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FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association
Dallas graduates of the FBI Citizens Academy
The FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association is a community-based and supported organization, distinct and independent from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association is composed of a cross-section of community leaders and is designed to inform, foster understanding and promote a safer society through a process of educating all elements of the community about law enforcement, with a particular emphasis on the mission, resources, and limitations of the FBI. Each member of the FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association is a graduate of an FBI appointed and conducted FBI Citizens Academy curriculum with a focus on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, relevant federal law enforcement issues and future challenges. As FBI Ambassadors we connect with our communities and fellow citizens, bringing greater awareness through transparency, dialogue and community involvement, the work that the FBI and all Law Enforcement Agencies perform – Ensuring the Safety, Security and Freedom of all.
We typically meet on a quarterly basis with hosted guest speakers where we learn about a wide range of different law enforcement challenges and issues affecting the public such as cyber crime, human trafficking, forensics and violent crime to name a few. We also volunteer throughout the community in a variety of projects and programs.
2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
President 2019 - 2020 – Gina Moore (2012)
Vice President and Secretary 2019 - 2020 - H.Suzanne Kelley (2017)
Board Member and Chair of Education Programs 2019 - 2020 – David Gilster (2015)
Board Member and Chair of Membership Committee 2019 - 2020 – Michael Gallops (2013)
Board Member and Treasurer 2020 - 2021 – Terri Hornberger (2015)
Board Member 2020 - 2021 - Craig Burrus (2018)
Board Member 2020 - 2021 - Terry Lynne (2017)
Board Member 2020 - 2021 - Yolanda Scott (2019)
Board Member 2020 - 2021 - Annette French (2019)
Hyattye 0. Simmons (2014), Legal Advisor
Andrew Brimberry (2004), Technology Advisor
More About the Board
Gina Moore, President, Class of 2012
In addition to being the President of the Dallas FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, Gina is the Chief Financial Officer of Cyber Defense Labs, LLC, with over 20 years of professional experience in accounting, financial, operational, fraud and IT audits, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, project management, and process improvement. Gina has worked at industry leading audit service providers and was head of Internal Audit at a highly regulated and complex private healthcare performance improvement company. She began her career as an accountant at a large public retail company. Gina serves as an adviser to the board of the North Texas InfraGard Members Alliance and as the coordinator for the national InfraGard South Central Region. Gina is also a participant in many other organizations, including the Financial Executives International, the Institute of Internal Auditors and the Information Systems Audit & Control Association. Gina earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Certified Public Accountant.
H.Suzanne Kelley, Secretary, Class of 2017
While Suzanne has been a special education teacher for over 15 years in the areas of job coaching, history, science, and mathematics, she enjoyed a business career in such fields of insurance, marketing, public relations, and commercial real estate prior to teaching. Suzanne earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Management from the University of Texas at Arlington. Growing up with family in law enforcement, Suzanne is an ardent supporter. She has been involved with Texas DPS Region 1 even as Ms. Claus for Jonathan's Place, Dallas County DA's Community Advisory Board, North Texas Crime Prevention, National CPAAA, and many more community boards and commissions.
David Gilster, Board Member and Chair of Education Programs 2019 - 2020, Class of 2015
David is a Collaborative and strategic senior security leader with extensive experience in military security operations, law enforcement, and venue/event security. Passionate about establishing strong frameworks that enable effective emergency and crisis response. Leads by example and strives to maintain an inviting environment through standard security practices, exceptional customer service, ongoing training, and constant vigilance. David is also an Air Force veteran. David serves on the board as the Chair of the Scholarship Committee.
Michael Gallops, Board Member and Chair of Membership Committee 2019 - 2020, Class of 2013
Terri Hornberger, Board Member and Treasurer 2020 - 2021, Class of 2015
Craig Burrus, Board Member 2020 - 2021, Class of 2018
Craig spent the first 35 years of his career as a Department of Defense contract engineer. He led a highly specialized team of electronic and software engineers responsible for the design, fabrication, testing and maintenance of some of the most advanced interferometry systems in the world. His duties included the management of multi-million-dollar contracts, plus daily meetings with United States Air Force pilots and their crews to provide status update briefings on the aircraft reconnaissance systems he and his team were responsible for maintaining. Craig retired from Government contract work in early 2017, transitioning full-time into running the Private Investigations firm he launched in February of 2014. After fulfilling the requirements to sit for the Texas state licensing exam and subsequently receiving his company license, Craig worked nights and weekends to get his firm up and running until he was able to move forward with a permanent career change.
Terry Lynne, Board Member 2020 - 2021, Class of 2017
Terry Lynne is currently a Farmers Branch City Councilman and the owner of Time-Out Sports, Inc.
A native of Dallas, he attended the University of Oklahoma, graduating with BBA in Business Management.
Terry's vast business experience includes, selling pressure sensitive tapes and materials for Concote Corporation, a successful 25 year career selling radio adverting in Dallas for Bonneville International, ABC/Disney, Infinity Broadcasting, CBS Radio and Service Broadcasting. While in the radio industry, Terry founded Time-Out Sports, Inc., a sports marketing agency. He also went on to start Time-Out Media and Time-Out Events, a boutique advertising agency and an event production company. Both are still servicing clients today.
Terry currently serves on a number of boards such as:
Metrocrest Hospital Authority, Board Member
Thomas Jefferson High School Alumni Association, Board Member
Farmers Branch Animal Shelter Advisory Board, Member
Farmers Branch Senior Center Advisory Board, Council Liaison
Serves on 3 Tax Increment Finance District Boards
In 2016, Terry was elected to the Farmers Branch City Council. He was reelected in 2019 to serve another term and plans to run for Mayor when his current term expires.
In addition to the FBI Citizens Academy, Terry is a graduate for the following academies:
Farmers Branch Citizens Police Academy
Farmers Branch Citizens Fire Academy
Dallas County District Attorney Citizens Prosecutor Academy
Texas Department of Public Safety (accepted)
Yolanda Scott, Board Member 2020 - 2021, Class of 2019
Yolanda has more than 30 years of security experience; first with retail loss prevention, but the last 29 years she has been with corporate physical security at Texas Instruments. Yolanda has experience in Incident Command and has led many incidents around the world. She works with teams local and abroad to ensure the safety of all employees during the initial incident through business recovery of the sites impacted by the disaster. Yolanda is currently a security manager and is responsible for security operations at four sites in the North Texas area with a mix of internal security personnel supplemented by about 1400 contract security hours.
Yolanda holds a BAS in Communications from Dallas Baptist University and will complete MAS Communication in December 2020. Yolanda held several BOD positions with ASIS International, to include North Texas Chapter Chair in 2018 & 2019; and is on the ASIS Women in Security Council as the Global Liaison Co-Chair. In her spare time, she loves to travel and volunteers with a local church focused on humanitarian efforts. Yolanda also volunteers with the American Red Cross and Dallas CERT.
Annette French, Board Member 2020 - 2021, Class of 2019
A 2019 FBI Dallas Citizen Academy is employed with the Department of Justice. She has served in the United States Navy for 4 years as an Intelligence Specialist. Originally from Kansas City, she earned a graduate degree in Public Affairs- Government Relations/Affairs from Park University. She is a certified Project Manager from the Project Management Institute. She has served on the Planning & Zoning Commission for the City of Irving for 6 years, and the Housing and Human Service Board, as well as currently a commissioner on the Irving Archives Museum. She is a graduate of the Dallas County Prosecutor Academy, 2012.
She enjoys volunteering, networking, and socializing, in the community! She is happily married and very proud of the 2020 Super Bowl Champions the Kansas City Chiefs!
Hyattye 0. Simmons, Board Advisor, Legal Counsel, Class of 2014
Mr. Hyattye 0. Simmons has over three decades of legal experience: he is former General Counsel for the Texas Secretary of State and Dallas Area Rapid Transit. In January 2019, Mr. Simmons began serving as the Presiding Judge of Municipal Court for the City of Combine, Texas and as Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Seagoville, Texas (both are Texas cities located approximately 20 miles southeast of Dallas, Texas.). Mr. Simmons' Pro Bono work includes serving as our General Counsel and two other non-profit corporations He also serves as a Adjunct Professor of Law for UNT Dallas College of Law. Mr. Simmons has received numerous professional honors. He was the 2009 recipient of the Magna Stella Award for excellence in leadership and management for a non-profit or government agency from the Texas General Counsel Forum, a legal association of over 600 general counsels and senior managing counsel. Mr. Simmons is a 1984 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Science in Government from Lamar University, where he completed a 4-year program in 2 1/2 years with High Honors. In 2017 he received the Lamar University Distinguished Alumnus Award.
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© 2021 FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association · The FBI Dallas Citizens Academy Alumni Association is a 501(c)(3) organization that is separate and apart from the FBI


Pablo Picasso was clearly one of the great artistic forces of the 20th century, as well as being an enthusiastic pursuer of passion. His third important yet-often overlooked attribute was his fondness for terry cloth. Pictures of Pablo wearing his favorite scarlet towelling shorts on the Côte d'Azur were central to Silvia Venturini Fendi's mood board inspiration today, as were shots of Dalí, Hockney, and Albert Einstein also enjoying their holidays. Einstein, in particular, had genius resort game: he wore his polo rucked up just so, his terry shorts mid-thigh, and a pair of devastating peep-toe sandals.
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Syria's Assad: 'There was no command to kill'
December 07, 2011 · 3:58 PM UTC
By Jon Jensen
A Syrian performer hangs from hooks while holding his national flag in front of a giant picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a show of endurance during a pro-regime rally in Damascus on December 2, 2011. Europe and the United States tightened economic sanctions on Syria, ramping up international pressure as the UN said more than 4,000 people had died in a crackdown on dissidents.
Credit: LOUAI BESHARA
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad denied ordering a crackdown on protesters in Syria, in his first video interview with an American journalist since the nation's uprising began 9 months ago.
In a short excerpt of the interview, ABC's Barbara Walters presented Assad with the names of several Syrians who were either killed or tortured - reportedly by regime forces - since March.
Walters also mentioned a United Nations report issued last week which said that 4,000 Syrians had been killed during the nation's uprising.
"To be frank with you, Barbara, I don't believe you," Assad said defiantly.
ABC reports:
Assad conceded only that some members of his armed forces went too far, but claims they were punished for their actions.
"Every 'brute reaction' was by an individual, not by an institution, that's what you have to know," he said. "There is a difference between having a policy to crackdown and between having some mistakes committed by some officials. There is a big difference," said Assad.
"But you have to give the order," countered Walters.
"We don't kill our people… no government in the world kills its people, unless it's led by a crazy person," Assad said.
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The Inferno of Dante
A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition
Dante & Robert Pinsky
The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition
This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's terza rima form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous translation that is also unique, student-friendly, and faithful to the original: "A brilliant success," as Bernard Knox wrote in The New York Review of Books.
X-manner , 06/19/2019
Robert Pinsky's translation does a fantastic job of balancing the poetic form of terza rima with the and the artful use of language Dante relied on. This is the single best English translation of the Inferno I've ever seen. I just wish he would do the same for the rest of the Divine Comedy.
More Books by Dante & Robert Pinsky
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Intelsat Announces Pricing of Senior Notes
LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) ("Intelsat"), operator of the world's first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, today announced that its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. ("Intelsat Jackson"), has priced a private offering of an additional $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.500% senior notes due 2024 (the "Notes"), which is expected to be sold to investors at 100.75% of par plus accrued interest from September 19, 2018.
Intelsat Jackson intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the additional Notes to fund the repurchase or redemption of all of Intelsat Jackson's outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Senior Notes") which are not redeemed or repurchased with the proceeds of the 8.500% senior notes due 2024 issued by Intelsat Jackson on September 19, 2018, and expects to discharge the 2021 Senior Notes in full. Intelsat Jackson expects to use any remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Intelsat Jackson's obligations under the Notes are guaranteed by certain of Intelsat Jackson's subsidiaries that guarantee its obligations under its senior secured credit facilities, its 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2022, and its 8.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024. In addition, Intelsat, Intelsat Investment Holdings S.à r.l., Intelsat Holdings S.A., Intelsat Investments S.A., Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A. and Intelsat Connect Finance S.A., which are direct or indirect parent companies of Intelsat Jackson, are guarantors of the Notes but are under no obligation to continue such guarantees.
The offering of the Notes is expected to close on 16 October 2018, subject to customary conditions.
The Notes will be offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act and applicable exemptions from registration, prospectus or like requirements under the laws and regulations of the relevant jurisdictions outside the United States. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes will also not be registered in any jurisdiction outside of the United States and no action or steps will be taken to permit the offer of the Notes in any such jurisdiction where any registration or other action or steps would be required to permit an offer of the Notes.
The Notes may therefore not be offered or sold in any such jurisdiction except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the relevant requirements of laws and regulations of such jurisdictions.
No prospectus as required by the Directive 2003/71/EC (and the implementing laws and regulations in the relevant member states) has been filed with respect to the Notes and therefore no offers of Notes may be made in any Member States of the European Economic Area unless made pursuant to an exemption under the Directive 2003/71/EC (and the implementing laws and regulations in the relevant Member States).
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities of Intelsat or its subsidiaries, nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) operates the world's first Globalized Network, delivering high-quality, cost-effective video and broadband services anywhere in the world. Intelsat's Globalized Network combines the world's largest satellite backbone with terrestrial infrastructure, managed services and an open, interoperable architecture to enable customers to drive revenue and reach through a new generation of network services. Thousands of organizations serving billions of people worldwide rely on Intelsat to provide ubiquitous broadband connectivity, multi-format video broadcasting, secure satellite communications and seamless mobility services. The end result is an entirely new world, one that allows us to envision the impossible, connect without boundaries and transform the ways in which we live.
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Because actual results could differ materially from Intelsat's intentions, plans, expectations, anticipations, projections, estimations, predictions, assumptions and beliefs about the future, you are urged to view all forward-looking statements with caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Come to the River is the first studio album by Rhett Walker Band. The album was released on July 10, 2012 by Essential Records. The album was produced by Paul Moak at The Smoakstack. The album debuted at No. 9 and No. 154 on the Christian and Heatseekers albums charts, respectively. The lead single from the album is "When Mercy Found Me", which has had chart success, and was primarily on Christian-based charts.

Track listing

Personnel
Rhett Walker Band
 Rhett Walker – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitars
 Joe Kane – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, banjo, gang vocals
 Kevin Whitsett – bass
 Kenny Davis – drums, percussion, gang vocals

Additional musicians
 Paul Moak – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, pads, Hammond B3 organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitars, baritone guitar, tenor guitar, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals, gang vocals
 Jerry McPherson – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, gang vocals
 Tony Lucido – bass, pad, gang vocals
 David Leonard – vocals (7)
 Leslie Jordan – vocals (10)

Production
 Paul Moak – producer, engineer
 Justin March – assistant engineer
 Dewey Boyd – assistant engineer
 Devin Vaughan – assistant engineer
 Dustin Burnett – mixing at Burnett House
 Brad Blackwood – mastering at Euphonic Masters (Memphis, Tennessee)
 Blaine Barcus – A&R
 Jason Root – A&R production
 Beth Lee – art direction
 Tim Parker – art direction, design
 Joshua Black Wilkins – photography
 Kelly Henderson – hair stylist, make-up
 Tabitha Sha Moak – wardrobe
 Mo Thieman – management
 Andrew Patton and Patton House Entertainment – management

Charts

Album

Critical reception

AllMusic's Robert Ham wrote that "the typical bent of contemporary Christian bands is to stick to a well-worn template of artless, arena-styled rock that has been buffed to a blinding sheen. So, kudos to the Rhett Walker Band for doing what they can to break that trend. There's still plenty of volume and bombast to the songs on the band's debut release Come to the River, but it's tempered with a whole lot of twang and attitude. Unfortunately for the quartet, that renders their sound to something akin to a Christian Nickelback. That might actually be considered a compliment in some circles, but for CCM listeners hoping for something a little different, it's quite a letdown." But, Ham left off on a positive note in saying "the Nashville-native is capable of rafter-rattling howls and quiet whispers, each of with are affecting in their own right. And when matched up with his spiritually searching lyrics, his voice can cut straight through the thick layers of pounding rock music surrounding it."

Alpha Omega New's Ken Wiegman graded the album a B, and said that "'Southern-infused rock,' that's what the Rhett Walker Band is branded as and I love it! Right away when I first plunked the CD into the car radio I heard similarities of bands like DecembeRadio and Third Day that have this same southern rock sound and straightforward Gospel message."

''CCM Magazines Matt Conner wrote that the album "speaks so loudly: there's not a better young band within the Christian music market than the Rhett Walker Band. Mix the charisma and strong melodic sensibilities of MercyMe with the rock swagger of Third Day and the grit of Needtobreathe and DecembeRadio and you have your next favorite act."

Christian Manifesto's Calvin E'Jon Moore said that "you won't be disappointed."

Christian Music Zine's Joshua Andre wrote that the album "showcases some of the most vulnerable writing I have heard in a long time!" In addition, Andre said the band has "released a debut beyond my expectations! This unique band has given some well needed spark and energy into a CCM industry that needs to reinvent itself in the 21st century! With similar musical and lyrical themes to Third Day, needtobreathe and MercyMe's recent album The Hurt & The Healer; this album has turned my musical preferences on their head! This is one of the most memorable and enjoyable CCM debuts since Moriah Peters."

Christianity Today'''s Andy Argyrakis wrote that "there's a vertical element to some of these songs, but the guitar slinger mostly sings about grace and rising above demons. Some of the tunes smolder with foot-stomping gusto, but Walker seems to be holding back a bit for the radio. Still, there's plenty of fine southern-fried rock here."

Cross Rhythms' Matthew Griggs said that "this debut release from the Tennessee-based rockers will, of course, be compared to a Third Day record, partially because of the similarities of Rhett Walker's voice to that of Mac Powell and the band's undeniable Southern rock approach. There is no doubting, however, this record stands alone brilliantly without the said comparisons." Furthermore, Griggs wrote that "'Come To The River' is a really upbeat, positive album that speaks of God's power and hope in our lives. Rhett Walker's voice shines throughout, and fits more than perfectly against a backdrop of raw guitar tone and immense instrumentation. An impressive, well produced debut, of quality songs."

Indie Vision Music's Jonathan Andre said "as I leave the album with this reminder, I am able to sit back and be thankful that I didn't listen to my initial thought about how this album would be, because what I listened to was so much better. Though country isn't really my favourite genre of music, the Rhett Walker Band have utilised the style to create a message of salvation, giving a unique new style of worship and praise, not recently brought to the CCM market (except for Third Day and needtobreathe!) Well done Rhett Walker Band for such an enjoyable and thought provoking album!"

Jesus Freak Hideout's Roger Gelwicks wrote that the album "is an entirely listenable effort by a competent band, but one can look to established southern rock outfits previously mentioned for a better quality listen."

Jesus Freak Hideout's Alex "Tincan" Caldwell said that "Rhett Walker Band's debut album traffics in the kind of sincere, honest southern rock and roll that you know is made by four guys playing together in a room somewhere." Calwell goes onto say with "this sort of honest songwriting, combined with an excellent performance and a pinch of grit in the mix makes for an excellent debut album. There is certainly room for improvement in subject matter and lyrics (a few songs lean on clichés for answers), but overall Rhett Walker Band has a bright future. It's a good time for the southern brand of rock and roll in Christian Music. With Third Day and Needtobreathe releasing excellent albums recently and the center of the CCM world being in Nashville, it just makes sense that there would be a wave of southern music like Come To The River."

Louder Than The Music's Jono Davies noted how "you can tell that Rhett will create music his way and say what he wants to say. This can be refreshing to hear but also makes listening to the songs an unsettling experience. Yet isn't being uncomfortable sometimes an inspiring thing? This album has turned me into a fan of Rhett Walker's work. Maybe for me the album jumps in styles a little too much, but the songs make up for it in so many ways."Worship Leaders Jay Akins said "this album feels and sounds like an honest southern rock record with straightforward lyrics and strong musicianship." This lends itself to being "best suited for special music or personal listening."

References

2012 debut albums
Essential Records (Christian) albums

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Jason Momoa to star in new Netflix revenge thriller
HD Team July 30, 2019
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Jason Momoa is set to star in a new revenge thriller for streaming giant Netflix.
In Sweet Girl, the Aquaman actor will play a husband devastated by his wife's death who vows to bring those responsible for her demise to justice, while protecting the only surviving member of his family, his daughter.
Brian Andrew Mendoza will make his directorial debut on the feature, with the producer having previously worked with Momoa on action drama Braven and Netflix's historical drama series Frontier. Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson are to produce, while Martin Kistler will serve as executive producer.
"I'm excited to partner with Netflix once again," the 39-year-old said in a statement. "I'm putting a dream team together from Brad and Jeff to my best friend, Brian, who has been my partner for over 10 years. It's a dream come true to collaborate with him and deliver his vision."
Gregg Hurwitz and Philip Eisner wrote the screenplay, with additions and revisions by Will Staples.
And Fierson commented that the project was the "perfect vehicle" for Mendoza.
"Brad and I are ecstatic about bringing another project to Netflix, who have truly made us feel like we have a home to make groundbreaking original features and series," he praised. "Additionally, Jason and Brian are like family, so to re-team with them on a movie after working for three seasons of Frontier, is a dream come true. When we first read this script, we knew there was only one actor who could bring the gravitas and depth to the role of Cooper, and that's Jason. And this is the perfect vehicle for Brian to make his directorial debut."
Momoa, who is perhaps most famous for his role as Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, is also set to appear in the upcoming Apple series See and recently wrapped production on the highly-anticipated reboot of Dune.
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Queensrÿche's new video promoting the band's upcoming album American Soldier will make its worldwide debut on a website serving active and veteran members of the military.
The video for "If I Were King," the first single from Queensrÿche's upcoming album American Soldier, will make its worldwide debut March 23, 2009, at noon Eastern Time on Military.com, a military community site serving both active military and veterans. The site will also feature a podcast interview with lead singer Geoff Tate as well as an op-ed column that he wrote exclusively for the site.
The video for "If I Were King" was directed by J. Andrew Colletti and
Jonathan Williams and addresses the same themes of loss and healing that
are the focus of the track. The song was written based on an interview Tate
conducted with Sean Lenahan, a veteran of U.S. conflicts in Somalia and
Kosovo.
"Military.com is the perfect place to premiere the 'If I Were King' video and we are proud to be involved with the site," says Tate. "I hope their members can find a connection to the song and video. The whole album is a tribute to the soldiers, told in their own words, sometimes using their own voices, and I hope it will spark discussion within this community."
American Soldier features a dozen songs inspired by numerous interviews with veterans conducted by Tate, who was intent on telling their story using their words. After speaking with soldiers who served in various conflicts — from World War II to Iraq — Tate turned their firsthand experiences from the frontlines into an unflinching musical examination of war from the soldier's perspective.
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Asterocampa, commonly called hackberry butterflies or American emperors, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae found mainly in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Species
The celtis species group:
 Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – hackberry emperor
 Asterocampa leilia (Edwards, 1874) – Empress Leilia or desert hackberry

The clyton species group:
 Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835) – tawny emperor
 Asterocampa idyja (Geyer, 1828) – dusky emperor

External links
 "Asterocampa Röber, 1916" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Apaturinae
Nymphalidae genera
Taxa named by Julius Röber


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Czerwona pajęczyna – pejoratywne określenie sieci byłych członków nomenklatury komunistycznej zaangażowanych w działalność gospodarczą w III RP.

Termin sugeruje istnienie oplatającej polską gospodarkę sieci powiązanych wzajemnie dawnych działaczy komunistycznych uwłaszczających się od połowy lat 80. XX wieku na majątku państwowym. Pojawił się dyskursie medialnym po publikacji artykułu w gazecie codziennej "Życie Warszawy" podczas kampanii prezydenckiej 1995 roku. Zadomowił się on następnie w języku prawicowych mediów jako synonim niejasnej, a domyślnie niemającej w pełni legalnych podstaw, działalności biznesowej wpływowych polityków SLD i osób z nimi powiązanych.

Sprawa udziałowców "Polisy"

Dziennikarze "Życia Warszawy" ujawnili w szczególności, że żona ówczesnego premiera Józefa Oleksego oraz małżonka lidera SLD, kandydata na prezydenta Aleksandra Kwaśniewskiego, są akcjonariuszkami Towarzystwa Ubezpieczeniowo-Reasekuracyjnego "Polisa SA". Obok nich udziałowcami "Polisy" były także instytucje gospodarujące środkami publicznymi: Agencja Rozwoju Gospodarczego, powołana przez Lesława Podkańskiego, Agencja Własności Rolnej Skarbu Państwa, Państwowy Fundusz Rehabilitacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych. Głównym udziałowcem "Polisy" była Spółdzielcza Korporacja "Wspólnota Pracy", utworzona na bazie rozwiązanego Centralnego Związku Spółdzielczości Pracy, a także Bank Inicjatyw Gospodarczych oraz spółki mu podlegające. "Życie Warszawy" sugerowało również powiązania akcjonariuszy "Polisy" z osobami odpowiedzialnymi za aferę FOZZ.

Posiadanie akcji "Polisy" przez Jolantę Kwaśniewską i Marię Oleksy stało się jednym ze znaczących elementów kampanii wyborczej. Wątpliwości wzbudził udział żon wpływowych polityków w przedsięwzięciu, które angażowało publiczne pieniądze. Krytykowano fakt, iż wielu udziałowców to PRL-owscy prominenci oraz to, że lewicowy kandydat na prezydenta nie umieścił informacji o akcjach "Polisy" w swej poselskiej deklaracji majątkowej.

Tomasz Wołek, ówczesny redaktor naczelny Życia Warszawy, pisał: "Na pierwszy ogień pójdą media, potem firmy państwowe i prywatne – czerwona pajęczyna rozsnuje swoją sieć. Skończyły się żarty".

Sprawa genezy BIG Banku

Tropienie zaangażowania byłych członków PZPR w strukturach gospodarczych III Rzeczypospolitej po 1995 kontynuowali w szczególności dziennikarze dziennika "Życie", kierowanego także przez Tomasza Wołka. Wśród bardziej znanych elementów sieci powiązań nazywanych przez prawicowych publicystów "czerwoną pajęczyną", które zostały opisane na łamach gazety przez jej dziennikarzy śledczych była sprawa genezy Banku Inicjatyw Gospodarczych SA.

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 Uwłaszczenie nomenklatury

Linki zewnętrzne

  Artykuł Rafała Kasprów pt. "BIG, czyli jak powstawała czerwona pajęczyna" opublikowany w dzienniku "Życie" w 1997 r.

Przypisy

Propaganda polityczna
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Sports Mogul Forums > Football Mogul > Football Mogul: General Discussion > When?
When is another addition of Football Mogul going to come out?
And what are the chances of making it sim faster than the current version?
I'm looking forward to the next release of football mogul as well.
1. Updated rosters, players, player stats, player ratings and player salaries.
2. Display of cumulative career stats broken down by season.
3. Play-by-play (like in Baseball Mogul '99).
4. Less buggy trading (often get crashes when trading away future draft picks). I've been able to circumvent this by always saving the game prior to doing a trade.
1. A newspaper (like in Baseball Mogul '99).
Unfortunatly I've never had the opprotunity to play football mogul. How does it compare to other football games that are on the market?
To answer your question, Football Mogul is the only football sim that I've ever played.
But, I can compare it to Baseball Mogul '99 (I've only played BM1 and BM99; I didn't purchase BM2K because I didn't want to sacrifice play-by-play and real rosters).
Obviously the player rating categories are football-related. There is no newspaper or play-by-play. There is a draft at the end of every season to draft collegiate players. There is a team salary cap that you cannot exceed. You can give players signing bonuses to reduce the effect their salaries have against the team salary cap. There are probably some other differences (it's been a while since I'm played FM), but those are the ones that come to mind.
The next version of Football Mogul needs to take NFL Europe into account and add the Football eqivalent to AAA baseball. Several NFL teams put a up & coming players in NFL Europe to give them playing experience; a manager in Mogul should have the option to do the same.
Thanks Eric. Knowing that it is very simular to BBM99 make my decision a definate yes as to wether I want to get the game or not. Any word on when the possible release could be? Thanks again.
If you want a very challenging football game then I recommend Front Office Football. I've played both FOF and FM, the FM interface is basically the same as BM, and if you save like Eric said in his post before you trade draft picks it isn't so bad.....I myself got tired of the crashes and quit playing FM.
The reason I went to FM was because of the demise of Front Page Sports Football, they were the ones who started it all, but could never capitalize on the game. They keep releasing the same game year in and year out with updated rosters, but the game never got better.
The FOF got started by Jim Gindin, and has been a great challenge. His 2nd version, FOF2, I don't think you can buy anymore, but the 3rd release FOF2001, you can get thru EA Sports. The 2nd and 3rd release were both sold thru EA Sports actually. The 2001 version has some known problems with VooDoo video card, yes I am one of them, but if you move the slider bar for Hardware Acceleration in your computer you won't have any problems. The other thing with the 2001 series, is the backup players demand a huge salary that isn't realistic. But it won't allow you to stockpile players like you could i the previous versions. If you have some restraint you will find it to be very fun and challenging. I've read on other forums that some people will try to get every 1st round pick they can with players they know that they won't keep on there team, which isn't realistic either. But all in all, it is a good game to play.
I play FOF2 more than FOF2001. But I also play BBM2K in an online league, and I play BM2K2 at home, and OOTP with a ficitional 16 team league, and I am looking forward to PureSim BB when it is released, right now I have the public release but haven't delved into it to far just yet to see how much fun/challenging it is.
Wow, I didn't realize I went on for so long.
PS- I hope this helps out a little.
It always helps to hear the input of other people who have played the game before. I don't know which one I will get, as I think I'll have to use the wait and see approach.
Football sims are alot of fun and quite frankly the most anticipated sports season to come is always football .... it is just so much fun !!!!
When will a new version of FM come out?


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Presentation Speech at Award Ceremony by Fridtjof Nansen*, Peace Laureate for 1922, on December 10, 1926
We still remember it vividly, that event of over eight years ago. For four long years the world had resounded with the fearful din of the battlefields, the piercing cries of the dying, the forlorn laments of parents and widows over the bloody corpses of their sons and husbands.
Then suddenly the terrible nightmare faded, the roar of the cannons was stilled; the unbelievable had really happened – the world war had ended!
Europe breathed again, raised its head, gazed out over the disconsolate fields of battle, over the endless mounds of smoldering ruins, toward the horizon and the breaking day. But the day would not be hurried. Dark clouds gathered from all sides and spread from country to country; stormy skies cast their menacing shadows first in one place, then in another. It was as if everyone was waiting for a dawn which would not come. Now insidious doubt seeps into men's minds, breeding a melancholy uneasiness. Fear takes hold, and the powers of darkness gain sway. Suspicion and distrust grow between nations, between classes, and only thistles prosper in such soil. Hatred grows; increasing insecurity and fear paralyze all initiative, opening the way to every kind of blunder. There is talk of another war. It is as if the world, which had once before hovered on the brink and peered down into the abyss but which had at the eleventh hour dragged itself onto safer ground, is once again in perilous darkness being drawn back into the depths.
What is wrong? What is missing? It is the good human qualities that can grow only in the light of day: forbearance, confidence, compassion, the sincere desire for full cooperation in rebuilding the world.
A peace settlement following a ruinous war can easily degenerate into the imposition by the victors of more or less humiliating conditions upon the vanquished. Such terms, in their turn can easily bear fruit which will in time ripen into a fresh war. The Peace of Versailles can certainly not be said to constitute an exception to this rule. The more protracted the withering trial of war, the harsher the conditions imposed; so when victory is finally won, the demands are difficult, or even impossible, to fulfill. The coercion used to compel the vanquished to give beyond their capabilities only breeds greater hatred and the thirst for revenge. Failure to receive what the victors consider their just compensation for the wounds suffered in war begets disappointment and frustration. To these is added the insecurity and fear of possible consequences when forcible and oppressive means must be used to recover claims. The difficulties mount steadily; nations move further and further apart; insecurity, fear, anxiety foster rearmament.
Such is the picture that Europe presented in 1923, more than four years after the ending of the war. When Germany found herself unable to pay the reparations to which the French felt entitled, French troops marched into and occupied the Ruhr. The result was the disruption of the entire production of Europe. Hatred of France flared up in Germany more violently than ever. Paralyzing despondency spread among people of all European nations, and talk of the next war became more and more common.
Then, when the darkness was deepest, America extended a helping hand. The United States had hitherto kept out of the situation and was thus able to observe the unhappy events in Europe calmly and in perspective. The Americans now felt obliged to try to help Europe back onto her feet. An idea which had already been voiced by U.S. Secretary of State Hughes1 in December, 1922, now gained increasing support. This was that Germany's capacity to pay reparations should be investigated by a competent committee in order to obtain an expert scientific basis for future deliberations.
The idea eventually found favor with Poincart and the French, and it was then agreed to appoint a committee of experts; the American government sent Owen D. Young and Charles G. Dawes, the latter becoming chairman of the committee2.
The first meeting took place in Paris on January 14, 1924. By April 9 of the same year the committee had drafted a plan, later known as the Dawes Plan. The committee proposed that the reparations should be paid by an altogether different system and that a moratorium should first be applied. It further proposed, among other measures, the complete reorganization of Germany's finances and the granting of a foreign loan. The plan also regarded as an economic necessity the return of the Ruhr to Germany.
The importance of this plan was already evident from the fact that when it became apparent at the end of July, 1924, that it would be accepted by the Allied governments, confidence in the European economy immediately began to revive, and there was a consequent and marked improvement in the strength of European currency.
It is true that the plan envisaged a substantial reduction in the war reparations which Germany was to pay, but it did at least seek to ensure a considerable payment each year. Its adoption contributed to the decision to evacuate the Ruhr. It also brought a temporary halt to the endless conflicts about Germany's reparations, which had been largely responsible for the pessimistic outlook in Europe and for the anxiety and insecurity which had characterized the first five years of peace.
The plan was important not only for Germany, France, and the Allies, but; both economically and politically, for the whole of Europe and consequently for America as well. It restored confidence in the economy and future of Europe. It brought her safely through an acute crisis which could have resulted in the most serious danger to peace. But its greatest significance lies in the fact that it was a symptom of a psychological change in European mentality and at the same time a powerful impetus for continued change. It marked the beginning of the policy of reconciliation and peace which led to the Locarno agreements. This was the first dawning of the day after the long darkness.
Another memorable step along the path of peace was the Geneva Protocol adopted by the League of Nations Assembly in the autumn of 19243. For the first time the delegates of nations from all parts of the world declared aggressive war to be a crime. They also adopted the principle that all international controversies without exception must be settled by peaceful means, either by arbitration or before a court of law.
It is true that the Protocol was not ratified by the governments; nevertheless it is an important milestone in history, and its spirit should not be ignored by the statesmen of the future. For it was this spirit which prepared the way for what was to be accomplished later. The next great milestone bears the name of Locarno. The initiative on this occasion came from Germany, from Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann4.
During the negotiations which preceded the Geneva Protocol the French, and especially Briand, its warm advocate, strongly urged the necessity of guarantees to provide security against aggression and war. In a note dated February 9, 1925, Germany outlined the security guarantees which she believed were required and suggested a possible form for a security treaty which could "prepare the ground for a world convention of all states similar to that arranged for the Geneva Protocol by the League of Nations for the peaceful settlement of international disagreements".
Following extensive negotiations, a meeting took place in Locarno from October 5 to October 16 of 1925. France was represented by Briand, Germany by Luther and Stresemann, Great Britain by Chamberlain, Italy by Mussolini, Belgium by Vandervelde, Poland by Skrzyriski, and Czechoslovakia by Benes5. A treaty clarifying the question of the Rhineland was concluded between Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Italy, and four arbitration agreements were made between Germany on the one side and Belgium, France, Poland, and Czechoslovakia on the other.
I shall not go into greater detail on the provisions of these treaties, for they are well known. Of the Rhineland treaty it has been said that for the first time since Louis XIV6, the Rhine has ceased to be a cause of dissension in European politics. So closes a chapter in history. Under the four arbitration agreements the nations undertake to submit to peaceful settlement through impartial mediation or arbitration all disputes except those "arising out of past events which took place prior to the present agreement".
The Locarno agreements mark a radical and complete change in European politics, transforming the relations between the former antagonists in the war and infusing them with an entirely new spirit. This spirit derives from the almost unprecedented attempt to base politics on the principle of mutual friendship and trust.
What inspires one's confidence is that it was neither idealism nor altruism, but a sense of necessity which prompted those concerned to make the attempt. The men who met at Locarno are no idealistic pacifists; they are realistic politicians and responsible statesmen who, having originally pursued directly conflicting policies, have come to the realization that the only chance of creating a real future for mankind is to stand united in a sincere desire to work together.
In a speech he made after the signing of the agreements, Briand aptly remarked: "The war has taught us one thing, namely, that a common fate binds us together. If we go under, we go under together. If we wish to recover, we cannot do so in conflict with each other, but only by working together."7
Both Briand and Stresemann have rightly emphasized that every individual must first be a good citizen of his own country – a good Frenchman, a good German, a good Briton – but still a good European bound to other Europeans by the great ideals of the European civilization so gravely menaced by the events of the last war.
If we are to appreciate fully what these statesmen accomplished at Locarno for the peace of Europe, then we must not overlook the violent nationalistic opposition in their own countries which several of them had to overcome in order to push through the peace program. They strode ahead fearlessly in the conviction that they had now found the right road.
With Locarno an accomplished fact, it seemed as though a new day would be breaking and renewed courage and confidence would be returning to Europe with ever increasing tempo. But the agreements were not yet activated. One of their provisions was that Germany should enter the League of Nations. This step, however, was to encounter more serious difficulties than had been anticipated. Still fresh in our memory is that distressing special session of the Assembly at Geneva last March when the delegates met for the sole purpose of admitting Germany into the League, only to depart without having been able to do it.
But these events were followed by the Assembly meeting at Geneva last September when Germany's delegates, with Stresemann at their head, were able to enter honorably and take their places among the members of the League. No one who was present will forget that moment.
Germany's admission was welcomed in a remarkable speech by Briand. Among other things, he said: "No more war!… From now on it will be for the judge to decide what is right. Just as individual citizens settle their disagreements before a judge, so shall we also resolve ours by peaceful means. Away with rifles, machine guns, cannons. Make way for conciliation, arbitration, peace!"8
On this point we can now see daylight again. Is it not almost as if we are seeing the new earth turn green again after Armageddon9?
The Locarno Pacts, together with Germany's entry into the League of Nations and the speeches which followed it, hold much promise for the future – they all tend to build up confidence and to strengthen the will to carry on the good work. But all this must not blind us to the fact that there is still a long way to go before the goal is reached and lasting peace really secured. Noble words and noble intent on the part of leaders are a great encouragement, but they are not enough. Words must be translated into action, intent into earnest toil, for shining promises have often come to nothing in the past and the blue skies of hope have again been filled by storm clouds.
Our watchword must be: "No more war!" And what does this mean? It does not mean "no more world war", with everyone, and especially the principal powers, free to indulge in small private wars whenever they are so disposed. It does not mean "no more war" except when a power is able, without any great effort on its part, to crush a weak neighbor that falls easy prey to superior force. It does not mean "no more war" except when what we used to call national honor is at stake.
It means none of these. What it does mean is no more war of any kind whatsoever, no more aggression, no more of the bloody and futile clashes which have tarnished the history of mankind for so long. It means working to eradicate the use of force from national policies; to stamp out suppression of others in whatever form it appears; to liberate ourselves now and for all time – as we in this generation can do if we so resolve – from the hideous corruption of warfare between different groups of the human race, be it between nations or within nations.
I say without hesitation that this is the greatest of all the causes which now command our attention. The question of how we can put an end to all war is the vital problem of our time, not only for international politics, but for national politics as well.
This may strike many people as an exaggeration, even as a misuse of language. To them such problems as those of miners' strikes, social reform, customs barriers, prohibition, or whatever, seem far more important. I say with utter conviction that those who think so are wrong.
War, preparation for war, the burden of armament, particularly in the case of the larger countries – these are the first and vital problems. If we can erect barriers against war, if we can abolish the armament – burdens which Europe suffers today, if we can destroy the evil specter of militarism which still haunts the world and so vouchsafe complete security for all time, then we shall obtain, and swiftly at that, the social reforms we desire, the development of our resources, the many forms of progress we hope for; we shall move forward toward a new and better life.
But if we do not get rid of war, if we do not put a complete end to it, if Europe does not reduce and limit its armaments, then we shall have no reforms and no progress of any significance.
We can be certain that in the future, just as in the past, armament will call forth counterarmament, alliances and counteralliances; it will engender suspicion and distrust, bringing fear to men's hearts; it will lead to international crises; it will lead to war, perhaps to small local wars at first, but, finally and inescapably, it will bring down upon us a great world war no less frightful than the last.
If the work for disarmament which the League of Nations has now begun does not produce results, if the level of armaments is maintained, then war will result. It seems to me that all our past experience shows this to be incontrovertible. But do not take my word for it. Listen to what more qualified authorities have to say.
Lord Grey, foreign minister of Great Britain at the outbreak of the war10, has said, and he has said it time and time again, that it was Europe's steadily increasing armaments which led to the war in 1914. He has warned us that if armaments in Europe are maintained, if the nations of the world embark on a new contest in military preparedness, we will bring upon ourselves anew war as inevitably as we did the last one. And he has told us that a new war will mean the end of our civilization as we know it today.
Who will question Lord Grey's authority to speak on this subject? Many other leading statesmen have uttered the same sentiments on several occasions. Let me mention just one. As recently as January of this year, Mr. Baldwin, the present prime minister of Great Britain11, said: "A new war in the West and the civilization of our era will collapse in a fall as great as that of Rome."
These men I have mentioned are not fanatics, indeed not even pacifists; they are responsible statesmen who have exercised or who will in the future exercise great power in the leadership of the world. If they mean their statements seriously, then it seems to me to follow that there is scarcely any other political problem worth discussing until the problem of the next war is resolved.
Let us pause for a moment to consider what they have said. It may seem fantastic to state that our civilization can be obliterated.
We have a sense of vitality and strength, a feeling that a great future lies ahead of us. But let us not forget that civilizations have been wiped out before. Powerful nations, which seemed as strong then as the most powerful states of our time seem to us now, have vanished. The Roman Empire, which ruled Europe for a period hundreds of years longer than the lifetime of our modern Western civilization, was swept away by the invasion of barbaric hordes.
You have no sense of any impending disaster, you are too conscious of the forces of life around you. I feel the same. I too feel these forces. But I also sense that the last war inflicted upon our civilization a terrible wound, a painful wound that is still far from healed. It was as if the very foundations shook under Europe. And, worst of all, most Europeans still do not understand the true nature and significance of the last war. They are already about to forget it before they have learned the lesson it should teach them. They are forgetting their dead.
Of course, there are still millions of people in practically every country of Europe who cannot forget the horrors of the war. The carnage of the battlefields, once seen, is not easily forgotten. These people can tell of the merciless slaughter on the lovely countryside of France; of the agony of mind, the terror inspired by the big bombardments and the ceaseless rattle of gunfire in a modern offensive; of the inconceivable suffering of wounded and broken men hanging perhaps for days on barbed wire, crying out for the death which they themselves had not the strength to inflict. Of such horrors and worse can these people tell, and if Europe would only heed them, if all its people would only remember the war's bestiality, its barbaric cruelty, they would see to it that war would never occur again.
But there are other aspects of war which I, perhaps more than most people, have had the opportunity to observe. For more than six years now, it has been my task, on behalf of the League of Nations12, to investigate and as far as possible to alleviate the terrible aftereffects of war. During all these years I have had to deal with hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war, with famine, with refugees – frightened refugees, each with his own story of endless heartrending tragedy, the old, the women, the little helpless children left alone because of the vicissitudes of war, and all of them lost, plundered, bereft of everything of value in this world.
I wish I could give you a picture of what I have seen and experienced. I wish I could just for one moment make you feel what it is to see a whole nation fleeing in wild terror along the country roads; or to travel among a people struck down by famine; to enter huts where men, women, and children lie still, no longer complaining, waiting only for death in countries where corpses are dug up out of their graves and eaten, where maddened mothers slay their own children for food. But no, I cannot attempt it now.
All this endless misfortune, all this misery and incredible suffering, these hundreds of thousands of forsaken prisoners of war, these famines, these millions of helpless refugees – they are all, directly or indirectly, the results of the war. But, believe me, all these calamities cannot occur without undermining our entire social system; they sap the vitality of nations and they inflict wounds so deep that they will take a long time to heal, if they ever do.
And still, even still, people talk about the probability of another war. Do we not stop to think what this would mean? Even if the next war is no worse than the last, I believe it will destroy our European civilization. But of course the next war will not be like the last. It will be incomparably worse.
I shall not weary you by going further into that. It is enough to say that in the event of a new war we face the threatening fact that our civilization can be annihilated, just as other civilizations have been annihilated in the past. But we also have the means to avert this threat. War does not come unless we wish it upon ourselves. War is not the result of some uncontrollable catastrophe of nature; it is the result of man's will. It is his own shame. And truly, with reasonable policies, it would be comparatively easy to put an end to war.
Let me suggest the course which I believe can lead us forward. The governments of Europe must unite around and stake their all on what I shall, for the sake of brevity, call the League of Nations policy.
Do not misunderstand me here. The League of Nations is no longer a remote or abstract idea. It is a living organism. Its institutions are now an essential part of the machinery of world control. If we can put the full force of the combined power of individual governments behind these institutions, behind the policy of disarmament, behind all the policies pursued by the League, then we shall put an end to war.
But the governments, whether of large countries or of small, must stake everything on this policy without reservations. There must be no clinging to ancient rights to wage private wars. There must be no secret hopes that, if the League is weak in certain areas, it can be made to serve private interests.
We must follow the new road in international politics mapped out at Locarno, and we must burn behind us the bridges that lead back to the old policies and the old systems which have failed us so tragically. It has always been my conviction that, in the great things of life, it is of decisive importance to have no line of retreat – a principle which certainly holds good here.
By the very nature of things, progress will depend essentially on the actions of the great powers. But small nations like our own can also do much. For the large states must take into account such a variety of factors, such a multitude of conflicting interests, that their leaders may often find it difficult to follow their own convictions, assessing all the time, as they must, the political currents among their electorates, the national self-interests of their countries, not to mention the complex intrigues which frequently surround them. All these circumstances can often restrict their freedom to act.
Small nations and their leaders enjoy greater latitude in this respect; they have fewer conflicting interests, and for them a policy of peace without restrictions or reservations is a natural one. If all the small nations will work together resolutely and systematically in the League of Nations to lay the ghost of war, they can achieve much, greatly strengthening the League in the process.
Certainly, it cannot be denied that the great powers can give and on occasion have given the impression of acting somewhat arbitrarily and without proper consideration for the views of the other members of the League. But the small nations have ample opportunity to state their case if they will just confidently take it. And when they fail to do so, the blame falls chiefly on themselves. As Briand said in his splendid speech to the last Assembly, there must in future be no more resorting to "methods of negotiation which are inconsistent with the true spirit of the League of Nations", and "the League's work shall in future take place in the full light of day and with the collaboration of all its members."13
It is, then, the duty of all members, and not least of the small nations, to unite in the task of abolishing war, to participate positively in this work, not to wait passively but to act.
If we really want to put an end to war, if we want to be rid of heavy armaments, the governments must, as I have said, stake everything upon the policy of the League of Nations without thinking about any lines of retreat. They must work in every way and at every opportunity to build up the power and strength of the League. If they do so and if their peoples support them in the same spirit, then shall the evil monster of war be felled and our future secured for the work of peace, that of building, not tearing down.
* Mr. Nansen delivered this speech on December 10, 1926, in the auditorium of the Nobel Institute in Oslo to a distinguished audience convened to witness the presentation of the Peace Prizes for 1925 and 1926. After an orchestral overture, Mr. Fredrik Stang, chairman of the Nobel Committee, announced that the prize for 1925, having been reserved in that year, was awarded equally to Sir Austen Chamberlain and to Charles G. Dawes and that the prize for 1926 was awarded equally to Aristide Briand and to Gustav Stresemann. Mr. Ragnvald Moe, secretary to the Committee, spoke briefly on Dr. Nobel, this day being the thirtieth anniversary of his death. Mr. Nansen then delivered the speech printed here. It is not the typical "presentation speech". But it serves the purpose of such a speech since it deals with the 1924 plan of reparations prepared by the so-called Dawes Committee and with the Locarno Pact in which the other three laureates played leading roles. In a sense, therefore, it is a presentation speech for four laureates, but it departs from the usual form of such a speech by developing a theme derived from the speaker's own thinking. Since none of the laureates was present on this occasion, the diplomatic representatives of the four nations concerned accepted the prizes on their behalf. The text of Mr. Nansen's speech does not appear in Les Prix Nobel; the text published in Norwegian in Eventyr – lyst – Ingen krig mere: To taler av Fridtjof Nansen (Oslo: Jacob Dybwad, 1927), pp. 71-100. has been used for this translation.
1. Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), U.S. secretary of state (1921-1925).
2. Raymond Poincaré (1860-1934), president of France (1913-1920); premier (1912; 1922-1924; 1926-1929). Owen D. Young (1874-1962), American lawyer and corporation executive, chairman of the Reparations Conference of 1929; the Young Plan of reparation payments which replaced the Dawes Plan took its name from him.
3. See Henderson's lecture, Vol. 2, p. 194, fn. 1.
4. Hans Luther (1879-1962), chancellor of Germany (1925-1926); and see Stresemann's lecture, Vol.2, p. 13, fn.3.
5. Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Italian premier and dictator (1922-1943). Émile Vandervelde (1866-1938), Belgian minister of foreign affairs (1925). Count Aleksander Skrzyxbki (1882-1931), Polish prime minister (1925-1926). Eduard Benei (1884-1948), foreign minister of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935); president (1935-1938; in exile 1939-1945; 1946-1948).
6. Louis XIV (1638-1715), king of France (1643-1715).
7. According to Vallentin-Luchaire in Stresemann (New York: Smith, 1931), p. 211, and according to the (London) Times of December 2, 1925, p. 16, these words are from the speech made by Gustav Stresemann after the official signing of the Locarno Pacts in London on December 1, 1925.
8. From Briand's speech to the Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Assembly, September 10, 1926 (League of Nations, Official Journal, Special Supplement 44, p. 53); for text in French see Achille Elisha, Aristide Briand: Discours et écrits de politique étrangère (Paris: Plon, 1965), pp. 176-184.
9. The Norwegian word here translated as Armageddon is Ragnarokk which in Norse mythology refers to the end of the world.
10. Sir Edward Grey (1862-1933), secretary of state for foreign affairs (1905-1916).
11. Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947), British prime minister (1923-1924; 1924-1929; 1935-1937).
12. As the League's High Commissioner for Refugees.
13. See fn. 8.
From Nobel Lectures, Peace 1926-1950, Editor Frederick W. Haberman, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1972
Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 1926
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Government is not Papa John's
WINDSOR MANN
A few weeks ago, President Trump said his administration was running like "a fine-tuned machine." This was true, I thought, assuming the machine was a Tandy 100 computer.
Unless the government is bombing or spying on people, it is technologically primitive. The U.S. Senate was still using BlackBerry phones up until last year. A friend of mine works at the Government Printing Office, where I'm pretty sure they still use dot matrix.
Trump wants to modernize the government. This week, he announced the formation of the White House Office of American Innovation, a government attempt at self-improvement.
"To ensure that America remains the global innovation leader, I hereby direct the senior adviser to the President to head an office in the White House dedicated to American innovation," Trump said. "This office will bring together the best ideas from government, the private sector and other thought leaders [what are thought leaders?] to ensure that America is ready to solve today's most intractable problems."
The senior adviser to the president is 36 years old, has no experience in government and is totally qualified to solve today's most intractable problems. That's because the senior advisor to the President is married to Ivanka Trump.
"We should have excellence in government," Jared Kushner said. "The government should be run like a great American company."
What will the Office of American Innovation do?
According to White House spokesperson Sean Spicer, it "will focus on modernizing the technology of every federal department, identifying transformational infrastructure projects and reimagining the VA system."
Let's get this straight: A new government bureau, headed by Kushner, is going to modernize "the technology" of all 15 departments in the federal government, in addition to identifying and re-imagining stuff.
Spicer said the goal is to "deliver a better product and better service to the American people." This sounds like a Papa John's commercial.
Better product. Better service.
Better ingredients. Better pizza. Papa John's.
The federal government is not a pizza company. Or a company. And Papa Trump is no Papa John, who is naturally tan.
"I promised the American people I would produce results," Trump said. So far, he has produced a presidential memo. It begins as follows:
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF
THE SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR POLICY
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC POLICY
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR DOMESTIC POLICY
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
THE SENIOR COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ECONOMIC INITIATIVES
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND STAFF SECRETARY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
SUBJECT: The White House Office of American Innovation
This doesn't strike me as innovative. It strikes me as tedious.
The government cannot make people creative or innovative, just as it can't make people happy, despite its best efforts, which are inevitably bureaucratic and hence stifling to innovation. Unlike private enterprises, government is not subject to the profit-and-loss system, which rewards companies that best serve their customers and punishes those that don't.
Companies can fire people. It's next to impossible to fire government employees. In 2010, the job security rate for federal workers was 99.43%. As USA TODAY reported, "Death – rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs – is the primary threat to job security."
Government is not a business. Businesses go away. Yet the calls to businessize the government do not. Woodrow Wilson wanted to make government "less unbusinesslike." Bill Clinton wanted to "reinvent" government. Barack Obama wanted "a government that's smarter, quicker and more responsive to the needs of the American people."
"We all have a stake in government success," Obama said.
"Government success" is an oxymoron. How can the government "succeed" when it simultaneously discourages smoking and subsidizes tobacco farming, or when it "fights" obesity while subsidizing the sugar industry?
However you define "government success," it should be last on our list of priorities. If we want innovation, less government, not smarter government, is the way to achieve it. People innovate when they are free to experiment, free to be reckless and weird. Trump's campaign was innovative. The Office of American Innovation is not.
To run the government like a business, the government would have to fire itself. Which is even less likely than Trump firing himself.
Windsor Mann is the editor of " The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism." Harass him on Twitter@WindsorMann.