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Piers Morgan Hosts Frank Rich to Bash Conservatives
CNN's Piers Morgan hosted New York Magazine columnist Frank Rich for a conservative-bashing session on Thursday. Morgan took the opportunity to ask his liberal guest if the Tea Party can even govern.
"But can they actually govern? Or does the rather intransigent streak that they bring to all that policy-making, is that always going to be the problem?" Morgan asked. Rich responded that the Tea Party's refusal to compromise on the debt ceiling was "temper tantrum-throwing and pure, you know, far right ideology."
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On the day before the August jobs report showed no new jobs created, Rich praised Obama's stimulus bill. "I think the stimulus actually did do a lot of good for this country," he remarked.
After the White House received widespread criticism for scheduling the President's address to Congress on the same night as the Republican presidential debate, Rich noted Obama's desire to appear "above the fray."
"I think he regards being gentlemanly, trying to be above the fray, trying to be the adult in the room as a positive virtue in American politics," Rich remarked of Obama. "But, you know, he is entering a very tough reelection campaign. He's got to step up to the plate."
Morgan also tried to start a sympathy session for Obama. "How much of the criticism do you think, Frank, of President Obama is based on the ridiculously high expectation levels he came in with?" he asked Rich. "Could any President, coming in when Obama did, have done much different to have affected things in a more positive way, do you think? "
Rich also agreed with Morgan's claim that GOP candidate Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality "are bordering on bigotry." He added that Santorum is "demagoguing" gays and lesbians.
When giving the positive and negative consequences of 9/11, Rich replied that "no new taxes" was a negative.
"And one of the points I make in my piece for the 9/11 anniversary issue of 'New York Magazine' is of all the things that Bush did after 9/11 that defrayed that goodwill, the worst may have been not calling for any sacrifice, any shared sacrifice," said Rich. "He told people to go to Disneyworld, go shopping. There were no new taxes."
A transcript of the segment, which aired on September 1 at 9:04 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
PIERS MORGAN: I think the time has come for President Obama. You know, we're 15 months away from election now where people just want him to start doing a bit of chest-beating here and standing up for himself and for the Presidency, I think, and beginning to call the shots. I think they want proper leadership.
And a lot of Americans say to me you know the problem is we bought into this whole thing of hope and audacity and change, and instead we're seeing somebody who quite regularly appears to be – and it's all perception – appears to be being treated pretty roughly by the Tea Party, by Republicans, by Speaker Boehner, and he doesn't seem to be the one calling the shots.
FRANK RICH, New York Magazine columnist: I think he regards -- and there's something human about this and likable about it, I think he regards being gentlemanly, trying to be above the fray, trying to be the adult in the room as a positive virtue in American politics. But, you know, he is entering a very tough reelection campaign. He's got to step up to the plate. One thing I hope he does is actually watch that Republican debate the night before and respond to it. And that's now set up for – it's teed off for him to do that.
MORGAN: It seems that the Tea Party have definitely been gathering momentum and a lot more support as they have gone. And you're right. Rick Perry is very much a Tea Party supporter in many ways. The problem comes, as we saw over the whole debt ceiling crisis, is that people are concerned, do they have what it takes to actually govern? It's all very well opposing and making lots of noise and being very critical and standing up for the people. But can they actually govern? Or does the rather intransigent streak that they bring to all that policy-making, is that always going to be the problem?
RICH: It's always going to be the problem. And I think, again going back to that Republican establishment, the interest that actually financed and bankrolled the Republican Party, I don't think they like the idea that the country might have defaulted and that Michele Bachmann really didn't understand what the debt ceiling was or what the issues were and was willing to put the credit of America at stake for ideology.
So, no, that's not governance at all. That's temper tantrum-throwing and pure, you know, far right ideology.
MORGAN: How much of the criticism do you think, Frank, of President Obama is based on the ridiculously high expectation levels he came in with? Given the state of the economy when he arrived and given the fact it really hasn't improved at all -- if anything, probably got slightly worse. Could any President, coming in when Obama did, have done much different to have affected things in a more positive way, do you think? Has he been disappointing or simply was it that expectation levels were way too high?
RICH: Well, I think the answer is both. He was his own toughest act to follow. He is a very tough act to follow with himself, and he hasn't lived up to it.
But more substantially, I think he has made mistakes. The talk about pivoting to jobs, discussing unemployment, to discussing foreclosures, people losing their jobs and their homes has rarely been center stage. And they've threatened to pivot to it over and over again. And they're going to pivot to it again next week.
But I think that was a big mistake. I think the stimulus actually did do a lot of good for this country. And I do think they stabilized the banking system. But then we had a very protracted health care battle. And the job message and job action has never really been as much front and center as it should be. And now it's too late. All he can do is have a rhetorical victory because, of course, he is not going get anything through this Congress.
MORGAN: I mean, it's fascinating to me to see how various candidates now begin to handle what would have been not that contentious an issue before, but it becomes so. For instance, the issue of same-sex marriage. I've now had two quite lively encounters, one with Christine O'Donnell and one with Rick Santorum, where one walked off and the other one got quite heated.
RICH: I saw the Santorum, yeah.
MORGAN: Yeah, but what did you make of it? Because it seemed to be they're getting a little touchy about all this. As you get more and more American states signing up to same-sex marriage, it may be they're getting a little concerned that the form of very acceptable rhetoric of a Republican candidate no longer perhaps will resonate in the way it used to.
RICH: Well, I think in your Rick Santorum interview, you saw exactly that. You said, correctly, that what he was saying was quite possibly bigoted. He wanted to disown it. Oh, no, he's just – you know, I don't know, everyone should do what they want but not – he was talking. It was like gobbledygook rhetoric.
And here's why it doesn't play anymore. This country has turned the page very fast on this issue – shockingly fast to me as someone who has covered it for years. Santorum has no traction as a candidate. Demagoguing gay people and same-sex marriage or any sexual issue like that may arouse the hardest right of the base of the Republican Party, but it's going to drive away independent voters, drive away mainstream American voters. Everyone has gay people in their lives. The clock has run out on this.
So they're really I think playing with a loaded gun pointed at themselves. I don't think it's going to help them politically at all. I think when someone like Rick Santorum is squirming and realizes that, I think they all realize have a problem.
MORGAN: Frank, the War on Terror is now 10 years in. What's your assessment of where the spoils of victory and defeat have worked themselves out?
RICH: Well, a few good things can be said. The end of Osama bin Laden, for instance. And to some extent – although we don't know what to what extent after all these years, and in my view one unnecessary war in Iraq – a scattering of al Qaeda. But basically, in almost every conceivable way, America is worse off.
And the tragedy is that at the time Bush gave that speech, the country was really united. America was really united behind him. People were devastated by this attack on American soil, and they rallied around the President, a very new, green President who had won in a very contentious election. And then it was all squandered.
And one of the points I make in my piece for the 9/11 anniversary issue of "New York Magazine" is of all the things that Bush did after 9/11 that defrayed that goodwill, the worst may have been not calling for any sacrifice, any shared sacrifice. He told people to go to Disneyworld, go shopping. There were no new taxes.
And I feel this anti-government cancer that is loose in America today comes from that moment. He said basically, you can fight two wars and not pay for them. And if you don't pay taxes for two wars, then why pay taxes for anything in the common good? And that's the kind of ideology that's now at loose and is paralyzing this country.
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Those that deny the truth are
Submitted by DWoSD on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:11pm.
Those that deny the truth are destined to be defeated. WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE WITH COMMUNIST.
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pounding his chest
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:14pm.
for what reason? The ever growing unemployment, economy dying, people loosing their homes, healthcare ruined, debt in the trillions, not knowing how many states make up America??? He would do better pounding the door of a new place to live.
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Piers Morgan wonders? Can Piers Morgan think?
Submitted by tincan53 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:17pm.
I find it humorous that Piers Morgan and Frank Rich think the Tea Party can't govern. What makes them think they can't? Rich says the stimulus was good for the country. Sure it was. It lined his pockets with free taxpayer $. What a couple of lying, misinformed want-to-be important people.
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These guys all sound the
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:22pm.
These guys all sound the same..........................BOOOOORRRRRIIIIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGG!!!! Not an original word, thought, or idea - none of them. And every once in a blue moon, one of them will actually say something that is factual or true ........and then it's off to the woodshed to get their heads right.
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A hacker and a theater critic walk on to television set....
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:33pm.
...having these two comment on conservatism sounds like some z-grade comedian's attempt to deliver an awfully written current subject matter joke in a dive bar with three passed-out customers and the bartender present.
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The Tea Party is the just the
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:41pm.
The Tea Party is the just the grassroots movement for "We the people".. eventually we the people will rule ourselves in a self government style.
At this point the libs don't know how big the self government will grow. When they do truly become aware of it, they will be really scared. At this point they are nervous and it shows clearly in their commentary, but I expect them to truly bounce off walls before its all done.
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They will all ...
Submitted by Bodini on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:58pm.
starve because the Marxist Democrats can't survive without that great big old Federal Government SUGAR-TEAT!
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Piers Morgan = Tavis Smiley
Submitted by Galvanic on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:41pm.
And I can't sit through either's show.
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it is offensive to me hear a
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:43pm.
it is offensive to me hear a New Yorker and a Brit tell me how to live.
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Not really
Submitted by buttercup815 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 5:49pm.
I don't think they were telling you how to live, but rather expressing an opinion..though I have found on this site that can be a bit of a problem mate.
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Opinions are perfectly acceptable, buttercup,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 7:02pm.
but any "opinion" that bespeaks nothing more than liberal "talking points", especially when aired out on a conservative site, is bound to be 'a bit of a problem'.
A blinding glimpse of the obvious, indeed.
You, however, seem to be implying additionally, that expressing an opinion here at NewsBusters that is not a step by step hookup with conservative views, is often treated as a violation of your right to enjoy freedom of speech.
Not so, flower child.
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are you an Aussie liberal?
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 8:23pm.
are you an Aussie liberal?
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Buttercup, You aren't angry
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 2:11am.
You aren't angry that you can't express an opionion NB, you are angry that your liberal jibberish is torn to shreds and exposed for the leftist party line garbage that is is. You are just another hack who hates honest debate.
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Frank Rich is a pretty porky fellow with Compulsive Ultra
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 2:49pm.
Socialist Tendencies. I Somehow doubt that he would demand that Obama take the food off his plate be redistributed to the less fortunate. Why? Because he is a hypocrite.
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Morgan's an idiot!!!
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 4:17pm.
How can he possibly be upset that president downgrade can't live up
to the expectations the the media created. They created the hype. The intelligent among us saw through it.
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CNN executives are IDIOTS
Submitted by Redrowan2000 on Sat, 09/03/2011 - 6:58pm.
Lets look at Piersy boy and I use that word loosely
"In 2000, he was the subject of an investigation after Suzy Jagger wrote a story in The Daily Telegraph revealing that he had bought £20,000 worth of shares in the computer company Viglen soon before the Mirror 's 'City Slickers' column tipped Viglen as a good buy.[14] Morgan was found by the Press Complaints Commission to have breached the Code of Conduct on financial journalism, but kept his job. The 'City Slickers' columnists, Anil Bhoyrul and James Hipwell, were both found to have committed further breaches of the Code, and were sacked before the inquiry. In 2004, further enquiry by the Department of Trade and Industry cleared Morgan from any charges.[15] On 7 December 2005 Bhoyrul and Hipwell were convicted of conspiracy to breach the Financial Services Act. During the trial it emerged that Morgan had bought £67,000 worth of Viglen shares, emptying his bank account and investing under his wife's name too.[16]"
"Morgan was fired from the Mirror on 14 May 2004 after authorising the newspaper's publication of photographs allegedly showing Iraqi prisoners being abused by British Army soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.[17] Within days the photographs were shown to be crude fakes. Under the headline "SORRY.. WE WERE HOAXED", the Mirror responded that it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax" and apologised for the publication of the photographs."[18]
"In 2007, Morgan was filmed falling off a Segway, breaking three ribs. Simon Cowell and others made much of Morgan's previous comment in 2003, in the Daily Mail, after U.S. President George W. Bush fell off a Segway, that" "You'd have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn't you, Mr. President?"[25][26][27]
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Now he's in the middle of this hacking scandal, but oh wait, he seems like a real stand up guy that would never be involved with something like this. Thanks CNN for putting some one on the air that wouldn't know what the word ethics is, if you read the definition to him from a dictionary. He may be even sleazier than KO. Certainly top runner in the smarmy category between CNN and MSNBC.
Don't let the bastards grind you down."
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Compromise? What is that?
Submitted by LaVallette on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 2:11am.
They are as willing to compromise and negotiate as the Demoncrats are on their sacrosanct policy of abortion, other pro choice and the gay agenda.
Avoid the people having a say at all costs: rely on legislature majorites and the courts.
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Did they bash conservatives
Submitted by Rbastid on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 2:12am.
Did they bash conservatives like Jeremy Clarkson bashed Piers' face for being a scumbag newpaper chief who sent people to spy on his house and look in his windows?
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I HATE that fat doofus Rich Beyatch!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sun, 09/04/2011 - 12:27pm.
Back when I read the NY Slimes-hey, I needed a job-Id peruse his column when I glanced at the entertainment section, and all he'd do is whine and kvetch about Pres Bush, the war, Republicans, etc, in an ENTERTAINMENT section-WTF?
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"As Mr. Obama prepares to lay the groundwork for the second phase of government assistance," The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported last week, "his tough stance on pay may help build support from a Congress weary of bailouts." [1]
"Tough stance on pay" referred here to President Obama's order limiting executive compensation to $500,000 at companies receiving "extraordinary [taxpayer] assistance" from the federal government. It also encompassed Obama's description of certain corporate executive bonus payments as "shameful" in light of the economic difficulties faced by millions of Americans,
By "government assistance," the WSJ did not mean public help for the rising number of Americans pushed into destitution by the current epic recession. They referred instead to the Obama administration's plan to deepen the federal government's massive bailout of the leading financial institutions that have done so much to push the
According to The New York Times, Obama's corporate-Democratic Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner' bailout plan reflected a triumph for unfettered capitalist prerogatives inside the new White House. Times reporters Stephen Labaton and Edmund Andrews note that Geithner "prevailed in opposing tougher conditions on financial institutions that were sought by presidential aides, including [top political and media expert] David Axelrod." Geithner fought successfully "against more severe limits on executive pay for companies receiving government aid." He overcame "those who wanted to dictate how banks would spend their money. And he prevailed over top administration aides who wanted to replace bank executive and wipe out shareholders at institutions receiving aid." According to administration and congressional officials, Geithner told Obama that "that plan would not work" if it was burdened with "too much government involvement in the affairs of the companies" – companies whose behavior deeply interferes with ordinary Americans' capacity to keep their heads above water. The new Treasury chief, whose nomination was heartily applauded by Wall Street, "also expressed concern that too many government controls would discourage private investors from participating." This grave concern over the negative impact of government – the people in a functioning democracy – won out over more image-sensitive Obama aides who worry that "rising joblessness, populist outrage over Wall Street bonuses and expensive perks, and the poor management of last year's bailouts could feed a potent political reaction" if the new White House failed to "demand sacrifices from the companies that receive federal money."
"For all its boldness," Labaton and Andrews, note, the Obama bailout "largely repeat[s] the Bush administration's approach of deferring to many of the same companies and executives who had peddled risky loans and investments at the heart of the crisis and failed to foresee many of the problems plaguing the markets." [2]
Consistent with David Axelrod's public relations concerns and with Obama's bluster on executive pay and bonuses, however, the Times reported that Geithner would "blame corporate executives for much of the economic crisis" [3] – this even as he announced a plan that failed to punish those executives to any significant degree. Geithner naturally gave no blame to the economic policies implemented under his mentor and former Goldman Sachs CEO Robert Rubin when Rubin (a top Obama advisor during the presidential campaign) served as Bill Clinton's Treasury Secretary and Lawrence Summers (Obama's current top economic advisor) was the number two official in Treasury. The (excess) capital-fueled asset inflation that recently burst with such disastrous consequences at home and abroad was richly encouraged by the deregulatory activities of the militantly corporate-neoliberal Democratic Clinton-Rubin administration [4] – a critical detail the new president leaves out when he (routinely) blames the current crisis on "the failed economic policies of the last eight years."
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman recently put the curious juxtaposition of (a) Obama's "tough" talk on executive pay alongside (b) his Wall Street-welfarist bailout plan in instructive context with the following rhetorical vignette: "Question: what happens if you lose vast amounts of other people's money? Answer: you get a big gift from the federal government – but the president says some very harsh things about you before forking over the cash." [5]
As Obama's image-handler Axelrod certainly knows, the "second phase of government assistance" (to leading investment and banking houses and insurance corporations) would certainly be rejected by most Americans in a straight-up policy referendum. Consistent with what Noam Chomsky calls "the normal [authoritarian] workings of state capitalism" [6], it will be implemented nonetheless. The nation's top banking institutions (who have tens of millions of dollars to Obama's presidential campaign) are "too big" and (more to the point) too powerful "to fail."
Obama's game here is not much different from that of Teddy Roosevelt at the turn of the century or of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) during his brief dust up with U.S. Steel in 1962. [7] Falsely claiming (like JFK) to stand above "ideology," the new president finds it useful to cloak his deep allegiance and captivity to the barons of capital by pounding his chest with some vaguely people-leasing rhetoric. It's all consistent with the formerly left Christopher Hitchens' onetime description of "the essence of American politics" as the "manipulation of populism by elitism." [8]
Government Assistance for the Poor Lags as Joblessness Rises
So what about the rising number of poor and even destitute Americans who are too small and powerless to matter? What level of government assistance is the self-described "world's greatest democracy" providing to the increasingly desperate mass at the widening bottom of its socioeconomic pyramid, the steepest in the "advanced" capitalist world? Surely that form of public assistance is rising in accord with the terrible expansion of human desolation and misery?
A recent New York Times report is less than encouraging. According to veteran Times reporter, author, and welfare policy expert Jason Deparle:
"Despite soaring unemployment and the worst economic crisis in decades, 18 states cut their welfare rolls last year, and nationally the number of people receiving cash assistance remained at or near the lowest in more than 40 years."
"Of the 12 states where joblessness grew most rapidly, eight reduced or kept constant the number of people receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Children (TANF) the main cash welfare programs for families with families with children." [9]
The public family assistance safety net is not stretching adequately to meet the needs of the growing number of poor and deeply poor Americans. The reason is the vicious welfare "reform" (elimination), which ended poor families' 60-year entitlement to cash aid, exchanging it for work requirements and time limits and giving states the power to discourage people from entering the welfare rolls. The "reform" program was passed by a Republican congress and signed by the regressive corporate Democrat Bill Clinton (whose presidency Obama has described as "recognizably progressive") over considerable protest in 1996. "While it was widely praised in the boom years that followed," DeParle notes, "skeptics warned it would fail the needy when times turned tough." [10]
The warning is being born out in spades as one of the bipartisan welfare "reform's" key structural aspects – "fixed federal financing" regardless of caseload size – discourages states from assisting the rising number of poor families. Obama, it should be noted, has repeatedly praised the great welfare "reform," arguing that "we should acknowledge that conservatives and Bill Clinton were right about welfare" [11] and voted for "welfare-to-work" measures during his time in the Illinois Legislative Assembly.
"No One is Even Taking About the Poor"
During the presidential campaign, moreover, Obama joined John McCain in pushing poverty and inequality to the margins of political discourse. Days before the election, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert noted the shocking absence of the rising number of truly disadvantaged Americans from the electoral extravaganza. "The focus in the presidential campaign," Herbert noted, "has been almost entirely on the struggles faced by the middle class – on families worried about their jobs, their mortgages, their retirement accounts and how to pay for college for their kids….no one is even talking about the poor"…
"…But if we are indeed caught up in the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression," Herbert added, "the ones who will fare the worst are those who are already poor or near poor. They are millions of them, and yet they remain essentially invisible. A step down for them is a step into destitution." [12]
In a perceptive Election Day column, Herbert situated rising
Consistent with Herbert's populist concerns, diminished in Herbert's post-Inauguration commentary [14], Obama has put Vice President Joe Biden in charge of a "Middle Class Task Force" charged to recommend proposals to ensure that "the middle class is no longer being left behind." [15] The notion of setting up a Poverty Task Force or a related Inequality Commission is unimaginable under the reign of the supposedly "non-ideological" world view that prevails in the Obama-Summers-Geithner administration.
The left commentator Nicholas Kozloff argues that Obama's inauguration was "a missed opportunity" to have "used his bully pulpit" to mobilize the "grassroots" in opposition to poverty and inequality. Obama president could have used his remarkable popularity and resources to "revolutionize progressive politics" by kicking off "a poverty tour" that would have involved "high profile rallies in public parks or stadiums" and "mass marches through poor neighborhoods where people faced housing foreclosures." Instead the new president gave a "cliché-ridden, mundane and thoroughly unmemorable speech" and then got down to the business of bailing out his Wall Street sponsors and crafting a weak and conservative stimulus package. [16]
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There's not much help coming to the poor or "the middle class" – a group that seems (in the new administration's world view) to cover everyone making less than $250,000 a year -from the "giant" (corporate media deceptively claims) stimulus package. The U.S. Senate stimulus plan that the militantly centrist and corporate-friendly Obama hailed as an example of "Democrats and Republicans [coming] together [to] respond appropriately to the urgency this moment demands" was a monument to business friendly equivocation. As Krugman notes in a column titled "the
"Even if the original Obama plan — around $800 billion in stimulus, with a substantial fraction of that total given over to ineffective tax cuts — had been enacted," Krugman notes, "it wouldn't have been enough to fill the looming hole in the U.S. economy, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will amount to $2.9 trillion over the next three years."
Yet even with those severe limits, corporate Republicans and Democrats in the Senate felt compelled to slash $40 billion in desperately needed assistance to cash-strapped state governments, which would have provided a quick boost to the economy while preserving essential services. Also cut were $40 billion more including badly needed funds for school funding, assistance (health care aid especially) to the unemployed, and Food Stamps. Still, the Senate bill included a lucrative tax credit for affluent homebuyers, reflecting what Krugman calls "the centrists' insistence on comforting the comfortable while afflicting the afflicted will" – an insistence that will "lead to substantially lower employment and substantially more suffering."[17]
More reason for faux-populist Obama administration chest-pounding on executive pay and perks.
Blacklisting Progressives
The stimulus and bailout plans might look a little better if Krugman, Dean Baker, and other reasonably progressive economists were in the Obama administration instead of commenting on it from afar. As the veteran left-liberal Washington- and Obama-watcher David Sirota notes, however, Obama and his centrist handlers have "blacklisted progressives" from key policy roles in his administration. "Amid a stable of eminently qualified and well-respected progressives like James Galbraith, Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, Robert Reich, Paul Krugman and Larry Mishel," Sirota observes on Open Left, "Obama has chosen [corporate neoliberal] Rubin sycophants like Larry Summers and Tim Geithner to run the economy – the same Larry Summers who pushed the repeal of the Glass-Steagal Act [a New Deal measure that mandated the separation of investment and commercial banking], the same Geithner who masterminded the kleptocratic bank bailout, the same duo whose claim to fame is their personal connections to Rubin, a disgraced Citigroup executive at the center of the current meltdown. And the list of Rubin sycophants keeps getting longer, from Peter Orszag to Jason Furman."
Sirota notes that venture capitalist Leo Hindery – a top economic advisor to presidential candidates John Edwards and (later) Obama – was banned from serious consideration for a top economic post in the new administration because he is "one of the few business leaders to use his wealth to challenge deregulation, corporate trade deals, and anti-worker policies." Hindery "dared to clash with the same Wall Street Democrats whose corporate-backed policies destroyed the economy." He committed the unpardonable sin of standing "in opposition to Obama's top [corporate-neoliberal] economic advisors, many of whom were associated with The Hamilton Project, an economic think-tank that was the inheritor of former Treasury Secretary [and former Goldman Sachs CEO Robert] Rubin's generally pro-trade positions." [18]
It isn't just "hard left" anti-capitalists like me who are considered too radical for the new team's concept of "Change We Can Believe In." Even capitalists who prefer a slightly more equitable and high-road model of development are considered too far left [19] for the country. Never mind that majority of
Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose? No! Aux barricades [21], fellow citizens and workers. Let Axelrod's fears be realized.
1. Jonathan Weisman and Joan S. Lublin, "Obama Lays Out Limits on Executive Pay," Wall Street Journal, February 5, 2009, A1.
2. Stephen Labaton and Edmund L. Andrews, "Geithner Said to Have Prevailed on the Bailout," New York Times, February 10, 2000, A1, A16
3. Labaton and Andrews, "Geithner Said to Have Prevailed."
4. Robert Pollin 2003. Contours of Decent:
5. Paul Krugman, "Bailouts for Bunglers," New York Times, February 2, 2009.
6. Noam Chomsky, "Elections 2008 and Obama's 'Vision,'" Z Magazine (February 2009), p. 23.
7.Richard Hofstader, The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It (New York: Alfred Knopf, 1948), pp. 286-297; Bruce Miroff, Pragmatic Illusions: the Presidential Politics of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (New York: Longman, 1976), pp. 176-198.
8. Christopher Hitchens , No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family (
9. Jason DeParle, "American Welfare System Failing to Grow As Economy Lags,"
10. DeParle, "American Welfare System." Obama's description of the
11. Obama, Audacity of Hope, p. 256.
12. Bob Herbert, "Crisis on Many Fronts," New York Times, October 25, 2008.
13. Bob Herbert, "Beyond Election Day," New York Times, November 4, 2008.
14. See Bob Herbert, "The Chess Master," New York Times February 9, 2009, where the columnist's previous progressive-populist anti-poberty concerns seem buried as he praises the new president for deftly playing the great bipartisan political game in Washington.
15 Jonathan Weisman, "Biden is Asked to Help Middle Class," Wall Street Journal, December 22, 2008, read at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122987787442224517.html
16. Nicholas Kozloff, "The Stimulus Imbroglio: What Obama Might Have Learned From Chavez and Populist-Style Mobilization," ZNet (February 11, 2009).
17. Paul Krugman, "The Destructive Center," New York Times, February 9, 2009.
18. David Sirota, "Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle Headlines," Open Left (February 4, 2009), read at
19. Consistent with the wider and powerful judgment of corporate media and big money-campaign financiers. See Paul Street, "A Very Narrow Spectrum: Even John Edwards is Too Far Left for the U.S. Plutocracy," ZNet Sustainer Commentary (August 29, 2007), read at http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2007-08/29street.cfm; Paul Street, "A Message From the Corporate Plutocracy" (February 5, 2008), posted at http://liblit.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/a-message-from-the-american-corporate-plutocracy-by-paul-street/
20. Kate Adams and Charles Derber, The New Feminized Majority (Boulder, CO: Paradigm, 2008), pp. 67-75; Noam Chomsky, Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (New York: Metropolitan, 2006), pp. 205-250; Chicago Council on Foreign Relations , Global Views (Chicago, 2004); Paul Street, "Americans' Progressive Opinions v. "the Shadow Cast on Society by Big Business," ZNet Sustainer Commentary (May 15, 2008), read at http://www.zcomm.org/zspace/commentaries/3491
21. "The more things change, the more they stay the same?…To the barricades…."


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Because you look so fine
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a meteor of about 10cm in diameter would damage a car, but thats it.
to leave a big crater they would have to be a lot bigger. to leave a decent crater they would have to be like a meter in diameter.
the meteor crater in arizona was made by a meteor of 50 meters in diameter to give you an example.
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My money is on boiler explosion, with fire resulting from collateral gas line ruptures.
EDIT: The ideal stoichiometric ratio for a devastating natural gas explosion falls within a very narrow band. A boiler explosion on the other hand is a different monster, which requires only the failure of the pressure relief valve on the exploding boiler. Once the boiler tank ruptures, the water will flash boil with predictable consistency and devastation. (and if it's a gas heated boiler, it's immediately coupled with a gas line rupture, causing the initial explosion to be a fiery one).
Given the size of the houses in that neighborhood, I would imagine they have relatively large water heaters, which could make for quite an explosion.
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Oh damn there's been two fatalities and they think one of them was a second grade teacher: http://www.indystar.com/article/2012...napolis%20News.
The blast completely leveled their house and any identifying material.
That fabric softener teddy bear...oooh I'm 'a hunt that little bitch down.
Apparently, the police are opening a homicide investigation into the explosion. There's reason to believe it wasn't accidental.
Well 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me
Because you look so fine
And I really wanna make you mine
You guys in this thread need to get a grip with all the crazy theories, everyone and their gran could tell that man-bear-pig is behind this.
I almost want to say that the jokes in this thread are in bad taste. Then again I've had my share of amusement at the deaths of strangers, so I don't want to look like a hypocrite.
They were terrorist working on a mini bomb, they Broke one cable and it blew up. That's probably what happened.


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Because lightning was detected during the match and play couldn't be resumed within three hours from the 1 p.m. CT start of the contest, the matchup is ruled a "no contest" in accordance with NCAA rules. Since at least 70 minutes of the match were unable to be completed, the statistics from the match will not count and the result will not be reflected in either team's win-loss record.GoMarquette.com's explanation as to why the Florida State vs Marquette women's soccer match was ruled a no contest.
Miami is the third team from the ACC Coastal division to be in trouble with the NCAA in a little over a year.If you'd asked me to tell you whether Georgia Tech, Miami, and North Carolina were in the same division, I'd have had no idea. I'm not sure whether it's impressive or disturbing that someone knows this, though, in the author's defense, he is a fan of an ACC team. Go 'Dawgs!
I'd prefer having an easier conference schedule and an easier road to an undefeated season than to play in the SEC where going undefeated in your own conference is much harder. Once Oklahoma is off our schedule, compare our road to a championship to any SEC school.A refreshing bit of honesty from ACC country. Go 'Dawgs!
[Georgia Tech's] longest win streak against the [D]ogs was 10 games stretching from 1958-1961. As a member of the SEC from 1932-1964, Tech dominated the [D]ogs with a 57-31 overall record. Since joining the ACC, Tech has actually posted a 15-20 record against the [D]ogs. The ACC era included a particularly brutal stretch where the [D]ogs defeated Tech 7 times in a row (Dominique Wilkins' college tenure was right in the middle of this run). Paul Hewitt has yet to amass a winning streak against Georgi[a]. The last time Tech posted a winning streak against the [D]ogs was 1992-1994.As usual, I had to correct their spelling and capitalization, but these are some interesting statistics on the hoops rivalry between Georgia and Georgia Tech. Go 'Dawgs!
There are two big questions (assuming the SEC follows suit after the conference expansion begins) for this board: A) Will Clemson get an invite to join the SEC? B) Will Clemson accept an invitation should it be given? I for one want to see Clemson in the SEC, and would openly applaud membership to this group. Had the ACC and Swoffy not sacked up a few weeks ago in contract negotiations, this one would be a slam dunk. As it sits now, we must get Jimmy Barker and crew on board with this concept. My current opinion of Barker aside, IF he allows Clemson to miss the opportunity to play Georgia on a yearly basis he will have officially lost ALL of my support. . . .Assuming the SEC adds Texas A&M to the west, will Clemson be brought in from the east? I certainly hope so in my heart, but North Carolina or Virginia Tech would add more markets, and there's no reason to think this would be the one aspect of this whole process in which tradition trumped lucre. Go 'Dawgs!
A&M has been in contact with the SEC for months, despite the longstanding assumption that the Texas schools would hang together behind the wildly profitable Longhorn juggernaut. But former Aggie player/coach Gene Stallings, now an A&M regent, has taken control of the push for the SEC, where he won a national championship as Alabama's head coach in 1992. Stepping out of the back channels of Texas politics, Stallings didn't hesitate to distance A&M from the Longhorns on Alabama radio: "I think A&M is now big enough to stand on its own. We don't need to piggyback on Texas." Truly spoken like a man with only a few months left in his term. If A&M opts out of the Pac-10 exodus, their crucial position as the 16th team could fall to Kansas or Utah; given the political ramifications and the cold shoulder in scheduling by everyone A&M has ever considered any kind of rival, the odds remain on the Aggies' following the original route to the West Coast – especially if the SEC invite is tied to their ability to deliver Texas, as well, which appears to be a complete nonstarter.Dr. Saturday makes his case for why the Aggies will go with the flow and follow the Longhorns into the Pac-10. Matt Hinton may well be right, but, the longer this goes on, the better I like the SEC's chances. Even if you take seriously Texas's alleged threat never to schedule the Aggies again in any sport unless they remain conference mates (which I'm not at all sure I do), and even if you assume Lone Star State politicos with a long history of involving themselves in athletics decisions wouldn't compel Texas and Texas A&M to continue their rivalry on the field (which I'm quite sure I don't), the Aggies have longstanding rivals in the SEC (Arkansas and LSU) . . . and it isn't as though programs haven't sacrificed rivalries on the altar of conference expansion before. Pitt's entry into the Big East and Penn State's entry into the Big Ten all but killed that once-yearly rivalry. The expansion of the ACC and the SEC in 1992 made Georgia's battles with Clemson much more infrequent affairs. Earlier today, Nebraska essentially tossed the last handful of dirt onto the grave in which the Cornhuskers' rivalry with Oklahoma is interred. I'm not at all sure I believe the Aggies' entry into the SEC would sound the death knell of their rivalry with the Longhorns, but, quite frankly, more storied rivalries than that one have ended when leagues grew. It might be sad, but, to Texas, this is (to quote a line from the end of "The Godfather") just business. The 'Horns clearly want to call the shots, not just for themselves, but for everyone even remotely in their orbit. Let 'em do it. Maybe it's high time Texas A&M left Texas like Michael Corleone at the end of "The Godfather, Part II," on top of the world and increasingly cut off from everyone who got him there. Gene Stallings sold his alma mater short. The Aggies can't just stand, they can walk. I'm increasingly convinced that their movement will be east, not west. Cue the Jessica Simpson remake of the Nancy Sinatra classic. Go 'Dawgs!
Would Georgia lawmakers step in and fight for Georgia Tech's athletic future?Um, like, no, or something. Go 'Dawgs!
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Pork Braised in Sherry with Tomatoes and Chorizo
Whilst everyone was marking the day that Paul McCartney and his famous song actually became 64, on that very same day (18 June 2006) I became precisely one year older than him. 65 being quite a big one – what with bus passes, pensions and the like – I'm delighted to say it was celebrated in quite a big way. With special friends Noreen (of Delia Online fame) and her husband Paul and with my Mum in tow we spent a glorious three days on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca and in the best holiday brochure lingo 'basked in the sun-drenched, palm-fringed glory of that island'. We ate, drank, slept and were waited on with all the graciousness and charm that is typically Majorcan – with the exception, that is, of one of our waiters Sean a very English Man U supporter (but every bit as charming and gracious as the rest). We dined on the very best Majorcan and Spanish specialities, sharing and tasting everything, sampled some very fine Spanish wines, sipped chilled fino and drank the famous Pedro Ximenez with dessert. A great time was had by all, and by way of sharing our celebrations this week's recipe is on a Spanish theme. We know summer is a time for cold suppers and salads, but we do need some braised dishes with lots of sauce for all the abundance of summer vegetables that we're now harvesting. So, no apologies for this wonderful dish which captures all the flavours of a Mediterranean summer. Viva Majorca!
Serves 6
Start off by chopping the trimmed pork into largish cubes, then remove the skin from the chorizo and slice it into thinnish rounds.
Serve with new potatoes and, at this time of year, beautiful young broad beans or fresh shelled peas.
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Officials say they are considering scrapping plan to stagger tolls, aim for full tolling in fall 2016.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating a bank robbery where a man allegedly threatened to detonate explosives.
The BB&T Bank at 10404 Dixie Highway, just north of the Gene Snyder, was robbed at 3:23 p.m. on Dec. 27.
Police say the suspect told bank employees that he had planted explosives on the outside of the building overnight, and said they would explode if the alarm was triggered.
After receiving cash, the suspect (shown in the picture at right) left the bank on foot in an unknown direction.
The building was evacuated and a bomb-sniffing dog was brought to the scene, but no bombs were found.
No one was injured in the robbery.
If you recognize the man in the surveillance photos, you're asked to call the LMPD crime tipline at 574-LMPD (574-5673).
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Kaitlyn learned the ropes of television journalism as a writer and field producer at WHDH in Boston. However, it wasn't too long before she decided to jump in front of the camera. She quickly headed south to be a one-man-band reporter in Macon. Her peach state career then led her to Savannah before sending her to the big city to join the team here at FOX 5.
In 2008, Kaitlyn's journalistic excellence was recognized by the RTNDA with an Edward R. Murrow award for her coverage of the Troy Davis death row case. The Georgia Associated Press has also honored Kaitlyn with its award for Best General Reporting.
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Glenn Beck continues his attacks on people of faith
by Nathan Empsall, Tue Jul 20, 2010 at 04:59:26 PM EDT
Something I've noticed about Glenn Beck is that most of his attacks are motivated not by ideology or patriotism, but by revenge and personal petulance. First, it was Van Jones, President Obama's green jobs czar. Beck began his successful smear campaign against Jones about the same time a group co-founded by Jones called for advertisers to boycott Beck for calling the President racist. Then in March, Beck began his screeds against the Bible's call for social justice, comparing the Catholic Church and others who call for justice to Nazis and Communists. When evangelical leader Jim Wallis politely disagreed with Beck on his blog and called for a public debate between the two, Beck turned his ire on Wallis.
Beck's latest target is another liberal faith-based group, Faithful America. They are an ecumenical organization focused on such issues as violence in the public discourse, distortion of Scripture, torture, health care, and climate change. (I have often cited their Faith in Public Life news round-up here at MyDD.) However, Beck's anger seems to come not from his belief that only the right-wing is allowed to think about religion but from his recurring desire for revenge. The group recently launched a radio ad to counter Beck's distortion of the Bible, quoting Scripture and encouraging "a spirit of love and truth" when disagreeing with one another. They also printed and offered free bumper stickers declaring "Driven by Faith, Not by Fear." (Mine arrived last week.)
Beck, in typical fashion, was outraged that anyone would suggest the Bible is about love, and tore into Faithful America on his radio show last Friday. As usual, he tried to debunk the group mostly by mocking them, not by being serious. His only substantive critiques were that it partners with other people he dislikes, deletes vulgar comments from its webpage, and doesn't include the word "Jesus" on its homepage and thus isn't religious. Because of course, the only proof that someone is religious is their use of the word Jesus – we all know there's not a single religious Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, or Hindu in the entire world. But seriously, as the name suggests, Faithful America is ecumenical, not Christian. And while Beck is right about their homepage's use of the word "Jesus," they do in fact have over two dozen mentions of the word "faith" (not even counting their name), as well as seven mentions of "Christian" and numerous links to explicitly Christian organizations (among others).
Faithful America's response? The same as Wallis's: they're asking Beck to participate in an open public debate. They're not stooping to his level of distortion and dishonesty, but if his reaction to Wallis is any indication, he won't rise to their level of equality and civil discourse either.


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|Police Report
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Unlocked vehicles entered, items stolen
Two residents in the 900 block of East Second Street requested police at 5:45 p.m. Monday in reference to a theft.
20-year-old arrested for
Delphos Police officers were on routine patrol at 2:30 a.m. Sunday when they observed 20-year-old Andrew E. Motycka standing in the 100 block of East Second Street in possession of an alcoholic beverage.
Windows, fence damaged
A resident from the 900 block of Lima Avenue contacted the Delphos Police Department at 2:07 a.m. Monday in reference to a burglary and criminal damage at the residence.
Man arrested for receiving stolen property
Delphos Police officers went to the 300 block of South Canal Street at 4 p.m. Saturday and arrested 25-year-old Andrew J. Stocklin on an active warrant out of Van Wert County for receiving stolen property.
Appliance stolen from residence
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-Miami, Florida
-Cruise the Atlantic Ocean
-Gustavia, St. Barts
-Castries, St. Lucia
-St. George's, Grenada
-Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
-Cruise the Coast of Brazil
-Macapa (Amazon River), Brazil
-Santarém (Amazon River), Brazil
-Boca da Valeria (Amazon River), Brazil
-Manaus (Amazon River), Brazil
-Parintins (Amazon River), Brazil
-Alter do Chão (Amazon River), Brazil
-Cruise the Coast of South America
-Devil's Island, French Guiana
-Bridgetown, Barbados
-St. John's, Antigua
-San Juan, Puerto Rico
-Cruise the Caribbean Sea
-Cruise the Old Bahama Channel
Castries is the capital, commercial center and main cruise port of St Lucia. Founded by the French in about 1768, it changed hands in the earlier 1800's, when the British made the town a major naval port and built fortifications on Morne Fortune, overlooking the harbor. Today, the port offers something for everyone. Bargain hunters can head over to the duty-free shops at Pointe Seraphine; Castries Waterworks Forest Reserve allows visitors a rare glimpse of rain forest flora and fauna; and, for those looking for a fun day trip, a visit to the Grand Pitons or a hike up to Fort Charlotte on Morne Fortune offer beautiful vistas and historical perspective.
The following Shore Excursions are available for this port on this cruise, and may be reserved beginning 240 days before the cruise begins for guests receiving Concierge amenities, and 180 days before the cruise begins for all other guests. Guests receiving Concierge amenities will receive a 5% discount off of the prices shown below for Regent Choice tours.
From the pier, drive through the capital city of Castries while enjoying views of the market, cathedral, Derek Walcott Square and the central library. Your first stop will be Morne Fortune. Here, you can enjoy panoramic views of Castries, the northwestern coast and the sea below.
Continue your journey through Cul de Sac and Roseau banana plantations toward the fishing villages of Anse-La-Raye and Canaries, where you may see fishermen repairing nets and setting out to sea. Continue along the winding coastal road as you approach the city of Soufriere with its dramatic Pitons rising more than 2,500 feet from the sea.
Arriving in Soufriere, you'll first enjoy a guided tour at the Diamond Botanical Gardens. The Diamond Falls are consistently described as one of the natural wonders of St Lucia. This six acre, multi-award winning tourism site, is an attractive, alluring and peaceful retreat from the outside world. Relax and take in the beauty and sultry warmth of the tropics as you stroll through lush fertile vegetation and a diverse range of tropical flowers and plant life. The Gardens are also a haven for birds and insects, which provides for a true nature experience not to be duplicated anywhere within the Caribbean.
Next, you will make your way to Morne Coubaril Estate, a sprawling plateau farm in the highlands of Soufriere. Your guided tour of the Estate includes a small village of replica stick huts similar to those used two centuries ago by local villagers. The Estate's gardens offer close-up views of popular local flora. Your guide then leads you up the estate driveway to present the manioc house where you receive a close-up live demonstration of the process of de-husking a coconut and drying the copra in the oven. Afterwards, you'll be treated to a taste of coconut water and jelly.
A delicious buffet lunch will be served at a this beautiful estate, where you will dine on Caribbean delicacies in old plantation ambiance. Following lunch, you'll board a comfortable catamaran for a relaxing cruise back to Castries, stopping at a tranquil cove to swim in the crystal clear waters.
Please note: This tour includes approximately 2.5 hours of moderate walking, at times over uneven, gravel and dirt surfaces. The tour is available to wheelchair guests who have a collapsible wheelchair, are able to make their own way on and off the coach and have an able-bodied companion to assist them. Those with mobility concerns are cautioned to carefully evaluate their personal level of stamina and ability. Weather appropriate clothing; sun cap; sunglasses; sunscreen; and flat, rubber soled shoes are recommended. Those who wish to swim should also bring a swim suit and towel. Guests taking part in any water activities do so at their own risk and responsibility. Maximum allowable weight is 250 lbs and maximum height allowance is 6'2". Maximum age for participation is 75 years old. The order of sites viewed or visited may vary.
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Free Unlimited Shore Excursions are for full fare guests only, capacity controlled and subject to availability. Requested excursions may not be available at time of booking. Supplement will apply on Regent Choice excursions (indicated by the above) and excludes Private Arrangements and all Adventures Ashore programs. In order to ensure quality guides and sufficient transportation, we must provide the tour operator with passenger counts at least 36 hours in advance. Therefore no refunds will be given within 36 hours of tour departure for cancellations or no-shows. Please pay special attention to scheduling and tour lengths when booking your shore excursions. In many cases, it is not possible to participate in more than one tour per day in a given port. Tour Departure times are subject to change so please reference your actual tour ticket for the correct departure time. Tours operate rain or shine. Minor children under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a an adult parent or guardian on all shore excursions. Tours require minimum participation levels to operate so please sign up as early as possible. Tours may be cancelled if minimum participation levels are not met. Prices, Itineraries and General Information shore excursion prices are subject to change to meet unexpected cost increases or currency fluctuations. Please consult the Destination Services Desk onboard for information. During local or national holidays, access to certain facilities (such as museums or archaeological sites) may be limited or denied. In such instances, adjustments will be made to minimize inconvenience to guests. Some tours have limited availability. Tours are generally available for reserving 180 days prior to the beginning of a cruise. Please sign up early to avoid disappointment. Regent Seven Seas Cruises reserves the right to require guests to complete a liability waiver for select shore excursions. For more information, please visit the Destination Services Desk onboard.
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Canberra - Woden MLC Tower
Canberra - MLC Tower, or so it was formerly named. Now called Lovett Tower according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovett_Tower). Located in Woden Town Centre.
A sculpture located on the corner of Furzer and Worgan Sts in Phillip, is called Droplet (source: The...
Sunset as viewed from Red Hill in Canberra, close to Davidson Trig.To catch a sunset from around here...
Sunset as viewed from Red Hill in Canberra, on the way to Davidson Trig (which can be spotted a coupl...
Top of Mount Taylor, offers a great view particularly of Woden Valley.
View south from a nice lookout on Mt Taylor in the evening, overlooking Kambah and further south in T...
Large parts of Isaacs Ridge Nature Reserve are covered by pine plantation.
View from right next to Mt Arawang Trig, in Cooleman Ridge Nature Reserve. I was running 10 minutes l...
Malaysian High Commission and Embassy of Mexico in Perth Ave, Canberra, ACT
Church of St Andrew in Forrest, Canberra. Yeaaaars (well decades) ago I lived in Forrest and so had s...
There are no kangaroos in Austria.
We're talking about Australia, the world's smallest continent. That being cleared up, let's dive right in!
Australia is a sovereign state under the Commonwealth of Nations, which is in turn overseen by Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth.
The continent was first sighted and charted by the Dutch in 1606. Captain James Cook of Britain came along in the next century to claim it for Britain and name it "New South Wales." Shortly thereafter it was declared to be a penal colony full of nothing but criminals and convicts, giving it the crap reputation you may have heard at your last cocktail party.
This rumor ignores 40,000 years of pre-European human history, especially the Aboriginal concept of Dreamtime, an interesting explanation of physical and spiritual reality.The two biggest cities in Australia are Sydney and Melbourne. Sydney is more for business, Melbourne for arts. But that's painting in very broad strokes. Take a whirl around the panoramas to see for yourself!
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Manipal University > About Us > Green Manipal
Manipal University campus covers 313 acres of land with 20, 000 inhabitants and is built on lateritic rock. Over the years, the entire place has been transformed into a green campus, which is testimony of the dedication and commitment of the management towards a greener Manipal. This transformation was made possible by adopting various innovative and scientific methods in the areas of solid waste management, rainwater harvesting, energy conservation and waste water recycling to name a few
Since inception, the Manipal group has always viewed community and social development as its primary mission. There has always been a well-defined focus on enhancing the quality of life in and around Manipal. As part of this larger mission, it has been the constant endeavor of the Manipal group to make Manipal a ''Sustainable Eco-campus''.
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Summer break is finally here! I celebrated by sleeping in (to the decadent hour of 8:30, LOL), and then was lucky enough to have my husband bring me breakfast, including a large mocha. Bliss!
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tumorigenesis of the gastrointestinal tract. Our work is focused on the regulation
of several key signaling pathways such as The Hedgehog (Hh), Wnt and BMP.
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complexes that initiate intracellular signaling cascades.
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Available to buy now is the long awaited new album from Peter Paul - Apocalypse. After it's presentation at Breakspoll 2012 and many of the greatest Breaks festivals in Spain, finally it's out in it's complete form. 15 original tracks and 5 bonus tracks are available exculsively on Beatport, and soon in the rest of digital retailers under the N-Mity Sound imprint.
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6:30am Saturday 12th July 2014 in News By Luke Sproule, Reporter covering Rose Hill, Iffley and Littlemore. Please call me on (01865) 425422
OXFORDSHIRE'S roads could become host to high-speed road races under plans unveiled yesterday by Prime Minister David Cameron as he opened Williams' new Advanced Engineering facility in Grove.
Mr Cameron said he wanted to allow councils to grant permission for road races to be held.
This is rather than the current system, where a Private Member's Bill must be passed through Parliament.
He said: "I think this will be great for British motorsport – more races, more events and more money coming into our country and more success for this extraordinary industry."
- David Cameron with founder Sir Frank Williams and Craig Wilson
Vice-president of Oxford Motor Club Kevin Belcher said the announcement was good news for racing enthusiasts and the local economy.
He said: "At the moment it is almost impossible to hold road racing events, there is only one event of this type held in England, Wales or Scotland each year.
"The change in the law would make it much easier for us to organise events in a local area and it will be good for everyone because it will bring spectators with money into those local areas."
West Oxfordshire District Council, which covers Mr Cameron's Witney Parliamentary constituency, said it was "excited" by the change.
Councillor Richard Langridge, cabinet member for local government and communities, said: "Obviously conditions need to be right to hold an event of this nature, but I think it is extremely exciting that the Government is looking at changing the law so that local authorities have the power to stage road races."
Mr Cameron hailed Oxfordshire's wider contribution to British motorsport and motorsport's contribution to Oxfordshire as he opened the new £8m facility at Williams, which will further develop Formula One technologies.
He said: "There are 40,000 people working in this industry in the Oxford area alone, roughly about 4,300 different companies, and there are so many companies in my constituency which are relying on the massive success story that is Formula One.
"The institute that I have just opened is an enormous investment and vote of confidence in British engineering and British industry."
Meanwhile, the DVLA is offering a personalised number plate for sale at their summer auction, which starts on July 16, which has a reserve price of £3,500.
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Williams will also be displaying a collection of Grand Prix cars.
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Professor Hill founded the Carlson Consulting Enterprise in 2002 with help from many people both inside and outside the Carlson School. He is the Associate Dean for MBA Programs and John and Nancy Lindahl Professor in the Supply Chain and Operations Department. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Indiana University, an MS in Industrial Administration from Purdue's Krannert School, and a Ph.D. in Management also from Krannert. He has been recognized as an outstanding instructor in the Carlson School of Management in several national publications including Business Week. He has extensive international experience at the Budapest University of Economic Sciences, State University of Management (Moscow), University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), IMD International (Lausanne, Switzerland), the National University of Singapore, and Renmin University (Beijing). He has consulting for over 100 organizations including 3M, Best Buy, Cargill, Carlson, Ceridian, CH Robinson, Cummins, Dow, General Mills, Goodrich, Home Depot, Honeywell, Land O'Lakes, Medtronic, Nestlé, Target, Thomson Reuters, Toro, U.S. Bank, and Wells Fargo. He was the editor of the Journal of Operations Management, the academic journal in operations management. His current research is focused on supply chain management and process improvement.


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We are pleased to announce that the Adobe Acrobat XI SDK (Software Development Kit) for Windows and Mac OS is now available as a free download from the Acrobat Developer Center . The SDK is a set of tools and documentation that help developers automate, extend, integrate and interact with Acrobat and Adobe Reader software through JavaScript, AppleScript, plug-ins and Interapplication Communication. This overview is a great introduction to what the Acrobat SDK can do.