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On the 50th anniversary of the Independence of Tanganyika, I was asked by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to give my views about the success and failures during the past five decades of governing ourselves.
One of the failures, which I strongly spoke about, was failure by the state to empower locals especially the indigenous to own their economy.
I made it clear that it was a shame to have an economy controlled by minority group mainly foreigners, who owns 80 percent of the economy, while the majority were still singing the 'agriculture is the backbone of the economy' song, fifty years of independence, left with only the meager 20 percent.
My views was that after five decades of governing ourselves, the State has failed to create a strong middle class, which would have apart from controlling the economy, captured the growing economic empire in the Great Lakes Region, currently dominated by Kenya and South Africa.
While Tanzania played a crucial role in the liberation struggle in Southern African countries, fifty years of independence, the country totally failed to empower locals so that they can control the economy effectively.
The Late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere tried differently to empower Tanzanians but was overtaken by corruption, mismanagement and the events of our time, something that was very painful for him to witness especially in 1990s when global forces started marketing capitalism as the new world's order.
Ali Hassan Mwinyi also tried to empower locals in his own ways, and in fact in my views, after him no any president has managed or even thought about the important since of empowering locals especially indigenous. Neither President Mkapa nor Kikwete have taken any specific measures to empower locals, though both of them claimed to build a better living for all.
Mkapa came, conquered and left behind a robbed nation where all vast mineral resources were freely given hundred percent to foreigners. He sold many State corporations at a throw-away price whereby there was a minority of crooks who created syndicate to buy our 'economy'.
Some bought these corporations then turned them into warehouses, while others used them as collateral to borrow money, which was invested elsewhere locally or abroad. This wasn't empowerment, but just robbing the poor to give to the rich who are from the minority society.
Kikwete came with the slogan 'better living for all'; launched by the move to dole out Sh21 billion in all regions, but this wasn't empowerment. Empowerment is not about dishing out free money; it's about creating an environment that favoured locals to achieve tenders, jobs, business and investments.
That's the meaning of the Chinese proverb; don't give a man fish, just teach him how to fish. President Kikwete also brought the new Mining Act of 2010, but still locals were not empowered, let alone prepared to invest in this technically and capitally challenging business arena.
Yes, we have good Mining Act, but still foreign mining firms import beefs, toilets papers, stationeries and many more from abroad. We forced them to procure goods locally, but what they have done is the opposite; inviting foreign firms from South Africa and Australia that used to supply them to register as local companies in Tanzania so that they can continue with their supply chain at the expense of local companies.
When we talk about benefits from the large scale mining, it is not just about taxes and royalties, but the multiplier effects. The supporting sectors should be locally owned and managed so that if annually the spending in procurement industry is $2 billion, then 50 percent of this should go to local suppliers.
Unfortunately, this is not the case because everyone who has criticised the industry including the legislators has been mainly singing the same old song; 'we are being robbed'.
If the large scale mining industry was in Kenya, their shilling would have been the strongest three times what it is today, while the supply chains would have been dominated by the locals. In Tanzania, gold exports alone reached $2.2 billion by the end of 2011 up from $1.48 billion in 2010, but still our shilling was the weakest in the region.
Today, you have African Barrick, a company that operates only in Tanzania, but its financial base is in Johannesburg, while the headquarters is in London and Dar es Salaam is just a proxy corridor. If $2.2 billion was returning in the country, its impact would have strongly been felt by local banks.
In a country like Kenya, since the Mzee Jomo Kennyatta era till today, the State has purposely created a system that enables locals like the late John Michuki, Njenga Karume, Jimna Mbaru, and many more to own the economy as well as creating broader tax regime as well as employment for millions.
As a result today, Kenya can afford to finance its blotted national budget by 90 percent through domestic revenues, while ours depends on donors by 48 percent despite the fact that we have more natural resources including arable land than our neighbouring country.
While there may have been some technical problems with the Kenyan empowerment, since they were not angels, the success resulting from this move is bigger than the failure of not doing anything for locals, which Tanzanians has chosen as its path.
Today, if there's any tender from the government even the one financed by our domestic revenues, the State and its agents will go for a foreign firm. Instead of creating a condition that allows locals to form consortium with foreigners to ensure that a bigger chunk of the money remains here, our beloved government has fallen in love with foreigners.
Is it fair for instance to allow a foreign campany to compete for $900,000 road project in Tanzania? What will locals do then? Can a Tanzanian firm be given the same in Kenya or China even if Jesus Christ was the Chief Executive Officer?
When locals have made their fortune, the big chunk of it will remain here through capital re-investments, but if it is a foreigner, 90 percent shall be wired to UK, Canada or elsewhere.
Alarmed by the wider gape between the minority(whites) and the majority(blacks, coloured), the post apartheid South Africa introduced Black Economic Empowerment(BEE) in order to enable the marginalised to own the country's economy.
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is a programme launched by the South African government to redress the inequalities of Apartheid by giving previously disadvantaged groups (black Africans, coloureds, Indians and some Chinese[1]--who are SA citizens, while this is happening, all white people are treated unfairly in this act) economic opportunities previously not available to them. It includes measures such as Employment Equity, skills development, ownership, management, socioeconomic development and preferential procurement.
After the transition of Apartheid in 1994, it was decided by the government of the African National Congress that direct intervention in the distribution of assets and opportunities was needed to resolve the economic disparities created by Apartheid policies which had favoured white business owners.
BEE intended to transform the economy to be representative of the demographics, specifically race demographics of the country. BEE was defined in the 2001 Commission Report as follows,
"It is an integrated and coherent socio-economic process. It is located within the context of the country's nation transformation programme, namely the RDP (Reconstruction and Development Programme). BEE was aimed at redressing the imbalances of the past by seeking to substantially and equitably transfer and confer ownership, management and control of South Africa's financial and economic resources to the majority of the citizens. It seeks to ensure broader and meaningful participation in the economy by black people to achieve sustainable development and prosperity."
Today, though it didn't achieve its objective by 100 percent, BEE has enabled many South Africans to own their economy as well as creating strong middle class, buoyed by the entry of blacks, Indians and coloureds in the economic ownership.
African National Congress thought about BEE and introduced it, but its partner in struggle, Chama Cha Mapinduzi is not aware about the economic danger that we face today as a country. It has failed to introduce the policy that seeks to empower locals purposely in all key sectors including employment.
Does this country need a shop or factor manager from India fifty years after independence? Do we need these Chinese to operate as motor vehicle mechanics in this country? But, today, we have them every where and they will soon start the race to State house claiming to be true patriots.
While success in business does depend in several factors, but the State has the role to play especially when it comes to locals. When African barrack Gold listed its share at London stock exchange, we expected the State to take effective measures by encouraging and empowering locals to own at least just 5 percent of what is being sold, but nothing happened.
South Africa's policy of black economic empowerment (BEE) is not simply a moral initiative to redress the wrongs of the past. It is a pragmatic growth strategy that aims to realise the country's full economic potential while helping to bring the black majority into the economic mainstream.
Like what South Africa did, Tanzania too needs a pragmatic growth strategy that aims at realising the country's full economic potentials, while helping to give the black majority the economic ownership.
During the days when Privatisation was taking place around the globe, Russia, having just recovered from the collapse of the Soviet empire, introduced specific measures that enabled Russians to buy the all state corporations. Twenty years today, Russia has created billionaires, who are then assigned to capture the foreign economies abroad.
All lucrative state corporations were sold to selected locals, who were then given an opportunity to revive and develop them for the better future of Russians and their country.
In Tanzania, Africa's largest textile mill, Mwatex was sold at a throw away price of $2 million to a man who has never even owned a small cotton ginning plant. Today, ten years since the factory was sold to the Asian tycoon, nothing has taken place.
Mwanza Tanneries was sold to another business tycoon at a throw-away price, and the factory has become a garage for Caspian Ltd. Nothing has taken place, with no any new investments or initiatives taken to revive it. This wasn't empowering locals, but just another form of robbery through the paper work.
You can't have meaningful privatisation without having 'Economic Intelligence Unit' that vets all potential investors including locals to ensure that they are capable of managing the given resources. Since we didn't have it, some crooks from the very same minority masquerading as investors, outsmarted the State -and took all lucrative businesses at the expense of majority.
For instance how do you give Africa's second largest textile plant to an Asian businessman whose big business in Mwanza was 'a shopkeeper'? Because there wasn't any vetting authority with a strong background of how the global economy works, some crooks outsmarted the government few years back.
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Philly's 26-14 wild-card defeat of the Vikings gives the Eagles five wins in their last six games, including that 20-14 win that ended the Giants seven-game winning streak Dec. 7 in the Meadowlands. That matched a 36-31 Giants win at the Linc about a month earlier.
Eagles running back Brian Westbrook, who broke open the Minnesota game with a 71-yard run on a screen pass, totaled 203 yards and scored both Eagles touchdowns in the Philadelphia win. He was limited to just 59 yards and no scores in the Giants victory.
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XD No te preocupes!! No importa que seas de México, encantada de conocerte y besos desde España!! :)
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i didnt find any spanish speakers too but,,,,here i am
I´m a spanish speaker :D
I´m a spanish speaker :D
XD ¡Qué bien! Eres uno/a de
XD ¡Qué bien! Eres uno/a de los pocos españoles que conozco por aquí :) ¿Tocas el bajo? A mí me encantaría aprender. Aquí en España hay mogollón de fans de Green Day pero muy pocos tienen una cuenta aquí. Bueno, encantada de haberte conocido, y gracias por responder!! ;)
Hey guys!! I just wanna tell
Hey guys!! I just wanna tell you that you are the best band ever, i love you so much. I love Billie Joe, he's so Fuckin' sexy!!! I really would like you to come to Venezuela, all my friends love you too guys . So why the fuck don't you come to latin America, it would be the greatest thing that can happen to me. I love you guys you're so special to me.
Dear Green Day,my name is
Dear Green Day,my name is Celina, you guys have been my favorite band since 2009, it's been a dream of my to see you guys in concert.I got tickets to see you guys for the Cleveland,then the show got canceled I was crying when I found out the show got canceled! Please,come back to Cleveland! It would be the greatest day of my life!
Hello Green Day! I am so
Hello Green Day! I am so proud to be in their official website. It is a pleasure to communicate with you, but I'm an idiot ha ha ha. Just wanted to tell you that all the problems were repaired and that I love him very much Billie Joe, it's beautiful. Well, anyway, thanks for reading my comment. A greeting idiot ..
Green Day please come to
Green Day please come to dubai in the UAE! your fan base hear is huge tickets will sell out please PLEASE
Green Day has been my
Green Day has been my favorite band for four years now, and for four years I have been trying to get to a concert. I feel that the Midwest has been especially neglected! (I did have tickets for the now cancelled Green Bay show.) I am upset that Green Day is touring Europe before touring most of the Unites States and I can only hope that they will make a stop at the Michigan/Wisconsin/Minnesota area soon!
pleasee come to buenos aires
pleasee come to buenos aires i
Please come to Land down
Please come to Land down Under (Australia of Course). Im probaly to young to enter im only 13 but i would love to see a real bloddy band in australia not this shit like One Direction or Justin Beiber. I love you guys xd :)
Please, Please come to Norway
Please, Please come to Norway, Haugesund or Stavanger or Bergen!!!!! Just because you'r concert is in Oslo I'm not allowed, ans I don't have enough money to travel alone.... and because I'm 15.... But I just wanna say--> I Love you guys!!! <3
hello! I have 13 years old
hello! I have 13 years old and I would love you to come to Barcelona to give a concert! I can't go to see you in Bilbao, so I ask that the next time you come to Spain, don't forget Barcelona! I'm sure you have many fans here that are waiting for you. Then i could realize one of my dreams, which is to see you play live! Best wishes and good luck on your tour! :)
please come to georgia! my
please come to georgia! my twitter: @natakvavila :))
This is such a horribly hard
This is such a horribly hard thing to write and post, I just never got my chance to at least scream "Thank you!" to my favorite band when you were in Brooklyn on 4/7. (How do I even word this BS?) Bluntly, I guess: I was attacked, raped, and robbed by two guys who then threw the rest of my purse into the East River before the concert.. I cannot say how ecstatic I was that Billie Joe is recovered, the band's doing great, and that I'd be going. I waited til that day to celebrate my 3/28 bday. With my father dying of cancer and tons of recent heart aches, it was something I held on to like a miracle, to know I'd be able to release my spirit for a couple of hours and have the memories of singing along with the guys that created music that has helped get me through so..fucking..much. I'v been so brain and heartsick, just totally devastated, today's the first of being able to force some normalcy(?), but am still a complete space cadet. I haven't been able to listen to any music since, and I'm usually unrelentingly obnoxious with my constant necessity for it. Grocery store music made me feel like puking and my eyes well up (talking about a F.U.N song and 80's shit!) I know I'm lucky that I didn't end up stabbed and in the East River or some shit , but damn, it feels like an arm is rammed down my throat and I'm walking through a thick ass marsh. I wouldn't even let the EMT's touch me. I was so traumatized, I just kept saying "I gotta go to Green Day". That's pretty much all I could get out. They almost took me against my will for emotional disturbance..I'm so sorry I couldn't make it and for having to put this depressing, yet cathartic, crap on your site. I hope with all my heart that maybe somehow, someday, I'll get another chance to see you .. As cheesy as it sounds, I could never thank you guys enough for what you do, for all the countless times you've made me smile, pulled me up, put an unbelievable beat in my head, made me think, and let me know I'm not the only one that feels a certain way..'Awesome as Fuck' is fucking right!!! And I know "It's not over til you're underground", right? With all my love and gratitude, always, Anna
When the f*ck are you guys
When the f*ck are you guys gonna reschedule your Houston, TX show!!! Been waiting for over 10 years to see you guys play live and BJ I love you for life but you gotta come back and see us down here you f*cker!
Thank you ;)
Hi guys. Wonder what you might think of my kids' songs...Winston (9) did the drums, lyrics/vocals and bass and wants to be a drummer, like Tré, and was stoked to learn bass and guitar when he saw Billie Joe writing songs on all the instruments on Quarto! His brother, Spencer (12) does the guitar on these songs.
I know you guys probably get
I know you guys probably get a lot of requests. But this one is different and I hope someone can pass this along to the band.
I'll be attending Tuesday's concert in Berkley with a very special woman. Her name is Joyce Rusinak.
Joyce has been battling ALS for some years now and is completely paralyzed and confined to a wheel chair. She can only communicate by using a special computer that scans her retina and from that her thoughts are made into speech.
Every time I see Joyce, JR to family & friends, I am blown away by her courage and determination to not let this horrid disease kill her spirit. Music and wine are her two greatest joys. She'll be damned if this disease will stop that! JR still enjoys wine (either by having her nurse dribble some on her tongue or via a feeding tube) and tries to make it to shows when her favorite bands are in town.
Green Day is one of her all time favorites and it would be awesome if the boys dedicated a song to her. Meeting them would be a dream .
You have no idea what this would mean to her.
Thank you,
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Davis, the kid from the
Davis, the kid from the Patriot Center show, forgot to ask for his guitar to be signed. Any way to make that happen next time y'all come around?
The lads of Green Day
The lads of Green Day performed an amazing show in Toronto Ontario, Canada the other night. I can't wait untill the next time they come to town. Please guys sooner, rather then later. It was a fantastic evening. Bringing the young lad on stage during Longview. Fantastic!!! You guys sounded great, a very enjoyable evening. Top notch entertainment value. Please come back to Toronto really soon. Cheers!! Untill next time
Hey Green Day!! Last night in
Hey Green Day!! Last night in toronto, April 11, 2013, Billy Joe you made my son's Dream come true! He is truly one of your biggest fans and you pulled him up on stage! He is a muscian himself, has his own band Cold Blooded hero, He has dreamt of singing with you onstage since he was a little wee thing! My son David grew up listening to you guys, his Dad and I are huge fans as well! He took a Selfie photo with you on stage, AWSOME!!! but when he jumped off stage his phone fell out of his pocket! Not so Awsome!!! But non the less he said it was worth losing his phone, Last night you made my son's dream come true, for that I will be forever grateful! You guys rock!
Smiling Proud Mama!!
Hi there.
Hi there.
I love you but I have a protest. I'm italian, I'm poor and I can't move to Milan from Turin,so I can't go to your concert. Can you do a concert in Turin in the future? Thank you very much.
billlie i really really wish
billlie i really really wish you guys would come to central america tour ESPECIALY in EL SALVADOR !!!! we love you very very very much i might sound really fucking anoying but i have hope that some day ill see you i just would wish you take it in too consideration you have so many fans here !!!! well rage & love !!!!!!!!!! <3 from a huge GREEN DAY FAN :D
It´s 10 years ago I startet
It´s 10 years ago I startet listen to Green day and i remember that day i first hear the musik and i´m blown away!!! Some things have changed and i grow up with this musik!! I have all of your albums and singles and many more stuff ( and also listen Pinhead gunpowder , The Frustrators and Foxboro Hottubs,awesome bands keep moving on!!) I love every single day i spent time to listening to the musik , i love eyery line of the songs you wrote! You always be there!!! You changed my live in so many ways!!!! It´s my drug, it´s the air that i breave!!! So i wanna say thank you that you are the band that you are!!! And don´t give a F.....! what some people say!!!
And a big F.... you!!! to all Green day haters!!!
So we see us at the pit in Vienna!!!
And i have one wish at last!!! Can you play macy´s day parade for my grandma?
She passed away for two weeks and this song i hear when she is gone away!!!
I hope someone of you read this!!!
Thank you!!!
Somebody knows when it's
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Universal Studios Singapore (USS) is the Singaporean Universal Studios theme park located within (and maintained by) Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. It is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia (Universal Studios Japan being the first) and the first Universal Studios theme park within Southeast Asia. After four years of development and construction, followed by a soft opening period from March 18 to October 26 in 2010, the park officially opened on May 28, 2011.
The New York area of the park features Sesame Street attractions, including three live outdoor shows. Eight (walk-around) characters – Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Grover and Abby Cadabby – appear in these shows as well as in meet-and-greet sessions. An indoor ride, entitled Sesame Street Spaghetti Space Chase, will open before the end of 2012, in the former location of the unfinished Stage 28 attraction.
Sesame Street debuted at USS on May 28, 2012. A press conference along with preview performances of the live shows were held at the park on May 24. Prior to the news announcement, Resorts World Sentosa released two teasers - the first one, entitled "Treasure", on May 17 and the second one, "Crumbs", on May 22. Both trailers were intended to pique people's curiosity about the park's newest addition, while at the same time, indicate some of the obvious.
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The live shows are performed three times a day on New York street.
- When I Grow Up – A 12-minute stage show featuring Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, Grover, Bert and Ernie, performed on the front steps of the Public Library. A trimmed down version of the Sesame Street Live show of the same name (both the original and the updated version).
- Dance with Bert and Ernie – A seven-minute interactive street show with Bert, Ernie, Elmo and Grover. Performed at Rockefeller Center.
- Our Favorite Things – Bert, Oscar and Cookie Monster sing about the things they love in this six-minute street show. Performed outside Loui's Pizza and Union City News Agency.
Showtimes and performances vary on different days. See the USS park brochure for show schedules. (Note: The brochure does not specify which show will be performed.)
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Loui's Pizza will host a Sesame Street Breakfast program later this year, running on select weekends and holidays from 9:00am to 10:30am. The breakfast program will not be included in the day-pass to USS; guests will have to reserve their tickets online or purchase their tickets at the ticketing booth upon entering the park.
Sesame Street merchandise, both park-exclusive items and imports, are available in gift shops. There is also a Sesame Street School Bus retail cart which sells Sesame Street merchandise, located outside Rockefeller Center, the former location for The Yellow Cab Co. Taxi (the latter has moved to Water Street, near KT Grill). Additionally, some existing food/beverage and merchandise outlets, like The Brown Derby, have been rethemed.
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- Nick Sim, "Video: Universal Studios Singapore hints at Sesame Street ride for 2013", Theme Park Tourist, May 18, 2012.


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Hendrick hotly denied ever representing Aronowitz as a special counsel, telling Mullins that she was preparing to file her own whistle-blower lawsuit against the firm, mostly because she said she was threatened with the loss of her job if she refused to sign confidentiality agreements to silence her.
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- Self-directed, able to plan ahead, and meet deadlines;
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If you choose to participate in the Online English Program, you must be comfortable using networked information technologies, navigating the Internet, using e-mail, and learning from a distance.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
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From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
David Theroux on the Arizona Immigration Law
Recorded: Thursday, July 15, 2010
David Theroux discusses the Arizona immigration law on The Neil Asbury Show.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Immigration, Law Enforcement
William Watkins on NPRs Talk of the Nation Discussing Supreme Court Nominations
Recorded: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
With the hearings on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, Research Fellow William J. Watkins, Jr., was interviewed on NPRs Talk of the Nation to discuss how to revise the nomination and selection process of Supreme Court Justices, based on his recent article in the Washington Examiner, A role for the people in judicial selection.
Experts: William J. Watkins Jr.Type: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Litigation, Politics


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Due to a greater-than-expected response, the deadline for the submission of papers on the _Perspectives on African American Literature_ project has been extended from July 31, 2004 to September 30, 2004.
After some three centuries of recognised existence, the time is ripe to take a comprehensive look at the nature of African American literature. From being one aspect of the residual tradition of enslaved Africans to the distinguished corpus of literary works that are available today, it can be said that the literature has come a long way from its humble origins. Barriers peculiar to African Americans, especially racial prejudice, have been largely overcome, and a literary tradition worthy of its greatest exponents has come into being. What has been the driving force of this literature? What are the themes and motifs that shape it? Can it be described as a tributary of "mainstream" American literature, or are its features so distinct as to make it more autonomous? Given America's increasingly multicultural outlook, how "black" is African American literature? These questions, often asked separately, need to be examined within the twin perspectives of continuity and change.
We are looking for contributions to a volume which would incorporate a truly international assessment of the place of African American literature within the various contexts that make it up. We invite scholarly contributions which address core issues that have shaped or are shaping African American writing, and in pursuance of this, the proposed book will concentrate on several areas of interest. They include:
1. Double Consciousness as the Defining Paradigm of African American Literature
The ways in which the notion of double consciousness has been transmuted into various forms over time and its continuing relevance in the contemporary era. Essays which utilize the concept as a framework for analyzing the internal and external dynamics of the black experience in the light of newer views on race relations are particularly welcome.
2. Literature and Politics
The intersection between literature and politics in a peculiarly African American setting. Contributions should clearly delineate the interactions between literature and the politics of governance, the politics of social relations, etc., and what they say for the development of variegated American society as dramatised in specific literary works.
3. Ethnicity in a Multicultural Context
Issues of ethnicity within a multicultural setting, and the ways in which cultural amalgamation and cultural relativism have been portrayed and reformulated. Papers exploring the ways in which multiculturalism has reshaped American society in terms of the majority/minority dichotomy would illuminate significant aspects of this book.
4. Literary Movements and the Shaping of African American Literature
The manner in which specific literary movements and trends shaped and were shaped by the literature. Essays in this section could address the impact of trends like Marxism, the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Power movement and Feminism.
5. The International Reception of African American Literature
The international reactions to African American literature and the way in which they have helped to determine attitudes, styles and concerns. Papers dealing with this sub-theme could look at the way in which international audiences have shaped the literature.
6. Non-Fictional Writing and the Development of African American Literature
The ways in which non-fictional forms such as autobiography, speeches and sermons have explored the black experience and/or shaped the pattern of African American literature. Essays which demonstrate the relevance of non-fictional forms in the articulation of contemporary African American experience would be appropriate to the focus of this book.
7. Music and African American Literature
The impact of music on theme and form. Contributions might also look at the ways in which the thematic and formal properties of music are used in literature, as well as the development of literary forms like performance poetry that blur the distinctions between the two forms.
8. Renegotiations of History in African American Literature
African American literature as a renegotiation of history. Essays which show how African American writers are examining and re-examining slavery and other aspects of the African American past in complex and interesting ways would help to enhance the argument of this book.
9. Concepts of Diaspora
The issues of Diaspora, particularly the way in which dispersal, amassment, belonging and exclusion are implicated in African American literature. The ways in which these issues have changed in response to changes within the African American community would be an important contribution to the exploration of African American experience in literature.
10. Theories of African American Literature
The position of theory as the foundation and bulwark of the literary tradition. Essays exploring this issue and the persistent question of the appropriateness of African American literature as category or subset would be important contributions to this critical area of contemporary discourse.
Manuscripts should be about 6,000 words in length (including notes), typed in 12-point Times New Roman and follow the MLA system (fourth edition, 1995) of referencing. The deadline for consideration of all contributions is September 30, 2004. Each paper should be accompanied by an abstract of about 200 words. Please, submit manuscripts electronically to aaproject2004_at_yahoo.com. Electronic copies should be accompanied by two hardcopies which should be addressed to Professor Theo Vincent, Department of English, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria, to reach him no later than September 30, 2004.
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Very sad news: A prominent abortion provider, George Tiller, was shot and killed this morning inside his church in Wichita, Kansas. He was one of the few remaining doctors in the US who perform therapeutic late-term abortions after 25 weeks (to 28 LMP). Unfortunately, Dr. Tiller was regularly targeted by radical anti-abortion groups; his clinic was bombed in 1986 and he was shot and wounded in 1993.
Dr. Tiller's death is a loss for not only for those close to him but for the entire pro-choice and women's health movement, not to mention the countless people he has helped over the years and would have helped in the future. We send our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and staff.
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I currently reside in Kansas. The news of this man's death shocked me for sure, he had be acquitted on the illegal late-term abortion charges. The murderer was a man who had issues with controlling his actions in the past. It's impossible to take radical anti-abortion as well as radical pro-choice groups seriously. These groups are called radical for a reason: their actions are a step too far. For personal reasons, I am pro-life. I do not, however, believe persecuting and killing are justified. Dr. Tiller's death is very tragic, and I am praying for his family.
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Funtoo Linux offers a number of possibilities when it comes to Web browsers. This page is intended to give you an overview of what is available, their various trade-offs, and also provide tutorial-style instructions on how to set them up so they offer full functionality.
Google Chrome (binary)
The Google Chrome (binary) ebuild is www-client/google-chrome. Google Chrome is a very good Web browser. This browser is a great option for those who want a full-featured browser up and running quickly without a lot of complication.
- It's very fast to install, because it does not need to be built from source.
- It includes support for Adobe Flash and PDF viewing built-in, which works right away with no additional configuration.
- It works well with PulseAudio with no additional configuration required.
- Overall, the browser looks fantastic and is very fast.
- It's based on a binary for Debian systems, and sometimes depends on outdated versions of ebuilds to run.
- The stable build of Google Chrome (www-client/google-chrome) has a bug where the text in the address bar "wiggles" as you type.
Google Chrome Installation
As root, you first need to accept the Google Chrome license, as follows:
# emerge google-chrome --autounmask-write
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Can Opinions Be Wrong?
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Today the Bones Blog brings you the answer to one of the most commonly posted debate tactics on BZP. This is answered already in the Debate Terms Guide, but the answer is somewhat spread out over many entries there and that length can be daunting to read. So this blog entry addresses the idea directly. For clarity, key points will be bolded; don't confuse the bolding for emotionalism.
Can Opinions Be Wrong?
One of the most common ideas I encounter in debate is this: "These are my opinions. You can have yours too, but in no way am I going to change mine." [Slight paraphrase from a current debate.]
Usually this comes from someone who posted an opinion that was worded as if saying "I am right, others are wrong", that I or others had then disagreed with. The idea sounds good--that "I have a right to my opinion." Sure! But what if someone uses this to stick to an opinion that logic clearly shows is incorrect? Such as the opinion that the sky is orange, when it is in fact blue, as one example? Well, the answer is more complicated than you might think--what if what they really meant was they wished the sky was orange? That would be okay, right?
The fundamental question is not whether you have the right to your opinion, but whether your opinion makes sense. The question is, can opinions be wrong?
Two Kinds of Opinion
The answer is, "Depends on what they mean by 'opinion.'" We must understand that the word "opinion" is occasionally used where really the word "taste" would be clearer. There are basically two kinds of "opinion":
When you talk about what you like, or dislike, or feel, or what your preferences are, that's taste. That is unique to everybody, and nobody should feel that they are wrong for having theirs. These are not about the outside world, but about you. Therefore the outside world shouldn't change your view of who you are and what you prefer. If you dislike a set that was popular, you should not pretend that you liked it or feel pressured to like it. Same if you liked one that was unpopular. Sometimes I call this "taste opinion" to be clear, and it can also be called just "taste" or "preference" in standard English. Taste opinions cannot be wrong--they are individually unique.
When you talk about what you think; what you say makes logical sense or is somehow a universal rule or definate truth, that's an opinion. These are not about you, but are basically theories about outside reality. These can be wrong. For example, if you have the opinion that a set didn't sell well, and sales prove you wrong, your opinion was wrong. And thus, you should change that opinion. I call this a "LEGO should" opinion, a "thought-opinion", or just a "logic-opinion" to be clear. Logic opinions can be wrong--truth and logic is not subjective.
This is a basic principle of logic (which is the study of human mental processes). Issues of fact and theory, rules, morals, objective quality, common sense, storyline logic, debating, study of majority and minority tastes, sales results, methods of art, and so many others all fall under "logic-opinion".
In contrast, personal statements of preference; of taste; statements worded similar to "I like/dislike this" are considered by logicians to be outside the realm of logic, and are not logically debatable. They fall under "taste-opinion".
The Answer
So the answer is this. "If you mean your tastes, then you're right to refuse to change your opinion. However, if you mean a 'logic-opinion', then you should be willing to consider you might be wrong, and if you're proven wrong, admit it and change the opinion."
If it does turn out that the member is holding a "logic-opinion" that someone disagrees with, then that is the time to carry out a debate, look at evidence, and get into what I call "truth-seeking debate". That is, for both sides to be willing to change their minds if it turns out they are wrong. Because in those cases, either one side is wrong and the other is right, or both are wrong and the truth is something else entirely. However, if it turns out they were really holding a "taste-opinion" then there is no reason to debate that taste.
Clarity -- Which "Opinion" do you mean?
What most people debating me do not realize off-the-bat is that I'm not putting down your tastes. Instead, I am challenging you to word things more clearly, while I'm asking you to clarify your point. To reconsider how you originally worded your opinion, or to try, in the future, to make it clear when you mean your tastes.
This can be done in many simple, easy ways. It's done by simply adding a "marker" phrase like these in your statement:
"To me"
"I don't like this"
"In my tastes" (I often abbreviate this; "IMT" to differ from "IMO")
"In my preference"
"In my personal tastes"
"Tastewise, I feel"
"I feel"
"Please note, this is just me"
Unfortunately, some people mistakenly think "opinion" is one of these words. It is not--it is confusing, since it can mean both things. If "taste-markers" aren't used, the member often must be asked to explain their point more clearly. As a logician, that rarely confuses me, however, others who aren't logicians often misunderstand, and this can trigger unneeded debating, and sometimes even flame. This is usually how flame wars are started, often without any actual ill-intent by the person who started it! Just a big misunderstanding caused by unclear wording. When you state your tastes as fact or logic-based arguments, it comes across as putting down others' tastes and saying yours is superior, even if that's not what you meant. This can be especially true of younger members, but believe me, it's not limited to age--the same confusion causes flame wars on forums for adults/teenagers too, and I've witnessed this.
In short, if you mean your tastes, say so!
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