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Disillusionment, "Everyman," and Netroots Nation
For nearly the entire Caltrain ride to down San Jose last Thursday morning, my thoughts were fully consumed by the subject of liberal disillusionment and cynicism. I pondered the question, "How much progress have the things that liberals care about made since the start of the new millennium?"
The issue of gay rights was the only glimmer of hope I could conjure up. Since 2000, income inequality has increased astronomically, the military-industrial complex grows unabated, the drug war continues to destroy millions of lives, women are having to protest the same idiotic conservatives policies their mothers protested, we are realizing the tangible repercussions of climate change, the Citizens United ruling and Republicans have become the John Birch Party and Democrats, by and large, have become identical to the Republicans of 30 years ago.
And while it may be true that progressives were responsible for electing the first black president, the Obama Administration has, for the most part, ignored, shunned, and at times insulted progressives. If Obama governed like a progressive, he would have jailed Wall Street executives for their roles in the financial crisis and HSBC bankers for laundering terrorist and drug cartel money, he would have rejected the Keystone pipeline in resounding fashion, he would have fought harder for a public option, he would have ended or at least decreased the surveillance state, and he wouldn't be prosecuting medical pot dispensaries with extreme vigor.
Like a lot of the other media there, I came in search of demoralized liberals and to see if the Democratic Party leaders and other notable figures in attendance would feel the brunt of this dismay.
Unsurprisingly, the boogeyman of John Boehner, the Koch Brothers, and other rightwing caricatures were paraded out in order to stomp out any reservations you may have had about the president. One of the most notable lines of the conference was Howard Dean's unfunny salvo of how the president isn't perfect, "but it sure beats having Bain Capital, oops, I mean Mitt Romney in the White House!"
When our Rep. Nancy Pelosi was booed for saying that Edward Snowden should be prosecuted for his leaks, she tried shouting over the jeers by repeatedly saying that Obama's second term was not Bush's fourth. Then she tried to calm the crowd down (in a twist of irony, a man named Marc Peckel was kicked out for voicing objection to a police state), saying she welcomed the booing and debate about privacy. But would we be having this debate now, if it weren't for Snowden's leaks?
I attempted to ask Rep. Pelosi some follow-up questions as she exited the building (flanked by numerous aides and security) but oddly enough, my shouts of "I'm with the San Francisco Bay Guardian!" didn't faze her one bit.
From the dozens of interviews I conducted with a wide range of attendees, the overall consensus seemed to be that Obama, his administration and other Democratic Party leaders are still on their side – though a good number of my interviewees expressed profound disappointment that the president hasn't been liberal enough. One healthcare organizer from Chicago said he was immensely dissatisfied by Obamacare, but believes that it's right the step toward implementing universal healthcare.
Obama's most visible critic for the three days was a man who goes by the name Stan Everyman, who came on behalf of the San Jose Peace & Justice Center and carried a sign everywhere he went that read "OBAMA=CHENEY". Everyman, who fervently believes that "Netroots is firmly under control of the Democratic party," saw the conference as an opportunity to connect with other progressives who have gripes with Obama. The majority of reactions to his sign were positive, he said, but he did wind up engaging in some mild confrontations with what he calls "Democrat loyalists." He was aghast when he encountered someone who came to Netroots on behalf of a liberal dating service, saying, "she didn't mind if her emails and calls were tapped and didn't care if there were helicopters hovering over her house as long as it caught the terrorists." and when it did elicit a reaction, did nothing more than get a thumbs up or an eye-roll.
Meanwhile, some Democratic figures urged progressives to pressure elected leaders as much as possible. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota representative and co-chair of the progressive caucus, stated: "If people who came before us got discouraged because things were hard, we'd still have slavery, have no right to collective bargaining, the air quality would be horrible. The problem isn't that you're not involved and you didn't get what you wanted, the problem is that you got to stay involved."
When I countered that a big reason behind liberal disillusionment was that our own guy didn't come through for us, Ellison's responded, "Let me say this, never ever organize around a personality – even if it's an awesome personality like Obama's. Organize around the principles that guide you. Somewhere along the way we stopped saying 'yes we can' and started saying 'yes he can,' and when he didn't do certain things we want, we got discouraged. What personality does the Tea Party coalesce around? None! They coalesce around, 'we hate government, we love guns' and 'if you're not quite like us, you're not all right.' So the progressive movement should coalesce around generosity, inclusion, fairness, sustainability, and leaders need to live up to that, and if they do, they're good, and if they don't, they're not. But it shouldn't be a personality-driven thing."
If you want change, you have to keep on keeping on, no matter. Sure, town halls, letter campaigns, and protests are great ways to engage your politicians and in democracy, but when you got to go to work or tend to your family, six-figure lobbyists walk through the halls of Congress retracting whatever impact the people's efforts made. Politicians want us to give them the political will to do what's right even though we elected them to do what's right. I don't naively believe politicians are perfect and that they're our friends and that we can sit back and relax after we pull the voting lever. However I do have a problem with "I'll fight for you!" during the campaign season and "Fight for me!" during the legislative sessions. The latter due to this being a non-election year, was the unofficial theme of Netroots Nation 2013, which also possessed a palpable feeling that the reason why many of the big names showed up was to throw the progressive wing a bone and quell whatever qualms they have.
I do admit that Netroots, in the past, has resulted in a concrete impact (namely, helping to get Obama elected and being instrumental in manufacturing a 21st century online campaign apparatus). However, the chances that it will be able to pull Hillary Clinton—who's just as hawkish as Dianne Feinstein— to the left beyond the duration of the conference are lower than the probability of Obama appointing Angela Davis as his Chief of Staff. A piece on Salon.com a couple days ago reported that progressives are open to a Clinton run, which should come as no surprise to given how good the left is at reconciling their beliefs with that of their leaders.
So between now and NN14 (which is in Detroit), when the Democratic Leadership will come begging for the left's help to return the Speakership crown back to Pelosi, pretty much everything the left holds dear will wallow in purgatory or regress to hell. But cheer up: At least Bain Capital isn't president!
They don't have anywhere else to go, and nobody else to turn to. Ditto for blacks.
What Obama needs is more support from the center and from moderates. And that comes at a price for extremism.
More domestic spying without any oversight, more corporate giveaways and "too big to jail", more drones and militarism, secret courts, big brother and the police state. It's a brave new "moderate" world.
get what they want. Why? Because progressives and fascists are equally repellent to the vast majority of Americans who feel far more comfortable with the moderate political center than they do with de facto revolution from the fringes.
The author complains that the government is too invasive and then complains that the progressive agenda isn't marching along quickly enough.
Irony at its very best?
Minor point of clarification: while we did ask Marc Peckel to leave the room as he was shouting at Congresswoman Pelosi, he was not kicked out of NN, just out of the room.
The fact of the matter is we can't have 1500 people shouting questions at the stage. After Peckel's initial outburst, he was asked to stop shouting, which he declined, so we walked him out of that room. I believe he watched the rest of the session from just outside the entrance and was most definitely not kicked out of NN as a whole.
Not a 'be all, end all' clarification, but I thought worth mentioning since it may have sounded like we booted him entirely, which we didn't. Thanks for covering the convention.
-Nolan Treadway
Netroots Nation
You should have yelled out to Pelosi, saying "No worries, Nancy. I'm with the new corporatized Bay Guardian." I'll bet that would have gotten her undivided attention.
No, they are not progressive in any sense of the word. These are so-called liberals pushing their corporate candidates on real progressives. Journalist should be discerning enough to distinguish between the two groups. You're comparing apples to oranges.
Bizarre, but refreshing.
It's neither bizarre nor particularly unusual. You should read Glenn Greenwald in the UK Guardian.
The UK Telegraph provides more neutral and moderate coverage of European affairs, IMO. But then terms like "liberal" and "progressive" are not used the same way there as here.
I really appreciate the author's thorough examination of progressive disillusionment, particularly the portion concerning progressives weakness for figureheads over principles.
Judging by this author's body of work (on a wide array of topics I might add) he clearly has a future as a writer!
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on by centaclawsPros Small size, nice/smooth design, nice screen, great sound
Cons Very slow startup, freezes randomly, short battery life
Summary It's a good mp3 player, nice looking, good sounding, not that expensive, and generally overall. So when your friends get one, it's pretty nice to play around with it for an hour. But it's different when you actually own one, you get to know it well, know its flaws just as well.
1) the buttons collect a lot of dirt and residue, and it is HARD to clean it out
2) the bass-boost function is not as good as it sounds, nothing compared to my Sony MP3.
3) there is no low-battery indication, it just shuts off and you're just wandering "the hell just happened, and why won't it turn back on"
4) the most important flaw - it just freezes. I was watching a video, and all of a sudden, it just freezes. It took over three minutes to unfreeze. -
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on by Larry77777Pros Small with nice display.
Cons Interface, buttons, user can't replace battery.
Summary This was delivered to me on a Friday and the following Friday night my neighbor and professional "geek" got it working. Upon opening it, I connected it to my computer, a laptop with xP and WMP 11, and immediately Windows Explore saw it as one of the drives and I used Windows Explore to drag and drop some music files. I was listening to it and reading the instructions that said to first install their software. I installed the software. That's when everything went south. No longer would it show up as a drive on my computer. I couldn't use Explore anymore and Creative's ZEN Media Explorer did not have the ability to move files or folders around within the player like you would expect with any USB mass storage device like a USB flash drive. I uninstalled their software. I could use WMP 11. It still wouldn't work with Explore. I took it to work and another computer with xP and WMP 11 accepted it, found the drivers, and worked with Explore. Another computer with xP and WMP 10 found the drivers. The ZEN showed up as a drive in Explore but the files could not be manipulated. Another computer did something else. A string of e-mails with Creative did not avail any solution. Customer service at Creative was, howerever, very responsive. If I wrote a help request before bed, an answer was waiting in the morning. The last advice was going to get me to mess with my computer's registry. Enter my neighbor. He goes into the control panel and finds the Zen under Portable Devices. He right clicks and uninstalls it. He unplugs the Zen and replugs it. This time the computer says that it found new hardware and then it went to find and install a driver. Success! It again works with Explore. I reinstalled the Zen software and it the computer said to connect the player to finalize installation. Now I'm back to the last Friday. The software messed it up but it contains the video converter. It seemed necessary. So I went back into the control panel and uninstalled the player and unplugged it and replugged it and Explore worked even with the Zen software. I experimented with the Zen software again and it made the player disappear as a drive in Explore. I repeated the uninstall / install process again and nothing has broken for four days. This sucker could be a lot more flexible. It requires Windows xP or Vista with WMP 10 or 11.
The radio works pretty well. It is sensitive enough to get most stations in stereo. The display is 320 by 240. It's very pretty. The Zen software runs all the time and so if you right click a picture (or other media), you have a choice to send it to the Zen. It automatically reduces the picture to 640 x 480 with some additional compression. Why not 320 x 240? But if i use Canon's Zoom Browser to reduce the photo to 320 x 240 resolution, and then try to send it to the Zen from Zoom Browser, it can't find the Zen as a drive. I need to send the photo to a folder and then send it to the Zen from the folder. It should show up like a USB flash drive. The sound is good, but it could use more drive for less efficient headphones. It is probably typical. You can't browse the music in a "folder mode". That is, you can find music by playlists, artist, album, or genre but not by the way you organized the folders inside the player. The battery is not user replaceable like a Sansa E200 series player. If you are lucky, it will go dead inside the warrantee or last until you break the player anyway. The four way navigation button does not work well on my player. If I press around the center of the > button which should change the track or radio station, it activates the ^ button which changes the volume. I need to press the > button in the lower right corner to keep it from doing this. Don't want to charge it from a computer and think the Creative charger is to many $$ and should have come supplied with the Zen? You can find those 5 volt USB chargers all over the place. If you have a cell phone that charges through the mini USB port then you can use that. If you don't really need the 2.5" display and you don't mind the proprietary connector, the Sansa E200 with user replaceable battery and a metal back is probably a better, more friendly bet. Whatever you buy, even a $25 player, a good set of headphones will improve any player. -
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on by mjrei1Pros Excellent sound quality, clear and bright screen, great ergonomics and features.
Cons Don't believe the 25-30 hr battery rating.
Summary Creative is hitting on all cylinders with the latest version of Zen players! I have owned the Zen Vision m as well as countless other multi-media players in the past (I can count at least 10 others). None stack up to all the pros of this newest Zen player.
For the record, this review is going to be all over the map, as there are so many things I like about this player. Beware; gushing ahead.
There's so much to love for a power user that it's hard to know where to begin. First of all I hate proprietary anything. The Zen is anything but proprietary. It plays subscription music by just dragging and dropping. Without installing the included software the Zen shows up as another storage/drive device. Some players require you to use their included "clunky" software to load copy protected songs from subscription services, but not this Zen. Again, just drag and drop.
Even the connectors are not proprietary. My phone charger also charges my Zen. It uses a standard usb to mini usb cable. The mini cable that it comes with is so short its actually funny but usb cables are so common and inexpensive that this is not a negative to me.
The sound and image quality are superb! There are also other nice features like a sleep timer, equalizer, bass enhancement, and "smart volume" which plays all songs old and new at the same volume levels! This is the first player I've owned that did all of this. Go to sleep with music playing in your ears... wake up the next morning without a drained battery and without blood pouring from your ears! Again, great features!
The layout of the buttons and the layout within the user interface are also great. The buttons are all logically placed and the connections (usb, headphone jack, sd expansion slot) feel like they are located where they should be. The interface is relatively fast and always beautiful as well as logical. It isn't ipod fast when accessing music but its close. In every other way its ipod-superior in my book.
The video playback for a 2 inch screen is actually awesome. Yes it is small but nearly the entire face is used by the screen and my movie files look and sound fantastic. The only player I've even thought came close was the Archos 404 which had a larger screen but the battery life was atrocious and the player was considerably heavier.
The only cons to this unit are minimal. The screen does smudge easily and unfortunately, it also scratches easily. So a pda-type screen protector is a necessity. Also, the battery life doesn't appear to be up to the 25-30 hrs claimed in the specs. While I haven't really tested this it appears it will be more like 12-15 hrs. Still very respectable. A carrying case in a $100 plus player would also be nice. These are why this weighs in for me as a 9 out of 10. Small and insignificant things I'd like but ultimately not that important.
Considering the credit card size of this player and its very worthy multi-media player billing, I have yet to use a player that I like so much. My only regret was not going for the 8gb unit. I'm going to fork out the money and get the larger unit even though the memory on this 4gb Zen is expandable. I like having my music and books files on the flash drive to be handled by the players very powerful interface. The expansion slot is for movie files where a 4gb card can handle about 20-30 movies files.
Thanks Creative for a very thoughtful design and feature-rich small player! -
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on by GonnakilluPros Beautiful display, amazing sound, easy to use
Cons NONE at all
Summary ok well this thing is amazing, has not locked up on me once, i would assume the firmware update that it downloaded immediatly took care of this problem, The display is amazing looks like a mini-lcd TV ha, very easy to use and find songs, you can change the background to any picture you want. Wonderful player amazing screen and the GF got it for me for x-mas.
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on by trapmikePros feature rich
Cons no dedicated volume control
Summary Beautiful design. Easy to use. Video looks fantastic. Creative software will convert to proper format. Pictures display just as good. You can sync your outlook/outlook express contact list and all it's info. The Zen has all kinds of features including alarm clock/fm radio, etc, etc. To compensate for the lack of a dedicated volume control you can program the short cut button on the front of the unit to be the volume button. I find it very easy to navigate, very light in weight and a joy to use. I feel you get a lot for your money especially comparing it to the Ipod. I highly recommend this mp3-video player.


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- What can my baby do this month?
- Will my baby be able to crawl this month?
- Can my baby pick up small things, such as a piece of food?
- Can my baby show more emotions now?
- My baby gets upset when I take him to nursery. How can I help him adjust?
- What will my baby enjoy exploring?
- Is my baby developing normally?
What can my baby do this month?
A whole new world of exploration is beginning to open up for your baby. Many babies start learning to crawl at this age. There will be many bumps and falls as your baby becomes more mobile, but you can help make things safe by childproofing your home.Your baby may start to become shy of strangers or cry if you leave him with a babysitter. This is the beginnings of separation anxiety. In time he will learn that when you leave him you will come back again.
Will my baby be able to crawl this month?
Now that he's eight months old, your baby may well be crawling. Or, he may be getting about by bottom shuffling (Sheridan 2008), slithering around on his tummy (sometimes known as commando crawling) or rolling over (Sheridan 2008).Your baby may also try to pull himself up to a standing position while holding onto furniture (Sheridan 2008). If you stand your baby next to the sofa, he'll probably be able use it to support himself as he stands. Be right behind him for extra support in case he starts to wobble.
This newfound mobility means that your baby is now entering the land of bumps and falls. These are an inevitable part of childhood.
Your heart may occasionally skip a beat or two, but try to enjoy watching your baby explore his surroundings and develop his physical skills. It's understandable you want to protect your baby from tumbling onto his bottom after a standing-up attempt. But letting him try on his own allows him to grow and learn for himself.
Now your baby is on the move, make every effort to make your home safe. For example, you should secure (or remove) any fragile objects or rickety furniture so they won't topple on your baby.
Can my baby pick up small things, such as a piece of food?
Your baby is probably beginning to master the pincer grasp. This is the delicate manoeuvre that lets him pick up small objects with his thumb and first and second fingers (Sheridan 2008). He may use his pincer grasp to pick up a small piece of food, such as a rice cake, and feed himself. Just make sure there is nothing he can reach that is so small he could choke.He's also good at using his fingers to scoop up a piece of food and hold it with his fist closed. He's also learned to control when he wants to open his hand and fingers, so he can drop and throw objects, much to his delight (Sheridan 2008). Your baby will enjoy looking for dropped objects and use his index finger to point at them (Sheridan 2008).
Can my baby show more emotions now?
By now your baby's emotions are becoming more obvious as he is able to express himself better. He may perform tricks, such as clapping his hands when he's excited, or throwing a kiss to familiar people if he's happy to see them, and waving goodbye (Sheridan 2008).Your baby is learning to assess and imitate moods, and might show the first stirrings of empathy. For instance, if he sees another baby crying, he may watch her and start whimpering in response (Hoffman 2008).
My baby gets upset when I take him to nursery. How can I help him adjust?
It's perfectly normal for your baby to show the signs of separation anxiety at eight months (Sheridan 2008). Your baby may start to be shy or anxious when he gets to nursery or when he's around strangers, especially when he's tired or irritable. When you're out of sight and not with him, he may become upset and start crying.To help your baby get used to the idea that mummy and daddy may disappear, but will come back, you could try playing a little game with a familiar toy. Hide the favoured teddy or doll under a blanket for a short time and then produce it with a flourish. It will help him to understand that even though he can't see something, it still exists.
Although it's hard to see your baby distressed, it's important to let him experience this. Each time you leave your baby and return, you're proving to him that you always come back. You're also helping him develop trust and the ability to form attachments to other people.
When you leave your baby at nursery or playgroup, kiss and hug him and tell him you'll be back.
If he's frightened, or bursts into tears, take time to calm and reassure him. It may be hard for you not to cry when he starts crying. Try to hold back the tears as it will only prolong the agony for your baby. It may help to have someone else he's familiar with there to calm him, such as a close friend or grandparent.
If your baby gets anxious about night time separations, spend some time reading, snuggling, and softly singing to him before you put him to bed. You may even want to give him a massage so that he has the comfort of your touch. Read more about establishing good sleep habits for your baby.
Some babies are good at separations and some aren't. It depends on their temperament and how used they are to spending time away from their parents. If you or your partner provided all the care for your baby since birth, he may find separation harder than had he been in a nursery from three months old. It's normal for you and your baby to upset when you leave him.
If it takes time to calm your baby, don't feel bad about it, or worry that you're just drawing out the process. You know your baby better than anyone else, so follow your instincts.
What will my baby enjoy exploring?
Your baby will love to explore objects in a variety of ways, by shaking them, banging them, dropping them, and gumming them (Sheridan 2008). The idea that you do something to an object is beginning to emerge (Sheridan 2008). An activity centre with lots of things your baby can bang, poke, twist, squeeze, shake, drop, and open will fascinate him.Your baby will love to watch as he drops an object then see it get picked up (by you, of course) (Sheridan 2008). Your baby isn't trying to annoy you. He just finds the spectacle interesting and naturally wants to see it again and again!
Your baby now understands how objects relate to one another, too. For example, he realises that smaller things fit inside bigger ones. He'll easily find something you hide, and he'll point or look at the correct objects when you name it (Sheridan 2008).
Your baby's developing sight is also helping his exploration skills (Hamer and Mirabella 2008). He can recognise people and familiar objects from across the room. So if he spots something that takes his fancy, he may point and coo to show his delight, and crawl towards it if he can.
Is my baby developing normally?
Each baby is unique and meets physical milestones at his own pace. These are simply guidelines to what your baby has the potential to accomplish, if not right now, then soon.If your baby was born prematurely (before 37 weeks of pregnancy) you'll probably find that he needs more time before he can do the same things as other babies his age. That's why most babies born prematurely are given two ages by their doctors:
- Chronological age, which is calculated from your baby's date of birth.
- Corrected age, which is calculated from your baby's due date.
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Hall DMB and Elliman D. 2006. Health for all children. 4th ed (revised). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 248
Hamer RD and Mirabella G. 2008. What can my baby see? www.ski.org [pdf file, accessed May 2011]
Hoffman LM. 2008. Empathy and prosocial behaviour. In: Lewis M, Haviland-Jones JM, Feldman Barrett L. eds. Handbook of emotions. 3rd ed. New York: Guilford Press. 440-55
Sheridan M. 2008. From birth to five years: children's developmental progress. London: Routledge


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The Strand opened in 1914, located on Lincoln Avenue near Southport and Wellington Avenues in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. By the 40s, the theater had been renamed the City Theater, which operated into the 60s. Today, the building houses a carpeting store.
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This building still retains its original, operational stud lighting on the facade, which makes it somewhat unique.
A Kimball theater organ was installed in the Strand Theater in 1915.
This is from Boxoffice magazine in November 1946:
CHICAGO-G&E Theatre Corp. has acquired the Lincoln Theatre and the City Theatre, 3031 N. Lincoln. The latter will be managed by S. J. Angelos. The theatres were previously owned and operated by the CVN circuit.
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Microsoft on Monday apologized for the length of time it is taking to restore missing data to T-Mobile Sidekicks. The company said it expects to begin restoring data this week, but added that bringing back all data will take longer than that.
In a note on its Web site, Microsoft said that the reason for the delay is that the company wants to make sure that it doesn't risk messing up data as it restores information to users' phones.
"The Danger/Microsoft team is continuing to work around the clock on the data restoration proces," Microsoft said. &… Read more


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text: Newsroom For Immediate Release MEDIA RELEASE Canada Takes Step Toward April 7, 2008 (Ottawa) Nature Canada congratulated the federal and territorial governments on today's announcement that 1.8 million acres of wilderness in the Northwest Territories have been granted interim protection, an important step toward establishing a national park larger than Banff. John Baird, Minister of the Environment, made the announcement today at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa. The land to be temporarily set aside encompasses the headwaters of the Nahanni River, a World Heritage Site. Located within Canada's Boreal Forest, and home to wildlife such as woodland caribou, grizzly bears, and peregrine falcons, the area is sacred to the Sahtu Dene people, who call it Nááts'ihch'oh. "Today's announcement, along with the federal government's earlier commitment to expand Nahanni National Park, is a welcome sign that protection of our natural spaces is a priority," said Julie Gelfand, Nature Canada president. "It has given me hope that our endangered species may yet retain the habitat they need to survive, and that Canada may still be able to call itself a 'nature nation'." In addition to today's significant announcement, and the pledge to expand Nahanni National Park, progress has been made in other important areas of conservation, including Sayhoue/Edacho (Grizzly Bear Mountain/Scented Grass Hills in Great Bear Lake), which Parks Canada has agreed to fund as a National Historic Site, and Edéhzhíe (Horn Plateau), where the federal government has extended interim protection to October 31, 2008. Nature Canada is calling for further progress on other areas named in the Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy, including Shuhtagot'ine Nene ("The Land of the Mountain People") also in the Sahtu region of the NWT, Ts'ude'hliline Tuyetah (Ramparts) near Fort Good Hope and Thaydene Nene, on the east arm of Great Slave Lake. It has also called for a national park to be established in the Mealy Mountains of Labrador. Nature Canada supports the Boreal Conservation Framework. Supporters of the Framework, including conservation groups, First Nations, and leading Canadian companies are calling for at least 50% of the region to be preserved in a network of large interconnected protected areas. At 1.3 billion acres, Canada's Boreal Forest is one of the largest intact forest and wetland ecosystems remaining on earth. It is a major source of North America's fresh water and home to some of the planet's largest populations of birds, wolves, grizzly bears, and woodland caribou. "We commend the government on its commitment to our national park system," said Gelfand, "and we congratulate all the people who have worked so hard to see the entire Nahanni watershed permanently protected." -30- For more information please contact: Julie Gelfand Chris Sutton -30- |


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No, it's not the BDC or the BCF or the EAB. It's the GBC, a consortium of civic leaders dedicated to "strengthening Greater Baltimore's business climate." President and CEO Don Fry sets the record straight—and finally explains who reads all those annual reports they put out.
Where did you go to school?
Bel Air High School, Frostburg State University, and University of Baltimore School of Law.
What book or film most changed your life?
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy, a book about political leaders choosing principle over political expediency and popularity. It should be must reading for any elected official.
What is the best advice you ever got?
No matter how thin you slice something, there are always two sides to it.
What is the biggest mistake you've ever made?
Doing the Baltimore Grill interview.
When were you most tempted to leave Baltimore?
When the Ravens let Trent Dilfer leave after bringing a world championship to Baltimore . . . and replaced him with Elvis Grbac as quarterback.
What is the bravest thing you've ever done?
Running for public office.
What is your guilty pleasure?
A tall gin and tonic and a good cigar after a long day.
Is it hard to convince the average Baltimorean of the relevance, or even the role, of the GBC?
Not at all. All you have to do is point out that not a single significant change has occurred in Baltimore that the GBC wasn't a part of—check the skyline—the Inner Harbor, the Convention Center, Camden Yards, M&T Bank Stadium, the Hippodrome.
In public appearances you've been known to come across as a little . . . dry. Is that the real you?
I think a little dry is better than coming across "all wet." This job requires you to be substantive. In my job, that's what people expect of me.
Be honest: Does anyone actually read those reports you guys put out?
I'm sure more people read these reports than this interview! Apparently governors, mayors, legislative leaders, and news reporters read the GBC reports. Trust me, I get the calls.
If you weren't the president/CEO of the GBC, you'd be. . .
Caddying for Tiger Woods.


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Alicia Bridges is an American singer who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" in 1978. Early years Alicia Bridges was born in Lawndale, North Carolina, a small town in Cleveland County. She sang from a very young age and learned to play guitar at the age of 10. At the age of 12 she had her own radio program, The Alicia Bridges Show, broadcast every Saturday on station WADA in Shelby, North Carolina. Occasionally she would sing on the show but has said what...Read more »
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- Release Date: Jun 30, 2005
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