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SEPTEMBER 24 National Protest Call to Action: Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine
While we organize around the demand for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the U.S. from Iraq, it is essential that the movement show the connection between the war in Iraq and all the other fronts of the U.S. government's war for Empire, including the struggle of working and poor people in the United States.
While we organize around the demand for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the U.S. from Iraq, it is essential that the movement show the connection between the war in Iraq and all the other fronts of the U.S. government's war for Empire, including the struggle of working and poor people in the United States. The demands for the demonstration include:
From Iraq to New Orleans,
Fund People's Needs – Not the War Machine
Stop the War in Iraq
End Colonial Occupation
from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti
Support the Palestinian People's Right of Return
Stop the Threats Against
Venezuela, Cuba, Iran & North Korea
U.S. out of the Philippines
U.S. out of Puerto Rico
Bring all the troops home now
Stop the Racist, anti-Immigrant and anti-Labor
Offensive at Home, Defend Civil Rights
Military Recruiters out of our schools & communities
The anti-war movement must make a precise estimate of the direction of the White House, the Pentagon and Congress as it charts its next steps for mass mobilization.
The people of the United States must mobilize against the global War for Empire that masks itself as the so-called "war on terrorism" and falsely promotes itself as the "march for democracy."
The people of Iraq are insisting that the United States leave their country immediately. As in Vietnam, the people of the United States must demand the immediate end to this war of conquest. As we fight to end the war in Iraq, we recognize that it is not enough to focus on a single front in this War for Empire. We must unite on a principled basis that recognizes the reality of our epoch. How can this war drive come to an end? People in Iraq, in Palestine, in Haiti, in Venezuela, in Cuba are resisting but the people of the United States must become their allies. Their resistance is part of the universal aspiration to live free from foreign domination or threats of a military or economic character.
The war and occupation of Iraq cannot be seen in isolation. The U.S. is actively attempting to destroy every government that resists the Empire. The Iraq war is not an aberration nor is it a "mistake" of conservative politicians. The war in Iraq is a necessary component in the political program and the institutions of global conquest and exploitation. This is what we must be fighting. We don't want the troops to be brought home from Iraq only so that they can be deployed in the next front of imperialism. The people of the United States have every interest in renouncing the War for Empire that is directed by the U.S. plutocracy. The plutocrats have the wealth but the plutocracy is in inherent conflict with genuine democracy and with the needs of the people.
This is not just Bush's war. It is not only a Republican or a neo-conservative campaign. Congress again just rubber-stamped the next $82 billion appropriation to finance the criminal occupation of Iraq. The vote in the Senate was 99-0! The amount spent on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is now over $350 billion. Likewise, it is the White House and Congress and both big business parties that wholeheartedly support the funding of the ongoing war against the people of Palestine. The occupation of Haiti, carried out by proxy forces, is nonetheless a project of U.S. and French imperialism. The U.S. establishment is preparing to overthrow the government of Venezuela, just as every successive administration has sought, unsuccessfully, to overthrow the Cuban revolution since 1959. While the Pentagon possesses the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet, the White House and Congress and both parties join together with the Corporate-owned media to paint Iran and North Korea as looming nuclear threats. For more than 100 years the people of the Philippines have struggled, and are struggling today, to reclaim authentic sovereign control over their own country, free from endless U.S. interference.
It is time to take to the streets again today, as we have throughout the last few years, to demonstrate the growing opposition inside this country to the War for Empire. Every working person in the United States must know that the corporate, political and military establishment is using our tax dollars, and the lives of our sons and daughters, to wage their global war. It is a war for domination. It is a war for the benefit of U.S. banks, oil monopolies, and transnational corporations. These are the very same corporate entities that are slashing wages, health care coverage, pensions and outsourcing millions of jobs to make super-profits from the super-exploitation of low-wage labor.
The Bush administration cries poverty when it comes to meeting Social Security's obligations as well as the funding for education, health care and housing. There is no poverty claim, however, for the Pentagon and its corporate contractors: the real military spending level for the next year will be over $600 billion.
Instead of paying for endless war, we demand that the resources be used to meet human needs here and around the world. Instead of acting as shock troops for Empire, we demand that the soldiers and sailors in the U.S. military be provided decent paying jobs at union wages, the right to go to college, and an immediate increase in veterans benefits.
On September 24 we will march and rally starting at the White House in Washington D.C. There will be coordinated actions that day in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The U.S. government says it is promoting the march for democracy and freedom abroad. What a sham. They pretend to promote freedom abroad but at the same time fan the flames of racism, anti-immigrant discrimination, sexism, homophobia and bigotry of all forms at home.
There is nothing more urgent than to construct unity in the face of Empire. Real unity cannot be built by sacrificing the rights of some but rather it will be forged by embracing everyone's rights and just struggles for liberation. United we are the majority. United we can fight and win.
Click here to join the march or endorse the call to action.
Author: International A.N.S.W.E.R
News Service: Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
URL: http://www.internationalanswer.org/


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Veterans of Disorder is a studio album by the American band Royal Trux. It was released in 1999 by Drag City.

Critical reception
The Washington Post wrote that the album "starts with straightforward rockers like the ones the band recorded for its two Virgin albums ... But after the Latin-influenced '!Yo Se!', the music veers in the looser, jazzier direction of the band's earlier work." NME named it the 27th best album of 1999.

Record Collector called Veterans of Disorder "by no means a classic album but, as a statement against conformity, convention and expectation, it still packs a powerful punch."

Track listing

References

External links

1999 albums
Royal Trux albums
Drag City (record label) albums
Domino Recording Company albums

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Party atmosphere among Maltese athletes who won 40 medals at Special Olympics
Posted On March 21, 2019 - Updated 22 March, 2019 9:34am
Report: Nigel Mifsud
There was a great sense of satisfaction and a party atmosphere among the Maltese contingent which has just competed at the Special Olympics games. The 28 athletes, who all have some form of intellectual disability, are coming back to Malta with 40 medals, 12 of them gold. The medals were won in the nine disciplines in which the Maltese athletes competed.
The Special Olympics world games came to a close at the Zayed Sport City Stadium in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, with a great show. The 190 contingents, made up of athletes from around the world who have a disability, celebrated their success during a show given by international artists including singer Nicole Scherzinger. Among the 7,500 athletes who walked around the stadium to great applause from the spectators, there were the 28 Maltese athletes, who between them won 40 medals.
The Maltese athletes won 12 gold medals, 13 gold medals and 15 bronze medals. The greatest success was achieved by Philip Gruppetta in bowling. He won three gold medals, while four other Maltese athletes also won gold in the same discipline. Malta also won gold in cycling, swimming, and athletics.
The Prime Minister's wife and President of Special Olympics Malta, Michelle Muscat, said that the world games were a celebration of the sacrifice and hard work which the Maltese athletes have put in for a long time. She said that preparations will soon be underway for the next Special Olympics which will take place in Berlin in four years' time.
The Maltese contingent is expected back in Malta this afternoon at 1.30pm.

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VPAC line up to be announced, theatre department to be included
Angela Melero
The performance lineup for the new Valley Performing Arts Center (VPAC) will be announced Thursday.
Performances for the new VPAC are set to cover a wide range of styles, further demonstrating the versatility of the new space.
VPAC insiders have remained tight-lipped about the lineup of performances for the Spring 2011 season, which will begin Feb. 5.
Pamela Bock, VPAC director of marketing and strategic communications, said that although she cannot disclose the lineup, she can promise a season with an eclectic mix of styles for everybody.
"We really want the first season to be a splash," Bock said. " There will be everything from classical, dance, and current popular performances."
Robert Bucker, dean of the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media and Communications, said the selection process of the 14 performances planned for next year involved meeting with artist managers from all over the country at a presentation series in New York. The VPAC team then decided on a variety of performances that would appeal to the public as well as the campus community.
Bucker said he recognizes the student body will be frequent attendees of the center and included the interest of the academic community in their selection process.
"They (the students) were definitely considered when we were deciding on the roster, ticket prices, and lectures that would be featured at the performance hall," Bucker said. "We asked ourselves, 'What would appeal to students and faculty?'"
Matthew Hohmann, theatre major, said he plans on being a regular attendee of the new theatre and that the VPAC committee should not hesitate to make it accessible to students.
"They can't ignore this huge audience," said Hohmann, 22.
He said the idea of the building is what excited him the most about the new performing arts center.
"The nearest performing arts venues were either Downtown (Los Angeles), Culver City, or Thousand Oaks," he said. "The (San Fernando) Valley had nothing. We were a cultural wasteland."
Hohmann added that the opening of the VPAC will not only be a cultural asset to the community but also an addition to students' extracurricular activities.
"When class sessions start, it can be difficult to schedule social activities even when they're 20 to 30 minutes away," he said. " Now we will just have to drive 10 minutes to see a great show."
CSUN's theatre department was included in the lineup for the VPAC's kickoff season, giving students an opportunity to perform in the state-of-the-art space.
Peter Grego, chair of the theatre department, said the VPAC will offer exciting new opportunities for the student body. These opportunities include learning as well as performing in the center.
He added that the new center will change the level of performance from the students and that the VPAC team was very student-minded in the thinking and programming of the upcoming season.
Grego said the department has a few performances set for next year's opening season of the VPAC, including Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Big Love."
He said the department is currently reviewing three scripts to decide on another possible addition to the spring lineup.
"Not only will this be an incredible teaching facility, but the students will be in constant contact with people in all areas of the performing arts," Grego said. " This space will change the relationship between the actor and the audience."
Although the theatre department has announced their lineup for the VPAC' s new season, the VPAC team is remaining silent until Oct. 28.
Bucker said he can promise a wide range of outstanding performances for all types of audiences.
"We want every year to have as much variety as possible," he said.
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Q: Difference between CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE and _start I have an armv7 board and I am seeing a discrepancy.
In my board file I have defined:
#define CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE 0x67000004

After I build the u-boot binary, I ran
nm u-boot | grep -w _start

It returned the following:

67000020 T _start

Would anyone know why there is a difference in the values of _start
and CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE? I thought they were the same, please
correct me if wrong.

A: The relevant source is start.S and u-boot.lds linker script.  Assuming that CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE is passed as the start address to the linker, there are various segments that can come before.  For instance, many Rom loaders need a header to describe or authenticate an image.Ref1  This may come before the _start symbol (or after).

I thought they were the same, please correct me if wrong.

You are wrong.  They are not always the same.  Given a particular SOC and u-boot version, they could be the same.
Ref1: This would be the section .__image_copy_start in the referenced linker script.

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This session by expert speaker Ron Vail will discuss the challenges that food safety managers face and provide guidance for modification, development and implementation of the existing HACCP Plan to comply with the Preventive Controls Food Safety Plan. It will also include interpretation of the FSMA Preventive Controls requirements.
Ron will also explain the differences between the HACCP and Preventive Controls Food Safety Plan and provide general guidance for integration with GFSI food safety standards.


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