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GLAAD to Honor ‘Orange is the New Black’ Star Ruby Rose, Demi Lovato
- in Entertainment
Ruby Rose/GLAAD
GLAAD, the world’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, has announced it will honor actress Ruby Rose at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on April 2, 2016.
For the first time in nearly a decade, the GLAAD Media Awards will be televised exclusively on Logo in a one-hour special premiering Monday, April 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Rose will receive GLAAD’s Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality and acceptance. The award is named after a successful casting director, who devoted the last part of his life to raising awareness in the entertainment industry about the discrimination faced by LGBT and HIV-positive people. Previous Stephen F. Kolzak honorees include Laverne Cox, Wanda Sykes, Chaz Bono, Robert Greenblatt, Melissa Etheridge, Bill Condon, Todd Haynes, Alan Ball, Ellen DeGeneres, and Sir Ian McKellen.
Award-winning actress Ruby Rose captured mainstream attention with her breakout role on Netflix’s critically-acclaimed hit show Orange Is the New Black. Rose’s character, inmate Stella Carlin, was introduced in the third season as a romantic interest for Piper, the series’ lead. Identifying as a lesbian and gender fluid, Rose has encouraged understanding of gender identities outside of the traditional binary. In 2014, she wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Break Free, a tribute to gender nonconforming people that became a viral hit, garnering more than 17 million views on YouTube.
Rose is an outspoken advocate for the LGBT community, tirelessly voicing her support for marriage equality, standing against bullying, and advocating on behalf of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Rose is also a fervent supporter of youth mental health, women’s rights, and animal welfare.
Rose will next be seen starring in Paramount Pictures’ XXX: The Return of Xander Cage opposite Vin Diesel, onJanuary 20, 2017; alongside Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter out January 27, 2017 by Sony Screen Gems; and John Wick: Chapter Two, with Keanu Reeves from Lionsgate, which will hit theaters on February 10, 2017.
Demi Lovato/GLAAD
Rose’s talent also extends across fashion and music. She has graced the pages of Elle, Vogue, InStyle, GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, L’Officiel and Nylon, among many others. On the music scene, Rose became a VJ for MTV Australia in 2007, which earned her an ASTRA award, and she has performed as a DJ throughout the world.
“Ruby Rose is captivating audiences across the world, using her voice to transform conversations about gender and inclusion,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “Through her visibility and outspoken advocacy, Ruby is breaking ground and inspiring dialogue that advances acceptance for people of all genders.”
The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBT community and the issues that affect their lives. The GLAAD Media Awards also fund GLAAD’s work to amplify stories from the LGBT community and issues that build support for equality.
GLAAD previously announced that Demi Lovato will receive the Vanguard Award at the Los Angeles event. Additional special guests and honorees for the GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles will be announced.
In January, GLAAD announced 101 nominees in 20 English-language categories and 46 Spanish-language nominees in 11 categories. Nominees for the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards can be found here: glaad.org/mediaawards/nominees.
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by: Randy Harvey [ HARV ]
German General Heinz Guderian was born on June 17, 1888. He served in World War One as a Signals & General Staff officer. After the war, Guderian stayed in the 100,000 man German Army, the Reichswehr. He became interested in the use of tanks and aircraft in warfare, as well as the role of radio communication on the battlefield, and his ideas became central to the development of what the Germans called Bewegungskrieg (“warfare through movement”) and which the world came to know as Blitzkrieg.
After the rise of National Socialism, Guderian took part in the invasions of Poland and France, where the Blitzkrieg tactics proved very successful. Though opposed to the invasion of Russia, he very nearly reached Moscow in 1941. He was later relieved of his command by Hitler for ordering a retreat without authority. However, Guderian was later recalled and appointed Chief of the General Staff. His arguments with Hitler caused him to be relieved once again before the end of the war. Guderian surrendered to American troops on May 10, 1945, and became a prisoner of war. The Soviet Union and Poland claimed that Guderian was a war criminal, but he was released from U.S. custody on June 16, 1948. He became part of the US Army Historical Division’s Foreign Military Studies Program, and later retired in 1950 to write books until his death on May 14, 1954 at the age of 65.
Osprey Publications Ltd has released Heinz Guderian as Number 13 in their Command series by author Pier Paolo Battistelli and illustrator Adam Hook, and examines the military career of Heinz Guderian.
The paperback book has 64 pages. Included with the text are color and black & white photographs, color illustrations, color maps and detailed captions. The contents include:
- Early years
- Military life
- Hour of destiny
- Opposing commanders
- When war is done
- Inside the mind
- A life in words
- Further reading
- Index
The text in the book is well-written and extremely detailed. Battistelli covers the military career of Heinz Guderian very well, and it is obvious that the author has gone to great lengths to research Guderian and provide a very accurate history of him. It covers Guderian’s entire career, starting with his involvement in World War I, his time spent between the wars, World War II, and even his life after the Second World War.
As an added feature, the book includes a key explaining the various military symbols used such as unit designations, and a table of ranks that shows German officer ranks with their British and USA equivalents. Anyone interested in Guderian will find this book very informative and interesting. I didn’t notice and spelling or grammar errors as I read through the book, something one can’t always say these days.
THE PHOTOGRAPHS:
Modelers will be especially keens on the 57 black & white photographs and two color ones throughout the book. Most of the photographs are nice and clear, however, there are some that have an out-of-focus look to them, while others appear to be too dark. I have seen several military photographs that have this look to them, so maybe that is just typical. I do know that several military photographs are actually stills taken from a film, so that could be the reason. With that said, the quality of the photos is of no fault of the author.
THE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS:
There are three color illustrations by illustrator Adam Hook, and they are very well-done, nicely detailed and cover actions in:
- Montcornet, 16 May 1940
- Operation Barbarossa, June – July 1941
- The tank battle at Kursk, July 1943
THE COLOR MAPS:
One weakness of many history books is the map section. This volume has five color maps showing operations in:
- Breakthrough at the Meuse, May 1940
- Fall Rot (Case Red), June 1940
- Smolensk, July - August 1941
- Moscow, November - December 1941
- The Eastern front, June 1944 – April 1945
THE CAPTIONS:
The captions are well-written and are very detailed, helping to explain the accompanying photographs thoroughly. Again, I didn’t notice any spelling or grammar errors.
All in all, I am very impressed with the book. It details the military career of Heinz Guderian very well, and I would have no hesitation adding other Osprey titles to my personal library, nor would I hesitate to recommend this book to others.
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Thanks to Osprey Publications for the review copy. Be sure to mention that you heard about it here when ordering.
Highs: Well researched, written, and detailed text. Detailed captions; nice photographs and artwork.
Lows: Some of the photographs have a blurry look to them, while others appear to be too dark.
Verdict: This is a very nice reference book that is well-researched, well-written, and contains many interesting photographs. It will make a nice addition to anyone’s personal library, and benefits the military enthusiast.
Scale: Other
Mfg. ID: ISBN 978-1-84908-366-9
Suggested Retail: $18.95 US/L11.99 UK/$22.0
Our Thanks to Osprey Publishing!
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I have been in the modeling hobby off and on since my youth. I build mostly 1/35 scale. However I work in other scales for aircraft, ships and the occasional civilian car kit. I also kit bash and scratch-build when the mood strikes. I mainly model WWI and WWII figures, armor, vehic...
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Why a privatised NHS does not concern me
For months now The Guardian has run a hostile campaign against the NHS reforms introduced by (former) Health Secretary Andrew Lansley. However, some dissenting voices are now emerging. In an opinion piece two days ago, the Guardian commentator Ian Birrell admonishes critics of NHS reforms that their caricature of the changes in the English NHS risks missing the most important point: the NHS was established in different times to tackle different problems. If it does not change, it will fail to address the new challenges to provide health care to millions in the UK.
Birrell argues that the main difference between the original NHS and any health care provider in the 21 century is not whether or not services are supplied by private or public organisations. Rather, the main difference lies in the problem it faces. At its inception, the NHS was to tackle infant mortality and infectious diseases. To do this, the newly formed NHS board embarked on a large scale hospital building programme that lasted into the 1980s. Hospitalisation of patients was thought to be the most appropriate care.
The programme had some success as the health of communities across the UK improved significantly. However, it also created monster organisations that were difficult to steer. Change in order to address new health problems was practically impossible to introduce, and staff morale dropped markedly due to scandals of mistreatment of patients. Despite the claim that the NHS was 'centrally controlled', it was was in fact a supertanker without a skipper.
Repeatedly, politicians tried to force the NHS to be more susceptible to steering by forming organisational sub-divisions, such as local boards (Wales for example has a long history of re-organisations of NHS health boards, their number ranging at some point from 22 to now 7).
Exasperated by the resistance of the NHS to respond to the need for change, Tony Blair's government then practically sliced off large parts of the service into semi-private providers, NHS foundation hospitals, that were operating free from central control.
Andrew Lansley's reforms were only the logical extension of the reforms introduced by the previous government: devolving the main bulk of the NHS budget to GPs operating in the communities and commissioning the services they need for their patients.
Critics are scathing about the alleged privatisation of the NHS. But, as Birrell argues, this misses the point. The NHS will remain free at the point of use. GPs have always been private contractors, ever since Aneurin Bevan decided to buy their approval to the introduction of the NHS by 'stuffing their mouths with gold'.
What has changed however is that the location of care has shifted from hospitals to communities. While some surgical procedures will always require hospitalisation, most after-care is best delivered for patients in the communities. This is not just a question of cost. It is above all an issue about the quality of care. It matters little whether a public or private organisation offers this care.
Labels: Andrew Lansley, health, NHS, Tony Blair
The transformation of the LibDems
The costs of Labour governing Wales
The face of hypocrisy
Leveson falling apart - fast
Assange's problem with press freedom
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Sri RamaKrishna : counterfeiting sometimes leads to unexpected results
Author Topic: Sri RamaKrishna : counterfeiting sometimes leads to unexpected results (Read 1027 times)
A THIEF entered the palace of a king in the dead of night and overheard the king saying to the queen, "I shall give my daughter in marriage to one of those sadhus {holy men) who are dwelling on the bank of the river," The thief thought within
himself: "Well, here is good luck for me. I will go and sit among the sadhus tomorrow in the disguise of a sadhu, and perchance I may succeed in getting the king's daughter."
The next day he did so. When the king's officers came soliciting the sadhus to marry the king's daughter, none of them consented to it. At last they came to the thief in the guise of a sadhu, and made the same proposal to him. The thief kept quiet. The officers went back and told the king that there was a young sadhu who might be influenced to marry the princess and that there was no other who would consent. The king then came to the sadhu in person and earnestly entreated him to honour him by accepting the hand of his daughter.
But the heart of the thief was changed at the king's visit. He thought within himself: "I have only assumed the garb of a sadhu, and behold! the king comes to me and is all entreaties. Who can say what better things may not be in store for me if I become a real sadhu!" These thoughts so strongly affected him that, instead of marrying under false pretences, he began to mend his ways from that very day and exerted himself to become a true sadhu. He did not marry at all, and ultimately became one of the most pious ascetics of his day.
The counterfeiting of a good thing sometimes leads to unexpected good results.
Source: Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna
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Universal basic income – A scoping review of evidence on impacts and study characteristics
The first comprehensive scoping review of 28 studies of ten interventions which unconditionally provided substantial cash transfers to individuals or families.
There is increasing political and academic interest in the potential effects of implementing a universal basic income scheme in which all individuals are unconditionally provided with a substantial, regular sum of money on a long-term basis.
While a universal basic income has never been implemented, there have been a number of interventions which involve the unconditional provision of a substantial amount of money to individuals or households. We conducted a scoping review to identify evidence on the design, evaluation and impacts of such interventions.
This is the first study to use scoping review methods to systematically identify, extract, and interpret evidence from relevant studies. Data from the included studies extends our understanding of the effects of these interventions and will be of use for planning of pilot interventions and evaluations.
The reviewers identified 28 studies of ten interventions conducted in a wide range of settings. Some of these provided unconditional cash transfers to large populations on a permanent basis. The intervention designs were diverse, and they were conducted in a wide range of contexts. Where similar effects are reported for dissimilar interventions, confidence in the findings is strengthened.
Evaluations used a range of experimental, quasi-experimental and qualitative study designs. Confidence in the findings of a number of included studies was reduced by small samples, multiple intervention arms, or by poor standards of reporting. However, a number of studies used large samples and robust quasi-experimental methods.
Summary of findings
The study found evidence on labour market participation, health, education, and a range of social and economic outcomes.
The evidence from diverse interventions and settings suggests that impacts on labour market participation are small for male heads, and for men and women in contemporary studies. In groups where reductions in labour market activity occurred, time seems to have been channelled into other productive activities. There is also consistent evidence that children and young people spend longer in education. Although less consistent, there is evidence of positive impacts on some health and social outcomes. Some studies reported spillover or wider economic effects such as reductions in health service use and increases in business activity.
A number of studies used innovative quasi-experimental methods to provide robust evidence in situations where randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were impracticable. Future studies should aim to include large samples and test a simple intervention. Using economic evaluation to assess any effects on service use and wider economic impacts would provide data on the net costs and benefits of basic income.
Universal basic income – a scoping review of evidence on impacts and study characteristics (pdf)
Author: Dr Marcia Gibson, Wendy Hearty, Dr Peter Craig
Date of publication: October 2018
Type of publication: Scoping review
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A Walk Down the Royal Mile - Esplanade and Castle Hill
The Castle - Start your walk from here !
Edinburgh Castle's main entrance
The Esplanade
The Esplanade is the ceremonial parade ground lying immediately in front of the main entrance to Edinburgh Castle. Given its elevated position it commands some wonderful views over the city.
View to east from Castle over the Esplanade
Looking out on the Esplanade through the Castle entrance
The above picture is taken from inside the main entrance to Edinburgh Castle and looks out over the Esplanade to Cannonball House.
Leaving from the Castle we cross the Esplanade. This ceremonial parade ground is the venue for the world famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo which takes place in August each year. Tickets for the Tattoo sell out very quickly such is its popularity. The best advice therefore is to book early.
The Esplanade is set up for the Tattoo
As you walk across the Esplanade, take time to admire the magnificent views across Edinburgh and its surrounding countryside. Also look out for some of the interesting monuments on its north side, including the grave of Ensign Ewart, a hero at the Battle of Waterloo, and the statue of Earl Haig on horseback.
Statue of Earl Haig
Witches Well
Witches Well Wall Fountain
Witches Well Plaque
At the eastern end of the Esplanade you will see a small plaque and wall fountain which marks the spot close to where, between the late 15th century and the early 18th century, as many as 300 women were burned at the stake for alledgedly being witches. Often the witches were strangled first and then their bodies burned. During the 16th century more witches were burnt here than anywhere else in Scotland.
Cannonball House
Canonball House
Cannonball House gets its name from the cannon ball which is embedded in the wall above the first-floor window which faces westwards across the Esplanade towards the castle.
The Cannon Ball
Some tourist guides would have you believe that the cannonball was fired by government troops in the castle towards Holyrood Palace where Bonnie Prince Charlie was in residence in 1745 during the Jacobite Rebellion. However a more probable, but less romantic, explanation is that the cannon ball was actually placed there by engineers to mark the gravitational height for the first piped water supply to Castle Hill Reservoir in 1676!
The Tartan Weaving Mill
Tartan Weaving Mill
Opposite Canonball House stands the Tartan Weaving Mill. Water from Comiston Springs was first piped into Edinburgh in 1676. Replacing an older reservoir on the same site, the two million gallon tank at Castle Hill Reservoir, which supplied water to the New Town, was built in 1849 and eventually withdrawn from service in 1992. The Mill now occupies the building which housed the reservoir. Its small exterior belies the large interior which spans five floors. A free exhibition within the Mill shows the process of tartan production from shearing sheep, to making a kilt.
Camera Obscura and Outlook Tower
A few yards further down from the Tartan Weaving Mill stands the Camera Obscura, Edinburgh's oldest visitor attraction. Originally known as Short's Observatory, Camera Obscura in the Outlook Tower was established in the 1850's by the optician Maria Theresa Short. The camera is actually a series of mirrors which reflect high quality images of the surrounding streets onto a round screen within a small projection room. This popular attraction is nowadays coupled with the "World of Illusions".
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre and Witchery Restaurant
Whisky is of course the "water of life" and the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre interactive visitor attraction tells the story of 300 years of Scotch Whisky making. Visitors are able to enjoy a barrel ride through the history of Scotch Whisky, experiencing the sights, sounds and smells of whisky, and learn how the product is made.
The Witchery
Situated next door to the Heritage Centre in a historic 16th century building is the exclusive and atmospheric Witchery restaurant. Synonymous with good food and wine it has catered for many celebrities over the years.
The Witchery Restaurant (L) and entrance to the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre (R)
Tolbooth Kirk
Tollbooth Kirk (The Hub)
Originally built around 1845 to house the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and known then as the Victoria Hall, the Tolboth Kirk has the highest steeple of all Edinburgh's churches (73m). Following a chequered history the building was acquired in 1995 as home for the Edinburgh International Festival and following major refurbishment was reopened to the public in 1999. Now known as The Hub, this spectacular building is open all year and has it's own restaurant. It is a popular venue for concerts, meetings, conferences, weddings etc.
(Note - Part of the Camera Obscura is visible to the left of the spire.)
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Fashion | Men’s
Former Saint Laurent designer Stefano Pilati to unveil men's fashion exhibition at Pitti Uomo
The former Creative Director will open the exhibition in June 2018
Text: Maddison Glendinning
During the second season of Pitti Uomo next year, Stefano Pilati will unveil a new exhibition dedicated to men's fashion. Here's what you need to know...
Back when Saint Laurent was known as Yves Saint Laurent, Stefano Pilati was the man behind the brand. Creative Director for eight years (he took the reigns following Tom Ford's departure), he left in 2012 for Ermenegildo Zelda where he was the Head of Design until 2016. Prior to these roles he also enjoyed stints at Giorgio Armani, Prada and Miu Miu.
Next year, the respected designer will present an exhibition during the summer season of Pitti Uomo in June. Titled Evolution - Innovation - Revolution: Three Decades of Men's Fashion as seen by Stefano Pilati, the exhibition will include a range of menswear deemed by Pilati to be the most important from the past 20 years.
The display will open in June to the media industry insiders and will then be open to the public until October 21.
On why they partnered with the designer, Lapo Cianchi, the Pitti Discovery Foundation General Secretary, told WWD, "For this projected focused on men's fashion, a theme which has been neglected for too long on the Italian and international cultural scenes, we chose Stefano Pilati because he is one of its main protagonists. He has a precise point of view, which reflects the obsessions and considerations of a collector, who is also a designer and someone who deeply loves fashion."
Now, find out why JW Anderson is forgoing Men's Fashion Week in favour of a co-ed presentation.
Men's Fashion Week
Marni puts menswear back on the runway at Pitti Uomo
Ermenegildo Zegna confirms Stefano Pilati's departure
Pitti Uomo 2017: Street style
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TENNIS WORLD TOUR NOW AVAILBLE ON XBOX ONE AND PLAYSTATION 4
TENNIS WORLD TOUR NOW AVAILABLE ON XBOX ONE AND PLAYSTATION 4
– The Court is Yours –
WALNUT CREEK, CA – May 22, 2018 – The first AAA tennis game for modern gaming platforms, Tennis World Tour from developer Breakpoint Studios and publisher Maximum Games, is now available on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One For $59.99. The Nintendo Switch and PC versions of this epic tennis experience are set to launch on June 12th.
Tennis World Tour is the new standard of tennis video games from the team behind the Top Spin franchise. Play as one of 31 professional tennis players, learn all the shots, master each type of surface and experience a realistic career mode – Tennis World Tour allows players to harness their skills and define styles of play to become the top ranked player in the world.
31 of the best tennis players in the world: Roger Federer, Angelique Kerber, Stan Wawrinka and many of the sport’s legends.
18 types of courts: hard, clay, grass, carpet and even hardwood. Each surface affects the playing conditions.
Create your player and experience a career inspired by professional’s life: training, tournaments, staff management, equipment purchases, etc.
Decide what strategy to adopt for each match and use your skill cards to defeat your opponents.
Online quick matches will be available shortly after launch. The Leaderboard and the private matches will be available from June 12th.
@tennisthegame TennisWorldGame Bigben Games
Or hit us up at the official website: https://tennisworldtourgame.com.
About Bigben
Bigben is a major video game publisher, designer and distributor of mobile phone and gaming accessories as well as audio products. The group, recognised for its innovation and creativity, aspires to become a European leader in each of the sectors it is active in. www.bigben.fr
About Breakpoint
Breakpoint is a video game development studio dedicated to sport. Created by industry veterans, the team includes several experts who have in particular participated in the development of the Top Spin series, as well as sport consultants, professional players and top-level coaches.
About Maximum Games
Maximum Games ranks as a top 15 global video game publisher of interactive digital entertainment spanning all genres and supporting multi-platforms. The company’s mission is to provide a proven and strong hands-on approach to publishing, marketing and distribution. Established in 2009, the company is led by female entrepreneur Christina Seelye, a seasoned executive of digital consumer products and channel marketing. Under Seelye’s leadership, the company has been recognized with numerous awards such as “Fastest Growing Tech Company” by American Business Awards, and has made the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies for the past three years. Maximum Games has offices in both the US and UK, and continues to expand its scope of global publishing and distribution via direct reach and strategic partnerships. For more information on Maximum Games, visit the company’s website at www.maximumgames.com.
NEW Z-MOVE DETAILS AND NEW POKÉMON ANNOUNCED FOR POKÉMON SUN AND POKÉMON MOON!
FALLOUT SHELTER NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE ON GOOGLE PLAYTM
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Oct 13 Angela Rabotte: After 2 years, family gets closure in case of Atlanta dancer found dead in woods
Angela Rabotte, 26, was a mother to 3-year-old Sharon when she was killed execution-style by Charles Outlaw on March 29, 2014. Outlaw was convicted on August 17, 2016.
Exotic dancers in Atlanta, Georgia, all tell nightmarish tales about disrespectful patrons and jealous boyfriends. But the story of Angela Rabotte, a 26-year-old dancer whose body was found in the woods in spring 2014, continues to resonate in this city of strip clubs and neon lights.
Police believe that Angela Rabotte, a popular dancer who performed under the name "Climax," was killed March 29, 2014 because she had a run-in with a man who was close to her and was trying to be her manager and boyfriend at the same time.
After two years of legal wrangling, including a mistrial, Charles Thomas Outlaw was convicted in August 2016 of the murder of Rabotte.
According to court documents, Outlaw had told friends that things “accidentally happened” between the two after he gave her a ride from dancing one night, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post.
Rabotte was a caring person and mother to a 6-year-girl. The child is being raised by her father.
“She will never know what it’s like to have a mother love her for the rest of her life,” Darryl Campbell, Rabotte's former boyfriend, said in court during Outlaw's sentencing in August.
Campbell said he never trusted Outlaw: "He was just the perfect criminal. I never had any doubt he was involved. Because his stories never added up, even from the beginning," he told WGCL two years ago.
The victim’s mother, Judy Rabotte, said that she had always suspected Outlaw knew more than he let on about the slaying, which sent shockwaves across Atlanta's adult dancer community.
“I had a very long conversation with him when she went missing,” the mother told the Gwinnett Daily Post. “The story kept changing. I never believed it from the get-go, because he couldn’t get the story straight.”
According to testimony culled from investigator Bert Ross, Outlaw shot Rabotte while he was giving her a ride home. The two got into an argument after Rabotte had performed a bachelor party earlier that night. Police said that he dumped her body near a roadside and continued on his way.
Later it would be revealed that he would ask acquaintances about how to dispose of shell casings and whether a disabled cell phone could be tracked.
Outlaw's first trial ended in a mistrial after prosecutors bungled the case by accidentally playing an interview that mentioned Outlaw's previous criminal record, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The defense team seized on the mistake and insisted to the judge that there was no way Outlaw could get a fair trial.
Campbell, speaking to Atlanta TV station WGCL in July 2014, said that his daughter was confused as to why her mother was no longer present in her life.
"It is so sad," Campbell said. "Cause she (Sharon) asks questions. ‘When is mommy coming home? When is mommy coming out of the sky?' And I just don't know how to answer those questions."
Outlaw was a calculating killer. He was apprehended by police while among a search party looking for Rabotte's body.
People in a search party for Angela Rabotte collapse in grief in 2014 after it was confirmed that the body found in the woods was into her.
Oct 14 Nicole Wallace: 31-year-old mother of 2 found dead in burning Camaro; ex-husband charged
Oct 12 Chirrelle Scott: Charlotte woman found shot to death in car
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Intercom May 2012
14. May, 2012 Intercom
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What a Day at the Eucharistic Congress will look like (pdf)
What a Day at the Eucharistic Congress will look like
So we are just a month away from the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin and at this stage you might be wondering what an actual day at the Congress will be like.
The daily programme for the 50th International Eucharistic Congress from 11th until 16th June 2012 will take place in the Royal Dublin Society (RDS). The Statio Orbis, the Liturgy on the final day of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress, will be celebrated in Croke Park, Dublin on Sunday 17th June 2012.
The Programme of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress is built around the daily celebration of the Eucharist and each day has a theme of its own, related to the main Congress theme The Eucharist: Communion with Christ and with one another.
The main events of the programme take place in the RDS Arena. On most days these will be in the afternoon and will include:
The Catechesis: a “teaching” moment, usually presented by a bishop, reflecting on the theme of the day and its challenges
The Testimony: words of encouragement and inspiration from a lay-person with a story of faith to tell
Celebration of the Eucharist: Mass celebrated with all the Congress delegates, presided over by a bishop]
For the purposes of illustrating a day ay the Congress I have decided to focus in on Tuesday 12 June.
The theme of the day is Exploring and Celebrating the Communion of Marriage and Family so Tuesday is Family Day. The day will begin with Morning Prayer at 9.00am with Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland in the Prayer Space or there is prayer in the Chiara Luce Youth Space at 9.30am with Bishop Franz Lackner from Austria.
In the morning the workshops and presentations offer a wide variety of themes and choice: Faith of Our Grandparents, Spirituality for Married Couples with Teams of Our Lady, Do this in Memory, Communion and Co-responsibility: coming to life in pastoral practice, The Eucharistic Liturgy, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd and much more. There will also be a musical performed by KISI-KIDS on the subject of Paul, called by God.
There will be an opportunity to see a Radharc film on the topic of Vatican II – A Council in the likeness of Pope John. Ger Gallagher from the Office of Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Dublin will deliver a workshop on the question ‘Where is the Young Adult Church today?’
Workshops and presentations continue throughout the morning with a choice of Religious Music for Children, Another Radharc film on the 1932 Congress, Liturgy that breathes, Blessings and Prayers in Family Life, The Changing Irish Family; for better or worse? And much more.
At 2.00pm the focus moves to the main arena in the RDS for Catechesis with Archbishop Barry Hickey, Archbishop of Perth on the theme God as Loving Communion. Personal testimony will be offered by Mr Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbanus on the theme of the day Exploring and Celebrating the Communion of Marriage and Family. At 4.00pm there will be celebration of the Eucharist and His Eminence André Cardinal Vingt Trois, Archbishop of Paris will preside.
The music programme for the Congress encourages everyone in the congregation to participate as much as possible in the liturgies during the week. Congregational singing is a key component in this. Particular emphasis is placed on the celebration of the Eucharist and the singing of the various parts of the Mass. These have been chosen from the anthology: Sing the Mass [Veritas 2011] produced on behalf of the National Centre for Liturgy and the Advisory Committee on Church Music. The music reflects the repertoire of both the local and the universal church so that together we can give praise and thanks to God.
After the celebration of Eucharist there will be some free time to browse the exhibition and cultural spaces in the RDS and to meet and greet others from Ireland and across the World.
In the evening there will be workshops and presentations on themes such as: Sharing Faith with the next generation, Evangelisation and Church Art and Matrimony: Renewing Our Dream for Each Other. There will be an opportunity to see another Radharc Film called The French Connection. Mr John Waters, Journalist, Author and Commentator will give a talk on Finding my Religion and ACCORD Catholic Marriage Care Service will offer a workshop as will the Divine Mercy Apostolate.
Alongside the programme in the Arena, there is a full programme of workshops and cultural events. In addition there is the Youth Space which has its own dedicated programme, details of which are available on www.iec2012.ie.
You can book to attend the 50th Congress International Congress for seven days, three days or one day. See www.iec2012.ie for more information on the week-long programme and for booking details.
Join us at the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in the RDS and Croke Park and be part of this momentous occasion in Ireland in 2012!
Brenda Drumm
Intercom is a pastoral and liturgical resource magazine published by Veritas, an agency of the Irish Catholic Bishops Commission on Communications.
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2019 Confucius Institute U.S. Center National Honors Gala
2019 People-to-People Award Honorees
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Frida Niebla
Confucius Institute at San Diego State University
Frida Niebla is a Project Manager at a digital marketing agency in San Diego, CA.
Before graduating from San Diego State University in 2017, Frida had the unique opportunity to visit China twice. Her first experience in China was possible through SDSU’s Confucius Institute, where she was able to participate in a two-week faculty-led program in Shanghai.
Two years later, Frida set out on a 6-month journey to study in Shanghai, China through her university’s study abroad program. Frida’s semester abroad allowed her to experience China even further by traveling to cities such as Beijing, Xi’an, Suzhou, Huangshan City and more.
Upon returning to the United States, Frida obtained a semester-long internship with CISDSU.
Over the years, Frida’s passion for travel and foreign languages has allowed her to pursue her trilingual abilities with Spanish, English and Mandarin Chinese. She has studied and passed HSK Level 3 and is currently pursuing HSK Level 4.
Kiietti Walker-Parker
Confucius Institute at Alabama A&M University
Undergraduate Educator
Madison, Alabama
A Georgia (USA) native, Kiietti Walker-Parker has been teaching, instructing, and guiding students for 17+ years at Alabama A&M University. A former engineer and computer scientist, she has a Master of Arts in English and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Her teaching aims to encourage students to soar in English and writing and love it.
An avid reader, she loves to learn, research, and write. She has presented in Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Providence, RI, USA; and Birmingham, AL, USA and has read her creative works in Italy, France, Ireland, The Czech Republic, Germany, and Greece. She has been the recipient of the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama (ACETA) John Calvert and the James Woodall Awards for writing on pedagogy and research as well as an honorable mention of the same John Calvert Award.
Presently working on two novels, short stories, and poems inspired by her own ancestral heritage and life, she loves to travel and explore new and different cultures. She and her husband, Arbie, enjoy exploring through the eyes of their inquisitive and enthusiastic son Aiidin.
Arthur Stachowski
Confucius Institute at The University at Buffalo
Arthur Stachowski resides in Buffalo, New York with his wife of 42 years, Patricia. He is the father of two daughters: Natalie of San Francisco, California and Alexis of Williamsville, New York. He is also a graduate of the State University College of New York at Buffalo holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Technology.
He has traveled to China for the past ten years; the initial travels were work-related, as a Commodity Manager for the Supply Chain. He has visited the cities of Beijing, Nanjing, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wuxi, and Xuzhou. In the summer of 2018 Arthur traveled to Beijing as part of the Summer Study Program at the Capital Normal University, a program facilitated by the Confucius Institute.
Through the University of Buffalo’s Confucius Institute, Arthur continues to develop his Chinese language skills, increase his knowledge of Chinese culture, and is enjoying the experience.
Jerrad Solberg
Confucius Institute at St. Cloud State Univerity
Junior, St. Cloud State University
Jerrad Solberg has cerebral palsy and is currently attending St Cloud State University where he is earning a bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity.
Carly O’Connell
Confucius Institue at George Washington University and the College of William & Mary
Public Affairs Associate
Carly is a young professional working in higher education. She began studying Chinese in sixth grade and has made it a major part of her life ever since.
Carly attended the College of William & Mary where she double-majored in Chinese and Linguistics. As a student, she participated in a language immersion study abroad program in Beijing and also interned at her campus’s Confucius Institute.
After graduation, she moved to Changzhou, China, for a year to teach English and fully immerse herself in Chinese life. She now lives in Washington, DC, where she attends Chinese conversation practice at George Washington University’s Confucius Institute to keep up her skills.
In the future, she hopes to work in the field of international education, where her Chinese language skills would come in handy when assisting international students or facilitating study abroad programs, and where she can encourage others to pursue eye-opening cross-cultural experiences like those that shaped her own life.
Olga Pang Stein
Confucius Institute at Pace University
Olga Pang Stein is a global executive coach and a trainer currently based in the United States. Olga has coached team leaders and managers at various levels, including C-level executives, as well as multicultural teams within organizations, such as Lufthansa Technik AG, Deutsche Telekom, UN Agencies, and the World Bank Group.
As a coach, Olga creates a safe space for personal discovery and building awareness for her clients. Olga’s special interest is bringing awareness and appreciation of diversity in an organization and supporting women business leaders.
Olga has served in a senior leadership position at Summit, a company that provided business liaison services for US companies operating in Russia. She has worked at the International Monetary Fund, as well as for Creditanstalt International Advisers. Before that, she was a chief negotiator for a logistical company with operations in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Olga is fluent in English, Russian and German. She started learning Chinese in the fall of 2016.
Jaivi Chandola
Fourth Grader
Williamsville, New York
Jaivi Chandola is a nine-year-old girl finishing third grade at Maple West Elementary School in Williamsville, New York.
She is in the middle of her 4th year of studying Mandarin Chinese with the Confucius Institute at the University at Buffalo. She plans to become proficient in reading, speaking, and writing Mandarin and would like to collaborate with Chinese people to help make the world a better place. Also, she thinks it will help her when she becomes an astronaut and is doing a scientific collaboration with other astronauts who speak Chinese.
She likes writing poetry and this year her poem, “Colors”, was one of the winners of the annual Williamsville Poetry, Music, Art, and Dance Celebration. She also loves to read books as well as learning math, science, social studies, spelling, and writing.
Jaivi is a member of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) and won High Honors in the 2017-18 CTY Talent Search. In her school, she is in the gifted and talented program for both math and English Language Arts and is an outstanding student. She makes comprehensive presentations to help her class learn about concepts like weather, Aborigines, etc.
When she grows up, she plans to be an astronaut, writer, and aerospace engineer. She is also passionate about the environment and plans to raise money to send to a wildlife organization and adopt a whale!
Michael Briggs
Confucius Institute at the College of William & Mary
Senior, College of William & Mary
Michael Briggs is a rising Senior at the College of William and Mary, where he studies Mathematics and Data Science.
Michael is active on campus and involved in a variety of clubs on campus. This past year he was the Vice President of the Residence Hall Association, Service Chair for an anti-trafficking club on campus, a small group leader for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, and a Resident Assistant for a freshman hall.
Michael is interested in almost everything, but he particularly likes people, long walks, and challenges.
He also likes to travel. Last summer, he studied at both Beijing Normal University and Renmin University. Two summers before, he biked 200 miles from Osaka to Hiroshima in Japan.
His family is huge. He has 5 sisters and 4 brothers, one of which is adopted from China.
Michael has been studying Chinese for two years and plans to study business in China after graduation.
Sharon Dang
Sharon Dang is a Compass real estate broker who travels between California and New York, with her daughter Ava, who has been studying Chinese for the past seven years.
William & Mary Confucius Institute
Senior Undergraduate Student
Dean Zollman
Confucius Institute at Kansas State University
Retired Professor of Physics
Dean Zollman is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University. He also holds the title of Distinguished University Teaching Scholar Emeritus. From 2001 to 2011 he was William and Joan Porter Professor and Head of Physics. Dr. Zollman’s work in Physics Education Research has an international scope.
He served on the International Commission for Physics Education from 2002 to 2011. He has twice been a Fulbright Fellow in Germany, once each at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (1989) and the Institute for Science and Mathematics Education at the University in Kiel (1998).
After attending three conferences in China, he began working with the K-State Confucius Institute in an attempt to learn Chinese. Most recently, under an agreement arranged by the K-State Confucius Institute, he taught a three-week course on quantum mechanics at Jilin University in Changchun.
She is in the middle of her 4th year of studying Mandarin Chinese with the Confucius Institute at the University at Buffalo. She plans to become proficient in reading, speaking, and writing Mandarin and would like to collaborate with Chinese people to help make the world a better place. Also, she thinks it will help her when she becomes an astronaut and is doing scientific collaboration with other astronauts who speak Chinese.
Monika Hoffarth-Zelloe
何莫文
Confucius Institute at George Mason University
Foreign Language Professor
Dr. Monika Hoffarth-Zelloe has been a foreign language professor for more than two decades.
She received her Ph.D. in Foreign Language Teaching from the University of Würzburg, Germany, in 1988, and is currently a German Language Proficiency Examiner at the Goethe-Institut Washington.
She has traveled to all seven continents. After her first trip to China in 2010, Dr. Hoffarth-Zelloe decided to study Chinese (Mandarin) as her seventh foreign language at the Confucius Institute at George Mason University.
Since then, she has dedicated much of her time to the Institute, facilitating positive dialogue between China and the United States. Dr. Hoffarth-Zelloe also works as a cross-cultural outreach consultant and is incredibly passionate about cultural exchange between people of different countries.
Texas Zubiller
Fifth Grader
Texas is a fifth-grade student at Barnard Mandarin Magnet Elementary School in San Diego, California. He has been studying Mandarin Chinese in an immersion environment since kindergarten and has become skilled in many of the ancient arts of Confucianism thanks to his school’s partnership with the Confucius Institute at San Diego State University. His favorite activities are abacus, Go, Chinese chess, and dumpling-making.
What Texas loves most about learning Mandarin is the proficiency and confidence he has gained to talk with (and in front of) native speakers. In 2017, Texas traveled to Beijing with the Confucius Institute to compete in the fifth annual ShenMo International Abacus Competition in which he took second place. He gave several speeches in China, including one in front of 1,200+ people and another on live television. Texas enjoyed seeing the Yìshui Underground Grand Canyon in Shandong province and eating bāo zi while he was there.
Outside of school, Texas fences at Team Touché in San Diego is an active camper with the Ecke YMCA Adventure Guides and plays the piano. He likes to read, play with friends, and watch movies.
Additionally, Texas enjoys traveling with his family. He has been to 23 states, eight countries, and four continents. He hopes to travel the rest of the world before going to college.
Kayla Raden
凯拉
Confucius Institute at SUNY College of Optometry
High School Biology and Chemistry Teacher
Marlton, New Jersey
Kayla Raden is a high school biology and chemistry teacher from New Jersey.
Kayla spent a year teaching science at an international high school in Shanghai, China and traveled to several cities in China during her time abroad.
While in China, she fell in love with the Chinese language and began to study the characters and learn conversational Chinese from friends.
Upon returning to the United States, Kayla joined the Confucius Institute at SUNY College of Optometry and found her Shanghai here at home. She has studied and passed HSK levels 1, 2, and 3 in under 6 months.
In the future, Kayla hopes to use her passion for language learning and science to continue teaching students from around the world.
Trinity Lewis
Confucius Institute at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High School Junior
Trinity Lewis, 16 years old, attends Omaha Northwest High Magnet School.
She has studied and admired Chinese culture for most of her life and seeks to be fluent in Mandarin Chinese before her scheduled trip to China next year with the Confucius Institute at The University of Nebraska.
Trinity is a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo, practicing the art since she was 6 years old. She is also an accomplished clarinet player, performing with many honor bands and receiving multiple All-City awards.
Trinity is president of her high school DECA club and is a candidate for state leadership. She is a member of the student council as we as a member of the National Honor Society.
Recently, Trinity was accepted into the world-recognized Henry Dorley Zoo Academy, where she will attend classes and work hand-in-hand with zoo officials to protect and preserve endangered wildlife.
She plans to use the years of wildlife training to assist Chinese zoos and wildlife preserves in finding a way to save species, such as the Leaf Turtle, from extinction.
Howard Schaefer
Confucius Institute at the University of Massachusetts – Boston
Language Learner and Tai Chi Enthusiast
Foxborough, Massachusetts
Howard Schaefer is a language learner, player of Tai Chi and Yoga, and caring community contributor. Howard first started learning to speak Mandarin Chinese in his teens, while studying Tai Chi. The core principles learned in Tai Chi, of doing your best, and knowing yourself, resonated in Howard’s college education and he excelled in courses ranging from Modern Physics and Organic Chemistry to Visual Arts Figure Studies and Modern Dance.
Currently, Howard enjoys performing analytical work, as well as helping individuals to overcome obstacles and experience better outcomes, predominately working in the employee benefits industry. Last summer, Howard revisited learning to speak Mandarin in anticipation of experiencing personal conversations with the Chinese people he hoped to meet during a trip to China, where he had accompanied his spouse in her teaching assignment at Shaanxi Normal University in Xi’an, China.
On his return from China, Howard continued studying conversational Chinese with the excellent teachers at the Confucius Institute of UMass Boston. The learning experience propelled Howard to become conversant in Spanish and Hebrew as well. Howard resides in Foxborough, MA, and hopes to use his language skills for the betterment of the community and the world.
Rachel Lietzow
利瑞琪
Confucius Institute at Kentucky University
Senior at the University of Kentucky
Rachel Lietzow is a senior at the University of Kentucky majoring in International Economics, Chinese, and International Studies. As a Cantonese heritage speaker, Rachel has had a keen interest in foreign languages for as long as she can remember. Rachel was first exposed to Mandarin during high school, where she watched Taiwanese and Chinese-dubbed Korean dramas for entertainment. Though Cantonese and Mandarin are mutually unintelligible, she enjoyed watching Mandarin television programs and listening to Mandarin artists nonetheless. Over the years, this continual language exposure helped improve her Chinese skills and shaped her decision to major in Chinese.
Rachel studied abroad in Hangzhou, China during the summer after her freshman year, and has found even more about Chinese culture to love and appreciate. Her ultimate career goal is to serve as a Foreign Service Officer in a Chinese-speaking country or have the opportunity to work at the Chinese Embassy. Regardless of career path, she aspires to leave her own mark on U.S.-China relations, wherever she ends up.
Having played piano since she was young, Rachel has pursued a combination of music and Chinese culture in recent years, by learning to play erhu and Chinese zither. You usually can find Rachel listening to music, eating something sweet, or both.
Dennis M. Delehanty
Retired International Affairs Officer
Dennis M. Delehanty received a B.A. in Russian from Colby College in 1974 and received an M.A. in Russian Studies/ International Affairs from George Washington University in 1978.
Dennis is fluent in Spanish and French and besides Russian, has extensive knowledge of Mandarin, Portuguese and German.
In 1979, Dennis entered U.S. Postal Service headquarters as a junior international affairs officer, and from 1986 to 1992, worked as the sole American at the Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland, the only UN specialized agency where French remains the official language. Returning to the Postal Service in Washington, Dennis led the effort to create the UPU’s Express Mail Service Cooperative, a rare institution within the UN system where weighted voting applies. In 2004, Dennis was appointed Director of Postal Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, where he served as the principal official responsible for U.S. policy regarding international postal and delivery services.
During his career, Dennis has taken part in or led U.S. delegations to dozens of postal (and private-sector delivery service) conferences throughout the world and retired from government service in 2012.
Dennis had visited 80 countries, either solely for business or personal travel. Dennis’s choice of a dream career would one where he could help to improve relations between the American and Chinese peoples. Dennis and his wife Elizabeth currently reside in Lake Nona, a new town near Orlando, Florida.
Ose Arheghan
Confucius Classroom at Shaker Heights High School
Freshman at The Ohio State University
Ose Arheghan, 18, is a first-year student at The Ohio State University studying Political Science and Public Policy.
Ose graduated from Shaker Heights City Schools and was a member of the Shaker Heights Confucius Classroom in both middle and high school. Ose was awarded an Excellence in Chinese essay writing award from the Cleveland State Confucius Institute all four years of high school and managed to earn a third place overall medal senior year.
Ose is continuing their Chinese language learning at Ohio State and hopes to work with the foreign service upon graduation.
Deja Watkins
吴德佳
Confucius Institute at North Carolina State University
Senior at George Mason University
Deja Watkins, a graduate from William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC, currently attends George Mason University. She is triple majoring in Global Affairs, Computational & Data Sciences, and Chinese; which she has been studying since 2011.
While at Enloe High School, Deja had the opportunity to participate in a Chinese summer language program sponsored by Troy University’s Confucius Institute. At Troy University, Deja met many enthusiastic teachers and friends, most of whom she is still in contact with today. With the support of friends and family, Deja decided to take the opportunity to push her studies further by studying abroad in China. While spending last year abroad studying at Tsinghua University, she participated in many cultural exchanges where she spoke to classes and traveled with many new friends around China.
In the future, Deja would like to be a data analyst and concurrently working to aid in the effort to bridge the gap between the US and China.
When Deja is not in class, she can be found at various events on campus as a Student Ambassador. If she’s not studying for her classes, she’s studying Chinese or improving her understanding of data and data analysis as it relates to international relations.
Amelia Aiyan Engstrom
福爱艳
Confucius Institute at San Francisco State University
High School Freshman
Flower Mound, Texas
Amelia Engstrom is a 9th-grade scholar-athlete from Flower Mound High School in Flower Mound, TX.
She studied Mandarin for 9 years and spent a month in China taking Mandarin classes and teaching English in the summer of 2018.
She is currently the editor of the Flower Mound High School Online Newspaper. Amelia also plays lacrosse on the local club lacrosse team. Amelia has participated in 4 community restoration trips to Middletown, CA, San Diego, CA and Oaxaca, Mexico.
She is interested in movie making and hopes to obtain a film degree from USC, after which she will focus on using her skills to make movies that matter.
Media Producer and Writer
Wayne County, Kentucky
David Cole is a media producer and writer from Wayne County, Kentucky.
His independent production shop, Coled One Media Ventures, has served clients such as the University of Kentucky, the Kentucky World Language Association, and Breakout Games.
David’s written work took a productive turn after first visiting China in 2016 and he found himself writing in a number of European countries, even taking part in readings with poets such as Justin Samgar. His work deals with how our personal lives intersect with the media we consume and come to represent parts of ourselves, as evidenced in his debut poetry collection “I’ve Been a Prisoner All My Life (And I Can Say to You) OR Young Phill Collins in Love.” He currently lives and works in Lexington, Kentucky.
Douglas McDonald
马德高
Confucius Institute at UMass Boston
Retired Administrative Judge
Douglas McDonald is a retired administrative judge from Boston, MA who has recently joined the Confucius Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Boston to tackle yet another language.
A life-long polyglot, Doug is proficient in several languages, including Latin, Greek, French, and German. For two years he lived in Baghdad, Iraq, where he taught sociology at Al-Hikma University, and studied Arabic.
Doug believes that learning a language is critical to understanding a culture. He has been heavily involved in his Confucius Institute, attending the 2018 National Chinese Language Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, and several other local CI initiatives.
Learning and becoming proficient in Mandarin has been a lifelong ambition for Doug, and the Confucius Institute at UMass Boston is providing a solid foundation.
Kamila Carter
康可米
Seventh Grader
Lakeside, California
Kamila Carter is a conscientious twelve-year-old student finishing the sixth grade at Tierra Del Sol Middle School in Lakeside, California.
She has been learning Mandarin Chinese for seven years since entering kindergarten at Riverview Elementary school.
One of her greatest accomplishments to date has been winning first place at the Chinese Bridge Competition, sponsored by the Confucius Institute at San Diego State. The Institute also sponsored Kamila’s first trip to China to experience the language and culture.
Her parents are deaf and use American Sign Language, Spanish and English when communicating with her. Kamila is fluent in all four languages and interprets for her parents in Sign Language.
Kamila is active in her school Associated Student Body (ASB) which does service work in her community. She is on the honor roll with a 4.0 GPA average and has earned many awards as an outstanding student.
Even though Kamila Carter doesn’t yet know what she will do professionally, she knows that whatever it is, it will impact the world in a positive way.
Matt Salmon
Rep. Matt Salmon, who represented the 5th District of Arizona for five terms in Washington, joined Arizona State University as Vice President of Government Affairs in 2017. Salmon oversees the University’s Federal, State, Community, and Tribal relations, putting his years of experience as a state and federal lawmaker to work on behalf of an institution that is committed to the economic, social and cultural health of the communities that it serves.
Salmon attended public school in Mesa, Arizona and graduated from ASU in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and holds a Master of Public Administration from Brigham Young University. He spent 13 years in the telecommunications industry in Arizona, before being elected to the Arizona State Senate, where he rose to assistant majority leader and chairman of the Rules Committee before his election to Congress in 1994.
Salmon served three terms before honoring a self-imposed term limit, leaving Congress in 2000, at which time he worked as a consultant to ASU on matters related to education policy. He returned to Congress in 2012 and was re-elected in 2014. Salmon was a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and he speaks fluent Mandarin. Salmon has served as chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and as chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and he has led numerous delegations to China. At ASU, Salmon assists the university in advancing its global strategy, including working with the governments of other countries to advance international projects.
He and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 36 years and are the proud parents of four children and the proud grandparents of eight grandchildren.
James B. Heimowitz
Founded in 1926, China Institute (CI) is the oldest bi-cultural organization in the United States focused exclusively on China. It is a resource for “all things China” – Chinese language, art, culture and business. James Heimowitz brings to CI 35 years of experience in building trust and understanding between China and the U.S.
James went to China as a student before it opened to the West, and has formed deep relationships in China over several decades. His background, education, and on-the-ground professional experience have come together to create a unique insight into some of the country’s most important initiatives. Prior to joining CI, James spent nine years at Hill + Knowlton Strategies where he was CEO for Asia, and Chairman, China. He spearheaded international PR for the Beijing Olympics; managed financial communications for the first RMB denominated IPO in Hong Kong; and advised many of the most successful MNC’s and JV’s in the region including helping Chinese companies and SOEs face the challenges of entering new overseas markets.
After earning his MBA from the Wharton School, Mr. Heimowitz joined the Chase Manhattan Bank and led its successful re-entry to China. He opened a representative office in Shanghai and a branch in Tianjin – the bank’s first in China since 1949. Mr. Heimowitz also served as Managing Director for Corporate Strategy at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank and Manager of the Boston Consulting Group’s World Wide Asia Team.
James is a well-known speaker and author, and his articles have appeared in The Economist, China Daily, The Far Eastern Economic Review, Business Traveller, and the Canada-China Business Review. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on its Independent Economic Task Force on China, which is charged with delivering policy advice to the White House. He is also a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and sits on numerous boards of companies in the media, technology and China sectors.
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Eagle - Odd Religious advert in Picture Post 1952
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Location: Urumqi, China
Firstly please excuse my ignorance if this is common knowledge. I've been surprised at the the contents of an advert for The Eagle comic inside a copy of Picture Post from 1952.
Inside the front cover is a full page advert which makes me rethink what I knew of Eagle comic (which I must admit is very little). Just in case the text in the picture is not clear, here is a transcription from the inner page of Picture Post Vol 54 #8 from Feb 23rd 1952;
To pilot a rocket-ship to Mars, to man a frontier-post in Mexico, to search for hidden treasure - such things as these form part of the imaginative life of every boy. And it is right that they should. For they are the stuff out of which grows a man's ambitions and ideals are formed. The daring space-pilot of fourteen grows into the man of courage and enterprise and success.
Yet - it cannot be denied - a boy's longing for adventure and excitement may often cause great and reasonable anxiety. Adventurousness may be turned to violence, excitement to cruelty by a variety of vicious influences. And here cheap second-rate comic-strips are much to blame. They warp and distort a boy's sense of values and give him a false outlook on life; under their influence he fancies himself a hero, a superman; someone who escapes responsibility and seeks refuge in fantasy.
It remains the prime object of Eagle to change all that and (adapting a famous phrase) to see that "the Devil does not have all the exciting comics". Here no creed of violence is preached; no tawdry morality or cheap sensationalism or worship of the superman ever appears. For EAGLE is edited by a Clergyman; and underlying the tales of space Exploration, the exciting strip cartoons and articles on sport, the colourful features on Science and Nature and the World, there is a Christian philosophy of honesty and unselfishness. And in Eagle it is shown in a form which every boy can understand and respect.
Eagle - The magazine you're glad to have them read.
I had no idea that Eagle was set up to stop "cheap second-rate comics-strips" from "warp(ing) and distorting a boy's sense of values".
Is it true? Was the "prime objective of Eagle" to see that "the Devil does not have all the exciting comics"?
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Re: Eagle - Odd Religious advert in Picture Post 1952
All I can say is 'Yes', it was designed as a wholesome, quality alternative (largely worked too). Dan Dare was in fact set out to be a vicar in space (or a chaplain but I'm sure no-one on here would be that navel-gazing to correct me )
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If it's any help you can read something of the climate in which Eagle was launched in these two entries from my rather moribund attempt at a blog 'Things That Grip!'.
http://thingsthatgrip.blogspot.co.uk/se ... -results=1
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Thanks Phil! I shall have a gander tonight at work. I'm still just shocked by it all, I never thought it was released / designed with that mindset in place....
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I'm afraid so. Sadly they seem to have believed the anti-American comics propaganda that was starting to surface after the war. Luckily, Eagle turned out to be a top quality product so we can forgive the paranoia that led to its creation.
That ad is amusing though. Good find!
"the Devil does not have all the exciting comics". Although he's probably gained a few more for his collection since he invented comics piracy.
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I remember reading that Hulton Press wanted Marcus Morris to get rid of the religious strip, which I think was at the top of the back page of issue 1. Morris told them in no uncertain terms that if they refused to print the comic with that strip he would withdraw The Eagle altogether. I bought that the day it came out, but I had had to persuade my father that the centre-page cutaway was educational. I was really only interested in Dan Dare but surprisingly he accepted my argument despite his entrenched views that what he referred to as penny dreadfuls were rubbish.
The funny thing is that Eagle started reprinting American comics towards the end of its run!
The Book and Magazine Collector I picked up on Sunday mentioned that the reverend Marcus Morris took a dummy copy of The Eagle to Fleetway first of all but they turned it down. When it became popular they regretted their decision and launched the Lion with Captain Condor on the cover as a rival. But on much cheaper paper.
Books, thanks for bringing that one up. As a long standing fan, I did think that most comic aficionados knew that The Eagle was designed to be a moral bulwark against the tawdry American imports, but that's just my perceptions showing.
I am surprised that this was such a big selling point 2 years after the launch as those that watch the Arena documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary in 1988 would know, if anecdotal evidence is to be believed, that many kids of the 1950's preferred The Beano for its' anarchic fare as opposed to the moral rectitude of The Eagle.
Either way, it's a fascinating insight into the views of the social mores of the era.
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I did think that most comic aficionados knew that The Eagle was designed to be a moral bulwark against the tawdry American imports
I think this is a view from an adult's perspective. I really don't think that children buying The Eagle at any time during that first year will have noticed any moral bulwarks because they will have been far too busy enjoying the adventures of Dan Dare, P.C. 49, Jeff Arnold and the Riders of the Range, Sergeant Luck of the Legion, Tommy Walls, (where they will have noticed the less than subliminal advertising element), and Harris Tweed (where they won't have), and gazing in awe at the cutaways. They will probably have read the first instalment of the life of St. Paul, and made a mental note not to read any more.
No problems colcool007, your definately right about this insight into moral views. It had never crossed my mind that there was this negative attitude towards these comics.
I can't recall anytime reading comics for moral purposes or anyone from my teachers, parents, family or friends parents etc discouraging reading of comics, but then, perhaps it is just me being a child of the 1990s?
Indeed at school, I felt a very lucky kid during wet play days where I would find comics that I didn't have at home (normally comics from the last few years that the schoool must have accumulated and shoved in the wet play drawer).
I remeber being in Year 6 and our maths teacher tried to teach us the concept of inflation by counting the number of pages in comics and dividing the cover priced by the page numbers. I got poor marks as I was far more interested in reading these comics and asking if I could have them! They year was 1997, I was 10 years old and actually holding a comic from the 1980s was mind blowing.
Phil (Philcom55) - Is it true!? Just reading that article you sent me the link to,
In a book published in 1949 Geoffrey Trease began something of a witch-hunt against Enid Blyton, of all people, whom he accused of polluting children's minds with anodyne fantasies which left them ill-equipped to deal with the real world.
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Ending Blyton of all people? Here's me thinking that this era was generally considered the golden era of childrens books!
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Phoenix, you're right. This is why I said it was designed in that manner by the Reverend Marcus Morris. I didn't think we had child labour in the design team at Odhams Press, in the 1950's, apart from the odd apprentice!
After all, like most of the comics of the time, it was aimed at children, but written and drawn by adults. I believe it was Wilf Self that said that The Eagle was the comic that parents wanted their children to read, but the Beano and Dandy were the comics that the kids themselves wanted to read.
From the examples I have seen, The Eagle was technically superior, but always struck me as cut off from the artistic imagination that spawned it. While the Beano and Dandy of the time was so full of verve and energy, it is no surprise, to me, that they seemed to be the preferred option.
Alas, as ComicsUK only has two or three members that were in the target audience at the time (I'm not saying who's that old as it is far too early to get anyone THAT grumpy! ), we do not really have a large enough sample group to present a statistically significant answer.
This is why I said it was designed in that manner by the Reverend Marcus Morris. I didn't think we had child labour in the design team at Odhams Press, in the 1950's, apart from the odd apprentice!
I know perfectly well what Morris's thinking was. The attempted humour in your second sentence does have some value though because by removing children from the design and creation process your expression comics aficionados is clearly intended to refer to adults, either in the here and now or the there and then, many of whom at the time could well have been aware of Morris's aims. On the other hand, children, the target readership, will not have been reading newspapers, or listening to boring discussions on the wireless about the matter, but they will have been excited by the pre-launch adverts. Those children were the real comics aficionados, and they bought The Eagle in their thousands, and the fact that it lasted for over nineteen years, albeit with a reducing readership, is testament to the attraction of its content. Whether the same children or other children found The Dandy and The Beano more to their liking is really neither here nor there because we all tended to read each other's comics.
Ending Blyton of all people?
The book that I think Phil was referring to is Tales Out Of School. My copy is the 1965 reprint of the Second Edition. Trease does acknowledge that The Naughtiest Girl In The School is an example of Miss Blyton's school fiction at its best, but the comment recalls Alexander Pope's phrase damn with faint praise in his Epistle To Doctor Arbuthnot. In his attempt to estimate her influence, Trease says that if the only criteria on which to base a judgement are her sales and her popularity with younger children, her books must be the best children's books in Britain, if not the world. He goes on to say, and I quote, Few people over ten would seriously suggest that they were. There is, on the contrary, a widespread tendency to dismiss them in educational and library circles. One children's librarian spoke to me, with feeling, of their 'intense mediocrity', and Dorothy Neal White, in her otherwise excellent survey, ignores their existence.
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Amount of Fiber in Salad dressing
Welcome to the nutritional fiber content in 58 different types of salad dressing, ranging from 3.3 g to 0 g per 100g. The basic type of salad dressing is Salad dressing, coleslaw, where the amount of fiber in 100g is 0.1 g.
0.1 g of fiber per 100g, from Salad dressing, coleslaw corresponds to 0% of the fiber RDA. For a typical serving size of 1 tbsp (or 16 g) the amount of Fiber is 0.02 g. This corresponds to an RDA percentage of 0%.
The percentage of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for fiber is based on a 25 g RDA level for a mature adult.
Top twenty salad dressing products high in fiber
Below is a summary list for the top twenty salad dressing items ranked by the amount or level of fiber in 100g.
1. Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free : 3.3g (13%RDA)
2. Salad dressing, french dressing, fat-free : 2.2g (9%RDA)
3. Salad dressing, KRAFT Mayo Fat Free Mayonnaise Dressing : 2g (8%RDA)
4. Salad dressing, KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP FREE Nonfat Dressing : 1.9g (8%RDA)
5. Salad Dressing, mayonnaise-like, fat-free : 1.9g (8%RDA)
6. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, fat-free : 1.8g (7%RDA)
7. Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat : 1.5g (6%RDA)
8. Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, reduced fat : 1.2g (5%RDA)
9. Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat, without salt : 1.1g (4%RDA)
10. Salad dressing, ranch dressing, reduced fat : 1.1g (4%RDA)
11. Salad dressing, buttermilk, lite : 1.1g (4%RDA)
12. Salad dressing, sesame seed dressing, regular : 1g (4%RDA)
13. Salad dressing, thousand island, commercial, regular : 0.8g (3%RDA)
14. Salad dressing, honey mustard dressing, reduced calorie : 0.8g (3%RDA)
15. Salad dressing, russian dressing : 0.7g (3%RDA)
16. Salad dressing, ranch dressing, commercial, regular : 0.7g (3%RDA)
17. Salad dressing, italian dressing, fat-free : 0.6g (2%RDA)
18. Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular : 0.5g (2%RDA)
19. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, commercial, regular : 0.4g (2%RDA)
20. Salad dressing, honey mustard, regular : 0.4g (2%RDA)
Following on from the twenty top salad dressing items or products containing fiber we have a more comprehensive break down of Salad dressing, coleslaw, and the highest item containing fiber which is Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free. We also give a comparison of average values, median values and lowest values along with a comparison with other food groups and assess the effects of storage and preparation on the 58 types of salad dressing.
At the bottom of the page is the full list for the 58 different types of salad dressing based on the content in different servings in grams and oz (and other serving sizes), providing a comprehensive analysis of the fiber content in salad dressing.
Salad dressing, coleslaw - Nutritional Content and Chart
The full nutrition content, RDA percentages and levels for Salad dressing, coleslaw should be considered along with the fiber content. This food profile is part of our list of food and drinks under the general group Fats and Oils.Other important and fiber related nutrients are Calories, Protein, Fat and Carbohydrate. For this 100g serving in your diet, the amount of Calories is 390 kcal (20% RDA), the amount of Protein is 0.9 g (2% RDA), the amount of Fat is 33.4 g (51% RDA) and the amount of Carbohydrate is 23.8 g (18% RDA). The nutritional content and facts for 100g, which includes Calories, Protein, Fat and Carbohydrate is shown in the RDA chart below as percentages of the recommended daily allowance along with the fiber levels in salad dressing.
Our proprietary nutritional density score gives a nutritional value out of 100 based on 9 different vitamins, minerals and macro nutrients. Salad dressing, coleslaw has a nutritional value score of 13 out of 100.
Comparing fiber in salad dressing vs lentils
The amount of fiber in lentils is 7.9 g per 100g.As fiber percentage of the RDA this is 32 %. Comparing with Salad dressing, coleslaw, in 100g contains 0.1 g of fiber. Therefore, lentils has 7.8 g more fiber than Salad dressing, coleslaw. In terms of fiber percentage this is 7800 % more fiber. Lentils has an overall nutritional value score of 18 out of 100, whereas Salad dressing, coleslaw has a nutritional value score of 13 out of 100.
The highest content of fiber in the food items under the general description or type of salad dressing, is Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free with 3.3 g of fiber per 100g. Comparing lentils with Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free; lentils has 4.6 g more fiber than Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free. In terms of fiber percentage this is 139 % more fiber.
Amount of fiber per 100 Calories
100 calories of salad dressing, coleslaw is a serving size of 0.26 g, and the amount of Fiber is 0.03 g (0% RDA). Other important and related nutrients and macronutrients such as Fat, in 100 Calories are as follows; Protein 0.23 g (0.51% RDA), Fat 8.56 g (13.08% RDA), Carbohydrate 6.1 g (4.62% RDA). This is shown in the fiber RDA percentage chart below, based on 100 Calories, along with the other important nutrients and macro nutrients.
Content per Typical Serving Size 1 tbsp (or 16 g)
For the food Salad dressing, coleslaw the typical serving size is 1 tbsp (or 16 g) which contains 0.02 g of Fiber. In terms of the gram weight and total content for this serving the Calories content is 62.4 kcal, the Protein content is 0.14 g, the Fat content is 5.34 g and the Carbohydrate content is 3.81 g. The percentages are shown below in the fiber chart, for the typical serving of fiber and the related and important nutritional values.
Macronutrients in Salad dressing, coleslaw
The amount of protein, fat and carbs from this food described above is measured in grams per 100g and grams in a typical serving size (in this case 1 tbsp or 16 g), although it is also useful to give the number of calories from protein, fat and carbohydrate which are the most important macronutrients. For this serving in your diet here are the macronutrient calories. From protein the number of calories is 0.6 (kcal).The number of calories from Fat is 48.1 (kcal).The total calories from carbohydrate is 15.2 (kcal).
Grams of fiber in salad dressing (per 100g)
This list of 58 types of salad dressing, is brought to you by www.dietandfitnesstoday.com and ranges from Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free through to Salad dressing, Mayonnaise dressing, diet, no cholesterol where all food items are ranked by the content or amount per 100g. The nutritional fiber content can be scaled by the amount in grams, oz or typical serving sizes. Simply click on a food item or beverage from the list at the bottom of the page to give a full dietary nutritional breakdown to answer the question how much fiber in salad dressing.
The list below gives the total fiber content in the 58 items from the general description 'salad dressing' each of which show the fiber amount as well as Calories, Protein, Fat and Carbohydrate. Below, is the top 50 food items shown in the fiber chart. This gives a quick and easy dietary comparison for the different items, where each item is listed at the bottom of the page with a nutritional summary.
The corresponding nutritional value for salad dressing based on our density score out of 100 (ranked by the amount of fiber per 100g) is shown in the below nutritional density chart.
The corresponding Calories for salad dressing ranked by the amount of fiber per 100g is shown below in the salad dressing calories chart.
Effect of Preparation and Storage on fiber
The level of fiber can be affected by the method of storage for example canned or frozen and also by the method of preparation for example either raw, cooked or fried. The number of food items which are cooked is 1 item. The highest amount of fiber from the 1 cooked items is in Salad dressing, home recipe, cooked where the amount is 0 g per 100g. The number of food items described as lowfat or non-fat is 1 item.
Average Content for salad dressing
The average (or more correctly the arithmetic mean) amount of fiber contained in 100g of salad dressing, based on the list below of 58 different items under the general description of salad dressing, is 0.48 g of fiber. This average value corresponds to 1.92 % of the recommended dietary allowance (or RDA) in your diet. The averages for the different nutrients are as follows; the average amount of Calories is 295.19 kcal, the average amount of Protein is 0.96 g, the average amount of Fat is 26.10 g and the average amount of Carbohydrate is g.
Median Amount
The median value of Fiber is found in Salad dressing, KRAFT Mayo Light Mayonnaise which in 100g contains 0.1 g of Fiber. For this serving the amount of Calories is 334 kcal, the amount of Protein is 0.6 g, the amount of Fat is 32.9 g and the amount of Carbohydrate is 8.5 g.
Highest fiber Content per 100g
Using the list below for the 58 different salad dressing nutrition entries in our database, the highest amount of fiber is found in Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free which contains 3.3 g of fiber per 100g. The associated percentage of RDA is 13 %. For this 100g serving the Calories content is 132 kcal, the Protein content is 0.55 g, the Fat content is 1.45 g, the Carbohydrate content is 29.27 g.
The lowest amount of fiber in 100g is in Salad dressing, Mayonnaise dressing, diet, no cholesterol which contains 0 g. This gives as percentage of the recommended daily allowance 0 % of the RDA. For this 100g serving the amount of Calories is 390 kcal, the amount of Protein is 0.9 g, the amount of Fat is 33.4 g, the amount of Carbohydrate is 23.9 g.
The difference between the highest and lowest values gives a fiber range of 3.3 g per 100g. The range for the other nutrients are as follows; 258 kcal for Calories, 0.35 g for Protein, 31.95 g for Fat, 0 g for Carbohydrate.
Highest Amount of fiber per Serving
Please remember that the above gives an accurate value in 100g for high fiber foods in your diet. For example 100g of Salad dressing, coleslaw contains 0.1 g of fiber. However, there are other factors to consider when you are assessing your nutritional requirements. You should also take into account portion sizes when you are considering the fiber nutritional content.
The food with the highest fiber content per typical serving is Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free which contains 0.53 g in 1 tbsp (or 16 g). The percentage of the recommended daily value for this serving is 2 %. For this serving the Calories content is 21.12 kcal, the Protein content is 0.09 g, the Fat content is 0.23 g and the Carbohydrate content is 4.68 g.
Nutritional Information Summary
From the list below you can find a full nutrition facts breakdown for all foods containing fiber which can be scaled for different servings and quantities. We have also sorted our complete nutritional information and vitamin database of over 7000 foods, to give a list of foods with a high fiber content
Salad dressing List, fiber Content per 100g
1. Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free - Fiber
Nutritional Value : 13 / 100 food group - Fats and Oils
(%RDA) Calories
(%RDA) Carbohydrate
(%RDA) Fat
(%RDA) Protein
(%RDA)
Profile for a 100g serving :
3.3 g (13%) 132 kcal (7%) 29.27 g (23%) 1.45 g (2%) 0.55 g (1%)
Typical Serving size of 1 tbsp (or 16g):
0.53 g (2%) 21.12 kcal (1%) 4.68 g (4%) 0.23 g (0%) 0.09 g (0%)
Other serving sizes 1 cup (or 256g):
8.45 g (34%) 337.92 kcal (17%) 74.93 g (58%) 3.71 g (6%) 1.41 g (3%)
2. Salad dressing, french dressing, fat-free - Fiber
Fiber Calories Carbohydrate Fat Protein
2.2 g (9%) 132 kcal (7%) 32.14 g (25%) 0.27 g (0%) 0.2 g (0%)
Typical Serving size of 1 tablespoon (or 16g):
3. Salad dressing, KRAFT Mayo Fat Free Mayonnaise Dressing - Fiber
2 g (8%) 70 kcal (4%) 12.4 g (10%) 2.7 g (4%) 0.2 g (0%)
0.32 g (1%) 11.2 kcal (1%) 1.98 g (2%) 0.43 g (1%) 0.03 g (0%)
4. Salad dressing, KRAFT MIRACLE WHIP FREE Nonfat Dressing - Fiber
1.9 g (8%) 84 kcal (4%) 15.5 g (12%) 2.7 g (4%) 0.2 g (0%)
0.3 g (1%) 13.44 kcal (1%) 2.48 g (2%) 0.43 g (1%) 0.03 g (0%)
5. Salad Dressing, mayonnaise-like, fat-free - Fiber
4.86 g (19%) 215.04 kcal (11%) 39.68 g (31%) 6.91 g (11%) 0.51 g (1%)
6. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, fat-free - Fiber
1.8 g (7%) 115 kcal (6%) 25.6 g (20%) 1.01 g (2%) 1.52 g (3%)
7. Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat - Fiber
1.5 g (6%) 222 kcal (11%) 31.22 g (24%) 11.52 g (18%) 0.58 g (1%)
0.24 g (1%) 35.52 kcal (2%) 5 g (4%) 1.84 g (3%) 0.09 g (0%)
3.9 g (16%) 577.2 kcal (29%) 81.17 g (62%) 29.95 g (46%) 1.51 g (3%)
Other serving sizes 1 serving (2 tbsp) (or 30g):
8. Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, reduced fat - Fiber
0.18 g (1%) 29.25 kcal (1%) 3.61 g (3%) 1.7 g (3%) 0.12 g (0%)
2.94 g (12%) 477.75 kcal (24%) 58.95 g (45%) 27.73 g (43%) 2.03 g (4%)
9. Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat, without salt - Fiber
2.86 g (11%) 605.8 kcal (30%) 76.13 g (59%) 35 g (54%) 1.51 g (3%)
10. Salad dressing, ranch dressing, reduced fat - Fiber
0.17 g (1%) 29.4 kcal (1%) 3.2 g (2%) 1.86 g (3%) 0.19 g (0%)
11. Salad dressing, buttermilk, lite - Fiber
12. Salad dressing, sesame seed dressing, regular - Fiber
1 g (4%) 443 kcal (22%) 8.6 g (7%) 45.2 g (70%) 3.1 g (6%)
0.15 g (1%) 66.45 kcal (3%) 1.29 g (1%) 6.78 g (10%) 0.47 g (1%)
2.45 g (10%) 1085.35 kcal (54%) 21.07 g (16%) 110.74 g (170%) 7.6 g (14%)
13. Salad dressing, thousand island, commercial, regular - Fiber
2 g (8%) 925 kcal (46%) 36.6 g (28%) 87.65 g (135%) 2.73 g (5%)
0.24 g (1%) 111 kcal (6%) 4.39 g (3%) 10.52 g (16%) 0.33 g (1%)
14. Salad dressing, honey mustard dressing, reduced calorie - Fiber
0.8 g (3%) 207 kcal (10%) 29.27 g (23%) 10 g (15%) 0.98 g (2%)
Typical Serving size of 2 tbsp (1 serving) (or 30g):
0.24 g (1%) 62.1 kcal (3%) 8.78 g (7%) 3 g (5%) 0.29 g (1%)
15. Salad dressing, russian dressing - Fiber
0.7 g (3%) 355 kcal (18%) 31.9 g (25%) 26.18 g (40%) 0.69 g (1%)
0.11 g (0%) 53.25 kcal (3%) 4.79 g (4%) 3.93 g (6%) 0.1 g (0%)
1.72 g (7%) 869.75 kcal (43%) 78.16 g (60%) 64.14 g (99%) 1.69 g (3%)
0.21 g (1%) 106.5 kcal (5%) 9.57 g (7%) 7.85 g (12%) 0.21 g (0%)
16. Salad dressing, ranch dressing, commercial, regular - Fiber
0.7 g (3%) 484 kcal (24%) 6.69 g (5%) 51.39 g (79%) 1.03 g (2%)
0.11 g (0%) 72.6 kcal (4%) 1 g (1%) 7.71 g (12%) 0.15 g (0%)
Other serving sizes 1 serving (or 30g):
0.21 g (1%) 145.2 kcal (7%) 2.01 g (2%) 15.42 g (24%) 0.31 g (1%)
17. Salad dressing, italian dressing, fat-free - Fiber
0.6 g (2%) 47 kcal (2%) 8.75 g (7%) 0.87 g (1%) 0.97 g (2%)
0.08 g (0%) 6.58 kcal (0%) 1.23 g (1%) 0.12 g (0%) 0.14 g (0%)
1.39 g (6%) 108.57 kcal (5%) 20.21 g (16%) 2.01 g (3%) 2.24 g (4%)
18. Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular - Fiber
0.5 g (2%) 542 kcal (27%) 3.3 g (3%) 57.85 g (89%) 2.17 g (4%)
Typical Serving size of 1 tbsp (or 14.7g):
0.07 g (0%) 79.67 kcal (4%) 0.49 g (0%) 8.5 g (13%) 0.32 g (1%)
1.18 g (5%) 1273.7 kcal (64%) 7.76 g (6%) 135.95 g (209%) 5.1 g (9%)
19. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, commercial, regular - Fiber
0.4 g (2%) 476 kcal (24%) 4.62 g (4%) 51.1 g (79%) 1.37 g (2%)
0.06 g (0%) 71.4 kcal (4%) 0.69 g (1%) 7.67 g (12%) 0.21 g (0%)
0.98 g (4%) 1166.2 kcal (58%) 11.32 g (9%) 125.2 g (193%) 3.36 g (6%)
20. Salad dressing, honey mustard, regular - Fiber
Typical Serving size of 2 tbso (1 NLEA serving) (or 30g):
0.12 g (0%) 139.2 kcal (7%) 7 g (5%) 12.25 g (19%) 0.26 g (0%)
21. Salad Dressing, coleslaw dressing, reduced fat - Fiber
0.4 g (2%) 329 kcal (16%) 40 g (31%) 20 g (31%) 0 g (0%)
0.07 g (0%) 55.93 kcal (3%) 6.8 g (5%) 3.4 g (5%) 0 g (0%)
1.08 g (4%) 885.01 kcal (44%) 107.6 g (83%) 53.8 g (83%) 0 g (0%)
22. Salad dressing, russian dressing, low calorie - Fiber
0.3 g (1%) 141 kcal (7%) 27.6 g (21%) 4 g (6%) 0.5 g (1%)
0.78 g (3%) 366.6 kcal (18%) 71.76 g (55%) 10.4 g (16%) 1.3 g (2%)
23. Salad dressing, spray-style dressing, assorted flavors - Fiber
0.3 g (1%) 165 kcal (8%) 16.6 g (13%) 10.75 g (17%) 0.16 g (0%)
Typical Serving size of 1 serving (approximately 10 sprays) (or 8g):
24. Salad dressing, poppyseed, creamy - Fiber
0.1 g (0%) 131.67 kcal (7%) 8.09 g (6%) 11 g (17%) 0.3 g (1%)
25. Salad Dressing, mayonnaise, light, SMART BALANCE, Omega Plus light - Fiber
Typical Serving size of 1 tbsp (1 NLEA serving) (or 14g):
26. Salad dressing, caesar, fat-free - Fiber
0.2 g (1%) 131 kcal (7%) 30.73 g (24%) 0.23 g (0%) 1.47 g (3%)
0.07 g (0%) 44.54 kcal (2%) 10.45 g (8%) 0.08 g (0%) 0.5 g (1%)
27. Salad dressing, italian dressing, reduced calorie - Fiber
0.2 g (1%) 200 kcal (10%) 6.7 g (5%) 20 g (31%) 0.3 g (1%)
0.03 g (0%) 28 kcal (1%) 0.94 g (1%) 2.8 g (4%) 0.04 g (0%)
0.43 g (2%) 432 kcal (22%) 14.47 g (11%) 43.2 g (66%) 0.65 g (1%)
28. Salad dressing, bacon and tomato - Fiber
0.2 g (1%) 326 kcal (16%) 2 g (2%) 35 g (54%) 1.8 g (3%)
0.48 g (2%) 782.4 kcal (39%) 4.8 g (4%) 84 g (129%) 4.32 g (8%)
29. Salad dressing, KRAFT Mayo Light Mayonnaise - Fiber
0.1 g (0%) 334 kcal (17%) 8.5 g (7%) 32.9 g (51%) 0.6 g (1%)
30. Salad dressing, ranch dressing, fat-free - Fiber
31. Salad dressing, coleslaw - Fiber
0.1 g (0%) 390 kcal (20%) 23.8 g (18%) 33.4 g (51%) 0.9 g (2%)
0.25 g (1%) 975 kcal (49%) 59.5 g (46%) 83.5 g (128%) 2.25 g (4%)
32. Salad dressing, green goddess, regular - Fiber
0.1 g (0%) 427 kcal (21%) 7.36 g (6%) 43.33 g (67%) 1.9 g (3%)
0.02 g (0%) 64.05 kcal (3%) 1.1 g (1%) 6.5 g (10%) 0.29 g (1%)
0.25 g (1%) 1046.15 kcal (52%) 18.03 g (14%) 106.16 g (163%) 4.66 g (8%)
33. Salad dressing, caesar, low calorie - Fiber
0.1 g (0%) 110 kcal (6%) 18.6 g (14%) 4.4 g (7%) 0.3 g (1%)
0.24 g (1%) 264 kcal (13%) 44.64 g (34%) 10.56 g (16%) 0.72 g (1%)
34. Salad dressing, mayonnaise type, regular, with salt - Fiber
0 g (0%) 390 kcal (20%) 23.9 g (18%) 33.4 g (51%) 0.9 g (2%)
0 g (0%) 57.33 kcal (3%) 3.51 g (3%) 4.91 g (8%) 0.13 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 916.5 kcal (46%) 56.17 g (43%) 78.49 g (121%) 2.12 g (4%)
35. Salad dressing, italian dressing, commercial, reduced fat - Fiber
0 g (0%) 102 kcal (5%) 9.99 g (8%) 6.68 g (10%) 0.39 g (1%)
0 g (0%) 15.3 kcal (1%) 1.5 g (1%) 1 g (2%) 0.06 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 244.8 kcal (12%) 23.98 g (18%) 16.03 g (25%) 0.94 g (2%)
36. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular - Fiber
0 g (0%) 680 kcal (34%) 0.57 g (0%) 74.85 g (115%) 0.96 g (2%)
0 g (0%) 93.84 kcal (5%) 0.08 g (0%) 10.33 g (16%) 0.13 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 1496 kcal (75%) 1.25 g (1%) 164.67 g (253%) 2.11 g (4%)
Other serving sizes 1 packet (or 10g):
0 g (0%) 68 kcal (3%) 0.06 g (0%) 7.49 g (12%) 0.1 g (0%)
37. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean and safflower oil, with salt - Fiber
0 g (0%) 717 kcal (36%) 2.7 g (2%) 79.4 g (122%) 1.1 g (2%)
Typical Serving size of 1 tablespoon (or 13.8g):
0 g (0%) 1577.4 kcal (79%) 5.94 g (5%) 174.68 g (269%) 2.42 g (4%)
38. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, soybean - Fiber
0 g (0%) 232 kcal (12%) 16 g (12%) 19.2 g (30%) 0.3 g (1%)
Typical Serving size of 1 cup (or 240g):
0 g (0%) 556.8 kcal (28%) 38.4 g (30%) 46.08 g (71%) 0.72 g (1%)
Other serving sizes 1 tbsp (or 15g):
0 g (0%) 34.8 kcal (2%) 2.4 g (2%) 2.88 g (4%) 0.05 g (0%)
39. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, milk cream - Fiber
0 g (0%) 97 kcal (5%) 11.1 g (9%) 5.1 g (8%) 2.1 g (4%)
40. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, imitation, soybean without cholesterol - Fiber
0 g (0%) 67.96 kcal (3%) 2.23 g (2%) 6.73 g (10%) 0.01 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 1084.5 kcal (54%) 35.55 g (27%) 107.33 g (165%) 0.23 g (0%)
41. Salad dressing, italian dressing, commercial, regular - Fiber
0 g (0%) 240 kcal (12%) 12.12 g (9%) 21.12 g (32%) 0.41 g (1%)
0 g (0%) 35.28 kcal (2%) 1.78 g (1%) 3.1 g (5%) 0.06 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 564 kcal (28%) 28.48 g (22%) 49.63 g (76%) 0.96 g (2%)
42. Salad dressing, french dressing, commercial, regular - Fiber
43. Salad dressing, french, home recipe - Fiber
44. Salad dressing, home recipe, cooked - Fiber
0 g (0%) 157 kcal (8%) 14.9 g (11%) 9.5 g (15%) 4.2 g (8%)
0 g (0%) 400.35 kcal (20%) 38 g (29%) 24.23 g (37%) 10.71 g (19%)
45. Salad dressing, home recipe, vinegar and oil - Fiber
0 g (0%) 449 kcal (22%) 2.5 g (2%) 50.1 g (77%) 0 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 71.84 kcal (4%) 0.4 g (0%) 8.02 g (12%) 0 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 1122.5 kcal (56%) 6.25 g (5%) 125.25 g (193%) 0 g (0%)
46. Salad dressing, french dressing, commercial, regular, without salt - Fiber
47. Salad dressing, italian dressing, commercial, regular, without salt - Fiber
48. Salad dressing, italian dressing, reduced fat, without salt - Fiber
0 g (0%) 76 kcal (4%) 4.57 g (4%) 6.38 g (10%) 0.47 g (1%)
0 g (0%) 11.4 kcal (1%) 0.69 g (1%) 0.96 g (1%) 0.07 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 182.4 kcal (9%) 10.97 g (8%) 15.31 g (24%) 1.13 g (2%)
49. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean oil, without salt - Fiber
50. Salad dressing, french, cottonseed, oil, home recipe - Fiber
51. Salad dressing, mayonnaise, light - Fiber
0 g (0%) 238 kcal (12%) 9.23 g (7%) 22.22 g (34%) 0.37 g (1%)
52. Salad dressing, peppercorn dressing, commercial, regular - Fiber
Other serving sizes 1 fl oz (or 26g):
0 g (0%) 146.64 kcal (7%) 0.91 g (1%) 15.96 g (25%) 0.31 g (1%)
53. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, light - Fiber
0 g (0%) 214.14 kcal (11%) 32.87 g (25%) 6.72 g (10%) 5.23 g (9%)
54. Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced calorie - Fiber
0 g (0%) 200 kcal (10%) 27 g (21%) 13 g (20%) 0.4 g (1%)
0 g (0%) 32 kcal (2%) 4.32 g (3%) 2.08 g (3%) 0.06 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 520 kcal (26%) 70.2 g (54%) 33.8 g (52%) 1.04 g (2%)
55. Salad dressing, sweet and sour - Fiber
0 g (0%) 15 kcal (1%) 3.7 g (3%) 0 g (0%) 0.1 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 2.4 kcal (0%) 0.59 g (0%) 0 g (0%) 0.02 g (0%)
0 g (0%) 37.5 kcal (2%) 9.25 g (7%) 0 g (0%) 0.25 g (0%)
56. Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese, low calorie - Fiber
0 g (0%) 99 kcal (5%) 2.9 g (2%) 7.2 g (11%) 5.1 g (9%)
0 g (0%) 242.55 kcal (12%) 7.11 g (5%) 17.64 g (27%) 12.5 g (22%)
57. Salad dressing, mayonnaise and mayonnaise-type, low calorie - Fiber
0 g (0%) 263 kcal (13%) 23.9 g (18%) 19 g (29%) 0.9 g (2%)
0 g (0%) 610.16 kcal (31%) 55.45 g (43%) 44.08 g (68%) 2.09 g (4%)
58. Salad dressing, Mayonnaise dressing, diet, no cholesterol - Fiber
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Home > From the Grave > The Body of America’s First Serial Killer Is Being Exhumed
The Body of America’s First Serial Killer Is Being Exhumed
By Charlie Hintz on May 2, 2017
The grave of H.H. Holmes is being exhumed for DNA analysis to settle an old rumor that the Chicago serial killer escaped execution in 1896.
H.H. Holmes
Herman Webster Mudgett, also known as H.H. Holmes, the notorious Devil in the White City, was hanged in the Philadelphia County Prison on May 7, 1896. Holmes was said to have killed as many as 200 people in his Chicago “Murder Castle” while stalking the city during the 1893 World’s Fair. He confessed to killing 27, some of whom were later found to be alive. Authorities believed he killed 9, but he was convicted and sentenced to death for only one murder.
A journalist for the New York Times was present for the execution, who recorded Holmes’ calm and “unconcerned” final moments. “Gentlemen,” Holmes said to those gathered to watch him die, “I have a very few words to say. In fact, I would make no statement at this time except that by not speaking I would appear to acquiesce in life in my execution. I want only to say that the extent of my wrongdoings in taking human life consisted in the deaths of two women, they having died at my hands as the result of criminal operations. I wish to also state, however, so that there will be no misunderstanding hereafter, I am not guilty of taking the life of any of the Pietzel family, the three children or father, Benjamin F. Pietzal, of whose death I am now convicted and for which I am today to be hanged. That is all.”
Afterwards, as the nervous hangman hastily prepared the execution, Holmes told him, “Take your time, don’t bungle it.” When asked if he was ready, Holmes responded, “Yes, goodbye.” The trap was sprung and he dropped. But his neck didn’t break. As reported by the New York Times, he twitched and convulsed for ten minutes before finally being pronounced dead.
The body was taken down about 30 minutes later and transported to the Holy Cross Cemetery. There, in the receiving vault, Holmes’s final wishes were carried out. “The lid of the coffin was taken off and the body was lifted out and laid on the ground,” the New York Times wrote. “Then the bottom of the coffin was filled with cement; the body was then replaced in the coffin and completely covered with the cement. It was Holmes’s idea that this cement would harden around his body and prevent any attempt at a grave robbery.”
Two watchmen guarded the coffin that night, and Holmes was buried the following day in an unmarked grave filled with another four barrels of cement.
Or was he?
According to some, Holmes didn’t die on the gallows, but instead perpetrated one last scam and made his escape. With the body encased in concrete, how could anyone ever know? A pamphlet published later in 1896 called Hanged by Proxy: How H.H. Holmes Cheated the Gallows was written by L. W. Warner, a man Holmes claimed to have murdered but was very much alive. Warner told a reporter in 1897 that a poor physician was hanged in place of Holmes.
A couple months later in Chicago Robert Latimer, another of Holmes’s alleged murder victims, told the Chicago Daily Inter-Ocean Holmes was alive and well, growing coffee in South America. Latimer didn’t believe Holmes had ever killed anyone. He claimed to have seen letters written by Holmes describing how he convinced the priests and guards caring for him in the days leading up to his execution that he was innocent. Latimer said the letters described how a substitute body had been hidden behind a partition below the scaffold. When Holmes was brought out, the guards formed a semi-circle around him, momentarily blocking the view of reporters while he and the hooded cadaver switched places.
Then, when the undertaker’s wagon carried the casket out of the prison, it was secretly carrying Holmes to freedom. By the time concrete was being poured over the corpse, Holmes was reading newspaper articles about his death in a New York hotel room, awaiting the boat that would take him to his new life.
Some believed Latimer’s story. “I knew the man,” G. A. Bogart, a jeweler down the street from Holmes’s castle, told reporters. “He was capable of carrying through anything in the way of a scheme or a swindle.” Critics of Latimer’s claims pointed out that in drawings made by newspaper artists present at the hanging, there was no partition beneath the scaffold where another body could be hiding. Also, witnesses described having seen the body convulse, which, of course, a cadaver would not do. And when the hood was removed afterward, it was unmistakably Holmes.
After 121 years of controversy, it seems Holmes’s descendants decided it was time to find out the truth. NBC Chicago reports that two of his great-grandchildren, John and Richard Mudgett, successfully petitioned the court to have Holmes exhumed to finally determine just who is buried in his grave. Digging started last week at the Philadelphia cemetery. After the remains are chipped out of the concrete, the Anthropology Department of the University of Pennsylvania will perform the DNA analysis.
The court order states that regardless of who is found to be buried in the grave, the body is to be re-interred in the same place within 120 days regardless of its identity, and “no commercial spectacle or carnival atmosphere shall be created either by this event or any other incident pertaining to the remains.”
The “Murder Castle” of H.H. Holmes in Chicago
Update: DNA proves Holmes didn’t escape the gallows
The True Story of the White City Devil
The Devil in the White City
Explore the Horrors of H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle in Upcoming Game
Exhumation Ends 120 Year Mystery of H.H. Holmes’ Death
A Chance Meeting with Filmmaker John Borowski
H.H. Holmes Skeleton Found in Concrete with Brain Intact
When they exhumed him they should see what they can do to compare DNA evidence from Jack the Ripper in. Envelopes etc. As I believe Holmes was in the same vicinity of London at the same time as Jack. Holmes has the motive, skills that Ripper had.
Michelle Renee Beaudry
Excellent thought!
I should mention as well its my understanding around the time he left London the Ripper murders stopped. He had medical training and could perform the cuts on the Ripper victims as quickly and easily as they believe the suspect did, and he would have had the tools, not to mention the physical profile is pretty close to what witnesses described of the Ripper. There’s zero proof it was a London resident, and if I’m not mistaken he had been to London before so whose to say he didn’t know the area…could be that this was practice for the murder castle, or he was filling an urge…worth checking, so many similarities. I thought I had heard they had physical evidence from one of the Ripper envelopes. If they still do its worth checking. His profile is a dead ringer for the Ripper.
If anyone does look at this angle I would love to be kept up on the information found, if I’m onto something or not. 🙂
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OSHA Will Keep Focus on Oil & Gas
This guest post has been written by Carla J. Gunnin, a shareholder in the Atlanta office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC. Gunnin's practice focuses on labor relations matters and occupational safety and health issues, and litigates cases before federal and state administrative tribunals throughout the United States in matters of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) law and Mine Safety and Health (MSHA) law. This post originally appeared on the law firm's Oil & Gas Legal Blog. One of the biggest fines paid in the history of the U.S. OSHA came from the oil and gas industry. In total, BP was fined approximately $150.6 million dollars by OSHA from 2009-2012. In a recent article published in the Daily Labor Report, David Michaels, assistant secretary for OSHA, reflected on the substantial resources that had been expended by OSHA to ensure worker safety in the oil and gas industry. In what may be an indicator of continued future heavy enforcement by OSHA of the industry, Michaels stated, "it's worth noting that industry continues to have a very high fatality rate. So we're very much focused on working with the industry to reduce that rate." (06 DLR A-6, 1/10/13). While it may appear that this is a cooperative approach, it has been recognized by many people who work with the agency that partnerships and alliances have been disfavored during Michaels' term and that enforcement activities have been the focus. Certainly, when considering the monumental fines assessed against BP, it remains clear that enforcement can mean very big fines from OSHA. Although U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis resigned from her post, Michaels has indicated that he intends to stay on during Obama's second term. And, as Acting Secretary of Labor Seth Harris has stated, OSHA should "stay the course." In other words, OSHA's heavy-handed enforcement is here to stay for the next four years.
First Wave of Oil & Gas Awards Conclude Tonight in Houston
Energy & Mining International hopes you enjoyed following coverage of the Oil & Gas Awards Northeast region gala Thursday evening. If you couldn't follow along via Twitter, here is a list. Tonight, Energy & Mining International will live tweet from Houston as the winners are announced at the Oil & Gas Awards Gulf Coast region gala. Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter will deliver keynote remarks to the attendees this evening. Porter was elected to serve a six-year term as commissioner in 2010. Texas Gov. Rick Perry tapped Porter as the state's representative on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, as well. When the festivities come to their conclusion this evening, the first round of regional award galas will be in the books for Oil & Gas Awards' inaugural events. The organization already is accepting nominations for its next four galas, which will honor businesses in the Mid-Continent, West Coast and Southwest regions of the United States, as well as Canada, this fall.
Oil & Gas Awards to Honor the Best in the Northeast Tonight
Energy & Mining International hopes you enjoyed following coverage of the Oil & Gas Awards Rocky Mountain Region gala Tuesday evening. If you couldn't follow along via Twitter, here is a list of the region's winners. In Pittsburgh this evening, Michael Krancer, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will deliver his remarks to the attendees of the Northeast regional gala. Krancer was nominated as secretary of DEP by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett after serving on the state's Environmental Hearing Board since 1999. He was named the board's chief judge and chairman in 2003. Once again, EMI will live tweet from the gala. To follow along, visit EMI's Twitter page.
Oil and Gas Awards Announce Keynote Speakers for Regional Galas
The inaugural Oil & Gas Awards galas kick off today with the Rocky Mountain regional event in Denver. The organization is set to make a splash with the keynote speakers its founders have lined up for Denver, the Northeast regional event in Pittsburgh on Thursday and the Gulf Coast honors in Houston on March 20. Kicking things off in Denver is Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who has held office since 2011. Hickenlooper previously served as mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011, as well. In 2006, Hickenlooper, a former geologist, launched an initiative called Greenprint Denver that promoted sustainable development and practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city in accordance with the 2006 U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Act. In Pittsburgh Thursday evening, Michael Krancer, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will deliver his remarks to the attendees of the Northeast regional gala. Krancer was nominated as secretary of DEP by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett after serving on the state's Environmental Hearing Board since 1999. He was named the board's chief judge and chairman in 2003. Texas Railroad Commissioner David Porter takes the mic in Houston March 20 to deliver his remarks before the attendees of the Gulf Coast regional gala. Porter was elected to serve a six-year term as commissioner in 2010. Texas Gov. Rick Perry tapped Porter as the state's representative on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, as well. Energy & Mining International will be live tweeting excerpts from the keynote addresses as well as winners from each category from each region. If you aren't attending, be sure to follow along via Twitter. If you are attending any or all of the galas, see you there.
The State of the Energy Construction Industry in 2013
This guest post is written by Judah ("Judd") Lifschitz, a co-founder of the law firm Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, which represents clients in EPC contracts and negotiation, in addition to litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Lifschitz has extensive experience in the cases and deals of energy utility construction. His clients include governmental and private owners, contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, design professionals, sureties, and insurance companies. A week before President Obama’s State of the Union address, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) gave its annual state-of-the-industry address before Wall Street, where EEI President Thomas R. Kuhn stated the American electric power industry plans to spend about $85 billion on capital expenditures in 2013 and again in 2014: the highest for any sector of the U.S. economy. The EEI also noted that expected spending for 2012 has increased 14 percent over previous projections, due to accelerations of capital projects, a higher volume of near-term renewable projects (mostly solar and wind), and an expanding range of projects for environmental regulatory compliance. On Feb. 12, President Obama in his State of the Union address before Congress, declared: “If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will. I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.” The EPA needs no congressional approval to comply with this directive following a series of court cases that culminated last year in Coalition for Responsible Regulation v. EPA, where the D.C. Circuit upheld the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Already, without any climate bill from Congress, many coal-fired power plants have been retired, thanks to the U.S. shale gas boom, which is driving a plunge in natural-gas prices and a surge in construction of gas-fired plants. EPA rules requiring coal-fired power plants to have technology for carbon capture and storage would likely greatly accelerate this construction boom for natural gas-fired plants. Estimates place the construction cost of a typical natural-gas-fired plant at about $1 million per megawatt, putting the price of a 1-gigawatt plant at about $1 billion. This is significantly less than for coal or nuclear plants, and easily financed by most utilities. Low natural gas prices have affected all of our generation sources, even making the most cost-competitive renewable energy projects less competitive. The low prices also have spurred a number of natural gas-related discussions, including pipeline scheduling and infrastructure projects, state regulatory and legislative issues on long-term contracting, and the alignment of gas and electric trading markets. Power plant construction is projected to achieve stellar growth, not only from retiring coal plants, but from ever-growing energy demands and new, powered consumer products—from electronic books to bi-fuel vehicles that run on both gasoline and compressed natural gas. For the latter example, the Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) expects fast US growth due to increased, proven natural-gas reserves at lower costs. The energy construction industry is ripe with opportunities.
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NSA wants encryption that fends off quantum computing hacks
The National Security Agency isn’t just yearning for quantum computers that can break tough encryption — it wants encryption that can protect against quantum computers, too. Officials have begun planning a transition to “quantum resistant” encryption that can’t be cracked as quickly as conventional algorithms. As the NSA explains, even a seemingly exotic technique like elliptic curve cryptography “is not the long term solution” people thought it was. Quantum computing is advancing quickly enough that the NSA and other organizations could find themselves extremely vulnerable if they’re not completely ready when the technology becomes a practical reality.
This doesn’t mean that the NSA is asking the government or security vendors to avoid upgrading their ‘traditional’ encryption. It already has suggestions for cryptographic methods that should make it easier to adopt quantum-proof security. However, the agency doesn’t want others pouring a lot of their time and money into encryption that may well become obsolete in the “not too distant future.” Even though you aren’t likely to see a wave of quantum hacking any time soon, the prospect is real enough that the NSA is treating it as a high priority.
Whose keys are they anyway?
Google recently announced enhanced security support for its cloud customers by granting them the ability to hold the encryption keys to their data. These customer-supplied encryption keys for the Google Cloud Platform follow the example set by other cloud industry leaders such as Amazon Web Services and Box and position the tech giant as an advocate for user data privacy.
The many federal IT managers who rely on Google Cloud and AWS are now able to develop a more sound security strategy when it comes to adopting the cloud. Government security managers running Google Cloud should educate themselves on the various cloud encryption models available and also consider which complementary security solutions must also be implemented. Depending on the cloud encryption model employed, cloud data may be susceptible to unauthorized access by cloud service provider insiders or be moved to other jurisdictions that might present data sovereignty issues.
Server-side encryption. At the most basic level of the cloud encryption models, there is server-side encryption (SSE), where the encryption is performed by the cloud service provider using keys it owns and manages itself. Server-side encryption is the most vulnerable cloud encryption model, as the key unlocking access to the data is in control of the cloud provider. While SSE provides a basic level of encryption, it does not provide enterprise security control nor does it help protect against insider attacks because service provider employees could access the data intentionally or by mistake.
Server-side encryption with customer-provided keys. What Box, AWS and now Google offer is server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-CPK). In this model, the cloud provider handles the encryption but hands the keys the customer to own and manage. The cloud service provider runs the encryption in its underlying infrastructure and promises to only keep the keys in memory while the virtual machine is up and running. However, the keys still flow through cloud provider application programming interfaces, so it is not much of a stretch for the cloud provider to divert or intercept the keys.
Client-side encryption. The most secure solution is client-side encryption (CSE), which occurs in the cloud but it is initiated and managed by the data owner. The customer selects the encryption method and provides the encryption software. Most important, the customer owns and manages the encryption keys.
This approach allows customers to store and manage the keys for the virtual machines on their own premises or in a controlled instance in the cloud. When the virtual machine boots up in the private or public cloud, it can use a pre-boot network connection to an enterprise-controlled intelligent key manager to retrieve the key.
In the announcement of SSE-CPK on Google’s blog, the company chides, “Keep in mind, though, if you lose your encryption keys, we won’t be able to help you recover your keys or your data – with great power comes great responsibility!” The onus is indeed on the customer to not only keep the keys close, but keep them safe. The most responsible move for IT admin is to have an enterprise-controlled intelligent key management solution to manage crypto activities.
Google’s support for SSE-CPK is a step in the right direction to giving enterprises control over who accesses their data, but it still falls short of client-side encryption. Only with the CSE model – where both the encryption and keys are initiated and managed by the data owner, not the cloud provider – does the customer have the most protection and control possible in the cloud.
NCUA institutes encryption protocols for data provided to examiners
NCUA has instituted data encryption protocols as suggested by its Office of Inspector General this June following review of an examiner’s loss of a thumb drive containing credit union members’ data.
The protocols were communicated Aug. 21 in a letter from NCUA Examination and Insurance Director Larry Fazio to the chief executives of federally insured credit unions.
The letter says the agency’s examiners now will accept data files from credit unions only if the files are encrypted first by the credit union or, if the credit union is unable or does not wish to do that, via transfer to NCUA’s encrypted equipment. In either case, parties involved will sign a “chain of custody” document. The letter, in a footnote, also advises credit unions against electronically transmitting unencrypted data to examiners.
Encryption protocols outlined in the letter will remain in use until the agency acquires a secure file transfer solution that will allow credit unions and exam staff to “securely and efficiently” exchange information, Fazio wrote. That solution is expected to be in place early next year.
Reflective satellites may be the future of high-end encryption
Quantum key distribution is regularly touted as the encryption of the future. While the keys are exchanged on an insecure channel, the laws of physics provide a guarantee that two parties can exchange a secret key without knowing whether they’re being overheard. This unencrypted-but-secure form of key exchange circumvents one of the potential shortcomings of some forms of public key systems.
However, quantum key distribution (QKD) has one big downside: the two parties need to have a direct link to each other. So, for instance, banks in and around Geneva use dedicated fiber links to perform QKD, but they can only do this because the link distance is less than 100km. These fixed and short links are an expensive solution. A more flexible solution is required if QKD is going to be used for more general encryption purposes.
A group of Italian researchers have demonstrated the possibility of QKD via a satellite, which in principle (but not in practice) means that any two parties with a view of a satellite can exchange keys.
Why QKD?
We live in a world where quantum computing is looming as a viable tool, one that could make current means of encryption obsolete. More secure forms of cryptography are becoming increasingly important. Even now, researchers contemplate a world where various agencies store some intercepted encrypted communication under the assumption that one day they will have sufficient computational power to decode them.
Ars readers know that most security breaches are not due to a failure of encryption; rather they are enabled by poor security practices. However, I think it is fair to say that the exfiltrated data is more accessible due to poor encryption practices. And, once encrypted data has been exfiltrated, it simply awaits the requisite computational power to decode it.
This expectation—that encrypted data can be decrypted in the near future—comes from the fact that many cryptographic algorithms rely on an assumption of mathematical difficulty for their security. The validity of this assumption relies on some deep ideas about how mathematical problems can be solved.
Specifically, the mathematical assumptions that underlie public key exchange are under attack. The most commonly used algorithms are based on the computational complexity of finding prime factors of large numbers. But a quantum computer can solve this problem in far fewer steps than a classical computer. Indeed, the scaling of Shor’s algorithm—this is the quantum version of an algorithm for finding prime factors—is so favorable that it is expected that a practical quantum computer will render all encryption methods based on prime factors useless.
This is one reason why QKD is so attractive for certain people: the keys are secret and are exchanged in a way that allows one to ensure that it cannot be intercepted during exchange. Thus, an attacker is always forced to guess the key (rather than use the public part of the key to compute the secret part of the key). Any brute force attack must be performed without even knowing the length of the key or how often a new key is used.
You might argue that an assumption of QKD is that the laws of physics are correct. Science makes a big deal about how we can only get an increasingly accurate approximation of the truth, so surely this assumption is as suspect as the mathematical ones made for classical cryptography? Well, no, not really. Even if we were to discover some deeper theory than quantum mechanics, that theory must still replicate all the experimental results of quantum theory, and this includes the ones on which QKD are based. So this assumption is a fairly safe one.
In space, no one can hear your key exchange
In terms of technology, QKD is very close to being suitable for widespread use—though by “use” I mean communication between data centers, rather than for home use. The hurdle, as I stated in the introduction, is that the link must be directly between two parties, which limits us to about 100km via fiber.
There, has, however, been a rather strong push to develop free-space QKD, and this has now gone critical with the tests that show QKD via satellite is possible. In order to do this, the researchers made use of laser ranging satellites, which have corner cube mirrors mounted on them. The corner cube mirrors are retro-reflectors, so any signal that arrives gets sent back in the direction that it came from. More importantly, corner cube reflectors normally preserve polarization, which is commonly used to carry data.
So, as long as the signal arrives at your detector, then you should be able to generate a key using lasers bounced off this satellite.
Getting a signal is, unfortunately, no easy task. First, you need a clock signal to tell you when to measure—the properties of the atmosphere and the relative motion between the sender, detector, and satellite mean that you can’t rely on local timing. The clock takes the form of a powerful, let-me-fry-your-eyes laser, emitting 10 pulses per second. The actual qubits (quantum bits) are sent at 100 MHz, with every 105th pulse synchronized with the clock signal. These pulses are emitted and collected by a 1.5m telescope.
The researchers compared the polarization states they detected to the pulses of light they sent. They determined that the newer satellites did preserve polarization, while older satellites generated more errors, possibly because the coatings on the reflectors had been damaged over time (the older satellites are 15 to 20 years old). For the researchers, this showed that the error rate was low enough that a key could be shared via quantum states. But, at this point I was extremely skeptical.
QKD security is only guaranteed if the source emits single photons, since those get altered by any eavesdropping. But, in this system, the receiver gets single photons, while each pulse contains 1.3 billion photons when it exits the telescope. You would think that this renders the result useless. An eavesdropper can, by tapping a tiny fraction of the signal emitted from the telescope, obtain every bit sent without the knowledge of either sender or receiver.
The standard QKD protocol involves revealing how each measurement was performed. While only the sender knows which polarization state was sent, everyone (including an eavesdropper) knows how the measurement was performed. If only the sender and receiver know the results of the measurements, the key is secure.
It is the first and last bit of hidden knowledge—the bits sent and the measurement results—that keeps the key secret. On the face of it, in this scheme, anyone can know what polarization state was sent if they can simply snag one of those 1.3 billion photons. Everyone knows how the measurement was performed; therefore, everyone knows what the measurement results were. No secrets are kept in this situation.
However, the researchers realize this and have an alternative protocol. In their approach, the satellite would contain optics that would modify the polarization of the light at the satellite. Since the reflected signal is at the single photon level, interception after this point is detectable. Therefore, all is well, right?
The key is to make sure that the polarization state sent to the satellite does not reveal the polarization state reflected from the satellite. This can be done by sending pulses of light that are circularly polarized. This can be filtered to two pairs of linearly polarized states at the satellite (under the control of the sender). Now, the sender knows which states were sent, everyone knows how the measurements were performed, and, only the sender and receiver know the results of the measurements. This meets the requirements for QKD, but only under the condition that the control signal sent to the satellite remains secure.
This later point seems like a pretty serious weakness. A solution might be to have two identical pseudo random number generators and initiate both with the same seed at the beginning of the key generation process. But you really need to ensure that the random number generator is protected or that the seed is truly obfuscated.
I guess that what this paper demonstrates is that the single photon states behind QKD are certainly preserved on reflection from a satellite and that this opens up the possibility of having non-fixed links between parties that need to share keys. But we can’t use this technique with existing satellites, and there are some very practical problems associated with controlling the satellites in a secret manner that remain unsolved.
Phone and laptop encryption guide: Protect your stuff and yourself
The worst thing about having a phone or laptop stolen isn’t necessarily the loss of the physical object itself, though there’s no question that that part sucks. It’s the amount of damage control you have to do afterward. Calling your phone company to get SIMs deactivated, changing all of your account passwords, and maybe even canceling credit cards are all good ideas, and they’re just the tip of the iceberg.
Using strong PINs or passwords and various Find My Phone features is a good place to start if you’d like to limit the amount of cleanup you need to do, but in this day and age it’s a good idea to encrypt your device’s local storage if at all possible. Full-disk or full-device encryption (that is, encrypting everything on your drive, rather than a specific folder or user profile) isn’t yet a default feature across the board, but most of the major desktop and mobile OSes support it in some fashion. In case you’ve never considered it before, here’s what you need to know.
Why encrypt?
Even if you normally protect your user account with a decent password, that doesn’t truly protect your data if someone decides to swipe your device. For many computers, the drive can simply be removed and plugged into another system, or the computer can be booted from an external drive and the data can be copied to that drive. Android phones and tablets can be booted into recovery mode and many of the files on the user partition can be accessed with freely available debug tools. And even if you totally wipe your drive, disk recovery software may still be able to read old files.
Encrypting your local storage makes all of that much more difficult, if not impossible. Anyone trying to access your data will need a key to actually mount the drive or read anything off of it, and if you wipe the drive the leftover data that can be read by that file recovery software will still be encrypted even if the new data on the drive isn’t.
There are a few downsides. If you yourself lose the key or if your drive becomes corrupted, for example, it might be more difficult or impossible to recover data. It can slow down performance, especially for devices with processors that don’t provide hardware acceleration for encrypting and decrypting data. But, by and large, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks, and the slowdown for modern devices should be tolerable-to-unnoticeable.
iOS: Don’t worry about it
As of iOS 8, as long as you set a passcode, your personal data gets encrypted. Apple’s security whitepaper (PDF) for iOS 8.3 and later specifically says that “key system apps, such as Messages, Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Photos, and Health data values use Data Protection by default, and third-party apps installed on iOS 7 or later receive this protection automatically.”
The company also claims that every current iDevice features “a dedicated AES 256 crypto engine built into the DMA path between the flash storage and main system memory,” which ought to limit the impact of this encryption on system speed.
OS X: FileVault
Starting with OS X 10.7 (Lion) in 2011, Apple began supporting full-disk encryption with FileVault 2. In more recent OS X versions, some Macs even offer to encrypt your storage as part of the first-boot setup process, though it’s not the default as it is in iOS.
To encrypt your drive after the fact, go to the Security & Privacy pane in System Preferences, and select the FileVault tab. Click Turn On FileVault and you’ll be offered a pair of options: store the key used to unlock your disk somewhere yourself, or choose to store it in your iCloud account. A local recovery key keeps that key off of another company’s servers, but leaves you without recourse if you lose it and you’re locked out of your system. If you do store your key in iCloud (or even if you don’t, for that matter), we strongly recommend enabling two-factor authentication for your Apple ID.
Encrypting your disk doesn’t drastically change the way that OS X works—you just need to put your account password in to unlock the disk before the operating system boots instead of afterward. You’ll also need to specify which local users’ logins can decrypt the disk. Otherwise, just the account that enabled FileVault will be able to turn the machine on. If you ever need to decrypt your Mac, it’s pretty easy if you can log in to the computer or if you have the key available.
Generally speaking, performance for encrypted devices declines less for newer Macs with hardware acceleration—most Core i5s and i7s can do it, but Core 2 Duo Macs cannot.
Despite past promises, new Android devices still aren’t being encrypted by default. Default encryption is an option for OEMs, but outside of Google’s Nexus devices few if any companies are choosing to enable the feature on their phones.
You can still encrypt any relatively modern version of Android pretty easily—these specific steps work for Nexus devices or anything running near-stock Android, but the process should be similar if your phone is using a skin.
Open the Settings app, go to Security, and then tap “encrypt phone” to get the process started. Your phone may ask you to plug it in or charge the battery to a specific level before it will give you the option to encrypt, mostly because interrupting this process at any point is likely to completely corrupt your data partition. You’ll need to protect your phone with some kind of PIN or pattern or password if you haven’t already, and as in OS X your phone will probably require it before the operating system will boot.
To confirm that your phone was encrypted, go to Settings and then Security and look for a small “Encrypted” badge under the “Encrypt phone” menu item. If your phone already says it’s encrypted, you may have one of the new post-Lollipop phones that came with encryption enabled out of the box.
Depending on your phone, encrypting your Android phone or tablet can significantly impact performance. This is the worst for older or slower devices, which can use slower flash memory and filesystems and lack hardware encryption acceleration. The experience is better on newer phones with 64-bit ARMv8 processors and higher-end, faster storage.
Additionally, if you need to decrypt the device later on, there’s no way to do it without wiping and resetting the phone. If your phone came encrypted out of the box, though, there’s no way to decrypt the device without making more extensive software modifications.
Finally, in Android Marshmallow, the Android phones that include external storage are able to encrypt and protect the data on those cards as well as on internal storage.
Jeb Bush: encryption makes it too hard to catch “evildoers”
Bush, the former governor of Florida, said Tuesday that encryption “makes it harder for the American government to do its job.”
That job would be, according to Bush, “making sure that evildoers aren’t in our midst,” echoing a phrase frequently used by his brother President George W. Bush to describe the threat of radical Islamic terrorism.
If you create encryption, it makes it harder for the American government to do its job – while protecting civil liberties – to make sure that evildoers aren’t in our midst.
Governor Bush’s comments were delivered at a forum hosted by a lobbyist group called Americans for Peace, Prosperity and Security (APPS) with close ties to military contractors, that is pushing presidential candidates to adopt “hawkish positions,” according to The Intercept.
(APPS’s advisory board includes members of what you might call the National Security establishment – including a former national security advisor to George W. Bush and a former CEO of BAE Systems. Its honorary chair is Mike Rogers, formerly the chairman of the US Congress’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.)
Bush also advocated for wide latitude for the NSA to continue collecting phone metadata, although the NSA’s surveillance powers over Americans have been curtailed by Congress.
There’s “no evidence” that the NSA abused its powers or infringed on civil liberties of Americans, Bush said.
In fact, Bush said, in the clash of surveillance and civil liberties, “the balance has actually gone the wrong way” – meaning that civil liberties have too much weight.
There’s a place to find common ground between personal civil liberties and NSA doing its job. I think the balance has actually gone the wrong way.
While some US officials have advocated for technology companies to give law enforcement backdoors to read encrypted data, many security experts and tech companies say such a move would jeopardize security for everyone.
Others have pushed for some sort of middle ground, such as a multi-part encryption key that would keep encryption safeguarded by multiple agencies or companies holding part of the key.
Bush falls into this middle ground category, saying at the APPS forum that Silicon Valley companies (like Google and Apple) should cooperate with the government.
We need to find a new arrangement with Silicon Valley in this regard because I think this is a very dangerous kind of situation.
In response to Bush’s comments, some in tech and media suggested that Bush doesn’t really understand encryption.
Andrew Wooster, co-founder of a Seattle mobile software company, tweeted:
The presidential politics of cybersecurity
As the 2016 US presidential election contest has heated up this summer, we’re reminded that cybersecurity isn’t just about technology, it’s also about policy – and that makes it highly political.
It’s still quite early in the election cycle, but cyber issues have taken up a good bit of the debate so far.
At a 6 August Republican debate, two contenders – Governor Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul – clashed on NSA powers, with Christie claiming that the government needs “more tools” for fighting terrorism, and Paul arguing that the US Constitution requires a warrant for collecting data from Americans.
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has largely avoided the issue of NSA surveillance, while her chief rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, has called the NSA activities exposed by leaker Edward Snowden “Orwellian” and “clearly unconstitutional.”
Beyond encryption and surveillance, the cyberthreat from China has also taken up a lot of air time, with Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Marco Rubio calling for retaliation against China over its presumed involvement in cyberattacks on the US government.
Clinton didn’t go as far as Huckabee or Rubio, but talked up the threat of Chinese economic espionage in a speech last month in which she also claimed that China wants to hack “everything that doesn’t move in America.”
A lot of important policies affecting privacy and security of Americans – and others around the world – will be decided by the next US president.
If you care about any of these issues – encryption, surveillance and the powers of law enforcement; privacy rights; government oversight of the internet and telecommunications; and laws that affect everything from data breach liability, to the rights of security researchers to hack things – it’s time to tune in and make your voice heard.
Five free Android encryption tools for the paranoid user
Do your hats tend to fall into the tinfoil range? Are you afraid there is always somebody watching you? If so, rest assured that the Android ecosystem offers plenty of apps to soothe your paranoia. But which apps are the must-haves? Here are five apps you should immediately install and put to work. They’ll bring you peace in the knowledge that your mobile data is far more secure than those around you.
1: Orbot Proxy with Tor
Orbot Proxy with Tor (Figure A) is an open network that strives to prevent any form of data surveillance. Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network run by volunteers around the globe. Not only does this help prevent prying eyes from spying on you as you use the internet, it also keeps sites from learning your physical location.
Figure A
To use Tor on Android, your best bet is Orbot Proxy with Tor. Once you have it installed and connected, it will encrypt all internet traffic leaving your device. This is the only app that produces a truly secure and encrypted connection for your Android device. If you are really paranoid, you need Orbot Proxy with Tor. It’s free… what do you have to lose?
2: CSipSimple
CSipSimple (Figure B) lets you do encrypted SIP calling via your Android device. It’s open source and free, and it offers an easy-to-use Wizard for setting up the app. You are required to have an account on a SIP server, and I highly recommend using Ostel. It works seamlessly and has its own wizard for setting up the SIP account within CSipSimple. Even the Ostel account is free—so the only cost associated with this will be any data usage from your provider. You can set up CSipSimple to only use Wi-Fi, to avoid any charges whatsoever. CSipSimple uses rewrite/filtering rules to integrate with Android and allows you to record calls.
Figure B
3: ChatSecure
ChatSecure (Figure C) offers free, unlimited encrypted chatting on your Android device. You can chat over Google Talk/Hangouts, Facebook Chat, Dukgo, Jabber, and more. ChatSecure claims 100% privacy using state-of-the-art Off the Record (OTR) encryption. If you’re concerned about ChatSecure being blocked, you can use it in conjunction with Orbot to circumvent all firewalls and monitors.
Figure C
With ChatSecure, setting up an OTR session is simple. When you start a chat with someone, you can first verify the contact and then start the encryption. This app isn’t perfect. You might run into instances where the encryption won’t start or the connection with Orbot isn’t made. But should either happen, you can restart the app and try again. It doesn’t occur often, but when you’re dealing with the need for 100% security, you don’t want to use the app without the aid of Tor.
4: K-9 Mail
K-9 Mail with APG (Figure D) encrypts email on your Android device. You must install both apps and set up APG, which will create a key pair to be used by K-9. Once you’ve created your key pair in APG, set up K-9 and it will automatically detect that you have APG installed and offer the option to sign and encrypt an outgoing email with a simple tap of a check box. This is by far the easiest means of getting encrypted email on your Android device.
Figure D
One thing to remember is that all encryption keys are handled with APG—which lets you import keys created from other sources (even searching for public keys from key servers). Both apps are free. Use K-9 in conjunction with Tor and you’ll enjoy even more security.
5: Built-in device encryption
This option is for those who want to ensure the privacy of their device should it fall into the wrong hands. This built-in encryption system (Figure E) works with all data—including app data, downloaded files… everything on your device. Of course, this level of security does come with its drawbacks.
Figure E
First, older (or lower-end) devices might see a hit on the performance. (Newer and flagship devices shouldn’t so much as hiccup with system-wide encryption.) Second, you’ll have to enter the encryption password on every startup of the device—but that’s a small price to pay for this level of security. Pay it and be safe. Also understand that once you’ve encrypted your Android device, the only way to disable the encryption is to do a factory reset. Note: Android Lollipop defaults to device encryption.
Topping the list
Do you already feel more secure? You should. Each of these apps does a great job of keeping your data away from prying eyes. But if you only have time for one of these tools, I’d highly recommend Orbot Proxy with Tor. It will ensure all of your device traffic is routed through a far more secure network.
Pushbullet adds end-to-end encryption to its Android, Chrome and Windows desktop app
Continuing its evolution in to a full-fledged messaging service, Pushbullet has added support for end-to-end encryption when using the app to mirror notifications, move text captured by the universal copy and paste clipboard and send SMS messages.
The feature is available to anyone using the latest version of the company’s Android, Chrome or Windows desktop app; Pushbullet promises that its iOS and Mac apps will support the feature in the near future.
Enabling end-to-end encryption is done by going to the settings menu of each device you have Pushbullet installed on and inputing the same password.
Once it’s enabled, Pushbullet won’t be able to see the data you’re sending between your devices.
“End-to-end encryption means your data is encrypted before it leaves your device, and isn’t decrypted until it is received by another of your devices. This means we at Pushbullet only forward encrypted data. By setting up end-to-end encryption, you can be confident that your data is only readable when it’s shown to you,” says the company in a blog post. “The best part of all of this is that protecting your privacy doesn’t mean giving up features. Everything you love about Pushbullet still works great even with end-to-end encryption set up!”
Download Pushbullet from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store.
Pushbullet adds end-to-end encryption as it continues shift into messaging
Pushbullet, once a simple tool for sending files between your various devices, has announced that it now supports end-to-end encryption for additional user privacy, as it continues its march towards becoming a fully-fledged messenger.
Announced in a blog post, the new encryption is applied across notifications that are mirrored between devices, any text captured by the universal copy-and-paste option and any SMS messages that are sent using the platform.
Once enabled (achieved by entering a password on each device), it means that data passed using Pushbullet isn’t visible to the service itself or the company – only encrypted data is passed along.
To enter a password for end-to-end encryption, you just need to go to the settings menu on each device. Don’t forget your password though, there’s no record of it anywhere.
For now, the Pushbullet Android, Chrome and Windows desktop apps support the feature, but the company says that it’s working to bring it to iOS and Mac as “soon as possible.” Opera, Safari and Firefox support will then be added later.
While it’s a relatively small (but nonetheless important) feature for users, it’s essential for the future of the company if it’s intent on ploughing ahead into the messaging space.
Blackberry PGP Encrypted Phones With Latest BB12 Encryption Technology Released
Blackberry Encrypted Phones have Blackberry PGP email encrypted devices that offer safe and secure solutions for wireless communications.
Android and iPhones have proven to be unreliable when it comes to encryption and data protection. These popular devices have been relatively reduced to the status of toys when it comes to industrial or professional grade protection against espionage at any level. No one knows where the compromise begins and ends with these platforms whose very hardware was born with the idea of giving access to those who demanded it from certain levels.
The engineers at BBPGP.com have found that Blackberry PGP email encryption devices offer the highest level of security for wireless communications. This Blackberry PGP encryption technology allows for the highest encryption standards for email accounts. This encryption is done through BES servers.
The Blackberry PGP email encryption system is designed to be user friendly so that any level of user can conveniently protect their private information. This PGP encryption is available for private users or businesses who rely on security and privacy. It works by heavily encrypting all messages so that even if they were intercepted by a third party, it would be indecipherable.
Mark Spencer, Representative for BBPGP.com comments, “The Blackberry PGP email encryption devices is the most familiar way to communicate safely. This Blackberry PGP cryptofoons have been specially developed to communicate without the risk that the information sent by a third party, such as a government agency is intercepted safe. The Blackberry PGP encrypts the information, namely in such a way that even if this information is intercepted is nothing to do here.”
Because email is such an important communication system that is unfortunately an insecure way to transmit information, additional security measures are required to assure that privacy and sensitive information are protected. If messages are intercepted, without being automatically encrypted, personal information could become compromised. However, using technology such as the Blackberry PGP encryption from Blackberry Encrypted Phones assures that all messages are encrypted and only readable text for intended recipients. File attachments such as documents and images are also heavily encrypted for further privacy protection.
Email encryption is a process by where communications are completely scrambled to the point they are completely unreadable. The better the encryption, the less likely that a communication will be able to be deciphered. PGP email encryption offers a heavy level of this type of security.
Private users and businesses using wireless communication methods should make sure they have an additional layer of security due to how easy it is to breach the insecure wireless environment. PGP encryption acts like a high security envelope that shields communications from prying eyes of hackers, government institutions, competitors and others.
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Rugged New Mexico
I’m still on a New Mexico kick. This time we visit the southwest, Bootheel country of New Mexico, the setting of the third book in my BJ Vinson Mystery Series.
I probably overdid it so far as length goes once again, but try to stick with me to the end.
From The City of Rocks:
I headed for Deming, hoping to locate some of the dead man’s family or familiars, who might be able to give me a lead before driving to the M Lazy M Ranch. The sixty-mile stretch between Las Cruces and Deming was relatively flat and dominated by creosote, honey mesquite, and yucca. An ungodly amount of cacti and spiked plants of every size and description lived among these anchors. Except, of course, the tall, stately saguaros the entire world associated with the American Southwest. To the best of my knowledge, those grew only in Arizona.
Roadkill revealed the makeup of the local fauna: jackrabbits, desert terrapins, kangaroo rats, and the occasional rattlesnake. I even saw the desiccated carcass of a coyote hanging over the fence bordering the Interstate. Of course, in the Cooke’s Range to the north, there would be cougar and black bear and mule deer. The nearby Florida Mountains boasted ibex and mountain sheep with occasional unconfirmed sightings of the Mexican jaguar. I know this because I’m a confirmed history buff, especially the history of my native state.
The day was hot beneath a blue-flame sky, probably around a hundred degrees. But like we’re fond of saying down here, it’s a dry heat, so it doesn’t hurt much, especially at an altitude of three-quarters of a mile above sea level. Dark, menacing thunderheads hovered south over Mexico, but the monsoon hadn’t yet taken hold.
Deming, with a population of around fifteen thousand, was the county seat and principal town of Luna County. It is also located in rockhound country. A good part of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona is a paradise for rock and mineral collecting. Most of the old mines are closed now, but on public land, it’s legal to collect bits and pieces of once-treasured rock. Geodes. Fire agate. Jasper. Quartz. Azurite. Even turquoise chips can often be found in old dumps.
The Impala breezed south over a landscape reminiscent of the drive between Deming and Las Cruces: flat, high desert terrain broken by blue-shadowed mountains in the distance. Heat waves rising off the asphalt were pleasantly hypnotic.
Columbus is an official, twenty-four-hour POE—Point of Entry—between the two nations, although it sits about three miles north of the actual demarcation line. Border City is where the crossings actually occur. Its proximity to the Mexican State of Chihuahua is what gave the place its brush with history.
The actual story is long and convoluted, as well as highly controversial. Two revolutionaries, Venustiano Carranza and Francisco Villa, better known as Pancho, tossed out a dictator named Victoriano Huerta and then turned on one another. A Columbus merchant and arms dealer by the name of Ravel supposedly sold defective ammunition to Pancho Villa. When the guerilla demanded a refund, the merchant reputedly told him the Ravels no longer dealt with Mexican bandits.
On the morning of March 9, 1916, one of Villa’s generals attacked Columbus with more than 500 men. The twenty-four-hour invasion burned down a significant portion of the town and killed fourteen American soldiers together with ten residents. Another eighty or so revolutionaries were dead or mortally wounded. The raid led let to General John J. Pershing’s Punitive Expedition deep into Mexico.
My initial glimpse of Columbus was as a disruption astraddle the flat, monotonous highway. After entering the town of mostly one-storied adobe affairs—some painted in brash colors of green or pink—I found a bed and breakfast and registered for the night.
Ranchers, like farmers, generally rise with the sun, so I was on the road early Monday, breezing west along Highway 9 over a landscape dominated by creosote, locoweed, and wildflowers. The bright sky was spotted with scattered clouds. The blue silhouette of the Cedar Mountain Range shadowed the horizon.
The weathercast this morning had predicted a high of ninety-nine degrees, but the temperature had not yet climbed to that point as I drove into the country that had once sheltered the likes of Curly Bill, Old Man Clanton, and Dick Gray, desperados who hid out in the caves and canyons of the Boot Heel. Somewhere ahead of me was a black oak with large knotholes where the outlaws left messages for one another in what is still called Post Office Canyon.
I passed a sign noting I had crossed into Hidalgo County, a landmass of about thirty-five hundred square miles populated by fewer than six thousand residents and known for its large ranches. The Gray Ranch, which was now called by its original name of the Diamond A, was 321,000 acres—a staggering 500 square miles. Alongside that, the M Lazy M was a piker.
I turned south on Highway 81. The ranch was a fair drive from Hachita, the closest town, and as I had a considerable amount of work to do, I phoned Del to let him know I intended to take Bert Kurtz up on his offer to remain overnight. He wanted to clear it with the insurance company to make sure they wouldn’t consider it a conflict of interest should Mud Hen be involved in any sort of scam. He promised to call me back.
The M Lazy M lay hard against the Mexican state of Chihuahua just short of the Hatchet Mountains in the upper reaches of the Boot Heel. A cattle guard, flanked by a tall adobe arch bearing the ranch’s brand—two capital M’s, the second one lying on its side—marked the main gateway to the spread.
The horses set an easy pace. Paul kept a snug rein on Streak, who broke into a gallop at every opportunity. On the other hand, the farther Lucy got from the stable, the slower her gait became. After another hour, Paul pointed ahead of us.
“Is that it?”
“Yep. The Lazy M’s own City of Rocks.”
“Man that looks weird out there all by itself. Even weirder than the big one up at the state park.”
“New Mexico’s full of weird. You think you’re standing on the moon at the Bisti Badlands. And then there’s Carlsbad Caverns, Tent Rocks, White Sands, and those eerie lava beds in the Malpais.”
“I gotta get out of Bernalillo County more often,” he said.
We went silent, falling increasingly under the spell of ghostly monoliths as we approached the City. The horses plodded between the first two hunks of mute rock on the north-northwest side. The “street” that opened up before us was a broad avenue strangely devoid of plant growth. I saw no human footprints, but wind whistling through the alleyways raised weak, wispy dust devils. Footprints in the sand would not last long out here. Our mounts’ hooves no longer clopped. Now they made a huffing sound. It was as if we had passed through a portal separating two worlds.
“That big boulder in front of us looks like a hotel. An old western hotel.”
I stared at the hulking mass. “Why? It’s just a big rock.”
“Come on, where’s your imagination? It’s a couple of stories high. It’s kinda square. It looks like those pictures of a frontier hotel minus the balcony that runs around the second story. And that’s Muldren City’s saloon over there.” He pointed to the right.
I fell into the spirit of the thing. “Okay, then that’s the bank. And the telegraph office.”
He laughed, obviously delighted I was playing along.” “Let’s go see if we can find the freight office. Then the town’s complete.”
“Oh no. Not without the jail, it isn’t.”
“Right. I forgot the sheriff’s office and the jailhouse.” He twisted in the saddle and pointed. “There it is, right across the square from the hotel.” Paul dismounted and looked for a place to tether Streak. “They forgot the hitching rail. No western town’s complete without a hitching post.”
The last three posts were to convince you I meant what I said… I love New Mexico. I hope they’ve tickled your interest in the state, as well. Please visit. You’ll find the folks friendly and welcoming… for the most part.
And now my mantra: Keep on reading. Keep on writing. And keep on submitting your work to publishers and agents. You have something to say… so say it.
If you feel like dropping me a line, my personal links follow:
Labels: BJ and Paul, BJ Vinson Mystery Series, Boot Heel Country, Border with Mexico, Pancho Villa's Columbus NM raid, Rugged New Mexico, The City of Rocks
Beautiful New Mexico
New Mexico… My Adopted State
Dead Luke (Conclusion)
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Born Dean Zeus Colman, his middle name naturally became his tag. It could be seen across London throughout the 80s and, still in his teens, Zeus earned the reputation of being a prolific writer. His work caught the attention of many of the influential faces of hip-hop at the time, figures like Tim Westwood who commissioned him to create designs for one of the first hip-hop clubs, Spatz, in 1984.
Through Westwood, Zeus also had the opportunity to work with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, making backdrops and posters for artists signed to his Def Jam label, including Dougie Fresh and Whizz Kid. When house music took off Zeus also received commissions from the warehouse clubs that sprung up around the capital, such as West World at the Brixton Academy. All these contacts served as an effective catalyst for his career, encouraging him to think beyond the limitations of spray paint and walls.
For the past 30 years, London artist Zeus has been drawing inspiration from urban culture to create dynamic, experimental compositions that have re-defined graffiti art. His latest works represents an innovative fusion of graffiti techniques and typography, fine art and sculpture and reflect both his background on the streets and his formal training at Chelsea College of Art.
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Zeus has worked with numerous community centres throughout London, teaching young offenders graffiti techniques, and helping to establish the art form as an effective, positive outlet for the energies and creativity of teenagers. He was even invited to teach Prince Charles how to spray paint as part of a Princes Trust initiative.
Zeus returned to college and secured a place at Chelsea College of Art to study for a degree in Fine Art, majoring in sculpture. This took his art into three-dimensional form, creating graffiti sculptures out of light wooden sheets.
Over the next decade interest in Zeus intensified. He was described as a 3D graffiti pioneer by The Face magazine and his work appeared at a variety of venues throughout the UK, including the Victoria & Albert museum as part of its StreetStyle exhibition.
“A 3D Graffiti pioneer” - THE FACE MAGAZINE
Click on image for link to interview at Urban Masters show/Opera Gallery
Click on image to see live footage on youtube
Click on image to see Documentary
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Posts tagged Damien Chazelle
Movie Diary 6/2/17
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in LA LA LAND.
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) – The wealthy person who employs a coterie of hangers-on to prop up their illusions is a familiar figure in film: what’s novel about Stephen Frears’ movie is that it presents these relationships as loving rather than parasitical. Like Hugh Grant’s character, Frears has become the self-effacing facilitator of star performances; Grant gives a career-best performance as the husband who subordinates his life to his wife’s delusions. The film takes its time orienting us: it’s not clear how the relationships function. This complicates our response to Meryl Streep as Jenkins: there’s something monstrous about the way she commandeers the lives of the people around her, the way she feels entitled to flattering attention. At the same time, straining for the notes, her singing exposes her physical frailty (Streep’s recent roles have all explored mortality): we understand why people are protective of her, even as we grimace at the sounds she produces. ***
La La Land (2016) – More than other movie genres, the musical depends on stars – on their talent, their electrifying presence. Like Robert Wise’s West Side Story, Damien Chazelle’s film is a directorial showcase that feels a bit hollow because of the humans at its centre. Chazelle’s camera is almost sentient, another character: it takes us by the elbow, directing our gaze, while carefully choreographed points of interest pop up, like the animatronics on a theme park ride. At one point it leaps into a swimming pool. But the tour guide is more engaging than the view. When Ryan Gosling tells Emma Stone that she should “write something as interesting as you are,” he seems to be talking about someone else; when Stone gives up on her dream and moves home, it seems a realistic acceptance of her limitations. The bad grace with which Gosling accepts his paying gigs is deeply unattractive, especially when his precious private expression is a simple, sentimental piano figure. (He’s the second Chazelle hero in a row to want to be a ‘jazz genius’.) I was left wondering if Chazelle made his people so ordinary so that his direction could be the star. **
Moana (2016) – The set up – a young tribal leader butts heads with her father because she wants to do things differently – feels like a retread of How To Train Your Dragon, but fortunately the film wastes little time in launching its heroine upon her quest. The movie takes advantage of the quest narrative’s freedom to go anywhere, and the adversaries Moana (Auli’i Cravalho) encounters are pleasantly random, from a marauding horde of coconuts (which have a Miyazaki feel) to a gold-encrusted crab. There’s a cute meta moment kidding Disney’s princess formula, and this represents a satisfying renovation of that formula: this story does not make an issue of the heroine’s gender, nor does it saddle her with a prince. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s songs communicate context and character with typical precision; the singing voices are strong without that cloying Broadway calculation of effect. The heart of the movie is in Moana’s interactions with the demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), a braggart in the Gaston tradition: in the close confines of the boat, their interactions play out with a theatrical crispness, like actors on a stage. Another worthy entry in Disney’s current hot streak. ***
New York, New York (1977) – In outline, this is very similar to La La Land, and there are sequences – like Liza Minnelli fighting her way through a crowd at Robert De Niro’s gig, or the jazz club he opens at the end – that were clearly an influence on the later film. The effect, however, is completely different. Partly, it’s the improvisatory approach: driven by the actors, the scenes take forever getting anywhere. Sometimes, as in the scene where Minnelli and De Niro both try to direct their big band, this pays dividends; more often, as with De Niro’s interminable attempts to pick Minnelli up at the outset, it’s a drag. Crucially, though, both stars suggest artistic temperament, and talent that demands expression; what Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling’s characters in La La Land so singularly lack. That being said, it’s not really a satisfying movie: muddy, with the visual imagination mainly confined to the stylised sets. De Niro’s come-ons are not as charming as they’re meant to be, and there’s a curious break in Minnelli’s performance. In the big band era, she sings controlled, carefully phrased standards; when she gets to the Kander and Ebb stuff she’s bombastic, all fortissimo, arms flailing. She’s a completely different singer, with no hint of one in the other. **
Damien Chazelle, Disney, Emma Stone, Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant, La La Land, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Liza Minnelli, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Moana, New York New York, Robert De Niro, Ryan Gosling, Stephen Frears
Angelina Jolie in ‘Maleficent’.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) – The movie opens in the ape colony, and depicts the apes in their language, on their terms: it seems almost like a work of anthropology. Their vocabulary of signs and grunts and gestures (and the occasional English word, for emphasis) has an expressiveness that’s rare in sound movies. When the film cuts to a human perspective – the party of explorers with an assortment of types familiar from a hundred B-movies (the hero, the prick who makes himself obnoxious so that we won’t regret his death, the lone female) – it seems like a failure of nerve. Their clunky, conventional dialogue is especially egregious when set beside the eloquence of the apes. Like Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the film puts us in the curious position of rooting against our own species: what a pity it didn’t go all the way with this and present the story solely from the apes’ perspective. There’s a perceptible lift whenever the movie returns to Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his nemesis Koba (Toby Kebbell). The latter is a particularly vivid villain: riding into battle, his teeth bared, he’s a pure incarnation of chaos. ***
Lucy (2014) – Luc Besson packs more metaphysics into 90 minutes than Interstellar did in three hours, and more entertainingly to boot. At first the regular intrusion of wildlife footage seems like weird padding, but it anticipates the extension of the heroine’s consciousness: as she accesses more of her brain capacity, the traditional boundaries between human and environment collapse. Not to overstate the movie’s seriousness: it starts out like a backpacker’s nightmare (an amusingly trashy Scarlett Johansson runs afoul of a drug cartel in Taiwan) and Besson delivers regular gunfights and chases. But its brainpower conceit lifts it out of predictability: soon it’s less a revenge fantasy than a little Tree of Life. Johansson is terrific as the superior being – whether waving away baddies or rattling off profundities. ****
Maleficent (2014) – With its relatively shapely (and concise) narrative arc, Disney’s latest revisionist fairy tale is an improvement on Oz the Great and Powerful – though no match for its model, Snow White and the Huntsman. It’s yet another Disney film that strips magic of any true otherness or danger: the main body of the movie presents that sentimental cliché, the grouch redeemed by her love for a child. Maleficent’s fairy realm is designed in garish pinks and purples: it’s a place of mud-fights and goblins with goo-goo eyes. Angelina Jolie looks terrific with her horns and sculpted cheekbones, but she’s not called upon to supply anything more than her stately presence. She can’t match Charlize Theron’s malevolence as the Queen in Snow White, nor her complex identification with that movie’s younger heroine: that kind of ambiguity simply doesn’t exist in the Disney universe. The film is depressingly simpleminded. **
Two Days, One Night (2014) – The Dardenne brothers’ film has a wonderfully simple design: its heroine Sandra (Marion Cotillard) goes door to door, asking to be readmitted to her former life after a prolonged mental illness. It’s grounded by Cotillard’s unshowy, precisely rendered portrayal of a woman trying to pull herself out of depression: the terrible vulnerability to setbacks, the raw nerves, the refuge in sleep. “I don’t exist,” she tells her husband early on; in the course of her odyssey through the ugly Belgian suburbs, seeking out her colleagues one by one, she rediscovers her personhood. The Dardennes honour the working class characters by depicting them as individuals: each colleague, though encountered only briefly, inhabits a space that has the richness of lived experience, and the sense of a story that abuts the heroine’s own. It’s the best kind of naturalism. ****
Whiplash (2014) – Implicit in this film’s presentation of music is the idea that jazz is now repertory, kept alive (like classical music) in white academies. What place creative genius (the hero’s stated goal) might have in such rigid confines is a problem left to one side. The life of an artist here is one of self-mortification, much as it was in Black Swan – Miles Teller plays the drums until his fingers bleed – and at times this is nearly as overwrought as Natalie Portman’s freak-out. The word “artist” doesn’t apply here, exactly – the hero’s education is not the development of a sensibility but rather the cultivation of endurance and a precise technique, like an athlete. The ideas don’t hold together, but writer-director Damien Chazelle is good at physical detail: in a visual language that recalls Requiem for a Dream, he renders practice and performance as processes made up of intense split seconds, spit and sweat and blood. ***
Angelina Jolie, Damien Chazelle, Dardenne brothers, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Disney, John Bell, John Gascoigne, Luc Besson, Lucy, Maleficent, Marion Cotillard, Miles Teller, Scarlett Johansson, Two Days One Night, Whiplash
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M290: Runar Rodell Mallard Diorama
Excellent diorama by Runar G. Rodell (1898 - 1983), Prescott, Arizona, of a hen mallard on the shore calling to two drakes and a hen pitching in, circa 1950s. Born in Sweden, Rodell moved to the U.S. when in his thirties, opening a studio around 1935 in Wilmette, Illinois, before finally settling in Prescott around 1950. Each diorama he created was one-of-a-kind and offered a window into the natural wonders of his world. He combined oil-painted backgrounds and basswood carvings with natural materials inside a glass-covered box to create an outdoor scene. This diorama is in original condition and of the highest quality with the roughly 2-1/2" mallards exhibiting finely detailed painted plumage. The 22" x 22" x 3 1/2" deep frame (15" x 15" glass size) is pine. The work is signed in the lower left foreground, but the backboard, which is original, is unsigned and does not bear a label. Rodell's three-dimensional showcases are coveted collectors' items not only in museums around the country, but also were sought after by such celebrities as President Ronald Reagan, Andy Devine and Bing Crosby. One of his best customers was comedian Bob Hope. SOLD
D0688: Ben Yeargan Mallard Drake Decoy, Circa 1932
Very stylish hollow-bodied, glass-eyed mallard drake in original condition by Ben Yeargan (1896 - 1973) of North St. Louis, Missouri. It has minor wear with a few scrapes and a well blended professional repair to a crack in the neck. The keel weight has been removed. Ben's initials, "B.Y.", are painted under the bill. Standing 7 1/2" high and 7" in width, the 16"-long decoy's head is turned slightly to the right. Yeargan, for many years a sports writer for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, is one of Missouri’s most famous decoy carvers. He hunted the Missouri River just above where the Missouri and the Mississippi converge. He made 2 rigs of decoys, one in 1932 and one in 1938. This decoy is from the earlier rig. It included over 20 canvasbacks and about 12 pairs of mallards. This decoy is pictured Collecting Bird Decoys and Duck Calls, Luckey & Lewis, pg. 116. SOLD
D0744, William Jaggard English Wood Pigeon Decoy
English wood pigeons have garnered the well-deserved attention of American collectors. Similar in time frame to North American waterfowl and shorebird decoys, they have been used in the United Kingdom since the latter half of the 1800s with examples ranging from the deeply carved examples sold by Trulock and Harriss and R. W. Ward to the more stylized slick-bodied examples of Robert Lange and William Jaggard. This excellent decoy was carved by William Jaggard of Elveden, Suffolk, United Kingdom, circa 2nd quarter, 20th century. Lightly used with a pleasing patina, this stylish pigeon is just under 14" in length, 3.75" in width and 3" in depth at the breast. It has relief carved shoulders and wings, a cast metal bill and glass eyes. The full-bodied carving is in original paint depicting the species' fall plumage. Jaggard, who carved from roughly 1930 through the mid-1950s, continued the carving business of his father-in-law, James Rolph. Stand included. SOLD
M293, Exceptional Miniature Black Duck Decoy
Exceptionally well-executed miniature black duck, circa mid-20th century, carved at approximately one-third to one-half scale. It measures 8" in length and stands 3 3/4" high at the head. Although the carver is unknown, it is quite reminiscent of the miniatures made by the late Dr. George Ross Starr of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and sold in the Richard Bourne auction of his collection in 1986. The sculpted body displays carved wings with raised and separated wing tips, carved primaries and a fluted tail. The head is turned approximately 30 degrees to the left with glass eyes. The bill is quite detailed with carved separation from the head, nostrils and a raised nail. The original paint is beautifully detailed with overall scratch-feather paint on the body and finely applied feather paint on the head. There is a small amount of filler in the center of the lower breast, roughly the size of a quarter and about 3/16" deep. This filler was applied in-the-making, probably to remedy an overcut of the breast, and does not detract from the carving in the slightest. SOLD
D0741: Harry Pember Calling Black Duck Decoy
Outstanding calling black duck decoy by Harry Pember of Milford, Connecticut, circa 3rd quarter of the 20th century. Harry hunted with old friends, including Tom Marshall, the Disbrow brothers and Keith Mueller, using decoys he carved for his own use, including this fine working bird. Made from 3 layers of dense cork with an inset wooden tail, the decoy remains in excellent original condition with only a couple of very small nicks to the paint. It has very extremely detailed bill and mouth carving, glass eyes and scratch-feather paint on the head, which is turned about 10 degrees to the left. The bird measures roughly 20" in length, 8" in height, including the keel, and is 8" wide.
M286: Runar Rodell Canada Goose Diorama, Circa 1930s
Diorama of two Canada geese in a salt marsh setting by Runar G. Rodell, Wilmette, Illinois, circa 1930s. Rodell, born in Sweden in 1898, moved to the U.S. in his thirties, opening a studio around 1935 in Wilmette before finally settling in Prescott, AZ, around 1950. He died in 1983. His works usually incorporate oil-painted backgrounds and figures (people, animals, birds, buildings, etc.) carved from basswood with plant materials created from bits of natural vegetation in the foreground. Among his collectors were Bob Hope and Ronald Reagan. It is believed that all of his work made in Prescott had a paper studio label on the back, whereas his work from Illinois was simply signed on the back. This piece is in original condition with the roughly 2-1/2" geese exhibiting detailed painted plumage. Geese were a relatively rare subject matter for Rodell. It is signed "Original by R. Rodell, Canada Goose" on the back. The overall dimensions of the diorama are 12 3/4" x 15" with the glass measuring roughly 7 5/8" x 9 5/8". The oak case is 3 1/2" deep. The dark area at the top of the first two photos is the curved top surface of the diorama which is in shadow. SOLD
D0740: Dan English Black Duck Decoy
Outstanding classic Delaware River black duck decoy with impeccable provenance by Dan English (1883-1962) of Florence, New Jersey. Dan was the son of John English and brother of Jack English, both carvers of fine Delaware River style decoys. This decoy is one of a rig made for Clarence Winter of Bristol, Pennsylvania, and referred to by collector's as "Winter's Famous Fifty". The hollow-bodied bird, in excellent original feather paint, has glass eyes, a low or contented head position, outlined feathers, raised primaries and a notched tail. There is a slight chip on the left edge of the bill and some small paint rubs on the crown of head, the point of the raised primaries and the edge of the notched tail. The carving measures 15" in length, 5.5' in width and is 6" high at the head. The lead weight on the bottom is attached with twelve brass escutcheon pins. "C. Winter" is stamped twice into the weight and once into the bottom of decoy. Winter's stencil, reading "C. W. Winter, Bristol, PA" is visible on the bottom. It also has the collection stamp of Bob White, noted carver, collector and decoy historian, on the bottom. In the last photo, in addition to the Bob White collection stamp, you can best see the white Winter stencil. See "Floating Sculpture", Huster and Knight, for documentation and photos of Dan and Winter's rig. SOLD
N007: Vintage Bluebill Decoy Patterns, Rochester, New York, Circa 1960s
Group of bluebill decoy patterns, heads and castings consisting of twelve pieces. The cast metal heads are quite detailed, even showing rasping for texture, immediately bringing to mind the work of Ken Anger of Dunnville, Ontario. Included are 5 hardboard body section patterns for a laminated full-sized body, a head pattern for that body, a carved wood head made from that pattern (2 halves glued together), a carved wood half-head from that pattern, two cast metal half-heads (one has a Plaster of Paris bill makeover) and two hardboard routed patterns of the same head. These are part of a larger group by an unknown maker that I purchased a number of years ago from an estate in Rochester. Several of the patterns, not included in this listing, were made from a 1968 calender from Brace-Mueller-Huntley, Inc., of Rochester, Syracuse and Albany, New York. The calendar indicates that the industrial company worked with aluminum, brass and plastic, although in what capacity I have not been able to determine. I surmise that the maker of these patterns very possibly worked for B-M-H in some capacity, perhaps as a pattern-maker. The complete 125-pieces group includes miniature, half-scale and full-scale patterns of over a dozen species of waterfowl and shorebirds as well as a number of both carved and cast (Plaster of Paris and metal) heads. Although the maker is currently unknown, the number and quality of the pieces surely point to a highly skilled craftsman with a relatively high volume of work. He appears to have made both decorative carvings and working decoys and may have made half or full-bodied figures or plaques, cast or molded from plastic or metal. These patterns are a piece of history that deserve preservation and recognition.
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Bruce Cheng
Yancey Hai
Mark Ko
Ping Cheng
Founder and Honorary Chairman
Bruce C.H. Cheng
Mr. Cheng has personally received numerous honors and awards for his business achievements and contributions to improving the environment. In 2011, Mr. Cheng received the “Distinguished Accomplishment Award” from the Chinese Professional Management Association. Mr. Cheng was honored as Ernst & Young's 2010 "Entrepreneur of the Year" and "CSR Entrepreneur" for his efforts on global warming and energy efficiency. Mr. Cheng has been named as Taiwan’s “Most Admired Executive” several times by Commonwealth Magazine. In 2008, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named Asteroid 168126 “Chengbruce” to honor Mr. Cheng’s pursuit of environmental sustainability and green citizenship. The asteroid is the first to be named for a Taiwanese entrepreneur.
In 2007, Mr. Cheng received an honorary doctorate from National Central University’s College of Earth Sciences and honorary doctorates in engineering from both the National Cheng Kung University and National Tsing Hua University. In 2006, the Chinese Management Association presented Mr. Cheng with its highest management award.
Mr. Cheng founded Delta Electronics in 1971 to produce television components. Prior to that, he held management positions at TRW in engineering, production, and quality control. Mr. Cheng began his career as an aeronautic instrument engineer at Air Asia Co. after receiving a BSEE degree from National Cheng Kung University.
In 2010, Mr. Cheng’s autobiography “Solid Power” was published by Commonwealth Publishing. The book shares Mr. Cheng’s stories about founding Delta and guiding its success, and his experience and perspectives from nearly 50 years in the industry, as well as his thoughts on providing innovative, clean and efficient energy solutions for a better tomorrow.
Mr. Yancey Hai joined Delta Electronics in 1999 and became Vice Chairman and CEO in 2004. In June 2012, Mr. Hai was elected as Chairman to oversee Delta's corporate strategic direction and major decisions as well as solidify the corporate governance mechanism.
Under Mr. Hai's leadership Delta Electronics is now the global leader in switching power supplies and a major player in state-of-the-art green technologies and energy management solutions that fulfill Delta's corporate mission: "To provide innovative, clean and energy-efficient solutions for a better tomorrow". Delta Electronics quadrupled its revenues to $5.9 billion and increased its market capitalization from $2 billion in 2004 to over $12 billion in 2013 with more than 70% of its shares held by global institutional investors.
In recognition of his significant contributions, Mr. Hai received the "2010 China Business Leader of the Year Award" co-hosted by CNBC Asia Pacific and the China Business Network, and was named "Asia Innovator of the Year" at the 2010 CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards. In 2012 Mr. Hai was honored with IR Magazine's "Best CEO Award" of Greater China. In 2013 has won the Asia Talent Management Award at CNBC's as 12th Asia Business Leaders Awards. With this award Mr.Hai is the first business leader of a Taiwan based company to win ABLA honors twice.
Before joining Delta, Mr. Hai was the country manager of GE Capital Taiwan, and prior to that he served in key positions in international financial organizations such as JP Morgan and Citibank.
Mr. Hai received an MA in International Business Management from the University of Texas at Dallas.
Mark Ko was appointed as vice chairman of Delta Electronics in 2012. He is responsible for managing Delta’s related companies and leading the integration of cross-business techniques and products to provide total solutions.
Mr. Ko joined Delta in 1988 as a procurement manager. He soon became director of quality assurance and was then promoted to plant manager. In 1994 he was appointed general manager of what is today the Power System Business Group. Under his leadership and global strategic planning the group’s sales revenue grew more than 30 percent a year, establishing Delta’s leading position in the global power supply industry. Mr. Ko served as president and chief operating officer of Delta Group since 2004, and was responsible for worldwide business operations and management, R&D, manufacturing, and quality processes.
Prior to joining Delta, Mr. Ko worked for RCA Taiwan as a quality assurance manager and purchasing manager. His previous experience includes positions as a senior quality engineer at Zenith Taiwan and as an electrical engineer at China Steel Corporation. Mr. Ko holds a Bachelor of Control Engineering degree from Chiao Tung University.
Mr. Ping Cheng was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Delta Electronics, Inc. in 2012, responsible for organization operations and new business development.
Mr. Cheng joined Delta Electronics in 1988 as a section chief for the manufacturing department. After finishing further education in the United States from 1989 to 1993, he returned to Delta Group as a supervisor of the manufacturing and material departments. In 1997 as the Plant Manager of YUASA-DELTA, an affiliate company of Delta Group. From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Cheng served as Deputy General Manager of the Component Business Group of Delta China, and Executive Vice President of the China Region.
Mr. Cheng has been the Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Power Supply Business Group since 2008. In 2010, Mr. Cheng became the Corporate Senior Vice President, as well as the President of the China Region in charge of Delta’s branding, new business support and nationwide business development.
Mr. Cheng earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from California State University, Hayward.
Mr. Simon Chang is currently President and Chief Operations Officer of Delta Electronics, Inc. He joined Delta in 1981 as a product design engineer, and has since served as engineering manager, material manager, director of the Industrial Automation Business Division, and general manager of the Industrial Automation Business Group.
Delta established the Industrial Automation Business Division in 1995. As director, Mr. Chang led the team to develop AC motor drives and for more than 20 years continued his dedication to the field of automation, covering drives, motion, control, sensing, and machine vision. During this time he directed Delta’s innovation and development of "smart manufacturing" related products, such as industrial robots, cloud platform, SCADA software, energy monitoring systems, equipment and data collection platform, and others, as well as provided efficient and integrated solutions for global customers to move toward smart and green manufacturing.
Since 2010, Mr. Chang has received numerous awards, including the "Most Influential Leading Enterprise in China's Automation Industry for 15 Years", the "Most Influential Leader in China's Automation Industry for 15 Years", and China's "Management Award". He has also been honored as an "Annual Top 10 Leader in China’s Industrial Automation Industry" four times.
Mr. Chang received his Master of Business Administration degree from Chung Yuan Christian University.
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FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway
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TAJIKISTAN: New moves against Muslims in north
By Igor Rotar, Forum 18
Local schoolgirls who refuse to attend lessons without a hijab (Islamic headscarf) risk being denied their school-leavers' certificates (as happened to at least 23 last summer), while four imams were removed from local mosques in late December on government orders, human rights activist Islom Pokosov complained to Forum 18 News Service in Khujand in northern Tajikistan. He said policy towards Muslims in his region had grown harsher in the past six months. Local religious affairs official Abduhakim Sharipov admitted the denial of school-leaver's certificates, but insisted to Forum 18 that children had to abide by school uniform regulations. He said the imams had been sacked for teaching in mosques without a licence from the Muslim Spiritual Administration after the Religious Affairs Committee had discovered these "abuses of authority" during check-ups of the region's mosques. Officially, religious communities are separate from the state, so it remains unclear on what basis the Committee conducted the verification and ordered the imams' removal.
Over the past six months, the authorities' policy towards Muslims has become harsher, local human rights activist Islom Pokosov complained to Forum 18 News Service on 27 February in Khujand, the administrative centre of Sogd region in northern Tajikistan. Citing the refusal to allow girls to attend school wearing the hijab (Islamic headscarf) and the government-ordered removal from the town's mosques of four local imams in late December, Pokosov maintained that this change of policy is being developed on a semi-legal basis and is leading to actual repressive measures taken against Muslims by the authorities.
Pokosov told Forum 18 that at least 23 Muslim schoolgirls in Khujand were unable to receive their school-leavers' certificates last summer because they refused to attend lessons without a hijab and he fears the same could happen to others this year. School directors have refused to allow schoolgirls to attend lessons wearing the hijab, saying this headgear conflicts with a decree from the Education Ministry last autumn introducing a standard school uniform, although the ban seems already to have been enforced before the decree was issued.
Pokosov also reported that the four imam-hatybs were sacked because they had taught at theological colleges in Saudi Arabia.
In addition, the government's Religious Affairs Committee last autumn issued an unwritten order to imam-hatybs banning school children from attending mosques during school hours. Many imams, fearing retribution, have erred on side of caution and have banned school children entirely from their mosques (see F18News 31 October 2005 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=679).
Abduhakim Sharipov, head of the Sogd regional administration's department for socio-cultural issues and links with public and political organisations, admitted that some schoolgirls had failed to receive their school-leavers' certificate last summer because they had refused to attend lessons without a hijab. "I don't know exactly how many of these students there have been, but it's true that such cases have occurred," he told Forum 18 on 28 February. "There is a standard school uniform and believing parents of schoolgirls should take this into account." At the same time he said he believes school directors should demonstrate "flexibility" and deal with each such case on an individual basis, though he failed to explain what this flexibility should entail.
Sharipov also admitted that four imams who had taught in Saudi Arabia had been sacked from their mosques, but insisted they were dismissed not because they had taught in Saudi Arabia, but because they were preaching Islam without a licence from the Spiritual Administration. "This was established during a check on the activity of mosques in the Sogd region carried out by the Tajik government's Religious Affairs Committee," he told Forum 18. "The Committee wrote a letter about the abuses of authority that had been discovered to Tajikistan's Council of Ulems [scholarly theologians] and the Council in its turn resolved to remove the imams from their posts."
Tajikistan's Constitution and Article 5 of the Religion Law both proclaim that religion is separate from the state, making it hard to see on what legal basis the government's Religious Affairs Committee conducted inspections of mosque activity or wrote "advisory" letters to the Council of Ulems.
However, Article 5 of the Religion Law does require that "people who teach religious beliefs must have permission from the appropriate spiritual administration". However, in 1994 the Spiritual Administration of Muslims in Tajikistan was disbanded because the leaders of this agency had taken an active role in the civil war on the side of the opposition. The government later handed the Administration's former powers to the Council of Ulems, though the Council in practice does the government's bidding (see F18News 16 February 2004 http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=253).
"The Council of Ulems, or theologians, is a purely consultative body and its decisions do not hold any juridical force for other mosques," Ibadulo Kalonzade, imam-hatyb of Khujand's Nur mosque, told Forum 18 in the town on 28 February. He pointed out that similar agencies exist in many Muslim countries. "Essentially, the Council simply presents the view of leading theologians on a social or political issue. Were the Council able to assert its independence from the authorities, then it could become the real defender of believers' rights."
For more background see Forum 18's Tajikistan religious freedom survey at http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=190
A printer-friendly map of Tajikistan is available at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=asia&Rootmap=tajiki
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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
Peter McEnery to Gene Milford
George Mendeluk Biography ((?)-)
Addresses: Agent: Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Director, writer, producer
Famous Works
Stone Cold Dead, Dimension, 1979
The Kidnapping of the President, Crown International, 1980
Doin' Time, Warner Bros., 1985
Meatballs III, Moviestore Entertainment, 1987
Bolt (also known as Rebel Run), Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1994
Men of Means, Maverick Entertainment, 1999
Television Work
Creator; Series
The David Clayton-Thomas Show, CBC, 1973
Director; Movies
Gangsters, 1992
Director; Specials
Moment of Truth, CBS, 1992
Director; Episodic
"Wardogs," Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (live-action and animated), syndicated, 1987
"A Bullet for Crockett," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network, 1988
Night Heat, CBS, 1988
"Skeleton in the Closet," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, USA Network,1989
"As Darkness Falls," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated,1995
"The Deal," Due South (also known as Direction: Sud and Tandem de choc), CBS and CTV, 1995
"The Other Side," Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, syndicated, 1995
"Vendetta," Highlander (also known as Highlander: The Series), syndicated, 1995
"Bounty," Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, 1996
"Birthright," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1998
"Hell Hath No Fury," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Showtime and Sci-FiChannel, 1998
"Transplant," The Net, USA Network, 1998
"The Unknown Soldier," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1998
"Brain Fever," Total Recall 2070 (also known as Total Recall: The Series), Showtime, 1999
"Dead on Arrival," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1999
"The Ex-Files," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1999
"The Frame," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1999
"The Rogue," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1999
"Thick As Thieves," Highlander: The Raven (also known as L'immortelle), syndicated, 1999
"Cross of Voodoo," Relic Hunter (also known as Relic Hunter--Die Schatzjaegerin and Sydney Fox l'aventuriere), syndicated, 2000
"Trust," Starhunter, 2000
"Forced Perspective," Andromeda (also known as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda), syndicated, 2001
"Kidnapped," Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas), syndicated, 2001
"The Light of Truth," Relic Hunter (also known as Relic Hunter--Die Schatzjaegerin and Sydney Fox l'aventuriere), syndicated, 2001
"Runaways," Queen of Swords (also known as Reina de espadas), syndicated, 2001
"Without a Trace," Tracker, syndicated, 2002
"Women Want to Know," Relic Hunter (also known as Relic Hunter--Die Schatzjaegerin and Sydney Fox l'aventuriere), syndicated, 2002
Odyssey 5, Showtime, 2002
Also directed episodes of First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel; Fly by Night, CBS; Gideon Oliver, ABC; Hot Shots, CBS; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated; Marker, UPN; Miami Vice, NBC; Mission Genesis (also known as Deepwater Black), Sci-Fi Channel; Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated; Secret Service, NBC; Sweating Bullets, CBS and syndicated; Top Cops, CBS; Traders, CTV and Lifetime; and The Young Riders, ABC.
The Merry Wives of Tobias Rourke, 1972
(Story only) Doin' Time, Warner Bros., 1985
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Remembering For Peace Exhibition at Bodelwyddan
26th April 2016 • Published by Vivien Williams
The Remembering for Peace exhibition will open at Bodelwyddan Castle at 2pm on 30th April, with a lecture on ‘Stories from Flintshire’s WW1 Memorials’ by Eifion and Viv Williams. Flintshire was a much bigger county in World War One than it is now and the people of Flintshire went to extraordinary lengths to record what had happened to its men in the conflict. Eifion and Viv are co-founders and managers of www.flintshirewarmemorials.com a website which aims to tell the stories of those who fell in the war. In their talk, they will be telling a selection of these stories.
The opening lecture on the 30th April is a FREE EVENT and you can register for your free ticket here or by calling Bodelwyddan Castle directly on 01745 584060.
From the 30th April to the 19th June the Remembering for Peace Exhibition will be exhibited at Bodelwyddan Castle, in partnership with the Wales for Peace project.
During this exhibition, the National Book of Remembrance for WW1 will be exhibited at Bodelwyddan Castle. The Book, in ornate calligraphy, lists over 35,000 fallen soldiers connected to Wales. This is a rare opportunity to see the Book as it’s normally safeguarded in pristine condition by the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, in the crypt at the Temple of Peace, Cardiff. The exhibition at Bodelwyddan is one in a series to coincide with the Wales Remembers programme, and includes an opportunity for the public to transcribe names of the fallen as a “digital act of remembrance”.
Ellis Thomas Evans
Dewi Sant
Shot at Dawn.
Stories from the Somme.
Heroes’ Gallery at Northop School
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Welcome to the Governors' section of the website.
The Governing Body consists of local people who have an active interest in the school as parents, staff, or as members of the local community. Parent Governors are elected by parents and other governors are either appointed by the local authority or co-opted on the recommendation of the governors. It is a voluntary role and we are always keen to encourage new governors.
The Governors’ role at the school is to help make the strategic decisions to move the school forward. In addition, the Governors scrutinize the work of the school, particularly the standards of achievement, to ensure the school is effectively educating the pupils and preparing them for their futures. We do this both through our regular full governors’ meetings or as committees and by regular visits into school to look at different aspects of the curriculum. In order to carry out our role effectively, we have separate committees to oversee the leadership and management of the school. These include Resources, and Learning Teaching & Standards.
Please find below details of how our Governing body is structured and what we have worked with the school on over the last year.
Parent Governor Election (Self Nomination) - Autumn term 2018 This is the link for the self nomination form for a parent who would like to be considered for the position of Parent Governor at Great Abington Primary School
Parent Governor Election (Eligibility Check) - Autumn 2018 This is the link for the eligibility checking form for a parent who would like to be considered for the position of Parent Governor at Great Abington Primary School
Publication of Governors Details 2017
GA Annual Governance Statement 2015-2016
GA Governing Body - Standing Orders 2016
Resources Committee - Terms of Reference 2016
Learning Teaching & Standards Committee - Terms of Reference 2016
Governor Attendance 2015-2016
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Video - Concentrated technical expertise the Audi A3 e-tron concept
10:33 AM PST - 4/19/2011 Written By: AUDI AG
Photography by: AUDI AG
Audi A3 e-tron concept Front Source AUDI AG
Audi is set to unveil an attractive technical study – the A3 e-tron concept – in Shanghai. The four-seat notchback sedan integrates the full breadth of the brand’s technological expertise – from the enhanced MMI operating system, to the high-end infotainment system, to the drivetrain. And with its two powerplants and lithium-ion batteries that store enough energy to propel the car on electric power alone for up to 54 km (34 miles), the plug-in hybrid also delivers high fuel efficiency.
Design and body
The Audi A3 e-tron concept is a four-seat notchback sedan. It measures 4.44 meters (14.57 ft) long and 1.84 meters (6.04 ft) wide, but just 1.39 meters (4.56 ft) high – proportions that underscore its dynamic character.
The design represents the typical Audi language of sporty elegance. The single-frame grille is integrated into the front end, giving it a sculptured look. Its frame is made of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP), and the transversely mounted, three-dimensional aluminum louvers create a visual effect that emphasizes the showcar’s width. The headlights merge with the beveled upper corners of the single-frame, forming a transition that marks the starting point of the prominently accentuated lines of the engine hood.
The headlights represent a new stage of evolution in LED technology, a groundbreaking innovation from Audi. They become broader as they extend outward, and a line underneath makes them seem to float on air. Above the front spoiler is a full-length air intake, also made of CFRP, framed by a metal clasp. The spoiler features a splitter that increases the downforce on the front wheels.
When viewed from the side, too, the A3 e-tron concept is recognizable at first sight as an Audi – with its harmonious proportions, taut, muscular surfaces and a low roof dome with fluid lines flowing into a flat, coupe-like C-pillar. The shoulder area transitions elegantly into the tailgate. Characteristic of Audi design, the greenhouse accounts for one-third of the height, while the sheet metal makes up the remaining two-thirds.
Powerfully flared fenders hint at the power of the engine. Two prominently elaborated lines accentuate the flank: the undercut tornado line beneath the window edge and the dynamic line above the sills. The exterior mirrors, made of aluminum and CFRP, are perched atop the window-channel strips. The door handles with their brushed-aluminum clasps are recessed flush with the door. When the driver touches them, they power-extend.
The intelligent interplay between surfaces and lines also defines the tail end of the A3 e-tron concept. The broad, flat tail lights are sculptured and culminate in a point on the inside, and the tailgate bears an elegant spoiler edge. The rear apron includes a diffuser insert of CFRP and metal, which in turn surrounds the two large tailpipes for the exhaust system.
Ultra-modern components, design methods and joining techniques keep the body weight low. One example of this are the custom tailored blanks (panels of various thicknesses) in the floor area. The doors, engine hood and tailgate are made of aluminum. With its high levels of rigidity, the body provides the basis for the sedan’s precise handling, excellent vibrational comfort and low weight – the Audi A3 e-tron concept tips the scales at just 1,720 kilograms (3,792 lb).
The interior of the showcar is generously proportioned. The long wheelbase measuring 2.63 meters (8.63 ft) – a best-in-class figure in the premium compact segment – gives rear passengers on the two individual seats a pleasing amount of knee room. The front sport seats with prominent side bolsters are slim and elegant.
The cockpit, too, gives an impression of lightness and airiness. The horizontal lines emphasize its design. The instrument panel draws the driver in – typical of Audi. Defined in three dimensions, the large trim strip is made of solid aluminum and includes control functions. The high-quality sound system in the doors and on the rear shelf has aluminum trim panels. When the audio system is turned on, they extend a few millimeters, thus orchestrating a visual accompaniment to the system’s excellent sound.
On the center console, four large, round air vents echoing a jet’s design catch the eye. The air flow is adjusted by pulling and pushing on the center axis of the vents. The control knobs for the automatic air conditioning system are located in the lower section of the center console on a boldly protruding, dedicated control panel. Visually, they are reminiscent of airplane turbines.
Behind the compact, flat-bottomed, three-spoke multifunction steering wheel is an innovative display concept that renders the individual driving states of the hybrid drive clear-cut and tangible. The tachometer on the instrument cluster has been replaced by a “power meter,” with a needle that indicates the total system output on a scale of 0 to 100 percent. A second scale is divided into colored segments. At a glance, the green and orange segments clearly indicate where the A3 e-tron concept is drawing its power – from the electric motor, the combustion engine, or a combination of both. An additional instrument displays the charge level of the battery.
In between the two large round dials is the large, eight-inch display for the driver information system. This display and the large monitor of the MMI system show the operating states and power flows in the hybrid system in elegant graphics with a three-dimensional effect.
The MMI monitor also displays differentiated consumption and recuperation statistics in easily understandable bar graphs.
The control panel for the MMI multimedia system is located on the center tunnel console. The interface on its large rotary pushbutton features another novelty – the “MMI touch” touchpad. This new solution, which makes the already exemplary operation even more intuitive, will soon be introduced in series production at Audi. The ultra-thin MMI monitor power-extends upwards out of the instrument panel, another feature taken from the full-size car class.
In terms of infotainment, the Audi A3 e-tron concept shows why the brand is leading the competition. A UMTS model provides full access to the Internet, allowing the car to retrieve convenient services from Google. Thanks to the WLAN hotspot, passengers can surf and send e-mail to their hearts’ content. Holders for iPads are installed on the back of the front seat backrests.
A classic notchback sedan, the Audi A3 e-tron concept boasts a large luggage compartment with a volume of 410 liters (14.48 cubic ft) and a low loading lip.
Designed as a plug-in hybrid, the A3 e-tron concept is propelled by two power units – a 155-kW (211-hp) 1.4 TFSI four-cylinder engine with turbocharging and gasoline direct injection and an electric motor with an output of 20 kW (27 hp). The system provides a combined output of 175 kW (238 hp). Working together, the gasoline engine and electric motor accelerate the notchback to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 6.8 seconds, then on to 231 km/h (143.54 mph). A regulated oil pump, the intelligent Audi thermal management system, a start-stop system and an energy recovery system – technologies from the brand’s modular efficiency platform – all contribute to this high efficiency.
At the heart of the A3 e-tron concept are the lithium-ion batteries located behind the rear seats. With a charge capacity of 12 kWh, they give the notchback a range of up to 54 km (34 miles) on electric power alone.
The batteries are charged by the standard energy recovery system when the car is in motion or directly from a household power socket when it is parked. This means that in most cases, the car is entirely emission-free in city driving.
A compact seven-speed S tronic serves as the transmission for the compact plug-in hybrid. It comprises two transmission structures, which are operated by two clutches. Gears are alternately shifted by the two clutches – at lightning speed, comfortably, and without any perceptible interruption of traction.
The driver can operate the seven-speed S tronic in one automatic mode and one manual mode, using the paddles on the steering wheel to shift gears manually. Elegant touch control buttons alongside the handrest on the center tunnel console are used to select drive positions R, N and D. These are backlit in red when it gets dark. Drive position P is automatically engaged when the electric parking brake is applied. The launch control system manages the sprint from a dead stop, furnishing explosive turbo power with minimal tire slip.
Derived from the current RS 3 Sportback, the Audi A3 e-tron concept’s chassis is fully capable of handling the power from the drive system at all times. The four-seater masters any type of curve with speed, stability and composure. Its self-steering response remains essentially neutral all the way up to the lofty handling limits.
The front suspension – a MacPherson construction with a separate axle support – has a track measuring a full 1,572 millimeters (61.89 in). The rack-and-pinion steering is extremely efficient because its electromechanical drive system requires no energy when driving straight ahead.
The four-link rear suspension with its 1,542-millimeter (60.71-in) track is likewise fixed to a subframe. Its control arms made of high-strength steel enable the suspension to absorb longitudinal and lateral forces separately. The shock absorbers and coil springs are mounted separately from each other.
The Audi drive select dynamic handling system gives the driver five modes from which to select the characteristics of the engine, power steering and seven-speed S tronic. The modes are comfort, auto, dynamic, individual and efficiency, the last of which is designed for maximum economy.
The imposing light-alloy rims measure 20 inches in diameter. The tire format is 245/30 at the front and rear. The front brake disks are gripped by four-piston calipers. The ESP stabilization system has a Sport mode and can be completely deactivated. The parking brake is actuated electromechanically.
The equipment and data specified in this document refer to the model range offered in Germany. Subject to change without notice; errors and omissions excepted.
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Procedure : 2011/2521(RSP)
Document selected : RC-B7-0039/2011
RC-B7-0039/2011
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
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pursuant to Rule 110(4) of the Rules of Procedure
replacing the motions by the following groups:
EFD (B7‑0039/2011)
S&D (B7‑0040/2011)
ALDE (B7‑0051/2011)
ECR (B7‑0054/2011)
PPE (B7‑0056/2011)
Verts/ALE (B7‑0058/2011)
on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion
Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ioannis Kasoulides, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Ernst Strasser, Tunne Kelam, Doris Pack, Mário David, Francisco José Millán Mon, Gay Mitchell, Filip Kaczmarek, Marietta Giannakou, Carlo Casini, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Anna Záborská, Traian Ungureanu, Cristiana Muscardini, Andrzej Grzyb, Constance Le Grip, Sari Essayah, Othmar Karas on behalf of the PPE Group
Adrian Severin, Hannes Swoboda, Richard Howitt, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Guido Milana, Vincent Peillon, Gianni Pittella, David-Maria Sassoli, Patrizia Toia on behalf of the S&D Group
Marietje Schaake, Vincenzo Iovine, Marielle De Sarnez, Charles Goerens, Frédérique Ries, Kristiina Ojuland, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells on behalf of the ALDE Group
Heidi Hautala, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Margrete Auken, Raül Romeva i Rueda on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Marek Henryk Migalski, Peter van Dalen, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Mirosław Piotrowski, Tomasz Piotr Poręba on behalf of the ECR Group
Fiorello Provera on behalf of the EFD Group
Cornelis de Jong, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides
European Parliament resolution on the situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion
– having regard to its previous resolutions, and in particular that of 15 November 2007 on serious events which compromise Christian communities’ existence and those of other religious communities, that of 21 January 2010 on attacks on Christian communities, that of 6 May 2010 on the mass atrocities in Jos, Nigeria, that of 20 May 2010 on religious freedom in Pakistan and that of 25 November 2010 on Iraq: the death penalty (notably the case of Tariq Aziz) and attacks against Christian communities,
– having regard to its annual reports on the situation of human rights in the world, and in particular to its resolution of 16 December 2010 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009,
– having regard to Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948,
– having regard to Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966,
– having regard to the UN Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion and Belief of 1981,
– having regard to the reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and in particular her reports of 29 December 2009, 16 February 2010 and 29 July 2010,
– having regard to Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights of 1950,
– having regard to Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
– having regard to Article 3(5) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU),
– having regard to Article 17 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
– having regard to the statement by the spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission, following the attack against worshippers at a Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt, on 1 January 2011,
– having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on the deadly blast at an Egyptian church on 1 January 2011,
– having regard to Rule 110(4) of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas the European Union has repeatedly expressed its commitment to freedom of religion, freedom of conscience and freedom of thought, and has stressed that governments have a duty to guarantee these freedoms all over the world; whereas the development of human rights, democracy and civil liberties is the common base on which the European Union builds its relations with third countries and has been provided for by the democracy clause in the agreements between the EU and third countries,
B. whereas Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights declares that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; whereas this right includes the freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of one’s own choice, and the freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest this religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching,
C. whereas freedom of thought, conscience and religion applies to adherents of religions, but also to atheists, agnostics and people without beliefs,
D. whereas the number of attacks on Christian communities has risen worldwide in 2010 as well as the number of trials and sentences to death for blasphemy, which often affect women; whereas statistics on religious freedom in recent years show that the majority of acts of religious violence are perpetrated against Christians, as indicated in the 2009 Report on Religious Freedom in the World prepared by the organisation ‘Aid to the Church in Need’; whereas in some cases the situation facing Christian communities is such as to endanger their future existence, and if they were to disappear, this would entail the loss of a significant part of the religious heritage of the countries concerned,
E. whereas once again innocent lives were being cut short in atrocious attacks designed to strike the Christian community in Nigeria on 11 January 2011; whereas on 24 December 2010 there were attacks against several churches in Maiduguri and on 25 December there were bomb attacks in the Nigerian city of Jos, which led to the killing of 38 civilians while dozens of others were wounded; whereas on 21 December 2010 men armed with swords and machetes assaulted a group of local Christian villagers, killing three and leaving two wounded, in Turu, Nigeria; whereas on 3 December 2010 seven Christians, including women and children, were found dead, whilst four others were left wounded in a attack in the city of Jos, Nigeria,
F. whereas the assassination of Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab, on 4 January 2011 as well as the case of Asia Noreen in Pakistan provoked protests by the international community,
G. whereas a terrorist attack on Coptic Christians killed and injured innocent civilians in Alexandria on 1 January 2011,
H. whereas on 25 December 2010 a priest and a 9-year-old girl were among the total number of 11 wounded when a bomb was set off inside a chapel on Christmas Day, in Sulu, Philippines,
I. whereas the celebration of Christmas Mass in the villages of Rizokarpaso and Ayia Triada in the northern part of Cyprus was interrupted by force on 25 December 2010,
J. whereas on 30 December 2010 jihadi terrorist attacks against Assyrian Christian families left at least two dead and 14 wounded in a series of coordinated bomb attacks on Christian homes in Baghdad, Iraq; whereas on 27 December 2010 a roadside bomb killed an Assyrian Christian woman and wounded her husband in Dujail, Iraq; whereas two Iraqi Christians were killed in Mosul on 22 November 2010; whereas a series of attacks targeting Christian areas killed innocent civilians in Baghdad on 10 November 2010; whereas 52 people died, amongst them women and children, in the massacre of 1 November 2010 at the Syrian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad,
K. whereas the Iranian Government has stepped up its campaign against Christians in the Islamic Republic, with more than 100 arrested in the past month, forcing many to flee the country or face criminal charges and a possible death sentence,
L. whereas in Vietnam too, the activities of the Catholic Church and of other religious communities have been severely repressed, as is demonstrated by the serious situation facing the communities of Vietnamese ‘montagnards’; whereas, however, the change of heart by the Vietnamese regime concerning the case of Father Nguyen Van Ly, resulting in his release, can be welcomed,
M. whereas attacks by violent Islamist extremists are also attacks on the current regime of the states concerned, aiming to create unrest and to start civil war between the different religious groups,
N. whereas Europe, like other parts of the world, is not exempt from cases of violation of freedom of religion, attacks on members of religious minorities on the basis of their beliefs, and religiously motivated discrimination,
O. whereas inter-community dialogue is crucial to promoting peace and mutual understanding between peoples,
1. Condemns the recent attacks on Christian communities in various countries and expresses its solidarity with the families of the victims; expresses its deep concerns about the proliferation of episodes of intolerance, repression and violent events directed against Christian communities, particularly in the countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East;
2. Welcomes the efforts made by the authorities of the countries concerned to identify the authors and perpetrators of the attacks on Christian communities; urges the governments to ensure that perpetrators of these crimes and all persons responsible for the attacks, as well as for other violent acts against Christians or other religious or other minorities, are brought to justice and tried by due process;
3. Strongly condemns all acts of violence against Christians and other religious communities as well as all kinds of discrimination and intolerance based on religion and belief against religious people, apostates and non-believers; stresses once again that the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right;
4. Is concerned about the exodus of Christians from various countries, especially Middle Eastern countries, in recent years;
5. Expresses its concerns about the fact that the Pakistani blasphemy law, which was publicly opposed by the late Governor Salman Taseer, is still used to persecute religious denominations, including Christians such as Asia Noreen, a Christian mother of five sentenced to death, and that the murderer of Governor Salman Taseer is treated by large sections of Pakistani society as a hero;
6. Welcomes the Egyptian public opinion reaction which vigorously condemned the terrorist act and rapidly grasped that the attack was plotted to undermine the deep rooted traditional bonds between Christians and Muslims in Egypt; welcomes the joint demonstrations by Coptic Christians and Muslims in Egypt to protest against the attack; welcomes also the public condemnation of the attack by the President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar and the Grand Mufti of Egypt;
7. Condemns the interruption by force of the Christmas Mass celebrated on Christmas Day by the remaining 300 Christians in the northern part of Cyprus by the Turkish authorities;
8. Expresses its grave concerns about the abuse of religion by the perpetrators of terrorist acts in several areas of the world; denounces the instrumentalisation of religion in various political conflicts;
9. Urges the authorities of states with alarmingly high levels of attacks against religious denominations to take responsibility in ensuring normal and public religious practices for all religious denominations, to step up their efforts to provide reliable and efficient protection for the religious denominations in their countries and to ensure the personal safety and physical integrity of members of religious denominations in the country, thereby complying with the obligations to which they have already committed themselves within the international arena;
10. Stresses once again that respect for human rights and civil liberties, including freedom of religion or belief, are fundamental principles and aims of the European Union and constitute a common ground in its relations with third countries;
11. Calls on the Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission to pay increased attention to the subject of freedom of religion or belief and to the situation of religious communities, including Christians, in agreements and cooperation with third countries as well as in human rights reports;
12. Invites the forthcoming External Affairs Council on 31 January 2011 to discuss the question of the persecution of Christians and respect for religious freedom or belief, which discussion should give rise to concrete results, especially as regards the instruments that can be used to provide security and protection for Christian communities under threat, wherever in the world they may be;
13. Calls on the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission to develop as a matter of urgency an EU strategy on the enforcement of the human right to freedom of religion, including a list of measures against states who knowingly fail to protect religious denominations;
14. Asks the High Representative, in light of recent events and the increasing necessity for analysing and understanding the evolution of cultural and religious developments in international relations and contemporary societies, to develop a permanent system within the human rights directorate of the External Action Service to monitor the situation of governmental and societal restrictions on religious freedom and related rights, and to report annually to Parliament;
15. Calls for the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission and Parliament to include a chapter on religious freedom in their Annual Human Rights report;
16. Urges EU institutions to comply with the obligation under Article 17 of the TFEU to maintain an open, transparent and regular dialogue with churches and religious, philosophical and non-confessional organisations, in order to ensure that the issue of the persecution of Christians and other religious communities is a priority issue which is discussed on a systematic basis;
17. Calls on the leadership of all religious communities in Europe to condemn attacks on Christian communities and other faith groups on the basis of equal respect for each denomination;
18. Reiterates its support for all initiatives aimed at promoting dialogue and mutual respect between religious and other communities; calls on all religious authorities to promote tolerance and to take initiatives against hatred and violent and extremist radicalisation;
19. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, the parliaments and governments of the Member States, the parliament and government of Egypt, the parliament and government of Iran, the parliament and government of Iraq, the parliament and government of Nigeria, the parliament and government of Pakistan, the parliament and government of the Philippines, the parliament and government of Vietnam, and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference.
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The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality (The Crimson Fairy Book, 1910) by ANDREW LANG
Posted by patrick on May 12, 2019 May 12, 2019
Once upon a time, in the very middle of the middle of a large kingdom, there was a town, and in the town a palace, and in the palace a king. This king had one son whom his father thought was wiser and cleverer than any son ever was before, and indeed his father had spared no pains to make him so. He had been very careful in choosing his tutors and governors when he was a boy, and when he became a youth he sent him to travel, so that he might see the ways of other people, and find that they were often as good as his own.
It was now a year since the prince had returned home, for his father felt that it was time that his son should learn how to rule the kingdom which would one day be his. But during his long absence the prince seemed to have changed his character altogether. From being a merry and light-hearted boy, he had grown into a gloomy and thoughtful man. The king knew of nothing that could have produced such an alteration. He vexed himself about it from morning till night, till at length an explanation occurred to him—the young man was in love!
Now the prince never talked about his feelings—for the matter of that he scarcely talked at all; and the father knew that if he was to come to the bottom of the prince’s dismal face, he would have to begin. So one day, after dinner, he took his son by the arm and led him into another room, hung entirely with the pictures of beautiful maidens, each one more lovely than the other.
‘My dear boy,’ he said, ‘you are very sad; perhaps after all your wanderings it is dull for you here all alone with me. It would be much better if you would marry, and I have collected here the portraits of the most beautiful women in the world of a rank equal to your own. Choose which among them you would like for a wife, and I will send an embassy to her father to ask for her hand.’
‘Alas! your Majesty,’ answered the prince, ‘it is not love or marriage that makes me so gloomy; but the thought, which haunts me day and night, that all men, even kings, must die. Never shall I be happy again till I have found a kingdom where death is unknown. And I have determined to give myself no rest till I have discovered the Land of Immortality.
The old king heard him with dismay; things were worse than he thought. He tried to reason with his son, and told him that during all these years he had been looking forward to his return, in order to resign his throne and its cares, which pressed so heavily upon him. But it was in vain that he talked; the prince would listen to nothing, and the following morning buckled on his sword and set forth on his journey.
He had been travelling for many days, and had left his fatherland behind him, when close to the road he came upon a huge tree, and on its topmost bough an eagle was sitting shaking the branches with all his might. This seemed so strange and so unlike an eagle, that the prince stood still with surprise, and the bird saw him and flew to the ground. The moment its feet touched the ground he changed into a king.
‘Why do you look so astonished?’ he asked.
‘I was wondering why you shook the boughs so fiercely,’ answered the prince.
‘I am condemned to do this, for neither I nor any of my kindred can die till I have rooted up this great tree,’ replied the king of the eagles. ‘But it is now evening, and I need work no more to-day. Come to my house with me, and be my guest for the night.’
The prince accepted gratefully the eagle’s invitation, for he was tired and hungry. They were received at the palace by the king’s beautiful daughter, who gave orders that dinner should be laid for them at once. While they were eating, the eagle questioned his guest about his travels, and if he was wandering for pleasure’s sake, or with any special aim. Then the prince told him everything, and how he could never turn back till he had discovered the Land of Immortality.
‘Dear brother,’ said the eagle, ‘you have discovered it already, and it rejoices my heart to think that you will stay with us. Have you not just heard me say that death has no power either over myself or any of my kindred till that great tree is rooted up? It will take me six hundred years’ hard work to do that; so marry my daughter and let us all live happily together here. After all, six hundred years is an eternity!’
‘Ah, dear king,’ replied the young man, ‘your offer is very tempting! But at the end of six hundred years we should have to die, so we should be no better off! No, I must go on till I find the country where there is no death at all.’
Then the princess spoke, and tried to persuade the guest to change his mind, but he sorrowfully shook his head. At length, seeing that his resolution was firmly fixed, she took from a cabinet a little box which contained her picture, and gave it to him saying:
‘As you will not stay with us, prince, accept this box, which will sometimes recall us to your memory. If you are tired of travelling before you come to the Land of Immortality, open this box and look at my picture, and you will be borne along either on earth or in the air, quick as thought, or swift as the whirlwind.’
The prince thanked her for her gift, which he placed in his tunic, and sorrowfully bade the eagle and his daughter farewell.
Never was any present in the world as useful as that little box, and many times did he bless the kind thought of the princess. One evening it had carried him to the top of a high mountain, where he saw a man with a bald head, busily engaged in digging up spadefuls of earth and throwing them in a basket. When the basket was full he took it away and returned with an empty one, which he likewise filled. The prince stood and watched him for a little, till the bald-headed man looked up and said to him: ‘Dear brother, what surprises you so much?’
‘I was wondering why you were filling the basket,’ replied the prince.
‘Oh!’ replied the man, ‘I am condemned to do this, for neither I nor any of my family can die till I have dug away the whole of this mountain and made it level with the plain. But, come, it is almost dark, and I shall work no longer.’ And he plucked a leaf from a tree close by, and from a rough digger he was changed into a stately bald-headed king. ‘Come home with me,’ he added; ‘you must be tired and hungry, and my daughter will have supper ready for us.’ The prince accepted gladly, and they went back to the palace, where the bald-headed king’s daughter, who was still more beautiful than the other princess, welcomed them at the door and led the way into a large hall and to a table covered with silver dishes. While they were eating, the bald-headed king asked the prince how he had happened to wander so far, and the young man told him all about it, and how he was seeking the Land of Immortality. ‘You have found it already,’ answered the king, ‘for, as I said, neither I nor my family can die till I have levelled this great mountain; and that will take full eight hundred years longer. Stay here with us and marry my daughter. Eight hundred years is surely long enough to live.’
‘Oh, certainly,’ answered the prince; ‘but, all the same, I would rather go and seek the land where there is no death at all.’
So next morning he bade them farewell, though the princess begged him to stay with all her might; and when she found that she could not persuade him she gave him as a remembrance a gold ring. This ring was still more useful than the box, because when one wished oneself at any place one was there directly, without even the trouble of flying to it through the air. The prince put it on his finger, and thanking her heartily, went his way.
He walked on for some distance, and then he recollected the ring and thought he would try if the princess had spoken truly as to its powers. ‘I wish I was at the end of the world,’ he said, shutting his eyes, and when he opened them he was standing in a street full of marble palaces. The men who passed him were tall and strong, and their clothes were magnificent. He stopped some of them and asked in all the twenty-seven languages he knew what was the name of the city, but no one answered him. Then his heart sank within him; what should he do in this strange place if nobody could understand anything? he said. Suddenly his eyes fell upon a man dressed after the fashion of his native country, and he ran up to him and spoke to him in his own tongue. ‘What city is this, my friend?’ he inquired.
‘It is the capital city of the Blue Kingdom,’ replied the man, ‘but the king himself is dead, and his daughter is now the ruler.’
With this news the prince was satisfied, and begged his countryman to show him the way to the young queen’s palace. The man led him through several streets into a large square, one side of which was occupied by a splendid building that seemed borne up on slender pillars of soft green marble. In front was a flight of steps, and on these the queen was sitting wrapped in a veil of shining silver mist, listening to the complaints of her people and dealing out justice. When the prince came up she saw directly that he was no ordinary man, and telling her chamberlain to dismiss the rest of her petitioners for that day, she signed to the prince to follow her into the palace. Luckily she had been taught his language as a child, so they had no difficulty in talking together.
The prince told all his story and how he was journeying in search of the Land of Immortality. When he had finished, the princess, who had listened attentively, rose, and taking his arm, led him to the door of another room, the floor of which was made entirely of needles, stuck so close together that there was not room for a single needle more.
‘Prince,’ she said, turning to him, ‘you see these needles? Well, know that neither I nor any of my family can die till I have worn out these needles in sewing. It will take at least a thousand years for that. Stay here, and share my throne; a thousand years is long enough to live!’
‘Certainly,’ answered he; ‘still, at the end of the thousand years I should have to die! No, I must find the land where there is no death.’
The queen did all she could to persuade him to stay, but as her words proved useless, at length she gave it up. Then she said to him: ‘As you will not stay, take this little golden rod as a remembrance of me. It has the power to become anything you wish it to be, when you are in need.’
So the prince thanked her, and putting the rod in his pocket, went his way.
Scarcely had he left the town behind him when he came to a broad river which no man might pass, for he was standing at the end of the world, and this was the river which flowed round it. Not knowing what to do next, he walked a little distance up the bank, and there, over his head, a beautiful city was floating in the air. He longed to get to it, but how? neither road nor bridge was anywhere to be seen, yet the city drew him upwards, and he felt that here at last was the country which he sought. Suddenly he remembered the golden rod which the mist-veiled queen had given him. With a beating heart he flung it to the ground, wishing with all his might that it should turn into a bridge, and fearing that, after all, this might prove beyond its power. But no, instead of the rod, there stood a golden ladder, leading straight up to the city of the air. He was about to enter the golden gates, when there sprang at him a wondrous beast, whose like he had never seen. ‘Out sword from the sheath,’ cried the prince, springing back with a cry. And the sword leapt from the scabbard and cut off some of the monster’s heads, but others grew again directly, so that the prince, pale with terror, stood where he was, calling for help, and put his sword back in the sheath again.
The queen of the city heard the noise and looked from her window to see what was happening. Summoning one of her servants, she bade him go and rescue the stranger, and bring him to her. The prince thankfully obeyed her orders, and entered her presence.
The moment she looked at him, the queen also felt that he was no ordinary man, and she welcomed him graciously, and asked him what had brought him to the city. In answer the prince told all his story, and how he had travelled long and far in search of the Land of Immortality.
‘You have found it,’ said she, ‘for I am queen over life and over death. Here you can dwell among the immortals.’
A thousand years had passed since the prince first entered the city, but they had flown so fast that the time seemed no more than six months. There had not been one instant of the thousand years that the prince was not happy till one night when he dreamed of his father and mother. Then the longing for his home came upon him with a rush, and in the morning he told the Queen of the Immortals that he must go and see his father and mother once more. The queen stared at him with amazement, and cried: ‘Why, prince, are you out of your senses? It is more than eight hundred years since your father and mother died! There will not even be their dust remaining.’
‘I must go all the same,’ said he.
‘Well, do not be in a hurry,’ continued the queen, understanding that he would not be prevented. ‘Wait till I make some preparations for your journey.’ So she unlocked her great treasure chest, and took out two beautiful flasks, one of gold and one of silver, which she hung round his neck. Then she showed him a little trap-door in one corner of the room, and said: ‘Fill the silver flask with this water, which is below the trap-door. It is enchanted, and whoever you sprinkle with the water will become a dead man at once, even if he had lived a thousand years. The golden flask you must fill with the water here,’ she added, pointing to a well in another corner. ‘It springs from the rock of eternity; you have only to sprinkle a few drops on a body and it will come to life again, if it had been a thousand years dead.’
The prince thanked the queen for her gifts, and, bidding her farewell, went on his journey.
He soon arrived in the town where the mist-veiled queen reigned in her palace, but the whole city had changed, and he could scarcely find his way through the streets. In the palace itself all was still, and he wandered through the rooms without meeting anyone to stop him. At last he entered the queen’s own chamber, and there she lay, with her embroidery still in her hands, fast asleep. He pulled at her dress, but she did not waken. Then a dreadful idea came over him, and he ran to the chamber where the needles had been kept, but it was quite empty. The queen had broken the last over the work she held in her hand, and with it the spell was broken too, and she lay dead.
Quick as thought the prince pulled out the golden flask, and sprinkled some drops of the water over the queen. In a moment she moved gently, and raising her head, opened her eyes.
‘Oh, my dear friend, I am so glad you wakened me; I must have slept a long while!’
‘You would have slept till eternity,’ answered the prince, ‘if I had not been here to waken you.’
At these words the queen remembered about the needles. She knew now that she had been dead, and that the prince had restored her to life. She gave him thanks from her heart for what he had done, and vowed she would repay him if she ever got a chance.
The prince took his leave, and set out for the country of the bald-headed king. As he drew near the place he saw that the whole mountain had been dug away, and that the king was lying dead on the ground, his spade and bucket beside him. But as soon as the water from the golden flask touched him he yawned and stretched himself, and slowly rose to his feet. ‘Oh, my dear friend, I am so glad to see you,’ cried he, ‘I must have slept a long while!’
‘You would have slept till eternity if I had not been here to waken you,’ answered the prince. And the king remembered the mountain, and the spell, and vowed to repay the service if he ever had a chance.
Further along the road which led to his old home the prince found the great tree torn up by its roots, and the king of the eagles sitting dead on the ground, with his wings outspread as if for flight. A flutter ran through the feathers as the drops of water fell on them, and the eagle lifted his beak from the ground and said: ‘Oh, how long I must have slept! How can I thank you for having awakened me, my dear, good friend!’
‘You would have slept till eternity if I had not been here to waken you’; answered the prince. Then the king remembered about the tree, and knew that he had been dead, and promised, if ever he had the chance, to repay what the prince had done for him.
At last he reached the capital of his father’s kingdom, but on reaching the place where the royal palace had stood, instead of the marble galleries where he used to play, there lay a great sulphur lake, its blue flames darting into the air. How was he to find his father and mother, and bring them back to life, if they were lying at the bottom of that horrible water? He turned away sadly and wandered back into the streets, hardly knowing where he was going; when a voice behind him cried: ‘Stop, prince, I have caught you at last! It is a thousand years since I first began to seek you.’ And there beside him stood the old, white-bearded, figure of Death. Swiftly he drew the ring from his finger, and the king of the eagles, the bald-headed king, and the mist-veiled queen, hastened to his rescue. In an instant they had seized upon Death and held him tight, till the prince should have time to reach the Land of Immortality. But they did not know how quickly Death could fly, and the prince had only one foot across the border, when he felt the other grasped from behind, and the voice of Death calling: ‘Halt! now you are mine.’
The Queen of the Immortals was watching from her window, and cried to Death that he had no power in her kingdom, and that he must seek his prey elsewhere.
‘Quite true,’ answered Death; ‘but his foot is in my kingdom, and that belongs to me!’
‘At any rate half of him is mine,’ replied the Queen, ‘and what good can the other half do you? Half a man is no use, either to you or to me! But this once I will allow you to cross into my kingdom, and we will decide by a wager whose he is.’
And so it was settled. Death stepped across the narrow line that surrounds the Land of Immortality, and the queen proposed the wager which was to decide the prince’s fate. ‘I will throw him up into the sky,’ she said, ‘right to the back of the morning star, and if he falls down into this city, then he is mine. But if he should fall outside the walls, he shall belong to you.’
In the middle of the city was a great open square, and here the queen wished the wager to take place. When all was ready, she put her foot under the foot of the prince and swung him into the air. Up, up, he went, high amongst the stars, and no man’s eyes could follow him. Had she thrown him up straight? the queen wondered anxiously, for, if not, he would fall outside the walls, and she would lose him for ever. The moments seemed long while she and Death stood gazing up into the air, waiting to know whose prize the prince would be. Suddenly they both caught sight of a tiny speck no bigger than a wasp, right up in the blue. Was he coming straight? No! Yes! But as he was nearing the city, a light wind sprang up, and swayed him in the direction of the wall. Another second and he would have fallen half over it, when the queen sprang forward, seized him in her arms, and flung him into the castle. Then she commanded her servants to cast Death out of the city, which they did, with such hard blows that he never dared to show his face again in the Land of Immortality.
[From Ungarischen Volksmurchen.]
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-- IBO Web Manual
Olimpiada Nacional de Biología
Established since: 1991
Website: https://amc.mx/olimpiadanacionaldebiologia/index-2.html (in Spanish (Mexico))
Olympiad promotion:
For the State Biology Olympiad (first round), posters and leaflets are sent to all schools. Posters and leaflets are designed by States separately and sent to all schools for the first round. For the second round no posters are needed (National Biology Olympiad).
Organization, structure, categories and rounds:
Each State of the country has a Delegate who is responsible for organizing and obtaining the funds for the State Biology Olympiad. Local researchers and teachers can participate in the organization. The National Commitee is responsible for the design of the theorical and practical test and the organization of the National Biology Olympiad. We only have one category and two rounds. The first round is the State Biology Olympiad and the second is the National Biology Olympiad. The State Biology Olympiad takes place in the last week of October and the National Biology Olympiad in the last week of January. The number of students that participate in the first round is different every year. 90% of the students are from public schools and only 10% from private schools. Some schools have a preselection of the students, the best ones participate in the State Biology Olympiad. The six best students of each State Olympiad move on to the National Biology Olympiad. Elegible participants are between the ages of sixteen and nineteen and must be regular high-school students.
The first round test consists of 60 multiple choice questions and 40 true-false questions. The test is designed in collaboration with Delegates of 13 States and 2 members of the National Committee. Questions are based on the IBO syllabus. The test is the same for every student in all 29 States. Only in 6 States (out of 29), students perform a practical test. The second round tests consists of 60 multiple choise questions and 40 true-false questions. (with a higher degree of difficulty). The tests are designed by professors and researchers of the National Commiittee. These questions are also based on the IBO syllabus. Only the best students (+/-50%) move on to the practical tests. The four practical tests are designed by different professors and researchers of the National Autonomous University of México (UNAM), Autonomous University of Mexico City (UACM) and by reserachers of the National Medical Center. The areas of the practical tasks vary from year to year.
Student training:
The training for the NBO varies from State to State and depends on the Delegate and local teachers. For the IBO the students have only ten days training that take place during two different weeks (April and June). Training includes some theorical aspects but it is mainly focused on practical skills. The training takes place in the Faculty of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of México and in the National Medical Center.
Study materials:
There are no special materials for the preparation of the students. The suggested textbooks are Campell and other specialized books like Genes, Biochemistry (Lehninger), etc. Students are prepared with former IBO´s tests.
Awarding of students, prizes:
For the State Olympiad the awards vary by State. Some States give them medals and/or certificates. The NBO the winners get bronze, silver or golden medals, and certificates. Golden medals recipients also get a scholarship from the Mexican Academy of Sciences to participate in “ Summer of Research“ program. Students can choose in which lab of the country they want to stay throughout the summer, participanting in all the lab activities. Gold medal recipients also get a scholarship from the National Ministry of Education. This scholarship awards them a small monthly stipend for the whole degree, as long as they have good performance and very good marks.
Media coverage differs by State. Most of them will have some coverage by local press, radio and/or TV. For the NBO we have press, radio and TV coverage (depends on the State were the NBO takes place). For the IBO winners there is press and TV coverage.
Financial support / resources:
Each State covers all the costs of the first round and the transportation of the students and the Delegate to the city where the NBO will be held. The funds come mainly from the State University and some times from the State´s Ministry of Education. The second round is funded by the Mexican Academy of Sciences along with the hosting State University and the State Ministry of Education.. The expenses are shared 50/50. All the expenses for the participation in the IBO are covered by the Mexican Academy of Sciences. The Mexican Academy of Sciences receives the funds for the Olympiad from the National Council of Sciences and Technology (CONACyT). Moreover, the delegates, teachers, professors and researchers that participate in the organization or training, work pro bono.
Role of Ministry of education:
The National Ministry of Education does not fund the National Olympiad and does not participate in the NBO activities. NBO gold medal recipients get a scholarship from the National Ministry of Education that awards them a with a small monthly stipend for the whole college career, as long as they have a good performance and very good marks.
National competition rules:
The same as IBO
Statistics over the year:
70% boys and 30% girls
Only the 6 best students of each State participate in the NBO: ± 180 students every year.
Standard school year: from August to July.
Biology hours/week: minimum 3 hours/week, maximum 4 hours/week.
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Home Analysis Putting New Wine Into Old Wineskins—Same-Sex Marriage in the African Context: Upholding Traditional Values and Defining Human Rights
Putting New Wine Into Old Wineskins—Same-Sex Marriage in the African Context: Upholding Traditional Values and Defining Human Rights
—Kwame Frimpong, Founding Dean and Professor of Law, GIMPA Law School (Accra, Ghana)
The issue of same-sex marriage is not only controversial but also highly emotive, particularly within the African context. On the one hand, it raises both religious and traditional undertones. On the other hand, there is Africa that is haunted by its colonial past. Furthermore, we are faced with Africa that is striving to be a member of the global village, with all the issues of modernity. The question is how does Africa manage to steer a path that meets the needs and aspirations of competing interests?
Most African countries have experienced colonial past, with which came the imposition of foreign laws, customs, cultures, practices and ideologies. As was stressed by Joseph Chamberlain, colonization from the point of view of the British was a form of domination: “We develop new territory as trustees for civilization, for the commerce of the world.” (Lugard, The Dual Mandate, at p. vi.).
This period witnessed the subjection of most African countries to aggressive policies of “enlightening the heathen,” which involved the use of the laws, particularly the criminal law, to bring about a large scale abolition of the life styles of the peoples of the continent. The use of the so-called repugnancy clause by the British colonial judges, for instance, meant that any native or traditional law, custom, or practice that was deemed to be “repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience” was declared to be null and void.
This resulted in a conflict between tradition and modernity, which has bedeviled the continent to this day. On the one hand, the Africans were pursuing what they deemed legitimate customs and practices. On the other hand, the colonial authorities wanted to impose what they perceived to be a better way of life for the natives. This has been recognized as an “ethical dilemma” that has plagued the continent beyond colonial period, transcended the post-colonial era and has become a perennial problem. Two sets of practices operated in most of the countries. At the official level the colonial laws and policies operated, while at the grass-roots level African traditions continued unabated.
Post-independent African states were bequeathed with written constitutions that protected fundamental human rights. Paramount among such rights are equality before the law, the rights of minorities, and women rights. Since all these countries emerged after the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the colonialists ensured that the emerging new states lived up to the expectations of the comity of nations. Thus the political leaders who fought for and won independence find themselves obliged to defend the constitutions that determine their positions in power. The judiciary is in a similar state, as it has to interpret the law as mandated by the constitutions. However, on the other hand, it has to recognize the aspirations of a large majority of the population that is deeply settled in its traditions which the colonial power could not destroy.
It is in this context that one has to view the defense and protection of rights of gays and lesbians. Some political leaders may find it difficult to distance themselves from the demands of the population to whom they are accountable in terms of ascendancy to power. The judiciary, on the other hand, is mandated by the constitution to uphold the law and enforce the constitutional mandates.
The continent is polarized from many angles. First, some political leaders who may be described as the orthodox conservatives align themselves with the interests of the majority of the population who are unwilling to recognize gay and lesbian rights. Such practices are seen as serious aberrations and do not conform to African values and traditions. Zimbabwe, the Gambia, Uganda and Malawi are a few examples. The second set of politicians seems to have some understanding for such practices, but lack the courage to speak out boldly in favor. They are the Nicodemus type in the Bible and are described as the moderates. Beyond the political terrain are the academics who also fall within the two camps. Only human rights advocates tend to be outspoken and defend those rights. They are however in the minority and often become the object of attacks from all corners.
The position taken by the few who want to defend those rights becomes more difficult when their efforts are openly supported by leaders in the Western world. It makes it easier for politicians to satisfy the local opposition by arguing that those are foreign imposed ideas, values and practices. This was the case when the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, openly threatened to withdraw aid from countries that refused to recognize gay and lesbian rights. The reactions from most Africa countries clearly reinforced the already entrenched positions that this is another form of colonial impositions.
The judiciary is thus torn between two extreme camps. While strict interpretation of the constitutional provisions in most African countries will support gay and lesbian rights, including same sex marriage, the reality on the ground is that they have to walk a very tight rope, trying to balance what the law demands with what the majority want. At the end of the day, they are within a continent that is still rigidly glued to their traditions and values that neither colonial rule nor post independence has been able to eradicate. It requires education and sensitization. Any attempt to impose what is perceived to be an alien culture and practice is generally confronted by strong and angry reaction. It is therefore no wonder that leaders of countries like Zimbabwe and Uganda can openly defy any western pressure.
The South African Constitutional Court has taken the lead in legalizing same-sex marriage (Minister of Home Affairs and Another v. Fourie and Another (2005)). It is yet to be seen whether the rest of the continent will follow the South African example by putting new wine into old traditional African wine skins.
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I’m opposing to same-sex marriages worldwide, as it is far from a natural thing to do and it only has the effect of deepening the distance btwn the genders, as it had been created by the policies today.
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It has to be noted that the anti-gay position in Africa is not exclusively local. Recall the debate over the Ugandan bill to impose the death penalty for homosexuality, which exposed the tight links between some American Christian groups and African churches on this issue. There are international pressures on both sides, as there are for countries around the world in various regions.
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On Why Libraries Still Matter
The short answer to the question of why libraries still matter is this: Not everything is available on the Internet, especially the free, legal Internet.
You won't find most recent books, most magazine and journal articles, or back issues of most newspapers and magazines. Fee-based search services such as LexisNexis (www.lexisnexis.com) can help. Illegal "pirate" sites and BitTorrent services, on the other hand, can get you in trouble and are just plain wrong.
Sometimes you need a library, and sometimes you need the services of a librarian.
It's true that there's a lot of material on the Internet. At the time of this writing, the Internet included more than 920 million active web sites, according to Netcraft (www.netcraft.com). Google claims to have indexed nearly 20 billion webpages.
But libraries can be pretty big, too. The British Library, the world's largest, contains 150 million items. The Library of Congress in Washington, DC, is about the same size. The New York Public Library, in third place, is about a third as large.
Even with small community libraries, you'll find books and other materials you won't find online.
It's also true that information keeps growing. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been quoted as saying, "There were five exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization through 2003. But that much information is now created every two days, and the pace is increasing." An exabyte is one followed by eighteen zeros. Some believe that Schmidt was conservative in his estimates.
But it's not just about the quantity of information. According to James Gleick's book The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, sometimes the sheer amount of information compromises wisdom and the trivial overwhelms the meaningful. Data needs to become information, information needs to become knowledge, and knowledge needs to become wisdom.
This is one way in which librarians can help. They can help you figure out the best sources of information, says Jessamyn West, author of the blog Librarian.net and community technology educator in Randolph, Vermont.
"Libraries are essential to the idea of a functioning democracy. If you trust people to vote, they need access to unbiased impartial information and public space available for contemplation of those things," West told me in an email interview. "America needs public spaces for community cohesion, unfettered by people trying to sell you something."
Librarians can also get to know you, says West. They can thus tailor your search according to your personal informational needs, whether based on the job you have, the town or city you live in, or your family situation, and they can do this better than a set of computerized algorithms.
Much here has to do with overcoming the mindset that more is better. You can always find more websites, blogs, wikis, online discussion group posts, Twitter tweets, Facebook posts, newspaper and magazine articles, newsletters, white papers, reports, books, and so on.
Using the conscious mind to try to uncover more and more information, according to information scientists, can thwart the involvement of the subconscious mind in decisions about what to do with that information. The goal shouldn't be sheer information accumulation but making the best possible organizational, family, or personal decisions using that information.
Creative thinking and sound judgment are needed. This necessitates integrating new information you uncover with the existing information you have to discover connections and patterns. Intuition and emotion can be just as important here as reason and logic.
After you find the best sources of information for your purposes, allow for serendipity, for hearing the unheard and seeing the unforeseen. Opening a book randomly can take you to the unexpected, the useful, and the uplifting.
Despite its newfangled digital trappings, information overload isn't a new problem. In the eighteenth century, the English poet Alexander Pope lamented the "deluge of authors cover[ing] the land."
Going back far further, the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "What is the use of having countless books and libraries, whose titles their owners can scarcely read through in a whole lifetime? The learner is not instructed but burdened by the mass of them, and it is much better to surrender yourself to a few authors than to wander through many."
Some local and state governments, facing pressure to reduce taxes, have cut library budgets. But according to a Pew Research Center Library Services Study, 90% of Americans feel that the closing of their local public library would damage their community and 67% feel it would affect them and their families.
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Home Breaking News China Rejects GhostNet Spy Claims
China Rejects GhostNet Spy Claims
By internetnews.com Staff | March 31, 2009
China on Tuesday rejected a report suggesting it may be involved in using computer networks to spy on exiled Tibetans and foreign governments, accusing its authors of being possessed by "the ghost of the Cold War."
China has been repeatedly accused of using the Internet to secretly enter computer networks abroad to carry out sabotage and gather intelligence, and it has repeatedly denied such claims.
A report from the Toronto-based Munk Center for International Studies in Toronto said at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries were breached by the spying, which it said was based in China but could not be definitively linked to the government.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry dismissed such claims as rumor and said his government was committed to protecting Internet security.
"Nowadays the problem is that there are some people abroad avidly concocting rumors about China's so-called Internet espionage," spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news briefing.
"There's a ghost abroad called the Cold War and a virus called the China threat," Qin continued, breaking into English-language phrases to make his meaning clear.
"People possessed by the ghost of the Cold War constantly issue this China threat virus."
Among the sites infiltrated from China were embassies, foreign ministries and government offices, especially across southeast and south Asia, and the Dalai Lama's Tibetan exile centers, the Canadian researchers said in the report released at the weekend.
A computer located in the private office of the Dalai Lama was infected with a virus, the researchers found. It was capable of "phoning home" -- stealing information such as e-mail lists with thousands of names and negotiating position documents -- from the machine and sending it to those in control of the virus.
Activist researchers
The study was conducted by a private think tank and a research center affiliated with the international studies school at the University of Toronto.
Some of the same activist researchers were behind the OpenNet Initiative, a study of Internet filtering and censorship in more than three dozen countries that criticizes China for pervasive attempts to control political expression on the Web.
The report suggests many of the computers used to control the virus appeared to be run from Hainan, where the Chinese government operates a signals intelligence center.
But it also says it is hard to definitively prove this and that alternative explanations are possible. The whole issue of cyber-espionage is shrouded in mystery. Not just the Chinese, but the United States, Israel and Britain are known to have sophisticated electronic spy capabilities.
Whoever may be responsible, the report details a far-reaching campaign to infiltrate the computer networks of China's critics and their allies, not just among Tibetan exile groups but also Taiwan trade organizations.
"The attempts of these people to use rumors to vilify China will never succeed," said the Chinese spokesman Qin.
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Home Small Business Judge: Oracle Can See Competitors' Info
Judge: Oracle Can See Competitors' Info
By Michael Singer | March 11, 2004
SAN FRANCISCO -- UPDATED: A federal judge today opened the door for Oracle's lawyers to view sensitive company information from PeopleSoft and other third-party competitors such as Microsoft .
In a pre-trial hearing at the U.S. District Court here, Judge Vaughn R. Walker denied the U.S. Department of Justice's request for a two-tiered system for Oracle's attorneys. The motion would have prevented Oracle's lawyers from seeing trade secrets the government has collected as part of its case to block Oracle's controversial $9.4 billion PeopleSoft bid.
DoJ lead attorney Bruce McDonald said the system was needed to protect sensitive company information from Pleasanton, Calif.-based PeopleSoft, as well as some 33 other third-party partners and Oracle competitors as part of its case.
"Some are Oracle competitors, some are competitors in the mid-market, some are customers of and suppliers to Oracle," McDonald said. "They have expressed concern that the information could be used in judicial proceedings and they want to make sure that the information does not go into Oracle's inner council."
Microsoft was not identified directly as one of the 33 companies contacted by the Justice Department, but the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant has reportedly cooperated with the DoJ in support of its case. McDonald said the sensitive information could be available to Oracle lawyers as early as the end of the week.
Judge Walker set a trial date of June 7 and instructed both sides to give updates in a March 19 phone conference. Lawyers are expected to be back in the courtroom on April 16 to set additional pre-trial motion dates. The trial date gives each side about 60 days for discovery and to compile a witness list.
At trial, each side would have as much as eight days to present evidence. One issue still being hotly debated is Oracle's "Discount Forms", which the company uses in selling software and services. Judge Walker asked Oracle to supply all forms filed from Jan. 1, 2002 to the present.
McDonald argued that the "Discount Forms" would help establish a pattern of business practices with Oracle.
Oracle lead attorney Dan Wall complained that the DoJ has a six-month lead in gathering evidence. He said the DoJ's case is ambiguous at best and that it is time to "fish or cut bait," before the trial, which is slated to start on June 7th.
"The scope of what they are asking will pick up thousands and thousands and thousands of these forms for what they call the mid-market companies, which is not relevant to the case," Wall said.
Judge Walker, siding with the Justice Department, said he didn't "know the volume of the forms or the logistical problems in getting them together, but they should produce admissible evidence."
Oracle's legal strategy is to prove that its hostile play for PeopleSoft is not anti-competitive, as the DoJ alleges. Central to its case is the premise that the applications market for large businesses includes more than just the big three of German giant SAP , Oracle and PeopleSoft.
Oracle prompted the litigation after the DoJ said it opposed Oracle's latest offer for rival PeopleSoft. The DoJ filed suit to block the deal February 27. Oracle has vowed to challenge the DoJ's suit at trial. Judge Walker said if there is an appeal, it should be expedited directly to the Supreme Court given the nature of the case.
Yankee Group senior analyst Mike Dominy who has been following Oracle's bid to take over PeopleSoft since the acquisition was announced last June observed that the case may never even get to a full trial.
"What they will need to do is settle out of court if this trial looks like it will take a long time to resolve," Dominy told internetnews.com "I believe that Oracle has had multiple contingency plans well before the DoJ made its ruling. If Oracle stumbles at all on their revenue, they will get pressure from shareholders. Given the assets of Oracle, they can keep this suit with the Justice Department going for a while, but it is messy and it is a distraction."
Oracle is expected to report its third-quarter financial statements Thursday after the market closes. Analysts expect the company to report earnings of 12-cents per share.
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The Prophet Micaiah Warns Ahab 18 1When King Jehoshaphat of Judah became rich and famous, he arranged a marriage between a member of his family and the family of King Ahab of Israel. 2A number of years later Jehoshaphat went to the city of Samaria to visit Ahab. To honor Jehoshaphat and those with him, Ahab had a large number of sheep and cattle slaughtered for a feast. He tried to persuade Jehoshaphat to join him in attacking the city of Ramoth in Gilead. 3He asked, “Will you go with me to attack Ramoth?” Jehoshaphat replied, “I am ready when you are, and so is my army. We will join you.” 4Then he added, “But first let's consult the LORD.” 5So Ahab called in the prophets, about four hundred of them, and asked them, “Should I go and attack Ramoth, or not?” “Attack it,” they answered. “God will give you victory.” 6But Jehoshaphat asked, “Isn't there another prophet through whom we can consult the LORD?” 7Ahab answered, “There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad.” “You shouldn't say that!” Jehoshaphat replied. 8So King Ahab called in a court official and told him to go and get Micaiah at once. 9The two kings, dressed in their royal robes, were sitting on their thrones at the threshing place just outside the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying in front of them. 10One of them, Zedekiah son of Chenaanah, made iron horns and said to Ahab, “This is what the LORD says, ‘With these you will fight the Syrians and totally defeat them.’” 11All the other prophets said the same thing. “March against Ramoth and you will win,” they said. “The LORD will give you victory.” 12Meanwhile, the official who had gone to get Micaiah said to him, “All the other prophets have prophesied success for the king, and you had better do the same.” 13But Micaiah answered, “By the living LORD I will say what my God tells me to!” 14When he appeared before King Ahab, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should King Jehoshaphat and I go and attack Ramoth, or not?” “Attack!” Micaiah answered. “Of course you'll win. The LORD will give you victory.” 15But Ahab replied, “When you speak to me in the name of the LORD, tell the truth! How many times do I have to tell you that?” 16 Micaiah answered, “I can see the army of Israel scattered over the hills like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These men have no leader; let them go home in peace.’” 17Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never prophesies anything good for me; it's always something bad!” 18Micaiah went on: “Now listen to what the LORD says! I saw the LORD sitting on his throne in heaven, with all his angels standing beside him. 19The LORD asked, ‘Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and get killed at Ramoth?’ Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else, 20until a spirit stepped forward, approached the LORD, and said, ‘I will deceive him.’ ‘How?’ the LORD asked. 21The spirit replied, ‘I will go and make all of Ahab's prophets tell lies.’ The LORD said, ‘Go and deceive him. You will succeed.’” 22And Micaiah concluded: “This is what has happened. The LORD has made these prophets of yours lie to you. But he himself has decreed that you will meet with disaster!” 23Then the prophet Zedekiah went up to Micaiah, slapped his face, and asked, “Since when did the LORD's spirit leave me and speak to you?” 24“You will find out when you go into some back room to hide,” Micaiah replied. 25Then King Ahab ordered one of his officers, “Arrest Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Prince Joash. 26Tell them to throw him in prison and to put him on bread and water until I return safely.” 27“If you return safely,” Micaiah exclaimed, “then the LORD has not spoken through me!” And he added, “Listen, everyone, to what I have said!” The Death of Ahab 28Then King Ahab of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah went to attack the city of Ramoth in Gilead. 29Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “As we go into battle, I will disguise myself, but you wear your royal garments.” So the king of Israel went into battle in disguise. 30The king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders to attack no one else except the king of Israel. 31So when they saw King Jehoshaphat, they all thought that he was the king of Israel, and they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat gave a shout, and the LORD God rescued him and turned the attack away from him. 32The chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, so they stopped pursuing him. 33By chance, however, a Syrian soldier shot an arrow which struck King Ahab between the joints of his armor. “I'm wounded!” he cried out to his chariot driver. “Turn around and pull out of the battle!” 34While the battle raged on, King Ahab remained propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrians. At sunset he died.
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HISTORY MADE: FIRST STEP CLEARS BOTH CHAMBERS
FIRST STEP ACT PASSES FINAL VOTE IN HOUSE WITH 358 VOTES; HEADS TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DESK FOR SIGNATURE
Historic Criminal Justice Reform Bill Passes House and Senate with Overwhelming Bipartisan Majority
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the House of Representatives passed the FIRST STEP Act by a vote of 358-36, after a 87-12 vote in the Senate, paving the way for the bill to become law. The first-of-its kind, historic criminal justice reform legislation now heads to President Trump’s desk for his signature. Years in the making, this bill is the most comprehensive criminal justice reform ever passed by both chambers of U.S. Congress.
The landmark legislation was spearheaded by bipartisan partnership of Congressmen Doug Collins (R-GA) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), as well as Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). The strong leadership of these key sponsors, among other members, built the foundation for the most significant bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation to pass both chambers in a generation.
“It was incredible to be with our bipartisan group of advocates in the U.S. House of Representatives when the chamber voted overwhelmingly to deliver to the American people something that they have demanded for years – bipartisan legislation that transforms our broken justice system, making it fairer and more effective, which will ultimately makes America safer,” said Holly Harris, Executive Director of Justice Action Network and a Kentucky-based conservative strategist. “I’d like to thank Congressmen Collins and Jeffries for spearheading the First Step Act, Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Pelosi for their steadfast resolve in seeing it through, and the 358 members of Congress who voted alongside them for this life-changing legislation. We look forward to President Trump signing this groundbreaking bill into law.”
Key components of the bill include:
Provides certain inmates earned credit incentives to participate in rehabilitative and job-training programming designed to reduce recidivism;
Authorizes $75 million for rehabilitative programming;
Requires inmates to be housed in a facility within 500 miles from their primary residence, if security classification and bed space allow it;
Reauthorizes an elderly prisoner early release pilot program from the Second Chance Act of 2007
Expands the existing “safety valve” for low-level, nonviolent offenders, which allows judges to depart below mandatory minimum sentences in certain cases;
Makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine, retroactive;
Bans shackling of women who are pregnant or in postpartum recovery in federal prisons and jails
As the country’s largest bipartisan advocacy organization, Justice Action Network serves as a national hub for bipartisan cooperation in the criminal justice reform space. Working through dozens of funded partners on the right and the left, JAN has assisted in the passage of dozens of significant reform bills across the country. JAN credits groups including FreedomWorks, #Cut50, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, the American Conservative Union, the Brennan Center for Justice, Prison Fellowship, Right on Crime, the Center for American Progress, the Fraternal Order of Police, the U.S. Chamber, and so many more for linking arms and moving forward in lockstep to advance federal reforms, which will better prioritize public safety, improve and expand rehabilitative opportunities for incarcerated people, and begin the process of reducing unduly harsh sentences for certain nonviolent offenders.
Earlier today criminal justice reform advocates hosted a press call to discuss this historic legislation. Audio from that press call is attached.
Today’s final House vote sends the legislation to the President’s desk for signature.
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Årabrot: Who Do You Love? LP
Årabrot are set to return on 7th September with their most astounding piece of True Norwegian Art Rock to date; “Who Do You Love” on new home Pelagic Records.
The Norwegian grammy award winning band carry all the hallmarks of a sonic spectrum that has always been a wide and wild field of purposeful mismatches, a world of friction between the noisy, the disharmony and the tension, with rivalling moments of harmonic relief.
But there is more than noise rock to Årabrot‘s formula, “I’m interested in feelings, either the very silent or the extremely noisy“, band leader Kjetil Nernes comments. ‘I don’t care about what’s in between, the middle of the road isn’t my thing. The bible fits really well with that. I’m using it thematically all of the time.”
It comes as no surprise that the singer and guitar player has established himself in a former church in the woods of Dalarna in rural Sweden, where he lives with his wife, piano player and singer Karin Park, and where his band now rehearses and records, surrounded by pianos, organs and hundreds of old bibles that the church left behind when the congregation stopped. The clerical environment has proven to be an excellent creative tapestry for a band whose lyrical focus orbits around sex, death and defiance.
Kjetil Nernes has made his own first hand experience with the topics he sings about. He was diagnosed with malignant throat cancer in 2014, in the middle of a tour. Instead of heading in for surgery right away, the band finished a full European tour first, “Every night of that tour was like the last show ever“, Nernes comments, “It was really strange. When a doctor calls and says, ‘you’re terribly sick’, it’s surreal. You go into this phase where life is more vivid and more real, in a weird way. We’ve done so many shows through the years and sometimes it’s a little like going to the factory to do a job. But with an axe hanging over your head you perceive the world differently.“
After successfully recovering from cancer, Årabrot are now stronger than ever. The band has collaborated with producers like Billy Anderson and Steve Albini, and musicians like Ted Parsons (Killing Joke/Swans), Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley, and Kvelertak’s Erlend Hjelvik. They have composed music for silent movies like “Die Niebelungen” and “Doctor Caligari”, and have teamed up with The Quietus founder John Doran on his spoken word tour. Their previous full-length album “The Gospel”, was also named “Album of the Year” by The Quietus.
Get yourself ready to face the big question, to be dropped in September: WHO DO YOU LOVE?
Clear (limited to 250 copies) vinyl in full colour sleeve with printed inner sleeve and digital download coupon.
Who Do You Love by ARABROT
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Opinion Which "Dream Team" is better?
Celebrating the “Masses” of the Mass Movement
Published on Thursday, 22 August 2013 15:29
Written by Lee A. Daniels
By Lee A. Daniels
NNPA Columnist
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wasn’t there by himself.
On that sweltering sunlit day of August 28, 1963, King and the other leaders of the national civil rights organizations didn’t stand at the Lincoln Memorial and speak their powerful words to an empty outdoor auditorium of the National Mall.
They spoke to the masses of the movement – a quarter-million strong in Washington that day, and millions more glued to television sets and radios around the country. And they spoke to White America for the masses of the movement.
But it’s critically important to understand that their speaking for the masses was, in significant measure, just a matter of convenience.
It in no way diminishes the oratorical, intellectual and tactical brilliance of King; Whitney M. Young, Jr. of the National Urban League; Roy Wilkins of the NAACP; A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the famous Black union of Pullman railroad porters; Dorothy I. Height of the National Council of Negro Women; John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; and James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality; or the organizational genius of Bayard Rustin to say they didn’t build the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s by themselves.
The masses of Black Americans and their few allies among other Americans – those who stood on the front lines and those who worked behind the scenes – did. They did so by their work, largely out of the somewhat protective spotlight of the national media, in scores of Southern cities, towns and hamlets. And they did so at a great cost.
The sugary sentimentality that often obscures the reality of the civil rights movement era glosses over the fact that the March itself was bracketed by two terrible acts of racial violence. It occurred just two months after Medgar Evers, the NAACP’s fearless Mississippi field secretary, was assassinated as he stood in the driveway of his home, and two weeks before Klan extremists in Birmingham, Ala. dynamited the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church during its Sunday School hour, killing four young Black girls.
That those evil acts did not provoke the Black masses to break their commitment to nonviolence underscores their profound discipline – and patience with White America – during those years.
I’ve always considered the three most metaphorical events of the Movement to have been the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955; the Little Rock (Ark.) school desegregation effort of 1957; and the first attempt by civil rights activists in Selma, Ala. to march from Selma to Montgomery to demand the right to vote:
The one: a citywide protest that ordinary Black working people undertook at considerable peril to their always-precarious economic livelihoods.
The second: the courageous decision by ordinary Black parents and their children to directly challenge a state’s segregationist political and civic leadership – despite the threat of violence always lurking in the background.
The third: a band of nonviolent demonstrators who, facing a murderous posse of Alabama state police, showed anew that the masses’ commitment to nonviolence could defeat the Southern power structure’s continued commitment to evil.
In all these actions, it was the masses who gave certain individuals or a group of people among them the authority to represent them.
Of course, the Movement’s national leadership understood the role of the masses better than anyone. So, King, in his historic speech paid homage to them in words that are still too little recalled: “I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.”
Tragically, they would for some years after that continue to endure such “unearned suffering.”
But the masses of the Movement persevered then and beyond the 1960s, and over the last four decades have brilliantly used the power of the vote their activism brought them to help redeem the Constitution’s “self-evident” declaration about the “unalienable rights” of human beings.
So, as America marks the hallowed moment of the 1963 March on Washington, let us remember not only who was on the podium but also who made up the vast throng surrounding the Lincoln Memorial – the ones who in equal measure made it an event for the ages.
Lee A. Daniels is a longtime journalist based in New York City. His latest book is Last Chance: The Political Threat to Black America.
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Trademark Filling in India- Importance and Analysis of the Market
The Government of India has been taking significant steps to develop favorable arena for Trademark filing. With registered trademark, one can stop others from using the trademarked business name/logo/word with respect to goods or services. Trademarks serve as a mark for identification of good or services and provide a better way to reach out to […]
Mandar Natekar from Viacom18 joins Kidzania India as Chief Business Officer
The global indoor theme park based in Mumbai and Delhi NCR, KidZania, has appointed Viacom18’s Mandar Natekar as Chief Business Officer (CBO) of KidZania India. During his six-year stint with Viacom 18, Natekar was responsible for managing the entire revenue stream for brand MTV, Pepsi MTV Indies and MTV Beats across Ad-Sales, Large Format Sponsorships, […]
Yannick Colaco to step down as MD of NBA India
Yannick Colaco will step down as Vice President & Managing Director of NBA India, by the end of the month. Colaco has been in the current role since February 2013 and reports to NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum. Under Colaco leadership, the NBA has seen tremendous growth in India in the last three years fueled by […]
— Amit Aggarwal, Co-Founder and Director, Effectual Services The famous legal maxim – “Justice delayed is justice denied”, is unequivocally applicable in case of patents. An Intellectual Property (IP) owner is unable to enforce his patent unless it is validly granted by the Indian Patent Office – be it Trademark, Design or a Patent. This […]
Disney appoints Mahesh Samat as Asia Pacific Head of consumer products
The Walt Disney Company announced the appointment of Mahesh Samat, Executive Vice President, Disney Consumer Products Commercialization for the Asia Pacific region. Reporting into Ken Potrock, President, Disney Consumer Products Commercialization, Mahesh takes on responsibility for the commercialization of Disney franchises across merchandise, publishing and licensed games throughout India, Southeast Asia, Greater China, Korea, Japan, […]
Iconix Brand appoints Robert Galvin as CEO
Iconix Brand Group, which owns licenses and markets a portfolio of consumer brands such as Joe Boxer, Lee Cooper, etc, has appointed Robert Galvin as the chief executive officer, president and a member of the board of directors of the company effective October 15, 2018. Iconix also owns interests in Ed Hardy, Material Girl, Buffalo, […]
In India, licensing is still at a nascent phase. We often get confused as to what is IP infringement or the legal hassles associated with licensing. From a legal point of view, intellectual property (IP) encompasses software, patents, patent disclosures, trademarks and service marks, logos, get-up, trade names, internet domain names, rights in designs, copyright […]
Mufti appoints Vipul Mathur as Chief Operating Officer
The clothing and fashion brand Mufti has announced the appointment of Vipul Mathur as Chief Operating Officer (COO). A B.Tech graduate, Vipul completed his post-graduation from the Goa Institute of Management. In his current role, he will be responsible to augment consumer experiences and propel the brand towards a stronger growth. “We are delighted to […]
Abhishek Joshi quits Sony Pictures Networks India
Abhishek Joshi of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI) has stepped down from his position as the Marketing, Subscription, Content, and Licensing of Digital Business Head. Joshi is a media executive with over 17 years of marketing, analytics, business development, and content partnerships, strategy business planning and execution expertise spanning across television networks, internet video, content […]
Netflix hires Disney Executive Christie Fleischer as Global Head of Consumer Products
Netflix has hired Disney veteran Christie Fleischer as its global head of consumer products to oversee retail and licensee partnerships, publishing, interactive games, merchandising and experiential events. In her current role, Fleischer will lead a team focusing on developing the consumer products portfolio across all categories for Netflix original series and films. She joins the […]
With India’s appetite and love for sports, the licensing space has changed dynamically over the years. This year, Russia hosted the largest global football event — FIFA World Cup 2018. Despite India not featuring in the World Cup, there had been a surge in the sale of sports merchandises in India. In the offline space, […]
#MotivationalMonday: The diverse journey of the culinary king – Sanjeev Kapoor
Sanjeev Kapoor – India’s 1990’s matinee idol, shot into the limelight in 1992 (after he quit his job as a chef) with his TV show Khana Khazana, which became the longest-running cookery show in Asia. The culinary show ran for 18 years, with more than 500 million viewers. Renowned Indian chef Sanjeev Kapoor is known […]
Hard Rock International appoints Mark Linduski as Director of Licensing
Hard Rock International – owner of one of the world’s most-recognizable and iconic brands announced the appointment of Mark Linduski as Director of Licensing. In his new role, Linduski will draw on more than two decades of experience in the retail industry to drive brand exposure and customer reaches through engaging partnerships and various licensing […]
Gap Inc. appoints Neil Fiske as new global head of Gap brand
Gap Inc announced the appointment of Neil Fiske as president and chief executive officer of Gap brand. Fiske will begin his new role on June 20, 2018, and will serve on the company’s senior leadership team, reporting to Art Peck, president and chief executive officer of Gap Inc. “Neil brings significant retail and apparel experience […]
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THE INFIDEL (On release)
When north London Muslim Mahmud’s mother dies, he discovers from his birth certificate that he is adopted – and Jewish. With his son poised to marry the daughter of a hardline Islamic cleric, now is not the perfect time for Mahmud to have a crisis of faith. But then he meets an American Jewish cabbie and begs him to show him how to be a proper Jew, with disastrous results.
Written By David Baddiel
Directed by Josh Appignanesi
Starring Omid Djalili, Richard Schiff, Archie Panjabi
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Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
Marina Villeneuve
Maine Gov. Janet Mills delivers her State of the Budget address to the Legislature at the State House in Augusta, Maine, on Feb. 11. Maine has become the eighth state to legalize medically assisted suicide. Mills signed the bill on Wednesday. (Robert F. Bukaty / AP)
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who had previously said she was unsure about the bill, signed it in her office.
"It is my hope that this law, while respecting the right to personal liberty, will be used sparingly," said Mills.
Oregon was the first state to legalize such assistance, in 1997, and it took over a decade for the next state, Washington, to follow suit. While still controversial, assisted suicide legislation is winning increasing acceptance in the United States, and this year at least 18 states considered such measures.
Maine's measure will allow doctors to prescribe a fatal dose of medication to terminally ill people. It declares that obtaining or administering life-ending medication is not suicide under state law, thereby legalizing the practice often called medically assisted suicide.
The proposal had failed once in a statewide referendum and at least seven previous times in the Legislature. The current measure passed by just one vote in the House and a slim margin in the Senate.
The signing Wednesday was a relief to Mainers such as Staci Fowler, 47, who's taken on the fight for such laws in honor of her late friend Rebecca VanWormer.
VanWormer, whose breast cancer spread to her bones, had pushed for such a bill in 2015 — two years before she died in 2017.
"This is what she wanted," said Fowler, an educational consultant in Gardiner. "And now everybody has the option that she didn't have."
Maine joins seven other states and Washington, D.C., that have similar laws, according to the Death With Dignity National Center and the Death With Dignity Political Fund. The states are: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and New Jersey, whose governor signed the legislation earlier this year.
Montana doesn't have a specific law on the books, but the state Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that doctors could use a patient's request for life-ending medication as a defense against criminal charges.
Maine's population has the oldest median age, and, as in other states, the proposal has exposed divisions that defied party lines.
Supporters, including Democrats and a small group of Republicans who say the legislation is in line with the rugged state's tradition of individualism, say the terminally ill should have the right to choose how their lives end.
The governor said she believes the law should protect such rights, while also spelling out protections for those "unable to articulate their informed choices."
She issued an executive order Wednesday calling for the state to swiftly put the law's protections into place and analyze the law's impact.
Opponents, meanwhile, have said any assisted suicide legislation puts the terminally ill and individuals with disabilities in danger of abuse, coercion and mistakes. Such groups argue that doctors can be wrong and that government is devaluing life by "turning suicide into a medical option."
"Do you think the insurance companies will do the right thing or the cheap thing?" said Teresa McCann-Tumidajski, executive director of the Maine Right to Life Committee. "The so-called safeguards are there for the physicians, insurance carriers and lawyers. Not the patient."
As more states slowly pass similar laws, critics nationwide argue that government should simply never wade into such issues.
"Assisted suicide is a dangerous public policy that puts the most vulnerable people in society at risk for abuse, coercion and mistakes," said Matt Valliere, Executive Director of Patients Rights Action Fund, an advocacy group. "It also provides profit-driven insurance companies perverse incentives to offer a quick death, rather than costly continuing quality care."
The law's Democratic sponsor said the latest language addresses criticism of past efforts that have failed in Maine.
The legislation defines "terminal disease" as one that is incurable and will likely end in death within six months.
The law requires a second opinion by a consulting physician, along with one written and two verbal requests. Physicians would screen patients for conditions that could impair judgment, such as depression.
The law criminalizes coercing someone into requesting life-ending medication, as well as forging a request for life-ending medication.
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Coach For Men Eau De Toilette
The Maybelline NY Company was created by a 19-year-old entrepreneur named Tom Lyle Williams in 1915. Williams noticed his older sister Mabel applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look. He adapted it with a chemistry set and produced a product sold locally called lash-in-brow-line. Williams renamed his eye beautifier Maybelline, in honor of his sister Mabel, who gave him the idea. In 1917 the company produced Maybelline Cake Mascara, "the first modern eye cosmetic for everyday use" and Ultra Lash in the 1960s, which was the first mass-market automatic.[5] In 1967, the company was sold by Williams to Plough, Inc. (now Schering-Plough) in Memphis, Tennessee. The entire cosmetic production facility was moved from Chicago to Memphis over one week-end. In 1975, the company moved its factory to Little Rock, Arkansas, where it is still located. In 1990, Schering-Plough sold Maybelline to a New York investment firm, Wasserstein Perella & Co. Maybelline Operational Headquarters remained in Memphis until being sold in 1996, when headquarters moved to New York City. The makeup factory moved to Brooklyn in 2000.[6] Maybelline NY received a boost when the company hired Lynda Carter as the company's beauty fashion coordinator after her television series ended; she also appeared in several of its television and print advertisements. Josie Maran, Miranda Kerr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Melina Kanakaredes, Zhang Ziyi, Siti Nurhaliza, Fasha Sandha, Sheetal Mallar, Julia Stegner, Jessica White and Kristin Davis have endorsed Maybelline NY products. The current faces of Maybelline NY are Adriana Lima,Christy Turlington, Erin Wasson, Kemp Muhl, Emily DiDonato, Jourdan Dunn, Marloes Horst, Lisalla Montenegro, Gigi Hadid and Shu Pei.[7] In 1991, the company adopted its current advertising slogan, Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline. tagline. The company was acquired by L'Oréal in 1996. Acquiring Maybelline NY gave L'Oréal access to mass markets in cosmetics. Maybelline NY has released several new products, including 'Eye Studio' collection for eye products, 'Superstay' collection for foundation/facial products, and new 'Color Sensational' shades for lips. Currently, Maybelline NY is the Official Makeup Sponsor of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.[8]
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SPAR Proteas
Telkom Netball League
PROTEAS MADE TO WORK FOR ZAMBIA WIN
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The SPAR Proteas continued their unbeaten run at the Diamond Challenge netball tournament in Polokwane on Friday with a 57-36 win over Zambia.
But it was their least composed performance of the tournament so far.
The first quarter clearly belonged to the home side with the Proteas scoring two goals for every one going Zambia’s way, and reaching the break 18-9 up.
It was close to three minutes before the first goal was scored in the second quarter and that was perhaps a sign of things to come for the South Africans, who were made to work hard to get the ball into their circle. If it hadn’t been for their pinpoint shooting (97 per cent compared to Zambia’s 75 by half time), the Proteas could well have lost the quarter. As it turned out they won it by just one goal to reach the second break 28-18 up.
There were a host of changes in the third quarter, with Shadine van der Merwe coming on at goal defence, Erin Burger at centre, Romé Dreyer at wing attack and Sigi Burger at goal shooter, with Lenize Potgieter moving to goal attack. But the SA side continued to look flustered at times, making uncharacteristic errors. They managed to compose themselves enough to open up a bit more of a gap by the end of the third quarter, which they reached on 41-27.
Towards the end of the final quarter the South Africans had managed to take control once again, but it was a brave performance from the tenacious Zambians, who conceded their least amount of goals in a match against the Proteas to date.
“They definitely brought the fight to us today,” said SPAR Proteas captain Bongi Msomi afterwards. “It was what we expected to be honest. We knew they could play and would come hard at us and we were really tested.
“I think it was great for us to get a game like this – to get a bit of frustration here and there but then we picked it up again somewhere, somehow. I feel this was really great practice and it’s always good to come up with a win,” added the captain, who also admitted to a few concerns.
“It feels good but one has to be worried about how you perform on the court, and I am a little bit dissatisfied with what we put on court today. Obviously we know how much we expect from each other and we know we need to go back and reflect and then come back tomorrow and finish off strong.”
The South Africans will be up against Zimbabwe in their final match on Saturday. The hosts remain the only unbeaten team in the tournament and on course to defend their title.
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, Botswana claimed their first victory of the tournament by beating Namibia 55-48. They had built a four-goal lead by the end of the first quarter and continued to dominate from there.
“It’s amazing, especially looking at the fact that we worked so hard. We never gave up and finally being rewarded for that is awesome,” said Botswana captain Tumisang Bagidi afterwards.
“I want to believe our possession was much better this time around. We managed to hold on to most of our turnovers and actually convert them,” she added.
“This tournament had given us a lot of experience and we got a lot of insight into things we weren’t really aware of. We’ve actually got a useful team and it’s a good thing to have this exposure to be able to think broad so we’re very grateful for this tournament and we’ve got a lot from it to take back home.
Saturday’s matches have all be moved have all been moved three hours earlier than previously scheduled. This decision was taken in order to finish all games before the start of Banyana Banyana’s Africa Women Cup of Nations final against Nigeria, which is due to kick off at 6pm.
Organisers felt it was of great importance for the SA netball community to give their full backing to their football sisters as they vie for continental glory.
The updated schedule for the Diamond League matches for Saturday, 1 December is as follows:
12pm: Botswana v SA President’s XII
2pm: Zambia v Namibia
4pm: South Africa v Zimbabwe
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Far Eastern University takes higher education to the cloud with NetSuite
Philippines-Based FEU Joins NetSuite SuiteAcademy Program to Teach NetSuite in Undergraduate Classrooms
MAKATI CITY, Philippines and SAN MATEO, Calif.—June 27, 2013—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced that Far Eastern University (FEU), with 29,000 students on campuses in Manila and Makati City, Philippines, has joined the NetSuite SuiteAcademy program, an educational program designed to bring cloud-based business management solutions to university classrooms worldwide. The FEU Institute of Accounts, Business and Finance (IABF) incorporated NetSuite cloud ERP, including accounting and auditing functionality, into the undergraduate degree curricula in the summer 2013 for third- and fourth-year students pursuing business degrees. The program gives the FEU IABF new flexibility for anywhere/anytime learning over the web that liberates students and faculty from the need to access on-premise software in classrooms and labs, and broadens education beyond campus boundaries to the home, while traveling, from a coffee shop and more.
"We see the cloud as the future of software. Introducing cloud-based business instruction through NetSuite SuiteAcademy can enable us to give students highly sought-after skills that today's employers covet as more companies migrate to NetSuite cloud business management," said Celito C. Macachor, Dean, FEU IABF. "Being in the cloud, NetSuite makes anytime/anywhere learning and education possible for both our students and faculty."
Driven by the growing global demand for teaching NetSuite cloud solutions in tertiary education programs, the SuiteAcademy program puts NetSuite software and academic-developed curriculum in the hands of students, giving the next generation of business leaders a competitive advantage by having worked with one of the world's fastest growing financial management solutions and the recent winner of Frost & Sullivan's Asia Pacific's Cloud ERP Vendor of the Year for 2012 award for cloud leadership excellence, exemplary performance and growth.
Building NetSuite into FEU IABF curricula is part of the transformation to provide future business leaders with real world cloud software experience, providing students and teaching staff with practical IT skills that are aligned to the global shift towards cloud computing. The curriculum is also expected to offer experience across core disciplines built into NetSuite's single business management suite, including ERP, accounting, supply chain management and Ecommerce.
Over the several months prior to the planned summer 2013 SuiteAcademy launch, FEU worked with NetSuite to prepare curricula, including week-long training for instructors, with a focus on providing students with practical, hands-on experience with NetSuite's modules, as well as a better understanding of how it supports process flows and revenue cycles throughout an entire organization. FEU, one of the largest schools to offer business and accountancy degrees in the Philippines, reports an 80 percent success rate among students taking board exams to become a CPA (certified public accountant).
"FEU has staked out a leadership position in preparing students for a fast-changing business world with hands-on instruction of the world's leading cloud financials/ERP software suites," said James Dantow, NetSuite VP for Worldwide Support and GM for the Philippines. "FEU's partnership with SuiteAcademy can not only make FEU graduates more appealing to employers, it makes the university itself more appealing to students looking for an outstanding business and accountancy education, and the practical cloud computing experience that employers demand."
NetSuite has been working with universities to introduce cloud computing into their curricula since 2009. Since officially launching SuiteAcademy in 2011, the program has grown 83 percent, with more than 100 tertiary institutions around the world now teaching NetSuite. The NetSuite cloud business solution is predominantly introduced in the third and fourth years of degree, and MBA programs, meaning that the next generation of managers, entrepreneurs, and business professionals can come to the job market with a stronger understanding of business operations and a clear understanding of the power of cloud computing. For more information about SuiteAcademy, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/suiteacademy.
About FEU
Since its establishment in 1928 by founder Dr. Nicanor Reyes, Sr., FEU has been recognized as one of the leading universities in the Philippines. The first Accountancy and Business school for Filipinos, the university has, through the years, expanded its course offerings to the Arts & Sciences, Architecture & Fine Arts, Education, Engineering and Computer Studies (FEU East Asia College), Graduate Studies, Law and Medicine (FEU-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation).
True to its mission of producing graduates who have contributed to the advancement of the country, FEU is proud of its alumni have been successful key government officials, influential accountants and businessmen, famous media personalities, innovative education administrators and faculty, expert physicians and nursing leaders, decorated national and professional athletes, cutting edge architects, artists and engineers. Under the current leadership of Dr. Michael M. Alba, University President, along with a dynamic and cohesive team of academic and non-academic managers, the university continuously challenges itself to raise the bar of excellence and bring real learning to its students beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Today, more than 16,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite to run complex, mission–critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise–class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions of large enterprises and mid-sized organizations seeking to upgrade their antiquated client/server ERP systems. NetSuite excels at streamlining business operations as demonstrated in a recent Gartner study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management software vendor on a global basis. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is accelerating.
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Tagged Edward Norton
4.0A doggy treat
ISLE OF DOGS (USA / Germany / PG / 101 mins) Directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban, Liev Schreiber, Greta Gerwig, Koyu Rankin, Konichi Nomur...
ISLE OF DOGS Featurette Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Wes Anderson’s Latest
New featurette for the March 30th release focuses on the hard work of the animators behind the stop-motion process. Check it out below. ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to co...
Edward Norton’s MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN Lines Up Stellar Cast
Principal photography has begun on location in New York City on Edward Norton’s long-in-the-development passion project ‘Motherless Brooklyn,’ a noir thriller inspired by Jonathan Lethem’s novel of the same name. In addition to directing and writing, Norton...
ISLE OF DOGS – Trailer for Wes Anderson’s Gorgeous Stop-Motion Adventure
ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash...
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COLLATERAL BEAUTY (USA/12A/97mins) Directed David Frankel. Starring Will Smith, Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Helen Mirren, Kiera Knightley THE PLOT: Two years after his young daughter dies, Howard (Will Smi...
Edward Norton Interview For COLLATERAL BEAUTY
Edward Norton talks about the upcoming star-studded ensemble, which also includes Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Naomie Harris and Michael Peña. When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy he retreats from life. While...
Second Trailer For COLLATERAL BEAUTY Starring Will Smith, Helen Mirren and More
"I'm love, and I'm the fabric of life." COLLATERAL BEAUTY is a thought-provoking, ensemble drama about a successful New York advertising executive (played by Will Smith) dealing with a deep personal tragedy. ...
COLLATERAL BEAUTY Teaser Trailer Sees Will Smith Meeting Death, Love and Time
"We're here to connect." Director David Frankel’s Oscar-tipped COLLATERAL BEAUTY stars Will Smith as a successful New York advertising executive who retreats from life entirely following a personal tragedy....
SAUSAGE PARTY – New Red Band Trailer
Another hilarious look at the R-rated animated movie featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Salma Hayek, Bill Hader, and many more. SAUSAGE PARTY hits Irish cinemas August 12, 2016....
SAUSAGE PARTY – Red Band Trailer
SAUSAGE PARTY, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become c...
Brilliant Dark Comedies
We take a look at some of the best off-kilter comedies... THE VOICES is released in Irish cinemas this week, and stars Ryan Reynolds as a man driven to murder... Because his cat tells him to. Director Marjane ...
10 things you need to know about BIRDMAN
We bring you the facts about Michael Keaton...
Reviews – New movies opening January 1st, 2015
We review the new year's first releases, including BIRDMAN and THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING... BIRDMAN (USA/15A/119mins)Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward N...
BIRDMAN Images Featuring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, and Naomi Watts
Over 20 hi-res stills from writer/director Alejandro Gonz...
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BIRDMAN (USA/15A/119mins) Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan. THE PLOT: Haunted by his most famous box-office role, Birdman, and the fact t...
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'Harry Potter' On Stage: Which Wizards Need To Appear?
J.K. Rowling's upcoming 'Potter' play focuses on the boy wizard's early years, and here are some of the familiar faces we hope to see.
Josh Wigler roundhoward 12/20/2013
The Fidelius Charm has worn off, and now, the secret's out: J.K. Rowling is bringing "Harry Potter" to the stage.
The Wizarding World will makes its official stage debut in London's West End within the next two years, focusing on "the previously untold story of Harry Potter's early years as an orphan and outcast." In other words, the "Potter" play takes place before the events of the "Potter" films and novels — but that doesn't mean familiar faces won't appear.
Here's our wish list of the "Harry Potter" icons we hope to see on stage:
The Dursleys
You can't tell a story about Harry's childhood without the monsters who made it a living nightmare. Vernon, Petunia and Dudley Dursely are some of the most loathsome characters in all of "Potter," even if they pale in comparison to snakes like You Know Who. They "cared" for Harry in the years before the boy wizard enrolled in Hogwarts, so their exclusion from the stage play would be baffling on a number of levels.
If the stage show features scenes set before Harry's birth, then we're guaranteed to see his parents, James and Lily, at some point. But here's hoping we see more than just Harry's folks. Fans have long clamored for a spinoff tale centered on the Marauders — James, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew — and the stage show would be the perfect place to make it happen, if only for a scene.
The Order of the Phoenix
Harry didn't learn about his true place in the world until his 11th birthday, but he was always surrounded by magic. The "Harry Potter" show is a great opportunity to showcase the numerous protectors who watched over Harry in his early years, like secret-keeper Arabella Figg, motorcycle-riding Hagrid, or even the Hogwarts headmaster himself, Albus Dumbledore.
Can a "Harry Potter" stage show exist without the snakiest Slytherin of them all? Lord Voldemort has to have an appearance in the new production, even if it's only in flashback form. Expect to see Voldemort's fateful assault on James, Lily and baby Harry at some point during the show.
Yeah, it's a pie-in-the-sky wish, but why not put it out there? Radcliffe is a seasoned theater veteran at this point, and it's safe to say he knows a thing or two about the world's most famous wizard. Imagine Radcliffe as Harry, narrating the tale of his early childhood. He wouldn't have to commit his entire life to the job: just a limited engagement, a couple of months at most. Radcliffe reprising Potter isn't the likeliest outcome imaginable, but stranger things have happened.
Which "Harry Potter" characters do you want to see up on stage?
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COMPOSER SHOWCASE
Katia Makdissi-Warren: Biography
Complete Holdings
Region: Québec
Katia Makdissi-Warren
Katia’s compositions offer a unique blend of Middle Eastern, Western and Canadian Aboriginal musical styles.
She studied with P. Louis Hage, Franco Donatoni, Ennio Morricone, Manfred Stahnke and Michel Longtin.
Katia created the score for the multimedia gallery spaces in the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. She composed among other the soundtrack for the National Museum of Singapore, for the National Canadian Museum for Human Rights and for documentaries and television screens in Korea, Singapore and Japan.
Her work is regularly broadcast and performed by a variety of ensembles, including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the Lebanese Oriental National Orchestra, Les Violons du Roy and the McGill University chamber orchestra. Katia is the founder and artistic director of OktoEcho (www.oktoecho.com), a musical ensemble that specializes in fusing Middle Eastern, Western and First Nations styles. The ensemble has toured in Canada, Europe, Lebanon and Morroco.
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Click here to listen to all works by Katia Makdissi-Warren
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Nora O’Connor
Posted by Jay, June 8th, 2009
Nora O’Connor is a gifted singer/song writer from Chicago. While the majority of her musical contributions have been on other people’s albums she managed to put out an album of her own in 2004. Prior to her own album’s release she had performed with dozens of other acts at both live sessions and on various recordings. Since 2004 she has kept busy by playing with countless more. As a result of her being such a “musician’s musician” she has garnered much critic acclaim even with only a single LP release under her belt. From what I understand her skills are in demand with number of her comrades looking for her abilities to round out their sound both live and in the record studio.
I discovered Nora O’Connor’s album because I’m a big fan of the fellow that plays fiddle on a few of the tracks, Andrew Bird. I really hadn’t heard the album at all but I knew it had to be good if Bird was involved and I was happy to see that I was correct. At it’s core Nora O’Connor’s album “Til the Dawn” is country music(I think alt-country technically) but this is a different kind of country music than the stuff coming out of Nashville. The biggest difference being Nora’s voice. The songs are generally slow paced, it’s not a album to rock out to. If I had to pin this album to a social situation, perhaps a new mother pondering the loss of her single life in the midst of the turmoil that comes along with a new child, it’s got sad yet hopeful undertones. “Life can be a drag but I’m gonna make the best of it”, is the theme I hear between the notes. Although no one else may hear that.
Nora herself is quite an interesting character and has definitely made some unique choices about the direction of her life. In short she’s been a bartender, midwife’s assistant and ordained reverend. I won’t dwell on those topics as many of her commentators seem to when Nora O’Connor comes up. Let’s just say that she is without a doubt a women of substance. For someone who’s new to county music and finds the twangy stuff intimidating Nora’s album is a fantastic place to start. It’s got some twang but it’s note a twang over load, Nora’s voice may sound slightly country-esk but just slightly, it’s the soulful moderation that is key.
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I like her…she grows on you
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the German NITAG publishes the background paper to the decision to recommend the vaccination with the inactivated herpes zoster subunit vaccine
Background paper
The STIKO recommends vaccination with the adjuvanted herpes zoster subunit (HZ/su) inactivated vaccine for the prevention of herpes zoster (HZ) and postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) for all people age 60 years and over (standard vaccination).
This recommendation takes into account the good efficacy of the vaccine, the anticipated period of protection it provides, and the increased risk of severe HZ disease and post-zoster pain in individuals age 60 years and over. Models of the epidemiological effects of vaccination show that administering the HZ/su vaccine at age 60 years has the greatest effect in preventing all HZ cases, and administering the vaccine at age 70 years showed the greatest effect in preventing PHN, in a vaccinated cohort. According to the results of a health economics model, the lowest cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) would be achieved with vaccination at age 65 years. The number of people who need to be vaccinated (number needed to vaccinate, NNV) to prevent one case of HZ is the same for both vaccination ages (60 and 65 years). In light of the fact that preventing HZ is the key prerequisite to preventing complications and late sequelae such as PHN, 60 years of age is considered the most favorable age for vaccination, to prevent both HZ and its complications.
The STIKO also recommends vaccination against HZ and PHN with the HZ/su inactivated vaccine for all people from the age of 50 years who have an elevated risk of HZ and PHN owing to increased health risks as a consequence of an underlying disease or immunosuppression (indication-based vaccination). This group includes e. g. people with congenital or acquired immunodeficiency or immunosuppression, HIV infection, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or bronchial asthma, chronic renal disease, diabetes mellitus.
The efficacy and safety of the vaccine for patients with impaired immune systems have been demonstrated in numerous studies.
Stratified data analyses on the efficacy of the vaccine have shown no difference in comparison to overall efficacy for patients with an underlying disease, e. g., rheumatoid arthritis, chronic renal disease, COPD, or diabetes mellitus, who were enrolled in vaccine marketing authorization studies.
Digital communication for NITAGs is no longer optional!
In September 2016, STIKO, the German NITAG, launched its own app, the first of its kind in the NITAG community. Anyone can download the app, which is compatible with Android or IOS, and access all STIKO’s recommendations. “This innovative digital project aims to strengthen relationships between healthcare workers and STIKO,” explain Ole Wichmann and Judith Koch from Robert Koch Institute.
Vaccination recommendations by STIKO
The national immunization schedule is developed by STIKO, and an updated version is usually published once a year (usually in August) in the Epidemiological Bulletin of the Robert Koch Institute. STIKO has translated the vaccination recommendations endorsed during the 79th and 81st STIKO meetings and which are considered enacted upon their publication on 24 August 2015.
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A Romanian national Gets 5 Years for $5 Million NJ, NY ATM Theft Scheme
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Man Gets 5 Years for $5 Million NJ, NY ATM Theft Scheme
The U.S. attorney's office called one of the largest such conspiracies ever uncovered.
A Romanian national was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Tuesday for participating in a scheme that stole bank account information from thousands of customers by installing card-reading devices in ATMs across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Florida.
A federal judge sentenced Robert Mate to 57 months in prison for his role in what the U.S. attorney's office called one of the largest such conspiracies ever uncovered.
It is estimated multiple banks were defrauded out of at least $5 million, and thousands of customers were affected.
Mate, 31, who also went by the name Marcel Varga, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. He also will be required to pay about $7.4 million in restitution under terms of his plea agreement.
Authorities uncovered the scheme in 2013. Fifteen of 16 people charged in the conspiracy have been convicted and one remains elusive, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
Mate and the others, including mastermind Marius Vintila, also of Romania, used the card-reader devices and pinhole cameras at ATMs in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Florida and other states.
The information taken from customers' bank cards through the process known as "skimming" was used to produce fraudulent cards and make withdrawals from other people's account.
Vintila was sentenced last year to 10 years in prison.
He used an alias to rent storage units where the group stored cash, the skimming devices and other materials used in the scheme. He also allegedly provided members of the group with fake passports and aliases.
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Home > LPs > Say, Darling (RCA mono LOC-1045) Original Broadway cast LP
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LP0129 SAY, DARLING, Original 1958 Broadway Cast, w.David Wayne, Vivian Blaine, Johnny Desmond. [Musical based on actual rehearsal process of THE PAJAMA GAME. Whereas the original show featured just piano accompaniment, this recording is arranged to include a full theatre orchestra.] Shaded Dog black label Mono LOC-1045.
“They say, ‘Write what you know’, and Richard Bissell obviously took that advice to heart. After working in his family's pajama factory, he wrote the novel 7 1/2 CENTS, which was about a pajama factory. After it became a success, he co-wrote the libretto for THE PAJAMA GAME, a Broadway musical based on it. His next novel, SAY, DARLING, was about a novelist who helps adapt his book into a musical. He then co-wrote the script for a stage version of that, which was billed as ‘a play about a musical’. It had songs composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is perhaps not fair to say that half of those songs are not very good, since, in the context of the show, they're not supposed to be good; they are supposed to represent the comic auditions and failed numbers of the show within the show. They are capably handled as pop songs by pop singer Johnny Desmond. After it took a shellacking from the critics upon its opening on April 3, 1958, SAY, DARLING nevertheless settled in for a run, justifying the recording of this album. But on-stage the songs were performed with only two pianos for accompaniment, and for the recording Sid Ramin provided full-scale orchestral arrangements. So, this is not how SAY, DARLING sounded in live performance, but it's probably better for that. (SAY, DARLING was the first cast album released by RCA Victor Records in both stereo [LSO-1045] and mono [LOC-1045] LP formats.”
- William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com
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Japan resumes commercial whaling after three decades
Home 2019 July 1 Japan resumes commercial whaling after three decades
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Five small Japanese whaling ships set sail for the first time in more than three decades Monday following that country’s controversial decision to resume the hunt for the huge marine mammal.
Crew in orange life vests took positions on the decks as the blue-hulled ships sailed out of the northern port city of Kushiro, some with red banners fluttering from their masts.
The ships will spend much of the summer hunting for minke and Baird’s beaked whales, Reuters reported.
Neither species is listed as endangered or threatened in the U.S. by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Japan last year announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), an international organization that deals with whale conservation and management of whaling, in a move that sparked global condemnation.
A minke whale is being lifted by a crane at the Kushiro port on the island of Hokkaido in 2017. JIJI PRESS / AFP – Getty Images
Whale hunting was banned in 1986 by the IWC due to dwindling whale populations, with a worldwide moratorium placed on the practice to allow the species to rebound.
But Japan then began what it called scientific whaling, which environmental groups have decried as little more than commercial whaling in disguise.
“Japan has been whaling in their own waters every single year, despite the moratorium on whaling in 1986,” Sea Shepherd, an international non-profit marine wildlife conservation organization, told NBC News on Monday. “The only difference now is that Japan withdrew from IWC last year, finally paving the way for the commission to become focused on conservation.”
Norway and Iceland also openly defy the international ban, while an exemption allows indigenous communities in places like Greenland and Alaska to hunt whales.
The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates nearly 32,000 whales have been killed by whaling since the moratorium was imposed.
Japan’s exit from the IWC in December was met with criticism from environmental protection groups.
“It’s clear that the government is trying to sneak in this announcement at the end of year away from the spotlight of international media, but the world sees this for what it is,” said Sam Annesley, executive director at Greenpeace Japan at the time, calling the move “out of step with the international community.”
Greenpeace Japan issued another statement on June 10, saying oceans and their ecosystems are under threat from rising sea temperatures and acidification due to climate change, as well as a host of other threats including industrial fishing and plastic pollution.
Whaling ships set up ahead of a resumption of commercial whaling in Kushiro on Sunday.KIM KYUNG-HOON / Reuters
“Increasingly whales are valued for their crucial role in our oceans, and whale watching is booming for tourism globally. At the same time markets for whale meat are continuing to decline,” the statement said.
Whales are directly affected by climate change, plastic pollution, oil exploration, industrial fishing and habitat loss, the organization said.
“While these problems require time to be resolved, there are also threats that can be immediately removed, such as commercial whaling,” Greenpeace International said in the statement.
Japan has long maintained that eating whale is an important part of its culture and that most species are not endangered.
It said the commercial hunts will be limited to Japan’s territorial waters and its 200-mile exclusive economic zone. However, it promised to stop its annual whaling expeditions to the Antarctic and northwest Pacific oceans.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose district includes the old whaling center of Shimonoseki, has long campaigned to restart commercial whaling, but the industry’s future is far from clear.
Yuliya Talmazan
Yuliya Talmazan is a London-based journalist.
Reuters contributed.
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June 1944: Walker County works overtime on the home front
One week after Allied soldiers advanced on the beaches of France, an invasion of a different kind began in Walker County."Walker County's home front invasion got under way this week with a goal of …
Posted Friday, June 14, 2019 12:00 am
Jennifer Cohron
One week after Allied soldiers advanced on the beaches of France, an invasion of a different kind began in Walker County.
"Walker County's home front invasion got under way this week with a goal of selling $458,000 worth of series E War Bonds and $581,000 worth of other kinds of War Bonds in Fifth War Loan," the Mountain Eagle reported on June 15, 1944.
Walker County farmers had a $100,000 quota and quotas were assigned for the first time to every industry employing 25 or more people. Nashua Manufacturing Company in Cordova was asked to sell $15,000 in bonds, for example. DeBardeleben Coal and Coke Company had a goal of $7,600 for its Sipsey mine, $4,400 for its Hull mine, $7,000 for its Empire mine and $5,000 for its Coal Valley mine.
The unions headed up the bond drive in the mines and the mills.
A news item at the bottom of the front page gave farmers some incentive for buying bonds — Alabama Power had promised 350 miles of rural power lines as soon as possible after the end of the war.
"This will mean the need for thousands of refrigerators, washing machines, stoves and other electrical appliances to remove some of the drudgery of farm work. No finer goal could be sought than to buy bonds to help shorten the war and then with same bonds buy some of the conveniences of peacetime such as the electrical appliances," the Eagle reported.
The Eagle also reported on June 15 how an unnamed East Walker woman was doing her part for the war effort.
"On account of the manpower shortage, women are taking many positions formerly held by men only. A woman is manning Bush fire tower on Krenshaw Mountain in the eastern part of Walker County. Daily she sits alone on that lofty tower, where she can see Jasper, Carbon Hill and the greater part of Walker County, ready to notify the Division of Forestry here of any fire or smoke seen in the county," the Eagle reported.
Lon Richardson was also about to be put back to work after serving two years in the Navy and receiving an honorable discharge because of a bad knee (an old football injury) that surgery had not helped.
"Lon's friends want him to get back to his former position with the Department of Conservation as a game warden. On account of the manpower shortage, more game wardens are needed, and Lon made a good one," the Eagle reported.
Eagle readers also learned that the Boy Scouts were launching a scrap paper drive. The collection date was set for June 17. Residents were encouraged to tie their contributions in 12-inch bundles and to leave it on their front steps on that date, which was a Saturday.
The paper was to be sold at 35 cents per 100 pounds.
The Eagle staff seemed to be concerned that residents wouldn't support this latest drive because they had been stuck with a lot of scrap paper previously because the paper mills were switching from peacetime to wartime operations and couldn't handle it.
"However, that situation has changed now, and from 20 to 25 of the largest mills are closed down for lack of paper. Wood pulp supplies are exhausted. There is only one source of additional paper and that is scrap paper," the Eagle reported.
Why the urgency?
"Practically every item shipped to our fighting forces requires paper. The soldiers' barracks are built of paper, of paper wall board, paper roofing, paper insulation. He shoots at paper target in training, eats from paper plates, drinks from paper cups. Blood plasma is shipped in paper cartons. Literally the soldier lives, trains, travels and fights with paper his indispensable ally and everything from his draft card to his honorable discharge requires paper," the article stated.
Paper was also necessary to keep the pressed rolling, of course, and the Eagle had its own role to play in the war effort.
In addition to front page news, the Eagle dedicated several inside pages to letters and updates on Walker County service members. Notices were published for free and were apparently quite popular among local soldiers who wanted to keep up with buddies who had been stationed elsewhere.
"I receive the Mountain Eagle each week and enjoy it very much. It is the best way I can get the home county news. I see names of a great number of home boys who are in service," wrote Cpl. Robert V. Burt, stationed in Alpine, Texas.
From New Guinea, Sgt. Howard L. Sherer wrote, "I have received four copies of the Mountain Eagle since I arrived in New Guinea and I was more than glad to receive those copies. It is a lot of company out here in a place like New Guinea or any other part of the world...Keep the Mountain Eagle rolling to all us boys out here in the Pacific."
Perhaps because of its coverage of Walker County people at home and abroad, the Eagle (still a weekly) was experiencing a growth in readership.
The Eagle published an Eagle's Nest section, described as a newspaper within a newspaper about subscribers, advertisers and staff. On June 15, it was reported that 4,980 copies of the June 1, 1944 issue had come off the press — the most in at least 15 years.
New subscriptions for mail delivery had also passed 1,000 for the first five months of the year, and newstand and counter sales hit a new high of over 500.
The names of all new and renewed subscribers were published in the Eagle's nest with service members getting special recognition.
Jennifer Cohron is the Daily Mountain Eagle's features editor.
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Happy New Year to All!
Best New Years wishes from Live4ever.us! Have a safe and rocking 2009 and thank you for your continued loyalty. We will continue to bring you the very best breaking news , gig reviews and behind the scenes exclusives on Brit Rock legends Oasis. Spread the word and tell a fellow fan, cheers!
Chris Sharrock Is No Lightweight
Liam Gallagher has praised Oasis's new drummer Chris Sharrock for his drinking capabilities.
Gallagher said that he admires Sharrock, Oasis's fourth drummer, for drinking Stella and not being a "lightweight".
"It was cool when we went out the other night," the frontman is quoted as saying. "Chris didn't chew me ear off, he let me speak. He drinks Stella and he's not a f**king lightweight. He can handle his beverages and he can play the drums."
Gallagher added that he does not care about Sharrock's previous attachment to Robbie Williams's live band.
"F**k the Robbie Williams thing," he said. "F**k Robbie. Chris was the only thing that was good about that clown."
via L4e / source: digitalspy.co.uk / photo: Live4ever.us
Oasis Make Headlines in 2008
The most popular NME.COM stories of 2008 : Onstage attacks, big band reunions and even a bottle of bleach have made the Top Ten.
Arctic Monkeys Alex Turner covering The Strokes with Lightspeed Champion in January, through Noel Gallagher and Jay-Z's feud over Glastonbury in the summer to the recent 'Hallelujah' battle between 'X Factor', Jeff Buckley and Leonard Cohen 2008 has been a busy year for music news.
1.Russian officials try to outlaw emo as a danger teen trend.
2.Online hoaxers trick the world - well bits of it - into believing Lil Wayne has been shot dead.
3.Oasis' Noel Gallagher is attacked onstage at the Canadian V Festival.
4.Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker narrowly escapes with his life after being involved in a plane crash.
5.Amy Winehouse goes blonde - briefly.
6.Guns N' Roses finally finish 'Chinese Democracy'. Were we dreaming? Remarkably, no.
7.Blur tell NME.COM exclusively that they are reuniting next year.
8.Oasis announce summer Stadium tour with Kasabian, The Enemy - and a storming press conference from Noel Gallagher.
9.Kurt Cobain's ashes are stolen from the Nirvana frontman's widow, Courtney Love.
10.AC/DC announce their plans to return with a 2009 stadium tour.
Oasis Video makes Rolling Stone Reader's Rock List
The video to Oasis' hit single The Shock of the Lighting was voted the 13th best Music Video of 2008 by its readers in the Readers Rock List poll
2008 Year-end Music Quiz
As another year ends and 2009 looms, we wondered if you've all been paying attention for the past 12 months.
In amongst all the political, environmental and economical changes around the globe, there has been a great deal of celebrity tittle-tattle to report about.
From pop pregnancies, marriages and splits to high and low notes, it has been a rock 'n' rollercoaster ride of fun, horror and giggles.
But will you be the party animal or the party pooper when it comes to the quiz to end all pop quizzes this year? Put down your eggnog and switch off the TV, for it's time to test the old grey matter.
1. He started the year under house arrest and left a Paper Trail at the top of the charts. Name the rapper.
a. Diddy b. Lil Wayne c. T-Pain d. T.I.
2. And what's his real name?
a. Cliff Richard b. Cliff Dive c. Clifford Harris d. Sean Combs
3. What are the names of the Jonas Brothers?
a. Kevin, Nick and Joe b. Sting, Andy and Stewart c. Peter, Paul and Mary d. Joe, Nick and Steve
4. Who played alongside rocker Jimmy Page in the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
a. Britney Spears b. Beyonce c. Leona Lewis d. Madonna
5. Who Kissed A Girl? a. Britney Spears b. Katy Perry c. Leona Lewis d. Natasha Bedingfield
6. Who won the Brit Award for Best International Female Solo Artist
a. Gwen Stefani b. Leona Lewis c. Kylie Minogue d. Jennifer Lopez
7. What was significant about the release date of Britney Spears' new album, Circus a. It was her youngest son Jayden James' birthday b. It was her wedding anniversary c. It was her 27th birthday d. It was Halloween
8. Who did Ashley Simpson marry in 2008?
a. Pete Wentz b. Joel Madden c. Nick Jonas d. Benji Madden
9. Who hosted this years MTV's Video Music Awards?
a. Britney Spears b. Jimmy Kimmel c. Russell Brand d. Justin Timberlake
10. And who was the event's big winner?
a. Britney Spears b. Christina Aguilera c. Mariah Carey d. Natasha Bedingfield
11. Duran Duran played at the wedding reception of this multi millionaire?
a. Flavor Flav b. Flavio Briatore c. Fabio d. Steve Bing
12. Coldplay reached number 1 on both sides of the Atlantic with which album?
a. Viva Las Vegas b. Living La Vida Loca c. Viva La Vida d. Vauxhall Viva
13. Which pop icon celebrated her 50th birthday this year? a. Kylie Minogue b. Janet Jackson c. Madonna d. Sheryl Crow
14. Which stunned duo won the Oscar for Best Song?
a. Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart b. Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale c. Glenn Ballard and Alanis Morissette d. Glenn Hansard and Marketa Irglova
15. What is Kid Rock's real name?
a. Robert Ritchie b. Rich Roberts c. Kid Rock d. Robert Smith
16. Which surfer dude had a massive hit album with Sleep Through the Static? a. Eddie Vedder b. Matthew McConaughey c. Jesse McCartney d. Jack Johnson
17. Name Guns N' Roses long awaited comeback album
a. Turning Japanese b. China Syndrome c. Chinese Democracy d. Shanghai Surprise
18. He was fired from Slash's Velvet Revolver and reunited with his old band after a spell behind bars. Name the rocker.
a. Axl Rose b. Scott Weiland c. Joe Elliot d. Scott Staap
19. And name the act he reunited a. Stone Temple Pilots b. Def Leppard c. Guns N' Roses d. Creed
20. Kid Rock's worldwide number 1 hit All Summer Long samples which two songs?
a. Sweet Home Alabama and Freebird b. Sweet Home Alabama and Werewolves of London c. Werewolves of London and Freebird d. Stairway to Heaven and Freebird
21. Who had the original hit with Werewolves of London? a. Warren Zevon b. Cat Stevens c. Sir Paul McCartney d. Joe Jackson
22. What made Oasis cancel a handful of British and Northern American tour dates in 2008?
a. The Gallagher Brothers fell out b. Liam Gallagher broke his toe c. Noel Gallagher was attacked on stage d. Not enough tickets were sold
23. What do Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus have in common? a. They both dated a Jonas brother b. They recorded a song together c. They both front Disney shows d. Their real first names are Destiny
24. She won 5 Grammy awards, but was unable to attend the show so performed via satellite. Name the singer.
a. Hilary Duff b. Amy Winehouse c. Duffy d. Jessica Simpson
25. AC/DC skidded back into the charts with which highly anticipated new album? a. White Ice b. Ice Ice Baby c. Black Ice d. Slippery When Wet
26. Which Queen of Soul recorded her first Christmas album in 2008?
a. Tina Turner b. Beyonce c. Aretha Franklin d. Diana Ross
27. Which punk icon now fronts an ad campaign for Country Life butter? a. Johnny Rotten b. Billy Idol c. Mick Jones d. Henry Rollins
28. 24 Hours is the latest album from which Welsh singer? a. Duffy b. Aled Jones c. Catherine Zeta Jones d. Tom Jones
29. Which heavy rockers released their 9th studio album Death Magnetic in 2008?
a. Metallica b. AC/DC c. Nickelback d. Pearl Jam
30. And name the frontman of this group a. Eddie Vedder b. James Hetfield c. Chad Kroeger d. Angus Young
31. Which country star fathered Nicole Kidman's daughter Sunday Rose?
a. Toby Keith b. Brad Paisley c. Keith Urban d. Kenny Chesney
32. What song did Justin Timberlake retire during an October show in Las Vegas? a. Cry Me A River b. Bye, Bye, Bye c. SexyBack d. Rock Your Body
33. What U.S. city do The Killers call home?
a. Las Vegas b. Los Angeles c. New York d. Seattle
34. She announced her retirement at the Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee, and her pregnancy weeks later - when she decided to bounce back. Name the Sri Lankan pop star.
a. Leona Lewis b. M.I.A. c. Estelle d. Pink
35. Mariah Carey married which rapper/actor? a. Nick Cannon b. Chris Brown c. T.I.
d. Usher
36. Which soul star was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2008? a. Aretha Franklin b. Whitney Houston c. Natalie Cole d. Diana Ross
37. This rock supergroup performed for the last time at New York's Madison Square Garden on 7 August. Name them.
a. Led Zeppelin b. Duran Duran c. U2 d. The Police
38. Which rock icon celebrated his 60th birthday at the beginning of December? a. Ozzy Osbourne b. Robert Plant c. Roger Daltrey d. Roger Waters
39. Which Take That star became a dad for the second time in November?
a. Mark Owen b. Gary Barlow c. Jason Orange d. Ronan Keating
40. Which singer/actress portrays R&B legend Etta James in new movie Cadillac Records?
a. Jennifer Hudson b. Kelly Rowland c. Beyonce d. Whitney Houston
1. d 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. c 10. a 11. b 12. c 13. c 14. d 15. a 16. d 17. c 18. b 19. a 20. b 21. a 22. c 23. a 24. b 25. c 26. c 27. a 28. d 29. a 30. b 31. c 32. c 33. a 34. b 35. a 36. c 37. d 38. a 39. a 40. c
via L4e / source: WENN
Head Banging Praise
Former HELLOWEEN heavy metal singer Michael Kiske recently spoke to Roadie Crew magazine's Thiago Sarkis about Kiske's favorite albums of 2008. Michael's choices for the best albums of the year include the new Oasis disc, his comments follow below.
* OASIS' "Dig Out Your Soul":
Kiske: "When it comes to the legacy of THE BEATLES, no one beats OASIS. They are not the most original band in the world, and they know it, but they are in fact able to write songs that could truly be written by THE BEATLES, and that's a lot of fun to hear.".....
via L4e / source: blabbermouth.net
Noel Gallagher Answers Call in Questions on BBC Radio
Noel Gallagher took your calls and questions in Line of Enquiry, a special Radio 2 programme presented by Kate Thornton.
Download Highlights here
via L4e / source: BBC Radio
Noel Gallagher Needs a Hug
The Oasis lead guitarist dumped his holiday wishes on rollingstone.com recently.
"I'd like an iPhone, a laptop, a new haircut and a Christmas card that didn't say (bleeping) "Noel" on the front. That would be (bleeping) nice. Just one year. I always get this (bleep), right. And people go, "Did you get my card?". And you go "I dunno, which one was that?". "Oh, you must've seen it. It had Noel written on the front". "Really, and how many of those cards do you think I get?" That's right. All of them..."Oh, there's a card with my name on it, brilliant! That's from my parents. I'll thank them again for that. (Bleeping) pair of idiots".
via L4e / source: Chicago Red Eye / thanks @ L4e member MD
Extra Tokyo Date Added
Oasisinet is pleased to announce that due to extraordinary demand Oasis have added an extra date at Tokyo's Makuhari Messe on Friday 20th March.
Tickets are available for Pre-Sale Reserve from 10am on Saturday 10th January until 11pm on Wednesday 14th January.
General Sale begins on Saturday 24th January through Ticket PIA, Lawson Ticket, e+, Smash and Smash-Mobile.
The full details of the Oasis Japan Tour 2009 are:
Wednesday 18-Mar-09 NAGOYA Nihon Gaishi Hall (ex. Rainbow Hall)
Friday 20-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 8
Sunday 22-Mar-09 - SAPPORO Makomanai Ice Arena *Sold Out*
Tuesday 24-Mar-09 - OSAKA IntexWednesday 25-Mar-09 OSAKA Intex
Saturday 28-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9 *Sold Out*
Sunday 29-Mar-09 - TOKYO Makuhari Messe, Hall 9 *Sold Out*
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From The Oasis Video Vault : Coldplay with Noel Gallagher
Jonny Buckland, Chris Martin (Coldplay) and Noel Gallagher (Oasis) with an acoustic version of Live Forever.
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Happy Holidays from Live4ever.us
Have yours'elves' a rocking Holiday Season and thanks for making us the #1 Oasis site on the web!
The Pain of Xmas Shopping
This picture sums up how every man in Britain (or the world perhaps?) is feeling today.
Thousands of blokes will sympathise with OASIS lord NOEL GALLAGHER when they see these snaps of him doing his last-minute shopping for the missus.
This is the face of a man who knows his wallet is about to take a very big hit.
His other half SARA MACDONALD will be glad to know they weren’t taken at the local garage.
And the identity of the Ann Summers shop he was splashing the cash in will be kept secret.
Don’t worry lads, it will all be over soon.
via L4e / source: The Sun
What A Tour !
From Noel Gallagher's official Tour Diary on oasisinet.com
So that's that then. What a tour! Been to Vegas twice. Carried Ricky Hatton's belts out. Met David Beckham. Met Sly Stallone and that guy that says, "Let's get ready to rumble!" at the big fights.
Seen a great Beatles tribute band. Got shit-faced with Ricky in 2 different countries. Watched Tall Scratch set a new world record for speed dj'ing. Hung out with a Sex Pistol and an ex-Smith. Met up with old Russ' in Vegas. Seen De La Hoya get his face smashed in. Got more shit-faced with Ricky. Witnessed an actual miracle in the Playboy Bunny Club. Gasped at the glory of the mountains out in the big country. Froze at least one of my bollocks off in the arctic wastelands in the middle of nowhere. Met up with our old hippy brothers, The Black Crowes. Dj'd at a couple of radio stations. Seen Neil Young and we smashed it at the Garden.
Purchased:
1 Organ.
2 amps.
6 fx pedals.
2 pairs of trainers.
1 pair of jeans.
2 scarfs.
1 leather jacket.
Bought a book on The Who and read a book by that Jack Kerouac. Listened to a lot of cosmic space music from the cosmic juke-box. And fell in love with one truly great, great album (seriously - buy that 'Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble' record. NOW! Do it NOW!)
Like I say.. WHAT A TOUR!!
See you next year. Thanks for listening.
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From the Oasis Video Vault
Metallica tells us how they really feel......
Matt Pinfield Interviews Noel Gallagher
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Tales from the Big Apple
From Noel Gallagher's Tour Diary on oasisinet.com
Now then. Been lost in the city for the last few days. Lots to tell. Where do we start?
Neil Young was fuckin' awesome. Outrageous even. The last true living legend. 63 years of age and he fuckin' smashed it. He finished his set with not one single string left on his axe! NOT ONE!! Immense.
Snowing again here. Had a sore head yesterday. Proper drink the night before. At the Beatrice Inn. Nice gaff. Typical NYC bar though. Pitch black. Strange people. Very tall.
I met a guy. French he was. Comes up to me and sez in a perfect Inspector Clouseau accent, "Do you remember me? We met in Camden town 15 years ago. I asked you for a light and you punched me in the throat and said, 'Go and fuck yourself, you fuckin' tourist!!' You don't remember?"
My missus is in town. Done a bit of freewheelin' round the Village yesterday. Got serenaded with Stevie Wonder's "Just Enough For The City" by a homeless (pretty good version actually). Shopped a bit for various kids.
Met up with Cool Prophet and Tall Scratch. Few drinks in the hotel bar and bedways.
Just leaving town for Philadelphia. 2 more gigs and that's it.
Looking forward to getting home. City are in crisis. They need me.
In a bit.
Bad Boys Making Good Music
Demon seeds have always made the best rock stars. The Patriot Center's Saturday night double bill of Oasis and Ryan Adams was packed with bad actors and stunning musical moments.
Image was everything when Oasis broke out of Manchester, England, in the early 1990s. Singer Liam Gallagher's drunkenness and brawling with guitarist/brother Noel helped the band whup its less tabloid-friendly rivals, Blur, in the two-band battle for U.K. pop supremacy.
But Oasis hasn't stuck around this long because of its tabloid antics. Now it's about the songs, and Oasis rolled out a bevy of beauties for the packed Fairfax arena. The singalongs on oldies "Lyla" and "Don't Look Back in Anger" gave the venue a soccer-stadium feel. The melodic guitar wash of "Morning Glory" and "Champagne Supernova" still typify the Manchester sound.
Not that the boys are all grown up. Noel lamented that D.C. isn't the "murder capital of the world" as it was during his group's earliest visits to the area. And Liam, dressed like John Lennon in beat-up fatigues and sunglasses, was aloof and obnoxious, occasionally to a delightful degree.
Before the set-ending cover of Lennon's "I Am the Walrus," Liam told the crowd, "You've been great!" But before anybody could be fooled into thinking he's become a good guy, Liam added: "But not as great as us!"
Like many rockers before him, opener Ryan Adams wants to be Neil Young. Unlike the rest, he's got all the tools.
For 50 minutes, Adams stood in front of a cartoonishly oversize Fender amplifier reproduction (the same prop Young used on 1979's "Rust Never Sleeps" tour) and sang songs that were at once sad and beautiful and noisy as all get out -- much sadder, more beautiful and noisier live, in fact, than on record. For "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old," Adams, backed by the Cardinals, wore out his guitar strings and wailed in a Youngish falsetto.
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Adams's addictions and oddball behavior get as much attention as his musical brilliance. On this night he was annoying whenever he wasn't singing or strumming, and he babbled nonsense and giggled like a stoned college kid between every song.
"This song is about my favorite dune buggy," he mumbled before his recent gem, "Natural Ghost," which isn't about a dune buggy. But then the music started, and, oh boy, the world was a better place.
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Oasis at the Patriot Center Washington DC
They should've called it the 2008 Tour of Emotional Well-Being. British rockers Oasis and American singer-songwriter Ryan Adams - famously mercurial personalities all - wrapped up a twofer tour Saturday night at the Patriot Center with nary a temper tantrum, brawl, argument or audience-member expulsion.
Mr. Adams, clean, sober and rightly proud of it, evinced a somewhat odd, giggly new high-on-life persona while onstage with the backing band the Cardinals. He was given to much digressive, while-we-tune-up banter that co-guitarist and comedic straight man Neal Casal gamely tried to rescue.
Yet the band, effortlessly, telepathically tight, erased any impatience in the rafters when it got around to the songs.
Its excellent new album, "Cardinology," got near-exclusive set-list love - from the mesmerizing, incantatory "Cobwebs" to the Meters-meet-Neil-Young funk of "Fix It" to the silly rocker I have tried but failed to resist, "Magick," whose lyrical hook ("What goes around comes around") has been driven into the ground - by my rough count - by Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz and Justin Timberlake.
No matter. That which is Cardinalized becomes timeless.
Mr. Adams apparently is so pleased with his current musical best buds that he all but ignored his pre-Cardinals existence. "Come Pick Me Up," that sublime, "Heartbreaker"-era ballad of betrayal and resignation, was the evening's lone treat from the back catalog.
To be sure, the Cardinals had only about an hour's worth of time onstage before they were ushered backstage and into Christmas break.
After the reset, headliners Oasis crashed into the spotlight with the bracing first song from the-first album, "Rock 'n' Roll Star."
Lead singer Liam Gallagher, wearing an Army surplus shirt and brandishing and biting a tambourine (he did everything except shake it) seemed to be in a constant state of agitation, frequently consulting the crew about stage monitor volume.
But a goosing of his brother's backside on one particular walk toward the mixing board made it clear Liam was as playful as he was pouty.
Noel Gallagher, the band's lead guitarist, chief songwriter and occasional singer, alluded to Oasis' longevity by mentioning that when the group first visited the Washington region 15 years ago, the city was the "murder capital of the world."
Now you're not anymore," Mr. Gallagher said. "What happened?"
The '90s, that's what.
With a new drummer (Chris Sharrock) and keyboard utility man known as the Shroud, Oasis has rather improbably shaken off its identification with that particular decade.
Unabashed plunderers of classic British rock, Oasis has, by stubbornly sticking around, seen talk of derivation and originality mostly melt away.
If they're not geriatric heroes themselves by now, the brothers Gallagher have lasted at least long enough to symbolize for fans that long-ago era in which people bought CDs.
The band's latest album, "Dig Out Your Soul," is a surprisingly solid and assured effort, with the Noel dictatorship having benevolently broken down to let in contributions from guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and brother Liam.
The latter tried out his Lennonesque "I'm Outta Time" on Saturday night and struggled to find the song's pitch.
Other new songs, including the lively first single, "The Shock of Lightning," fared better. "Waiting for the Rapture," Noel's rewrite of the Doors' "Five to One," was thunderous.
The Patriot Center's near-capacity audience was, well, rapturous at Noel's revelatory acoustic rendering of "Don't Look Back in Anger," singing the chorus, at Noel's urging, in collective harmony.
Performances of "Wonderwall" and "Champagne Supernova" were reminders of why Oasis' 1995 album, "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" was greeted with such enthusiasm.
The set-closing cover of the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" - bolstered by 10,000 koo-koo-ka-choos - recalled all the perturbation about source material.
In 2008, it's all water under the critical bridge: Oasis, a non-transcendent band with workmanlike chops and better-than-average songwriting skills, is here to stay.
If you're not OK with it, the Gallaghers are past the point of caring, if they ever did.
As Liam told Saturday's crowd, with characteristic snottiness: "You guys were great - but not as great as us."
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Clips from Oasis Live in Camden
Waiting for the Rapture
Don't Look Back in Anger
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Oasis: Magnificent Bastards
Arrogant lads, gorgeous melodies, and a sing-along nation 20,000 strong.
Before Wednesday night's show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Liam Gallagher's contemptibility had just about slipped my mind. After all, it had been seven years since I last saw Oasis live.
It didn't take long for him to get back into my bad graces. The weirdly annoying rooster strutting, the Fonzie collar-flipping, the impassive stares into the audience, the sneering "fooks." Oh yeah, I remember this guy -- he's the arrogant bastard from Oasis.
If Liam were in almost any other band, he would be utterly unbearable. Instead, as the lead singer for one of the few remaining acts that can reliably pack an arena with rabid fans ready to sing the deep cuts, he's oddly compelling -- the embodiment of what makes Oasis interesting. These droogs write soaring, stomping, galvanizing rock songs.
It's the songs that truly make their show worth checking out. Liam's passive-aggressive posturing is as much as these guys put out in terms of performance. Standing in one spot is to Oasis what scissor kicks were to David Lee Roth.
But even though much is made of rock music as performance art, Oasis's set is a strong argument that, in the end, the music matters. "Wonderwall" and "Lyla" would've sounded awesome played by a troop of monkeys.
Instead, Wednesday night, those songs were played by five Brits in moptops -- and they sounded great. There's a line in the gorgeous "Don't Look Back In Anger" in which Noel sings, "So I start a revolution from my bed." On it's own, it sounds preposterous. Sung by 20,000 people, it sounds something like fact.
Similar sing-alongs arose on "Champagne Supernova," "The Masterplan," and "Slide Away."
As pure pieces of rock'n'roll songcraft, those songs (among the band's best) are undeniably impressive -- full of fuzzy, descending chord progressions, crashing drum fills, psychedelic guitar breaks, and always gorgeous melodies, all delivered at full volume. And if newer tracks like "The Meaning of Soul" and "The Shock of the Lightning" didn't inspire mass chorales, they didn't send people streaming for beer either.
Though he might not have shown it, I suspect that even Liam was satisfied with that reaction.
via L4e / source: Spin Blog (David Marchese)
Appreciate the huge group that showed up to say hello at the Pre Madison Square Garden L4e Party the other night. It's so good to get to know some of my loyal readers. Sorry I couldn't take time to talk to every single one of you but I hope you enjoyed the jukebox singalongs and souvenir t-shirts , till next time !
madferit!
PS: Rina , I'm holding your cap for you, email me please.
Oasis in Camden Tonight !
It’s debatable who has fared worse in the continued effort by Oasis to break big in America – us or them. Ever since the early ‘90s splash with the masterpieces “Definitely Maybe,” and its even better follow-up “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?,” both the band and the fans in Philadelphia have had a rough go of it.
For the latter, the only opportunity to see the lads live has been a series of shoddy radio festival appearances with sets lasting well under an hour and consisting of only a few songs.
In 2001, on the “Brotherly Love Tour” with the Black Crowes, at the then Tweeter Center when its show clocked in at just less than 45 minutes. The following year, sold-out show at the Tower Theater was “postponed” a few days prior after singer/songwriter Noel Gallagher and bassist Andy Bell were involved in a car accident. That show was never rescheduled.
For the band, there’s the succession of critical disasters, beginning with the underrated but overproduced “Be Here Now” a decade ago and unenthusiastic reactions to each subsequent release.
Responses have ranged from indifference to head shaking as Noel and his brother Liam have continued with their over-the-top antics even as the group’s popularity has continued to decline, especially Stateside.
From the requisite Kinks-like squabbles between the siblings, to the slagging of nearly every artist who has blown up over the past decade, to the complete revamping of the band line-up, Oasis started to verge on the edge of becoming a parody of itself.
Thankfully, the tide has finally turned.
First came the 2005 release of its most critically acclaimed record in years, “Don’t Believe the Truth,” a rollicking, tuneful disc which at times recalls a cocksure strut ten years gone, something that’s been sorely missing from the Oasis repertoire. A handful of U.S. dates were announced, culminated with a stop in Philadelphia, and for the most part received rave reviews.
The trend has continued this year with the stellar “Dig Out Your Soul” album and its supporting tour, which touches down at the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden tonight, one of only 11 North American dates.
The perpetually quibbling brothers Gallagher; Noel and Liam, have kept their fists down and energy up, with the Oasis looking and sounding the tightest they have in years.
Songs like the new single from “Dig Out Your Soul,” the swaggering rocker “The Shock of the Lightning” to Britpop classics like “Wonderwall” and “Champagne Supernova” are sure to make this one of the final do-not-miss shows of 2008.
And yeah, it’s in Camden, which is a hassle and a half to get to at this time of year with the ferry not running, but what’s worse; fighting bridge traffic or maybe taking a chance on the PATCO line; or battling holiday shoppers at the mall the Friday before Christmas?
Oasis it is!
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Casting Several, Long, Optimistic Shadows
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Three years ago, I found myself on the Staten Island Ferry; drunk as the wait for a late-night New York City subway train is long. I had just left the Oasis concert on the Across The Narrows festival, hardly remembering any of it, owing primarily to the availability of too much free booze. For me, my memory of the "Don't Believe The Truth" era is as a result, a swirling confusion of emotional chaos better described as the "landside" the Gallagher brothers sing about in "Champagne Supernova." So last night, at Madison Square Garden, I decided to reclaim my Oasis concert experience by refraining from too much partying.
The result was total appreciation of watching a musical group at its most daringly professional and completely in control of its audience. Just as the Gallagher's approach to life has supposedly sobered-up, the experience of their music is similarly more clear. There are those who complain that Liam's vocal delivery these days seems belabored, as if he's constantly catching his breath. But from the perspective of the life long fan, and equally perpetual skeptic, his singing seemed more like an outright assault on the audience, and most certainly in a good way. The high points of emotion of the concert certainly came from the audience singing back at the band during "Wonderwall" and "Slide Away" moments. But the true revelation of what kind of group this now has become, came during the songs from the new album, specifically, the plodder "To Be Where There's Life." This song, one that even I, as a massive Oasis fan, dismissed as being "dull" or going nowhere, positively destroyed my sensibilities in its live incarnation. When the instrumental portion of the song takes over briefly, just prior to Liam snarling "Dig Out Your SOUUUUUL!" the subtle aesthetics, of the band positively killed.
Though my love of the band's personality sometimes colors my objective opinion of their music, it's hard not to hear the pathologically confident tone of Liam and Noel's life philosophy in their live delivery. Even years later, there are teenagers at their concerts, kids the age I was when I first heard "Morning Glory" screaming their heads off and hugging one another just when Liam moves a finger. All the while, these guys can casually break your heart with a "Masterplan" or a "Songbird" thrown in here, there, and everywhere.
In short, they do it for themselves, but if you open up yours ears a little bit, you can hear the same Noel Gallagher who wrote "Rock N Roll Star" when he was sell-all-your-clothes dirt poor. The self-belief of this band has made them more than just a good live act, but something more. Oasis reminds us, that like a certain syrupy political slogan, that "yes we can."
And they'll do it all while standing perfectly still.
By Ryan Britt
Madison Square Garden Press Reviews
Stature can say a lot. At last night's Madison Square Garden Oasis gig, opener Ryan Adams, never known as the quiet, non-effacing type (what with all the tumblr dice he used to roll online) left the banter to his Cardinals guitarist Neal Cassal, positioned himself decidedly out of the spotlight (except of course when he was, literally, spotlit), and more or less put in a shift. A Cardinology-heavy set (with a nice version of "Fix It") elicited some "woo's" from the early-arrivals; a shambolic take on "Come Pick Me Up" prompted the lady in front of me to pole dance on her boyfriend in the Credit Suisse fleece. While their psych-country sound certainly reached the luxury suites of the Garden, the Cardinals seemed non-plussed by the venue: You'd hardly think anyone was watching them.
Oasis' Liam Gallagher, on the other hand, prowled the Garden stage as if he was about to take part in a title fight, occasionally breaking off from the stoic frontman bit to pantomime jerking off at someone up front who was offending his delicate Manchester sensibilities, or to acknowledge some members of the armed forces in attendance by asking if they were "gay boys."
Liam's barely-literate-git routine has always been an essential counterpoint to his incredibly effective voice. When someone so coarse beautifully elongates the syllables in "Wonderwall"'s "there are many things that I'd like to say to you, but I don't know howwwwwww," it sounds all the more longing when you know the source.
Last night, however, as a result of some Dylan-esque re-imagining of catalog, or perhaps a lifetime of cigarettes and alcohol, Liam sang in clipped, abbreviated measures. The Oasis frontman backed away from the microphone abruptly, seemingly to catch his breath--this, evidently, has been a problem lately.
The band seemed equally labored. The first half of the set relied on their recently released Dig Out Your Soul, offering a driving "The Shock of the Lightning." After asking the crowd if anyone had attended the previous night's Neil Young concert, Oasis launched into a Crazy Horse-esque version of Definitely Maybe favorite "Slide Away." This signaled the sing-a-long portion of the evening: an acoustic take on "Don't Look Back in Anger," in which the more in-form (vocally) Gallagher, Noel, hardly needed to sing at all, thanks to crowd participation; a rockier than usual "Wonderwall" and a snarling take on "Champagne Supernova," the reaction to which caused even Liam to stand back and appreciate.--Chris Ryan, Village Voice NY
BACK WITH SNARLS AND SINGALONG HITS
You may not be familiar with the music criticism of one Daniel Sullivan, of Pickering, Ontario, but it was he who offered the most withering assessment of Oasis this year. During a September concert by the band in Toronto, Mr. Sullivan found his way onstage and then, from behind, shoved and knocked over Noel Gallagher, one of the two rambunctious, often disagreeable brothers who form the band’s core.
Oasis would finish the show, but Mr. Gallagher was hospitalized for several days, and the band canceled some tour dates, including what was to have been a relatively intimate show at Terminal 5 in New York City in September.
Even for Oasis, longtime troublemakers in Britain, this was an extreme response, never mind that the Gallaghers have styled themselves as the sort of louts more than ready to take on all comers. As public figures, the Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, need antagonists. Perhaps that’s because, as a band, Oasis has actually become quite temperate, as displayed during its sold-out show at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
As ever, the band was dour to watch. When he sang, Liam leaned up and into the microphone, left hip jutted out. When not singing, he’d smugly stare down the crowd as the rest of the band finished a song. Noel, several feet away, stared mostly down at his guitar.
But when the band explored its catalog there were frequent reminders of why unpleasantness has never held it back. “Wonderwall” and “Champagne Supernova” inspired boozy singalongs. “Lyla” was transfixing and refreshing, a primer on harmony, and on a rancorous “Cigarettes and Alcohol,” Liam came alive like a schoolboy at recess.
On the three occasions when Liam left the stage to let Noel take the lead, the band lightened considerably. With the sneering brother gone, Noel’s penchant for gentle, Beatle-esque melody — on “The Importance of Being Idle” and “The Masterplan” — was both calm and alluring. After one of these stretches Liam returned to the stage to announce, “My kids have just fell asleep,” and it was tough to tell if he meant it as a statement of affection or as a slight to his brother.
Oasis recently released “Dig Out Your Soul” (Big Brother/Reprise), its seventh album and one of its least inspiring. Apart from “Waiting for the Rapture,” which featured enthusiastic, rigorous drumming by Chris Sharrock, the new songs here, especially “Ain’t Got Nothin’ ” and “To Be Where There’s Life,” were limp, and the guitarist Gem Archer and the bass player Andy Bell looked visibly bored playing them.
Ego isn’t much of a musical cushion, after all — the band’s traditional closing cover of the Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” was bloated — and as time passes, the Gallaghers risk becoming little more than the sum of their pot stirring. Noel, in particular, has had a pugnacious year, taking shots in the press at the young British band Kaiser Chiefs (fair enough), the unoriginality of the soul music producer Mark Ronson (less so), Coldplay (too easy) and Jay-Z’s headline appearance at the Glastonbury festival (shamefully retrograde).
But here it was Liam who couldn’t resist a little rabble-rousing. He pointed out a pair of men in the crowd wearing formal military attire and said, tauntingly, “Gay boys, yeah?” During “Supersonic,” in between verses, he barked back and forth with an audience member, accompanying his words with notably uncouth gestures. Even though it felt pro forma, he was itching for a fight, perhaps to give the show some meaning.
Jon Carmanica / NY Times
O, BROTHER, THEIR ART - WOW!
OASIS singer Liam Gallagher and his guitarist brother Noel oozed pure cool throughout a tight two-hour gig at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.
For all their bratty brotherly brawls and notorious backstage band unrest, under the lights at the Garden, Oasis projected a presence that was hip, snarky and occasionally lively. While this tour hasn't killed everywhere it's been, here in New York, the house was packed.
And when Liam posed the question, "Anyone here from England?" the cheers were so loud you'd have thought he was giving away free servings of bangers 'n' mash.
At this performance, Brits and Yanks alike were warm to the material from the band's Beatles-esque new disc, "Dig Out Your Soul." The audience was especially boisterous during the performance of "The Shock of the Lightning" played early in the set.
Yet it was the old, time-tested songs - such as a near perfect "Don't Look Back in Anger" and a perfect "Wonderwall" - that were clearly the songs for which the fans lusted.
Add the anthemic sing-along "Champagne Supernova" to those, and you had the Oasis trifecta.
Like Neil Young - who earlier this week closed his Garden show with a cover of "A Day in the Life" - Oasis obeyed the new MSG rule that all events end with a Beatles song. They played a blistering, manic version of "I Am the Walrus.
By Dan Aquilante , NY Post
Oasis at Madison Square Garden
They brought it all : the swagger, the attitude , the hits and the sing alongs. Brit Rock legends Oasis performed a 'Supersonic' show to the sold out Garden in New York City last night. More reviews to follow.
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On the way to NYC , Baby....!
Disaster struck last night. The fuckin' bus broke down. 4 hours kip was all we got 'til we ground to a halt in the middle of nowhere. Pitch-black and snowing sideways. Me, Tall Scratch and The Shroud had to pile on Romeo Dread's bus. Nightmare. I can safely say, "I bet that's never happened to Bono".
Didn't sweat it though. We're on the way to NYC, baby, and Neil Young's playing tonight. Can't wait. I fuckin' love that cat (and I'll tell him as much if we get to speak to him later).
Still snowing. Must be nearly x.mas, eh?
Oasis Attacker on the Run
Warrant Out For Man Accused Of Attacking Oasis Guitarist Noel Gallagher At Virgin Fest
A Pickering man accused of attacking Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher at the Virgin Festival back in September is now the subject of an arrest warrant, after he failed to show up at a scheduled court appearance Tuesday.
Daniel Sullivan, 47, was charged with assault following the onstage brouhaha that saw Gallagher being shoved into a monitor during the band's festival-closing performance on Toronto's Olympic Island.
The attack occurred as the British rock band took the stage and began performing their hit song Morning Glory. Sullivan allegedly jumped through the barriers and onto the stage, tackling Gallagher mid-tune. Noel's brother Liam threw a punch at the attacker as security moved in and took the man into custody.
The guitarist suffered a broken rib and ligament damage in his fall, but the band gamely finished their set. They were forced to postpone the final Canadian date in their concert tour, however.
It's still not clear what motivated the attack.
Footage of the incident was caught on a cell phone camera and posted on YouTube
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Madison Square Garden Oasis Concert Guide
Madison Square Garden • December 17
Doors to the Arena open at 6:30pm. Matt Costa will kick off the show at approximately 7:30pm followed by Ryan Adams & The Cardinals*. After a brief intermission Oasis will take the stage.
Madison Square Garden is located on Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets
1, 2 or 3 (Seventh Avenue Lines), A, C or E (Eighth Avenue Subway) to 34th Street/Penn Station. Also B, D, F, N, Q, R or Path to 34th Street/ Avenue of the Americas (one block walk)
Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, or Amtrak to Penn Station.
From Westchester/Connecticut: Metro-North to Grand Central Station, subway shuttle to Times Square to 1, 2 or 3 subway trains downtown one stop.
By Bus:
From Northern Manhattan/Upper East Side, M4.
From Upper West Side/Harlem, M10 south.
From Downtown/West Side, M10-north.
From other Manhattan locations, any North-South
bus to 34th Street and transfer to M34 or M16.
Disembark at Seventh Avenue.
From Northwest Queens, take Q32.
By Ferry:
Take the New York Waterway Ferry to Midtown
The below parking facilities are located near Madison Square Garden, but please note that we have no affiliation with nor do we endorse any of the garages listed.
Meyers/Indoor
325 West 34th Street between 8th & 9th Avenue
Kinney/Outdoor
305-313 West 33rd between 8th & 9th Avenue
109 West 31st Street between 6th & 7th Avenue
33rd Street between 7th & 8th Avenue
Inside the Garden (Entrance at 7th Avenue)
Mustang Harry's
324 Seventh Avenue at 28th St. L4e Preparty 5 - 8pm
Mustang Sally's
324 Seventh Avenue at 28th St.
Nick and Stef's Steak House
9 Pennsylvania Plaza (33rd St. b/w 7th & 8th Avenues)
350 Seventh Ave at 29th St.
Tir Na Nog
5 Penn Plaza (b/w 33rd and 34th Sts. on 8th Avenue)
Tupelo Grill
One Penn Plaza (33rd St. b/w 7th & 8th Avenues)
Local West
One Penn Plaza West (33rd St. b/w 7th & 8th Avenues)
Madison Square Garden's first priority is the safety and enjoyment of our guests and employees. They ask that you arrive early, allowing extra time to enter the facilities. All packages, including briefcases and pocketbooks, will be inspected prior to entry. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
We hope you enjoy the show!
American Porches , Charles Manson and Space Rock for Xmas
Got that organ. Very fuckin' cool. Had to go to the guy's house to get it. Don't think I've ever been to an American's actual house. Can't remember being anyway. They do like a flashing, garden-bound x.mas decoration over here, don't they? They love the old Stars'n'Stripes too, eh? Every fuckin' house has got one on the porch (just in case one forgets where one is)!
Watched a couple of great documentaries about a couple of unsavoury American characters of the late 60s, early 70s. 1st one was about Jim Jones and the People's Temple (Google him, I can't be arsed explaining who he was).
The other one was about Charles Manson - whose bullshit, hippy rhetoric about revolution, free love and sex orgies reminds me (funnily enough) of my mate Russell Brand!
Great films though.
Talking of greatness, if you're wondering what to ask Santa for x.mas, ask him for an album called "A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind (Vol 1. Space Rock)". It's a compilation album by someone called "The Amorphous Androgynous" (I'd hazard a guess that's a made-up name). I've had it on in the dressing room for a month now. It's one of the best things I've ever, ever heard. Go and find it NOW! It'll blow your tiny little minds.
P.S. Did you see that Arab slinging his flip-flops at Georgie-boy-Bush? Genius. Reminded me of what it's like playing "The Barra" in Glasgow!
via L4e / source: oasisinet
Oasis Sweet and Sour in London Ontario
JLC, London, ON - December 15, 2008 Review
LONDON, Ontario - Just in case there were any lingering doubts, Oasis still knows how to make an entrance -- and an exit.
The Gallagher brothers -- singer Liam and chief songwriter and guitarist Noel -- and their Oasis mates had both for 7,200 fans last night at the John Labatt Centre.
"This is definitely the last song -- you've been amazing," shouted Liam Gallagher who had been in full cheerful sneer most of the night. "Have a good Christmas . . . I am the Walrus," he said to complete the introduction to the magnificent finale of an extended encore.
A blazing revisit to the Beatles' classic had the fans ooing and wooing along with the chorus, completing a finale including two singalongs led by Noel (The Fans' Choice) Gallagher and a terrific Champagne Supernova with Liam back at centre stage and his brother soloing with power.
That was the exit.
The entrance by Oasis wasn't half-bad either.
Rock N Roll Star, as in "Tonight, I'm a rock n roll star," was the first song. That followed a crazed voice over the sound system saying "this is not a drill" and a huge blast of lights setting the stage for images of band and visuals on the video screens. Not bad as these things go was black-coat-clad Liam arriving at centre stage in full sneer.
I'm a rock star to I am the Walrus proved to be a journey worth waiting for.
That first insolent stroll -- and the cheers for Noel Gallagher's first solo of the night a few minutes later -- meant the years it took for the 1990s' powerhouse British rockers to play London were over.
The show was originally set for early September. But an on-stage attack on Noel Gallagher at a Toronto concert put the Oasis rocker in hospital with broken ribs and other injuries. The London date was postponed until last night. A Toronto area man was charged after the attack.
In a touching display of brotherly love between the oft-feuding Gallaghers, Liam attempted to come to Noel's aid -- even if Noel later derided his brother's attempt.
The brothers and Gem Archer and Andy Bell, who both joined in 1999, are touring to support the Manchester band's latest album Dig Out Your Soul (Warner). A touring drummer and keyboard player were in last night's lineup.
Dig Out Your Soul provided songs such as Ain't Got Nothin', Waiting for the Rapture and I'm Outta Time -- which had a lovely fadeout -- to the main set. The new album's Falling Down was there for the encore with Noel Gallagher singing.
The biggest hits were the Oasis trademarks including Morning Glory, Wonderwall and Supersonic. It didn't appear that the Manchester mates were doing anything special around the mid-set (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis was playing the 1995 hit when Noel Gallagher was attacked and shoved into on-stage monitors.
The Gallagher brothers do bring something special to the art of talking on stage.
"Thank you very much. Good evening, London. How is everybody," asked Noel Gallagher early, breaking the Oasis code of silence sweetly.
Liam was characteristically unsweet. "How are (we) doing? We're all all right," he answered his brother.
"You're one of the . . . ugly lady birds," he said pointing to somebody in the audience.
Near the end, he sweetened up too. "This one's for you . . . because you're the one that's happy," he said, pointing somewhere else, to introduce Champagne Supernova. Liam even gently lobbed the tambourine he uses as a security blanket to a fan late in the show.
So that was Oasis -- still masters of the sweet and sour stage manner and with a songbook that rocks on and on.
Matt Costa opened. Second on the bill was Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, who used songs from their just-out Cardinology (Universal) in the early going. Last night, the effect of all the excellent noise from the Cardinals -- guitarist Neal Casal, drummer Brad Pemberton, pedal steel player Jon Graboff and bassist Chris Feinstein -- was mesmerizing. Adams is Adams, a Leonard Cohen for our time with a faster, wilder version of Tom Petty's band to keep him on track. Cardinology's Magick was the driving finale to their 50-minute set. But then the entire night was magical.
via L4e / source: Canoe Jam
Noel Gallagher: New Oasis Demo Ready
Oasis guitarist says the follow up to 'Dig Out Your Soul' is well underway
Noel Gallagher says he has already written and demoed the next Oasis album.
Speaking to Detroit News, Gallagher revealed that preparation for the follow-up to the 2008's 'Dig Out Your Soul' is well under way.
He confirmed: "It's already done. It's already written. It's already demoed."
However, Gallagher said he was unsure when the album would come out, hinting that he would release a solo album ahead of new Oasis material.
"I'm gonna take a bit of time off after this [the 'Dig Out Your Soul' tour]. I think I might do something for myself, maybe," he said.
The guitarist also let slip how much he wants to hear Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy', despite the negative reviews the album has garnered.
"I've not heard it. I've read the reviews, and judging from the reviews I know I'm gonna fucking love it," Gallagher said.
"I love preposterous records, and anything that took 17 years [to make] is obviously fucking ludicrous. I'm dying to hear it. I already know I'm going to like it."
Supporting Acts for Germany and France Announced
Twisted Wheel, She's a Weapon
Twisted Wheel will be supporting Oasis in Germany next month in Hamburg, Berlin & Dusseldorf on the bands 2009 European Tour.
2/01/2009: Nantes - Twisted Wheel
30/01/2009: Lille - Twisted Wheel
31/01/2009: Bordeaux - Twisted Wheel
17/02/2009: Toulouse - Free Peace
18/02/2009: Marseille - Free Peace
03/03/2009: Paris - POPB Bercy + Guest
American Football ....The Math
From Noel Gallagher's offical tour diary on oasisinet.com
It seems like I'm saying this a lot recently, but - fuck me - there's nothing going on at the minute. NOTHING.
Played Detroit last night. Got a day off today (in Detroit). It's a Sunday. Utterly soul-destroyingly dull. So dull in fact that I actually bought something off that ebay last night. A vintage Gibson organ. Very fuckin' cool. Gotta go and pick it up today at some fella's house. Thinking on..that should be quite exciting! Going to a real American person's actual house? Well, there's fuck-all else to do.
I'm currently watching some of that American Football. The New York Jets-V-The Buffalo Bills, in fact. I like it.
I'm one of the few Mancunians who actually understand it. It's a very simple game made extremely complicated by mathematics. For example, it's currently 14-3 to the Jets. It's 14.26 in the 2nd. The Jets have the ball on the 22 and it's 3rd down and 8. Erm..sorry?
Noel : 'I just get up there and I do it'
After an attack by a hooligan in September, you might expect the Oasis guitarist to be more careful than usual when he plays London, Ont., tonight. Then again, he's not one to worry, Brad Wheeler writes
Before sitting down with him, if I had to describe Noel Gallagher.
I might have said something like "quotable British rock star" or "the talent half of the battling Oasis brothers" or "the bushy-browed Wonderwall writer."
I would probably have added that he fancies a pub session now and again, that he's a blokey football fan, that he picks the Beatles over the Stones, and that even though he's the band's guitarist he's a far better singer than his testy sibling Liam.
After meeting with Gallagher though, "unfussy, polite and unworried" would be attached to the full assessment. And, sure, I'd stick with "bushy-browed."
On the morning before Oasis played Toronto's Virgin Festival in September, Gallagher tended to the media.
The Manchester superstars were talking up their seventh studio album (the blues-stomping, psychedelic Dig Out Your Soul), and the headlining festival set on the city's Olympic Island would showcase the new material. "I have no idea who puts that stage up, or where those lights come from or how it all works," said
Gallagher, no micromanager. "It's not something I sit and analyze. Somebody else organizes it, and they point me to the stage. I just get up there and I do it. And I go get drunk and do it again the next day."
Until I mentioned it, nobody had told Gallagher that Liam wouldn't be fulfilling his share of interviews that day. "Oh, is he not feeling well," he asked, his voice dripping with something other than sympathy. "Well, he better be brilliant tonight hadn't he?"
Gallagher suspected his younger brother, bunked at another hotel, had over-socialized the night before. As it turned out, it would be Noel's condition, not Liam's, that mattered.
As we all know now, Oasis's performance was wrecked outrageously by a hooligan who violently charged Noel from behind on stage, sending the guitarist tumbling awkwardly into a bank of stage monitors, damaging his ribs in the process. It was a brutish, shocking incident, as YouTube videos show so clearly. After an interlude, the band finished its set in a subdued manner. A few gigs were cancelled as a wincing Gallagher recuperated.
The band has since resumed performing, including a concert tonight at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ont., where, you might imagine, the slapdash Gallagher will pay more attention to security details than usual.
When Gallagher referred to being pointed to the stage, he was responding to a question on the rock 'n' roll grind, and the balance of family and professional life. He finds it easier than you might imagine to deal with the double routines, choosing to separate them, rather than straddle the divide.
"On the last night of the last tour, the very next day, when I get back to England, I'm just the guy who's got two kids then," Gallagher, 41, explains. "I spend time doing the things you would imagine a dad with a young family does."
And then, after a year or two of puttering, dad puts his songwriting hat on, which is the initial step back into the rowdy music life. Eventually an album is written, recorded and released, and then the pipes call. "My family knows," says Gallagher, dressed sensibly in jeans and a windbreaker. "Like now, for instance, I'm in a band and I'm on the road. And that's the way it's going to be for the next two years."
That's the way it has been since 1994, with the release of Oasis's breakthrough debut Definitely Maybe, continuing with the fellow mega-selling (What's the Story) Morning Glory in 1995 and Be Here Now in 1997. Asked about the pressure to produce material that measures up to those early albums, Gallagher says he doesn't feel it, that any monetary concerns were taken care of with Morning Glory. "If I wanted to take five years off after this record, I could do it easily."
If Oasis, notorious for its wild ways and sibling rivalry, were to break up, Gallagher still wouldn't fret. "If the worst was going to come, I can always pick up an acoustic guitar and do a gig anywhere in London," he says, not to boast. "I could sell out Albert Hall like that," he says with a dry snap of his fingers. (Okay, now he's boasting a little bit.) Noel did tour without Liam while promoting the band's rockumentary Lord Don't Slow Me Down in 2006, and he recently said he wouldn't mind seeing the four band members pursue their own projects after the current Oasis tour.
As of now, after a slate of European dates in January and a Japan tour to follow, Oasis is scheduled to launch its biggest-ever tour of open-air stadiums in Britain in the summer, closing with a pair of concerts at Wembley Stadium in July.
Gallagher has his music career and his domestic life, the two rarely meeting, even though Oasis typically breaks for a week for every three on the road. "I'll still be in rock-star mode," he says, referring to the monthly furloughs. "You can't be all things to all people all the time. You can't be on the road and try to be a good dad and a responsible adult."
Irresponsibility these days, as Gallagher tells it, runs mostly to drinking and related capers - "there's nothing else to do" - but not to the heavier stuff. "I've done all that," he admits, with a wave of his hand. "It would be quite sad if I was into drugs. I mean, what would you have done if your parents were into drugs when you were growing up?"
I had no answer, but I suspected Robert Downey Jr., in town at the time for the Toronto International Film Festival, might. Before I could suggest we ask the actor about all this, Gallagher, whose morning glory used to be cocaine, continues with what might wryly pass for a public-service announcement to school children. "There comes a point when you've got to grow up, you know what I mean? I'll leave the drug-taking to the youth, and get on with it."
If Gallagher isn't indulging in hallucinogens himself, Dig Out Your Soul is awash with psychedelic moods, starting off with the acid-rocked Bag It Up, with lines about freaks rising up through the floor and heebie-jeebies in hidden sacks. Gallagher describes it as "the Pretty Things vs. Pink Floyd on glue"; I would counter with "the White Stripes take a Magical Mystery Tour." Beatles influences abound elsewhere, from a guitar riff scalped from Helter Skelter, to a taped John Lennon spoken-word clip, to the Revolver-era existentialism of To Be Where There's Life.
On the whole, it's the most produced album the band has put out, with fade-ins, fade-outs and lavish, hazy textures. For all of that, the group's leader takes little responsibility. "It was great fun, but I'm not one for experimenting," says Gallagher, who does not own a computer (or even a driver's licence, for that matter). "I don't really have the time to sit around all day and make things sound like airplanes taking off. I'm not interested in effects pedals or anything like that, but, luckily for me, other people are."
Gallagher acknowledges and dismisses the material's spiritual bent in one fell swoop, pointing out that the lyrics of Waiting for the Rapture, The Nature of Reality and the album-closing mantra of Soldier On were written independently by himself, bassist Andy Bell and Liam, respectively. "We seem to have made a record with the most cohesive thread to it, and yet it all happened by accident.
"If I were to go away and write an album that I thought had a common thread to it," Gallagher continues, "for one, I'd pick the wrong thread, and two, I'd lose it after about three songs."
Non-conceptualist Gallagher acknowledges Dig Out Your Soul isn't the style of record Oasis fans have come to expect. He guesses the next album will be more "song-y" and melodic. "I write rock 'n' roll pop music that tends to be accessible to a lot of people," he says. "When I pick up the guitar, I'm not trying to challenge myself and write space jazz or anything like that."
Nor would anyone wish him to. Oasis fans would settle for a wistful singalong like Don't Look Back in Anger or the grand ballad Wonderwall. They'll probably come, either on a solo album or the next record from Oasis, don't worry. Gallagher himself isn't.
Oasis plays the John Labatt Centre in London, Ont., tonight at 7.
Attack aftermath
Noel Gallagher doesn't look back in anger. The concert tonight by England's Oasis in London, Ont., makes up for a show postponed from September, after the rock-star guitarist was attacked on stage at Toronto's Virgin Festival. Recovered from the blindsided assault, Gallagher recently commented on the incident publicly, saying that he actually didn't remember much about it. "I was just playing away in my own little world. I had my back turned, and the next thing I know it was total chaos all of a sudden."
Gallagher insisted he had no hang-over effects from the attack, physically ("It was two months with three broken ribs and five bruised ones") or mentally ("I'm not that fragile upstairs"). The alleged assailant, Daniel Sullivan, a father of three from Pickering, Ont., is scheduled to be in a Toronto court for a hearing tomorrow.
Via L4E source:theglobeandmail.com
Oasis at Palace of Auburn Hills Detroit Review
"Tonight," Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher sneered into the microphone at the Palace of Auburn Hills Saturday night, "I'm a rock and roll star."
That he certainly is. Gallagher was put on this planet for the express purpose of being a rock and roll star, and he remains a fascinating, antagonistic, combustible presence on stage. But within the confines of a more-than-half-empty arena -- the reported attendance for Saturday's concert was 6,200, but it looked to be even less than that -- do we need to shift the definition of what constitutes a rock and roll star?
The economy has certainly taken a toll on local rock and roll shows; the black curtains that section off the upper deck have become a fixture at shows at the Palace. But even at the height of its popularity in the mid-90s, Oasis couldn't sell out the Palace, so why was it playing the venue now?
The empty seats dampened the mood in the room, and Oasis didn't go out of its way to heighten the crowd's spirits. The band members tend to be rather aloof on stage -- guitarist Gem Archer and bassist Andy Bell pretty much just stand there, as does Noel Gallagher, the band's songwriter and leader -- so eyes tend to fix on Liam, who seems ready to storm off the stage at any given moment. He creates an odd dynamic with the audience, whether blankly staring down members of the crowd or proudly standing with his back to them, but damn if he doesn't do it with iconic style. To paraphrase M.I.A., no one on the corner's got swagger like Liam.
Even that tends to wear thin, however, and it wasn't enough to carry the show through the laborious sections of Oasis' one hour, 45-minute set. While new song "Shock of the Lightning" fits in with the band's most explosive material -- it will likely remain a fixture long after touring behind the band's current album "Dig Out Your Soul" is finished -- other new offerings dragged, including "I'm Outta Time" and "Waiting for the Rapture."
The opening suite of "Rock & Roll Star," "Lyla," "Shock of the Lightning" and "Cigarettes and Alcohol" kicked off the evening on a high, but the band droned its way through sluggish renditions of "Morning Glory," "Supersonic" and the crowd favorite "Wonderwall." Luckily, "Champagne Supernova" cut through the clutter, soaring to the great highs it does on record, while closer "I Am the Walrus" -- an Oasis standby for years and years -- delivered in typical fashion.
The brothers Gallagher were in amiable spirits, with Noel lightly chiding a fan for throwing a shoe on stage and Liam pantomiming sexual acts to several crowd members. But you couldn't shake the feeling the show would have played better in a smaller setting, as Oasis' arena days seem to have long since expired.
Openers Ryan Adams and the Cardinals were, too, dwarfed by the size of the Palace, though the band's electrifying one-hour set hit all the right notes. Half the material came from the band's recent "Cardinology," and the set shifted comfortably from bluesy country ("Two") to swirling rock (a ramped-up "Off Broadway").
Adams, who is as famously testy on stage as the evening's headliners, joked around with guitarist Neal Casal, with the free-flowing conversation ranging from Journey's Steve Perry to a 1989 Cinderella show at the Palace to the days when the Detroit Pistons were known as the Bad Boys.
Check out some more L4e fan reviews from last nights gig HERE
via L4e / Source: detnews.com / photo: L4e member samersarhan
Oasis makes it clear: Nobody does it better
Have you ever had the experience of getting a truly annoying but irresistibly catchy tune stuck inside your head?
The popular name for this phenomenon is an “earworm.” Renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks (best known for being portrayed by Robin Williams in “Awakenings”) writes about it in his recent book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, and he summarized his thoughts in an interview with Wired magazine.
Oasis returns from Britain with a new album and a new tour.
“I can’t help wondering if the incidence of earworms and musical hallucinations is higher now, with background music in every public place,” Sacks said. “You can’t go to a restaurant without music, and they get offended if you ask them to turn it off ... The brain is very sensitive to music; you don’t have to attend to it to record it internally and be affected by it.”
In other words, pity the poor soul who catches a snippet of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" and then can't get it out of his or her head. Thankfully, a friend of mine has come up with the perfect solution when such a song is stuck on auto-repeat in your brain: Just sing "Champagne Supernova" by Oasis instead. It's also insanely catchy, but as my buddy says, "it isn't quite sticky enough to get lodged in your head, so once you've gone through the refrain and the chorus, not only is the prior earworm gone, so too is 'Champagne Supernova.'
"They must have had this in mind when they wrote it," he adds, "because what's a supernova, after all? It's a violent, intergalactic explosion that irradiates everything within its constellation. And champagne? Kills brain cells off faster than a Michael Crichton book. Put the two together and any other song doesn't stand a chance in your head. Then, just like its namesake, it disappears and all is right in the universe."
I have been writing about Oasis since it first emerged on the music scene with "Definitely Maybe" in 1994, and if there's ever been a better explanation for the appeal, however fleeting, of the Brothers Gallagher's brand of Brit Pop, I haven't heard it.
Superstars on the level of David Beckham at home in the U.K., Oasis won its biggest audience in the United States with "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?" in 1995, selling nearly 4 million copies. But as USA Today recently pointed out, that's seven times the combined total of the group's last three studio albums, including this year's "Dig Out Your Soul," the group's seventh album.
Nevertheless, in their charmlessly boastful fashion, the Gallaghers maintain that they're the best rock band in the world. "I don't say that for the sake of saying it," vocalist Liam said. "There are other good bands. They're just not as good as Oasis."
In other interviews, Liam has been busy trying to drum up a feud with Coldplay to match its old rivalry with Blur -- "I don't give a s--- about Coldplay. We are the coolest band and we are the best f-----g band. We are the most important band. We may not be the biggest band in America, but who would want that?" he told the India Times -- while his equally quotable songwriting brother Noel confessed to the BBC that he "doesn't remember" anything that took place between 1994 and 1998, the years that yielded the band's best music, but that, nevertheless, narcotics never affected him "mentally or physically," he just took them because it was "f-----g brilliant."
Oh, those boys. The fact is, no matter what they say, legions of their fans agree that Oasis cannot be topped. Go ahead: Dare to suggest that "Dig Out Your Soul" not only finds the band once again attempting to rewrite the droning psychedelic pop of the Beatles' "Revolver" as a series of sing-along soccer chants, but does so with less energy and more disappointing results than previous efforts (as I did in my review of the disc).
Or note that, in concert, Liam's moping, enervated presence and the decided lack of charisma on the part of the rest of the band -- which is now completed by guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock, who recently replaced Zak Starkey -- means you might as well stay home and listen to the recordings (as I've contended almost every time I've reviewed the group).
It doesn't matter: The Oasis fans stand by their band.
Oasis, Wonderwall ,Chicago, Dec 13th 2008
The fact is, at least a few times during every Oasis gig -- say, during "Cigarettes and Alcohol," "Wonderwall" or "Champagne Supernova" -- you'll find yourself irresistibly drawn in and inevitably singing along. The only questions are: Will you give any of them a second thought as soon as the last chord rings out? And is that really all it takes to be the best rock band in the world?
Check out L4E fan reviews from last nights show in Chicago HERE
via L4e / source: suntimes.com / photo: L4e member tadas
Lord of the Crowes
Nothing to say today. Nothing happened. We're in Chicago. It's equally as cold as Minneapolis.
We did catch up with some old friends yesterday though. Them being The Black Crowes. We toured with them in 2002 (I think). They were playing across the street. Good to see Chris. He's a lord.
That's it. Fuck all y'all. I'm going back to bed.
Flaming Lips Frontman Can't Relate to Oasis
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne doesn’t understand the appeal of British bands like Oasis and Arctic Monkeys.
The American rocker, 47, who is in the UK to promote his band’s sci-fi film Christmas On Mars, doesn’t feel his countrymen can relate to the northern lads.
He told me: “I’ve never got Arctic Monkeys – they seem too much like a British thing to me.
“They’re like Oasis whereby Americans can’t really relate to them.
“Lots of British people like it but not for me, and I don’t like Razorlight or Duffy much either.
“I prefer Radiohead – they deserve to win a Grammy.
“And I’m still a fan of Amy Winehouse but hope she doesn’t become too much of a drug addict.”
Christmas On Mars premieres at the Barbican in London tomorrow.
via L4e / dailystar.co.uk
Here's a late but welcome addition to the reviews of the recent Oasis concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles by our buddies at LA2DAY , the Los Angeles Lifestyle magazine.....
"You're not down with who I am. Look at you. You're all in my hands tonight."
It takes some bold muthafuckas to sing those words to a crowd of jaded Angelenos and salivating Brit transplants, but then again, Liam and Noel Gallagher have always been good at taking the piss out of fans and critics alike. And let's get one thing straight: I'm a fan. A die-hard, follow-Liam-to-a-Bosnian-crackhouse, Oasis-is-my-religion kind of fan. (Haters can suck it!)
And this past Thursday night, I was MadFerIt yeah: Oasis were back in town!
They opened the set at the Staples Center with Rock ‘n Roll star, one of the boldest claims to Rock-stardom ever recorded. Especially considering the fact that once upon a time they sang this to empty pubs back in Northern England, with the same swagger and cockiness they do now.
It's this self-assurance that drove the band towards the dizzy heights they enjoy today, as Liam sneers: "Toniiiiiiiiight I'm a Rock ‘N Roll Star," and bloody hell, does he mean it!!!
The main difference nowadays in an Oasis live performance is that the songs are carried out with more craft, as opposed to the switch-the-amps-to-max-and-see-what-happens approach of the early '90s. (God those were the days.)
Make no mistake though, Oasis still rocks, boasting an attitude that reminds us all of a dying breed of rockstar, especially in the snarling lead singer Liam Gallagher. Interestingly they're one of the very few bands around that can afford to simply stand there and play their music without bouncing from one side of the stage to the other. They invented stillism and god bless, because it allows the music to shine.
Oasis played a heavy list of classics, ranging from "Cigarettes & Alcohol," to "Champagne Supernova," right through to "Lyla" and "The Importance of Being Idl."
The entire setlist made for a nice blend of old and new, with the majority of songs coming from their previous two albums Don't Believe the Truth and Dig Out You Soul.
*show highlights in bold
Fuckin' In The Bushes
Rock 'n' Roll Star
The Shock Of The Lightning
Cigarettes & Alcohol
The Meaning Of Soul
To Be Where There's Life
Slide Away
Ain't Got Nothin'
The Importance Of Being Idle
I'm Outta Time
Don't Look Back In Anger (acoustic version - fuck yeah!)
Champagne Supernova
Okay so gone is the magic of the days when they were still an indie band, and yes the Staples is about as corporate as it gets, and quite frankly I've never heard an Oasis gig at such a low sound volume, but the show didn't suffer for it. Oasis' attitude hasn't changed, even if the crowds and the times we live in have.
The gig was amazing. Maybe it had something to do with Morrisey (The Smiths) being in the crowd, maybe they were spurred on by Steve Jones' (Sex Pistols) presence, either way, the vibe was great with the Gallaghers at the end declaring: "We've been fantastic, you've been fantastic!"
And with a nod to their idols, the Beatles, they finished the set with an awesome version of "I am the Walrus" and a brilliant night was had by all.
Story by The Artist Formerly Known as Jimmy No-Mates.
via L4e / source: LA2DAY.com
Oasis Leaves Its Audience Parched
The band Oasis makes dense, guitar-driven anthematic rock that owes a shamelessly obvious debt to the Beatles, especially John Lennon. It isn't Radiohead in terms of musicianship or breadth of vision, nor does it have Coldplay's drive for global success. But Oasis can rattle the walls with blaring waves of sound and is the best of the bands to come out of Manchester in the 1990s. Its new album, "Dig Out Your Soul" (Big Brother), is a solid piece of work, perhaps its best since 1995's "(What's the Story) Morning Glory."
While Oasis is hugely popular at home in the U.K., it is less so in the U.S. It may be that the band's reputation as the brawling Gallagher brothers, which feeds its image in Britain, doesn't travel well. Each of Oasis's seven studio albums, including "Dig Out Your Soul," reached the top of the U.K. pop charts. It's never had a No. 1 album in the States.
I caught the band's current U.S. tour on Dec. 4 at the Staples Center here. (It was in Los Angeles that one of the Gallaghers' more notable dust-ups occurred: Fourteen years ago at the Whiskey a Go Go, a wobbly Liam insulted the audience, smacked Noel with a tambourine and ran off.) If Oasis cared to strengthen its reputation in the U.S. on this trip, it didn't show.
Liam Gallagher seemed in a surly mood from the moment the lights dimmed. He sang without emotion, his voice especially nasal and monotone, and when he'd done his part -- many Oasis songs roar to an end with an extended instrumental statement -- he stood alongside the microphone with a tambourine between his teeth or his hands folded behind his back. "Anybody here from England?" he asked before "Morning Glory." Minutes later, as "Ain't Got Nothin'" was set to begin, he said, "Any surfers here?" Aside from promoting the sale of Oasis T-shirts, that was it for his interaction with the near-capacity crowd.
Thus, some of the evening's best moments occurred when he headed off-stage. Noel Gallagher, whose voice is a tad sweeter than his brother's and thus has a shimmer of empathy, sang the stirring ballads "The Masterplan" and "Don't Look Back in Anger," which he took at a slower tempo, encouraging the audience to sing along. Though at one point he snapped, "We don't do requests," he introduced newcomer Chris Sharrock with a bit of self-deprecating humor, calling him "our 15th drummer" -- actually, he's only the fourth in the band's 17 years -- and gave a nod to a sideman, whom he identified as "the Shroud."
The lack of even the rudiments of showmanship wouldn't have mattered very much if the band rose above the dour onstage vibe they created. But the music never became transcendent despite a powerful catalog of songs. Oasis opened with a fierce attack -- "Rock 'n' Roll Star" and "Lyla" followed by the new, rousing "The Shock of Lightning." Later, a beautiful reading of Liam Gallagher's composition "I'm Outta Time" ushered in a biting version of "Wonderwall" in which the Shroud played lovely synthesizer lines that deftly penetrated the chugging acoustic guitars. Guitarist Gem Archer had a few brief but tasty solos, as did Noel Gallagher. They ended the evening with a reading of the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus."
And yet it all seemed perfunctory. At best, it was an earnest but uninspired performance; at worst, a joyless recitation of their recordings. Oasis avoids the kind of spontaneity that brings something new to the familiar and lifts musicians out of the doldrums. At a rock show, somebody ought to have some fun, but fans rarely do if the band doesn't. "Don't come and see us if you're expecting anything . . . apart from the music coming out of the speakers," Noel Gallagher told Rolling Stone magazine recently. Good advice.
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Alexandria - Belle Haven, VA Real Estate
The Belle Haven Community is routed in history, where once stood a fort authorized by the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1674 as an outpost to defend the young colony against Indians. The Civil War-era Ft. Willard was part of the defense system of Washington, DC. Located just south of Old Town Alexandria and north of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, Belle Haven overlooks the Potomac River and is home Belle Haven Country Club, and is considered one of the most prestigious areas in Fairfax County.
Belle Haven residents have so many options for outdoor activities. You can run, walk or ride your bike alongside the river on the Mount Vernon Trail that stretches from the Theodore Roosevelt Island in Rosslyn down to the Mount Vernon Estate. Along those eighteen miles of trail you can pack a lunch and pick your favorite spot to have a picnic, take an early stroll to bird watch, or just throw in a line and try your luck with a little fishing. If you want some more active fishing you can rent a boat at the local Belle Haven Marina, or rent a slip and dock your own boat. If you tire of outdoor excursions, take the family to the Mount Vernon Recreational Center where there is an indoor ice rink, an Olympic size indoor pool, and a huge fitness center. The homes in this quaint community are a mix of large luxury homes, manors, cottages, and townhouses all situated on tree-lined streets. With its close proximity to Old Town and our Nation’s Capital you will never run out of places to go, but you might not want to leave Belle Haven with all it has to offer.
This community has direct access to I-495 and the George Washington Parkway, so commuting is a breeze. Just moments from the newly constructed Woodrow Wilson Bridge that spans the Potomac River, Belle Haven also has ready access to major bus routes as well as the nearby Huntington Metro stop.
Ronald Reagan National Airport: < 6 miles
Washington-Dulles International Airport: < 34 miles
Baltimore-Washington International Airport: < 40 miles
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J Salik A Voice for Peace
May 23rd, 2012 Documentaries
J Salik a voice for peace follows the life of the minority rights activist and former federal minister of Pakistan Julius Salik a Pakistani Christian, who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Since his first campaign in 1977, where he demanded the release of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Zhulfikar Ali Bhutto from prison, he continues to fight for Minorities up to this day.
Some other notable campaigns were in 1979, where he organised a joint Christian-Muslim conference to press for the release of American hostages taken by Iran. In 1985 he trekked to the Iran-Iraq border to demand an end to the war between the two countries. In 1986 he set up the Peace-Education Foundation. His eventual reward was a place in the government under Benazir Bhutto as Federal Minister in charge of social welfare.
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The Corben Baby Ace-the launch of the home building movement
Photo© Willie Bodenstein
If ever there was an aircraft that got the homebuilders going the single-seat parasol wing monoplane Baby Ace of 1929 was it.
© Wikipedia. Of tubular construction with wooden wings and powered by a Heath-Henderson B-4 modified motorcycle engine the Baby Ace was a design of Orland Corben the owner of the Ace Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Corben was also responsible for the design of the Junior Ace and the Super Ace. Unfortunately, because of a change in state regulation passed in 1939 that banned the flight of uncertified designs Corben was forced out of business.
Unperturbed Corben moved to Madison in Wisconsin and started the Corben Sport Plane and Supply Company and produced the Super Ace. This venture unfortunately also did not succeed and remained dormant until 1952. In 1948 the regulations were withdrawn and in 1952 Paul Poberezny, founder of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), purchased its assets.
© Wikipedia. Paul was approached by Mechanix Illustrated magazine in 1953 to write a series of articles on building an aircraft at home and the plans for the Baby Ace being available used those as the basis of his series. Fearing a clash of interest he to divested himself of the marketing of the Baby Ace. The rights have been sold to a number of persons throughout the years. Bill Wood who purchased the plans in 1998 is the current owner.
The series, under the headline "Build This Plane For Under $800, was published in the May, June and July 1955 issues of Mechanix Illustrated and included information on the EAA. Featured on the cover of the May issue the Corben Baby Ace propelled the EAA from a regional to a national organization. Such was the response that Poberezny's had to buy a new mailbox to handle the flood of mail.
Photo © Willie Bodenstein
Although only about 450 Baby Aces have been built Paul's series created awareness in general aviation and the EAA and the 1950s saw an unprecedented bloom in the sale of plans of homebuilt aircraft.
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I'd been with BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for a few months when BBC Essex made contact, "would I like to talk to them about Saturday mornings?". This wasn't the first time that I'd had dealings with the BBC in Essex, I wrote to the radio station when it first started .. but there was nothing doing at the time.
However, situations change and in November 2003 I became the new boy at the New London Road studios of BBC Essex in Chelmsford, taking over from Timbo on saturday mornings.
IN TWO PLACES:
For about a year I was presenting weekday afternoons for Radio Cambridgeshire and Saturday mornings on BBC Essex. I was asked if I'd like to move to the Drivetime show on BBC Essex throughout the week, although I was very happy at Cambridgeshire the daily journey was a pain .. and I am an Essex boy, so I came home. In fact it was a bit of a reversal of programmes, with me staying with Radio Cambs for a further year and presenting the Sunday morning show there while working Monday to FrIday in Essex. However, nothing stays still in radio for long and in 2007 I was offered the breakfast show...just less than 20 years since I'd applied for the job in the first place!
Since I've been with BBC Essex I've won a few more top radio awards, including another Sony and major BBC awards too, and I continue to get involved in various radio adventures.
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Gay rights aside, is Obama working for Putin?
Media coverage of Russia during the Olympic Games has proven to be extremely inaccurate, from the gross exaggerations about the effects of Russia's anti-gay propaganda law, to NBC's claim in a report for the Olympics opening ceremony that Soviet communism was a "pivotal experiment" – and not a tragedy – in the country's history.
The topic of homosexual rights has dominated most of the coverage. Fareed Zakaria made the false claim on CNN that homosexuality has been "criminalized," or outlawed, in Russia while Megyn Kelly of Fox News insisted that Russian President Putin is somehow guilty of "homophobia" because he signed a law prohibiting the recruitment of children to the homosexual lifestyle.
By any objective standard, the Russian response to America's export of homosexuality under Obama is understandable, not objectionable, and it doesn't constitute "homophobia." They passed a law to keep homosexual propaganda from children. But this does not mean that Russia is on the right course and should be applauded by conservatives.
The narrow focus on gay rights, which is the intense concern of many in the U.S. media, misses the big picture – that Putin is posturing globally as a pro-family values champion willing to confront America's dying and decadent culture. Some conservatives are so disgusted by the course Obama has put America on that they seem willing to suspend their critical thinking abilities and embrace Putin as sincere.
What is happening in Russia is truly extraordinary, and the Olympics are clearly part of it. Putin wants to be seen as presiding over a new and modern Russia. Not only is it one of the five largest economies in the world, Russia has assumed the presidency of the Group of Eight nations for 2014 and will host the 40th G8 Summit in Sochi in June.
On a political and religious level, Putin seems determined to transform Russia into a theocracy incorporating the KGB-dominated Russian Orthodox Church into the affairs of state. The church was one of only two Soviet-era institutions that survived the communist collapse. The other was the KGB, now called the FSB.
Putin, who has made a public show of appearing to be a Christian, understands that the church and its constituents, who are "social values" conservatives, are the key to him maintaining and expanding his power, domestically and even internationally.
By making "gay rights" into the cutting edge of U.S. foreign policy, Obama simply plays into Putin's hands, enabling the Russian ruler to come across as an authentic and legitimate leader who puts the national interests of Russia ahead of the rights of sexual minorities.
Our media would be well-advised to report what Putin is actually telling his citizens. In his December 10 "Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly," Putin declared his support for conservative and traditional values, saying, "Today, many nations are revising their moral values and ethical norms, eroding ethnic traditions and differences between peoples and cultures. Society is now required not only to recognize everyone's right to the freedom of consciousness, political views and privacy, but also to accept without question the equality of good and evil, strange as it seems, concepts that are opposite in meaning. This destruction of traditional values from above not only leads to negative consequences for society, but is also essentially anti-democratic, since it is carried out on the basis of abstract, speculative ideas, contrary to the will of the majority, which does not accept the changes occurring or the proposed revision of values."
Coming from a former KGB officer who is accused of killing dissidents and journalists who examine his regime and his secrets too closely, these comments are something to consider for their sheer audacity. A former KGB officer has become a global spokesman for family values? The record, of course, shows that he cannot be taken seriously in terms of his devotion to democratic values. However, he obviously understands the power of propaganda.
His audience, which does not want to see Russia humiliated on the world stage, is lapping it up. He went on, "We know that there are more and more people in the world who support our position on defending traditional values that have made up the spiritual and moral foundation of civilization in every nation for thousands of years: the values of traditional families, real human life, including religious life, not just material existence but also spirituality, the values of humanism and global diversity."
Indeed, the "people in the world" who support him can be found in the World Congress of Families, scheduled to hold a major conference in Moscow this September. High-profile American conservative organizations such as CBN, Focus on the Family, and the National Organization for Marriage are members of the group.
Putin went on to quote Nikolai Berdyaev, a Russian religious and political philosopher, as saying that "the point of conservatism is not that it prevents movement forward and upward, but that it prevents movement backward and downward, into chaotic darkness and a return to a primitive state."
Say what you will about Putin, but he has a vision for his country that is enticing to the Russians and draws a contrast with the West, which is suffering through a period of decline and decay under Obama. The year 2014 has been declared the "Year of Culture in Russia," and Putin says "It is intended to be a year of enlightenment, emphasis on our cultural roots, patriotism, values and ethics."
In contrast to Obama, who embraces and promotes every deviant and perverted lifestyle choice, Putin sounds very appealing. But appearances can be deceiving, and American conservatives eager to embrace this kind of "conservatism" would be wise to stop and examine what is really going on in Russia. The evidence indicates it is a clever ruse to mask the emergence of a resurgent Russia, built on the Soviet "experiment."
In their 2010 book The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB, Russian investigative journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan write:
"The security service and the Church have been moving closer in recent years. In December 2002, the Cathedral of St. Sophia of God's Wisdom was reopened just off Lubyanka Square, a block away from the FSB headquarters. Patriarch Aleksey II himself blessed the opening of the cathedral in a ceremony attended by then FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev. Despite having been a target of the KGB in Soviet times, the Russian Orthodox Church has always been closely connected with the state. The Russian Tsar was the head of the Church. Russia's brand of orthodoxy is based on the concept that Moscow is 'the third Rome' (after ancient Rome and Constantinople) and on a belief in Russian uniqueness. Being 'unique,' Russia sees itself as surrounded by numerous enemies that the FSB must combat. In this vein, the Russian Orthodox Church is always suspicious of Catholic expansion. As recently as 2002 five Catholic priests were expelled by the FSB from Russia, some of them accused of espionage. The FSB helps to protect the Orthodox sphere of influence against Western proselytizing, and in return the Church blesses the security service in its struggle with enemies of the state."
The evidence suggests this religious and political philosophy has been accepted by Putin and his top allies, especially Vladimir Nakunin, who runs the Russian railroads and is a former KGB officer himself. He is one of the KGB veterans who, along with Putin, have stolen about $30 billion from the $50 billion cost of the Olympic Games.
Some experts point to the work of Russian Orthodox thinker and nationalist Gennadii Shimanov, a founder of what could be called the Russian New Right. His analysis of the origins of Soviet communism is echoed by thinkers associated with Putin and his United Russia political party today.
Shimanov wrote, "the Soviet system can no longer seriously strive toward the specter of Communism" but "cannot yet abandon the grandeur of its tasks" and must fulfill Russia's destiny in becoming "God's instrument for constructing a new Christian world." He concluded, "Only the Soviet system, having adopted Russian Orthodoxy...is capable of beginning THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION OF THE WORLD." (emphasis in original)
As The New York Times described it in a 1978 article, he advocated "an ideological state united with the church, not with the Communist Party, as an authority." This kind of thinking influenced Russia's intelligence elite during the time Putin served as an officer in the KGB, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He became head of the FSB in 1998.
Putin never repudiated the Soviet state and, in fact, called the death of Soviet communism a "geopolitical disaster." His invasion in 2008 of Georgia, the former Soviet Republic, was evidence of his true intentions. Some commentators predict he will invade Ukraine, after the Olympics are over, to put down an anti-communist uprising there.
Obama, meanwhile, gave an interview to Bob Costas of NBC about the Olympic Games and U.S.-Russia relations, in which Costas, not surprisingly, brought up the gay rights angle again, but then noted that Obama (and Hillary Clinton) promised "to reset America's relationship with Russia," and that relations have deteriorated.
Pointing out the obvious, he said "it also seems that if anyone is doing the resetting, it is President Putin."
In response, Obama replied that "we were able to reduce nuclear stockpiles in both countries, and we were able to make sure Russia's ascension into the WTO [World Trade Organization] took place," as if the latter had any benefit to the U.S. In regard to nuclear stockpiles, moderate Republican Senator Bob Corker (TN) has warned about Obama putting the U.S. on a path to "unilateral disarmament."
So Russia has benefitted in both cases, gaining access to American capital while the U.S. diminishes its own nuclear deterrent.
Obama simply ignored Costas' point about Russia granting asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, now under the control of the FSB. This case proves beyond a doubt that the Russian reset has been a complete failure and that Putin is in charge, able to do what he wants without fear of a U.S. response.
Obama's performance was so weak and embarrassing that Thomas Lifson at the American Thinker website commented on speculation that the President was stoned. If so, it would give Putin more ammunition for his next family values speech.
It would be funny were it not so serious. Obama's own Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, recently testified that "the leading state intelligence threats to U.S. interests in 2014 will continue to be Russia and China, based on their capabilities, intent, and broad operational scope."
Clapper said, "Attempts to penetrate the U.S. national decision-making apparatus, defense industrial base, and U.S. research establishments will persist."
One can only assume that he includes the White House in this target-rich environment. It is difficult to see one area – except for gay rights – in which Obama is not doing Putin's bidding. Obama's homosexual agenda only makes Putin look stronger and more appealing on the world stage, even driving American conservatives into the arms of the would-be Russian dictator.
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Other Cargos
Navy Payroll and Operational Funds.
The United States Government has recently filed a claim in our salvage action based, at least, on the following analysis. Their claim for the loss of "gold coin or other specie and other legal tender being transported on the R.M.S. Republic ..." can be found at our Legal Section.
There is evidence that suggests both a need for gold coin by the Great White Battleship Fleet and the opportunity for shipment and ensuing loss aboard the REPUBLIC. Although the amount of possible Navy monies does not approach the legendary $3,000,000 (1909 value, worth potentially in excess of $1 billion in today's market) American Gold Eagle shipment (see: The Three Million Dollar Transaction, et seq. for a description of that cargo.), it does compare favorably to the amount of gold reportedly taken aboard the REPUBLIC as identified by REPUBLIC passenger James Connolly; evidence suggests that funds for Navy operating expenses, including payroll, of between $250,000 and $350,000 in coin monies, worth potentially fifty to seventy million dollars in today's market, may be aboard the REPUBLIC.
31. As soon as it had been definitely decided to present all of the provisions of both supply ships to the Italian disaster sufferers, the department cabled to the commander in chief asking what quantities of each item of provisions would need to be shipped via the steamship Carmania, which would arrive at Gibraltar about January 25.1, 2 The commander in chief at first replied that whatever supplies were needed could be purchased in Europe. A further inquiry, however, being received from the department along the same lines as the former query, the commander in chief stated how much of each article were needed to carry the fleet into Hampton Roads. [Emphasis supplied]
32. A few days later cable advice was received from the department to the effect that the Carmania was not available2 and inquiring whether it would be practicable to receive the same supply of fresh provisions from the steamship Republic, scheduled to arrive at Gibraltar just before the fleet itinerary called for departure for Hampton Roads. The reply of the commander in chief was to the effect that the cargo would be immediately discharged from the Republic and distributed among the various vessels of the fleet.
33. On the afternoon of January 24, the flagship being then in the port of Villefranche, France, the commander in chief received a cablegram from the department stating that the steamship Republic had that day sunk[?]3 off Nantucket, with all the fresh provisions for the Atlantic Fleet on board.
34. The situation brought about by this information was very grave indeed. ...4
839. (1) Each member of the crew, except such as may be in confinement as punishment, serving sentence, or awaiting trail, shall be allowed to draw monthly such money as he may have due him on the payrolls...
(4) Monthly money shall be paid on the 25th of each month, unless that day falls on a Sunday or a legal holiday, in which case it should be paid on the preceeding or following weekday. If it be impracticable, when at sea, to pay on that date, it should be paid as soon after as conditions warrant; but nothing herein contained shall be construed as preventing the captain from granting, for reasons satisfactory to himself, special requisition for money at other times. ...
Regulations for the Government of the Navy
of the U. S., U. S. Navy, 1909, Page 195.
Funds for operational expenses - the purchase of coal, supplemental provisions, payroll, etc. - were paid in gold by funds maintained within the Fleet Paymaster's office. Funds in gold coin were drawn on Navy accounts maintained at both the New York and San Francisco Sub-Treasuries. Overseas disbursements were made in the indigenous gold currency which was generally obtained locally by way of bills of exchange.
The REPUBLIC was carrying fresh provisions, which were to replace those provisions which were given by the Fleet as earthquake relief, sufficient to complete the cruise and "carry the fleet into Hampton Roads." The provisions were originally scheduled to be shipped by the Cunard Liner CARMANIA, which was to arrive at Gibraltar "about" January 25th (a payday!). The CARMANIA, however, was to the effect...was not available2 and, as a result, the supplies were placed aboard the REPUBLIC.
The question, then, is - Did the Atlantic Fleet have sufficient cash to meet both its January 25th payroll and operational expenses which were to be incurred through and upon departure from Gibraltar to arrival in Hampton Roads, Virginia? Four (4) related, although independent, views of the operational data support both the need for U. S. gold coin by the Atlantic Fleet and the possible loss of this gold aboard the REPUBLIC.
I. A basic balance sheet for gold funds maintained by the Atlantic Battleship Fleet can be made from available data contained within the report "Operations of Pay Department of the Atlantic Fleet on Cruise Around the World," previously cited.
Fleet Balance Sheet
Date Item Debit Credit Balance
09/22/08 At sea - Gold in Fleet ($243,133 + £47,930 =) $476,384.365
[Average specified expenditures per month for the entire fleet (as reported7) were $371,000, which computes to a daily expenditure of $12,367. The difference between the two reported balances, above, computes to a weekly expenditure of $65,393.48 or $9,341.93 per day. With the Fleet at sea, having departed Albany, Australia on September 18th and arrival at Manila, P.I. on October 2nd, the primary expense would have been the September 25th payroll, with a now computed Fleet payroll of approximately $65,000 per month. Because the primary expense incurred for this period was payroll, the average expenditure for this period would be less because it does not include most operational expenses.]
10/04/08 Deposit - Manila $350,000 $760,9918
11/05/08 Expenditures 9/23 - 11/05 $531,7819 $229,210
11/06/08 Deposit - Manila $400,000 $629,21010
12/13/08 Expenditures 11/06 - 12/13 $519,414 $109,796
12/14/08 Deposit - Colombo, Ceylon (£75,000 =) $364,988 $474,78411
01/09/09 Deposit - Port Said, Egypt (£58,500 =) $284,690 $450,29012
02/22/09 Expenditures 01/26 - 02/22 $346,276 (-$93,858)13
Because amounts for "various auxiliaries" and a "usual fleet reserve fund of $42,672.82"14 were maintained, on-hand cash within the Fleet is not shown to fall below $100,000. Therefore, an analysis of Atlantic Fleet operational data suggests that the Fleet would have required additional funds to avoid a negative balance; in order to maintain at least a $100,000 surplus, the Fleet would have required in excess of $200,000. This amount is in compliance with the amount reported by Mr. Connolly as that which was taken aboard the REPUBLIC.
Certainly, too, the Fleet had also incurred additional and unanticipated cash expenses as a result of its spontaneous participation in the Italian earthquake relief effort; the earthquake took place on December 28, 1908. These additional expenditures are not reflected in the above analysis. See also: US Government Relief Funds.
II. Cash disbursements were made in the indigenous currency of each port of call, with British Gold Sovereigns as the preferred currency for Mediterranean ports. The Fleet had, in fact, deliberately exhausted its supply of U. S. gold coinage prior to arrival in Mediterranean ports.
...when making payments in Japan the supply of United States gold is to be exhausted, so that as far as practicable the entire amount remaining for use after final departure from Manila will be in British gold.15
...all arrangements have been made for supplying the fleet with funds until final departure from the Mediterranean for home...16 [Special emphasis.]
From the date of departure from Manila until the fleet leaves the Mediterranean for home, payments in United States money will be discontinued; and all expenditures will be made in British gold...17
It is assumed that, with the Fleet's next port of call at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and having exhausted all U. S. gold prior to arrival at Mediterranean ports, there would have been a need, or at least a preference, to disburse the January 25th payroll at Gibraltar (and all subsequent disbursements) in U. S. gold.
The Fleet arrived at Gibraltar, January 31 - February 1, 1909.18 It is interesting to note that no shore liberty was given to the US Fleet's sailors at Gibraltar19, perhaps to conserve cash funds. After the loss of the Republic's cargoes, Fleet Paymaster McGowan purchased $50,000 of supplies at Marseilles to replace those lost aboard the Republic - so that the Fleet would have sufficient provisions to complete its journey to Hampton Roads. These supplies were delivered to the various ships; the respective paymasters paid for the supplies with both French and British gold specie.20
III. Funds were, whenever possible, requisitioned in advance. As indicated by the Fleet's receipt of funds (above I), funds were received by the Fleet generally within the first ten days of each month. The subsequent disbursements to the Fleet also support both the average rate of expense, previously used and identified in this report, and the monthly timing for receipt of funds.
That $500,000 be placed to the credit of the fleet paymaster at Boston, July 3, 1909, so that he can obtain that amount of cash July 5, 1909, for distribution among the vessels of the fleet for July disbursements. ...That an equal amount be similarly placed at Norfolk, August 9, 1909, for August disbursements. ...21
With a payroll day occurring on the 25th, efficiencies could be achieved by the receipt of operating and payroll funds approximately mid-way between paydays.
Based on this monthly pattern, funds should have been available to the Fleet on or about February 9th, except for the fact that the Fleet would be at sea, having departed from Gibraltar on February 6th.22 Therefore, it can be anticipated that funds would have been requisitioned for delivery to the Fleet at Gibraltar, prior to its departure for Hampton Roads, Virginia.
The Republic was scheduled to arrive at Gibraltar February 2nd, 1909.23
IV. If the loss of payroll and operating funds had occurred, and with insufficient time to replace those funds prior to the Fleet's departure from Gibraltar, it would be expected that the Fleet would receive more funds than that which would normally be required upon the Fleet's return at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
U.S.S. Connecticut (Flagship),
Cavite, Philippine Islands, Nov. 18, 1908
Sir: The fleet paymaster will furnish funds after arrival in the United States in the same manner as at Manila, namely, by depository checks in fulfillment of pay officers' requisitions on S. & A. Form No. 15. ...
Requisitions for sufficient funds to make all expenditures from February 22 to and including March 31, 1909, should be in the hands of the commander in chief not later than December 15, 1908.
By direction of the commander in chief:
A. W. Grant
Commander, U.S. Navy, Chief of Staff.24
Estimated that $1,000,000 would be needed by the fleet on its arrival at Hampton Roads...25
. . . After coaling at Tetuan Bay [on the north coast of Morocco], the Yankton will proceed independently [to the US] by a more southerly route than the rest of the fleet, going by way of the Azores and Bermuda, in order to avoid bad weather. She is due at Hampton Roads a day ahead of the fleet.
NY Times, Jan. 27, 09, 4:4
The Yankton, as was her practice, preceded the Fleet in its journey.26 However, it is worthy to note that Sperry issued his order for the Yankton to return to Hampton Roads, and to arrive there one day ahead of the fleet, on January 24, 1909 - the very day that he had learned of the Republic's loss. See: Historical Documents. After coaling, the Yankton departed Gibraltar February 1, 1909 for her homeward-bound Atlantic crossing. She stopped briefly at Funchal, Madeira on February 3rd, and departed there February 4th. She arrived at Hampton Roads on February 17, 1909. 27
As she was passing between Capes Henry and Charles, the Yankton was ordered via wireless, immediately after she had completed coaling at Hampton Roads, to proceed to Washington, DC.28 Upon her arrival at the Washington Naval Yard on February 19, her Captain, Lieutenant Commander C. B. McVay, reported to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and the Secretary of the Navy. At the Navy Yard, the Yankton received three wooden boxes from the yard, . . . [On February 20, 1909, 8 A.M. to Meridian, Yankton received ] 18 bags confidential mail & 20 secret codes for atlantic fleet. Received from U.S. Treasury $800,000 which was placed under lock & key and sentry's charge29 for transport to the Fleet.
When she returned to Hampton Roads, arriving there on February 22, 1909:
Meridan to 4 P.M. ... At 2:15 the Executive Officer with six men reported on board flagship. At 2:30 the Commanding Officer left the ship and called officially on the President of the United States and the C in C [Commander in Chief of the Fleet]. At 2:40 the President went on board the flagship and afterwards he visited each flag ship in turn. All ships observed the usual ceremonies.
February 23, 1909: 8 A.M. to Meridian . . . The Commanding officer delivered the following: 4 bags Confidential mail and 19 secret codes to the Commander in Chief; 3 bags Confidential Mail to the 2nd division Commander, 4 bags Confidential Mail to the 3rd division Commander, 2 bags Confidential Mail to the 4th division Commander, 1 bag Confidential mail to the Maine. The Paymaster delivered $610,000 to the paymasters of the fleet. . . .
Meridian to 4 P.M. . . . The paymaster delivered $110,000 to the paymasters of the fleet and $70,000 to the Fleet Paymaster.30
The funds (in the amount of $800,000) [parenthetical comment in original] requisitioned by me were sent to Hampton Roads by the Yankton, and distribution was made direct to the several pay officers February 23.31
$800,000 GOLD FOR FLEET
The Yankton Takes Money to Pay the
Officers and Men.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - Carrying $800,000 in gold pieces fresh from the Government Mint to pay the officers and men of the Atlantic fleet, the gunboat Yankton, which yesterday completed its cruise around the world, left to-day for Norfolk to rejoin the fleet. The Yankton also took a supply of the new signal code. ...
New York Times, February 21, 09, 2:7
Although the Yankton, like other ships of the Fleet, carried her own monthly operational funds, we have not found any other instance where the Yankton carried the Fleet's funds. Her early arrival to the US coupled with the orders she received upon arrival, her Commander's meetings with the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, the Secretary of the Navy, and the President, and her mission to acquire funds from the US Treasury, Washington, DC, and deliver those funds to the Fleet - was, to say the least, a sequence of out-of-the-ordinary events. It was routine for Navy cash funds for the Atlantic Fleet to be disbursed from the New York Sub Treasury, not the US Treasury at Washington, DC; the San Francisco Sub Treasury handled funds for the Pacific Fleet.
Yacht Yankton32
The amount of funds distributed to the Fleet upon its arrival at Hampton Roads, too, is unusual. $800,000 for the period February 22 to and including March 31 (37 days), significantly exceeds the amount which would normally be required for payroll and operational expenses for the same period. Based on the average rate of expense previously identified, $12,367/day, $457,579 should have been the amount required for this period. An unidentified excess of close to $350,000 was distributed to the Fleet upon its arrival at Hampton Roads.20
The manner in which the Fleet received its funds at Hampton Roads was unusual. The Fleet's receipt of funds on February 20th, 1909, was inconsistent with its normal monthly funding pattern. And, the amount received was inconsistent with its monthly funds expenditure. A shipment of approximately $265,000 aboard the Republic, and its proposed delivery to the Fleet on February 2, 1909, would be consistent not only in the method that the Navy often used in the shipment of funds - shipping funds by commercial vessel, but would also be consistent with the Fleet's normal source of funds, the New York Sub Treasury, as well as the Fleet's monthly funding pattern and funding needs.
Since the Republic did carry at least "provisions" for the Atlantic Fleet, why wouldn't she also carry any required funds?
The Russian gold, if it exists, would have been the primary reason to keep from public view the loss of Navy funds. A public inquiry would have been circumvented, which may have leaked information concerning the Russian cargo. A public investigation was particularly inopportune for cargoes which were then beyond recovery and whose loss, in the case of the Russian gold, if disclosed, would have lessened investor resolve in maintaining the Russian autocracy.
Teddy Roosevelt, too, had sent the Fleet around the world under a good deal of criticism and political risk. At the Fleet's return to Hampton Roads on February 22, 1909, Roosevelt
was in a joyous mood. "Do you remember," he askt [sic] a friend, "the prophecies of disaster? Well, here the ships are, returning after fourteen months without a scratch." Visiting the four flagships, he made a brief address to the officers and men on each of them. Speaking to Rear Admiral Sperry and his men on the "Connecticut," he said:
"You have falsified every prediction of the prophets of failure. In all your long cruise not an accident worthy of mention has happened to a single battleship, nor yet to the cruisers or torpedo boats. You left this coast in a high state of battle efficiency and you return with your efficiency increased - better prepared than when you left, not only in personnel but even in material.
"As a war machine the fleet comes back in better shape than it went out. In addition you, the officers and men of this formidable fighting force, have shown yourselves the best of all possible ambassadors and heralds of peace. Wherever you have landed you have borne yourselves so as to make us at home proud of being your countrymen. You have shown that the best type of fighting man of the sea knows how to appear to the utmost possible advantage when his business is to behave himself on shore and to make a good impression on a foreign land.
"We are proud of all the ships and all the men in this whole fleet, and we welcome you home to the country whose good repute among nations has been raised by what you have done."
The Independent, Survey of the World,
Vol. LXVI, No. 3143, February 25, 1909
In my own judgment the most important service that I rendered to peace was the voyage of the battle fleet round the world.
Theodore Roosevelt,
in his Autobiography.
Post Card Published by Julius Bien in 1908
Was Embarrassment a Concern?
The Navy Department's first response to the news of the collision was:
Navy Department officials at Washington say that the loss of the supplies [aboard the Republic] will not embarrass the fleet, as they were in the nature of an "extra shipment"[?] for use in the event of an emergency[?].
Brooklyn Union Standard, January 24, 1909, 6:2
Of course, there would have been a separate reason to conceal the Navy's payroll loss too - the Great White Fleet's round-the-world cruise was both a huge triumph for the United States and a great political success for Teddy Roosevelt, so why disclose something that would mar this historic event, even in the slightest?
1The 25th of each month was a payday, infra, and was certainly, at least in general terms, an important date for the Paymaster. However, the Cunard Liner Carmania departed New York on schedule January 21, 1909 (N. Y. Herald, January 13, 09, 14:1), but was scheduled to arrive at Gibraltar on only January 28, 1909 (N. Y. Herald, European Edition, January 19, 09, 2:2). It is interesting to note that the Paymaster's emphasis is placed on the anticipated arrival of the Carmania "about" a payday. If Navy funds were lost aboard the Republic, and if, as a consequence, there were insufficient funds to meet, even belatedly, the January 25, 1909 payday (operational expenses would, no doubt, be met first), his planning might have been brought into question.
2The Russian Loan was originally scheduled to close on January 21, 1909, the same day the Carmania was scheduled to depart. See Footnote 1, supra. If the Russian gold was intended to be shipped to Russia via Gibraltar, but Russia had not received title until the loan closed, which occurred on January 22, 1909, this could be the explanation for the rescheduling of the US Navy's shipment. If the Republic carried a cargo for the Russian government and was to transfer this shipment to the Russian battleships then at Gibraltar, the off-loading of US Navy supplies at the same time would enhance (make less conspicuous) the security of the transfer.
3The Republic sank approximately 8:07 p.m. Eastern Time Sunday January 24, 1909. See Log of the Wreck. If the flagship at Villefranche, France (+ 6 hours) received a cablegram on "the afternoon of January 24 ... stating that the steamship Republic had that day sunk off Nantucket" that cablegram was either inaccurate or the Paymaster is incorrect in his recollection. Paymaster McGowan is most likely referring to the Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation's January 23, 1909 telegram to "Sperry, Connecticut, Villefranche" which stated: "Steamer Republic with provisions for fleet in collision and probably total loss Cannot be replaced from America" ... . NARA, RG 143, File 105669.
4Operations of Pay Department of the Atlantic Fleet on Cruise Around the World, Report of Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan, U. S. N. Fleet Paymaster. Presented by Mr. Perkins for Mr. Tillman, June 23, 1910, Congressional Serial 5660, 61st Congress 2nd Session, Senate Document No. 646, Page 47.
5Ibid. Page 99.
6Ibid. Page 100.
9All expenditures are computed from average Fleet expenditures at $12,367 per day as previously cited.
10Ibid. #4, Page 103.
11Loc. Cit.
13An unspecified amount of British gold remained in the fleet upon its arrival in Hampton Roads (Ibid. Page 108). This money would probably not be used for disbursements after departure from Gibraltar (see II, supra) and, as a result, if no British gold were disbursed after departure from Gibraltar, the fleet's need for US gold would be greater than calculated.
14Ibid. #4, Page 99.
15Ibid. Page 98.
16Ibid. Page 104.
18 U.S. Navy Department. Information Relative to the Voyage of the United States Atlantic Fleet Around the World, December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1910, Itinerary, Pg 10.
19Log of the Voyage of the Atlantic Fleet, The Navy Publishing Company, Washington, DC, 1909, Pg 46.
20 Almost immediately after the loss of the Republic and her Government cargo, Fleet Paymaster McGowan acquired transport from the flagship, then at Villefranche, to Marseilles where he negotiated the provision of food stores sufficient for the Fleet to complete its cruise to Hampton Roads, in the amount of 247,060 francs ($47,682.58). The contract required the pay officers of the respective ships to pay upon delivery of the provisions "according to the prices hereinbefore stated, in French gold; provided, however, that payment for the provisions delivered to the U.S.S. GEORGIA, U.S.S. NEBRASKA, U.S.S. NEW JERSEY and U.S.S. RHODE ISLAND may be made in British gold at the American equivalent, (the pound sterling being worth $4.8665 and the franc being worth $0.193)." United States Atlantic Fleet, Contract for Fresh Meats and Fresh Vegetables at Marseille [sic], France, February 1, 1909, NARA RG 143, File 104151. This additional expenditure, too, is also NOT reflected within our analysis of the possibility of a loss of US Government funds; the funds expended for this purpose may have required replacement once the Fleet arrived at Hampton Roads and, therefore, may also be a part of the $800,000 delivered to the Fleet upon its arrival in the US.
21Ibid. #4 Page 109.
22Ibid. #18.
23N. Y. Sun, January 24, 09, 1:6. See also: #18, supra.
24Ibid #4, Page 105.
25Ibid. Page 108. It is also interesting to note that the Paymaster's commentary throughout his report is fairly specific, listing exact amounts and dates. However, at this point in his narration, the Paymaster is now "estimating." His report, too, although compiled by the Paymaster, was presented to the Senate by a second person - perhaps to avoid the possibility of a stray question.
26Yankton, Yacht and Man-Of-War, Malcolm F. Willoughby, Crimson Printing Company, Cambridge, MA, 1935, Pg 131.
27Ibid. #18, Itinerary of the USS Yankton, pg. 13.
28Ibid. #26, Pg 132.
29Logbook of the USS Yankton, NARA RG 24, pg. 234, 236.
30Ibid., pgs 240, 242. The Yankton's Logbook does not contain information regarding the distribution of the remaining 4 bags confidential mail or the $10,000 in gold. The Yankton most likely retained one secret code and some mail and funds for its operations.
32Displacement, 975; Length, 185'; Beam, 27'6"; Draft, 13'10"; Speed, 14 knots; Complement, 78; Armament, six 3-pdrs., two Colt machine guns. For more information on USS Yankton, visit USS Yankton, Schooner History at greatwhitefleet.org.
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September 05, 2018 / Diana Pardue
When Richard Chavez polishes a stone, he walks into the bright New Mexico sun to check his work. The natural light allows him to see imperfections that would be invisible in the lights of his studio. Always a perfectionist, Chavez may take several steps in and out of the studio door until a stone is polished to his satisfaction. A fastidious lapidary artist, Chavez has been working with a selection of quality stones since the mid-1970s. Today he is recognized as one of the leading Southwestern lapidary artists.
Chavez’s work is characterized by clean lines, fine polishing, attention to detail, and reflects his architectural background, which was his first career. While working for the architectural firm of Harvey S. Hoshour, Chavez became familiar with and began to apply the principles of “less is more” pioneered by Bauhaus modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. These same principles are apparent in the jewelry Chavez creates today.
BRACELET of fossilized walrus ivory, turquoise, coral, black jade, and silver, 3.2 centimeters wide, 2012. Private Collection.
His jewelry is strikingly different from that of other Southwestern artists. The color palette he chooses relies strongly on either a predominant dark background of black jade or lapis lazuli or a light background of fossilized ivory; and generally, he incorporates turquoise and coral—both thought to be traditional Southwestern materials—only as accents.
Like many of his colleagues who began careers in the 1970s, Chavez was influenced by the groundbreaking work of jeweler Charles Loloma (Hopi, 1921-1991), who was also known for his use of atypical stones set in innovative designs. Like Loloma, Chavez distinguished his jewelry beginning in the 1970s by including stones that were thought to be nontraditional. The stones can include Siberian green jade, black jade, tiger’s eye, fossilized ivory, opal, lapis lazuli, sugilite, chrysoprase, and occasionally agates of particularly striking colors.
Chavez was born in 1949 and grew up in the conservative village of San Felipe Pueblo. Educational goals were important to his parents, which led Chavez to pursue a career in architecture. Initially, he trained as an architectural draftsman though a program at Draughon’s Business College in Dallas and later, while working for Hoshour, he took architecture classes at the University of New Mexico. He began making jewelry while working at Hoshour’s firm to supplement his income. Initially, Chavez made heishi beads from olivella shells or he hand-fashioned turquoise beads. But as the lower-priced heishi beads imported from Asia undersold his handmade work, Chavez began to look for other options. He noticed that some other Southwestern jewelers were creating intriguing designs in silver and he decided to try his hand at metalwork.
LAPIS LAZULI EARRINGS of coral, turquoise and fourteen karat gold, 4.1 centimeters long, 1992. Private Collection. BLACK JADE EARRINGS of coral, turquoise and eighteen karat gold, 3.2 centimeters long, 2003-2004. Collection of Joan Borinstein. SIBERIAN GREEN JADE EARRINGS of coral, turquoise and silver, 3.2 centimeters long, 2009. Collection of Carole Katz.
Within a few short years after transitioning from heishi beads to metal jewelry with inset stones, Chavez began to receive recognition for his innovative designs. He won the Best of Show Award at Eight Northern Pueblos Show in 1976, the first year he participated in the event. That same year, he also sold at the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Market in Santa Fe. In 1977, the second year he entered the SWAIA Market, he was awarded a first place ribbon, and in 1981 received a SWAIA Fellowship during the second year it was offered to artists. Chavez used the fellowship funds to purchase gold, which was a more expensive metal than silver, and as funds allowed, he utilized it with more frequency as part of his jewelry. During this pivotal period and at the forefront of change in Southwestern wearable art, he and a few other artists were transforming Southwestern jewelry from classic silver and turquoise forms to those that featured gold, innovative shapes and a variety of stones. The materials as well as the designs they created blazed new trails in Native aesthetics.
BRACELET of Sea of Japan coral, turquoise and silver, 2012. Collection of Mike and Gene Waddell.
SWAIA—the organization that produces the largest leading Native American art market in the U.S.—had another major impact on Chavez’s jewelry. In the 1970s-80s, SWAIA rules required that jewelers use all natural materials. Chavez preferred onyx rather than jet for a black stone because jet is a soft stone and he wanted a stone that was more scratch resistant. Realizing that onyx is dyed to achieve the black color, and as such was not a natural stone, Chavez began to look for alternatives. In 1988, he tried black jade for the first time and found the stone to be one that was suitably hard and took a polish well. Always fond of the deep blue of lapis lazuli, black jade offered Chavez an alternative dark stone choice.
Chavez also found that black jade, which in the U.S. often comes from Wyoming or Northern California, is readily available in an unpolished form. Stone selection is an important part of the work of a lapidarist and Chavez purchases many of his stones at the gem and mineral shows held in Tucson or Denver. Materials are sold by weight and, of course, the stones look much different in their raw, unpolished states. When lapidarists cut into one, they might find that only a portion is of suitable quality. Much of the raw material can be discarded while cutting, shaping and polishing. Artists are taking a chance each time they purchase raw materials.
NECKLACE of lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise, and silver, 22.9 centimeters long, 1992. Private Collection. Adjacent are preparatory drawings of works; one containing the necklace shown here. Chavez sketches all of his pieces to scale and on the final drawing will add notes about materials and dimensions. He has kept many of the drawings to record the development of his career over time.
BOLO TIE of fossilized ivory, coral, black jade, turquoise, and fourteen karat gold, 8.3 x 5.4 centimeters, 1998. Private Collection.
When he first began working with metals, Chavez thought about the designs he wanted to make and worked directly with the stones and metals to create each item. Within a few short years, he began to draw preparatory sketches of jewelry designs—initially on lined note paper but more often on graph paper—and has continued this process, drawing all of his works to scale. For some pieces, Chavez may draw a series of designs on different pages of paper until he is satisfied; and on the final drawing, he’ll typically add notes about materials and also include dimensions. He has retained many of these drawings, which as a body of work illustrates the progression of his career through time.
Chavez’s interest in architecture has continued to influence his jewelry designs and he often photographs architectural features when he travels. The rings in particular evince architectural motifs—a building’s cornice may be inspiration for the lines of a ring or the corner of a building reflected in an angle or influence its height. Some have flat planes that rise above the hand, much like a structure rising from the ground. Several examples contain a different design on each side. The circular forms of building ductwork might appear as a circular stone added to a ring’s flat plane.
Through his work at Hoshour’s firm, Chavez was also exposed to contemporary art by artists such as Mark Rothko, Joan Miro and Piet Mondrian. Their influence can be seen especially in Chavez’s color choices. The patterns in stonework are often reminiscent of Mondrian’s colorations. His bolo tie pendants could be compared to a painter’s palette since the ornaments serve as a platform for design and color balance. Generally, these designs are abstracted geometrics, but at times one can detect the shape of a face or the hint of an eye.
Some of Chavez’s creations directly reflect nature. The best examples are his butterfly brooches, which can also be worn as pendants. With great skill, Chavez creates complex stone mosaics in the butterfly wings, or simply carves stones to form the wings, adding incised lines to delineate patterns and creases on the wing’s surface. Often, he carefully carves contrasting stones for use as butterfly bodies and heads.
BRACELET of black jade, coral, dolomite, and silver, 3.0 centimeters wide, 2010. Private Collection.
Chavez was also influenced by the economy of Scandinavian designs and he strives toward uninterrupted lines—A clasp might be designed to look like other sections in a necklace or bracelet; or alternately, pendants are attached to the fronts of necklaces and, in the process, also serve as the clasp. This meticulous geometry has influenced placements in exhibitions. When his jewelry was included in the Albuquerque Museum’s inaugural exhibition, “One Space, Three Visions” in 1979, the curator included his jewelry in the contemporary rather than the Native American section.
Chavez is perhaps best known for the complex inlay shown in his bracelets. Since he cuts and shapes each stone by hand, his application of the stones to bracelet bands best exemplifies his mastery of blending shape, color and design. The stones are perfectly cut, often in trapezoid forms that match seamlessly. Sometimes Chavez adds thin gold bars as accents to the inlay while at other times he may choose turquoise or coral for his accents.
One of Chavez’s first uses of Siberian green jade was for a bracelet made in 1996: the emerald-green jade stones, some of which have black inclusions, drew further attention to his capacity for detail and it has become a signature design.
Another significant bracelet design represents his great accomplishments in stone polishing. It consists of a highly polished black jade plane with inset cardinal points in red coral or white dolomite. The surfaces are so perfectly polished that it is almost impossible to see the seams of the stones without magnification.
Chavez undertakes every step of jewelrymaking without the aid of assistants. In 1997, when the Heard Museum was preparing a Southwestern jewelry exhibition, Chavez submitted a handwritten artist statement, which said, “From raw materials to finished product, I’m the sole maker of my jewelry. Each piece coming out of my studio has a part of me reflected in it. Any aspect of my jewelry making involves designing, fabricating, the grinding of metal and stones, the polishing and the finish applied to a piece. As difficult as it gets sometimes, I’ll never delegate any part of the work to an assistant.” Chavez has kept true to that statement. Because he is involved in every step, he may produce a small number of quality works annually.
COLLABORATIVE BELT BY RICHARD CHAVEZ AND JARED CHAVEZ of black jade, coral, turquoise, and silver, 88.9 centimeters long, buckle measures 7.0 x 7.0 centimeters, 2012. Private Collection.
In recent years, Chavez has collaborated with his son Jared (born 1982). Jared showed an inclination for art at an early age and an interest in jewelry design and fabrication while still a teenager. His parents encouraged him to attend college and after completing his Bachelor of Arts in studio art, with a focus in digital art and printmaking at Georgetown University, Jared returned to San Felipe and began to make jewelry on his own. The two men share a studio in San Felipe adjacent to the family home. While Richard emphasizes lapidary work, Jared has focused on metalsmithing. In 2011 they collaborated for the first time on a necklace that featured Jared’s metalwork and Richard’s lapidary work. They have undertaken several collaborations since.
For more than forty years, Richard Chavez has created masterful jewelry with complex inlay and striking color patterns that reflect his architectural sensibilities. As his work has evolved, he has perfected his techniques while his designs have continued to delight and intrigue all who view them.
Chalker, Kari, ed. Totems to Turquoise: Native North American Jewelry Arts of the Northwest and Southwest. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2004.
Cirillo, Dexter. Southwestern Indian Jewelry. New York: Abbeville Press, 1992.
—. Southwestern Indian Jewelry: Crafting New Traditions. New York: Rizzoli, 2008.
Pardue, Diana F. The Cutting Edge: Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry and Metalwork. Phoenix: Heard Museum, 1997.
—. Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2007.
—. Symmetry in Stone: The Jewelry of Richard I. Chavez. Phoenix: Heard Museum, 2017.
“Symmetry in Stone: The Jewelry of Richard I. Chavez” showed February 2 - August 5, 2018 at the Heard Museum, 2301 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona 85004. Visit their website at www.heard.org.
Diana F. Pardue is Chief Curator at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Her interest in jewelry has led her to curate several exhibitions as well as to write articles and books about the topic, which include Contemporary Southwestern Jewelry; Shared Images: The Innovative Jewelry of Yazzie Johnson and Gail Bird; Native American Bolo Ties: Vintage and Contemporary Artistry (with Norman Sandfield); Awa Tsireh: Pueblo Painter and Metalsmith (with Norman Sandfield); and Symmetry in Stone: The Jewelry of Richard I. Chavez. It is the fine lapidary skill of Chavez and start-to-finish process that Pardue investigates in her contribution to this issue.
September 05, 2018 / Diana Pardue/ Comment
Feature, Jewelry
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Saints Music Academy tour a fun, fulfilling experience
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25 July 2017 – Enjoyable, rewarding, exciting. Just three words of many positive ones that described the Saints Music Academy’s tour of the Eastern Free State at the end of the July holiday.
The origins of the idea to go tour are a little unclear, Saints Music Academy teacher Elize Swart admitted on Tuesday: “Gerrie [van Heerden] and I tend to have these ‘great’ ideas when we sit and have a coffee. It potentially happened there. It is a continual thinking process about the next step and how to take it a step higher. The tour was the obvious next step.”
Different venues, different experiences
The Eastern Free State was decided upon because it was an area that she was familiar with and it offered up difference venues and experiences.
“We wanted to give them different platforms and we were able to find those there, and it is not too far from Bloemfontein,” she explained.
The Saints Music Academy took their music to the Clarens’ town square on Saturday morning
“Everything they did was different. The first night they performed at a restaurant and that turned out to be amazing. It was lovely. Then they played in the square in town and then they went busking. They loved the busking! On Saturday night, they played at Die Punt. It’s a venue made for shows, so, again, it was a different feel.”
“Monday morning was spent at a high school, with a thousand kids. That was amazing. They fed into it completely. It was like a rock concert! And then we finished with a primary school, which was a totally different feel, because you can’t play just any songs. You have to think about what songs to play for each platform.”
Busking was a novel and gratifying experience, she added: “People enjoyed it. And the more people enjoyed it, the more the boys and girls enjoyed it. It’s a different feeling because it is acoustic. When you’re plugged in, it’s a different vibe completely. They were able to do it because they have a lovely variety of songs. Their repertoire is 45 songs! That gives you freedom to do quite a lot.”
Living life on the road, setting up and then packing up, is not easy. At each venue set up for the group, provided everyone pitched in, took an hour, while packing up took half-an-hour, but it was all done in good humour, Elize said: “The boys and girls were very gracious. There was no moaning. They did it and never complained about anything, except the food maybe, because I fed them at random times. Some of them get pretty grumpy without food! They handled it like champs.”
Happy days on tour
From the beginning to the end of the tour she witnessed huge growth in the children, especially as performers.
“Confidence is a huge thing and I am seeing that more and more, confidence and learning to adapt and learning to perform. It is one thing to play an instrument and to play together, but performing, getting your crowd to engage and to enjoy you… There is more to it than just standing there.
“By the last show, the girls were dancing. They were interacting with the kids. They weren’t just standing there singing. There was a huge difference, and that kind of thing you can’t teach them. That can only come from performing. One of the reasons why we took them on tour was to take that to the next level.”
The group was culturally diverse and their success showed that music is, indeed, the universal language.
Elize said: “Having boys and girls makes for a fun dynamic. Also, there are so many different cultures represented. Looking at the group, we have Black, Indian, Asian, White, Russian… Just them being on the stage breaks so many barriers because you have such a mix of everything. Everybody sits back, nobody can be offended.
Now, where are we again?
“You get a little apprehensive on how people are going to receive them, because they are still kids. But then you see music is something that wants to be enjoyed. It crosses every boundary. It was lovely.”
Immediately after the completion of the tour, the group were asking whether or not they could go on another tour. “Ma’am needs to regroup!” Elize laughed.
Next public appearance
In the wake of the tour, excitement around the Saints Music Academy is high and practice is under way for their next scheduled public appearance: “We’ve got something coming up at Emoya on 16 September. That’s something to work for again,” Elize said. “We are trying to combine with the Eunice Marimba Band and set a platform again, even using some of our classical and jazz musicians. It’s another different platform. There’s an amphitheatre at Emoya, which can seat 3 000 people. It’s a beautiful place.”
“We want to give it to the younger guys as well, so we can start training them at younger ages and get them out there a bit more.”
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What Is A Job? 2
Lots of government "jobs" really aren't.
By Petrarch | March 21, 2012
America and Americans desperately need "jobs, jobs, jobs." The Left wants to solve this problem by simply creating as many government jobs as needed regardless of cost; those stone-hearted Scrooges on the Right oppose these efforts tooth and nail, preferring to let people languish in unemployment. How is this possible?
As we saw in the first article in this series, just because you're working hard doesn't mean you have an economically productive job, and just because you don't have a boss doesn't mean you aren't being economically productive. Today, there are all too many "jobs" that look like jobs, act like jobs, and which people think of as jobs - but aren't.
Is Government "Jobs"?
The first and most obvious place to look for non-job jobs is, of course, in government. By definition, government has no money of its own because it doesn't earn a profit; all the money government spends is taken from citizens by force, either in taxes extracted or by more subtle means like inflation.
That doesn't mean that all government jobs are bogus. Government can and does create value by doing things that only government can do effectively. Developing national-level infrastructure is merely the best known: America as a nation is far wealthier for having the Interstate Highway System, paid for by government using your tax dollars. Alas, most of the economically-profitable infrastructure has already been built. All that's left to sweeten the construction unions is Bridges to Nowhere.
We are also all benefited by having taxpayer-funded police, fire, judges, and the army. You never know when you might need their services, which is why it's fair for everyone to pay for them collectively, but they cost less than the cost of not having them. This is easily proved by a glance at countries that don't have functioning core services, like Somalia: Somalians don't have anybody to pay taxes to, but they're somewhat worse off than we are as a result.
A great many scholarly studies have demonstrated that an efficient, predictable, honest rule of law is essential for economic growth. If there is no governmental authority willing to enforce contracts, businessmen can only work with people they personally know and trust, thus limiting growth possibilities. Also, businesses suffer under expensive protection overhead in needing to hire their own guards or even private military forces. A law-abiding society enforced by honest police and courts makes all economic activity more efficient and profitable.
Here in the United States, we've enjoyed the rule of law for so long we've almost forgotten what it's like to do without it. Unfortunately, in recent years our court system has become ever slower, ever less just, and ever more unpredictable. Today, many European companies find the justice systems of Russian and China to be better than ours, even as we're spending more on it.
What a condemnation! It may be difficult to point to specific people in our court system whose jobs are not worthwhile - but there are certainly loads of them. The only way to solve the problem would be to slash budgets and let the officials in charge make the tough decisions; until that happens, the more money we throw at the problem the worse the results will be.
There is a category of government "jobs" who are not merely worthless, but positively counterproductive: the regulators. A recent scholarly study tabulated an astounding statistic:
On average, eliminating the job of a single regulator grows the American economy by $6.2 million and 98 private sector jobs annually.
As with the court system, not all regulations are counterproductive. A century ago, thousands of people died from corrupted food. There's a cost to that; the first round of food safety regulations saved a lot of lives and were worth the cost of enforcement.
That was a long time ago, though, and we've layered on millions of pages of regulations since then. No government at all certainly leads to a place none of us wants to be, but that doesn't mean that we wouldn't be better off with some major cuts to what we have today.
In conclusion: yes, many government jobs really are economically productive and benefit the economy more than they cost the taxpayers. It's no coincidence that the vast majority of these "profitable" government jobs are found in areas that the Founders would have recognized as being in the proper purview of government.
Even in the newer governmental fields of regulation, some government jobs can be profitable - but we've gone far beyond that point. By putting government bureaucrats on the dole, we'd take 98 times as many people off of it.
Is government the only place where non-job jobs can be found? No; and in the next article in this series we'll examine some.
Petrarch is a contributing editor for Scragged. Read other Scragged.com articles by Petrarch or other articles on Economics.
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bassboat said:
While paring down the number of government jobs the silly notion of having a job for life needs to go out the window. To think that a government employee can't be held accountable and let go is absurd. In the private sector there is a measuring stick. The person is expected to do a job at a certain level and possibly more if technology improves. There should be no distinction between a private and public employee.
Larry said:
I spent many years working for a federal regulatory agency trying to ensure the safety of foods and drugs that were produced in or entering the country. I considered it useful most of the time, but some silly regulations or the failure to enforce necessary regulations were aggravating. There were some employees in the organization who should have been sent down the road for abject laziness or total incompetence, but in the time I was there only one person was forced to resign and only two others fired. Several more could have seen the door easily, except that it would have required too much "work" for management.
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Asatru, like most pre-Christian religions, is what might be called a “sex positive” religion in modern parlance.
That is, we shouldn’t have the same intense hang-ups about sex and sexuality that plague the Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The sort of thing that leads to mandatory celibacy for Christian priests and the insistence that sex is only for procreation as seen in Christianity, odd compulsions regarding menstruation in Judaism, and female genital mutilation and rules regarding female education and socialization designed to ensure female fidelity in Islam.
We like to fuck*, and we’re not afraid of fucking and people who do fuck. It’s natural, it’s pleasurable, and it’s something to be encouraged.
That’s not to say that Asatru endorses complete licentiousness, especially within the bonds of marriage. There are definite moral proscriptions around men who seduce the wives of other men (along with oathbreakers and murderers, the only people destined for torment in the afterlife), and Lokasenna 30 implies that women sleeping with married men were equally ill-regarded. Ibn Fadlan’s account supports the view that adultery was a serious crime. Incest was regarded as a vice among the Aesir, and so presumably among mortals as well, although it’s highly dubious as to whether the tales of the gods were intended to be models for human behavior in all instances. And divorce was almost ridiculously easy for a woman to do (she even got her dowry back!). The law codes are harder to interpret, because so many of them were written down in Christian times, but those that scholars deem the oldest do seem to agree with this.
However, it should be noted that polygamy wasn’t unknown, especially among men of high rank, if Adam of Bremen is to be believed. The Germanic people practiced exposing unwanted children, so it’s difficult to imagine they’d blink twice at aborting a child in the womb if they had the technology (as far as I’m aware, the jury’s out on whether or not they did, in the form of abortifacient herbs and the like; the Romans certainly did, so it wouldn’t be a stretch). Ditto for birth control; they almost certainly had some form of condom. And rape? I realize it’s a common stereotype, but it might very well have been much less common in Viking society than other contemporary societies, even after battle.
I should point out that none of this negates the idea of traditional gender roles. They weren’t exactly iron-clad Commandments brought down from the Mountain, but even though there were defintiely exceptions, they were still only the exceptions that proved the broader rule. (Part of the problem with modern society is that everybody feels the need to be special, so they’re the ones who get to be that exception, just to prove they’re an individual; I put the blame on our postmodern, secular, atomized society; but that’s for another article.)
Homosexuality and gender and the like are larger questions that deserve articles of their own, if not entire books. Suffice to say that our pre-Christian ancestors were a lot more liberal and forgiving about such things than many conservative Jews, Christians, and Muslims are today**, but it’s also true that the exacting categorization that modern society insists upon simply didn’t exist back then. There was no “gay lifestyle.” There was a Viking lifestyle, or a Gothic lifestyle, or a Saxon lifestyle. The ones complaining about the “womanly clattering of bells” were the Christians on the outside looking in.
So the Abrahamics have it all wrong from an Asatru perspective, as far as sex is concerned. They think it’s something dangerous, something that needs to be suppressed and controlled. We think it’s something to be indulged in, and screw anyone who thinks otherwise.***
But that brings us to those who think that Asatru should espouse some sort of “return to traditional values.” The problem is, their idea of “traditional values” is somewhat at odds with the actual pre-Christian values of our Heathen ancestors. When examined critically, their idea of “tradition” goes back to Eisenhower, or even worse, the Victorian era. It’s entirely understandable, given the society in which we all live, but it’s something that must be actively and consciously resisted.
But when you hear an Asatru leader start talking about “traditional values” you must ask yourself, “what tradition is that?” Is that the “tradition” of the 1950’s, when Protestant Christianity had hegemony over western culture, sex was something you only did once the kids were asleep, indoors (preferably missionary style, with the lights out), and homosexuality got you fired from your job or thrown in jail? Did Egill and Ásgerðr sleep in separate beds like Rob and Laura Petrie?
How was Richie ever conceived with that night stand
stalwartly protecting Laura’s honor? The world may never know.
Or is it the tradition of the 9th century, or the 5th century, or the 1st century, when men and women weren’t afraid to fuck one another, but still knew the importance of marriage? When the only things that were beyond the pale were incest and adultery? When people danced licentious dances around Maypoles, pairing up young boys and girls for some not-so-subtle imagery?
Asatru isn’t afraid of sex. We embrace it, we love it, and we practice it every chance we get.
* My use of the Saxon-derived term is deliberate. If you’re a delicate hothouse flower who can’t stand the use of a perfectly good word of Germanic origin, perhaps Asatru isn’t for you.
** Yes, yes. Ergi. I know. As I say, it’s a very complex subject, and that particular question is quite tangential to this particular article. I mention it here only because someone will give me grief if I don’t.
*** Pun intended. 😉
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With the return of Judas Priest to Spokane area, iconic rock band will show it’s aging gracefully
Thu., June 13, 2019, 5:15 p.m.
By Rob Curley robc@spokesman.com(509) 459-5030
Where: Northern Quest Resort & Casino, 100 N. Hayford Road, Airway Heights
Cost: $49-99, through TicketsWest
Info: (509) 481-2800 or www.northernquest.com/
OK, the band’s name is a little ominous. If you’re not a fan, it probably even sounds a bit evil. You likely have thoughts of screamingly loud guitars and head-to-toe black leather. Let’s throw in some spikes, just for good measure.
In hindsight, it’s almost comical to remember just how freaked out people used to be about Judas Priest.
Especially in the 1980s. About a band founded in England in 1969, during the era of Flower Power. Whose lead singer is 67 years old. And loves to post photos of himself on social media with kittens.
Even one of the band’s most famous songs, 1980’s “Breaking the Law,” is considered enough of a non-offensive classic rock staple that it’s not unusual to hear it on a Tuesday evening at your local Rosauers. Because that just happened. Last week. On the South Hill.
The good news is that if you’re craving some well-seasoned rock ’n’ roll from metal’s masters, it won’t take a serendipitous trip to your local market’s produce department. Judas Priest, who hasn’t played in Spokane in almost three decades, makes its return to the region with a show at Northern Quest on Wednesday.
You’ve got another thing comin’ if you think it was just select parts of the world that were stressed out by the self-proclaimed Defenders of the Faith. There was plenty of hand-wringing here in Spokane, as well.
Judas Priest was one of the bands targeted on Capitol Hill by a high-profile committee – the Parents Music Resource Center – in the mid-’80s as having one of the “Filthy Fifteen” songs proving that music needed to be rated similarly to major motion pictures. In 1990, a suit filed in Nevada alleged that one of the band’s albums from the 1970s included subliminal messages that prompted two young men to enter a suicide pact.
Of course, the band was cleared in the court case, and the PMRC has since become a punchline.
In Spokane, the band’s notoriety was actually blamed for the 1986 failure of a city occupation tax aimed at building a new arena. The local election was shortly after a tension-filled concert at the old Coliseum that followed a fatal stabbing at a Judas Priest concert in Tacoma.
In a Spokane Chronicle article from May 21, 1986, local voters said along with problems created by the Judas Priest concert, the city needed to focus on fixing its potholes first – proving that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Except for Judas Priest. Or at least the band’s image.
Judas Priest has made the transition from seemingly reviled to lovingly revered rather gracefully. And it happened by staying true to the things they’ve always done.
The band’s latest album – 2018’s “Firepower” – was not only a critical darling, making several publications’ lists of the year’s best albums, it also became Judas Priest’s highest charting album ever, peaking at No. 2 on Billboard’s album charts.
There was even a glowing story about the band’s renaissance in the Wall Street Journal. The heavy metal heroes had returned to the big time in a big way.
The band has continuously recorded albums and toured, being mostly embraced by Priest’s hardcore fans over the past couple of decades. That changed with “Firepower.” As lead singer Rob Halford is fond of saying at the beginning of most of the band’s concerts, “The mighty Priest is back.”
The unlikely lovefest happened when the band reached out to British producer Andy Sneap, who has a reputation for helping ’80s hard rock bands rediscover their metal mojo. He does that, in part, by reminding them of what made them great in the first place.
It worked in a big way with Judas Priest.
Critic Josh Gray wrote that with the band’s latest album, “… as far as I can tell, Judas Priest just woke up one morning and suddenly remembered how to be the greatest heavy metal band on the planet again.”
But the resurgence has been bittersweet.
Founding Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2008. He still worked with the band and was one of the primary songwriters on “Firepower” LP, but when it came time to tour, he felt he couldn’t do all he needed to do.
At the suggestion of the band, Sneap stepped in for Tipton on stage. On the first legs of the current tour, Tipton traveled with the band and would often come out on stage for encores. When the band returned to the road in March, Tipton didn’t join them.
Judas Priest launched the Glenn Tipton Parkinson’s Foundation in the guitarist’s honor and sells specially designed T-shirts of Tipton playing guitar on the front and with the slogan “No Surrender” on the back. “No Surrender” is the title of one of the songs on the band’s newest album. Proceeds from the shirt sales go to Parkinson’s research.
Of course, the band plans to play that song during their return to Spokane.
Since the band’s return to the road this spring, the setlist has changed dramatically to include many deep cuts spanning 12 albums, including several songs the band hasn’t performed in decades. Reviews of these shows have been some of the best in the band’s career.
Halford told the Edmonton Journal earlier this month that despite what others projected on the band, Judas Priest has always focused on the good fight, especially when the good fight means fighting for peace in our polarized world.
“If you look across the board at everything Priest has done, much of it contains a positive, constructive, uplifting message,” Halford explained. “That’s just part of our mantra.”
And when you’re almost a septuagenarian, does that mantra still include a little law breaking?
“I get asked, ‘How many times can you still do ‘Breaking the Law’ and still enjoy it’ and the answer is ‘2 million,’ ” Halford recently told the Albany Times Union. “When I’m singing that, it’s a microcosm of a moment in time and performance. Some of these songs, not just Judas Priest but metal and rock music, are treasures.
“Fans have a right to hear them performed,” he said. “And without fans, you got nothing.”
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WASHINGTON D.C. – SmarterSafer.org – a coalition of taxpayer watchdogs, environmental groups, insurers, and housing organizations – today urged FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to keep pushing measures to preserve the National Flood Insurance Program’s solvency as he goes before a Senate hearing on flood insurance Wednesday.
In a letter, SmarterSafer.org said, “The National Flood Insurance Program’s already perilous fiscal state was made worse earlier this year when some of the Biggert-Waters flood insurance reforms were rolled back. As a result, the program remains in the danger zone, withering under a $24 billion debt. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to set the program on a more solvent path while keeping rates affordable for those who otherwise cannot afford risk-based rates.”
In their letter, the coalition recommended a number of measures that strike a balance between keeping NFIP afloat and keeping it affordable for the most vulnerable. The group recommended Congress redouble efforts to create a national mitigation strategy and embrace the role of the private sector in the provision of flood insurance, as states like Florida and West Virginia have done.
“By pushing for more mitigation and supporting private sector involvement, as well as putting NFIP on the path to risk-based rates,” the group said, “we can balance the needs of homeowners who depend on the National Flood Insurance Program, the environment that protects from storms, and taxpayers.”
SmarterSafer.org has long promoted measures that would make the National Flood Insurance Program more fiscally and environmentally sustainable. For more information on the coalition’s recommendations, please go to SmarterSafer.org.
The full letter is below.
Dear Administrator Fugate:
As you prepare for Wednesday’s hearing on the flood insurance claims process by the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, we urge you to continue to support putting the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on sounder financial footing. As you well understand, there is a need to maintain a balance between keeping the program affordable and moving it to risk-based rates to ensure the program is sustainable and can continue to provide needed insurance coverage.
We are sensitive to the concerns that have been raised about increasing premiums to reflect real risk. However, equal attention needs to be paid to providing real protection to those in harm’s way, protecting taxpayers, and protecting the environment. The National Flood Insurance Program’s already perilous fiscal state was made worse earlier this year when some of the Biggert-Waters flood insurance reforms were rolled back.
As a result, the program remains in the danger zone, withering under a $24 billion debt. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to set the program on a more solvent path while keeping rates affordable for those who otherwise cannot afford risk-based rates. As we have recommended in the past, SmarterSafer urges Congress to remove subsidies from the flood insurance program so that rates reflect real risk. This will provide people an understanding of the real risks of where they live, as well as the proper incentives to people and their communities to undertake mitigation and resiliency to reduce risk. To address concerns with affordability, Congress could provide targeted, means-tested assistance for those who truly cannot afford their risk-based flood insurance rates. However, Congress must do more.
First, Congress must create a national mitigation strategy by making homes and businesses more resilient. The White House recently announced new measures to fortify infrastructure and improve the coordination of planning between cities and states. Members of Congress have also proposed measures to incentivize individual mitigation measures and improve building codes. Better resiliency will help protect people in harm’s way while lowering insurance rates.
The country must also embrace the role of the private sector in flood insurance to alleviate the burden on taxpayers. Giving private companies the chance to step in makes good financial sense. In some instances, These companies flexibility to adjust their rates to changing conditions, as well as the capability to reflect local community standards and can better underwrite to manage rapidly growing risks. In some cases, their policies can be cheaper than those offered by the federal government. It is why flood-prone states from Florida to West Virginia have begun giving them a greater role in the market, and why legislators at the national level have begun calling for a relaxation in the rules governing their provision.
By pushing for more mitigation and supporting private sector involvement, as well as putting NFIP on the path to risk-based rates, we can balance the needs of homeowners who depend on the National Flood Insurance Program, the environment that protects from storms, and taxpayers. In your testimony Wednesday, we hope you will encourage Congress to embrace a strategy that can meet all of these important needs.
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Menu to drive Subaru in Thailand and Macau
Touring car ace Alain Menu will join the TCR International Series for the last two race meetings of the season in Thailand and Macau. The Swiss driver will be at the wheel of a Top Run-built Subaru STi TCR.
One of the most successful touring car racers of the latest twenty years, Menu claimed two titles in the British Touring Car Championship (1997 for Renault and 2000 for Ford) before switching to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in which he scored 22 race victories for Chevrolet, finishing twice on the Drivers’ Championship podium (second in 2012 and third in 2011).
“This will be one of the greatest challenges in my racing career, as in Thailand I will have to cope with a new team, a new car, a new championship and a new racetrack altogether. But I like challenges! Because Top Run is currently building a second car, I hope we will run a test before the event. In any case we will treat Thailand as a shake down, an occasion for us to get to know each other and prepare for Macau. I love the place, it is one of the most exciting circuits in the world and I have always been fairly competitive there. Therefore I wish we’ll be in a position to do well,”Menu said.
Team manager Renato Russo commented: “To have Alain driving for us is a unique opportunity. We couldn’t wish for a more experienced and faster driver to help us in the process of developing the Subaru TCR. For the whole team this is a fantastic motivation to do our best and give him a competitive car.”
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Coaldale Lady Bandits softball team are off to provincials
Posted on July 10, 2018 by Sunny South News
By Nikki Jamieson
Sunny South News
The Coaldale Lady Bandits Girls softball team will be making their first appearance at provincials this weekend.
The Bandits was started up in 2016, and operates in two age categories — U12 and U14.
Bandits coach Brett Farncombe said the team was started up due to an interest in girls’ sports in Coaldale, and organizers worked with the Coaldale Baseball Association to start the softball program.
Although the Bandits are a fairly young team with only three years in existence, the Bandits U14 team will be going to provincials.
“It took us a couple of years to become competitive, so this is our first year at competitive ball,” said Farncombe.
“I think the girls are very excited about going up to provincials. They’re a young team, composed mostly of 13-year-olds, so this would be a good chance to see what they can do not only this year, but next year too.”
With Lacombe — located north of Red Deer — being a roughly 4 hour and ten minute drive from Coaldale, the tournament will also be the furthest the team has travelled to play softball, as the team plays the majority of their games around Lethbridge or Milk River.
Although the players are excited to compete, they are also just a little nervous, given that this is their first provincial softball tournament.
“This is their first time going to something of this magnitude; a provincial championship is a big deal, especially for a small Town of Coaldale (team),” said Farncombe.
“We expect to compete, we expect to do well, and we expect to learn. I would say that’s probably the biggest thing, is that we expect to learn and see what competitive provincial ball is all about.
“There is the ability for girls to play at a competitive level in softball in Coaldale.”
Farncombe hopes to see more people take up softball in southern Alberta. Although the sport has proven popular in northern Alberta, people are only just starting to take an interest in the southern part of the province.
The Softball Alberta ‘C’ Girls Provincial tournament is a three-day event, starting Friday, July 6 and going through to Sunday, July 8, and is composed of 14 teams in two pools of seven.
Teams will play four games each and, depending on wins and losses, the top four teams will advance to finals on Sunday for to determine who will earn gold, silver or bronze.
The Bandits will be competing in the ‘A’ pool, against teams such as the Stettler Storm, St. Albert Angels, Chestermere Crushers and Foothills Fury.
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Oprah embroiled in Family Feud after buying Father's Barbershop
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NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) -A family feud is brewing involving one of the country's best known talk show hosts.
Oprah Winfrey bought the Nashville barbershop her father, Vernon Winfrey, has run for nearly 50 years. Now Oprah's in control and leaving Vernon's wife, Barbara Winfrey, out in the cold.
Barbara Winfrey said after the barbershop went into foreclosure she had a plan to fix the situation but claims her husband was given bad advice. One of the people she blames is Oprah.
"I know what is going on. I'm tired of it, and I've had enough," Barbara Winfrey said.
Together, Barbara and Vernon Winfrey opened the current barbershop last year to replace the original location nearby.
Last month, the building went into foreclosure and then was sold in an auction Friday.
"There is no reason for it to go into foreclosure like this. The property is upside down, which is what a lot of properties are. It cost us $481,000 to build this building, but it's only worth $350,000," Barbara Winfrey said.
Barbara Winfrey said she was ready to take out a loan with another bank to pay off the building's debt, but her husband refused to sign off.
"People are giving him wrong advice, and it's leaving me in a situation where all I can do is fight for me," Barbara Winfrey said.
Channel 4 News has learned Oprah Winfrey purchased her father's property in the auction Friday for just more than $475,000.
Her spokesperson sent a statement to Channel 4, which read, in part:
"Oprah purchased the property that was in foreclosure," and that, "Vernon Winfrey has been a fixture in the community for decades and will continue to manage the business on a day-to-day basis."
The purchase essentially means Barbara Winfrey no longer owns the shop, but rather Oprah does.
"He believes what he's told. His daughter doesn't care about the community. His daughter doesn't care about the barbershop. But I do," Barbara Winfrey said.
Vernon Winfrey was out of town Friday, but he explained in a phone interview with Channel 4 why he allowed the sale to happen.
"My wife and I, we have not been getting along well, and I did not want to endow myself to another drawn-out, struggling debt," Vernon Winfrey said.
Barbara Winfrey also said her husband filed for divorce on Tuesday. She said she is concerned for his health and doesn't believe he understands the decisions he is making.
Categories: A Hot Ass Mess, Barbara Winfrey, Mo Money Mo Problems, Oprah Winfrey, Vernon Winfrey
YUMMommy July 5, 2012 at 12:53 PM
Clearly Barbara is jealous. If she had a plan to save them from foreclosure why hadn't she executed it? Was she going to wait until after the auction? It would have been too late by then. Instead of being envious and spiteful, she should have looked at the positive behind Oprah buying her father's barbershop.
Oprah is helping to keep a community landmark from being torn down and she's allowing her father to keep his job. It just seems that no matter what Oprah does, her family is never happy. They constantly find a way to criticize and put her down.
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Tag Archives: EIS
Federal Court Rules Against Purple Line
August 3, 2016 David Lublin
Today, D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon issued his opinion in the case challenging the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the Purple Line light-rail project. The nub of the ruling is that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) was “arbitrary and capricious” in its failure to demand a reexamination of the impact of declining Metro ridership on projections of future Purple Line ridership.
In plainer English, the judge thinks that Metro’s continuing failures could well mean that the Purple Line will carry significantly fewer people than projected–a claim difficult to examine as the State has kept the methodology for estimating ridership a closely held secret.
In the legal battle, the State argued unconvincingly that the Purple Line is unaffected by Metro as it is a different mode even as it claimed in the EIS that the Purple Line is needed to connect people to Metro. Seriously, this was the State’s claim (see p. 6 of the opinion).
The ruling was a surprise because winning a case under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is difficult. As the Court mentioned in the opinion, the scope of review is “narrow” and “a court is not to substitute its judgment for that of the agency.”
According to the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA), this result should delay the Purple Line:
[D]uring a June 15 hearing in the case, lawyers for the MTA and federal government said redoing the ridership forecasts would push back the project by six months and could unravel its $5.6-billion, 36-year public-private partnership.
In a subsequent court filing, lawyers for the Maryland Attorney General’s Office said having to redo the ridership forecasts “would be profoundly disruptive and could jeopardize the Purple Line project” because it could “have cascading consequences on the project schedule and financing arrangements.”
As MTA has so many times, I suspect it will change its tune in light of the decision and come up with an SEIS more quickly, so I doubt very much it will kill the project. Nevertheless, the irony remains that the proponents favor the project on environmental grounds. Yet the Court has delayed the Purple Line for failure to comply with environmental law.
DC District CourtEISEnvironmental Impact StatementFTAMTANEPARobert Leon
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MTA Talks About Select Bus Service
Bx12 approaching the Pelham Bay Park station. Resized photo courtesy of Eye On Transit
The MTA’s New York City Transit division issued a press release discussing Select Bus Service. Here is the release courtesy of the MTA:
MTA New York City Transit, in collaboration with NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), is rolling out Select Bus Service (SBS), a new type of rapid bus operation employing advance fare payment, dedicated travel lanes and traffic signal priority. Bronx bus customers along the Bx12 route will be the first to benefit from this new type of service which is designed to be faster, more reliable and more efficient than current bus operations.
The introduction of Select Bus Service to the Bx12 is the culmination of a three-year collaborative effort among NYC Transit, DOT, and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT). Bx12 SBS replaces limited-stop service along the Bx12 route between 207th Street, Broadway in Manhattan and the Bay Plaza Mall in the Bronx. This service will be the first of several similar corridors throughout the city.
This is the type of innovative mass transit project that yields benefits on several different levels. It saves precious time for the commuter, makes efficient use of a limited resource: traffic lanes and helps to reduce traffic congestion and air pollution, said Governor David A. Paterson. “The City’s economy depends heavily on our mass transit system and making improvements such as SBS provides benefits for all of us.
SBS utilizes high-capacity articulated vehicles with distinctive exterior graphics. The idea behind Select Bus Service is the implementation of a high-performance bus system that incorporates the efficiency and capacity of light rail transit without the limitations and construction costs of a fixed-rail system.
“We expect that our Select Bus Service customers will enjoy a much faster and more attractive ride,” said Elliot G. Sander, Executive Director and CEO of the MTA. “We have learned from our peers around the world that bus rapid transit truly revolutionizes surface transit. This is a great example of the ways that the MTA is improving customer service within tight budget constraints.”
Bx12 SBS will be a template for this type of service citywide. With SBS, we will be able to move more customers more efficiently and, at a time when we expect ever-increasing usage of mass transit, that is extremely important, said NYC Transit President Howard H. Roberts, Jr. The combined elements of SBS, notably the requirement that customers pay prior to boarding, offer significant savings in travel times over what customers can expect with local bus service or even the limited-stop service Select Bus Service replaces. This is the future of efficient bus transportation in New York City, Roberts added.
NYC Transit’s Select Bus Service, like other Bus Rapid Transit systems around the country, uses Traffic Signal Priority (TSP) and prior to boarding proof-of-payment fare collection. Traffic signal prioritization will hold or advance a green signal by several seconds to allow a bus through an intersection without stopping.
In the 21st century we have to find a more effective way to move people around New York City and use streets more efficiently, said NYCDOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. One of the best ways we can improve mobility in the City is to invest in our transit system and provide more effective service on our bus network. So, this is an important first down payment on a more sustainable New York, added Sadik-Khan.
An efficient, safe, leading-edge transportation system has always been the lifeblood of New York City, and bus rapid transit is the next milestone in our continuing effort to improve mobility for all New Yorkers, said Douglas A. Curry, New York City Regional Director of NYSDOT. We are proud of our part in the collaboration with NYC Transit and NYCDOT that has brought us this splendid day.
Customers must pay their fares prior to boarding an SBS bus through the use of MetroCard and Coin Fare Collectors at the Select Bus Service bus stops along the route with the use of a MetroCard or $2 in coins. This fare payment method, which allows customers to board through either the front or rear door of the bus without stopping at the fare box, greatly reduces dwell time at each stop. When paying at the collection machines, customers will be issued a receipt which must be displayed upon request.
SBS makes fewer stops along the route and customers wait at attractive bus stops equipped with the latest fare-payment technology. Other major elements of Select Bus Service include red painted, designated bus lanes, and a distinct, attractive bus appearance on the exterior and interior of vehicles. Combined, these service components are expected to produce as much as a 20% increase in rush-hour service for Bx12 customers.
The service is initially being rolled out along the crosstown Bx12 route, which begins at Broadway and 207th Street in Upper Manhattan, traverses the central Bronx along Fordham Road and Pelham Parkway and terminates at the Bay Plaza Mall Terminal in Co-op City. As is usually the case with the Bx12 route, Bx12 SBS will be extended to Orchard Beach during the summer months.
Along the route, the service connects with eight subway lines, two Metro-North stations and serves the Fordham Road Shopping District, Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Garden and Fordham University.
Bx12 SBS customers will see increased service throughout the day and the frequency of local service will not be reduced from current levels. On weekdays, Bx12 SBS will operate from approximately 5 a.m. – 10 p.m. westbound and 6 a.m. – 11 p.m. eastbound. On Saturdays and Sundays, the hours of operation will be 6 a.m. – 10 p.m. westbound and 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. eastbound. This is a substantial increase in operation over the service provided by the Bx12 Limited. In addition, the Bx12 SBS will operate with greater frequency than the Bx12 Limited, which has ceased operation. The Bx12 SBS will operate seven days week; the Bx12 Limited did not operate on Sundays. Six peak-hour buses will be added to the route, helping to improve service and increase capacity.
NYC Transit has worked closely with the New York City Police Department and the New York City Department of Transportation to develop a process to keep the bus lanes clear of traffic, insuring the free flow of buses along the Select Bus Service corridor. In order to accommodate businesses along Fordham Road, DOT has also established set delivery hours on both sides of the road.
The expected success and customer acceptance of Bx12 Select Bus Service will lead to the implementation of the enhanced bus service along other corridors throughout the city. By the end of the summer, New York City Transit and DOT expect to complete transit priority improvements on 34th Street. Watch for it!
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Select Bus Service Gets The Job Done…
Last week I wrote a couple of entries (1 & 2) discussing the Select Bus Service that debuted on the Bx12. While some had a knee jerk reaction to the service, others have raved about its initial success. 5 days ago the associate director of the Tri…
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UNESCO » Culture » Themes » Underwater Cultural Heritage
Costa Rica ratifies the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
The 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage entered into force for Costa Rica on 27 July.
Costa Rica's ratification is the 60th in the world and the 20th in the region; with this, the country joins most of the states of the Latin American and Caribbean region.
According to Article 1 of the Convention, "Underwater cultural heritage means all traces of human existence having a cultural, historical or archaeological character which have been partially or totally under water, periodically or continuously, for at least 100 years..."
In 2001, UNESCO member states adopted the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage to establish basic principles for the protection of this heritage. The States that have ratified the Convention have undertaken to preserve this heritage, combat its commercial exploitation, the looting of sites and the illicit trafficking of objects originating from the sites. The Convention also fosters the exchange of information and public awareness of its importance. It also provides for commonly recognized practical standards for the treatment and research of underwater cultural heritage and has, as its main objectives, the protection, conservation and promotion of underwater cultural heritage in a controlled manner and its improvement for local development.
"For Costa Rica, the ratification of the Convention represents a major challenge for the regularization and protection of the cultural and archaeological heritage that exists underwater. To date, the National Museum has identified at least 20 cultural sites throughout the country that fall into one of the five categories established by the Convention. With this instrument, a process of capacity building is initiated as a new challenge for the country", explained Ms Sylvie Durán Salvatierra, Minister of Culture and Youth.
Mr Enrique Conde León, Minister Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy in Costa Rica, stated that this Convention is "of extraordinary importance because it is a heritage that belongs, beyond the areas of maritime jurisdiction, to humanity". This project is managed by the UNESCO Cluster Office in Costa Rica and is part of the Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) Heritage Protection Programme, whose main line of work consists of supporting the multiple existing processes in conservation, restoration, preservation and revaluation of heritage assets, both tangible and intangible, and analyzing their contribution to sustainable development".
Ms Myrna Rojas, head of the National Museum's Department of Anthropology and History, explained that once the Convention enters into force, the next step is regulation. "It is necessary to operationalize the Convention by means of a regulation that establishes guidelines and responsibilities of the different parties, in order to guarantee the good management and protection of the historical and archaeological sites that fall into these categories," Rojas said.
With the progress of diving techniques, the remains that lie at the bottom of the waters are now within the reach of archaeologists, but also of "treasure hunters". For this reason, the looting of archaeological sites has developed on at a large scale. However, although many States have strengthened the preservation of their terrestrial heritage, submerged heritage often remains unprotected. Ratification of the 2001 Convention contributes to the protection of the underwater heritage from looting by "treasure hunting" companies.
Costa Rica has many natural treasures, most of them in sight, but the country also has its share of underwater treasures, especially archaeological ones such as the burial site of "La Regla", the oldest burial site known to date, located in Jicaral de Puntarenas or the fishing traps in the Gulf of Nicoya. More recently, the remains of an allegedly old ship stranded in Manzanillo de Limón were added to the scarce list of findings in the category of "Remains of ships and other means of transport, their cargo or other contents". These vestiges, among many others, are what the country is striving to protect.
Ms Pilar Álvarez, Director of UNESCO in San José, explains that by becoming a party to the Convention, Costa Rica now has access to the system of international cooperation in underwater archaeology, which provides the best international standards of protection and research for its submerged archaeological sites. It will also promote the training of Costa Rican archaeologists and specialists in the field of underwater cultural heritage and work to raise public awareness of the need to protect and learn about this heritage.
The Central American region has written the history of the different nations and peoples that make it up through a close relationship with the aquatic environment, and has become one of the regions with the largest number of ships sunk in its waters, a cultural heritage in danger of plundering and destruction. In addition, the vestiges of pre-Hispanic cultures found under the waters of seas, rivers and lakes are increasingly important and constitute a key testimony to the understanding of the historical reality of the region.
Only the adequate protection of these submerged remains can guarantee their investigation and public access, and thus allow a better understanding of the ancestors and the historical development of the continent, as well as rescue part of its cultural memory from oblivion.
In this regard, this heritage has been the subject of several activities under the project "Safeguarding underwater cultural heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean" of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID).
Links of interest:
Underwater heritage identified in Costa Rica: https://tinyurl.com/yalk44lr
Video on underwater heritage : https://tinyurl.com/y7fmbcog
Video on the UNESCO 2001 Convention : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQwaR2M5MM&t=220s
Video of the event: https://www.facebook.com/UNESCOsanjose/videos/2017343821618138/
Experts from all over the world to gather in Brest and at UNESCO for the protection of underwater heritage
Meetings on the 2001 Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
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Safeguarding Underwater Cultural Heritage for Blue Economy
Underwater Cultural Heritage in Europe today
China Meeting on the Legal Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage
Lake Titicaca Underwater Cultural Heritage - UNESCO meeting will support research and museum construction
UNESCO Initiative – Protection of cultural heritage is an important factor of ocean safeguarding efforts
First Cultural Heritage Site to be Protected in International Waters
Federate States of Micronesia first Pacific Ocean Nation to ratify with the 2001 Convention
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new hospice open day
Tŷ Cymorth held an open day to thank the people who had helped it move to a new building in the grounds of Glangwili and an opportunity to see what they had donated, or organised a fundraising event, towards.
More than 100 people attended the open day on a glorious sunny day to see the benefits of the £300,000 move. It included £75,000 raised by the Tŷ Cymorth Fundraising Appeal committee for a much-needed extension to the activity lounge. It was a very good day, and very busy from 10am to 3.30pm and people could sit out on the patio. The service users were there too and it was really nice to see the patients there.They were very happy with the building and that is the key thing.
The Hospice, now opposite A&E, is on one level, enabling it to provide more inclusive care to its users in a bright and airy building.
It was very rewarding to see it open after all the hard work the committee had put in.
Also there was Carmarthen Mayor Arwel Lloyd and Vice-Chairman elect of Carmarthenshire Council Peter Hughes Griffiths.
Mr Lloyd said: “The newly-located Tŷ Cymorth is something that we can be proud of and we must thank and appreciate the dedicated team of volunteers who have provided such an excellent and purposeful facility. “It is something the late Hazel Powell, who was the initial campaigner for the previous building would be very proud of.”
Councillor Hughes Griffiths added: “It was extremely pleasing to be present during the opening day and to see what has been achieved at Tŷ Cymorth.
“We’re very lucky to have such a wonderful facility within the town and everybody involved deserves huge credit for all their hard work leading up to where we are today.
“I would like to congratulate and thank all the Tŷ Cymorth committee members, trustees and volunteers for their dedication to this wonderful cause over the years.”
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washingtonpost.com > Sports > Leagues & Sports > Tennis
Roddick Retires in 3rd Set at French Open
Tuesday, May 30, 2006; 5:41 PM
PARIS -- As it is, the French Open is the cruelest Grand Slam tournament for Andy Roddick, the toughest for all U.S. men over the years, really. Toss in a bum ankle, and Roddick never really stood a chance this time.
He quit Tuesday because of his injury while trailing Alberto Martin of Spain 6-4, 7-5, 1-0 in the first round at Roland Garros, and the fifth-seeded American hobbled off the court to a chorus of full-throated boos and whistles.
His exit, combined with that of No. 17 Robby Ginepri, left the United States with only two men in the second round at the French Open for just the second time since 1967. It also happened two years ago; in 2005, a trio of Americans made it that far.
"It's like 'Groundhog Day,'" Roddick said. "Whatever I said last year, just copy it. Whatever I said last year, I'm sure it still fits."
For the record, Roddick's assessment in 2005: "We all have a lot of pride, and it has gotten taken down a lot in the last couple of years here."
Unlike the hard courts at the U.S. Open _ which he won in 2003 _ or the grass at Wimbledon _ where he's been the runner-up twice _ the red clay at the French Open hampers rather than helps Roddick's strengths: his serve and forehand.
Clay also makes for longer points and requires plenty of good footwork, and Roddick sprained ligaments in his left ankle last week. He tweaked it in the eighth game against Martin, who's ranked 68th, had lost his previous five matches at majors, and entered 0-4 vs. Roddick.
The ankle got worse when Roddick tried to cut back for a lob in the second set's 11th game, which he closed with a double-fault to fall behind 6-5.
"I was definitely tentative sliding around out there," Roddick said. "It started affecting the way I landed on my serve. You know, not much else was working besides my serve. It was a lost cause, I think."
He double-faulted twice starting the third set, and cursed loudly. He also hit a ball into the 20th row of the stands. After losing the game at love on a forehand that sailed 5 feet long, Roddick sat in his sideline chair. He removed his left shoe, sock and ankle brace, and called for a trainer.
"What do you think?" Roddick asked. "Do you think it's dangerous?"
He decided to stop, the chair umpire informed the crowd, and Roddick walked off Court Suzanne Lenglen to a nasty serenade, his career mark at the French Open now 4-6, including three first-round departures.
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Pushing Back the Clock
Category: Newsletter Library, Senior Health
Many people experience lapses in memory as they get older. Every so often, it may become frustratingly difficult or even temporarily impossible to recall a particular word or a specific person's name. A person might commit a phone number to memory and then immediately forget it. Of course, everyone is
Just like the well-known, best-selling American truck, your body is built to last. But if it's built to last, why do so many people have serious problems with their bodies? If a human body is built to last, why does it seem to break down so easily? The pharmaceutical industry earns billions of dollars
Getting Fit at Fifty and Beyond
What if you used to be really fit and now you're not? What if, as the years have gone by, you've added a couple of pounds here and there, and you suddenly notice you're 30 pounds heavier than you were at your 10th high school reunion? Or, what if you've never enjoyed the idea of exercising, exercise
Bob Barker, beloved host of The Price Is Right, recently made headlines by announcing his retirement after 35 years. "Barker irreplaceable!" blared the entertainment tabloids. And yet, Mr. Barker celebrated his 82nd birthday a few months ago.Eighty-two! Who really are the "seniors" among us? And what
When Parents Get Older
The average age of Americans is increasing year-by-year. Approximately 77 million babies were born in the United States during the boom years of 1946 to 1964. In 2011, the oldest will turn 65, and on average can expect to live to 83. Many will continue well into their 90s. Most people continue to retain
Key to Senior Fitness: Chiropractic Care, Healthy Lifestyle
Over the hill at age 65? Ready for the rocker at 70? Not these days. Americans are living longer and making more of their later years. One key is exercise. "Perhaps the most debilitating influence in people's health as they age is a sedentary life," said Dr. Jerome McAndrews, national spokesperson
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Posts Tagged ‘drought’
Climate Change: Bad News for Guacamole (and a Whole Bunch of Other Food)
Posted in Climate Change, drought, Global Warming, Water, tagged climate change, drought, food supply, Global Climate Change, Texas on March 13, 2014 |
When we think of the effects of climate change, we typically think of rising sea level, heat waves, drought and volatile weather. What we don’t often think about is guacamole. Or to be more specific, foods that are in danger because of climate change.
In its 2014 annual report, the popular Mexican food chain Chipotle warned investors that, “Increasing weather volatility or other long-term changes in global weather patterns, including any changes associated with global climate change, could have a significant impact on the price or availability of some of our ingredients”. The report went on to add “in the event of cost increases with respect to one or more of our raw ingredients, we may choose to temporarily suspend serving menu items, such as guacamole or one or more of our salsas, rather than paying the increased cost for the ingredients”.
While Chipotle would be largely affected by a drop in avocado production, which is expected to drop by 40% over the next three decades, other crops are in danger too, such as almonds, walnuts, oranges and grapes. A common thread between all of these crops is that they are grown in California, which has been through a particularly brutal drought this year. While California has always been susceptible to droughts, climate change is making them worse and more frequent and can be expected to do so to an even greater extent in the future.
In November of this past year, news outlets reported on a leaked draft of a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report noted that food production could drop as much as 2% per decade in the coming century compared to production estimates before climate change. All the while, the population on the planet is expected to reach between 8 and 11 billion people by 2100.
The bottom line is that climate change has effects beyond the most salient weather changes – climate change can negatively affect our ability to produce food. This is particularly dangerous as the diets of the world’s citizens become more similar – scientists note that this makes our food supply even more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A decreased ability to produce food can cause increased food prices, limited access to fresh food, global food shortages, and in turn, political turmoil.
Can we really afford to not address climate change?
Many Texas Towns Still in a Water Crisis
Posted in drought, Water, tagged drought, gas drilling, lcra, public citizen texas, TCEQ, Texas, texas drought on August 4, 2013 | 1 Comment »
In the midst of the 2013 Texas drought, many towns and communities have suffered disastrous blows, either completely running out of water or coming close enough to warrent desperate measures. Some of have made significant headlines, including Spicewood Beach, Barnhart and Brownwood.
According to TCEQ, 665 water systems have implemented mandatory restrictions. 10 have been placed in a state of emergency in the last year, which means they could run out of water within 45 days or less.
Spicewood Beach, TX
Spicewood Beach was the first Texas town to run out of water in early 2012, when low lake levels resulted in the well failure, and the community is still waiting for a solution. Since last year, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has been trucking in about 32,500 gallons of water per day and an additional 6,500 gallons on weekends to serve the town’s more than 7,500 residents. The community is under stage 4 water restrictions, meaning residents cannot perform any outdoor watering; water is only for essential uses. The LCRA Board unanimously approved construction of a $1.2 million water treatment plant, which will be built by the Vancouver based private company Corix Utilities. The LCRA had hoped they could end stage 4 restrictions by completing the plant by the end of the summer, but Corix does not expect to finish construction until November. The company’s Texas-based operations manager Darrin Barker stated that obtaining permits from the necessary agencies like TCEQ, LCRA, and US Army Corp of Engineers will add up to three months to the process.
The West Texas community of Barnhart, about 50 miles west of San Angelo, suffered a disastrous fate on June 4 when they officially ran out of water. The town’s sole public well source stayed dry for nearly 3 days. Residents point to the local economy’s reliance on oil and gas drilling as a contributing factor to the problem. “This is Texas industry. This [oil and gas] is what makes Texas money, and yes, we have to have it, but not at this expense,” said Barnhart resident Glenda Kuykendall. On June 6, TCEQ released a statement, saying that “the water system issued a boil water notice as a precautionary measure due to the low water pressure.” However, as of June 18, the agency has only listed Barnhart in stage 3 and as an area of “concern,” meaning they could run out of water in 180 days or less. Barnhart has only 112 residents, which could mean that the potential well capacity exceeds the consumer demand, giving them a higher window of time before a potential outage threat after mitigating the problem.
Brownwood’s primary water source, Lake Brownwood, dropped 17 feet during the 2011 drought and came close to running out of water. The drought still lingers here, a major concern for Brown County Water Improvement District General Manager Dennis Spinks. The District hopes to drill and tap two aquifers 3,000 feet down, but if they fail, the backup plan is to turn treated sewage into drinking water, sending it directly back into the city pipes and eliminating the lake as the middle man. The city obtained a permit from TCEQ and funding from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) that would allow such a strategy. Brownwood has approximately 20,000 residents and is currently under stage 3 watering restrictions. However, the Water District board members have debated entering stage 4 and are closely monitoring lake levels to determine whether or not it will be necessary.
StateImpact on the continuing Texas Drought
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Utilities, Water, tagged climate change, drought, Global Warming, Texas, Texas Drought StateImpact Texas, water on July 12, 2013 | 1 Comment »
StateImpact Texas, a reporting project of local public media and NPR, has provided us with an excellent overview of the continuing drought in Texas.
Today, 12.2% of the state is in exceptional drought (the highest level of drought under the US Drought Monitor reporting) This is the map for September 13, 2011 – at this time 87.3% of the state was in exceptional drought.
In October 2010 the current drought began and Texas endured the worst single-year drought in its history in 2011. While the situation has improved, do not be fooled, the drought is far from over — and the conditions that caused it aren’t going away anytime soon.
NPRs StateImpact shows us the the cost to Texas, to date, as well as some dire considerations the state will have to make as we move forward.
Click here to see their report.
25 days of 100 degree weather, better than 90 days.
Posted in Global Warming, tagged climate change, drought, extreme weather, heat wave, Texas on August 16, 2012 |
Austin, Texas just hit 100 degrees today (according to weather.com).
This is our 25th day of 100 degree weather this year. That pales in comparison to 2011, where at this time last year we were counting down to breaking the previous record of 69 days of 100 degree days set back in 1925. Austin did that and more, setting a new record of 90 days of 100 degree days in a single year a month and a half later.
Nevertheless, this year is still above our average of 13.5 days of 100 degree weather, but to the north of Texas, the midsection of the country is experiencing drought and heat waves comparable to ours of 2011. That being said, weather forecasters are seeing the development of a moderate El Nino which could bring enough rain to Texas this winter to break our drought. We can only hope that it is not a strong El Nino like the one that hit in 1997 and 1998 which brought major flooding to the state. These feast or famine swings of weather are taking their toll on many things in this state – our agriculture, economy, electric grid . . .
If climate change is responsible for these extreme weather events, then maybe our leaders should look more closely at what we can do to slow climate change and mitigate the effects.
A little bit of rain, a little less drought?
Posted in Coal Plants, Global Warming, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, Texas on February 10, 2012 |
While only 23 percent of Texas remains under “exceptional” drought, 90% of the state is still under some level of drought in spite of the recent rains many parts of the state have experienced. But we can’t get cocky, as the U.S. seasonal drought outlook indicates most of Texas can expect the drought to persist or intensify through April of this year. If we are lucky, the next outlook won’t be so dire as we head toward another Texas summer, hopefully not like our last one.
A Texas town runs out of water, will we see more?
Posted in Water, tagged drought, lake travis, Texas, texas drought on January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Spicewood, Texas, a small community on Lake Travis, is precariously close to becoming the state’s first community to run out of drinking water during this historic drought. On Monday, under dark clouds and with rain falling, Spicewood got its first delivery of 8,000-gallons of water after it became clear local wells could no longer produce enough water to meet the needs of the 1,100 residents.
Several communities in Texas have come close to running out of water during 2011, the driest year in Lone Star State history, but until now none had to truck in water.
For more than a year, nearly the entire state of Texas has been in some stage of severe or exceptional drought. Rain has been so scarce lakes across the state have been drying up. One town near Waco, Groesbeck, bought water from a rock quarry and built a seven-mile pipeline through a state park to get water. Some communities on Lake Travis moved their intake pipes into deeper water. And Houston started getting water from an alternative, farther away reservoir when Lake Houston ran too low.
Although it has started to rain more this winter, it is not enough to fill the state’s arid rivers and lakes. Austin, Tx still remains nearly 20 inches below normal rainfall for the past 12 months, so we are talking about rainfall events of 20 inches plus, basically flood events, to bring the lake levels up.
Under the current long term weather predictions, we are not likely to see such an extreme weather event as la Nina keeps its hold on Texas, bringing dryer than normal conditions through the spring. 2012 is going to be a difficult year for the Lone Star state.
Texas Senator Troy Fraser focuses on the energy industry’s water use
Posted in Coal Plants, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, Energy, fracking, Texas, water on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
According to the Texas Energy Report, Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman Troy Fraser, called the energy industry a bit too “thirsty” during a record one-year drought, and warned the oil and gas companies to ramp up the recycling of water consumed during hydraulic fracturing.
Currently much of the chemical-laced water and sand that Texas companies blast into shale formations to release oil and gas is later pumped back underground for disposal.
“It’s going to be an issue next session. I continue to tell the industry they’ve got to get aggressive about water reuse,” Fraser, a Republican from Horseshoe Bay in the Central Texas Highland Lakes region, said during a joint interim hearing on drought held by the Natural Resources and the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committees.
“In a drought situation, it’s starting to be a problem, a big problem in some areas,” Fraser added of the millions of gallons of water used in fracking. “I’ve been projecting for multiple months that this is coming and we’ve got a crisis out there.”
When asked about the water recovery program and how much water is being recovered from fracking, the industry representative responded that he did not have a specific number of how many companies recycle frack water but added that TXOGA has requested data from its members. He noted that while some companies do have significant recovery operations, others do not.
“Significant,”said Fraser. “That implies a lot.” But the numbers from the industry were not there to back that implication up.
Fraser said he’d like to see more efficient water reclamation by cities, manufacturers and refiners as well, but he also took aim at the electric power industry.
“Long-term the power industry is going to hear me talking about figuring out a way to convert and get that technology,” he said. “We can’t continue to use the amount of water that we’ve used in the past. The way we are treating our water right now is not sustainable.”
John Fainter, president of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas, said everyone in the state needs to learn more and do more about conserving and saving and reusing water, but he added a threat of his own. “There is a cost, and the public needs to be aware of that, just like the environmental requirements we’re facing,” he said.
Click here to watch the hearing.
Austin League of Women Voters – Texas Water Study: “Should Water Be Treated as a Commodity?”
Posted in Coal Plants, Nuclear Plants, Water, tagged drought, League of Women Voters, Texas, Water resources on October 31, 2011 |
The ongoing drought, extended high temperatures, and wildfires have increased the importance of state water studies. In light of the study by the State of Texas and the critical nature of our water issues, the League of Women Voters (LWV) Austin is sponsoring a meeting for its members and the public featuring an outstanding panel of water experts to speak on this topic. The panel will address approaches to managing Texas’ very valuable water resources.
Coffee and Pastries, 9 a.m.
Panel, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Ascension Lutheran Church Family Life Center
6420 Hart Lane, Between 2222 and Far West Blvd., west of Balcones Dr.
The meeting is free and open to the public.
This outstanding panel of speakers, all water professionals, will address water issues inTexas.
Carolyn Ahrens, Booth Ahrens Werkenthin Attorney – Water Marketing
David Meesey, Texas Water Development Board Water Planning – The Regional Planning Process
David Wheelock, LCRA, Manager of Water Supply and Conservation – Surface Water Supply
John Dupnik, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District – Groundwater Management
Brian Hunt, Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District – Groundwater Management and WaterModeling
You are strongly encouraged to read Facts and Issues: Should Water Be a Commodity? from LWVTX prior to themeeting. Click here to print out a copy.
Texas drought could impact families’ pocketbooks across the country
Posted in Global Warming, tagged Beef Prices, drought, Texas on October 24, 2011 |
This summer, as Hurricane Irene pounded the East Coast of the U.S. and flooded communities far inland, temperatures in Austin soared to 112°F and across the Lone Star State it was bone dry.
Caught in the grip of a heat wave that fed on the drought – where sunlight hit the ground, evaporated any moisture in the soil and raised the temperature of the soil, making the ground a virtual hot plate – Central Texas saw 90 days of 100 plus degree days. And while the scorching heat finally broke at the end of September, the drought is far from over and is expected to have a ripple effect that will spread beyond the region in the months ahead, impacting the one place Americans do not need to feel the hurt: their pocketbooks.
From beef prices to the cost of a pair of socks to the price of bread, the Texas drought of 2011 will leave its mark on family budgets.
In Texas, losses, so far, are estimated at over $5 billion. The state lost a little over half of its cotton crop. Acres of drought parched and wildfire blacken fields are reminiscent of the dust bowl of 1933.
Texas produces 55% of the U.S. crop and two-thirds of America’s yield is exported to mills outside of the country where cheap clothing is manufactured and shipped back to US retail shelves. Now with shrinking supplies, cotton prices are surging and the price of those inexpensive t-shirts could be going up.
The effects go beyond this year’s cotton harvest. Ranchers are selling off cattle in historic numbers, including breeding stock that ranchers can no longer feed and water. The state has also lost an entire hay crop, making winter feeding an expensive proposition. While that may mean lower beef prices in the short run as plenty of newly slaughtered cattle hit the marketplace, it likely will mean higher prices down the road since valuable breeding stock is being sold off.
The sell-off has profound implications for the U.S. beef industry since ranchers have developed cattle suited to specific environments over generations. Rebuilding herds will be a long, expensive process.
The U.S. cattle herd is down to its lowest count since 1963 and skyrocketing prices and diminished supplies could put the price of prime steak beyond the family budget in 2012 and ’13.
The bad news does not stop there. Winter-wheat-planting season runs from September through October and rain, which Texas still has not seen much of, is vital to germination. Texas and Oklahoma produce almost a third of winter wheat in the U.S. — the hard wheat used in bread products – and it is expected there will be a 50% jump in winter-wheat prices. If the drought continues, as it is expected to do , prices could climb higher still.
The Texas state climatologist says that weather patterns are setting up to be similar to those of the extended drought of the 1950s and that Texas could be looking at an multi-year drought for the next five years and could even be in place until 2020. The temperatures may have eased in Texas recently, but pocketbooks around the country and the globe will be feeling the heat for some time to come.
Texas looks at issues around drought and wildfire between legislative sessions
Posted in Global Warming, tagged drought, Texas, water, Wildfire on October 20, 2011 |
The following are the Interim Charges focused on the current drought and wildfires as outlined by Lt Governor Dewhurst:
Business & Commerce Committee
Assess the impact of extreme drought conditions on electric generation capacity.
Identify those regions of Texas that will be most affected by a lack of capacity.
Analyze response plans and make recommendations to improve and expedite those plans.
Natural Resources Committee
Review water resources and conservation measures included in the State Water Plan.
Evaluate methods to enhance existing water resources and promote water conservation across the state at all times, not just in case of severe drought conditions.
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee
Review the impact of the drought on the Texas agricultural and ranching industry.
Develop methods and legislative recommendations to minimize the effects of drought and respond to the challenges for farmers and ranchers.
Assess the economic impact of long-term drought on all sectors of the Texas economy.
Include additional analysis of economic consequences of wildland fires.
Develop a compendium of federal, state, and local funding and other assistance alternatives for reducing the long-term economic consequences of the drought.
Intergovernmental Relations Committee
Analyze ways to better coordinate existing federal, state and local housing resources to increase access to affordable housing following a disaster.
Review best practices for fulfilling emergency short-term housing needs and developing long-term housing opportunities using existing tools, such as land trusts, land banks and other available incentives.
Review housing and development codes, and guidelines for structures in areas prone to natural disasters, and make recommendations on how these structures can be “hardened” to avoid loss.
Make recommendations to educate and enable private landowners to use best practices in fire risk mitigation, fuel reduction and urban forest management to reduce exposure to wildland fires.
Subcommittee on Flooding & Evacuations
Investigate and evaluate communication options during evacuations and make recommendations for legislative action.
Transportation & Homeland Security Committee
Review state, local and federal emergency preparation and response efforts as they pertain to protecting lives, property and natural resources from wildland fire.
Consider ways to facilitate better communication, collaboration and response between all state agencies and stakeholders involved in wildfire prevention, mitigation and control.
Review training of emergency responders to ensure that they have the appropriate skills to respond to wildfire events.
Review best practices in urban forest management and fuel reduction policies, both regulatory as well as voluntary, to promote safe firefighting operations.
Continued Drought Concerns ERCOT for 2012
Posted in Coal Plants, Efficiency, Water, tagged drought, electric reliability council of texas, Energy, Energy Efficiency, PUC, Texas on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The worst drought in more than 50 years in Texas is expected to continue as a weak La Nina weather pattern is predicted to strengthen this winter. Drought has already reduced cooling water needed by coal-fired power plants and may limit electric output from power plants next summer, an official from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT – the grid operator) reported.
At this time, only one small generating unit is currently curtailed due to a lack of adequate cooling water, however a continuation of the severe drought in Texas could result in as much as 3,000 MW being unavailable next summer, Kent Saathoff, vice president of ERCOT grid operations told the board last week.
The drought has lowered the water level at nearly every reservoir in the state, according to the Texas Water Development Board. A lack of cooling water limits the ability of a power plant to operate at full capacity.
Texas’ hottest summer on record pushed power consumption to record levels, straining the state’s electric resources on many days in August.
Grid officials and lawmakers are worried that the drought will compound existing issues that impact the state’s power supply: looming environmental regulations that will curtail output from coal-fired power plants and a lack of new power-plant investment.
ERCOT predicts about 434 megawatts would be unavailable next summer if Texas gets about half its normal rainfall over the winter and spring months and if there is no significant rainfall, as much as 3,000 MW could be unavailable by May.
Power plant owners are taking steps to increase access to cooling water by increasing pumping capacity, adding pipelines to alternate water sources and securing additional water rights. Some water authorities have already curtailed new “firm” water contracts, so it may be harder for plants to secure additional water.
Right now, the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) is working to implement new energy efficiency legislation. If we just used our energy more efficiently, we wouldn’t have come so close to a grid crisis even under the extreme circumstances of this past summer. Other states have used energy efficiency to keep the lights on for their families and businesses when they were having problems by cutting energy demand by 20% or more on the hottest days of the summer.
Studies have shown that Texas could cut 23% of our peak energy use on the hottest days and it would be cheaper than generating electricity.
To prevent rolling blackouts next summer, the governor and the PUC could improve the energy efficiency and market-based conservation programs that will keep our air conditioning running on hot summer days and keep our local businesses operating .
The Texas Public Utility Commission should:
Reward utilities that exceed their energy efficiency goals.
Use the money from a program set up to provide utility assistance for eligible Texans that is funded by fee Texans pay on their electric bills every month for the weatherization of low-income homes.
And the governor can issue an executive order that requires all state agencies, schools, municipal and county governments to reduce energy use by 5% next summer and report their savings to the state.
You can email the governor and express your opinion by clicking here.
The State Climatologist sees his shadow and predicts nine more years of drought
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged drought, La Niña, Texas on September 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Punxsutawney Phil is a groundhog resident of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. On February 2 (Groundhog Day) of each year, Phil emerges from his temporary home – if he sees his shadow and returns to his hole, he has predicted six more weeks of winter, if he does not see his shadow, he has predicted an early spring. In Texas we have State Climatologist John Nielson-Gammon who emerged, saw his shadow and told Reuters, “It is possible that we could be looking at another of these multiyear droughts like we saw in the 1950s, and like the tree rings have shown that the state has experienced over the last several centuries.”
Some 95 percent of the state is listed as being in either “severe” or “exceptional” drought by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Drought Monitor, and Nielson-Gammon said the last 12 months have been the driest one-year period on record in the Lone Star State.
The state’s worst recorded drought lasted from 1950 through 1957 and prompted the creation of artificial lakes all across Texas to supply water to a state that at the time had a population of 15 million. Those lakes are in place but after the worst one year drought on record and a population over 25 million, a multi year drought like the one we had in the 50s could be devastating for the state..
The long-term weather patterns, including La Nina currents in the oceans, mirror records from the early 1950s, Nielsen-Gammon said. The current drought, which he said began in earnest in 2005, could wind up being a 15-year stretch if patterns hold, he said.
“We’re very lucky that we had 2007 and 2010, which were years of plentiful rain,” he said. “2010 was the wettest year in record. Were it not for last year, we would be in much worse shape even than we are today.”
Conditions in Texas now are far from good. The drought has dried up many lakes built after the drought of the 1950s, and more than 23,000 separate wildfires fueled by dried brush and trees have destroyed 3.8 million acres and with that 2,800 homes, according to the Texas Forest Service.
Nielson-Gammon said Texas was now 10 to 20 inches of rainfall behind where it should be at the end of September and that rather than being the exception, severe drought could become the rule in Texas going forward, with wet years being more noteworthy.
“We’ve had five of the last seven years in drought, and it looks like it is going to be six out of eight,” he said.
The month is going out the same way it came in, with Texas firefighters on edge. On September 4, a gust of wind blew a dead pine tree into power lines east of Austin, sparking the deadly Bastrop Complex Fire. That blaze killed two people, destroyed 1,600 homes, and is now the costliest fire in terms of lost property in Texas history.
The Forest Service this week called in two air tankers from Canada to fight wildfires that continue to burn around Texas, citing a shortage of enough planes to fight the state’s fires.
And the drought in Texas goes on . . .
Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, tagged Austin City Limits, Climate Prediction Center, drought, Texas on September 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The drought in Texas that has fueled wildfires, devastated agriculture and caused water shortages, actually worsened in the past week according to the US Drought monitor’s weekly report.
Much of Texas would need 9 to 23 inches of rain over the next month to emerge from drought and that is unlikely to happen. The forecast for three months out indicates that we will stay in this pattern for a while. Texas was told to expect abnormally warm and dry conditions from October to December thanks to another La Nina weather cycle.
La Nina conditions in the U.S. tend to mean warmer, drier weather in the south and the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said Thursday that over the next three months above normal temperatures are expected in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas — as well as parts of areas along the western Great Lakes.
While some rain fell Thursday morning in parts of hard-hit north Texas, nearly 88 percent of the state is in what is classified as exceptional drought — up from 81 percent the week before.
Nearly 97 percent of Texas is in either exceptional or extreme drought.
From June through August, Texas suffered the hottest three months ever recorded in the United States, according to the National Weather Service. And the 12 months ending on Aug. 31 were the driest 12 months in Texas history, with most of the state receiving just 21 percent of its annual average rainfall.
In Texas alone, agricultural losses have topped $5 billion.
Over the next few days, some 1-2 inches of rain is forecast in some of the drought areas. But Texas will miss most of that, so no relief in sight. At least the temperatures have dipped below 100, so while the Austin City Limits festival will probably seem unbearably hot for those coming into Central Texas from out of state, for us Texans 95 degrees will seem balmy.
The Obama Playbook on Energy and Ethics is the worst Three Stooges episode ever
Posted in Climate Change, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, Tarsands, Water, tagged Barack Obama, drought, Keystone Pipeline, keystone xl, Solyndra, Texas, texas drought, United States Department of State, water, white house on September 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Solyndra was the pie in the face, but Keystone XL is the rake in the yard the White House needs to avoid.
Approval of controversial pipeline is bad for the environment, and bad politics, as it would offend not just environmentalists, but voters of all stripes across America’s heartland who would have the pipeline run through their backyards. It is another ethics landmine that would invite more attack from the WH’s political enemies about pay to play politics– this time because of copious amounts of Big Oil influence-peddling.
We’ve previously talked about Solyndra. It’s not a problem with solar or of federal investment, but of questions about campaign finance and due diligence, problems which also exist in the much larger loan program for nuclear, especially when nuclear energy companies have been such big campaign backers of Obama’s.
In fact, worth reading is Brad Plummer’s Five Myths About Solyndra from the Washington Post, a great take from Climate Progress about the Solyndra timeline showing the and this post from Blue Virginia showing there’s plenty of blame to go across the partisan aisle for this mess.
Money in politics will ALWAYS create these problems. You can see here how a wireless company was trying to trade on their big dollar donations to get access to the White House. This is why Obama must champion REAL campaign finance reform, specifically full disclosure of all independent expenditures and public financing options for people running for Congress.
But that is a tough legislative mountain to climb– and not one that it seems the White House has the intestinal fortitude for, given their willingness to always “compromise” (read: capitulate) to the Powers That Be. But those Powers That Be don’t Be without the steady stream of money they pour into campaign coffers, so its unlikely that Obama would rush to reform that system that has, so far at least, worked out better for him than his opponents.
So while it is unlikely Obama can avoid the ethical morass and swampland that is money for access and favors, one landmine he can avoid in approving the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring the world’s dirtiest oil from Canada to Texas.
Not only should we be seriously questioning the safety and integrity of our pipeline system after spills from as far afield as downtown Salt Lake City to Kalamazoo to Yellowstone National Park, but this graphic from the New York Times shows the large spills we’ve had all over the country just from existing pipelines.
The other question is obviously one of addiction. If we are to take seriously the metaphor of an addiction to oil, then Keystone XL is like a new meth dealer moving in next to our heroin dealer. Climate scientist Jim Hansen has called the approval of the pipeline “game over” for the climate.
But besides a discussion of the merits, there is the question of why is this the rake in the yard Obama needs to avoid? It starts with the voters, specifically those who will be affected by this pipeline.
Today at 1:30 pm Texas time, East Texas landowners who made up the group Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines, or STOP, held a press conference detailing their opposition to this proposed monstrosity. Among their chief complaints were that the State Department had failed to account for the current devastating Texas drought in their environmental impact study. From STOP:
Strike 3: State Dept’s 3rd Pipeline Assessment Ignores Texas Drought
DOS puts Europe/China’s oil supply ahead of water for 12 million Texans and ag lands as wildfires burn
East Texas cattle rancher Don Williams has trimmed his herd in half, lost calves to drought, and now faces wildfires burning just 20 miles from his ranch. Even before all of this, Williams was concerned about the impact the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would have on water supplies in the Carrizo Wilcox aquifer, which most East Texans rely on.
When he learned that the State Department, in their review of the proposed pipeline, had not even looked at what drought conditions meant for the pipeline’s safety, he was outraged.
“We need that aquifer, and that they could just ‘overlook’ what’s happened here in the last year shows we can’t trust what they’re telling us,” said Williams who also serves on the City Council in New Summerfield, a town of just over 1,000 people. “Tar sands oil isn’t like regular crude – they’ve got to pack it with heavy metals and chemicals just to thin it down enough to pump it. The first pipeline they built spilled at least a dozen times in just one year of operation.”
A report released today by an East Texas group called Stop Tarsands Oil Pipelines corroborates Williams’s story, demonstrating
Drought? What Drought?
that the historic Texas drought, which has been devastating communities and grabbing headlines all summer long, was overlooked by the US State Department in its third and purportedly final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
“Texas is burning, our firefighters have faced 300 consecutive days of wildfire,” said David Daniel, STOP’s Founder and President. “I’ve seen firsthand that a tar sands pipeline spill in Michigan is still contaminating water 14 months later, putting 40 miles of the Kalamazoo River off limits. If we had a similar spill in Texas under conditions like these where could we go for water for our homes, farms, and ranches?”
The report issued by STOP examines the implications for operating the proposed pipeline, which would push the denser and more toxic tar sands oil at higher pressures and temperatures than conventional oil pipelines, during droughts like the one currently scorching Texas. According to STOP, the impacts of a severe drought were ignored by the U.S. State Department in its review of the environmental impacts of the proposal.
STOP also documents that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has placed six TransCanada water withdrawal permit applications on hold due to drought.
“If State Department had bothered to talk to any Texans they would have realized that pumping 830,000 barrels a day of tar sands crude through the middle of Texas would be a grave mistake,” said Don Williams, East Texas Cattle rancher and City Councilman, New Summerfield. “We need all the water we have to keep our farms and ranches in business.”
To make matters worse, says David Daniel, the oil being delivered by this pipeline may not be intended for U.S. consumption. He points to a report by oil industry economist Philip K. Verleger, which concludes that the tar sands oil is much more likely to be exported to global markets for consumption in China and Europe.
“They’re selling this pipeline to the public as energy security, but the truth is that U.S. demand for oil has flat-lined whereas China’s demand keeps growing,” says Daniel. “Dr. Verleger is an oil industry economist who just happens to also be honest about what he sees, which is more than I can say for TransCanada after dealing with them the last couple years.”
You should visit their website at stoptarsands.org to listen to the rest of their stories. Their full study on the drought vs. the pipeline can be found here.
Beyond that, with lobbyist ties to the White House, this makes approving the decision for the Keystone XL the biggest affirmation that pay-to-play politics and revolving door between industry and government are alive and well in Washington DC. TransCanada, the owner of the proposed pipeline, hired former Clinton campaign staffer Paul Elliot and several other Obama staffers to lobby the State Department and the White House. Is it any wonder why their analysis would overlook something so obvious as the Texas drought when they are being lobbied to get this out the door as quickly as possible?
It’s worth noting this is the third flawed FEIS that the State Department has produced. Three strikes and you’re out? Well, if there was any justice in this world, yes, as it would be obvious this is not due diligence, but pure politics and a Potemkin village of looking at impacts to local residents and their water supplies. It is a boneheaded mistake, and makes it look like the Obama administration is full of a bunch of rookies, making obvious mistakes like forgetting drought.
If Obama wants to avoid having his Presidency resemble The Three Stooges any more, he needs to clean the pie off his face from Solyndra, and don’t even go close to that rake. He can’t afford another similar self-inflicted wound, especially one that is not only so avoidable but also happens to be the right thing to do.
Now where are those three nincompoop chandelier hangers I hired?
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Why Does Rice play Texas?: climate change, EPA smog rules, TarSands pipeline, drought/fires edition
Posted in Air Quality, Campaign Finance, Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, green jobs, Tarsands, tagged Barack Obama, drought, EPA, football, JFK, Keystone Pipeline, longhorns, Oil sands, rice university, Texas, texas drought, United States Environmental Protection Agency, University of Texas, white house, Why does Rice play Texas?, wildfires on September 5, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Wildfires rage over Labor Day near Bastrop, TX, southeast of Austin
Our hearts, prayers and thoughts go out to the people currently evacuated and who have lost their homes this holiday weekend. I, myself, having gone through losing a home to fire I send my best to all of you affected, and have already contacting folks via our church to find out how we can help. I’ll post links as soon as I can get them to give directly to disaster relief. UPDATE: KVUE has a great list they are updating with where to donate. Please give what you can.
This puts into focus several things that have been ruminating in my head all weekend, and it all comes back to this one question– Why does Rice play Texas? This weekend, two of our nation’s best universities met on the football field. And while both Rice and University of Texas can duke it out on relatively equal footing on the basis of academics, Rice is. . . shall we say, not the athletic powerhouse that Texas is. So, why does Rice always begin its football season with a drubbing of 34-9 (hey, tip of the hat for getting 9 points on the scoreboard– I guarantee there will be teas that do less this year), with the Owls now having lost 41 games out of the last 42 meetings to the Longhorns? And here the answer lies with the other goings-on of this long weekend.
It started with a bang and whimper as our Caver-in-Chief, President Obama, announced he would overrule both the Supreme Court in Whitman v American Trucking Associations and the EPA in pulling back on the agency’s interstate smog rule that has been in the works since the Bush Administration. As Prof of Law Lisa Heinzerling points out in an excellent post over at Grist called Ozone Madness, this decision is wrong based on the law, the science, the economics, and the transparency.
While the President is trying to, I’d assume, take what he sees as the high ground and compromise with those people who claim that these regulations kill jobs, the opposite is, in fact, true. These National Ambient Air Quality Standards, or NAAQS, are set by the Clean Air Act and, defined by the Supreme Court, are to be based on the best available science about what levels of pollutants are healthy for human beings (people like you and me) to breathe. Tea partiers and some of their corporate paymasters in the fossil fuel industry have been caterwauling that these rules will be “too expensive” to implement, and therefore shut down a lot of old, dirty power plants.
Ummmm.. . . yes, please? Couldn’t we, nay, shouldn’t we shut them down? Our best available science tells us these pollution sources are making us sick. We need these life-saving regulations to help all of the sick children, the elderly, and just the plain folks who suffer from asthma and other respiratory disease. Count up the missed school days, the missed work days, the premature deaths– count how they hobble our economy. How can children compete in a global economy if they are missing days from school sick because they can’t breathe? How much work is done not on time? How much lost productivity have we hamstrung our economic engine with to cater to people who don’t know how to compete in a modern energy economy against cleaner forms of production? Because the new EPA rules won’t shut down all power plants, only those who can’t compete, who can’t run cleanly. And since there is also good evidence to show that these sorts of life-enhancing regulations actually help, not hurt, the economy. It also rebuts the White House’s own stated position that they posted just one. day. earlier. that clean air helps the economy, preventing in this year alone:
160,000 premature deaths;
More than 80,000 emergency room visits;
Millions of cases of respiratory problems;
Millions of lost workdays, increasing productivity;
Millions of lost school days due to respiratory illness and other diseases caused or exacerbated by air pollution.
So aside from the doublespeak and the just plain bad policy, it looked like the Obama Administration is also taking early steps to signal that they will approve the Keystone XL pipeline to bring the world’s dirtiest and most carbon-intensive source of oil on the planet to Texas Gulf Coast refineries, despite weeks of protests involving thousands of people and hundreds of arrests.
The impact on the climate if this is approved? Well, according to Jim Hanson, one of our top climate scientists, he called it “essentially game over.” Or, as Bill Paxton in Aliens put it: (WARNING: NSFW for swearsies, including the dreaded f-dash-dash-dash word)
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Ok, well, all kidding aside because this is deathly serious, as in the fate of the planet’s climate, THIS is what Jim Hanson told climate protesters outside the White House just before he was arrested for his part in the protest.
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Bill McKibben, environmental activist and one of the ringleaders of the several weeks long protest event, said this on Friday about how this is not the end of the protests, it’s only the beginning:
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These are serious stakes. “Game Over” stakes. What does that mean? Well, for climate, if you’ve liked the record-breaking heat this year in Texas, you’re in luck, as this could easily become the new normal with climate change. And with the heat, we’ve got the huge economic impacts of the drought. For farmers and ranchers, the Dallas Morning News is reporting a 5 billion dollar loss. Thats Billion with a B, folks.
So next time someone starts talking about how it’s “too expensive” to deal with climate change, do what the Violent Femmes say to do and “Add it Up.” (warning:song lyrics also NSFW because of those darn swearsies) Loss from hurricanes like Irene, loss from this summer’s floods and tornadoes in Joplin, loss from drought, loss from wildfires, loss to the economy from dirty air (since hotter temperatures mean worse smog), and tell me that just continuing to do nothing and just putting more carbon into the atmosphere is potentially the most expensive thing we can do.
So, what does this have to do with Rice vs Texas? Well, what we have here is political expediency and taking the easy path instead of fighting for what is right. Regulations, regardless of their impact on a multinational corporation’s bottom line, save lives, and improve lives. This is what Ralph Nader fought for when he wrote Unsafe at Any Speed. Corporate whining and their record-breaking profits are not more important than people, and people’s’ rights to breathe clean air, or live in a stable climate. I, for one, am not willing to give up on Central Texas, and let this become the new normal for climate. When I first came to Austin, my literal first impression of the area was “I now understand why people were willing to die at The Alamo to protect this land.”
Decades ago, another President came to Texas to challenge a nation to go to the moon before the end of the decade, and asked an assembled crowd at Rice University the magic question.
“Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, “Because it is there.” … But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?“
President Kennedy answered his own question:
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.”
Climate change is the same challenge, which I previously hit on in another blog post where I also used this quote. It is certainly one we must be willing to accept, unwilling to postpone, and which we intend to win.
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But, most importantly, he notes that “But this city of Houston, this state of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward.”
Let me take liberty with JFK’s speech where he talks about the need to build a space industry and replace it with a clean energy economy. “If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The [creation of a clean energy economy] will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in this race for [clean energy]. Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolution, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of [energy]. We mean to be a part of it—we mean to lead it.”
Our economic torpor, our environmental problems, and yes, our hurricanes and droughts and wildfires, are ALL things we can solve if we are willing to take this same leadership role. Surely there will be pollution in the future, there will be recessions, there will be storms and droughts and fires– but they will NOT be supercharged by an ever-increasing blanket of carbon making our planet warmer and warmer. We must stop doing the same things over and over, relying on fossil fuels, and expecting different results. We must put our courage to the sticking place, and say that we will not allow the voices of a few, economically powerful and well-connected industries to wreak untold havoc on us and our neighborhoods.
You’ll notice, in JFK’s speech, he talks about the costs that a trip to the moon will require. He advocates not spending money recklessly, but in spending a large amount of money to win this challenge.
To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money. This year’s space budget is three times what it was in January 1961, and it is greater than the space budget of the previous eight years combined. That budget now stands at 5 billion 400 million dollars a year—a staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. Space expenditures will soon rise some more, from 40 cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week for every man, woman and child in the United States, for we have given this program a high national priority—even though I realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us. But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240 thousand miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented, capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial body, and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25 thousand miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sun—almost as hot as it is here today—and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out—then we must be bold…
However, I think we’re going to do it, and I think that we must pay what needs to be paid. I don’t think we ought to waste any money, but I think we ought to do the job.”
President Obama will be giving a speech on jobs later this week. In it, I’d love to hear even a smidgen of the boldness and realism of Kennedy. I’d love for him to recant his statement on the EPA smog rule, and say that he will stop the Keystone XL pipeline, as it will only increase our dependence on oil when we need to be quitting it. But I doubt it.
But, it could be worse. We could be realistically thinking about electing as President of the United States someone who believes climate change is a hoax, that climate scientists are in it for the money, and the best way to run a state is to slash the budget of the Forest Service, the agency responsible for fighting fires in Texas, by $34 million– almost one-third of its budget– on the eve of one of the most destructive fire seasons ever. It is worth noting that during the sunset hearings on the Texas Forest Service I testified as to the need of the Forest Service to engage in extra forecasting as to what a climate-change-fueled fire season would look like and be prepared to fight it, so this is a little bit of a personal issue for me.
Apologies for the political birdwalk and the sniping at the two likely major-party candidates for the Presidency. What is clear is what JFK was talking about: we must do things like fight climate change not because they are easy, but because they are hard, and because they are a challenge we are willing to accept and unwilling to postpone. It is a fight we must win, it is a fight for our very existence as we know it here in Texas.
This Saturday my alma mater will be coming to Austin to play Texas, and as my BYU Cougars sit as 4.5 point underdogs against the Longhorns, they and we must remember that this is why Rice plays Texas. This is why BYU plays Texas. To challenge ourselves, and organize our best efforts to make us better. That is why Rice plays Texas. And that is ultimately why we must get our head in the game on clean energy and quit our addictions to fossil fuels and their campaign contributions.
For updates on where exactly wildfires are raging in Texas, please visit http://ticc.tamu.edu/Response/FireActivity/
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Chavez returns to Venezeula
February 18, 2013 // by Joshua Longmore
President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela on Monday morning after spending more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment, announcing his surprise homecoming on Twitter.
“We have arrived again to the Venezuelan motherland,” Chavez wrote. “Thank you, God. Thank you, my beloved people. We will continue my treatment here.”
From the airport, he was taken to Carlos Avarela Military Hospital in Caracas where he will continue his medical treatment, AFP reported his son-in-law and the Science and Technology Minister Jorge Arreaza as saying.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro swiftly went on national television to declare that Venezuelans were “absolutely happy” to have the president back and promised an update on the state of his health later on Monday.
He also called on his countrymen to show solidarity with Chavez “without disturbing his calm”, AFP reported.
In his Twitter message, Chavez expressed his gratitude to Cuba and its leaders for their assistance in his medical treatment.
“Thank you Fidel, Raul and everybody in Cuba,” he wrote, referring to Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro. “And thank you, Venezuela, for so much love”, AFP reported.
In a letter published by the official Cuban news agency, former Cuban president Fidel Castro said he was happy that for the Venezuelan people “a long and anxious wait” was over, thanks to what he called Chavez’s physical strength and the dedication of Cuban doctors, AFP reported.
Chavez maintained his belief in God and hopes for a complete recovery.
“I am holding on to Jesus Christ and trust my doctors and nurses,” the president was reported as saying. “As always, see you in victory. We will live and we will win.”
The government has never said exactly where Chavez’s cancer is located or how serious it was or is. And this has not changed with his return.
Just last Wednesday, Maduro said the president was undergoing “extremely tough and complex” treatment in the Cuban capital, declining to provide further details, but insisting that Chavez was facing his medical travails with a “fighting spirit”, AFP reported.
Chavez underwent surgery for the first time on 10 June 2011 in Cuba to remove a pelvic abscess, but disclosed it was a malignant tumor later that month. Despite remaining in politics and winning a six-year term as president on 7 October 2012, Chavez has faced further cancer operations and health setbacks.
Main image by Que comunismo.
Category: Americas, NewsTag: America, Hugo, international, News, Venezuela
About Joshua Longmore
is a previous BA International Relations graduate from Leeds, currently studying MA Multimedia Journalism at Bournemouth University. He hopes to go into documentary making, presenting, and producing; particularly on an international scale.
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Date: Aug. 25, 2011
FEW HEALTH PROBLEMS ARE CAUSED BY VACCINES, IOM REPORT FINDS
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />WASHINGTON — An analysis of more than 1,000 research articles concluded that few health problems are caused by or clearly associated with vaccines. A committee of experts convened by the Institute of Medicine to review the scientific literature on possible adverse effects of vaccines found convincing evidence of 14 health outcomes -- including seizures, inflammation of the brain, and fainting -- that can be caused by certain vaccines, although these outcomes occur rarely. It also found indicative though less clear data on associations between specific vaccines and four other effects, such as allergic reactions and temporary joint pain. In addition, the evidence shows there are no links between immunization and some serious conditions that have raised concerns, including Type 1 diabetes and autism. The data were inadequate to reach conclusions about other suggested adverse effects.
The review will help the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) administer the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). VICP is committed to using science-based evidence to inform its decisions about vaccine-related adverse effects, and HHS turned to IOM to provide a comprehensive review of study results on eight vaccines covered by the program. The report's findings will be useful to all stakeholders involved in vaccine compensation decisions, including VICP staff, people filing claims, special masters that rule on vaccine cases, and others.
Convincing evidence shows that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine can lead to fever-triggered seizures in some individuals, although these effects are almost always without long-term consequences, the report says. The MMR vaccine also can produce a rare form of brain inflammation in some people with severe immune system deficiencies. In a minority of patients, the varicella vaccine against chickenpox can induce brain swelling, pneumonia, hepatitis, meningitis, shingles, and chickenpox in immunocompromised patients as well as some who apparently have competent immune function, the committee found. The majority of these problems have occurred in individuals with immunodeficiencies, which increase individuals' susceptibility to the live viruses used in MMR and varicella. Six vaccines -- MMR, varicella, influenza, hepatitis B, meningococcal, and the tetanus-containing vaccines -- can trigger anaphylaxis, an allergic reaction that appears shortly after injection. And, in general, the injection of vaccines can trigger fainting and inflammation of the shoulder, the committee noted.
The evidence suggests that certain vaccines can lead to four other adverse effects, although the data on these links are not as convincing, the report says. The MMR vaccine appears to trigger short-term joint pain in some women and children. Some people can experience anaphylaxis after receiving the HPV vaccine. And certain influenza vaccines used abroad have resulted in a mild, temporary oculo-respiratory syndrome characterized by conjunctivitis, facial swelling, and mild respiratory symptoms.
The committee's review also concluded that certain vaccines are not linked to four specific conditions. The MMR vaccine and diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP) do not cause Type 1 diabetes, and the MMR vaccine does not cause autism, according to the results of several studies. The evidence shows that the flu shot does not cause Bell's palsy or exacerbate asthma. Suggestions that vaccines can lead to these serious health problems have contributed to parental concerns about immunization for their children.
Establishing a cause-and-effect relationship between an agent and a health outcome requires solid evidence. The committee's conclusions are based on the strengths and weaknesses of several types of evidence, including biological, clinical, and epidemiological research. In many cases of suggested vaccine-related adverse outcomes, there is too little evidence, or the available evidence offers conflicting results or is otherwise inadequate to draw conclusions.
"With the start of the new school year, it's time to ensure that children are up to date on their immunizations, making this report's findings about the safety of these eight vaccines particularly timely," said committee chair Ellen Wright Clayton, professor of pediatrics and law, and director, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. "The findings should be reassuring to parents that few health problems are clearly connected to immunizations, and these effects occur relatively rarely. And repeated study has made clear that some health problems are not caused by vaccines."
In accordance with its charge, the committee focused solely on findings about potential risks of immunizations. It did not examine information that would have allowed it to draw conclusions about the ratio of benefits to risks. However, the committee members noted that deaths and disability due to infectious diseases have been dramatically reduced over the last century since the majority of vaccines were developed and brought into widespread use.
The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. For more information, visit http://national-academies.org or http://iom.edu. A committee roster follows.
Christine Stencel, Media Relations Officer
Luwam Yeibio, Media Relations Assistant
Report in Brief
Pre-publication copies of Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality are available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu. Additional information is at http://www.iom.edu/vaccineadverseeffects. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines
Ellen Wright Clayton, J.D., M.D. (chair)
Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics;
Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society; and
Inmaculada B. Aban, M.S., Ph.D.
Douglas J. Barrett, M.D.
Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine
Martina Bebin, M.D., M.P.A.
Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Ph.D., M.D., M.A.S.
Associate Professor and Attending Physician
Martha Constantine-Paton, Ph.D.
McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and
Departments of Biology and Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Deborah J. del Junco, Ph.D.
Senior Epidemiologist and Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design
Health Science Center
Betty A. Diamond, M.D.
Center for Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North Shore-LIJ Health System
Manhasset, N.Y.
S. Claiborne Johnston, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Vice Chancellor of Research;
Director of Clinical and Translational Science;
Institute Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology; and
Neurovascular Disease and Stroke Center
Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D.
Steven P. Simcox, Patrick A. Clifford, and James H. Higby Professor of Medicine, and
Senior Physician
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D.
Departments of Environmental Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine and Dentistry
M. Louise Markert, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology
Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Duke University Medical Center
Marc C. Patterson, M.D.
Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology;
Professor of Neurology, Pediatrics, and Medical Genetics; and
Child Neurology Training Program
Hugh A. Sampson, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Immunology;
Dean for Translational Biomedical Sciences; and
Jaffe Food Allergy Institute
Pauline A. Thomas, M.D.
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
New Jersey Medical School, and
Leslie P. Weiner, M.D.
Richard Angus Grant, Sr. Chair in Neurology, and
Professor of Neurology and Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
Kathleen Stratton, Ph.D.
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<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />Reminder: Members of the study committee will discuss the report's findings and recommendations at a public briefing beginning at 11 a.m. EDT in Washington, D.C. A live video webcast of the event is available here.
Report Offers Blueprint to Improve Professional Care and Education of Children From Birth to Age 8
WASHINGTON – Given that children’s health, development, and early learning provide a critical foundation for lifelong progress, the workforce that provides care and education for children from birth through age 8 needs consistent, high-quality training to produce better outcomes for children, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. To build a workforce unified by a common knowledge base and necessary skills, the report offers a blueprint with specific actions for local, state, and national leaders in areas of higher education, professional learning during ongoing practice, policies for qualification requirements, and other standards for professional practice.
Children begin learning at birth, and they develop at a rapid, cumulative pace in their early years. Young children thrive when they have secure, positive relationships with adults who are knowledgeable about how to support their development and are responsive to their individual progress. However, young children’s need for consistency and continuity is not being met because the systems that provide their care and education from infancy through the early elementary years are fragmented, concluded the study committee that wrote the report.
Qualification requirements for care and education professionals currently vary widely based on their role, the ages of the children with whom they work, and which agency or institution has authority to set qualification criteria. The science of child development and early learning shows that the work of all lead educators for young children requires the same high level of sophisticated knowledge and skills, regardless of the child’s age. Therefore, the committee recommended a collaborative effort to develop and implement phased timelines at the individual, institutional, and policy levels for transitioning to a minimum bachelor's degree requirement for all lead educators -- those individuals who bear primary responsibility for instructional and other activities for children in formal care and education environments as well as oversee assistant teachers and paraprofessionals.
“Despite their shared goal of nurturing and securing the future success of children, care and education professionals for this age group currently work in disparate systems where the expectations and policies have not kept pace with what the science of child development and early learning indicates children need,” said committee chair LaRue Allen, Raymond and Rosalee Weiss Professor of Applied Psychology and chair of the department of applied psychology in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. “Although it will take considerable time and effort, establishing a cohesive workforce for young children will help connect what we know about how to support children to what we do in the settings where they develop and learn.”
The committee concluded that higher education institutions should develop high-quality training programs for specific professional roles as well as interdisciplinary programs that foster a shared fundamental knowledge base and skills that support child development for professionals in all sectors working with young children -- care and education, social services, and health/allied health professions -- using required core coursework, learning activities, and field-based experiences.
There is a need for greater consistency not only in higher education, but also in the quality and availability of professional learning opportunities during ongoing practice, the report says. For example, those who provide care and education for infants and toddlers and those who practice in settings outside of centers and schools, such as family child care, would benefit from greater access to professional learning programs. Content for early elementary educators in broader K-12 professional learning systems should be improved, as it sometimes skews toward the skills needed for education of older children.
The report also recommends creation of a new model for evaluating and assessing early childhood professionals, which should align with findings on the science of how young children develop and learn, reflect day-to-day practice, be tied to access to professional learning, and account for setting- and community-level factors such as overcrowded classrooms, lack of resources, and varied home environments.
To improve continuity of children’s care and education, practitioners, leaders, and policymakers at the state and local levels should develop strategies and mechanisms for strengthening collaboration and communication across professional roles and practice settings. For example, specific professional roles, such as navigators or case managers, could be supported to facilitate connections for children and families so that the entire burden of collaboration does not fall on practitioners.
“For too long, the nation has been getting by with the status quo for the care and education of young children rather than envisioning the systems and policies that are needed, and committing to the strategies necessary to achieve them,” said Victor Dzau, president of the Institute of Medicine. “Although it could take years to fully implement some of these recommendations, carrying out this action plan will produce substantive changes to build and sustain a strong foundation for providing high-quality, consistent early learning opportunities to children as they grow up.”
The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families and Health Resources and Services Administration; U.S. Department of Education; W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Robert R. McCormick Foundation; David and Lucile Packard Foundation; and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council make up the National Academies. They are private, independent nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter granted to NAS in 1863. A committee roster follows.
Dana Korsen, Media Officer
Christina Anderson, Media Assistant
www.national-academies.org/newsroom
Twitter: @NAS_news and @NASciences
RSS feed: www.nationalacademies.org/rss/index.html
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nationalacademyofsciences/sets
Pre-publication copies of Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age Eight: A Unifying Foundation are available from the National Academies Press on the Internet at www.nap.edu or by calling 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed above).
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE and NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening
the Foundation for Success
LaRue Allen (chair)
Raymond and Rosalee Weiss Professor of Applied Psychology, and
Chair of the Department of Applied Psychology
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
W.T. Boyce1
Distinguished Professor in the Division of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Joshua L. Brown
Assistant Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology
Douglas H. Clements
Kennedy Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Learning,
Professor of Educational Research, Practice, and Policy, and
Marsico Institute of Early Learning and Literacy
Morgridge College of Education
Fabienne Doucet
Content Area Director of the Program in Early Childhood Education, and
Department of Teaching and Learning
John C. Duby
Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, and
Family Child Learning Center
Akron Children's Hospital
David N. Figlio
Orrington Lunt Professor of Education and Social Policy, and
Evanston, Ill.
Jana Fleming
Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy
Erikson Institute
Chicago, and
Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Development
Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Lisa Guernsey
Early Education Initiative, and
Learning Technologies Project
Ron Haskins
Senior Fellow in Economic Studies
Co-Director, Center on Children and Families, and
Co-Director, Budgeting for National Priorities Project
Jacqueline Jones
Foundation for Child Development
Marjorie Kostelnik
College of Education and Human Sciences
Nonie K. Lesaux
Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society
Ellen M. Markman2
Senior Associate Dean for the Social Sciences, and
Lewis M. Terman Professor
Stanford, Calif.
Rollanda E. O'Connor
Professor, and
Eady/Hendrick Chair in Learning Disabilities
Cheryl Polk
HighScope Educational Research Foundation
P. Fred Storti
Executive Director (retired)
Minnesota Elementary School Principal’s Association
Ross Allen Thompson
Albert Wat
Senior Policy Analyst
Education Division
Bridget Kelly
1Member, Institute of Medicine
2Member, National Academy of Sciences
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Freud on Zionism
Freud on Zionism (this is from the 'improved' translation, which isn't much different than the original; note the usual annoying politics prompted by the usual group):
"I do not believe that Palestine can ever become a Jewish State or that both the Christian and Islamic world will ever be prepared to entrust their holy places to Jewish care. To me it would have seemed more sensible to establish a Jewish homeland on a historically unencumbered soil; I do know that with such a rational plan one could never have won the enthusiasm of the masses or the financial backing of the rich. Also, I regretfully admit that the unworldly fanaticism of our fellow Jews must bear some responsibility for awakening the mistrust of the Arabs. Nor can I summon up any trace of sympathy for the misguided piety that has made a piece of Herod's wall into a national relic, thereby provoking the natives' feelings."
Freud was already aware of the frauds of the Biblical archaeologists. I wonder, with the unveiling of the fraud of psychological pharmaceuticals, if psychoanalysis is due for a renaissance.
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Sometimes I understand why people don't like conspiracy theories
I don't have the time or the inclination to get into the details right now, but this (perhaps Israel is killing too many babies and it is a good time to remind Americans of those perfidious Arabs) and this (Hopsicker has been trying my patience and he has finally jumped the shark with this mess) are the kind of things that give conspiracy theory a bad name. On the other hand, I really enjoyed this and this and this.
The racist posting
Philip Weiss, whose racial superiority theories about the American Jews often make him sound like David Duke in a yarmulke (and speaking of David Duke - in the hell freezes over department - he has semi-endorsed Obama over both Clinton and McCain, presumably preferring 'niggers' over 'race-traitors'), has backed off a lot, and makes a much more reasonable case for the (temporary?) success of his people in American life. If I may venture into the dangerous world of racial stereotypes for an instant, the Jewish success is based on three things:
playing the game by the rules (which is a combination of a Jewish fascination with rule-based behavior, and a the self-preservation instinct as 'outsiders' of having to master the rules of the dominant class in order to attempt to fit in and not be holocausted);
a cultural tendency to hard work, the value of education, and the diligent study of minutiae (again, coming from the religious experience);
luck.
As it happened, Jewish Americans became important in the world of the media (in an attempt to put a stop to the 'defamation'?) and the new world of mathematical Wall Street. Wall Street was willing to pay for technical expertise, and the old American elites were too decadent to bother to master all the math, so the diligent and hard-working Jews got invited into the party, and used their partial monopoly over the technique to carve out their own new fortunes in the world of derivatives. It was luck that the hedge funds and the old media turned out to be so lucrative, but you make your own luck based on cultural - not racial - norms of hard work, application to detail, and devotion to the value of education.
Now the luck is passing. The old media is collapsing, largely because people are tired of being lied to (and a lot of the recent lying to Americans is directly tied to Zionism). Wall Street has suddenly awakened to the reality that the old-fashioned financial analysts - the guys who actually read the financial reports and kicked the tires at the factory before investing - have been saying for years: all this mathematics is a pile of crap. We are just now seeing the tip of the iceberg that will rip through the American financial world.
Can the Jewish Americans reinvent themselves again to maintain their new position in American society? Maybe. Maybe not. History is never kind to the Jewish people, and the success gained in the last twenty-five years may be completely lost in the next twenty-five. There are no guarantees. Weiss probably underestimates the old American elites, who have been through successive massive crises and have always managed to reemerge. Whatever happens, the United States will never be as powerful again as it once was, and Zionism will have played a very important role in the fall of the American Empire.
Of course, the role of Zionism in American politics and foreign affairs is the only reason why the rise of the Jewish elites is noteworthy. If it wasn't for Zionism, we should just congratulate them for their hard-won success. Unfortunately, a very small number of this new elite group - the ones I call the Jewish Billionaires - decided to use the new power to push the American government to help build a Zionist Empire in the Middle East. The cover-up for this massive mistake is sloppy and disorganized - the Jewish Billionaires are overtly supporting an American attack on Iran and are obviously behind the Islam slurs against Obama - and the race is now on to protect the guilty while the guilty continue with their crimes.
Obama defiantly announces his candidacy for the NMWFTJP
Barack Obama has semi-publicly ('off the record', but with a transcript made available by his campaign!) announced (found via here) that he is running as a candidate for the No More Wars For the Jews Party (an announcement made in front of an Jewish audience in Cleveland). Of course, he had to reveal his candidacy in code, as the More Wars For the Jews Party, the party of McCain and Clinton, doesn't officially exist, and thus the No More Wars For the Jews Party can't exist either. For similar reasons, watch for the announcement to be ignored by the mainstream American media.
The code language refers to the Likud (which is itself code for the settler movement policies of the Jewish Billionaires), and the concept, apparently still incomprehensible to many American Jews, is that an American President can support Israel while being opposed to the policies of the Likud Party. In case the audience didn't get the message, he also noted that he is sick and tired of all the 'guilt by association' nonsense requiring absolute Likudnik doctrinal purity from everybody who endorses him, tied Jewish opposition to his pastor to Jewish opposition to his pastor's anti-apartheid efforts against South Africa (!!!) and, to add insult to injury, talked of backing off on the war cries against Iran and offering them 'carrots'. This represents a key moment in the history of American politics, an emancipation proclamation for American foreign policy. It would probably be a really good time for somebody to tell the Secret Service to stop allowing clear shots at Obama's head (I'm not joking, unless you want to see an American version of Count Bernadotte).
I think we can safely take Obama at his word, as the political sensitivities of dealing with an area that he might just have easily have ignored - like every other American political candidate for decades - means that he is treating this area as a key to his future political success. He and his team have shown a keen understanding of the American Zeitgeist, and Americans are clearly fed up with fighting Wars For the Jews. Of course, he may be lying, but this particular lie indicates what kind of President Americans really want (if only they were given a choice to vote for who they really want).
If you can believe the chutzpah, this declaration of emancipation of American politics from Israeli (i. e., Jewish Billionaire) control is being treated in the Israeli press as American meddling in Israeli politics, the logic being that since Bibi is going to be the next leader of Israel, an announcement by an American Presidential candidate that he won't see eye to eye with Bibi is akin to telling Israelis who to vote for!
More on Zionist propaganda contradictions
I have always assumed that writers for the National Post and other CanWest (i. e., Jewish Billionaire) papers have to endorse their pay checks with short essays praising Zionism and Israel, or at least talking up Bibi's 'war on terror', which they are then expected to expand into their next columns. The fact that Jonathan Kay wasn't fired for embarrassing Richard Warman, hero of the CJC, indicates that there is real dissent in the Jewish Billionaire community over whether the use of hate crime laws to battle anti-Semitism isn't going to damage the more important issue of using Bibi's 'war on terror', with its accompanying campaign of engendering hatred against Muslims, in achieving the Zionist goal of stealing land and water in the Middle East. Kay confirms this, in so many words (my emphasis in red):
"Over time, the prosecution of anti-Semites such as Ernst Zundel, James Keegstra and Malcolm Ross created a legal template for Canada's hate-speech jurisprudence. It created a moral template as well: Censorship advocates justified their speech codes by appealing to the horrors of the Holocaust. To oppose hate-speech laws, many human-rights types argue to this day, is to give comfort to fans of Mein Kampf.
It goes without saying that the battle against anti-Semitism is an important one. And those who've made it their life's calling deserve our respect. That said, it is clear that Canadian Jews put their chips down on the wrong side of the hate-speech issue. On a purely gut level, it may seem comforting to have laws on the books that gag society's bigots. But, as is always the case with ideologically motivated censorship, the long-run cost exceeds the benefit.
That cost includes the crippling of debate that inevitably arises when you declare any point of view -- no matter how odious -- be off limits. As the recent human-rights cases against MacLean's and the Western Standard show, there will always be complainants and commissars willing to expand the definition of prohibited speech to encompass legitimate discourse. Ironically, the censorship regime that well-meaning Jewish intellectuals helped put in place to fight anti-Semitism a generation ago is now being applied to prosecute the pundits blowing the whistle on the one truly genuine threat that Jews are facing worldwide: militant Islam."
Expect to see a continuation of efforts to rein in the use of hate crime laws in Canada to allow for the expansion of the anti-Muslim hate campaign known as the 'war on terror'.
New RFK assassination evidence
In these days of wastes of time concerning the JFK assassination, and the Secret Service up to its old tricks of allowing a clean shot at Obama, this audio analysis of the RFK assassination looks like the real deal, new evidence which proves there had to be more than one shooter (which we already knew as Sirhan Sirhan's gun couldn't possibly have fired all the shots that were fired).
Lite Zionist news
Had I an tribal attachment to Israel I'd probably be a lite Zionist myself, which doesn't mean that they aren't dangerous:
I simply don't believe this Chomsky story. I can't see him signing an online petition, and I certainly can't see him supporting the false consciousness known as 'conspiracy theory'. As we all should know, September 11 happened exactly as the government said it did.
Stephen Gowans discovers (found via Trinicenter.com) that Stephen Zunes, a 'progressive', hangs out with a pretty rough crowd of "dodgy U.S. ruling class foundations that hide the pursuit of U.S. foreign policy objectives behind a high-sounding commitment to peace".
Norman Finkelstein, a martyr to the cause of truth, is nevertheless a lite Zionist. Note the incoherence in arguing (or here) against the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis generally, but making an exception for the settlements, which for some bizarre reason are thought by Finkelstein to be the only Middle East problem which is caused by the American Zionists (note also the startlingly incompetent argument - maybe DePaul was right to fire him! - that the issue whether the Lobby was behind the attack on Iraq is completely settled by the fact that Cheney and Rumsfeld aren't Jewish).
The Propaganda Contradictions of Zionism
The recent human rights commission involvement in the activities of the Canadian minions of Zionism has revealed some contradictions between the Zionist propaganda developed in the 1960s, and the Zionist propaganda developed in the 1980s. The 1960s propaganda was developed to provide an excuse for the planned program of massive crimes against humanity and war crimes that it was anticipated would be required in order to build the Zionist Empire (the first concrete step of which was the annexation of territory in 1967, which is why Holocaust obsession started in the early 1960s). The unique nature of the threat to the Jews, reflected in the new cult of the Holocaust (and the ongoing preoccupation with 'defamation', i'e', anti-Semitism), was developed to explain how the Jewish State faced unique threats, requiring unique solutions, the most unique of which was an exemption from all of international law.
Equally important was the second propaganda message, now largely associated with lite Zionism (more on this in a later posting), that supporting Israel was in the real strategic interests of the United States. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, it became impossible for anybody to continue to believe that antagonizing the main sources of oil could possibly be in America's interests, so it became necessary to create a new thread of propaganda, that supporting Israel was the best way to attack the real enemies of America, Islamist 'terrorists'. This new propaganda message was developed in the 1980s in anticipation of the collapse of the Soviet Union, and has gone into overdrive with the 'luck' of the events of September 11.
The human rights law attacks on those carrying the message of hatred of Muslims has revealed a major contradiction between the 1960s approach and the approach of obsessing about 'Islamofascism', and has created a rift amongst the Jewish Billionaires. The old crowd automatically focuses on 'anti-Semitism', and uses the machinery of hate crimes legislation to enforce the general concept that the Jewish people are under constant threat. The strict logic of Canadian hate crimes law means that the 1960s propaganda runs right over the 1980s propaganda, and the Jewish Billionaires are faced with a choice. Apparently, the importance of the program of hatred of Muslims is so vital to building the idea that supporting Zionism is in the real interests of Americans (the Zionists rightly fear that if Americans don't think they have a real interest in supporting Israel, all the homilies about 'shared values' and similar gag-inducing crap will not get them anywhere), that the time has come to cut support for the 1960s propagandists. The Jewish Billionaires have instructed their minions to make fun of the obsession with hate crimes, all in order to continue the program of inciting hatred against Muslims.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out, as the old guys who have been milking the 'defamation' cow for decades are not likely to go down without a fight. With the spate of fake hate crimes against Jews, the increased economic and political power in the Jewish community, and the total implausibility that mighty Israel is under any serious threat, it may be time to hang up the ol' anti-Semitism boxing gloves in favor of increasing hatred of Muslims.
Hate crimes, free speech, and power
Hate crime laws have been used for years in Canada to suppress the extremely rare instances of right-wing hate you might find in Canada (when I say rare, I'm talking about maybe a couple dozen people in a country of about 30 million). The entire weight of the Canadian state is brought to bear on some losers, typically owners of 'neo-Nazi' websites containing Holocaust denial, sites seen by a handful of people at most. From a practical point of view, completely harmless ranting.
I've got nothing against hate crime laws if their application is:
handled by the courts (and limited by the prosecutorial discretion of the attorney-general), and not the creepy 'star chamber' human rights commissions, which seem hell-bent on breaking every protection against self-incrimination normally provided to other defendants, and are so slanted in favor of prosecution that they resemble something out of the Middle Ages;
constrained by a consideration of the supremacy of freedom of speech; and
strictly limited to situations similar to calling 'fire' in a crowded theater, i. e., situations where the hater is calling for violence based on the hate and that violence has a likelihood of occurring as a result thereof (which excludes almost all the cases in Canada, but did happen, for example, before the violence in Rwanda).
The National Post loved hate crime laws when they were used against Holocaust revisionists. Now that they are starting to be used against the haters who talk about 'Islamofascism' - i. e., people who are engaged in Bibi Netanyahu's 'war on terror' and are using 'Islamofascism' as part of the Zionist hate war against Muslims - the Post has suddenly discovered a taste for 'free speech'.
This amazing column by Jonathan Kay (Google cached here), easily one of the worst of the Post writers, goes so far as to refer to the alleged Warman incident. This is so unexpected I can hardly believe it, and I actually wonder if Kay will be employed by the Post next week (Warman is one of the stars of the Jewish Billionaires, a Gentile who helps them hype the Holocaust in their ongoing war to steal land in the Middle East).
We can't forget that all of these incidents are about the exercise of power. Those in control of the media are using propaganda in order to fight various battles, in this case the battle to dispossess the Palestinians and others of their land. Free speech has very little to do with it. The same issue, seemingly (but not really) in reverse, is going on - again! - in Denmark with respect to the anti-Muslim cartoons, where 'free speech' is being used as an instrument of oppression by the anti-immigrant crowd. Hate crimes legislation is hardly ever used against people with power (if it is, you hear the screams of people like Kay), and freedom of speech is often just a cover for the usual abuse of power by the only people who have real freedom of speech, those who own the mass media.
Wars For the
Philip Weiss describes the Jew-control of the American media, a subject so toxic that it evokes gales of slurring from the benighted American chattering classes, who would apparently rather see the American Empire collapse in an orgy of Wars For The Jews rather than admit the truth. An unlikely combination of factors is behind the problem:
Jew-control of the American media;
the inexplicable devotion of American Jews, no matter how assimilated, to Zionism (perhaps more accurately, an acute inability to resist the efforts of anybody who even claims to represent the interests of Israel);
the organized campaign by the Jewish Billionaires to build a Zionist Empire in the Middle East through manipulation of the American government; and
the fact that such manipulation is increasingly taking the form of the advocacy of illegal wars (that Americans cannot afford).
The American Jewish community is willfully blind to the 'facts on the ground', that there is a well-funded and extremely organized campaign to coerce American politicians to do things that are not in American interests. It is thus the epitome of bad faith to think of oneself as a 'good person' - an issue apparently of some importance to the American Jewish community - by pretending that you can be in favor of what is being done to the Palestinians, but against the attack on Iraq or a future attack on Iran. They are all part of the same plan, a plan being carried out by pushing politicians around (using faulty campaign finance laws) and fooling the American public by blatant misreporting in the American media. Jew-control of the American media is important solely because the combination of this extreme bad faith in the American Jewish community and the organized campaign of the Jewish Billioniares continues to lead the United States, and the world, to disaster. Unlike Weiss (who, by the way, is an outrageous Jewish ethnic/racial supremacist!), I see no hope that the American Jewish community is capable of fixing this problem.
Is he really dead?
There was a car bombing in Damascus. It killed someone inside the car, and the bomb was so big it damaged neighboring buildings and killed a passerby. Some time later Hezbollah announced that the man in the car – or, perhaps, approaching the car – who was killed was legendary terrorist Imad Mughniyah.
The story is odd. The evidence that the victim was Mughniyah seems to be a picture of a body (?) under a white sheet, and the fact that Hezbollah made an announcement. Would Mughniyah have been traveling in a car by himself, with no bodyguards or aides? If he wasn’t alone, why weren’t the other passengers also victims of the bomb?
Mughniyah has acquired legendary proportions, being held responsible for just about everything bad that has happened to Zionism in recent years. Besides the decades-old attacks on Americans in Lebanon (for which he probably was responsible), he has been blamed for the attacks in Argentina (bafflegab), and has even been described as the mastermind behind the Hezbollah victory over the IDF in 2006 (ultimate bafflegab, and obviously intended as a message to Israeli civilians that Israel can safely mount another illegal attack on Lebanon now that the big bad witch is dead). In fact, he seems to have been retired for decades, and was a bit of an embarrassing anachronism for Hezbollah, which has rebranded itself as a political, social, cultural, educational and welfare organization, an organization which can also take up arms to defend its country if it is subject to an illegal attack from a psychopathic neighbor. Nobody even knows what Mughniyah looks like (in the absence of DNA, this fact alone makes identification of the real victim impossible), making him the ultimate symbol of Evil for whatever Zionism wants to blame on Hezbollah, Syria, or Iran.
Could this incident be a ruse to get Mughniyah out of the picture? He can safely retire without as many worries of a Mossad assassin, and Hezbollah removes an old embarrassing connection which is no longer useful. A massive car bomb explosion is typical of the Mossad work (generally blamed on Syria despite the fact the the victims are invariably supporters of Syria!) we have seen in recent years in Lebanon. Perhaps it was set up to work as a ruse, or maybe Hezbollah just took advantage of the situation to take care of an old problem.
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A list of free archives of various cartoons:
Bloom County (difficult, but this trick also works for cartoons beyond 1981; see also some odds and ends here)
Dilbert (text list of dialogue you can search if you remember language from a particular strip, with the cartoon identified by date at the beginning of each line; archives here and here)
Far Side (difficult to find; a few here)
get your war on
Krazy Kat (also a few at bottom of right-hand column here, and a few here)
Mr Fish (some here, here and here)
Perry Bible Fellowship (archives are below the cartoon)
Rehabilitating Mr Wiggles (archives are below the cartoon)
Too Much Coffee Man (archives are above the cartoon)
Wigu Adventures (archives are below the cartoon)
Zippy the Pinhead (archives in right-hand column, including information on the architecture or sculpture or site of the drawing).
I’ve been looking for others like Piranha Club and Peanuts, but the big corporate ones are difficult to find.
The twisted world in which we live
From Ha’aretz (emphasis in red and green):
“Anyone who doesn't more or less share Marty Peretz's views on Israel or U.S. politics has little hope of getting a job at The New Republic, the editor-in-chief of the prestigious U.S. journal told Haaretz while in Israel last month.
Those views, in short, hold that 60 years after Israel's independence, the world is once more ‘in need of a mandate for Palestine,’ the journalist and retired Harvard University lecturer said in his suite in the Tel Aviv Hilton.
The Palestinians, he says, need to be governed by foreign powers for the time being, because they ‘do not have yet the attributes to allow them to live peacefully alongside Israel without threatening its civilian population.’”
In a couple paragraphs, thrown off with no thought at all, confirmation of the essential fact of the Jew-controlled press, and a rather ugly example of Jewish racial – and racist – supremacism. Yet if I point out the same things I’m an ‘anti-Semite’. It is truly a twisted world we live in, where bombing civilians from the air, or keeping people in cages while cutting off food and energy, is perfectly fine, not even worth noticing, but complaining about it is called bigotry More:
“Reports about the ‘horrors of Israeli occupation,’ Peretz adds, don't particularly impress him. ‘I'm not under the impression that Israeli occupation is kind and sweet. No occupation is kind or sweet. But bad things happen everywhere, all the time,’ he says dryly.”
Have you noticed that racial supremacists often have a problem with judging how they are seen? When the Israelis showed Condi Rice the checkpoints and the oppression, they thought they were showing her how nice they were being to the sub-human Palestinians (who didn’t deserve it). Condi saw the Deep South before the Civil Rights Movement. The South Africans during Apartheid often made exactly the same mistake (as did Southern Whites in the 1950s and 1960’s, and, if Katrina is any indication, now). Their racist supremacist attitudes make it impossible for them to understand what they are doing, or how their actions will be perceived.
Monday, February 11, 2008:
Steven Katsineris explains the Zionist murder of Count Bernadotte and the reasons why he had to die. The same group of terrorists also plotted to kill British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin. Nothing that has happened to the Palestinians has been an accident.
Uncharacteristically moronic posting by Helena Cobban on a recent speech by President Ahmadinejad. Her commentators give it to her real good.
‘Normalizing’ the air war in Iraq.
The Israelis are usually fairly careful about phrasing the justifications for their war crimes in terms of self-defense. However outrageous the claims of ‘existential threat’, it was enough to keep them from express self-incrimination. Now, the Israeli High Court of Justice has approved the war crimes against Gaza, justifying them on the basis of collective punishment (the ridiculous lie that Israel does not control Gaza, and therefore does not have the usual obligations as an occupying country, won’t fool anybody). The people of Gaza are to be tortured until they somehow stop the rocket attacks. The judgment itself serves as the indictment for the future war crimes trials of these judges.
Christopher Deliso describes – if you read between the lines – how the adults (i.e., non-neocons) in the American government are working with the Turkish government, the Turkish military (at least the ones not involved in the plots), and the Turkish financial elites to remove the ‘deep state’ forces in Turkey, forces whose excessive nationalism and violence is incompatible with modern capitalism. The new American nuke deal with Turkey has nothing to do with the Edmonds story (obviously, as it does nothing to absolve the people alleged to have done wrong, and only emphasizes the issue), but is apparently part of the carrot being held out to the Turks (and thus it is not a coincidence that the attack on the ‘deep state’ and the new American nuke cooperation are happening at the same time). American corporations will make money the old-fashioned way, by selling enormously overpriced nuclear technology.
By the way, is it just me who notices that Rupert’s latest CIA sob story about poor Plame contradicts its earlier sob story? After all, if Grossman had already outed Plame, how could the neocons have outed Plame a couple years later? The CIA is suffering from its usual problem of being incapable of keeping its lies straight (aided by the fact that neocon critics don’t want to think about the lies too clearly). As we all know, Plame had been outed long before any of these alleged neocon wrongs, making the CIA mythology of her anti-proliferation efforts impossible.
How not to pick a candidate
In 1984, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership convention to find a new leader to replace Pierre Trudeau. The two main contenders were John Turner and Jean Chrétien. Chrétien had strong support across the country, and might well have won, but the support of the head honchos in the party, who wielded power through having delegate status given to them by virtue of their positions in the party hierarchy, meant that the win went to Turner. Turner went on the lose the next two elections. After Chrétien made his triumphant return to politics in 1990, he went on to win three successive majority governments, and might well still be Prime Minister had the same party hierarchy not stabbed him in the back and replaced him by loser named Paul Martin.
The reason for picking a leader using delegates across the country is twofold. First, it introduces an element of democratization, taking the power of selection away from the party functionaries. Secondly, it provides a better estimate of the most successful leader. The local delegates know local conditions, and know who they are most likely to vote for, and, more importantly, who their non-partisan neighbors are most likely to vote for. The party officials, living in their palaces in the big cities, are clueless.
The Democratic Party is making the same mistake as the Liberal Party of Canada made in 1984. Obama is almost certainly going to win the support of most of the primary delegates, and lose the nomination due to Clinton’s support amongst the ‘super-delegates’, the party functionaries who are given delegate status by reason of their positions in the party. The Democrats will then run a leader that people don’t want to vote for, and the most unlikely event of all, a Republican President to follow in Bush’s footsteps, will be much more likely.
Cartoon explanations for the cable cutting
A cartoon explanation. Another cartoon explanation is espionage. If you were really concerned with planting espionage equipment, you wouldn’t cut all the cables at the same time, making a conspiracy obvious to all but the biggest dolts. You’d do it quietly, one-by-one, over time. Actually, I very much doubt that such sniffing is necessary. All that the NSA needs would already be built into the original equipment supplied to the cable laying companies, not to mention the computer equipment on dry land. An experiment – to see if it could be done undetected, to see the effects, and to see how long a fix would take – is still the best explanation.
I'm a sucker for self-reference
A writer for The Daily Toreador, the newspaper of Texas Tech University, has been fired for plagiarism. He wrote two columns which the paper alleges was based on the blog posting of another writer. The subject of the columns and the blog posting: plagiarism. Even better is the fact that the blogger was arguing that plagiarism wasn’t wrong (so maybe the fired writer’s only sin was consistency). I guess I should note that I found the link at Fark.
Kill all the witnesses
From CBC.ca (my emphasis in red):
“A United Nations military observer sent e-mails home to Canada reporting that Israel was bombing schools and waging ‘a campaign of terror against the Lebanese people’ shortly before he was killed by an Israeli bomb in Lebanon, said his widow.
Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener of Kingston, Ont., a member of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, was one of four UN military observers who died when the Israeli Defence Forces bombed a marked United Nations post on July 25, 2006.
Cynthia Hess-von Kruedener said her husband's mission was to report on the hostilities in the area and she believes that is why Israeli forces attacked the Israeli United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) post, despite Israel's claims that the bombing was accidental.
‘Obviously they were unhappy with what they were observing. Maybe that post was in the way as well,’ she said. ‘I know my husband was reporting war crimes. And I guess they don't want to deal with that.’”
Experiments and drills
All the complex theories about the Middle East cable sabotage being related to an imminent Israeli attack on Iran, or an American attempt to stop the Iranian oil bourse, collapse when you realize that Iran was one of countries least impacted by the cable cuts. I fall back on my theory that this is another Israeli experiment, like the attack on Syria, or, in another way, the siege of Gaza (which is the usual Israeli experiment to see how many crimes against humanity can be committed – setting a new baseline of vileness – before international opinion forces a temporary retreat). Various reasons – lack of American support, fear of the effect of retaliatory rocket attacks on civilian opinion, the current iffy state of Israeli politics – make Zionist expansionary wars currently impossible. When militaries can’t fight, they drill. The Israelis are using the down time to prepare for the next wars, wars which will have to await the next American President.
Hersh on the Israeli attack on Syria
From Seymour Hersh’s article on the Israeli attack on Syria, confirming what I’ve been saying all along:
“The former U.S. senior intelligence official told me that, as he understood it, America’s involvement in the Israeli raid dated back months earlier, and was linked to the Administration’s planning for a possible air war against Iran. Last summer, the Defense Intelligence Agency came to believe that Syria was installing a new Russian-supplied radar-and-air-defense system that was similar to the radar complexes in Iran. Entering Syrian airspace would trigger those defenses and expose them to Israeli and American exploitation, yielding valuable information about their capabilities. Vice-President Dick Cheney supported the idea of overflights, the former senior intelligence official said, because ‘it would stick it to Syria and show that we’re serious about Iran.’ (The Vice-President’s office declined to comment.) The former senior intelligence official said that Israeli military jets have flown over Syria repeatedly, without retaliation from Syria. At the time, the former senior intelligence official said, the focus was on radar and air defenses, and not on any real or suspected nuclear facility. Israel’s claims about the target, which emerged later, caught many in the military and intelligence community – if not in the White House – by surprise.”
and (the second paragraph in this excerpt is dedicated to the memory of Noam’s reputation):
“Shortly after the bombing, a Chinese envoy and one of the Bush Administration’s senior national-security officials met in Washington. The Chinese envoy had just returned from a visit to Tehran, a person familiar with the discussion told me, and he wanted the White House to know that there were moderates there who were interested in talks. The national-security official rejected that possibility and told the envoy, as the person familiar with the discussion recalled, ‘‘You are aware of the recent Israeli statements about Syria. The Israelis are extremely serious about Iran and its nuclear program, and I believe that, if the United States government is unsuccessful in its diplomatic dealings with Iran, the Israelis will take it out militarily.’ He then told the envoy that he wanted him to convey this to his government – that the Israelis were serious.
‘He was telling the Chinese leadership that they’d better warn Iran that we can’t hold back Israel, and that the Iranians should look at Syria and see what’s coming next if diplomacy fails,’ the person familiar with the discussion said. ‘His message was that the Syrian attack was in part aimed at Iran.’”
Of course, you could also read this as just more ‘Iran talk’, useless words intended to scare the Iranians into bowing to the Empire. If so, it has been a spectacular failure. If the Iranians have learned anything from the attack on Syria, it is that the Russian air defense system works quite well. The bottom line is that the Israelis won’t be able to knock out enough rocket emplacements in their next illegal and unprovoked attack to prevent a rain of Hell from falling on Israeli civilians. Duck and cover!
Cable conspiracies
The damaging of cables that supply internet services to India and parts of the Middle East has raised a number of conspiracy theories, including the possibility of the installation of espionage equipment, or even a new imminent War For The Jews (future historians will call this period the Era of Wars For The Jews). I think we can say without any doubt that this damage is intentional. Cable severing occurs occasionally, but it strains credulity to imagine the almost simultaneous rupturing of a number of cables – part of the aura of conspiracy lies in the fact that we still don’t know how many cables were involved, but it may be as many as four! – that all feed to India and most of the Middle East (with the notable exception of Israel!) could possibly be a coincidence. It has been confirmed that at least one of the incidents was not caused by a ship, the only accidental way for this damage to occur. If you can believe American-supplied figures, note that Syria, Lebanon and Palestine seem to have been affected; Iran not.
While Wars For The Jews remain on the agenda, there are many reasons why we won’t see another such war until the next American Presidential election, which is planned to be fought between two candidates from the More Wars For The Jews Party. It is unlikely that the Zionists would risk allowing a candidate (Obama) feared to be part of the No More Wars For The Jews Party into the race by turning More Wars For The Jews into a campaign issue. It is thus unlikely that this damage is intended to serve as a blackout of a Middle Eastern country that is to be subject to yet another illegal and unprovoked Zionist attack, at least not right away.
One of the main lessons for the Zionists from the most recent 2006 illegal and unprovoked Zionist attack on Lebanon was the internet savvy of the Lebanese. The Lebanese were able to use their communications links to stream visual evidence of the Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity as they occurred, an ability the Zionist war criminals did not factor into their illegal war planning. The Zionist war criminals know that their next illegal and unprovoked attack will have to be accompanied by a simultaneous severing of communication links from the victim country, so the suffering of the thousands – or hundreds of thousands – of innocent civilians can be hidden until the illegal and unprovoked attack is complete.
Just as the illegal and unprovoked September 2007 attack on Syria appears to have been an experiment to test Syrian-Russian air defenses, these attacks appear to be an experiment to test how quickly re-routing can restore internet services, and how quickly the cables themselves can be repaired. This information will then be factored by the Zionist war criminals into the planning for their next illegal and unprovoked attack, and will give them some estimate of the time they will have to slaughter innocent civilians, drop illegal cluster bombs, and damage infrastructure before information reaches the world which will force them to withdraw, or at least start talking up the Holocaust. Even damaging the cables does not appear to cut a country off completely, so presumably there would also have to be local bombing to create the kind of blackout required for future illegal and unprovoked Wars For The Jews.
Canadian government blames Israel for murder of Canadian peacekeeper
A Canadian Forces board of inquiry has put the complete blame for the deaths of four UN peacekeepers, including one Canadian, on the IDF (it couldn’t put blame any higher because of complete lack of cooperation from the IDF): “The board was unable to determine if a specific individual was to blame for the death; the board does however find that, as an organization, the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) is responsible for the death of Major Hess-Von Kruedener.” Every single Zionist lie was conclusively rejected.
Watch now for the inevitable craven retraction from Canadian officials, who will beg for forgiveness for offending the dignity of the Chosen People.
Duck and cover, Israeli style
In a backwards admission that the next illegal Israeli war of Zionist expansionism will be met by:
rockets, lots of rockets;
which will be much more accurately targeted than the Hezbollah rockets of 2006;
and with a longer range than those rockets;
with no effective Israeli missile defense system
Israelis have been told to prepare ‘rocket rooms’ in a vain attempt to survive a rocket attack. Zionist colonialism must continue, and the lives of Israeli civilians are not important (except as propaganda value in excusing various Israeli war crimes as ‘self-defense’). Of course, rockets can take down whole apartment buildings, so good luck in your ‘rocket rooms’. Israeli officials are telling Israeli civilians to put your heads between your legs and kiss your asses goodbye.
This continues a theme here that the availability of useful rockets has completely changed the dynamics of the Zionist Empire. Such rockets have already derailed the planned 2007 attack on Syria (with the mysterious illegal September attack on Syria being some sort of probe of Syrian-Russian defensive measures against attacks on Syrian rocket emplacements).
The going rate for Hitler dancers
A Brazilian judge with the obviously Portuguese name of Kalichszteim will fine the team behind the proposed Holocaust-themed Rio Carnival float $28,000 for each dancer on the float dressed as Hitler. The organizers behind the float now have to weigh the eternal question: how many Hitler dancers do you need versus how many Hitler dancers can you afford? Addendum. I have a cheaper solution: simply ‘reposition’ the dead bodies as Ukrainians, spend a bit more money on bigger mustaches, and say the dances are actually Stalin dancers. Nobody will complain.
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Last Call For Anarchy
The "We're taking our country back from you, using whatever means necessary" contingent of the country is quite upset, and now we have Charles Murray of the WSJ cal;ling for open lawlessness.
The broadest problem created by intricately wrought regulatory mazes is that, in an effort to spell out all the contingencies, they lose sight of the overall goal and thereby make matters worse. A particularly chilling example is offered by the 1979 Kemeny Commission’s postmortem on the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, which concluded that when “regulations become as voluminous and complex as those regulations now in place, they can serve as a negative factor in nuclear safety.”
I’ve been focusing on regulation in the workplace, but it isn’t just freedom to practice our vocations that is being gutted. Whether we are trying to raise our children, be good stewards of our property, cooperate with our neighbors to solve local problems or practice our religious faith, the bureaucrats think they know better. And when the targets of the regulatory state say they’ve had enough, that they will fight it in court, the bureaucrats can—and do—say to them, “Try that, and we’ll ruin you.”
That’s the regulatory state as seen from ground level by the individual citizens who run afoul of it. It looks completely different when we back off and look at it from a distance. For example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has authority over more than eight million workplaces. But it can call upon only one inspector for about every 3,700 of those workplaces. The Environmental Protection Agency has authority not just over workplaces but over every piece of property in the nation. It conducted about 18,000 inspections in 2013—a tiny number in proportion to its mandate.
Seen in this perspective, the regulatory state is the Wizard of Oz: fearsome when its booming voice is directed against any single target but, when the curtain is pulled aside, revealed as impotent to enforce its thousands of rules against widespread refusal to comply.
And so my modest proposal: Let’s withhold that compliance through systematic civil disobedience. Not for all regulations, but for the pointless, stupid and tyrannical ones.
Identifying precisely which regulations are pointless, stupid or tyrannical will be a lengthy process, but categories that should come under strict scrutiny include regulations that prescribe best practice for a craft or profession; restrict access to an occupation; prohibit owners of property from using it as they wish; prescribe hiring, firing and working conditions; and prevent people from taking voluntary risks.
So goodbye civil rights protections, laws fighting discrimination in the workplace, and allowing employers to do whatever they want to employees. Let's take the country back to when white America ruled unchalleged and unbothered by equality and fairness.
The fact that Murray is allowed to do this is actually a pretty clear hint that everything he's spouting is wrong: if we really lived in the regulatory fascist hellhole he describes, Mr. Murray would no longer be employed, no longer a free man, possibly no longer with us on this Earth.
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Bangers And Mashed
Paul Krugman takes the British voters to task for ushering in the Age of Austerity with this week's massive Conservative Party majority win, which most likely the end of a number of English social institutions and programs.
Simon Wren-Lewis of the University of Oxford, who has been a tireless but lonely crusader for economic sense, calls it “mediamacro.” It’s a story about Britain that runs like this: First, the Labour government that ruled Britain until 2010 was wildly irresponsible, spending far beyond its means. Second, this fiscal profligacy caused the economic crisis of 2008-2009. Third, this in turn left the coalition that took power in 2010 with no choice except to impose austerity policies despite the depressed state of the economy. Finally, Britain’s return to economic growth in 2013 vindicated austerity and proved its critics wrong.
Now, every piece of this story is demonstrably, ludicrously wrong. Pre-crisis Britain wasn’t fiscally profligate. Debt and deficits were low, and at the time everyone expected them to stay that way; big deficits only arose as a result of the crisis. The crisis, which was a global phenomenon, was driven by runaway banks and private debt, not government deficits. There was no urgency about austerity: financial markets never showed any concern about British solvency. And Britain, which returned to growth only after a pause in the austerity drive, has made up none of the ground it lost during the coalition’s first two years.
Yet this nonsense narrative completely dominates news reporting, where it is treated as a fact rather than a hypothesis. And Labour hasn’t tried to push back, probably because they considered this a political fight they couldn’t win. But why?
Mr. Wren-Lewis suggests that it has a lot to do with the power of misleading analogies between governments and households, and also with the malign influence of economists working for the financial industry, who in Britain as in America constantly peddle scare stories about deficits and pay no price for being consistently wrong. If U.S. experience is any guide, my guess is that Britain also suffers from the desire of public figures to sound serious, a pose which they associate with stern talk about the need to make hard choices (at other people’s expense, of course.)
Still, it’s quite amazing. The fact is that Britain and America didn’t need to make hard choices in the aftermath of crisis. What they needed, instead, was hard thinking — a willingness to understand that this was a special environment, that the usual rules don’t apply in a persistently depressed economy, one in which government borrowing doesn’t compete with private investment and costs next to nothing.
Democrats on this side of the pond at least did that. Labour did not make its case, especially to the Scots, and frankly they want out after Labour screwed them over. I don't blame them. The result? A broken Labour Party and Conservative domination.
The Brits are going to find out the hard way what this will mean. And I don't feel sorry for them.
We need to pay attention here, or we'll make the same mistake next year.
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Jebby Goes Buy Buy
If you want to know why Jeb Bush is putting off his official candidacy until next month, well, he has about a hundred million reasons for that.
Jeb Bush is putting in motion an ambitious plan to develop a super PAC that would be unprecedented in its size and scope — a blueprint growing in scale and intensity as he nears the formal launch of his presidential campaign.
The group, called Right to Rise, is said to be on track for raising an historic $100 million by the end of May, and its budget is expected to dwarf that of Bush’s official campaign many times over. In interviews, more than half a dozen sources familiar with the Right to Rise plans described a juggernaut that was rapidly taking shape — from its likely headquarters in Los Angeles, 2,700 miles from the Miami office where Bush was basing his campaign, to a new fundraising push aimed at expanding its ballooning coffers.
Bush is even setting the timing of his official campaign announcement — which is increasingly likely to come in mid-June, following a trip to Europe — around a cross-country fundraising tour. In the final weeks leading up to the launch, his strategists have been devising a plan to allow both arms of the campaign — the official one and the super PAC — to work seamlessly, even as they will be legally barred from coordinating once he officially becomes a candidate.
There is little question that Right to Rise, with its deep cash reserve, will give Bush a leg up in the Republican nomination contest, especially if it becomes a protracted and costly affair.
“It’s an advantage. No question,” said Fred Malek, a prominent GOP donor who chairs the Republican Governors Association’s finance committee. “I think Bush will be able to raise three or four times as much as anyone else.”
So yeah, Jeb may be in the back of the pack right now in Iowa. Just give it a while, when he's able to pour tens of millions into ads every month for the next several months.
We're about to get the best Republican presidential candidate money can buy.
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> the world watched as dozens of international leaders marched arm in arm. but what about leaders from the united states? washington explains president obama's absence. also ahead this hour a disturbing twist in a nigerian terror attack. witnesses say a bomb was strapped to a girl as young as 10 years old. also a big piece of the puzzle is recovered in the airasia flight investigation in the past few hours. we will talk about what the flight data recorder could reveal. hello and welcome to our vow viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. there have been two important developments in the crash of flight 8501. crews located both of the
plane's black boxes. one has already been pulled from the sea. indonesian officials say divers discovered the flight data recorder under water beneath one of the jet's wings. officials are confident they low the location of the other black box, the cockpit voice recorder. it's not yet been retrieved. both devices are critical in helping investigators determine why the plane went down two weeks ago with 162 on board. we will take you live to jakarta for a report in just a few moments. we will have analysis from an aviation expert as well. as far as what the data recorders may reveal. in france almost 4 million people spoke out in one single clear voice. no to extremism. no to hatred. no to terror. just days after a massacre and hostage standoff in paris, the city was the site of a huge unity rally, one of many across
france. that video there gives you a sense. and also the leaders that came arm and arm. more than 1 million people took part in the march of the capital. it was led by dignitaries of more than 40 countries and people who lost loved ones in the attacks. they were there, as well. it was a peaceful crowd. but also an enthusiastic one. france's interior ministry called the turnout unprecedented. this is how it went down and how cnn covered it. >> reporter: as many as a million people look at them here hundreds of thousands collected already, expected to take part and they want to send a message. terrorists who gripped this country for three days will never win. >> reporter: world leaders are here ranging from the prime minister of israel to mahmud a
abbas, the german chancellor. >> france has declared war. >> you can see right there in the middle of your picture, three statues of mythical women. that is what this country and the world is standing together to defend. >> what they're obviously showing is that in the aftermath of what happened here over the past couple of days is that france as a nation is not going to allow itself to be divided. they want to show unity and that's what this rally is about. >> i was born as a muslim. i may disagree with you, but i would die defending your right to say it. >> in the after glow of the demonstrations french president francois hollande is meeting to discuss security in his country and investigators are continuing to look into the back ground of the gunman who carried out last week's attacks.
cnn's senior international correspondent jim bittermann joins us live from paris. jim, certainly after so many people were brave to come together on sunday they will be looking to see what the government is going to do to help protect them come this monday and beyond. >> reporter: that's right, natalie. we had the feel-good moment yesterday. the headlines reflect the feel-good moment freedom on the march it says. "france stands up" is the headline this morning. this one says "we are one people." that remains to be seen. there were some different strands of that one people certainly evident in the march yesterday. now today, the question is what is the government going to do? we had an emergency meeting going on at the president's office right now.
we heard yesterday a hint of what may be happening. the interior ministers of the european country plus the united states and canada all met yesterday and decided, among other things to crack down on the internet. these internet sites are used to recruit young people and to promote the messages of the various terrorist groups. and as well manage the europeans have decided is that in the 16 nation group that they're going to reinforce internal border controls, as well as ex-ternal border controls. we don't know whether the frontiers of say france are going to be reestablished. but in fact that's what the interior ministers have somewhat agreed to.
this morning, we just saw minutes ago the prime minister on television and christiane amanpour is going to have an interview with him later on today. in any case he was saying exactly the same thing, that they are going to toughen up the rules on these internet sites that are used to recruit young people. >> is the feeling that they can do that that they can carry it out? >> reporter: i think we've already seen that the amateurks do that. overnight, there's a group known as anonymous attacked terrorist sites and shut down a few of them. i think there is a feeling that there is something they can do. they're asking for the cooperation of the internet companies. one of the ironic things natalie, is the internet was established in the first place as a device for military use. it was a device for the
authorities to use. and here in the last few years, we've seen that the terrorists have turned the internet into something, a tool that they can use against the authorities. >> they certainly are doing that. so the investigation continues, as well, as to how investigators didn't know that these three were about to carry this out. but we'll continue to look at that as well. jim bittermann on what looks to be a very busy day of people getting back to business in paris. we hope it's a safe week for them. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will be going to france thursday. kerry also answered criticism that there were no top obama administration officials at the unity march there in paris. he said the u.s. has been deeply engaged with france and that many from the u.s. embassy participated in the march. more on that later in our program. and we'll talk with
"newsweek"'s editor. we learn to our other top story now, breaking. the two key discoveries today in the java sea, both the black boxes from the downed airasia flight have been found. a search and rescue team have recovered one of them. cnn's david molko joins me with much more. david? >> reporter: natalie, the weather proving to continue to be difficult here in jakarta and reports from the search zone that the weather is once again proving challenging for the search. waves are two to three meters on the surface and strong winds, as well. divers at the moment we're hearing are being pulled out of the water. the discovery of the flight data
recorder a major break through today. it was found under the wreckage of the plane's wing recovered by four divers. the other black box, the cockpit voice recorder we're told by one of the top investigators, they are 100% sure where it is. it is just a matter of time before divers can get down there and recover it. certainly a big achievement here. not a celebration by any means, given the fact that 162 people lost their lives on board that flight. >> any information, david, on the condition of the flight data recorder and when we may see a picture of it? >> reporter: that will certainly become a very big part of what happened in the next few days. the condition of the night data recorder and whether it's fully in tact or whether it's damaged by water or fire.
natalie, i have to tell you, having talked to investigators who do this for a living the condition, no matter what that condition is there is a very good chance they'll be able to recover the data off the way the data recorder is built, it's built with a crash survivable memory unit. the data they need is housed inside what looks like a cylinder and there are a few microchips. that is what records the plane's speed, altitude the headings the outboard temperature. all of those pieces to the puzzle that may help investigators figure out what happened to flight 8501. >> this is such a significant breakthrough david, but at the same time, it's eerie and so unfortunate that so many families still haven't gotten their loved ones back. is there any information on the
search for the main cabin where they believe they will find many victims? >> reporter: certainly search authorities are optimistic now that they have found the flight data recorder they have found the tail they have found at least one of the wings that the fuselage of the plane is not far off. just for some perspective, though. the debris field is rather wide. the search chief saying from the location of the tail to the location of the flight data recorder was found about 1 1/2 miles or 2 1/2 kilometers. they are confident they are looking in the right location and will begin to find if other pieces the next few days. families saying don't forget about us. one gentleman we talked to lost seven relatives. he said please continue to search for the missing bodies.
authorities have pledged that the search will continue until every single person on board is returned home. natalie? >> we certainly hope that's the next break through finding those people. thanks so much david molko. i'll talk to an aviation analyst about what they will be looking for and how long it will take before we learn. still ahead here we turn to other stories from around the world. back-to-back bombings have targeted a crowded nigerian market. we'll have more on that. also schools across pakistan are reopening this week for the first time since a taliban attack killed 150 people. also the declaration "we are charlie" seems to be everywhere. but should you have to open your wallet to display it? much more ahead.
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a huge representation of the french symbol of liberty is carried off in the unity march
in paris. nearly 4 million people sent the message they would not let fear defeat them. joining me now is the middle east editor for "newsweek." janeane, your home is there in paris. can you describe what the atmosphere has been like over the past 24 hours, that visual we just saw there was quite stunning. >> it's been an incredible time to see this the solidarity between the french people. it really has been one of the largest gatherings since the liberation since after world war ii. so there's been a great sense of coming together, of unity, of from equality. what we have to face now, it's monday morning in paris, it's back to work and reality, it's back to how we're going to deal with the problems both domestically and internationally
in terms of the rising terrorism and the threat of homegrown terrorism. here in france and in europe and in fact, the world. >> and how does this last day compare to what in your perspective, people experienced last week? have they moved away from that fear or was this just an emotional respite? >> to be honest i didn't -- i think the french are very stoic. they've lived through wars. they've lived through terrorism here in the '90s. i think that -- i didn't find panic. what i did find is that streets were in my neighborhood any way, there was more emptiness, more people stayed home. but i didn't find panic or fear as much as a wind of what do we do should we leave? i have read accounts on the internet. they haven't been confirmed, but there are more french jews who
are planning to move to israel. and the other worrying thing for me as someone who follows terrorism in the middle east is that the recruitment for terrorists sites, there's been a surge since this has happened. but i think in general, the french are going to get back to their lives, they have to. we are all vigilant. i think that's very important. it hasn't gone away. french president francois hollande has had a crisis meeting this morning. there's been discussions about what we're going to do on a larger -- in a larger scope, the free zones, the open zones of europe interior ministers are discussing them. i know david cameron in the uk is thinking about this. everyone is thinking how do we contain our boarders? and also more importantly, what should we do remembering that the terrorists were homegrown, french born terrorists how do we contain what's already here?
how do we control it? how do we understand them? i think for me that's the most crucial thing. if we can understand them then we can come to terms with this. there has to be more than a reconciliation. there really has to be a comprehension of what lies behind these attacks, the history, the context of why it's happening and then we can combat it. >> you have reported extensively on the plight of many poor disenfranchised muslims there in france and paris. so what is your perspective on how france responds to reaching out in a way that brings them in and helps prevent the easy plucking by terrorist recruiters to get these young people to do their dirty work for them?
>> natalie, in 2004 i spent about six months researching the integration and assimilation of muslims into european society. i concentrated on france germany, britain, and some scandinavian countries. what was -- i spent quite a bit of time going to the suburbs, talking to people trying to understand what their lives were like their frustrations, their alienation. even though they were born here in france many do not feel french. they feel extremely alienated from not just the capital of paris, but french life. it is as i said before very difficult. france is at a very critical juncture right now. economically politically, we're very fragile. we were fragile before these attacks, and this will exemplify it. but what i did find talking to
these young people and old people and people who had been born in north africa particularly and then come here and their children or grandchildren, there was a keen sense of a divide that they did not feel part of a society. as americans, i think that's very hard to understand. because america is an immigrant country. people came people do come and i think it's much easier to absorb to assimilate, to integrate into the society. here there is a colonial past as there is in america, of course. but there is a colonial past which rears its head and that's great feelings of frustration, which does breed radicalism. now, how do we work with this? as always in any situation, it's about education. reconciliation and healing only
comes with the knowledge of what has happened in the past, and what can be done. my fear now, frankly, as someone who -- i'm american and i'm french from both nationalities, is what's going to happen in the future in terms of extremism. not just radical muslim backlash. in fact i fear more the right wing backlash. i'm afraid of attacks on muslim communities and mosques. i'm afraid of political extremist groups using this as a huge opportunity to own this situation. so i think it's very fair to say here in france it's a time of great fragility. one of the reasons people were so jubilant people were really saying we're going to unite, we're one country.
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at least three people were killed 43 injured in nigeria after two suicide bombers targeted a market sunday. the attack comes one day after another bombing killed 20 and injured 18 at a nigerian market. the explosives were strapped to a girl as young as 10. as sickening as that is to imagine. investigators believe someone detonated the bomb remotely. boko haram continues to be the suspect. the islamic militant group killed up to 2,000 people in the past week. that attack could be boko haram's deadliest yet. our correspondent nic robertson is covering this story for us. he's live for us now. nic, it just seems that there is no stopping boko haram, and it's just baffling why not?
>> reporter: the attacks seem to be getting bigger in the past week or two in scale, and in frequency. and in barbarity. if you look at the two suicide bombs on saturday and sunday using young girls as apparently unwitting carriers of these suicide vests and detonating them remotely. it's the town of baga where the attack started on the 3rd of january. people say they woke up that morning hearing gunfire and explosions. they thought the army was training. then they saw the soldiers from the army outpost on the run, fleeing that base had been overrun. then they saw hundreds of boko haram members entering the town on trucks and vehicles. they said thad tried to fight them but realized they were
outmanned and outgunned. so this witness went into hiding hid out for three days until boko haram moved on to surrounding villages. he witnessed what he thought were as many as 3,000 bodies. at one time he said walking along a road there for about five miles where there were bodies all the way, he was having to step past the bodies. we're hearing similar accounts from international aid organizations. the army is indicating that they think this may be the biggest single attack by boko haram. so this appears to be an escalation in their tactics and one that is very significant, because that fishing village very close to the border with chad. again, it gives boko haram much better access to the border with chad there, because they have now overrun the military post in that town there. natalie? >> this comes right before an election there in the country.
so what is the government saying and what is the international community's involvement in trying to support nigeria and pushing boko haram back? >> reporter: well the army has said that they managed to put down an attack by boko haram in the capital on thursday and friday. now, this town is a significant town. it's the state capital and lies between the two towns where there were the young female suicide bombers on the same main highway. so you have this geographic connection on this major highway in the country. the army was able to put down that attack. but in the town of baga the army is having to consider how they're going to have to retake the town. the town has been razed and burned out. it's put about 30,000 people to
flight so the army and the government are having to deal with tens of thousands of displaced people. many where that attack was, killing 20 people with the young female suicide bomber on saturday. so at the moment the army and government is not able to go back into the town of baga to regain control of it there. and it throws into question very much with the elections coming up just weeks away now, is there going to be a heightened run of violence perpetrated by boko haram in an effort to you know if you will try to destabilize the political situation and create an environment where in territory of the northeast of the country where boko haram is strongest, that people will be able to go safely to the polls. it's raising questions like that natalie. >> we've been focusing on the fear of the parisians and people in france and can imagine the fear of the people that live there in northern nigeria. nic robertson following these
developments for us. thank you so much. dozens of world leaders came to paris for the unity rally. but one president's absence is generating lots of talk. we'll talk about that, right after this.
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you're watching cnn live coverage. hello, again. i'm natalie allen. our top story is france where nearly 4 million people delivered a message of unity while marching in cities and towns across the country and especially here in the streets of paris. days after the attacks that killed 17 people, world leaders families of the victims and
citizens came together to defy any terrorist threat. and there is new information about the gunman this man who carried out the attack on the grocery store. france radio reporting investigators found isis flags and weapons in an apartment rented by amedy coulibaly. authorities say he killed four hostages before police shot and killed him. the targeting of that grocery store have left many french jewish communities afraid. the israeli prime minister and french president attended a vigil. according to the times in israel there are some 600,000 people in france's jewish community. 7,000 emigrated to israel last year the largest single year of movement since the founding of the israeli state. and israel expects 10,000 french
em immigrants this year. >> natalie, france has the third largest jewish community in the world, behind israel and the united states. and the jewish agency an organization that helps jews emigrate to israel says they're going to see a sharp increase in the number of immigrants. in 2013, there was 3400. last year, 7,000. this year they're expecting 10,000 people. they had a fair on sunday for people to come and look about coming to israel. they said hundreds of people showed up and to get information about making this trip. although this process i need to say is controversial, where a jewish person can come to israel and get instant citizenship. for a palestinian refugees many of them are still waiting to return to their homes. natalie? >> yeah and people there, have
they been interviewed since last week about what they think about more and more people leaving paris now? >> a lot of people in paris as we've seen reported is they don't feel safe there anymore. a lot of them say that the attacks, that these increasing attacks are making moving to israel more desirable. they have a lot of people coming here making new lives here in israel. this is something that is welcomed by the government here. the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel is a safe haven for them. a politician here also urged french jews to emigrate to israel. so there is -- they want to say that israel is open. they're receptive. but if they choose to remain in france they are going to try to
provide support for the jewish community there. >> ian lee for us. criticism is mounting against the u.s. government for not sending a high level official to the marches in paris. secretary of state john kerry will now visit france on thursday. mr. kerry called complaints about the lack of a senior american presence "quibbling." he said the u.s. offered help to france from the very beginning of the crisis. a short time ago, our jim sciutto asked one french analyst his perception. >> reporter: were the french people disappointed by that? >> well i would say clearly yes. because if you remember after september 11 when president jacque chirac was the first to come and visit the u.s. after this massive attack. well actually in this circumstance on the other hand what we can say is that the
visit was extremely rushed for leaders and we all know that the u.s. is having very strict security and safety rules. and that obviously i would say moving the u.s. president in this place in such a record time would have been hazardous as much as it was for the others. >> cnn national security analyst bob baer did not hold back when asked his opinion. >> security in a situation like this is -- depends on the host government and that would be the french. you know keeping standoff convoys. the secret service is close protection but the real true protection is provided by the french and they're clearly capable of doing that. i think there was zero risk to the president. and i think it's a huge mistake because the french are key partners in the so-called war on terror and they are crucial for the fight in africa against al
qaeda. they're also very important in fighting isis and syria. so i think it was a serious mistake for the president or at least the vice president not to show up. >> so where was secretary kerry during the march? he was in india for an entrepreneurship summit he says the u.s. committed to some time ago. two key breakthroughs today that could lead to answers about what brought down airasia flight 8501. both of the plane's black boxes have now been found. and one already pulled from the java sea. indonesian officials tell us the recorders was found beneath the jet's wing. right now that recorder is on a ship heading to jakarta, indonesia for processing by investigators. the cockpit voice recorder has been located but not retrieved. officials say that device is still under debris but they do believe it can be recovered
easily. for more now on this let's bring in jeffrey thomas via skype, the editor and chief of airlineratings.com. jeffrey, we have talked before and i've put you in the difficult position of trying to guess or speculate what happened to this flight. and now they're about to have concrete evidence. what will this night data recorder show? what crucial questions may it answer? >> well the flight data recorder will of course tell us -- there's about 88 parameters sometimes more depending on the model. that will tell us -- that's the heart beat of the airplane the system the engines, sensors, its attitude its speed, altitude all those things are measured. the cockpit voice recorder will tell us what was going on in the cockpit, what were the pilots
seeing what were they concerned about? what we don't know is what happened after they lost contact. and i would imagine the pilots were trying to save their aircraft. and this will give us fine detail of their efforts, what they were seeing were they fooled by their instruments, by their radar, did they get caught in a situation that they weren't expecting? did the flight control system of the airplane behave correctly. by the end of the week if everything goes well, we should have all of those answers. >> my last guest a couple of hours ago estimated it could take weeks for a preliminary report. do you expect it will become
evident sooner than that hopefully? >> that's a very good point. the downloading of this data depending on the condition of the black boxes, can take two weeks. my estimate of friday is a best case scenario. i think there's an enormous amount of global pressure on the indonesians to produce critical information we need to know, the industry needles to know. there are more than 6,000 of these planes flying across the globe, doing five and six flights a day. we absolutely have to understand the industry needs to know exactly what happened because there is a question mark about the flight control system, like we had with air france 447, did it -- what actually happened there? so i would say the indonesians will produce this information at a very rapid rate. >> hope so.
thank you so much. especially for these families that are just waiting. again, thank you, jeffrey. next here on cnn, a pakistani school reopens for the first time since it was attacked by the taliban last month. we hear from one of the survivors when we come back.
a pakistani school at the center of a taliban massacre is
holding class again. the public school reopened today for the first time since the december 16th attack. 150 people were killed most of those were children. the building has been painted to prepare for the students to come back. but the trauma of course lives on for these students who are very brave to go back to their school. michelle stockman joins us live now with more about their thoughts michelle of going back to school after such a horror occurred there. >> that's right. there's tight security around the school today.
your back, and this is your blood? >> yes. >> reporter: so tell me why did you decide to keep this? >> reporter: wounded in body, but not in spirit. at least not that he'll say out loud. this 15-year-old was shot in the back while protecting two classmates from taliban gunmen on a murderous rampage in the school's auditorium. he saw close friends die in the most gruesome and horrifying way. >> mostly one of my friends was shot in his face. >> reporter: he shivers when he tells me about this moment. he and other survivors have turned to social media to share memories of those they lost. at least 145 people, 132 of
which were children, were killed in just a few hours. the majority of his 10th grade class was wiped out. but he says he's excited to go back to school, a decision echoed by his proud, defiant mother. he's very brave, my son, she says. the taliban is spreading fear and terrorism, but we are not afraid. god willing, my son will go back to the same school and he will fight against them one day. i don't want to make my child afraid. that's the goal of military and school officials, too. to shore up security but make the campus seem normal again. behind me, you can see some of the efforts being made to get the school ready for students to come back. there's a metal detector set up. the walls are being fortified. barbed wire is being strung up. we're seeing a huge security presence. checkpoints on either ends of the road. inside the gates, there are memorials set up for the students and we're seeing parents bringing their children to go inside the school to see
what has happened here. this son lost his mother in the massacre. she had been the principal for the all-boy's school for two decades. she was shot in the head, fighting against the militants to the very end, trying to save her pupils. and in his grief, outrage. that to settle scores with the military, the taliban killed innocent children. >> they were harmless. they weren't bringing harm to anybody. they were just there for the education. >> reporter: as the wounded school heals, it's become a symbol of resolve for a wounded nation battered by terrorism. >> certainly hope those student also be safe as they return to school. coming up here after a short break, the stars at the golden globes make a statement this year beyond what they were wearing. it was about what they were carrying and showing to the world.
the celebrities at the golden globe awards in the u.s. had more on their minds than taking home statues when they had their ceremony. some including george clooney took time to remember the victims of the terror attacks in paris. >> today was an extraordinary day. millions marched around the world. [ applause ] and they were christians and jews and muslims. they were leaders of countries
all over the world. and they didn't march in protest. they marched in support of the idea that we will not walk in fear. we won't do it. so je suis charlie. thank you. >> clooney received the lifetime achievement award sunday night. besides his remarks and other's remarks as well mirroring what he said clooney and his wife came with buttons that said je suis charlie. they weren't alone hardly at all. here's kathy bates, flashing the phrase on her phone. the hollywood press association produces this show. he said he would stand against anyone who fights free speech from north korea to paris. the phrase je suis charlie seems to be everywhere in the wake of the tragedy in france. items displaying the declaration
are now for sale. some however, question if that's necessarily a good thing. >> reporter: je suis charlie, one of the most popular hash tags in twitter history. comedians and athletes displayed the logo in a show of solidarity. but not even a day after the attack on "charlie hebdo's" offices, ebay was full of items. the artistic director who created the logo tweeted that he regrets the commercial uses of it. it begs the question are these sellers raising awareness or profiting off of a tragedy? this is not the first industry to spring up around a catastrophic event. kays after the boston bombing, official jackets were available
for sale on line. ebay took most of them down citing violations of their policy about offensive material. but now caset all cases are cut and dry. take for example the i can't breathe t-shirts. it's been worn as a form of protest against police brutality. one t-shirt seller said je suis charlie has been the most explosive shirt with a social message. it's reported astronomical sales, selling at least 1800 t-shirts versus their 300 to 600. another seller said they've had more visits in two days than all year. but is selling these items insensitive? it's an important message that needs to get out, and if they don't sell it, someone else will. >> and that's our news for this hour. thank you for joining us.
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call now, request your free decision guide and start gathering the information you need to help you keep rolling with confidence. go long™. ♪ we are following several breaking news stories out of washington wusht. we're only moments away from the white house press briefing. the press secretary sean spicer will liable be asked lots of questions about the president's decision also breaking this hour, democrats are now boycotting committee votes on some of president trump's cabinet nominees. health and human services secretary nominee tom price and
treasury secretary nominee steve manuchin. just a little while ago we heard this from democraticleahy who a travel ban controversy. >> i've been here with president ford, president carter, president reagan, president clinton, president bush, both president bushes, president obama. never ever seen anything like that. in fact, the administration's unpredictability reckless, extreme agenda casts a shadow over all of the presidential nominees, and that includes senator sessions. >> senator leahy was in the judiciary committee for the vote on the attorney general nominee, jeff sessions. the committee, by the way, expected to vote on sessions any moment now. we'll update you on that vote.
meanwhile, the nomination of betsy devoss as education secretary is headed for the full senate. she passed the health education labor and pensions committee by a 12-11 vote along strict party lines. that vote came just as reports surfaced that devoss may have plagiarized parts of answers in the committee questionnaire. last hour we heard directly from the homeland security secretary john kelly who said the controversial executive order on travel was not a surprise. >> i knew he was going to sign an order about a year and a half, two years before he became the president-elect. people on my staff were generally involved. i guess probably wednesday i think we learned -- tuesday, wednesday that there would probably be during the week that it would be signed out. i did not look at it from a perspective of as i say, correcting the grammar or saying, you know, we need to change these words or do this thing. people that know the immigration process infinitely better than i
do right now were people -- that includes people around the inner agency that were the ones that did the staff work and ultimately the president signed it. >> i remember tonight president trump will name his nominee to the united states supreme court. his choice to fill the seat of the late justice antonin scalia who passed away a year ago. the two finalists neil gorsuch and hardiman. they're both headed to washington d.c. today 8:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have live coverage on cnn. joining us now from capitol hill, our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. from the white house briefing room and jim accosta. jim, yesterday the white house press secretary sean spicer, he chided democrats for moving too slowly on the president's cabinet nominees. how much will that dominate the upcoming discussion?
snoo donald trump's education policy point person on the white house domestic policy council, and this is in response to these allegations of plagiarism facing betsy devoss. "this is character assassination. the secretary designate has been referencing the need for safe and supportive learning environments, free of discrimination nor tall students so they can learn, thrive, grow, and lead successful productive lives." wolf, since we're getting that statement here in just the last few minutes, i think it's pretty safe to say you're going to hear sean spicer echo those sentiments from the podium. there's a lot going on from the firing of the acting attorney general last night, sally yates, to what appears to be an episode
of scotus apprentice taking place here in washington with those two finalists that you mentioned, wolf, on their way to washington. >> i know -- have they confirmed over at the white house our reporting that both of the two finalists are either already in washington or on their way to washington? we don't know who is going to be the final selection. >> they have not, but our sources are telling us that these two finalists are certainly very much in the mix, very heavy favorites for this selection that we're going to hear from donald trump later on this evening, but no word yet from the who is confirming these two contenders are other this way to washington as we speak, wolf. >> stand by for a moment. manu, i want to go to you up on the hill. democrats, they seem to be uniting. what's the reaction there to the decision to actually boycott votes involving tom price and steve manuchin? >> yeah, that's right, wolf. it was actually just a few hours
ago the democrats not attending the senate finance committee vote where actually one democrat is required for this vote to actually take place, so in a rather extraordinary and very unusual move, boycotting this vote altogether, that is something that just is not really done particularly on such a huge issue. like a cabinet nominee. now, the question for the republicans is how to deal with this going forward. it's something that they have not figured out yet, but they may not be able to have a full floor vote in the senate if the committee does not act, and that means the onus might be on donald trump to recess appoint these two cabinet nominees. i had a chance to catch up with orrin hatch, who is the chairman of the senate finance committee, and i asked him specifically how do you -- what's your response to the democrats' boycotting this? he was not happen. take a listen. >> hopefully they'll get their head screwed on right and come to a mark-up. i am very disappoint thad they
treated the committee that way and me personally that way. at least call me and say they can't do it. you know? even that would be -- call me and say they have to feel ashamed. >> you called them -- >> especially this kind of crap. >> you called them idiots in there. >> they are idiots. anybody that would do something like that, it's just complete breach of decorum. it's a complete breach of committee rules. it's a complete breach of just getting along around here. we know we have differences, and we should be willing to meet over those differences. you know, especially on a mark-up that they had plenty of notice on, and i was led to believe would be four, and then they would delay the vote on the floor probably, but still, it's going to happen one way or the other. >> pretty strong words from the senate finance chairman. the question is how do democrats respond? they haven't said whether they participate in any of those
hearings or participate in the vote. i should say they want more information from tom price and steve manuchin. they believe they were not forth right with this committee. they believe they misled the committee on some key issues. even one democratic senator saying they lied to the senate finance committee, so we'll see how the republicans respond, but as i said, wolf, the last resort could be a recess appointment, something that is rather unusual and could limit how long they stay in office until the senate acts and confirm them to the post. tensions really flaring at this point, wolf. >> manu sfs raju, thank you. >> that's coming up momentarily. in the meantime, i want to bring in senator jeff americaly, a democrat from oregon. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. great to be with you, wolf. >> you just heard your colleague, senator orrin hatch. he has been in the senate for a long time. he called out democrats for actually boycotting these votes. one democrat in these committees
in order to get a vote. do you support this extraordinary boycott? >> well, yes, i do. the committee leadership has a responsibility to make sure all the questions that the senators are asking on the committee are fully answered. in both these cases both the disclosurure king steve manuchin -- >> hold on, senator. sean spicer is about to begin this briefing right now. i want to listen in. we'll get back to you soon. >> i know you're all looking forward to what promises to be a historic night for the nation and for this president. the president is very excited toic ma his announcement of the next associate justice of the supreme court later this evening. according to some polls and you know we love polls around here. for 70% of the voters president's choice for supreme court it was an important factor of their choice for the ballot box in november. for more than one in five it was the most important factor. tonight he will formally present his nominee, to the american
people, and i can assure you that this individual will make those voters and every american very, very proud. this particular choice is one that the president takes very seriously. he knows we'll impact the juris prudence for generations to come. as such, he has taken careful steps to insure that this process has both been transparent and inclusive. he has been speaking about the list of individuals that he may nominate since may of this year, and after consulting with several influential groups, rebleesd e leased a definitive list of 21 in september, pledging that his nominee will solely come from that list. he sought the advice and consent of both republicans and democrats. senators throughout this process. the president recognizes the gravity of his choice to fill the seat left by justice scalia. one of the most steadfast protectors of our liberty and devotees of our constitution that ever graced the bench. whom ever the president selects will be a worthy successor to the brilliant legal mind and
constitutional dedication of justice scalia. it's our intention to start promptly tonight in the east room at 8:02 p.m. preset will begin at 6:30. the east room will be available for live shots approximately 20 minutes following the announcements, and both the briefing room and pebble beach outside have extended hours tonight to accommodate any additional journalistic needs. we'll have further guidance on tonight's plans as the day evolv evolves. moving to the news of the day, i know that secretary kelly along side other dhs officials just recently concluded a briefing. on the operational implementation of the president's executive order. i think it's pretty clear from the secretary's press conference that this executive order was enacted with the proper preparation and coordination between the white house and dhs. that implementation will continue and proceed as planned. we also have a few updates on the leadership of some of the most critical government agencies. last night, as you know, the president relieved sally united states -- yates of her duties
and named -- as the u.s. for the reason attorney for the eastern district of virginia until democratic senators finally quit their obstruction and confirm the unquestionably qualified senator jeff sessions as our next attorney general. ms. yates failed to enforce a legal order approved by the department of justice's office of legal counsel in design to protect the citizens of the united states. calling for tough vetting from individuals travellers from seven nations is not extreme. it is reasonable and necessary to protect our country. the president signed an affidavit last night of nomination for mr. vuente as one of his first official actions as his new post as acting attorney general he signed a memorandum rescinding sally yates' guidance regarding the president ace executive order to insure its full implementation. last night the president also announced the appointment of thomas homan as acting assistant
secretary of homeland security and director offer of ice. he has a long career at ice. most recently serving as the executive associate director for enforcement and removal operations. having a professional in place like this to serve as the acting director is critical to insuring the efficient administration of the president's agenda. one other update from a story yesterday, i hope you all saw the statement that was put out from the joint chiefs of staff where chairman dunford noted -- discussed the reorganization of the national security council, and he made it clear that he would continue to fully participate in the inner agency process and provide the best possible military advice to the president and members of the nsc. i really hope that that statement closes the book on the misleading narrative and this should hopefully be the final time we have to address what was in the national security directive. the family of the president also has -- the president also had a very somber and lengthy conversation with the family of chief petty officer william ryan
owens. his wife, his father, and their three children. chief owens was on his 12th deployment from what i understand. we could never repay the debt of gratitude we owe him. the freedom that he fought for and the sacrifice that he made as well as the other members of his unit who were injured in this operation. today in the senate two of the president's nominees advanced out of the committee. the energy and natural resources committee approved the nominations of both congressman ryan zinke as the next interior secretary and the nomination of former texas governor rick perry as the next secretary of energy. elaine chow also grafrlly received the approval of the full senate to approve the next secretary of transportation. i expect further guidance on her official swearing in to come very soon. the senate democrats have done everything in their power to slow the work of the senate. the president continues to take
decisive action. it's unfortunate the senate democrats remain so out of touch with the message that the american people sent this past november. the people want change. president trump is delivering that change. the only response from senate democrats so far is to try to stall the core functions of our government. i know that i have repeated in every day, but honestly it's getting a bit ridiculous. the idea that these highly qualified fom knees ahave the votes for their nomination to be endorsed out of committee and get a full boat e vote are being stalled because democrats are boycotting the committee vote is outrageous. the mere idea that they're not even showing up to hearings is truly outrageous. i would like to give a special shout-out to the folks at c-span for making sure that all of these embarrassing actions by senate democrats get the wall to wall coverage that they deserve. voters are going to remember what senators stood in the way of when president trump -- while president trump is trying to install his agencies and department heads the next time their name is on the ballot. the numbers don't lie.
16 of president trump's nominees to head major department and agencies are still waiting to be confirmed. at the same time in 2009 president obama only had seven of these people waiting confirmation. in 2001 president bush had all but two. moving on, here at the white house this morning we reiterated the president's intention to continue to enforce the executive order protecting employees from the anti-lgbtq discrimination while working for the federal government or contractors. also this morning the president had a breakfast and listening session with major pharmaceutical company executives in the roosevelt room. merck, johnson & johnson, selene, eli lily, and the pharma trade groups were at the meeting. chairman greg waldon, also participated. during the meeting the president commended their progress in lowering drug prices, and also reiterated his insist ens there's more work to be done. he promised to continue reducing the burdensome regulations that raise the cost of doing business
in america. he was pleased to hear that the chairman have amgen, robert brayway discussed how 1600 american jobs will be added by amgen. this administration will continue to prioritize jobs and make it easier for businesses around this country to hire more americans. the president had lunch with mayor giuliani a short time ago who serves ats ceo of a -- mayor giuliani was asked to initiate this process because of his long and very successful government career in law enforcement and his 15 years in private sector security providing solutions for the challenges that we face in the cyber world. during the transition, the president announced that he intended to host a series of meetings with senior corporate executives from companies that are facing challenges such as hacking, intrusions, disruptions, manipulations, theft of data, identity, and securing information from technological infrastructures. these are the same challenges facing the government that are
facing public entities and businesses and the president believes that solutions to these issues will often come from the private sector. following the lunch with mayor giuliani the president will host a listening session with these cyber security experts and mayor giuliani. no consensus or advice on the recommendations resulting from the group are widely expected, but we do expect a spirited wide-ranging discussion regarding the growing cyber security threats that our nation is facing. later this afternoon the president will sign an executive order or potentially sign one that the federal government cyber security efforts and give leaders the tools they need to keep the country safe from cyber attacks. the order does three main things. it secures the federal networks we operate on behalf of the american people. it will work with industry to protect critical infrastructure and maintain our way of life, and it will advance the cause of internet freedom. more information will be available later this afternoon, but the executive order is the first step in the president taking the address of new security challenges in the 21st
century. the vice president today participated in the republican policy lunch in the senate. he will hold several meetings with members on capitol hill. he will be getting extensive outreach by our legislative affairs team on the president's supreme court choice. tonight the vice president will swear in elaine chow. we'll have further updates we expect at 5:00 in the ceremonial office across the way in the old executive office building. secretary chow is one of the most successful cabinet officials in american history. having been the longest tenured labor secretary since world war ii, and serves as the deputy secretary of transportation under george h.w. bush's administration. she's the perfect choice to lead the department of transportation into what promises to be a significant period of modernization and improvement. as i already mentioned, the last thing on the schedule for tonight is the president's announcement of the soesht justice for the supreme court. tomorrow is the kickoff for black history month, and the white house is excited to host a series of events this month in recognition of it. in particular, the u.s. post office will hold a ceremony
tomorrow celebrating the official issuance of the dorothy height forestaver stamp. she led the negro women for four decades and is a pioneer in the civil rights movement. finally, a couple of administrative notes. on friday the president will depart from the -- from this white house to the winter white house where he will spend the weekend and be holding meetings. further guidance on both trips will be coming out throughout the week. i'm excited to announce that following up on our announcement of expanding the press briefing room to skype seats will officially be launching the briefing room tomorrow. the inaugural panelist will be natalie from fox 8 in cleveland, ohio. lars larson of the lars larson show, jeff joby from joby publishing, and kimberly from wpri in it rhode island. not sure how she snuck in there. i look forward to virtually welcoming them to the briefing room, and with that some questions. john roberts.
>> the removal last night of ms. yates from her position has raised questions as to how this president will deal with dissent in the ranks currently and in the future. did he see what she said yesterday as a difference of opinion, an act of insubordination? how will he act on similar things in the future? >> there's a big difference, john, between listening, sharing ideas, and executing lawful orders. it is the right of every american to express their idea and opinion and, frankly, that's what you're going to see the president do today. we're talking about leaving -- to get their opinions and ideas on how to protect their critical infrastructures. when she's the acting attorney general, she's not only responsible, but required to execute lawful orders and defiantly says no as someone who is chozen to lead a department. she was rightfully removed.
that is a position of leadership that is given to somebody who is supposed to execute orders there are handed down to them properly of which that executive order was 100% done. the department of justice office of legal compliance. the idea that it went through the entire process of which they were part of and then she chooses not to execute it actually is bewilledering as well as defiant. >> mr. president, sir, can you follow-up? is the president laying down a marker now to all of his cabinet secretaries and all of his other officials to say if i give you a directive and you do not follow it, you're gone? >> i think that that kind of comes with the job, right? if you don't believe in the president's agenda and i think every one of the cabinet members, every one of the appointees understands that they serve at the pleasure of the president.
>> the president is clear during the campaign where there's economic security or national security. he has an agenda that he articulated very, very clearly to the american people. and that -- hold on. thank you. he appoints to nominate and announces a staff members or cabinet level members or agency heads. their job is to fulfill that, and they shouldn't take the job. it is the president's agenda that we are fulfilling here. >> how will the trump administration insure the digital privacy as to the president looks to strengthen -- >> just to be clear on the executive order, i think one of the things that the president -- the reason the president wants mayor giuliani and some of the cyber experts to come in is to get their ideas to make sure that where we're headed in cyber security is fulfilling the intent that insures that our critical infrastructures throughout the government and, frankly, throughout business to the extent that the government can be helpful in that are
protected and secured. i just want to caution what we may or may not do today. i think the president has a pretty good idea where he is going to go, but i think he wants to hear what mayor giuliani and some of the other experts have to say about the steps that we can take in terms of executive action that will help secure further these critical infrastructures. >> i want to go back to the issue of this travel ban. >> well, first of all, it's not a travel ban. i think you heard secretary kelly. i apologize. i just want to make sure i get this straight. i think secretary kelly or one of the other individuals that got up there from dhs mentioned that a million people have come into that country. that's not a ban. what it is is to make sure that the people who are coming in are vetted properly from seven countries that were identified by the obama administration. a ban would mean people can't get in. we've clearly seen hundreds of thousands of people come into our country from other countries. sorry. >> mind you, i have two questions.
>> of course. >> with all of this happening and as you are trying to give spechks about whaegts happening, what is the concern about the fall-out from other countries who are viewing this still in a certain way? have you looked at the fall-out, and how to counter it and how to work with these other countries that may be allies and may not be allies in order to prevent something from happening? >> i think, april, one of the things that we're doing is trying to make sure that people understand what actually happened. you know, i saw reporting today that secretary kelly was out of the loop when he was on a plane and flying and then it was reported on one of the networks and major institutions about what happened. secretary kelly comes out and says i was brief odd this time and talked on this time. the edits came from my staff. i don't know how -- i don't want to spend each of these briefings talking about misinformation, but at the end of the day a major newspaper and a major network reported today that they were kept out of the loop.
the secretary detailed multiple occasions in which he was briefed on it. his staff made edits to it. i don't know how much more, and i think part of what we're trying to do is make sure that people actually understand what happened, what the process was, and what the order actually does. when we use words like travel ban, that misrepresents what it is. it's seven countries previously identified by the obama administration where frankly we don't get the information that we need for people coming into this country. what this isn't about is not just the people. it's about the information that another country provides us. we work with other countries, and we have systems in place to insure that when you travel from our country to their -- or from there country to our country, vice veteransa,ing that we are sharing information about passengers and citizens that are going in and out. these seven countries in particular, we don't have the information that is necessarily required to make an accurate determination at the time of entry into our country. we are going to make sure that
because that country doesn't have maybe the systems in place or in some cases the willingness to provide us the information necessary to insure that the people that are coming into this country are properly vetted, this isn't about refugees. it's about travellers. that's what this is about. part of what we're doing is frankly making sure that other countries understand exactly what was in the order, how it applies, what it means to visas and waivers and all this kind of stuff, but for the most part you have seen a lot of panic in the people actually stopping reading the order and realizing, oh, that's it? i think that's where we've tried to make sure that people have the facts. we're doing -- we're not just doing outreach. i think we're doing as many briefings. secretary kelly going out there a little while ago with the head of both ice and cvp. they're trying to make sure that people understand that the process is working correctly. it's working very well. the government is doing what it's supposed to to protect its people. that's the number one thing that we can do. >> i'm sorry.
>> the president met with the pharmaceutical heads. when is this meeting scheduled for congressman elijah cummings and president trump. after that call -- >> my understanding is that congressman cummings, he was invied to this meeting. he had a scheduling conflict, and we're looking at setting it back up. he was invited to the meeting today. he informed us he had a scheduling conflict, and we're looking to get it back on the books as soon as we can. >> one-on-one -- >> i expect at this point it be will one-on-one. >> thanks a lot, sean wrrks does the president anticipate a difficult confirmation for his nominee, whoever that is? >> no. i think we've proven so far the democrats can try to obstruct, but at the end of the day the will of the mile an hour people is going to overcome that. again, what i mentioned at the outset of this is the advice and consent piece of this. he and our team have met with senators from both sides of the aisle to make sure that we understand that qualities that they are looking for in the next associate justice, and i think that we've done a very, very
good job of getting a nominee in place that will be announced tonight that meets the criteria that they set forth. they may not like their political or philosophical background, but i think the criteria in terms of academia background, time on the bench, the expertise and criteria meets the intent of both republicans and democrats. john -- >> do you believe you can get nine democrats to support the nominee? >> i do. absolutely. i think at the end of the day one of the things that's been a time-honored tradition in this country is that we recognize that the confirmation process is -- if you -- the default is if you are qualified for the position, then you should be confirmed. not the other way around. i think that most democrats realize that at some point that is -- having a court that is not fully operational is not the way -- is not the political fight to have. >> john daley. >> let me ask you the obvious
follow-up question then. at least one republican senator has said democrats have removed the filibuster from just about every other appointment aside from the supreme court, and several republicans say they would have no hesitation about moving for another nuclear option if democrats attempt a filibuster of any of the possible nominees. is this something the president would support and has he discussed it with members of the senate? >> first and foremost, taking a step to the last question. i think we're going to et go the nine senators, and i wouldn't be surprised if we get more. when you look at -- i'll be able to shed more light on this tomorrow in terms of the background, but i think that -- we have an individual that we think hopefully will garner widespread bipartisan support. i think this individual has the qualifications and the experience and the judicial philosophy that should win bipartisan support. that being said, beyond that, i would suggest that that's
senator mcconnell has done a phenomenal job of moving things along, and i'll leave any further questions on how the senate operates. >> we know that at 8:02 tonight the president will reveal his selection. can you fill in the gap of how often the president might have spoken with this person, whether there were any meetings here at the white house, just any of the -- how he got there and then the last hour or so -- or in the last days here really who has he leaned to kind of narrow this down and then i'll follow-up with you. >> i will say i think i probably shed a lot manager light on this tomorrow. i appreciate the effort to try to -- tomorrow i think we might be able to have a little bit more of a discussion as to how the president came to this choice. he may touch on it tonight. i'll leave it to him. i appreciate that. >> prescription drug prices, the
president met with the pharma leaders earlier today. what makes him so confident that he can drive down drug prices where the administrations past tried to do the same and haven't been able to. how will he go about it? >> the story of his entire administration. he is a successful businessman and a top notch negotiator. several people tried to get the cost of planes down, the cost of the f-35 and the cost of the air force one and through a couple of conversations he did it. shaved billions off of the cost of both. off the f-35 and significant off the next generation air force one. i think he has a track record so far just during the transition, but also as a businessman he knows how to negotiate, and i think he will sit down with these individuals in the same way that he is getting people to understand the agenda and the regulatory and tax climate that he wants to institute that's bringing jobs home.
it supports the american worker and american manufacturing. i think, you know, you look over and over again the number of companies that want to come back and say we want to be part of this agenda to grow the economy and to create jobs or to help you on behalf of taxpayers, and i think you're going to continue to see that. he understands the challenges that the bureaucracy that's holding back some of the negotiating that's allowing these prescription drug prices to drop or get the best deal for the government, in cases whether it's medicare or medicaid, who are such large buyers of the v.a. that you are not -- you have got such purchasing power that's want being utilized to the full extent. hunter walker. >> yes. thank you, sean. the president is meeting with mayor giuliani today. what do you think of the mayor's claim the executive order on the seven countries evolved from the muslim ban that the president proposed during the campaign. is that accurate? >> i think the president has talked about extreme vetting and the need to keep america safe for a very, very long time.
at the same time he also made very clear that this is not a muslim ban. it's not a travel ban. it's a vetting system to keep america safe. that's it. plain and simple. all of the facts and the reading of it clearly show that's what it is. >> he said that it came out of the desire to help. >> that's just his opinion. i'm telling you what the president has said and done has been to focus on making sure we keep the company safe and that the executive order that was drafted does just that. it's to make sure and insure that people coming in from seven countries identified by the obama administration that we didn't have the proper systems to know who was coming to our country, was put in place in a 90-day period and was also granted to insure that we knew how to further address vetting situations in the future. >> if you can address sort of
the killing of the american citizen in this same terrorism operation. >> i'm not going to go any farther than what the department of defense has released. obviously we recovered a tremendous amount of information and we killed an estimated 14 members of al qaeda aqap individuals. then we suffered the loss of life of a service member and four people were injured. that's as far as i'm willing to go at this time. kristen. >> thank you. you're saying it's not a ban. this was president trump's tweet yesterday. if the ban were announced with a one week notice, the bad would rush into our country. he says it's a ban. >> he is using the word that the media is using, but at the end of the day -- hold on. he can't be -- >> it's his words. >> jonathan, thanks. i'll let kristen talk. it can't a ban if you are letting a million people in. it's 325,000 people from another people can't come in. that is by nature not a ban. >> i understand. >> the president himself called
it a ban. >> it is extreme vetting. i think it's regrettable that there was some confusion on the roll-out of this. the house speaker saying that. what do you say to republicans who argue that this is a part of a broader issue. president not enacting this policy smoothly. >> first of all, i think we've addressed that. we could haveth telegraphed this days in advance in which people could have gotten out of planes and come over here, which would have undermined the exact nature of what this sought to prevent, or we could have done it in a way that inconvenienced some folks for a little while. can i answer the -- no, no, no. i do -- there's clearly some confusion. i think part of it, your network was one of the people that just hours ago told people that general kelly was unaware of what's going on and moments later she gets on air saying here's how many times i can
brief. with all due respect, i think you have been part of the confusion. you have helped cause this despite claims that whatever you claim you have sources that tell us general kelly stands up and says this is how many times i have been briefed. this is how many people were involved, and, yet, you were out there for -- >> there was a "new york times" report that was cited. >> i apologize that nbc news is reporting and based on the "new york times" reporting. so the secretary -- secretary of homeland security just stood up and say you are calling him a liar? jonathan, i'm talking -- you said that he was -- the report in the "new york times" said that he was unaware of the ban. answer the question because you just -- >> you had a statement that president trump made where he
accused the acting attorney general of the own department by expressing a counter opinion. don't you think that kind of language has a chilling effect on the public's statement that your officials make? is. >> i think there's a big difference. think about the process that worked here. the department of justice's office of legal compliance vetted the executive order. sent it back to us saying it was completely compliant. then the acting attorney general goes out and says i'm not going to enforce it? you tell me how that jives because at the end of the day the acting attorney general has an office under her jurisdiction that says that something is legal and compliant and then she gets out there and says i'm not going to enforce it, that doesn't sound like an attorney general that is upholding the duty that she swore to uphold. at the end of the day then she should step down. at the end of the day the attorney general either had a problem with her own division approving something, but it wasn't the president she had a problem with. the president followed the
process. sought feedback, went into the inner agency review, had other departments sign off, despite the reporting that said was otherwise. hold on. guys. >> is it a betrayal? that's -- >> why don't we just let me answer glen so we can be polite now, huh? and what the answer is that we went through the process. the office of legal compliance came back and said this is a compliant executive order. it's fully legal. it can be executed. then for the attorney general to turn around and say i'm not going to uphold this lawful executive order is clearly a dereliction of duty, and she should have been removed, and she was. it is odd to me that we're having a discussion about somebody whose job it is to ek cute lawful orders who chose not to do it -- hold on -- who chose not to do it, and then we're questioning whether or not we're right to row move her. that's the right thing to do. if you looked at the folks from the right and the left, constitutional scholars thorng, they say we might not agree with the policies or the political --
or the president, but he was right to do this. he had every right. >> why use the word betrayal? >> because the department's job is to execute. they're the department of justice. if you have a legally executed order and the attorney general says i'm not going to execute it, in a truly, clearly is a betrayal of what she's -- i'm not going to define the word, glen. >> i think the "new york times" report says that secretary did not receive a full briefing through the executive order being signed. my question is can we expect that secretaries, agency heads future economic tv orders or changes of policy -- what i'm
telling you the secretary on multiple occasions was briefed. his senior officials were briefed. not just briefed. they were part of the drafting process. it went through not only that, but just back up. they get consulted and briefed. it goes through the office of legal compliance. then it gets shipped out to the nsc and the homeland security council. this went through a very, very extensive staffing process. the idea that you can talk -- whether or not he got fully briefed or -- he was briefed multiple times. saw the language. his staff made edits. he came back multiple times. i'm not sure how much more briefing can you do. >> thank you, sean. australian broadcasting. the aus rail i can't be government made a recent deal with the obama administration whereby the u.s. would take refugees from australia's off shore detention centers. now, most of these people are from iran, but also some are from iraq and somalia and other places. can you confirm that this deal is still on? it are those refugees exempt from what you describe as the extreme vetting, or will that deal change or be delayed?
>> the deal deals with 1,250 people that are mostly in papa new guinea being held. those people, part of the deal is that they have to be vetted in the same manner that we're doing now. there will be extreme vetting applied to all of them. the president in accordance with that deal to honor what had been agreed upon by the united states government in insuring that that vetting will take place. >> he said efsz going to gather us all together and he was going to bring us together and the action taken in the first ten days seemed to indicate otherwise from people in his own party. the use of the word betrayal. how is this president going to address the fact that people are looking to him to bring people together and, yet, with his own words seems to be driving us
apart. >> he has brought unions together. business leaders together. democrats, independents, republicans. somebody that doesn't carry out an act and using that as a way to describe how he is not bringing the country together is not a representation. >> what he has said and done and more importantly to start to bring this country together, and his policies, frankly, are focused on keeping every american safe and giving every american a higher paying and better paying job. i think that is something that benefits all of us. >> now that notices have been given to the tpp countries, are you considering any changes in the rules of your three sort of official trade negotiators, and what area of the globe are you going to start first on negotiations? >> there's no change in their
roles. i'm not sure. as announced -- >> negotiate orz -- >> the u.s. -- i mean, he has to be confirmed first, but the u.s. trade representative is clearly the leader of negotiating trade deals. there's a great unbelievably robust brilliant team that has continued to work on behalf of deals and renegotiating. the two step process. number one, we're going to reexamine the trade deals and figure out if we can improve them. secondly, i think we're going to start talking to other countries around the globe, including some of the tpp partners. i think of the 11 other countries, five of them we have current trade deals. >> the president has previously indicated that he would encourage the targeting of families of terror suspects. is that still his current position? >> when did he say that?
>> the thing with terrorists -- he has been clear when it comes to seeking out isis and other terrorists he is going to lean on director pompeo and secretary mattis. >> the families of terror suspects, civilian members of families. sean. >> i got you. >> sean. >> thanks for taking this question. i know that you have been at that podium, and there will be further action. what does this look like, and there are five detainees that have been cleared for transfer that are sitting at guantanamo with this administration, taking action in the next coming months on those detainees. >> i think all of those actions are being currently reviewed, and we don't have anything further at this time. >> the obama administration has been -- the plan to revoke the -- would he perhaps go
further and try and revoke the endangerment finding. all of the option that is we have to use our natural resources to better the country in terms of wind, power, solar, clean coal. we're in the process of reviewing all of our energy policies. i would go back to note that we don't have an energy secretary confirmed right now because the senate hasn't yet moved forward. with that i hope that once that is done, we will have further updates on energy. matt. >> sean, sally yates was obviously an obama appointee and was holding on to it is transition. how many more of them are there throughout the government, a and -- at this time through the -- do you expect any more problems from any of the other ones? >> in some cases we've held some individuals over because they hold a critical position within government. in some cases we've named folks as acting. it's a case by case basis.
again, i think part of it right now is the president wanted to focus on getting his cabinet up and complete. we'll continue to make nominations both at the deputy under and assistant secretary level. in key agencies, ice being one of them where it's an assistant secretary, but there are 30 other agencies where we've named acting heads to insure that as we move through the confirmation process, we have somebody in that position to insure continuity of government. daniel. >> sean, yesterday you said 109 individuals were affected by the extreme vetting. dhs officials said it was over 1,100. >> no, no, hold on. first of all, just to be clear, what they're talking about is the number of people who weren't allowed to board a plane coming in, so they were stopped at their port of entry. had to get additional clearance and then take off. there's a big difference. the numbers that we're talking about with the initial group of people that were in transit at the time the executive order was signed. then there's another group of people the department of
homeland security has those numbers up-to-date on their website where they're talking about people that are stopped at the port of entry to insure that they're properly vetted before they board a plane. this is a very, very dl cat distinction between people who were on the plane coming into this country when the executive order was signed, all of whom have been vetted and cleared, and the people who have been stopped at a port of entry in one of those seven countries to insure that the proper vetting took place before they were able to move on. >> sean, the question was about civilians that are being targeted by the administration in anti-terror raids. zeek's question was about -- >> is the goal to kill and target citizens because their family members are terrorists? >> no american citizen will ever be targeted. yeah. >> one more follow-up -- if are you qualified for the position, you said earlier if you are qualified for the position, you should get confirmed. that's not how merrick garland
was treated in the previous administration. >> there's never been a situation in which you had a fourth term -- someone that late in the election cycle. it's never occurred before. i think the senate republicans were very clear that we should wait and let the voters have a choice, and that's exactly what happened. as i noted at the beginning of this, 70% of people thought that the president's choice for the next supreme court was a major decision. that was something he came campaigned on. i think when you are that late in a term, it had never happened before. the goal was to make sure that the voters had a say in allowing that to happen. i think that clearly it worked. the voters looked at that as a major reason for which they voted for the president. as we move forward, that's why i think we're going to get the support we need. >> sean, if the president does get his pick on the bench, what are any specific cases that the administration hopes that the court takes up in the near future? >> there's a lot of cases in the cue right now that have the potential before four. i think the idea is to get this
individual confirmed as soon as possible. just to get the docket moving. that's probably the biggest priority right now. thank you, guys, very much. have a great day. i'll see you tonight. good luck. 8:00. test test. the white house secretary sean spicer what we can call a very contentious briefing with the reporters in the white house briefi briefing room. lots of news unfolding. we have david gregory, senior political reporter, and supreme court correspondent and justice correspondence pamela brown. the supreme court a big story. the justice department. but let's go through issues, the breaking news you have on the supreme court nominees, two finalists either here already or on the way.
>> we will learn at 8:02 eastern time who the supreme court pick is. >> it's kind of like the apar"t apprentice." and thomas hardiman was half way between pittsburgh and washington d.c. and sosurces close to the process is that the idea is to conceal who the pick of donald trump is, we're told through our sources there are increasing indications that judge gorsuch, a conservative judge 49-year-old, will be his pick, but he has changed his mind. we saw it with vice president pence. so that could definitely happen.
>> david gregory, this was a very contentious briefing that sean spicer had with reporters especially on the secretary of homeland secure now saying he knew what was going on denying reports in the press that he was not really up to speed. >> well, there's a couple areas of controversy with the executive order, one it was hastily put together and not everybody on the cabinet was really brooefiefed and it was fd a way that caused chaos and concern. he said look, i was publicly briefed for those of us who cover washington both things could be true, the reporting could have been accurate and he could say no i everything was above board and he calls and
says you node eed to get in lin >> the officials were kept in the dark. to the extent when they were being fully briefed on the details of the executive order friday they were asking questions about what do we do with these passengers new newly banned on the way to the u.s. so if there was briefing it wasn't to the full extent. >> and mattis was fuming about the fact that there were u.s. troops caught up in all of this as well. >> and the fact that the order itself would not be enforced by the acting attorney general the president saying it was an act of betrayal as he fired her, so this is sending shock waves through washington. >> he kept saying oh, that he saw this coming because of the way that trump was campaigning, guess what, everybody saw this coming. he talked about seeing drafts of it. so even if his presentation he
was sort of dancing around whether or not he was fully briefed. >> jim acosta you were there in the briefing and sean spicer the white house press secretary was clearly anxious to rebut a lot of the charges against the trump administration. >> reporter: that's right wolf and specifically about the ban signed by the president over the weekend that sean spicer said it was not a ban he objected to, the use to have word ban and of course it was pointed out that the president tweeted all of this and used the word ban himself so sean spicer was asked was the president confused about what was in this executive order if he was using the word ban, sean spicer said he was pushing back on this and said no, this was a vetting teexecutive order not a banning order.
there were contentious moments about secretary kellie was fully briefed on that executive order at one point shawn spaean spice are you saying secretary kellie was lying? the question is was secretary kellie briefed on the final draft of that executive order before it was signed and we don't have a clear understanding on that. >> even the president refer today a ban, what i heard secretary kellie, the secretary of homeland security say there was no muslim ban and specific all these other predominantly muslim countries were not involved, there were promptly seven countries select by the obama administration and they would have ex-treatmetreme vett
would not allow immigrations from the seven countries but as far as the travel ban, the seven countries, people that want to come here, they're going to have a lot of problems getting in at least for the next several months. >> reporter: that's right. and at one point sean spicer was asked about rudiul rudy giulian to trump and asked i would like to have a ban how can i do that and the fact that the president was having lunch with him and sean spicer said that is how mayor giuliani recalled that conversation. the other thing they're clinging to at the white house is that everything was executed
perfectly even though you saw huge disruptions even the speaker of the house paul ryan was saying was regrettable that there was confusion about all of this. >> and we do know there's a ban on all syrian refugees coming to the united states and that's an indefinite ban. i'm going to get back to you, laura coats you're our legal analyst, it was pretty clear that sean spicer not backing off in the word of the use betrayal in describing sally yates who was fired last night. >> that word is pretty nonsensical. she discussed the fact at her confirmation hearing she knew she had a lawful obligation to enforce it. you have 11 different states whether or not there's
uniformity to enforce it, so her rejection was not a betrayal but her sworn obligation to ensure there's consistency among the doj, to say she was betraying, with not going forward with an order she couldn't defend but the courts have to believe in the credibility of the justice department. you can't walk in and make a straight faced plausible argument if constitutionality let alone lawfulness is at issue, it's the department of lawyers not a department of justice then. >> and usually they leave the attorney general to have some independence, but that said he has the right to fire the acting attorney general. >> she was expecting it. she probably felt what do i have to lose? >> she's not a hold over like
sessions is going to be. i think he, not surprisingly, decided to turbo charge it by calling it an act of betrayal. one thing about the ban, if they didn't do the ban all these bad dudes are going to come in, the fact is there are existing checks, they don't just get to waul wallet waltz into the country. >> sally yates as we know is out. you can watch president trump's announcement of a supreme court nominee right here on cnn 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight and 9:00 p.m. eastern the house democratic leader nancy pelosi joins jake tapper for a live town hall, joined by a live
studio audience 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight here only on cnn. that's it for me, i'll be back, in the situation room, the news continues right now. all right. here we go top of the hour, i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me, so much news to get to. a head spinning 24 hours from the trump administration all involving moves to obstruct the president's plans but the issue dominating it was the president's ban, secretary of press sean spicer saying let me say again this is not a ban. >> first of all it's not a travel ban. i think you heard secretary kellie, i apologize i just want to make sure i
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it was always impressed how leaders talked to their citizens and valued their people. i was always impressed at the opportunity of america, at the freedom of america and possibilities in america. somehow i ended up with an american flag that i put under my pillow, one of those little small flags and i cannot recall how i got that flag. but i remember that flag being with me in my bomb shelter. i was around 13 or 14 years old at the time. i remember looking at that american flag thinking one day i'm going to make it out of this hell hole and make it to america. in order for me to make it to america, i wanted so badly to learn english. so i would watch television programming on our tv and i would read subtitles on the bottom so i can self-teach myself english and watch dallas. if two people looked into other's eyes and said maybe, i knew that maybe meant whatever that was written in the subtitles. i used to write it with an ink
pen on my arm. because we barely had water, i built a huge vocabulary on my arm. that's how i learned english. i never learned english at school. [ applause ] because i wanted to have the opportunity that if i ever meet an american, i want to be able to communicate with them, with him or her in a way where i can start the process of somehow ending up in america. i knew i kneeledneeded to speak language of those i admired and wanted to be a part of. that's how i learned english. i can tell you at the age of 19 years old why i wanted to come to america. at the 19 years old as a lebanese, i can tell you about the america's exceptionalism. what are the possibilities in america? i remember sitting with my father watching the apollo going up to the moon and american flag being planted and me saying, wow, look at these people. it's amazing! they are so smart and special.
they can do amazing things. i want to be a part of this movement. i want to be a part of this incredible charismatic spirit you'll awakening of the world, awakening of the individual, awakening of the spirit. in many countries in the world it is crushed and walked on. >> i wanted to be a part of america. and i ended up moving because i spoke english, ended up moving to israel, becoming a news anchor for world news tonight because i did speak english even though i read the news in arabic. i was and to communicate because we had an america in english division of the news. that's how i met my worker correspondent who ended up getting married and that's how i came to america. when i came to the united states in 1989, i wanted so much to be a part of this country, like most immigrants, all immigrants, original immigrants that came here, i wanted to be part of
america. i didn't even speak arabic with my own two children because i wanted them to speak english and english only. i wanted them to be as americanized as possible as early as possible. they were americans and nothing else. [ applause ] >> i did the exact same thing that many, if not all of the immigrants that came here did before me. even though they spoke a different language at home, they spoke english with their children because it was their opportunity to not only practice their language and improve their english because their kids spoke better than them, but they wanted to make sure the children understood that they are a part of america, not of china, not of lebanon, not of vietnam, not of italy, they were a part of america. to contribute, to be, to grow, to contribute to this great nation. because they knew that the opportunities here did not exist
anywhere else. and they came here. and like them, i did not teach my children one word of arabic. i told them when you grow up, you can choose whatever language you want to speak when you represent your country. you can take french. you can take spanish, german, japanese, chinese, whatever you wanted. as an american you'll have that choice when you grow up. also as an arabic woman i did not want my kids, my girls if they ever go back to lebanon to be told as it customcustomariry someone comes to visit you and you offer coffee, it's the girl's duty to offer the coffee. instead of saying thank you to a girl, they say may allah cover your shame, meaning with a husband. and i was never going to have my daughters visit lebanon ever one
day and even understand if somebody ever said to that to them, may allah cover your shame with a husband. [ applause ] and the shame being the fact that they were women or girls, because the fact that you exist as a woman is shameful. that's the middle east. that's the islamic culture. that's how they think. that's -- the unspoken stuff they don't tell you about in the west because everybody wants to keep appearances and don't talk about these things. when i had to take the exam, when i came to america, i had a child. my first daughter was born in israel. i came here with a baby. and when we applied to get my green card, i was already pregnant with my second child. and when i applied to get my green card, i had to go through
medical exams, blood tests, and tests for tuberculosis and hepatitis and this and that. by the way, i had to fpay out o my own pocket to pay for all of these exams and tests to prove i'm not bringing any disease with me to the country. i had to study a 2-inch thick book about from the daughters of the american revolution about the history of america, the constitution of the united states, our judicial system, everything that had to do with america and what makes america great. i had to pass a written and then oral exam in order for me to become an american. no easy pass. and i gladly paid for it and i gladly went through it and i counted the days to become an american. and i became an american in 1994, what a blessed year that was. [ applause ]
i became an american and i cried as i pledged allegiance to the united states of america that i will forsake anything other than her, any nation, nation i left behind and pledge my loyalty only to the united states to serve her, to protect her and do whatever i have to do as a citizen of this country. those are the type of immigrants that used to come to this country with this passion. since i came to the united states, i have worked so hard to be a part of this great nation, to attain the american dream. because what this country provides is incredible. i created 186 jobs since i have been in this country because i wanted to be so much a part of this country. i wanted to pay my taxes and i wanted to participate in our political process. i wanted so much to become a
congresswoman. my husband would say to me, why do you want to be a member of congress? >> can you imagine being able to be a nobody, raised in a bomb shelter and immigrating to america and you have the chance to participate in government. it didn't matter which title i had next to my name, it didn't matter how fancy smancy my father was or how much money i had in the bank. as an american, you can come here with nothing and end up with a lot of things because you can do so much as an individual. this is so especially an exceptionally american, it is amazing. i wanted to share with you the drive of immigrants like me who came to this country because i'm speaking about the drive that most americans experienced. this is why they came here. unfortunately today we are dealing with a group of people who are coming to our country
who do not share our values. some of them may assimilate and will, not even may, some will assimilate. some may continue to be great contributors to our society. unfortunately what we're seeing right now, we're seeing a lot of people who are coming to our country who do not share our values and who are not coming here to build and be a part of america and contribute to america, but the system of america because they feel entitled to it because this is easy street. they are coming here because this is what they want. not to mention the terrorism aspect. this is what the west is dealing with today. this is why talking about this issue and the decisions we make today are very important because all you have to do is look at europe and what europe has done. it is important to know who's coming into our country and why they are coming here. who they are and what they believe. because the consequences of not
understanding this very important point will lead to our demise just like it led to the demise of europe. just look at europe today. europe has become euraabia, belgium, switzerland, you look at these nations and look what's happening with these nations. we want to make sure we do not make the mistake europe has made. there's no turning back. once you open up the flood gates, there is no turning back. >> now, a lot of refugees are coming into the country and a lot of people are talking about refugees and worried about refugees and thinking, who is coming into this country and why. and here's how the process works because everybody is concerned about it. you know the chicago council on global affairs released a poll in august and they say that only
30% -- 36% of the american voter supports refugees coming into the united states, only 36%. so don't buy what you're watching on the media, we want to bring as many refugees as possible. no, we don't. the majority of the american public does not. despite what the media is telling you. now, how does the process work? the united nations decides what refugees come to the united states. the united nations commission of refugees decides what refugees come to the united states, not america. they work with the state department and bringing these refugees in. the state department then works with nine federal contractors, six out of the nine are religious charities. and these religious charities are not passing the bucket on sunday morning or saturday morning in the pews to collect the $1 billion price tag it cost
to sell these refugees and we're not even talking welfare. no, they are getting it from the treasury department from your pocket and my pocket in order to resettle them. so, who are these federal contractors? >> the federal contractors are church world service, ethiopian development council, episcopal administration issues, international rescue committee, committee for refugees and immigrations and lutheran immigration and refugee services and united states conference of catholic bishops and world relief corporation. so these six out of the nine are religious organizations, christians and jews. these federal contractors work with 350 subcontractors and the 350 subcontractors then work to resettle the refugees in 192
cities across america. and they resettle them within 100 miles radius from whatever the office of the contractor is located. so if there's a contractor in the city of richmond, the refugees are resettled within a 100 mile radius of richmond, not just in the city of richmond. there's a lot of money on the line. the contractor gets a one time allocation fee of $1,125 from federal funds per refugee or about $5600 for family. that is used to refinance logistics. for example the money is used to buy -- the money needs to be spent in 30 days by the way and buys everything from bed clocks to lamps to beds to furniture to food, refrigerators to furnish the apartment where the refugees are going to be resettled. by the time the individual, this refugee reaches the airport of
whatever city being resettled, they are literally a taxi ride away to a warm meal in their new home, paid for by our tax dollars. and in addition to the cost of $1,125 per person, the settling contractor gets to keep $1,000 in their pocket on top of that to spend as they wish on themselves. so we're looking at $2,126 per head for these refugees to come to america. the contractor works with the refugee for six months and after the six months, these refugees are then -- the process begins to work to bring their extended family. so for any refugee that comes here and we spend this money bringing the refugee here, after six months, the process starts and then we start resettling their family members and the
whole thing starts again. it is such a cash cow -- thank you, tom -- it is such a cash cow sorry -- i lost half of my speech. so they had to go print it for me and i don't care, go find it, print it, do whatever you have to do. so they did. okay, fantastic. i'm going to put these here and i'm going to go on. so it is such a cash cow and everybody is jumping on the refugee bandwagon because of the mega millions of dollars that is being spent on -- and given to these organizations to resettle the refugees. it is a money making machine. so when your pastors or your friends tell you, oh, but we need to settle this the lutherans and catholic bishops
and this and that and you know, by the way, the world relief corporation is eventually an evangelical operation, they are not off the hook either. everybody is making money on the deal. when they try to guilt you into, but what about the compassion, what about don't you want to help the refugees, jesus said help the down trodden, yes and at the same time said be as kind as dogs and wise as serpents. [ applause ] because over the life of a refugee over the five years it cost to resettle a refugee in this country of $65,000, for that money we can resettle 500 refugees in their own region staying in their own community, speaking the same language around people who understand them and share their culture instead of bringing them into culture shock here. that's how we can spend the
money. [ applause ] we are not saying do not help refugees. we want to help the downtrodden, this makes america great. we have an earthquake in iran, remember, america was the first country to offer help to iran. we are generous people and always help and always want to give and support those who are in need. but we're not going to let people walk all over us because we are being fools and we are led by greed, not by compassion, greed cloaked in compassion, that's what the religious institutions are selling you. [ applause ] >> now, here's an example of how much one of these organizations have made and i'm going to give you homework you can do your own homework on the others. here's one that i chose to show you how much these religious charities are getting and what is riding on the line for them and why they are pushing to bring refugees into the country. i'm going to use the lutheran
immigration and refugee service. the lutheran immigration and refugee service is 95% funded by your money, by your tax dollars. we looked at their latest forms they submitted, the latest form they submitted in august of 2015 that was available. and on page nine, it states that the total revenue for that year, for one year was $59,862,898. the total federal grants, money they got from our tax dollars were $55,341,175. so let me get this straight. they brought in 59 million, 55 million was from us. they also received from your money $1,817,755 for a loan for a service fee.
to say they are getting 95% of their funding from our tax dollars would be a very accurate piece of information. for more details on how these charities are getting their money, the federal grant, your money, that they are doing good with, you can go to usa spending.gov. and type in lutheran immigration and refugee services and see their hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and contracts over the last eight years to bring refugees to the country. but why should we be concerned about these refugees we are bringing in? while everybody is thinking terrorism, at this point i'm going to talk about the cultural impact, societal impact of these refugees coming here. we've heard from europe about the rape and sexual assaults that these refugees are perpetrating against women.
this is top news from europe right now. we heard about what happened in germany on new year's eve, over 1200 cases of rape and sexual assault, that the german government even try to cover up because they did not want people to know what the refugees are doing? actually, just this past friday night, there was a holiday in germany, some festival where they celebrate in different pubs, four women were sexually assaulted and german authorities are saying this is just the tip of the iceberg because we do not know what happened in other pubs as well by the refugees. why should we be worried here in the united states about the refugees? right now i'm going to go over cases of rape and sexual assault that we have experienced right here in the united states by refugees that we already brought in america. i'm not talking terrorism, i'm talking sexual rape and assault. lower massachusetts, a 13-year-old girl twice groped at the public pool by a 22-year-old
man from syria as a refugee. twin falls idaho, 5-year-old girl was raped by three iraqi and sue dan ease boys, less than two years prior imported. leesburg, virginia, west african refugee attempted to rape a college female by the dumpster at her college complex. virginia, four refugees indicted for plotting to kidnap and hold local rich women for ransom. utah, a muslim in the united states for one month brutally murdered a 7-year-old christian girl. california, a muslim man performed an honor killing on his wife and blamed it on islam phobia. a somali refugee beat and raped a north dakota woman while chanting allah ak bar.
this is the pattern of respect that these refugees are showing to our women and children in society. this is their detesting our western values and everything we hold dear. i'm go to use an example about the burmese we are importing. a lot of people are not paying attention to them. but i'll talk about the burmese refugees to show you the dwifrns between the value and cultural system of these refugees that they are coming from. i mentioned the case in salt lake city, where the muslim burmese raped and killed a 7-year-old girl. she died in excruciating pain because of the rape. shame on the mainstream media who never uttered a word about it, only in utah. and the reason why i bring this burmese example, last week a burmese refugee in australia was
sentenced to jail for viciously raping a 10-year-old little boy. the convicted muslim man said it was culturally acceptable in his society to rape children where he came from in burma. they do not look at it as rape and we see this pattern in using children all over the middle east. all over islamic societies. i only have 15 minutes left. oh, my gosh. they gave me the time. >> as a matter of fact, the reason i use the example about australia, we see this pattern of using children for sexual pleasure across the islamic world worldwide. child prostitution, especially sexual abuse of little girls, these perpetrators when they are confronted, they say, well, it is not rape, it is sanctioned in my culture and in my religion. so where does this belief come from? prophet muhammad who they
consider the perfect man, and they all want to em ulate, the girl at the age of 6 and consume mated the marriage at the age of 9. having said with 9-year-olds is not considered sin or rape or anything bad in islamic religion or culture. this is why see this rising all over the middle east and now it is rising all over the united states and western nations where these muslims immigrate. we have now imported and seated over 15,000 burmese in the united states throughout america in the last ten years. you do not know what is lurking in your city, in your community and what's happening and who's walking down the street or living near you. child brides are rising all over the west due to islamic refugees and migration.
countries reporting child brides are germany, 100 cases this year alone and only in the city of berlin. switzerland, 119 cases have been reported. that's a little over one every three days and nearly 22% involved girls under 16 years old. in the uk they are reportedly 100,000 marriages that are unrecognized under uk law. and the woman in them have no rights. they are known as sharia marriages of which two-thirds were polygamists. canada, negligenter land, denmark and australia are reporting the same thing. this is what the west is importing to its midsts and a value system that is completely opposed and different than anything we stand for and hold dear. refugee cities have become hubs for foreign i willnesses and bringing with them illnesses we have already eradicated in the united states such as tuberculosis and active
tuberculosis is exploding. colorado has 16 cases and i have close friends in colorado in this room. ohio, 11 cases, vermont, 35 cases, wisconsin, 117 cases. flori florida, 11, indiana, 4. kentucky, 9 and north dakota 4. by the way the majority of these cases are drug-resistant, which means this is active tuberculosis resistant to drugs and cost us the taxpayers $150,000 to treat one patient and it takes six to eight months while they are walking around and spreading the disease. refugee resettlement is no about humanitarianism about supplying cheap labor to drive -- that's what's driving most refugees coming to the united states. it's the food processing plant, meat packing, manufacturing and the hotel industry that have discovered that you can enjoy
the cheap labor at the expense of the u.s. taxpayer and at the expense of the cultural and societal upheaval communities are experiencing right now all throughout america. now, most refugees are on welfare of some sort, which makes anyone who employs them and listen to me carefully here, eligible for federal work opportunity tax credit. an employer has greater incentive to hire a refugee than to hire an american who is struggling. but doesn't want to be on welfare, including food stamps because there's a lot of americans who still have the integrity to say no, i'm going to work, i'm not going to collect welfare. i'm going to find a job and do it on my own, even if i have to work in construction. [ applause ] >> a refugee's salary is sub sid diesed by the u.s. taxpayer while an average american's job isn't. it is not that americans do not want to do the work.
there's a lot of americans who want to do the work. they don't care, they are starving. they want to contribute and do something. they want to attain the american dream and go after the american dream. they don't care if they work two shifts or three shifts in order for them to make money. but employers in these cheap like chobani yog urt, next time you buy, it is one of the largest employers of these refugees and driver. next time chobani hires a refugee because they are getting the work opportunity tax credit. so the government, our tax dollars is paying the salary of that refugee while the federal government does not pay the salary of an american. that's why organizations and companies like chobani are hiring and the drivers behind the refugees, not because americans cannot find work or do not want to work. it is because the refugees are taking their jobs away from them.
i want you all -- i urge you all to do your research on your refugee overloaded city or any city you live in where they are expecting refugees to come and research the campaign contributions to your elected officials down to the mayor, whatever your city council level and i want you to find out what business connections they have to these businesses because a lot of times these big businesses are giving campaign contributions to whoever running for office because they know once the city council and mayor are elected, they owe them to pay the favor back and pass the laws to bring the refugees back into the country. let's talk about terrorism threat and isis and infiltrating the refugee population. isis said, came out with video saying that they have planted 4,000 isis refugees and operatives, isis operatives and recruiters within the refugee population in europe. this is the same pool of refugees that the u.n. is
picking from the refugee population to bring to the united states. remember, you emphasize what refugees come to america. under the influence of -- you see a lot of muslim refugees coming to the united states. isis infiltrated the refugee population in europe. when we bring refugees to the united states, we have no idea what their loyalty is and whether they are working with isis or planted here or here to prepare attacks on 9/11. this is the week of 9/11. are they already here plotting to carry on attacks in the united states? if god forbid something happens, this 9/11 i want you to remember this speech and about isis already coming into the united states disguised as refugees. while i'm talking about refugees and loyalty to isis. iranian refugee addnan who died for isis was on welfare in the
united states. he was resettled in maine and leftist media was so up in arm, not because he was on welfare but because the governor revealed this information to the public. basically insulting or, you know, not respecting the islamist terrorist strive and death. not because he was on welfare fighting for isis but because the governor told the people. why would they be upset like that? why would the agencies be so upset, the federal contractors who are resettling the refugees? because that means it's going to create resistance and people like us who are very concerned about the issue to say, not in my community. here's the percentage of syrian muslims admitted to the united states by the obama administration this year. it's 99%. total syrian admitted $10,177, in this fiscal year. sunni muslims were $9,988.
shiite muslims were 20, muslims in general were 90. total of muslims 10,098 people. now, the reason why it is important right now to talk to your elected officials tomorrow and i'll get on that even more tomorrow, later on in my speech, because obama is coming to speak before the united nations september 19th and 20th this month, the united nations comes from the annual meeting up in new york. and obama this 19th and 20th is holding a summit on migration and he wants to be able to go before the united nations and tell them america, i'm pledging to bring 200,000 refugees to america in the next fiscal year, 2017, starting this october, 200,000 refugees. this is why right now congress
has to decide in the next four weeks whether they pass obama's proposal. you are the barrier, you are the firewall, your elected official is the firewall tomorrow afternoon to stop that. [ applause ] but i jumped ahead of myself. i want to continue a little bit more information because i believe this is very important. some syrians will end up coming here through other ways, there's a conference in february in which a georgetown university professor and humanitarian refugee adviser to the united nations secretary general said and i quote, there are alternative safe pathways that could inflate the number of fleeing syrians entering america to 100,000 people. here's how they want to do it. possibilities include giving scholarships and extending the ability of syrian-americans to sponsor relatives beyond their immediate family members to
include aunts and uncles and grapd parents. they are getting creative to speed up the path and way of getting refugees into the country. in addition, some 8,000 nonrefugees from syria, who are already in the united states, both legally and illegally have been allowed to remain under a program called temporary protected status. the department of homeland security recently renewed that status for another years. now, this is something we have to stop. the buck stops here. the buck stops with us. we need to protect our country. most experts agree that more than 20% of muslims are radicals. it is practically impossible to identify this group from the 75 or 80% who are not radicals. impossible. so i'm going to give you an example.
let's say 20% of chinese people are infected with the disease that is fatal on contact. fatal on contact. would we just continue to allow chinese to enter america rather than be called chinaphobic? or would we take the sensible approach of hoping chinese entering the country until we can figure out a way to know who was the carrier of the disease, that is fatal on contact? such as suicide bombers or terrorists when it comes to the refugee population. [ applause ] >> and we would want to check also that chinese people already in the country to make sure they are not carriers of the disease. that would be the sensible thing to do to protect the country and protect americans. that's why trump's approach makes sense. he cares about protecting americans more than about being called names. let's start being sensible and stop this political correctness that's going to kill us.
[ applause ] the buck stops with this congress, with the republican congress. right now the people are going to approve the refugees coming are not obama or hillary. you don't have to worry about that. the people that are going to stop them or allow them to come are the republican congress you'll meet with and talk with tomorrow. i know you're meeting with all members but you need to tell your representative in washington, starting now, because they are back tomorrow, wednesday, to withhold funding from the u.s. refugee admission program for fiscal year 2017 which begins in four weeks on october 1st, 2016. let these non-profit organizations who are religious charities, let them fund it out of their own pocket if they are so driven to bring refugees into
the country. congress is going to start debating the refugee issues starting tomorrow. how timely it is that we are here on tuesday and tomorrow wednesday after they come back from their long one-month recess to start debating the refugee issue and how exactly they are going to spend your money, how much they are going to throw of your money on the refugees funding them both through u.s. senate department and health and human services. forget obama and george zoros and contractors. this republican congress should be your target one focus in the next few weeks. republicans control the congress. that means they control the appropriateship committees in which they make the decision on how many refugees will come to your town in fiscal year 2017. by how much money they appropriate for the federal agencies department of state,
and health and human services. don't forget speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who as you can see are two of the most powerful people and play the most powerful role in your town getting refugees because they both have majority second in seniority in the appropriation committees. now, i know i'm running out of time. i'm going to wrap. before i start questions and answers, i want to remind you how important it is for you to meet with your elected officials tomorrow. we have appointments scheduled with you. this is not about being democrat and republican. this is not about being left or right. this is about protecting and preserving america and our freedoms and our values so our children can enjoy living in a country that is free. [ applause ]
this is not about painting with a broad bush and saying don't bring this and don't bring that. this is about preserving our values and screening, doing proper vetting or as donald trump would like to call it extreme vetting as to who we are bringing into the country. and i want to tell people who are watching us live right now, either on c-span or live on the internet, i want to tell you, join us. go to act for america.org and get involved. if you're concerned about the refugee issue, no matter where you live in the country, join our refugee resettlement working group. we have groups working all over to protect our communities. this is our chance to stop the flood gates. when you open the flood gates, you will not be able to close them back. the enemy will be within. now is your time, actforamerica.org and join us, become a member. join us as a financial supporter. we have a lot of work to do and we need your support. no matter where you are watching us right now, we need you
involved and we need you engaged. thank you for being here today, may god bless you and i open it for questions. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. the day is just starting! did i scare everybody? no questions. please come to the middle aisle and kelly will hand the microphone for people to ask questions. >> i'd like to remind you all your question is to be short and such sink. >> at the rnc i met with wally ferris and he's advising donald trump, i was praying you had
input into telling the trump campaign all of the information you have imparted us today. is that getting to the candidate? i'd like to see hillary get it but i'm sure she's not going to get it. i wonder if you have a way of getting it to the candidate, donald trump? >> thank you. great question. as an educational organization focused on national security, we made a special effort to make sure we educate our elected officials and those who are running for office on this very important issue because we believe there's a lot riding online. to answer your question, yes, we are providing the information in detail almost on a daily basis to educate elected officials as to what's at stake. >> hi. can we get all of the statistics somehow, all of the money and awesome statistics?
i was trying to write them down. is there a way to get all of that? >> yes, you can. we can get them to the chapters. i'll give you those talking points to the chapters and those who are here, i want you to join our refugee resettlement working group. right now we're getting this information out and we'll get it out even extensively after the national conference. the national conference took up a lot of time but starting next week you'll be bombarded with information because remember, congress has to make the decision before the 19th. and congress right now will either approve or disapprove obama's to bring 200,000 refugees. if hillary wins the presidency, you'll looking up to 600,000 refugees in the next four years. so a lot is riding on the line. you need to be engaged. go to act for america.org and join our refugee resettlement working group. >> i'm sandra al fonsi. >> hi, sandra! finally.
>> i have a question based on the different organizations which are providing the funding. why is it i can check the hebrew aid society, find an answer for that. if all of the organizations are christian, how is this money being used for only the bringing the muslims and there's a total disregard of all of the christian refugees and not being brought in or being harbored or given safe haven? >> sandra, such an important question and this is so painful to me because remember, i was a persecuted christian. i'm a christian who lived in a bomb shelter for in a war-torn zone for seven years of my life. i used to think where are the christians around the world. only now i realize that i understand that they don't give a flying kite about what's happening to the christians. they are making a ton of money off bringing the muslims and
it's all about money. money, money, money. get the idea out of your head that this is about humanitarianism and it's about compassion. it is not. it is about money. i mean, i shared with you one example and you saw the type of money. $55 million from the treasury department to resettle refugees? come on. out of their $59 million. what about the christians? here is the other problem, why we're not seeing a lot of christians here. remember, they're bringing these from the refugee camps in europe. but the christians are not in the refugee camps because they're being raped, harassed and abused by the muslims. so they fled, so the christians realize, we better take a chance being on the streets and trying to fend for ourselves than be in a u.n. concentration -- concentration, in a u.n. refugee camp or muslims are basically lawless, muslims are doing anything they want to do and the aid workers cannot do anything about it. that's why. so it is shameful, but this is
exactly why it is important to ask your pastor and your church and your religious organization who talks to you about bringing refugees not united states, you need to ask them, okay, how admirable, how many rchristians are you bringing? what are you doing with the christians because the christians and the yazidis are the true victims in this. not the muslims. muslims can go to saudi arabia. christians can't. muslims can go to yemen. christians can't. christians have to come to a christian nation. like europe or the united states. they're not accepted in saudi arabia or in pakistan or in afghanistan or any of those nations. they have no place to go. muslims can. so it is our duty to help the christians. this is the type of questions or comments you can tell your pastors when they start talking about from the pulpit about why, you know, they're bringing all these wonderful things doing to bring refugees into america. thank you, sandra. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> can you explain the current
vetting process that is going on? >> say that again. >> can you explain the current vetting process for the refugees coming to the u.s.? >> basically right now they are skipping the vetting process. now, our government was telling us, it takes 14 to 16 months to do the vetting. baloney. right now they have them on the federal express program. they are just bringing them as fast as they can. and what vetting? so they are choosing from muslims in a refugee camp, u.n. refugee camp in europe. the refugee tells you, i don't have any papers, i lost my passport, i don't have any identity because i fled. my name is ahmed mohammad. okay. how can you prove anything? he's not in our database. you have to take him at his word because you don't know whether his name is mohammad ahmed or rahil bastani. when they tell you it is a vetting process, it is absolute
blown baloney. we know isis was in the business of printing fake passports. the vetting process is baloney right now. it doesn't work. it is a lie. window dressing. thank you. yes, sir. >> breitbart reported that during obama's term, an average of 140,000 immigrants from all over, but they claim 70% from muslim countries have brought into this country. and this supposed fact was confirmed to me by author jim simpson who wrote a book whose title ends in "erasing america," claiming all the muslim immigrants are brought in for the purpose of erasing america. can you verify that there is all these other immigrants that have come in during obama's term that nobody seems to be acknowledging? >> well, you heard me talk about
the burmese refugees. now, a lot of people don't think, how many of you in the room think when you hear refugees, you think about people from burma? you don't. you think somalia refugees, you think syrian refugees, we know refugees from iraq, we know, for example, we have resettled 100,000 refugees and 100 somali refugees, 100,000 somali refugees. but other people are not thinking about the other type of refugees who are coming. like this guy, the burmese guy, who had no compunction raping a 7-year-old to death in utah. in his culture, it is permissible. it is not rape. so this is the type of stuff people are not talking about. and as we bring more refugees, it is not that it is a part of a conspiracy, i'm not into conspiracy theories. i don't talk about that. i talk about facts only. so i'm not sure but i can tell you, the book you referenced,
when they say, you know, over 70% muslims, absolutely if not even more. we have some christians come in, but very few. the majority of the refugees that have been coming are muslims. the 15,000 burmese we have resettled in the united states in the last ten years are muslims. who are now walking into the community. so it is changing the face of our society. i was having dinner with friends last night, and they just came back from europe. they were in europe for two weeks on vacation. and then they went to visit their daughter in minnesota, in minneapolis, st. paul. they said they saw more people in burqa in minneapolis and the two days they spent in minneapolis than two weeks in europe. so, yes, the face of our country is changing, because of the type of immigrants coming here who are not assimilating. the previous immigrants who came to the united states wanted to assimilate. couldn't wait to assimilate. they did assimilate. but now we're talking about a
different breed of refugees and immigrants who are coming to this country. not to assimilate, but to bring their third world system and values with them to our first class country bringing us down. we already saw what happened in europe. and it is happening here. and don't tell me societies are created equal. our societies are ten times better than backward societies such as societies in the middle east and north africa. thank you, sir. next question. >> yes, this is my first year at this great conference. >> thank you. welcome. >> thank you very much. i've heard from other people that have been here previous years that sometimes we go to the meetings with the congress people and they send their aides instead of attending themselves. my question is, is there a way of possibly shaming these -- for this very important day in their jobs of where they are at, why they need to send these aides, find out what they are doing so
we can broadcast it, put it on the internet, and get some shame from them? >> we're going to be talking later about this at the end of the day, lisa perennial will get into the details of that. you do not want to miss the last session of the day today between 5:00 and 6:00. the most important session of the day is how to talk to your elected officials, what they do, how they operate, the importance of talking to their staffs, chiefs of staffs. sometimes talking to their staffers is even more important than talking to them because their chiefs of staff and staffers are actually the ones who make the decision and tell the congressman what to do or congresswoman. so if you do not meet with the elected official himself or herself, rest assured your meeting is not wasted. we'll get into that later on at end of the session in great detail, especially we go on the hill tomorrow. by the way, tomorrow, you're going to meet personally 16
members of congress who are going to be speaking to us on capitol hill to the conference. so you're going to get to ask them questions. talk to them. hear them out. let them know how you feel. 16 of them are going to be standing right before you like i am now. thank you. >> brigitte, this will be the last question. >> okay. >> good morning, miss gabriel. this is my first year at the conference. one of your videos you announced we're at war with an ideology, not a nation. how would we combat an ideology instead of actually having a place to go? >> great question. we are at war with an ideology because islam is a political movement cloaked in religion. now, there are those who practice spiritual islam, spirituality is wonderful. you're going to hear from raheel raza later on today, an example of what a moderate muslim is all about. and she's a practicing muslim. she practices the spirituality,
the spiritual islam, spirituality is great. but political islam, where they want to enforce their rule over us or it is their way or the highway, where we all go to hell because we are inferior to islam, we are not equal in the eyes of god, and the eyes of allah, those type of people who hold that ideology do not belong in our nations or walking around us because in our nations we are all equal in the eyes of god and we are all equal under the constitution which is the law of the land. there are moderate muslims who acknowledge that, and there are those that do not. it is the ones that do not that we have a problem with. but the first way we begin to win our fight against the ideology is by basically having the backbone to say it's the ideology, stupid, it is rad cic islam, it is political islam and we need to change it and that starts with our spineless elected officials on capitol hill and this is why we need to elect somebody with the moral
clarity and the courage to say what needs to be said! thank you. [ applause ] may god bless you. we're going to rock 'n' roll. it is going to be a great conference. i am here, ask me any questions you want throughout the rest of the day. now i'm going to bring, the exciting, the wonderful, carrie french back on stage. thank you very much! [ applause ] >> well, thank you, brigitte. isn't she outstanding? i get to work with her. i'm so lucky. before i introduce our next speaker, i just wanted to let you know that i just got this from refugee resettlement watch, ann cochran who was at one of our conferences before that the federal resettlement contractors plan a september 15th post card dump and rally on capitol hill. how many of you are planning to go see your elected
representatives tomorrow? i want to see all your hands up. okay. how many of you think that you can make a difference? not as many hands, but you know what, let me tell you what, every person matters. you've got to get in there. you talk with the staffers, be respectful, make relationships, and this is how we get things done. i learned a lot from lisa when she helped us learn how to talk with our representatives and congressmen because, i mean, a lot of us are are angry, right? a lot of us are upset. we feel like we don't make a difference. we feel like we are not having an effect on them. but when we learn from lisa how we can be effective, i'll tell you what, in washington state, when i was the chapter leader in state director there, we got our alac bills passed in amendments. that's a blue state, folks. and we had a democrat governor sign off on it. and this year i got a memo from
one of the staffers in olympia saying they're going to put my fgm bill on the agenda. so i've been working on that for three years. so be patient. i know it gets frustrating. be patient. it is super important you make an attempt to get into to talk with your congressmen because they need to hear from you because if you are coming, you know, to go see them, you will make an impact because they know there are people at home that deposit ta didn't take the effort to go and see them. so our next speaker, i'm so excited to hear him speak, he's an attorney, a decorated intelligence officer, stephen coughlin was a visiting fellow of the international assessment and security centers national security law project. and he was the pentagon's leading expert on islamic law. he is in demand as a lecturer at the naval war college, marine
corps, headquarters quantico, and the fbi and other agents and private groups. as a major in the united states army reserves, he's been assigned to u.s. central command in strategic communications role, u.s. assignments including the pentagon's national military joint intelligence center, and the national security council's interagency perception management threat panel. that's a mouthful. culminating in his assignment to the joints chief of staff. his work included counterpropaganda and support of the state department as well as target development in the immediate post 9/11 period. in 2008, after warning the pentagon about the islamic society of north america's affiliation with the muslim brotherhood, terrorist sympathizer lobbied to get coughlin fired, resulting in the pentagon not renewing his contract. in ignoring coughlin's warnings, the pentagon turned a deliberate blind eye to the reality of islamic terrorism leading
directly to nidal hasan's november 2009 jihadist attack on ft. hood. the negative implications of coughlin's termination were discussed repeatedly including in many books including they must be stopped, why we must defeat radical islam and how we can do it by our own brigitte gabriel, and published only three weeks before the ft. hood tragedy, muslim mafia, inside the secret underworld that is conspireing to islamize america. after his e's done speaking, he will be signing his books, but i want to remind you we have some great speakers and you don't want to miss them. so if you want to get his book and get it signed, try to do it quickly because we have got awesome speakers here. so i would ask you to please join me in welcoming mr. steve coughlin. [ applause ]
>> for people who know me and, thank you very much, thank you for act for america for having me here. it is an honor. for people who know me, they know i just brutalize them with briefings and slides that go six hours because my view is we own the facts in the war on terror. and the other side desperately, desperately, desperately seeks you to get off the factual standard and use their language to discuss things that don't reach facts, so that you will always sound silly. we're now at the point, this is what i want to talk about tonight, tonight, this morning, where i think this becomes one of the central issues to do this. what i'm going to do today, which is different, and you can go ahead is i'm going to throw a couple of vignettes.
the name of this brief is we're at war, the calm before the storm. everybody kind of feels it. we kind of feel like am i beating my head against the door? how many people feel that who are been involved in this? how many people recognize that here we are, eight years into a war, or 12 years into a war, 15 years into a war, where we have perfect intelligence on who these people are and a national commitment to make sure those facts and a discussion based on factual terms never comes to the front. we have some people here who i'm familiar with, i want to point out, because i want to make this part of the discussion. go ahead. you can advance the slide. is earlier today we were talking about political correctness and how we have to attack political correctness. i think it is really important for people to understand this. and it is going to be something that subsumes a lot of what i'll be talking about today.
and that is this. the political correctness is an enforcement mechanism to a cultural marxist narrative that seeks to destroy your identity. and when we take a look at the muslim brotherhood's main strategy to defeat the west, and i'll throw a couple of slides up there, that strategy is to just ride on this narrative that the left created in the 1980s. they saw that this racism, sexism, homophobia issue would bring down the west, and they just came up with the word islamophobia and inserted it into that siligism and enforced the agenda on automatic pilot. the reason i'm bringing this up is because when you start to say political correctness gets in the way, when you hear a general with combat responsibilities say, political correctness gets in the way of my doing my job, what he just told you was it was more important for him to be
politically correct than to keep your sons and daughters alive and to win the war. and i think it is super important to understand that that is what political correctness is. and that has to become the number one objective here to look at, because it is through narratives they seek to win the war. now, what i was going to say, there is a couple of people here, valerie from canada, elizabeth from austria, and david petty and some others who we made a point of going to europe for the organization of security and cooperation in europe. osce. you have to check me on that, osce and ioc sometimes flow in my mind. the reason i say this is because we started going there a couple of years ago to think about how in the international -- the osce is an official -- an official formal international delegation that the u.s. is a participating member. formally. so this is a diplomatic event. and we started going there.
we actually got a couple of years ago to get the people -- again, an official event, the people on the left who helped craft the islamophobia narrative and the turkish delegation that was there representing the ioc, we got them to admit that the word islamophobia has no definition. in a very conference where the effort was to criminalize people engaging in islamophobia. now, i think people laugh at that, because i'm a lawyer. what is the consequences of deliberately constructing a term that has no meaning, but can be used to prosecute people if it doesn't mean we're going to go after you for the things you say. and we'll figure out whether it works and bankrupt you in the process. it is really important. a year ago we wasn't to austria to another osce forum and we
heard the panel, an official panel say the colony islamic state, the islamic state should constitute a hate crime. so we line people up to challenge that. and the first point was, wait a second here, the islamic state calls itself the islamic state and we're stating a fact that it is the islamic state. the answer was, well, yes, when they call themselves the islamic state, that's that it is. but when you call it the islamic state, you're reinforcing a narrative, you're reinforcing a stereotype and therefore for you it is a hate crime. so we had the next person come up to bat and the question was, well, wait a second here, are you saying that something known to be true, that everybody accepts to be true, and true as a matter of fact, that speech, known to be true, can constitute a hate crime? and the answer at this formal
international declaration was yes. so i think it is really, really important to understand that when you see the attack victimers coming at us, this is what my brief will be really -- it is going to be a call to act, really, i'm not going to really educate people except with whatever time i have left over i'll start talking about the cve, it is really about using a couple of vignettes to say, this is the game, and we don't see anybody talk about this. but it is the game. and the game is this war is intended to be fought at the political warfare level through control of speech, the enemy and it is not just the islamic enemy at the point at which they touch you, it is these narratives that we're not necessarily constructed by them, but are being enforced through what are called the hate speech narratives. does that make sense? and what is that? well, we'll talk about it a little bit.
but it is designed to suppress your speech. and all the oic did was make sure when the hate speech narrative came in, all their issues on not defaming islam was subsumed in what is called and the term we use facially neutral language. now, i'm a lawyer, so i'm familiar with that term. what is facially neutral language? all these things that will be used to really destroy your free speech rights will be stated and facially neutral language when you just read it, you don't really get the sense of what it is saying. it sounds neutral. it sounds harmless. it is only when you see how it starts to take effect that you realize this is a real attack on speech. a real attack on speech that is designed to intimidate you. it is designed to intimidate you and to shutting your mouth. and we have pretty good reason to believe that the entire force of the state is behind that. and it is shockingly bipartisan. you want to come and tell me
what president obama has done with isis and syria? and i'll show you lindsey graham and john mccain writing point there. people talked -- it was brought up i was pushed out of the pentagon for briefing facts that could not be coninttroverted. that was the bush administration. i want to put that in frame here as we talk about this, because, you know what, i was talking to someone last night, they're retiring from legislature and i talked to some other people and they said, do you want to give a speech in her legislature and the answer was, no, what am i going to say that they don't already know? does anybody feel that way? do you understand in information operations when you have more powerful enemy, that's exactly what they want you to think. but think about this. how many people realize -- how many people take a look and think we're losing because the political establishment is all in?
but they're losing their base. think about that. if you leave the political views aside, had the party in power not been in power, could bernie sanders, a renegade on the left, defeated hillary clinton? and did donald trump, well, the defining characteristic of both these people is they were saying they have no faith in this political establishment. so they're doubling down on their power, precisely because it may well be that with the folks we're winning, and i think we need to remember that. so let's go. the first little vignette i want to do is something called al qaeda 2.0. why do i do that? go ahead. because -- because that's how we called it when i was reading this al qaeda 2.0 when it came out in 2002-2003. you have an article written in 2005, written by a man named huad hussein when he was in jail with an al qaeda leader named
zarqawi. and at the time he was just al qaeda. of course, al qaeda became al qaeda in iraq and it became isil and is became isis, okay. i'm one of those people who think people get way too worked around the axle on making distinctions between al qaeda and isis. because al qaeda will always be spinning out operational activities that once they get beaten, they can spin something else out. but in 2005, he was interviewed in this article to talk about what al qaeda's plan was as published in 2005. go ahead. and all i want to do is point out, go ahead, is point out that they said, in the year 2002 that between 2010 and 2013 they would collapse the arab states, and they would -- and they would -- they would collapse the arab states. there are people who know me from back in 2010 that i was
briefing on capitol hill at the end of 2010, watch out, the brotherhood is going to be leading the charge to take down these arab states, it is going to look like a freedom movement, and nobody is going to understand that from beginning to end it is going to be a takedown. and then five months later, in february, we saw the arab spring. of course they knew the english speaking journalists would go to tahrir square and interview english speaking people to talk about freedom. they know it is as easy as giving a kid candy, giving the west what it wants to hear, so they created a party called freedom and justice. but, you know, they know what you think about that. but they also know what it means is freedom from the laws of man, justice according to sharia. so the point is at no time was there an arab spring movement and i have the briefings including the video of being on
capitol hill showing that what was going to happen that did happen. the fifth phase was to begin in 2013 with the establishment of the caliphate, and the foundation of the islamic state. and, of course, phase six would begin in 2016, and that would be total confrontation. so i think this is really important because we have a 2005 article written by somebody interviewing al qaeda on a document they wrote in 2002 telling you what their timeline is, and they are exactly where they said they would be. okay. exactly where they said they would be. so when we take a look at the balance sheet, we're batting zero on what you're being told, al qaeda's defeated, we could peg the narrative, al qaeda is defeated, al qaeda is resurging, al qaeda has to be fought. al qaeda is going to dwrougroun.
not based on anything going on over there. it was the news cycle. that's just kind of the trending cycle. we knew from the beginning, brigitte, do you have a problem with that? absolutely not. it is all nonsense. go ahead. so the other thing i want to bring up is orlando. go ahead. it is 2016. so we should see all-out confrontation. i would argue it actually started in december 2015 with what we saw in san bernardino. why? because there is something called the ten-year program of action that the oic implemented in 2005 to make definition of islam a crime in every jurisdiction. and in december, it expired. and actually almost to the very week where it expired we saw the events in france, we saw events in orlando. so i kind of say this triggers the beginning. and this is going to be the model. but what i'm saying here is on may 26th, i wrote something telling people watch out, we're
going to see some strike here. and then what did we see? we see the declared jihadi attack, just according -- just the way isis declared it, and just the manner al qaeda said isis in inspire magazine it should be done. the actions were completely in line. go ahead. after the event, after the event, we had al qaeda actually write a little paper doing a little analysis, and after action review. people in the military know exactly what i'm talking about. here you have a man who claimed it, here you have isis calling for it, al qaeda calling for it, and showing what has to be done, and you have after the event al qaeda critiquing it, you have the man calling the police and spending a lot of time saying that he is a member of isis, and he's killing because of their call for that event. and yet you saw on tv that the biggest struggle was to get the
discussion off the fact of the matter, the facts of what happened and transition it to the violent extremism narrative. is that right? okay. and from that point on, facts that define the event had to compete in a smothering fashion with narratives designed to president is it. and put garbage out there and make it compete with it to give you the impression that there was really a question about what happened. go ahead. i want to talk about san bernardino, why am i showing you these things? why am i showing you al qaeda 2.0 or orlando and san bernardino? because we're seeing an unrolling of a hostile activity that is wright it is supposed to be. all we have to do is read it. and here is the thing. they translate it in english for you. and whether it is our government leaders, or whether it is elite media, they have made a decision that they want to talk about what they want to talk about.
and they don't want to talk about this. i think that san bernardino was really scary. why? because of what happened that we don't talk about. and you know what that is? with san bernardino, the muslim brotherhood took control of the narrative from beginning to end. they took control of it. go ahead. so here you see, how many people remember this? care before the fbi could get up and give their explanation of events, care is up there setting the narrative. the council on american islamic relations. usually if i give something like this, i give a precursor on who the brotherhood is. i don't think that's necessary here. is that fair? okay. cair set the narrative. you have an imam with the first responders. do you think that just happens? so go ahead.
this is something i think is scary. everybody remembers that day, loretta lynch basically talking about anti-muslim speech edges toward violence. remember, islamophobia has no definition. just like edging towards violence means anything someone wants it to mean when they arrest you and then bankrupt you after they -- and then drop charges. but, you know, it is not just that she said that. i want you it look at what is behind her when she said it. it says, muslim advocates promoting freedom and justice for all. so here you have at san bernardino a man who goes to a christmas party to kill a jew or what he thought to be a jew. i know friends in the jewish community will argue. but that's what he thought. that's good enough for this discussion, is it not? okay. and here you have loretta lynch, who calls himself freedoms of
justice? the muslim brotherhood. here she is on a dias committing, telling americans on a dias that if you do anything about what you just saw, she's going to come after you. does that not scare people? how many people think it is really important to understand what muslim advocates promoting freedom and justice for all really means? and how many people think to the extent they saw it, it means well, that's cool, it must be like freedom, liberty and justice for all. okay. so, and, of course, i have that muslim brotherhood thing basically saying, they say that's who they are. the mother of the killer was a member of igna. go ahead. toward the end of the event, you had jeh johnson saying what? he said, well, he went to their forum, he went to -- who runs the islamic society, who runs
the islamic society of -- here you have from the beginning of the event to the very end our national leaders decided that they were going to be associated with the muslim brotherhood to including to allow them to set the debate to allow the attorney general to stand on a muslim brotherhood dias to threaten americans and to have the let's talk about how much of a tragedy this is at a muslim brotherhood mosque. how many people put that together before i said this? raise your hands. is that not scary? i'll tell you why it is not scary. how many people do you think missed the muslim brotherhood community around the world? go ahead. so here you have cair telling muslims in america not to talk to the police. but i like to -- i like to bring this up to you. because where as i could make a pretty good argument that the muslim brotherhood represents leadership element of the muslim community in america because they get the media and they talk to our government, it is not at
all clear that most muslims agree or even participate in that. so the question becomes, if you are muslim, and you want to be an american citizen and obey the constitution of the united states, do you think you're going to go to the fbi or dhs to report a possible terrorist event when you know their outreach partners of the brotherhood? are you going to do that? so who guarantees, really, that you're not going to get reports from that community besides the brotherhood who are threatening people right here? so i would like to argue that we are doing this, we're seeing the brotherhood actually advertise what they're doing, we're seeing our government completely affiliate with them at the time of tragic events, and it goes right by people. i would argue, go ahead, i would argue that our whole orientation to the war on terror has been reduced to incoherence.
and that we have lost the battle and the information battle space. we have lost it. go ahead. the very way we talk about this war ensures that we cannot effectively engage it. leaderless jihad, human terrain, violent extremists, lone wolf. every one of them are nonsense. they sound analytical. they're not. they are designed to get you to talk about what a political scientist, a sociologist or anthropologist thinks is intellectually intriguing when they built a model to understand events that could be explained without the model. but you know what happens when you're talking about the model? you're not talking about the cause and fact. you're not talking about the fact that isis has a timeline. and they're right where they said they would be. now, you're a reporter. and you start to realize that the freight train that is
running people over right now is something they decided not to carry, are they going to get on board with that and admit they were completely lost? is national security staff going to admit they got in bed with people who declared their objective was to subvert america from within by among other things working with them? no. all speak to behavioral models. when watching reports after a terrorist event, we pointed this out to people, i talked to somebody that does special operations at the special operations level, we would watch how the information activities would get involved when you watched -- you watched the jockeying after orlando. or the whole thing was about getting people to talk about, wow, was it a lone wolf? was it a leaderless jihad? was it self-radicalization? you see, you can start off by saying leaderless jihad, but have to get to self-radicalization. once you get to self-radicalization, you're talking about nonsense. you're talking about something that people write positions on
where you can spend your whole life talking about violent extremism and never once talk about al qaeda. so, go ahead, the attacks is the basis of the threat's main effort. this is what we have to understand. they don't plan to win the war on the battlefields of iraq and syria. they plan to win the war on the information battle space here. they execute at the political warfare level, targeting control, targeting control at decisionmaking to control narratives used to analyze and discuss events. the two primary vectors that we see this happening on are u.n. resolution 1618, and the countering violent extremism narratives implemented by our government and many governments. we'll talk about it -- we'll talk about the cve later. in more detail if we have time. but the very use of the word radicalization is itself a dead end. why? go ahead. this is -- it is a busy slide, i
apologize for it, but it sisi in his speech. he wasn't talking about radicalized misinterpretation to text when he went to alazar. academically it is the princeton, harvard, yale, dartmouth combined together times two. you wear the hat that tells everybody he is the top one half of 1% of the well, you know, i use the word ordained, credentialed imams. that's where he went. and he told the elites of alazar they had to redetermine and redefine sacred text known to be sacred text. you see the very minute we talk about him talking to radicalized imams, we instantly misdefine
what he said. did we not? because that's not what he said and that's not who he talked to. but more importantly, once we got into the radicalized language, we ended up not being able to support sisi and his efforts, at the same time supporting the narrative that is preferred by the muslim brotherhood. so the brotherhood puts us there. go ahead. and make no mistake, this is all really about controlling speech. this is an example here. go ahead. how many people heard when we hear people -- our politicians talk about isis, the first thing they say is this has nothing to do with islam. how many people heard that? okay. why is it that they get to tell you what islam is but if you come up with a fact-based, cited, use of islamic sources response, you're the person who is a hater who has to justify what he said. i say this because al azhar came
out and stated, you have two different sources telling you flat out what? that you cannot say what isis does is apostasy. what does that mean? it means that it is not unislamic. and for every politician and reporter and people who want to sound smart who starts off their narrative by saying that what isis does has nothing to do with islam, i have a source that beats every one of their sources and beats it 50 times over. we are being controlled by narratives. go ahead. so let's look at this graphic from a prestigious ngo at the -- that goes through the international circuits. see what they have? they actually -- they actually get it right. 66% of terrorism comes from al qaeda, taliban, boko haram and isis.
how many people think we really don't know what causes them to fight? how many people know, like their life depends on it, that they fight to re-establish the caliphate and institute islamic law through jihad? defined in violent terms? how many people think that any other explanation besides that is disinformation? what i want people to think about is the very process of making the language and discussion sound academic is that itself the point at which it becomes a lie. it is disinformation. because, go ahead, the very next slide talks about the care -- the motivation, what causes this terrorism? and what are they telling you? it is all this nonsense. now, you can read that and say, well, you know, if you look in, read what they're saying, you can see where you can put isis in there, my point is, you would have to do that. what are they making a point of not doing? they're not talking about this. go ahead. ladies and gentlemen, we are at
war. we are at war with an enemy who openly declares himself, they identify their strategies, they write them in english because they have convinced you that if you read them, they don't mean anything, because there are a thousand different interpretations of islam. but more importantly, they got your government to fire you. they got your media outlet, if you're a reporter, to fire you, if you should just happen to decide to read what al qaeda says when they say they're going to kill you and point out that they did it. they're exactly on track. do you see, the minute we start talking factually today about what they're doing, you have the whole question about what percentage of our national security establishment is just simply incompetent? they base their strategies on published doctrines. we know that the brotherhood has
operationalized, we know jihadi organizations make it run. go ahead. so we're, you know, we get the kinetic part of it, we're also at war with the nonkinetic strategies that are executing in plain sight. again, with published islamic law, that the oic implements internationally at places like the osce, that the brotherhood executes as well. go ahead. and here i call this the splinter. why is it the splinter? i'm not going to have time to talk about splinter movement theory, but when you create groups that wants to get an opinion, you create one, the darwa entity, the brotherhood, you create that -- or we can come up with a maoist example, and a splinter that is violent. then as soon as the violent group hits, the nonviolence splinter says if you work with us, we can keep them from killing you. well, what do we have to do?
well, you have to do what they say. oh, okay. and you see we're going to help you. we're moderate. we want to help you. okay. this is classical splinter movement operation. of course, the jihadi elements are groups like al qaeda, or isis, and the uma par excellence is the oic. go ahead. we're at war and it is concept of warfare called political warfare and i'm actually relating here to the maoist model. based on using violence, terrorism in this war, as a support mechanism to the nonviolent, to get you to -- or the nonviolent part is the main effort. in the sense this is just what north vietnam did. how many people remember a certain colonel sumner asking the general in vietnam, generals, yeah, we win every battle and he said, you idiots, we won the war.
we do not even understand in america that our national security establishment doesn't even speak in terms of strategic design. so they do not understand strategic information operations, and they wouldn't recognize political warfare information campaigns coming at them if their life depended on it. how do we know? because they -- their outreach partners are the people who say their job is civilization jihad. so let's get through the next couple of slides. we know who the oic is. we know who the brotherhood is. right. we know -- go ahead. we know the other people that -- are the outreach partners for our government. so what i would like to do is look at the political warfare slide because this is the maoist insurgency model. why am i putting this up here? i'll have a slide, i'll beat my own lines up, i'm jumping to my own conclusions here, because if we saw what the brotherhood was doing here as an intelligence officer watching what was going
on in europe or asia, we would say, that looks like an insurgency. okay. political warfare is about creating the counterstate where the other side has people, technical skills, weapons, propaganda, media, and create lines of operation that attack the political, violent, nonviolent, allies and international speahere. what you have to do is recognize that at the strategic level and counter it. but you have to recognize that. go ahead. so what i think is interesting is the reason i talk about the maoist model, i can convince people there is such a thing as a maoist model without being called a conspiracy theorist. that would never happen, that can't happen. i said, we write books about this happening. we just can't get over ourselves. and that it can happen to us. so i just think it is interesting, here you have mao zedong, the people are the see that the revolutionary swims in.
and the chief jurist of the muslim brotherhood saying something similar, the awakening is a tributary. i can stop here. i think it is really important. i'll probably jump to a couple more slides, but the enemy's main effort is a sustained strategic information campaign at the political warfare level. what is the objective? to win the war by denying you the ability to identify him, thereby allowing him to control you. we see these hate speech narratives coming. do we not? we know we can feel it. so here you have a famous quote from sam sue, tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. now one of the senior generals at our special operations command recently made this statement. we do not understand the movement, and until we do, we are not going to defeat it. we have not defeated the idea.
we don't even understand the idea. that's a general officer allocating force to fight a war. do you think that isis knows that our generals don't know what they're doing? do you think they know our -- do you think the people who are the outreach partners for our law enforcement know that they don't know what they're doing? let me ask you this question. do you think the russians know that? do you think the chinese know that? do you think that they see a bureaucratic establishment that is institutionalized, academic? i say academic, so phistic models which have the allusion of science and are collapsing on themselves and the american people having to opt for new parties because of it. go ahead. so i wrote my thesis in 2007 --
how much time do i have? oh. in 2007. it is interesting to know from the introduction i had here that within five months of writing this thesis, i was removed. okay. that was the national intelligence college. the cost of not understanding the enemy is getting high. and higher every day. it will be increasingly measured by news stories that narrow in on senior leaders inability to answer basic questions about the nature of the enemy. it will manifest itself in official responses to terrorist attacks that become progressively less reality based. are we there? are we there? so in the next administration, go ahead, in the next administration we need to have a real campaign plan to defeat a real enemy. how do we know he's an enemy? he said so.
how do we know he's serious? he kills people. how do we know that there is a complete next us between what his statement is when he declared himself as an enemy and people being dead. he publishes his doctrine. and now al qaeda writes in english because they know that our national security leadership will say, well, not going to read that, isis wrote it. that's the real answer you get. so we need to fight this as if it were a real war, demanding real intelligence and enables real campaign plans and attack the enemy strategy. at the strategic level. that creates unity effort, generates economic and military efficiencies, countering at those very lines of operation we know they're operating on. does the brotherhood control the media? do they control our government counterterror apparatus?
do they -- can you get expelled from a catholic university for standing up for your faith if the muslim student association comes at you? how about a lutheran? how about an evangelical? how about a jewish? okay. i want you to understand this political warfare model and i'm speaking about the maoist insurgency model. that's how they're coming at you. or islamic variation of it and we need to win by countering that. go ahead. so i think i'll end with this slide, or not, yeah, i'll end with this slide. when i say we're in a complete state of strategic incomprehension, don't you think that's why people are bailing? i mean, i'm not a bernie sanders fan, but don't you think that the left is realizing these people are just in there to keep themselves in power? if you take a look at when people thought that cruz and rubio were outsiders, and you
take a look at all the votes in the republican conference, 85% of the votes were against the establishment. i think people know this. how many people here don't know who abdel rakim el bahaj is. it is a man we capture and renditioned. we actually have his dna. he was a member of the lifg, a libyan terrorist group that we associated with al qaeda. but then, of course, we needed moderates so they became moderate. belhaj is the leader of isis in libya. and what you see right there is lindsey graham and john mccain either giving or getting an award from him. okay. total strategic incomprehension. if you point this out to him, he'll attack you because he -- this is how -- you guys orient
facts and think the fact that al qaeda is killing people is what matters, but we have the relationships. we know you do. okay. and we have that special nostic knowledge. but these are the people who determine those vetted moderates for us, aren't they? aren't they? so it shouldn't surprise us who the immigrants are coming over in syria because it is the same type of vetted moderates. belhaj, a man who we have absolute understanding of. so what i would like to do, i'll skip to cve because we're out of time, i want to kind of go slow because, people say, steve, you go so fast. and believe me, i do. i go into the weeds and made a decision not to because this is one of those, we're at the calm before the storm. how many people feel the calm before the storm? how many people came here just feeling a tad bit demoralized?
you know, you bump your head against the wall. but if you really were, why would you see people walking in and really coming at you hard? the goal is to make you feel hopeless at a time when if you realized you weren't, you could take the upper hand. and that's what's important to know. at a time when you have to basically realize you're asking yourself why you're here, that's when you have to tell yourself, this is exactly the reason i'm here. and this is the old saying when the going gets tough, the tough get going, we're going to enter the time right now where in this calm before the storm, we're going to have to recognizing it is going to start getting rough and it is going to start becoming more hard ball as if it hasn't already been hard ball for people who have been playing this. we all feel it. we all see it. and the question is, when i think you were talking about the girl in idaho, part of that story, part of that story is
that the medical staff and the local coroners refused to give the parents the medical explanation for what happened. i briefed in minnesota where i brought up the question of rapes. and they were all kind of lackadaisical about the briefing until i brought that up. then all of a sudden they perked up, because, of course, where they had communities, they had a massive increase in rape and they wanted to see the justification in that. so alongside the sexual predatory activity you're going to see, you're going to see it is nonreporting or ineffective reporting and attacking you for drawing the connections that exist. with that, i'd like to thank everybody and we'll open it up to questions. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> again, i'd like to remind you
to keep your questions short and sweet. >> steve, thanks so much. i'm tim greenburg from long island. we must have you out there. and i do feel demoralized because we're knocking our brains out and my question is, exactly what is going on and we're going to be on the hill, it seems to me there is so much money, it is always the money, being spent around congress, the capit capitol, i don't know if we can get these people to wake up. it seems that they're already in their own elite little world. get more folks in here. i'm not sure how to change the mind set. >> well, i actually am very sympathetic to that. a woman just asked me a question, i'll make those slides available to people who want them. and i have to confess or apologize, i didn't bring books with me, they didn't arrive in time, so i apologize for that. i think people have to start
getting really -- i'm not advocating -- this is not in violence. but i think people have to start getting angry. i mean, really angry. and, you know, there is a member of congress, they had a huge election. they won on two issues. and it is those two issues that caused republicans to get elected and the very next day after the election, you saw the future majority leader say, you know how we won this election on the two issues? we're in the gonot going to do and we'll give obama more than the democrats did when they were in congress. and they did. and what you saw there was a political establishment disenfranchise its own base. you know, if we were looking at a country in europe or asia that did that, we would say, watch out. we're seeing some stuff. we're going to see some explosive stuff and we do see that with merkel in germany, do we not? the germans don't want that. i think the thing is, one of the
congressmen came up to me and said, you know, steve, we have these new congressmen coming in on the issue, they took the pledge, did this, they defeated the rhino, i'm not -- i don't belong to a political party, and one of them came in and said, you know, i won't use the name, congressman and the person i'm talking about is a devout baptist, he said, congressman -- i prayed to the holy spirit last night before i did a 180 on what i got elected for. and the congressman's answer to this new member of congress who ran on your issue was, so how is it that the holy spirit told you to lie? and i think people have to stop giving people excuses. you were lied to if you voted for those people. and the fact that they constructed narratives that cause them to avoid that means that you have to confront that. because i think we're watching
america be destroyed on narratives that has taken control not of just of the people who believe in it, but the people who don't even understand that they're enforcing it. so i get the feeling that people have that people have to get smart. they have to understand that we're, you know, we are at war and we have to know the enemy, but we also have to demand that our elected officials stand up for what they ran on, or call them up and we have to demand that when our senior military fights wars it's based on our oath and support to defend the constitution against all enemies. not on some -- completely contrived theory that only exists to keep them from doing that. yes, ma'am? >> if hillary does become our next leader, what happens with 1618 and how does that relate to freedom of speech for us
legally? >> i think the thing to keep in mind is, i don't see the republicans in congress even getting in the way of that. and i raise the point we go to warsaw and the organizational cooperation functions. what happens is you know what u you see is groups affiliated with the oic, i won't mention the country, all though i already did. they work with these ngos. almost all are heavily financed to create these international treaties. for example, alongside u.n. resolution 16189 is an effort by a group called article 19. what is article 19 doing at international forums? they're redefining the word "incitement" in a treaty. and in redefining the word in the u.s. treaty, all of a sudden you had a right to say today in theory becomes criminal tomorrow. tongue in groove it matches with
1618 and other agendas. so i think the thing is, is we understand that our members of congress are in an envelope. we understand what hillary clinton wants to do, but i also think we see mccain lindsey graham on board with that. here is the thing, are we not 15 years into a war? are we at war? no, no, are we at war? >> yes. >> okay. the fact they don't know that and people have died -- at what point does it become criminal? that they have a duty to be competent and the duty to know. i think that underneath the attack is just a little bit of derision because our national security is at risk. yes, sir? >> thank you. i'm the chapter leader for delaware. let me revisit a couple of points that have been brought up
here. a presentation you have given is fantastic, but i feel it only talks about one-half of the equation. an earlier question touched on the other half. that is finances. i did a little research and just in sovereign funds alone controlled by islamic nations, there is over $2 trillion. when we think of our universities like harvard basically selling its soul for $20 million. okay. my wife had a kidney problem. we went to the johns hopkins medical institute. lo and behold a billion dollar donation to that medical institute. okay for this ie towers. the point is we are being -- there's a financial war as much as an islamic war, and we have to realize what we're up against in that. we're actually financing the
people who are waging the war against us, and so what we're talking about going to legislative stuff. what about dealing with the financial fact that we are financing the enemy to the tune of trillions of dollars? >> well, i think one of the reasons i'm pushing into the model as a way of getting this you have the splinters. you have government action. you have radical action. you have moderate action and they play off each other. but i think that what you're talking about, the reason i identify the model is because when you have realized they're operating. once you recognize the brotherhood in america and the larger model are operating on all five lines of operation in a insurgency model, then you know you have a finance model. you know they're operating somewhere where they have these things going on. you know, and, you know, i had a slide i just didn't get to.
you know -- how many people know that if something happens and the e monoif it has islamic society in it it's almost always a brotherhood mosque. they'll bring politicians over and in the context of having the politicians over, they'll execute the shoulder-to-shoulder campaign. anybody hear shoulder-to-shoulder? it's a muslim brotherhood operation they bring in a priest, minister, and rabbi. okay. here it is. you, the lowly catholic, the lowly jew, the evangelical goes in to challenge the amom is going to answer it but they target you as the jew so they have the rabbi slab you down or identified as an evangelical and the evangelical minister will slam you down. how do people see this? so license of operation.
it's not just you have the financial line of operation. it is how is it the muslim brotherhood got every main stream religious nomination in america. we'll take a few hits here where they didn't to back them against their own believers. almost all the time. that did not just happen. so i think it's important to understand where you get buffetted in a place you didn't expect, that tells you that your enemy saw this happening 15 or 20 years ago when they started building up that capacity. and, of course, what they did is co-oped and took over the inner face movement. >> thank you for coming. on the slide on the three splinters coming out of the sharia. can you explain the imua and
dawa. >> the ioc is the second largest governmental organization. it's not every member state. it's what the oic does by itself and three countries stand out saudi arabia, pakistan, and turkey. and, you know, i got a book written by the brotherhood in the '80s talking about the muslim brotherhood working with the oic. it turns out turkey was working with them. they represent the state action. if i brief a government center, i don't say who is the oic, i have people say that's the officer in charge. but what the oic in 1991 came up with something called the cairo declaration on the human rights in islam. how many have heard of that? that's where the oic declared when a muslim entity says human rights they mean sharia law and nothing else but.
so when care calls itself america's human rights group, doesn't that matter? okay. when the oic in 1999 came up with the international convention on combatting terrorism or the first two bullets is terrorism according to islamic law, what does not qualify islamic law? what does not qualify as islamic law. jihad. you have a state actor, the oic. our people don't know it exists and they're putting treaties in the united nations that redefine core doctrines. the dawa entity is the preparation stage. it's the place where they try to convert or bring over. it's also more better understood, especially with the brotherhood mission as a subversion phase. the penetration phase. okay. why does the brotherhood say they're not going to be violent? because when they want to be violent they create a splinter to become violent. they operate in the preparation
stage. and, of course, groups like al qaeda and isis. i should point out it distinguishes them in some degree from the brotherhood in that regard. what you have is if we understand all three of those groups all agree their goal is reestablish the call fight and the implementation of sharia law we understand what they're paying off each other is a common understanding of that. >> last question. >> in the splinter movement theory. >> and all of that is explained in your book. "catastrophic failure." thank you so much for this. thank you to our chapter leader who brings in speakers like you to keep us informed. one sentence here, one quote you use "what is a foreign power controls a country's speech will ultimately control its thought." but i just want to -- i have the same question as -- >> can i stop you? >> yeah. >> how many people worried they
might be thrown into jail for saying something at this conference they had a right to say today next year? how many people? is that not what i'm talking about? >> yeah. i'm worried about that because -- but i want to ask the same question someone asked before. do you have any track to trump's campaign. is he learning what you have to tell us? >> i keep anything political i'm doing private. i do run a 501 c 3 so i have to recognize that. you know, i was in california about ten days ago and giving a speech to a group, and somebody, i think, pam geller gave a speech and she made a point and i was, you know, following pam geller. this is where people get coffee, right. the question about trump came
up. of course, in the discussion you had all these super pure conservatives who are so conservative. they can't get past themselves. i think the point is trump is not a conservative. and i said to people he is a nationalist. you can sense that's in his dna. i threw out a line and got a good buzz. but i said, listen, trump's victory may not be your victory, but you better understand this. his defeat is your defeat. [ applause ] that's what people need to know. and i will tell you, i saw what happened with trump with the cahn thing, and my mind swept right back to what happened to michele bachmann. i said that was a replay. the democrats say something and the republican leadership in
lock step go after one of their own. you know what. until people recognize that little relationship, i don't recognize their right to go after the democrats. [ applause ] i don't belong to a party and that's not a political endorsement. thank you. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> is he amazing or what? steve and go back a long way, like carrie mentioned earlier. i discuss him in my book. and what happened to him enthat began a friendship between me and steve that is now ten years. go ahead and pitch your book. >> to i want give you a copy of the book.
>> oh! make sure you get this book! [ applause ] thank you. i'm going to make a quick housekeeping announcement. first of all, i was asked to remind people to please kindly turn your cell phones off or put them on silent so people are not interrupted when they are listening in the middle of a presentation. if you can kindly do that. i also want patty lu to stop by the table. it's time sensitive change confirm. come by the hill booth on the way to lunch or from lunch. at this point, i would like to invite our own wonderful chapter leader valerie lately-price who
is going to introduce our special friend and guest. >> i have the great honor of introducing a fellow canadian. and what a canadian she is! in canada we're known as being low-key, quiet, i guess i'm the exception. modest. self-assuming. this does not describe her. she's a warrior. when she sees issues that need to be confronted, she makes a very big noise. she loves our country. and is passionate about speaking out. now just for a little
background, i hope you don't mind me telling what year you were born. she was born in 1950 in pakistan. she graduated with degrees in psychology and english. in 1989, she, her husband, and two sons moved to toronto. in 1995, she became a proud proud canadian citizens. i wish they would all be like her. she's a devout muslim. she's so many things. just to name a few, she's the president of a newly formed organization called the council for muslims facing tomorrow. she's the author of a book called "their jihad not my gee mad." an award-winning journalist. a documentary film maker. dealing with the sharia debate in ontario. a few years ago we came lose to having that passed. she's a great public speaker, as
you can see. she's an advocate for human rights, gender equality, and dignity and diversity. she's accredited the united nations human rights council in geneva through the international human ethical union. she runs a forum for learning for youth to educate them about the dangers of radicalization. and terrorism and continues to write and speak about the subject. she's a recipient of the the second diamond jubilee medal for service to canada. and finally she's the first muslim woman in canada to lead mixed gender prayers. as i said, she is loud and hopeful and passionate about many issues. on islamic extremism she said i have been sued for calling extremists extremists. i'm listed on the ten world's
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president broke his silence over the u.s. russia deal to temporarily end fighting in syria. bashar al-assad says he will not stop combat operations until he controls the whole country. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations and political action since the beginning of the crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting. >> russia also said this morning, it will continue, quote, fighting terrorism during the pause in fighting, and there are already reports today of more russian air strikes. jamie mcintyre is live from the pentagon. it's clear nobody is on the same page right now. syria and russia saying they will continue fighting, when there is supposed to be this full pause. so is this deal really not a deal? >> reporter: there's going to be this period, where they are going to have to work out what the terms of this cessation of hostilities is. a ceasefire has a more technical definition and denotes something more permanent. russia has said it is willing to work toward a goal of instituting that pause in the fighting by the end of the week, by a wee
president broke his silence over the u.s. russia deal to temporarily end fighting in syria. bashar al-assad says he will not stop combat operations until he controls the whole country. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations and political action since the beginning of the crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting. >> russia also said this morning, it will continue, quote, fighting terrorism during the pause in fighting, and there are already...
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al jazeera america. >>> russia says it has started ceasefire negotiations with rebel groups in five syrian provinces. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. final day of campaigning in iran as people get ready to go to the polls in two elections. documents show a european telecoms giant sold surveillance equipment to a secret branch of the egyptian government. >>> plus -- >> i'm phil lavelle in los angeles where we are days away from the oscars, but it is who was not nominated that people are talking about this year. >>> hello, russia says it has started ceasefire negotiations with rebel groups in syria. it follows an agreement between russia and the u.s. for cessation of hostilities that is set to begin on saturday. let's bring in james bayes at the united nations in new york. james what more do you know? >> reporter: well, this is happening at the same time as other things are happening here at the united nations. and what i think they are try doing is put all of the pieces in place to try to give this idea of a cessation of hostilities the
al jazeera america. >>> russia says it has started ceasefire negotiations with rebel groups in five syrian provinces. ♪ >>> i'm lauren taylor this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. final day of campaigning in iran as people get ready to go to the polls in two elections. documents show a european telecoms giant sold surveillance equipment to a secret branch of the egyptian government. >>> plus -- >> i'm phil lavelle in los angeles where we are...
Weekend News : ALJAZAM : February 13, 2016 6:00am-6:31am EST
purpose you have summoned in order to stand up to russia's reaped aggression. i am confident that europe and the united states are going to continue to stand united, both in sustaining sanctions for as long as they are necessary and providing assisted to ukraine until the sovereignty is protected through the full minsk agreement. again and again we have made it clear, and i make it clear again here today, sanctions are not an end unto themselves. witness what we succeeded in doing in the context of the iran nuclear agreement, but we shouldn't forget why they were imposed in the first place, to stand up for ukraine's fundamental rights, rights of the international normals that doctor-- norms that have been accepted ever since world war ii. they were part of what the great battle was about. russia has a choice, fully implement minsk or face sanctions. withdraw weapons and troops, ensure that all hostages are returned, allow full humanitarian access to occupied territories which by the way is required by international law and by several united nations resolutions. support free, fair and int
purpose you have summoned in order to stand up to russia's reaped aggression. i am confident that europe and the united states are going to continue to stand united, both in sustaining sanctions for as long as they are necessary and providing assisted to ukraine until the sovereignty is protected through the full minsk agreement. again and again we have made it clear, and i make it clear again here today, sanctions are not an end unto themselves. witness what we succeeded in doing in the...
News : ALJAZAM : February 24, 2016 9:00am-9:31am EST
and russia. that's very disturbing. >>> hello again from doha, this is the world news from al jazeera. also ahead. >> thank you very much, everybody. >>> donald trump trumps bid to be the presidential candidate, he celebrates a big win in vegas. >>> several gulf countries issue a travel ban for their nationals on traveling to lebanon. we're live in beirut with the details. >>> almost nothing left, one of the areas worst hit by fiji cyclone, as a massive cleanup operation swings into action. let's start with syria where there is said to be evidence that kurdish forces coordinating with the assad government and the russian air force. the british foreign secretary phillip hammond made that assertion calling the evidence of such coordination very disturbing. we're going to take a look why it is so significant. syrian kurdish forces, the y.p.g. captured territory from isil. you see it marked in red there. they've done that with help from the united states. they've taken advantage of the syrian government offensive around aleppo to capture ground from u.s. backed rebels. then there's anothe
and russia. that's very disturbing. >>> hello again from doha, this is the world news from al jazeera. also ahead. >> thank you very much, everybody. >>> donald trump trumps bid to be the presidential candidate, he celebrates a big win in vegas. >>> several gulf countries issue a travel ban for their nationals on traveling to lebanon. we're live in beirut with the details. >>> almost nothing left, one of the areas worst hit by fiji cyclone, as a...
Inside Story : ALJAZAM : February 19, 2016 11:30pm-12:01am EST
, dealing with a russia that is a wild car card, a north korea that continues to agitate asia and the pacific with its nuclear program and then china which is pushing back into areas of the south china sea. so it's a turbulent world but i think america is still leading and still the preeminent military of the world. >> mark cancion, hold on a minute that's not true or that guy has a point. >> well, you have to recognize that this is a primary season and of course the whet recognize rick rhetoric is often very exaggerated. there is a gap between the strategy that has evolved the last couple of years and the resourcing that's available for military, particularly as we look out into the future. as rudy notes, we've had changes. russia has become aggressive, china, and i.s.i.s. has had battlefield successes that we didn't expect. if we are going to continue to have a rebalancing to the pacific to reassure our allies there, and if we are going to reassure the eastern european nations that we will defend them, that's going to take more spending and more military force than the obama adminis
, dealing with a russia that is a wild car card, a north korea that continues to agitate asia and the pacific with its nuclear program and then china which is pushing back into areas of the south china sea. so it's a turbulent world but i think america is still leading and still the preeminent military of the world. >> mark cancion, hold on a minute that's not true or that guy has a point. >> well, you have to recognize that this is a primary season and of course the whet recognize...
Focus on Europe : KCSM : February 15, 2016 6:30pm-7:01pm PST
sanctions against russia for backing separatists in eastern ukraine. as a result, domestic travel is up. and sochi, the host city for the 2014 winter olympics, is one of the most popular destinations. >> the ideal spot for skiing and snowboarding. sochi in southern russia boasts over 100 kilometers of perfectly-prepared pistes, modern ski-lifts and plenty of snow. since the fall of the rouble and recent attacks on russian tourists abroad, the subtropical city on the black sea has been doing everything to attract russian holiday makers. many are pleasantly surprised. >> i wouldn't have thought i'd like sochi after skiing in austria, but i really do. >> i'm russian. i'm afraid to go to egypt. and turkey? they're shooting down our planes, they don't like us. so we'll have our fun here instead. >> we'll listen to our president and stay in russia. >> but pistes alone do not suffice. the infrastructure has to be right and so does the price. and that's the snag. most of the hotels here were knocked together in a matter of months just ahead of the 2014 winter olympics. now the facades are crumbling.
sanctions against russia for backing separatists in eastern ukraine. as a result, domestic travel is up. and sochi, the host city for the 2014 winter olympics, is one of the most popular destinations. >> the ideal spot for skiing and snowboarding. sochi in southern russia boasts over 100 kilometers of perfectly-prepared pistes, modern ski-lifts and plenty of snow. since the fall of the rouble and recent attacks on russian tourists abroad, the subtropical city on the black sea has been...
. www.aljazeera.com. >> the breaking news this hour. u.s. officials say russia has agreed to a truce in syria. >> when a random individual decides to be evil, i don't know how you stop that. >> the uber driver accused of going on a killing spree in kalamazoo goes before a judge. campaign crunch republicans prepare for tomorrow's nevada caucus. >> this is al jazeera america i'm richelle carey. earlier today the u.s. and russia said that they reached a provisional agreement on a cease-fire. the plan would begin as early as this saturday. today the u.n. officials reiterated the condition. >> one is the cessation of hostilities. the thirds one is the longer term process. these elements are not conditional. they should not be conditional and they should take place in terms of release of women, children and aged. >> 129 people were killed during several suicide attacks in damascus and homs. jamie mcintyre joins us now from the pentagon. what does this actually mean? >> the pentagon said that russia in that time has significantly stepped up its bombing of syria's and a lot of civilians are
. www.aljazeera.com. >> the breaking news this hour. u.s. officials say russia has agreed to a truce in syria. >> when a random individual decides to be evil, i don't know how you stop that. >> the uber driver accused of going on a killing spree in kalamazoo goes before a judge. campaign crunch republicans prepare for tomorrow's nevada caucus. >> this is al jazeera america i'm richelle carey. earlier today the u.s. and russia said that they reached a provisional...
News : ALJAZAM : February 16, 2016 5:00pm-5:31pm EST
you look back at the transcripts, what i said was that russia has been propping up assad this entire time. the fact that putt-to send in his own troops, his own aircraft and invest in this massive military operation was not a testament to great strength. it was a testament to the weakness of assad's position. if somebody is strong, then you don't have to send in an army to prop up your ally. they had legitimacy in their country, they manage it themselves, and then you have good relations with them. you send in your army when the force you're backing is not effective. that's exactly what is happened. i said russia would involved itself in a quagmire. absolutely it will. if anybody thinks that the fighting will end because russia and the regime has made some initial advances, about three-quarters of the country is still under control of folks other than assad. that's not stopping any time soon. so i say that, by the way, with no pleasure. this is not a contest between me and putin. the question is how can we stop the suffering, stabilize the region, stop this massive migration o
you look back at the transcripts, what i said was that russia has been propping up assad this entire time. the fact that putt-to send in his own troops, his own aircraft and invest in this massive military operation was not a testament to great strength. it was a testament to the weakness of assad's position. if somebody is strong, then you don't have to send in an army to prop up your ally. they had legitimacy in their country, they manage it themselves, and then you have good relations with...
Bloomberg Surveillance : BLOOMBERG : February 16, 2016 5:00am-7:01am EST
francine: freezing oil production. saudi arabia and russia strike a deal. markets are disappointed. they were expecting a cut. european stocks on the rebound. central banks willing to support growth, investors say mario draghi will make action in march. anglo-american posts a loss after being cut. in an interview, the ceo says he will sell more mines. i'm francine lacqua in london with tom keene in new york. the most significant news we have had over the last hour is saudi and russia. looks like we may have a floor for the price of oil. tom: we may have an agreement -- it is pretty sketchy right now. javier blas is working on it with bloomberg news. to me, it's a lot of what if. maybe the story will change up in the hour. francine: yeah. we definitely have a freeze. that is why the saudis are talking about the tar minister. now let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news with vonnie. vonnie: in harris, david cameron -- in paris, david cameron failed to win over francois hollande. france heads a group of european nations, unhappy with his proposals for banks in london. the u
francine: freezing oil production. saudi arabia and russia strike a deal. markets are disappointed. they were expecting a cut. european stocks on the rebound. central banks willing to support growth, investors say mario draghi will make action in march. anglo-american posts a loss after being cut. in an interview, the ceo says he will sell more mines. i'm francine lacqua in london with tom keene in new york. the most significant news we have had over the last hour is saudi and russia. looks...
News : ALJAZAM : February 5, 2016 1:00pm-2:01pm EST
syria's top ally, russia, on the other side, the u.k., france, and the u.s. those deep divisions were very clear after the meeting ended and some of the diplomats came out and spoke to the press. this is what they had to say. >> think syrian regime and its allies have made no concession. quite the con strar. on the one a hand the syrian regime claims to discuss peace in geneva and on the other hand it intensifies its opposition with military groups, and imposes on the city of aleppo an unprecedenteder to -- amount of fire. all of this with russia's support within the framework of a military campaign that can only aim to torpedo any hope for peace. >> not a very veiled attack towards russia there, and the support they have given to syria. so what have we heard from russian representatives? >> reporter: yeah, the russian ambassador to the u.n. quite frankly rejects that criticism outright. he had a lot to say. he basically reaffirmed that the russian position is they are going after terrorists, and they will continue to go after what russia and syria view as terrorists. and he said
syria's top ally, russia, on the other side, the u.k., france, and the u.s. those deep divisions were very clear after the meeting ended and some of the diplomats came out and spoke to the press. this is what they had to say. >> think syrian regime and its allies have made no concession. quite the con strar. on the one a hand the syrian regime claims to discuss peace in geneva and on the other hand it intensifies its opposition with military groups, and imposes on the city of aleppo an...
CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow : CNNW : February 13, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm PST
. >>> strong words today from russia's prime minister speaking at the munich security conference. dmitri medvedev described this relationship as a new cold war. >> -- the policy with russia remains unfriendly and opaque, one could go as far to say we've slid back into a new cold war. >> critical four words. "a new cold war." nic robertson live in munich, where the international support group met this week. united states secretary of state john kerry is there meeting on the sidelines with lavrov. reaction from one of the top military commanders to what medvedev said. >> isn't this by definition the cold war? arms buildup? >> well, they are entitled to their understanding of this and their description's this. we in nato do not want to see a cold war. we do not talk about it. it is not what we want to happen or anticipate happening. we are a defensive alliance who are arraying ourselves to face a challenge that we sigh, and that challenge is a nation that once again has decided that it will use force to change internationally recognized borders. so we take those appropriate accesses to be a
. >>> strong words today from russia's prime minister speaking at the munich security conference. dmitri medvedev described this relationship as a new cold war. >> -- the policy with russia remains unfriendly and opaque, one could go as far to say we've slid back into a new cold war. >> critical four words. "a new cold war." nic robertson live in munich, where the international support group met this week. united states secretary of state john kerry is there...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : February 13, 2016 1:00am-3:01am PST
states, from russia and other nations all announced that they've agreed to a pause in the fighting in syria to take effect in a week. but there are fears that at least two issues will scuttle any lasting peace in that nation. the continued russian airstrikes on aleppo and the insistence by the syrian president, bashar al assad, that he would continue fighting enemies that he deems terrorists. let's get the very latest from munich. our cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson, is live for us this hour. nic, good to have you with us. so there's so many issues that are playing out in the world. what is the mood there among leaders in munich? >> reporter: well, there's concern about this peace plan for syria at the moment. the focus for the concern would be this next week in aleppo. it's very clear to the leaders here that russia and president bashar al assad have a military agenda to achieve in and around aleppo. they feel that they're making progress on that. they've got momentum. and so the international syria support group that met here on thursday that agreed across the boa
states, from russia and other nations all announced that they've agreed to a pause in the fighting in syria to take effect in a week. but there are fears that at least two issues will scuttle any lasting peace in that nation. the continued russian airstrikes on aleppo and the insistence by the syrian president, bashar al assad, that he would continue fighting enemies that he deems terrorists. let's get the very latest from munich. our cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson, is live...
Key Capitol Hill Hearings : CSPAN3 : February 26, 2016 2:00am-4:01am EST
syria, i don't foresee a quick end to the crisis, especially now that russia has provided us a lifeline. humanitarian assistance and we should support the administration's $4.1 billion request. food and supplies won't end this conflict. we need to push for resolution to get assad out of power. we also need a knew aumf giving the president what he needs to defend isis. turn to ukraine, it's fighting again intensifies, we cannot take our eye off the ball. ukraine's top priority should be rooting out corruption and reform, we need to support these efforts, we need to work with ukraine. we need to be a partner of ukraine, a stronger, more prosperous ukraine stands a better chance of turning putin back. speaking of putin, we need to let him know we will never acquiese to his position on crimea. any talk of sanctions relief for russia is premature, so long as ukraine doesn't control its own eastern border. we must do more to counter russian propaganda, we feel very strong about the fact that people in the russian language sometimes only hear on the air what putin wants them to hear.
syria, i don't foresee a quick end to the crisis, especially now that russia has provided us a lifeline. humanitarian assistance and we should support the administration's $4.1 billion request. food and supplies won't end this conflict. we need to push for resolution to get assad out of power. we also need a knew aumf giving the president what he needs to defend isis. turn to ukraine, it's fighting again intensifies, we cannot take our eye off the ball. ukraine's top priority should be rooting...
bringing an end to the fighting in syria. russia has raekd to comments-- reacted to commence of bashar al-assad that his army will continue fighting until all the rebels are defeated. they're warning a difficult situation could arise if bashar al-assad does not follow russia's lead. 200,000 people have been cut off by i.s.i.l. are in desperate need of food and medicine. >> reporter: convoys of badly needed food and medicine began rolling into five besieged towns in syria this week. aid trucks were allowed into government and rebel-controlled areas. officials say there will be deliveries by road to others soon. ground access is not possible to some areas. the only way this is by air >> we will also hope then to have progress in reaching the poor people inside of der assor which is inteejd by islamic state. -- besieged by islamic state. that can only be done by air drops and welfare program has a concrete plan of doing so. it is a complicated operation and would be in many ways first of its kind ever. >> reporter: in south sudan the world food program has dropped supplies from air
bringing an end to the fighting in syria. russia has raekd to comments-- reacted to commence of bashar al-assad that his army will continue fighting until all the rebels are defeated. they're warning a difficult situation could arise if bashar al-assad does not follow russia's lead. 200,000 people have been cut off by i.s.i.l. are in desperate need of food and medicine. >> reporter: convoys of badly needed food and medicine began rolling into five besieged towns in syria this week. aid...
. in the next 60 minutes - the u.s. and russia make a deal on ending hostilities in syria, will the warring sides put down their weapons. >>> ugg gander's main opposition leader helped by police as supporters protest. >>> winds of more than 300kph hit fiji. people have died >>> and a 106-year-old who got to have a go at president obama at the white house >>> and all the sport. after a season for manchester united they look for a surprise as they fight for a place in the f.a. cup quarterfinals. >>> russia and the u.s. reached an agreement on a cessation of hostility in syria. they have sent out a date fighting should stop. for it to work. both sides need to sign up to the agreement. all groups on the ground have until noon on friday, local time in damascus to commit to a deal. then 12 hours later at midnight cessation is supposed to begin. bus the u.n. classifies i.s.i.l. and al nusra front as terrorists they are not included in the negotiations. it's hoped it can revive geneva talks, to find a solution to end the civil war. >> james bay joins us now. >> do you start by talking throu
. in the next 60 minutes - the u.s. and russia make a deal on ending hostilities in syria, will the warring sides put down their weapons. >>> ugg gander's main opposition leader helped by police as supporters protest. >>> winds of more than 300kph hit fiji. people have died >>> and a 106-year-old who got to have a go at president obama at the white house >>> and all the sport. after a season for manchester united they look for a surprise as they fight for a...
Charlie Rose : KQED : February 19, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm PST
possibility how it ends. assad wins. russia, iran, hezbollah help assad to the point he wins. that's one possibility. >> rose: and isis destroyed? >> isis would be destroyed in that situation and the syrian government reasserts it's authority and the rebels are destroyed. the u.s. is not supporting that program. the arab states aren't supporting the program and turkey isn't supporting that program. the other possibility where the kurds take over the north and the kurds drive out isis effectively. that's the u.s.'s main strategy though the u.s. -- >> rose: kurds will be their troops on the ground. >> with a token arab participation but turkey doesn't want that and activity fighting against that so that's not happening. another possibility the arab states want is a sunni coalition. the u.s. doesn't seem it want to have that and certainly russia doesn't want that so there's no international consensus on how this is supposed to end. who is supposed to win. it is still a proxy war where everyone has the most favorite client and as long as that continues it's going to continue to be very blood
possibility how it ends. assad wins. russia, iran, hezbollah help assad to the point he wins. that's one possibility. >> rose: and isis destroyed? >> isis would be destroyed in that situation and the syrian government reasserts it's authority and the rebels are destroyed. the u.s. is not supporting that program. the arab states aren't supporting the program and turkey isn't supporting that program. the other possibility where the kurds take over the north and the kurds drive out...
Newsmakers : CSPAN : February 28, 2016 6:01pm-6:40pm EST
say we want mr. trump to disavow that statement. russia wrong with having work with us with having russia .rop bombs all over isis
News : ALJAZAM : February 16, 2016 11:00pm-11:31pm EST
cause wide-spread indiscriminate casualties. the u.s. also accuses russia of bombing a doctors without borders hospital in northern syria, reducing it to a pile of rubble. killing at least seven doctors and patients. no coalition or u.s. planes were operating in the area at the time. >> while the u.s. stopped short of labelling the strike a war crime. the state department called the attack was called horrific. >> we are confident in the assessment that russia carried out the strikes. >> should aleppo fall days before the fighting is instituted. it would end hopes of overthrowing bashar al-assad, and fuel the criticism that the agreement negotiated by secretary of state john kerry in munich played right into the hands of russian president vladimir putin. >> we have seen this movie before in ukraine. russia presses its advantage militarily, creates facts on the ground. uses a denial and delivery of humanitarian aid as a bargaining chip, negotiating agreement to lock in the spoils of war, and chooses went to resume fighting. this is diplomacy in the service of military aggression.
cause wide-spread indiscriminate casualties. the u.s. also accuses russia of bombing a doctors without borders hospital in northern syria, reducing it to a pile of rubble. killing at least seven doctors and patients. no coalition or u.s. planes were operating in the area at the time. >> while the u.s. stopped short of labelling the strike a war crime. the state department called the attack was called horrific. >> we are confident in the assessment that russia carried out the...
. coming up. syria talks, the u.s. pushes for an immediate ceasefire after russia's proposal for it to start in march. >> you are out of order. point of order. >> a president under pressure in south africa. jacob zuma is heckled in parliament has the protests continue. >>> mexican prison riot frustrated families demand answers after more than 50 people die in a monterey jail. >>> and a new window on the study of the cosmos as einstein is proved right about gravitational waves. >>> hello there, aim robin adams with today's big sport stories. the iaaf president vows to fight the decision to end their cooperation with athletics following the scandals. >>> we start with renewed effort to his revive the floundering talks in syria with diplomats gathering in germany ahead of the proposed meeting with rebels and the government later this month. john kerry and his russian counterpart have been hosting the talks. a ceasefire in march suggested by russia. , but the u.s. wants it to begin immediately. meanwhile on the ground there is continued fighting on the ground near turkey. kurdish fighters
. coming up. syria talks, the u.s. pushes for an immediate ceasefire after russia's proposal for it to start in march. >> you are out of order. point of order. >> a president under pressure in south africa. jacob zuma is heckled in parliament has the protests continue. >>> mexican prison riot frustrated families demand answers after more than 50 people die in a monterey jail. >>> and a new window on the study of the cosmos as einstein is proved right about...
News : ALJAZAM : February 2, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm EST
groups because the turkish boarder has been the life line. >> russia's intervehicles changed the dynamics. it targeted supply lines from turkey and other groups operating under the flag. the u.s. and russian want to eliminate the free syrian army. the choice will be between the regime or the terrorists. >> reporter: the battle for aleppo reached a crucial stage. an opposition defeat would be a loss and blow to the revolution, because aleppo is the remaining stronghold of armed groups in the north, fighting under the banner of the free syrian army. >> that battle is taking place as the opposing sides are in geneva, unable to find common ground to get the peace talks moving. diplomatic editor james bays has the latest. >> reporter: the delegation arriving at the u.n. they are supposed to be talking peace. instead the government launched a major escalation. the man in charge of convening the talks, stefan de mistura called for the lifting of sieges and asked all countries to help arrange a nationwide ceasefire. >> opposition members say one of the most powerful of those countries, r
groups because the turkish boarder has been the life line. >> russia's intervehicles changed the dynamics. it targeted supply lines from turkey and other groups operating under the flag. the u.s. and russian want to eliminate the free syrian army. the choice will be between the regime or the terrorists. >> reporter: the battle for aleppo reached a crucial stage. an opposition defeat would be a loss and blow to the revolution, because aleppo is the remaining stronghold of armed...
nations a stark warning from france. russia's actions were making things worse. this millitary escalation is the direct result of the brutal offensive in the north of syria led by the syrian regime and its allies and here russia must understand that it is unconditional support to bashar al-assad is a dead-end and a dead-end that could be extremely dangerous. >> reporter: french president francois hollande said turkey's actions put it at risk of war with russia. plans to hold another round of peace negotiations in geneva were postponed and the staffan de mistura said no dates were set for resumption of talks. meanwhile, russia called an urgent u.n. security council meetings and drafted a resolution calling on syria's neighbours and others to respect its territory and stop interfering in syrian affairs. >> there is elements in the resolution, elements repeated by everybody, in the council, in consultations, in stake out here. so i cannot imagine how they could refute that. >> reporter: there is little chance it will come to a vote according to britain and france, and the u.s. ambassador to
nations a stark warning from france. russia's actions were making things worse. this millitary escalation is the direct result of the brutal offensive in the north of syria led by the syrian regime and its allies and here russia must understand that it is unconditional support to bashar al-assad is a dead-end and a dead-end that could be extremely dangerous. >> reporter: french president francois hollande said turkey's actions put it at risk of war with russia. plans to hold another...
[ explosion ] >>> the u.s. and russia says a saturday deadline for a cessation of hostilities in syria >>> hello, i'm martine dennis, you're on al jazeera, live from doha. desperate scenes at the creek macedonian border as afghans demand a way through to northern europe >>> a health crisis looms as fiji cleans up from a cyclone that's killed 28 people. plus... >> a lot of people here in west africa are talking about ebola at the moment. find out why shortly >>> russia and the u.s. reached an agreement on the cessation of hostilities in syria. but for it to work all the warring sides need to sign up. the main syrian opposition block says it will honour the agreement. the polls in fighting is supposed to come in effect on saturday. here is diplomatic editor james bays. >> for almost five years the death toll mounts. this joint document released by the u.s. and russia, the two working on plans for a lull in the violence since a meeting in munich this month. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov wanted a ceasefire. u.s. secretary of state said that would allow russia more time for b
[ explosion ] >>> the u.s. and russia says a saturday deadline for a cessation of hostilities in syria >>> hello, i'm martine dennis, you're on al jazeera, live from doha. desperate scenes at the creek macedonian border as afghans demand a way through to northern europe >>> a health crisis looms as fiji cleans up from a cyclone that's killed 28 people. plus... >> a lot of people here in west africa are talking about ebola at the moment. find out why shortly...
Charlie Rose : BLOOMBERG : February 17, 2016 7:00pm-8:01pm EST
state and russia and you are no longer able to focus on one threat at a time. i would like to walk through those threats if we may. what is the biggest threat today? >> all five of them are large. all five of them have to be countered. so we do not have the luxury of deciding one has a higher priority over the other. the counter isil fight calls upon counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities right now. as we look ahead to longer term competitive situations, with other countries where we do not expect to have a war, don't want to have a war, but have to deter them by showing that any work they do get into with the united states they will regret. and in ahina, russia, somewhat lesser way, iran. in those cases we have to plan for an enemy that is more high-tech than isil, for a longer area of time -- longer period of time than we expect from isil. we expect to be in a relationship with china and russia for the long-term. we have to do it all which is why a budget of almost $600 billion -- what the president requested on behalf of the department of defense is a lot of money.
state and russia and you are no longer able to focus on one threat at a time. i would like to walk through those threats if we may. what is the biggest threat today? >> all five of them are large. all five of them have to be countered. so we do not have the luxury of deciding one has a higher priority over the other. the counter isil fight calls upon counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities right now. as we look ahead to longer term competitive situations, with other countries...
late night talks in munich. russia is continuing with the air strikes. hostilities are expected to halt in a week but i.s.i.l. and al-nusra is in included in the deal. it is hoped that supplies will be sent by air to some besieged cities as early as next week. it will be monitored. >> reporter: 19 delegations, the span sores of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. the most important meeting happened several hours earlier on 915th floor of the same munich hotel. is where russian foreign minister lavrov and john kerry came face-to-face. if you look at those faces, you can tell from the very start this was a difficult meeting. the russians proposed a ceasefire from march 1, but the u.s. said that would mean three weeks more aerial bombardment and called for it to begin as early as this weekend. when they finally addressed the media, it was in the early hours of the munich morning and it was clear that neither man in got exactly what he wanted, but instead they announced an ambitious target of just one week to stop the violence >> we
late night talks in munich. russia is continuing with the air strikes. hostilities are expected to halt in a week but i.s.i.l. and al-nusra is in included in the deal. it is hoped that supplies will be sent by air to some besieged cities as early as next week. it will be monitored. >> reporter: 19 delegations, the span sores of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. the most important meeting happened several hours earlier on 915th floor...
DW News : KCSM : February 19, 2016 6:00pm-6:31pm PST
. russia has demanded a meeting of the un security council to discuss the intensifying conflict. turkish forces have stepped up their shelling of border areas held by u.s. backed kurdish militia. ankara has blamed syrian-based kurds for a suicide bombing that killed 28 people in the turkish capital. elsewhere, syrian government officials continue to recover ground. amid the violence, u.s. convoys continue to deliver food and medicine to nearly 100,000 people trapped in the siege cities. -- sieged cities. there was a lot of optimism when the we had the agreement for a cease-fire at the munich security conference a week ago. now it doesn't look like it's going to come to fruition. why not? >> i think if you talk to syrian activists from the beginning, you would learn the prospects for peace are not really high. the russian shelling continuing. [inaudible] sarah: who has interests in having a cease-fire in the country? >> obviously everybody who is living there would have an interest. in the first case, he thinks he's winning. i think logically he is not interested. sarah: there is
. russia has demanded a meeting of the un security council to discuss the intensifying conflict. turkish forces have stepped up their shelling of border areas held by u.s. backed kurdish militia. ankara has blamed syrian-based kurds for a suicide bombing that killed 28 people in the turkish capital. elsewhere, syrian government officials continue to recover ground. amid the violence, u.s. convoys continue to deliver food and medicine to nearly 100,000 people trapped in the siege cities. --...
BBC World News America : KQED : February 15, 2016 2:30pm-3:01pm PST
survivors. russia is being widely blamed. trying to win it back for president assad. >> the hospital is completely destroyed. we report at least seven deaths among the personnel and the patients. at least eight personnel are killed. >> to the north a missile hit a children's hospital and a school apparently sheltering refugees, fleeing from the joint russian offensive. this is meant to be the week hen fighting winds down. tonight, president assad has been on sirenian-state television pouring buckets of very cold water on talk of a ceasefire. a week to prepare is not enough, he said. it means stopping terrorists, strengthening their positions and doesn't mean each side stops using weapons. russia is making clear in this conflict it has no intention of giving up the bombing and see the pattern of its strike, let's ok at a map showing most areas. note the extremists here in red that washington believes are the legitimate targets. russia sees no distinction and hopes president assad can win. so why? russia has its own naval base in syria. partly because putin and former president and pre
survivors. russia is being widely blamed. trying to win it back for president assad. >> the hospital is completely destroyed. we report at least seven deaths among the personnel and the patients. at least eight personnel are killed. >> to the north a missile hit a children's hospital and a school apparently sheltering refugees, fleeing from the joint russian offensive. this is meant to be the week hen fighting winds down. tonight, president assad has been on sirenian-state...
. >>> russians continue to pound areas of syria just moments after the ceasefire was announced. russia continues to provide air cover for forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad. under the agreement hashed out between russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, and secretary of state john kerry, the air strikes will continue but certain groups will no longer be targeted. >> to that end we have also established a task force under the auspic awmps of auspices of. >> reporter: boat sides have agreed that i.s.i.l. and the el nusra front are legitimate targets, having been designated as terrorist groups by the u.n. so any eventually ceasefire will have no effect on the air war. >> there is no fire for us to assess. we've had occasionally strikes on el nusra, those will continue because they are not party to the ceasefire. >> instead has been primary focused on rebel groups opposed tod assad regime. russia insists it's battling terrorists. so a lot rides on who is labeled a terrorist. >> translator: well, if liberation of the city that has been taken by legal armed groups can be qualified as cong
. >>> russians continue to pound areas of syria just moments after the ceasefire was announced. russia continues to provide air cover for forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad. under the agreement hashed out between russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, and secretary of state john kerry, the air strikes will continue but certain groups will no longer be targeted. >> to that end we have also established a task force under the auspic awmps of auspices of. >>...
agreed by russia and the u.s. can moscow confirming that it started negotiations with rebel groups in the country. and there is evidence the ypg are coordinating with the syrian government and the russian air force. the group has previously been helped by the u.s. to push isil forces out of northern syria. james bayes is at the united nations in new york. tell us a bit more about this first air drop of aid. >> reporter: well, this is important, because the town of dare -- deir al-zour is effectively cut off by isil. and this is the first time the u.n. has brought aid in from the air. any delivery at this point is not just to help the desperately needy people in those areas, it is also to try to encourage the peace process, because they want to get peace talks started again next week in geneva. the announcement of the air drop was made to the security council by steven o'brien. >> earlier this morning, a wfp plane dropped the first cargo of 21 tons of items into deir al-zour. we have received initial reports that pellets have landed in the target area as planned. >> reporter: he also as we
agreed by russia and the u.s. can moscow confirming that it started negotiations with rebel groups in the country. and there is evidence the ypg are coordinating with the syrian government and the russian air force. the group has previously been helped by the u.s. to push isil forces out of northern syria. james bayes is at the united nations in new york. tell us a bit more about this first air drop of aid. >> reporter: well, this is important, because the town of dare -- deir al-zour is...
Secretary John Kerry Testimony on State Department Fiscal Year 2017 Budget : CSPAN3 : February 25, 2016 9:30am-11:31am EST
cease-fire, the fact remains that russia, iran, and assad are calling the shots on the ground. the administration says there is no military solution to the conflict in syria, yet as far as putin and assad see it, there very much is. of course, russia's backing of assad means that isis only grows elsewhere. the isis jv team has gone global, capable of striking in europe, in asia, in africa, and here at home. some 50 isis linked groups have carried out attacks in over 20 countries. in the failed state of libya, isis has doubled in size, now it has 6,000 fighters in libya. every day that isis advances, it draws recruits to plot new attacks abroad. the committee hopes to understand just what is the department's strategy to counter violent extremism. looking toward asia, the committee met yesterday with the chinese foreign minister and reminded him that the south china sea must remain open to international shipping, and that any disputes should be resolved peacefully. even after the latest north korean nuclear test, chinese pressure on the regime in north korea is weak. fortunately, the
cease-fire, the fact remains that russia, iran, and assad are calling the shots on the ground. the administration says there is no military solution to the conflict in syria, yet as far as putin and assad see it, there very much is. of course, russia's backing of assad means that isis only grows elsewhere. the isis jv team has gone global, capable of striking in europe, in asia, in africa, and here at home. some 50 isis linked groups have carried out attacks in over 20 countries. in the failed...
Charlie Rose : KQED : February 17, 2016 12:00am-1:01am PST
carter analyzes america's defense posture and threats against america from i.s.i.s. to russia and china, north korea and iran. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.l. the united states is going to lead the winning side. so everybody in that region who is looking around and wondering, when it's all over, and they're all asking themselves this question, charlie, when -- what's the chess board going to look like when the i.s.i.l piece is gone? and they all need to understand that we'll remember then, because we're going to be on the winning side, we'll remember who contributed and who didn't. >> rose: the secretary of defense for the hour, next. funding for charlie rose is provided by the >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: additional funding provided by: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: ash carter has spent more than three decades steeped in the worlds of defense and technology. the secretary of d
carter analyzes america's defense posture and threats against america from i.s.i.s. to russia and china, north korea and iran. >> we're going to defeat i.s.i.l. the united states is going to lead the winning side. so everybody in that region who is looking around and wondering, when it's all over, and they're all asking themselves this question, charlie, when -- what's the chess board going to look like when the i.s.i.l piece is gone? and they all need to understand that we'll remember...
Hearing on Afghan Security Forces : CSPAN : February 15, 2016 3:23am-4:04am EST
russia repeated aggression in ukraine and syria. representatives from several nations were meeting at the city's annual security conference which included talks on ending the syrian civil war and addressing the refugee crisis. this is 35 minutes. >> john, if i could invite you to the podium. this is a particularly important moment for us and i hope for you also. , thisnormal circumstances might be the last time that you speak here as secretary of state. welcome. we are really happy to have you. >> thank you very much. well, thank you for reminding me -- [laughter] that everything i am doing now is a last. depending on what i decide to do. maybe not. [laughter] [applause] i am really happy to be back in munich. i am very happy to share thoughts with this, the 52nd edition of the security conference. i think if you think back, 1963, the first year of the munich security conference, this forum has always been about the pursuit of peace. back then, here in germany, as elsewhere, the cold war actually felt pretty hot. the wall was a concrete indication of the new reality. barbed wire wa
russia repeated aggression in ukraine and syria. representatives from several nations were meeting at the city's annual security conference which included talks on ending the syrian civil war and addressing the refugee crisis. this is 35 minutes. >> john, if i could invite you to the podium. this is a particularly important moment for us and i hope for you also. , thisnormal circumstances might be the last time that you speak here as secretary of state. welcome. we are really happy to...
continues on the -- ground in syria, russia air strikes are reported to have killed 18 people in homs. 6 people died in air strikes east of damascus, and two more were killed in dara. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. first through negotiations, and second, through fighting terrorism. >> zana hoda is in the turkish city on the border with syria, and she filed this report on the situation on the ground in syria. >> reporter: clearly the syrian president speaking from a position of strength. last july he was described as an embattled leader for the first time in a public address, he made have very rare admission that the army is suffering from a lack of manpower, and the army is now forced to concentrate on the core territories meaning damascus, the heartland of the alawite community, as well as homs. now we're hearing the syrian president saying that their aim is to recapture the whole of syria even though it will take a long time. at the time, the government was suffering lo
continues on the -- ground in syria, russia air strikes are reported to have killed 18 people in homs. 6 people died in air strikes east of damascus, and two more were killed in dara. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. first through negotiations, and second, through fighting terrorism. >> zana hoda is in the turkish city on the border with syria, and she filed this report...
. is not included in this deal. so what rebels feel is that russia will use them as an excuse and say what are they bombarding because reknow russia labels most of the opposition groups on the ground as terrorist organizations. i can tell you there is a lot of defiance on the part of the rebels. they know they're losing ground but they're refusing to give up. they no longer have to control land, control villages and towns. they can launch counter-attacks, counter escalation, guerilla tactics. for them this is not over. what is clear is that they will not agree to any permanent ceasefire until the bashar al-assad regime is toppled and militias leave the countries. the main syrian opposition body linked to saudi arabia advises >>> threat's cross to munich-- let's cross to munich. clearly everyone involved in the syria talks are going to be monitoring what is going on, on the ground, but it's not just syria. i think we can see the german foreign minister addressing the conference and presumably ukraine is high on the agenda. >> reporter: that's right. already this morning there has been
. is not included in this deal. so what rebels feel is that russia will use them as an excuse and say what are they bombarding because reknow russia labels most of the opposition groups on the ground as terrorist organizations. i can tell you there is a lot of defiance on the part of the rebels. they know they're losing ground but they're refusing to give up. they no longer have to control land, control villages and towns. they can launch counter-attacks, counter escalation, guerilla tactics....
, but now russia says it has a plan to end the fighting. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm felicity barr and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. two passenger trains collide head on in southern germany. nine people are confirmed dead more than a hundred are injured. >>> demands in court for the south african president to repay public money spent on renovating his home. plus -- >> i'm in new hampshire. i have been asking first-time voters what do they think about the presidential candidates? ♪ >>> hello, in the last hour, russia's foreign minister has said his country has proposed what it calls a concrete plan to resolve the syrian crisis. sergei lavrov said the proposal is now being studied think washington. but the u.s. secretary of state has said russia's air strikes are making it harder to hold talks with moscow. >> there is no question that russia's activities in aleppo and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious conversation. and we have called on russia, and we call on russia again
, but now russia says it has a plan to end the fighting. ♪ >>> hello there, i'm felicity barr and you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up. two passenger trains collide head on in southern germany. nine people are confirmed dead more than a hundred are injured. >>> demands in court for the south african president to repay public money spent on renovating his home. plus -- >> i'm in new hampshire. i have been asking first-time voters what do they...
Panel Discussion on Former Librarian of Congress James Billington : CSPAN2 : February 6, 2016 8:30pm-10:01pm EST
took us all on a tour of the kremlin. priceless. jim, your command of russia, its history and culture shows up everyone here. you have forgotten more than any of us knows. lucky for us you wrote it all down and published it with the wilson center press. every dear friend in the room today can back me up on just how impressive you are. and there are many dear friends here. let me just recognize a few in particular. some of whom are participating in the conversation to follow. former u.s. ambassador to russia, jim collins. gregorian, the one and only gregorian, president of the -- for sure, forever, president of the carnegie corporation. ishmael geldon, director of the library of alexandria, and they're joining us to celebrate your service. we're also luck you to be joined by latvian ambassador to the united states, acting librarian of congress, david, and jane, the library's director of outreach and a delegate to our board. i haven't seen grace -- there she is. hi, grace. her family has done so much to shape this institution, and guy anna davis-spencer who has been such a friend to our
took us all on a tour of the kremlin. priceless. jim, your command of russia, its history and culture shows up everyone here. you have forgotten more than any of us knows. lucky for us you wrote it all down and published it with the wilson center press. every dear friend in the room today can back me up on just how impressive you are. and there are many dear friends here. let me just recognize a few in particular. some of whom are participating in the conversation to follow. former u.s....
keeping up its shelling of kurdish areas in the north. russia has drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for an end of cross-border shelling more from the u.n. in new york >> reporter: fighting was supposed to ease across much of syria by friday. instead, it intensified. in the north syria kurdish fighters made gains. russian air strikes in support of the syrian regime hit hospitals as well as rebel targets. at the united nations a stark warning from france, russia's actions were making things worse. >> this millitaryise kalation is the direct result of the brutal offensive in the north of syria led by the syrian regime and its allies and here russia must understand that its unconditional support to bashar al-assad is a dead-end and a dead-end that will be extremely dangerous. >> reporter: french president francois hollande says turkey's actions put it at risk of war with russia. peace negotiations were postponed and the u.n. syria envoy staffan de mistura said no dates were set for resumption of talks. meanwhile russia called an urgent u.n. security council meeting an
keeping up its shelling of kurdish areas in the north. russia has drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for an end of cross-border shelling more from the u.n. in new york >> reporter: fighting was supposed to ease across much of syria by friday. instead, it intensified. in the north syria kurdish fighters made gains. russian air strikes in support of the syrian regime hit hospitals as well as rebel targets. at the united nations a stark warning from france, russia's actions...
hospitals and two schools were hit by air strikes. russia is beings blamed for thee attacks. >> hello i'm julie mcdonald. this is the newshour, coming up, riot police detained the main opposition leader in uganda just two days from the presidential election. >>> mental health care here in the u.k. and past success in berlin film festival inspire the showing of iranian films showing what life is like back home. >>> hello there. a wave of air strikes on schools and hospitals in syria has left at least 50 civilians dead. the attacks have been blamed on russia and comes just days after moscow and others agree to pause hostilities in syria. comments made by president assad in the past hours e-says a truce doesn't mean each side doesn't have to stop using weapons and fighting terrorism remains his priority. >> translator: until now we hear about them requesting a ceasefire within a week. okay then who is capable of bringing together all these conditions within a week? no one. who will speak to the terrorists if the terrorist organization refuse to adhere to the ceasefire? who will make them acc
hospitals and two schools were hit by air strikes. russia is beings blamed for thee attacks. >> hello i'm julie mcdonald. this is the newshour, coming up, riot police detained the main opposition leader in uganda just two days from the presidential election. >>> mental health care here in the u.k. and past success in berlin film festival inspire the showing of iranian films showing what life is like back home. >>> hello there. a wave of air strikes on schools and...
The Five : FOXNEWSW : February 16, 2016 2:00pm-3:01pm PST
i said was that russia has been propping up assad this entire time. the fact that putin finally had to send his own troops and his own aircraft and his, and invest this massive military operation was not a testament to great strength. it was a testament to the weakness of assad's position. if somebody is strong, then you don't have to send in your army to prop up your ally. they have legitimacy in their country and they're able to manage it themselves and then you have good relations with them. you send in your army when the horse you're backing isn't effective. and that's exactly what has happened. now what i said was russia woin volv itself in a quagmire. absolutely it will. if there's anybody who thinks that somehow the fighting ends because russia and the regime has made some initial advances. about three quarters of the country is still under control of folks other than assad. that's not stopping any time soon. so i say that, by the way, with no pleasure. this is not a contest between me and putin. the question is how can we stop the suffering, stabilize the region, stop this m
i said was that russia has been propping up assad this entire time. the fact that putin finally had to send his own troops and his own aircraft and his, and invest this massive military operation was not a testament to great strength. it was a testament to the weakness of assad's position. if somebody is strong, then you don't have to send in your army to prop up your ally. they have legitimacy in their country and they're able to manage it themselves and then you have good relations with...
Bloomberg Markets : BLOOMBERG : February 16, 2016 10:00am-11:01am EST
brendan: good morning. i am -- i'm in for betty liu all week. russia and saudi arabia freeze oil output in january levels. the market is struggling off of the first significant -- we will look into why. also, it used to be they can't miss recession predictor. be skeptical of the signals you get from the yield curve. high drama out of the high court. how the death of antonin scalia will have a huge impact. housing data. julie hyman has the latest. it is a reading of 58, below 60 estimated by analysts. that is a nine-month low for that reading among u.s. homebuilders. we are seeing potential buyers staying away here. we see progress in the real estate market. this is a stutter with in that. this is typically not a big market moving number. we are seeing the rally in u.s. stocks that does remain intact at this present time. particularly buying in asia and initial buying and oil, though that has faded to some degree. take a look at the imap on bloomberg here. a rebound in information technology. thingsbeen one of the that has held back stocks this year. financials are coming back as
brendan: good morning. i am -- i'm in for betty liu all week. russia and saudi arabia freeze oil output in january levels. the market is struggling off of the first significant -- we will look into why. also, it used to be they can't miss recession predictor. be skeptical of the signals you get from the yield curve. high drama out of the high court. how the death of antonin scalia will have a huge impact. housing data. julie hyman has the latest. it is a reading of 58, below 60 estimated by...
of soliciting bribes. >> reports that russia has proposed a cease-fire for syria to begin on march 1st. it comes as health workers say hospitals near the front line in northern syria are under attack and overwhelmed with victims of russian airstrikes in support of the government. the red cross says the up surge in violence has displaced 50,000 people most of them in northern areas of aleppo province. adding to the misery it also says the water supply system has been cut in the city of aleppo. this as the u.s. comes under pressure to do more with its policy over syria the feares --the russian airstrikes are its looking at carrying out humanitarian help. >> the intensity of the government campaign is continuing, and now the bombs are falling in villages not far from a border town that is home to tens of thousands of people including those recently displaced by the government's advance across the province of aleppo. >> the humanitarian, it is unacceptable considering what is happening in the city. >> already people have started to leave, but turkey has closed it's border so these peop
of soliciting bribes. >> reports that russia has proposed a cease-fire for syria to begin on march 1st. it comes as health workers say hospitals near the front line in northern syria are under attack and overwhelmed with victims of russian airstrikes in support of the government. the red cross says the up surge in violence has displaced 50,000 people most of them in northern areas of aleppo province. adding to the misery it also says the water supply system has been cut in the city of...
the russians. this is what they do for peaceful people. this is the strength of russia. look at innocent people beal killed. >> is a sense of defayance. rebels say they don't plan to withdraw in the face of airstrikes and will confront government troops who are a few kilometers away. the united states says they are trying to secure a peace fire in syria. it still believes that diplomatic progress is possible. they believe there is little hope for a breakthrough. they believe the u.s. is giving russia enough time for the government to win on the battlefield. >> the opposition is still fighting back, but the government defense has weakened them not just on the ground, but they say they won't negotiate while under fire. they believe the government and it's allies are more interested in the inclusion. >> give us reaction to the kurtism to the strategy in syria. >> they keep stressing as they heard from secretary of state john kerry and today we have heard from the presidential envoy to the coalition to fight isil. all three men stressing that turkey is not just a member of nato. it
the russians. this is what they do for peaceful people. this is the strength of russia. look at innocent people beal killed. >> is a sense of defayance. rebels say they don't plan to withdraw in the face of airstrikes and will confront government troops who are a few kilometers away. the united states says they are trying to secure a peace fire in syria. it still believes that diplomatic progress is possible. they believe there is little hope for a breakthrough. they believe the u.s. is...
Nightly Business Report : KQED : February 1, 2016 7:00pm-7:31pm PST
, just talk? or is russia a real wild card in the crisis. >> reporter: as oil prices continue to go south, russia has been at the forefront of trying to figure out whether some action, like a production cut, should be implemented to stabilize oil prices. an opec official stated it's all in the hands of the russians now. could russia be holding a powerful card here? >> we think russia is a wild card. if you look at 2015, they surprised many analysts by being are they going ed to be up or down. if they are up, everyone will have to take their oil forecast down. what i think is interesting is the we are getting some russian producers coming out and saying maybe we should consider cutting production. >> reporter: some say it's much easier said than done. >> i don't really see russia being the one that's more willing to cut production on its side. you have a lot of disagreements amongst russian energy officials as well. >> reporter: several analysts say russia's role in an oil production cut is a side show, and russia is trying to talk up the oil market even if it does want to cut produc
, just talk? or is russia a real wild card in the crisis. >> reporter: as oil prices continue to go south, russia has been at the forefront of trying to figure out whether some action, like a production cut, should be implemented to stabilize oil prices. an opec official stated it's all in the hands of the russians now. could russia be holding a powerful card here? >> we think russia is a wild card. if you look at 2015, they surprised many analysts by being are they going ed to be...
next. >> the u.s. and russia saying hostilities in syria should stop in four days time but will the warring side agree? >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up in this program. 21 people die and cyclones deliver winds 320 kilometers an hour hits fiji. and in step with the president. the 106-year-old who has a dance with the president at the white house. >> you breaking news in the last hour we hear a draft deal has been reached between the united states and russia. they both agree on the date of cessation of hostilities in syria. our diplomatic editor james bays is at the united nations in new york. >> he detailed timeline which will be announced from high levels in the coming hours but the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, we assume that sergei lavrov will also be talking about it. midday, that includes the syrian government. it includes all the other armed groups that are fighting there, but it does not include jabhat al nusra, but all other groups must be ready to say they'll take part of the cease-fire and then 12 hours later will begin the cessation of
next. >> the u.s. and russia saying hostilities in syria should stop in four days time but will the warring side agree? >> you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up in this program. 21 people die and cyclones deliver winds 320 kilometers an hour hits fiji. and in step with the president. the 106-year-old who has a dance with the president at the white house. >> you breaking news in the last hour we hear a draft deal has been reached between the united states...
Weekend News : ALJAZAM : February 20, 2016 12:00am-12:31am EST
half hour. turkey's prime minister has strong words for russia and an exclusive interview for al jazeera. david cameron says he's got a deal to give the u.k. special status in europe paving the way for an in or out referendum. and the fastest, brendan mccallum probation the world record. >> the u.n. brokered syrian peace process is in danger of total collapse. the deadline of a cessation of hospital title passed ohostilit. no way he can realistically get all sides to the table on february 25th as previously planned. meanwhile, president barack obama called the turve turkish counterpart, credit the kurdish group has claimed responsibility. >>> and russia has drafted a u.n. security council resolution calling for an end to cross border shelling. while it doesn't mention turkey by named, it is widely believed that is who it is referring to. daniel lak has the story. >> in the north syrian kurdish fighters made gains along turkey's border. turkey sod with intense corrode border shelling. hose as well as rebel targets. at the united nations a stark warning from france, russia's action
half hour. turkey's prime minister has strong words for russia and an exclusive interview for al jazeera. david cameron says he's got a deal to give the u.k. special status in europe paving the way for an in or out referendum. and the fastest, brendan mccallum probation the world record. >> the u.n. brokered syrian peace process is in danger of total collapse. the deadline of a cessation of hospital title passed ohostilit. no way he can realistically get all sides to the table on...
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into lebanon. >> three climbers have died on mount everest, among them a german doctor taking part in an expedition to remove decades of trash left behind. an official from the nepalese government said conditions on the highest peak had been particularly hazardous this year. >> in sunday's presidential poll in the dominican republic, ruling party candidate appears to be the winner. medina had a four point lead over the other can did it after 99% of the votes had been entered in. >> we turned to sports news now. it looks like berlin will be paying -- playing a second the-- playing 2nd division after a playoff. >> fortuna fans stormed the pitch. club officials will not give up their fight for a rematch and have launched an appeal. >> the german football federation dismissed the appeal against the result that has them facing relegation to the second division. they're basing their case on the fact that the game was interrupted when thousands of dusseldorf fans rushed the pitch. >> no valid cause for an appeal against the result was found. the referee acted according to the regulation at a
into lebanon. >> three climbers have died on mount everest, among them a german doctor taking part in an expedition to remove decades of trash left behind. an official from the nepalese government said conditions on the highest peak had been particularly hazardous this year. >> in sunday's presidential poll in the dominican republic, ruling party candidate appears to be the winner. medina had a four point lead over the other can did it after 99% of the votes had been entered in....
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non -- lebanon, as well as the west bank. >> our correspondent visited one of the largest camps in the west bank. >> the refugee camp south of bethlehem was built in 1949 as a temporary refuge for fleeing palestinians. but today, it is nearly a city unto itself. this man runs a small shop here. he was just a child. >> we have land and belongings. we live like kings. -- lived like kings. we were very happy. now look how we live. we are suffering. every day, every hour. >> abraham runs a small cafe next to his father's shop. he says he has had enough of the talk of the catastrophe. >> people keep asking us these questions and we keep answering the. all these foreigners come every day. they make films, take photos. we tell them about our pain. but the situation never gets better. it just gets worse. >> he says many people here feel forgotten. a third, even fourth generation have only ever known this camp. >> i am not very optimistic about the political situation, but some hope remains, even though it is dwindling giving the difficult conditions here. we still wish we could have our la
non -- lebanon, as well as the west bank. >> our correspondent visited one of the largest camps in the west bank. >> the refugee camp south of bethlehem was built in 1949 as a temporary refuge for fleeing palestinians. but today, it is nearly a city unto itself. this man runs a small shop here. he was just a child. >> we have land and belongings. we live like kings. -- lived like kings. we were very happy. now look how we live. we are suffering. every day, every hour....
violence spilling into lebanon. i think there's going to be some reluctance to get involved militarily. >> thank you so very much. >> germany and israel are closer than ever before. those were the words of germany's new president on his first visit to israel since taking office. >> meeting with his counterpart shimon peres, joaquin gauck spoke of germany's special responsibility towards the jewish state. at the holocaust of world, he said germany's commitment to israel's security was based on the past -- at the holocaust memorial. >> after lagging a wreath, jaochim gauck road a few lines in the guest book about the emotions of being at this memorial, the sense of sympathy, morning, and horror in the face of such evil. and finally, resolve. >> you stand here, and your heart, your mind, and your conscience tell you, never forget. never. and remain true to the country that remembers those who are not committed to live. >> jaochim gauck was welcomed by his israeli counterpart shimon peres, who spoke about their friendship that now binds the two states. jaochim gauck called for peace deal w
violence spilling into lebanon. i think there's going to be some reluctance to get involved militarily. >> thank you so very much. >> germany and israel are closer than ever before. those were the words of germany's new president on his first visit to israel since taking office. >> meeting with his counterpart shimon peres, joaquin gauck spoke of germany's special responsibility towards the jewish state. at the holocaust of world, he said germany's commitment to israel's...
relatives in a bombing in lebanon in 1983. managers at the bank filed an objection because of the impact on their business. >>> japanese leaders are angry about a new construction project on a japanese island held by russia. the construction company is south korean. leaders in japan say they won't stand for any economic activity on the island by a third country. people on the island say a seafood company asked a south korean construction firm to improve the harbor. they say south korean engineers and divers have begun preliminary work. it is one of four japanese islands occupied by soviet troops after japan's surrender in 1945. russian president vladimir putin says he's ready to talk with japanese leaders about their claim to the islands, but russian officials in charge of boosting the island's economy are given projects mainly to companies from china and south korea. >>> one sign of china's economic growth is the high number of chinese now traveling outside their country. according to china's government, that number increased last year by a staggering 22% from the previous year.
relatives in a bombing in lebanon in 1983. managers at the bank filed an objection because of the impact on their business. >>> japanese leaders are angry about a new construction project on a japanese island held by russia. the construction company is south korean. leaders in japan say they won't stand for any economic activity on the island by a third country. people on the island say a seafood company asked a south korean construction firm to improve the harbor. they say south...
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Inside Politics : CNNW : November 15, 2015 5:30am-6:01am PST
. >>> welcome back to cnn's continuing coverage of the terrorist attacks, chriscomo with hala gorani. there has been a development found just now. let's get to fred. >> reporter: hi. i'm just east of paris and the vehicle is of spanish make found by the police force where i'm standing a couple hours ago. i want to get out of the way. the police have actually towed the vehicle. you can see on the ground a lot of shattered glass, because the police officers when they got to the car and found three ak-47s. the big question, first of all, they say this is one of the cars that was used by the attackers on friday. the big question is did they drive it themselves or did someone else drive it here? how many attackers were inside the vehicle? judging from the number of xwug, they think there may have been more than one person inside the car. and they've been asking people if they saw any friday night and no one saw any park the vehicle here and the gentleman next door said the only thing he saw was the police raid at 1:00 local time and saw the police officers break open the windows, search the car
. >>> welcome back to cnn's continuing coverage of the terrorist attacks, chriscomo with hala gorani. there has been a development found just now. let's get to fred. >> reporter: hi. i'm just east of paris and the vehicle is of spanish make found by the police force where i'm standing a couple hours ago. i want to get out of the way. the police have actually towed the vehicle. you can see on the ground a lot of shattered glass, because the police officers when they got to the car...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : November 20, 2015 1:00am-2:01am PST
special coverage in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. we are standing on the champs elyllis. we have new details of the ring leader and architect of the attacks in paris. >> it is really stunning, according to the source close to the investigation. abdelhamid abaaoud was seen, we understand on cctv footage as the bataclan scene was under way. >> he was four kilometers away. it is something as you said that he could have been there as these attacks were going on. we had described to us. we have not seen it ourselves, but operating in a subway station. this as an international manhunt is under way for additional suspects including salah abdeslam. >> new information as well regarding the woman who blew herself up during the operation. according to sources who have been speaking to cnn. she has been identified at hasna aitboulahcen. you can hear police confront her before she detonated her bomb. listen. [ speaking french ] >> officials tell us that police have taken the woman's mother and brother in for questioning. that is standard operating procedure of families of suspects. >
special coverage in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. we are standing on the champs elyllis. we have new details of the ring leader and architect of the attacks in paris. >> it is really stunning, according to the source close to the investigation. abdelhamid abaaoud was seen, we understand on cctv footage as the bataclan scene was under way. >> he was four kilometers away. it is something as you said that he could have been there as these attacks were going on. we...
Early Start With John Berman and Christine Romans : CNNW : November 19, 2015 2:00am-3:01am PST
? joining us now is cnn anchor hala gorani and melissa bell. hala, we are waiting. was it abaaoud? >> the big challenge is in order to conduct dna tests, you have to test it against dna of abdelhamid abaaoud. presumably not on any database. they have to find relatives. it will take time. challenge number two as well as what happened in the apartment, explosives were used. there was resistance. there is an entire floor in the building that is not structurally sound. it takes a lot of effort and a lot of planning and some risk involved as far as the investigators are concerned to enter the building and continue the tests. >> 5,000 rounds fired in the raid. melissa, this discussion of whether it was in fact abaaoud or not, obscures the issue. the mere suspicion that it was. the suspicion that this guy could have traveled back and forth to syria and the focus of so much concern in belgium and the united states for the last year. extraordinary. >> and throughout this, his name came up quickly. the french authorities suggest he may have been the mastermind. obviously not physically on t
? joining us now is cnn anchor hala gorani and melissa bell. hala, we are waiting. was it abaaoud? >> the big challenge is in order to conduct dna tests, you have to test it against dna of abdelhamid abaaoud. presumably not on any database. they have to find relatives. it will take time. challenge number two as well as what happened in the apartment, explosives were used. there was resistance. there is an entire floor in the building that is not structurally sound. it takes a lot of...
john berman along with hala gorani in the plaza de la republique. you can see the pictures of the eiffel tower lit up in the tri-colors. this was stunning. i can tell you it was emotional. i saw people with tears in their eyes as they gazed at that lit up as i have never seen before. >> for several days, the eiffel tower went dark. you have it the colors of the french flag. the monument is open to tourists again. paris says it will be lit up in the colors of the tri-coal on tuesday and wednesday. >> amazing to see. >>> let's bring in gendarmes. he is the political scientist. let's bring in the reaction of the attacks. francois hollande has gone on the war path essentially. we are at war. they are sending the "charles de gaulle" early. did you expect this reaction? >> this is normal. the idea is to reassure the nation and that's why the parliament was actually all together and united in the special congress. then actually proposed some solution of the international scene. it is still blurry. we don't have a full strategy regarding the internet scene on terror. >> it is complicated.
john berman along with hala gorani in the plaza de la republique. you can see the pictures of the eiffel tower lit up in the tri-colors. this was stunning. i can tell you it was emotional. i saw people with tears in their eyes as they gazed at that lit up as i have never seen before. >> for several days, the eiffel tower went dark. you have it the colors of the french flag. the monument is open to tourists again. paris says it will be lit up in the colors of the tri-coal on tuesday and...
New Day Sunday : CNNW : November 15, 2015 5:00am-5:31am PST
>>> welcome to cnn's continueing coverage of paris. hala gorani chris cuomo here. this is a city not even a year since "charlie hebdo." the mood subdued and quiet, coming into unity and concern for others also act of concern for others. the president said stay home if you can. this was an assault on the lifestyle from these murderers of the act of islamism and these people show they will not have their lifestyle change. >> and all religion and all race races. not just french all french who enjoy going to a night out or restaurant or football/soccer game et cetera all those targets were carefully chosen by fanatics to say we do not agree with the way you live and we want to divide you. if i know one thing about parisian parisians, you don't tell them what to do. they'll still be out and enjoying what makes them intrinsically parisian. >> while this is a painful reminder of what happened with charlie hebdo, it is against terrorism. the first suicide bomber a man who exploded himself at the first soccer stadium outside paris, he came to europe as part of an organized group smuggled
>>> welcome to cnn's continueing coverage of paris. hala gorani chris cuomo here. this is a city not even a year since "charlie hebdo." the mood subdued and quiet, coming into unity and concern for others also act of concern for others. the president said stay home if you can. this was an assault on the lifestyle from these murderers of the act of islamism and these people show they will not have their lifestyle change. >> and all religion and all race races. not just...
hala gorani. investigators are trying to figure out who is involved with these killings in paris. we go to brussels. there is an expansion of raids. what do we know. >> reporter: we are on our way to the neighborhood that is the heart of this investigation to try and catch those that are believed to be part of this broader support network. belgian authorities are telling us that three arrests have been made. they also confirmed in a press conference yesterday they believe this is linked to that black volkswagen polo that police identified as they believe is part of those attacks. the man driving that and police that is rented that car, he is the focal point of this search and police have not confirmed whether he has been picked up. this was part of the "charlie hebdo" attacks. there is a long history of this terror network stretching across this country. they believe with the counterparts that now needs to be the time this is neutralized and isolated the threat they believe is only going to grow. chris? >> mini when you say the threat is only going to grow, that is harsher light
hala gorani. investigators are trying to figure out who is involved with these killings in paris. we go to brussels. there is an expansion of raids. what do we know. >> reporter: we are on our way to the neighborhood that is the heart of this investigation to try and catch those that are believed to be part of this broader support network. belgian authorities are telling us that three arrests have been made. they also confirmed in a press conference yesterday they believe this is linked...
they can mourn their dead. >> reporter: hala gorani, cnn, paris. >>> still to come on "cnn newsroom," miss canada can't get into china for this year's miss world competition. why the beauty queen says the country is punishing her. that story just ahead. >>> welcome back. the miss world competition is underway in china. one contestant is missing from the event. miss world canada, anastasia lin, says she's been barred from entering china because of her outspoken views on human rights issues there. we have the details. >> reporter: meet anastasia lin, the beauty queen banned from mainland china. >> i was declared persona non-grata which means i'm not welcome to the country anymore. i'm not welcome to the place where i was born. >> reporter: lin n was born in china and moved to toronto as a teenager. now 25, she was crowned miss canada in may. she was stopped at the airport in hong kong friday, denied permission to board a connecting flight to a resort in mainland china where the miss world pageant finals are already underway. speaking to reporters, she accused chinese authorities of pu
they can mourn their dead. >> reporter: hala gorani, cnn, paris. >>> still to come on "cnn newsroom," miss canada can't get into china for this year's miss world competition. why the beauty queen says the country is punishing her. that story just ahead. >>> welcome back. the miss world competition is underway in china. one contestant is missing from the event. miss world canada, anastasia lin, says she's been barred from entering china because of her outspoken...
>>> hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. >> and i'm john berman. welcome to the special coverage of the terror attack. we have been here all week. >> france is under a state of emergency. the first time the entire nation has been under such a state of emergency in more than 50 years. >> right now, french lawmakers debating whether to extend the state of emergency for three more months. the debate comes the day after the bloody and dramatic raid on two apartments in a paris suburb. >> hundreds of police officers, special forces, military troops descended on a building north of paris in saint-denis early wednesday looking for the man who is believed to have orchestrated the friday attacks. abdelhamid abaaoud. he's belgian. investigators are trying to determine if one of the bodies in the building there is abaaoud. >> there was so much destruction, they have to sift through the body parts and try to match the dna if they can get it. they say one woman blew herself up at the beginning of the raid. she was wearing some kind of suicide b
>>> hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. >> and i'm john berman. welcome to the special coverage of the terror attack. we have been here all week. >> france is under a state of emergency. the first time the entire nation has been under such a state of emergency in more than 50 years. >> right now, french lawmakers debating whether to extend the state of emergency for three more months. the debate comes the day after...
CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield : CNNW : November 28, 2015 8:00am-9:01am PST
providing information on their past. cnn's hala gorani talk a sister of one of the terrorists. she asked cnn to disguise her voice and hide her face. >> translator: he was one of the terrorists responsible for the worst attack in france in half a century. one of three shooters at the bataclan concert hall on november 13th. his name revealed days later, sammy amimore. for the first time on international television, his sister is speaking out. >> at what point did you learn that your younger brother was one of the attackers? >> at first, i was shocked. i was screaming in despair and sadness. and when i gathered my thoughts, i thought this information was wrong, that there was a mistake, that it was impossible. >> reporter: a man who grew up to be a mass murderer, was whose life, according to his sister, started very differently. she shared personal pictures of her brother with us. >> the samy, you knew, you're saying was a nice guy? >> exactly. he was a nice person, a sensitive person. a bit shy. somebody you can rely on. a generous person. someone nice who loved to laugh and joke. >
providing information on their past. cnn's hala gorani talk a sister of one of the terrorists. she asked cnn to disguise her voice and hide her face. >> translator: he was one of the terrorists responsible for the worst attack in france in half a century. one of three shooters at the bataclan concert hall on november 13th. his name revealed days later, sammy amimore. for the first time on international television, his sister is speaking out. >> at what point did you learn that your...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : November 20, 2015 12:00am-1:01am PST
go live to paris with my colleagues hala gorani and john berman standing by with the very latest from the french capital. our coverage continues after the break. you're watching cnn. . . ( ♪ ) uniqlo's revolutionary thin fabric converts body moisture into heat and retains it. ( ♪ ) heattech. super thin, super warm. ( ♪ ) >>> welcome everybody to the viewers in the united states and around the world. we continue our special coverage in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. we are standing on the champs elyllis. we have new details of the ring leader and architect of the attacks in paris. >> it is really stunning, according to the source close to the investigation. abdelhamid abaaoud was seen, we understand on cctv footage
go live to paris with my colleagues hala gorani and john berman standing by with the very latest from the french capital. our coverage continues after the break. you're watching cnn. . . ( ♪ ) uniqlo's revolutionary thin fabric converts body moisture into heat and retains it. ( ♪ ) heattech. super thin, super warm. ( ♪ ) >>> welcome everybody to the viewers in the united states and around the world. we continue our special coverage in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : November 18, 2015 10:00pm-1:01am PST
to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. you're watching special coverage of the paris terror attacks. and we are waiting right now. everyone is waiting for the results of dna tests from the apartment in the paris suburb of saint-denis. investigators want to know if the alleged planner of friday's terrorist attacks abdelhamid abaaoud, if he was one of the two people killed. they're literally testing the body parts found in that apartment right now. we do know that a woman blew herself up inside. she has been reportedly identified as abaaoud's cousin. [ gunfire ] >> well, hundreds of police officers, special forces, military troops descended on the building early wednesday looking for abaaoud. eight people in the end were arrested. meanwhile, in other developments this morning, isis has published a photo showing this, a soda can bomb which they say brought down that russian jet over egypt last month killing 224 people. it's not confirmed that's what it is, john. a rudimentary device if indeed that's what brought down the commercial
to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. >> i'm john berman. you're watching special coverage of the paris terror attacks. and we are waiting right now. everyone is waiting for the results of dna tests from the apartment in the paris suburb of saint-denis. investigators want to know if the alleged planner of friday's terrorist attacks abdelhamid abaaoud, if he was one of the two people killed. they're literally testing the body parts found in that...
viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. we continue our breaking news coverage of the paris attacks at home and abroad. france is taking action after those terrorist attacks on friday that killed 129 people. from bases in jordan and the uae 2 french warplanes attacked the isis stronghold of raqqa in syria. the targets, the ministry of defense says, are a command center, a training base, and a recruiting office. now, the air strikes took place on sunday. the french defense ministry says the planes destroyed all of their targets. meanwhile, across this country police carried out a series of anti-terror raids in grenoble and toulouse and calais as well. across europe, because this has become a pan-european story as well, authorities are looking for at least one suspect who remains at large, they believe, after the attacks. and we are getting this hour more information about one of the terrorists identified. bilal hafdi, you see him here, he was a resident of belgium. he was killed outside the stade de france while carrying out his attack. you'll remember t
viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm hala gorani. we continue our breaking news coverage of the paris attacks at home and abroad. france is taking action after those terrorist attacks on friday that killed 129 people. from bases in jordan and the uae 2 french warplanes attacked the isis stronghold of raqqa in syria. the targets, the ministry of defense says, are a command center, a training base, and a recruiting office. now, the air strikes took place on sunday. the french...
calling for a global coalition to fight them. we go to our inteteternational correspondent hala gorani with more. >> we heard the cop21 summit will go ahead as planned. we don't know if this event will be scaled back. there have been calls for postponement or cancellation of the climate change conference. these are two important things that came out of the meeting with the french president. >> how much of a challenge is internal? specifically for the french? we are hearing the cultural themes that we heard after "charlie hebdo." yes, the arab and muslim populations are french, but french in quotes. the sense of being second class citizens and not integration. what they are learning with the raids is there is so much integration and the network is broader than they expected. how do you deal with that? >> it is a huge muslim population. the largest muslim population in europe. france has. 4 million muslim. a vast majority are not well integrated. the education minister in france is of arab muslim origin. there is that small minority of disenfranchised and the number that is vulnerable to brai
calling for a global coalition to fight them. we go to our inteteternational correspondent hala gorani with more. >> we heard the cop21 summit will go ahead as planned. we don't know if this event will be scaled back. there have been calls for postponement or cancellation of the climate change conference. these are two important things that came out of the meeting with the french president. >> how much of a challenge is internal? specifically for the french? we are hearing the...
CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield : CNNW : November 28, 2015 9:00am-10:01am PST
just hope that they can mourn their dead. >> reporter: hala gorani, cnn, paris. >>> and still so much more straight ahead in the newsroom. it all starts right now. >>> hello, again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. new details in that shooting in colorado springs, colorado. where a gunman killed three people and wounded others in a planned parenthood clinic. robert lewis dear first opened fire in the parking lot carrying an assault rifle. he caused a neighboring shopping center and hospital to go on lockdown for six hours. he surrendered to police and is now in custody. cnn's stephanie elam is live for us nearby the scene. stephanie, tell us more about this extremely delicate process of trying to extract the gunman from the hostages without anyone else getting injured. >> reporter: it was quite a scary proposition. you're talking about a situation that dragged on for six hours, fred, as they were trying to contain this man. and during that, nine people getting injured and three people losing their lives. very tense situation. so much so, you can h
just hope that they can mourn their dead. >> reporter: hala gorani, cnn, paris. >>> and still so much more straight ahead in the newsroom. it all starts right now. >>> hello, again, everyone. thanks so much for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. new details in that shooting in colorado springs, colorado. where a gunman killed three people and wounded others in a planned parenthood clinic. robert lewis dear first opened fire in the parking lot carrying an assault...
john berman and hala gorani. we wait to see if the mastermind of the attack, abdelhamid abaaoud was targeted, was got in this raid or what has been the net result of this operation, so far. >> i'm hala gorani. john berman is here, as well. a dramatic morning, john. a police raid. a massive operation in saint-denis, less than one kilometer, from the stadium where three suicide bombers blew themselves up. three suspected terrorists killed. three police officers injured. >> and now, we understand a number of arrests made, as well. maybe as many as five. one of the terrorists who is dead, believed to be a woman, who killed herself, blowing herself up, with a suicide vest, interesting, obviously, because of the devices that were used in the attacks here. we know that this raid is currently on going, right now. not over, by any means. >> take a look at this dramatic video, as we continue to cover the events in saint-denis. you can clearly hear gunfire. and clearly hear detonations. listen. [ gunfire ] >> one of the features of the raid, is one of the targets could have been abdel hamid ab
john berman and hala gorani. we wait to see if the mastermind of the attack, abdelhamid abaaoud was targeted, was got in this raid or what has been the net result of this operation, so far. >> i'm hala gorani. john berman is here, as well. a dramatic morning, john. a police raid. a massive operation in saint-denis, less than one kilometer, from the stadium where three suicide bombers blew themselves up. three suspected terrorists killed. three police officers injured. >> and now,...
. she sat down with our hole hala gorani, who joins us. >> reporter: it's the first time she expressed herself on international television. t sister of the 28-year-old, one of the three bataclan attackers who ended up blowing himself up inside the concert hall. of course, many of our viewers remember it was the site of the deadliest attack on november 13th. 89 people were murdered in cold blood there. he was a french citizen, traveled to syria. it's even believed his father traveled there to convince his son to come back with no avail. the family stayed in touch with him via messages, via skype practically the entire time he was in syria. they say he didn't -- were not apair of his plans to conduct this terrorist attack. i spoke with his sister. i asked her, when was the last time you were in touch with your brother and what was the last last considerativersation with >> reporter: in your last contact with him, was it just an ordinary conversation? >> yes. >> reporter: with absolutely no sign anything like this could happen? >> no, no sign. totally normal conversation. i aske
. she sat down with our hole hala gorani, who joins us. >> reporter: it's the first time she expressed herself on international television. t sister of the 28-year-old, one of the three bataclan attackers who ended up blowing himself up inside the concert hall. of course, many of our viewers remember it was the site of the deadliest attack on november 13th. 89 people were murdered in cold blood there. he was a french citizen, traveled to syria. it's even believed his father traveled there...
CNN Newsroom Live : CNNW : November 16, 2015 9:00pm-1:01am PST
in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> in paris, they are uncovering new links to friday's attacks as well as isis leaders in syria. authorities believe the mastermind to be abdelhamid abaaoud. >> not arrests, individual raids are in addition to the more than 150 such raids since friday. also in the last few minutes, we have just learned that france is deploying the aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean to assist in its air campaign against isis. now, john, importantly this decision was made before the attacks but precipitated after the attacks. >> he was already headed there. but much more importantly it will play a bigger role than previously imagined. there is new information on what the terrorists did in the weeks leading up to the attacks including where they stayed. we're joined now by cnn international correspondent frederik pleitgen. >> this was from the east, what we have learned over the past couple hours apparently the attackers rented an apartment there, which seems to be at least some of the preparation for this was going on. of course, there were many people asking how t
in paris. i'm hala gorani. >> in paris, they are uncovering new links to friday's attacks as well as isis leaders in syria. authorities believe the mastermind to be abdelhamid abaaoud. >> not arrests, individual raids are in addition to the more than 150 such raids since friday. also in the last few minutes, we have just learned that france is deploying the aircraft carrier to the eastern mediterranean to assist in its air campaign against isis. now, john, importantly this decision...
New Day Saturday : CNNW : November 14, 2015 3:00am-6:01am PST
every angle today. we want to get you straight to paris. hala gorani is there from the theater which saw the worst of the carnage last night. first, i want to talk about what we heard from the french president moments ago, saying isis is, indeed, behind this attack. >>. >> reporter: all right. ooimt i'm outside the concert hall where the carnage took place. the wrench president hollande declared isis terrorists where responsible for yesterday's attack. he called tear actions in this city, quote, an act of war. here's the latestest death toll. it is likely to increase. at least 128 people have been killed. eight of the attackers are dead. officials are scouring the video trying to find anyone who may have escaped or helped them, of course. this is going to be critical in the investigation. the worst of the carnage as i was mentioning at the top of the hour, happened at the see this ter. two police vans are in front of the concert hall. i spoke with one of the police officers here. is he told me forensic vehicles are taking them away to the medical examiner's office, eventually to the
every angle today. we want to get you straight to paris. hala gorani is there from the theater which saw the worst of the carnage last night. first, i want to talk about what we heard from the french president moments ago, saying isis is, indeed, behind this attack. >>. >> reporter: all right. ooimt i'm outside the concert hall where the carnage took place. the wrench president hollande declared isis terrorists where responsible for yesterday's attack. he called tear actions in...
State of the Union With Jake Tapper : CNNW : November 15, 2015 6:00am-7:01am PST
with hala gorani. stay with cnn. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in cnn and people still on edge and warning it may not be over and police all over the world are hunting many accomplices that may still be at large. one terrorist still being investigated, investigators found his finger on the floor where he blew himself up. his name is ismael mostefai. and some of his relatives are in custody. this morning, shocking new video. this inside the concert hall as the first shocks rang out. moments later, this, victims clutching their wounds on the sidewalk outside. but we have breaking news this morning. french authorities telling cnn that at least one of these is m islamists terrorists apparently embedded himself among a group of syrian refugees in order to get into europe. i will go to paris where the investigation is rapidly unfo unfolding, cnn's chief investigative reporter christiane amanpour is breaking the story. isis warned they would use the refugee crisis to infiltrate the west. looks as if they made good on that promise. >> we're chasing down a story and they're trying to go thr
with hala gorani. stay with cnn. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in cnn and people still on edge and warning it may not be over and police all over the world are hunting many accomplices that may still be at large. one terrorist still being investigated, investigators found his finger on the floor where he blew himself up. his name is ismael mostefai. and some of his relatives are in custody. this morning, shocking new video. this inside the concert hall as the first shocks rang out....
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cannot believe her brother was involved in this. her interview with hala gorani. >> no. >> reporter: was there any sign? >> no, he said, look, i am very well, and i have a lot of things to deal with, and i will call you very soon and he said, send kisses to everyone and my cat. >> reporter: how do you reconcile your brother who sas,s you know, i will call you soon, the little boy that you grew up with, with the man who coldly murdered dozens of helpless people in a concert hall? >> to me, there is no link. it is almost like it is not him. there's no chance. i know it is real, but -- >>> let's look more closely at who the terror suspects were in the attack. i want to bring in a former gee haw dys and also our cnn national security analyst peter bergen. and so mubin, you heard that clip that she is believing that her brother is incapable of that attack, and isn't that common that it is easy for the attack thors or the potential attackers to kind of hide their motives from the family? >> yeah, it depends upon what tip of attacker you are looking at. if i could give you a look at organi
cannot believe her brother was involved in this. her interview with hala gorani. >> no. >> reporter: was there any sign? >> no, he said, look, i am very well, and i have a lot of things to deal with, and i will call you very soon and he said, send kisses to everyone and my cat. >> reporter: how do you reconcile your brother who sas,s you know, i will call you soon, the little boy that you grew up with, with the man who coldly murdered dozens of helpless people in a...
hala gorani. we are at the republique something of a shrine. this morning the last five hours, extraordinary developments. an ongoing operation in the neighborhood of sontene in the northern part of this city. three suspected terrorists killed. five now arrested. we have been told that the target of this operation, the region they launched it they believe abdelhamid abaaoud, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the paris attacks on friday that killed 129 people. they think he might have been inside that apartment building. >> let's put it into context t. raid on the apartment in sontene, which is a few miles north of where we are, began at 11:00 p.m. u.s. eastern time. that was about 4:00 a.m. here just for all of you, our viewers, to get a sense, this is what it sounded like when it happene happened. >> all right. there is what we know. after all of this, after all of this intense activity. which by the way it is still an ongoing operation. three suspected terrorists have been killed. one was a woman who blew herself up early on in this operation
hala gorani. we are at the republique something of a shrine. this morning the last five hours, extraordinary developments. an ongoing operation in the neighborhood of sontene in the northern part of this city. three suspected terrorists killed. five now arrested. we have been told that the target of this operation, the region they launched it they believe abdelhamid abaaoud, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the paris attacks on friday that killed 129 people. they think he might...
CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin : CNNW : November 18, 2015 11:00am-1:01pm PST
hala gorani. hala, how did french police know about these apartments in saint-denis? >> over the last few days we know they found a car that they believed one of the attackers used. they also found a cell phone at the bat la can site, the site of the worst of the massacres friday evening. all of this intelligence led them to these apartments in san da knee. it's a suburb of paris. a major military operation, 5,000 rounds of ammunition in the space of several hours were used. we know there are seven individuals under arrest being questioned right now, two at least dead. but the scene we understand inside is going to take a very long time to process. it's not just that the bodies in some cases are in a space that is difficult to sort of -- i mean, to be perfectly blunt, you can't carry them out to a forensic lab. but also they have to use explosives and special weapons to get inside the apartment. the prosecutor has said that it was a reinforced door and in order to get in they had to use very heavy weaponry. you saw the outside of the building, glass blown out, rubble everywhere. it wi
hala gorani. hala, how did french police know about these apartments in saint-denis? >> over the last few days we know they found a car that they believed one of the attackers used. they also found a cell phone at the bat la can site, the site of the worst of the massacres friday evening. all of this intelligence led them to these apartments in san da knee. it's a suburb of paris. a major military operation, 5,000 rounds of ammunition in the space of several hours were used. we know...
cnn international's hala gorani and reuters' david rhodes. so david, let me actually begin with you. hala, i know you spoke with the prime minister of turkey. david, let me begin with you. it's almost like this he said/he said situation. nato is investigating. how will they figure out who's telling the truth? >> i'm not sure they'll ever know the truth, but it's possible that there was this warning and what's amazing is how fast these jets are moving and what it looks like is that if the russian jet did cross into turkish air space, they flew across the sort of two-mile swath of turkish territory so it was a total of 17 seconds. again, 17 seconds that the russian jet is technically inside turkey. clearly maybe as the turks are claiming they warned the jet as it was approaching turkish territory. so turkey could have ignored this. they could have let this happen. but the turks are arguing this happened over and over again and they decided in this situation to respond. >> hala, you just spoke to the turkish prime minister last week talked to the foreign minister. you have before all o
cnn international's hala gorani and reuters' david rhodes. so david, let me actually begin with you. hala, i know you spoke with the prime minister of turkey. david, let me begin with you. it's almost like this he said/he said situation. nato is investigating. how will they figure out who's telling the truth? >> i'm not sure they'll ever know the truth, but it's possible that there was this warning and what's amazing is how fast these jets are moving and what it looks like is that if the...
greece on the same day. >>> and european security is in the spotlight. our hala gorani spoke with rob wayne right, director of the law enforcement agency of the european union. listen. >> reporter: i've got to ask you here with respect, i mean, if a man like abdelhamid abaaoud can slip through in such a way, who can't in that case? if citizens in europe cannot expect their law enforcement intelligence agencies to keep track of the -- of really literally probably one of the most wanted terrorists in europe, how can they trust their agencies to do any kind of job to protect them at this stage? >> it's the number-one terrorist group now. it wasn't necessarily the case one or two week ago. there's a fragmented intelligence picture. security authorities around europe trying to deal with significant amounts of intelligence about a significance number of possible suspect. it's simply not possible to monitor all of them 100% all of the time. what we have to do is learn the lessons of this incident, double our efforts. it's important that the ministers establish a bureau at interpol. this
greece on the same day. >>> and european security is in the spotlight. our hala gorani spoke with rob wayne right, director of the law enforcement agency of the european union. listen. >> reporter: i've got to ask you here with respect, i mean, if a man like abdelhamid abaaoud can slip through in such a way, who can't in that case? if citizens in europe cannot expect their law enforcement intelligence agencies to keep track of the -- of really literally probably one of the most...
not give into hate for the sake of his 17-month-old son. hala gorani spoke to him. >> and the other thing that you said is, your son -- we are only two, my son and me, but we are stronger than all the armies of the world, which i thought was so beautiful. [ speaking french ] >> i don't know about daesh, et cetera. we stand free. we stand with the taste of life. we stand with happiness. we play games with my son. and then, no, we don't win. no, no, we stand. >> >> reporter: your son is only 17 months. >> yes. >> reporter: so, still he doesn't understand. >> but he hears everything. and he knows everything. we talk about it. and then he cried, but he was crying about -- because his mother -- he misses mother. so, i took my phone and put some music that he was listening with his mother, and we look at photos. he show me, this is my mother. mama, mama, mama. then he cries and we try together. we don't pretend that we're not sad or devastated. no, we are. but we stand. since friday night, life decide for me. day after day, i will see. >> the strength of people in this moment of grief, wh
not give into hate for the sake of his 17-month-old son. hala gorani spoke to him. >> and the other thing that you said is, your son -- we are only two, my son and me, but we are stronger than all the armies of the world, which i thought was so beautiful. [ speaking french ] >> i don't know about daesh, et cetera. we stand free. we stand with the taste of life. we stand with happiness. we play games with my son. and then, no, we don't win. no, no, we stand. >> >>...
New Day : CNNW : November 16, 2015 3:00am-6:01am PST
, hala ghara kne gorani? what is happening with france? >> it's the third time since 1848, so historic is the right word, that a french president advances a session of parliament and the nation. this is the huge test for the president. how do you react in the wake of an attack that killed almost 130 french citizens? the french presidency is saying it was organized abroad in syria with the help of french citizens, we now know, on six different sites across the capital. this country is traumatized, alison. i was out on the street for a few hours. every single conversation with no exception was about this. i kept trying to overhear everything that was being said around me. everybody was saying, how can it happen? who is it? will they find the other guy? et cetera. it is a country that is getting back on its feet. it is a country that is traumatize and had searching for answers. >> it's not just a speech, it's a request he's going to make today. it'll be historic. tell us about it. >> he's going to request the extension of special powers, state of emergency. this gives the state an authori
, hala ghara kne gorani? what is happening with france? >> it's the third time since 1848, so historic is the right word, that a french president advances a session of parliament and the nation. this is the huge test for the president. how do you react in the wake of an attack that killed almost 130 french citizens? the french presidency is saying it was organized abroad in syria with the help of french citizens, we now know, on six different sites across the capital. this country is...
monier. we also have cnn correspondent mr. jim sciutto. and cnn international anchor hala gorani. febreze, with this spiderweb effect, the bamboo effect where the shoots pop up, these actions overnight, does that mean over here in france or is it an extension of the same? >> i think it's an extension of the same. we understand now, those guys have a network in europe. and we are -- we have seen our special force, french police forces on alert today. we are seeing many policemen with weapons. looking everywhere. it looks like they are still on the edge, as a threat is still very, very present, actually. and we are sure we are much more sleeping soundly in the coming days. >> is there any reason what i'm hearing, you tell me if i'm wrong, is that they don't think the planner was in the apartments that they shot up yesterday, but they do believe that he is or was in france? >> i'm not sure about that. the target of the apartment, because they were quite sure this guy was inside, you know? and his family was inside. >> cousin. >> so, is he still in the apartment, after the identification of t
monier. we also have cnn correspondent mr. jim sciutto. and cnn international anchor hala gorani. febreze, with this spiderweb effect, the bamboo effect where the shoots pop up, these actions overnight, does that mean over here in france or is it an extension of the same? >> i think it's an extension of the same. we understand now, those guys have a network in europe. and we are -- we have seen our special force, french police forces on alert today. we are seeing many policemen with...
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s meeting will be private and there' s no formal agenda. in washington nikole killion, , wmur news 9. erin: a new abc news-washington post poll finds that a growing number of republicans believe donald trump will win the party' s nomination. 64% say they believe trump will be the gop nominee. that is up 25 percentage points since november. trump' s support among republicans nationwide has not changed since last month. ted cruz gained a few points to 21%. marco rubio is the only other candidate...
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allegedly slipped a radioactive poison into his drink. new at 5:00 in washington, a , hearing today for the man president obama nominated to become secretary of the army. steve: if he's confirmed eric fanning will become the first openly gay secretary of a branch of the u.s. military. jamie yuccas has the story. jamie eric fanning appeared : before the senate armed services committee, which is considering his nomination to become army secretary. fanning said his highest priority is the more...
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an emotional level. people are very frustrated with what is going on in washington and whether or not you agree with what either man is saying, they're saying i agree with you. we have to change the status quo in some ways. >> i think you are probably right. they are tououing a nerve somewhere. >> stephen: does the secretary of defense affect policy or implement policy? >> the president is the policy maker. and he takes recommendations from his cabinet and from senior officials in the white house.
an emotional level. people are very frustrated with what is going on in washington and whether or not you agree with what either man is saying, they're saying i agree with you. we have to change the status quo in some ways. >> i think you are probably right. they are tououing a nerve somewhere. >> stephen: does the secretary of defense affect policy or implement policy? >> the president is the policy maker. and he takes recommendations from his cabinet and from senior...
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carolina, from accidents on i-95. then the storm barreled north. officials in washington, maryland and virginia are still pleading with people tonight, to stay off the roads. "we want people to stay inside! " snow-plow and salt-truck "if there are more people on the roads, how does that make it tougher for you?" "actually it makes it very unsafe for the public because what happens is if we go into a slide dealing with the ice, then we have lives at stake. so we are asking the public to please get off the roads, let us do our jobs
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release from iran has been published by the "washington post." rezaian and his wife brother are seen smiling and laughing. he was released with four other americans over the weekend in a prisoner swap with iran. >> reed: the centers for disease control issuing a now warning today that has a lot of parents really taking notice. it's about a virus linked to pretty serious birth defects. >> marie: when we come back we'll tell you about the travel warning extension for pregnant women. >> reed: plus the east coast not the only ones hit by a after a tornado hit the south.
release from iran has been published by the "washington post." rezaian and his wife brother are seen smiling and laughing. he was released with four other americans over the weekend in a prisoner swap with iran. >> reed: the centers for disease control issuing a now warning today that has a lot of parents really taking notice. it's about a virus linked to pretty serious birth defects. >> marie: when we come back we'll tell you about the travel warning extension for...
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are calling this a nor easter and washington, d.c. looks like the bullseye of this weekend's blizzard.
7News at 5 PM : WHDH : January 28, 2016 5:00pm-5:30pm EST
massachusetts. >> plus, a scandal on the harvard campus today. carrie washington getting hasty pudding pot. we will have all the highlights.
KCCI 8 News This Morning : KCCI : January 26, 2016 5:00am-6:00am CST
almost an hour. in washington, d.c., hundreds of people headed to capitol hill to sled monday. sledding on the hill was banned until recently and with several area businesses and schools still close, -- still closed, kids of all ages went out and had a little fun.
Good Morning America : WOI : January 22, 2016 7:00am-9:00am CST
big storm ming. t's go to rob marciano in washington this morning. >> hey, george, not to mention in charlotte where they're also playing a playoff game, freezing rain there right now, sleeting in raleigh. this storm is massive. here in d.c. these plows will be had a quiet year last year and quiet start this year and blizzard watches have been
here on channel the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe has picked actress kerry washington as its "woman of the year." harvard university's hasty pudding theatricals honored the
KCCI 8 News at Six : KCCI : January 23, 2016 6:00pm-6:30pm CST
by a sled ride the family dog. todd: and the national zoo in washington, d.c., posted this video. a panda woke up to see a whole lot of snow. it is pretty exciting to see. laura: he loves it. and while the east coast is getting overwhelmed, there is enough snow in central iowa for people to get out and enjoy the winter -- winter activities.
Today : WHO : January 26, 2016 7:00am-10:00am CST
closed in washington, d.c. again. up and down the east coast, frustration is growing. including queens, new york, where side roads are still covered in snow. >> it's bad out here, man. it's bad. the city got plowed. i don't know. >> a plow is not effective. the snow is too deep, and there's not enough room, so we are literally going in and dragging it out. >> people are getting frustrated. queens was hit hard, by the way. 30 inches of snow in some neighborhoods. >>> the democratic presidential field was in des moines, iowa, last night for a final town hall forum before next monday's caucuses. bernie sanders touted his call to shake up washington, while hillary clinton pushed her experience. >> establishment politics is just not good enough. we need bold changes. we need a political revolution. >> obviously, i respect senator sanders greatly and appreciate what he has done in this
closed in washington, d.c. again. up and down the east coast, frustration is growing. including queens, new york, where side roads are still covered in snow. >> it's bad out here, man. it's bad. the city got plowed. i don't know. >> a plow is not effective. the snow is too deep, and there's not enough room, so we are literally going in and dragging it out. >> people are getting frustrated. queens was hit hard, by the way. 30 inches of snow in some neighborhoods. >>>...
Today : KWWL : January 20, 2016 7:00am-10:00am CST
supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa
, washington and ottumwa today... vermont senator bernie sanders is also in the hawkeye state today -- with a number of stops... at his fairfield event today, he'll be joined by a special guest...actress susan sarandon. she also campaigned for sanders in mason city last night... you're not gonna get another person that comes up in know. this is the only guy."
Today : WHO : January 23, 2016 6:00am-7:30am CST
look for you coming from the streets of washington, d.c. dylan dreyer not at the desk with us this morning because she's in the blue mobile. the snow is coming down hard. outside of studio 1a, the snow is falling quickly out there. that does not stop. that looks thrown, by the way. i think it is tripled in size. they get extra medals today. >> a lot of the folks in the
KCRG TV9 Morning News : KCRG : January 25, 2016 6:00am-7:00am CST
iowa then he will make stops in washington, davenport, burlington, ottumwa and oskaloosa. it's hard to think about the hot iowa summers right now. but ragbrai officials have released this summer's route. this time the southern part of the state will host thousands of cyclists. up next... this morning's weather wise question.
: thousands of people from across the country, tried to beat the snowstorm in washington, d.c, and take part in the annual march for life. the anti-abortion demonstrators march to the u.s. supreme court building. this year's pro-life rally was much smaller than in year's past. because of the big winter storm. among those who were to take hundreds of catholic school students from the des moines area. we were there as they loaded onto buses to make the trip. back here in central iowa students at norwalk high school got a lesson today in skin cancer prevention. staff from the john stoddard cancer center brought in a derma-scan machine which skin shows damage from tanning and
: thousands of people from across the country, tried to beat the snowstorm in washington, d.c, and take part in the annual march for life. the anti-abortion demonstrators march to the u.s. supreme court building. this year's pro-life rally was much smaller than in year's past. because of the big winter storm. among those who were to take hundreds of catholic school students from the des moines area. we were there as they loaded onto buses to make the trip. back here in central iowa students at...
KCRG TV9 News at 10 : KCRG : January 23, 2016 10:00pm-10:35pm CST
traveling back to dubuque county, following a right to life march in washington, d-c. members of the pro-life group tell tv-9 their five-bus convoy is now on the move. while they were stranded, dubuque county right to life - along with others - held an impromptu mass along the roadway.
World News Now : KMGH : January 21, 2016 2:36am-4:00am MST
school graduation. >> malia is a senior at the private sidwell friends school in washington, d.c., and expected
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be moving to d.c. and live in washington d.c. and, kyla, we are crossing our fingers for you guys. >> kyla: , yes. we are expecting anywhere foot of snow to 30 inches of snow and i know boston is not a stranger to snow and been awhile since i experienced true blizzard but 30 inches of snow comes up almost to my hips and bit unnerving and not knowing exactly how much we will get this weekend and we are under a blizzard warning that takes effect at 3:00 this afternoon and goes until sunday morning, the federal government did decide to shut down at noon today to get thousands of commuters off the roads and home
be moving to d.c. and live in washington d.c. and, kyla, we are crossing our fingers for you guys. >> kyla: , yes. we are expecting anywhere foot of snow to 30 inches of snow and i know boston is not a stranger to snow and been awhile since i experienced true blizzard but 30 inches of snow comes up almost to my hips and bit unnerving and not knowing exactly how much we will get this weekend and we are under a blizzard warning that takes effect at 3:00 this afternoon and goes until sunday...
Local 5 News at Six : WOI : January 22, 2016 6:00pm-6:30pm CST
. washington dc is just recovering from a clipper storm, and is now trying to get ahead of what could be a crippling blizzard moving up from the south. jack: and this is causing tons of flight cancellations along the east coast and all the way back here in the metro, if you're flying out, be sure to check in with the des moines international airport's flight tracker,
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15 Years Ago: Why Guns N’ Roses Tried to Stop Their Own Greatest Hits LP
Nick DeRiso
Guns N' Roses' Greatest Hits was an unqualified success. Released on March 23, 2004, the compilation reached the Top 5 in the States after topping the charts in the U.K.
Fans who'd waited more than a decade since Guns N' Roses most recent release, 1993's covers-filled The Spaghetti Incident?, found a 14-song collection featuring key songs from the band's smash 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction ("Sweet Child o' Mine," "Welcome to the Jungle," "Paradise City"), the big hit from 1989's GN'R Lies ("Patience"), favorites from the Use Your Illusion albums ("Don't Cry," "November Rain") and a more recent update of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil."
So, how come Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan never wanted it released?
Greatest Hits arrived during a low point in the band's relationship with Geffen Records, as the Rose-led group continued long-delayed work on a new studio album. Their label decided to issue this set as a stop-gap measure, both to stoke interest in Guns N' Roses after a series of defections and also to recoup some of the staggering expenses associated with ongoing album sessions.
Rose began work on the album, which would eventually be titled Chinese Democracy, back in 1994. By this point, Guns N' Roses had already gone through several roster changes, four producers and at least three recording studios, racking up a reported $13 million in production costs, according to Geffen documents.
Eventually, their label declined to continue paying for Chinese Democracy, and focused instead on completing a new compilation. "Having exceeded all budgeted and approved recording costs by millions of dollars," Geffen wrote in February 2004 letter, "it is Mr. Rose's obligation to fund and complete the album – not Geffen's."
Rose said he wasn't consulted on Greatest Hits, however, and his subsequent lawsuit against Geffen was joined by Slash and McKagan – even though they'd been out of Guns N' Roses since the early '90s.
"The band has not been given the opportunity to approve the choice of songs, the artwork, the release date or the remastering done on the tracks included on this compilation," Rose said in a statement at the time. "Founding member W. Axl Rose is concerned that not only will their audience be misled into believing that the planned compilation is an authorized release, but that it will hinder the release of the band's long-awaited new studio album."
They said the track selection was "fundamentally flawed" and "does not reflect the band's best work." The Guns 'N Roses release also noted that fans had "flooded the offices of Geffen Records' senior executives with thousands of emails over the last few weeks expressing their dissent." One online petition echoed the group's concerns about which songs were chosen, noting that "there are stronger tracks in their catalog that are not included."
Rose, McKagan and Slash filed for a temporary restraining order to stop the release of Greatest Hits just days before its announced arrival, specifically arguing that Geffen didn't have the right to issue remastered versions of their songs without prior approval.
A California judge disagreed. He found no evidence that the songs had been altered, and moreover worried about how much money Geffen's parent company stood to lose if everything was derailed so late in the process.
"Their lawsuit is meritless," Universal Music Group spokesman Peter LoFrumento told the Today show at the time. "Fortunately, since the court has denied their application for a temporary restraining order, the album will be released as scheduled."
When Greatest Hits arrived the following week, its flimsy packaging included no liner notes. Also missing were deeper cuts like "Out Ta Get Me," "Estranged" and "Mr. Brownstone" that might have told a larger story. But that apparently didn't bother band loyalists who hadn't heard all-new original Guns N' Roses material since 1991. They'd already made Geffen's most recent vault excavation, the two-disc concert compilation Live Era: 1987-1993, a gold-certified hit in 1999.
Greatest Hits did better still, eventually selling more than 6 million copies. A frustrated Rose went back to work on Chinese Democracy, while McKagan and Slash focused on a new band called Velvet Revolver. They reportedly never actually spoke to Rose through the entire litigation.
"Patching up their differences only long enough to try to stop this album from coming out may just have served to draw more attention to it and may have helped market it," Billboard charts editor Geoff Mayfield told the Los Angeles Times in 2004.
Ultimately, Rose needn't have worried about Greatest Hits hampering sales of a new Guns N' Roses album. Chinese Democracy, which was eventually considered one of the most expensive albums ever made, didn't arrive for four more years.
Greatest Hits then re-entered the Billboard chart at No. 3 in March 2012, after being put on sale for just 25 cents via Amazon and Google Play. That extended one of Billboard's longest streaks, as the compilation racked up more than 400 weeks on the charts.
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Woodstock 50 Promoter Accuses Investors of ‘Illegal’ $17 Million Removal
woodstock.com
Woodstock 50 promoter Michael Lang accused his former business partners of having “illegally swept” $17 million from the festival bank account, and said they were attempting to “suffocate and kill” the anniversary event.
Set to take place on the weekend of August 16-18 at Watkins Glen International Speedway in New York, the festival first ran into trouble when tickets were not put on sale as scheduled. Later, financiers Dentsu announced Woodstock 50 had been canceled after they’d backed out, while Lang insisted it would go ahead without them.
In the latest round of challenges, Lang – who co-founded the original Woodstock in 1969 – accused Dentsu of several unlawful acts. In a five-page document seen by Rolling Stone, he said Dentsu had “illegally swept approximately $17 million from the festival bank account.”
“We also have evidence that Dentsu representatives have gone so far as to say that should the talent back out of Woodstock, they would be seen favorably by Dentsu and that this could result in their performing the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where Dentsu is a major organizer," he continued. "In these actions too, Dentsu has acted not only without honor, but outside of the law.”
Lang claimed that Dentsu blocked the ticket launch “for no apparent reason.” He argued that, in response to concerns that the festival would lose money, he presented “multiple plans illustrating a slight profit and substantiated these plans with supporting documents. However, for reasons not explained to us, it seemed to fall on deaf ears.”
He said that, in “taking over” the festival then announcing its cancellation, Dentsu had acted beyond its competencies, and that the listing of its subsidiary Amplifi Live as co-producer had been arranged for reasons of “optics” alone.
Once again insisted the festival would go ahead, Lang wrote, “It is one thing if your company, Dentsu, wanted to back out of its commitment to Woodstock because it would not make as much money as it had hoped, but to try to suffocate and kill Woodstock so that we could not have a festival for our Golden Anniversary without you is puzzling for any company, let alone one that claims reform.”
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Source: Woodstock 50 Promoter Accuses Investors of ‘Illegal’ $17 Million Removal
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Influential Fashion Educators
Valerie Steele
Valerie Steele, former high school dropout, Yale doctorate holder, museum curator and author, is a rarity. Having entered fashion by way of corsets (the study thereof), she is like any true historian in that she delves deep within her chosen subject and returns with a vast pool of knowledge only to give it meaning. Yet she places particular emphasis on all of fashion’s unexplored cultural implications. In New York, there’s no better example of an all-inquisitive breed. As she sits at a table covered with books from inside her office above The Museum at FIT, inquiring eyes staring back, it’s like being drawn back to induction day in college. When she speaks she’s so full of conviction and purpose, it’s intimidating. The interview is over within 30 minutes. Despite the long list of probing questions, Steele exudes a thoroughness that could hit you from a distance.
VALERIE STEELE: Fashion is intrinsically about change and time. That said, the fashion system in recent years has become more globalized with big trends, big fashion companies like LVMH and Kering, as well as production going off-shore primarily to Asia. You also have the technological revolution. It used to take months before a fashion would move from Paris to New York and then months more before it would travel to another part of the world. Now you have copies being made within hours of their being shown in Paris, and in fact, [these] reach the stores before designers see their own products reach the stores. In addition, more and more fashion weeks are springing up all over the world. All of this has meant that the fashion world seems to be moving much more rapidly.
And if you’re young and starting out…
It’s become more complicated. Back in the 1920’s, you could start your own fashion couture house on the basis of having half a dozen clients. You need millions and millions of dollars in backing to start one now.
Do you think there’s been a negative impact to quality with the fashion cycle speeding up?
I don’t think you can say there’s been a change in the quality of the work. That would be too simplistic. But I do think there’s a lot of pressure on designers. The more successful they become, there might be added pressure to produce multiple collections.
In a way, this accelerated fashion cycle could explain why the design aspect doesn’t change so radically.
Fashion design never changes radically. If you had too great of a sudden change, it would be accepted by no one. And it might not be understood. But one significant shift you may have seen is the designer as a creative agent, and the brand as a marketing phenomenon.
That’s definitely true. Going back to the topic of technology, and when we look at social media as a proponent of personal style bloggers, do you think people dictate fashion to brands? Or is it the designer?
Despite the wealth of bloggers and Instagram, etc., the average person is not in the position of being a gatekeeper, let alone a dictator.
So would you say that the public’s relationship to fashion hasn’t changed with time?
No, it changes. Fashion is not just a psychological or socio-psychological situation. It’s economic; it’s psychological; it’s social; it’s aesthetic. It’s not just a production of clothes—it’s a production of ideas about clothes and images about clothes. Designers are trying to pick up on this so they can move their designs forward and people will respond whether or not it resonates with them and their world.
Has the rise in popularity of fashion exhibitions, such as the Alexander McQueen exhibit in 2011 or the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit most recently in Paris, helped your efforts?
It [Popularity] has been growing since the 1970’s, but increasingly, especially since 2000. More and more museums are doing shows like this because they know the public will respond and come in huge numbers.
Why do you think that is?
I think it’s because people feel they can understand and appreciate fashion more easily than art.
I remember my first time at the museum here. I was studying fashion design in high school.
Oh, you were one of those kids.
“THERE WAS A FEELING AMONG FASHION PEOPLE THAT IF YOU WERE SERIOUS ABOUT FASHION, IT WAS BORING AND IT WAS A DRAG. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, YOU KNOW, FUN.”
I was one of those [laughs]. And it was 2000, maybe, and the exhibit was about corsets. For my first time going to a fashion museum, I think it was one of the best exhibits I could have seen.
Oh yes. I spent 20 years studying corsets. That’s how I got into the history of fashion—through corsets. My friend and I were assigned to look at two articles from a scholarly journal [whilst completing a PhD at Yale] and she had read this scholarly journal, a feminist journal called Signs, which had articles arguing about the meaning of the Victorian corset: “Was it oppressive to women or was it liberating?”
I think of all the books you’ve written—from those about counter-culture fashion to fetish clothing to style icons like Daphne Guinness. Which experiences were some of your favourite?
Whatever project you’re working on is captivating. I have to say, I wrote Paris Fashion in large part because Paris is the capital of fashion and because it’s great to do research in Paris. At the moment, I’m doing a new edition of the Paris Fashion book so that gives me an excuse to make multiple trips to Paris. And I’m working on a show next year with the Palais Galliera, which is one of the two fashion museums in Paris, to bring the clothes worn by the Comtesse Greffulhe to New York—to the museum at FIT.
How did that come about?
The director there, Olivier Saillard, told me he was working on this project a few years ago while we were sitting waiting for the Dior Couture show to open. We were talking and I said, “Oh my God, that sounds fabulous. Can I get involved in that in any way? I’d love to do something for your catalogue or bring it to New York.” So we’re bringing that here and I also have an essay in the catalogue.
“BACK IN THE 1920’S, YOU COULD START YOUR OWN FASHION COUTURE HOUSE ON THE BASIS OF HAVING HALF A DOZEN CLIENTS. YOU NEED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN BACKING TO START ONE NOW.”
What do you think about students who would like to follow your career route?
Well, there are a select number of museums. [But] you can certainly do it. People like Judith Clark(Professor of Fashion and Museology at London College of Fashion) didn’t wait to be hired by museums. She started her own autonomous gallery.
Some might argue that fashion is not considered an intellectual pursuit, that it’s only for pleasure.
In the past, there was a lot of suspicion on the part of academics that fashion was for silly people. Conversely, there was a feeling among fashion people that if you were serious about fashion, it was boring and it was a drag. It was supposed to be, you know, fun.
VS: Academics are more willing to accept that fashion is a valid topic to study. Fashion people are now more interested in hearing what intellectuals have to say. I think [it’s] become more relaxed.
Words Sophia Gonzalez
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Judge Jennifer Coleman Hesson was elected to serve on the 33rd District Court bench in November, 2010, taking office on January 1, 2011. One year later, she was appointed Chief Judge Pro Tem and most recently received the appointment, from the Supreme Court, to serve as Chief Judge of the 33rd District Court, beginning January 1, 2014. Before taking the bench, she was a courtroom attorney for nearly 15 years. She developed her professional perspective by strategizing and presenting thousands of criminal and civil cases in more than 50 of Michigan’s district, municipal, circuit, probate and appellate courts; and in the federal U.S. District Courts. She further honed her skills in conflict resolution as an arbitrator of circuit court civil law cases. She also served as house counsel at the 33rd District Court.
Judge Jennifer Coleman Hesson is a life-long resident of the district. She graduated from Oscar A. Carlson High School-Gibraltar. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and her law degree from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. She is a former trustee of the Gibraltar School District Board of Education and was inducted into the inaugural class of the Carlson Hall of Fame, for her long time commitment and dedication to the community.
She is an active member of the Michigan District Judges Association, Wayne County District Judges Association, State Bar of Michigan, Downriver Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Michigan Association for Justice, Soroptimist International, UofM Alumni Association, Chapman Elementary PTO, Shumate Middle School PTO, Rockwood Historical Society, and St. Mary Parish in Rockwood.
Judge Jennifer Coleman Hesson serves as a team member of the 33rd District Court’s Sobriety Court and the SUDDS (Stop Underage Drinking/Drugs Downriver) Coalition, regularly conducts court sessions in the local schools, for the “Court to School” program, coaches the Trenton High School Mock Trial Team, and facilitates and presents the Domestic Violence – “Healthy Relationships – Expect Respect” program in area high schools.
Judge Jennifer Coleman Hesson is married and has four children.
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How the insights of the Large Hadron Collider are being made open to everyone: The Conversation
January 23, 2017 Director, AOASG
If you visit the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) exhibition, now at the Queensland Museum, you’ll see the recreation of a moment when the scientist who saw the first results indicating discovery of the Higgs boson laments she can’t yet tell anyone.
It’s a transitory problem for her, lasting as long as it takes for the result to be thoroughly cross-checked. But it illustrates a key concept in science: it’s not enough to do it; it must be communicated.
That’s what is behind one of the lesser known initiatives of CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research): an ambitious plan to make all its research in particle physics available to everyone, with a big global collaboration inspired by the way scientists came together to make discoveries at the LHC.
This initiative is called SCOAP³, the Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access in Particle Physics Publishing, and is now about to enter its fourth year of operation. It’s a worldwide collaboration of more than 3,000 libraries (including six in Australia), key funding agencies and research centres in 44 countries, together with three intergovernmental organisations.
It aims to make work previously only available to paying subscribers of academic journals freely and immediately available to everyone. In its first three years it has made more than 13,000 articles available.
Not only are these articles free for anyone to read, but because they are published under a Creative Commons attribution license (CCBY), they are also available for anyone to use in anyway they wish, such as to illustrate a talk, pass onto a class of school children, or feed to an artificial intelligence program to extract information from. And these usage rights are enshrined forever.
The concept of sharing research is not new in physics. Open access to research is now a growing worldwide initiative, including in Australasia. CERN, which runs the LHC, was also where the world wide web was invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist at CERN.
The main purpose of the web was to enable researchers contributing to CERN from all over the world share documents, including scientific drafts, no matter what computer systems they were using.
Before the web, physicists had been sharing paper drafts by post for decades, so they were one of the first groups to really embrace the new online opportunities for sharing early research. Today, the pre-press site arxiv.org has more than a million free article drafts covering physics, mathematics, astronomy and more.
But, with such a specialised field, do these “open access” papers really matter? The short answer is “yes”. Downloads have doubled to journals participating in SCOAP³.
With millions of open access articles now being downloaded across all specialities, there is enormous opportunity for new ideas and collaborations to spring from chance readership. This is an important trend: the concept of serendipity enabled by open access was explored in 2015 in an episode of ABC RN’s Future Tense program.
Greater than the sum of the parts
There’s also a bigger picture to SCOAP³’s open access model. Not long ago, the research literature was fragmented. Individual papers and the connections between them were only as good as the physical library, with its paper journals, that academics had access to.
Now we can do searches in much less time than we spend thinking of the search question, and the results we are presented with are crucially dependent on how easily available the findings themselves are. And availability is not just a function of whether an article is free or not but whether it is truly open, i.e. connected and reusable.
One concept is whether research is “FAIR”, or Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. In short, can anyone find, read, use and reuse the work?
The principle is most advanced for data, but in Australia work is ongoing to apply it to all research outputs. This approach was also proposed at the November 2016 meeting of the G20 Science, Technology and Innovation Ministers Meeting. Research findings that are not FAIR can, effectively, be invisible. It’s a huge waste of millions of taxpayer dollars to fund research that won’t be seen.
There is an even bigger picture that research and research publications have to fit into: that of science in society.
Across the world we see politicians challenging accepted scientific norms. Is the fact that most academic research remains available only to those who can pay to see it contributing to an acceptance of such misinformed views?
If one role for science is to inform public debate, then restricting access to that science will necessarily hinder any informed public debate. Although no one suggests that most readers of news sites will regularly want to delve into the details of papers in high energy physics, open access papers are 47% more likely to end up being cited in Wikipedia, which is a source that many non-scientists do turn to.
Even worse, work that is not available openly now may not even be available in perpetuity, something that is being discussed by scientists in the USA.
So in the same way that CERN itself is an example of the power of international collaboration to ask some of the fundamental scientific questions of our time, SCOAP³ provides a way to ensure that the answers, whatever they are, are available to everyone, forever.
Virginia Barbour, Executive Director, Australasian Open Access Strategy Group, Queensland University of Technology
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Ablaze Bristol
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Nigel Hutchings
Nigel retired in 2013 as Director, Chambers of Commerce, Business West where he had worked for 15 years after 30 years in retail banking. He is a trustee of Keynsham Charities which manages Alms Houses in the town, and a past President of Keynsham Rotary Club with responsibilities for helping deliver the Club’s Youth programme which involves 6 local primaries and 2 secondary schools.
Nigel is a co-founder of Ablaze and is very keen to see Bristol and the West of England achieve its full potential, for which one of the ingredients is a fully skilled, numerate and literate workforce.
Robert Bourns
Robert was Managing and then Senior Partner of TLT LLP, national law firm head quartered in Bristol. An employment lawyer, he has committed to a number of local charities. He was trustee and then Chair of St Peter’s Hospice, Bristol and is currently chair of Quartet Community Foundation. He is also a friend of Room 13 studio in Hareclive and a governor of Merchants’ Academy. He is a member of the Council of The Law Society of England & Wales and was its President for 2016/17. He is passionate about the potential power in diversity and believes that most people can achieve great things for themselves and their communities if given encouragement and confidence in their own abilities.
Robert is married, with 4 adult children and a granddaughter. He skis occasionally and badly, gardens, and sings in his local community choir. He enjoys walking in the Lake District.
Geraldine Buckland
Geraldine lives in North Somerset and works in Bristol, is married and has one son. She brings a range of knowledge to her role as a trustee gained from various general management and leadership roles, as well as functional HR competence, from her broad, generalist HR background.
Geraldine has worked for many different types of organisation; both in house and as a consultant; across the private, public and third sectors. She worked for a variety of blue-chip companies such as Lloyds Bank and BP, before spells at Cornwall County Council, Leonard Cheshire Disability, and Smith & Williamson, where she led the HR Management Consultancy team. Since 2016, Geraldine has worked at Bristol Water as Director of People, Health & Safety.
Geraldine has been a Trustee of Ablaze since November 2015 and enjoys contributing to this exceptional organisation.
Fiona Tolmie
Dr Fiona Tolmie is Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Business and Law at UWE Bristol. She originally trained as a solicitor in the City of London before moving into vocational legal education and then into higher education. She was a school and college governor in South West London before moving to Bristol a few years ago to join UWE Bristol.
Fiona has been a Trustee of Ablaze since August 2015.
Bethan Evans
Beth has lived in Bristol since the 1970s when she came to the city to study law at University. She practised as a solicitor for 35 years. Beth worked as a lawyer in the public sector for a number of local authorities in the area, then became a partner at Bevan Brittan in Bristol, where she was elected as Senior Partner for 4 years. During her time at the firm, Beth led work on CSR and engagement with community/charity work. Beth was Vice Chair of the Bristol Partnership for two years. Having retired from full time practice in January 2018, Beth now runs a business delivering training for local authority elected councillors.
She believes strongly that equipping young people to enter the world of work is essential for their development and the success of our society. Also, that links between business and the world of education should be stronger and more focused. Beth became a Trustee of Ablaze in Spring 2018.
Ashley Daniells
Ash was born and raised in Bristol and has a real connection to the city. He is currently an Associate at RPC LLP, working in the Professional and Financial Risks team. He was introduced to Ablaze after leading RPC’s partnership with West of England Mentoring, a partnership that saw him ultimately win Mentor of the Year at the inaugural South West Mentoring Awards. Ash is heavily involved in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives at RPC, most notably in relation to Social Mobility and LGBT+. Having attended a school that benefits from Ablaze, Ash is perfectly placed to help make a difference.
Ash became a Trustee of Ablaze in April 2019 and is excited to help make real change across the South-West.
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Location: Duxbury Massachusetts
Ancestors of the Rufus W. Bassett Family of Fall River, Massachusetts
The family bearing this name in Fall River, to which belonged the late Hon. Rufus W. Bassett, long prominent in business and public affairs, for years a member of the board of police and much of the time its chairman, is a branch of the earlier Taunton family, it of the still earlier Rochester branch of the distinguished Bassetts of the Cape Cod towns of the Old Colony.
Ancestors of Daniel Waldo Field of Brockton MA
Daniel Waldo Field, an extensive shoe manufacturer of Brockton, Mass., and one of the founders and for a number of years president, of the Clark-Hudson Company, shoe jobbers, of Boston and New York, is a citizen of whom Brockton is justly proud. Besides establishing a large and prosperous industry which has brought plenty and content into many a workingman’s home, he has given largely to philanthropic enterprises, some of which actually owe their existence to his generosity. He was born in Brockton, Feb. 18, 1856, son of William L. and Mary D. (Holmes) Field.
Ancestry of the Embert Howard Family of Brockton Massachusetts
EMBERT HOWARD, long one of the most successful business men of Brockton, of which city he is also one of the foremost citizens, is a worthy representative of a family which has historic identity with the earliest settling of New England. For two hundred and sixty and more years the family bearing this name has dwelt in the Bridgewaters and in the region of country thereabouts, the posterity of John Haward, who was one of the early settlers of Duxbury, Mass. The genealogy following traces the line in chronological order from this immigrant ancestor.
Ancestry of Herbert Isam Mitchell of Brockton, MA
The family bearing the name of Mitchell is one of the oldest in the New World, its progenitor being Experience Mitchell, who came over in 1623 in the “Ann,” and from that time to the present the records of various towns of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, chiefly Plymouth, Duxbury and the Bridgewaters, bear mute testimony of the prominence in peace and war of the members of the family in the different generations, and the present head of the family in Brockton, Isam Mitchell, president of Isam Mitchell & Co., lumber dealers and contractors, and his son, the late Herbert Isam Mitchell, active in business with his father and prominent in fraternal circles, have proved themselves firm in purpose and able in business.
Ancestors of Charles Jarvis Holmes of Marshfield and Rochester MA
The purpose of this article to treat with one branch only of the Marshfield-Rochester family, the head of which was the late Hon. Charles Jarvis Holmes, lawyer and public servant of distinguished official relation, as was his father before him, Hon. Abraham Holmes, and as was also the former’s son excepting that he was a banker and financier instead of a member of the legal profession, and a man of high standing and long service in his calling at Fall River, where he was succeeded by his only son, Charles L. Holmes, now treasurer of the Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank, an institution his father had served in the same official relation for approximately fifty years, and who is worthily wearing the family name and sustaining its reputation.
Allen Genealogy of New Bedford Massachusetts
The Allen family of New Bedford Massachusetts is descended from George Allen who’s children and descendants would eventually settle in Old Dartmouth and New Bedford Massachusetts. This is an extensive genealogy of five sons of the fourteen children of James Allen and Sarah Howland of New Bedford MA, including the ancestry of James Allen back to George Allen.
Family and Ancestry of Williams Watkins of New Bedford, MA
Probably no name in the history of New Bedford brings more clearly or forcibly to mind a man of large affairs, of broad charity and generous impulse, of high purpose and of exemplary citizenship, than does that of the late William Watkins, whose long life in commercial and financial circles made him a part of the progress and development of this community. William Watkins, son of Capt. Thomas and Mary (Davis) Watkins, was born in the village of Westport Point, Mass., June 22, 1814. He attended the country schools until he reached the age of fourteen years…
Ancestors of Charles W. Milliken of Barnstable, MA
CHARLES WARREN MILLIKEN, M. D., of Barnstable, Barnstable Co., Mass., engaged as a general practitioner of medicine, has high professional and social connections which have brought him a wide acquaintance. The Millikens, though not one of the oldest Colonial families, have become allied with the posterity of the most distinguished early settlers, and the Doctor traces his line back to many whose names are suggestive of the interesting and important events of the ancient history of this region. There follows in chronological order from the first known American ancestor the genealogical and family history of his branch of the Milliken family.
Ancestors of Horace Alden Keith of Brockton, MA
Horace Alden Keith, founder of the Brockton Webbing Company, one of the successful and thriving industries of Brockton, and one of that city’s enterprising and progressive business men, is a descendant on both his paternal and maternal sides of historic old New England ancestry. Mr. Keith was born in West Bridgewater May 25, 1862, eldest son of the late Henry Snell and Thalia (Alden) Keith. The ancestral line of the branch of the Keith family in this country to which Horace Alden Keith belongs, and which follows, is given in chronological order from the first American ancestor. Rev. James Keith, born in 1644, was educated in Aberdeen, Scotland (as tradition says at the expense of a maiden aunt), where he was graduated likely from Marischal College, his name appearing on the roll of 1657, said college having been founded by George, the fifth Earl of Keith Marischal, in 1593. At the age of eighteen years he emigrated to this country, arriving at Boston in 1662. He was introduced to the church at Bridgewater by Dr. Increase Mather, and became settled as the minister of the Bridgewater Church Feb. 18, 1664. Rev. James Keith passed away in West Bridgewater July 23, 1719, aged seventy-six years, having labored in the ministry of the town for fifty-six years.
Descendants of William Brett of Bridgewater, MA
Ellis Brett, president of the Plymouth County Trust Company, of Brockton, and one of that city’s honored and respected citizens, is a worthy representative of historic New England ancestry, the Brett family having resided in this community since the first settlement of the mother town of Bridgewater, from which the town of North Bridgewater (now Brockton) was set off. Mr. Brett was born in the latter town Oct. 23, 1840, only son of Ephraim and Ruth (Copeland) Brett. The early history of the Brett family in America begins with William Brett, who came to Duxbury, Mass., in 1645, from Kent, England, and later became one of the fifty-four original proprietors and first settlers of the town of ancient Bridgewater, settling in the West parish of the town. He was an elder in the church, and often when the Rev. James Keith, the first ordained pastor of the church there, was ill, Mr. Brett preached to the people. He was a leading man in both church and town affairs, and was deputy to the General Court from the date of the in-corporation of ancient Bridgewater in 1656 to 1661. That he was well educated and intelligent is manifest from a letter to Governor Winslow, still extant, and he was much esteemed by his brethren and often employed in their secular affairs. He died Dec. 17, 1681, aged sixty-three years
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By: Alejandra Garza 2.10.2015
Meet Our Clients: Fort Collins Class Action
On Feb. 10, 2015, The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit challenging an anti-panhandling ordinance that is being widely enforced by Fort Collins, in violation of the free speech rights of people who are impoverished and homeless, as well as street performers and non-profit canvassers.
Fort Collins police have issued “dozens and dozens” of citations, vigorously enforcing an unconstitutional law that criminalizes peaceful, non-threatening speech and expression, including silent requests for charity from solicitors who simply display a sign asking for help.
Our clients include four individuals who are homeless. They represent a class of people who want to engage in peaceful requests for charity in Fort Collins.
Our clients also include Nancy York, a 76-year-old resident of Fort Collins. Because she is over 60, York is classified as “at risk” by the law and therefore cannot be approached by people or organizations requesting charity. She objects to the classification and believes that she is fully capable of deciding for herself whether or not to make a donation to a person or an organization.
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Lawrence Beall did not expect to spend his retirement on the streets. But when his former employer was bought by another corporation, his pension was cut to $500/month and he found himself unable to pay rent. To make ends meet, he began panhandling in Old Town Fort Collins, an activity he dislikes and finds embarrassing, but necessary. To avoid sleeping outside on frigid winter nights, Larry uses money he gets from panhandling to buy food and coffee at all-night coffee shops so that he can stay warm.
Every day, Larry is forced to choose between violating the law or going hungry and cold. He’s found that people leaving bars and restaurants in the evening are more likely to give him a couple quarters, as are people stepping out of their cars — who often have loose change in the vehicle — but Fort Collins panhandling law forbids him from asking for help in these circumstances. Larry is very careful to respect the personal space of those he asks for help and is always gracious and thankful to those he approaches. “Bicycle Larry,” as he’s known, tries to show his appreciation for strangers’ generosity by paying it forward in whatever ways he can, often by fixing bikes for other homeless people.
Jeffrey Alan spent 30 years traveling the country as a truck driver, a job that he loved. His career was cut short nine years ago when he was diagnosed with cancer. Multiple major surgeries and cancer treatments have left him disfigured, disabled, and unable to hold a steady job. Social security disability checks have not been enough to pay for the basic necessities of life, and so Jeff has spent the better part of the last nine years living on the street, forced to beg for money to pay for food and shelter.
Needing help but not wanting to be obtrusive, Jeff spends many days sitting quietly on a low concrete wall or bench in downtown Fort Collins, where outdoor cafes and banks are nearby, with a sign asking for assistance. He makes sure to stay out of pedestrians’ way and treats passersby with kindness and respect, regardless of whether they are able to offer him any spare change. In order to make enough money for the bare necessities, he must sit in an area with a good amount of foot traffic — often within 100 feet of an ATM or outdoor café — and is sometimes forced to panhandle after dark. His polite, unobtrusive requests for assistance violate Fort Collins panhandling ordinance.
Abby Landow doesn’t feel comfortable verbally asking people for aid, so she sits silently on public sidewalks and benches with a sign asking for help, only speaking when she’s spoken to. Despite her unobtrusive panhandling, she’s been told by police repeatedly to “move on” when panhandling and has been ticketed for violating Fort Collins’s ordinance for simply sitting on a public bench and displaying her sign within sight of an outdoor café. Homeless and destitute, Abby can’t afford to pay the fine for violating the ordinance and has therefore often chosen not to panhandle, even though she’s been in desperate need of assistance.
Susan Wy mer recently became homeless when she was forced to move out of her Section 8 apartment after the Housing Authority declared her unit unlivable. Her current homelessness and severe health problems, which have rendered her unable to work, have forced her to panhandle in order to pay for life’s necessities such as food and medicine.
Susan believes the Fort Collins community is generous. She frequently asks for their help by flying a sign near ATMs and outdoor cafés or by using her voice to politely ask for spare change or leftover food. She also holds her sign at night when there’s good foot traffic. Susan is careful to never get in people’s way when she’s asking for help and always expresses gratitude when passersby choose to donate. She has found that many people who are older or disabled, like her, are eager to help. Despite the peaceful nature of her panhandling, the police have told her time and again that the way she panhandles, such as at night and near ATMs, violates the panhandling ordinance. Not wanting any trouble with the police, Susan always follows their directions to move on, even when she desperately needs charity. She’s worried that the ordinance will make her have to choose between courteously asking for help and violating the law.
Nancy York is a successful businesswoman, homeowner, and Fort Collins native. She has long been concerned with homelessness and poverty in her hometown and considers herself a community activist. She has been approached countless times over the years by panhandlers and nonprofit organizations soliciting donations, but has never felt threatened or bothered by it and often chooses to share the money she’s earned with those in need. But Nancy is 76 years old, and in Fort Collins it’s a crime to ask her for aid — something she rightfully finds offensive. Nancy is fully capable of making her own decisions on whether or not to give, and does not appreciate the city’s paternalistic and stigmatizing ordinance forbidding panhandlers to approach those over a certain age.
In addition to being insulted by the age restriction of the ordinance, Nancy takes issue with the government’s attempt to push poor people out of sight and keep public spaces open only to those who are well-off. She enjoys talking with those facing poverty and homelessness and believes that everyone has the right to be seen and to ask for help in public places if they need it.
Jennifer Flaherty is the regional coordinator for Greenpeace, Inc.’s Denver officer and plans all canvassing efforts in the Mountain Time zone. Greenpeace is a non-profit that aims to expose global environmental problems and promote solutions for a green and peaceful future. Canvassing, which Greenpeace has done with great success in Fort Collins for the past 8 years, is essential to the organization’s outreach, education, and fundraising strategies. Jennifer trains her canvassers to use their voices to initiate conversations with passersby in a non-obtrusive, polite, and jovial manner. The goal is to talk about the environment and the organization’s programs, as well as encourage membership and solicit donations.
Greenpeace is concerned that canvassers are engaging in behavior that would be banned by Fort Collins’ panhandling ordinance. For example, canvassers are quite often near the many ATMs, bus stops, and outdoor cafes in downtown area. Greenpeace does not want to train its canvassers to discriminate against people who are elderly or disabled, as the panhandling ban would require. After reviewing the text of the panhandling ordinance and learning how the Fort Collins police have enforced the law, Greenpeace fears that its canvassers are at risk of being ticketed and criminally prosecuted.
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