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6 medium sized eggs
1 cup (225 g) caster sugar + extra for rolling
6 tbsp (45 g) all purpose (plain) flour
5 tbsp (40 g) cocoa powder, sifted together with flour
2 tbsp (30 ml) boiling water
a little oil for brushing the pans
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1 vanilla pod, cut into small pieces or 1 tsp vanilla extract
5 tbsp (70 g) caster sugar
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- Soften the chocolate ice cream and spread it over the fudge sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and freeze for at least 4-5 hours until completely set.
- Remove the plastic cover and place the serving plate on top of the bowl. Turn it upside down and remove the bowl and the plastic lining. If the bowl does not come away easily, wipe the outsides of the bowl with a kitchen towel dampened with hot water. The bowl will come away easily.
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In Lubbock County, GOP chairman Carl Tepper chuckled when asked if Judge Head's ominous prediction about Obama's re-election had come to fruition.
"No unrest," he said. "Just a lot of disappointed people."
The staunchly conservative county voted more than seven to three for Romney, he said, so now the focus moves to strengthening the Republican party and "carrying our message of self-reliance to the rest of the country."
"Republicans are pretty naturally a law-and-order-type people," he said. "I'm still satisfied America has this amazing, peaceful process of selecting government. No matter who wins, we still have our rights, our businesses, our schools, and life goes on. We'll get 'em next time."
So, there are no tanks rolling through the nations' metropolises, no disappointed partisans reaching for their rifles. As Tepper said, life goes on, as it does after each election cycle, despite the disappointment of those in the losing candidate's camp.
And those souls who swear they're abandoning this land for fear of Obama turning tyrannical in his second term?
Yeah, not happening.
Cohen, the immigration lawyer, said that though the calls inquiring about Canadian citizenship will continue for the next few months, he feels Americans are simply too loyal to leave the country they love.
"I've had Americans tell me this: When your national anthem plays, the hair on their arms stands up, and that's not like most people in the world," he said. "Americans at the end of the day are just a very patriotic group, and it doesn't matter what side you're on."
Post said he hopes bipartisanship will take hold on Capitol Hill, but it won't be easy because each party is torn by conflicting ideals: catering to their bases and governing in the best interest of the people.

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coco_canuck wrote:dbr wrote:Adding another $6.7m salary would be a pretty considerable expenditure by a team that can't necessarily move salary out and has other holes to fill.
Just took a look, you're right they have $47M committed, but are only spending about $3M more, $50M, in real salary.
Lecavalier 10/7.7
Stamkos 8/7.5
Malone 3/4.5
Ohlund 5/3.6
You're point about a small market team adding Luongo's salary is a good question, but Vinnick wasn't scared of spending close to the cap this season, and Stevie wouldn't have taken the job if he felt he wasn't given all the resources needed to win. WIth the young players they have, they can fill out their roster, with Luongo, and still be in the low $60M range in terms of real salary with a mid-size FA pick-up along the way.
That low $60m figure would give them about $3-7m to fill out seven roster spots if they got Luongo without giving any players up off the roster.
They are likely going to be stuck with a shoestring budget on defense this way, we're talking Brewer/Hedman/Ohlund/Bergeron/Aulie/Gilroy territory, and while they are definitely not going to end up with a Phoenix Coyotes like budget a contract like Luongo's does affect them more severely than the cap number might suggest.
The Lightning are only a goalie and more defensive depth away from being a top team in the East. Luongo could put them over the top in their division.
This I definitely agree with. That forward group, a defense with one dependable pairing and Luongo probably makes the Bolts a playoff lock and a contender for the division for the next five years.


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(The audience at HopePark Church.)
On Sunday, November 13th we drove from Atlanta to the Nashville, Tennessee area to show the film at HopePark Church. The event was put on in partnership with Abolition International. Though AI certainly believes in the importance of awareness, the founder, Natalie Grant, also spoke of how they are committed to building homes where victims can have their lives and dreams restored. We were thankful to see a good turnout for the event; and we got some time to catch up with Kelsy Harms, one of our associate producers who worked with us from the early stages of making the film. Kelsy was responsible for researching most of the statistics that we used in our film; we're thankful for the work she put into making our information credible.
(Natalie Grant, the founder of Abolition International, shares about the vision of her organization at HopePark Church.)
Monday the 14th we hit the road early, driving east towards Memphis for our screening of the film that evening at the University of Memphis. On the panel we had State Senator Beverly Marrero; Assistant US Attorney Steve Parker, who is Chief of the Attorney's Civil Rights Unit; Suzanna Parkinson, an advocate for victims of sexual crimes; Amy Weirich, the Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich; and Ryan Dalton, the Director of Anti-Trafficking Operations with Operation Broken Silence.
Asst. U.S. Atty. Steve Parker shared how this year, the Memphis US Attorney's Office created a Civil Rights Unit that has started to place a significant amount of attention on combatting human trafficking. Currently, their unit has placed 13 individuals under indictment for trafficking, with the smallest sentence at 15 years no parole, and the longer sentences between 25-50 years with no parole. But Parker also acknowledged that constructing these cases was only possible with the help of a broad community of individuals who were all concerned enough to follow through with the small details of building a case. This appears to show that if the community as a whole cannot come to a consensus regarding these crimes, any cases we may try to build will likely crumble. On a similar note, victim advocate Suzanna Parkinson reminded the audience that human trafficking can only continue to exist in an environment of public and academic indifference.
(Sex+Money merch table in the foyer at University of Memphis.)
(Scott introducing the film at Loyola University in New Orleans.)
On Tuesday the 15th we drove south to New Orleans to show the film that evening at Loyola University. The panel at Loyola consisted of Elizabeth Scaife, the Project Coordinator for Shared Hope International; An FBI Special Agent; Mauricio Aguilar, the Human Trafficking Case Manager at the Metro Center for Women and Children; and Lieutenant William Hare, of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office vice squad. Aguilar specified how our culture perpetuates the violent dehumanization of women; and until such a perspective begins to shift, we'll be stuck dealing with an ugly aftermath. Noting the elusive nature of traffickers, and the way they quickly shift prostituted persons between cities and states, the Special Agent said, "It's not just one city's problem; it's not just a regional problem; it's a nation wide problem."
(Questions for the panel at Loyola University.)
Wednesday the 16th we shared the film with the congregation at Ames Boulevard Baptist Church, in the suburbs just south of New Orleans. The church already has a ministry focused on human trafficking, so many in attendance (teenagers, middle aged, and elderly) were already active in the abolitionist cause. Though the event wasn't especially large numerically, the night proved mutually encouraging for both of our groups.
(At the world famous Cafe Du Mond with our hosts from Ames Boulevard Baptist Church.)
(The French Quarter in New Orleans.)
(A lot of music to be enjoyed on the streets of New Orleans.)
After taking a little bit of time to enjoy New Orleans, on Saturday the 19th of November we drove to Gulfport, Mississippi. Monday the 21st, we had a screening at the University of Southern Mississippi. The screening was unique in that we showed the film simultaneously at two different campuses of the University – one in Hattiesburg, and one at the Gulf Coast campus in Long Beach. Following the film at the Gulf Coast campus, there was a panel discussion that included Heather Wagner, the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Mississippi; Mississippi State Representative Diane Peranich; Dr. Marie Leonard, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at USM; and Dr. Robert Press, an Associate Professor of Political Science at USM.
Panelists spoke about how there is a need for new legislation on the issue of human trafficking in Mississippi, but any push for legislation will have to originate from the general public, as legislators are in office to represent their constituents. Touching on the economic status of Mississippi, panelists acknowledged the need for faith-based, and other non-government funded groups to play a greater role in addressing the issue. Seeing the effectiveness of faith-based and other non-government groups after Katrina, such groups could have a similarly positive effect in bringing restoration to their communities from the plethora of damages wreaked by human trafficking.
(Susie Harvill, from Advocates For Freedom, introducing our film at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly in Biloxi, Mississippi.)
On Tuesday the 22nd we showed the film at Cedar Lake Christian Assembly in Biloxi. Speaking with members of the congregation, it was clear they had ideas beyond just learning about human trafficking. People were in the audience who were seasoned foster parents; others were considering plans to establish restoration facilities. Meeting people who were so willing to become tangible answers to such concrete needs in our communities, one senses that real solutions will soon be imparted towards those who are most in need.
(Our host took us out on a swamp tour in Louisiana.)
(Spotted a couple gators on the tour. This was just a little guy.)
This week in Mississippi, our team has been blessed to stay at what was once a shelter for volunteers who came to the area to clean up damage from Hurricane Katrina. We've even had a few friends fly in to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with us. Yesterday we had a filling Thanksgiving meal, watched a bit of football, and enjoyed the company of our large Sex+Money family. Gratitude, in its many forms, is refreshing.
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Etchells Jaguar Series 2013. Shannon Bush seems to get better every year. This year she's set a goal for the Italian Worlds, followed by the Etchells NAs in Newport. In pushing her program to winning levels, she's added new team members, hired a coach, and taken extra days off work each month for practice before the upcoming Etchells competitions.
Brad Boston and Curt Oetking, both normally middle men on the Etchells, sorted out that lanky Curt would do the bow work and Brad would stay in the middle. 'Curt barely has to stand up to set the pole,' Shannon said in a phone interview. She attributed her success over the course of the series (Flip Werheim sailed in her place in December) to great starts and staying in pressure.
Big fleet starts are key to having a chance at a top ten finish and it's not easy to come out with a lane five seconds after the start when you're starting among 50-60 boats. Larry Suter, coaching a group of Etchells racers, tells the team even if the lane is bad, try to stay in. If you tack out, like La Tormenta did in their first race last weekend, you can lose 15 boats in a second. If you can hold the lane, even as it gets narrow and stay with the group you want in the direction you want to go, you can hold your position, Bush said. She tries to stop what she calls the 'swivel heads' when they are in a narrow lane and instead focus on keeping the position they planned.
Larry Suter, according to Bush, runs them through two minute starting drills, then into a race with four tacks and two jibes. The group is assigned to gain access to and start at varied points along the line, and over the course of the day rotate those starting points among the practice group. At around 2pm, Suter opens up their starting line to other teams warming up and often hosts 20-25 boats in his practice starts.
Racing this weekend, Bush said, was hard. 'The flukiest, shiftiest conditions I seen on Biscayne Bay in a long long time,' said Bush who finished fourth overall this weekend. In practice, Suter also had them working on tacking and roll-jibing which can give them as much as a two boat length advantage over a team that doesn't roll-jibe the boat. Brad Boston, she said, was frequently adjusting the rake of the rig to keep up with the conditions. That's where the other part of their practice, straight line sailing, usually two or more miles up Biscayne Bay, comes in. During the race, Brad and Curt are always looking at the sails, looking for the dark spots in the water and connecting the dots to stay in pressure. 'We just had to stay constantly focused, stay in pressure, stay with the right pack, and stay in the starting lane.'
As for Worlds preparation, aside from their training, they have a challenging set of logistics to work on. With the Worlds in Italy and the Nationals just ten days later, they need to ship the boat from NJ to Italy in March, select the right sails from her sail card for the varied sets of local conditions, find a boat to charter in Newport, and figure out which sails go where. Best of luck to the La Tormenta team!
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This paper was presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in San Antonio, Texas August 2005. If you have questions about this paper, please contact the author directly. If you have questions about the archives, email rakyat [ at ] eparker.org. For an explanation of the subject line, send email to [log in to unmask] with just the four words, "get help info aejmc," in the body (drop the ""). (Feb 2006) Thank you. Elliott Parker ==================================================================== Framing the Enemy Following September 11 Jeff Patterson The University of Texas at Austin 5304 Beckett Circle Austin, Texas 78749 (512) 899-8715 [log in to unmask] Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 In the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, Americans struggled to make sense of the motivations of those behind the attacks. Instead of ascribing the attacks to the criminal acts perpetrated by a few individuals, Americans sought grander answers that were writ large on the stage of international geopolitics and morality. The earnestly asked question "why do they hate us?" received a plethora of answers in the news media. The explanations were framed in a complex range of religious, economic, cultural, political, moral, and psychological rationales that not only defined whom the enemy was, but suggested how and where this new "war" should be prosecuted. The framing of the enemy in the war on terror has significant implications for the formulation of priorities and the implementation of government policies to combat terrorism. The presence and promotion of such themes was suggested in a recent content analysis of newsmagazines in the weeks immediately following the attacks (Hutcheson, et.al., 2004). In the study, Hutcheson, et.al., found that government and military leaders often articulated pro-American themes in their public communications in an attempt to unite the American public behind the eminent war on terrorism, and that news media tended to reflect and reinforce those strategic messages in its coverage (Hutcheson, et.al., 2004) . However, while the Hutcheson et.al., study spoke to the patriotic themes to coalesce public support, less attention was given to the definition of the "enemy" in the new war on terror. In very powerful ways, the definition of not only who "we" are in the Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 war on terrorism has to be juxtaposed against whom "they" are in the fight. Defining a presumed enemy and its motivations is essential to not only setting the boundaries on where, how, and to what end this new war on terrorism should be waged, but also encourages a situational definition of Americans' own collective national identity by establishing the parameters of inclusion and exclusion, or an "us" versus "them" scenario in which American (or Western) values and cultures are defined in contrast to other cultural, political, or religious structures. The purpose of this study is to define which definitions of the enemy and his motivations tended to dominate the coverage of the emerging war on terrorism, and the extent to which those themes were put forth by different political and governmental authorities as a strategic means of coalescing public support for the war. Depictions of enemies have always been considered instrumental tools in the conduct of political propaganda and psychological warfare. From prehistoric cave drawings, through pamphleteers and propaganda posters, to mass media images and websites, wartime propaganda attempts to indoctrinate the populace to a consistent image of the enemy. Social and individual contextualizations of an enemy in times of conflict have drawn a good deal of attention in the academic literature. Cognitive and social psychologists have explored theories that individuals psychologically need enemies as suitable targets for the displacement of their own personal fears and hostilities (Volkan, 1985); and as a means of Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 understanding and rationalizing events and circumstances (Silverstein, 1989). Sociologists have noted that conflict can have functional or positive benefits for groups, primarily that a common enemy can reconcile a group of people to sacrifice and fraternity, which may not have been possible during peacetime. (Hermann & Fischerkeller, 1995). Most pertinent are the studies of propaganda and the rhetoric of war, in which depictions of enemy images and ideology are found to play a significant role in social psychology by engendering animosity and fear of the enemy; by themes in which the opponent is inherently hostile, hateful, and intent upon destroying the values and livelihood of the society and individual (Perlmutter, 1999; Keen, 1986; Silverstein and Holt, 1989 Dower, 1986; Keene, 1986; Ivie, 1980). Groups in conflict tend to maximize the group-centric "good versus evil" differences between them, with events and circumstances being interpreted or framed in a way that draws a stark contrast between the virtues of one and the villainy of the "other" (Spillman, & Spillman, 1991). The concept of self and "the other" has been recognized in the social psychology literature since Carl Schmitt (1928) first introduced the concept of self and "other" as a tool of political analysis, by positing that state authority was linked to a collective understanding of the borders of social identity. Elites' ability to maintain these boundaries was essential to maintaining authority and cohesion; in other words, the process by which governmental leaders employing concepts of enemies to mobilize the nation around common aims and to support Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 policy aims in prosecuting the war. These images of other societies –either as rivals or enemies—is essential to maintaining state unity and legitimating rulers and policies. William Eckhardt has also indicated how enemy images can be used in propaganda and war preparation by political elites in preparation for war. (Eckhardt, 1991). These depictions are in line with what Johan Galtung terms to be cultural violence, in which the "symbolic sphere of our existence—exemplified by religion and ideology, language and art…that can be used to justify or legitimate direct of structural violence." (Galtung, 1990, p.291). For example, in Faces of the Enemy, Sam Keen (1986, p 44-66) shows how enemy images are historically categorized within a number of dehumanizing archetypes that overlap and mutually reinforce one another. These archetypes are by no means exhaustive listing, but includes images of the enemy as barbaric (a threat to civilized culture); the enemy as criminal; the enemy as torturer and/or committer of atrocities; the enemy as evil; the enemy as rapist/desecrator/subjugator of women; enemy as beast/inhuman; the enemy as death (or the ultimate threat). During the Cold War, Americans were consistently told that they were engaged in a struggle with a wily and implacable enemy bent on conquering the world and whose basic values are the antithesis of everything that democratic countries believe (Holt & Silverstein, 1989; Hurwitz & Peffley, 1987, 1990). This utilization of imagery to construct a view of an enemy can be specifically related to the political circumstances and cultures of the Middle East—particularly in regards to Islam. The West's conception of Islam is rooted Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 as far back as the Medieval Age of the Christian crusaders. Western imagery of Muslim enemies paints them in broad, oversimplified strokes that seldom distinguish between individual perpetrators, states, regions or factions and Islam in general (Esposito, 1991). Edward Said argues, American news media cover events related to Islam within a framework of pre-conceptions, prejudices and political interests which only perpetuates a narrow and unfavorable image of Islamic peoples. To Western eyes, the Orient is seen as being insular, backward, passive, and inferior; an antipodal perception essential to constructing the West's definition of itself. The Oriental male is presented as being feminine, weak, yet possessing a strangely malevolent and untrustworthy mystique. Too often, Said argues, the western media portray a myriad of Middle Eastern cultures, each made up of countless unique individuals with varying beliefs, as a single Oriental culture heavily influenced by zealots and kamikaze terrorists. Said's argument builds upon the observations of the news media playing a significant role in engendering such images and depictions of the enemy, particularly via the media's influence in shaping the audience's perceptions of social reality. The public relies on the mass media as secondhand sources to provide us with information about the outside world in which it can have little or no firsthand knowledge and conceives of only in the abstract. This mediated reality is a crucial component in the creation and interpretation of perceptions of foreign nationalities and circumstances, even if they represent only broad generalizations that may only project the characteristics of a prominent individual Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 or individuals that represent an entire culture, nation, or political philosophy (e.g., Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Joseph Stalin) or of ethnicities in general (Holt & Silverstein, 1989). Philip Knightly (1975) asserts that one of the most tangible elements of war reporting is to "demonize" the enemy and portray him as "an animal in human disguise" to make the horrors and sacrifices of war not only palatable to the public, but engender support for governmental authorities' decisions and actions in pursuing the war. The news media's role in engendering and reinforcing enemy images can be explicated through theoretical approach of framing, in which the selection, presentation, emphasis and exclusion of media frames results in persistent patterns of cognition and interpretation that routinely organize content and the parameters of public discourse. (Reese, et.al., 2001) News frames are a well-established concept in communications research, describing the way that reporters seek to make their stories understandable to news consumers by drawing upon shared social/cultural themes to put events into context. By employing various stylistic cues, rhetorical choices, and determinations of salience and selection (i.e., emphasizing certain aspects of a news event while downplaying or excluding others) reporters "shape the way in which news consumers conceptualize situations, identify problems, evaluate solutions, assign blame/responsibility, and draw moral judgments" about the events being reported (Entman, 1993; Tuchman, 1978; Graber, 1988). News frames operate not only as a way for journalists to contextualize stories, but are Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 also the method by which news consumers use stored knowledge/previous experience to interpret and rationalize their understanding of events and social situations. News consumers are not merely passive recipients of news frames, but use a warehouse of common knowledge to filter and evaluate the information they receive. In other words, public opinion grows out of an interaction between how media messages are framed and the frames audiences use to make sense of them (Entman, 1993). This interaction between news and consumer frames is complex and contingent upon the circumstances in which frames are employed; essentially the concepts of activation, association, and inference. If as numerous cognitive psychologists suspect, that political knowledge is organized along linkages of concepts or memory constructs that differ in manner of their accessibility, then news frames could make certain information in news stories salient to the reader, while de-emphasizing other information. In this way, news frames stimulate and activate certain patterns of memory constructs: 1) by evaluating information as it is consumed (i.e., online-based model) for its salience, and 2) by recalling stored data with which to evaluate and reconcile incoming information to make political judgments (i.e., memory-based model). (Cappella and Jamieson, 1997; Bennett, 1981) When strategic news frames incite cynical judgments, it unduly influences the way that news consumers interpret/learn about events through activation (on-line-based processing) and/or association (memory-based processing). Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 This study uses framing theory to explicate what thematic characteristics and motivations were used to define the enemy in the war on terrorism, specifically through identifying and categorizing specific attributes employed in the media portrayals. The study seeks to determine the frequency of those portrayals and the extent to which those themes were put forth by different political and governmental authorities as a strategic means of coalescing public support for the war. Methodology This study is a content analysis of the newsmagazines Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and the Economist in the eight weeks following the attacks of September 11, 2001 to identify the thematic attribute frames about the motivations and suggested causal factors underlying the terrorist attacks. The study limited itself to examining only those stories that dealt with those presumed responsible for the September 11 attacks and the prospective reasons/motivations that prompted the attacks. Newsmagazines were chosen for the medium of study because they generally provide more in-depth analysis of news events and are more likely to reflect a broader, more thorough range of sources to explain events. Also, in terms of effect, these publications generally saw the highest newsstand sales in their history, indicating that a significant portion of the public were at least exposed to their messages (Sutel, 2002). Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 The analysis of these stories was conducted on two levels. The first used sentences within the stories as the level of analysis to identify the thematic attributes that explain the root causes and/or motivations of the terrorists and their sponsors. Individual sentences were chosen because quite often a number of different thematic attributes would be addressed in the same story, yet individual sentences tended to convey a specific thematic concept. Given the distinctive circumstances of the attacks of September 11, 2001—in which the appearance of an identified enemy was rapid and did not emerge gradually over a period of time—it was decided not to adapt the thematic categories from previous studies, but instead to identify those themes that became apparent from the texts themselves. Therefore, the thematic categories were derived through an initial reading of the stories, based upon two questions: How the terrorist/enemy is described in terms of its essential characteristics (i.e., criminal, evil, formidability), and what factors are emphasized as the reasons that motivate the terrorist/enemy. These thematic attributes were grouped into eight encompassing categories: Culture These themes attributed terrorists' motivations as a "clash of civilizations" in which eastern culture was enmity of the forces of western culture, of which the united States was emblematic. This included historical references stretching back to the crusades through colonialism, tribalism, and a rejection of modernization, globalization, and western-style democracy that may have had a religious subcontext, but which were not specifically linked to Islamic beliefs. Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 Morality These themes ascribed terrorists' motivations arising out of a general sense of immorality. In these attributions, terrorists were described as "evil," "barbaric," "malevolent," "satanic," and "hateful." Religious These themes explain terrorists' motivations to be based upon fundamentalist, radical, or militant Islamic beliefs and the nature of the Islamic religion to be rooted in a level of violence. Socio-Economic This includes theses in which terrorists' motivations are driven by poor economic conditions, a lack of education, unemployment, and a jealousy against the bounty of the west and the United States. Middle Eastern Politics This theme characterizes terrorists' motivations as a function of political factors in the Middle East, such as the reaction to U.S. support of Israel, the political repression by corrupt governmental regimes . Criminal These thematic attributes described the terrorists acting not only outside the rule of international law in terms of violent acts, but in circumventing laws in order to travel and disseminate resources, raising monies through illegal operations, and participating in drug running and illegal financial schemes. Formidable These thematic attributes focus primarily on fear, describing terrorist "networks" as continually being a menacing threat, dangerous, powerful, ubiquitous, furtive, and untrustworthy. Psychological These thematic attributes focus primarily upon the individuals within the terrorist network who are described as being psychologically unstable. For example, these attributes most often describe indefinite individuals as being psychotic, sociopathic, fanatical, loners, etc. U.S. Foreign Policy These attributes ascribe terrorists' motivations to be reactions (or "blowback") from U.S. foreign policies either in the region generally or to predominately Islamic states in particular. Specifically, these attributes include references to the United States' support for Israel, the first Gulf War and the economic sanctions on Iraq, support of Mujahideen insurgents in Afghanistan in the 1980s, support for the shah of Iran, etc. The second level of analysis sought to identify whether different thematic attributes tend to differ depending upon the types of sources. Specifically, the attributes will be categorized based upon one of five sources of the attribute: Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 to White House officials, government officials, U.S. policy experts, citizens, law enforcement, religious experts, academic experts, foreign sources, the terrorists themselves, and the journalist himself or no attribution. As was indicated in the study of patriotic frames employed following the September 11 attacks (Hutchinson, et.al., 2004), this level of analysis seeks to determine whether there exists a correlation between the type of thematic attribute and the source attributed to that attribute, in order to infer if there exists a strategic communication component by which political/governmental elites can be seen to setting the attribute agenda for the news media. Results A total of 140 stories were coded from the four weekly magazines for the eight-week period following September 11, including the special editions printed by Time and Newsweek, resulting in 1,234 sentences selected and coded within the eight previously identified thematic categories. As can be seen in Table One below, an aggregate measure of descriptions of the enemy and its motivations in the war on terror were far more often focused upon the Islamic fundamentalists than any other attribute. A third of the attributions described the enemy to be Islamic militants acting out of their religious beliefs, nearly double the closest thematic attribute of the terrorist networks arising from Middle Eastern politics (15 percent). The magazines Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 depicted the motivations of the terrorists as resulting from regional politics, cultural factors and U.S. foreign policy at about the same rate. Table One: Thematic Attributes Describing Enemy in War on Terror and Their Motivations Themes Newsweek Time US News Economist TOTAL Militant Islam 134 36% 76 27% 122 32% 38 25% 370 30% Regional Politics 55 14% 55 17% 50 13% 21 14% 181 15% Cultural 36 9% 49 15% 64 17% 23 15% 172 14% Formidable 13 3% 49 15% 47 12% 23 15% 132 11% U.S.Policy 21 6% 38 12% 31 8% 29 19% 119 10% Morality 23 6% 19 6% 44 11% 11 7% 97 8% SociEconomic 31 8% 9 3% 15 9% 3 2% 58 5% Psychological 48 13% 4 1% 7 2% 6 4% 65 5% Criminal 12 3% 22 7% 5 1% 1 .6% 40 3% TOTAL 373 321 385 155 1234 There is a remarkable consistency in the percentages of thematic attributes across all four newsmagazines, even though some anomalies existed. With the exception of Newsweek, which gave greater emphasis to psychological attributes among the enemy (13 percent), the differences between the newsmagazines in content varied little. In much the same way, the descriptions of the enemy as a potent and imminent threat seemed to show up at about the same rate throughout the stories. Surprisingly, the second level of analysis—which sought to identify whether different thematic attributes tend to differ depending upon the types of sources—found a remarkably low level of source attribution to the thematic attributes described in the news stories. As is evidenced in Tables Two A and B, the newsmagazines were consistent in not attributing sources for the attributes and assertions made describing the enemy in the war on terror and its Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 motivations. In more than 943 (76 percent) of the instances in which thematic attributions are made, journalists provided no source for the claim. Table Two A: Source Attributions for Thematic Frames Themes Journalist/ No Attribute White House Govt Official US Policy Expert Citizen Cultural 140 4 9 1 Morality 41 12 13 Islam 295 3 10 4 Politics 164 2 7 29 2 SocEcon 49 15 Psych 48 2 2 Criminal 12 5 6 1 US Policy 100 10 9 Formidable 94 8 5 3 1 Total 943 34 39 67 23 Table Two B: Source Attributions for Thematic Frames Themes Law Enforce Religious Expert Terrorist Academic Foreign Expert Cultural 2 4 15 2 Morality 5 2 Islam 1 20 5 8 7 Politics 1 3 3 SocEcon 1 1 2 2 Psych 4 1 Criminal 18 1 US Policy 1 10 1 Formidable 2 2 2 2 Total 28 26 13 42 19 Discussion These findings indicate that trying to identify and understand the terrorist/ enemy in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks was clearly of interest to the public discourse. The sheer number of stories focused exclusively on identifying and describing the terrorist/enemy network (140) indicates a high level of interest to finding explanations and motivations. Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 Given the abruptness in which the attacks occurred, it is interesting to note the ways in which enemy images quickly corresponded to the traditional structures of enemy constructions envisioned in the previous academic literature. For example, Keen's typologies of the enemy (i.e., the enemy as barbaric; the enemy as criminal; the enemy as torturer and/or committer of atrocities; the enemy as evil; the enemy as rapist/desecrator/subjugator of women; enemy as beast/inhuman; the enemy as death) are loosely paralleled in the thematic attributes ascribed to in the stories. However, the overwhelming emphasis on religious and (to a lesser extent) political motivations in the thematic frames in explaining the reasons behind the attacks raises interesting issues on the effects on public opinion and the functioning of the news media in the first weeks of the new war on terror. Given Said's concerns of news media coverage being overly simplistic in terms of portraying the panoply of diversity of the Middle East and Islam, it raises concerns about the functioning of the news media in creating sufficient images with which to make rational choices in the sphere of public opinion. For example, previous explorations of the verbal and pictorial stereotypes used in media representations of minorities blames many of society's existing stereotypes to the journalistic struggles to represent reality within a limited amount of space and time through easily accessible frames (Lester, 1996). Journalists are often forced into a type of descriptive shorthand in which new information is typified accepted, rejected, or reshaped into such a way as to Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 preserve existing perceptions, worldviews and/or stereotypes. This processing model is only amplified by frames (Capella and Jamieson, 1997;Graber, 1988). While this sample is limited to weekly newsmagazines' coverage, it is reasonably assumed that their coverage can reliably indicate similar themes were framed in other media outlets at the time. While it is not possible to go back and collect survey data to see if the thematic frames as presented had an agenda-setting effect on public opinion, we can look at a contemporary survey conducted just two months after the attacks by the Pew Center for the People and the Press. Researchers conducted a telephone survey among a nationwide sample of 1,500 adults, 18 years of age or older, during the period November 13-19, 2001. For the most part, Americans were asked why the terrorists attacked, with a majority (49 percent) believing that the terrorists were primarily driven by political motives and a smaller minority (30 percent) believing that the terrorists' religious beliefs were a factor. Familiarity with the Muslim faith has an influence on attitudes. Those who say they are most familiar with Islam are among the least likely to say they see a religious motivation to the attacks. Fewer than one-in-four (24 percent) of those who say they know at least something about the Muslim faith say religious beliefs alone were behind the attacks, while more than half (51%) say it was mostly political. By comparison, a third of those who say they know little or nothing about Islam think the attacks were motivated primarily by religious beliefs. Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 What makes this study most curious was the level in which journalists at these newsmagazines did not attribute the thematic attributes to elites. Previous literature on the effects of media coverage of foreign policy issues strongly suggests that journalists follow the routine indexing of their coverage and language to that of U.S. governmental elites (Althaus, et.al., 1996; Bennett 1990; Entman and Rojecki, 1993; Chomsky, 1985). In this instance, however, the presence of such indexing by identification of source quotes and/or attributions seldom existed. There may be two reasons for this. The first is a reflection of the sample itself. The nature of the newsmagazine routines and structures, in which the weekly reports are a digestization of news reports from the preceding week, and the journalistic requirements for attribution may not be as rigorous (Gans, 1979). A second reason could be suggested by Daniel Hallin, in whose The Uncensored War is suggested that journalists can sometimes look upon the events or circumstances of what they are reporting (such as the perceptions of the world after September 11) are so clearly obvious and unassailable that getting someone else to authenticate it is unnecessary. Given the possibility that reporters and editors are themselves possibly affected by enemy images, it is reasonable to suppose that they assumed the public held and expected confirmation of those assumptions. But given the significant amount of literature suggesting that what the public knows about foreign affairs come primarily from reports in the news media, the over-representation of religious and (to a much lesser extent) political Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 motivations in the depictions of enemy images have an impact on the process of articulating meanings, regardless of whether or not those images can be shown to have a correlation to the strategic intentions of political elites. There exists a relationship between the individual cognitive process and what might be conceived as a societal or group cognitive process that lead to an item's appearing in the news. The enemy image of terrorist/enemy is nonetheless a rhetorical tool used by the news media, which consciously or unconsciously, intentionally or unintentionally, transmits an ideological message to the receiving audience. Bibliography Bennett, W. Lance, (1996) News: The Politics of Illusion, New York: Longman Capella, Joseph, and Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, (1997) Spiral of Cynicism, New York: Oxford University Press 1997. Chomsky, Noam (1985) Turning the Tide. Boston: South End. Dover, John W. (1986) War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War, New York: Pantheon Books Eckhardt, William, (1991) "Making and Breaking Enemy Images," Bulletin of Peace Proposals 22:1, p. 87-96 Entman, Robert, (1993) "Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm," Journal of Communications 43:4, p.51-57. Esposito, John L., (1991) The Islamic Threat – Myth or Reality New York: Oxford University Press Galtung, Johan, (1990) "Cultural Violence" Journal of Peace Research, 27:3 pp 291-305. Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 Gans, Herbert J. (1979) Deciding What's News : a Study of CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Newsweek, and Time, New York : Pantheon Books Graber, Doris, (1988) Processing the News: How People Tame the Information Tide, New York: Longman. Hallin, Daniel C., (1986) The Uuncensored War : the media and Vietnam , New York : Oxford University Press Hermann, Richard K., Fischerkeller, Michael P., (1995) "Beyond Enemy Image and Spiral Model: Cognitive-Strategic Research after the Cold War," International Organization, 49:3 p. 415-450 Hurwitz, J. & Peffley, Michael (1987). "How are Foreign Policy Attitudes Structured? A Hierarchical Model," American Political Science Review, 81: 1099-1120. Hurwitz, J. & Peffley, M. (1990). "Public Images of the Soviet Union: The Impact on Foreign Policy Attitudes," Journal of Politics, 52: 3-28. Ivie, Robert, 1980 "Images of Savagery in American Justifications of War," Communications Monographs 47:3 Keen, Sam, (1986) Faces of the Enemy : Reflections of the Hostile Imagination, San Francisco : Harper & Row. Knightly, Philip, (1975) The First Casualty, London: Deutsch Press Lakoff, George, (1991) Metaphor and War: The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in Gulf, Berkley: Department of Linguistics, The University of California Lester, Peter, (1996). Images that Injure: Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media. London: Praeger. Perlmutter, David D., (1999) Visions of War: Picturing Warfare from the Stone Age to the Cyber Age, New York: St. Martin's Press Reese, Stephen, Gandy, oscar, and Grant, August, (eds) Framing Public Life: perspectives on Media and Our Understanding of the Social World, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence, Erlbaum. Said, Edward, (1981) Covering Islam : How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World, New York : Pantheon Books Framing the Enemy Following September 11, 2001 Said, Edward, (1979) Orientalism, New York : Vintage Books Schmitt, Carl, The Concept of the Political, Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univerity Press Silverstein, Brett and Holt, Robert, (1989) "Research on Enemy Images: Present Status and Future Prospects," Journal of Social Issues 45, 159-175 Spillman, Kurt, R. and Spillman, Kati, (1991) "On Enemy Images and Conflict Escalation," International Social Science Journal, 43, p. 57-76 Tuchman, Gaye, (1978) Making News: A Study in the Construction of Reality, New York: The Free Press/Macmillan Volkan, V.D., (1985) "The Need to Have Enemies and Allies: A Developmental Approach" Political Psychology, 6 p. 219-245
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Sometimes, though, things aren't so obvious, either because you don't notice anything untoward happening while you're running, or what you do notice doesn't seem like it matters. Here are four common "hidden" quirks that are likely signs of a weakness or imbalance. Fix them, and you'll run faster and be less susceptible to injury.
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Scott refers to the navel as the runner's eyeball, and the goal is for it to always look straight ahead. If you're hitting your other leg, your navel is likely swinging back and forth like a windshield wiper, which causes the hips to open up too much to the side on push-off. When this happens, your foot comes through on the swing phase and hits the side of the opposite leg.
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According to a report by Thomaston Police Officer Johnny Middlebrooks, he, along with Officers Poore and Gilbert, responded to a call at Chill's about 11:50 on Nov. 30. There they met a female who showed them a Good Behavior Bond issued by the Upson County Magistrate Court on Oct. 3 and served on her ex-boyfriend, identified as Bryan Thomas Vincent, 33, on Nov. 8. The victim said she was in Chill's when Vincent walked in, saw her and walked out. A short time later she started receiving harassing phone calls from him. The calls were continuing as she talked to the officers, and each of them answered some of the calls and told Vincent not to call again. The calls continued, with a total of 15 calls coming in.
The three officers, along with Sgt. Neill Sanders of the Upson County Sheriff's Office, went to Vincent's house and found his truck, a gray 2003 Toyota Tundra, outside, but no one at home. Officer Middlebrooks called Vincent, but the suspect cursed him and would not tell Middlebrooks where he was.
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It is my belief that a getaway is simply intended to help one or a few people get away from normal life for a bit. It seems that our normal lives get us into a rut and it requires a change of scenery in order to allow our brains to unwind and look at things from a different perspective.
Most of the time this works regardless of where you go, but I do remember a time when it failed for me. The missus and I went up north for a much needed getaway. We heard about this nice little hotel that supposedly had a room for $75 per night. So when I got to the hotel, I asked if I could see the room. They looked at me oddly and told me no. When we asked what the room was like, the lady told us it was "cozy."
After I told them we would take it, she proceeded to charge me $150 for the room. I objected, "No, we were told it was only $75!" The lady kindly explained that the deal had expired a few moments ago, and it was now $150, take it or leave it. I agreed to the new price and paid the bill.
As we made our way to the room and unlocked the door, the first thing I noticed is that the door would not open all the way — it was hitting the bed. This "cozy" little room had a bed, a nightstand, and a sink against the wall and no room to walk in between.
We managed to make it through the weekend and had a good laugh once or twice, but we will probably never forget how "cozy" that was. So I guess my advice is to just get out and try something different. Good luck, and let me know how it goes. Continued...
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On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank everyone who came along to our meetings this season, we hope you enjoyed them as much as we did and we look forward to seeing you all again in September.
As you know, we take a bit of a break now but we'll be working hard over the summer to put together speakers and events for next season. Keep checking the website over the summer as we hope to have our annual BBQ for the Perseid Meteor Shower (Weather Permitting of course). Also check the forum as the observing group will continue to head out over the coming months.
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It comes with great sadness that we have to announce the death of our friend and colleague Brian Smyth who passed away yesterday (Tuesday 2nd April).
Brian was made an honorary member of the society last year for his long service. He was a past treasurer and secretary of the society and his enthusiasm at the meetings will be sorely missed by all.
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Few people like Monday mornings and for world No. 1 Novak Djokovic, his latest in Melbourne very nearly signalled the end of his quest to win a third consecutive Australian Open title.
The Serbian survived an epic fourth round encounter with Stanislas Wawrinka that stretched beyond 1.30am local time, eventually wrapping up a monumental 1-6 7-5 6-4 6-7 12-10 victory.
Djokovic ripped his shirt off to celebrate a triumph that had looked in serious doubt for nearly five exhausting hours, while his Swiss opponent departed from the court on the verge of tears.
It keeps alive the 25-year-old's hopes of becoming the first man in the Open era post 1968 to record a successive hat-trick of titles in Melbourne, in a match that had echoes of his 2012 final win over Rafael Nadal.
"It's hard to find the words," a drained Djokovic said in an on court interview. "He deserved, equally, to be a winner of this match. I give him a lot of credit and respect.
"He was the aggressive player on the court, I was just trying to hang in there. It's midway through the tournament but it feels like a final to me. This means a lot to me, and to him.
"Incredible that so many people stayed until nearly two in the morning. It brings back the memories of 12 months ago with Rafa."
Wawrinka gave notice of his intent by wrapping up the first set 6-1 in just 25 minutes before normal order was resumed as Djokovic regained his composure to push into a 2-1 lead.
But Wawrinka battled hard and ensured a deciding set when he took his third set point as the fourth went into a tiebreak. After swapping breaks early in the fifth set, both men repeatedly retained their serve as the epic match pushed into the early hours of Monday morning.
Djokovic held to move into an 11-10 lead and then carved out two match points in the 22nd game of the decider. Wawrinka saved two but it proved third time lucky for Djokovic as his passing shot ended the match in front of an exhilarated crowd.


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This lovely community by-the-sea celebrates their annual week-long festival with fun for all ages. Dances, street parade, children's activities, golf tournament, special art exhibit, princess pageant, casino night, fishermen's picnic on the waterfront, pancake breakfast, special horse races and much more. Something for the whole family! Take a stroll on the local boardwalk, beach comb for mermaid tears along the sandy beaches and experience some of Inverness County's awesome sunsets. Wrap up Inverness Gathering week by attending the Broad Cove Outdoor Scottish Concert Sunday, July 31st.


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People always remember the Alamo, but there's a lot more to this sprawling metropolis in southeastern Texas. Into history? Visit one of the interesting Spanish missions. Just want to put your feet up? Boats ply the waters of River Walk, an artificial waterway lined with interesting eateries. When the weather is pleasant, there's no better place to be than on one of the tree-shaded patio bars overlooking the water.
Getting here
San Antonio International Airport is about 12 miles from downtown. VIA Metropolitan Transit has local bus service to downtown for about $1. Shuttle vans cost $18 per trip or $32 round-trip -- see SA Airports Shuttle.
Getting around
If you're staying outside downtown, a car is a must for getting around San Antonio most of the day. In town three VIA streetcar lines cover most of the center, for only $1.10 per trip (all-day pass for $4). Their website has maps and schedules. Service ends between 9pm and 12:30am, so grab a taxi, a lift, or walk from the bars.
For nightlife, there's a lively gay bar scene in the downtown neighborhood known as North Central.
Media & Resources
Ignite is, or was San Antonio's gay and lesbian magazine - their last website update was January 2012. Try Q San Antonio for more up-to-date news, and TWIT, This Week In Texas, for gay coverage both local and elsewhere in the Lone Star State.
The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce website has info on local businesses and a calendar of events.
The San Antonio Current is the weekly alternative paper for news, arts and entertainment listings and reviews, including the gay community here, with good photos of annual Pride events.
Visit San Antonio, the official city website, My San Antonio and San Antonio Magazine also have good online guides to the city.
For info on the year-round social and community events of the Bears of San Antonio, see their website.
Pride San Antonio has events all year, with big festivities each June.
Three gay-friendly options are found in the Kings William neighborhood, all near to River Walk and the Alamo.
Arbor House Suites (109 Arciniega; 210-472-2005) five stately houses linked by a lush garden courtyard.
Painted Lady Guesthouse (620 Broadway; 210-220-1092) Hotel-style B&B impeccable and luxurious suites, rooftop spa.
Victorian Lady Inn (421 Howard St; 210- 224-2524) elegant rooms, period antiques, modern amenities, private porches, fireplaces.
Bars and clubs
2015 Place (2015 San Pedro) central men's neighborhood bar, open daily 365 days a year, happy-hour specials.
Annex (330 San Pedro Avenue) men's cruise bar, bears, cowboys, leather groups, darts, burgers on Sunday.
Bonham Exchange (411 Bonham) big, busy multi- level River Walk dance club, drag shows, go-go boys, patio theme parties.
Club Essence (1010 N Main Ave) male strippers and guest porn stars perform and mingle, mostly men, theme parties, relaxed and casual vibe, food served at covered patio grill.
Heat (1500 North Main) futuristic dance club, after-hours on weekends, heated patio, all-male revue dancers, Sunday cookouts.
One-O-Six (106 Pershing Av) local hangout, popular with Mexican guys.
Pegasus (1402 North Main) every night cruising and dancing, shows, video main bar, patio, karaoke bar, leather-sports-country music bar; mostly men, pool tables, Sunday beer bust and cook-out.
Saint (800 Lexington Ave) devilish drag divas reign over go-go boys and 18+ dance crowd. Woody's was here.
Silver Dollar (1418 North Main) country-western saloon, Latinos, large patio, pool tables, music mix.
Sparkys Pub (1416 N Main Ave) popular new after-work neighborhood bar, with Friday buffets from 6pm.
Crumpets Restaurant & Bakery (3920 Harry Wurzbach Rd), European-style dining amid trees, ponds, and waterfalls; seafood, pasta, beef, and chicken, lunch or dinner every day. Voted one of Esquire Magazine's best 100.
Mad Hatter's Tea (320 Beauregard St) breakfast, lunch, dinner for every budget; tea, decious cakes and pastries.
Candlelight Coffeehouse (3011 N St Mary's) laid-back coffeehouse, lunch, appetizers, gourmet desserts, beverages, live music, shady patio.
Luther's Cafe (1425 N Main) greasy spoon for before or after the bars, great hamburger, meatloaf, stews and chili; patio, serves until 3am.
Rosario's (910 S. Alamo) Mexican cafe and cantina, always crowded for good food at reasonable prices.
Web House Cafe & Bar (517 E Woodlawn), underground/alternative crowd hangout, bar & internet cafe, DJ music.
Encore Video (1031 NE Loop 410) large selection of erotic VHS and DVD movies, music CDs, lubes, apparel and toys.
Zebraz (1608 North Main Av) rainbow and pride merchandise, funky club wear, CDs, flavored lubes, underwear.
ACI, Alternative Club (827 E Elmira St) all sauna/steam faciilites, plus hot tub, tanning sundeck, covered patio, free weights and excercise machine, TV lounges, bunk room.
Executive Health Club (402 Austin St) basic facilities, technically an overnight "hotel" - popular with local guys.
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