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Direct seed: Sow seed after last frost.

SELECTION: Select for double flower by observing color, size, and shape of the cotyledon. After approximately 7-10 days after emergence selecting the lighter green seedling with an oval shape will produce double flowers. Discard the very small seedlings, ones that are darker green in color, and those with rounder shaped cotyledons, which will produce single flowers.

Well-drained, moderately rich soil.

PLANT HEIGHT: Varies. Support is necessary when the temperatures are consistently above 60°F (16°C) or where it rains frequently.

HARVEST: Fresh: Harvest when 1/3 to 1/2 the florets on stem are open.

STEM LENGTH: 10-24".

VASE LIFE: 5-10 days.
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Google vs. Innovation

Okay, so I understand search is politics and I have long been an advocate of the “Google is not your friend” philosophy of life, but as a professional search marketer I have not been this disgusted with the search industry in many years.

I was reviewing my post and noticing that Google had (manually?) corrected all of the embarassing bits I noted in that post, while avoiding acknowledging their censorship of the web via profiling (parked pages, innovative methods etc). In the past I have vocally encouraged Google’s support for creativity and the expansion of the web. But for many years I have also noted that Google’s business model leads it towards biased censorship and anti-competitive practices. It looks like we are seeing plenty of that now.

While looking at DiamondsDirect I realized it was owned by not just a domain parker but Digimedia, an innovator. And I followed a link to the new Ever project, which I also consider quite innovative. If you haven’t heard about the Ever project, it’s a new approach to user-generated content behind the domain. You can be such as Yes, that’s Squidoo on the back end. Innovation? You betcha. Spammer? Hardly, especially since Google isn’t indexing it. But innovation challenges everyone, of course that should include Google. Some great questions come to the forefront as projects like get banned by Google. What happened to organizing the world’s information? What percentage of fresh web content will Google index? How can Google sucessfully censor the web under the guise of quality assurance?

It’s so easy to label something spam and move on. But I have news for you. Search Google for “the ever project” and you won’t find it. You’ll find a few blog mentions, and at #5 you find this SEOMoz page. Look at that page – it’s a landing page pitching the SEOMoz Premium Content membership program. Unique content? Relevant content? Worthy of Google inclusion and ranking?? Hardly… this is the content that outranks even the FAQ page for relevance for searched on the project (emphasis added):

Building Links with the Ever Project: ClarityChris wrote 3 days, 23 hours ago Do you recommend building keyword-rich pages on the new Ever Project off Squidoo? Are there any downsides? Thanks. Answer This question was answered (51 words) by the following members of the SEOmoz staff: rebecca If you would like to view the responses to this question or ask your own, you’ll need to sign up as a Premium Member. Premium Members can ask the SEOmoz staff questions and also have unrestricted access to our SEO knowledge base.

That’s search spam. So now that I have highlighted it, will Google remove it? Of course SEOMoz can say “we didn’t intend it to be indexed; Google decided that” and they can even now say “we’ll noindex that to improve the quality of the web” but seriously folks, are we all so stupid? Google is saying is spam, Squidoo is spam, shopping portals with innovative user interfaces are spam, and promotional landing pages that fail to deliver on the search promise of “what is the ever project” are worthy?

Argue all you like about whether page content at the ever project/squidoo is relevant and search worthy, but you have to face the truth that the project itself is indeed search worthy for queries about the project itself. It’s user generated content – like so much else on the web. Organize it. But ban entire domains? That’s clearly censorship, and anti-competitive.

Innovation is not spam. We need innovation. We need AJAX and we need innovative user interfaces for shopping. But misleading landing pages are spam. Is this really so hard? As I noted recently I expect TheNewAntiCompetitiveGoogle to start throwing that spammer label around a lot more as they try and cover up their anti-competitive practices. But seriously folks, are we blind? Are we so stupid Google can put this past us? The more I see of this the more I hate Google, and I really, really want to love Google.

Every time you go to and search, you are handing your perspective to a middleman with a vested interest in managing your access to information. Under the guise of Quality Scores, Spam Prevention, and Search Quality, Google is obviously censoring the web we see. Where will it become unreasonable? Unethical? Illegal? Where does Google draw the line, and is that acceptable to us?

Side note: Sebastian is a very smart guy. He pays attention, and works hard. He innovates. But take a look at how distracted Sebastian is by Google‘s anti-competitive behavior? He’s right on the money about Google’s consideration of affiliate links and content, but because he’s correct he cannot reach a conclusion suitable for recommendation. In trying to understand Google’s business practices, I’m now leaning towards the word slimy. Hard to believe that has happened.

  1. SisterSledge wrote:

    Okay John, now you’ve done it…this is the first time I’ve truly wished I could Sphinn something more than once.

    Friday, November 16, 2007 at 6:11 pm | Permalink
  2. Stuart wrote:

    You’re not on your own in those beliefs – look outside the immediate focus of search and think about the ways that Google deals with other businesses and then compare it with their self-righteous mantra and you’ll see that the tag you gave them has probably been applicable for some years now.

    And then look around you and wonder why so many people obviously understand what’s going on and yet are prepared to accept it and those who are the mouthpieces of Google.

    Friday, November 16, 2007 at 6:23 pm | Permalink
  3. Matt Cutts wrote:

    Hey John, earlier this year it looks like was parked, e.g.*/

    If you search for on MSN or Ask, they don’t return the site either. Yahoo does return, but it also returns lots of parked domains: for the search [], for [], and for [], so it’s most likely that Yahoo doesn’t detect some parked domains. Heck, goes straight to as far as I can tell.

    So why assume the worst about Google when 3 out of 4 engines don’t return, and the 4th engine returns quite a few parked domains?

    John replies: Thanks for the comment, Matt.

    If a user searches, why would Google not return as the most relevant answer? I suppose that is the hardest thing for me to understand. Even if Google doesn’t like for some reason, the user has specifically asked for it, no? I can stretch to accept that Google would not return out of concern for user safety, perhaps. While you suggest that Yahoo! returns for the search because Yahoo! “doesn’t detect some parked domains”, could it be that Yahoo! returns for searches of simply because that is what the user wanted? That is the most relevant result?

    It seems to me that Google has a quandary regarding direct traffic (queries where the user enters only a valid URL). If you accept it in the search query field, but don’t present the canonical domain as the most relevant result, aren’t you taking an editorial position? At that point, isn’t massaging of the SERPs potentially censorship? When Google inserts the Google Toolbar onto the browser page in a way that circumvents the location bar (by prominance, perhaps) it hijacks the direct traffic stream. Again, under that scenario, messing with the SERP is akin to censorship, no?

    Most every domain out there has an “about” page or a “FAQ” which is relevant for searches “about” their site. I simply don’t understand why Google would block those and/or not serve them up for direct queries, where they (obviously?) represent a highly relevant result.

    Please keep in mind I have to refer to these examples (e.g. Digimedia, in this case ) and not the specific sites I am most concerned with, because of Google’s track record on SEO and Google’s low level of transparency with respect to de-listing/demoting sites. I totally respect your desire to address specifics to help out, and I’ve tried to keep my questions here on-track so we can still make progress without naming specific sites.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 1:45 am | Permalink
  4. Matt Cutts wrote:

    John, let’s take one example that I mentioned earlier: If a user types in, what are they looking for? Are they looking for a parked domain? Or are they looking for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)? I contend that most users are looking for the airport. Yahoo returns a Digimedia parked domain at #1 for []. Google returns the official airport home page at #1 for []. Personally, I like our approach better.

    I agree that if a user searches for, they often want to be returned. But I have also seen how much most users dislike most parked pages. I think the instance above is a good example of why Google’s policies are pretty reasonable, but each search engine will have different philosophies about how to handle url queries and parked domains.

    If you want to send me 1-2 counter examples (I think you’ve got my email address), I’d be open to arguments that Google could pursue different/better policies on url queries and parked domains.

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 3:28 pm | Permalink
  5. john andrews wrote:

    Very interesting, Matt. Google imparts intent, yes, but as an Engineer I wonder if the slippery slope of editorializing might be avoided via the “general solution”. In other words, as long as you choose to “judge” in cases such as described, you create opportunity for problems the market cannot correct (and thus, PR problems for Google). Markets can correct for obviously mismatched domain names.

    In the example, I agree that domain should be for seatac airport. You chose a case of no ambiguity – there is nothing publishable for more relevant than seatac’s airport. But there could be… Seatac is a city. Were a city directory, how would you decide what was most relevant? Presumably you would let the market decide between and, based on actual use (in a perfect world)? From what I see has very targeted links on it now for airport parking and travel etc. Aside from no link to the Port of Seattle, not too shabby a user experience?

    As Google steps in an makes these judgements as to whether or not is relevant for a search of “”, Google takes on responsibility. Google also insulates the Port of Seattle (in this case) from the market forces they are supposed to manage — if is so perfectly relevant for them, why didn’t or don’t they use it? Is Google inhibiting market liquidity in the domain space by editorializing like this? And if Google didn’t do this, how long before we would achieve steady state with perfect-match domains resolving to perfect content?

    To be fair, I agree that if Google always ranked poorly-done parked pages, they would never go away nor improve. Surely you have click data I don’t have to support market-driven relevance?

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
  6. Matt Cutts wrote:

    All I know is that users usually don’t like parked domains, and lots of them type in things like and then complain if they don’t get the airport. :)

    Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 11:46 pm | Permalink
  7. Jamie wrote:

    @ MAtt – you say users don’t usually like parked domains, yet the CTR on many parked pages is MILES better than a typical adwords listing. In fact, Google reps are telling agencies that they should not pull the parked pages from their basked of sites in the content network because the parked sites convert so well. So I’m having trouble squaring that with your stance on parked pages…

    Monday, November 19, 2007 at 12:51 pm | Permalink
  8. Dan wrote:

    A lot of ‘parking pages’ these days are not a bad experience for most Internet searches.

    Now this is a BAD Internet search experience for someone looking for ‘ever’ or Search

    When I look at almost any Google results page…all I see is a bad PPC landing page with ads and 1 or 2 ‘Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia’ results in the top 1-4 spots of the ‘actual’ part of Google thats suppose to be a Internet search engine.

    If I want results from Wikipedia…I would just go there.

    Google search has become nothing more than… one big AD aggregator…which to me… has nothing at all to do with Internet search.

    Google has been so busy trying to become ‘MSapplegoo’… that internet search is not evolving at all.

    Because everyone has the additude… ‘thats just the way it is’.

    As with anything…only time will tell.

    Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 11:28 pm | Permalink

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Another quiet Sunday in the blogosphere, as usual. This morning I thought about writing another link share post or a WordPress theme recommendation, but later I’ve decided to break the pattern (since it’s all so quiet) and make Sundays the host of a blog SEO tips series. In this first post I’m going to talk about the importance of using SEO friendly titles (H1, H2, H3) and the right way to do so.

Usual Coding Patterns in WordPress Themes

If you’re even a bit familiar with the WordPress themes, by now you’ve probably took a look at your theme’s files. Blog pages are rendered through an association of a few PHP files with standard names (index.php, archive.php, single.php) with different templates of the theme, based on the content type.

The index.php file usually stands for your home page, also being capable of replacing any other template that hasn’t been already defined. So, if you don’t have a template for search results (search.php), the index file will take over and render your search results page.

Each of these templates includes smaller pieces of code to build up the final result. The most used are header.php, sidebar.php and footer.php.

For now, we’ll limit our attention to the following files in your theme’s folder:

  • header.php
  • index.php
  • single.php
  • page.php (not every theme has it)
  • archive.php, search.php (not every theme has them)

Optimizing the Header File

Having your primary keyword present at the top of you page it’s very important.
Considering the fact that most themes come with text based logos instead of graphics, we’ll be looking for the
 tag in the header.php file.

If you look at the WordPress default theme will find this piece of code, close to the end of the file:

<a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?>

<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>

The first line displays your blog’s title into a link to the homepage, inside the H1 tag.
The second line displays your blog’s description.

H1 is the most important heading style and the coding recommendations state that only one should be used per page. When talking about a homepage, archive page or search results, it’s best that we optimize these pages according to our main keywords, therefore this H1 tag is required.

But what about on the single post pages? When we display single post, we would want to have their pages optimized according to their content, not the overall keywords of the blog. This is where the H1 should be removed from the header.php file, and placed instead of the H2 surrounding the posts title, to give make it more visible and representative in the eyes of a search engine spider.

How do we do that? First we need to add some conditional tags in the header.
Look for the piece of code that I’ve listed above and replace it with this one:

<?php if(is_single() OR is_page()) {
// On single post pages and static pages we use this code

<a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?>

<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>

<?php }
else {
// On home page and archive style pages we use this code

<a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?>

<?php bloginfo('description'); ?>

<?php } ?>

By using some WordPress conditional tags we managed to limit the use of the H1 HTML tag to all archive style pages (including the homepage).

Next, we move to single posts and static pages to continue our optimization.

Optimizing the Single Posts and Static Pages

After we’ve made the changes in the header file, we need to apply some modifications to the single.php and page.php files to make their titles more search engine friendly.

Open the default theme’s single.php file and look for this piece of code:

<a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"
title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>

Remember that I’ve told you we are allowed to used
 only once per file, for our most important title / phrase. Since we’ve eliminated the use of
 on single posts and static pages in the header.php, now, all we have to do is to change
 and
 with
 and
, just like this:

<a href="<?php echo get_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"
title="Permanent Link: <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>

There you go, now your most important phrase on a single post page is the post’s title, as it should be!
Most themes don’t come with this type of heading importance separation and by following this guide you’ll be able to fix this issue on your own with no trouble at all.

While the default theme does not have a page.php template defined, you could clone the single.php file and rename it. If you don’t clone it, the index.php file will be used to display static pages, which means you’ll list page titles using the
 instead of
.

Consider Using Subheadings in Your Posts

For further SEO improvement, you should consider using relevant subheadings inside your post to evidentiate different parts of your post’s structure.
Write down your article and when you’re finished, switch to HTML view and add
 &
 around you subheadings, like this:

This Is a Subheading

Final Thoughts

Usually, titles are the most important links on your blog. Through them, users and spiders alike navigate through your content. Use them smart and effectively.
If you have any questions or need further help with this, feel free to drop a comment.
Also, join me again next Sunday for a new post in the Blog Seo Tips series.

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"We are meeting in order to inform all of you regarding the current stage [of the operation] we are in," Ya'alon told the parents. He added that in situations like this, it is "outlook" which makes all the difference and applauded the courage displayed by all three families.

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Column One: When rhetoric rules the roost
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To avoid Europe’s encroaching fate, Israel must abandon its current course.
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There is something pathetic about what passes as European foreign policy these days. Quite simply, more often than not, the concerted positions of the EU member nations have nothing to do with any of their national interests.

Take the EU’s initial response to the killing of Hamas terror-master Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai on January 19. A senior terrorist engaging in the illegal purchase of illicit arms from Iran for Hamas-controlled Gaza is killed in his hotel room. The same Dubai authorities who had no problem with hosting a wanted international terrorist worked themselves into a frenzy condemning his killing. And of course, despite the fact that any number of governments, (Egypt and Jordan come to mind), and rival terrorist organizations, (Fatah, anyone?) had ample reason to wish to see Mabhouh dead, Dubai’s police chief Lt.-Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim blamed Israel.

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Not only did he blame Israel, to substantiate his claims, Tamim released what he said was video footage of alleged Mossad operatives who entered Dubai with European and Australian passports.

Relying only on Tamim’s allegations, EU leaders went into high dudgeon. Ignoring the nature of the operation, the basic lack of credibility of the source of information, and the interests of Europe in defeating jihadist terrorism in the Middle East and worldwide, the chanceries of Europe squawked indignantly and threatened to cut off intelligence cooperation with Israel.

In Britain for instance, Foreign Office sources told the Daily Telegraph, “If the Israelis were responsible for the assassination in Dubai, they are seriously jeopardizing the important intelligence-sharing arrangement that currently exists between Britain and Israel.”

It reportedly took the intervention of the highest echelons of Europe’s intelligence agencies to get their hysterical politicians and diplomats to stop blaming and threatening Israel. After being dressed down, on Monday, the chastened EU foreign ministers abstained from mentioning Israel by name in their joint condemnation of the alleged use of European passports by the alleged operatives who allegedly killed the terrorist Mabhouh.

And lucky they held their tongues. Because on Tuesday, Tamim claimed that after the hit, at least two of the alleged members of the alleged assassination team departed Dubai for Iran. It’s hard to imagine Mossad officers feeling safer in Iran than in Dubai at any time and certainly it is hard to see why they would flee to Iran after killing an Iranian-sponsored terrorist.

What the initial European reaction to Tamim’s allegations shows is that blaming Israel has become Europe’s default foreign policy. It apparently never occurred to the Europeans that Israel might not be responsible for the hit. And it certainly never occurred to them that cutting off intelligence ties with Israel will harm them more than Israel.

They didn’t think of the latter, of course, because Europe has no idea of what its interests are. All it knows is how to sound off authoritatively.

THIS HAS not always been the case. It was after all Europe that brought the world the art of rational statecraft. Once upon a time, Europe’s leaders understood that a nation’s foreign policy was supposed to be based on its national interests. To advance their nation’s interests, governments would adopt certain policies. And to facilitate the success of those policies they developed rhetorical arguments to explain and defend them.

Contemporary European statecraft stands this traditional foreign policy model on its head. Today, rhetoric rules the roost. If actions are taken at all, they are adopted in the service of rhetoric. As for national interests, well, the Lisbon Treaty that effectively bars EU member states from adopting independent foreign policies took care of those.

With national interests subordinated to the whims of bureaucrats in Brussels, Europe does little of value in the international arena. As for its rhetoric, as the EU’s rush to threaten Israel for allegedly killing a terrorist shows, it is cowardly, ineffectual and self-defeating.

If the Mossad did in fact kill Mabhouh, then the operation was an instance in which Israel distinguished itself from its European detractors by acting, rather than preening.

Unfortunately, such instances are increasingly the exception rather than the rule. Over the past 16 years or so, Israel largely descended into the European statecraft abyss. Rather than use rhetoric to explain policies adopted to advance its national interests, successive Israeli governments have adopted policies geared toward strengthening their rhetoric that itself stands in opposition to Israel’s national interests.

Take Israel’s positions on Iran and the Palestinians, for instance. Regarding the Iranians, Israel’s national interest is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Today, the only way to secure this interest is to use force to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations.

Given Iran’s leaders’ absolute commitment to developing nuclear weapons, no sanctions – regardless of how “crippling” they are supposed to be – will convince them to curtail their efforts to build and deploy their nuclear arsenal.

Beyond that, and far less important, the Russians and the Chinese will refuse to implement “crippling sanctions,” against Iran.

IN LIGHT of these facts, it is distressing that Israel’s leaders have made building an international coalition in support of “crippling” sanctions against Iran their chief aim. And this is not merely a rhetorical flourish. Over the past several weeks and months, Israel’s top leaders have devoted themselves to lobbying foreign governments to support sanctions against Iran.

Last week Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went to Moscow to gin up support for sanctions from the Russian government. This week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak traveled to the UN and the State Department and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon flew off to Beijing just to lobby senior officials to support sanctions.

It isn’t simply that this behavior doesn’t contribute anything to Israel’s ability to destroy Iran’s nuclear installations. It harms Israel’s ability to do so, if only by diverting our leaders’ focus from where it should be: preparing the IDF to strike and preparing the country to withstand whatever the aftereffects of such a strike would be. Moreover, by calling for sanctions, Israel contributes to the delusion that sanctions are sufficient to block Iran’s race to the nuclear finish line.

As for the Palestinian issue, it is fairly clear that at a minimum, Israel’s interest is to secure its control over the areas of Judea and Samaria that it requires to protect its Jewish heritage and its national security. But it is hard to think of anything the government has done in its year in office to advance that basic interest.

It is argued that Israel’s interest in maintaining good relations with the US administration trumps its interest in strengthening its control over areas in Judea and Samaria that it deems vital. The problem with this argument is that it takes for granted that Israel can determine the status of its relations with the US administration. In the case of the Obama administration, it is abundantly clear that this is not the case.

President Barack Obama and his senior advisers have demonstrated repeatedly that they are interested in weakening – not strengthening – the US alliance with Israel. This week the administration condemned Israel for defining the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem as national heritage sites. The fact that they are national heritage sites is so obvious that even President Shimon Peres defended the move.

Moreover, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated for the millionth time this week that he opposes military strikes against Iran’s nuclear installations. That is, for the millionth time, the top US military officer effectively said that he prefers a nuclear armed Iran to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear installations.

In the interest of strengthening Israel’s ties with a hostile administration, the Netanyahu government has adopted rhetoric on the Palestinian issue that is harmful to Israel’s national interests. It declared its support for a Palestinian state, despite the fact that such a state will define itself through its devotion to Israel’s destruction.

It has outlawed Jewish construction in Judea and Samaria, despite the fact that the move simply legitimizes the Palestinians’ bigoted demand that Jews be barred from living in Judea and Samaria.

And it has advocated on behalf of Palestinian leaders like Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayyad who refuse to accept Israel’s right to exist.

Indeed, if Israel were to reject the current European model and craft a foreign policy that advanced its national interests, one of its first acts would be to point out that the unelected Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad is not a man of peace.

Just this week, Fayyad threatened to respond with a religious war to Israel’s classification of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel’s Tomb as national heritage sites. Last Friday he joined rioters at Bil’in to attack Israel’s security fence. Fayyad has taken a lead role in the campaign to implement an international boycott of Israeli products. Over the past couple of years he has sought to take control over the PA’s security forces not to fight terror, but to prevent Israel from fighting terror. Finally, since the Hamas victory in the PA legislative elections in 2006, he has overseen the transfer of hundreds of millions of dollars to Hamas.

In short, Fayyad, a former World Bank employee, is not a “moderate,” as his supporters in the US and Europe claim. He is a fiscally sound terror financier and sponsor, actively waging war against Israel.

RECENT REPORTS indicate that IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi – who strangely received a nice medal from Mullen two years ago – is the main opponent of an Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear installations. If this is true, then Ashkenazi must either be forced to change his position or lose his job. The Iranian threat is too great to place in the hands of a commander the US reportedly views as its “friend” in Israel’s decision-making circles.

As for the Palestinians, the situation will not be remedied simply by firing a few incompetent office holders. For 16 years, in the interest of enhancing the country’s ties with Europe, and to a lesser degree with the US, successive Israeli governments have ignored Israel’s vital national interest in maintaining its control over Judea and Samaria. Indeed, they have preferred Euro-friendly, and Israel-unfriendly rhetoric to the sober-minded pursuit of Israel’s national interest.

Yet as Europe’s immediate response to the Dubai operation makes clear, Europe itself has abandoned the sober-minded pursuit of its own interests, in favor of cowardly, feckless, self-defeating rhetoric. Obviously Europe should favor Israel over a Hamas terrorist. But in its current state of strategic imbecility, no European leader can acknowledge this basic fact. Consequently, Europe may well be doomed.

To avoid Europe’s encroaching fate, Israel must abandon its current course. The purpose of rhetoric is to support policies adopted in the pursuit of a nation’s interests. And Israel has interests in need of urgent advancement.
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Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel died early this morning following a heart attack at his official residence where he had been recovering from an attack of influenza. A physician was summoned to his bedside shortly after 3 A.M. Jerusalem time (8 P.M. New York Standard Time) when he complained of chest pains. Death came at 8:15 A.M. (1:15 A.M. New York Standard Time). Mr. Eshkol was 73 years old and had suffered two previous heart attacks since 1965. Frequent illnesses in recent months had necessitated his delegation of some functions to his Cabinet colleagues. Public announcement of the death of Israel’s third Prime Minister was not made until an hour and three-quarters after his physician, Dr. Moshe Ramilevitz, had pronounced him dead. The news was broadcast over Kol Israel and a mourning crowd assembled almost immediately before his residence in the Rehavia section of Jerusalem, standing there in silence, many weeping openly. An urgent meeting of the Cabinet was held at the Prime Minister’s residence and agreed on Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon as Acting Prime Minister for the next 30 days. Mr. Eshkol’s term of office would have ended next October when general elections were scheduled. He announced his intention of seeking resignation to the Premiership.

Announcement was made that Mr. Eshkol’s body will lie in state in the Knesset Building here beginning tomorrow. Funeral services will be held Friday with interment in the Pantheon of the Nation’s Great on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. At the services, the Army’s Chief Chaplain, Rabbi Shlomo Goren, and Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Isser Untermann will deliver prayers. Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim will perform the “keriah” ceremony–the tearing of clothing of the nearest relative. The funeral procession will pass along a two-mile-long route from the Knesset to Mount Herzl so that hundreds of thousands will see it. Mr. Eshkol will be buried near former President Itzhak Ben-Zvi, former Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, and the Zionist Revisionist leader, Vladimir Jabotinsky

As the news of the Prime Minister’s death became known, the country went into mourning. Flags were lowered to half-mast and all places of entertainment were closed. Mourning for a man who was one of the pillars of the world Zionist movement and of the Yishuv, the Jewish community of Palestine, as well as one of the founders of the State of Israel, was mixed here with concern the effect of his sudden death would have on the domestic political situation and on Israel’s International position.

Mr. Eshkol and his closest associates, Minister Without Portfolio Pinhas Sapir and former Foreign Minister Golda Meir, were firmly in control of the Israel Labor Party and machinery and were able to keep personal rivalries with regard to the succession in check. The party, with its political alignment with the Mapam Party, has a parliamentary majority. Mr. Eshkol’s announcement that he would seek to retain the premiership after the October general elections had averted a bitter struggle within the party by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, Deputy Prime Minister Allon, and possibly others, to succeed Mr. Eshkol. Political observers here today were concerned that with Mr. Eshkol’s death, the country would now have to face this struggle at a time when international pressures called for unity on the part of Israelis.

Israeli officials dismissed as utter nonsense claims immediately broadcast by the Arab terrorist organization, El Fatah, that Mr. Eshkol had died as a result of wounds suffered when the terrorists shelled his residence in Degania last week. They pointed out that Mr. Eshkol had not been in Degania since the beginning of the month.

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To continue this Koreans-all-over-the-shop-in-US thing, there's a section in Autoextremist on the subject pointing out a few salient things - like the glowing words issued about the recently departed gents just a couple of months ago. There's also the observation that the Koreans often spring such news at dealer meetings. Follow the below link and scroll to the bottom of the page to see De Lorenzo's full take.

Here's the AdAge article about the speculated sense of humour failure (the TV ad is a little, well, ropey)

Kia officials told dealers at a Kia meeting during the National Automobile Dealers Association conference (as a matter of fact, it’s a common joke with execs working for Kia and Hyundai - to be careful around dealer meetings, because that’s when U.S. executives always get whacked).

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I apologize it looks like some of my questions got cut off. Any coughing, change in his bark or panting?

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each soy sauce and rice vinegar
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pork tenderloin (about 1 lb.) thinly sliced you should get about 30 slices

1Mix all ingredients for marinade in small bowl. Place pork in a quart size zipperlock bag; add marinade, mix well and seal. Refrigerate for 4 hours or up to 2 days.
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A handful of weeks prior to our departure, we confirmed our accommodations and rental auto with Expedia. But when we arrived, both the Dollar vehicle rental area and our hotel, the Hostel Tamarindo Backpackers, emphatically denied doing enterprise with Expedia. Both companies claimed Expedia is notorious for overbooking reservations.

We ended up paying out out-of-pocket for a week’;s really worth of hotel ($ 620) and auto rental insurance coverage. Per the Dollar Rental individual, the government of Costa Rica demands that the visitors acquire the auto rental insurance coverage in the country and they will not honor auto rental insurance from abroad.

We reached Expedia from Costa Rica and when we returned home. Soon after hrs on the telephone, quite a few hang-ups, and even finally acquiring a fax amount in which supposedly we must send our receipts and an explanation of what happened so that an Expedia supervisor could resolve the problem (we are requesting a total refund of our hotel), the only response from Expedia was to problem a $ 164 refund, which Expedia claims should account for the complete portion of the income we paid in advance for our space and $ 99 for the rental car insurance.

Could you please place some strain on Expedia to reimburse us for the complete cost we paid for the room, which comes to $ 455? — Gladys Martin, Berea, OH

A: Clearly, Expedia got its wires crossed with each the Hostel Tamarindo Backpackers and Dollar. In a large way.

Expedia must have made certain that you had a confirmed reservation with the hotel and not just a rental vehicle, but also a rental car at the rate it promised you.

Expedia should have fixed this problem whilst you had been nevertheless in Costa Rica, locating you a space and a rental automobile. I’;m disappointed that it didn’;t. By the way, you did the correct thing by phoning Expedia. You required a actual-time resolution, but unfortunately you didn’;t get it. Following that, corresponding with Expedia by fax and e mail worked far better, since you had a significantly-needed paper trail.

In the potential, you may possibly want to make contact with the hotel and automobile rental organization directly, even if you have a confirmation from your online travel agent. Just to be risk-free.

Luckily, this type of glitch appears to be very rare. I contacted Expedia on your behalf, and it reviewed your situation again. Its data present that a refund of $ 455 was currently in process. I am pleased that Expedia eventually did the right factor with no having to be asked.

(Christopher Elliott is the author of “How to Be the World’;s Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Funds and Hassle)” (Nationwide Geographic). He is also the ombudsman for Nationwide Geographic Traveler magazine and the co-founder of the Consumer Travel Alliance, a nonprofit organization that advocates for travelers. Study far more ideas on his website, or e-mail him at Christopher Elliott receives a fantastic deal of reader mail, which he solutions as swiftly as achievable, but due to the fact of a backlog of circumstances, your story could not be published for many months.)

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Food Destinations: Restaurants in Zürich

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When living slightly outside of one of the allegedly most expensive cities of the world, one does not go that often to restaurants in town, even if Zürich has quite a choice of nice places. For your own discoveries, you can try exploring in the Altstadt (the old town on the right bank of the Limmat river), in the Seefeld area (right bank of Lake Zürich), the Kreis 5 (the area between Hauptbahnhof, the Limmatstrasse, the Hardbrücke and the railroad access to the main station), or in the Kreis 4 (the area between the Badenerstrasse, the Kaserne, and the railroad tracks). These are essentially the entertainment quarters in town.

But let us mention a few places we occasionally go to, particularly when we have visitors from out of town. Most friends visiting Zürich need their "Sausage fix", and for that, we have have two possibilities.

The Zeughauskeller is in a building built about 500 years ago as an armory, just behind the Paradeplatz. This place is also kind of the canteen for the (in)famous Zürich Gnomes. It is a rather big place, but service is quick and nice. Their sausage menu is more than a page long, and should suit any taste, starting from the simple Kalbsbratwurst (whitish veal roas sausage) to the Saucisson Vaudoise (a chunky hearty sausage speciality from the western part of Switzerland), or -- if you are there as a party, the Kanonenputzer (a pork roast sausage sold by the meter). They have a nice selection of beers, and the wine menu is not too bad. Prices for sausage with potato salad range from CHF 16 to CHF 25.

A little bit more upscale is the Kropf, just off the Paradeplatz. Their turn-of-the 20th Century interior in the main hall gives a great ambiance, and on warmer days, the Terrasse is very nice. The menu shows a good range of Swiss specialities, and their service is good and relaxed (actually the Kropf has been among the first restaurants where the food is brought to the table on trolleys, instead of being carried by the waitresses).

Ah, yeah, when we just want a sausage as a snack, we go to the place claiming to have the "best bratwurst in town", the Sternen Grill at the Bellevue. Their Kalbsbratwurst is indeed very good, and thanks to the high turnover at one of the busiest squares in town, never dried out. They say, who has never had a Bratwurst from the Sternen Grill has never been to Zürich

A place whose connectivity is the most outstanding feature is the Outback in the Bahnhof Stadelhofen. No, this is not the crappy bland steakhouse chain with that name in the US. They have a slightly Australian theme, and on their menu you find slightly exotic things such as crocodile, ostrich, kangaroo, and their main beer is Fosters. Because it is just a few steps from the platform of the Stadelhofen S-Bahn station, it can get pretty crowded in the evening. It's our favorite place to have dinner after catching a movie at one of the numerous theatres nearby.

Two places are special, even if they are not within the city limits.

The place with the best view is the Uto Kulm, on top of the Uetliberg, the mountain to the south west of the city. When the weather is accordingly, it gives the whole alpine panorame from the Lucerne and Bernese alps in the west to the Säntis in the East, with a great view down on to the city and the lake. The cuisine of the Uto Kulm is a refreshing version of "international", with decent wines on the menu.

The highest ranking restaurant in Zürich is also not within the city limits. Petermann's Kunststuben is a little bit outside, in Küsnacht, on the right bank of the lake. This place helps getting Zürich a place on the top restaurants map of the world. It is near absolute perfection, and definitely worth a visit (hint, lunch is of the same quality level as dinner, and the cellar is the same...).

Restaurant Zeughauskeller, Bahnhofstrasse 28a, 8001 Zürich, phone 044 211 26 90, Tram 2,6,7,8,9,11,13 Paradeplatz

Restaurant Kropf, In Gassen 16, 8001 Zürich, phone 044 221 18 05, Tram 2,6,7,8,9,11,13 Paradeplatz

Sternen Grill, Theaterstrasse 22, 8001 Zürich, phone 044 251 49 49, Tram 2,4,5,8,9,11,15 Bellevue

Restaurant Outback Lodge, Stadelhoferstrasse 18, 8001 Zürich, phone 044 252 15 75, Tram 2,4 Opernhaus, Tram 11,15 Bahnhof Stadelhofen, Tram 5,8,9 Bellevue, S3,S5,S6,S7,S9,S12,S16,S18 Stadelhofen

Restaurant/Hotel Uto Kulm, Gratstrasse, 8143 Uetliberg, phone 044 457 66 66, S10 Uetliberg

Petermann's Kunststuben, Seestrasse 160, 8700 Küsnacht, phone 044 910 07 15, S6,S16 Küsnacht

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Gossip Girl = Bright Young Hollywood

Gossip Girl = Bright Young Hollywood

The cast of CW’s cult hit Gossip Girl is featured in the August issue of Vanity Fair, which names “Hollywood’s New Wave” of stars.

Hollywood’s teen titans pictured left to right: Jessica Szohr, Penn Badgley, Blake Lively, Chace Crawford, Ed Westwick, Leighton Meester and Taylor Momsen.

Notice how on-and-off-screen couple Blake and Penn have their arms tightly wrapped around each other!

Joining Blake on the latest cover of Vanity Fair are actresses Kristen Stewart, Emma Roberts and Amanda Seyfried.

When Penn was asked if he preferred Chuck Taylors or Nikes, he answered, “PF Flyers.”

Check out the rest of the bright young Hollywood stars at VanityFair.com.

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  • amanda

    Gossip girl better be hot next season

  • Emily

    i love that whole cast!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/justcalifornia qboy

    the cast is great ..
    those stars are younger and younger ..

    can’t wait to see the next season …

  • yuck

    who cares? oversaturated. i smell 90201 and oc. no career by the time they are 25

  • jessica

    haha sweet i like this picture. i love how ed westwick is possible in a moment. lol

  • jessica

  • stefanie

    I’ve never seen a show with so much hype that so few people watch. It was in the news a couple of months ago how disappointed the CW was in the show as far as garnishing ratings, considering the almost 24/7 promotion of the show and the stars.

    Thank God for gossip sights like justjared, because I don’t think these marginally talented “kids” would have stood a chance 10 years ago.

    Well, wish them luck in 2009.

  • stefanie

    I’ve never seen a show with so much hype that so few people watch. It was in the news a couple of months ago how disappointed the CW was in the show as far as garnishing ratings, considering the almost 24/7 promotion of the show and the stars.

    Thank God for gossip sights like justjared, because I don’t think these marginally talented “kids” would have stood a chance 10 years ago.

    Well, wish them luck in 2009.

  • anny

    I’m starting to get sick of this show. It’s basically the new Arrested Development but it doesn’t have one thing AD had: being actually good

  • M

    Love the cast. Love the show. Love Josh Schwartz. :)

  • alice

  • no love

    this guys will be NOBODIES in a year! wasn’t the O.C. cast the NKOB…where are they now? wasn’t the Grey’s Anatomy’s cast…the “IT” new people???

    Once sh*t fills their brains these morons think they’re Jesus! F them all!

  • Han

    ‘who cares? oversaturated. i smell 90201 and oc. no career by the time they are 25′

    To be fair, Rachel Bilson is still doing well, doing high-profile movies and constantly featured in magazines and she’s 26. Mischa Barton is still very famous too, although I do agree that it’s not neccessarily because of her career and more for her bad girl behaviour.

    I have a feeling Leighton will be the breakout star of GG, just like Rachel was on OC and will be the one to have the best career after the show ends.

    Chace also maybe though…he’s definitely in the media a lot.
    Blake’s acting isn’t good enough to gurantee her a good career although fair play to her, it’s better than Mischa’s.

    Ed’s acting is good but I don’t see him finding many roles.

    Same for Taylor as Blake.

    And Jessica…well I don’t see her being in anything big after GG at all. She could prove me wrong though.

    Let’s hope Penn manages to get good roles and doesn’t have his acting skills taken for granted like Adam Brody now has. Both incredibly talented, funny men that could do so well with the right roles.

  • Diana

    I absolutely looove them, but I’m still not a fan of Jessica’s…

  • American

    Blake Lively is a very good actress #14 and will be the next big thing

  • maria

    These are nice-looking young people, but I am sick to death about shows like theirs. It’s TRASH, and it makes me sick that actual high-schoolers will think this is what life should be like!!!

  • angeline

    I love their show, and I love this picture.

  • t

    Blake and Penn are so freakin hot!

  • gossip girl

    Such an AWESOME pic!
    but jessica is kinda by herself! :(
    its a SEXY show with SEXY cast

  • Han

    Blake’s an okay actress, not particularly bad, not particularly good. Unfortunately okay acting and a pretty face isn’t usually enough to cut it after finishing the most successful project of your life..in Blake’s case, GG/

  • emilie

    Ed is the most talented. I hope he will find good roles after GG.

  • http://www.popandflop.blogspot.com jesus_lohan

    they are so awesomeee

  • RORY

    Chace’s interview comments for this were extremely funny and I love all of these kids.

    But seriously, Jared, I’m tired by the shilling you’re doing for the Penn/Blake relationship when they clearly have little to no chemistry either on or off the show.

  • Linds

    Couldn’t put the books down, and the every ep is tivo’d!

    ** 1st of all Blake is already famous. This show is amazing and I think most of them will continue.
    *** I agree with Han though, Leighton will go far, she can act and is classically GORGEOUS!
    **** Taylor has a modeling contract and could do well with that as well.
    ***** Chace just looks the part of another Disney heart throb. No more, no less.
    ****** Ed is the perfect “love to hate him” character and will do well right there with Leighton. (In my opinion)
    ******* Penn is a toss up I think.

    Either way, as soon as season 1 comes out on DVD (if it does :( )
    I’ll be 1st in line to buy it!

    I’ve said my peace and haters back off if you have nothing nice to say. You ruin it for those of us who enjoy the show!

  • Noelle

    I like this cast. I think Ed Westwick and Leighton Meester are phenomenal, possibly too good for the show, and deserve to score movie roles afterwards. Penn and Blake are both decent, not amazing IMO, but both good in their respective roles and better than a lot of others out there. I hope they all do well.

  • a,

    OK, when is a show that ranks 205 out of 235 shows for the 2007-2008 season deserve this much attention?

    Viva Laughing only episode to air had more viewers (6 500 000) than your average for Gossip Girl (2 350 000).

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    I love Penn and Blake! Thanks for providing info!

  • Lo

    I understand that their ratings suck. However, it’s watched by a predominately teenge audience who if you haven’t noticed spend a lot of their time on the internet. Previously they offered the option of watching it on their website, which was a popular choice of viewing. Also, once the episodes uploaded on itunes, they tend to stay number one for weeks at a time. Thirdly: TiVo.

    I think the popularity that Blake and Chace recieve is honestly, a little overrated. Sure Blake is talented, but nothing wonderful. And Chace… Eh. Ed is sometimes too good for the show and has some roles lined up, including the lead in the sequel to cult hit Donnie Darko. Leighton I believe has an album lined up; she (not counting Kelly or Lily as she’s known on the show) is the most talented femae on the show. Penn is talented ad at least I always feel he gets the attention he deserves. Taylor’s acting is sometimes all over the place but has a lot of potential, considering her modeling contract and apparently was songwriting with Josh Kelley. And Jessica is still a relatively minor character no matter how talented she is.

    Well that’s just what I have to say to the haters. They all look fatastic, it’s such a gorgeous cast:).

  • Tiffany

    I’m not a fan of the show, although I’ve seen the first season and I give it another year before it gets canceled.

    However, IMO I actually think Blake will be the one to break out. She’s not a bad actress, but not great either, however, she has the potential to really apply herself and become a great actress who is versatile.

    Leighton on the other hand is a one trick pony and part of the reason for that is her look. Unfortunately she isn’t a head turner. She’s cute, but her look is severe (not necessarily in a bad way). She’s always going to look like Leighton Meester and you’re always going to think of her as Leighton Meester or Blair from Gossip Girl no matter what part she plays. She just won’t be able to morph into different roles and melt into characters like an actor should be able to. She’s good as Blair because it appears that the character is very close to her own personality which makes it easy. It’s a dream role for her, but it also might screw her in the end.

    As far as Chace Crawford goes, he faces the same issue as Leighton except his problem is being too pretty. People aren’t going to take him seriously because of his look and it’s going to be hard for him to get serious and substantial roles in movies. He could turn his career around, but it will take years and some serious commitment.

    Ed Westwick isn’t pretty enough, but the kid can act. He’ll never be a leading man, but he’ll do well in indie stuff with substance which he can turn into a successful career and be well respected for. He also has his music to pursue.

    Penn Badgley could also be a break out. He’s not too pretty, but cute in a nerdy, underdog, intellectual kind of way. I’m on the fence about his acting, but if he’s committed, he could do something and because of the way he looks, he’ll be able to get more roles across the board and possibly become the “romantic comedy guy” or “underdog who gets the girl guy” if he plays his cards right. He could also push it and do some really gritty indie roles which would only help.

    I’m on the fence about Jessica Szhor being a breakout, but it’s possible. She could certainly follow Ed down the indie films track, but I see the potential for a serious dramatic actress there, so will see. Also, she’s gorgeous so that always helps.

    It’s too soon to tell about Taylor Momsen. The only thing I hope for that girl is that she doesn’t get caught up in the fake hype that surrounds this show and goes to university so she can have something real to fall back on just in case this acting thing doesn’t pan out.

    OMFG Penn is sooo hotttt… I love his hair in the picture… Him and blake are really hot together… The whole cast look gorgeous… ^^

  • shannon

    why wasn’t leighton on the cover she is phenomenal as Blair and i do agree with some she is ont of the best on the show along with Ed maybe it’s the characters they play but thier good at it.

  • krystel

    penn and blake are sooo cute! XD

  • efflip.

    lol. i love how people say that any of them arent real good actors and actresses. Are you joking? This show is one of the best shows. The rating sucks, yeah.. But that’s cause people arent at home ready to watch it. they have work, school. whatever.

    but THEY DO watch it. that’s all that matters.
    and CW would be stupid if they canceled this show.

    They just started. give them some time to find themselves as actors and actresses. They cant be as good as Angelina or george clooney. But i’m sure Angelina and George sucked @ acting the first time they were infront of a movie/ show.

  • efflip.

    None of them suck in my book.
    They’re all different. and Obviously the producers of the show brought them together because they all compliment each other FOR the show.

    Blake lively’s performance on Sisterhood of traveling pants was amazing.

    Taylor, i havent seen much of her. But she’s only 14. She has time to grow.

    For Penn. i havent seen much of him either. But as far as now, i think he’s great. You see a lot of him in his character.

    Ed is amazing also. If someone can hide their accent as much as he does. then they’re amazing too.

    Chace. Eh, i’m not a big fan. He’ is really hot though.

    Jessica. She’s okay.

    Be logical. They arent HUGE HUGE HUGE yet. Wait till they get their feet wet.

    But i think, the breakout star will be Blake lively.

  • efflip.

    Tiffany i agree with you.

    Atleast you’re somewhat being logical.

  • efflip.

    oh yea, i need to comment on Penn and Blake.

    they are sooooo cute.
    My brother said blake looks like a man, and i smacked him hard.

    Penn is HOT. he isnt pretty like chase or odd sexy looking like Ed.
    He’s just HOT.

    For blake. she’s cute. Like, her interviews seems like she’s very friendly.

  • roberto

    why is all of new hollywood white?…racist!!!!!

  • tina

    Tiffany, ITA. Word to everything. Awesome post!

  • andrea v

    love kristen stewart!
    dont particularly like the GG cast.. only blake.

  • Sebastian

    The gay ones in the middle,yay!

  • yaz

    I love Chace Crawford

    Chace is the best

    Nate and Blair forever!!!!

  • amanda

    Chace is sooo hot!!!

    Nate and Blair are so cute!!!

  • Gossip Girl

    I love this picture…

  • K

    that shot is gorgeous. heck it’s cause they’re all gorgeous!
    also looking forward to all of the other stars featured in Vanity Fair. seems like a great issue!

  • Meh

    Bright Young Hollywood. They mean “White” Young Hollywood.

  • zack

    blake lively is a godess

  • annie

  • amanda

    Thanx for putting more pictures of Blake, that girl is beyond beautiful..
    more pictures jared

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Taylor Swift: NRJ Awards Attendee!

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This is the main update page for Kane County Public Lands issues.

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Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules For Kane County In Road Case

Wilderness Groups Lack Standing To Sue

In a long-anticipated decision, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that wilderness advocacy groups lack standing to sue Kane County over public highway rights-of-way granted to the county by the U.S. Congress under Revised Statute 2477.  The “en banc” (full court) decision vacated a lower court’s decision that ejected Kane County from its historic role in regulating highways crossing lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the National Park Service (NPS).  The decision stated, “We VACATE the district court’s summary judgment in favor of [The Wilderness Society and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance] and REMAND with instructions to dismiss the action.”

The Tenth Circuit decision held that groups such as The Wilderness Society (TWS) and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) lack property rights in the dispute and therefore did not have standing to bring the federal lawsuit.  The Tenth Circuit held that the matter involved a property dispute between two landowners, Kane County and the federal government, and that TWS and SUWA lack any property rights of their own to support standing to sue the county.  This ruling is consistent with the Tenth Circuit’s exclusion of wilderness advocacy groups in the county’s current quiet title litigation.

The Tenth Circuit’s dismissal also removes the lower court’s ruling that Kane County lacks R.S. 2477 road jurisdiction unless and until the county secures title through court adjudication.  The lower court’s ruling had ejected the county from regulating roads crossing federally managed lands because without R.S. 2477 jurisdiction, the county lacked authority to operate its historic highways.

Serious public safety conditions developed on the roads where they cross federally managed lands, and the federal government refused to maintain roads it claims to own.  The public safety hazards led to the county requesting an expedited motion for summary judgment in its current quiet title litigation.  In its brief to the district court, the federal government finally acknowledged the county’s R.S. 2477 jurisdiction over five of the roads in litigation.

Because the Tenth Circuit decision dismisses the lower court’s action, the county can once again maintain the public’s R.S. 2477 roads and will immediately correct the numerous hazards along the roads.  This is necessary for the safety of the travelling public.  The county will also request that federal agencies engage in conciliation and coordination in an effort to resolve remaining issues involving the validity and scope of county roads across federally managed lands.

The road controversy was created in 1997 when Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt directed the BLM and NPS to ignore historic highway rights congressionally granted to local and state government—the critical rights-of-way for the public’s highways.  Federal agencies attempted to create a new paradigm wherein the federal government would administer all roads and would unilaterally decide whether they would be open, closed or restricted by federal planning decisions, irrespective of R.S. 2477 rights, and yet the counties would be expected to spend local and state funding to maintain federal roads.  The designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument led to the first take over of county roads in Kane and Garfield Counties under the Monument plan in 1999.  Both counties have opposed the federal takeover of the critical public roads since that time.

Counties in Utah and throughout the West are opposing the federal takeover of their roads because there is no legal basis for this action, and it is wholly inconsistent with long-standing federal law, regulations and policies.  Local highway jurisdiction has traditionally been federally accepted without formal action or litigation, and the hazardous state of disrepair on many Kane County roads reveals that the federal government is incapable of managing local transportation systems.  The new federal requirement that all local highway rights must be adjudicated creates a tremendous cost burden, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars to counties and millions of dollars to states – costs that are unnecessary.

It is the county’s hope that the en banc decision will result in a reevaluation of current federal policy denying the existence of any R.S. 2477 rights and may provide an opportunity for a new level of coordination regarding the operation and management of historical public highways across federally managed lands.

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The Blue Crown released a handful of teaser images of their latest deck, the Victorian Room. Designed by Edo Huang, this elegant deck is inspired by Victorian-era design and features custom aces, backs and jokers.

From the teaser, the tuck look stunning with striking red foil and a die-cut viewing window on the back. We asked Edo about the idea behind the deck,
A year ago, Alex Pandrea and myself decided to design a playing card design that inspired by Victorian-era. Something different from my previous designs. Something unique and never been done before.

After months of hard work, many hours of sketching and going through numerous prototypes, Victorian Room Playing Cards will be available on Sunday, February 7 at Printed by the Expert Playing Card Co.

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Former Viking Erin Henderson 'grateful' for DWIs

Former Minnesota Viking Erin Henderson is putting an unusual spin on his recent chemical-related arrests.

The longtime Vikings linebacker told TMZ Sports that he "cannot be more grateful" that he was arrested for DWI two times in less than a month, because it forced him to get help he desperately needed.

Henderson, cut by the Vikings after the 2 arrests, just finished a stint in rehab, and says he realized he had a bad substance abuse problem that had taken over his life.

"I was arrested and spent almost 24 hours in a holding cell and had nothing but time to think about the path my life was heading down," he told TMZ. "That night I had a vision of my future and knew I had to do something to better it."

Henderson says he received great support from fellow patients and a Vikings teammate who visited him at the treatment center.
He plans to continue his career in the NFL, but says maintaining his sobriety is the priority.

He told TMZ, "Sober Erin's light shines 100 times greater than 'using' Erin ever could."

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