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__label__wiki	0.631632	0.631632	TV &AMP; FILM New ‘Venom’ TV Spot, Plus Tom Hardy Puts His Foot in His Mouth About Film (VIDEO) brian-mcgee - October 2, 2018 From the Eminem song to the terrible, Venom-less first trailer to its very existence, Venom has seemed like a bad idea across the board from the moment it was announced. A movie about Venom without the involvement of Spider-Man seemed misguided at best, like a Joker movie without Batman, or a bunch of Batman villains without Batman, or the entire city of Gotham without Batman. Of course it's hard to write off the film altogether because of Tom Hardy's involvement. He's an interesting actor who always makes big, bold choices that don't always pay off, but at least give you something interesting to look at if the rest of the film around him is total garbage. Yesterday the actor made headlines for saying that as many as 40 of his favorite minutes had been cut from the film, leaving many scratching their heads over the apparent existence of a two and a half hour cut of the film. Hardy used last night's premiere to clarify his statement, via Comic Book Movie... "That’s been misunderstood. What I’m trying to say is, the question was [what] scenes I was most excited to shoot…and I was like, there’s a bunch of stuff that hasn’t made the movie. And I’m talking [from] an actor’s point of view. So what I’m saying is I had a lot of time improvising and a lot of freedom to play with Venom. So in honesty there’s probably about 7 hours or more worth of footage of me playing as Venom and enjoying myself…and when I was doing it I took him right out there, and played with it and had a lot of fun because there’s a lot of fun you can have with the project and with this character. "And me and the other executive producers know full well that has nothing to do with what’s in that story. Nevertheless, would I like to watch a 7-hour version of Venom? Yep! But that’s as an actor. But the truth [of it] is everything we wanted is in the story. Everything I want is in the story. And more. And the film is awesome. And I’m excited and I just want to shoot a sequel. Bottom line – don’t get it twisted. As an actor, what we love doing, not everything’s going to make it! I don’t want anyone to think in any way shape or form…that’s not a studio party line, that’s the genuine truth. This movie is awesome. Everything we want is in it. Everything I want is in it. And more. And I’m just saying if I didn’t get my song and dance routine in it, that’s nothing to cry about, but I may have enjoyed that. So if there’s a sequel, hopefully, I can sing and dance in that." Hey, Tom Hardy... sure. Anyways, it's also hard to dismiss Michelle Williams' involvement as well, though she was in Oz the Great and Powerful, so that doesn't say much for her selection in projects. Venom hits theaters this coming Thursday night. Tagged in: michelle williams , spider man , tom hardy , tv spot , venom , video , Robin Wright Braless Pokies In Cannes Dakota Johnson and Her Little Red Braless Dress Lead the List of Hotties at BAFTA Awards in London Kylie Jenner Tries On Lingerie In LA Maria Menounos Fiery Sideboob Claudia Romani Bikini Pictures Drop Dead Fluorescent	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line314
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__label__wiki	0.505023	0.505023	Home Science - Religion Archeology Monday, 26 April 2010 16:16 administrator SCIENCE, RELIGION Another classical charge against the book of Mormon is that there is not any archeological evidence regarding the places mentioned in the Book of Mormon. I am not an archeologist and I have no intention to pretend to be it. What is the archeology? The archeology is the study of the past trough the study of old finds and of the ground. Is it possible to do archeology if you don't have the history like base? It is possible but it will be very hard, specially if you are looking for a city. We have to keep in mind that many of the cities described in the Bible had a location in an environment well known and possibly the same history contained some clues. In the old world, I mean: Europe, Asia and high Africa, it is easier to do this kind of search because many of those people have maintained their history written, but for America it is different we don't have those text and the book of Mormon it is not a historical text but a religious text. So even though we have many finds it is very hard to tract them. Even in the old world we have many mysteries to solve. The Book of Mormon being a religious text had no interest to give indications on places, cities and stuff like that, its main purpose is to declare that Jesus is the Christ, therefore there is not an interest to describe places and give indications where they were. Also in the third Nephi, at the time of the Christ's resurrection, great cataclysms provoked a great environmental disaster that changed literally the face of that continent, therefore only after that time it could be possible do some searches, but not having no book of history it is very hard to do it. Specially in south Americas we have many places that could fit in its account. Also in the old world the cities changed its name many times, specially in the Bible's time:Jerusalem was Salem at the beginning, Jebus later and after Jerusalem. Anyway there are many artifacts that are showing something interesting. The cross of Palenque, baptismal founts at Chiceniza. What about Pyramids like the Egyptians? Those people had several oral traditions, speaking about the flood and other stuff Bible's related, but the most interesting was the idea of a white God with a beard that had promised to be back in the last days. This story is well documented by the history, before Cortez and after Pizarro had easy ground to conquer and destroy the Incas, Maya and so on. The story of Montezuma welcoming Cortes like this God is something that nobody can avoid. The truth of the Book of Mormon can't be found in archeological evidence, the faith is the requirement for the spiritual things, not earthly evidence, think about this, could you prove any evidence of the resurrection? No you have to trust in the scriptures where sacred witnesses maintain that Jesus arose from the death. Many important happenings in the scriptures can't be proved by any evidence, only by faith: the story of Jonah, the falling of the walls of Jericho, the opening of the red sea and so on: without faith it is impossible to please HIM. When a person is looking for archeological evidence is taking the same place that the Jews took asking to Jesus a sign, a proof. I am not condemning archeology I am just saying that this science is not the base for religious stuff. If the real purpose of the Gospel is, according to Paul:"Preach Jesus and Him crucified" it is easy to say that archeology is an interesting thing but nothing more. God asks faith, science asks for proofs and when you are asking for evidence you are killing your faith. From the book "Answers to tough questions" by Josh Mc Dowel and Don Stewart. The question is "Does archaeological evidence prove the Bible? How do archaeological discoveries relate to events in scriptures? This is part of their answer. "It is important to note that archaeology without history is MEANINGLESS. (think about it there is not history for the Meso america). All that archaeology can tell us is a sequence of cultural development, not give us an exact chronology. History gives us the chronology, the events, people, places. While archaeology can verify history and shed light on various passages of the Bible, it is beyond the realm of archaeology to prove the Bible is the word of God. At present, archaeology is an improving science, with limited data available. This a wonderful talk about this topic by Hugh Nibley Archaeology and Our Religion Hugh Nibley Nothing illustrates better than archaeology the inadequacy of human knowledge at any given time. It is not that archaeology is less reliable than other disciplines, but simply that its unreliability is more demonstrable. Meteorology (to show what we mean) is quite as "scientific" as geology and far more so than archaeology--it actually makes more use of scientific instruments, computers, and higher mathematics than those disciplines need to. Yet we laugh at the weatherman every other day; we are not overawed by his impressive paraphernalia, because we can check up on him any time we feel like it: he makes his learned pronouncements--and then it rains or it doesn't rain. If we could check up on the geologist or archaeologist as easily when he tells us with perfect confidence what has happened and what will happen in the remotest ages, what would the result be? Actually, in the one field in which the wisdom of geology can be controlled, the finding of oil, it is calculated that the experts are proven right only about 10 percent of the time. Now if a man is wrong 90 percent of the time when he is glorying in the complete mastery of his specialty, how far should we trust the same man when he takes to pontificating on the mysteries? No scientific conclusion is to be trusted without testing--to the extent to which exact sciences are exact they are also experimental sciences; it is in the laboratory that the oracle must be consulted. But the archaeologist is denied access to the oracle. For him there is no neat and definitive demonstration; he is doomed to plod along, everlastingly protesting and fumbling, through a laborious, often rancorous running debate that never ends. To make a significant discovery in physics or mathematics or philology, one must first know a good deal about the subject; but the greatest archaeological discoveries of recent years were made by ignorant peasants and illiterate shepherd boys. From that it follows, as the handbooks on archaeology never tire of pointing out, that the proper business of the archaeologist is not so much the finding of stuff as being able to recognize what one has found. Yet even there the specialist enjoys no monopoly. Dr. Joseph Saad, who directed the excavations at Khirbet Qumran, tells of many instances in which the local Arabs were able to explain findings that completely baffled the experts from the West, to the rage and chagrin of the latter. Hence Sir Mortimer Wheeler warns the archaeologist: "Do not ignore the opinion of the uninstructed. `Everyone knows as much as the savant. . . . ' Emerson said so and he was right. " With everybody getting into the act, it is not surprising that the history of archaeology is largely the story of bitter jealousies and frightful feuds. Archaeology mercilessly accentuates certain qualities characteristic of all research but often glosses over the exact sciences. The elements of uncertainty, surprise, and disappointment, and the pervasive role of speculation and imagination, with all the unconscious conditioning and prejudice that implies, are not merely regrettable defects in archaeology--they are the very stuff of which the picturesque discipline is composed. "What in fact is Archaeology?" asks Sir Mortimer, and answers, "I do not myself really know. . . . I do not even know whether Archaeology is to be described as an art or a science." Even on the purely technical side, he points out, "There is no right way of digging, but there are many wrong ways." Duel in the Dark The idea of archaeology as the key to a man's origin and destiny was introduced as a weapon of anti-clerical polemic in the revolutionary movements of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Reimar's "hate-filled pamphlet" on history and the New Testament launched the "scientific" attack on the Bible, and when Boucher de Perthes, a child of the French Revolution, found stone "hand-axes" among the flints of Abbeville he published them in five stately volumes entitled, with pontifical finality, "On the Creation." These objects, whose use and origin are still disputed, were to be nothing less than the key to the creation. Such fantastic leaps of the mind reveal the fierce determination of the first modern archaeologists to "get something" on the Bible. It was inevitable that biblical archaeology should become little more than "an offshoot of Darwinism. " The great Lamarck, before he even came up with his explanation of the creation, was animated "by a severe . . . philosophical hostility, amounting to hatred, for the tradition of the Deluge and the Biblical creation story, indeed for everything which recalled the Christian theory of nature." And Darwin writes of himself in his twenties: "I had gradually come, by this time, to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world and from its attributing to God the feelings of a revengeful tyrant, was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindoos [sic], or the beliefs of any barbarian. . . . By further reflecting. . . that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible do miracles become--that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible to us. . . . This disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and have never since doubted for a single second that my conclusion was correct." This is a very revealing statement, a rich compound of cliches, a testament of Victorian smugness: "manifestly false . . . revengeful tyrant. . . any barbarian. . . fixed laws of nature . . . never doubted for a single second." Those are the words of a man who knows all the answers and is proud rather than ashamed of his unflinching loyalty to his adolescent prejudices. Just how much would a young English theology student in the 1820s know about the real history of the world, books of the Hindus, or "the beliefs of any barbarian"? Next to nothing, is putting it mildly, but it was enough to put the stamp of "complete disbelief" on Darwin's thinking forever after. Students commonly assume that it was the gradual amassing of evidence that in time constrained such men to part company with the Bible. Exactly the opposite is the case: long before they had the evidence, they brought to their researches such an unshakable determination to discredit the book of Genesis that the discovery of the evidence was a foregone conclusion. It was Darwin's bosom friend and spokesman who blurted out the real issue with characteristic bluntness: "Darwin himself avoided attacking the Bible, but for Huxley, his doughty champion against all comers," writes J. C. Greene, "the battle against the doctrine of inspiration, whether plenary or otherwise, was the crucial engagement in the fight for evolution and for freedom of scientific enquiry." The battle was against revelation, and evolution was the weapon forged for the conflict. We must not be misled by that inevitable tag about "freedom of scientific enquiry." When a Tennessee high-school teacher was fired for teaching evolution in 1925, the whole civilized world was shocked and revolted at such barbaric restriction on freedom of thought; yet at the same time there was not an important college or even high school in the country that would hire a man who dared to preach against evolution. Freedom of thought indeed. The great debate between "science" and "religion" has been a duel in the dark. How do things stand between the picture that "archaeology" gives us of the past and the picture that the scriptures give us? Take the biblical image first: the best efforts of the best artists back through the years to represent a clear picture of things described in the Bible look to us simply comical. Even the conscientious Flemish artists, using the best Oriental knowledge of their time, paint Solomon or Holofernes as boozy Landgraves at a fancy dress ball, while the masters of the Italian Renaissance show their prophets and apostles affecting the prescribed dress and stock gestures of traveling Sophists of the antique world. We are no better today, with our handsome "Bible Lands" books, based on diligent research, showing Jesus or Elijah in the garb of modern Bedouins or Ramallah peasants moving through the eroded terrain of modern Palestine or discoursing beneath arches and gates of Norman and Turkish design. The moral of this is that no matter where we get our information, our picture of the Bible is bound to be out of focus, for it will always be based on inadequate data, and it will always be of our own construction. And at no time did the Christian world have a more distorted picture of the Bible than in the nineteenth century. To the Victorians, creaking with culture and refinement, it was easy and pleasant to assign all other creatures their proper place and station in the world-for that is what evolution does. Their outspoken objection to Mormonism was that it was utterly barbaric, an intolerable affront to an enlightened and scientific age. Huxley declared with true scientific humility that the difference between a cultivated man of his own day and a native of the forest was as great as that between the native and a blade of grass. What possible understanding could these people have of the real Bible world? Taken at face value the Bible was a disgustingly primitive piece of goods--"poor stuff," John Stuart Mill pronounced it; the work of people "ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible to us," as Darwin said, for this, of course, was the Bible that Darwin rejected: in it he was attacking an image that was the product of his own culture and nothing else. Archaeology today "in our universities and schools," according to Wheeler, "forms innocuous pools of somewhat colorless knowledge--mostly a refined Darwinism--in which our kindergartens are encouraged to paddle." Again, everybody gets into the act. My own children, long before they could read, write, or count, could tell you exactly how things were upon the earth millions and millions of years ago. But did the little scholars really know? "What is our knowledge of the past and how do we obtain it?" asks the eminent archaeologist Stuart Piggott, and answers: "The past no longer exists for us, even the past of yesterday. . . . This means that we can never have direct knowledge of the past. We have only information or evidence from which we can construct a picture." The fossil or potsherd or photograph that I hold in my hand may be called a fact--it is direct evidence, an immediate experience; but my interpretation of it is not a fact, it is entirely a picture of my own construction. I cannot experience ten thousand or forty million years--I can only imagine, and the fact that my picture is based on facts does not make it a fact, even when I think the evidence is so clear and unequivocal as to allow no other interpretation. Archaeology brings home this lesson every day, as Sir Flinders Petrie pointed out, for in no other field does interpretation count for so much. "The excavator," writes Sir Leonard Woolley, "is constantly subject to impressions too subjective and too intangible to be communicated, and out of these, by no exact logical process, there arise theories which he can state, can perhaps support, but cannot prove. . . . They have their value as summing up experiences which no student of his objects and notes can ever share." Yet what makes scientific knowledge scientific is that it can be shared. "There are fires," writes a leading student of American archaeology, "which man may, or may not, have lit--animals he may, or may not, have killed--and crudely flaked stone objects, which those most qualified to judge think he did not make. By weight of numbers these finds have been built into an impression of probability, but the idol has feet of clay." This is the normal state of things when we are dealing with the past: "If one certainty does emerge from this accumulation of uncertainties," writes an eminent geologist, "it is the deep impression of the vastness of geologic time." An "accumulation of uncertain- ties" leaves the student ("by weight of numbers") with an "impression" which he thereupon labels a "certainty." Yet with examples gross as earth to exhort him, the archaeologist is constantly slipping into the normal occupational hazard of letting the theory rather than the facts call the tune. For years archaeologists always assumed that pieces could be chipped from the surface of stones merely by exposure to the burning sun--they never bothered to put their theory to the test, though no one ever was present when the sun did its chipping. From Breasted's Ancient Times, millions of high-school students have learned how primitive man woke one morning in his camp in the Sinai Peninsula to find that bright copper beads had issued from the greenish rocks with which he banked his fire that night. It was not until 1939 that a scientist at Cambridge actually went to the trouble to see if copper could be smelted from an open fire, and discovered that it was absolutely impossible. Nobody had bothered to check up on these simple things like the Aristotelians who opposed the experimenting of Galileo, the men of science felt no need to question the obvious. If man had been on the earth for, say, 100,000 years, scattered everywhere in tiny groups subsisting on a near-animal level, could we possibly find the cultural and linguistic patterns we do in the world today? After fifty thousand years of local isolation, is it conceivable that languages at opposite ends of the earth should be recognizably related? Only in our day are such elementary questions beginning to be asked--often with surprising and disturbing results. But however vast the accumulation of facts may become, our picture of the past and the future will always be, not partly but wholly, the child of our own trained and conditioned imaginations. "The world will always be different from any statement that science can give of it," a philosopher of science writes, and he explains: "that is, we are looking for an opportunity to restate any statement which we can give of the world. . . . We are always restating our statement of the world." Scholarship is also an age-old, open-ended discussion in which the important thing is not to be right at a given moment but to be able to enter seriously into the discussion. That I cannot do if I must depend on the opinion of others, standing helplessly by until someone else pronounces a verdict, and then cheering loudly to show that I too am a scholar. Because interpretation plays an all-important role in it, archaeology has been carried on against a background of ceaseless and acrimonious controversy, with theory and authority usually leading fact around by the nose. If the great Sir Arthur Evans decided eighty years ago that the Minoans and Mycenaeans were not Greeks, then evidence discovered today must be discounted if it shows they were Greeks; if it was concluded long ago that the Jews did not write in Hebrew at the time of Christ, then Hebrew documents from that time if they are discovered today must be forgeries. "Does our time scale, then, partake of natural law?" a geologist wonders. "No. . . . I wonder how many of us realize that the time scale was frozen in essentially its present form by 1840. . . ? The followers of the founding fathers went forth across the earth and in Procrustean fashion made it fit the sections they found even in places where the actual evidence literally proclaimed denial. So flexible and accommodating are the `facts' of geology." "Science," said Whitehead, "is our modern-day dogmatism." There is something cozy and old-fashioned, almost nostalgic, in the archaeology of forty years ago with its invincible meliorism and romantic faith in man's slow, steady, inevitable onward and upward march. But archaeology is the science of surprises, and the most desperate efforts of accommodation have not been able to discredit the sensational changes of our day. "One of the most exciting results of the radio-carbon dating," writes Piggott," . . . has been to emphasize how rapidly and severely the environment was modified." Extreme and rapid changes of environment have long been anathema to science. "Darwin's secret, learned from Lyell," according to H. F. Osborn, was (in Lyell's own words) that "all theories are rejecting that which involves the assumption of sudden and violent catastrophes." In a world of nuclear explosions this seems downright funny, but it "was a perfect expression," as Egon Friedell has written, "of the English temperament and comfortable middle- class view of the world that refused to believe in sudden and violent metamorphoses, world uprising, and world calamities." One of the most militant evolutionists of our day says that "it remains true, as every paleontologist knows, that most new species, genera, and families, and nearly all categories above the level of families, appear in `the record suddenly, and are not led up to by known, gradual, completely continuous transitional sequences. " One wonders why if most species appear on the scene suddenly without millions of years of evolutionary preparation leading up to them, the human race cannot have done the same. "Because it didn't," we are told. For a hundred years, thousands of scientists have devoted their lives to proving that it didn't; yet all they have to offer us as proof to date is a large and cluttered science fair of bizarre and competing models, interesting but mutually damaging. Through the years the writer, who is no archaeologist, has had to keep pretty well abreast of the journals and consult occasionally with archaeologists in order to carry on his own varied projects. Anyone who has any contact at all with what is going on is aware that the significant trend since World War II has been the steady drawing together of far-flung peoples and cultures of antiquity into a single surprisingly close-knit fabric. Early in the present century an "Egyptologist" could make fun of the "amusing ignorance" of the Pearl of Great Price, in which "Chaldeans and Egyptians are hopelessly mixed together, although as dissimilar and remote in language, religion, and locality as are today's American Indians and Chinese." Today a ten-year-old would be reprimanded for such a statement, since now we know that Chaldeans and Egyptians were "hopelessly mixed together" from the very beginning of history. Even as late as the 1930s so eminent a scholar as T. E. Peet had to exercise extreme caution--suggesting that there might be any resemblance between the literatures of Babylonia, Palestine, Egypt, and Greece. Today we know better, as every month establishes more widely and more firmly the common ties that knit all the civilizations of the ancient world together. A hundred years ago, investigators of prehistory already sensed "the essential unity of the earlier Stone Age cultures throughout the Old World." From the very beginning of the race "at a given period in the Pleistocene," writes Piggott, "one can take, almost without selection, tools from South India, Africa and South England which show identical techniques of manufacture and form. . . .What happened at one end of the area seems to be happening more or less simultaneously at the other." I have never seen any attempt to account for this astounding worldwide coordination in the industries of primitive beings who supposedly could communicate to their nearest neighbors only by squeals and grunts. In the mid-nineteenth century the folklorists were beginning to notice that the same myths and legends turned up everywhere in the Old and New Worlds, and philologists were discovering the same thing about languages; today Hockett and Asher are bemused by the "striking lack of diversity in certain features of language" and make the astounding announcement that "phonological systems [of all the languages of the world] show much less variety than could easily be invented by any linguist working with pencil and paper." The same authorities note that "man shows an amazingly small amount of racial diversity," and pardonably wonder "why human racial diversity is so slight, and. . . why the languages and cultures of all communities, no matter how diverse, are elaborations of a single inherited `common denominator.'" With a million years of savagery and hostility, ignorance, isolation, and bestial suspicion to keep them divided, it seems that men should have had plenty of time to develop a vast number of separate "denominators" of language, legend, race, and culture. But that is not the picture we get at all. In religion it is the same. It was not until 1930 that a group of researchers at Cambridge cautiously presented evidence for the prevalence through the ancient world of a single pattern of kingship, an elaborate religious-economic-political structure that could not possibly have been invented independently in many places. We do not find, as we have every right to expect, an infinite variety of exotic religious rites and concepts; instead we find a single overall pattern, but one so peculiar and elaborate that it cannot have been the spontaneous production of primitive minds operating in isolation from each other. When history begins, "let us say c. 5000 B.C.," to follow J. Mellaart, "we find throughout the greater part of the Near East . . . villages, market towns . . . and castles of local rulers" widely in touch with each other as "goods and raw materials were traded over great distances." It is essentially the same picture we find right down to the present; and we find it everywhere--if we go to distant China "the life of the Shang [the oldest known] population can have differed little in essentials from that of the populous city-states of the Bronze Age Mesopotamia," or from that of the peasants of the Danube or of "the earliest English farming culture. " This is what has come out since World War II. Before that, archaeology had made us progressively aware of the oneness of our world with successive discoveries of Amarna, Ugarit, Boghazkeui, Nuzi, and so on, each one tying all the great Near Eastern civilizations closer and closer together while revealing the heretofore unsuspected presence of great nations and empires as active and intimate participants in a single drama. And the Bible is right in the center of it: the patriarchs who had been reduced to solar myths by the higher critics suddenly turned out to be flesh-and-blood people; odd words, concepts and expressions, and institutions of the Bible started turning up in records of great antiquity; the Hittites, believed to be a myth by Bible scholars until 1926, suddenly emerged as one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen. Since then a dozen almost equally great empires have been discovered, and the preliminary studies of each of them have shown in every case that they had more or less intimate ties with the great Classical and Middle Eastern civilizations. The picture of ancient civilization as a whole has become steadily broader and at the same time more uniform, so that the growing impression is one of monotony bordering on drabness. Seton Lloyd is depressed by "the drab impersonality of the `archaeological ages.'" Archaeology gives us, as M. P. Nilsson puts it, "a picture-book without a text"; or, in the words of Sir Mortimer, "the archaeologist may find the tub but altogether miss Diogenes." The eager visitor to a hundred recent diggings is fated to discover that people once lived in stone or brick or wooden houses, cooked their food (for they ate food) in pots of clay or metal over fires, hunted, farmed, fished, had children, died, and were buried. Wherever we go, it is just more of the same-all of which we could have assumed in the first place. The romance of archaeology has always resided not in the known but in the unknown, and enough is known today to suggest the terrifying verdict that a great Cambridge scientist pronounced on the physical sciences a generation ago: "The end is in sight." And now we come to the crux of the matter. As the tub without Diogenes has nothing to do with philosophy, so archaeology without the prophets has nothing to do with religion. "You cannot," says Piggott, "from archaeological evidence, inform yourself on man's ideas, beliefs, fears or aspirations. You cannot understand what his works of art or craftsmanship signified to him." The ancient patriarchs and prophets ate out of ordinary dishes, sat on ordinary chairs, wore ordinary clothes, spoke the vernacular, wrote on ordinary paper and skins, and were buried in ordinary graves. The illusion of the pilgrims to the holy land, Christian, Moslem and Jewish, that this is not so--that is, that contact with such objects by holy men rendered them holy-gave rise to Biblical archaeology at an early time. The Palestine pilgrims from Origen and Gregory to Robinson and Schaff had all been looking for extra-special things, for miraculous or at least wonderful objects. Men who viewed the idea of living prophets as a base superstition turned to the dead stones of the "Holy Land" for heavenly consolation, and enlisted archaeology in the cause of faith. But though archaeology may conceivably confirm the existence of a prophet (though it has never yet done so), it can never prove or disprove the visions that make the prophet a significant figure. Former attempts to explain the scriptures in terms of nature-myths, animism, and psychology had nothing to do with reality. What can archaeology tell me about the council in heaven? Nothing, of course--that all happened in another world. The same holds for the creation, taking place as it did at a time and place and in a manner that we cannot even imagine. Then comes the garden of Eden--a paradise and another world beyond our ken. It is only when Adam and Eve enter this world that they come down to our level. Strangely enough, the biblical image is not that of our first parents entering a wonderful new world, but leaving such to find themselves in a decidedly dreary place of toil and tears. Before long the children of Adam are building cities and are completely launched on the familiar and drab routines of civilized living: "dreary" suggests old and tired, and there is nothing fresh or new about the Adamic Age. On the archaeological side we have Jericho, by general consensus (as of the moment) the oldest city in the world. It emerges abruptly full-blown, with a sophisticated and stereotyped architecture that remains unchanged for twenty-one successive town-levels, and from the first it displays a way of life substantially the same as that carried on by the inhabitants of the nearby towns right down to the present day. This has come as a great surprise; it is not at all consistent with the official model of the onward and upward march of civilization that we all learned about at school. When the civilization of China was rediscovered by European missionaries in the seventeenth century, skeptics and atheists saw in it a crushing refutation of the Bible--here was a great civilization thousands of years older and far richer, wiser, and more splendid than anything Western man had imagined, thriving in complete unawareness of God's plan of salvation. It was the discovery of such other worlds, such island universes, that was once the concern of archaeology, ever seeking the strange, the marvelous, and the exotic. But now archaeology has found too much; the worlds are there, but they are not isolated--not even China; they are all members of a single community, and by far the best handbook guide to the nature and identity of that community remains the Bible. White Bearded God Last Updated on Monday, 26 April 2010 16:31	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line316
__label__wiki	0.811629	0.811629	Apr 9 Iran’s Women’s Movement: A Look Back and Ahead Development, Politics by Leila Seradj Women in Iran are beginning to work collectively to address the country’s wide gender employment gap. In an environment that has made some increasingly hopeful about the ability to mobilize, there is growing recognition that the expansion of employment opportunities to women is good for the economy’s overall health. This is an encouraging trend in a country where females make up over sixty percent of university students but less than twenty percent of the workforce. This recent phenomenon echoes the experience of the origins of Iran’s women’s movement at the turn of the twentieth century—a time when most Iranian females lived in seclusion and lacked formal education. These early activists maintained that the denial of rights and opportunities to females was a chief reason that Iran had lagged in its social and economic progress. Given this, it is worth taking a look back at the origins of women’s activism in Iran, called “the most progressive” if not the most “radical, in the world” by American diplomat William Morgan Shuster. The Constitutional Revolution In 1911, William Morgan Shuster was appointed by Iran’s newly formed parliament to manage the country’s finances. Shuster’s seven-month stay in the midst of Iran’s “Constitutional Revolution” resulted in a narrative eyewitness account of the revolutionary drama. Among his observations were those concerning the unprecedented rise of female participation to support the establishment of a democratically elected parliament and constitution in Iran. Women, he wrote, were active in creating constitutionalist newspapers and secret societies, inciting street riots, and—in one instance—even storming the parliament building, armed with pistols under their robes, to demand that the parliamentary members not surrender to the Shah’s forces. Some particularly bold women worked as bodyguards for prominent constitutionalists clerics and joined the ranks of volunteer soldiers (at times disguised in men’s clothing). For centuries—bolstered by selective interpretations of Islamic scripture—Iranian women largely remained confined to the home, did not receive formal education, and enjoyed far fewer rights and privileges than men. But the exigencies of the Constitutional Revolution required women’s active support. Given the fact that constitutionalist leaders needed as much assistance as they could garner, it became acceptable for women to break the social code of female seclusion. The Rise of the Women’s Movement Despite the hopes and expectations of female constitutionalists, the new regime legitimized political patriarchy in the very constitution for whose establishment they had fought. Namely, it denied women the right to vote or stand for election, along with criminals and the insane. Undeterred by this setback, Iranian women refocused their efforts on expanding and securing their rights. Their experiences in the revolution gave them the confidence and tools to organize effectively—this time, for the purpose of openly questioning their status and rights. Iran’s burgeoning newspaper industry was a major outlet by which many of its citizens could enter a public discourse on Iran’s advancement. Women’s rights activists took advantage of the opportunity and publically argued that the country’s social and economic progress relied upon the emancipation of females. Women’s rights activists—both individuals and on behalf ofanjumans, or associations—wrote letters to and articles in these periodicals (some of which were owned by women themselves) on issues ranging from the need to educate females, women’s underserved health needs, prostitution, child and forced marriage, and unequal divorce laws. Women also acted individually and collectively to establish a variety of institutions to serve female populations. These included girls’ schools, orphanages, adult education classes, newspapers, and health clinics. They invested their own resources in these ventures and received no financial support from the government, which specifically barred women from the political process. With the rise of Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1925, the first phase of the women’s movement gradually came to a close. What began as a spontaneous movement inspired by grassroots socio-political change in Iran gradually turned into a top-down policy of government centralization. Reza Shah’s policies, while intended to be in Iran’s best interests, changed the face of women’s rights from an autonomous movement that sought full equality and rights for women to one that was state-mandated and selective in its approach. While President Hassan Rouhani has publicly made promises to expand women’s rights, the country’s women’s rights activists continue to face challenges. According to a forthcoming human rights report of the UN secretary-general, Iran’s women’s rights activists face an uphill battle. A number have been released from prison since September 2013, such as Mahboubeh Karami, member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, to demand changes to discriminatory laws against women. But others remain, such as Bahereh Hedayat, the One Million Signatures Campaign’s founding member who has been in prison since 2009. If Rouhani is to make good on his promises, he must reverse the policies that continue to set women back—especially laws passed during the Ahmadinejad era that discouraged employers from hiring women. As journalist Jila Banighayoob argues, even if women’s legal status were to improve, “until women are financially independent, gaining equal rights would be very difficult for them.” While existing initiatives that promote jobs for women in both the private and public sectors are encouraging, proposed legislation like the Population and Family Excellence Plan would make it legal to discriminate against women in hiring practices. Additionally Iran’s leaders ought to encourage an environment that enables, not discourages, women to organize to think about how to advance their status, including in the area of economic empowerment. Distancing himself from Catherine Ashton’s meeting with women human’s rights activists on International Women’s Day, for example, does not send a signal that he is genuinely committed to advancing the status of women in Iran. Iran’s first champions of women’s rights understood that in order for their country to flourish, Iranian society required the active participation of its female citizens. While this is a sentiment that is being echoed today, Iran’s leaders would do well to pay attention to this reality and make good on its promises for greater equality and inclusion for women. Leila Seradj is a recent Fletcher School graduate. She has worked for the New America Foundation, and most recently for a fellowship program for emerging leaders in girls' education at the Brookings Institution. Apr 14 Hard Data and Smart Power: the Future of U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan Apr 8 What the New NATO Secretary General Appointment Means for the Arctic Mar 16 Education to Employment: Jordan’s Gender Challenge Jun 21 Iranian Power Projection After the Arab Spring Feb 27 Revolutionary Chic: The Niqab as a Symbol of Freedom	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line324
__label__cc	0.623719	0.376281	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword : Reviews from the Classroom The game I am doing my review on is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. The platform for this game is the Nintendo Wii. The game is based on two characters, Link and Zelda. Zelda is the princess of the floating town of Skyloft and all the other smaller islands floating around it. Zelda gets kidnapped by the evil Demon Lord, Ghirahim. The goal of the game is to save Zelda. You play as Link, the hero of the game. You use the Wii controller and the nunchuck to control Link on the quest to save Zelda. It uses Wii Motion Plus to control the swinging of the sword or raising of the shield. The music in this game really gives it a lot of personality because each area in the game has different music, according to its setting. The graphics also have a big part in the game because they almost make you feel like you are actually in the game or part of the battle. The game is pretty difficult but at the same time, it’s easy because there is a magical rock creature in the game that gives you hints if you get stuck. Overall, I would give this game a 9 ½ out of a 10 rating! It is a great game for beginners and experienced players. I would recommend it to anyone! -- Alex O. Link to game: http://zelda.com/skywardsword/ Podcast review: http://www.box.com/s/3znubms2fn70l4xnt5b1 As part of Gametrender's Reviews from the Classroom in association with Labels: reviews from the classroom What I appreciative most about that review is the attention to detail with the sound of the game. It's a games bread and butter. It's a joy to see it appreciated here. Nice write up Alex O. Alex O 24 January 2012 at 20:53 Thanks soooo much! i appreciate your positive comment on my game review. i just hope that you get a chance to play the game. they have also created a Skyward Sword wii contoller to go with it! Mike 18 January 2012 at 00:31 Order a tri wing screwdriver and be entered to win a FREE copy of the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Just use coupon code ZELDASWORD at checkout and you are entered. The 25th order to use this code gets a FREE copy of the game.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line326
__label__cc	0.643074	0.356926	Home » Resources » GUNi Talks Dzulkifli Razak DZULKIFLI Abdul Razak is the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia since 2000. He is presently serving as the Vice-President/President-Designate of the International Association of Universities (IAU) - a UNESCO- affiliated organisation. He has served as President of Association of Southeast Asia Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) from 2007-08. He is also a member of Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) - Advisory Education Hub Advisory Committee, Executive Council of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), and also Advisory Committee of World Universities Forum, Davos. He serves on the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Policies and Management since 1995, and the WHO Scientific Advisory Committee on Tobacco Product Regulation (2000-02). He has led a number of missions on behalf of WHO in Asia-Pacific and East African regions. At the national level, he is the Chair of Malaysian Vice-Chancellors’/Rector’s Committee, Chair of Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations Sdn Bhd (METEOR) the parent body of Open University Malaysia), and Chair of Malaysian Examination Council, and serves as Advisor to the National Higher Education Research Institute and is a member of the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA). He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the newly established Razak School of Government. He is appointed a member of National Economic Advisory Council established in 2009; and the Co-chair of the Malaysian Industry-Government Hi-Technology (MIGHT) since 2006. He is also a Director of the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (formerly National Productivity Corporation) where he heads the Creativity and Innovation Consultative Panel. Razak is currently a member of the National Innovation Council, the National IT Council, and the National Biotechnology Implementation Committee. He is a Fellow of the Malaysia Academy of Science, the World Academy of Art and Science and the Malaysian Institute of Management. In this interview Dzulkifli Razak, Rector of the University Sains Malaysia explains that sustainability starts with a kind of mindset, and in this sense education becomes important, because is a place where we can start to do all those mindset changes “Universities have to create a new conceptualization of social transformation and development” What are the challenges that the Southeast region in Asia faces regarding sustainability? The challenges are the same in many parts of the world, but to a large extent it is more significant. I see that because this region, is growing very fast economically; also in terms of population growth; and also in terms of socioeconomic changes. This kind of changes will have a lot of impact on the kind of development that we will have in the future. Unless and until the region of Southeast Asia understands what sustainability is all about, some of the changes that will take place will not be able to support the future, particularly the future generations. I think that sustainability in Southeast Asia is very crucial, and the region must be able to integrate this idea in all the things that we want to do for the country, for the region, and globally as well. Which are for you the main goals of the Prosper.net region? Prosper.net is one attempt to create awareness among the people in Southeast Asia (Asia and also Pacific) by streaming in what we call “postgraduate studies”. We feel postgraduates are people who are ready to go into the community and lead it after they have got the education. For Prosper.net it is meant to give them more ideas, more tools, more awareness, so they can be an agent of change when they go out into society (including universities) after they have taken a job or if they are doing other projects as far as sustainability is concerned. Which challenges do you think could be overcome in the midterm (2-3 years)? Two or three years are not enough to overcome any problem because sustainability starts with a kind of mindset, a new thinking. It is not something that can be changed overnight. Until we change the mindset, the thinking process in a holistic sense; it is difficult to see a kind of change that is really impactful. So what we are trying to do within these two or three years is basically work on those issues of how people can start to think by looking for alternatives; getting the experiences that is relevant in terms of use of materials, in terms of consumption, in terms of respect for energy, in terms of reuse of water. All these are issues that we see now that is going to be the critical issues for the future. For two or three years I would expect we are able to raise the level of awareness and to -a certain extent- maybe to take some actions; a very concrete action, to make improvements in some of the issues that we think are important for sustainability. If we can do that within the next few years -and this is why I think education becomes important- because is a place where we can start to do all those mindset changes to students and even to academic staff then we can dream of better successes. These will be the kind of goal that we are concentrating on, hopefully beyond the two or three years from now people can begin to focus on very meaningful actions. Can you explain how the Universiti Sains Malaysia is introducing sustainability as a core element of activities? In my university which in English means “Science University of Malaysia”, we have decided in year 2005 to plan for the future, in other words, we asked ourselves in 2005 how the university will look like 30 years from now?. We created a workshop called “scenario planning”, and a scenario planning is meant to give us the options of how the future will look like, and out of that workshop we have come out with five very important scenarios. One of the scenarios, that came out very strongly, is what we called the “sustainable scenario”. It is a concept that we have turned it into the new vision of the university, that is, “transforming higher education for a sustainable tomorrow”. This vision is not just about the university but about the education system. We feel that universities will not be able to change until the system changes. This is a kind of thinking that we must have globally, because if I want to change anything without changing the system, then I will not be an effective and that mean also not be for a long time, because the “old” system will be still there. Our university has taken the action to change the vision of the education system, and the university is now trying to find out how can we change aspects of research; how we can change teaching; how can we change engagement with students with the community in a context of sustainability. I can give a very clear example of how our students manage to make a very impactful change, and that is by telling to the university that they want to get rid of the use of polystyrene. This is a non-biodegradable material, and this material can be to certain extent toxic, but it has been used largely in our university for food, for packaging and so on. Students say they don’t want to uses them anymore, and they wanted it to be banned. The university agrees with them, and within one month they have managed to get rid of all polystyrene in the university. This becomes an example for other universities to follow and finally I think GUNI has recognized it as one of the good practices for the university as documented in GUNIS’s web site. It is a kind of activity that we take upon ourselves in a very holistic sense hoping that it will make a long lasting change. Which are your current projects in the field of sustainability and higher education? There are many but one of it that we think is very impactful will be on health, because wherever we talk about climate change, global warming, or we talk about consumption, is basically goes down to the impact of health of the people. Health is something that you can appreciate because it happens to you very directly. When I talk about pollution people are still not very convinced, whether the pollution is good or bad, because they don’t see the impact directly on them. When you talk about health and you associate health with pollution suddenly they realized that is an issue that they have to take care. So one of the biggest issues is about health and explaining to the people how this sustainability and health connects. We have a project called “sustainable health”, and sustainable health is about you and me taking charge of our own health. I do need a doctor to tell me what to do, but I need the information for myself, and decide for myself what to do. A doctor and a hospital become just a place to consult. Right now many people go to the doctor and get the medicine, and the doctor decides for them what to do. So this is another change of mindset for our university, and our medical school is teaching students and the community how to take care of their own health on a sustainable way. Sustainability and Higher Education in Asia and the Pacific Innovative teacher training in remote Australian Indigenous communities: A sustainable staffing model Special Course on Environmental Rehabilitation in Asia Interesting Times and Places: Sustainability in Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific UNESCO Publication: Issues and Trends in Education for Sustainable Development Related topic Transforming education for sustainability	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line332
__label__wiki	0.749413	0.749413	JIMI ANDERSON LEGENDS OF AOR About Jimi Born In Rigside, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Jimis first Rock band was in 1978, singing mainly Rush & Deep Purple songs & so his passion for 'Classic Rock' had begun. The next few years brought many hours of practise & to Paul Rogers, David Coverdale & Ronnie James Dio for Inspiration. He began writing songs and formed the Rock band 'Sahara' whilst spending any spare time attending a gazzillion gigs at the Legendary 'Glasgow Apollo' till it closed in 1985. Various incarnations of the band ensued including a name change to "The Hardline" until they were picked up by 'Wet Wet Wet's manager Elliott Davis and offered a management contract on the strength of a Demo Tape. Showcasing his phenomenal voice, 5 years of recording demo's, touring, notable sell out gigs at Glasgow's King Tut's, London's 'Borderline Club' and a support to 'The Wets in front of 30,000 people at Glasgow Green. Unfortunately line-up changes of the band, mainly guitar players proved their undoing. Jimi continued writing, performing and recording, appearing on Michael Barrymore's shows ' My Kind of People' & 'Barrymore' in 1997/98 and went on to sing at concerts & festivals in Romania, Turkey and Holland Living now in York, Jimi has continued writing and has had a spell singing with a local covers band " Invitro". Jimi moved on to spend two years as Lead vocalist with Tribute Band 'A Foreigners Journey ' he toured extensively in the UK and Rhodes. Meeting new friends along the way, and his voice just got better and better so a decision was made to leave "A Foreigners Journey" and the next adventure started. His latest project is a tribute to great American Melodic Rock with some great musicians and friends "Legends of AOR" debut gig was in Spain in front of a crowd of Rhodes Rockers, safe to say it was so emotional that tears were shead. After recently recording a second EP of original songs at FML studios in Scotland with Sandy Jones and Greame Duffin he is looking now for a new Challenge and take his own music out to people....watch this space!!!!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line337
__label__cc	0.519053	0.480947	ΑρχικήΨηφιακή ΒιβλιοθήκηΆρθραΆρθρα (Αγγλικά)ΜΑΡΙΑΝΖ ZERVAKI -WIDDERSHOVEN- 'The Trauma of Abandonment in an Adopted Child" ΜΑΡΙΑΝΖ ZERVAKI -WIDDERSHOVEN- 'The Trauma of Abandonment in an Adopted Child" The Trauma of Abandonment in an Adopted Child ΜΑΡΙΑΝΖ ZERVAKI -WIDDERSHOVEN In the psychotherapy of adopted children, the therapeutic space functions as a "home" (estia)for these children, through which they can reflect on their feelings, their anxieties, their fantasies and the trauma resulting from their abandonment by their original home. The use of the dollhouse within psychotherapy functions as a transitional space, where home, body and family all meet at a psychological and mental level. The dollhouse is used in the treatment of children as a therapeutic tool. It includes a wooden house, furniture, dolls and animals. The dollhouse, with its walls and roof represents the inner world of the child and becomes the home of his soul. The way in which the child sets up and uses the dollhouse, reveals to us the child’s sense of his/her body as well as his/her internal and external world. Importantly, it also reveals the child’s feelings towards his/her therapist. Through the dollhouse, the child expresses, on a symbolic level, his/her representational and emotional state, his/her dynamics, and the child can also reveal previous traumatic experiences. The therapeutic space becomes a containing space, an external home, where internal spaces are created. The child learns about the space of his home (estia) through his/her own body and that of his mother; from a very young age, he/she is aware of his internal state and his home. The adopted child that has possibly undergone traumatic experiences in his first home—a home which abandoned him/her without offering him/her the opportunity to create internal representations—may use the therapeutic space symbolically, as a new home. By using the dollhouse he/she can invest psychically and mentally in a real home that offers him/her a way of dealing with his/her loss and of investing meaningfully in his/her new home, estia and his/her new family. Goddess Estia was protector of home and family. Estia is positioned at the center of the altar but also at the center of the home, the city and Ancient Greece; she is in the fire of the Earth, and at the center of Earth itself. She stands firm and unwavering. Estia, sitting in a throne or standing up, is always shown in a state of complete immobility—an image which corresponds to the characteristic features bestowed upon the Goddess. However, in some cases of adoption, the security of the home, the Estia, is lacking. The child exhibits behavior problems as well as difficulties in primary attachment processes . The child leaves one family and must be integrated into another family, to which he/she does not belong. The lack of stability and the abandonment by the original home may have the effect of trauma on the child, while consequences may include anxiety, insecurity and difficulty to invest in the space of the new family. For these children, psychotherapy, the therapeutic space and the therapeutic material can function as a transitional, as well as a containing space that might help the child integrate into his/her new family and home. I will present some aspects of the psychotherapeutic treatment of an adopted girl, who manifested intense separation anxiety, fear of abandonment, and problems with sexuality and aggression. In the therapeutic space the girl used the dollhouse to work through her fantasies and anxieties relating to her original home, but to also to hope for a better future in her new home. Hara, age 10, was referred to psychotherapy, with the main symptom that for the last 4 years she insisted on acting like a dog: she would walk on all fours, went down on her knees, bark and leave the house to play with homeless dogs, returning hours later without any sort of excuse. It is very likely that through this behavior she was trying to show that she herself felt homeless—abandoned. The adoption took place when the child was 7 days and his foster parents 55 years old. There was no other child in the family. The foster parents belonged to a low socio-economic group and had met each other at the age of 35. They could not have any children and they received the child through the process of private adoption. They said that they had always wanted a girl, so she can take care of them and their home when they grew old. Some information from the personal history : The biological mother was married and the pregnancy took place under very difficult social and familial circumstances, especially because the biological father was in prison. The pregnancy had been unplanned and undesired. There were already two other children in the family. The adoption took place when the child was 7 days old and her psychomotor development was described as normal. In the family, Hara was raised by the 2 parents and by the mother’s younger sister when the mother was working. She displayed strong symptoms of separation anxiety when they tried to send her to nursery school, at the age of 2,5, and she refused to go. These symptoms had not changed by the time Hara was 3 years old, when her parents tried to stop using the nursing bottle and tried to get her to sleep on her own. At the age of 4 she developed a fear of dogs. At the age of 7, following her own personal enquiry to her parents, she was told about the adoption. Because of these symptoms and difficulties in her relationship with her mother, her aunt, her father but also other children, she had started psychotherapy twice before. Her parents decided to end both treatments, the first after 8 months and the second after 1 year, because they had not noted any improvement. We can imagine that Hara experienced the trauma of abandonment not only in leaving her first (natural) home but following this, in the separation from her foster mother, as well as in ending the 2 treatments and the therapeutic home-spaces. The foster parents maintained quite a good relationship between them. They thought that not they, but the biological parents were responsible for the child’s current state. In this way, they tried to deal with their own feelings of rejection towards Hara. They felt disappointed, because they had imagined her ‘differently’, more mature, more cooperative and more capable of taking care of them in their old age. Some elements in the course of the therapy: From the start of the therapy Hara decided to play with the therapeutic material and the dollhouse. Her game, especially with the doll-animals was at first always extremely aggressive, sadistic and destructive: the little animals had a penis and breasts (she made these using clay) and they would bite and hurt one another to such an extent that they often induced images of cannibalism. At the same time, she would always watch for my reaction, in case I rejected her. Also, she often made attacks towards me. As the object of her instincts and her anxiety, my own anxiety grew. I felt pressured and overwhelmed in these first encounters, because the content of the game showed only too clearly the intensity of her instincts. I was also frightened by the way that Hara expressed her feelings. At our next meeting she stuck a piece of clay on the horse’s belly and placed it on top of another horse. She told me that they ‘stick’, meaning they ‘make love’. She then tried to attack me with the horse so we can ‘stick’ too. As a challenge, she showed me her clothes, her stomach and her breast. I felt that I was the object of her sexual instincts and aggression and I felt the confusion that existed within her and consequently, between us. When the therapy was interrupted for the first time for the holiday period, she reacted in the same way as she had in the past. The separation anxiety in the transference was manifested in her dog-behavior: she walked on all fours, barked, hid under the table, licked objects, growled and bit my shoe. She used this behavior to express her anger and her anxiety, because she was not able to talk about these feelings like a human being. In the counter-transference, I was upset by her aggression but also her intense anxiety that she might lose me; this frightened me because it seemed to me that the therapy would never reach an end. At our next meeting she started to touch upon the subject of adoption and played the following game: she divided the dogs into homeless dogs and pets. She worried about and tended to the animals that had no house-home or parental care. She pretended that the mother and father dog had small puppies that they were abandoned on the street. She tried to imagine what would happen and who would take care of them, but mainly she tried to understand why their mother and father had abandoned them and where they would find a new house-home (estia). Soon afterwards, her parents decided to get her a puppy. But the puppy had to sleep outside during the night and it cried because it was lonely. During therapy, Hara identified with the dog and tried to face her own fear of the dark, of loneliness and rejection. When her parents decided to give the dog away because neighbors were complaining about the noise at night, Hara identified with the bad dog, whose parents gave it away because they could no longer stand it; at which point, she again began to behave like a dog. In transference Hara always assumed her dog behavior when she sensed that I might abandon her, for example when I had to cancel sessions or during the holidays. Her fantasy of losing the therapeutic space built up so much stress, fear and anger inside her, that she acted like a frightened and angry puppy. The omnipotent game of the dog was always intense and in counter-transference made me feel weak, insecure and stressed—as if I was the abandoned puppy. However, at the same time I admired her rich and intricate game. It was hard to withstand her projections and instincts. On the other hand, I felt her dependence on me, which was something that scared me, while the thought that she might ask me to adopt her also frightened me. In the second year of therapy, Hara could deal with the subject of adoption in a more organized way. She introduced a second mother to the therapeutic space and expressed the wish that her biological mother (the mother who gave birth to her) be the same as her foster mother (the mother who raises her). She said that the first mommy gives birth to children, while the second mommy has a husband and knows how to raise children. In her game, she made the 2 mothers do the same things and she also fantasized that the one mother takes care of the other and thus the two are at peace and tended to. As the therapy progressed, Hara would set up 3 houses in every session. She would name the first one ‘the old house, the old home’,(estia) where she was born; the second would be the ‘new home’(estia), where she lived at the moment; and finally, she would name the third house ‘the other house’, which was the space, or the home(estia) of the therapy. During the holidays she tried to express her separation anxiety in a more mature way, by expressing her wish for me to visit her home at Easter and meet her friend. During the summer holidays she tried to lock me in my office so she can preserve my image in the ‘other house’, in the ‘other home’. In counter-transference I felt more at ease with the way in which she expressed and dealt with her separation anxiety and it was easier for me to handle the situation. At this point, she not only wanted to talk about the past, but she also wanted to think about her present and her future, when she would be grown up and in a position to leave her home and stand on her own to feet. She wanted to discuss movies whose subject was adoption and started to concern herself with matters of separation in transference, through teenage songs. In this way, she started to think about the final stage of termination of the therapy (after 2,5 years of intense psychotherapy). Hara’s symptom begins when she asks and learns about the story of her own adoption at the age of 7. However, there were also earlier signs of difficulties in bonding with her mother, separation fear and the trauma of abandonment. It seems that Hara experienced each loss or separation, as confirmation for her fantasy of abandonment and consequently as a trauma. In adoptions, the primary relationship between mother and child is interrupted, while the primary tie with the mother-home (estia) and the absence of the biological parents as well as the primary home (estia) , may be experienced as a traumatic event for the child. The people who become his/her parents are Others—strangers from the biological parents. The stability and continuity of the Goddess Estia, symbolizing the unity of body-home-family, is interrupted and destroyed and may cause the child primary anxiety. In adoptions, the process of creating a new relationship with the foster mother and the foster family, may be accompanied by a sense of loss but also recovery. The child feels that he/she belongs to the mother, the family, the home (estia), when that mother can offer him/her emotional security and containment. The mother who is caring can replace the mother who is absent. Hara needed the transitional space of therapy and the therapeutic material to process, use reparation and heal from her primary anxieties. She could not speak about these, but only express them through action. There were no words, thoughts or representations. Yet, her actions and behavior helped her express her primary anxieties and the therapeutic process led her to build an internal representation through the experiences with the new parent, the new space and the new home (estia). It was necessary that she reshape her internal objects by negotiating with the objects that take care of her so as to recover her trust in the mythical form of the Goddess Estia. Ινστιτούτο Ψυχικής Υγείας Παιδιών και Ενηλίκων	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line346
__label__cc	0.621257	0.378743	Coeliac disease - more common than you think Coeliac Disease - more common than people think By Deborah Condon Coeliac disease is more common than most people realise. In fact, there is a major lack of awareness of the condition in this country, with the result that many people with it have not and may never be diagnosed, according to the Coeliac Society of Ireland. Coeliac disease is a condition in which there is an abnormal reaction by certain cells in the immune system to gluten. This can result in symptoms, such as diarrhoea, chronic fatigue, anaemia, weight loss and recurrent mouth ulcers. Gluten is a general term used for a type of protein that is found in wheat and related grains, such as barley, rye and oats. When it is consumed, the lining of the small intestine becomes damaged, reducing the person's ability to absorb certain nutrients, such as iron and calcium - these are essential to the body. Gluten is a type of protein found in wheat Ongoing damage to the lining of the intestine also increases the need for continuing tissue repair. This in turn can increase the risk of cancer of the intestine. Gluten sensitivity may also manifest in other ways, for example a person may develop a skin condition called dermatitis herpetiformis. Speaking to irishhealth.com, Emma Clarke Conway of the society explained that because there are no official records about the disease in Ireland, the exact number of people affected is unknown. Estimates indicate that between seven and nine people per 1,000 are affected, or almost 1% of the population. However many people remain undiagnosed because the condition may not be obvious. "For example, people may not be tested for coeliac disease but they may be advised to stop eating wheat. This may improve their symptoms, but as a result they may never be diagnosed with the condition", she said. While the exact cause is unknown, there is clear evidence of a genetic factor. In other words, some people will be born with a predisposition to developing the condition. The actual onset is then triggered in susceptible people by what the society refers to as 'an environmental event'. "This can refer to a range of things, from stress on the body to becoming pregnant", Ms Clarke Conway said. It has also been suggested that the introduction of gluten to the diet during weaning - either too much or too early - may contribute to the onset, as may a variety of viral infections. The diagnosis of coeliac disease may involve blood tests, however these are insufficient to make a definite diagnosis. The only definitive way to diagnose the condition is to have a biopsy. A sample of tissue from the lining of the small intestine is taken. The procedure takes just 10 to 15 minutes. The condition does not appear to be gender-specific. However according to Ms Clarke Conway, as women are more inclined than men to visit their GP if they are experiencing health problems, there are probably more women who have been diagnosed with the disease. The condition can also affect people of any age. There is no cure for coeliac disease, however it can be effectively controlled by diet alone, therefore it is essential that those affected know what they can and cannot eat. So if a person is diagnosed, what exactly can they include in their diet? Many foods are naturally gluten-free, such as unprocessed fruit, vegetables, milk, eggs, rice, fish and meat (except sausage meat). The main foods to be avoided include bread, cakes, biscuits, pizza, pasta, spaghetti, as well as certain soups, sauces, gravies and breakfast cereals. Unprocessed vegetables are naturally gluten-free When cooking, breadcrumbs should not be used and do not dust meat, fish or poultry with flour. Sauces and gravies that are thickened with flour or starch containing gluten, should be avoided. Wheat products such as wheat flour, wheat bran, noodles, spaghetti, macaroni and ravioli, should also be avoided. The following are gluten-free products that can be used as substitutes for some of the foods above: -Ground rice. -Rice flour. -Cornflour. -Maize flour. -Potato flour. -Soya flour. -Arrowroot. -Rice. -Sago. -Tapioca. -Maize. -Buckwheat. -Millet. -Commercial gluten-free flours and breads. (These must comply with the international standard for gluten-free food.) The availability of gluten-free products is not a major problem here, with most major supermarkets, including Superquinn, Tesco and Dunnes Stores, stocking such products. According to Ms Clarke Conway, one of the biggest problems with the diet, apart from getting used to it perhaps, is cost. Gluten-free products are relatively expensive. "If, for example, you are used to eating a sandwich for your lunch every day and you are diagnosed with coeliac disease, you will have to spend a couple of euro on one loaf of (gluten-free) bread and the slices are smaller than your average loaf. Every day items like these can prove expensive, especially for older people", she explained. Unless gluten-free, bread must be avoided The Coeliac Society would like to see more financial support offered to people with the disease. People with a medical card can however avail of gluten-free products for free because essentially these foods are their medicine. However some of these products contain trace amounts of wheat and if a person is extremely sensitive, they may react to these trace amounts. As a result there have been calls for wheat-free products to be made available to medical-card holders as well. With over 3,700 members and growing, the society holds regular meetings around the country. It also publishes an annual food list booklet, which provides updated details of what foods can be eaten. For more information on coeliac disease or to obtain a copy of the food list booklet, contact the Coeliac Society at (01) 872 1471 or email coeliac@iol.ie	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line348
__label__wiki	0.909135	0.909135	Jordan to license third GSM network The two existing operators don't like the idea, but Jordan's comms minister thinks the market can support a third player. By David Ingham Published November 10, 2003 Jordan's telecomms regulator has confirmed that it will issue a license for a third mobile operator in the country. The Telecomms Regulatory Commission (TRC) has already issued a public notice containing proposed terms and conditions of the licence, which, when issued, will end the duopoly of the incumbents, Fastlink and Mobilecom. Competition for the licence will be open to all potential investors that meet the criteria of "financial ability, industry experience and technological suitability," according to the TRC. The regulator says that it plans to conduct the licensing process in a "fully transparent and non-discriminatory manner, in accordance with the highest international standards of openness and unbiased decision making." Neither of the two current operators is overly thrilled at the prospect of a new competitor. At the last count, Fastlink had around 900,000 subscribers and Mobilecom 300,000, a penetration rate of 20% plus in a relatively low income country. "What will this competitor achieve? The prices are the lowest in the world, all kinds of services are provided in Jordan," says Dr Saad Al Barrak, director general of MTC, owner of Fastlink. Laurent Mialet, CEO of Jordan Telecom, the parent of Mobilecom, adds: "I'm not too happy about having one [a third operator], but it's a decision for the TRC." Although less than thrilled at the prospect of a new competitor, Al Barrak says he is not too worried, however. "I think it will hurt my competitor more than it will hurt me. The reason is, I have 75% of the market," he says. "If Mobilecom, with Orange running the company, managed by France Telecom, cannot hurt us, I envisage it will be very tough for a third competitor to come from nowhere to hurt us. Besides, the market in Jordan is so saturated." Dr. Fawaz H. Zu'bi, Jordan's minister of information and communications technology (ICT), doesn't agree that the market is saturated, however. "The youth market has not really been tapped yet," he says. "Today, our penetration rate is around 22% and I would say that realistically, over the next ten years, reaching 50% is not impossible. A large proportion of our population is below 18 and will be coming of age over the next few years. The potential is there." The government will "encourage" the third operator to provide some form of 3G coverage. The country's regulator will also be encouraged to introduce changes that will make competition work more efficiently. Number portability, whereby a user can switch operator but keep the same phone number, will be introduced at some point. There is no word yet on who might be interested in bidding, but Mickael Ghossein, CEO of Mobilecom, thinks the new operator will have to come up with "something extraordinaire" if it is to make a mark. "The operator should be highly creative. It should be powerful in terms of marketing. It should see our weaknesses and Fastlink's weaknesses and find a niche." "For three years, we have had very tough competition between the two operators and after spending maybe JD200 million, we have 25-30% [market share] and are just starting to break even. The third operator will need to spend money to build market share. Maybe he will take 10% but the question is 'With 10%, are you a viable operator or not?' My answer is no." Saad Al Barrak, meanwhile, is suspicious of the whole process. "I think the introduction of a third operator in Jordan is a political game to advance some people's private agenda more than it is a genuine economic decision for the wellbeing of the country," he says.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line349
__label__cc	0.629631	0.370369	Transoceanic to merge with PWC Logistics International freight forwarding and logistics management company merges with PWC to better serve the industrial and oil & gas industry. By Laura Barnes Published April 19, 2005 US-based Transoceanic Shipping has announced that it is to merge with Kuwaiti-based PWC Logistics. Under the terms of the agreement, PWC will own all of Transoceanic’s shares. The merger will see Transoceanic gain access to the resources needed to continue its rapid growth, including PWC’s IT platform. The US-based company will also be able to leverage on PWC’s infrastructure in the Middle East, Arica and Asia, to offer its customers an expanded range of supply chain services across the globe. “We are proud to join PWC and this transaction presents the entire Transoceanic team with an opportunity to take the company to new heights,” said Gregory Rusovich, CEO, Transoceanic. “This transaction also provides our customers with an enhanced global reach, scale and range of services that we can now access thanks to PWC,” he added. PWC and Transoceanic will begin operations by identifying and pursuing cross-selling opportunities in the Middle East, with particular interest in the growing oil & gas, and industrial markets. “Transoceanic built its outstanding reputation by focusing on execution and exceeding customer expectations, and we look forward to working with them and providing our combined customer base, and the growing market at large, with an expanded service offering,” added Tarek Sultan, chairman, PWC Logistics.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line350
__label__wiki	0.790159	0.790159	Jamaica's economic progress a model for other countries — PM PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says the economic progress made by Jamaica in recent times can be used as a model for other countries to follow. He noted that the economic successes gained came at “great sacrifice” by Jamaicans, but noted that there is “social consensus” among citizens about the changes that are needed for the country to continue to advance. The prime minister, who was addressing heads of diplomatic missions at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston on Wednesday, cited among the economic achievements the reduction of the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, which will fall to 96 per cent at the end of the 2018/19 fiscal year on March 31. This represents the lowest level of debt in nearly two decades, and the first time it will fall below 100 per cent over that period. Holness noted, further, that the macroeconomic indicators remain positive, with foreign reserves above the level deemed adequate and the current account remains low and sustainable. Additionally, market interest rates are at historic lows and fiscal performance continues to be strong. Holness told the diplomats, representing approximately 60 countries, that Jamaica is addressing its infrastructural needs, with increased capital spending on the development of major roadways in and around Kingston. “We expect that we will finish those major infrastructure developments in the next two months, and that will have a significant impact on our economy,” he said. “Clearly, the improvements in sewerage, water (and) telecommunications will create the basis for the regeneration of Kingston, and we're seeing that happening now,” the prime minister added. He noted, too, that tourism continues to grow, with players from countries with which Jamaica has forged diplomatic ties investing in the sector. Turning to crime and violence, the prime minister assured the diplomatic community that the Government has taken significant steps to address the problem. “We have to… deal with things like intimate partner violence, domestic violence and violence among youth. We are emphasising social programmes to address those,” he said. National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang, in his remarks, told the diplomats that the Government remains committed to human rights and the protection of Jamaica's citizens. He noted that the security forces maintained a commendable record in regards to respect for human rights during the recent states of public emergency. “Indeed, we took time to retrain the officers who were involved in the operations, so we did not have the challenges to human rights that can be a problem when we have a state of enhanced security measures,” he said. Dr Chang said that consistent with the obligations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the American Convention on Human Rights, Jamaica notified the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Organization of American States (OAS) of its intention to impose the states of emergency. Additionally, dialogue was facilitated with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by providing the entity with detailed information about the institutional arrangements put in place to safeguard rights during the period of enhanced policing and military activity. Dr Chang maintained that the country is committed to strong relations with its bilateral partners and looks forward to continued collaboration on various issues. The address was part of Diplomatic Week activities being observed from March 12 to 15 under the theme 'Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development'. The week brings together 60 heads of mission, including 35 non-resident heads. The diplomats are being treated to entertainment and tours during the week of activities. House says yes ... Accused continue to deny wrongs as one more freed Photo: Welcome to Russia Drama as warehouse burns Clear top tier emerges in crowded Dems field This Day in History— July 17 Man given lengthy jail term for killing Jamaican Supt Wayne Cameron heads Police Officers' Association Jamaica's location a double-edged sword, says Chang Drop-in centre haven from the streets Union welcomes plans to address issues affecting guards Applying for your US student visa? A few things to know Lawyers honoured NGO's encouraged to access Canada Fund Preventing the harmful effects of heat Bunting promises issues-based presidential campaign UN says AIDS deaths down a third since 2010 21 years in US prison for Jamaican people smuggler	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line351
__label__cc	0.745342	0.254658	Jr. Posters Billboards Nationwide Commemorate Hurricane Katrina Lamar Advertising Company Marks the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on its Digital Billboards Nationwide Baton Rouge, LA – August 25, 2015 – Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR), one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, today announced that it is dedicating space on its digital billboards nationwide to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Lamar’s billboards will feature iconic photos of New Orleans and the message “10 Years Stronger” to remember those lost in the hurricane and to honor the individuals who came together to rebuild the city of New Orleans. “Katrina was one of the largest natural disasters in U.S. history. As a Baton Rouge-based company with operations all over Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, many of our employees and their families were directly affected by the aftermath of the storm,” said Lamar Advertising Company CEO Sean Reilly, who also served on the Louisiana Recovery Authority. “It was incredible to see people coming together from all over the world to rebuild the city of New Orleans. This message is meant to remember that spirit of cooperation ten years later.” Photos: “10 Years Stronger” message running on Lamar’s digital billboard space to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (above). Four designs will rotate on Lamar’s billboards nationwide (below). Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, causing levee breaches that left much of the city of New Orleans underwater. Ten years later, the city of New Orleans has been revitalized, and the region has grown both closer together and stronger – a message that Lamar is spreading on its digital billboards. “The personal ties, the business ties, the sense that we’re in it together is just far stronger than it was pre-Katrina. I think this will prove a lasting effect,” adds Reilly. The campaign is running on Lamar’s digital billboard space nationwide from August 25 – 30, 2015. About Lamar Advertising Company Founded in 1902, Lamar Advertising Company (Nasdaq: LAMR) is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, with more than 315,000 displays across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Lamar offers advertisers a variety of billboard, interstate logo and transit advertising formats, helping both local businesses and national brands reach broad audiences every day. In addition to its more traditional out-of-home inventory, Lamar is proud to offer its customers the largest network of digital billboards in the United States with over 2,000 displays. Please feel free to explore our website www.lamar.com or contact us for additional information. Allie McAlpin Lamar Advertising Company amcalpin@lamar.com Lamar Advertising Company Renews Transit Advertising Contract with BC Transit Lamar Advertising Company, one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in North America, today announced its recent transit advertising contract renewal with BC Transit for an additional ten year term. The new agreement commenced August 1, 2015, and will enable local, regional and national brands to reach more than 50 million commuters across British Columbia per year. Today's Secret to Viral Marketing? One Clever Real-World Idea Want to create the next viral marketing smash online? Start by thinking outdoors. With real-world ideas translating into viral hits almost weekly, AdWeek asked agency and branding experts for their tips on creating an out-of-home campaign that extends far beyond its starting point. Check out their 5 tips for building global buzz from out-of-home ads.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line356
__label__wiki	0.861568	0.861568	How a Faith Crisis and Cancer Inspired One Latter-day Saint Scholar to Write About Her FaithTrent Toone, for LDS Living - One of Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye's life "crossings" came when she encountered a faith crisis while doing her undergraduate studies at Harvard University. Inouye became deeply troubled after learning some details involving the practice of plural marriage in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She sought out her friend, mentor and fellow Latter-day Saint, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, hoping she would solve the problem. The topic was nothing new to Ulrich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian and author of A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835-1870 . Ulrich acknowledged Inouye's concerns... LDS vet recalls attack on Pearl Harbor byLDS Church News \| Dec. 07, 2011 In August 1941, Bill Jarvis' uncle signed a letter giving permission for the 17-year-old to enlist in the U.S. Navy. The teenager could not have known that he would soon become an eyewitness to some of World War II's most pivotal events — beginning with the "Day of Infamy." On that day, Dec. 7, 1941, more than 2,400 men lost their lives when the naval and air forces of Japan attacked U.S. Naval and Army forces on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Of the 21 ships sunk or damaged at Pearl Harbor, eight were the pride of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the battleships. One of those battle wagons, the USS Arizona, still rests in the harbor at her anchor, a memorial rising over her now-decaying hull. Seventy years after an explosion ripped open her bow, oil still rises to the surface at the rate of two to nine quarts per day. Tourists visit the site daily, American and Japanese standing side by side, many tossing flower leis in honor of those still entombed below. (Please see www.nps.gov.) Read the rest of this story at ldschurchnews.com Opinions & Features War MilitaryWar,Military,Opinions & Features Sacrament Meeting on a War Ship + More Powerful Photos of Latter-day Saints During Wartime Saints at War Project "The First Time I Saw the Missionaries Was Through the Scope of My Rifle" Malcolm Leal, adapted from "Faith Among Shadows" "My Faith Is Simple but Strong": Wife of Slain Mayor Shares How God Is in the Details The Woman Who Held the Paris Branch Together During World War II Geneva Bates Pincock How One Widow and Her Family Found Peace after Her Husband’s Suicide Jessica Grimaud Listen: The 6 Words That Comforted This Wife as Her Husband Served in the Military Katie Lambert	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line359
__label__wiki	0.523873	0.523873	Friendly Societies Act 1992 Part VIII Point in Time (21/06/2001) Point in time view as at 21/06/2001. There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Friendly Societies Act 1992. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Changes and effects yet to be applied by the editorial team are only applicable when viewing the latest version or prospective version of legislation. They are therefore not accessible when viewing legislation as at a specific point in time. To view the ‘Changes to Legislation’ information for this provision return to the latest version view using the options provided in the ‘What Version’ box above. 92 Compensation for loss of office.U.K. (1)Subject to subsection (3) below, the terms of— (a)an amalgamation under section 85 above, (b)a transfer of engagements of a friendly society under section 86 above, or (c)a conversion under section 91 above, may include provision for compensation for loss of office or diminution of emoluments attributable to the amalgamation, transfer or conversion to be paid by a participating friendly society to or in respect of any of the persons mentioned in subsection (2) below. (2)Those persons are— (a)the officers of the society which is to pay the compensation; (b)in the case of an amalgamation or transfer, the officers of any other participating society; (c)in the case of a transfer, the officers of any other person participating in the transfer; and (d)the appointed actuary (if any) of any society participating in the amalgamation or transfer. (3)Any such provision as is mentioned in subsection (1) above must be approved by the society which is to pay the compensation by a special resolution separate from any resolution approving the other terms of the amalgamation, transfer or conversion. (4)If compensation which has not been authorised in accordance with subsection (3) above is received by an officer, it shall be repaid. “compensation” includes the provision of benefits in kind; “loss of office” includes, in relation to an officer of an incorporated friendly society holding office by virtue of his position in the society in a subsidiary of the society or body jointly controlled by the society, the loss of that office; and “participating society”, in relation to an amalgamation or transfer, means a friendly society participating in the amalgamation or transfer and, in relation to the conversion of a friendly society, that society. You have chosen to open Schedules only The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run. Point in Time: This becomes available after navigating to view revised legislation as it stood at a certain point in time via Advanced Features > Show Timeline of Changes or via a point in time advanced search.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line360
__label__wiki	0.502429	0.502429	14.—(1) Each water authority shall maintain a register containing full particulars of– (a)sampling points in its area fixed under regulation 9(2) above; (b)results of analysis of samples taken under these regulations; and (c)the dates on which such samples were taken. (2) The register maintained in pursuance of subsection (1) above shall be open to inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable times, and members of the public shall be afforded reasonable facilities for obtaining from the relevant water authority, on payment of reasonable charges, copies of entries in the register. (3) SEPA shall include in the registers it maintains under section 41 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(1) full particulars of the plans and timetables drawn up and maintained under regulation 12 above. 1974 c. 40; section 41 was inserted by section 169 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 23 to the Water Act 1989 (c. 15) and was amended by section 120 and paragraph 29(10), (17), (18) and (19) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line361
__label__wiki	0.846702	0.846702	About Litrix.de Nora Bossong Webers Protokoll [Weber's record] Ten years ago Nora Bossong would have been labeled as a “Fräuleinwunder”. Today, the 27-year-old can pass simply as an extremely gifted young writer. Having first garnered attention with her poetry before debuting as a novelist with Gegend in 2006, Bossong has now startled her readers with a plot that is rather unusual for authors her age. Weber’s Record is the intricate and elaborately fragmented story across several time periods of a diplomat who, in 1943, embezzles money as a German vice-consul in Milan and comes under the scrutiny of his new boss, an NS hardliner. In order to save his neck, he takes on a job helping people to escape Nazi Germany, but when these transactions get him into even deeper trouble, he defects to Switzerland. Following the war, his past catches up to him as he attempts to join the German Foreign Service. Nora Bossong was inspired to write the novel after documents were accidentally discovered. Through painstaking research she has acquired not only a cogent understanding of history but also a remarkable flair for the atmosphere of the epochs and milieus she portrays. She alternates seamlessly between the Nazi era, the German post-war economic boom, and the present and skillfully allows a young narrator to reconstruct the case during an argument she has with an aged diplomat. Bossong moves elegantly from one scene to the next and consciously blurs the fine line between fiction and official records. The author is principally interested, however, in the yo-yoing of her protagonist, the hypochondriac and opportunistic Dr. Konrad Weber, whose imaginary eye problems illustrate – slightly too symbolically, perhaps – his fear of the truth and his preference for avoiding reality. Readers are thus meant to see Weber as a representative of the silent majority of his fellow citizens. The phrase “Weber is certain” appears throughout the novel with a frequency that is hard to miss, yet implies the exact opposite. This timorous career man is incapable of gaining a sound understanding neither of himself and what motivates him, the incidents taking place around him, the political and social reality of the times, nor of the aims and motives of the people he deals with. Readers are thus left to speculate about the character of a man who performs his job scrupulously only to embezzle large sums of money, who assists Jews and opponents of the regime out of self-interest, not conviction, and who, though not a Nazi sympathizer, only fully distances himself from the regime in order to save his own skin. Nora Bossong has created the shimmering polyvalence of her anti-hero and various minor characters with remarkable empathy and precision, while rooting them in a sophisticated narrative form. What’s more, she has risked interweaving the true story of Eugenio Pacelli, who as Pope Pius XII played a dubious and still controversial role during the Third Reich, with Weber’s own case. The chess game winding its way through the novel is an apt metaphor for an author of such combinative talents and highlights the intellectual ambitions of her undertaking. Finally, the recurring motif of the birdcage can be read not only as a reference to the self-contained system the characters are snared in, but also as an image of the delicate narrative construction in which readers themselves feel eerily trapped from cover to cover. By Kristina Maidt-Zinke, 01.03.2009 Kristina Maidt-Zinke is a literary and music critic for the Süddeutsche Zeitung and writes reviews for Die Zeit. Translated by Franklin Bolsillo Mares Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt Publisher’s contact details Sample translations Published in Span. (Arg.) with a grant from Litrix.de. c/o:	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line363
__label__wiki	0.558179	0.558179	Home > Magazine > Bollywood Buzz > Ritesh-Genelia married! Ritesh-Genelia married! By Gitanjali Chak and Rajnish Sharma The cute Genelia D’Souza is now a glowing Mrs. Deshmukh. Yes, Ritesh and she tied the knot in a lavish Maharashtrian-style afternoon wedding on February 3 which was attended by a host of Bollywood celebs: Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri, Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan, Ajay Devgan and Kajol, to name just a few. This was followed by a church wedding the next day which was a private affair at which only family members and close friends were present, and a glamorous, star-studded reception at Hotel Grand Hyatt the same night, at which almost the entire film fraternity turned up. Among those who came to wish the newly weds well were Aishwarya Rai with her parents-in-law, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, Juhi Chawla, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Kiran, Imran Khan and Avantika.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line365
__label__wiki	0.526706	0.526706	Why British Television Is A Bad Model For Upcoming Actors in the U.K. It's not often you hear the word 'subtle' next to 'American' - but when it comes to acting the Americans know how to do it. Whether it's a little indie film or a big Hollywood blockbuster; by and large, the actors know how to stay within the context and the reality of the film they're in. Films are the American art form, they're experts at it. In England of course; the history is one of theatre. And it's something that bleeds onto the television screens in everything we do. Rather than be a role the British tend to act the role. This concerns me because in my experience most of the young actors I meet don't watch a lot of films, but they are quite up on their television. And as I discuss 'good acting' with actors - we both have an idea of what good acting is; but they're based on different models. My idea of a good screen actor is someone who becomes the role. Someone who doesn't act with a capital A. They just submerge into the part. On British television however, you see the actors acting the role. When the script calls for them to be sad, they pull a sad face. Whereas when you watch a great Hollywood actor; they just access the sad within themselves, they internalize it. They instinctively know that if they can find the emotion within themselves it'll be released into the ether - the camera will pick up all the subtleties. It reminds me of when I was watching the 'Making Of' documentary on the 'The Green Mile' DVD. Frank Darabont was talking about how he had to keep the camera on Tom Hanks because so much was happening; even though nothing was happening, he was just looking at and reacting to Michael Clark Duncan's character. But that is what good acting is - listening and reacting in the moment. When I look at British television; be it the soaps or the one hour dramas - the acting is all very laboured, very false. The actors are not attempting to find the reality; they are merely acting the emotions on a outward level. Their facial reactions and tone of voices change just like when you were made to do drama exercises in school. But when you watch this on screen; it is not in any way believable. Now, this is generally fine. I don't really care about television in the UK. It's not important to me how people act on these shows. However, the problem for me is when it influences the films in this country and in the actors we produce in the UK. And it bothers me because they are influenced by the people they watch the most - on the television. When upcoming actors look at who is successful and doing a lot of work; their frame of reference is the people they see on TV. Therefore it is understandable that they see these in-work successes as models of how to be an actor. So now we get to the split between what I want and what a British actor wants to do. When I am casting I see Morgan Freeman in my head. But the actor sees the guy who plays Phil Mitchell in 'Eastenders.' The PROBLEM with this - is simply that we are both aiming at different points. I can be the best director in the world; but the level of truth and performance I lead them too can't be like Morgan Freeman, because that is not their reference for good acting. They don't see him as the role model; they see television actors. Therefore when the actor is at their VERY BEST; they could potentially be as good as the guy from 'Eastenders'; but that is no good for me as it is not what I view as good acting. This is a difficult thing to fix. Our country is steeped in the history of theatre. Of ACTING. Performers have a tendency to get anxious about their screen performances if they are asked to do less. When you give do less as a direction it tends to make the actor quieter or their actions change slightly; but they are still doing a role rather than being the role. And it's a fundamental difference. What I love about American actors is that when I audition them I can never hear what they're saying. Why? Because they're not 'acting' in auditions, they're just mumbling away like their character realistically would. And that's when you know you have a great actor, when they are comfortable enough to be unnoticable. When they can just be real. It's priceless. Of course there are exceptions to these rules - I know many fabulous British actors. However, as a generalisation - I think it would be great for actors who are training or recently finished training to really define WHAT good acting is to them. Find a frame of reference. Therefore - you know what you're aiming for. And I don't mean to act like another actor; I just mean that you need to know what good acting looks like to you. Not so you can imitate it, because that would be disastrous. As for my frame of reference - I leave you with a clip of Morgan Freeman in 'Shawshank Redemption.' In a scene packed full of pain and emotion, Morgan plays the moment perfectly. There isn't even a blink of an eye out of place; he literally IS Red (his character) -- and every beat, every frame, every mannerism is completely in the moment. I think this is possibility the finest and most subtle acting I've ever scene. This is perfect acting. Perfect being. Wolf films 10 June 2009 at 15:06 I think I'd have to agree in some ways but beg to differ in others - I think yes there are probably more british actors who 'act with a capital A' but they stand out because of it, the best actors are the ones who you just don't notice are actors because they are so good they seem real, there are plenty of them out there on our screens just maybe not as respected as they should be! Pilli Cortese 10 June 2009 at 15:10 I could not agree more with you about acting in the Uk. The problem lies in the drama schools, which are generally forging masses of actors that are ACTING instead of living truthfully in the moment. Being an actor myself, I knew what good acting for me was when I started my career, but I could not find a school that made the difference, that taught me how to be real, without indicating. I finally came across Meisner acting, and it has made the difference. Obviously you can t expect to see yourself undergo a major transformation in a short time, it takes time (Meisner said it takes you twenty years at least to become a master actor), and what most of the actors forget is to train constantly. Once they step out from a 3years drama school, with their diploma in their hands, they think they are done! Not only they cannot act, but they don t realize that if you don t train your precious instrument, your ability to feel the emotions, you will soon be rusted and unable to act. Why should a professional dancer, continuosly train, why should a pianist always exercise and not an actor??? Problem number two: directors. And this is a note for you, "Front Row": nowadays directors don t have a clue about acting, they maybe know what they are aiming at, but they have no clue, how that is achievable. The result is that they give wrong directions, and the worst direction ever, is to say to an actor to do LESS. That is a result direction. You want an actor do less? Good. Find something feasible, something playable, say something that will not freeze the actor, and gently put him in a condition to do something different, if something is not working and the actor is overdoing than it means that you have to raise the stake for the actor, make the problem bigger instead of making it smaller and the actor will react to this condition in a much more natural manner!. Ultimately I think that Master Actors, are able to transform bad directions into something which make sense for them, without even putting into discussion what the director says. It would be good if the job would be done more professionally from both sides, in order to have this understanding and energy flow between all the elements of the crew, which is lacking most of the time nowadays on sets. The Kid In The Front Row 10 June 2009 at 15:20 Pilli - I completely agree with you. I rarely result direct. Although sometimes I find an actor does just need to be reminded "hey, you sound like an actor!" and they take it really well. And also, sometimes at 3.56am when you have four minutes until daylight, you don't have time to delve into what the actor needs, you just need the line said how it needs to be said; and if they've prepared, they can normally come through. But I agree, many Directors don't care for actors. I tend to be the opposite, I don't care about cameras!. I Completely agree, that is why both of them should be better trained and more professional. A very good insight. I don't like the British theatre acting either... In America they learnt a bit more from Stanislavsky... I'm coming up to sixth form which obviously means looking into career paths, uni's etc - so what would people's advice be on drama schools with regards to what has been said here because I don't want to go and find my self coming out as someone who can't act? Thanks for asking, Wolf. I think you need to follow your heart and your instincts on this. I think drama school can be good if it helps give you confidence and if it gives you the tools you need to access your feelings and find yourself as an actor. But there are too many drama schools here that focus on theatre. And the screen ones are often taught with the teacher sitting five rows back in the theatre, how crazy is that! Pilli studies the Meisner technique, as do many actors I love. Maybe you should do a short course in that. Doing a one week workshop in an acting style that inspires you can be more beneficial than a year or two on drama school. Also maybe you could look at doing drama school in New York or L.A. It might sound unlikely but it's often no more expensive than doing drama school in the U.K. Ask as many actors as you can for advice -- it's people in the industry who can share truth and wisdom with you on what path you should take. But ultimately - follow your heart. potdoll 11 June 2009 at 11:21 isn't acting for television different from acting for film? and acting for theatre different again? my producer always says that in television you talk about your emotions, in theatre you act them out, and in film you think them. do you think the acting on US tv different to US film? I think acting between TV and film is sometimes different, but it shouldn't be. Certainly in recent years, in the USA, that is less of the case. When you look at shows like '24', 'The West Wing' - and even going back to shows like 'Ally McBeal' the acting is of the same quality and often with the same actors as in feature films. What your producer says is interesting, but for me; I feel that comes down to the writing, perhaps - whereas, at least for me - the acting should be the same on the big and little screen.. the reason being that the goal should be truth. And truth will look the same if it is reached. Of course acting for theatre is VERY different - and that is meant to be a part of my blog entry, which perhaps I didn't articulate correctly; but I think that the theatre traditions of the UK therefore contribute to our poor screen-acting. Many actors will counter with the idea that 'acting is acting' and the training prepares them for both - however, I've personally never found this to be the case. Do I think US acting is different on TV to film?. Certainly not in the shows like mentioned previously, like 'The West Wing' - however, I do think there is a difference when you look at the day-time soaps in the US. However, this comes down a lot to directorial style and the writing; and even so it is still exponentially better than the majority of small screen acting in the UK. More interestingly Potdoll, what do you think? - And everyone else, I'm genuinely interested in your thoughts. The British TV lowers not only the acting standard, but also directing - in fact it lowers everything, including the grey cell count in the population of this fine isle... The entire UK-US parallel is sooooo... boring - being polite, I'd like to ask you: can any British actor act at the level of (the Austrian) Klaus Maria Brandauer in "Mephisto"? The lead actor of "Stalker" died of cancer after wading in the radioactive waters of the Zone...(so did the director eventually)... Do you study the history of cinematography in your film schools here? Or maybe it's just an intense two week course? Anonymous - you seem to be taking the role of someone more intelligent than the rest of us - and your questions aren't really questions at all. It seems an odd way to add to a debate, especially with the anonymity. I'm not sure what sort of response would satisfy you - because your question about cinematography already therein has a judgement, and I think you're aware that nobody here has probably seen the Austrian film. Maybe you could tell us more about your thoughts on how TV here is lowering grey cell count; and explain more about why you framed your questions in the way you did. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. "Mephisto" has won an Oscar + lots of other awards - it's not an obscure piece of work. Brandauer got a Bafta nomination as the best newcommer for this role... it's history. I admire your passion about films - and your writing, there wasn't any judgement in my thoughts - in fact the whole issue of TV is very serious - it's such a powerful instrument of brainwashing. Back to relationship between TV and cinematography... Eisenstein warned everyone long time ago that TV has a bad influence on film-makers... it's a well known fact... As for the grey cells... try watching reality TV or soaps, or the rest of it (even the news!) for hours on end, like millions of people do every day... isn't it obvious? The actress 12 June 2009 at 01:01 LOVE it! Couldn't agree more. I'm printing it out and putting it on my wall. AIL xxx otherworldlyone 12 June 2009 at 05:42 Would you mind telling me what scene that was from Shawshank? I can't pull up videos on blogs. Studying the history of cinematography can improve the quality of acting hugely... can't tell more now, dear Pilli, I have to meet my friends (face to face), speak later... where has my comment disappeared to? i rambled on for ages, too... basically i was saying that it's a director's job to stop an actor over acting. possibly if our tv is bad (i don't watch much so I can't really judge) then it may be because of budget restrictions and actors and director's not having the luxury of time to spend rehearsing and playing and finding nuances and subtlety in performances. companies like hbo probably have time and money which makes a difference. we only see the cream here. we do have a history of theatre, which can make our acting different, (i was at an american seminar recently and the americans were raving about british actors and acting and envious of our theatre heritage). ultimately i reckon bad acting is usually down to bad directing. hope i am making sense and actually manage to post this comment. Hey Potdoll - your thoughts about budgets and time are, I think, very true - and I agree with everything you say. But I think that can only support the point the blog was making to begin with - which is that UK acting on TV (regardless of why) is a bad model for upcoming actors. Otherworldlyone - it's the scene when Red has his last meeting with the committee- and he tells them 'go ahead and stamp your little form sonny!' :) I like that one too. =0) Hi Pilli - you raised a question of anonimity. It's not a bad thing (by the way, is Kid in the Front Row not anonimous?)- it brings attention to the thought itself, away from promoting yourself, or networking and so on... The question raised by Front Row, from my point of view, is very much connected to the fact that in this country there's been so much brainwashing going on that many people can't tell the difference between art and total rubbish (or between good and bad acting, directing - you can continue the list)... A Turner Prize for an empty room with the lights that go on and off... not to mention the unmade bed... There are many people who think "it must be art" whilst watching something excrutiatingly boring, ugly, or plain diabolical... Ask yourself why you want to create your piece of art - to see your face on the big screen, earn lots of money (and these are not bad things at all), or do you ever feel that you are prepared to die inorder just to do it... that's why I mentioned the lead actor of "Stalker" who died prematurely after filming in the contaminated waters of the Zone. Good morning Anonymous. In regards to the anonymity, it is true that also Front Row is somehow anonymous, names are just names and could have all made up after all, insn' it? The difference between you and Front Row, is that with Front Row I have a link to his facebook at least, where if I feel like communicating a thought , I can drop him a line or write a mail, even after having talked on this blog. Regarding arts: You are raising again another point which is surely linked with the topic but does not really answer it, I agree that art nowadays is sometimes gratuitous but you can t generalize it too much, I don t particularly love for eg. the work of Hirst or the famous cuts of Fontana, but I still respect the work as there is a concept behind it, that is the results of years of a personal quest. Not in all cases, true, but we can t discuss it here it would be too long, maybe we should open another blog about it. In my opinion, the industry itself is so corrupted that the individuals are facing themselves with a huge problem: being a true artist and starve or compromise with the rubbish that the industry wants to give to the audience and have something to eat in your dish everyday? As an artist, I have been frustrated many times, when for eg. after auditioning for a role in a play, both casting directors after my monologue in less than two minutes, began to cry, they were genuinely moved by what I did, truly without faking it. My job was done, acting is about being able to move the audience, about being truthful, but you know what happened? They turned me down, saying I was such a strong actress but that somehow they preferred to have something more regular, the Drama School robots as I call them! That was the day, when I finally decided that it was not worth compromise and beg in this corrupted industry and start to do things by myself, maybe a very ambitious project, but I am convinced that a new generation of artists has to raise their voice and start all over again, I am personally fed up of going to the theatre and hear actors shouting and faking, I could stand up in the middle of the performance and walk away, they don t move me at all. Same for the cinema. I am so bored to go to see a film where they need to put an explosion every five minutes in the film in order to keep your attention, when everything else, script and actors fail. Where are we going? In conclusion I think that actors, true actors, with a true passion for their art, should study seriously their craft, knowing consciously that it is not an easy job, and that it is not about them, being divas and shining in glamorous parties, but it is about the audience, are you able to move them or not? that is the only thing that counts. I feel we have entered into a new phase of this discussion. My original topic was basically that instead of seeing a talentless actor pull faces on a British drama, they should just watch Morgan Freeman do nothing (everything) in Shawshank Redemption. Now I feel we are all discussing WHY there is the difference, and the root of these differences. And that's completely fine - but I just wanted to mention that awareness, that we have shifted. As artists, we are moved to be the best (i.e. the most subtle). But the industry, as a whole, does not celebrate that. Because it is not the best way to make money. The problem comes when, rather than having two sides to the coin, i.e. 'artistic' against 'necessary' -- we have additional things on both sides. For example, on the artistic side, often comes 'pretentiousness' - and pretentiousness stands in the way of truthfulness. And I think there has been echoes of that is some of anonymous' words. And maybe there is a key thing to notice about Shawshank Redemption - it is PURELY about the art, and there is not a hint of pretentiousness ANYWHERE - which is maybe a key reason as to why it is loved by the whole spectrum of viewers. Bravo Pilli! (veramente brava!) What do you think of the acting in the film of Pupi Avati "Il Papa di Giovanna"? Is British art more corrupted than Italian, or the art in other countries? forget the US for now... (From my point of view the culture here is, if not 100% dead, but half-dead, or even 3/4! - maybe Front Row can revive it...) oh! Anonymous...are you Italian then? thanks for agreeing with me for once...:-) It reminds me of the battle of Harry and Sally...! Honestly I don t remember very well Il papa di Giovanna, but I quite like Francesca Neri as an actress much less Ezio Greggio.(ehm...can you call him an actor???)..! It is a huge question that you are raising here, if Italian art is more corrupted than the British one, and what are you referring to exactly, to the cinema? If so, well, to be honest I have not seen recently a good italian film, in our country it seems that we are only able to produce rubbish like Vacanze di Natale and similia....a shame as our Cinema was one of the best in the world....but we have lost it completely, there are still some good actors around as in other countries but we have been also "eaten" but this big wave of superficiality that puts the audience in a very passive mode. I wish there were still people like Giorgio Gaber or Vittorio Gassman around... that are not putting the accent on their performance but on the effect that it has on the audience. I am fed up of seeing actors getting all emotional, thinking that this will impress us .... to be honest we dont care about someone else s "Perfomance" but the truthful way in which he/she lives the moment... a good actor does not need to die in tears...but make the audience weep....or laugh or feel the anger....did it happened to you recently??? ...if yes...pls tell me which film or play...! "Il Papa di Giovanna" is a recent film (2008), it was shown at BAFTA a couple of months ago at the opening night of the Italian Film Festival. Top class cinematography, in my opinion, - it raises uneasy ethical questions in a very disturbing story, and it's about unconditional love, forgiving, sacrifice, humility - it moved me deeply... I had a chance to speak for a minute to Pupi Avati - it's inspiring to meet someone like him, wider than life... In that case I will watch it and I will let you know my thoughts about it. Since you are still under anonymity, I will post a comment about it on this blog. Thank you Front Row for raising such a good debate, we have drifted away from the subject towards the end, but I think the reasons WHY the acting is not generally very good (not only in the UK I might add...). are worth being discussed, if we are not aware of the reasons that stand behind a problem, a change is unlikely to happen. SimonPeter says: I think something that has been slightly missed here is the style of whichever film, theatre piece or television piece is being made. For me, the actor's job is (obviously to find truth) but more to find that truth within the parameters of the production being made. So, yes, obviously Morgan is amazing, especially in Shawshank, especially in this scene. However, there are other actors, in other types of films and roles, who do a good job. Benicio Del Toro in Usual Suspects. Marlon Brando in Godfather. Seymour Hoffman in Capote. Hank Azaria in Along Came Polly. Mickey Rourke in the Wrestler. Tom Hanks in the Green Mile. All, in my opinion, great acting. But also completely different. They are completely in tune with what the piece needs, and they deliver their roles extremely well - by, as you say Kid, BEING, not ACTING. I agree there is a difference. And I agree that the former is the goal. These actors need to become a character who is believable and who exists in whichever story is being told. But for me, the problem is often more a clarity of aim and sense of being for any given project. Often, people making something don't know why they are making it - in the case of uk television it's usually just being written because there's a market there and it needs to be written. So no one cares, and actors try and put care in and end up looking like overacting idiots. I think a lot of tv isn't character based, and even lacks a proper story. It doesn't come from a place of truth, and the truth of it isn't important to the people who make it. As an actor, it is very difficult to work on something that has no heart. I think even Morgan Freeman would struggle to be interesting in Eastenders, because it isn't interesting. So, as regards the responsibility issue goes, the blame for bad acting if you will, it depends on the project. If the director sits down and says, I want this to be like a Billy Wilder film, or like a Hitchcock film, or blah blah blah, the actor gets more of an idea of how they should act - but I believe a fundamental problem is that a lot of actors don't even realise there are more than one way to play a role. They have to approach everything they do like eastenders, or like a whitehall farce, or like a Daniel Day Lewis film. But every project is different. It is a directors job to try and get that out of an actor (or preferably cast one who can do it without prompting!), but it is equally (and in fact more so) the actor's responsibility to already know what the production needs, and what the director wants. I think a major part of the problem is that a huge amount of work (financially speaking) for actors is tv work. And you won't get cast, and won't get on, if you don't 'ACT' (I am talking about in the UK) because the producers think that the general public won't know if someone's sad unless they pull a sad face! Ridiculous, sad, but true. The Kid In The Front Row 22 February 2011 at 10:00 Simon -- thanks so much for these comments, fascinating, very true.. I may quote you in future posts on the subject. Why We Do What We Do - The Importance Of Leaving A... RIP - Michael Jackson. RIP - Farrah Fawcett. 'The Glory Of The Long Train Journey' My Day. What do you want Mary, you want the moon? Not a lot slips through the net of Hollywood. 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__label__wiki	0.533775	0.533775	Trump's Promises to Coal Miners Are Likely Impossible and Should be Stopped By: Beth Brown On March 28th Donald Trump signed an executive order that rescinded the moratorium against mining on federally owned lands and started the process to repeal the Clean Power Plan.[i] The signing took place with Trump surrounded by coal miners, the promise to ‘bring back coal jobs’ was a cornerstone of Trump’s campaign.[ii] The problem with this assertion is that both the coal industry and utilities companies, which are main purchasers of coal, know it is unlikely coal mining jobs will ever rebound to pre-Obama era numbers.[iii] The Environmental Protection Agency issued the rule known as the Clean Power Plan, to institute carbon emission guidelines for states in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the United States and to move the country toward compliance with the Paris Agreement.[iv] It is the Clean Power Plan that Trump is attacking because he sees it as an overreach of government regulation that has suppressed the American coal industry.[v] The issue is that the utility companies that the Clean Power Plan was targeted at, those who still use coal fired plants, were already beginning to cut back on coal and had started the phasing out process for these plants.[vi] Many utility companies have found that the influx of natural gas has given them a cheaper alternative and that solar power is becoming more of a viable option going forward to power large grids.[vii] In Chile, the government has giving out so many permits for new solar power grid additions that they cannot keep up with the demand.[viii] The price of the solar power per kilowatt is also much lower than any coal powered plants in the country.[ix] The coal industry is not just being backed away from in the United States, other countries around the world have said they will attempt to cut back on coal powered electricity in an effort to meet the requirements under the Paris Agreement.[x] There is fear that Trump pulling back on the United States’ commitments under the historic climate agreement would cause other large polluters, such as China and India, to pull out of the agreement.[xi] However, China has said they will continue to work toward compliance and India seems willing to slow down carbon emissions.[xii] It seems that other countries are backing up those claims already by purchasing less coal, and the projections are that coal will see more of a steady decline worldwide over the next decade.[xiii] A massive coal mining project in Alaska was recently scrapped after investors could not be found to continue working through the permit process.[xiv] The mine was meant to sell to markets in Korea and China, but the demand has gone down to a degree that the viability of project was no longer there.[xv] This mine project was scrapped just days after Trump signed this executive order promising to bring back coal.[xvi] The other problem with Trump’s promises to coal miners is that the coal industry itself does not need miners like it used to. The coal industry, like many industries in the United States, has increasingly moved toward automation.[xvii] In Australia, the trucks that move the coal from inside the mines to the surface are self-driving, and more of these trucks expected to make an appearance in the United States soon.[xviii] The drills that extract the coal have also replaced miners.[xix] With higher yields and cheaper overhead costs, the new drills have steadily changed the way that coal is mined around the world.[xx] The industry has changed in demographics as well.[xxi] In 1980, there were 242,000 estimated to be employed in the United States.[xxii] The number had dropped to 100,000 by 2015, although not all of these jobs were specifically miners.[xxiii] The drills can be operated by one person, with that one person being assigned up to three drills. Additionally, the people assigned to this machinery will need increasingly technical skills to run the technology.[xxiv] The coal industry might rebound a little with less regulation, but the idea that more miners will be needed is unlikely, as the automation provides cheaper labor with higher yields.[xxv] Recently in Louisville Kentucky Trump promised that the coal mining jobs would be coming back to Kentucky soon with his repeal of the Clean Power Plan, but, as discussed above, it is unlikely those jobs will ever return to Kentucky in a meaningful way.[xxvi] The campaign promises seem to be another bait and switch that Trump has perpetrated against his supporters. The repeal of the Clean Power Plan will benefit the coal industry in some ways, but that does not mean more miners will be put back to work. It is not really the climate change policies of President Obama that killed the American miner but instead the move toward automation.[xxvii] The American miner is not needed any longer as they were in the past and Trump needs to stop lying to them. The coal industry executives are abandoning the miners for machines in part because they do not want to help these struggling miners that are suffering from severe health problems due to their years in the mines.[xxviii] If Trump truly cared about the miners that voted for him he would be focusing on helping them move forward from coal and not giving them empty promises that will never come to fruition. [i] Exec. Order No. 13783, 82 FR 16093 (2017). [ii] Press Release, Press Office of the White House, Remarks from President Trump at Signing of Executive Order, (March 28, 2017). [iii] Hiroko Tabuchi, Coal Mining Jobs Trump Would Bring Back No Longer Exist, N.Y. Times, March 29, 2017. [iv] Clean Power Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 60 (2015). [v] Press Release, supra note 2. [vi] Coral Davenport, Coal is On the Way Out at Electric Utilities, No Matter What Trump Says, N.Y. Times, April 5, 2017. [viii] Joe Romm, Solar Delivers Cheapest Electricity ‘Ever, anywhere, by any Technology’, Think Progress, August 23, 2016, https://thinkprogress.org/solar-delivers-cheapest-electricity-ever-anywhere-by-any-technology-c2ef759ac33f. [x] Dan Merica, What Trump’s Climate Change Order Accomplishes—and What It Doesn’t, CNN, March 29, 2017, http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/donald-trump-climate-change-executive-order. [xiii] Greg Walters, No Coal, Vice News, April 3, 2017, https://news.vice.com/story/chuitna-coal-mine-scrapped-in-alaska-after-no-one-would-invest-in-it. [xv] Id. [xvii] Tabuchi, supra note 3. [xviii] Id. [xix] Id. [xx] Id [xxi] Id. [xxii] Id. [xxiii] Id. [xxiv] Id. [xxv] Id. [xxvi] Jennifer A. Dloughy & Ari Natter, Trump’s Executive Order Won’t Save Coal Mining Jobs, March 27, 2017, https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-27/trump-s-order-won-t-resurrect-jobs-of-miners-key-to-his-campaign. [xxvii] Id. [xxviii] Interview by Van Jones, CNN, March 8, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNTq6qb8od4. Newer PostTug of War for the Future of Fantasy Horse Racing: The Stronach Group v. Horse Racing Labs Older PostDoes Mandatory GMO Labeling Further a Compelling Public Interest?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line368
__label__wiki	0.69788	0.69788	Home News Egypt thought Italian student was British spy, tortured and murdered him: report Egypt thought Italian student was British spy, tortured and murdered him: report Egyptian police arrested and beat an Italian student who was later found murdered because they thought he was a British spy, according to fresh testimony reported by Italian newspapers on Sunday. The account of how Giulio Regeni, a 28-year-old doctoral researcher at Britain’s Cambridge University, disappeared in Cairo in January 2016 came from a witness who overheard an Egyptian intelligence agent speaking about “the Italian guy,” La Repubblica newspaper said. The conversation about the tumultuous situation in Egypt in Arabic took place at a police convention in an unnamed African country in 2017 and was related to Italian prosecutors who have now asked Egyptian authorities for more information. The Italian foreign ministry tweeted Sunday that it “supports the Rome prosecutor’s request for information, in the strong hope that it contributes to the path of justice for Giulio Regeni.” The unnamed eavesdropper learned the Egyptian’s name when he exchanged business cards with a colleague, La Repubblica said. He was one of five agents Italian prosecutors said in December last year that they were investigating for involvement in the murder of Regeni, who disappeared on his way to a Cairo metro station on January 25. “We thought he was an English spy, we picked him up, I went and after putting him in the car we had to beat him. I myself hit him several times in the face,” the intelligence agent said, according to the Correre della Sera newspaper. Regeni’s body was found days later by a roadside bearing extensive marks of torture in a case that strained the traditionally close relations between Cairo and Rome, which has accused Egypt of insufficient cooperation in the probe. Italian prosecutors believe the new testimony is credible and have sent it along with other details to Egyptian prosecutors, requesting in particular the agent’s whereabouts at the time of the overheard conversation in the summer of 2017. Egypt has always denied suggestions that its security services were involved in the death of Regeni, who was researching trade unions, a sensitive subject in Egypt. Frustrated at the slow pace of the probe, Italy withdrew its ambassador to Egypt in April 2016, but sent a new envoy to Cairo the following year. Egyptian authorities initially suggested Regeni died in a traffic accident, but later said he was killed by a criminal gang that was subsequently wiped out in a shootout with police. Egypt thought Italian student was British spy, tortured and murdered him: report Reviewed by Facts on May 06, 2019 Rating: 5	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line373
__label__wiki	0.891364	0.891364	Avengers: Endgame Arrives on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on August 13th! Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Endgame,” the climactic conclusion to an unprecedented, 11-year cinematic journey in which the Avengers take one final stand against Thanos, delivered the biggest opening weekend in history and is currently one of the highest-grossing films of all time. On July 30, Avengers fans around the world are invited to assemble once more for the in-home release of “Avengers: Endgame” on Digital in HD, 4K Ultra HD™ and Movies Anywhere, followed by a physical release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray™, DVD and On-Demand beginning Aug. 13. MARVEL STUDIOS’ CLIMACTIC CONCLUSION TO 22 FILMS AND ONE OF THE TOP FILMS OF ALL TIME RELEASES ON DIGITAL JULY 30 AND ON BLU-RAY AUG. 13 Extras celebrate Stan Lee, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, the women of Marvel, the Russo brothers, deleted scenes and gags — and early Digital viewers receive an exclusive Steve and Peggy featurette BURBANK, Calif. (June 26, 2019) — Fans who bring home “Avengers: Endgame” will gain hours of additional screen time with their favorite cast members and filmmakers who have shaped the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Bonus features include a tribute to the great Stan Lee; the tale of Robert Downey Jr.’s casting as Iron Man; the evolution of Captain America; Black Widow’s dramatic story arc; directors Anthony and Joe Russo’s experience at the helm of both “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame”; the making of an epic battle scene with the women of the MCU; the creation of Bro Thor; deleted scenes; a gag reel and more. The must-own, final chapter of the 22-film MCU series, “Avengers: Endgame,” will be packaged several ways to ensure fans get the most out of their in-home entertainment experience.Viewers can bring home the film two weeks early on Digital 4K Ultra HD, HD and SD and gain access to an exclusive extra highlighting the love story of Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Peggy Carter. A physical copy of “Avengers: Endgame” is available as a 4K Cinematic Universe Edition (4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital Code), a Multi-Screen Edition (Blu-ray and Digital Code) and a single DVD. Fans who wish to revisit all four films in the Avengers franchise may opt for a Digital bundle, which includes “Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Avengers: Endgame.” BONUS MATERIAL (may vary by retailer): Digital Exclusive: Steve and Peggy: One Last Dance – Explore Captain America and Peggy Carter’s bond, forged in moments from previous films that lead to a momentous choice in “Avengers: Endgame.” Blu-ray & Digital: Remembering Stan Lee – Filmmakers and cast honor the great Stan Lee in a fond look back at his MCU movie cameos. Setting The Tone: Casting Robert Downey Jr. – Hear the tale of how Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Tony Stark in the original “Iron Man” — and launched the MCU. A Man Out of Time: Creating Captain America – Trace the evolution of Captain America with those who helped shape the look, feel and character of this compelling hero. Black Widow: Whatever It Takes – Follow Black Widow's journey both within and outside the Avengers, including the challenges she faced and overcame along the way. The Russo Brothers: Journey to Endgame – See how Anthony and Joe Russo met the challenge of helming two of the biggest films in cinematic history ... back-to-back! The Women of the MCU – MCU women share what it was like to join forces for the first time in an epic battle scene — and be part of such a historic ensemble. Bro Thor – His appearance has changed but his heroism remains! Go behind the scenes to see how Bro Thor was created. Six Deleted Scenes – “Goji Berries,” “Bombs on Board,” “Suckiest Army in the Galaxy,” “You Used to Frickin’ Live Here,” “Tony and Howard” and “Avengers Take a Knee.” Gag Reel – Laugh along with the cast in this epic collection of flubs, goofs and gaffes from set. Visionary Intro - Intro by directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Audio Commentary - Audio commentary by directors Anthony and Joe Russo, and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Posted by Sean Ferguson on Wednesday, June 26, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line374
__label__wiki	0.651491	0.651491	Home » Context of 'April 18, 2009: Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture' Context of 'April 18, 2009: Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture' This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event April 18, 2009: Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be. December 2001: Pentagon Asks Military Agency for Help in Developing Torture Techniques; Methods Originated with Chinese during Korean War According to a 2009 Senate Armed Services Committee report (see April 21, 2009), the Pentagon begins asking the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) for assistance in developing a set of procedures for “harsh interrogations”—torture—to be used against suspected terrorists captured by US soldiers and intelligence operatives. JPRA has “reverse-engineered” a training program, Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE), which trains US soldiers to resist torture techniques if captured by an enemy, to produce harsh techniques to be used in interrogating suspected terrorists. [Washington Post, 4/22/2009] Methods Already in Use - Military interrogators have already begun using the methods inflicted on them during SERE training on their prisoners, and SERE instructors—often having no training in interrogation procedures and no experience with other cultures—have been reassigned as interrogators. [Savage, 2007, pp. 216] The JPRA program will result in the personal approval of 15 “harsh” techniques by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The policies will be adopted by US interrogators in Afghanistan, at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, and at Guantanamo. [New York Times, 4/21/2009] In a June 2004 press conference, General James T. Hill, the commander of the US Southern Command (SOCOM), which oversees the Guantanamo detention facility, will say that US officials tapped the “SERE School and developed a list of techniques.” Hill will say that he was reassured by Pentagon officials that the techniques were “legally consistent with our laws.” Methods Devised to Produce Propaganda, Not Reliable Information - Trained interrogators are, in the words of reporter Charlie Savage, “aghast at this policy.” Savage will write that unlike many Pentagon officials, Special Forces troops, and even SERE instructors, they know full well where SERE techniques originated: from the techniques used by Chinese and North Korean interrogators to torture and brutalize US soldiers during the Korean War. The Koreans and Chinese were experts at coercing American captives to “confess” to “war crimes” and other offenses; those confessions were used for propaganda purposes. “After the war,” Savage will write, the captured soldiers “all told the same story: Chinese interrogators, working with the North Koreans, had put them through a series of sustained torments” identical to those used in SERE training “until their minds had bent and they had made the false confessions.” The stories led to the concept of Chinese “brainwashing” techniques made famous by such books and films as The Manchurian Candidate. In 1963, the CIA concluded that the techniques were virtually useless at producing reliable intelligence, but worked very well in coercing victims to say whatever interrogators wanted them to say. “[U]nder sufficient pressure subjects usually yield but their ability to recall and communicate information accurately is as impaired as the will to resist.” Savage will write, “Neither SERE trainers, who run scenarios by following the instructions in basic military manuals, nor their Special Forces trainees understood that the coercive techniques used in the program were designed to make prisoners lose touch with reality so that they will falsely confess to what their captors want to hear, not for extracting accurate and reliable information.” Colonel Steve Kleinman, the former head of the Air Force’s strategic interrogation program, will later comment: “People who defend this say ‘we can make them talk.’ Yes, but what are they saying? The key is that most of the training is to try to resist the attempts to make you comply and do things such as create propaganda, to make these statements in either written or videotaped form. But to get people to comply, to do what you want them to do, even though it’s not the truth—that is a whole different dynamic than getting people to produce accurate, useful intelligence.” [Savage, 2007, pp. 216-217] Entity Tags: Steve Kleinman, Central Intelligence Agency, Charlie Savage, US Department of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, Senate Armed Services Committee, James T. Hill January 2002 and After: Military Psychologists Propose Series of ‘Harsh’ Interrogation Methods that Amount to Torture Two psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, draft a paper on the use of harsh interrogations to break suspected al-Qaeda terrorists. Mitchell, a retired Air Force psychologist, and Jessen, the senior psychologist in charge of the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA)‘s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training program, will soon begin consulting for both the Pentagon and a variety of US intelligence agencies on the harsh methods—torture—they advocate. Jessen proposes an interrogation program similar to those later adopted by the CIA and Pentagon. His proposal recommends creating what he calls an “exploitation facility,” off-limits to outside observers including journalists and representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the agency detailed to ensure that captives in the custody of other nations are being treated properly in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. In the “exploitation facility,” interrogators would use such tactics as sleep deprivation, physical violence, and waterboarding to break the resistance of captured terrorism suspects. JPRA officials will later add their own suggestions to Jessen’s initial list, including sexually provocative acts by female interrogators and the use of military dogs. Most of these techniques are considered torture under the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture. [Washington Post, 4/22/2009] Entity Tags: Geneva Conventions, Bruce Jessen, Central Intelligence Agency, Convention Against Torture, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, James Elmer Mitchell, US Department of Defense, International Committee of the Red Cross Late March through Early June, 2002: FBI Interrogator Gains ‘Actionable Intelligence’ from Zubaida Using Non-Coercive Interrogation Methods FBI senior interrogator and al-Qaeda expert Ali Soufan, in conjunction with FBI agent Steve Gaudin, interrogate suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida (see March 28, 2002) using traditional non-coercive interrogation methods, while Zubaida is under guard in a secret CIA prison in Thailand. A CIA interrogation team is expected but has not yet arrived, so Soufan and Gaudin who have been nursing his wounds are initially leading his questioning using its typical rapport-building techniques. “We kept him alive,” Soufan will later recall. “It wasn’t easy, he couldn’t drink, he had a fever. I was holding ice to his lips.” At the beginning, Zubaida denies even his identity, calling himself “Daoud;” Soufan, who has pored over the FBI’s files on Zubaida, stuns him by calling him “Hani,” the nickname his mother called him. Soufan and Gaudin, with CIA officials present, elicit what he will later call “important actionable intelligence” from Zubaida. To help get him to talk, the agents bring in a box of audiotapes and claim they contain recordings of his phone conversations. He begins to confess. Zubaida Reveals KSM Is 9/11 Mastermind - Zubaida tells Soufan that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, and confirms that Mohammed’s alias is “Mukhtar,” a vital fact US intelligence discovered shortly before 9/11 (see August 28, 2001). Soufan shows Zubaida a sheaf of pictures of terror suspects; Zubaida points at Mohammed’s photo and says, “That’s Mukhtar… the one behind 9/11” (see April 2002). Zubaida also tells Soufan about American al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla (see March 2002 and Mid-April 2002). In 2009, Soufan will write of his interrogations of Zubaida (see April 22, 2009): “This experience fit what I had found throughout my counterterrorism career: traditional interrogation techniques are successful in identifying operatives, uncovering plots and saving lives.” When the CIA begins subjecting Zubaida to “enhanced interrogation tactics” (see Mid-April 2002), Soufan will note that they learn nothing from using those tactics “that wasn’t, or couldn’t have been, gained from regular tactics. In addition, I saw that using these alternative methods on other terrorists backfired on more than a few occasions… The short sightedness behind the use of these techniques ignored the unreliability of the methods, the nature of the threat, the mentality and modus operandi of the terrorists, and due process.” [Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007; Mayer, 2008, pp. 155; New York Times, 4/22/2009; Newsweek, 4/25/2009] Standing Up to the CIA - The CIA interrogation team members, which includes several private contractors, want to begin using “harsh interrogation tactics” on Zubaida almost as soon as they arrive. The techniques they have in mind include nakedness, exposure to freezing temperatures, and loud music. Soufan objects. He yells at one contractor (whom other sources will later identify as psychologist James Mitchell—see Late 2001-Mid-March 2002, January 2002 and After and Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002), telling him that what he is doing is wrong, ineffective, and an offense to American values. “I asked [the contractor] if he’d ever interrogated anyone, and he said no,” Soufan will later say. But, Mitchell retorts that his inexperience does not matter. “Science is science,” he says. “This is a behavioral issue.” Instead, Mitchell says, Soufan is the inexperienced one. As Soufan will later recall, “He told me he’s a psychologist and he knows how the human mind works.” During the interrogation process, Soufan finds a dark wooden “confinement box” that the contractor has built for Zubaida. Soufan will later recall that it looked “like a coffin.” (Other sources later say that Mitchell had the box constructed for a “mock burial.”) An enraged Soufan calls Pasquale D’Amuro, the FBI assistant director for counterterrorism. “I swear to God,” he shouts, “I’m going to arrest these guys!” Soufan challenges one CIA official over the agency’s legal authority to torture Zubaida, saying, “We’re the United States of America, and we don’t do that kind of thing.” But the official counters with the assertion that the agency has received approval from the “highest levels” in Washington to use such techniques. The official even shows Soufan a document that the official claims was approved by White House counsel Alberto Gonzales. It is unclear what document the official is referring to. Ordered Home - In Washington, D’Amuro is disturbed by Soufan’s reports, and tells FBI director Robert Mueller, “Someday, people are going to be sitting in front of green felt tables having to testify about all of this.” Mueller orders Soufan and then Gaudin to return to the US, and later forbids the FBI from taking part in CIA interrogations (see May 13, 2004). [New York Times, 9/10/2006; Newsweek, 4/25/2009] Disputed Claims of Effectiveness - The New York Times will later note that officials aligned with the FBI tend to think the FBI’s techniques were effective while officials aligned with the CIA tend to think the CIA’s techniques were more effective. [New York Times, 9/10/2006] In 2007, former CIA officer John Kiriakou will make the opposite claim, that FBI techniques were slow and ineffective and CIA techniques were immediately effective. However, Kiriakou led the team that captured Zubaida in Pakistan and does not appear to have traveled with him to Thailand (see December 10, 2007). [ABC News, 12/10/2007; ABC News, 12/10/2007 ] Press Investigation Finds that FBI Interrogations Effective - In 2007, Vanity Fair will conclude a 10 month investigation comprising 70 interviews, and conclude that the FBI techniques were effective. The writers will later note, “America learned the truth of how 9/11 was organized because a detainee had come to trust his captors after they treated him humanely.” CIA Director George Tenet reportedly is infuriated that the FBI and not the CIA obtained the information and he demands that the CIA team get there immediately. But once the CIA team arrives, they immediately put a stop to the rapport building techniques and instead begin implementing a controversial “psychic demolition” using legally questionable interrogation techniques. Zubaida immediately stops cooperating (see Mid-April 2002). [Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007] Entity Tags: Steve Gaudin, Vanity Fair, Robert S. Mueller III, James Elmer Mitchell, Jose Padilla, Abu Zubaida, Ali Soufan, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Central Intelligence Agency, George J. Tenet, John Kiriakou, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Pasquale D’Amuro April - June 2002: Zubaida Interrogated, Tortured by CIA Interrogators in Thailand Prison Captured al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida (see March 28, 2002), after recovering somewhat from three gunshot wounds inflicted during his capture, is transferred to a secret CIA prison in Thailand, presumably the revamped Vietnam War-era base in Udorn. [Weiner, 2007, pp. 297; Washington Post, 4/22/2009] In late 2006, after being transferred to Guantanamo, Zubaida will tell representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross the story of his interrogation in Thailand (see October 6 - December 14, 2006). Zubaida becomes what CIA interrogator John Kiriakou will later call “a test case for an evolving new role… in which the agency was to act as jailer and interrogator of terrorism suspects” (see September 17, 2001). New Tactics To Be Used - Officials from the military’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) program are involved in Zubaida’s interrogations. SERE officials have prepared a program of so-called “harsh interrogation methods,” many of which are classified as torture under the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture (see December 2001 and July 2002). A 2009 Senate report (see April 21, 2009) will find: “At some point in the first six months of 2002, JPRA [the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency] assisted with the preparation of a [redacted name], sent to interrogate a high-level al-Qaeda operative.” Further investigation will prove that the person whose name will be redacted is, indeed, Zubaida. According to a June 20, 2002 memo, the SERE officials’ participation in the Zubaida interrogation is “training.” JPRA psychologist Bruce Jessen, one of the authors of the JPRA torture methodology (see January 2002 and After), suggests that “exploitation strategies” be used against Zubaida. Jessen’s collaborator on the torture proposal, James Mitchell, is present for Zubaida’s torture; Mitchell plays a central role in the decision to use what the CIA calls an “increased pressure phase” against Zubaida. [Washington Post, 4/22/2009] First Weeks Shackled and Sleep-Deprived - Zubaida will begin his narrative after his initial, and successful, interrogation by FBI agents (see Late March through Early June, 2002). He spends the first weeks of his captivity shackled to a chair, denied solid food, and kept awake. In Zubaida’s words: “I woke up, naked, strapped to a bed, in a very white room. The room measured approximately [13 feet by 13 feet]. The room had three solid walls, with the fourth wall consisting of metal bars separating it from a larger room. I am not sure how long I remained in the bed. After some time, I think it was several days, but can’t remember exactly, I was transferred to a chair where I was kept, shackled by [the] hands and feet for what I think was the next two to three weeks. During this time I developed blisters on the underside of my legs due to the constant sitting. I was only allowed to get up from the chair to go [to] the toilet, which consisted of a bucket. Water for cleaning myself was provided in a plastic bottle. I was given no solid food during the first two or three weeks, while sitting on the chair. I was only given Ensure [a nutrient supplement] and water to drink. At first the Ensure made me vomit, but this became less with time. The cell and room were air-conditioned and were very cold. Very loud, shouting type music was constantly playing. It kept repeating about every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day. Sometimes the music stopped and was replaced by a loud hissing or crackling noise. The guards were American, but wore masks to conceal their faces. My interrogators did not wear masks. During this first two to three week period I was questioned for about one to two hours each day. American interrogators would come to the room and speak to me through the bars of the cell. During the questioning the music was switched off, but was then put back on again afterwards. I could not sleep at all for the first two to three weeks. If I started to fall asleep one of the guards would come and spray water in my face.” In 2009, author Mark Danner will write: “One can translate these procedures into terms of art: ‘Change of Scenery Down.’ ‘Removal of Clothing.’ ‘Use of Stress Positions.’ ‘Dietary Manipulation.’ ‘Environmental Manipulation.’ ‘Sleep Adjustment.’ ‘Isolation.’ ‘Sleep Deprivation.’ ‘Use of Noise to Induce Stress.’ All these terms and many others can be found, for example, in documents associated with the debate about interrogation and ‘counter-resistance’ carried on by Pentagon and Justice Department officials beginning in 2002. Here, however, we find a different standard: the [proposed regulations say], for example, that ‘Sleep Deprivation’ is ‘not to exceed four days in succession,’ that ‘Dietary Manipulation’ should include ‘no intended deprivation of food or water,’ that ‘removal of clothing,” while ‘creating a feeling of helplessness and dependence,’ must be ‘monitored to ensure the environmental conditions are such that this technique does not injure the detainee.’ Here we are in a different place.” CIA Team Moves In - The first weeks of Zubaida’s captivity are maintained by a small team of FBI agents and interrogators, but soon a team from the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center takes over. As Kiriakou will later recall: “We had these trained interrogators who were sent to his location to use the enhanced techniques as necessary to get him to open up, and to report some threat information.… These enhanced techniques included everything from what was called an attention shake, where you grab the person by their lapels and shake them, all the way up to the other end, which is waterboarding.” After the initial period of captivity, Zubaida is allowed to sleep with less interruption, stretched out naked and shackled on the bare floor. He is also given solid food for the first time in weeks—rice. A female doctor examines him and asks why he is still naked; he is, he will recall, “provided with orange clothes to wear.” The clothes only last a day, though: “[G]uards came into my cell,” Zubaida will recall. “They told me to stand up and raise my arms above my head. They then cut the clothes off of me so that I was again naked and put me back on the chair for several days. I tried to sleep on the chair, but was again kept awake by the guards spraying water in my face.” Alternating Harsh and Lenient Treatments - For the next few weeks, Zubaida’s treatment veers from abusive to almost lenient. Mostly he is kept naked and confined to his cell, often suffering from intense cold in the frigid air-conditioned environment. One official later tells the ICRC that often he “seemed to turn blue.” Clothing is provided, then taken away. Zubaida will tell ICRC officials: “When my interrogators had the impression that I was cooperating and providing the information they required, the clothes were given back to me. When they felt I was being less cooperative the clothes were again removed and I was again put back on the chair.” For a time he is given a mattress to sleep on; sometimes he is “allowed some tissue paper to use when going to toilet on the bucket.” A month goes by with no interrogations. He will recall: “My cell was still very cold and the loud music no longer played but there was a constant loud hissing or crackling noise, which played 24 hours a day. I tried to block out the noise by putting tissue in my ears.” Then, “about two and half or three months after I arrived in this place, the interrogation began again, but with more intensity than before.” Danner will write that he isn’t sure if the wild swings in procedures are intentional, meant to keep Zubaida off-guard, or, as he will write, “resulted from disputes about strategy among the interrogators, who were relying on a hastily assembled ‘alternative set of procedures’ that had been improvised from various sources, including scientists and psychiatrists within the intelligence community, experts from other, ‘friendly’ governments, and consultants who had worked with the US military and now ‘reverse-engineered’ the resistance training taught to American elite forces to help them withstand interrogation after capture.” Danner notes that some CIA documents going back to the 1960s advocate subjecting the captive to sensory deprivation and disorientation, and instilling feelings of guilt, shame, and helplessness. The old CIA documents say that captives should be kept in a state of “debility-dependence-dread.” [New York Review of Books, 3/15/2009] Justice Department's 'Ticking Bomb' Scenario - The August 2002 “golden shield” memo from the Justice Department (see August 1, 2002) will use what is often called the “ticking bomg scenario”—the supposition that a terror attack is imminent and only torture can extract time-critical information from a terrorist detainee to give US officials a chance to stop the attack—to justify Zubaida’s torture. According to CIA reports, Zubaida has information regarding “terrorist networks in the United States” and “plans to conduct attacks within the United States or against our interests overseas.” But Brent Mickum, who later becomes one of Zubaida’s attorneys, will say that he believes the Justice Department memo retroactively approved coercive tactics that had already been used. “If torture occurred before the memo was written, it’s not worth the paper it’s written on, and the writing of the memo is potentially criminal,” Mickum will note. [Washington Post, 4/22/2009] Interrogations Continue in June - Sometime in June, Zubaida will once again be interrogated (see June 2002). Entity Tags: Mark Danner, John Kiriakou, James Elmer Mitchell, Bruce Jessen, Al-Qaeda, Abu Zubaida, Bush administration (43), Central Intelligence Agency, Convention Against Torture, George Brent Mickum, Geneva Conventions, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency, International Committee of the Red Cross Mid-April 2002: New CIA Team Arriving to Interrogate Zubaida Uses Completely Untried and Dubious Techniques The law offices of Mitchell, Jessen and Associates are in this American Legion Building in Spokane, Washington. [Source: Brian Plonka / Spokesman-Review]The FBI has been interrogating captured al-Qaeda leader Abu Zubaida at a secret CIA prison in Thailand and learning valuable intelligence information (see Late March through Early June, 2002). However, the prison is controlled by the CIA and the FBI is only in control until a team of CIA interrogators arrives, which apparently happens around mid-April 2002. The FBI has been using humane rapport-building techniques, but the new CIA team immediately abandons this approach. The team is lead by psychologist James Mitchell, who runs a consulting business in Washington State with psychologist Bruce Jessen (see January 2002 and After). Both worked in SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape), a classified US military training program which trains soldiers to endure being tortured by the enemy. Mitchell and Jessen reverse-engineered the techniques inflicted in the SERE training so they could be used on Zubaida and other detainees. [Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007] SERE trainees are subjected to “waterboarding (simulated drowning), sleep deprivation, isolation, exposure to temperature extremes, enclosure in tiny spaces, bombardment with agonizing sounds, and religious and sexual humiliation.” One European official knowledgeable about the SERE program will say of Mitchell and Jessen: “They were very arrogant, and pro-torture.… They sought to render the detainees vulnerable—to break down all of their senses.” The use of these psychologists also helps to put a veneer of scientific respectability over the torture techniques favored by top officials. One former US intelligence community adviser will later say: “Clearly, some senior people felt they needed a theory to justify what they were doing. You can’t just say, ‘We want to do what Egypt’s doing.’ When the lawyers asked what their basis was, they could say, ‘We have PhD’s who have these theories.’” [New Yorker, 8/6/2007] But Mitchell and Jessen have no experience in conducting interrogations and have no proof that their techniques are effective. In fact, the SERE techniques are based on Communist interrogation techniques from the Korean War, designed not to get valuable intelligence but to generate propaganda by getting US prisoners to make statements denouncing the US (see December 2001). Air Force Reserve colonel Steve Kleinman, an expert in human intelligence operations, will later say he finds it astonishing the CIA “chose two clinical psychologists who had no intelligence background whatsoever, who had never conducted an interrogation… to do something that had never been proven in the real world.” FBI official Michael Rolince calls their techniques “voodoo science.” In 2006, a report by the best-known interrogation experts in the US will conclude that there is no evidence that reverse-engineered SERE tactics are effective in obtaining useful intelligence. But nonetheless, from this time forward Zubaida’s interrogations will be based on these techniques. [Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007] Entity Tags: James Elmer Mitchell, Abu Zubaida, Steve Kleinman, Michael Rolince, Bruce Jessen, Central Intelligence Agency June 2002: CIA Claims to Get Vital Intelligence from Torture of Zubaida, but Others Claim His Leads Are Mostly Vague and Useless In May 2002, the CIA began using new torture techniques on captured al-Qaeda leader Abu Zubaida (see Mid-May 2002 and After), and by June senior CIA officials prepare a preliminary report to determine whether Zubaida’s confessions are accurate or not. According to author Gerald Posner, they “found nothing that could definitively prove Zubaida a liar. And they had uncovered some minor corroborating evidence about the times and places of the meetings he had mentioned, which meant he could be telling the truth.” [Posner, 2003, pp. 192] Vanity Fair will later comment that the “CIA would go on to claim credit for breaking Zubaida, and celebrate [James] Mitchell”—the psychologist who devised the torture techniques used on Zubaida by the CIA (see Late 2001-Mid-March 2002, January 2002 and After, and Mid-April 2002)—“as a psychological wizard who held the key to getting hardened terrorists to talk. Word soon spread that Mitchell and [his business partner Bruce] Jessen had been awarded a medal by the CIA for their advanced interrogation techniques. While the claim is impossible to confirm, what matters is that others believed it. The reputed success of the tactics was ‘absolutely in the ether,’ says one Pentagon civilian who worked on detainee policy.” [Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007] Much Intelligence Comes from His Possessions and FBI Interrogations - However, the reliability of Zubaida’s confessions remains controversial years later, and several factors complicate accessing their impact. For one, it appears that some of his most important confessions took place a month earlier when the FBI was interrogating him using rapport building instead of torture (see Late March through Early June, 2002). What the New York Times calls his two most notable confessions—that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was the 9/11 mastermind and giving up the name of Jose Padilla, a militant living in the US—appear to come from this earlier period, although some accounts conflict. [New York Times, 6/27/2004; Suskind, 2006, pp. 116-117; New York Times, 9/10/2006; Vanity Fair, 7/17/2007] Furthermore, it is often not clear what was obtained from Zubaida’s confessions and what was obtained from his possessions. Journalist Ron Suskind will later write: “The phone numbers, computers, CDs, and e-mail address seized at Zubaida’s apartment now—a month after his capture—began to show a yield.… These higher-quality inputs were entered into big Cray supercomputers at NSA; many then formed the roots of a surveillance tree—truck to branches to limbs and buds.” [Suskind, 2006, pp. 116-117] So while it is said that information from Zubaida helped lead to the capture of al-Qaeda figures such as Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Omar al-Faruq, and Ahmed Muhammad al-Darbi, it is unclear where this information came from exactly. [Washington Post, 6/27/2004] Additionally, it is not even clear if he provided such leads. For instance, it has been reported that the main break that led to bin al-Shibh’s capture had nothing to do with Zubaida (see June 14, 2002 and Shortly After). [Salon, 9/7/2006] Zubaida Describes Vague and Unverifiable Plots - By most accounts, Zubaida’s confessions under torture around this time are frustratingly vague. He describes many planned attacks, such as al-Qaeda attacks on US shopping malls, banks, supermarkets, water systems, nuclear plants, apartment buildings, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty, and more. Red alerts are sounded and thousands of law enforcement personnel are activated each time, but the warnings are too vague to lead to any arrests. Suskind will later comment that Zubaida’s information was “maybe nonsense, maybe not. There was almost no way to tell.” [Suskind, 2006, pp. 115-116, 121] But Suskind will later say more definitively: “[Zubaida] said, as people will, anything to make the pain stop. And we essentially followed every word and various uniformed public servants of the United States went running all over the country to various places that Zubaydah said were targets, and were not. Ultimately, we tortured an insane man and ran screaming at every word he uttered.” [Salon, 9/7/2006] Posner claims that Zubaida provided “false information intended to misdirect his captors.” For instance, “He caused the New York police to deploy massive manpower to guard the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of May [2002], after he told his interrogators that al-Qaeda had a plan to destroy ‘the bridge in the Godzilla movie.’” [Posner, 2003, pp. 191] Link between Iraq, al-Qaeda - Perhaps the most important claims Zubaida makes, at least from the viewpoint of Bush administration officials, are his allegations of an operational relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda. Some of Zubaida’s claims will later be leaked by administration officials, particularly his assertion that Osama bin Laden’s ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was working directly with Saddam Hussein to destabilize the autonomous Kurdish regime in northern Iraq (see December 2001-Mid-2002, October 2, 2002, and January 28, 2003). A former Pentagon analyst will later say: “I first saw the reports soon after Abu Zubaida’s capture. There was a lot of stuff about the nuts and bolts of al-Qaeda’s supposed relationship with the Iraqi Intelligence Service. The intelligence community was lapping this up, and so was the administration, obviously. Abu Zubaida was saying Iraq and al-Qaeda had an operational relationship. It was everything the administration hoped it would be.” Another Pentagon analyst will recall: “As soon as I learned that the reports had come from torture, once my anger had subsided I understood the damage it had done. I was so angry, knowing that the higher-ups in the administration knew he was tortured, and that the information he was giving up was tainted by the torture, and that it became one reason to attack Iraq.” [Vanity Fair, 12/16/2008] Zubaida Appears to Be Feeding Interrogators' Expectations - Dan Coleman, the FBI’s top al-Qaeda expert at the time who was able to analyze all the evidence from Zubaida, will later claim that the CIA “got nothing useful from the guy.” [Congressional Quarterly, 12/14/2007] Coleman will say: “The CIA wants everything in five minutes. It’s not possible, and it’s not productive. What you get in that circumstance are captives and captors playing to each other’s expectations, playing roles, essentially, that gives you a lot of garbage information and nothing you can use.” [Suskind, 2006, pp. 114] Given his low position in the jihadist hierachy, Coleman will add, Zubaida “would not have known that if it was true. But you can lead people down a course and make them say anything.” [Vanity Fair, 12/16/2008] Counterterrorism “tsar” General Wayne Downing is apparently intimately involved in Zubaida’s interrogation and will later recall: “[Zubaida] and some of the others are very clever guys. At times I felt we were in a classic counter-interrogation class: They were telling us what they think we already knew. Then, what they thought we wanted to know. As they did that, they fabricated and weaved in threads that went nowhere. But, even with these ploys, we still get valuable information and they are off the street, unable to plot and coordinate future attacks.” [Washington Post, 12/26/2002] In legal papers to prepare for a military tribunal hearing in 2007, Zubaida himself will assert that he told his interrogators whatever they wanted to hear to make the torture stop. [Washington Post, 12/18/2007] Entity Tags: Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Central Intelligence Agency, Abu Zubaida, Bruce Jessen, Ahmed Muhammad al-Darbi, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dan Coleman, Jose Padilla, Wayne Downing, Omar al-Faruq, James Elmer Mitchell, Ramzi bin al-Shibh July 2002: Military Instructors Train Intelligence Personnel in Torture Techniques Instructors from the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA), which oversees the military’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training program, conduct a training seminar for intelligence officials. JPRA officials, including senior psychologist Bruce Jessen, have proposed a set of interrogation procedures that amounts to torture (see January 2002 and After and April 16, 2002), and the JPRA instructors are now training CIA and other agency officials in those procedures. Two JPRA legal advisers tell the group that such harsh interrogation methodologies are already deemed acceptable, even though the Justice Department has not yet issued such approval (see August 1, 2002). The lawyers tell the seminar participants, “They [interrogators] could use all forms of psychological pressure discussed, and all the physiological pressures with the exception of the ‘water board.’” The lawyers say that waterboarding might also be permitted, but interrogators “would need prior approval.” [Washington Post, 4/22/2009] During the seminar, CIA agents are given two days of training in waterboarding (see July 1-2, 2002). In 2009, the media learns that Jessen and his partner, James Mitchell, are paid $1,000 a day for the training (see April 30, 2009). Entity Tags: US Department of Justice, James Elmer Mitchell, Central Intelligence Agency, Bruce Jessen, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency August 1, 2002: OLC Chief Details Torture Techniques at CIA Request Jay Bybee, the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), writes a secret memo to John Rizzo, the acting general counsel of the CIA. The memo is entitled: “Memorandum for John Rizzo, Acting General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency: Interrogation of al-Qaeda Operative.” It will be released seven years later, after prolonged litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU—see April 16, 2009). It parallels another secret memo written by OLC lawyer John Yoo for White House counsel Alberto Gonzales (see August 1, 2002). The memo, written at the request of CIA officials, finds that the use of the interrogation techniques proposed for use on captured Islamist extremist Abu Zubaida are consistent with federal law (see Mid-May, 2002 and July 17, 2002). The OLC has determined that the only federal law governing the interrogation of a non-citizen detained outside the US is the federal anti-torture statute, Section 2340A of Title 18 of the US Code. Bybee’s memo goes into detail about 10 torture techniques, and explains why they are all legal to use on Abu Zubaida (see March 28, 2002), currently being held in a secret CIA “black site” in Thailand (see April - June 2002). Bybee writes that Zubaida will enter a new, “increased pressure phase” of interrogation, and will be dealt with by a “Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (‘SERE’) training psychologist, who has been involved with the interrogations since they began.” [Office of Legal Counsel, 8/1/2002 ; American Civil Liberties Union [PDF], 1/28/2009 ; Senate Intelligence Committee, 4/22/2009 ] Lack of Intent Equates Legality - As long as there is no intent to cause “severe pain or suffering,” Bybee writes, none of these techniques violate US law. “To violate the statute, an individual must have the specific intent to inflict severe pain or suffering,” Bybee writes. “Because specific intent is an element of the offense, the absence of specific intent negates the charge of torture.… We have further found that if a defendant acts with the good faith belief that his actions will not cause such suffering, he has not acted with specific intent.” [Office of Legal Counsel, 8/1/2002 ; CNN, 4/17/2009] Ten Techniques of Authorized Torture - Bybee explains the 10 techniques that can be used on Zubaida: Attention grasp: “The attention grasp consists of grasping the individual with both hands, one hand on each side of the collar opening, in a controlled and quick motion. In the same motion as the grasp, the individual is drawn toward the interrogator.” Walling: “For walling, a flexible false wall will be constructed. The individual is placed with his heels touching the wall. The interrogator pulls the individual forward and then quickly and firmly pushes the individual into the wall. It is the individual’s shoulder blades that hit the wall. During this motion, the head and neck are supported with a rolled hood or towel that provides a c-collar effect to help prevent whiplash. To further reduce the probability of injury, the individual is allowed to rebound from the flexible wall. You have orally informed us that the false wall is in part constructed to create a loud sound when the individual hits it, which will further shock or surprise in the individual. In part, the idea is to create a sound that will make the impact seem far worse than it is and that will be far worse than any injury that might result from the action.” Facial hold: “The facial hold is used to hold the head immobile. One open palm is placed on either side of the individual’s face. The fingertips are kept well away from the individual’s eyes.” Facial slap (insult slap): “With the facial slap or insult slap, the interrogator slaps the individual’s face with fingers slightly spread. The hand makes contact with the area directly between the tip of the individual’s chin and the bottom of the corresponding earlobe. The interrogator invades the individual’s personal space. The goal of the facial slap is not to inflict physical pain that is severe or lasting. Instead, the purpose of the facial slap is to induce shock, surprise, and/or humiliation.” Cramped confinement: “Cramped confmement involves the placement of the individual in a confined space, the dimensions of which restrict the individual’s movement. The confined space is usually dark. The duration of confinement varies based upon the size of the container. For the larger confined space, the individual can stand up or sit down; the smaller space is large enough for the subject to sit down. Confinement in the larger space can last up to 18 hours; for the smaller space, confinement lasts for no more than two hours.” Wall standing: “Wall standing is used to induce muscle fatigue. The individual stands about four to five feet from a wall with his feet spread approximately to shoulder width. His arms are stretched out in front of him, with his fingers resting on the wall. His fingers support all of his body weight. The individual is not permitted to move or reposition his hands or feet.” Stress positions: “A variety of stress positions may be used. You have informed us that these positions are not designed to produce the pain associated with contortions or twisting of the body. Rather, somewhat like walling, they are designed to produce the physical discomfort associated with muscle fatigue. Two particular stress positions are likely to be used on [Zubaida]: (1) sitting on the floor with legs extended straight out in front of him with his arms raised above his head; and (2) kneeling on the floor while leaning back at a 45 degree angle. You have also orally informed us that through observing Zubaydah in captivity, you have noted that he appears to be quite flexible despite his wound.” Sleep deprivation: “You have indicated that your purpose in using this technique is to reduce the individual’s ability to think on his feet and, through the discomfort associated with lack of sleep, to motivate him to cooperate. The effect of such sleep deprivation will generally remit after one or two nights of uninterrupted sleep. You have informed us that your research has revealed that, in rare instances, some individuals who are already predisposed to psychological problems may experience abnormal reactions to sleep deprivation. Even in those cases, however, reactions abate after the individual is permitted to sleep. Moreover, personnel with medical training are available to and will intervene in the unlikely event of an abnormal reaction. You have orally informed us that you would not deprive [Zubaida] of sleep for more than 11 days at a time and that you have previously kept him awake for 72 hours, from which no mental or physical harm resulted.” Insect confinement: “You would like to place [Zubaida] in a cramped confinement box with an insect. You have informed us he has a fear of insects. In particular, you would like to tell Zubaydah that you intend to place a stinging insect into the box with him. You would, however, place a harmless insect in the box. You have orally informed us that you would in fact place a caterpillar in the box. [REDACTED]” Waterboarding: “Finally, you would like to use a technique called the “water-board.” In this procedure, the individual is bound securely on an inclined bench, which is approximately four feet by seven feet. The individual’s feet are generally elevated. A cloth is placed over the forehead and eyes. Water is then applied to the cloth in a controlled manner. As this is done, the cloth is lowered until it covers both the nose and mouth. Once the cloth is saturated and completely covers the mouth and nose, air now is slightly restricted for 20 to 40 seconds due to the presence of the cloth. This causes an increase in carbon dioxide level in the individual’s blood. This increase in the carbon dioxide level stimulates increased effort to breathe. This effort plus the cloth produces the perception of ‘suffocation and incipient panic,’ i.e.,the perception of drowning. The individual does not breathe any water into his lungs. During those 20 to 40 seconds, water is continuously applied from a beight of 12 to 24 inches. After this period, the cloth is lifted, and the individual is allowed to breathe unimpeded for three or four full breaths. The sensation of drowning is immediately relieved by the removal of the cloth. The procedure may then be repeated. The water is usually applied from a canteen cup or small watering can with a spout. You have orally informed us that this procedure triggers an automatic physiological sensation of drowning that the individual cannot control even though he may be aware that he is in fact not drowning. You have also orally infomed us that it is likely that this procedure would not last more than 20 minutes in any one application.… You have informed us that this procedure does not inflict actual physical harm.… The waterboard, which inflicts no pain or actual harm whatsoever, does not, in our view, inflict ‘severe pain and suffering.’” Techniques Can Be Used in Conjunction with One Another - Bybee writes: “You have informed us that the use of these techniques would be on an as-needed basis and that not all of these techniques will necessarily be used. The interrogation team would use these techniques in some combination to convince [Zubaida] that the only way he can influence his surrounding environment is through cooperation. You have, however, informed us that you expect these techniques to be used in some sort of escalating fashion, culminating with the waterboard, though not necessarily ending with this technique. Moreover, you have also orally informed us that although some of these teclmiques may be used with more than once, that repetition wllI not be substantial because the techniques generally lose their effectiveness after several repetitions.” [Office of Legal Counsel, 8/1/2002 ; American Civil Liberties Union [PDF], 1/28/2009 ; Senate Intelligence Committee, 4/22/2009 ] Factual Background for Analysis - The opinion also gives the factual background for the legal analysis, including CIA research findings on the proposed techniques and their possible effect on Zubaida’s mental health. Much of those findings uses as a touchstone the results gleaned from the military’s SERE training, which uses stressful interrogation techniques, including a form of waterboarding, against US soldiers as part of their counterterrorism training. As the Senate Intelligence Committee will later write, Bybee’s “opinion discussed inquiries and statistics relating to possible adverse psychological reactions to SERE training.” The law clearly prohibits an interrogation method “specifically intended” to inflict “severe physical or mental pain or suffering.” No Technique Constitutes Torture, Bybee Concludes - Bybee’s opinion considers whether each of the proposed interrogation techniques, individually or in combination, might inflict “severe physical pain or suffering” or “severe mental pain or suffering” on Zubaida or other detainees. The opinion also considers whether interrogators using the technique would have the mental state necessary to violate the statute. Bybee concludes that none of the techniques used individually would inflict “severe physical pain or suffering.” Waterboarding would not inflict such harm, Bybee writes, because it inflicts neither physical damage or physical pain. Nor would it inflict extensive “physical suffering,” because the “suffering” would not extend for the period of time required by the legal definition of the term. None of the techniques, including waterboarding, would inflict “severe mental pain or suffering” as defined in the federal statute, Bybee writes. He bases this conclusion on reports from SERE training, where US soldiers are subjected to brief, strictly supervised sessions of waterboarding as part of their anti-torture training. And, Bybee writes, since the techniques individually do not constitute physical suffering, neither will they constitute such suffering in conbination, because they will not be combined in such a way as to reach that threshold. Bybee writes that the OLC lacks the information necessary to conclude whether combinations of those techniques would inflict severe mental suffering; however, because no evidence exists to suggest that a combination of the techniques would inflict an excessive level of mental harm, using the techniques in combination is not precluded. Bybee also concludes that any interrogator using these techniques would not have a specific intent to inflict severe mental or physical pain or suffering, because the circumstances surrounding the use of the techniques would preclude such intent. Therefore, Bybee concludes, none of these techniques violate the federal anti-torture statute. [American Civil Liberties Union [PDF], 1/28/2009 ; Senate Intelligence Committee, 4/22/2009 ] Entity Tags: John Rizzo, Central Intelligence Agency, Bush administration (43), Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ), Jay S. Bybee, American Civil Liberties Union, John C. Yoo, US Department of Justice, Senate Intelligence Committee, Abu Zubaida, Alberto R. Gonzales October 2, 2002: Senior SERE Psychologist Warns that SERE Techniques Will Produce False Confessions, Unreliable Information The Army’s senior SERE psychologist, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan Banks, warns interrogators at Guantanamo against using SERE techniques in their questioning of detainees. The SERE program, which trains US soldiers to resist torture, has had its tactics “reverse-engineered” to be used against suspected terrorists (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002). In an e-mail, Banks writes: “[T]he use of physical pressures brings with it a large number of potential negative side effects.… When individuals are gradually exposed to increasing levels of discomfort, it is more common for them to resist harder.… If individuals are put under enough discomfort, i.e. pain, they will eventually do whatever it takes to stop the pain. This will increase the amount of information they tell the interrogator, but it does not mean the information is accurate. In fact, it usually decreases the reliability of the information because the person will say whatever he believes will stop the pain.… Bottom line: the likelihood that the use of physical pressures will increase the delivery of accurate information from a detainee is very low. The likelihood that the use of physical pressures will increase the level of resistance in a detainee is very high.” [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: US Department of the Army, Morgan Banks October 11, 2002: Army Officials Request Permission to Use More Aggressive Techniques in Interrogation of Guantanamo Terror Suspects Two days after General Rick Baccus has been relieved from duty as the guard commander at Guantanamo (see October 9, 2002), and almost one and a half months since the writing of the Office of Legal Counsel’s (OLC) August memo on torture (see August 1, 2002), military intelligence at Guantanamo begin suggesting new rules of interrogation. Lieutenant Colonel Jerald Phifer, Director J2, sends a memo, to Major General Michael E. Dunlavey, Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF) 170, requesting approval for more severe interrogation techniques. [US Department of Defense, 10/11/2002 ; New Yorker, 2/27/2008] In 2009, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) will write (see April 21, 2009) that Dunlavey’s request is sparked by recent reports on the use of SERE training techniques for interrogation purposes (see January 2002 and After and April 16, 2002). [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009] Three Categories of Techniques - The memo states, “The current guidelines for interrogation procedures at GTMO [Guantanamo] limit the ability of interrogators to counter advanced resistance.” Phifer proposes three categories of techniques. The mildest, which includes yelling and weak forms of deception, are included in category one. Category two techniques are more severe and require approval by an “interrogator group director.” They include the use of stress positions for up to four hours; use of falsified documents; isolation for up to 30 days; sensory deprivation and hooding; 20-hour interrogations; removal of comfort and religious items; replacing hot food with cold military rations; removal of clothing; forced grooming, including the shaving of beards; and playing on detainees’ phobias to induce stress, such as a fear of dogs. The harshest techniques, listed in category three, are to be reserved for a “very small percentage of the most uncooperative detainees” and only used with permission from the commander of the prison. These methods include using non-injurious physical contact like poking or grabbing; threatening a detainee with death or severe pain or threatening that a family member would be subjected to such harm; exposing him to cold weather or water; using a wet towel to “induce the misperception of suffocation.” [US Department of Defense, 10/11/2002 ; New Yorker, 2/27/2008] Desire to Extract More Information from Detainee - The request is prompted in part by military intelligence’s belief that Guantanamo detainee Mohamed al-Khatani has more information than the FBI has managed to extract from him. “Al-Khatani is a person in… whom we have considerable interest,” Dell’Orto will explain during a 2004 press briefing at the White House. “He has resisted our techniques. And so it is concluded at Guantanamo that it may be time to inquire as to whether there may be more flexibility in the type of techniques we use on him.” [Washington File, 6/23/2004] JAG Officer Concludes Tactics are Legal - The same day, a staff judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Diane E. Beaver, reviews Phifer’s proposed techniques for legality and, while making qualifications and recommending further review, concludes in a memo to Dunlavey that they are legal. Also the same day, Dunlavey sends the list of techniques to his superior, General James T. Hill, commander of the Southern Command, requesting approval for their use. Dunlavey writes: “Although [the techniques currently employed] have resulted in significant exploitable intelligence the same methods have become less effective over time. I believe the methods and techniques delineated in the accompanying J-2 memorandum will enhance our efforts to extract additional information.” [US Department of Defense, 10/11/2002 ] Beaver concludes that since President Bush had decided that all the detainees “are not protected by the Geneva Conventions” (see January 18-25, 2002, February 7, 2002), all of the desired techniques are allowable because “no international body of law directly applies.” [Savage, 2007, pp. 178] Entity Tags: Rick Baccus, George W. Bush, James T. Hill, Carl Levin, Daniel J. Dell’Orto, Diane E. Beaver, Michael E. Dunlavey, Mohamed al-Khatani December 10, 2002: Army Memo Shows SERE Techniques Approved for Use against Guantanamo Prisoners An Army memorandum released to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2006 (see January 12, 2006) will refer to the “SERE INTERROGATION SOP” (standard operating procedure) for Guantanamo. SERE refers to “Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape,” a classified military program originally designed to teach US soldiers how to resist torture, and subsequently “reverse-engineered” for use in subjecting US prisoners to harsh interrogation and torture (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002). The memo, which is heavily redacted, shows that torture techniques used in SERE training may have been authorized in a memo to military personnel at Guantanamo. [American Civil Liberties Union, 1/12/2006] Entity Tags: US Department of the Army, American Civil Liberties Union After March 7, 2003: Alleged 9/11 Mastermind KSM Repeatedly Waterboarded in Poland After being transferred from Afghanistan to Poland (see March 7 - Mid-April, 2003), alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) is repeatedly waterboarded by the CIA, a technique simulating drowning that international law classifies as torture. He is only one of about four high-ranking detainees waterboarded, according to media reports (see May 2002-2003). [New Yorker, 8/6/2007; MSNBC, 9/13/2007; New York Review of Books, 3/15/2009] He will recall: “I would be strapped to a special bed, which could be rotated into a vertical position. A cloth would be placed over my face. Cold water from a bottle that had been kept in a fridge was then poured onto the cloth by one of the guards so that I could not breathe.… The cloth was then removed and the bed was put into a vertical position. The whole process was then repeated during about one hour. Injuries to my ankles and wrists also occurred during the waterboarding as I struggled in the panic of not being able to breathe. Female interrogators were also present… and a doctor was always present, standing out of sight behind the head of [the] bed, but I saw him when he came to fix a clip to my finger which was connected to a machine. I think it was to measure my pulse and oxygen content in my blood. So they could take me to [the] breaking point.” [New York Review of Books, 3/15/2009] Accounts about the use of waterboarding on KSM differ. He says he is waterboarded five times. [New York Review of Books, 3/15/2009] However, contradictory reports will later appear: NBC News will claim that, according to multiple unnamed officials, KSM underwent at least two sessions of waterboarding and other extreme measures before talking. One former senior intelligence official will say, “KSM required, shall we say, re-dipping.” [MSNBC, 9/13/2007] In 2005, former and current intelligence officers and supervisors will tell ABC News that KSM “won the admiration of interrogators when he was able to last between two and two-and-a-half minutes before begging to confess.” [ABC News, 11/18/2005] In 2007, a former CIA official familiar with KSM’s case will tell ABC News a sligntly different version of events: “KSM lasted the longest under waterboarding, about a minute and a half, but once he broke, it never had to be used again.” A senior CIA official will claim that KSM later admitted he only confessed because of the waterboarding. [ABC News, 9/14/2007] In November 2005, John Sifton of Human Rights Watch will say of waterboarding, “The person believes they are being killed, and as such, it really amounts to a mock execution, which is illegal under international law.” [ABC News, 11/18/2005] The New York Times will claim that “KSM was subjected to intense and repeated torture techniques that, at the time, were specifically designated as illegal under US law.” Some claim that KSM gives useful information. “However, many of the officials interviewed say KSM provided a raft of false and exaggerated statements that did not bear close scrutiny—the usual result, experts say, of torture.” CIA officials stopped the “extreme interrogation” sessions after about two weeks, worrying that they might have exceeded their legal bounds. Apparently pressure to stop comes from Jack Goldsmith, head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, who is troubled about updates from KSM’s interrogations and raises legal questions. He is angrily opposed by the White House, particularly David Addington, a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. [New York Times, 10/4/2007] The New Yorker will report that officials who have seen a classified Red Cross report say that KSM claims he was waterboarded five times. Further, he says he was waterboarded even after he started cooperating. But two former CIA officers will insist that he was waterboarded only once. One of them says that KSM “didn’t resist. He sang right away. He cracked real quick. A lot of them want to talk. Their egos are unimaginable. KSM was just a little doughboy.” [New Yorker, 8/6/2007] A different ABC News account will claim that KSM was al-Qaeda’s toughest prisoner. CIA officers who subject themselves to waterboarding last only about 14 seconds, but KSM was able to last over two minutes. [ABC News, 11/18/2005] In 2009, evidence will surface that indicates KSM was waterboarded up to 183 times (see April 16, 2009 and April 18, 2009). Entity Tags: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Central Intelligence Agency, John Sifton Timeline Tags: Torture of US Captives, Complete 911 Timeline, 9/11 Timeline September 2003: JPRA Personnel Instruct Interrogators in SERE-Derived Methods, Take Part in Interrogations The Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA) sends a team to Iraq to train interrogators in harsh, SERE-derived methods of interrogation (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, July 2002, and July 1-2, 2002). JPRA personnel demonstrate a number of methods to Special Military Unit (SMU) personnel, including “walling” (see May 10, 2005) and particular methods of physically striking detainees. JPRA personnel are present at several interrogations where detainees are placed in stress positions and repeatedly slapped. In at least one interrogation, JPRA personnel take part in abusing a prisoner, stripping him naked and giving orders to place him in a stress position for 12 hours. In August 2007, one JRPA official will tell the Senate Armed Services Committee that, in regards to stripping detainees, “we [had] done this 100 times, 1,000 times with our [SERE school] students.” [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee, Joint Personnel Recovery Agency May 5, 2004: Bush Reassures Arab Media that Abu Ghraib Abuses Will Be Investigated Speaking about the Abu Ghraib scandal (see April 28, 2004), President Bush promises a “full investigation.” In an interview with Al Arabiya, he says: “It’s important for people to understand that in a democracy, there will be a full investigation. In other words, we want to know the truth. In our country, when there’s an allegation of abuse… there will be a full investigation, and justice will be delivered.… It’s very important for people and your listeners to understand that in our country, when an issue is brought to our attention on this magnitude, we act. And we act in a way in which leaders are willing to discuss it with the media.… In other words, people want to know the truth. That stands in contrast to dictatorships. A dictator wouldn’t be answering questions about this. A dictator wouldn’t be saying that the system will be investigated and the world will see the results of the investigation.” [White House, 5/5/2004] In April 2009, after significant revelations of Bush torture policies have hit the press (see April 16, 2009 and April 21, 2009), Atlantic columnist Andrew Sullivan will write: “Bush personally authorized every technique revealed at Abu Ghraib. He refused to act upon the International Committee of the Red Cross’s report that found that he had personally authorized the torture of prisoners, in violation of the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention on Torture and domestic law against cruel and inhuman treatment. A refusal to investigate and prosecute Red Cross allegations of torture is itself a violation of the Geneva Accords.” [Atlantic Monthly, 4/27/2009] Entity Tags: Andrew Sullivan, George W. Bush May 7, 2004: CIA Inspector General’s Report Concludes CIA Interrogation Techniques Likely Violate Treaty against Torture; Cheney Prevents Report from Being Completed The CIA’s inspector general, John Helgerson, releases a highly classified report from his office that examines allegations of torture from the time period between September 2001 (after the 9/11 attacks, when the CIA first began detaining suspected terrorists and informants) and October 2003. In the report, Helgerson warns that some aggressive interrogation techniques approved for use by the CIA since early 2002 (see Mid-March 2002) might violate some provisions of the international Convention Against Torture (see October 21, 1994). The report doubts the Bush administration position that the techniques do not violate the treaty because the interrogations take place overseas on non-US citizens. It will be released, in heavily redacted form, to the public in August 2009 (see August 24, 2009). From what becomes known of the report’s contents, the CIA engaged in a number of illegal and ethically questionable tactics on the part of its interrogators. Some of these tactics include the use of handguns, power drills, threats, smoke, and mock executions. Many of the techniques used against detainees were carried out without authorization from higher officials. The report says that the CIA’s efforts to provide “systematic, clear, and timely guidance” to interrogators were “inadequate at first” and that that failure largely coincided with the most significant incidents involving the unauthorized coercion of detainees, but as guidelines from the Justice Department accumulated over several years, oversight “improved considerably.” The report does not conclude that the techniques reviewed constitute torture, but it does find that they appear to constitute cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment under the Convention. [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 11/9/2005; MSNBC, 8/24/2009; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] Physical Abuse - The report defines torture as an act “intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain and suffering.” It then begins detailing such acts. Incidents of physical abuse include: One incident caused the death of an Afghani detainee. According to the report: “An agency independent contractor who was a paramilitary officer is alleged to have severely beaten the detainee with a large metal flashlight and kicked him during interrogation sessions. The detainee died in custody.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; Washington Post, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] In a 2009 statement, Helgerson will write: “In one extreme case, improvisation took a disastrous turn when an agency contractor in rural Afghanistan—acting wholly outside the approved program and with no authorization or training—took it upon himself to interrogate a detainee. This officer beat the detainee and caused his death. Following an investigation of the incident, this contract employee was convicted of assault and is now in prison.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] Waterboarding was routinely used, in a manner far exceeding previously issued guidelines. Interrogators “continuously applied large volumes of water,” and later explained that they needed to make the experience “more poignant and convincing.” The CIA interrogators’ waterboarding technique was far more aggressive than anything used in military survival training such as the SERE program (see December 2001). Eventually, the agency’s Office of Medical Services criticized the waterboarding technique, saying that the “frequency and intensity” with which it was used could not be certified as “efficacious or medically safe.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] The report refers in particular to the treatment of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM), who was reportedly waterboarded more than once (see Shortly After February 29 or March 1, 2003). Waterboarding is considered torture and is illegal in the US. The report also raises concern that the use of these techniques could eventually cause legal troubles for the CIA officers who used them. [New York Times, 11/9/2005] Helgerson will write: “We found that waterboarding had been utilized in a manner that was inconsistent with the understanding between CIA and the Department of Justice. The department had provided the agency a written legal opinion based on an agency assurance that although some techniques would be used more than once, repetition would ‘not be substantial.’ My view was that, whatever methodology was used to count applications of the waterboard, the very large number of applications to which some detainees were subjected led to the inescapable conclusion that the agency was abusing this technique.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] In July 2002, a CIA officer used a “pressure point” technique “with both of his hands on the detainee’s neck, the officer manipulated his finger to restrict the detainee’s carotid artery.” The carotid artery supplies the brain with oxygenated blood; such “manipulat[ion]” could lead to unconsciousness or even death. A second officer “reportedly watched his eyes to the point that the detainee would nod and start to pass out. Then the officer shook the detainee to wake him. This process was repeated for a total of three applications on the detainee.” A technique routinely used by CIA interrogators was the “hard takedown,” which involves an interrogator grabbing a detainee and slamming him to the floor before having the detainee moved to a sleep-deprivation cell. One detainee was hauled off his feet by his arms while they were bound behind his back with a belt, causing him severe pain. Another routinely used technique is “water dousing,” apparently a variant of waterboarding, in which a detainee is laid on a plastic sheet and subjected to having water sluiced over him for 10 to 15 minutes. The report says that at least one interrogator believed the technique to be useful, and sent a cable back to CIA headquarters requesting guidelines. A return cable explained that a detainee “must be placed on a towel or sheet, may not be placed naked on the bare cement floor, and the air temperature must exceed 65 degrees if the detainee will not be dried immediately.” - - Detainee Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, suspected of plotting the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole (see October 12, 2000), was repeatedly “bathed” with hard-bristled scrub brushes in order to inflict pain. The brushes caused abrasions and bleeding. [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; Washington Post, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] Helgerson will write: “Agency officers who were authorized to detain and interrogate terrorists sometimes failed in their responsibilities. In a few cases, agency officers used unauthorized, threatening interrogation techniques. The primary, common problem was that management controls and operational procedures were not in place to avoid the serious problems that arose, jeopardizing agency employees and detainees alike.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] Mental Abuse - Numerous instances of mental and emotional abuse were also documented. In 2002, interrogators staged a mock execution to intimidate a detainee. CIA officers began screaming outside the room where the detainee was being interrogated. When leaving the room, he “passed a guard who was dressed as a hooded detainee, lying motionless on the ground, and made to appear as if he had been shot to death.” The report says that after witnessing this performance, the detainee “sang like a bird.” Handguns and power drills were used to threaten detainees with severe bodily harm or death. One such instance involved al-Nashiri. An American, whose name is not released but who is identified as not being a trained interrogator and lacking authorization to use “enhanced methods,” used a gun and a power drill to frighten him. The American pointed the gun at al-Nashiri’s head and “racked” a round in the chamber. The American also held a power drill near al-Nashiri and revved it, while al-Nashiri stood naked and hooded. [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] In 2009, reporter David Ignatius will say he finds the “image of a CIA interrogator standing with a power drill next to somebody he’s interrogating… particularly horrific, because that’s a technique that’s been used in torturing people in Iraq.” [PBS, 8/24/2009] A CIA interrogator told al-Nashiri that if he did not cooperate with his captors, “we could get your mother in here” and “we can bring your family in here.” The report says that the interrogator wanted al-Nashiri to infer for “psychological” reasons that his female relatives might be sexually abused. The interrogator has denied actually threatening to sexually abuse al-Nashiri’s mother or other relatives. An interrogator threatened the lives of one detainee’s children. According to the report, an “interrogator said to Khalid Shaikh Mohammed that if anything else happens in the United States, quote, ‘we’re going to kill your children.’” According to the report, the debriefer was trying to exploit a belief in the Middle East that interrogation techniques included sexually abusing female relatives in front of the detainees. It was during these same interrogation sessions that Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a single month (see April 16, 2009). [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] Fear of Recriminations - According to the report, there was concern throughout the agency over the potential legal consequences for agency officers. Officers “expressed unsolicited concern about the possibility of recrimination or legal action” and said “they feared that the agency would not stand behind them,” according to the report. [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009] According to the report, CIA personnel “are concerned that public revelation” of the program will “seriously damage” personal reputations as well as “the reputation and effectiveness of the agency itself.” One officer is quoted as saying he could imagine CIA agents ending up before the World Court on war crimes charges. “Ten years from now, we’re going to be sorry we’re doing this,” another officer said. But “it has to be done.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] Helgerson will write: “This review of the agency’s early detention and interrogation activities was undertaken in part because of expressions of concern by agency employees that the actions in which they were involved, or of which they were aware, would be determined by judicial authorities in the US or abroad to be illegal. Many expressed to me personally their feelings that what the agency was doing was fundamentally inconsistent with long established US government policy and with American values, and was based on strained legal reasoning. We reported these concerns.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; Washington Post, 8/24/2009] Recommendations - The report lists 10 recommendations for changes in the treatment of detainees, but it will not be reported what these are. Eight of the recommendations are apparently later adopted. Former CIA assistant general counsel John Radsan will later comment, “The ambiguity in the law must cause nightmares for intelligence officers who are engaged in aggressive interrogations of al-Qaeda suspects and other terrorism suspects.” [New York Times, 11/9/2005] Approval, Contradictory Statements by Attorney General - The report says that Attorney General John Ashcroft approved all of these actions: “According to the CIA general counsel, the attorney general acknowledged he is fully aware of the repetitive use of the waterboard and that CIA is well within the scope of the DOJ opinion that the authority given to CIA by that opinion. The attorney general was informed the waterboard had been used 119 times on a single individual.” In 2009, reporter Michael Isikoff will say that the contents of the report “conflict… with the public statements that have been made over the years by Bush administration officials and CIA directors.” In 2007, then-CIA Director Michael Hayden will tell the Council on Foreign Relations that the agency’s detention and interrogation program was “very carefully controlled and lawfully conducted—has been carefully controlled and lawfully conducted.” Isikoff will say, “It’s kind of hard to square that with… what was in the CIA inspector general report that had been presented five years ago in 2004.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] Questions of Effectiveness - The report does document that some interrogations obtained critical information to identify terrorists and stop potential plots, and finds that some imprisoned terrorists provided more information after being exposed to brutal treatment (see August 24, 2009). It finds that “there is no doubt” that the detention and interrogation program itself prevented further terrorist activity, provided information that led to the apprehension of other terrorists, warned authorities of future plots, and helped analysts complete an intelligence picture for senior policymakers and military leaders. But whether the harsh techniques were effective in this regard “is a more subjective process and not without some concern,” the report continues. It specifically addresses waterboarding as an illegal tactic that is not shown to have provided useful information. “This review identified concerns about the use of the waterboard, specifically whether the risks of its use were justified by the results, whether it has been unnecessarily used in some instances,” the report reads, and notes that in many instances, the frequency and volume of water poured over prisoners’ mouths and noses may have exceeded the Justice Department’s legal authorization. In the instance of detainee Abu Zubaida, the report finds, “It is not possible to say definitively that the waterboard is the reason for Abu [Zubaida]‘s increased production [of intelligence information], or if another factor, such as the length of detention, was the catalyst.” In 2009, Isikoff will note that the effectiveness of torture is not clarified by the report. “As you know, Vice President [Dick] Cheney and others who had defended this program have insisted time and again that valuable intelligence was gotten out of this program. You could read passages of this report and conclude that that is the case, that they did get—some passages say important intelligence was gotten. But then others are far more nuanced and measured, saying we don’t really know the full story, whether alternative techniques could have been used.” [Central Intelligence Agency, 5/7/2004 ; New York Times, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/24/2009; Washington Post, 8/24/2009; MSNBC, 8/25/2009] Cheney Blocked Report's Completion - Reporter Jane Mayer later learns that Cheney intervened to block Helgerson from completing his investigation. Mayer will write that as early as 2004, “the vice president’s office was fully aware that there were allegations of serious wrongdoing in the [interrogation] program.” Helgerson met repeatedly and privately with Cheney before, in Mayer’s words, the investigation was “stopped in its tracks.” She will call the meetings “highly unusual.” In October 2007, CIA Director Michael Hayden will order an investigation of Helgerson’s office, alleging that Helgerson was on “a crusade against those who have participated in controversial detention programs.” [Public Record, 3/6/2009] Entity Tags: Office of Medical Services (CIA), International Criminal Court, Jane Mayer, John Helgerson, David Ignatius, John Radsan, John Ashcroft, Convention Against Torture, Abu Zubaida, Bush administration (43), US Department of Justice, Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Hayden, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Michael Isikoff June 2004: SERE Psychologist Warns that Techniques ‘Reverse-Engineered’ for Interrogations Are Ineffective After many SERE techniques have been authorized for use in interrogations (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002), and the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency considers sending SERE trainers to interrogation facilities in Afghanistan, a SERE psychologist warns: “[W]e need to really stress the difference between what instructors do at SERE school (done to INCREASE RESISTANCE capability in students) versus what is taught at interrogator school (done to gather information). What is done by SERE instructors is by definition ineffective interrogator conduct.… Simply stated, SERE school does not train you on how to interrogate, and things you ‘learn’ there by osmosis about interrogation are probably wrong if copied by interrogators.” [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: Joint Personnel Recovery Agency May 10, 2005: OLC: Past, Present Interrogation Methods Not Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Steven Bradbury, the head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, issues a classified memo to John Rizzo, the senior deputy counsel for the CIA. The memo will remain classified for nearly four years (see April 16, 2009). It addresses, in the words of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), “whether CIA interrogation methods violate the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment standards under federal and international law.” Bradbury concludes that neither past nor present CIA interrogation methods violate such standards. [Office of Legal Counsel, 5/10/2005 ; American Civil Liberties Union [PDF], 1/28/2009 ] CIA Techniques Not Torture, Bradbury Explains - Bradbury calls torture “abhorrent” and “universally repudiated,” and says the US will never condone it. Afterwards, he spends a great deal of effort explaining why the various techniques used by the CIA do not constitute torture. Bradbury goes into numerous details about varieties of “harsh interrogation techniques” that can be used on prisoners, often restating details from an August 2002 OLC memo (see August 1, 2002) and elaborating on those descriptions. One technique he details is forced nudity. “Detainees subject to sleep deprivation who are also subject to nudity as a separate interrogation technique will at times be nude and wearing a diaper,” he writes, and notes that the diaper is “for sanitary and health purposes of the detainee; it is not used for the purpose of humiliating the detainee and it is not considered to be an interrogation technique.… The detainee’s skin condition is monitored, and diapers are changed as needed so that the detainee does not remain in a soiled diaper.” He cites “walling,” a technique involving slamming a detainee into a “false wall,” and writes, “Depending on the extent of the detainee’s lack of cooperation, he may be walled one time during an interrogation session (one impact with the wall) or many times (perhaps 20 or 30 times) consecutively.” Other techniques Bradbury cites include waterboarding, “abdominal slaps,” and “water dousing.” For water dousing, Bradbury gives specific restrictions: “For example, in employing this technique: “For water temperarure of 41°F, total duration of exposure may not exceed 20 minutes without drying and rewarming. “For water tempetarure of 59°F, total duration of exposure may not exceed 60 minutes without drying and rewarming. “The minimum permissible temperature of the water used in water dousing is 41°F, though you have informed us that in practice the water temperature is generally not below 50°F, since tap water rather than refrigerated water is generally used.” [Office of Legal Counsel, 5/10/2005 ; CNN, 4/17/2009] Waterboarding Used More Frequently than Authorized - Bradbury also notes that waterboarding is sometimes used more times than authorized or indicated. Referring to an as-yet-unreleased 2004 report by the CIA’s inspector general on torture and abuse of detainees, he writes: “The IG report noted that in some cases the waterboard was used with far greater frequency than initially indicated.… (‘[T]he waterboard technique… was different from the technique described in the DoJ [Department of Justice] opinion and used in the SERE training (see December 2001 and July 2002). The difference was the manner in which the detainee’s breathing was obstructed. At the SERE school and in the DoJ opinion, the subject’s airflow is disrupted by the firm application of a damp cloth over the air passages; the interrogator applies a small amount of water to the cloth in a controlled manner. By contrast, the [CIA] interrogator… applied large volumes of water to a cloth that covered the detainee’s mouth and nose. One of the psychologists/interrogators acknowledged that the agency’s use of the technique is different from that used in SERE training because it is ‘for real—and is more poignant and convincing.’)… The inspector general further reported that ‘OMS [the CIA’s Office of Medical Services] contends that the expertise of the SERE waterboard experience is so different from the subsequent agency usage as to make it almost irrelevant. Consequently, according to OMS, there was no a priori reason to believe that applying the waterboard with the frequency and intensity with which it was used by the psychologist/interrogators was either efficacious or medically safe.‘… We have carefully considered the IG report and discussed it with OMS personnel. As noted, OMS input has resulted in a number of changes in the application of the waterboard, including limits on frequency and cumulative use of the technique. Moreover, OMS personnel are carefully instructed in monitoring this technique and are personally present whenever it is used.… Indeed, although physician assistants can be present when other enhanced techniques are applied, ‘use of the waterboard requires the presence of the physician.’” [Office of Legal Counsel, 5/10/2005 ] Entity Tags: US Department of Justice, Steven Bradbury, Central Intelligence Agency, Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ), American Civil Liberties Union May 30, 2005: OLC Sends Secret Memo Regarding Interrogation Methods Steven Bradbury, the acting head of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, issues a classified memo. The contents and the recipient remain secret, but the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will later determine the memo deals with the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” by the CIA. In early May, Bradbury determined that none of the CIA’s past or present interrogation methods violated either federal or international standards (see May 10, 2005). [American Civil Liberties Union [PDF], 1/28/2009 ] Entity Tags: Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ), American Civil Liberties Union, US Department of Justice, Steven Bradbury June 2005: State Department Adviser Challenges Legal Justifications for Torture Philip Zelikow, the chief adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (see February 28, 2005) and the former executive director of the 9/11 Commission (see Shortly Before January 27, 2003), writes a classified memo challenging the Justice Department’s legal justifications for its authorizations of torture. Zelikow writes his memo after gaining access to four secret memos from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (see April 16, 2009), in his role as Rice’s policy representative to the National Security Council’s Deputies Committee. Rice and her legal adviser, John Bellinger, are the only others besides Zelikow to have been briefed on the memos. Zelikow was aware of what many of the suspected terrorists did, or were alleged to have done, through his experience on the 9/11 Commission. The evidence against most of them is “damning,” he will later write: “But the issue is not about who or what they are. It is about who or what we are.” In the memo, which he will publicly discuss four years later (see April 21, 2009), Zelikow focuses on three main areas of contention. First, the question should not be whether waterboarding (or any other particular technique) is torture, but on the idea of a program of authorized torture. The program used numerous well-planned, carefully considered methods of physical coercion to gain information from detainees, or as Zelikow will write, “to disorient, abuse, dehumanize, and torment individuals over time.” Waterboarding is only one of many objectionable, and illegal, techniques being used against prisoners. Second, the question of torture should not first be settled by lawyers. The moral and professional aspects of such an issue should be dealt with before asking lawyers to justify such actions. Better questions would be: Are these methods reliable in getting important information? And does the garnering of such information, even if such can be proven, justify the moral position of using torture? In 2009, Zelikow will write: “There is an elementary distinction, too often lost, between the moral (and policy) question—‘What should we do?’—and the legal question: ‘What can we do?’ We live in a policy world too inclined to turn lawyers into surrogate priests granting a form of absolution. ‘The lawyers say it’s OK.’ Well, not really. They say it might be legal. They don’t know about OK.” Finally, the legal opinions themselves have what Zelikow calls “grave weaknesses.” Many of the OLC opinions, particularly the May 30, 2005 opinion (see May 30, 2005), “presented the US government with a distorted rendering of relevant US law.” He goes on: “The case law on the ‘shocks the conscience’ standard for interrogations would proscribe the CIA’s methods,” in his view. Moreover, the OLC position ignores “standard 8th Amendment ‘conditions of confinement’ analysis (long incorporated into the 5th Amendment as a matter of substantive due process and thus applicable to detentions like these). That case law would regard the conditions of confinement in the CIA facilities as unlawful.” And, while “the use of a balancing test to measure constitutional validity (national security gain vs. harm to individuals) is lawful for some techniques… other kinds of cruel treatment should be barred categorically under US law—whatever the alleged gain.” The logical extension of the OLC’s position is that since the “substantive standard is the same as it is in analogous US constitutional law… the OLC must argue, in effect, that the methods and the conditions of confinement in the CIA program could constitutionally be inflicted on American citizens in a county jail. In other words, Americans in any town of this country could constitutionally be hung from the ceiling naked, sleep deprived, waterboarded, and all the rest—if the alleged national security justification was compelling. I did not believe our federal courts could reasonably be expected to agree with such a reading of the Constitution.” White House Orders Copies Destroyed - Zelikow will admit he has no standing to offer a legal opinion. However, he will write: “I felt obliged to put an alternative view in front of my colleagues at other agencies, warning them that other lawyers (and judges) might find the OLC views unsustainable. My colleagues were entitled to ignore my views. They did more than that: The White House attempted to collect and destroy all copies of my memo.” Zelikow will say he believes that copies still exist in State Department archives. [Foreign Policy, 4/21/2009; Politico, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ), Central Intelligence Agency, Bush administration (43), 9/11 Commission, Condoleezza Rice, National Security Council, US Department of State, Philip Zelikow, John Bellinger, US Department of Justice 2006: Senior Pentagon Investigator Worries that SERE Techniques Used as Basis for Interrogations at Guantanamo Sometime in 2006, the deputy commander of the Defense Department’s Criminal Investigation Task Force (CITF) at Guantanamo tells the Senate Armed Services Committee (see April 21, 2009) that CITF “was troubled with the rationale that techniques used to harden resistance to interrogations [SERE training—see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002 ] would be the basis for the utilization of techniques to obtain information.” [Huffington Post, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: US Department of Defense, Criminal Investigation Task Force, Senate Armed Services Committee Fall 2006: Former Judge Advocate at Guantanamo Says Interrogators Took Ideas from Survival Training, Television Show ‘24’ Actor Kiefer Sutherland as ‘Jack Bauer.’ [Source: Stuff.co.nz]Law professor Phillippe Sands begins a series of interviews with the former staff judge advocate for the US Army in Guantanamo, Lieutenant Colonel Diane Beaver. She is the author of a legal analysis that was used by the Bush administration to justify its extreme interrogation techniques (see October 11, 2002). Sands describes her as “coiled up—mistreated, hung out to dry.” She is unhappy with the way the administration used her analysis, and notes that she was guided in her work at Guantanamo by personnel from the CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency. She believes that some of the interrogation techniques were “reverse-engineered” from a training program called SERE—Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape—though administration officials have denied this. Several Guantanamo personnel were sent to Fort Bragg, SERE’s home, for a briefing on the program (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, Mid-April 2002, Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002, July 2002, July 2002, July 2002, and August 1, 2002). Military training was not the only source of inspiration. Fox’s television drama 24 came to a conclusion in the spring of 2002, Beaver recalls. One of the overriding messages of that show is that torture works. “We saw it on cable,” Beaver remembers. “People had already seen the first series. It was hugely popular.” The story’s hero, Jack Bauer, had many friends at Guantanamo, Beaver adds. “He gave people lots of ideas.” She recalls in graphic terms how excited many of the male personnel became when extreme interrogation methods were discussed. “You could almost see their d_cks getting hard as they got new ideas,” she will say. “And I said to myself, You know what? I don’t have a d_ck to get hard—I can stay detached.” The FBI and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service refused to become involved in aggressive interrogations, she says (see Late March through Early June, 2002 and December 17, 2002). [Vanity Fair, 5/2008] Entity Tags: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Diane E. Beaver, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Fox Broadcasting Company, Phillippe Sands, Georgetown University (Late July) 2007: OLC Issues Secret Memo Explicating Torture Methods Steven Bradbury, the chief of the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), issues a classified memo on what a new interpretation of the Geneva Conventions’ Common Article 3 means for the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation program.” The Bradbury memo, released after months of debate among Bush officials regarding the ramifications of the recent Supreme Court decision extending Geneva protections to enemy combatants in US custody (see June 30, 2006), new legislation following the Court’s decision (see October 17, 2006), and an executive order on interrogations (see July 20, 2007), spells out what interrogation practices the CIA can use. The memo’s existence will not become known until after the 2009 release of four Justice Department torture memos (see April 16, 2009). Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights will say upon learning of the memo, “The CIA still seems to want to get authority to interrogate people outside of what would be found to be a violation of the Geneva Conventions and the law.” Ratner will add that the memo raises questions about why the CIA felt it needed expanded authorities for interrogations. “What we don’t know is whether, after Hamdan, that 2007 memo modifies what the CIA is able to do in interrogation techniques,” he will say. “But what’s more interesting is why the CIA thinks it needs to use those interrogation techniques. Who are they interrogating in 2007? Who are they torturing in 2007? Is that they’re nervous about going beyond what OLC has said? These are secret-site people. Who are they? What happened to them?” [Washington Independent, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: Geneva Conventions, Bush administration (43), Center for Constitutional Rights, Central Intelligence Agency, US Supreme Court, Michael Ratner, US Department of Justice, Steven Bradbury, Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ) December 10, 2007: Former CIA Officer Admits Agency Used Waterboarding, Calls It Torture but Sometimes Necessary John Kiriakou. [Source: ABC News]Former CIA officer John Kiriakou gives the first of several media interviews around this time about the agency’s use of waterboarding and torture, to ABC. In this interview and others Kiriakou, who led the team that captured militant training camp facilitator Abu Zubaida (see March 28, 2002), makes several points: Zubaida was waterboarded. This is the first official on-the-record acknowledgment by any CIA official that the controversial technique that simulates drowning was used. Zubaida was only waterboarded once, for about 30 to 35 seconds. (This is untrue. Zubaida was actually waterboarded at least 83 times—see April 18, 2009.) After the waterboarding, Zubaida became co-operative; he had previously been uncooperative. (This is also allegedly untrue—see June 2002.) Kiriakou says, “The threat information that he provided disrupted a number of attacks, maybe dozens of attacks.” Kiriakou thinks the attacks were not to be on US soil, but overseas, although he is not sure. Waterboarding and the other techniques were used because of a sense of urgency. “Those tricks of the trade require a great deal of time—much of the time—and we didn’t have that luxury. We were afraid that there was another major attack coming.” Use of the CIA’s enhanced interrogation techniques is tightly controlled in the agency. Each application of a technique had to be specifically approved by the deputy director for operations. Kiriakou implies that waterboarding is torture and should remain banned now, but the circumstances of the time warranted its use. He believes that waterboarding both compromised American principles and saved lives. “Like a lot of Americans, I’m involved in this internal, intellectual battle with myself weighing the idea that waterboarding may be torture versus the quality of information that we often get after using the waterboarding technique,” he says. “And I struggle with it.” Although he was personally involved in Zubaida’s capture, Kiriakou was not present at the interrogations and only learned about them at CIA headquarters. [ABC News, 12/10/2007; ABC News, 12/10/2007 ; ABC News, 12/10/2009 ] Over the next few days, Kiriakou gives a number interviews to other media outlets with basically the same information. The New York Times will call the series of interviews a “media blitz.” [New York Times, 12/11/2007; New York Times, 4/28/2009] The media he speaks to include the Washington Post, the New York Times, National Public Radio, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC (see December 11, 2007). A CNN anchor even calls him “the man of the hour.” [New York Times, 4/28/2009] Kiriakou garners praise for his poise in front of the camera. For example, Harper’s journalist Scott Horton will call him “telegenic,” whereas Foreign Policy magazine commentator Annie Lowery will opt for “telegenic and well spoken.” [Harpers, 12/21/2007; Foreign Policy, 4/28/2009] Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Scott Horton, Abu Zubaida, John Kiriakou, Annie Lowery April 16, 2008: Pentagon Documents Confirm Military Tortured Detainees in Afghanistan The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) releases Defense Department documents that confirm the military’s use of illegal interrogation methods on detainees held in US custody in Afghanistan. The documents, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, are from an Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) probe. The ACLU’s Amrit Singh says: “These documents make it clear that the military was using unlawful interrogation techniques in Afghanistan. Rather than putting a stop to these systemic abuses, senior officials appear to have turned a blind eye to them.” In the CID reports, Special Operations officers in Gardez, Afghanistan, admitted to using what are known as Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) techniques, which for decades American service members experienced as training to prepare for the brutal treatment they might face if captured (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002). At least eight prisoners in custody at Gardez were beaten, burned, and doused with cold water before being placed into freezing weather conditions. One of the eight prisoners, Jamal Naseer, died in US custody (see March 16, 2003). Subsequent investigations ignored numerous witness statements describing torture; Naseer was eventually declared dead due to a “stomach ailment.” The documents also provide evidence showing that prisoners were sodomized. “These documents raise serious questions about the adequacy of the military’s investigations into prisoner abuse,” says Singh. [American Civil Liberties Union, 4/16/2008] Entity Tags: Amrit Singh, American Civil Liberties Union, Criminal Investigation Division, Jamal Naseer, US Department of Defense December 15, 2008: Cheney Acknowledges Detainee was Waterboarded, Says Such Methods Do Not Constitute Torture In his first exit interview after the November 2008 elections, Vice President Dick Cheney unapologetically acknowledges that the US used waterboarding on suspected terrorists, and says that the Guantanamo Bay prison should remain open until terrorism has been eradicated. Methods such as waterboarding were indeed used on at least one subject, suspected 9/11 plotter Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (see May 2002-2003, Shortly After February 29 or March 1, 2003, March 7 - Mid-April, 2003, After March 7, 2003, and May 2003), Cheney says, but he goes on to claim that those methods do not constitute torture. “On the question of so-called torture, we don’t do torture,” he says. “We never have. It’s not something that this administration subscribes to. I think those who allege that we’ve been involved in torture, or that somehow we violated the Constitution or laws with the terrorist surveillance program, simply don’t know what they’re talking about.” Asked if he authorized the waterboarding of Mohammed, Cheney says: “I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved in helping get the process cleared, as the agency [CIA] in effect came in and wanted to know what they could and couldn’t do. And they talked to me, as well as others, to explain what they wanted to do. And I supported it.” Cheney says that waterboarding Mohammed produced critically important information: “There was a period of time there, three or four years ago, when about half of everything we knew about al-Qaeda came from that one source. So it’s been a remarkably successful effort. I think the results speak for themselves.” Cheney adds that the invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein were justified regardless of whether that nation possessed weapons of mass destruction. The only thing US intelligence got wrong, he says, “was that there weren’t any stockpiles. What they found was that Saddam Hussein still had the capability to produce weapons of mass destruction. He had the technology, he had the people, he had the basic feed stock.” [ABC News, 12/15/2008; ABC News, 12/15/2008] In the US, waterboarding has been considered a war crime at least as far back as World War II (see 1947, January 21, 1968, and November 29, 2007); in 2007, a judge concurred (see November 4, 2007). A former senior Justice Department official determined that waterboarding is torture (see Late 2004-Early 2005), as did a former deputy secretary of state who was subjected to waterboarding as part of his military training (see January 21, 2009) and a US senator who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam (see April 20, 2009). The CIA suspended the use of waterboarding in 2005 after determining that the technique was most likely ineffective and certainly illegal (see Shortly After April 28, 2004-February 2005), and banned it entirely in 2006 (see Between May and Late 2006); the CIA’s Inspector General determined that the practice was torture (see March 6, 2009). The FBI and DIA have forbidden their agents from using the technique (see May 13, 2004 and February 7, 2008). The US military banned its use in 2006 (see September 6, 2006). The king of Saudi Arabia will accuse the Bush administration of torturing prisoners in its custody (see April 24, 2009). The information derived from torturing Mohammed and other prisoners is widely considered unreliable (see August 6, 2007, April 16, 2009, December 18, 2008, and March 29, 2009), and may well have been initially designed to elicit false confessions (see April 22, 2009). Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Al-Qaeda, Bush administration (43), Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, Saddam Hussein, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed January 21, 2009: Waterboarding Is Torture, Says Former Deputy Secretary of State; ‘I’m Ashamed That We’re Even Having This Discussion’ Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, asked if waterboarding is torture, replies, “Absolutely.” Armitage’s interview is broadcast as part of the WNET documentary Torturing Democracy. Armitage, who graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1967 and served in Vietnam, was waterboarded as part of his Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training, which was later used as a platform for developing the Bush administration’s torture policies (see December 2001 and January 2002 and After). He describes his own waterboarding, with physical gestures: “I was put on an incline. My legs were like that and my back went down. I can’t remember if it was a wet T-shirt or a wet towel was put over my nose and mouth, and it was completely soaked. But I could still breathe. And then a question would be asked and I would not answer, and water would slowly be poured in this. And the next time I took a breath, I’d be drawing in water, whether I took it from my mouth or my nose. For me, it was simply a feeling of helplessness.” The interviewer observes: “I’ve talked to a former SERE instructor who was also waterboarded, and he said there’s nothing simulated about it. You think you are drowning.” Armitage replies: “Except in the case that I did realize I was in Northern California, and I did realize the people doing this were actually on my side. But the sensation to me was one of total helplessness, and I’ve had a lot of sensations in my life, but helplessness was not generally one of them. But the sensation was enormously unpleasant and frightening to me.” Would he describe it as torture? Armitage is asked. “Absolutely,” he responds. “No question.” The interviewer then asks, “So how do you explain the recent indecision over whether or not waterboarding is torture?” Armitage responds: “I cannot believe that my nation is having a discussion on what is torture. There is no question in my mind—there’s no question in any reasonable human being, there shouldn’t be, that this is torture. I’m ashamed that we’re even having this discussion.” Armitage says the State Department was deliberately left out of the Bush administration discussions of torture, “I think precisely because we’d have no part of it.” As for the discussions among White House and Justice Department officials over what did and did not constitute torture, Armitage says: “Well, if you were twisting yourselves into knots because you’re fearful that you may be avoiding some war crimes, then you’re probably tripping too closely to the edge. The fact that you want to have a discussion about how to avoid being accused of war crimes would indicate that you’re pretty close to the edge to me.” [National Security Archives, 1/21/2009] Entity Tags: US Department of State, Bush administration (43), US Department of Justice, Richard Armitage March 6, 2009: CIA Admits to Destroying 12 Videotapes of Prisoners Being Tortured Court documents filed by the government show that the CIA destroyed 12 videotapes specifically depicting two detainees being tortured by interrogators. Though the CIA has previously admitted to destroying 92 videotapes (see March 2, 2009), this is the first time it has admitted that some of the tapes showed detainees being tortured. The agency does not use the word “torture,” but instead uses the phrase “enhanced interrogation techniques.” According to the heavily redacted classified document: “There are 92 videotapes, 12 of which include EIT [enhanced interrogation techniques] applications. An OGC [Office of General Counsel] attorney reviewed the videotapes” and the CIA’s “OIG [Office of Inspector General} reviewed the videotapes in May 2003.” The document, along with others, are filed pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit begun by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU has asked that the CIA be found in contempt for destroying the videotapes, a motion that is still pending. The videotapes were destroyed to prevent disclosure of evidence showing that CIA interrogators actively tortured detainees, using waterboarding and other methods. The destruction is under investigation by acting US Attorney John Durham (see January 2, 2008). The two detainees depicted in the videotapes are Abu Zubaida and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, both of whom were waterboarded by the CIA (see March 2002, April - June 2002, and (November 2002)). The document describing the destroyed videotapes says “interrogators administered the waterboard to Al-Nashiri.” The videotapes are believed to have been made at the CIA’s secret detention center in Thailand. The CIA has promised to release more information about the videotapes by March 20. However, according to acting US Attorney Lev Dassin, “to date, the CIA is not aware of any transcripts of the destroyed videotapes.” An unredacted version of the inventory of the destroyed videotapes will only be made available for the ACLU to view behind closed doors in court: “This inventory identifies the tapes and includes any descriptions that were written on the spine of the tapes.” Much of the information sought by the ACLU will remain classified, Dassin says. ACLU attorney Amrit Singh says the “government is needlessly withholding information about these tapes from the public, despite the fact that the CIA’s use of torture—including waterboarding—is no secret. This new information only underscores the need for full and immediate disclosure of the CIA’s illegal interrogation methods. The time has come for the CIA to be held accountable for flouting the rule of law.” Author and reporter Jane Mayer believes the tapes were destroyed at least in part because Democratic members of Congress briefed on the tapes began inquiring whether the interrogations of Zubaida and al-Nashiri were legal. [Public Record, 3/6/2009] Entity Tags: John Durham, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, Abu Zubaida, Central Intelligence Agency, American Civil Liberties Union, Lev Dassin, Amrit Singh, Jane Mayer March 18, 2009 and After: Justice Department Argues for Release of Torture Memos; Current and Former CIA Officials Object The Justice Department informs CIA Director Leon Panetta that, after due deliberation, it will recommend to the White House that it release four Bush-era “torture memos” almost uncensored (see April 16, 2009), in compliance with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Panetta, who is about to leave for an overseas trip, tells Attorney General Eric Holder and White House officials that the administration needs to consider the possibility that the memos’ release might expose CIA officers to lawsuits on allegations of torture and abuse. He also demands more censorship of the memos. The Justice Department informs other senior CIA officials, and as a courtesy, former agency directors Michael Hayden, Porter Goss, George Tenet, and John Deutch. Senior CIA officials object, arguing that the memos’ release could damage the agency’s ability to interrogate prisoners in the future and would further besmirch CIA officers who had acted on the Bush administration’s legal guidance. They also warn that the release might harm foreign intelligence services’ trust in the CIA’s ability to protect national security secrets. The four former directors also raise objections, arguing that the release might compromise ongoing intelligence operations. The torture authorized by the Bush White House had been approved under Tenet’s directorship. On March 19, the Justice Department requests a two-week delay in releasing the memos; department officials tell the court handling the lawsuit that the administration is considering releasing the memos without waiting for a court verdict. Two weeks later, Justice Department officials tell the court that the memos would come out on or before April 16. President Obama becomes more and more involved in the matter, leading a National Security Council (NSC) session on the issue and holding high-level sessions with Holder and other Cabinet members. Obama also discusses the issue with lower-level officials, and with an unidentified NSC official from the Bush administration. Obama’s biggest worry is the possibility of endangering ongoing intelligence operations. The Justice Department argues that the ACLU lawsuit would in the end force the administration to release the documents anyway. Obama eventually agrees, and the White House decides it will be better to release the memos voluntarily and avoid the perception of only releasing them after being forced to do so by a court ruling. Obama also decides that very few redactions should be made in the documents. The only redactions in the memos are the names of US employees, foreign services, and items related to techniques still in use. To mollify CIA personnel concerns, Obama will send a personal letter to CIA employees reassuring them that he supports them, understands the clandestine nature of their operations, and has no intention of prosecuting CIA employees who followed the legal guidelines set forth in the memos. [Associated Press, 4/17/2009] Entity Tags: John Deutch, Barack Obama, American Civil Liberties Union, Bush administration (43), George J. Tenet, Leon Panetta, US Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Michael Hayden, Porter J. Goss April 2009: CIA Fires Torture Program Designers The CIA fires two contractors, psychologists James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, from their lucrative consulting contracts. Mitchell and Jessen designed the CIA’s torture program (see January 2002 and After, April 16, 2002, Mid-April 2002, and Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002), and earned $1,000 a day in doing so (see April 30, 2009). The CIA now believes that the two fundamentally misrepresented their knowledge of the safety and efficacy of particular torture techniques, particularly waterboarding. The firings are part of a larger “purge” by CIA Director Leon Panetta of all contractors involved in the Bush-era torture program. Panetta tells CIA employees that all contractors involved in the interrogation program and secret prisons are being “promptly terminated.” [ABC News, 6/16/2009] Entity Tags: Leon Panetta, Bruce Jessen, Bush administration (43), James Elmer Mitchell, Central Intelligence Agency April 10, 2009: CIA Announces Closure of Secret Overseas Prisons The CIA says it intends to close down the network of secret overseas prisons it used to torture suspected terrorists during the Bush administration. CIA Director Leon Panetta says that agency officers who worked in the program “should not be investigated, let alone punished” because the Justice Department under President Bush had declared their actions legal. Justice Department memos (see April 16, 2009) and investigations by the International Committee of the Red Cross (see October 6 - December 14, 2006) have shown that torture was used on several prisoners in these so-called “black sites.” Panetta says the secret detention facilities have not been used since 2006, but are still costing taxpayers money to keep open. Terminating security contracts at the sites would save “at least $4 million,” he says. The CIA has never revealed the location of the sites, but independent investigations and news reports place at least some of them in Afghanistan, Thailand, Poland, Romania, and Jordan. Agency officials have claimed that fewer than 100 prisoners were ever held in the sites, and around 30 of them were tortured. The last 14 prisoners were transferred to Guantanamo in 2006 (see September 2-3, 2006), but then-President Bush ordered the sites to remain open for future use. Since then, two suspected al-Qaeda operatives are known to have been kept in the sites. Panetta also says that the CIA will no longer use private contractors to conduct interrogations. [New York Times, 4/10/2009] Entity Tags: Leon Panetta, Central Intelligence Agency April 15, 2009: President Obama Chooses to Release Torture Memos; Advisers Deeply Divided President Obama presides over a deeply divided group of top advisers as he decides whether or not to release four Bush-era Justice Department memos documenting the Bush administration’s torture policies (see April 16, 2009). CIA Director Leon Panetta and his four immediate predecessors have already registered their flat disapproval of the memos’ release (see March 18, 2009 and After), as has Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan. On the other side are Attorney General Eric Holder, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair, and White House counsel Gregory Craig. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has indicated he supports the release because it is inevitable anyway—the memos are the subject of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit—and because Obama is willing to promise that no CIA officers will be prosecuted for abuse. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen sides with Gates. Obama presides over a “mini-debate” in the office of White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, where each side designates a spokesperson to present its views. When the debate is concluded, Obama immediately dictates a draft of his announcement of the memos’ release. During the discussion, Obama rejects the proposal that the memos’ release be delayed in anticipation of a so-called “truth commission” to investigate Bush torture policies, saying that such delay would just create further divisiveness. Craig argues persuasively that the judge overseeing the FOIA lawsuit is unlikely to grant any delays. Obama aides later say the president’s decision is in keeping with his frequent campaign promises that he would not only stop the torture and abuse of prisoners in US custody, but get to the truth behind the Bush administration’s torture policies. [Newsweek, 4/18/2009; Washington Post, 4/24/2009] Entity Tags: Robert M. Gates, US Department of Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Leon Panetta, Greg Craig, Dennis C. Blair, Barack Obama, John O. Brennan, Eric Holder, Michael Mullen April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos The White House releases four key Justice Department memos documenting the CIA’s use of harsh interrogation methods—torture—against suspected terrorists. The memos were released as a result of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The documents show that two high-level detainees were subjected to waterboarding at least 266 times between them. Al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida was waterboarded at least 83 times in August 2002, contradicting earlier CIA reports that he “broke” after a single waterboarding session (see December 10, 2007). Confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was waterboarded at least 183 times in March 2003. The so-called “insect” technique—exposure to insects within an enclosed box—was approved for use on Zubaida, but apparently never used. Numerous prisoners were subjected to “walling” and “sleep deprivation,” with at least one detainee subjected to the technique for 180 hours (over seven days). Three of the memos were written by then-Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) chief Steven Bradbury in May 2005 (see May 10, 2005, May 10, 2005, and May 30, 2005), and the fourth by Bradbury’s predecessor, Jay Bybee, in August 2002 (see August 1, 2002). [American Civil Liberties Union, 4/16/2009; New York Times, 4/19/2009; BBC, 4/23/2009] Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) says: “These legal memoranda demonstrate in alarming detail exactly what the Bush administration authorized for ‘high value detainees’ in US custody. The techniques are chilling. This was not an ‘abstract legal theory,’ as some former Bush administration officials have characterized it. These were specific techniques authorized to be used on real people.” [CNN, 4/17/2009] House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI) agrees, saying: “This release, as well as the decision to ban the use of such techniques in the future, will strengthen both our national security and our commitment to the rule of law and help restore our country’s standing in the international community. The legal analysis and some of the techniques in these memos are truly shocking and mark a disturbing chapter in our nation’s history.” [Think Progress, 4/16/2009] Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), whose committee is conducting an investigation of abusive interrogation methods used during the Bush administration, says Bush officials “inaccurately interpreted” the Geneva Conventions prohibiting torture. “I find it difficult to understand how the opinions found these interrogation techniques to be legal,” she says. “For example, waterboarding and slamming detainees head-first into walls, as described in the OLC opinions, clearly fall outside what is legally permissible.” [United Press International, 4/16/2009] White House Condemns Methods, Opposes Investigations - Attorney General Eric Holder says of the memos: “The president has halted the use of the interrogation techniques described in these opinions, and this administration has made clear from day one that it will not condone torture. We are disclosing these memos consistent with our commitment to the rule of law.” Holder adds that, according to a Justice Department statement, “intelligence community officials who acted reasonably and relied in good faith on authoritative legal advice from the Justice Department that their conduct was lawful, and conformed their conduct to that advice, would not face federal prosecutions for that conduct.” Holder states, “It would be unfair to prosecute dedicated men and women working to protect America for conduct that was sanctioned in advance by the Justice Department.” [US Department of Justice, 4/16/2009] President Obama condemns what he calls a “dark and painful chapter in our history,” and promises that such torture techniques will never be used again. However, he restates his opposition to a lengthy investigation into the program, saying that “nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” In contrast, Leahy says that the memos illustrate the need for an independent investigation. Dennis Blair, the director of national intelligence, points out that the memos were written at a time when the CIA was working to prevent a repeat of the 9/11 attacks. “Those methods, read on a bright, sunny, safe day in April 2009, appear graphic and disturbing,” he says. “But we will absolutely defend those who relied on these memos.” [New York Times, 4/19/2009] The ACLU demands criminal prosecution of Bush officials for their torture policies (see April 16, 2009). [American Civil Liberties Union, 4/16/2009] Techniques Include Waterboarding, Insect Exposure, 'Walling' - The memos show that several techniques were approved for use, including waterboarding, exposure to insects within a “confinement box,” being slammed into a wall, sleep deprivation, stress positions, forced nudity, and others. [American Civil Liberties Union, 4/16/2009; New York Times, 4/19/2009; BBC, 4/23/2009] Waterboarded Well beyond Allowed Procedures - Because the information about the waterboarding of Zubaida and Mohammed comes from the classified and heavily redacted CIA’s inspector general report, which has not yet been released to the public, the information is at least in part based on the videotapes of Zubaida’s interrogation sessions that were later destroyed by CIA officials (see March 6, 2009). The CIA memo explained that detainees could be waterboarded between 12 and 18 times in a single day, but only on five days during a single month—which mathematically only adds up to 90 times in a month, and thus does not explain how Mohammed could have been waterboarded 183 times in a month if these procedures were being followed. The memos also reveal that in practice, the waterboarding went far beyond the methodologies authorized by the Justice Department and used in SERE training (see December 2001 and July 2002). Information Unearthed by Blogger - Initial media reports fail to divulge the extraordinary number of times Zubaida and Mohammed were waterboarded. It falls to a blogger, Marcy Wheeler, to unearth the information from the CIA memo and reveal it to the public (see April 18, 2009). [Marcy Wheeler, 4/18/2009] Entity Tags: Marcy Wheeler, Central Intelligence Agency, Dennis C. Blair, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Dianne Feinstein, Jay S. Bybee, Geneva Conventions, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Bush administration (43), John Conyers, Office of Legal Counsel (DOJ), US Department of Justice, American Civil Liberties Union, Steven Bradbury, Patrick J. Leahy, Abu Zubaida, Obama administration April 17, 2009: Fox News Commentators Mock Idea of Using Insects to Torture Prisoners Fox News commentators mock the idea of using insects to torture prisoners, as was revealed in recently released Justice Department torture memos (see April 16, 2009). Mike Huckabee (R-AR), the former governor of Arkansas and a 2008 presidential candidate who now has his own talk show on Fox, says, “Look, I’ve been in some hotels where there were more bugs than these guys faced.” Huckabee goes on to characterize the Obama administration’s version of prisoner interrogation, saying, “We’re going to talk to them, we’re going to have a nice conversation, we’re going to invite them down for some tea and crumpets.” Huckabee’s fellow commentators Gretchen Carlson and Steve Doocy join in the hilarity. [Media Matters, 4/17/2009; Media Matters, 4/21/2009] Entity Tags: Gretchen Carlson, Fox News, Steve Doocy, Mike Huckabee Timeline Tags: Torture of US Captives, Domestic Propaganda April 18, 2009: Doctors, Medical Ethicists Horrified at News of Medical Professionals’ Participation in Torture Psychologists and medical ethicists react with horror to recent reports that a psychologist and various medical professionals took part in torturing prisoners—information that was revealed by recently released Justice Department memos (see April 16, 2009). A psychologist, whose name was redacted from the memos but is apparently James Mitchell (see January 2002 and After), provided, as the Washington Post reports, “ideas, practical advice, and even legal justification for interrogation methods that would break [detainee] Abu Zubaida, physically and mentally. Extreme sleep deprivation, waterboarding, the use of insects to provoke fear—all were deemed acceptable, in part because the psychologist said so.” The names of other psychologists and medical practicioners were also redacted from the memos. They monitored torture victims, helped keep them alive during sometimes-brutal interrogation sessions, and sometimes, the Post writes, “actively participated in designing the interrogation program and monitoring its implementation. Their presence also enabled the government to argue that the interrogations did not include torture.” The detainees were not the only ones being monitored. Psychologists were dispatched to each secret CIA prison, or “black site,” to make sure the medical professionals involved in the daily torture “could stand up, psychologically handle it,” says a former CIA official. Most of the psychologists were contract employees of the CIA. Debate over Ethics of Participating in Torture - Frank Donaghue of the advocacy group Physicians for Human Rights says: “The health professionals involved in the CIA program broke the law and shame the bedrock ethical traditions of medicine and psychology. All psychologists and physicians found to be involved in the torture of detainees must lose their license and never be allowed to practice again.” George Annas, a professor of health law and bioethics, says, “I don’t think we had any idea doctors were involved to this extent, and it will shock most physicians.” The use of doctors to monitor torture victims is “totally unethical.… In terms of ethics, it’s not even a close call.” The American Medical Association’s policy guidelines state that physicians “must not be present when torture is used or threatened,” and doctors can treat detainees only “if doing so is in their best interest” and not merely to monitor their health “so that torture can begin or continue.” Author and professor of medicine Steven Miles says the actions described in the memos are the “kind of stuff that doctors have been tried, convicted, and imprisoned for in other countries—and that’s what should happen here.” But Michael Gross, an Israeli author and professor, says if medical professionals believe particular interrogation tactics do not constitute torture, then there is no reason for them not to participate. “Physicians are faced with a hard dilemma,” he says. “They have professional obligations to do no harm, but they also have a duty as a citizen to provide expertise to their government when the national security is at stake. In a national security crisis, I believe our duties as citizens take precedence.” The American Psychological Association (APA) has condemned any participation by its members in interrogations involving torture, but critics of the organization have noted that the APA has failed to censure members involved in harsh interrogations. The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a 2006 report, “The interrogation process is contrary to international law and the participation of health personnel in such a process is contrary to international standards of medical ethics.” Memos Say US Doctors' Participation Morally Distinct from Instances in Other Countries - The memos acknowledged that the participation of medical professionals in torturing prisoners posed an ethical dilemma, but contended that the CIA’s use of doctors in such interrogations is morally distinct from the practices of other countries that practice torture. One such distinction was that doctors observing interrogations could stop them “if in their professional judgment the detainee may suffer severe physical or mental pain or suffering.” In one instance, the CIA chose not to subject a detainee to waterboarding due to a “medical contraindication,” according to a May 10, 2005, memo. [Washington Post, 4/18/2009] Entity Tags: Frank Donaghue, American Medical Association, Abu Zubaida, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington Post, Michael Gross, Steven Miles, George Annas, International Committee of the Red Cross, US Department of Justice, American Psychological Association April 19, 2009: Former CIA Director Refuses to Confirm Waterboarding of Terror Suspects Former CIA Director Michael Hayden refuses to confirm information from a recently released CIA memo that shows alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed had been waterboarded 183 times in a single month (see April 16, 2009). Even though the memo has been released to the public, Hayden says he believes that information is still classified. Hayden says he opposed the release of the memo and three others recently released by the White House. Even though President Obama has said that the US will never use waterboarding and other “harsh interrogation techniques” again, Hayden says: “At the tactical level, what we have described for our enemies in the midst of a war are the outer limits that any American would ever go to in terms of interrogating an al-Qaeda terrorist. That’s very valuable information. Now, it doesn’t mean we would always go to the outer limits, but it describes the box within which Americans will not go beyond. To me, that’s very useful for our enemies, even if as a policy matter, this president at this time had decided not to use one, any, or all of those techniques. It reveals the outer limits. That’s very important.” Hayden also disputes reports that suspected terrorist Abu Zubaida revealed nothing new after being tortured; he says that after Zubaida was subjected to waterboarding and other unspecified “techniques,” he revealed information leading to the capture of suspected terrorist Ramzi bin al-Shibh. [New York Times, 4/19/2009; Think Progress, 4/19/2009] Days later, former FBI interrogator Ali Soufan will reveal information that disputes Hayden’s claims (see Late March through Early June, 2002 and April 22, 2009). April 20, 2009: Fox Host ‘Feel[s] Better’ Knowing that Terror Suspect KSM Was Waterboarded 183 Times Brian Kilmeade. [Source: Chattahbox (.com)]Brian Kilmeade, a co-host of Fox News’s morning broadcast Fox and Friends, says he “feel[s] better” knowing that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a single month (see April 16, 2009 and April 18, 2009). “Guess what?” Kilmeade says. “Maybe if he were so scared of caterpillars [referring to militant training camp facilitator Abu Zubaida’s torture by insects—see August 1, 2002]… maybe he should have thought about that before he helped plot the taking down of 3,000-plus people on 9/11.” (Kilmeade is either unaware of, or ignoring, reports that show Zubaida may not have been a member of al-Qaeda and had no involvement in the 9/11 planning—see March 28, 2002, Shortly After March 28, 2002, and April 9, 2002 and After.) Kilmeade continues: “Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, I understand, was waterboarded 183 times. Did anyone care about that? Does anyone in America walk around going, ‘I’m really upset that the mastermind of 9/11 was waterboarded 183 times.’ That makes me feel better.… It’s unbelievable that people care more about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, uh, his health, than they would about the future attacks that are being hatched.” [Media Matters, 4/20/2009] Entity Tags: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Brian Kilmeade, Fox News April 21, 2009: Senate Intelligence Committee Report Shows Cheney, Rice Authorized Torture A newly declassified Senate Intelligence Committee chronology discloses that the small group of Bush-era Justice Department lawyers who wrote memos authorizing the torture of enemy detainees (see April 16, 2009 and April 9, 2008) did not operate on their own, but were authorized by top White House officials such as then-Vice President Dick Cheney and then-National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (see April 2002 and After). Other top officials, such as then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and then-Secretary of State Colin Powell, were apparently left out of the decision-making process. Former committee chairman John Rockefeller (D-WV) says the task of declassifying interrogation and detention opinions “is not complete,” and urges the prompt declassification of other Bush-era documents that, he says, will show how the Bush administration interpreted the laws governing torture and war crimes. The committee report began in the summer of 2008, at Rockefeller’s behest, and was drafted by committee staffers with heavy input from Bush officials. The entire effort was coordinated through the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. President Bush’s National Security Council refused to declassify the report; President Obama’s National Security Adviser, James Jones, signed off on its release and the committee clears it for release today. [Washington Post, 4/22/2009; McClatchy News, 4/22/2009] The Intelligence Committee report dovetails with a report issued by the Senate Armed Forces Committee that showed Defense Department officials debated torture methods months before the Justice Department authorized such methods (see April 21, 2009). The report also shows: The CIA thought al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida was withholding information about an imminent threat as early as April 2002 (see March 28-August 1, 2002), but did not receive authorization to torture him until three months later. Some Senate Intelligence Committee members were briefed on the torture of Zubaida and 9/11 plotter Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in 2002 and 2003. CIA Director George Tenet, in the spring of 2003, asked for a reaffirmation of the legality of torture methods (perhaps this memo—see June 1, 2003). Cheney, Rice, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales were among the participants at a meeting where it was decided that the torture policies would continue. Rumsfeld and Powell were not present. The CIA briefed Rumsfeld and Powell on interrogation techniques in September 2003. Administration officials had lasting concerns about the legality of waterboarding as they continued to justify its legitimacy. Reactions among other senators is divided, with John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) asking Obama not to prosecute Bush officials who authorized or gave advice concerning torture, and Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) reiterating his support for an independent “truth commission” to investigate the interrogations. [McClatchy News, 4/22/2009; Senate Intelligence Committee, 4/22/2009 ] In 2008, Bush admitted approving of his administration’s authorization of torture (see April 11, 2008). Entity Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Senate Intelligence Committee, Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, US Department of Justice, Colin Powell, Bush administration (43), Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Abu Zubaida, Alberto R. Gonzales, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Patrick J. Leahy, Lindsey Graham, George W. Bush, James L. Jones, John Ashcroft, John D. Rockefeller, George J. Tenet, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Donald Rumsfeld, National Security Council, John McCain, Joseph Lieberman April 22, 2009: Former FBI Interrogator Says Premises behind Torture are False Ali Soufan, an FBI supervisory special agent from 1997 to 2005, writes an op-ed for the New York Times about his experiences as a US interrogator. Soufan, who was one of the initial interrogators of suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaida (see Late March through Early June, 2002), says he has remained silent for seven years “about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding.” Until now, he has spoken only in closed government hearings, “as these matters were classified.” But now that the Justice Department has released several memos on interrogation (see April 16, 2009), he can publicly speak out about the memos. “I’ve kept my mouth shut about all this for seven years,” Soufan says. “I was in the middle of this, and it’s not true that these techniques were effective. We were able to get the information about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in a couple of days. We didn’t have to do any of this [torture]. We could have done this the right way.” [New York Times, 4/22/2009; Newsweek, 4/25/2009] In early 2002, Soufan trained Guantanamo interrogators in the use of non-coercive interrogation techniques; a colleague recalls the military intelligence officials in the session being resistant to the ideas Soufan proposed (see Early 2002). [Newsweek, 4/25/2009] 'False Premises' Underpinning Use of Torture - Soufan says the memos are based on what he calls “false premises.” One is the August 2002 memo granting retroactive authorization to use harsh interrogation methods on Zubaida on the grounds that previous methods had been ineffective (see August 1, 2002). Soufan asserts that his questioning of Zubaida had indeed been productive (contradicting earlier CIA claims—see December 10, 2007), and that he used “traditional interrogation methods” to elicit “important actionable intelligence” from the suspected operative. The harsh methods later used on Zubaida produced nothing that traditional methods could not have produced, Soufan says; moreover, those harsh techniques—torture—often “backfired” on the interrogators. Many of the methods used on detainees such as Zubaida remain classified, Soufan writes: “The short sightedness behind the use of these techniques ignored the unreliability of the methods, the nature of the threat, the mentality and modus operandi of the terrorists, and due process.” False Claims 'Proving' Usefulness of Torture - Some claim that Zubaida gave up information leading to the capture of suspected terrorists Ramzi bin al-Shibh and Jose Padilla. “This is false,” Soufan writes. “The information that led to Mr. Shibh’s capture came primarily from a different terrorist operative who was interviewed using traditional methods. As for Mr. Padilla, the dates just don’t add up: the harsh techniques were approved in the memo of August 2002, Mr. Padilla had been arrested that May.” Restoring the 'Chinese Wall' - Because of the use of torture by the CIA, the two agencies will once again be separated by what Soufan calls “the so-called Chinese wall between the CIA and FBI, similar to the communications obstacles that prevented us from working together to stop the 9/11 attacks.” Since the FBI refused to torture suspects in its custody, “our agents who knew the most about the terrorists could have no part in the investigation. An FBI colleague of mine who knew more about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed than anyone in the government was not allowed to speak to him.” Targeted Investigations - Soufan writes that any investigations into the use of torture by the CIA should not seek to punish the interrogators who carried out the government’s policies. “That would be a mistake,” he writes. “Almost all the agency officials I worked with on these issues were good people who felt as I did about the use of enhanced techniques: it is un-American, ineffective, and harmful to our national security.” Soufan goes farther, adding, “It’s worth noting that when reading between the lines of the newly released memos, it seems clear that it was contractors, not CIA officers, who requested the use of these techniques.” The CIA itself must not be targeted for retribution, Soufan writes, as “[t]he agency is essential to our national security.” Instead, “[w]e must ensure that the mistakes behind the use of these techniques are never repeated.” [New York Times, 4/22/2009; Newsweek, 4/25/2009] Entity Tags: US Department of Justice, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Jose Padilla, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ali Soufan, Abu Zubaida, Ramzi bin al-Shibh April 23, 2009: Cheney’s Daughter Denies Interrogation Tactics Constitute Torture Because of Their SERE Derivation Liz Cheney, a former State Department official and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, defends the Bush administration’s practices of torture by denying that anything authorized by the administration was, in fact, torture. Cheney, interviewed on MSNBC, is responding to the issues raised by the recent Senate Armed Services Committee report on Bush-era torture policies (see April 21, 2009). “The tactics are not torture, we did not torture,” she says. To bolster her denial, Cheney says that the tactics are not torture because they were derived from training methods employed in the SERE program (see December 2001, January 2002 and After, and July 2002). “Everything that was done in this program, as has been laid out and described before, are tactics that our own people go through in SERE training,” Cheney says. “We did not torture our own people. These techniques are not torture.” Progressive news Web site Think Progress notes that in the May 30, 2005 torture memo (see May 30, 2005), then-Justice Department official Steven Bradbury wrote, “Individuals undergoing SERE training are obviously in a very different situation from detainees undergoing interrogation; SERE trainees know it is part of a training program, not a real-life interrogation regime, they presumably know it will last only a short time, and they presumably have assurances that they will not be significantly harmed by the training.” [Think Progress, 4/23/2009] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Steven Bradbury, Senate Armed Services Committee, Elizabeth (“Liz”) Cheney April 24, 2009: Gingrich Refuses to Say if Waterboarding Is Torture Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), a likely candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential candidacy, refuses to say whether waterboarding is or is not torture. Interviewed on Fox News, Gingrich calls the release of the four Bush-era Justice Department memos authorizing and defending torture (see April 16, 2009) “a big mistake,” but adds, “I want to see the United States run the risk, at times, of not learning certain things in order to establish a standard for civilization.” When asked if waterboarding is torture, Gingrich refuses to give a straight answer. “I think it’s something we shouldn’t do,” he says, but then adds: “Lawyers I respect a great deal say it is absolutely within the law. Other lawyers say it absolutely is not. I mean, this is a debatable area.” When asked if waterboarding violates the Geneva Conventions, Gingrich again demurs, saying, “I honestly don’t know.” He then says, “I think—I think that there—I am exactly where Senator [John] McCain was.” McCain has long opposed the use of torture (see July 24, 2005 and After, October 1, 2005, November 21, 2005, December 13, 2005, December 15, 2005, and April 20, 2009). [Think Progress, 4/26/2004] Entity Tags: John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Bush administration (43) April 25, 2009: New York Times Uses Term ‘Brutal,’ Refuses to Use ‘Torture’ in Reporting New York Times editor Clark Hoyt, in a column entitled “Telling the Brutal Truth,” writes of the lengthy discussions among Times editors and staffers on using the term “torture” in their reports and editorials. Hoyt writes that the term is not used in news reports, though it is in editorials. “Until this month,” he writes, “what the Bush administration called ‘enhanced’ interrogation techniques were ‘harsh’ techniques in the news pages of the Times. Increasingly, they are ‘brutal.’” He characterizes the decision to use, or not use, the word “torture” as an example of “the linguistic minefields that journalists navigate every day in the quest to describe the world accurately and fairly.” He notes that the final decision—to rely on the adjective “brutal”—“displeas[es] some who think ‘brutal’ is just a timid euphemism for torture [as well as] their opponents who think ‘brutal’ is too loaded.” Reader Criticism - Hoyt notes that some readers have criticized the Times for its lack of “backbone” in not using the term “torture” in its reporting, with one writing that by refusing to use the term, “you perpetuate the fantasy that calling a thing by something other than its name will change the thing itself.” Others say that even using the word “brutal” is “outrageously biased.” 'Harsh' Not Accurately Descriptive - Hoyt notes that in the process of editing an April 10 news report on the CIA’s closing of its network of secret overseas prisons (see April 10, 2009), reporter Scott Shane and editor Douglas Jehl debated over the wording of the first paragraph. Jehl had written that the interrogation methods used in the prisons were “widely denounced as illegal torture,” a phrase Jehl changed to “harshest interrogation methods.” Shane argued that the term “harshest” was not strong enough, and the two agreed to use the word “brutal.” After reading the recently released Justice Department torture memos (see April 16, 2009), managing editor Jill Abramson said a new and stronger term needed to be used. “Harsh sounded like the way I talked to my kids when they were teenagers and told them I was going to take the car keys away,” she says. She, too, came down in favor of “brutal” after conferring with legal experts and Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet. But senior editors have all agreed that the word torture will not be used except in quoting others’ descriptions of the methods. “I have resisted using torture without qualification or to describe all the techniques,” Jehl says. “Exactly what constitutes torture continues to be a matter of debate and hasn’t been resolved by a court. This president and this attorney general say waterboarding is torture, but the previous president and attorney general said it is not. On what basis should a newspaper render its own verdict, short of charges being filed or a legal judgment rendered?” [New York Times, 4/25/2009] Accusation of Bias, Semantic Games - Media critic Brad Jacobson accuses Hoyt and the Times staff of engaging in meaningless semantic wordplay instead of labeling torture as what it is, and notes that Hoyt seems to admit that public opinion, not journalistic standards, has determined what terms the Times will and will not use. Jacobson writes: “1) If the Times called techniques such as waterboarding torture in its reporting, which it should based on US and international law, legal experts, historians, military judges, combat veterans, and human rights organizations, and described, however briefly, what that torture entailed, then the use of modifying adjectives such as ‘harsh’ or ‘brutal’ would not only be superfluous but, in a news story, better left out; and 2) isn’t the Times (along with any news outlet that has failed to report these acts as torture) directly responsible in some way for inspiring the kind of response it received from readers [who objected to the term ‘brutal’]? If readers are not provided the facts—a) waterboarding is torture and b) torture is illegal—while Times editors are simultaneously ascribing arbitrary descriptors to it like ‘brutal’ or ‘harsh,’ then the Times is not only denying its readers the necessary information to understand the issue but this denial may also lead directly to accusations of bias.” He also notes that Jehl censored Shane’s story to eliminate the reference to the methods being “widely denounced as illegal torture,” and asks why Abramson discussed the matter with legal experts rather than determining if waterboarding, physical assaults, and other techniques do indeed qualify as torture under the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture (see October 21, 1994), and other binding laws and treaties. [Raw Story, 4/26/2009] Entity Tags: Douglas Jehl, Central Intelligence Agency, Brad Jacobson, Clark Hoyt, Dean Baquet, Scott Shane, Convention Against Torture, Jill Abramson, Geneva Conventions, US Department of Justice, New York Times April 28, 2009: Media Recalls False Claim by Former CIA Officer in Light of New Waterboarding Revelations Following the release of a set of Bush administration memos about torture (see April 16, 2009) and the discovery that militant training camp facilitator Abu Zubaida was waterboarded 83 times in one month (see April 18, 2009), some commentators recall comments made by former CIA officer John Kiriakou. Kiriakou's Media Blitz - In late 2007, shortly after the CIA admitted destroying videos of Zubaida (see November 2005 and December 6, 2007), Kiriakou toured media outlets, saying that Zubaida had only been waterboarded once (see December 10, 2007 and December 11, 2007). New York Times reporter Brian Stelter writes the most comprehensive treatment of Kiriakou’s “media blitz,” in an article entitled “How ‘07 ABC Interview Tilted a Torture Debate.” He points out that Kiriakou’s claim of only one waterboarding was “repeated by dozens of broadcasts, blogs, and newspapers” and “quickly ricocheted around the media.” This despite the fact that Kiriakou was not present at the black site where Zubaida was interrogated, and only learned of his treatment from reading accounts from the field. This injected the claim of one waterboarding into the public debate without the CIA having to make it itself. When asked about the false claim, CIA spokesman Paul Gimigliano replies: “This agency did not publicly disclose the frequency with which the waterboard was used, noting only that it was employed with three detainees. If reporters got that wrong, they weren’t misled from here.” Waterboarding Was Necessary - In addition, Kiriakou said that at the time it did produce results and he had thought it was necessary then, statements that were repeated and amplified around the media. The net effect of his interjection in the debate was to make the torture seem much less harsh than it really was, diverting criticism away from the CIA. [New York Times, 4/28/2009] CIA Media Plant? - Numerous other commentators will make similar points. For example, in a piece entitled “John Kiriakou: CIA Media Plant?” Foreign Policy magazine commentator Annie Lowery says: “It all seems a bit strange to me, and leads to one obvious possibility: John Kiriakou—telegenic and well-spoken John Kiriakou, who never went to jail for blasting state secrets on television—was told the story to tell and released onto an unsuspecting public. It’s an impression the CIA will have difficulty dulling now.” [Foreign Policy, 4/28/2009] Kiriakou Admits He Was Wrong - In 2010, Kiriakou will publish a book and in it he will mention in passing that his earlier claims were wrong. He did not take part in Zubaida’s interrogation and he was wrong about Zubaida being only waterboarded one time, and about him freely confessing afterwards. He will claim that he was a dupe used by the CIA to promote disinformation, writing, “In retrospect, it was a valuable lesson in how the CIA uses the fine arts of deception even among its own.” [Foreign Policy, 1/26/2010] Entity Tags: John Kiriakou, Paul Gimigliano, Brian Stelter, Central Intelligence Agency, Annie Lowery April 30, 2009: Military Psychologists Paid $1,000/Day to Devise Torture Program, ‘Misrepresented’ Safety, Efficacy of Waterboarding ABC News learns that two former military officers, both psychologists, were paid $1,000 a day to design a program to torture and waterboard detainees in US custody. The psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen (see January 2002 and After, April 16, 2002, Mid-April 2002, and Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002), were recipients of a contract awarded by the CIA to their firm, Mitchell Jessen and Associates. Mitchell and Jessen told the CIA that waterboarding was safe to use on prisoners. The American Civil Liberties Union’s Jameel Jaffer says, “It’s clear that these psychologists had an important role in developing what became the CIA’s torture program.” According to ABC, “Associates say the two made good money doing it, boasting of being paid a thousand dollars a day by the CIA to oversee the use of the techniques on top al-Qaeda suspects at CIA secret sites.” Air Force interrogator Colonel Steven Kleinman says, “The whole intense interrogation concept that we hear about is essentially their concepts.” ABC notes that “neither Mitchell nor Jessen had any experience in conducting actual interrogations before the CIA hired them.” A military officer says that the CIA “went to two individuals who had no interrogation experience. They are not interrogators.” The CIA came to believe that the waterboarding “expertise” they claimed was “misrepresented,” and therefore the claims that waterboarding was “medically safe” and “effective” were questionable. As ABC notes, “The waterboarding used on al-Qaeda detainees was far more intense than the brief sessions used on US military personnel in the training classes.” [ABC News, 4/30/2009; Raw Story, 5/1/2009] Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, ABC News, Al-Qaeda, Bruce Jessen, Steve Kleinman, Jameel Jaffer, James Elmer Mitchell, Mitchell Jessen and Associates May 4, 2009: Military Psychologist Says Use of Torture Ethically Necessary Bryce Lefever, a former military psychologist who worked with the US military’s SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) program, says the techniques reverse-engineered from the program and used to torture terrorism suspects in US custody are justified. Lefever has worked with two military psychologists, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, since 1990, developing techniques for SERE training. That training helps prepare US soldiers to resist torture if they are captured by enemy forces and interrogated. Mitchell and Jessen helped create the torture program of interrogation used by the US against suspected terrorists (see January 2002 and After, April 16, 2002, and Mid-April 2002). Lefever himself served as a military psychologist at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, where prisoners were routinely tortured and brutalized. Patriots - Unlike many critics who have attacked the psychologists’ lack of ethics and concern, Lefever calls Mitchell and Jessen patriots. “I think the media ought to give us a big ol’ thank you for our efforts on behalf of America,” Lefever says. “There should be some recognition of the effort—the really extreme effort—that we’ve gone through to help.” Ethically Compelled to Construct Torture Program - Lefever says the criticism of Mitchell and Jessen is unfounded and stems from a basic misunderstanding of the ethical mission of psychologists. “[T]he idea that they would be involved in producing some pain just seems at first blush to be something that would be wrong, because we ‘do no harm,’” he says, but “the ethical consideration is always to do the most good for the most people.” Because torturing a “few” prisoners might well produce intelligence that would help prevent another attack on the magnitude of 9/11, Lefever says, it was incumbent on Mitchell, Jessen, and himself to use their knowledge of SERE tactics to construct an interrogation program that might elicit such actionable intelligence. “America’s house was broken into on 9/11 and someone had to raise their hand to stop it,” he says. “And early on there was a sense of desperation in intelligence-gathering.” Lefever has no doubts that torture works to produce reliable intelligence. “You know, the tough nut to crack, if you keep him awake for a week, you torture him, you tie his arms behind him, you have him on the ground—anyone can be brought beyond their ability to resist.” Indeed, he says, it would have been unethical for him not to come forward: “America is my client; Americans are who I care about. I have no fondness for the enemy and I don’t feel like I need to take care of their mental health needs.” Mitchell, Jessen, and other military psychologists felt the same way, he says. “Anyone who wants to throw stones in this situation really needs to step back and figure out what they themselves would do in these situations and not just be ‘ivory tower’ critics,” he notes. “Most of the time they have no idea what they’re talking about.” [National Public Radio, 5/4/2009] Accused of Abandoning Ethical Code - Psychologist Stephen Soldz, who writes for the organization Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice, is highly critical of Lefever’s stance, accusing him of renouncing the psychologists’ code of ethics, and notes that Lefever implicitly acknowledges that SERE tactics were used on US detainees, an admission CIA and Pentagon officials have been loath to make. [Psychoanalysts for Peace and Justice, 5/4/2009] Entity Tags: James Elmer Mitchell, Bruce Jessen, Bryce Lefever, Stephen Soldz May 5, 2009: Experts Find ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ Justification of Torture Fallacious Experts say that the so-called “ticking time bomb” scenario, which is often used to justify the use of torture, is fallacious. Many novels (see 1960), movies, and television shows, most recently Fox’s 24 (see Fall 2006), routinely portray a time-critical scene where the hero of the story must torture a prisoner to obtain information needed to avert an imminent attack, usually the “ticking time bomb” planted and ready to explode. Terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman says that such scenarios are dubious at best. “I’ve personally been told that they happen but I have to admit that in the years, in now the decade I have been told about it, I have become increasingly skeptical,” he says. “A ticking bomb becomes a default assumption which in turn becomes a legitimization or justification for torture. And in actual fact, even though people have told me about it, I have yet to see an actual documented case independently of what I was told.” Former CIA agent Michael Scheuer says that he knows of cases where torture elicited useful and critical information, but refuses to give specifics. CIA officials are unwilling or unable to provide details of the effectiveness of techniques such as waterboarding. Former military interrogator Matthew Alexander (see December 2-4, 2008) says of the CIA’s waterboarding of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (see April 16, 2009 and April 18, 2009), “What I get most out of the waterboarding of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is that any approach—I don’t care what it is—if you have to do it 183 times, it is not working,” he says. “When they did use the waterboard on Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, what they were getting each time was the absolute minimum he could get away with. And that’s what you get when you use torture—you get the absolute minimum amount of information.” [National Public Radio, 5/5/2009] Entity Tags: Bruce Hoffman, Matthew Alexander, Michael Scheuer, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed August 12, 2009: Former SERE Chief: Techniques to ‘Break’ Prisoners Not Useful for Extracting Information Malcolm Nance, the former master instructor and chief of training at the Navy’s Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) School who now serves as a consultant on counterterrorism and terrorism intelligence for the US government, makes a cogent point about “breaking” interrogation subjects. Nance is interviewed by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, who asks: “One of the other things that I think is a term that sort of gets bandied around by civilians who don’t have experience in these things when we talk about, not only the politics of interrogation, but also the utility of interrogation, is this idea of somebody being broken, a prisoner, the subject of an interrogation being a broken person. And that was described by political actors about interrogation techniques as sort of the goal, about what the idea was to—what the object was of what we wanted to be doing to al-Qaeda prisoners. Does breaking a person in interrogation terms make sense if what you’re trying to do is get real information out of them?” Nance replies, “The process of ‘breaking,’ quote-unquote, a prisoner is not something interrogators do. Interrogators really don’t want to break you down as a human being and take away all of your ability to think and reason and give a coherent answer. That was something that was developed by totalitarian and hostile regimes who saw that a confession is what they wanted out of you. They didn’t care whether you had done it or not. A confession is what they needed out of you, and to get that confession, what they would do is break you physically, psychologically, and mentally so that you could get into a state of learned helplessness and you would comply no matter what they would say. Now, this killed hundreds, if not thousands, of American service members in Korea, World War II, and Vietnam. And this is not something which any real interrogator would want to try because, of course, at that point, you are not getting information. You are just getting compliance. And any idiot can comply and that makes no intelligence whatsoever.” Nance and Maddow note that former SERE psychologists Bruce Jessen and James Mitchell, the two SERE psychologists who designed the US torture program (see Late 2001-Mid-March 2002, January 2002 and After, Late March through Early June, 2002, April - June 2002, Mid-April 2002, April 16, 2002, Between Mid-April and Mid-May 2002, Mid-May 2002 and After, June 2002, July 2002, April 2009, and April 30, 2009), were experienced in the methodologies of “breaking” prisoners and not in extracting useful information. [MSNBC, 8/13/2009] Entity Tags: Bruce Jessen, Rachel Maddow, Malcolm Nance, James Mitchell	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line376
__label__cc	0.582412	0.417588	Home » Timelines by Topic » Topics » International Affairs » Conflicts » Events Leading to Iraq Invasion Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq Project: Events Leading Up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq Open-Content project managed by Derek, KJF, mtuck previous \| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 \| next January 2003: Office of Global Communications Created; Intended to Coordinate Information Dissemination and Administration Talking Points President Bush signs an executive order creating the Office of Global Communications (OGC—see July 30, 2002), whose mission is to “ensure consistency in messages that will promote the interests of the United States abroad, prevent misunderstanding, build support for and among coalition partners of the United States, and inform international audiences.” The OGC soon sends out a daily “Global Messenger” e-mail of talking points to administration officials, US embassies, Congress, and outside recipients. It organizes daily telephone conference calls to coordinate foreign policy messages among US government agencies and representatives of British Prime Minister Tony Blair. PR expert Sheldon Rampton later writes, “These activities may sound innocuous. The idea of ‘ensuring consistency’ is a cardinal rule of PR crisis communications, whose practitioners try whenever possible to make sure that all messages flow through a single, controlling channel. In practice, however, ensuring consistency leads to a concerted effort to enforce a ‘party line’ on all messages emanating from the US government, effectively silencing officials whose point of view contradicts the official institutional message.” [PRWatch, 4/2003; US State Department, 9/28/2004] Entity Tags: George W. Bush, Sheldon Rampton, Tony Blair, Office of Global Communications Timeline Tags: US Military, Domestic Propaganda Category Tags: Media Coverage, Politicization of Intelligence, Propaganda, Public Opinion on Iraqi Threat January 2003: US Decides for Third Time Not to Attack Al-Zarqawi Camp in Northern Iraq British police discover a ricin lab allegedly connected to a militant training camp in northern Iraq controlled by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Six suspects are arrested in London. The US has known about the camp and its ties to chemical weapons production for months, and twice the US military has drawn up plans for a strike upon it, and twice the White House has decided against taking action (see June 2002 and November 2002). Based on these new developments in London, the US military draws up a third attack plan against the camp, but again the White House rejects taking action. [MSNBC, 3/2/2004] Communications intercepts indicate that al-Zarqawi is still making calls on his satellite phone from within the camp. [Wall Street Journal, 10/25/2004] Lt. Gen. Michael DeLong, deputy commander to Gen. Tommy Franks at Central Command at the time, will later say that the training camp “was so troubling to us. We almost took them out three months before the Iraq war started. We almost took that thing, but we were so concerned that the chemical cloud from there could devastate the region that we chose to take them by land rather than by smart weapons.” [PBS Frontline, 6/20/2006] However, in March 2003 shortly after the Iraq war begins, the camp will actually be hit by air strikes and not the land attack indicated by DeLong (see March 20, 2003). NBC News will later comment, “Military officials insist their case for attacking al-Zarqawi’s operation was airtight, but the [Bush] administration feared destroying the terrorist camp in Iraq could undercut its case for war against Saddam [Hussein].” [MSNBC, 3/2/2004] President Bush will secretly decide around early March 2003 not to attack the camp until the US invasion of Iraq is underway later that month (see Early March 2003). Entity Tags: Michael DeLong, National Security Council, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, US Military, White House Timeline Tags: Iraq under US Occupation Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Al Zarqawi Allegation January 2003: CIA Doubts Iraqi Government Used Salman Pak to Train Terrorists The CIA reports to the White House that it has serious doubts about reports that the Iraqi military base at Salman Pak was ever used to train Islamist terrorists (see April 6, 2003). The agency reports in part, “The probability that the training provided at such centers, e.g. Salman Pak, was similar to that al-Qaeda could offer at its own camps in Afghanistan, combined with the sourcing difficulties, leads us to conclude that we need additional corroboration before we can validate that this low level basic terrorist training for al-Qaeda occurred in Iraq.” [Knight Ridder, 6/17/2004] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Central Intelligence Agency Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Politicization of Intelligence, Poisons and Gases January 2003: Report: US Lacks Mechanisms to Plan, Coordinate Iraq Reconstruction The Commission on Post-Conflict Reconstruction, a group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Strategic and International Studies, releases a report entitled “Play to Win,” which addresses the problem of reconstruction in post-invasion Iraq. The commission, a bipartisan group of retired military and civilian leaders, cautions: “Given the sheer complexity of post-conflict reconstruction efforts, developing a clear strategic plan of action is critical to success. Such a plan should articulate the US interests at stake, define US objectives for the intervention, and lay out the strategy for achieving these policy objectives, and a clear division of labor delineating who is responsible for what aspects of the plan’s implementation. Perhaps even more important than the plan itself is the strategic development and planning process, which allows key players to build working relationships, identify potential inconsistencies and gaps, synchronize their actions, and better understand their roles.” Unfortunately, the report concludes, the federal government lacks the mechanisms necessary for proper planning and coordination of such an effort. [Roberts, 2008, pp. 124-125] Entity Tags: Heritage Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Bush administration (43), Commission on Post-Conflict Reconstruction Category Tags: Pre-war Planning, Predictions January-July 2003: Bush Administration Delays Release of 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Report until after Start of Iraq War The final version of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry’s report is heavily censored. [Source: Agence France-Presse]The 9/11 Congressional Inquiry is originally expected to release its complete and final report in January 2003, but the panel spends seven months negotiating with the Bush administration about what material can be made public, and the final report is not released until July 2003. In late March 2003, the US launches an attack on Iraq, beginning a long war. [Washington Post, 7/27/2003] The administration originally wanted two thirds of the report to remain classified. [Associated Press, 5/31/2003] The inquiry concluded in July 2002 that Mohamed Atta never met with an Iraqi agent in Prague, as some have claimed, but it is unable to make that conclusion public until now (see Late July 2002). Former Senator Max Cleland (D-GA), a member of the 9/11 Commission, will later claim: “The administration sold the connection [between Iraq and al-Qaeda] to scare the pants off the American people and justify the war. There’s no connection, and that’s been confirmed by some of bin Laden’s terrorist followers.… What you’ve seen here is the manipulation of intelligence for political ends. The reason this report was delayed for so long—deliberately opposed at first, then slow-walked after it was created—is that the administration wanted to get the war in Iraq in and over… before [it] came out. Had this report come out in January [2003] like it should have done, we would have known these things before the war in Iraq, which would not have suited the administration.” [United Press International, 7/25/2003] Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), one of the inquiry’s chairmen, also suspects that the administration deliberately does not hurry the declassification process along. However, he thinks this is because there is a “direct line between the terrorists and the government of Saudi Arabia.” According to author Philip Shenon, Graham thinks the administration wants to keep this material from the public because of its “determination to keep Saudi oil flowing to the United States.” [Shenon, 2008, pp. 50-51] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Daniel Robert (“Bob”) Graham, Al-Qaeda, 9/11 Commission, Max Cleland, 9/11 Congressional Inquiry, Osama bin Laden Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Politicization of Intelligence, Atta in Prague Connection January 2003-March 2003: Bush Officials Debate Whether to Seek Second UN Resolution Officials in the Bush administration debate whether or not they will seek a second UN resolution prior to invading Iraq. The debate centers on the issue of whether or not France and “other reluctant allies” will give in to US demands. The New York Times reports on January 17 that officials plan “to confront France, Germany and other skeptics of military action against Iraq by demanding that they agree publicly that Iraq had defied the United Nations Security Council.” Some officials believe that these nations can eventually be won over using a variety of incentives, including promises of contracts in post-Saddam Iraq. Other officials, however, believe that France will never submit to the US request, and are of the opinion that the US should “not bother to seek a second resolution condemning Iraq and authorizing the use of force.” [New York Times, 1/23/2003] Though the existence of this debate is a matter of the public record by mid-January, what is not known at this time is that some of those involved are probably obtaining their information from a “dirty-tricks” surveillance campaign that the intelligence services of the US, Britain, and possibly Australian, are conducting on the UN delegates of other UN Security Council members states (see January 31, 2003). Entity Tags: United Nations Security Council, Bush administration (43) Category Tags: Legal Justification, Spying on the UN After January 2003: Gen. Franks Rejects Anabasis Plan Execution of the Anabasis project (see Late November 2001 or December 2001) is blocked by General Tommy Franks. Journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn write in their book Hubris that Franks “didn’t want a sideshow interfering with his carefully designed invasion plans.” Instead the Anabasis team, which has been waiting in Jordan (see January 2003), will help US forces cut roads and establish ties with local mullahs when the invasion begins. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 211 Sources: John Maguire] Entity Tags: Anabasis, Thomas Franks Timeline Tags: Alleged Use of False Flag Attacks Category Tags: Anabasis Early January 2003: White House Staffers Tasked with Improving Draft of Powell’s UN Speech CIA officials John McLaughlin and Robert Walpole send a revised version of a paper on Iraq’s alleged illicit weapons and terrorist ties to the White House. The paper, a rebuttal to Iraq’s December 7 declaration (see December 7, 2002) to the UN, is to serve as the basis for Powell’s February 5 speech (see February 5, 2003) before the UN Security Council. McLaughlin and Walpole say that it is the best they can do. But the White House is not impressed. Bush redelegates the task to Stephen Hadley and I. Lewis Libby, who go to the CIA to search for additional intelligence that they can add to the draft speech. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 175] Entity Tags: Lewis (“Scooter”) Libby, George W. Bush, John E. McLaughlin, Stephen J. Hadley, Robert Walpole Category Tags: Powell's Speech to UN Early January 2003: CIA Report Casts Further Doubt on Allegation that Iraq Trained Al-Qaeda Operatives in ‘Poisons and Gases’ The CIA issues an updated version of its September 2002 classified internal report (see September 2002) which stated that according to “sources of varying reliability,” Iraq had provided “training in poisons and gases” to al-Qaeda operatives. The allegation in that report was based on information provided by a captured Libyan national by the name of Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi. In this new updated version of the report, the CIA adds that “the detainee [al-Libi] was not in a position to know if any training had taken place.” It is not known whether this report is seen by White House officials. [Newsweek, 11/10/2005] Intelligence provided by al-Libi about Iraq will also be included in Secretary of State Colin Powell’s speech to the UN one month later (see February 5, 2003). Entity Tags: Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, Central Intelligence Agency Early January, 2003: Italian Intelligence Chief Tells CIA that Niger Documents Are Fake Nicolo Pollari, the chief of the Italian intelligence agency SISMI, personally warns the CIA that the documents “proving” that Iraq attempted to buy uranium from Niger (see Between Late 2000 and September 11, 2001, Late September 2001-Early October 2001, October 15, 2001, December 2001, February 5, 2002, February 12, 2002, October 9, 2002, October 15, 2002, January 2003, February 17, 2003, March 7, 2003, March 8, 2003, and 3:09 p.m. July 11, 2003) are fakes. [CounterPunch, 11/9/2005] Entity Tags: SISMI, Central Intelligence Agency, Nicolo Pollari Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation Early January 2003: President Bush Reportedly Tells Condoleezza Rice ‘We’re Going to Have To Go To War’ According to Bob Woodward’s book, Plan of Attack, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice visits George Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. Bush tells her: “We’re not winning. Time is not on our side here. Probably going to have to, we’re going to have to go to war.” [Washington Post, 4/17/2004] When the contents of Woodward’s book are reported in mid-April 2004, many people interpret Bush’s statement as a decision to go to war. But Rice will deny that that was the case. “… I just want it to be understood: That was not a decision to go to war,” she will say. “The decision to go to war is in March. The president is saying in that conversation, I think the chances are that this is not going to work out any other way. We’re going to have to go to war.” [Associated Press, 4/19/2004] Entity Tags: Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush Category Tags: The Decision to Invade, Decision to Invade Quotes January 2, 2003: Bush Says He Hopes US Will Not Have To Go to War At his ranch in Crawford, Texas, President Bush converses with the press about the economy, Iraq, and North Korea. When one reporter asks whether or not the US can afford to go to war with Iraq, given the downturn in the economy, the president interrupts the reporter mid-sentence, saying, “First of all, you know, I’m hopeful we won’t have to go war, and let’s leave it at that.” [White House, 1/2/2003] Category Tags: Decision to Invade Quotes January 2, 2003: After 237 Inspections, UN Teams Find Nothing UN inspection teams have so far completed 237 visits to suspected weapons sites since the inspections began 5 weeks ago. [Associated Press, 1/2/2003] Lt. Gen. Hussam Muhammad Amin, the chief Iraqi liaison to the UN inspectors, says: “The inspectors did not find any prohibited activities nor any prohibited items in those [237] sites visited up until now. .. All those activities proved that the Iraqi declarations are credible and the American allegations and claims are baseless…. The American administration is trying to create some pretexts to attack Iraq, to exercise their aggression against Iraq.” [New York Times, 1/3/2003] Entity Tags: Hussam Mohammad Amin, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission Category Tags: Weapons Inspections January 3, 2003-January 6, 2003: Poll Shows Widespread Misperceptions About Iraq, 9/11 Among US Citizens A poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates among 1,204 adults indicates widespread misperception regarding Iraq. The poll finds that almost 25 percent believe the Bush administration has “publicly released evidence tying Iraq to the planning and funding of the September 11 attacks, and more than 1 in 3 respondents didn’t know or refused to answer.” [Knight Ridder, 1/12/2003] 44 percent of those polled believe that “most” or “some” of the September 11 hijackers were Iraqi citizens and only 17 percent know that none of the hijackers were Iraqis. [Editor & Publisher, 3/26/2003] The margin of error is estimated to be 3 percent. [Knight Ridder, 1/12/2003] Entity Tags: Princeton Survey Research Associates Category Tags: Propaganda, Public Opinion on Iraqi Threat January 6, 2003: No ‘Smoking Gun’ For Iraqi Nuclear Capabilities, Says ElBaradei Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei says that his inspections teams have yet to find a “smoking gun… that Iraq has lied in its declaration on the nuclear issue.… I think we need still a few months before we can reach that conclusion. We haven’t seen a smoking gun, but we still have a lot of work to do before we come to the conclusion that Iraq is clean.” [CNN, 1/6/2003; Scotsman, 1/7/2003; Daily Telegraph, 1/8/2003] Melissa Fleming, an IAEA spokeswoman, adds that it is “too early to draw sweeping or final conclusions.” She also says that laboratory tests of air and earth samples have also provided inspectors with “nothing significant” that would lead them “to draw conclusions that they have been building a nuclear program.” [Associated Press, 1/7/2003] Entity Tags: Melissa Fleming, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei January 7, 2003: Developing Nations Want UN Weapons Inspectors’ Report to Be Presented in Public Developing nations, led by South Africa, demand that the UN weapons inspectors’ January 27 report be presented in public rather than during a closed-door meeting. In a letter to the UN Security Council, South Africa’s ambassador Dumisani Kumalo says that the entire UN membership would benefit from “receiving a first-hand account of this important report.” [Reuters, 1/7/2003] Entity Tags: Dumisani Kumalo January 7, 2003: No Doubt in Rumsfeld’s Mind that Iraq Has Chemical, Biological WMD At a press briefing, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says, “There is no doubt in my mind but that they [Iraq] currently have chemical and biological weapons.” [Associated Press, 1/7/2003] Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Propaganda, Chemical & Bio Weapons Allegations January 8, 2003: Britain Urges US to Hold Off Invading Iraq, Give Inspectors More Time Britain urges the Bush administration to hold off its planned invasion of Iraq. A senior Whitehall source tells the Telegraph of London, “The Prime Minister has made it clear that, unless there is a smoking gun, the inspectors have to be given time to keep searching.” Britain’s softening on its position towards Iraq is attributed to the acknowledgement among its ministers and senior officials that there is no legal case for using military action against Iraq. [Daily Telegraph, 1/9/2003] Entity Tags: Tony Blair, Bush administration (43) Category Tags: Legal Justification January 9, 2003: White House Says WMDs Are in Iraq White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer asserts during his daily press briefing, “We know for a fact that there are weapons there.” [White House, 1/9/2003] Entity Tags: Ari Fleischer Category Tags: WMD Allegations January 9, 2003: UN Report Says Iraq War Tensions Negatively Affected Iraq Growth A UN report, titled, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2003, observes that tensions over an imminent war in the Middle East are “having a negative impact on global economic growth through the higher price of oil, rising economic uncertainty and the decrease in business and consumer confidence that they have generated,” and that therefore “an escalation of conflict in that area would only have damaging effects.” The report notes that despite the two-year economic slowdown, “stock prices remain[ed] high relative to traditional benchmarks,” suggesting that continued stagnation in the major equity markets could “send the global economy into a tailspin.” [United Nations, 1/9/2003 ; United Nations, 1/9/2003; Associated Press, 1/10/2003] Category Tags: Predictions January 9, 2003: US Rejects British Suggestions to Put Off Iraq War US officials and advisers reject British suggestions—revealed the previous day—that the war be put off (see January 8, 2003). Richard Perle, chairman of the Defense Policy Board, says that the Bush administration is under no obligation to abandon its war plans on account of opposition from the UN Security Council. He says, “I’m assuming that we will not get a consensus on the Security Council but it may be possible to get it… It would be a great mistake to become dependent on it and take the view that we can’t act separately… That would be an abrogation of the president’s responsibility… If there’s no change in Saddam’s attitude I think there’ll be a reluctance to continue this without a clear indication that our patience will be rewarded by a UN Security Council consensus… A consensus would be a useful thing and I think we’d be willing to wait a little longer to get it but not a long time… We might be acting without a resolution from the UN authorizing it but I think the administration can make a strong case that Saddam’s defiance of a variety of resolutions passed previously could be understood to justify military action.” [Daily Telegraph, 1/10/2003] And John Negroponte, the US Ambassador to the UN, also dismisses widespread objections to US aggression, asserting that any instances of Iraqi non-cooperation will “constitute further material breach,” regardless of what the UN ultimately decides. [Associated Press, 1/9/2003; London Times, 1/10/2003] Entity Tags: John Negroponte, Richard Perle January 9, 2003: International Atomic Energy Agency Preliminary Report Finds No Evidence of Iraqi Nuclear Weapons Program The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) submits a preliminary report to the UN Security Council on the results of the inspections so far. The report says: “To date, no new information of significance has emerged regarding Iraq’s past nuclear program (pre-1991) or with regard to Iraq activities during the period between 1991 and 1998…. [N]o evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or nuclear-related activities has been detected, although not all of the laboratory results of sample analysis are yet available.” [Reuters, 1/9/2003; International Atomic Energy Agency, 1/9/2003; New York Times, 1/10/2003; Independent, 1/10/2003; Guardian, 1/10/2003] It also states that Washington’s claim that the aluminum tubes were meant for a centrifuge is highly unlikely. In one section of the report, its authors write: “While the matter is still under investigation and further verification is foreseen, the IAEA’s analysis to date indicates that the specifications of the aluminum tubes sought by Iraq in 2001 and 2002 appear to be consistent with reverse engineering of rockets. While it would be possible to modify such tubes for the manufacture of centrifuges, they are not directly suitable for it.” [Reuters, 1/9/2003; International Atomic Energy Agency, 1/9/2003; New York Times, 1/10/2003; Independent, 1/10/2003; Guardian, 1/10/2003] The IAEA preliminary conclusion on the tubes stems from a visit by inspectors to a metal fabrication factory in Nasser where they had found 13,000 completed rockets, all produced from 7075-T6 aluminum tubes. Iraqi engineers working at the facility explained that they had been seeking more aluminum tubes at the time US authorities intercepted the July 2001 shipment (see July 2001) because their supply was low. The engineers provided additional information which supported the view that the tubes were not meant for use in a gas centrifuge. They told the inspectors that the rigid specifications for the tubes were intended to improve the rocket’s accuracy without requiring any major changes to the design. Documents reviewed by the inspectors confirmed the Iraqi engineers’ account. It was also explained that the tubes, which were stored outside, were anodized so they would not corrode. Inspectors confirmed this also. [New York Times, 10/3/2004] Entity Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Weapons Inspections, Aluminum Tubes Allegation January 9, 2003: White House Undaunted by UN Claim There Is No Evidence of WMD in Iraq UNMOVIC inspectors say they have yet to uncover evidence indicating that Iraq has resumed its production of weapons of mass destruction. After providing the UN Security Council with a summary of the inspectors’ findings, Hans Blix tells reporters in New York, “We have now been there for some two months and been covering the country in ever wider sweeps and we haven’t found any smoking guns.” [Guardian, 1/10/2003] But Ari Fleischer, the White House press secretary, insists that the absence of evidence is of little concern, asserting, “The problem with guns that are hidden is you can’t see their smoke. We know for a fact that there are weapons there.” [Guardian, 1/10/2003] When asked how he knows this, Fleischer quotes from the UN weapons inspectors’ report and notes, “So while they’ve [UN Inspectors] said that there’s no smoking gun, they said the absence of it is not assured. And that’s the heart of the problem. The heart of the problem is Iraq is very good at hiding things.” [White House, 1/9/2003] John Negroponte, the US ambassador to the UN, accuses Iraq of “legalistic” cooperation, claiming that it needs to act proactively. He also says, “There is still no evidence that Iraq has fundamentally changed its approach from one of deceit to a genuine attempt to be forthcoming.” [Guardian, 1/10/2003] Colin Powell also seems undaunted by Blix’s remarks. “The lack of a smoking gun does not mean that there’s not one there,” he says, “If the international community sees that Saddam Hussein is not cooperating in a way that would not allow you to determine the truth of the matter, then he is in violation of the UN resolution [1441] (see November 8, 2002)…You don’t really have to have a smoking gun.” [News24, 1/10/2003] Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the British ambassador to the UN, echoes views from Washington, asserting that the “passive cooperation of Iraq has been good in terms of access and other procedural issues,” and adds, “But proactive cooperation has not been forthcoming—the kind of cooperation needed to clear up the remaining questions in the inspectors’ minds.” [Guardian, 1/10/2003] Entity Tags: John Negroponte, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, Ari Fleischer, Jeremy Greenstock, Hans Blix, Colin Powell Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Weapons Inspections, WMD Allegations January 10, 2003: Vice President Cheney Says Winning Iraq War Is ‘Absolutely Crucial to Winning the War on Terror’ Vice President Cheney says: “[C]onfronting the threat posed by Iraq is not a distraction from the war on terror; it is absolutely crucial to winning the war on terror. As the president has said, Iraq could decide on any given day to provide biological or chemical weapons to a terrorist group or individual terrorist, which is why the war on terror will not be won until Iraq is completely and verifiably deprived of weapons of mass destruction.” [American Forces Press Service, 1/10/2003] Entity Tags: Richard (“Dick”) Cheney Category Tags: Motives January 10, 2003: High-Level CIA Report Notes Dissenting Views on Aluminum Tubes Vice President Cheney, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, and dozens of senior White House officials receive a highly classified intelligence assessment, a Senior Executive Memorandum titled “Questions on Why Iraq Is Procuring Aluminum Tubes and What the IAEA Has Found to Date,” on the issue of the disputed use of the Iraqi aluminum tubes. The report concludes that the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency all believe that the aluminum tubes were most likely intended for centrifuges. The memo says that only the intelligence units at the Departments of Energy and State, along with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), disagree with that assessment and believe the tubes were purchased to be used in Iraq’s conventional rocket program, and includes discussion of the dissenting opinions. [The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (aka 'Robb-Silberman Commission'), 3/31/2005; National Journal, 3/2/2006] Entity Tags: National Security Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, US Department of Energy, Condoleezza Rice, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, International Atomic Energy Agency, Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, Defense Intelligence Agency Category Tags: Aluminum Tubes Allegation Shortly After January 9, 2003: US Media Largely Ignores UN Inspectors’ Report Indicating Iraq Has No Nuclear Program On January 9, 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) publishes preliminary results of the UN’s renewed weapons inspections in Iraq, and finds no evidence at all that Iraq has resumed its nuclear weapons program. It also finds no evidence that Iraq has used aluminum tubes to generate nuclear material (see January 9, 2003). In 2004, the New York Review of Books will comment: “Given the importance the [Bush] administration had attached to this matter, this would have seemed news of the utmost significance. Yet it was largely ignored. The [New York] Times, which had so prominently displayed its initial story about the aluminum tubes, buried its main article about [it] on page A10.” At the time, the Bush administration is arguing that the UN inspections are meaningless (see January 9, 2003). IAEA spokesperson Mark Gwozdecky will later say: “Nobody wanted to challenge the president. Nobody wanted to believe inspections had anything of value to bring to the table. The press bought into that.” [New York Review of Books, 2/26/2004] Category Tags: Media Coverage, Weapons Inspections January 10, 2003: CIA Resists Pressure to Make Unsubstantiated Link between Al-Qaeda and Iraq CIA manager Jami Miscik. [Source: Black Collegian]Jami Miscik, head of the CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence, storms into CIA Director George Tenet’s office, complaining about having to attend more meetings with Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley to rebut the Iraq-al-Qaeda connection yet again. She tells Tenet, “I’m not going back there again, George. If I have to go back to hear their crap and rewrite this g_ddamn report… I’m resigning, right now.” Tenet calls Hadley and shouts into the phone, “She is not coming over. We are not rewriting this f_cking report one more time. It’s f_cking over. Do you hear me! And don’t you ever f_cking treat my people this way again. Ever!” This is according to Ron Suskind in his book, The One Percent Doctrine. Suskind will conclude, “And that’s why, three weeks later, in making the case for war in his State of the Union address, George W. Bush was not able to say what he’d long hoped to say at such a moment: that there was a pre-9/11 connection between al-Qaeda and Saddam.” [Suskind, 2006, pp. 190-191] Entity Tags: Jami Miscik, Stephen J. Hadley, George J. Tenet Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Politicization of Intelligence January 11, 2003: US Still Not Cooperating With UN Inspectors, Says ElBaradei Following press reports that the Bush administration has begun supplying inspectors with intelligence, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei tells reporters that the inspection teams need “more actionable information” and that the US is still refusing to provide “specific intelligence about where to go and where to inspect.” He adds that “the inspections process will intensify to allow the inspections to speedup” if the Bush administration cooperates with inspectors. He also suggests that he does not think Iraq has a nuclear weapons program. He says: “I think it’s difficult for Iraq to hide a complete nuclear-weapons program. They might be hiding some computer studies or R. and D. on one single centrifuge. These are not enough to make weapons.” [Montreal Gazette, 1/11/2003; Washington Post, 1/11/2003; Time, 1/12/2003; Sun-Herald (Sydney), 1/12/2003] Richard A. Boucher, a spokesperson for the State Department, contests ElBaradei’s contention that inspectors have been given little to go on, saying, “I can certainly say that they’re getting the best we’ve got, and that we are sharing information with the inspectors that they can use, and based on their ability to use it.” [Washington Post, 1/11/2003] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Mohamed ElBaradei, Richard A. Boucher Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Weapons Inspections January 11, 2003: IAEA Scientists Believe that Aluminum Tubes Are for Rockets, Not Centrifuges Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), tells reporters during a press conference: “I think it’s difficult for Iraq to hide a complete nuclear-weapons program. They might be hiding some computer studies or R. and D. on one single centrifuge. These are not enough to make weapons. There were reports from different member states that Iraq was importing aluminum tubes for enrichment, that they were importing uranium from Africa. Our provisional conclusion is that these tubes were for rockets and not for centrifuges. They deny they have imported any uranium since 1991.” [Time, 1/12/2003] Entity Tags: Mohamed ElBaradei Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Aluminum Tubes Allegation January 12, 2003: State Department Intelligence Analysts Says that ‘Uranium Purchase Agreement Probably Is a Hoax’ Simon Dodge, an Iraq nuclear analyst from the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), writes in an email to other intelligence community analysts that the “uranium purchase agreement probably is a hoax.” He adds that the document (see October 15, 2002) suggesting that Iraq, Iran, Sudan, Libya, and Pakistan had met to discuss forming an anti-West coalition was “clearly a forgery.” [US Congress, 7/7/2004; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 164] A July 2003 memo from the INR’s Carl Ford will note that on the same day as Dodge’s email, the bureau “expressed concerns to the CIA that the documents pertaining to the Iraq-Niger deal were forgeries.” [Carl W. Ford, Jr, 7/7/2003] Entity Tags: Simon Dodge Timeline Tags: Niger Uranium and Plame Outing Category Tags: Africa-Uranium Allegation January 13, 2003: Bush Reportedly Tells Powell ‘I’m Going to Have to’ Attack Iraq US President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell meet alone in the Oval Office for twelve minutes. According to Woodward’s book, Plan of Attack, Bush says, “The inspections are not getting us there…. I really think I’m going to have to do this,” meaning go to war with Iraq. He adds that he is firm in his decision. Powell responds, “You’re sure?… You understand the consequences…. You know that you’re going to be owning this place?” Bush indicates that he understands the implications and asks, “Are you with me on this?… I think I have to do this. I want you with me.” Powell responds: “I’ll do the best I can.… Yes, sir, I will support you. I’m with you, Mr. President.” Woodward will also say in his book that Bush had never—ever—asked his Secretary of State for his advice on the matter of Iraq. “In all the discussions, meetings, chats and back-and-forth, in Powell’s grueling duels with Rumsfeld and Defense, the president had never once asked Powell, Would you do this? What’s your overall advice? The bottom line?” Woodward will write. [New York Times, 4/17/2004; Washington Post, 4/18/2004 Sources: Top officials interviewed by Washington Post editor Bob Woodward] Entity Tags: Colin Powell, George W. Bush January 13, 2003: Blix, ElBaradei Say Inspectors Need Several More Months to Draw Conclusions Both Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei say they need several more months before they can determine whether or not Saddam Hussein still has an illegal weapons program. ElBaradei says the inspectors “still need a few months to achieve our mission,” but adds that Baghdad must supply more documents to verify its claim that Iraq no longer is developing weapons of mass destruction. ElBaradei also hints at his concern that the US might end the inspections by invading the country. He says, “It could be that one day they will say, ‘Move aside boys, we are coming in.’” [New York Times, 11/13/2003] Entity Tags: United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Hans Blix January 14,2003: Britain Wants Second UN Resolution, Parliament Authorization for Invasion British Foreign Minister Jack Straw tells the BBC that prior to using force against Iraq, there should be a second Security Council resolution. He also says that there should be “a substantive vote in the House of Commons before action takes place.” [New York Times, 1/15/2003] Entity Tags: Jack Straw January 14, 2003: UN Security Council Disagrees on Iraq Weapons Inspection Schedule A disagreement arises among UN Security Council members over the weapons inspections schedule. UN Resolution 1441 (see November 8, 2002) specifies that after 60 days, the inspectors must report to the Council on the progress of inspections. But the resolution provides no instructions for how the inspections are to proceed after this date. The resolution also fails to explain what is to happen if no weapons of mass destruction are found. Hans Blix believes that after the 60 day report—due January 27—his team should revert to the terms contained within 1999 UN Resolution 1284. According to the provisions of this agreement, an additional report would be due in late March, which would contain a list of disarmament requirements that Iraq would have to satisfy prior to the lifting of sanctions. [United Nations, 12/17/1999; Sydney Morning Herald, 1/16/2003; Reuters, 1/16/2003; Washington Post, 1/16/2003; New York Times, 1/16/2003] “The 1999 resolution spells out steps, which, in theory, could lead to a suspension of sanctions as early as July,” reports Reuters. [Reuters, 1/16/2003] Bush administration officials strongly disagree with Hans Blix’s approach, fearing that it would subvert US plans to provoke a military confrontation with Iraq. The Washington Post reports, “[Blix’s] plan risks undermining the administration’s strategy to ratchet up the pressure for a decision on whether to go to war later this month and it raises the prospect that Security Council members, including some US allies, would use it as an excuse to put off a decision until March, at the earliest.” Other countries—including France, Britain, Russia, France, China and Syria—see no problem with the timetable being advocated by Hans Blix. “The Council’s resolutions shouldn’t be flouted, they should be respected,” says Fayssal Mekdad, Syria’s deputy UN ambassador. [Washington Post, 1/16/2003] Entity Tags: United Nations Security Council, Hans Blix, Fayssal Mekdad Category Tags: Legal Justification, Weapons Inspections January 14, 2003: Bush: ‘Sick and Tired’ of Discussion Over Inspection Extensions Before his meeting with Polish President Alexander Kwasniewski, Bush tells reporters that he does not support an extension for the inspections. “I am sick and tired of games and deception, and that is my view on timetables,” he says. “The United Nations has spoken with one voice. He’s been given 11 years to disarm, and we have given him one last chance.” [New York Times, 1/15/2003; Washington Post, 1/15/2003; Sydney Morning Herald, 1/16/2003] Category Tags: The Decision to Invade, Weapons Inspections January 14, 2003: Annan Believes Conflict Can Be Resolved Peacefully UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan expresses optimism that the Iraq conflict could be resolved peacefully. In contrast to Bush’s statements (see January 14, 2003), Annan says that Saddam’s level of cooperation has improved since the UNSCOM inspections of the late nineties and therefore there is reason to hope that war can be avoided. He also states very clearly that it is premature to discuss whether or not the use of military force will be needed. “I am both optimistic and hopeful that if we handle the situation right, and the pressure on the Iraqi leadership is maintained and the inspectors continue to work as aggressively as they are doing, we may be able to disarm Iraq peacefully,” he says. [New York Times, 1/15/2003; Washington Post, 1/15/2003] Entity Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Kofi Annan, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission January 15, 2003: US Officials Try to Persuade Blix, Delegates to Acquiesce to US Position on Iraq National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice flies to New York City to meet with Hans Blix. She attempts to discourage him from his plans to revert to the provisions of UN Resolution 1284 after his January 27 report to the UN Security Council—the last update required by UN Resolution 1441 (see November 8, 2002). She also attempts to persuade him to press ahead with plans to aggressively interview Iraqi scientists. [Sydney Morning Herald, 1/16/2003; New York Times, 1/16/2003] At a Council luncheon, US ambassador to the UN John Negroponte attempts to convince delegates of the other member states that the inspections timetable should not be based on the 1999 resolution. But they disagree, seeing no reason to ignore the process outlined in Resolution 1284. [Reuters, 1/16/2003; Reuters, 1/16/2003; New York Times, 1/17/2003] A few days later, the London Observer reports, “US officials have made it clear that they will try to foil further reports and say that an accumulation of evidence of military activity in Iraq will be enough for Saddam to be in material breach of the orders to Saddam to disarm.” [Observer, 1/19/2003] Entity Tags: Hans Blix, John Negroponte, Condoleezza Rice Mid-January 2003: Pentagon White Paper Proposes Creation of a ‘Rapid Reaction Media Team’ to Control Iraqi Media Two Pentagon offices—the Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Office and the Office of Special Plans—prepare a white paper and slide presentation recommending the creation of a “Rapid Reaction Media Team” (RRMT) that would maintain control over major Iraqi media organizations while still projecting an Iraqi “face.” The first phase of the one-to-two-year “strategic information campaign” would last six months and cost $51 million. The paper states that the “RRMT concept focuses on USG-UK [“USG” stands for US government] pre-and post hostilities efforts to develop programming, train talent, and rapidly deploy a team of US/UK media experts with a team of ‘hand selected’ Iraqi media experts to communicate immediately with the Iraqi public opinion upon liberation of Iraq.” The “hand-picked” Iraqi experts would help “select and train the Iraqi broadcasters and publishers (‘the face’) for the USG/coalition sponsored information effort,” the paper explains. Media stories produced by this campaign would be based on US-approved information and would focus on topics like “the De-Baathification program”; “recent history telling (e.g., ‘Uncle Saddam,’ History Channel’s ‘Saddam’s Bomb-Maker,’ ‘Killing Fields,’ etc.)”; US government-approved “Democracy Series”; “Environmental (Marshlands re-hydration)”; “Mine Awareness”; “Re-starting the Oil”; “Justice and rule of law topics”; “War Criminals/Truth Commission”; “prisoners and atrocity interviews”; “Saddam’s palaces and opulence,” and “WMD (weapons of mass destruction) disarmament.” For its “Entertainment and News Magazine programming,” the plan says the media should do stories on “Hollywood,” “Arab country donations,” and “Sports.” According to the paper, “having professional US-trained Iraqi media teams immediately in place to portray a new Iraq (by Iraqis for Iraqis) with hopes for a prosperous, democratic future, will have a profound psychological and political impact on the Iraqi people.” It is not clear whether or not this particular plan is implemented. However, after the invasion of Iraq, the Pentagon will contract a firm called the Lincoln Group to plant stories in the Iraqi media (see September 2004-September 2006) and will purchase an Iraqi newspaper and take control of an Iraqi radio station, using them to disseminate pro-American messages to the Iraqi public. [US Department of Defense, 1/2003 ; Inter Press Service, 5/9/2007] Entity Tags: Office of Special Plans, Office of Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Category Tags: Propaganda, Office of Special Plans Mid-January 2003: White House Speechwriters Include Uranium Allegation in Draft of President’s State of the Union Address White House speechwriters Michael Gerson, Matthew Scully, and John Gibson decide to include an allegation about the purported Iraq-Niger uranium deal in President Bush’s upcoming state of the union address. They remember that the allegation had been pulled from at least two previous speeches (see September 11, 2002, October 5, 2002, October 6, 2002, and Late September 2002), but figure that if the CIA has a problem with it, the agency will ask them to remove it. They want to include it in the speech to increase the persuasiveness of Bush’s argument. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 169] Gibson later recalls that his assumption at this time is, “Maybe we had gotten better information on it.” [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 171] Entity Tags: Matthew Scully, Michael Gerson, John Gibson Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation Mid-January 2003: British Intelligence: Iraq-Al-Qaeda Attempts to Collaborate ‘Foundered’ on Ideological Differences The British Defense Intelligence Staff Agency (DIS) completes a classified study which concludes that Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden’s earlier attempts to collaborate had “foundered” due to ideological differences. The report says: “While there have been contacts between al-Qaeda and the regime in the past, it is assessed that any fledgling relationship foundered due to mistrust and incompatible ideology.” Osama bin Laden’s objectives, notes the report, are “in ideological conflict with present day Iraq.” The top secret report is sent to Prime Minister Tony Blair and other senior members of his government. [United Kingdom, n.d.; BBC, 2/5/2003; Independent, 2/6/2003] Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, Defense Intelligence Staff Agency, Osama bin Laden, Tony Blair Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties January 16, 2003: US Won’t Wait for Inspections to be Completed Before Attacking State Department spokesman Richard Boucher warns that Washington will not wait for the inspections to end before taking military action. Boucher states, “There’s no point in continuing forever, going on, if Iraq is not cooperating.” [Associated Press, 1/16/2003; Daily Telegraph, 1/19/2003] Entity Tags: Richard A. Boucher January 16, 2003: Inspectors Find Empty Warheads UN weapons inspectors discover a cache of 12 warheads designed to carry chemical warfare agents in the Ukhaider Ammunition Storage Area located about 80 miles [120km] south of Baghdad. News of the discovery is announced immediately. According to officials, the warheads were not included in Iraq’s December 7 declaration to the UN (see December 7, 2002). [Washington Post, 1/16/2003; Reuters, 1/17/2003; New York Times, 1/17/2003; New York Times, 1/18/2003] The warheads—meant for 122 mm rockets with a range of 11-22 miles—are in perfect condition. Though they seem to be configured for Sarin gas, they are empty and have no trace of chemical weapons. [Washington Post, 1/16/2003; Reuters, 1/17/2003; Reuters, 1/17/2003; Newsday, 1/18/2003; New York Times, 1/31/2003] Iraqi officials call their failure to include information about this cache in Iraq’s December 7 declaration an oversight and promise to check if they have any other old warheads in storage. General Hussam Mohammed Amin, head of Iraq’s weapons-monitoring directorate and the chief liaison to UN inspectors, says the warheads were imported in 1986 and therefore are too old to be of any use. “These are 122 mm rockets with an empty warhead. There are no chemical or biological agents or weapons of mass destruction,” he explains. “These rockets are expired… they were in closed wooden boxes… that we had forgotten about,” he adds. [Reuters, 1/17/2003; Reuters, 1/17/2003] “It doesn’t represent anything. It’s not dangerous.” [Washington Post, 1/16/2003] He refers to the discovery as a mere “storm in a teacup.” [Reuters, 1/17/2003; Reuters, 1/17/2003] The Bush administration considers the discovery significant. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer says: “The president views this as troubling and serious…. What the world wants to know is if Saddam Hussein has disarmed. Possession of chemical warheads is not a good indication that the man has disarmed.” Fleischer disputes the notion that empty warheads do not represent a threat. “Putting chemical weapons into a chemical warhead is done at the last minute,” he notes. However officials from other countries seem to disagree. A French diplomat tells reporters, “I have only one thing to say—empty.” [New York Times, 1/18/2003] The inspectors feel that the discovery is “evidence that their search was beginning to yield results and should be given more time to work,” reports the New York Times. [New York Times, 1/18/2003] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Hussam Mohammad Amin, Ari Fleischer, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission January 16, 2003: Inspectors Find Scientist’s Personal Documents; Touted as Nuclear Program Plans Conducting its first raid of a private home, that of Faleh Hassan, a specialist in laser equipment who was once associated with Iraq’s nuclear program, UN inspectors discover 3,000 documents containing information that some initial reports say is related to Iraq’s former nuclear weapons program. [Daily Telegraph, 1/18/2003; Associated Press, 1/18/2003; BBC, 1/19/2003; Observer, 1/20/2003; International Atomic Energy Agency, 1/27/2003; New York Times, 1/28/2003] Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is bothered by the discovery, saying, “We haven’t received these original documents before and that’s precisely the point we have been emphasizing, Iraq should be pro-active. We shouldn’t have to find these on our own. Why should these documents be in a private home? Why are they not giving them to us?” [New York Times, 1/20/2003; Agence France-Presse, 1/20/2003] But Hassan denies that the documents are related to Iraq’s former nuclear weapons program. He later explains to reporters: “The inspectors put their hands on personal documents which have nothing to do with the former [nuclear] program. We did research on laser isotopic separation, and in 1988 we reached the conclusion that this technology was very difficult given our infrastructure, so the decision was taken to abandon that approach.” He adds that he is ready to go through the documents with ElBaradei, “page by page, line by line and even word by word to prove that everything they found is in alignment with what we declared in 1991.” [Associated Press, 1/18/2003; BBC, 1/19/2003] After the discovery of the documents, Hassan accompanies inspectors to a field where they inspect what appears to be a man-made mound. The field is part of a farm Hassan sold in 1996. While at the farm, a female American inspector offers to arrange a trip outside of Iraq for him and his wife, so his wife can undergo treatment for kidney stones, diabetes and high blood pressure. The Iraqi scientist is angered by the offer and later refers to the woman’s tactics as “mafia-like behavior.” Recalling the incident he will also tell reporters, “We would rather live as beggars in our country than live as kings abroad,” also saying, “Never, never will I leave my country.” [Associated Press, 1/18/2003; BBC, 1/18/2003; Observer, 1/20/2003] Hassan then goes with inspectors to a hotel in Baghdad where he spends most of the night arguing over whether he will be permitted to keep copies of the documents. [Observer, 1/20/2003] Three weeks later in the inspectors’ February 14 update to the UN Security Council (see February 14, 2003), ElBaradei will say: “While the documents have provided some additional details about Iraq’s laser enrichment development efforts, they refer to activities or sites already known to the IAEA and appear to be the personal files of the scientist in whose home they were found. Nothing contained in the documents alters the conclusions previously drawn by the IAEA concerning the extent of Iraq’s laser enrichment program.” [Guardian, 2/15/2003; BBC, 2/17/2003] Entity Tags: Faleh Hassan, Mohamed ElBaradei, International Atomic Energy Agency January 17, 2003: Hamas Warns US Will be Target of Muslim Retaliation For Attack on Iraq Mahmoud al-Zahar, a senior member of Hamas, warns, “If Iraq is attacked… all American targets will be open targets for every Muslim, Arab or Palestinian. Any attack against Iraq will be answered by resistance everywhere and American interests everywhere will be targeted. We say that all American targets will be open targets to every Muslim, Arab, or Palestinian.” [Ha'aretz, 1/17/2003] Entity Tags: Hamas, Mahmoud al-Zahar January 2003-March 17, 2003: CIA Provides Centcom with Target Intelligence, but It Is ‘Crap’ The CIA provides Centcom with intelligence for the purpose of planning targets in Iraq. But Centcom sources later tell Newsweek the intelligence was extremely poor. It “was crap,” a Centcom planner later tells Newsweek. Another source tells the magazine that the sites the agency suggests for targeting are for the most part the same ones that were bombed during the First Gulf War. While the CIA has satellite photos of the buildings to be targeted, it turns out they know little about them. “What was inside the structures was another matter,” says the source. “We asked, ‘Well, what agents are in these buildings? Because we need to know.’ And the answer was, ‘We don’t know.’” [Newsweek, 6/9/2003 Sources: Unnamed Centcom planner] Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence January 17-19, 2003: Bush Officials, Critics Disagree on Iraq’s Compliance with UN Resolutions Citing inspectors’ discovery of 12 empty “warheads” (see January 16, 2003) and documents related to a failed nuclear program’s attempt at laser enrichment of uranium (see Afternoon October 7, 2002), critics of the Bush administration’s planned invasion argue that the inspections are working and that they should continue under the terms of 1999 UN Resolution 1284. They contend that if Iraq still possesses illegal weapons that it can be peacefully and effectively disarmed by the inspections process, thus making the argument for war moot. But the Bush administration argues instead that the inspection process has demonstrated that Saddam Hussein is not willing to disarm. This debate occurs as weapons inspectors are preparing their January 27 (see January 27, 2003) update on inspections, as required by UN Resolution 1441 (see November 8, 2002). Washington is hoping that the report will demonstrate that Iraq is not cooperating, so that they can use it to justify using military force against Iraq. [Associated Press, 1/15/2003; New York Times, 1/17/2003; New York Times, 1/19/2003; International Herald Tribune, 1/20/2003] The New York Times reports that according to unnamed US officials, “[I]n spite of the wish by Mr. Blix and Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief inspector for nuclear weapons and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to continue the inspections process, the United States would move quickly to force an early conclusion by the Security Council.” [New York Times, 1/19/2003] Entity Tags: Mohamed ElBaradei, Hans Blix January 19, 2003: Cost of Invasion Around $50 Billion, Rumsfeld Claims Appearing on Fox News, Donald Rumsfeld, responding to a question, says, “… the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up [sic] with a number that’s something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the US burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.” [US Department of Defense, 10/21/2002] January 19, 2003: Iraq Finds More Empty Warheads Iraq reports to Hans Blix that they have discovered four additional empty 122 mm warheads of the same type previously discovered by inspectors (see January 16, 2003). [Washington Post, 1/20/2003] Entity Tags: Hans Blix January 19, 2003: Top Bush Officials Appear to Suggest that War with Iraq Might be Avoided Top Bush administration officials appear to suggest that war can be avoided if Saddam Hussein steps down. Donald Rumsfeld, speaking on ABC’s This Week says, “I… personally would recommend that some provision be made so that the senior leadership in that country and their families could be provided haven in some other country, and I think that that would be a fair trade to avoid a war.” He also says that if Saddam goes into exile he might be granted immunity from prosecution for war crimes. [This Week with George Stephanopoulos, 1/19/2003] Similarly, Colin Powell says on CNN, “I think the Iraqi people would be a lot better off, and this whole situation would be resolved, if Saddam Hussein… his sons and the top leadership of the regime would leave.” [Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, 1/19/2003] It is not clear, however, if Rumsfeld and Powell’s comments are sincere, or if they are just trying to appear as though they are providing Saddam Hussein with an alternative to military confrontation. Their comments are seemingly contradicted by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice who says on NBC’s Meet the Press, “I… think that it is unlikely that this man is going to come down in any other way than to be forced.” [Washington Post, 1/20/2003; New York Times, 1/20/2003] Entity Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice January 19, 2003: US Allies Resist View That Inspections Not Working During a meeting with foreign ministers from 13 of the 15 Security Council member states, US Secretary of State Colin Powell encounters strong resistance to the Bush administration’s view that the inspections are not working and that Iraq is not cooperating. Russia, China, France and Germany all express their satisfaction with how the inspections are proceeding and say that their preference is that the inspectors be permitted to continue their work. Only Britain appears willing to provide support for Washington’s position, reiterating the American stance that Saddam is running out of time. French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin is the most vocal in his opposition to the Bush administration’s attempt to rationalize the need for war. In an interview, he says the UN should remain “on the path of cooperation” and that France will never “associate [itself] with military intervention… not supported by the international community.” He adds,“We think that military intervention would be the worst possible solution.” Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov also disagrees with the Bush administration’s insistence that military force will be needed, explaining: “Terrorism is far from being crushed. We must be careful not to take unilateral steps that might threaten the unity of the entire [anti-]terrorism coalition. In this context we are strictly in favor of a political settlement of the situation revolving around Iraq.” [Washington Post, 1/20/2003] Germany’s Joschka Fischer similarly states: “Iraq has complied fully with all relevant resolutions and cooperated very closely with the UN team on the ground. We think things are moving in the right direction, based on the efforts of the inspection team, and [they] should have all the time which is needed.” [Washington Post, 1/20/2003; New York Times, 1/20/2003] The Bush administration remains unconvinced by these arguments. Powell tells reporters: “We cannot fail to take the action that may be necessary because we are afraid of what others might do. We cannot be shocked into impotence because we are afraid of the difficult choices that are ahead of us.” [Washington Post, 1/20/2003] Entity Tags: Joschka Fischer, Dominique de Villepin, Colin Powell, Igor Ivanov January 20-21, 2003: Bush: Iraqi Disarmament Like ‘A Rerun of a Bad Movie’ Bush and his advisors respond to statements made the previous day by Russian, French, Chinese, and German ministers expressing satisfaction with the weapons inspection process (see January 19, 2003). Bush says: “He’s not disarming. As a matter of fact, it appears to be a rerun of a bad movie. He is delaying, he is deceiving, he is asking for time. He’s playing hide-and-seek with inspectors.… It’s clear to me now that he is not disarming. And, surely, our friends have learned lessons from the past. Surely we have learned how this man deceives and delays.… This business about more time—how much time do we need to see clearly that he’s not disarming? As I said, this looks like a rerun of a bad movie and I’m not interested in watching it.” [US President, 1/27/2003] US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage also disputes the notion that Saddam is cooperating with inspectors. “Our other options are just about exhausted at this point,” he asserts “This regime has very little time left to undo the legacy of 12 years. There is no sign, there is not one sign that the regime has any intent to comply fully.” [Washington Post, 1/22/2003] Entity Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, George W. Bush, Richard Armitage, United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission January 21, 2003: Bush Formally Approves Office of Global Communications President George Bush signs an executive order formally creating the Office of Global Communications (see July 30, 2002) to coordinate efforts among various federal agencies to “disseminate truthful, accurate, and effective messages about the American people and their government” to audiences around the world. [White House, 1/21/2003; New York Times, 1/22/2003] The office has actually been in existence since before July 2002 (see July 30, 2002). Its first publication is also released on this day. Titled, “Apparatus of Lies,” the 32-page white paper argues that Iraq is using a carefully calibrated system of propaganda and disinformation to gain international support for the regime and to hide development of its weapons of mass destruction programs. In its executive summary, it states that Iraq’s foreign relations consist primarily of “a highly developed, well disciplined, and expertly organized program designed to win support for the Iraqi regime through outright deceit.” It goes on to say that the “elaborate program is one of the regime’s most potent weapons for advancing its political, military, and diplomatic objectives. In their disinformation and propaganda campaigns, the Iraqis use elaborate ruses and obvious falsehoods, covert actions and false on-the-record statements, and sophisticated preparation and spontaneous exploitation of opportunities. Many of the techniques are not new, but this regime exploits them more aggressively and effectively—and to more harmful effect—than any other regime in power today.” [Office of Global Communications, 1/21/2003 ] Entity Tags: Office of Global Communications, George W. Bush Category Tags: Propaganda January 21, 2003: White House Refuses to Admit US Involvement in Iraq’s Acquisition, Use of Chemical Weapons Joost Hiltermann. [Source: Representational Pictures]Reporter Russell Mokhiber attempts to pin down White House press secretary Ari Fleischer on the Bush administration’s condemnations of Iraq over its gassing of Iraqi Kurds in Halabja, when the US at the time tried to protect Iraq from international criticism (see January 17, 2003). Mokhiber says, “You and the president have repeatedly said that Saddam Hussein gassed his own people. The biggest such attack was in Halabja in March 1988, where some 6,800 Kurds were killed. Last week, in an article in the International Herald Tribune, Joost Hiltermann writes that while it was Iraq that carried out the attack, the United States at the time, fully aware that it was Iraq, accused Iran. This was apparently part of the US tilt toward Iraq in the Iran-Iraq war. The tilt included billions of dollars in loan guarantees. Sensing he had carte blanche, Saddam escalated his resort to gas warfare—graduating to ever more lethal agents. So, you and the president have said that Saddam has repeatedly gassed his own people. Why do you leave out the part that the United States in effect gave Saddam the green light?” Fleischer responds that Mokhiber needs to ask someone “other than the White House,” and claims he has no idea whether those charges are accurate. Mokhiber presses forward, saying that recent media reports show “a number of major American corporations—including Hewlett-Packard and Bechtel—helped Saddam Hussein beef up its military in the 1980s [and] supplied Iraq with cluster bombs, intelligence and chemical and biological agents.” Mokhiber notes that the same articles report the current Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, “went to Baghdad in December 1983 and met with Saddam Hussein, and this was at a time when Iraq was using chemical weapons almost on a daily basis in defiance of international conventions. So there are some specifics, and the question is—if Iraq is part of the axis of evil, why aren’t the United States and these American corporations part of the axis of evil for helping him out during his time of need?” Fleischer again refuses to answer directly, saying, “I think that you have to make a distinction between chemical and biological. And, clearly, in a previous era, following the fall of the Shah of Iran, when there was a focus on the risks that were underway in the region as a result of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Iran, different administrations, beginning with President Carter, reached different conclusions about the level of military cooperation vis-a-vis Iraq. Obviously, Saddam Hussein since that time has used whatever material he had for the purpose therefore of attacking Kuwait, attacking Saudi Arabia, attacking Israel. And, obviously, as circumstances warrant, we have an approach that requires now the world to focus on the threat that Saddam Hussein presents and that he presents this threat because of his desire to continue to acquire weapons and his willingness to use those weapons against others.” Fleischer attempts to brush off any follow-up, refusing to admit that the US had any part in Hussein’s acquisition or use of chemical weapons, and saying, “I think that he gassed his own people as a result of his decisions to use his weapons to gas his own people.” When Mokhiber presses the point, Fleischer retorts, “… I think the suggestion that you blame America for Iraq’s actions is way beyond the pale.” [White House, 1/21/2003] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Ari Fleischer, Russell Mokhiber Timeline Tags: US-Iraq 1980s Category Tags: US-Iraq Collaboration, Weapons of Mass Destruction January 22, 2003: France, Germany to Oppose Iraq Invasion; Rumsfeld Insults ‘Old Europe’ During a joint press conference, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announce that they intend to work together to oppose the Bush administration’s plan to invade Iraq. Schroeder says to a crowd of hundreds of French and German students in Berlin, “We are both of the opinion… that one can never accept it when it is said that war is unavoidable.” [BBC, 1/22/2003; BBC, 1/23/2003] Back in Washington, a reporter asks Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld if he thinks the actions of France and Germany would leave the United States without European support. To this Rumsfeld, responds: “Now, you’re thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don’t. I think that’s old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east…. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem…. But you look at vast numbers of other countries in Europe. They’re not with France and Germany on this, they’re with the United States.” [US Department of Defense, 1/22/2003; BBC, 1/23/2003] Entity Tags: Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schroeder, Donald Rumsfeld January 22, 2003: NATO Denies US Military Aid for Iraq Invasion NATO denies a request from the Bush administration for military aid because many countries feel that neither the weapons inspections nor other means of diplomacy have yet been given an adequate test. The Bush administration wants permission to use NATO AWACS radar planes and Patriot air-defense batteries to protect Turkey, NATO ships in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as NATO personnel for protecting American bases in Europe and possibly the Gulf. [International Herald Tribune, 1/23/2003] Entity Tags: North Atlantic Treaty Organization January 22, 2003: No Evidence of Iraq-Al-Qaeda Collaboration, Says UN Panel The United Nations panel in charge of monitoring sanctions against the al-Qaeda network says it has found no evidence of collaboration between al-Qaeda and Iraq. The panel’s chairman, Michael Chandler, tells the Agence France Presse (AFP) in an interview, “We don’t have anything yet, and no one has been able to produce anything.” [Agence France-Presse, 1/22/2003] Six months later, Chandler will reaffirm this, telling the Associated Press, “Nothing has come to our notice that would indicate links between Iraq and al-Qaeda.” Abaza Hassan, a committee investigator who will also be interviewed by the news agency, will say, “It had never come to our knowledge before Powell’s speech and we never received any information from the United States for us to even follow up on.” [Associated Press, 6/27/2003] Entity Tags: Michael Chandler, Abaza Hassanr January 22, 2003: CIA Analyst Presents Unconvincing Argument to IAEA Scientists that Aluminum Tubes Were Meant for Iraqi Nuclear Program CIA agent Joe T. travels to Vienna, Austria, where he attempts to convince IAEA nuclear scientists they were wrong to conclude that the aluminum tubes imported by Iraq, but intercepted in Jordan, were not meant to be used as rotors in a centrifuge program. The thrust of his argument is that the tubes’ dimensions are overly precise and that they are made of a special aluminum alloy that is “excessively strong.” [Washington Post, 8/10/2003 Sources: Unnamed US intelligence, US administration, and/or UN inspectors] But the presentation is not convincing. “Everybody was embarrassed when he came and made this presentation, embarrassed and disgusted,” one participant later recalls to the New York Times. “We were going insane, thinking, ‘Where is he coming from?’” [New York Times, 10/3/2004] A Department of Energy expert who later reviews Joe’s briefing says it was intellectually dishonest. He says that the DOE had provided corrections to Joe’s presentations before he went to Vienna and that Joe ignored all of them. In his presentation, Joe referred to a table comparing the characteristics of the aluminum tubes purchased by Iraq to the tubes that would be needed for Beams and older Zippe centrifuges. However he did not compare the tubes to those used for rocket casings. Such a comparison would have revealed a perfect match. The length, wall thickness, inner and out diameters, as well as the type of aluminum of the tubes imported by Iraq were exactly the same as the tubes Iraq purchased in the 1980s to construct rockets. However, there was not a single match among these characteristics between the tubes purchased by Iraq and the centrifuge tubes. Joe was reportedly aware of the values for the rocket, yet purposely omitted them from his table. [Albright, 12/5/2003 ] Entity Tags: US Department of Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Joe Turner After January 22, 2003: US Analysts Photograph Aluminum Tubes in Iraq Clearly Meant for 81mm Rockets Sometime after Joe Turner’s presentation to IAEA scientists, US analysts collect and photograph tubes in Iraq that are “virtually identical” to the Medusa tubes made in Italy. The tubes even have a stamped logo of the rocket’s Italian manufacturer and the words, “81mm rocket.” This is reported by the Washington Post on January 24: “The quantity and specifications of the tubes—narrow, silver cylinders measuring 81 millimeters in diameter and about a meter in length—made them ill-suited to enrich uranium without extensive modification, the experts said. But they are a perfect fit for a well-documented 81mm conventional rocket program in place for two decades. Iraq imported the same aluminum tubes for rockets in the 1980s. The new tubes it tried to purchase actually bear an inscription that includes the word ‘rocket,’ according to one official who examined them.” [Washington Post, 1/24/2003; Washington Post, 8/10/2003 Sources: Unnamed US intelligence, US administration, and/or UN inspectors] Entity Tags: Joe Turner January 23, 2003: US Insults Towards Allies Result in Stiffened Opposition, Veiled US Threats Unilateralist comments from the Bush administration, especially Rumsfeld’s reference to France and Germany as “old Europe,” (see January 22, 2003) further antagonize the already tense relationship between the two continents. Following these comments, France, Germany, Russia, and China reaffirm their opposition to the Bush administration’s policy toward Iraq. Washington, in turn, responds with veiled threats that countries opposing the war will have little influence in the post-Saddam Iraq. [Reuters, 1/23/2003; BBC, 1/23/2003; Irish Examiner, 1/23/2003; London Times, 1/24/2003; Washington Post, 1/24/2003; USA Today, 12/23/2003] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43) Category Tags: Propaganda, Weapons Inspections January 23, 2003: US Accuses Iraq of Trying to Procure Foreign Uranium In a report titled “What Does Disarmament Look Like?” the White House says that Iraq failed to explain its “efforts to procure uranium from abroad for its nuclear weapons program” in its December 2002 declaration (see December 7, 2002) to the UN. [White House, 1/2003 ; Washington Post, 8/8/2003] Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation, Nuclear Weapons Allegations January 23, 2003: Wolfowitz: Iraq Failed to Note ‘Efforts to Procure Uranium From Abroad’ Criticizing Iraq’s December 2002 declaration (see December 7, 2002) to the UN, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz says in a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations: “There is no mention of Iraqi efforts to procure uranium from abroad.” [Washington Post, 8/8/2003] Entity Tags: Paul Wolfowitz January 23, 2003: New York Times Publishes Op-ed by Rice on Iraq The New York Times publishes an op-ed piece written by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, titled, “Why We Know Iraq is Lying,” in which she writes that “Iraq has filed a false declaration to the United Nations that amounts to a 12,200-page lie,” citing among other things its failure “to account for or explain Iraq’s efforts to get uranium from abroad.” She says that Iraq has reneged on its commitment to disarm itself of its alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. Instead of full cooperation and transparency, Iraq has “a high-level political commitment to maintain and conceal its weapons,” she claims. Iraq is maintaining “institutions whose sole purpose is to thwart the work of the inspectors,” she adds, asserting that the country is not allowing inspectors “immediate, unimpeded, unrestricted access” to the “facilities and people” involved in its alleged weapons program. [New York Times, 1/23/2003] Entity Tags: Condoleezza Rice Timeline Tags: Domestic Propaganda, Niger Uranium and Plame Outing Category Tags: Weapons Inspections, Africa-Uranium Allegation, Nuclear Weapons Allegations, WMD Allegations January 24, 2003: National Security Council Concerned about Quality of Intelligence on Iraq The National Security Council (NSC) staff, concerned about the validity of the Bush administration’s allegations concerning Iraq, requests new intelligence to support allegations that Saddam Hussein possesses nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons or programs. Robert Walpole, the national intelligence officer for strategic and nuclear programs, receives the request. He will later explain to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that the NSC was concerned the “the nuclear case was weak.” [Washington Post, 5/21/2005] Entity Tags: Robert Walpole Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Powell's Speech to UN January 24, 2003: US Intel Memo Supports Allegation that Iraq Sought Uranium from Africa Robert Walpole, the national intelligence officer for strategic and nuclear programs, sends Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley and other White House officials a memo saying Iraq attempted to obtain uranium from Africa. The memo, intended to help Colin Powell prepare for his presentation before the UN Security Council, provides no new evidence to support the allegation. Rather it cites the National Intelligence Estimate written last September (see October 1, 2002), even though the Africa-uranium allegation was personally disavowed by CIA Director George Tenet on October 6 (see October 6, 2002). [New York Times, 7/23/2003] Entity Tags: Stephen J. Hadley, Robert Walpole Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation, Powell's Speech to UN January 25, 2003: Libby Presents Early Draft of Powell UN Speech to Several Top Officials Cheney’s chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, presents the latest draft of a paper that is meant to serve as a rebuttal to Iraq’s December 7 declaration (see February 5, 2003) to Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley, Paul Wolfowitz, Karl Rove, Richard Armitage, Michael Gerson, and Karen Hughes. The paper, written with the help of John Hannah, is supposed to serve as the basis for the speech Secretary of State Colin Powell will deliver to the UN Security Council on February 5 (see February 5, 2003). In his presentation, Libby says that intercepts and human intelligence reports indicate that Saddam Hussein has been attempting to conceal items. He doesn’t know what items are being hidden by the Iraqis, but he says it must be weapons of mass destruction. He also claims that Iraq has extensive ties to al-Qaeda, and cites the alleged meeting between Mohamed Atta and an Iraqi Intelligence agent (see April 8, 2001) as one example. While Armitage is disappointed with Libby’s presentation, Wolfowitz and Rove seem impressed. Karen Hughes warns Libby not to stretch the facts. [Bamford, 2004, pp. 368; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 175] Entity Tags: Stephen J. Hadley, Richard Armitage, Paul Wolfowitz, Michael Gerson, Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, Karl C. Rove, Lewis (“Scooter”) Libby Category Tags: Powell's Speech to UN, Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Atta in Prague Connection, Alleged WMDs January 26, 2003: False Report of Al-Zarqawi Losing Leg Strengthens Support for War on Iraq Al-Zarqawi’s injury report after his death in 2006. He has both legs but there is a recent fracture in one leg. [Source: Ali Haider / EPA / Corbis]On January 26, 2003, Newsweek reports that in 2002, Islamist militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “supposedly went to Baghdad, where doctors amputated his leg (injured in Afghan fighting) and replaced it with a prosthesis.” Newsweek also claims that al-Zarqawi “is supposed to be one of al-Qaeda’s top experts on chemical and biological weapons” and that he also met with “Hezbollah militants” and “Iranian secret agents.” This new account builds on previous reports claiming that al-Zarqawi was in Baghdad for some unspecified medical treatment (see October 2, 2002). The article does note, “Not surprisingly, reports putting al-Zarqawi in Iraq piqued the interest of Pentagon hard-liners eager to find evidence to support their suspicion that Saddam [Hussein] and bin Laden are allied and may have plotted 9/11 together. But neither the CIA nor Britain’s legendary MI6 put much stock in al-Zarqawi’s alleged Iraqi visits, stressing such reports are ‘unconfirmed.’” [Newsweek, 1/26/2003] Despite these caveats, it soon will be widely reported that al-Zarqawi had a leg amputated in Baghdad, with at least the tacit knowledge of the Iraqi government. For instance, several days later, USA Today reports, “To those who operate with and against the shadowy al-Zarqawi, including the Kurds of northern Iraq, he is called ‘the man with the limp.’ That is a reference to a poorly fitting artificial limb that replaced a leg amputated in Baghdad last August.” [USA Today, 2/5/2003] And Secretary of State Colin Powell will claim in his February 5, 2003 presentation to the United Nations that al-Zarqawi went to Baghdad in May 2002 for medical treatment and stayed two months (see February 5, 2003). But in October 2004, Knight Ridder will report, based on a new CIA report (see October 4, 2004), “Al-Zarqawi originally was reported to have had a leg amputated, a claim that officials now acknowledge was incorrect.” [Knight Ridder, 10/4/2004] In early 2006, al-Zarqawi will be seen walking in a videotape, clearly in possession of both his legs. And when he is killed later that year, x-rays of his dead body will show a fracture of his right lower leg, but apparently that was caused by the blast that killed him. [Atlantic Monthly, 6/8/2006; Associated Press, 6/13/2006] Entity Tags: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Colin Powell January 26, 2003: Colin Powell Asserts Iraq Trying to Obtain Uranium and Equipment to Produce Nuclear Weapon Secretary of State Colin Powell, in a speech before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, asks, “Why is Iraq still trying to procure uranium and the special equipment needed to transform it into material for nuclear weapons?” [Washington Post, 8/8/2003] Author Craig Unger will later write, “In referring to the Niger deal (see Between Late 2000 and September 11, 2001) and the aluminum tubes (see Between April 2001 and September 2002), Powell was actually betraying his own State Department analysts who had rejected these two key pieces of ‘evidence’ against Saddam” Hussein (see March 1, 2002, March 4, 2002, and January 12, 2003). [Unger, 2007, pp. 276] Entity Tags: Colin Powell, Craig Unger Category Tags: Africa-Uranium Allegation, Aluminum Tubes Allegation, Nuclear Weapons Allegations January 26 or 27, 2003: National Security Council Official Puts Pressure on CIA Official to Include Africa-Uranium Allegation in Powell’s UN Speech Robert G. Joseph, director for nonproliferation at the National Security Council. [Source: CBC]Embarrassed and angered by CIA Director George Tenet’s refusal to support the use of the Iraq-Niger uranium claim in President Bush’s upcoming State of the Union speech (see October 5, 2002, October 6, 2002, January 27, 2003, and 9:01 pm January 28, 2003), the White House decides to go behind Tenet’s back to get CIA approval for publicly citing the claim in the speech. Robert Joseph, director for nonproliferation at the National Security Council (NSC), telephones Alan Foley, director of the CIA’s Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center (WINPAC), and mentions plans to include the Africa-uranium claim in Bush’s upcoming State of the Union address. When Foley warns that the allegation has little evidence to support it, Joseph instead suggests including a statement about the British learning that Iraq was seeking uranium in Africa, leaving out the bit about Niger and the exact quantity of uranium that was allegedly sought. [Washington Post, 7/17/2003; New York Times, 7/17/2003; Time, 7/21/2003; Washington Post, 7/27/2003; Unger, 2007, pp. 273-274] Foley apparently has no qualms about putting his bureau’s stamp of approval on the claim, having already told his staff, “If the president wants to go to war, our job is to find the intelligence to allow him to do so.” Foley rationalizes that if Bush attributes the claim to British intelligence, he can make it without having to worry whether it is actually true. The fact that the CIA has repeatedly labeled the British reports as untrustworthy does not stop Foley from vetting the claim. [Unger, 2007, pp. 273-274] Joseph will claim he does not recall the discussion, and White House communications director Dan Bartlett will call Foley’s version of events a “conspiracy theory.” [Washington Post, 7/27/2003] Entity Tags: George J. Tenet, Dan Bartlett, Central Intelligence Agency, Alan Foley, Robert G. Joseph, Bush administration (43) January 26, 2003: Andrew Card: ‘I Think the Iraqi People Would Welcome Freedom with Jubilation’ When asked by Fox News commentator Tony Snow, “If Saddam is toppled from power, do you expect to see celebrations in the streets?” White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card replies: “I think the Iraqi people are crying out for liberation and freedom. And they’ve been denied it. They’ve been living in fear for a very long time. They’re a very industrious people, and they have an awful lot to contribute to their own society as well as to the world, and they’ve been denied that chance to do so.” Snow then asks, “So you’re not worried about after shocks in Iraq?” Card answers, “I think the Iraqi people would welcome freedom with jubilation.” [Fox News Sunday, 1/26/2003] Entity Tags: Andrew Card, Tony Snow January 27, 2003: CIA Director Apparently Fails to Vet State of Union Address, Allows Uranium Claim to Be Included At a National Security Council meeting, CIA Director George Tenet is given a hard copy of President Bush’s State of the Union address, to be given the next evening (see 9:01 pm January 28, 2003), containing a direct assertion that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium from Niger for nuclear weapons (see October 6, 2002). The story of what happens next is murky. Tenet apparently does not read the speech, but sends a copy, via an assistant, to his Deputy Director of Intelligence, Jami Miscik (see January 10, 2003). But, the Senate Intelligence Committee will later report, no one in Miscik’s office recalls ever receiving the speech or if anyone was ever assigned to review it. Some find this story unbelievable: a State of the Union speech calling for war going unread and misplaced is hard to countenance. “It is inconceivable to me that George Tenet didn’t read that speech,” former CIA officer Milt Bearden will later say. “At that point, he was effectively no longer DCI [director of the CIA]. He was part of that [Bush-Cheney] cabal, and no longer able to carry an honest message.” A former intelligence officer close to Tenet will dispute Bearden’s characterization, and insist that Tenet knew nothing of the Niger uranium allegations included in the speech. “Had he been aware,” the official will state, “he would have vigorously tried to have it removed.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 269] Entity Tags: George W. Bush, Central Intelligence Agency, George J. Tenet, National Security Council, Jami Miscik, Milt Bearden, Senate Intelligence Committee Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Politicization of Intelligence, Propaganda, Africa-Uranium Allegation January 27, 2003: Uranium in Benin Warehouse Meant for France, not Iraq The CIA reports that a foreign government service has determined that the uranium being stored at a warehouse in Cotonou, Benin is destined for France, not Iraq, as was alleged in a recent report (see November 25, 2002) by the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service. [US Congress, 7/7/2004, pp. 64] January 27, 2003: Chief Weapons Inspectors Report on Progress of Inspections in Iraq UNMOVIC Chief Weapons Inspector Hans Blix and IAEA Chief Weapons Inspector Mohamed ElBaradei present their long anticipated reports on the progress of weapons inspections to the UN Security Council. Blix’s assessment is notably more critical than the IAEA report by Mohamed ElBaradei. Blix tells the UN Security Council that while the Iraqi government has passively cooperated with the weapons inspectors, it could do more. “Unlike South Africa, which decided on its own to eliminate its nuclear weapons and welcomed inspection as a means of creating confidence in its disarmament, Iraq appears not to have come to a genuine acceptance—not even today—of the disarmament, which was demanded of it and which it needs to carry out to win the confidence of the world and to live in peace.” Additionally, Blix reports that it is still too early to determine whether or not Iraq has or is developing weapons of mass destruction, noting that Iraq has still not answered several questions concerning unaccounted for weapons. [United Nations, 1/27/2003; New York Times, 1/27/2003; Washington Post, 1/28/2003; London Times, 1/28/2003; New York Times, 1/28/2003] Hans Blix's report - Iraq has refused to permit overflights by American U2 surveillance planes. Iraq said that it would allow the overflights only if the UN promised to demand an end to the almost daily bombings by US and British war planes in the so-called “no-fly” zones. Iraq worries that if fighter jets and U2 planes are flying over Iraq at the same time, Iraq might inadvertently shoot at the surveillance planes, thinking they are fighter jets. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Iraq has not provided an adequate declaration of its prior production of nerve agent VX. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Inspectors have found a “laboratory quantity” of thiodiglycol, a precursor of mustard gas. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] 1,000 tons of chemical agents from the Iraq-Iran War remain unaccounted for. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] 6,500 missing chemical rockets remain unaccounted for. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Iraq has not provided evidence to substantiate its claim that it destroyed 8,500 liters of anthrax [United Nations, 1/27/2003] 650kg of bacterial growth media remain unaccounted for. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Iraq has been developing Al Samoud 2 and Al Fatah missiles with a range beyond the 150km limit. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] 380 rocket engines were smuggled into Iraq the previous month with chemicals used for missile propellants and control systems. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Iraq had provided the names of only 400 of the estimated 3,500 Iraqi scientists. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] Iraqi scientists are refusing private interviews with UN inspectors. [United Nations, 1/27/2003] ElBaradei's report to the UN - The International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspection team has failed to uncover any evidence implicating Saddam’s regime in the development of nuclear weapons. He tells the Council: “We have to date found no evidence that Iraq has revived its nuclear weapon program since the elimination of the program in the 1990’s.… No prohibited nuclear activities have been identified during these inspections.” [United Nations, 1/27/2003 ] The International Atomic Energy Agency’s inspection team is close to completing weapons inspections in Iraq. He says: “We should be able within the next few months to provide credible assurance that Iraq has no nuclear weapons program. These few months would be a valuable investment in peace because they could help us avoid war.” He adds: “[T]he presence of international inspectors in Iraq today continues to serve as an effective deterrent to and insurance against the resumption” of secret weapons programs. [United Nations, 1/27/2003 ] The aluminum tubes that Iraq attempted to import were not related to uranium enrichment. ElBaradei states: “IAEA inspectors have inspected the relevant rocket production and storage sites, taken tube samples, interviewed relevant Iraqi personnel, and reviewed procurement contracts and related documents. From our analysis to date it appears that the aluminum tubes would be consistent with the purpose stated by Iraq and, unless modified, would not be suitable for manufacturing centrifuges….” [United Nations, 1/27/2003 ] The IAEA is investigating concerns that Iraq has attempted to obtain magnets that could be used in a gas centrifuge program. “Iraq presented detailed information on a project to construct a facility to produce magnets for the Iraqi missile program, as well as for industrial applications, and that Iraq had prepared a solicitation of offers, but that the project had been delayed due to ‘financial credit arrangements’ . Preliminary investigations indicate that the specifications contained in the offer solicitation are consistent with those required for the declared intended uses. However, the IAEA will continue to investigate the matter….” [United Nations, 1/27/2003 ] Response - Responses to the two presentations are predictable. The US and Britain see no hope for Iraqi cooperation and peaceful disarmament, whereas other nations feel Blix and ElBaradei’s reports demonstrate that the inspections are working and that the use of military force is not necessary. [New York Times, 1/27/2003; Reuters, 1/27/2003; London Times, 1/28/2003] January 27, 2003: Democrats Ask Bush to Allow Diplomacy, Inspections in Iraq to Continue President Bush receives a letter signed by more than 120 members of the House of Representatives urging him “to use the opportunity provided in the upcoming State of the Union Address to offer assurances both to the American people and the international community that the United States remains committed to the diplomatic approach and comprehensive inspections process agreed to in the UN Security Council.” The letter is written by Representatives Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ron Kind (D-WI). In it they argue that Bush should “sufficiently weigh future decisions regarding Iraq on the assessment given by UNMOVIC/IAEA, including additional inspection time and resources as appropriate.” The letter emphasizes: “Your commitment to working through the UN Security Council and your vocal support for Resolution 1441 are critical to UNMOVIC/IAEA’s eventual success.” The anti-war organization, Moveon.org, playss a large role in influencing the representatives’ decision to sign the letter. The group had helped coordinate hundreds of visits by concerned citizens to the offices of their congresspersons demanding that they sign the letter. [Brown et al., 1/24/2003] Entity Tags: Sherrod Brown, Move-On [.org], Ron Kind, George W. Bush January 27, 2003: CIA Headquarters Warned That Allegations Based on ‘Curveball’ Should Not Be Used in Bush’s Speech The CIA’s Berlin station chief warns CIA headquarters that information on the alleged mobile biological units supplied by Iraqi defector “Curveball” should be used with extreme caution. The station chief explains that the German intelligence service does not consider Curveball a reliable source and that it has been unable to confirm the defector’s statements. “[T]o use information from another liaison service’s source whose information cannot be verified on such an important, key topic should take the most serious consideration,” the station chief writes. [The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (aka 'Robb-Silberman Commission'), 3/31/2005; Washington Post, 5/21/2005] This information is forwarded by Tyler Drumheller to CIA Deputy Director John McLaughlin. But WINPAC analysts assure McLaughlin that the reporting is solid enough to be in Powell’s upcoming speech to the UN. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 182-183; Washington Post, 6/25/2006; Unger, 2007, pp. 268-269] Entity Tags: Tyler Drumheller, Central Intelligence Agency, ’Curveball’, Bundesnachrichtendienst, John E. McLaughlin Category Tags: Alleged WMDs, Politicization of Intelligence, Biological Weapons Trailers, Curveball Fabrications, Powell's Speech to UN January 28, 2003: CIA Report Falsely Suggests Hussein Is Permitting Al-Qaeda to Operate in His Territory A secret CIA report on possible links between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi government is finished and sent to top US officials. The report, entitled “Iraqi Support of Terrorism,” was substantially finished by December 2002, but was delayed while other US officials put pressure on the CIA to withdraw or revise the report, because it did not find as much evidence of a Hussein-al-Qaeda link as they would have liked. In a 2007 book, former CIA Director George Tenet will describe in detail what was in the report. “Our analysts believed that there was a solid basis for identifying three areas of concern with regard to Iraq and al-Qaeda: safe haven, contacts, and training. But they could not translate this data into a relationship where these two entities had ever moved beyond seeking ways to take advantage of each other.… Ansar al-Islam, a radical Kurdish Islamic group [based in northern Iraq areas out of Iraqi government control], was closely allied to al-Qaeda.… We believed that up to two hundred al-Qaeda fighters began to relocate [to Ansar al-Islam] camps after the Afghan campaign began in the fall of 2001.” He says that one of their camps near the town of Khurmal linked to militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi “engaged in production and training in the use of low-level poisons such as cyanide.” He says that nearly 100 operatives in Western Europe connected to this camp were arrested, but, “What was even more worrisome was that by the spring and summer of 2002, more than a dozen al-Qaeda-affiliated extremists converged on Baghdad, with apparently no harassment on the part of the Iraqi government. They had found a comfortable and secure environment in which they moved people and supplies to support al-Zarqawi’s operations in northeastern Iraq.” He mentions Thirwat Salah Shehata and Yussef Dardiri, considered to be among Islamic Jihad’s best operational planners, as those in Baghdad at the time, and that “Credible information told us that Shehata was willing to strike US, Israeli, and Egyptian targets sometime in the future.” He concludes, “Do we know just how aware Iraqi authorities were of these terrorists’ presence either in Baghdad or northeastern Iraq? No, but from an intelligence point of view it would have been difficult to conclude that the Iraqi intelligence service was not aware of their activities. Certainly, we believe that at least one senior [Ansar al-Islam] operative maintained some sort of liaison relationship with the Iraqis. But operational direction and control? No.” [Tenet, 2007, pp. 349-351] It is not clear from Tenet’s book just how much of the above description is of what the CIA believed at the time and how much is what Tenet still believed to be true in 2007. Some of Tenet’s claims from his book appear overblown, such as the danger of poison production in the Khurmal camp (see March 31, 2003). A new CIA report in 2005 (ignored in Tenet’s book) will conclude that Hussein’s government “did not have a relationship, harbor, or even turn a blind eye toward al-Zarqawi and his associates” (see October 2005). [New York Times, 9/8/2006] In 2006, a bipartisan US Senate report on “Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq” will note that “detainees that originally reported on [links between Ansar al-Islam and Iraqi intelligence] have recanted, and another detainee, in September 2003, was deemed to have insufficient access and level of detail to substantiate his claims.” The report will conclude, “Postwar information reveals that Baghdad viewed Ansar al-Islam as a threat to the regime and that [Iraqi intelligence] attempted to collect intelligence on the group.” [US Senate and Intelligence Committee, 9/8/2006 ] Entity Tags: Thirwat Salah Shehata, Yussef Dardiri, George J. Tenet, Central Intelligence Agency, Islamic Jihad, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Ansar al-Islam, Saddam Hussein January 28, 2003: Powell Said to Misrepresent Report from Weapons Inspectors US Secretary of State Colin Powell tells reporters after the UN inspectors’ January 27 interim report: “The inspectors have also told us that they have evidence that Iraq has moved or hidden items at sites just prior to inspection visits. That’s what the inspectors say, not what Americans say, not what American intelligence says; but we certainly corroborate all of that. But this is information from the inspectors.” [Associated Press, 1/27/2003] But Hans Blix, the chief UNMOVIC weapons inspector, tells the New York Times a few days later that UN weapons inspectors had experienced no such incidents. [New York Times, 1/31/2003] Entity Tags: Colin Powell January 28, 2003: Retired General Schwarzkopf Warns of ‘Cockiness’ in Iraq War Planning Retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, the commander of US forces during the 1991 Gulf War (see January 16, 1991 and After), says he is worried about the “cockiness” of the US war plans for Iraq. Schwarzkopf has already warned that the US must forge broader multinational alliances if it plans to invade and occupy Iraq with any reasonable expectation of success (see August 18, 2002). He adds that his active-duty friends are preoccupied by “the Rumsfeld thing,” the perception that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has little regard for their judgment. [Roberts, 2008, pp. 141] Entity Tags: Norman Schwarzkopf, Donald Rumsfeld Category Tags: Internal Opposition, Pre-war Planning, Predictions January 28, 2003: White House Complains Iraq Did Not Report Effort to Acquire Uranium A White House report to Congress titled “A report on matters relevant to the authorization for use of military force against Iraq,” complains that Iraq did not report in its December 2002 declaration (see December 7, 2002) to the UN that it had attempted “to acquire uranium and the means to enrich it.” [US President, 1/28/2003 ; Washington Post, 8/8/2003] Entity Tags: US Congress, Bush administration (43) Category Tags: Africa-Uranium Allegation, Nuclear Weapons Allegations January 28, 2003: Newspaper Contradicts Allegations of Iraq-Al-Qaeda Operational Links Knight Ridder Newspapers reports: “US officials and private analysts said Bush’s suggestion that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein might give such weapons to terrorists—and the implication that the risk of American retaliation can no longer deter him—stretches the analysis of US intelligence agencies to, and perhaps beyond, the limit.” The newspaper’s sources also say that “there was no evidence that Iraq and al-Qaeda had cooperated on terrorist operations and no evidence of any Iraqi role in the Sept. 11 attacks.” [Knight Ridder, 1/28/2003 Sources: Unnamed US official] Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein January 28-29, 2003: CIA Analyst, Former Ambassador Bemused by President’s Claim of Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal Former ambassador Joseph Wilson, who went to Niger almost a year ago to determine the truth or falsehood of the story that Iraq attempted to secure 500 tons of uranium from Niger (see February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002), and his wife, CIA case officer and WMD specialist Valerie Plame Wilson, both watch President Bush’s State of the Union address (see 9:01 pm January 28, 2003). According to Plame Wilson’s 2007 book Fair Game, Wilson watches from a Canadian television studio, brought there to comment on the address immediately afterwards. His wife watches from their Washington, DC, home. Plame Wilson will recall being dumbstruck at Bush’s “16 words” claim that British intelligence had found a clandestine attempt by Iraq to purchase uranium from an African nation. She will write: “What? Had I heard him correctly? Hadn’t Joe’s report on his trip to Niger nearly a year ago (see March 4-5, 2002 and March 5, 2002), distributed throughout the intelligence community, including presumably the vice president’s office, proved the emptiness of these charges?” When Wilson returns home, he and his wife, according to Plame Wilson’s recollection, “briefly discussed what we thought the president’s claim could have meant. It seemed so odd.” The next day, Wilson asks a friend at the State Department about the claim, and notes that Bush’s assertion is not borne out by the facts. If Bush had indeed referred to Niger in the speech, then his report, along with those of the US Ambassador to Niger and General Carlton Fulford (see February 24, 2002), “had all been wrong. Or had the president misspoken? In that case, the record needed to be corrected.” Wilson’s friend replies that Bush may have been speaking of one of the other African countries that produce uranium—Gabon, South Africa, or Namibia. Wilson accepts the explanation for the time being. As a side note, Plame Wilson adds at this point in her book, “Several years later, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs told Joe, ‘You don’t think that if we had seen the State of the Union address before it was delivered, that we would have allowed that phrase to remain in it, do you?” [New York Times, 7/6/2003; Wilson, 2004, pp. 313-314; Wilson, 2007, pp. 125-126] Entity Tags: US Department of State, Valerie Plame Wilson, George W. Bush, Joseph C. Wilson Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation, Curveball Fabrications January 28-29, 2003: CIA Official ‘Dumbfounded’ at Bush’s Claims Tyler Drumheller, the CIA’s chief of European operations, is “dumbfounded,” in author Craig Unger’s words, at the claims President Bush makes in his State of the Union speech (see 9:01 pm January 28, 2003). Bush and the CIA top brass had ignored Drumheller’s warnings that the intelligence about Iraq’s mobile biological laboratories is weak (see December 18-20, 2002), but Bush made the claim anyway. Just as bad, Bush made a direct reference to the long-disproven Iraq-Niger uranium deal (see Between Late 2000 and September 11, 2001, Late September 2001-Early October 2001, October 15, 2001, December 2001, February 5, 2002, February 12, 2002, October 9, 2002, October 15, 2002, January 2003, February 17, 2003, March 7, 2003, March 8, 2003, and 3:09 p.m. July 11, 2003). The White House decided to justify the uranium claim by attributing it to Britain. Unger will write, “Not only had the president of the United States taken a statement that many in the administration knew to be a lie and used it as a cause for war, he had taken the cowardly way out and attributed it to a third party.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 273-274] Entity Tags: Tyler Drumheller, Central Intelligence Agency, George W. Bush, Craig Unger 9:01 pm January 28, 2003: President Bush Gives His 2003 State of the Union Address Iraqi bomb allegedly containing botulism toxin. [Source: CIA]President Bush gives his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, making several false allegations about Iraq. [US President, 2/3/2003] An empty seat is left open to symbolize the lives lost during the 9/11 attacks. Author Craig Unger will later characterize Bush’s delivery as somber and effective. He will be interrupted some 70 times by thunderous applause from the assembled lawmakers in the House chambers. One of his biggest applause lines is his statement about the US’s war on “international terrorism:” “The war goes on, and we are winning.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 269-270] African Uranium - He says: “The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these activities.… He clearly has much to hide.” [US President, 2/3/2003; White House, 4/18/2003; Independent, 6/5/2003] The British allegation cited by Bush concerns a SISMI (Italy’s military intelligence) report (see Mid-October 2001) based on a set of forged documents. Months after the speech, with evidence mounting that the statement was completely false, the administration will retract this claim (see 3:09 p.m. July 11, 2003). Aluminum Tubes - Bush alleges that a shipment of aluminum tubes imported by Iraq was intended to be used in the country’s alleged nuclear weapons program. “Our intelligence sources tell us that he has attempted to purchase high-strength aluminum tubes suitable for nuclear weapons production. Saddam Hussein has not credibly explained these activities. He clearly has much to hide.” [US President, 2/3/2003] Biological Agents - Bush lists a parade of agents: “anthrax, botulinum toxin, Ebola, and plague,” many of which Iraq has never been accused of possessing, and warns against “outlaw regimes that seek and possess nuclear, chemical, and builogical weapons… blackmail, terror, and mass murder.” He then moves from the general to the specific, accusing Iraq of having enough material “to produce over 25,000 liters of anthrax—enough doses to kill several million people… more than 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin—enough to subject millions of people to death by respiratory failure… as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.” [US President, 2/3/2003; Unger, 2007, pp. 270-271] False Testimony from Iraqi Scientists - Bush alleges: “Iraqi intelligence officers are posing as the scientists inspectors are supposed to interview. Real scientists have been coached by Iraqi officials on what to say.” [US President, 2/3/2003] But Hans Blix, the chief UNMOVIC weapons inspector, tells the New York Times in an interview that he knows of no evidence supporting this claim. [New York Times, 1/31/2003] Defector Allegations - Bush, citing intelligence provided by “three Iraqi defectors,” says, “We know that Iraq, in the late 1990s, had several mobile weapons labs… designed to produce germ warfare agents and can be moved from place to a place to evade inspectors.” One of the defectors referred to by Bush is ‘Curveball,’ whom the CIA station chief in Germany warned was not reliable the day before (see January 27, 2003). German intelligence officials watching Bush’s speech are “shocked.” One official later recalls: “Mein Gott! We had always told them it was not proven.… It was not hard intelligence.” [Los Angeles Times, 11/20/2005] Another source for the claim was Mohammad Harith, whom the Defense Intelligence Agency had labeled a “fabricator” the previous May (see May 2002). Torture, Murder, and 9/11 - Bush accuses Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein of routinely torturing his own people, using such techniques as “electric shock, burning with hot irons, dripping acid on the skin, mutilation with electric drills, cutting out tongues, and rape.” He then connects Hussein, the torturer, murderer, and terrorist supporter, to the 9/11 attacks, saying: “[I]magine those 19 hijackers with other weapons and other plans—this time armed by Saddam Hussein. It would take one vial, one canister, one crate slipped into this country to bring a day of horror like none we have ever known.” He invites “all free nations” to join him in ensuring no such attack ever happens, but notes that “the course of this nation does not depend on the decisions of others.” After another long burst of applause, Bush continues, “Whatever action is required, whatever action is necessary, I will defend the freedom and security of the American people.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 270-271] 'Direct Personal Threat' - Bush states what former ambassador Joseph Wilson later writes can only be interpreted by Hussein “as a direct personal threat,” saying: “Tonight I have a message for the brave and oppressed people of Iraq: Your enemy is not surrounding your country, your enemy is ruling your country. And the day he and his regime are removed from power will be the day of your liberation.” Wilson will later write: “Not simply promising the disarmament of Iraq as he had in his recent speeches, the president now stated outright his intention to rout Saddam from power, and to kill or capture him. It was an unwise thing to say. It made whatever strategy we adopted for Iraq that much more dangerous because it so blatantly telegraphed our next move and our ultimate goal.” [US President, 2/3/2003; Wilson, 2004, pp. 315] Defending America - To America’s soldiers, he says: “Many of you are assembling in or near the Middle East, and some crucial hours lay ahead. In these hours, the success of our cause will depend on you. Your training has prepared you. Your honor will guide you. You believe in America, and America believes in you.” In 2007, Unger will write: “A few years earlier, Bush had confided that he thought to be a great president meant being a great commander in chief. Now George W. Bush was leading his nation into war.” [Unger, 2007, pp. 270-271] Entity Tags: Hans Blix, George W. Bush, Joseph C. Wilson, ’Curveball’, Saddam Hussein, Craig Unger, Mohammad Harith Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Africa-Uranium Allegation, Aluminum Tubes Allegation, Biological Weapons Trailers, Curveball Fabrications After (9:30 pm) January 28, 2003: French Shocked at Bush’s Claim that Iraq Sought Uranium from Africa; Launches Another Investigation Which Again Turns up Nothing French officials are shocked by the claims Bush made in his state of the union speech (see 9:01 pm January 28, 2003) concerning Iraqi attempts to obtain uranium from Africa. One government official will later recall in an interview with the Los Angeles Times that French experts considered Bush’s claim, which he attributed to the British, as “totally crazy because, in our view, there was no backup for this.” Notwithstanding, the French launch another investigation (see Late April or Early May 2002-June 2002) and again, find no evidence supporting the US and British claim. [Los Angeles Times, 12/11/2005] Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Direction GÃ©nÃ©rale de la SÃ©curitÃ© ExtÃ©rieure January 29, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Saddam Recently Sought Uranium in Africa Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says at a press conference that Saddam Hussein’s “regime has the design for a nuclear weapon; it was working on several different methods of enriching uranium, and recently was discovered seeking significant quantities of uranium from Africa.” [Washington Post, 8/8/2003] January 29, 2003: John Negroponte Says Administration ‘Convinced’ that Aluminum Tubes Were Intended for Iraq’s Alleged Nuclear Program When a reporter asks US Ambassador to the UN John Negroponte if the Bush administration is still confident that the aluminum tubes imported by Iraq were intended for the country’s alleged nuclear weapons program in light of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s judgment that they were not (see January 11, 2003), Negroponte responds: “Are we convinced that those tubes were designed and were intended for enrichment of uranium? The answer is definitely, yes.” [CNN, 1/29/2003] Entity Tags: John Negroponte Category Tags: Aluminum Tubes Allegation, Nuclear Weapons Allegations January 29, 2003: Joseph Wilson Wants White House to Correct the Record with Regard to Uranium-from-Africa Allegation Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson attempts to contact the White House through his contacts in the State Department and Senate with the message that it needs to correct the record on Iraq, specifically the allegation Bush recently made that Iraq sought uranium from Africa (see 9:01 pm January 28, 2003). Wilson had been sent to Niger nearly a year before by the CIA to investigate these claims (see February 21, 2002-March 4, 2002). Both he and the current US ambassador in Niger confirmed that the country’s uranium supplies were under the complete control of a French consortium and that it would have been impossible for Niger to divert uranium to Iraq. Wilson also tells his contacts about General Carlton W. Fulford Jr’s trip (see February 24, 2002) to Niger. On that trip the four-star Marine Corps general had similarly reported to Washington that the purported uranium deal was probably not true. [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 174] The White House refuses to communicate with Wilson. The only message he receives is one from National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice saying that he can state his case in writing in a public forum. [Truthout (.org), 1/23/2007] Entity Tags: Joseph C. Wilson, Condoleezza Rice January 29, 2003: Powell Accepts Task of Making Administration’s Case for War; Finds White House Dossier Unreliable US Secretary of State Colin Powell reluctantly accepts the task of making the administration’s case for war to the United Nations Security Council. He assigns his close friend and chief of staff Larry Wilkerson to go to the CIA and put together a team to craft a presentation. Though Powell has long harbored deep misgivings about the war, in public he has consistently and staunchly promoted the war, even when it came to repeating claims he knew to be false (see January 23, 2008). Powell also gives Wilkerson a 48-page report from the White House on Iraq’s alleged arsenal of banned weapons. The report is meant to serve as the basis for Powell’s upcoming speech to the UN (see February 5, 2003). Powell, skeptical of the report’s data, instructs Wilkerson to have it looked over by the CIA. The dossier was written primarily by two senior aides to Vice President Cheney, John Hannah and I. Lewis Libby (see January 25, 2003). [Bamford, 2004, pp. 368; Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 281; Unger, 2007, pp. 275] The analysts at CIA will quickly determine that the documents are based on unreliable sources (see January 30-February 4, 2003). Speculation is already rampant throughout the State Department and among well-informed observers as to why Powell became such a reliable spokesman for the administration’s war plans. A State Department official will echo the opinion of others in saying that Powell is “completely aware of the machinations going on,” but wants to avoid any sort of public dispute among top White House officials—and Powell wants to keep relations with Vice President Dick Cheney on an even keel. Author Craig Unger will later note, “Regardless of what he really believed, Powell ultimately accommodated the White House to such an extent that he became the most articulate spokesman for the war effort” (see January 26, 2003). [Unger, 2007, pp. 275] Entity Tags: Lawrence Wilkerson, US Department of State, Colin Powell, Craig Unger, Central Intelligence Agency Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Powell's Speech to UN Late January, 2003: CIA Officer Deletes Erroneous Paragraph in Powell’s Upcoming Speech about WMD Trailers; Warns CIA Deputy Director Tyler Drumheller, head of CIA spying in Europe, reviews a classified draft of the speech Secretary of State Colin Powell will be delivering to the UN Security Council on February 5. He is surprised to see the allegation that according to an unnamed “chemical engineer,” Iraq has mobile biological weapons factories. Drumheller recognizes the description of the source as that of Curveball, an Iraqi defector living in Germany who is suspected of being a fabricator. Only a few days before, CIA’s Berlin station chief warned CIA headquarters that Curveball’s statements could not be verified (see January 27, 2003). Drumheller takes his pen and crosses out the entire paragraph referring to Curveball, and then calls CIA Deputy Director John E. McLaughlin who meets with him immediately. McLaughlin, concerned, admits that Curveball is the CIA’s “only tangible source” for the story. “This is the heart of the case,” he says to the surprise of Drumheller. [Risen, 2006; Washington Post, 6/25/2006] Drumheller recalls, “And John said, ‘Oh my, I hope not. You know this is all we have,’ and I said, ‘This can’t be all we have.’ I said, ‘There must be another, there must be something else.’ And he said, ‘No, this is really the only tangible thing we have.’” [ABC News, 3/13/2007] According to Drumheller, McLaughlin says he will take care of the issue. McLaughlin later says he does not recall the meeting, but the final report of the Silberman-Robb commission cites e-mails and interviews with other CIA officials who back Drumheller’s account. [Risen, 2006; Washington Post, 6/25/2006] Despite the warning, the claim remains in Powell’s speech (see February 5, 2003). Entity Tags: Tyler Drumheller, John E. McLaughlin Category Tags: Biological Weapons Trailers, Curveball Fabrications, Powell's Speech to UN January 29, 2003: Russian Foreign Minister Says His Country Has Found No Links between Iraq and Al-Qaeda Igor Ivanov, the Russian foreign minister, says that neither his country nor any other has evidence of ties between Iraq and al-Qaeda. “So far, neither Russia nor any other country has information about Iraq’s ties with al-Qaeda.” he says. “Nobody has provided us with such information…. If we receive such information we will analyze it. Statements made so far are not backed by concrete documents and concrete facts.” [Reuters, 1/30/2003; Sydney Morning Herald, 2/1/2003] Entity Tags: Igor Ivanov January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Team Compiles Information for Upcoming Presentation on Its Own Colin Powell’s chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson, tasked with the duty of preparing Powell’s upcoming UN presentation (see January 29, 2003), meets with his hastily assembled team: Lynne Davidson, Powell’s chief speechwriter; Carl Ford, the head of the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR); and Barry Lowenkron, principal deputy director of policy planning at State. They also consult with a UN staffer on the logistics of making such a presentation to the Security Council. Later that day, Wilkerson drives to the CIA building in Langley, where he meets with CIA Director George Tenet and Tenet’s deputy, John McLaughlin. Wilkerson examines information provided for Powell’s speech by the White House, and quickly determines that it is unreliable to the point of uselessness (see January 30-February 4, 2003). He decides that his team will assemble its own information. [Unger, 2007, pp. 276] INR Analysts Not Invited to Presentation Planning Sessions - Over the next few days, Wilkerson and his team works almost around the clock putting together Powell’s upcoming presentation. In addition to Wilkerson’s staff, McLaughlin and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are frequent participants. Others who take part include Rice’s deputy, Stephen Hadley; National Security Council officer Robert Joseph, who had ensured mention of the Iraq-Niger claim in President Bush’s recent State of the Union address (see January 26 or 27, 2003); another NSC official, Will Tobey; two of Vice President Cheney’s senior aides, John Hannah and Lewis “Scooter” Libby; and Lawrence Gershwin, one of the CIA’s top advisers on technical intelligence. Aside from Ford, there are no representatives from the State Department’s own intelligence analysts of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR). They had refused to give in to White House pressure to “cook” the intelligence on Iraq (see November 14, 2001, January 31, 2002, March 1, 2002, and December 23, 2002). Their absence, author Craig Unger will later write, is “another striking indication that Powell had capitulated and was trying to avoid a showdown with the White House.… [T]he hard-nosed analysts at INR, who had not bowed to White House pressure, would be a political liability for Powell.” [US News and World Report, 6/9/2003; Bamford, 2004, pp. 370-1; Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230; Unger, 2007, pp. 276-278] Inspirational Film - Early in the process, Wilkerson and his colleagues watch an archived film of then-UN ambassador Adlai Stevenson’s historic 1962 speech before the UN Security Council. Stevenson’s ringing denunciation of the Soviet Union, and his dramatic use of irrefutable evidence that showed Soviet missiles in Cuba, inspires the team to seek what Wilkerson calls “a similar confluence of evidence and rhetoric.” They want Powell to have his own “Stevenson moment” before the UN. [Unger, 2007, pp. 276-278] Roadblocks - Throughout the process, Wilkerson’s team is deviled by the insistence of White House representatives, most notably those from Cheney’s office, on the insertion of information and claims that Wilkerson and his team know are unreliable (see January 30-February 4, 2003). [Unger, 2007, pp. 275] Entity Tags: John E. McLaughlin, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell, Central Intelligence Agency, Carl W. Ford, Jr., Bush administration (43), George J. Tenet, Barry Lowenkron, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, William H. Tobey, Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, US Department of State, Lynne Davidson, United Nations, Robert G. Joseph, Craig Unger, Lewis (“Scooter”) Libby, National Security Council, Stephen J. Hadley, Lawrence Wilkerson, John Hannah, Lawrence Gershwin Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, Alleged WMDs, Legal Justification, Politicization of Intelligence, Propaganda, The Decision to Invade, Powell's Speech to UN January 30-February 4, 2003: Powell’s Top Aide Refuses to Include Material From White House Reports in Powell’s Upcoming UN Speech Colin Powell’s chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson, meets with other administration officials and aides at the CIA’s Langley headquarters in a conference room down the hall from George Tenet’s office to review two White House reports on Iraq’s alleged illegal activities. The team includes George Tenet, John McLaughlin, William Tobey and Robert Joseph from the National Security Council, and John Hannah from Vice President Cheney’s office. (Tenet had intended to leave for a Middle East junket, but Powell stopped him from going, insisting on his input and participation.) The two dossiers are meant to serve as the basis for Powell’s upcoming speech at the UN (see February 5, 2003). One of the reports—a 48-page dossier that had been provided to Powell’s office a few days earlier (see January 29, 2003)—deals with Iraq’s supposed arsenal of weapons of mass destruction while the other, a slightly more recent report totaling some 45 pages, addresses the issue of Iraq’s history of human rights violations and its alleged ties to Islamic militant groups. Shortly after Wilkerson begins reviewing the 48-page report on Iraq’s alleged WMD, it becomes apparent that the material is not well sourced. [Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 177; Unger, 2007, pp. 276] Dossiers Contain Large Amounts of White House Misinformation - Wilkerson has been given three dossiers: about 90 pages of material on Iraq’s WMD, on its sponsorship of terrorism, and on its violation of human rights. Wilkerson is not well informed about the variety of machinations surrounding the WMD issue, but it doesn’t take him long to realize there is a problem. The CIA has an array of analysts with decades of experience studying Iraq’s weapons programs, rigorous peer review procedures to prevent unreliable intelligence from making it into the final assessments, and a large budget devoted to Middle East intelligence. But the CIA had not produced Wilkerson’s dossiers. They had been prepared by Libby, Cheney’s chief of staff. Wilkerson is taken aback by such a breach of procedure, especially on such a critically important matter of state. Former NSC counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke later says, “It’s very strange for the Vice President’s senior adviser to be… saying to the Secretary of State, ‘This is what you should be saying.’” As Wilkerson goes through the material, he realizes, in Unger’s words, “just how aggressively Cheney and his men have stacked the deck.” Wilkerson first reads the 48-page WMD dossier, and is not impressed. “It was anything but an intelligence document,” he later says. “It was, as some people characterized it later, sort of a Chinese menu from which you could pick and choose.” Cherry-Picked Intel - Wilkerson will continue, “When we had a question, which was virtually every line, John Hannah from the vice president’s office would consult a huge clipboard he had.” Hannah, a former official of the pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy, had coauthored the dossier with Libby. He had also worked closely with Libby in the White House Iraq Group (see August 2002). Hannah cites the source of each questionable datum Wilkerson asks about, and Wilkerson and his team set about tracking down the original sources of each item. They spend hours poring over satellite photos, intercepts of Iraqi military communications, and various foreign intelligence reports. Wilkerson and his team find that in almost every instance, the original sources do not support the conclusions drawn in the dossier. “Once we read the entirety of those documents,” he will recall, “we’d find that the context was not quite what the cherry-picked item imparted.” Wilkerson believes that much of the dossier’s intelligence comes from Ahmed Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress (see 1992-1996), a belief given credence by the fact that Hannah had served as the chief liaison between the INC and Cheney’s office. As Wilkerson will later recall, “It was clear the thing was put together by cherry-picking everything from the New York Times to the DIA.” Reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn will later write that “a Defense Intelligence Agency report was not being used properly, a CIA report was not being cited in a fair way, a referenced New York Times article was quoting a DIA report out of context,” and will confirm that much of the material had come from the Iraqi National Congress. [US News and World Report, 6/9/2003; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 177; Unger, 2007, pp. 276-278] Incomprehensible 'Genealogy' - According to Wilkerson, Feith’s office had strung together an incomprehensible “genealogy.” “It was like the Bible,” Wilkerson later recalls. “It was the Old Testament. It was ‘Joe met Bob met Frank met Bill met Ted met Jane in Khartoum and therefore we assume that Bob knew Ralph.’ It was incredible.” [Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 180-181] Link to Office of Special Plans? - Powell’s staff is also “convinced that much of it had been funneled directly to Cheney by a tiny separate intelligence unit set up by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld” (see Summer 2002 and September 2002), Vanity Fair magazine later reports. [Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230] Cheney's Aides Attempt to Reinsert Deleted Material - Soon Wilkerson’s team faces the same difficulties with the dossier on Iraq’s connections to Islamist terrorism that it faced with the White House-prepared dossier on Iraq’s WMD (see January 30-February 4, 2003). Tenet has tried manfully to give the administration what it so desperately wants—proof of Iraq’s connections to the 9/11 attacks. The CIA’s unit on Osama bin Laden had gone through 75,000 pages of documents and found no evidence of any such connections. Vice President Cheney and his staffers have always insisted that such a connection does indeed exist. Their strongest claim to that effect is the supposed meeting between 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence agent in April 2000 (see September 14, 2001). This claim has long been discredited (see September 18, 2001), but Cheney’s people keep attempting to bring it back into play (see February 1, 2003-February 4, 2003). [US News and World Report, 6/9/2003; Bamford, 2004, pp. 370-1; Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230; Unger, 2007, pp. 276-278] Information about Australian Software Erroneous - One item in the White House’s original draft alleged that Iraq had obtained software from an Australian company that would provide Iraqis with sensitive information about US topography. The argument was that Iraqis, using that knowledge, could one day attack the US with biological or chemical weapons deployed from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). But when Powell’s intelligence team investigated the issue, it became “clear that the information was not ironclad” (see October 1, 2002). [US News and World Report, 6/9/2003] 'Idiocy' - “We were so appalled at what had arrived from the White House,” one official later says. [Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230] As another senior official (likely Wilkerson) will later recall, “We went through that for about six hours—item by item, page by page and about halfway through the day I realized this is idiocy, we cannot possibly do this, because it was all bullsh_t—it was unsourced, a lot of it was just out of the newspapers, it was—and I look back in retrospect—it was a [Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas] Feith product, it was a Scooter Libby product, it was a Vice President’s office product. It was a product of collusion between that group. And it had no way of standing up, anywhere, I mean it was nuts.” [Bamford, 2004, pp. 368-9] Starting from Scratch - After several hours, Wilkerson and Tenet are both so fed up that they decide to scrap the WMD dossier entirely. “Let’s go back to the NIE,” Tenet suggests, referring to the recently released National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq (see October 1, 2002). Wilkerson is not aware of how badly the NIE had been, in author Craig Unger’s words, “tampered with,” but Powell should have known, as his own intelligence bureau in the State Department had disputed key elements of the NIE. [Bamford, 2004, pp. 368-9; Vanity Fair, 5/2004, pp. 230; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 177-178; Unger, 2007, pp. 276-278] Entity Tags: Richard (“Dick”) Cheney, Office of the Vice President, National Security Council, Richard A. Clarke, White House Iraq Group, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Robert G. Joseph, William H. Tobey, Lawrence Wilkerson, John Hannah, Michael Isikoff, Iraqi National Congress, Colin Powell, Central Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Chalabi, Craig Unger, David Corn, Donald Rumsfeld, John E. McLaughlin, George J. Tenet, Douglas Feith Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, Drones, Chalabi and the INC, Powell's Speech to UN Late January 2003: British Officials Order Translators and Analysts to Work with US Spy Operation Targeting UN Members Britain’s GCHQ. [Source: BBC]British officials order translators and analysts working at the British Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to cooperate with a US surveillance operation (see January 31, 2003) that is targeting diplomats from the “swing nations” on the Security Council—Chile, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Angola, Guinea, and Pakistan. China, too, is likely a target of the mission. The espionage campaign is “designed to help smooth the way for a second UN resolution authorizing war in Iraq.” [Observer, 2/8/2004 Sources: Unnamed sources close to the intelligence services] The operation is likely known to the director-general of GCHQ, David Pepper, and Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, “who has overall responsibility for GCHQ.” [Observer, 2/8/2004] The operation reportedly causes “significant disquiet in the intelligence community on both sides of the Atlantic.” [Observer, 2/8/2004] Entity Tags: Jack Straw, David Pepper Late January 2003: US Army War College Report Predicts Civil War in Post-Saddam Iraq The US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute produces a report assessing the challenges the US will probably face in post-Hussein Iraq. According to the report: “Ethnic, tribal, and religious schisms could produce civil war or fracture the state after Saddam is deposed.” Iraq reconstruction will require “a considerable commitment of American resources.” The “longer US presence is maintained, the more likely violent resistance will develop.” Political parties will likely form along ethnic, tribal, and religious lines. Free elections among these parties may actually “increase divisions rather than mitigate them.” Armed militias may emerge. Islamic radicals could move in and conduct suicide bombings in an effort to turn Iraqis against the US occupation Revenue from oil production will be insufficient to fund reconstruction. The occupation force will find it “exceptionally challenging” to provide Iraqis with electricity, water, food, and security. The paper lists 135 postinvasion tasks that the US would need to perform, including securing the borders, establishing local governments, protecting religious, historical, and cultural sites, establishing police systems, restoring and maintaining power systems, operating hospitals, reorganizing Iraq’s military and security forces, and disarming militia groups. The reports says the US should not abolish the Iraqi army. About a thousand copies of the report are distributed to various government officials and offices, including to members of Congress. While Central Command reportedly appreciates the report, there is no feedback from the Pentagon’s civilian leadership. [Strategic Studies Institute, 2/2003 ; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 197-198; Salon, 6/8/2006] Entity Tags: US Central Command, US Congress, US Department of Defense, Strategic Studies Institute Late January 2003: Powell Given Curveball’s Information on Iraqi Bioweapons Labs by CIA Larry Wilkerson. [Source: CBS News]Secretary of State Colin Powell, preparing for his critically important presentation to the United Nations that will assert the reality of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction (see February 5, 2003), sends his chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson, to the CIA to prepare for the presentation. CIA Director George Tenet and his experts regale Wilkerson with the information about mobile bioweapons labs provided by the Iraqi defector Curveball (see November 1999). In 2007, Wilkerson will recall, “They presented it in a very dynamic, dramatic, ‘we know this is accurate,’ way.” Curveball’s assertion that he is a firsthand witness is very important, Wilkerson will say. “This was a man who had actually been in the belly of the beast. He had been in the lab. He had been there when an accident occurred. He’d seen people killed. And the implication was, strong implication, that they weren’t killed because of the accident in the explosion, they were killed because they were contaminated. Yes, the source was very credible. As it was presented by the CIA.” Wilkerson later says that both he and Powell accept the claims because they depend on the intelligence community for good information: “And you depend on the director of central intelligence to assimilate all the intelligence community’s input and give it to you.” Wilkerson feels the section on mobile bioweapons is the strongest part of the presentation, as does Powell. Others at the CIA are not so convinced of Curveball’s truthfulness (see September 2002, January 27, 2003, and December 2002). [CBS News, 11/4/2007] Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, Central Intelligence Agency, Colin Powell, ’Curveball’, United Nations, George J. Tenet, Lawrence Wilkerson Category Tags: Legal Justification, Biological Weapons Trailers, Curveball Fabrications January 31, 2003: Bush and Blair Acknowledge No Direct Link Between Saddam and 9/11 During a joint press conference with President George Bush and British Prime Minister Blair at the White House, the two leaders are asked by a reporter, “One question for you both. Do you believe that there is a link between Saddam Hussein, a direct link, and the men who attacked on September the 11th?” Bush answers succinctly, “I can’t make that claim.” [US President, 2/3/2003] Entity Tags: George W. Bush, Tony Blair Category Tags: Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties, The Decision to Invade, Decision to Invade Quotes January 31, 2003: State Department’s Intelligence Bureau Flags 38 Claims in Powell’s UN Speech as ‘Weak,’ ‘Unsubstantiated’ The State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), reduced to fact-checking the drafts of Secretary of State Colin Powell’s upcoming UN speech (see January 30-February 4, 2003 and February 5, 2003), flags 38 of the charges in the draft as “unsubstantiated” or “weak.” Twenty-eight of them are removed from the draft. [Unger, 2007, pp. 278] Entity Tags: US Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Colin Powell Category Tags: Politicization of Intelligence, The Decision to Invade, Powell's Speech to UN January 31, 2003: Bush Tells Blair US Going to War Regardless of Inspection Results; US Considering Luring Iraq into Shooting at US Aircraft Painted in UN Colors President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair meet at the White House to discuss Iraq. Also present at the meeting are Blair’s foreign policy adviser, Sir David Manning; his aid Matthew Rycoft; his chief of staff, Jonathan Powell; US National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and her deputy, Dan Fried; and Bush’s chief of staff, Andrew Card. [Sands, 2005; Independent, 2/2/2006; Channel 4 News (London), 2/2/2006; New York Times, 3/27/2006] Bush Says US Going to War with or without UN Resolution - Blair presses Bush to seek a second UN resolution that would provide specific legal backing for the use of force against Iraq. According to the minutes of the meeting, Bush says that “the diplomatic strategy [has] to be arranged around the military planning” and that the “US would put its full weight behind efforts to get another resolution and would ‘twist arms’ and ‘even threaten.’” But if such efforts fail, Bush is recorded saying, “military action would follow anyway.” Bush also tells Blair that he hopes to commence military action on March 10. Blair does not demur and offers Britain’s total support for the war, saying that he is “solidly with the president and ready to do whatever it took to disarm Saddam.” Notwithstanding, he insists that “a second Security Council resolution would provide an insurance policy against the unexpected, and international cover, including with the Arabs.” According to Bush, the question that needs to be addressed is what should they cite as evidence that Iraq is in breach of its obligations under UN Resolution 1441 (see November 8, 2002). The minutes of the meeting will indicate that there is concern that inspections have failed to provide sufficient evidence of a material breach. Suggested Provocation of Iraq - “The US was thinking of flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colors,” the minutes report. “If Saddam fired on them, he would be in breach.” [Sands, 2005; Channel 4 News (London), 2/2/2006; MSNBC, 2/2/2006; Guardian, 2/3/2006; New York Times, 3/27/2006] The Times of London later notes that this proposal “would have made sense only if the spy plane was ordered to fly at an altitude within range of Iraqi missiles.” In this case, the plane would be far below the 90,000 foot altitude it is capable of operating at. [London Times, 2/2/2006; Channel 4 News (London), 2/2/2006] Bush Suggests Use of Defector - In addition to the U2 idea, Bush says it is “possible that a defector could be brought out who would give a public presentation about Saddam’s WMD, and there was also a small possibility that Saddam would be assassinated.” At one point during the two-hour meeting, Bush says he thinks “it unlikely that there would be internecine warfare between the different religious and ethnic groups.” [Sands, 2005; New York Times, 3/27/2006] Author Phillippe Sands will later ask, “Why would the US president and the British prime minister spend any time concocting ways of proposing a material breach if they knew they could prove Saddam had weapons of mass destruction?” [Rich, 2006, pp. 190] Entity Tags: David Manning, George W. Bush, Jonathan Powell, Daniel Fried, Tony Blair, Andrew Card, Condoleezza Rice, Phillippe Sands, Matthew Rycroft Category Tags: The Decision to Invade, Politicization of Intelligence, Predictions, Weapons Inspections January 31, 2003: US Conducts Covert Surveillance Against United Nations Delegates Frank Koza, chief of staff in the “Regional Targets” section of the National Security Agency, issues a secret memo to senior NSA officials that orders staff to conduct aggressive, covert surveillance against several United Nations Security Council members. This surveillance, which has the potential to wreak havoc on US relations with its fellow nations, is reportedly ordered by George W. Bush and his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice. Koza, whose section spies on countries considered strategically important to US interests, is trying to compile information on certain Security Council members in order to help the United States to win an upcoming UN resolution vote on whether to support military action against Iraq (see February 24, 2003. Targeted Nations Include 'Middle Six' - The targeted members are the delegations from Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Mexico, Guinea, and Pakistan, who together make up the so-called “Middle Six.” These six nations are officially “on the fence,” and their votes are being aggressively courted by both the pro-war faction, led by the US and Britain, and the anti-war faction, led by France, Russia and China (see Mid-February 2003-March 2003. [Observer, 3/2/2003] Bulgaria is another nation targeted, and that operation will apparently be successful, because within days Bulgaria joined the US in supporting the Iraq war resolution. Mexico, another fence-straddler, is not targeted, but that may be because, in journalist Martin Bright’s words, “the Americans had other means of twisting the arms of the Mexicans.” (Bright is one of the authors of the original news report.) The surveillance program will backfire with at least one country, Chile, who has its own history of being victimized by US “dirty tricks” and CIA-led coups. Chile is almost certain to oppose the US resolution. [Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3/6/2003] It is also likely, some experts believe, that China is an ultimate target of the spy operation, since the junior translater who will leak the Koza memo in February, Katharine Gun, is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and is unlikely to have seen the memo unless she would have been involved in translating it into that language. [AlterNet, 2/18/2004] Operation Ruined US Chances of Winning Vote - Later assessment shows that many experts believe the spying operation scuttled any chance the US had of winning the UN vote, as well as the last-ditch attempt by the UN to find a compromise that would avert a US-British invasion of Iraq. [Observer, 2/15/2004] Chile 'Surprised' to be Targeted - Chile’s ambassador to Britain, Mariano Fernandez, will say after learning of the NSA surveillance, “We cannot understand why the United States was spying on Chile. We were very surprised. Relations have been good with America since the time of George Bush, Sr.” [Observer, 3/9/2003] Mexico Suspected Spying - Mexico’s UN representative, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, will tell the Observer a year later that he and other UN delegates believed at the time that they were being spied upon by the US during their meetings. “The surprising thing was the very rapid flow of information to the US quarters,” he will recall. “It was very obvious to the countries involved in the discussion on Iraq that we were being observed and that our communications were probably being tapped. The information was being gathered to benefit the United States.” [Observer, 2/15/2004] Memo Comes Before Powell's UN Presentation - The memo comes just five days before Colin Powell’s extraordinary presentation to the UN to build a case for war against Iraq (see [complete_timeline_of_the_2003_invasion_of_iraq_442]]), and is evidence of the US’s plans to do everything possible to influence the UN to vote to authorize war with that nation. The memo says the eavesdropping push “will probably peak” after Powell’s speech. [Baltimore Sun, 3/4/2003] NSA Wants Details of Voting Plans, More - The NSA wants information about how these countries’ delegations “will vote on any second resolution on Iraq, but also ‘policies’, ‘negotiating positions’, ‘alliances’ and ‘dependencies’—the whole gamut of information that could give US policymakers an edge in obtaining results favorable to US goals or to head off surprises.” [Observer, 3/2/2003] Bright will tell other reporters on March 9, “It’s quite clear what they were going for was not only the voting patterns and the voting plans and the negotiations with other interested parties such as the French or the Chinese, it wasn’t just the bare bones, it was also the office telephone communications and email communications and also what are described as ‘domestic coms’, which is the home telephones of people working within the UN. This can only mean that they were looking for personal information. That is, information which could be used against those delagates. It’s even clear from the memo that this was an aggressive operation. It wasn’t simply a neutral surveillance operation.” According to Bright’s sources, the orders for the program came “from a level at least as high as Condoleezza Rice, who is the President’s National Security Adviser.” [Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3/6/2003] 'Surge' of Covert Intelligence Gathering - Koza advises his fellow NSA officials that the agency is “mounting a surge” aimed at gaining covert information that will help the US in its negotiations. This information will be used for the US’s so-called Quick Response Capability (QRC), “against” the six delegations. In the memo, Koza writes that the staff should also monitor “existing non-UN Security Council Member UN-related and domestic comms [office and home telephones] for anything useful related to Security Council deliberations,” suggesting that not only are the delegates to be monitored in their UN offices, but at their homes as well. Koza’s memo is copied to senior officials at an unnamed foreign intelligence agency (later revealed to be Britain). Koza addresses those officials: “We’d appreciate your support in getting the word to your analysts who might have similar more indirect access to valuable information from accesses in your product lines [intelligence sources].…I suspect that you’ll be hearing more along these lines in formal channels.” The surveillance is part of a comprehensive attempt by the US to influence other nations to vote to authorize a war against Iraq; these US attempts include proffers of economic and military aid, and threats that existing aid packages will be withdrawn. A European intelligence source says, The Americans are being very purposeful about this.” [National Security Agency, 1/31/2003; Observer, 3/2/2003; Observer, 2/8/2004] US Media Ignores Operation - While the European and other regional media have produced intensive coverage of the news of the NSA’s wiretapping of the UN, the American media virtually ignores the story until 2004, when Gun’s court case is scheduled to commence (see February 26, 2004). Bright, in an interview with an Australian news outlet, says on March 6 that “[i]t’s as well not to get too paranoid about these things and too conspiratorial,” he was scheduled for interviews by three major US television news outlets, NBC, Fox News, and CNN, who all “appeared very excited about the story to the extent of sending cars to my house to get me into the studio, and at the last minute, were told by their American desks to drop the story. I think they’ve got some questions to answer too.” [Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3/6/2003] Most US print media outlets fail to cover the story, either. The New York Times, the self-described newspaper of record for the US, do not cover the story whatsoever. The Times’s deputy foreign editor, Alison Smale, says on March 5, “Well, it’s not that we haven’t been interested, [but] we could get no confirmation or comment” on the memo from US officials. “We would normally expect to do our own intelligence reporting.” The Washington Post publishes a single story about the operation, focusing on the idea that surveillance at the UN is business as usual. The Los Angeles Times fixes on claims by unnamed “former top intelligence officials” believe Koza’s memo is a forgery. (When the memo is proven to be authentic, both the Post and the Los Angeles Times refuse to print anything further on the story.) Author Norman Solomon writes, “In contrast to the courage of the lone woman who leaked the NSA memo—and in contrast to the journalistic vigor of the Observer team that exposed it—the most powerful US news outlets gave the revelation the media equivalent of a yawn. Top officials of the Bush administration, no doubt relieved at the lack of US media concern about the NSA’s illicit spying, must have been very encouraged.” [ZNet, 12/28/2005] UN to Launch Inquiry - The United Nations will launch its own inquiry into the NSA surveillance operation (see March 9, 2003). Entity Tags: United Nations Security Council, Washington Post, NBC, New York Times, Martin Bright, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Alison Smale, Britain Mariano FernÃ¡ndez, Los Angeles Times, CNN, Fox News, Colin Powell, National Security Agency, Frank Koza Category Tags: Legal Justification, Media Coverage, Spying on the UN February 2003: New Neoconservative Blueprint for Post-Saddam Iraq Completed The Bush administration completes a 100-page blueprint for post-Saddam Iraq. The document replaces the State Department- and Big Oil- sanctioned plan (see February 2001 and After) with one favored by neoconservatives calling for the privatization of Iraq’s oil reserves and supporting industries as a means to undermine the OPEC cartel and destabilize Saudi Arabia (see Early 2005). It new plan bears strong resemblance to the recommendations that were put forth in a September 2002 Heritage Foundation paper by Ariel Cohen and Gerald P. O’Driscoll (see September 25, 2002). It is also heavily influenced by corporate lobbyists, including Grover Norquist, the outspoken advocate for a flat-tax system. The plan advocates changing Iraq’s tax and copyright law, as well as implementing a variety of other neoliberal reforms. [Cohen and O'Driscoll, 3/5/2003; BBC Newsnight, 3/17/2005; Democracy Now!, 3/21/2005; Harper's, 4/2005, pp. 74-76] Entity Tags: Bush administration (43), Gerald P. O’Driscoll Timeline Tags: Neoconservative Influence Category Tags: Motives, Pre-war Planning February 2003: Bush Administration Downplays Afghanistan War as War in Iraq Draws Near Rand Beers. [Source: MSNBC]The Bush Administration declares that the US military is moving to “stability operations” in Afghanistan, a euphemism for military deescalation. Rand Beers, a counterterrorism expert on the National Security Council at the time, will say in July 2003, “They wanted to make it sound as if there were just a few more stitches needed in the quilt.” He will add: “They didn’t want to call attention to the fact that Osama [bin Laden] was still at large and living along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, because they wanted it to look like the only front was Iraq. Otherwise, the question becomes: If Afghanistan is that bad, why start another war?” He will also say, “I have worried for some time that it became politically inconvenient” for the Bush administration to “complete operations sufficiently in Afghanistan.” Beers is so upset that he quits a month later, right as the Iraq war begins. [New Yorker, 7/28/2003] Entity Tags: National Security Council, Bush administration (43), Rand Beers Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, War in Afghanistan Category Tags: Diversion of Resources to Iraq Key Events Related to DSM (63) General Topic Areas Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties (217)Alleged WMDs (247)Diversion of Resources to Iraq (24)Internal Opposition (62)Legal Justification (145)Media Coverage (148)Motives (125)Politicization of Intelligence (354)Pre-9/11 Plans for War (53)Pre-war Attacks against Iraq (31)Pre-war Planning (54)Predictions (55)Propaganda (166)Public Opinion on Iraqi Threat (70)The 'Generals' Revolt' (4)The Decision to Invade (263)Weapons Inspections (133) Specific Allegations 2001 Anthrax Attacks (13)Africa-Uranium Allegation (126)Al Zarqawi Allegation (39)Aluminum Tubes Allegation (90)Atta in Prague Connection (63)Biological Weapons Trailers (67)Drones (9)Poisons and Gases (13) Specific Cases and Issues Anabasis (13)Chalabi and the INC (82)Curveball Fabrications (35)Military Analysts Propaganda (8)Office of Special Plans (36)Outing of Jose Bustani (13)Powell's Speech to UN (36)Spying on the UN (10) Quotes from Senior US officials Chemical & Bio Weapons Allegations (30)Imminent Threat Allegations (11)Iraq Ties to Terrorists Allegations (35)Nuclear Weapons Allegations (33)WMD Allegations (16)Democracy Rhetoric (36)Decision to Invade Quotes (27) Iraq in the 1980s and 1990s Desert Shield/Desert Storm (74)Iraq Invasion of Kuwait (66)US Hostages During Desert Shield (14)US-Iraq Collaboration (66)Weapons of Mass Destruction (36)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line378
__label__wiki	0.824289	0.824289	Research Stream Home \| About the Centre \| Researchers \| Constant Mews Constant Mews Constant Mews is an Associate Investigator with the Centre for the History of Emotions. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History at the University of Auckland, and his D.Phil. at Oxford University in 1980, on the development of the Theologia of Peter Abelard. While teaching at the Université de Paris III (1980‒1985), he studied at the Ve section (sciences religieuses) of the Ecole pratique des hautes études in Paris, under Jean Jolivet. He then spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Sheffield, working on completing a critical edition of Abelard’s theological writings under the direction of Professor David Luscombe. He has been at Monash University since 1987, and Director of its Centre for Religious Studies since 2002. His major research is into medieval philosophical, ethical and religious thought, as exemplified by Peter Abelard and Heloise, Hildegard of Bingen and their contemporaries, looking at the evolution of theology and its relationship to non-scholastic modes of thinking and feeling. His research interests stretch from religious life in early medieval Ireland to late medieval France, with particular attention to writings addressed to women, as well as those of Christine de Pizan. He works with medieval musicologists on the intersection between liturgy, music theory, philosophy and religious thought, with attention to the way music was understood as affecting the emotions. Constant.Mews@monash.edu Monash University profile 2012‒2016 Liturgy, Materiality and the Senses Constant J. Mews. The Lost Love Letters of Heloise and Abelard: Perceptions of Dialogue in Twelfth-Century France (New York: Palgrave, 1999); published in paperback 2000; translated into French with a supplementary Postface, reviewing debate about the Epistolae duorum amantium since 1999, as La voix d’Héloïse. Un dialogue de deux amants, trans. Emilie Champs, Vestigia, Fribourg: Academic Press Fribourg; Paris: Editions du Cerf, 2005); 2nd revised edition, with additional chapter, ‘New Discoveries and Insights 1999‒2007’. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Constant J. Mews, John N. Crossley, Carol Williams, Catherine Jeffreys and Leigh McKinnon, eds and trans. Johannes de Grocheio, Ars musice, TEAMS. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2011. Karen Green and C. J. Mews, eds. Virtue Ethics for Women 1250‒1500. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011* Constant J. Mews and John N. Crossley, eds. Communities of Learning: Networks and the Shaping of Intellectual Identity in Europe 1100‒1500, Europa Sacra. Turnhout: Brepols, 2011.* Constant J. Mews and Anna Welch, eds. Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200‒1450. London: Routledge, 2016. Refereed Articles Constant J. Mews. ‘Abelard and Heloise: Logic, Love, and Desire,’ Analysis. Australian Centre for Pyschoanalysis in the Freudian Field 9 (2000): 37‒57. Constant J. Mews. ‘Heloise and Liturgical Experience at the Paraclete’, Plainsong and Medieval Music 11.1 (2002): 25‒35. Constant J. Mews. ‘Bernard of Clairvaux, Peter Abelard and Heloise on the definition of love’. Revista portuguesa de filosofia 60 (2004): 633‒60. Constant J. Mews. ‘Desire in the Song of Songs, Lacan, and the responses of Heloise and Abelard’, Analysis (Australian Centre for Pyschoanalysis in the Freudian Field) 14 (2008), 127‒146. Constant J. Mews, Catherine Jeffreys, Leigh McKinnon, Carol Williams and John N. Crossley. ‘Guy of Saint-Denis and the Compilation of Texts about Music in London, British Library, Harl. MS. 281’. Electronic British Library Journal (2008), art 6, 1‒34. http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2008articles/article6.html Constant J. Mews. ‘Discussing Love: The Epistolae duorum amantium and Abelard’s Sic et Non’, Journal of Medieval Latin 19 (2009): 130‒47. Constant J. Mews. ‘Singing the Song of Songs at the Paraclete: Abelard, Heloise, and Gregory the Great on Mary Magdalen as Lover and Bride’. Cîteaux 59 (2008): 299‒313. Constant J. Mews. ‘Liturgists and Dance in the Twelfth Century: The Witness of John Beleth and Sicard of Cremona’. Church History 78.3 (2009): 512‒48. Constant J. Mews. ‘Gregory the Great, the Rule of Benedict and Roman liturgy: the evolution of a legend’. Journal of Medieval History 37 (2011): 125‒44. Constant J. Mews. ‘Thomas Aquinas and Catherine of Siena: Emotion, devotion and mendicant spiritualties in the late fourteenth century’. Digital Philology: A Journal of Medieval Cultures 1.2 (2012): 235‒52. Constant J. Mews, John N. Crossley and Carol Williams. 'Guy of St Denis on the Tones: Thinking about Chant for Saint-Denis c.1300'. Journal of Plainsong and Medieval Music 23.2 (2014): 151‒76. Constant J. Mews and Tomas Zahora. ‘Remembering Last Things and Regulating Behavior: From the De consideratione novissimorum to the Speculum morale’ Speculum 90.4 (Oct, 2015): 960‒94. Constant J. Mews and Carol Williams. ‘Ancients and Moderns in Medieval Music Theory: from Guido of Arezzo to Jacobus’. Intellectual History Review [invited 9.6.2015] Constant J. Mews. ‘Intoxication and the Song of Songs: Bernard of Clairvaux and the Rediscovery of Origen in the Twelfth Century’. In Pleasure in the Middle Ages, edited by N. Cohen-Hanegbi and P. Nagy, pp. 329–52. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2018. Constant J. Mews. ‘Liturgy and Identity at the Paraclete: Heloise, Abelard and the Evolution of the Cistercian Reform’ and ‘Liturgy and Monastic Observance in Practice at the Paraclete’. In The Poetic and Musical Legacy of Heloise and Abelard, edited by Marc Stewart and David Wulstan, pp. 19‒33, 100‒12 and p.143 in chapter 10. PMMS, Westhumble, Surrey, 2003. Constant J. Mews. 'Abelard, Heloise, and Discussion of Love in the Twelfth-Century Schools'. In Rethinking Peter Abelard. A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by B.S. Hellemans, pp. 11‒36. Leiden: Brill, 2014. Constant J. Mews. ‘Male-Female Spiritual Partnership in the twelfth century: the witness of Abelard and Heloise, Volmar and Hildegard'. In Hildegards von Bingen Menschenbild und Kirchenverständnis heute, edited by Rainer Berndt and Maura Zatonyi, pp. 167‒186. Erudiri Sapientia 12. Münster: Aschendorff, 2015. Constant J. Mews and Carol Williams. ‘Music, Dance and the Emotions 350-1300’. In A Cultural History of Emotions, Volume 2 (The Medieval World), edited by Juanita Ruys. Bloomsbury, forthcoming. Constant J. Mews. 'Intoxication and the Song of Songs: Bernard of Clairvaux and the Rediscovery of Origen in the Twelfth Century'. In The Medieval Book of Pleasure, edited by Piroska Nagy and Naama Cohen. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016, forthcoming. Constant J. Mews. ‘Apostolic ideals in the mendicant transformation of the thirteenth century: From sine proprio to holy poverty’. In Poverty and Devotion in Mendicant Cultures 1200‒1450, edited by Constant J. Mews and Anna Welch, pp. 13‒31. London: Routledge 2016. Constant J. Mews. ‘Catherine of Siena, Florence, and Dominican Renewal: Preaching through Letters’. In Studies on Florence and the Italian Renaissance in Honour of F.W. Kent, edited by Peter Howard and Cecilia Hewlett, pp. 387‒403. Turnhout: Brepols, 2016.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line379
__label__wiki	0.541517	0.541517	"Tagged" in a BLOG TOUR!! At this age—let’s just say “over thirty”—you don’t get too many invitations to play a game of “tag.” You remember those! Running across summer lawns and darting around trees and bushes, trying to outrun your buddies to get to the “free” zone before someone caught you and then you were IT. But being invited to join a virtual “blog tour” has been just as much fun for this grown-up author…and didn't even require breaking a sweat! That’s what happened recently, just in time to promote my new book, When the Shoe Fits…Essays of Love, Life and Second Chances. This would be my “best of” collection of essays from my first three books, and includes riffs on turbo-dating, power tools, shoes, motherhood, and the view from the back of a Harley. I got “tagged” for the tour by author Catherine Fitzpatrick, author of Going on Nine, a YA novel that’s a “coming of age” story set in St. Louis in 1956. While Catherine and I haven’t met YET, the wonderful thing about the world wide web is how you can get to know folks anyway. I’d describe Catherine as a “dame,” in the sense that Lauren Bacall was a “dame”—accomplished, incredibly smart, talented and FUNNY! As a kick-ass journalist, Catherine was in Manhattan to cover New York Fashion Week for Wisconsin’s largest newspaper on September 11, 2001. At first word of the terrorist attacks, she rushed to Ground Zero and filed award-winning eyewitness reports. A front page of the newspaper edition containing one of her 9/11 dispatches is among those memorialized in Washington D.C.’s Newseum. Now she writes fiction, and she and her husband will be exiting the Midwest soon for a new life in Florida. THANK YOU CATHERINE for inviting me into this tour! NOW THE BLOG TOUR AUTHOR QUESTIONS... “What am I working on”—several things at once! But at this exact moment, I’m under the gun in the next two weeks to create an exhibit catalog for “Resting Places,” a joint art show between moi and artist Erico Ortiz that opens October 4, 2014 at Inspiration Studios in West Allis, Wisconsin. I’ve developed a minor obsession with taking photographs in small rural cemeteries, and the show will feature twenty-one of my graveyard photos matched up with Erico’s abstract and impressionistic paintings inspired by nature. After that, I’ll pick up where I left off in writing (1) a YA novel that contains NO vampires, werewolves, mermaids or dystopian societies, (2) a first-in-a-series suspense novel featuring a female prosecuting attorney (go figure!), and (3) a children’s book revolving around a kitten and…oh, I need to keep some things secret! “How does my work differ from others in its genre?” Well, the genre for all my books up to now would be considered a mashup of slice-of-life essays and memoir. Some are about the happy stuff, others about the heartaches, and all are about what we take away from those things. I can’t remember who he was quoting when I interviewed him many years ago, but Bill Moyers told me that we all look at the world through the lens of our own experience. So while I often say that I write about things that are common experiences—joy, love, motherhood, divorce, reinvention, death, chocolate and shoes—it’s MY cracked lens you’re seeing them through! I've been compared to Erma Bombeck, Ernest Hemingway, and Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City." Go figure! I'm still trying to figure out the Hemingway thing... But one thing…there are many extremely gifted writers who peel everything back to the bone when they’re writing their memoirs, and lay bare a lot of ugly and painfull stuff. I tend to focus more on the positives, or at least to draw a forgiving screen across some of the worst. I don't want my readers to wince. Though once in a while they may want to grab a hankie... “Why do I write what I do?” That’s an interesting question! I have often joked that with these essay collections, I was an “accidental author.” My life as a professional writer started when I was about 21 and began writing for the Milwaukee Sentinel daily newspaper as a stringer. Then I worked for the larger Milwaukee Journal on staff for a while, and turned to freelance magazine when I started a family. Then, years later, the horseback riding accident that broke my back and put me in a body cast for a while turned me toward law school and I thought writing was behind me. Then the writing itch came back a few years later, and I started working on that novel about the female prosecutor. I got about eight chapters written, but then kept getting interrupted by serial family emergencies, some of which were taking me out of town on a regular basis. The novel got set aside, naturally. But some friends dragged/pushed/pulled me into starting my “Running with Stilettos” blog. I found I could sit and write short stuff, and it kept the top of my head from flying off. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the emergencies are behind me and I can once again pick up a project that requires a long-running train of thought! “How does my writing process work?” Ha ha ha ha…catch as catch can!! When the kids (who are now all grown up and out of the nest) were small, I would write when they were napping. Or, if I was really cramming for a deadline, I’d get up at four in the morning to finish a project. Waiting for inspiration to strike while an editor somewhere was tapping her foot on the floor was never a luxury I could afford. Now, years later, I still feel like I’m fitting it in around the edges of everything else—work, commute, pets, yard work, connecting with my children. BUT…if something has to come out, sometimes I’ll just drop everything and write notes on anything that’s within reach. Like the back of a manila envelope in the car. Or the “notes” section of my iPhone. And I get a lot of inspiration from nature, which I get a slow-motion tour of every day while I’m walking Lucky and The Meatball in the woods. And NOW, to pass the torch to three other accomplished writers who I am privileged to know and recommend! First at bat… Angela Lam Turpin, a self-described “California girl” who spends her days working in real estate and finance and the hours before dawn writing literary short stories, paranormal romance, crime thrillers, and effervescent women's fiction better known as chick-lit. Her short stories explore the depths of human emotion from hope to despair, and the heroines in her novels fight the challenges of their lives with pluck and courage. (The literary apples don’t fall far from the tree, since Angela is one of the most resilient people I know!) She is best known for her wry humor, realistic plots, and engaging characters. Her latest book is The Human Act and Other Stories, a collection of short stories that explore sexual identity, poverty, romantic love, parenthood, eating disorders, infidelity, and family relationships, effortlessly carrying the reader from the inner city to suburbia. Next up, David W. Berner, a Chicago-area college professor and broadcaster who I first encountered when we were both reading essays to a crowd at The Beauty Bar on Chicago’s near North side on a Sunday night. David’s first book, "Accidental Lessons," is a memoir drawn from his mid-life decision to spend a challenging year as a public school teacher with kids would could politely be called “at risk” and the profound lessons he drew from it. His most recent book, Any Road Will Take You There: A Journey of Fathers and Sons, is drawn from his 5,000 mile road trip with his teenaged sons as they retrace Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” adventures. I’ve always been a big fan of time spent in a car with my own children, and the emotional tributaries that reveal themselves when the rubber meets the road. And finally, here’s Holly Sullivan McClure, who I first met in the enchanted environs of St. Simons Island, Georgia several years ago when I attended my first Scribblers Retreat Writers' Conference as a guest speaker. Holly could be the dictionary definition of “eclectic,” inasmuch as she is an author, a story-teller, a literary agent and writing coach, and an ordained priest in the Celtic Christian Church! Raised by storytellers, preachers, and bluegrass musicians, a child of the Smoky Mountains with a Cherokee mom and a father whose people came from the Scottish Highlands, Holly draws on her heritage for inspiration. In her latest book, The Vessel of Scion, warrior priests protect an ancient blood line from an enemy determined to eradicate it from the world. Faith and reality collide as final prophecies come to pass, and two children hold the key to whether good or evil will win out. Now Angela, David and Holly, officially you’re “IT”!	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line381
__label__wiki	0.928084	0.928084	Israeli forces shoot Palestinian woman after 'attempted stabbing' Sept. 22, 2015 10:03 A.M. (Updated: Sept. 22, 2015 4:55 P.M.) An Israeli soldier on patrol in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. (AFP/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian woman at a checkpoint in Hebron on Tuesday morning after she allegedly attempted to carry out a stabbing attack, Israel's army said, although images later appeared to contradict the army's official account. An Israeli army spokeswoman said the shooting took place at around 8 a.m., when the woman approached the checkpoint in an attempt to "stab" a soldier, with Israeli forces responding by firing "toward the perpetrator." The spokeswoman said a hit was confirmed, and the woman was treated on site before she was taken to hospital. Witnesses identified the woman as 18-year-old Hadeel al-Hashlamon. She was reportedly taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem in critical condition. No Israeli soldiers were injured during the incident, and the Israeli army did not release photographs of a knife, as they have done on several other recent occasions. The army spokeswoman said that the attack had been "thwarted." A local activist group Youth Against Settlements later released what it said were photos of the incident, appearing to show Israeli soldiers aiming their weapons at the woman, as first she faced them and afterward turned away from them. Another photo appeared to show the woman slumped on the street, after she was shot and wounded. Video footage from Palestinian news agency PalMedia appeared to show the woman left bleeding on the pavement, reportedly for up to 30 minutes before she received treatment. The footage shows the woman being dragged out of camera frame, while soldiers and heavily armed settlers look on. Tensions have soared across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent days following fierce clashes at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City last week. They are expected to rise further over Jewish and Muslim religious holidays through the week. In recent months, a number of Palestinians have been shot and injured by Israeli soldiers who alleged they attempted to carry out stabbing attacks, although Palestinians have questioned the allegations. Adnan Dmeiri, the chief spokesperson for the PA security forces, said last month that Israel had provided no evidence that a string of Palestinians shot by Israeli soldiers -- in two cases fatally -- had attempted to carry out the stabbings. Dmeiri also questioned the fact that in each case the Israeli army or police force investigated its own soldiers or officers, "without the interference of any other party." He said that the investigations portrayed the Israeli soldiers and officers as "heroes." Since the beginning of 2015 Israeli forces have injured an average of 40 Palestinians a week, and killed a total of at least 24, according to UN figures. A photo of the incident shows an Israeli soldier aiming at the woman. (Youth Against Settlements) (Youth Against Settlements) Joe Fattal / USA Where is the knife?. Hell I don't even see her hands. We had the same incident in the US where the Police shot and kill a man alledging the man had a knife in his hand but the video shows he didn't. What is it, copycat lousy police work. Mohammad Aleem / India It is brutal and inhuman. Allah will surely punish these people by sending them into the hellfire. ron waizman / Netherlands Last picture is not from same incident,It's a teenager who threw rocks at the soldiers.Guess you don't mind people throwing rocks at you Mohammed Aleem.Most arabs are cowards and love war more then peace.What have you done to make peace? Comment:(300 chars)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line384
__label__cc	0.526212	0.473788	Tagged Helen Mirren FAST & FURIOUS: HOBBS & SHAW Drops One Last Action-Packed Trailer "We're going to need cars, and guns." Check out the final balls to the wall trailer for the ‘Fast & Furious’ spin-off, racing into Irish cinemas on August 1. After eight films that have amassed almost ... Ian McKellen Is Out to Con Helen Mirren in THE GOOD LIAR Trailer "You bloody bet I'm going to take it all." Bill Condon’s drama THE GOOD LIAR pairs Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen on the big screen for the first time for a story about the secrets we keep and the lives we live.... Trailer for Luc Besson’s ANNA Starring Sasha Luss, Cillian Murphy & More "You're next target is in Paris.” ‘The Fifth Element,’ ‘Lucy,’ and ’Leon’ filmmaker Luc Besson returns with an all new action thriller starring Russian model and actress Sasha Luss with a star-studded supporting cast including Helen Mirren, Cillian Murphy, and... 3.0Sugar Plum rush The Nutcracker & The Four Realms The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (USA / PG / 99 mins) In short: Sugar Plum rush Directed by Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston. Starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Richard E. G... The Low Down on THE NUTCRACKER ABOUT THE NUTCRACKER Clara, who’s desperate to find a special key that will unlock a gift from her late mother, finds herself on an extraordinary journey to a parallel world. It’s there that she encounters a ... Magical New Character Posters for THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s (Morgan Freeman) annual ho... Final Trailer for THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS Released The folks over at Disney have unveiled the latest trailer for the lavish adaptation, arriving in Irish cinemas on November 2nd. All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will ... New Trailer for Disney’s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key – a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeye... Trailer for THE LEISURE SEEKER Starring Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland "We've had a lot of wonderful trips in this ole rust bucket." Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian, director Paolo Virzì’s roadtrip comedy stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as a couple who decide to take a trip down memory lane,... Spine-Tingling Full Trailer for WINCHESTER Starring Helen Mirren Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fort... Disney’s THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS Drops First Trailer Just in time for Christmas, the folks over at Disney have unveiled the magical first trailer for their live-action adaptation of of E.T.A. Hoffmann's ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaiko... First Trailer for Helen Mirren’s Supernatural Thriller WINCHESTER Emerges Inspired by true events. On an isolated stretch of land 50 miles outside of San Francisco sits the most haunted house in the world. Built by Sarah Winchester, (Academy Award®-winner Helen Mirren) heiress to the Winchester fortune, it is a house that knows no... Luc Besson’s ANNA To Star Helen Mirren, Cillian Murphy, Luke Evans Visionary filmmaker Luc Besson (‘Lucy,’ ‘The Fifth Element,’ ‘Leon’) has selected his next directorial effort, the action thriller ‘Anna.’ The film, which is set to begin filming next month, will star Helen ... Reviews – New movies opening April 14th 2017 FAST & FURIOUS 8 (USA/12A/136mins) Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron. THE PLOT: While on honeymoon in Cuba, Dom (Vin Diesel... 4.0Even more furious! FAST & FURIOUS 8 (USA/12A/136mins) Directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron. THE PLOT: While on honeymoon in Cuba, Dom (Vin Diesel) meets the mysterious Cipher (Charlize Theron) wh... 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Now that Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) are on their honeymoon and Br... 1.0Offensively bad 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...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line386
__label__wiki	0.89899	0.89899	Briony Turner And Alec Boateng Promoted To Co-Heads Of A&R, Atlantic Records UK Turner and Boateng will oversee the Atlantic A&R team, joint projects, as well as maintaining their own artist rosters Award-winning duo Briony Turner and Alec Boateng have been named co-Heads of A&R at Atlantic Records UK, overseeing the Atlantic A&R team, joint projects, as well as maintaining their own artist rosters. Among their many achievements to date, Briony and Alec together have been instrumental in developing one of the UK's biggest female solo artists, Jess Glynne. Her debut album I Cry When I Laugh has sold over one million UK copies, and Jess holds the joint record for the most number one singles by a British female solo artist. Their work earned them the MBW A&R Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2016. The pair's capabilities and impressive success rate in discovering and developing core Atlantic artists, and turning them into home grown stars, has established them as two of the most dynamic A&Rs in the industry. Individually, Turner's reputation as a hit-making A&R has seen her help shape the career of Grammy award-winning electronic pop collective Clean Bandit, and this year sees her continue to work with the critically-acclaimed Plan B and Rae Morris as well as developing artists such as Tayà and Dan Caplen - currently at number two in the UK chart with the new hit Rudimental single 'These Days' also featuring Macklemore and Jess Glynne. A&R and broadcaster, Boateng, also known as Twin B, is one of the most influential and respected names in music culture. He has been instrumental in the recent signing to Atlantic of Stormzy and the #Merky label deal, he's co-A&Red Rita Ora's new music, as well as developing hotly- tipped newcomer Kojo Funds and cementing WSTRN as one of the most exciting British breakthrough acts. Ed Howard will continue to lead A&R at Asylum Records - home to Ed Sheeran, Rudimental, Anne-Marie - and Paul Samuels will continue with his VP A&R role at Atlantic. Both continue to report to Ben Cook, while the broader Atlantic A&R team now report to Turner and Boateng. Home » Career Tips » Briony Turner And Alec Boateng Promoted To Co-Heads Of A&R, Atlantic Records UK » Fred Casimir To Develop BMG's Global Recordings Business	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line388
__label__cc	0.629518	0.370482	Doris Kearns Goodwin "Lesson On Leadership" - NC Museum of History Foundation Lecture Series 2 East South Street Raleigh, NC, 27601 United States (map) Pulitzer Prize–winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin brings history to life with her uncanny sense of detail and master storyteller’s grasp of drama and depth. Join us as she uses her lifelong examination of the US presidency to explore the leadership triumphs, trials, and tribulations of the men and women who have shaped this nation. Presented by the Museum of History Foundation and the News & Observer with additional support from First Tennessee Bank; Goodnight Educational Foundation; the Sherrill Fund; the Sloan Family Foundation; the Smith Family Foundation; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Howard; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Hoch Jr. Source:: http://www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com/event/doris-kearns-goodwin-6651 Midtown Beach Music Series North Hills Kids	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line391
__label__wiki	0.967142	0.967142	Leader of the Quack Attack Don Chapman on October 24, 2012 at 12:01 am Click to read more Things Are Just Ducky Freshman Marcus Mariota, a Saint Louis alum, has Oregon at No. 2 in the AP Poll and chasing a national title. Marcus Mariota, the first freshman quarterback to start at Oregon in 21 years, has the Ducks up to No. 2 in the AP Poll, and chasing a national championship. Here’s an exclusive look at the Saint Louis grad as well as seven other Ducks who call Hawaii home “Mariota makes it look easy!” -ESPN’s Joe Tessitore after Marcus Mariota threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to give No. 2 Oregon a 28-0 lead over Arizona in his Pac-12 debut When Marcus Mariota was a fourth-grader at Nuuanu Elementary – in the days when his regular school uniform was a No. 22 Emmitt Smith Dallas Cowboys jersey and denim shorts – he was assigned to write an essay about how he imagined his future path. cover_2 Marcus Mariota has been winning games for Oregon with his arm and his feet. Eric Evans photo “He wrote,” says his mother Alana, “‘I’m going to go to school at Saint Louis and play football, then move to USC, then the NFL, and I’ll marry a soccer player.'” “In that order,” adds his father Toa. “He had a plan all along,” says Alana, “even when he was struggling at Saint Louis.” Today, Mariota is the quarterback of the second-ranked (AP Poll) University of Oregon Ducks, and an out-of-nowhere fan and media sensation who is drawing raves on a national stage. And he won’t turn 19 until Oct. 30, just days before he’s scheduled to lead the Fighting Ducks against USC. And no wonder he has the nation’s attention. Starting for the Ducks as a redshirt freshman (meaning he practiced but did not play last season, and maintains four years of NCAA eligibility), he led the Quack Attack to touchdowns the first nine times he was on the field. In the first 30 drives he led, Oregon scored 19 touch-downs – all on national television. Through seven games in which the Ducks went 7-0 – including a 43-21 win at Arizona State last Thursday – Mariota had a quarterback efficiency rating of 155, had completed 123 of 180 passes with five interceptions and 16 touchdowns (while sitting out most of the second halves of the first three games and the Arizona game as Oregon raced to big leads). He’d also run the ball 53 times and averaged 7.6 yards per carry (that stat enhanced by his 86-yard TD sprint against Arizona State). In that game he actually ran and threw for touchdowns, and caught a pass for another. And the Ducks scored their 43 points in the game’s opening 19 minutes. Most impressively, he’s looked as placid as the glassy surface of the Mill Race, a historic slough near campus, while accomplishing all this. Mariota, who stands 6-foot-4 and has been timed at 4.4 seconds over 40 yards, was recently added to the Maxwell Trophy “watch list” – the award going to the country’s best player. “I’m just trying to get the ball out to my teammates and let them make plays,” he says humbly of his performance through the first half of his first college season. He’s made a few plays as well, with his arm and his feet. “I’ve never seen a player show such obvious, marked improvement from one week to the next,” says Rob Moseley, the Oregon football beat writer for the Eugene Register-Guard who has been covering the Ducks since 1997. “Mariota is literally growing up as a player before your eyes. Against Washington State, he forced a couple throws into tight coverage and took a couple of big hits at the end of runs, and afterward said he knew both were things he needed to clean up going forward. Well, sure enough, literally the next week against Washington, he threw two touchdowns on which he checked down to his third or fourth options in order to avoid throwing into coverage, and he stepped out of bounds at the end of a couple runs to avoid big hits. Very impressive.” The R-G‘s banner headline the morning after Mariota threw four touchdown passes against UW: “My, how he has grown.” Before we go any further in the story of this young man who has persevered through years of setbacks and insults to now lead one of the most popular and recognized teams in the country, let’s set the record straight on one thing – and perhaps calm those University of Hawaii uber-fans who grumble on various blogs that, after leading Saint Louis to a state title in his senior season (2010), Mariota didn’t stay home – as well as counter some of the misinformation that’s leaked from Manoa on the subject. “I want to put this on the record,” his mother says. “UH did not offer Marcus anything. They never spoke to him, no conversation, no offer. Nothing.” Adds Toa: “When UH had its Junior’s Day (when promising local prep football players in their junior years are invited to Manoa for a football camp), Ron and Cal Lee asked the other Saint Louis boys, ‘Eh, where’s Marcus?’ They just shrugged. ‘Oh, he was never invited.'” “It wasn’t until Marcus committed to Oregon that Rolovich (Nick, then the UH quarterbacks coach under head coach Greg McMackin) called,” says Alana. While we’re setting records straight, and in answer to questions fans in both Hawaii and Oregon are asking: First, regarding ethnic heritage and family background: Toa was born in American Samoa, and came to Hawaii after some years in the Bay Area caring for his ailing grandmother, to attend Chaminade University. There he would earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in criminal justice. Today he’s a criminal investigator with the Department of Homeland Security, assigned to the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force, and just made 25 years in federal law enforcement. Alana – pronounced with a long sound for the middle a – is of mostly German descent. She spent early years in Alaska as her father and grandfather worked there during the oil boom years, but the family settled on Kaua’i and she graduated from Kapa’a High. Her father Ardel Deppe still resides at Anahola. Alana, who spent 18 years with Kaiser Permanente in sales, is now district manager for Follett Library Resources, working with schools on books and curriculum. A competitive swimmer in high school, she turned down a scholarship to Pepperdine – “I was tired of swimming laps, it’s boring” – and instead enrolled at Chaminade, where she met Toa. Second, regarding the family name: Contrary to what the aforementioned and otherwise quite competent Tessitore said during Oregon’s first game of the season – repeatedly pronouncing Marcus’ last name MarioTA, misinforming the nation by practically shouting the last syllable – Toa says “it’s a soft ‘ta,’ not a hard ‘ta.'” Until his breakout performance in the Oregon intra-squad spring game this past April on ESPN – in which he passed for 202 yards and one touchdown, and scored on runs of 14 and 82 yards – Mariota was something of a mystery to Ducks fans. Oregon Coach Chip Kelly closes practices to media and fans, so whatever Mariota was doing last season and in spring practices was done largely in obscurity. And having played football at Saint Louis since seventh grade without ever starting until his senior season, he also was something of a mystery to Hawaii fans. Despite directing the Crusaders to two touch-downs when called upon as an underclassman, on both occasions he was sent back to the bench by coach John Hao, who preferred Jeremy Higgins, who was a grade ahead. “That was so frustrating for Marcus,” Alana says. “We’d pick him up after games, and on the drive home he was on the verge of tears sometimes.” “He loves the game so much,” Toa says. Alana says she approached Punahou coach Kale Ane about Marcus transferring after his sophomore season. “We talked about it with Marcus, but he decided to stay and tough it out at Saint Louis. Plus, he loves the school.” To his credit, Higgins was named all-Interscholastic League of Honolulu first team his junior season and second team his senior year. But during those years (’08-’09), while the talented Crusaders reached No. 1 in state rankings, they failed to make the state championship game (which, adding to the sting, were won by ILH rivals Punahou and Kamehameha). Higgins would enroll at Utah State, but transferred to UH, and after sitting out a season is currently a reserve, playing in two of the Warriors’ first six games this season in mop-up duty. Some observers say Hao’s handling of Mariota and the failure to win even a league title with Higgins led to his firing – and to former Saint Louis quarterback/coach Darnell Arceneaux being brought back to coach Mariota in his senior season. After winning the ILH, in the state title game Mariota led the Crusaders to a resounding 36-13 win over Waianae. (Give Hao credit for this: “He was the one who put us in touch with Oregon,” Alana says.) “It was hard, but Jeremy was playing really well,” Mariota says of those years. “But I learned from it and it made me stronger.” So when Oregon’s Kelly called and offered Mariota a scholarship even before his senior season, you can see why fans on both sides of the Pacific were baffled: “Who is this guy? He can’t be that good if he never started before, right?” They were not alone in their puzzlement. HomeMidWeek Cover Story espnMarcus Mariota Philippine Cultural Foundation Parents Awards	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line393
__label__wiki	0.56648	0.56648	Newmont extends MINEMAN for all North American metal sales Newmont has further expanded the use of MINEMAN to include the tracking and sales for all of Newmont's gold and silver production in North America. Newmont is North America's largest gold producer and a leading gold producer globally with operations on five continents. MINEMAN is the world's leading software and services solution for the commercial realization of concentrates and metals. Newmont's North American operations include 14 open-pit mines, four underground mines and 14 processing facilities. Centred on the historic region around Carlin, Nevada, these operations have been built up over many years. Today they amount to a highly complex set of metal accounting relationships between the sites and a similarly complex set of commercial obligations with the various royalty holders. From November 2011 some 70 Newmont personnel will be using MINEMAN in North America for metal accounting and commercial realisation of all production and sales of copper, silver and gold. The unique architecture of MINEMAN Release 7 is designed to streamline transactions in metal-bearing commodities and to maximise the value of a company's revenue stream. MINEMAN will provide Newmont with a centralized and standardized platform to integrate and optimize Newmont's metal production globally.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line395
__label__wiki	0.626244	0.626244	International Business , National Taiwan University Admission through Recommendation Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree or above awarded by local or foreign universities ( or colleges) recognized by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC. To qualify for application, applicants must rank among the top fifty percent in their class in terms of academic performance. Applicants are required to submit an application form and three stamped addressed envelopes, a ranking statement of academic performance, a copy of diploma or student's identity card, a copy of official undergraduate transcript, three copies of statement of purposes, two recommendation letters, two study plans (stating purpose, goal, self academic background, interest, and future career plan), and other documents that would demonstrate applicants’ competence. (ex. work experience, any outstanding records, …etc) Applicant must have at least 3-year working experience (not including military duty), and provide employment history report. To qualify for application, the applicant must rank among the top fifty percent in their class in terms of academic performance. Applicants are required to submit an application form and three stamped addressed envelopes, a ranking statement of academic performance, a copy of diploma, a copy of official undergraduate transcript, three copies of statement of purposes, two recommendation letters, two study plans (stating purpose, goal, self academic background, personal interest, and future career plan), and other documents that would demonstrate applicants’ competence. (ex. work experience, any outstanding records, …etc) Admission through Entrance Examination The entrance examination consists of two parts: written examination and interview. All applicants are required to take a written examination of Calculus(not including linear algebra), Economics(G), and English(A). To qualify for interview, applicants must rank among the top 24 places in terms of written examination score (not including English(A)). The written examination score (not including English(A)) constitutes fifty percent of the total score, and the interview constitutes the remaining fifty percent of the total score. The score of English(A) won’t be accounted into the total score but should be ranked at least above 50% of all applicants. (under 50% of all applicants is unacceptable.) The entrance examination consists of two parts: written examination and interview. All applicants are required to take a written examination of Management, Economics(G), Statistics(F), and English(A). To qualify for interview, applicants must rank among the top 38 places in terms of written examination score (not including English(A)). The written examination score (not including English(A)) constitutes fifty percent of the total score, and the interview score constitutes the remaining fifty percent of the total score. The score of English(A) won’t be accounted into the total score but should be ranked at least above 50% of all applicants. (under 50% of all applicants is unacceptable.) GROUP 3(For students after entrance who plan to major in International Financial Engineering) Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree or above awarded by local or foreign universities (or colleges) recognized by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC. The entrance examination consists of two parts: written examination and interview. All applicants are required to take a written examination of Calculus(not including linear algebra), English(A), and choose one from Engineering Mathematics(L) (including differential equation and linear algebra), Statistics(F) and Economics(G). To qualify for interview, applicants must rank among the top 24 places in terms of written examination score (not including English(A)). The written examination score (not including English(A)) constitutes fifty percent of the total score, and the interview score constitutes the remaining fifty percent of the total score. The score of English(A) won’t be accounted into the total score but should be ranked at least above 50% of all applicants. (under 50% of all applicants is unacceptable.) Please refer to: http://www.oia.ntu.edu.tw/oia/index.php/ No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Taipei City 106, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel：886-2-33664991~2; 886-2-23638399　Fax：886-2-23627203 E-mail：ibdept@ntu.edu.tw	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line398
__label__cc	0.69988	0.30012	Six out of Ten women in Nigeria are Unfaithful? I don't know what to say to this news which has been floating around recently. The Durex Sexual Well-being Global Survey conducted by the condom manufacturer, interviewed 26,000 people in 26 countries and ranked Nigerian women as the most unfaithful in the world. Daily Times reports that "the top two countries with cheating women are Nigeria, with 62 percent, and Thailand, 59 percent. 39 percent of Malaysian women also confessed to having betrayed their partners. Russian women came fourth at 33 percent while Singaporeans are fifth at 19 percent." From a link I got in the comments, I went to the Durex survey methodology page where I found the following information. - The survey was conducted during August and September 2006 by a research agency called Harris Interactive. - Random samples of participants aged 16 + or 18+ were sent an email invitation to participate in the survey. - The sample was primarily sourced from Harris Interactive’s internet panel. - An online approach was adopted in 25 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands,New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, UK, USA. - For Nigeria a face-to-face/self completion approach was adopted, due to the low use of internet and telephone. - They used a sample size of 1,000 for the majority of countries surveyed. Which brings me to my conclusion. A sample size of just one thousand is just too small to reference a population of at least 70million women in Nigeria. Also, a face to face interview method tells me that the sampling was not as random as the other countries. I think the location and manner this method leaves it open to more prejudice than an online sampling. For instance, it is very probable that only women in Lagos were sampled, or women found at sexual health clinics, or women who might not really understand the questionnaire. Vera Ezimora also thinks Durex left out the fine print. With all that said, I'm not vouching women as saints. Women cheat, and where it is likely that men cheat a lot, it is also more likely that the numbers of unfaithful women will be high. Is this the case in Nigeria? You tell me.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line404
__label__cc	0.612558	0.387442	Home » Criminal » EBay Fraud Represents Serious Crime EBay Fraud Represents Serious Crime When it comes to the advances brought about by the emergence of the internet, online shopping is one of the biggest factors that people say has changed their life. There is no getting away from the fact that people are keen to have access to as many things as they can in life and it may be that buying goods online provides the chance to snap up things that you wouldn’t normally find or find at such a reasonable price. This is why there has been a high level of interest in what is on offer on sites like eBay because it provides an opportunity to bring interested buyers and sellers together. Of course, whenever there is a platform to bring people together, there will always be people who are keen to take advantage of that situation. This means that if you are looking for a bargain or a hard to find item on eBay, you should be wary about what you are actually buying. The old adage about if something is too good to be true then it probably is rings true when it comes to eBay and a woman from Huddersfield has been sentenced to 56 months in prison for a string of offences, many of which included fraudulent activity on eBay. A four and a half year prison sentence is quite a serious length of time and it indicates the volume and severity of crimes that have been carried out by Charmaine Kate McAllister. McAllister focused on a niche market McAllister appeared at Sheffield Crown Court to face 45 charges of fraud which amounted to over £46,000 in value. A large number of the cases were related to the purchase of saddles via eBay and she also committed a number of thefts at equestrian events. Given the niche market for these products, it is possible to develop a good following and reputation in a short period of time. This means that a fraudster can be seen as a trustworthy expert in a short period of time, which is sometimes all you need to be in a position to carry out a crime. It is easy to think that you should look to be as mass market as you can in your appeal because this will provide you with more people to sell to but it can be difficult to sell in this way. Finding a niche market can help to focus your efforts and energies on a group that are looking to buy. The judge was scathing in his summing up The Judge said to McAllister, who committed her crimes under the surname Rowan; “You were a plague to equestrian events. You were a plague to the whole horse industry.” There was a psychiatric report issues stating that McAllister suffered from an impulse control disorder but the judge said that this was less than compelling, further stating; “You are just a deep-seated thief. You don’t care about the impact on your victims or your own family”. A major investigation was carried out by the force in Lincolnshire with PC Stephanie Snell being one of the leading investigation officers. She spoke after the case, saying; “Following a lengthy and protracted investigation into numerous offences of theft and fraud by Miss McAllister, it is extremely satisfying to see that the criminal justice system has served the victims in this case by imposing a lengthy custodial sentence. The victims, who were from all parts of the United Kingdom, have lost large sums of money and were all affected by the manipulative and dishonest behaviour of McAllister. She showed no remorse in her offending and committed numerous offences whilst on probation with a suspended sentence order, and also after being interviewed by the police, going on to commit further offences each time and using dishonest methods to evade custody and court appearances. McAllister is skilled in the art of deception and has managed to defraud a high number of victims and I am happy that justice has been served, and she is now unable to commit any further offences”. Given the volume and severity of crimes that McAllister faced, the role of the solicitor team was as much about minimising the impact on her as opposed to trying to prove innocence. There is a need for solicitor teams to be realistic with what they can achieve in cases of this nature and the best advice and guidance will often be based upon obtaining the best possible outcome, whatever that is deemed to be. Andrew Reilly is a freelance writer with a focus on news stories and consumer interest articles. He has been writing professionally for 9 years but has been writing for as long as he can care to remember. When Andrew isn’t sat behind a laptop or researching a story, he will be found watching a gig or a game of football. Services Offered By The Shaoul Dabbah Law Office Homicide and Its Classifications DUI – How Can You Escape From It With The Help Of An Attorney?	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line405
__label__wiki	0.741447	0.741447	World’s most innovative companies run business on NetSuite cloud SAN MATEO, Calif.—April 24, 2012—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that six of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies and more than 10 of the Top 10 By Industries ranked by Fast Company Magazine run their mission-critical business processes, from financials to CRM to Ecommerce and professional services automation (PSA), on NetSuite. This reflects how NetSuite's cloud-based business management solutions help power innovation by liberating companies from the onerous chores of on-premise systems installation, upgrades and maintenance to focus on delivering compelling products and services. Cloud-based solutions enable companies to avoid large upfront costs for software, servers and personnel, freeing capital for investment into innovation. NetSuite customers honored by Fast Company include: Jawbone (www.jawbone.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Consumer Electronics Kiva Systems (www.kivasystems.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Retail Liquid Robotics (www.liquidr.com): Top 50 Most Innovative Siemens (www.siemens.com): Top 50 Most Innovative Square (www.squareup.com): Top 50 Most Innovative, Top 10 Consumer Electronics, Top 10 Mobile, Top 10 Finance 2tor (www.2tor.com): Top 10 Education 3M (www.3m.com): Top 10 Healthcare Lytro (www.lytro.com): Top 10 Consumer Electronics Valve (www.valvesoftware.com): Top 10 Gaming Warby Parker (www.warbyparker.com): Top 10 Retail Yammer (www.yammer.com): Top 10 Social Media NetSuite customers are represented in 10 of the 16 industries for which Fast Company named Top 10 most innovative companies by verticals, including finance, consumer electronics, retail, healthcare, education, social media, gaming, Web/Internet and mobile. Overall, NetSuite customers are named 19 times in Fast Company's Top 50 and industry-specific Top 10 lists. "Fast Company's recognition of NetSuite customers for innovation in a broad range of verticals illustrates that cloud business management has moved into the mainstream as a trusted solution in such industries as finance, retail, healthcare and more," said Jim McGeever, Chief Operating Officer at NetSuite. "NetSuite's cutting-edge cloud solutions provide the flexibility and agility our customers require to continue to produce the game-changing innovations that keep them at the forefront of their respective industries, free of the entanglements of on-premise software." Jawbone (www.jawbone.com), a maker of products and services for the mobile lifestyle, has been recognized as an innovator on both the Top 50 overall and Top 10 in consumer electronics lists. The company has facilitated rapid growth by replacing QuickBooks and spreadsheets with NetSuite, including the NetSuite manufacturing module for materials resource planning, inventory management, standard costing and more. "As a growing company with international manufacturing and distribution, NetSuite allows us to streamline our resources by building our business on a single system," said Marin Tchakarov, VP of Finance and Controller at Jawbone. Today, more than 12,000 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 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 by a recent Gartner study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management systems vendor in the world. NetSuite has continued its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financial 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. NOTE: NetSuite and the NetSuite logo are service marks of NetSuite Inc. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between NetSuite and any other company.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line409
__label__wiki	0.534111	0.534111	NetSuite expands power of NetSuite OneWorld to address global accounting and tax compliance World's Leading Cloud ERP Vendor Expands International Compliance to Twelve More Countries Across EMEA and APAC NetSuite SuiteWorld 2011, SAN FRANCISCO—May 11, 2011—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that it has expanded the global power and ease of implementation of NetSuite OneWorld by adding new default accounting and tax compliance capabilities to provide out-of-the-box support for the needs of businesses in 12 additional countries across EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa) and Asia-Pacific. More global businesses in these regions can now benefit from compliance with local transaction tax requirements, including out-of-the-box country-specific tax reports and fully detailed audit trails for their subsidiary operations while reaping the benefits of NetSuite OneWorld, the world's first and most powerful cloud ERP suite for global business management and financial consolidation. For more information about NetSuite OneWorld, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/oneworld. NetSuite OneWorld is today in use by businesses in more than 80 countries. With the power of a flexible transaction tax engine—allowing configuration for Sales Tax, VAT and Withholding Taxes calculation, tracking and reporting, multi-currency and multi-language capabilities, transaction form customization to meet legal and cultural requirements in multiple countries, Suite-wide, user-definable Search and Reporting capabilities, NetSuite OneWorld ensures that companies with operations around the world can benefit from the consistency in operations, dashboard-based real-time business intelligence, and exception-based internal controls while ensuring compliance for their local operations. NetSuite OneWorld, already the global leader in cloud-based global business management, now provides reports for users to easily prepare their VAT/GST returns in the following 12 new countries: Austria, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey. These countries join NetSuite's existing localized offerings for Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines and the UK. NetSuite has long been the industry leader in cloud-based ERP suites, enabling mid-sized companies and divisions of large enterprises to manage key business processes from financial consolidation to ERP to CRM and Ecommerce with unparalleled flexibility, ease of use, and cost efficiency. By automating the reporting for value-added tax (VAT), general sales tax (GST), withholding tax and other local accounting nuances in each of these markets, NetSuite users can enjoy shorter implementation times and achieve a significant reduction in the time and effort required to complete their ongoing monthly and quarterly tax returns. "NetSuite OneWorld's expanded worldwide tax and compliance capabilities are a direct response to the needs of our fast growing global customer base," said Craig Sullivan, Vice President and General Manager, International for NetSuite. "NetSuite OneWorld makes previously complex, error-prone and time-consuming compliance activities simple, reducing the burden on businesses when performing real-time, localized tax calculation and mandatory periodic tax reporting wherever in the world your business may be." Companies already enjoying success with NetSuite OneWorld's expanded international support include: Lomographische AG (www.lomography.com), an Austrian camera manufacturer which supports creative and experimental analogue film photography. Lomographische uses NetSuite OneWorld to support its offices in Europe and Asia, benefiting from NetSuite's recent international taxation and regulatory support in its home country and key offices. "NetSuite provides our subsidiary operations with the flexibility and autonomy they require to run as part of a global company," said Igor Sarkanovic, ERP Manager at Lomographische. "The availability of the tax reports in both English as well as the native language promotes internal user adoption, as well as providing the information in a format ready for global consumption." VADition (www.vadition.com), a value adding distributor of Web 2.0 infrastructure technologies designed to help more companies succeed as social enterprises. Based in Hampshire, UK with offices throughout the EMEA region, NetSuite's new support for the Netherlands has delivered instant benefits. "The new International Tax report facilities in NetSuite saves us about three hours work per month. It has eliminated manual processes combining different and several other reports," said Jacqueline Smits, Operations Manager of VADition Benelux BV. "The new report is generated with a few clicks and looks exactly like the Dutch filing report that is required by the tax agency." Perficio Consulting Ltd (www.perficioconsulting.com), is a NetSuite solution provider based in the Czech Republic. "The new NetSuite tax reporting functionality for the Czech Republic speeds up the implementation time and effort and makes the business day considerably easier for our clients, leading to huge time savings and improved productivity across the team. Our clients can now see exactly what's happening and what needs to be done, both at a local and a global level," said Babz Amusan, Managing Director, Perfico Consulting Ltd. SaaS Consulting, (www.saasconsulting.es/), a consultancy focused on delivering NetSuite solutions in Iberia. "NetSuite's new tax reports allow Spanish and Portuguese companies to seamlessly file their VAT returns without the need for any manual calculations or processes," said Mark Sichel, Director General of SaaS Consulting. "The addition of these important forms to the NetSuite solution further demonstrates NetSuite's commitment to the Iberian market and brings confidence to accountants in the region." CloudTech (www.cloudtecherp.com), a company based in the Philippines, provides consulting and implementation services for cloud-based or on-demand systems such as NetSuite. The company boasts a bench of experienced ERP professionals who have implemented a wide variety of ERP and Financial Management systems. "We are excited about the localized tax reporting features that NetSuite now brings to the Philippines. It is an absolute time saver for us and for our clients," said Martin Evangelista, CloudTech's Managing Director. "In other solutions we have implemented before, we had to prepare these types of reports manually from outside the financial system, or customers would have to pay expensive customization fees to get this kind of localized functionality. With NetSuite, these tax reports are now easy to generate—and it's nice they already follow the format expected by the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue." SQLWizard (http://www.sqlwizard.com), a Philippines-based provider of database administration and management services and business intelligence solutions, moved to NetSuite to better prepare for growth and expansion and to escape being tied down by inefficient and time-consuming processes associated with their on-premise systems. With NetSuite, the company not only streamlined sales, customer service and financial accounting processes, but also administrative processes that includes tax compliance reporting. SQLWizard can easily generate the required local tax reports from within the system—something that was not possible in the systems they used before. "NetSuite's tax reporting functionality enables our finance group to regularly generate the required monthly and quarterly reports without having to work overtime," according to Dinah Salonga, SQL*Wizard's Managing Director. "Not only does this help improve company efficiency, but I'm sure this helps employee morale as well." Follow NetSuite's Cloud blog, NetSuite's Facebook page and @NetSuite Twitter handle for real-time updates. To join the ‘NetSuite OneWorld' conversation on Twitter, use ##NetSuite #OneWorld.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line410
__label__cc	0.6585	0.3415	Brushes with the Law in England & the USA 1. Numerous Proceedings in the Court of Chancery – 15th century involving Okebornes (References from the Public Record Office of matters involving Ogb*rns between 1228 and 1483. (From the records of the late sociologist Professor W F Ogburn 2. Eddis V Ogborne 1618 (A dispute over ownership of land and houses where the Ogbornes threatened to pull down the houses and trees, and the dispute reached the Court of Chancery in London) 3. In the Reign of King Charles II one Samuel Ogbourne was convicted of involvement in unlawful religious worship. 4. Jury Rigging Trial – New Jersey (Two Ogbournes were members of a jury in 1709 in a trial which dealt with allegations of tampering with records to rig a jury in New Jersey) 5. Three persons in the 19th Century were convicted in England and sentenced to be transported to Australia. For more information	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line413
__label__wiki	0.942448	0.942448	Honoring Olivia de Havilland on International Women's Day Olivia de Havilland - 1930s Olivia de Havilland in 2010 after receiving the Legion of Honor from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Today is International Women's Day. Who better to honor than Miss Olivia de Havilland. Olivia has been in the public eye for nearly 80 touching five generations. Her contributions to the arts involve the theater, radio, and of course, her extensive film career that includes five academy award nominations and two Academy Award wins. From very early in her career, Olivia sought roles that conveyed complex stories and delved into important experiences of her characters. However, the roles she was often assigned under her contract at Warner Brothers, were not the type of roles she wanted for her career. When she declined a role, Warner Brothers would suspend her contract and add the time she was suspended on at the end, forcing Olivia into a situation where her contract could conceivably never end! Olivia never shied away from a challenge and risked her own career by filing suit against Warner Brothers on August 23, 1943 after the studio extended her contract six times after "suspending" her for rejecting the roles it suggested. On December 8, 1944, Olivia de Havilland won her lawsuit against Warners Brothers when the California Court of Appeal of the second district unanimously ruled that seven years from the commencement of service meant seven calendar years. Since Olivia had started work under her contract at Warners on May 5, 1936, and seven calendar years had elapsed from that date, the contract was no longer enforceable. This freed Olivia from an unending cycle of suspensions and extensions of her contract at Warner Brothers and enabled her to seek different projects with other studios. As a result of her efforts, California Labor Law 2855 became known as "the de Havilland Law." Olivia's lawsuit didn't just free her from an unending contract, legions of other actors at the time and in the decades to follow were able to take advantage of the precedent and it has been cited as recently as 2009 involving a dispute over a music contract between EMI Records and Jared Leto and Shannon Leto of the band Thirty Seconds to Mars. After Gone With the Wind, you made history by bucking the studio system and winning a famous court case. How did it come about, that you were able to break away from Warner Brothers? In 2006, as part of her honor with the Academy of Achievement, Olivia was interviewed and her comments were archived online. Below are three videos as part of that interview where Olivia briefly discusses the lawsuit, the win, and the price she paid in her career after winning her lawsuit. Olivia de Havilland on the lawsuit against Warner Brothers My agents, Phil Berg and Bert Allenberg, called me into their offices, South Beverly Drive, 121 -- I forgot the address, it could have been that -- in August of '43, and with them was Martin Gang, a marvelous man and lawyer. They said, "We want Martin to talk to you about your situation. He thinks there is a way out." So Martin explained that there was a California law which limited the right of an employer to enforce a contract against an employee for more than seven years, and that no actor had dared to take advantage of the law by asking for declaratory relief, which is to say an interpretation of a law as it applied to an actor's contract. We went into court first, the Superior Court, Judge Charles S. Pernell presiding, in November of that year, 1943. And it is true that Warner Brothers' lawyer did put me on the witness stand, and they said, "Be very careful, because he will try to make you angry and try and make you appear like a spoiled movie actress," Oh, he was so wicked! Gimlet-eyed, and he would say, accusing me in thunderous tones, "Is it not true, Miss De Havilland, that on such-and-such a date, you failed to report to the set to play such-and-such a role in such-and-such a film?" And I, remembering Martin Gang's instructions, said, "I didn't refuse. I declined." So, all this time, I noticed that the judge, he had his hand in front of his face, and I couldn't figure out whether it was his spectacles that were twinkling or, in fact, his eyes, but we certainly had his attention, and I thought, "Maybe I have a little hope here." I think maybe I had a chance after all, and indeed, about three months later or more than that - it was March of 1944, around the 15th of March. I was up on the Island of Adak in the Aleutians, visiting patients in the military hospitals. Someone came to me, a U.S. soldier, and said, "We have a telegram for you." Well, this was really quite extraordinary up there in wartime, and it was from Martin Gang, and it said, "You've won in the Superior Court." Yes, the Superior Court of the State of California. The Warners naturally appealed immediately, and they enjoined every studio in town from employing me. Every studio in town. I think they sent out 125 injunctions, and half of the studios no longer existed, but they did a thorough job at that. Weren't you taking a great risk, by taking Warner Brothers to court? You were risking that all the studios would blacklist you. How did you come to that decision? There really wasn't any doubt about the right decision for me to take, and one of the nice things I thought was, "If I do win, other actors feeling frustration such as I feel will not have to endure that. They will take the suspension, going without pay of course, but knowing they will not have to serve that time again." And indeed, I didn't realize how much that could mean to other artists in the profession until actually, about two or three years ago. I was at a luncheon in Hollywood, and I sat next to a very charming and very able man, very highly regarded man, Roger Mayer, a lawyer. Now, he was not related to Louis B. Mayer, but he was apparently with Metro [MGM studios] for a certain length of time, and he said, "What that meant to writers, you can't imagine." Writers like Scott Fitzgerald, Faulkner was one. He didn't mention those particular names, but indeed, the names he meant were of equal stature. He said, "Those men would be put under contract, and then assigned something, a scene to write in a film for which they had no natural inclination and no knowledge." I mean, say a western, a writer whose great specialty was the Deep South. He said, "Those men couldn't bear to do a poor piece of work, and they knew that they would, and that they would risk their great international reputations in going ahead and trying to meet the requirement of the studio. Now, when you won your case, they were thrilled, because of course, they were perfectly willing to go without pay until they were assigned some kind of work for which they had a feel and knew that they could do a distinguished piece of work by it." Olivia de Havilland and the women she played I longed to play a character who initiated things, who experienced important things, who interpreted the great agonies and joys of human experience Top left: Olivia de Havilland as Jody Norris in "To Each his Own." Middle: Olivia de Havilland as Melanie Wilkes in "Gone With the Wind." Top Right: Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper in "The Heiress." Lower left: Olivia de Havilland as Terry Collins (holding the cigarette) and Ruth Collins in "The Dark Mirror." Lower Right: Olivia de Havilland as Virginia Cunningham in "The Snake Pit." "I longed to play a character who initiated things, who experienced important things, who interpreted the great agonies and joys of human experience", Olivia de Havilland said in 2006 regarding many of her roles at Warners and her desire to seek deeper work. As a result of her efforts to play stronger roles, Olivia left some remarkable performances on film featuring complex women, many who struggled with their own inner turmoil of meeting society's expectations of them and their own expectations of themselves. Olivia de Havilland as Jody Norris in To Each His Own Olivia was never afraid to be portrayed as unglamourous, if the role called for it. It was those deeper and "unglamourous" roles that lead to the many accolades she received in her career. Olivia's first Oscar win was playing the role of Jody Norris in To Each His Own. Jody finds herself pregnant after spending one night with a WWI Captain who is killed in action. She tries to arrange it so that she can "adopt" the boy without scandal by having him left on the doorstep of a family with too many children already, but the scheme backfires. Jody has to love her son from afar. The film is filled with emotion as the audience sees a young woman faced with a terrible choices who spends her life trying to build her own career and to reunite with her son. Although the film was set around WWI, the film brought to the forefront the challenges and consequences most women would face then, and even to some extent now, if faced with such a situation. Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper in The Heiress Olivia's second Oscar winning performance was for "The Heiress." In her role as Catherine Sloper, Olivia portrays a sheltered and wealthy girl who has lost her mother and spends her life being raised by a father who starves her of love and affection while perpetually comparing her to an unattainable idealized image of his dead wife. Olivia's transformation into the plain and socially awkward Catherine Sloper is breathtaking and heart wrenching. Through her character, Olivia gives voice to many who know all too well the life of being in an unloving family. Olivia de Havilland as Virginia Cunningham in The Snake Pit Olivia also tackled the issue of mental illness in The Snake Pit, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. In preparing for her role as Virginia Cunningham, Olivia explored mental hospitals of the time, observed electro-shock therapy, and visited with some patients. In the film, Olivia carefully explored and portrayed the life of her character, Virginia Cunningham, while she is institutionalized. We experience Virginia's confusion about her location and situation and fear throughout the film. We go with Virginia through electro-shock treatments, hydrotherapy, the absence of loved ones, being confined, and the experience of being in "the snake pit," the floor that houses the lowest functioning and most disturbed patients. This film and Olivia's performance is still considered a landmark production for it's exploration of mental illness in film. Visit "Olivia de Havilland at the Oscars" to learn more about Olivia's 60 year history with the Academy Awards Olivia de Havilland: An inspiration to all women Top: Olivia de Havilland at the Cesar Awards in Paris in 2011. Bottom left: Olivia de Havilland receiving the National Medal of Arts from President Bush in November 2008. Bottom center left: Olivia de Havilland photographed at her home in Paris in 2010. Bottom center right: Olivia de Havilland presenting 59 former Academy Award Winners at the 75th Academy Awards in 2003. Bottom Right: Olivia de Havilland photographed at her home with the Hubble Medal of Initiative, an award from the Marshfield Cherry Blossom Festival in Marshfield, Missouri in 2012. Olivia de Havilland has been an inspiration to women of all ages. Even into her 90s, Olivia has not shied away. She has attended awards ceremonies, accepted more accolades and honors including highest honors in both the United States and France since 2008, made public appearances, and even narrated an award winning documentary, I remember better when I paint, a film that explores the use of arts in helping Alzheimer's patients. While younger fans may be discovering the world of Maid Marion or Melanie Wilkes for the first time, women who are looking for inspiration today, can find it in Olivia. Well into her 90s, Olivia exudes a confidence about herself, generosity, and grace that is inspiring to all women. In 2011, Tracey Jackson spoke with 50 inspirational women over the age of 50 about life, their joys, and secrets to happiness. Here is the video that Tracey did with Olivia. Olivia de Havilland: A woman to honor on International Women's Day! From classic film actress to actor's rights activist and beyond, Olivia is a great choice to honor on this 2014 International Women's Day. Perhaps her most memorable work, Gone With the Wind, turns 75 this year! Her life story is long and complex and her life has moved across three continents over her 97 years. She has been a mother to two children, and has experienced the grief of losing one. She has been a beacon of integrity to her work, grace in her life, and courage in overcoming challenges for generations. September 2004 - Miss de Havilland and Angelina Jolie at the Premiere Women in Hollywood Awards. Miss de Havilland was awarded the Premiere Legend Award.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line415
__label__wiki	0.845808	0.845808	Olivia de Havilland is star of the Month on TCM In celebration of Olivia de Havilland's 100th birthday, TCM is featuring her as the Star of the Month for July, 2016. Beginning at 8pm eastern time each Friday night during July, TCM will show several films starring Olivia de Havilland. The opening weekend featured Raffles (1940), Gone With the Wind (1939), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), Captain Blood (1935), Anthony Adverse (19360, The Irish In Us (1935), and Alibi Ike (1935). Three of Olivia's award winning performances will be shown on Friday July 15, beginning with The Snake Pit at 8pm, The Heiress at 10pm and To Each His Own at 12:15am. The compiled list of her films being shown in order of screening, beginning with Friday, July 8 is listed below. To learn more about Olivia de Havilland as Star of the Month click here. Friday - July 8, 2016 Screenings In This Our Life (1942) - Friday, July 8, 2016 at 8:00pm Producer: David Lewis Director: John Huston Screenplay: Howard Koch, John Huston, based on the novel by Ellen Glasgow Editor: William Holmes Cinematography: Ernest Haller Art Direction: Robert Haas Cast: Bette Davis (Stanley Timberlake), Olivia de Havilland (Roy Timberlake), George Brent (Craig Fleming), Dennis Morgan (Peter Kingsmill), Charles Coburn (William Fitzroy), Frank Craven (Asa Timberlake), Billie Burke (Lavinia Timberlake). The Died with their Boots On (1941) - Friday, July 8, 2016 at 9:45pm Director: Raoul Walsh Producer: Hal B. Wallis (executive), Robert Fellows Screenplay: Wally Kline, Aeneas MacKenzie Cinematography: Bert Glennon Art Direction: John Hughes Cast: Errol Flynn (Custer), Olivia de Havilland (Elizabeth Bacon), Arthur Kennedy (Ned Sharp), Charley Grapewin (California Joe), Gene Lockhart (Samuel Bacon), Anthony Quinn (Crazy Horse). Santa Fe Trail (1940) - Friday, July 8, 2016 at 12:15AM E.T. Please note this screening is technically Saturday morning just after midnight. Producer: Robert M. Fellows, Jack L. Warner Director: Michael Curtiz Screenplay: Robert Buckner Cinematography: Sol Polito Costume Design: Milo Anderson Film Editing: George J. Amy Original Music: Max Steiner Principal Cast: Errol Flynn (Jeb Stuart), Olivia de Havilland (Kit Carson Holliday), Raymond Massey (John Brown), Ronald Reagan (George Armstrong Custer), Alan Hale (Tex Bell), William Lundigan (Bob Holliday), Van Heflin (Carl Rader), Gene Reynolds (Jason Brown), Guinn "Big Boy" Williams (Windy Brody), Alan Baxter (Oliver Brown), Ward Bond (Townley). BW-110m. Closed captioning. Descriptive video. Dodge City (1939) - Friday, July 8 at 2:15AM Eastern Time Please note this screening is technically Saturday morning, July 9. Producer: Robert Lord Art Direction: Ted Smith Cinematography: Sol Polito, Ray Rennahan Editing: George J. Amy Cast: Errol Flynn (Wade Hatton), Olivia de Havilland (Abbie Irving), Ann Sheridan (Ruby Gilman), Bruce Cabot (Jeff Surrett), Frank McHugh (Joe Clemens), Alan Hale (Rusty Hart), John Litel (Matt Cole). C-104m. Closed captioning. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936) - Friday, July 8, 2016 at 4:15am ET Please note this screening is technically Saturday morning, July 9. Director: Michael Curtiz Executive Producer: Hal B. Wallis Associate Producer: Samuel Bischoff Screenplay: Michel Jacoby and Rowland Leigh (based on an original story by Michel Jacoby) Editor: George Amy Art Director: John Hughes Sound: C.A. Riggs Special Effects: Fred Jackman and Hans F. Koenekamp Director of Horse Action: B. Reeves Eason Principal Cast: Errol Flynn (Maj. Geoffrey Vickers), Olivia de Havilland (Elsa Campbell), Patric Knowles (Capt. Perry Vickers), Henry Stephenson (Sir Charles Macefield), Nigel Bruce (Sir Benjamin Warrenton), Donald Crisp (Col. Campbell), David Niven (Capt. Randall), C. Henry Gordon (Surat Khan ), G.P. Huntley, Jr. (Maj. Jowett). BW-116m. Closed captioning. Saturday - July 9, 2016 Screenings It's Love I'm After (1937) - Saturday, July 9 2016 at 6:15AM ET Producer: Hal B. Wallis, Harry Joe Brown Director: Archie Mayo Screenplay: Casey Robinson, based on the story "Gentleman After Midnight" by Maurice Hanline Cinematography: James Van Trees, Tony Gaudio (uncredited) Art Direction: Carl Jules Weyl Music: Heinz Roemheld Cast: Leslie Howard (Basil Underwood), Bette Davis (Joyce Arden), Olivia de Havilland (Marcia West), Eric Blore (Digges), Patric Knowles (Henry Grant), George Barbier (William West), Spring Byington (Aunt Ella Paisley), Bonita Granville (Gracie Kane), E. E. Clive (Butler), Veda Ann Borg (Elsie). The Great Garrick (1937) - Saturday, July 9 at 8:00am ET Producer: Mervyn LeRoy Director: James Whale Screenplay: Ernest Vajda Film Editing: Warren Low Music: Adolph Deutsch Cast: Brian Aherne (David Garrick), Olivia de Havilland (Germaine de la Corbe), Edward Everett Horton (Tubby), Melville Cooper (M. W. Picard), Lionel Atwill (M. Beaumarchais). BW-78m. Call It A Day (1937) - Saturday, July 9 at 9:45am ET Producer: Jack Warner, Hal Wallis, Harry Joe Brown, and Henry Blanke. A Cosmopolitan Production for Warner Bros. Screenplay: Casey Robinson, based on the play by Dodie Smith Editor: James Gibbon Costumes: Orry-Kelly (gowns) Music: Leo F. Forbstein Cast: Roger Hilton (Ian Hunter), Dorothy Hilton (Frieda Inescort), Joan Collett (Anita Louise), Catherine Hilton (Olivia de Havilland), Martin Hilton (Peter Willes), Ann Hilton (Bonita Granville), Muriel West (Alice Brady), Frank Haines (Roland Young ), Marcia Ralston (Beatrice Gwynn), Paul Francis (Walter Woolf King), Ethel Francis (Peggy Wood), Mrs. Milson, the housekeeper (Una O'Connor), Mrs. Elkins (Beryl Mercer), Vera (Elsa Buchanan), Elsie Lester (Mary Field). Friday - July 15, 2016 Screenings The Snake Pit (1948) - Friday, July 15 at 8:00pm Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck, Anatole Litvak, and Robert Bassler for 20th Century Fox Director: Anatole Litvak Screenplay: Millen Brand and Frank Partos based on the novel by Mary Jane Ward Cinematography: Leo Tover Editor: Dorothy Spencer Art Director: Lyle Wheeler and Joseph C. Wright Music: Alfred Newman Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Virginia Cunningham), Leo Genn (Dr. Kik), Mark Stevens (Robert Cunningham), Celeste Holm (Grace), Helen Craig (Nurse Davis), Leif Erickson (Gordon), Beulah Bondi (Mrs. Greer), Betsy Blair (Hester), Ruth Donnelly (Ruth), Ann Doran (Valerie), Isabel Jewell (Inmate in Ward 33), Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Stuart), Mae Marsh (Tommy's mother). The Heiress - Friday, July 15, 2016 at 10:00pm ET Producer/Director: William Wyler Screenplay: Ruth & Augustus Goetz Based on their play and the novel Washington Square by Henry James Art Direction: John Meehan, Harry Horner Music: Aaron Copland Principal Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Catherine Sloper), Montgomery Clift (Morris Townsend), Ralph Richardson (Dr. Austin Sloper), Miriam Hopkins (Lavinia Penniman), Vanessa Brown (Maria), Mona Freeman (Marian Almond), Ray Collins (Jeffrey Almond), Selena Royle (Elizabeth Almond). To Each His Own (1946) - Friday, July 15 at 12:15AM ET Please note: This screening technically begins just after midnight on Saturday morning, July 16. Producer: Charles Brackett Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Jacques Thery, based on a story by Brackett Editor: Alma Macrorie Cinematography: Daniel Fapp Costume Design: Edith Head Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson Music: Victor Young Principal Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Miss Josephine Norris), John Lund (Capt. Bart Cosgrove/Gregory Piersen), Mary Anderson (Corinna Piersen), Roland Culver (Lord Desham), Phillip Terry (Alex Piersen), Bill Goodwin (Mac Tilton), Virginia Welles (Liz Lorimer), Griff Barnett (Mr. Norris), Alma Macrorie (Belle Ingham). Devotion (1946) - Friday, July 15 at 2:30AM ET Please note: This screening technically begins on Saturday morning, July 16 at 2:30am Producer: Robert Buckner Director: Curtis Bernhardt Screenplay: Theodore Reeves, Keith Winter, Edward Chodorov Film Editing: Rudi Fehr Art Direction: Robert M. Haas Music: Erich Wolfgang Korngold Cast: Ida Lupino (Emily Bronte), Paul Henreid (Arthur Nicholls), Olivia de Havilland (Charlotte Bronte), Sydney Greenstreet (William Makepeace Thackeray), Nancy Coleman (Anne Bronte), Arthur Kennedy (Branwell Bronte). Wings of the Navy (1939) - Friday, July 15, 2016 at 4:30am ET Producer: Louis Edelman Director: Lloyd Bacon Screenplay: Michael Fessier Cinematography: Arthur Edeson Film Editing: George Amy Art Direction: Esdras Hartley Music: Heinz Roemheld, Harry Warren Cast: George Brent (Lt. Cmdr. Cass Harrington), Olivia de Havilland (Irene Dale), John Payne (Lt. Jerry Harrington), Frank McHugh (Scat. Allen), John Litel (Cmdr. Clark), Victor Jory (Lt. Parsons). Saturday - July 16, 2016 Screenings Hard to Get (1938) - Saturday, July 16 at 6:15AM ET Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director: Ray Enright Screenplay: Jerry Wald, Maurice Leo, Richard Macaulay, Wally Klein, Joseph Schrank Based on the story "Classified" by Stephen Morehouse Avery Cinematography: Charles Rosher Principal Cast: Dick Powell (Bill Davis), Olivia de Havilland (Margaret Richards), Charles Winninger (Benjamin Richards), Allen Jenkins (Roscoe), Bonita Granville (Connie Richards), Melville Cooper (John Case), Isabel Jeans (Henrietta Richards), Grady Sutton (Stanley Potter), Thurston Hall (John Atwater), Penny Singleton (Hattie), Irving Bacon (Gas Station Attendant), Jimmy Conlin (Dour Diner). Gold is Where You Find It (1938) - Saturday, July 16 at 7:45AM ET Screenplay: Warren Duff, Robert Buckner based on the story by Clements Ripley Editing: Clarence Kolster Cast: George Brent (Jared Whitney), Olivia de Havilland (Serena Ferris), Claude Rains (Colonel Christopher Ferris), Barton MacLane (Foreman Slag Minton), Tim Holt (Lanceford Ferris), Sidney Toler (Harrison McCooey). C-95m. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) - Saturday, July 16 at 9:30AM ET Producer: Max Reinhardt Director: Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle Screenplay: Charles Kenyon, Mary C. McCall, Jr. Based on a play by William Shakespeare Cinematography: Hal Mohr Music: Leo F. Forbstein, Erich Wolfgang Korngold Principal Cast: James Cagney (Bottom), Dick Powell (Lysander), Joe E. Brown (Flute), Jean Muir (Helena), Hugh Herbert (Snout), Ian Hunter (Theseus), Frank McHugh (Quince), Victor Jory (Oberon), Olivia de Havilland (Hermia), Ross Alexander (Demetrius), Verree Teasdale (Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons), Anita Louise (Titania), Mickey Rooney (Puck), Arthur Treacher (Ninny's Tomb), Billy Barty (Mustard Seed), Kenneth Anger (Changeling Prince), Angelo Rossitto (Gnome). Friday - July 22, 2016 My Cousin Rachel (1952) - Friday, July 22 at 8:00PM ET The Proud Rebel (1958) - Friday, July 22 at 9:45pm ET The Ambassador's Daughter (1956) - Friday, July 22, 2016 at 11:45pm Producer/Director/Writer: Norman Krasna Cinematography: Michel Kelber Editor: Roger Dwyre Costume Design: Christian Dior Art Direction: Andre Bakst, Leon Barsacq Music: Jacques Metehen Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Joan Fisk), John Forsythe (Danny), Myrna Loy (Mrs. Cartwright), Adolphe Menjou (Senator Cartwright), Tommy Noonan (Al), Francis Lederer (Prince Nicholas Obelski), Edward Arnold (Ambassador Fisk), Minor Watson (General Harvey). C-103m. Letterboxed. Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - Friday, July 22, 2016 at 1:45AM ET Producers: Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, based on the book by Ketti Frings Editing: Doane Harrison Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher Original Music: Victor Young, John Leipold Cast: Charles Boyer (Georges Iscovescu), Olivia de Havilland (Emmy Brown), Paulette Goddard (Anita Dixon), Walter Abel (Inspector Hammock), Rosemary DeCamp (Berta Kurz). BW-116m. The Strawberry Blonde (1941) - Friday, July 22 at 4:00AM Please note: This screening technically begins on Saturday morning, July 23 at 4:00am Director: Raoul Walsh Producer: William Cagney Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein based on the play One Sunday Afternoon by James Hagan Production Design: Robert Haas Cast: James Cagney (Biff Grimes), Olivia de Havilland (Amy Lind), Rita Hayworth (Virginia Brush), Alan Hale (Old Man Grimes), George Tobias (Nick Pappalas), Jack Carson (Hugo Barnstead), Una O'Connor (Mrs. Mulcahey), George Reeves (Harold). Saturday - July 23 Screenings My Love Back (1940) - Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 6:00am ET Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) - Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 7:30AM ET Director: David Butler Producer: Mark Hellinger, Jack L. Warner Screenplay: Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, James V. Kern, based on a story by Everett Freeman & Arthur Schwartz Editor: Irene Morra Art Direction: Anton Grot, Leo K. Kuter Music: Arthur Schwartz, Frank Loesser Principal Cast: Eddie Cantor (Joe Simpson/Himself), Joan Leslie (Pat Dixon), Dennis Morgan (Tommy Randolph), S.Z. Sakall (Dr. Schlenna), Edward Everett Horton (Farnsworth), Ruth Donnelly (Nurse Hamilton), Joyce Reynolds (Girl With Book), Richard Lane (Barney Johnson). Four's a Crowd (1938) - Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 9:45AM ET Producer: David Lewis, Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner Screenplay: Casey Robinson, Sig Herzig, Wallace Sullivan (story) Film Editing: Clarence Kolster Art Direction: Max Parker Music: Eddie Durant, Ray Heindorf, M.K. Jerome, Heinz Roemheld Cast: Errol Flynn (Robert Kensington Lansford), Olivia de Havilland (Lorri Dillingwell), Rosalind Russell (Jean Christy), Patric Knowles (Patterson Buckley), Walter Connolly (John P. Dillingwell), Hugh Herbert (Silas Jenkins). The Fifth Musketeer (1979) - Friday, July 29 at 8:00PM ET Producers: Heinz Lazek, Ted Richmond Director: Ken Annakin Screenplay: David Ambrose Music: Riz Ortolani Cinematography: Jack Cardiff Film Editing: Malcolm Cooke Production Design: Elliot Scott Art Direction: Theodor Harisch Costume Design: Tony Pueo Cast: Sylvia Kristel (Maria Theresa), Ursula Andress (Louise de la Vallière), Beau Bridges (Louis XIV / Philippe of Gascony), Cornel Wilde (D'Artagnan), Ian McShane (Fouquet), Alan Hale, Jr. (Porthos), Lloyd Bridges (Aramis), José Ferrer (Athos), Olivia de Havilland (Queen Mother), Helmut Dantine (Spanish Ambassador), Rex Harrison (Colbert) The Swarm (1978) - Friday, July 29, 2016 at 10:00pm ET Light in the Piazza (1962) - Friday, July 29 at 12:15AM ET Please note, this film screening technically begins on Saturday morning, July 30, just after midnight Director: Guy Green Producer: Arthur Freed Screenplay: Julius J. Epstein; based on the story by Elizabeth Spencer Cinematography: Otto Heller Editor: Frank Clarke Art Direction: Frank White Music: Mario Nascimbene Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Mrs. Johnson), Yvette Mimieux (Clara Johnson), George Hamilton (Fabrizio Naccarelli), Rossano Brazzi (Signor Naccarelli), Barry Sullivan (Noel Johnson). C-102m. Closed Captioning. Letterboxed. Libel (1959) - Friday, July 29, 2016 at 2:15AM ET Please note: This screening technically begins on Saturday morning, July 30 at 2:15AM. Director: Anthony Asquith Producer: Anatole de Grunwald Screenplay: Anatole de Grunwald & Karl Tunberg Based on the play by Edward Wooll Cinematography: Robert Krasker Art Direction: Paul Sheriff Music: Ben Frankel Cast: Dirk Bogarde (Sir Mark Loddon, Frank Welney, Prisoner No.15), Olivia de Havilland (Lady Maggie Loddon), Paul Massie (Jeffrey Buckenham), Robert Morley (Sir Wilfred), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Hubert Foxley), Millicent Martin (Maisie), Robert Shaw (1st Photographer). BW-100m. Letterboxed. The Male Animal (1942) - Friday, July 29, 2016 at 4:00AM ET Please note: This screening technically begins on Saturday, July 30 at 4:00am Director: Elliott Nugent Screenplay: Stephen Morehouse Avery, Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein Based on the play by Elliott Nugent and James Thurber Art Direction: John Hughes Editing: Thomas Richards Cast: Henry Fonda (Tommy Turner), Olivia de Havilland (Ellen Turner), Joan Leslie (Patricia Stanley), Jack Carson (Joe Ferguson), Eugene Pallette (Ed Keller), Herbert Anderson (Michael Barnes), Ivan Simpson (Dr. Damon). Government Girl (1943) - Saturday, July 30 at 6:00AM Producers: Edward Donahue, Dudley Nichols Director: Dudley Nichols Screenplay: Dudley Nichols (screenplay); Adela Rogers St. Johns (short story); Budd Schulberg (adaptation) Cinematography: Frank Redman Music: Leigh Harline Film Editing: Roland Gross Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Elizabeth "Smokey" Allard), Sonny Tufts (E.H. "Ed" Browne), Anne Shirley (May), Jess Barker (Dana), James Dunn (Sergeant Joe), Paul Stewart (Branch), Agnes Moorehead (Mrs. Wright) [black-and-white, 93 minutes] Princess O'Rourke (1943) - Saturday, July 30 at 7:45AM ET Producer: Hal B. Wallis Director/Screenplay: Norman Krasna Costume Design: Orry-Kelly Editing: Warren Low Original Music: Frederick Hollander, Arthur Schwartz Principal Cast: Olivia de Havilland (Princess Maria), Robert Cummings (Eddie O'Rourke), Charles Coburn (Uncle), Jack Carson (Dave), Jane Wyman (Jean), Harry Davenport (Supreme Court Judge), Gladys Cooper (Miss Haskell) Other Upcoming Screenings of Olivia de Havilland Films on TCM Santa Fe Trail (1940) - WEDNESDAY JULY, 27 2016 AT 01:30 PM They Died With their Boots On (1941) - WEDNESDAY JULY, 27 2016 AT 03:30 PM Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) - TUESDAY AUGUST, 9 2016 AT 04:15 AM The Heiress (1949) - SATURDAY AUGUST, 13 2016 AT 08:00 PM Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - MONDAY AUGUST, 29 2016 AT 09:45 PM Alibi Ike (1935) - THURSDAY SEPTEMBER, 8 2016 AT 11:45 AM To Each His Own (1946) - SUNDAY SEPTEMBER, 18 2016 AT 10:00 AM Dodge City (1939) - SATURDAY OCTOBER, 1 2016 AT 02:00 PM Devotion (1946) - THURSDAY OCTOBER, 6 2016 AT 08:00 PM The Heiress (1949) - SUNDAY OCTOBER, 9 2016 AT 12:00 PM The Strawberry Blonde (1941) - MONDAY OCTOBER, 17 2016 AT 09:45 AM In This Our Life (1942) -TUESDAY OCTOBER, 18 2016 AT 08:00 PM	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line416
__label__wiki	0.800766	0.800766	Vera Famiga Is ‘Incognito’ Off The Set Of Bates Motel Ishrar Bates Motel, On Edge TV News Bates Motel Star Explains How She Goes Incognito Off Set The series of Bates Motel is set in such a way that the audiences get the feel of the original Psycho movie, however, the location of the series is not the Universal lot in Hollywood, rather, this Bates Motel is situated in Vancouver, British Columbia. Vera Farmiga, playing Norma Bates on the show, says, “It’s a bit chilly and overcast here right now. But this is really pleasant compared to some of the Canadian weather that we’ve had to endure.” Show’s producer, Carlton Cuse adds, “You know, I think the physical environment plays a big part of the show. I feel very strongly that the sort of bleaker, more monochromatic winter look is narratively appropriate for the story that we’re telling.” The show has a lot of perks, starting from the mother-son crazy relationship to the drug war oozing up in White Pine Bay. Amidst all this, it is always a treat to see Norma Bates on a roll with her unpredictable moves and a whacky sense of humor. However, it has been pointed out by Farmiga that in real life, she is hardly recognized for her character on the show. She mentions, “I think it’s because I’m a blond on the show and it really freaks people out. I mean when I’m on the street sometimes people will ask me like, ‘what show are you on?’ And I say, Bates Motel. And they say, ‘Who do you play,’ which makes me laugh a little. I’m sort of incognito when I’m just being me.” We have already seen the decline of Norman Bates in the finale of Bates Motel season 03. He is no longer troubled but has gone over to what we can call ‘almost fully Psycho’. In response to why the showrunners waited so long to bring out the worst in Norman, Cuse states, “We needed people to really care about Norman before we could show him this way,” explained Cuse, “otherwise what happens to him doesn’t carry any weight with the viewers. If you jump into the story without laying the groundwork, he just seems completely out of it and it’s easy to just say, ‘oh, he’s crazy,’ and then write him off and not try to understand him. But, when you see all of the things that have happened to him that have led him to be like this, then you start to feel like you understand him a bit and you aren’t so quick to just label him in one way or another.” Executive Producer, Kerry Ehrin, adds, “We all know what happens in Psycho and yes, that’s the destination we have to arrive at when we wrap up the show, but how we get there will be in a different way than what you might be expecting.” It has been expressed by the showrunners that they wish to continue the drama as far as five seasons, which means we might just be left with two more season of Norma(n), Romero, Dylemma and the occasional sanity. Cuse assures us that all their decisions will be in the best interest of the show and says, “There’s just so much content out there now. And, so much of it is just amazing. We’re not oblivious to that, so in addition to working to make the best show we can make it, we just have to keep asking people to watch it and reassuring them that it’s worth their time. I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t feel that wholeheartedly. This show really is worth the investment.” Cuse further talks about the show and states, “The storytelling really dictates it. This isn’t a story that can just continue on and on. We’re watching a progression here. It’s the story of a mother who desperately loves her son and is trying to prevent him from becoming this guy that’s he inevitably going to become and you just can’t drag that out indefinitely.” Copyright 2015 On Edge TV bates motelBates Motel Psychobates motel season 3carlton cuseDylemmakerry ehrinNorma and Normannorma batesnorman batesRomeroVera Farmiga Expect Norma and Norman’s Relationship To Change More In Season 4 Of Bates Motel Sleepy Hollow: I,Witness \| S-3, E-1 \| Review Watching TV shows is my first love, writing being a close second. The combination of both is what brings me here! Keep calm and continue reading. Connect with me on Twitter if you just can't get enough Infotainment♥ Freddie Highmore’s Take On Bates Motel Season 03 Sarah Paulson on Her Most Frustrating Scene on American Horror Story	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line417
__label__wiki	0.609561	0.609561	View onto a domestic garden in Nara, Japan © Susan Andrews In the West, the Japanese house has reached an almost iconic status for its architecture, its decoration and its style… but could this neat, carefully constructed version of Japanese life be a myth? A new exhibition, about to open at the Geffrye Museum, takes this as its theme. A tatami room At Home in Japan, with its telling subtitle Beyond The Minimal House, aims to question the widespread stereotype of the Japanese house as stark and spare, characterised by large empty spaces devoid of people and things. This fascinating exhibition opens the doors of contemporary urban homes to find out how private domestic lives are lived in Japan today, and examines a variety of aspects of the home – from decoration, display, furniture and the tatami mat, to eating, sleeping, ‘gifting’, cleaning, hygiene, and worship. To generate an authentic experience, At Home In Japan recreates the layout of a standard urban apartment. Visitors travel through an entrance hall, a ‘western style’ room, tatami room, bathroom, eventually, reaching the LDK – ‘living-dining-kitchen’ – area, the largest communal space inside a Japanese home. Each of these rooms is filled with a broad selection of the everyday possessions with which inhabitants might surround themselves. This is both an exhibition about interiors, and an active engagement with day-to-day spaces and objects, so that visitors may not only experience a degree of what it feels like to be at home in contemporary Japan, but can also encounter another culture on an empathetic level – instead of gazing at and imagining its exotic nature from a distance. At Home In Japan has been based on original research carried out over a 12 month period by its curator, social and cultural anthropologist Dr Inge Daniels of Oxford University, inside thirty urban homes in Kobe, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka. It’s really about as authentic as it can get – and is enhanced by Susan Andrews’s marvellous photographs, which can also be seen and cherished in The Japanese House: Material Culture in the Modern Home, a much-more-than-coffee-table-book on which Daniels and Andrews collaborated. At Home In Japan is at the Geffrye Museum, Kingsland Road, London, E2 8EA, from 22 March to 29 August. Admission: £5/£3 concessions. Under 16s: free. The nearest London Overground station is Hoxton, directly behind the museum; the nearest tube is Liverpool Street station (15 minute walk). A range of extra related events to the main themes of the exhibition is also taking place. There will be a Study Day on Saturday 14 May (10am-4.30pm; tickets £40/£30 concessions) which will explore the historical influence of Japanese art, design and culture on homes and gardens across the world, before examining the West’s vision of Japanese homes and the reality of life in Japan today. Speakers include the curators, Dr Inge Daniels and Susan Andrews. On Wednesday 18 May, there will be a Special Evening, with a curator-led talk and a demonstration of Japanese food and customs (5.45pm-8.30pm; tickets £6, including exhibition entry and glass of sake). There are also childrens activities during the Easter and May half-term holidays. See www.geffrye-museum.org.uk or call 020 7739 9893 for more details.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line418
__label__cc	0.629398	0.370602	Supreme Ruler 2020 Review Supreme Ruler 2020, developed by BattleGoat Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. The Good: Complex and detailed economy and production, lots of military units, generally intelligent AI advisors can automate as much (or as little) as you desire, better organized interface, worldwide map, Internet play for 16 players The Not So Good: Learning curve for novices, thorough gameplay might not be for everyone, the fastest speed setting is still fairly slow which means games can drag, some crazy alliances and wars What say you? The most comprehensive near-future world simulation: 7/8 MY POORLY WRITTEN INTRODUCTION The very first game I reviewed here at Out of Eight was Battlefield 2, which has absolutely nothing to do with this review. However, the fourth game I reviewed was Supreme Ruler 2010, a comprehensive but almost impenetrable grand strategy game that had you control a small, independent nation after the U.S. broke up due to high oil prices (yeah, like that's plausible). The updated version is now here in the form of Supreme Ruler 2020: First Blood Part II (I made that up; the full title is actually Supreme Ruler 2020: Baby Geniuses 2: SuperBabies). So, what has three more years of improvements wrought? And is what has wrought worth playing? GRAPHICS AND SOUND While the graphics of Supreme Ruler 2020 are certainly improved over its predecessor, there is some room for improvement. The game uses real satellite images that look great when zoomed out, however when zoomed in the detail level stays the same so the surface features become blurry. The maps are also in 2-D, so elevation changes are just pictured on the map instead of being represented as truly tall mountains. Supreme Ruler 2020 does not have Google Earth-level detail, especially when you are close to the surface, but having real-world images instead of artificial maps does add an air of authenticity to the game. Supreme Ruler 2020 also includes 3-D units (before they were 2-D sprites): from the buildings to the military units, everything on the surface has a detailed model. The models are well-done but generic, as most units of the same type (artillery, tank) use the same exact design. The game does perform well on a wide range of systems, so anyone with a computer that has a Pentium III should be able to run this. Supreme Ruler 2020 features some region-specific music to go along with the killing, but the rest of the sound effects seem identical to Supreme Ruler 2010. Overall, though, the presentation of Supreme Ruler 2020 is better, thanks to a realistic map and 3-D units. Supreme Ruler 2020 is a complex game that simulates every major aspect of running a modern country. Because of this, it can be difficult to learn how to play, so the game includes several tutorials. These do not go into much detail and only teach the very basics, but it does convey how the interface works. You are required to click on things so it is interactive (make sure you click on anything circled in red!), which is better than simply reading. Between the tutorials and the manual (and simply playing the game a couple of times), you can overcome the initially steep learning curve if you are at least somewhat accustomed to grand strategy games. Speaking of the interface, the game is well-designed and everything is only two clicks away. This is much better than the series of windows that Supreme Ruler 2010 used. Single player gameplay in Supreme Ruler 2020 consists of sandbox campaign games and objective-based scenarios. There are three campaigns to choose from: a standard world, a shattered world where major nations have broken up, and a high-hostility map for aggressive players. You can choose from over 250 different nations; this results in very high replay value, since each country has its own concerns. The sandbox campaign modes don’t come with any objectives (like the manual states), but you can customize your victory conditions and gameplay settings. In addition to the free-form campaign mode, there are ten more directed scenarios, involving unification votes (in America, Canada, Europe, or Italy), escort missions, and military engagements. All of these scenarios and campaigns take place on the same global map; Supreme Ruler 2010 restricted the game to a regional view with a maximum of 16 nations (and usually 5-8). Having one real-world map makes conflicts more interesting and the game ultimately more realistic and enjoyable. It should be noted that all of the nations involved in a unification vote scenario are allied to begin with, so there will be almost no emphasis on military action. This is the polar opposite from before, and I enjoyed having to worry about my neighbors and potentially dealing with them with force rather than passively increasing my domestic rating. Now, all of the unification scenarios are more peaceful. And by more peaceful I mean more boring. Supreme Ruler 2020 has the same support for mods and future enhancements through patches as the previous version of the game. While there isn’t a scenario editor per se, all of the scenario files are either text files or spreadsheets that are easily edited. Since all games of Supreme Ruler 2020 take place on the same world map, you don’t need to create a new one, just customize the starting relations and game rules and objectives. It looks like Supreme Ruler 2020 should have the same high level of post-release support, through both official and user-made content, as before. Supreme Ruler 2020 gives you a lot of options to customize the game your way. You can put a time limit on the game, from 6 months to 10 years, and allow for complete, capital, capture (a single unit), unification (vote), or a score (total, diplomatic, economy, technology, approval, or military) victory. Or you can go on forever and just see what happens. I liked the progressive campaigns from before, where you started out as a single region and eventually grew larger and larger after each unification vote, but the open-ended nature of the campaign mode with optional objectives is a decent substitute. You can customize the difficulty of Supreme Ruler 2020 for each aspect of the game (economy, military, diplomacy) if you aren’t as adept at one area; this is better than an overall difficulty setting. There are also advanced rules you can introduce, such as fog of war, line of sight, spotting, in addition to enabling nuclear weapons and setting initial funds and resource levels. There are also multiplayer games, including an Internet browser for 16-player action. I did not have time to test the multiplayer aspect of the game, since I got it before it was released to the public (I am cool like that). It can be hard running a country, so a number of AI advisors are present to help you along. There is an advisor for each of the game’s six departments (production, research, finance, state, operations, and defense) and you can give the AI advisors specific goals (such as reducing taxes or researching military units) or allow them free reign. Alternatively, you can lock the advisors out of doing anything if you want to control that portion of the game yourself. This is a really nice feature, especially for beginners, that lets you tailor the game to how you want to play. I can imagine there are some players who will only want to worry about military action (so the game plays more like a real-time strategy title) and let the AI worry about the budget and resources. The AI advisors do a decent job sticking to your objectives and making reasonable adjustments along the way. One feature that has been removed is hiring and firing advisors: now, everyone is equally competent and you don’t have to worry about hiring exactly the correct person. Honestly, this was just another thing to worry about during gameplay and didn’t really impact your country much. Easing into Supreme Ruler 2020 is a smoother transition thanks to the advisor system. Supreme Ruler 2020 allows you to build six structures per hex; Supreme Ruler 2010 was restricted to one structure per hex, so cities were unreasonably spread out. Here, you need to have the appropriate complex (industrial or military) in order to build a specific building, so you can’t put a barracks and a coal mine in the same place (sounds reasonable enough). Supreme Ruler 2020 has a host of map filters that show resource locations and terrain for planning and strategic purposes. You can also construct roads and rails for faster transport across your wonderful country. Supreme Ruler 2020 does not have a simple farms-and-mines or taxes-only economy. Instead, you have to worry about eleven resources (agriculture, water, timber, petroleum, coal, metal, uranium, electric power, consumer goods, industrial goods, and military goods), all of which are interrelated and used by different facets of your population. Supreme Ruler 2020 uses bar graphics to represent how much you are producing and using, giving a quick glance at your overall production. No nation is completely self-sufficient, so you will need to trade with other countries in order to meet demand. You can put your surplus goods up for sale and purchase shortages automatically or trade with specific countries. The market fluctuates according to supply and demand: it’s not always a good idea to sell all of your excess coal, since it will bring in less money because there is so much of it. If your economy is too dependent on trade, an overabundance of a key resource could spell bad news. Typically, if it costs less money to produce a resource than the buy it on the market, then export away! The game provides a list of top producers, consumers, exporters, and importers so that you can evaluate potential partners. You will also need to balance the budget by tweaking social spending in eight areas (health care, education, infrastructure, environment, family subsidy, law enforcement, cultural, and social assistance) and taxes in eight areas (low income, high income, corporation, small business, sales tax, unemployment, property tax, and pension tax). Obviously, the lower the taxes and higher the social spending, the more your population will like you (a good thing for voting scenarios). You can also gain money from tourism and issue bonds. You will have relations with the 200+ countries around the globe (diplomatic relations, of course (I did not have diplomatic relations with that country)). You can enter treaties for trading resources, mutual defense, alliances, and sharing technologies, to name a few. Alliances can get really out of hand (especially in the Melting Point scenario), with non-sensical wars (Illinois vs. Botswana, anyone?) that will never actually result in any real fighting. This is caused by your 20 allies having 20 other allies (and so on), and all that results is increased expenses due to a raised DEFCON level. This is a problem we saw in the first couple of Europa Universalis games, and Supreme Ruler's expansion to a world-wide map is to blame. Supreme Ruler 2020 has a large sortable scoreboard that has everything from casus belli to current tech rating to overall score. You can also read national news, peruse a list of allies and enemies, observe standings with the UN (a bad organization to anger), and religious orientation (a good cause for poor relations). If you don’t trust your neighbors, you can send in spies (although this tends to make them very mad), send up spy satellites, and mark hotspots for your AI military advisor to target. Supreme Ruler 2020 lets you research a disturbingly large number of technologies, from warfare to medicine to specific unit designs. Research can be a bit overwhelming, especially since a lot of the units are very similar and some of the techs aren’t completely intuitive, but giving your advisor an area of focus usually produces good results. No strategy game would be complete without building units to kill people. Supreme Ruler 2020 allows you to tweak the spending levels and military preparedness (expressed as DEFCON) to fit your budgetary needs. Supreme Ruler 2020 comes with “a whole bunch” (technical term) of units, and giving you a list of each unit type makes my review longer! Land units include infantry, recon, tanks, anti-tanks, artillery, air defense, and transports. Helicopters, fighter/interceptors, fighter/bombers, multi-role fighters, strategic bombers, patrols, and transports take to the air. The ocean is full of subs, carriers, destroyers/cruisers, frigates/corvettes, patrols/support, and even more transports. And you can even build missiles for land, air, naval, submarine, and silos. There are a bunch of historical and near-future units in each of these categories, letting you have a region-specific military with a large variety of units. Each unit has a bunch of stats for attacking and movement that probably mirror real-life stats; this level of detail is very impressive. It is easy to construct units thanks to the infinite queue: once you construct a unit, it will appear at the bottom of the queue, ready to be built once again. This is really awesome as it lets you set your desired composition in the queue and then forget about production until new units are researched. You can, of course, turn off repeating queues if you’d like, but the option reduces micromanagement drastically and is excellent and most welcome. After you have made your military, it’s time to use it. During peacetime, you can keep a majority of your units in reserve (to reduce costs), but once diplomacy breaks down, you can start blowing stuff up. You can set overall rules of engagement for your units (either as a whole or for individuals and groups): speed, route, initiative, and loss tolerance. In addition, you can issue advanced orders (like patrol and bomb) that can keep units in formation or move them all to a single destination. Using transports is not automatic, so that takes some micromanaging; taking units long distances is probably the least appealing part of the game. The inclusion of garrisons reduces the steamrolling present in a lot of games: the attacking nation will have to take their time venturing across enemy territory. The AI is generally good, especially when you consider that it’s responsible for controlling 200 nations. It is not as active in diplomacy as I would like: they hardly offer anything other than formal alliances and resource trade, and the resource treaties are always cash for goods, never goods for goods. They will accept military-based treaties if you offer them, however. The AI does have the habit of constantly offering goods you don't need (resulting in a lot of rejected proposals) and proposing insane counter-offers that request large amounts of cash from you for little in return. Still, the AI does provide a dynamic world in which to play and while it's not quite as aggressive or smart as I would like, it'll do. While Supreme Ruler 2020 is a complex game, I found it easier to adapt to when compared with Supreme Ruler 2010 thanks to the improved interface. The game does move methodically: a year will go by in about two hours, which isn’t terribly slow but I’d like to speed though portions of the game where you are just sitting around (1 second for each game day would produce a more exciting pace). Assuming you manually control most of the game, you can be kept busy with trades, diplomacy, military production, research, managing your production, and balancing your budget. If you choose to have the AI control most things, then (not surprisingly) you’ll be sitting around watching nothing happen, so that can obviously get boring. However, those looking for an all-inclusive reproduction of the modern world can’t go wrong with Supreme Ruler 2020. Supreme Ruler 2020 is a clearly improved version of Supreme Ruler 2010. The streamlined interface makes handling the game’s complexity relatively straightforward, but still gives you all of the hard data required to run your nation. While the tutorial is light on the details, the AI advisors can handle anything you wish to ignore when running your country. From the world-wide sandbox mode to more specific scenarios and multiplayer, the over 200 countries in Supreme Ruler 2020 offer different challenges and goals that provides a lot of replay value. In addition, the game is easy to modify and future patches will probably include additional scenarios. The satellite map is nice from a distance, and the 3-D units look good. Production is comprehensive without being overwhelming: constructing additional factories or importing goods is presented in a straightforward manner. Balancing your budget and tweaking your spending is a game in itself (and has been, on occasion). Supreme Ruler 2020 also includes a large quantity of military units to research, produce, and catch on fire. Once you get past the initial shock of having so many options at your disposal, managing your nation in Supreme Ruler 2020 becomes easier once you learn where everything is. Supreme Ruler 2020 is seemingly realistic (or as realistic as you can reasonable expect), with almost enough content to keep you constantly busy. Despite the developers’ best efforts, I can still see Supreme Ruler 2020 being overwhelming to new players, so it’s not for everyone. But strategy veterans will find a very comprehensive and satisfying experience with high replay value and pleasing realism. 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__label__wiki	0.889966	0.889966	A talk with Zelda Symphony producer Jason Michael Paul Originally published on Pixelitis.net on July 25, 2013. On June 12, 2013, several miles away from the insanity of E3, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses celebrated its 50th performance on at the Greek Theatre in LA. To mark that momentous occasion, I sat down with producers Jeron Moore and Jason Michael Paul to talk about how the desire to bring Zelda music to a concert hall came about, as well as how certain facets, such as the construction of the setlist and their ongoing relationship with Nintendo fared. While the interview with Moore has been published for some time now, there are always things that get kind of lost in the shuffle, my interview with Jason Michael Paul unfortunately being one of them. But now that we’re in a far tamer point in time, with E3 having subsided and the Zelda Symphony continuing its tour around America, I find it appropriate to finally share it with you. Thank you for joining me in talking about Symphony of the Goddesses. You’ve had experience with videogame music concerts before. I know you’ve handled Dear Friends: Final Fantasy, [among others]. How did the desire to produce these kinds of shows come about? I think it was just the right time and right place, and having some key relationships with Uematsu-san from Final Fantasy fame, and also having quite a bit of experience producing operatic performances by Luciano Pavarotti. It was really just a melding of my two passions, and at the time I had done this no one else was doing it, so it was nice, because I was on the cutting edge of something that hadn’t really been done. Obviously, when you have the initial success that we did with Dear Friends and that first show in 2004, it was just magical. I really wanted to continue on this path and now, here we are, doing the same thing expect with a different franchise. How does the song selection process for these kinds of shows go? I imagine Nintendo has final say with a lot of it? It’s pretty much Chad [Seiter] and Jeron [Moore] really weaving their way through the franchise and obviously Chad, being the musical genius that he is, was able to really tell a story through music and that’s why we kind of gave birth to the four-movement symphony idea which is not only the first time it’s ever been done for a videogame, but it’s really what a symphony is. Chad and Jeron were really instrumental in choosing that and then of course, my role is more or less: bring it before the client: Nintendo and having them give us feedback on what works and what doesn’t work. And I imagine there have been moments where Nintendo had said “maybe not this [piece] so much, but this?” Not really, actually. It’s surprising that it’s not. The only titles that we present to them [in which they have to make changes] is when they have licensing issues, where there’s actually some other parties involved or something along those lines. So yeah, that’s really been the only hurdle that we [had to] overcome, but other than that it’s been pretty smooth sailing. How have you gauged fan feedback? What kind of feedback have you been hearing on these shows? It’s been wonderful. Fans continue to come. This is Second Quest, this is the second year in a row that we’ve been in L.A. With Second Quest this season it’s been overwhelming. Fans are really enjoying it and as long as they continue to enjoy it, then I’m going to continue bringing them shows. This is not necessarily Zelda-related or anything, but it is videogame music-related. What would you say is an under-appreciated videogame soundtrack that you think deserves an orchestral arrangement? It’s a good question. (pause) I’ll have to think about that. A lot of them. It’s tough: most of the games I like I’ve already given a treatment to of some sorts as part of Play! Sorry to have stumped you on this one. Stumper! It’s a real tough one. Maybe not even “underappreciated” but just games in general. It’s really tough. I haven’t done Tetris, I like that. I want to do Kid Icarus… Jeron was saying the same thing. Yeah, it’s an excellent choice. Yeah, I think that’s the one that I really wouldn’t mind getting a part of [into] my other show, rePLAY. And finally, what’s your favorite Zelda piece, and why? You know, I love Majora’s Mask. I like that piece, it’s fun; it kind of wants to make you dance a little bit. I also like the “Prelude” as part of this concert, it’s really well done. I also like the movement that includes The Wind Waker. There’s so much good music…”Ganon’s Theme.” I think it’s all inspiring, just to be a part of this and to be working on such a wonderful franchise and presenting it in front of massive audiences. That’s where the excitement lies and seeing the reactions from the fans, that’s really all the motivation that I need.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line423
__label__wiki	0.669026	0.669026	Albertans Have Rejected The NDP September 15th, 2015 \| T. Norris On May 5, 2015, Albertans elected a majority NDP government. This was shocking for most people, including many of those who got elected. It wasn’t long before the government became overly cocky, saying that Albertans had rejected right-wing policies and that Albertans had fully embraced the NDP, giving them a mandate to implement a number of policies including corporate tax increases, oil royalty reviews, and a 50% minimum wage hike. It’s hard to tell if the NDP actually believes these claims, or if they were simply flaunting their accidental majority. Let’s start with some simple facts about what happened on May 5. Firstly, the NDP received 40.57% of the vote. While this was more than any of the other parties, it was nowhere near the “clear mandate” that the NDP claims to have. 59.43% of Albertans voted against the NDP. A combined 52.03% voted for the two conservative parties (Wildrose and Progressive Conservative). Unlike the NDP’s claims, the numbers say that this was not a “rejection of right-wing policies”. While either the PC’s or the Wildrose Party came first or second in every single constituency in Alberta, the NDP came third in fifteen different constituencies. Despite the final seat counts, it’s very clear that from day one, the NDP has never had a mandate, and Albertans never rejected conservative policies. A Mainstreet/Postmedia poll released in early July showed that the NDP’s honeymoon had ended quickly. Rachel Notley’s early 62% approval rating from May had already dropped to 50%. The NDP’s popularity overall had fallen from the rounded 41% that they received in the May 5 election to 31%, while the Wildrose Party’s popularity had increased to 40%, leading the province (the defeated Progressive Conservatives received 24%, only 7 points behind the NDP). In a poll released at the end of August, it was revealed that 50% of Albertans trust Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper on provincial issues compared to only 33% for Rachel Notley. The same poll showed that Notley’s overall approval had fallen another 5% from the early July poll to 45%. This continues the running theme that was described earlier in this article: Albertans have not given the NDP a mandate and Albertans have not rejected conservative policies. The September 3 byelection in Calgary-Foothills was the opportunity for Rachel Notley and the NDP to prove that Albertans actually do support their agenda. Notley and her cabinet ministers were out in force to support star candidate Bob Hawkesworth, who had previously been an MLA and a City of Calgary Alderman. Hawkesworth ran against relatively unknown Wildrose candidate Prasad Panda and local restaurant owner Blair Houston, the PC candidate. The results of this byelection closely echoed the results of the early July Mainstreet/Postmedia poll. Wildrose’s Prasad Panda won with 38.35% of the vote to Hawkesworth’s 25.71%. Notably, the PC’s finished only 4 points behind the NDP with 21.59% of the vote. It wasn’t long before Notley and her cabinet attempted to discount the importance of this poll. Notley said that the byelection was “not a litmus test” for her government’s performance, as this riding had always been a PC riding. While Notley is correct that Calgary-Foothills had always been a PC riding, it’s certainly notable that the NDP’s numbers in Calgary-Foothills actually fell from their numbers on May 5. In the general election, the NDP’s Anne Wilson received 32.36% of the vote while running against the incumbent premier, Jim Prentice. Despite the constant presence of the current premier and her cabinet, along with the effects of the May 5 election on the PC’s, and the relatively unknown Wildrose candidate the NDP’s numbers fell 6.65% from the May general election numbers. Rachel Notley and the rest of her caucus need to start listening to Albertans. They do not have a mandate. Albertans have not rejected conservative policies. On the contrary, Albertans are already rejecting the NDP. If Rachel Notley’s party does not perk up and start listening to Albertans, they should stay in contact with former employers, because they’ll be looking for new jobs in 2019.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line430
__label__wiki	0.528593	0.528593	Make a CBG Buy a DVD Songs Inside The Box is a documentary film that takes viewers to the world's largest concert of cigar box guitar music and provides a unique glimpse into a popular hobby and growing movement of self expression participants call the cigar box guitar revolution. You’ll meet the King of the Cigar Box Guitar and some of his troops from the front lines of the revolution. They’ve made musical instruments from things most people throw away and they’ve written songs inspired by the twanging sounds their treasured boxes produce. Along the way, they’ve discovered secrets hidden deep inside themselves that they couldn't have tapped into otherwise. The Internet has connected hobbyists, amateur songsters, and professional musicians who share an interest in cigar box guitars and for one day each year they gather for a concert at the Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza in Huntsville, Alabama. Scientists, surgeons, and salesmen all take the stage and express themselves through the songs they've found inside a little wooden box. "I got me a cigar box... and got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune and I played from then on." Lightnin' Hopkins Texas Blues Musician Songs Inside The Box a documentary by Max Shores Email Max Shores	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line441
__label__wiki	0.936771	0.936771	Keilani Ricketts Named Top Female Collegiate Athlete Keilani Ricketts capped her remarkable career at the University of Oklahoma on Monday night as she was named the winner of the 2013 Honda Cup, given to the nation's top female collegiate athlete by the Collegiate Women's Sports Awards. “I would like to thank Honda for sponsoring and for the CWSA to appreciate us as collegiate athletes,” Ricketts said. “We really do feel appreciated. I’ve had a blast so far. Congratulations to all of the recipients because all of them have had amazing seasons. It’s awesome to be able to experience this with them. "My teammates helped me stay determined. Winning the Honda Cup has been great to represent my school and my state. I wouldn’t be here without the people of Oklahoma. They have motivated me to be prideful to use softball to represent them well.” The two-time winner of the Honda Sports Award for Softball, Ricketts beat out the other 11 Honda Sports Award winners, including fellow finalists Elena Delle Donne, women's basketball player from Delaware, and Kimberlyn Duncan, track and field athlete from LSU. Ricketts becomes the first student-athlete in Oklahoma history to win the Honda Cup and is just the third softball player to take home the honor, joining UCLA's Natasha Watley (2003) and Lisa Fernandez (1993). “Keilani is a great person to represent collegiate women’s sports, and softball in particular as it looks to re-enter the Olympic programme," Jean Lenti Ponsetto, CWSA Chairwoman of the Board and Athletics Director at DePaul University, said. "When we showcase the nation’s best of the best in collegiate athletics live on ESPNU, we are delighted to honor an athlete like Keilani. She is a special athlete, and one who is very deserving of the 2013 Honda Cup.” The two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year, Ricketts helped lead the Oklahoma softball team to the 2013 National Championship, the second in program history. In the title-clinching win, she drove in all four runs in a 4-0 victory over Tennessee, including a three-run home run. Ricketts was 35-1 this season with a 1.23 earned run average and 350 strikeouts in 238.1 innings pitched. She posted the second most shutouts in the nation this year with 16 and ranked third in wins (35), fifth in hits allowed per seven innings (3.61), sixth in total strikeouts (350) and eighth in both ERA (1.23) and strikeouts per seven innings (10.3). Additionally, Ricketts hit .379 at the plate with 15 home runs and 60 runs batted in. She slugged .725, got on base at a .534 clip and was a perfect 9-9 on stolen bases. The CWSA presents the Honda Sports Award annually to top women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports. Ricketts was chosen for the Honda Sports Award by a vote of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. A member of the 2013 USA Softball Women's National Team, Ricketts will compete next from July 11-14 at the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City. /// SoonerSports PR Keilani Ricketts, OU Softball	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line442
__label__wiki	0.910949	0.910949	All Rights ReservedView Non-AMP Version More! Is More: SF Pride Belongs to This Drag Queen Shot in the City Photography / Set Design / Tea Castro - Couture / Mr. David In a teal, circa-1960 Chevrolet convertible with prominent tailfins, two drag queens with prominent hair flanked two politicians. It was the evening of Tuesday, June 5, the Chevy was cruising through the Castro, and it seemed as though former state Senator Mark Leno might be on the cusp of an historic victory. Leno, who would have been the first progressive to eke out a win for the office in decades, as well as San Francisco’s first LGBTQ mayor, sat in the back. Rafael Mandelman, who would win a seat representing the neighborhood on the Board of Supervisors, rode shotgun. The two drag queens were long-standing fixtures around town: Donna Sachet and Juanita More. More had vocally backed Leno for years, later telling SF Weekly that his plan for ending chronic homelessness by 2020 was the best reason to support him, although it was “kind of baffling and weird” that S.F. had yet to elect a queer mayor. An alliance between Leno and fellow progressive Sup. Jane Kim seemed like a strategy to guarantee a win for one of the two progressives whose platforms were nearly identical. On the three-page voting guide pdf on her website, More wrote, “If you’re not putting Mark first, well, that’s your mistake, but you’d better put him second!” His stamina after a long campaign impressed her in the back of that vintage Chevy. “I get there and look at him, and I’m like, ‘You look rested, you look happy.’ ” she recalled. “And he says, ‘I’m so happy about everything.’ I was like, ‘That’s the guy I want to be my mayor.’ ” But it was not to be. Over the coming days, Board of Supervisors President London Breed pulled ahead in the ranked-choice system as the final ballots were tallied, prevailing by 2,500 votes, or barely more than one percentage point. A week after the election, More tweeted, “If you did not vote in this election, get off my back bc I intend to hold this new administration accountable in high heels.” Earlier this decade, LGBTQ people in America grew accustomed to hearing good news during Pride month — often, straight from the Supreme Court. This year, though the Court surprised legal analysts with a 7-2 ruling in favor of a Colorado bakery’s claim that religious freedom meant not having to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding. Coupled with the mayoral race and the general tenor of politics in Washington — which ranges from stupefying national embarrassments to the chilling creep of fascism — Pride 2018 would appear to be comparatively muted, if not outright depressed. But that is not quite the case. Juanita More is 26 years old and a creation of two people, each older than that: More herself, and her drag mother, Glamamore, aka Mr. David. A quarter-century collaboration has yielded a nightlife character who is less known for recycled punchlines, mugging, or outlandishness than for exuding a sort of welcoming unapproachability. In photographs, her half-smiles are pure Old Hollywood, and she can smolder with a look that says, “Come hither, to await further orders.” Juanita More — or Juanita More! — is a consummate hostess, an entertainer on stage and off. She attributes this to her father’s volubility and her mother’s cool reserve, but the persona didn’t emerge fully formed. Juanita and David met in New York in the ’80s, where Glamamore was already an established presence in the world of drag and elsewhere. While they’d cooked together at a catering company, More had no interest in being a drag queen until the week before Halloween 1992, when she was already living in San Francisco. “You have to put me in drag!” More remembers begging Glamamore. “He said, ‘No, please don’t make another friend of mine want to be a drag queen!’ Also, David was teasing me: ‘You’re not going to be pretty, let’s just start there.’ ” Separately, Glamamore remembers it similarly: “I was like, ‘You are going to be hideous. He was in heels hopping up and down this hallway like a truck driver, and I thought, ‘This is going to be awful.’ And then I was putting makeup on him, like, ‘Oh, you have almond-shaped eyes. You are going to be fine.’ But there was nothing before Juanita that alluded to a shred of femininity.” That was during the crisis years of the AIDS epidemic, and More wasn’t partying much. But going out unrecognized was liberating, and she wanted to do it again. Then again. Friends from New York sent Dolce and Gabbana and Vivienne Westwood, straight from the showroom. Like a statue the gods very slowly breathe life into, Juanita took shape. “I don’t feel like any part of Juanita’s beginnings were me,” she says. “It was everybody else — everybody’s vision to make me be this thing they all loved.” She and Glamamore created The Fish Stix, performing around town in shows like Born Wrong, The Fish Stix in Hot Water, and Tender Loins, and More became a regular at Heklina’s monthly party, Trannyshack (which has since been renamed Mother and become a weekly event at Oasis). That pre-internet era was when you got publicity solely by mailing out promotional material. “We didn’t just send out paper, but a handwritten, three-page note written in lipstick with glitter and nails that flew out,” Glamamore recalls. “Which was very good — we got such attention. Back in ’93-’94, in the Weekly we got the middle page.” Things snowballed. More ran events like Booty Call Wednesdays at Q Bar and a short-lived but well-received Wednesday happy hour at the Starlight Room a few years ago. It drew an unusually stylish crowd to Union Square until the Sir Francis Drake Hotel’s management put the kibosh on it. She runs several events at the Powerhouse, among them Beatpig (her every-third-Saturday party with Walter Gomez and Stanley Frank, which combines fashion with bondage demonstrations) and PowerBlouse (a first-Saturdays benefit whose main event involves someone who’s never done drag before getting the royal treatment). Elliott C. Nathan’s LOADS OF LOVE mural outside the Powerhouse is a reference to a sign-off of More’s, and her French bulldog Jackson appears in the O in Love. A less well-trained pup might lunge at the eggplant in the V, if not the bottle of poppers in the L. Early in the aughts, More began to throw a Pride Sunday party, which for 2018 has become two parties, one on Saturday night and another Sunday afternoon. Glamamore had done numerous HIV/AIDS benefits for years, and this was partly an extension of that. “But,” Glamamore says, “there’s tons of organizations you do a benefit for and you’re like, ‘Did it go anywhere?’ With this, Juani can spearhead it and she knows exactly where the check is going. Control queens? I don’t know. Maybe.” More’s parties have raised upward of $450,000 for various nonprofits, and this year’s beneficiary is Truth, a joint collaboration between the Transgender Law Center and the GSA Network (formerly known as the Gay-Straight Alliance) that’s short for “trans youth.” Confident, articulate, transgender teens move her deeply, since she admits she wasn’t nearly as brave a queer at that age. “They’ve never met each other,” she says of the beneficiaries. “They’ve only Facetimed and shared each other’s videos. I haven’t told them this yet because I don’t know how much money we’re going to raise, but I would love it if I could get them all in the same room.” As in, Juanita More chaperoning a gaggle of underage trans kids around San Francisco, some of them for their first time? “We’d have the most amazing seminars for them,” she says. “And take them to fabulous places. Facebook is one of our sponsors, and they were like, ‘Bring them all down here, we have great trans leaders here.’ ” If Yogi Berra’s axiom that no-one-goes-there-it’s-too-crowded still holds up, then the inverse applies to More’s Pride party: It can feel as though everyone makes an appearance, and no matter how packed it is, it’s still fun. “I just feel like, for even five minutes, if a party isn’t completely packed, then it wasn’t a party,” More says. “It’s that moment where I can’t move — when I have my naked dinner parties, and all of a sudden I turn around and I’m like, ‘I can’t move, I’m going to knock all the dicks out of my way.’ ” It’s in high demand, too. More recently posted the following on Facebook, presumably to quash further requests to get on the list: Dear Lovers and Friends (that I have not heard from in almost exactly one year), Please forgive me for not responding to your text messages regarding JM! Pride tickets. I’m busy combing my hair. Mark Leno attends the Pride party every year. For what it’s worth, More says he’s been to Beatpig, too. At the heart of everything is the design collaboration between mother and daughter. “David and I have bounced things off each other and created the most amazing, crazy, museum-worthy things out of nothing. Some of the patterns he’s made for me, even when we did the [2016 Mr. David] fashion show at the de Young, we’d dig around and pull something out and both be like, ‘Remember when you wore that?’ “One of the pieces is 12 yards of hand-dyed silk. It’s one continuous piece, draped,” she continues. “So stunning. I think I’ve worn that once. I have that habit, too — sometimes I go to Britex and buy fabric that I can’t afford or that I’ve saved up for, but another time I’ll go to the dollar-yard table. Douglas, who’s been there forever, he’s just awesome. We love each other. He comes to my Pride party every year, too.” Glamamore refers to Juanita as the “original More boy” because way back when, in boy-drag, More would carry his bags and act as an entourage or escort. The roles have largely reversed, and Glamamore calls himself the second original More boy, although the network has expanded. “I’m the mother, so I’ll tap one of them on the shoulder: ‘Go get Juani a drink. Go do this. She needs that. Get her train out from under the chair right there,’ ” Glamamore says. “Things no one hears about. A lot of [drag mothers] just paint their kids and send them out into the world. It’s this whole art project I’m working on — sometimes, it feels like we’re continually making this one art project.” The House of More has children all over the world, from Miss Rahni and VivvyAnne ForeverMORE in San Francisco to Suppositori Spelling in Los Angeles, with many others in London and elsewhere. As with Patsy Stone on AbFab, unable to state how many siblings she has because “Mother was such a slut,” Glamamore has lost count of her drag children. Some students from Berkeley attempted a family tree, but, Glamamore says, “Juani and I were like, ‘Good luck!’ “We don’t have a family tree,” he says. “It’s a bush with vines in and around and through it. In our family, it’s possible to be your own grandmother.” Although neither is partnered, their relationship has a spousal, you’re-the-first-person-I-text-in-the-morning dimension to it, with frequent check-ins. When pressed, Glamamore isn’t entirely sure why he’s expended so many hours on his lifelong art project — or even where the money comes from. “I’ve literally been paid for a gown in a pot of beans. But I seem to go through this life and all of my needs are met — and the occasional want,” he says. “I’ve been flown around the world several times and I get to lead this magical, fairy-dust life, and I’m very fine and happy.” It’s almost like Quentin Crisp, who once said something to the effect that if you know enough people and get invited to enough cocktail parties, you never have to go grocery-shopping. (“I used to do that with him,” Glamamore admits.) Illness laid him low during the past year or so, but he’s ready to get back into performing, but even when he was unwell, friends made sure to check in. “All the kids made sure I was OK in their little ways. That’s my wealth,” he says. “I’m a hippie, a full-blown hippie. The high-fashion Mr. David of New York is crunch-granola.” While reluctant to enumerate specifics for fear of becoming overwhelmed, as of June 8, Glamamore had about 16 to 20 pieces to sew and assemble for Pride. San Francisco is not a late-night town, but Mr. David will run around SoMa and elsewhere all evening, from show to show, helping people look good and keeping the party going. “I like to help people become better performers and drag queens, because I want to go to a bar and be entertained. So if I can help you become better, then it’s my whole selfish part,” he says. “If you know the right people, you never have to go home — to sleep.” Six years ago, More began hosting naked dinner parties [NSFW!] in her garden apartment of 30 years — which happens to be full of Juanita More fan art. Pictures of her in a Norman Rockwell style occupy wall space across the room from a close-up portrait that shows only her wig, one made-up eye, and a flower behind her ear. They’re near a Teddy Bryce print of Justice and Lady Liberty about to kiss, and above Jackson’s water dish. In what is technically a studio, she’s had guest chefs from well-regarded restaurants like David Williams from Bull Valley Roadhouse or Cory Armenta of the former HECHO cook for a bunch of nude dudes who all eat standing up. The first was for the defunct magazine Das Einhorn, although they’ve been profiled in VICE and Mouthfeel as well. She’s planning a cookbook based on the dinners — along with a restaurant or supper club. Lacking the $2 million it would take to build out a raw space, she and some co-conspirators have scouted possible locations in the Castro and Polk Street, including the home of a former fern bar that was among the classier gay-owned places in San Francisco way back when. The idea would be to showcase Northern California cuisine and the work of local artists — but with a degree of showmanship that’s arguably been missing in S.F. since Stars closed. More wouldn’t be the chef, but the restaurateur — in the working-the-floor sense of the word, before the so-called empire builders. “It’s not just food-focused, because it has to be a party, with a great bar,” More says. “I know that people are going to come and walk in and be, ‘Where’s Juanita?’ I’ve got to be there all the time. That’s the magic of Juanita. “I gotta have my hands in everything,” she adds. “It’s a joke, but when I die, wouldn’t it be great to have everyone say, ‘And the bitch had a restaurant in San Francisco? She also had a fucking restaurant.’ ” In the meantime, the magic of Juanita made something else remarkable happen. The intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue has an unfortunate building on every corner: a Walgreen’s, an all-night doughnut shop, a Bank of America regional office that shuns pedestrian-level urbanism, and a Honda dealership. That dealership was once the site of the Fillmore West, which Bill Graham ran for three years until it closed forever after a five-night concert series early 1970s. Forty-six years later, a venue that once played host to Ike and Tina Turner, Chuck Berry, and Jefferson Airplane will reopen as SVN West for Juanita More’s Saturday night Pride party on June 23. “When I walked into that room for the first time last November just to look at it, I was like, ‘Whoa, the energy.’ It’s getting spruced up and it’s going to open up for me that night. It hasn’t had music in it since 1971! “How do these things happen? Who the hell am I?” she asks. “I don’t know. It’s crazy, but there’s a part of me that’s worked hard to make things happen. I’m a dreamer and a doer, and I’m great at making things from nothing. That’s how I create anything. All right, you have no money? You have no supplies? Let’s Mickey-and-Judy this and have a party. It’s always how I’ve done everything that I’ve done.” Peter Lawrence Kane @wannacyber NextBelle and Sebastian: Still Feeling Sinister » Previous « Three Must-See Acts This Week Tags: Beatpig Glamamore GSA Network Juanita MORE! Mr. David Powerblouse Powerhouse PRIDE SVN West Transgender Law Center Rogue Signs Counteract S.F.’s Anti-Homeless Message Armed With Own Ballot Measure, Supervisors Kill Breed’s Teacher Housing Plan If you haven’t heard, Mitski will soon be taking a break. Last month, the artist referred to an upcoming September… Although it’s been years since their deaths at the hands of the San Francisco Police Department, the names of Mario… Nine years after first instituting a 10 cent charge on bag fees, San Franciscans will soon pay 25 cents to… Paul McCartney remained ever the showman with a three-hour, sold-out, performance at the SAP Center in San Jose on July… Is it possible for all transit in the city of San Francisco to be 100 percent emission-free by 2040? 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__label__cc	0.512922	0.487078	tv CNN Newsroom CNN December 6, 2013 11:00am-1:01pm PST temperatures across the u.s. plunge as this monster ice storm puts millions at risk. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. as the world mourns an icon, washington didn't always see nelson mandela as a saint. america's unemployment rate drops, but will conservatives give president obama credit? plus -- ♪ whiskey river >> willie nelson pugglled out oa gig at sea world after cnn's explosive film on killer whales. >> and when twitter bikes and critics sting. carrie underwood's version of a classic hits a nerve. we have a lot to talk about here on this friday. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for joining me. let's begin with this dangerous and deadly winter storm affecting millions of you all across the nation today. this freezing storm hitting from texas, all the way up to new york, you see the map here. the system causing flight cancellations, dangerous driving conditions, and now deaths. three adults have died in car accidents in both oklahoma and texas as a result of this storm system that you're looking at here. and in arkansas, one man died after a tree fell on his camper during the freezing rain. you know, ice can bring down the tree limbs and power lines when the accumulations really start piling on and getting thicker. people in the dallas-ft. worth area know that all too well today. around 250,000 customers are without power as i speak. that is where alina machado is. ted rowlands is live for us in memphis, and jennifer grey here in studio 7 at the severe weather center. alina machado, to you, what a couple of days make. from 80 degrees down to a lot of ice and snow where you are. >> it was 80 degrees here in dallas on wednesday. this is clearly a completely different story. it was sleeting and there was freezing rain for a good chunk of the morning. for most of the morning, and this is the result. take a look at this chair. frozen. lots of ice. it's been out here all day with me. look at the chunk of ice on it. frozen bushes, trees. the roads are slushy. barely anybody out here. downtown dallas is essentially a ghosttown. and this isn't the only thing that's going on here. we know there have been flight cancellations. the airport's a mess, the roads are a mess. and really, this is all about people trying to stay home, trying to stay out of this weather if they can. we know that at least one person here in the state of texas, in hockley county, texas, died yesterday because of this storm. so this is really a very serious situation here, brooke. >> stay warm to you and your crew, for us in dallas. let's head to memphis. ted rowlands is standing by there. ted, how bad is it where you are? >> well, all day until about an hour ago, brooke, it has been raining in memphis, which has been good. right now, we're seeing the mix of ice. this morning, we drove into arkansas, about 45 miles from here. that is where it's all ice. they have been getting the ice all day long, and it was treacherous and slow going on the roadways. we saw a couple spin-outs. there you're seeing the power lines with ice, the trees with ice. it is in arkansas where you mentioned the man died after a tree fell onto his camper. and right now, memphis is bracing for the exact same as we speak, this rain is turning to that dreadful ice. and as alina said, downtown dallas is pretty much desertede memphis hunkering down for what could be a long couple days and nights. >> let's broaden this out. jennifer grey in the cnn weather center. where is the worst of it? what should people expect this coming weekend? >> luckily, it's going to push out after tonight, but we have another round of this coming later in the weekend that we're going to talk about. right now, seeing ice and freezing rain, of course, in memphis. that stretches all the way up through places like cincinnati. still seeing the big old swath of snow as well. in dallas, it is over for you, but it's still on the ground. and temperatures aren't going to get much above freezing for the next couple days, so you have to worry about it staying on the ground. it is going to stay slick and slushy for you in dallas for the next couple of days. here's a look at some of the snow reports. in arkansas, we had a foot of snow, so we also saw amazing sleet accumulations. 3 to 3 1/2 inches of sleet in places like texas and also mineral wells, texas, had the most at 3 1/2 inches. so that's going to stay on the ground for a couple more days. you can expect those power lines will be strained for the coming days. this is going to quickly pick up some steam and move on out late tonight. so we do have a break on saturday. but the next system will be just on its heels, and that is going to be here by sunday. could see more ice accumulations in places that have already seen it, brooke, so this could be the beginning of a one-two punch over the next couple days. gr thinking of those marathoners in dallas. i can't say i have ever run 26.2 miles, but layering is key, i hear. thank you very much. we'll check back with you later. let's talk economy. the new government jobs report has turned out to be an early holiday gift for us in the u.s. with the unemployment rate at its lowest since 2008. look at the number in red, 7%. last month, 203,000 jobs were created, beating many economists' expectations and more importantly, the numbers behind this jobs report show that the hiring isn't just for those $9 an hour jobs, but also for higher paying positions. let's talk about this with our senior economist at bloomberg government. and christine roman, who stayed up for us and we appreciate you, christine. cnn chief business correspondent and host of "your money." christine, first to you. we know november means holiday shopping for most of us, if you think ahead, which means seasonal workers. when we look at these numbers, did the government adjust for that? >> oh, yeah, and i'm going to tell you this is a pretty broad-based jobs gain. it wasn't just bartenders and waitresses, not just stocking the shelves. it was broad based. you look at warehousing and transportation, those jobs, $24 an hour. you saw big gains there. also in manufacturing. i like how broad-based the gains were, and i also like the trend. that's why so many people are saying this is the best report in four or five years. i have five years on the bar chart. you can see we're crawling out and have almost crawled out of that terrible, terrible hole. that's the unemployment rate, the best since 2008. the bar chart shows you you're almost out of the hole. 1.3 million jobs to go and we're going to be back where we started. you see how horrible it was, late 2008 to 2009. it's taken 45 months to get our head above water, but we're almost there. there are some folks who will tell you, be careful, don't get too excited too soon, but we are on track for the best year of jobs gains since 2005, so that shows you just how much better this is than it has been in previous years. >> let's take a look at how the dow jones numbers are looking. we're up. look at that. we're up almost 200 points as we're less than two hours before the closing bell. do you think this is really the thrust behind the market reacting right now? >> well, the market's been down for five or six days. so now it's rebounding and good news. for a while, we have seen the market rebound on bad news because bad news meant the federal reserve was going to keep pumping money into the stimulus. it's nice to know that the stock market is now properly aligned with main street and they're reacting to the strong numbers and encouraging jobs numbers. encouraging but clearly not out of the woods yet. >> christine, you know, you say we're not totally -- our heads are beginning to bob above water, use your metaphor, in terms of long-term unemployment, there are still millions of them. people are still suffering. >> 4.1 million to be exact. you'll hear a lot of cynicism from people who have been unemployed for a long time, and they say it doesn't feel better to me, and they're right. the white house pointed out in its statement about the jobs report that all of the benefits, that lower unemployment rate has settled to 7% because people who were newly unemployed had found jobs. it's a tale of two job markets. the people who have recently been unemployed, things are looking much better for you. long-term unemployed, still the same story. >> thank you for joining me. a quick reminder tolife all of. christine will have more. tune in saturday "your money" 9:30 eastern on cnn. >> from profests to prison to the presidency. we're celebrating the life of nelson mandela. south africa declaring ten days of mourning for their most cherished leader. as world leaders, including president barack obama, the first lady, make plans to travel to south africa for the memorial, mandela's body will lie in state at government buildings in pretoria until his burial. that's december 15th in the village where he grew up. next, we will go live to johannesburg for the latest on what could be one of the biggest gatherings of world leaders to remember the man who helped shape a generation. a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone on the right track. the power tools introduce themselves. all the bits and bulbs keep themselves stocked. and the doors even handle the checkout so we can work on that thing that's stuck in the thing. 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i'm very -- you know, very heartbroken. >> what do you think about it, brooke? in the days of apartheid, this was a white neighborhood. for blacks to come here, they had to get a special permit. when you look at the diversity around us today, you really see how far the country has come. the diversity, the unity that nelson mandela was able to create, most certainly reflected in the crowds around us tonight, brooke. >> hearing the noises, the chanting from the crowd, it almost seems less mourning and more celebrating the life of a legend. thank you, and please stay tuned. coming up next hour, i'll be honored to speak to dr. martin luther king's daughter, bernice king, who will join me, who has stories to tell about meeting nelson mandela and specifically about the trip she took with her mother to south africa for his inauguration when he became president. do not miss that next hour. in the world of weather, freezing temperatures across the country. tennessee and arkansas have already declared states of emergency. ahead of what is shaping up to be a severe winter storm. we will tell you what to expect heading into this weekend. but next, the sound of music live. did you watch this last night? 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[mom screams] well, the numbers are in. and the sound of music live is sounding like a huge hit. ♪ cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels ♪ ♪ door bells and sleigh bells wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ >> classic, don't you just know every word? the live telecast of the musical adaptation drew more than 18 million viewers. that was nbc's biggest non-sports thursday since the finale of e.r., but the production of the three-hour event was $9 million. nischelle turner joins me now. i tell you, nischelle turner, looking at my twitter feed, people paying their respects to nelson mandela or hating on carrie underwood. i guess she can take the hate to the bank, huh? >> yeah, and first of all, there's always going to be haters talking about something, brooke. there's going to be undoubtedly somebody who says that nischelle turner, i hate her hair. there's always going to be haters, but there was a lot of backlash last night over this live event. it's interesting because so many people watch this broadcast. nbc's biggest live broadcast for a number of years, since 2009. i think you mentioned. so a lot of people watched. there were a couple people who did talk about it on twitter. i'm going to read a couple of them. bear with me, carrie underwood. kelly philips said, did nbc forget there would be parts where carrie underwood doesn't sing and we'd have to watch her talk these words? also, another. some of the acting is pretty bad, but you can't have everything. now, the interesting thing is i did speak with some writers, and actually, our own brian stelter before this broadcast on thursday night, brooke, and one thing we talked about was nbc was taking a really big risk because carrie underwood, we know she's a good singer, but can she act? you did have to act in this. it wasn't all singing. you had to act in this live broadcast as well. >> maybe since the numbers were so great, maybe we'll see more live shows from nbc. hey, here's to stepping out of the box, i suppose. nischelle turner, thank you very much. >> absolutely. >> coming up, the one and only willie nelson will be joining me. he is pulling out of a concert at seaworld weeks after the cnn film "blackfish" aired. we'll ask him why. coming up next, more on nelson mandela's legacy and why washington didn't always see him as a saint. did you know he was on the terror watch list until 2008? we'll talk about that next. there are seniors who have left hundreds of dollars of savings on the table by not choosing the right medicare d plan. no one could have left this much money here. whoo-hoo-hoo! yet many seniors who compare medicare d plans realize they can save hundreds of dollars. cvs/pharmacy wants to help you save on medicare expenses. talk to your cvs pharmacist, call, or go to cvs.com/compare to get your free, personalized plan comparison today. call, go online, or visit your local store today. you give them the giggles. tylenol cold® helps relieve your worst cold and flu symptoms. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol cold®. welcome back to cnn. bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. talking today about nelson mandela. a beloved hero to so many around the world. five years ago, he was still on america's terror watch list. he faced serious criticism for embracing armed violence in his battle against apartheid. he shocked the world when he -- look at this, hugged cuba's communist leader, fidel castro, onstage in 2001. these are two magazine covers. on the left, an older, smiling, wiser mandela. on the right, an illustration of a younger mandela on the new yorker, raising his arm, a passionate protester. he embraced so many different ideologies in his 95 years on earth. a peace broker, a warrior, an idelistach fighter, a pragmatic negotiator. i want to bring in julian, who joins us, and robert franklin, mo morehouse president emeritus. gentlemen, welcome to you. and julian, first to you, and before we talk, i wanted to quote this great piece out of the daily beast this morning. this is this opinion piece. quote, now that he, nelson mandela, now that he's dead and can cause no more trouble, nelson mandela is being mourned across the idealogical spectrum as a saint, but not long ago in washington's highest circles he was considered an enemy of the state. unless we remember why, we won't truly remember his legacy. let's start in the '80s. what was it about ronald regan? he saw mandela as such as threat. why? >> by the '70s and '80s he was seen as a threat in two different ways. the first was he had been involved in an organization that had supported aggressive tactics to end apartheid. it had been deemed a terrorist organization by the south african government. and some americans picked up on that. and the second was the accusation that he had received money from communists to support his causes. so this overwhelmed the actual cause that he was struggling for. and became a source of controversy during the '80s. >> dr. franklin, last time i saw you, you had come back from south africa. this summer, and you had sort of paid your respects in a sense over the summer when you were there, but as part of the enlication world, i'm curious if you worry at all that our college classrooms and secondary education will sanitize a little bit of nelson mandela's story, not tell the full picture. >> i hope not. i hope the college professors and administrators will insist we tell the whole story. we don't have to idolize nelson mandela. we can present him as the ful - fully-fleshed human being with all his noble qualities and his flaws. i think the interesting thing that he illustrates is moral leaders often go to places that are unlikely, and unexpected. they develop relationships. they initiate conversations. that upset the equilibrium in order to produce justice, in order to catalyze change. i think that's what today's millennials can college students around the country are interested in. authentic leaders who keep it real. >> talk about upsetting people. julian, back to you, talking about during the bush administration in 2003 when nelson mandela made the statement in regard to the iraq war. as he said, president bush has romanticized justifications as far as why the u.s. was involved. he said, all he, being president bush, all he wants is iraq oil. so how did washington -- how did that relationship evolve then with nelson mandela? >> well, there was two sides to it. he was extremely critical of president bush in the iraq war, and obviously this anger at the bush administration. he also was very supportive and praising of the aids initiative in africa, which was one of president bush's biggest measures. i think that thawed some of the relationships over time, and mandela made some more favorable statements. even though he remained highly critical of iraq. that is the complexity of him in modern times, as he was always complex in earlier times. but always with the pursuit of racial justice as a guiding motive for his career and his life. >> and dr. franklin, so many people are remembering this man, but there are the younger generation. they say, apartheid, what's the apartheid? how would you explain to people in their teens, their 20s, that the struggle, the hate, that nelson mandela fought against? >> apartheid was the most vicious, extreme form of race-based, color-based segregation that one can imagine. and nelson mandela went to prison for over 25 years protesting that system, and together with movements of people around the world, black, white, and every background and religious identity, came together to struggle against and ultimately dismantle that system. i have to say that nelson mandela admired atlanta a great deal. he came here in the '90s. >> he did. >> visited my alma mater, morehouse. >> haonorary degree. >> many universities participated in that wonderful promise. one of the things mandela admired was the role of business leaders in atlanta, forging new partnerships between black and white, hispanic and asian. he admired the coca-cola corporation, the moral leadership in atlanta from dr. king and joe young, the education community, the atlanta education center, and other places. he said atlanta has leadership, and south africans need to model themselves on what they see 457enning here and other places in the states. >> we'll talk more about dr. king. we'll talk to bernice king next hour. she can share some of the memories she has with this incredible man. robert franklin, thank you. and julian, my thanks to you as well. coming up, the draw for positioning in the 2014 world cup happening today. where did team usa lant? 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>> signals. crossings. crossing protection, the gates. pedestrians. speedometer. >> spileting a seven-car train 100 miles through 18 suburban chicago stations, klein has to be able to divide his attention among signals, sounds, and safety. about how fast are we going? >> 60 miles per hour. >> and how long would it take to stop? >> controlled stop, like coming into a station, probably take about four tenths of a mile. >> that would take almost a full minute. then there's the dead man pedal, designed to stop the train if the engineer is unresponsive. >> that was the dead man pedal. if you move your foot off it just the wrong way, it will start to sound that sound you heard, and then it will stop the train. >> to get the feeling of what it's like to control the rolling caravans, we headed to modock railroad academy and talked to instructor david wrangle. >> today, the passenger locomotive engineer is being asked to do so much ever than before. he's asked to do the job of two or three people. this is the cab. >> but there's something no amount of training can prepare an engineer for. fatigue. >> we're dealing with humans in the cabs of those locomotives, and we have frailties. >> back on the rails, making the return trip to chicago, klein says he's got too much to worry about to be distracted. >> again, there's always something going on. the alerter is going off. everything that's happening in front of you, it's -- for me, it's not real easy to lose concentration. >> and now he'll grab some rest before doing it all over again in just a few hours. every day, hundreds of engineers are traveling on thousands of miles of track. and driving a train is a lot like playing chess. you have to think several moves ahead. only, you have to do it at 70 miles per hour. chris freights, cnn, chicago. >> chris, thank you very much. coming up here, the man, the legend. mr. willie nelson. he has just canceled a gig at seaworld in orlando after hearing about the cnn film "blackfish" on killer whales in captivity. we'll talk to him. i will ask him why he pulled out of the park, next. in the nation, sometimes bad things happen. add brand new belongings from nationwide insurance and we'll replace stolen or destroyed items with brand-new versions. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ music legend willie nelson definitely known for making music, using music to make a statement. now he's sending a message by not singing. nelson is cancelling a february performance set for seaworld, orlando. and this decision comes after this petition showed up on change.org. we have been checking it today. more than 9,000 people have signed it, asking willie nelson to not sing at seaworld because of the revelations from the cnn film "blackfish" that's the documentary that traces 39 years of killer whales in captivity leading up to a seaworld orca traini killing in traitser in 2010. willie nelson on the phone with me now. willie, thanks for calling in. i appreciate you very much. this is what seaworld told us, willie. that scheduling conflects led to you cancelling your show. i want you to tell me, why are you cancelling that gig? >> well, as you said earlier, i had a lot of calls from people asking me to cancel. i understand there's petitions going around with thousands of people's names on it, so you know, i had to cancel. i think also, i don't agree with the way their treat their animals. so it wasn't that hard a deal for me to cancel. >> tell me about that. tell me about how you feel of the notion of these animals, these whales, being held in captivity and performing for audiences? does that bother you? >> i feel the same way about all animals in the zoo. i have been to zoos where the monkey in the zoo, i don't blame him for wanting to throw stuff at you. all that stuff is hard on animals. it's cruel, and i understand there are some natural habitat zoos out there, which is probably okay. what they do at seaworld is not okay. >> willie, i know you've got grandkids. have you ever been to seaworld, taken the kids to seaworld before? >> no, i haven't, but i also have -- i had one of those petitions was from one of my great grandkids, who had about 250 names of people she knew asking me not to play the venue. >> wow, great grand kid. what was seaworld's response to you because it was a couple days ago we learned the bare naked ladies pulled out for the same reasons. seaworld offered to them, hey, come to our facility, let us show you a tour. we would like to show you that nothing nefarious is happening. is there anything, willie nelson, seaworld could do or say to you to change your mind? >> no, not really. i've already been convinced this is not -- you know, i don't want to play there. and it's the end of the story. >> end of the story. willie nelson, thank you so much for calling in. i appreciate it. >> thank you, brooke. good talking to you. >> good talking to you, as also. coming up here, just in to us at kn kp, a new twist in the heist of a truck carrying radioactive material. the suspects have been on the loose, but here's the twist. six people are now sitting in a hospital for radiation exposure. hmm. plus, nearly a week after paul walker's tragic accident, word of an arrest involving the scene where he died. stay with me. you're watching cnn. 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i'm 24. i want to be able to live by myself and to be able to do everything i need to do by myself. >> i built custom homes for 30 years. back in 2005, i did my first remodel for a wounded veteran. god put a passion in my heart to help these families. >> this apartment that i live in, it's not set up for my needs. the doors aren't as wide as they should be. the bathroom isn't as big as it should be. some of the shelves are too high. >> you know, these young men and women need a lot of help. unfortunately, i don't know how to help in a lot of areas, but i do know how to build a home. >> kind of bugs me at night when i go to sleep. it's like, well, what's next, is the big question. to me, what's next is getting a house, going to school. and finding a career. everything is kind of on hold until i get a place that is mine. temperatures across the u.s. plunge as this monster ice storm puts millions at risk. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. as the world mourns an icon, the daughter of martin luther king jr. joins me live on what nelson mandela meant to her. plus, ted cruz compliments mandela on his facebook page, but his followers aren't too happy. caught on video, powerful winds force a plane to go sideways while trying to land. and just days after paul walker's tragic accident, an arrest is made involving the scene of his death. hour two, i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with this dangerous, deadly winter storm affecting millions of you across the country today. this freezing storm for sunday's dallas marathon to be canceled a short time ago. much of the storm moved out of the area, but 250,000 are still without power there. and now this chilling storm is expected to spread to new york, causing even more flight cancellations there. and dangerous driving conditions. look at this. not easy at all. three people have in fact been killed in car accidents in both oklahoma and texas, as a result of this system. and in arkansas, a man died after a tree fell on his camper during the freezing rain. back to dallas, where ed lavendera is standing by. we also have today jennifer grey in the severe weather center. but ed, to you first. this is a huge deal. just news that they are cancelling this marathon. has it ever been canceled there? >> reporter: the dallas marathon has never been canceled. that was supposed to take place on sunday. there's a holiday parade, the children's medical center holiday parade which is another institution event here in dallas as well. that was supposed to happen tomorrow or on saturday, that has also been canceled for the first time in its history. so this storm, even though the rain has stopped, what we're left with, with the remnants of this storm, it will last for several days. we have been spending a lot of time driving around the dallas area today. the good news is that most people have stayed off the roadways. and the conditions on the road, i found them not to be absolutely horrible, and they were very dangerous. there have been a lot of people on the roads. but for the most part, visit many businesses and schools have closed for the day. that has kept a lot of people off the roadways. a lot of slush is what i found on the roads. the problem is the temperatures are below freezing, expected to stay that way for some time. that will allow that slush to refreeze, so the roads are really going to be something to watch for over the next couple of days. that will take time to get back to normal. this storm, the weather is incredibly cold and is really kind of changing plans for a lot of people over the next couple days. >> history made, cancelling the marathon for the first time. i can't imagine running on the streets, looking at the pictures. jennifer, to you, we're talking not just one but two storm systems here at play. >> we'll get a brief break on saturday, but then by sunday, things are going to start to pick up again. just as ed said, things are looking better in dallas as far as no more ice and sleet falling from the sky, but we are still seeing a mess on the roadways. and it's not going to get above freezing for the next couple days. you can plan on things to stay pretty icy there for the next few days. seeing snow through st. louis, memphis, cincinnati still messy at this hour, and rain across the southeast. look at these temperature differences, though. 74 in atlanta. 32 in memphis, so very balmy across the southeast. and then the north, very, very cold. almost a 100-degree difference between new orleans and great falls. so very cold across the north. still seeing snow, ice watches and warnings. winter weather advisories across a large portion of the states, and then we're going to continue to see the system lift out. it will start to push out pretty quickly as we get into the overnight hours into tomorrow. we'll have a break on saturday. but then the next system on its heels, already making its way into places that have already seen ice over the past couple of days. this could just add insult to injury as we go thru the next several days, brooke. >> jennifer grey, thank you very, very much. and ed lavendera, of course, to you as well. let's talk economy. the new government jobs report has turned out to be an early holiday gift for the country with the unemployment rate at its lowest since 2008. there it is, right there in red. 7%. last month, 203,000 jobs were created, beating many economists' expectations, and the markets are happy. we have been watching the dow jones fluctuating not too much. still up just about 200 points with about an hour left to go. trading. white house also happy. but republicans -- republicans refer to the 11 million americans still without work. here we go. congressman pete sessions here. this is what he says. while any job creation is welcome news, today's jobs report serves as a reminder that far too many americans continue to be unemployed or underemployed and this from house speaker john boehner. quote, today's report includes positive signs that should discourage calls for more emergency government stimulus. instead, what our economy needs is more pro-growth solutions to get the government out of the way. that is why the house has passed dozens of jobs bills. speaker boehner. let's talk to candy crowley, our chief political correspondent and host of "state of the union." and candy y ae kroy crowley, the spin. let me show you the shock face. not shocked at all. is it possible ever -- and this could go either way, depending on what party is in office, but the republicans just not given president obama any credit, are they? >> well, no. and probably won't, but i have to say that democrats, including senator harry reid, who is the majority leader in the senate, also noted that unemployment is still too high. 7% is still not great. it is better. it is better, and largely democrats have said, hey, this is -- you know, i can't remember what month it is, but there have been many months where jobs have been created instead of going away. so they put that out there. and they use it -- remember, budget talks are going on right now. >> yes, yes, yes. >> what's the struggle? the struggle is, you know, how much money are you going to spend on what and whether any revenues are going to be raised. both sides have used in their press releases, used it as a way to say, see, we need more job draekz. to democrats, maybe it means morph spending or investments, and to rns, that means, we don't want to spend more money. we want to let the private sector loose. you see it on both sides. >> let's look at the pulse of the nation, if i may. this is a recent cnn/orc poll. this is what it found. 59% of those surveyed thought things were going quote/unquote badly in the country. i'm curious if part of that has to do, and i wads talking about that with rona from time magazine. she said, hey, listen, i think some of the skepticism is how people feel about congress. that government shutdown is recent memory. >> exactly, and that's one of the reasons further than you and i thinking, whoa, i wonder what congress is going to do. there's also companies who look at that and they don't want to make big decisions and lots of hires. there's some of that that goes on. but there's also, i think all this sort of new talk, although it's a very old issue, about the income gap, certainly plays a part in the right track-wrong track as another way to put it. >> president obama talking about it the other day. >> but the fact is the situation's gotten worse in the last three years. more than 90% of the income increases over the past three years have gone to the top 1%. so it's possible that you have -- look, these are great numbers. but the fact is that a lot of people are not feeling it, even if they have a job. so i don't think that it's just the jobless rate that people look at, because only jobless rate that counts is the one in your household. a lot of people may have a job, but it's not enough of a job, or it doesn't pay enough, or it's only part-time, whatever it is, and that's why you see the differential between, hey, look, the jobless rate is going down, and people going, i think we're on the wrong track. >> candy crowley, the brilliant candy crowley, thank you for joining me. tune in for stre"state of the u" at 9:00 in the morning. >> here's breaking news we have to get to now. as we reported a couple minutes ago, as many as six people taken to a hospital in mexico for radiation poisoning. think of the timing here because this happening days after that truck was stolen carrying that radioactive material. we're hearing about this after a lead from twitter. so rafael romo joining me here. people were wondering, we can't say conclusively these are the badifies in the hospital, but timing is maybe not a coincidence. >> major development. what the state run news agency in mexico is saying that out of the six people, two are in custody of the federal police. >> they are. >> which might indicate we have no confirmation yet, but it might indicate that those two are the suspects described by the driver of that vehicle that on monday morning was stolen from this location near mexico city, about 44 kilometers north. now, in total, six people, all six showing symptoms of radiation. all being treated at the same hospital. but again, the question is, are those two in the custody of the mexican federal police the two people who stole the truck on monday and are they going to eventually face charges for this? >> let's go back for a second, remind people. you touched on it, but here you have this truck carried, what was it, cobalt 60? >> it originated in tijuana. it traveled all the way to central mexico and got stopped near mexico city where it was stolen when the driver stopped to get some rest at a gas station there. immediately, the iaea and mexican authorities issued an alert saying we have some missing cobalt, which as you know, it is very toxic. it is very dangerous. it's used for radio therapy. it's also used for sterilizing food because it contains a high level of gamma rays, which have the property of cleaning the food but not damaging it. and so there was an alert, an international alert, because the u.s. homeland -- the u.s. department of homeland security also issued an alert, alerting all the checkpoint stations at the border, just in case anybody tried to smuggle that subresponse into the united states. >> a truck with radioactive material stolen. there you go. six people now in the hospital. we'll stay on it, get an update on the people. thank you very much. coming up next, today, remembering an icon who shaped a country and a generation. from world leaders to folks like you and me, many are honoring nelson mandela and his legacy today. next, i am honored to talk to a woman who has a unique perspective on mandela's impact. she's bernice king, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. she has amazing stories to share about mandela's life, meeting nelson mandela, going to south africa. we get to hear from her next. also ahead, a man warrested for what he allegedly did near the spot paul walker crashed. we'll teyou why he is now facing charges. before using her new bank of america credit card, which rewards her for responsibly managing her card balance. before receiving $25 toward her balance each quarter for making more than her minimum payment on time each month. tracey got the bankamericard better balance rewards credit card, which fits nicely with everything else in life she has to balance. that's the benefit of responsibility. apply online or visit a bank of america near you. combinations of your favorite seafood from lobster to crab, shrimp and mussels in a savory broth. try one today, and sea food differently. now, try seven lunch choices at $7.99. sandwiches, salads and more. adt can help you turn on a few lights... ♪ ...bring family in from the cold... ♪ ...even let you know when an old friend has arrived. ♪ now get adt's best holiday offer. adt. always there. cracked. it's embarrassing. 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>> well, i was listening for any traces of anger, any traces of bitterness, because i was still wrestling at that point with a lot of anger and bitterness in my own life because of my losses. and i just knew this man had to have some. and so i told my mom, i wanted to go to the inauguration. and she said, well, she can't afford to pay for it, and i told her at that time because i had been doing some public speaking, i said, i'll pay for it. i did just that. my own money, and i went to the inauguration with my mom and my brother, martin. and for me, it was so transforming. i mean, it was the beginning of my healing journey because i saw a man that spoke from a place of love and harmony and peace, and you know, i didn't hear, you know, behind any kind of anger, any kind of resentment. he was able to rechannel all that into a much more positive and a productive way to bring about this peaceful transformation, and healing a nation that desperately needed it. and expeditiously needed it. >> healing a nation, and is sounds like, healing you a little bit as well. you have said, bernice, dr. king, we all know, dr. king is a hero to many, but nelson mandela was your hero. you were at the white house during the clinton administration, and you talked about, you know, it's not quite the same, i suppose, hearing your father speak, with his booming voice and that of nelson mandela's. but their presence is similar. >> their presence. their presence is very much similar. i mean, i remember when he was in my mom's office at the king center. my mother hosted the trip that he took to atlanta. and he came to the king center, and our family had an opportunity to sit with him just a little while. where just remember that his peaceful presence filled that room. and he didn't have to say a whole lot. i mean, because his being just spoke so much. then again, when i was at the white house during the clinton administration, you know, you want to hear what he has to say because it's like, this man has paid a dear price. and he has conducted himself, as my father would say, on the higher plain of dignity and discipline, and you can't help but want to hear what he has to say. >> everyone knows, everyone knows who dr. martin luther king is. but i tell you, bernice, there are many young people who have no idea nelson mandela, let alone, what the apartheid was. i would love to ask you, in speaking to the younger generation currently, how would you explain the situation that nelson mandela fought, to help young people understand why we're talking about him, why he's such an icon? >> well, you know, i try to sum it up this way in the words of my mother. she said, struggle is a never-ending process. freedom is never really won. you win it, and you earn it in every generation. and even though they may not be able to identify with the particular struggle of nelson mandela or martin luther king jr., there are particular struggles we live in this generation of time, and that they need to draw strength from those in the past and lessons and examples from those in the past that they can utilize in their current life situation to make a difference in the world because we've all been placed here to make a difference, to serve humanity, and make us into a greater nation and ultimately a greater world. >> bernice king, truly a pleasure. thank you so much. >> thank you. i appreciate it, brooke. >> you got it. >> a horrific crash. you have seen the mangled car. now we're learning a man was arrested for what he allegedly did near that crash scene. that's next. 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>> we're probably close to 40%. >> there's more urgency this year because freezing temperatures are threatening the family's 7,000 acres of oranges and other fruit. and california's $2 billion citrus industry. >> it's not just how cold it gets, but the duration of time. we haven't lost anything yet. and i don't think we're going to. i think if we do our frost protection right, get our water, get our wind machines, get everything, we got a good game plan, and you know, we're supposed to get a little breeze here tonight, and i think we're going to beat it. >> growers in california's central valley are on edge, staying up all night to monitor temperatures dropping into the 20s, when they spring into action. this is a wind machine, powered by a six-cylinder caterpillar diesel engine. it creates an inversion layer of air that raises ground temperature a couple degrees. >> it's powerful for 10 to 15 acres. >> growers also warm the ground by saturating it with water. they must do that before the pipes freeze. >> putting moisture in the ground generates warmth. >> it's a tricky job that he refuses to delegate to anyone else. >> i have a great crew with me, but no, hands on. you have to be out here. >> so far, despite temperatures in the low 20s, so good. >> you can cut the fruit, check for damage. this is unscathed. it's perfect. >> growers here have spent nearly $7 million battling freezing temperatures. he said he hasn't slept in three days. >> next week, it's going to be a tough one, but i think we're going to beat it. >> which means you're less likely to see higher prices at the supermarket. >> a little bit of updated information. growers here in the central valley now say they have spent $12 million on frost protection efforts. it got down as low as 23 degrees last night. some of these groves do not have those wind machines we showed you in the piece. they're so expensive, $40,000 apiece, so some of the growers have resorted to using helicopt ers to accomplish the same effect. >> casey, thank you. ♪ nelson mandela ♪ nelson mandela >> in south africa, ten days of mourning to remember the man who changed their country and influenced the world. by the looks of the celebrating, a life. nelson mandela was the prisoner turned president who helped end racial segregation and do away with white minority rule in south africa. instead of anger against those who oppressed him and imprisoned him, he chose forgiveness. my colleague is a close friend of the mandela family. you're south african. you were a television anchor there for a decade. you have shared a stage with nelson mandela and you were just there last week. >> i spent the morning with winnie mandela and her granddaughters. and i said, how is he doing? and they said, the same. and of course, we know he's been gravely ill. so he had tubes down his throat, draining the fluid from his lungs, but i don't think they realized death was this imminent. we didn't speak too much about that, but we spoke about the new film, long walk to freedom, starring idris elba. i have to share with you one of my favorite clips. >> let's watch. >> you are the first black social worker i have ever hired. and you're the most beautiful girl i have ever seen. >> you're different. >> winnie loved the movie. she thought naomi harris captured her mannerisms and her walk. when i spoke to one of his daughters, she liked the movie because it was one of the first movies who highlighted her mother's role in the struggle. today, we have been interviewing people who fought the struggle with mandela. but sometimes we overlook winnie's role in the struggle. she's a somewhat controversial character, but the family really hoped that naomi harris gets an oscar. they love idris elba. who doesn't love idris elba, but they were laudatory about the movie. >> look at the pictures of you, and from his family to the tribe. he's known as mudeeba. >> his second name means one who shakes the tree. otherwise trouble maker. he was somewhat of somebody who shook things up, but what we're going to see, brooke, is up until maionday, no public ceremony. on monday, a public memorial at soccer city. that's the place that mandela made his last public appearance. what's going on right now is something called the eye closing ceremony. it's here that elders of the tribe are with the body of mandela. >> talking to the body. >> tay talk to the body and the ancestors. they help the transition of the body to the afterlife. there's a zulu word that says go slowly, go carefully, and we hope that the spirit of nelson mandela goes carefully. >> thank you so much. incredible pictures and that you were there a week ago. >> a week ago. >> thank you. as reaction is pouring in really from all around the world, celebrities are speaking out and remembering the nelson mandela they came to know as well. >> he certainly had an impact on my life and certainly my father. i think that timeframe in which he -- when he came out, could have -- the country could have fallen apart. it could have gone a lot of different ways, and he led it to where it's at now. you know, and the world's going to miss him. >> extremely sad and tragic news. we just are reminded of what an extraordinary and inspiring man nelson mandela was. and my thoughts and prayers are with him and his family right now. >> it's really sad day for us, and you know, we're going to miss him enormously, but he's left a hell of a legacy. you know, you can come out of murder, injustice, you know, racism, enshrined in a constitution, and then turn to those very people responsible and invite them to build a rainbow nation with you. you know, you don't see that now. they don't make them like that anymore. >> i want to remind you, 5:00 p.m. eastern tonight, bill clinton will be giving his thoughts on the life of nelson mandela. do not miss that interview live with wolf blitzer in "the situation room." coming up next, we're hearing about one of the richest contracts in sports history. so why are we showing you video of jay-z? 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>> didn't go well for you last time or the time before that, either. there's a lot of history involved with the usa and ghana. ghana, it's a really, really threatening team. they have a lot of big, well-known players. a tough, fast paced team, but i will say but, the usa, they play a very tough, fast-paced style of soccer, too. they should be able to take care of them. >> team usa coach, very familiar with germany. could that give us an advantage? >> or a disadvantage, i have to say. >> why? >> jurgen klinsmann used to be the head coach of germany. the head coach of germany in the 2006 world cup. he was also a player on the german national team when they won the world cup in 1990. it must be awfully difficult to have to play against a team that it's your team. that's your country, your home. it will be definitely an interesting match. >> you brought me a soccer ball. >> i did bring you a soccer ball. >> why? what's so special about this? >> this is the brazuka. this is the match ball for the 2014 world cup. every world cup has a different ball. and in 2010, it was called the jabulani. that ball, absolutely dreadful. >> people hated it. >> flew through the air like this. a keeper's nightmare. they say this one is infinitely better. they have tested it with over 600 top players. it will fly straight, and the shell of it doesn't absorb moisture, which means it will be kept lightweight if it gets well. >> hopefully we do well with the brazuka. nice having you on. and here is something you won't hear very often. the yankees may have just lost a bid for a free star agent. the free agent, robinson cano, and the seattle mariners have agreed to a ten-year, $240 million contract. that's not nothing. the deal came just hours after talks between cano and his agent jay-z and the mariners had broken down. cnn's rachel nichols is with me. nice to see you, my friend, by the way. jay-z, with his sports agent hat, if reports are true, this contract is huge. >> yeah, it's nice to see something finally going well for jay-z, isn't it? right? >> rough gig for him. not doing well at all. >> exactly, so finally, he gets a little money in his pocket from the agent commission. but in all seriousness, this is a very good deal for robinson cano. ten years, $240 million. that's the third richest contract in baseball history. and it is actually very good for jay-z, because this is his first major deal in his relatively new business, being a sports agent. so he got cano this blockbuster deal that sends a clear message to other big-name athletes, you want to go with jay-z, because he will walk into the room and strike you a good bargain. the question is, is this good for the seattle mariners? they paid $70 million more for him than the yankees were offering. that seems a bit like overpaying. plus, it's a ten-year contract. you know, alex rodriguez in new york is on a ten-year contract with the yankees. and that hasn't worked out so well. you sign up for a decade with a player, it's a long commitment. we'll have to see how it works out. >> just do the math and the commission for jay-z, since he's really hurting, as you point out. let's talk about your show. you have landed amazing guests. kobe bryant, he injured his oscil achilles in april. ready to make his return to the court. you sat down with him. what did he tell you? >> he's not going to play in the lakers game tonight, but could come back as early as sunday, and he said he's able to move around. he feels very good out there, but he thinks he may have to shift and adjust his game a little bit, which is interesting for a guy who's been in the league for 17 years. we also talked about his contract. he got a lot of criticism for his mega deal. not quite as much as cano's but he's the highest paid player in the nba, when he's 37, tlat. and he defended the contract to me, saying, hey, if someone offers you a bunch of money, are you going to turn it down? he said he diant think it was fair that players are put in the position to take less for the team. he'll talk about that, and he talked about the recovery from the achilles injury. he said there were very dark times. he talks about the fact that he seriously thought about retiring. he gets very emotional at one point. very interesting. >> we'll be watching "unguarded" rachel nichols tonight, only here on cnn. thank you very much, rachel. >> thanks. and coming up, this is what's coming up here on cnn. coming up, planning a flight for the holidays? 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>> i feel the same way about all animals in the zoo. i have been to some zoos that were, you know, the monkey in the zoo, i don't blame him for wanting to throw stuff at you. all of that stuff is hard on animals, it's cruel and i understand there are some natural habitat zoos out there which is probably okay, but what they do at sea world is not okay. >> sea world told cnn scheduling conflicts led to nelson's canceling of a show but you just heard him for yourself. just 24 hours after the death of nelson mandela, republican senator ted cruz is facing an online backlash to his facebook posting honoring the icon. cruz wrote this. nelson mandela will live in history as an inspiration for defenders of liberty around the globe. he stood firm for decades on the principle that until all south africans enjoy equal liberties, he would not leave prison himself, declaring in his autobiography, freedom is indivisible. the chains on any of my people are the chains on all of them. the chains on all of my people are the chains on me. because of his epic fight against injustice an entire nation is now free. we mourn his loss and offer our condolences to his family and the people of south africa. that was from ted cruz on his facebook page. nelson mandela no stranger to controversy. he was on a u.s. terror watch list up until 2008, because of militant activities in the fight against apartheid. mandela once reached out and hugged cuba's fidel castro. here's that video, from 1991. castro, you know, a communist. also, mandela meet with libya's moammar gadhafi in 1997. jake tapper joining me now, host of "the lead." so jake, what are some of -- we read the posting on ted cruz's facebook page. what are some of the people posting back? >> well, some context here. anybody who has ever perused the comment section of the internet knows that it's essentially the bathroom wall of the internet, where people write -- >> good way to put it, tapper. >> the meanest, anonymous things they can. what's interesting about this is that these are criticisms from conservatives and ted cruz quite often does not anger conservatives, but some examples from his facebook posting include let's not forget that mandela called castro's communist revolution a source of inspiration to all freedom loving people. that's from mike. sad to see you feel this way, ted. he was a terrorist. i guess you have only seen the hollywood movie, said tom. stunned to see you support this scum bag. he was a murderer not to mention a communist. that's from a delightful gentleman named derek. we should also put in context the following. there are nearly 6,000 likes on ted cruz's facebook page for what he said, so a lot of his friends on facebook or supporters did approve of it. that's actually more likes than president obama's statement on his white house facebook page which is not surprisingly, much more popular than the ted cruz facebook page, given that he's the president. also, at the white house page, you can find a lot of nasty invective but you expect that conservatives would lash out against president obama, not so much against ted cruz. >> sure. but do we think, to use your metaphor of the proverbial bathroom wall of the internet, do we think ted cruz is reading this stuff and responding? >> well, there is a response from his office, which is mr. mandela deserves to be remembered and honored for his sacrifices in pursuit of freedom, for the oppressed and his historic achievements to that end. that's from a spokeswoman, ka katherine frazier. he's aware there has been a negative response from some conservatives. he got similar not as negative, but some negative response when he supported the gillibrand amendment that had to do with sexual assault in the military, a complicated bill we can talk about at another time, but he also got brush back from conservatives on that. >> we'll watch you tackle this and other stories coming up in five minutes. i'll let you go. jake tapper on "the lead." thank you very much. have you seen this video? i know you're all tweeting what happens to the video. we will tell you, next. are you flo? yes. is this the thing you gave my husband? well, yeah, yes. the "name your price" tool. you tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. careful, though -- that kind of power can go to your head. that explains a lot. yo, buddy! i got this. gimme one, gimme one, gimme one! the power of the "name your price" tool. only from progressive. thanks for giving me your smile. thanks for inspiring me. thanks for showing me my potential. for teaching me not to take life so seriously. thanks for loving me and being my best friend. don't forget to thank those who helped you take charge of your future and got you where you are today. the boss of your life. the chief life officer. ♪ all right. we get to the plane. here we have this boeing 777 trying to land in an airport. this is the united kingdom, birmingham. powerful winds force the jet to tilt sideways. it's trying to go down, starts to go down, and there it goes again back up in the air. we are actually told that the gusts hit 50 miles an hour at one point and a lot of planes have tvs, a lot of passengers are sitting on this plane watching this whole thing live on television from their seats. the plane actually tried landing twice before diverting to another airport. how about that. well, that is it for me. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for watching me on this friday. back on monday, we will see you then. in the meantime, "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. who touched the thermostat? 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__label__wiki	0.958257	0.958257	"I am a fugitive...I am hunted by ruthless men! I am shunned by decent women! I am doomed to hide forever!" --Tag line for They Made Me a Criminal John Garfield was promoted to leading man at Warner Bros. with They Made Me a Criminal in 1939. And though his image as the doomed loner had been established with his contract debut the previous year as the moody composer in Four Daughters (1938), the title They Made Me a Criminal was a more accurate reflection of his screen image. Here was a story that had all the essential ingredients for a Depression era hit -- boxing, murder, a dogged detective (Claude Rains) out to catch the suspected killer and a troop of good-hearted delinquents who needed Garfield's stern guidance to shape up. With Garfield's success in Four Daughters, Warner Bros. dusted off the script from an earlier film, The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933), which had originally starred Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as a boxer who fakes his death when he's wrongly fingered for murder. The studio had originally considered the re-make for Errol Flynn, but when he scored solidly in Captain Blood (1935) and other costume swashbucklers, they decided to use him primarily in period pictures. Garfield's rapid rise at the studio gave them a second chance to remake the earlier film. There was only one snag in the studio's plans. After Four Daughters, they had rushed Garfield into a low-budget film called Blackwell's Island (1939) simply to keep him busy. But now they didn't want him to follow his first triumph with a B film. Studio head Jack Warner halted distribution just as Blackwell's Island was on the way to theatres as a second feature. He put the film back into production with his favorite studio director, Michael Curtiz, shooting new scenes on an increased budget. The schedule was so tight that Garfield had to do re-takes in the morning, then work on They Made Me a Criminal in the afternoons. Garfield, who had gotten his start with New York's prestigious Group Theatre, was none too happy to learn that the studio had assigned choreographer Busby Berkeley to direct the film. Declining box office had recently led Warners to cut back on its string of big-budget musicals, which had become hits thanks largely to Berkeley's inventive dance direction. He had been directing non-musical films between song-and-dance assignments and had developed a reputation for working quickly and sticking to a budget. What were virtues to the front office, however, caused Garfield some concern. He was afraid Berkeley would rush through the filming, giving him little chance to develop the character. His fears were unfounded. Berkeley kept things moving, but also stayed out of Garfield's way. And his experience as a dance director made him a natural for the boxing scenes. Working with cameraman James Wong Howe, he created fight scenes that wouldn't be surpassed until Howe shot another Garfield picture, Body and Soul, in 1947. The staging was so convincing that when a real estate agent and his client wandered onto the location set in Burbank, they thought they were watching the real thing. Berkeley's accomplishments didn't lead to a new career at Warners, however. They Made Me a Criminal marked the end of his contract there before he moved on to MGM, where a new generation of musical stars, including the young Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, were waiting to take the genre in new directions. Berkeley had to move fast during location shooting in Palm Desert, especially while filming the scenes on the farm where Garfield hides out. The cast and crew had to cover their heads and torsos with netting between shots to protect themselves from gnats, which swarmed constantly. Temperatures rose so high in the afternoon that cast members passed out. Eventually, they had to do all their shooting in the morning. The afternoon temperatures were so high they would have melted the film in the cameras. Garfield had a particularly good time working with the Dead End Kids, a group of young New York actors -- including Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall -- who had come to Hollywood to re-create their stage roles in the film version of Dead End (1937). Although the group could be a handful, they got on well with Garfield since their lower-class backgrounds and stage experience were very similar. After three more films at Warners, they would splinter and move on to other studios, with Gorcey and Hall re-surfacing as The Bowery Boys in a series of low-budget comedies at Monogram Pictures. Garfield also enjoyed both of his leading ladies, Ann Sheridan and Gloria Dickson. Both were romantically linked with their leading man, a situation that would recur throughout his career. Sheridan would go on to become one of the studio's biggest stars, while Dickson, who had made a strong debut in Warner's They Won't Forget (1937), would die tragically a few years later in a house fire. They Made Me a Criminal opened in January 1939 to solid reviews, with Garfield attracting most of the strong notices. The film's strong performance at the box office proved that the star was indeed a box office name. When Blackwell's Island came out shortly afterwards, it met with a similar response, clearly establishing Garfield as one of Warner's top stars. 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__label__wiki	0.921381	0.921381	Asia Insight United Nations 21st Century Glenn Greenwald: Our Civil Liberties at Risk Occupied Minds Newsline : LINKTV : September 30, 2016 5:00am-5:31am PDT >>> here in japan it's a friday evening. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "nenewsline." rescue workers in syria have released video showing the moment they pulled out a girl from rubble after an air strike. members of the volunteer rescue group known as the white helmets sa they were removing bodies from the rubble when they heard a voice. they dug through the debris and found a girl they thoht to be about 5 years old. they carried her on a stretcher to an balance. the u.n. children's fund said hundreds are dead and injured. they have been launching air strikes as they try to retake from rebel forces. john kerry says he doesn't think russia is serious about reviving the cease-fire. >> i think we're on thverge of suspding the discussion because it's irrational the context of the kind of bombing taking place. >> u.s. deputy of state says -- russia has been supporting the syrian government. the u.s. is backing what it calls moderate opposition forces. the u.s. defense chief has stressed the importance of the asia pacific region for amera's future. ash carter said the pivo >>> here in japan it's a friday evening. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "nenewsline." rescue workers in syria have released video showing the moment they pulled out a girl from rubble after an air strike. members of the volunteer rescue group known as the white helmets sa they were removing bodies from the rubble when they heard a voice. they dug through the debris and found a girl they thoht to be about 5 years old. they carried her on a stretcher to an balance.... United Nations 21st Century : LINKTV : September 30, 2016 4:30am-5:01am PDT japan it's a friday evening. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "nenewsline." rescue workers in syria have released video showing the moment they pulled out a girl from rubble after an air strike. members of the volunteer rescue group known as the white helmets sa they Newsline : KCSM : September 30, 2016 12:00am-12:31am PDT >>> hello there and welcome to nhk "news line". transportation officials in the u.s. are investigating the cause of a deadly train crash. a commuter train on the western railing in new jersey plowed into a training platform during rush hour. >>> at least one person died and 108 others were injured when a commuter train crashed into a station in the eastern u.s. state of new jersey. >> people were screaming in the first car, they were trapped, they couldn't get out. they managed to get us out the same doorway. >> governor christie also revealed that a woman on the platform was killed when part of the roof collapsed. >>> obviously a tremendous tragedy. we pray for the family of the fatality. >> reporter: christie also commended the passengers who assisted with the rescue. >> reporter: i'm standing in front of hoboken train station. this is as close as we are alive to get. behind me emergency vehicles are still coming in and out. the crash occurred during the morning rush hour when the station was crowded with people. according to eye witnesses, the train didn't slow down an >>> hello there and welcome to nhk "news line". transportation officials in the u.s. are investigating the cause of a deadly train crash. a commuter train on the western railing in new jersey plowed into a training platform during rush hour. >>> at least one person died and 108 others were injured when a commuter train crashed into a station in the eastern u.s. state of new jersey. >> people were screaming in the first car, they were trapped, they couldn't get... >>> it's a thursday evening here in japan. glad you could join us here on nhk "newsline." we start off with a quick look at the day's top stories. ballooning budget. an investigation chain set up by tokyo's governor is recommending an overhaul to the 2020 games. >>> stopping the slide. opec networks have agreed to cut oil production to boost prices. >>> and blue water magic. nature lovers around japan are trading ocean views for a breathtaking spot inland. >>> worried about the budget, tokyo's governor ordered a panel to look at cost estimates for the 2020 olympics and paralympics. it crunched the numbers and says plans for the games need a major overhaul. now governor yuriko koike is looking at what could be cut. >> reporter: you could say tokyo's new governor is experiencing some olympic-sized sticker shock. >> translator: the project proceeded without anyone knowing why the budget swelled up to $20 billion or $30 billion. >> reporter: yuriko koike's numbers were from a tokyo government panel's estimates. the results of which were released on thursday. the panel says the total co >>> it's a thursday evening here in japan. glad you could join us here on nhk "newsline." we start off with a quick look at the day's top stories. ballooning budget. an investigation chain set up by tokyo's governor is recommending an overhaul to the 2020 games. >>> stopping the slide. opec networks have agreed to cut oil production to boost prices. >>> and blue water magic. nature lovers around japan are trading ocean views for a breathtaking spot inland.... >>> glad to have you with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 29th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. an international team of investigators says a malaysian airlines passenger jet shot down in eastern ukraine two years ago was hit by a russian-made missile. it says the rocket was fired from a village held by pro-russian rebels. investigators from the netherlands, ukraine and three other countries have been looking into the july 2014 incident. the airplane was flying from am ster d amsterdam to kuala lumpur. all people on board were killed. a team told reporters in the netherlands on wednesday that the jet was shut down by a russian-made buk surface to air missile launched from the village of pervomaysk in eastern ukraine. the investigators say the village was held by the rebels at the time of the incident. the team also said photographs taken by local residents and intercepted communications between separatists indicate that the missile system was brought into ukraine the day the jetliner was shot down. they say the weapon was returned to russia >>> glad to have you with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 29th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. an international team of investigators says a malaysian airlines passenger jet shot down in eastern ukraine two years ago was hit by a russian-made missile. it says the rocket was fired from a village held by pro-russian 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Asia Insight : KCSM : September 28, 2016 6:30pm-7:01pm PDT have you with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 29th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. an international team of investigators says a malaysian airlines passenger jet shot down in eastern ukraine two years ago was hit by a russian-made missile. it says the rocket was fired from a village held by pro-russian rebels. investigators from the netherlands, ukraine and three other countries have been looking into the july 2014 incident. the airplane was flying from am ster d amsterdam to kuala lumpur. all people on board were kille have you with us on this edition of nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 29th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. an international team of investigators says a malaysian airlines passenger jet shot down in eastern ukraine two years ago was hit by a russian-made missile. it says the rocket was fired from a village held by pro-russian rebels. investigators from the netherlands, ukraine and three other countries have been looking into the july 2014 incident. the airplane... >>> it's a wednesday evening here in japan. i'm james tengan in tokyo. nhk "newslinine" starts off wita quick look at the hour's top stories. squaring off. the new leader of japan's opposition party looks to take a swing at shinzo abe's economic policies for her first question in the diet. >>> restoring public trust. tokyo governor yuriko koike. >>> and still making the cut. a japanese hair stylist is still wielding the scissors at age 95. >>> the leader of japan's largest opposition party has confronted the prime minister in the diet for the first time since she was elected earlier this month. >> translator: we haven't seen the end of deflation nor a virtuous economic cycle taking place. when would a cycle of monetary -- expansion of consumption and further improvement happen? don't we need to look into abenomics? >> renho said increasing child care and such is the proper path. but shinzo abe said it created a virtuous economic cycle. >> translator: people have been anxious as tax revenue decreased because of the deflation which lasted for more than 20 years. after the ldp came ba >>> it's a wednesday evening here in japan. i'm james tengan in tokyo. nhk "newslinine" starts off wita quick look at the hour's top stories. squaring off. the new leader of japan's opposition party looks to take a swing at shinzo abe's economic policies for her first question in the diet. >>> restoring public trust. tokyo governor yuriko koike. >>> and still making the cut. a japanese hair stylist is still wielding the scissors at age 95. >>> the... >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it's wednesday, september 28th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. taiwan has been hit by a deadly typhoon. megi has killed at least four people and injured more than 160. it's the third typhoon in as many months. in taipei, heavy rains and strong winds knocked over trees and severed power lines. fallen signs blocked roads. a sight-seeing bus was blown over on an expressway. eight japanese tourists and the guide were injured. the total rainfall exceeded 1,000 millimeters in the mountainous area of the northeast, and weather officials are calling for caution against mudslides. authorities say about 35,000 soldiers have been placed on standby across the island. many flights were canceled, in addition to the suspension of the island's high-speed train service. robert speta joins us now with more on the storm. >> well, across taiwan, it does look like things are starting to calm down slightly, but we still have gusts from the back end of the storm system, especially in the southwestern end of the island, extending to taipei. winds sti >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it's wednesday, september 28th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. taiwan has been hit by a deadly typhoon. megi has killed at least four people and injured more than 160. it's the third typhoon in as many months. in taipei, heavy rains and strong winds knocked over trees and severed power lines. fallen signs blocked roads. a sight-seeing bus was blown over on an expressway. eight japanese tourists and the guide were... >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." we start off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. head to head. donald trump and hillary clinton go after each other in the first american presidential debate. >>> a powerful typhoon has hit taiwan. officials are warning people in mountainous regions to evacuate. >>> and a rising star. we'll bring you the story of the woman who's sweeping japanese competitions at the traditional game of go. >>> experts say it was the most watched television debate in the history of american presidential races. an estimated 100 million viewers tuned in to see the two candidates face off against each other. democrat hillary clinton and republican donald trump took the stage at a university in new york state. more than a thousand reporters, a live audience, and people around the world focused their attention on how the candidates would carry themselves in the first debate of this election. they spent a lot of time on the economy and didn't see eye to eye on how to improve it. >> first we have to bui >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." we start off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. head to head. donald trump and hillary clinton go after each other in the first american presidential debate. >>> a powerful typhoon has hit taiwan. officials are warning people in mountainous regions to evacuate. >>> and a rising star. we'll bring you the story of the woman who's sweeping japanese competitions... Worldwide Exchange : CNBC : September 27, 2016 5:00am-6:01am EDT edge in the race. in japan, broadcaster nhk offering a live translation of the debate, live stream topping the charts in china. got 10,000 comments. >> audience of last night's debate included many well-known face including mark cuban. cnbc caught up with cuban in the spin room before the debate. >> when i tweeted that i was going to be in the first row i didn't have a first row seat. i knew that it would drive him crazy. mission accomplished. second, i really got tickets because i want to bring my 13-year-old daughter. unfortunately we've been getting death threats and so i spent too much time dealing with security and protecting my family. that's unfortunate. i don't blame that on donald but that's part of the game we're playing. >> twitter stats on the debate. estimated 100 million viewers tuned in on television last night. trump taking first, second and third place for twitter's top three debate moments. twitterverse take most interest in trump's comments about his good temperament. >> i have much better judgment than she does. no question about that. i also have a much better edge in the race. in japan, broadcaster nhk offering a live translation of the debate, live stream topping the charts in china. got 10,000 comments. >> audience of last night's debate included many well-known face including mark cuban. cnbc caught up with cuban in the spin room before the debate. >> when i tweeted that i was going to be in the first row i didn't have a first row seat. i knew that it would drive him crazy. mission accomplished. second, i really got tickets because i... nhk by phone and described the situation. fighting has spread to the outskirts of the capital, damascus, and to the central city of homs. >>> delegates at a meeting of theup's nuclear watchdog are discussing how to deal with north korea. they're taking part in the international atomic energy egg's 60th general conference. director general yukia amano expressed concern over pyongyang's fifth nuclear test, carried out earlier this month. >> it is a growing threat to peace and security in northeast asia and beyond. >> a delegate from the european union urged the country to renounce its nuclear and missile development. participants are expected to adopt a resolution criticizing north korea before the five-day meeting closes on friday. >>> japanese police are investigating the death of an elderly man who may have been intentionally poisoned while in hospital. they found a harmful chemical in his intravenous medication. nhk world's masaaki ohtake has more. >> reporter: nobuo yamaki died on september 20th, his 88th birthday. his dead came less than a week after he was admitted to ogu nhk by phone and described the situation. fighting has spread to the outskirts of the capital, damascus, and to the central city of homs. >>> delegates at a meeting of theup's nuclear watchdog are discussing how to deal with north korea. they're taking part in the international atomic energy egg's 60th general conference. director general yukia amano expressed concern over pyongyang's fifth nuclear test, carried out earlier this month. >> it is a growing threat to peace and... Focus on Europe : KCSM : September 26, 2016 6:30pm-7:01pm PDT many residents are believed to be trapped under debris. one resident spoke to nhk by . live from tokyo, this is nhk "newsline," i'm james tengan and we start off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. >>> be a sec rating abenomics, shinzo abe vows to speed up his economic policy. >> preventing extinction, an international conference on wildlife protection has adopted proposal to launch a study on the global eel trade. >>> and a documentary on fukushima, its director was killed in the brussels terror attack, but final work was completed, thanks to special help. >>> japan's prime minister addressed lawmakers with a policy speech at the start of a new session of the diet on monday. shinzo abe spoke about the need to speed up his economic growth plan. and called for the quick approval of the trans-pacific partnership free trade agreement. >> translator: japan's exports of agricultural forestry and fishery products have been at record levels for three years in a row. this year, its pace is even faster than last year. we aim to attain our $10 billion target, using the great opportunity of an early start of the tpp. >>> the prime minister touched on the emperor's w . live from tokyo, this is nhk "newsline," i'm james tengan and we start off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. >>> be a sec rating abenomics, shinzo abe vows to speed up his economic policy. >> preventing extinction, an international conference on wildlife protection has adopted proposal to launch a study on the global eel trade. >>> and a documentary on fukushima, its director was killed in the brussels terror attack, but final work was completed,... Asia Insight : KCSM : September 24, 2016 12:00am-12:31am PDT >>> hello and thank you for joining us on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm rajan pradhan in tokyo. >>> the u.n. security council has adoptsded a u.s. led resolution calling for all member states to refrain from nuclear explosive tests. it was adopted at the general assembly 20 years ago, but as yet to take affect. 14 members voted in favor of it. for the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty or ctbt. egypt abstained. barack obama's administration submitted the draft before the opening of the u.n. general assembly. more than 30 countries, including japan, cosponsored the draft. obama seeks to help bring in the treaty to help bring in a world without nuclear weapons. >> our action today can give people everywhere a world without nuclear weapons might actually be possible and that we're going do everything responsible in our capacity to be able to make that day a reality. >>> the resolution calls on countries to sign and ratify the ctbt as early as possible and refrain from conducting explosive nuclear tests. a provision to make the resolution legally binding was dropped due to >>> hello and thank you for joining us on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm rajan pradhan in tokyo. >>> the u.n. security council has adoptsded a u.s. led resolution calling for all member states to refrain from nuclear explosive tests. it was adopted at the general assembly 20 years ago, but as yet to take affect. 14 members voted in favor of it. for the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty or ctbt. egypt abstained. barack obama's administration submitted the... Newsline : KCSM : September 23, 2016 7:00pm-7:31pm PDT >>> it's 7:00 p.m. on a friday here in japan. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline." we start off with some of the stories we're following this hour. long time coming. the u.n. security council looks set to adopt the resolution asking countries to ratify is test ban treaty. >>> tokyo's governor says further studies needed of the proposed new site of the food market and handling it well will be key to gaining people's trust. >>> and failed experiment. reaction is mixed following the decision to look at decommissioning a prototype reactor that's been a money pit for two decades. >>> the u.n. security council will likely adopt a resolution that calls for an end to nuclear weapons test worldwide. the council is expected to hold a vote friday. >> it is significant that this resolution will reaffirm not only for the u.s. but for other nuclear weapon states the moratorium against nuclear explosive testing. >> the draft calls on countries to ratify the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty or cbtb but it was dropped due to opposition from china and russia. the ctbt has yet >>> it's 7:00 p.m. on a friday here in japan. i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline." we start off with some of the stories we're following this hour. long time coming. the u.n. security council looks set to adopt the resolution asking countries to ratify is test ban treaty. >>> tokyo's governor says further studies needed of the proposed new site of the food market and handling it well will be key to gaining people's trust. >>> and failed... >>> hello and welcome to nhk "newsline." >>> shinzo abe arrived in cuba to meet president castro. abe is the first japanese leader to visit the caribbean nation. abe i arrived in the cuban capital ha vanna. cube what has a diplomatic relationship with the north while japan has not. before the meeting-- castro led the cuban revolution in 1979. palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed the general assembly on thursday. he asked -- abbas brought up the ball four declaration which marks 100 years this year. >> translator: we asked britain as we approached 100 years an apology to the palestinian people for the controversy, misery and that it created. >> benjamin net tanya hoo hired back criticizing his take. >> president abbas just attacked from this podium the balfour declaration, he's preparing a lawsuit against britain for that declaration from 1917. that's almost 100 years ago. talk about being stuck in the past. >> middle east peace process says there's -- one top challenge for the u.n. general assembly is who to solve the refugee crisis, but there's a long way to go to exten >>> hello and welcome to nhk "newsline." >>> shinzo abe arrived in cuba to meet president castro. abe is the first japanese leader to visit the caribbean nation. abe i arrived in the cuban capital ha vanna. cube what has a diplomatic relationship with the north while japan has not. before the meeting-- castro led the cuban revolution in 1979. palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed the general assembly on thursday. he asked -- abbas brought up the ball four... >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline." i'm kanako sachno. rescuers are searching for survivors after a boat carrying refugegees sank off the coast o egypt. egyptian media say the boat capsized while apparently making its way to italy with some 600 people on board putting it over capacity. they say so far rescuers have saved 163 people. egyptian authorities are still looking for survivors. ththe passengers w were believe be from egypt, sudan, and syria. it's's unclear what t caused th disaster. u.n. officials say more than 3,200 migrants and refugees have died or gone missing in the m mediterranean this year while attempting to cross to europe. >>> japan's defense ministry says a u.s. carrier fighter jet crashed off okinawa southwestern japan on thursday afternoon. the ministry said u.s. forces later provided the crash location at the northern tip p okininawa island. the japan coast guard said u.s. forces contacteded its shore keepers at 4:00 p.m. and asked for its help. they dispatched vessels to the area. the pilot has been rescued by u.s. forces. >>> japan's prime minister has addres >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline." i'm kanako sachno. rescuers are searching for survivors after a boat carrying refugegees sank off the coast o egypt. egyptian media say the boat capsized while apparently making its way to italy with some 600 people on board putting it over capacity. they say so far rescuers have saved 163 people. egyptian authorities are still looking for survivors. ththe passengers w were believe be from egypt, sudan, and syria. it's's unclear what t... >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 22nd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> shinzo abe delivered a speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york. it was his fourth speech at the annual gathering of the world body since he took office in december 2012. >> translator: north korea has now manifested itself directly before us as an open threat to peace. what can we do in response? the united nations is now being tested. north korea launched missiles. immediately after that it fired three ballistic missiles simultaneously to reach japan's exclusive economic zone. is it purely a matter of good fortune that no commercial aircraft or ships suffered any damage during this incident. this year alone, north korea has launched 21 ballistic missiles. in addition, it claims to have successfully detonated a nuclear warhead in a test on september 9th. that nuclear test followed another test conducted this past january. this series of launches of missiles and a detonation of a warhead does change the landscape completely. north korea's nuclear development and t >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 22nd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> shinzo abe delivered a speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york. it was his fourth speech at the annual gathering of the world body since he took office in december 2012. >> translator: north korea has now manifested itself directly before us as an open threat to peace. what can we do in response? the united nations is now being tested. north... cashmere garments to the world have only just begun. >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 22nd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> shinzo abe delivered a speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york. it was his fourth speech at the annual gathering of the world body since he took office in december 2012. >> translator: north korea has now manifested itself directly before us as an open threat to peace. what can we do in response? the united nations cashmere garments to the world have only just begun. >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 22nd. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> shinzo abe delivered a speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york. it was his fourth speech at the annual gathering of the world body since he took office in december 2012. >> translator: north korea has now manifested itself directly before us as an open threat to peace. what can we do in... >>> hello i'm ten in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline". we start off with and i temple making a headline in business. bank of japan has come up with some new mers. gene otani has the story on that. >> bank of japan policymakers nunsd set of modifications after a two day meeting. they said they are going to adopt a target for long term interest rates in an effort to meet their inflation goal as soon as possible. they say they will abandon their base money target and instead set what they call yield curve control. that involves central bank purrs of bonds to keep egbs at current levels of 0%. they will purchase them in line with the current pace of about $780 billion worth. but they also note that the pace of increase in the monetary base may fluctuate in the short run depending on market conditions. in the short term the boj will apply a negative-interest-rate. the policymakers decided to abandon the current two year time frame for achieving their 2% inflation goal. they now say they are aiming to hit at the earliest possible time. boj policymakers first set the target in 2013 bu >>> hello i'm ten in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline". we start off with and i temple making a headline in business. bank of japan has come up with some new mers. gene otani has the story on that. >> bank of japan policymakers nunsd set of modifications after a two day meeting. they said they are going to adopt a target for long term interest rates in an effort to meet their inflation goal as soon as possible. they say they will abandon their base money target and... Occupied Minds : LINKTV : September 21, 2016 4:00am-5:01am PDT dance together. . >>> hello i'm ten in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline". we start off with and i temple making a headline in business. bank of japan has come up with some new mers. gene otani has the story on that. >> bank of japan policymakers nunsd set of technology. japan is on the verge of creating the first mass market. akiko oak moto, nhk world. >>> all right, that's the latest in business news for this hour. i'm going to leave you now with a check on markets. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now that the rio paralympics have finished, people can look ahead four years to the next games in tokyo. in fact, the very first paralympics were held in tokyo in 1964. while most film from back then was in black and white, our next story will introduce you to a man who will give a nostalgic glimpse in color. >> reporter: the '64 paralympic games with the debut of a name that has become known worldwide. 21 countries and territories participated in the opening ceremony. many of the sports were played differently than now. in the wheelchair relay, when a runner reached the line, the next runner set out in the opposite direction. the idea was to operate safely in a limited space. tough contact was off limits in wheelchair basketball. that's not at all the case today. tokyo resident hidao funatsu took the footage. >> translator: this is the film. >> reporter: th technology. japan is on the verge of creating the first mass market. akiko oak moto, nhk world. >>> all right, that's the latest in business news for this hour. i'm going to leave you now with a check on markets. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now that the rio paralympics have finished, people can look ahead four years to the next games in tokyo. in fact, the very first paralympics were held in tokyo in 1964. while most film from back then was in black and white, our next story will... >>> it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday here in japan. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." torrential rainfall is causing landslides and floods as a powerful storm makes its way toward eastern japan. one person is missing and at least 36 have been injured. weather officials are continuing to warn of heavy downpours as it heads towards tokyo. typhoon malakas has been downgraded to a tropical storm as the wind velocity has decreased. authorities had at one time advised or ordered 100,000 people to evacuate their homes in parts of western and southern japan. airlines have canceled more than 180 domestic flights. residents found a concrete bridge washed away. the water came up as high as one meter. weather officials are warning of possible mudslides, floods, and tornadoes as the storm heads towards the greater tokyo area. for more details concerning the storm, here's sayaka mori. where is the system now and where is it heading? >> right now the system is located in aichi prefecture. it has been downgraded to a tropical depression. it's now moving to the east. over the past th >>> it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday here in japan. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." torrential rainfall is causing landslides and floods as a powerful storm makes its way toward eastern japan. one person is missing and at least 36 have been injured. weather officials are continuing to warn of heavy downpours as it heads towards tokyo. typhoon malakas has been downgraded to a tropical storm as the wind velocity has decreased. authorities had at one time advised or... :00 p.m. on a tuesday here in japan. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." torrential rainfall is causing landslides and floods as a powerful storm makes its way toward eastern japan. one person is missing and at least 36 have been injured. weather officials are continuing to warn of heavy downpours as it heads towards tokyo. session on monday. earlier i spoke with nhk world's kozue hamamoto who's covering the event. i started by asking her the outcome of the session. >> reporter: leaders agreed unanimously to adopt the new york declaration which aims to save the lives of refugees and migrants and better share responsibilities. the declaration was adopted amid the worst refugee crisis in over 70 years. the united nations refugee agency says over 65 million are forcibly displaced from their homes. united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon called for immediate action. >> today's summit represents a breakthrough in our collective efforts to address the challenges of human mobility. more people than ever are on the move. some fleeing war, others to seek opportunity. >> refugees themselves raised their voices, urging leaders to treat the issue with urgency. >> we are living on the edge of hell. we have been waiting for so long for the day that the world would hear our voice. i hope it's today. if world leaders today are unable to find a solution for the refugee crisis and the syrian crisis, then this summit is n session on monday. earlier i spoke with nhk world's kozue hamamoto who's covering the event. i started by asking her the outcome of the session. >> reporter: leaders agreed unanimously to adopt the new york declaration which aims to save the lives of refugees and migrants and better share responsibilities. the declaration was adopted amid the worst refugee crisis in over 70 years. the united nations refugee agency says over 65 million are forcibly displaced from their homes. united... >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline." i'm kanako sachno. >>> investigators in new york say they believe saturday's explosion in downtown manhattan was caused by a homemade explosive. u.s. media say police have detained five suspects. >> we're still gathering evidence at 23rd seeeet and didid nd some e components indicative o of an ied. >> the blast wounded 29 people. another suspicicious device was found about 300 meters away. u.s. media say the device consisted of a pressure cooker with wires attached to an old-type flip phone. the mayor of new york city visited the site on sunday. bill de blasio uploaded photographs of the scene. one shows a large garbage container mangled by the force of the blast. another shows a damaged front door and the eaves of what appear to be a furniture store. investigators hahave seized and searched a vehicle left behind at the site of the blast. they're analyzing debris from the explosives and other suspicious objects. >>> leaders gather at the united nations general assembly to address the world's refugee crisis for the first time on monday. >>> t >>> welcome back to nhk "newsline." i'm kanako sachno. >>> investigators in new york say they believe saturday's explosion in downtown manhattan was caused by a homemade explosive. u.s. media say police have detained five suspects. >> we're still gathering evidence at 23rd seeeet and didid nd some e components indicative o of an ied. >> the blast wounded 29 people. another suspicicious device was found about 300 meters away. u.s. media say the device... a japanese court decided he overstepped his powers. nhk world reports. >> reporter: okinawa governor expressed anger. >> translator: i was shocked. the result will probably leave the root of the problem untouched. this unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawa people and unite them even more. >> reporter: the top government official welcomed the court ruling. >> translator: we understand the court rule that the okinawa's governor decision was illegal. based on this ruling we hope to continue to deal with the issue with integrity. >> reporter: the u.s. marine corps futenma air station has been an issue for decades. the base is located in the densely populated area. aircraft take off and land within meters of nearby houses. tokyo and washington want to move the base to a less populated coastal area of okinawa. but onaga wants it moved out of the prefecture altogether. okinawa hosts 74% of the u.s. military facilities in japan, and onaga says it is too heavy a burden. the construction for the relocation plan was approved by onaga's predecessor. last year a japanese court decided he overstepped his powers. nhk world reports. >> reporter: okinawa governor expressed anger. >> translator: i was shocked. the result will probably leave the root of the problem untouched. this unilateral ruling will likely trigger greater opposition from the okinawa people and unite them even more. >> reporter: the top government official welcomed the court ruling. >> translator: we understand the court rule that the okinawa's governor decision... >>> hello there and welcome to nhk "newsline." the british government has approved the construction of a nuclear power plant that a chinese corporation is helping to finance. they had earlier put the project on hold due to security concerns, with it's approval, it signals it welcomes foreign vice presidents. the secretary of state informed parliament of the decision to proceed. britain will remain one of the world's most open economies. a chinese state run firm will bear about one-third of the construction project led by a french energy project. thereeresa may -- she cited secy concerns because the plant would be considered critical infrastructure. some observers warned that it could aggravate bilateral ties. >>> in another advance to the space program, china is one step closer to having its own space station, an unmanned experimental laboratory was successfully launched on thursday. it blasted off from a facility in the gobi desert. people across china watched it on tv as they celebrated the harvest moon holiday. the space lab is an upgrade to the previous version launched in 2011. >>> hello there and welcome to nhk "newsline." the british government has approved the construction of a nuclear power plant that a chinese corporation is helping to finance. they had earlier put the project on hold due to security concerns, with it's approval, it signals it welcomes foreign vice presidents. the secretary of state informed parliament of the decision to proceed. britain will remain one of the world's most open economies. a chinese state run firm will bear... >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a thursday. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." members of japan's largest opposition party have chosen a new leader. renho is the first woman to take on the role. she had pledged to revitalize the party to meet the expectations of people who want to see it change. tomoko kamata reports. >> reporter: even before lawmakers and some party members filed thursday, it was clear renho was the favorite set to revitalize the party. she has been asking sense 2015 and during the run-up to this vote, she enjoyed a wide margin. >> translator: we will build a strong party that can challenge the current administration that is enjoying popularity. let's build our party together to one voters want to choose. we should accomplish this by not just criticism but through presenting constructive and creative policy for the country. >> reporter: renho doesn't fit the mold of other japanese lawmakers. she turns to politics after working as a model and a news anchor. and her half taiwanese background sparked fear debate over her citizenship status. but >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a thursday. i'm james tengan. welcome to nhk "newsline." members of japan's largest opposition party have chosen a new leader. renho is the first woman to take on the role. she had pledged to revitalize the party to meet the expectations of people who want to see it change. tomoko kamata reports. >> reporter: even before lawmakers and some party members filed thursday, it was clear renho was the favorite set to revitalize the party.... >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 15th, 9:00 a.m., i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. people in southern china are hunkering down as the most powerful storm of the year pushes forward. officials have raised their alert over typhoon meranti to the highest level. the storm made landfall in fujian province of leaving a dozen people injured in taiwan. it continue s thrash the island. strong winds pummeled a shipyard and on the streets, a person riding a scooter stopped when he noticed something coming toward him. he had a narrow escape. on the southeast coast, a lighthouse was washed away. >> translator: it's frightening to discover the whole lighthouse had gone. i haven't seen such high waves for years. >> taiwanese authorities say 12 people were injured and 1 is missing. they also say about 860,000 households suffered power cuts at one point. more than 750 millimeters of rain was recorded in mountainous areas, that's mountainous regions in the south. weather officials say meranti is moving northward. our meteorologist robert speta joins us now with mo >>> hello there, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 15th, 9:00 a.m., i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. people in southern china are hunkering down as the most powerful storm of the year pushes forward. officials have raised their alert over typhoon meranti to the highest level. the storm made landfall in fujian province of leaving a dozen people injured in taiwan. it continue s thrash the island. strong winds pummeled a shipyard and on the streets, a person... nhk "newsline." it is thursday september 15th, 9:00 a.m., i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. people in southern china are hunkering down as the most powerful storm of the year pushes forward. officials have raised their alert over typhoon meranti to the highest level. the storm made landfall in fujian province of leaving a dozen people injured in taiwan. it continue s thrash the island. strong winds pummeled a shipyard and on the streets, a person riding a scooter >>> i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline." here are some of the stories we're following this hour. keeping on the alert. powerful typhoon meranti is inflicting damage on taiwan and heading to mainland china. >>> and a battle of words. sparring over pyongyang's latest test. >>> typhoon meranti is bringing heavy rains and strong winds in taiwan with some reports of injuries. the powerful storm is moving towards mainland china and authorities there are issuing alerts of a possible landfall. in southern taiwan maximum wind speeds have reached more than 210 kilometers per hour. hit mountainous areas in the east and south. strong winds have knocked down trees and sign boards on streets and authorities say nine injuries have been reported. a temporary power outage affected about 630,000 households at one time. weather officials say meranti is approaching mainland china. they are bracing for the storm. fishermen in southern coastal areas are anchoring thundershower boats. jonathan oh has the details on the storm. jonathan, how will the storm impact the region? >> james >>> i'm james tengan in tokyo. welcome to nhk "newsline." here are some of the stories we're following this hour. keeping on the alert. powerful typhoon meranti is inflicting damage on taiwan and heading to mainland china. >>> and a battle of words. sparring over pyongyang's latest test. >>> typhoon meranti is bringing heavy rains and strong winds in taiwan with some reports of injuries. the powerful storm is moving towards mainland china and authorities... >>> hello there, and welcome to new yo nhk "news line." >>> gusts of more than 200 kilometers per hour on tuesday night. in the southern city, cools and public institutions are closed on wednesday. about 30,000 soldiers are standing by waiting for an emergency. >> taiwan's weather authorities forecast 500 to 800 millimeters of rain in mountain areas. japan's meteorological agency says the storm is heading west/northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. the typhoon is expected to approach southern taiwan, the northern philippines, and southern china from wednesday through thursday. taiwan's weather authorities forecast 500 to 800 millimeters of rain in mountainous regions of the island. some boat services to the islands on wednesday have been canceled. >> this is a very powerful storm system, moving through the luza shelters. robert speta has more on the storm. >> this is a powerful and dangerous storm, one for the record books here, moving through the luzon strait. you can just see the size of this. tropical storm strength winds from northern taiwan towards the south. winds r >>> hello there, and welcome to new yo nhk "news line." >>> gusts of more than 200 kilometers per hour on tuesday night. in the southern city, cools and public institutions are closed on wednesday. about 30,000 soldiers are standing by waiting for an emergency. >> taiwan's weather authorities forecast 500 to 800 millimeters of rain in mountain areas. japan's meteorological agency says the storm is heading west/northwest at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. the... >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday. i'm james tengan in tokyo. nhk "newsline" starts off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. >>> show of force. u.s. strategic bombers fly over south korea to show solidarity following north korea's nuclear tests on friday. >>> something fishy. a new revelation in plans to relocate the iconic food market is fueling anger. >>> and racing. a typhoon posing significant threats for landslides and flooding. >>> the united states, south korea, and japan are working together to increase pressure on north korea following its fifth nuclear test. the u.s. military has sent two strategic bombers in a show of force againsten pyongyang. the b-1 bombers made a low altitude flight over osan air base over seoul. they were escorted by south korean fighter jets. >> the united states has an unshakable commitment to defend allies in the region and will take necessary steps to do so. including operations like the one you observed today. >> translator: if north korea continues armed provocations, we will respond with countermeasures strong enough to sha >>> here in japan it's 7:00 p.m. on a tuesday. i'm james tengan in tokyo. nhk "newsline" starts off with a quick look at the hour's top stories. >>> show of force. u.s. strategic bombers fly over south korea to show solidarity following north korea's nuclear tests on friday. >>> something fishy. a new revelation in plans to relocate the iconic food market is fueling anger. >>> and racing. a typhoon posing significant threats for landslides and... >>> hello, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is tuesday, september 13th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> at least six people were injured monday night in south korea after two effort strikes struck. officials say the second quake was the strongest one the country has ever recorded. meteorological agency officials say the first had a magnitude of 5.1. it hit around 8:00 p.m. local time. a magnitude 5.8 quake then shook the region almost an hour later. it was the most powerful since observations began in south korea in 1978. >> officials with the ministry of public safety and security say they received nearly 100 reports of damage. water pipes ruptured and an apartment building ceiling partially collapsed. no irregularities were reported at the nuclear power plant in the city but officials there suspended operation of its reactors as a precaution. authorities are warning people to be ready for aftershocks. >>> as the u.s. presidential election heats up, republican nominee grump is doubling down on the issue of hillary clinton's health. he has again questioned whethe >>> hello, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is tuesday, september 13th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> at least six people were injured monday night in south korea after two effort strikes struck. officials say the second quake was the strongest one the country has ever recorded. meteorological agency officials say the first had a magnitude of 5.1. it hit around 8:00 p.m. local time. a magnitude 5.8 quake then shook the region almost an hour later. it... accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> hello, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is tuesday, september 13th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> at least six people were injured monday night in south korea after two effort strikes struck. officials say the second quake was the strongest one the country has ever recorded. meteorological agency officials say the first had a magnitude of 5.1. it hit around 8:00 p.m. local time. a magnitude 5.8 quake then shook the region almost an hour later. it was the most powerful since observations began in south korea in 1978. accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> hello, welcome to nhk "newsline." it is tuesday, september 13th, 9:00 a.m. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. >>> at least six people were injured monday night in south korea after two effort strikes struck. officials say the second quake was the strongest one the country has ever recorded. meteorological agency officials say the first had a magnitude of 5.1. it hit around 8:00 p.m. local time. a magnitude 5.8 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__label__cc	0.513674	0.486326	Public Affairs Events Brother Bill and Jimmy Carter : CSPAN2 : October 16, 2016 3:00am-4:01am EDT dinner with the nixons where john kennedy jr. spilled his milk and apparently lightened the mood considerably because it was very difficult for her to go back. i mean, there were a lot of happy memories, but it was also very sad for her. and there are wonderful letters at the kennedy library that are just incredible that john kennedy jr. wrote to pat nixon and president nixon saying i can never thank you more for showing us the white house, i really liked everything about it, and he talks about sitting on the lincoln bedroom bed where his father had slept and making a wish that he would do well in school, which i think is very sweet. and so it's kind of a touching thing that they went for this visit and that she went back, that jackie went back when pat nixon invited her to. these women were rivals in 1960, during the 1960 campaign, and pat nixon even wanted a recount, she was so upset at the results. so this was not an easy relationship. the most poignant letter, though to, came from jackie herself written in her signature spidery handwriting. can you imagine the gift you gave u dinner with the nixons where john kennedy jr. spilled his milk and apparently lightened the mood considerably because it was very difficult for her to go back. i mean, there were a lot of happy memories, but it was also very sad for her. and there are wonderful letters at the kennedy library that are just incredible that john kennedy jr. wrote to pat nixon and president nixon saying i can never thank you more for showing us the white house, i really liked everything about it, and he talks... Key Capitol Hill Hearings : CSPAN : October 3, 2016 2:34pm-4:35pm EDT , obstruction of justice. asngs not related at all watergate, he has to step down. nixon is able to nominate somebody to replace bureau agnew president,he vice but requires confirmation of the house ofd representatives. ford is a natural election. not nixon's first choice that a solid choice. ford, because of the coalition work and reputation on capitol hill is an easy selection. house tellsof the richard nixon i can get you gerald ford if you want him. ford goes through an extended ,ackground investigation he is selected, there is a whirlwind surrounding richard nixon over watergate. nefarious activities that have the 1972ce during election and before involving tape, bugging of and a numberfices of other what nixon was involved in was obstructing the investigation into that. even as ford is being investigated for the vice presidency, there are a number on capitol hill who believe they are choosing not the next vice president necessarily, but likely the next president of the united states. so nixon nominates ford to fill the vacancy of the vice presidency. over 400 fbi agencies spread out ac , obstruction of justice. asngs not related at all watergate, he has to step down. nixon is able to nominate somebody to replace bureau agnew president,he vice but requires confirmation of the house ofd representatives. ford is a natural election. not nixon's first choice that a solid choice. ford, because of the coalition work and reputation on capitol hill is an easy selection. house tellsof the richard nixon i can get you gerald ford if you want him. ford goes through an extended ,ackground... American History TV : CSPAN3 : October 1, 2016 5:47pm-6:01pm EDT particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and iron, one of the earlier steel producers. we are at the steelworks center of the west in pueblo, colorado. our mission of our organization is to interpret the history of the cf&i, colorado fuel and iron company, which was the american west's largest industrial leader. it was headquartered right here in pueblo. the main steel mill was located here in pueblo. as the industry began, it of course relied heavily on mineral resources and those mines were located all over colorado, northern new mexico, eastern wyoming, and they had other mining enterprises in other western states as well. most of the mines were located here in southern colorad particular entree to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence and did not want the agency to sell itself as the premier after. announcer: with the release of , historians offs index nixon presidential library discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. he can see our complete schedule at c-span.org. >> pueblo, colorado was built on the steel industry. we take you to learn more about colorado fuel and iron, one of the earlier steel... Early Life and Career of Henry Kissinger : CSPAN3 : October 29, 2016 10:25pm-12:01am EDT unfamiliar with the story -- it's worth remembering that became richard nixon's national security advisor and thensecretary of state and worked for gerald ford, multiple lives. he was born in south germany in 1923. a kid when hitler came to power. from therefugee, summer of 1938, when he and his the --ent moved to family moved to the united states. and he was then a soldier. and became an found himself, extraordinarily, back in germany, just over six years after he left. uniform, a g.i. thatetter came from period, and it grabbed my otherion like few documents i've ever read. because it said -- i'm going to from memory, and this was addressed to his parents -- to you, the world is made up of black and white. but for me, there are multiple in between.ay maddening thing was that it wasn't clear what had prompted such a thing to his parents. in theas no real context letter. so who could fail to be ancinated by such extraordinary line or two in the letter? before ier, just manuscript -- in fact, i thought i had finished -- i was in kissinger's in new york when he handed me a folder containing unfamiliar with the story -- it's worth remembering that became richard nixon's national security advisor and thensecretary of state and worked for gerald ford, multiple lives. he was born in south germany in 1923. a kid when hitler came to power. from therefugee, summer of 1938, when he and his the --ent moved to family moved to the united states. and he was then a soldier. and became an found himself, extraordinarily, back in germany, just over six years after he left. uniform, a g.i.... Sunday Morning : KGAN : October 16, 2016 8:00am-9:30am CDT blackstone walks us through the reworked nixon library. and more. first headlines for this "sunday morning" the 16th of october, 2016. the pacific northwest is facing remnants of typhoon this morni morning. it's already spawned tornadoes in oregon and pounded the coast more than 150 countries including the united states have signed a landmark agreement in rwanda curbing hydro fluorocarbons, the pollutant commonly used in air conditioners and refrigerators. the new destroyer in baltimore yesterday, the sharp angles of the uss zumwalt make it harder to detect by enemy radar. the enterprising ship is by captain james kirk. now the baseball playoffs. cleveland topped toronto 2-1 to take game two. in chicago -- >> in to right -- >> miguel montero pinch hit grand slam won the game for the cubs over the los angeles dodgers. the final score, 8-4. a little more on the weather. encore with highs in the 80s. very less an in the east as well. is the week ahead a hodge-podge of conditions from coast to coast. enjoy the leap-peeping while you >> pauley: who will win the election three weeks from blackstone walks us through the reworked nixon library. and more. first headlines for this "sunday morning" the 16th of october, 2016. the pacific northwest is facing remnants of typhoon this morni morning. it's already spawned tornadoes in oregon and pounded the coast more than 150 countries including the united states have signed a landmark agreement in rwanda curbing hydro fluorocarbons, the pollutant commonly used in air conditioners and refrigerators. the new destroyer in... American Artifacts : CSPAN3 : October 1, 2016 10:34am-10:46am EDT john f. kennedy and incumbent richard nixon square off in the first ever televised presidential debate. they took questions on their leadership experience, communism at home and abroad, medical care for seniors, and the economy. john f. kennedy defeated richard nixon with one less than -- with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. the first debate took place in chicago. the television and radio stations of the united states and their affiliated stations are proud to Stossel : FBC : October 22, 2016 2:00am-3:01am EDT is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it make to the candidate what color the room was? >> because in certain conditions, certain colors work for certain candidates. >> because mondale was shorter than reagan -- >> we wanted more distance between the two podiums. we debated between 7 1/2 feet and 9 feet for a day and a half. >> the first debate came, and reagan struggled. >> 2/3 of the defense budget pays for pay and salary -- or pay and passengers. >> he looked tired and ragged. the general observation was they just spent too much time with a 70-year-old guy trying to beat every factoid into his brain. >> people said ronald reagan is too old for the office. >> you're alrea is bad. in the very first tv debate, richard nixon refused to put on makeup. it hurt him. nixon later said -- >> more important than what you say is how you look on television. >> so campaigns obsess over details. when ronald reagan debated walter mondale, rollins and beckel were the opposing campaign managers. >> do you remember how high the podiums would be? >> days. >> we had days negotiating. >> the color of the room. >> what difference would it... CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow : CNNW : October 22, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT comparisons with richard nixon in '60 and '62. so much ahead. trump's first 100 days in office if he is elected could certainly transform america. we'll get into the details of his economic plan and talk about what could work and what isn't realistic. also, trump's campaign has left some candidates running scared and the gop bracing for potential defeat at the highest level. we'll talk about what republicans are doing to save congress if they can't win the white house. live pictures from virginia beach. we are waiting for donald trump to speak on a day when he laid out his plan for this country, live in the "cnn newsroom." who i didn't know about. is r the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. thinking about what to avoid, where to go... and how to deal with my uc. to me, that was normal. until i talked to my doctor. she told me that humira helps people like me get uc under control and keep it under control when certain medications haven't worked well enough. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and comparisons with richard nixon in '60 and '62. so much ahead. trump's first 100 days in office if he is elected could certainly transform america. we'll get into the details of his economic plan and talk about what could work and what isn't realistic. also, trump's campaign has left some candidates running scared and the gop bracing for potential defeat at the highest level. we'll talk about what republicans are doing to save congress if they can't win the white house. live pictures from... The Rachel Maddow Show : MSNBCW : October 8, 2016 3:00am-4:01am PDT they were the three who told richard nixon his time was up. and had to convince richard nixon his time was up. i am drawing no parallel here except to say the guy is often the last guy to know. this is going to be a real weekend of taking temperature, looking for defections, and again, will we see -- we've been talking about the storm for two days. will we see the reformation of an eyewall within a reconstituted what used to bea republican party? will there be a power structure enough to see if they want to make a go with it some other way. absolutely pivotal weekend in politics. >> brian, your point about that nixon moment i think is so important, not even necessarily to the specific issue of getting donald trump to step down but getting him to behave in the way the republican leadership wants him to. even if that were ultimately to include stepdown. one of the problems in that scenario is that as troubled as richard nixon was at that time, he was a far more sensible politician on his worst day than donald trump seems to be on his best day. and richard nixon understood who those they were the three who told richard nixon his time was up. and had to convince richard nixon his time was up. i am drawing no parallel here except to say the guy is often the last guy to know. this is going to be a real weekend of taking temperature, looking for defections, and again, will we see -- we've been talking about the storm for two days. will we see the reformation of an eyewall within a reconstituted what used to bea republican party? will there be a power structure enough to see... The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell : MSNBCW : October 7, 2016 10:00pm-11:01pm PDT long walk down the white house driveway and they were the three who told richard nixon his time was up and had to convince richard nixon his time was up. i am drawing no parallel here expect to say the guy is often the last guy to know and this is going to be a real weekend of taking temperature, looking for defections and again will we see the -- we've been talking about this storm for two days. will we see the reformation of an eye wall within a reconstituted of what used to be a republican party. will there be a power structure enough to see if they want to make a go with it some other way. an absolutely pift l weekend in politics. >> you point about that nixon moment i think is so important. not even necessarily to the specific issue of getting donald trump to step down but simply getting donald trump to behave and conduct himself in the way that the republican leadership wants him to. even if that were ultimately to include stepdown. one of the problems in that scenario is that as troubled as richard nixon was at that time, he was a far more sensible politician on his worst day long walk down the white house driveway and they were the three who told richard nixon his time was up and had to convince richard nixon his time was up. i am drawing no parallel here expect to say the guy is often the last guy to know and this is going to be a real weekend of taking temperature, looking for defections and again will we see the -- we've been talking about this storm for two days. will we see the reformation of an eye wall within a reconstituted of what used to be a republican... JFK and the Reagan Revolution : CSPAN2 : October 23, 2016 9:00am-10:01am EDT richard nixon and john f. kennedy. >>. [inaudible conversation] good evening everyone. my name is lenny golay and my husband and i are owners of thecorner bookstore and i want to know if you can hear me, we have a new sound system that doesn't work well. great, wonderful . we're obviously thrilled, honored to be celebrating the publication of "jfk and the reagan revolution: a secret history of american prosperity". we have the two co-authors with us, a man who needs no introduction, mister lawrence kudlow and his co-author brian domitrovic who is the associate professor and chair of the department of history of the sam houston state university and the two of them worked on the book together and they will be talking about it together and we're so thrilled and so honored to have you both here . thank you for coming. ishould mention larry lives across the street and is a regular customer here at the corner bookstore, has been for years . which makes it so special and so personal. so please welcome me me in joining larry and brian, thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate richard nixon and john f. kennedy. >>. [inaudible conversation] good evening everyone. my name is lenny golay and my husband and i are owners of thecorner bookstore and i want to know if you can hear me, we have a new sound system that doesn't work well. great, wonderful . we're obviously thrilled, honored to be celebrating the publication of "jfk and the reagan revolution: a secret history of american prosperity". we have the two co-authors with us, a man who needs no... All In With Chris Hayes : MSNBCW : October 13, 2016 12:00am-1:01am PDT ? >> i see a lot of similarities between nixon and trump, they're both authoritarian personalities, the thing is that trump is actually at the extreme end of that. he takes it much further than that. he makes nixon something of a choir boy, i don't know of nixon being a sexual predator in his time. but what i see is typical of an authoritarian type personality. they can do no wrong, everybody around them is wrong. they'll do what they have to do win at all costs, that's what nixon did trying to win the election, he succeeded then he got caught and he tried to use the system in any way he could to protect himself but it didn't work and when the final, really the final lie got told and was put to him, he actually went willingly, he said, you know, it's up and he walked away from it, which might have been one of his grander moments because he had the army on his side. >> this is the key to me, because if you look at how democratic institutions function, they function essentially on norms of conduct. and ultimately when he is confronted by barry goldwater and others, after the famous m ? >> i see a lot of similarities between nixon and trump, they're both authoritarian personalities, the thing is that trump is actually at the extreme end of that. he takes it much further than that. he makes nixon something of a choir boy, i don't know of nixon being a sexual predator in his time. but what i see is typical of an authoritarian type personality. they can do no wrong, everybody around them is wrong. they'll do what they have to do win at all costs, that's what nixon did... CBS Overnight News : WBZ : October 17, 2016 3:00am-4:00am EDT >>> richard nixon making a come? back, sort of. his presidential library reopened after an extensive facelift. john blackstone reports. ? ? >> reporter: the reopening of the richard nixon presidential library and museum marked the completion of a 15 million 37th president. but the museum tells a deeper story. using interactive di plays that nixon's younger brother ed appreciates. >> there is technology in here that is far advanced from what we had. sure. we can't let the reagan library get ahead of us, you know. >> reporter: a replica of the oval office. secretary of state henry kissinger, one of the opening day visitors. >> when i see the oval office and when we are here together, so many memories reoccur. for trisha nixon cox, the museum is the place where the nation's history intersects family history. here you are beside bob hope. >> beside bob hope. one of the typical evenings. >> a typical evening with bob hope, arnold palmer, henry kissinger. trisha's son christopher cox was born too late to know his grandfather as president. but he knows the stories. >> this is one of the most famous >>> richard nixon making a come? back, sort of. his presidential library reopened after an extensive facelift. john blackstone reports. ? ? >> reporter: the reopening of the richard nixon presidential library and museum marked the completion of a 15 million 37th president. but the museum tells a deeper story. using interactive di plays that nixon's younger brother ed appreciates. >> there is technology in here that is far advanced from what we had. sure. we can't let the... Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown : CNNW : October 30, 2016 5:00pm-6:01pm PDT . i mean, there were some epic depictions on nixon. was it nixon as godzilla? was it, that i -- ? >> ralph steadman: yeah. he was a great subject. i mean, i've done him as a flying nixon, or a vampire nixon, bat nixon. >> anthony: did you ever get an official reaction to your work from the white house? >> ralph steadman: never. >> anthony: "i am not a giant shitting godzilla." >> ralph steadman: yeah. [ laughs ] >> anthony: you don't want to deny that. >> ralph steadman: no, it's funny how that was. >> anthony: and boris johnson here. i think the hair, in this case, is just -- it's an irresistible impulse. >> ralph steadman: well, to do it i've got to come out with it more, uh -- >> anthony: but it's perfect. >> ralph steadman: boris is our trump. >> anthony: well, they both -- it is a supernova of incredibly bad hair. >> ralph steadman: yeah. >> anthony: i mean, the two of them together. what's happening? what's going on in this country? is it going to be okay? >> ralph steadman: not at the moment, no. >> anthony: does it say anything about the country as a whole? >> ralph s . i mean, there were some epic depictions on nixon. was it nixon as godzilla? was it, that i -- ? >> ralph steadman: yeah. he was a great subject. i mean, i've done him as a flying nixon, or a vampire nixon, bat nixon. >> anthony: did you ever get an official reaction to your work from the white house? >> ralph steadman: never. >> anthony: "i am not a giant shitting godzilla." >> ralph steadman: yeah. [ laughs ] >> anthony: you don't want to deny... ET Entertainment Tonight : WKYC : October 7, 2016 7:30pm-8:00pm EDT . >> you're never going to meet a cute guy at the chubb club. >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his terrifying car crash. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible >> monday on "e.t." >> hi. i'm lin-manuel miranda and i'm hosting snl this week. >> he's the genius behind hamilton and lin-manuel is nervous about hosting snl. >> it took me years to write hamilton and we started writing the sketches for this week on so this is a faster pace than what i'm used to. >> potus is holding up the signs, i'm not done. >> just last week on the show his freestyle skills were -- >> they keep me up at night. >> it was like i was looking in a mirror. i couldn't believe it. >> and we're not surprised this pop cultu . >> you're never going to meet a cute guy at the chubb club. >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his terrifying car crash. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here!... 2500 pages of previously classified material from the richard nixon and gerald ford administrations. thedocuments were president's daily briefs on national security threats and issues which are seen only by the president and selected shall . this weekend on "the presidency," the richard nixon presidential library and museum hosts a discussion with historians about the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. here is a preview. circulation for the document itself is entirely up to the president trade in the case of johnson, he had it delivered to 10 people by the time he left office. next in cut that way back to six and gradually expanded to nine. sometimes in history it has gone to as many as two and a half dozen individuals outside of the immediate circle. in other cases it has been close. again, entirely up to the president and the key point here from the relationship perspective is that the pdb underneath and lost its standalone quality. it was no longer the thing that went to the president each be it by delivery from the cia and with a discussion between the president a 2500 pages of previously classified material from the richard nixon and gerald ford administrations. thedocuments were president's daily briefs on national security threats and issues which are seen only by the president and selected shall . this weekend on "the presidency," the richard nixon presidential library and museum hosts a discussion with historians about the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. here is a preview. circulation for the document itself is entirely... BOOK TV : CSPAN2 : October 23, 2016 8:00am-8:31am EDT , and hurricane camille, richard nixon or republican in the white house and he said, he doesn't send his secretary down but he says the vice president to go down and report. spiro agnew comes back and he says one of the problems with hurricane camille is people just couldn't gauge how big a problem the hurricane was. they don't know what to do about the situation. nixon directs the bureaucracy to look into this, and asked today how we know that like patty is a category three storm, this system of hurricanes comes out of nixon's directive bureaucracy. i'll just mention two other disasters quickly. >> what do you think of, based on sort of your studies and what you look back, what would be the best response in the event it is really devastating, this category for those coming in? >> actually let me just answer by making, one is 1992, hurricane andrew, george h. w. bush is in the white house as the slow response. outpacing as a presidential responsibility. if the president doesn't get involved but seeing as a problem. presidential not involvement is not an option anymore. but his son presid , and hurricane camille, richard nixon or republican in the white house and he said, he doesn't send his secretary down but he says the vice president to go down and report. spiro agnew comes back and he says one of the problems with hurricane camille is people just couldn't gauge how big a problem the hurricane was. they don't know what to do about the situation. nixon directs the bureaucracy to look into this, and asked today how we know that like patty is a category three storm, this system... Justice Thomas Swearing-In Ceremony : CSPAN3 : October 23, 2016 10:35pm-11:01pm EDT senator john kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon. the candidates took questions from a panel of journalists on u.s. policy toward cuba, relations with the soviet union, combating the spread of communism, and civil rights in america. senator kennedy defeated this debate took place in washington, d.c. frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for president of the united states at the same time; and never until this series have americans seen the candidates in face-to-face exchange. tonight the candidates have agreed to devote the full hour to answering questions on any issue of the campaign. and here tonight are the republican candidate, vice president richard m. nixon, and the democratic candidate, senator john f. kennedy. senator john kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon. the candidates took questions from a panel of journalists on u.s. policy toward cuba, relations with the soviet union, combating the spread of communism, and civil rights in america. senator kennedy defeated this debate took place in washington, d.c. frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for... 9News First at 4:30AM : KUSA : October 14, 2016 4:30am-5:00am MDT his former lawyer. this case is expected to head to trial in june. today... the new richard nixon presidential library and museum will open in california. there will be 70 exhibits, and 300 origial artifacts. there will also be multimedia experiences, films, interactive exhibits... and hundreds of photographs and murals. at today's ceremony-- we expect to see include former secretary of state henry kissinger... former california governor arnold schwarzenegger... and president nixon's brother and grandchildren. skiiers and boaraders have been waiting... patienly.... and soon...very soon... they won't have to wait anymore... snow guns have already covered one run at a-basin where operators say: the season could start any day now. they may need one or two more cold nights before they are ready to go. not too far away at loveland ski area, they've had the snow dogs out - checking on the the broncos didn't play their best... and walked away with a loss against the san diego chargers. it's the first afc west division road game they've lost in six years. our experts put the blame on the his former lawyer. this case is expected to head to trial in june. today... the new richard nixon presidential library and museum will open in california. there will be 70 exhibits, and 300 origial artifacts. there will also be multimedia experiences, films, interactive exhibits... and hundreds of photographs and murals. at today's ceremony-- we expect to see include former secretary of state henry kissinger... former california governor arnold schwarzenegger... and president nixon's brother... ET Entertainment Tonight : KRON : October 7, 2016 7:30pm-8:01pm PDT . >> you're never going to meet a cute guy at the chubb club. >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his terrifying car crash. ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. >> monday on "e.t." >> monday on "e.t." l.l. cool j gives us a tour afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. >> hi. i'm lin-manuel miranda and i'm hosting snl this week. >> he's the genius behind hamilton and lin-manuel is nervous about hosting snl. >> it took me years to write hamilton and we started writing the sketches for this week on tuesday. so this is a faster pace than what i'm used to. >> potus is holding up the signs, i'm not done. >> just last week on the show his freestyle skills were -- >> they keep me up at night. >> it was like i was looking in a m . >> you're never going to meet a cute guy at the chubb club. >> why you'll watch katie nixon. >> and the dancing star on his terrifying car crash. ♪ ♪ jon batiste has mastered new ways to play old classics. with chase atms, he can master new ways to deposit checks too. easy to use chase technology for whatever you're trying to master. >> monday on "e.t." >> monday on "e.t." l.l. cool j gives us a tour afoot and light-hearted i take to the... 8 News Now at 5 PM : KLAS : October 15, 2016 5:00pm-5:30pm PDT the nixon presidential library reopens, hoping to reach post-watergate. >> i was not alive when richard nixon resigned. this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan with the western edition of the broadcast. Lectures in History : CSPAN3 : October 23, 2016 1:00pm-2:12pm EDT different. what happens in 19 56? richard nixon goes and visits austria, inspects the camps and is moved about bringing in hungarians into the united states. here is how the story gets interesting again. how does he do that? the refugee relief program is cumbersome and takes a long time to get people process. they need a more quick, useful instrument for foreign policy. what do they do? they use a little-known political bureaucratic rule in the mccarran walter's act. it allows the attorney general to bring in someone from the country as a parolee. to recognize that they are breaking the law and to parole them. they are a parolee and they can come in and stay in the united states without legal standing, but nonetheless, legally, that is to say there citizenship status is not decided yet, but they are brought in and they will be safe. this is the power that richard nixon, as vice president -- as eisenhower does to bring in the refugees. it is without authorization and without any real debate. 38,000 hungarians come to the united states in 1957, the spring of 1957. 32,000 of them are parole different. what happens in 19 56? richard nixon goes and visits austria, inspects the camps and is moved about bringing in hungarians into the united states. here is how the story gets interesting again. how does he do that? the refugee relief program is cumbersome and takes a long time to get people process. they need a more quick, useful instrument for foreign policy. what do they do? they use a little-known political bureaucratic rule in the mccarran walter's act. it allows the attorney... The Civil War : CSPAN3 : October 1, 2016 1:45pm-3:01pm EDT to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the release of 2500 daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> leading up to tuesday's debate between senator tim kaine and governor mike pence, we look at past vice presidential debates, starting with the 1984 debate between george h.w. bush and geraldine ferraro. geraldine ferraro: you can walk around saying things are great -- that is what we are going to be hearing. i expect they expect the american people to hear that. i will become a one-woman truth squad. bush: they delivered what they called malaise -- interest rates off the charts. they delivered take-home pay is -- checks that were shaking, and we delivered optimism. 1988 debate with the ben quayle and lloyd bentsen. have -- benn: i quayle: i have far more experience than many o to president-elect nixon. he and kissinger wanted to control the intelligence flow and did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier actor in the intelligence community. >> with the release of 2500 daily briefs of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily brief. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. >> leading up to tuesday's debate between senator tim kaine and governor... 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A Torch Kept Lit : CSPAN2 : October 29, 2016 9:00pm-10:01pm EDT richmond nixon and i was trying to find a piece by bill about called" is nixon one of us" i thought it had appeared in "national review." i finally consulted a book called "william f. buck lee, jr., bub leography, published in 2002 when bill was alive and was a listing of all his work and thin i learned it had been in the "times" magazine. the editor of that volume said some day someone should do a volume of bill's eulogy because they're elegant and often shattering work. and thought with wife a smidge general of chutzpah, why not me? and i'm grateful to be associated with it. >> i'm going to jump in. i was asked to give a blur for this book and at the risk -- the height of vanity to quote one's own blurb, but it's such a good blurb, i can't resist. william f. buck lee, jr. was a master of many things. this collection of obituaries and eulogies he wrote over the course of his extraordinary career, admirably curated and eloquently introduced by james rosen, may well step w. f. b. as the modern matter of this literary form. i have read every single one of my father's 60-odd book. i do no richmond nixon and i was trying to find a piece by bill about called" is nixon one of us" i thought it had appeared in "national review." i finally consulted a book called "william f. buck lee, jr., bub leography, published in 2002 when bill was alive and was a listing of all his work and thin i learned it had been in the "times" magazine. the editor of that volume said some day someone should do a volume of bill's eulogy because they're elegant and often... Justice Thomas Swearing-In Ceremony : CSPAN3 : October 23, 2016 6:35pm-7:01pm EDT races. the second1960, debate between john f kennedy and richard nixon. the candidates answered questions on cuba, the social -- the soviet union, civil rights in america. senator kennedy defeated vice president nixon in the election, with less than 1% of the popular vote separating them. -- tookate took piece place in washington dc. frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the major candidates for id races. the second1960, debate between john f kennedy and richard nixon. the candidates answered questions on cuba, the social -- the soviet union, civil rights in america. senator kennedy defeated vice president nixon in the election, with less than 1% of the popular vote separating them. -- tookate took piece place in washington dc. frank mcgee: this is frank mcgee, nbc news in washington. this is the second in a series of programs unmatched in history. never have so many people seen the... Kennedy : FBC : October 15, 2016 8:00am-9:01am EDT relationship and some of the curious relationships i thought were between buckley and nixon and buckley and goldwater. let's talk about the nixon eulogy. this is one of the funniest things i found in your book. he got back to the house in california overlooking the pacific ocean and the white house line was still hooked up. he kept calling the white house. >> it was difficult for him to make the transition in literally an hour. for a majority of buckley's time richard nixon was the man of the right but he wasn't really a conservative. kennedy: james rosen's latest book of william buckley's greatest writings. >> he said of nixon when he died, not many people can plunge whole generations of people into loneliness by their death. this art, music, sailing. buckley was an avid sail i are. kennedy: one of the most interesting parts of the book are the eulogies you found private citizens. friend of his. >> he uses his novelist gifts to conjure the depart and allow the read tore savor these people the way he did. in some cases he was racked by grief. emotionally these are often devastating pieces o relationship and some of the curious relationships i thought were between buckley and nixon and buckley and goldwater. let's talk about the nixon eulogy. this is one of the funniest things i found in your book. he got back to the house in california overlooking the pacific ocean and the white house line was still hooked up. he kept calling the white house. >> it was difficult for him to make the transition in literally an hour. for a majority of buckley's time richard nixon was the man... 1960 Presidential Candidates Debate : CSPAN3 : October 29, 2016 5:00pm-6:01pm EDT between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. the debates took place in different studios. topics include chinese communism, federal spending, u.s. economic growth versus the soviet union and civility in political discourse. senator kennedy defeated nixon in the election by less than 1% of the popular vote. this is just under one hour. bill: the subjects will be suggested by a panel of correspondence. unlike the first two programs, the candidates will not be showing the same platform. in new york, democratic nominee john f. kennedy. in california, richard nixon. electronic facilities permit each candidate to see and hear the other. good evening. now to meet the panel of correspondence. frank mcgee, nbc news. calm on fram, cbs news. roscoe drummond, the herald tribune. as you probably noticed the four reporters included a newspaper man and a magazine reporter. these were selected by the press secretaries of the candidates among the reporters traveling with the candidates. broadcasting representatives were chosen by their company. the rules of an agreed upon by the representatives o between richard nixon and john f. kennedy. the debates took place in different studios. topics include chinese communism, federal spending, u.s. economic growth versus the soviet union and civility in political discourse. senator kennedy defeated nixon in the election by less than 1% of the popular vote. this is just under one hour. bill: the subjects will be suggested by a panel of correspondence. unlike the first two programs, the candidates will not be showing the same platform. in new... other way and absolutely pivotal weekend in politics. >> ryan, your point about that nixon moment is so important and not necessarily for the specific issues but getting donald trump to behave and conduct himself in the way that the republican leadership wants him to. >> even if that were ultimately to include step down. one of the problems in that scenario is as trouble as nixon was at that time, he was a far more sensible politician on his worse day than donald trump seems to be on his best day. richard nixon understood who those people were who with r going to see him. >> we heard donald trump not to understand the powers of the speaker of the house. we heard donald trump at different times, paul ryan as if he's not someone that could completely control the legislative outcome work. >> in that incredibly vivid -- >>> that scene, richard nixon is fully respected and will come see this. >> is there anyone that we have seen in this campaign that could have that kind of moment with donald trump? >> wow, that's a great question. >> all those things you just listed and all those office other way and absolutely pivotal weekend in politics. >> ryan, your point about that nixon moment is so important and not necessarily for the specific issues but getting donald trump to behave and conduct himself in the way that the republican leadership wants him to. >> even if that were ultimately to include step down. one of the problems in that scenario is as trouble as nixon was at that time, he was a far more sensible politician on his worse day than donald trump seems to be... JFK and the Reagan Revolution : CSPAN2 : October 9, 2016 1:00am-1:55am EDT and nixon studiously made sure he didn't do jfk policy. he refers to the policy of going off the gold standard and then regulation and spending. so here's an interpretive passage that we write about the 1960s and 70s. the assassination of november november 1963 have provided an enormous short-term boost for the cause of the tax cut in 1964. it was it was fatal to it in the long term. the assassination was so shocking that the opponents of the legislative agenda had to submit on at least one goal out of due respect for the swing leader. the obvious choice for tax-cut. once that was enacted, all leverage was lost on blocking civil rights, the other big legislative initiative. in the long term, however kennedy's absence after 1963 deprived the tax-cut of its principal exponent articulator and enforcer. the cerebral tone that kennedy brought to the question of the tax-cut you just heard about, kennedy's commitment to thinking through the real economic effects of a tax rate cut with the intellectual paradigms, flawed as they were. the supreme social standing that he had in common with doug and nixon studiously made sure he didn't do jfk policy. he refers to the policy of going off the gold standard and then regulation and spending. so here's an interpretive passage that we write about the 1960s and 70s. the assassination of november november 1963 have provided an enormous short-term boost for the cause of the tax cut in 1964. it was it was fatal to it in the long term. the assassination was so shocking that the opponents of the legislative agenda had to submit on at least one... Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer : CNNW : October 19, 2016 3:00pm-4:01pm PDT 1960, kennedy versus nixon. it was very close right at the end, and people thought chicago graveyards voted heavily that year and it was a big deal that it was stolen from richard nixon. nixon said we should not pursue it, we should call it a day. even richard nixon understood the importance of accepting the integrity of the process and not convincing people that is legitimate. [ inaudible ] [ crowd noise ] >> -- every person's hand writing was the same in that and what they knew is how many votes lbj needed to win the election. they produced those at the end. that is voter fraud. >> look, we're complaining about two different things. if this comes down to 537 votes in florida like 2000, then donald trump or hillary clinton has every right to ask the state for a recount, to ask the state to look at the machines, to have their people look at a bipartisan process and look at the records. if you believe you've been wronged, to take it to court. everybody should step back and relax. we had a country that was torn up, but after the supreme court, al gore did man up and do the right thing. 1960, kennedy versus nixon. it was very close right at the end, and people thought chicago graveyards voted heavily that year and it was a big deal that it was stolen from richard nixon. nixon said we should not pursue it, we should call it a day. even richard nixon understood the importance of accepting the integrity of the process and not convincing people that is legitimate. [ inaudible ] [ crowd noise ] >> -- every person's hand writing was the same in that and what they knew is how... A Torch Kept Lit : CSPAN2 : October 30, 2016 11:00am-12:01pm EDT was writing something for national review out about richard nixon and i was trying to find peace bill had done about him call is bill one of us? i knew it was from 1971 but i was laboring under the misapprehension that it appeared in national review. i consulted a book called william f junior a bibliography when bill was alive. it's an annotated collection or listing of all his works and therein i learned it has been in times magazine. the editor of that volume said someday, someone should do a book of billet eulogies because they areeloquent and often shattering works. i thought with a smidgen of spa, why not me? and i'm grateful to be associated . i'm going to jump in. i was asked to give a blurred for the book and at the height of vanity to quote one's own blurb . it's such a good blurb, i can't resist. william f buckley junior was a master of many things. this collection of obituaries and eulogies he wrote over the course of his ordinary career admirably curated and eloquently introduced by james rosen may well establish usb as the modern master of this literary form. i have was writing something for national review out about richard nixon and i was trying to find peace bill had done about him call is bill one of us? i knew it was from 1971 but i was laboring under the misapprehension that it appeared in national review. i consulted a book called william f junior a bibliography when bill was alive. it's an annotated collection or listing of all his works and therein i learned it has been in times magazine. the editor of that volume said someday, someone should do... History Bookshelf : CSPAN3 : October 1, 2016 4:00pm-4:46pm EDT sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence float and he did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier after in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the c.i.a. of 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. weekend, we visit peirce mill. built in the early 1800s along rock creek harkin washington, d.c. -- park in washington, d.c. here is a preview. >> i'm standing in front of peirce mill in rock creek park. this is one of the last vestiges of the rural past of washington. this mill is the only one of its type left. it was part of the way of life of farming and milling that happened in the early 1800's. the owner of the mill was a quaker, a former quaker from pennsylvania named isaac pierce. he came to the washington area in the late 1790's and bought a lot of land. ultimately, 160 sure no agency had particular entre to president-elect nixon. kissinger wanted to control all of the intelligence float and he did not want the agency trying to sell itself as the premier after in the intelligence community. >> with the recent release by the c.i.a. of 2500 presidential daily brief of richard nixon and gerald ford, historians at the nixon presidential library and museum discuss the changes presidents have made to the daily briefs. for our complete american history tv... The O'Reilly Factor : FOXNEWSW : October 10, 2016 8:00pm-9:01pm PDT that we retroacti retroactively referred is ford. and richard nixon understood it would heal the country and in america you don't put ex-presidents in jail. we can agree there was way overstepping the line. he would have been impeached and probably could have been convicted. it is understood you don't put political losers in jail. >> the investigation led to wrong doing on the part of richard nixon. what ford did, and i support that, he said it doesn't get us further touvl# punish this man. but this is different. there was a fraud because of politics. so if trump is going to say i want an honest investigation, i don't think that is a cheap shot thing. >> it's worse than a preshot thing. the idea you threaten your opponent with jail, and he used the word "jail". i didn't. to me it is a breech of the decency of the situation. even in the nixon case. >> i will see there are two sides to this story. you'll see this nowhere else on television. right? i do not believe that was an honest investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails and i do not want the highest levels of our government that we retroacti retroactively referred is ford. and richard nixon understood it would heal the country and in america you don't put ex-presidents in jail. we can agree there was way overstepping the line. he would have been impeached and probably could have been convicted. it is understood you don't put political losers in jail. >> the investigation led to wrong doing on the part of richard nixon. what ford did, and i support that, he said it doesn't get us further touvl# punish this... After Words : CSPAN2 : October 9, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm EDT south and tie up richard nixon, and that's great. then what got them nervous and ultimately got humphrey nervous was that in the north the suburbanites who were worried about the riots in the cities, and and growth of the african-american population, started to hone in on or listen to wallace's message. it got to them through those same similar channels. so then when democrats saw union voters in the midwest starting to be appealed to by wallace, they started to get really nervous, and that's much the same way donald trump -- as you say, a new yorker to the bone -- is suddenly playing in precincts you wouldn't have maybe guessed when you first heard him talk. >> host: yeah. after reading your book, i realized how well jackson fit into that too. i never thought of donald trump as a jacksonian, but there are similarities. now, of course, jackson was the war hero, again, they don't seem that similar on the surface. jackson was the first pop list, wasn't he -- populist, wasn't he? before him there were elites. >> guest: absolutely. and jackson fought against the system in a similar way trump south and tie up richard nixon, and that's great. then what got them nervous and ultimately got humphrey nervous was that in the north the suburbanites who were worried about the riots in the cities, and and growth of the african-american population, started to hone in on or listen to wallace's message. it got to them through those same similar channels. so then when democrats saw union voters in the midwest starting to be appealed to by wallace, they started to get really nervous, and that's... Q&A with John Podhoretz : CSPAN : October 2, 2016 11:00pm-12:01am EDT , the movie reviewer in the weekly standard. this is from 1995. anthony hopkins playing richard nixon. playingwaterston director of the cia. [video clip] >> i suppose you are unhappy because i have not implemented your domestic intelligence plan. >> that is correct. i am concerned the students are funded by foreign interests, whether they know it or not. the fbi is useless in this area and i want your attention on this matter. >> of course, we have tried to and so far we have come up with nothing. >> well, find something. i want these leaks stopped. jack anderson, the state department, i want to know who is talking. >> i am sure you realize, mr. president, this is a very tricky area, given our charter and the congressional oversight committee. >> i know damn well going back to the 1950's, this agency reports what it wants. john: that is a terrible movie, one of the worst movies ever made. hopkins was a great actor but gives one of the worst performances. you watch that, it is almost like a parody. i thought when the music comes up behind them, i started giggling because it is so over- , the movie reviewer in the weekly standard. this is from 1995. anthony hopkins playing richard nixon. playingwaterston director of the cia. [video clip] >> i suppose you are unhappy because i have not implemented your domestic intelligence plan. >> that is correct. i am concerned the students are funded by foreign interests, whether they know it or not. the fbi is useless in this area and i want your attention on this matter. >> of course, we have tried to and so far we have... The Contenders - 16 for '16 : KQED : October 11, 2016 8:00pm-9:01pm PDT well as nixon. - i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. - economy wasn't good. in 1974, we were basically chased out of vietnam. - and so the question arose after the 1974 elections as to whether the gop would continue to survive or if somebody, preferably reagan, would lead a third party movement. - may i suggest an alternative to that? let's have a new first party, a republican party, raising a banner instantly recognizable as standing for certain values which will not be compromised. - growing up, tampico, illinois, his mother was very christian, took him to church on sundays. his father was an alcoholic, but he sat there and loved his father dearly. - ronald reagan would wake up in the morning and bring his father in from the porch, putting him to bed, whispering to himself, "tomorrow's gonna be a better day, and the reason why i believe that is because my father will get up and he will continue to be a bread winner for this family." - had to go to school-- eureka college-- on a scholarship for poor children because he could not afford to go to college without well as nixon. - i shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. - economy wasn't good. in 1974, we were basically chased out of vietnam. - and so the question arose after the 1974 elections as to whether the gop would continue to survive or if somebody, preferably reagan, would lead a third party movement. - may i suggest an alternative to that? let's have a new first party, a republican party, raising a banner instantly recognizable as standing for certain values which will not be...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line455
__label__cc	0.709424	0.290576	Holy Cow! Bovine Leukemia and Breast Cancer Link? Breast Cancer News / Breast Cancer Research / Home / September 24, 2015 Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley say they have discovered that infections from the bovine leukemia virus (BLV) and breast cancer in humans may be linked. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, examined breast tissue from 239 women, testing for the bovine leukemia virus and comparing samples from women with breast cancer and those who have no history of the disease. Based on their findings, 59 percent of samples from women with breast cancer tested positive for the bovine leukemia virus while 29 percent of samples from those without cancer showed exposure to the virus. Lead author of the study, Gertrude Buehring, Ph.D., says the link between the bovine leukemia virus and breast cancer came as a surprise because it’s only been a year since the virus was confirmed to be transmittable to humans. She does stress that while their study showed an association between the virus and the cancer, it was not able to prove that the bovine leukemia virus actually causes breast cancer. However, breast cancer incidence is highest in countries with the greatest consumption of milk and dairy products. Her research group has made several important discoveries about BLV that support its plausibility as a breast cancer virus: It infects the breast epithelium of cattle (it was previously thought to infect only lymphocytes); it is hormone responsive; and it inhibits DNA repair, which may be its mechanism of transforming cells from normal to malignant. Her group also established that 40 percent of humans have antibodies to BLV, and that BLV DNA is present in breast tissue and significantly associated with breast cancer. “We still need to confirm that the infection with the virus happened before, not after, breast cancer developed, and if so, how,” says Dr. Buehring. She adds, “If BLV were proven to be a cause of breast cancer, it could change the way we currently look at breast cancer control. It could shift the emphasis to prevention of breast cancer, rather than trying to cure or control it after it has already occurred.” A 2007 U.S. Department of Agriculture survey of bulk milk tanks found that 100 percent of dairy operations with large herds of 500 or more cows tested positive for BLV antibodies. This may not be surprising since milk from one infected cow is mixed in with others. Even dairy operations with small herds of fewer than 100 cows tested positive for BLV 83 percent of the time. When data for the current study was analyzed, it was revealed that carrying the bovine leukemia virus gives a person a ratio of 3:1 chance of having breast cancer, with odds higher than more commonly known risk factors like obesity and alcohol consumption. Tags: #breastcancer bovine leukemia breast cancer new breast cancer resear Share This On: Join Our Mailing List: Simplest Test Yet May Detect Breast Cancer Grass Roots Profile: The Pink Fund Dianne Armitage View All Articles by Dianne Armitage Dianne (Browne) Armitage was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. The eldest of six children, her early aspiration was to write the great American novel. Unfortunately, the public at large seems to feel this should be an epic, not a comedy. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996 and again in 2005, she realizes that humor has helped her deal with her diagnosis and just might be therapeutic to others as well. In addition to her work with Amoena, Ms. Armitage has written for Dr. Susan Love's website and is a frequent contributor to several other health-related sites as well. Her work has appeared in both MAMM and Coastal Woman magazines. Dianne currently lives in Santa Barbara, California, where she continues to be highly involved in the fight against breast cancer. In her spare time she is trying to determine at what point you know you have too many Jack Russell Terriers! Grass Roots Profile: The Pink Fund September 25, 2015 Anti-Cancer Smoothies: Healing with Superfoods August 24, 2015 3 Recent Studies Further Indicate a Link between Body Weight, Exercise, Lifestyle and Breast Cancer July 24, 2015 Survivor Spotlight: Elizabeth Cluff June 29, 2015 Grass Roots Profile: Support Connection February 20, 2015 Changes In Your Skin During Radiation Treatment October 29, 2013 Dealing With Recurrence October 29, 2013 A Pregnant Pause October 29, 2013 Types of Breast Cancer October 29, 2013 Anti-Cancer Smoothies: Healing with Superfoods 3 Recent Studies Further Indicate a Link between Body Weight, Exercise, Lifestyle and Breast Cancer Like this? Try this According to a Science Daily article appearing in June of this year, researchers at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line468
__label__cc	0.706017	0.293983	On Tuesday, July 16 @ 6pm will feature presentations by Jiabao Li and Victoria Scott, both artists who use technologies to engage audiences in unique and thoughtful ways, taking participation and immersion to new levels. JIABAO LI works at the intersection of emerging technology, art and design. Her work opens questions about technology's influence on human perception, identity, and emotion. Her research-based projects range from wearables, projections, drones, installations to scientific experiments. She holds a Master of Design in Technology degree with Distinction from Harvard GSD. Currently, she is a Prototyping Designer at Apple, working on experimental interfaces and technologies. Jiabao's work has been featured in Domus, TechCrunch, Yahoo, CCTV, Yanko Design, and The National. Her work has been shown in Milan Design Week, Dubai Design Week, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, CHI, AR in Action, and PRIMER. She is the winner of iF Design Award, Future Cities Contest, ISWC Design Award, and Harvard Best Thesis Award. VICTORIA SCOTT is a visual artist working between physical sculpture and digital media. Her process involves working with electronic media and physical materials to create simulated and real site-specific installations, sculptures, virtual reality, GIFs and digital images. This past year, she has been an artist-in-residence at Oregon Story Board (Portland), researching virtual and augmented reality platforms, and is currently developing several soon to be released interactive VR environments, incorporating photogrammetry and sculpture. Other recent projects include physically constructing material representations of conceptual objects that exist in simulated digital environments, the public commons and in the space of cultural imagination Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago within the Art and Technology Department. Scott has exhibited at galleries, and museums throughout North America and Europe, including the Centro Nacional de las Artes (Mexico City), San Jose Museum of Art (California), the University of Toronto Art Centre (Canada), Kasia Kay Art Projects (Chicago), Galleri Enkehuset (Stockholm), and the 01SJ Zer01 Biennial (San Jose). She has been awarded project commissions from the San Jose Museum of Art, Zer01 Art and Technology Network and Turbulence.org and is the recipient of several grants from both the Canadian and Ontario Arts Councils. Victoria has taught digital media arts practice at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the San Francisco Art Institute and the California College of the Arts. She lives and works in San Francisco. Film Party: A Star In The Desert by Yasmeen Turayhi & Oaday Awadall	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line473
__label__wiki	0.541733	0.541733	Keep Calm and Bleed Out: UK records machete attack every 90 minutes When they are not using their machetes to pull off jewelry heists in broad daylight, thugs in the UK are assaulting people with them – to the tune of one machete attack every 90 minutes throughout the country. From Daily Mail UK: The shocking statistics come after Home Secretary Amber Rudd launched the Government’s long-awaited Serious Violence Strategy, which aims to tackle knife crime, earlier this week. It came amid a shooting and stabbing spree that has claimed 56 lives in London so far this year. Figures uncovered using freedom of information requests show that in the last two months of 2017 police dealt with 928 crimes involving machetes. This is an average of 15 a day – or one every 90 minutes. London saw 425 of the attacks, with 99 in Greater Manchester, 77 in the West Midlands and 29 each in Merseyside and West Yorkshire. It represents a dramatic rise from just three years before, when the deadly blades were used in only 100 crimes a month over the same period. The machete was originally intended as a tool used to cut undergrowth or sugar cane in Latin America and Africa. Critics say they have little legitimate use in the UK, but they are not on a list of banned blades such as butterfly or flick-knives. It is slightly ironic that “zombie knives” are banned in the UK, while a machete is one of my Melee Weapons of Choice should the Zombie Apocalypse actually occur. But that is just me. “Zombie Killer” novelty knives to be banned in UK Open Question: Melee Weapon of Choice? Question of the Day: What Knife for the Zombie Apocalypse? “It’s not an easily concealable weapon” is about the best thing I can say about this. But at least they dont have very much GUN crime! So there, take that America. And I’m sure this recent dramatic increase in machete attacks has no relation at ALL to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants from third world countries flooding the nation (and besides, if it did, it’s actually the fault of British people who weren’t welcoming enough to them, not the poor immigrants themselves, who are all just innocent victims, etc, ad nasuem). I can just see it now, all those thousands of people walking around with concealed machetes strapped to their hips, ready to assault the first person they can find an excuse to assault….they really need to ban these, quick. And then parangs, bolos….I’m sure kukhris are already no bueno….and then they’d better move on to billhooks, garden shears, box cutters, scissors, sharp sticks….the list will just keep expanding as things progress and criminal gangs keep finding new weapons to use.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line474
__label__cc	0.539655	0.460345	Juvenile Delinquency in India The notions about juvenile delinquency held by laymen and some law enforcement officials are faulty and misleading. For one thing, they often assume that juvenile delinquents are simply under-age criminals that are, non-adult criminals, or juveniles who engage in offences that constitute crimes when committed by adults, and are between the age of seven and 16 or 18 years, as prescribed by the law of the land. The maximum age today for juvenile delinquents according to the Juvenile Justice Act of 1986 is 16 years for boys and 18 years for girls, but earlier, according to the Children Acts, it varied from state to state. In states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, it was 16 years but in states like West Bengal and Bihar, it was 18 years. In states like Rajasthan, Assam and Karnataka, it was 16 years for boys and 18 years for girls. However, the nature of offence is just the same. Youths who are involved in ‘status offences’ such as truancy, vagrancy, immorality and un-governability also fall within the definition of juvenile delinquency. Neumayer, Ivan Nye and James Short Jr., Richard Jenkins and Walter Reckless have also emphasized on the ‘type of behaviour’ in the concept of juvenile delinquency. According to Reckless (1956), the term ‘juvenile delinquency’ applies to the “violation of criminal code and/or pursuit of certain patterns of behaviour disapproved of for children and young adolescents”. Thus, both age and behavioural infractions prohibited in the statutes are important in the concept of juvenile delinquency. The difference between a delinquent child and an adult criminal is important from the case-work approach. The difference between the two is made by the conduct involved, the methods employed by the court, the philosophy and methods applied in treatment, and the individuals’ status, reputation and civil rights in the community after adjudication. Juvenile Delinquents in India: Classification, Nature and Incidence Family’s Contribution to Juvenile Delinquency in India Law Regarding Probation in India Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquents in India	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line477
__label__wiki	0.742766	0.742766	Edwin McCain – Music \| Influence \| Family Posted by Jeff Gilder \| Oct 1, 2017 \| Music \| 0 \| Edwin McCain headlined the 2017 Salt Air® Jam to benefit Cystic Fibrosis. He was kind enough to give us an interview at our North Myrtle Beach studios a few weeks prior to the show. We hope you enjoy this perspective into his career. Grade School Was Tough Being dyslexic, Edwin struggled in his early years in elementary school. His recollection of this time reveals some of the obvious pain that children (and adults) experience dealing with dyslexia. Church choir (Edwin calls it southern daycare) uncovered his musical talents and that attention helped him replace some of the negatives with positives. He says it kept him from being picked on during grade school and recalls, “That was it, it was me and music ever since….(like) peas and carrots.” Edwin’s earliest song-writing influence was probably Eastern Appalachian Folk music introduced to him by his uncle. Through the graphic story-telling aspect of this music he realized the impact of telling life’s stories through music. It was his uncle who gave him his first guitar. As his interest in music grew, David Wilcox and Kevin Kenny were early influences. But, Edwin recalls becoming interested in the southern punk rock scene for a period in his teens. “It was just music for its own sake,” he recalls. “It was unlistenable to the adults…it was our music. It was powerful music…I can’t event listen to it now (laughs), but it was perfect for that moment. It instilled this punk streak in me that still exists today. I didn’t work well in the major record labels. I had this indie thing in me…that’s what it is. That’s why I still drive the bus. I’m just too stubborn to have it be easy (laughs).” The Big Plan “I love when people ask me about the ‘big plan’ for the music business,” laughs Edwin. “If I’m being totally honest…I was playing guitar at a party once and this girl who was totally out of my league came up and was like… ‘hey you’re cute’, and I’m like…yea this is what I’m doin’ (laughs).” Like everyone else who wanted to be in the music business, he had the realization that he had to figure out how to make a living playing music. He went to Charleston, SC during Spoleto (Music Festival) and threw down a guitar case on the street and started playing music for tips. The manager of a Mexican restaurant (across the street) came an ask him if he was capable of playing for a couple of hours. Edwin recalls, “I didn’t tell him I’d have to play the same 10 songs I knew over and over.” But, he got his first real gig right there for for $50 dollars and a meal for playing on the deck of the Mexican restaurant each night. Edwin kidding,”I dropped out of college the next day. I’m rich!!I got this.” Laughing about this first job, he said he could see (from the stage) rats running around under the tables between the patrons feet. “They couldn’t see them, but I could. I was always just one rat away from my gig being over. I loved that gig. I’ve loved every other gig after that. My big plan was that I was just going to be a dude playing a guitar and writing some songs. I really didn’t have any plans to have a band or anything.” The Last Big Wave When bands like Hootie and the Blowfish and Dave Mathews started playing up and down the coast from D.C to Savannah and back, Edwin remembers thinking that was huge. He recalls, “If you’ve got a van and a trailer and you’re playing D.C to Savannah and back, that’s as famous as it gets. So, we started thinking maybe we should put a band together.” About that time the Truly Dangerous Swamp Band broke up and Edwin hired the bass player and drummer and started playing some shows. “It was the perfect storm of timing, ” he recalls, “You can’t buy that kind of timing. The last moment of the big time music business, the last wave…and we all, luckily, were sitting there on our surf boards and road it in to the shore. There’s no way to take any kind of credit for that. It’s like giving credit to the lightning rod for the lightning. We were lucky. We were lucky to be there. Anybody that’s still around will tel you the same thing.” In his (always) humble gracious fashion, Edwin McCain says of song lyrics, “I’ve just lived long enough, when something song-worthy comes up, I just write about it.” When he was in his teens and twenties, he wrote in wide-ranging global themes. In later years he finds the poetry in inter-personal relationships with close friends and family like the the little things, like his daughter’s sticky hand prints on the wall. “I don’t think of songs as anything but a snapshot of whatever my life is at that moment,” he recalls. “That’s why playing them through the years is great. It’s like looking through a photo album.” He doesn’t write on any sort of schedule. He says,”If I gotta live long enough to care about it, it takes me a minute.” Flipping Ships (reality TV Show) comes completely from Edwin’s story-telling background. He wanted to get into TV and watching Duck Dynasty, realized he had people around him everyday who were just as funny or funnier than the Robertson family. Edwin created an unscripted series around his business “Boats Have Souls”. A chronic restorer of anything, Edwin finds old boats and restores them with his crew. Flipping Ships made it for six episodes, but we got the feeling in this interview, Edwin may not be finished with television. It did not appear as though the itch that prompted Flipping Ships has been “fully scratched.” Time will surely tell. When the mention of family entered into our conversation, one could see, hear, and feel the emotion in Edwin’s voice. It is more than obvious how much his family means to him. With three children it is also obvious that touring and having family time is a tough balancing act. “It’s incredibly fun…it’s challenging,” he says. “You go from…all you gotta be responsible for is your self, and now I think of their future…only. “Whatever I want to do is insignificant compared to what their future can be. They see me being musical, but they’re not interested in music. But they see all this entrepreneurial stuff I’m involved in and they see a good work ethic. My thing with them is…as long as your happy…working…. and not just playing around, I’m not forcing you to do anything.” Edwin is still doing between 50 and 100 shows a year. “That’s a lot less than it used to be,” he laughs. “I used to do a bunch…for 26 years. I gave myself permission to back it down and be home with them (the family) while they still like hanging around me (laughs). It’ll be over in a minute and that road will always be there. I don’t have any compunction about someday being that dude in the corner of the bar playing a guitar. I’m sure that’s what will eventually happen….and I’ll be happy there, to.” Writing new material isn’t something that Edwin is all that focused on right now. “I don’t release that much new stuff any more…I used to try to write something new every quarter,” he explains. “But, I’m guilty of the same thing people do to me. If I go hear ACDC, I’ll give you one new song. I may give you one new song at the beginning…and maybe one at the end. But, I want to hear ‘Back In Black’. I want to hear the whole thing. I want to hear every song on ‘Back In Black. And, I’m sure that a bummer to Angus and the boys. They released 15 albums or whatever it is, so I get that. I know when I go out to play, if I went out and said, like, I’m going to play you an hour of new songs, they’re gonna say no! No, we don’t want you to do that. We want you to play the songs we like…the ones we’ve been listening to all these years. So, I don’t place a lot of weight on saying ‘Ok, here’s some new music,’ because I know where I’m fitting in audience’s life. They’ve got those songs, it was a part of their life, it was music they cherish, and that’s what they want to hear.” PreviousJillian Maas Backman – Change Already LIVE on Zeus TV NextRescue Volunteer Reconnected With Saved Pilot Whale At Sea World	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line479
__label__cc	0.551249	0.448751	You are here: Home / Archives for Freddie Mercury Cool LEGO Freddie Mercury Statue Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octaverange. As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Killer Queen”, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” and “We Are the Champions”. In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, penning hits such as “Barcelona”, “I Was Born to Love You” and “Living on My Own”. Mercury also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as “Britain’s first Asian rock star”. In 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years, and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time. In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time. Filed Under: Arts, Celebrities, Lego/Toys, Stuff Tagged With: Freddie Mercury, lego, Statue, toys	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line480
__label__cc	0.73357	0.26643	Patrick B. Beagle CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CASL® pbeagle@wealthcrest.com Patrick Beagle is the owner and President of WealthCrest Financial Services, LLC. He is a Certified Financial Planner™ practitioner, Chartered Financial Consultant, Chartered Life Underwriter and a Chartered Advisor for Senior Living who holds two Masters Degrees, one of which is a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Individual Financial Planning. As an Investment Advisor Representative, Patrick has helped many clients over the past 24 years develop sound financial plans custom tailored to their individual needs. Born and raised in Illinois, Patrick enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1979. Later, he was commissioned, serving most of his career as a Naval Aviator. He transitioned from the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant Colonel after more than 24 years of service to open WealthCrest Financial Services. A noted authority and speaker, he has had guest appearances on the local ABC and CBS TV affiliates in Washington, DC and speaks regularly at pre-retirement seminars to raise awareness about financial planning issues. He is also sought as a contributor to print articles on federal and military benefits and has been cited in several major publications including Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Investment News, The Washington Post, Reuter's News Service and Military Times. Patrick is very active in his community and the financial services industry. His volunteer efforts have included pro bono financial planning for injured military personnel and low income individuals referred through local charity organizations. He speaks on topics related to financial planning and works as an adult leader in the Boy Scouts of America. He is an active member of the Financial Planning Association, National Eagle Scout Association, Military Officers Association of America and the Marine Executive Association.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line485
__label__wiki	0.694092	0.694092	Dr. Catherine Chatterley Professor Deborah Lipstadt Deborah Lipstadt to Speak for CISA on April 22 “'Hard-and Soft-Core' Holocaust Denial in the 21st Century” by Dr. Catherine Chatterley, January 14, 2013 The Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) is pleased to announce that Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University, will deliver our 2013 Shindleman Family Lecture: Professor Lipstadt is a leading Holocaust historian and the world authority on the phenomenon known as Holocaust Denial. Her book Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory was the first full-length study of those who attempt to deny the Holocaust. In 1996, David Irving sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and a right wing extremist in this book. Professor Lipstadt’s brave, principled, and successful legal-historical confrontation with Irving lasted over four years and has inspired a series of scholarly books by some of the historians who provided expert testimony at the trial (Richard J. Evans and Robert J. van Pelt). Her recent book, The Eichmann Trial, was a 2011 National Jewish Book Award Finalist and she is now working on a new study about Holocaust Denial in the 21st Century—the subject of her presentation for CISA in April. Of particular value and significance is her concept of “soft-core” Holocaust denial, which surrounds us today: “Soft-core is more slippery. It's ‘Why do we have to hear so much about the Holocaust?’ or saying ‘the genocide of the Palestinians.’ Soft-core denial is not denying the facts, but inverting them so the victims become the perpetrators -- ‘Why did the Germans hate the Jews? Because the Jews were rich and conniving,’ -- as if to say they deserved it. It's justifying it. Soft-core denial is also making a false comparison, and that dilutes what the Holocaust was. It's a much more slippery kind of manifestation, but it's very much there.” (JTA) When asked how one fights this new mutation, Lipstadt says: “It's much harder. You have to go back and zero in on what it is -- you can say, ‘Look, you might disagree with Israel's policy vis-a-vis the Palestinians or that they should not have gone into Gaza, but to call this a genocide is to deny what a genocide is.’ They are not denying the Holocaust but they are making a false comparison, which elevates by a factor of a zillion any wrongdoings Israel might have done, and lessens by a factor of a zillion what the Germans did. And that's not to defend everything Israel does, but you can't call it a Holocaust unless you want to distort what the Holocaust is. When you begin to use the Nazi term and you begin to compare Israeli soldiers -- who are not angels and sometimes do awful things for which they should be criticized and punished -- that's different than genocide. The Holocaust was state-sponsored. It came from Berlin and Berlin worked to make sure that every Jew on which it could lay its hands would be killed. In no way can you compare what's going on in the Middle East to that. Even if you have the extreme belief that there should be no State of Israel, to make the argument that Israel is committing a genocide is a complete fabrication and a form of soft-core denial.” (Ibid.) Add to these examples discussed by Lipstadt, the new and increasingly popular form of Holocaust revisionism, which re-defines the Holocaust to include all people who suffered under the Third Reich and during WWII without differentiation. This subject is of particular importance for the Jewish community and fo	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line493
__label__wiki	0.823195	0.823195	Situated in Beth-Hill, where imagination meets reality, is The Rose Emporium, owned by elderly and not-a-little-odd Rose Duncan. The large Victorian house smackdab in the middle of nowhere is a cross between a pawn shop and an antique store that caters to supernatural creatures needing to barter. Rose's twenty-something niece, Abby Duncan, discovers that the world isn't made up of just run-of-the-mill, ordinary humans but an entire spectrum of unusual beings. With her preconceptions about what's normal and what's not turned upside-down, Abby is in for a whole lot of startling truths, mysteries--about herself and the people and places around her--and danger. Woodturner Abby Duncan decides to sell her spindles at a local Renaissance Festival with only some success. After all, no one really spins their own yarn anymore, do they? While there, she discovers that one of her newfound friends is not what he appears--and his secret is about to get him killed! "It's called a phang," Abby said for the twentieth time in an hour. "A supported spindle." "For what?" the barbarian asked. Or maybe he was supposed to be a Viking; she wasn't quite sure. Vikings weren't exactly welcome in Medieval England--neither were barbarians, for that matter. But the Renaissance Festival had changed a lot since she'd been there last time. More magic and fairies; less historical accuracy. "For spinning yarn," Abby said, and picked up her demonstration spindle. "Would you like me to show you?" The barbarian/Viking frowned. "Why would you want to spin your own yarn?" Abby was just about to go into her spiel when he spotted the glassblower, who was about to give a demonstration. Abandoning fiber for fire, he disappeared, along with her as-yet-only hope for a sale. Obviously, this wasn't the right venue for spindles or spinning. Perhaps if she'd brought a spinning wheel, someone might be interested, but according to the Powers that Be, spinning wheels weren't period. However, fairy wings evidently were. Morosely, she sat there and watched as the crowd walked by--completely ignoring both her and her spindles for sale. Perhaps one of the online marketplaces would be better, she thought. Or a fiber festival. Obviously not the RenFaire. "Ooooh, hair sticks!" A girl dressed like an elf--complete with pointed ears--picked up one of the bead spindles, then read the sign in front of it. "'Good for spinning silk'?" She laughed. "Isn't that what spiders do?" Her companion didn't laugh, but looked thoughtful. And despite the fact that they were not hairsticks, at least they bought one after a demonstration. "Fiber," Abby muttered, and wrote that down in her notebook. "And yarn, too. Why not? Not just spindles; no one knows what to do with them." Someone darkened the doorway of her tent; she looked up to see what she supposed was a pirate--there were a lot of pirates at the RenFaire this year--dressed in a frock coat that had to be sweltering in the early September heat. "Spindles," he said thoughtfully. "For spinning yarn." "Maybe I should have made wands instead," Abby said, half-joking. "You really expect people to believe--" he looked at her strangely. "How sharp are they? The 'phangs'." He pronounced it wrong, of course, but she was used to that by now. "The thinner the spinning tip, the longer and faster they spin," Abby said. "They're pretty sharp, but it's really the flicking tip and the balance that makes all the difference. The tip will wear down a little with use, but--" The pirate picked up one of the phangs and read the tag. "Bloodwood. Hmm. Appropriate, considering the circumstances." Before Abby could offer a demonstration, he'd pulled out a wad of crumpled bills and peeled off two twenties. Then he looked back at the others, and picked up one more. "Any tax?" "No, it's included," Abby said. "Would you like a fiber sample to go with your purchase?" "No thanks," the pirate said, and tucked both phangs into a pocket of his coat. "Have a nice afternoon." She sold two more bead spindles ("Hair sticks!") before the fanfare signaled the end of the day. At one point, she had a crowd of three people watching her spin, but not a single one of them purchased anything. While watching the buskers, she wondered if it would help if she put her hat out and sprinkled some coins in it. Maybe that way she'd make back the cost of the booth money. It took her a little while to pack up her wares; the permanent booth owners could lock up their stock and sleep in the tiny lofts at the top of each fanciful building, but the newer vendors--those with tents--had to tear down each night and set up again the next morning. By the time she'd loaded everything up into her car, the sun had set and most of the faire folk who were staying behind had gathered around the nightly bonfire. She wasn't quite sure how they managed to keep going all day and still have strength to play music and dance around bonfires at night, but the music was a nice accompaniment as she walked across the quiet grounds to the parking lot. Okay, maybe she'd made a hundred dollars, which barely covered the day's cost of setting up. So far, the RenFaire was an expensive failure of an experiment. She smiled and nodded to Carmen, who ran the booth next to hers, selling handpainted silk scarves, and maneuvered her wheeled cart down the dirt path, careful not to dump it. She'd done that once before already, embarrassingly enough, and she did not want to do it again. Carmen's partner Seth--there was another one, named Matt, and they all took shifts as performers as well, apparently--caught up with her right before the gate. "Would you like some help loading up?" he asked, too nonchalant not to have rehearsed that line; it was the slightly wary look on his face that alerted her to an ulterior motive. Carmen--along with Grey and Toby, the maskmakers in the booth behind Abby--had rather taken her under their wings. This was her first Faire as a vendor, after all, and they had all been very nice to the newbie. "I'm fine with loading up by myself," she said, "but you can walk with me if you'd like." "At least let me pull your cart," Seth replied, and she handed off the burden, amused. They walked in silence through the gate, and then, as they moved up the little hill to the parking lot, Seth asked in a rush, "Are you going to the masquerade tomorrow night?" The Night Faire was a new addition to the regular Faire program; a masquerade and magic/juggling show that had been sold out for weeks. Tickets were apparently selling online for three times the original cost, and they hadn't been cheap to begin with. Abby shook her head. "No, I'm not going; I couldn't afford a ticket, and--" she shrugged. "It's kind of pointless to go by myself, isn't it?" Seth looked away from her. "I thought--if you wanted to go, that is--you might be willing to go with me," he said. Abby stopped walking and stared at him. He kept going until he realized she'd stopped, and then he turned around. "But if you don't want to go, that's fine--" "You have tickets?" she asked, surprised. Seth smiled. "I live with the juggler," he said. "Well, we do. Carmen and Matt and me." "Carmen and Matt and you--oh," Abby said. "I thought you were--" "Just friends," Seth said quickly. "Family, really. We're not blood-related, but we've been together for almost eight years now--" "Did Carmen put you up to this?" Abby asked suspiciously, because Carmen had, perhaps, made some suggestive comments that Abby had chosen to ignore, because she'd thought Carmen and Matt and Seth were together, not just partners. And now, there were four of them? "She threatened to ask you herself," Seth said after a moment. "Look, if you don't want to go--" He shrugged. "It's fine. I thought you'd like it. Maybe I was wrong." Abby found herself smiling, despite her reservations. "I would like it," she said. "But it's probably not a good idea. I don't have anything to wear. And I've been driving home every night; I don't have anywhere to stay, either." "Oh, you could stay at the teahouse," Seth said, dismissing that problem with a wave of his hand. "There are always extra rooms, and they're fairly reasonable. At least on masquerade night, they're reasonable." "I don't have anything to wear," Abby said, torn. "Just regular Faire garb, nothing fancy--" "If you let me watch your booth tomorrow morning, Carmen can find you something to wear," Seth said, looking hopeful. Abby couldn't think of any other protest. "Okay," she said. "If you really want me to go with you--" Seth smiled. "I do," he told her. "Okay," Abby said, suddenly shy. And then, worried, "I can't dance. I don't know any of the dances--" "It's okay," Seth said. "I don't know them very well, and I dance about as well as you could expect someone to fake it." "Then--then I'll see you tomorrow morning," Abby said, and couldn't help but feel a bit more optimistic about the rest of her time at the Faire. She got into her car, waved to Seth, and drove away. The Dead Who Do Not Sleep	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line497
__label__cc	0.72685	0.27315	God's work it is. Just - which god? We suspect "the people" will gradually discover that Lloyd Blankfein was right: They are helping him do god's work. Blankfein's god is, though, probably different from theirs. Jarred Bernstein: Conservatives are apparently in full whine over what they’re calling a new tax coming out of the SCOTUS health care decision this AM. As we now know, the SCOTUS declared that a penalty for refusing to purchase health insurance is permissible as a tax, in essence, approving the mandate by another name. Predictably, that wording has led to silliness of this sort Grover Norquist: “Now that we recognize that the mandate is only constitutional because it is a tax, it’s now clear that ‘Obamacare’ is all about taxes and it hits everybody, not just rich people. Sarah Palin: “Obama lied to the American people. Again,” tweeted Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor. “He said it wasn’t a tax. Obama lies; freedom dies.” Gov Romney: “Obamacare raises taxes on the American people…” [this one's unbearably ironic given that RomneyCare in MA has a mandate penalty as well...I know...whatever] As my 12-year old would say: Really?? Seriously??!! First of all, we’re talking personal responsibility here. If you don’t have insurance and you get treatment for your illness, that’s uncompensated care, which I’ll pay for. And that is a tax you’re imposing on me and the other 84% of insured Americans. I thought conservatives were all about personal responsibility. Second, according to these analyses, between 1- 2% of the population will face this penalty. D’s from the Ways and Means Committee explain why: The vast majority of Americans will never have to pay a penalty. The law anticipates that most people will have access to affordable health care through an employer, the Exchange or a public program and will take advantage of the opportunity to obtain or maintain such coverage. In addition, there are three key exceptions to the penalty: Those who are uninsured because their coverage is unaffordable Those who are uninsured and do not file taxes because their incomes are too low Those who would encounter “hardship” by paying the penalty” Third, note that the anti-tax shouters are conveniently ignoring all the tax benefits in the ACA, like the credits to help people buy insurance. According to CBO, they outpace the penalties by more than a factor of 10 ($686 billion versus $55 billion)! In essence, Norquist/Palin et al are advocating for a tiny group of free riders to impose higher insurance premiums on the rest of us, while ignoring billions of tax benefits in the ACA—which remains, I’m very happy to say: the law of the land! Is it too much to ask these guys and gals to suck it up, recognize that the ACA is the legitimate health care reform program passed by a democratically elected government, and stop trying to block it? OK, that’s a rhetorical question. But I still think it’s a good one.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line498
__label__wiki	0.756596	0.756596	The Westin Nashville Sponsor Overview Exhibit Overview NEI Co-Location RCNET Co-Location 2019 Featured Speakers All \| Power \| Chemical Engineering Vincent J. Bilovsky Deputy Decommissioning Officer Co Author: What Today’s Decommissioning Business Models Mean for the US Nuclear Industry Mr. Bilovsky is Deputy Decommissioning Officer for Southern California Edison where he leads the spent fuel transfer and decommissioning oversight at SONGS. As a 20+ year nuclear industry veteran, he has spent most of his career in spent fuel management and decommissioning with previous positions as Executive Vice President for Siempelkamp Nuclear, where he was responsible for the Zion RV & RVI segmentation; and as Deputy Director General with Holtec where he was responsible for the initial phases of the Chernobyl spent fuel disposition project. He holds BS and MS degrees in Nuclear Engineering from Penn State, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. Jay Brister Vice President, Business Development, Nuclear and Environment Co Author: Road Map to Efficient Decommissioning Strategies: Key Markers for Success Mr. Brister is Vice President Business Development, with AECOM’s Nuclear & Environment business unit and is responsible for applying his understanding of the nuclear market, client needs and competitive position to build partnerships, and pursue and capture new work to align with AECOM’s goal to grow the development of the commercial nuclear D&D market. In August 2018 he relocated back to the United States from two years in London, where he was VP, International Business Development with AECOM Construction Services. With over 35 years of power experience, he was responsible for developing power-related business opportunities around the globe for AECOM. Prior to AECOM, Mr. Brister was the Chief Business Development Officer for Babcock & Wilcox’s Generation mPower Small Modular Reactor where he was responsible for the global order book for the technology spending significant time in China and the United Kingdom. Prior to mPower he was Vice President for CH2M’s nuclear power organization. He was responsible for developing nuclear power-related business opportunities for CH2M around the world. Mr. Brister’s work in the commercial nuclear utility industry includes a Prefeasibility Study for Nuclear Power for the Energy Market Authority in Singapore and several years in Abu Dhabi working on the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation’s nuclear new build program. He has held various management roles at multiple nuclear power plants in the United States as well as consulting roles in the UK, Poland, UAE, Canada, and Korea. He has also presented strategies on new nuclear program development to countries interested in developing commercial nuclear power programs at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria. Prior to CH2M he developed new nuclear program contracts, acquisition, leasing and management services opportunities for additional nuclear generating assets and supporting businesses for Entergy’s nuclear fleet in the United States. He has been involved in more than twenty nuclear power plant and corporate acquisition opportunities, multiple nuclear new build programs and has successfully concluded $23 Billion (USD) in nuclear focused transactions. He has conducted nuclear power feasibility studies, risk analyses, reactor vendor negotiations, and cost analysis of a wide range of nuclear technologies, and state and federal level regulatory strategy development supporting nuclear power. A member of the Civilian Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee to the US Secretary of Commerce and the international committee for the American Nuclear Society, Mr. Brister has a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey and is a former US NRC licensed nuclear operator at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station. Chip Cameron the Zero Gravity Group Co Author: Where State and Local Governments Fit in the Decommissioning Process Attorney, manager, and conflict management specialist with over twenty years’ experience in the legal, policy, and technical aspects of the licensing and regulation of the use of nuclear materials, as well as with the preparation of environmental reviews for energy and natural resources projects. Mr. Cameron’s expertise in conflict management, community outreach and interest-based negotiation strategy were developed during his tenure as the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Dispute Resolution Specialist. His conflict management work was complemented by his tenure as the Assistant General Counsel at the NRC. In this capacity, Mr. Cameron and his staff advised the NRC staff and the Commission on the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) including environmental justice policy; the rulemaking process; the Federal Advisory Committee Act; and Section 106 consultation with Tribal governments under the National Historic Preservation Act. He also was the General Counsel’s liaison and advisor on Tribal law. He is thoroughly familiar with the NRC licensing process, including the existing and proposed decommissioning regulatory framework. Mr. Cameron’s combination of legal and analytical skills, his solid grounding in the technical aspects of the use of nuclear materials, and his conflict management skills, bring a unique holistic approach a wide variety of private sector and government needs and issues. Mr. Cameron has been in private practice since 2010, providing legal advice on energy and environmental issues, and on the design and implementation of communications strategies. Some of his most recent projects include facilitation of the public scoping meetings for the Environmental Impact Statement on the Holtec Intl. license application to the NRC for an interim storage facility; development and presentation of a National Webinar on tribal law and the transportation of nuclear materials. Larry Camper USNRC Retired, Nuclear Safety Consultant Talisman International LLC Co Author: Wrap up from Day One Mr. Camper is an experienced health physicist, radiation safety expert, environmental remediation expert and executive with 40 years of professional experience with various aspects of the nuclear industry within both the private and public sectors including: radiation safety; medical, research and academic uses; commercial uses; industrial uses; environmental assessment and management; low-level waste oversight; uranium recovery; decommissioning of reactors and complex material sites; spent fuel management and performance assessment. Mr. Camper has been very involved both nationally and internationally and increasingly has focused on the nexus between nuclear materials uses, energy production and related environmental concerns as well as stakeholder outreach and coordination. Mr. Camper is the President and Executive Consultant with Advoco Professional Services, LLC. Advoco provides a broad spectrum of professional consulting services focused on environmental assessment and remediation, health physics issues, nuclear regulatory policy, environmental conflict resolution, communications strategy, facilitation and stakeholder outreach, nuclear technical issues, NEPA support, Federal and State agencies coordination and executive management. Mr. Camper is also associated with Talisman International, LLC as a senior nuclear safety consultant dealing with a broad spectrum of nuclear issues. Joseph E. Carignan Carignan & Associates, LLC Co Author: Decommissioning Cost Estimation Challenges Mr. Carignan has over thirty-five years of progressive and diverse nuclear experience from reactor operations and training to project management and decommissioning. He served six years in the Navy Nuclear Submarine program with a degree in Chemistry. Mr. Carignan’s first experience in decommissioning was as the Operations Manager on the first U.S. large scale decommissioning: Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project. Since then, he has been involved in some aspect of many commercial and government decommissioning projects for the last 25 years both domestically and internationally. He has worked for General Electric, MAC Technical Services, Project Services Group, and TLG Services. Mr. Carignan also worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority, first as part of an oversight group to improve TVA’s overall nuclear performance after all the TVA nuclear plants were shut down due to management issues. While with TVA, he also developed their self-assessment program to improve operations performance and INPO readiness. In January 2015, Mr. Carignan formed Carignan & Associates LLC to provide support services to the nuclear industry focusing on Decommissioning cost estimating, due diligence, Operational Readiness, and management support. His company has provided due diligence, planning, and cost estimating support for numerous projects including Nuclear Ship Savannah, SONGS, Humboldt Bay, Saxton, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, EDF, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, as well as a number of confidential clients. For over 20 years, Mr. Carignan has been providing decommissioning training and consulting on Project Management and Planning, Cost Estimating, Risk Management and Environmental Health and Safety, and other select decommissioning topical areas for both the IAEA and Argonne National Laboratory to over 2000 participants. RCNET, a National Science Foundation Center focused on nuclear technical training Co Author: Developing a Nuclear Workforce Pipeline Currently, Kevin Cooper is the Dean of Advanced Technology at Indian River State College where he leads academic programs in engineering, computer science, and digital media. In addition, he is responsible for economic development and grant divisions of the college including serving as Principal Investigator of an NSF Center focused on creating a national nuclear technician pipeline. Prior to joining IRSC, Kevin was in charge of Motorola’s advanced materials laboratory. This lab developed green manufacturing solutions and chemistries for the semiconductor, battery, and solar industries. Chemistries developed in Motorola’s advanced material lab were baseline components for Motorola, AMD, ST, and Philips manufacturing facility. While working for Motorola, Kevin had the opportunity to live and work around the world including years in United States, France, Germany, and China. Prior to joining Motorola, Kevin obtained a doctorate in nanotechnology from Arizona State University and degrees in chemical engineering and applied physics from Georgia Institute of Technology. Through, these efforts Kevin holds over 20 patents and has published over 40 journal articles. Jeff Dunlap Manager, Decommissioning Exelon Generation LLC Jeff Dunlap is the manager of Decommissioning for Exelon. In this role he is responsible for the implementation of decommissioning trust fund NRC reporting, cost estimation, and the cost reimbursement process. He is also responsible for Governance and Oversight of the Decommissioning Management Model Process. This includes the development of procedures, and oversight of the implementation of the decommissioning planning process at Exelon’s sites preparing for decommissioning Jeff has 24 years of experience working in the nuclear power industry, including positions in Safety Analysis, Fuel Procurement, and Project Management. He has a BA from Augustana College, an MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Pamela Gorman Prochaska Director of Nuclear Policy and Strategy Co Author: Progress Toward Transportation, Packaging, and Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel Pamela Gorman Prochaska is the Director of Nuclear Policy and Strategy for Xcel Energy. Pam began her career with Xcel Energy almost 30 years ago in the operations department at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. During the first half of her career she spent time in various plant positions including project management, regulatory, communications and training. In 2008 she moved to the operations side of the company and was the Community and Government Relations Manager for Southeast Minnesota. Two years ago Pam came back to nuclear in her current role where she interfaces with governmental and industry organizations at all levels that enact, implement or influence policies that impact Xcel Energy’s nuclear power plants and used fuel storage. Pam is a graduate of the University of Minnesota- Duluth where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Secondary Math Education. Gregory H. Halnon Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and President & Chief Nuclear Officer, GPU Nuclear FirstEnergy Co Author: Regulatory Oversight of Decommissioning Trust Funds Mr. Greg Halnon is the FirstEnergy Vice President Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and President & CNO of GPU Nuclear. Mr. Halnon began his career in 1981 as a system engineer for the fossil fleet at Florida Power Corporation in St. Petersburg Florida. He later moved into nuclear as a system engineer for the Crystal River Nuclear Plant in HVAC and mechanical-thermal systems. Mr. Halnon has over 30 years in engineering, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and line management of nuclear power stations. He has held two Senior Reactor Operator licenses and is a registered professional mechanical engineer in the states of Florida and Ohio. In his career; Mr. Halnon has served as a plant general manager, general engineering manager and quality director at various nuclear units and fleets. He has served on several Small Modular Reactor advisory boards and chaired two Industry SMR Consortiums. Greg presently serves as the nuclear regulatory officer for FirstEnergy Corp. He is also responsible for the leadership of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 decommissioning and Post Defueled Monitored Storage. He has served 7 terms as the National RUG chairman and 3 years as executive sponsor of the industry Reactor Oversight Process Taskforce. Mr. Halnon received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of Central Florida after doing undergraduate agricultural technology research at Virginia Tech. He completed the INPO Senior Plant Managers Professional Development in 1997. He is a qualified ABET accreditation evaluator and a life member of the American Nuclear Society. Leslie Holden Senior Decommissioning Engineer As Senior Decommissioning Engineer for Exelon Generation, Leslie is responsible for the development and implementation of Exelon’s management process and licensing actions for decommissioning. Leslie has more than 25 years of experience with the company and over 35 years of experience in the energy industry. She is currently in Exelon's Corporate Decommissioning Organization. In this role, she is responsible for developing and maintaining the Exelon Decommissioning Management Model (EDMM). The model provides forward planning strategies and licensing actions to safely, efficiently, and economically progress through the decommissioning process once a decision is made to permanently shutdown a nuclear facility. She also oversees decommissioning licensing activities for Exelon facilities that have entered the decommissioning planning process. Leslie joined the company as an intern engineer while attending the University of Illinois (Chicago) and has held positions of increasing expertise in plant operation, emergency preparedness, regulatory compliance, nuclear strategy, and licensing. She was previously licensed by the NRC as a Senior Reactor Operator and served as a Control Room Supervisor/Shift Technical Advisor at Zion Nuclear Power Station. Leslie has also worked as a Senior Research Engineer at the University of Illinois in their Energy Resource Center. Leslie holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois. She also completed the Exelon Leadership Institute through Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Hans Honerlah, CHMM Chief, Radiation Safety Office-Baltimore District Co Author: Decommissioning Opportunities: Two Army Deactivated Nuclear Power Plants Hans B. Honerlah Health Physicist - Chief Radiation Safety Office/Program Manager for the Baltimore District Radiological Health Physics Regional Center of Expertise Environmental and Munitions Design Center Baltimore District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Serves as the Program Manager for the Regional Center of Expertise (RCX) for Health Physics in the Baltimore District USACE. The RCX team supports decommissioning and remedial action efforts for the Deactivated Nuclear Power Plant Program, Formerly Used Sites Remedial Action Program, Formerly Used Defense Sites, EPA Superfund Program, and other Federal Customers. The RCX team has supported radiological surveys and removals worldwide for multiple Federal Agencies. The RCX team plans, organizes, conducts, directs, or reviews surveys of radiation areas. In addition, the team assesses the level of risk associated with the radiation hazards of operations performed within mission areas, as well as interpret and apply Federal and State Regulations, Army Regulations, and USACE Regulations for radiation safety and remediation activities. Mr. Honerlah serves as an active member of the USACE Radiation Safety Support Team, assisting USACE District’s worldwide by addressing any radiological questions and concerns. Mr. Honerlah holds a B.S. Health Professions, Southwest Texas State University and achieved Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM), Master Level, Feb 2001 Eric Howes Director Public and Government Affairs Yankee Atomic Power Company Eric Howes is the Director of Public and Government Affairs for Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company located in Wiscasset, Maine. Mr. Howes has been with Maine Yankee since 1993 working in the areas of federal, state, media, and community relations. He was instrumental in the formation of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel which continues to be active 20 years after its inception in 1997. Mr. Howes was with Maine Yankee the last few years of plant operations, through plant decommissioning, and now for over 10 years of stand-alone Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation operations. Prior to Maine Yankee Mr. Howes served seven years as a State Office Representative for Maine’s United States Senator William S. Cohen. Mr. Howes holds a Master's Degree in public policy from the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service. Gerard Jackson Transportation Security Specialist, Office of Nuclear Security & Incident Response Mr. Jackson joined the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 2008. He is assigned to the Division of Physical and Cyber Security Policy (DPCP) in the office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response (NSIR). He is currently in the Fuel Cycles and Transportation Security Branch, working in Transportation Security Policy. His duties include the planning, coordination, and management of the development and implementation of Commission directed policies and programs for transportation security and physical protection of fissile and radioactive material during all phases of transportation. He conducts technical and regulatory reviews in support of regulatory programs, transportation route approvals, rulemaking support, and licensing. He coordinates activities that involve working within NSIR and other NRC Offices including the Office of International Programs, (OIP) Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR), and Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS). He manages and supports partnership; outreach and coordination with US Government Agencies that include the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, US Coast Guard FBI, and Department of State. Mr. Jackson also represents NSIR to the Commission’s Tribal Policy Working Group, supporting Tribal Policy development, implementation, and outreach for transportation security issues. He also works with the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency in developing international guidance for transportation security. Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Jackson served on both active and reserve duty with the United States Coast Guard (USCG), His last position with the USCG was as the CG FEMA Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer (EPLO) to FEMA Region V (Great Lakes). He awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Joint Service Achievement Medal, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal. He retired March 2014 after 34 years of service with the rank of Commander. Maria G. Korsnick Co Author: Keynote Address: US Decommissioning Market and Opportunities Maria Korsnick is president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear industry’s policy organization in Washington, D.C. Drawing on her engineering background, hands-on experience in reactor operations and a deep knowledge of energy policy and regulatory issues, Korsnick aims to increase understanding of nuclear energy’s economic and environmental benefits among policymakers and the public. Before joining NEI, she was senior vice president of Northeast Operations for Exelon, responsible for overseeing operation of the Calvert Cliffs 1 and 2, R.E. Ginna, and Nine Mile Point 1 and 2 nuclear power plants. Before Exelon, Korsnick served as chief nuclear officer (CNO) and acting chief executive officer at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group. She began her career at Constellation in 1986 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including engineer, operator, manager, site vice president, corporate vice president, and CNO. Korsnick holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Maryland, and has held a Senior Reactor Operator license. Alan Lovett Balch & Bingham LLP Mr. Lovett’s nuclear practice spans new plant construction, operating fleet matters, decommissioning, and nuclear transactions, including expertise in commercial and regulatory matters. Mr. Lovett has been heavily involved in helping clients navigate the transition into decommissioning, including sale of nuclear plants, transfer of NRC licenses, and compliance with decommissioning regulations. Mr. Lovett also serves as a key member of the legal team supporting completion of the new Vogtle units. Mr. Lovett supports several clients’ supply chain organizations in negotiating and administering contracts for plant outage services, fuel contracts, and longterm alliance agreements. In regulatory space, Mr. Lovett represents clients in contested hearings on license amendment requests before licensing board panels and the Commission and advises clients on all manner of regulatory and licensing actions. His experience includes negotiation of nuclear purchase and sale agreements, counsel for NRC license transfers and license amendment requests, negotiation and administration of major construction and design contracts for new plant construction, and negotiation and administration of numerous nuclear supply chain contracts. Mr. Lovett leverages his mechanical engineering background to support his clients as they navigate overlapping technical, regulatory, and commercial issues of first impression for new plants and plants entering decommissioning. Mr. Lovett is a contributing member to semi-annual publications of the Nuclear Committee of the Infrastructure and Regulated Industries Section of the ABA. John E. Matthews Morgan Lewis John E. Matthews assists clients seeking regulatory approvals from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for first-of-its-kind commercial transactions involving nuclear power plants. He also advises on commercial issues relating to nuclear power plants, other nuclear assets, nuclear export controls, certain government contract matters, and NRC review of license transfers. Clients turn to John for guidance regarding decommissioning funding issues and foreign ownership, control or domination (FOCD) issues. Rod McCullum Senior Director, Fuel and Decommissioning Programs Rod McCullum has been working on regulatory issues at NEI since 1998. He has 30 years of nuclear engineering, licensing, management and regulatory policy experience. Currently, at NEI, he leads industry efforts to reduce business risks associated with used nuclear fuel management, commercial nuclear power plant decommissioning, emergent material degradation issues, and the introduction of accident tolerant fuels by directing broad scope technical and regulatory programs. He held prior positions in Government (with the Department of Energy) and Industry (at three commercial nuclear power plants). He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering (University of Cincinnati, 1985) and a Master of Business Administration degree (Lewis University, 2000). Katrina McMurrian Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition A former Florida Public Service Commissioner (2006-2009), Katrina McMurrian currently serves as Executive Director of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition, an ad hoc organization representing the collective interests of member state utility regulators; other state, tribal, and local government officials; electric utilities with operating and shutdown reactors; and other experts on nuclear waste policy matters. McMurrian serves on the Southwest Research Institute Board of Advisory Trustees and is a member of the American Nuclear Society, the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management, and U.S. Women in Nuclear. McMurrian received a Bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Florida State University. Bruce S. Montgomery Director, Decommissioning and Used Fuel Co Author: NRC Perspectives on Nuclear Decommissioning Operations and Rulemaking Bruce Montgomery is currently Director, Decommissioning and Used Fuel at the Nuclear Energy Institute. Bruce has 41 years of commercial nuclear experience, beginning in the late 1970s at Bechtel where he worked on new plant licensing and the TMI-2 post-accident recovery project. He joined Baltimore Gas and Electric in 1982 where he worked in various licensing and engineering capacities at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. Bruce’s experience includes serving in a variety of roles, including a tour at INPO as an engineering evaluator, site engineering director at the Nine Mile Point and the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plants; and corporate roles at Constellation Energy Nuclear Group and Exelon responsible for fleet programs in quality assurance, emergency preparedness, security, and regulatory affairs. Bruce retired from Exelon in 2014 and joined NEI where was engaged in regulatory policy and in development of strategies to promote the commercial nuclear energy industry. Bruce graduated from the US Naval Academy 1976 with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering and is a member of the American Nuclear Society. Rounette K. Nader Director of License Renewal and Decommissioning Rounette K. Nader is the Director of License Renewal and Decommissioning at Duke Energy. Nader is responsible for nuclear license renewal projects and decommissioning strategies for the Duke Energy fleet. Prior to becoming Director of License Renewal and Decommissioning, Nader held positions in Oconee engineering, license renewal, new nuclear plant development, business planning and strategy, and nuclear policy since joining the company in 1992. Nader earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina and is a registered Professional Engineer in South Carolina. Wayne Norton President, CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer Co Author: Lessons Learned from Completed and Active Decommissioning Programs Mr. Norton started his nuclear career as the Construction Manager at Maine Yankee in 1991 and held various management positions at the Plant during the operations and shutdown of the facility. Mr. Norton led the decommissioning of Maine Yankee, Connecticut Yankee and Yankee Rowe as well as the development of their respective dry fuel storage facilities. Of his 26 years of nuclear power plant operational and project management experience, the last 20 years have been associated with commercial nuclear decommissioning and spent fuel management. Mr. Norton has spent the last 16 years in the positions of President, CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer at Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Co., Yankee Atomic Electric Company and Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company. Mr. Norton serves as the Chair of the Decommissioning Plant Coalition; is a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI’s) Board of Directors and the NEI Integrated Used Fuel Management Working Group; is a member of the SONGS Nuclear Oversight Board and the Chair of the Fort Calhoun Decommissioning Oversight Committee. Mr. Norton has a B.S. Engineering from Maine Maritime Academy. Jessie Muir Quintero Environmental Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Ms. Quintero has been with the NRC since May 2006. She has led environmental reviews for new reactor licensing (South Texas Project), reactor license renewal (Nine Mile Point), and now for material licensing reviews. Jessie was the environmental project manager for the Continued Storage Generic Environmental Impact Statement and will be leading the NRC’s effort to update the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for Reactor Decommissioning. Prior to joining the NRC, her previous experience included waste management and environmental compliance with URS and SAIC. Ms. Quintero earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Biosystems Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and Science from Clemson University. Anthony Z. Roisman Vermont Public Utility Commission Anthony Roisman was appointed Chairman of the Public Utility Commission by Governor Phil Scott for a six-year term beginning on June 12, 2017. At the time of his appointment he was consulting with attorneys on environmental litigation, public participation before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and state regulatory agencies, and on the admissibility of expert testimony in complex litigation. In addition to his experience with energy, he has extensive experience litigating claims for injury from exposure to toxic substances. He has also served as Senior Staff Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council (1977-1979), Chief of the Hazardous Waste Section and Special Litigator for Hazardous Waste in the Lands and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1979-1982), and Executive Director of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (1982-1987). He has been an Adjunct Professor and Research Fellow in Environmental Studies at Dartmouth College and lectures frequently with the American Law Institute and others on expert witness admissibility and environmental law. He is a 1960 graduate of Dartmouth College and 1963 graduate of Harvard Law School. Chris Schneidmiller ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums Chris Schneidmiller is Editor-in-Chief of the ExchangeMonitor Publications & Forums, encompassing the daily Weapons Complex Monitor Morning Brief and three weekly newsletters: Weapons Complex Monitor, RadWaste Monitor, and Nuclear Security & Deterrence Monitor. He has more than two decades of experience as a reporter and editor for news publications across the country, most recently as editor of Global Security Newswire, a Washington, D.C.-based online publication that covered international security and WMD proliferation issues. Chris received his bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Texas in Austin, TX, and started his career as a reporter in Roswell, NM. Andrea L. Sterdis Vice President Regulatory and Environmental Affairs Holtec International Andrea Sterdis is the HDI Vice President of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs. In this role she leads the regulatory, licensing and environmental programs for HDI’s decommissioning fleet maintaining fleet focus on regulatory compliance with the site NRC-issued license as well as federal, state and local regulations, standards and permits. Andrea is positioned to drive effective regulatory compliance across the fleet through performance improvement, best practices and lessons-learned in the decommissioning licensing and environmental areas. Her experience drives HDI’s uncompromising commitment to regulatory compliance and contributes to maintaining a strong nuclear safety culture across the fleet. Previously Andrea held the position of Comprehensive Decommissioning International (CDI) VP of Regulatory, Environmental, Quality and Safety. In that role she developed and implemented the CDI regulatory, licensing and environmental programs and supporting infrastructure. Her systematic approach provides a strong, programmatic platform for maintaining compliance with federal, state and local regulations and standards. Andrea also has been the Holtec lead for the development, submittal and licensing acceptance of the Oyster Creek and Pilgrim License Transfer Applications. She led the development and submittal of the HDI revised Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Reports; Site-specific Decommissioning Cost Estimates; and the HDI requests for exemptions to use Nuclear Decommissioning Trust Fund monies to cover the costs of Spent Fuel Management and Site Restoration activities. These HDI submittals support the Pilgrim and Oyster Creek LTA’s. Andrea has 38 years of experience in the nuclear power industry. She has held positions of increasing leadership responsibilities for Westinghouse, TVA, Southern California Edison, SCANA, Atkins Energy/SNC-Lavalin and CDI. Her leadership roles have included Senior positions in regulatory affairs where she was responsible for operating plant licensing; AP600 and AP1000 design certification and COL licensing; SMR licensing; and decommissioning plant licensing and environmental compliance. She also held leadership roles in new plant, operating plant and I&C engineering organizations. Andrea’s experience and her dedication are key to the development of Holtec’s fleet approach to Decommissioning. Andrea brings proven leadership for the successful development and execution of the HDI’s regulatory, licensing and environmental process. James P. (Jay) Tarzia Radiation Safety & Control Services, Inc. Mr. Tarzia is one of the founding Principals and Corporate Executive Directors of Radiation Safety & Control Services, Inc. (RSCS). Over the past 38 years, Mr. Tarzia has held several technical and managerial positions at operating and decommissioning nuclear sites. As Director of RSCS since 1989, he has successfully managed a variety of high-risk radiological decommissioning projects for both Government and commercial nuclear installations. He received both a B.S. and MSc. in Radiological Sciences from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell and earned a M.B.A. from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Tarzia is currently a member of the NEI Task Force on Nuclear Decommissioning, the Chairman of the Governor-appointed New Hampshire State Radiation Advisory Committee, Past Chairman of the American Board of Health Physics, and President-Elect of the American Academy of Health Physics. George Vaughan NAC International, Inc. George Vaughan is Vice President of Business Development, responsible for evaluation, analysis and advancement of new domestic and international programs and projects for NAC International. Mr. Vaughan has over 30 years of nuclear industry experience, with responsibilities that have ranged from technical to profit/loss management performance, with primary emphasis on client and business development. He has worked extensively with U.S. and foreign nuclear energy clients, providing engineering services and equipment meeting U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other applicable regulatory requirements. Mr. Vaughan earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Clemson University. Bruce A. Watson Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of Decommissioning, Office of Nuclear Materials Security and Safeguards Bruce Watson is the Chief, of the Reactor Decommissioning Branch in the Division of Decommissioning Uranium Recovery and Waste Programs in the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. Bruce has been with the NRC since March 2004. He has extensive experience in decommissioning of reactors and materials sites and was the technical lead for the license terminations at Trojan, Maine Yankee, Rancho Seco and Big Rock Point. In May 2010, Bruce was appointed as the Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, and is responsible for power and research reactor, complex materials and uranium decommissioning project management, licensing and inspection programs. He has extensive international decommissioning experience with the IAEA in the development of decommissioning safety guides, served as an expert missions to Georgia and an IRRS Mission to Switzerland and has provided reactor decommissioning workshops in Korea and Taiwan. Prior to joining the NRC, his previous experience included management of decommissioning projects at Rocky Flats and international projects in Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. Bruce has 20 years of reactor operating experience and served as the Radiation Safety Manager at Calvert Cliffs. Bruce has a B.S. from Virginia Tech and is certified by the American Board of Health Physics. He has 40 years of experience in health physics, including over 25 years of management experience. Heather Westra Environmental Program Coordinator Praire Island Indian Community As a consultant to the Prairie Island Indian Community, Welch, Minnesota, Heather Westra has worked in Indian Country for close to 30 years. Ms. Westra has been working with the Prairie Island Indian Community for 25+ years, focusing primarily on regulatory and environmental issues related to the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant and Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation, immediately adjacent to the Prairie Island Mdewakanton Dakota Community’s homeland. Served on the Board of Visitors for the Emergency Management Institute, National Emergency Training Center. Trained over 300 students in EMI’s tribal curriculum-- E580 Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Governments, E581 Emergency Operations for Tribal Officials, and E344 Mitigation for Tribal Officials. Ms. Westra has a BS in Environmental Science from Plymouth State University (New Hampshire). Jay Wileman GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Jay Wileman is the President and CEO of GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH). GEH is a world-leading provider of advanced reactors and nuclear services, with manufacturing, service and sales facilities around the globe. Jay is also responsible for managing the joint venture between the General Electric Corp. (NYSE: GE) and Hitachi Corp. With more than 30 years’ experience, Jay has a wealth of international knowledge, having led many global teams to success across the energy spectrum. Prior to being named to his current position in 2015, Jay served as Senior Vice President, Nuclear Plant Projects and Chief Operating Officer upon his return to GEH in 2012. In 2009, Jay was appointed President and CEO of GE Energy Sub-Saharan Africa where he worked with customers to meet the continent’s needs in oil, natural gas, power generation, water, renewables and new grid modernization. Since joining GE in 1994, Jay has held several senior leadership positions in various GE businesses, including energy, mining, rail and oil and gas in the U.S., Japan, Italy, Australia and South Africa. He began his career as a nuclear fuel engineer and commercial manager at Southern Nuclear. Jay earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Mississippi State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Decommissioning Engineering Manager, Diablo Canyon Power Plant Pacific Gas & Electric Company - PG&E Mike Wright is a Decommissioning Engineering Manager for Pacific Gas & Electric at Diablo Canyon power plant. In this role, he is responsible for the cost estimates and implementation plans for several scopes of work including reactor vessel segmentation, large component removal, cold & dark program, spent fuel pool island and spent fuel management. Diablo Canyon recently completed a site-specific cost estimate and submitted to the California PUC in December 2018, in preparation for the eventual shutdown of Diablo Canyon U1 & U2 in 2024 and 2025, respectively. Mr. Wright began his career at Diablo Canyon in 1988 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including system engineer, maintenance foreman, operation manager, maintenance manager and engineering manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Cincinnati, and has held a Senior Reactor Operator license. 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__label__wiki	0.615372	0.615372	2ТМ > Education > The University of Nova Gorica Is the 203rd in the World and the First in Slovenia The Seventh World Conference on Protection, Automation and Control of Electrical Power Systems The Mechanism of Global Competition for Students The University of Nova Gorica Is the 203rd in the World and the First in Slovenia “According to the RUR (Round University Ranking) international ranking, which evaluates and ranks the best world’s universities, in 2016 the University of Nova Gorica has taken the high 203rd place and become a part of the world’s university elite,” its representatives report. At the same time, the University of Nova Gorica has become the best Slovenian university. Photo: Designed by Flickr Traditionally, the first places in the RUR ranking were taken by the most famous American and British universities, such as the California Institute of Technology, the Stanford University, Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge. The University of Nova Gorica took the 87th place in the field of teaching activities. As reported by its press office, “This has been made possible thanks to an ideal combination of the number of teachers and students.” According to all quality evaluation criteria, the university is seriously ahead of other Slovenian universities and even of a number of the Central European educational institutions, such as the University of Trieste, the Graz University, and the University of Padua. The RUR ranking annually evaluates the best world’s educational institutions and ranks them according to the general index in four sectors: education, research, international activity, and finance. To perform analysis and evaluation, the RUR ranking takes into account the publications of scientific papers in international journals, the information from the annual surveys by the ranking compilers (Thomson Reuters) obtained from the follow-up interviews with the representatives of academic environment, and the statistical data coming directly from the universities. The final result is mainly influenced by the indicators of research and education activities, meanwhile taking into consideration the size of an educational institution, so that the large and small universities could be compared equivalently. The University of Nova Gorica also notes that the European Commission paid much attention to their success. The report of the European Commission on the scientific production of higher educational institutions of the Old World for 2007–2011 years indicates that according to the criteria of scientific achievements and credibility of publications as well as according to their impact on the world science, the University of Nova Gorica is one of the top five educational institutions along with Oxford, Cambridge, the Polytechnic Institute of Lausanne, and the ETH from Zurich. Source: primorske.si	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line501
__label__cc	0.50848	0.49152	← Thanks to Climate Change, This Might be the End of Breakfast as We Know It Endurance → India vs. Africa on Lions and Rhinos When the rest of the world is having conservation issues with endangered and threatened species drastically on the decline, India has been seeing the populations of their species thriving. A new report out has shown that the endangered Indian rhinoceros population is growing – despite poaching. This is a stark contrast compared to its African counterparts who are disappearing faster than they can be counted and are expected to only be in zoos by 2030. Another animal in India that has an African equivalent, the Asiatic lion, has also been making a comeback. What is India doing right and how is Africa failing so severely? In the early 1900s there were around 200 Indian rhinoceros alive in India. Over the years the numbers grew with a surge between 1975 and 1986 where they went from 600 to 1700. The numbers were starting to show a downward trend from 2002 to 2006, but thankfully this did not continue. Rhinos showed a 27 percent rise since 2006 with numbers of the enigmatic giant going from 2,006 to 2,544. This is an impressive increase, especially since poaching has not been eradicated and is still ongoing – 18 rhinos were killed this year. Similarly, Asiatic lions have seen a population increase in India as well. Their success story has been beautifully captured in Roshan Patel’s film, Pride, which has received much recognition. In 1905 there were less than 50 Asiatic lions alive and they were facing extinction. Today there are more than 400 and the number keeps increasing. The population has grown 13 percent since the last count in 2005. A good portion of these lions, 40 percent, are young, which bodes well for the future of the species. In contrast, Africa is losing both their rhinoceros and lion population that could potentially render both extinct in the wild by 2030. Western black rhino, a subspecies of black rhino, was officially declared extinct last year. Since 2002, black and white rhino populations have fallen. The lion population has fared no better. Back in 1860, there were 100,000 lions in the wild. Today there are approximately 32,000 left. The population decrease of lions is largely due to habitat loss, spread of diseases due to climate change, and drought. India nevertheless faces similar threats but still manages to have impressive increases in population. What are they doing right? In the case of the Asiatic lion, the Indian state of Gujart which is home to the entire population of the feline, they have tremendous pride for their lions. There have been many efforts to educate the public of the important role the lions play in the habitat. And they paid off. For the Indian rhinoceros, similar efforts have also been made. Anti-poaching camps have been established in and around wildlife sanctuaries and preserves, the Environmental and Forest Minister has sought out conservation and legal experts to figure out more effective ways to protect the beasts. Africa has made similar efforts, but it seems like they have not taken the matters as seriously and are corrupt internally. Hopefully if India keeps getting recognition for their efforts Africa will pay attention and follow suit. This entry was tagged Africa, African, asiatic lion, black rhino, conservation, endangered, environment, environmental, habitat, India, Indian rhino, ivory, lion, lions, poaching, population, rhino, rhinoceros, success, threatened, white rhino, wildlife. Bookmark the permalink.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line511
__label__wiki	0.652875	0.652875	Collection: Pioneer Days The Stokes Treaty Commission The Osage who left their old home and removed to the Verdigris, were known as the Arkansas Osage. They had no agent until 1822 when Nathaniel Philbrook was appointed sub-agent for them. He was drowned at the mouth of Grand River the latter part of March, 1824 as related by Colonel Chouteau. David Barbour was then appointed in his place at a salary of five hundred dollars yearly. Governor Alexander McNair 1Alexander McNair was born in Derry, Pa., in 1774; served in the Whiskey Insurrection as a lieutenant in 1794; appointed a lieutenant in the regular army April 23, 1799; Governor Houston’s Life Among the Indians The year following his failure to secure the contract, Houston spent writing letters defending his acts and denouncing the officials who had been discharged. In addition to the Indian officials, he poured his wrath and denunciation on Colonel Hugh Love, a trader on the Verdigris whom Houston accused of being in league with the Indian Agent to rob the Creeks; Love replied to Houston with some spirited charges against the latter. Stung by the contents of an article appearing in a Nashville paper, in a burst of passion Houston gave to the press of Nashville a most intemperate letter, July 13, 1831, beginning: Governor Houston at His Trading Post on the Verdigris In February, 1828, the vanguard of Creek immigrants arrived at the Creek Agency on the Verdigris, in charge of Colonel Brearley, and they and the following members of the McIntosh party were located on a section of land that the Government promised in the treaty of 1826 to purchase for them. By the treaty of May 6, 1828, the Government assigned the Cherokee a great tract of land, to which they at once began to remove from their homes in Arkansas. The movement had been under way for some months when there appeared among the Indians the remarkable figure of Samuel Houston. The biographers of Houston have told the world next to nothing of his sojourn of three or four years in the Indian country, an interesting period when he was changing the entire course of his life and preparing for the part he was to play in the drama of Texas. Western Garrison Life Grant Foreman describes the early life in a Western Garrison; providing insights on some of the traders in the region, the deaths of Seaton, Armstrong, Wheelock and Izard, all soldiers obviously familiar to him. But he also shares the story of the elopement of Miss Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of General Taylor, to Lieutenant Jefferson Davis… yes, THAT Jefferson Davis. An interesting section of the chapter are the references to the punishments inflicted upon the soldiers in the event of their disobedience. Painted by Catlin in 1834, the picture attached is of Clermont, chief of the Osage Tribe. Clermont is painted in full length, wearing a fanciful dress, his leggings fringed with scalp-locks, and in his hand his favorite and valued war-club. Fort Gibson Conference with the Indians, 1834 One of the most important Indian conferences ever held in the Southwest, occurred at Fort Gibson in 1834 for it paved the way for agreements and treaties essential to the occupation of a vast country by one hundred thousand members of the Five Civilized Tribes emigrating from east of the Mississippi; to the security of settlers and travelers in a new country; to development of our Southwest to the limits of the United States and beyond and contributed to the subsequent acquisition of the country to the coast, made known to us by the pioneers to Santa Fe and California traveling through the region occupied by the “wild” Indians who, at Fort Gibson, gave assurances of their friendship. It is true, these assurances were not always regarded, and many outrages were afterwards committed on the whites and by the whites, but the Fort Gibson conference was the beginning and basis upon which ultimately these things were accomplished. The Osage Massacre When the treaty council with the Osage at Fort Gibson broke up in disagreement on April 2, 1833, three hundred Osage warriors under the leadership of Clermont departed for the west to attack the Kiowa. It was Clermont’s boast that he never made war on the whites and never made peace with his Indian enemies. At the Salt Plains where the Indians obtained their salt, within what is now Woodward County, Oklahoma, they fell upon the trail of a large party of Kiowa warriors going northeast toward the Osage towns above Clermont’s. The Osage immediately adapted their course to that pursued by their enemies following it back to what they knew would be the defenseless village of women, children, and old men left behind by the warriors. The objects of their cruel vengeance were camped at the mouth of Rainy-Mountain Creek, a southern tributary of the Washita, within the present limits of the reservation at Fort Sill. Colonel Dodge Reaches Villages of Western Indians Trailing through broad and verdant valleys, they went, their progress often arrested by hundreds of acres of plum trees bending to the ground with tempting fruit; crossing oak ridges where the ground was covered with loaded grapevines, through suffocating creek-bottom thickets, undergrowth of vines and briars, laboring up rocky hillsides and laboring down again, the horses picking their way through impeding rocks and boulders, until on the twenty-ninth of the month, two hundred miles from Fort Gibson, General Leavenworth and his staff reached Captain Dean’s camp, a mile or two from the Washita, where there were quartered two companies of Peace Attempts with Western Prairie Indians, 1833 What was known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was entered into in Mississippi with the Choctaw Indians September 27, 1830; 1Kappler, op. cit., vol. ii, 221. pursuant to the terms of the treaty, in 1832 the movement of the Choctaw to their new home between the Canadian and Red rivers was under way but they were in danger from incursions of the Comanche and Pani Picts 2Called by early French traders Pani Pique tattooed Pawnee, and known to the Kiowa and Comanche by names meaning Tattooed Faces. [U.S. Bureau of Ethnology, Handbook of American Indians, part ii, 947.] Washington Irving at Fort Gibson, 1832 The McIntosh Creeks had been located along Arkansas River near the Verdigris on fertile timbered land which they began at once to clear, cultivate, and transform into productive farms. The treaty of 1828 with the Cherokee gave the latter a great tract of land on both sides of Arkansas River embracing that on which the Creeks were located. This was accomplished by a blunder of the Government officials, in the language of the Secretary of War, 1U.S. House, Executive Documents, 22d congress, first session, no. 116, President’s Message submitting the memorial of the Creek Indians. “when we had not a Earliest Known Traders on Arkansas River With the help of contemporary records it is possible to identify some of the early traders at the Mouth of the Verdigris. Even before the Louisiana Purchase, hardy French adventurers ascended the Arkansas in their little boats, hunting, trapping, and trading with the Indians, and recorded their presence if not their identity in the nomenclature of the adjacent country and streams, now sadly corrupted by their English-speaking successors. 1Many tributaries of Arkansas River originally bore French names. There was the Fourche La Feve named for a French family [Thwaites, R. G., editor, Early Western Travels, vol. xiii, 156]; the Petit « Previous Page1 Page2 Next »	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line516
__label__cc	0.609419	0.390581	Archives de Tag: Frick Collection Frick Collection acquires watercolor by French realist Antoine Vollon: View of Dieppe Harbor Posted by alaintruong2014 in 19th Century European Drawings 1873, Antoine Vollon, Frick Collection, View of Dieppe Harbor Antoine Vollon (1833–1900), View of Dieppe Harbor, 1873. The Frick Collection NEW YORK, NY.– Throughout the nineteenth century, the city of Dieppe attracted artists intent on depicting its pebbled beaches, vibrant harbor, and Renaissance château. Turner, Delacroix, Daubigny, Pissarro, and Whistler all spent time in the northern French city, a hub of transportation between Paris and London situated on the English Channel in Normandy. Henry Clay Frick acquired paintings of Dieppe by Daubigny and Turner in 1904 and 1914, respectively. The Frick announces the acquisition of a third view of the city: a splendid watercolor and graphite drawing by the French artist Antoine Vollon (1833–1900), View of Dieppe Harbor, 1873, the generous gift of the preeminent Vollon scholar, Dr. Carol Forman Tabler, in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander A. Forman III. Next summer, this work will be featured in a presentation of rarely seen drawings from the museum’s permanent collection. Landscape Drawings in The Frick Collection, organized by the Frick’s Research Assistant Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, will be on view in the Cabinet Gallery from June 9 to September 13, 2015. Comments Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator Xavier F. Salomon, “Vollon was an immensely well-connected artist, celebrated in his lifetime. This superb drawing is a welcome addition to the Frick’s stellar collection of works on paper, and we are thrilled to have an example of the artist’s work in the collection.” THE ALLURE OF DIEPPE Having trained primarily as a printmaker in his native Lyon, Vollon launched a successful career as a painter and draftsman in Paris about 1859. Although known as a painter of still lifes, he dedicated himself as well, if more privately, to landscape. Like the Barbizon School painters who preceded him and the Impressionists who were his contemporaries, Vollon’s interest lay with unpretentious subjects and the ephemeral qualities of nature. Signed and dated 1873, View of Dieppe Harbor is among Vollon’s earliest representations of the port city, which he visited intermittently between 1873 and 1876. During this period, he produced several works—sketches, finished drawings, and large-scale oil paintings—depicting Dieppe’s landscape, architecture, and inhabitants. A longstanding center of the fishing industry and international trade and, beginning in the 1820s, a seaside resort known for its baths, casino, and theater, Dieppe was a cosmopolitan city that yet offered Vollon an abundance of rustic subjects. This watercolor presents a panoramic vista of the city from the southern side of the port’s inner harbor, looking north. At the center of a dense swath of land that spans the width of the sheet, beneath a large expanse of sky, lies the Gothic church of St. Jacques. Dieppe’s white cliffs and château rise in the distance at left, obscuring the channel on the other side. This vantage point thus affords a view not of scenic beaches and grand ships, but of rough-hewn buildings and small fishing boats. Masts rise throughout the composition and tiny figures—probably fishermen—appear on the shore. The two women in the foreground wear the headdresses, billowing skirts, and clogs typical of the residents of Le Pollet, a fishing community on the harbor’s eastern shore that was characterized in literature of the period as a simple, pre-industrialized society, timeless in its dress and customs. The women’s presence in this calm scene is akin to that of the villagers and farmers in many landscapes of the Barbizon School and particularly to the laundresses in the rural views of Charles-François Daubigny, Vollon’s close friend and mentor. They represent the quotidian life of the harbor and play an important, if subtle, role in the artist’s overall evocation of the atmosphere of the place. Although Vollon depicted the same view in a small oil painting (now lost), this large watercolor is an independent, finished sheet of the kind contemporary collectors eagerly sought. It contains a remarkable wealth of architectural and nautical details but remains, like many of the artist’s canvases, deliberately sketchy in finish. The swift application of watercolor with a very wet brush across the laid paper leaves the depressions in the sheet clean. These and other untouched areas impart a subdued luminosity to the entire scene—as if bathed in the gray light of a sun filtered through thick cloud cover. The bold strokes of light blue in the sky suggest rapidly passing clouds and strong winds of salt air. The sheet bears a dedication to Madame Dumas, née Nadezhda von Knorring, the wife of the celebrated French playwright and novelist Alexandre Dumas fils. At their home in Puy, near Dieppe, the couple hosted various artists and writers, including Vollon. They became admiring patrons, acquiring no fewer than eighteen works by the artist. Vollon most likely presented this watercolor to Madame Dumas as a gift of thanks for her hospitality during his first visit to the region. A SHARED VIEW OF THE CITY In the summer of 1876, Vollon and Daubigny made overlapping trips to Dieppe. The older artist’s painting of the city’s inner harbor (also in The Frick Collection) resulted from studies he made during this stay, and it shows the same view as Vollon’s watercolor. These good friends, who held similar artistic interests and ambitions, may well have shared their various depictions of Dieppe with one another. Working in oil, Daubigny achieves a sense of immediacy and liveliness of execution similar to that of Vollon’s watercolor, with loose, largely unblended strokes of buttery paint, in some areas thinly applied, in others thick with impasto. Whereas Vollon opted for cool, silvery shades, Daubigny employed his preferred palette of warm tones of green and brown, with touches of yellow and red throughout. Here, the bright white reflections on the calm water, together with the haze over the horizon and the slight blur of the buildings in the background, suggest the heat of a blazing summer sun. Like Vollon, Daubigny presents a quiet moment, his scene animated only by the illusion of fleeting movements of light, water, and air, of rocking boats and swaying masts. Both artists aimed to capture the universal qualities of the natural world, as well as the distinctive atmosphere of the historic port city in which they, and many artists before and after them, found continual inspiration. LANDSCAPE DRAWINGS IN THE FRICK COLLECTION In the summer of 2015, the Frick will present a selection of landscape drawings from its small but superb collection of works on paper. These sheets—many of which have rarely been on view—range in date from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century and include examples by Claude, Rembrandt, Corot, Rousseau, Whistler, and others. Depicting quotidian life in the country, urban scenes, and imagined views of timeless Arcadian realms, the works reveal thematic continuities across four centuries. The newly acquired View of Dieppe Harbor by Vollon finds an ideal context amid drawings by the artist’s contemporaries and forebears, with whom he shared a drive to investigate the technical possibilities for representing the light and textures of the natural and built environment. The installation, which will be on view in the Frick’s Cabinet Gallery, provides an opportunity to showcase the acquisition and this growing and vital part of the permanent collection, as well as to explore the approaches of artists over time to the representation of three-dimensional space and intangible atmospheric effects on paper. Landscape Drawings in The Frick Collection runs from June 9 through September 13, 2015. FRICK ART REFERENCE LIBRARY RECEIVES RELATED ARCHIVAL COLLECTION In May 2014, The Frick Art Reference Library acquired correspondence and other documents (approximately 450 items) relating to Antoine Vollon, his son, Alexis Vollon, and their peers, as a gift from Dr. Carol Forman Tabler. The materials were assembled by Dr. Tabler through gifts and purchases made during the course of her research. This acquisition complements other archival collections held by the Library, such as the Pierre Miquel study notes on nineteenth-century French landscape painting and the Frank Stokes collection of photographs of artists in their Paris studios (ca. 1890). Walter Gay, The Fragonard Room at the Frick Collection, 1926 Posted by alaintruong2014 in American Art Frick Collection, The Fragonard Room, Walter Gay Walter Gay, The Fragonard Room at the Frick Collection, 1926. (Source: architecturaldigest.com) François Boucher (1703 – 1770), The Arts and Sciences Posted by alaintruong2014 in Old Master Paintings 1750-1752, Château de Crécy, Comedy and Tragedy, Fowling and Horticulture, François Boucher, Frick Collection, Madame de Pompadour, Singing and Dancing, The Arts and Sciences François Boucher (1703 – 1770), The Arts and Sciences: Fowling and Horticulture, 1750-1752, oil on canvas. Madame de Pompadour, Château de Crécy. The Frick Collection © The Frick Collection François Boucher (1703 – 1770), The Arts and Sciences: Comedy and Tragedy, 1750-1752, oil on canvas. Madame de Pompadour, Château de Crécy. The Frick Collection © The Frick Collection François Boucher (1703 – 1770), The Arts and Sciences: Singing and Dancing, 1750-1752, oil on canvas. Madame de Pompadour, Château de Crécy. The Frick Collection © The Frick Collection Lord Leighton’s Iconic Flaming June to be on view at the Frick Collection next summer Posted by alaintruong2014 in 19th Century European Paintings c.1895, Flaming June, Frederic Leighton, Frick Collection Frederic Leighton (1830–1896), Flaming June, c.1895, oil on canvas, Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. NEW YORK, NY.- Next summer, The Frick Collection will present Sir Frederic Leighton’s celebrated painting Flaming June from the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico. This monumental image of a sleeping woman in a brilliant orange gown is a masterpiece of British painting that has not been seen by New York City audiences in twenty years. Indeed, as a collection highlight of its home institution, the work is seldom lent and is rarely shown in the United States. The work will be installed on a wall in the center of the Oval Room, surrounded by the Frick’s four full-length portraits by James McNeill Whistler, an artist who was part of Leighton’s London circle. Both artists responded in different ways to the Aesthetic movement, a precursor to modernism. This single-work exhibition will be accompanied by an illustrated booklet with essays by Frick Senior Curator Susan Grace Galassi and by Pablo Perez d’Ors, Associate Curator of European Paintings, Museo de Arte de Ponce. Comments Galassi, “We are very happy to have this opportunity to present a work by Frederic, Lord Leighton and to collaborate with the distinguished Puerto Rican museum―both for the first time. Seeing the British painter’s arresting masterpiece surrounded by the four full-length portraits by the American expatriate―long familiar to a Frick audience―will bring out the distinctive qualities of each of these dominating figures. We also look forward to deepening the experience for visitors through related public programming and other offerings.” Support for the exhibition is generously provided by The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and Marianna and Juan Sabater. Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) was a prominent painter and sculptor active in London for nearly four decades. An intellectual artist known chiefly for his treatment of literary subjects, he produced a wide-ranging oeuvre that bridges academic classicism and modernism. His interests in the evocation of mood and in the harmonies of color and line in their own right are especially evident in his depictions of women in states of slumber or deep self-reflection. A favored subject of later nineteenth-century artists, the “sleeping beauty” embodied notions of timelessness and remoteness from the mundane and alluded to antique and Renaissance representations of women in repose. Based on works by Michelangelo and developed through meticulous studies of a live model, the figure in Leighton’s Flaming June appears at once a carefully wrought design and supremely natural. The woman’s sinuous form fills the space of the picture. Her torso and limbs are compressed into a rhythmic arrangement of curves and angles. With remarkable skill, Leighton conveys the weight of the body and suggests the pulse of living flesh beneath gauzy veils of fabric. The vibrant colors of gown, scarves, and hair blaze against cool white stone, and the reflection of the bright midday sun on the shimmering sea in the background evokes a sultry atmosphere brimming with sensuality. The bold approach both to color and to the presentation of the female body distinguishes this modern classical masterpiece.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line520
__label__cc	0.73606	0.26394	Universal Theory of Life Are we alone? This question is as old as humankind itself. For millennia, people have turned their eyes to the stars and wondered if there are others like themselves out there. Does life, be it similar to our own or not, exist elsewhere in our Solar System? Our Galaxy? Until 1992, when the first exoplanet was confirmed, it was uncertain whether there were even any planets outside those in our own Solar System. Today we know of over 3000 planets around other stars and thousands of planet candidates. Do any of these planets have conditions that would support life? What conditions favor the formation of terrestrial-class planets in developing planetary systems? NASA can help address these questions by developing missions designed to find and characterize extrasolar planetary systems. If there is life out there, it probably doesn’t look anything like us. However, if a planet has the capacity to create and sustain life - whether as bacteria or as little green men - it is fairly certain that, like ourselves and other life forms on our own planet, alien life forms have evolved to survive and prosper in that environment. Just for fun, take the tests below to see if you can imagine what kinds of beings might live on the four planetary environments suggested. By clicking and dragging each one, take items from the pool of possible body parts, and attach them to the blank alien’s head, bearing in mind the conditions on each planet, and - build your own alien. Build your own Alien click here for planet 1...	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line521
__label__wiki	0.907431	0.907431	Tag: nba The Orlando Magic were able to hold off the Chicago Bulls, 97-91 The Chicago Bulls have been going through a lot of drama on and off the court lately. Not only was Fred Hoiberg relieved of his head coaching duties over a week ago, but the Chicago Bulls recently suffered their worst loss in franchise history against the Boston Celtics, 133-77. Having a new head coach didn’t seem to make matters better as there have been reports that he would have players go through a two-and-a-half hour practice, which most of the players are against. The Chicago Bulls would look avoid a third straight loss and a ninth straight road defeat as they battle the Orlando Magic at the Amway Center. The Magic, on the other hand, are trying to get away from a fourth straight loss. The Chicago Bulls and the Orlando Magic have seen each other a total of 116 times in the past as the Bulls won 64 games while the Magic ended up winning only 52 of those matchups. This game will mark the first of four times that these two ball clubs will meet up during this season. Last season, the Bulls swept the Magic in their regular-season series, 4-0. Chicago Bulls: -Denzel Valentine (ankle) -Antonio Blakeney (coach’s decision; 9.5 PPG, 1.9 RPG, 0.5 APG, 42.6 FG%, 44.8 3P%, 65.7 FT%) -Cristiano Felicio (coach’s decision; 3.4 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 0.5 APG, 56.3 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 73.7 FT%) -Cameron Payne (coach’s decision; 6.0 PPG, 1.8 RPG, 2.8 APG, 40.3 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 88.0 FT%) -Tyler Ulis (G-League; 0.0 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.0 APG) -Chandler Hutchison (illness; 4.2 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 0.8 APG, 42.6 FG%, 25.0 3P%, 55.6 FT%) -Rawle Alkins (G-League) Orlando Magic: -Timofey Mozgov (knee) -Khem Birch (coach’s decision; 2.4 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.2 APG, 58.8 FG%, 100.0 FT%) -Isaiah Briscoe (coach’s decision; 1.9 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 0.9 APG, 42.1 FG%, 100.0 3P%, 40.0 FT%) -Wesley Iwundu (coach’s decision; 4.4 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.0 APG, 37.5 FG%, 31.8 3P%, 77.8 FT%) -Jarell Martin (coach’s decision; 2.7 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.6 APG, 35.4 FG%, 21.1 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Troy Caupain (G-League) -Amile Jefferson (G-League) -Melvin Frazier (0.0 PPG, 0.3 RPG, 0.0 APG, 0.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%) Both the Orlando Magic and the Chicago Bulls would put up a good fight in this game as they each shot in the high 40 percents in the first half. Nikola Vucevic scored 13 points for the Magic while hitting a three-pointer late in the second quarter. Former Nuggets player Evan Fournier was kept to just 6 points but was able to get off two assists in the 15 minutes that he played. D.J. Augustin also had six points but he would collect his from beyond the arc. Aaron Gordon was only able to score three points which came from the charity stripe. He finished the game with a total of 8 points. Terrence Ross played the most minutes off the bench but only scored six points, hitting a trey early in the second quarter. On the other end of the court, the 2014-2015 All-Rookie selection Zach LaVine got hot for 14 points as he shot 67 percent from the floor. He earned three of those points from behind the arc while recording 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and one steal. Rookie Wendell Carter helped out with six points while Kris Dunn had five points and three rebounds off the bench. Lauri Markkanen ended up with four points, three from distance and one from the free-throw line. Robin Lopez played 15 minutes off the bench as he had five points but it was the home team that went into the locker room with a 51-46 lead. Both teams continued to fight in the second half but the Bulls showed more accuracy as they completed 52 percent of their shots, holding the Florida team to 35 percent shooting. Justin Holiday, who is averaging 13 points a game this season, lit the floor up with 16 points, drilling 4 three-pointers in the process. LaVine would cool down as he only had nine points and four turnovers. The Orlando Magic, however, found a way to continue to pull away as Vucevic dropped 13 more points, leading the Magic to a 97 to 91 victory over the Bulls. This victory would bring a halt to the Magic’s three-game skid. Nikola Vucevic finished the game with 26 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and one block while Zach LaVine settled for 23 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals. So…what’s next? The Chicago Bulls will travel over to Texas to meet up with DeMar DeRozan (24.1 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 6.2 APG, 48.0 FG%, 17.1 3P%) and the San Antonio Spurs (14-14) on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. This will be the second and final game between these two teams this season. Last time they saw each other was on November 26 when the San Antonio Spurs snuck away from the Bulls, 108-107. During that game, DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points, pulled down 8 rebounds, and dished off 5 assists while Zach LaVine had 28 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. The Orlando Magic will host Donovan Mitchell (20.8 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 3.2 APG, 42.8 FG%, 30.3 3P%) and the Utah Jazz (14-15) on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. This matchup will mark the first of two meetings between these ball clubs during this season. The Magic ended up getting swept in the regular-season series against the Jazz last season, 0-2. illnois The Mavericks hand the Hawks a 114-107 loss It’s been three years since the Dallas Mavericks have made a postseason appearance and eight years since their first and only championship. With the 7th seed in their possession and holding onto a 14-11 record, they will look to sneak into the playoffs this year. The last time they made the playoff, they lost in the first round to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 1-4. The Mavericks will hope to grab a third straight victory as they host the Atlanta Hawks at the American Airlines Center. As for the Georgia team, they were able to bring a halt to a four-game losing streak by defeating the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, 106 to 98. The Hawks made it to the playoffs ten straight times before seeing it come to an end during the 2017-2018 season. The Hawks and the Mavericks have met up a grand total of 75 times in the past as Hawks won 43 games while the Dallas Mavericks were held to just 32 wins. This will be the second and final time that these two squads will see each other this season. The last time they met up was on October 24 when the Hawks handed the Mavericks a 111-104 loss. Kent Bazemore finished that contest with 32 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals while Wesley Matthews settled for 23 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists. Atlanta Hawks: -Daniel Hamilton (coach’s decision; 1.5 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.5 APG, 25.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 50.0 FT%) -Omari Spellman (hip; 6.3 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.0 APG, 38.6 FG%, 31.7 3P%, 75.0 FT%) -Jeremy Lin (back; 11.0 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 3.1 APG, 51.2 FG%, 41.3 3P%, 84.1 FT%) -Taurean Prince (ankle; 15.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 2.3 APG, 43.1 FG%, 36.7 3P%, 83.3 FT%) -Miles Plumlee (knee; 4.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 0.9 APG, 68.2 FG%, 57.1 FT%) -Alex Poythress (G-League; 5.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 0.8 APG, 53.1 FG%, 35.7 3P%, 47.1 FT%) Dallas Mavericks: -Ryan Broekhoff (coach’s decision; 1.5 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.2 APG, 35.0 FG%, 29.4 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Salah Mejri (coach’s decision; 1.8 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 0.3 APG, 54.5 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Dennis Smith (wrist; 13.5 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 4.2 APG, 44.0 FG%, 35.9 3P%, 66.7 FT%) -Daryl Macon (G-League; 0.0 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.0 APG) -Ray Spalding (G-League; 0.0 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.0 APG) -Kostas Antetokounmpo (G-League) -Dirk Nowitzki (ankle) Both teams would start off hot as the Mavericks shot 45 percent from the field while the Hawks completed 43 percent of their shots. John Collins scored 12 points for the Georgia team while gathering 8 rebounds and one assist. He had help from Kent Bazemore, who offered 11 points, which included a three-pointer early in the first quarter. Rookie Kevin Huerter had eight points while knocking down 2 three-pointers in the second quarter. The other rookie, Trae Young, also had eight points which included two treys. Alex Len played the most minutes off the bench but was kept to just two points. On the other end of the floor, Luka Doncic chalked up 12 points while recording five rebounds and three assists. 2014-2015 NBA champion Harrison Barnes had 11 points while drilling 3 three-pointers in the first period. Former Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan chipped in with 7 points, along with seven rebounds and one assist. Dorian Finney-Smith played 14 minutes off the bench as he had five points but it was the visiting team that went into halftime with a 52-51 lead. The Texas team would close things out in the second half as they went on a 63-55 run, completing 49 percent of their attempted shots. During that run, Barnes continued to add to his scoring total as he put up 14 more points, which held two three-pointers. Doncic had 12 points while grabbing 5 rebounds, dishing off 3 assists, recording one steal and one block. As for the Hawks, they tried to stay in it as Young got hot for 16 points while shooting 57 percent from the floor. Both Huerter and Bazemore helped out with 11 points each while John Collins contributed with 8 points. Dewayne Dedmon scored seven points in the 18 minutes that he played in the second half but it wouldn’t matter as the Dallas Mavericks escaped with a 114-107 win. Harrison Barnes finished the game with 25 points, 3 rebounds, and one steal while Trae Young had 24 points, 10 assists, and 2 steals. The Atlanta Hawks will head to the TD Garden to take on Kyrie Irving (22.5 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 6.4 APG, 48.2 FG%, 39.1 3P%) and the Boston Celtics (17-10) on Friday at 7:00 p.m. This will mark the second of four matchups between these two teams this season. The last time they met up was on November 23 when the Celtics came away with a 114-96 win. During that game, Aron Baynes scored 16 points, pulled down 9 rebounds, dished off 4 assists, and blocked one shot while Jeremy Lin finished with 19 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, and 3 steals. The Dallas Mavericks will head out to Arizona to battle T.J. Warren (17.4 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 1.3 APG, 51.4 FG%, 43.0 3P%) and the Phoenix Suns (4-24) tomorrow at 10:30 p.m. This will be the second of four more times that these ball clubs will play each other this season. October 17 was the last time they met up as the Suns won the season opener, 121-100. Devin Booker finished that game with 35 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists while Dwight Powell had 16 points, 5 rebounds, one steal, and one block. trae The Spurs are able to hold off the Jazz, 110-97 The San Antonio Spurs are in danger of missing the playoffs for the first time in 21 years. The last time they failed to make a postseason appearance was back during the 1996-1997 season, a season before they drafted Tim Duncan. Since then, they have won five championships, the most recent one against the Miami Heat in the 2014 Playoffs. Right now, they sit at the 13th seed in the Western Conference with a 12-14 record, hoping to grab a second straight win over the Utah Jazz at home. The Jazz, on the other hand, are trying to make the playoffs for a third straight time, losing the last two in the Western Conference Semifinals; one against the Golden State Warriors and one against the Houston Rockets. The Utah Jazz will hope to win for a third straight time. The San Antonio Spurs and the Utah Jazz have battled each other a grand total of 210 times in the past as the Jazz won 94 games while the Spurs went on to win 116 games. This meeting will mark the second of three matchups between these two ball clubs. The last time they saw each other was on December 4 when the Jazz blew the Spurs out of the building, 139-105. Donovan Mitchell finished that game with 20 points, one rebound, 2 assists, and 2 steals while Jakob Poeltl had 20 points, 7 rebound, one assist, and one block. San Antonio Spurs: -Dante Cunningham (abdomen; 4.3 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 1.3 APG, 44.7 FG%, 44.2 3P%, 90.0 FT%) -Pau Gasol (foot; 6.8 PPG, 6.1 RPG, 3.3 APG, 51.2 FG%, 57.1 3P%, 72.2 FT%) -Dejounte Murray (knee) -Davis Bertans (personal; 7.2 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 0.9 APG, 48.0 FG%, 44.9 3P%, 93.3 FT%) -Lonnie Walker (G-League) -Ben Moore (G-League) Utah Jazz: -Tony Bradley (G-League) -Naz Mitrou-Long (G-League; 0.0 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.0 APG, 0.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%) -Georges Niang (3.3 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.5 APG, 44.0 FG%, 38.2 3P%, 85.7 FT%) -Tyler Cavanaugh (G-League) The San Antonio Spurs would show dominance in the first half as they shot 50 percent from the field, limiting the Utah Jazz to 36 percent shooting. DeMar DeRozan, who averaged 20 points a game in his first 9 years with the Raptors, got hot for 16 points in the first half of this contest. He also had 5 defensive rebounds and 2 steals while LaMarcus Aldridge chipped in with 14 points on 78 percent shooting. Aldridge used his 6’11” height to his advantage as he pulled down 5 boards and blocked 2 shots from going in. Brooklyn-native Rudy Gay was kept to just three points in the half while Bryn Forbes was able to cough up four points. Derrick White scored only two points in the 16 minutes that he played as he attempted just three shots. Marco Belinelli, who averaged a career-high 14 points last season, played the most minutes off the bench as he scored 8 points, including two 3-pointers in the first. On the other end of the court, the Jazz’s leading scorer this season, Donovan Mitchell, was kept completely scoreless in the 18 minutes that he played in the first half. He did manage to grab 3 defensive rebounds while stealing the ball twice from his opponent. Thabo Sefolosha came off the bench to carry the load as he had 9 points, shooting a perfect 100 percent from the field. He also had a trey while Rudy Gobert helped out with 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, and one block. Ricky Rubio also had seven points which held a three-pointer in the first period. Royce O’Neale played 13 minutes off the bench as he had 5 points but it was the home team that went into halftime with a huge 54 to 36 lead. Mitchell came out of the locker room hot as he lit the floor up with 27 points to make up for his poor performance in the first half. He shot 53 percent from the field while hitting 3 three-pointers. Rubio also scored more in this half as he had 19 points, finishing the game out with a total of 26 points. Gobert added 5 more points to his scoring total while Derrick Favors had only two points, going scoreless in the first session. O’Neale played the most minutes off the bench as he didn’t even attempt a shot. As for the 5-time champions, Gay made up for his first-half performance as he had 20 points on 90 percent shooting. He also had 10 rebounds, 2 assists, one steal, and one block while DeRozan saw to it that he got 12 points. Forbes was able to get it going as he earned 11 points while LaMarcus Aldridge had just six points. Former Portland Trail Blazers guard Patty Mills played 14 minutes off the bench as he had just a three-pointer but the Spurs were still able to hand the Jazz a 110-97 defeat. DeMar DeRozan finished the game with 26 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, and one block while Donovan Mitchell had 27 points, 5 rebounds, one assist, 2 steals, and one block. The San Antonio Spurs will host Deandre Ayton (15.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2.5 APG, 59.5 FG%, 00.0 3P%) and the struggling Phoenix Suns (4-22) on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. This game will mark the third of four times that these teams will battle each other during this season. The last time they saw each other was on November 14 when the Spurs fell to the Suns, 96-116. During that game, T.J. Warren scored 27 points, pulled down 4 rebounds, gave out 2 assists, and committed 3 steals while DeMar DeRozan finished with 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Utah Jazz will visit Oklahoma to take on Paul George (24.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 4.4 APG, 42.3 FG%, 35.2 3P%) and the Oklahoma City Thunder (16-8) on Monday at 8:00 p.m. This will be the first of four matchups between these teams this season. Last season, the Oklahoma City Thunder won the regular-season series, 3-1, but ended up losing in the first round of those playoffs to the Jazz, 2-4. derozan roty The Memphis Grizzlies overpower the New Orleans Pelicans, 107-103 The Memphis Grizzlies are currently in the midst of recovering from one of their worst seasons ever as they finished last year with a 22-60 record. Last time they had a record that bad was back in the 2007-2008 season, the year before they drafted Marc Gasol. The Grizzlies are coming fresh off a 96-86 win that earned over the impressive Los Angeles Clippers, who are also recovering from a disappointing previous season. The Grizzlies will look to grab a second straight win over the New Orleans Pelicans. As for the Pelicans, their season isn’t going as they planned as they are sitting at the eleventh spot in the Western Conference with a 13-13 record. Last year, they made the Playoffs but fell to the Golden State Warriors in the Semifinals, 1-4. Since then, they have been without DeMarcus Cousins, who averaged twenty-five points a game in the two seasons he spent with them. The Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans have battled each other a total of 60 times in the past as the Pelicans defeated the Grizzlies 32 times while the Pelicans captured 28 wins. This meeting between the two teams tonight will mark the first of four times that these two ball clubs will see each other during this season. Last season, the regular-season series between these teams were tied at two apiece. Memphis Grizzlies: -Dillon Brooks (knee; 6.8 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.9 APG, 40.9 FG%, 36.8 3P%, 77.8 FT%) -Chandler Parsons (knee; 5.7 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 0.7 APG, 41.2 FG%, 30.0 3P%) -Wayne Selden (coach’s decision; 5.8 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 41.1 FG%, 34.1 3P%, 86.7 FT%) -D.J. Stephens (coach’s decision) -Jevon Carter (G-League) -Ivan Rabb (G-League; 2.1 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.7 APG, 61.5 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 60.0 FT%) -Yuta Watanabe (G-League; 1.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.0 APG, 0.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Nikola Mirotic (illness; 18.9 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 1.1 APG, 46.5 FG%, 36.4 3P%, 83.8 FT%) -Elfrid Payton (finger; 9.7 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 5.3 APG, 47.1 FG%, 42.9 3P%, 63.6 FT%) -Ian Clark (coach’s decision; 4.0 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 1.3 APG, 37.0 FG%, 31.1 3P%, 90.0 FT%) -Andrew Harrison (coach’s decision; 3.8 PPG, 1.3 RPG, 1.4 APG, 31.0 FG%, 20.0 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Wesley Johnson (coach’s decision; 4.4 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 0.8 APG, 42.1 FG%, 43.2 3P%, 83.3 FT%) -Jahlil Okafor (coach’s decision; 3.0 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.1 APG, 50.0 FG%, 100.0 FT%) -Trevon Bluiett (G-League) -Frank Jackson (G-League; 4.3 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 0.6 APG, 36.5 FG%, 29.6 3P%, 71.4 FT%) -Kenrich Williams (0.8 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.0 APG, 33.3 FG%, 50.0 3P%) Both teams made it very clear that this will not be a game that one would run away with as the Grizzlies closed the first quarter out with a 31-30 lead. The New Orleans Pelicans ended up shooting 55 percent from the field in the first half while the Memphis Grizzlies completed 49 percent of their shots. Marc Gasol chalked up 12 points in the first half, earning four of those points from the free-throw line. This would mark Joakim Noah’s second game in a Grizzlies uniform as he scored four points in his season debut against the Los Angeles Clippers. Noah looked a little better this time around as he put up nine points on 80 percent shooting. He also had four defensive rebounds and two assists as he came off the bench. Mike Conley, who is averaging a career-high 21 points this season, struggled from the field as he made only 2 of his 6 shots, finishing the game with nine points. Former Philadelphia 76ers guard Shelvin Mack played the most minutes off the bench but was held scoreless, only attempting 3 shots. As for the Pelicans, Anthony Davis tallied 6 points in the first quarter and 13 points in the second quarter. He shot 73 percent from the field while pulling down six rebounds, committed one steal, and preventing three shots from going in. Julius Randle, who averaged 19 points for the Los Angeles Lakers last season, scored 13 points while Jrue Holiday chipped in 12 points. E’Twaun Moore played 11 eleven minutes off the bench but only had two points to show for it as the home team walked into the locker room with a tight 60-58 lead over the Memphis team. The Grizzlies would take it upon themselves to close things out as they sparked up a 49 to 43 run, limiting the Louisiana team to just 36 percent shooting. JaMychal Green scored 13 points off the bench while New York-native Kyle Anderson had 12 points. Both Green and Anderson had a three-pointer in the third quarter while shooting 71 percent from the field each. Marc Gasol and Mike Conley would be limited to just three points each but Conley would take his from the charity stripe while Gasol had a trey. Randle tried his best to keep the Pelicans involved with 13 points, along with 9 rebounds and 2 steals. But it wouldn’t help that he had two turnovers. Davis, who has averaged a double-double in all but one of his seasons (his first season), was kept to just six points on 20 percent shooting. But he did have 5 rebounds, 3 assists, one steal, and one block in the final 17 minutes that he played. Holiday helped out with 8 points but it was Memphis Grizzlies who pulled away with a 107-103 win. JaMychal Green finished with a season-high 24 points, along with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and a season-high three 3-pointers. Julius Randle had 26 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals. The Memphis Grizzlies will host LeBron James (28.4 PPG, 7.6 RPG, 6.6 APG, 52.5 FG%, 36.9 3P%) and the Los Angeles Lakers (15-9) on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. This game will mark the first of three times that these two teams will fight each other this season. They tied the regular-season series up two apiece last season. The New Orleans Pelicans will travel to Michigan to take on Blake Griffin (24.9 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 5.0 APG, 46.4 FG%, 36.2 3P%) and the Detroit Pistons (13-9) on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. This will be the first of two times that these squads will see each other this season. The Pelicans were able to sweep the Pistons last season in their regular-season series, 2-0. joakim The Chicago Bulls push through the Oklahoma City Thunder, 114-112 The Chicago Bulls are currently trying to avoid an 8th straight loss as they take on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the United Center. The last time the Bulls suffered an 8-game losing streak was last year when they lost a total of 10 straight. They are tied with the Atlanta Hawks for the worst record in the East at 5-20 and at risk of missing the playoff for a second straight time. As for the Thunder, they are coming fresh off a 114-112 win against the Brooklyn Nets, all thanks to Paul George, who nailed a clutch 3-pointer to secure the win. They are looking for their 5th straight victory. The Thunder and the Bulls have played each other a grand total of 151 times in the past as the Thunder won 74 games while the Chicago team pulled out 77 wins. This will mark the first of two matchups between these ball clubs this season. The Thunder swept the Chicago Bulls last season in their season series, 2-0. Oklahoma City Thunder: -Andre Roberson (knee) -Deonte Burton (coach’s decision; 3.5 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.4 APG, 44.4 FG%, 33.3 3P%, 83.3 FT%) -Raymond Felton (coach’s decision; 4.8 PPG, 1.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 35.2 FG%, 17.9 3P%, 88.9 FT%) -Abdel Nader (coach’s decision; 1.2 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.1 APG, 50.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%) -Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (2.5 PPG, 1.1 RPG, 0.3 APG, 33.3 FG%, 25.0 3P%, 66.7 FT%) -Tyler Davis (G-League; 0.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.0 APG, 0.0 FG%) -Kris Dunn (knee; 9.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 7.0 APG, 30.8 FG%, 25.0 3P%) -Bobby Portis (knee; 10.5 PPG, 10.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, 41.5 FG%, 27.3 3P%, 55.6 FT%) The Chicago Bulls would have control in the first half as they completed 57 percent of the shots they put up, limiting the Oklahoma City Thunder to 46 percent shooting. The 2018-2018 All-Rookie selection Lauri Markkanen scored 16 points while knocking down four 3-pointers. He also had 3 rebounds while Zach LaVine contributed with 13 points, 3 defensive rebounds, and 6 assists. He was able to drill a trey midway through the first session while Ryan Arcidiacono had a 3-pointer in the first period. He finished the game with just those three points. Robin Lopez played the most minutes off the bench as he chipped in with 10 points. On the other end of the court, Steven Adams put up 17 of Oklahoma City’s 62 points while pulling down 5 rebounds but had three turnovers. Paul George scored 16 points which included a 3-pointer before the first quarter expired. He shot 63 percent from the field in the first half but struggled overall as he only made 6 of his 16 shots attempted in the game, ending with 38 percent shooting from the field, lowest of all five Thunder starters. Russell Westbrook recorded 9 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, and 2 steals while Terrance Ferguson was held scoreless in the 14 minutes that he played, attempting only two shots. Former Atlanta Hawks point guard Dennis Schroder played the most minutes of all the reserves in the first half as he gave eleven points but it was the home team who went in the break with a 70 to 62 advantage. The Thunder would not give up, though, as they came out of the locker room to spark a 50-44 run, including a big 29-17 run in the third period. During that time, Westbrook added 15 more points to his scoring total while knocking down two 3-pointers. He also collected 7 more rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals but had 7 turnovers. George would start to see his shooting decline as he only scored three points, earning them from beyond the arc just one minute into the third. MARKKANEN SAVES THE DAY: With 34 seconds left in the game and the score being 109-108 in the Bulls’ favor, Dennis Schroder would complete a driving layup to give the Thunder a one-point lead. That would force the Chicago team to call a timeout. Out of the timeout, Justin Holiday would drill a huge three-pointer off of a Lauri Markkanen assist, giving the Bulls a 112-110 lead. Four seconds out of a Thunder timeout, Russell Westbrook would drive the ball in the paint for a layup, tying the game up at 112 apiece. But Markkanen respond as he made a driving layup with only four seconds left in the game to allow the home team to regain the lead. Paul George would attempt a three-pointer after a Thunder timeout but would fail to convert as the Bulls hold off the Thunder, 114-112, bringing an end to their seven-game losing streak. Zach LaVine finished the game with 25 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2 steals but had a career-tying nine turnovers. Russell Westbrook scored 24 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, dished off 13 assists, and committed a season-tying 4 steals. Those stats would complete his triple-double (109th of his career; 5th of the season) but had a season-high 10 turnovers. The Oklahoma City Thunder will host Donovan Mitchell (20.6 PPG, 2.8 RPG, 3.5 APG, 42.7 FG%, 29.2 3P%) and the Utah Jazz (13-13) on Monday at 8:00 p.m. This meeting will mark the first of four matchups between these two teams this season. The Thunder would win the regular-season series against the Jazz, 3-1, before losing to them in the first round of the playoffs, 2-4. The Chicago Bulls will host Kyrie Irving (22.2 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 6.4 APG, 48.5 FG% 39.2 3P%) and the Boston Celtics (14-10) on Saturday at 8:00 p.m. This will be the second time that these two teams will see each other this season as one more game lies ahead of them. The first time they met up each other was on November 14 when the Celtics handed the Bulls a 111-82 blowout loss. During that game, Jaylen Brown scored eighteen points, grabbed six rebounds, gave out three assists, and committed one steal while Shaquille Harrison had sixteen points, six rebounds, one assist, and four steals. okc thunder triple-double The Trail Blazers top the Suns with a 108 to 86 victory The Phoenix Suns currently hold the worst record in the league at 4-20 and things haven’t gotten any easier as they are now without their up-and-coming Devin Booker. They are on their way to tying their longest losing streak of the season at seven games if they don’t win tonight. Believe it or not, they have not had a winning streak yet this season. The Portland Trail Blazers, on the other hand, are trying to avoid a fourth straight loss, which would mark their longest losing streak this season. The Trail Blazers and the Suns have battled each other a grand total of 254 times in the past as the Suns won 135 games while the Oregon team was kept to 119 victories. Tonight will be the first of three times that two ball clubs will go against each other this season. The Suns got swept last season against the Trail Blazers in the regular-season series, 0-4. Phoenix Suns: -Devin Booker (hamstring; 23.5 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 6.7 APG, 43.9 FG%, 31.3 3P%, 84.2 FT%) -T.J. Warren (ankle; 17.7 PPG, 4.1 RPG, 1.3 APG, 51.1 FG%, 45.0 3P%, 84.6 FT%) -Ryan Anderson (coach’s decision; 3.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.1 APG, 31.7 FG%, 20.6 3P%, 78.6 FT%) -George King (G-League) Portland Trail Blazers: -C.J. McCollum (ankle; 21.3 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.4 APG, 46.4 FG%, 36.1 3P%, 82.9 FT%) -Anfernee Simons (2.2 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.2 APG, 33.3 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 25.0 FT%) The Portland Trail Blazers would set the tone early in this game as they outscored the Phoenix Suns in the first quarter, 34 to 9. This would not be the first time the Suns were held to just nine points in the first quarter as the Sacramento Kings had the same effect on them during the December 4th matchup. The Suns would lose that game by seventeen points. In this game, though, Troy Daniels scored ten points off the bench as he had two three-pointers in the second quarter. Josh Jackson helped out with eight points on fifty percent shooting. Overall, the Suns would complete thirty-eight percent of their shots in the first half while the Portland Trail Blazers completed fifty-five percent. Damian Lillard got hot with twenty-one points for the home team while knocking down three three-pointers in the first quarter. He also had five rebounds, six assists, and one steal. Jusuf Nurkic chipped in seven points on only thirty-eight percent shooting. Seth Curry was kept completely scoreless while Al-Farouq Aminu had five points. Jake Layman played the most minutes off the bench as he had seventeen points while the Trail Blazers went into halftime with a commanding 62 to 41 advantage. The Suns would come out of the locker room with a sense of urgency as they scored forty-seven points in the second half, twenty-seven in the fourth quarter. Rookie Elie Okobo dropped nine points while hitting a three-pointer late in the fourth quarter. De’Anthony Melton scored seven points off the bench while both Josh Jackson and Richaun Holmes had six points each. The Trail Blazers would make sure to keep fighting as Zach Collins scored ten points in the eighteen minutes he played off the bench. Evan Turner had six points off the bench while Lillard was limited to four points but his play wasn’t really needed for the rest of the game as the Portland Trail Blazers handed the Phoenix Suns a 108-86 loss, tying their longest losing streak this season at seven games. Damian Lillard finished the contest with twenty-five points, five rebounds, eight assists, one steal, and one block while Troy Daniels had a season-high fifteen points, along with three rebounds, and one assist. The Phoenix Suns will host Josh Richardson (19.7 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 41.1 FG%, 39.9 3P%) and the Miami Heat (9-14) tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. This will mark the first of two meetings between these two teams this season. Last season, the Miami Heat swept the Suns in their regular-season series, 2-0. The Portland Trail Blazers will host Karl-Anthony Towns (21.3 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 2.3 APG, 49.1 FG%, 41.2 3P%) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (13-12) on Saturday at 10:00 p.m. This will be the third of four times that these two teams will battle each other during this season. The last time the Trail Blazers and the Timberwolves saw each other was on November 16 when the Timberwolves defeated the Trail Blazers, 112-96. Andrew Wiggins finished that game with twenty-three points, five rebounds, four assists, two steals, and one block while C.J. McCollum had eighteen points, one rebound, two assists, and one steal. The Warriors knock off the Cavaliers, 129 to 105 This would have been one of the most hyped matchups of the season but with LeBron James being gone, it’s just another game for the defending champions. Tonight, the Golden State Warriors will visit the Quicken Loans Arena to battle the struggling Cleveland Cavaliers. The Warriors are facing difficulties of their own, though. They are currently trying to recover from their two only losing streaks this season; one being a four-game losing streak and another one being a recent two-game skid. Even though they are still without Draymond Green, who is missing his ninth straight game due to a toe injury, the Warriors were still able to get past the Atlanta Hawks, all thanks to Stephen Curry, who outscored the Hawks in the first quarter by himself, 18-17. This meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers will mark the first of two games between these teams this season. The Warriors swept the regular season series against the Cavaliers last season before sweeping them in the NBA Finals. -DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles) -Draymond Green (toe; 6.9 PPG, 7.5 RPG, 7.2 APG, 44.4 FG%, 22.2 3P%, 66.7 FT%) -Damian Jones (pectoral; 5.4 PPG, 3.1 RPG, 1.2 APG, 71.6 FG%, 64.9 FT%) -Damion Lee (G-League; 5.1 PPG, 2.1 RPG, 0.2 APG, 43.4 FG%, 41.4 3P%, 80.0 FT%) Cleveland Cavaliers: -Sam Dekker (ankle; 6.3 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 45.8 FG%, 38.5 3P%, 80.0 FT%) -Kevin Love (toe; 19.0 PPG, 13.5 RPG, 3.5 APG, 32.3 FG%, 29.2 3P%, 81.8 FT%) -David Nwaba (knee; 6.1 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 0.6 APG, 42.4 FG%, 22.7 3P%, 67.6 FT%) -Ante Zizic (knee; 3.5 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 0.4 APG, 50.0 FG%, 62.5 FT%) -J.R. Smith (personal; 6.7 PPG, 1.6 RPG, 1.9 APG, 34.2 FG%, 30.8 3P%, 80.0 FT%) The game would be held somewhat close in the first half as the Cleveland Cavaliers shot forty-nine percent from the floor while the Golden State Warriors completed fifty-one percent of their shots. Former Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood scored fifteen points while hitting two three-pointers early in the first quarter. Rookie Collin Sexton contributed with twelve points which held three three-pointers while Tristan Thompson chipped in five points, eight rebounds, and one assist. Larry Nance played sixteen minutes off the bench as he had nine points, seven rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one block. As for the Warriors, Stephen Curry got extremely hot as he chalked up twenty-five points while knocking down six three-pointers in the process. He also had three defensive rebounds, four assists, and one steal while Kevin Durant earned ten points for himself. Durant was also able to drill a three-pointer in the second quarter while grabbing five defensive rebounds, dishing off five assists, committing one steal, and blocking two shots. Four-time All-Star Klay Thompson was kept to just six points on twenty-nine percent shooting while recording three defensive rebounds. Jonas Jerebko played the most minutes off the bench but only had six points while the Cavaliers went into halftime with a 64 to 58 advantage. The Warriors would hit the Cavaliers with a huge 71 to 43 run in the second half as they shot fifty-four percent from the field, holding the Ohio team to forty percent. During that run, Curry continued to put up a shooting display as he had seventeen additional points, nine coming from beyond the arc and the other eight from the free-throw line. He also had six defensive rebounds and three assists while Durant put up fifteen points with three three-pointers in the third period. Thompson would make up for that tough first half he had as he scored ten points with two three-pointers in the fourth. Jerebko played twelve minutes off the bench as he had only five points which included a three-pointer late in the third. On the other end of the court, both Thompson and Sexton had nine points apiece while Tristan Thompson saw to it that he got eleven rebounds. The second round pick in the 2015 draft Cedi Osman scored seven points while knocking down a three-pointer early in the third quarter. George Hill would be held scoreless in the eleven minutes that he played. Jordan Clarkson played the most minutes off the bench as he put up seven points but it wouldn’t matter as the Golden State Warriors defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 129-105 final score. Stephen Curry finished the game with forty-two points, nine rebounds, seven assists, and one steal while Collin Sexton had twenty-one points, two rebounds, and three assists. The Cleveland Cavaliers will host Buddy Hield (18.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.6 APG, 47.5 FG%, 41.8 3P%) and the Sacramento Kings (12-11) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. This will be the first of two times that these ball clubs will face each other this season. Both teams tied the regular season series last season at one apiece. The Golden State Warriors will visit Wisconsin to take on Giannis Antetokounmpo (27.6 PPG, 13.2 RPG, 6.0 APG, 57.8 FG%, 11.5 3P%) and the Milwaukee Bucks (15-7) on Friday at 9:30 p.m. This game will be second and last one that the Bucks and Warriors will play against each other this season. The last time they fought each other was on November 8 when the Milwaukee Bucks handed the Warriors a 134-111 blowout loss. During that game, Eric Bledsoe scored twenty-six points, grabbed four rebounds, dished off six assists, and committed one steal while Klay Thompson finished with twenty-four points, three rebounds, three assists, one steal, and two blocks. splash brothers The Denver Nuggets survive the Toronto Raptors, 106-103 The Toronto Raptors not only the hottest team in the East but they are also the best team in the league right now, grasping a 20-4 record. The only teams they have fallen to were the Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Pelicans, Detroit Pistons, and Boston Celtics. They will look grab their ninth straight victory as they host the Denver Nuggets. If they do so, this will tie their all-time longest winning streak which they set last season. The Denver Nuggets, on the other hand, are hoping to earn their sixth straight win, coming fresh off of a close 113-112 victory against the Portland Trail Blazers. The Nuggets and the Raptors have seen each other a grand total of 44 times in the past as the Nuggets won 26 games while the Raptors were kept to just 18 games. This game will mark the first of two times that these two ball clubs will face each other during this season. Last season, these teams split the season series at one apiece. Both teams will look to set the tone tonight. Denver Nuggets: -Will Barton (hip/core; 16.5 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 3.0 APG, 57.1 FG%, 55.6 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Michael Porter (back) -Isaiah Thomas (hip) -Jarred Vanderbilt (foot) -Brandon Goodwin (coach’s decision) -Tyler Lydon (coach’s decision; 2.3 PPG, 0.6 RPG, 0.0 APG, 75.0 FG%, 75.0 3P%, 50.0 FT%) -DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (G-League; 1.2 PPG, 0.7 RPG, 1.0 APG, 30.0 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 50.0 FT%) -Thomas Welsh (G-League; 1.3 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.5 APG, 66.7 FG%, 50.0 3P%) Toronto Raptors: -Lorenzo Brown (coach’s decision; 2.7 PPG, 1.2 RPG, 1.0 APG, 37.8 FG%, 22.7 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Greg Monroe (coach’s decision; 3.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 0.4 APG, 51.5 FG%, 0.0 3P%, 50.0 FT%) -Malachi Richardson (coach’s decision; 1.3 PPG, 0.8 RPG, 0.0 APG, 27.8 FG%, 26.7 3P%, 66.7 FT%) -Jordon Loyd (G-League; 4.0 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 0.3 APG, 100.0 FG%, 100.0 3P%, 100.0 FT%) -Norman Powell (shoulder; 5.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 0.9 APG, 47.6 FG%, 40.9 3P%, 75.0 FT%) -Chris Boucher (G-League; 4.3 PPG, 2.3 RPG, 0.0 APG, 50.0 FG%, 25.0 3P%, 66.7 FT%) The Denver Nuggets would have complete control in the first half as they shot fifty percent from the field, limiting the home team to forty-three percent. Nikola Jokic chalked up fourteen points while grabbing five rebounds and dishing off ten assists. Jamal Murray helped out with twelve points as he was able to drill two three-pointers in the process. Juan Hernangomez earned himself seven points which included a trey early in the first period. Malik Beasley played the most minutes off the bench as he had eight points including two three-pointers in the second quarter. As for the Canada team, former San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard got hot for sixteen points on sixty percent shooting. He also had four defensive rebounds and two assists while Pascal Siakam chipped in eight points. Kyle Lowry, who is averaging fifteen points a game this season, was held scoreless in the eighteen minutes that he played. Danny Green had a three-pointer early in the first quarter while Serge Ibaka collected five points, two rebounds, one assist, and one block. Jonas Valanciunas played ten minutes off the bench as he scored six points while the Nuggets went into halftime with a commanding 59 to 47 lead. The best team in the league would bounce back, though, as they sparked a 56 to 47 run, shooting forty-nine percent from the field. During that run, Leonard added eleven more points to his scoring total, including a three-pointer midway through the third period. Ibaka earned ten more points, along with three defensive rebounds and one assist. Lowry would still struggle as he was only able to hit a three-pointer and two free throws, ending the game with five points. Fred VanVleet played the most minutes off the bench but was kept scoreless. On the other end of the court, both Murray and Jokic scored nine points each. Murray would go on to collect three defensive rebounds and three assists while Nikola Jokic had six rebounds, five assists, and two steals. Paul Millsap would only have two points, ending the game with six total. Beasley played fourteen minutes off the bench as he had seven points which held a three-pointer late in the fourth quarter. DOWN-TO-THE-WIRE: With only forty-one seconds left, the Raptors would have a 101-100 lead. Nikola Jokic knocked down a twelve-foot jump shot with forty seconds left to put the Denver team up by one. After a missed two-pointer and a missed three-pointer by Danny Green, the Raptors would have no choice but to foul after Juan Hernangomez grabs the defensive rebound. He would make his second free throw after missing the first one, giving the visiting team a 103-101 lead. Coming out of a timeout with only seven seconds left in regulation, Kawhi Leonard would drill a jump shot to tie the game up at 103 apiece. After a timeout called by the Nuggets, Serge Ibaka ended up committing a costly foul away from the ball, sending Jokic to the charity stripe. He was able to knock down his free-throw, giving them another lead. Once they got the ball back, Leonard would commit the intentional foul, sending Nikola Jokic right back to the line. He was able to knock down both of his free throws. With time running out, Kyle Lowry would be forced to attempt a pull-up three-pointer but would not make it as the Denver Nuggets hold on to be the Toronto Raptors, 106 to 103. Nikola Jokic finished the competition with twenty-three points, eleven rebounds, fifteen assists, and two steals while Malik Beasley had fifteen points, two rebounds, and one assist off the bench. Kawhi Leonard had twenty-seven points, eight rebounds, and two assists while Delon Wright scored nine points off the bench, as well grabbing three rebounds, dishing off two assists, and committing two steals. The Denver Nuggets will travel down to Florida to take on Nikola Vucevic (21.0 PPG, 11.3 RPG, 3.8 APG, 55.3 FG%, 40.9 3P%) and the Orlando Magic (11-12) on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. This will mark the second and final time that these teams will see each other this season. The last time they played each other was on November 23 when the Nuggets handed the Orlando team a 112 to 87 loss. During that game, Trey Lyles scored twenty-two points, grabbed two rebounds, and dished off one assist while Terrence Ross finished with eighteen points and one assist. The Toronto Raptors will host Joel Embiid (27.0 PPG, 13.4 RPG, 3.5 APG, 46.8 FG%, 30.1 3P%) and the Philadelphia 76ers (17-8) on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. The matchup will mark the second of four times that these two teams will meet up this season. The last time they saw each other was on October 30 when the Canada team escaped with a 129-112 win. Kawhi Leonard finished that game with thirty-one points, seven rebounds, four assists, and four steals while Joel Embiid had thirty-one points, eleven rebounds, four assists, and one block. The Los Angeles Lakers hold off the Phoenix Suns, 120-96 The Phoenix Suns are dead last in the Western Conference, tying the Cleveland Cavaliers for the worst record in the league at 4-18. They will look to avoid a fifth straight loss as they battle the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center. The Lakers, on the other hand, are looking pretty decent after a 0-3 start to the season, holding onto a 13-9 record. Their current win-loss percentage is 59.1%, marking the first time they had a fifty-percent win-loss percentage since the 2012-2013 season. The Suns and the Lakers have battled each other a grand total of 308 in the past as the Suns won 130 times while the Lakers went on to pull out 178 victories. This game between the Suns and the Lakers will mark the second of four times that these two ball clubs will meet up this season. The last time they played each other was on October 24 when the Suns fell to the Lakers, 131-113. Lance Stephenson finished that game with twenty-three points, eight rebounds, eight assists, and two steals while Devin Booker also had twenty-three points, along with seven rebounds and seven assists. Los Angeles Lakers: -Rajon Rondo (hand; 8.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 6.5 APG, 45.5 FG%, 42.9 3P%, 50.0 FT%) -Alex Caruso (G-League) -Isaac Bonga (G-League) -Johnathan Williams (G-League; 3.8 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 0.7 APG, 57.9 FG%, 20.0 FT%) The Los Angeles Lakers would have control most of the first half as they shot fifty percent from the field, keeping the Phoenix Suns to thirty-eight percent. Kyle Kuzma lit the floor up with eighteen points while hitting two three-pointers in the second quarter. Brandon Ingram helped out with thirteen points while recording three rebounds and two assists. He also had a three-pointer, which he drilled early in the second period. Three-time NBA Champion LeBron James was kept to just twelve points but did have three rebounds, four assists, and one block. Lonzo Ball was limited to just two points. Josh Hart played ten minutes off the block but was held completely scoreless as he only attempted three shots. As for the struggling Suns, former Orlando Magic forward Trevor Ariza scored eleven points on fifty percent shooting. He also had three treys in the first quarter while earning four defensive rebounds, one assist, and four steals. Josh Jackson chipped in eight points while Deandre Ayton put up six points. Devin Booker had six points, as well, but went down with a hamstring injury in the second quarter and would not return. Elie Okobo played the most minutes off the bench but was kept scoreless as the Lakers went into halftime with a 61 to 46 advantage. The California team would close things out in the second half as LeBron James scored ten more points while hitting a three-pointer late in the third quarter. He also had three defensive rebounds and four assists while rookie Moritz Wagner contributed with ten points of his own. On the other end of the court, both Troy Daniels and Richaun Holmes scored nine points off the bench each but it wouldn’t mean much as the Los Angeles Lakers go on to defeat the Phoenix Suns, 120-96. Kyle Kuzma finished the game with twenty-three points, eight rebounds, three assists, one steal, and one block while Richaun Holmes settled for a season-high fifteen points, along with one rebound, a career-high four steals, and a season-high four blocks. The Phoenix Suns will host Buddy Hield (18.4 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.7 APG, 47.3 FG%, 41.1 3P%) and the Sacramento Kings (11-11) on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. This game will mark the first of four times that these two teams will clash with one another this season. Last season, the Suns won the regular season series against the team, 3-1. The Los Angeles Lakers will stay at home as they host Demar DeRozan (23.8 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 6.0 APG, 48.2 FG%, 18.2 3P%) and the San Antonio Spurs (10-12) on Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. This will be the third of four times that these teams will see each other this season. The last time they met up was on October 27 when the Spurs handed the Lakers a 110-106 loss. During that game, DeRozan scored thirty points, grabbed twelve boards, gave out eight assists, committed two steals, and blocked one shot while LeBron James finished with thirty-five points, eleven rebounds, four assists, and two steals. lavar lavar ball lonzo The Houston Rockets hand the Chicago Bulls a tough loss, 121 to 105 The Chicago Bulls are en route to their longest losing streak this season, hoping to avoid a fifth straight loss as they battle the Houston Rockets in Texas. The Bulls are currently holding onto a 2-9 record on the road. The Rockets, on the other hand, are still trying to work things out as they look for their second straight victory. The Houston Rockets have a 4-5 record at home. The Houston Rockets and the Chicago Bulls have played each other a total of 137 times in the past as the Rockets won 69 games while the Bulls were kept to just 68 wins. This meeting will mark the second and final time that these two teams will match up this season. The last time they played each other was on November 3 when the Houston team survived the Bulls, 96-88. During that game, James Harden scored twenty-five points, grabbed one rebound, dished off seven assists, and committed four steals while Zach LaVine had twenty-one points, four rebounds, four assists, and one steal. Houston Rockets: -Brandon Knight (knee) -Carmelo Anthony (13.4 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 0.5 APG, 40.5 FG%, 32.8 3P%, 68.2 FT%) -Zhou Qi (ankle; 2.0 PPG, 0.0 RPG, 0.0 APG, 100.0 FG%) -Vincent Edwards (G-League; 3.0 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 0.0 APG, 50.0 FG%, 50.0 3P%) The Texas team would have full control in the first half as they shot forty-nine percent from the field, limiting the visiting team to thirty-nine percent. James Harden would be the only player to score double-digits in the half as he got hot for twenty-three points, knocking down four three-pointers in the process. He shot sixty-four percent from the field while recording three defensive rebounds, three assists, and one steal. Clint Capela helped out with seven points and eight rebounds while Chris Paul had five points, two rebounds, five assists, and one block. Paul had a three-pointer late in the beginning period as James Ennis was kept to four points. Eric Gordon played the most minutes off the bench as he scored nine points, including a three-pointer in the second quarter. As for the Bulls, Zach LaVine chalked up fourteen points on sixty percent shooting. He also had a trey in the second period while grabbing four rebounds and committing two steals. Illinois-native Jabari Parker chipped in ten points while jumping up for five boards. Both Justin Holiday and Wendell Carter earned themselves six points. Lauri Markkanen played twelve minutes off the bench but was kept to just a three-pointer late in the first quarter as the Houston Rockets went into their locker room with a 56 to 46 lead. The Houston Rockets would finish the job in the second half as they went on a 65 to 61 run, although both teams shot fifty-one percent from the field each. James Harden would cool down as he only had seven points in the second half, earning six of them from beyond the arc and one from the charity stripe. Capela would pick up the load as he warmed up with eleven points, shooting a high eighty percent from the field. P.J. Tucker chalked up eight points while Chris Paul had seven points. Paul had eight more assists to add to his stat column. LaVine continued to add to his scoring total, putting up seventeen more points but it was the Houston Rockets who stuck around to hand the Chicago Bulls a 121-105 loss. James Harden finished the game with thirty points, six rebounds, seven assists, one steal, and one block while Zach LaVine had twenty-nine points, four rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks. The Chicago Bulls will head to Indianapolis to battle Bojan Bogdanovic (16.0 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 4.7 APG, 44.0 FG%, 34.5 3P%) and the Indiana Pacers (13-10) on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. This game will mark the second of four times that these two ball clubs will meet up this season. The last time they played each other was on November 2 when the Pacers crept away with a 107-105 win. During that game, Victor Oladipo scored twenty-five points, pulled down fourteen rebounds, dished out five assists, committed two steals, and prevented a shot from going in while Antonio Blakeney had twenty-two points and three rebounds. The Houston Rockets will travel to the Target Center to clash with Karl-Anthony Towns (20.6 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 2.3 APG, 48.7 FG%, 39.6 3P%) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (11-12) on Monday at 8:00 p.m. This will be the first of three times that these two teams will battle each other during this season. The Rockets would sweep the regular season series against the Timberwolves last season, 4-0.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line522
__label__cc	0.653108	0.346892	Not Quite So Full of Glee I don't think I've discussed Glee at all, but we're up to episode four and I seem to have a different take on the than many viewers. I haven't found 'Somebody to Love' ;) yet on the show, which may be why I can't seem to work up the same enthusiasm as others. But there is also the writing which I find problematic. I loved the pilot for Glee. The second episode I found disappointing after the high expectations set by the pilot. Last week's episode I almost turned off because I found the writing, particularly the characterization, a mess and the story boring. This week's episode, 'Preggers' was a big improvement over last week's episode, but I'm still having issues. Kurt's storyline suddenly made sense to me. I was frustrated when I thought we were to believe, after Kurt coming out to Mercedes last week, that Kurt was, inexplicably, still in the closet. That people didn't know he was gay. You just can't be that much of a cliche and not have people know you are gay. But, thankfully, we find out it was just Kurt convincing himself that no one knew the truth when, in fact, everyone knew. I loved Kurt's conversation with his father and his father telling him he's known since he was three. And the moment I most appreciated was when his dad told him that he may not be in love with the idea, but Kurt is who he is and he can't change him. The characters are still woefully underdeveloped. They either are one dimensional, cliches, or, most frustratingly, unbelievably stupid. I was shocked when Finn believed he impregnated Quinn, in the hot tub, with their suits on, and with no, um, intimate contact. Or maybe I shouldn't be shocked when he reveals he just discovered you can check books out of a library! SERIOUSLY? But Finn's just the shining example of an overall problem. Ryan Murphy et al have gone to such extremes with the characters in order to mine humor that the characters are not believable. Will is not much better in the brains department, accepting a store bought belly as his unborn child. And I'm not sure what they are doing with Rachel. I thought she was supposed to be one of the characters we are meant to identify with, but who want's to identify with such a spoiled, selfish, stuck-up prima donna? She really believes she's entitled to be THE star, but it's a glee club, a team, and she'd rather they all fail then be part of their success. Oh, and I'm apparently the only one who was bothered by this, but breaking out into dance on the field? It's a fifteen yard penalty! If not a loss of the down! Where were the referees??? I'm rarely a fan of pregnancy storylines on series. Occasionally, pregnancies have to be written in to a series due to an actress's actual pregnancy, and the plot can be handled well (see Phoebe's pregnancy on Friends). Or pregnancy storylines can be done for creative reasons and still work (see Tami's pregnancy on Friday Night Lights). Terri's pregnancy has angered me on several levels and Ive been trying to find ways to deal with it. But now they've made Quinn pregnant as well...with Puck's baby...with Terri trying to acquire it from her. I've seen less convoluted plot lines on soap operas. And I'm also feeling as it the women on this show are shown to be self-serving manipulators while the men are played as sympathetic schmucks. Because I do enjoy parts of the show, I'm not willing to quit it, yet. But it's definitely being DVR'd from here on out. That way I can fast forward over any scene involving discussion of pregnancy. :p Current Mood: apathetic Tags: glee I guess my high school was more progressive than I thought because Finn believing that didn't ring true to me at all. I definitely don't want to see Rachel become the sweetheart heroine. And I believe you sometimes need to be a little selfish and abrasive to achieve your goals. But I'm just not seeing where this 'ME! ME! ME' attitude is coming from. I wish we'd meet her dads and see if maybe they go overboard on the praise and encouragement to the point she's convinced no one is capable of doing what she can do on stage.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line523
__label__cc	0.640777	0.359223	Is the Lottery a Regressive Tax Against the Poor and Blacks? Frederick Reese The first scratch-offs offered by the California State Lottery. The current state lottery started in 1984 after being banned for more than fifty years. (Courtesy: Wikimedia) For millions, the allure is undeniable. The thought that one dollar and a dream could possibly change your life has drawn many to play the state lotteries. In 2015, Americans spent more on the lottery than they did on books, sports tickets, movie tickets, music, and video games combined. Bolstered on the promise that the revenue gathered will be used for the public good, the state lotteries have grown to be a $70 billion a year business. With some states, such as Rhode Island, averaging nearly $800 a year per person in lottery spending, lotteries have grown to be a key income generator for the states, with personal income tax only beating out lottery revenues as the top government income stream in eleven states, as of 2009. Increasingly, states are relying on the state lotteries to meet their education funding deficits, finance special projects, and satisfy budget deficits. In California, for example, the California Lottery reported 2016 sales reached $6.3 billion, with $1.5 billion going to the state’s schools. The state uses lottery revenue for school supplies purchases. The state has reported increasing lottery sales since 2010. Proponents of the state lotteries argue that participation is voluntary, they take the emphasis off raising taxes, and they offer “harmless fun.” Critics, however, argue that the lottery is state-backed gambling. Worse, it constitutes a type of regressive tax, exploiting those least capable of paying while offering little or nothing back in recompense. Per a 2010 study, individuals in the lowest 40 percent of the population by income are most likely to play the lottery and tend to play the lottery more times in a calendar year. According to the study, for those in the lowest 20 percent by income, the lottery is the single largest government payment they make in a year, edging out sales tax by more than $250. If one was to argue that the retained “public good” portion of lottery revenue, which does not go toward paying prizes or administrative costs, is a tax, it is being assessed at a rate in excess of any other goods or services, short of tobacco. “Revenues raised by lotteries can be viewed as an excise tax on one item — lottery play. Georgia retains 35 cents for every dollar spent on the lottery. These lottery proceeds retained by the state represent an implicit tax on purchases of lottery products,” Ross Rubenstein and Benjamin Scafidi of Georgia State University wrote in the National Tax Journal regarding the Georgia State Lottery. “If a competitive market existed for lottery products, it is unlikely that each firm’s profits would approach 35 percent of revenues. Although purchases of lottery tickets are ‘voluntary,’ the implicit tax on a dollar spent on a lottery product is not voluntary, just as sales taxes paid on purchased goods are not voluntary. Although the implicit taxes paid on lottery products are less than the full price of the lottery product, the implicit lottery tax rates are much higher than sales tax rates on most other items.” It has been alleged that the poor — specifically, African-American poor — disproportionately are burdened the most by this tax while simultaneously — due to imbalanced public school funding arrangements — benefiting the least from it in regards to school and “public good” aid. The question is, is this true? Is the lottery truly slanted against those that play it? If this is the case, who truly benefits from the lottery and is there a better way to fund our schools? The Curious Case of African-Americans and the Lottery The modern lottery is a relatively new invention. Lotteries in the United States existed since the Colonial era; one of the first lotteries was established by the Virginia Company of London to help pay for the settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1612. A key component of infrastructure and major project funding, these lotteries helped pay for roads, churches, schools, and militias in the early years of the nation. By 1860, however, the general untrustworthiness of the various state lotteries led to all states but Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri to ban state-run gambling. In 1934 Puerto Rico became the first American locale to develop what could be considered a modern U.S. lottery in which there are built-in auditing mechanisms to maintain the public trust and a stated purpose for the collected revenue. New Hampshire followed in 1964. The advent of multiistate games and scratch-offs, as well as a need to raise funds without raising taxes, led to 44 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to offer a lottery. Only Puerto Rico of the 47 lottery-enabled territories and states currently do not offer both the multi-state lotteries of Powerball and Mega Millions. A look at who actually plays the lottery shows some interesting patterns that go against popular thinking. According to the research paper “Gambling on the Lottery: Sociodemographic Correlates Across the Lifespan,” written by Grace M. Barnes, John W. Welte, Marie-Cecile O. Tidwell, and Joseph H. Hoffman, the study found that non-Hispanic whites and Native Americans are most likely to play the lottery. Moreover, African-Americans, per the study, have a lower propensity for buying lottery tickets than whites do. African-Americans pay the most, per capita, for the lottery, per another study. However, the study also suggests that African-American tend to play for longer stretches of times than whites do. Additionally, without considering race or ethnicity, those that are in the lowest fifth of the population by socioeconomic status had the “highest rate of lottery gambling (61%) and the highest mean level of days gambled in the past year (26.1 days).”These facts are problematic when one also considers that most lottery tickets are sold in poor and minority neighborhoods. “Public Good” and Math Tricks The acceptability of this aggressive gambling scheme is dependent on the general perception that the state-run lottery is serving the “public good,” such as funding education. The truth is that only 26 states specifically dedicate education as the purpose of lottery revenues. Per the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 12 states allocate the funds to serve the state’s general fund or to pay for programs that would be serviced by the general fund, such as environmental conservation in the case of Minnesota. Six states have purposes that differ from the general fund or education, such as Massachusetts, whose lottery provides funding to the individual towns and cities. How the states go about educational lottery funding vastly differs as well. Only eleven states specifically allocate lottery revenues for K-12 education, with three exclusively channeling revenues into college scholarships. Eight states do both. Eight states — Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia — have earmarked the lottery to pay for merit-based scholarships. These merit-based, or need-blind, scholarships, such as Georgia’s HOPE Scholarship and Tennessee’s GAMS and ASPIRE scholarships, target high achievers without necessarily factoring in if the award is actually needed as part of a financial aid package. Due to the variability of lottery revenues, per the AASCU, the stringent nature of these scholarships may be artificially tightened to the point that only the most prepared students — usually coming from wealthy or affluent families — can ultimately get them. “While the majority of state-based student financial aid is in the form of need-based grants, long-term trends show greater increases in non-need-based aid, according to the National Association of State Student Grant & Aid Programs’ (NASSGAP) 43rd Annual Survey, which used data from the 2011–2012 academic year. Need-based grant aid increased from $3.86 billion in 2001–2002 to $6.95 billion in 2011–2012, a 79.9 percent increase. Non-need-based aid, on the other hand, increased from $1.27 billion to $2.4 billion, a 91.9 percent increase, over the same time frame,” AASCU’s policy brief reads. “Further, eight states — California, New York, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, Washington and North Carolina — collectively awarded 70 percent of all need-based grant aid awarded by states (2013). It is notable that none of these states have a lottery-funded scholarship program.” The effect lottery revenues can have on education can be chilling and manifold. Many states tend to supplant educational funding with lottery revenue instead of supplementing it. What that means is that many states use lottery revenues to pay for their educational obligations under law or state budgeting priorities, while using tax revenue that would otherwise be used for education for a different purpose. Additionally, these states would use the lottery as an excuse for not increasing state education budgets. Finally, states that use lottery revenues for merit scholarship purposes overwhelmingly offer scholarships for academic merit over financial need, by a ratio of $1.6 billion in grants to $301 million. All of this punishes students with poor college preparedness. This inequity effectively shuts out students in poorer school districts and students who cannot afford supplemental educational opportunities and tutoring. This leads to an additional burden on the lower-income populations, who already support and are targeted by the lottery in larger numbers than other income brackets. Not all states use lottery funding in this manner. California uses lottery funds to pay for K-12 school supplies, while New York uses lottery funds for need-based scholarships and for K-12 school grants. However, in both cases, the amount of money the lottery contributes, compared to the state’s education budget, is a far smaller fraction than it is for many smaller states that use lottery revenue to fund education. Sanctioned Gambling This raises the question of why this is allowed to happen. The truth is that the lottery offers states an opportunity to impose a tax on the poor while being able to hide behind the idea that it is voluntary, despite the advertising and targeting the states apply to the poor to play. “Lotteries are regressive,” Thomas L. Harnisch, director of state relations and policy analysis for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, told Atlanta Black Star. “Many lotteries go to merit-based financial aid, which disproportionately benefits wealthy students. It’s ‘Robin Hood’ in reverse.” “State financial aid is essential to college affordability. However, we must be cognizant of the source of this aid. There are better ways to fund state financial aid than a lottery.” Of every lottery dollar that is spent, up to 40 percent of it and up to 45 percent of any prize won from it goes back to the government. In a practical sense, it would be more efficient and less morally complicated to simply impose a direct tax to pay for the services the lotteries are earmarked to pay for. However, the lottery serves to give those that have been systematically shut out of the massive increase of wealth post-Great Recession the opportunity to hope — if only for a while — for their share of this otherwise unreachable fortune. The bigger question may be should states be allowed to tax a person’s hope. 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__label__cc	0.681905	0.318095	Indonesia: the highest increase in overdue B2B invoices In 2018, respondents in Indonesia reported an increase in the frequency of late payment and a significant increase in overdue B2B invoices. Among the Asia Pacific countries surveyed, respondents in Indonesia reported the most significant increase in overdue B2B invoices. Indonesia also had one of the highest percentages of past due B2B invoices registered in the region. Payment delays have been reported to occur slightly more frequently with domestic B2B customers than with customers abroad. What are the main reasons for payment delays, what was the impact of overdue B2B invoices on businesses in the country and what was reported about payment practices by industry? A higher level of trust when dealing with compatriots Among the Asia Pacific countries surveyed, respondents in Indonesia reduced their credit sales the most. The average proportion of total B2B sales made on credit declined from 45.1% in 2017 to 40.3% this year. With only 31.9% of foreign sales made on credit compared to 48.7% of domestic sales, Indonesian respondents are clearly less comfortable selling on credit to foreign B2B customers than to domestic B2B customers. Respondents in Indonesia said that they usually sell on credit to their domestic B2B customers to reward long-term business relationships and to attract new customers. While not the main reason to grant credit – trust has also been frequently mentioned. Indonesia is the only country in Asia Pacific which had a high percentage of respondents (45.5%) who do not offer credit to their domestic B2B customers due to high economic or political risk. Another frequently mentioned reason for refusing credit terms is the poor payment behaviour of the customer (cited by 27.3% of respondents). We trade on credit with our domestic B2B customers because we trust them and these are easy transactions. Survey respondent, Electronics sector The most frequent reasons for granting trade credit to foreign B2B buyers mirrors that of domestic customers - to reward loyal customers and to attract new business. However, trust rarely seems to influence the suppliers’ decision to sell on credit. High economic and political risk in the customer’s country and high currency risk would cause respondents in Indonesia to refrain from selling on credit to their foreign B2B customers (both of these reasons was mentioned by 52.6% of respondents). Trade credit makes it easier to attract new foreign B2B customers. Survey respondent, Chemicals sector A significant increase in overdue B2B invoices Next to their peers in India, respondents in Indonesia are the only ones in Asia Pacific to experience an increase in the frequency of late payment in 2018. 91% of respondents have reported frequent late payments (an increase of almost two percentage points compared to 2017), most of these by their domestic B2B customers (92.4%; compared to 89.5% by their B2B customers abroad). Looking at the average proportion of overdue B2B invoices, respondents in Indonesia reported the biggest year-on-year increases across the region (almost four percentage points). More specifically, the average proportion of domestic and foreign past due B2B receivables increased from 45.1% and 41.2% in 2017 to 47.7% and 46.4% respectively. After reporting no changes in the Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) figure for two consecutive years, Indonesian respondents cited a steep decrease in 2018. The average DSO in Indonesia dropped from 46 days in 2017 to 38 days this year. Asked about the expected changes in the coming 12 months, 32% of respondents said that they foresee a significant increase in their company’s DSO. 29.4% said that they expect a slight increase and 23.9% that they do not expect any changes. The shortest average payment terms in Asia Pacific Historically, the average payment terms of respondents in Indonesia are some of the shortest in the Asia Pacific region. This again holds true in 2018. Payment terms this year for both domestic and foreign B2B customers have changed only slightly and are the shortest in the region. Domestic B2B customers are given, on average, 25 days to settle their invoices; one day longer than in 2017. Foreign B2B customers are given, on average, 20 days to fulfil their payment obligations; one day shorter than in 2017. 31% of respondents in Indonesia stated that they are not likely to differentiate payment terms between domestic and foreign B2B customers. Of those who mentioned a differentiation, 30% said that they are likely to give their domestic B2B customers shorter payment terms and 39% that they are likely to give their foreign B2B customers shorter payment terms. The main reasons for differentiating payment terms in Indonesia are internal policies, industry practices and the financial risk related to the export transaction. In 2018, the average payment delay by domestic B2B customers increased by one day (29 days) and by three days by foreign B2B customers (on average, 32 days). Based on the minor increases in payment delays and the changes in average payment terms, the average payment duration in Indonesia increased from 51 days in 2017 to 53 days this year. Domestic payment delays occurred mainly because of insufficient availability of funds (reported by 64.8% of Indonesian respondents). This is the highest percentage of respondents stating this key payment delay factor in the region and much higher than the Asia Pacific average overall (49.8%). The second most frequently cited reason for domestic payment delays in 2018 was the complexity of the payment procedure, cited by 33.6% of respondents. Looking at the main reasons for payment delays by foreign B2B customers, 51.7% of Indonesian respondents reported the complexity of the payment procedure and 37.4% insufficient availability of funds. Both these percentages are significantly higher than what was reported at regional level (40.7% and 31.3% respectively). Among the Asia Pacific countries surveyed, Indonesia had one of the highest percentage of respondents (17.2%) who stated that payment delays led to revenue loss. 30.7% of respondents said that due to payment delays they needed to take specific measures to correct cash flow and 25.5% of respondents said that they needed to postpone payments to their own suppliers. 32.8% of respondents in the country said that over the past 12 months, overdue B2B invoices did not have a significant impact on business. Respondents in Indonesia invoice mostly electronically The majority of respondents in Indonesia (62%) said that they are invoicing their B2B customers electronically. Additionally, 20% said that they are not yet invoicing electronically but they intend to start doing so in 2018. A lack of interest in e-invoicing was expressed by 17% of respondents who said that they are not using electronic invoices and 1% that are no longer sending invoices online. Asked about the effect of e-invoicing on payment duration, 74% of Indonesian respondents said that after invoicing their B2B customers electronically, they received payments quicker. In contrast, 9% cited slower payments of invoices and 17% no noteworthy effect on payment duration. Most impacted by protectionist measures Among the Asia Pacific countries surveyed, Indonesia had the highest percentage of respondents (91%) who believe that they will be impacted by trade uncertainty and protectionist measures. Asked about the extent of the impact, 33% of respondents said that they expect a negative effect of less than 10% and 13% expect a negative effect ranging between 10% and 20%. A slightly lower percentage (8%) expect turnover losses of up to 30%. Not all Indonesian respondents believe in the negative impact associated with global developments. In fact, Indonesia also had the highest percentage of respondents (29%) who stated that they expect to be positively impacted by protectionism around the globe. This may be because of the predominance of domestic B2B sales in the country. Indonesian respondents struggling with bankruptcy the most In 2018, the average proportion of uncollectable receivables in Indonesia remained stable at 2.0% after 2.1% in 2017. Domestic B2B receivables were written off significantly more often than foreign B2B receivables. Uncollectable receivables originated most often from B2B customers in the construction, consumer durables and services sectors. The main reason for write-offs was the customer going bankrupt or out of business. In 2018, this was reported by 57.7% of respondents and – among the Asia Pacific countries surveyed – this was the highest percentage of respondents reporting write-offs because of this reason. An increased percentage of Indonesian respondents reported failure of collection attempts (33.9%) and the old age of the debt (43.2%). Slow payment by B2B customers in the construction and metals sectors As mentioned previously, Indonesian respondents give their B2B customers 23 days, on average, to fulfil their payment obligations. In 2018, B2B customers in the transport and textiles sectors enjoyed longer average payment terms (30 days and 31 days respectively). In contrast, B2B customers in the consumer durables and electronics sectors are being asked to pay much faster (on average, within 16 days). Suppliers in Indonesia reported that B2B customers in the construction and metals sectors are some of the slowest payers. B2B customers in these sectors, paid on average 42 and 38 days after the due date. The main reasons behind payment delays in the construction sector are the inefficiencies of the banking system (reported by 52% of respondents) and disputes over the quality of goods delivered and services provided (mentioned by 40% of Indonesian respondents). The majority of respondents in the metals sector (73%) said that payment delays occurred mainly because of the complexity of the payment procedure. The second most frequently mentioned reason for delays in this sector is insufficient availability of funds (mentioned by 45% of respondents). Looking ahead, most respondents in Indonesia (65% and 70% respectively) expect the payment behaviour of their B2B customers in the construction and metals sectors to improve in the coming 12 months. Payment Practices Barometer Indonesia 2018 PPB Asia Pacific Statistical Appendix 2018 (EN) 615KB PDF Global Economic Outlook - May 2018 The global economic upswing continues to strengthen but US policy uncertainty and a potential trade war could quickly darken the bright skies. APAC Country Report Indonesia 2018 The economic outlook remains positive with expected GDP growth rates of more than 5% in 2017 and 2018, and vulnerability to external shocks has declined. Market Monitor Consumer Durables Indonesia 2018 Indonesia's retail sector is one of the most promising in Asia, on the back of its large population and growing middle class with higher purchasing power.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line526
__label__wiki	0.929026	0.929026	Star Trek Original and Limited Edition Art (1966-2013) Star Trek is a highly acclaimed American science-fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. Star Trek: The Original Series and its live-action spinoff TV shows: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise as well as the Star Trek film series make up the official, main canon. The first series, now called Star Trek: The Original Series, followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew of an exploration vessel, the Starship Enterprise, of the United Federation of Planets. The Original Series debuted in 1966 and ran for three seasons. The adventures of Kirk and the Enterprise continued in the short lived Star Trek: The Animated Series and six feature films. Four spin-off television series were eventually produced: Star Trek: The Next Generation, which followed a new crew onboard a new Starship Enterprise set a century after The Original Series. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager were set contemporaneously with The Next Generation and Star Trek: Enterprise was set in the early days of human interstellar travel, before The Original Series. The Next Generation saw four additional feature films produced. In 2009, under director JJ Abrams, the Star Trek franchise saw an official relaunch with the feature film, Star Trek, which returned to The Original Series. It featured a new cast of characters portraying younger versions of the original crew of the Enterprise. A second film, Star Trek: Into Darkness was released in 2013. Star Trek has been a cult sci-fi phenomenon for decades, with an almost fanatical fanbase known as "Trekkies". The franchise spans a wide range of spinoffs such as games, figurines, toys, novels, and comics. The series has its own fully-formed language, Klingon, taken from the alien race of the same name in the series. Star Trek is also noted for its influence on the world outside of science-fiction. The cultural impact of the series ranges from NASA christening its prototype space shuttle, the Enterprise, to the adoption of famous Star Trek phrases such as "Live Long and Prosper", "Beam me up, Scotty" and "Resistance is Futile". It has even been cited as the inspiration for several technological inventions, such as the cell phone, palm PDA and touch screen technology. The series is also noted for its progressive civil rights stances. The original series included one of television's first interracial casts (Japanese helmsmen, Russian navigator, Scottish engineer, African-American female communications officer, and Vulcan-Human first officer) as well as television's first interracial kiss. Later series would address same-sex relationships as well as other social issues. The series is able to include such scenes and dialogue due to its nature as a work of science-fiction, using the various alien species and societies or futuristic setting to get away with potentially controversial scenes. Read More about Star Trek (1966-2013) Original Concept Art Star Trek VI Mountain Face Exploding original production color concept art by John Alvin $25,000.00More DetailsAdd to cart Original Production Drawing Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Poster Concept Art Graphite and Pen on Paper by John Alvin $8,900.00More DetailsAdd to cart	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line531
__label__cc	0.660809	0.339191	Obituaries from the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont. Obituaries 1.30.19 Published 6m ago - Editor Roy Arnold Blanchard Roy Arnold Blanchard, 61, died suddenly at his home Friday, January 25, 2019. Roy was born in Newport, on October 12, 1957, son to Donald Everett Sr. and Germaine Mae (Small) Blanchard. He was raised and educated in Glover and Randolph,... More » Yvon D. Daudelin Yvon D. Daudelin, 64, of Newport died on January 15, 2019, after a courageous battle with ALS, with his loving family by his side. Yvon was born on October 14, 1954, in Roxton Falls, Quebec, to Fernand Daudelin and Marie Cordeau. He grew up in... More » Ora Dean Allen Ora Dean Allen, of Newport, formerly of Island Pond, died at the age of 80 on December 31, 2018, at 5:15 p.m. Ora Dean Allen was born on December 7, 1938, in the township of Brighton, the village of Island Pond. He was the he beloved son of Ora... More » 01.09.19 Obituaries Paul John Beaupré Sr. Paul John Beaupré Sr. died with his family at his side on December 31, 2018 — his wife, Rebecca; son John Paul; and grandchildren: Joshua and Madison of Barton, Jessica of Cambridge, Amanda and her husband, Daniel Pierce, with their ch... More » Obituaries 12.19.18 Fred Carter Fred Carter, 95, died on December 8, 2018. His beloved family surrounded him as he transitioned from this life to the next. He was born in Newport on August 17, 1923. Fred was one of nine children born to Victor and Helen (Gogen) Carter. He marr... More » Adelord L. Taylor Adelord L. Taylor, 88, of Barton, died on December 7, 2018, in Newport. He was born on October 18, 1930, to Clement and Mary (Sheltra) Taylor. On October 11, 1952, he married Lois Lafont, who survives him. Adelord was a veteran of the United ... More » Obituaries 12.5.18 Émilien V. Roy Émilien V. Roy, 84, formerly of West Charleston, died on November 30, 2018, at The Arbors of Bedford, New Hampshire. Born on July 5, 1934, in St. Hubert-Audet in Québec, Émilien was a lumberjack in Ontario before returning to his hometown. Soon... More » Elizabeth J. (Vigario) Montminy Elizabeth J. (Vigario) Montminy, 78, of Glover went home to be with her Lord and savior on November 21, 2018, in Glover. She was born on April 22, 1940, in East Meadow, New York, to Feliciano and Margaret (Patrick) Vigario. Liz ... More » Audrey H. Bickford Audrey Bickford, 92, died Monday, November 5, 2018, at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Audrey was the daughter of the late George and Mildred Saith (Sweet) Hutchins of Malone, New York. She grew up in Malone and graduated from Fra... More » Chief Walter C. Gutzmann Jr. Chief Walter C. Gutzmann Jr., 77, of Craftsbury, well-known fire chief and schoolteacher for over 50 years, died suddenly at his home on November 5, 2018. He was born on May 12, 1941, in Arlington, Massachusetts, to Walter and Li... More » Bonnie H. Benway Bonnie H. Benway, 71, of Newport died on November 1, 2018, in Newport. She was born in Newport on December 22, 1946, to Harry Peck and Erla Corkins. She married Cecil Benway, who predeceased her. Bonnie was employed as a laborer for Pearse Le... More » Ruth E. Grimes Ruth E. Grimes, 77, of Albany, died on October 26, 2018, in Newport. She was born on April 10, 1941, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, to Kenneth and Frances (Foot) McKee. On August 22, 1959 she married Ronald Grimes, who predeceased her in 1988. Rut... More » 44 pages total	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line534
__label__wiki	0.513884	0.513884	Blyleven, Fingers, Gossage, Raines & Trammell Set for HOF Classic Weekend Goose Gossage© Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Sponsored by Foley's -- An Old-Time Baseball Hangout in the Middle of Manhattan From the Baseball Hall of Fame COOPERSTOWN, NY – From starters to relievers, infielders to outfielders, some of the game’s greatest performers of the last five decades will all be in Cooperstown Memorial Day Weekend. Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven, Rollie Fingers, Goose Gossage, Tim Raines and Alan Trammell will headline Hall of Fame Classic Weekend, May 25-27 in Cooperstown. The five Hall of Famers will be joined by recently retired players representing all 30 major league teams for the Hall of Fame Classic, a seven-inning legends game on Saturday, May 25 at Cooperstown’s historic Doubleday Field. Tickets for the Hall of Fame Classic, presented by Ford Motor Company, are now on sale via phone at (607) 207-9519 or at baseballhall.org and are $12.50 for first baseline seats and $11 for outfield seats. Seating along the third baseline will not be available, as the Village of Cooperstown is coordinating ongoing renovations of Doubleday Field in preparation for the ballpark’s 100th anniversary in 2020. The Classic, now in its 11th year and fueled by assistance from MLB, features the pregame Home Run Derby at noon, followed by first pitch at 1:05 p.m. Blyleven, Fingers, Gossage, Raines and Trammell will serve as managers and coaches at the Classic. The three Hall of Fame pitchers combined for 535 big league wins and 652 saves while Raines and Trammell totaled 4,970 hits, 2,802 runs scored and 1,044 stolen bases during careers that spanned from 1968 (Fingers’ first season) to 2002 (Raines’ final season). The 2019 Hall of Fame Classic highlights a weekend of family entertainment programs designed to celebrate the timeless connection of baseball across generations. In addition to the Classic, Hall of Fame Classic Weekend features the following additional family events designed to promote interactivity between fans and their baseball heroes. Following the game on Saturday, the Hall of Fame will reprise its Night at the Museum program, now in its seventh season. Hall of Fame legends and former players will greet fans throughout the Museum on Saturday evening beginning at 6 p.m. Legends participants will canvass the Museum during the course of a two-hour event that will bring the Museum to life with special programs and interactions. While the Night at the Museum program is not an autograph session, fans should remember to bring their camera to capture their special family memories. BASE Race The Hall of Fame’s popular BASE Race returns as part of Hall of Fame Classic Weekend festivities. The Hall of Fame, along with Cooperstown’s Clark Sports Center, will present the eighth annual BASE Race charity runs – a 5k fun run and competitive 10k event – at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, starting and ending at historic Doubleday Field. The race events benefit the Museum’s “Be A Superior Example” program promoting healthy lifestyle choices for individuals of all ages. Registration for the 2019 BASE Race is $25 and $55 for families, and signups are now being accepted online at http://baserace.itsyourrace.com. Each registered runner will receive a race medal (for the first 300 runners to register), goodie bag and a free general admission ticket to the Hall of Fame Classic. On race day, registration will be $30 for individuals and $65 for families. Additional details are available by calling the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at 607-547-0329 or the Clark Sports Center at 607-547-2800. Cooperstown Classic Clinic The Cooperstown Classic Clinic will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Friday, May 24 at Doubleday Field. The Clinic, for children 7-12 years of age, gives participants a chance to receive hands-on training from several former major leaguers at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. The Clinic is a free event but preregistration is required. To register, please call 607-547-0397. Doubleday Kids Dash Following the game on Saturday will be the Doubleday Kids Dash, a free event for children to round third and head for home on the base paths of historic Doubleday Field. Sign-ups will be held on Saturday, May 25, at Doubleday Field. Preregistration is not required. Hall of Fame Member Golf Outing Also as part of Classic Weekend, Hall of Fame members will lead an exclusive golf outing, with a limited number of spots available for golfers, at the beautiful Leatherstocking Golf Course on Otsego Lake. For more information on supporting the Hall of Fame through this exclusive event, please call 607-547-0310. All tickets purchased online or via phone will be shipped starting Friday, April 26. Tickets purchased online or via phone prior to May 17 will be sent via U.S. Mail. Tickets purchased May 18 through May 23 must be picked up at the Doubleday Field Will Call tent beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 25. Online ticketing ends at 5 p.m. ET on May 23. Tickets will be available for purchase at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s Ticket Booth on Friday, May 24, and again at the Doubleday Field Will Call tent beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 25. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has teamed up with Sports Travel and Tours to offer baseball fans a one-stop opportunity to purchase Classic Weekend travel packages. For more information or to plan a trip to Cooperstown, please call 1-888-310-HALL (4255). Membership participants receive a 5% discount on all their baseball travel packages. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is open seven days a week year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. From Labor Day until Memorial Day Weekend, the Museum observes daily regular hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Ticket prices are $25 for adults (13 and over), $20 for seniors (65 and over) and $15 for juniors (ages 7-12) and $18 for those holding current memberships in the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and AMVets organizations. Members are always admitted free of charge, and there is no charge for active military, career 20-year retired military personnel and children 6 years of age or younger. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. For more information, visit our website at baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200. 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__label__wiki	0.934034	0.934034	[ July 16, 2019 ] Ranking BC’s Top-Five 2019 Offseason Departures, Acquisitions Football HomeMetroReport: Pemberton, BC ’89, Considering Challenging Markey, BC ’68, for Senate Seat Report: Pemberton, BC ’89, Considering Challenging Markey, BC ’68, for Senate Seat June 5, 2019 Jack Goldman Metro, Politics, Top Story Steve Pemberton, BC ’89, Hon. ’15, is “considering” challenging incumbent Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, BC ’68, J.D. ’72, for Markey’s seat in Congress’s most prestigious chamber, according to a Boston Globe report. Pemberton is a member of Boston College’s Board of Trustees and most recently appeared at BC when he spoke at the Thea Bowman AHANA+ and Intercultural Center’s Black History Month opening event. His life story was immortalized in his autobiography, A Chance in the World, which was also adapted into a movie. Pemberton had to overcome being placed in foster care when he was 3 years-old—the Globe described Pemberton’s journey as “harrowing and unstable.” Markey was elected to his seat in the Senate in 2013, when he won a special election to fill John Kerry’s, J.D. ’76 vacated slot—Kerry left the Senate to serve as Barack Obama’s second and final Secretary of State. Markey also won a 2014 election to retain his seat. His most recent public appearance at BC came in March 2018, when he spoke to students about remaining active on the political scene after that year’s March for Our Lives. The longtime politician served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for over 35 years before running for a Senate seat. Morning Consult’s statistics have Markey pinned as the 16th most popular senator in America, with a 51 percent approval rating and a 23 percent disapproval rating overall through the first quarter of 2019. He’s far more popular among Democrats, with whom he holds a 61 percent approval rating. Markey told WBUR in October 2018 that he planned on running for reelection in 2019. “This is an important time for our country and we need to ensure that people who know what they’re doing and are passionate are there on the front lines every single day to shut down Donald Trump and his agenda,” he said. Pemberton currently is the chief human resources officer for Workhuman, a company that provides “human capital management” resources—essentially, the company partners with corporations in order to supply HR solutions that make employees feel respected and appreciated. Before that, Pemberton was global chief diversity officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance—a health and well-being enterprise run by that pharmaceutical giant. Pemberton also served as chief diversity officer for Monster.com. Pemberton has established a successful career as a public speaker—he has spoken in front of members of corporations, non-profits, and universities. Pemberton gave the BC First-Year Convocation address in 2016. “We’re at the crossroads of what kind of society we are and what we’re going to become,” he said to the Globe. “For me, it’s a natural continuation of my life mission—I’ve always been involved in matters of equality and access and opportunity for all. It’s taken me down a lot of different paths.” Markey’s political leanings are heavily to the left—GovTrack.us statistics indicate that Markey is the fourth-most liberal member of the Senate at the moment. He serves on four Senate committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works; Foreign Relations; and Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Markey serves as the ranking member of the subcommittee on science and space, the subcommittee in charge of oversight of environment and public works, and the subcommittee on east Asian and pacific affairs. While in the Senate, Markey has focused most of his work on issues related to health, international affairs, energy, and transportation, according to GovTrack.us. Pemberton’s advisory team includes a former strategist for Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and a former strategist for Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman Joe Kennedy III, according to the Globe report. Pemberton told the Globe that he’s interested in running due to “hope running short” among working-class Massachusetts citizens. “When you get outside the bubble that Boston can be, and you spend time in places like where I’m from, you see an entirely different narrative,” he said. “You see people who feel locked out—not only locked out for themselves, but locked out for future generations, as well.” Pemberton indicated in his interview with the Globe that he supports abortion rights—as Markey does—as one part of his broad support for women’s equality. In addition, the Globe reported Pemberton wants to address issues surrounding income inequality, including health care inequities. Pemberton said to the Globe that he’s interested in running due to “hope running short” among working-class Massachusetts citizens. Featured Graphic by Jack Goldman / Heights Editor About Jack Goldman 160 Articles Jack Goldman will be back soon. He was the news editor for The Heights from August 2018 to April 2019. He was a copy editor before that despite his rampant illiteracy. He was once hung up on by Mary Ann's. Who knows what's next. Don't follow him on Twitter @the_manofgold. Words Aren’t Enough to Fight BC’s Battles Eagles Add Apuzzo as Graduate Assistant	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line539
__label__wiki	0.579512	0.579512	Home / Wonder / Top 10 cities for nightlife in the world Top 10 cities for nightlife in the world Wonder 9 Views Would you like to have a good night? Some cities simply have more to offer than others. Where should you go? We all love to paint the city red; Whether it's fast-flowing drinks or simple women (or both), there's nothing better than a night out with your closest friends in town. A recent 27,000 travelers survey conducted by Hotels.com has revealed the world's top nightlife destinations. While notorious party cities like New York (the city that never sleeps) and Las Vegas lead the charts, Europe is undoubtedly the best city for nocturnal entertainment. "New York and Las Vegas always offer an amazing travel adventure. But it is the diversity among European cities that makes them so interesting and exciting to travelers from all over the world. Said spokeswoman for Hotels.com Alison Couper. "Whether it's a night in Berlin with the 'Berghain', recently voted the best club in the world, Amsterdam with its floating restaurants and coffee shop culture, or Paris with its small, intimate bars and music venues, there is something for everyone. These are the Top 1 0 Cities For Nightlife should visit for a good time. . 1 New York City The most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area. With the reputation of the city that never sleeps and some of the best bars, cocktail lounges and nightclubs in the world, it's hard to beat the Big Apple in the nightlife. Eating and drinking hotspots include Lower Manhattan and Soho, while the Meat Packing District is a vibrant nightlife. . 2 Las Vegas The most populous city in the state of Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned resort known for its games of chance, shopping and good restaurants. He is the leading financial and cultural center in the south of Nevada. The city is considered the entertainment capital of the world and is famous for its consolidated casino hotels and associated entertainment venues. If you're looking for a party until you can not celebrate anymore, where else would you go to Vegas? With eye-catching casino hotels on every corner, a series of neon lights, great nightclubs and showgirls, the Vegas Strip is right where it is. . 3 London The capital of England and Britain as well as the largest city, metropolitan area and metropolitan area of the United Kingdom. There is no doubt that London has a vibrant nightlife. Soho and the West End attract lovers of cocktails and chic bars, as well as the Shoreditch and Dalstone hotspots on the east side for super clubs and DJs. . 4 Barcelona The capital of Catalonia and after Madrid the second largest city in Spain. Barcelona is today one of the world's leading centers for tourism, business, trade fairs / culture and sports and culture. Regardless of how you choose a party, one thing is for sure: there is no early night in Barcelona. Great restaurants, bars and clubs line this colorful city, and the Gothic Quarter and El Raval have the most action. Popular party hours are from 3am to 7am, so do not expect to fall asleep. . 5 Berlin The capital and one of the 16 federal states of Germany. The second largest city in the city and the seventh largest urban area of the European Union. Berlin has the hottest bars in the world. In Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg there are many ways to celebrate, or if you go to an underground or camp party to Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg. Berlin gives the Big Apple its prize when it comes to the award "The city that never sleeps". Look in the right corners and offer plenty of opportunities for parties around the clock. . 6 Los Angeles The most populated city in the state of California. It is the second largest in the United States after New York City. The city is the entertainment capital, with some of the best clubs in the country. The home of glamor and glamor, while out and about in the city, you can compete with celebrities. Walk to Sunset and Hollywood Boulevard for hundreds of nightclubs, Westwood and the Valley for great lounges and bars, or Santa Monica for sports bars and beach lounges. . 7 Amsterdam <img src = "https://www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Amsterdam-Nightlife.jpg" alt = "Amsterdam" class = "wp-image-2625" srcset = "https://www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Amsterdam-Nightlife.jpg 500w, https://www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/ uploads / 2013/02 / Amsterdam -Nightlife-340×220.jpg 340w, https://www.wonderslist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Amsterdam-Nightlife-364×236. Amsterdam is the largest city and capital of the Netherlands Amsterdam is the capital of Amsterdam Considered by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group as a world city in the world, Amsterdam has a busy nightlife on its streets, restaurants, clubs, coffee shops and red light districts, and everything from Old offices, art galleries and theaters, serves as party venues: Rembrantplein and Leidseplein are the main areas for clubbing. . 8 Madrid The capital and largest city in the world f Spain. It is the third largest city in the European Union after London and Berlin. It is also the third largest metropolitan area in the European Union after London and Paris. The nightlife in Madrid is unique. There is nothing like it in the world. Madrid comes alive after dark – no one would think to go out before 2am. In summer, the locals travel from Terraza to Terraza, while daytime cafes become nightclubs. Paseo de la Castellana has hundreds of cafés, bars and clubs to choose from. . 9 Paris Paris is the capital and largest city of France, located on the Seine in the north of France, in the heart of the Île-de-France region. The city of style combines elegance and elegance in the prestigious bars of the Paris Champs-Elysées: If you want to enjoy food and wine in a relaxed atmosphere, visit the Rue de Lappe and the Charonne. Paris is now one of the world's leading business and cultural centers. Political, educational, entertainment, media, science and art influences contribute to its status as one of the world's major cities. At the moment it is also the best city for the nightlife. 10th Bangkok [19659027] Bangkok is the capital of Thailand, the country's most populous city. Bangkok has something for everyone, from chic rooftop bars to five-star hotels to live music, river cruises and dinner extravaganzas popular in Silom, Patpong and Khaosan Road. var loaded = wrong; var loadFB = function () { if (loaded) return; loaded = true; (Function (d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName (s) [0]; if (d.getElementById (id)) return; js = d.createElement (s); js.id = id; js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.0"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore (js, fjs); } (Document, & # 39; script & # 39 ;, & # 39; facebook-jssdk & # 39;))); }; setTimeout (loadFB, 0); document.body.addEventListener (& # 39; bimberLoadFbSdk & # 39 ;, loadFB); }) (); The 10 most beautiful languages in the world Alexander Calder – Landscape \| Wide Walls Kate Shaw – Lucent \| Wide Walls	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line543
__label__cc	0.673562	0.326438	The end of "hopes of a Big Ten-flooded Final Four next weekend." A phrase from a Lansing State Journal article titled "State of despair: Spartans, Wolverines both fail to make NCAA Final Four." That's the view from Michigan, where Big-Ten pride ought to make them all Badger fans for now. Tags: basketball Ok....would you (or Meade) have rooted for Michigan or Michigan State if Wisconsin had lost and they did not? Big Ten pride? Rutgers is moving to the big ten next year. You should thank us now for padding your schedules for years to come with easy victories. RUTGERS !!! Actually, could be fun to come see some big time college football teams in NJ. Even if we lose. Rutgers has a nice (but small for big time football) stadium. The mighty ACC is kaput, and mighty Duke even lost to Mercer. But the finals will probably be the two SEC teams. @Ron - I would. Not out of any loyalty to the conference but because I like both Michigan teams and both coaches. For what it's worth, I'd picked MSU meeting Louisville in the final with Louisville repeating. I now think traditional guy is probably right - Florida will play Kentucky. But, of course, I'd love to see the Badgers go all the way. Jane the Actuary said... Big Ten pride? Not so much, at least not any longer, not after the Big Ten realignment and the establishment of the Big Ten Network (along with incessant ads in the paper until they succeeded in getting into Comcast's lineup, and getting the cash they wanted from unwilling subscribers) made it all the clearer that it's all about the money. Plus, the new logo is awful, and the concept of "Legends" and "Leaders" divisions (sorry, not everyone can be a "leader" or a "legend") is grating. But then, my sole attention to the tournament this year was cheering the team when facebook friends and fellow MSU alums posted status updates with reports. My favorite NCAA final of all time was Texas Western v. Kentucky in 1966. The all blacks vs. the all whites. Field hands vs. julep sippers. The hands beat the sippers 72-65. For those younger than me (nearly everyone these days), Texas Western was the first team with five black starters to win the NCAA (and probably the first to play in it.) Kentucky under Coach Rupp was still all white. The westerns were no flukes. They beat Cincinatti, Kansas and then Kentucky to win. These were the three top names in college basketball then. But I had forgotten how much the tournament has changed in ways beyond the racial composition of teams. I found this in reviewing my facts for this comment (from Wikipedia): The 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 7, 1966, and ended with the championship game on March 19 in College Park, Maryland. A total of 26 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game. I dunno about Kentucky beating Wisconsin. On pure talent, yes. But Bo has a week to get his team ready ... UConn has been the best men's college basketball program the last 15 years. Florida has a 30-game win streak. The last team that beat them was UConn. Wisconsin beat them this season as well. And they might have to beat Kentucky the fourth time this year to win the championship, which would be their third in the last decade. Wisconsin has nothing to lose. They're in there with 3 of the top programs and the best coach in the country. I wouldn't bet against them. Austin said... Florida. of course, will win the championship. This will hardly be a surprise, as the South now thoroughly dominates college athletics(for the sports that matter anyway). I suspect the large majority of superior athletes just don't want to play, and live, in that miserable Northern weather. Humperdink said... I would be a Badger fan except for the story my son related at a PSU-Wisconsin football game in Madison. Worst treatment he has ever experienced as a visiting fan. Fortunate to leave in one piece. Wow David the 1966 was your favorite? You must be really old. And living in the past. Guess the 47 other finals since didn't make much of an impression. What part of the South is Connecticut in? I do love how Peyton Manning, the best player from the SEC, can't beat any Big Ten QBs in the Super Bowl. Drew Brees and Russell Wilson outshined him. And let's not forget Tom Brady. But the SEC has great college players like Jamarcus Russell and Tim Tebow. They are fun to watch. On Saturdays. They can't play on Sunday, though. Sunday is for guys like JJ Watt. Peyton was third best in his family. Mcculough, First of all, I EXPLICITLY said COLLEGE ATHLETICS. Secondly, you need to go review who the National Champions have been in football, baseball, and basketball since 2000 (I also said sports that matter). They have been, BY AN OVERWHELMING margin, Southern schools. As they say, you can look it up. If Kentucky doesn't win, I'm pulling for UConn. Whoever called Bo the best coach? Your opinion is immediately suspect. I'll give Bo this...his team is better than its ever been. So the stars aligned for Bo. Too bad he's a douche. Austen...Yankees live in dream land. They think that racism exists solely in the south, and that giant cities run by kleptocrats is good government. That only government representatives should be allowed to own a gun. And that D's always, always, tell the truth. I've actually sold porcupine eggs to yankees. There's some that's book smart, and there's some that are real world smart. Some.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line544
__label__wiki	0.774629	0.774629	Heavy clashes between SDF and DAESH in Suse The SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) Press Center reported heavy clashes in the streets of Suse town between SDF fighters and DAESH mercenaries. Thursday, 11 Oct 2018, 10:30 The SDF noted that because of the dense dust storm in the region, visibility was reduced. DAESH mercenaries tried to attack the SDF check-points by taking advantage of the situation. The SDF said the fighters responded and thwarted the attempt and the mercenaries were forced to retreat. Clashes continue in the town since the SDF entered it on on 10 October. The SDF has launched the Operation Cizre Storm in the Deir ez-Zor region on 11 September. People of Kobane take to the streets against Turkish invasion	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line548
__label__wiki	0.755495	0.755495	American Idol’ winner Ruben Studdard weds in Ala June 30, 2008 at 10:18 pm \| Posted in Ruben Studdard \| Leave a comment Tags: Alabama, American Idol, R&B, Ruben Studdard, teedy bear, wedding Former “American Idol” Ruben Studdard has married Surata Zuri McCants at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. But there was no singing during the 30-minute ceremony — just an exchange of vows, prayers and music provided by a string ensemble. A reporter from The Birmingham News attended the ceremony. The groom, nicknamed the “Velvet Teddy Bear” on “Idol” for his big frame and sonorous voice, wore a black tuxedo with white bow tie for Saturday’s ceremony. His bride wore a white and ivory wedding gown. Alabama will be their home as the 29-year-old-singer gets set to release a new album later this year. Rapper Young Jeezy charged with DUI in Atlanta June 19, 2008 at 10:07 am \| Posted in usher, Young Jeezy \| Leave a comment Tags: Atlanta, DUI, hip hop, Jay Jenkins, Love in this club, R&B, rap, usher, Young Jeezy Rapper Young Jeezy was charged with driving under the influence and speeding after he was pulled over on an Atlanta highway early Wednesday. The multi-platinum-selling artist, whose real name is Jay Jenkins, was driving a Corvette when he was stopped about 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 85, police department spokesman Officer James Polite said. The arresting officer noticed the vehicle did not have a license plate, but Polite could not say how fast Jenkins was driving. Jenkins was charged with speeding, driving with no proof of insurance or license plate, having an open container, reckless driving and driving impaired by alcohol or drugs. He was released from the Atlanta City Detention Center a few hours later on a $4,100 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court July 17. His attorney, Scott E. Leemon, said in a news release that Jenkins was arrested after leaving a recording studio, where he was working on his new album. “A court date has been scheduled and Jeezy looks forward to getting the matter resolved,” Leemon said. Jenkins is due in court on July 17. Jenkins’ collaboration, “Love in This Club,” with R&B star Usher is currently sixth on Billboard’s Hot 100 list. The Story Behind Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” May 28, 2008 at 8:45 am \| Posted in kanye west \| Leave a comment Tags: flashing lights, kanye west, R&B, rapper In an up-coming interview with HHNLive.com, “Flashing Lights” producer Eric Hudson tells the story behind Kanye’s monster hit and who the beat was originally intended for. Eric Hudson on how the collaboration went down: “I was in one studio and he was in another one [close by], and we had an initial respect for each and a good relationship from some of the other joints that I had produced. I heard he was in the other studio so I just went by to say what’s up. You hear Kanye’s in the studio and you’re going to go say something! So we was in the room and he was like, “yo, you got a joint? My album’s closed, but if you can give me that one banger I’ll put it on there if it’s crazy.” So I start wonder, do I got CDs on me? And by the grace of God I had that beat man. He came into the other room and I played it for him. He listened to the beat for about ten seconds man…the beat didn’t even drop totally. He took it, put it in Pro Tools and did the song right then and there…He wrote it right there. He freestyled it and then next I’m hearing he went and put the “flashin’…lights, lights,” he put that on there…” Eric Hudson on who the “Flashing Lights” beat was originally intended for: “Yo, I had originally did that beat for Beanie Sigel. To me it could have been an R&B joint or a rap joint, but I had intended for it to be a rap joint.” At local stops, hip-hop just flops May 27, 2008 at 3:34 pm \| Posted in Alicia Keys, beyonce, jay z, kanye west, Mary J. Blige \| 2 Comments Tags: Alicia Keys, beyonce, hip hop, jay z, kanye west, Mary J. Blige, R&B, rapper, Tampa Bay, tours Kanye West was snubbed here twice. Beyonce played to more empty seats than occupied ones. And now Alicia Keys has joined the Cold Shoulder Club. It’s sad but true: Tampa Bay is a brutal market for major R&B and hip-hop concerts. West, Beyonce and Keys are multiplatinum superstars that have fans of all ages, genders and races. I want them to come back. But do you? On Saturday, the 27-year-old Keys — who’s had four consecutive No. 1 albums — played to 7,201 people in the St. Pete Times Forum, a Tampa venue that can seat about three times as many. The show was a dazzler, but it would have been better with a full house cheering her on. Tickets started at $39.50, a relatively good deal these days. You could blame the recession, the price of gas, the price of life. But other major tours are doing great in the Tampa Bay area (Radiohead, Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen). Plus this is a trend that tracks well before 2008. In July, Beyonce played to a smattering of fans in the Times Forum, probably no more than 4,000. Final figures were never released, no surprise there. Minutes before the show — in a move I’ve never seen before — people in the upper levels were invited down to grab a seat in the lower level. Even more amazing? There weren’t enough people in the pricier seats to complain. The last two times rapper West set up shop in Tampa Bay, a widespread case of couldn’t-care-less broke out. In October 2005, as he was selling out consecutive nights in Madison Square Garden, West drew a measly 3,572 in the USF Sun Dome, which has a capacity of about 10,000. A few weeks ago, West came to Ford Amphitheatre with a hit-making supporting cast of Rihanna, Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D. They drew just 9,200, or about half of the venue’s capacity. The very next night, at Miami’s American Airlines Arena, which holds 19,600, Kanye & Co. performed for a sold-out crowd, according to the Miami Herald. Granted, we’re not Miami, and we’re definitely not New York. But something’s going on here. DJ Trauma, an on-air personality at Wild 98.7, one of the few local stations that play West and Keys, says there are two major reasons why R&B and hip-hop shows are tanking. First of all, “They don’t have the proper promotions behind them,” he says. “They don’t know how to get the word out to the right people.” Much has been made of Tampa Bay’s dearth of urban radio choices, which could also be part of the problem. But DJ Trauma also points to the success of Wild’s two annual hip-hop festivals: Wild Splash and the Last Damn Show, multiact events that cost about $20 and routinely draw huge crowds. But “all these people around here don’t have $40 to spend on a concert,” he says. “There’s a lot of money in Miami and Dallas. This is different here.” A few R&B and hip-hop acts do well here: Mariah Carey drew 16,493 fans to her 2006 Times Forum show. Gwen Stefani, whose biggest hits are hip-hop collaborations, drew 16,500 at the amphitheater last year. Not as good, but not awful, were crowds for a double-bill of Eminem and 50 Cent (13,593, Times Forum, 2005), and R&B belter Christina Aguilera (11,538, Times Forum, 2007). Overall, Tampa Bay is considered a good, if unreliable, concert market. Country acts always fill the seats. Veteran performers (a la Neil Diamond, coming Oct. 24) are slam-dunks. And ’80s acts (such as Cheap Trick, Heart and Journey, a triple-bill coming July 30) are money in the bank, too. Those sales numbers are reflected in the local abundance of country and classic-rock radio stations. But hip-hop shows? Not so much. And that’s too bad, especially since West, Keys and many more have made hip-hop the most creatively daring genre in popular music. According to Billboard magazine, one of 2008’s hottest tours is the tandem of rapper Jay-Z and “queen of hip-hop soul” Mary J. Blige. Tickets start in the $30s, and nightly grosses in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Oakland have topped $1-million. There are no plans for Jay and Mary to come to Tampa. With our attendance records, why would they? Knowles To Replace Winehouse For Bond Track? May 26, 2008 at 2:57 pm \| Posted in amy winehouse, beyonce, jay z \| Leave a comment Tags: amy winehouse, beyonce, jay z, R&B R&B star Beyonce Knowles has reportedly been approached to replace Amy Winehouse and record the theme song for the forthcoming Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Rehab hitmaker Winehouse was rumoured to have been dropped as the film’s official musical muse after DJ Mark Ronson told reporters he had scrapped his 007 collaboration with the singer, because she was not “ready” to work on music after a recent return to her erratic ways. But on Saturday, Winehouse confirmed that she has, in fact, completed the song – although she is unsure whether movie bosses will choose to green-light the track for use in the latest superspy offering. Now industry insiders claim Knowles has become the favorite to record the title track – although her representatives have yet to comment on the rumors.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line551
__label__cc	0.719422	0.280578	GOPlifer Coming to Terms with School Choice By Chris Ladd on May 9, 2013 at 6:00 AM Millions of American school children are trapped in schools that are no longer organized primarily to serve their interests. In many areas of the country political forces have transformed the public schools into a subsidy for unions and bureaucrats, enabled by sophisticated local political influence. The most obvious solution to this problem carries serious dangers. Granting parents a greater freedom to choose their children’s schools would break the bond that allows public employee unions to feed on underserved populations. At the same time it could open up our schools to forces that might end public education as we know it. The school choice argument is dogged by a paradox. In fact, every American family gets to choose the public school their children will attend. We choose our public schools by choosing which home to purchase or rent. That means that our range of school choice is constrained by real estate economics. My kids can attend the best schools my housing dollars can buy. If I discover that I’ve made a poor decision, my ability to choose a different school depends on my willingness or economic ability to pick up stakes and move away. In practical terms, most school districts will allow some leeway in school choice among the various schools the district maintains, but choosing a public school outside the district generally requires a move. School choice is also complicated by the difficulty in evaluating the options. There is no commonly accepted, reliable empirical metric for school quality. Measuring educational outcomes is extremely complex, influenced by wealth, family life, individual initiative, community values, the talents and skill of a teacher, and the quality of the school’s administration. Even if such a standard were devised, the problem is compounded by the unique needs of each child. An environment that serves one kid extremely well may fail a child with a different profile. There are some upsides to our current approach to school choice. It encourages a high degree of investment in the community. In competitive neighborhoods, property values are tied to education, encouraging the parallel growth in libraries, kids’ sport’s organizations, parks, and other services. It also encourages families to invest a great deal of effort in making their school choice successful. Parents are reluctant to pick up and move at the slightest sign of displeasure, creating stability and inspiring collaboration. The model encourages a community to take an interest in quality schools, supported them in numerous intangible ways as well as financially. The neighborhood choice model also feeds some serious problems, some of which are tied to the difficulty of evaluating educational quality. In the absence of empirical evaluation criteria schools are basically assessed on the testing success of their students. That success may (and in most cases probably does) have very little to do with the quality of the school and a great deal to do with the educational preparedness of the students and their families. Without any reliable means of empirically assessing schools, our method of school choice acts as a sorting system pooling students by class and race. The kids with the greatest probability of success based on their parents’ education and income end up grouped together. This further complicates assessment, as the best prepared students find themselves in the “best” schools. The system also feeds racial segregation. This is influenced at times by outright racism, but perhaps more often by the simple tendency to seek out the familiar. Almost sixty years after forced school segregation was outlawed, our schools are more segregated than they were in the 1960’s. In principle, granting parents a broader freedom to choose their children’s public schools should encourage an accountability that is desperately lacking in public education. In many parts of the country public schools function as an expensive bureaucratic subsidy for teachers and administrators who cannot be held accountable, cannot be disciplined and cannot be fired. There are sections of the country, dogged by institutionally dysfunctional public schools, which probably have no hope for any relief without completely replacing the existing public school infrastructure. That said, the kind of education reform that would break the stranglehold of public employee unions on failing public schools could threaten many of the finest values of our system. Like reckless chemotherapy, some proposed cures might kill the patient. Worse, killing the patient is the central goal of some of the forces in this debate. Which is a greater threat to kids, unions that use public schools as a political and financial host, or reformers hostile to any access to information that challenges their received beliefs? Public school policy is a deeply unsatisfying subject in which there are no easy solutions and all of the options are dangerous. The time has come, however, to recognize that many of the outcomes we fear most from an expansion of school choice are already a daily reality for a huge percentage of the nation’s children. Public schools must be more accountable for educational outcomes. Their performance should be more transparent. Schools must be given more incentive and discretion to experiment with new ways of operating. There is no credible way to accomplish these essential goals without giving parents the freedom to take their tax money to schools that best suit their needs. The structure of such a system must be carefully devised in order to avoid creating even more unequal conditions, or developing a parallel system of Christian fundamentalist madrassas. We can only accomplish this goal by reaching a consensus on the basic values of our system and making an affirmative choice to put children’s futures at the highest priority. Chris Ladd	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line554
__label__wiki	0.951146	0.951146	Reaction: Everyone from Ted Cruz to Sheila Jackson Lee is claiming victory in Supreme Court affirmative action decision By Sarah Ferris on June 24, 2013 at 12:54 PM The Supreme Court punted the issue of affirmative action back to lower courts — a decision that both conservative lawmakers and civil rights groups have claimed as a victory. Rep. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, lauded the court’s ruling, which continues to allow universities to consider race in admissions but calls for another look at whether University of Texas at Austin’s policies are necessary to achieve a diverse student body. “Discriminating because of race is wrong, and this was a victory for our color-blind Constitution,” Cruz said in a statement. “In recent years, universities have made major strides to expand admissions for minorities and low-income students, working hard for the American Dream. Universities should continue to do so, expanding opportunity for everyone, but that can be accomplished without discriminating on the basis of race.” Several civil rights organizations have also praised the decision, predicting that lower courts will uphold the University of Texas’ admissions policies after additional review. David Hinojosa, regional counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the ruling puts a sharper focus on race-conscious policies without imposing new limits or standards. “At the end of the day, this is essentially like a check engine light has come on,” he said. “The court has said, let’s look under the hood … We definitely don’t need to just discard the car altogether.” Damon Hewitt, a lawyer with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the case’s lengthy time under review – it was argued eight months ago– was a positive sign for the future of race-based policies. “It could have been a quick, simple disastrous result. But the longer things played out, the more people realized, the court’s really wrestling with something,” he said. “What we know is we got the result we think is the proper result, the just result.” Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, said the ruling “reaffirms the value of diverse learning environments for all.” State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a UT law school grad and a San Antonio Democrat, “gives the Fifth Circuit a second chance to make the right call and affirm the value of diversity in college admissions.” “I know that my time at UT — surrounded by people with different backgrounds and unique histories — helped shape the type of person I am today, as an attorney, a legislator and an American,” Fischer said. All the way in Albany, N.Y., New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman claimed victory, too. “We are pleased that today’s decision preserves the vital principle that fostering racial diversity in education is a compelling interest critical to the future of the states and our nation,” said Schneiderman, who filed a “friend of the court” brief siding with UT on behalf of 14 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line555
__label__cc	0.529835	0.470165	A beloved high school principal is being remembered after giving his life donating bone marrow to a 14-year-old he never knew. Distinckt Admin April 15, 2019 0 Comments Derrick Nelson, Principal of Westfield High School in Northern New Jersey heroically decided to donate his bone marrow to a 14-year-old boy in France whom he had never met. Normally the procedure is relatively routine, but Nelson suffered from sleep apnea — a sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing stops repeatedly during sleep — and wasn’t able to go under general anesthesia, the more common method used for the procedure. During a pre-procedure interview with his school newspaper, Nelson explained that he was initially told he couldn’t donate his blood marrow not only because of his sleep condition, but also because he carried a certain gene. “I said well I don’t have sickle cell, but I have the sickle cell trait,” Nelson said to the interviewer. “[The doctors] said, ‘Well if you have the trait, you can’t do stem cell.’” But the doctor’s didn’t close his file when he told them that — instead, they came up with a modified bone marrow retrieval process — using local anesthesia and extracting cells from his bone marrow. Nelson made it through the procedure okay, but afterwards, it was immediately clear something was wrong. “He couldn’t speak,” his father, 81-year-old Willie Nelson, said during an interview with NJ Advance Media. “His eyes were open and he realized who [family members] were. But he couldn’t move. He never spoke again.” After a month-long coma, which his family expected him to come out of, Nelson died on Sunday, according to NJ.com. According to his father, they “really don’t know the full story of what happened” to the 20-year member of the Army Reserve. Nelson is survived by his mother, Juanita, his fiancée, Sheronda, and their 6-year-old daughter. While what happened to Nelson is troubling, his case is extremely rare. Normally, bone marrow donation procedures are considered very safe. According to the Mayo Clinic, the most serious risk associated with donating bone marrow involves the use and effects of anesthesia during the removal surgery. Furthermore, local anesthesia is considered much safer than general. In very rare cases, a person under local anesthesia may experience a depressed CNS syndrome, in which the central nervous system slows down too much. This can lead to a decreased rate of breathing and heart rate and result in cardiac arrest if the blood stops pumping to the heart. Nelson’s tragic death shouldn’t scare you away from donating bone marrow to someone in need. Your body’s a lot more resilient than you might think, and the benefits to donating far out way the risks. It’s not as difficult as you might think. Joining a registry takes less than 10 minutes. All you have to do is fill out an online form and take an at-home swab test. If you match up with someone, you will be contacted. If you are asked to make a donation, most of the time it is done via stem cell and not bone marrow — the whole process is pretty similar to donating blood. Your body will replenish itself. According to Be the Match, the bone marrow donation organization used by Nelson, your cells will replenish themselves in 4 to 6 weeks after the bone marrow removal. This means that you will be back to normal in about two months with no negative long-term effects. It won’t cost you anything. All travel and medical costs involving the bone marrow removal are covered, meaning you won’t have to pay anything out of pocket.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line556
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__label__cc	0.584282	0.415718	Front-to-Backlist: “You and Me” and “Dog of the South” Bethanne Patrick 08-01-12 In “Front-to-Backlist” Executive Editor Bethanne Patrick reviews a new release (in publishing parlance, something from the “frontlist”), and Editor-in-Chief Jeff O’Neal responds with a review of a previously published, or backlist title, which might be fairly current, or might be a classic, or perhaps even a forgotten masterpiece. You & Me by Padget Powell In some book reviews, the writer reveals too much about herself and too little about the book she’s meant to illuminate–but I beg your indulgence so I can share a personal story that I believe to be relevant. I once knew a Southern man whose family obligations and level of education did not work well with his personal inclinations and ambitions. A reluctant and long-nagged husband, loving but muddled father, and low-level info tech, he was at heart a bachelor, an autodidact, and a musician. His marriage split up and he moved back to “Mother’s” in a state further south. The last time I saw him he’d gained a few dozen pounds, was drinking steadily, had no work of any kind, and was still living with his mother. I share that story to underscore the idea that the two older gents whose conversations form the entire contents of Padgett Powell’s latest novel are not simpletons, drunkards or bums. They’re men with slipping-down lives, caught in rumpled circumstances, just like my old friend. Maybe they’re sitting on a park bench, or in a McDonald’s over endless coffee refills, or on a splintery fishing dock. As one says to the other, early on: “Well, if a war don’t break out on you, and you don’t stumble into making money, and you can’t play ball, and women treat you wrong, or men, and you aren’t a movie star, and you don’t have any talent, and you aren’t smart, etc., what are you, we, supposed to do, exactly?” Batting that question around like aging tomcats is most of what these male voices do over the course of You & Me. Wherever they are, whoever they are, these voices are lively, intelligent, engaged and humorous. Some of the jokes are funny, as are a few of the running verbal tics, especially the one about Studio Becalmed–but the humor goes much, much deeper than any joke or pun. But more about that in a minute. You might be forgiven if you picked up this book and found that the dual-character dialogue reminded you of Samuel Beckett’s Vladimir and Estragon in “Waiting for Godot:” After all, even the publisher is trying to push that comparison. Why not? Powell’s novel consists entirely of dialogue, just as his 2009 The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? consists entirely of questions, a spareness rarely seen in the post-post-modern commercial fiction universe. What makes Powell’s book entirely different from Beckett’s play has more to do with substance than style. That isn’t to say these two quasi good-ol’-boys don’t posit plenty of existential questions, for they do: “I forget where we are./Me too. I too. What do you mean, exactly?” and “We are tired every day, are we not?” and “And today, today what shall we do?” It’s just that their big thoughts are often wrapped up in many small details, including a man with too many rain hats, the unacknowledged sexiness of Lucille Ball, and which items make for a complete life. Readers will not be surprised to learn that the list varies depending on the voice and the day. Nothing much happens action-wise, aside from an occasional yen for ice cream or gin, an outing to a tag sale, or a ramble through the park. These voices (some critics have noted that both could be Powell, who has admitted that the book came to him during an illness when he was joined by Jesus in a pink panther suit) might belong to a Southern version of “Seinfeld.” And yet, the tension that makes this a novel, rather than a book “about nothing” (to paraphrase the famed Seinfeldian goal), is the knowledge that although “We are without a manifesto, not on the manifest,” they continue to consider all manner of both. While “content to be nothing,” Powell’s logorrheic creations clearly know something about almost everything. They refer to the poet as “Trouser Snake Eliot,” they toss around phrases like “ding an sich,” they quarrel about geography and philosophy and history. This Lucky-and-Pozzo duo (maybe more Laverne-and-Shirley, at times) refuse to surrender their minds to their circumstances. They know what they’re waiting for: Death and its prequel of “the wheelchair circle.” That’s one manifest they won’t escape any more than their betters. Why not refuse to go gentle? One voice says: “Can’t you see that, at the gates, or there waiting for Charon to tie up and watching that dog closely–is Cerberus on the boat, by the way?–saying ‘Take me down to Funky Town, my man.’” You might be in your mild early dotage, like these voices, or you might be in the first flower of your youth, or anywhere in between–but how can you resist a character who slaps Greek mythology and ‘70s funk together like a quick baloney sandwich? I think I’ll beg your indulgence and talk about my slipping-down friend once more: His was the conversation I often craved, because beneath some of the silliness and repetition, there was a true compassion and a true need. He wanted to reach out, to remind himself from time to time that although he had not lived up to anybody’s expectations, he could occasionally parry words. In You & Me, Padgett Powell reminds us (and himself, too) that playing with words is powerful and meaningful and righteous work. —–Bethane Patrick Dog of the South by Charles Portis This is one of those books that I’m sort of glad not many people know about. It’s silly and narcissitic, but there’s a small, burnished pleasure that comes with knowing something is good and knowing that not many other people get it. If you are a fan of either of the quite good film adaptations of Portis’ novel True Grit, you have a sense of what a Portis character is: specific, off-kilter, and essentially comic. Like True Grit, The Dog of The South is a quest novel, though instead of hunting down a killer, Ray Midge is hunting down his car, his credit cards, and his wife—in that order of importance. Any comic quest novel stands in Don Quixote‘s shadow, and the Don’s idealistic quest in a fallen world is the touchstone for understanding other satirical journeys. Midge is a bizarro Quixote: rather than putting too much value on something insignficant, he doesn’t put enough value, so one would think, on something important–his marriage. His road-trip from Arkansas to Mexico to Belize is a chronicle of going through the motions; it seems as if he is going after his wife more because he knows that going after one’s wife is the sort of thing you are supposed to do. Whatever genuine interest he has is saved for cars and miltary history, both of them in their own way stand-ins for real relationships. The Dog of the South is a kind of taxonomy of idiosyncratic caring. Like every picaresque story before it, The Dog of the South is a safari of human strangeness, from con-men ex-physicians to box-inhabiting Belizean boys. It’s not as deadly serious as On the Road, but also not as willfully bizarre as a Tom Robbins novel, though it is the kind of book Robbins might have written if he were a Southerner and thus inherited a more gothic sensibility. The Dog of the South, though, feels contemporary in ways that neither of these other novels do, partly because its eccentricity is studied and its central concern of what to be concerned about remains relevant. (Indeed, it seems the kind of book ripe for a Wes Anderson adaptation). Midge’s misplaced, or at least disjointed, “doggedness” reminds us that the problem is usually not not-knowing what we want, but not knowing even that we don’t know what we want. Like a dog chasing a car, we are farcical in direct proportion between trying to get what we want and what would happen if we ever, by some oddball chance, managed to get it. #Fiction#Reviews#charles portis#dog of the south#Front-to-Backlist#padgett powell#you and me Genre Kryptonite: Epistolary Novels	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line565
__label__wiki	0.95153	0.95153	Որոնում Պատկերներ YouTube Gmail Drive Օրացույց Translate Բջջային Իմ գրադարանը Գրքերի ընդլայնված որոնում Richard Burton: Prince of Players Michael Munn Skyhorse Publishing Inc., 06 հոկ, 2008 թ. - 260 էջ 1 Գրախոսություն From the depths of a small mining village in Wales to a star of Hollywood's silver screen, Richard Burton broke every rule in his quest for the American Dream. Burton made sure that he sipped the cup of life at its fullest. Twice married to Elizabeth Taylor, he is now revealed to have been one of Marilyn Monroe's secret lovers. The details of these licit and illicit relationships with Hollywood's most iconic stars will titillate and shock both newcomers to Burton's story and those already familiar with his fame. Munn's biography covers everything from Burton's early days on the London stage, to his star performance in Broadway's Camelot, to his wild nights in Hollywood with the likes of Errol Flynn, Peter O'Toole, and Frank Sinatra. Burton was known for his charisma, his explosive temper, his excessive carousing, and, above all, his stunning command of stage and screen. This first-ever look at the real Richard Burton is a must-read for any follower of film, history, and the rise of celebrity in America. Հաճախորդի կարծիքը - knahs - LibraryThing Excellent bio of actor Richard Burton written by someone who knew him and who interviewed many of the people who knew and worked with Burton. Read full review Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all Մասամբ դիտվող - 2008 Հեղինակի մասին (2008) Michael Munn is a film historian and the author of twenty-five books, including Stars at War, The Hollywood Connection, and the bestseller John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth. As a journalist he has written extensively on cinema, crime, ancient history, and World War II. He lives in Suffolk, England. Բիբլիոգրաֆիական տվյալներ Վերնագիր Richard Burton: Prince of Players Հեղինակ Michael Munn Հրատարակիչ Skyhorse Publishing Inc., 2008 Length 260 էջ About Google Books - Գաղտնիության քաղաքականություն - Ծառայության մատուցման պայմանները - Տեղեկություններ հրատարակիչների համար - Report an issue - Help - Sitemap - Google Սկզբնական էջ	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line566
__label__cc	0.510223	0.489777	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Center for Business & Information Technologies University Research Division Business & Technology Solutions Research & Development Projects Why Clients Choose CBIT? CajunCodeFest Living Lab for Health Care Home » Business & Technology Solutions CBIT has a track record of transforming knowledge into commercially viable products and services for national markets that, in turn, reap benefits for Louisiana. The center has developed a significant portfolio of intellectual property resulting in successful spin-offs, joint ventures and technology licenses to the public and private sector. Customizing Solutions to Meet the Clients Needs Developing Supply Chain Management models Conducting Economic Analysis for local, state and national organizations Consulting Business Management Procedures Creating Enterprise Applications and Portals Cleaning and Organizing Databases, Data Mining and Warehousing Utilizing Advanced Computing and Visualization CBIT’s contracts and contacts in the healthcare, homeland security, insurance, and oil and gas commercial verticals will afford companies the opportunity to advance their products within these and other marketplace. Email CBIT for more information. Informatics Research Institute Abdalla Hall 635 Cajundome Blvd., Lafayette, LA 70506 (337) 482-0600 \| iriconnect@louisiana.edu @Louisiana Newsletter https://www.facebook.com/officialullafayette https://twitter.com/ULLafayette http://instagram.com/ullafayette http://www.youtube.com/user/ullafayettechannel http://www.snapchat.com/add/raginspirit https://www.linkedin.com/edu/university-of-louisiana-at-lafayette-18443 https://plus.google.com/105944035799179437958 A Member of the UL System IT Help & Support © 2019 University of Louisiana at Lafayette. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line572
__label__cc	0.66168	0.33832	Combating human trafficking requires a regional approach, says Stanford scholar Human_Trafficking_2013-HL.jpg Courtesy of gng.org Asia is a major source and destination for victims of human trafficking. The region's booming sex tourism industry, China's appetite for Burmese child-brides, and widespread poverty foster a black market that goes unchecked. Governments often have little incentive to combat the internal and cross-border sale of people, sometimes profiting from revenue generated by sex tourism and a cheap, unregulated shadow labor market. Helen Stacy, director of the CDDRL Program on Human Rights and a FSI senior fellow, says now is the time to address human trafficking and the mechanisms to fight it in Asia. As U.S. foreign policy pivots toward Asia, human rights issues are becoming integrated into regional discussions on trade and economic development. According to Stacy, regional trade blocs - such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - are using their collective strength to get serious about human rights and curb trafficking. Stacy, a lawyer by training, has dedicated a great deal of research to examining the shifting landscape of the international human rights movement. Her 2009 book, Human Rights for the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture, highlighted the success of sub-regional organizations in using their economic, political, and security cooperation as a platform to pursue human rights issues. Stacy points to one of Africa's sub-regional organizations - the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - as a surprising benchmark in pursuing a collective plan of action against human trafficking. The 15 ECOWAS nations signed harmonized legislation outlining how to enforce laws and punish offenders. Building off this research and her recent travels to Asia, Stacy is writing a new book that will examine how regional and sub-regional institutions in Africa and Asia are able to successfully enact and enforce human rights agreements. Why the emphasis on regional and sub-regional institutions when examining human rights enforcement? Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia have created regional bodies for country-to-country dialogue in their region. Given the vastness of their population and territory, sub-regional groups are now forming to advance economic and security cooperation. Intriguingly, the African and Southeast Asian sub-regional bodies principle purpose is economic cooperation, which makes their human rights activity very different from either national government or the international level human rights activity. Countries of varying political interests and economic capacity that had no interest in human rights are now negotiating cross-border human rights agreements with their regional neighbors. They are now being swept into a “regional group-think” approach to human rights. Why focus on Africa and Asia? Africa and Asia are huge markets for the U.S. and Asia holds China, the other world economic superpower. In Africa, China is consuming resources at a staggering rate but with scant attention to human rights. The U.S. must manage a complicated dance about trade and human rights in its negotiations with China. China is also a huge economic presence in Southeast Asia, and with the U.S. diplomatic “pivot” to Asia, it’s the right time for the U.S. to be focusing on Asian Pacific human rights. What is ASEAN's role as a sub-regional organization in Southeast Asia? ASEAN is a free trade organization that has really started to gather its forces since the Asian financial crisis. At the same time, Asian national governments have realized that their relationship with China makes them vulnerable. On the one hand they want China’s investment money; on the other hand they want to assert their own national goals and standards and not be consumed by China’s huge demand for resources. ASEAN understands that it must have institutions of good regional governance if they are to be taken seriously by the ASEAN Plus Three countries (China, Korea and Japan), or beyond to the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Why does ASEAN care about human trafficking? There aren't any accurate statistics of the number of victims whose bodies are being sold – that’s just an unfortunate reality of any black market. Global estimates are that 27 million people are enslaved, half of them children. That’s more today than the entire 300-year long Atlantic slave trade. Governments are realizing that if they want to claim national governance credibility they have to at least acknowledge the problem, sign human rights agreements, and start cooperating with their neighbors. What are the steps ASEAN is taking to combat human trafficking? ASEAN has committed itself to a trafficking agreement in 2014. They signed their first human rights convention in November 2012. I have been meeting with the country representatives here at Stanford and overseas and this is a serious diplomatic cadre. The U.S. has its own ambassador, which again is all part of its pivot toward Asia. President Obama made a landmark speech about human trafficking in September 2012 and the U.S. Agency for International Development is now incorporating anti-trafficking programming into their agenda. There has never been this level of international understanding of human slavery as a global phenomenon. My interest lies in seeing how the regional and sub-regional organizations respond to this moment. What are your plans for your next book? The book is about new actors, markets, and technologies that yield both good and bad human rights outcomes. The number of “deep-pocket” non-governmental groups is growing exponentially: both helpful ones like philanthropic organizations, and worrying ones like black market and underground political organizations. One way or another they have profound influences upon the actions of national governments and regional and sub-regional institutions. How does human trafficking factor into your research? Human trafficking is my lens because it provides a unique window into a country and region. It provides information about the status of minorities; levels of health, education, and poverty; and a national government’s commitment to human rights and the rule of law. A trafficking analysis shines light on when regional co-operation, economic aid, and philanthropic assistance improves human rights. It also reveals when corrupt governments profit from predatory black market trade in humans, guns, and drugs. If we understand this better we can guide intelligence professionals, civil society, communications people, and policy-makers in human rights reform. Stacy will be discussing her evolving research agenda on human trafficking, with a focus on Burma's current human rights challenges, at the weekly CDDRL seminar on Feb. 7. For more information, please click here. Despite political tensions, Stanford’s Saudi partnerships continue with little scrutiny	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line573
__label__wiki	0.541334	0.541334	New Director of Women in Engineering Named Dr. Christine Valle has been appointed as director of the Women in Engineering (WIE) program for the College of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Valle, an academic professional in the G. W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Georgia Tech in mechanical engineering. She also holds a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from a French “Grande Ecole,” EPF, the first engineering school in France to admit only women. The Georgia Tech WIE program is dedicated to recruiting top female students into engineering majors and, once enrolled, to ensure the highest level of retention by fostering an environment that encourages curiosity, creativity and intellectual and personal growth. WIE strives to redefine the engineering profession as a positive societal force with the potential to improve the quality of life through the creation of world changing technologies. WIE challenges and inspires women to achieve their fullest potential as engineers and as leaders. Dr. Valle has taught at Georgia Tech since 2004 both in civil and environmental engineering and mechanical engineering. She has also been on the faculty of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and the University of Maine. She spent several years in private industry with the MetLife Group as a business analyst. While at Tech, Dr. Valle has received numerous awards including an Amelia Earhart Zonta Foundation Fellowship, the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, and the CETL Undergraduate Educator Award. In Fall 2010, the College of Engineering enrolled almost 12,000 students with a female enrollment of more than 2,600. Tech is ranked No. 1 by the American Society for Engineering Education for the number of degrees awarded to women. For additional information, visit, http://www.coe.gatech.edu/wie.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line577
__label__wiki	0.680178	0.680178	Entr’Acte Theatrix to present Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW October 16 – November 1 26 Friday Sep 2014 Posted by Carol Kassie in Clients, Entr'Acte Theatrix Crest Theatre, Delray Beach Center for the Arts, Entr'Acte Theatrix, Halloween, Michaela Paige, Mike Westrich, musical comedy, Musical Theatre, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, The Rocky Horror Show to present Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show October 16 – November 1 Let’s Do the Time Warp Again! September 26, 2014, Delray Beach, Florida: Halloween is just around the corner, and who better to celebrate with than the denizens of Dr. Frank N. Furter’s home-sweet-castle in Richard O’Brien’s beloved cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show. And Entr’Acte Theatrix is inviting audiences to come do the Time Warp again… when they present ‘Rocky’ at the Crest Theatre at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts from October 16th through November 1st. The Rocky Horror Show is an outrageous assemblage of – and humorous tribute to – the most stereotypical science fiction and horror movies, Marvel comics, Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello outings and rock ‘n’ roll of every vintage. The play (upon which the classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show is based) has grown from an experimental production originally produced in a small London theatre in June 1973, to a cult phenomenon with fans world-wide. The musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple who, when caught in a storm, find refuge in the home of a decidedly unusual scientist who is madly working towards unveiling his latest and greatest creation. Rocky is also the quintessential audience participation show, and Entr’Acte will have what have come to be known as ‘survival kits’ available for purchase for those who want them. This is the second time Entr’Acte Theatrix will present The Rocky Horror Show at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts’ Crest Theatre. Their 2012 production was so successful that when an encore presentation was suggested, it was a ‘no brainer’! Kevin Black “When the discussion began to remount Rocky Horror with Entr’Acte Theatrix, I knew immediately I was onboard,” says director Kevin Black. “And thankfully (producer) Vicki Halmos asked me if I was interested…of course! Rocky is a show within its own class – not many out there like it,” he continues. “It’s one of those shows that, as a director, you can put your personal creative stamp on. To me, that’s the fun of it. So this time around we are producing Rocky Horror 2.0. Bigger. Bolder. Bawdier!” Michaela Paige Entr’Acte has scored several casting coups with this production. Michaela Paige, who was a top 12 finalist on the 2012 edition of NBC’s “The Voice” will play ‘The Usherette’. Paige’s bio is impressive. She has been performing since the age of 8, and since appearing on “The Voice” she has been featured in USA Today, Rolling Stone, Access Hollywood, and the iTunes Top 100 Chart. She is also the host of three radio shows on W4CY and W4WN Radio, currently ranked number one in South Florida and thirteenth in the world for internet radio. Mike Westrich Mike Westrich who played Sir Galahad in Entr’Acte’s 2013 production of Spamalot, will play Dr. Frank N. Furter. The Silver Palm winner and two-time Carbonell Award nominee is currently garnering rave reviews and standing ovations for his performance in Broward Stage Door Theatre’s What’s New Pussycat? The Soundtrack of an Era. He is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan and has worked in numerous venues such as The Broward Center for the Performing Arts, The Duplex in NYC, and The Two River Theatre in NJ. Gaby Tortoledo Gaby Tortoledo (Janet) will make her Entr’Acte Theatrix debut in The Rocky Horror Show. She received extensive training and background in classical ballet, street jazz, and Latin dance in her native Venezuela, and continued her studies at City Academy London in the UK. Among her past credits are Jo (Little Women), Sally (You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown), and Fantine (Les Miserables). Justin Schneyer (Brad) is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance. He has worked with several theaters in South Florida, including Slowburn Theatre Company (Urinetown: The Musical, Into the Woods, Sideshow), Outre Theatre Company (Much Ado About Nothing), The Boca Raton Theatre Guild (Sweet Charity), and The Broward Center for the Performing Arts (Little House on the Ferry). Seth Trucks Seth Trucks (Narrator) studied experimental theatre at NYU and classical theatre at The British American Drama Academy and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He performed with Fractured Atlas and Synaesthetic Theatre in New York, and spent five years as a writer/performer with the NY based physical comedy troupe, The Six Characters. In Florida, Seth has performed with the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival and Eveningstar Productions. This is his third show with Entr’Acte Theatrix – he was Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q and improv/comedy coach for Spamalot. Other cast members include Dan Thagard (Rocky), Jenna Paige Gagliardo (Magenta), Greg Halmos (Riff Raff), Brielle Lysaght (Columbia), and Carlo-Rufino Sabusap (Dr. Scott). Entr’acte Theatrix, is a not-for-profit, semi-professional, showcase company for young actors, providing performance opportunities for emerging theatre artists. An off-shoot of the Palm Beach Principal Players, a twelve-year-old acting company for theater students of high school and college age, Entr’acte, as the name suggests, is the “next step,” from classroom to career, and provides the young actor his or her first professional, all-important, resume-building credit. The Rocky Horror Show will run for 15 performances only, from October 16 – November 1, at the Crest Theatre at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts. The theatre is located at 51 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, 33444. Tickets are on sale now, and are available by calling 561-243-7922 or on line HERE. Tickets are $25; $20 for groups of 15 or more; or $10 Student Rush – with I.D. By Richard O’Brien Tickets: $25 Groups of 15 or more: $15 (16th ticket is free) Children 12 & Under: $10 Student Rush – ½ hour before curtain: $10 – with valid ID (Schedule varies) October 16 – 8pm (Thursday) October 17 – 8pm (Friday) October 18 – 11 pm (Saturday) October 19 – 8 pm (Sunday) October 22 – 8 pm (Wednesday) October 23 – 8 pm (Thursday) October 24 – 8 pm (Friday) October 25 – 7 pm & 10 pm (Saturday) October 29 – 8pm (Wednesday) November 1 – 7 pm & 10 pm (Saturday) Delray Beach Center for the Arts / Crest Theatre 51 N. Swinton Ave. Delray Beach 33444 http://www.delraycenterforthearts.org http://www.entractetheatrix.org	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line583
__label__wiki	0.638334	0.638334	Is The Spanish Princess new tonight on Starz? What lies ahead The Spanish Princess June 30, 2019 Is The Spanish Princess new tonight on Starz? This is a show that just wrapped up an eight-episode run with intrigue, drama, the lead-up to a wedding, and then an ending that made you very eager for more. Alas, you’re not going to get more tonight, or for some time still, in fact. There is no new episode of the period drama tonight, as last week’s installment served as the end of “Part 1.” Starz earlier this year announced that they are extending the show’s run by another eight weeks and the creative team, led by Matthew Graham and Emma Frost, prepared the scripts out far in advance. It has long been their plan to tell a 16-episode story and they now have that opportunity. Filming on the second half of The Spanish Princess kicks off later this year, and the only thing that we have in terms of a release window as of right now is 2020. We’d love for it to air in the spring/early summer again, especially if that means that it could be a part of a one-two punch on the night alongside Outlander. We feel like season 5 of that show is likely to also come on the air next spring. So what can you expect in the remaining episodes of The Spanish Princess? It feels as though the story will kick off with seeing either the wedding or the early days of Catherine and Henry’s marriage — from there, you have a sense as to where things will go. The real story of Catherine is one about whether or not she can produce a male heir to be the eventual King, and eventually, Henry does whatever he can to split from her and send her away. All of this leads to the formation of the Church of England. The story of Catherine and Henry’s marriage is perhaps more well-known than anything else The Spanish Princess presents to you. Why will it stand out within this medium? Much of that has to do with the investment we already have in this world and these characters. We’re seeing this world through Catherine’s lens, and we know the individual steps that led to her being in this position. Want more coverage of The Spanish Princess? Then head over here to read our review for the midseason finale. Our goal is to keep you up-to-date on all things during the hiatus! Are you sad that The Spanish Princess is not airing tonight on Starz? Be sure to let us know right now in the comments, and come back for some other news soon. (Photo: Starz.)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line584
__label__cc	0.579816	0.420184	Click on any of the following links for information: Admission by Exception Admission Requirements—All Students Admission Requirements—Freshman Admission Requirements—International Students Admission Requirements—Transfer Students Continuing Student Taking Courses Outside ISU Readmission of Former Students Indiana State University, in affirming its commitment to excellence, recognizes the value of a student population reflecting academic achievement, cultural diversity, and special talents. The University’s admissions policies allow for the individual consideration of each applicant and help service a student population with these characteristics. The primary criterion for admission is evidence that a candidate is prepared to succeed in a degree program. Admission standards are stated in terms of traditional school and college grading systems. 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Failure to disclose attempted course work at other colleges or universities constitutes fraud upon the University. Transfer students who have earned 24 or more transferable semester credits need not ordinarily submit a high school transcript. However, transfer students who have not completed non-native language study at their transfer institution, but did complete a minimum of four courses in high school in a single or multiple non-native language, including American Sign Language (with a grade of C or better), should have their high school transcript sent to the Office of Admissions where the completion of the non-native language requirement will be recorded. To be official, all transcripts must be sent directly from the registrar’s office of the schools previously attended to the Office of Admissions at Indiana State University. Electronic transcripts can be issued from Indiana secondary schools utilizing the Commission of Higher Education sponsored Parchment Program. All such documents must be received by the above closing dates to ensure consideration. Freshman applicants under 21 years of age and transfers who have completed fewer than 24 transferable semester credits, must submit scores for the SAT or the ACT. Test scores are used to obtain a measure of the individuals aptitude, to assist in academic advising, and to assure proper course placement. Indiana State University currently recommends the following high school course curriculum. Students who graduate from high school in 1998 or after are expected to complete the Indiana Core 40 curriculum (or equivalent for non-Indiana high school graduates) to qualify for unconditional admission. Indiana Core 40 includes the following: Language Arts–eight credits in literature, composition, speech. Mathematics–six to eight credits from: Algebra I and II, geometry, trigonometry, calculus. 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__label__wiki	0.543234	0.543234	Mestre: a special alternative to Venice Just before you cross the lagoon, on the long road and Rail Bridge leading to Venice, you’ll find “Mestre”. It’s a built-up area that has developed around the major economic activities of Venice’s mainland, with a port, shipyards, large factories and refineries that have sprung up near the new commercial port and the Marghera. We know very little about the ancient settlement of Mestre as the earliest documents that mention it only date back to the year 1000. What is certain, though, is that it was an important crossroads for trade between the lagoon and the mainland. The port of Cavergnago grew up on the nearby Marzenego River and became a major defensive fortress during the middle ages, when the two castles of Castelvecchio and Castelnuovo were built. Today, only a few ruins of the old walls and 11 towers still remain. The only, very visible trace of the past is the Torre dell’Orologio, at one end of Piazza Ferretto. Mestre was important for defending Venice from threats from the land, first under Venetian rule and later as part of the Austrian Empire. To strengthen Mestre’s defences, a series of fortifications known as the ‘entrenched camp’ were built. There’s an interesting cycling route across the surrounding countryside and forest that you can take to visit these structures, which were still being used during the First World War. The Forte Marghera, with its large network of moats, stands next to the Parco San Giuliano and is well worth a visit. Nowadays it’s used for shows and concerts, particularly in the evenings. There are also plenty of places inside where you can grab a bite to eat. The city centre is home to all sorts of shops where it is guaranteed to have something to suit every fan of retail therapy, while also being less touristy than nearby Venice. As for road and rail links, it’s a convenient destination for visitors who want to get to Venice by public transport as, obviously, all of the trains to and from Venice pass through Mestre station. It’s also close to the airport and has plenty of hotels. And besides that, it makes a great base for visiting the neighbouring cities of Padua and Treviso. TagsWalk Author: Michele Del Pup Twitter: @MicheleDelPup A walk around Valletta » LAST REVIEWS OF THIS LOCATION Discover Venice from €9.00 Get the latest news from our local ambassadors that we share each week. Some similar locations The Carnivals of Acireale and Misterbianco When you think of Carnival you probably think of the one in Rio de Janeiro or, a little closer to home, Venice or Viareggio. But Catania too has plenty to offer during this season of fun and frolicking. Katharos Beach Just a 20-minute walk from pretty Oia (up and down a few hills), Katharos beach lies hidden away between rugged […] S’Musauer Stuebel, so much more than a restaurant S’Musauer Stuebel; the name is Alsatian. Lose yourself in the backstreets of Strasbourg to discover an address, an atmosphere, a restaurant which deserves to be discovered.	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line592
__label__wiki	0.67202	0.67202	DOJ Has a New Rule on Corporate Compliance By William Vogeler, Esq. on October 19, 2018 6:52 AM Brian Benczkowski, an assistant U.S. attorney general, didn't expect everybody to applaud his speech on corporate monitors. After all, he was speaking to students at New York University School of Law. They don't usually follow the nuances of corporate compliance. But business leaders around the country virtually gave him a standing ovation when he announced a change: the Justice Department is cutting back on using corporate monitors. Exception, Not the Rule Compliance monitors typically conduct extensive investigations, overseeing requirements in corporate plea agreements. They assess and report back to the government on a company's compliance and ethics programs. Benczskowski, who heads the criminal division, explained that every case requires a "deep look" into a company's compliance program. Deciding whether to install a monitor is "one of the most significant aspects" of any case, he said. But times are changing in corporate America, and that means a new policy on corporate monitors. He said they will be "the exception, not the rule." "The imposition of a monitor will not be necessary in many corporate criminal resolutions, and the scope of any monitorship should be appropriately tailored to address the specific issues and concerns that created the need for the monitor," Benczskowski said. A Cottage Industry In considering corporate compliance deals, he said, prosecutors should consider the financial costs and burdens on business operations. Monitorships cost millions of dollars; in one case, a company reportedly spent more than $130 million in monitor-related costs. "The use of monitors has become so prolific that it has resulted in a cottage industry of lawyers -- typically former prosecutors or even judges -- from consulting companies or large law firms who serve as monitors with broad authority," Benczskowski said in his speech. Those people -- the lawyers and judges working as monitors -- did not applaud. How to Know If Your Company Was Hurt by the Facebook Breach (FindLaw's In House) Netflix Went Global in 8 Years: Here's How (FindLaw's In House) Tech Companies Sue Over H-1B Visas (FindLaw's In House)	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line593
__label__cc	0.625045	0.374955	L'Etrangère All 4 entries tagged Discourse Analysis View all 7 entries tagged Discourse Analysis on Warwick Blogs \| View entries tagged Discourse Analysis at Technorati \| There are no images tagged Discourse Analysis on this blog The research process This chapter aims to make transparent the processes involved in knowledge production within my research. In considering issues of research design, data analysis, epistemology, power and ethics, I aim to show their interrelationship and the way in which the research process and method of analysis forms an intrinsic component of knowledge production. As Skeggs argues, knowledge is not formulated in a void and legitimated by an abstract, disembodied ‘knower’, but rather is constructed, interpreted by specific researchers positioned within particular structures of power and privilege: To ignore questions of methodology is to assume that knowledge comes from nowhere allowing knowledge makers to abdicate responsibility for their productions and representations. To side-step methodology means that the mechanisms we utilize in producing knowledge are hidden, relations of privilege are masked and knowers are not seen to be located (1997: 17). In this chapter we will examine the background to the study, the research design and method of data analysis employed in my research. Having outlined the basic choices I made in conducting this research, I will discuss the methodological and epistemological consequences of these choices, showing the way in which they shaped my findings and the knowledge that was produced. 4.1 Background and sample My own interest in the area of men and unemployment was piqued as a result of my part-time job as an administrative clerk for a project called ‘Grey Panther’ offered by the Office of Part-Time Education (OPTED) at Leeds University. This project was established in June 2004, and aims to help males aged 45+ who have been unemployed for over six months to undertake a vocationally-relevant course of study comprising discussion sessions, group exercises, ‘soft skills’ sessions such as CV-writing or interview techniques, and work placement. Through my involvement in the ‘Panther’ project from an early stage, which involved speaking to potential beneficiaries about their experiences of unemployment, I became aware of some of issues facing unemployed older men on an everyday, lived basis. The participants of my research were eight white, unemployed men aged between 45 and 60 from the Yorkshire and Humberside region (mostly Leeds area), who were attending a week-long ‘Panther project’ ‘summer school’ in June 2005. While some participants had heard about the programme through Job Centre Plus advisors, others had seen the course advertised in the local press, or heard about it by word-of-mouth. As such, participants tended to be fairly motivated to attend, viewing the scheme as an aid rather than an imposition. Unlike similar training courses offered in conjunction with Job Centre Plus, the ‘Panther’ course is not mandatory or linked to benefit receipt. The facilitators on this particular course created a safe space for the group to vent their feelings of anger and outrage with regard to their unemployed position. Although they shared various commonalities (their age, ethnicity, gender and the fact they were all long-term unemployed), the group was far from homogeneous, with the result that they had very varied responses to my questions. The participants came from a variety of class and educational positionings, which meant they had access to varying amounts of cultural, social and educational capital. Three of the men were linked with Job Centre Plus and depended on this for benefit receipt. These dimensions of difference affected their perceptions and representations of experiences and situations and meant that often openly challenged other participants’ interpretations. I initially conducted participant observation over the course of the one-week summer programme with the eight men described above. This gave me an initial understanding of some of the issues and topics that were pertinent to them. I followed this up with a focus group, as I felt the topic was particularly suited to interaction in a group context. As I was known to and had built sufficient trust amongst the members of the group, I introduced my research to them at the end of the week-long summer programme, and asked them if they would be willing to be involved in a recorded focus-group discussion at a later date. The ‘Panther’ project manager helped me to set up a mutually convenient date and booked a seminar room at the university for this purpose. As Tonkiss (2004) suggests, using a focus group enabled me to elicit information not easily observable ‘in the field’ in order to explore the men’s experiences of unemployment in greater depth. My participant observation and involvement in the ‘Panther project’ as an administrative assistant was useful in formulating my research questions and to inform the focus group discussion guide. The discussion guide was devised in a logical order, so that 'warm up' questions were placed at the beginning and built up to the more important and complex questions towards the end (appendix 1). The focus group took place on the 8th July 2005 in a seminar room at Leeds University, lasting approximately two and a half hours with two fifteen minute breaks. Seven of the eight original group members were present (one was unable to attend). Before the discussion I outlined the broad research aims, reiterated my position on confidentiality and anonymity, and checked that it was okay to record the discussion. I also encouraged them to express their views as freely as possible by stressing that there are 'no right or wrong answers'. I recorded the discussion with a Dictaphone and made fieldwork notes of my general impressions of the discussion. The focus group was keen and lively, and I found that I did not need to prompt much to elicit the kind of information I required. Indeed, the discussion proceeded quite naturally along the lines of themes I had envisaged when writing the topic guide. The most difficult part for me was ensuring that everyone had the opportunity to express themselves. Guiding, stimulating and facilitating the discussion was crucial to the success of the focus group. Providing interesting material for research and ensuring all participants were sufficiently as ease to disclose occasionally quite private info was also important. After the focus group I transcribed the tapes, a process that was useful for giving me an overall impression of the discussion and the emergent themes and discourses. However, the quality of the recordings, volume of the participants’ voices and interruptions meant that sometimes I was unable to understand comments or attribute them to a particular person. 4.3 Doing research with a friendship group The participants all had a significant relationship to the research topic , as they were all long-term unemployed and had recently participated in the ‘Grey Panther’ summer project at Leeds University. Although they were not known to each other at the beginning of the summer project when I conducted my initial participant observation, by the time I carried out my focus group they had spent a considerable amount of time together in an official capacity on the course, and had begun to formulate friendship groups and to meet socially outside the formal context of the project. Tonkiss (2004: 201–2) suggests that this might create problems in terms of established relations of power, disagreement or consensus being brought into the research setting. Certainly, assertive voices tended to dominate and direct the group discussion, and it was sometimes difficult to ensure that all participants had equal opportunity to express their views. However, I would argue that familiarity could also be seen as an advantage with this particular group. Their friendship allowed their differences in opinions and interpretations to be discussed openly, as they knew each other sufficiently to express disagreement and to disclose quite private information. The fact that they had common experiences meant that as a group they were able to give specific examples of events that they all knew about. The friendship dynamics of the group, the subject of the research, the familiar setting, and the fact that I was known to them and had already build up a friendly rapport with them through my work on the project, were all factors that enabled the focus group to be successful. It was possible for the participants to feel at ease ‘in the familiar’, meaning that they were keen, lively and open in their interaction with me and the other group members. 4.4 Discourse analysis Because of the interactive nature of the focus group data, I analysed the transcripts using discourse analysis, a process that is concerned ‘with how language is used to create and secure meanings, how competing accounts are negotiated and how speakers draw on certain interpretive repertoires in making their arguments within a given discursive context’ (Tonkiss 2004: 2050). I understand a discourse to refer to a particular set of meanings, metaphors, representations, images, narratives and statements that together present a particular version of events (Burr 1995: 48). Unemployment, for example, is represented in various and often conflicting ways by different sources e.g. the media, government, people who are unemployed etc. The knowledge and experiences voiced by the men were always mediated through the discourses available to them to interpret and understand their situation. Furthermore, discursive constructions are linked to the shaping of social institutions and practices of social regulation. Foucault (1984), for example, argues for a theoretical understanding of discourse as a realm in which institutions, norms, subjectivity and social practices (such as enactments of masculinity, gender roles etc.) are constituted and naturalised. We saw an example of this in the literature review with McVittie et al’s study (2003), which found employers employed egalitarian discourses to mask and legitimise age discrimination. In employing discourse analysis as a mode of analysis I aim to show how meanings are constructed around work, unemployment and masculinities, and examine how the men positioned themselves to accept or resist particular representations of their experience. I began by searching for recurrent themes in the transcripts, a search which was partly guided by the findings of existing research outlined in the literature review and partly a result of my own impressions of the discussion. I colour-coded the transcripts into approximately ten broad themes that were frequently spoken about, for example ‘public life’, ‘education’ and ‘work’. These themes not only fed back into the initial research questions, but also modified them to create new questions and topics. Having established the main themes of the discussion, I conducted a close critical reading of these. I identified the different ways in which a particular theme was talked about and constructed, looking at the type of language employed, rhetorical devices and images that fed into particular discourses. For example, I examined the ways in which particular versions of masculinity were sustained through specific discourses endorsing the notion of the ‘public man’ and ‘provider’ / ‘breadwinner’. I also tried to understand how the men resisted discourses that positioned them as helpless, or employed particular discourses in order to attempt to renegotiate their masculine identities. Crucially, the different backgrounds and positionings of the participants meant that they were able to access certain discourses more easily than others. For example, one member of the group was familiar with and well-versed in pro-feminist discourses, meaning that he challenged other participants about their understandings and interpretations of gender and work. Rather than confusing my interpretation of the data, I deliberately looked for patterns of variation and contradiction in the transcripts, examining the ways in which the men attempted to reconcile conflicting ideas. 4.5 Methodological and epistemological issues My methods of data collection and analysis allowed me to gain insight from a variety of perspectives, providing the flexibility to pursue topics arising through previous discussion. Most importantly, these methods captured the interactive quality of the group and the way in which they were keen to explore social and cultural meanings, knowledges and discourses surrounding their experiences of unemployment. Using a focus group meant that I was able to examine the way in which the men defined and positioned themselves in relation to public discourses surrounding unemployment, accepting particular discourses and resisting others. An important methodological assumption underpinning my choice of methods and mode of analysis is the idea that opinions, attitudes and accounts are socially produced and shaped through interaction with others. The group context of my research was important for exploring the way in which the men articulated and justified their ideas in relation to others, placing the emphasis on social interaction and collective meanings: [Focus groups] are not simply a means of interviewing several people at the same time; rather they are concerned to explore the formation and negotiation of accounts within a group context, how people define, discuss and contest issues through social interaction (Tonkiss 2004: 194). Rather than assuming that there is a tangible social ‘reality’ that can be accessed and ‘objectively’ presented through neutral, colourless language, I wanted to show how the men used language to (re)present their accounts of the social world. I thus adhered to the viewpoint that ‘language is both active and functional in shaping and reproducing social relations, identities and ideas’ (Tonkiss 1998: 248), regarding language as an inherently social practice which actively orders and shapes the way in which the men interpreted their experiences of unemployment. Far from viewing language as speaking its ‘truth’ in a straightforward referential way, it is subject to varying interpretations and put to different uses depending on context and its potential for explanatory power (Skeggs 1997: 26). As such, knowledge is not only context-dependent but also necessarily partial, with the result that interview data are ‘situated’ and bound to the research situation in which they were collected. This has methodological implications in terms of the generalisability of my research findings, which cannot be viewed as representative of the discourses expressed by other unemployed men outside the context of the focus group. As Gibbs (1997) argues, while focus groups may aim to reproduce the interactive aspect of naturally occurring social processes, they are not inherently naturally occurring interactions, offering no guarantee of what people say or how they interact outside the research context. Furthermore, as Skeggs points out, the transcription of spoken utterances and experiences into written format inevitably fails to capture the subtleties of expression, nuance and feeling (Skeggs 1997: 28). 4.6 Power and ethics in the research process The partiality of representation described above has ethical as well as epistemological implications. In adopting a poststructuralist approach which emphasises discourses, multiple interpretations and the constructed nature of experience, I do not anticipate my analysis of the data to perfectly match the interpretations of my participants. As research and writer, I had the ultimate power of production and explanation, selecting the words that were used and subjecting them to my own interpretations. However, I tried to avoid othering and mis-recognition in the research, placing the men’s voices at the centre of my research wherever possible. I would argue that although the men were used for purposes of research, they were nevertheless active agents who were not prepared to be exploited, providing perceptive and challenging insights into their experiences. In one sense I was in a position of power as moderator because I could decide which topics were discussed; however, the men also had clear ideas about what was relevant and important to them. I encouraged flexibility in the discussion to allow the emergence of themes I hadn’t previously considered. Furthermore, the men’s experiences of the focus group discussion seemed positive insofar as they communicated them to me, providing a safe but challenging environment to discuss topics that were important to their lives. They told me that the session had represented a chance to ‘sound off’ confidentially amongst other people who understood their position. As Gibbs (1997) argues ‘if [a focus group] works well, trust develops and the group may explore solutions to a particular problem as a unit, rather than as individuals’. In this way, the focus group appeared to provide a potential source of support and empowerment for the men. : 05 Sep 2005 19:56 \| Tags: Academic Related Discourse Analysis Dissertation Focus Group Methodology Research Design \| Comments (0) \| Close comments \| Report a problem Domestic provision and disempowerment Follow-up to Public life and scrutiny from L'Etrangère Part 2 of 'Masculinities and Unemployment chapter Simon: Nature – and this is what people don’t take into account sometimes – nature of a man is to defend a woman… There’s something inbuilt, there’s a gene there… in general it’s the man who looks after her… Ben: There’s something inside men that makes them want to provide for his wife. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying women are soft, because they’ve got things to do, things like having a baby – but the thing is it’s nature that the man protects her and the children. Simon: It goes back to the caveman days – a woman would stay at home while the guy goes out with his spear to fight the sabre-toothed tiger and the vagabonds or whatever. Traditionally, employment means that a man will earn a wage and bring this back to the home. Simon and Ben employ a traditional discourse in relation to the sexual division of labour: that men belong in the public arena and women in the private, domestic sphere, and that men should provide for and protect their wives and children. In presenting this traditional version of masculinity, they draw on arguments about a ‘natural’ sexual division of labour – it is “something inside men” that “makes them want to provide”, “something inbuilt”, a “gene”. Ben evades criticism and accusations of sexism by asserting “I’m not saying women are soft”, but simultaneously constructs both the categories of ‘man’ and ‘woman’ as inflexible and essentialist. Through his reference to “the caveman days”, Simon uses ‘history’ as a further rhetorical device to establish the authority of the ‘provider’ discourse, implying not only that this gender order is natural, but also immutable throughout time. In adhering to an essentialist construction of gender relations, unemployment may be interpreted as an assault on masculine pride, for this discourse not only links the position of (male) breadwinner to economic independence, but also to social status and ‘respect’. A sense of disempowerment and emasculation manifests itself in patterns of discourses around domestic provision, with the men voicing feelings of anxiety, guilt and resentment as a direct response to their inability to provide. Furthermore, the connection between failing to provide and feeling less of a man coincides with talk of losing ‘your’ woman: Ben: Relationships are more insecure nowadays… the missing word’s trust. When you’re unemployed, don’t forget that you are then at a low, a low point in your life, so anything that your wife does – when she’s out at a job, you wonder who’s she seeing, who’s she talking about, somebody talks to her. And then you get paranoid. Sam: Yeah, for men, there is a guilt associated with unemployment. In voicing these feelings, however, they consciously position themselves outside discourses that equate unemployed masculinity with vulnerability and insecurity, speaking about the situation in abstract rather than personal terms: Sam: It’d stick in my throat. If I was unemployed and couldn’t get work, to rely on a woman earning on my behalf. Simon: An awful lot of husbands don’t want their wives to have a career because they still want to be the biggest wage packet in the house. Ben: This doesn’t apply to everyone but my wife goes out to work because she wants to go out to work… no man likes a woman going out to earn for him. And if they’re honest enough he’ll tell you. They might tell you otherwise… Sam utilises the conditional tense when talking about unemployment – it would stick in his throat if he had to rely on a woman to provide for him. Ben consciously constructs his situation as ‘different’ from the experiences of other unemployed men whose wives may be forced to work to support the family by employing the language of freewill and choice – his wife “goes out to work because she wants to go out to work” (my emphasis), not because it is necessitated through circumstances beyond his control. They discuss the issue in abstract, generalised terms and refer to their situations in the third person. This partially serves a rhetorical function, suggesting that ‘other men’ who are perhaps less honest or self-aware “might tell you otherwise”, but it also forms one means of coping with the social objectification that occurs through the process of being categorised as unemployed. This is an attempt to reconstruct themselves as legitimate ‘knowers’ and subjects rather than objects lacking agency and volition, a means of resisting and refusing the potentially emasculating effects of unemployment. However, this represents only an individualised coping strategy, rather than collective and co-operative action, and therefore poses little challenge to the prevalent discourse of masculine provision and the sense of disempowerment this may entail for men who are unemployed. Unemployment is not the only way in which hegemonic discourses of masculinity may be challenged, and indeed the challenges posed by material changes in the labour market – an increase of women in particular labour markets and subsequent transformation in meanings surrounding men’s and women’s work – intersect with male unemployment to produce changes in subjectivities. Ben and Simon employ the language of pragmatism and necessity when talking about the entry of women into the workplace, constructing it as an economic necessity and suggesting that men and women alike are ensnared by social structures that pervade and influence daily existence: Ben: Necessity. A lot of it’s to do with necessity. A woman has children, she’s got to work and get employment and she’ll take the job that men won’t take. Simon: Yeah. Now women have got to work. Ben: Yes. The thing is now what’s changed that is, is the house market. Because they now need two wages, they don’t need one. It’s a reality… They both need to work – both man and wife need to work to live. Ben positions women in an inferior section of the labour market to that inhabited by men (“she’ll take the job that men won’t take”), which diminishes the threat that such changes in employment patterns pose to hegemonic versions of masculinity. Thomas takes up this point in a pro-feminist discourse, arguing that feminisation of the labour market does not necessarily represent true gender equality, but rather that sections of the job market where women are mostly concentrated tend to be those where people are underemployed and undervalued: Thomas: That might be exploitation of a group i.e. women who are fifty one percent of the population. And they desperately need to earn money, and therefore they’ll take a job that we as males would not take…I think there is an awful lot of pressure on women from their husbands to take a non-career job, such as a checkout, rather than be a professional manager. I suggest that that happens, and is widespread. Whereas attributing changes in gendered employment participation to the ‘reality’ of economic necessity does not unduly upset the traditional gender order, a greater threat is posed by women moving into sections of the labour market traditionally viewed as male, especially given that men do not feel that they can afford to move into traditionally female areas: Ben: The nurses were resenting because the men – if you look at the nursing professions, most of the managers on the nursing side of it were women. They resented men coming into their profession – women don’t like men infiltrating their area. Likewise, I’ll never agree with a woman coming into a more physical job. What’s a woman want to be a welder for? Here Ben represents the shift as an invasion of one sex into the other’s domain, adhering to traditional symbolic values that construct ‘men’s work’ as physical and ‘women’s work’ as caring and nurturing. Some of the other men expressed resentment at changes in the nature and content of men’s employment, reflected by accusations such as “women bring the salaries down”. It is thus not only unemployment but also changes in the labour market that threaten hegemonic discourses of masculinity, blurring a gender order hitherto perceived by many as clearly demarcated and irrevocably separated. : 17 Aug 2005 12:49 \| Tags: Discourse Analysis Masculinities Sociology \| Comments (1) \| Close comments \| Report a problem Public life and scrutiny Part 1 of masculinities and unemployment chapter Ben: You can’t meet other people, and if you do then you feel as though everyone’s looking at you, like you’re reliant on other people’s charity. Sam: You can’t go to the pub because of lack of money, and that restricts a lot of what you do when you’re unemployed. Philip: It’s lack of money, the hardest part. Sam: Money. Yeah it is. These men claim that their lack of wage restricts their participation in the public sphere, particularly in the social arena of leisure. As Willott and Griffin (1997) argue, there is an association between traditional masculine identities and belonging in the public rather than the domestic sphere both in terms of waged work and leisure activities such as the pub. Traditionally, the pub has been understood as a crucial site for both the expression and reinforcement of traditional masculinities and gendered consumption (Morgan 1992). Yet employment not only provides the financial means of ‘paying your way’ in public places such as the pub, but is also viewed as an important site within the public sphere in itself, providing freedom from the private sphere and a potential source of social interaction: Thomas: The hardest part of being unemployed for me is the reduced social group. The fact that basically, through work, I think our social groups often come out of work. Philip: I agree. I tend to think that a lot of our social contacts do come out of work. When I worked at [name of company] we’d have one or two social events a month. I didn’t go to them all the time. Simon: If you’re unemployed you tend to be in a little box on your own. You’re not related to somebody, you’re not part of a company, you’re not part of a corporation, you’re very isolated. It’s difficult to find jobs to do when you’re unemployed. Unemployment can thus result in reduced social capital and isolation from life in the public sphere, leading to a reduced sense of purpose and lethargy. While some of the men constructed work as an unpleasant necessity or duty ‘forced’ upon them, a ‘nine-to-five grind’ that was necessary to ensure their continued existence, others contested this interpretation by suggesting that work can in fact form an integral part of their identities and provide a source of personal fulfilment or stimulation. The implication here is that there is a direct connection between the type of work that the men do with the types of men that they are, that work provides a means of sustaining and enacting particular values and subjectivities within the domain of public life: Thomas: I would say work has to be something we passionately care about, and not just a meal ticket. Sure we live in the real world, yes we have our bills to pay, etcetera etcetera… But we’re not working just for that, because we’ve got to be working for something. It’s got to be for ourselves. Sam: We have a set of needs to fulfil, everybody does, and work plays a part in fulfilling those needs, and creates needs of its own. Whether we view work as a means in itself or as a means to an end. Ben: That sounds like a nice idea, a utopia. I don’t have a problem with that idea. But the reality is sometimes you’ve got to do a job you don’t want to do. Although this representation of work may only embody an unrealistic ‘utopia’ in some ways, the trappings of full-time employment are still understood to be infinitely preferable to full-time entrapment within the domestic sphere. This realm is construed as stagnant and dull, offering little in the way of mental stimulation or structure. The lethargy, boredom and reduced motivation understood to result from unrelenting positioning within the domestic sphere contrasts strongly with traditional discourses of working masculinities characterised by vigour, strength, competitiveness and activity. Furthermore, the prospect of recovering these former identities appears bleak while stuck in a domestic ‘rut’ that offers meagre access to economic and social resources: Simon: The biggest problem I’ve got at home is that my brain has always been active… The trouble with all that time is boredom, and when I don’t have anything to push myself with my mind spends all its time spinning. Sam: Yeah, you whiz. Simon: That’s very very tiring. It also drives people up the bloody wall… I don’t think I’m a stronger person, I think I’ve gone backwards… my brain doesn’t work as quickly cos I’ve had nothing to pit it against. Ben: I agree with you that your motivation diminishes… With your motivation, once that drops, you just can’t get up – you just go to yourself ‘I can’t be bothered’. And that reflects on everything. Simon: Yeah. Everything drops. Not only is employment understood to be an important anchor for hegemonic masculine identities in terms of making money and escaping the domestic sphere, but it also plays an integral role in the construction and enactment of public masculine identities. The men showed acute awareness of the ‘policing’ of a judgemental external other who ‘assesses’ them (“you feel as though everyone’s looking at you”), positioning them according to the kind of work in which they engage and enabling them to be recognised as respectable, responsible men. Paid employment is not only a means of accruing cultural capital such as a home or car, but it is a form of cultural capital in itself that may be called upon to reinforce public enactments of masculinities: Ben: People ask questions about what you do and you can’t always answer those questions. It’s like you don’t exist. Joe: First thing people ask, to assess you, like where you live, what car you drive. Thomas: In society’s mind your own identity is linked to the professional work you’re doing or not doing. People ask ‘who are you?’ If you’re at a party or at a function people will ask you what you do, and so forth. Unemployment has the dual effect of making them feel invisible “like you don’t exist” and under scrutiny. Although keenly conscious and resentful of this external surveillance and judgement, as they do not necessarily passively accept it, but rather make strenuous efforts to negotiate alternative masculine identities and resist the interpretation that they have been somehow sidelined. Thomas, for example, insists upon a post-modern concept of subjectivity, in which individual identities are slippery, fragmented and multiple, never absolute but rather context-dependent, resisting an essentialist conceptualisation of masculinity: Thomas: I say, well, it depends which day it is or which head I’ve got on, and then I list a whole bunch of, various stuff that I’m involved in. You can shut that line of enquiry right off. Ben and Joe, on the other hand, employ humour to manoeuvre their own social positioning and throw their imagined interrogators off balance, a small act of defiance that provides the means of fighting back against perceived injustice and regaining some self-respect as men in a world that has rendered them and their industrial skills redundant: Ben: I say I’m a pole-dancer. Joe: I say I live in a bail hostel. Ben: You should see the faces on them when they ask me what I do and I say ‘pole-dancer’ and you can see them picturing it, a real vivid picture. Ben’s proposed method for contending with external scrutiny contains a strong performative element reminiscent of the exploration of the relationship of men to looking and being looked at in the 1997 film The Full Monty (Cattaneo 1997). Rather than passively accepting the gaze of a society that constructs unemployed masculinities as fragile and uncertain, suspended in a state of subjective uncertainty, he toys with the idea of reasserting his own masculinity as an embodied performative construct, a means of recovering some self-esteem in a world where the nature of work and gender roles have been forever transformed. : 11 Aug 2005 15:01 \| Tags: Discourse Analysis Dissertation Masculinities Sociology \| Comments (0) \| Close comments \| Report a problem Analysis of data (more notes / scribblings / thoughts) (the theoretical and epistemological bit) Because of the interactive nature of the data, focus group data are often suited to discourse analysis. Discourse analysis is concerned 'with how language is used to create and secure meanings, how competing accounts are negotiated and how speakers draw on certain interpretive repertoires in making their arguments within a given discursive context' (Tonkiss 2004: 205). Language is not viewed as neutral or colourless, reflecting an 'objective' reality, but rather as a means of re-presenting it (c.f. Abrams 'The Mirror and the Lamp'): Language is seen not simply as a neutral medium for communicating information, but as a domain in which our knowledge of the social world is actively shaped… Discourse analysis involves a perspective on language which sees this not as reflecting reality in a transparent or straightforward way, but as constructing and organizing that social reality for us (Tonkiss 1998: 246). The way that we use language is rarely innocent, and discourse analysis can help to reveal how talk and texts are ordered to produce specific meanings and effects (ibid: 247). Foucault (1984) argues for a theoretical understanding of discourse as a realm in which institutions, norms, subjectivity and social practices are constituted and naturalised. In this way he links discursive constructions to the shaping of social institutions and practices of social regulation and control. Rather than garnering accounts so as to access people's views, attitudes and opinions, or to find out what happened (i.e. assuming that there is a tangible social 'reality' that can be accessed and 'objectively' presented), the discourse analyst is interested in how people use language to (re)present their accounts of the social world. 'Language is both active and functional in shaping and reproducing social relations, identities and ideas' (ibid: 248). As Skeggs (1997) argues, language does not simply speak its ‘truth’ in a straightforward referential way, but rather it is context-dependent and comprised of discourses that are in fact constructed themselves. In adopting a postmodern epistemological position, it is necessary to acknowledge fragmented and multiple subjectivities and reject the existence of an ‘authentic’ self. Language itself is subject to varying interpretations and representations, contains different meanings and adopts a variety of forms, and is put to different uses depending on context and potential for explanatory power (Skeggs 1997: 26). Language is thus viewed as a social practice which actively orders and shapes people's relation to their social world (Tonkiss 1998: 249). Interpretive context The social setting in which a particular discourse is located. The context is relevant at both a macro- (e.g. gender inequalities in society) and micro- level (e.g. type of interaction, relationship between participants, immediate discursive aims of the speaker) Rhetorical organisation 'The argumentative schemes which organise a text which work to establish the authority of particular accounts while countering alternatives' (Tonkiss 1998: 250). How are statements put together? What effects do they seek? What forms of knowledge are privileged? Which speakers will be heard as authoritative? Is discourse persuasive to action? Doing discourse analysis (the practical bit) Formulate a research problem – not one that is looking for answers to specific questions but looking at the way meanings are constructed. E.g. how is unemployment constructed as a political issue or 'problem', how are unemployed people represented within public discourses, how do they construct themselves to resist these interpretations, how does unemployment affect discourses of hegemonic masculinity? Be selective about data – extract sections that provide the richest source of analytic material. Are there contradictions or inconsistencies in the text? Representations that contradict the researcher's assumptions? Are these productive? Select a number of recurrent themes / sections of data. Categories of analysis that emerge from data may feed back into the research question and cause it to be modified. Once themes are established – what ideas / representations cluster around them? What associations are established? are paricular meanings being mobilised? what languages are employed (e.g. economic / medical / religious / natural) and bound up into particular discourses? Are there patterns of variation? How do participants attempt to reconcile conflicting ideas, to cope with contradiction or uncertainty, to counter alternatives? How are seemingly coherent, 'smooth' discourses disrupted? How are discourses brought together and for what purposes? Are discourses founded on a series of oppositions? Are there consistencies within and between texts? Read for emphasis, detail and silences. Read against the grain of the text and look at gaps – what is absent from the accounts? Alternative accounts are excluded by omission. Discourse analysis may be concerned with the examination of meaning, but meaning is contestable and specific texts are open to alternative interpretations: The discourse analyst, like other social actors, aims to provide a persuasive account, which in this case offers an insightful, useful and critical interpretation of a research problem (Tonkiss 1998: 259). Although internal validity may be achieved by interpreting data closely, external validity is more difficult to claim as it is difficult to contend that the analyst's own discourse is obective, factual, true, not to mention the fact that discourse analysis typically deals with small datasets. Social researchers should question their own assumptions and adopt a reflexive approach to social research (c.f. feminist issues of epistemologies / power). So basically it's a bit like analysing a piece of literature, is it then? Foucault, M. 1984. 'The order of discourse', in Shapiro, M. (ed.) Language and Politics. Oxford: Blackwell. Tonkiss, F. 1998. 'Analysing discourse'. In Seale, C. (ed.). 1998. Researching Society and Culture (1st ed.). London: Sage. Tonkiss, F. 2004. 'Using Focus Groups'. In Seale, C. (ed.). 2004. Researching Society and Culture (2nd ed.). London: Sage. Skeggs, B. 1997. Formations of Class and Gender. London: Sage. : 03 Aug 2005 12:20 \| Tags: Discourse Analysis Dissertation \| Comments (0) \| Close comments \| Report a problem Rosalind Hook’s Facebook profile Very nice, people must visit Bosnia more and more, espacially the part Hercegovina and and North Bos… by Me on this entry That's not AT ALL like the Shepherdess I know. Mine is rather dark and has a foul mouth on her. Your… by Byron Getonefree on this entry please send me if you have the panther picture but with a beater pixel for example 1024×786 or 1280×… by blondu on this entry Well…? I take it all went ok considering your status on Facebook? 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He joined Surmodics in February 2007 as Director, Business Development, was named Senior Director and General Manager of the in vitro diagnostics business unit in October 2010 and served as Vice President of Finance and interim CFO from August 2011 to February 2013. United Bancshares, Inc. [Columbus Grove, Ohio] appointed Stacy A. Cox to the position of Chief Financial Officer of United Bancshares, Inc. Ms. Cox will also be appointed to the positions of Executive Vice President and CFO of the Company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, The Union Bank Company (the “Bank”). Daniel J. Lucke, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, has transitioned to the position of Controller of the Bank. Ms. Cox served as Senior Vice President, Operations, for Huntington National Bank from 1992 to 2008. In 2008, Ms. Cox accepted the position of Vice President, Core Banking Operations and Information Technology, with First National Bank Omaha, where she served until taking the positions of Chief Operations Officer and Chief Risk Officer with Croghan Colonial Bank, Fremont, Ohio, positions which she has continuously held until her current appointment. Fresenius Medical Care [Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany & Waltham, MA] announced that CFO Michael Brosnan plans to retire from the Company after his successor has been identified and transitioned into the role. Michael Brosnan has been Global CFO of Fresenius Medical Care since January 2010. Previously, he served as CFO of Fresenius Medical Care North America for seven years. He joined the company in 1998 as Vice President of Finance and Administration for the company’s laboratory services organization and then assumed several key executive positions at Fresenius Medical Care in North America. Prior to joining the company, he held senior financial positions at Polaroid Corporation and was an audit partner at KPMG. Voci Technologies [PITTSBURGH] announced the appointment of Tony Ryan as CFO. Ryan served as CFO at Primal Palate, Transim Technology Corporation, TimeSys and Ansoft Corporation. Ryan was also Director, IP Strategy at Arrow Electronics and COO and CFO for DesignAdvance Systems. Energy Efficient Equity (E3) [SANTA MONICA, Calif.] announced that it has appointed Rasool Alizadeh to serve as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining E3, Alizadeh was Treasurer & Head of Capital Markets at Ygrene Energy Fund. Prior to his time at Ygrene, Mr. Alizadeh spent time at SMBC Nikko Securities, RBC Capital Markets, and S&P Ratings Services. MDLIVE Inc. [Sunrise, Fla.] announced the appointment of Dan Monahan as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to MDLIVE, Mr. Monahan was the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations for the Imaging business within Change Healthcare, formerly McKesson. He has also held several key financial and operational leadership roles with Sprint, Nortel Networks, SITA, CDC oftware and EMS Technologies. ATI Physical Therapy [Bolingbrook, Ill.] announced that Joseph Jordan has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer for the organization. He moves into the role from Senior Vice President and Controller. Al Hamood, who was serving in a dual role of CEO and CFO, will move into the role of President of the company with Jordan’s promotion. Jordan joined the organization in April 2018, coming to ATI from Sears Holdings where he was Corporate Controller. In addition to his role as Corporate Controller at Sears, he served as Assistant Controller for Suncoke Energy. Jordan began his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP. McCourt Global [NEW YORK] announced its appointment of Joe Riley as Chief Financial Officer. Riley  previously served as Managing Member and Chief Administrative Officer of the Psilos Group. Filed Under: CFO, CFO Search, CFO Search Report, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, NASDAQ, NYSE, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: Al Hamood, Andrew LaFrence, ATI Physical Therapy, Avis Budget Group, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Bolingbrook, BRAINTREE, Brett Whitmire, Bryan Mittelman, California, CANTON, CARLSBAD, Ceragon Networks, Cindy Cox, Citi, Citigroup, COLMAR, Colorado, Columbus Grove, Corey Sanders, Dan D'Arrigo, Dan Dorsey, Dan Monahan, Daniel Lucke, David Hession, David Lund, DENVER, Diodes Incorporated, Dorman Products, Doron Arazi, EDEN PRAIRIE, ELGIN, Energy Efficient Equity, FinFit, FISION Corporation, Florida, FORT WAYNE, Fresenius Medical Care, Garry Lowenthal, GenMark Diagnostics, Germany & Waltham, Heather Paduck, Hercules Capital, Illinois, Indiana, Joe Riley, John C. Gerspach, John North, Johnny Ek, Joseph Jordan, Karen Foley, LAS VEGAS, LITTLE FALLS, Mark A.L. Mason, Martyn Smith, Massachusetts, Matthew Fahy, McCourt Global, MDLIVE, Medical Informatics Engineering, MGM Resorts International, Michael Brosnan, MIE, Mike Ginnetti, Mike White, MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, NEW YORK, Ohio, PALO ALTO, PARSIPPANY, Patrick Grosso, Pennsylvania, PITTSBURGH, Plano, Priyanka Singh, Ran Vered, Rasool Alizadeh, Rick White, SALT LAKE CITY, SANTA MONICA, Scott Mendel, Seth Meyer, Spirion, ST. PETERSBURG, Stack Infrastructure, Stacy Cox, Sunrise, SurModics, Symmons Industries, Texas, The Middleby Corporation, Timothy FitzGerald, Togetherwork, Tony Ryan, Ty Hurner, United Bancshares, Upwell Health, UTAH, Ver-Tex Construction, Virginia, VIRGINIA BEACH, Voci Technologies CFO Moves – week ending July 21, 2017 Posted on July 24, 2017 Written by Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment Vera Bradley, Inc. Fluor Corporation IntraHealth International Family Room Entertainment Corp. Arcadia Healthcare Solutions Epix Healthcare Gilsbar The Buckle, Inc. Shrimp Basket Restaurants APTIM Good Times Restaurants Inc. Fred’s, Inc. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Intelivideo CalAmp Piston Group MannKind Corporation Performant Financial Corporation NewYork-Presbyterian Insys Therapeutics, Inc. Vera Bradley, Inc. [FORT WAYNE, Ind.] (NASDDAQ: VRA) announced that John Enwright has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Enwright joined Vera Bradley in 2014 as Senior Director of Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and was soon promoted to Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis. In March 2017, he was named Interim Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Vera Bradley, Enwright spent 15 years with Tiffany & Co. in various financial roles of increasing responsibility. Bruce Stanski Fluor Corporation [IRVING, Texas] (NYSE: FLR) announced that Bruce Stanski has been appointed as Fluor’s chief financial officer, replacing Biggs Porter. Stanski has served as the president of Fluor’s Government Group since March 2009. Prior to joining Fluor, he served as CFO at another company in the engineering and construction sector. IntraHealth International [CHAPEL HILL, N.C.] welcomed Rob Murphy as the new vice president of finance and administration and chief financial officer. Before joining IntraHealth, Murphy served as chief financial officer/chief compliance officer at FHI 360. He also served in senior roles, including as chief financial officer, at Deloitte Emerging Markets Group, the United Nations Office for Project Services in Denmark, Counterpart International, Development Alternatives, Inc. and the Academy for Educational Development. Family Room Entertainment Corp. [LOS ANGELES] (OTC PINK: FMYR) announced the departure of its Director, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Secretary, Stanley Tepper. Arcadia Healthcare Solutions [BURLINGTON, Mass.] has appointed Karl Stubelis as its chief financial officer. Prior to Arcadia, Stubelis served as senior vice president and CFO at athenahealth. Stubelis had previously been vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting officer at marketing and consulting firm SapientNitro Corporation. Epix Healthcare [NORCROSS, Ga.] announced the addition of Brian Moore as its chief financial officer. Moore joined Epix after serving as the CFO of Carestream Dental. Prior to Carestream Dental, Moore served in a variety of financial and operational roles at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Gilsbar [COVINGTON, LA] announced the addition of Becky Pathoumthong to our executive team in the role of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Pathoumthong previously worked at Arthur Andersen, Stryker Corporation, and Alfasigma USA, Inc. prior to joining Gilsbar. The Buckle, Inc. [KEARNEY, Neb.] (NYSE: BKE) announced that the Board of Directors has elected Thomas B. Heacock as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Heacock replaces Karen B. Rhoads as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, who in May announced her intention to retire from the Company. Mr. Heacock previously served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Corporate Controller. He has been employed by the Company since October 2003. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed by Ernst & Young, LLP. Kim Moehler Shrimp Basket Restaurants [PENSACOLA, Fla.] announced it has named Kim Moehler its Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Ms. Moehler spent 18 years with Office Depot in various finance roles, including Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, and Divisional CFO roles. Before Office Depot, she was employed with Denny’s Restaurants as a Director of Field Finance. APTIM [THE WOODLANDS, Texas] announced that Mark Crouser has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Crouser has served more than 25 years in the engineering, construction and diversified services business as Vice President of Finance for Balfour Beatty Construction and more recently as Chief Financial Officer, Americas Region, for M+W Group. Good Times Restaurants Inc. [DENVER] (NASDAQ: GTIM), announced the resignation of Jim Zielke as Chief Financial Officer and the hiring of Ryan Zink as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Zink was the Corporate Finance Director and Reporting Leader, and previously Operations Controller for INVISTA Inc., positions he has held since March 2014. From January 2000 to March 2014, he served in various capacities with F&H Acquisition Corp., including Senior Vice President of Finance, and Chief Operating Officer for its Champps concept. Prior to his service with F&H, Mr. Zink worked for KPMG, LLP. Fred’s, Inc. [MEMPHIS, Tenn.] (NASDAQ: FRED) announced the appointment of Jason Jenne as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jenne succeeds Rick Hans, who is stepping down from the Company to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Jenne joined Fred’s Pharmacy in September 2016 as Senior Vice President, Finance. He most recently served as President and CEO of True Temper Sports. He also served as True Temper Sports’ Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [REDWOOD CITY, Calif.] (NASDAQ: ACRX) announced the appointment of Raffi Asadorian as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Amyris, Mr. Asadorian was the CFO for Unilabs. Mr. Asadorian joined Barr Pharmaceuticals as SVP and CFO of its PLIVA subsidiary. Intelivideo [DENVER] announced the appointment of Scott Heinemann as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at Workforce Insight, Inc. CalAmp [IRVINE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: CAMP) announced the appointment of Kurtis J. Binder as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Binder succeeds Rick Vitelle. Mr. Binder has spent the majority of his career in financial leadership positions, including most recently as Chief Financial Officer of VIZIO, Inc., and previously served as an Assurance and Advisory Business Services Partner at Ernst & Young LLP. Amit Singhi Piston Group [REDFORD, Mich.] announced that Amit Singhi has been named chief financial officer. He began his business career at General Motors as a research engineer in 1989. Five years later he joined Ford Motor Company where he progressed through a series of senior finance positions in North America prior to being named CFO for Ford South America in 2012. MannKind Corporation [VALENCIA, Calif.] (NASDAQ: MNKD) (TASE: MNKD) announced that Steven Binder has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Binder most recently spent four years at Stryker Corporation, where he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Stryker’s International Group, based in Singapore. Prior to Stryker, Mr. Binder served in a series of senior leadership roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. His last four positions at BMS were Vice President, Finance roles over different geographic operating units: United States (2012-2013), Europe (2008-2011), AsiaPacific (2005-2007), and Japan (2003-2005). Prior to his international experience, Mr. Binder served in three senior leadership roles for Oncology Therapeutics Network, Vice President, Strategic Development (2001-2003), Vice President, Customer Operations (2000-2001), and Chief Financial Officer (1997-2000). Before OTN, Mr. Binder progressed through three finance and accounting roles for BMS Worldwide Medicines Group after joining the company in 1992. Before BMS, he worked for Deloitte & Touche. Performant Financial Corporation [LIVERMORE, Calif.] (NASDAQ: PFMT) announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Hakan Orvell, passed away. Lisa Im, Chief Executive Officer and Ian Johnston, Chief Accounting Officer, have been handling Mr. Orvell’s duties while he was on a medical leave of absence. Michael Breslin NewYork-Presbyterian [New York, New York] has named Michael Breslin chief financial officer. He will succeed Phyllis Lantos, who is transitioning to a new role as a senior advisor to Dr. Steven J. Corwin, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian. Prior to joining NewYork-Presbyterian in 2015, he served as senior vice president, finance at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist (then New York Methodist Hospital). Earlier in his career, he was chief financial officer of Lenox Hill Hospital and also served as president and chief executive officer of Richmond University Medical Center. His relationship with NewYork-Presbyterian began when he worked with the hospital as a partner at the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. Insys Therapeutics, Inc. [PHOENIX] (NASDAQ: INSY) announced that Andrew G. Long has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. He most recently served as Senior Vice President of Global Finance at Patheon, from 2015 to 2017. Prior to his role at Patheon, Mr. Long spent nine years as Vice President of Global Finance for multiple divisions at Thermo Fisher Scientific. He previously spent five years at BioScience Division of Cambrex Corporation. Previously, Mr. Long also spent almost a decade in various roles at Abbott Laboratories. Filed Under: CFO, CFO Search, CFO Search Report, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, NASDAQ, NYSE, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Amit Singhi, Andrew Long, APTIM, Arcadia Healthcare Solutions, ARIZONA, Becky Pathoumthong, Biggs Porter, Brian Moore, Bruce Stanski, BURLINGTON, CalAmp, California, CHAPEL HILL, Colorado, COVINGTON, DENVER, Epix Healthcare, Family Room Entertainment Corp., Florida, Fluor Corporation, FORT WAYNE, Fred's, GEORGIA, Gilsbar, Good Times Restaurants, Hakan Orvell, Ian Johnston, Indiana, Insys Therapeutics, Intelivideo, IntraHealth International, IRVINE, IRVING, Jason Jenne, Jim Zielke, John Enwright, Karen B. Rhoads, Karl Stubelis, KEARNEY, Kim Moehler, Kurtis Binder, Lisa Im, LIVERMORE, LOS ANGELES, Louisiana, MannKind Corporation, Mark Crouser, Massachusetts, MEMPHIS, Michael Breslin, Michigan, NEBRASKA, NEW YORK, NewYork-Presbyterian, NORCROSS, North Carolina, PENSACOLA, Performant Financial Corporation, PHOENIX, Phyllis Lantos, Piston Group, Raffi Asadorian, REDFORD, REDWOOD CITY, Rick Hans, Rick Vitelle, Rob Murphy, Ryan Zink, Scott Heinemann, Shrimp Basket Restaurants, Stanley Tepper, Steven Binder, TENNESSEE, Texas, The Buckle, THE WOODLANDS, Thomas Heacock, VALENCIA, Vera Bradley	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line598
__label__wiki	0.972996	0.972996	CFO Moves – week ending December 7, 2018 Posted on December 10, 2018 Written by Samuel Dergel Leave a Comment Sonoco ETRADE Financial Corporation Everbridge, Inc. American International Group (AIG) Machine Zone The Nature’s Bounty Co. ETQ 3PEA International, Inc. MEGA International MedMen Enterprises Inc. Prevail Therapeutics, Inc. IRIDEX Corporation Dropoff Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. Senseonics Holdings, Inc. Potbelly Corporation Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. Newgioco Group, Inc. Digital Media Solutions Orchestra BioMed, Inc. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. TricorBraun IsoRay, Inc. KEMET Corporation Julie Albreicht Sonoco [HARTSVILLE, S.C.] (NYSE: SON) announced Barry Saunders, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has announced his plans to retire after nearly 30 years with the Company, effective March 1, 2019. Sonoco also announced plans to appoint Julie Albrecht who will be named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective following Saunders’ retirement. Albrecht joined Sonoco in March 2017 and has served as Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant CFO. Albrecht spent nearly 20 years at Goodrich Corporation/United Technologies Aerospace Systems, progressing through several finance positions, including Assistant Treasurer while at Goodrich. In 2012, Goodrich was acquired by United Technologies, and Albrecht became Finance Director of an $800 million business unit and also led financial planning and analysis for its aftermarket business. Prior to joining Sonoco, she was Vice President, Finance, Investor Relations and Treasurer for Esterline Technologies. Albrecht began her career in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers. ETRADE Financial Corporation [NEW YORK] (NASDAQ: ETFC) announced that Chad Turner will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer for the Company. An ETRADE veteran with nearly two decades in leadership roles in finance and beyond, Mr. Turner currently oversees the forecasting and performance analysis functions that drive the Company’s strategic direction. Prior to this role, Mr. Turner served as Vice President, Accounting. Prior to joining ETRADE, Mr. Turner served as Controller for Verestar, Inc. He started his career in public accounting at Arthur Andersen. Everbridge, Inc. [BURLINGTON, Mass.] (NASDAQ: EVBG) announced that Kenneth Goldman, who has served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer since April 2015, will retire in mid-2019. Patrick Brickley, Everbridge Vice President of Finance & Accounting, will be promoted to the role of Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer upon Goldman’s retirement. Brickley joined Everbridge in May of 2015 as Vice President of Finance and was promoted to VP Finance & Accounting in 2017. Prior to joining Everbridge, Brickley served as the lead finance partner to tech visionaries pursuing a number of innovation initiatives at Google in the roles of Finance Manager and Controller. Before Google, he held several financial leadership roles at ITA Software, which was later acquired by Google. Mark D. Lyons, American International Group (AIG) [NEW YORK] (NYSE: AIG) announced that it has appointed Mark D. Lyons to the role of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Lyons succeeds Sid Sankaran, who will remain at AIG in an advisory capacity through the year-end reporting process for fiscal year 2018. Mr. Lyons will remain Chief Actuary, General Insurance, until a successor is named. Mr. Lyons joined AIG in 2018 from Arch Capital Group, Ltd., where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since 2012. He joined Arch in 2002 and served in various capacities within Arch Insurance U.S. operations, eventually rising to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arch Worldwide Insurance Group. Prior to joining Arch, Mr. Lyons held various positions at Zurich U.S., Berkshire Hathaway and AIG. Machine Zone [PALO ALTO, Calif.] announced the appointment of Dan Nash as Chief Financial Officer. Before joining MZ, Nash was a Managing Director and Head of Internet Investment Banking at Wells Fargo Securities. Prior to Wells Fargo, he served as Director of Internet Investment Banking at BofA Merrill Lynch. He also held multiple investment banking and finance positions at BofA Merrill Lynch, Riverstone Networks and Intel Corp. The Nature’s Bounty Co. [RONKONKOMA, N.Y.] announced that Ted McCormick is joining the company as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently Mr. McCormick was CFO of Roland Foods LLC. Prior to Roland Foods, Ted held a number of senior finance roles at Unilever across its global Supply Chain, Foods and Home & Personal Care businesses; most notably as CFO at the Pepsi/Lipton Partnership and CFO at Ben & Jerry’s. Richard Russo ETQ [Burlington, MA] announced the appointment of Richard Russo as CFO. Russo comes to the company from Epicor Software Corporation, where he spent 10 years as SVP, Chief Accounting Officer and VP of Finance. Before that, he spent nine years in various financial positions including Senior Director of Corporate FP&A at Solectron Corporation. 3PEA International, Inc. [HENDERSON, Nev.] (NASDAQ: TPNL) has named Mark Attinger as Chief Financial Officer. Attinger began his career at American Express and spent 12 years in various positions in Finance, Performance and Quality Management, and Operations. Subsequently, he held positions as Vice President of Operations at NextCard, Chief Operating Officer at Prudential and Chief Executive Officer of Affina (a business process outsourcer). More recently, Mr. Attinger served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of start-up Zxerex. Former Chief Financial Officer Brian Polan will resume his prior role at 3PEA as Vice President, Corporate Finance. MEGA International [BOSTON] appointed Eric Roussel as chief financial officer. Prior to joining MEGA, Roussel served as senior manager in Transaction Advisory Services for EY in both the United States and France. Michael Kramer MedMen Enterprises Inc. [LOS ANGELES] (CSE: MMEN, OTCQX: MMNFF) announced the hiring of Michael W. Kramer as Chief Financial Officer. Kramer’s three decades of experience include serving as chief financial officer of Apple Retail as well as Abercrombie & Fitch. Prevail Therapeutics, Inc. [NEW YORK] announced the appointment of Brett Kaplan, M.D., to Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Prevail, Dr. Kaplan was a Managing Director at Evercore. Prior to Evercore, he was an Equity Research Analyst at Cowen. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kaplan held senior positions at Cubist and Lilly focused on corporate and business development. IRIDEX Corporation [MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.] (NASDAQ: IRIX) announced Chief Financial Officer Atabak Mokari will leave the Company for a senior finance executive role at another company. Mokari will leave the Company effective December 18, 2018. Dropoff [AUSTIN, TEXAS] announced that Rey Madolora will take on the newly created role of Chief Financial Officer. Madolora was on the founding team at Hangar Technology. Prior to that, he was the CFO/COO of DJI North America. Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. [PHOENIX] (CSE: HARV) announced the appointment of Leo Jaschke as the chief financial officer (CFO). Jaschke comes to Harvest from WTRMLN WTR™ where he served as CFO. Prior to WTRMLN WTR™, Jaschke served as vice president of finance and then CFO of MBHE Holdings (MBHE) from 2006 to 2016. Previous to that, he was the director of finance, treasury and risk management for Ultimate Electronics. Senseonics Holdings, Inc. [GERMANTOWN, Md.] (NYSE American: SENS) announced the retirement of Chief Financial Officer, R. Don Elsey. Mr. Elsey has agreed to remain in his current role and to step down when a replacement is appointed. Potbelly Corporation [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: PBPB) announced that Thomas J. Fitzgerald joined as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Fitzgerald served as President and CFO at Charming Charlie, where he had previously served as CAO and CFO. Prior to his roles at Charming Charlie, Mr. Fitzgerald was CAO of Sears Canada, held several leadership positions at Liz Claiborne, Inc., was CFO at Burlington Coat Factory, was COO of Bath & Body Works, and spent the first 16 years of his career at PepsiCo, where he held various leadership roles in finance and planning. Cidara Therapeutics, Inc. [SAN DIEGO] (NASDAQ: CDTX) announced the appointment of James (Jamie) Levine as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Cidara, Levine held senior executive and Board roles at two biotechnology companies, Sapphire Energy and Verenium Corporation. Previously, Levine was a managing director in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs & Co. in both New York and London. CenterPoint Energy, Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: CNP) announced that following the close of the pending merger with Vectren Corporation, which is expected in the first quarter of 2019, William (Bill) D. Rogers, currently CenterPoint Energy’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, plans to retire for personal and family reasons. He will remain in his current role through the first quarter of 2019 to help ensure a seamless closing of the pending merger and transition to his successor. Newgioco Group, Inc. [NEW YORK] (OTCQB: NWGI) announced that Elizabeth J. (Betsy) MacLean has been appointed chief financial officer (CFO) and chief compliance officer (CCO). Ms. MacLean joined Newgioco in September 2018 as Vice President Finance and Accounting. Prior to joining Newgioco, Ms. MacLean had more than 20 years of experience leading Finance teams in a variety of industries in both the United States and the United Kingdom, including serving as Global Lead for Financial Systems and Processes at Progressive Gaming International. Digital Media Solutions [CLEARWATER, Fla.] announced Randall Koubek has been named its Chief Financial Officer. Koubek will immediately assume the CFO role from Bryan Glaus, who is retiring. Koubek has held executive level roles as CFO at Bonnier Corporation, Thompson Media Group and most recently, Spectrio. Orchestra BioMed, Inc. [NEW HOPE, Pa.] announced that it has appointed Evan Ballantyne as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Orchestra BioMed, he most recently served as the CFO at Accera, Inc. Mr. Ballantyne previously served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Clinical Data, Inc. He was also CFO of Synthetic Biologics, Inc., and CFO at Agenus, Inc. He also served as CFO of the private medical technology companies Avedro, Inc. and ZymeQuest, Inc. Before entering the healthcare industry, Mr. Ballantyne served as CFO of Knowledge Impact, Inc., a software company whose technology was ultimately acquired by Oracle, Inc., and as COO and CFO at the ACNielsen Corporation. He also held positions in finance at IMS Health and Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. [PALO ALTO, Calif.] (NASDAQ: EIGR) announced the appointment of Sri Ryali as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Ryali was most recently at Aimmune Therapeutics, Inc., where he was Vice President of Finance. Previously, Mr. Ryali led U.S. Financial Planning and Analysis at Jazz Pharmaceuticals and was Head of Corporate Finance at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., until the company was acquired by Amgen, Inc. in 2013. Following the acquisition, Mr. Ryali continued as Head of R&D, Technical Operations, and Medical Affairs Finance at Onyx. Mr. Ryali began his career in biopharmaceutical companies at Amgen Inc., where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the finance organization. In connection with Mr. Ryali’s appointment, James Welch, Eiger’s previous Chief Financial Officer, has left the company. Declan McCarthy TricorBraun [ST. LOUIS] appointed Declan McCarthy as Chief Financial Officer. McCarthy joins TricorBraun from PLZ Aeroscience where he served as CFO since 2016. Declan began his career at PepsiCo and held finance leadership roles at several distribution companies, including MSC Industrial, Barnes, Phillips Pet Food, and TruckPro. IsoRay, Inc. [RICHLAND, WASHINGTON] (NYSE American: ISR) announced that Jonathan Hunt has been named Chief Financial Officer. Before joining IsoRay, Hunt was Chief Financial Officer at Vivid Learning Systems. In addition to his prior experience at IsoRay, where he was Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2009, Hunt worked with Hypercom Corporation, where he served as Assistant Corporate Controller from 2005 to 2006. His financial background also includes positions as a Manager and Director of Financial Reporting and Director of Operational Planning and Analysis for ConocoPhillips and Circle K Corporation and its affiliates from 2000 to 2005 and his work for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1992 to 1999. Filed Under: CFO, CFO Search, CFO Search Report, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, NASDAQ, NYSE, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: 3PEA International, AIG, American International Group, ARIZONA, Atabak Mokari, AUSTIN, Barry Saunders, Betsy MacLean, Boston, Brett Kaplan, Brian Polan, Bryan Glaus, BURLINGTON, California, CenterPoint Energy, Chad Turner, CHICAGO, Cidara Therapeutics, CLEARWATER, Dan Nash, Declan McCarthy, Digital Media Solutions, Don Elsey, Dropoff, E*TRADE Financial Corporation, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Eric Roussel, ETQ, Evan Ballantyne, Everbridge, Florida, GERMANTOWN, HARTSVILLE, Harvest Health & Recreation, HENDERSON, HOUSTON, Illinois, IRIDEX Corporation, IsoRay, James Levine, James Welch, Jonathan Hunt, Julie Albrecht, Kenneth Goldman, Leo Jaschke, LOS ANGELES, Machine Zone, Mark Attinger, Mark D. Lyons, Maryland, Massachusetts, MedMen Enterprises, MEGA International, Michael Kramer, Missouri, MOUNTAIN VIEW, Nevada, NEW HOPE, NEW YORK, Newgioco Group, Orchestra BioMed, PALO ALTO, Patrick Brickley, Pennsylvania, PHOENIX, Potbelly Corporation, Prevail Therapeutics, Randall Koubek, Rey Madolora, Richard Russo, RICHLAND, RONKONKOMA, SAN DIEGO, Senseonics Holdings, Sid Sankaran, Sonoco, South Carolina, Sri Ryali, ST LOUIS, Ted McCormick, Texas, The Nature's Bounty Co., Thomas Fitzgerald, TricorBraun, Washington, William Rogers CFO Moves – week ending August 21, 2015 Posted on August 24, 2015 Written by Samuel Dergel 1 Comment Target Corporation SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Bristow Group Inc. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Incorporated 23andMe, Inc. Dataram Corporation Era Group Inc. ShockWatch Qumulo EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. Primary Capital Mortgage, LLC Archer USMD Holdings, Inc. BravoSolution Pindrop Security Goodrich Petroleum Corporation Bruker Corporation PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. Omnicell, Inc. EVERTEC, Inc. ReliaMax Beechwood Re The Match Group Mattersight Corporation OTC Markets Group Inc. Oceaneering International, Inc. Biocept, Inc. McKim & Creed, Inc. QLogic Corp. CFO Moves is published by Samuel Dergel (Executive Search Consultant and CFO & Financial Executive Search Specialist with Stanton Chase). Samuel can be reached by email at s.dergel@stantonchase.com or by phone at +1 (415) 738-2070. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) [Minneapolis, MN] promoted John Mulligan to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mulligan has worked at the company since 1996, when he began as a financial analyst. He has served as the company’s chief financial officer since 2012. In 2014, he led the company as the retailer’s interim president and CEO from May to August while continuing to act as CFO. Throughout his tenure at Target, Mulligan has served in key leadership positions in finance and human resources, including director of Target.com Finance, director of Capital Investments, vice president of Pay and Benefits, vice president of Financial Planning and Analysis and senior vice president of Treasury and Accounting. SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: SEAS) [Orlando, FL] announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Peter Crage to serve as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Crage most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hospitality, Inc. from November 2013 through July 2014 and served as Chief Financial Officer of HVM LLC from July 2011 to November 2013. From November 2010 to June 2011, Crage served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair, L.P. From July 2005 to November 2010, he served as Cedar Fair L.P.’s Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he served as Treasurer for Cedar Fair L.P. Marc Swanson will conclude his service as Interim CFO and will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) [Houston, TX] announced it is combining its CFO group with its Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration group, and has appointed Don Miller as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Miller is replacing John Briscoe, who will be leaving his current position as Chief Financial Officer to pursue other business opportunities. Miller, who joined Bristow in 2010, was until recently Senior Vice President, Mergers, Acquisitions and Integration. Prior to joining Bristow, Miller spent nine years with Enron North America in positions of increasing levels of responsibility, ending with his role as post-petition President and CEO of Enron North America. From 1985 until 1997, he held financial positions with Citicorp Securities, as both an energy corporate banker and high yield research analyst, and as account executive with Dean Witter Reynolds. Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Incorporated [Palo Alto, CA] announced the appointment of James Welch, as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Eiger, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Virobay Incorporated. Previously, Mr. Welch served as Chief Financial Officer of Acelrx Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, and earlier in his career was the Chief Financial Officer of Biocircuits Diagnostics. 23andMe, Inc. [Mountain View, CA] announced the appointment of Dean Schorno as chief financial officer and head of operations for the company. Schorno most recently served as chief financial officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies. Prior to his role at Adaptive Solutions, Schorno spent 13 years at Genomic Health, where he served as both vice president of operations and chief financial officer. Prior to Genomic Health, Schorno founded a successful CPA and consulting firm that he led for nearly a decade. Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM) [Princeton, NJ] announced that its board of directors has promoted Anthony Lougee from Controller and Chief Accounting Officer to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Lougee has been Dataram’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since 1999. Mr. Lougee started his career as a staff accountant at Philips Electronics and joined Dataram in 1991. Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) [Houston, TX] announced that Andrew Puhala has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Puhala served most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Electric Technologies, Inc. from January 2013 to September 2015. Prior to American Electric Technologies, Mr. Puhala served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AccessESP from 2011 through 2012. Before joining AccessESP, Mr. Puhala held several senior positions in finance, accounting, treasury and tax during a 15-year tenure with Baker Hughes Incorporated, including Vice President Finance – Corporate Development, Vice President Finance – Middle East, Division Controller – Centrilift, and Assistant Treasurer. His career also includes four years of public accounting experience with Arthur Andersen. ShockWatch [Dallas, TX] has appointed Robert Hutson as its new Chief Financial Officer. He recently served as Interim CFO for the company. Robert has over 20 years of finance experience including 10 years as the Executive Vice President and CFO of the Dallas Stars NHL franchise. He most recently comes to ShockWatch from Six Pillars Partners where he served as fractional CFO for multiple Six Pillars Partners-related companies. Qumulo [Seattle, WA] announced that Matthew Frey has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Qumulo, Frey served as CEO of Optimum Energy. Frey also served as a board member at Vitesse Semiconductor. Prior to Optimum Energy and Vitesse Semiconductor, Frey was president and COO of World Wide Packets. EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. [Irving, TX] named Duane Anderson as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to EFJohnson, Duane was the Corporate Controller for American Pad & Paper LLC and the Controller for Sagus International, Inc. Primary Capital Mortgage, LLC [Atlanta, GA] announced that Stephen Bledsoe has been appointed Chief Financial Officer. He most recently was Controller and Senior Finance Officer at SunTrust Mortgage. Prior to his work at SunTrust, Mr. Bledsoe held accounting and finance roles at companies including HomeBanc Mortgage, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Freddie Mac and KPMG Peat Marwick. Archer [Berwyn, PA] announced that Ted Pastva has joined executive leadership team as chief financial officer. Pastva held various leadership roles in finance at Aramark. Pastva then went to Seamless where he led the company’s financial and administrative growth. Pastva joins Archer from GrubHub where he served as vice president of finance and administration. USMD Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: USMD) [Irving, TX] announced that Jim Berend has been appointed chief financial officer and executive vice president. Prior to joining USMD, Berend served as CFO and executive vice president of a company operating surgical hospitals in Texas. He previously was the partner in charge of the healthcare practice at Grant Thornton and the healthcare consulting practice at Ernst & Young in Dallas. Berend started his career at and spent nearly 25 years at Arthur Andersen, beginning as a staff accountant, rising to partner and then leading the healthcare practice in Dallas Fort Worth. BravoSolution [Chicago, IL] announced that Peter Vlerick, formerly CFO at Avatar Solutions, has joined the company as chief financial officer. Pindrop Security [Atlanta, GA] announced that Mike Vandiver has joined the company as chief financial officer. Prior to joining Pindrop Security, Vandiver served as CFO of Ingenious Med. He also served as the CFO of SecureWorks. Vandiver previously held financial leadership roles at companies such as Digiquant, LHS Group and BWAY Corporation. Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) [Houston, TX] announced that Jan Schott, its Senior Vice Presi dent and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned to take a financial position with a private company. Robert Turnham, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role as interim-CFO. Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) [Billerica, MA] announced the appointment of John Ornell to its Board of Directors, effective August 19, 2015. Mr. Ornell recently retired from Waters Corporation, where he served as Chief Financial Officer from 2001 to 2013. PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC: PSSR) [Stamford, CT] announced the appointment of David Henderson as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Henderson joins PASSUR after spending four years as Chief Financial Officer at HealthPlanOne. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Corporate Development at Open Solutions. Prior to that, David was the Director of Product Management at Palm and AnyDay. He began his professional career in the financial services industry at The Carlyle Group and Dillon Read. Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) [Mountain View, CA] announced that Peter Kuipers has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Rob Seim now completes the transition to his new role as Executive Vice President, International and Global Quality & Manufacturing. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Kuipers served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Quantcast Corporation. Previously Mr. Kuipers served as Executive Vice President and CFO at The Weather Company. Prior to TWC, Mr. Kuipers served in various financial leadership roles at Yahoo!. Previously Mr. Kuipers served in senior financial leadership roles at Altera Corporation, General Electric Company, and Akzo Nobel. He started his career with Ernst & Young. EVERTEC, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) [San Juan, PR] announced that Peter Smith will join as Chief Financial Officer. The Company’s current CFO, Juan José Román Jiménez, will be leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Smith most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Senior Vice President of Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Prior to this role, Smith served as Senior Vice President and Segment Controller at FIS. ReliaMax [Sioux Falls, SD] announced that Jonathon Albright has joined the team as Chief Financial Officer of ReliaMax Holding Company. Most recently, he was CFO for Borro Group Holdings, Ltd. Prior to that he held CFO positions at TDX Group Limited, CMAX Holdings, Barclaycard UK and served as a senior vice president & finance director at JPMorgan Chase. Beechwood Re [New York, NY] announced the appointment of David Kaplon as Chief Financial Officer of Beechwood’s group of companies. Prior to Beechwood, David was an Executive Advisor at Aquiline Capital Partners. Prior to Aquiline, David served at Blackstone’s Bayview Asset Management. David also served in a variety of executive leadership roles at XL Group and at Zurich Financial Services’ Centre Group. The Match Group [New York, NY] announced that Gary Swidler will join as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Swidler joins The Match Group from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he has been an executive for nearly 18 years in various capacities. Most recently, he served as a Managing Director where he led the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group. Mattersight Corporation (NASDAQ:MATR) [Chicago, IL] announced the appointment of Sheau-ming Ross as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Mattersight, Ms. Ross was Chief Financial Officer of EPAY Systems. Prior to EPAY Systems, she served as Chief Financial Officer for Silver Chalice. Previously, Ms. Ross worked for twelve years in various financial leadership positions for the Tribune Company, including Chief Financial Officer for Chicago’s WGN-TV, CLTV, and WGN Radio as well as WGN America. Ms. Ross started her career in investment banking Credit Suisse Group. OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTC: OTCM) [New York, NY] announced the resignation of Wendy Fraulo from her position as Chief Financial Officer. Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE: OII) [Houston, TX] announced the appointment of Alan Curtis as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Curtis joined Oceaneering in 1995 as a Financial Controller and since December 2014 has served as Senior Vice President, Operations Support. Biocept, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIOC) [San Diego, CA] announced the voluntary resignation of Bill Kachioff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The company also announced that Mark Foletta has been appointed as the compan y’s interim Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Foletta served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Prior to Amylin Mr. Foletta held a number of management positions with Intermark, Inc. and Triton Group Ltd., and served as an Audit Manager with Ernst & Young. McKim & Creed, Inc. [Raleigh, NC] announced that Christopher Nelson has joined the company as its chief financial officer. Previously he served as partner/divisional CFO of Environmental Resources Management. QLogic Corp. (NASDAQ: QLGC) [Aliso Viejo, CA] announced that the board has appointed Jean Hu as acting CEO. Hu has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer since 2011 and will continue in that role and retain her CFO responsibilities while serving as acting CEO. Filed Under: CFO, CFO Search, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Search, Fired, Hired, NASDAQ, NYSE, Private Equity, Replaced, Resigned, Retained Search, Venture Capital, Vice President Finance Tagged With: 23andMe Inc., Alan Curtis, Andrew Puhala, Anthony Lougee, Archer, Beechwood Re, Bill Kachioff, Biocept Inc., BravoSolution, Bristow Group Inc., Bruker Corporation, Christopher Nelson, Dataram Corporation, David Henderson, David Kaplon, Dean Schorno, Don Miller, Duane Anderson, EF Johnson Technologies Inc., Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Incorporated, Era Group inc., EVERTEC Inc., Gary Swidler, Goodrich Petroleum Corporation, James Welch, Jan Schott, Jean Hu, Jim Berend, John Briscoe, John Mulligan, John Ornell, Jonathon Albright, Juan Jose Roman Jimenez, Marc Swanson, Mark Foletta, Mattersight Corporation, Matthew Frey, McKim & Creed Inc., Mike Vandiver, Oceaneering International Inc., Omnicell Inc., OTC Markets Group Inc., PASSUR Aerospace Inc., Peter Crage, Peter Kuipers, Peter Smith, Peter Vlerick, Pindrop Security, Primary Capital Mortgage LLC, QLogic Corp., Qumulo, ReliaMax, Rob Seim, Robert Hutson, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., Sheau-ming Ross, ShockWatch, Stephen Bledsoe, Target Corporation, Ted Pastva, The Match Group, USMD Holdings Inc., Wendy Fraulo CFO Moves – week ending June 27, 2014 Posted on June 30, 2014 Written by Dergel CFO Admin Leave a Comment Genpact Limited RTI International Metals, Inc. Groupon, Inc. Hillenbrand, Inc. Kolltan Pharmaceuticals Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Greenbelt Resources Corporation Health Care REIT, Inc. PIXIA Corp. API Technologies Corp. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation Cordoba Corporation Cirque Energy, Inc. MFC Industrial Ltd. MTS Systems Corporation Virobay, Inc. Pilot Chemical Company Innovari Data Intensity Eisai Inc. Landauer, Inc. CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. SAVO Group Spotlight Innovation, Inc. Sibling Group Holdings, Inc. Nutroganics, Inc. Novatel Wireless, Inc. Bank First Epic Health Services, Inc. Chico’s FAS, Inc. Energy Recovery Inc. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. Cytec Industries Inc. CFO Moves is published by Samuel Dergel (Executive Search Consultant and CFO & Financial Executive Search Specialist with Stanton Chase International). Samuel can be reached by email at s.dergel@stantonchase.com or by phone at +1 (415) 738-2070. Genpact Limited (NYSE: G) announced that Edward J. Fitzpatrick has been appointed chief financial officer effective July 15, 2014. Fitzpatrick most recently served as the CFO of Motorola Solutions Inc. He succeeds Mohit Bhatia, who has served as Genpact CFO since 2010. Bhatia will remain with the company in the position of SVP, Internal Transformation reporting to the CEO and will assist Fitzpatrick in the transition. Fitzpatrick joined Motorola in 2000 and served as chief financial officer from February 2009 to August 2013. Prior to Motorola’s acquisition of General Instrument Corporation, Fitzpatrick was part of the finance team at General Instrument. He began his career at Price Waterhouse. RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE: RTI) announced that effective July 1, 2014, Michael G. McAuley joins RTI as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Current Senior Vice President Bill Hull becomes RTI’s first Chief Risk Officer after seven years as the company’s CFO. From 2004 to 2012 McAuley held positions including Vice President and Treasurer, and Vice President and Segment Controller at Goodrich Corporation, acquired by United Technologies Corporation in July 2012. Prior to joining Goodrich, McAuley spent more than 16 years at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., in corporate and divisional financial management positions that included investor relations, controller, financial analyst and auditor. Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) announced the appointment of Ann Ziegler as an independent director. Ms. Ziegler will be a member of the firm’s Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. Ms. Ziegler is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CDW, Inc. She joined CDW in 2008. Prior to joining CDW, Ms. Ziegler held a number of executive positions with Sara Lee, including finance, strategy and general management roles in both United States and international businesses. She also serves on the board of directors of Hanesbrands, Inc. Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE: HI) announced that Kristina A. Cerniglia will be joining the company as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Cerniglia will start with the Company in early August. Cerniglia most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Controller at Stanley Black & Decker. Prior to Stanley Black & Decker, Cerniglia spent nine years at United Technologies Corporation in various financial roles of increasing responsibility. Kolltan Pharmaceuticals appointed Jane Henderson to the newly established position of Senior Vice President, Chief Financial and Business Officer. In addition to her role at Kolltan, Ms. Henderson currently serves on the Board of Directors of Eleven Biotherapeutics. Prior to joining Kolltan, she served as Vice President, Business Development at ISTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Previously, Ms. Henderson was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer of Panacos Pharmaceuticals and served in similar roles at Axerion Therapeutics. Prior to these corporate positions, she held senior investment banking positions for close to two decades in the health care groups of HSBC Securities, CIBC World Markets, Lehman Brothers and Salomon Brothers. Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE: RT) announced that Jill Golder has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Michael Moore who announced his retirement. Ms. Golder joined Ruby Tuesday on April 15, 2013 as Senior Vice President, Finance, initially leading Financial Planning and Analysis, and Marketing Analytics, and assumed leadership of Information Technology and Investor Relations during the last year. Prior to joining Ruby Tuesday, she was the Chief Financial Officer for Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurants. Ms. Golder spent 23 years at Darden Restaurants holding progressively responsible positions in finance. During her last 10 years with Darden, Ms. Golder held the position of Senior Vice President, Finance, leading finance for brands including Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and the Specialty Restaurant Group. Greenbelt Resources Corporation (OTC: GRCO) announced the appointment of Joseph Pivinski as Chief Financial Officer. Pivinski has served as interim CFO since July 2013. Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN) announced that Geoffrey G. Meyers has been appointed to its Board of Directors and will serve on the Compensation, Investment and Planning Committees. Mr. Meyers has more than 30 years of health care industry experience, having most recently served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of HCR Manor Care, Inc. From 1998 until his retirement in 2006, Mr. Meyers served as Chief Financial Officer for HCR Manor Care, Inc. Prior to his work at HCR Manor Care, Mr. Meyers served as CFO of the Health Care Division of Owens-Illinois, Inc. Mr. Meyers is currently a member of the Board of Directors of HCA. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of PharMerica. PIXIA Corp. announced Bill Santo as their new Chief Financial Officer. Bill served as CEO of Firepond. He also served as Founder and CEO of InfoCellular. Prior to joining PIXIA Corp., Bill served as Managing Director at Sanders Morris Harris Group, CIO of Madison Williams and Company (an SMHG investment) and Managing Director at IFG Capital Management. API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNY) announced that Claudio Mannarino, Senior Vice President, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, replacing Phil Rehkemper who resigned his position as CFO to accept another position. Mr. Rehkemper has served as CFO since April 2012. Mr. Rehkemper has agreed to remain with the Company until July 3, 2014 to assist in the CFO transition. Mr. Mannarino has been with API since 2000 and has over 20 years of finance and professional accounting experience. Prior to his current role as Senior Vice President, Mr. Mannarino served various senior-level management roles throughout the Company’s finance organization. Before joining API Technologies, Mr. Mannarino served as Controller for two divisions of Transcontinental, Inc. Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CNK) announced Sean Gamble has been appointed as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and will join the team effective August 25th. Mr. Gamble will succeed Robert Copple, who was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer in January. Mr. Gamble joins Cinemark after five years at NBCUniversal where he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was responsible for Universal Picture’s global financial operations. Prior to joining NBCUniversal, Mr. Gamble held several senior level positions with the General Electric Company. Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTX) announced the appointment of Sanjay Patel as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Patel brings to Pernix over 15 years of investment banking, institutional investment and public policy experience. Mr. Patel has assisted specialty pharmaceutical and healthcare companies raise more than $7 billion in initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, debt offerings and private placements. He has served as a financial advisor on a variety of mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. While on the buyside at a $5bn fund, Mr. Patel was responsible for a global portfolio of generic and specialty pharmaceutical holdings. He also worked with the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Global Fund to negotiate and implement long-term supply agreements for HIV and malaria drugs throughout the developing world. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ: GLDD) announced that Mark Marinko has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Marinko joins the Company to fill the role vacated in April 2014 and held in interim by the Vice President and Controller, Katherine Hayes. Mr. Marinko starts at Great Lakes with a strong background in operations and finance working for TransUnion, LLC through August 2013. Mr. Marinko was most recently President of the Consumer Services division at TransUnion. Prior to his position as president, Mr. Marinko has been in increasing accounting and financial roles as Controller and Vice President of Finance at TransUnion since 1996. Prior to TransUnion, Mr. Marinko served as controller of Official Airline Guides. Cordoba Corporation announced the appointment of its Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer, Maria Mehranian, to the Dean’s Leadership Board of the College of Engineering at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona. Ms. Mehranian will draw on her expertise in water engineering, planning, and policy that she has gained over 27 years at Cordoba Corp. and at the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, where she has served since 2008. She served as the chair of the Board from February 2012 to February 2014. Cirque Energy, Inc. (OTC: EWRL) announced the appointment of David W. Morgan as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Morgan is a veteran of the technology industry with extensive experience as a CFO. Roger Silverthorn, the Company’s current CFO, is assuming the newly-created position of Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Morgan has over 30 years of management experience with several technology companies, including 15 years’ experience as a CFO. MFC Industrial Ltd. (NYSE: MIL) announced that Samuel Morrow has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Morrow replaces James Carter, who will continue with the Company as Vice President, Finance. Mr. Morrow is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company. MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC) announced the planned retirement of Sue Knight, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the appointment of Jeff Oldenkamp, currently the Vice President of Finance for the MTS Test business, as her successor. Sue will retire at the end of calendar year 2014, at which time Jeff will assume the CFO role. Prior to joining MTS in January of 2014, Mr. Oldenkamp was the Americas Operations Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance for Nilfisk-Advance, Inc. He also has held various financial leadership positions at Emerson Electric, Inc., including Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance for Rosemount Flow Division. Virobay, Inc. announced the appointment of James Welch as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Virobay, Mr. Welch was Chief Financial Officer at AcelRx Pharmaceuticals. Previously, Mr. Welch was Chief Financial Officer at Cerimon Pharmaceuticals. Before Cerimon, Mr. Welch was Chief Financial Officer at Rigel Pharmaceuticals. Earlier in his career, Mr. Welch was Chief Financial Officer of Biocircuits Corporation, and held various financial and operational management positions at technology firms in Silicon Valley, including NeXT Computer and Avantek. Pilot Chemical Company announced that David Waizmann has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer, a new position within the company. Waizmann was previously Director of Finance and Accounting. Waizmann joined Pilot in December 2005 as Controller. Prior to joining Pilot, he worked for Reynolds & Reynolds/Relizon/Workflow One for over eight years. Innovari announced its appointment of Judd Rabb as Chief Financial Officer. Most recently, Rabb was CFO and vice president of administration for SolarBridge Technologies, Inc. Rabb also served as the CFO and vice president of finance for Illumitex, Inc., CFO and vice president of finance for ColdWatt, Inc. (acquired by Flextronics), and corporate controller for Green Mountain Energy Company. Data Intensity announced the addition of Kevin Shone as Chief Financial Officer. He was previously Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for privately held and publicly traded companies, including NextG Networks and Unica Corporation. He also held various back-office leadership roles at Cognos, Inc., including Vice President of Global Field Finance and Administration. Eisai Inc., the U.S. pharmaceutical subsidiary of Eisai Co., Ltd., announced the appointment of Barry Lederman to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Prior to joining Eisai, he served as CFO at Wedgewood Pharmacy, Nycomed US Inc., and Qualitrol Company LLC (an independent subsidiary of Danaher Corporation). He also spent 10 years at Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. in positions of increasing responsibility within Finance, culminating in his appointment as Senior Vice President – Head of Business Analysis and Controlling at Roche Centralized Diagnostics, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany. Landauer, Inc. (NYSE: LDR) announced that Mark Zorko has been named Interim Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Zorko will replace Michael K. Burke, who has left the company to pursue other interests. Mr. Zorko has served as Senior Financial Advisor of the Company since April 2014. Prior to that time, Mr. Zorko served as the Chief Financial Officer of Steel Excel, Inc. (“SXCL”) until May 2013. He also served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of SXCL’s subsidiary Well Services Ltd. (“WSL”) in 2012 and Chief Financial Officer of DGT Holdings Corp. (“DGTC”) from 2006 through 2012. SXCL, WSL and DGTC are all affiliated with Steel Partners Holding, L.P. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Zorko was a Partner at Tatum, LLC. His prior experience also includes serving as the corporate controller for Zenith Data Systems Corporation and finance manager positions with Honeywell, Inc. Mr. Zorko is on the Board of Directors of MFRI, Inc., where he chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Compensation and Nominations/Governance Committees. He is also on the Audit Committee for Opportunity Int’l, a microfinance bank, and on the Finance Committee for the Alexian Brothers Health System. CRAiLAR Technologies Inc. (OTC: CRLRF) announced that Klaus Flock, currently CFO of adidas Group America, has agreed to join the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Flock is an 18-year veteran with adidas Group AG, where he has held numerous executive level positions for the company throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Upon returning from Indonesia in 2006, where he was Managing Director of adidasIndonesia, he was appointed CFO of TaylorMade-adidas Golf until late 2011. Since that time, he has held the position of CFO for adidas Group America. SAVO Group announced that former ExactTarget CFO Steve Collins has joined the company’s board of directors. Steve, will serve on SAVO’s audit committee Steve was also recently appointed to the Board of Ifbyphone. Before ExactTarget, he served as senior vice president and CFO of NAVTEQ Corporation in Chicago. Collins previously held a number of financial leadership positions at The Walt Disney Company and co-founded a technology-focused venture capital firm. Spotlight Innovation, Inc. (OTC: STLT) announced that Dr. David Hostelley has been named Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Dr. Hostelley has spent twenty years as a consultant in the health field. During his more than twenty years in business he has served as CEO, CFO and board member of several publicly traded companies. Sibling Group Holdings, Inc. (OTC: SIBE) announced that it has hired Angelle M. Judice as Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). Ms. Judice was most recently Corporate Controller for Education Management, Inc., at their Blue Cliff College operation in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Prior to that assignment she was employed by Provost, Salter, Harper & Alford, LLC, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana audit and tax firm, starting in 2011. Prior to working in their tax and audit sections, she held senior accounting and finance positions in the media industry, including two years with the Louisiana Radio network, and ten years with WAFB-TV, a CBS affiliate and part of the RAYCOM Media Network. Nutroganics, Inc. (PINK: NUTT) announced that Douglas Scott has joined Nutroganics as its CFO. Mr. Scott is a business executive with a 22 year career of financial management and C-level leadership across a range of industries. Mr. Scott’s international experience includes the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, specifically Singapore, where he was CFO of Nortel Networks Asian operations. Most recently, Mr. Scott was the senior financial executive at a Middle East based government services organization with a roll-up strategy led by many former Veridian Systems executives. Doug has also served on the Boards of Wireless operators in Asia as well as not-for-profits and the University of Texas (Dallas Campus) School of Accounting. Novatel Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVTL) announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Tom Allen as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Tom Allen served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer for Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. In 1997, Mr. Allen co-founded ACME Communications, where he continues to serve on its board of directors and served as its Chief Financial Officer until 2010. Throughout his career, Mr. Allen has held executive positions at major broadcasting and entertainment firms including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Virgin Interactive Entertainment and Chief Financial Officer of the Fox Broadcasting Company. He has also served as board director for public and private companies. Bank First (OTC: BFNC) announced the addition of Kevin LeMahieu as Chief Financial Officer to their team. LeMahieu will join the organization in August 2014. Since 2004, he has served as Director and Senior Manager in the Sheboygan office at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. Epic Health Services, Inc. announced that David Hagey has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer. Hagey comes to Epic Health Services from IntegraCare, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2008 to 2011 and President in 2011. In the fall of 2012, Kindred Healthcare acquired IntegraCare, and Hagey continued through the acquisition serving as Division Vice President of Kindred at Home (a division of Kindred Healthcare), until joining Epic Health Services. Prior to joining IntegraCare, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Accuro Healthcare Solutions, and as Vice President and Controller of U.S. Operations for United Surgical Partners. Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE: CHS) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Todd E. Vogensen as the Company’s new Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, replacing Pamela Knous, who has left the organization to pursue other interests. Prior to his appointment as CFO, Mr. Vogensen had been the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance. Mr. Vogensen has served Chico’s FAS, Inc. in numerous roles over the last 5 years, leading to his current position as CFO. Mr. Vogensen joined Chico’s FAS, Inc. in October 2009 as Vice President of Planning and Strategy, followed by the role of Vice President of Investor Relations before his promotion to Senior Vice President, Finance. Previously, Mr. Vogensen held multiple positions of increasing scope and responsibility with Michaels Stores, Inc. from January 2005 to October 2009, including Corporate Controller and Vice President of Merchandising and Marketing Finance. Before joining Michaels, Mr. Vogensen served as Assistant Corporate Controller of Gap, Inc. from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Vogensen has also held multiple Finance management positions at Hewlett Packard Company, and he practiced as an Audit Manager and CPA with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Energy Recovery Inc. announced that it has promoted Joel Gay to Chief Financial Officer, replacing Alex Buehler, who will be leaving to pursue the next step in his career. Joel joined Energy Recovery in January 2012 and has held several positions at the company, including most recently serving as Vice President of Finance since June 2013. Prior to joining Energy Recovery, Joel was the CFO of the largest division of Aegion Corp. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. (NASDAQ: BOBE) announced the appointment of Mark Hood as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Most recently, Mr. Hood served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Brown Shoe Company (NYSE: BWS), from 2006 to 2012. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Panera Bread Company, from 2003 to 2006, after joining that company in 2002. His prior experience includes two decades of service with May Department Stores Company, Inc., Saks Holdings, Inc., and U.S. Loyalty Corporation, in various financial and administrative senior management roles. Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE: CYT) announced that its Board of Directors has elected Daniel G. Darazsdi to the position of Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective August 4, 2014. Mr. David Drillock, Cytec’s current VP and CFO, announced in February 2014 his intent to retire by the end of the year. Prior to joining Cytec, he had been Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2014 of Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC. Prior to this position, Mr. Darazsdi worked at Honeywell International for 25 years in numerous senior financial positions including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of finance transformation and operations, Chief Financial Officer of the company’s global Specialty Materials business, VP of Finance and Information Technology for Asia Pacific and a variety of other leadership roles. 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__label__wiki	0.865071	0.865071	CDC’s Vaccine “Science”— A Decades Long Trail of Trickery Conflicts of Interest Undermine Children’s Health: Part VII By the Children’s Health Defense Team [Note: This is Part VII in a series of articles adapted from the second Children’s Health Defense eBook: Conflicts of Interest Undermine Children’s Health. The first eBook, The Sickest Generation: The Facts Behind the Children’s Health Crisis and Why It Needs to End, described how children’s health began to worsen dramatically in the late 1980s following fateful changes in the childhood vaccine schedule.] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its governmental and private partners have fudged vaccine science for decades, leaving a well-documented trail of cover-ups and trickery. Some of the more notorious episodes involve secret meetings, attempts to keep publicly funded data out of the reach of independent scientists, destruction and fraudulent manipulation of data and other crimes, including embezzlement. On the one hand, Verstraeten described a safety signal that would never go away—showing that thimerosal exposure in infancy displayed a statistically significant dose-related association with subsequent neurological damage—but he also hinted at the pressure that he was under to turn everything around and make it go away. Manipulating thimerosal data In June, 2000, the CDC convened a scientific review panel at the Simpsonwood Retreat Center near Atlanta. At the gathering (intended to be secret), over 50 experts—representing the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state and international public health agencies and vaccine companies—met to discuss what they described as “theoretical concerns” about the risks of thimerosal-containing vaccines. The lead Simpsonwood speaker, Thomas (“Tom”) Verstraeten, was a junior physician-biostatistician working in the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service. Verstraeten had been conducting analyses designed to assess the impact of thimerosal-containing vaccines on neurodevelopmental disorders in children. His earliest tables—never reported or published but obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the autism advocacy organization SafeMinds—demonstrated “striking” and statistically significant effects “supportive of a causal relationship between vaccine mercury exposure and childhood developmental disorders (especially autism).” These initial analyses, dubbed “Generation Zero” by SafeMinds, found consistently elevated risks (2-11 times higher) in the high-exposure groups compared to the zero-exposure group, with the strongest effects “for the highest levels of mercury exposure at the earliest time of exposure.” Between February 2000 and November 2003, Verstraeten and his CDC supervisors produced four further rounds of analyses that—with each round or “generation”—reduced or eliminated the elevated and statistically significant risks apparent in the Generation Zero data. This reflected, according to SafeMinds, “deliberate” methodological choices that took the findings in a direction “towards insignificance.” Verstraeten’s Simpsonwood presentation, which covered the “Generation One” analysis, made it clear that he was caught in the middle. On the one hand, Verstraeten described a safety signal that would “never go away”—showing that thimerosal exposure in infancy displayed a statistically significant dose-related association with subsequent neurological damage—but he also hinted at the pressure that he was under to “turn everything around” and “make it go away.” At Simpsonwood, Verstraeten stated (page 153): [Y]ou can look at this data and turn it around and look at this, and add this stratum, I can come up with risks very high. I can come up with very low risks, depending on how you turn everything around. You can make it go away for some and then it comes back for others. To me the bottom [line] is, well, there is some things that just will never go away. If you make it go away here, it will pop up again there. So the bottom line is, okay, our signal will simply not just go away. Other Simpsonwood attendees cautioned that “we have to be very, very careful that we got it right when we decide to make a policy call on this.” By the close of the meeting, all but one had agreed to rate the association between thimerosal and neurodevelopmental disorders as “weak.” In a post-Simpsonwood email in July, 2000 to Harvard researcher Philippe Grandjean—a leading mercury and neurotoxicology expert—Verstraeten apologized for dragging Grandjean into a “nitty-gritty discussion” about thimerosal and neurodevelopment. Verstraeten stated, “I do not wish to be the advocate of the anti-vaccine lobby and sound like being convinced that thimerosal is or was harmful, but at least I feel we should use sound scientific argumentation and not let our standards be dictated by our desire to disprove an unpleasant theory.” Verstraeten (by then working at GlaxoSmithKline) published the thimerosal data in Pediatrics in 2003. The publication used the later generations of analyses—featuring reworked exclusion criteria, exposure measures and statistical models. However, Verstraeten contested the notion that he or the CDC had “watered down” the original results. In a letter to the editor of Pediatrics in 2004, he described the study’s results as “neutral,” stating, “The bottom line is and has always been the same: an association between thimerosal and neurological outcomes could neither be confirmed nor refuted, and therefore, more study is required” [emphasis added]. Meanwhile, other CDC researchers—with Director Julie Gerberding (who later became a top Merck executive) at the helm—proceeded to hastily publish a handful of poorly designed epidemiological studies to shore up the Simpsonwood consensus. Authored by industry-funded scientists, the studies examined a single neurodevelopmental outcome (autism) and seemingly absolved thimerosal of any responsibility for causing it. Most of the studies intentionally used data from non-U.S. populations with far lower exposure to thimerosal (including Sweden, the Danish general population, Danish psychiatric departments and the United Kingdom). This made it easier to disguise potential associations between thimerosal and neurodevelopmental disorders. Despite many solid critiques of these and other gerrymandered studies, the CDC continues to trot them out as evidence of thimerosal’s putative safety to this day. Although the CDC claims that it “tries to accommodate”requests from independent investigators to use VSD data, in practice, AHIP’s private control has made the data virtually impenetrable to anyone other than CDC- and HMO-approved researchers. Outsourcing the Vaccine Safety Datalink Verstraeten’s dataset, which included over 100,000 children born over the five-year period from 1992 to 1997, came from the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD). The VSD is a taxpayer-funded collection of millions of medical and vaccine records from large health maintenance organizations (HMOs), established by the CDC in 1990 to study the safety of vaccines already on the market. Researchers at the CDC and the participating HMOs regularly publish vaccine-favorable studies using VSD data, often comparing one vaccine with another to ensure a result of “no significantly elevated risk” in the group of interest. In 2001, one year after Verstraeten shared his VSD-based thimerosal findings at Simpsonwood, the CDC outsourced VSD management and coordination to a private company—America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)—giving AHIP responsibility for maintaining the “strategic direction” of VSD projects. Although the CDC claims that it “tries to accommodate” requests from independent investigators to use VSD data, in practice, AHIP’s private control has made the data virtually impenetrable to anyone other than CDC- and HMO-approved researchers. In 2005, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) admitted as much in a consensus report titled Vaccine Safety Research, Data Access, and Public Trust, which described “the limited ability of independent external researchers to conduct high-quality corroboration studies or studies of new hypotheses…after January 1, 2001” [emphasis added], including studies that “members of the public consider to have high priority” (Chapter 5). In 2002, two independent researchers sought to gain access to VSD data and persisted until successful—but only after responding to numerous hurdles that are hard to construe as anything but intentional obstruction on the CDC’s part. These included having to submit a 200-page proposal and undergoing a months-long initial approval process at the CDC; having to submit separate proposals and undergo lengthy approvals at each of the HMOs, sometimes at considerable expense (and sometimes with approval granted and then retracted); encountering CDC refusal to allow reanalysis of data from published CDC VSD-based studies (with the CDC responding in multiple instances that the raw data no longer existed or that the dataset had been “damaged”); and getting charged thousands of dollars in user fees to access the data in a windowless room secured by armed guards. Congressman Dave Weldon wrote to Gerberding, “The treatment that these well-published researchers have received from the CDC…has been abysmal and embarrassing. I would be curious to know whether Dr. Verstraeten [by then at GSK] …was required to go through the same process…to continue accessing the VSD.” … ordered Thompson and coauthors to dump the datasets into a giant garbage can to get rid of the evidence establishing a causal vaccine-autism connection. Destroying autism-MMR data In the early 2000s, Dr. William Thompson, long-time CDC vaccine safety scientist, was assigned to a CDC study intended to extricate the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine from its controversial association with autism. Unexpectedly, the data refused to cooperate, showing a 250% increase in autism in African-American boys who received the MMR vaccine before their third birthday (compared to African-American boys who received the vaccine after age three). However, when Thompson and coauthors published the MMR study in 2004, the publication failed to report these critical findings, despite the fact that they deserved “additional, immediate investigation.” The CDC’s in-house analysis also showed an increased risk of autism in MMR-vaccinated children who had been developing normally and had no other medical problems, but the published article “mentioned the effect…only in passing.” In 2014, Thompson sought federal whistleblower protection and testified to Congressman William Posey about the fraudulent omission of key autism results in the 2004 paper. Thompson alleged that he had acted at the direction of senior CDC officials, including Branch Chief and lead author Frank DeStefano, who ordered Thompson and coauthors to dump the datasets into a giant garbage can to get rid of the evidence establishing a causal vaccine-autism connection. Thompson handed over thousands of pages of documents to Congressman Posey revealing widespread fraud in the CDC’s vaccine division. He also expressed willingness to appear, under subpoena, before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR). However, the OGR Committee Chairman at the time, former Representative Jason Chaffetz, stonewalled until he left office in 2017. (According to a report in The Guardian, drug companies had been the single largest donor to his political campaigns.) Instead of retracting the unapproved studies, CDC supervisors simply covered up the illicit activity. Turning a blind eye Reflecting the almost Keystone-Cops-like atmosphere at the CDC, another infamous mid-2000s episode remains unresolved to this day. The “most wanted fugitives” page on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) website shows that a visiting Danish scientist at CDC named Dr. Poul Thorsen “executed a scheme to steal [CDC-awarded] grant money” from 2004 to 2010. The indictment describes how Thorsen diverted over $1 million of CDC funds to his personal bank account through fraudulent invoicing and also “misallocated” additional monies. Thorsen eventually took refuge in Denmark to escape prosecution for 22 counts of wire fraud and money laundering and has been on the OIG’s “most wanted” list since 2012. Although his whereabouts in Denmark are well-known, HHS and the U.S. Department of Justice have made no effort to push for extradition, despite urging from Congressman Posey to pursue the matter as a high priority. The CDC embraced Thorsen as one of its own before, during and after the embezzlement. Thorsen was an insider to such an extent that even as a foreign scientist he had a CDC government email address and CDC credit union account. From the time of his CDC arrival, the agency seized on the allegedly unscrupulous Thorsen as an ideal partner to cook up and publish slanted epidemiological studies that masked the MMR-autism and thimerosal-autism associations, including studies appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine and Pediatrics in 2002 and 2003. Later, senior CDC officials “continued to include [Thorsen] in discussions well after it was obvious he had forged documents and stolen money,” also arranging in-person meetings and collaborating and publishing with him after his indictment. Nor was the CDC troubled by the fact (uncovered by Children’s Health Defense in 2017 but known by the CDC since 2009) that Thorsen and his collaborators failed to request or obtain required ethical clearances for the 2002 MMR study and a later study. Instead of retracting the unapproved studies, CDC supervisors simply covered up the illicit activity. Not trustworthy Concerns about the CDC’s agenda and ethics are not confined to the agency’s vaccine division. In 2017, a dozen senior CDC scientists filed an anonymous complaint alleging that “questionable and unethical practices” had become “the norm and not the rare exception” as a result of corporate and political influence. However, the four case studies described above show that the culture of dishonesty and ethical violations that characterizes the U.S. vaccine enterprise is deeply entrenched. Given the CDC’s aggressive determination to leave “no child unvaccinated,” the agency’s longstanding vaccine criminality should be troubling to all Americans. Note: This is Part VII in a series of articles adapted from the second Children’s Health Defense eBook: Conflicts of Interest Undermine Children’s Health. 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__label__cc	0.73066	0.26934	» Mark 2:5 Son, your sins be forgiven you. » Mark 2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Mark 2:21 No man also sews a piece of new cloth Mark 2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. ΜΑΡΚΟΝ Mark 2:21 οὐδεὶς ἐπίβλημα ῥάκους ἀγνάφου ἐπιράπτει ἐπὶ ἱμάτιον παλαιόν: εἰ δὲ μή, αἴρει τὸ πλήρωμα ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸ καινὸν τοῦ παλαιοῦ, καὶ χεῖρον σχίσμα γίνεται. No one a patch of rags unmilled sews onto a cloak, old: if however not, it takes that which fills up from of it, the new kind of the old and worse division becomes. Lots of double meanings in the Greek and references to related concepts. There is a clear sense in the Greek words used that Christ is referring to his role regarding the law. One key word here is translated "new,," but it is a word that applies to cloth meaning "not filled out." The word translated as "piece that filled it up" is the a noun form of the verb that Jesus uses in describing his "filling out" the law. The word trans lated as "rent" means a split between groups. It is the source of our word "schism." While this verse seems unrelated to the previous two (Mark 2:19, Mark 2:20) about the groom being taken away, there are clear connections in Jewish tradition about the clothing worn at weddings and the wine of the following verse. KJV Analysis: No man: The Greek word translated as "no man" also means "no one", "nothing," and other negatives nouns. also: In today's source, there is no Greek word that can be translated as "also". seweth: The word translated as "seweth" means "to sew" it is different than the word in the other verses which means "throws on". a piece: The Greek word translated as "piece" means "that which is thrown over". It is from the same root word as the verb that means "something thrown over" or "tossed on" used in the other versions of this verse. It has a number of meanings including "covering," "tapestry", and " bandage". This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. of: Comes from the genetive case of the next two words. new: "New" is a Greek word "not fulled" referring to the process of abrading cloth so that it becomes fuller, softer, and warmer. This process is used specifically for wool. Abrasion pulls the hairs in the woven cloth ("felting" is a similar process for unwoven wool) and tangles them. As the fibers are pulled together, the cloth gets smaller. When you wear, use, and wash a wool garment, it is naturally "fulled," which also makes it shrink. Fulling is usually part of preparing the wool before it is sewn into garments because wear alone will full the wool, shrinking it. However, in the simpler clothing of Christ's era, which required much less cutting, sewing, and fitting, clothes could be made with raw cloth and fulled by wear. This word is related to the word Christ uses to describe himself "filling up" or "fulfilling" the OT. This is different than the "new" used later in the verse (and in Luke 5:36). It is also not the Greek word commonly translated as "new" in the NT. cloth: The word translated as "cloth" really means a "rag" or "tatter." This is a negative description of the patch. This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. on: The word translated as "on" means "against", "before", "by" or "on." an: The "an" comes from the fact there are no definite article ("the") before the noun. Greek has not indefinite article, so when the definite article isn't use, we would often use our indefinate one, "an." old: The word translated as "old" means old in years both in a good sense and a bad one. In a good sense, it means "venerable" and in a bad sense, "obsolete." Because the point here is that we want to preserve the coat or cloak, it should be translated in the positive sense. "Old" means respected and prized not worn out. This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. garment: The word translated as "garment" means an outer garment ("a cloak") like we would use a coat or jacket today. This quality of this garment was how people judge social status. This specific garment signaled religious affiliation. Relating this verse to the previous ones ( Mark 2:19, Mark 2:20) about the bridegroom, guests at else: The "else" here is from thre Greek words meaning "but if not." The standard conjunction "if" indicating a possibility clause. The Greek word translated as "but" means "but", "however", and "on the other hand". Since it always falls in the second position, translating it as "however" often captures its feeling better. The Greek word translated as "not" is the Greek negative used to deny objective facts, not opinions. It makes a negative statement of fact. Adding "really" to the sentence to captures the same idea. the: From the Greek definite article. new: The word translated as "new" here is different than the Greek word translated earlier as "new". This word means "new" and "novel" but also "of a new kind." It is used as a noun, introduced by an article, "the new kind". this is the word used for "new" in Luke 5:36. It is also not the Greek word commonly translated as "new" in the NT. Though it appears in the proper form for the subject, it appears in the wrong place, after the preposition, "from" right before "the old." piece that filled it up: "Piece that filleth up" is a single Greek word, a noun that captures various ideas of filling and completing, but here, we might simply say "the filler." This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. taketh away: The word translated as "taketh" means "lift up" but it also means "to remove" and "to exalt" this is a reference to an unfinished piece of material, one without a hem, coming apart. The word translated here as "taketh," referring to the patch being torn away from the cloth, is similar but not the same as the word Jesus uses in the previous verse ( Mark 2:20 ) to describe the bridegroom being taken away. from: The word translated as "from" means "from" in both location and when referring to a source. NOTE: A untranslated word appears here that is the Greek word commonly translated as pronouns in English, but it has a few shades of meaning our pronouns do not have. The sense is "from it" refers the old, garment. the: This is from the Greek definite article. old: The word translated as "old" is the same as above. It is in a positive form and follows the word "new", the sense ois, "the new of the old". In a good sense, it means "venerable" and in a bad sense, "obsolete." Because the point here is that we want to preserve the coat or cloak, it should be translated in the positive sense. "Old" means respected and prized not worn out. This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. and: The Greek word translated as "and" is used as the conjunction "and", but it also is used to add emphasis ("also") and, in a series, is best translated as "not only...but also. the: There is no definite article here in the Greek. rent: The word translated as "rent" means an "opening", "division," or a "tear" but it is also a metaphor about a division of opinion. This word is the source of our word "schism". This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. This noun is important symbolically because it also refers to divided opinions, that is, the split between the "new" and the "old" symbolized by the garments, representing different schools of thought. is made: The word translated as "is made" means "to become," that is, to enter into a new state. In Greek, especially as used by Christ, it is the opposite of "being," which is existence in the current state. worse: The terms translated as "worse" means various forms of inferiority and degradation. This is an uncommon word for Christ to use. οὐδεὶς (adj sg masc nom ) "No man " is from oudeis which means "no one", "not one", "nothing", " naught ", "good for naught," and "no matter." ἐπίβλημα [uncommon](noun sg neut nom/acc) "A piece" is from epiblema, which means "that which is thrown over", "covering", " tapestry ", "hangings", "that which is put on", "piece of embroidery," and "outer bandage." ῥάκους [uncommon](noun sg neut gen) "Cloth" is rhakos, which means ragged, tattered garment", "rags", "tatters", "strip of cloth", "strip of flesh", "rents in the face", "wrinkles," and is a metaphor for "rag," and "remnant." ἀγνάφου [uncommon](adj sg neut gen) "New" is from agnaphos, which means "uncarded", "unmilled", "unfulled", "undressed," and "unprocessed." ἐπιράπτει (verb 3rd sg pres ind act) "Seweth" is from epirapto, which means to "stitch" and "sew." ἐπὶ (prep) "On" is from epi which means "on", "upon", "at", "by", "before", "across," and "against." ἱμάτιον (noun sg neut acc diminutive) "Garment" is from himation, which was an oblong piece of cloth worn as an outer garment. The term generally means "clothes" and "cloth." παλαιόν: [uncommon](adj sg neut dat ) "Old" is from palaios, which means "old in years," "ancient," (in a good sense) "venerable", "held in esteem," (in a bad way) "antiquated", "obsolete," and "in an old way." εἰ (prep) "Else" is ei, (with de me below), which is the particle used to express conditions "if" (implying nothing about its fulfillment) or indirect questions, "whether." It also expresses the interjection, "come now!" It also means "if ever", "in case," and "whenever." It is combined with various conjunctions to create derivative conditions. -- The "if" here expresses a condition but it means nothing regarding whether that condition is met or not. It also means "if ever" and "whenever." δὲ (partic) "Else" is de (with ei...me ) which means "but" and "on the other hand." It is the particle that joins sentences in an adversarial way but can also be a weak connective ("and") and explanation of cause ("so") and a condition ("if"). μή, "Else" is me (with ei de above) which is the negative used in prohibitions and expressions of doubt meaning "not" and "no." As οὐ (ou) negates fact and statement; μή rejects, οὐ denies; μή is relative, οὐ absolute; μή subjective, οὐ objective. - αἴρει (verb 3rd sg pres ind act) "Taketh away" is from airo, which means "to lift up", "to raise", "to raise up", "to exalt", "to lift and take away," and "to remove." τὸ πλήρωμα (noun sg neut nom /acc) "Piece that filled it up" is from pleroma, which means "that which fills", "fullness", "reserves", "mass", "complex", "filling up", "completing," and "fulfillment." ἀπ᾽ (prep) "From" is from apo, a preposition of separation which means "from" or "away from" from when referring to place or motion, "from" or "after" when referring to time, "from" as an origin or cause. αὐτοῦ (adj sg neut gen) "From" is autos, which means "the same," and the reflexive pronouns, "myself", "yourself", "himself", "herself", "itself," or the oblique case of the pronouns, "him", "her," and "it." It also means "one's true self," that is, "the soul" as opposed to the body and "of one's own accord." τὸ καινὸν (adj sg neut nom/acc) "New" is kainos, which means "new", "fresh", "newly made", "newly invented," and "novel." τοῦ παλαιοῦ, (adj sg masc/neut gen ) "Old" is from palaios, which means "old in years," "ancient," (in a good sense) "venerable", "held in esteem," (in a bad way) "antiquated", "obsolete," and "in an old way." καὶ (conj) "And" is from kai, which is the conjunction joining phrases and clauses, "and," or "but." After words implying sameness, "as" (the same opinion as you). Used in series, joins positive with negative "Not only...but also." Also used to give emphasis, "even", "also," and "just." χεῖρον (adj sg neut nom/acc comp) "Worse" is from cheiron, which means (of persons) "meaner", "inferior," (in moral sense) "worse than others", "worse (in quality)", "inferior," and, as a noun, "inferiority." σχίσμα (noun sg neut nom/acc) "Rent" is from schisma, which means "cleft", "division", "division of opinion," "dissension," "the vulva," and "furrow (ploughing)." γίνεται. (3rd sg pres ind mp) "Is made" is from ginomai, which means "to become", "to come into being", "to be produced," and "to be." It means changing into a new state of being. It is the complementary opposite of the verb "to be" (eimi)which indicates existence in the same state. The Spoken Version: "How can you call yourself a wedding party? Dressed as you are?" the Pharisee challenged. "Some of your cloaks need patching." "No one a patch of rags unmilled sews onto a cloak, old," Jesus responded. "if however not, it takes that which fills up from of it, the new kind of the old and worse division becomes. Luke 5:36 No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old Matthew 9:16 No man puts a patch of new cloth ‹ Mark 2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom up Mark 2:22 And no man puts new wine into old bottles: ›	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line602
__label__wiki	0.91437	0.91437	India Under-19 boys’ react after clinching the World Cup India beat Australia in the final of Under-19 World Cup by 8 wickets. By Salman Anjum - 03 Feb, 2018 India Under-19 side led by Prithvi Shaw pulled off an emphatic 8-wicket victory over Australia in the final of ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup to become the only team in history to lift the coveted title for a record fourth time. The remarkable bowling performance by Boys in Blue saw them limiting Australia to a below par total of 216. In reply, Prithvi Shaw and his men chased down the total with 8 wickets in hand and 67 balls to spare. As expected the India U-19 boys’ were pretty thrilled after the historic accomplishment. While skipper Prithvi Shaw was out of words to express his feelings, Man of the Tournament Shubman Gill termed the whole campaign in New Zealand as exciting. Here are Indian players’ excerpts after the match: “Can't express what I'm feeling right now; really proud of it. All credit to our support staff for really supporting us for the last two years. Rahul [Dravid] sir himself is a legend, The Wall we call him. It was a crucial hundred from Manjot [Kalra]. [Shubman] Gill was batting so well. Both pacers, Kamlesh [Nagarkoti] and [Shivam] Mavi, have been executing things so well through the tournament. It's been wonderful playing matches here,” said the proud skipper Prithvi Shaw. “I am really proud of my team. We were fortunate enough to have Rahul sir as coach. He was just telling me to express my game and keep it on the ground. Had a good time here. It's been very exciting for me. Hope to do well in IPL also,” quoted Shubman Gill, the hero of semi-final against arch-rivals Pakistan. The centurion and Man of the Match of final, Manjot Kalra described the whole team environment as a great. “Great feeling. Enjoyed a lot. Conditions were very good. It was a flat wicket to bat on. In the team, it's been a great environment,” Kalra, who scored an unbeaten 101 in the final, said after the match. The pace spearhead Ishan Porel, who scalped 2 for 30 in the final beside picking up 4 for 17 in the semi-final against Pakistan, described the whole event as amazing. He also expressed his gratitude for the support staff and the enthusiastic crowd. “It's been an amazing feeling for me. I'm feeling like I'm on top of the world. It's a great feeling, it's a great team work, I would say. All the crowd over here has supported us well. Credit goes to them, credit goes to support staff and credit goes to the team. I would say it was pretty much a complete team effort. There have been lot of messages in my phone from India. It's unfortunate I've not been able to reply to them all. Thank you to all of them. Our bowlers have been fantastic all through the tournament. They've bowled really well. We guys have supported each other and backed each other in every and each moment,” the 19-year-old Ishan Porel said. The 16-year-old Riyan Parag, who claimed 2 for 6 in the semi-final against Pakistan, expressed his delight for teammate Manjot Kalra’s century in the final. “It's just amazing. I was thinking I wouldn't bat and I proved myself right. Just wanted Manjot to get to his century. I thought it'd be a tough match. It was tough, but we made it look easy. It (pitch) was good for batsmen as well as the bowlers,” said Parag. India U19 Prithvi Shaw Shubman Gill Ishan Porel Riyan Parag Manjot Kalra India U-19 vs Aus U-19 SA vs IND 2018: Virat Kohli a "special player", says Sourav Ganguly विराट कोहली के अनुसार हम उन लोगों की तलाश करते हैं जो दबाव को संभाल लेते हैं Team India congratulates India U19 team for their World Cup triumph in New Zealand	cc/2019-30/en_head_0040.json.gz/line604

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