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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have withdrawn from their last base near the northern town of Saraqeb, further weakening his ability to fight rebels in the country's largest city Aleppo, a violence monitoring group said on Friday.
Saraqeb straddles the junction of two main highways leading to Aleppo and the pullout will make it harder for government forces to reinforce or resupply Aleppo, where they have been battling with rebels for control since late July.
The opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops had retreated from Alwees, northwest of Saraqeb, leaving the town and surrounding areas "completely outside the control of regime forces".
Saraqeb, 50 km (30 miles) southwest of Aleppo, lies at the meeting point of Syria's main north-south highway, linking Aleppo with Damascus, and another road connecting Aleppo to the Mediterranean port of Latakia.
With areas of rural Aleppo and northern border crossings to Turkey now under rebel control after 19 months of conflict, the loss of Saraqeb would leave Aleppo city further isolated from Assad's southern strongholds.
Any convoys using the highways from Damascus or the Mediterranean would be vulnerable to rebel attack. This would force the army to use smaller rural roads or send supplies on a dangerous road from Al-Raqqa in the east, according to the Observatory's director, Rami Abdelrahman.
The Observatory said on Thursday that rebels had seized three military positions around Saraqeb, killing at least 28 soldiers - at least eight of them in cold blood, according to Internet video footage.
It was not immediately possible to verify Wednesday's reported army withdrawal. Authorities restrict journalists' access in Syria and state media made no reference to Saraqeb.
(Reporting by Dominic Evans; editing by Mark Heinrich)
ALl of his contacts are unverified, anonymous phone calls, which he could just as likely be making up himself. Trusted? The man openly admits he is part of the opposition. This is Reuter's source? Why not at least counter balance it with some Syrian government statements in that case? Because it's a propaganda operation, that's why. Stop defending the indefensible. And Reuters needs to stop referring to Rami, a single man, as an "Observatory," it is patently dishonest.
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OURAY – Citing concerns about public safety, the Ouray City Council agreed by a vote of 4-1 at a public hearing on Wednesday, Nov. 7, not to enter into a proposed settlement agreement, which would have given Alpenhof LLC a path forward to develop its property in the Ouray Vista Subdivision.
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Alpenhof LLC sued the City of Ouray in August 2011, after the company's development plans for Parcel C were thwarted by action of the Ouray City Council.
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While the proposed agreement granted the city very favorable financial terms, Ferguson and fellow councilors Gary Hansen and Michael Underwood, along with Mayor Bob Risch, concurred that it ultimately did very little to address their fundamental safety concerns with the property, and that the city and taxpayers would ultimately end up having to pay to maintain the berm, should the property be developed.
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Risch also acknowledged there was some worry over the liability the city might incur if it signed off on the settlement agreement and allowed the property to be developed. "That's always out there, the concern over the city taking on longtime liability, or expensive maintenance issues, or both."
Ferguson dismissed the settlement agreement as essentially a "buyout offer" from Alpenhof, in which the company offered to pay for armoring the berm and to reimburse the city for legal expenses it has incurred in the lawsuit, among other things, in exchange for the right to develop Parcel C.
"Even though it looked financially attractive, there were bigger issues," Ferguson told The Watch. One concern was a proposed special improvement district to pay for maintenance and upkeep of the armored berm. The settlement agreement could be interpreted to imply that all residents in Ouray Vista would be expected to participate in the special district, not just those who may eventually live in flood-threatened Parcel C, which Ferguson viewed as "somewhat of a betrayal."
Ouray Vista residents concurred; a large contingent of them attended the hearing last week to vehemently protest the settlement agreement.
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"I did feel vindicated after the denial (of the settlement agreement), when (city attorney) Dave Masters came up and said he thought we made a good decision," Ferguson said.
The decision came as yet another tough blow to Alpenhof, however.
Earlier this year, District Judge Steven Patrick had ruled in favor of the City of Ouray on a key component of the Alpenhof lawsuit known as the "106 ruling" in which Alpenhof had argued that the city's action in denying its development proposal constituted a legal taking of its property.
Alpenhof appealed, and it was at that point that Judge Patrick ordered mediation. Now that mediation has failed, the 106 appeal "is going to be coming down soon," Ferguson said. "The whole legal situation is on hold until the appeal is settled."
Alpenhof principal Galen Rasmussen said this week that he was surprised the city didn't go for the agreement. "That was half a million dollars their way we were going to put into the project," he said. "It's pretty much over now. I don't know what's next."
The matter may end up being resolved in a court trial. An ideal outcome would be for the city to obtain ownership of Parcel C – at a considerable discount – so that it can never be developed, Ferguson said.


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As my own daughters will tell you, I am just the opposite. When I told my older daugthter that I was delighted she is such a good cook, she said: "Naturally. You are obsessed with food." I guess I am. The moment I finish one meal, I begin to think what I would like for the next. I read cookbooks at bedtime, have a huge collection of them, subscribe to various food magazines and hang around food websites. The only times in memory that this has not been true was during my two bouts of chemotherapy. What a disappointment and loss it was to totally lose interest and pleasure in food and cooking. Fortunately, I recovered and immediately picked up the newest issue of Gourmet.
Sometimes, given the nature of my work, I think about what I would choose for my last meal. Understanding that most often a last meal is not known to be the last (until there isn't another) and that usually people who are very ill are not so interested in the deights of the kitchen, I still think about what I would like. Here is my current choice: champagne for obvious reasons and oysters because they taste like the sea and a loaf of bread from Pollane in Paris because we all know that bread is the staff of life. Clearly, this is fantasy, but doesn't it sound wonderful?
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Weekend Open Forum: Are you using a dedicated sound card?
While much of that remains true today, integrated audio has improved over the years and most motherboards ship with an onboard solution that provides sufficient quality audio, controls and connectivity for the average user. Meanwhile, in an age of high-speed multi-core CPUs, the performance benefit of having a dedicated sound processor is virtually non-existent.
With that, we ask: what are you using to drive your computer's audio? Have you been relying on an integrated chip all along? Did you "downgrade" from an early Creative SB Live! to modern onboard audio? Do you purchase a new discrete card with every fresh build? No matter the case, feel free to "sound off" in the comments about your existing setup!
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I am still using my SB Live! 5.1, but before that I had a Soundblaster 16.. I really liked that card for its amped output which my SB Live seems to lack. If I were to upgrade my computer, however, to one with fewer PCI slots than my current one, the sound card is certainly one of the first things I'd sacrifice.
I am always on a fairly loose budget when I build my gaming computers, however a sound card is way low on the list when it comes to what I personally consider "novelty" extras. Anytime I get some extra cash to upgrade my computer it is always another component that needs the extra love and care. I am a much more visual person, so I rather buy a new IPS monitor or an upgrade for my video card or something along those lines.
Xonar Essence STX. It complements my Grado SR325's perfectly. I'll be carrying this card to the grave with me.
Creative X-FI Titanium HD here.
PPA 1455 5.1 USB soundcard to drive mah Logitech X-540s
I just use built in components on my Asus P6T Deluxe MB.
Im using one cus i have to ASUS Rampage II doent have a integrated sound card, but if it had i would stick to that and forget about a sound card.
I haven't used a dedicated sound card in years. I have a SLI set up in my midtower Coolermaster Storm and I really don't want another card taking up the cramped space plus adding to heat and mucking around with air flow. My integrated audio is good enough, plus I was never impressed with the cards I had in the past and I just never felt like I was getting that much more value for the price. I'd rather put the money towards a new graphics card or an extra one for SLI.
I'm also looking at my next build to be in a SFF case, which means a Micro-ATX mobo with not a lot of room for an extra like a sound card.
ASUS Xonar D1
Like DokKRokken I also have the Xonar Essence STX card. An unbelievable card - ever since I installed it, I've used my PC as my stereo system as it makes my "real" stereo system sound like an AM radio.
It's pricey, but the sound quality and software functionality absolutely smokes any of the Creative cards I used to use.
Still sporting my SB Audigy 2 ZS. I plan on moving to an Asus card for my next build.
I added an SB Live! to my first store-bought computer because the VIA on-board audio chipset and serial port didn't play nice with my Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick. But for my first build in 2005, I had a USB joystick and the on-board sound on my DFI LanParty was good enough for me. I have used on-board sound ever since.
I don't bother with them, just use the onboard sound and spend the money elsewhere.
Audigy SE 7.1.
Looking at ASUS for possible replacement
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Like DokKRokken I also have the Xonar Essence STX card. An unbelievable card - ever since I installed it, I've used my PC as my stereo system as it makes my "real" stereo system sound like an AM radio.
It's pricey, but the sound quality and software functionality absolutely smokes any of the Creative cards I used to use.
Either it's that good or you have one sad stereo system. Personally I haven't had a discrete sound card since my Pentium 3 days.
Realtek ALC883 and ALC888S with DDL. Have a Logitech Z-Cinema connected to my desktop pc so basically doesn't need any sc on it.
Was using X-Fi 5.1 Surround USB but had some of BSoDs and boot issues with my desktop. Sold it and bought X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI, only after few months mobo and gpu upgrade didn't left anymore PCI slot. don't bother with another ever since, use the money somewhere else.
Have a home theater setup in my basement. There's a projector on the ceiling, fed from one side (the right side if looking at the screen) by a home theater in a box, and fed from the other side (left side) by my computer. My computer has 2.1 speakers attached, and the sound is very rich to me. however, if I want better sound/surround sound for movies (speakers are wall-mounted around the room, 5.1 configuration), I've connected a digital coaxial cable from the built-in output of my GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard to the input of the HTiB. All the cabling is concealed behind the wall/ceiling.
With that kind of functionality built in to the motherboard, I really don't see any need for a discrete audio card.
M-Audio Profire 610 & X-FI Platinum
Profire for multitrack recording, X-FI for games.
Auzentech X-Meridian soundcard
Before that I've owned a host of Creative cards, last was a X-fi XtremeMusic.
However even with the new EMU20K1 soundchip I would have issues with the sound, and with the drivers.
With the Auzentech it has been smooth sailing
Already for years using just on-board sound - more than enough for me. I a lot more prefer more visual quality. But more than OK with on-board sound. Especially if using headphones.
I use an Creative USB X-mod because my integrated audio began making hiss and crackle noises after being active 24/7 for a while.
Im using my ASUS Xonar DX with Pioneer pro logic amp, it freaks the neighbours out when I crank Metallica
Still running x-fi creative xtreme gamer
Not sonce 2005 or so. The onboard in this case the (SupremeFX X-Fi 8-Ch audio with EAX Advanced HD 4.0 support) are so good I cant justify a separate card. and I have no room for one.
Creative X-Fi Xtremegamer.
It was free. Otherwise, I'd be using my on board(780i).
The drivers are HORRIBLE.
creative X-Fi extremegamer here
I had a Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty for about 4+ years, and I have just recently upgraded to an Auzentech Forte X-Fi 7.1
I simply cannot stand on-board audio anymore, it's like listening inside a tin can
I did in fact downgrade from a SB Live! to an integrated sound card. But I got so fed-up with the horrible controls (did not "allow" anything fancy) for the integrated Creative sound processor that I bought a Sweex 7.1 card.
That did not work out the way I planned... the front panel has a non-standard connector for its audio I/O, thus the front panel only works with the integrated audio processor. Blast. Luckily, I got hold of a transistor 2-1 apparatus that allows me to have to line out's for just one speaker, so I can still use the front panel without trouble :]
i did in my old pc. but in my new one it's capable of surround. using two speakers and a sub now
I tried having onboard sound for a while, but the drivers and the quality were so utterly terrible that I upgraded to a Sound Blaster Audigy SE and have never been happier. I would NEVER consider onboard after that experience.
I can understand how technology would have improved, but honestly...a dedicated sound card for any audiophile is a must. A new one for every build though? That's a bit much. I'd grab a good one, and reuse it. An upgrade would only happen if it was pertinent.
Still using the Sound Max card included in my MB
I'm still using an old Audigy 2 ZS as well.
I like the front panel that comes with it, good for recording from turntables.
Used to have an X-Fi XtremeMusic card when I had Windows XP, as soon as I upgraded to Vista I had to get rid of it because there was no end to driver niggles that made justifying the sound quality worthless! I know have a Xonar DX, the slim one that could fit it in an HTPC case. Much better driver support and it does sound a lot better than my onboard audio. I wouldn't say I'm a serious audiophile (haven't got the money!!) but I have a decent 5.1 AV system that can make use of the higher quality audio streams
cannot live without a discreet soundcard
Creative X-fi Titanium here
I just have to ask for the people that have had driver issues with on-board sound.
How Old/Cheep were these MBs?
I mean every computer I've built in the last 10 years on board sound work out-of-the-box with pretty much every OS worth using.
The only time I ever run into sound issues is when working on clients PC's who refuse to use anything other then a dedicated card, Or were 100% dead set on using windows 98/2000.
I'm still using the onboard sound with my Asus P6T Deluxe V2. I will eventually buy a dedicated sound card, but it's not exactly a high priority since I get adequate surround sound already.
I had a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer in my old system, no end of issues with the drivers with that card.
My new PC has an Asus Xonar D2X in it, drivers are not perfect, but they are a huge leap over the quality of Creatives!
I'm using Razer Barracuda AC-1, and honestly I didn't hear any difference between this and the Realtek HD onboard, maybe I should change my speakers.
I am using Asus Xonar D2X PCI-E card.
The switch was forced when my left channel jack on the motherboard stopped working making onboard useless to me.
I was always one of those guys that knew that onboard sound these days is just as good as dedicated solutions... I WAS WRONG.
The sound with the xonar is purer, the range is more balanced, I can honestly say that everything simply sounds better on it, this is no placebo effect, this is real.
I have a heavily modified Asus ST in a purpose built audio-only PC that has a linear power supply (AMB labs Sigma11). You can have a look at it at www.diyparadise.com . I also have a PC with a modified Onkyo SE-200 PCI and this PC uses a Silverstone ST40NF psu. PC soundcards can reach hifi levels but it takes some time and knowledge/experience with electronics to do it. It would be quite wrong to dismiss them.
Stopped using dedicated sound cards years ago - I see absolutely no reason for them today (just like modems - obsolete)
rockfish 7.1 sound card
I have a Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic on my XP machine with Altec Lansing ATP5 speakers. For my newer Windows 7 64-bit machine, I'm getting an Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1 PCIE sound card to be connected to an Altec Lansing 4121 2.1 speaker system. The same X-Fi hardware without the hassle of Creative's sometimes flaky drivers.
I have been using Corsair headphone that process the sound so I don't even use the onboard sound anymore.
I'm not sure if it 'reduces strain from the CPU' in games or something but I have the creative Sound Blaster Audigy, nice little card and cost almost nothing.
I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit and yeah i works well with it.
Since I dumped my last creative card 3 +/- years ago I haven't bothered about buying another one, as onboard sound just about do the job now, hence the need for dedicated sound card isn't there for me. For people who use their PCs for music or things like that may have other ideas though.
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On board sound for me for years, just seemed to make sense not to spend the extra monies on a extra sound card,
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Creative Xfi-titanium Fatality edition. I have tried many different onboard sound cards in the past and they just dont transfer my voice nearly as well as a standalone card. I play alot of games online with friends and use a very expensive headset so I want them to be able to hear me and the difference from onboard sound to a standalone card is huge my friends stop complaining when I stop using onboard sound, with it they say I dont sound clear and am hard to understand. As far as on my end environmental audio is alot more accurate with a stand alone card ive noticed and the bass and treble is so much more full with a good sound card everything sounds flat and dull with the onboard realtek crap you get today.
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Feng Miao, a PhD candidate in the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York (CCNY), has won the Intelligent Transportation Society of New York's (ITS-NY) 2010 Student Award. She will attend ITS-NY's 17th Annual Meeting and Technology Exhibition, June 10-11, in Saratoga Springs, to receive her award.
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"Eveline" is an example of naturalistic fiction in which the protagonist, described at one point as a "helpless animal," responds to internal anxieties and environmental forces, particularly the influences of family life and the responsibilities to which she has been conditioned, and of a working life in Ireland, with its impoverishment, as Joyce imagined it. The way that "Eveline" and other stories of Dubliners reflect the details and concerns of everyday life closely observed and raised to significance through art suggests the influence of the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, but Ellmann notes in his biography James Joyce (1959) that Joyce claimed not to have read Chekhov at the time that he wrote those stories.
The purpose of Joyce's realistic fiction, however, was not simply the close observation of banal detail. The details are carefully crafted and arranged so as to accumulate in such a way as to give meaning to the story's climax, in keeping with the young writer's theory of the "epiphany." The progression is dramatic in Aristotelian terms, in that the central character is brought to a point of recognition and discovery, as suggested by Aristotle's Poetics. Eveline's self-discovery comes at the very end of the story. Her revelation is that she lacks the commitment and perhaps the courage to act on her dream of escape. When forced to choose between staying in Ireland and going to South America, she is also forced to confront her true feelings about Frank, who is "beyond the barrier" at that point, urging her to board the ship: "Her eyes gave him no sign of love or farewell or recognition." Eveline is reduced to a frightened, "helpless animal," as Joyce describes her at the end, who is incapable of exploring "another life with Frank."
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Hotels, local government gearing up for G-8
The G-8 leaders will be talking about global financial stability, but their weekend at Camp David could be anything but stable for the local business community.
Military medical experts mark progress against the common cold
Military medical experts at Fort Detrick are marking progress against an enemy most of us have encountered: the common cold.
Lack of oversight found in area schools spending
Your tax dollars pay for public schools and two new reports are shedding some light on cases where those dollars may not be watched closely enough.
Md. state park holds maple syrup demonstration
The sap is rising at Cunningham Falls State Park near Thurmont.
Robbery suspect found under pool deck
The man charged with robbing a Frederick bank on Friday was found hiding under a pool deck attached to Melanie Bittner's house in the Robin Meadows subdivision.
Frederick County installs panic buttons at Winchester Hall
There is no cause for alarm, county officials say, but three panic buttons have been installed at Winchester Hall.
Frederick, Md., community college picks new leader
Frederick Community College says it has chosen an official from the College of Southern Maryland as its new president.
Md.'s Catoctin Zoo plans educational center
The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo near Thurmont says it's planning an expansion.
Saving gas: Sometimes it's the little things
A depressed economy, high gas prices and limited incomes make it difficult for some motorists to adhere to a vehicle maintenance schedule, but keeping cars maintained goes a long way in reducing fuel consumption, several local mechanics said Wednesday.
Sharpshooters kill 226 deer in Md. national park
The National Park Service says sharpshooters killed 226 white-tailed deer at Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont in the third year of a herd-reduction program.
Suspicious coconut partially evacuates courthouse
A coconut lying next to a column near the Frederick County courthouse caused police and fire personnel to evacuate the outside area and one inside office for about 20 minutes Wednesday.
In Thurmont, all eyes on G-8 summit
For town Commissioner Wayne Hooper and other Thurmont officials, concerns about possible protests and commotion during the upcoming G-8 summit at Camp David seem to be outweighed by excitement over the event.
School system to fine-tune its gifted program
Frederick County Public Schools will implement a new gifted and talented program in every middle school beginning this fall.
Alert system helps Frederick County parents stay informed
Getting secondhand information about significant events at a child's school is nerve-wracking for parents, faculty for Frederick County Public Schools say. So they've done something about it.
Rabid raccoon prompts safety warning in Frederick County
After a raccoon tested positive for rabies in Frederick County, authorities are warning residents to take caution.
Panel faults Fort Detrick, Md., groundwater study
A 2009 federal study that concluded groundwater contamination from Fort Detrick was unlikely to have harmful health effects was flawed, a national scientific panel said Monday, prompting two U.S. senators to demand a faster cleanup of the Superfund site in Frederick.
Report: Groundwater contamination in Area B deemed indeterminate
Exposure data used by a federal agency in its study of groundwater contamination at Fort Detrick's Area B was inadequate and the seepage should have been considered "an indeterminate public-health hazard," the National Research Council said today
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How the Right Seized the Republican Party---And Then Failed
by Randy Shaw' Feb. 07' 2013
The widely-accepted narrative of United States politics since 1964 highlights the role of race, religion and social issues in transforming the Republican Party into the voice of the nation�s extreme right wing. Richard Nixon�s �Southern Strategy,� Ronald Reagan�s mantra that �the government is the problem,� and the Party�s over two decades of unrelenting opposition to new taxes all played critical roles. But as Geoffrey Kabaservice shows in his thought-provoking book,
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party
, Republican moderates had greater and longer influence on the Party�s direction than is commonly thought. Jacob Javits, Mark Hatfield, Charles �Mac� Mathias and other Republican Senators played key roles in implementing what today would be viewed as a very progressive agenda; yet their impact is forgotten amidst the story of the right�s rise. Also often overlooked is that a movement driven by a hatred of Eastern elites and Wall Street bankers has achieved its greatest political success in enriching both---while failing to deliver on its core social agenda.
That one of the two major United States political parties is controlled by those with views associated with the extremist right four decades ago is not news. The common narrative goes something like this: after passage of civil rights laws, the once solidly-Democratic South went Republican. Barry Goldwater�s losing 1964 campaign galvanized conservative activists and led to Ronald Reagan�s ascendancy and his 1966 election as California Governor. Robert Kennedy�s 1968 assassination and the divisive Democratic Convention brought Richard Nixon�s election, and an �emerging Republican majority� driven by a politics of resentment around social issues and a �Southern Strategy� around race. The rise of the �Christian right� in the late 1970�s increased the power of right wing forces, which, in concert with anti-tax billionaires, went on to create the Tea Party and the Republican Party of today.
What�s been missing from this familiar snapshot is how the Republican Party�s takeover by anti-government extremists could have been avoided. New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller had the resources to build a massive moderate Republican grassroots network, but foolishly thought he could win over the conservative activists who despised him by avoiding challenges to their rise.
Moderates Fail to Fight
Kabaservice describes how conservatives invested in organizing to take over the Republican Party, while moderates stayed on the sidelines, failing to recognize the stakes. As the right wing prioritized defeating moderate Republicans in primaries over winning general elections---this is not a Tea Party invention but goes back forty years---moderates faced a tough choice. Either leave and join the Democrats---as future Michigan Senator Donald Riegle did---or go along as often as possible in the hope that a moderate influence can have some impact in some areas.
And there was a third option, chosen by onetime moderate leaders like Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney: shift your political views to the hard right in exchange for political advancement.
Moderates deluded themselves into believing Nixon was on their side, and saw progress in the election of George H. W. Bush to the presidency in 1988. Some of the examples cited by Kabaservice are almost pitiful in the way politicians clung to a Republican Party that now opposed civil rights, public investment and the true fiscal conservatism that long distinguished Party platforms.
Of course, there is another explanation that Kabaservice does not adequately emphasize for the refusal of bankers, corporate executives and other core Republican moderates to aggressively challenge conservatives: greed. The right-wing despised Wall Street but its policies enriched the moderate Republican elite as never before. Kabaservice�s sympathy for moderate Republicans causes him to downplay this point, but Republican moderates made a deal with the devil and were satisfied with the results.
Reinterpreting 1964-2013
The book reminds us how far the Republican Party has shifted from the Goldwater base�s anti-Wall Street agenda to becoming the voice of the 1%. It also caused me to rethink the politics of the past fifty years.
For all of the right wing�s electoral success during this period, the greatest impact of its governance---dramatically increased economic inequality---was not a chief goal of Goldwater, Reagan, Nixon, or George H. W. Bush. George W. Bush was the first Republican President to make enriching the wealthy his primary aim, and it resulted in a political backlash that continues to this day.
Social issues have driven the right-wing since the late 1970�s, yet abortion remains legal (though less available), women�s rights have advanced, and gay marriage is now supported by most Americans. The right won control of the Supreme Court, but its pro-corporation, pro-wealthy decisions have also primarily benefitted the constituency that right-wing populists long opposed: the 1%.
In other words, despite setbacks on economic fairness, the United States is far closer to the vision progressives had in 1964 than that of the Republican activist base. And since 2009, the nation has moved, and continues to shift, even further from the right-wing�s longtime agenda.
Kabaservice�s book uncovers an entire hidden history of moderate Republican support for the 1964 Civil Rights Act progressive policies. But its greatest contribution may be its highlighting of the failure of the right-wing�s agenda, particularly its inability to prevent elite interests from gaining the most from Republican political success.
As the Republican Party vigorously fights for the 1%, one wonders what those cheering Barry Goldwater at the raucous 1964 Republican Convention in San Francisco would think of how dramatically their movement has strayed from its original goals.
Randy Shaw is the author of
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So, how's this for motivation? As you're running a race through the woods, flesh-eating zombies are right on your heels.
That's the concept for the first ever "Run For Your Lives" 5K race October 22 in Darlington. The Harford County race was started by childhood friends Ryan Hogan and Derrick Smith, who were looking to capitalize on the popularity of obstacle races and—of course—zombies.
"We came up with the name 'Run For Your Lives' first, but we needed something for people to run from," Smith says. "And this was during the first season of AMC's The Walking Dead, so zombies seemed perfect."
Smith predicts about 10,000 runners will show up to complete the 5K course, which is filled with 13 obstacles (like a crawl-through tube and climbing wall). This is all while hundreds of volunteers in zombie makeup and wardrobe try to "kill" the racers capture-the-flag style.
If the racers reach the finish line with no flags intact, their time is recorded, but they can't win awards for division or overall.
"We have a bunch of little twists throughout the race," Smith says. "While most courses are just one route, we have multiple ways for racers to reach the finish. It makes it more exciting."
Interest in the race, which is put on by Bel Air-based Reed Street Productions, has been steadily climbing, and they even received a massive overload of people wanting to be zombies. Smith also expects to sell out of participant tickets.
"What's cool is that we're making these races appealing to a zombie crowd," he says. "For a lot of them, this is their first time [running]. We're getting these video gamers off the couch and involved in exercise."
There is another reward at the finish line in the form of a zombie apocalypse party with drinking, live music, and games.
Smith and Hogan are already scouting new locations for the 2012 race, as it seems like the popularity of zombies isn't going anywhere soon.
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