Sunday, February 22, 2015

Great Minds #75 | Reese Elrich | Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War and What the World can Expect

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Ilene PRoctor
International Public Relations  

Great Minds Salon Series #75
Great Mind Reese Elrich, Journalist
Inside Syria: The Backstory of Their Civil War
and What the World can Expect

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
7:00 PM

Host: Ted Vaill
20249 Inland Lane
Malibu, CA 90265

Tickets $25 (each guest)
(PDLA and SCADA members $20)
Price includes dinner and drinks

Please RSVP early
310.858.6643
ilenepr@sbcglobal.net

Based on first-hand reporting from Syria and Washington, journalist Reese Erlich unravels the complex dynamics underlying the Syrian civil war. Through vivid, on-the-ground accounts and interviews with both rebel leaders and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Erlich gives the reader a better understanding of this momentous power struggle and why it matters.

Through his many contacts inside Syria, the author reveals who is supporting Assad and why; he describes the agendas of the rebel factions; and he depicts in stark terms the dire plight of many ordinary Syrian people caught in the cross-fire. The book also provides insights into the role of the Kurds, the continuing influence of Iran, and the policies of US leaders who seem interested only in protecting US regional interests.

As Erlich shows, current events in Syria can be best understood by looking at Syria's recent history, especially the roles of key historic figures. Several chapters are devoted to these influential leaders-including T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), journalist Lowell Thomas, Muslim brotherhood founder Hassan al Banna, Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein, and Hafez al-Assad.

Disturbing and enlightening at once, this timely book shows you not only what is happening inside Syria but why it is so important for the Middle East, the US, and the world.


"Erlich efficiently unearths some of the most problematic and overlooked narratives about terrorism."
--Publisher's Weekly starred review
(on Conversations with Terrorists)

"Combines good investigative reporting with sharp analysis....a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the problems with and seeing change in U.S. Cuba policy."
--Walter Cronkite (on Dateline Havana)

  Format: Hardcover | ISBN: 9781616149482
$25.00
Published by: Prometheus Books Hardcover.
Distributed by Random House

About Reese Elrich

Reese Erlich is a best-selling book author and freelance journalist who writes regularly for CBS Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corp., and National Public Radio. He is a Special Correspondent for GlobalPost.

Other books by Reese Elrich
  • Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence, and Empire (2010)
  • Dateline Havana: The real story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba (2009)
  • The Iran Agenda: The real story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis (2007)
  • Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You (2003)

DIRECTIONS

Hillside neighborhood overlooking Malibu and the Pacific Ocean
Ample parking on streets


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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Copyright

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Privacy Policy

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This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in the US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your PII in accordance with our website.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

  • To personalize each user’s experience and to allow users to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which users are most interested.
  • To allow us to better service users in responding to your customer service requests.
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
  • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.


How do we protect visitor information?

  • We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
  • We do not use an SSL certificate.
  • We only provide articles and information, and we never ask for personal or private information.


Do we use ‘cookies’?
We do not use cookies for tracking purposes. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) setting. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you disable cookies ‘off’, some features will be disabled that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

Third Party Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential, We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or other’s rights, properly, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include and offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy polic9ies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites, Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.

California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.or/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’, and can be easily be found on the page specified above.

Users will be notified of any changes on our Privacy Policy page under the heading, "Changes to our policy", and within the context of our policy.

Users are able to change their personal information, by emailing us, by phone, by U.S. Mail, or other means available or practical.

How does our site handle ‘do not track’ signals?
We honor ‘do not track’ signals, and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under 13.

Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify the users via email within 14 business days. We will notify the users via ‘in site’ notification within 7 business days. We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM  Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

To be accordance with CAN SPAM, we agree to the following:

  • NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
  • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
  • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
  • Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
  • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests as quickly as possible
  • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email


If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at ilenepr@sbcglobal .

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below:

Brett Covey
Webmaster for Ilene Proctor IPR
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United States of America

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Updated: February 10, 2015

The Terms and Conditions include the following sections:


  • Forward
  • Purpose
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • License to use website
  • Acceptable use
  • Restricted access
  • User Content
  • No Warranties
  • Limitations of liability


  • Exceptions
  • Reasonableness
  • Other parties
  • Unenforceable provisions
  • Indemnity
  • Breaches of these terms and conditions
  • Variation
  • Assignment
  • Severability
  • Entire agreement
  • Credits
Forward 
Users under the age of 18 years of age may not use this website or its services without express permission and/or direct guidance of a parent or legal guidance. By using our website, you automatically have agreed that you are subject to any additional posted guidelines, rules, terms and conditions applicable to our website / services, which are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement. Your use of our website constitutes your acceptance of this Agreement and any updates.

Purpose
It is not the purpose of the sections titled “Legal Policy” and “Privacy Policy”, to attempt to confuse the user of this website and its contents, but to provide a legal buffer to facilitate and protect both interests. It is our purpose to remain ‘user friendly’, and to that extent to answer any of your questions or needs as promptly as possible – see Contact Us. Do not be afraid to explore any of the accessible web pages. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. The following text is a common formality within most websites:

Introduction
These terms and conditions govern your use of this website; by using this website, you accept these terms and conditions in full. If you disagree with these terms and conditions or any part of these terms and conditions, you must not use this website.

Definitions
  • "Ilene Proctor" – The name Ilene Proctor, Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, Ilene Proctor Public Relations, Ilene Proctor & Associates, www.IleneProctor.com, www.IleneProctor.net, or "the owner", "the operator", if referred to within the text of this agreement, are all synonymous with any of each other or the same.
  • "Ilene Proctor International Public Relations" – Ilene Proctor or otherwise known as Ilene Proctor International Public Relations company is the owner of the website and current holder of the domain as both http://www.ileneproctor.com/ and http://www.ileneproctor.net/, and holds the copy rights as described by United States and international copyright laws. 
  • "The owner" - Ilene Proctor may be referred herein this text as the owner.
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License to use website
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     You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
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  • reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on this website for a commercial purpose;
  • edit or otherwise modify any material on the website; or
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You may, or are allowed to do any of the following:
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  • You may show material from this website in public;
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Acceptable use
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  • You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to this website without the owner’s express written consent.
  • You must not use this website to transmit or send unsolicited commercial communications.
  • You must not use this website for any purposes related to marketing without Ilene Proctor International Public Relations express written consent.

Restricted access
Access to certain areas of this website is restricted. Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, reserves the right to restrict access to specific areas of this website, or indeed this entire website, at the owner’s discretion.
      If the owner provides you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of this website or other content or services, you must ensure that the user ID and password are kept confidential.
     The owner may disable your user ID and password in the owner’s sole discretion without notice or explanation.

User content
In these terms and conditions, “your user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to this website, for whatever purpose.
     You grant to Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your user content, excluding personal information other than your name, in any existing or future media, without your express consent or direction.  You also grant to the owner the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.
     Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or the owner or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).  
     You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.
     The owner (of this website) reserves the right to edit or remove any material submitted to this website, or stored on the owner's servers, or hosted or leased servers, or hosted or published upon this website.
     Notwithstanding Ilene Proctor International Public Relation's rights under these terms and conditions in relation to user content, the owner does not undertake to monitor the submission of such content to, or the publication of such content on, this website.

No warranties
This website is provided “as is” without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, makes no representations or warranties in relation to this website or the information and materials provided on this website.  

Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the owner does not warrant that:
  • this website will be constantly available, or available at all; or
  • the information on this website is complete, true, accurate or non-misleading.
     Nothing on this website constitutes, or is meant to constitute, advice of any kind.  [If you require advice in relation to any [legal, financial or medical] matter you should consult an appropriate professional.]

Limitations of liability
Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, will not be liable to you (whether under the law of contact, the law of torts or otherwise) in relation to the contents of, or use of, or otherwise in connection with, this website:
  • to the extent that the website is provided free-of-charge, for any direct loss;
  • for any indirect, special or consequential loss; or
  • for any business losses, loss of revenue, income, profits or anticipated savings, loss of contracts or business relationships, loss of reputation or goodwill, or loss or corruption of information or data.
  • These limitations of liability apply even if the owner has been expressly advised of the potential loss.

Exceptions
Nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit any warranty implied by law that it would be unlawful to exclude or limit; and nothing in this website disclaimer will exclude or limit the owner’s liability in respect of any:
  • death or personal injury caused by the owner’s negligence;
  • fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation on the part of the owner; or
  • matter which it would be illegal or unlawful for the owner to exclude or limit, or to attempt or purport to exclude or limit, its liability. 
Reasonableness
By using this website, you agree that the exclusions and limitations of liability set out in this website disclaimer are reasonable.  If you do not think they are reasonable, you must not use this website.

Other parties
You accept that, as a limited liability entity, Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, has an interest in limiting the personal liability of its officers and employees.  You agree that you will not bring any claim personally against the owner’s officers or employees in respect of any losses you suffer in connection with the website.
     Without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph, you agree that the limitations of warranties and liability set out in this website disclaimer will protect the owner’s officers, employees, agents, subsidiaries, successors, assigns and sub-contractors as well as Ilene Proctor International Public Relations.

Unenforceable provisions
If any provision of this website disclaimer is, or is found to be, unenforceable under applicable law, that will not affect the enforceability of the other provisions of this website disclaimer.

Indemnity
You hereby indemnify Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, and undertake to keep the owner indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by the owner to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of the owner’s legal advisers) incurred or suffered by the owner arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms and conditions, or arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms and conditions.

Breaches of these terms and conditions
Without prejudice to Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, other rights under these terms and conditions, if you breach these terms and conditions in any way, the owner may take such action as the owner deems appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing court proceedings against you.

Variation
Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, may revise these terms and conditions from time-to-time.  Revised terms and conditions will apply to the use of this website from the date of the publication of the revised terms and conditions on this website.  Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

Assignment
Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, the owner, may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with the owner’s rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions without notifying you or obtaining your consent.
     You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms and conditions.  

Severability
If a provision of these terms and conditions is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect.  If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

Entire agreement
These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and Ilene Proctor International Public Relations, in relation to your use of this website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

Law and jurisdiction
These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with state and federal laws, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that/those jurisdictions.

Credits
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