According to Attorney General John Ashcroft, radical activist attorney Lynne Stewart represents a new face of terrorism in America.
Ashcroft alleges that Stewart helped move messages from her client's jail cell in Minnesota to a terrorist cell in Egypt.
Her client is Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind cleric who was convicted of plotting to blow up New York City landmarks. And the attorney general says that helping the sheik get a message to his followers makes Stewart a co-conspirator in terrorism.
But being indicted as a terrorist has made Stewart a martyr to many who think the government is using terrorism as an excuse to trample civil liberties.
In this report that originally aired in May 2002, Stewart - in her only television interview - acknowledged that she did pass a message from the sheik to his followers. But she maintained that the message was merely political advice, and that she was simply acting as his attorney and was in no way part of a terrorist conspiracy. Correspondent Mike Wallace reports.
"I just really and truly believe that the American people really deserve to see live the person that Attorney General Ashcroft has said is aiding terrorists," says Stewart. "And to judge for themselves whether or not this government is now reaching way beyond what any of us would want it to do."
Over the years, Stewart has represented a flock of radical clients, including Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric who wants to replace Egypt's current government with an Islamic theocracy. The sheik's followers were convicted of the first of the World Trade Center bombings back in 1993. Then, two years later, he was convicted of plotting to blow up other New York landmarks, like the George Washington Bridge and the United Nations building.
When the sheik was found guilty, Lynne Stewart wept in court: "I believed, and I believe today, that he is wrongfully convicted."
She says the sheik did not plot against the U.S., but that he does want to overthrow the government of Egypt - and that she admires him: "Very, very intelligent. Very witty. Very dedicated. But dedicated to a free Egypt."
Attorney General Ashcroft says the sheik remains a powerful leader of a terrorist organization called the Islamic Group: "This Islamic group is a global terrorist organization which has forged an alliance with other terrorist groups including al Qaeda."
The U.S. Government is determined to prevent the sheik from plotting terrorism and passing messages to his followers in the U.S. or Egypt. So, before she could see him, Stewart had to agree in writing that she would not talk about, nor pass on, anything of a political nature - that she'd discuss only his legal matters.
But here's where she got into trouble. Ashcroft alleges that several times the sheik gave Stewart instructions through her U.S. government-approved interpreter, instructions that he wanted passed on to his people in Egypt.
Ashcroft said the government knew this happened because the Justice Department had gotten a court order to secretly tape all the sheik's conversations with Stewart, to pick up whatever intelligence they could about terrorism.
"Well, you know, we haven't seen anything yet, actually," says Stewart. "I have to see those tapes and hear them."
The most important tapes would be from one weekend of meetings that Stewart had with the sheik in his Minnesota prison. She told 60 Minutes that she believed her interpreter was asking the sheik questions about his prison conditions from a list she had prepared in advance.
"He would read to him," she says. "I would not understand one word that was going on, back and forth."
But she admitted that at one point that she realized the conversation had turned political: "He said he had a press release. He gave me generally what should be in it."
The sheik wanted her to issue a press release telling his followers in Egypt that they had his permission to end their cease fire with the Egyptian government, and had his permission to resume their attacks. Ashcroft's most serious charge is that Stewart gave the Sheik's statement to the press - and when she did, he says she became a co-conspirator in terrorism.
"I'm accused of materially aiding a terrorist organization based upon a press release … that I released," says Stewart.
But Stewart told 60 Minutesthe message was merely political advice, not a military order: "To me, it was not saying 'Take out the guns and mow them down.' It was more like an advisory. "This is what I'm thinking about.'"
"Politically, more than it was a call to arms. He hasn't been in Egypt since '89," she adds. "He's hardly got his finger on the pulse of military operations."
Ashcroft did not allege that the press release led to any violence in Egypt, and Stewart told 60 Minutes that she wouldn't have done it if she'd thought it might have caused violence. In fact, she says she felt the sheik had a right to get his thoughts to his people, but she knew that putting out his message would violate her agreement with the prison.
"I knew that there was a possibility that the government would cut me off from him for releasing this statement. But he told me he wanted this statement to get out to his people," says Stewart. "It's a mistake, but is it an indictable offense? Is this materially aiding a terrorist organization?"
Apparently, the Clinton administration didn't think it was all that serious. Back then, the Justice Department barely slapped her wrist. It simply had her sign another statement that she would abide by the rules, including "I shall not broadcast messages for Abdel Rahman ... to the media." And then, they let her resume seeing the sheik.
"They apparently did not think it was so dangerous, or so important, that they stopped me from visiting," she says.
And back then, the government was right, according to Stewart's friend, defense attorney Ron Kuby: "If this was such an act of aiding and abetting terrorism, why wasn't she arrested two years ago when she allegedly made the statements to the press."
But that was before 9/11, and before Ashcroft became attorney general. And now that the government is going after terrorists' attorneys, Kuby says Ashcroft has gone too far.
"This was designed and certainly has the effect of sending a chilling message through the defense community. You work hard as a defense lawyer. Your family hates you. The public hates you. You don't make any money," says Kuby. "And in the end, if you do a really good job, you get indicted. After the indictment of Lynne Stewart, what kind of a lawyer in his or her right mind is going to take one of these cases?"
But Kuby gets no sympathy from Columbia University law professor, Richard Uviller, who told 60 Minutes that laws apply to lawyers, too.
"If she was, I should say a co-conspirator, then the fact that she's a lawyer makes no difference whatsoever," says Uviller. "There is no special status to lawyers under these circumstances, once they join or assist or co-conspire with their clients. They become like everybody else. Subject to surveillance and subject to prosecution."
And Uviller applauds Ashcroft's actions: "I think that his actions with respect to law enforcement and criminal prosecution of terrorists and potential terrorists is exactly what I'd like it to be. Just what I would expect from a careful, thoughtful, aggressive Department of Justice."
Ashcroft declined to talk with 60 Minutes, but he did go on "The David Letterman Show" to explain what he's trying to do: We simply aren't going to allow people who are convicted of terrorism to continue to achieve terrorist objectives by sending messages and directing activity from their prison."
"There was nothing clandestine or furtive here," says Kuby. "But to indict somebody for aiding and abetting a terrorist organization because she spoke to the press and conveyed her client's views to the news media. That's never happened before in the history of this country."
Here's what Ashcroft said when he announced Stewart's indictment: "We will not look the other way when our institutions of justice are subverted. We will not ignore those who claim rights for themselves while they seek to destroy the rights of others."
"I don't think that indicting Lynne Stewart, lawyer, is the answer to the terrorist threat," says Stewart.
However, she says she relishes the fight: "I have been fighting all my life."
She's been fighting all her life for a variety of radicals, but not really all her life. The fact is, her upbringing was quite conventional. She grew up a nice white, Protestant girl from Queens.
"It was a completely white, working class community. And of course I was raised with the usual liberal, you know, all people are brothers. Don't be prejudiced," she says.
Her parents were teachers, and when she began her first teaching job in Harlem, she saw the world as never before.
"It was as if I were in a foreign country. I had never known that a place like Harlem existed," says Stewart. "Children try to draw self-portraits. And these self-portraits, instead of coming out as beautiful as those children were, were somehow grotesque. They drew themselves as white, with blond hair. This made me weep."
In the '60s, she had demonstrated for civil rights and against the Vietnam War, and that's when she met her husband, Ralph, who was teaching in the same elementary school. He calls her "a voice for the voiceless."
"She stood up for the black people when she didn't have to," says Ralph Stewart. "She could have gone off into white America and forget she ever saw Harlem. But she didn't."
Instead, she's been a left wing radical ever since. And proud of it.
If convicted, Stewart could spend decades in prison. But she told a recent convention of socialist scholars that she has a more immediate problem within her family. Her grandson, Arthur, asked her son, "Did Grandma really help the terrorists?" His father said, 'No, they lied about her.'"
"But you know, when they put that 'T' label on you, that 'T' label sticks," says Stewart. "And even Arthur, who loves me beyond all things, had to ask, 'Did she do this?'"
In July, a federal judge took the "T-Label" off Lynne Stewart. And in a major victory for her defense, Judge John Koetil threw out the terrorist charges against her, leaving instead less serious non-terrorist charges of violating government ground rules when she visited her client in prison. Stewart, however, vows she will beat those charges too.


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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world"
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was a well-known anthropologist who received degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University. She's known today for a quotation she might not have said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
The quotation is in the theme of several of her writings, but the exact quotation hasn't been found in any of them. The quotation has become popular since 1985, when it was cited (without a source) in books.
Wikipedia: Margaret Mead
Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901, Philadelphia – November 15, 1978, New York City) was an American cultural anthropologist, who was frequently a featured writer and speaker in the mass media throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
She was both a popularizer of the insights of anthropology into modern American and Western culture, and also a respected, if controversial, academic anthropologist. Her reports about the purportedly healthy attitude towards sex in South Pacific and Southeast Asian traditional cultures amply informed the 1960s sexual revolution. Mead was a champion of broadened sexual mores within a context of traditional western religious life.
Wikiquote: Margaret Mead
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
. Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon Nancy C. Lutkehaus
. This quotation is found on posters and bumper stickers, and adopted as the motto for hundreds of organizations worldwide.
10 June 1965, Lowell (MA) Sun, "Diplomas Awarded to 35 at Rose Hawthorne HS," pg. 22, col. 6:
Rev. Gerald L. Bucke, headmaster of Cushing Academy for Boys, Ashburnham, was the commencement speaker.
Rev. Bucke told the graduates that, while a small group cannot change the world, the important thing is to appreciate and live life as it is. He said it is important to "learn, love, laugh, and live."
The Cave and the Mountain:
A study of E. M. Forster
By Wilfred Healey Stone
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press
His is the liberal faith that a small group of elect intellectuals, propagandizing on behalf of certain civilized virtues, can change the world.
Curing Nuclear Madness:
A new-age prescription for personal action
By Frank G. Sommers and Tana Dineen
London: Methuen
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Earth at Omega:
Passage to planetization
By Donald Keys
Boston, MA: Branden Publishing Company
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
-- Margaret Mead
21 December 1988, Cherokee County Herald (Centre, AL), "These giraffes can change the world" by Robert Walter, pg. 4A, col. 3:
They are the men and women sociologist Margaret Mead had in mind when she said: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead: The making of an American icon
By Nancy C. Lutkehaus
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can cahgne the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." There is a huge number of organizations and grassroots causes that use these words of Mead's as an epigram, from the Cayuga Nation, a Native American group that is fighting to regain land in upstate New York, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency."
Although the exact origins of the quote have not been located in any of Mead;s published work (some attribute it to the first Eart Day celebration in 1970, others think it may have first appeared in a newspaper article quoting Mead), the essence of the quote is directly related to the project Mead engaged in for The Wagon and the Star: A Study of American Community Initiative. The community projects analyzed in the book were exactly the type of small group, community0based, local endeavor that the quote refers to.
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Very rarely do I find an article that catches my interest such that I read it and reread it several times to make sure that I capture all the gems. "Why Strategy Execution Unravels – and What to do About It" from Harvard Business Review is a must read. According to the article, "a recent survey of more than 400 CEOs found that executional excellence was the number one challenge facing corporate leaders" globally. In addition, ". . . . two – thirds to three – quarters of large organizations struggle to implement their strategies".
The authors uncovered five myths and replace them with approaches that they believe will help managers execute strategy more effectively.
Most of the companies studied did a pretty good job in developing the strategy, translating that into objectives, cascading those objectives down through the organization and then putting in a measurement process and rewarding performance. These tools help to create alignment but do little to ensure execution. Studies have found that these tools may be effective in managing vertical performance / commitment but not horizontal (across business units). Since the execution of most strategic objectives require collaboration from multiple functions or business units, that is where the rubber meets the road. Structures to coordinate activities across business units is what is really needed to improve execution.
Most of us have been taught to put a plan or roadmap together and then stick to it. Executives often "view deviations as a lack of discipline that undercuts execution". From a practical standpoint, "stuff" happens during execution – both challenges and opportunities – that organizations need to respond to. Successful execution requires organizations to be agile (not be confused with the AGILE methodology – which does apply here as well). Managers need to have the ability to be creative in finding solutions to problems that pop up or unexpected opportunities. The world does not stand still while we are executing a strategy, so as managers we need to be comfortable adapting to that change. Also, the willingness to reallocate resources freely as you are executing your strategy is key as well. Whether that is shifting budget dollars or moving people between business units to meet changing demands, this can be a critical success factor in execution.
Many believe that relentless communicating is a key to success. Communication is CRITICAL, but messaging needs to be targeted, simple and consistent to ensure understanding. Once communicated, follow up to see that there is a common understanding of the message you are trying to deliver – this step is often overlooked.
Strong top down leadership is important and can be a short term strategy. Relying on the CEO to drive execution can be a costly mistake and can quickly unravel if the CEO departs. "Effective execution in a large, complex organization emerges from countless decisions and actions at all levels". This is known as distributed leadership. "Although execution should be driven from the middle, it needs to be guided from the top". Distributed leaders not senior execs represent "management" to most employees and have the best chance of driving execution.
In summary, companies spend millions of dollars every year to develop a strategy and fall short when it comes to execution. Instead of throwing more process and tools at the problem it might be time to take a step and back and look at some of the root causes of the problems. At the end of the day, execution is all about people and how they define it. Reframing execution as "the ability to seize opportunities aligned with strategy while coordinating with others parts of the organization" will go a long way to helping managers understand where the pitfalls lie.
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If you've suffered premature tooth loss, you'll need to have them replaced. If you've decided on dental implants, you should choose zirconia implants. Zirconia implants are completely metal-free, which will provide you with a number of benefits. Here are four reasons why you should choose metal-free zirconia implants.
If you have thin or receding gums, traditional metal implant posts can make your smile look unsightly. That's because the metal post shows through thin gums. Not only that, but as your gums recede, the post is exposed. When you choose zirconia implants, you won't have to worry about the visible post. That's because the posts for zirconia implants are white, which means they won't be visible through your gums.
Most traditional implants require a two-step procedure. First, the post is implanted into your jaw. After you heal from that surgical procedure, the artificial tooth is attached to the implanted post. Because of the multiple surgical procedures, the healing time is extended. Not only that, but the risk of infection is increased, as well. The increased infection risk is caused by the number of times the wound site must be reopened.
Because zirconia implants are a one-piece design, implantation can take place in one step. That means your healing and recovery time will be shorter. The one-step process is particularly beneficial when you're dealing with extractions. You can have the implanted teeth installed at the same time your natural teeth are extracted, which means you won't have to be without teeth.
With traditional implants, the post is placed below the gum line, which makes them more difficult to keep clean. Zirconia implants are placed right at the gum line. The shallower implantation makes it easier to keep your implants clean. That means your gums will stay cleaner and healthier too.
If you suffer from metal allergies, traditional, metal-post implants may be out of the question. However, because zirconia implants are metal-free, the threat of allergic reaction is significantly reduced. Zirconia implants are also good if you suffer from other types of allergies or skin sensitivities. When discussing implant options, it's important that you tell your dentist about any allergies you might have.
If your dentist has recommended dental implants to replace your missing teeth, you owe it to yourself to consider zirconia implants. For questions or concerns about the implant procedure, be sure to talk to a dentist like Davis R Troup DDS PA.


Firstly PADI pushes AWARE in all of your courses, rightly so, for those of you not in the know, AWARE stands for Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education. It was started to unify the voice of the dive community in preserving our aquatic environments. As divers it is our responsibility to not only set a good example in how we interact with the aquatic world, but also to be ambassadors and environmental advocates for it.
Secondly that there is a rubbish problem on the majority of islands offering PADI courses. Littering, dumping of trash, there are not many islands you can walk around without seeing at least some discarded trash and empty water bottles, off to the side of the road, dumped on empty plots, washed along many shorelines. This trash is not only an eyesore but runs the risk of ending up in the ocean and disastrously impacting the aquatic world.
Islands share some of the best dive sites in the world. They also share an over abundance of single portion disposables, aimed at the tourists and divers who come to enjoy the beauty of the islands.
Yes there are things than can and should be done to minimise the amount of rubbish being produced, taxing or banning individual 500ml water bottles and encouraging the use of refillable bottles and refilling stations is an easy one but it also seems to me, an admitted newbie to the dive world, that these two things are inextricably linked and being part of the first makes us obligated to do something about the second.
So to my point and suggestion; how would it be if everyone doing any level of PADI certification had to do thirty minutes garbage collection each day they are doing their course? How much cleaner and safer would the worlds Islands and therefore oceans be if this was a standard requirement? VERY is the answer! If you care about the ocean thirty minutes of your day is really not that much. And if you couldn't possibly pick up rubbish then you should have to pay a substantially higher course fee with all of the additional money going to cleaning up and safe garbage disposal on the island you are certifying on.
There are vast floating rafts of rubbish, 100s of metres across in parts of the ocean. Potential death traps for the fish, sharks and whales that encounter them. As divers isn't it our responsibility to stop more forming?
If people don't care about the health of the ocean they really shouldn't be diving in it. Obviously I think this should be a requirement of all dive certification, PADI or otherwise. I don't particularly relish the idea of picking up trash, but I also don't relish the idea of aquatic life being detrimentally affected by our waste, seeing another turtle choking on a discarded drinking straw or seeing another beach strewn with rubbish.
Organising beach clean ups and the like is awesome, but how much more effective could you be if every one of the thousands of people certifying with you were actively recruited as the environmental advocates we are supposed to be?


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1ST XI CRUISE INTO GRAND FINAL!
It was a bitter sweet day for Old Scotch Cricket Club as the A-Team won through to their second consecutive MCC First Division Grand Final, and their sixth Grand Final in the last decade, as they accounted for Old Melbournians by 6 wickets in rapturous scenes on the Main Oval. Whilst over on the Meares, the Celebrities spectacularly imploded during the death overs to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, going down by 5 runs to arch-rival Old Xavier in their Second Division Semi Final clash.
First Eleven skipper, Matty Grose won the toss and had no hesitation in asking Old Melbournians to bat in perfect conditions. The old war horse Gary Bennett struck with his first and fifth balls of his opening over to have Old Melbournians teetering at 2 for 1. This was a spectacular start in anyone's language. Old Melbourne fought valiantly, but never really recovered and laboured to a sub par 9 for 103 in seemingly perfect conditions. Bennett finished with 2 for 20, but, the wickets were evenly shared around with Harry "the invisible man" Short capturing 3 for 16, Sam Shearer 3 for 17, and teenage spinning prodigy Chris "Dizzy" Jackson, who is in year 12, snaring 1 for 12 off 8 spell binding overs that included three maidens.
The bowlers had executed skipper Matty Grose's pre-game plans perfectly, now it was up to the star studded batting line up to seal the deal and catapult the A-Team into the Grand Final. Tim "Hozz" Hosking and Cam "The Cobra Kid" Melville kicked off the run chase in considered fashion, negotiating the first eleven overs comfortably to be 0/33, and seemingly steering the Scotchies towards a certain victory, when in an instant, the introduction of spin from both ends immediately gained the prized scalp of Melville for 15. What followed next had all the hallmarks of a nightmare, as a further three wickets fell in the following four overs to see the Scotchies go from 0/33 to 4/40 in the blink of an eye.
Hosking, who had looked comfortable, was dismissed for 19 when he edged to slip. Shearer was then spectacularly caught at slip for 4, and last week's century maker Tom Murray suffered what could only be described as a brain explosion, to be dismissed for a duck attempting a wild slog sweep off his stumps. Murray's dismissal had the Old Melbournians players and supporters whooping with joy. The Old Melbournians were buzzing as they suddenly found belief that an improbable victory was now a possibility and their supporters found voice, emphatically reminding the now quiet and grim faced Old Scotch camp of the pressure packed situation.
However, just as in last years Semi Final, Sam "Junior" Murray and Seb "Stretch" Armstrong proved to be the saviours as they batted sensibly, putting on an unbroken 64 run stand to win the Semi Final for Old Scotch by 6 wickets with almost eight overs in reserve. Both Murray and Armstrong finished on 29 not out, and the A-Team were through to consecutive Grand Finals. The sidelines were a mixture of joy and relief, as the Scotchies had to fight tooth and nail through out the season to earn the right to defend their crown.
Over on the Meares, the Celebrities were back playing finals after a hiatus of three years. Skipper Matt Foskey had essentially a full strength team on the park with star paceman Angus Harlock back in the line up, and young medium pacer fresh out of Scotch, Will "Bonners" Bonwick, replacing opener Vic Nicholas in the line up when the latter failed a Friday fitness test. The Xavs team was the strongest seen yet, with a number of players having recently turned out against the Old Scotch A-Team in a recent fixture and others plying their trade elsewhere on Saturdays. The Scotchies knew this was going to be a far different ball-game to the recent clash in January when the Scotchies recorded a resounding victory at Barkers Road.
Xavs skipper Edwards won the toss and had no hesitation in electing to bat on a benign Meares wicket. The Old Xaverians batted well with a number of players getting off to good starts. The Old Scotch bowlers did exceedingly well to restrict Old Xavs to 156 on the lightning fast Meares outfield. Pick of the Old Scotch bowlers was the ever reliable Ben Summerfield who captured 3/27, with the rest of the wickets being shared around in an even effort.
The Old Scotch run chase got off to a steady start as Mark "Money Shot" Griffiths and Harry Hackett scored steadily at the rate of three runs an over. Hackett was the first wicket to fall, when he fell in the 15th over for 17 and the score on 50. English gappy Luke James was soon after stumped for 5, and the Old Scotch score at drinks was 2/61 with talismanic skipper Matthew Foskey at the crease with Griffiths. The pair further consolidated, and at the 30 over mark, the score was 2 for 92. Ten overs to go, and 65 runs needed. With the run rate now more than a run-a-ball, the time to hit-out was now. Eight wickets were in hand, and there was sufficient depth in the batting to reel in the total.
At the 32 over mark, Mark Griffiths eventually fell for a stoic 42. Griffo had again shown why he is so highly regarded around the club with this wonderful performance. This brought the hard hitting Alisdair Reeves to the crease to join Foskey, with the run rate now more than a run a ball. Reeves set about changing all that with an astonishing cameo innings where he blazed boundaries almost at will to suddenly put the Celebrities ahead of the run-rate and on course for victory. This was stirring stuff that you read about in history books or even Boys Own adventures. Reeves was playing an old fashioned "stand and deliver" classic with able support from the gutsy Foskey who was perspiring freely and even vomiting at the end of overs from his exertions. Reeves eventually perished, when he swung wildly and was bowled leg stump. Reeves innings may have been worth only 28, but, to the Old Scotch cause, it was the stuff of legend, as his six boundaries in his short stay brought victory well and truly into sight.
With the very capable von Moger joining Foskey at the crease, hopes were still high. Foskey had won games off his own bat a number of times during the season, so both the Old Scotch spectators and the Old Xav players knew he was the danger man. What followed next, however, was a spectacular implosion that undid all the hard work that had placed the Scotchies in a commanding, if not match winning, position. First to go was skipper Foskey, who taking on the Xavs fielder, Clark, on the boundary for a second run, needed a direct hit to have any chance of dismissing him. No disrespect to Clark, he had never shown any capacity either this day, or in the past, to be considered a threat to do this. But, this was one of those days. Clark's throw from out near the boundary miraculously hit the stumps directly. A diving Foskey appeared to have made his ground...but the umpire adjudged him out. This was a seismic momentum changing moment. Foskey's brave vigil came to an end on 24. Foskey battled fatigue, illness and other factors to try and get the Celebrities across the line, but, his innings was cruelly terminated in freakish circumstances.
Foskey's demise precipitated a batting collapse as wickets then tumbled more or less every four or five balls thereafter, as indecisive run outs - both Stavris and Armstrong were frozen mid pitch staring at the mid off fielder as he threw down the stumps at the bowlers end - and other pressure induced panic strokes led to a monumental implosion, From 4/130 at the 34 over mark needing a very manageable 26 to win off 36 balls with six wickets in hand, it was suddenly was 9/145 at the commencement off the last over. How did it come to this?
Eleven to win, ten to tie...and a tie would be enough for Scotch to go through to the Grand Final. But asking the last two batsman to pull this off was a tall order. It should never have come down to this. Bonwick and De Gouvea were brave, but when Digger faced up to the last ball of the day, a six was needed. That Digger was out LBW attempting an audacious slog sweep was academic, as it was an impossible situation. The loss by 5 runs threw up a hundred "what if's?". Reeves innings should have made the remaining runs a formality and a sober approach of getting any kind of bat (or pad) onto ball and running easy singles, and the occasional two, would have forced Old Xavs to bring the field in. Then the boundary shots would come into play to finish the game. But the meltdown happened in the space of less than ten minutes, and the momentum had shifted before the Scotchies had a chance to regroup.
Xavier were understandably jubilant in pulling off an miraculous victory against all odds, They had slayed the top placed Old Scotch in their own den after barely making the finals themselves. This was a famous Old Xaverian victory - all credit to them, and we all wish them well in this weeks 2nd Division Grand Final. For the Celebrities, this was undoubtedly the-one-that-got-away, but once the soul searching ends, each and every one of the boys who represented Old Scotch Cricket Club in Second Division can be proud of themselves. They were competition front runners sealing top spot easily with many wonderful victories and heroic performances over the course of the season. The team is young enough, and homogeneous enough, to win flags in the not too distant future. Their time will come.
But back to the great news...the MAIN EVENT, so to speak...
The MCC Division One Grand Final will be played against Old Geelong on the Main Oval at Scotch College at 12.30pm on Sunday 4 March. All Old Boys are encouraged to attend as the boys look to go Back to Back and write another new page in Old Scotch Cricket Clubs glorious history. Bring your mates, bring your kids...but most importantly, be there so you can say "I was there".
In the mean time...
SURROUND YOURSELF IN THE EXCITEMENT!


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America, We Hardly Knew Ye
I've had this article in the pipeline for the last couple of weeks now. I'm not sure what it is about it, exactly, that I remain unhappy with; perhaps I'm just unhappy to have been reduced to this sort of tone. At any rate, I have many more thoughts on the election and what's come of it, particularly on Hillary Clinton, that hopefully I'll be able to articulate to you at some later date. For now, though, Inauguration Day is tomorrow, and it's time for this article to go up, ready or not.
"Truly, they were as gods who built this place!"
– Bender, examining the ruins of a 20th Century New York Pizzeria, "Futurama"
Negative 17 days into the Trump presidency, the brain drain had already begun. American students are applying to Canadian universities in record numbers, which, while predictable, demonstrates that American students are poorly educated on the topics of nuclear strike targets and of westerlies and trade winds. In the now-inevitable event of a nuclear exchange, pretty much anywhere in the northern hemisphere is the last place you'd want to be. Regardless of who were to launch first (assuming the hostile actor is America or Russia, but let's be honest: we all know who we're worried about here), all nuclear-capable nations will likely have fired off most of their arsenals before a single bomb landed. The targets of American bombs would be cities in Russia and, in all probability, China, while the targets of Russian (and possibly Chinese) bombs would be cities in America and in nuclear-capable countries allied with America, mainly those in Western Europe. From America, winds would carry the radioactive nuclear fallout into Canada, and the surfeit of fallout in North America and Eurasia would result in nuclear winter across the northern hemisphere, subjecting the survivors there to widespread crop failure. In unrelated news, Australia has greatly expanded their Working Holiday Visa program.
It took but mere moments for the post-election narrative of exactly what the hell had just happened to emerge. The right wing, tired of years of contempt and ostracization from the left–which they were definitely, never, ever, EVER, even maybe just once, guilty of themselves–came out in force to elect the most contemptible supervillain reality saw fit to cast upon us. Of course, there's an obvious reason that this is immediately bullshit: Trump, taking advantage of a system which was designed to give states that permitted slavery extra representation beyond that of their voting citizens, managed to win an election despite losing the popular vote by nearly three million ballots. And how fitting is it, really, that the would-be American Mussolini should rise to power on the shoulders of a bizarre, antebellum voting mechanism with a uniquely racist history?
Those opposed to Trump are now routinely chastised in the media–often by others also opposed to Trump–for having a "smug superiority" to rural voters. The rise of Trump, we're told, is because rural voters resent the left calling them racist when they do racist things, or sexist when they do sexist things. More laughably, it's because of the attention cities receive, as if putting a majority of your attention on the places where a majority of your citizens and infrastructure are is just bananas (never mind that this isn't actually where the U.S. budget is going). But of course, to get them to understand what bigoted things are when they say or do them is apparently folly. On the topic of People Who Hate Trump giving shit to Other People Who Hate Trump, this month's most unbearable episode brings us the usually-astute Anthony Bourdain waxing idiotic about why the election was lost.
"The utter contempt with which privileged Eastern liberals such as myself discuss red-state, gun-country, working-class America as ridiculous and morons and rubes is largely responsible for the upswell of rage and contempt and desire to pull down the temple that we're seeing now.
"I've spent a lot of time in gun-country, God-fearing America. There are a hell of a lot of nice people out there, who are doing what everyone else in this world is trying to do: the best they can to get by, and take care of themselves and the people they love. When we deny them their basic humanity and legitimacy of their views, however different they may be than ours, when we mock them at every turn, and treat them with contempt, we do no one any good."
Ah, so now we understand. We were the dicks this whole time for rejecting the notions of prejudice and hatred. The people who lament safe spaces in colleges and political correctness in society had their feelings hurt because people told them their racist jokes were racist. We have denied them their basic humanity! They're nice people out there, in "gun-country," in "God-fearing America." Nice people advocate for sexual assault and xenophobia. It's what all the nice people are doing! And to hell with you if you think you're better than them because of it. A disposition which, again, they would never have. Right?
In short, the society rejected their bigoted bullying and intimidation, and so they elected a literal bully. The closest we came to racial understanding this year was Glenn Beck ranting about pie. Now, enough about the people who reject U. S. intelligence on the election but got tricked by Colin Powell and a vial of baking soda. Now I am going to talk shit about Hillary Clinton, and the real reason why the Democrats lost the election.
Hillary Clinton is nothing. Do you understand that? Hillary Clinton did not understand this. Hillary Clinton thought that having the most milquetoast, status quo policy positions would place her as a safe alternative against lunacy. Hillary Clinton was wrong, and–and this part is key, now–Bernie Sanders supporters were right. An election is not something that is won by popular opinion, as mandatory voting is not something that exists in America. An election is won with mobilization. And yes, Donald Trump mobilized many supporters on racism. But he gained even more when he hit Hillary on the banks, and her having been in the Obama Administration–yes, Democrats, you're the establishment when you're in charge–and her being investigated by the FBI, and her husband meeting with the U. S. Attorney General while she was being investigated, and all of this stupid, typical, smarmy politician bullshit that raises all kinds of red flags for corruption and inauthenticity. And to combat this barrage of credibility-damaging evidence, Hillary Clinton offered nothing. No particular plan, like Build A Wall, or Universal College Tuition, or Medicaid For All, that she was pushing, no grand vision that people could rally around. And, to put a fine point upon her carefully-cultivated image of Generic Politician Robot, she used electioneering software that told her not to even visit Wisconsin or Michigan, the latter of which she lost to Sanders in the primaries despite the same software telling her she had a comfortable lead then, as well. Instead of canvassing anywhere and everywhere there could be a potential Hillary voter, she went to high-stakes fundraising dinner after high-stakes fundraising dinner, determined to instill in the voters the knowledge that she would be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the gremlins pumping money into her coffers.
Unlike Bernie Sanders, however, a comfortable lead over Donald Trump is not something Hillary Clinton ever possessed, and for that Hillary Clinton is my biggest loser of 2016. Hillary Clinton gambled this country away trying to calculate her way toward being a more efficient politician. If elections were poker hands, Hillary Clinton put America on the table while holding a hand full of those cards that explain the rules for other card games. I started this article with a description of what happens when people fire lots of nuclear weapons at one another. You probably already understand this already as Mutually Assured Destruction. You understand this. I understand this. Vladimir Putin understands this. I voted for Hillary Clinton because she understands this. Donald Trump does not understand this. Donald Trump has the temperament of a small child. This is a problem. And Hillary Clinton's incompetence gave you this problem.
Responsibility for this problem does not lie solely with Hillary Clinton, however, but also with the Democratic National Committee. They just couldn't stand it, could they? With the barbarians at the gates, a true, progressive nominee for President, one who was mobilizing the democratically-advantageous younger generations to campaign and rally for him. They couldn't handle it. Every fiber in their being yearns to be the establishment. Barney Frank was questioned during the primaries on Bernie Sanders's small-donor fundraising and whether or not the Democratic Party should do that. He cautioned against "unilateral disarmament" and countered with a question of his own: "Do you think it would really be better for liberals, regulators, if all the money from the banks went to Republicans, as opposed to just 80 percent?"
Well, Barney, if I was told I was going to fight a guy, and that he'd be paid four times what I'd be paid, I'd have a pretty good idea that I was being paid to lose. Barney Frank, plainly, does not understand this. Hillary Clinton did not understand this. Debbie Wasserman Schultz wouldn't understand this if it fell out of the sky, hit her on her head, and told her it was from Cuba and wanted asylum. The Democrats as a whole do not understand this.
That is why they fail.
This entry was posted in History and Politics and tagged Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 by Aloysius Vi.
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srogouski January 20, 2017 at 3:20 am
What's highly ironic is that the electoral college was first proposed by liberal Democratic hero Alexander Hamilton.
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp
Not sure if it made the musical or not.
People freaking out and worrying about the end of the world make me feel old. They seem too young to remember the "we're all going to die when Al Qaeda gets a suitcase nuke" Bush years, let alone the Reagan years, where nuclear war *was* a real possibility. Even I'm too young to have lived through the Cuban missile Crisis but fears of the apocalypse have been around since Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
That's why we should abolish nukes completely. Trump can't be trusted with them but nobody can. That liberals feel Obama *could* be trusted with them is actually scarier than Trump.
Aloysius Vi Post author January 20, 2017 at 3:25 am
I would guess not. Apportionment of voting on the basis of the number of slaves one had seems like it'd be beyond the scope of Hamilton's multicultural groundings.
Anyway, here are a couple of classic songs from the 80s about nuclear war.
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Since I was first a wee lad and learned about nuclear weapons, I've been worried about them. Even in the hands of rational actors, we know there have been countless times where nuclear catastrophe was averted by a guy wiping the screen off or doing something else completely benign to double-check whether or not missiles were in fact inbound. Now, however, the possibility of purposeful and wide-scale launch seems very real again. I'm too young to remember nuclear anxiety under Reagan, but there was certainly very little under Clinton, and the "suitcase nuke" fear-mongering the Bush administration pushed only concerned itself with a singular, small bomb; not the entire arsenals of them we fear in Mutually Assured Destruction. Then again, the Bush administration was apparently short on grown-ups, as some of the adults in the room had to sit them down and explain why they couldn't use nuclear weapons "tactically" while invading Iraq. So who knows.
The closest times we've ever been to nuclear war have been:
1.) Cuban missile crisis (of course)
2.) 1973 Arab/Israeli War. The Israelis blackmailed Nixon into supporting them against Egypt by threatening to use their nukes and start a general conflict.
Back in the 1980s Reagan made a joke that put the Soviets on high alert.
I don't know exactly how close we were then but it wasn't quite as close as the first two examples.
I don't think we're very close now. It's mostly sour grapes as fear mongering from the Clinton camp. You know that cliche about how it's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism? The Clinton people falsely imagine they see the end of neoliberalism so they're trying to make us think it's the end of the world.
The Clinton people might be pushing that narrative for the reason you stated, but I for one have been concerned since Joe Scarborough, who up until that point had seemingly been advocating for Trump, described what he was told about a meeting security experts had with Trump. I see no reason why Scarborough would've undercut Trump in such a way unless he was confident of the veracity of what he was told.
christopherdutton56 January 20, 2017 at 4:27 am
well wrote….i too see the democrats as losing, not so much Trump winning…and the contempt they continue to show for what they define went wrong ..ie…a mere temporary rise of the Rubes…will ensure they get defeated again….its a shame that the Democrats still dont understand that Trump won because a great deal of people saw their only recourse was to NOT vote……i just hope guys like Trump can be contained and the world is too mature now for another stalin or hitler in such a beautiful grand country…..i am hopeful but still at 60 years old , i still stay close by my old school desk in case i have to hide under it to avoid nuclear flash…..
Bawb Cawx January 20, 2017 at 9:57 pm
I printed Trump's inaugural address. It sounds "very nice", hitting all the right points. Is he actually a monster? Not according to his actual words. But there are plenty of sources with some story about Donald this and Donald that, and nowadays I have lost faith in pretty much everything I read. Not wanting to expose any of my anti-CIA bias, I will say that the CIA lied starting with CUBA in 1961, and has pretty well lied its way through a few "regime changes" along the way to Iraqi Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction. I tended to believe Mr. Trump when he said those things were not true and he berated CNN (an arm of the CIA?) and Buzzfeed for publishing garbage. Recently I heard that Gloria Steinem was a CIA operative at one time. Who else, I wonder? Who else just wants USA to destroy any government, or even Bernie Sanders, daring to mention socialism? Mr. Trump has also clearly stated his positions toward Russia, and after some innuendo about him from elsewhere, he has been heard to say, himself, he would like to encourage some nuclear arms "NEGOTIATIONS"!!! (with Russia) That's what HE said. If you want to tell me what "somebody" said like, "WE will quickly turn against him…" by Rich Zawatsky, some unknown guy from Pennsylvania interviewed on the street, and became a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news headline implying a "general opinion" which is stupidly misleading. Finally, the Quebec Writers' Federation has given Daniel J. Levitin the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction for his book "A Field Guide To Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age". Buddha said to study and learn things for yourself – don't take other people's word for things. From Trump's acceptance speech, to his denials of affairs in Russia, to his Inauguration Speech, today, he talks very straight and true. Ignoring all the crap in the media, he looks pretty good. Wait. Let's see what develops here, and turn off the negative mind-set from media overkill.
Bawb Cawx January 20, 2017 at 10:09 pm
A further comment about Hilary, I do not want Trump's daughter to run for President. Americans need a law to avoid "family dynasties" that are, like , nasty, you know? So pass a law (here in Canada, too, we didn't do it "justin time") against family members of leaders being eligible for the highest public office. Royalty does not belong in a republic, and I wish Canada could change our "sovereignty" to something better. What would be the best way for a nation to observe the upper echelon of power? A nation under God? How did Trump end his inauguration speech? Seems he's on a track, there. Take me to your leader.
Aloysius Vi Post author March 5, 2017 at 6:47 am
Bawb,
Sorry I took so long to comment; thank you for your input. I absolutely agree with your distrust of the CIA, but I have to disagree with your position against "family dynasties," as you termed them. I like to think of myself as a firm egalitarian, and I do not think any person should be disqualified from political office because their family members held political office (as an example, I feel that most Kennedys, perhaps semi-excluding John, did this country a great service with their representation). Not to be exceedingly hyperbolic and not to use a mixed metaphor, but just as a person should not be deemed "untouchable" because their father dug graves, I don't think a person running for office should be judged by the sins of their father.


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At 2048 on August 13, Matt Ciancio was solo climbing the regular route on Fairview Dome when he heard cries for help. Ciancio stopped midway up the route to investigate. He made verbal contact with two climbers. They told him that their ropes were stuck in a crack, that they were unable to continue, and that they needed a rescue. Ciancio topped out on the regular route and came to the SAR campsite in Tuolumne Meadows campground to report the incident. The SAR response was initiated.
At 2130, SAR members Roberts and Clayton hiked to the base of Fairview Dome and made contact with the stranded climbers, Andre Colmenares (23) and David Allfrey (21), who stated that they were in between pitches 7 and 8. They had no warm clothes, no headlamps, no food or water, and were too tired to continue. They needed assistance.
Around 2300, Roberts and Clayton arrived on top of Fairview to spot the focal point, fall line, and rigging site for the operation. This was done with assistance from Ranger Lawler on the Tioga Rd. Through his patrol car, he made contact with Colmenares and Allfrey. He had the climbers flash their cigarette lighter in order to locate them on the rock face. By radio, he and Roberts were able to get an exact location on the summit of the focal point. At 0030, all SAR personnel, including Ranger Ramsdell, were on top and beginning rigging for a high-angle rescue. All ropes were rigged and ready for operations by 0155.
Adhering to NPS protocols, a main line and a belay line were implemented. Roberts was lowered over the edge to locate and make contact. He was then lowered about 400 feet to their position on a small three-foot by six-foot ledge. Colmenares and Allfrey said they were very cold, dehydrated, and hungry. Roberts provided them with warm clothes, food, and drink. They were uninjured and in a fairly good mood.
Being properly secured to the ropes by Roberts, Colmenares and Allfrey jumared one-at-a-time to the top. This was accomplished by jumaring the main line while they were being belayed on the line from above. Both were on top and clear of the ledge by 0332. Roberts cleaned the anchor on the rock face and also jumared to the top on belay. He was clear of the edge by 0408. The rigging team demobilized all anchors and ropes and was ready to hike out by 0425. The team and climbers hiked down the back side of Fairview together. Everyone was back at the SAR Cache by 0545.


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The Army Air Corps, official song of the U.S. Army Air Corps (2:27) ; The bombadier song, dedicated to the Bomber crews of the U.S. Army Air Forces (2:03) ; United Nations forever (3:46) ; The Army Air Corps, official song of the U.S. Army Air Corps (2:25) (Clinton Military Band; vocals, Walter Preston's male chorus)
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Q: EBtables not working I wanted to go a little bit further and install EBtables (the 2-layer filtering and routing table). The purpose of it was to only allow the minimal necessary(IPv4 and ARP). To test it I ran:
ebtables -P INPUT DROP
ebtables -P FORWARD DROP
ebtables -P OUTPUT DROP

Then, I tested it, ping 8.8.8.8, and surely enough, I got a reply. I tried a couple of other combinations, checked there are no other tables, but ping still worked. If EBtables can't block/filter, it is pointless.
I am NOT trying to block ICMP, I am trying to block everything except IPv4. To test EBtables, I tried using ICMP, but it was not blocked (meaning EBtables don't work).
What am I doing wrong? (Debian Squeeze, iptables and whatnot, EBtables v2.0.9-2)

A: It doesn't sound like you have a use for ebtables at all. Ebtables is for dealing with traffic routed across bridged devices. The use case you describe is controlled by iptables.
Ping uses ICMP packets an can be blocked using the icmp protocol option on iptables.
iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP

A: It is not working because ebtables is supposed to be used only with bridged devices (I assume this is not your case). Look at iptables instead.

A: Everyone else is correct about your mis-use of ebtables.  However, to actually answer your question, if all you did was enter the above commands and nothing more, the reason why it didn't work is that those commands just modify the "policy," which is what ebtables does with a packet when it doesn't have a chain to go through or if a packet goes through a chain without getting picked up by a rule.
So you likely have some chains that packets are going through that are getting picked up by an ACCEPT rule.
The typical way to use any "x"tables is to clear all chains first, then set policies, then enter chains, and then populate the chains with rules.

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Daniels runs for 280 yards, 5 TDs; NAU beats Cal Poly 45-21
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UGa QB Bennett back for 'one more year'
Michigan reaches $490M abuse settlement
Saban asks Sen. to protect voting rights
QB Johnson transferring back to Clemson
Ex-FSU QB Purdy transfers to Nebraska
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Texas Tech star K Garibay turning pro
Former Alabama QB Barker arrested
Georgia celebrates title at stadium
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Daniels, a 6-foot-2, 225 pound freshman, finished the season with 1,146 yards rushing and became just the 17th player in program history to run for at least 1,000 yards - the first since Casey Jahn had 1,035 yards rushing in 2015.
Lepi Lataimua scored on a 1-yard run to cap a nine-play, 61-yard drive and give Cal Poly (2-8, 1-6 Big Sky Conference) a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter but two plays from scrimmage later RJ Martinez hit Coleman Owen for a 62-yard touchdown to make it 7-7 and NAU outscored the Mustangs 31-7 in second quarter to take control.
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