the sanctions, which we discussed at length and the minister had some excellent ideas about what more needs to be done to tighten those sanctions. We have a lot of confidence in NATO and our partners. We know their capacity. We train with them, we work with them. We believe that what needs to be done under Resolution 1973 -- can be done. And obviously, the more people, the more countries doing it the better, but we’re very satisfied with the activities and performance of our allies and others who are participating in this effort.

Did you want to add anything, Uri?

FOREIGN MINISTER ROSENTHAL: Well, let me add something to this. Madam Secretary, let me first say that I strongly endorse your statement on the situation as such with regard to the NATO mission. Last week in Berlin, we talked resolve, and we talked patience, and that’s what this is all about. And when we talk about the measures and the policies to be pursued with regard to Libya and the Qadhafi regime, I, indeed, use always the three channels. I proceed along the three channels – the military mission, political process – Doha, Rome, on the 5th of May – and certainly indeed sanctions and implementing the sanctions and utilizing to the utmost the possibilities and the opportunities which the sanction package actually lends is of the greatest importance. And I would say that when we do implement these sanctions to the utmost we would, indeed, be able to squeeze this regime. So not only military activities, not only the political process, but I think as a separate third-line sanctions, implementing them to them utmost. I can’t repeat it – I always repeat this and always set it apart because we often forget about it.

Now, and then with regard to the question from the Dutch journalist, the Dutch Government is taking its fair share, I would say, in the NATO mission. We do our utmost to reach out on the humanitarian side also through the EU. And it’s also of importance, of course, to get connected by now to the people in Benghazi. The Dutch Government does not follow the French and Italians on the path to recognition of the Transition Council. We don’t think that’s the right way to go. But we do try to connect with people in the Transitional Council and in Benghazi in order to help out wherever we can.

But finally, when we talk about a historic resolution, 1973, which was passed by the Security Council a number of weeks ago, we think that we have to stick to that resolution and that when we talk about regime change and the urgent need for Qadhafi to step down, to get away, then we talk here about conclusions which have already been determined by the European Council as well as by several countries, as well as by the Doha Contact Group. So there we have the package we should follow, and that’s the position the Dutch Government takes at the moment.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you all, very much.

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[IHB] Artist Selected to Create Busts for Indiana State House
Start Date: 1/3/2013 All Day
End Date: 1/3/2013
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Sculptor Jon Hair has been selected to create bronze busts of James Sidney Hinton and Julia Carson for the Indiana State House permanent historic sculpture collection. James Sidney Hinton (1834-1892) was the first African American elected to the Indiana General Assembly (1880). Julia Carson (1938-2007) had a long career of public service, which culminated in her tenure as a U.S. Congresswoman for Indiana (1997-2007).

“I very much admire these two individuals who accomplished so much. It is an honor for me to capture their likenesses, which I hope will inspire people to make their own contributions to Indiana history,” said Hair in accepting the commissions.

Among his body of work, Hair has fulfilled commissions for several of the historically black colleges and universities, including Livingston College, North Carolina A&T State University, and Fayetteville State University.  He also has created life sized bronzes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks. Hair has completed many other major public art commissions since he began his career as a sculptor in 2000, including “The Boilermaker ” at Purdue University and the “Olympic Strength” monument at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. Jon Hair Studio of Fine Art is located in Cornelius, N.C.; Hair’s website documents his extensive body of work.

The Indiana General Assembly has mandated a black history display in the Indiana State House. The Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA) and its partners, with the concurrence of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, determined that this public art legacy project should be created and installed in the Indiana State House.

The Indiana Arts Commission, the Indiana Historical Bureau, and the IDOA coordinated the artist selection process.

Hair was selected from 19 artists who competed for the commissions.

For additional information about the project, please visit the following websites:

Indiana Historical Bureau: display specifications and research; Indiana Arts Commission: description of project.

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Operators of Farm Vehicles Now Allowed to Drive Across State Borders
For Immediate Release: February 18, 2009
Contact: Lynne Richmond
(609) 633-2954

(TRENTON) -- New Jersey Acting Secretary of Agriculture Alfred W. Murray and New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission Chief Administrator Sharon A. Harrington today announced that New Jersey has signed agreements with both Delaware and New York regarding the use of farm vehicles when driven across the neighboring state’s borders.

The agreements allow operators of  vehicles with ‘farmer’ license plates to drive those vehicles from New Jersey into Delaware and New York and vice-versa without being cited by police.

Without the agreement, farmers had to purchase significantly more expensive “commercial” registrations to be able to drive their farm vehicles into the neighboring state.  Those vehicles that did not have the commercial registration could be detained by police, which could have proved costly if they were carrying perishable materials.

Another alternative for farmers was to hire commercial haulers to deliver their goods.  Now, those farmers will be able to deliver their own products, as long as their vehicles are registered with “farmer” license plates in New Jersey, with Special Farm Vehicle Registration “FT” tags in Delaware or as an “agricultural” truck in New York.

In all three states, vehicles with farmer or FT license plates or registered as agricultural trucks are restricted to hauling only the farmer’s own agricultural products and supplies.

In addition, New Jersey and Delaware signed a separate agreement recognizing each other’s commercial driver’s license exemption for farmers.  In both states, farmers who have valid drivers licenses do not need commercial drivers licenses when the farm vehicle they are operating is properly registered as a farm vehicle, is used exclusively to transport agricultural products, farm machinery or farm supplies to or from the farm owned by the farmer, is not being rented for use by others, and is used within a radius of 150 miles of the farmer’s farm.

The “Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986” requires a person who operates a vehicle that has a gross weight rating in excess of 26,000, carries 15 or more passengers or transports hazardous materials to have a commercial drivers license (CDL). However, states have the authority to exempt certain drivers, including operators of farm vehicles, from the CDL requirement, which both New Jersey and Delaware have done.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations limit use of the CDL exemptions for the operators of farm vehicles to the driver’s home state unless there is a reciprocity agreement with adjoining states.

These reciprocal agreements were the result of combined efforts by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, Delaware Department of Agriculture, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and New York Department of Motor Vehicles.

New Jersey signed similar reciprocity agreements on farm vehicle registration and the CDL exemption with Pennsylvania in 2005.

It is recommended that farmers carry copies of the reciprocity agreements in their trucks.  The agreements can be found at:

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Scholarship for H.S. Seniors Interested in a Career in Agriculture or the Sciences

For Immediate Release: September 10, 2012
Contact: Lynne Richmond
(609) 633-2954

(TRENTON) – New Jersey residents who are entering their senior year in high school this fall and are planning a career in agriculture or science may apply for the New Jersey Agricultural Achievement Award.  One winner will be selected and awarded a scholarship to honor their achievements.

The New Jersey Agricultural Achievement Award, sponsored by Amy Butewicz, a former New Jersey Equestrian of the Year, was started because of her desire to give back to the community. Worth $500, this scholarship is meant to assist its recipient in beginning their future in agriculture.

The qualifications for receiving this award include submitting an application and a resume along with an essay answering the question, “How has your involvement within your respective nominating organization helped to shape your future career choice?”

In addition, a contestant is required to be a current, active member of an organization either on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board and/or represented at the Youth Reception portion of the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention.  Each organization on the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board and a participant of the State Agricultural Convention is able to nominate a maximum of two contestants.

The winner of the Agricultural Achievement Award must attend the Annual New Jersey Bred Equine Breeders Award Luncheon to be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013 in Eastampton and will read his or her essay to the attendees.

Please mail application, resume and essay by January 2, 2013 to:

Attn:  Debra Moscatiello
P.O. Box 330
Trenton, New Jersey 08625

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Please keep in mind that all requirements must be completed by the closing date of the Job Announcement. A candidate will be considered ineligible if ANY of the requirements are not met by the closing date.

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    If the Announcement requires a degree with a major in a particular course of study, your degree must be in that major to qualify. If you have majored in a subject other than what is called for in the Announcement, you must provide a transcript showing you have earned 24 to 30 credits in the subject area listed in the Job Announcement. In addition, you must provide a written statement from the Chair of the Department for the major listed in the Job Announcement explaining that the credits you have earned satisfy the requirements for a degree in the major listed in the Job Announcement. You may submit these materials with your application for consideration. (For example, the Announcement requires a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Your degree is in Education but you have at least 24 credits in Psychology and the head of the Psychology Department of your school has written a letter stating that your college would consider you to have met the requirements for a degree in Psychology).
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Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service at your expense. Submit a copy of the evaluation with each application that requires a college degree or credits. Although we do not endorse any specific evaluation services, some services include:

World Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5087
Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274-5087
Phone: (212) 966-6311
Fax: (212) 739-6100
email: info@wes.org

Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
P.O. Box 514070
Milwaukee, WI 53203-3470
Phone: (414) 289-3400
Fax: (414) 289-3411
email: eval@ece.org

Foreign Academic Credentials Service, Inc.
P.O. Box 400
Glen Carbon, IL 62034
Phone: (618) 307-6036 (9:30 – 12:00 CST)
(618) 656-5291 (1:00 – 5:00 CST)
Fax: (618) 656-5292
email: admin@facsusa.com

International Education Research Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 3665
Culver City, CA 90231-3665
Phone: (310) 258-9451
Fax: (310) 342-7086
email: information@ierf.org

Educated Choices
127 Inwood Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
Phone: 973-746-6512

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A4U Speaker: Tom Critchlow (@TomCritchlow): “People want to come away with real insights”

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In two weeks time its A4U Expo London 2010. As a mediapartner we will off course be present at the Excel Centre to cover the conference, but there is more! We not only gave away the free ticket for the conference, we also talk about the show in advance, on our radioshow, on our special A4U page and right here! We have asked several speakers some questions about A4U Expo. You can find their answers here, plus the reasons you should go and see their specific sessions!

Today the answers of Tom Critchlow. Tom Critchlow is Head of Search Marketing for Distilled and can be found either working hands on or project managing a team of search marketers.

Go see his answers here:

1- What makes A4U a different conference to be speaking at than others?

I’ve been to all kinds of industry conferences in my time and A4U stands out for two reasons. Firstly, the conference is amazingly well organised – Matthew and the team put on a fantastic show with amazing after-parties and networking events. Secondly, the quality of attendee is very high. You meet a lot of super-smart people and because a lot of affiliates are there, everyone is looking for ROI which keeps the presentations very actionable. You don’t get much fluff at an A4U conference!

2- What can people expect from your presentation?

Actionable tips! With any presentation I give I’m always looking to make sure people come away with concrete actions or ideas. Too many presentations talk too much theory or abstract ideas. People want to come away with real insights and be excited to go home and implement changes the day after the conference.

3- Why should people attend your session instead of the other ones?

Because I’m awesome. No, but seriously, all the presentations will be great I’m sure. If you have tracking questions or analytics issues then mine would be a great session to come to but I’m sure all the other sessions are equally worthwhile :-)

4- Which other sessions would you recommend?

Some sessions I’m looking forward to: The negative SEO session should be exciting and interesting given my SEO interests! Also Ralph’s link network talk should be dynamite. He’s wicked-smart and is also a very entertaining presenter. Giving him his own panel is very cool and should be very interesting. I’d also be amiss if I didn’t pimp Sam Crocker’s presentation a little too since he’s another Distilled representative speaking at the conference!

5- Why do Affiliates and SEOs need each other?

Affiliates often don’t have any real brand awareness or offline presence so SEO is usually a huge driver for affiliate sites. Since affiliates are often online focused they can end up getting search volume without really understanding why or how to optimise it. That said, if affiliates are interested in doing SEO they should always focus on the ROI of the activity (which affiliates are usually really good at!)

6- Whats the biggest mistake you’ve made when it comes to affiliate marketing?

Not doing enough of it!! I used to do a small amount of direct PPC affiliate activity and it was nicely profitable for me but I just haven’t had time since to follow up on it. That’s my biggest mistake :-)

Do you have a question for Kevin which he can answer in his presentation? Post it in the comments here and we’ll make sure he gets them!

Find other A4U Interviews here:

A4U Speaker: Sam Crocker (@SamuelCrocker): Using Your Competitor’s Tactics to Gain a Competitive Edge
A4U Speaker: Magnus Nilsson (@nilsson_magnus): “A4U is surrounded by a high energy buzz”
A4U Speaker: Kevin Gibbons (@kevgibbo): “it’s a real mixture of topics”

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Skiers and riders enjoyed thigh-deep, if not chest-deep, snow Wednesday at Steamboat Ski Area. Although the recent storms and snowfall left some with smiles, they have frustrated high school coaches and athletes around Routt County.

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Cmdr. Nicole Shue, formerly of Steamboat Springs, took over command of the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins on May 28 during a change-of-command ceremony in port Bahrain, according to a news release.

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Hayden led late in the third quarter but was held nearly scoreless in the fourth before losing in the regional championship to Yuma, 50-33.

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Friday March 11th – Respect Me Ike Edition

Steelers free agent cornerback Ike Taylor was on the Get Up Sports radio show Thursday and it was a pretty candid interview. Taylor also scolded fans for always getting on the secondary and says they need to respect them more and stop being so critical. You can listen below.

Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic address what they believe are the five biggest questions facing the Steelers this offseason on the Thursday Mike & Mike Show on ESPN Radio. A few softballs here but the question about if Rashard Mendenhall is the most underrated back in the league was a good question.

Steelers scout James Daniel was at the Pro Day of Portland State tight end Julius Thomas on Wednesday and Mississippi State tackle Derek Sherrod looked solid in his workout on Thursday. It is believed that the Steelers had a scout in attendance. Also Mike Tomlin was down at The U in Miami looking at cornerback Brandon Harris and lineman Orlando Franklin. The Steelers also had people at the Clemson Pro Day presumably to look long and hard at tackle Chris Hairston.

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It is not a mock draft, but NFL Network draft guru Mike Mayock has his top 32 players rated overall going into the weekend. Players 25-32 are here and players 17-24 are here. Players 1-16 will be released on Friday. Do not confuse this as a mock draft as he is merely ranking the players 1-32. Good stuff.

Tick, tock! NFL and NFLPA officials left Thursday\’s mediation session after nearly nine hours of talks and now there is just one day left before the collective bargaining agreement is scheduled to expire after the extension last week. The players union is set to decertify Friday if another extension is not agreed upon or a new labor deal is struck. Friday could be an explosive day. We shall see.

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Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge one year on

This weekend last year, the whole nation was gripped by the Royal Wedding fever of the decade.  Sporting a new fresh attitude by mixing high street fashion with designer labels, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge has become the darling of the fashion industry and the talk of fashion bloggers around the globe.

Stilorama Magazine looks back at Kate Middleton’s fashion moments since her Royal Wedding last year, and here are some of our favourites photo call style crushes:

The Red Coat fashion statement: Catherine showed off her sense of style when she visited the UNICEF Emergency Supply Centre on November 2, 2011 in Denmark; she wore a beautiful long red coat, which she teamed up with a dark belt and pair of suede boots.

The Cream Fitted Dress fashion statement: When Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Royal Marsden Hospital with her husband in September of last year, her choice of outfit was a gorgeous cream dress by Amanda Wakeley, which she teamed up with a pair of LK Bennett heels and a matching coloured clutch bag.

The Casual Blazer and red jeans fashion statement: Catherine knows how to rock a casual style, pictured here before meeting the GB Hockey Team at the Riverside Arena in the Olympic Park on March 15, 2012, wearing a blazer from Emilio Pucci and a pair of skinny red jeans, which she accessorised with the Team GB Official Supporter’s Scarf.

The Brown Coat fashion statement: When Catherine visited Liverpool, she looked radiant and confident all wrapped up in an elegant brown Hobbs coat, and a pair of trendy black boots.

The mum’s recycled blue dress fashion statement: The Duchess of Cambridge was once again at the centre of the media attention last month, when she surprised us all by wearing one of her mother’s dresses at the opening of the Treehouse Children’s Hospice.  We can’t help by applaud her poise in pulling off one of her mum’s elegant blue Reiss dresses which she wore in 2008 at Ascot.

The red carpet lace gown fashion statement: Catherine outshone everyone when she attended on the 8th of January 2012 the UK premiere of War House at the Odeon Leicester Square, she looked stunning on the red carpet wearing a beautiful Alice by Temperley black lace gown.

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