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Kumba is een stad in de provincie Sud-Ouest van Kameroen, op de scharnier tussen West- en Equatoriaal Afrika. De stad staat in Kameroen ook bekend als K Town. Kumba is de hoofdplaats van het departement Meme.

Bevolking
De meeste mensen in de stad spreken Frans, sommigen Engels of Pidgin en minstens een van de inheemse talen.

De inheemse bevolking in de stad zijn de Bafaw, een etnische groep die Bafaw spreken, een Bantoetaal die lijkt op Duala, Mboh, Bakossi en Bantoid. Tegenwoordig vormen de Bafaw nog slechts een klein deel van de bevolking in de stad. Zij hebben in de loop der jaren vele aspecten van hun cultuur verloren, behalve hun taal, die nog vooral door de ouderen, maar ook nog door de jongere generaties gesproken wordt.

Economie
Kumba is een handelscentrum voor cacao en oliepalm (gekweekt in plantages tot aan de stadsgrens) alsook het transit centrum voor goederen uit buurland Nigeria en heeft een houtindustrie.

Religie
Sinds 2016 is Kumba de zetel van een rooms-katholiek bisdom.

Geboren
 Eyong Enoh (23 maart 1986), voetballer
 Samuel Fosso (17 juli 1962), fotograaf
 Serge Betsen, rugby-international
 Vencelas Dabaya, gewichtheffer

Stad in Kameroen

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Q: Irreducible surface singularity that is not a local set-theoretical complete intersection I have been looking for a criterion for the germ of an irreducible complex surface singularity $(X,x)$ to be a set-theoretical complete intersection.
A germ $(X,x)$ of an isolated complex singularity of dimension $k$ is said to be an isolated complete intersection singularity if for some embedding $(X,x) \hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}^{k+s}$, the ideal of functions that vanish on $(X,x)$ can be generated by $f_1, \ldots, f_s$ holomorphic functions of in $\mathbb{C}^{k+s}$.
A germ $(X,x)$ of an isolated complex singularity of dimension $k$ is said to be a set theoretical isolated complete intersection if the analytic set defined by the embedding of $X$ in some euclidean complex space can be written as the zeros of as many holomorphic functions as the codimension of the space in that euclidean space.
I have noticed that often the difference between "complete intersection" and "set-theoretical complete intersection" is blurred in the literature. And a lot of papers on the topic, do not define the object (as it is assumed to be widely known in the area) or they define it casually.
Sometimes it is said that a a singularity $(X,x)$ of pure dimension $r$ is a complete intersection if it can be expressed as the zeroes of $n-r$ polynomials in $\mathbb{C}^n$. But this is the weaker notion of set-theoretical complete intersection.
In https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~ctcw/normsurf.pdf, C.T.C. Wall shows an example of a surface singularity which is not a complete intersection (end of page 2 and page 3). The singularity is the one generated by the polynomials $$f_1 = xz-y^2, f_2 = xw-yz, f_3 = yw-z^2$$ in  $\mathbb{C}^4$.
(In a previous version of this question I erroneously claimed that $V(f_1) \cap V(f_2)$ was contained in $V(f_3)$ (and that it was easy to see!) and the writing suggested somehow that C.T.C Wall was not being clear about the definitions. So my apologies). @inkspot pointed out the error in the comments. However, it is not clear to me how to show that $X$ is not a set-theoretical complete intersection.

My question is, what are examples of irreducible complex surface singularities that are not set-theoretical complete intersections? And if it is studied somewhere the criterion for (the germ of) an irreducible analytic space to be a (local) set-theoretical complete intersection?

I have found tons of examples of varieties that are local complete intersection but not global complete intersections. And of set-theoretical (local and global) complete intersections that are not complete intersections in the ideal sense of the number of generators of their defining ideals. But not much in the necessary conditions for an algebraic set to be a set-theoretical intersection near a given point.

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The drive for sexual equality
Gert Hekma, 2007 - in: Ipce newsletter E 24, March 2008
The great enigmatic change, according to me, is the transformation from theories and practices of sexual desire that stress the absolute necessity of inequality to those that reject such ideas and put an emphasis on egalitarian, even pure erotic relations.
For most of human history, sexual bonds were inherently unequal. Those between men and women depended on a gender difference in power, men being superior and women inferior and both genders taking the bodily positions that belonged to their social status. 'There existed rare exceptions but the situation was, and remains so in large parts of the contemporary world, that men set the sexual agenda and women have to concede to their desires. In many Western countries, part of the marriage vow was that the wife had to pledge obedience to her husband. :Laws did not forbid rape in marriage because it was the right of the man to have sex with his wife.
Even gay and lesbian relations that could have been expected to be equal, were to the contrary most often based in social inequalities. In the past, almost all homosexual bonds were age- or gendered structured, meaning that there existed a difference in age between both partners what would be seen as pedophilic in modern times, or in gender attribution - so a masculine man or woman had sex with a feminine person of the same sex (trade and queen, macho and maricone in Spanish, or butch and femme; see Greenberg 1988, Herdt 1997 and Hekma 2000).
Especially the age-structured relations were common in many cultures and historical periods, well-known examples being the pederasty of Ancient Greece (Verstraete & Provencal 2005), the male initiations of many Melanesian tribes (Herdt 1984) and the boy love of the Arabs in classical and contemporary times (El-Rouayheb 2005; Baldauf 1988; Serhane 2000).
Female examples are, to the contrary, rare, and often concerned girls of a more advanced age than the boys and male adolescents who were the sexual ideal of men. With the gender-stuctrured homosexual relations, female examples are more common.
Butch-femme relations exist under various names in different cultures of the world (Blackwood & Wieringa 1999). At the male side exists an abundance of names and meanings:
Indian hijra's,
Indonesian waria's,
American double-spirited,
Brazilian travesti,
Omanian xanith to give some examples (Herdt 1994).
Most times, partners with the inferior status (the boy, the feminine person) took the passive role while "real" man and butch lesbian occupied the active position. Sexual role reversal was rare.
Even the first theories of homosexual desires of Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in the 1860s were based in ideas of social inequality, his uranians with their female souls in male bodies lusting after "normal" men with male souls and bodies or, more rarely, pederasts after boys (Sigusch 2000).
The few examples of equality between homoerotic partners, as in the classical case of Achil1es and Patroklos, often made the observers discuss what could be their social difference. Michel dc Montaigne could only describe his egalitarian love for Émile de I,a Boétie as friendship because the existing terminology of sodomy and pederasty implied an inequality that was unacceptable to him (Schachter 2001).
Between love and sex existed a gap because love, like friendship, was most often based in some equality and belonged to the higher, spiritual realms, while sex was inherently unequal and belonged to the lower, more animal urges of humans. Sexuality with the aim of reproduction was central to the traditional ideal of marriage as an economic arrangement between families while love was at most an incidental consequence. Intimacy was rather to be found in homo social worlds, between friends, colleagues, students (Bray 2002).
Most pre-modern erotic ideals excluded sexual practices as in courtly, spiritual or Platonic loves. In this constellation marriage and sex belonged together and more egalitarian intimate relations mainly existed in other arrangements.
Since Romanticism an ideology of sexual equality has come into play. It started with ideals of a still asexual romantic love and continued with comradely relations in marriage or in free love. Relations should be based on love as precondition for sexual practices. Marriage and sex became closely bound to love. Friedrich Engels suggested that after women also men would become monogamous (Hekma 1995:112).
Such ideals have come close to realization a century later. The combined forces of democratization and feminism since the 1960s have created a strong push towards equal sexual relations - not meaning of equal value in their variety, but all similar, rejecting social difference in erotic preferences. The inequality that was the norm in the recent past was replaced by a new norm of erotic egalitarianism.
In homosexual worlds, the "normal" messenger boys, sailors, soldiers and working-class young men of the past changed from objects of desire to homophobic queer bashers. Gay men now started to prefer equal relations with each other while exchanging sexual roles. Lipstick lesbians have taken the place of butches and femmes. Pedophilia, prostitution and bestiality get always more demonized and are now generally seen as exploitative and abusive practices because of their inherent inequality.
The drive towards equality favours gay and lesbian relations because they are more equal than heterosexual ones can ever become. So it is not surprising that same-sex marriages get accepted so broadly and quickly. Heterosexuals face a problem because equality is pursued even into the bedroom where the bodily differences between men and women impede its full completion (Braun, Gavey, McPhillips 2003).
The new homogeneity suggests narcissism as the beloved has to become a mirror image of the lover. This drive for erotic equality is a major revolution that receives little critical attention. The few authors who discuss this radical transformation, generally and uncritically applaud it (feminist Badinter; and Blairite Giddens who speaks of "pure relations").
Equality in sexual relations also implies the problematic liberal concept of consent. This makes the sex act an object of negotiations that often hinder the excitement. Badinter recognizes this development but does not regret the loss of lust; Giddens does not care because his ethics have precedence over pleasure.
The main long-term development is the continuing spread of egalitarian relations. It is amazing to witness the radical change of a theory and practice of desire that is founded in social inequalities of gender, age and class to a new ideology in which love mainly arises between equal partners. This development continues with always growing force, parallel to a transformation from a homo social to a hetero-social organization of society.
Don Kulick (2005) described the "good sexuality" of the country where this new system is most developed, Sweden, as monogamous and largely heterosexual with strict sex laws and no prostitution, promiscuity or public sex while children continue to remain "innocent".
This new perspective is limiting and normalising as was the old ideology, also because it excludes all sexual interests that are based in power differences. It is nice and ethically fine to strive for relations with equalized partners, but how to deal with social difference and sexual variation?
Alan Sinfield (2004) has argued that most sexual relations are based in some inequality, be it class, race, gender or age, and that such inequalities contribute to the experience of sexual pleasure. The utopian socialist Charles Fourier would have argued that such relations between persons of different backgrounds could only contribute to social cohesion because it brings people out of their own social group (Schérer 2003). But such perspectives are on the way out.
This new ideology is based in an unrealistic expectation that relations, love and lust can and should be combined. But lust and love are different things. They also have different dynamics in the sense that lust depends on novelty and the moment while love is about confidence and the long term. Love is general as it is about sharing a life together while sexual desire is more specific and fetishist. The obligation to combine sex and intimacy forces people to divorce when sexual desire has gone - as happens in most enduring love relations after some years. Monogamy makes the beloved into a jealously guarded possession instead of a precious gift.
The drive for equality also is a remarkable development and an unrealistic expectation because in a society that always more differentiates, relation, sex and love become undifferentiated while they should even be long term and include the education of children.
For good reasons Patrick Moore (2004) has suggested that it is better to revive the lively gay sexual culture of the seventies: separating the various emotions of love, friendship, passion and sex. This would be good for love, lust, relations and social cohesion. He adds the arts, as Fourier would have done, because culture is closely bound to the dynamics of sexual expression (and not to repression or sublimation).
What does this development mean for research?
The most surprising part of this revolution is its radicalism. We often think that historical changes in sexual practices and ideas are slow, as with women's and gay and lesbian emancipation, but here is a major example of a sexual revolution that is rather quick and radical, quite remarkable but unperceived except for its spectular elements like the demonization of pedophilia.
This transformation leads to a set of cultural-historical questions, and also on the nature of desire that apparently is not so essential. More research could be done on recent history and the socio-sexual changes that took place around the sixties and the so-called sexual revolution: in erotic practices, in relational models, in debates on love and lust.
From a sociological viewpoint it would be interesting to study how people now manage the combination, or separation, of loves, lusts and relations. A specific focus could be on the developments in those erotic preferences that are based in some social or power difference such as age, gender, class, ethnicity, including straight couples and sadomasochism.
Another topic is an analysis of discourses on pedophilia, child sexuality, prostitution, sex tourism and bestiality, or at the other, winning hand, same-sex marriage to see how "good" and "bad" sex get redivided. The spectacular growth of people incarcerated for sex crimes could be discussed in terms of the many people who have not been able to internalize the new rules and laws that have come with the demand for equality.
As scholars and humans we are witnessing a major shift in sexual perspectives. We should grab the chance to understand what is happening in us and our societies.
Badinter, Elisabeth (1986) L 'un est l'autre. Les relations entre hommes et femmes. Paris: Odile Jacob.
Baldauf, Ingeborg (1988) Die Knabenliebe in Mittelasien: Bačabozjik. Berlin: Das Arabische Buch.
Blackwood, Evelyn & Wieringa, Saskia E. (eds) (1999) Female Desires. Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures. New York: Columbia University Press
Braun, Virginia, Gavey, Nicola & McPhilips, Kathryn (2003) 'The "Fair Deal"? Unpacking Accounts of "Reciprocity" in Heterosex', Sexualities 6(2): 237-261.
Bray, Alan (2002) The Friend. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
El-Rouayheb, Khaled (2005) Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500- 1800. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Giddens, Anthony (1992) The Transformation of Intimacy. Sexuality, Love & Eroticism in Modern Societies. London: Polity.
Greenberg, David (1988) The onstruction of Homosexuality. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.
Hekma, Gert
(1995) 'Homosexuality and the Left in the Netherlands: 1890-1911', Journal of Homosexuality 29 (2-4): 97-116.
(2000) 'Queering Anthropology', in: Theo Sandfort, Judith Schuyf, Jan Willem Duyvendak & Jeffrey Weeks (eds) Lesbian and Gay Studies. London: Sage.
Herdt, Gilbert
(ed) (1984) Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia. Berkeley: University of California Press.
(ed) (1994) Third Sex, Third Gender. Beyond Sexual Dimorphism. New York: Zone Books.
(1997) Same sex, different cultures. Exploring gay and lesbian lives. Boulder: Westview.
Kulick, Don (2005) 'Four Hundred Thousand Swedish Perverts', GLQ 11(2): 205- 235.
Moore, Patrick (2004) Beyond Shame. Reclaiming the Abandoned History of Radical Gay History. Boston: Beacon Press.
Schachter, Marc D. (2001) '''That Friendship Which Possesses the Soul". Montaigne Loves La Boétie,' Journal of Homosexuality 41(3-4): 5-22.
Schérer, René (2004) 'Fourier's rally of love', in: Gert Hekma (ed), Past and Present of Radical Sexual Politics. Amsterdam: Masse Foundation.
Serhane, Abdelhak (2000) L'amour circoncis. Casablanca/Paris: Mëditerranée.
Sigusch, Volkmar (2000) Karl Heinrich Ulrichs. Der erste Schwule der Weltgeschichte. Berlin: Rosa Winkel.
Verstraete, Beert C. & Provencal, Vernon (eds) (2005) Same-Sex Desire and Love in Greco-Roman Antiquity and in the Classical Tradition of the West. New York: Harrington Park Press (also Journal of Homosexuality 49: 3/4).

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Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' (Swedish Ivy) on 7-3-12, #107-60.
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Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus'
KO-lee-us FOR-ster-ee
Coleus forsteri (Benth.) A.J.Paton is the correct and accepted scientific name for this species of Coleus. It was named and described as such by Alan James Paton in Phytokeys in 2019. It was first named and described as Plectranthus forsteri by George Bentham in Labiatarum Genera et Species in 1832.
To read the research document published on Phytokeys, "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera" by Alan J. Patton and others", click HERE. I think this is the document presented to make the name changes.
The genus, Coleus Lour., was named and described as such by João de Loureiro in Flora Cochinchinensis in 1790.
As of 11-28-21 when this page was last updated, Plants of the World Online by Kew lists 299 species in the Coleus genus. It is a member of the plant family Lamiaceae with 233 genera. Those numbers could change as updates are made on POWO.
THERE ARE A FEW LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR FURTHER READING.
Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' on 7-19-12, #111-16.
When I was a kid someone gave me a cutting of a Swedish Ivy, which was one of my first plants. I found this one when I was helping a friend set up for a wedding in Mississippi. We were in the backyard of their client and the wife had many really nice combination planters here and there. SO….. I broke off a piece of her Swedish Ivy and brought it home (no, I didn't just stop at the Swedish Ivy). I had never grown the variegated variety, or any other Swedish Ivy since I was a kid.
Trying to figure out what the genus and species of the cutting I brought home was a little tricky, but according to the information I found online I decided it was likely Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' because, at the time, it was widely available at local garden centers.
PREVIOUSLY when I first wrote this page (then updated again in 2018), Proven Winners offered a Swedish Ivy they call 'Variegata' and say it is a Plectranthus coleoides… The Plant List, although currently unmaintained since version 1.1 in 2013, says that species is a synonym of Plectranthus glabratus. Llifle (Encyclopedia of Life) says that Plectranthus coleoides is a synonym of Plectranthus glabratus but Plectranthus coleoides cv. Variegatus is a synonym of Plectranthus forsteri cv. Marginatus. Plants of the World Online said Plectranthus forsteri and Plectranthus glabratus are both accepted names and Plectranthus coleoides is/was a synonym of P. glabratus.
SO, when I updated this page on 2-12-21, I decided to look into the Swedish Ivy a little more so I could confuse myself all over. The genus name changing was not confusing because I knew that was going to happen for several months before it was actually official. Apparently, there are several species of Coleus/Plectranthus that have Swedish Ivy as one of their common names and variegated forms look very similar. They are Coleus forsteri, Coleus australis, and Coleus verticillatus. All are still accepted scientific names and were transferred from the genus Plectranthus to Coleus. So, what does Plants of the World Online by Kew say about Plectranthus coleoides? Well, they say it is a synonym of Plectranthus glabratus and this species is still in the Plectranthus genus. I checked that name out again because of the Swedish Ivy Proven Winner's is calling Plectranthus coleoides 'Variegata'. Of course, they could be right and this is a totally different Swedish Ivy I grew.
OH, when I updated this page on 11-28-21, I see POWO says Plectranthus glabratus is now a synonym of Coleus paniculatus…
SO, what is this plant actually? Well, we can narrow it down to either Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' or Coleus paniculatus 'Variegata'. In all honesty, we all know how the industry is only vaguely correct when it comes to scientific names, so it highly probable that Proven Winner's is incorrect and their plant they are calling Plectranthus coleoides 'Variegata' is actually Coleus forsteri… Well, that is my opinion, so I will continue using the name Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' for the name of this plant… What do you think?
While doing the research, I believe the Swedish I had years ago was what is now being called Coleus verticillatus. You can find it on Dave's Garden and Wikipedia. Of course, you can search Plectranthus (or Coleus) australis and find many websites with similar-looking plants, both with green and variegated leaves. I am getting exhausted now…
Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' on 11-1-12, #127-1.
Common Name: Swedish Ivy.
Family: Lamiaceae.
Zones: USDA Zones 10-11.
Size: 1' tall x 3' wide.
Light: Full sun to part shade.
Water: Medium. Fairly drought tolerant once established.
Soil: Average soil is OK as long as it is well-drained. Would prefer a rich, humus soil, though.
Uses: As a bedding plant, container plant, or hanging basket.
Coleus forsteri 'Marginatus' with flowers on 11-1-12, #127-12.
In my opinion, the Swedish Ivy, especially the variegated cultivars, is a nice addition to your collection. Whether you plant them in your flower beds, combination planters, hanging basket, or what. They are very versatile plants and aren't finicky. You can easily take stem cuttings and spread them around as they readily root in water or in soil.
I hope you enjoyed this page and maybe found it useful. If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, I would like to hear from you. Please click on "like" if you visited this page. It helps us bloggers stay motivated. 🙂 You can check out the links below for further reading. The links take you directly to the genus and species of this plant.
The Wikipedia page for Coleus and Plectranthus does not include the species "forsteri" for some reason (as of when I updated this page). Several of the websites below, most of them actually, still use the name Plectranthus forsteri… They may or may not update.
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DEARBORN, Michigan – Fuego Mexican Grill is a new edition to the Dearborn community having been in business for eight months now. They are inconspicuously placed within a strip mall on Schaefer Road near the Warren intersection but parking was ample and the exterior and interior décor is simply beautiful with clean lines and bold colors. The service was excellent from the moment we walked in the door.
It's important to point out that this is not your usual Mexican fare. In fact, it's better. From the moment they bring the complimentary chips and salsa to the table, it is clear that you're in for an adventure. The chips are seasoned and fried to perfection. The salsa is offered hot and mild and both are fresh and flavorful.
The Chicken Milanesa, a Mexican style, grilled, submarine sandwich was especially good topped with melted cheese, lettuce, tomato and finished with a balsamic reduction that you can get on the side so that you can easily take the leftovers home for later as the portions are generous. The sandwich was served with Fuego Grill Papas, bite-sized, cubed potatoes seasoned with sazon (a type of seasoned salt) that complimented our lunch beautifully.
The Tacos Al Carbon which included steak cooked over an open grill is accompanied by pico de gallo and any 2 sides of your choosing so your meal can be a different experience time after time. The sides included refried beans, black beans, grilled veggies, slaw, guacamole, queso, sour cream, and extra cheese. The "classic cravings" are also indulged with more traditional tacos, burritos, tostadas, quesadillas and enchiladas all gracing the menu.
However, there were also some surprises for a Mexican restaurant. First being the menu is halal. Second are a few unusual items like Fuego Grill hummus, a new twist on the Mediterranean classic with a zesty blend of roasted peppers and that yummy Fuego Sazon again. Third and most important for us was the freshness of the food. It was not packed with grease but felt much lighter than the usual Mexican fare we have become accustomed to.
The prices are affordable with combo meals available for $4.99 and full meal lunches/dinners up to $12.99. The hours of operation cater to the night owl and are Monday thru Thursday from 11 am until midnight, Friday from 11 am until 2 am, Saturday 2 pm until 2 am and Sunday 4 pm until midnight.
We were more than impressed by Fuego Mexican Grill and we know you will be to. We warmly welcome them to the neighborhood and wish them many years of success.


" let those who find not the wherewithal for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah gives them means out of his grace. - And if any of your slaves ask for a deed in writing (to enable them to earn their freedom for a certain sum), give them such a deed if ye know any good in them, yea give them something yourselves out of the means of which Allah has given to you. But force not your mades to prostitution when they desire chastity, in order that ye may make a gain in the goods of this life. but if anyone compels them , yet, after such compulsion, is Allah, Oft forgiving, Most merciful, (to them). "


November 20, 2009 (CHICAGO) Narseal Batiste, the ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to take down Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices here and elsewhere, was sentenced to 13 ½ years. Authorities had asked for a much longer sentence for Batiste, who faced a maximum of 70-years in prison from U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard.
Following two mistrials, Batiste and four other men were convicted last May of supporting terrorism, conspiring to wage war on the U.S. and other charges. Two other men were acquitted. All of them, including Batiste, insisted they plotted no terror attacks.
In sentencing Batiste, District Judge Lenard said: "You've done great harm to yourself, your family, the young men who were your followers, and you've violated the trust of your country."
Batiste apologized for the plot in court, saying he had "wanted respect". "I wanted to be this person that I really wasn't. I've never been a violent person" he told the judge.
Batiste, 35, known as "Brother Naz" and "Prince Manna," claimed his Chicago gang membership would allow him to rally an army of "street soldiers."
"I can get 5,000... soldiers in Chicago. So what we need, we need to have the gangs go crazy in the streets, see what I am saying, cause massive confusion," Batiste was heard to say on an FBI tape.
The other four men convicted in the scheme, described as soldiers in the plot, were sentenced earlier this week. They received 7 to 9 years in federal prison-far less than the 30 to 50 years that federal prosecutors had wanted.
Judge Lenard, in sentencing hearings Wednesday and Thursday, said the four were followers who participated far less than ringleader Batiste in discussions about possible terrorist attacks. The conversations were recorded by the FBI using an informant posing as an al Qaeda operative.
The plot never got past discussion, which led defense attorneys and terrorism experts to describe the case as overblown since the ``Liberty City Seven'' were arrested in June 2006. Lenard appeared to share that sentiment in sentencing the underlings.
``As I see this case, these young men were looking for something. I don't know, maybe it was their naiveté and youth that made them fall under the influence of a man with a need to control, and they became his followers,'' Lenard said in sentencing the soldiers.
Batiste, 35, testified at the trials that he faked being a terrorist in the hope of scamming the FBI informant out of $50,000 for his construction business. Prosecutors portrayed him as a leader of a paramilitary sect that did not recognize U.S. government authority, and who hoped to use chaotic attacks on the 110-story Chicago skyscraper to start an anti-U.S. war.
A key piece of evidence was a ceremony led by the informant, and taped by the FBI, in which each man pledged loyalty to al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
When federal authorities took down the alleged conspiracy, they claimed to have interrupted a major domestic terrorism plot.
December, 2005: with sounds of the season bleeding onto its hidden camera, it was the FBI, not Santa Claus, coming to town to shoot this covert meeting in a Miami hotel room, a meeting between the government secret agent and Narseal Batiste on the right.
Batiste, once a delivery truck driver on the streets of Chicago, had become the target of a federal domestic terror investigation.
The paid informant was posing as an al Qaeda operative, planted by the feds to bust a suspected home grown terror plot targeting Chicago and other cities across America, including Miami and New York.
"This whole war could be won if we win one city, you know what that city is, Chicago," said Batiste on tape.
Six months later, federal agents stormed a warehouse where Batiste allegedly trained radical followers to carry out attacks on government offices and skyscrapers.
"The Empire State Building and, uh, the Sears Tower. With those two buildings down all radio communication is out," Batiste said on the tape.
Those words were backed up by a promise of firepower, lots of it, including machine guns. And nearby residents fueled speculation that an attack was imminent.
"Whole head wrapped up just the eyes showin' and they were standing guard, one here one there, like soldiers," said one neighbor.
The tapes and testimony of the paid FBI informant were the centerpieces of the federal case against Batiste. They also had photos of potential targets taken by the defendants.
Batiste relatives denied he ever took photos of Sears Tower or FBI buildings and claimed he didn't even own a computer.
Family members said the meetings that took place were religious ceremonies, and the military training was just for self-protection in a dangerous neighborhood.
"I know he don't have the heart to no kill someone or try to attempt to do anything like that," said one defendant's father.
"Americans are the targets because they are Muslims," said M. Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University told the I-Team during the trial. The terrorism expert was sharply critical of the prosecution and contended the men were entrapped by a suspect informant.
"It's all a part of a bigger political agenda and unfortunately the Department of Justice has fallen prey to it," said Bassiouni.
Bassiouni ridiculed investigators for believing that the accused terrorists were serious when they discussed filling restaurant salt shakers with poison to kill people.
"Man, that would be a hell of a day for America, that's gonna be worse than anthrax," the informant said on tape.
"This idea of a salt shaker is so simplistic, so out of reach in terms of plausibility, if you are speaking to anyone who is involved in anti-terrorism and ask are these people for real, the answer would be these are a bunch of jokers who don't know what they are talking about," said Bassiouni.
The management of the Sears Tower (now the Willis Tower) has maintained that the plot was just a tall tale. In a 2007 statement to the I-Team, building general manager Thomas Dempsey says: "It's clear in this case that these misguided and ill-equipped defendants never went beyond talk of far-fetched criminal acts. The bottom line is that no imminent threat to Sears Tower ever existed."


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Szeklerland
Grand Szekler Assembly
Szekler National Assembly
Petition on the Day of the Szekler Liberty
To The Government and Parliament of Romania
For his information: to Mr. President Klaus Johannis
Today, on the 10th of March 2019 we Szeklers, and those who share solidarity with us, home and around the world, gathered in Marosvásárhely, unechivocally following the path of law and democracy, affirm unanimously once again: we demand territorial autonomy for Szeklerland! The message of The Day of the Szekler Freedom is that this day is not only for commemoration, but also for demanding the respect of our rights.
In this semester, Romania holds the Presidency of the European Union. But the chosen slogan - "Cohesion is a European value" is very inauthentic when coming from the Romanian government. The Government of Romania is manifestly responsibility for the artificial impoverishment of the Szeklerland, something that for the past twelve years has been carried out through means given by the EU. We demand that the Government of Romania gives weight to their slogan, and abandon the forced and artificial impoverishment of Szeklerland.
We also demand the release of Beke István and Szőcs Zoltán, who were wrongfully condemned in the so-called Szekler Terroris Trial, as it is obvious that what has been done to them was meant to intimidate the entire Hungarian community. We object to the institutions of the rule of law being used to suppress, intimidate and persecute the Hungarians citizens of Romania.
We insistently affirm: the autonomy of Szeklerland does not violate the territorial unity and sovereignty of Romania, it does not violate the interests of the Romanian people living in Szeklerland, and it does not contradict the constitution of the country! The autonomy of the Szeklerland - as per the European practice - means that the Szekler-Hungarian community, who make up the majority population in their homeland, would have the right and the actual capacity to manage, on their own responsibility and in the interests of the region, a substantial share of public affairs, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, and in the interest of all national communities living on its territory. This also serves the interests of Romania. The autonomous region has a democratically elected body between the state and the collectivity, exercises the powers of self-administration, and has the corresponding public status and competence.
Upon joining the Council of Europe, Romania has agreed to a unilateral commitment to comply with Council Recommendation 1201/1993, and as such, this has become mandatory for them. Article 11 of the document states, that "in the regions where they are in a majority the persons belonging to a national minority shall have the right to have at their disposal appropriate local or autonomous authorities or to have a special status, matching the specific historical and territorial situation and in accordance with the domestic legislation of the state". For the past quarter of a century, Romania refused to comply with this obligation, and the authorities rejected all forms of dialogue on the subject.
Having these in mind:
We demand that following the administrative reorganization, Szeklerland becomes its own independent administrative and development region with its own autonomous administrative competence, based on the draft law drafted by the Szekler National Council and submitted to parliament!
We demand that in the process of the administrative reorganization the Government and the Parliament respect their international obligations as well as the will of the Szekler people.
We demand for the government to start a dialogue with the legitimate representatives of the Szekler people, the Szekler National Council and the Szekler self governments.
We protest against the regular attacks on Hungarian language institutions of education, against the intimidation of local authorities in Szeklerland, and restrictions on the use of our native language and the use of our national symbols.
We demand the establishment of the independent Hungarian faculty at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marosvásárhely (UMPh Târgu Mureș).
We demand full and effective equality for all the inhabitants of Szeklerland!
Autonomy for Szeklerland, freedom for the Szekler people!
Marosvásárhely
Izsák Balázs
In the name of the participants of the protest of
March 10, 2019 in Marosvásárhely.
Szekler National Council
Sfântu Gheorghe, Konsza Samu street 21.
Covasna County – Romania
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Q: Primary decomposition of $(0)$ in $k[x,y,z]∕(xyz-z^2)$ I'm thinking about this problem:

Let $k$ be a field and $A:=k[x,y,z]∕(xyz-z^2)$.
$1)$ Show that $(\overline{x})$ and $(\overline{y})$ are primary and that $(\overline{z})$ is prime in $A$.
$2)$ Find a minimal primary decomposition of $(\overline{0})$ in $A$.

I already know how to solve $1)$, but I'm stuck with $2)$.
From the way the question is posed, it looks like the decomposition is supposed to be something like $(\overline{0})=(\overline{x})\cap(\overline{y})\cap(\overline{z})\cap...$
But my first thought was to try $(\overline{0})=(\overline{xy-z})\cap(\overline{z})$.
First, we have:
$\overline{f}\overline{g}\in(\overline{xy-z})\implies fg=s(xy-z)+t(xyz-z^2)\in(xy-z)\implies fg\in(xy-z)\overset{(*)}{\implies}$ $f\in(xy-z)$ or $g\in(xy-z)\implies \overline{f}\in(\overline{xy-z})$ or $\overline{g}\in(\overline{xy-z})$.
therefore $(\overline{xy-z})$ is prime in $A$ (where $^{(*)}$ is because $xy-z$ is irreducible in $k[x,y,z]$).
Second, if $\overline{p}\in(\overline{xy-z})\cap(\overline{z})$, then $p=q(xy-z)+r(xyz-z^2)$ and $p=rz+s(xyz-z^2)$, therefore
$$q(xy-z)=rz+s(xyz-z^2)-r(xyz-z^2)\in(z)$$
$$\Rightarrow q\in(z)\Rightarrow p\in(xyz-z^2)\Rightarrow\overline{p}=\overline{0}$$
So, indeed, $(\overline{0})=(\overline{xy-z})\cap(\overline{z})$, and I didn't need either $(\overline{x})$ or $(\overline{y})$.
Am I missing something?


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Apart from Yeshé Tsogyel and Ma-gÇig Labdrön, great female practitioners have historically received little recognition in Vajrayana, so the Aro gTér cycle of teachings is unusual in that it was revealed by a female visionary, Aro Lingma (1886 – 1923) and is based entirely in the three Inner Tantras of Nyingma Vajrayana. Known as a mother essence lineage, the Aro gTér focuses on the teaching and practice of the Inner Tantras from the point of view Dzogchen; the teachings were passed down through a line of female teachers and practitioners, and emphasise assimilation with everyday working life; appreciative sexual equality; the spiritual dimension of romantic relationship; artistic creativity; and the pursuit of life-enhancing engagement with the Arts in all their forms. These teachings are practical and highly applicable, yet tremendously profound – being conveyed as interpenetrating layers that each person understands according to their needs and previous experience. The tradition is principally concerned with transforming our experience of everyday being, rather than achieving an esoteric or spiritualised mode of existence, the aim being to engender cheerful courage, perceptive consideration, sincere determination, natural gallantry, graciousness, creativity, and spaciousness. And it's not just for women – all teachings and practices are applicable to everyone, everywhere.
Ja'gyür and Mé-tsal have made numerous trips to Bhutan over the last few years. They have visited many important places where great practitioners have spent time in retreat: pilgrimage places of Padmasambhava, Yeshé Tsogyel, Ma-gÇig Labdrön, Jigmé Lingpa, and Drukpa Kunlegs.
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Inner Mongolia Baotou Museum is a national second-level museum. It was established in December 1998. It is a comprehensive museum based in Baotou and houses cultural relics from the western part of Inner Mongolia.
In 2000, the main exhibition of Baotou Museum was awarded for being one of the "Top Ten Exhibitions of Inner Mongolia autonomous region" by the region's Culture Department.
In 2005, a new building covering an area of 3.5 hectares and a building area of 24,000 square meters was opened to the public. There are eight exhibition halls, six of which are permanent exhibition halls –– Baotou Historical Relics Exhibition, Inner Mongolia Ancient Rock Painting Exhibition, Tibetan Buddhism Thangka Art Exhibition, and Baotou Ancient Stone Carving Cultural Relics Exhibition.
On May 15, 2008, the museum became one of the first museums in the region to scrap admission fees. In recent years, it has been constantly expanding opportunities for inter-library exchange and cooperation, as well as trying to get the museum's fine collections into museums abroad to showcase regional culture. Also, the museum has been introducing collections from museums around the autonomous region to attract a larger audience.


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The demand for a dedicated girls' college in Alipurduar was materialized in the year 2007 with the establishment of Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalaya. The formal commencement of academic activity began from 4th of August, 2008. Commencement of classes was declared by Professor Arunabha Basu Majumdar, the then Vice–Chancellor of the University of North Bengal. Classes began temporarily in Alipurduar Collegiate School and continued there for 4 years till the foundation stone of the new college building was laid on 16th of February, 2009 by the then Chief Secretary Sri. Ashok Mohan Chakraborty and Education Secretary, Sri Satish Ch. Tewary. The land chosen for the College is in the Newtown area, heart of the town. On 19th of February, 2012 the college shifted to its own building which was inaugurated by Shri Rabiranjan Chattopadhyay, Minister for Technical Education, Govt. of West Bengal. From that day the college is running in its own building. The First Acting Principal of the college was Late Sri Satyendra Prasad Biswas, eminent personality of the locality and retired lecturer of Alipurduar College. The founder Secretary of the Organizing Committee was Sri Nirmal Das, Ex M.L.A. of Alipurduar. On 26th of April, 2010 Dr. Amitabh Roy took charge as Teacher–in–Charge of the College. He was redesignated Vice - Principal of this College by Department of Higher Education, Science & Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal on 16th April, 2018.


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How Will Australia's Repeated Leadership 'Spills' Impact Its Foreign Policy?
Welcome to "Women Around the World: This Week," a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week's post, covering May 5 to May 11, was compiled with support from Amalia Trigo and Rebecca Turkington.
Reports that China has stepped up efforts to gain influence in foreign political systems have sparked concern in Australia, New Zealand, and other states amid signs that the campaign may be shaping debate on regional issues in Asia.


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Haus Overbach ist eine rheinische Wasserburg im Jülicher Stadtteil Barmen. Der Gebäudekomplex ist heute im Besitz der Ordensgemeinschaft der Oblaten des hl. Franz von Sales. Die Gebäude werden teils als Verwaltungsgebäude des Ordens, als Kloster und auch für eine Schuleinrichtung (Gymnasium Haus Overbach) genutzt.

Geschichte
Die erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Haus Overbach als Rittersitz findet sich im Jahre 1341 in einer Urkunde von Johannes de Overbach. Bereits 1334 wurde ein Heinrich von Overbach als Hofmeister des Grafen Wilhelm von Jülich urkundlich erwähnt. Im Jahre 1415 besaß das Gut Overbach insgesamt 61 Morgen Land. Um das Jahr 1450 herum besaß die Familie Grein von Aldenhoven das Gut. Aus dieser Zeit stammen die Kellergewölbe im Herrenhaus. Ende des 15. Jahrhunderts erbte Maria von Reuschenberg, geb. Grein das Haus und brachte es so in den Besitz der Familie Reuschenberg. Erst um 1630 kam der Adelssitz als Teil einer Erbschaft an Johanna Adolpha von Cortenbach. Da aber Johanna Adolpha mit Wilhelm Heinrich von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg verheiratet war, kam Overbach de facto so zunächst in den Besitz der der Familie von Hatzfeld-Wildenburg. Die Familie Hatzfeld verlegte ihre Besitzungen mehr in den Süden Deutschlands und nutzte den alten Rittersitz als Pfandobjekt. So verkaufte man schließlich Overbach an den Pächter Franz Josef Hons, der 1792 das Anwesen gewinnbringend an den Baron Reiner von Overschie-Wisbecq verkaufte. Direkt wurden die alten Gebäude abgerissen und durch einen neuen Gebäudekomplex ersetzt.

Aus seiner Ehe mit der Gräfin von Hochsteden entstammte eine Erbtochter Jeanette Francoise. Diese heiratete 1828 den Grafen Theophil von Hompesch-Rurich. Die Ehe endete kinderlos und nahezu tragisch. Das Patenkind Theophils, die Tochter seines Bruders, Gräfin Maria Luise von Hompesch, heiratete den Major Ludolf von Wenge-Wulfen. So gelangte das Haus an diese Familie. Als auch diese Ehe kinderlos endete, gelangte das Gut in den Besitz von Paul Wolff-Metternich. Dieser verkaufte Overbach an den Reichsgrafen von und zu Hoensbroech, der das Anwesen wiederum im November 1918 an die Salesianer verkaufte, die es zum Kloster und zur Missionsschule umgestalteten.

Bereits auf einer Landkarte aus dem 16. Jahrhundert wird Haus Overbach mit aufgezeichnet. Allerdings wird der Adelssitz erst im Codex Welser um 1720 in Form einer Skizze dargestellt.

Literatur
 Holz, Alexander: Aufbruch in die Moderne. Die Geschichte der rheinischen Bürgermeisterei Barmen zwischen Revolution und Tradition (1789 - 1848). Alsdorf: AWD 2018

https://epaper.zeitungsverlag-aachen.de/2.0/article/2503bff600

 Kisky, Hans: Schlösser und Herrensitze im Rheinland: nach alten Stichen und Vorlagen, Weidlich 1960, S. 29 f.

Weblinks

 Material zu Burg Overbach in der Sammlung Duncker der Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (PDF) (203 kB)

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There are few issues in the environmental movement as polarizing as nuclear power. On one hand, nuclear provides a huge, baseload energy source that has no real carbon footprint. On the other hand, it's easy to see why people are against it: just this week a senior nuclear expert advised that California's nuclear power plant should be shut down, and the ongoing news about the effects of radiation in Fukushima is scaring people off using nuclear energy altogether.
Add to this all the pro- and anti-nuclear lobbying that takes place, and the topic becomes incredibly confusing, so I've broken down the key facts for you here.
1. Is nuclear power safe?
There is no clear answer to this question because we can only speculate on how probable or improbable it is that an accident with nuclear technology will occur. It's true that increased safety regulations and monitoring and modern technology make nuclear power safer than it has been in the past, however even the most stalwart pro-nuclear proponent has to admit that there is still a risk involved with using nuclear power. The problem is that this seemingly small risk has the potential for extremely large and irrevocable consequences, as is currently being demonstrated in Fukushima in Japan, where a powerful earthquake in 2011 caused a nuclear meltdown.
Another thing to think about is seismic activity and the potential effects of this on nuclear power plants, particularly since fracking wells have been linked to increased seismic activity even in areas with no history of earthquakes pre-fracking. This is why Michael Peck, a senior federal nuclear expert, is urging regulators to shut down the last operating nuclear power plant in California until they can assess the potential impact of earthquakes on the facility.
In the same report Peck also states that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has not been sticking to the safety rules it outlined for the plant's operation.
Earlier this week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved storing nuclear waste on-site for 160 years or more after a reactor has shut down, to much criticism from anti-nuclear activists and local residents, however in the absence of waste burial sites this is the only answer while the nuclear waste is being produced.
In May this year, Forbes reported that a small release of nuclear radiation that occurred on Valentine's Day was probably linked to 'the wrong kitty litter' which was used to treat some of the nuclear waste that had been stored in WIPP, the world's only underground nuclear waste repository which is based in New Mexico.
Whatever your views on the safety of nuclear power, it's worth keeping in mind that as late as May this year four nuclear reactors in northern England had to be shut down due to faults. Granted, the faults were picked up on before disaster struck. But is that a risk we're willing to take? Let's look at the other issues in the debate to see whether the pros outweigh the cons.
2. Is nuclear power clean or sustainable?
This is the most confusing element of the nuclear energy debate because opposing parties can so easily use the term 'sustainable' to justify their own arguments. Again, the issue is more complex than that. Yes, nuclear power is more sustainable than coal, because nuclear reactors do not emit greenhouse gasses during operation, whereas coal is extremely polluting and there is wide recognition that we need to wean ourselves off it altogether.
However, nuclear energy is not sustainable in itself. There is a critical issue that determines the argument here which is that nuclear power creates radioactive waste that is highly toxic, and we currently have no long-term plan for dealing with it. Some of the waste is recycled and disposed of safely, but the matter that's left over is worryingly dangerous and we still don't have a way of safely disposing of it. What we currently do is lock it in cement or steel casks, and store it in pools for a few decades, or bury it underground and hope for the best. We don't know what the effects of all this buried material might be in the long-term and we don't seem to be any closer to finding safe ways of storing the leftover waste forever. Because of this issue of toxic waste, it cannot be argued that nuclear energy is sustainable, and it means that nuclear energy is the very opposite to the definition of clean.
Consider it this way–nuclear waste has a half-life that is longer than any language every known to exist. If we put safety warnings and handling procedures in English, Cantonese, and Spanish, but will any of those languages still be used in 10,000 years when future generations open nuclear storage facilities? The only answer we have to that question is that we don't know.
3. Is nuclear power the key to energy independence?
Thankfully there is another energy option available that could replace our need for oil. Read on.
4. Is nuclear power the only viable option?
As politicians continue the global discussion of attempting to stop or slow climate change they tend to loop from coal to nuclear and back again – even though neither is the truly sustainable option here. As some wise individual put it, there aren't huge profits in 'free' energy, ie renewable energy that cannot be owned and co-opted by a single company. Once you invest in the initial equipment for harnessing solar, water or wind power, you don't have to pay an energy provider for your "fuel" needs for the rest of your life, and some environmentalists argue that this is why governments deliberately choose not to invest in renewable technology. Certainly the question has to be posed as to why we discuss the nuclear option at all when we could be discussing the low carbon option of renewable technology. Renewable energy does not create hazardous waste material that we are unable to deal with, does not require mining, and it isn't about to run out any time soon. Most importantly, it is the best option for the environment because of the low emissions involved with obtaining it, and 97% of scientists agree that we need to act on emissions now to help stop or slow climate change.
Since a third of Britain's nuclear capacity went offline in the week that energy provider EDF found faults in its nuclear reactors, it's clear that we need to switch to a safe source of energy that can, at the very least, tide us over in emergency situations like this one. It's hard to see why governments around the world aren't heavily investing more in renewable energy technology already – although some are doing so, the financial amounts are miniscule compared with fossil fuel subsidies that are already in place.
In the past the main barrier to solar investment has been limited battery energy storage, but this technology has come far in recent years – read up on the perovskite lightbulb and see for yourself. However, real investment is required to make renewable energy a viable contender for energy, and one has to wonder why we aren't seeing more of that yet, when the need for fossil fuel replacement is so urgent.
As you've seen, there are no clear or easy answers in this debate, so I'll leave it to you to decide what you do with this information. I will conclude by pointing out that even being pro-nuclear energy doesn't mean that you have to be anti-renewable energy. Why don't we start investing in renewable energy anyway? We have nothing to lose, and much to gain.


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Satire Is Dead
Nick is on about satire this week. I'm disappointed that 'satire is dead' bush yields only 172,000 pages. I expected a million or so.
Actually, our boy makes some good points. Nick calls Brown a "demented spendthrift who stuffed the pockets of bureaucrats, IT salesmen, management consultants and hospital consultants while the patients whose money he had taken lay in NHS beds slowly dying in pools of their own excrement" which is a little over the top, but not that much.
Update, by Bruschettaboy: NB that Nick Cohen knows less than Aaro about macroeconomics, if such a thing were possible. There is some good stuff on problems in the NHS there, but the overall characterisation of Brown as a "demented spendthrift" has no very sound basis in the PSBR figures and is purely and simply a George Osborne talking point. You can see that no thought has gone into the piece from the fact that Nick gaily throws around all sorts of numbers of different orders of magnitude as if they were equally important; sort of like a Burroughsian cut-up technique applied to the Pre-Budget Report. By the way, one third of the "Squandered" trillion pounds of "Our Money" referred to in David Craig's book has gone into the benefits system, so if you're an Observer reader receiving state benefits or a pension, you might be interested to know that Nick Cohen considers you a complete waste of Decent people's money. Or if you're a doctor for that matter, you parasitical bastard bleeding the workers dry with your fancy pay rises. Where's Pol Pot when you need him? Sorry, Chardonnay Chap, appallingly rude of me to butt in like that. As you were.
While his attacks on Brown's economic competence are well-placed (and the sort of commentary that a former-broadsheet should carry), his digs at satire are, well, laughable.
He [Henry Naylor, chief writer of Headcases] shouldn't be so cocksure, because if not for 100 years then for a good two decades, British satire has had a dire record.
Nick is still mates with Francis Wheen of satirical rag Private Eye isn't he? (Not that I think the Eye is any great shakes either, if it comes to that.) Has he shared this view?
Spitting Image's writers presented Margaret Thatcher's ministers as cowering eunuchs, and looked lost when the supposed sycophants overthrew her.
Oh come on, everyone was surprised. I read the Guardian and the Independent in those days. and I don't recall any political observer saying anything like "You've got to watch out for Geoffrey Howe."
I think Nick gets satire completely wrong. He seems to think it should carry accurate political analysis first and humour second when it's the other way around. He thinks satirists should concentrate on politicians rather than on celebrities, when there's no point in mimicking someone if only a few cognosenti recognise the imitation. Despite what Nick seems to think, even if there was a heyday of British television satire in the 60s, the Frost Report etc didn't "draw blood" on a regular basis.
At the risk of sounding like Tony Benn when he's sounding off on "issues", good satire doesn't concentrate on personalities, but on, I suppose, issues. Jon Stewart is a superb (in my opinion anyway) comedian, but his commentary doesn't just stick to the obvious ad hominems (Bush is a moronic dry-drunk sort of thing) but goes into the twisted logic behind the stupidity. The problem with "Spitting Image" was that it got locked into 1-dimensional characterization. A good newspaper cartoonist (oxymoron watch, where are you?) could show, for instance, John Major as "a grey but decent ditherer" one day and as "an obstinate man tormented by resentments" the next because, strangely, both are true. Proper satire doesn't depend on a one-to-one relationship with reality.
As for the "crisis of confidence in British culture" - that's just bollocks.
In other Decent news, Martin Amis gets a good kicking in the NYT from Michiko Kakutani (via Steven Poole).
Indeed "The Second Plane" is such a weak, risible and often objectionable volume that the reader finishes it convinced that Mr. Amis should stick to writing fiction and literary criticism, as he's thoroughly discredited himself with these essays as any sort of political or social commentator.
I'd forgotten how up his own arse Amis could be.
The solecism, that is to say, is not grammatical but moral-aesthetic - an offense against decorum; and decorum means 'seemliness,' which comes from soemr, 'fitting,' and soema, 'to honor.' 9/11, 7/7: who or what decided that particular acts of slaughter, particular whirlwinds of plasma and body parts, in which a random sample of the innocent is killed, maimed, or otherwise crippled in body and mind, deserve a numerical shorthand? Whom does this 'honor'? What makes this 'fitting'?
Since 'decorum' does mean 'seemliness' why not say 'seemliness' in the first place? And it's a pity that 'Remembrance Day' falls on the eleventh day of the eleventh month and it's traditional to observe two minutes silence at the eleventh hour on that day? Who decided (apart from this being the anniversary of the end of WWI) that this numerical shorthand, etc, almost an entire generation of young men, etc?
This last is not exactly a Decent watch, but related to MA's Islamophobia (not a word I really like, but there doesn't seem to be a better one - bar 'out and out craziness'). Amis not so long ago published a book with the title "The War Against Cliche" - he seems to think he's being original or percipient in his condemnations of Muslims. Amis has lower-browed counterparts and they have confirmed, in confirmation was needed, that online commenters to newspaper articles make on despair of mankind in general. Andrew O'Hagan, who is generally a pretty sensible commentator, wrote Fear of Islam is ruining our chance for peace in the Torygraph and attracted 100% wingnuts. What is really shocking is they repeat the usual prejudices against Islam without having read or understood the piece. "The difference between the IRA and Islam is that Allah says 'Die for me'. Jesus said 'I died for you'" (Posted by F. and U. Adenufyet on April 8, 2008 8:33 AM) Apart from the IRA = Jesus thing, which I really cannot get my head around, and the travestying of Islamic beliefs, O'Hagan's starting point was the story (BBC version) of the "desecration of nearly 150 Muslim graves at a French World War I cemetery". I know next to nothing about French colonial history, but I think these soldiers were actually volunteers. I admit no one actually asked them to die for France, but that was what it came to.
How blinkered, how prejudiced does someone have to be not to be able to say that the vandalism of graves (which in itself reminds me of Tony Harrison's "V") and using swastikas at that is a vile act? (NB, I am sort of hoping that Aaro picks up this story for the JC.)
Larry Teabag said...
Someone should direct Mr Cohen towards the Decentpedia.
I can't take Martin Amis seriously after reading his book on Stalin. My comments on it are here.
I think I can trump you dr paul. I don't take Martin Amis seriously, so I didn't read his book on Stalin.
StuartA said...
To put that in perspective, the United Nations estimated that in 2006, 35,000 died in the civil war in Iraq.
I'm wondering, is this the first time Cohen has mentioned post-invasion Iraqi casualties?
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I've just interjected a comment on Nick's economics into the middle of the piece, instead of posting it as a comment here. Is that unforgivably rude? It felt so delightfully transgressive while I was doing it. In any case, very sorry CC if I've stepped over the line and do feel free to edit the shit out of my posts.
Sorry to repeat myself, but the phrases 'Chris Morris' and 'light entertainer' are hovering over the entire Cohen piece aren't they?
Anyway, onto Amis. It's good to see someone picking this up and debunking it:
he suggests that Western liberals acted as if "suicide-mass murder" committed by Islamic terrorists was "reasonable, indeed logical and even admirable."
It's a standard Decent line of attack and as usual there's pretty much no proof for it. and:
Amis not so long ago published a book with the title "The War Against Cliche" - he seems to think he's being original or percipient in his condemnations of Muslims.
This was a point raised in the TLS review of The Second Plane .
The general Decent love-in over Amis's recent book has been incredibly embarrassing, exposing them once again as people who will praise anything that fits in with their prejudices, no matter how wretched it is (see also their love of Oliver Kamm); but they'll probably think that it's just 'weak-minded arts elite appeasing terrorism' yet again.
Maybe the question to be asked of Amis's book, again, is what it actually gives us that's new. As Kakutani says, he rehashes almost all of his opinions from Hitchens, Lewis and Steyn. What's the point?
forgot this, sorry:
he seems to think he's being original or percipient in his condemnations of Muslims
that seemed to be the reason why Geras approvingly reposted Amis saying 'Don't contradict your times'. But the problem with this is that Amis is (unfortunately) echoing the zeitgeist of reactionary Britain with his boneheaded, uninformed 'opinions' on Islam. Saying 'terrorism is bad' and 'islam is bad' over and over again is the antithesis of 'contradicting your times'.
worth remembering that Nick thought of himself as a bit satirical when his column used to be called "hold on a minute" - he also I think did most of the short lived "demon ears" diary in the Observer - . SO pre-Decency he tried a little satire, with limited success. He is now committed to total humorlousness .
Absolutely. It's the kind of comment that reflects Amis' and Geras' complete detachment from the real world.
"To put that in perspective, the United Nations estimated that in 2006, 35,000 died in the civil war in Iraq."
I was a little worried by that throwaway comment. I'm not sure how the mention of Iraq puts it into perspective. After all, couldn't he just say, "to put it into perspective..THAT'S 34,000 PEOPLE IN A YEAR, NEARLY 100 A DAY!!!"
I see the formulation of a new Decent-Get-Out. "So you condemn me for my support of the Iraq War? Well, do you condemn those who run the NHS, an equally bloody venture? No? Hypocrite. Your view is irrelevant".
Notes from the new Decent philistinism
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