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You've no doubt sat in the stands of your favorite baseball stadium, admired that meticulously lined outfield grass and thought, "Wow, my lawn would look great like that!" Well no problem, slugger. Step right up to the plate and take a swing at these tips from major league baseball's most legendary groundskeeper, Roger Bossard of the Chicago White Sox, who is in his 44th season with the team and consults for 14 other teams, plus four football teams.
Step # 1
Nutrients: To get the proper contrast, you need a thick, green lawn. Instead of the standard four applications of lawn nutrients, Bossard suggests six or seven, to darken the grass for "a better striping effect."


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Some in the antiwar movement have been reluctant to take up demands around the occupation of Palestinian lands, fearing it will alienate some of those who opposed the invasion of Iraq or who might today be won to opposing its occupation.
But the same political principles that led so many people to oppose the invasion and occupation of Iraq lead naturally to the conclusion that the two issues cannot be separated.
We cannot fight against one unjust occupation (Iraq) while turning a blind eye to another, longer standing one (Palestine).
This is not only a matter of principle, though it is certainly that. It is also the case that the occupation of Iraq cannot be seen in isolation from U.S. imperial designs in the region as whole, in which Israel is a central player.
For several decades, since supplanting the former colonial powers France and Britain, successive Washington administrations have sought to extend U.S. hegemony in the oil-rich Middle East.
Since 1967, Israel has been an indispensable ally in the U.S. project, serving as an outpost of U.S. power, a bulwark against independent nationalist movements, and a reliable partner in operations not only in the Middle East, but beyond.
The role of Israel was perfectly described by the Israeli newspaper Ha'artez even before this relationship was fully cemented: "The West is none too happy about its relations with the [Arab] states in the Middle East. The feudal regimes there have to make such concessions to the nationalist movements, which sometimes have a pronounced socialist-leftist coloring, that they become more and more reluctant to supply Britain and the United States with their natural resources and military bases…"
"Therefore, strengthening Israel helps the Western powers to maintain equilibrium and stability in the Middle East. Israel is to become the watchdog. There is no fear that Israel will undertake any aggressive policy towards the Arab states when this would explicitly contradict the wishes of the U.S. and Britain. But if for any reason the Western powers should sometimes prefer to close their eyes, Israel could be relied upon to punish one or several neighboring states whose discourtesy to the West went beyond the bounds of the permissible."
On numerous occasions, Israel has indeed fulfilled this role, with the United States "preferring" to close its eyes to abuses carried out by its client and protecting Israel from censure for its crimes.
Israel has long sought to prevent any "linkage" between its treatment of Palestinians and other issues in the Middle East, but the connections cannot be denied.
Today, Israelis are involved in training and advising US occupation forces in Iraq. According to an April 1, 2003, report in the New York Times by James Bennet, "As they prepared for war in Iraq, American military officers studied Israel's use of helicopters, tanks and armored bulldozers to fight in the claustrophobic quarters of Palestinian refugee camps."
Martin Van Creveld, a professor of military history and strategy at Hebrew University, visited Camp Lejeune, N.C., in September 2002 to discuss the brutal April 2002 Israeli assault on the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin.
Van Creveld said the marines were "interested in what it would be like fighting a guerrilla war, especially urban warfare of the kind we were conducting in Jenin."
In the invasion and occupation of Iraq, the United States used specially modified Israeli bulldozers, that, as the Christian Science Monitor reported, "can cut wide swaths through alleys and clear the way for tanks."
And today Israel is carrying out repeated assaults on Palestinians, including "targeted assassinations," by using the cover of the Bush doctrine and the anti-Muslim and anti-Arab racism that has been given renewed legitimacy by the occupation of Iraq.
"Israel will not be deterred from protecting its citizens and will strike its enemies in every place and in every way," Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said recently, borrowing his words from the U.S. "war on terror."
President Bush told the world that the invasion of Iraq would bring about a more democratic Middle East and would hasten the momentum toward a settlement of the Palestinian conflict.
But today the "road map" (aptly called the "road map to nowhere" by its critics) lies in tatters, and Israeli settlement building continues.
The illegal apartheid wall Israel is building continues to grow, cutting off more Palestinians from one another, from their lands, from their work, and from any hope of a future.
And Palestinians are farther away from any meaningful control over their lives than they have ever been.
Meanwhile, in Iraq, the U.S. occupation authority (misnamed the "coalition") is working to oppose direct elections, buying more time to ensure that the country's investment laws are set in place on terms favorable to the West, that U.S. bases will remain long beyond the "end" of the occupation, and that a regime emerges that will operate within the overall framework of order dictated by the United States.
The new "forward strategy" announced by U.S. planners for the Middle East offers no solution for Iraq, Palestine, or beyond, and is a recipe for more wars, more occupations, and more conflict.
The only hope will come from resistance here and in the Middle East that can link together these issues and say No to the occupation of Palestinian land and to the occupation of Iraq.

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The slide has a chart showing improvement in quality of care. The caption reads, "In CVD [cardiovascular disease], long history with retrospective analysis of clinical data:"
The chart displays four trends, increasing expected mortality, decreasing observed mortality, decreasing risk-adjusted mortality and decreasing reimbursement from 1990 to 1999. The expected mortality rate for bypass patients has significantly increased by approximately 35% (from about 3.4% to 4.4%). However, over the same period from 1990 to 1999, both the observed (5.5% to 4.2%) and risk-adjusted mortality (5.3% to 3%) in this Medicare coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) population decreased by approximately 30%. The chart shows that risk-adjusted mortality rates have dropped markedly despite this increase in expected mortality. It is important to note that over this period, Medicare payment rates for CABG surgery decreased approximately 40% as shown in the reimbursement trend (from about $3800 to $2,500).
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Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Review by neothe0ne
"If it ain't broke, don't break it"
Experience system for health, magic, and attack
New magic skills and items
Insanely challenging
Takes too long to level up later on
Original Zelda-style is gone
Side-scrolling battle mode does not fit
Everything looks the same, makes easy things too hard
Nintendo presented the world with The Legend of Zelda, a great, fun game with its own unique style of action and adventure. Now, Nintendo has released the sequel, which is totally different from the first. Change can be good, change can be bad, but Nintendo, please answer this... why break it if it ain't broke??
Zelda II, a.k.a. Link's Adventure, starts with Princess Zelda in an enchanted sleep, and you need to wake her up. You do this by going around dungeons and beating the bosses, and end up fighting a great phoenix and your shadow, and, um.... well, to be truthful, I never got that far. This game was too bad, too boring, and too difficult for me to finish.
The graphics of Zelda II are okay for the most part, but there are a lot of problems involving visuals. When you're in caves, you often can't see the demons that are haunting you and damaging you when there is seemingly nothing there. The world map looks pretty bad, and Link is a square sprite that looks like a little leaf. In the scroll-screen mode, Link at least looks like an Elf and is rectangular. In fact, most of the game is overly blocky, though most parts show improved graphics over Zelda I.
The music of Zelda II varies in quality. Some songs are better than those from Zelda I, while some others are terrible. When you enter a dungeon, the music that plays is where "Hyrule Temple" in Super Smash Brothers Melee comes from. Besides for that tune, I didn't really like the music very much. It wasn't as entrancing as Zelda I's.
The gameplay of Link's Adventure is definitely original, but is original good? In some ways yes, but in most ways, no. The main feature of gameplay is a side-scrolling platform style, where Link can jump, duck, stab his sword forward (which shoots a short-ranged sword projectiles when you're at full health), use some magic that he learns later, and gain experience to level up. It resembles Super Mario Brothers a lot more than The Legend of Zelda. The problems with Link are numerous, and apparent from the start. First, Link can't jump very high, so it's almost useless. Link's sword can only stab forward slightly, and his sword also seems to act like a shield when not used (or the shield looks exactly like the sword). Link controls somewhat sluggishly, with the jump working as a weapon against you, and enemies advancing at you. If Link gets hit, he flinches for a long time and falls back quite a bit, but when enemies are hit, and if they don't immediately die, they fall back very little, and they usually don't flinch at all. Another problem is the experience system. Enemies don't give a lot of experience, and the amount you need to level up rises unfairly and takes a long time to achieve. When you do level up, you can choose whether to advance health, magic, or your sword.
Another problem arises with the scroll-screen mode, and that is lack of variety. When you touch enemies on the World Map, you go into the scroll-screen mode, where there are enemies that you can kill, or you can just run to the extreme left or right to exit the screen. Now, the enemies are generally always in the same place, always attack the same way, and everything looks almost exactly the same from left to right. This isn't such a problem in random battle encounters, but is a huge problem in the caves and dungeons, where everything looking the same makes the easy dungeon end up being an endless maze. In addition to that, the game is very straightforward in battle mode.. I mean REALLY straightforward.. as in usually completely linear in design. There is no way one could ever have real fun with this game. It's too hard and too boring. Extended time spent in huge side-scrolling towns and talking to people also makes things more boring.
Nintendo, will you ever learn? Innovation is nice, but never completely change an entire game, put the same title on it, and expect people to like it. You are the Weakest Link. Good-bye.
Reviewer's Rating: 2.0 - Poor
Originally Posted: 01/21/05
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Officer injured while on disorderly conduct call
Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:45:55 GMT —
Wednesday morning officers were dispatched to the 400 block of south Crockett Street on a disorderly conduct call. The caller told police that a woman was throwing clothing and other items out of a house and into the street.
According to an Amarillo Police Department news release, Cpl. Donna Hill was the first to arrive at the scene. Hill began speaking with the woman who was very agitated and cursing at her.
Hill tried to calm her down while the female continued to be confrontational. As Hill tried to arrest the woman for disorderly conduct, the woman ran inside the residence and tried to slam the door. Hill followed her and the women began to fight.
A backup officer arrived at the time the women began fighting and tased the female suspect. The suspect was later identified as 32-year-old Brandi Nicole Reeves. Reeves was arrested and booked into the Potter County Jail for aggravated assault on a Peace Officer and disorderly conduct.
Hill hit her head on a metal table during the altercation. She was transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries. After receiving stitches for a laceration on her forehead she was later released.


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To the Rescue: Quiet Spot
The noise of North's tags can cause the downstairs dogs to run to the door and begin barking . . . before we even make it off the landing! Because my pup trots in a harness, I only snap it on when it's walk time. If not, he would make quite the racket with his Good Boy tag, ID tag, rabies tag, and HomeAgain microchip tag all clanging together. For those with pals that sport their tags 24/7, learn about possible solutions to the dangling jangling when you
If you're a light sleeper (or your home includes a lil one), consider purchasing a pet tag silencer. The Quiet Spot can hold multiple tags to prevent noise (as well as tarnish and wear) . . . and even can work to hold your Nike + iPod transmitter on a non-Nike shoe! In addition to those tag silencers made out of soft materials, there are rubbery versions that fit individual tags, even bone-shaped ones. Or, if you're feeling D.I.Y., grab some fabric scraps and sewing materials, and stitch up your very own!


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Vietnam Veteran Reunited With Service Dog
FRESNO, Calif. (KMPH) —
Thanks to our viewers, a service dog missing since Sunday has been reunited with its owner -- a disabled Vietnam veteran.
Following our story Thursday night on the Ten O'Clock News, a viewer called Conrad Diaz to say he saw the dog by a church near Olive and McKinley.
Within minutes, Hercules and Diaz were reunited.
Hercules jumped out of Diaz's pickup Sunday while traveling down the 180 Freeway.
Diaz suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and says the dog makes a huge difference in his well-being.


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Bond set at a quarter of a million dollars for Wendy's robbery suspect
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:30:11 GMT —
Bond has been set at $250,000 dollars for Aubrey Rye, 50, the man arrested for robbing the Wendy's restaurant in Interlochen Sunday night.
Police reports say a Rye entered the business and told employees that he was robbing the restaurant. Police say he implied he had a weapon and demanded money. He left the business on foot with an unknown amount of money and threatened to kill employees if they followed him or called the police.
After talking to witnesses and looking at evidence, investigators were led to a residence in Interlochen where they arrested Rye.
Rye who according to state records has an extensive criminal record is expected to be charged in Grand Traverse County District Court Wednesday morning on charges of armed robbery.
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It may not be a shock to say that the current developers of the Deus Ex series have even more plans for the franchise after Deus Ex: Human Revolution was met with financial and critical success. By connecting the dots between some online recruiting and job postings by Eidos Montreal, it seems that several high-ranking positions are already looking to be filled for work on a possible Human Revolution sequel to begin immediately.
There's more than justification for the newly-invigorated brand to receive another sequel, since the most recent RPG's emphasis on player choice and replayability is what triple-A games need more of. But considering that DE:HR certainly had aspects that the developers admit could have been better, there is still plenty of room for improvement.
According to the LinkedIn profile of a tech recruiter, a major Canadian game developer (in Quebec, specifically) is looking to bolster several positions. The details don't mention Eidos or Deus Ex by name, but the hints will certainly seem familiar for fans:
"The project is based upon an existing IP that is a well known and respected action/adventure title, with elements of choice and stealth within the gameplay. The future iterations of the franchise intend to really take advantage of the new platforms coming in the next two years to provide an experience with unparralled realism, depth and consequence for player action and choice."
With player choice and multiple stealth and action approaches being the elements of Human Revolution that were most discussed leading up to the game's release, this description could be for another installment. Adding further fuel to the speculation is that the specific jobs listed by the recruiter match those on Eidos' own site.
It's no secret that the developer is more than interested in continuing the series, so it may be better to assume that any sequel is still years away, with these being just the first steps towards beginning production. With another mystery IP in production at the same studio, it makes sense that they would need to do some hiring for the foreseeable future.
Do you think the world is ready for another game in the Deus Ex series? Any particular aspects of the gameplay (besides the boss battles) that you would like to see improved?
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I get Cold Sores/Herpes on my lip. As a child I use to get them frequently, today I treat them with Valtrex and Acyclovir cream, the minute I feel the itch I take the blue pill and its gone or a small one comes out and heals much faster. Unfortunately I have one annoying scar from childhood. I don't mind the scar under the lip, It's the half circle on my lip that took away the RED color and left a pale circle for all to see. Can this be repaired?
Repair Lip Scar from a Bad Cold Sore
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Fixing a bad lip scar with laser and lip scar surgery
Most lip scars can be repaired using layered closure techniques followed by fractional co2 laser, used judiciously. Care must be taken to avoid recurrence of your cold sore with laser.
Learn more: http://surgery90210.com/cosmetic-dermatology/38/scar-revision.aspx
Scar revision
What appears to make this scar noticeable is the color difference. Therefore I would suggest a medical grade tattoo to camouflage the scar. You have to find the right tattooist. The common tattooist that draws anchors etc. is not appropriate for this type of work.
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no income mom
has your man every made you feel crazy because you cant work right now cause no one wants to hire a 7 month pregnat women...mines would say thigs on the side.like when my friend was over today she was going through one of my catalogs and asked me do i ever order from it ..he gonna bus out and say no cause she cant affored it ...now we both looked at him stupid ...but clearly he thought this was funny.... i hate asking him for things and he the one who got me fired from my job anyway....i dont know how much more imma take before i throw a damn dish at his ass!!!!
I feel you my dude is like that to and when I ask for something he says I can't afford it or I say something bout him spending money he tells me it's not my business what he does with his money men.....
No because we are married and we share finances. When we both worked it was always our money and spent as needed. Now that I am a SAHM we still share the money and spend as needed. I don't have to ask to buy anything, I do it if it a huge purchase. But I am not his child and we are in a marriage together, and have children together that we have to take care of!


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New questions on Exeter's Middle East funding
An MP campaigning on the funding by the Arab world of British universities has demanded an explanation from Exeter University over a donation from the Middle East broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
Conservative MP Robert Halfon has asked if the TV station has funded the European Muslim Research Centre at the university, which was recently forced to issue a public apology over "serious errors of fact" in its research.
Mr Halfon raised questions about the funding of the EMRC at the university earlier this year. The EMRC is devoted to the study of Islamophobia and combating the idea that "European Muslims, Islam and strict adherence to Islam poses a threat to the safety, cohesion and wellbeing of communities and countries in Europe".
A Freedom of Information request from the Harlow MP confirmed that the EMRC received £50,000 from the Cordoba Foundation and £50,000 from IslamExpo, but it also showed a £35,000 gift from Al-Jazeera Satellite Network.
The centre's co-directors, Robert Lambert and lecturer Jonathan Githens-Mazer, were obliged to publish a lengthy apology for the first piece of work published by the centre: Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Hate Crime: UK Case Studies.
This was a series of anecdotal accounts of personal experiences of alleged Islamophobia. However, Labour councillors in the east London borough of Tower Hamlets objected to their portrayal as Islamophobes, as did local MP Jim Fitzpatrick. The apology, which included a recall of the original research paper, said: "The university has become aware that a third party account…in an earlier version of the academic report Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Hate Crime: UK Case Studies, contained serious errors of fact which may lead a reader to misconstrue the conduct, actions and the intentions of Councillors Helal Abbas, Denise Jones, Ken Clark, Joshua Peck, Rachael Saunders, Michael Keith and Jim Fitzpatrick MP."
The apology went on to clarify that it was "not the position or finding of the university that the actions and intentions of those individuals were Islamophobic or racist in any way. Those individuals have passionately stressed to the university that they have worked throughout their careers to fight racism, discrimination and inequality in east London."
Questions have been raised in the past about the Islamist connections of the EMRC. The Cordoba Foundation is headed by Anas al-Tikriti, former president of the Muslim Association of Britain, which represents the views of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK.
Mr Halfon's FOI request also showed Exeter receiving over £1m from the Kurdistan regional government and donations from the Qatar National Research Foundation, the Emirates Foundation and the Gulf Research Foundation. It has also received over £30,000 for research from the Israel Nature and Natural Parks Protection Authority.
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Still don't know what to get your dad for Fathers Day? Maybe he's just impossible to shop for, or maybe you've been looking in all the wrong places. Well, we decided to look in the right places to help you make Daddy proud this Fathers Day. We asked the team over at ThisIsWhyImBroke.com, and they clued us in to these unique gifts for men, that would make great fathers day gifts:
Candles for Men
For some guys, a chamomile candle just doesn't cut it. Does your dad spend his Saturdays building things and his Sundays watching football? Get Dad a candle that makes his area smell like manliness all the time.
Motorized Tie Rack
How hard is it to find that one tie that you wanna wear? Make it easy for your dad to find and organize all of his ties. Not only is this useful, its fun too!
Mustache Guard Mug
Dad's a sir, and he deserves to drink coffee like one. Does your dad look like a peasant who gets coffee on his mustache? I think not.
Personal Golf Driving Range
Tiger Woods, who? That's what everybody will be saying when your dad has a personal driving range to practice his swing.
Robotic Lawn Mower
Dad deserves a Saturday off every once in a while. Unless you want that day off to include YOU mowing the lawn, hook him up with a robot that'll do it for him.
Whiskey Stones
Dad loves whiskey, but he doesn't like that watered down concoction the lesser men call "whiskey." Make sure your dad never has to taste water with his whiskey, because "fish [fornicate] in it".
Workout Mug
You love Dad, and you love the way he can put down a beer. Unfortunately, he's gotten a bit worse on the "dad bod" lately, and you want to make sure he's got the muscles to function for ages to come.
Commando Dad Book
You're a little messed up, and you know it. Give dad a bit of a head-start on the next one with the fatherhood manual for the manliest of men.
Darth Vader and Son Book
Come on, who doesn't like Star Wars. If your dad doesn't like it, lock him in his room with all of the movies until he does (see "Soviet Russia Indoctrination").
Magnetic Bottle Holder
Nothing says freedom like more beer in your fridge. Think of all the extra room your dad's gonna have for chip dips and cold cuts.


text: When I got the Samsung galaxy ace it was working great but one day the screen brightness randomly went to crap. Its stuck on one level of brightness and its very,very low. When I go to my settings and to the display and then brightness i try to put it up all the way it doesn't change nor does it change if I put it all the way down. Its just stuck on one low level where i can barely see it , I can only see it when its pitch black in a room. Am i the only one with this problem? Or has anyone else had it and if so do you know how to fix it please help.


text: FWD: NIMBY Report National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty http://www.nlchp.org nlchp <email@example.com> For Immediate Release Contact: Maria Foscarinis December 16, 1997 April Logan 202/638-2535 Scrooges Oppose Needed Homeless Services New Report Finds Private Homeless Facilities Often Thwarted Washington, D.C. -- Every night more than 700,000 women, men and children are homeless in the U.S. Yet when private groups attempt to create new housing, shelter or services they often confront opposition from community Scrooges, according to an investigative report released at a press conference today by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty (NLCHP). "At a time when the social safety net has been weakened, it is essential that private groups attempting to fill the gap are able to offer badly needed housing and services," said Maria Foscarinis, NLCHP Executive Director. The NLCHP report entitled Access Delayed, Access Denied is based on a survey of 92 transitional housing providers in 71 cities and towns awarded grants in the 1994 HUD Supportive Housing Program Competition. Programs are selected by HUD after a tough national competition and on the basis of demonstrated ability to operate programs for homeless persons. According to the report, in 100% of the surveyed cities and towns for which information was available the supply of affordable housing is insufficient to meet the need. Among the 59 cities for which such information was available, 76% have a shortage of emergency shelter beds and transitional housing slots to accommodate their homeless residents. However, communities continue to send the message "good will to all, but not in my backyard". Prospective neighbors or local governments attempted to obstruct the siting of 41 % of the private transitional housing programs that responded to the survey. Governments are increasingly turning to the revision of their zoning laws as a means of excluding facilities that serve homeless and other poor people from their jurisdictions or particular parts of them At least 8 cities have recently enacted new laws or amended existing ones to increase restrictions on siting housing or service facilities for homeless people or are considering doing so. Residents and business owners used a variety of methods to exclude providers, such as: * voicing opposition at a public meeting or hearing in 82% of the cases * voicing opposition to elected officials in 58% of the cases * voicing opposition to the media in 30% of the cases * signing petitions to prevent the program from opening in their neighborhood in 21% of the cases Reasons for concern and opposition listed by survey respondents were: * a decrease in property values (64%) * an increase in crime (61%) * an increase in traffic or parking problems (39%) * the facility would be unsightly or unattractive (18%) "Efforts to exclude housing and service providers are counterproductive and inhumane," Catherine Bendor, NLCHP Staff Attorney, said. "They deprive homeless people opportunities to attain self sufficiency and waste already scarce resources." Among programs that reported Not In My BackYard (NIMBY) opposition, NIMBYism: * delayed the opening of the programs up to a year and six months in 39% of the cases * increased the cost of establishing the housing program in 17% of the cases * forced 28% of the programs to move to a different site than the one originally selected The report also discusses the underlying reasons for NIMBY opposition and provides examples of effective solutions to NIMBY conflict. As a result of the report, the Law Center called for: * Congress to reject pending legislation designed to limit the scope of protections provided homeless people under the federal Fair Housing Act, * Congress and HUD to increase the accountability on the part of local governments that receive funding, * HUD to use its position as an important source of funds to discourage exclusionary zoning and other NIMBY efforts. "We urge local governments, housing and service providers, and community members to take constructive approaches to resolve siting conflicts," Foscarinis said. For more information, please contact Maria Foscarinis or April Logan of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty at 202/638-2535. END FORWARD


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Tollywood hero Daggubati Rana stated that he used to face problems in finding the size of his shoes and expressed that he never used to find an apt one during his growing days. He expressed that his size is thirteen and used to find them in Dubai as the sizes of the people there used match it. Rana said that his stylist has told him about this new brand of shoes .......Watch for more details . .. . .


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Britney Spears Blows Las Vegas Away In Latest Concert
Britney Spears wowed a massive crowd of fans on March 25th at the Palms Casino Resort's Rain Nightclub in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although her set was only 45 minutes, she played three songs from her new album 'Femme Fatale'. According to People Magazine, resident DJ and Jersey Shore star Pauly D kept the fans hyped during Britney's three costume changes. The performance was filmed and will be aired on MTV with the release of the new album.
PHOTOS: Check Out Britney Spears Looking Smokin' Hot On The Cover Of OUT Magazine!
It seems like Spears is really turning things around. Although her free concert in San Francisco was moved from The Castro to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, she is really bringing the heat! Her team has made all dancers and crew members sign a 'Non-Exposure Act' in order to keep things professional and clean. This girl means business!
Seen here, Britney Spears and family join the Ferderline's at the ballpark on March 19th for Sean Preston's little league game in Los Angeles, California. Britney cuddled with her younger son Jayden and beau Jason Trawick. After the game Kevin Federline walked with girlfriend Victoria Prince as he spoke with Britney's parents. The family seems to be getting along great lately.


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Jason Richwine is a type in American politics.
He holds a doctorate from Harvard. He writes studies, appears at conservative conferences in suit and tie, and expounds the same old nonsense about immigrants that we've been hearing since the Know Nothings had their last hurrah.
Sure, his work is perfumed with the air of scholarly respectability, but his eugenics-based beliefs bear more than a whiff of white supremacism.
Remarkably — or maybe not so remarkably — that was no bar to getting a perch as a senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, one of the nation's most influential think tanks.
One of his learned opinions is that Hispanics are genetically inferior intellectually and will never fully assimilate into U.S. society.
Yes, you read that right.
If you're unfamiliar with Richwine, he garnered notice as co-author of a study Heritage published recently in hopes of defeating immigration reform legislation in Congress. The paper argues, unconvincingly, that changing current immigration law will cost the United States trillions of dollars.
Having read Richwine's report, a curious blogger at The Washington Post looked up his other work and discovered his 2009 Ph.D. dissertation. In it, the young scholar argued that IQ should be the means used to select immigrants, observing by the way that there are too many intellectually inferior Hispanics already in the country.
The resulting furor pretty well torpedoed Heritage's messaging on the Senate immigration proposals, and on Friday Richwine announced his resignation.
It would be difficult to convey the offensiveness of Richwine's dissertation, titled "I.Q. and Immigration Policy," better than by quoting a few choice lines.
"No one knows whether Hispanics will ever reach I.Q. parity with whites, but the prediction that new Hispanic immigrants will have low-I.Q. children and grandchildren is difficult to argue against," Richwine wrote. "From the perspective of Americans alive today, the low average I.Q. of Hispanics is effectively permanent."
A Heritage had this to say about the dissertation: "This is not a work product of The Heritage Foundation. Its findings in no way reflect the positions of The Heritage Foundation. Nor do the findings affect the conclusions of our study on the cost of amnesty to the U.S. taxpayer."
That statement may be sincere, or it may be no more credible than the think tank's report on the cost of amnesty. That study tried to argue that giving them legal status would wind up costing $6.3 trillion over 50 years. It's a regurgitation of an old Heritage study, also long debunked for ratcheting up projected costs while ignoring economic benefits.
In fact, Republicans from Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Marco Rubio to Grover Norquist — hardly a softie — have decried the Heritage study as deeply flawed.
It's pathetic scholarship, which is to say the same fine stuff Heritage is known for. Heritage must have been familiar with Richwine's dissertation when it hired him. In any case, his toxic views fit right in with a vein of sentiment — I hesitate to call it thought — that has informed much of the conservative movement since "The Bell Curve," by Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein.
In his dissertation, Richwine dredged up the old pseudo-science of eugenics. That's the same baseless theories about racial and ethnic superiority that have caused nations to embrace selective sterilization, slavery, apartheid and worse.
It's dangerous stuff, and Richwine knows it.
He counseled using euphemisms like "skill-based" when proposing which immigrants should be welcomed via IQ tests, to "blunt the negative reaction."
Negative reaction, Jason? To the proposals of a guy who feels permitted to warn that more Latinos — sorry, low-I.Q. immigrants — will lead to "more underclass behavior, less social trust." That's code for criminals and degenerates. For some reason, I'm thinking of those old Thomas Nast cartoons of apelike Irish immigrants.
Richwine is offensive, but he's also wrong.
Hispanics are assimilating at the same rates as previous immigrant groups, in some ways even faster due to technology. (Note: This column is written in English, by the daughter of an immigrant from Mexico.)
Immigrants have lower rates of criminal conduct than native-born people. And a new study shows that Hispanic high school graduates have now overtaken white students in rates of enrollment into college.
And it's long been noted that immigrants have exceptionally high rates of entrepreneurship in starting small businesses.
Unfortunately, it's not difficult to get some people to believe that they are somehow "better" than whole ethnic groups not that different from them. And that any social policy that might impact another person's well-being will "take" something from them.
But set aside the prejudiced hatreds being stoked.
Richwine and his ilk on the right also argue against something that Americans hold dear. And that's the very promise of this country. He's attempting to undercut the lofty ideals of opportunity enshrined at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore ..."
A very powerful faction among our nations so-called conservative movement wants to scribble in, "Just don't let them be Hispanic." They have forgotten where we came from. All of us.
Mary Sanchez is an opinion-page columnist for The Kansas City Star.


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Still Everyday
Yeah i still think about him. But i don't cry anymore. I'm not upset or devastated anymore. I'm so glad i've got to this stage of getting over him. But he was still a big part of my life. It's been 6 months and i still think about him everyday. I wonder what he's up to. We used to talk all the time but we haven't for a long time. It was a bad relationship and it ended when he moved from brisbane, australia to trinidad. I had to say goodbye. And while the whole time i knew it was what had to be done, and that it'd be good for me because he was a pig, it truly did devastate me. I cried loudly, i cried non-stop. I constantly had that sick feeling in my stomach because i was in love and wanted him beyond what words can explain. It made me sick to the stomach. And i wasted an unimaginable amount of tears on him. Matter fact i got a little tear now just writing about it. But more to the point, i got through the stages of heartbreak. I got through the incredible sadness, i got through the severe rage and vengeful thoughts, and now i have come to terms with everything in such a mature way, i really am proud of myself. I'm not bitter. And it feels really good. I wonder when i'll stop thinking about him all together?
I ask the same thing...will i ever stop thinking about him? It seems that the more they hurt you the more you want to try to make it better ,.. but it doesnt work...i will just remember him as the man that truly broke my heart ..and try to move on. you know....?I wish you luck and think about why he is your ex...and how you felt at the time ...that helps me and im glad he is out of my life.


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Patriots work out WR Austin Collie
The Patriots continue to search for talent at wide receiver, and held a private workout for former Colts receiver Austin Collie before Tuesday's minicamp practice, a league source told the Globe.
Collie, 27, is trying to get career back on track after suffering a torn patella tendon in his right knee on Sept. 24, ending his 2012 season with just one catch for six yards. Collie was cleared by doctors last week to return to football activities, and left New England without a contract offer. Collie is supposed to work out with two other teams this week before personnel around the league start leaving for summer vacation, and hopes to find a home by the start of training camp in late July.
A 2009 fourth-round pick out of BYU, Collie had 172 catches for 1,839 yards and 16 touchdowns in his first three NFL seasons, all with the Colts. Though he had multiple concussions in 2010, Collie played in all 16 games in 2011 and he has no post-concussion issues, a source said.


text: on this whole reggie bush vs. vince young debate, here is my opinion. I think no matter who the texans select, they will be a better team and a more exciting team to watch. Reggie Bush will be a dominant rb in the nfl. If he is selected to the texans, he and domanick will make a dangerous combo. You have bush, an outside runner, and davis, more of a power runner. If you give them both 15 to 20 carries each game, the possibilities could be endless. Now, for Vince Young. As a diehard aggie fan, i am not usually a big fan of anybody with burnt orange jerseys.But, Watching Vince Young these past couple of years, i was just hoping we could have a chance to draft him. this past season on Madden 06, i created Vince Young and put him on the texans, not knowing at the time that we actually could have a chance at drafting him in the 06 NFL Draft. He is an outstanding player that is also gonna be a really special player. If i was the owner of the texans, who would i pick??? i would have to go with(drumroll)...............................Vince Young. No matter who we pick, i am not gonna be like some of these *****s and stop being a texans fan.


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Around the World in Long Beach!
Heritage World Coin Auctions (HWCA) is pleased to present
another exciting
Signature Auction as official auctioneer of the Long Beach Coin
and Currency Expo on September 22 and 23. Long Beach, with its
exceptional collector base, is a great venue for world coins and
Not surprisingly, this auction covers the world, as does the
demand of our worldwide clientele. We have outstanding offerings
from Sweden, Norway, and Greece. Our very substantial selection of
British coins includes many superb Elizabethan coins. An
outstanding collection of Canadian material includes many early
Victorian pieces in Mint State - some finer than were found in the
exceptional Belzberg collection! And Japanese Specialists will
avidly pursue the
Tempo Oban pictured below.
Whatever your areas of interest in world coinage, this auction
should have much to offer. As always, you can view full color
images of every single coin lot at HeritageCoins.com.
Bidding is open now!
Highlights of the HWCA Long Beach Signature Auction include:
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As a part of
Long Beach Signature Auction taking place on September 21-24,
Heritage is proud to present the
Ken Arnold Collection as one of our featured collections.
Ken was born in Oregon, attended OSU, and earned his PhD in
Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He was a
Manager for Shell Oil for 35 years, and has now retired to Texas.
He began collecting coins in the early 1980s. He purchased a few
coins strictly as an investment, but quickly "got hooked." He began
to assemble type coins that interested him, and shortly began
seriously collecting Seated Liberty coins, including a complete set
of Proof Seated Halves 1857 and later. Not stopping there, he also
acquired the excessively rare 1849 Proof Half Dollar.
Along with the impressive selection of proof Seated Halves
(there are multiple selections of several dates), Mr. Arnold's
collection contains a nice selection of type and other better coins
from throughout US coinage history. Many are proofs, including
several other Proof Seated coins, while others are simply coins
that interested him at the time.
Take a look at this selection from the Ken Arnold
Bidding for this and all other Long Beach Signature Auctions is
ongoing at HeritageCoins.com.
is privileged to feature in our upcoming Long Beach Signature
Auction the extremely rare
Proof 1820 Quarter. Unusual for this date, this is an
unquestioned proof, considered to be in the high R.7-R.8 range.
Pre-1858 proof strikings of any US coin, regardless of
denomination, are all scarce and most are rare, and of course, the
further one goes back in time the rarer they become and the less
frequently they are encountered. According to Breen (1977), proofs
were struck of the 1820 quarter from three different varieties,
B-1, B-2, and B-4 (one-sided proof only). The most "common" variety
is from the B-1 die pairing seen on this coin. Four examples of the
proof B-1 are listed in the Breen-Bowers update of Browning (1992),
but this is not a proof series that has been well studied and the
pedigrees are somewhat confused with the four coins listed possibly
representing only two individual pieces.
This particular coin's pedigree is unknown to us; where and when
it was purchased was not given to us by the consignor. However,
certain collections that would be the usual suspects can be
eliminated as a possible source. Norweb had two one-sided proofs of
this date, neither of which was a B-1. Eliasberg did not own a
proof 1820 quarter, and neither did Pittman. We do not have access
to the WGC (Boyd) silver catalog from 1945, but that is a
reasonable lead for tracking the pedigree of this piece,
considering the age of the consignor and when he was most actively
purchasing coins.
As an aside, both B-2 and B-4 one-sided proofs are known, and as
mentioned both were contained in the Eliasberg Collection. Such
coins may be difficult for present-day numismatists to understand,
and the reason for such a coin's existence requires understanding
why proofs were struck in 1820. Such coins were struck by the mint
as special coins for collectors or VIPs. If a collector desired a
proof striking, the theory goes that only one side (the obverse)
would be displayed in a collector's cabinet. Therefore, it would
not be necessary to have a proof surface on the reverse?only the
obverse?for display purposes. Such pieces have been accepted for
many years and recognized as the anomalies they are to modern-day
collectors by such luminaries in the past as Wayte Raymond, the
Norweb family, Howard Newcomb, and Hillyer Ryder. That being said,
this is a full, two-sided proof and is consistent with the proofs
that are known from this early period in the mint's history.
According to the Breen-Bowers update of Browning, "...Four or
five proofs must have been made in 1821, like the B-2s. There are
enough Proofs of 1820-1821 in every denomination from cents to half
eagles to suggest special strikings in 1821 for favored parties,
including backdated coins. Nothing in Mint correspondence or other
Archives documents seen to date provided any clue as to the
identities of the VIP collectors." Four auction appearances are
then listed from 1890 to 1977 with the proviso that these listings
may only represent two individual coins.
This particular coin has deeply reflective proof fields on each
side. The mirrored finish is abundantly evident even through the
medium to heavy toning that is present. The centers have a
substantial splash of golden-rose toning that is then surrounded by
a wide ring of cobalt-blue toward the margins. The striking details
are exceptionally crisp with no obvious areas of softness on either
side. Additionally, there are no contact marks apparent on either
side, just a few tiny planchet flakes in the obverse fields that
were present on the planchet prior to the coin's striking. This
represents a very rare opportunity to acquire an early,
unquestionable proof from the U.S. mint, and a coin that was saved
by generations of collectors with no "improvements" made to its
This coin will be auctioned in
Long Beach on Thursday, September 22, 2005. Internet Bidding
will close at 10 PM Central Time the previous evening.
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Thracians and even some Celtic tribes made such coins. In Roman
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western empire, some of the various barbarian tribes warring with
what was left of the Roman empire would issue coins in a Roman
style. Imitative coins varied widely in quality and artistry, and
legends would often be blundered or even complete gibberish. These
coins are quite collectible, although in most cases they will not
bring the kind of money that the original will sell for..
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citing either a former owner or a collection in which the coin once
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What do you think? Does this ranch speak to your heart too?
P.s. You can see previous house tours here.
Images via Miller Architects.
What a fab escape this is, Eleni. The exposed beams remind me of the beams we had in our kitchen when I was a kid.ReplyDelete
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It is simply perfect Eleni. For once more, your taste is unmistakable. Usually I find ranches a bit rigid and cold, like a simple place to host a lot of people (maybe soap operas got me the wrong message) but this one is indeed very warm and has a lot of personal spaces created by architectural means and not only interior design. Thanks for sharing.
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India Nagaland minister detained for carrying cash and arms
A minister in the north-eastern Indian state of Nagaland has been detained for allegedly carrying "a large amount of cash", alcohol, arms and ammunition in his car, officials said.
Home Minister Imkong L Imchen was on his way to his constituency, Koridanga, when he was detained.
Mr Imchen is yet to make any comments.
Elections for the Nagaland assembly are due on 23 February and strict checking is being carried out to prevent any irregularities by candidates.
Correspondents say in the past, political parties and candidates have often offered cash or alcohol as incentives to voters during an election.
The Election Commission has issued strict guidelines to political parties and candidates asking them not to carry huge amounts of cash and to do all their transactions through banks.
The commission has also appointed a team of officers to keep a check on illegal money and other inducements being offered to voters.


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Nataliy35. Nikolaev, Ukraine
- 126 lb - 57 kg
- 5'5" - 165 cm
- light brown hair
- brown eyes
- I don't drink
- I don't smoke
- 08/26/1982
- Christian
- university
- The laboratorian
- I speak English good
- I'm divorced
- I have 1 child
Look into my eyes! Can you see love there? If you need love I am the one you are looking for! My heart is full of tenderness, passion and care. I can give you everything you need and make your dreams come true!I think that the worst thing that people can face in this life is to live it without love and without feeling of real happiness ! I believe that only with love in your heart you can be really happy. That is why I'm here –to build strong relations based on mutual respect and care.I'm a very understanding person who will always support his man in everything.
I'm searching for a ordinary man, with whom I will feel happy, with whom we will create a strong family where two people support and care of each other.What can be better than to love a person and to know that it's mutual!I really want to love from all my heart and if you are here for the same reason, let's try to find ourselves in happiness and enjoy the life full of love!I need loving husband beside me and happiness in relationships - I hope, you are the one for me!


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UNIVERSITY PARK — It's the series that gave us a phantom two seconds and a whole series of controversial (at least according to one side) critical calls on the field.
As a result, it's the series that is basically responsible for giving college football the review system, courtesy of you-know-who.
Saturday night, the first game in this series under the new Happy Valley regime gave us yet another controversial call in the eyes of Penn State fans, and yet another heart-pounding finish featuring one of the great last-minute touchdown drives in school history.


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For example, the president argues that failure to use force against Saddam Hussein will render the United Nations an impotent and meaningless organization just as the League of Nations collapsed before the aggressive expansionism of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. Using the rhetoric of such World War II figures as Winston Churchill, Bush maintains that providing more time for weapons inspections was a policy of appeasement similar to that pursued by France and European powers when confronted by the rise of Adolph Hitler.
This is not the first time that the president has evoked imagery from the "Good War," branding the nations of Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as the contemporary "axis" of evil in the world. A new element from the Second World War has been added to the Bush history lesson and this is America as liberator. When the president asserts that the hour of Iraqi liberation is at hand images of American soldiers landing on the beaches of Normandy and later being embraced by grateful populations come to mind.
But is history really this simple? A healthy respect for the ambiguity and paradox involved with human motivation and historical causation seems missing from the Bush analysis. The League of Nations collapsed, but it should be pointed out that this organization was weakened at its inception by American refusal to join. Similarly, the unilateralism of the Bush administration may be far more destructive to the United Nations and global cooperation than Iraqi delays in complying with UN resolutions, and American plans for postwar reconstruction in Iraq apparently call for a more reduced UN role than contemplated by British coalition partners.
Also, efforts to portray the Iraqi dictator as a contemporary Hitler ring hollow. Any expansionist plans of Saddam Hussein have been contained through UN weapons inspections, a model which might be useful for the upcoming crisis with North Korea. And the Bush administration has been unable to link the Iraqis with the Al Qaeda terrorist network. The best that Washington is able to offer is an apparently clairvoyant doctrine of preemption. The Hitler and appeasement analogies ill served Americans during the Vietnam War era, when President Lyndon Johnson insisted that an American failure to halt Ho Chi Minh would be comparable to the British and French appeasement of Hitler at the 1938 Munich conference.
Nor should American troops assume that they will be welcomed as liberators despite clever operational slogans. While it is true that many Iraqis have little love for Saddam Hussein, it is naïve to believe that bombing will win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people. Instead of the historical analogies of World War II liberation, it might behoove us to recall the Philippine insurrection of 1899-1902 and the Vietnam War. Filipinos were glad to see the end of Spanish colonialism in 1898 but did not welcome inclusion into the American empire which resulted from the Spanish-American War. American marines fought a bloody and ruthless war to suppress the Filipino insurrection. Returning to the jungles of Asia in the 1960s, Americans encountered a fierce resistance from the Vietnamese people, including guerilla combat and the difficulty of distinguishing friend from foe, a problem which is already becoming tragically apparent in Iraq. It should also be noted that the Iraqis, especially the Shiite population of the south, have a legacy of distrust for the United States dating back to the first Bush administration which they believed betrayed them in the initial Persian Gulf War.
In conclusion, perhaps the Cold War rather than World War II offers a more fitting analogy for the current conflict. During the Cold War, American foreign policy polarized the world in an anticommunist crusade. However, an overly zealous United States often ended up supporting authoritarian regimes and being drawn into peripheral conflicts such as the one in Vietnam. In a similar vein, the Bush doctrine has divided the world by enunciating you are either with us or the terrorists. Again these efforts to polarize the world have earned the United States considerable animosity and drawn American troops into a conflict tangential to its central purpose of combating terrorism.
In addition, during the 1950s as the United States devoted valuable resources to the Cold War, social problems were neglected which exploded during the ensuing decade. The current estimates for the war in Iraq, along with massive tax cuts, assure that the nation will incur high deficits which will make it exceedingly difficult to deal with needed health care and educational reforms.
The current war also evokes images of McCarthyism. One of the greatest casualties of the Cold War was freedom of thought, and we are already seeing this with the assault on civil liberties proposed by the revised Patriot Act and the failure of the war-oriented media to allow time and space for antiwar opinions. MSNBC has cancelled the liberal Phil Donahue Show, radio stations are refusing to play the Dixie Chicks because of a statement criticizing the pij resident, and teachers have been disciplined for hanging antiwar posters in their classrooms. The world was a scary place in the 1950s, and Soviet espionage was a fact of life, but the far greater threat to the American way of life was Senator McCarthy and his legacy. The first casualty in war is truth, and in considering historical parallels with the war in Iraq, we had best forget about the Second World War.
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Rick Schwartz - 4/12/2003
I think this falls into a, "So's yer mother" response catagory. :-)
Ricardo Weiss - 4/12/2003
I thinks it's more than obvious that what motivates Mr. Schwartz is purely a visceral dislike of any criticism of Mr. Bush and the Republicans. Logic and truth be damned, as long as he can work in a few, cheap insults. Is he hoping for a bottom of the barrel slice of the action or just trying out a new computer keyboard ?
Rick Schwartz - 4/11/2003
"...the behavior of our immature and inexperienced President"
"...draft-dodging corporate-welfare deadbeats "
"...the baseball captain from Texas and his chickenhawk neo-con minders"
I thinks it's more than obvious that what motivates Mr. Harris is purely a visceral dislike of Mr. Bush and the Republicans. Logic and truth be damned, as long as he can work in a few, cheap insults.
Alec Lloyd - 4/10/2003
Mr. Briley, I thank you for keeping up with the criticism of your article. Many HNN authors are simply content to fire off their venom and ignore the result.
I would posit, however, that it is your grasp of reality is tenuous at best.
For example, you invoke the spectre of McCarthyism, and imply that some sort of witch-hunting war-fevered cabal is responsible for the boycott of the Dixie Chicks and the cancellation of Donahue's cable show.
As pointed out before, Donahue's ratings were pathetic. MSNBC isn't a charity operation; if people don't want to watch it, they change their programming. People have the right to decide what they wish to watch—and it has nothing to do with the late unlamented Sen. McCarthy.
Likewise, the Dixie Chicks were boycotted because they attacked not only the President in time of war (while overseas, no less) but said they were "ashamed" to share his home state.
Country music is based, at its core, on a set of shared values. Like rap, country music relies greatly on the perceived authenticity of its artists. Natalie Maines made it abundantly clear that she isn't authentic and that she has more in common with the Hollywood Left than her listeners.
As a result, her fan base turned against her and her group. From a business perspective, it was a stupid move. The fans turned against her not because they disputed her right to speak, but because they disagreed with what she said. Both parties involved use their rights to the fullest—which had nothing do with the late junior Senator from Wisconsin or his policies.
One paragraph of this article has already been proven wrong:
"Nor should American troops assume that they will be welcomed as liberators despite clever operational slogans. While it is true that many Iraqis have little love for Saddam Hussein, it is naïve to believe that bombing will win the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people."
They were welcomed as such, though only after it became clear that Saddam's terror apparatus was no more.
Furthermore, the show of American resolve has already begun to play dividends elsewhere. China has begun to apply serious pressure to North Korea. Other states are adjusting their sails as well.
Many difficult and dangerous days lie ahead. The point of the World War II analogy is not that a given war is "good" or "bad" but that often taking the pass of least resistance is the surest way to increase one's peril.
There has already been an excellent discussion on HNN of how apt the Munich analogy is in the present circumstances, and I have commented at great length. I suggest you search the archives for it if you want to see what people said. I feel my case was fairly strong, though I'm not inclined to restate it right now.
Jim Harris - 4/10/2003
Mr. Lloyd is clearly less stupid than most of the HNN truth squad, yet he resorts here to the same pitiful trick regularly employed by them: mis-attribution. Nothing I wrote remotely supports the absurd suggestion that I "urge" a "policy" of ignoring the threats of or mass-murders by ruthless dictators such as Saddam. Instead, my attention here has focused on the issue posed in the original article: the misuse of history by the Bush Administration to justify an un-American war. Were I to deploy the same crude rhetoric as Mr. Lloyd, I would counter-accuse him of implying that anyone who ever criticizes George W. Bush -for example, George H.W. Bush, or John McCain- must necessarily be an ally of Saddam, by being "against us" instead of "with us".
Of course, this war is not a "failure" militarily, no knowledgeable observer in her or his right mind ever predicted otherwise. Whether what is rebuilt out of the $100 billion carnage in Iraq compensates for the wanton and unnecessary squandering of America's international reputation, and the propaganda victory recklessly handed to Osama bin Laden on a silver platter, remains to be seen. I don't think past history is a reliable guide in this regard, but if it were, past practices (especially during the last 6-12 months) would surely incline one to skip quickly over the question of whether or not America will lose the peace, and concentrate instead on how the peace will be lost, and how badly.
Jim C. - 4/10/2003
"failure of the war-oriented media to allow time and space for antiwar opinions"
Hmm, let's see. I've heard plenty from
Susan Sarandon
Janeane Garofalo
Michael Moore
Lots of anti-war protesters
human "shields"
various Democratic legislators
Where's the "failure"? What planet does Briley live on?
"MSNBC has cancelled the liberal Phil Donahue Show"
Because ratings were in the toilet. Even liberals weren't watching!
"radio stations are refusing to play the Dixie Chicks because of a statement criticizing the pij resident"
Because outraged former fans said they'd wouldn't listen. Do you really expect music broadcasters to drive listeners away?
"The first casualty in war is truth"
As evidenced by this article.
Alec Lloyd - 4/9/2003
Mr. Harris, I would posit that compared to the torture chambers of Iraq, the Japanese internment camps were luxury resorts.
Ironic that in the same breathless sentence you also note the lack of concern about Auschwitz in the 1940s, yet seem to urge a similar policy in Saddam's Iraq--which was quite clearly inspired by the example of Nazi Germany.
Then again, the "Final Solution" began in 1942--when US forces were doing pretty much all they could to defeat the Axis.
Oh well, the statues are toppling in Baghdad, must go watch the "failed war" some more.
Jim Harris - 4/9/2003
Jerry asks:
" The US supported/suggested that the South Vietnamese government [break] the Geneva agreement...And the war began.
So doesn't that count as "thumbing its nose to the world"? "
It MIGHT have, except that in the 1950s, billions were not watching TV and internet reports of endless blustering, posturing, and vocal spinelessness in Washington, mass demonstrations around the globe, and tortured diplomatic bungling at the UN.
Thumbing one's nose at the world only matters if the world is paying you any attention. No doubt Dubya and cronies were making cracks about the French over Texas BBQs in the 1990s. It's when those draft-dodging corporate-welfare deadbeats got into the White House and did their nose-thumbing in front of the global news media that it became significant.
Jerry K - 4/9/2003
The 1954 Geneva Accords promised a nationwide election between North and South Vietnam. The victor would be the official government of a now reunified single nation.
The US supported/suggested to the South Vietnamese government that they CANCEL the elections. The elections were never held, the Geneva agreement was broken, because the US and South Vietnam saw the North as the likely victor. And the war began.
So doesn't that count as "thumbing its nose to the world"?
Jim Harris - 4/9/2003
History comes from facts, logic and interpretation, not "deals" between "left" and "right" (an obsolete dichotomy from the French Revolution deserving an early consignment to the intellectual dustbin). Naturally, that reality contradicts the basic premise of this website, which explains why real-life prominent historians shun it.
The current war is not well-explained by either World War II or Vietnam, for many reasons, not the least of which is that it is a greater blot on America's moral standing in history than either.
Nothing in Iraq compares to our internment of Japanese-Americans, the needless bombing of Nagasaki, or the ignoring of Auschwitz in the 1940s, BUT...Germany and Japan were the aggressors then. Even a grade-school-aged historian knows the difference between picking a fight and fighting back.
Vietnam was messier than World War II and lacked any real prospect of liberating oppressed peoples, but was still not as outrageous as the current fiasco (if cheaper in lives). Vietnam was a bog into which America was slowly dragged - we did not publicly thumb our nose at the world, and then start bombing in cold blood.
This war is a travesty of long-held American principles of justice, fairness, honesty, minding one's own business, and leading by example. It is a diplomatic, economic, and ethical disaster which deserves analysis on its own terms, not by facile historical comparisons. It serves no useful purpose, furthermore, to excuse the behavior of our immature and inexperienced President, by saying that Saddam is worse, a relativistic rationalization which makes the expression "damning with faint praise" sound like a statement of reverent worship by comparison.
Sydney Padua - 4/8/2003
Okay: let's make a deal. War supporters will stop with the WWII analogies, if the antis will stop with the Vietnam analogies. Mind you, the 'Nam stuff is piping up fainter and fainter every passing hour as real history replaces hysterical nostaligia.
Incidentaly, ONE radio station stopped playing the 'Chicks for one afternoon, and the Donahue show fell victim to dismal ratings, not sinister forces. The popularity of Michael Moore, the Rush Limbaugh of the left, should comfort those wringing their hands over 'silencing'.
Honest argument is wonderful, but the anti-war movement's self-aggrandizing fantasies about being repressed, is a bit sickening in the face of an enemy that feeds suspected dissidents through shredders. Suck it up, people-- a little unpopularity and name-calling is hardly jackboots at midnight.
Jim Harris - 4/8/2003
Before the HNN truth squad begins the carpet bombing conviction of Ron Briley for being Karl Marx Incarnate, because he dares question the cold war policies of Lyndon Johnson, and (by extension) the All-Holy Ray Gun, a few words from something other than the "Re-elect Bush in 2004" perspective.
The Soviet Union was just a bit more of a threat than Saddam. It had a bit more in the way of weaponry than a few old moldy jars of anthrax and saran which cost hundreds of billions of U.S. taxdollars to find. Resisting international communism, furthermore, did not involve the U.S trashing the UN or dissing traditional allies. Compared to the baseball captain from Texas and his chickenhawk neo-con minders, the cold warriors of yore were brilliant diplomats, creative statesmen, and brave leaders.
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