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This is an introduction and background for my new multi-part research series on diagnosing the root causes of the Financial Crisis.
The value of this series is that it will be forward-looking, wholistic, and practical... and also accessible through the copious use of word pictures, analogies and metaphors to help people better understand the complexity. I believe it is easier to figure out and communicate the complex by analogizing it to the familiar.
My target audience for this research series is the new Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, all relevant policymakers, and anyone else truly interested in getting to the real bottom of this financial and economic mess.
What credibility do I have in this research endeavor?
My professional "Precursor" specialty is anticipating, figuring out and explaining complex change/problems before others do. Seven different Congressional Subcommittees have tapped my expertise to help sort out complex questions. For example, I was:
As an entrepreneur, I built my predecessor firm, Precursor Group Inc. from scratch with my partner, into the top independent investment research broker dealer in telecom-tech in the U.S., in 2004 and 2005 per Institutional Investor Magazine.
As a research leader, I conceived and was the founding Chairman of the Investorside Research Association, the first and only association of independent investment research providers.
My extensive government experience is also relevant to the research question. I started my career as a budget examiner at OMB covering among other accounts: the SEC, CFTC and the Treasury Department. I was Director of Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Treasury Department during Black Monday, the Stock Market Crash of 1987. And I have broad international experience and understanding having been a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Deputy U.S. Coordinator for International Communications Policy.
In closing, I trust you will find my research series on diagnosing the root causes of the Financial Crisis, eye-opening, useful and practical.
I specialize in the most complex difficult analysis that cuts | http://precursorblog.com/content/diagnosing-financial-crisis-root-causes | 2013-05-18T10:51:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
in Chandler, AZ
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Empowerment through Self-Reliance. Our mission is share knowledge, ideas and strategies on self-sufficiency and preparedness in relation to what is REALLY going on in our world. Our group has a positive outlook on life and realize that by taking action in our current environment rather than sticking our head in the sand, we can all generate a feeling of confidence and security in our lives. With all of the craziness around us: natural disasters, unemployment, housing crisis, threat of terrorism …
Get an alert email when new Meetup Groups like this start near you.
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Video: Ice Cube Celebrates The Eames
We ran into this video this morning and just had to share it with you. Before launching his rap career, Ice Cube actually studied architectural drafting. In the video, he describes the Los Angeles he knows. Watch it and leave your comments!
Moscow office of Walt Disney Studios Sony Picture Releasing / UNK PROJECT architects
Architects: UNK PROJECT architects
Location: Moscow, Russia
Project team: Nikolay Milovidov, Nikolay Fedoseev, Oleg Burmistrov
Consultants for Cinema hall: Janson + Tsai Design Associates
Project area: 685 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Viktor Chernyshov.
M3A2 Cultural and Community Tower / Antonini + Darmon Architectes
Architects: Antonini + Darmon Architectes
Location: 6 Rue Marguerita Duras, Paris, France
Area: 550 sqm SHON
Cost: 2,5 M euros HT
Finished: November 2011
Photographs: Luc Boegly
Steven Holl awarded 2012 AIA Gold Medal
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Block 128 IJburg / DP6
Architects: DP6
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photographs: Christian Richters, Hans van der Vliet, DP6
Rothschild Bank Headquarters / OMA
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ASAP Launch and Benefit
[ December 12, 2011; 18:30 to 21:30. ] A new not-for-profit art and architecture organization called ASAP (Archive of Spatial Aesthetics and Praxis), founded by former MoMA Curator Tina di Carlo, launches Monday, December 12 at the top of The Standard, New York with Bjarke Ingels, Alex Schweder…
Blair Barn House / Alchemy Architects
Architects: Alchemy Architects
Location: Blair, Wisconsin, USA
Size: 1,850 sqf
Budget: $360,000
Photographs: Courtesy of Alchemy Architects
Leganés Museum of Sculpture / MACA Estudio
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Disaster Prevention and Education Center / Superunion Architects
On a site almost without context because of its vast scale and open development plans, the Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Education Centre (DPEC), designed by Superunion Architects…, represents a new beginning for the Expo area adjacent to the Atatürk
BGT Partners Headquarters / ADD Inc.
Architects: ADD Inc
Location: Hallandale Beach, Miami, USA
Client: bgt Partners
Contractor: KM Plaza
Size: 26,000 sqf
Completion: 2011
Photographs: Chuck Wilkins
The Infrastructural Monument Installation / Anna Neimark
[ December 7, 2011 8:25 to December 18, 2011 0:00. ] Woodbury School of Architecture and the Woodbury Hollywood Gallery (WUHO) are pleased to announce the opening of The Infrastructural Monument by Anna Neimark. The opening is on Thursday, December 8, 7 p.m. and runs until December 18th. Anna Neimark’s installation, constructed…
Lo Cañas House / Francisco Abarca and Camilo Palma
Architects: Francisco Abarca and Camilo Palma
Location: Lo Cañas, La Florida, Santiago, Chile
Team: Roberto Torres, Omar Rivera, Carlos Lepe
Project Year: 2009
Year Built: 2009-10
Land Area: 2500 sqm
Built area: 120 sqm and 80 sqm terrace inside
Materials: Wood and Steel
Photographs: Camilo Palma, Eugenio Celedón
ArchDaily Architect’s Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Part One
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Loft Apartment / 2b Group
Blue Cube / Ahti Westphal
Architect: Ahti Westphal
Location: Grindstone Island, Rainy Lake, Minnesota, USA
Client: Private
Project year: 2005
Contractor: Burkham Built LLC
Steel Fabrication: Rudy Imhoff
Suppliers: Albany International, Paper Machine Clothing and Engineered Fabrics
Area: 240 sqt
Photograph: Courtesy of Ahti Westphal
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AT JEFFERSON COUNTY STADIUM CLASS 5A BOYS Team scores_ Cherry Creek 36; Cherokee Trail 28.5; Highlands Ranch 22; Ft. Collins, 21; Grandview 19; Gatewa...
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Understanding theories and concepts in social policy
Distributed for Policy Press at the University of Bristol
328 pages
A central theme of this lively and accessible text is that theory helps us to understand policy, politics and practice. The book combines an in-depth exploration of selected theoretical perspectives and concepts with the student-friendly format of the Understanding Welfare series. The author uses diverse examples from contemporary social policy to help theoretical arguments come alive. It should provide a key text for 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates and postgraduates in social policy and related subjects, as well as their teachers.
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You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information. | http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo13440881.html | 2013-05-18T10:32:02 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Keeseville meeting tonight about dissolution
KEESEVILLE — The Keeseville Village Board will host a meeting at 7 tonight at Village Offices to discuss dissolution.
Dissolution was approved in a vote recently, and Sean McGuire from the New York State Department of State will be at the meeting to direct the board about the next steps that need to be taken for finalizing a plan.
The meeting is open to all.
Beekmantown Court canceled Wednesday
BEEKMANTOWN — Beekmantown Town Court will not be held this Wednesday.
All appearances scheduled for that day have been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13.
Youth Bureau taking applications for funding
PLATTSBURGH — The Clinton County Youth Bureau is accepting applications for New York Office of Children and Family Services youth program funding for the 2013 fiscal year.
Youth Development/Delinquency Prevention 50 percent matching funds will be awarded to agencies offering new programs, activities or services to the general youth population of Clinton County. The 50 percent local match for this funding may not come from state or federal government sources.
Special Delinquency Prevention Program 100 percent funds will be awarded to agencies offering new programs, activities or services designed to prevent delinquency within targeted youth populations.
Any community based, 501(C)3, nonprofit organization with a duly constituted board of directors may apply. All programs must be offered free of charge to participating youth.
Applications for funding must be submitted to the Clinton County Youth Bureau by Monday, March 4.
For more information or applications, call the Youth Bureau at 565-4750.
Nominations for statewide parks recognition sought
ALBANY — Parks & Trails New York, a statewide parks and trails advocacy organization, is seeking nominations for its 2013 Park & Trail Recognition Awards.
The awards recognize the leadership, creativity and donation of time, talent and materials behind many of New York’s parks and trails..
More information on the awards nomination, with full descriptions of award categories, can be found on the Parks & Trails New York website,.
The deadline for submitting nominations is March 26. Winners will be announced May 15. | http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x1525013591/Of-Interest-Feb-12-2013 | 2013-05-18T11:02:52 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
CLINTONVILLE — The two top seeds took away any suspense early on Thursday night in the Section VII Class D boys’ basketball semifinals.
No. 1 seed Schroon Lake rolled to a 51-23 victory over No. 5 Chazy in the second game of the evening, while No. 2 Moriah was also dominant in a 48-33 win over No. 3 Elizabethtown-Lewis in the opener.
The Wildcats and Vikings will meet for the Class D championship at noon Saturday at the Plattsburgh State Field House.
Schroon Lake 51, Chazy 23
Jesse Shaughnessy scored 10 points in the first quarter as the Wildcats opened a 15-3 lead after one and never looked back.
“We wanted to come out with a lot of energy and put them away early,” Schroon Lake coach Lee Silvernail said. “We came out with tremendous energy, played good defense and were able to get some early baskets.”
Chazy went on a 6-0 run early in the second quarter to cut its deficit to 17-9 before Alex Shaughnessy nailed a 3-pointer to ignite a 7-0 run. That gave the Wildcats a 24-9 lead at the half.
Alex Shaughnessy then hit another three late in the third, sending Schroon Lake on a 9-0 burst that resulted in a 44-14 advantage after three.
Jesse Shaughnessy, who did not play in the fourth quarter, hurt the Eagles inside with a game-high 20 points. Tanner Stone connected on four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points, while Alex Shaughnessy added nine.
“That was huge to get our inside-outside game going,” Silvernail said. “We have some younger players who can shoot from the outside.
“Our shooting was strong throughout the game.”
Alex Shaughnessy chipped in four assists, and Jesse Shaughnessy contributed three steals.
Jeff Armstrong didn’t score but was a major factor defensively with 10 rebounds, including nine in the first half. He also didn’t play in the fourth.
“We played good defense throughout, and Armstrong was huge on the boards in the first half,” Silvernail said.
Justin Brothers paced the Eagles with seven points and four rebounds.
“I’m proud of our team for the season they had,” Chazy coach Cory Thompson said. “Schroon Lake played an excellent game tonight, and I wish them good luck in the finals.”
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Schroon Lake 51, Chazy 23
Chazy (23)
Botten 1-2-4, Brothers 3-1-7, Chauvin 0-0-0, Guay 1-1-4, Hampton 1-0-2, Lapierre 1-0-2, Laurin 1-1-4, Ryan 0-0-0, Provost 0-0-0. Totals: 8-5-23.
Schroon Lake (51)
Armstrong 0-0-0, DeZalia 0-0-0, Lough 0-0-0, Maisonville 2-0-4, Paradis 1-0-2, Rose 0-0-0, A. Shaughnessy 3-0-9, J. Shaughnessy 9-2-20, Stone 6-0-16, Vallie 0-0-0. Totals: 21-2-51.
Chazy 3 6 5 9 — 23
Schroon Lake 15 9 20 7 — 51
3-point goals: Chazy (2); Guay; Laurin. Schroon Lake (7); Stone 4; A. Shaughnessy 3.
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Moriah 48, Elizabethtown-Lewis 33
Adam Jaquish, the Vikings’ 6-foot-4 freshman center, was too much inside for the Lions.
Jaquish flirted with a triple-double and finished with 15 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots.
“Adam was tough inside tonight,” Moriah coach Brian Cross said.
Jessup Calkins also hit in double figures for the Vikings with 10 points, while Derek Brassard hauled down 12 rebounds.
Elizabethtown-Lewis scored the first 2-pointer of the game, but Moriah tallied the final 13 points of the stanza for a 13-2 lead after one quarter.
The Vikings continued to build on their lead in the second and took a commanding 29-7 edge into intermission.
“The key was that we played well defensively, especially in the first half,” Cross said. “We played hard and smart for the most part and were able to stay out of foul trouble.
“It certainly helped to get out to the first-quarter lead.”
Moriah’s biggest lead came in the third quarter when the Vikings went up 28 points, at 40-12.
Charlie Huttig paced the Lions with a game-high 20 points, with 19 of those coming in the second half. Justin LaPier was next with seven.
“We did a good job rebounding and also defending their screen and roll,” Cross said. “We executed our offense pretty well — not as good in the second half. But I was pretty happy with the way we played.”
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Moriah 48,
Elizabethtown-Lewis 33
Elizabethtown-Lewis (33)
Huttig 7-3-20, Noka-Bailey 2-0-4, Denton 0-0-0, Harwood 0-2-2, LaPier 3-1-7, Marvin 0-0-0, Morris 0-0-0, Plante 0-0-0, Whalen 0-0-0, White 0-0-0, Farrell 0-0-0. Totals: 12-6-33.
Moriah (48)
Calkins 4-1-10, Pratt 1-1-3, Graham 0-0-0, Shpur 1-0-2, Mero 3-0-7, Jaquish 5-5-15, Mauran 2-0-4, McKiernan 0-0-0, Belzer 0-0-0, Brassard 2-0-5, Marcotte 1-0-2, Gaddor 0-0-0. Totals: 19-7-48.
Elizabethtown 2 5 13 13 — 33
Moriah 13 16 14 5 — 48
3-point goals: Elizabethtown-Lewis (3): Huttig 3. Moriah (3): Calkins; Mero; Brassard. | http://pressrepublican.com/0300_sports/x1874094787/Vikings-Wildcats-dominate-in-D-semis | 2013-05-18T10:53:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Kids’ Night Out has Dr. Seuss theme
PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh YMCA, at the corner of Brinkerhoff and Oak streets, is offering a “Kids’ Night Out” program from 5 to 8:30 p.m. today.
Children in kindergarten through fifth grade will be able to use the YMCA’s climbing wall with the trained YMCA staff. The evening also includes pizza, swimming, group games, gym games and a Dr. Seuss craft. The activities will be supervised by staff from the Y’s before- and after-school program.
The cost is $15 per child, or $12 for YMCA members. The event is limited to the first 75 children.
For questions, call the YMCA at 561-4290.
Storytime set for March 12
KEESEVILLE — The Keeseville Free Library at 1721 Front St. is hosting storytime for children at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12.
The theme is “Hopping Into Spring.” All are welcome.
For questions, call 834-9054. | http://pressrepublican.com/0800_special_sections/x1503760396/Family-Fare-March-2-2013 | 2013-05-18T11:03:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Celebeauty
THE LOOK OF THE DAY
Emma Freedman
1/2/2013
The bubbly weather girl was a ray of sunshine at last night’s Dior boutique opening in Sydney, contrasting her bright-orange cocktail frock with a hot-pink liquid lipstick. Inspired? Try Giorgio Armani’s new Lip Maestro in 504, $49, selected department stores. And add generous helpings of illuminator along with a peachy blush and bronze eyeshadow to play up your summer-party glow. Dior gown optional, but a very nice extra.
Vote for Emma Freedman
Select an option:
- Blah 30%
- So-So 16%
- Cute 23%
- Love It 12%
- Winner 16%
19 Comments
Posted by: melany Devotee // Fri, 1 February 2013 12:17pm
Love the lip colour!
Posted by: anitas.artistry Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 01:02pm
I like the colour, but maybe the eyes need to be toned down a little bit. There’s a lot going on!
Posted by: daylight dancer Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 03:03pm
Shes so gorgeous and funny. Always love her looks.
Posted by: Jensta Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 03:27pm
I love the whole look, she is such a sweety.
Posted by: Its_Jess Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 03:42pm
That shade of lipstick is hot!
Posted by: louweeez Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 03:54pm
While I do love her colour and all… bit to thick on the ‘luminator… she looks to me like she’s crossed the line between dewy/glowy/gleamy and sweaty, maybe the flash is too bright in this pic…. Love it, but not a winner.
Posted by: lovefashionangel Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 05:34pm
Love the orange and bronzer glow duo. It loos awesome!
Posted by: Jessielyn Master Fan // Fri, 1 February 2013 05:49pm
I agree with some of the other girls- there is a lot going on here! Love the lips and the eyes, but not together.
Posted by: lolo Master Fan // Sat, 2 February 2013 02:05am
I agree, definitely a lot going on! I think if she did less eye.. like just a winged eyeliner effect it would have been better. Less bronzer/illuminator too!
Posted by: GorgeousEmeralds Master Fan // Sat, 2 February 2013 07:42pm
like the other girls have sad, though the look isn’t horrible there is too much happening!
Posted by: Michelle-1343378350 Devotee // Mon, 4 February 2013 05:10pm
I’d like to see this look with less of a dewy finish. I think the eyes and lips and lovely but I can’t stop looking at the glow on her skin!
Posted by: KitschSnitch Enthusiast // Thu, 7 February 2013 10:28am
lips and eyes are fine, but tone down the bronzer and highlighter… and she needs a lot of powder!
Posted by: DebstarDesigns Master Fan // Thu, 7 February 2013 03:20pm
I find this look a lil too “busy” for me, but she looks cute nonetheless!
Posted by: beautiful87 Master Fan // Sun, 10 February 2013 04:43pm
i love the lipstick
Posted by: diva89 Master Fan // Sun, 10 February 2013 05:01pm
lovely
Posted by: crystal Enthusiast // Sun, 10 February 2013 08:54pm
Lip colour is great but she is way to shiny.
Posted by: Sparkles17 Master Fan // Sat, 2 March 2013 10:33pm
Like the lipcolour, but feel that its way too much going on at the same time and not in a nice way. She looks too shiny too.
Posted by: jo77 Master Fan // Sat, 6 April 2013 08:25pm
This is exactly the look I’d expect from bubbly Em
Posted by: diva89 Master Fan // Thu, 11 April 2013 05:11pm
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Soooo…I’ll be the first to admit, I’m a romantic idiot. Not a hopeless romantic, but a romantic idiot. Tomorrow is my America’s birthday. And as she is my first girlfriend (though not relationship), I tend to REALLY REALLY WANT to spoil her rotten. She thinks I have, but you guys can be the judge.
See that ring up there? Yeah, that’s Princess Kate’s ring (technically she’s the Duchess of Cambridge, but you know, who else actually knows that except for England? Oh, that’s me). I was shopping for a dress for Easter and happened to look over and see a beautiful Swarovski set that looked almost exactly like Kate’s (though the blue was lighter, like the sky). And my America—among other things—is my sky.
I obviously bought them in addition to her other gifts. The set included a ring, necklace and earrings.
And if I’m not England enough…I wrote her another sonnet.
I really am a romantic idiot. :) | http://principessadellopera.tumblr.com/tagged/birthdays | 2013-05-18T10:21:25 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Our past and our future are interconnected. In the circle of life as we move from the past to the future we must always remember and respect everything in the past. Our history, our culture, our traditions, our ancestors and our own experiences. This way we can walk into the future with respect and confidence.
NAIDOC celebrations are held around Australia in the first full week in July (see History of NAIDOC), and its acronym has become the name of the week itself.
The week is celebrated not just in the Indigenous community, but also in increasing numbers of government agencies, schools, local councils and workplaces.
View ideas on how to celebrate NAIDOC Week.
In addition to the many local activities, NAIDOC celebrations traditionally have a ‘national focus’:
For many years, the Australian Government has been the major funding contributor to national focus activities.
Wherever you live, taking part in NAIDOC Week is a great way to celebrate Indigenous culture and build bridges between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. | http://printaustralia.blogspot.de/2006_06_01_archive.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Loud & Local
Sunday Nights at 6p with Phildo
Loud & Local is an open format show that showcases local and regional music. Anyone who plays music and can produce a professional recording of their work can be on Loud & Local. To submit music, please send a detailed email to krro@krro.com. Please include some info about the band, any upcoming shows or band news as well as an .mp3 of your work. If the digital file is not possible, send or drop off a cd at 500 S Phillips Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Loud & Local Sessions! The 47 Fires joined me this month. The abridged version will air during the show. Scroll down to find the full interview! Next month I'll get to hang out with More Than Enough! Be sure to tune in to 103.7 if you have a radio near you every Sunday at 6pm. If you are in the middle of nowhere click to Listen Live!
Nick of Amos Slade playing Fort Door Sign | http://pro.krro-fm.tritonflex.com/common/page.php?id=80 | 2013-05-18T10:52:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
RBL UBL and host program
From Texas Instruments Embedded Processors Wiki
DaVinci has an internal BootROM, where a small boot loader program is stored, which can be invoked by special jumper settings. With this BootRom it is possible to download SW to a DaVinci system where no code is actually stored in NOR or NAND flash the ARM processor can boot from. This can be used to download the first code ever to a DaVinci based board or to recover from broken system. This article collects information about this feature.
Naming
While talking about this DaVinci BootROM feature, there are three SW parts involved. The naming for these are:
- RBL == ROM boot loader. This part is stored in ROM in DaVinci and therefore can't be changed by user. If needed, it can be activated by special jumper settings. It can be used to start system SW (download) via serial line, from NAND devices or HPI (Host Port Interface).
- UBL == user boot loader. The SW the RBL starts/downloads is called user boot loader. Download has to be done in a special format the RBL expects. UBL is limited in size. Sometimes UBL is called 2nd stage boot loader as well.
- Host program, known as serial host utility program as well. This SW runs on the development host (typically a PC with Windows/Linux) and communicates with RBL (and UBL) if RBL is used in UART (serial) line download mode.
RBL
RBL modes and info
The RBL supports 3 distinct boot modes depending on device configuration pins BTSEL[1:0]:
- BTSEL[1:0] = 00 - ARM NAND Boot
- BTSEL[1:0] = 11 - ARM UART Boot
- BTSEL[1:0] = 10 - ARM HPI Boot
If BTSEL[1:0] = 01 the ARM boots from NOR flash without RBL involved.
On DaVinci EVM these settings can be done by Jumper S3-1 and S3-2.
The DM355 supports boot from SD/MMC card rather than HPI. On the DM355 EVM the boot modes are selected by the pair of dip switches SW7.
Further info about RBL can be found in:
- TI document SPRUE14A - TMS320DM644x DMSoC ARM Subsystem Reference Guide (Rev. A), Chapter 12: Boot modes
- TI document SPRAAI0 - Basic Application Loading over the Serial Interface for the DaVinci TMS320DM644x
- TI document SPRAAI4 - Booting and Flashing via the DaVinci TMS320DM644x Serial Interface
- Programming via UART - mail from Rudy Reinsch at DaVinci mailing list.
RBL booting from NAND and ECC/Bad blocks
The RBL does not do any form of bad block checking/management. It will simply rely on using the HW ECCs generated during the page reads to verify that a page read was correct. This means that the HW ECC values generated during the reads of each 512 bytes of data will be compared against the ECC values that are stored in the spare bytes of the NAND page. If the RBL sees an ECC mismatch occur during a page read, it will abort the operation from that block and try the next block. It will do this up to block 5 of the NAND device, strting from block 1 (skipping over block 0). If there is an ECC mismatch, the RBL will NOT use the ECC values to do bit error correction, even though the mismatched values could be used to find and correct a single-bit error.
If the RBL can't get a successful read out of the first five blocks, the boot will fail and will default to attempting a UART boot. One recommendation would be to fill the first five blocks with the same header and UBL. Then if the first one ever goes bad, you'll already have four more copies ready to do the job. But if all five of those blocks go bad (which I think is VERY unlikely over the lifetime of the device) then the device won't boot.
But if a block does go bad, the ECC check should detect it, unless the data and ECC are both corrupted in such a way that they still match (which I think would be extremely improbable). So a corrupted image booting up should never be an issue.
Since the pages/blocks holding the UBL aren't going through read and write cycles on a continuous basis, they will probably last a good while, but I understand that blocks can lose their data after some time, so some kind of periodic rewrite of these blocks might be a good idea, like maybe every 1000th system shutdown, for example.
UBL and Flashing Utilities
For UBL there are various versions available. One key point to understand is that the flashing utility, which writes the UBL and u-boot image, and the UBL itself are intricately related. The UBL must understand what format the u-boot image was stored in, and where in the NAND blocks and pages to find the image. The TI UBL and flashing utilites, as an example, use a header scheme very similar to the one used for the UBL image. The UBL searches over a particular range of blocks to locate and parse this header, which provides the necessary info to locate and load the actual u-boot image. This is the same way the DM644x RBL looks for the UBL image. Any other scheme could be used, as long as the flashing program, which writes the u-boot image, and the UBL, which has to read and load the u-boot image, agree on what it is.
DaVinci Serial Boot and Flashing Utilities UBL
Support for DM35x, DM644x, and DM646x. Based on the original TI code, released under GPLv2.
The Serial Boot and Flash Loading Utility provides modular set of UBL programs to enable you to download and run code in RAM or to burn images to NOR and NAND flash. The project also provides a Host Application for downloading and running these UBLs via the UART Boot Mode.
TI UBL (original)
The TI UBL is contained as part of the DVFLasher flash utility. See below TI host program for more information about obtaining and using the DVFLasher utility and its UBL.
rboot UBL
rboot from Rudy Reinsch from DaVinci mailing list
This is derived from U-Boot and has to be compiled with script rbm (in above posting as well). Together with matching open source host tool (see below) it is able to load a third stage loader.
This was repackaged by Dirk Behme together with windows and host tool to RBL UBL and host tool collection.
Refer to the DaVinci mailing list regarding the effort to align on one set of code and to put it into an appropriate repository.
Sergeys UBL
See posting on U-Boot mailing list.
Host program
There are several Host applications available to download the UBL using the DaVinci UART Boot Mode.
DaVinci Serial Boot and Flashing Utilities
Support for DM35x, DM644x, and DM646x. Based on the original TI host program (listed above).
The Serial Boot and Flash Loading Utility provides several modular UBL programs and the C# Host Download and Flash tools. The source code is hosted on and it has been released under GPLv2. Parts of the development effort for this project have been sponsored by Texas Instrument, Inc. Thanks to TI for supporting an Open Source project!
TI host program (original)
The TI host program, DVFlasher, is written in C# and can be run on Windows with .NET or on Linux with mono. Under Windows, the application can use either the .Net Framework (provided for free at) or the Mono Framework (available at). Under Linux, the Mono Framework is the only option.
The DVFlasher program can be obtained at under "DM644x DVEVM" in the "DaVinci DM644x EVM Miscellaneous Components" section. See the readme.txt file contained in the DVFlasher package for more usage information. For a step by step example of how to use this utility to flash a new version of u-boot to NAND flash please see flashing NAND with DVFlasher.
For more information on the DVFlasher program please refer to TI document SPRAAI4.
Note: Code examples for TI document SPRAAI4 spraai4.zip contain a (older) DVFlasher as well. But this outdated and shouldn't be used any more. Use latest DVFlasher available via dvevmupdates above.
DV RBL UBL Host Tool (originally load.c and dv_host)
The original load.c and dv_host code was repackaged by Dirk Behme together with windows and host tool to RBL UBL and host tool collection. Some code released under GPLv2 (but not all files include a GPL license).
This is for windows console and has to be compiled on your own. It works in relation with rboot (see above) and tries to load hard coded u-boot_ram.bin (U-Boot image to be run from RAM only). In a fourth step (RBL -> UBL (rboot) -> u-boot_ram.bin -> Load and write "normal" U-Boot to NOR flash) this then loads and writes the final U-Boot to NOR flash. rboot isn't able to directly write NOR/NAND flash. Therefore, a special U-Boot version (RAM only) has to be used in third step which is capable to write NOR or NAND flash. U-Boot itself can't be an UBL because UBL has size restriction and U-Boot is to large for this.
Sergeys host tool
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I see Sportscenter’s not top 10 in the future…
C’mon man!!!
The original distance was a joke and at least the new 40 yard try is more reasonable. They still could have moved it in an extra yard so that the 39 yard distance matches Tannehill’s week 1 QB rating.
I had the supertoe as a kid – loved it! Always felt like I was gonna break his head when I smacked it to kick.
Will Marino hold the ball laces out?
I bet someone bangs it in from 40 yards out. Kicking off of a tee makes it much more plausible. An NFL Kicker can hit a 70 yarder off a tee, all that it will take is one person with a little weight behind their leg and… Boom 10 G’s.
This will still be tough. I once bet an athletic roommate that he couldn’t kick a 40 yarder and I gave him one attempt a day for 30 days. I won.
Still, the contest winners have a better chance at making this 40 yard try than Miami’s own kicker.
Finkel and einhorn!
If you want some suspense make it from 30 yards out (from the 20). If you want to make it impossible for the average guy off the street, keep it at 40 yards (from the 30).
kicking 40 yards is still hard for a regular person who hasn’t practiced. heck a 20 yard is hard unless you’ve had some experience kicking. It’s getting it up with power that’s hard. distance isn’t the main problem. most people end up dribbling the ball forward or kicking it so it only goes upward a few yards.
Penn State kicker says he would like to have a shot at it.
Wow Florio, you’re an inspiration! Since you have such influence would you ask the muslims to stop burning down our embassies and burning our flag? Our President is too busy campaigning and fundraising.
If who ever gets the chance makes it, the Dolphins would immediately sign that person, then they would have a chance of scoring Sunday.
i seen coaches fail at 10 yard line so no way anybody regular can do it
@ EJ
Are you kidding me? 40 yards is damn near impossible for someone that hasn’t practiced regularly. Throw in the pressure of knowing that 10K is stake and it’s even harder. Then, being surrounded by 50,000 fans and knowing hundreds of thousands people are at home watching you? Oh, wait. It’s a Dolphins game. So, you’re only surrounded by 5,000 fans and no one is at home watching you. Ok. That takes some of the pressure off.
The CFL has run a contest for a few years now where someone attempts a kick from fifty yards out for a million dollars, during the Grey Cup (kind of like a sucky Canadian Super Bowl – and yes, I’m Canadian).
And before someone gets snarky and remarks that’s a million in Canadian dollars, let me point out that the Candian dollar is actually worth more than the US dollar. So it’s a bit more than one million American.
hah! the pressure of ten grand and 50,000 people lol the dolphins are lucky if they get 40k in that stadium
What’s the kicker get a dollar from every fan at the game
Dolphins need all the help they can get.
These kicks, if made, should be added to Dolphins score.
Forget about the 10,000….sign whoever makes it! | http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/09/14/dolphins-move-halftime-field-goal-try-20-yards-closer/ | 2013-05-18T10:24:07 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Fading Sunshine Rec.
Jokers
-LP/mini LP-sized CD-
(IR,1972,pub.2011)***
When Vaheed, the lead singer and guitarist of Jokers visited the UK for a short period, and heard bands like MC5 and Cream he decided to change his music style and upon his return recorded this album with just two mikes and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The result is a raw, distorted mostly blues-psychedelic jam with a garage-punkish like attitude in the vocals. The second track the most “normal” rock’n roll rocker. All of the tracks are made in pure western standards. It gets along all right, builds up some energy, around the time of the long B-side track where the blues-psychedelia has become most effective with its heavy bluesy guitar solos, a stoned effect and screaming voice. It is not recorded too well, mostly it is not too different from several recordings around that time from the US, UK up to Danmark where this style had a few very good examples, exceptionally it also made it to Iran. I think it’s an understatement to say it was never released at the time for various reasons. Musically not a must-have but enjoyable in its genre, within its time.
Audio :
Label info :
Info :
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Persian Psych/Rock/garage presents
Jokers
CD/LP (1960s-1970s)
Go back to overview
60s-80s artists from Iran
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Refactor #1769
Refactor SETTINGS variables
Description
puppet proxy use puppet_conf variables
puppetca proxy use puppetdir and ssldir variables
It should be possible to rationalize these, for example :
SETTINGS.puppetdir || "/etc/puppet"
SETTINGS.puppetconf || puppetdir + "/puppet.conf"
SETTINGS.puppetautosign || puppetdir + "/autosign.conf"
SETTINGS.ssldir || "/var/lib/puppet/ssl"
Better is to read ssldir from puppet.conf, dunno how hard is that.
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I got a call from MCI the other night. It came just as I was finishing up a paper attacking a multibillion-dollar tax loophole that MCI is trying to create for itself. Having already been surprised at being contacted by AT&T and Verizon on the issue that same day, I wondered how MCI had found out, too. But my paranoia was unjustified. MCI's call was merely an attempt to persuade me to change my long-distance service.
As has been well reported, MCI, aka WorldCom, was driven into bankruptcy due to the largest accounting fraud in American history, which has cost the company's shareholders and creditors hundreds of billions of dollars. Now MCI is trying to milk the public even further, by perverting the purpose of a federal tax law that lets companies coming out of bankruptcy postpone certain taxes. MCI wants to turn that postponement into a permanent tax exemption.
I was tipped off to MCI's attempted tax rip-off a few months ago by my friends at the Communications Workers of America, which lost tens of thousands of jobs at AT&T and elsewhere due to MCI's long-distance price war. MCI's competitors couldn't afford to compete at MCI's low prices and, as it turns out, neither could MCI -- except by cooking its books.
So what's MCI up to now? In its bankruptcy proceeding, MCI will shed tens of billions of dollars in debt -- "upwards of $19 billion or more," according to one of its (redundantly stated) bankruptcy filings, or as much as $27 billion, according to another filing. That's good news for MCI (and bad news for its creditors), but there's a fly in the ointment: Debt cancellation normally generates taxable income for the borrower, meaning a potential federal tax bill for MCI of as much as $9.5 billion at the 35 percent corporate tax rate.
The rule making debt cancellation taxable goes back to the early days of the income tax, and when you think about it, it's not just logical, it's essential. Otherwise, for example, workers could just be paid in loans that are quickly forgiven, tax-free. In fact, it's hard to think of any kind of income -- wages, sales, dividends, interest, capital gains, rents or whatever -- that couldn't easily be converted into a loan. So without a usual tax on debt forgiveness, the income tax would collapse.
The tax code does give a break to companies coming out of bankruptcy. To make it easier for them to get a fresh start, reorganized companies don't have to pay tax immediately on their washed-out debt. Instead, they're taxed on the income from their canceled debt gradually, by losing future deductions.
MCI, however, has come up with an outrageous scheme to try to get around ever paying tax on its forgiven debt. Essentially, it claims that the company should be divided into two parts. One part -- call it "finance" -- borrowed all the money on which the debt is being canceled. The other part -- "operations" -- has all the accumulated tax write-offs. So, says, MCI, finance has cancellation-of-debt income but no future tax deductions to lose, while operations has lots of tax write-offs but no cancellation-of-debt income.
Of course, if a company's borrowing can be treated as unrelated to the operations that it financed, no tax would ever be collected on debt cancellation in bankruptcy. That makes no sense, but apparently several other bankrupt companies besides MCI are currently making the same ridiculous argument. So the monetary stakes for the public go beyond even MCI's potential $10 billion.
Although the purpose and history of the tax law show that MCI's position is indefensible, the language of the statute is not as clear as it could be. Most experts think that the IRS could probably remedy this legislative oversight on its own, but thus far the Bush administration hasn't weighed in. So the anti-MCI forces have persuaded a bipartisan group of senators and representatives to introduce a bill to clarify the statute.
I'm amused to be supporting a bill whose lead Senate sponsor is Rick Santorum, the ultraconservative Republican firebrand from Pennsylvania. It's also rather unusual for me to be on the same side on tax policy as AT&T and Verizon -- which, when they contacted me, were pleased to hear that I was already writing negatively about MCI. In fact, after I published my paper, one of my more cynical tax-lawyer friends called me to ask why I was "intervening in a phone-company dispute."
But in this case, AT&T's and Verizon's self-interested opposition to MCI gaining a competitive advantage coincides with good tax policy. I'm sure I'll be on the other side of the fence from those companies, not to mention Rick Santorum, soon enough.
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In the wake of 9/11, dozens of people were arbitrarily detained and tortured by the American government, sometimes with lethal consequences. These practices were not only grotesquely immoral but illegal. Last week, the Department of Justice announced that nobody would be held legally responsible for these reprehensible crimes. This decision culminates a series of failures that will be a permanent black mark on the Obama administration.
The process by which almost nobody has been held responsible for horrible and illegal acts is two-step. Failures by high officials magically insulate the failures of less high-ranking ones. Infuriatingly if also not surprisingly, the people in the top levels of the Bush administration were not held responsible by a new administration that presumably didn't want to set an uncomfortable precedent by "politicizing" the Bush administration's torture policies. But even if we accept that self-interest would prevent the Obama administration from prosecuting Dick Cheney or Alberto Gonzales, surely the people who carried out the torture could be prosecuted? But, the lower officials could not be held accountable because the memos written by John Yoo distorted the law. People who carried out torture could not be prosecuted, the logic went, because they had been told by the Department of Justice that their actions were legal.
For people who care about enforcing prohibitions against arbitrary detention and torture, it was an ugly Catch-22: It is unthinkable under current American norms for political elites to be held accountable for bad behavior (with a rare exception for truly serious offenses like lying about a blow job), but the bad behavior of the elites means that the people who engaged in practices that they had been informed were legal could not be prosecuted either.
While this insulated most officials from prosecution, however, it did not insulate all. Even given the Catch-22 described above, torture that resulted in death could still be prosecuted.
In 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would investigate cases where torture might have exceeded the Yoo guidelines. As Adam Serwer of Mother Jones details, in 2011 special prosecutor John Durham winnowed these cases to two worthy of further investigation. Both involved people—Gul Rahman and Mandel al-Jamadi—who died after being tortured while being detained by the CIA. But even in these cases, torture homicides going beyond what even John Yoo considered legal in 2003, prosecution was ultimately not considered.
What could possibly justify this decision? Scott Shane's report points out that Holder's explanation was vague, although there's certainly plenty of blame to go around:
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I have little doubt that bad investigations by the Bush administration have made it difficult or impossible for Obama to bring charges in many cases. But this does not make his administration's failure to hold anyone accountable defensible.
As Glenn Greenwald observes, the Obama administration created the Catch-22 that made prosecutions difficult by refusing to hold any of the decision-makers responsible for institutionalized torture. Even if we accept that successful prosecutions would have been impossible in most cases, a public inquiry into these practices would have been reassuring—but Obama himself torpedoed this idea. Moreover, it's hard to imagine that the decision not to prosecute reflects a strict cost-benefit analysis that requires near-guaranteed success to bring a case.
As Greenwald points out, it's hard to ignore the contrast between the administration's timorous attitude toward potential torture prosecution and its extremely aggressive posture toward whistle-blowers. It's also worth remembering that this same Justice Department decided to bring an extraordinarily weak case against the former Major League pitcher Roger Clemens, for a trivial perjury charge arising from a time-wasting congressional investigation into performance-enhancing drugs—twice. (Millions of dollars later, Clemens was acquitted.) It's hard to believe a Justice Department willing to commit substantial resources to cases like that can't find a single torture case worth prosecuting.
The Obama administration deserves credit for ending the regime of institutionalized torture. But by refusing to hold any of the people responsible for the last one accountable, the Obama administration has not only made itself a moral accessory after the fact but all but ensured that future administrations can engage in the same practices. This failure represents perhaps the nadir of a very troubling record on civil liberties.
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There is one other reason you have not mentioned.
Obama ordered the killing of an American citizen ( Anwar al-Aulaqi ) who was a member of the Al Queda.
Two weeks later Al-Aulaqi's 16-year-old son, Abdul-Rahman al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen who was born in Denver, was also killed by a CIA-led drone strike in Yemen.
IF Obama prosecuted the upper level officials of the Bush Administration ... HE would face charges himself.
The second part ( not often mentioned ) being the most troubling. An American born 16 year old targeted and killed without trial?
THAT is what is going on here. All the other is smoke and mirrors. Understand, even if obama wins another term. Chances are he will be replaced by a Republican. And payback is a bitch. Especially when you have the above two facts going for you.
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Thanks for your post. Today I watched BBC documentary film that talks about the impact and effect of torture on the mental and psychological well being of human beings named 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk'. I suggest you to watch this if you did n't watch yet.... | http://prospect.org/article/torture-without-accountability | 2013-05-18T10:54:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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How important is a war-on-terror intelligence asset -- important enough that his clear complicity in genocide should be overlooked? That's the question raised by the presence of a name on certain United Nations documents obtained exclusively by the Prospect.
Here's the story. After many long months of international paralysis on Darfur, the first two weeks of February have seen a flurry of activity that may presage a new global effort to confront the ongoing genocide. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton pledged to use the month of February, when America has the presidency of the Security Council, to move “fast” and “far” on Darfur.
There is an excellent coffee shop in the basement of the United Nations building in New York. The espresso is served bitter and strong, Italian style. Sandwiches can be bought on hard French baguettes, and the pastries are always fresh. Whenever a meeting lets out in one of the conference rooms adjacent to the shop, diplomats make a beeline to the cash registers. Others light cigarettes: Though the United Nations is in Manhattan, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-smoking crusade has not yet penetrated the complex, which sits on international land; so, beneath conspicuous no-smoking signs, diplomats routinely light up, creating a hazy plume that gives the Vienna Café a decidedly European feel.
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The Washington Post discussed President Obama's suggestion to impose a tax on banks and including a brief mention of financial transactions taxes. Proposals for such a tax have been introduced in the House by Representative Peter Defazio and in the Senate by Tom Harkin.
After noting these proposals, the article then comments:
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Associated Press ran a "stimulus watch" piece in which it discusses a test that seemed designed to show that the stimulus failed. According to the article, the test involved comparing the changes in unemployment rates in counties that received the most amount of stimulus spending for road construction with those that received the least. The study found no differences in the movements in unemployment in these counties.
In the real world this would be difficult, but not on NPR. Morning Edition had a lengthy segment on the deficit with David Walker, the president of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, an organization founded by Peter G. Peterson, the billionaire Wall Street investment banker and Commerce Department secretary in the Nixon Administration. Walker was allowed to give his account without any alternative perspectives..
In discussing the December jobs report the Post repeated some of the silliness about productivity that is currently circulating among people who imagine themselves to be knowledgeable about the economy. It told readers that:
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The NYT discussed the release of new data showing the unemployment rate hitting 10.0 percent in the euro zone countries. At one point it notes that the euro zone economies had grown by 0.4 percent in the third quarter.
Several news stories noted the revisions to prior months' data now show a 4,000 job gain for November. It is important to note that this is not especially positive news. The job gain no reported for November is entirely attributable to the fact that the job loss for October was revised upward by 16,000. The net effect of the revisions to the data for the two months was to show 1,000 more lost jobs than indicated in the prior release. It is difficult to see how this can be viewed as positive.
NYT.
A Washington Post article discussed predictions around the December employment report that will be released on Friday. It noted predictions that employment will actually be shown as increasing in this report, noting several pieces of relatively good news, including the fact that the number of weekly unemployment claims had fallen to their lowest level since August of 2008.
That point seemed to be missing from an otherwise worthwhile discussion of the issue in the Post. This point is important to understanding its potential consequences.
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It seems that the line is that everything is good in the economy these days and we won't take about the things that are not. The Commerce Department reported that nominal construction spending fell by 0.6 percent in November. It also revised down the October data to show a decrease of 0.5 percent after previously reporting no change.
The main culprit is non-residential construction, where a bubble driven boom is rapidly reversing itself, however residential and public construction also fell in the month. Barring an extraordinary turnaround in December, construction spending will knock at least half a percentage point off the growth rate for the fourth quarter. This is newsworthy.
The NYT highlighted the slowdown in the growth rate of national health care spending in 2008 to 4.4 percent, compared with 6.0 percent in 2007 and an average of 7.0 percent in the decade from 1998 to 2008. There really is not very much to tout in this story. The slowdown was roughly proportional to the decline in GDP growth. As a result, health care spending measured as a share of GDP rose by 0.3 percentage points, roughly the same rate of growth that it had averaged over the prior decade.
The affordability of health care will depend on its growth as a share of GDP and a growth rate of 0.3 percentage points annually cannot be sustained indefinitely.
The most painful aspect of the economic crisis is that the pain is unnecessary. Ordinarily we think of the economy being limited by the supply of available resources, land, labor, and capital. We can't all have huge houses with servants. In a world where the economy is limited by supply, pain is understandable, even if not acceptable. To give one person more means taking something away from someone else. | http://prospect.org/blog/beat-press?page=14&month=01&year=2009&base_name=cbos_nonestimates_of_stimulus | 2013-05-18T11:02:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Is Education the Cure for Poverty?
Economists may disagree a lot on policy, but we all agree on the "education premium" -- the earnings boost associated with more education. But what role can education play in a realistic antipoverty policy agenda? And what are the limits of that role?
First, it depends on whether you're talking about children or adults, and schooling versus job training. And second, the extent to which education is rewarded depends on what else is going on in the economy.
As Greg J. Duncan's companion piece (page A20) suggests, investment in early childhood has immense benefits. And at the other end of the schooling spectrum, college graduates' wage advantage over those with only a high-school diploma went up dramatically in the 1980s and early '90s. But the premium that high-school graduates enjoy over dropouts has been flat for decades. In 1973, high-school grads earned about 15.7 percent more per hour than dropouts, 15.9 percent in 1989, 16.1 percent in 2000, and 15.5 percent last year. And for adult workers, the historical record for job-training programs is pretty dismal, though more recent initiatives -- with their focus on more carefully targeting training for local labor markets -- show much more promise.
Nobody doubts that a better-educated workforce is more likely to enjoy higher earnings. But education by itself is a necessary insufficient antipoverty tool. Yes, poor people absolutely need more education and skill training, but they also need an economic context wherein they can realize the economic returns from their improved human capital. Over the past few decades, the set of institutions and norms that historically maintained the link between skills and incomes have been diminished, particularly for non-college-educated workers. Restoring their strength and status is essential if we want the poor to reap the benefits they deserve from educational advancement.
What Research Shows
Julie Strawn of the Center for Law and Social Policy, reviewing an extensive sample of basic education and training programs, concluded that education alone is much less successful in raising employment and earnings prospects than education combined with a strategy of focused job training (with an eye on local demand), "soft skills," and holding out for quality jobs.
One study found that a year of schooling raised the earnings of welfare recipients by 7 percent, the conventional labor economics finding. But given that many of these workers entered the job market in the $6- to $8-an-hour range back in the 1990s, you're talking about moving families closer to the poverty line, not pushing them significantly above it.
Strawn reports that when education is combined with multidimensional job training, readiness, and a quality job search, the returns more than double. One Portland, Oregon, program resulted in a 25 percent increase in earnings, a 21 percent increase in employment, and a 22 percent reduction of time spent on welfare (all compared with a control group that didn't get the services).
This finding makes intuitive sense: Programs that combine general education with training specific to both the individual and his or her local labor market work better than ones that fail to combine these activities. (They're also more expensive, but you get what you pay for.) Yet to get to the nub of the strengths and limits of education and poverty reduction, we need to go back to first principles and think about how they interact with the realities of the political economy.
Education is only a partial cure for poverty because of all the other recent changes in the labor market. At least half of the inequality increase has taken place within groups of comparably educated people, and since 2000 that proportion has been increasing. Income-inequality data show that the concentration of income in 2005 is the highest it has been since 1929. Yet research that Lawrence Mishel and I conducted shows that since the late 1990s, the college wage premium has been flat. In real terms, college wages were up less than 2 percent from 2000 to 2006. Even among the highly educated, only some are getting ahead, and lots aren't.
In short, we are not living in a meritocracy, where we can reliably count on people being fairly rewarded for their improved skills. So we need additional mechanisms in place to nudge the invisible hand toward outcomes that are more meritocratic and just.
SKILL DEMANDS FOR THE WORKING POOR
Education is a supply-side policy; it improves the quality of workers, not the quality or the quantity of jobs.. But our work at the Economic Policy Institute suggests that while technological changes have always been an important factor in the labor market, the rate of change now is no greater than in the recent past. Technological change is one of the reasons we've doubled the share of college grads but continued to see their unemployment rates in the 2 percent range -- we produce and absorb a lot of college grads.
Our economy, however, is still very much structured to produce lots of low-wage jobs. In fact, according to the occupational projections by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the low-wage sector of our economy will be the source of much job growth over the next decade. The American economy will continue to employ significant numbers of retail salespersons, waiters and waitresses, food-prep workers, home health aides, maids and housekeepers, etc. Of the 30 occupations adding the most jobs to our economy, those requiring the least training make up half of the total.
The question, thus, is not whether jobs for those with only high-school degrees or even some college will exist or be plentiful in our future (they almost certainly will be); the question is whether the quality of these jobs will help reduce or reinforce working poverty.
In our most recent version of "The State of Working America," we borrow a technique from economists Sheldon Danziger and Peter Gottschalk for analyzing the roles played by multiple determinants of poverty. Their method parses out the roles of race, family structure, economic growth, and inequality, and we add the role of education.
As the chart on the right shows, family poverty rates did not fall much between 1969 and 2000, because major factors were offsetting one another. Improved education lowered family poverty by almost 4 percentage points, a considerable effect. But economic growth and inequality had considerably larger effects. Growth in the overall economy lowered poverty rates by 5.7 points, while inequality raised it by 5.1 points. Family structure added 3 points to family poverty rates over these years, and race added 1 point.
Decompositions of this type are far from definitive; they tend to hold one factor constant and see how things change, then do the same for another factor, etc. But in this case, the results are demonstrative of the main point regarding education in the poverty debate: It's an important part of the story, but it's not the whole story, or even the most important part.
EDUCATION PLUS
Demand -- the extent of overall growth, how taut the labor market is -- matters, as does the extent and nature of inequality, as does the quality of jobs. In the late 1990s, poverty fell to historic lows for those with the lowest education levels, including African Americans and single mothers. Did skills rain from the heavens? Did employers suddenly shed their advanced-skill requirements? Of course not. It was good old-fashioned full employment forcing employers to bid wages up to get -- and keep -- the workers they needed. And yes, this interacted with welfare reform and a significant expansion of work supports, like the Earned Income Tax Credit, subsidized health and child care, and the minimum-wage increase.
In fact, one could be forgiven for thinking that, except for some of the punitive aspects of welfare reform, we briefly got poverty reduction right during the late 1990s. The one-two punch of full employment and expanded work supports worked to meet the expanding labor supply with even faster growing labor demand, and the subsidies helped to close part of the gap between what people earned and what they needed.
But notice how all of this is unwinding in the 2000s. Unemployment is low, but other indicators -- such as labor-force participation and real wage trends -- suggest we're not yet at full employment; there's been no expansion of work supports, and even some retrenchment of supports such as the State Children's Health Insurance Program and child care, policies clearly associated with helping the working poor get ahead. The outcome has been predictable and depressing, especially in contrast to the progress we made in the 1990s.
And if education is one key antipoverty strategy, then programs demanding that beneficiaries "work first" often sacrifice the promise of increased returns to education and training on the altar of take-any-job. This approach is not only stingy; it's also shortsighted, as it threatens to diminish the likelihood that those who want to "play by the rules" will realize their economic potential.
Helping the poor receive more education is part of the answer. Whatever their skill level, workers need a context wherein they can be rewarded for their skills, where the benefits of the growth they help to create flow freely their way. This means having a set of protections, institutions, regulations, and social norms in place to keep the greedy fingers of inequality from picking the pockets of the working poor.
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povertymaster911411
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Education is not the only it is the jobs around them. The skill is only good if you can use it. It is also about how many people there are. My theory is the world is over populated. We are multiplying so fast, we are a disease to the world. My other theory is the money making. We are making pennies that are not even worth it. A bucket of melted pennies is worth more than a bucket of no melted pennies.
Saani
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I would have to agree together with the former president of the United Republic of Tanzania " Education is not a way to escape poverty it is a way of fighting it "
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Access to excellent education is a concern for those in poverty. Financial, social, language and "being connected to the community are often hurdles over which they cannot jump. Their own lack of education and success in life significantly impacts their self image and confidence - having an impact on their own children. Education is the beginning of getting out. | http://prospect.org/comment/15173 | 2013-05-18T10:53:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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DUO
A low cost open-Source DIY 3D motion sensor to become another alternative to the Kin
MERGE by Jake Stollery
A series of works combining digital printing, paint, photography and Kinect 3D scanning to create pieces focused on our technical future:
A 5 piece narrative forecasting the future, a time of the Singularity. The next stage in human evolution - merging with technology, discarding our physical, organic form & existing purely as a digital self.
Using projection, 3D scanning (via Microsoft Kinect) , photography, acrylic paint and digital printing, the series uses sequential artworks to illustrate its narrative. Beginning with the birth of the singularity, humanity’s desire to exist with it, the capturing of our minds, bodies then culminating in the discarding of our primitive, restrictive, organic self..
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Fearful Symmetry by Ruairi Glynn
‘Alien Art’ installation currently at Tate Modern - a glowing tetrahedron curious of the visitors. It is actually a computer-controlled puppet on a robotic arm, using Kinect sensors to detect people. BBC News has a short video (embedded below) about the piece, and is also a great ‘behind-the-scenes’ look at how a modern computer art installation is put together:
Artist Ruairi Glynn has premiered a unique piece of installation art at Tate Modern in London, using a technique he calls “mechanical puppetry”.
His “delta robot”, normally found on factory production lines, has been redesigned to work as a piece of interactive, performance art.
Fitted on a 21-metre rail, it travels the length of the Tate Modern’s new basement Tanks space, which opened at the end of July.
Part automated, it measures people’s movements with Microsoft Kinect cameras, as found on the Xbox games console. When visitors come into its vicinity, the robot responds with a set of pre-programmed reactions, from playful movements, to dramatic withdrawal.. | http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/tagged/Kinect | 2013-05-18T10:13:01 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
We use our payment cards constantly. Rarely can we be found outside our homes without them. It would seem obvious, then, to try to get more out of the payment card – to have it do more than serve as a dumb, unsecured receptacle for small amounts of financial data. Indeed, over the past four decades a tremendous amount of thought and creativity has been applied toward developing cards that are smarter, more powerful, more convenient and more secure.
Payment card tech has advanced along two separate development tracks: innovation around cards that are compatible with the ubiquitous swipe reader (e.g. powered cards/reprogrammable stripe cards), and innovation around cards that require specialized card reader capabilities (e.g. smartcards/chip cards/RFID cards). This article briefly traces the history of payment card technology, emphasizing the development trajectory of powered cards with dynamic magnetic stripes.
Early History of the Magnetic Stripe Card and Transaction Cards with Embedded Electronics
IBM engineered the world’s first magnetic stripe card in the 1960, but it was not until the early 1980’s that Mastercard and Visa circulated these cards widely and created the strong incentives necessary to convince merchants to accept them. By this time, card networks, card issuers, tech companies and independent inventors had already begun exploring novel techniques for improving upon the security and functionality of the magstripe card by embedding electronics in transaction cards.
Much of this early card tech innovation centered around the development of the smart card, a payment card with internal memory that communicates back and forth with specialized payment terminals via contact pads. Designed to eliminate offline card fraud, smart card payment systems have had great success in Europe where card transactions were traditionally processed offline (due to inferior telecommunications capabilities). In the US, however, strong centralized fraud management has historically minimized the need for card-level anti-fraud measures, undermining the economic justification for merchants to replace their swipe-based terminals with chip-card enabled terminals.
Origin of Reprogrammable (Dynamic) Stripe Technology
Recognition of the staying power of swipe terminals in the US (and throughout much of the rest of the world) provided the impetus for the development of reprogrammable magnetic stripe cards. Unlike traditional magstripe cards, reprogrammable, or dynamic, stripe cards do not transmit a static set of card data to a swipe reader. Rather, these cards transmit variable data, the contents of which depend upon user input, a preconfigured algorithm, or a combination of both.
Reprogrammable stripe cards offer two significant advantages over static (conventional) magnetic stripe cards. First, these cards needn’t constantly transmit a static array of sensitive card holder information, which means they can be more secure. Second, a reprogrammable card can be configured to transmit information for multiple cardholder accounts, enabling it to operate as though it were multiple ordinary magstripe cards.
It would appear the earliest written documentation of this technology dates back to 1985. In a patent filed in April of 1985, three former Visa employees describe a transaction card that employs inductive coupling (i.e. electromagnetism) to send a variable signal to the read head of a stripe reader. The patent, which draws heavily from innovation in the contactless smartcard field, specifies a power source, a processor and a coil apparatus. The processor draws energy from the power source and sends electrical signals to the coils, creating electromagnetic patterns that can be interpreted by a magstripe card reader. The patent’s authors envision a card that requires a pin code to unlock and with which a user may access up to three sets of cardholder information, selectable by push button.
Two additional late eighties publications, 1 & 2, provide significantly more detail on the general concept and lay out various improvements upon it.
Spanning the three and a half decades since the reprogrammable magstripe card concept was first introduced, a variety of novel applications for this technology are scattered about the technical literature on payment cards with embedded electronics. In a particularly interesting mid-nineties publication, inventors Samuel Goldberg and Even Yehuda describe a reprogrammable magstripe card that alters its card information dynamically based upon an internally clocked timing sequence. Essentially, Goldberg and Yehuda were describing a time synchronized OTP (one time password) card many years before the major card issuers had begunn distributing display based OTP cards. Similarly, Privasys, a Delaware Corporation, has developed a number of algorithm based OTP card solutions that leverage reprogrammable magstripe card technology to provide stronger card security without detracting from convenience of card use.
Reprogrammable Card Technology and the Universal Card
It will perhaps come as no surprise that the most commonly proposed use for reprogrammable stripe card technology has been the consolidation of the 6 or more payment cards with which the typical American stuffs his/her wallet/purse. After all, nobody enjoys carrying around all that plastic, and it seems just about everyone knows someone who has openly contemplated a single, “universal” card that could stand in for all the rest. While efforts to develop and commercialize a “universal” card long predate the reprogrammable stripe card (for example, see , a distant Echo of more recent universal card concepts such as Echo), the technology has been the foundation of substantially all meaningful implementations of this concept in recent history (Wallaby Financial being a potential exception to the rule); for, a card with a changeable stripe has the major advantages of being fully compatible with existing payment terminal infrastructure and requiring no new behavior on the part of cashiers, merchants or processors – ideal and probably necessary qualities for a commercially viable card product to have. Described below are a few of the more interesting examples of just this past decade.
Chameleon Network Inc.
In the early 2000’s, a small New England startup, Chameleon Network, set out not only to develop a highly innovative product, Pocket Vault, but also to take all steps necessary to bring their product directly to market . Pocket Vault, a biometrically secured electronic wallet, integrated with a reprogrammable stripe card, Chameleon Card. Chameleon Card could be inserted into Pocket Vault and programmed to emulate any card of a user’s choosing via a touch screen interface on the front of Pocket Vault. The product not only consolidated a user’s wallet into a thin, sleek device, but also secured his/her card information. Chameleon Network generated a great deal of excitement for Pocket Vault and won over the support of major card labels with its groundbreaking method for authenticating card account information. Unfortunately, negotiations between key stakeholders broke down and Pocket Vault was never publicly released.
iCache, Inc.
iCache, Inc. followed closely in the footsteps of Chameleon Network in 2006 when it unveiled iCache Digital Wallet, a product concept functionally similar to Pocket Vault and styled after Apple’s iPod. To the best of this author’s knowledge, Digital Wallet never reached market. iCache pivoted in early 2012, launching an iPhone 4/4s case, Geode™, with similar functionality to Digital Wallet. Geode is currently available for sale online.
Dynamics, Inc.
Another company to have made use of reprogrammable stripe technology is Dynamics, Inc. A relative newcomer to the powered card scene, Dynamics, Inc. has raised significant capital and generated a great deal of excitement over powered card and reprogrammable stripe technology in recent years. Over the past four years, Dynamics, Inc. has marketed a variety of card products that emulate multiple cardholder accounts. Dynamics, Inc. recently began developing ePlate™ – a credit card with which users can select between two different “experiences” (similar to loyalty programs) by pressing one of two buttons on the face of ePlate™.
Protean Payment, Inc.
Finally, Protean is developing Echo – the next generation in reprogrammable stripe tech. Echo is a stylish, minimalistic, reprogrammable stripe card that syncs via Bluetooth with Protean’s mobile wallet app (iOS/Android) – the first mobile wallet that can be used everywhere payment cards are accepted. With Echo, Protean aims to deliver upon the as yet unfulfilled promise of the universal card: a more enjoyable and convenient user experience. Moreover, Protean’s wallet app will eventually facilitate smarter and faster purchasing and financing decisions, saving its users time and money.
While we at Protean cannot claim to be the first to have envisioned a universal card, we wish to honor the hard work and creativity of those in whose footsteps we follow by striving to perfect the concept. We aim to do so by breaking new ground technologically and getting an outsanding product into the hands of as many excited customers as possible.
We hope you’ll be one of them!
[...] To learn more about the history of this technology, check out our article on the topic! [...] | http://proteanpayment.org/?p=396 | 2013-05-18T10:52:55 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
All Too Human
Today's patient simulators breathe, bleed, talk and die, challenging even the most experienced clinicians.
Why Strokes Still Kill
Terrible things happen fast in a victim's brain. Now new drugs and smart systems can extend the treatment deadline.
The Scarlet Gene
With the human genome laid bare, scientists are narrowing their search for the roots of mental illness.
That's Some Pig
Sugar-free and engineered for tolerance, hogs may one day fill a need for transplant organs.
Message from the MGH
The mission of Proto, by Peter L. Slavin and David F. Torchiana.
A Beautiful Death
Psychiatrist and Jesuit priest Ned Cassem discusses death and dying.
Sting Operations
Zootoxins from venomous animals could benefit human health.
Losing Sleep
Medical residents' difficulties could be dangerous for patients.
Push Comes to Shove
Do advertisements for prescription medications educate consumers—or encourage them to take drugs they don’t need?
Treating TB
What was once treated with a lung compression device is now solved by antibiotics.
The Great Stem-Cell Divide
Stem cell research continues to be controversial across the United States. Many states have their own rules about what’s allowed.
Made-to-Order Body Parts
Body parts, made quickly out of long-lasting materials, could be the future of prosthetic organs.
Tracking Adverse Drug Reactions
Medicare data would allow the FDA to identify dangerous side effects.
Will Asia overtake the U.S. in biomedical research?
Point: We aren't likely to be challenged anytime soon; counterpoint: drug production will become globally dispersed.
Morphine at 200
The painkiller named after the Greek god of dreams has a big birthday. | http://protomag.com/assets/fall-2005 | 2013-05-18T10:21:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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1988
11/24 Survivor Series - The Powers of Pain, Rockers, Young Stallions, British Bulldogs, & Hart Foundation beat Tag Champs Demolition, The Rogeau Brothers, Brainbusters, Bolsheviks, & Los Conquistadores
1989
3/11 SNME - fought to a double-countout with the Brain Busters
4/2 Wrestlemania V - lost to Akeem & the Big Bossman
8/2 SummerSlam - The Rougeau Brothers & Rick Martel beat the Rockers & Tito Santana
11/25 SNME - beat the Brain Busters in a best of 3 falls match
1990
4/1 WrestleMania VI - lost to the Orient Express via countout
4/28 SNME - fought to a double-DQ with the Hart Foundation
7/28 SNME - lost to tag team champions Demolition
8/27 SummerSlam - lost to Power & Glory
11out with Rick Martel
11/14 SNME - beat the British Bulldog to win the the Intercontinental Championship
11/25 Survivor Series - lost to WWE Champion Bret Hart
1993
1/24 Royal Rumble - beat Marty Jannetty
4/4 WrestleMania IX - lost to Tatanka by DQ
5/17 RAW - lost the I-C title to Marty Jannetty
6/6 - Regained the I-C title from Marty Jannetty
6/13 King of the Ring - beat Crush
8/30 SummerSlam - beat Curt Hennig via count out
Shawn is stripped of the title in September
11
4/2 WrestleMania XI - lost to WWE Champion Diesel
6/25 King of The Ring - Quarterfinals: Shawn Michaels & Kama wrestled to a 15 minute draw
7/23 In Your House 2 - beat Jeff Jarrett to win the Intercontinental Championship
8/27 SummerSlam - beat Razor Ramon in a ladder match
9/24 In Your House 3 - w/Diesel won the WWF Tag Team Championship by beating Yokozuna & Davey Boy Smith
9/25 RAW - Diesel & Shawn are stripped of the World Tag Team Championship due to a technicality from the night before
10/22 In Your House 4 - Shawn vacates the I-C title due to injury
11
2/13 RAW - Shawn vacates the WWE title with the infamous "lost my smile" speech
5/26 RAW - w/Steve Austin beat Owen Hart and the British Bulldog to win the World Tag Team Championship
June - Steve Austin and Shawn split up and vacate the World Tag Team Championship
6/8 King of The Ring - fought to a no contest with Steve Austin
9/7 IYH Ground Zero - fought to a no contest with the Undertaker
9/20 - beat the Bristish Bulldog to win the European Championship
10/5 IYH Bad Blood - beat the Undertaker in a Hell in a Cell match
11/9 Survivor Series - beat Bret Hart to win the WWE Championship in the infamous "Montreal Screwjob"
12/7 IYH DeGeneration X - lost to Ken Shamrock by DQ.
The resuts of matches from Shawn's return to the ring to the present are on the following page | http://prowrestling.about.com/od/wwesmackdownwrestlers/a/shawntimeline.htm | 2013-05-18T10:21:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
What?
What?
I have no idea...too hard to choose...but this album jumped out at me for pure blues.
The Very Best of Albert King.
ummm...because its Albert King!
-Bob
SRV - Texas Flood. He brought the blues to a new generation, granted it was a bit before my time, but I think it was the strongest statement in blues since Hendrix. And there hasn't been anything to rival it since.
SE Custom 24 25th Anniversary
SE Akesson+57/08's
SE Custom 22
SE 30 Head/Cab
Gary Moore- Blues Alive...........such control and aggression and I love the fact that he uses a higher gain amp than most blues guys
Secretary of Crackwood Addiction
I don't know if I could pin it down to a single album, but if I could only listen to one blues player for the rest of my life it would be Howlin' Wolf. Hands down.
I'm going to go with Muddy Waters "Hard Again", narrowly edging out SRV's "Couldn't Stand The Weather" and "The Complete Robert Johnson".
Much like Shawn, though, I'd hate to narrow it down to one.
Alan
"Acting your age makes about as much sense as acting your street number" - Billy Connolly
Gosh I love blues. I started getting into it listening to old 78s and playing jelly roll piano and boogie woogie back in the mid 60s; and then got into the guitar guys with the guitar player in my band, who was also seeking the real deal stuff. So I love the old guys who were still around then. But...and I know this isn't a purist-approved thing...my favorite blues-based album of all time is Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
I just think they put everything they had into that record, and they had an awful lot. The playing and vocals are stellar, the arrangements and songs are still great, and...I dunno.
I just love that record.
+1 Texas Flood.
Modified SE Bernie Marsden, SE Custom 24 2012, Fender Strat
Laney Lionheart L5T-112, Fender Mustang 1
Wishing for a Blue Bernie!
Lessons, covers, backing tracks, etc...
I love so many, but John Mayall and Bluesbreakers has it for me. Mainly for Hideaway - how influential was that record/tune?
Hermits have no peer pressure-Steven Wright
I'll toss another out there for consideration - Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam "Live From Melbourne".
Alan
"Acting your age makes about as much sense as acting your street number" - Billy Connolly
I never get tired of BB King Live at the Regal. It's the whole package of great riffs, great singing and connection with the audience.
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I have worn out Roy Buchanan's Live Stock, among others.
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John Mayall: Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton!
--Garrett-- | http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?2499-Must-have-blues-albums&p=36363 | 2013-05-18T11:05:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
First of all, I just completely dig this show. He invites some really good guests. This episode reminded me how much I loved Todd Rundgren's music starting with NAZZ while I was in high school, then listening to A Wizard, A True Star as a freshman in college, and Utopia when I was out of school. This guy had some real vision.
Anyway, I really dig this clip (what a couple of really good singers): | http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?2850-Live-from-Daryl-s-House-Todd-Rundgren&p=41975&viewfull=1 | 2013-05-18T11:04:36 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Everybody has one and they are all great Which one do you claim?
Ive been running a Fulltone Clyde Delux for 3 years now with its changeable sweep patterns it covers all the ground I need from 70's Funk to a decent vocal recreation to tried and true Metallica type soloing. | http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?2966-Your-Pedal-of-Choice-Wah-Pedals&p=43746&viewfull=1 | 2013-05-18T10:56:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
With the arrival of my wee baby son I was happily delayed from trying her out.
I needed a drop-c guitar and she fit the bill. I love ce24's, it was a steal
She ain't a looker but she sounds great!
Big plans for her when I can save the money for PTC to work their magic but just now ill play the hell out her. After seeing a certain guitar on here I had an idea!
Here she is battered and bruised
She's found a good home
Anyone got a good name for her? | http://prsguitars.com/forum/showthread.php?3941-NGD-project-ugly-duckling-1993-ce24&p=60893&viewfull=1 | 2013-05-18T10:43:43 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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EmbroidMe Offers Best Embroidery Solutions to Deliver Local Marketing Support Via Perfect Branding
Embroide ME - Wednesday, April 11, 2012.
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The company has successfully delivered garment printing midland solutions to both the small and large business owners across Midland, Australia. "When you put effort in you get the good result. That is why our company has been ranked within the first 500 franchises for this year by Industry Magazine Entrepreneur," says the CEO of the company. He seemed very confident while describing this achievement of the company.
The skilled and truly professional staff of the company are actually the people who hold the magic wand and make it possible to serve all kind of midland embroidery services exactly according to the need and demand of the client. The company includes products that only have the ability to produce tailored branding solutions at any point of time.
First impression is the last impression for any business and that is why the company delivers the best embroidered images to create an aristocrat first look. A client can order for a customized company logo or can choose from the thousands of Midland embroidery designs. "We make use of the latest embroidery machines to ensure stability and attractiveness of the logo. It will remain as it is in the long run," commented one of the professionals of the company.
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Library Board votes to shift proposed facility
Posted in architect, Building Committee, location, site plan on April 14, 2010 |
Library Board meets tonight to discuss site options
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design, location on April 7, 2010 |
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KFSK Reports on recent meeting
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design, funding, location on March 5, 2010 |
On Thursday KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein reported on Tuesday night’s meeting with the architect for the new library, Paul Voelckers. Click here to listen to the full story on KFSK’s website.
Be part of the plan….
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design on February 25, 2010 |
KFSK reports on new library project
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design on November 10, 2009 |
On Monday KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein reported on last Thursday’s meeting with the architect for the new library, Paul Voelckers. Click here to listen to the full story on KFSK’s website.
Did you miss the meeting?
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design on November 9, 2009 |
You can read the meeting minutes or listen to a recording of the meeting on the City’s website, click here.
Library Building Committee/Library Board Work Session
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design on October 27, 2009 |
Thursday, November 5, 7:00 pm – City Council Chambers
The architect for the new library project, Paul Voelckers (MRV Architects), will present the most recent schematic drawings of the new library and take comments. The public is encouraged to attend.
Library building committee meeting rescheduled
Posted in architect, Building Committee, design on February 7, 2008 |
The library building committee will meet on Tuesday, February 12, from 5- 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
The architect will present 3 conceptual floor plans of the new library for us to review and decide what we prefer. After this meeting he will boil down all of our suggestions into one floor plan for the library.This is an important meeting which will help shape the direction of the project. The more voices/opinions we have at the meeting, the stronger our final plan will be so feel free to bring a friend.
Hope to see you there!
Building Committee meeting
Posted in architect, Building Committee on February 4, 2008 |
**MEETING CANCELLED**
The library building committee will meet on Wednesday, February 6 at 6:30 in the City Council Chambers. Project Architect, Paul Voelckers, will present three design options for the new facility. The public is invited to attend..
Joint Library Building Committee-Library Board Work Session
Posted in architect, Building Committee, library size on November 20, 2007 |
There will be a joint Library Building Committee-Library Board Work Session Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at 6:30 p.m in City Council Chambers to meet with Paul Voelckers, the architect for the new library. The public is encouraged to attend.
Building Committee meeting
Posted in architect, Building Committee, funding, library size on November 7, 2007 |
The library building committee wants to hear from you. The next meeting is November 14th at 6:30PM in Council Chambers. Come give your input to the funding plan and look at the size of the library we can afford to build. If our community votes yes on a 1% sales tax increase in 2008 we could break ground as early as 2009. Come help make it happen.
Sustainable buildings
Posted in Building Committee, Green buildings, Sustainable buildings on October 22, 2007 |
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Getting the word out
Posted in Building Committee on September 13, 2007 |
At a meeting of the building committee on Wednesday night, getting the word out to as many people as possible before decisions are made was a concern to all that attended. Letting the community play a vocal role in important decisions will help us make good ones and build support for the project. Regular reports to City Council, stories in local media, keeping the website current, meeting with community groups, public meetings, and a Friends of the Library table at Octoberfest are a few ways we’ll be spreading the word.
You can help us get the word out. Pass along information you read on this blog or hear in the news. Tell two friends. Stay informed, ask questions, and tell us what you think.
You can listen Wednesday night’s building committee meeting or read the minutes on the City’s website.
“New hope for library project”
Posted in Building Committee, Foraker Group, Library-Museum project, Predevelopment Program on August 28, 2007 |
Just.
Did you miss the library building committee meeting?
Posted in Building Committee, Feasibility study, Foraker Group, Predevelopment Program on August 22, 2007 |
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Seminar on Pipelines Safety
November 10, 2009 in Newsletters by admin
PSSP-MER got another milestone in achieving its goal in promoting continuing education and enhancement of knowledge and skills of the members. Surprisingly, more than 240 participants attended the presentation concerning “Safety on Pipeline Construction, From Start to Finish” presented on October 30, 2009 @ Dhahran Palace Hotel, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Engr. Levi S. Alejo, the technical speaker showcased the overview on various inter-connected activities when starting through completing pipeline construction works.
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Levels of hepatitis C virus and HIV among injecting drug users in London are higher than expected, according to a study published online by the BMJ today.
During the 1990s, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus and HIV among this high risk group was relatively low compared with other countries. However, targets to prevent bloodborne viruses have been absent from the UK government's drug strategy in recent years.
In 2001, 428 new injecting drug users, mainly from London, completed questionnaires and provided samples to test for antibodies to hepatitis C virus and HIV.
Incidence of hepatitis C virus was high (41.8 cases per 100 person years) and of HIV was higher than expected (3.4 cases per 100 person years). These figures are supported by ongoing surveillance data, and suggest that transmission may have recently increased, say the authors.
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Just a quick note to congratulate the hometown brewery…
Tröegs Brewing Company just won Gold at the 2010 World Beer Cup with Troegenator Double Bock in the category “Traditional German-Style Bock”.
As a note of interest, Troegenator was the most-requested beverage by librarian-tasters at a Tröegs event in October, 2009. We’re a smart lot with a discriminating palate!
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I tex laxed so i can get the comb through it- but now i'm just letting it grow out without any chemicals at all, because the chemicals damaged my hair. so i'm going get a cut- i'll keep you posted
One month into my journey- some growth. Ok this first month I admit I was a little frustrated- with the dryness, the length and texture. BUT I realized that's it's all about patience. The majority of this month I've been hiding my hair under hats and turbans until my boyfriend and coworkers convinced me to show my natural hair- now I feel free-lol. It takes time!
I wore weaves constantly and never showed my natural hair.
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Herr Dummkopf von Kranken-Brainen,
Just a Heads-up: it's entirely possible this has been mentioned before, but the submissions deadline for the copyright bill has been extended to the 9th of March. The parliamentry website still gives two dates, but I gave them a call and they confirmed the 9th is the correct one.
Doesthe Unicef report report on the number of young people killed on the roads?
Ou lunacy of allowing 15 year olds to drive must contribute a high percentage of death and injury raising the the tol in comparison to those who do not allow young adults to drivel.
Raise the driving age to 16,17 0r even18 when science suggests the brain is better equipped to deal with analysing danger more effectively might reduce the toll.
Only of course if it can be efectively policed. Now would that not take a brave politician!!
I don't think we should allow adults to drivel either. Mind you it would be a brave politician who could enforce that!
That Gregory Isaacs clip is a wonder. I saw him at a London Reggae Sunsplash, circa 84/85 and he was truly mesmerising, and I got to meet members of the Roots Radics about the same time....although I was told by others I was with that he was well off form..serious substance problems at the time, not that I could tell. It's always bemused me how such a bad boy can have such a voice, but I guess that is simply part of the attraction....the voice of an angel with a flick knife in his back pocket
Read my first bit of Investigate today in the doctors waiting room, waiting for a double dose of penicillin in my butt. I imagine Wishart would have been bitter about everything about that. Taking drugs intravenously. Letting a man see my butt. Finding that it didn't hurt as much as people say it does. Probably having the state pay for some of it (wouldn't know). Not being at work during.
The article claimed to be exploding myths about Palestine/Israel. All that actually exploded was my patience for reading something with zero citations of any factual nature at all. A glossy rightist blog without comments to keep it sane.
Then again, the Economist was starting to sound just the same, which is scary. It used to be a good read.
What are the sides in the Hero debate? Het/homo? Dom/sub? In/out?
Brrrrring! woah, yeah...... Tenor saw, the soundboy killer... thanks for that. Made my day. And re - Great Blend - its not right without a barbie.
Great Blend Barbie? She wasn't there?
What are the sides in the Hero debate? Het/homo? Dom/sub? In/out?
On past form, there's my side and the side that's adjudged to have won. Bah, mumble, etc ...
I do actually enjoy speaking for gay audiences - you really get full value for your jokes. It helps if the jokes are dirty, of course.
MOOT IS: That "wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others" .... Oscar Wilde
Affirmative team is:
Lianne Dalziel
Steven Gray
Charles Chauvel
Negative team is:
Chris Carter
Russell Brown
Jeremy Lambert
Apparently we are all innately gay, it's just social conditioning that makes us otherwise.
Only a Catholic knows that pleasure deinied is pleasure indeed. And that may mean catholic in the broader sense of taste...
A Catholic is more capable of evil than anyone.
Apparently we are all innately gay, it's just social conditioning that makes us otherwise.
And how does that work in evolutionary terms?
It's the Pink Evolution, dahlin'.
Hehhe, I was joking, but Juha saved me.
Raise the driving age to 16,17 0r even18 when science suggests the brain is better equipped to deal with analysing danger more effectively might reduce the toll..
"be lower" should of course read, "have lower response times"
Re Gregory Isaacs
..although I was told by others I was with that he was well off form..serious substance problems at the time, not that I could tell. It's always bemused me how such a bad boy can have such a voice
Unfortunately over the last 10-15 years Gregory has continued to suffer and you're more likely to get the off night nowadays. He's pretty shot up apparently, especially his once wonderful voice, and is magnificent some nights, and non-existent others.
Peter,
yes I agree. I used to be something of an Isaacs complete-ist some years back, and own about 40 albums I guess, but the downward spiral that began back there, whilst it was arrested somewhat (as he was too, several times) during the quite wonderful Gussie Clarke era, was always evident, especially as he headed into the mid nineties.
One of the stories I heard from the Roots Radics was that there was never any money to settle up with the band after a tour, as GI had spent it all. They were continually lured back with the promise of settlement and the odd part payment or advance on the next album, only to be let down again. It was an ongoing cycle, but as was pointed out...he was Gregory...and in Jamaican musical terms he was the closest thing they had to royalty.
Regarding the debate, it sounds interesting, I like the idea of fighting the wowsers and fun police in New Zealand.
But, do they purposely shy away from more controversial topics, like say,
is homosexuality a choice?
should gays and lesbians receive positive discrimination (aka affirmative action)
You'd really get two opposing sides in for a debate like that .. not so great if you want to be at the least civil to each other.
Lots of heat and not much light no doubt, but it would be a laugh!
Sort of off-topic, but also I thought appropriate given the general level in intelligent discourse amongst punters here. This link is Malcolm X at presenting at the Oxford union - and I thought his closing comments spoke to some - eloquent as he often was.
In keeping with random youtube type links and in light of the UNICEF report too.
The oculture site has plenty of other good stuff to chew on.
Cake Kitchen - now there was an incredibly under-rated band: great live, very good ep and first few albums, too.
Is Graeme Jefferies just back from Europe for a visit, or permanently ?
*Wistfully dreams of This Kind Of Punishment reforming*
In keeping with random youtube type links and in light of the UNICEF report too.
Yeah baby. That one paragraph you quoted is such a bloody tasty morsel of rhetoric in itself.
*Wistfully dreams of This Kind Of Punishment reforming*
I know what you mean. That's the way I first read the email alert - both the bro's. It would be really cool to hear 'Beard of Bees' revived live. Chris Matthews would have to be there too, of course.
I could go on about how I was living in the house where 'Beard of Bees' was recorded, but hey ...
I've seen lots of arguments about US copyright law (against extensions), most of which trace back to the statement in the US constitution which states that copyright law is specifically to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". It's a fairly straightforward (albeit ineffective) argument that constantly extending the copyright term probably doesn't provide an incentive to create new things as much as to keep living off the old things.
In New Zealand Law, from a layman's perspective, I've had some trouble finding a written justification for having intellectual property laws at all. There's a lot of documentation about what IP laws are, but it's unclear why they're good to have or what the reasoning is for having them. The best New Zealand based explanation I can find is given by MED on their website, where it's stated that:
This exclusive right is justified on the grounds that IPRs give creators and innovators an opportunity to make a return on their investment in creativity or innovation, and provide an incentive for creative or innovative activity that might not otherwise take place.
Even having seen this, there aren't any sources clearly provided so it's difficult to tell if it's the actual reason for IP laws, or if it has simply been written by a lawyer in an attempt to justify laws that we already have.
Sorry if this is a silly question, but can anyone point me to some references in New Zealand that authoritatively justify IP laws for New Zealand's benefit?
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Jason Koivu voted on a review Posted on March 14, 2012 by Jason's Updates Reply Jason Koivu liked Elizabeth's review of Heart of Darkness: "Every moment of this book I hoped it would be as good as its opening again. The unfurling. It's a spiral down and down, becoming more uncomfortable, more difficult, more crazy-making with every page. I think the book is supposed to do that, though, to make the reader crazy, just as crazy as everyone else. The point is to stir up the turmoil in oneself. It's to make us look at all those hateful things, the ones that make us hate ourselves, the ones we bury, the ones we don't want to admit to. There isn't a good reason for me to want to read about colonialism. There isn't a good reason why I'd want to ponder how people could lose (or never have?) their hearts. I was going to write "souls" there, instead of hearts, and then thought that might be a spoiler, so I wrote hearts, which, of course, is a terrible and unintentional play on the title and I hate that, but there's nothing else in this book. It's too short. It's stripped bare of everything else. It is driven, focused, intent on one thing, and if you can't focus in with it, it can be incredibly boring. I felt like that much of the time, like I was stumbling on behind Conrad and he's not looking back. He's just charging through this jungle of his own making and the path is hard; I'm getting smacked by branches as they snap back and I'm sinking in mud, and I hate that feeling. I hated a lot of this book. But the writing is wonderful and his purpose was achieved, even if I didn't always like him for it." | http://publishing.cybervillage.com/author/jasons-updates/ | 2013-05-18T10:22:07 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This is a study of the impact of specific and overall comorbidity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in men with primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In a population-based sample of male veterans who responded to a cross-sectional survey using the validated short-form 36 for veterans (SF-36 V) and had undergone primary TKA prior to survey, eight SF-36 V domain and two summary scores (physical and mental component (PCS and MCS) summary) were compared using multivariable-adjusted multiple linear regressions between patients with and without five comorbidities—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma, diabetes, depression, hypertension, and heart disease. Analyses were adjusted for age, five comorbidities, and time since TKA. Two hundred ninety-three male patients constituted the analytic set with mean (SD) age of 70.3 (8.8) years; 97% were Caucasian and mean (SD) duration since TKA was 2.1 (0.7) years. COPD/asthma was associated with significantly lower adjusted MCS (mean±standard error of mean, 47.1±0.7 vs. 43.1±1.2; p≤0.001) and PCS (30.1±0.6 vs. 27.7±1.0; p<0.05), depression with significantly lower MCS (48.9±0.7 vs. 37.6±1.2; p≤0.001) but not PCS, hypertension with significantly lower MCS (47.0±0.7 vs. 44.3±1.0; p<0.05) but not PCS, and heart disease with significantly lower MCS (47.4±0.8 vs. 44.2±0.9; p≤0.001) and PCS (30.5±0.7 vs. 28.1±0.8; p<0.05). Diabetes was not associated with lower MCS or PCS. The overall number of comorbidities was associated with lower MCS and PCS (p≤0.001 for both). Medical and psychiatric comorbidity impacts physical and mental/emotional HRQoL in patients with primary TKA. The impact differs by comorbidity. Higher comorbidity load negatively impacts both physical and mental/emotional HRQoL.
Keywords: Comorbidity, Health-related quality of life, HRQoL, Knee arthroplasty, Quality of life, Total knee arthroplasty | http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC2950804/?lang=en-ca | 2013-05-18T10:56:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
College of Letters and Science
Religious Studies Program
Requirements for the Major
Honors in Religious Studies
Certificate
Courses
Introductory Courses
Religious Traditions
Approaches to Religion
Capstone (Required) and General Courses
Course Descriptions
7143 Sewell Social Sciences Building, 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706; 608-265-1854; fax 608-265-1856; rsp@wisc.edu; religiousstudies.lss.wisc.edu/
Director: Rudy Koshar, 3211 Mosse Humanities Building, 455 North Park Street, Madison, WI 53706; 608-265-2578; rjkoshar@wisc.edu
Professors Bowie, Brantly, Brenner, Bühnemann, Chamberlain, Cohen, Dale, DuBois, Elder, Hardin, Hildner, Hutchinson, Kaplan, Kornblatt, Koshar, Langer, Loewenstein, Miernowski, Moore, Murray, Nadler, Narayan, Niles, Numbers, Ohnuki-Tierney, Pekarsky, Phillips, Salomon, Schamiloglu, Schleicher, Schulenburg, Sorkin, Wandel, Whitehead, Winichakul, Wink, Wolf, Yandell, Zaeske; Associate Professors Davis, Gade, Hansen, Howard, Hsia, Livanos, Schweber, Thal, Troxel; Assistant Professors Allen, Meulenbeld, Rosenblum, Shelef, Shoemaker; Lecturers Mellor, Peters, Rosenhagen.
Undergraduate advisor and honors advisor in the major: Eric Carlsson, 5212 Humanities; 608-263-1849; ewcarlss@wisc.edu
Faculty diversity liaison: program director
Religious studies investigates religious phenomena from within diverse disciplines in order to understand the roles that religion plays in human life. Students of religion use historical methods to understand how religions change in time; critical literary and philosophical approaches to understand religious ideas; aesthetic analysis to understand religious art; and social-scientific methods to understand religion as a component of society and culture.
Students earning a major in religious studies are expected to:
- Examine a variety of the world's religious traditions.
- Understand at least one tradition in depth.
- Become familiar with the character of religion in such things as texts, rituals, social institutions and personal experiences.
- Be conversant with and able to use different critical approaches to the understanding of religion.
- Be able to express their own understanding of the subject and the received heritage of scholarship on the study of religion clearly in speech and writing.
Accordingly, a baccalaureate major in religious studies requires students not only to complete a series of courses, but also to acquire the skills to analyze religion and to communicate their findings cogently.
Requirements for the Major
To be accepted as a major in the Religious Studies Program, a student must file a campus transcript, major declaration form and a student information form (available on the program website) with the program administrator, after consulting with the undergraduate advisor. There are no prerequisites for declaring the major, but students are advised to consult with the undergraduate advisor as early as possible to plan their course of study so as to meet all requirements for graduation on schedule.
To earn a major in religious studies, students must complete at least 31 credits:
- 3 credits in an elementary-level course in Abrahamic religious traditions, and 3 credits in an elementary-level course in Asian religious traditions.
- 9 credits in one of eight categories of traditions plus 3 credits in each of two additional categories.
- 3 credits in approaches to religion.
- 7 credits in the capstone sequence: 3 credits in Religious Studies 600, taken ordinarily in the junior year, then (and only then) 3 credits in Religious Studies 697 and 1 credit in Religious Studies 695, taken concurrently with 697.
All students must fulfill the L&S requirement of at least 15 credits of upper-level work in the major completed in residence. Religious Studies courses numbered 206, 207, 227, 234, 235, 237, 251, 253, 257, 261 and all courses numbered 300-699, except 332, count toward this requirement.
Honors in Religious Studies
To earn Honors in the Major in Religious Studies, students must:
- Complete at least 36 credits in the major
- Complete at least 21 credits in intermediate- and advanced-level courses
- Earn a 3.5 GPA within the major and a 3.3 cumulative GPA in all work taken at UW-Madison at the time of graduation
Writing a thesis (Religious Studies 681/682, or Religious Studies 691/692) is recommended but not required.
Certificate
A certificate in religious studies is available to all undergraduates and special students studying at UW-Madison. To be admitted for the certificate, students must have a faculty advisor, with whom they will develop their curriculum, and with whom they should continue to consult as they progress through their course work. Students apply by filling out a certificate declaration form and the L&S Major Declaration form, available on the program website, and submitting the completed forms to the program office. The certificate form must be signed by both the student's advisor and the undergraduate advisor. To earn the certificate, students must complete:
- a minimum of 18 credits in religious studies courses
- no more than 6 credits in elementary-level courses within religious studies
- one course from among those offered in each of the three following topical categories: (a) approaches to the study of religion; (b) religious thought, texts, and expression; and (c) religion in historical, cultural, and social perspective
- one course in at least two of the following breadth categories: Judaism; Christianity; Islam; South Asian traditions (except Buddhism); Buddhism; East Asian traditions (except Buddhism); Ancient, indigenous, and folk traditions; comparative traditions.
For complete information, including a list of courses in each category, contact the program office or see the website.
Courses
Courses are listed below according to the major requirements they fulfill. Check with the program office for information on specific courses.
Note:.
A. INTRODUCTORY COURSES
1. Abrahamic Traditions
208 Foundations of Western Religious and Intellectual History
234 Genres of Western Religious Writing
271 Religion in History and Culture: The West
2. Asian Traditions
235 Genres of Asian Religious Writing
273 Religion in History and Culture: The East
The following course may be substituted for either A1 or A2 but not both:
261 Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
B. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
1. Judaism
211 Introduction to Judaism
227 Introduction to Biblical Literature in English
237 Biblical Poetry in Translation
278 Food in Rabbinic Judaism
328 Classical Rabbinic Literature in Translation
332 Prophets of the Bible
346 Jewish Literature of the Greco-Roman Period
348 Literary Aspects of the English Bible [Old Testament]
372 Jews of Eastern and Central Europe
376 Ancient Jewish Psychology and Ethics
377 Jewish Cultural History [ancient and rabbinic
378 Jewish Cultural History [medieval and modern
417 History-telling in the Bible
435 Jewish Philosophy from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century
446 Holy Places and Sacred Times in Rabbinic Literature
448 Classical Rabbinic Texts
475 Education and Jewish Civilization
529 Intellectual and Religious History of European Jewry 1648-1939
613 Jewish Law and Ethics in Comparative Perspective
2. Christianity
253 Literature in Translation: Dante's Divine Comedy
312 The Medieval Church
317 Medieval Social and Intellectual History, 400-1200
318 Medieval Social and Intellectual History, 1200-1450
325 Eastern Christianity/Russian Orthodoxy in Global Perspective
331 Science, Medicine, and Religion
333 Early Christian Literature: Matthew—Revelation
334 The Protestant Reformation
349 Literary Aspects of the English Bible [New Testament]
360 The Anglo-Saxons
361 Early Christian Literature: Pauline Christianity
366 Medieval Monasticism
434 Milton
437 Western Christianity from Augustine to Darwin
451 American Religious History to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
470 Religious Thought in Modern Europe
472 Early Christian Literature: The Gospels
3. Islam
205 The Making of the Islamic World: The Middle East 500-1500
206 Introduction to the Qur'an
217 Islamic Mystical Poetry in Translation
257 Literatures of Muslim Societies in Translation
357 Literatures of Muslim Societies
370 Islam: Religion and Culture
379 Islam in Iran
439 Islamic History from the Origin of Islam to the Ottoman Empire
444 Introduction to Sufism
459 Islamic Culture: Meanings and History
614 Social Structures of Muslim Societies
618 Political Islam
4. South Asian Traditions (except Buddhism)
251 Civilizations of India—Classical Period
274 Religion in South Asia
355 Hinduism
367 Jainism: Religion of Non-Violence
402 The Thought of Gandhi
416 Introduction to Religions of South Asia
422 Hinduism and Religions of Modern South Asia
463 Introduction to Indian Philosophy
551 Religious and Love Poetry in Mediaeval Hindi
620 Studies in Religions of Asia
623 Yoga: Methods and Goals
625 Sanskrit and Asian Cultures
634 Social Structure of India
5. Buddhism
364 Introduction to Buddhism
421 Survey of Tibetan Buddhism
423 Buddhist Iconography
425 Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts
426 Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts
427 Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts
428 Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts
436 History of Chinese Buddhism
438 Buddhism and Society in Southeast Asian History
453 Buddhist Ethics
455 History of Japanese Buddhism, 550-1333
456 History of Japanese Buddhism, 1333-1965
466 Buddhist Thought
461/471 Topics in Contemporary Buddhism
503 Survey of Buddhist Meditational Literature
525 Intermediate Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts
526 Intermediate Readings in Chinese Buddhist Texts
527 Intermediate Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts
528 Intermediate Readings in Japanese Buddhist Texts
553 Ritual in Buddhist Life
576 Buddhism and Literature
592/3 Buddhist Doctrinal Systems
621 Buddhism in the History of South and Southeast Asia
650 Proseminar in Buddhist Thought
660 Proseminar: History of Buddhism and Buddhist Social Institutions
670 Proseminar: The Culture of Buddhist Tibet
6. East Asian Religious Traditions (except Buddhism)
340 Introduction to the I-Ching: Book of Change
350 Introduction to Taoism
363 Introduction to Confucianism
477 Portraiture in Premodern China
478 Art and Religious Practice in Medieval Japan
7. Ancient/Indigenous/Folk Traditions
342 In Translation: The Mythology of Scandinavia
351 Religions of the Ancient Near East
352 Shamanism
359 Myth
375 Civilization of Ancient Egypt
464 Goddesses and Feminine Powers
517 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean
517 Ancient Religion and the Early Church
537 Ancient Religion Tutorial
666 Anthropology of Shamanism and Occult Experience
8. Comparative Traditions
151 The Bible in the English Tradition
309 The Crusades: Christianity and Islam
368 The Bible in the Middle Ages
369 Ethnic and Minority Religions in America
420 Hinduism and Islam in Medieval South Asia
622 Cross-Cultural Spread of World Religions
624 Meditation in Indian Buddhism and Hinduism
626 Gods and Goddesses of South Asia
C. APPROACHES TO RELIGION
343 Anthropology of Religion
374 Rhetoric of Religion
465 Religion in Politics
479 Ritual and Ritual Theory
501 Philosophy of Religion
502 Special Topics in the Philosophy of Religion
516 Religion and Public Education
615 Sociology of Religion
616 Problems and Methods in the Study of Religion
D. CAPSTONE (REQUIRED) AND GENERAL COURSES
1. Capstone Courses
600 Religion in Critical Perspective
695 Research Colloquium
697 Independent Research for Majors
2. General Courses
200 Introductory Topics in Religious Studies [Humanities]
201 Introductory Topics in Religious Studies [Social Sciences]
400 Topics in Religious Studies [Humanities]
401 Topics in Religious Studies [Social Sciences]
681/82 Senior Honors Thesis
691/92 Senior Thesis
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1/2 cup of heavy cream
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>>IMAGE ‘a cash ‘consideration’ to a Kenyan military officer on duty to look the other way, while [he] obtained the copy’ of the document. (Smith Decl. Para..”
Obama wants to be President and Commander in Chief. He therefore has to show that he is eligible for the position. This means he has to conclusively prove, among other things, that he is an Article II “natural born Citizen.” Given that his father was not a U.S. citizen and his U.S. citizen mother was too young when Obama was born and therefore could not transmit U.S. citizenship to him should Obama be born out of the United States, Obama must first conclusively prove that he was born in the United States and was subject to its jurisdiction when born, thereby making him a Fourteenth Amendment born “citizen.” Once he conclusively proves that fact, he must then conclusively show that he is a “natural born Citizen” under Article II, a showing that he cannot make because his father was a British subject/citizen when Obama was born and Obama himself was born a British subject/citizen.
On the threshold question of place of birth, Obama has posted on the internet a computer image of an alleged Hawaiian Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) (not a Hawaiian long-form Birth Certificate). Regarding the place of birth issue, Judge Land said that he could not accept the Lucas Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate as reliable because plaintiffs’ counsel did not “produced an original certificate of authentication from the government agency that supposedly has official custody of the document.” But let us consider what Obama has produced to show that he was born in Hawaii. We know that he posted on his web site the image of a Certification of Live Birth (COLB) as proof that he was born in Hawaii. But we also know that numerous people have questioned the authenticity of this computer image. There have been allegations by some “experts” that the electronic image is a forgery. Many people have demanded that Obama produce to some official government authority for inspection an actual piece of paper which was used to produce the on-line image of the COLB. Many people have demanded to see the real long-form birth certificate so that conflicting information (including but not limited to statements made by Obama’s own family, Kenyan government officials, and African newspapers) regarding his place of birth can be put to rest. Numerous people have demanded that Obama release to the public the many other documents (education, travel, and employment) which can corroborate his birth place claim but he has refused to do so. Neither Obama nor the State of Hawaii nor any governmental entity or official has provided this information to the American public.?
I understand that when a party presents a document to a court of law as evidence, that party must satisfy the rules of evidence for that court to receive that document into evidence. A judge confronted with such a document is bound by the law to apply the rules of evidence when deciding whether or not to accept that document into evidence. I therefore cannot fault Judge Land for his decision to refuse to consider the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate. I am also not suggesting that this birth certificate has been shown to be authentic. But what Judge Land ruled regarding the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate raises a much more important point. Judge Land was not willing to accept the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate because as he said counsel did not “produced did Judge Land not apply the same evidence standard to Obama’s on-line COLB as he did to the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate? I understand that Obama was not attempting to introduce the internet image of his COLB or the paper version thereof into evidence and so Judge Land did not have to rule on the admissibility of that evidence. Nevertheless, if we are committed to learning what is the truth regarding Obama’s place of birth, should we not expect Judge Land in his comments to treat all documents equally until each document’s reliability can be sufficiently confirmed?
Should not the Court have been much more concerned with the question of whether a person occupying the Office of the President and Commander in Chief is truly born where he says he was than it was with the question of whether the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate was authentic and therefore admissible into evidence? Something is wrong when a Court does not accept the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate because there is no government agency certification as to its authenticity but it accepts an unconfirmed, on-line electronic image of a document that is not even a birth certificate as the only piece of hard evidence that allegedly shows that the President was born in Hawaii. Just like Judge Land rejected the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate because no one presented “an original certificate of authentication from the government agency that supposedly has official custody of the document,” should he not also have reject Obama’s internet-posted COLB since he also never provided any such authentication document to the American people or to any competent government agency? Should we not be more concerned with making sure that the computer image of the COLB which Obama presented to the public and the actual paper version thereof and the long-form birth certificate are authentic than with making sure that the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate presented in a court proceeding is authentic? I believe the answer is obvious. In short, is Obama’s evidence as to where he was born any better or even worse than that of Captain Rhodes’ evidence?
Why have some allowed such a double standard to exist? Why should anyone protect Obama to the point that he or she is willing to risk the nation’s very survival? What is so wrong in confirming whether something is true, especially when one can suffer devastating consequences if it is false? Is the price for knowing the truth about Obama's birth place and whether he is an Article II "natural born Citizen" so heavy that we just have to accept things the way we are told they are? Let us hold Obama to the same Alice in Wonderland standard Judge Land used in the Rhodes case-“simply saying something is so does not make it so.” And let us also remember that the emperor could have no clothes.
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
185 Gatzmer Avenue
Jamesburg, New Jersey 08831
9-18-09
33 comments:
Why did Judge Land not apply the same evidence standard to Obama’s on-line COLB as he did to the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate?
Did you not see the part about the absurdity of claiming to be protecting the Constitution while also shifting the burden so that the defendant has to disprove the allegations?
Taitz showed Land the wrong B/C. She should have used the internet COLB forgery team Obama was using to fool the American public.
How would have Land reacted to that piece of garbage?
May I have the pleasure of one case citation that supports such an absurd proposition..
In this case, the supposed Kenyan birth certificate was introduced into evidence. The COLB was not.
When the judge ruled that the supposed Kenyan birth certificate did not have any authentication from the Kenyan government, he was referring to the need to authenticate a document introduced into evidence. He did not ask for authentication of the COLB because it was not introduced into evidence.
smrstrauss,
If you will read my article more carefully you will see that I have already covered your point.
It is a very good assessment of the double standard the courts are placing on those who challenge the Usurper.
I never thought I would live to see the day when the federal courts were afraid to enforce the Constitution.
It is now starting to remind me of how the King, Parliament, his ministers and his judges acted towards are Founding Fathers in 1774.
Cheney entertained objections in the electoral counts in 2005, but not 2009. Wonder why?
Since you wrote: "Judge Land was not willing to accept the Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate because as he said counsel did not “produce can't Obama's COLB be introduced as a piece of evidence by the plaintiff and thus be placed under the same scrutiny?
And insofar as the "double standard" such as Cheney not entertaining objections in 2009 (you can clearly see a member with his hand raised in the video who was IGNORED *applause applause applause*) but he did entertain them in 2005 (Stephanie Tubbs, about 'voting irregularities' ha)...and ALL he corrupt judges, including Roberts with his "oopsie" on the oath and then a secret oath given...
They have to be co-conspirators in this communist takeover. If they were true patriots they could never have betrayed the nation thusly even if there were dozens of severed horse heads left on their Sertas.
These people had to have been installed carefully over time, such that none of them would uphold their duties at the critical hours.
Clinton removed the question about communist affiliation from the background check form. None of Obama's cabinet, Czars, nor himself would have passed the old one. The unearned vilification of McCarthy has reached the popular media.
Obama himself with intense ties to a proven criminal organization ACORN should have his security clearance ripped away, which he shouldn't have ever gotten anyway with his British citizenship.
This is corrupt through and through, Obama is dismembering the USA systematically. At least people are awakening to the "preposterous" idea that this is what it is...a communist takeover, which is nefarious, transitioning from befuddlement and frustration to the realization that we are under attack from within. It's like the first 911 jet, "was that an accident?"...then came the second. Well in terms of what Obama's already done to the nation we are on the 5th or 6th jet and there's no more need to wonder.
May I have the pleasure of one case citation that supports such an absurd proposition.
You talking to me? The plaintiff generally has the burden of proof in a case. See Wigmore on Evidence: "The burdens of pleading and proof with regard to most facts have been and should be assigned to the plaintiff who generally seeks to change the present state of affairs and who therefore naturally should be expected to bear the risk of failure of proof or persuasion."
See Treatise on American Election by McCrary and McCune: "The presumption always is, that a person chosen to an office is qualified to fill it, and it is never incumbent upon him to prove his eligibility."
Dear Mr. Apuzo,
Respectively Sir, I sense that the law clerk is in the way of the judge. Is there diligence on your part to seek just who the clerk is. Given the law breaker's in these days intentional take every opportunity to
thwart our good laws and ethics.
Candid Blogger,
Judge Land said "Simply Saying Something Is So Does Not Make It So." Hence, what Ms. Fukino SAID is not sufficient to prove that which she SAID happened or did not happen. Just like Judge Land wants to see OFFICIAL WRITTEN AUTHENTICATION regarding the alleged Smith Kenyan Birth Certificate, we also want to see THE SAME regarding Obama's alleged (1) computer-imaged "Certification of Live Birth" (COLB); and (2) original, long-form "Certificate of Live Birth"(BC), in whatever form it may be. Simply stated, we should not be operating by a double standard. Remember that the only thing that Obama has published to the world (which includes the Electoral College, Congress, and all the courts that have decided cases (not the merits of those cases) regarding Obama's eligibility is the computer-imaged COLB.
The two newspaper announcements standing alone have no probative value because they were generated from the same source that SAID the birth event occurred and which forms the basis of the alleged COLB or BC. We do not know who provided the information to the newspapers that forms the basis for the announcements. Hence, those announcements alone do not provide any additional corroborating evidence by which we can judge the veracity of the alleged computer- imaged COLB or some underlying, unseen, and unverified BC. That missing corroborating evidence (root evidence) would be, for example, (1) who provided the underlying birth event information that was used to generate the birth announcement (e.g. was it a hospital, doctor, nurse, government official, or was it a family member or friend), (2) the name and address of the birth hospital, (3) the name of the delivering doctor and nurse or midwife in attendance, (4) medical records confirming the birth event, and (5) any other reliable information tending to prove the facts alleged.
The key point is that there is a critical difference between what someone tells us happened or did not happen and what someone proves to us happened or did not happen by whatever standard of proof we as a community agree to apply in that particular case. In other words, we do not accept something to be real on the simple premise that someone told us it is real. Under normal circumstances, assuming we are being honest, and depending on the importance of what is being told to us (like that someone is eligible to be the President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Military), we would demand corroborating proof of what someone tells us happened or did not happen.
For example, a mortgage broker who wants to procure a mortgage for an applicant can either confirm with corroborating evidence (obtaining and examining reliable documents, interviewing people who may have pertinent information, or personally examining conditions alleged by the applicant to be true or not true that proves the underlying information that the applicant is telling the broker) whether that person truly qualifies for the mortgage and in doing so is being honest to the employer and the community, or the broker may simply accept everything the applicant tells the broker (SAID to the broker) without confirming whether it is true because the broker is more interested in receive a quick remuneration or some other intangible benefit than in knowing what the truth is and thereby properly doing his/her job. In a system that is honest and operates in good faith, which broker do we want, the first or the second? I say in such a system because in a system that is not so, whether we demand corroborating evidence or not (whether we turn a blind eye or not) will depend upon what is personally at stake for the examiner (e.g., money, political and social power, social standing, career, etc.).
Given that you are the "Candid Blogger," I hope this information will be of some use to you in your endeavors to continue to be so.
Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
For example, a mortgage broker who wants to procure a mortgage for an applicant
We're not in that example any more.
We're talking about an applicant who has been living in the house he bought with that mortgage he applied for and got. Now, you want to have him thrown out of that house.
If you haul that guy into court, he's presumed to have gotten the loan lawfully. Just as Obama is presumed to be eligible.
That's why YOUR evidence has to be pretty good. More than hunches. More than deliberate misreadings of Wong Kim Ark. More than lies about travel bans. You need ACTUAL, REAL, EVIDENCE, which you simply do not have!
Then Barack should regularly "pay his proof" like a mortgage-holder has to make his payments each month. The presidency nor a mortgage are any gift, and either should be taken away if the recipient is unqualified.
Why can't Barack's forged photoshop COLB be introduced into evidence AS a forged document? Then wouldn't "he" have to prove that it's legitimate evidence?
Posted on behalf of JustOnePeople of Country First Forum:
Hi Mario,
I just sent you the information I just found for SC Law for Primary Election Ballots it was revised 6/19/07 SC R108, S99
He had to be Certified as eligible no later than noon on November 1st,2007 to be in the SC Primary Elections, held on February 3,2008. On this site it says he was on the ballot. Here is the website I found on the SC Primary Elections.
Who certified him in 2007? The DNC didn’t do it until 8/28/08. This is something you may wish to look into for your lawsuit. Comments from you about this would be welcome.
Greg,
You have got to be kidding me. Is that the best you can do to respond to my comment.
First, you make absolutely no sense. Your analogy has no logical connection to the point of my comment. Simply stated, you have missed my whole point.
Second, do you have some truth machine, talking about "lies" on travel bans. Dr. Conspiracy and people like you are so fixated on that travel ban. Ok, we will say that it was not wise for a Christian American to travel to Pakistan in 1981 given that the country just some years earlier had suffered a military coup, it was under marital law, it was a dangerous place for Americans to visit, and the visa there was only good for 30 days. Why do you not address the real issues rather than parsing words. And by the way, if you know so much about Obama, why don't you tell me with what passport Obama traveled to Pakistan and for how long did he stay there?
Third, I guess my reading of Wong Kim Ark has your dander. In the law, the parties always present the law to suit their own purpose. I am doing no different from what you are doing. The court decides who is right. My point is a very simple one-Justice Gray declared Wong a "citizen of the United States," not a "natural born Citizen." Justice Gray acknowledged the distinction between the two types of citizens.
Fourth, talking about "deliberate misreadings," you attempt to excise "natural born" from and add "of the United States" to Article II's "natural born Citizen" clause so that it reads the same way the Fourteenth Amendment reads, "citizens of the United States. But do you not think that we would have heard something from the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment that what they were doing was going to so drastically impact Article II. We should have heard from them that they were amending the Constituion by redefining Article II’s “natural born Citizen” clause through the Fourteenth Amendment. That surely would have been a strange undertaking since the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment, in part, was to allow blacks to be “citizens.” Tell me whether you are able to find any mention of Article II in the Congressional debates on the 14th Amendment. You can even get your Dr. Conspiracy colleagues to help you out a bit on this one.
Mario --
Isn't the phrase 'lied on your application,' a major reason you might get in trouble -- maybe with your employer, with your mortgage lender?
In such a dispute, who has the burden of proof? The liar, or the victim(s) of the lie?
To me, this is the crux of the case against Obama.
Mario:
Greg and smrstrauss are both Obots (aka Flying Monkeys) from the Conspiro website as can been seen by their odd interpretation of many Constitutional things,
Perhaps they've never read the Constitution as they certainly have little understanding of it.
Keep up your good work and I think it will eventuyally help us to get a proper formal legal definition of the NBC clause. It might even help SCOTUS revisit the WKA fiasco.
Both your analysis and the comments here are educational and enjoyed greatly, my thanks! There seems also an assumption that Obama has provided the daCOLB but I've not see the chain-of-evidence listed as to how daCOLB came to be printed, delivered, scanned and posted. How can anyone pass this image file off as evidence given its strange lack of origin and officials in HI refusal to confirm its authenticity? Curiouser and curiouser.
JayJay,
I believe you are correct. These Obots travel in troupes, descend on a blog like the plague, and simply try and post the same old obfuscations over and over again to try and confuse people, scroll blogs, and waste time and try to engage the blog owners and moderators into fruitless discussion with them of the same old false arguments. They are classic internet trolls. But also, some are pros and some are well trained, clever but devious psychologists trying to manipulate people minds, imo. These folks are probably screwed up themselves which is why they chose their field. But for fun and games they go online to try and screw up other people. These mind manipulators have recycled the same phony arguments 100s of times already in various blogs. And they keep trying here. When I'm on moderator duty in this blog, I just delete them. Copies are kept and then Mario can review them if he chooses to, and can pick and choose items from those I have deleted if he wants to answer them. But in my opinion, they are not worth time of day and most violate one or more the rules of the blog, i.e., "disinformation campaigns", etc.
Charles
There has never been a legitimate "chain of evidence" for the online forged COLB.
The simplest denial of its existence is that one cannot even receive a duplicate from Hawaii of what's already been released on factcheck.
Factcheck said it held/touched it (ooh, wow), info from what is from now twice publicly spanked-for-lying factcheck.org (which had to retract its fabricated and non-fact-checked information it put out -- Donofrio cornered them handily), the same factcheck.org owned by Annenberg for whom Obama worked for 5 years with terrorist Billy Ayers developing brainwashing socialist programs for youth...THAT factcheck.
Hawaii has NEVER said that Obama was even born there:
Director Fukino never affirmed that Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961. What she affirmed was, " I have personally seen and verified that the Hawai'i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures."
Fukino only says she saw the document -- she never, ever said what was on it.
The online COLB was discredited by Ms. Lines and Dr. Polarik. Obama has spent millions and abused DOJ lawywer and taxpayer dollars and (FEC) illegally used campaign dollars to not show a $12 birth certificate (actually free, I'll pay for it!). Obama's California lawyer, Fredric Woocher, who was named "Southern California Super Lawyer of 2009" and who gets $600 per hour (claims he's on the case pro bono) is working Keyes vs. California and to prevent the release the president's records from Occidental College which witnesses state show he went as a foreign student on foreign student grants.
From theobamafile.com/re:apuzzo---
"The obvious question must be asked: If Obama has an original "long form" birth certificate issued on the day of his birth by the state of Hawaii, why would he also have a "Certification of Live Birth"?
It would not be necessary.
Barack Obama was asked if he was eligible to become president under the Article II ‘natural born’ eligibility clause. Obama masked the truth by posting a Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth (COLB). His supporters declared him a natural born citizen under the 14th Amendment and the issue was pushed back into the realm of conspiracy theories.
Upon further investigation, the mask of the C.O.L.B. started to be more and more revealing of the original 1961 certificate, made much of by Hawaii’s Governor Lingle and the state’s Department of Health official, Dr. Fukino, as more probably a Dept. of Health document and not a hospital long form. [See my recent post on the Hollister dismissal in which I quoted Endnote 12 of Mario Apuzzo's Kerchner et al vs. Obama et al case. Apuzzo's jurisprudence of challenging prima facie evidence is brilliant. If Obama was trying to promote his Hawaiian native born status, he would have willingly posted a hospital certificate as solid, best evidence. A C.O.L.B. is labeled as only prima facie evidence; the validity of its information open to inspection by a proper Hawaiian court venue.
If the C.O.L.B. referenced document was not a hospital birth certificate, what was it? Under Hawaiian statute, specifically §338-5,[7] it is compulsory for the Dept. of Health to register a newborn child of a Hawaiian resident, even if no documentation of place and time of birth is presented. Only the word of one parent is required by law.
If the hidden 1961 certificate is a §338-5 form, face down like a card in a poker game, the $800,000 Barack Obama ponied up to prevent its public release means Obama is not just bluffing, but covering up perjury and other violations of election law.
In the end, a §338-5 compulsory registration will be more probative of the direct testimony evidence of Obama’s Kenyan birth,[8] than of his claimed Hawaiian birth."
Speaking of "unconstitutional"...
Obama has accepted to be President of the UN Security council, a Title granted by multiple foreign nations.
Congress never approved of this. He will speak and sit nearby Qadaffi and Achmedinejad.
Isn't he, in being effectively in total open defiance of the Constitution, entirely circumventing the document which he swore to uphold? Or did Roberts give him another secret cute oath?
If he so blatantly and openly (not that being a British citizen isn't blatant and open too but that needs to go to court to "prove" it's unconstitutional) violates the Constitution...what then?
If the Kenyan BC possessor should come to be charged with a violation of USC 18 1. 47. S1028 Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information a4. knowingly possesses an identification document (other than one issued lawfully for the use of the possessor), authentication feature, or a false identification document, with the intent such document or feature be used to defraud the United States. , will there be a defense by the defendant that the government must prove that document is indeed false? Would an "act to defraud" be the public display of such a document stating it is a contract between Obama and Kenya?
Can this guy get arrested today?
To Candid Blogger,
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
It scares me spitless that Ozero is chairing the UN Security Council. But as a legal matter, it is just a committee chairmanship for a few days. I don't see how it is possibly illegal or unconstitutional. Can any of you wise folks enlighten me?
Carlyle:
from theobamafile.com
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Oh, come on. That is parsing words to the point of being ridiculous. Normally the US Ambassador to the UN would assume such chairmanship, in turn, with other countries. All that logic applies to him as well. This argument is very weak - - -
My analogy has no connection to the point of your comment? You're arguing that a mortgage applicant has to prove his bona fides and I'm saying that if someone wants to challenge a mortgage holder they have the burden to disprove their bona fides.
But do you not think that we would have heard something from the framers of the Fourteenth Amendment that what they were doing was going to so drastically impact Article II.
Really? You don't seem to think that the writers of the Constitution would have bothered themselves to write down that they were changing the meaning of natural born from what it had meant since the 1300s.
The 14th Amendment was declaratory of the Common Law - that those born here are citizens - natural born citizens. Wong Kim recognizes only two types of citizen - natural born and naturalized.
It was required because Dred Scott attempted to say that some people born in the United States were less than fully citizens.
I did not argue that a mortgage applicant has to prove his bona fides. You still do not get it. You are reading burden of proof into what I wrote because that is the new mantra and cling word since Judge Land's pronouncement. My point is about the mortgage broker turning a blind eye to reality, not about proving that the mortgage is not valid.
It appears from your answer that you did not find anything in the debates on the 14th Amendment that shows that the framers were intending to amend Article II. Next time, do not answer my question with one of your questions. Answer my question first, then ask your question.
It is irrelevant to our Constitution what "natural born subject" meant in England since the 1300s. The Founders simply were not interested. They looked at new ideas and had new ideals for the new nation. Why would they look to the nation against which they just fought and won a revolution? They looked to great minds like Locke, Vattel, Montesquieu, Grotius, Beccaria, Pufendorf, and Vattel, Vattel and his, The Law of Nations, was their favorite. Too bad that American historians have hid Vattel and denied him his place in American history. But those who look into things a bit more deeply find him and can see the impact that he had on the Founders and the making of the new America.
That the 14th Amendment may be declaratory of the Common Law does not mean anything for our purposes because for Presidential eligiblity we need to know what is a "natural born Citizen" under Article II, not what is a "citizen of the United States" under the Fourteenth Amendment. We already know that the "citizens of the United States" were simply grandfathered in Article II to be President. But that category no longer has any relevancy. Today, you have got to be an Aricle II "natural born citizen" if you want to be eligible to be President.
You are mistaken that Wong Kim Ark only recognized "natural born" and naturalized citizens. You left out Justice Grays holding that Wong was a "citizen of the United States." Hence, Wong Kim Ark recognized "citizen of the United States, "natural born citizen," and naturalized citizen.
Dred Scott was about blacks not being able to be citizens at all, not about "some people born in the United States were less than fully [sic] citizens." I know what you are trying to do. You want to say that bad and mean Apuzzo wants to make Obama someone "less than fully [sic] citizen[]." Apuzzo is trying to take us back to Dred Scott. Is demagoguery and intellectual dishonesty all that you have?
BIRTHERS!
REQUEST NEW FEC RULE REQUIRING CANDIDATE
ORIGINAL LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!
11 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Chapter 1, Subchapter A
Section 111.4
COMPLAINTS
[2 U.S.C. Section 437g(a)(1)]
(a) Any person who believes that a violation of any statute or
regulation over which the Commission has jurisdiction has occurred
or is about to occur may file a complaint in writing to the
General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20463. If possible, three (3) copies
should be submitted.
(b) A complaint shall comply with the following:
(1) It shall provide the full name and address of the complainant ; and
(2) The contents of the complaint shall be sworn to and signed in the
presence of a notary public and shall be notarized.
The Federal Election Commission oversees all the money spent
in campaigns for federal office.
11 CFR Ch. 1 Part 101 Section 101.2 CANDIDATE AS AGENT
OF AUTHORIZED COMMITEE [2 U.S.C. Section 432(e)(2)]
QUESTION: BECAUSE THE CANDIDATE IS THE AUTHORIZED
AGENT OF THE COMMITTEE, THEN, THEREFORE,
SHOULD
THE DUTIES OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
INCLUDE DETERMINING IF EACH CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS IN FACT A
NATURAL BORN CITIZEN by providing their original
long form birth certificate?
11 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Ch. 1, Subchapter B
Part 200
PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING
11 CFR Ch.1, SubCh. B, Section 200.2 PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS
(a) ANY INTERESTED PERSON MAY FILE WITH THE COMMISSION
A WRITTEN PETITION FOR THE ISSUANCE, AMENDMENT, OR
REPEAL OF A RULE IMPLEMENTING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
STATUTES:
(1) The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, 2 U.S.C. 431 identitify of this or her principal;
(2) Identify itself as a PETITION for the ISSUANCE, AMENDMENT, OR REPEAL of a rule;
(3) Identify the specific section(s) of the regulations to be affected;
(4) Set forthe the factual and legal grounds on which the petitioner relies,
in support of the proposed action; and
(5) Be addressed and submitted to the
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL,
999 E STREET, NW., WASHINGTON, DC 20463.
(c) The petition may include draft regulatory language that would effectuate
the petitionser's proposal.
(d) The Commission may, in its discretion, treat a document that fails to
conform to the format requirements of paragraph (b) of this section as a basis for a
sua sponte rulemaking. For example, the Commission may consider whether to
intitiate a rulemaking project addressing issues raised in an advisory opinion request
submitted under 11 CFR 112.1 or in a complaint filed under 11 CFR 111.4. However, the
Commission need not follow the procedures of 11 CFR 200.3 in these instances.
Obamas Certificate of Live Birth data wasn't "Accepted" it was only "Filed".
Obamas Certificate of Live Birth says:
Date filed by Registrar August 8th 1961
A normal Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth says: "Date Accepted by State Registrar"
"
Therefore Obama has produced no officially accepted proof of birth in Hawaii.
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An electrocardiogram is a non-invasive and painless test that records the electrical signals that travel through your heart. Also known as an ECG or EKG, the electrocardiogram is used by physicians to find patterns or trends in heartbeats and rhythms. An electrocardiogram is conducted when there is a complaint of an irregularity in the rhythm of a heart beat (an arrhythmia) or
Electrocardiogram results are usually available on the same day as your test and are discussed with you by your doctor at a scheduled follow-up appointment.
Electrocardiograms are performed in just a few minutes with very little risk. Patients are asked to avoid drinking cold water or exercising right before the exam as it may increase normal heart rate or cause misleading changes in the electrical patterns that are recorded during the test.
After changing into a hospital gown, you'll lie on an exam table. Approximately 12 to 15 sticky patches (electrodes) are attached to your arms, legs and chest using a clear gel. The electrodes help detect and conduct the electrical currents in your heart.
If you have hair on the parts of your body where the electrodes will be placed, you may be asked to shave it so that the electrodes stick without problem.
An electrocardiogram is considered a safe procedure. You may experience redness or soreness when the electrodes used during the procedure are removed, but there is no chance of electrocution by the electrodes. They do not emit electricity -- they only record | http://pvhs.org/body.cfm?id=1273 | 2013-05-18T10:41:53 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The PSF Board has awarded a grant of USD $840 to the Read the Docs project for twelve months of hosting fees.
Read the Docs
Created by Eric Holscher, Charles Leifer, and Bobby Grace, readthedocs.org is a documentation hosting site born out of the 2010 Django Dash competition. The site monitors git, Mercurial, and Subversion source repositories and automatically builds a project's documentation using Sphinx. Users can also create documentation directly through the site using a built-in editor.
The code for Read the Docs is itself open source, and contributions from users and other interested parties are always welcome.
More Details
The original announcement of the site describes the background for the project and its motivation.
Eric's presentation at PDX Python in February 2011 includes details about the tools used to build the site.
The Getting Started Guide covers all of the details you need to add the documentation for your project to the site. | http://pyfound.blogspot.com/2011/03/psf-funds-readthedocsorg.html | 2013-05-18T10:52:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The dress code for the Pakistan Young Leaders Conference is formal or traditional. Men and women are advised to wear formal suits or formal traditional dress. Please note that it is not permissible to wear t-shirts, jeans or shorts, trainers/sneakers or flip flops at the conference, (unless for medical purposes). Any unnecessary jewellery should be removed prior to the conference. We kindly encourage men and women to observe the cultural and religious etiquettes of Pakistan.
This is a formal event and therefore a strict dress code must be followed. All participants at the Pakistan Young Leaders Conference must adhere to the following dress code: as a general rule, delegates must be dressed in business attire or formal national dress.
Shirts & Tops
Males must wear a collared button-down shirt. Females may wear a blouse, sweater or button-down shirt. No T-Shirts displaying slogans.
Trousers & Bottoms
Slacks and suit trousers should be worn, preferably in dark colours, by both males and females. Females may wear a skirt. No jeans or shorts.
Shoes.
No sneakers/trainers or flip-flops.
Hair
Keep hair looking professional at all times; hair style should not detract from your overall appearance.
For social nights, casual wear is suitable and encouraged. Traditional clothes can also be worn. | http://pylc.co.uk/new/dress-code/ | 2013-05-18T10:11:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I was looking for a solution that would allow me to remotely connect to machines on the local network. We often get phone calls form users asking for help. It is way easier to provide help if we can see their screens and we usually end up having to visit their workstation. This can be time consuming, especially when we are in the middle of a project.
In my search, I came across a wonderful gem called Microsoft Remote Assistance which happens to be included in Windows XP/Vista/7.
How does it Work?
- Tech enters the Machine name of the client that he/she wants to provide Remote Assistance to.
- User is prompted to allow Tech to view their computer (Yes/No)
- Tech then can request to take control
- Again, the user is prompted to allow the tech to take control
Enabling Remote Assistance on the Domain (via Group Policy)
Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Admin Templates -> System -> Remote Assistance
- Offer Remote Assistance -> Enable
- Solicited Remote Assistance -> Disable (If you don’t want your users requesting others for Remote Assistance)
You then have two choices “Allow helpers to control the computer” or “Allow helpers to only view the computer”. In addition to selecting one of these choices, you have to add the users and groups that should be able to provide remote assistance.
Offering Remote Assistance
- Start -> All Programs -> Maintenance -> Windows Remote Assistance or type in msra.exe
- Click “Help Someone who has invited you”
- Click “Advance connection option for the help desk”
- Lastly, enter the machine name or ip address of the machine you want to provide Remote Assistance to
How can I possibly remember all the host names?
I’ve created a small C# application that you can have your users run. I would put it on a shared drive and push out a shortcut via group policy.
WhoAmI
Source: WhoAmI.zip
Bin: Included in source ./WhoAmI/bin/Release/WhoAmI.exe
Offering Remote Assistance – A nice GUI app
Although the method mentioned above works it is long and convoluted. I put together a small C# app to easily offer Remote Assistance to a user.
The app simply calls
msra.exe /offerra <hostname>
Source: RemoteAssistance.zip
Bin: Included in souce ./RemoteAssistance/bin/Release/RemoteAssitance.exe
Ideas for the two Easy GUI apps came from SYNACK over at edugeek. | http://pyther.net/tag/offer-ra/ | 2013-05-18T11:01:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Merry Christmas from everyone at Quarter Snacks. We made an effort to put together one of the better clips in recent history, and despite an abundance of front shoves, Miles’ back tails, and Jersey Dave’s yellow wheels, I think we managed to put together a pretty decent clip to close out the year. Merry Christmas, and whatever other holidays you celebrate.
Features Kyle Iles, The Taj, Dan Forkin, Brandon Bramhall, Justin White, Luke Malaney, Keith Denley, German Nieves, Jersey Dave, Billy Rohan, Zach Malfa-Kowalski, Watermelon Alex, Dario Phillips, Kevin Teirney, Switch Mike, Dennis Feliciano, Matthew Mooney, Ty Lyons, Pryce Holmes, Isak Buan, Ben Nazario, Mike Gigliotti, Miles Marquez.
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kevin is the worst dude ever. a lot of people want to beat him up.December 26, 2007 @ 3:05 am | http://quartersnacks.com/2007/12/merry-christmas/ | 2013-05-18T10:52:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Weight Watchers' Apple Crisp
This serves only two, so make sure to multiply accordingly. It's a tasty little autumn treat that's quick to put together and will cost you 227 calories, according to my Weight Watchers Quick and Easy Menu Cookbook.
APPLE CRISP
1/2 lb. apples, pared and sliced thin (about two small apples)
1 1/2 t. lemon juice
1 T. water
1 t. honey
1/4 t. ground cinnamon
2 t. margarine (I used butter)
2 graham crackers (2 1/2-inch squares), made into crumbs (I used crushed macaroons, left over from my Julia Child pear dessert)
Preheat oven to 375. Toss apples with lemon juice and put in small baking dish. Add water, honey, and cinnamon, and mix well. Dot the top with butter or margarine, and sprinkle over the crumbs. Bake about 30 minutes, until apples are soft.
OK. Two down. A few more apples to go.
What are some of your favorite ways to eat up those autumn apples?
25 Comments:
apple crisp, apple pie, apple cake, apple cobbler. applesauce, apple butter, apple jelly. i love apples, and i love this lighter version of a classic!
Yay! A WW recipe! Thanks for this post. Hmmm, my favorite has to be apple pie. -Tammy
Apple fritters. Mmmmmmm!
I just made a couple batches of applesauce. But we have also been having apples with almond butter for an afternoon snack. And we put a couple in our morning smoothies, so we never have to worry about what to do with apples. We go through about 4-5 a day! (And today I am making Apple Sticky Buns.)
Apple crisp is my family's favorite but has lots of butter and sugar in it, so we get it for special occasions. My mom used to make fried apples: melt butter in a skillet, add apples, some brown sugar and cinnamon. Cook until apples are tender. Delicious! I also make unsweetened applesauce that I use in recipes or just to eat with a little cinnamon on top.
What a great recipe! I love how healthy it is. I recently made applesauce, apple butter, baked apples, grilled cheddar with apple, soup with apple and cheddar (may sound strange, but it was delish!), apple pastries...and I try to eat one a day so that helps use them up! ;)
ooooh, i love the graham crackers on top, great recipe!
LOL, send some my way! :)
~ingrid
Yum! I love all these apple ideas. I am inspired :)
Hi Lynn! A santoku is a Japanese chef's knife. I love the weight and the way it feels in my hand. It's the only knife I use, even though I have a knife block full of parers, boners, filleters, blah blah blah. Next time you're in Bed, Bath and Beyond check it out! I'll email the pom. martini recipe. They were strong and they were awesome!
Cool, Karenpie. Thanks :)
Yup, I love apple season!
Pork chops and apples, apples in cole slaw, in tuna salad, muffins, on pancakes...
Yum! I am glad you used real butter, margarine is a little sketchy.
Mmmmm, Natashya, apples in cole slaw -- neat idea :)
Hi Lynn,
We have daily smoothies, apples are our usual base.2-3 apples, 'flavor fruit' (whatever is in season we usually do a variety of fruits), yogurt. Blend. Pour out my portion. Add banana. Blend. Pour out DH & DD's portions. :)
I will post the Apple Sticky Bun recipe after we get back- they tasted VERY good and were really easy to make.
Yummm... apple crisp, a huge personal favorite of mine. I eat it year round. Great to find a recipe that serves 2, This sounds very, very good!!!
I love macaroons! I make a lot of crisps and I'll have to try those or the graham crackers one day.
Manuela
I put apples in chicken, tuna salad and cole slaw. I love apples raw with low fat cheese. I do sauted apples too, just slice them very thing. Blessings
QMM
Apple cake is a favorite of mine. :) Thank you for this post though! I have been wanting (actually NEEDING!) to do Weight Watchers for awhile now. This is excellent motivation.
PS I just read your "how to" on those jar lids you did and I LOVE it!
YAY for weight watchers, slimming recipes! I just found your blog and I'm so excited I did! You've got some delicious recipes!! I'll be checking back often!
-Mini Baker :)
Oh! Sounds delicious...love apple desserts :-)
Berji's Domain, I had an apple smoothie today, per your directions, and added frozen pineapple and plain yogurt. It was yummy. Thanks for the great idea :) And I am eagerly awaiting your apple sticky bun recipe.
I love apple crisp. I have some topping on my counter. Have been meaning to get to it. Good reminder!
Thanks, {L}, for your kind words about the jar lids. I hope if you make them you'll come back and tell us how they turned out :)
Fantastic recipe! I will make it for my daughter!
I just stumbled upon your page after I googled toaster oven apple crisp and I gave it a shot. Great idea! I just basically threw together a bunch of apple crisp stuff, like you did, with chayote... came out awesome. :) good job. | http://queenofthecastlerecipes.blogspot.com/2009/11/weight-watchers-apple-crisp.html?showComment=1257448189739 | 2013-05-18T10:11:29 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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LIRR service via the East Side Access tunnel is closer to becoming a reality on the Port Washington and Main lines. It’s pretty amazing how they made this happen, and the tunneling process included physically lifting the N/Q line off its foundation (the tunnel is underneath this line) and placing it on temporary struts, all without disrupting subway service. Impressive.
Mundo in Astoria is closing
We Heart Astoria broke the news – the wonderful, eclectic, and veggie-friendly restaurant Mundo is closing in October. They may be back in another form in the future, though. We sure hope so. Their food is yum.
Astoria’s Bear is having a closed-door party – and you’re invited
This should be good – Bear, a “progressive European” restaurant, is having a private party on the evening of Monday, October 8. More info:
Owners Chef Natasha Pogrebinsky and Alexander Pogrebinsky invite you to an RSVP (Space is Limited) private event at Bear on Monday, October 8, 2012 to celebrate Columbus Day between 8pm and 1am. The event will feature an open buffet of a variety of delicious, organic, gourmet food prepared exclusively by Chef Natasha Pogrebinsky. The cash bar will feature our original cocktails, discounted drinks, and specials on wine and beer. This is a closed-door event therefore please RSVP, and as with any private event at Bear we encourage you to invite your personal friends and associates to network, meet new people, and have a fabulous time.
RSVP:
Thinking about joining a running club? We’ve got the 411 on that.
Running is a great way to get in and stay in shape, especially for those with good knees. If you were/are thinking about running and joining a club for extra support, we’ve got some info for you. There are six running clubs in Queens – Hellgate Road Runners, Woodside-Sunnyside Runners, Queens NYC Runners, Forest Park Runners Club, Renegade Runners, and Alley Pond Striders. Join a club, get fit, make some friends – truly a great combination.
Get your trivia on at Raven’s Head Pub
Raven’s Head (GMAP) is home trivia on Tuesday nights, and it’s gained quite the following. Comedian Jarrod Hornbeck hosts and prizes can be had by the winners. Raven’s Head also makes some of the best nachos in town. Seriously. 7-9pm tonight. | http://queens.brownstoner.com/2012/09/east-side-access-tunnel-and-more-in-the-qnyc-evening-edition-for-tuesday-september-25-2012/ | 2013-05-18T10:30:55 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Image source: Adam E. Moreira on Wikimedia Commons
We mentioned FASTRACK in December, and how it will be coming to affect Queens – actual construction won’t be happening in Queens, but your ability to get into the city will be affected by construction that is shutting lines down in the city. Not sure what this whole FASTRACK business is? For the practical among us who are interested in the bottom line, it means no N,Q or R service in Manhattan from 10pm to 5am starting tonight and ending the morning of Saturday, February 2. (more…) | http://queens.brownstoner.com/tag/subways/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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"...officers responded to a 911 call from a bodega employee who claimed Mr. Saleh threw a pack of cigarettes at him after a dispute over its price, according to court documents..."
Makes sense. A pack of cigarettes is probably 500% more expensive here than where he's from.
BEING HERE ILLEGALLY IS A Crime.....
duh !!!!
Nail 'em and mail'em back home!
I'll even pay for Fed Ex next day delivery!
This is no longer a joke!
I support legal immigration
not an infestation of border jumpers!
Does this mean I can convince my local representatives to pass sanctuary ordinances sheltering other federal lawbreaking? Say, those people who don't want to pay federal income tax? I mean, how can the fedgov allow cities to ignore one federal law but not another? I thought we fought a war over this in the 1860s.
This is the prime reason that real estate rents are through the roof.
You have no borders and an infinite demand for housing.
Immigrant created demand is pricing us out of our homes.
Immigrant created demand is pricing us out of our homes.
Who cares? The media will never report it. The politicians will never talk about it.
But boy oh boy, tweeding opportunities out of the wazoo! | http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2008/03/criminal-invokes-sanctuary-city-policy.html | 2013-05-18T10:42:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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In case we need to catch you up to speed, we're talking about Flushing Commons, the proposal to transform the approximately five-acre Municipal Lot 1 in Downtown Flushing into a massive mixed-used development. The project has been causing a lot of controversy in the neighborhood, mainly from the existing business owners who fear that the loss of parking in the busy congested businesses district will all but kill their livelihoods.
The proposal does call for public parking – in fact, technically more public parking than currently exists in Muni Lot #1 - although the numbers have been a source of debate and just how much that parking will cost compared to the relatively low rates of the current lot is a source of worry and concern.
But more importantly to the local businesses, it will take years to build Flushing Commons, during which time there will be no parking at the site, and the businesses that surround the lot will have the difficult task of trying to attract customers while operating virtually in the middle of a massive construction site.
All in all, it's a big project that politicians like to get out in front of, if for nothing else than to get their mug in the paper. For instance, Councilman Peter Koo has come out in favor of the project, and while that has irked some of his constituents, it's also put him at the forefront of the issue.
Perhaps Stavisky might have some familial issues with supporting or coming out against the project. As it turns out, a group of local merchants fighting the project have hired The Parkside Group, a lobbying firm with strong connections in Queens, to work on their behalf.
And if you want to talk connections, a higher-up over at Parkside just happens to be Toby Stavisky's son, Evan. Maybe that explains why Stavisky has been reluctant to wade into the murky waters of Flushing Commons. | http://queensledger.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Un-Commons+dilemma+for+state+senator-%20&id=7765154&instance=lead_story_left_column | 2013-05-18T10:53:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
MOVIE REVIEW | 'MAN ON WIRE'; Walking On Air Between The Towers
By A. O. SCOTT
Published: July 25, 2008.
As he recalls it (and as Mr. Marsh imagines the scene in one of many witty, unobtrusive re-enactments), the young Mr. Petit was flipping through a magazine at a doctor's office when he saw an article about plans to construct the two tallest skyscrapers in the world side by side at the bottom of Manhattan. In his mind, and then in a series of sketches and diagrams, he drew a simple line connecting the buildings and imagined himself perched atop it.
What kind of person would think of such a thing? How would he go about accomplishing it? Why? Those are the questions that preoccupy Mr. Marsh, whose earlier films include the semidocumentary ''Wisconsin Death Trip'' and the fictional feature ''The King.''
The first question is answered largely by Mr. Petit's own testimony. In his 50s, he is elfin and energetic, a beguiling combination of showboat, idealist and con man. And in his early, outlaw years, before the twin towers walk brought him fame and a measure of legitimacy, he combined an exalted sense of artistic mission with a street criminal's sense of serious mischief.
Accordingly, ''Man on Wire'' is constructed like a heist movie, in the manner of ''Rififi'' or the revived ''Ocean's Eleven'' franchise. Though Mr. Petit was alone on the cable that August morning, his walk in the sky was the result of a conspiracy of true believers and casual adventurers. In his two previous acts of guerrilla funambulism -- at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris and on the Harbor Bridge in Sydney -- he relied on the logistical and moral support of several friends, including his lover, Annie Allix, and his faithful sidekick, Jean-Louis Blondeau.
In interviews, they and some of Mr. Petit's other confederates -- including two American goofballs and Barry Greenhouse, a flamboyant insurance executive who served as the all-important inside man -- reconstruct their project, which they referred to at the time as ''the coup,'' in fascinating detail. There were engineering problems and also challenges that seem to belong to the world of espionage, as well as the inevitable tensions that arise when a group of people pursue a dangerous goal.
Why did they do it? Rather than risking banality by addressing this question head-on, Mr. Marsh allows the answer to be at once self-evident and profoundly mysterious. A work of art is its own explanation, and ''Man on Wire'' leaves no doubt that Mr. Petit's coup deserves to be called art. Mr. Blondeau, a sensitive and cerebral foil to the impish Mr. Petit, chokes up when he recalls watching his friend step out over the abyss. ''The important thing is that we did it,'' he says.
And without making any grandiose claims, this lovely, touching film demonstrates that the World Trade Center sky walk was an important event. The proof is in the emotions -- amusement, amazement, awe -- evoked by those images of a tiny human figure balancing above a void. Also gratitude..
''Man on Wire'' is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). It includes nudity, sexuality and drug references.
PHOTOS: Man on Wire,: about the aerialist Philippe Petit, opens on Friday in Manhattan.; Philippe Petit, the French stuntman who walked between the World Trade Center towers in 1974.(PHOTOGRAPH BY JEAN-LOUIS BLONDEAU/POLARIS IMAGES)(pg. E16) | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D71F3FF936A15754C0A96E9C8B63&scp=21&sq=PHILIPP | 2013-05-18T10:57:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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SGOUROS, CONSTANTINE N.
Published: July 16, 2009
SGOUROS--Constantine N.,55, of Princeton Junction, NJ died Sunday, July 12, 2009 in his home. Born in the village of Sgourades in Corfu, Greece, he resided in Mercerville, NJ for 7 years before moving to Princeton Junction 14 years ago. A graduate of the Athens Polytechnic in Greece, he received his Ph.D. from the U of Texas - Austin. Constantine was employed as an engineer for over 25 years with AT&T and served as an executive liaison to Merrill Lynch. Son of the late Nikolaos Sgouros, he is survived by his wife of 22 years Dr. Stephanie Larouche Sgouros, daughters Angelica, 21, and Rebecca, 19, and his mother Angeliki Sgouros. Funeral service will be held in Greece, with a later memorial service in New York City. Services are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton. | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803EFDC153AF935A25754C0A96F9C8B63 | 2013-05-18T10:22:54 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $2.43 billion to settle alleged federal securities law violations in Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. in 2009
Originally Published: National Law Journal
...The plaintiffs were represented by Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check. Attorneys and representatives from...
A putative class action claims Colgate-Palmolive's anti-bacterial liquid hand soap has a dirty little secret: It's not a better germ killer than ordinary soap
Nearly $47 million in settlements was struck with seven of the defendants in a suit alleging price-fixing conspiracies in the markets for plastics additives, but the four non-settling defendants have
When shareholder class actions began rolling in against Toyota Motor Corp., senior partners from more than a half-dozen of the nation's most prominent law firms piled into a Los Angeles courtroom to
...Lancaster, Pa.; Linda P. Nussbaum and John D. Radice of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer in New York; Joseph M. Vanek and David P. Germaine...
The New Jersey Supreme Court has suspended from law practice a former municipal court judge convicted of making threats to officers during a drunken-driving arrest
In a ruling that is sure to be required reading for antitrust lawyers, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court's decision to certify a class action over an alleged price-fixin
A former deputy has sued Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett, claiming he was wrongly fired after complaining about colleagues who allegedly lost their jobs for political reasons
...serve as co-lead counsel for the class. Three other firms - Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer in New York, Keller Rohrback in Seattle, and Cohen Milstein Haus. | http://quest.law.com/Search/Search.do?Ntt=Kaplan+Fox+%26+Kilsheimer&x=0&y=0&Nty=1&site=pa&N=8364&Ntk=SI_All&cx=1&sortVar=1 | 2013-05-18T10:21:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
From COM to Common
Component software’s 10-year journey toward ubiquity
GREG OLSEN, COG.
An Amazon search for the term yields more than 500 titles. Countless companies and open source projects use component software in describing what they do. Any summary or historical overview of the subject of component software rightfully belongs in a multivolume book. This article, then, simply looks at the highlights of how the concept of component software has evolved, and what we might expect in the future.
I found a somewhat dated definition of component software on Webopedia that is consistent with my memory of 10 years ago:.1
The definition is quite imprecise, but it captures the core motivations behind the concept. A more recent definition taken from Wikipedia states:
A software component is a loosely defined term for a software technology for encapsulating software functionality.
A simpler definition can be: A component is an object written to a specification. It does not matter what the specification is: COM, JavaBeans, etc., as long as the object adheres to the specification. It is only by adhering to the specification that the object becomes a component and gains features like reusability and so forth.2
These definitions in a literal sense worked equally well in 1996 as they do today. Similarly, the core motivations behind component software have remained fairly consistent:
- Reuse. The reduction of effort through the use of components as “standard” parts.
- Integration. Facilitating the interaction of independently constructed software modules on a single computer or across multiple computers over a network.
What has changed drastically over the past 10 years is our understanding of how component software concepts map to software engineering practice.
My 10-year journey with component software
In 1996, I led a team charged with architecting a new distributed application system. At that time a component software approach generally meant using COM or CORBA technologies. As adherents of a new religion called Java, however, we decided to make do without many of the component services COM and CORBA provided, and we built out our component framework on top of a relational database and the JVM (using Java/RMI for object invocation). Our framework included basic component management and registration features and a data abstraction layer based on SGML (and subsequently XML). We also developed a container component that could provide resource and life-cycle management for a subclass of other components that we called adapters. In addition, we integrated third-party scripting components: one COM-based and one Java-based.
Eventually, Java beans, XML libraries, and application servers came on the scene and provided many of the features we had previously implemented ourselves. By 2000, we had evolved our product to run inside of an EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) container—in part, to take advantage of services provided by the application server’s component framework and, in part, to meet customer and business partner expectations. While there were benefits, we also discovered drawbacks to the use of the framework. Our once fairly simple custom components had become more complex—simply to meet the requirements of the framework. Work related to framework overhead seemed to become an increasingly larger portion of our total effort. Our tooling and testing infrastructure also grew substantially in complexity. The greatest source of frustration was the knowledge that much of the framework overhead tax we were paying was to support needs that we didn’t have.
In 2003, several of my former team members and I started working on a new product. The predominant component frameworks at that time were .NET and EJB. In contrast to 1996, however, many other variations on these options were available. What’s more, our choice was not limited to a single framework, but included purpose-specific component frameworks that worked within other frameworks. Even the development tooling we chose to use (Eclipse) was itself a rich component software framework. Also significant was the large number of prebuilt, useful, and low-cost components that we could incorporate into our product.
Since 2003, the growth in new types of component systems and in the numbers of useful components has only accelerated. The starkest contrast between the product we are building today and the one we built in the late ’90s is in the high percentage of the functionality attributable to components that we embedded but did not write ourselves.
Over these 10 years, my perspective on component software changed dramatically. Three trends, in particular, stand out:
- A redistribution of complexity—the movement of complexity out of custom-developed components and into the framework.
- Special-purpose component frameworks and frameworks within frameworks.
- Components moving to the masses—accessibility of component technology to ever-larger audiences.
Redistributing Complexity
Back in 1996, most of the complexity of software systems lived within custom-created components. The component frameworks provided very basic services such as a registry for components and invocation brokering among components. The introduction of application servers to the frameworks allowed responsibility for some of the most complex parts of software development such as threading, memory, and transaction management to be moved out of the custom components and into the framework. Some of these benefits, however, were offset by new interface and other requirements placed on component design in order to use the new services provided by the framework. Overall, the rapid addition of framework-provided services outweighed the associated overhead and the added complexity they brought to component development.
In the past three years, however, component systems have made great strides in simplifying the construction of custom components. The components written for EJB or .Net containers are much simpler than they used to be. Newer, lighter-weight containers are taking the trend even further. A significant trend in the Java world is the use of POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) as the basic component building blocks, as opposed to special and more complicated structures such as EJBs. A whole new class of lightweight containers (e.g., Spring, Pico, Nano) use the Dependency Injection pattern (also referred to as Inversion of Control) to shift complex responsibilities such as object creation and linking from the components to the container.
AOP (aspect-oriented programming) is another recent approach that focuses on transferring common concerns out of individual components and into the framework. The particular focus of AOP is on concerns that crosscut (or cut across) many components in a system. The prototypical example is logging. Rather than have every component implement logging support, a centrally implemented capability is woven, or joined, into all the components. With an AOP approach, other concerns such as security or transaction support could potentially be added to a set of components via the framework.
These trends are not limited to .NET or Java-related frameworks. ROR (Ruby on Rails) adherents are religious about making Web application development easy. The Rails approach is about maximally pushing responsibility for the application into the framework and letting the developer write as little code as possible to achieve the desired result.
In 1996, the core component of the leading component framework (CORBA) was called a broker. This terminology reflected a conceptual view of communities of powerful and autonomous components interacting as peers, with the framework acting only as a facilitator..
Special-purpose frameworks and frameworks within frameworks
One reason that newer component systems such as ROR can achieve greater simplicity than some of their predecessors is that they are more narrowly focused in what they do. COM and CORBA aimed for generality. They were attempts at an Esperanto for interacting components of all potential types. In 1996, there seemed to be an implicit assumption that any component software framework had to address any and all software development challenges that might arise. In addition, early frameworks were driven by the feature requirements of very large, complex systems expected to operate for very long periods of time.
Software development today is driven by many smaller projects that serve narrower needs. Special-purpose component frameworks that offer a simpler programming model have therefore flourished. ROR is an example of a framework that is specific to a particular type of application—in this case, fairly simple, relational database-backed Web applications. This application pattern is extremely common and is served by many other component-based approaches such as PHP/MySQL, ASP.NET, WebWorks, and JSF.
In addition to component frameworks that are specific to a particular application type, a variety of frameworks are now available that are specific to some particular function. Many component frameworks, for example, focus primarily on user interaction. Much of the current Web 2.0 hype has to do with rich client component frameworks such as the many AJAX/Flash-based frameworks. These frameworks provide building blocks specific to a user interface and to handling communication with the server side of a distributed application. The server side of the implementation may use a completely independent component framework for its implementation.
On the server side of Web applications, frameworks within frameworks are commonplace. An Apache Web server may load any number of components such as a PHP or Perl module. That module may then, in turn, load PHP- or Perl-specific modules to accomplish a specific task. New components can be added at both levels.
Eclipse is an interesting component framework example in that it provides an application- and function-specific framework and is at the same time a functioning application. The Eclipse framework is specialized for the client side of IDE-oriented applications. At one time, nearly every development-oriented application had its own IDE-esque client. Today, many applications simply add plugin components to Eclipse and use it to serve the client needs of the application. Eclipse can be used as dedicated client to a single application or can be the central client a developer uses to access many applications.
The explosion of component frameworks and complex topologies of interacting components in different frameworks has been facilitated by advances in the way that we glue components together. In the past, the method of binding components was specific to the framework in which the component lived, as was the manner in which data was passed or shared among components. This situation made it very desirable to have all components live within the same framework. Interface technologies and practices have advanced considerably over the past 10 years, supporting both tightly and loosely coupled approaches across heterogeneous component frameworks.
XML data representations and Web service APIs represent the best examples of interface technologies that support loose coupling. Web service APIs provide a framework-agnostic way for components to interact. For example, they provide a convenient way for a browser-based client developed in one component framework to communicate with the server component of the application development in a different component framework. In 1996, available glue technology such as ASN.1 and IDLs (interface definition languages) made cross-framework component integration extremely difficult.
SOA (service-oriented architecture), one of the most prominent approaches of the past five years, is an example of component software practice. A service in any SOA implementation meets the component definition criteria (an arbitrary component may not qualify as a service, however). In a typical SOA implementation, the components are all implemented as services, and the framework consists of Web service APIs and a set of framework services.
Internet-based services are an increasingly important type of component used in a wide variety of software applications. In the past, if you wanted to add shopping cart and payment processing capability to your Web application, you would install the appropriate components into your Web application. Today, the option exists to have the Web application invoke Web service APIs on service provided by Amazon, and to use the Amazon service as if it were a component installed locally.
The difference between installed or service-based components can be transparent. For example, you can extend the capability of your Web browser by downloading a component to run on your local device, by linking to a remote service, or through some combination of the two—without knowing which option was actually used.
Components to the masses
In 1996, component software was something that was directly relevant to advanced software development professionals. To use component software, you had to have a solid foundation in computer science concepts and you had to invest significant effort in understanding the specifics of whatever component framework (e.g., COM or CORBA) you were using. Today component software is something that nearly every user of software technology is exposed to and involved in.
With increased simplicity, newer component frameworks have reduced the software development skills required for their use. In many frameworks, very minimal technical skills are needed to add, configure, and use components, while greater skill is required to create new components. To add and configure components to an Apache/PHP-based Web application, for example, one typically modifies a configuration file and then invokes component functionality via scripting. Many different component-based application systems (e.g., Drupal Content Management System, SugarCRM system, etc.) provide similar capabilities.
Nearly everyone who uses a Web browser has installed plugins, add-ons, and/or extensions (and knows what these things are). Firefox lists more than 1,200 extensions and plugins and a similarly large number exists for Internet Explorer. The situation is similar for Outlook and other office productivity applications. Clearly these extensions are examples of component software.
There are examples of component software use that span the spectrum from advanced developer to naïve user of applications. One interesting new area of component-oriented software application development is the SaaS (software as a service) application using a service-based infrastructure. Service composition in the form of mashup is a type of component software development. There are now numerous service APIs from providers such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, and EBay that are used in composition of other service-delivered applications. Today, with services such as Salesforce.com’s AppExchange, Intuit’s QuickBase, Coghead, or JotSpot, it is possible to create and deploy a software application without any installation of software or without highly advanced programming skills. Each of these offerings supports a form of component or service reuse.
The component challenge
Without a doubt, our perception of component software today is very different from what it was 10 years ago. In many ways, componentry in software now resembles to a much greater degree the componentry in mechanical and electronic systems upon which the initial vision was based. Large numbers of components exist that can be used within large numbers of component systems that can be assembled into working applications—in ways that are analogous to electronic components put on boards put into devices or mechanical parts into subassemblies and into systems. Like electronic or mechanical systems, component software systems are relevant to people of diverse technological skill levels. Today many software capabilities are delivered solely through component assembly and configuration—by people with only limited technical skills.
The component software world, however, has in many respects already exceeded its electronic or mechanical brethren. Less inhibited by the constraints of physics, component software systems can support topologies, types of components, and uses of componentry that have no electronic or mechanical analogy. Even simple software systems are being built using multiple levels of component hierarchy (i.e., components within systems within systems…). Interface abstractions such as Web services are facilitating component interactions that cross system and hierarchical boundaries. There are software systems composed of components, for example, that can look and act as a single component (even with respect to the components inside of it). Try to imagine recursion in a mechanical system. Similarly, physics significantly limits the use of centralized, shared services in mechanical or electrical systems. In software systems, opportunities abound and bring with them possibilities for order-of-magnitude improvements in efficiency.
The rise of component software, however, is challenging the practice of software engineering in unforeseen and fundamental ways. The multitude of component frameworks and the high rate of arrival of new frameworks are making skill shortages and rapid retraining more critical than ever.
The types of skills required have also changed. Software engineering is increasingly focused on system composition challenges, as opposed to writing particular blocks of code that implement algorithms, data structures, or other functions. The capabilities and quality of software applications depend on the engineering teams’ abilities to do things other than write good code (e.g., subsystem selection and provider qualification, composition of components and subsystems, and testing of heterogeneous systems). The ability to incorporate more capabilities from commercial and open source and from packaged and SaaS providers brings power and challenges. How is overall system behavior (e.g., performance, reliability, and security) assured when the system is composed of independently managed services? What are the ramifications of using components bound by various open source or commercial license models? Which standards matter, and which don’t? Which providers are likely to succeed? To fail? These questions are not new, but are more critical in a composition-oriented world. Most software engineering teams today are not well equipped to answer these types of questions.
Our challenge, then, is not only to improve component software technology but also to develop the methodologies, training, curricula, and experience base needed to deploy the technology successfully.
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GREG OLSEN is the chief technology officer and founder of Coghead, a new SaaS (software as a service) provider. Previously, he cofounded Extricity, a business-to-business integration platform provider that was acquired by Peregrine Systems. At Peregrine, he directed new platform efforts as vice president of development. Before Extricity, he managed projects at EIT (Enterprise Integration Technologies), one of the first Internet technology companies. His doctoral research focused on computational support for distributed engineering teams. He holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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RPG Live Episode 6
By Evan Siff
Rac episode features a very special guest from RPG’s Hong Kong office, Emma Matuschka (coolest Kiwi in the world), Ben Haber, Nick Liberati and Ally Peebles. Please have a listen as we discuss:
1. Social Media During Disasters
Does social media help or hurt more during times of distress and tragedy?
2. Twerrorism
Is social media too powerful in the wrong hands? What (if anything) can be done to prevent occurrences like the AP Twitter hack (and the subsequent stock market dip) from happening?
3. Google Glass
Have you tried anything like it yet? What do you think of the concept, is it inevitable that we’ll all be wearing these in a couple years? Will you be an early adopter?
4. Emma Loves Boston
What has been the best/worst part of Emma’s trip to Boston?
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Introduction
For many Americans, the world was turned upside down by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In the period leading up to the attacks, the United States had become smug and complacent in international affairs, and the American public was withdrawn from world affairs. The news media only provided minimal coverage of foreign news, and President George W. Bush became president, even though he famously floundered in response to a series of questions about foreign leaders.
Before September 11th, the United States was not accustomed to having wars fought on its own soil and having civilians put in jeopardy. Americans had been taught that the United States' distance from the war-zone battlefields and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans naturally protected the country. Unfortunately, that belief was elementary and wrong. The terrorist attacks on September 11th represented the first time a foreign adversary attacked the United States mainland since the War of 1812. The most recent attack on American soil had occurred at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor during World War II. Until September 11th, these events seemed far away, involving our then-distant possession of Hawaii and targeting our military forces, not civilians. American confidence was bolstered by the fact that the United States had “won” the Cold War without being attacked on our shores.
On September 11th, Americans were confronted with how terrorism had gone global. The United States fights today's wars with advanced technologies such as precision bombs, yet the terrorists who attacked the United States used conventional methods in unconventional ways. In doing so they overcame American military superiority. They enrolled in American flight schools to train themselves, and used American planes as guided missiles. It was as if the terrorists were trying to cripple the United States in one fell swoop. One plane attempted to take out the United States militarily by attacking the Pentagon; two planes destroyed the World Trade Center Towers in an attempt to cripple the United States' financial capability. If not for Todd Beamer and others on Flight 93, the hijackers might have taken out the United States' seat of government; it is speculated that the plane that crashed in rural Pennsylvania was headed either for the White House or the United States Capitol.
The United States has become much less complacent since September 11th. Americans were outraged with the terrorist attacks, and that outrage was magnified by the fact that Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the attacks, is not a traditional adversary--he is not the leader of another superpower or even another country. Although he has reportedly operated from bases in Afghanistan, he allegedly has a vast network that transverses state Bin Laden attacked the United States on a shoestring budget. It is estimated that the entire September 11th plot, including flight lessons, cost as little as $200,000. Finally, bin Laden and the other nineteen alleged hijackers all had brown skin. Their dark complexions are impacting U.S. foreign policy, U.S domestic policy including racial profiling, and the media's influence on the public.
This Article explores, from a critical race theory perspective, the impact that the media have had on our society since the September 11th attacks. Part I explains critical race theory with respect to racial profiling in the United States.
Parts II and III explore racial profiling prior to September 11th and related media coverage.
Part IV applies critical race theory to pre-September 11th racial profiling. Part V examines how pre-September 11th racial profiling patterns enabled nineteen hijackers to escape detection. Part VI further examines the impact of September 11th on the racial profiling practices introduced in Part I, and how public discourse about the phenomenon has changed. Further, in contrast to the Article's review of pre-September 11th racial profiling media coverage,
Part VII examines the media's impact on racial profiling practices after September 11th.
Part VIII reviews narrative accounts of individuals alleged to have engaged terrorist acts since September 11th, and Part IX examines the media coverage of post-September 11th terrorists. The Article concludes that the media have a powerful influence in shaping public opinion in the aftermath of September 11th.
I. A Critical Race Theory Approach
The United States has made substantial progress in race relations. Many doors that were previously closed are now presumably open to people, irrespective of race. In the early and mid-part of the 20th Century, segregation, discrimination and openly verbalized expressions of prejudice were perfectly acceptable. Since the Civil Rights Movement, American norms have shifted to embrace the ideal of a colorblind society. Survey results show that the vast majority of white Americans believe in equal and non-discriminatory treatment towards people of color in education, employment and housing. The country has adopted the rhetoric of Dr. Martin Luther King's message to Americans to judge each other by “the content of our character not by the color of our skin.” These changing norms have had a very powerful effect on American society, but they are only norms. Have all Americans really internalized them? Probably not.
In The Id, The Ego, and Equal Protection: Reckoning with Unconscious Racism, Professor Charles R. Lawrence III explores unconscious racism. He posited that American society reaches certain negative stereotypes about African Americans while teaching whites that it is socially unacceptable to hold racist thoughts. Like many repressed thoughts and feelings, these negative stereotypes manifest themselves in many ways. For example, when addressing a group of Republican operatives, Nancy Reagan said that she wished her husband Ronald Reagan could be there to “see all these beautiful white people.” When challenged by the media on this issue, Reagan's Illinois campaign manager defended Mrs. Reagan by explaining, “she was talking to her husband about the white snow and that's how she got mixed up.”
For those who have not internalized the norm of colorblindness, “the norm functions as an external constraint, shaping their behavior to the extent they feel observed by those assumed to uphold the norm.” Norms are inefficacious when the behavior is unobserved. For example, a prejudiced woman interested in hiring a child-care provider may exclude all applicants that she believes are African American (based on residential address on the applicant's resume, stereotypical name, or the timbre of the applicant's voice suggesting certain stereotypical cadences). Since this woman is acting in a singular fashion before even meeting any of the applicants, she may be more likely to discriminate because she is unlikely to be discovered. However, the same woman, while serving on a work-related team to hire a subordinate, will be more cautious in discriminating; she would fear exposure as not adhering to the norm.
Norms are also inefficacious when the person who engages in the norm-breaking behavior can find a second acceptable norm to justify the breaking of the first norm. For example, with the color-blind norm, institutions espouse the rhetoric of equality, but often couple it with a requirement of an institutionally self-defined norm of merit so that a potential employee not meeting the merit standard will not be hired. The standards for merit may be set in a way that conceals violations of the colorblindness norm rather than legitimately ensuring competent performance on the job. The prejudiced woman may construct the standards of merit in a way that precludes African Americans. She will be able to stress these standards in her decision not to hire African American applicants, thus avoiding being labeled a racist. When criticized for having too few employees of color, her employer can respond, “we are not discriminating; we just can't find any qualified applicants of color.” Analogously, in our post-September 11th world, the United States has tried to adhere to its colorblind nondiscriminatory rhetoric, but this Article will show that, in some ways, the events of September 11th have allowed the norm of colorblindness to be surpassed by the norm of national security.
Race is variable and shaped by societal forces. Michael Omni and Harold Winant have written “Race is indeed a pre-eminently sociohistorical concept. Racial categories and the meaning of race are given concrete expression by the specific social relations and historical context in which they are embedded. Racial meanings have varied tremendously over time and between different societies.” In the United States, society has rigidly enforced a black/white paradigm with African Americans on the bottom and whites on top. Historically, the United States has followed the principle of hypo-descent, or, the “one-drop” rule--if a person has any African American ancestor, regardless of any white heritage, society categorizes that person's race as black, regardless of his or her appearance. In addition to black-white race integration issues, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, race concepts of what was considered white began to change due to influence from other groups. Initially, in the United States, the term “white” encompassed only those of Anglo-Saxon ancestry. With the immigration of many people from Ireland and southern and eastern Europe, the notion of “whiteness” grudgingly expanded to include these immigrants.
In the article If It's Not Black Anymore, Why Does Darkness Cast A Longer Discriminatory Shadow than Lightness? An Investigation and Analysis of the Color Hierarchy, I posit that the black-white paradigm in the United States is transforming gradually into a dark-light paradigm. With an increase in the number of Latinos and biracial Americans, the United States' social construction of race is shifting from the exclusive provinces of black-white to the newer realm of dark-light. The article predicts that society will ultimately lump most people of color in the middle of the pyramid irrespective of race, while “unmixed” African Americans will probably stay at the bottom. People of color with lighter complexions will face discrimination of a lesser magnitude than both unmixed blacks and dark-skinned people.
Also, I reported the results of a Western New England College Survey. Seventy percent of whites surveyed said that whites discriminated more against darker-skinned African Americans than lighter-skinned African Americans. Forty-one percent of the whites surveyed also thought that whites treated darker-skinned Latinos worse than lighter-skinned ones. As immigration from Latin America and interracial marriages increase, the U.S. population will truly span from white to black, with every variation in between these two classifications. While America's recognition of racial compositions that fall “in between” white and black categories could appear to be progressive, unfortunately, because of national security concerns, social construction of race in the United States is slipping into a “white-against-everyone-else” paradigm. All people of color will be lumped together and will be suspected of being terrorists, but national origin, religion, biracial background, and appearance may soften the profile. Evidence of this is the recent government pronouncement that law enforcement believes that the next terrorist is not going to be an Arab, but an Asian or African. In addition, the racial profiling of people of color is more likely to occur because of the racial ambiguity of many of the individuals so far apprehended. How can one determine whether a person is Middle Eastern, Southeast Asian, Latino or African American? Many African Americans, for instance, have physical features similar to some alleged terrorists. Finally, this “white-against-everyone-else” paradigm is evidenced by increase in hate crimes against Arab Americans, and those people average Americans cannot distinguish from Arab Americans, like Southeast Asians and Latinos.
In the aftermath of September 11th, hostility and violence have increased towards Arab Americans and those people that average Americans have trouble distinguishing from Arab Americans, like Southeast Asians and Latinos. Since September 11th, more than 700 incidents of hate crimes against Sikhs and Muslims have occurred. President Bush has condemned these hate crimes and preached tolerance. However, a great deal of hostility and anxiety towards these groups exist in the United States.
Racial profiling all people of color makes it easier for authorities to get away with profiling because they will not have to discern the differences between and among different racial groups in the United States. The situation will be even worse if profiling is rationalized as necessary for national security; the colorblind norm could then be trumped by the national security norm. Further, it is very easy for a member of a minority group in the United States, in one fell swoop, to go from a “model minority” to public enemy number one.
II. Racial Profiling Prior to September 11th
Racial profiling is a practice of some law enforcement officers. Generally, police officers stop motorists of certain racial and ethnic backgrounds because the officers believe that members of those groups are more likely to commit certain crimes. In a 1999 Gallup poll, eighty-one percent of respondents said that they disapproved of racial profiling. Prior to September 11th, there were allegations that racial profiling took place in New Jersey and Maryland. The allegation was that primarily African American and Latino drivers were singled out on New Jersey and Maryland interstate highways for illegal searches; the ‘offense‘ is euphemistically known as “driving while black or brown.” The New Jersey State police released statistics that showed that even though African Americans comprised only sixteen percent of the drivers on the road, they constituted twenty-five percent of those stopped, and minorities generally constituted forty percent of those stopped. From 1994 to 1999, in central and southern New Jersey, African Americans and Latinos constituted over seventy percent of the drivers whose cars were searched during traffic stops. The Orlando Sentinel analyzed videotapes of the traffic stops of over 1,000 drivers and discovered that African Americans and Latinos constituted almost seventy percent of the traffic stops and eighty percent of the vehicle searches. On a stretch of Interstate 95, northeast of Baltimore, African American drivers accounted for seventeen percent of drivers, but comprised seventy percent of those stopped by police.
Of course, a person's race may be a legitimate factor to consider when attempting to identify a suspected perpetrator from a witness account. The statistics released in both New Jersey and Maryland, however, suggest that law enforcement used race as the sole factor in stopping this vastly disproportionate number of minority drivers. Race should never be the sole factor, especially in those circumstances where there is no witness identification.
The case of Brown v. City of Oneonta may be instructive. In rural, upstate New York, a seventy-seven year old white woman was attacked and could not identify the assailant because she had only seen the attacker's hand and forearm, which were black. She thought that the assailant was young based on the speed with which he crossed her room, and she said that the assailant had cut himself on his hand with a knife as they struggled. The police immediately contacted the nearby State University of New York at Oneonta, asked for a list of all black male students, and then proceeded to interview all the African American students on the list. When this search produced no suspects, the police questioned all non-white persons on the streets and inspected their hands for cuts. Although the authorities questioned more than two hundred individuals, they failed to apprehend any suspects.
The Brown court noted that a description of race and gender alone would rarely provide a reasonable suspicion justifying a police search or seizure. However, the court held that the determination of who would be questioned was based on “the legitimate classification” of a physical description given by the victim of a crime. The court affirmed the dismissal of the plaintiff's equal protection claims noting that “attempting to question every person fitting a general description--may well have a disparate impact on small minority groups in towns such as Oneonta.” The court found that, “[w]ithout additional evidence of discriminatory animus, the disparate impact of an investigation . . . is insufficient to sustain an equal protection claim.” The court acknowledged that the stop of one African American woman might “indicate the [law enforcement officers] considered race more strongly than other parts of the victim's description.” Nevertheless, the court dismissed this fact, rationalizing the stop as being just a “single incident.” Finally, the court warned, “[l]aw enforcement officials should always be cognizant of the impressions they leave on a community, lest distrust of law enforcement undermine its effectiveness.”
The Brown opinion supports the theory that society will adhere to the norm of colorblindness unless a superceding norm like safety, security, or law enforcement exists to “trump” the colorblind norm. Even though the Brown court acknowledged that the law enforcement actions at issue created a bad impression in the community, it was an insufficient basis to find that the equal protection clause was violated.
The police actions revealed in Brown were outrageous and ineffective. They made every African American male in the town a suspect. The authorities justified their approach based on the fact that small numbers of African Americans were affected. Still, the authorities never found the offender. Given the fact that the police also questioned a woman in this sweep, it appears that race was a more salient consideration than gender and age. Contrary to the court's statement, it does not seem likely that if the situation was reversed, i.e., that if a small number of whites lived near a larger black community, all whites would be questioned though one white person allegedly committed a crime. If that situation occurred, the police would probably look for additional criteria to narrow the field of suspects. As the court noted, the police tactics would have a negative effect on community relations.
A couple of months ago, CNN reported that Los Angeles Airport had been evacuated because the security screeners had inadvertently let an unscreened passenger pass through to the airline terminals. The reporter said that authorities would never be able to identify the unscreened passenger because he was white and looked like the majority of the other business travelers. As a result, authorities took the extreme measure of closing down the airport because they would have difficulty in identifying the unscreened white passenger. The authorities did not question every white passenger, suspecting that they slipped through security in an attempt to cause terrorism. In fact, the commentators were not blaming the unscreened white passenger for entering the terminal without clearance. Instead, they blamed the security screeners who tend to be low-wage workers and members of minority groups.
When racial profiling occurs, it allows law enforcement to take the easy way out, lumping all individuals of a particular race together to try to find a few perpetrators. It allows the government to inconvenience many members of a minority group for the benefit of law enforcement objectives in ways that might never be done to members of the majority.
In 1998, the United States Customs Agency changed its criteria for detaining passengers believed to be carrying contraband. The Agency had received much criticism from African American women who were disproportionately required to undergo very invasive body searches. The Agency eliminated racial and gender profiles. Instead, it implemented a “passenger analysis” system, which went beyond race and gender, and analyzed criteria rationally related to finding illegal contraband. These criteria included point of embarkation and itinerary, evidencing frequency of travel to, and length of time spent, in certain places. As a result of these new criteria, the Customs Bureau conducted seventy percent fewer searches, yet increased its yield of illegal contraband by twenty-five percent.
III. The Media Coverage of Racial Profiling Prior to September 11th
In 1992, the Boston Globe published an article entitled Guilty . . . of Being Black; Black Men Say Success Doesn't Save Them from Being Suspected, Harassed, and Detained. In the article, several prominent African American professional men described how law enforcement authorities had racially profiled them. The list included such notables as Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree, then-Associate Attorney General of the United States Wayne Budd, then-Celtic draft pick Dee Brown, Executive Producer of Channel 5 Karl Nurse, and the executive producer of the film “Eyes on the Prize,” Henry Hampton.
Primetime Live broadcasted a segment devoted to “driving while black.” In the segment, four young African American men drove a late model Mercedes Benz equipped with a hidden camera. The young men were either college students or recent college graduates, and a family member owned the luxury car. The police allegedly stopped the car because the driver failed to signal a lane change. The hidden camera showed how the police asked the young men to leave the car while the police did a full search. A hidden microphone overheard the police state that they thought illegal drugs were contained in a carry-on case located in the trunk. The four men were eventually released after no illegal substances were found in the car. Primetime Live then went back to the intersection and showed that most drivers failed to signal when changing lanes at the same intersection. This evidence suggested that law enforcement detained the four African Americans on pretext, and that the search went beyond what was required for a traffic stop.
These examples show that before September 11th, the media wanted to demonstrate that racial profiling was both pervasive and ineffective. Even so, this coverage was often sporadic and failed to fully counteract other news coverage contributing to the creation of racial stereotypes.
IV. A Critical Race Analysis of Profiling Prior to September 11th
Prior to September 11th, the news media and society presumed that perpetrators who were racially identified (or “racialized”) as white were inherently good, and that something bad had happened to cause them to do wrong. The media asked: Was there bad parenting? Was he involved with the wrong crowd? Was he using medication that may have contributed to his behavior? In contrast, for those racialized as being of African descent, the news media and society presumed that these individuals were generally bad, ignoring the possibility of mitigating factors when examining negative behavior. Further, for those who have olive-colored complexions and are of Middle Eastern ancestry, before September 11th, the news media and society stereotyped them in one of two ways: either negatively, as possible Middle Eastern terrorists and religious fanatics, or positively, as royal family members or oil millionaires.
An illustrative example is that of Zacarius Moussaoui, the only person allegedly linked to the September 11th attacks who was apprehended prior to the execution of the attacks. Moussaoui is a French citizen of Moroccan ethnicity. He probably was racially profiled because of his African appearance. This racial profiling may help explain why he was the only person detained in advance of September 11th. He was detained on an immigration violation in August of 2001, and it has been reported that he was apprehended because he wanted to learn how to fly jetliners without learning to land. Moussaoui first attended flight school in Norman, Oklahoma; the instructors told him that he had no aptitude for flying. In Oklahoma, he was described as abrupt and argumentative, and he refused to pay the full $4,995 fee in advance, instead paying $2,500 in cash. He then moved on to the Pan American Flight school in Minnesota where he spent time on a flight simulator for a Boeing 747. Believing that this training might be used in a hijacking, an official at the flight academy tipped off the FBI in advance. The employees at the flight school felt that the FBI was slow to respond. After four to six telephone calls failed to produce an agent willing to help, the caller felt compelled to warn that a Boeing 747 could be used as a bomb.
Moussaoui was arrested on August 16, 2001 for an immigration violation. The Washington Post described why the Minnesota flight school was suspicious of Moussaoui--Moussaoui paid the school's $6,300 fee in cash, he was woefully lacking in flight skills, and he was evasive and belligerent when asked about his background. In one example, when an employee noted Moussaoui's place of birth and greeted him in French, Moussaoui refused to respond, stating that he was from the Middle East rather than France. Moussaoui wanted to fly a 747 but had little experience in doing so. The news media also reported that he only wanted to learn to steer an aircraft--not learn to take off or land. However, according to his flight instructor, Clancy Prevost, Moussaoui never said any of these things. According to Prevost, he became suspicious when Moussaoui “flushed” when asked whether he was a Muslim.
Even more fascinating than Moussaoui's specific case, is the information surrounding the nineteen hijackers responsible for the September 11th attacks. Specifically, more than sufficient grounds existed to believe that the hijackers were planning to use their flight training for terrorist activities, unrelated to the hijackers' ethnic background. The nineteen hijackers were alleged, undercover sleeper agents, attempting to blend into American society until September 11, 2001. However, they got into trouble while living in the United States; for example, both Mohamed Atta and Marwan Yusef Mohammed al-Shehhi were thrown out of Jones Flying Service School for unprofessional behavior and instructors complained about their attitude.
For Moussaoui, there was no countervailing positive stereotype to overcome his blackness. The media negatively stereotyped people of African descent as bad actors. This dynamic made it easy for those who encountered Moussaoui to suspect him of wrongdoing. His bad attitude was enough for people to be suspicious that he was a possible terrorist. Although not expressly a part of the media's coverage, one might wonder whether Moussaoui's paying cash for his flying lessons raised questions in the minds of the flight school as to the source of his funding. In contrast, the nineteen hijackers benefited from the “oil millionaire” stereotype and, thus, their source of funds was not questioned. This contrast shows why racial profiling is ineffective--it allowed detainment of one possible culprit who seemed to be only tangentially involved in the hijacking, while nineteen key players were able to escape detection and cause considerable harm.
V. How the September 11th Hijackers Escaped Detection
Although the September 11th hijackers had engaged in behavior similar to Moussaoui's, none of them were detained before the attacks. Upon examining the suspicious behavior they engaged in, and the way they were perceived, it appears that each of these men escaped detection because a positive stereotype counteracted the negative stereotype that could have been applied to them. Despite the common profiling of Arabs as religious fanatics and terrorists, the more positive image of the wealthy or royal Arab balanced against this negative stereotype, preventing flags from being raised about the activities of these men.
A. Mohamed al-Amir Awad al-Sayed Atta
The FBI believes that Mohamed Atta was aboard the first plane to crash into the World Trade Center. He was an Egyptian citizen who had been in the United States taking flying lessons at the Huffman Flight School in Florida. One of Atta's fellow students in flight school thought that he was from a royal family. The owner of the school described Atta as having a bad attitude. When Atta applied for a government loan, he threatened a Department of Agriculture official and praised Osama bin Laden. The official said, “I didn't know who Osama bin Laden was. . . . He could have been a character in ‘Star Wars' for all I knew.” In early 2001, Atta was stopped by a deputy sheriff while driving, probably because he did not have a proper United States driver's license. He was ordered to appear in court on May 28, 2001, and because he failed to appear, a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. No effort was ever made to find him. In fact, police subsequently stopped Atta for speeding in Delray Beach, but because the two police departments' computers did not interface. The officers released Atta--despite the fact he was a “wanted man.”
B. Saeed Alghamdi
Saeed Alghamdi is alleged to have been one of the hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed into a Pennsylvania field. He is believed to be a Saudi Arabian citizen. The travel agent who sold Alghamdi and fellow hijacker Marwan Yusef Mohammed al-Shehhi their one-way tickets from Newark, New Jersey, stated that they “paid cash and didn't wait for the change.” The FBI believed that Alghamdi used the social security number of a Vermont woman who had been dead for thirty years and the address of a Florida Air Force base that had no record of him staying there. Nevertheless, he was never arrested or accused of criminal activity.
While residing in Florida, Alghamdi had a heated argument with two of his downstairs neighbors. He banged on the neighbor's door to retrieve a towel. The neighbor said that she slammed the door, locked it, and activated her burglar alarm. She said Alghamdi was polite the next few times she saw him.
C. Marwan Yusef Mohammed al-Shehhi
Marwan Al-Shehhi was Mohamed Atta's cousin, raised in the United Arab Emirates and trained at the same aviation school in Florida. FBI officials believe he was aboard the plane that crashed into the World Trade Center towers. In one instance before September 11th, after drinking heavily, Atta, al-Shehhi, and a third man got into an altercation at a bar in Florida. At the bar, Atta claimed that he was a pilot for American Airlines. The altercation arose when the waitress serving the men asked them to pay their bill. The men considered the request an insult, believing it was an insinuation that they could not afford to pay.
D. Ziad Jarrahi
Ziad Jarrahi was raised in Lebanon, the son of a wealthy bank manager who frequently flew to the United States. The FBI suspects that Jarrahi was aboard the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. The FBI also believes that on September 11th Jarrahi met with three other alleged hijackers, Saeed Alghamdi, Ahmed Alhaznawi, and Ahmed Alnami, and flew from Florida to Newark to hijack United Airlines Flight 93. Even though the FBI alleges that he carried a knife and box cutter, he was still able to slip through security at Newark Airport.
E. Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi
Khalid Almihdhar and Nawaf Alhazmi were the hijackers who crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. These men used their real names to obtain bank accounts and driver's licenses. Although the CIA had linked Almihdhar to one of the suspected bombers of the USS Cole, the State Department issued him a new visa when his expired. Almihdhar and Alhazmi met frequently with five of the other nineteen hijackers. In December 1999, U.S. Intelligence intercepted conversations on a Yemeni phone that mentioned the names Almihdhar and Alhazmi and linked them to al Qaeda. In January 2000, they attended an al Qaeda meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysian authorities reported this meeting to the CIA with photos and full names. Since the CIA did not tell the State Department to put either man on a “watch list,” both returned to the United States without incident on January 15, 2000.
Flight instructor Rick Garza reported that he gave both men about six classes on the ground before taking them up in the air. He said that “[t]hey were only interested in flying big jets,” and he did not think that they had the “aptitude” for flying. In fact, he referred to them as “Dumb and Dumber.” Alhazmi failed to graduate from two flight schools in California. In April 2001, Alhazmi was pulled over for speeding in Oklahoma. The state trooper ran Alhazmi's driver's license through the computer but found no evidence of wrongdoing. The trooper issued two tickets totaling $138 and let Alhazmi go.
Later, the FBI's Arizona and Minnesota field offices warned of suspicious activities by Middle Eastern men at flight schools. The CIA failed to follow up information regarding a meeting of al Qaeda operatives in Kuala Lumpur, which included two of the alleged September 11th hijackers. Still, nine of the nineteen hijackers were pulled aside for special airport security screenings on the morning of September 11th. Two of the hijackers were singled out for problems with their identification, while the others' bags were searched for explosives and unauthorized weapons as a result of a computerized screening process. On September 11th, an unidentified man called police because he had gotten into a screaming match with three agitated Arab men over a Logan Airport parking space. It is believed that the three men were some of the hijackers.
The nineteen hijackers might also have been discovered by their financial transactions. A suspected al Qaeda middleman in the Persian Gulf transferred $325,000 into the bank accounts of the nineteen alleged hijackers without raising any red flags at the banks. The hijackers may have escaped detention because many of the transactions were below $10,000. By receiving wire transfers directly into commercial bank accounts, they were able to avoid the banks' reporting requirements. Some of the alleged hijackers used fake social security numbers when opening their accounts, but the banks never questioned or scrutinized those numbers. If the banks had realized that the accounts had been opened with phony social security numbers, they would have been required to file reports of suspicious activity to Federal regulators.
VI. Racial Profiling and September 11th
Prior to September 11th, most people acknowledged that racial profiling was wrong if it took place, but public discourse denied its occurrence. Attorney General John Ashcroft said that “[t]here should be no loopholes or safe harbors for racial profiling. Official discrimination of this sort is wrong and unconstitutional no matter what the context.” Since September 11th, public sentiment has changed concerning racial profiling--at least when it comes to Arab Americans. In a recent Gallup Poll, fifty-eight percent of the respondents said that they supported “requiring Arabs, including those who are United States citizens, to undergo special, more intensive security checks before boarding planes in the United States.” Many commentators also changed their minds and were more hesitant about prohibiting racial profiling. Some commentators now suggest that racial profiling is a legitimate police tactic. Some have said that random checking is “neither efficient nor effective.” Instead, they advocate a “focused system of profiling passengers who are deemed likelier to pose risk, using screeners trained to scrutinize travelers and their behavior.”
Since September 11th, the Middle Eastern terrorist stereotype has completely overpowered the oil millionaire stereotype. As a result, Arabs have been “darkened” in the mind of American public. In fact, since many white Americans often are unable to distinguish between people of color of different racial and ethnic ancestries, this terrorist stereotype has even expanded to include Southeast Asians of Indian and Pakistani ethnicity. Therefore, these groups have metamorphosed from so-called oil millionaires and model minorities into being Arab terrorists.
Airline officials and law enforcement officials have racially profiled some African American men as possible Middle Eastern terrorists. A federal investigation of possible terrorist cells in the Pacific Northwest is focused on a group of African American converts to Islam. Federal authorities charged six individuals in Portland, Oregon with conspiring to join al Qaeda and the Taliban, despite the fact that none of the six had ever traveled to Afghanistan. Five of the six individuals are American-born African Americans. In addition, law enforcement officials have stated that they believe that the next al Qaeda terrorists are likely to come from Africa or Asia. Some African American men have reported that they believe that they are being profiled as Middle Eastern terrorists. Abdullah Abu Kusomo, an African American man, reported that he “is almost always searched when he travels” because of his name.
The recent link between the drug trade and terrorism provides other opportunities for law enforcement authorities to profile African Americans. Almost one-third (twelve of twenty-eight) of the groups designated as terrorist organizations by the United States Department of State allegedly traffic in illegal drugs. The drug money reportedly funds terrorist organizations. Attorney General John Ashcroft stated: “[f]ollowing extraordinary collaboration and information-sharing between agencies, this list has been developed, and what it reveals is shocking.” Ashcroft indicated that al Qaeda was on this list. Moreover, the link between terrorism and the drug trade is being etched in the public mind. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued a series of advertisements that link illicit drugs to terrorism. This link between terrorism and drug use is worrisome because the war on drugs has often been a war against poor people and African Americans. African Americans are a small minority of illegal drug users, but a large majority of people sentenced for drug offenses.
Since September 11th, racial profiling has been the subject of jokes. For instance, shortly after September 11th, the Doonesbury comic strip ran a series of strips highlighting America's anxiety about racial profiling of Arab Americans. In one strip, the title character Mike Doonesbury is seated in an airplane next to an Arab American passenger. While waiting for takeoff, the Arab American passenger talks on his cell phone “praising Allah,” stating that he “used the cash sent,” and discussing his car rental and motel. Doonesbury “profiles” the Arab American passenger and panics. Once he learns that his fellow passenger is actually just a guy who sells palm pilots from Tacoma, Washington, Doonesbury relaxes. In another strip, an African American passenger on the same plane asks Doonesbury: “Hey, buddy. What's the story on the guy you're sitting with?” Doonesbury responds: “He's a salesman from Tacoma. He's flying home to see his mother.” The African American passenger responds: “Oh . . . that's a relief! Well, not exactly a relief, just . . . well you know.” Doonesbury responds to the African American passenger: “Okay, so this must be weird for you.” The African American passenger finally responds: “Yeah, I don't need this kind of irony in my life.” Saturday Night Live ran a weekend update segment in which cast member Tracy Morgan, who is black, pleaded to the police to “Shake me down! Shake me down!”
Some of the humor is designed to defuse a difficult issue, but some of it is designed to suggest that racial profiling is acceptable and that African Americans no longer have to worry about it. People of African descent must to be wary of these blandishments for several reasons. First, profiling of people of African descent has now probably expanded to include crimes of terror. Zacarius Moussaoui has more of an African appearance than the nineteen alleged perpetrators, and he was the only person apprehended prior to the September 11th attacks, even though there were significant bad acts by the nineteen alleged perpetrators to make others suspicious. Second, since September 11th, the first persons captured for suspected terrorist plots in the United States are members of racial groups that have a long been the targets of racial profiling--a Puerto Rican, Jose Padilla, and a person of African descent, Richard Reid.
American citizens have been deputized to help ferret out future terrorist activities. Since September 11th, the United States has constantly been on alert. The Director of Homeland Security developed a color coding system to alert Americans to dangers and the nation has been at code yellow for high risk ever since. Americans have received unspecified warnings of possible attacks. Americans have been told that the next attack could be on the United States coasts, that tractor-trailer trucks could be involved, and that terrorists might rent apartments for the purpose of conducting terrorist attacks. Further, Americans were told that the July 4th holiday might precipitate more attacks. Yet, the authorities have not told Americans when, where, or how a future attack is supposed to take place. The purpose of the warnings is to put us on alert so that the public can help identify suspicious individuals or circumstances. Notwithstanding the vagueness of these warnings, all Americans are supposed to remain vigilant and on guard.
The deputizing of the American public will lead to further racial profiling. Since the American public generally believes that those with dark skin are more likely to be violent than whites, they are likely to look upon anyone with non-white skin as a possible terrorist.
Some have argued that, since all of the September 11th hijackers were Arabs, racial profiling of this group would aid in the finding of future terrorists. However, more than three million Arab-Americans live in the United States. If all 1,200 persons detainees were terrorists and they were the only terrorists, then less than a fraction of one percent of Arab Americans are terrorists while the other ninety-nine percent of all Arab Americans are not terrorists. But of the 1,200 suspected al Qaeda sympathizers rounded up by the FBI after September 11th, all but seventy-four were released. Of the seventy-four, thirty-eight are likely to be deported for immigration violations and criminal offenses not related to terrorism. By using race as the sole criteria, law enforcement officials detained many innocent people, and so far have failed to find many so-called sleeper agents.
According to the guidelines of the Transportation Security Administration, detailed searches are conducted at random. The random screenings take place at the security checkpoint and, later, at the gate. An additional level of scrutiny is geared specifically to the passenger's actions. For example, did the passenger buy a one-way ticket? Did the passenger pay for her ticket in cash? Did the passenger change her itinerary within seventy-two hours of flight? Law enforcement officials say that profiling of individuals based on their race or country of origin is prohibited. But Hussein Ibish, spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, has said that he believes ethnic profiling is taking place. He said that he has asked the Federal government to collect statistics on the number of Arabs being searched under its current policy, and it has declined.
Unlike the case with profiling of African Americans, many white Americans are now willing to admit that they engage in racial profiling of Arab Americans. Since we are all deputized, some profiling is taking place by average everyday citizens. In Newsweek's My Turn column, author Lori Hope reported that, while her plane was waiting on the tarmac for take off, she noticed a suspicious-looking man. She described the man as “olive-skinned, black-haired, and clean shaven, with a blanket covering his legs and feet.” She reported that she thought his use of a blanket “was strange because I felt so warm. No one else was using a blanket.” Ms. Hope then reported the “suspicious-looking” man to the flight attendants. The head flight attendant told the author that the suspicious passenger was removed from the plane, that “he seemed depressed, but also very nervous.” Finally the head flight attendant told her: “You did the right thing. Once we're in the air, it's too late.” Understandably, Americans are frightened and anxious about future terrorist activities, but there are lots of reasons the “suspicious-looking” man may have needed a blanket. One might ask whether she would have done the same thing if a white man had his legs covered with a blanket?
Airline personnel, not working in a law enforcement capacity, are also profiling passengers. On Christmas Day, an Arab American secret service agent, Walied Shater, was scheduled to fly from Baltimore to Dallas for his assignment protecting President Bush. As a federal agent carrying a gun, Shater completed the required E2 form, necessary for him to carry a gun onto the plane. However, the secret service agent's original flight was canceled. Unable to find a blank E2 form, the gate agent crossed out the flight and seat number from the canceled flight and inserted those for the rebooked flight. While Shater was asked to leave the plane for additional security clearance, the flight attendant discovered a book entitled “The Crusades Through Arab Eyes” that Shater left in his seat. The flight attendants told the pilot that they were “concerned” about the passenger and his book with “Arabic-style print.” The pilot found the E2 form incomplete and illegible. He went to talk to the passenger who allegedly made “loud [and] abusive comments.” The pilot telephoned airline security to have the secret service agent removed from the plane. The pilot said in a statement: “With the lives of the . . . passengers and crew [at stake], I . . . edge[d] toward the side of safety.”
The government is also profiling individuals of Middle Eastern ancestry. In November 2001, the Department of Justice started to interview “more than 5,000 people nationwide--the majority Middle Eastern men ages eighteen to thirty-three years old who came here within the last two years on nonimmigrant visas in search of information on terrorist organizations such as al Qaeda.” In March of 2002, the Justice Department decided to interview 3,000 additional men, ages eighteen to forty-six, who also entered the United States on nonimmigrant visas, between October 2001 and February 2002, from countries with an al Qaeda presence. Although the Justice Department said that these men were not suspected of crimes, they “might, either wittingly or unwittingly, be in the same circles, communities, or social groups as those engaged in terrorist activities.” The local United States Attorney sent letters to these individuals that stated:
Your name was brought to our attention because, among other things, you came to Michigan on a visa from a country where there are groups that support, advocate, or finance international terrorism. We have no reason to believe that you are, in any way, associated with terrorist activities. Nevertheless, you may know something that could be helpful in our efforts.
The interviews are described as voluntary, but an Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum suggests that some of those interviewed might be kept in custody without bond if the “investigators [develop] an interest in them.” Some police departments refused to assist the Department of Justice in this endeavor because they believed that it was illegal racial profiling. However, seventy-nine percent of the American public approved this program. Some commentators have been equivocal concerning whether the policy is illegal racial profiling.
VII. How the Media Coverage of September 11th Affected Racial Profiling
The attacks on the World Trade Center were aired live on network television. One to two months after the September 11th attacks, eleven percent of New Yorkers reported symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, which was almost three times the national average. A study found that the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder was highest in those that watched the most television and was even higher than for those who lost a family member, friend, or co-worker. The coverage profoundly affected all Americans. One must ask “why” ? Was it because broadcasters repeatedly replayed the image of the planes hitting the towers and the towers collapsing? Was it because most broadcast and cable companies dropped advertising and entertainment programs and substituted non-stop news coverage of the terrorist attacks? It was because the coverage was live, unpackaged and unfiltered. The major networks--ABC, CBS, and NBC--were without commercial interruption for almost ninety hours. The September 11th television coverage surpassed the coverage of the Kennedy Assassination by about twenty hours. In addition, many of the specialized cable networks like MTV, VH1, TNN, FX, Fox, and ESPN also aired news feed from their network affiliates.
The effect of the attacks and the news coverage was profound. Many citizens of the United States and the world, not solely the people directly affected by the attacks, felt the fear and panic. Americans were fearful of attack from any direction. There were an unprecedented number of false bomb threats to government buildings and landmarks. Many facilities were repeatedly evacuated right after the September 11th attack. Americans may always have had these false bomb threats, but now they were televised live. Moreover, the government was taking each one very seriously. In addition, several people were killed and many others injured by the still unsolved anthrax attacks that followed the airplane attacks.
Images from New York, the posters of missing persons and makeshift memorials, saddened the American people. Family members appeared on television hoping that their loved ones would be found alive. The death toll was announced many times daily. And countless people experienced it all through television as if they were there. The events of September 11th demonstrate the power of the television and related medium.
In FCC v. Pacifica, the Supreme Court noted that radio and television broadcasting were different than other media because of their omnipresence and their intrusive quality. The Court observed that, without warning, the broadcast audience might be trapped into seeing or hearing an unwanted message before the audience member realizes what she is seeing or hearing. The broadcast coverage of September 11th was the ultimate illustration of the rationale of Pacifica.
When the United States first proceeded against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in an effort to find and capture bin Laden, the government restricted the American media from the war zone. The news media had to rely exclusively on film footage from Al Jazeera, which is an independent, twenty-four hour, Arab satellite television station. Many newscasters apologized to viewers for pictures and interviews that might appear to be slanted against the United States. In addition, Al Jazeera broadcast taped interviews of bin Laden. For instance, bin Laden appeared on Al Jazeera denouncing the United States' military campaign in Afghanistan as “unjust” and “ferocious.”
Bin Laden's use of the media was novel. It was the first time that an American adversary had such personal and intimate access to American television screens. He specifically articulated his side of the story. The leaders of our foreign adversaries in past conflicts were largely unseen on American television. Bin Laden, however, the man allegedly responsible for killing over three thousand Americans, was on television speaking directly to an American audience. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice asked that the major television networks refrain from broadcasting tapes of bin Laden, because the Bush administration was concerned that he might be sending encoded messages to sleeper agents around the world.
The power of Al Jazeera highlights the global impact of broadcast television. Political leaders now realize that foreign news broadcasts shape opinions across international boundaries. To deal with this new global reality, the Bush administration first attempted to force the Government of Qatar, which funds Al Jazeera, to control its content. Secretary of State Colin Powell met with the Emir of Qatar and to express concern about the “inflammatory rhetoric” used on Al Jazeera. When this tactic failed, the Bush administration had several senior officials--Powell, National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld-- appear as guests on Al Jazeera talk shows. In addition, the Bush administration arranged for Christopher Ross, former ambassador to Syria and fluent in Arabic, to appear on Al Jazeera. Ambassador Ross had two hours of live airtime to respond to bin Laden, and told the audience that “[t]he terrorists are falsifying facts and history.” The White House invited Al Jazeera to cover an event at the White House where the Red Cross praised American children for raising money for to aid children in Afghanistan. The Bush administration also created an office to better disseminate positive information about the United States to the Arab world.
The attacks of September 11th demonstrate the importance and influence of the media. One result of post-September 11th media is that people of color are now vulnerable to being profiled in a broader scope. Now a black man may no longer be just the “savage Black Brute;” he may be a possible Middle Eastern Terrorist. Media frequently broadcast negative stereotypes of African Americans and other minorities. These stereotypical images lead the majorities of the American public to have negative views of African Americans and other minorities.
The Report of President Clinton's Initiative on Race indicated that 52.8% of the population associated violence with African Americans, 42.8% found violence as an attribute of Latinos, 21.3% found violence an attribute of Asian Americans, whereas only 18.8% of the population associated whites with violence. A study by the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania showed that even though black-on-white and brown-on-white crime constitutes a very small proportion of crimes committed, Philadelphia broadcasters were most likely to report and highlight black-on-white crimes. Another study reported that even though crime rates declined drastically in the 1990s, the national broadcasters' coverage of crime increased 721%.
Other studies show that African American suspects are more likely than whites to have their photographs broadcast on the news and are more likely to be shown as suspects, i.e., handcuffed, escorted by police, or with a “mug shot” displayed. Whites are usually not shown in police restraints, and either no photograph is shown or a photography-studio-quality photograph is shown, like a high school yearbook photograph. Distorted images like these convey the message that African Americans and Latinos are to be feared. Since September 11th, it may seem as though the media have conveyed the message that all people from the Middle East are terrorists and that almost all people of color should be feared.
VIII. Terrorism After September 11th
All but seventy-four of the Middle Eastern individuals who were detained after September 11th have been released. Despite the heightened sense of security and the deputizing of the American public, the first alleged terrorists apprehended in the mainland U.S. before they could carry out their plans are men of African or Latino descent. Richard Reid, of African descent, is the alleged “Shoe Bomber” who attempted to blow up an airplane destined for the United States with explosives concealed in his shoes. Jose Padilla, of Latino descent, was arrested for allegedly conspiring to build and detonate a radioactive “dirty bomb.” Neither of these men is of Arab ethnicity, although they both are alleged to be Islamic extremists. Despite the jokes about racial profiling, law enforcement officials seem to be most successful in singling out and detaining those from groups with which they have had a long experience of profiling.
Since September 11th, two other individuals have been identified as terrorists, John Walker Lindh and Charles Bishop. Lindh is a white American man who was discovered fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan. He was apprehended and prosecuted for conspiracy to kill his fellow Americans, to commit terrorism, and to support terrorists. Bishop was a mixed-race American teenager who flew a small plane into a Florida office building. Although, like Lindh, Bishop sympathized with bin Laden, no one was aware of his sympathy until after his terrorist act, in which he took only one life--his own. It is worth noting that, under different circumstances, Bishop might have done much more harm.
A. Terrorist Activities and Related Persons
1. Richard Reid
Richard Reid is a twenty-eight year old British citizen, the son of a mixed-race Jamaican man and a white British woman. When first apprehended, the authorities racially misidentified him. They thought that his British passport was “bogus” and that he appeared to be of “Middle Eastern descent.” His racial ambiguity seems to have cut two ways. First, his coloration and hair texture probably led some people to believe that he was not of African descent, and was instead Middle Eastern, which may have led to his initial detention. On the other hand, Reid's British citizenship and British accent “whitened” him, and almost allowed him to get away with his attempt.
Reid's plans to board a flight from Paris to Miami scheduled for December 21, 2001 were foiled because security officials investigated him and delayed his departure. He missed his flight when his “unkept appearance” and the fact that “he had no bags” caused the authorities to subject him to extensive questioning. Authorities probably thought that he was Middle Eastern, but he fit a legitimate, non-racial profile because he was not checking any luggage. The next day security officials reportedly recognized him and let him pass unimpeded to the waiting airplane. The officials probably realized he was the British citizen that they had questioned earlier and felt that they did not need to do a second comprehensive check.
On an American Airlines flight from Paris to Miami, Reid allegedly attempted to light a fuse protruding from his shoe. The flight attendants and passengers spotted Reid acting strangely and then suddenly holding a match to his feet. Passengers and crewmembers stopped him before he could light the fuse. Given his complexion and hair texture, the other passengers probably more readily noticed his activities. Allegedly, when the flight attendant confronted him, he bit her. The passengers on the plane grabbed Reid, took away his shoes, tied him with belts, sedated him with Valium, and watched him until the plane landed. The plane was diverted to Boston, where Reid is currently incarcerated.
2. Jose Padilla
Jose Padilla, a.k.a. Abdullah al Muhajir, is a thirty-one-year-old Puerto Rican man who currently is being held indefinitely by the federal government for allegedly having taken part in a conspiracy to manufacture a “dirty bomb.” He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Catholic natives of Puerto Rico. On May 8, 2002, law enforcement officials apprehended Padilla because they said that he was involved in a plot to explode a radioactive dirty bomb. United States officials say they have “no proof that al Qaeda has yet developed a radioactive dirty bomb.” In addition, they do not know of any other conspirators in the bombing plot in the Unites States. The United States first held Padilla as a material witness for one month. He was transferred to military custody on President Bush's orders and is being held indefinitely as a “military combatant.” No plans exist to charge Padilla with a crime in criminal or military court. It is believed that al Qaeda leaders tapped Padilla for the dirty bomb plot because he had a U.S. passport and would be able to travel freely throughout the United States.
3. John Walker Lindh
John Walker Lindh has been called “the American Taliban.” He is a white American citizen who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan and was captured by American soldiers. He faced charges that he conspired to kill his fellow Americans, supported terrorists, and knew three months prior to September 11th that Osama bin Laden would send suicide squads to the United States. He personally met with Osama bin Laden and trained at al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan. When Lindh was first captured in Afghanistan, the authorities were uncertain of his racial and national identity. By speaking English, it probably became more obvious that Lindh was a white American. When John Walker Lindh was indicted in January, Attorney General John Ashcroft said that Lindh's case was a “critical case in the nation's fight against terrorism.” In addition, Attorney General Ashcroft described Lindh as a “fanatical follower of the Taliban [who] never wavered in his allegiance to terrorism.”
4. Charles Bishop
Bishop was the fifteen-year-old boy who flew a small plane into an office building in Tampa, Florida. Before he took off, he left a handwritten note expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden. Bishop arrived at the airfield and was handed his scheduled flight lessons and a key to the airplane loaded with forty gallons of fuel. He was supposed to wait for the flight instructor to finish another lesson. Before anyone noticed, Bishop flew the plane without waiting for the flight instructor to join him. The plane flew over restricted airspace of U.S. Central command, which directs military actions in Afghanistan, and flew 1,000 feet above Southwest flight 2229 with 114 passengers and five crewmembers on board. North American Aerospace Defense Command sent two F-15s from Homestead Air Reserve Base to intercept. The pilot of a Coast Guard helicopter used hand signals to try to get Bishop to land, but Bishop failed to respond. Twelve minutes after takeoff, Bishop's plane struck the twenty-eighth floor of a forty-two-story office building scattering office furniture in a law office. Just an hour earlier an attorney had been at his desk in that corner office.
B. Evaluation of Terrorist Attacks and Related Persons
As an observer, it is interesting to consider the race and ethnicity of those currently incarcerated for crimes committed pursuant to the war on terrorism. Richard Reid almost got away with his plan because his biracial background and British citizenship probably whitened him enough to get him on the plane. The first person captured in advance of an alleged plot is Jose Padilla who is of Latino ancestry. Both Bishop and Lindh were able to actively participate in terrorist activities because they were either white or appeared white, and were therefore not considered suspects. The use of racial profiling as a police technique always raises the question of whether the authorities have apprehended the right individuals. As Professors Gross and Livingston have said, “[t]here is no serious crime that is committed by all, or most, or even a large fraction of the members of any racial group.” Howard University Law Professor Frank Wu has written that “[r]acial profiling operates inexorably towards its extreme.” Professor Wu postulates as more efforts are directed exclusively at one racial community, wrongdoers from other communities will escape detection. Given the fact that, national security concerns currently trump color blindness, ineffective racial profiling is likely to continue.
IX. Media Coverage of Post-September 11th Perpetrators
The media coverage after September 11th was generally consistent with prior coverage. When faced with a white perpetrator, the media asked for explanations for why the perpetrator went wrong, searching for justifications for the perpetrator's behavior. If the perpetrator was of African or Latino descent, the individuals often were described as “inherently evil.” The media generally has failed to consider any extenuating circumstances to explain the wrongdoing of an African American or Latino suspect. Since September 11th, the only apparent change has been that the coverage of Arab Americans has shifted to focus almost exclusively on the moral depravity of the “jihad,” or “Holy War.” As with the coverage of African Americans, there is currently no mitigating factor that is considered or evaluated in the coverage of an Arab American perpetrator.
This Section analyzes the media coverage of the four men involved in post-September 11th terrorist activities, as well as the media coverage of Zacarius Moussaoui, because most of the media attention surrounding his case occurred after September 11th. The media coverage of all of these men has been complicated by racial ambiguity, as each of these individuals was racially misidentified. It was first thought that Charles Bishop was white, and media coverage was sympathetic. When it was discovered that he was one-half Syrian, his coverage became less favorable. John Walker Lindh was probably initially thought to be Afghan. This belief was reinforced by initial images of him with a darkened face, beard, and long dark hair. When he cut his hair and washed his face, it became clear that he was a white American, at which point his coverage and treatment became much more favorable. Although Reid and Moussaoui are of African descent, they are citizens of Great Britain and France respectively. To make matters even more complicated, Richard Reid is biracial. In terms of the color hierarchy, both Reid and Moussaoui have been somewhat whitened due to their citizenship in countries that are strong U.S. allies. However, their Islamic faith has been portrayed as somewhat fanatical. Lastly, Jose Padilla, who is an American citizen of Puerto Rican ancestry, has been racialized in the most usual way, as a “street thug.”
A. Charles Bishop
The initial coverage of Bishop's attack in Tampa, like most coverage of those who are racialized as “white,” focused on his personal story. The newspaper accounts asked how did this happen? Where did his parents go wrong in raising him? The news media described Bishop as a “troubled young man,” “a loner” from a broken family. He was estranged from his father. His parents tried to commit suicide during their teenage romance because they were unable to marry. He was an honor student who enjoyed classical music. His mother described him in a New York Post article as, “[caring] about the world his generation was inheriting and [taking] special interest in environmental-impact issues, animal rights and endangered-species laws,” and politics.”
Bishop also was described as patriotic. The media described him as “a former flag bearer at school assemblies who wanted to join the Air Force.” They discussed the boy's patriotic traits and quoted one teacher as saying, “I can picture him singing 'My Country 'Tis of Thee,' bellowing it out.” Other teachers were quoted as stating, “[h]e told me he wanted to join the United States Air Force because he wanted to do something good for his country. He was a good boy.” The media accounts discussed how other teachers said he managed a literary magazine, entered essay contests run by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and helped plan bake sales and food drives as a student council member. One account speculated that his conduct could be the result of a powerful acne medicine called Accutane that he was taking, which has been linked to depression and suicide. His mother's lawyer was quoted as stating, “As a result of taking the drug, Mr. Bishop became severely psychotic and lost touch with reality, consequently flying into the side of a building.”
For most of those who are racialized as white, the news media presume that white alleged perpetrators are good and that any wrongdoing must be the result of tragic external circumstances. Charles Bishop was a young man who caused significant property damage and could have caused significant loss of human life by his actions, yet the media initially sought to forgive his behavior only because he was racialized as “one of their own.”
Bishop's suicide note, praising bin Laden, however, raised questions about the media's assumptions about his background. It was soon discovered that Bishop's father's family was of Syrian decent. After her divorce, Bishop's mother changed his birth-given surname from “Bishara” to “Bishop.” It was also reported that she changed their surnames during the Gulf War because she feared an anti-Arab backlash. It was at that point that the news media speculated that Bishop's ethnicity might have had something to do with his behavior. One of his teachers discussed that she was strict about preventing discriminatory conduct towards any of her students based on their ethnic background. Bishop's grandfather acknowledged that he was of Arabic ancestry, but that his father had come to the United States in the first part of the Twentieth century and they, therefore, considered themselves to be Americans.
B. John Walker Lindh
Once the media ascertained that Lindh was white, it proceeded to seek explanations for what went wrong with him. A New York Times Editorial stated:
John Walker Lindh is my son's age. He made a mistake. But he is not a Kim Philby or an Aldrich Ames, men who consciously betrayed their countries. He is a young man who was searching for truth and walked into a virulent form of fundamentalist Islam. Staunch patriots want him executed. Lesser zealots want him imprisoned for life. And those of us not strangers to the confusion of youth view him as if he were our own son and wonder if justice has enough room for common sense.
As portrayed by the media, Lindh was from a broken home, his parents had been overly permissive in his upbringing, and he had attended an alternative high school in California where he had been able to shape his own studies. Commentators noted that the family sent him to a therapist when a family pet died. He dropped out of high school at age sixteen. He had a history of identifying with other racial and ethnic groups. In high school, he read the autobiography of Malcolm X, and he reportedly identified with the story. Lindh listened to rap music and once pretended to be African American in an e-mail. He converted to Islam, and adopted the Arabic name Suleyman. At seventeen, he decided to leave home and go to Yemen. Lindh briefly came back home to the United States, then traveled back to Pakistan where he attended an Islamic school. The school specialized in teaching the Koran and was known for providing soldiers to the Taliban in Afghanistan. President Bush even described Lindh as “some misguided Marin County hot-tubber” and as “a ‘poor fellow’ who was ‘misled.”’
When he was first captured, the media continuously showed Lindh's photograph with dirty long hair, a beard, and a dirty-almost-black face. Once he returned to the United States, Lindh sported a close-cropped haircut and was otherwise well scrubbed. At this point, he started to look like a suburban teenager, and his coverage became more sympathetic. Newsweek reported that to get a conviction of Lindh, the “prosecutors would at least have to show that [Walker] agreed with someone, somewhere and somehow, to kill Americans or aid al Qaeda. It now appears that the evidence on these counts . . . is somewhere between slim and none.” The story suggested that Lindh's confession was not clear-cut because the government's notes indicated that he was fighting for the Taliban and not al Qaeda. In addition, reports surfaced that the FBI apparently violated its own internal guidelines for interrogations by failing to have Lindh sign the statement or to have the confession recorded by video or audio tape.
The coup de grace and turning point for Lindh was the broadcast of his photograph while in military custody in Afghanistan. The photograph showed a naked, blindfolded, and bound Lindh. It was reported that he was kept in this condition for three days in a closed, metal shipping container. According to the media, Lindh was released from these conditions once he waived his rights to a lawyer and made a more damning confession; surgeons removed a bullet lodged in his leg only after he renounced his legal rights and signed the new confession. In court papers, Lindh's lawyers claimed that he pleaded with U.S. troops, “[p]lease don't kill me,” when they took him to a U.S. military base.
On July 15, 2002, in a surprise deal, Lindh pleaded guilty to two felony charges and agreed to serve twenty years in prison. Providing services to the Taliban was a felony because President Bush and former President Clinton, by executive order, had declared it a terrorist organization. Lindh admitted his guilt, saying “I provided services as a soldier to the Taliban last year and in the course of doing so, I carried a rifle and two grenades.” The New York Times described Walker Lindh's appearance: “Mr. Lindh appeared wan and gangly. His dark hair was cropped short, and he looked more like a teenager one might see at a suburban mall than the unkempt, wild-eyed and bearded Taliban soldier seen in news photographs taken shortly after his capture.” The prosecutors described the deal “an important victory for the people of the United States in the battle against terrorism,” and “a tough sentence and an appropriate punishment.”
Lindh's father, Frank Lindh, was quoted as saying “President Bush would be proud to have him as a son. He's a really good kid.” He also compared his son to Nelson Mandela. He said, “I told John when he came back from Afghanistan . . . that Nelson Mandela served 26 years in prison. He's a good man like John. I told John that he needed to be prepared for something along those lines.”
C. Comparison of the Media Coverage of Bishop and Lindh
In comparing the media coverage of Charles Bishop and John Walker Lindh, the ways in which media coverage was altered to mirror perceived changes in the individuals' racial identities is striking. Charles Bishop, who was first thought to be white, had the typical “what went wrong with his upbringing?” coverage until it was discovered that he was half-Syrian. At that time, his coverage became less favorable, and his ethnicity became sufficient explanation for his crime. In contrast, John Walker Lindh was initially described as the American Taliban who fought against the United States in Afghanistan. The media repeatedly showed a photograph of Lindh with long dark hair, a beard, and a face darkened by dirt. He was dubbed “The American Taliban,” and his darkened features made him appear to be something other than a white American. Once the media started showing pictures of Lindh with shortened hair and a clean face, it became clear that he was white. At that point, his coverage became more favorable. Some members of the media empathized with him and began to compare him to their children. The media coverage of Lindh's plea agreement was also very tame. There was hardly any controversy surrounding his plea agreement even though he was the first and most visible person to date to be sentenced. Given the nature of his offense, one would think more controversy and outrage might have resulted from his twenty-year sentence. Some would have argued that the sentence is too short or too long, or that Lindh should have been condemned to die. Because of the intense media interest in the events of September 11th, one might have expected that the coverage of Lindh's plea bargain would be more extensive. Apparently, the American public was not troubled by or interested in a plea bargain involving a young, white, middle-class American, who fought as a Taliban warrior.
D. Zacarius Moussaoui
The media continue to describe Zacarius Moussaoui as the alleged 20th hijacker, despite the fact that a different man, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, has publicly claimed that he was meant to be the 20th hijacker. Moussaoui now faces six counts of conspiracy (four of them carry the death penalty). When announcing Moussaoui's indictment, Attorney General John Ashcroft said: “[a]l Qaeda will now meet the justice it abhors and the judgment it fears.” He also called the indictment “a chronicle of evil.” Even though Moussaoui's life may be at stake, the media have portrayed the upcoming trial as one of public entertainment. The New York Daily News quoted Court TV as stating, “[a]ny camera coverage is better than no camera coverage . . . and full camera coverage is better for the American public.”
Rather than ask what went wrong during Zacarius Moussaoui's upbringing, the media portrayed him as angry, crazy, evil, foreign, stupid, and difficult. It was reported that the FBI found evidence that Moussaoui received $14,000 in cash from an al Qaeda operative who organized the September 11th attack, in Hamburg, Germany. After Moussaoui's detention for an immigration violation, France reportedly told United States authorities that he was a “known Islamic militant.” It was also reported that when he flew over the ruins of the World Trade Center, Moussaoui allegedly yelled “F--k you! F--k you, America!”
After meeting with Moussaoui for two hours, a court-appointed psychiatrist found that he did not appear to have a “major mental disease or defect” and “to a reasonable degree of medical certainty knowingly and voluntarily waive[d] his right to counsel.” Moussaoui fired his court-appointed lawyers and said to the court: “America, I'm ready to fight you . . . even with both hands tied behind my back.” In court, he reportedly “rolled his eyes” while his lawyers were speaking and distanced himself from them at the defense table. He said that he “would never contact his [court-appointed] lawyers” because he believed that they were “part of a plot against him.” He called his lawyers the “Death Team.” He reportedly requested a Muslim lawyer because he said that the court-appointed lawyers were not following his instructions. Moussaoui has been prevented from handpicking Charles Freeman, a Muslim, as his legal adviser. Instead, Judge Brinkema ordered the court-appointed lawyers to remain on stand-by in case they were needed, and encouraged Moussaoui to work with Muslim lawyer, Sadiq Reza, who teaches at New York Law School. Moussaoui has used Professor Reza as a go-between with his court-appointed lawyers. Moussaoui has called his court-appointed lawyers “blood suckers,” and has said that “[a]s protection [from] any pig disease there will be no more unsanitized contact with the affected horde of standby lawyers . . . .”
On July 18, 2002, after a new indictment was issued designed to allow Moussaoui to receive the death penalty, Judge Brinkema asked him how he would like to plead. At that time, Moussaoui tried to enter a “pure plea,” in which he acknowledged participation in a terrorist group since 1995. The judge described the defendant as “confused,” and told him only a plea of guilty or innocent was acceptable. Judge Brinkema announced that she would enter a plea of “not guilty” for him, despite Moussaoui's insistence that he fully understood the implications of his plea. Indeed, he acknowledged that he was a member of al Qaeda, had joined in terrorist attacks, and pledged loyalty to Osama bin Laden. The media reported that Moussaoui said, “I, Moussaoui Zacarius, in the interests to preserve life, enter with full conscience a plea of guilty, because I have knowledge and participated in al Qaeda.” At the same time, he contended that he was not directly involved in the September 11th terrorist plot. It has been reported that he described himself as a “slave to Allah,” and he has denounced the American justice system.
Both the New York Times and the New York Daily News quoted Moussaoui's court-appointed lawyers as saying: “have we figured out yet that he's insane?” The lawyers were described as laughing with disbelief as Moussaoui left the hearing. When questioned about a report that Chechen fighters had rejected Moussaoui's services, a member of the defense team mused, “[w]ho wants him around? He brought nothing to the table. He's trouble.” Moussaoui claimed that his court-appointed counsel were “trying to kill him to keep him from revealing” undisclosed secrets. He also accused Judge Brinkema of conspiracy with Federal government to execute him. He said that the letter “B” in the acronym “FBI” stood for “Brinkema.” He called her the “Death Judge.” Moussaoui accused Judge Brinkema of preparing him “for the gas chamber,” exclaiming to her: “[t]his is an outrageous prosecution . . . . This is a parody . . . .” He also reportedly prayed for the destruction of America and Israel.
Judge Brinkema gave Moussaoui one week to reconsider his guilty plea. On July 25, 2002 Moussaoui withdrew his guilty plea, stating: “[d]ictated by my obligation to my creator Allah, and to save my life, I withdraw my guilty plea.” He told the judge “you want to tie me, to link me to certain facts that will guarantee my death.” He maintained that, although he may have had some association with the September 11th hijackers, he had “nothing to do with the events of September 11th.”
From the outset, the media's depiction of Moussaoui has been very negative. He is described as bearded, wearing a green jumpsuit with the word “prisoner” written on the back. The New York Daily News described Moussaoui as a “diminutive French-born Moroccan frequently pip[ing] up with strange interjections in a strangled Inspector Clouseau accent that prompt[s] titters in the audience.” The New York Post noted Moussaoui's “ungrammatical English.” The New York Daily News has also portrayed Moussaoui as “a small, husky man with an unruly black beard.”
The descriptions of his behavior since he has been incarcerated have been even worse. The New York Daily News described Moussaoui as “wacky.” It reported that he “has filed numerous legal briefs that can only be described as nutty.” Also, it noted that most of Moussaoui's sixty motions to Judge Brinkema since June 14th “read like Saturday Night Live skits.” In contrast, the Washington Post has described his motions as “autobiographical tract[s] written in legalese . . . [that] . . . are sometimes rambling and discursive, yet with threads of logic and flashes of brilliance.” The New York Post detailed Moussaoui as a “bizarre-behaving French Moroccan.” He has been called “abrasive.” He also has been described as “fidget[ing] in his chair, strok[ing] his beard, and mumbl[ing] to himself.”
Moussaoui's mother blames radical fundamentalists for her son's situation. His brother, Abd Samar, claimed that, while living in London, Moussaoui became “racist and anti-white.” Moussaoui's mother reportedly last saw her son in 1996. She was denied a chance to visit her son in prison, and the New York Daily News reported, “[t]he FBI insisted an agent monitor the conversation.” His mother has been reported as saying that her son “is not prepared to defend himself.” She has said: “[m]y son is incapable of making decisions after months of imprisonment.” She has “asked the French government to send a lawyer to handle her son's case.” She reportedly wept when he entered the court for a hearing. It was reported that the United States tried to get Moussaoui's mother to cooperate with the prosecution.
Since his incarceration, it has been reported that “Moussaoui can't have batteries, or pencils, or any hot tea or coffee.” He has been held in solitary confinement, under severe security conditions. He cannot talk to other prisoners, all his phone conversations are taped and he must speak English with his lawyers--unless he uses an FBI translator. All visitors, including his court-appointed attorneys, must undergo FBI clearance. When prison officials found hardened food in his Alexandria, Virginia jail cell, they labeled it contraband because they believed it could be used as a weapon.”
Media coverage of Moussaoui highlights an aspect of his identity that intersects race, national origin, and religion. The media point out that he is a French citizen of Moroccan ancestry. Reporters probably raise his ancestry in a manner of explanation because most people think that French citizens are white, and Moussaoui's picture looks black. In addition, the media attention also highlights Moussaoui's North African ancestry to make the connection, albeit loosely, to the Middle East.
Despite the fact that Ramzi bin al-Shibh claims to be the “20th Hijacker,” reporters insist on calling Moussaoui the “20th Hijacker,” apparently having made their own judgment as to his guilt. Like the coverage of people of African descent, the media fail to present any evidence that would rationalize or explain his alleged criminal activity. The media have failed to give the whole picture of the Moussaoui situation. Although he has a master's degree from Southbank University in international business, there has been scant coverage of what Moussaoui did for employment or education before coming to the United States. When his education is mentioned, Southbank University is almost dismissed as a trade school. Judge Brinkema reportedly said that Moussaoui was “smart” because he has a master's degree. However, the media's focus on his “ungrammatical English” suggests his “foreignness” and his lack of intelligence or education.
The discussion of Moussaoui's upbringing has also been limited. When it is discussed, it is used to demonstrate that he is responsible for “derailing” his family's immigrant success story. Moreover, the explanation for this “derailment” is Moussaoui's association with radical fundamentalist Islam. There has been no discussion of whether he has any prior criminal history. The fact that his prior history has not been raised suggests that he has no prior criminal record. Instead, the media tie him to his involvement with al Qaeda. While this tie is probably justifiable, the media fails to provide specific details. In addition, reporters have failed to provide balanced coverage by asking whether his membership in al Qaeda and his Islamic faith are enough to establish his guilt in conspiring to the acts of September 11th. This question should be the basis for any discussion of Moussaoui because it is the same question the jury will have to decide.
Since the media cannot latch onto a dysfunctional family or criminal past, they instead portray Moussaoui as crazy and anti-American. They suggest that he is paranoid because he thinks the judge is in cahoots with the government. He calls his court-appointed lawyers the “Death Team” and fires them because he believes that they will not properly represent him. His lawyers laugh at him in open court. Media coverage seems to suggest that Moussaoui is intentionally making a mockery of the judicial proceedings by attempting to plead guilty and then reneging on that plea. After all, he is “wacky” and “erratic” and his pleadings read like “Saturday Night Live” skits.
Importantly, the media fail to emphasize incidents that might support some of Moussaoui's contentions. He was, for example, denied the assistance of the lawyer of his choosing, the Muslim Charles Freeman. And he is the only September 11th defendant whose indictment allows the death penalty. There has been only slight reference and brief mention of a family history of mental illness. Similarly, few attempts have been made to explain that Moussaoui is not a lawyer, that legal proceedings can be very complicated, and that a person who is not a lawyer might have difficulty with understanding the proceedings. Even if Moussaoui understood the nature of legal proceedings, he is a French citizen, and France has a different legal system than the United States.
The media portray Moussaoui's mother as powerless. She cannot visit him in prison unless her conversations are monitored. She is described to have been weeping when he appeared in court. She has to petition the French government in an attempt to help her son. In contrast, Lindh's father procured cracker-jack lawyers to represent his son and appeared on many television news programs making the case for his son. Moussaoui's mother is depicted as emotionally distant from her son since she has not seen him since 1996. However, no effort has been made to explore how commonplace that may be in many immigrant communities wherein relatives are overseas, and money is tight.
E. Richard Reid
The media have labeled Richard Reid, a mixed-race British citizen, the “shoe-bomber.” He has been charged with attempted murder and faces a maximum sentence of five life terms in prison. Reid allegedly wore silver and black boots packed with high-tech explosives that would have destroyed a jetliner with 197 people aboard. The bomb was specially constructed without wires or metal, allowing it to pass without detection through airport security. The metal detectors and scanning machines for checked luggage are not sophisticated enough to identify plastic explosives.
The media asked the question: how did “a onetime petty thief with no job and no fixed address somehow manage to find the resources for international travel and the know-how to make a sophisticated explosive that fooled even the stringent Paris airport security check?” Authorities speculated that Reid trained with al Qaeda and was following orders. Investigators are trying to link him to al Qaeda terror suspects based in Europe. European authorities speculated that Reid stayed at a house in Belgium and met with someone named “The Engineer.” It is believed that “The Engineer” is an expert in making explosives and designed and built the shoe bombs. Inside the boots, investigators found a strand of hair and palm prints that were not Reid's.
On December 20, 2001, Richard Reid wrote an e-mail to his mother stating “[w]hat I am doing is part of the ongoing war between Islam and disbelief, (and as such it is a duty upon me as a Muslim).” He also wrote:
The reason for me sending you .” Reid's white mother, Lesley Hughes, issued a statement through her lawyer: “[a]s any mother would be, she is deeply shocked and concerned about the allegations made against her son, but has no further comment to make.” Richard Reid's African Caribbean father, Robin Reid, reportedly sold his story to a British tabloid. Robin Reid was in prison when his son was born and reportedly was a distant figure in his son's life. Robin Reid acknowledged his lack of involvement in his son's life, and specifically said, “[l]ook at the terrible childhood he had . . . . Look at the father he had. I have spent 18 years in total behind bars. That can't have helped, can it? Every time he needed me, I was nowhere to be found.” Although attending a reasonably well-regarded secondary school in London, Reid dropped out of school soon after his sixteenth birthday. From 1992 to 1996, Reid was in and out of jail. He was involved in petty crime such as muggings, robberies, and shoplifting.
The Washington Post described Richard Reid as “a London pickpocket and mugger” who was a “major-league hell-raiser.” The article noted:
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It was reported that Reid became attracted to a radical sect of Islam and traveled to Pakistan for training, before traveling to Israel, Egypt, and Turkey. In late December, Reid was in Paris at a cyber café sending e-mails. The owner remembers Reid as being “big” (Reid is six feet, four inches tall) and “a little bit dirty.” The Washington Post has described Reid as a “hulking, and unkempt man who weighs about 220 pounds.” The newspaper has also described him during one of his courtroom appearances as being “disheveled and clad in tan prison attire.”
Recently, the court decided Reid had been read his rights before he spoke to investigators after he was detained. At the time, Reid reportedly said “he decided to choose an American target after the United States began bombing the Taliban in Afghanistan.” He reportedly “[c]laimed to have chosen to attack an airplane because he believed an airplane attack, especially during the holiday season, would cause the American public to lose confidence in airline security and stop traveling, leading to a substantial loss of revenue which would, in turn, hurt the American economy.” At the time of his arrest, Reid also reportedly told federal agents that he would plead guilty “if you get the charges right.” Reid's lawyers contend that his alleged confession should not be admitted into evidence because he was under the influence of Valium administered by the passengers on the airplane to subdue him.
Reid has pleaded guilty to charges against him. His attorneys have explained Reid's guilty plea as an effort “to avoid publicity associated with a trial and the negative impact . . . upon his family.” Reid called the thwarted attack, “an act of war.” He said: “[b]asically, I got on the plane with the bomb . . . . Basically I got on, I tried to ignite it.” Reid attempted to get the allegations that he trained with al Qaeda removed from his indictment, but Chief Judge William G. Young rejected his request, and ordered that these charges be considered in Reid's sentencing. In response to the judge's decision, Reid stated: “yeah, I understand that and I don't care; I am a member of al Qaeda. I have pledged to Osama bin Laden, and I am an enemy of your country and I don't care. Simple and plain.”
Reid's media coverage highlights a perception of his identity that intersects race, national origin, biracial background, and religion. The media point out that he is a British citizen of biracial background. Like African American suspects, the media focus on Reid's prior record to suggest that he is bad. The stories focus on other criminal behavior by members of his family. For instance, his African-Caribbean father was imprisoned for eighteen years, and was, in fact, in prison when Reid was born. Unlike the typical coverage of African Americans, the media coverage of Reid suggests some explanation for his behavior--dysfunction in his family life because his father was emotionally unavailable to Reid. However, the stories only suggest dysfunction by his African-Caribbean father; no mention is made of his white mother's possible dysfunction. She was, after all, involved with a man who was imprisoned. In addition, his white mother was the one who raised Reid. The stories seem deferential to Reid's mother.
As noted, articles describe Reid as “a petty thief,” “a London Pickpocket and mugger,” or a “major league hell-raiser.” These depictions of Reid's criminal background seem much tamer than the usual descriptions of African American defendants who are often described as generally bad. These descriptions also seem tame given the significant direct evidence that Reid attempted to detonate a bomb on an airplane. Unlike other September 11th defendants, the media portrayed Reid's prison-conversion to Islam in a positive manner. The media described Reid as having “a strong but quiet devotion to a new faith, Islam.” It was only after this initial conversion that he fell into some radical sect. Reid, like Moussaoui, tried to plead guilty, but the media have not called Reid's actions “wacky” or “erratic.”
Reid's media coverage is somewhat atypical in comparison to other African American alleged perpetrators. It seems that the media are cognizant of his biracial heritage and, as a consequence, Reid's portrayal has been “whitened.” In addition, Reid is a citizen of Great Britain, which is perceived to be largely a white country, which has an intimate historical link to the United States. Great Britain is also one of the most reliable allies of the United States. Consequently, Reid is more advantaged on the racial hierarchy than Moussaoui. First, Reid is biracial and has a white mother. Second, Reid's direct African ancestors are from a more distant generation than Moussaoui's. Reid's father was from Jamaica, but Moussaoui's parents were from Morocco. Finally, Reid is a British citizen, and Great Britain is culturally more similar to the United States than France. As such, Reid's media portrayal is more “white” than Moussaoui.
Although Reid's media coverage may have been whitened, it has not prevented the media from relying on some old stereotypes. For instance, the media portrayed Reid as dumb. They called him an al Qaeda “B-team” member, suggesting that he is not as smart as the September 11th hijackers. He may not be smart, but he did get on the plane and almost accomplished his plan to blow it up. In addition, the media emphasize his physicality. Stories discuss that he is large, in that he is six feet, four inches tall. This description is only relevant so as to emphasize the “heroic” effort of the passengers who subdued him on the plane.
F. Jose Padilla
The media have portrayed Jose Padilla as a street thug, and a terrorist who deserves to be held and deprived of civil rights and civil liberties. The media have reported on his past criminal record and have made judgments about it. In 1983 he pleaded guilty to robbery and was given probation. Two years later, he was convicted of two counts of murder, aggravated battery, armed robbery and attempted armed robbery--he was sentenced to a juvenile detention facility for two and one-half years. In October 1991, Padilla was arrested for pulling a gun and firing it at a driver during a traffic dispute. He returned to jail and was released in 1992. He also completed a substance abuse program.
President Bush has said, “[t]his guy Padilla's a bad guy, and he is where he needs to be--detained.” President Bush also said, “[w]e have a man detained who is a threat to the country and that thanks to the vigilance of our intelligence gathering and law enforcement he is now off the streets, where he should be . . . .” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stated, “[o]ur interest is not in trying and punishing him. Our interest is in finding out what he knows.” Attorney General Ashcroft said “[t]he national security interests of the United States required that [Padilla] be detained by the Defense Department as an enemy combatant.” He described Padilla as an “al Qaeda operative [who] was planning future terrorist attacks on innocent American civilians in the United States.” By contrast, Padilla's lawyer points out “the evidence linking Padilla to the alleged ‘dirty bomb’ plot is weak at best.”
The New York Post reported that “Al Mujahir isn't some messed-up Marin County kid like John Walker Lindh. He's a hardened criminal named Jose Padilla who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Chicago. He converted to Islam in prison during a stay in a Florida prison.” The New York Post called him “a former Chicago street gangster and ex-con.” The New York Daily News reported that Padilla was supposedly fooled by an on-line parody about how to build an H-bomb. The reporter speculated that since “al Qaeda has been scattered by the United States bombing of Afghanistan, it is now relying on its 'B-team' of would-be terrorists like the alleged 'shoe-bomber' Richard Reid.
The media also reported on Padilla's family. They noted Padilla moved from Brooklyn to Chicago when he was four years old. His mother is reported to have had five children by two different men. His biological father died when he was young. Padilla's mother, Estella, has had no contact with Padilla since 1998. Reportedly, she worried that he joined a cult. After his detainment, his mother posted a note on the door to her home stating, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” A sister, Delma Padilla, has said that Padilla “was coming to the Unites States to visit his kids--not to plan a massive terrorist attack . . . .” Former neighbors indicated that they found it “hard to believe” that he was a terrorist. “He was obedient, respectful, he did his chores, watched television, he was just your average kid . . . .”
As discussed, Padilla is Puerto Rican; he comes from a racial and ethnic group that the media have historically stereotyped. Consequently, unlike Moussaoui and Reid, the media invoke the stereotype of a “brown brute.” The media portray Padilla as a hardcore street thug not entitled to constitutional protections. They compare him unfavorably to Lindh, who is just “messed up,” whereas Padilla is a “hardened criminal.” President Bush called Padilla a “bad guy.” Like other African Americans or Latinos, the media reported extensively on his past criminal background and made judgments about it. However, the media fail to explain how being a former street thug is related to being an international terrorist.
Padilla's family history is also discussed but not as a means to rationalize or explain his behavior as was done in the case of Walker Lindh or initially for Bishop--it is discussed as a means of showing his dysfunction. His biological father died when he was very young, and his mother had five children by two different men. His mother is portrayed as being distant and having very little contact with him. Padilla is also portrayed as being on al Qaeda's “B-team” thereby suggesting that he, like Reid, is stupid. He was supposedly fooled by an on-line parody on how to make a bomb. Unlike Lindh's father, Padilla's mother is portrayed as helpless. His mother left a note on the door of her home pleading that “her family be left alone.”
The media depictions of Charles Bishop, John Walker Lindh, Zacarius Moussaoui, Richard Reid, and Jose Padilla have varied in accordance with their perceived whiteness and darkness. To the extent an individual's identity was racially ambiguous, the coverage was tempered by his nation of origin and his biracial status. The coverage also varied based upon where these men fell on the spectrum of appearance, race, place of origin, and religion. Once it became clear that Lindh was white and, when the media thought that Bishop was white, they received the most favorable coverage. Reid's coverage seems tempered by the circumstances of his arrest and his alleged crime. His better-than-expected coverage is probably the result of his biracial background and British citizenship. Moussaoui's coverage is bad but not as bad as it could be. Again, his treatment by the media is probably the result of his status as a French citizen, but of Moroccan ancestry. Padilla, who is an American Puerto Rican, has suffered under the worst coverage because he conforms to a known American stereotype. These stereotypes and the media coverage related to them have an effect on how all people of color are viewed.
Conclusion
The events of September 11th raise many interesting issues as to racial profiling, the media, and society. First, due to national security concerns, the United States may be slipping into a “white-against-everyone-else” paradigm, where all people of color will be lumped together and will be suspected of being terrorists, tempered by national origin, biracial heritage, and religion. Recent government pronouncements indicate that the next terrorist is likely to not going to be an Arab face, but instead to be an Asian or African one. In addition, racial profiling of all people of color is more likely to occur because of the racial ambiguity and misidentification of the recently arrested post-September 11th perpetrators.
Racial profiling of all people of color will make it easier for authorities because they will not have to discern the differences between and among different racial groups in the United States. American citizens have been deputized to help ferret out future terrorist activities. This deputizing will lead to further racial profiling. Since the American public generally believes that those with dark skin are more likely to be violent than whites, they are likely to look upon anyone with non-white skin as a possible terrorist. Also, because the profiling will be justified on the ground of national security, the national security norm will trump the color-blind norm. Importantly, the first persons captured for allegedly planning or attempting to carry out additional terrorist attacks in the United States have been men of African or Latino descent--this phenomenon suggests that law enforcement officials may be too willing to rely on their traditional arsenal of racial profiles, while possibly overlooking dangerous perpetrators.
Second, racial profiling is directly related to the media depictions of people of color. For perpetrators who are racialized as white, the news media and society presume that they are inherently good and that something bad happened to cause them to do wrong; maybe they experienced bad parenting or even took an acne medication that caused serious psychological side-effects. For those racialized as being of African descent, however, the news media and society presume that they are generally bad with no mitigation for their behavior. Before September 11th, individuals with olive-complexions and those of Middle Eastern ancestry were stereotyped by the news media and society as a blend of two extremes--the positive stereotype of royal oil millionaire and the negative image of the fanatical terrorist. Since September 11th, the negative stereotype has all but completely overpowered the positive stereotype. At the moment, this segment of the population has been “darkened” in the American public's mind.
Finally, racial ambiguity and misidentification have implications in terms of the media depictions of the individual perpetrators and racial groups. As noted above, the coverage of each perpetrator changed over time to mirror changing perceptions of each man's “racialized identity.”
. Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York; B.S., New York University; J.D.-M.B.A., Columbia Universit
Vernellia R. Randall
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The University of Dayton
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It may be difficult to find the transistors used in this design. However, modern, surface mount, substitutes should work. Like the other ageing designs in this collection, the techniques may be of more interest for curiosity sake.
Introduction
This dual-purpose converter is designed to provide very good communications performance - plus a sensitive, stable and convenient amateur TV receive facility in conjunction with any UHF TV set.
The
block diagram is set out in Fig 1
. For communications operation, an output in the 2 m band allows the use of any popular 2 m rig as a tunable IF. The TV output - around channel 52 - permits the use of an unmodified UHF TV set. A single local oscillator and a broadband double balanced mixer provide IFs of 144 MHz and 720 MHZ. Table I gives details of the crystals which may be used, together with their various applications. For TV use, use the 97.33 or 98 MHz crystal to alleviate the major problems caused by the harmonic relationship of 144/288/ 432 MHz. A "junk box" crystal may well work for TV use, since the absolute frequency value is unimportant (TV sets do not, as a rule, come calibrated in MHz). The two crystals should be within 4 MHz of each other, although if slightly inferior oscillator spurii are acceptable this figure may be increased. If one of your local TV transmissions occurs on Ch 52, the second crystal can be selected to shift the IF frequency and avoid breakthrough - use of the optional input helical filter will also assist - although the filter losses will instantly compromise your noise figure by the degree of insertion loss (3-4 dB) - so a preamp is virtual must for serious DX work. The bandwidth required for TV must also be borne in mind, or definition may be lost if the RF bandwidth is too narrow.
Circuit Diagram
Components List and Component Placement
Circuit Description
The input stage is a low noise UHF PNP transistor, the BFT95 (AEG, inter alia). One of the main advantages of a PNP device at UHF is the simple way in which the collector load is returned directly to ground (via the filter). Low inductance decoupling of the emitter is essential and by virtue of this capacitance from emitter to ground, a degree of low frequency roll off can be established. The optional input filter has already been mentioned. Where it is not used, the space on the board may be populated with a simple high pass filter to alleviate the unwanted attentions of 27 MHz. The filter tap points are at 50 ohm impedance, and thus suitable for direct connection to the mixer. Ideally, such mixers should be terminated with a resistive load to maintain best intercept performance, but this is not likely to compromise this unit, since the mixer is primarily employed for its wide band characteristics.
The local oscillator chain provides a choice of two crystals to cover the entire 70 cms band within the scope of a 2 m receiver's coverage. 5th overtone crystals are not generally the friendliest of quartz devices, and frequently tend to disappear on some obscure parasitic resonance unless carefully cajoled onto the right frequency. The resonant circuit established by L 1/C 1103 must therefore be reasonably reliably pre-settable, so TOKO S 18 molded coils are used to avoid ambiguity. L 2 is placed in parallel with the crystal to enforce overtone operation. Note that switching is performed at DC. Switching crystals is distinctly bad news and should be avoided. The system employed here enables remote operation if required. The multiplier chain uses a ZTX327 in the output, driving a bandpass coupled filter which produces a clean LO drive to the mixer. The mixer requires a high level (+ 7 dB) injection, and the ZTX327 or ZTX3866 are necessary to achieve the required gain and power. In view of the broadband nature of the mixer, it is important that the LO should be kept free from excessive spurii, or various unexpected mixing processes will occur. Careful decoupling is arranged throughout, and the whole unit is built into a screened box with capacitive feedthrough terminations.
Testing
Perform the usual visual checks for solder bridges and incorrect insertions.
Adjust the cores of L 1 and L 3 to about 2 mm below the top of the formers. The core of L 5 should be level with the top of the former - and C 15, C 16 to mid position (slot in line with the pins).
Connect a 10 V power supply (preferably one with current limiting at 100 mA), and check that the current consumed is not excessive. It should be around 18 mA with neither crystal oscillator connected.
Connect a test meter between Q 3 emitter and earth. An initial voltage of about 1 V should be observed. Earth the centre of C 35 to turn on 01
Connect a test meter to Q 4 emitter. Adjust L 1 until a reading is obtained and adjust L 5 for maximum reading for Q 2 after earthing C 36 centre. Switch between Q 1 and Q 2 whilst adjusting L 5 to ensure an even level on both frequencies.
Using either an RF millivoltmeter of
diode probe
, adjust C 15 and C 16 for maximum RP voltage at the output tap on L 8. With the oscillator chain correctly aligned, the current consumption will have risen to approx. 28 mA
If additional test equipment is available (i.e. spectrum analysers), further adjustment of such things as F 1 and F 2 may be undertaken.
L7 & L8 Tap Detail
Detail of Coils
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jun 6?
5 comments:
NDA left a legacy of
1] Booming economy
2] High Infrastructure development
3] Growing Confidence amongst investors
4] Reduction in %age of BPL population
5] A concept of governance
What would UPA leave us with?
1] India sans Siachen and may be even Kashmir
2] A muslim majority Assam
3] Unarrested Decay of IITs/IIMs et al
4] 5-10% reservations for Muslims
5] A nation deeply divided and wounded.
6] A nation headed by criminals and goons taking direct orders either from ISI or Beijing.[How close are we today from Mohd. Shahbuddin becoming minister or Abu Salem fighting elections]
7] Vaticanisation of India
By end of this regime [if at all it ends] ... 1] Kashimiri terrorists will be called Freedom fighters.
2] Sonia after another of her sacrifice drama will be officially ordained with Bharat Ratna and will attain Sainthood.
3]Beijing will have a more direct role in day to day affairs of the nation
What Mughals and Britishers couldn't do in centuries, Congress has achieved in decades. Total devastation of Hindu Civilisation.
Rajeev, I bought the issue last night and was wondering why you hadn't written about it yet :)
There is very little by the way of new insights, but the survey does make the right points for the most part. It concludes on a note of more than cautious optimism, but with all the right caveats about the economic/policy direction under the UPA dispensation, including the reservation issue. Good read.
- Nanda Kishore
Reforms have completely stalled, and all kinds of hoax schemes have been put in place. It will fill the Congress/bureacrat coffers nicely, so that there is enough in the war chest for the next elections. Meanwhile, the economy can go to hell. If it wasn't for extraneous factors and the resilience and competitveness of industries, things could have been heading in a worser direction.
And yeah, Rajeev, more will go out soon, if the Kangressi sekoolar sarkar continues for a longer while with its birdbrained schemes. | http://rajeev2004.blogspot.com/2006/06/economist-on-indian-business.html | 2013-05-18T10:31:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The summer may not be the most obvious time to be looking for a bike light, but it’s more than likely something you’ll be looking into as the nights drawn in within a few months. Besides, riding at night in the summer can be much more enjoyable than in the winter, you don’t have to wrap up like an Eskimo for starters, and you can ride dry, dusty trails in a whole different light (no pun intended).
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That's my nephew Joey rockin' the Yankees Dugout Jacket that Grampa Ralph bought him. The full Facebook album is here.
Ralphie filled in for A.J. In The Afternoon and received a little more than he bargained for in the form of an in studio guest and a forecast on his romances for 2009!
Think that average marriages last longer than celebrity marriages? Think again! FirstWivesWorld.com Editor Jill Brooke filled Ralphie in....
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>> news and documentaries I can’t understand. :)
(Levi Meeuwenberg (or LEVI MeUUUENBAAARGU if you listen to the announcer scream his name in Sasuke 20!) - Sasuke 20's New Hero according to TBS LOL - a friggin' Godsend for G4 if you ask me. Go go Levi!)
Checked during the week again and they mentioned “American” .. which means they were going to show Sasuke again… what they would show I had no idea so I was about to check! I expect Levi Meeuwenberg (American Ninja Challenge 2) love.. Might see Brian Orosco (ANC2) and Brett Sims (ANC1) but not sure. LOL having fun with the whacked out Japanese commercials…. About these whacked out commercials.. Ragaeton SHOULD NOT BE IN JAPANESE.. okay.. there I said it… I don’t like it in Spanish.. but something about Japanese people sitting around in a dinner table bopping their heads and waving their arms to Japanese Ragaeton is just.. wrong.. utterly and completely wrong.. Oh.. and why do I keep hearing Olivia Newton John’s Xanadu?
(TBS monitering USA blogs and caught that there was much anticipation across the pond for Sasuke 20)
Had a harder time trying to find the channel since they changed a few channels around and descriptions. Knowing what they showed the last time (thanks Ube) helped. Ran around trying to find the - JSpo program that usually airs before it.. “okay.. looking for baseball”.. crap.. 2 channels showing baseball… hang on.. waiting.. it’s 11:18 my time.. waiting.. checking again.. hmm I think I found it.. in the meantime got half hour.. oooh figure skating on the other channel.. mmmmmmmm waiting.. back to baseball.. lemme make sure this is the right channel before I get pissed and miss it…. OH I see the announcers.. yeah it’s JSpo.. okay don’t move.. only 20 minutes to go.. Wow they so heavy on fluff pieces.. good Lord.. and what’s with the totally inappropriate use of music that doesn’t fit.. oh well.. at least it’s pretty music.. even if it doesn’t fit the theme :p Okay.. I heard “if you want my body and you think I’m sexy c’mon baby let me know…” .. in .. Japanese.. Oh… and a commercial with “It’s a small world afterall”.. whistled.. digressing again… 3 more minutes.. Oh Mao Asada commercial.. MediClean toothbrushes.. Shocked my video feed is stable today! Don't have to keep restarting it to cue up with sound..
(American Ninja Challenge Final 3 for G4's Ninja Warrior competition - Brian, Russelis and Levi)
Okay.. started.. 11:50 am my time on Sunday (12:50 am Monday Morning in Japan – a lot later than usual but the TV lineup in the TBS site helped - ) – Ube told me before they are getting back to the Dramas so they are adding the episodes and pushing everything else later in the night. Ube can't blog his tonight so I'm taking a crapload of pictures as he wanted me to... Took 124 pictures.. only putting up 41 today :p
(Shout out to Blackie Chan! Russelis my man.. I wish you could have gone.. stupid Cliffhanger up against a box...) TBS loved you baby.. there was much love for the man tonight!)
Okay.. they proved that TBS/Monster 9 DO read American blogs and websites. They were quoting from one of the websites about how they were really looking forward to Sasuke 20. (no it wasn’t G4’s site) Looks like it’s Levi’s experience in Sasuke Maniac.. LOL they are now referring to him as the new Hero! Okay looks like ANC’s experience in general. They showed the winners of ANC1 (the obligatory dazed and confused look of Clueless Colin in the AOTS set).. Back to showing the Sasuke 20 wipe outs (because showing this before Sasuke 20 somehow doesn’t show spoilers BEFORE you watch it.. yeah.. okay digressing).. now they are going over ANC’s history with a lot of clips from ANC2. Paul ANTHONY Terek (and his runs through Sasuke and Sportsman #1 clips) and now oh.. top 6 siting! Yay! :)
(See now Nagano got his arms right on the real Cliffhanger.. see how the American boy Levi doesn't do it right.. watch.. here's the comparison.. he needs much work says TBS)
The runs on ANC.. hey Russelis siting! Sorry.. I wish he could have gone too.. wow.. they showed the entire run of Russelis winning his heat.. Brian’s run cut down.. Levi’s fluff piece.. then his run (almost all of it). Russelis fluff piece! Now Brian’s fluff piece (much shorter).. now the top 3 doing the last run around the .. box.. sorry didn’t like that last challenge.. the only thing “killer” about it was how badly they skimped on production value.. Digressing badly but they did a synopsis of it. LOL they did a comparison between Nagano’s cliffhanger and Levi’s and talking about the arms LMAO!!! I swear they read the blogs and G4 website.
(Arrived at Narita Airport in Chiba, Japan - and formerly known as New Toyko airport)
Okay.. they arrived in the airport! All 3 arrived with each other (Brian, Levi and Brett). Obligatory interview .. They asked Brett why he’s back and he said he was asked to come back to get a second chance. Sounds like it was G4 that did it.. not TBS.. Hmmmm.. sorry Russelis my man..
(ANC guys enjoying themselves in a private Muscle Musical show)
ANC guys went to see Muscle Musical. Interviews after that. One of the Muscle Musical guys (couldn’t tell who it was.. sorry) did a push up with his legs in the air in the lobby of Muscle Musical.. Brett did it just as good as the Muscle Musical guy and actually held the position longer. Go go Brett. Levi can’t do it though :p Don't think they showed Brian trying. I didn't see him in the lobby.
(Hello Mr. Octopus guy :) - Ah you do me much honor coming to my restaurant - actually I'm happy they did I've never seen it. He looks like a great host!)
They met Minoru Kuramochi (Mr. Octopus), at his restaurant. They all learned how to do his headband and continued to wear it all throughout dinner. They all pretty much think he's an essentric old guy. Uhm.. duh!
(Muscle Park in Tokyo Bay is a cool place I'd like to go to at some point..)
On to Muscle Park now. The ANC guys try their hand at the Sasuke course (4 obstacles - Arm Bike, Salmon Ladder, Cliff Hanger and Pipe Slider) Brett beats the Salmon Ladder and Brian failed the pipe slider .. so did Levi. Interviews.. They were surprised how much relies on finger strength “lots of fingers” and it’s a lot more fatiguing than they expected.
(Death by Pipe Slider.. ANC Style.. I think this is Levi.. who knows.. they showed both Levi and Brian failing almost the same way)
Both deaths by Pipe Slider were almost identical. Both swung to the end only to slide almost all the way back to the middle.. to slide back to the end.. to try to jump off only to slide back and land straight down.. No forward momentum.
(Outside of where they met Shunsuke Nagasaki to learn how to use a trampoline)
Gym with Shunsuke Nagasaki! First TBS relived the past failures of both ANC guys (Colin and Brett) and how they both failed the trampoline and ultimately the Jumping Spider.
(Shunsuke Nagasaki giving pointers to Brett, Levi and Brian on that stupid trampoline)
I'm sure Brett was going "oh I could have used this tip last year.. but oh well.. " So they have Shunsuke, Prince of the Trampoline, teach them how to do it.
(Shunsuke shows them how it's done. Go Mr. Olympian and show these guys how to jump this stupid thing!)
Looks fun :) He looks great too! Good luck in the Beijing Olympics!
(Shunsuke showing them.. so.. Jump in the air.. forward momentum.. stick legs out.. and pray you stick.. the first time)
Dinner again.. oooooh.. All Stars dinner. Toshihiro Takeda, Makoto Nagano (yay), Katsuhito Akiyama and Katsumi Yamada (with a crying video.. thanks TBS..) Most of the Allstars (Bunpei of course missing because of back problems and Shingo missing because he never does anything outside of Sasuke itself)
(ANC Guys.. meet All Stars.. All Stars.. meet ANC guys - btw.. Nagano loves that New Mexico shirt.. 3rd time I see it - fan who gave it to him must be over the moon!)
Lots of awe and wonder on the part of the ANC Guys (looks I mean.. you call tell they were awestruck) Mr. Sasuke himself Katsumi Yamada offers a toast and everyone is happy!
(Yamada offers a toast to this joyous occasion. I guess it fits him right.. even if I don't like him anymore LOL.. btw.. he wore that stupid armband to this??)
Beer time! Is Brett even old enough to drink? Just kidding :D
(CHEERS! Looks like a great atmosphere.. even if I am a cheap date.. /sigh I'd be so out of place in that room.. )
The next bit is hysterical. The G4 crew brought video of Brian and Levi's entry videos - specifically the Free running.. omg did he just jump a building videos.
(Nagano watching from a small screen given to him (that's his hand).. mmm.. that looks yummy what they are eating.. it's not fish... oh that's right.. Nagano hates sushi LMAO)
All watching the videos of Freeruning and are all amazed. They spent a few seconds showing in a little corner of the Screen what was being shown to them to a chorus of “ooooooh” at the building jumping.
(Aww that's cool they moved the monitor (and Akiyama moved) so that he could see the screen better.. they look like they are having a ball!)
That was hysterical all going the obligatory “omfg you’ve got to be nuts faces” They seemed to think they were completely nuts..
(Toshihiro Takeda enjoying the videos.. he's just as awestruck at the brazeness in display)
For those who want to know what they were watching - some of you recognize both Brian's Videos Brian's Video and Levi's Video on YouTube.
(Nagano looks like he's going through pain watching these freerunning videos..)
Nagano looked like he was going through pain watching these crazy Americans jumping off buildings!
(You seriously think with a blog about the ANC guys I'd ignore Nagano? You've got to be insane.. :p)
(A round of applause by the All-Stars to the crazy ANC guys' videos)
Now the advice thingies..
(Dude.. we are so boned.. we have to think of something insightful.. hmm.. let's just hold our hands over our chins to make us look adult like.. yeah.. let the translators make up something.. yes.. quite..)
Why is Yamada giving advice.. sorry :p Digressing.
(I am Mister Sasuke.. listen to me.. yes.. listen to me :p I'm insightful and the camera loves me)
Okay.. enough of the All-star dinner. They Arrive to Sasuke 20 by private bus and get greeted by Nagano himself.
(Nagano meeting the 3 ANC guys as they come off the bus and into the media storm)
Commercials – no Bones this week.. Maybe they finished their make-goods.. sorry.. Advertising term :p
Oh Michael Milner siting! Michael they showed you in the stands cheering on the Americans! Brett’s turn, Brian, more wipe outs .. now Levi’s run. They made sure to show all passed the Jumpingu Spidah.. thanks Shunsuke Nagasaki! High fives with the Allstars at the end of Levi’s run.
(Had to show this picture for my buddy Snowy.. Kenji Takahashi siting Snowy dear :) Look.. talking to Akiyama in the background!)
On to Stage 2. They show Nagano dunk himself with full speed into the Midoriyama's septic sludge while Levi tears course up. Yamada in awe.. I can do it.. Yeah.. sure you can.. Sorry.. channeling my inner Ube.. he’s here in spirit :p Nagano is happy. A bunch of Levi talking to Nagano.
(Nagano laughing at something while talking to Levi just before Stage 3)
Okay my favorite part of Sasuke.. Stage 3 Rings section. Nagano is watching Levi go through his mental visualisation of what he's going to do on the globe grasp.. Nagano sees something he doesn't like...
(Makoto Nagano sees something he's not comfortable with.. No no Levi.. not like that.. plenty have fallen with that hand grip..)
He starts to call out to Levi.
(Makoto Nagano yelling "LEVI LEVI LEVI" .. look... like this.. fingers forward!)
He yells his name three times. The fingers shot of Nagano and then Takeda showing Levi how to do the descending globe grasp.
(Toshihiro Takeda now realizes the mistake as well and joins Makoto Nagano in the arm gesture..)
Levi listens!
(Levi changing his grip... "Like this?" hmm.. okay!)
He easily makes it through just fine thanks to the advice and his own physical ability.
(Levi going through the descending globe grasp with the new grip - he clears!)
On to Cliffhanger.. Bastage that hasn't been beaten by anyone yet..
(Hmm.. so this is the mighty Cliffhanger.. totally different than that mock up in Muscle Park.. has eaten a total of 3 people so far in Sasuke 18.. no one got here in Sasuke 19... I'm the only victim in Sasuke 20..)
He starts to go across...
(Levi going accross the top section of the Cliffhanger.. going down to the 3rd section.. long gap.. tries to jump it but his arms give out and down into the sludge he goes..
(Daaaagnabit say Takeda and Nagano as they see Levi dunk into the water off the Cliffhanger)
Commercials.. Beer.. Pizza.. nice combination even if I can’t drink beer.. I’m such a friggin’ cheap date.. Biore for the ladies underarms.. it’s a small towel.. ooookk…. Oh.. kitty commercial! Having a Kitty attack.. LMAO I love this cat beating up his master to wake him up Kal Kan commercial. I hear Xanadu again.. Softbank commercial.. might have been Cameron Diaz.
(Makoto Nagano yells and cheers Levi's attempt at Stage 3.. even if he didn't get to the Heartbreaker/Spider Flip..)
(ANC love all around. Good job man.. you made us proud.. hey now.. they look like they are going to dance..)
They are back.. interview with Levi. Nice interview. Thanks to Nagano. Aww Nagano says “Gomen Nasai” (I’m sorry) to Levi. Back slap from Nagano.
(Awww.. pat pat pat.. better luck next time.. you got further than me.. that's awesome!)
Same cutaway shot from Sasuke 20 where they stare at Stage 4 and credits roll.
(Tower looming in the darkness.. Yeah.. you'll get yours.. I promise..)
13 comments:
Great job as usual. Next week I will stay home. Looks like I missed a good one. Keep up the good work. Here's to May!
Hope they do a Nagano tribute.. must see hospital stay, etc. This week was actually well done using footage that was not in the main Sasuke 20 video. This week and last week so far are my favorites because the week before was just.. boring.. Iono..
That's awesome, I loved the pics and the Ube-like comments. Glad I saw it, I thought I missed it or that TBS wasn't available for some reason.
--scnoi1217
I'd definately check every Thursday/Friday for updates on the TBS site (specifically the TV section as I mentioned in the blog) to see the exact times. It was definately a half hour later than usual. Ube taught me the trick of looking out for JSpo to make sure you are on the right channel. That's saved me a few times already.
Just checked next week's.. it's going to be 12:35 local time on the 20th so far. I check later in the week to see the actual description.
Too cool Elsie!
Awesome post, Elsie! I loved it! You do this so well. I love your comments.
Great job! Thanks for all the photos!
Thanks Man :) I would have loved if you did your blog.. sucks you don't get this in your TBS Affiliate.. would have loved a post Sasuke Maniac blog.. /sigh Tried to do you some justice by channeling ya :) Can you BELIEVE they put a crying Yamada video when they showed him? wtf..
Don't worry about me or the way I do stuff, you did a fine job.
I think someone at TBS secretly detests Mr. SASUKE because they love showing that video. It's almost a sado-masochistic thing at this point. Yamada can't stop going on the show and TBS loves the fact that they can point at someone and say "Wow, this guy is still here? Cra-zay!" and then allow him to humiliate himself on national TV (and rub it in before and after the fact). I'd say it's excessive but since I enjoy it...
Thanks for the great summary and for the shout-out.
I think the mini-trampoline training really helped the ANC guys, and I'll definitely practice on one before SASUKE 21.
Will the course change for 21?
I'm sure of it Ube.. (about Mr. Sasuke) He sure is a train wreck at this point..
Michael no problem :) Remember also they have that sucker angled .. wait.. YOU went through it.. who am I talking to LMAO!!!!!!
Tricia I"m sure they will "tweak" it.. only 3 went through.. I suspect they will do something for Stage 2 since it's unusually short.. as Levi finished with 38 seconds left.. Maybe they will put back the Sky Walk..
I think Stage 3 will remain unchanged.. the new stuff they added no one got to.. I want to see that stupid Heartbreaker/Spiderflip thingie... The closest anyone got to finishing the current Cliffhanger was Nagano disqualifying himself in 18. | http://ramblingrican.blogspot.com/2008/04/sasuke-maniac-april-13-14.html | 2013-05-18T11:02:57 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Microsoft has decided that all of their new products will only install on vista or Windows 7. They do this even if there is absolutely NO REASON for this restriction. Examples are their folder syncing tool, IE 10 and other tools and applications. The newest tool I have found not offered for XP is the phone7 SDK and development IDE (based on Visual Studios 10) Visual studios 10 works just fine on XP and is supported, but not the SDK for the phone? Why, Microsoft? WHY? Don't you want people making apps for your new offering? Don't you want some market share?
But there is a kicker... the SDK and IDE are completely compatible with XP. There is no reason to exclude XP other then to force upgrade to windows 7. Here is how to install it. It's as easy as changing two values in a text file.
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After recently upgrading to Chrome 14.0.835.159 beta, I noticed that the "experimental new tab page" was no longer working. Though disappointing, there was a very prominent warning that these features could change or disappear. That's not the problem, per se.
What is a problem is that about:flags, the page where you enable this and other experimental features, is mysteriously missing. It's just gone. The browser returns a generic "page not found" message:
about:flags
This webpage is not available
The webpage at chrome://flags/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
Error 300 (net::ERR_INVALID_URL): Unknown error.
This webpage is not available
The webpage at chrome://flags/ might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
Error 300 (net::ERR_INVALID_URL): Unknown error.
This issue is easily replicated in both Windows and OS X.
I asked this question on superuser this morning to no avail. After a little more searching, I came across Chrome's Release History page on Wikipedia. The final entry indicates that this was done intentionally.
The Google Chrome Releases blog indicates that they are "investigating some stability issues." There is also now a Chrome help forum thread about this.
This doesn't appear to be a particularly popular move, but these options are still available for those running dev releases. Hopefully this gets merged back in to the beta channel soon. We people running beta software like this sort of geekery
Update: version 14.0.835.162 beta fixed this issues by re-enabling the about:flags pages. All experimental features should be functional again.
A few months ago, I whipped up a few PHP pages which saved gas mileage statistics to a Google Spreadsheet and called it a web app. Now I have totally gutted the UI and replaced it with a jQuery Mobile front end. The result is a much more phone-friendly interface, great for using at the pump. It is now live at gas.randomland.net.
I have and placed the project on github. A copy will remain on the Randomland SVN for the time being. And, as with the original code, I'm releasing it under the Apache 2.0 license. Clone and fork at will!
Also as before, the code connects to your Google Docs account. To get started, open the master spreadsheet on a desktop computer and click File->Make a Copy. Give it a name ending with (rlgaslog) (subject to change!) (mobilemiles). Then go to gas.randomland.net and authorize access to your Google Docs from your mobile device.
File->Make a Copy
(rlgaslog)
(mobilemiles)
The rest should be pretty much self explanatory. There are really only three options: list available docs, list existing entries, and add a new entry.
There are still a number of performance and usability issues I plan to address. If you have any suggestions or bug reports, blurt them out in the comments section of this post or on github. Enjoy!
P.S. In case you're wondering, the stats in the screenshots are real, from my 16-year-old daily-driver Toyota Camry
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Props to pitas for creating a tool so simple it got me and my friends logging the Web in no time, but I've decided to switch to blogger because it is more powerful and flexible.
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What’s up with these nerds?
from B.o.B – Play for Keeps Lyrics on Rap Genius
Meaning
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Uh-oh.. Emotions
Scared & Angry XD
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Awesome! its funny XD 5h
Award: Great style. Liked: its a really cool idea! luv d culurs & d tiny persn :3. Tips: i really really luv it!!!! can u pls make 1 4 me in blue... :P
awesome draw! ^-^
lol. funny. lovely hairstyles.
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As kids who loved baseball, we should have been able to hit those mice at least once.
Someone from my grade school in Brooklyn started a Facebook page. I came across it and joined last year. I attended Fourteen Holy Martyrs from second grade through the beginning of the seventh grade, so I was twelve years old when we moved to The Bronx in the fall of 1972.
The second floor walk-up, with the bathroom in the hallway, provided me with a no-frills base on which to form my perspective on life.
There were seven of us in that apartment, Mom, my four brothers, Tony, Raoul, Ralf, and Radi, my sister, Malta, and I. Privacy was never an option. The school was only a half block away.
Memories fade, so it’s not surprising that I remember the names of only a few of my classmates. Looking over class photos posted on that Facebook page yields only the vaguest of memories, so my recollections of that time can only be shared from the bits and pieces of information that have stayed with me over the forty years that have been lived since.
I remember the mice. My brothers and I would try to clock them with our shoes and sneakers from our beds. Those rodents would emerge from the spaces between cabinets, seemingly without fear. This was their apartment.
I remember the roaches. You couldn’t avoid them – especially at night. My Mom was always cleaning. She fought a long but losing battle to keep them at bay. She couldn’t get them all.
I remember doing everything together. The neighborhood was rough and Mom would not allow us to become “street kids”. Only bad could come of that, so we did a lot of inside things: board games, TV, books, roughhousing, and things like that. Straight to school and back was our routine. Given the variety of trouble that my brothers and I could have gotten into if we were given more freedom to roam, I’d say that Mom made a good decision. I was ecstatic when we moved to the Bronx to an apartment building across the street from Crotona Park and its baseball fields, swimming pool, and handball courts. Sports filled my non-school hours for the years that followed.
I remember Father Hugo Bedoya; we just called him Father Hugo. He was a smallish man with a kind disposition. I was an altar boy who sometimes visited him in the Rectory.
I posted a comment to the Facebook page asking if anyone had heard from him. One person LOL’d and wrote that she didn’t think anyone remembered him. Another person wrote: “Boys don’t have positive memories of Father Hugo; I’ve never heard anyone else tell stories.”
Those comments have bugged me ever since. As a Catholic, I’m angered by how the Church hierarchy perpetuated the abuse of children by transferring offenders and otherwise ignoring allegations for many years. Unlike some of my fellow parishioners, I’ve never condoned their approach. There could be no punishment stern enough to make up for the damage that has been caused to so many lives.
But now that one of the accused is someone who I remember fondly, I’m conflicted.
I Googled him and learned that Father Hugo was named in a $300 million dollar lawsuit with 23 other priests in 2003. The suit had been brought on the behalf of 27 complainants whose experiences with the priests spanned four decades, the 1950’s through the 1980’s.
The suit claims that Bedoya sexually abused an altar boy between the ages of 9 and 11 while stationed at Fourteen Holy Martyrs in Bushwick. The abuse allegedly occurred in the rectory, in the “ready” room before mass and on a church-sponsored trip. The suit alleges that, in addition to other odd sexual behavior, Bedoya examined the genitals of his altar boys to make sure they were clean.
Bedoya, contacted at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, referred calls to diocesan leadership.
Source: Keach Hagey, Queens Chronicle, October 9, 2003, New Bishop Inducted As Diocese Faces Yet More Claims of Abuse.
I found this article repeated on numerous websites including BishopAccountability.org, which also contained a searchable database of publically accused priests. The only thing missing, at least in the listing for this case, was the disposition.
I’m not about to make any claims against the person who alleged abuse at the hands of Father Hugo – I wasn’t there. Only they know what happened or didn’t happen. I can only tell my story.
I may have been a perfect candidate for an abuser since I was a fatherless, introverted boy who respected authority, but things are not always as they seem.
Father Hugo and I had several talks. During one visit to the Rectory, with the aide of a health textbook, we discussed hygiene. Father Hugo asked me if I was circumcised. I was not. He went on to instruct me on how to pull back on the foreskin in order to clean away the smegma that can accumulate underneath.
With no father at home, I had not been taught this.
We also talked about sex and reproduction, much as would be taught in school, again while referencing diagrams in a health textbook. He spoke of cleanliness and responsibility. Father Hugo advised me to continue the conversation with my mother at home.
I remember following his advice. Mom was washing dishes and I stood beside her. I began by telling her about my conversations with Father Hugo and then I asked her a question about sex. I don’t remember what the question was, but I remember her answer.
“Don’t talk about these things again.”
Moms can’t be expected to be good at everything.
My question must have surprised her and made her uneasy. Looking back, I’m glad that Father Hugo took the time to educate me in these matters, because it wasn’t likely that I would have learned those lessons from anyone else.
What are we to make of this single claim of abuse? Other priests who have been exposed as abusers routinely have scores of accusers. Could Father Hugo have done what he has been accused of doing? Of course he could have, but what if he didn’t?
We will never know. I searched the Queens Supreme Court database to learn the disposition of the case. It was dismissed on August 23, 2004 when the court accepted the defense’s motion to dismiss the charges on statute of limitation grounds.
Not all stories have satisfying endings.
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Update – September 16, 2012: I received an email from an alleged victim of abuse and I wrote about what he had to say in the post, When Blogging Gets Serious.
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I guess as a boy, it would have been better a nurse or doctor gave you the information.
Then I wonder if all the claims from other accusers would have diminished in the first place. Of course really no one knows, except the accusers.
Different topic but I remember a very popular young male teacher who used to hit a boy out in the hall, if they misbehaved in class. Or really yell the boy out. But never to the girls.
Nowadays of course, hitting is not allowed by teachers.
Hi Jean,
Yes, that would have been preferable, but I can’t recall a conversation of this type being initiated by a medical professional during any of my visits to a doctor as a child.
It’s clear that there have been many incidents of abuse. What concerns me is that those who may be innocent can be caught up in the hysteria of allegations. It was easy to find information about the accusation, but I had to look really hard to find out what happened afterwards.
I’ve never been struck by a teacher nor have I ever seen a teacher behave in that way with another student. Although, in my school, a glare from a nun was usually enough to calm everyone down.
Ray
It must be very hard for you to consider such allegations against a beloved father-figure. I had a similar thing happen with a favorite high-school teacher. Like you, I didn’t have a father at home, and this man made me feel like I was special. True or not, the accusations taint our memories, and that is painful.
Hi Alicia,
It is difficult to imagine, even though I have not spoken with him for many years. Did the allegations in the instance that you mentioned turn out to be true?
Allegations do taint the memory and they also take on lives of their own, as a single sourced item is copied and recopied. Like retractions buried on page 12 of a newspaper, the aftermath of an allegation generally goes by without notice.
Ray
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Everyone imagines a wonderful ride down the rugged California coast of Big Sur, but the reality is rarely ever so pretty. There’s traffic, fog, wind, and rain. It’s a Gordian Knot when it comes to planning the memorable ride.
On our two-day ride, the Gordian Knot turned out to be the Gorda slide that has closed Hwy 1 for more than a month. The plan was to ride from King City to San Simeon via Nacimiento Fergusson Road – 84 miles – spend the night, and return via country roads like Santa Rosa Creek Road the next day.
Brian Cox and I started from King City at 9:30 a.m. after a two-hour drive south on Hwy 101. By the time we started, temps hovered in the mid-70s. We crossed the mighty Salinas River on a bike bridge that took us to Jolon Road (County Rd 16) and south.
As we pedaled through rolling hillsides of endless vineyards we noted a most unusual wind pattern – southerly. That’s odd. It’s almost always northerly, and the only time it’s out of the south is when a storm is coming.
When planning a ride in this area, beware of the fierce northerly winds that blow at a steady 20-25 mph most days. It’s the same with winds on the coast as it is in the King City area.
Fortunately these winds were mild, only about 10 mph, so we made good speed on the road rising gently at 1 percent. After about 10 miles we came to the only notable climb, a one-mile hump with grades up to 9 percent, for 300 feet of climbing. Over the top we descended into an oak-studded valley at about 1,200 feet altitude…. To be continued. | http://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/untying-the-big-sur-gordian-knot/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=8ac41143de | 2013-05-18T10:12:06 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
How old is Halloween?
Halloween is one of the oldest holidays in existence. Ostensibly, the fall holiday is only predated by Passover (this one is debated, as the dates seem to be pretty close in line- depends on what historical text you want to go off of), New Years (in it’s forms) and most historians believe that almost since the beginning of man, there has been some form of spring festival.
“If you celebrate Halloween today, you are taking part in a holiday festivity that has a genealogical line of more than 6,000 years. For something to have survived that long, through the tides of human passion, war, famine and religious persecution- surely is a magnificent feat!”
Halloween
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