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I don't want a puppy, I want a President
: Dean just can't keep his foot from marching into his mouth:
"In other words, I lead with my heart and not my head. That's the only chance we have against George Bush," Dean said as he sought to recover from his third-place Iowa finish and the fallout over his scream-filled speech on caucus night that raised questions about his temperament.
That's the last kind of person I want in the White House, somebody who'll be ruled by emotions, somebody who'll take it all personally.
It's not about you, Howard. It's about us. Think for us, like us. That's the job.
What an absurd leap of logic to go from leading with his heart to someone who will take it all personally. Do you even try to be honest or has it all become just about the spin for you?
Steve Gigl says:
We had a guy who led with his heart and not his head as governor of Minnesota, and his tenure was not a high point. I highly recommend we avoid such a thing nationally.
And I'm not so sure you can't draw a link between leading by emotion and letting emotion get the best of you, which is clearly something that happens to Dean fairly often.
Item: when faced with someone who thinks George Bush is a neighbor who Dean ought to be attacking less, Dean shouts at him to "…sit down. You've had your say and now I'm going to have my say."
Naw, Dean doesn't take things personally…
Independant George says:
Wait a minute – isn't that the (admittedly, sometimes fair) standard criticism of Bush – that he's not intellectually engaged, and decides on policy based on instincts instead of reason? Simplistic 'Axis of Evil' rhetoric instead of dispassionate, nuanced reasoning?
Anil says:
I'm curious, Jeff, if you keep saying how the election should be focused on positivity, especially by those of us on the left, why do you keep harping on the negatives of one guy who's in (at best) third place?
What do you *want* to see? What are the praiseworthy traits of our Democratic candidates? There's nobody who ever leads with just heart or just their head, we know that, so it seems like a petty and pointless issue to fixate on.
stoddart says:
It seems to me that he's blogged an awful lot here about how positive Dean's embrace of blogging and networking has been, and the influence of that on the whole process (regardless of whether he's the front runner or not).
Charlie T. says:
I'll remember this post when you and your pals are savaging Kerry for being "dull" this fall.
Hipocrite says:
Don't forget french-looking Charlie, and that he doesn't know who he is. And Jewish – Rethuglicans don't want to lose the anti-semite vote.
"I'm a fiscal conservative, social/cultural liberal and foreign policy hawk." Andrew Sullivan
Dean hits 2 out of the 3. He was derided by quite a few here in Vermont because he didn't make any attempt to please all. He pulled it off, he was a good steward of the Vermont economy during his tenure as governor.
The "screech" was a gaffe in that it allowed too many to have a good laugh at his expense. It reflects a man who is not polished. It does not reflect a man who is unhinged.
Unfortunately for Dean, I'm a "Blair democrat."
Richard Bennett says:
Dean's heart scares me a lot more than his head, and the fact that he can't confront its content is scarier still.
This is a standard pander to the naive element of the left, because it underscores a familiar claim: the left are the "caring people", and the right are the calculating and therefore cruel people. But real life demands more than noble feelings, it needs policies that realistically accomplish noble ends, like teaching people on welfare how to support themselves. And that's where the Heart People lose to the Head People every time.
Robert McClelland says:
>The "screech" was a gaffe in that it allowed too many to have a good laugh at his expense. It reflects a man who is not polished. It does not reflect a man who is unhinged.
I think Dean was making fun of all those who have been claiming he is too angry. If you watch the footage of his speech, his sarcasm can clearly be seen.
Dann says:
At the risk of being crude, I'll say that leading with the heart instead of the head is one of the reasons why modern liberalism is in trouble. Modern liberalism (at least the part that is charge of public policy) says that a guy like Bill Gates or Ross Perot or Jack Welch that is sitting on a huge pile of wealth generated by productively serving the legitimate needs of the world are in some way less deserving of economic liberty and is somewhat criminal in comparison with the average homeless person. (using extremes on purpose)
Modern liberalism (according to those same folks in charge of public policy) wants so much to 'help' people, that they fail to check to see if their 'help' is helpful or harmful over the long term.
From that starting point, we have trod the road to hell; paving it with our own good intentions. We may not be in hell right now, but it wouldn't be much of a trip if our government successfully persuades the majority of the population that a car, home, food, clothes, health care, etc. are American birth rights justified by the mere drawing of a breath as opposed to being the purpose for pursuing a useful education and gainful employment.
IMHO.
-Regards
Easycure says:
You guys are all taking Jeff just a little too seriously.
He makes some funny (and often poignant) remarks about a guy who resembles a Giant Human Thumb and you get all bent out of shape?
Lighten up! Sheesh.
Good advice, easycure. Lighten up folks.
Howard Dean has given us all some good laughs at his expense, and as soon as Dean starts to lighten up, he might resemble a lunatic less often.
I guess it's better than someone that takes his marching orders from God.
"Why did you go to war Georgie?"
"God told me to punish the evil doers."
"The ones in Saudi Arabia?"
"Yeah, those… hey…. fool me once… won't get fooled again."
Eric Deamer says:
Anon:
Another insightful and meticulously sourced critique. Of all comment posters, Anon is my favorite. He/she appears in so many places and adds so much to the conversation. What would we do without Anon? Someday I hope to meet this mysterious person.
>You guys are all taking Jeff just a little too seriously.
Look through Jeff's latest posts. Every day there is at least one or more posts about Dean and his anger. So why do you not expect him to be taken seriously on the subject when he has obviously become obsessed with propagating the "Dean is angry" propaganda.
Gosh, you scare easily. Dean is the ex-governor of a small state. He is the proprietor of a failed dot-com.
And why is everybody talking so much about him? He is so yesterday's news.
dave_violence says:
"I think Dean was making fun of all those who have been claiming he is too angry. If you watch the footage of his speech, his sarcasm can clearly be seen"
No. He lost it. Had *I* done something like that, say, at a party or wedding, I'd be taken away – even if it was just a joke – and then reminded of my horrible behavior for the rest of my life. Dean gets no quarter for acting like a lunatic and would be a dangerous president. Worse than Dan Quayle would've been.
Jim Treacher says:
So is he running for president, or trying to get into McSweeney's?
angell says:
Well, if he was just making fun, why was he so red in the face? He looked like he was about to pop a blood vessel. He was angry –plain and simple–there are pictures out there to show an angry little man throwing a tantrum.
Look at the second shot–is that sarcasm or temper tantrumism?
Dean's a nut. You don't lead with your heart, especially in the middle of a war. Just try sifting through competing battle plans based on your emotional read–you'll get a lot of people needlessly killed. Leading with your heart in wartime can lead to things like striking out in a blind rage instead of crafting a measure response, as Bush did in Afghanistan. But Dean's toast anyway.
His statement pretty much sums up where most Democrats are, though–emotions count far more than reason, and intentions count far more than effect. As long as you meant well (and are liberal), most Dems will always give you a pass no matter who you do.
Greg D says:
No, that is a dishonest criticism of Bush, made by people who can't tell the difference between thinking, and engaging in mental masturbation.
Bush does a very good job of "speaking to the heart" (which is why his speeches leave me cold, I'm not interested in a politician appealing to my heart). His policies, however, show a great deal of logic behind them. Which is why I strongly support him, even though I hate his speaking style.
megapotamus says:
Dean's a nut.
Roger L. Simon says:
Come on. We all know the truth. It's not his head or his heart. He leads with his ego.
>Well, if he was just making fun, why was he so red in the face?
If I'm not mistaken, Dean is or was a state governor, so unless you can cite credible evidence that he governed with his heart and not his head, all this nonsense is nothing more than NBA trash-talk. Dean has been in politics for a number of years, so there should be some evidence of his rage affecting his political ability. In other words, show me the rage or STFU about Dean being angry.
Angus Jung says:
"Dean has been in politics for a number of years, so there should be some evidence of his rage affecting his political ability."
He's living through it right now.
ebb tide says:
Forget about screaming a list of states, I think at the presidential debates they should have to scream out this list, IN ORDER:
http://usembassy-australia.state.gov/hyper/2003/1210/epf304.htm
(scroll down to the bottom of that page for the list)
Meanwhile Clark graces the cover of the Advocate, begging for the gay vote. He is one phoney puppy!
http://drudgereport.com/clark.jpg
I think we can go beyond hearts and heads here:
Clinton governed with his wet index finger in the breeze, Ventura governed with his middle finger in the air, Carter governed with his other cheek, Ford governed with both thumbs, Schwarzenegger might govern with his thumb and fingertips, Bush governs with the back of his hand, Davis governed with his hand under the table, etc.
Bravo, Joel
Warbonnet says:
Most of the Democratic presidential candidates (and generally speaking most Republicans for that matter) think with the political part of their mind, but harness their heart when it is politically useful.
Years ago Dean said he favored Medicare and Social Security reform, a clear indication that he's using his head as any objective observer knows these two systems can't continue in their current forms. But now that he's in the middle of an election, he purports to lend a heartfelt defense of the current system in order to protect the old from any painful (mild or otherwise) changes to these programs.
Ditto for John Edwards. See today's Drudge Report. In 1998 he favored a hybrid private/public Social Security system. Now that he's in a race for the presidency, he's pandering to the Democratic base and insists that the government must protect SS payments indefinitely.
Those thinking with their minds will ask how will it be funded in future years, but that's a minor technically for someone trying to capitalize on his bleeding heart.
…unless you can cite credible evidence that he governed with his heart and not his head, all this nonsense is nothing more than NBA trash-talk.
Credible, eh? How's this:
"I lead with my heart and not my head." — Howard Dean
>Credible, eh? How's this:
>"I lead with my heart and not my head." — Howard Dean
And how exactly does that translate into showing his actual record as a politician? Unless you can back up the claims with evidence from his time as governor, it's nothing more than NBA trash-talk.
docweasel says:
Something I haven't seen anyone on any of the blogs mention, but isn't Al Gore a HUGE loser if Dean goes down the tubes? I think the whole reason he backed Dean was he thought Dean would win the nomination but not the election, positioning Gore to pick up Dean's supposed huge support network and to align Gore with the emerging dominance of the left wing of the Dem party. Now Dean is most likely toast, the 'new wave' of Lefty Dominance has swerved center, and Al Gore's endorsement isn't worth any more than Carol Moseley Braun's.
I tell you, I just love the DU tinfoil hat folks. (In this context, I'm responding to "Hipocrite".) Who else could offer us the spectacle of a machiavellian mad genius who is a half-wit and nearly indistinguishable from a chimp, being manipulated by a neoconservative Jewish cabal that can't risk losing the support of the anti-Semites.
What's next: the Klan coontrolling Jesse Jackson and the NAACP?
Unless you can back up the claims with evidence…
Then is Dean lying? Why must I research his governorship of Vermont to disprove a statement of his that I agree with?
Reid says:
I'd rather it had been Clark who had self destructed. That guy makes my skin crawl. Like Mark Steyn said, "So I'd say Howard Dean is a sane man pretending to be crazy. Whereas General Clark gives every indication of a crazy man pretending to be sane."
HH says:
Re: Saying this at awedding
"I wanna thank my mom and dad, and my lovely new wife for making this magical day possible. Now we're gonna go… to a hotel… in Washington and we're gonna have lots of sex!!! YAAAAAARRRRRR!"
Chuck Olsen says:
The person Jeff is describing isn't Howard Dean
schizoid says:
"Howard Dean has…closed over 70 landfills"
This is a perfect example of not using one's head. What do Vermonters do with their garbage now? Dump it in the street? Or maybe they spend millions of dollars to ship it to New Jersey and South Carolina and Arizona and North Dakota and New Mexico and California and Texas and New York and South Dakota and Oregon and Washington and Michigan! Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!
boondoggle says:
On landfills – look up economist Daniel K. Benjamin on recycling myths. 1) It's not the number of landfills you focus on but the acreage involved and 2) due to the cost of land in VT, it's probably cheaper to ship the detritus to PA.
There are better examples of where Dean did not use his head. My favorite, the commuter train from Charlotte to Burlington.
F you, Charlie. I don't think anything that you just wrote, you anti-semite.
As far as Deans record as governor goes, it's probably indicative of as level-headed one can be, same with his record as a medical doctor. But now, in the arena of the presidential election he's lost that level-headedness. "Spinning" his outburst as if it is/was some kind of joke or that he was "having some fun" offends me. "W" does not act like that, "swagger" or no "swagger." I'm offended because the excuses for and acceptance of Dean's behavior go counter to the way I have been treated in my personal life. So much so that "happy outbursts" at say a party or similar social gathering many years ago (example: just being a loud, happy drunk – how unusual) earned me (unfairly) a "reputation" for being dangerously loud and thus my peers won't take me seriously. Shoot, it's been twenty years and I have a lot of real accomplishments under my belt (academic, even!) and I'm not taken seriously because my college outbursts are remembered.
Doctor Slack says:
Not sure exactly where this Charlie rant was coming from, but:
. . . being manipulated by a neoconservative Jewish cabal that can't risk losing the support of the anti-Semites.
Funny, you'd think someone with a measured IQ of 180 and two PhD's would have the wit to distinguish between recognizing the influence of a self-identified political movement and anti-Semitism, or to know that everyone who dares utter the word is not Pat Buchanan. Unless they're, say, not being totally honest with themselves. Just a thought.
"W" does not act like that, "swagger" or no "swagger."
Ehhh, Dubya's not exactly in the best of positions for a contest about whose demeanor is better or more presidential. (Remember the "he plays like he's intercontinental" outburst in France [scroll down]? How about this more recent surreal exchange, posted originally on the White House site?)
GOP supporters would be well served to focus on policy issues rather than obsessing about demeanor, really, whoever his opponent turns out to be. Of course, that's assuming policy issues work in their favour…
Re: closing of landfills — this was complimented by increasing the percentage of recycled waste to nearly 40 percent of all Vermont waste.


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Front Office Sports: Grant Wahl's death of 'cardiac arrest' at World Cup casts pall over tournament
Medics on the scene described Grant Wahl's death as related to cardiac arrest while covering a World Cup quarterfinal contest. Read More...
Grant Wahl, a well-known sports journalist, who was on location covering the Qatar World Cup died at 48 of what medics on the scene described as cardiac arrest while covering a quarterfinal contest between Argentina and Netherlands on Friday, according to reports.
In a statement late Friday, U.S. Soccer Federation said that the entire U.S. soccer family is heartbroken by his loss.
Wahl was considered a prominent soccer writer who covered men's and women's American soccer, before Major League Soccer formed and been a sports journalist for more than two decades.
Wahl's sudden death was recognized at the start of the quarterfinal match between England and France on Saturday and many friends and colleagues offered tributes to the journalist.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Wahl was covering his eighth men's World Cup, and at this tournament in Qatar had been vocal about the country's laws banning homosexuality as it prepared to host the tournament.
At the opening match between Wales and the U.S., in late November, Wahl said he was briefly detained upon entering the stadium for wearing an apparent pro-LGBTQ T-shirt.
Star NBA player, LeBron James, who Wahl wrote a cover story on for Sports Illustrated back in 2002, described the journalist as having a huge impact "on me and my family."
Wahl's wife Celine Gounder tweeted her appreciation for support inside and outside the soccer community. "I'm in complete shock."

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Q: MODIS MOD13Q1 ndvi calculation i have downloaded the modis MOD13Q1 from usgs glovis in hdf format. how i will convert it into original ndvi value by multiplying scale factor of 0.0001. I am using ERDAS 9.1 & ENVI 4.7.
Can you tell me the step by step procedure get the ndvi value?

A: In ENVI go to "Band math" and tape: float(b1)/0.0001  look at http://www.exelisvis.fr/docs/BandMath.html ,
Actually there is no need for this, the reason why values are multiplied by 0.0001 is only for size decreasing of files. Classification adopted by MODIS is [0.2 to 0] =Water, [0 to 0.2]=No vegetation,sand, spare vegetation ... [0.2 to 1]= Vegetation , so equivalently, you can classified as follows : [-2000 to 0]= water, [0 to 2000]= No vegetation,sand, spare vegetation ..., and [2000 to 10000]=vegetation (keeping the same original values with little space in your H.D.D)

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Heavy Zen: Beautiful day for a walk!
Beautiful day for a walk here in NC! The path was my normal 5k lunchtime run through UNC and to no surprise it was quiet. Today's listening topic was acid/alkaline levels and how they affect the body. There is clearly a lot that I need to learn before I can even think about talking about the subject. What I can say is that there is some interesting stuff here. Time will tell what works.


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The public unveiling of the Princeton & Slavery Project's scholarly research is part of a larger communitywide effort to reflect on the legacy of slavery through the lenses of visual art, film, theater, history, and education. "There are so many ways to learn about the past, and there are so many ways to understand the past," says Princeton history professor Martha A. Sandweiss, the project's director.
WEBSITE: The Princeton & Slavery Project's website, slavery.princeton.edu, was to be officially launched Nov. 6. The site features 90 essays about Princeton's links to slavery, written by some three dozen students and scholars, as well as maps, charts, portraits, student-created videos, and digitized versions of more than 300 primary-source documents.
SYMPOSIUM: The Princeton & Slavery Project Symposium, Nov. 17–18, will feature panel discussions about the research and its implications. Researchers and scholars from Princeton and other universities will take part. Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, a retired Princeton humanities professor, will give the Nov. 17 keynote address. Information about the symposium, including ticketing information, is available at slaverysymposium.princeton.edu.
DOCUMENTARY FILM: Journalist and educator Melvin McCray '74 will premiere a documentary about the impact of slavery on the families of modern-day Princetonians, with screenings Nov. 17 and 19 at the Princeton Garden Theatre. McCray's film includes interviews with African American and white Princeton alumni whose family histories intersect with the history of slavery, including descendants of a slave, slave-traders, the Confederate general who fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. Supreme Court justice who decided the infamous Dred Scott case, and the abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
PLAYS: McCarter Theatre has commissioned seven 10-minute plays inspired by the work of the Princeton & Slavery Project. Readings will be held at McCarter Nov. 18 and 19.
ART EXHIBITION: The Princeton University Art Museum commissioned the contemporary artist Titus Kaphar to create an original work based on the research of the Princeton & Slavery Project. Until December, Kaphar's piece will be installed outside Maclean House, where a slave auction was advertised to be held in 1766. Through Jan. 14, 2018, the museum will also exhibit an art installation, "Making History Visible: Of American Myths and National Heroes," that juxtaposes contemporary and historical works in its exploration of how American history is understood and represented.
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING: The Princeton Public Library will hold a series of Princeton & Slavery events throughout the fall, including screenings of student films and a discussion of the McCarter plays, facilitated by members of Not In Our Town, Princeton's anti-racism community coalition. Through Dec. 15, the library will display historical documents about slavery's connections to the University and the town of Princeton, drawn from the archives of the University and the Historical Society of Princeton.
HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM: At Sandweiss' suggestion, retired Princeton High School history and English supervisor John Anagbo created three lesson plans for high-school teachers based on primary-source documents unearthed by project researchers. One of the lessons was successfully piloted last spring in a ninth-grade American history class at Princeton High School, and Anagbo hopes the school district will eventually incorporate all three into its history curriculum.


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Week in review for South Jersey scholastic sports
Josh Friedman Tom McGurk
► Carter Cranmer made a go-ahead layup with three seconds left in overtime as West Deptford defeated Pemberton 43-41 on Monday. MJ Iraldi led the Eagles with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Elijah Malloy posted a career-high 25 points as West Deptford captured their sixth straight win on Thursday, a 69-63 victory over Woodbury.
► Clearview won its third straight game and climbed above .500 for the first time this season on Monday with a 52-33 victory over Gloucester. Justin McNichols had 18 points to lead the way.
► Max McGrath hit a running 3-pointer as time expired as Wildwood knocked off Cumberland on Monday, 48-47. McGrath had four triples on the day and 16 points.
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► Ryan Roney had 14 points and Conor Regan and Adonis Perez had 12 each as Gloucester Catholic earned its first win over Delsea since 2013 with a 58-43 triumph on Monday. Ryan Roney scored a career-best 26 points as the Rams extended their winning streak to eight with a 71-62 victory over Woodstown on Thursday.
► Highland's Hunter Blessing put up a career-best 28 points Monday as the Tartans took care of Clayton 103-74. The Tartans entered the weekend riding a five-game winning streak after a 68-25 triumph over Hammonton on Wednesday.
► Brian Burns netted two free throws in the final 10 seconds to lift Haddon Township past Paulsboro 42-40 on Monday. He finished with a game-high 22 points.
► Willingboro avenged a season-opening loss to Burlington Township on Tuesday with a 60-53 road win. Marcus Randolph had a game-high 17 points while Nazim Chavies and Rasheem Dickerson chipped in 15 each.
► Isaiah Vasquez recorded 12 points to lead Cedar Creek over Absegami 53-32 on Tuesday. The win got the Pirates above .500 for the first time this season.
► Sean Miller's buzzer-beating 3-pointer lifted Timber Creek past Woodrow Wilson 64-61 on Tuesday. Miller had a team-best 18 points while Eric Benjamin added 15.
► Haddonfield welcomed back star point guard Mike DePersia, who missed a month with a wrist injury, during a 77-25 win over Haddon Township on Tuesday. DePersia had three points for the winners, who got 17 points each from Andrew Gostovich and Dan Fleming.
► Audubon's Dylan Trow netted a career-high 23 points as the Green Wave topped Lindenwold 49-47 on Tuesday.
► Egg Harbor Township senior Jordan Sweeney put up a career-high 34 points and had 18 rebounds as the Eagles survived in overtime against Bridgeton, 82-77, on Wednesday.
► Middle Township snapped a five-game losing streak on Wednesday, topping Cape May Tech 62-45. Marcus Pierce led the way with 23 points.
► Wayne Jefferson was one of six Salem players in double figures on Wednesday as he scored 20 points in a 99-51 victory over Schalick. Kysir Reves and Jamael Bundy had 17 each, Kevin Burns added 15, Gage Ausland finished with 12 and Zilon Cupe chipped in 11 as the Rams won their fourth straight.
► Jahlil White had 29 points and Taj Thweatt finished with 20 points and 16 rebounds as No. 2 Wildwood Catholic downed No. 11 St. Joseph in overtime 78-73 on Wednesday.
► Williamstown ended a five-game skid with a 60-39 win over Triton on Wednesday. Carlos Lopez Jr. finished with a game-high 17 points.
► Hartnel Haye tallied 20 points to power No. 4 Paul VI past No. 7 Eastern 66-58 on Thursday.
► Haddon Heights ran its winning streak to eight games as they bounced back from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat Overbrook 61-55 on Thursday. Tesean Pressley led the way with 17 points. On Monday, senior Jabari Higgs notched a career-high 22 points in an 83-52 triumph over Palmyra.
► Ocean City coach John Bruno collected his 400th career victory on Thursday as the Red Raiders defeated Lower Cape May 67-63 in overtime. Gannon Brady led the way 18 points, Donovan Graham had 16 and Joey Sacco added 15.
► Devon Bembridge and Tyler Jernigan had 11 points each as Medford Tech upset Westampton Tech 50-43 on Thursday.
► Collingswood freshman Mekhi Bassett scored a career-high 26 points as the Panthers beat Lindenwold 60-51 on Thursday.
► Pleasantville's Jacob Valeus passed the 1,000-point plateau in the Greyhounds' 80-49 win over Cape May Tech on Friday. He netted a team-high 15 in the victory.
► Vineland's DJ Campbell went off on Friday, pouring in a school-record 50 points in the Fighting Clan's 76-71 road win over Atlantic City. He made nine 3-pointers.
► Ninth-ranked St. Augustine grabbed sole possession of first place in the Cape-Atlantic League American Conference with a 66-53 road win over Millville on Friday. Charles Solomon had a team-high 20 points, including a highlight-worthy dunk to punctuate the win.
► Dorien DePina netted 26 points and Max Cruz added 22 as Clayton rallied from an early hole to upset Glassboro 86-73 on Friday.
► Gavin Clark, Antwan Fields and Noah Syer had 14 points each as Sterling snapped a six-game losing streak with a 68-59 triumph over Haddon Township on Friday.
► Salem senior Aliyah Thomas scored a career-high 25 points in a 66-24 victory over Cumberland on Monday.
► Deji Cook matched a career-best with 20 points as Glassboro got by Overbrook 56-43 on Monday. On the other side, the Rams' Imani Gillette put up 31 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks and 4 steals.
► Bridget Gilliano scored 19 points as Buena snapped a three-game losing streak with a 30-29 win over Camden Tech on Monday.
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► Highland's Tara Dairo posted a triple-double in a 37-19 triumph over Clayton on Monday. She finished with 11 points, 22 rebounds and 10 blocks. On Friday, Zamirah Montgomery made a layup in the final seconds as the Tartans took down Triton 47-45. Montgomery finished with a game-high 21 points as Highland rallied from an early 12-0 hole for the win.
► Collingswood ran its winning streak to 10 games on Tuesday with a 41-18 triumph over Woodbury. Isha Kargbo led the way with 18 points. The Panthers defense has been dominant during their run as opponents have scored an average of 19.3 points a night.
► Eliana Santana beat the buzzer with a layup as Camden Catholic upset No. 10 Eastern 57-55 on Tuesday. Santana had eight points and Abigail Paolini hit six 3-pointers en route to a game-high 20 points.
► Haddonfield's defense was outstanding as the No. 9 Haddons bested Haddon Township 30-14 on Tuesday. Keegan Douglas led the offense with 16 points.
► Wildwood Catholic picked up its 10th straight win on Wednesday with a 76-13 rout of St. Joseph. Gabby Turco had a game-high 21 points.
► Tyshea Griffin had 27 points as Willingboro ended a four-game losing streak with a 55-47 victory over Linden on Wednesday.
► Vineland's Briel Herbert joined the 1,000-point club during a 57-35 triumph over Millville on Wednesday. She led the way for the winners with 18 points.
► Hannah Cooksey had 21 points as Pennsville got above .500 for the first time this season with a 44-38 win over Camden Tech on Thursday.
► LEAP Academy senior Brazil Harvey-Carr had a triple double in all three of her team's games last week. She had 33 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in a win over Pennsauken Tech on Tuesday, 32 points, 20 rebounds and 10 steals in a 70-43 setback to Moorestown Friends on Wednesday and 46 points, 18 boards and 10 assists in a 64-47 triumph over Camden Charter on Thursday. Her 46 points matched her own single-game school record, which she set last year.
► Eastern snapped a five-game losing streak and topped 12th-ranked Paul VI in overtime Thursday, 63-59. Gabriella Payne led the way with 17 points and Giana Rullo added 16.
► Westampton Tech's roller coaster season is on the way up again. After starting the season 3-0, the Panthers dropped five straight, but they've won four in a row since then over Pemberton, Willingboro, Moorestown and Cinnaminson. Nisea Burrell led the team with 21 and 12 points, respectively, against the Chimeras and Quakers on Monday and Tuesday. Ciara Brannon and Lillian Gyamfi had 14 points each against the Pirates Thursday.
► Haddon Heights picked up its fifth consecutive win on Thursday with a 42-30 victory against Overbrook. Gab Iacono had 15 points to lead the way.
► Audubon sophomore Quinci Battle had a career-best 21 points in a 53-12 win over Paulsboro Thursday.
► Kyra Treadwell had a game-high 16 points as Holy Cross picked up its seventh straight win on Thursday, a 47-22 victory over Delran.
► Kayla Williams knocked down a pair of free throws with 13 seconds left to lift Rancocas Valley to a 52-50 win over Northern Burlington on Thursday. She had a team-best 18 points in the triumph.
► Alison Ahern's 15 points helped Cherry Hill West top rival Cherry Hill East 38-37 on Friday.
► Rachel Quigley scored 17 points as Northern Burlington ended a five-game skid with a 43-27 triumph over Moorestown on Friday.
► Savannah Robertson tallied 17 points as Atlantic City won its fifth straight game with a 67-57 victory over Vineland on Friday.
►Woodstown rattled off five straight wins to close out a 44-22 upset of No. 6 Delsea on Tuesday night, marking the second straight season the Wolverines have toppled the Crusaders.
Hunter Gandy delivered a first-period fall at 126 that tied the match at 9-9 and Lucas Prendergast followed with a key 14-9 win over Justin Dougherty at 132.
The Wolverines won six of the final seven bouts, including falls by Austin Burritt (220) and Andrew Ellis (285) to close out the meet.
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►The Rancocas Valley girls' team won the first-ever dual meet in its history with a 33-15 triumph at Pennsauken on Wednesday night.
Madison Troutman delivered a 7-6 tiebreaker win at 127 before Dakota Sweet (136), Briana Burd (161), Ella Schultz (185), Adrianna Rodriguez (225) and Kaila Mungo (225) closed the meet out with consecutive pins for the Red Devils in the historic meet.
►The Pennsauken girls team rebounded with its first victory in program history with a 28-3 triumph over Cherry Hill West on Friday. Nayari Molina, Alissa Gismonde, Heavyn-Lee Armstead and MaKayla Rodgers had pins for the Indians.
► Garrett Trotten (106), Travis Kotelnicki (113), Alexander Reyes (145), Anthony Giampietro (170) and Tommy Hill (195) each recorded pins as No. 15-ranked Northern Burlington knocked off No. 10 West Deptford, 42-26. WD's Corey Fischer notched a 20-5 win over Ryan Feig in a battle of top 160-pounders.
►Nick Lou (106), Antonio Keifner (113) and Angel Keifner (120) strung together consecutive pins and Jack Underwood provided the clinching fall at 160 as Pitman prevailed with a 40-39 win over Penns Grove on Thursday.
► Lenape reeled off eight consecutive wins from 113 to 160 en route to a 46-34 win over Winslow Township on Wednesday. Brian Boyle (113), Matt McCormick (138) and Matthew Still (160) provided pins for the Indians.
Pemberton's Joe Wilson became the fourth wrestler in school history to record 100 career wins. The senior 160-pounder reached the milestone with a 52-second pin on Monday.
► Camden Catholic's Jack J. Janda notched an 8-4 decision in sudden-victory over Timber Creek's Kameron Jenkins in a battle of top 126-pounders on Wednesday. Janda is ranked No. 2, Jenkins is No. 4. The Irish won the meet, 68-4.
► St. Augustine's Sal Manera recorded a 10-2 major decision over Absegami's Ray Weed III on Wednesday. Manera is the second-ranked 160-pounder in South Jersey. Weed, one of the top freshmen in the region, is ranked No. 5 at the weight.
► Cherry Hill East's Aidan Ford recorded a seven-second pin against Washington Township on Wednesday. That's quick, but it's three seconds behind Paulsboro's Brandon Green for fastest of the season. Entering Friday, Green also led South Jersey in pins with 16. Eastern's Anthony Franden was second with 15.


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We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. In Faha, County Clare, everyone is a long story...Bedbound in her attic room beneath the falling rain, Plain Ruth Swain is in search of her father. To find him Ruthie must first trace the jutting jaw lines, narrow faces, and gleamy skin of the Swains from the restless Reverend Swain, her great-grandfather, to her father.
We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling. That's how it seems to me, being alive for a little while, the teller and the told. So says Ruthie Swain. The bedridden daughter of a dead poet, home from college after a collapse (Something Amiss, the doctors say), she is trying to find her father through stories.


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Q: The __declspec(dllimport) necessity I'm looking at this: Importing Function Calls Using __declspec(dllimport) and I do not understand why __declspec(dllimport) is really needed? Why can't linker patch call func1 into call DWORD PTR __imp_func1 (IAT table address) during linking phase therefore avoiding the need for separate declaration in source?

A: Insuffcient space for patching instruction might be a reason, but not the major reason. Even if there is enough space, the linker still would not patch it for better performance. The reason is linker doesn't do or modify the code generated by the compiler back-end, it just patches the places with relocation information. Below example is not in good coding style, but explain the issue clearly. The generated instruction for bar() is call dword[_imp__bar], which is 6 bytes long, even if the linker has the knowledge that bar() is defined in the final image, it doesn't patch it with call OffsetOfBar which only requires 5 bytes. Delay the code gen to link time (pass /GL to cl.exe) can solve this issue because linker will invoke the compiler back-end during link time, and the back-end will generate optimized call instruction because it knows the call target is in the same module.
// main.c
// compile it with 'cl.exe /Zi /O2 main.c bar.c'

__declspec(dllimport) void bar();

int main() {
  bar();
}

// bar.c
void __declspec(noinline) bar() {}

A: Quoting Raymond Chen: call func is 5 bytes long, but call dword ptr [_imp_func] is 6 bytes long. The patch does not fit. It's one byte too big. Adding a nop after every single call instruction (just in case it happens to be imported) sounds pretty excessive.


In Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices and Other Stories. London, Ishister, 1882. Originally published in Good Words, Feb.- May 1877.
Frau Frohmann, owner of the Peacock Inn in the Tyrolean Alps, was a very conservative woman who believed that everything should continue as it had been "in the good old days." Although warned by her lawyer that she was losing money at the inn, she refused to raise her prices or to change in any particular the superabundant meals served to her guests. She tried to coerce the peasant women, whose entire output of vegetables and dairy products she had bought for years, to sell to her at the old prices. Her butcher refused to sell meat at the old rate, and the whole valley rose against her, sending their produce at great inconvenience to Innsbruck where prices were higher. After a season of bickering with her old friends and friction within her own household, she learned that the income and the salary of all her guests had been raised, so that they were able and willing to pay higher prices.


Bill Doogue was first admitted to practice as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1989 and has over 20 years experience as a Criminal Lawyer. Bill has also been an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist for 20 years since 1998.
Josh is a specialist trial lawyer and the in-house Counsel for the firm with over ten years experience as a criminal lawyer, appearing in trials before Judge and Jury since 2009. Josh is a partner of the firm and is an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist. Josh is the deputy chair of the criminal law section of the Law Institute of Victoria. Josh is based in our Melbourne office and appears in all Victorian Courts, at every level. Josh provides advice and representation for all criminal cases.
Kristina Kothrakis is an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist, with vast experience in criminal law. Kristina is a Partner, based in the Melbourne office and appears on a daily basis in the Magistrates', County and Children's Courts of Victoria. on pleas of guilty, pleas of not guilty, committal hearings, bail applications and appeals. Her primary areas of expertise include sexual offences, white collar crime, drug trafficking/importations and also includes driving charges and all summary crime.
Shaun Pascoe is an experienced defence lawyer and an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist. Shaun is a Partner of the firm and runs the Heidelberg office, which is situated only minutes away from the Heidelberg Magistrates' Court, where Shaun appears regularly.
Brent Casey has over 10 years experience as a criminal lawyer and is an Accredited Criminal Law Specialist and a Senior Associate at the firm. Based at our Broadmeadows office, Brent appears regularly for clients at Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court.
Kate Da Costa is a Senior Associate based in our Sunshine office and has extensive criminal law experience. Kate appears regularly in the Sunshine Magistrates' Court.
Dee began her career in criminal law at Doogue + George in 2012 whilst completing her post graduate studies, now an experienced Senior Associate based in Melbourne.
Sophie Parsons is one of the firm's three in-house counsel and trial lawyers. She is based in our Melbourne office and appears daily in the Magistrates and County Courts of Victoria. Sophie has appeared in trials in Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Dr Michael FitzGerald is an experienced criminal law advocate who has appeared in all Victorian courts, as well as before investigative bodies such as Royal Commissions and the Australian Crime Commission. He appears in bail applications, committals, trials, pleas and appeals, with particular experience in complex drug, fraud and conspiracy matters.
Amelia is based in our Melbourne office and appears daily as a solicitor advocate in the Magistrates' Court, both in Melbourne and at suburban courts. She also has experience instructing barristers in County Court and Supreme Court matters.
Sophie Stafford is based at our Melbourne office. She appears daily as a solicitor advocate in all Magistrates, County and Children's Courts in Melbourne and across Victoria. Sophie also has experience instructing counsel in County Court and Supreme Court trials.
Hester is based at our Melbourne office and appears in all Melbourne and Victorian Courts.
Greer is based in Melbourne and appears daily in Melbourne Magistrates, County and Children's Courts of Victoria.
Alex is based at the Sunshine office and and regularly appears in Sunshine Magistrates' Court as well as the other Magistrates' Courts across Melbourne.
Tyson is based at the Broadmeadows office and appears daily on behalf of his clients in the Magistrates' and the Children's Courts of Victoria.
Isabelle Skaburskis is based in our Melbourne office. Her experience in criminal law and international human rights law is an asset to the firm and her clients.
Sam is based at in Melboune and regularly appears in Melbourne Magistrates' Court as well as the other Courts across Melbourne.
Jessica is based at our Sunshine office and regularly appears in Sunshine Magistrates' Court as well as the other Courts across Melbourne.
Jack is based at our Melbourne office and regularly appears in the Melbourne Magistrates Court as well other suburban and regional courts.
Luke McMahon regularly appears in Broadmeadows Magistrate's Court as well as other Victorian Courts. Luke assists clients charged with summary matters on pleas of guilty and pleas of not guilty as well as instructing in committal hearings and bail applications.


What do I think about the Fairphone?
Thomas Koch asks what we think about the Fairphone.
I think that the Fairphone people are generally aware of Free Software and are in favour of it, but I also think that such matters are somewhat beyond their existing experiences, so that's why the illustration on their site is a phone running something that might be Windows Phone (I wouldn't really know, myself) showing Skype on the screen.
Root access: Install your preferred operating system and take control of your data.
Of course, without a full familiarity with Free Software, it's very easy for people to say "open" and not deliver what we expect when we consider openness and freedom. Moreover, without proper hardware support, promises of "root access" don't go very far. It does seem to be the case that the "special interface" will be released as Free Software (more information available on the DroidCon site in a slightly more convenient form than the alternatives). But I haven't seen much evidence of truly open support for the "Mediatek 6589 chipset" although it is theoretically possible that it could exist. That the MT6589 apparently employs PowerVR technology does not inspire a great deal of hope for Free Software drivers and firmware, however.
Certainly, those of us interested in Free Software should consider helping Fairphone to deliver the same kind of transparency in the software supply chain that they intend to deliver in the physical supply chains. Having software that can in its entirety be maintained independently of the hardware vendor means that the device can be viable indefinitely, and the result would be a product that promotes the sustainability aspirations of the Fairphone endeavour.
I'd be tempted to order one myself if we could realistically expect to bring about Free (and Fair) Software on a Freephone.


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Editing skills "desirable" for editor? Who knew? →
A rare parade of big numbers was on the march on Monday, at the launch of the Leading Food 4.0 report from the National Centre for Universities and Business. They were almost striking enough to distract me from the astounding view from Altitude, the 29th floor restaurant at Millbank Tower on the Thames.
It's impossible not to like the NCUB. It has a simple mission that's hard to get right – making universities and businesses work together better. I have been an editor and writer on various of their projects over time, including Food 4.0, and enjoy it enormously.
This time NCUB put its head into the lion's mouth by taking on the problems of an industry that in some ways does not even exist. Right now, there is not one food industry but many, including over 200,000 businesses. NCUB characterises this as the Food Economy, a term that deserves wider use. Here come the big numbers: UK food and drink spending £196 billion: 3.7 million jobs: £19 billion of exports. But someone who owns a farm probably does not think that they work in the same industry as a baker or a shop worker. Many of the firms are too small for much planning or introspection, and are driven by keeping demanding customers happy. Even the trade association are a mess – over 40 for different types of food product, let alone anything else.
This means that the industry has some big systemic problems. Students don't want to go into food jobs, even though there are plenty of great careers there. The environment gets damaged by small-scale thinking. Innovation is slowed by poor understanding between industry and academe – not that many other parts of the UK economy have got that one right. Meanwhile agriculture alone loses 10,000 people a year by retirement. This is damaging for such a labour-intensive business – 1 per cent of the economy, 2 per cent of the workforce. But in the era of climate change, big data, robotics and all the rest, it's even more of a problem if bright young people aren't aware of food as a career option.
The report is full of ambitious ideas to improve things across a broad front, including the creation of a new profession of landscape negotiators who would make the diverse users of big land areas see the sense in joint working.
The group that led the charge was fronted by former Sainsbury's boss Justin King and Quintin McKellar, vice chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, neither of them people who want to write a report that will look great on the shelf. Can the road ahead they set out actually be traveled? Maybe. After all, everyone thought a few years ago that the UK car industry was dying, and now it's a massive success and a magnet for graduates.


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Scott Arfield: Canada call was best decision for Scotland-born midfielder
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Wednesday, 22 March 2017 : West Lothian-born Arfield, 28, represented Scotland at under-19, under-21 and B level. However, he was not selected for the senior squad and won the first of his six Canada caps last year. "I'm happy that I've taken this opportunity," said Arfield, who is in the …
Scotland ease past Denmark to move up to joint third
Tuesday, 21 March 2017 : Eve Muirhead's Scotland picked up their third round robin win of the 2017 Women's World Championships after beating Denmark 7-2 on Monday. The Danes were still looking for their first win when they faced the Scots with regular skip Lene Nielsen, who has been suffering …
World Cup 2018: Scotland must beat Slovenia to revive hopes
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Tuesday, 14 March 2017 : The Scotland head coach's side sit second bottom of Group F ahead of the game at Hampden Park on 26 March. "We must win that game," he said. "There is no getting away from that." But Strachan did not wish to consider what a defeat …
Six Nations 2017: Scotland 'more than capable' of Twickenham win said Stuart Hogg
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Saturday, 11 March 2017 : They have not beaten England since 2008 and not won at Twickenham since 1983. But Hogg, who has scored three tries in the campaign so far, says this side is capable of reclaiming the Calcutta Cup. "We're no longer a team that just turns up, …
Six Nation: Wales George North gets Warning by defence coach Shaun Edwards
Tuesday , 7 March 2017 : Defence coach Shaun Edwards highlighted the right wing, where North played in the defeat by Scotland, as an area of recent defensive weakness for Wales. After successive losses to Scotland and England, Wales name their team to face Ireland on Wednesday. "If he is …
Scotland rise to highest ever world ranking after beating Wales
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 : Scotland's first win over Wales in 10 years has seen them rise to their highest-ever position of fifth in the World Rugby rankings. Victory means they move above Wales, who drop to seventh, South Africa and France in the rankings, which were introduced in …
Six Nation 2017: Scotland beats Wales
Monday, 27 February 2017 : Just when you think you have the Six Nations pegged, it confounds expectations once again. Scotland beating Wales was not a shock as such, but doing so with plenty to spare was a surprise. Italy were expected to be fodder for Eddie Jones' England at …
Six Nations: Scotland's Josh Strauss ruled out of rest of campaign
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Saturday, 18 Feb 2017 : Scotland number eight Josh Strauss has been ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations campaign through injury. It represents a second injury blow for the Scots after captain Greig Laidlaw was also ruled out of the remainder of the championship. Strauss, 30, suffered …
Scotland's Greig Laidlaw To Miss Rest of Six Nation
Thursday, 16 Feb 2017 : Scotland captain Greig Laidlaw has been ruled out for the rest of the Six Nations through injury. Laidlaw, 31, suffered an ankle injury in the first half of the 22-16 defeat by France last weekend. The Gloucester scrum-half left the Stade de France on crutches …
Rugby Six Nation: France 22-16 Scotland
Monday, 13 Feb 2017 : Stuart Hogg's 16th Test try gave the Scots an early lead but Gael Fickou's try put France 13-5 clear before two Finn Russell penalties made it 13-11. Tim Swinson's try regained the lead for the injury-hit visitors before Camille Lopez's third penalty tied it …


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Funerals are tough, especially to the bereaved. This sad situation can only be made worse by a procession that is disorganized and a ceremony that fails to go as planned. There are many preparations that go into arranging a funeral, all of which depend largely on the preferences of the deceased, family and friends. There are also several decisions to be made which span from the type and size of the casket, to the shape and design of the headstone and gravestones. When everything is carefully pre-planned, chances are the ceremony will go on smoothly.
arrangements alone because, even if you are good at organizing things, your emotional status at this point can take a toll on your abilities.
Friends and other family members are usually eager to assist during such times, and it would be best to let some of them help. Even where there seems to be no such help, you can enlist the services of funeral homes which are also in the business of planning and carrying out proper funerals and memorial services.
A memorial service, a graveside service and the viewing session are some of the exercises that are meant to help the bereaved cope with losing a loved one. They are normally very important steps during funerals that aid in the grieving process, and provide avenues in which we can pay our last respects to the departed. Such services need to be well planned and coordinated so as to avoid situations that may bring about confusion and more grief.
traditional funeral service that has visitation and a priest conducting the service. The service can be held in a church or at a funeral home. There can be time set aside for the eulogy, which can be read by a special friend to the deceased. You can choose between an open or a closed casket and whether you are going to bury or cremate your dead.


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Politics: May 2002 Archives
our own Heart of Darkness
America's agenda, while it clearly does not include any real consideration for the welfare of the world outside, excludes most Americans as well, with the notable exception of only the very very rich, who remain the beneficiaries of our tender care.
The World Health Organization proposed last year that poor countries be provided with such basic items as antibiotics and insecticide-treated mosquito nets. If we had backed the proposed program, estimated to save eight million lives each year, our share would have been about $10 billion annually (about a dime a day for each American). The U.S. dismissed the suggestion with little grace.
In contrast and at about the same time, our legislators in Washington enthusiastically joined together in support of the administration's proposal to make permanent the recent repeal of the estate tax, a bounty which will affect only some 3300 families yet cost the country $20 billion in revenue.
So here are our priorities. Faced with a proposal that would save the lives of eight million people every year, many of them children, we balk at the cost. But when asked to give up revenue equal to twice that cost, in order to allow each of 3,300 lucky families to collect its full $16 million inheritance rather than a mere $10 million, we don't hesitate. Leave no heir behind!
[By the way, the foreign aid figures Krugman uses in the column linked above are respectively 11 one hundredths and 13 one hundredths of one percent, and not 11 and 13 percent of our GDP. These are figures which usually shock Americans, who like to think we give away scads of dough to foreigners.]
May 31, 2002 5:52 PM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
Back to the sixties---or worse! It's not the good parts this administration wants revived, but the infiltration and monitoring of political, religious and activist groups suspected of being critical of the government.
The NYTimes has it right in a sober editorial today.
Attorney General John Ashcroft has a gift for making the most draconian policy changes sound seductively innocuous. He was at it again yesterday, describing new domestic spying powers for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as nothing more than the authority to surf the Internet or attend a public gathering. That is profoundly misleading. In reality Mr. Ashcroft, in the name of fighting terrorism, was giving F.B.I. agents nearly unbridled power to poke into the affairs of anyone in the United States, even when there is no evidence of illegal activity.
At a press conference Mr. Ashcroft promised that the new rules would be put in place with "scrupulous respect for civil rights and personal freedom." The sentiment is welcome, but unconvincing. Mr. Ashcroft and his colleagues have missed no opportunity since Sept. 11 to expand the investigative powers of the federal government and to stampede Congress into supporting the changes by suggesting that opposition is disloyal.
Adding a modest obsevation: They couldn't even handle all the data they had gathered when they had "restrictions!" It does not seem to have been lack of information that kept us from preventing September 11.
May 31, 2002 12:07 PM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
Don't skip your Greens!
The Green Party nominees for New York state offices carry background credentials a progressive voter normally only dreams of. Compare them to the candidates of the two "major" parties for office anywhere at any time.
What do we betray or throw away when we support the things we believe in? What do we betray or throw away when we do not?
Dr. Aronowitz said that key issues in his program would include energy policy, especially the need to close the Indian Point nuclear power plan; the effects of the growing permanent war machine on our ability to meet social needs in the state; and, tax giveaways to the wealthy and corporate welfare. Like many of the speakers at the Green convention, Aronowitz spoke of the need to oppose the efforts by the national Democratic and Republican Parties to use September 11th as an excuse to curtail civil liberties and increase corporate welfare.
The Greens are committed to ecology, democracy, nonviolence and justice.
May 31, 2002 11:53 AM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
still safe!
The Onion's roving reporter "Opinion" box this week quotes one imaginary member of the public, in reply to a question about suicide bombers in our midst, as follows:
"The U.S. is safe, so long as the terrorists don't see us being critical of President Bush."
I just checked again. No need to worry yet.
Anything but marriage
Interesting that some people who think about these things are now arguing that in opposing same-sex marriage, social conservatives may actually be encouraging the legal recognition of such relationships, and in fact hastening the demise of marriage as an institution!
Jonathan Rauch argues in the Atlantic that the last thing supporters of marriage should be doing is setting up an assortment of alternatives, but that is exactly what they are doing, and not only for gays, when they offer "ABM" (Anything But Marriage).
Every year more companies and governments (at the state and local level) grant marriagelike benefits to cohabiting partners: "concessions fought for and won mostly by gay groups," as the Los Angeles Times notes, "but enjoyed as well by the much larger population of heterosexual unmarried couples."
ABM, perversely, turns one of the country's more culturally visible minorities into an advertisement for just how cool and successful life outside of wedlock can be.
So, eventually, a religious ceremony could become more like an alternative decorating choice!
Bushie pans literacy
In Paris yesterday an American reporter was the target of the ire of the unelected one, because the NBC News White House correspondent deigned to ask the French President in French the same question he had just asked Bushie in English.
Perhaps Mr. Bush thought the French question was directed at him, or perhaps he thought Mr. Gregory was showing off. Whatever the case, Mr. Bush, his voice dripping with sarcasm, said "Very good, the guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he's intercontinental." (Mr. Gregory offered to go on in French, but that only made things worse.)
"I'm impressed — que bueno," said Mr. Bush, using the Spanish phrase for "how wonderful." He added: "Now I'm literate in two languages."
Mr. Gregory seemed a bit abashed, but others noted that, during the trip, Russian, German and French reporters posed questions to Mr. Bush in English, and in their native tongue to other leaders.
Yuck. My guess is that our leader is trying to tell us that, if we are Americans, we should be excoriated for being courteous, smart or educated.
W's snap at the correspondent was totally out of line, stupid, childish, and especially egregious in the context of the gentle handling he has enjoyed from his hosts in Europe for almost a week. The French President had been especially solicitous:
Perhaps to help cover for Mr. Bush, Mr. Chirac opened the press conference with a lengthy and rambling monologue about their talks and the state of U.S. - French relations. Mr. Chirac's remarks ate up about half the time allotted to the press conference, and he then shut down the press conference after only a handful of questions.
toys for W
Bush---Little Boy the World is Not Your Toy! (sign held by a protester in France as Bushie arrives)
But unfortunately it is! And we supposedly gave it to him.
Horrible to know not only that we can't expect intelligence or competence from the Bushies, but do we also have to be frightened out of our wits in the process? Can't Chicken Little at least pretend to have a little dignity? Read the first letter in today's NYTimes.
Making blanket statements about the inevitable success of terrorism in the United States plays right into the hands of the enemy and contributes to public hysteria.
Instilling fear in a population is a major objective of every terrorist cell.
The writer then offers his suggested outline of the message a government ought to send in these circumstances.
Taste of Berlin
As Bushie arrived in the German capital, an anti-Bush banner hung from a Berlin Church reading "Peace for the world, pretzels for Bush."
Across Western Europe, the sharp criticism of the Bush administration's perceived unilateralism that predated Sept. 11 — and was then replaced by solidarity and shared mourning — has returned, resurgent.
Intelligence a secret?
Reuters reports that Cheney is worried about people finding out stuff.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday he feared a new Sept. 11 inquiry proposed by the top Senate Democrat would leak intelligence secrets and undercut U.S. efforts to prevent future attacks.
Aside from the more than arguable theoretical merits of his position, it seems to me the security problem up to now has been that government "intelligence" has been entirely too secret for our own good.
You didn't hear this from us!
We, or those with the necessary resources, have to hear this from, yes, the Israeli press. Shoulderchip describes the story being kept from Americans. No wonder we can't understand what's going on in the world.
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said that Israel had made Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority less effective by destroying its security infrastructure, and it absolved Arafat and his senior associates of responsibility for attacks on Israelis in 2001.
Ashcroft takes no chances!
I guess he doesn't trust his god enough. Our Attorney General stopped taking commercial aircraft last July, ". . . just as the intelligence 'chatter' about a possible al-Qaida strike on US soil was getting louder."!!!
Shoulderchip has the scoop, and, no surprise, it doesn't come from our own media.
Is this a government or what!
I'm feeling so good these days about my government. Look at the first five headlines on Reuters as I write this:
N.Y. Police May Issue Landmarks Alert-Official Rumsfeld: Extremists to Get Weapons of Mass Destruction
Federal Official Rules Out Firearms in Airline Cockpits
U.S. Says Libya, Sudan Helpful Against 'Terrorism'
White House Backs FBI in Handling of 9-11 Memo
Oops! Merrill's story just slipped into the mix, but my point remains: How long can we take this stupidity?
At the mercy of our fears
Ok, we just found out that the world is a dangerous place, but America is making it more dangerous, in fact as well as in its imagination.
We are like a nation that has had a psychological break and is descending into rank paranoia. The destruction of the twin towers shows that there are things to be afraid of, but our government's mad responses are making us more vulnerable to such things, not less.
The ''war on terrorism'' has strengthened the hand of those who hate America. The US example of ''overwhelming force'' has pushed the Middle East into the abyss and has dragged India-Pakistan to its edge. The only real protections against cross-border terrorism are international structures of criminal justice like the recently established International Criminal Court, yet an ''unsigning'' United States slaps the court down with contempt.
Since September we have squandered our wealth and focus on a huge war while neglecting police work and intelligence at home and abroad. Hence the vagueness of the current warning. And how dare our government set off alarms about Cuba's putative bioterrorism project while it has done nothing to apprehend the anthrax killer? Oh, and - forgive me, just asking - where is Osama?
need more democracy
Castro is apparently no longer a threat to the Western Hemisphere, but only a weight on the shoulders of his own people. Bushie says we must continue the embargo designed by our Cold War, but now it is because he's not democratic enough, or sufficiently capitalistic.
"I want you to know that I know what trade means with a tyrant," Mr. Bush said. "It means that we will underwrite tyranny, and we cannot let that happen."
"For 43 years, every election in Cuba has been a fraud and a sham," Mr. Bush said. "Mr. Castro, once, just once, show that you're unafraid of a real election."
Well I think we smell a rat. No free elections in Cuba? Does he mean that Castro lacks the legitimacy of a Supreme Court appointment? And even ignoring our own shortcomings, shouldn't we be boycotting, among others, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, China, any number of former Soviet Union republics, and certainly Pakistan, rather than allying ourselves ever more closely with these non-democratic, occasionally capitalistic model states in the fight against freelance terrorism?
We don't understand. Please help us out, Bushie.
May 21, 2002 12:28 PM | Permalink | Politics | Comments (1) | Comments
Feel safe yet?
So, this supposedly democratic nation with its famed Bill of Rights cannot keep us safe without disregarding its own principles and standards. And, since we have been told that the "war on terorism" will continue until there is no terrorism (freelance) anywhere on the planet, we can expect never to see those principles and standards again.
HACKENSACK, N.J., May 20 — Justice Department lawyers, defending the federal government's refusal to identify the 1,200 foreign Muslims arrested after Sept. 11, said today that public disclosure would undermine counterterrorism efforts and put the detainees at risk of attack from angry Americans as well as terrorists.
Appearing before the Appellate Division of State Superior Court, the government lawyers insisted that national security interests outweighed any public right to know who is being kept in its jails, why and for how long.
"This is not secrecy for secrecy's sake," said Robert D. McCallum Jr., the assistant attorney general in charge of the department's civil division.
He added that revealing the names of detainees, even those cleared by investigators of involvement with terrorism, might open them to attack by American "vigilantes" or allow terrorists to piece together details of the government's counterterrorism efforts.
The arguments were the latest in a series of attempts by the Bush administration to justify its assertion of sweeping powers to hold secret immigration hearings, conceal the identities of foreign detainees and imprison people as material witnesses, all in the name of fighting terrorism.
In every case heard in the last few months, federal and state district judges in New York, New Jersey and Michigan have ruled against the government and in favor of disclosure.
Should we bother pointing out that these detainees were rounded up within our borders and most remain concentrated in camps (oops, Jails) largely in two New Jersey counties?
And is it still necessaary to point out that in all of the Government's counterterrorism efforts since September 11, among all of those detained after that date, here in the U.S. in Afghanistan, Cuba or anywhere else, not one person has yet been charged, other than John Walker Lindh?
Just what have we accomplished?
Are we really sacrificing our liberties, and those of much of the rest of the world, and ignoring almost all domestic problems, to virtually no effect in the "war on terrorism?" Say it ain't so!
In the past six months, virtually any allied operation in Afghanistan has, upon examination, turned out to look about as farcical as the next.
Brigadier Lane complains that the [Al-Qaida/Taliban] are "not showing a predisposition to reorganize and regroup to mount offensive operations against us". They just won't come out to play. Well, would you if the place was crawling with some of the most sophisticated weaponry in the world? Far better to lie low and look after your goats, or visit some relatives over the border in Miram Shah in Pakistan's Waziristan, and brush up your Koranic chanting. [JAW---I know, the phrasing betrays a certain British cultural sarcasm at the very least]
Any [Al-Qaida/Taliban] strategist can rely on the fact that their commitment and patience will comfortably outstrip that of the western soldiers currently trudging up and down the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Al-Qaida, like any terrorist organization, doesn't need a base in Afghanistan to launch its attacks, while the Taliban can sit tight, quietly recruiting and regrouping, before re-emerging in Afghan politics. It's an ignominious ending to the triumphalism of the fall of Kabul just over six months ago.
Afghanistan offered the perfect solution to September 11 - a massive expiation of US anger and, more subtly, guilt. Dropping all those bombs felt doubly good: it was retaliation for a terrible crime, but also getting rid of an evil regime. The emotional rush was everything; whether the latter actually worked has fallen off most people's radar screen. They're not interested. The selective memory means that what is remembered is that a few women in Kabul threw off their burkas in November, not that many more women in northern Afghanistan have been raped since then in a wave of ethnic revenge against the Pashtun. Nor is anyone much interested that since the fall of the Taliban, the old lawlessness of highway looting and illegal road tolls has re-emerged. Or that in the past few months there have been at least two major conflicts between warlords - in Mazar-i-Sharif and in Gardez - as an uneasy truce awaits the results of next month's loya jirga.
But maybe we can do better in Iraq, North Korea, the Phillipines, and all the other evil hotspots we still have to straighten-out.
picking a mechanic
How many times have we heard that so many people voted for Bushie because he was the kind of guy you'd want to have a beer with (whether or not he would want to on his part). I asked my own Mr. B what I thought was a rhetorical question, "Do people pick their doctors that way?" He said he thought they do. Lawyers too. Wow.
It's got to be only because presidents, doctors and lawyers aren't really that important---unless you really need them, and most decent Americans do not, of course.
So what about your auto mechanic (or plumber, if you are a New Yorker)? Is it more important to imagine having a beer with him or her, or to expect he or she can fix the car for a decent price?
Ok, let's admit it now, we all really need a president, not another drinking partner.
Talking about chaos
The following quote is posted not for the status of its source (modest), but for its pithy timeliness:
It is more than investigation of possible counterterrorism oversight that [the Bush administration is] resisting. They are resisting the erosion of the dissent-free culture of political orthodoxy that has dominated this nation's for the last eight months -- and it comes not a moment too soon.
The President who couldn't even name the leader of Pakistan has embarked on a foreign-policy nightmare. America has allied itself with a number of flagrantly undemocratic nations, from Uzbekistan to Malaysia. Evidence emerges almost daily of our probable role in an aborted coup in Venezuela, while our support of a brutal civil war in Columbia resembles the early years of Vietnam. One and a half million troops are massed at the India-Pakistan border, ready to plunge the Indian subcontinent into chaos. War with Iraq looms. The situation in Israel and Palestine threatens to destabilize the entire region, and our policies in the Holy Land risk birthing a new generation of anti-American terrorists.
Meanwhile, the Bush administration has revived talk of using nuclear weapons on a first-strike basis, overturned the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, declined to sign a biological weapons treaty, hid our own production of biological weapons, refused to recognize International Criminal Court, held up the World Council on Children, and -- after rejecting the Kyoto Accords -- replaced the head of the International Panel on Climate Change. Domestically, we have an energy policy written by the same people responsible for staging an energy 'crisis' that cost the state of California $30 billion. The denial of public inquiry into the matter was justified with an invocation of, more or less, the divine right of kings -- fitting, perhaps, given the administration's disregard of the Constitution in the name of fighting terrorism.
To top it all off, contrary to Bush's campaign promises, our budget deficit is at least $121 billion -- and, according to a note from Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill in our government's 2001 financial report, it may actually run to half a trillion dollars.
The time has come to lift the star-spangled shroud of silence that has hidden the affairs of our nation.
So, what's he gona do now?
Dan Rather is ashamed that he, and the American media generally, has not taken on the Bush administration over the war on terrorism, because of misguided ideas about patriotism, and of course, out of shear fear!
"It starts with a feeling of patriotism within oneself. It carries through with a certain knowledge that the country as a whole - and for all the right reasons - felt and continues to feel this surge of patriotism within themselves. And one finds oneself saying: 'I know the right question, but you know what? This is not exactly the right time to ask it.'"
"It is an obscene comparison - you know I am not sure I like it - but you know there was a time in South Africa that people would put flaming tires around people's necks if they dissented. And in some ways the fear is that you will be necklaced here, you will have a flaming tire of lack of patriotism put around your neck," he said. "Now it is that fear that keeps journalists from asking the toughest of the tough questions."
Are we waking-up now? But even if we are, is it too late?
WTC sacrificed for a pipeline?
Just a thought. But there are more and more stories, and more and more corroborations, of an alleged connection between oil and gas industry profits and "The War on Terror." Since the Bushie administration is essentially an oil and gas administration, will be be surprised to find that our present nightmare is really part of a horrrible, cynical game being played out of sight?
In the aftermath of September 11th, we were told the terror was brought upon us by people who hate our freedom and resent our way of life. In point of fact, however, it appears the attacks came as part of a broader game. The Bush administration willingly entered parley with the Taliban, despite their care and feeding of wanted killer Osama bin Laden, so as to further the goals on an American petroleum interest. In the process, they watered down American anti-terrorism measures to such a degree that a Deputy Director was compelled to quit in protest, and another has since filed suit against the agency.
This very provocative essay is logged here in order to get it out into the open, where it can be defended or dismissed as more information comes forward.
Searching for wisdom in the wrong places
Bushie's only response to the growing uproar over his administration's foreknowledge of a terrorist attack, foreknowledge kept secret until now, is to ask God for wisdom. Well, we know we won't get it from Bushie or his handlers, especially if they're really looking for it to come from an Imaginary Playmate.
Bush made no immediate comment on the situation.
He attended a National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast in Washington and said prayer has helped Americans of faith to get through the last eight months.
"The last eight months have showed the world the American character is incredibly strong and confident. Yet, prayer reminds us that a great people must be humble before God, searching for wisdom -- constantly searching for wisdom from the Almighty," he said.
May 16, 2002 11:48 AM | Permalink | Politics | Comments (1) | Comments
We're not that close!
Still two countries, Georgie!
Would it be better to believe the Unelected One was simply under a misapprehension, or just generally stupid? Here are his exact words, as heard in news broadcasts, and as printed in the NYTimes today:
"Today, I'm pleased to announce that the United States and Russia has [sic] agreed to a treaty which will substantially reduce our nuclear arsenals to the agreed-upon range of 1700 to 2200 warheads."
The "sic" is my own, and was not present in the Times text, unfortunately.
This time we really really mean it!
The headline of the day, or even more, from Reuters:
New NATO-Russia Partnership Ends Cold War Again
Americans more sceptical than ever?
Noam Chomsky, within the text of an extraordinary discussion (in an interview with a Croatian journalist) of the events since September 11 and of broader topics, joins other progressive commentators in arguing that Americans really are not asleep! So, we can't even believe the media when it reports our attitude toward its attitude?
More surprising, to me at least, was that the Sept. 11 atrocities had the opposite effect among the US population. Very quickly, it was clear that there is far more openness to critical and dissident analysis, and there has been a remarkable upsurge of concern, often activism, about issues that were pretty much off the agenda before - including, among others, the US role in the Middle East. Naturally the media and journals of opinion claim the opposite, hoping to still independent thought and impose obedience. But people who have any contact with the general population know better. Demands for talks have spiralled competely out of control, and the scale and engagement of audiences is without precedent apart from the peak moments of the anti-war movement in the late 1960s. The same is evident in sale of books, and in fact by every other relevant measure. Even the media have been to some extent effected, and though still highly restricted, are more open than they have ever been in my experience over 40 years of intensive activism.
The entire interview is fairly long, but long on fairness, and accuracy, and well worth a read.
Who is Arafat?
It takes more than epithets to deal with complex problems. It never hurts to do some thinking. Sharon is almost an open book these days, but many of us want to know why we have such a problem with Arafat?
What is it about Yasir Arafat that makes him so troubling to the United States and Israel? In fact, the problem is not the man himself, as Mr. Sharon and President Bush seem to think, but the political position of the Palestinians in the Arab world today.
Look to the children!
We pride ourselves as a nation on many things, but we are beginning to realize the extent to which there is much false pride. To include our treatment of children in the list may surprise many of us.
The other sticking point for the American delegation [to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children] is the degree to which the conference document can refer to a landmark 1989 treaty on children's rights. Along with Somalia, the United States is the only country [on earth] that has not ratified the so-called Convention on the Rights of the Child. The treaty prohibits countries from using the death penalty against criminals under age 18, a practice permitted in many American states.
Note that Somalia does not now and has not for some time had any semblance of a government, precluding the possibility of its ratification of an agreement of any kind. We have no such excuse.
May 9, 2002 12:24 PM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
Justice or vengence?
Beautiful in its simplicity and its morality, and an argument against the blind anger and fear that surrounds us all, this letter in the New York Times today should pull us all up short.
Some 30 years ago, a Hebrew University law faculty member wrote, "A border is secure when those living on the other side do not have sufficient motivation to infringe on it."
As another Hebrew University professor put it: After every victory, "the abyss of mutual hatred will deepen and the desires for vengeance will mount."
A few months after the 1967 war, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, a leading Israeli intellectual, said that the occupation was unjust and would lead to the subjugation of the Palestinians, and even to the corruption of Israeli society.
Ancient Israel gifted the world with the revolutionary idea that it is justice, not military might, that brings peace. Now is the hour for that wisdom to be reborn.
A reminder from some who were impacted the most by the neglect and malignancy of the late, unlamented Giuliani adminstration.
Shame on the Episcopalian hierarchy! Their generally tolerant and progressive members deserve much better, as does all of New York!
The Episcopal Diocese of New York honored former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani Monday, as a group of parishioners protested outside.
"They're honoring him now for what he did September 11," said protestor Glenda White. "We want him to remember what we went through for seven years."
May 7, 2002 3:47 PM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
Gay Jerusalem
. . . don't have to be jewish to be gay; don't have to be jewish to be Israeli.
Not everyone has a problem with co-existence in this city of both jews and palestinians. Sometimes it helps to be gay.
[Jerusalem] Mayor Ehud Ulmert recently expressed the need for a massive march in the center of the city to show its citizens and the world that life goes on, El-Ad [director of the gay community center] mentions. "It's difficult for me to think of a more appropriate event than Gay Pride to celebrate life in Jerusalem and to do it in a way that is relevant and meaningful to the current situation."
May 6, 2002 11:03 AM | Permalink | Politics | Comments
The Onion reports this week, in banner headline, "God Re-Floods Middle East."
JERUSALEM—In what theological and meteorological authorities are calling "a wrathful display of Old Testament proportions," the Lord Almighty re-flooded the Middle East Tuesday, making good on last week's threat to wipe the region clean if there was not an immediate halt to the bloodshed between Arabs and Jews.
Religious metaphor
If I can be forgiven , just this once, a religious metaphor of the sort loved by all true americans, allow me to suggest that our appointed government is driving us all to hell in a handbasket.
Just think about what has happened to the planet in only the last year and a half, and, even more exciting, what mischief is planned for the future (all of this accompanied by skyrocketing approval ratings, or so we are told).
It's all so exciting, it makes one pee in one's pants.
Would the world, after the experience of the Holocaust, step in to stop a new wave of anti-semitism and persecution of the jews?
Any answer to the question should require an examination of how effective world opinion has been in a defense against the more than fifty (to be historical, maybe we should say one hundred) years of humiliation and persecution visited on another victimized people, the non-jewish palestinians.
This appalling and continuing world neglect would actually be the best argument for the continued need for a strong and independent jewish state, except that it hasn't worked. Jews aren't safe in Israel, certainly no safer than in 1948 or anytime after, and jews are now imperiled all over the world in a way not seen since 1945, largely because of a general tendency to confound the attitude of jews everywhere with the specific policies of the Israeli government, a confusion dangerously encouraged by so many jews themselves.
The strong jewish state is ironically a threat to itself and to jews everywhere.
What is to be done to help the jews and the palestinians in the Middle East? The people who seem not to be able to live with each other but not to be able to live apart from each other can realize what they want and need, if those wants and needs are separated from their respective fanaticisms, by constructing a single large, inclusive state which would comprise all of 1948 Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, the Golan Heights, or something close to all that, and call it Palestine, the Unholy Land, Abrahamland or whatever. It must however be a state where all residents enjoy full and equal freedoms and citizenship under a single, truly secular government, one which is recognized and jealously protected by its neighbors, and by the entire world, precisely for the safety of those neighbors and that world.
After the horrors of the most recent weeks, if not months, and those too easily imagined for the near and even distant future, this is certainly no more unrealistic or preposterous a proposal than any now being advanced.
It is a proposal which should be on the table now, and it surely will be there as all others are successivly rejected or, if effected, seen to be as calamitous as the jerry-rigged unstable status quo which repels us all now.
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